Zoning law controversy, Chamber of Commerce push for power extension, Houston entertainers at Burns Lake Music Festival, Boosters discuss sports, Premier W.A.C. Bennett to launch forest products complex, Cattlemen banquet and dance, sports day floats, Gordon Stadel appointed assessor to Town of Hou…
Zoning law controversy, Chamber of Commerce push for power extension, Houston entertainers at Burns Lake Music Festival, Boosters discuss sports, Premier W.A.C. Bennett to launch forest products complex, Cattlemen banquet and dance, sports day floats, Gordon Stadel appointed assessor to Town of Houston, Kathleen Parish moves to Mexico, "From the Mayor's Chair", elections for I.W.A. president, gerbils at Houston Christian School, police court news, technical training, student walkathon, Houston W.I. features exotic foods, Quick Home Arts Club meeting, mail captured by Germans in 1940 sent out, letters to the editor, constructive plans at Chamber meeting.
Recreation Commission rents community hall, walkathon, letter from Saskatchewan, Silverthorne principal visits schools, Frontier Explorations Ltd., May sports day, new school complex advantages, Teen Town, forest service employees awarded, surprise baby shower, Molymine program announced, Houston b…
Recreation Commission rents community hall, walkathon, letter from Saskatchewan, Silverthorne principal visits schools, Frontier Explorations Ltd., May sports day, new school complex advantages, Teen Town, forest service employees awarded, surprise baby shower, Molymine program announced, Houston businesses, Frank Howard campaign speculation, B.C. Telephone Company conciliation report, Federal Forestry Branch conducts insect and disease survey, Mothers Day tea and plant sale successful, school concert tickets on sale, Lion's Club charter night, Alex Morgan in Australia, Houston residents vacation, arena financial report.
New integrated forest products complex, May Day parade, fatal car accidents, blood donor clinic, Overland telegraph plaques, newspaper delay, "Bonnie and Clyde" float editorial, "Press Relations" editorial, Silverthorne track and field day, letter to the editor, court docket, Bayland Mines studies …
New integrated forest products complex, May Day parade, fatal car accidents, blood donor clinic, Overland telegraph plaques, newspaper delay, "Bonnie and Clyde" float editorial, "Press Relations" editorial, Silverthorne track and field day, letter to the editor, court docket, Bayland Mines studies Goosly Lake property, forestry report, "looking back over the years".
Pulp and paper mill construction delayed, mental health future brighter, plywood plant outline, ambulance, possible deli worker strike, Houston W.I. report, BV Logger's Association social, Pollution Control Act, 4-H achievement night, funeral for Jean L. Short, "Simple Survey Underway" editorial, p…
Pulp and paper mill construction delayed, mental health future brighter, plywood plant outline, ambulance, possible deli worker strike, Houston W.I. report, BV Logger's Association social, Pollution Control Act, 4-H achievement night, funeral for Jean L. Short, "Simple Survey Underway" editorial, provincial poll, "looking back over the years", "Commentary and Ode to the Bulkley Valley, bowling results announced at banquet, Scandinavian food at Houston W.I.
Houston ambulance, hockey report, Ron Everson feature, merchant expresses concerns over zoning, Houston secondary school announced, front page editorial, Silverthorne track and field coaches, Short family dinner, public meeting for zoning law, walkathon for new Legion, first aid exams, police court…
Houston ambulance, hockey report, Ron Everson feature, merchant expresses concerns over zoning, Houston secondary school announced, front page editorial, Silverthorne track and field coaches, Short family dinner, public meeting for zoning law, walkathon for new Legion, first aid exams, police court news, letter to the editor, visitors, forest fire report, Ladies Auxiliary convention, baseball, music at ambulance celebration, fire control courses, car accident.
First marriage in Pentecostal Church, student registration, Silverthorne school awards, vacationing teachers, Christian school graduates, local family travels east, Round Lake picnic, "A complex is born", water safety pamphlets, forest fire hazard reduced, high rate of car accidents, veterans march…
First marriage in Pentecostal Church, student registration, Silverthorne school awards, vacationing teachers, Christian school graduates, local family travels east, Round Lake picnic, "A complex is born", water safety pamphlets, forest fire hazard reduced, high rate of car accidents, veterans march, letter to the editor, P.N.G. expansion, Houston schools planned, Agnes Mihalcheon bridal shower, Panrucker baby shower, vacation reports, end of term school report, Woelders return to Holland, social notes.
Contract let for waterline installation program, local hockey players attend skating school, I.W.A. mills, paving arena discussion, car accident, Lion's Club summer recess,"Local Paper Records Events" editorial, "first job is overrated", court news, live coverage of lunar landing, social notes, pol…
Contract let for waterline installation program, local hockey players attend skating school, I.W.A. mills, paving arena discussion, car accident, Lion's Club summer recess,"Local Paper Records Events" editorial, "first job is overrated", court news, live coverage of lunar landing, social notes, pollution group meets, no natural gas shortage.
Smith family returns, lunch counter opens at Houston bowling alley, "Spot the Ball" contest, flower art show, social notes, baby showers, farewell party for Dodds family, court news, Vanderberg tour, "Where did all the Crown land go?" editorial, McLure Lake bible camp.
Smith family returns, lunch counter opens at Houston bowling alley, "Spot the Ball" contest, flower art show, social notes, baby showers, farewell party for Dodds family, court news, Vanderberg tour, "Where did all the Crown land go?" editorial, McLure Lake bible camp.
Shopping center construction announcement, church sharing program, telephone strike settlement, blood donor clinic, BVFI votes out CLAC, news spotlight report, "The Kennedy Case", welfare supervisor for Department of Veterans Affairs, "Important Decisions Are To Be Made" editorial, Houston Voluntee…
Shopping center construction announcement, church sharing program, telephone strike settlement, blood donor clinic, BVFI votes out CLAC, news spotlight report, "The Kennedy Case", welfare supervisor for Department of Veterans Affairs, "Important Decisions Are To Be Made" editorial, Houston Volunteer Ambulance, "Here and There About Our Town", Frederick Reynolds memorial feature, high school roll on increase, Pope Paul visit to Africa, dental clinic postponed, 100% passing record at Silverthorne school, Richard Nixon tours Asia, social notes.
Annual flower art show, delegation disapproves of subdivision by-law, garden contest winners, Regional District meeting in Burns Lake, Cyril Shelford seeks re-election, "Spot the Ball" contest ends, "Another View On Space" and "Eve of Canada's Birthday" editorials, Vancouver Postal Union drops stra…
Annual flower art show, delegation disapproves of subdivision by-law, garden contest winners, Regional District meeting in Burns Lake, Cyril Shelford seeks re-election, "Spot the Ball" contest ends, "Another View On Space" and "Eve of Canada's Birthday" editorials, Vancouver Postal Union drops straight-through delivery, Doug Kelley NDP candidate, Rutherford family holiday, "Football scene", students successful in exams, Ruiter/Siebens wedding, Tom/Jack wedding, "Here and There About Our Town", "The Weeklies Say...", Pierre Trudeau fur coat.
Published by Tona and Janet Hetherington in 1979. Printed by D.W. Friesen & Sons Ltd.
History / Biographical
Sarah "Nan" Bourgon (nee Capewell) was born in Derbyshire, England on March 18, 1881, the second of seven children. She emigrated to Canada in 1911, joining her sister Florence in Vancouver; she moved north to find work in Aldermere, where she met and married Joe Bourgon in 1915. The couple developed a farm and had two children: Antoinette ("Tona") and Arthur.
Scope and Content
An anthology of stories detailing the lives of early settlers in the Bulkley Valley. Written by Sarah "Nan" Bourgon and edited by Marjorie Rosberg.
The Bulkley Valley Folk Music Society (BVFMS) is a Smithers-based non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and celebration of folk music within the Valley. It developed out of the Styx River Coffee House, a folk music organization coordinated by George and Norma Stokes in the late 1970s. Marion Rose and Kevin Widen sought to establish a yearly music festival and formed a new organization in order to run it. The BVFMS was officially incorporated in 1984, held its first general meeting on March 19th of that year, and joined the Bulkley Valley Community Arts Council in 1985. It has run the Midsummer Music Festival every year since its inception, with the exception of 2020, in which the smaller Midsummer Memories event was held instead. The Festival includes over 30 acts and draws over 3000 attendees from northwestern BC and beyond. In addition, the Bulkley Valley Folk Music Society holds two annual guitar camps for youth and adults, hosts the BVFMS Coffeehouse from October to April, awards bursaries to students pursuing post-secondary education in music or creative arts, and rents out sound equipment and a CD/DVD duplicator.
Custodial History
Items with accession number 2020.40 were donated to the Museum by Kevin Widen of the BVFMS on October 7th 2020. They were grouped together with 2020.7 to create the Bulkley Valley Folk Music Society fonds on October 8th.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of a hard drive containing thousands of BVFMS photographs dated between 1984 and 2020.
Arrangement
The photographs on the hard drive have been arranged by donor Kevin Widen, with each year from 1984 to 2020 having its own folder. These folders typically include a small number of ‘selected’ photos, a large number of processed photos, a larger number of unprocessed photos, and sometimes a collection of top photos for the year. For most years, the unprocessed photo files are named beginning with the year, followed by the photographer’s initials, the film roll number, and the frame number. Scans of the BVFMS scrapbooks are included in some of the folders. Years 1984, 1985, 1991, 2007, and 2016-2019 include a selection of photos used in slideshows as well.
See 2020/10/06 Note by Kevin Widen (accessions binder) or the ‘About these Photos’ document on the W Drive for further information on the photos.
This fonds contains records created by and relating to the Smithers Lions Club: the original 1964 charter, secretary’s records, meeting minutes, bulletins, five scrapbooks, a photo album of the SLC Railcar, a 50th Anniversary Celebration booklet, and ephemera such as posters, stationery, and a phot…
61 cm of textual records, 2 posters, 1 photograph, 1 envelope, 1 stationery sheet
Date Range
1964-2020
History / Biographical
Lions Clubs International is a global non-political community service organization originally established in Chicago in 1917. The Smithers chapter of the Club was founded on February 24th 1964 with the sponsorship of the Terrace and Kitimat Lions Clubs. It received its official charter from Lions International on April 11th 1964. The newly-formed Club had 27 charter members and was headed by Harvey MacKirdy as president, Geof Wright and Andy Stalker as vice-presidents, Nick Shaigec as Secretary, and Ed Good as Treasurer. As with all Lions Clubs, it was initially male-only; the first female member, Tracy Rice, joined in 1993. The Smithers Lions Club determined and met community needs, awarded bursaries to high school students, provided children’s activities such as Jam Pail Curling, and raised funds for hospital equipment, recreational facilities, and other causes. In the 1970s the Lions were responsible for the purchase and transportation of a CNR railcar, which served for a time as a Tourist Information Centre and currently (as of October 2020) hosts the 93.9 CICK Radio. The Club also owned the Smithers Lions Den at the Fall Fair grounds. The Smithers Lions Club dissolved in 2020 due to an aging and dwindling membership, having served the community for 56 years.
For a list of Smithers Lions Club presidents, see Finding Aid.
Custodial History
Items in this fonds were donated to the Museum by the Smithers Lions Club on October 1st 2020 due to the dissolution of the organization.
Scope and Content
This fonds contains records created by and relating to the Smithers Lions Club: the original 1964 charter, secretary’s records, meeting minutes, bulletins, five scrapbooks, a photo album of the SLC Railcar, a 50th Anniversary Celebration booklet, and ephemera such as posters, stationery, and a photograph.
Arrangement
The fonds has been arranged into four series, each reflecting the type of records: S1) Administrative, containing documents created through the administrative duties of the SLC leadership; S2) Scrapbooks and Photo Albums containing pictures, newspaper clippings, and similar materials; S3) Bulletins published by the Smithers Lions Club, and S4) Ephemera such as posters, stationery, booklets and photographs.
