Chetwynd News Roundup March 8 1962
Local briefs from Chetwynd British Columbia report on community happenings with notices and short updates across town events. Details remain sparse in this legible fragment.
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Newspaper
Weekly Advertiser
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Mar 08, 1962
Page
2
Local briefs from Chetwynd British Columbia report on community happenings with notices and short updates across town events. Details remain sparse in this legible fragment.
At a regular Chetwynd Chamber of Commerce meeting the executive committee grew from five to eight. New members include Roy St Dennis Frank Toparchak and Norm Stirling. Committees were designated with chairs: Agriculture Wayne Nesbitt Hospital Frank Toporchak Industrial Bert Chatham Ways & Means Ray Meyer. A Ontario doctor expressed interest in relocating and financing moving costs. The Hospital Committee will follow up. The group also urged a road approach to the dam site and Hudson Hope to shorten southern freight routes.
Advertisement offers Chetwynd BC stamps seals and rubber stamps from Edmonton Rubber Stamp Co Ltd. Lists letter clips and light weight typewriter carbon in assorted sizes with 100 sheets per box and one week delivery for made to order stamps.
Plans call for a 400 circuit telephone exchange in Chetwynd to replace the current 90 circuit system. The first setup will use a trailer van with a view to a permanent installation if growth continues. Ed Webber, district manager of Dawson Creek, will visit Prince George. replacing him in Dawson is Mr Finch from Terrace BC.
Westcoast talks cite a Fort Nelson to Willow Flats line with a scrubbing plant at the flats near the pump. Police Court reports reveal Edgar Rupert Scott fined for driving with no license plates and Harvey Desjarlès fined for driving while suspended.
Regular meetings for Scouts Mondays 7 to 9. Brownies Tuesdays 3 at the School. Library hours Wednesdays 2:30 to 4 and 7 to 8. Health clinics in Chetwynd Tuesdays 1:30 to 4 and at Mt Lemoray Lodge Wednesdays 2:30 to 3. Moberly Lake and Bond Siding events listed with dates March 20 to April 20. S.Y.U. Lumbermen’s Association gathering in Chetwynd Hotel Dining Room March 10.
The chamber agreed to send a delegate to Victoria to petition the Premier and Minister of Highways. Vic Nesbitt was appointed as the chamber’s representative to present the resolution in this connection.
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