Page Z August 1Y3U Cassiar Courier OBITUARIES BILL RIDDLE William Theodore Riddle, age 33 of Cassiar, B.C, died July 5th, 1980. Born in Prince Albert, Sask. Bill Riddle moved to Fort McMurray, Alberta as a child. He moved to Green- wood in 1961 and then to Cassiar in 1969 where he was employed as Asst. Mill Supt. - Prod. with Cassiar Asbestos Corp. Ltd. He was,a pilot and owned his own plane for pleasure use. In addition he was a volunteer Fire Chief for Cassiar. Married February 14th, 1979, he is survived by his wife Pat nee Witwicki, one daughter Jaime Patricia; parents Bob and Amy Riddle of Greenwood; two brothers, Kenneth and Bob Riddle of Greenwood; three sisters, Darlene Hendry of Manson Creek, B.C., Shirley Dunn of Kelowna and Pamela Riddle of Greenwood.; Grandmother Isabel Riddle of Burnaby and maternal grandparents of Glasgow, Scotland, Mr. and Mrs. R. Bauld. Funeral services were held on July 12th, 1980 at St. Col- umbia United Church at Greenwood with Father Agnellus officiating.’ Internment followed at Greenwood Cemetery.’ ° ammond Services Ltd. was in charge of the arrangements. I would like to express my appreciation to the resi- dents of Cassiar for helping to make my 2% week visit here pleasant and enjoyable. While visiting my sister and brother-in-law (Sherry and Bob Sethan), I have found the people of Cassiar warm and friendly wherever I went. The food at the “Retreat’ was delicious and is quite a nice addition for Cassiar. I think Cassiar is situated in very pretty surroundings and am impressed with the way the town is trying to encourage beauty in the yards and immediate town itself. I am taking a beautiful memory back to Utah with me. Keep up the nice work folks and remember friendliness will always draw people back. With much appreciation. and thanks to my relatives here and the rest of Cassiar. Corrienne Thedell P.S. Only thing wrong: you didn’t have any Cassiar car Decals. IMPRESSIONS First of all | would like to introduce myself. | am ‘Aruna’ an East Indian and new to Cassiar and Canada. | came to Canada on the 14th of May, 1980 as an immigrant and to Cassiar on 22nd May. My husband is a Canadian citizen and since March’78 he’s here in Cassiar. In school, | had read something about Canada, it being a country of Forests. And while driving down from Van- couver, the first thing that came to my mind was that it's a beautiful country with its forests, mountains, lakes, and a number of picnic spots. Before coming here, to Canada, | was living in the capital city of India, that is, New Delhi. It’s an overpopulated and noisy place, Its a metropolitan city with a majority of friendly people around. In’ Vancouver, | found, that generally the impression about East Indians is not good. And-most of the residents Cont. on page 12 TIM PRINCE A former resident of Cassiar, Tim Prince, age 22 passed away July 3rd, 1980 from injuries received from a motor- cycle . accident in Sask. Funeral services and internment: took place in Kelvington Sask. on July 7th. Tim is sur- vived by his parents, four brothers and six sisters. a a ALAIN MOREAU Alain Moreau passed away suddenly on July 11th at the age of thirty three. Alain was a resident of Cassiar for five years before he was so tragically killed in an accident on the Stewart Cassiar Highway. Funeral ceremonies were held in St. Jerome, Quebec. Alain is survived by his father and three sisters. IN MEMORIAM SPYCHER - In loving memory of our beloved Jack who passed away so suddenly on July 7, 1979: One long and lonely year has passed Since our great sorrow fell The shock that we received that day We still remember well. ' Our hearts ache with sadness And silent tears still fall, For what it meant to loose you No one will ever know. Ever remembered and always loved, Dad, Mom, Al, Ivy,Tom, Carol, Christel and family. MINE and MILL TOURS A special Tour has been established to enable townsite residents to view the Mine and Plantsite. This is an excel- lent opportunity to see first hand the inner workings of the Mine and the Mill and to see the original townsite. Learn a little of the History of Cassiar Asbestos and meet some of the People involved. The Tours will be held on August 21st & 28th at 1:00 p.m. Please make arrange- ments well in advance as space is limited. Cameras will be allowed for the Mine but not for the Mill. For reservation and/or more information, call the Employ- ment Office at 778-7435. Walter Comper 4 Tour Co-ordinator. HIGHWAYS THE HONOURABLE ALEX V. FRASER MINISTER OF TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS July 21st 1980. Tenders have been called for a contract to produce 165 000 tonnes of gravel at two pits in the Dease Lake Highway District, Highway 37, it was announced today by Transportation and Highways Minister Alex V. Fraser. At Hotel Creek pit, located one kilometre north of the Cassiar Highway 37 and Telegraph. Creek Road inteisec- tion on the west side of the Cassiar Highway, a total of 135 000 tonnes of gravel are to be produced. ; The remaining 30 000 tonnes will be produced and stockpiled at the Deltaic pit, located 217.43 kilometres “north of Highway 16 on Highway 37, Both pits are part of the Cassiar Highway right-of-way. ~ Materials produced will be used for maintenance and re- gravelling of Highway 37 and the Telegraph Creek High- way 51 by ministry crews. Tenders will be opened August 1. For further information contact: D.W. Shepherd 387 - 3198/3182 Public Information Officer Oops! Last month we printed a list of the faculty of the Cassiar Elementary Secondary School for the 1980-81 year. We omitted the Grade two/three teacher Mrs. Grace Kurian. Our apologies. Thank. Yous I wish to express my heartfelt appreciation for the many acts of kindness and many tributes displayed to me at the sudden loss of my loving husband Bill. Special thanks to Rev. C.W. Bell of Watson Lake, the All Saints Church lad- ies, Cassiar Asbestos Corp. Ltd., No. 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron of Comox and the volunteer members of the Cassiar Fire Brigade. The support of all his friends and workmates will always be remembered. Patricia J. Riddle July 25th 1980. . Thank you to Dr, Paul Sevier and all the staff who made my stay in Cassiar Hospital a relaxing and enjoyable one. Erin has let me know how much he will miss all the lov- ely nurses who cuddled and cooed him whenever he need- ed a bit of extra reassurance about this big wild world. We're setting off for Fernie in a few days and certainly. hope to find a measure of the care and consideration with- in their medical facilities as we’ve found here. Thanks again everybody, Nicola, Erin and Peter. gi Ottawa i Viewpoint JIM FULTON MP Every Thursday after Question Period the House Leaders for the three parties in the House of Commons discuss the business of the house for the upcoming week, Stanley Knowles, NDP House Leader, who has been a member in the Commons for over thirty-five years, used these weekly opportunities to persistently seek the intro- duction of Bill C-40, a bill to amend the legislation dealing with veteren’ s pensions. The weekly query paid off as on July 9th the Bill came before the Commons for debate. The following are some excerpts from Mr. Knowles’ speech. “It was in the month of May, 1943 - that is more than 37 years ago - that | made my first intervention in the House of Commons with respect to veteran’s affairs. It is good to know that persistence on the part of many people does pay and that we have reached this point today.” “What we like about the bill, is the ending of that fifty year reign of the 48 percent rule. What it provided has been that, where a veteran was on a disability pension of 48%-or more, the widow has been entitied to a full wi- dow’s pension under the Pension Act. But if the veterans disability pension was below 48%, there has been no pen- sion for the widow. We still have a cutoff at the 5%level.”’ “Il might as well come right to the feature in this bill which | do not like. | was not surprised when the Hon- ourable Member for Victoria ( Allan McKinnon ) did not point it out because it is the same provision that was in his bill of last December 6th, Bill C-28. That is the provision under which this glorious new regime will be staged in over a period of six years.” The NDP moved an amendment to dispense with the six year phasing - in process, however it was defeated by the slim margin of only 4 votes. Through Stanley Knowles, the NDP also made mention of the problems not addressed by the legislation, First, it does not correct the escalation clause for those who are on 100% disability so that their pension will keep up with - inflation, Second, the bill does not improve the position of prisoners of war; it does not give them equality to other veterans. Third, it does nothing in moving towards a a guaranteed _ basic level of income for Canada’s war vet- erans, The Bill, as a whole, received unanimous consent and was passed through the House of Commons. “OPERATION CLEAN SWEEP” A. bar-be que. party for the forty Tagish street residents, winners of the Clean Sweep Contest, was held on July 5th in Sethan’s back yard. A number of trees are to be given as prizes, and after a lively discussion took place as to where they would be planted, it seemed that everyone wanted a tree in their OWN yard!! The results of that discussion remain to be seen, BANE NOPES i] More information regarding the early history of the Royal Bank was received from former long time resident, Julien St. Georges. The old building which was used as a bank and living quarters numbered 105, and was located between the R.C.M.P. building No. 103 and the Senior Men’s staff house No. 107, Later the building was used as Cassiar’s Post Office. : The first savings account was opened by Frank Clark,mine _ shifter now deceased. Savings accounts were accepted but NO interest was paid on them. Thanks Julien for sending us the information. RCMP news A third R.C.M.P. officer will be working in Cassiar as of September Ist. This will be a permanent position. ‘ R.C.M.P. Court News. Richard Statham of Watson Lake was charged with hay- ing no insurance and was fined $250.00. He was also charged with having no licence plates and no drivers lic- ence. Stanley Myrkva of Cassiar was charged with impaired driv- ing and fined $750.00. : Douglas Carlick of Cassiar was charged with causing a dis- turbance - fined $25.00. Richard Tilk pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of a narcotic and was fined $100. Joseph Watson was Se with esault - fined $500.00. KEYS ? oT ROBELIX ‘WE NOW OFFER A FULL LOCKSMITH SERVICE AT 656 BATEMAN STREET RERMAIRS © TUBES and TRANSISTORS HOBBY ROBE) SALES and INSTALLATION of CAR SOUND EQUIPMENT and CB — RADIOS MOBILE — BASE and T.V. ANTENNAE ACCESSORIES — KITS — WIRES — PARTS ELECTRONICS ospital appenings Holidays are with us once again and so we are saying Happy Holidays to Lil, Sandy, Martha, Deet, Nirmal, Anne, and Helen. Also to Eileen who has taken Temp- orary leave while awaiting entrance to the diaper dept. Bon jour to our temps:- Patty - smiling and filing department. Debbie - chargehand of the mop department. Jean and Carol - Bed pan department. Jane has taken over the reins from Lil. There is also a temp, in the administrators chair. Rumour has it that she has webbed feet. It has come in handy for the wet July month in Cassiar. Most people are aware that there will be a P.H.N. in Cas- siar one week in four. We would like to remind all those who are interested in her clinic to watch out for notices posted around town. Did you notice the new NO PARKING SIGNS at the back of the hospital? Born to Peter Arnold and Sherry Hannem, on July 2nd, a son , 7Ib, 10%oz. Peter Harwood and Nicola Davis are the proud parents of a baby boy Erin Davey. Erin was born at the Cassiar Pri- vate Hospital on July 17th 1980 and weighed in at 7lb. 14%0z. Born to Mountah and Refai Darwiche, a son Sajed, on July 26th, 1980. Sajed weighed in:at 6lb. 40z. ‘RADIO, STEREO & TV. SETS APPLIANCES of any kind FURNACES HOURS 10:00 am - 1:00 pm 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm FOR EMERGENCIES - 656 5 CALL 24 HOURS AT BATEMAN STREET 778-7639 7 WMG! teleehe UENE TeUQ A ys Toa) Th des Yok Cassiar Courier August 1980 Page 3 GUIDING IN CASSIAR We are often confronted by people in the community asking us what Brownies and Girl Guides do. I will try to outline some of the points in guiding. The movement is based on the Promise and Law, duty to God, service to others and loyalty to ones country, uni- versa: brotherhood, personal responsibility and respect for all living things. Also a characteristic method of guiding is “‘Learning by Doing”, the patrol system and contact with nature. Voluntary membership is open to all without dis- tinction. The movement has autonomy and a non - apolie, ical character: To become a member of the movement is a free decision. This applies the same for adults as for girls. Young people feel the need for getting experience in understanding and taking part in the present day problems and they must have opportunities for doing so. The adults role is to give information as objectively as pos- sible and to allow discussion without imposing her person- al opinions in any way. Also the movement is trying to encourage recognition of each person, cultural identity and fundamental human rights, a right that is not always respected in present day society. We encourage physical development and contact with nature. ? We stress the co-operative spirit in a world where indi- vidualism and personal success are so much emphasized. Learning while working should be encouraged at all levels amongst young people and adults, generations so often separated in life today. In the fall we will be starting to organize Guides, Cubs and Boy Scouts. We have leaders for these organizations but more help will be needed.. Hopefully the community will be co-operative and lend a hand. The above three groups plus the already established Brownies show that guiding is really developing in our community. I am hoping that people will give some thought to the possibility of helping out. We can learn together and share the resP ou LY for making the world more humane. by Nada Carin LIONS CLUB NEWS Mrs. Lee Coran was presented with a gift in appreciation for her willing assistance in the many projects set up by the Lion’s Club. Thanks Lee. A farewell gift was presented by the Lion’s Club to Lion Caesar Isidoro and we wish him the best of luck in his new, job. Caesar was a very active member of the Cassiar Lion’s Club and he will be greatly missed eye all members of the Club. On behalf of the Cassiar Lion’s Club, Lion Lothar Kutz presented a bursary to Grant Overton of Cassiar School. Good luck Grant in your future education. EMPTY BEER BOTTLES The Cassiar Lion’s Club is still collecting empty beer bot- tles each week, and its great to see the community helping out. - ~ At the Lion’s picnic grounds at Chain Lakes, you'll see a © new piece of furniture outside. Its a large wooden box, placed there by Lion George Kurian. It has been put there for the depositing of beer bottles, to try to keep them out of the garbage cans. Your co-operation in this matter would be greatly appreciated. So, keep our park clean, after all it is your park. by T. Krawczyk RUMMAGE SALE The Anglican Church Ladies will hold a athens sale on August 22nd from 7p.m. to 9p.m. and also on August 23rd from 2p.m. to 4p.m. at the Anglican Church Hall. If you have any donations please call any of the following people. Lynn Rauch 778-7641 Marion Cook 778-7682 Darlene Clark 778-7712 Wendy Zabot 778-7249 Your donations will be greatly appreciated.