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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Mar 05, 1975
Page
1
The Honourable Ernest Hall announces a contract for a study of catalogue support systems for B C libraries awarded to Infotec of Vancouver. The study continues work from October 1974’s First Provincial Conference on Catalogue Systems held in Vancouver and sponsored by the Library Development Commission and Tri University Libraries.
A poem urges cheer for the winner who smiles despite defeat. Local notices report Mr and Mrs Stu Grant in California and Mrs Pat Herman's transfer to Vancouver for treatment. Others tour Hythe Alberta Saskatoon and Penticton as relatives gather, with reports from UBC and Mexico. A BC Hydro manager travels to Vancouver. The piece notes library system planning in British Columbia and a feasibility study by Infotec for a province wide catalog system.
The Peace River District Labour Council with the Canadian Labour Congress will run a two day seminar on March 8 and 9 in Dawson Creek. Delegates will cover Labour Laws Workmen Compensation Unemployment Insurance and Welfare Legislation. Check in starts 8 30 a.m. March 8 at Carpenters Hall 10104 14th Street. Delegate registration includes the banquet for his wife or fiancee after the March 8 session.
Peace River Presbytery sponsorship takes a bus tour to Whitehorse to join Rendezvous Days and the induction service at First Presbyterian Church. Attending are church leaders including Rev. W.H. Mellveen and Dr. Hugh Davidson along with six Dawson Creek and one Chetwynd member. The trip marks Canada’s Presbyterian Centennial with meetings in Whitehorse and a four night stay before returning Sunday. Also noted is Walter Gerry donating a red velvet sombrero to Minor Hockey with raffle tickets sold at Gerry's store.
Westcoast Transmission employees and wives from the Willow Flats compressor station and Chetwynd pipeline division gathered at the Chetwynd Hotel on February 26 for a safety awards dinner. Present were W R Hough G C Lok C A Pettit and A V Tone. Individual yearly awards recognized each worker as key to the three year no lost time accident record. Separately concerned parents in Chetwynd plan meetings at private homes every second Friday afternoon led by Mental Health Nurse Kathy DeWitt.
The Dawson Creek Symphonette and choir performed at Chetwynd high school to an appreciative audience. Conductor Mrs. R. Lopp led with Beethoven selections and a violin solo by Dr. John Woronuk. The second half featured Russian tunes with solos by David Ruscheinski. Ovations went to Lopp, Woronuk, the choir, the Symphonette, concert master Woronuk, and student David Hoffman.
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