| EXCELLENT BUY ~ 41967 FORD Custom: $00. — Sedan, g V-8 ‘automotic featuring Jow mileage BP” pond a radio, Now only: “noe $2195 = 7 BOB PARKER. LTD. a hone 635-6801 __. Terrace, nc. . Prov. Library, . Periodicals Departzent, : . cigr YEAR NO, 19° Se os “Ibe acopy “tary Treasurer Ted Wella backs See story helows: growled ty Statistics on school. . ©. . _., SCHOOL DISTRICT 8 Secre- costs and ‘Population ‘nerase alg Tak + sari TURDAY POLS FOR ELECTION, ‘REFERENDUM Terrace goes to the: ‘polls | Saturday to elect three |. aldermen. ; ‘And. Terrace and. Thornhill voters will cast their bal- lots ona. $3, 914,300 referendum: and elect ‘twee of five candidates ‘to . school board. Polls ‘will be open from 8 a. m.'to & p.m. at the Ter- race Community Centre. and ‘also-at: Mills Memorial Hos: pital. .An advance’ poll was. held. Monday. ; Contesting Terrace. Municipal. -election are incum-| bent alderman “Edna Cooper, semi-retired contractor Jake. Peters, oil dealer Arnold Rést and obstetrician Dr ‘|J. R. Nicholson. =~ School ‘trustee pnsté will. be. sought again by incym- bents Keith Tucker and. Nancy Orr. Also contesting the || election are former Terrace councillor V CG Jolliffe Thornhill - millworker. Harold E Wyatt. and plember Jamies ° ‘Carvao to “Five seek seats on school board Five candidates will seek two trustees seats in the school hoard election, December 7, - ents ke afth Tuckar and gone over this -one Boren for tie trogen terma,: pax ‘esting-year,?” she aid ee Thar are! or ihe areas to, |: eo aa , mfor Grey Cup 7 jon television when the Pacific Northwest saw its first-ever live television, the 1968 Grey Cup. had thelr sorrows eased by the clarity of both vided: and audio. . Only fault in the telecast was son safd came from the network, , Truck hits ice patch, plunges into river A Prince Rupert youth is be- lieved to have drowned when'a Re Pruany pinged ipto, the echa s ‘Missing and- presumed drown ed: is Rodney Garrioch, 17, aj BSeCRECT. - passer others escaped from the 1959 Chevrolet truck which went out of control after hitting. an icy spot and went into the river about 40 miles west of Terrace. _ - Randolph Angus Younghusband 18-year-old driver of the vehicle, and Roderick ‘Allan Schwab, aged: 18, also’ from Prince Rupert were able to get to shore after getting out of the vehicle which was sublerged in 12 feet of wat- er. oo Systems ‘go’ RCMP retrieved the truck ae urday afternoon but A searchig = '% sing you being conducted for the mis- sing youth. ; PAT BOYLE, : sales manager” for Terrace International Truck : & Equipment, was elected 1969 | president of Terrace and Dig- trict Chamber of Commerce Mon. day, Completing the slate are Ist Vice-president, Stanley. G, Patterson, district. manager of B.C, Telephone Company; 2nd vice-president, William G. ria liken, accountant, Rose, Gale & All systems were go Saturday. And even rabid Calgary fans a series of sound bloops which Be. Tel Manager Stan Patter- Co,, and treasurer, Harold Zelt, . Both B.C, Tel and CFTK Tel. ' Also’ seeking trustees seata term on school board in 1967 18 | evision said they received noth |Z2sager of * the: Senate Doms are Victor CG. secking a secondterm, <°_ ing: but eompliments from pleas- inion bank. Caruso and: : Haro! *| - “Tt has been ‘an extremely ine ed. football fans alter; the broad- |. Keith ne Yeas ‘caste | Little ‘ sees. LF, Be + ate | No on on referendum | BY JOE CUNNINGHAM ; Take: it from Ted Wells, 214,300: School District 88 referendum. If. it doesn't: pass, schools in Terrace. and Thornhan will he on split shift in ers yote a 7s “Saturday. building program of 68 classrooms, _ Ubraries, plus equipment. School District 88 Secretary-Treasurer Wells putthe idsue squarely, - , ‘We need 68 Hew classrooms, we will be that many classrooms short, *, “There ‘would shift,’” Wells said, weprlathely, to the tax bil programe dating ‘back to 1066. varied between 4, 7 and 5, i ‘tills of the annual tax tab. Wells -refused to’ predict ‘tH that the ‘school taxes ‘could gO down agaln,’ depending on:ap- - plication of new Provincial’ Government formula ‘for sharing : education costs, " Last yéar, school tax rate dropped Some 4 mills, - ehind the referendum ‘ig- the steady. Terrace: and the .anticipated . sharp rise in ton when the Granduc mine becomes oporative, © ‘In 1963, school district-had a total studerit enrolment of 2500.. Five yeane later, (968). it of that figure in Terrace, ©. _. ‘Wells? projected student: enrolmicitt for’ 1969-70 is 5,580, _ Weeliding “600 -in : the fiat ; Kindergarten classes ‘Provided by. the local school board ‘The School district operatos “Swithout frills? “Our _ costs are way Below the provincial average," he. He ‘elted: ‘average ‘provincial per pupil compared with the Skeena-Cassiar average of $450; .._. Wella also said. achool construction costs were ‘lower: here than ‘in the lower mainland despite a higher cost of living ‘In:the Pacific Northwest. Ho said the School district _ had ‘ploneered schools without- basements and new construc-- _ Hon methods to keep costa low, . created | School District figures for equilpm @ have to 9 frills, only essentials,” he sald. | very big businoss indesd, the dnd of operation’ where hard « auys ind not Milquetoasts sur. vivo, . Sowhen he phoned last. - ek wa oxpécted . strictly" business and maybe‘even a - blast, -- Instead -he, asked a” fire, Four minutes and thirty seconds - later he’ was in’ the : Offices with a-chequé for $250 and. absolute insisténes. that: hie name. be Kept: ‘out: af it Our town’s Like thats times, ike it; Q and there are no frills on the $3,- It'covers.a. three-year . 4 activity. Tooms and Bix - _ Host either through If the referendum fails, ; be. only one course open ‘to’ ts, to 0 on passage of of the referendum won't add dollars Wells cited Statistica -ahowing that previous referendum but there is a: possibility. . ae ment to the referendum. stands at °4,925 with 3, 240 2 treasicer stresaed ehat school board gost ‘of. ‘$520, a : after the Herald story. : ' He alao revealed that Department of Eduéation had-ine. |. Fir | response to her want camo Pei 1) day night wheti This town of ours takes a | “couple 12. of questions about MBS. |g lot of knowing, There's one . GREAVES, . the guy for instance who runs a —s widow who losther homainthe ! |We need classrooms| day when voters will be asked ta approve, a $3,- | rooms in our: school district. Itis-a realistic referendum, reflecting : a rapid ‘tion has nearly doubled in five years. tis a no-nonsense referendum, asking voters to approve the money needed to accommodate the children of this area: It does not involve added tax burden, ' The alternative, if the referendum should be |. apathy or ignorance, would bea mounting operational cost to cover introdue- tion of a shift system requiring more. teachers to: provide less hours of education, .__ tt is an alternative which we do not expect to face, Terrace i is a growing community whose schools: are a ‘major ‘asset, .. Our school expansion needs are real. We eXx- pect the voters Saturday to give a ‘firm endorse | Terrace SS to widow’s plight “Terrace operied - its heart, and its’ purse strings toa widow with seven children after a fire destroyed their homes Apathy and i ignorance have‘ no place Satur- 214,300 referendum to build and equip new ‘Glass. | intim growth rate in Terrace where the school popula-: had given her the names of 160 pected at least-40 more would be added | from pre-school tads. Skeena Secondary: Toys for ‘Tots | Wyatt campaign would be uséd’ to sup- for trus work the. Santas A Wor! . continue to: Tear and 0. Cone tribute ‘to-the operation“of: = | District," she she said, iia elghth Caruso, making bid ee a seat on the school board, said “Iwas employed by the school board for many | 5 years’ and saw how the beitom worked and I would like to gee how they work at the top."’ He said he didn’t have any definite ‘things’ in mind as far as the present school board op- eration, : ese are things I have. been ately connected witli. and would like the opportunity to fol- low through on them,? Tucker safd he wag in favor of the "Wil Be which ratepay- |: erg 2 asked to a rove December 7, PP “He oad one of the main chor- |; .68- of school: boards ig to pre- pare - referendums, We fave he ‘said, “then I don"t think we should ‘be Spending that much money"? - ~ Victor Jollifte, a candidate for SANTA FUND | orous tests by-B.C. Tel, ° are building the micrawave link'|"' from Prince George, and, thelr peustomer, the Canadian casting Cherie See oe aos to. improvise equipment. Two |16. in hays of. equipment Saturday's. telecast Tertace Monday Morning | Miller. * of work on it,” Patterson said.jhad been let for: this section of”: \_ CFTK technicians algo made a crushed 7] major comtribution to the tele- ““y’ Sp cast. Led. by. John Nance, . | semaitle 2t untain at. 2.a.m. to ¢ fee ott th hip coul Preparations, 7 “who for h ghway According to Patterson, Sate “AD bridzes between here and -. urday's telecast was a spit and/Hazelton have been completed to” hoestring . Specification and itis my hope. . operation, . -.. |that-crew will goahead withhard. - B.C. Tel crews worked nights topping. that eee of Highway.” the y Skeena ’ ‘needed for |Dudley G, Little told merher of of - F ‘ only reached the Chamber of Commerce, x This was one .of many quese ~~ tions put before ‘Skeang, MLA at “: (onday jilehts meeting of the: 7 "Lite sald that tho contracé. a Patterson gave high praise to | Mon B,C, Tel plant supervisor Stan Cham! “He did an awful lot Highway 16 to be surfaced with! ring, tro the érushed rock surface has: etded well. enough, pulya- mix. id. be followed by hard.top,’? : * Little commented on the value” of a recent close communication ’> went Fenn and make fi GETS BOOST. ‘Fifty more anonymous Santas gave toys Sai hten Christmas 1968 for teds Parents don't have cash to spare, And. from Skeona Secondary caine 3 and give thon tein he YS a ve them to the ~ Santas ous fe something |: new -in Terrace, Kinette’s Club| started it this year, ‘H's aim 18 simple: buy and give.a to a te: Stns anger Met? mayor in 1967 after serving four years on municipal council, is also: making a bid for a seat on ‘the school board, “In the past few years Pyebeen toll a: said, IT Kinettes’ Edith Gleselman said centre'in Terrace;.The toll cen wee bridges ani hope . ahe is worldng toward a figur qo the referendum, » he said, tre ‘went. inte operation 'e. will find money. at the next of 200 inane an ° ‘have. not heard:a werd as to | at ‘replacing * 7 these whe the school. board wants the three and a half million dollars for. and with only six days tothe vote, Tq i eay they hayetodo some | ‘ pretiy fas to get that amount of arte en, passed?” R Thornhill resid Harold. E. » is: making is “first bid r tee, 9": “Tyg bean actively - ‘She ‘said welfare authorities sehool-age children. And she ex- ‘Mra, Gleselman sald that’ the ealls between, aanee, I Kitimat | and K in south. east Alaska (Now. 0 the B,C, | Teteph Company announced, | feet: In conjunction with the com-1 {uation of the road north, pletion of a new: i This new centre witl provide! long - three. communities aswell ag aware of other. areas how homedon Prince | government would. “eae wwith: lupe , : oe B.C, Telephone ‘oald- the re : sult ey. -.be reductions-in rates on Terrace and Hemang and Bath fa himself, -the- Chamber . [and the: ‘Municipal Council where." by the government had dropped: - of closing Sc , B.C. Tel at Alaska rates (i B.C. ‘Tel ‘reduced rates: on eS are. being made a: : the most economical crossing of: the Nags” River, iitle sald in? The new ‘rates ‘come into ef |22swer.to the: question of con: emano and po ry Re mentioned the Kalum and. 14:01 p.m. replacing ¢ the Kit. sesin, ior imat centre. *. we Stummpage : rates. wag. ‘another: distance services for all|problem Steena MEA ‘something, aren traffic between, Kitimat, shonymious . He -said, | ot ; a number - ee east ‘Alaska, r, regional distrfets, making ithe Better forall * Plight: of Mra, Florence Greav- ily in aon “7 dwelling hn eB. Was reported in last week's Thornhill,But they ‘have ‘the of« Herald,-Fire destroyed her home for of 8 Mew house at a sub. at 2708 Keefer. Also: burnt were ‘stantial price reduction from a all ‘clothing, ° furni local. realtor, . tere: and her- . sonal ‘possessions, _ They'll, be. moving fn in early January. | re Offer of help. camo: in quiekiy Terrace reaction was spontane ‘eos when the story broke, Businesses: * and: “individuals othe | phoned fn to offer. help, newt’, woman didn't sleep Wod- |}: al mt, ali eked oat eee slept, she picked out eve & fndntt "t used in. six montha oo “give. to the Greaves family.’ ‘iret. indteation: of. Terrace’s |: ‘|brushes for the youngsters,‘ ‘ People gave bedding, clothes, Shoes, “toys, Unned "food and |, homey preserves, - ws a | was really ag as when the: Bre ‘hi,’ the coe het has ' aaked tig Srala ‘e “Pos The eer Rupert triae co Herald ‘to|**. i! ; }'ngl one highost ted extend: her thanks, to all: te jy tEvarthing’. was. 50 | weg in aca cag " ;| 90 le who offered help. an,” "Mes, Greaves. sald. ‘| “While gan s rates, high in tis part:of Brite ‘motorists sitgied out -hy. RCMP. Taran in..a- Safe “Driving -Week’ labels, ‘patrol, Will be watching forall throe, And a he ~ . | announced that, RCMP will get.up ‘She ‘even bought'six new tooth= ‘blocks Amcrease in “Down ‘dons, he, sald, | ing. - {iwolved in CAR ACCIDENTS HIGH © | ' Speeders, “Speeders, gawkors: and boozers ‘koep your ‘Those. worth thre’ éategort ot tocar se ware.the threo Cr) ral John. statement, He alda’t specifically: nae those a ve heen i “the: ‘main causes