Gabriel (Gabor) Nyeste was one of the leaders of the Scouts of the First Kitimat Troop (Boy Scouts). He moved to Kitimat to work on the Alcan project and left in the early 60s. He passed away in Kamloops in July 2020.
Custodial History
Donated by Gabriel Nyeste, Aug 6 1983.
Scope and Content
2 letters from R.E. Powell, president, Alcan, 1955 and D.A. Aspinall, production manager, 1958.
Photograph of Phyllis Powell sitting backstage in soccer gear (for singing the Vancouver Whitecaps song) at the Aluminum City Telethon. There is a man with a headset standing next to her.
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 Phyllis Powell sitting backstage in soccer gear (for singing the Vancouver Whitecaps song) at the Aluminum City Telethon. There is a man with a headset standing next to her.
Photograph of family posing with Santa. Santa is sitting in a sleigh with two children in his lap, a man standing on the left and 4 additional people behind on the right. There is a Christmas tree behind them. Possibly in the Kitimat Mall.
Photograph of family posing with Santa. Santa is sitting in a sleigh with two children in his lap, a man standing on the left and 4 additional people behind on the right. There is a Christmas tree behind them. Possibly in the Kitimat Mall.
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 people backstage at the 1983 Aluminum City Telethon. Phyllis Powell is in the background.
Photograph of Phyllis Powell and two other ladies dancing on stage in matching costumes with skirts at the Aluminum City Telethon. Phyllis is in the middle, and Mrs. Henderson is to her right. A backdrop with a tree and clouds is behind them.
Photograph of Phyllis Powell and two other ladies dancing on stage in matching costumes with skirts at the Aluminum City Telethon. Phyllis is in the middle, and Mrs. Henderson is to her right. A backdrop with a tree and clouds is behind them.
Photograph of girl with lemon. Kitimat may not be the banana belt but it might qualify as the citrus fruit belt of British Columbia. Three year old Sharon Anne Strecheniuk posed with a monster lemon that has been ripening on a lemon tree in her home for the past eight months. The plant is two years old and has not borne fruit before. Sharon holds a normal lemon to show size of the big fellow.
Photograph of girl with lemon. Kitimat may not be the banana belt but it might qualify as the citrus fruit belt of British Columbia. Three year old Sharon Anne Strecheniuk posed with a monster lemon that has been ripening on a lemon tree in her home for the past eight months. The plant is two years old and has not borne fruit before. Sharon holds a normal lemon to show size of the big fellow.
Slide showing a man in glasses kneeling down behind a little boy with a red coat and grey cap. The boy is holding a ball. Behind them is a grey vehicle of some sort. To the left of the vehicle is piles of wooden planks. There are some people in red visible beyond that, as well as a house. Douglas Channel and mountains in the distance.
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 a man in glasses kneeling down behind a little boy with a red coat and grey cap. The boy is holding a ball. Behind them is a grey vehicle of some sort. To the left of the vehicle is piles of wooden planks. There are some people in red visible beyond that, as well as a house. Douglas Channel and mountains in the distance.
