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Hello again all you good people out there
in C.B. land. For those of you who faithfully
watch for this column, apologies are in
order for being a jamtart and missing last
week’s, Mostly this was due to. running out
of words and then just a bit of laziness crept
in, not to mention the fergetfulness part.
Now that I’m back to what they call being a
lady of leisure (how they can call a
housewife that Is beyond me) | can devote
more time to this column and hopefully do a
bit af rubber-necking on the two-way and
find out a few more things. Kind of bad
having to resort to that to get some info but
It could prove interesting.

Nothing too much has been happening cut
there in that C.B. land of ours and by now
everyone has nicely recuperated from the
last Tomahawk Tribe Dance and now
they're all sitting back waiting for the next
C.B. dance which will be the G.R.5.-B.B.C.
annual Valentines Dance unless something

‘pops up between now and then. Hear some

rumors of a Hallowe’en dance buf that’s
something that has to be checked into more
before { can give you the word.

Speaking of dances, word fram
GERONIMO Is that we came out ahead on
the last dance which was what we were
trying for so now we can look forward to
another Tomahawk Dance.

Everyone should be happy to hear that
TOOLIE'S knees have healed after his vigil
of picking up all those peanuts at the last
dance and | do believe that RADAR has
finally run ovt of peanuts . too.

O.K. that special birdie has been making
Its rounds again and this time he tells me
that certaln people in that Kitty Kat town
have been taking in holidays of sorts and
both have been known to check into the
hospital within a few hours of each other.
Must seem strange to visit your mate and

then have to go back up the hall to your own
room, eh MARMADUKE and HAPPY
COOKER? Seriously now, we ali hope that
youre both fine again and back at home
fully agreeing that there really is no place
like home.

Congratulations go out fo one of our
favorites, that being RAIN-DROP, on her
two wins of that lovely perfume she likes so
much.

Spook and goblin time is creeping up on us
again and as every year, the local C.B.’ers
are going to be out there lending a helping
hand to SMOKEY by way of patrolling
designated areas and more responsible
people are needed who wish to offer their
services and cars. If you feel you would like
to help, then please get in touch with
GERONIMO on Channel 17 and let him
know now so that everything can be
arranged.

A welcome back home goes out fo LIT-
TLE MAMA and LITTLE JIGGER who
were away for quite a while and who we’re
all glad to have back.

A howdy goes out to SEAGULL HUNTER
fram Kitwancool who has seen fit to attend
some of our coffee breaks and who we enjoy
having among us.

SEAGULL HUNTER has also let us know
that anyone requiring emergency
assistance or any assistance in the Cran-
berry Junction area can get ahold of him on
Channel 06 or on the Brown Bear channel on
V.H.F.-7 R 066. Also, please nofe that the
logging trucks in that area are C.B.
equipped now and these boys are sitting on
01 should the need for help arise.

O.K. folks, time | went 10-7 for another
week 50 have yourselves a mighty fine day
and a better one tomorrow and we'll catch
you again next week...fill then 3’s and keep
on smillin’.

cworld
-draegermen—

Springhill disaster now
two decades in the past

SPRINGHILL, N.S. (CP)
— It was 2 years ago, on
Oct. 23, 1958, that the last
great mining disaster in this

disaster-plagued town killed pock
7 74 ,Men,.. prompted a
“* tiniraple” rescue, and ended.

Springhill's days as a major
coal town.

At 8:05 p.m. a jolt like an
earthquake shook the town.
Telephones were knocked
out and people 10 miles away
felt it.

Springhillers didn't need to
ask what happened. They

‘knew itwasa major ‘‘bump”

and they ran to the mine.

A bump is an un-
predictable hazard, peculiar
to soft-coal mines in
mainland Nova Scotia, in
which excavated seams sud-
denly compress with. near-
explosive force, crushing
men and machinery and
sending out clouds of
poisonous coal gas.

The Springhill mines had
been especially prone to
bumps and explosions, An
explosion in 1891, only 21
years after mining began in
Springhill, still ranks as
Canada’s worst mine dis-
aster. It killed 125 men and
boys. Another explosion in
1956 killed 39 miners.

As As the mine went
deeper the number of bumps
increased, prompling at
Jeast one miner to remark
that he had a dread feeling
every time he went into it,

By 1959, the No. 2 colliery's
sloping shaft stretched 13,800
to an underground depth of
4,260 feet—the deepest coal
mine in North America.
During the summer of 1958
there were bumps almost

week, and 14 miners
were injured.

Miners say there never
was a bump like the big one.

When it hit, 175 miners
were working the night shift
underground. The bump
heaved the floors of the
various levels and tunnels
toward the ceiling, killing 74
miners outright.

Eighty-two men were
brought te the surface in the
early hours of the rescue
operation, although one died
later. Nineteen were trapped
alive underground.

For the next eight days the
watched as
rescue
miners—dug frantically to
rescue them.

Within three days, mine
officials sald there was little
hope of finding any more

OFFICIALS NAMED

TORONTO (CP) — The
Canadian Foundation for
Economic Education has
announced that Harvey
Perry of Toronto and George
Flowers of Montreal have

been re-elected as president

and vice-president of the
non-profit organization.

survivors. But after six days
drillers made voice contact
through an air pipe with 12
survivors crammed in an air

et,

Desperately-needed water
was poured gh the pipe
to them. One of the men said
grace as he drank his first
water in six days.

The next day the rescuers
‘broke through and brought
the 12 men to surface,
starved but with no greater
injuries than one broken leg.

The rescue workers
pushed on, convinced there
would be more men alive.
Then, on Nov, 1, a rescue
worker let out a whoop and
told his fellow workers he
had found a man, “and he's
alive!”

It was Barney Martin, who
had spent the entire time ina
smali cavity by himself.

“God must have saved this
hole for me,’’ he told
rescuers,

Not far away, the rescuers
found the last six survivors
and brought them to the
surface,

The rescue of the ‘miracle

miners,’ as townspeople
proudly described the sur-
vivors, was the last mining
activity the mine was ever to
see. It was closed down and
the town went into economic
recession. — — 7
As if the mine tragedies
were not enough, Springhilt
was hitby major fires in 1957
and 1976 that wiped out much

of its downtown, inclading .

City Halt in the 1975 blaze.

But Springhill survives de-
spite the catastrophes.

“We are ever mindful of
our past . . . of the great
tragedies our citizens have
suffered,” says Mayor
William Mont.

"The scars are still here,
will always be here. But we
must carry on.”

In the two years following
the 1958 explosion, about
2,400 residents left to seek
employment — elsewhere.
From a population of 7,600 in
the mid-50s, the town
dwindled to 5,200.

For those who. stayed,
conditions were grim. A
small mine opened near the
old one but employed only

Mates! [9

100 miners. It was closed in
the early 19705 because of to
flooding.

But the town has seen
some revitalization. An old
mine shaft was reopened as_
the Springhill Miners
Museum, a federal medium
security institution was built
in the town and an industrial
park attracted several small
industries.

A new town hall and
provincial office building
costing almost $1 million has
been opened, and several
other new buildings have
been built.

There were no special
services Monday to mark the
20th anniversary of the
bump. Instead, the town
honors all miners who lost
their lives underground at an
special service every
summer.

Mayor Mont says he is
proud of the people of
Springhill.

“They're a wonderful
lot...a special breed of
people,” he says. “With their

support I'm sure Springhill .

will enjoy a good future.”

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K mart, the’ discount
department store which
opens on Wednesday, Oct. 25
at Skeena Mall on Lakelse
Ave., is part of a company
thal opened its first
Canadian variety store in
1929. It has expanded to a
network of more than 80
Kresge stores from coast-to-
coast and now launches its
98th K mart discount
department store in Canada.

According ta a press
release from the company, K
mart will be competing on a
price level. We try at all
times to maintain a con-
sistently lower price on all
our merchandise, they say,
including a few well-known
brand-name products,

“The public want quality
and value, and we're
prepared in every way to
satisfy that want," says D.G.
Briscoe, the manager.

Can items found defective
or unsatisfactory by the
purchaser be returned? Most
certainly. They will stand
behind all products. sold
through K mart stores.
Satisfaction is guaranteed or
money is refunded.

What is K mart’s policy in
regard to merchandise? All
merchandise found in K
mart will be top quality,
name brand merchandise.

“We have found that the
public, in most instances,
questions the reliability or is
reluctant to purchase
seconds, or substandard
products. Therefore, our
preference and policy is to
sell only the best mer-
chandise in our units.”

How many persons will be
employed at K mart? They
require over 100 for K mart. ,
With few exceptions, all af '
the employees are from the °
area, They say they are.
extremely pleased with the
quality of applicants, from
whom they were able to
select an experienced
qualified staff for the store.

It is described as a bright,
cheerfully light store.

“No matter what the
weather is like outside, you'll
enjoy browsing through the
displays, matching your
requirements with the
frequent specials of that day.
It's a comfortable way to
find the better-than-ever
bargains. ‘In short, this is
the modern way to shop. It’s
the best way to beat the
frustration of parking

problems, the leapfrogging
from store to store to pick up
one item here and another
there. K mart brings it all to
Terrace, B.C.”

Following are highlights of
the merchandise the
department store will carry:
major appliances, including
color television sets,
washing machines and
refrigerators; small ap-

The Herald, Tuesday, October 24, 1978, Page 11

New store pledges quality

pliances; furniture; building
tools; floor coverings;
draperies, yard goods and
sewing materials, women's
fashions; men’s, boys’, girls’
and infants' clothing;
bedding, jewelry; camera
supplies; books and records;
pet supplies, and health and
beauty aids. The K mart will
have a complete automotive
center with a large auto

Private schools
teaching queried

VANCOUVER (CP) —
Fewer than half of the
teachers in British
Columbia’s publicly-funded
independent schools have
teaching certificates, a
university degree or the
same qualifications as those
working in public schools,
the B.C. Teachers’
Federation was told Satur-

day. =

Jack Gilmore, a principal
in nearby Burnaby, told the
weekend policy meeting that
independent-school teachers
only have to meet
qualifications set by a
government-appointed
committee, and need no
teacher-training courses to
be accepted for a job.

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He said two of the three
committee members have @
vested interest in B.C.’s
independent schools because
they belong to the Federated
Independent School
Association, which consists
of independext-school board
members and parents of
children attending private
and parochial schools,

“Tt is important to
recognize that you don’t
have to be qualifled under
the Public Schools Act to
teach at a private school,"’
Gilmore said, “According to
the ministry, 44 per cent of
the teachers now teaching in
private schools are not
qualified to teach in the
public schools of B.C."

The Kinky Boo

OCTOBER 26
Midnight Madness
Specials
8 p.m. to Midnight Only

Toys For Christmas
Tonka, Fisher-Price, Mattell

730 O0ff

Look For Many Other Instore Specials
- 207 CITY CENTRE CENTRE

music section featuring
stereo tape piayera and
tapes. Several bays will be
available to expedite light
maintenance and parts
replacement service. The
center will offer wheel
allgnments and balancing:
the quick checking and
replacement of brakes, tail
pipes and mufflers, The
store will algo feature a full
line sporting goods depart-
ment and a self-serve snack
r.

“Over 80 Terrace area
residents will be given full
employment when the K
mart opens,"’ said Briscoe.
“Additional personnel will
be hired part-time during
holiday seasons. A staff
made up of entirely local
people will assure our being
alert to all the needs of our
new customers.”

“The first K mart opened
ina suburb of Detroit in 1962.
K mart’s former chairman,
Harry B. Cunningham, and
its present chairman, Robert
E. Dewar conceived K mart
as a store selling top-quality
merchandise at a small
profit to induce high
volume.’

This concept brought
immediate and over-
whelming acceptance
resulting in the world’s
fastest growing mass
merchandising chain.

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