Echo Publishing Ltd Ad Rates and Subscriptions
Weekly publication in Chetwynd advertises rates for legal and municipal notices at 17 cents per count line for first insertion and 15 cents for subsequent insertions Display ads rates available on request Subscriptions Canada Commonwealth 600 per year USA and foreign 850 per year Single copy 15 cents Editor and Publisher Bunne Hoffman listed as printer and publisher
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Chetwynd
Echo Publishing Ltd
Canada
Commonwealth
U.S.A
Bunne Hoffman
Swimming registrations in Chetwynd for two week lessons
Registrations for swim lessons were held at the Secondary School in Chetwynd on May 28. It is anticipated that between 40 and 60 pupils will be bused daily for two weeks to take lessons at the Centennial Pool. The cost.
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Chetwynd
Centennial Pool
JoAnn Chilton
Canadian Red Cross Society Water Safety Service
Women of The C C final meeting of year held
The Women s C C closed their year with a gathering at Elsie Kruger s nine members plan summer adjournment and a September meeting at Bonnie Pollen s. Guests Marge Johnson and Karen Fedderly honored. Chinese dinner June 14 at Peace Glen Hotel.
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C.C
Elsie Kruger’s
Bonnie Pollen
Langs to Move Parish in Vanderhoof Fort St. James
Reverend and Mrs G W Lang leave North Peace Anglican Parish for Vanderhoof Fort St James. A reception in their honor will be at Mayor and Mrs R Richmond's home in Hudson's Hope after the St Peter's Sunday June 24th 3 pm service.
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G.W. Lang
North Peace
Vanderhoof
Fort St. James
R. Richmond
Hudson’s Hope
St. Peter’s
Farewell party and local tidbits from Hudson's Hope
A June 10 farewell for Mr. and Mrs. Delorme featured a Hibachi gift as they move to Mica for Bill to work with B.C. Hydro. Pete Boykawich reported a 6 lb 10 oz Dolly Varden near Morris Creek. Miss Lynn Cota and Grant Powell plan July 6 nuptials. Peace Glen Hotel beer parlour hours expand. Marge Johnson visits town. Iona Kelly shines in spelling milestones. Ricky Pollen's fifth birthday party, rain forces indoor celebrations. Hudson's Hope Elementary staged a Spring Drama Festival. A neighbor loaned a first edition Trails Plowed Under by Charles Marion Russell, with commentary by Will Rogers, highlighting western tales and Rawhide Rawlins adventures.
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Ralph Johnston
Charles Marion Russell
Will Rogers
Russell
Rawhide Rawlins
Cowboy Rawlins
Charles Russell
Western Myth Versus Real Cowboy Life
The piece contrasts Eastern and Western views of cowboys noting that many were low paid, hard working laborers rather than romantic heroes. It describes a top hand earning around 40 dollars monthly with minimal possessions, plain utilitarian gear, and work attire worn constantly, challenging glamorous depictions by Gene Autry and Roy Rogers.
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Rawlins
Gene Autry
Roy Rogers
Wild Cowboy Imagery and Local Life Across Chetwynd
A long reading blends rugged cowboy lore with satire on Prohibition era myths and the glamorization of frontier life. The piece contrasts Rawhide Rawlins humor with reflections on horses versus machines, Scottish cattle quirks, and how media shapes daily life and local expectations in a Canadian village. It then shifts to neutral local notes recapping births, holidays, housing, and community happenings.
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Rawhide Rawlins
Rawhide
Highlands
Scotland
Bones found in East Pine pit a mystery for museum
Unidentified bones unearthed in a government gravel pit at East Pine drew public interest when a local resident, claiming the bones would go to a museum, gathered them the next day and the find has not resurfaced. The writer urges public viewing and laments loss of the artifact.
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East Pine
Glazed Onions Recipe and Political Parable
Peel and boil eighteen onions, bake in butter sugar and salt until glazed and brown. The article then shifts to a political analysis noting a 4 year old law reaffirmed by a federal resolution, praising the Prime Minister amid Quebec support, with few dissenters among Progressive Conservatives.
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Quebec
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Pete Boykawich
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Pete
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Colorado
Lynn Cota
Albert Cota
Grant Powell
Gary Powell
Peace Glen Hotel
Marge Johnson
Marge
Babe
John Loenig
Jean Alexander
Corona
California
Iona Kelly
I.G.A
Ricky Pollen
Heather
Hudson’s Hope Elementary
Atri
Hansel
Gretel
Parker's
Hudson's Hope
Fy Pere Ao
D.M. Geddes
Arr Rck
Fife Creamery
Frederick Remington
New York
del Gerry
Stork
Chetwynd Hospital
Del
Sharon
Jim Chapman
Scott
Alaska
Gary Stewart
Norm Guelly
Noreen
Claude
McNairs
Colleen
Danny Smith
Noreen Stubbley
Bill and
Bernie Beattie
Bill
Bernie
Don
Alice Grubjesic
Park Manor
Gloria
Ken Murray
Muttart Homes
Edmonton
Lloyd Brown
Grande Prairie
Alta
Concerned
Liberal Party
Benoiton
Texaco
Stove Oil & Marked Fuels
Bulk
Hudson
Canyon Market
Hudson Hope, B. C
Hudson Hope Services Ltd
Imperial Esso Products
Peter Boykowich - Owner
Hudson Hope
Fort ST John
Mack Sales & Service Ltd
Mackenzie Street
Alaska Hiway
Garry Giesbrecht
Albert Poirier
John Aitken
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