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Chetwynd The Echo

Location

Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada

Date

Mar 12, 1975

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Hudson Hope Court Session Finishes Impaired Driving Case

Judge R. McQueen presided in Hudson Hope Provincial Court where Eugene Phillip Summer, 18, Hudson Hope BC, was fined 350 dollars and had his driver’s license suspended 30 days for impaired driving. Donald V. Flora, 54, Chetwynd BC, was remanded without plea until the next date.

R. McQueen Hudson Hope Eugene Phillip Summer B.C Donald V. Flora Chetwynd Bennett Dam McQueen Robert Richard Savard Patrick Shawn Kelly Obert Wilfred Nilson Hudson Hope B.C Nilson

Johnstone Names New Principal for South Peace School

School Board No 59 announces Bob Johnstone as principal of South Peace Senior Secondary School in Dawson Creek. Ian Campbell, current vice principal at Frank Ross, will become principal at Chetwynd High School.

Bob Johnstone South Peace Dawson Creek Ian Campbell Frank Ross Chetwynd High School

Let Me Rest to Keep Pacing Daily Life

A multi paragraph local notice includes a reflective poem by Olive H. Burnett Chetwynd about rest and duty in daily chores. It shifts to community notes detailing fines for impaired driving cannabis possession and fishing over limits, plus school events and visits from residents across nearby towns.

Flea Market Draws Crowds for Hudson Hope Library Sale

March 2 flea market and auction at Hudson Hope Community Hall drew hundreds from near and far. Tables cost $5 for clubs and individuals, with library taking 10 percent commission and many items donated. Ray Dubeau won over 100 dollars in tickets for Mike Richmond painting. library fears closing by March 1 1976 without new space and grants, noting $1450 raised falls short of a $75000 building cost.

Hudson Hope Ray Dubeau Taylor Mike Richmond Library Helga Auld

February Skatathon Highlights Fundraiser Drive Sizeable Profit

The Skatathon on February 16 drew 56 skaters with six on ice at a time for seven minutes. Judges logged laps while sponsors and skaters aided the library fundraiser, which netted 1450 dollars and prompted plans for a March 23 carnival.

Manfred

Emergency radio field test links Lone Prairie region

Nine mobile units from the Provincial Emergency Program plus Chetwynd Emergency Service tested communications in Lone Prairie Valley on February 22. A base station near the Village office coordinated relays at Tidwell Beno and mile 15. Despite a stuck unit and a lost one, radios and a skilled club member kept all areas connected, informing future emergency plans.

Chetwynd Emergency Service Organization Lone Prairie Valley Sukunka Chetwynd

Budget clash over Barrett plan hits BC taxpayers hard

Opposition leader Bill Bennett blasted the Barrett budget saying it will raise taxes as forestry and mining revenue fall from $250 million to $186 million and royalties from $15 million to $9 million. He labeled the plan inflationary, criticized a 48 percent spending surge, and warned the public will bear the burden through income, sales, gasoline, and property taxes. Bennett urged incentives for business to create jobs and warned unemployment relief depends on restrained budgeting.

Barrett Bill Bennett British Columbia Bennett

B C Rail edges back from slump

The British Columbia Railway reports February carloadings at 10 835 up from 10 505 a year earlier. First two months of 1975 total 19 629 below 20 860 for the same period last year due to a strike. Export grain lumber eastern rail wood chips milled in transit and domestic wood pulp rose. agricultural products lumber water export logs posts pilings machinery parts less than carload lots and piggyback traffic fell.

British Columbia Railway Eastern

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