CNIB Provides Dual Role In Eye Care And Prevention
CNIB serves as both rehabilitation and prevention, with 50 percent blindness preventable. The organization funds ophthalmology fellowships, supports eye research, and supplies unique blindness statistics by age and vision level. Three mobile eye care vans reach remote areas. one van screened 1,500 people with 64 percent eye problems detected. Public education campaigns urge eye care, and donations are urged to bridge the gap of blindness.
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CNIB
Fred Koalenz
A. Baker Foundation For
CMIB
Forestry students tour Peace area in Festival of Forestry
A group of 18 Laval University forestry graduate students and professors toured Hudson's Hope and Chetwynd last week as part of the Festival of Forestry. Sponsored by the Canadian Forest Service and the Council of Forest Industries, the program aims to broaden horizons for participants involved in forest management disciplines through logging tours and related activities.
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Laval University
Quebec City
Hudson’s Hope
Chetwynd
Canadian Forest Service
Council of Forest Industries
Quebec
U.B.C
Canadian Forest Products
Canfor
Bill Macaulay
Woodlands
Forest Service
W.A.C Bennett Dam
Lake Williston
Mackenzie
Vancouver
Vancouver Island
B.C
Canadian Forestry Association of B
Council approves Hudson's Hope library project
The council approves in principle the construction of a new library to meet 1976 government standards. Mayor Trew Ald. Hodgkinson discussed financing with LDC director Bob Davison and the Provincial Secretary's department during a Victoria visit. Eric Parr and Hugh Hodgkinson named to the Hudson's Hope Public Library Association board. Harriet Birosh Michelle de Rham Carol LaBelle and Bill Sutton resign.
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Council
Hudson’s
Victoria
Trew
Ald. Hodgkinson
LDC
Bob Davison
Provincial Secretary’s Department
Eric Parr
Hugh Hodgkinson
Hudson’s Hope Public Library Association
Harriet Birosh
Michelle de Rham
Carol LaBelle
Bill Sutton
Obituary for Charles Grant in Chetwynd BC
Charles Grant age 76 died August 27 1974 at Chetwynd British Columbia after a cancer illness. Born May 8 1898 at Touch Wood Hills Saskatchewan he moved to Chetwynd in August 1972 and had lived with his niece Grace Gerwien for the past 15 years. Survived by wife Mary sons Orville and Ernest daughters Mrs Jean Pike and Mrs Rita Bennefield sisters Daisy Krein nels Nora Sandquin Eva Felix and brother Bill Fiddler. Funeral August 31 at 4 p m from Faith Lutheran Church Chetwynd Rev Carl Schmok officiating burial in Tuscoola Cemetery.
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Charles Grant
Chetwynd
B.C
Touch Wood Hills
Sask
Grace Gerwien
Mary
Orville
Ernest
Jean Pike
Rita Bennefield
Daisy Kreinnels
Nora Sandquin
Eva Felix
Bill Fiddler
Faith Lutheran Church
Carl Schmok
Tuscoola Cemetery
Lindbergh's Flight and Local Notes From Moberly Lake
A nostalgic column recalls Charles Lindbergh's 1927 trans Atlantic landing, his life, and impact. It also notes local items from Moberly Lake including a Fireball Community Centre vote, wolves affecting farms, a wolves bounty debate, and a tragedy as Dennis Desjarlais, 27, dies in a roadway accident near his home.
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Moberly Lake
Dennis Robert Desjarlais
Dennis
Hudson's Hope council cites funding for road work blocked by truck shortage
Hudson's Hope council reports funding secured for a road upgrade, but struggles to hire gravel trucks as crews work on Powell's Road. Mayor Rod Trew notes trucks are tied up on the Alaska Highway. The district expects July 28 completion for public works.
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Rod Trew
Roger Porter
Beryl Prairie
Alaska Highway
Porter
Powell’s Road
Federal Department of Public Works
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U.S.A
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Prince George
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France
Atlantic
Charles Lindbergh
Detroit
Little Falls
Minnesota
University of Wisconsin
Jenny
Anne Morrow
Dwight Morrow
Charles Jr
Hopewell
New Jersey
Bruno Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Easton
Connecticut
U.S. Dept. of Defence
Eisenhower
Air Force Reserve
St. Louis
Smithsonian Institution
Desjarlais
Hudson's Hope Council
Peace Glen Hotel
U.B.C.M
Vernon
Ald
Anita McWilliams
Lorne Nicolson
Jack Williams
Central Mortgage and Housing
Wac Bennett Dam
Florida
Dawson Creek
United Church
104Th Ave
Hudson
Business Directory
Lilac Beauty Salon
Chetwynd, B.C
Tractor Service
Moberly Lake & Chetwynd
Business Service Guide OF
David Poskitt
Westwood
Westhwood Building Systems Ltd
Chetwynd Custom Builders
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