Central Fraser Valley Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Langmann, Inge
contributor: Langmann, Rudy
issued: 2022-09-15
issued: 1967-05-23
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/alderstar/items/1.0419624/source.json
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note: A It £ CENTRAL FRASER VALLEY SERVING THE LANGLEY AND MATSQUI DISTRICTS Alddgrore Fire Calls: 534-4141 Police: 534-4184 Matsqui Fire or Police 859-5225 PROVINCIAL LIBRARY. PARLIAMENT BUILPINa, VICTORIA, B.C. TA VOL. 10 NO. 21 IOC PER COPY ALDERGROVE, B.C. TUESDAY, MAY23, 1967 S3.00 PER YEAR 0'Cana da in Aldergrove Something was happening last Tuesday and Wednesday in Aldergrove, and not many people knew about it. On the fields of the ingersoll farm on County Line Rd., Simon Legree was carrying out his evil schemes while a big monster rose above the horizon carrying the fearless heroes over the fields and treetops. What was going on was that a quartet lead by a former English man who "does crazy things for a living" were trying out their 82,500 cubic feet, capacity balloon "Oh Canada" once more before their Centennial Project, their flight from Richmond, B.C. to Expo '67 in Montreal, which will commence on June 3. The pilot and radio-operator Ray Winter, author and father of five, told the Star that accompanied by co-pilot and photographer, Tom O'Brien In the gondola and followed below by a two- man ground crew comprised of mechanic F. Pollteski and radio operator "Gunga Din" Darryl Schmidt, they intend to make the first step of their unique journey from Richmond to Hope on June 3, and the following day they hope to make the big skip across the Rockies to Calgary. For this first and most dangerous step of their odyssey they have to go as high as 20,000 feet, and of course besides being properly dressed in air suits to keep out tlie terrific cold at diis altitude they will have to wear oxygen masks. The whole project, which is registered in Ottawa as the Centennial Balloon Flight, has been hailed by the Honourable movies and still-life pictures all the way, all in color, the photographs will be used as illustrations for Ray's book. Ray, a fonner resident of Sussex, England, says "It is a great life, last year 1 canoed down the McKenzie and when this is over, next year …
note: Title changes in chronological order: Aldergrove Herald (1957-10-16 to 1958-02-20), Aldergrove News (1958-02-27 to 1964-04-30), Central Fraser Valley Echo (1964-05-06 to 1964-12-23), Central Fraser Valley Star (1967-01-17 to 1969-02-05), and Aldergrove Star (1969-02-12 to 1991-12-31). Presented to the Alder Grove Heritage Society by Kurt Langmann and Family, July 1, 2021.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Aldergrove (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0419624
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Aldergrove : [publisher not identified]
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
type: Text