Photo of three women and a man sitting on a log on the beach. Smiling, two of the women have a leg up liesurely, and the man is wearing a hat and has a cigarette in his mouth.
Photo of three women and a man sitting on a log on the beach. Smiling, two of the women have a leg up liesurely, and the man is wearing a hat and has a cigarette in his mouth.
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.
Jamieson came to Kitimat from Vancouver to work on the Alcan project in 1952. With his first pay cheque he bought a small "Pony Kodak" camera at the local store (Hudson Bay?), and started taking coloured slides of the Kitimat from 1952-1953. Left Kitimat at the end of August 1953 to move to Montreal.
Photo showing barge beached near the mouth of Moore Creek after a bad storm during the night of 8-9 December, no damage was done to the scow or load of housing material for the townsite.
Photo showing barge beached near the mouth of Moore Creek after a bad storm during the night of 8-9 December, no damage was done to the scow or load of housing material for the townsite.
Photograph of a sailboat with its sails down on the hospital beach shore. Three people are standing to the left of the boat. Alcan smelter wharf and crane can be seen in the back on the left as well. Douglas Channel and mountain in background.
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.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret and Mike Kinnear.
Scope and Content
Photograph of a sailboat with its sails down on the hospital beach shore. Three people are standing to the left of the boat. Alcan smelter wharf and crane can be seen in the back on the left as well. Douglas Channel and mountain in background.
Photograph of a sailboat with its sails down on the hospital beach shore. Multiple people are standing to the left of the boat. Alcan smelter wharf and crane can be seen in the back on the left as well. Douglas Channel and mountain in background.
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.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret and Mike Kinnear.
Scope and Content
Photograph of a sailboat with its sails down on the hospital beach shore. Multiple people are standing to the left of the boat. Alcan smelter wharf and crane can be seen in the back on the left as well. Douglas Channel and mountain in background.
