Dentists Visit Chetwynd Spurs Community Effort
Marian Parker reviews local columns recounting a February dental clinic at Chetwynd hospital aided by a Dawson Creek dentist. The piece notes 27 people transported by bus, 130 miles of driving, and a potential $24 fee, plus reflections on rural life and Angier books, Thoreau ideas, and CBC and Brando critiques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chetwynd Hospital
Income Tax Department
Dawson Creek
Chetwynd
British Columbia
Emile Jungbluth
Jean Gething
Brad
Vena Angier
Garbitts
Angiers
Henry David Thoreau
Hudson’s Hope
Thoreau
Bracebridge
Ontario
Moberly Lake
Hudson Hope Trail Riders Weekend Notes and Accidents
Dorothy Holt visited after two months in England with Jackie and family. Vic Curley won the Fireman's Kitty Kat snowmobile in a Red and Gun Wild Game supper draw. Dorothy Bolonski earned second in Mackenzie snowmobile racing on a 294 with trophy and prize. Bud Stuart broke his ankle and is in a cast, Jerry Holbrook injured his arm at work. Anita McWilliams and Alice Summers attended the Regional District Library Board meeting in Dawson Creek with Peace River library reps discussing a regional library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Holt
Dorothy
England
Jackie
Vic Curley
Kitty-Kat
Red and Gun Wild
Anita McWilliams
Alice Summers
Dawson Creek
Peace River
Mackenzie
Bud Stuart
Jerry Holbrook
Rod and Gun Club Dinner and Awards Recap
The Rod and Gun Club held a supper and dance with Latter Day Saints ladies who organized the banquet. Prizes included crocheted doilies and a bedspread won by Vic Wale and Flo Martin, and raffle trophies for top ticket sellers. Past president Ed Bennington received a clock trophy, and Sam Kosolowski was named new president. Trophies honored wildlife such as mule deer, elk, duck, pike, and rainbow trout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rod and Gun Club
Latter Day Saints
Rythm Knights
Vic Wale
Flo Martin
Helen Dick
Clark Lavallee
Elk Claire Vogt
Ed Bennington
Wayne Mcliver
Garth Bairstow
Peter Rather
Sam Kosolowski
Min Bennington
Dick’s
Judy Mann Wedding Ties City to Fort St John
Frank and Ness Riter returned from Edmonton to attend the wedding of their daughter Judy to Mr. Louis Mann on February 10, chosen for the couple’s parents thirty-fifth anniversary. Congratulations to Judy and Louis and to Frank and Ness. The Hudson's Hope Grade 7 girls team traveled to Fort St. John Saturday, February 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
Ness Riter
Edmonton
Judy
Louis Mann
Louis
Ness
Hudson’s Hope
Fort St. John
Bert Bowes
Hudson’s Hope Girls
Clearview
Connie Peck
Hudson
Hope
R. Reese
Grandhaven Girls
Ruth-Anne Reese
Hudson's Hope Library highlights and youth games
Ruth Poschner presents the Hudson's Hope library board report at the AGM noting 1972 total circulation 8 755 with adult fiction 2 344 non fiction 1 926 juvenile fiction 3 247 and paperbacks 1 220. Story hours drew 137 children January-June 1972 and January 1973 preschoolers on Wednesdays. Volunteers read stories and seek more helpers. The library added the 16 volume World of Man encyclopedia and Encyclopedia Americana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Poschner
Hudson’s Hope
Library Board
Bill Peters
Library Development Commission of
Students prepare May gymnastics show at General Pearkes
General Pearkes students practice for a May gymnastics show with about 105 participants. Any pupil may join if they follow school rules and are not impolite or disobedient. Daily groups work in the Activity Room and evenings see spaces like bedrooms basements living rooms and halls turned into activity spaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearkes School
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Echo Publishing Ltd
Legal
Municiap
Canada
Commonwealth
U.S.A
Marian Parker
Benjamin Franklin
Richard
Franklin
Saturday Evening Post
Angier
Sauer
Hank Peters
Marlene Rainbow
Mrs. Rainbow
Fred Courtoreille
Prince George Hospital
Courtoreille
Prince George
Peter Loberg
Leonard Lysne
Barbara Gonwick
CBC
V.D. Blues
Paris
Marlon Brando
Queen Victoria
Hudson Hope Trail Riders
Vincent
Dorothy Bolonski
Marty Bishop
George Burtus
Athabasca
Fleet
Lake Southwick
Carl Vig Jr
Braden Powell
Bert Pringle
St. John
Laura Evans
Laura
Frank Bellerose
Thunderbird Airlines Limited
Transport Commission
Thunderbird Airlines
District
Air Transport Committee
NT Air
Slater Street
Ottawa
Kiaony
Chetwynd Dry Cleaners
Accounting and
Laundramat
Richard Martin
Etfn
Legion Hall
Royal Canadian Legion
Garth Campbell
Nocom Industries Ltd
Radio Communications Sales—Services
History OF the Peace
105Th Avenue
Dawson Creek, B.C
H.C. Calverly
B.C.A.N.S.I. Bingo
Chetwynd Custom Builders
Don Swanton
Chetwynd, B.C
P.O. Box
Frankies Construction
Erickson
Furniture
Chetwynd and
Hudson's
Maurice Hayward
and Willard Dunn
K.P
Bud) Campbell
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