Photograph of members of Erle Crawford's band performing on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. They are both wearing hats. On the floor is a cello on the right, and another guitar on the left. Telethon phone number sign also on the left.
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 members of Erle Crawford's band performing on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. They are both wearing hats. On the floor is a cello on the right, and another guitar on the left. Telethon phone number sign also on the left.
Photograph of Royal Order of the Purple Elks Club at the Aluminum City Telethon. In the middle on the right is Alice Holmes with Mr. Holmes, Mrs. Henderson, and Dorothy Cheyne (standing)
Photograph of Royal Order of the Purple Elks Club at the Aluminum City Telethon. In the middle on the right is Alice Holmes with Mr. Holmes, Mrs. Henderson, and Dorothy Cheyne (standing)
Photograph of Doug Smith with three girls on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. From L-R they are ?, Claudia Arruda, and Desiree Raposa. Phone panel is behind Left phone panel has signing reading Simply The Best! 20 Fun Years with A.C.T.
Photograph of Doug Smith with three girls on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. From L-R they are ?, Claudia Arruda, and Desiree Raposa. Phone panel is behind Left phone panel has signing reading Simply The Best! 20 Fun Years with A.C.T.
Photograph of three girls dancing on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. Girl in middle is Kelsey Demedeiros. Clayton Merritt and Joe Galante are on the panel in the background.
Photograph of three girls dancing on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. Girl in middle is Kelsey Demedeiros. Clayton Merritt and Joe Galante are on the panel in the background.
Photograph of three men at phone panel at the Aluminum City Telethon. In the middle is Bill Eynon with Pacific Ammonia Inc., and on the right is Steve Wilson.
Photograph of three men at phone panel at the Aluminum City Telethon. In the middle is Bill Eynon with Pacific Ammonia Inc., and on the right is Steve Wilson.
Photograph of a member of Erle Crawford's band lying on the floor somewhere backstage at the Aluminum City Telethon. There are two guitars and a cello 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 a member of Erle Crawford's band lying on the floor somewhere backstage at the Aluminum City Telethon. There are two guitars and a cello behind him.
Photograph of the wheel chair basketball ball team. They are taking a face off in the middle of the gym. The ball is in the air and the two people have to throw it back on the side that their team is on.
Photograph of the wheel chair basketball ball team. They are taking a face off in the middle of the gym. The ball is in the air and the two people have to throw it back on the side that their team is on.
Photograph of the backside view of some Kitimat homes. Oriole Street? There is a sidewalk leading to the street on the right with a person walking on the grass to the left of it. Some newly planted trees are in the grass.
Alice Dicker's father, Benard, came to Canada to work in 1955. He was a forman D-shift for Alcan. He married Anna in 1959. Alice and her sister Claudia were born in Kitimat and the family lived here until 1969, at which time they returned to Germany.
Scope and Content
Photograph of the backside view of some Kitimat homes. Oriole Street? There is a sidewalk leading to the street on the right with a person walking on the grass to the left of it. Some newly planted trees are in the grass.
The Aluminum City Telethon was started in 1980. The Kitimat Sports Association was approached by the board of directers 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
Margaret Warcup
Scope and Content
Series consists of a banner from the Aluminum city telethon
Alice Dicker's father, Benard, came to Canada to work in 1955. He was a forman D-shift for Alcan. He married Anna in 1959. Alice and her sister Claudia were born in Kitimat and the family lived here until 1969, at which time they returned to Germany.
Scope and Content
Photograph of looking down a snowy Kitimat Street. Mallard? Across the street an apartment is visible.
Alice Dicker's father, Benard, came to Canada to work in 1955. He was a forman D-shift for Alcan. He married Anna in 1959. Alice and her sister Claudia were born in Kitimat and the family lived here until 1969, at which time they returned to Germany.