Photograph of a man playing a guitar on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. There is a Royal Order of the Purple Elks Club member on the panel behind him.
Photograph of a man playing a guitar on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. There is a Royal Order of the Purple Elks Club member on the panel behind him.
Photograph of Hugh Anderson playing a guitar and singing on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. Panel with a sign "Kitimat Recreation Department" is behind him.
The Aluminum City Telethon was started in 1980. The Kitimat Sports Association was approached by the board of directors of the Child Development Centre, and asked for their assistance in raising funds. The idea of a Telethon was agreed on and a committee was formed.
Each year the Telethon executive receives requests from the different non-profit organizations within our own community. They then decide on how to disburse the funds raised that year. after the letters of requests are reviewed and a brief presentation is made to the board of directors explaining how the money received will be spent.
Custodial History
Dorothy Cheyne
Scope and Content
Photograph of Hugh Anderson playing a guitar and singing on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. Panel with a sign "Kitimat Recreation Department" is behind him.
Photograph of a group of kids sitting on a rainbow rug in front of a man playing a guitar at the Aluminum City Telethon. Kids consist of four girls and one boy. Guitar man is wearing a black shirt with a yellow, decorative shoulder ornament. Donation panel visible behind them.
Photograph of a group of kids sitting on a rainbow rug in front of a man playing a guitar at the Aluminum City Telethon. Kids consist of four girls and one boy. Guitar man is wearing a black shirt with a yellow, decorative shoulder ornament. Donation panel visible behind them.
Mr. Savage on the left, playing a black electric guitar, and Mr. Eastman on the right, playing an acoustic guitar. They are performing on stage with the curtains down behind them. The two men are playing into the microphone in front of them and neither of them are looking at the camera.
Mr. Savage on the left, playing a black electric guitar, and Mr. Eastman on the right, playing an acoustic guitar. They are performing on stage with the curtains down behind them. The two men are playing into the microphone in front of them and neither of them are looking at the camera.
The Aluminum City Telethon was started in 1980. The Kitimat Sports Association was approached by the board of directors of the Child Development Centre, and asked for their assistance in raising funds. The idea of a Telethon was agreed on and a committee was formed.
Each year the Telethon executive receives requests from the different non-profit organizations within our own community. They then decide on how to disburse the funds raised that year. after the letters of requests are reviewed and a brief presentation is made to the board of directors explaining how the money received will be spent.
Custodial History
Dorothy Cheyne
Scope and Content
Photograph of two men sitting on chairs and playing guitars in a backstage area or another room at Mount Elizabeth Secondary School.
An entire deck of alcan playing cards in card box still wrapped in plastic. The front has an Alcan pattern, the back has a plain brown design with the four suits at each corner. There is information around the sides of the card case "GEMACO BRIDGE" "PLAYING CARDS MADE IN U.S.A." "GEMACO TRADEMARK OF QUALITY IN PLAYING CARDS" "PLASTIC COATED"
An entire deck of alcan playing cards in card box still wrapped in plastic. The front has an Alcan pattern, the back has a plain brown design with the four suits at each corner. There is information around the sides of the card case "GEMACO BRIDGE" "PLAYING CARDS MADE IN U.S.A." "GEMACO TRADEMARK OF QUALITY IN PLAYING CARDS" "PLASTIC COATED"
