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Will add some details here one day
Names of those in these Departments:
John Hall
Ron Strumecki*
Rob Todd
Glen Olver**
Sam Mansouri
Rick Mason
Patrick (Pat) Coulter ***
Gordon (Gord) Hudson (retired in Creston BC)
Brian Allen (went on to become a salesman)
Rick Mason
Pierre
LeRoss ****
Jim Rogers (resigned in 1980)
Larry Smith
Tom Coxon (left to facility dept in 1980)
Don Parr (prior to becoming radio supervisor)
Jack Greaves (prior to becoming supervisor)
***Pat Coulter was ex Stewart I&R,
went on to become a supervisor, he died of cancer.
****Pierre LeRoss worked as a Ship Radio Operator,
before hiring on with BC Tel.
His hobby is making ships in a bottle,
and they must be seen to be appreciated.
He also has an old Ford truck, that he has rebuilt.
**Glen Olver worked for Alberta Government Telephone
Company
before coming to BC Tel. Now Telus owns that company.
*Ron Strumecki was hired as a Radio man in Terrace,
after taking the electronics course at the College in Terrace.
He is now retired and living in the Armstrong BC area.
PBX Supervisor's were
Jack Greaves,
and Dave Carey (ca1980 at least)
When BTE was formed, Bill May was the supervisor, in PG,
Now Les "the big man" Sinnott I think has that job.
I have heard other names for Les, but will keep it tame here.
Jack Greaves once told me he was a professional
wrestler
in Winnipeg MB, before he became a telephone man.
This came up after a Hydro fellow showed up in town,
that he used to wrestle. Now the Hydro guy was 6ft++
and about 400lbs. Jack was 5ft+, and no where near 400lbs soaking wet.
They loved the mismatches in the early days of pro wrestling.
I remember drinking beer in the Lakelse Hotel at that time,
and the Hydro boys would always join us in those days.
This fellow told me to take my belt off, I was about 32" waist then,
and he put it around his ONE thigh, and the ends did not meet!
He was a big guy, but I guess he was a cat on the climbing hooks.
In those days challenges on climbing ability,
were as common as the arm wrestling challenges in the pub.
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