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RRACE “OMINECA" HERALD. - . - TERRACE, B.C,
adnesday, August 3, 1966. wee Page Nine

omewhere Over the Rainbow
. Specifi cally Beaver Bluff

-by RUTH M, HALLOCK
Lost Thursday morning we.met.a man who lives “‘some-
re over the rainbow" and he wWouldn’t have it any other
. His name is George Dupotit and'most of his time is spent
Allard Mountain — more ‘specifically, on. Beaver. Bluff

t of Kalum Lake. -. and bis job is to keep a sharp eye
doesn’t live up there because for tell-tale spirals of smoke that
‘a recluse. He lives there he-. might spell disaster for much of

he is forestry lookout man Terrace’s.. timber wealth. From

, Gevrge’s . vantage point — the|~

“<) heavily timbered! valley © looks
much like a rolling green, but he’s
never: heard anything -like the
_ sounds ‘Rip Van- Winkle heard,
-= even. though he's manned the
Fi mountain for the past geven years.
'. The leathery -faced, pleasant
mannered man who was last
May, has few visitors in his moun:

he is lonely, °.
During his years up there he

20 whiskeyjacks,: several bluejays
" and even a few adventurous weas-

els, They all gather round at feed- | |

: H if 1 ing time and set up a chatter that

i 4 if could only find it's match in a
household with 10 children,

GEORGE DUPONT | George has also made friends

. - . lookout man . with a few grouse and they may|@

not know it but George is the
best friend those grouse ever had.
A couple of hunting seasons back,
they almost met their waterloo
at hands of a hungry forest rang-
er, but George warned that he
would shoot anyone who tried to
give his grouse the gun. The
grouse still have the run of the
place and they’ve been joined re-
Gently by a nosy whistler who
creeps into. the “lookout ‘clearing
expecting a treat from the kindly
watchman, .

.. Beaver Bluff is on a knoll which
is: part- of Allard-Mountain. The
lookout dullding . is’ about 3,000
feet above the valley and George

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says watching the timber is inter-
esting and demanding work and he
never has time to become bored or

‘settles in making George feel like
he’s. living ona island ‘in the
clouds. .

His lookout is equipped with. a
2-way radio, a 60 power telescope

he - spots“ smoke’ he inimediately

Control Centre, .
Most of the year's main food

and George picks up fresh meat
atid produce on his occasional trips
to Terrace, Except for the winter

ods,. George Dupont stays on
Beaver Bluff with his friends of
feather and fur.

and animals, coupled with his keen

travelling since he was born in

"Everybody is always in such
a hurry about everything. In the
old days people were more relax-
ed and easier to talk to.”

when. he ‘comes off the mountain.
When: George Dupont talks about
his unique life on Beaver Bluff —
take ‘it from us — tt makes ‘good
listening!

Deadline Extended
For Non-Immigrants:
“The Minister of Citizenship and

Marchand hag announced ‘that tha

ply for landed immigrant status
has Been. extended to August 15.
. Ms, Marchand said the’ exten-
sion has ‘been granted because it
appeared ‘possible that, because af
the holiday season, some people
in Canada as visitors hed not been

{lable to signify their intention to}

apply for immigrant status,
this program for granting immi-

on: July 8,.the date on which the

Letters fo the =
EDITOR |

Editor
Terrace “Omineca” ‘Herald

The Honorable: Leslie M. Frost, |
national chairman, joins with the
public relations advisory commit —
tee and myself in expressing to
you and your news medig staff
our heartfelt thanks for the splen:

did support given to the 1966 na- ..
tonal appeal for funds on behalf  -
of the many Red Shield sérvices

of The Salvation Army throughout
Canada,

You will be- “pleased to know
that when all returns have been re-
ceived we are hopeful that the —

THE LOOKOUT . [quota will be over subscribed.

National | Campaign Director

Bridal Shower At
Cedarvale Last Week

A miscellaneous shower was .-
held in the Institute Hall at Cedar. ~
vale last’ Wednesday in honor of  ~
"Miss “Judy : “Perry .of Woodcock, -
whose marriage to Joe Jasdma of a
Telkwa will take place in fhe. near ,
future, “=, -

Twelve ladies were: “in. attend- :
ance ineeuding, an aunt. of the
bride-to-be, Mrs, Dessen,.and ‘her -
mother and-: grandmother, “Mra. ;
Perry and Mra, Geoff. Tambly, ° .

Mrs, Bert Emory supervised the ‘
parlor games-and two little girls
brought forward a basket contain-
ing gifts for the honored guest,
who thanked ‘her friends, | - : .

Refreshments were “served at

THE RAINBOW ; the close of the evening.

Jonely.. The only time he feels de-]
pressed is when heavy fog cover |.

and three sets of binoculars. When}

takes a range reading ‘and relays| .
the information to Terrace ‘Fire a

months and prolonged rainy peri-|-

His warm kinship with the birds} -
sense of responsibility for our for-|-
ests, provides George Dupond with |:.-’.
a very full life. He’s done ‘a lot of |. |
Saskatchewan over half a century |. nF
ago, and he’s met a lot of people. |:

He doesn’t think people are quite]. _
the same. now as they used to be.|.

George ‘likes to talk to people |

Immigration, the Honorable Jean .

July 25 deadline for sonimmi.|..
grants in.Canada who wish to ap]

The minister. emphasised that ene

grant status applies only-to visit-| |.
ora who were physically in Canada|:

icy was announced

_ -and the deepest roots. in n Canada”

_. SUSSEX, New Brunswick; welcomes. aonew
_. branch of the Bank of Montreal this: week, It’s -
+ the 1,000th office of Canada's First Bank, | .
a “Rooted in the soil of Canada for half a°century~
. before Confederation, the Bank of Montreal. |
‘today’ serves well over three million customers’
» through its network of offices stretching -from -
2 coast to coast and reaching to the far corners 8 of
othe! earth, -

Buse, OF Monrmear ae:

Canada’s First Bank

- Cliord Murphy; Manager :
Se le Bank: of} Montreal

government's new famigration Pel vee @