‘Page’6; July 1980. Cassiar Courier BANK NOTES When the first bank in Cassiar opened in 1955, it was situated between the R.C.M.P. building and the Senior Men’s staff house. The small building contained not only the banking facilities but also the living quarters of Cassiar’s first bank manager, Archibald Campbell. Archie remained in Cassiar for 5 or 6 years, and has on occassion returned to fill in for the existing bank manager. It is interesting to note that previous to the opening of the Royal Bank in Cassiar, citizens were obliged to send their paychecks to Watson Lake, Vancouver or Edmonton. Groceries were charged, as well as hospital, warehouse and other needs and the total amount was deducted from the wage earner’s paycheck. The present premises were erected in 1961 and it too served as bank and living quarters. In the past ten years the living quarters have been incorporated into the banking facilities and a family home and trailer have been provided for personnel. When one hears about the former archaic facilities, one realizes that we have come a long way since those early days. The Royal Bank of Canada celebrated its 25th Anni- versary in Cassiar on the 24th and 25th of May, 1980. CONGRATULATIONS! N.B. > Thanks Irma, for sharing your memories with us. Cl —————— — ll HOSPITAL HAPPENINGS Welcome to Dr, Bruce Beaton and his wife, Jean Kapala who has come from Whitehorse to join the staff here at Cassiar. Dr. Beaton will be working with Dr. Sevier and we hope he will enjoy his time here with us.Jean will be working part-time to relieve our depleted staff of nurses. Welcome also to Helen Read on the part-time nursing staff. (Helen is our former Pyblic Health Nurse). Dr. T. Bradly and his wife Betty have returned to Cassiar _ While Dr, Rauch is out for five weeks. We are happy ta have Betty join our part-time nursing staff during the time they are here and we will welcome them back in Sept. We are looking forward to having Hine Robichaud back working at the hospital. Hine will be taking the position of Acting Administrator in Sandy Hickman’s absence. On June 2, 1980 at 12 o’clock a Cessna 185 float plane crashed at Little Dease Lake, 26 km northwest of Dease -Lake. Killed in the crash were the pilot, Edward Williams of Telegraph Creek and three passengers: Robert Rose, Gregory Gardiner and Douglas La Londe all of Calgary. The cause of the crash is still under investigation by M.O.T. o) Mith.% : & R.A. Walch’, Manager - Royal Bank, and C.A. Caron General Superintendent C.A.C., inaugerating the light ing of Cassiar’s first neon sign, September 15th, 1972. Happy holidays to Jane who is taking two weeks and patiently awaiting the arrival of her husband Jesse. We also congratulate Jane on receiving her Canadian \ Citizenship. Congratulations to Helen Milne on her new job with U.S;W.A. We'll miss you Helen but we wish you well. Sandy is off to get rich quick in Dawson City. Good luck Sandy, and bring back some of the yellow stuff for us. We had four June birthdays and ‘celebrated-them “en masse” the evening of the 25th of June. There was an excellent supper prepared by the staff members and everyone had a good time. Happy birthday Sandy, Helen, Paul and Jane, Special thanks to everyone who contri- buted, especially Jane in organizing it and Martha -for her special culinary arts. It was super! Our thoughts and prayers are with Deet who is on com- passionate leave to be with her mother, who is ill. A Born to Sherry and Peter Arnold, e July 2, 1980 , a boy - Jacob Lee Birth 7 lbs. 10% ozs. by Hilde Guderjahn The Cassiar Public Library received a shipment of. 150 new books. The sun is not always shining-in the summer; a good book and rain go very well together and the books are there for the taking. The rain does not come under my jurisdiction. A new system of bortowing books is taking place in the Peace River-Stikine District. Any member of the Cassiar Public Library is entitled to borrow books from the li- braries in Fort Nelson, Fort St. John, Dawson Creek, Chetwynd and Hudson Hope. When you visit the library next time, please return your old membership card and you will be issued a new one valid for borrowing books at the above mentioned libraries. This system of reciprocal- borrowing is intended to give the people in the North the best book service available. Library Hours: Monday 6 -9 p.m. Tuesday closed Wednesday 2-5 p.m. Thursday 6-9 p.m. Friday 6-9 p.m. Saturday closed ad, Sunday 2-5 p.m. PARENTS ADVISORY COUNCIL: The Parent Advisory Council had their last meeting for this by Phyllis Hardy, season on June 11th with the newly elected members present. Mr. Jim Callow, Mrs Pat Borsato, Mrs. Wendy Zabot and Mrs. Phyllis Hardy were all elected for a two year term and Mr. Fred Cousins was re-elected for a one year term. Mr. Mel Taylor was re-elected as chairperson with Mr. Jim Callow as his Vice and Mrs. Phyllis Hardy as Secretary- treasurer all for the 1980/81 term. One of the issues the Council will be involved with this fall is the choosing of a representative to attend a meeting with Mr. Gary Roth the Official Trustee of the Stikine ~ District, This meeting will include a member from all six School Advisory Councils in the Stikine, Cassiar’s main concerns at the meeting will be the Courses offered here, the facil- ities we have and don’t have dnd also the possibility of forming a School Board. We would like to say thank-you to the following teach- ers‘ as they have resigned: Mr. Paterson, Mr. Lally, Mr. Harwood, Miss Dahlgren and Mrs. Ernewein. ‘Good Luck to all of you. “ Les | am very much looking forward to my two year term on the council. | believe it will be a great learning experience Until then - Happy Holidays to you all. The Red nee hag and Reel FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES AVAILABLE Rods, Reels, Nets, Lures, Flies, Cases, Gerry Cans Knives, Ammunition and More MONDAY TO FRIDAY 11:00 A.M, — 2:00 P.M. 6:00 P.M. — 8:00 P.M. SATURDAY 11:00 A.M. — 4:00 P.M. “EVERYTHING FOR THE SPORTSMAN” “Memories are Made of This” May 26, 1980 may have been the departure date of the ' Duke of Edinburgh Conference participants but it was also the day of departure for another very special group. After months of planning and hard work by Mary Shel- lard, and the support of many others, the Good Hope Lake students - all twenty-six of them ( aged 6 - 14) boarded a” rather tight fitting bus and began one of the most excit- ing adventures of their lives, Don’t get me wrong - ‘twas not the bus ride that was ex- citing - I’m afraid it was best forgotten ( except for the friendly bus driver of course! ). We finally made it to the Watson Lake Airport and the sight of the big orange bird brought the excitement level to its peak. The memory of the flight will always remain unsurpassed as memories go in my mind. The choruses of ohhhs and ahhs as the plane took off and then the rising crescendo of delight as we passed through the cloud layers into glorious sun with the downy floor of cotton fluff below, brought tears to my eyes and pride to my heart. As we landed in Ft. St. John there were exclamations of “Wow, is this Vancouver?” and “Look at all the houses’. You can imagine the reaction to Vancouver! Our app- roach to the Airport was from over the ocean and the sight of the ships brought even more astonishment. | think the most memorable point of the flight was the tour of the captain’s cabin. Each child was allowed to file into the tiny cabin and came out awed by “all the buttons and things”. In Vancouver we were met by Fog and the Green Line Charter Company. Once the twenty-six children, six ad- ults and thirty eight pieces-of luggage were sorted out, our nice bus driver went out of his way to give us a great tour of the “‘ritzy’’ section of Vancouver, The children couldn’t get over all the beautiful flowers WAITING PATIENTLY FOR SPAGHETTI! ww and lawns. One house was covered in green ivy and one of the students excitedly announced “Oh look! A Christ- mas house”. Even the windshieldwipers got comments on how they “danced” ( It was raining by this time of course ). Be 4 So much was made of small things, like exclaiming over sidewalks and amazement at the umbrellas. One gentle- man was walking through the rain with an umbrella and someone yelled “Oh look! There’s Mr. Poppins’’. Well - | haven’t even covered the first day yet, but | hope you can imagine what a rush of joy and delight it was to experience the reactions of the children ( and of the chap- erones! ) We had a number of good reactions! When | asked the children what they liked best about the trip it was almost unanimous that the best time was at Playland at the P.N.E. Did you know that the rides are as swift and mind—blowing as ever?!!! Running for a close second were the aquarium, the revolv- ” ing restaurant at the Sheraton and the children’s zoo at ' Stanley Park. Not to mention the swimming pool in the Denman Inn ( can you imagine twenty-six children having _ fun in an echo filled pool room?) The Grouse Mountain Skyride got an honourable mention even though the fog was as thick as condensed pea soup! We did manage a breathtaking view of Vancouver though, on the way down, as‘the curtain of fog’ lifted to our great pleasure. 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