ee ec A IPS eg a a I - = —— - —_ a — Page 2, September 1980 Cassiar Courier ERICKSON GOLD MINE by Pat Lewis Beaton September seems to be a month for goodbyes here at Erickson. We're a small community so when dear friends leave they take a part of all of us with them. Our foreman, Jim McLean, and his wife Velma left Erickson at the beginning of Sept- ember to return to théir home in Salmo, It is no exaggeration to say everyone in camp will miss them. The McLeans were the ones we all turned to in times of trouble and joy. Their trailer was al- ways full of people because of the warmth and welcome we all received there. Their generosity and kindness, their energy and humour will never be forgotten, Other goodbyes to: Kathy and Brian Mercer who are heading back to their cabin in the bush. We'll miss them too but look forward to seeing them again in the spring. Also, good luck to all of the students who spent their summer here - to Bill, Brian, Greg and Duncan, We had.a wedding to celebrate in camp last month, Joyce and Joe Hebert were married in Chilliwack and we toasted them royally at a party when they returned to Erickson, Joe is one of our carpenters and Jovce is our only female mill oper- ator. Other congratulations last month went to our vice president Kristian Ross and his wife Eileen, who gave birth to a baby girl, Kristina, on August 19. She is the first grandchild on both sides of the family and is a very special newcomer to this world. Best wishes also go out.to Dennis Best, one of our mechanics, and his wife Heather, who had a baby boy, Aaron, in June, Heather and Aaron should be joining camp life soon. We're all look- ing forward to seeing them. Over 20 members of the Erickson crew attended a steak and lobster dinner at the Retreat in Aug- ust and again we'd like to express our thanks to the staff for such an excellent evening. The food, the service, the setting — everything was terrific! A touch of class in the North! : The hammers are pounding madly all over Erick- son property these days since the first frosts have reminded us that winter is not too far away. We have a new addition to our office. Work is under- way on the outer buildings at the 28 Level portal. And our mechanics have a larger shop tolook for- ward .to. Crews have also been working on clean- up around the property. Well, summer's gone, but Autumn has always been my favorite time of year. Happy September! cassiar Concert society pres ents Kiondike Rite : on } Sey Ath Oct. The ee Hall DOORS OPEN AT 8p.m. Admission includes a Meal Gambling, Can-Can Girls, Dancing, Entertainment, Refreshments TOWN COUNCIL Some of the topics under discussion at the August meeting were the budget for 1981, a new*dog catcher and the drawing up of a contract which will clearly. out line ‘the dog catcher's “duties and re- sponsibilities and will provide a means of control for both the dog catcher and the town council. The dog catcher is paid by the Town 4 Council, but is directly responsible to the Town Administrator, Licenses, pound fees, etc. all are distributed or paid through Town Administration, not the Town Council, and anyone who has a com- plaint or is checking on.a lost pet should contact the Town Administration office, not members of the Town Council. During the first week in October, el- ections will take place for new town council members. Prior to that time:, people will be approached and asked to stand for nomination. People who are in- terested, especially those new people who may not be known to council members, are asked to contact us and state your interest. Remember, the Town Council acts as an advisory board: to the Com- pany on town matters. If you have any suggestions or recommendations for the betterment of the community, the Town Council is the place to bring them. Interested persons must reside within Cassiar townsite boundaries; to be able to vote you must be a:resident within the townsite boundaries, be present on or before the date of posting for an election, and be the minimum age of 18. There are nine councillors, including the Company representative, so eight are elected members, and the Company _representative is the Town Adminis-— trator or his delegate. He attends the monthly -meetings in an advisory capac-— ity and has no voting privileges. A lot of people have opinions and sug- gestions concerning the Town Council and its duties. Please come forward and let them be known. Show your interest in the- community and put it to good use, not negative use. Cassiar Courier, Cassiar, B-C. I would like to clarify some of the points in my letter in the August 1S= sue. It was brought to my attention that there was no need of an introduction because I am not a prime minister. I would like to say that if I would have been the prime minister of any country there would have been no need of an introduction because everyone in town would have been aware of a visit by a dignitary. I felt a es to intro- duce myself because I don’t know many people in town and vice versa. T wrote "while driving down from Van- couver to Cassiar". I think this IMCANUTODILS cecvecce A START IS MADE ON THE NEW GOVT. BUILDING "driving down" clearly points out that my geography is’nil since one always drives “up north" and not "down north" This mistake was also pointed out to me. Thirdly, and. most important of all, I have written that I think the majority of the East Indians who have settled in Canada are from a rural background with no education whatsoever. This doesn't mean that the people in ques- tion are illiterate as I have used the word "education" and not "literacy". According to any dictionary, education and literacy are two different words as far as I know. The person.who is literate is not necessarily an educ- ated one. I hope this clears up any misunder- standing caused by my last letter. Midha Aruna A NEW SEWER LINE TS LAID er VRE A eras Loe Cassiar Bits and Pieces Seems Frank missed the rain so much that he came back from holidays a week early.' _The Anglican W.A. and the Lioness Club recently co-hosted a farewell tea for Lorraine Baycroft at Wendy Zabot's and a gift was presented. Lorraine and Don's willing participation in many com- munity projects will be greatly missed. ‘ Congratulations to Ed and Lisa Spetch, who were recently married. Pauline would like people to adhere to Rod and Reel hours as the new baby re- fuses.to adhere to any hours! In emer- gency cases phone Pauline at 778-7736. Fred and Colleen Hewitt were presented with a beautiful soapstone carving at a. farewell party hosted by Cassiar Re- sources Ltd. Good luck to Laurie Malcolm, our summer swimming instructor, who is going to college in Kamloops. Laurie hopes to be back next year. Also to high school students, Gale Fugere, who is going to school in Richmond, Ken Cook at Niagara College, Fort Erie, Ontario, and Porti Nitti at St. Georges, Vancouver. Out-of-town Visitors: Doreen, Brian, Stephen and Anne Pewsey spent a week visiting family and friends in Cassiar. Norbert and Erna Dauns from Frankfurt, Germany were visiting Uncle Karl Voss and Aunts Hilda Voss and Martha Wallen- born 4 A Eleanor Berry accompanied her husband, Jack, on his most recent visit to Cas- siar. It was nice to see her back re- newing acquaintances after a three year absence. Jeri Agnes Lynn, 7 lbs. 9 02. LIONS NEWS by Ted Krawczyk CLEANUP For those who noticed the change in the Lions Club grounds at Chain Lake, the persons respon- sible were -Lions Steve Hanley and Don Toth, who spent two weekends there. Assisting in this cleanup were Lions George Kurian and Tim Wal- ters. Special thanks to Jock Rattray for the use of his truck for transporting material. The “Old Building” received a new roof and a few coats of paint. Well done, Lions. r) The two large wooden containers were painted and placed in the picnic grounds for the deposit of beer bottles only. Your assistance in deposit- ing the beer bottles in there would be greatly ap- preciated. Remember — it’s your parks Help us ees it clean. ' friends. Also back for their annual vis- ‘Wanda Quock and Jerry Olson, a daughter, Cassiar Courier September 1980 Page 3 Hospitat Happenincs Welcome back to all the people on holi- days and to Lee, our administrator, who has been on sick leave. We wish you continued good. health, Lee. Mrs. Edna Sevensma from Burnaby, B.C. visiting daughter Pat Borsato and family and son Robert Storie and family. Peggy Peaker from Satura Island, B.C. is visiting the families of her daughters Judy Walker and Leslie Johnston. Good bye and good wishes to Hine and Patsy, our part-timers this summer. Sherry, who ably handled Sandy's pos- ition, has left us for Vancouver. On Friday, August 29, Jane presented her with a memento pin on behalf of the staff. Howie and Doris Gates and family and George and Frances Johnson (ex-Clinton- ites) were in town visiting their many it and fishing trip were Mike and Ann Gerun. j ¢ Dr. Bruce and his wife Jean recently canoed from Cotton Lake to the Liard River and reported an exciting trip filled. with beautiful scenery. Pat Riddle and Sherri Witwicki's sister Connie spent a week here. Goodbye to Lorraine and Don Baycroft and ‘children Doug and Diane, who have moved During the past few weeks a great deal to Langley, B.C. of concern has been shown by Cassiar residents concerning the possibility of their dogs getting a new virus call- ed the "parvo" virus. We thought you * might be interested in knowing the probable symptoms of this disease, as described to us by Dr: White, vet from Kamloops -- onset of general lethargy, lack of interest in food and water. From the lack of fluid intake they quickly become. dehydrated, resulting in a temperature rise. They also may have diarrhoea and dysuria (blood in urine). Unfortunately we haven't been Welcome to: Alice and Stefan Dyk and children James and Wendy from Bulawayo, Zimbabwe,Africa Peter and Marion Curtis and daughter Nicole from Nanaimo. Peter is employed by Finning Tractor. Teachers and their wives - Dr. Dave and Mrs. Simonson, Norman and Shirley Vick- ery and Randy and Pam Knowles. Michael and Brenda Cain and son Geoff. Michael has joined the R.C.M.P. staff. able to obtain any vaccine to prevent this disease and haven't any medic- ation that is helpful if a dog does 7 become ill with it. This disease seems to be more prevalent among very young _or older dogs. The Anglican Women's Auxiliary would like to thank the Cassiar residents for their support of the Rummage Sale held recently. NEWS. ARRIVAL BORN TO: John and Margie Knapton, in Vancouver, a daughter Shannon, 6 lbs. 7 oz. THANK YOU We wish to express our very sincere thanks to everyone’ concerned for their kindness, helpfullness and understand- ing during my recent illness, to the ‘ Doctors and nursing staff for their abundance of tender loving care durinc# my three weekly.visitations to the hospital, to Cassiar Resources Limitec for their help and understanding, to Sandy Hickman who so ably took over my duties at the hospital, and to our many friends for visitations, cards and flowers. I am unable to find words LIONS CLUB PICNIC Three cheers for the brave ones who took a chance on the weather here and came: out to Chain Lake for this event. f , Thanks are in order for the great help of the Lionessess, especially Pam Krawzcyk, Ida Wal- to express how Ireally feel, so will ters and Judy Walker. just say a very sincere thank you to 4 : everyone. Ail gaints Anglican 4 82ommunity Church Lions Derek Walker and Tim Walters are to re- ceive special commendations for organizing this — their first Lions event. They even pre- - tended that they could cook! Well, success was with them — they didn’t burn too many meals and complaints have been unheard of so far. Good job, boys! Regular sehieaules 5 ft ae ; Sunday 11:00 a.m. Sunday schoolf Family Worship§ Rev. Bill Morrison Phone 778 ~ 7239 ur Lady of Lourdes Mission MASS Saturday R Sunday 7:15 p.m.€ SERVICES AT GOOD HOPE LAKE 5:00 p.m. Several games were e played - = “the children went home happy and the adults went home ‘pooped. Phone 778 2 SS — tn