A look back through

the archived pages

of The Valley Echo

50 years ago: A Halloween party for children at the National Park Hotel gave the kids a chance to show off the creative costumes. Some of the prize winners were Junior Hess as Peanut Man, Donna Pierce as Donald Duck, John Blakley as an Egyptian Mummy, Theresa Pauuw as the Queen of Hearts and Noel Wheatley who went as Santa.

45 years ago: It is never too early to celebrate getting dressed up for Halloween. Wayne Hill was only 14 months old when he was dressed as the Ace of Spades as part of a group that won the group prize at the Kinsmen Halloween party held at the community centre in Invermere.

40 years ago: An objection was raised to the application to lease five acres of land near the Jumbo Pass. Dieter Kindi put in an application to use the area for as a base of operations for skiing.

The Windermere Rod and Gun Club opposed the application on the basis it would interfere with the use of the area by the general public.

35 years ago: Traffic was slowed to a crawl as a house was moved from Radium to Invermere. The house was formerly owned by Mr. and Mrs. Chris Madson was moved to Invermere by Mr. and Mrs. Bob Wendt who were renting it in Radium. The couple said all they had to do was put away their glass and china because the move went so smoothly.

30 years ago: Chair lifts were being installed at the Fairmont with the use of a helicopter from Calgary. The chopper was rented at a cost of $700 per hour and used to airlift the 3,500 pound towers and pulley system up to the top of the mountain.

25 years ago: A local student won second place in a contest sponsored by the CBC. Maria McKay was a student at DTSS submitted a short story to “The Afternoon Show” and had to a halloween related story.

Her teacher Anne Picton was very happy for her student and felt having anything read on the CBC was a great accomplishment.

20 years ago: It took a lot of work but after seven years of extra studying Murray Davidson achieved his goal and received his Certified General Accountant. Mr. Davidson completed and passed the 16 exams he needed to give him the designation of a CGA.

15 years ago: Kristopher Weller and Mark Newton won prizes from the Baymag Mines Co. after they won a poster contest. The contest was designed to increase the awareness of mining in the area. Both boys received a Crayola gift set for winning the contest.

10 years ago: Greywolf Golf Course celebrated the end of a successful first season at Panorama. About 20,000 golfers made their way around the course which was featured on the cover of the book “The Greatest Golf of Canada.”

5 years ago: A derailment of an empty Canadian Pacific Railroad train sent diesel and oil into the Columbia River. Approximately 1,500 gallons ran off into the river as crews attempted to collect the leakage.