BC Tel Northern Radio Dept History, 1960's-2000
North-West British Columbia, Canada
Dedication
I Dedicate This Radio Department Collection of History, To our old buddy,
Charles William “Chuck” Lequereux
It was Chuck that kept after me to produce this history,
and it is with his persistence, that I finished it in 2000.
It is just too bad Chuck passed away in 2003.
Before he died, I took a copy of this show in MS Powerpoint format, on CD to him,
and I think Chuck and Ron Strumecki, watched it together, down in Armstrong, where Ron lived at that time.
I hope he had a few laughs, and maybe a few tears.
I hope everyone that views this, does the same.
Town and City Names, the Radio Department worked in:
- Terrace
- Kitimat
- Kemano
- Smithers
- Houston
- Telkwa
- Hazelton
- Kitwanga
- Stewart
- Meziadin
- Prince Rupert
- Queen Charlotte City
- Sandspit
- Port Clements
- Juskatla
- Massett
and many other mountain tops, mining camps etc.
All in North Western, British Columbia, Canada
The Terrace District Radio Crew List- 1960’S TO 1999
- ANDERSON, KELLY
- BENNETT, VINCE
- BONDAR, GLENN
- BOWMAN, JEFF
- BROWN, BILL
- BROWN, DAVE (Ist LEVEL)
- BROWN, GORD
- CASSIDY, TERRY
- CHARMAN, BRIAN
- CHEW, HARLAN (1st LEVEL)
- COOK, BOB
- COULTER, “PAT” PATRICK LESLIE (b- July 31, 1941 in Reno, AB, d- Feb 9, 1985, Powell River BC, age 43)
- DEAS, ROB
- DOMONKOS, ROB
- DOYLE, BARRY
- EPP, JAKE
- FAGERVIK, BILL (1sT LEVEL & 2nd LEVEL)
- FUMANO, LEO
- GILBERT, HARVEY
- HARDIE, JOHN (John is living in Australia)
- HARKIN, JIM
- HOLDER, STAN
- HULL, DENNIS
- INGLIS, JIM (1st LEVEL)
- JENKINS, CHESTER
- JEX, DOUG
- KERR, DON (2nd LEVEL)
- KLECKNER, LARRY
- LEAMAN, AL
- LUMMERDING, RON
- McCORD, JIM
- McDOUGALL, JACK (2nd LEVEL)
- McLEAN, KEN (2nd LEVEL)
- MERK, RON (1st LEVEL)
- MERNETT, AL (became Dawson Creek Toll Supv.)
- MONCRIEF, JOHN
- MUNGIELLO, FRANK (1st LEVEL SUPV in Smithers)
- NILSON, JAN
- NODIN, JACK
- OERLEMANS, PETE
- OHORI, EIKO
- PETERS, LARRY
- PHILPOTT, JOHN
- PICKTON, TRACY
- POLLOCK, RON
- POWELL, RON (1ST LEVEL)
- ROBINSON, DAVID FRANCIS “DAVE” (2nd LEVEL) (b- Nov 25, 1930 in Vancouver BC, d- June 17, 1984, Vancouver BC, age 53)
- SQUIRES, TED
- STROET, JACK
- TRACY, GUY
- TRUITT, BRIAN (1st LEVEL)
- VARLEY, DENNIS
- YOUNGBERG, CLARENCE JOSEPH b- Jan 26, 1937 Bellevue AB, d- July 13, 2017 at Chilliwack General Hospital, Chilliwack BC, age 80
worked for City Tel in 1969
Disclaimer
I hope my comments and stories, don't offend anyone, as that is not my intent. It is my recollection of events, from a long time ago.
Good, Bad or otherwise. I am sure there is a few that probably could tell some bad stories about me!
I know I am not perfect, and don't profess to be in any way. Please don't take these stories too seriously!
They are meant to bring a smile to your face, not a frown.
My First Pay Cheque
This is a picture of my FIRST BC TEL Cheque Statement, from Sept 4, 1969
Notice it included 14 hours of Overtime, and was still only $173.70 take home!
But being single and from the prairies, fresh out of SAIT in Calgary, and used to making $1.25 an hour, picking stones,
This was like finding a Gold mine!
Notice the old BC Tel symbol in the bottom left corner, before they changed it to the dumb Sail-Boats Logo, which nobody understood !
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