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A Message From a Committee of Concerned Electors

A letter going out to the residents of Whistler from a group of concerned residents, stating who they believed should be elected as mayor and aldermen in Whistlers first election in 1975. They state how they believe for mayor, Pat Carleton should be elected, and for the aldermen, Gary Watson, Bob Bishop, and Jack Bright should be elected. They give reasons as to why they have picked each candidate, and list their accomplishments and experience.

Alta Lake Community Club Minutebook 1951-1983

Minutebook for meetings of the Alta Lake Community Club from 1951-1985. Subjects discussed include holiday parties and dances, the purchasing of a projector, hosting films, Girl Guides and Cubs, memorial benches, the purchasing of a snowplow, logging, moving the Alta Lake School flagpole, fire safety, postal service, roads, Robbie Burns Night, fishing derbies, art lessons, theatre, Myrtle Philip's birthday, the Squamish Youth Choral, Blackcomb Ski Club, Rainbow Mountain ski hill, the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, TV's coming to the Whistler valley, building the Whistler Mountain Ski Club building, the formation of a ski club, the Mountain Rescue Group, Mount Whistler Lodge, Alta Lake Ratepayers Association, building a new school, physical education classes on the mountain, Cypress Lodge, donation to the Garibaldi Olympic Development Association, Highland Lodge, the Logger's Sports Day Parade, seasons passes for children, square-dancing, and badminton.

Alta Lake District Ratepayers Association (ALDRA)

  • MACLAURIN_2017_011-006
  • Series
  • 1962 - 1973
  • Part of Don MacLaurin

Series contains records concerning the Alta Lake District Ratepayers Association (ALDRA). Series contains meeting notes, minutes, notices, and announcement flyers; ALDRA booklets; district map; ALDRA news files; correspondence; membership contact and payment information; a fire protection report.

Opening of Rainbow substation

Photograph from the opening of Rainbow substation, BC Electric. With A;ex Philip, Rolley Horsey and Myrtle Philip.

Resort Municipality of Whistler Newsletters

Two Resort Municipality of Whistler newsletters from February 1979 and March 1981 sent to the Alpine Club of Canada Vancouver Section. The issues were read and used by the Section executive of the Club and were previously part of the Section archive.

The newsletters broach subjects including regarding a Garibaldi Lift Company announcement to develop the North Face of Whistler Mountain, the rights to develop Blackcomb Mountain by Fortress Mountain Resorts Ltd, the sod turning ceremony of the Town Core [Whistler Village], announcement for a contract for underground parking, the announcement that Arnold Palmer Enterprises set to design an 18 hole golf course [Whistler Golf Course], the Whistler Volunteer Fire Department, private water systems, the Information Center, thank-yous to council members, welcomes to newly elected council members, highway improvements to the north, subdivision paving, overnight camping, Health Center and ambulance service, efforts to establish an R.C.M.P detachment, establishment of a ski train, television and radio reception, bylaws to control dogs and noise, taxes, establishing a municipal works yard, employee housing, schools, road maintenance, garbage service, zoning, recreational facilities, legal costs, budgets, flooding, gas utilities, Municipal Hall, bus transportation, Sunday shopping, construction, the cemetery, and the Cheakamus River.

Week of January 12, 1982 [2]

Photographs including but not limited to Labatt's World Freestyle Championships podium; skiers; Willie Whistler; snowman
Appears in January 14, 1982 issue:
02-227-12. Pg. 3. Caption: Terry Rodgers portrait
02-227-8. Pg. 6. Caption: Don Ross and Hugh Smythe of Blackcomb stand with Willie Whistler and Pierre and Justin Trudeau in the Whistler Village Square.
02-227-13. Pg. 12. Caption: Laurel Gibbard and Louise Edwards provide some smiling service for the first customers in the Hofbrau Haus on Saturday, Jan. 9. The 85-seat bar, located in the old Boot premises, is open 4p.m.-1a.m. six days a week and Sundays from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Week of November 1, 1982

Photographs including but not limited to construction; snowball fight; Whistler Village; councillors; Terry Rodgers; Halloween party; jack-o-lantern; balloons; John Ritchie; Jim McConkey; evening event; Rotary Club; massages; Podborski; Brooker; dinner event; Dave Murray; costumes; dancing; Araxi's forst birthday party; Canadian National Ski Team Benefit; watching firework display; Nasty Jack's Halloween Party
Appears in November 4, 1982 issue:
02-295-172. Pg. 1. Caption: And the winner is ... Steve Pwdborski draws the lucky number of the grand prize winner at the Canadian National Ski Team Benefit as Dennis Waddingham looks on. The benefit was held Oct. 29 at L'Apres.
02-295-10. Pg. 2. Caption: What a better way to end an evening of trick or treating than being treated to Whistler's third annual Halloween fireworks display, put on by the Whistler Volunteer Fire Department.
02-295-192 Pg. 3. Caption: [top left] Halloween brought all kinds in all sorts of outfits into Whistler Village Oct. 30 and 31. At left, revellers lauded and larded the virtues of fat super heroes at Nasty Jack's Halloween Party Oct. 30.
02-295-198. Pg. 3. Caption: [top right] Meanwhile, on the other side of town, oil barons and assorted unidentifiable whooped it up at Bullets Cabaret.
02-295-140. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom] Whistler Ratepayers listen to Garry Watson, who surprised the meeting with a censuring motion agains outgoing President Ruth Lotzkar.
02-295-39. Pg. 6. Caption: Mark Angus
02-295-20. Pg. 6. Caption: Sid Young
02-295-127. Pg. 6. Caption: Craig MacKenzie
02-295-4. Pg. 6. Caption: Mark Sadler
02-295-5. Pg. 6. Caption: Fred Barter
02-295-37 Pg. 7. Bernie Hauschka
02-295-156. Pg. 7. David O'Keefe
02-295-154. Pg. 7. Bill Peterson
02-295-83. Pg. 7. Terry Rodgers
02-295-45. Pg. 7. Denver Snider
02-295-118. Pg. 7. Judy Fosty
02-295-120. Pg. 7. Bob Mallett
02-295-9. Pg. 8. Caption: Provincial crews began taking apart the Bailey bridge which spans the River of Golden Dreams at Highway 99. Work on the dismantling job began Nov. 1.
02-295-151. Pg. 8. Caption: Bill Peterson Advertisement
02-295-109. Pg. 9. Caption: McConkey Ski shop staff consult with a ski industry rep on the season's latest equipment.
02-295-157. Pg. 9. Caption: David O'Keefe Advertisement
02-295-68. Pg. 10. Caption: His Honour Dave Murray passes royal judgement on the winning costume at Araxi's first birthday party Sunday, Oct. 31. Lucky Andre walked away with $100 for his light and airy costume, which just may give the mountains some bright ideas for transporting skiers.
02-295-110. Pg. 11. Caption: Jim McConkey's Ski Shop gets a face-lift over the weekend in anticipation of the upcoming ski season. Sales reps from a variety of ski equipment manufacturers were on hand Saturday to get the season off to a well-informed start.
02-295-123. Pg. 12. Caption: Bob Mallett Advertisement.
02-295-5. Pg. 12. Caption: Fred Barter Advertisement.
02-295-118. Pg. 13. Caption: Judy Fosty Advertisement.
02-295-77. Pg. 14. Caption: [left] Michael Vance, Planning Consultant, Alpine Meadows.
02-295-75. Pg. 14. Caption: [middle] Rollie Horsey, Retired, Alta Vista.
02-295-137. Pg. 16. Caption: [top] Smokey Batzer demonstrates artifical resuscitation techniques to employees of the Delta Mountain Inn.
02-295-134. Pg. 16. Caption: [bottom] A volunteer from the audience takes aim and fires, dousing the remains of a wastepaper-basket fire.

Week of November 22, 1984

Photographs including but not limited to the Beauvallon Club; winter traffic; fashion show; band playing; darts; group photo; drinking at the pub; portraits; chairlift; downhill skiing; family photo; evening event at bar; Whistler Winterhawks Benefit; Whistler Valley Housing Society Project
Appears in November 22, 1984 issue:
02-389-69. Pg. 1. Caption: [bottom] Bill Herdman of North Vancouver takes major airtime on Blackcomb Saturday, just off Catskinner. There was some new snow over the weekend and skiers responded by hitting the slopes in favorable numbers -- Whistler and Blackcomb report that in the first 10 days of skiing, more than 27,000 skier-days were recorded. Both lift companies are this winter offering a number of special programs, including lessons, orientation days for destination tourists, and speciality clinics for already accomplished skiers. Blackcomb is still offering a special discount rate on season's passes for valley employees. Conditions to qualify for the $340 pass ($100 off) are that the employee works for a member of the Whistler Resort Association and Chamber of Commerce, and works a minimum of 20 hours a week.
02-389-46. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom] Seppo Making won a prize at Friday's Whistler WInterhawks Benefit at Dusty's but decided to let organizers draw another name for ski lessons on Whistler. That's the spirit Seppo.
02-389-13. Pg. 7. Caption: Five models -- four women and a man -- modelled 30 new outfits at a fashion show at the Sundial Friday night. The models came from Blanche MacDonald modelling agency in Vancouver, and according to owner Sharon Donair, they were the best available, one of them recently returned from Japan, another from Milan and others destined for great success in the modelling world.
02-389-87. Pg. 8. Caption: Nello and Jenny Busdon, as well as their two children, Nicholas and Melanie, bid farewell to Whistler Nov. 30 when the family moves down to Sun Valley in Idaho. After 17 years in Whistler, where the couple saw the community develop from 100 residents to more than 1,800 r, the couple caught the travelling bug after seeing many of their friends in Whistler move to other areas. A special roast in honour of Nello and Jenny's involvement in the community was held Wednesday evening in The Black Forest. Details of the roast, which saw 150 turn out to recall the couple's involvement in Whistler, will be in next week's paper.
02-389-42. Pg .11. Caption: The Whistler Winterhawks raised more than $1,800 at an overwhelmingly successful fundraiser Friday in Dusty's. One hundred and fifty team supporters turned out for the event and danced to the music of The Questionnaires. Nearly one quarter of the supporters also wen home with prizes ranging from a Whistler Mountain season's pass and ski lessons to computer courses and hats. Werner Defilla, Whistler food services manager, and Margi McGraw, valley food service manager, also helped organize the most successful fundraiser in the history of the squad.
02-389-29. Pg. 12. Caption: Whistler Springs won't open until 1985 after below freezing temperatures and heavy snow caused construction workers to halt pouring concrete for the facilities outdoor soaking pools.
02-389-62. Pg. 13. Caption: During the first 10 days of ski season, Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains combined for a total of 27,311 skier days. Meanwhile, the Whistler Association reports room bookings for December, January and February which are already ahead of last year's actual. December is 56 per cent booked, January 60 per cent and 72 per cent of the rooms are already spoken for in February.
02-389-55. Pg. 16. Caption: W.P. Kinsella.

Week of September 13, 1982

Photographs including but not limited to Fall Festival; running; trampolining; dancing; houses; Whistler Village; musicians playing; meal at a restaurant; Resort Municipality of Whistler sign; baseball; Myrtle Philip; Pat Carleton; railway track; Willie Whistler; car accident; go-karts; bouncy castle; children's events in Whistler Village; drinking; Fall Fest
Appears in September 30, 1982 issue:
02-304-22. Pg. 18. Caption: Pat Beauregard holds a handful of the mushrooms desirable for export.
Appears in September 23, 1982 issue:
02-304-161. Pg. 2. Caption: [top] Don Murray, newly appointed controller for food and beverage service for Whistler Mountain Ski Corp. Murray was formerly Assistant to the General Manager and has worked for the mountain since 1975.
02-304-19. Pg. 2. Caption: [bottom] Frank Lees, and his partner Sherie Dumont, new managers of food and beverage service at the Bavarian Inn. Before coming to Whistler Lees and Dumont worked for Canadian Cruise Lines.
02-304-24. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom] Jaan DiLalla -- new manager of Crystal Lodge Town & Country Inn.
Appears in September 16, 1982 issue:
02-304-119. Pg. 1. Caption: [top left] Gumboot Lollipop gets a helping hand
02-304-276. Pg. 1. Caption: [top right] Delta Duck and Willie Whistler tee up
02-304-312. Pg. 1. Caption: [bottom right] and Two waiters roll through the waiter/waitress race during Fall Festival fun. More festival news and views page 2 and 7.
02-304-237. Pg. 2. Caption: Tapley's A's player streaks over home plate as a Pemberton Zipperhead fumbles the ball. Tapeless went on to win the game but came in fourth in the tournament.
02-304-172. Pg. 3. Caption: Workment repair warped boards on the Sports & Convention Centre roof to prevent further damage to the structure. According to Ken Browes, director for the Land Company, the repairs cost less than $5000. Browns did not know what further action would be taken to repair the roff, since no settlement has yet been reached as to whether the Land Company's or the architect's insurance will pay for the final repairs.
02-304-34. Pg. 6. Caption: [left] Don Gamache, MDC lot owner.
02-304-11. Pg. 7. Caption: [top left] Shasta Trampoline Club members soared.
02-304-110. Pg. 7. Caption: [middle left] Whistler children folk and troupe danced
02-304-346. Pg. 7. Caption: [top right] kids anticipated winter in snowflake drawing contest
02-304-49. Pg. 7. Caption: [middle centre] while Whistlerites proved what goes up must come down.
02-304-50 Pg. 7. Caption: [middle right] Waiters and waitresses raced
02-304-382. Pg. 7. Caption: [bottom left] and Terry Boston lauded the lowly duck
02-304-329. Pg. 7. Caption: [bottom middle] Waiters and waitresses raced.
02-304-401. Pg. 7. Caption: [bottom right] Edelweiss Dance Group from Victoria chopped. It was all going on at Whistler's second Fall Festival.
02-304-91. Pg. 8. Caption: Whistler Mayor Pat Carleton and Howe Sound MLA Allan Williams take in some of the scenery in Lost Lake Park. They were enrolee to the Sept. 11th official opening of the 500-acre recreational area.
02-304-74. Pg. 10. Caption: All in their places with bright shiny faces Myrtle Philip kindergarten class lines up before the 1st day of school.
02-304-133. Pg. 11. Caption: Dinner for two is delayed while Stuart Chyne learns about the finer points of playing the horn from Gumboot Lollipop at the beer garden in Whistler Village Sunday.
02-304-269. Pg. 12. Caption: Myrtle Philip cuts the opening ribbon held by Health Care Society Chairman Rollie Horsey Sept. 12.
02-304-250. Pg. 13. Caption: One of the vehicles which helped wipe out both signals at the Green River railway crossing -- a 1979 Ferrari which was driven by Brent Freitag of Vancouver.
02-304-024. [Jan DiLalla]
02-304-033. [Don Gamache]
02-304-072. [Left to Right: Paul Burrows and Bob Brown]
02-304-147. [Fourth child from the left is Jillian Carpay]
02-304-164. [Anita Webster and Doug Mear]
02-304-167. [The Cowsills band]
02-304-168. [Tom Barrett dancing with an unknown woman]
02-304-171. [From left to right: [Shelly Corasario?], Grant Balmer, unknown, unknown, unknown, and Katie Rodgers]
02-304-172. [From left to right: Ken White, unknown, Tracy Morben, Ann Chiasson, and unknown]
02-304-199. [Barry Cowsills, of The Cowsills band]
02-304-201. [Paul Burrows and Ed "Fast Eddie" Zinkovic dancing]
02-304-202. [Sonya McCarthy dancing with [?] Bishop]
02-304-205. [From left to right: unknown, Charlie Doyle, Anita Webster, and Glenda Bartosh]
02-304-361. [The man second from the right is Tom Simister]
02-304-362. [Three talking in the centre are: unknown, Franz Carpay, and Liz Brown]
02-304-363. [The man on the left is Sid Young]
02-304-364. [The man on the far left is Roger Suszad, and the man on the far right is Greg [?]]
02-304-366. [From left to right: Sid Young, Charlie Doyle, David Boyle, unknown, and unknown]

Whistler Village Report

The articles are about the subjects of the history of Whistler as a resort town and the building of Whistler Village, the Whistler Village log, a 9 million dollar grant from the federal and provincial governments for resort development and town planning, the development of Blackcomb Mountain, the unseasonably slow snow, the seasonal schedule for development in Whistler and the new council for the Resort Municipality of Whistler being sworn in.

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