Cactus Collector Shares Window Garden Tales and Specimens
A window gardener recounts personal motives for keeping houseplants, shifting from tools to cacti after family changes. She details diverse varieties, odd forms, and blooms, notes a beaver-tail cactus in Peace River country, and praises cactus resilience over scientific naming. The narrative mentions an aging cephalocereus senilis and a sand-adapted rosette with transparent leaf tips for light transmission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peace River
Ontario
Cactus interests and school notes mix in Portage items
A column blends desert plant chatter with school news from Chetwynd and Portage. It covers cactus care, the Crown of Thorns, and Arizona travel anecdotes, plus Principal Mr. R.S. Johnstone’s newsletter, Careers Day plans, Christmas events, exams, and budget woes from the Prince George area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madagascar
Arizona
Grand Canyon
Chiricahua National Monument
U.S
The Mice Have Been Drinking Again play review
Hudson's Hope reports praise for Carol as a petulant wife and for the direction and set in The Mice Have Been Drinking Again. Dale Anderson’s farce about a young couple and a hippie cousin unfolds in a shabby apartment, with the husband needing unseen support from absent characters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noreen Stubley
Portage
Hudson’s Hope
Heather Vernon
Carole Walters
Terry Anderson
Carol
Dale Anderson
Scouts ready for jamboree and Christmas tree sales
The Boy Scouts of Chetwynd plan to attend a jamboree in August 1974 at Camp Bernard on Vancouver Island. They will fund the trip with snow removal, babysitting services, and a bottle drive, with contact numbers for Ed Hoffman Bill Campbell and Dick Burnham. A local play featuring Ian Strachan Bev Bairstow Jane Theriault and Rich Babiuk drew a strong audience with two performances and a full cast and crew listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of School Trustees
Boy Scouts of
Chetwynd
Camp Barnard
Vancouver Island
Ed Hoffman
Bill Campbell
Dick Burnham
IGA
Ian Strachan
Bev Bairstow
Jane Theriault
Rich Babiuk
Babiuk
Roxanne
Mary Anne DeAnna
Derek Walters
Florence Fox
Jean Pinard
Jim Theriault
Alec DeRham
Elmer Kabush
Garth Bairstow
Also Mentioned on This Page
Marian Parker
Moberly Lake
R.S. Johnstone
Chetwynd Elementary
Johnstone
Mahrt
B.C
Alberta
Department of Education
Prince George-Peace River
District Resource Center
Hudson’s Hope Reports
Frankies Construction
Jim Armstrong
J.D. Trailer Sales
Chetwynd, B.C
Che
Schraders
Featuring
Walter
Ed Sullivan Show
Canada
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