Photograph of Royal Order of the Purple Elks Club at the Aluminum City Telethon. In the middle on the right is Alice Holmes with Mr. Holmes, Mrs. Henderson, and Dorothy Cheyne (standing)
Photograph of Royal Order of the Purple Elks Club at the Aluminum City Telethon. In the middle on the right is Alice Holmes with Mr. Holmes, Mrs. Henderson, and Dorothy Cheyne (standing)
Photograph of a large cheque being presented to the Northwest Alcohol & Drug Counselling Service for $4899 from the Aluminum City Telethon. From left to right are NWADCS Counsellor Liam Hyland, ACT Director Dorothy Cheyne, ACT Treasurer Isobel Kay, ACT Chairman Stan Green, ACT member Muriel Greenlaw, and ACT Secretary Gerry Deiter.
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 a large cheque being presented to the Northwest Alcohol & Drug Counselling Service for $4899 from the Aluminum City Telethon. From left to right are NWADCS Counsellor Liam Hyland, ACT Director Dorothy Cheyne, ACT Treasurer Isobel Kay, ACT Chairman Stan Green, ACT member Muriel Greenlaw, and ACT Secretary Gerry Deiter.
Photo showing service building roofs of building 156, 155 and 154, looking south east over potline 2, showing temporary covers over passageway buildings and alumina bin foundations.
Photo showing service building roofs of building 156, 155 and 154, looking south east over potline 2, showing temporary covers over passageway buildings and alumina bin foundations.
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 opening to the Kitimat Yacht Club basin. Sailboats and the Alcan dock in the distance.
