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CASSIAR ASH.STOS sire Sango th fer ube ie oa Frontior College 2 now febcente en three
Urse Kris Sordin - Editor \in the Casaiar Sehool ouilding. where it ;
_ — Te WHI be situated until the deperture of the
WILLIAM LONGHURST staff, on ar choubt Septerber loth. |
1896 ~ 1966 evening classe 23 have been in session for |
2} months. Ele COUFIECS ave boing taught |
seen CISD: th dong ting and well inowm by seyen ins rina terse, Courses ine tudes ? :
‘repide the North, "Bil" Longuurst, et |paste. Intermediate and Advanced cesta ae

16200 a eh “oh Auguat 12, 1966, just two
months short of his 70th birthday, which
‘would have been October 2nd.

| Coming into the north in the 20's, he
ifreichted on the Peace River and inte the
\tzard, Previously, he had been a grain
ibuyer in the Calgary area. He was well
iawn threughout the Dawson Cresk = Fort.
‘Nelson area and during the war worked with
(the Army building the Alaska Highway. He
lran Beaton River Lodge at Miie 7 on the

‘Highway as a guide and outfitter. “hen
he was

net actively engaged in this wort,
ia prospecter: _

mares 210 sean © nm care

Bill Longhurst came into the Cassiar
jarea
up a guiding and outfitting spread, later
| selling out to Frank Stewart.
|the company for a short time in ie but .

left to go prospectings =
In her. book, to: Yan. Stands

» Wilson, writing of her life i 5 a Qisbrict anaes
s about Bill helping

mares in the north, tells
ihey reach ‘a diphtheria epidemic in fhe -
Beaton River area, and from her account 4%
ane a pretty arduous trips oie

while it was still McDame Post and set Inationality in Cassiar, in attendance.

He worked for
Jim Rivard and his ¢empany with a very large

Canadian Histery Geography ami Cevernment, |
French, Germ:n, Arithmetic, Business Mathes |
mtics, Algebra 3 Geometry, Trigonometry, |
and Caleuluc.
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Other acvivities include speris tourna. |
ments and public lectures

Glasses ore open ard can be joi:
Anyone interested in gay of
should see Jon Broadberry,
iiGtructer, about times ami

Tie et Pa any
the above
Frontier
losation

On August Sth, staff and studente cot
togethe er fer 2 social evening in the Cl
Room at the Community Centre,
35 persons, representing just:

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2hout ex ery

iter reshments Wwe ra provided courbes af

jand Splendid cake. inseribed with the nane
of Eeeeter Callers ‘and oe supply of fine

z= jinsic was 2 mionlded. in variety vy Gian
VVarnier, fron the record collection af Alde
iGanbine,

2 RR 8 cee a on | = ope tre nent sree EONS OST.

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‘fhe passing of Bill Lenrhuz Se OPaigs to Proz: tie 4 oo ite eves st aff and ot Farad earriy ¥5 0 Wh. at :
le efi} ite Tt mevy } a ee ny me !
Inn end a long ard colorful life. Tt is ten bg ayeeeeo thete thants to Peet eee wa
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Vuike ham who bave opened the north, whe and Gio. and to all who Lecked afte:
(ORCC ad its hardships ani enjoyed its ard Lapeedae ion, :
Fa

: wn nallenge.

+S patna e wee

He will be well remembered by his many
ifriemis and acquaintances and live on in

their stories and anecdotes, told to men and} y-

‘\boys who will follow on the treils he
and in turn Open new ones for
come after.

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. Anethes scala) evening is schedvled for 4

next week and as soon 2s arrangements are |
Binalized, they will be announced in class

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she man teld: mie On, wis vital to
lavenyds y living. For example, today an old
friend paid me back a Loan with a new oae-
hundired dellar bill. As he was leaving I
Pouca tbhers were Sass bills ‘stuck Lorether.

of: ethics BLOSE ¢
mabhantt.

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