THE ASBESTOS SHEET
Cassiar, B.C.

Published monthly by
Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Limited

Since it may be of general interest to
residents of Cassiar, we would like to com-
ment on several recent visitors:

MR, WALTER HINDS

Mr. Hinds, who is employed by Kennco in
the Smithers area as an avalanche expert,
was loaned to Cassiar Mine to appraise the
snow slide hazard along the mine and tram-
line roads. His visit, although brief, was
very beneficial. Mr. Hinds was employed
previously by Granduc Mines in bringing
down snow slides under control on the road
from Stewart, B.C., to Granduc Mine.

Mr. Hinds has had extensive experience on
avalanche control in South America, the
United States and Canada. He is an assoc-
iate and protege of the well-known Monte
Atwater, who is author of several papers on
avalanche control.

It is probable that Mr. Hinds will be visiting
Cassiar again next winter, to instruct on
avalanche control and in the safe operation
of avalanche equipment.

MR. H.W. FELL

Mr. Harry Fell visited Cassiar on May 9th
and 10th to interview prospective applicants
for the Whitehorse vocational training
program and to acquaint himself with the
current training programs being put into
effect here.

During his visit Mr. Fell addressed a group
at the high school in regard to the facilities
available at Whitehorse for vocational
training.

MR, CHUCK WILLIAMS

Mr. C. F. Williams, or Chuck, as he is more
popularly known, paid his first visit to
Cassiar ten years ago, piloting his own air-
craft to a bumpy landing on the airstrip in the
lee of the tailings piles. Though best known
as a widely experienced and sage insurance
counsellor, Chuck has many other achieve-
ments.

Chuck was born in Toronto, the son of a
missionary. Four childhood years were spent
in Formosa and one year of schooling was
acquired in Japan. Returning to Toronto, he
continued his education there, taking courses
at university in mineralogy and geology. He
entered the mining field by joining the
engineering staff of Coniarum.

The war interrupted his career in mining at
this stage. He was never to return. Joining
the Air Force in 1942 he became an instructor
in navigation and served to the war's end in
this capacity. While in the Air Force a part
time job in insurance fostered an interest in
the business.

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With still a high level of interest in flying he
obtained his pilots licence in 1956 and
covered the insurance needs of clients in the
Northwest Territories and many other north-
ern areas. With the licence he received the
Chevron Award for highest proficiency, pre-
sented personally by the late Grant
McConachie, president of CPA. It was also
in this year that Chuck received his degree
as Chartered Life Underwriter.

But more than one channel was required to
give outlet to his energies and among his
hobbies are hunting, fishing, flying, pistol
shooting, and last and dearest of all, oil
painting. A student at the Academy of Fine
Arts in West Vancouver, Chuck is in his third
year of painting and is rapidly making a name
for himself as a versatile landscapist .

Perhaps many of you saw the burly figure atop
a storage tank recently - this was Chuck,
leaning into the raw wind and painting with
furious enthusiasm his first picture of the mill.

See you next trip, Chuck.