Alberni Valley Times - THIS WAS THEN - March 3, 2011

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MARCH 3, 2011

This Was Then...

With Old Ike

If you were in Grade One at C.T. Hilton School 42 years ago, you may be in this picture

Katy Lekich has provided this photo of her Grade One class at C.T. Hilton from 1969-70, along with the names of her students.

Front, with the sign, Ricky Anderson and Victor Samson First Row – (left to right): Louise Beckingham, Valerie Anderson, Brenda lee, Sandra Wilkhom, Tracy Doyle, Eva Wong, Kelli Green and Rita Hodgson.

Second Row – (left to right): Tim Palmer, Mike LaPlante, Peter Longaphie, Robin Stetchman, Kenny Wallman and Shawn Owens.

Back Row – (left to right): Jim Newman, Danny Old, Andreas Bangemann, Valentine Madoh and Andy Klimes.

(Mary Little and Shannon Godwin were absent on the day the picture was taken)

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This old house

Historical Society meets March 9 in the Museum

By Meg Scoffield

Barry Ward would like to know more about the house he bought at 2898 7th Avenue.

“I’m hoping that if you put a picture in the paper Ike, that it would hopefully trigger some memories,” he emailed last week. “We have checked the Historical Society and City Hall with no luck as to either pictures or building plans.”

Barry can be contacted at: barryward70@hotmail.com or you can forward information to me at: ikepatterson@telus.net

The Alberni District Historical Society (ADHS) is once again presenting a double bill at its public meeting on Wednesday, March 9 in the Museum.

Guest speakers are Darrell Ross, of the Tseshaht Band, who will discuss the First Nations artifacts that have proved a wonderful addition to the Museum’s current exhibition, Hisheenqu’as Living Together. This is an opportunity to tour the display and to get an insider’s perspective.

Also on the program is Denny Grisdale, one of the movers and shakers behind the new Athletic Hall. As part of the fabled Alberni Athletics, he has fond recollections of the original hall and he will retrace some of its history, as well as the second hall (opened in 1958) that

Reader request Rena Thompson emailed last Thursday asking for information on the Hermitage, a legendary building that used to be on Falls Road.

“I enjoy your articles,” she wrote. “I was born and raised in the Alberni Valley, and kind of have ‘gone with the flow’, often forgetting what was then. One thing I’m interested in is the Hermitage. My mother, Ruth Stinerson, used to tell stories of Mr. & Mrs. Luke and the Hermitage. My friend and I were walking on Falls Road the other day and I started to remember some of the things Mom had told us about. I’m sure

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my friend thought I was making it all up, because it seems like a story and a half. I googled ‘Hermitage’ but didn’t come up with what I wanted. I faintly remember it being mentioned years ago in the paper, and wondered if you had anything on it. Just curious.”

I have mentioned the Hermitage (in passing) over the years, and while I work on Rena’s story request, this is a good time to ask for your memories or photos of what certainly was one of the most talked-about places in the Valley.

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The ADHS welcomes both members and visitors to the meeting that begins at 7 pm in the Alberni Valley Museum.

A reminder, the society also operates the Archives, located in the Museum.

These are available for research, enquiries and book sales each Tuesday and Thursday, from 10 to 3. The volunteer archivists remind businesses, organizations AND individuals that this is a safe and permanent repository for paper treasures. Archival records serve as a shared memory bank for the community.

You can contact the Archives directly by email: aadhs1@gmail.com or by calling 250-723-2181 (LOCAL 267) during their open hours.

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It happened in March

With Old Ike

Franklin River cut new masts for the Bluenose II (promotional picture at left) on Thursday, March 5, 1987, and, for fallers John Isaacs (left) and Aubrey Price it was an opportunity to grab some national attention. The falling of B.C. fir to replace the masts aboard the internationally renowned Canadian schooner attracted one television crew and a handful of photographers including Roy Snikkers who took this picture for the AV Times.

Elaine Brassard, left, the queen of Fir Park Village and Loretta Parkinson manned the information booth at the 9th Annual Ability Fair at Glenwood Centre on Saturday, March 14, 1992. The “Port Alberni proud” event, which ran from 1 to 4 pm that day, involved nearly 50 Community groups and saw an estimated 900 people come out to visit.

“We weren’t disappointed,” said fair co-convener, Theresa Kingston. “It was the beginning of spring break and the weather was beautiful but we still had a good turnout.”

Go back 42 years to Saturday, March 22, 1969, when the Alberni Lions Club held “Schmockey Night”, a very successful fundraiser at the Port Alberni arena.

This promotional picture, which appeared in the Times on March 19, showed Frank Dalby (holding the lead chain) along with fellow-Lions Emery Cook and president John McLeod as they paraded downtown the Saturday before to draw attention to the event.

Murray Grant, a man who always thought Alberni Valley Rivers produced good sport, proved it on Friday, March 2, 1973, when he landed this 14pound steelhead. As you may recall Murray, a well-known local sports fisherman, proudly displayed the bright silver specimen at his store, Grant’s Gun & Tackle on Argyle.

Reader Response

Joyce Pennington dropped by the office last week to say that her father, the late Stan Hykaway, was in that 1954 picture of Woodward’s Hardware staff in the Feb. 17 column.

“Although the picture isn’t totally clear, my mother and I both feel that

It was early March 1985 when the Miss Port Alberni Pageant announced its five judges at a luncheon held at the Galaxy Restaurant (now Dolce Vita). The local judges Norm Thiessen, Superintendent of schools for School District 70 (seated centre) and Alberni Pacific Division manager Dave Blake (seated right) joined restauranteur Chris Roumanis and the 10 Miss Port Alberni contestants in the luncheon/introduction. The outof-town judges for the Pageant held on April 20 were Mrs. Pat Wallace, co-coordinator of the Courtney pageant, Miss Liz Steele, a member of the Nanaimo pageant and Tracy Quesnel, the PNE’s 1984 Miss Lady Fair.

The 10 contestants for 1985 (not in any order) were: Miss Folkfest Diana Charlesworth, Miss Salmon Festival Pam Lucas, Miss North Port Elia Nave, Miss Kiwanis Cindy Wishart, Miss Canal restaurant Debbie Lawler, Miss Alberni Mall Dallas Ward, Miss Twin Travel Angela Walker, Miss Renate’s Styling Brenda Dowling, Miss Clown College Dale Kellough and Miss Kinsmen Club Carla Webb.

As history has recorded, Pam Lucas was selected to replace Tina Kennedy, 1984’s Miss Port Alberni.

he is the third from the left in the back row, standing next to Jack Flitton,” Joyce told me later on the phone.

That would mean standing, from left to right, in the picture that Joe Van Bergen brought in, should read Mi Casperson, Cliff ___, Stan Hykaway,

Charlie Erikson, Jack Flitton, _____, and Joe Van Bergen.

And ---Ron Receveur emailed last Thursday about the Miss Idlers ’65 picture.

“I just saw the picture of Lorraine

Gates riding in the back of that ’65 Olds Cutlass F85,” he wrote. “I believe that car belonged to Alfred Huff. My older brother Terry bought it from him a few years later and painted it dark purple. Keep up the great work Ike!”

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What ever happened to?

With Old Ike The ADSS “rap squad” appeared at a School Board meeting in May 1988, where they presented a rap-styled script to introduce the English Expo scheduled for May 14 in the Alberni Mall.

Teacher Winston Joseph is flanked by squad members (left to right) Rachel Spence, Kam Sahota, Stacey Hardisty, Faye Tam, Tanya Mah, Nadine Sawyer, and Kim Milligan in this 23-year old picture.

Please update us on the squad members’ whereabouts today by emailing: ikepatterson@ telus.net

It was 37 years ago

Happy Birthday Lisa Reader response

A small article in the AV Times on March 1, 1974 reported that:

Lisa Schut will be another year “younger” on March 7, so when you come face-toface with her welcoming smile at Echo C e n t r e ’ s reception desk, please wish her all the best. Ask about her days as a garbage truck driver for the City of Port Alberni 15 years ago. All the best Lisa, Lisa sits in the cab of a City garbage truck you deserve it! in this picture from September 18, 1996.

“Fathers will now be able to be present in the delivery room when their child is born, the board of trustees for the West Coast General hospital learned Thursday.

Dr. Ron Eger, the representative of the medical profession, said the doctors had reversed an earlier decision and decided to allow the father to be present as an observer during child delivery, if the doctor approves.

Eger explained after the meeting, the husband’s presence fits in with a total involvement in his wife’s pregnancy and can often be beneficial in keeping the

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However, there is one disadvantage.

The doctors’ representative said men have a tendency to faint during the birth, often creating an additional problem for the operating room staff.”

The story also quoted Dr. Eger as saying there was a demand, primarily on the part of younger couples having their first child, for the father to be present. “A maximum of one quarter of the parents would request it,” Eger estimated at the time.

I personally welcomed the change because it meant I was present when my third child was born in 1979, something for which I will be forever thankful.

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Bill Van Bergen emailed from Campbell River last Friday about the Franklin River Camp B picture in This Was Then on Feb. 17.

“That is a Jack Cash photo,” he wrote.

“There is at least one large, framed photo of this picture and it is labeled ‘Jack Cash Photo Studios’. Mr. Cash had a photo studio in the Vancouver area and it would be interesting to learn where his photo collection is now.”

Bill, who lived and worked in Franklin from late 1954 to mid 1969, also pointed out that I referred to the new bunkhouses in the top left of the photo when they are in the top right (my apologies Bill, it must have been the excitement at seeing the picture).

“I have two photos I took of the construction of these bunkhouses in 1955 – but I didn’t mark the month,” Bill added

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