The Cabin Fever
Festival

"The ‘event of the Century", occurred
Saturday night, December 8 at the Rec Hall
with slightly less than one thousand people
in attendance. Although the attendance was
a little lower than expected, a good time
was had by all. Beer drinking contests
were held and a new record was made by
Leonard Creyke's team who successfully
consumed six bottles of beer within 25
seconds. And a special mention to the
Humphry Construction team, who, despite a
valient effort, hit a new all time low.
the? | blonde bombshell", Miss Nancy Turner

"+ lucky recipient of the door prize,
- 1+7ross-country ski set.... to
ine highlif event ae skidoo breakdown!
presentation of
trophies. The shments par excellence were
1e night to provide sus-
ae ed, weary bodies.
El Large the staff of the cookery
G. Galia - Largedone.

;. Harvey - Large a _
ciel feline ens Eéxcellent and WwaS

provided by a twenty-piece orchestra, of
which only five remembered to bring their
instruments. However, those five had a
very good repertoire and managed to have
everyone up and dancing into the small
hours of the night. The other 15 members
accompanied the band as well as possible
with foot-stomping, glass clinking, table
tapping and assorted vocal harmonies. The
Cabin Fever Festival continued well into
Sunday morning with increased enthusiasm
and a sudden burst of energetic response
minutes before the bar closed for the
evening. All things considered, the action
packed event was enjoyed by all and has
started the ski club on another fantastic
season.

The decorations deserve note in that
our Finnish consultant, Mr. Ray Lahti
(alias Pee Wee) was called in especially
to supervise the installation at fantastic
time and expense. Needless to say the
results were extraordinary. As an extra
bonus, Mr. Lahti remained in a somewhat
less than intoxicated condition in order
that he could see what the "lovely ladies"
looked like for a change.

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However all good things must come to a
close and we would all like to extend our
enoymous thanks to Mr. G, Baker who was in
charge of clean-up.

Also special thanks to Mr. J. Mac-
Pherson who was our Public Relations man
who was responsible for all the advert-
ising which helped to make this "Event of
the Century" such a success.

SKI COLUMN

The McDame Mountain Ski Club is
celebrating their anniversary this year
and in line with the activities planned
wish to extend an invitation to all persons
interested in skiing, either cross-country
or down-hill, to participate in the slate
of lessons and races planned for the 1973-
74 season. In conjunction with the ski __

-clubs of Whitehorsé, Watson Lake, Elsa,

and Faro, races for the Yukon Cup will be
held at all member club hills, including
the fantastic 1400 foot downhill mn
available to all Cassiar Residents. We
are indeed fortunate to have the longest
skiing season and the most active club in
Northern B.C. For the meagre sum of 5 and
1/2 cents per day, you too can be a
member!! So don't delay, act now and
contact Mary Lee Burns, your Membership
Chairman, or any other members of the ski
club executive.

Due to the increased price of oil on
the world market, many persons are raising
the membership fees of their organizations
to keep in step with the rising cost of
inflation. However, your local ski club
is stretching the dollars to insure that
there will be no increase in the cost of
membership fees in the near future.
Therefore, it costs you less to ski today
than it has at any time in the past, and
at the same low price!

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THEN there's the story about the fellow
who got a pair of water skis for his
birthday and has been going around for
weeks looking for a lake with a slope.

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