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some are Semi Invisible, Some Secretly Watermarked,
And some have all 3 !
All my pages are now Right Click, copy and paste, disabled.
If this unauthorized use of pictures from this site continues,
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I ask everyone that enjoys free history sites,
to start policing these violations.
If we don't stop this, no one will donate pictures to me or anyone,
and we all loose.
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tell them to remove it, if they don't in a reasonable time,
please email me the culprit,
and I will add them to my
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Trust me,
I regret having to do this!
Canadian Telephone and Supplies, CT&S,
was / is? a division of BC Tel / Telus.
They are the Installers of the Network Equipment,
especially Radio, Toll, and Central Office Equipment.
At one point they were all headquartered out of Burnaby,
but then some bean counter actually realized,
they were spending a fortune on out of town expenses,
so then over the years some were headquartered in Terrace.
Now the bean counters have moved them back to Burnaby.
I think there is still a couple headquartered here,
rest are all on expenses now, and
might be all BC Tel now,
and no such thing as CT&S, not sure with the last contract.
Some names from the past CT&S employees in
Terrace District:
Installers
Croft Randal (moved to Campbell River, Now
director of
BCARTW)
Doug Freeman
Barry Winters (became an Ed Center Instructor)
Pat Hoskins
Randy Romer
Dave Penna (early 70's) (moved to Massett network)
Ray Demers
(went into Trrc const)
Dave Ziegler (went into Trrc I&R)
Ron Williams (now TWU Business Agent)
Bob Grant
Ian Ripley
Kevin Heffernan (Port Clements conv 1990)
Bob Jones (DMS10 Stewart)
Loris Giuseppi (DMS10 Stewart)
Barry Mackie
Ben Trainor
Dave Winterburn
Arnie Alberts
Dwayne Beminster
Jim Browne
Dave Cochrane
Don Gleason
Mel Klyne
Tom McGlinn
Stewart Magnusson
Brian Smith
Tom Bates
Bill Armstrong (became Satt man)
Gerry Stehle
Tom Wishlow (Became Satt man)
Gerry Parkhill
Don Moss
Doug Thomas
Al Lindstrom
Herb Hanson
Glen Dempster
Rick Howard
Terry Knight
Ron Opp
John Radford
Electricians
Perrie Turner* (deceased)
Dwight Edwards
*Perrie Turner worked on the DMS10 cutover in Stewart
in 1990
Perrie Turner died in a tragic snowmobile avalanche,
on the East side of Copper Mountain, near Terrace.
Lots of stories about the CT&S crews
First one is about Randy Romer and the rental car.
Everyone that goes to Massett, has to have a look at
Rose Spit, the top NE end of the Queen Charlotte Islands.
A beautiful place and view for sure.
At low tide one can even take a vehicle, usually 4X4
out on the sand, and drive for miles.
but one must remember if the tide goes out,
at some point it must come in.
Well Randy forgot about the last part it seems.
Before he was able to get the rental car unstuck on the beach,
in came the tide, and out went thousands in dollars,
If I remember right it was a fairly new thunderbird.
Anyway the outcome was many court cases,
and many grievances, and Randy I believe
was allowed to remain as a BC Tel Employee.
Just not able to go to Massett anymore,
and rent a car!
Another story I remember was Pat Hoskins,
and Barry Winters, one day decided they were
expert canoeists, and decided they would drive
up the Copper River Valley logging road,
throw in their canoe, and come out at the Copper River Bridge.
What they thought would be a thrilling ride,
especially after driving right by the Copper Canyon rapids,
they soon learned they were not meant to try this.
You guessed it, the canoe and the two of them were
soon parted, and into the water they went.
Now this is cold glacier fed water, and most people
do not go swimming in it.
One ended up on the other side of the river, from the road,
and one scrambled up to the road.
Both soaking wet, and very cold.
Miles from town, the one walked to their vehicle,
drove to the airport, rented a helicopter,
and went to rescue the other on the river bank.
My memory slips who went where, but I do remember
2 guys, that didn't go canoeing for a few years after.
the little excursion, cost a few dollars, and very nearly their life.
In the years from 1970-75 or even later, they
all stayed in the motel cabins
on Highway 16 west. They were all on full expenses,
and lived and partied hard.
Many parties were held at Norma and Croft Randal's home
as the years went by.
Supervisors
Clay Clark
Keith Olsen
Al Hyde
and probably more...
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