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Head Table guests Carol Bowen, Deputy Commissioner T. Venner,

Cpl. Bob Bowen and Mrs. Venner

Cassiar’s first RCMP Regimental Ball was a huge success. It was attended by many Cassiarites, as well as Dease Lake and Good Hope Lake resid- ents. In most other areas, the RCMP are allowed to invite one guest only, so for most of us, this was a once in a lifetime occasion.

Cocktails began at 6:00 p.m. We were greeted at the door by a receiving line and escorted to our table. In honor of Mothers Day, each lady found a red rose in a vase at her place. Dinner started promptly at 7:00 p.m. Hats off to the cookery and those who served the excellent meal.

The evening was emceed by Cpl. Bruce Waite of Dease Lake, who introduced the head table guests and other visitors. Chief Superintendent Harry Nixon of Whitehorse, who retires this year, was presented with a funny plaque from the Prince Rupert Sub-Division. Dave Frazier from Dease Lake presented plaques to Bruce Waite and John O'Neill. Both have been transferred south this summer. Carol Bowen presented Diana Waite

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During the meal we were entertained with big band songs by the F..H. Collins Band from White- horse, under the direction of Eric Taynen.

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Mary and Jim Callow, Mickey Overton and Staff Sgt. George Flake joining in the Grand March. George was ROAD in Cassiar from

, 1964 to 1967.

Insp. Vern Williams and Mrs. Williams. Vern was the first per- ‘manently stationed RCMP in Cassiar in 1955. He now resides ‘in Vernon, B.C.

Visitors to Cassiar for the oc- casion were Deputy Commission er T. Venner and Mrs. Venner

_.. After dinner everyone was invited to join in the Grand March and from Vancouver, Chief Supt. H. then dancing continued until 1:00 a.m. I think everyone left with _ good feelings and wondering how they could top this next time.

Nixon and Mrs. Nixon from Whitehorse, Supt. A. Meacock and Mrs. Meacock from Prince Rupert, Staff Sgt. George Flake from Edmonton, Inspector V. Williams and Mrs. Williams from Vernon, Sgt. K. Simpson and Mrs Simpson from Whitehorse, Staff Sgt. M. Macara and Mrs. Macara, Staff Sgt. R. Belter and Mrs. Bel- ter, Staff Sgt. D. Klancher and Mrs. Klancher, Const. Jennifer Ariano, Const. J. Garraway and Mrs. Garraway and Const. (CN Police) R. Bailey and Mrs. Bailey, all from Prince Rupert.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

The members of the Cassiar Detachment would like to thank the following people for their partici- pation in holding the first ever Northern Prince Rupert Subdivision Regimental Ball:

Peter Jones

Brian Lundale Rejean Dubois Norm Rivet

Xavier Nitti

Linda Murphy Barbara Billingsley lan Cartwright

Judy Price

Gordon & Helen Pearson Chris Risbey

Ciro Guarducci Mike & Ina Pennock

Gordon Giles

Rita Brown

Bob, Sherry & Tracey Sethan Cassiar Resources

Cassiar Community Club

The Lions Club

The Curling Club

Cassiar Secondary School Snowridge Elementary School All the bartenders.

The students who served so well.

The Cafeteria staff. ~ Concert Society

We would like to express our greatest appreciation to the following persons, because without their support and guidance, the Regimental Ball would not have been possible:

Garry Periard Derek Walker Claire Redmond

Frank Buckley

Denyse Tavener

Al Davies

Carol Giles and her sewing machine.

Bob Bowen, Wayne Conley, Scott Morrison

Photos by Ciro Guarducci

Os the entertainment scene

Sam Lay Blues Band

The picture shows Wild Child Butler in the forefront, with Jimmie Rodgers on the Extreme right and Sam Lay second from the right, in the background.

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With only 54 people attending the 1:00 p.m. musical recently in the Cassiar Theatre, the Whitehorse Troupe showed Cassiar and Area residents just how professional a group of teenagers can get with lots of direction from Conrad Boyce, and musical direction by Eric Taynen.

This Troupe worked all night in the Cassiar Theatre setting up the stage lighting, and staging needed to per- form, and although the crowd was small, their dedica- tion showed through some of the singing and acting that was done.

Cassiar has been very fortunate in having the oppor- tunity to view some of the excellent aets that have come

by Garry Periard

Many years of musical expertise hit the stage of the Cassiar Recreation Centre Gym on Friday, May 13. Cas- siarites were treated to some of the best blues that has eve: played in the entertainment world.

The Sam Lay Blues Band was in Cassiar for a one- nighter, and this band will leave a lot of people talking for some time to come.

Sam brings his expertise on drums, Jimmie Rodgers on lead guitar, and Wild Child Butler on harp. These three gentlemen have played with the world’s finest, and at the present time, carry with them a four piece backup group. They are on a northern tour, and hopefully will return to this area sometime late in the summer.

The band makes its home base in Chicago, and we hope that they will make a return engagement in this area, and give the Cassiar and area people a break.

by Garry Periard

to town, however, it is rather disappointing when the crowds are so small, and it leaves the people putting on their own shows with an outlook that Cassiar is not ready for this sort of entertainment.

! would hope that in future, when organizations in

Cassiar go to the pains of setting up something for all Cassiar and Area residents to enjoy, that the turnouts are a lot better.

In closing, | would like to take this opportunity to thank the organizers of the Whitehorse Troupe that came to Cassiar, for letting us share their talents, and would hope that they start in on another production for the 1983-84 season.

cassiar Concert society |

The Cassiar Concert Society will hold a general meet- ing at the Cassiar Theatre on Tuesday, June 7. As mention— ed in a previous issue of the Cassiar Courier (March 1983) the Society is in imminent danger of folding. Already it is certain that there will not be a 1983—84 season as it is too late to book concerts and, of course, there has been no indication of sufficient support.

However, the Society has survived a cancelled season before and if there is enough support maybe a 1984—85

~ season could be arranged. By then, hopefully, economic

conditions may have improved and once again people will be able to afford extra entertainment such as is offered by

the Society. The meeting on June <7 will give a clear indic- ation of the kind of support which can be expected in the future.

The executive of the Concert Society would like to thank everyone. who has supported their various endeavors over the past few years. The most recent of these was the Prelude to Spring, held in April. The dinner was a great success — those who attended all seemed to have a wonder. ful time.

We look forward to a good turn out at the June meet- ing and can only hope that the Prelude to Spring was not our swansong.

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Guiding News

Some weeks ago the 1983 Cookie campaign got under

-. way and Guides and Brownies sold boxes of cookies all

around town. Only asmall portion of the money collected is allowed to stay with the Company or Pack, but the girls enthusiastically turned up to sell the boxes door to door.

For some weeks, the girls have been working at im- proving the three dances we have recently learned. They are a Yugoslavian dance, an Israeli folk dance and a Can- adian square dance. It has been a lot of fun Practising these and | am glad to say we have at last made quite a bit of headway!

The month of May is being celebrated within Guiding circles as ‘‘Promise and. Law Month” With this in mind, our meetings during this month have included games or challenges which have been helping the girls to remember the Promise and Laws, and to understand the meaning of them. One or two of the girls may well have been working individually on parts of the Guide Program concerning the Promise and Laws during this time, as well.

Some of the girls are following through with their Dancer's Badge, and we appreciate Mrs. Anna Guarducci’s help in this connection.

The Baker’s Badge is always a popular one with the girls and Miss Denyse Tavener is helping those interested at the school one evening.

Chantal Bilodeau recently earned her Cook's Badge

_and Melinda Olson was our Guide of the Month for April.

Congratulations to both girls!

Plans are almost finalized for our weekend camp dur- ing June 10, 11 and 12 and all the girls are very excited and enthusiastic about it. More details in the next issue.

by Liz Maguire

GadURORGA arts Centre

As you may have noticed, we now have a newsletter

to try to keep everyone better informed as to what's ©

happening at the Arts and Crafts.

Again, we'd like to say thank you to all those ladies who donated goodies for our bake sale. Thanks for your support!

Since this is the last Courier before shutdown, we'd just like to give you a few hints about the good things to come. We're still working hard and are tentatively looking at late September for re-opening and running a fall program. We want all the ‘‘crafty’’ people to prepare themselves! We will have a craft shop to display and sell your crafts besides selling craft supplies.

We are looking for people in town who are talented -

(we know you're there) and would help teach some courses.

Watch for more information in our newsletter.

If you are. interested in finding out more, please con- tact:

Linda Andrews — President Lana Potocnjak — Treasurer Porty Nitti — Vice-President

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All Saints Anglican Community Church

Service every Sunday at 11:00 a.m.

Rector:

The Rev'd Bill Morrison 169 Elliott Street Telephone 778-7239

The Anglicans in Mission program reached its cul- mination in Cassiar on the weekend of April 17th. At that time, Diocesan Director for Anglicans in Mission, came to Cassiar to spear-head the parish weekend visitation. On Friday night and Saturday, the parish teams went out to visit the homes of the congregation, and came back with gifts and pledges for Anglicans in Mission amounting to nearly $23,000. This is 165% of our target figure, and represents a magnificent response on the part of the people of All Saints parish.

The Diocese of Yukon has led the whole Canadian church in financial achievement in Anglicans.in Mission, having reached 250% of its original target feature with more than $225,000 raised in gifts and pledges. In spite of some fears that this was a bad time to mount a major nation-wide financial drive, the result across Canada has more than $44 million raised to date, 10% above the target figure.

Anglicans in Mission funds are intended to support the work of the Church in the Canadian North and Overseas for the next seven years. The amount pledged will be given, in most cases, over five years. A portion of the funds will go to assist retired church workers who live on sub-standard pensions. ©00000000000

On the fourth Sunday of Easter, April 24, three chil- dren were baptized into the fellowship of Christ's

Church. They were:

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Bishop. Ferris,

and Colin Hoath,

Brianne Nicole, daughter of Carol

and Gordon Giles; Cory Donald, son of Chery! and Don Larson; and Lorena Dale Josephine, daughter of

Connie Quash.

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