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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jul 25, 1973
Page
2
One man claims to be among the last homesteaders as he left teaching this year. He recounts breaking bush in backwoods to carve a homesite and argues homesteading remains a Canadian myth. He cites Indian settlement, fur traders, railways, and the value of hard labour as a path to resilience.
Marsh World Ducks Unlimited Canada describes the voice production in ducks geese swans and other birds. Exhaled air vibrates syrinx membranes like a reed and pitch varies with membrane tension and vocal tract shape.
Vancouver based MacMillan Bloedel will invest over 12 million in a secondary manufacturing push in Ontario with potential to reach 30 million in NW Ontario. The plan includes a 9.4 million waterboard plant near Thunder Bay, creating about 140 jobs plus 60 to 70 in logging, with MB as prime consultant and contractor.
Health Protection Branch in Vancouver offers a free Health and Welfare Canada pamphlet sharing advice on recognizing health risks. It emphasizes sensory awareness like looking listening and smelling to tell a story about potential hazards in daily life.
Hudson's Hope reports visiting dignitaries and family news from Beryl Prairie to Ruskin and Glasgow. Local arrivals include Bonnie and David Urquhart, Barbara Bethel, Marilyn Pringle, and Umberto DeRenzi’s homecoming. fishing outings, illness recoveries, and a serious truck accident near Groundbirch are noted along with festival trips, pipeline work, and campground activity.
Verna Lynn Cota and Grant Powell wed at St Peters Anglican Church in Hudson's Hope with Rev Peake officiating. Bridesmaid Miss Rhee Powell and best man Michael Simpson stood beside the couple as guests from nearby towns attended. The couple plan to live in Hudson's Hope after a hunting trip in the mountains and a belated honeymoon in the United States.
Mr and Mrs Gordon Webb of Chetwynd welcome a daughter born July 16 1973 weighing 5 lbs 14 oz. Mr and Mrs Rocky Douglas of Chetwynd celebrate a son born July 19 1973 weighing 7 lbs 19 oz. Drugs and Prescriptions listed in professional building call 788-2571. Canada hog slaughter drops 0.7 percent in Jan-Apr 1973 from year earlier to about 3.1 million head.
George Mounsey, a 54 year resident of Sunset Prairie, marked his 80th birthday with an open house on June 23. About 50 friends attended, including veterans John Hanham and Joe Barringham. Born in England, he settled under the Soldiers Settlement scheme and has five children, 14 grandchildren, and nine great grandchildren. His sister Molly Nixon helped present a decorated cake.
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