August 5, 1968 

   “Within three hours after the opening of the sale of Hillcrest housing today, 75 people had applied and 29 applications had been processed, as 126 houses went up for grabs.

   The long-awaited disposal of Canadian Forces houses had ‘gone beautifully’, according to Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s Mr. Hadden, who has been working on details for several weeks.

   An estimated 50 people had spent two and three days camped outside the Elks Hall waiting for today’s 9. a.m. deadline. They had kept to their order in the line through showers, wind, downpouring rain all night Saturday and a very noisy dance at the Elks.

   For the most part they were buyers who had their hearts set on one or another particular house and wanted to be at the top of the list before the favorites were gone. Most were not disappointed.

  By noon today, in addition to the private buyers, four businesses, including The Whitehorse Star, the 202 Club, Sheffield House Ltd. and Scharval Enterprises, had applied for housing for employees. They were put at the bottom of the list, and Mr. Hadden said they would be dealt with as soon as private buyers had been satisfied.

   Among the more interesting purchases today were the former Commanding Officer’s house, which went to Charlie Shendella of Marsh Lake Lodge, and a two storey wooden duplex house (in the officers’ row) purchased by the local Catholic Church to be used as an orphanage.”

    A July 25 article had reported that “The 87 single family dwellings and 39 semi-detached houses vary in size from two bedroom bungalows to four bedroom two-storey homes. They vary in price from about $24,000 down to about $12,800.”

(The Whitehorse Star – Whitehorse, Y.T.)