Photograph of ACT presenting cheques to local groups. Starting from the left are Cherry Groves, Susan Eisenberger, Teresa Guest, Lynn Stevenson, Dorothy Cheyne, ?, Jeanette Camazzola, Lloyd Hubbard, ?, Linda Slanina, ?, ?, Chris Wozney, and Louisa Breuker (Genzale).
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 ACT presenting cheques to local groups. Starting from the left are Cherry Groves, Susan Eisenberger, Teresa Guest, Lynn Stevenson, Dorothy Cheyne, ?, Jeanette Camazzola, Lloyd Hubbard, ?, Linda Slanina, ?, ?, Chris Wozney, and Louisa Breuker (Genzale).
Photograph of the Aluminum City Telethon presenting cheques to four groups from funds raised at the telethon. From left to right are ACT Secretary Gerry Deiter, ACT member and CDC director Muriel Greenlaw, CDC President Dave Jomini, PASA Chairman Prem Cheema, ACT Treasurer Isobel Kay, NWACDS Counsellor Liam Hyland, ACT Chairman Stan Green, Hospital Administartor Ken Last, and ACT Director and hospital auxilliary member Dorothy Cheyne.
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 the Aluminum City Telethon presenting cheques to four groups from funds raised at the telethon. From left to right are ACT Secretary Gerry Deiter, ACT member and CDC director Muriel Greenlaw, CDC President Dave Jomini, PASA Chairman Prem Cheema, ACT Treasurer Isobel Kay, NWACDS Counsellor Liam Hyland, ACT Chairman Stan Green, Hospital Administartor Ken Last, and ACT Director and hospital auxilliary member Dorothy Cheyne.
Photograph of aerial view looking west showing Anderson Creek area. Note settling tanks, precast yard and construction buildings on north bank. Anderson Creek bridge also visible.
Bud Powell is a longtime resident of Kitimat and former smeltersite resident. He worked for Alcan.
Custodial History
Donated by Bud Powell.
Scope and Content
Photograph of aerial view looking west showing Anderson Creek area. Note settling tanks, precast yard and construction buildings on north bank. Anderson Creek bridge also visible.
James McNay was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, on January 31, 1907. Between 1951 and 1953, he worked in the payroll department for Alcan. He had to leave his wife Effie and his two young daughters, Margaret and Diane, aged 6 and 5 in 1951, at home in Surrey, B.C., during his 3-4 month stints in Kitimat. To fill some of his free time and show his family where he was and what Kitimat was like, he spent many hours walking in the area with a 35mm Kodak camera. He photographed the scenic beauty of the area and parts of the construction of both the smelters and the town. He died in Surrey on August 7, 1983.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret McNay. Images were taken by her father and sent to their family in Surrey in the 1950s.
Scope and Content
Slide showing two men standing in front of Anderson Creek falls. They are standing on a gravel shore in front of the falls basin.
