Photo showing Kitimat Jaycees' blood donor committee hard at work. Shown above are, left to right, Jaycees' President Rick Walton, Garry Dunnet, Bernie Lindsay, Fred Durdan, Norm McPherson, Peter Osborne, Martin Misfeldt, and Phil Spencer.
Photo showing Kitimat Jaycees' blood donor committee hard at work. Shown above are, left to right, Jaycees' President Rick Walton, Garry Dunnet, Bernie Lindsay, Fred Durdan, Norm McPherson, Peter Osborne, Martin Misfeldt, and Phil Spencer.
Photograph of A.W. Whitaker, Jr. vice president and General manager of the Aluminum company of Canada, and Mr. Eva Waldie, the superviser of communications for the company as they watch the first message recieved in Montreal over the longest industrial teletype system in th world.
Photograph of A.W. Whitaker, Jr. vice president and General manager of the Aluminum company of Canada, and Mr. Eva Waldie, the superviser of communications for the company as they watch the first message recieved in Montreal over the longest industrial teletype system in th world.
Notes
Montreal, 1 April 1955- A.W. Whitaker, Jr, Vice-President and General Manager of the Aluminum Company of Canada, Limited and Mrs. Eva Waldie, Supervisor of the Communications for the Company, watch as the first message is received in Montreal over the longest industrial teletype system in the world. Installed by the Trans-Canada Telephone System, it went into operation today and provides instant communication between Alcan's head office in the Sun Life Building, Montreal and the company's plant at Kitimat, 400 miles north of Vancouver, in British Columbia. Messages between these two points travel a distance in excess of 5200 miles. Alcan, which is presently producing 91,500 tons of aluminum a year at Kitimat, has announced plans for expanding Kitimat capacity to 330,000 tons and this direct communications link between Kitimat and the company head office is expected to prove invaluable.
Photograph of A.W. Whitaker, Jr., Vice-president and General Manager of the Aluminum Company of Canada, Ltd to watch as the first message is received in Montreal over the longest industrial teletype system in the world.
Photograph of A.W. Whitaker, Jr., Vice-president and General Manager of the Aluminum Company of Canada, Ltd to watch as the first message is received in Montreal over the longest industrial teletype system in the world.
Notes
On April 1 1955 - A.W. Whitaker, Jr., Vice-President and General Manager of the Aluminum Company of Canada, Ltd. watches as the first message is received in Montreal over the longest industrial teletype system in the world. Installed by the Trans-Canada Telephone system, it went into operation on that date to provide instant communication between Alcan's head office in Montreal and the company's plant at Kitimat.
Micheal Kinnear Citizenship 1956 plaque. Front is metal, with a wooden backing. Shield shaped. Organizational Objects
Physical Condition
fair
Material
wood, metal
Condition Remarks
metal front is scratched and tarnished
Height
17cm
Width
12.7cm
Date Range
1956
Accession Number
2000.33.597
Biographical Notes
From the years 1953-1958, Mike Kinnear took photos during his school years, until graduation, while working for Fred Ryan Ltd. after school and holidays. Photos for him was a hobby, and he took many photos of the smelter and townsite as it grew around him. Mike also took a number of photos for the Kitimat Northern Sentinel, during the Ken Brumley and Pixie Meldrum years as editors. Mike and his family left Kitimat in 1958, but he spent the best part of 40 years in the photographic field, mainly in the retail/wholesale part of the photo industry.
"Public Health:
Dr.Evelyn Fox recieves $3999 cheque frmo Bill Beardow, chairman of local "Conquer Cancer" campaign.
- for established health centre in Kitimat General Hospital."
"Public Health:
Dr.Evelyn Fox recieves $3999 cheque frmo Bill Beardow, chairman of local "Conquer Cancer" campaign.
- for established health centre in Kitimat General Hospital."
Notes
A: HISTORICAL
1. Kitimat General Hospital
b): Public Health
Photo showing "Jaycees" trimming trees at Nechako and City Centres. L/R Ron Lemke, Dick Thompson, Larry Kootnikoff, Mel Burchett, Lloyd Hubbard, Blake Ennis, John Benour.
Photo showing "Jaycees" trimming trees at Nechako and City Centres. L/R Ron Lemke, Dick Thompson, Larry Kootnikoff, Mel Burchett, Lloyd Hubbard, Blake Ennis, John Benour.
