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KAMLAH'S FAREWELL

On Friday, August 21, 1970, at the Guest
louse, many old friends gathered together to
say good-bye to Gerry and Lil Kamlah. Well,
not really good-bye, as Gerry and Lil have only
moved out to the Cassiar Road where Gerry will
operate the "Phillips 66'' Garage.

The picture above is the presentation of
a silver tray by Mr. A. C. Caron on hehalf of
Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Limited.

The picture below is the presentation of
a TV set by Gordon Edwards on hehalf of Gerry
and Lil's many friends. A beautiful set of
Jade and gold cufflinks .and tie tack was
presented by Lothar Tischler on behalf of the
Surface Department employees.

CASSIAR LIBRARY NEWS

Sylvia Conner and !loward Overend of the
Provincial Library Development Conmission visitc::
Cassiar September 13th-15th to deliver 200 new
books to the Cassiar Public Library.

Their visit was part of an annual tour of
northern British Columbia points which starte
September 8th in Dawson Creek, home of thic
Commission's Peace River Branch. Enroute in their
bookvobile the librarians delivered books to
Wonowan, Mason Creek Lodge at Mile 170, Trutch,
Fort Nelson, Summit and Muncho Lakes, Churchil}
Coper Mine, Toad River, Fireside and Lower Post.

After reaching Cassiar the librarians
travelled south to Dease Lake where they left a
collection of some 120 books chosen by families
of Dept. of Highways personnel. On Saturday they
reached Eddontenajon Lake where 250 books were
selected and left at the Klappan River school.

The bookmobile from ‘the Peace Country holds
about 1800 library hooks on tilted shelves. It
is fitted with a propane furnace and fluorescent
lights. Normally used for short-haul runs to
serve rural people in the Peace area, the big
mobile library made a “historic first" crossing
of the Stikine River on its way to Jiddontenajon.

During their Cassiar visit, the Commission
librarians conferred with the local library board
about its relationship to the Peace River Assoc-
iated Libraries and to the Library Development
Commission. Before the meeting the board cnter-
tained them at the home of Mrs. Nona Navin and a
dinner was held for them in the Pine Room of the
Cassiar dining hall.

Further evidence of Cassiar hospitality was
shown by Mrs. Navin who provided accommodation
for the librarians, by board chairman Rupert
McKenzie who toured mountain-top mining operations
with them, and by Mr. and Mrs. Allen Flanagan and
family who staged a cookout dinner at Chain Lakes.

Mrs. Pat Flanagan, Cassiar librarian, has
recently learned from Commission headquarters in
Victoria that she has been accepted as one of
twenty B. C. librarians to take a library training
correspondence course given by the Department of
Education. It is expected that Mrs. Flanagan will]
be attending a Commission workshop in Dawson
Creek on October 24th.

Both Miss Conner and Mr. Overend were favor-
ably impressed by the Cassiar Public Library,
contrasting it to the rather limited services it
offered a decade ago. Located in the Recreation
Centre the library stocks about 4200 volumes
including adult and children's books.

Before heading home, the librarians surveyed
the library's holdings, pruning some 430 books
which will be replaced by newer stock. They were
assisted in this work by Mrs. Flanagan and Mr.
McKenzie.