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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Dec 29, 1971
Page
2
A fragmented TV guide lists morning to late night programming across channels including Morning Devotion Mr Dressup Sesame Street and CBC News as well as films sports and talk shows. Several entries are unclear or marked TBA indicating schedule gaps.
Listings detail a Friday evening block from 10 45 to New Year’s Eve with Chez Helene, Abbott and Costello, Sports Parade, The Weatherman, Wagon Train, Dick Van Dyke, Laugh In, Tommy Hunter, Hawaii Five O, and a Guy Lombardo New Year’s Eve Show finale.
The guide lists events from 9:30 AM to 11:25 PM including the Tournament of Roses parade at 9:30, a sports review at 12:00, a New Years message from the Prime Minister and Governor at 2:15, CBC News at 2:30, Rose Bowl Game at 2245, hockey Montreal at Toronto at 6:01, Death Valley Days at 10:30, and Final Edition at 11:15 with Five Star Theatre at 11:25.
A Sunday lineup features the NFL divisional playoff at noon followed by Sports Week and CBC News. Evening segments include It is Written, Agriculture today, The Gardener, Analog, Country Canada, Hymnsing, Disneyland, The Rovers, Jimmy Stewart, Flip Wilson, Elisabeth R, CBC Weekend, Nation's Business, Audubon, and Final Edition with varied educational and entertainment offerings.
A local schedule lists programs from 9:30 in the morning through 11:38 at night. Highlights include Farm and City at 9:30, Mr Wizard and Get Smart in late afternoon, Sports News and Weather, Mod Squad, Irish Rovers, Partridge Family, Front Page Challenge, Nature of Things, Man Alive and Wrestling.
The Hudson Hope Lions Club presented the key of the newly completed community hall to the Community Hall Society. Tex MacKeigan is shown officially accepting the key as the ceremony concluded.
A prayer for the new year frames a report on the Hudson Hope Lions Club event. Lions officers Lion Zone Representative Rod Trew Lion President Jack Dick Mayor Rod Richmond and Lion past president Ernie Krebs are pictured. The hall was sponsored by the club, bought and moved as a bare shell in 1968, with broad club and community support completing the project as a needed asset for Hudson Hope.
Bunne and Ed Hoffman planned a Hawaii sun break as Hotel Chetwynd hosts a year end party for management staff and guests. An all-evening buffet, gifts exchanged, and dancing with a mystery band provided entertainment. Hosts Mr and Mrs Vander Vissel were praised for their hospitality.
A Tuesday lineup lists shows from 10:00 Canadian Schools to 11:28 Final Edition. Programs include 2:30 Farm and City Talay, 9:45 T V Classifieds, 6:30 Nichols, 7:30 Reach for the Top, 8:00 Mary Tyler Moore, 8:30 Carol Burnett, 9:30 Telescope and 10:01 Tuesday Night.
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