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|Govenor: General Givet_

‘NEW HAZELTON, B.C, ‘JULY 3, "1995

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A Fine Reception Here)

; Lord and. Lady Byng visited
B New Hazelton and‘ Hazelton last
Friday aftérnos mi, ‘Their Excel-
Slencies arrived ‘by special train
exactly. at the time planned.
They were inet at. the depot by
M@the committee that had charge of
the. reception ‘and visit of the
overnor - General. and. party.
Those’ on the committee were:
Dr. H.C. Wrinch, chairman; W.
S. Sargent and C.-H. Sawle, New
Hazelton; A.A. Connon and S.
J. Winsby, Hazelton, . es The visi-
Btors were provided with cars and
a taken through New" Hazelton to

Mthe Hospital, where the official,

Mreception took place, and then
= proceeded to the old Indian ceme-
tery and thence down into Hazel-
ton and on to the depot at South
m Hazelton, arriving there on ache-
edule time,

Lord and Lady Byng were wel-
comed to this district by Dr. H.
C. Wrinch, M.L.A., who briefly
mexpressed the pleasure and honor
. iifelt by the people here, and -he
mconveyed to His Excellency an
expression of loyalty on. the part
'of the people to His Majesty: The

King ard to the’ British Empire. |
His Excellency heartily greeted
i, the people of the. district and-ex-

pressed great pleasure: that the
mopportunity was afforded him to
visit the district: He particularly
kwanted to meet the boys who had
served overseas,’ to meet their
relatives, and to to see them all
zzlin their home life and learn how
@ithey were getting on. He felt
B)he owed it to the boys who went
overseas: that he was appointed
Governor-General. and. was able
a to spend four glorious-years in
dthis glorious part of the Empire.
He told Dr. Wrinch that he would
be glad indeed to convey to His
ajesty the expression of loyaltv
‘of the people of this district.
‘} Mrs. A. Mathieson, superinten-
ent at the ‘hospital and official
|fhostess for the oecasion, present-
led Lady Byng with a bouquet of
flowers. =. . *
if Dr. Wrinch presented Lord
Byng, on behalf of the people of
phe district, ‘with en album’ con-
taining characteristic | views: of
the district. °°. ;
| Following’ thé: address of wel:
rome and His Excellency’ s reply,
All those . present: were: presented
(ho Lord and Lady Byng, and’ as
' bach returned soldier approached.
‘Lord Byng engaged-him in con-
eraation for.a coupleot - minutes
or more, makiny a enquiries’ ‘as to
khe welfare ‘of each."
nost interesting features of the

Houghton showed General Byng
a copy of a program in which:
they ‘had taken part many years
ago. His Excelleney was delight:
ed .to. meet his -former “musical
instructress and presented her to
Lady Byng. |‘ Por some minutes
they talked over the old days and
of the people thev had both
known'in those days.

His Excellency also was pleas-
ed to discover that Dr. Wrineh
was a native of his own district
in England, and extended an in-
vitation ‘to the - Doctor to call if
he ever visited-his old home.

‘When the visitors reached the
high level bridge over the Hag-
wilget canyon a stop was made,
so that the visitors might see the
Indians- spearing: salmon from
the rocks some 250 feet below.
Their Excellencies were enthused
over this sport, and they were

greatly taken with the: grandeur

of the scenery. of that section, in
fact were delighted with every-
thing they Saw, . At the Hospital,

after . the reception, the visitors
were served with refreshments,
and then took the cars again and
proceeded ‘on ‘their way, visiting |~
the Indian cemetery, the first of
its kind théy had seen, ‘They
were greatly interested in the
natives. and their customs.

A number of Indian chiefs,
representing the several tribes of.
the district, were presented, and
while’ Their Excellencies _ were
having refreshmets the natives
performed: the Chief’s Welcome

Dance and blew: eagle-down over:

His Excellency. -

The party arrived at South
Hazelton, where the: visitors. ex-
pressed to the. committee. their
thanks for the pleasant trip.
‘the train pulled out on time: and
proceeded. to Terrace, . where it
was -due at nine o'clock ‘that
evening fora short stay. 7

Tord. Byng of Vimy; G.C.B.,
G.C.M.G., Governor-General. of
Canada; and’ former competent
commander of the Canadian Army
Corps: ‘in France, is 60:years of
age. Heis:a son of the second

Earl of Strafford: -He joined the

army in 1888, and served in the
Soudan ‘and in: South Africa, He
commanded: forces in Egypt until

the world war gave him the ‘post

of commander -of the: Canadian,
forces, aftershe had’ commanded
the Cavalry,” Corps... He was
knighted ‘in’ 1915," and’ was pro-

“ta General after a:b brilliant

‘One of the! bdv:

Pupils Gave a
~~ Piano Recital

- A very. pleasing piano recital
was given Tuesday afternoon by
the pupils of Mrs. Albert Chap-

pell at her ‘home. The parents

and a few friends had been in-

vited to attend and ‘they were

pleased with the progress being

made by the youngsters. After

the recital Mrs. Chappell provid-

ed delightful ‘refreshments and

her pupils did the serving. The

program-provided was as follows:

Duet, Dance Ruatique, Lois Anderson
_and Jean Burns

Solo, The Pixie’s. Good Night Song,
Mary Sargent |

Solo, (a) Egyptian Parade (b) Youth-
ful Joy, Jean Burns

Duet, Diabelli’s Melodious Exercises,
Mary Sargent and Bill Sargent

Solo, Melodie (in F). Loia Anderson

Solo, The ‘Tin-Pan Guards Parade, Bill
Sargent

Solo, Air de Ballet, Jean Burns ©

Duett, Diabelli’s Melodious Exercises,
Mary Sargent and BillSargent -

Solo, (a) The Blacksmith (b) Morgen-

grues (Morning Greeting) Lois An-

derson

Piano Exercises, (a). Fleet Fingers, (b)
Lightly Dance, Bill Sargent

Duet, Moonlight Revels. (Descriptive)

Lois Anderson and Jean: Burng

Bush Fire , Travelled

were gathered. up by: the’ Forest |.
Branch. last week to fight. a. fire
that started near Lake Evelyn
and then ran along: ‘both sides!,
of the railway to Lake. Kathlyn.
These men were taken away from
their regular work, although a
few of them, perhaps, had no
regular work. The’ fire ‘did 10
good and could easily have’ ‘done
a great deal of hare. .

General of Canada in June, 1921,
and in July of the same year was
given the G. C.M.G. Lady. Byng
is the authoress of ‘‘Barriers’’
and other volumes,

One of the interesting features
of the drive from Telkwa to
Smithers" by Their Excellencies
Lord and Lady Byng was when

Lady Byng had her car “stopped
while ‘she talked to one of the

‘settlers who was driving towards!
‘Smithers ina wagon,
pants of the wagon were a map

“The occu-

and a woman, the latter being. of
Welsh. nationality. . “They were
on titir. way to Smithers to’ see
the Governor-General ‘and Lady
Byng, but atthe rate they were
travelling they would not arrive
in. time to see Their Excellencies,
Upon learning. the cause of the

joneer ,settler’s mission, ‘Her

iceellency requested “Mr: Or-

F{ chard, ‘in “whose: car she’ was |
being: ‘driven; td take’ the woman |‘
in ‘the. car with: them,
ae: settler ity ‘the Bulkley Valley’ who}!

“Thus'the |

: i ‘itieor are. .devoting. very. may — Mis
of time: ia. the Service | of | 4a

{ton girls finally won,

‘|\Hazelton’s ‘Celebration ron oe
- Great Success Wednesday |

‘Dominion Day was; celebrated
in Hazelton.on Wednesday for
the ’steenth time and it was an
ideal day all around. The weath-
er man was particularly good to
the Athletic Association, There
was 4 fine shower the day before
that laid the dust and cleared the
atmosphere and Dominion Day
was a perfect day.

The sports program was verv.
good and provided much enter-
tainment. The running broad
jump was a tie for first place,
Dr. Large and Pete Spooner each
jumped 15 feetllinches. Inthe
next jump Pete beat the Doctor
an inch and a half. The New
Hazelton ladies got revenge for
their defeat by the Hazelton ladi-
es on May 24th.. The teams were
evenly. matched and the ladies
put up one of the best exhibitions
of a long hard pull ever seen on
local grounds. The New Hazel-
In the. tug-
of war for men New Hazelton
again won, but in faster time.

_ | Winsby of Hazelton won the op-

en, 100 vard dash from P, Spooner
by a hand. Hazelton won the

jrelay.race by a nose and in the
_ Another: Ahundred..or..more. men.

ladies race: Mrs.+ Hindle defeated
‘Ms. Thornton by a shadow. The
néedle and thread race went to

Hilda Spooner and. Ward Marsh-
all with the second going to Mrs.”
Dawson and A. A. Connon.

‘The sports were all keenly cone. .
tested and the winners-all -had. to,
work for their honors.

The concluding event’ of’ the:
afternoon was the ball game be-:
tween the married and. the single,
men of the two towns mixed up.:
It was good and the spectators
got many good laughs at the an-,
tics of the old atagers and the.
superior airs of the young bucks..
As the score only indicated the
side favored by fate it is imma-:,
terial. The, youngsters had the
big end all the:time. .

Ice cream; soft: drinks . and
home made candy were served.
from a booth under the auspices
of the W. A.-to the H. H. €on-
siderable money was taken in and
the funds of the society were.
materially enhanced.

The dance in the evening was
most enjoyable, There was a
splendid turnout and everyone
was there for a good time.. The
music was supplied by Mrs. A.D.
Chappell at the piano and a drum-
mer from Rupert. . It was better
than usual. -The-floor-in the. hall
is very poor and is getting’ worse
It should be replaced, —

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Mr. and Mrs, Widen, of Hous-|

OVERHEARD AROUND

I
‘ton, who have returned from a

trip to Portland, Ore., spent a
couple of days here with-Mr. and

Mrs. Amos. Wells, leaving on
Tuesday night for their home.

‘Gus. Christenson and family
have moved to Lake Kathlyn,
where Mr. Christenson will man-
age Olof Hanson’s‘farm. Mrs.
Christenson and. daughter arriv-
ed from Sweden last Thursday.

- Miss Martha Johnson. who has
been in Prince. Rupert for some
time, arrived home on Saturday
for a holiday.

Gus, Roserithal, one of the old-

timers of the'district, but who
has been in hospital in. the south

for some ‘months. arrived -from
Smithers on Monday morning to|
see Duke Harris. Gus is winding
up his business connections in

the north: as far as possible,. and

will shortly return to Vancouver,

where, .he says, his health.is bet-

ter. than:-inland;’ -He- may even

g0 further south later on, :

Ag you patiently ‘work wh ho
-pla

show your appreciation. mo. OL
Mrs, W. Aira, ‘of Pacific, wasa

‘guest over ‘the week-end of Mrs.
{ret Sait.

-§ Halverson, of Prince Rupert,
was @ guest of: friends here dur-
ing the past week. ne

Miss Weaver left this week fot
Burns Lake, where she ‘intends
to remain for some time.»

A very heavy trainload ot pas-
sengers went west Wednesday
morning. They were delegates
the Y. P. §. G. E.- convention.

A party of six Smitherites ar.
rived Wednesday morning for a
day’s fishing at Hagwilget. =

Sid Bennett, ‘of Francois Lake, ,
apent the holiday the Ruest of
Miss Guss.

- Miss. ‘Dean’ of- ‘Francois Lake
apent a day here ‘with Miss Wea-
ver enroute south for the | aum-
mer holidays.’ .

Mr: and Mrs. ‘Edgar ‘Harri of
Smithers motored down for the
holiday. —

“Mr, and: Mrs. Levensaler of

Seattle were guests this week.of