Legion Installs New Executive for 1985
The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 258 and Ladies Auxiliary held installation ceremonies on February 2. New 1985 executives include President Al Lessing and President Verna McKay for the auxiliary with numerous officers and members named. A dinner, dance, and initiations accompanied the event.
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Royal Canadian Legion Branch 258
Ladies Auxiliary
al Lossing
Grace
Bunne Hoffman
Wink Wheeler
Brent Warne P
Best Wink Wheeler
del Anderson
Brent Dexter
Paul Caouette
Barb Shirley
Francois Portelance
Charlene Currie
Darlene Bergen
Gerald Harman
Ethel Blair
Liz Korver
June Kolesky
Margie Shannon
Margaret Blair
Legion Branch 258
P.R
Rose Campbell
Mary Buckna
Joy Browns
Bobbie Larsen
Betty McLaren
Verna McKay
Margot McGraw
Carole Unger
Bob Shirley
Paul Caoutte
Darlene Borgenand
Red Geraniums and Winter Games Highlight Chetwynd News
Barbara Ellen Shoemaker reflects on a red geranium brightening a gray winter. Chetwynd reports kit images from the Winter Games in Kitimat with Dave Winland winning gold in 74 Kilo open, Darrel Sorell silver in 78 Kilo open, Teddy Calliou fourth in 63 Kilo open, Ann Currie taking three fourth places in badminton, Don Cram fourth in racquetball, and the girls indoor soccer team placing sixth. Also notes Miss Teen Chetwynd Caroline McNabb’s Prince George trip for Mardi Gras with her mother Grace McNabb. Snowfall and cold weather persist, Don Phillips and S Marshall meet residents, plus band Al Churney and his troupe perform Feb 14–15 at Elks Hall via Lions Club sponsorship.
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Kitimat
Dave Winland
Darrel Sorell
Teddy Calliou
Ann Currie
Don Cram
al Churney
Elks Hall
Chetwynd Lions Club
The
Echo
Chetwynd Lion
Teen Pageant Set With Eight Contestants for Chetwynd
Eight girls will compete in the Miss Teen Chetwynd Pageant sponsored by the Chetwynd Chamber of Commerce. Sponsors include West Fraser, Lake View Credit Union, D G Jewelry, Ellis and C.C.R.P., H and H Insurance, Legion Br. 208, Dixie Lee. Events span February 5 to March 2, with crowning on March 1 and parades on March 2. Lions Club and Tansi Friendship Centre offered sponsorship but had no contestants.
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Chetwynd
Chetwynd Chamber of Commerce
C.F.I. West Fraser
Chamber of Commerce
Heart Fund
Lions Club
Tansi Friendship Centre
Canada backs NATO role in nuclear talks and space arms ban
Frank Oberle reports that during the first 1985 Parliament week Canada supports renewing negotiations on nuclear arms and space weapons. He stresses NATO conventional forces as a supplement to deter nuclear threats, urges constructive U.S. leadership, and warns against partisan moves that could derail talks. Canada cites defense spending and a need for stability.
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House of Commons
Joe Clark
NATO
Mr. Clark
Canada
Soviet Union
United States
Clark
U.S
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Legion
Legion Branch
Brent Warne
Bunne
Barbara Ellen Shoemaker
Caroline McNabb
Prince George
Mardis Gras
Caroline
Grace McNabb
Don Phillips
S. Marshall
Council
Phillips
Victoria
Frank Oberle
Dent
Vancouver Food Bank
B.C
United Steelworkers
United Steelworkers’ Education Department
United Steelworkers of America
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