Lorne Earle's first "appointment' - 'Account (Accountant) in Charge - B. of M. (Bank of Montreal) Smeltersite Branch - Kitimat 1956. This was a typical line-up every Friday 9:30 or so - bank opened at 0:00. Note this Branch sat on skids and Alcan hooked on to it and moved it twice shile I was there. Kitimat had only 7 miles of road & 4 of us lived in a 50ft trailer. (My 1st 6 mounths was in Alcan Bunkhouse).
Lorne Earle's first "appointment' - 'Account (Accountant) in Charge - B. of M. (Bank of Montreal) Smeltersite Branch - Kitimat 1956. This was a typical line-up every Friday 9:30 or so - bank opened at 0:00. Note this Branch sat on skids and Alcan hooked on to it and moved it twice shile I was there. Kitimat had only 7 miles of road & 4 of us lived in a 50ft trailer. (My 1st 6 mounths was in Alcan Bunkhouse).
Inside 'Smeltersite' Kitimat. 10:00 a.m. every Friday! These guys worked 60-50 for Alcan & the Construction Co. (Kitimat Constructors, probably.) Most of them were D.P.'s (Displaced Persons - inappropriate language for these days) from Italy & Portugal. Kitimat at this time had virtually no women (1%). Alcan & RCMP approved and supervised 8-10 huge poker tents (15-20 tables each) at this time (mid 1956). The railway from terrace came through - no road out until 1958. Only way in to Kitimat was Union Steamship or sea plane.
Inside 'Smeltersite' Kitimat. 10:00 a.m. every Friday! These guys worked 60-50 for Alcan & the Construction Co. (Kitimat Constructors, probably.) Most of them were D.P.'s (Displaced Persons - inappropriate language for these days) from Italy & Portugal. Kitimat at this time had virtually no women (1%). Alcan & RCMP approved and supervised 8-10 huge poker tents (15-20 tables each) at this time (mid 1956). The railway from terrace came through - no road out until 1958. Only way in to Kitimat was Union Steamship or sea plane.