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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jan 22, 1975
Page
1
The Chetwynd area hosts a seven day winter carnival with about forty events including hockey curling snowshoeing cross country skiing mini basketball tug of wars and skating races. A Pre Carnival Naming the Character Contest ends February 14 and a Poster Contest for elementary students ends February 28.
The Order of the Royal Purple notes Lady Martin received a belated ten year pin and was Birthday Lady as 1975 duties begin. Carnival committee seeks parental volunteers for supervision and concessions across schools with contact numbers provided for several organizers and dates from March 8 to 7.
A chain of crashes Sunday on Hart Highway about 20 miles west of Chetwynd left one man in a sleeper injured and hospitalized. A half ton truck and trailer camper plunged over a steep embankment, followed by a Linden transport that landed atop it. A private truck with a semi trailer and a busload of skiers from Dawson Creek also rolled down a 100 foot embankment. The Dawson Creek group returned home by a school bus from Chetwynd. Road closures lasted for hours as heavy black ice and a daylong rain worsened conditions.
All schoolchildren in the Chetwynd area will have a holiday on Friday January 24 as teachers use a Department of Education professional development day to set educational goals. Public input will follow with workshops for the community and older students. Schools and buses will be closed for the full day.
The January 13 1975 organizational meeting elected John Jackman as president Vern Braaten as vice president Dorothy Braaten as secretary treasurer and directors Dave Knowles Dale Willard Don Swanton Tony Meisness. The region includes East Pine Lone Prairie Peace River Hudson Hope Road and Mount Lempray Hart Highway with the next general meeting set for February 4 1975.
Chetwynd was well represented at the Associated Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet and Ball in the Dawson Creek Recreational Centre on Saturday. Nine couples attended the meeting. St John and Joyce Burns hosted Kenneth Bradburry from Dapto Australia as a house guest, sharing stories of his travels including Russia.
Samuel George Noble of Chetwynd pled guilty before Judge D Levis on January 16 1975 to possession of an offensive weapon dangerous to the public peace Sec 86b CC. A December 17 1974 pool hall Blue Sky cafe fight preceded the gun incident. Noble fined 750 dollars plus three months in jail in default and one year probation, barred from possessing firearms for three years. The notice covers other local court actions and Legion club events.
December 16, 1974 meeting outlined fund raising ideas including a comedy hockey game on January 25, 1975 and a later skatathon. Mothers train as judges, skaters progress through badge tests, and duties for Spring Carnival are set. Elina Viola from North Shore Winter Club skated with them, and next meeting is January 27 at 8 p.m. at Acena.
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