1927-1977. | 50 Golden Years | [i the | frerald | AVENUE when homesteading was the main lifestyle. (E.T, Kenney . —— ___collection) ‘Fifty years ago this week| & COMMUNITY CHURCH PARK AVENUE * FOR USK REALTY LIMITED | Citizens organize to Carry ae “ on Capt. Willman A VIEW OF LAKELSE PRICE 20 CENTS the herald - Serving Terrace and area since July 11, 1908 VOLUME 71 NO. 9 ; G.L.C. SKEENA AUTO Metal Shop Ltd. OFFICIAL FAIR DATES The dates set by the Provincial Fall Fair Association for the fairs in this district, No. 5, are as _° follows: Smithers August 24 to. 26; Prince Rupert, September 6 to 9; Terrace, September 14 and 15; Quesnel, September 20 and “: Presented a Lot * In connection with the = proposed erection of a community church at Usk a *: public meeting was held on % Monday evening, February Zz Len WEDNESDAY, MARCH 217 -+ Kitimat. Council -has age, Kitimat: would? bea ‘four: tires... .7Gisteibation: GODS. Bibs ‘and carhalésIns oe got vised that the eoramunity jis “hour out of the aluminum Aldermen ‘Dave “Maroney, h ees . iss ward advised ae Serre ato Breet Hurlbut, Rev. TJ. Mars Turner ‘st - Sec‘Treas. : planning to make the 1977: ‘city. She hinted thatthe visit w ocan’t g6 because he gets C arge mayor that the project has hundreds have been issued. Rev. A.W. Ro binson, Rev. Wm. ave an er P ch ri Mayor breaks tie on— Luxury Cruise decision have exchanged our short- Alderman Sharon Biggs 2 comings in accommodation created the only excitement at last Monday evening’s meeting of the District of a Cruise Ship Convention.” in Kitimat into the luxury of | still confidential. Vic Jolliffe was quick to rise against the proposal that the whole council go on charged — Roger Henyer, 18, has been charged with at- tempted murder in connection with a stab- - bing incident that took place outside the Lakelse ‘HotelFebruary20. He will Native project The Northwest Indian Cultural Society project for the issuance of a series of five Indian trading dollars has been seriously ham- pered in Terrace by the again requests chairman and FR. Skinner, = secretary. ia. Mr. d= _ It Columbia. Mr Edward i decided by the meeting to was unanimously proclamation indicating 3 accept the kind offer of the that this has already been = 4 o i done by more than 50 B,C. communities. chairman of a building lot for the proposed building. In token of appreciation of the department at Telkwa was in town last week. J.M. Hoar of the Davis- Hopper Co. at Cedarvale was in town last week. » E.T. Kenney is confined to . Terrace Municipal Council The Princess Patricia, this junket. He suggested | appear in’ provincial | . Histri : +) early work of Rev. and Mrs. his home suffering an attack by, in her own words, flagship of Canadian Pacific that council would blow its j court on May 9. Manisipal Cf incit which a Durin Gepate cour = Marsh in these parts as of tonsolitis. . sticking her neck out, to on the Pacific will be sailing entire convention budget on The juvenile, who | appears to take two months See ware of this Piect. = pioneer missionaries, the lot propose a motion that all .from Vancouver Harbour at — this luxury cruise and not | received five stab ‘to deal with letters received Alderman Sharon’ Biggs = was presented to Mr. Marsh members of council and one 2030 hours Tuesday, May 10 have any money left for wounds, is in satisfactory | by administration. asked if the coins were =O! behalf of the community ; member of the ad- forfivenightsand four days more important meetings condition. On November 29, Bernard available in Terrace to and he. expressed his Conservatives had Meeting ‘ministrative staff be ofcruisinguptoKitimatand such as the Union of B.C. Henyer was remanded | paward. President of the which ‘replies came back = willingness to act as trustee The Terrace Con- allowed to'go on the luxury return to Vancouver. . © Municipalities meeting later February 21 for plea and | North West Indian Cultural _ that they were not. This is of until another trustee was servatives held the annual 7 cruise dreamed up by the _Biggs felt that this wasa this year. ; preliminary hearing and | society wrote to Mayor “course solute! ‘idiculous & appointed. - meeting recently and District of Kitimat for the tremendous tourist gim- _ When the vote was-taken | was released on his own | Rowland advising of the as the coins have been # It was decided to in. “elected officers is folowa: BS - Hon. President - Hon. HF. annual North. Central mick even though it was Municipal’ Association pointed out to her that all Convention. that would take place in of the Princess Patricia was a forerunner of things to come in connection with convention one to remember. However, with obvious lack of concern for the Kitimat Chamber of ‘Terrace’s 50th Anniversary Commerce, the Kitimat Celebrations. She would not Council indicates “With the - diseuss it any further as she consent of the NCMA we said that information was Jolliffe was backed by aldermen Helmut Giesbrecht and Jack Talstra’ seasick, ‘Bob Cooper: and Sharon’ Biggs voted for the trip; making it a tie vote. Mayor Gordon Rowland broke the tie by voting for the voyage. Charged with manslaughter enya AV EGDON. vmaking.its tite Princess -Patricia - recognizance. Manfred Lupke has fine of $500 and placed on 18 months probation after he was charged with pointing a firearm at a peace officer. He was sentenced February 23. been sentenced to pay a | project, its purpose and also advising that the Lions- _ Clubs -are-- handling, ..the been endorsed by. many srominent men including en Mayor Art Phillips of Vancouver. He asked that Mayor Rowland proclaim that ‘the Indian Trading Dollar’? be currency in Terrace until May 31, 1977. He also indicated that the coins were already in available from several outlets in Terrace under the corporate a local board of = trustees and the following + ati ‘ ms were elected: essrs. direction of the Lion Clubs % Willman, . Skinner, Bell, . o Colourful posters are Mrs. Goodrich, Mrs. Bell, % wee ote ate AND EN- Tolmie and J.C. . Brady,. Hepburn, G. Dover, A. Kerr, R. Corlett, R. Brown, R.W. Clayton... ———e W.A. of Canadian Legion A reorganization meeting of the W.A. of the Canadian Legion was held in the 4 . : a 23rd ' distribution. Talstra asked the mayor 3 1 G.W.V.A. Hall on Tuesday Dorothy Duncan, age 22, ‘year-old child, Amelia Lila examination later this Fisherman This letter was stamped why ithad taken two months = wit wven eae er the afternoon ‘when the has been charged with Duncan. ~ month. May 16 has heen. set fined received at City Hall on for President Bernard suspices of St, Matthews following officers for the manslaughter in connection | Duncan has been ordered for the preliminary hearing December 6, 1976, However Edward’s request to come “Church on Wednesday ensuing year were elected: with the death of her two- to have a mental medical date. About 38 sockeye | ‘he mayor did not, get ‘before council the mayor = evening, February 23. It President - Mrs. P.M. . , around to dealing with it said thathe did not know but took the form of a supper Monckton, Vice-Pres. - Mrs. Express Lottery _ winning numbers The Duncan child died January 14 after she was flown to Vancouver from Mills Memorial Hospital in an air search and rescue plane.,.She suffered un- determined injuries which salmon cost Terrace man, William Lincoln, $300 Wednesday when he was found guilty and fined in Prince Rupert Provincial Court for unlawfully fishing for until February 7, 1977. Al this time he wrote President Edward asking that he explain fully what happens when these coins are proclaimed iegal tender especially in what manner — suggested that it was due to the Christmas holidays which caused this backlog. ste! Sand an imaginary . family = album. ‘ = About 130 were served during the evening, tables = having been daintily laid for % the occasion by some of the members of the Woman's a new country wil W. Atwood, Sec.-Treas. - Mrs, N. Sherwood. HAS MADE GOOD . To start on a bush farm in th a total WIN $25 WIN $1,000 WIN 350.000, she allegedly received in her salmon during a weekly | {hey are redeemed and decision requiring matters auxiliary. The work of capitalof nineteen dollars, a ; 669 11669 “$2235 home. Tinccin was charged} Whether there is any to flow from administration % Tyenaring the hall was ‘done wife and three small : 453 71853 _ The Duncan woman has a July 30, 1976 when he 8 obligation on the part of the to the council chambers for 3: by the men. The scenery children and make it stick 235 32235 four-year-old child, a three- y t fishi whe iM was | pistrict of Terrace. action. Fortunately council & yo. supposed torepresent a for 12 years and havea ‘ood WIN §100 _ WIN $10,000 year-old child, a six-month- caugh i oabam Sound. President Edward replied dealt with this matter = cottage with the frame for credit at the end is the fin 1669 - 03-11669 WIN $100,000 old baby and she was Fassage 1 am wre, | ten days later explaining Monday without deciding to the family portraits above of material required to 1853 WIN $20,000 B-01-32235 pregnant at the time of | ,,, le vn y o fishing | that a special fund has been send it to a committee for Sthe mantle shelf. All the settle and develop a new 2235 02-71853 A-01-32235 Amelia Lila’s death. ulations. set up toredeem the coins i study and recom- © costumes and outfits were of country. But such has been - a MSE the Bank of British mendations. ” S the period around 1897 and the accomplishment of S. 1s ed fe i ae eae SKEENA JR. SECONDARY TOPPED a, ALL ’ TELETHON DONATIONS from schools throughout the province. They were not well received, however, ana ih raised during a 16 hour Dance-a-thon they fook money raised by Pine Grocery. The students and sponsors are left to right: Danny Lindstrom, Pam Cure and * hall Council Chambers | to be moved the detachment to move = Within a day or two city staff will begin demolishing the judicial furniture in the former court room in the municipal building to convert it into the new Municipal Council Chambers. The court now upstairs allowing some lower level space. The conversion of the court room to the new municipal chamber will cost $8,990. This makes the total ! E % Burnett, room for police work in the = Mi “Sundal, Miss Easthope, Mrs. ° “Sherwood, Miss Greig, % Messrs. W. Atwood, D. Little, = Miss De * were both becoming to some f the wearers and comical n others. Those who took part were: Miss ¥. Vanderlip, Mrs. anderlip, Mrs. Barker, Mrs. Moncton, Miss K. Mrs. W. Atwood, Miss D, Coulthurst, Mrs. Halliwell, D. Burnett, J. Tordiff of arvale, owner of Garbally Farm. It was just 12 years ago that Mr. Tordiff took up 184. acres of land one and a half: miles from Cedarvale and’. there settled himself and; family to start making 4.. farm and a living. He ad-, mits that they did not have | all the luxuries at the start, - but they never failed to eat and have had better than the average run of health. sits in the provincial cost $14,165 which is con- * Sparkes, R. Cory, A. Carr, Today pickings’are not so government building. siderably less than the #St. John_ Coulthurst hard, although he has not The changes to the alternative which is to build #Sherowod, F. Fowler and reached the height of his present council chamber a separate building for the: Carrgain. Mesdames ambition by a long way. are required as additional detachment. “Burnett, Gilbert and Mr. Tordiff is working 20 space for the Terrace Detachment of the R.C.M.P. This body has been more than har pressed for space. When an officer has a report to write out it seems that one of the typists has to loan him her desk. It is also reported that if a detainee has to be interrogated the officer involved has to displace the N.C.O. In Charge from his office to conduct — this questioning. According to city hall figures the cost of the he new council chamber will see the mayor and the administrator sitting in the centre of a half. horseshoe- shaped arrangement with the aldermen seated to their left and right in threes. On the wal! behind the mayor will be two talking sticks, apparently replacin the present Canadian an B.C. flags. There is no in- dication from the drawin as to whether the flags will be displayed elsewhere in the new chamber. ® Robinson were official “costumers and did their “work very well. % Robinson composed the * eulogies on each of the living = portraits. Much amusement Mr. was caused by the com- ments and appearance of ‘the silent actors. Mrs. % Bishop, Mrs. Powers and é: Miss “kitchen. Many were “willing workers and all = helped to make the evening a huge success. — * The proceeds amounted to onald helped in the o acres at present and is a supporter of mixed farming aa chief attention to the - ry cow. At the same time a good hig help can be had fram small and tree fruits. His hay crop averages two tons to the acre and the root crops f° 12 tons per acre. He is well satisfied with the country and the soil and the ~ climate. The district needs more population to help quantity production. He recommends anyone jooking for a home to locate . as they were from the “‘unknown” northwest and not — Irene LaFrance (dancers) ; Don Dow and Elaine Dow i % . A . enovation of t There i i % along the Skeena and to from the Vancouver area. Organizers of the telethon (food services); Lynn Turner and Peter Bull (student meetin , place he old the Shamber. provision z= $00, the money going to the indulge in mixed farming. - seemed more interested in persons from Lytton who council sponsors) and Vera Ruygrok, Barb Johnson commodate the R.C.M.P. mode Bear which has been 2 the rectory, which was $78, Building material is on the raised $250 than the local students who brought $1,130 with them to Vancouver. Besides the money they and Kelly Champoux of the student councit. will be $5,175. This will allow the administrative wing of sent to a taxidermist for mounting. 8 but now reduced to $18. 5 et. farm and the soil will respond to treatment*