a] DAY, NOVEMBER 5, 19! Femomber, ‘remember Drastic changes in all s new. fashions Co ee Oe, -o- those horrible, wonderful. frustrating days spent in uniform during fall very oe the Second World War. - for ‘the woman who's goitig cut. “ itaylng. home, this” of my three years in the Canadian Women’s Army | aan through the. interior many times, by ‘tra the Royal Canadian Air Force. Prince George... the coast as it went two. or three times weekly and would cut down on. travelling time. ~ they contacted Vancouver and it was all Bet up) for. me 80 fast, 80 easily:...40 wonderful, - had grabbed each other’s hands and arms {nour excitement and so-had carried bruises for weeks afterwards, * Mm. AsThada few daysholiday before thedale of the; actual ‘flight, I went down to Eugene, Ore., to visit friends,-and arrived back BH Sunday morning silence of my. relative’ 's home the next day to ‘ ’ offin a Lodestar for the clear, cloudless sities of the north, late on 4 Thursday afternoon, “: ; ‘After a short” touchdown at the isolated, bush spot. of Dog George where we had supper and saw a film at the YMCA hall. m «= ThenontoSmithers the next day and then a smooth landing at the old Terraceairport. But, then my luck changed, for it was a land plane, and their next destination was Sandspit and rather — . than having .me perhaps stranded on the Queen Charlotte Islands, the pilot left me and the boxes of Rupert freight sitting on the airstrip, and I waved forlornly. to them as they swooped off without me. © |, Now as it happened, my ; cousin had a boyfriend who | was then stationed in Terrace, so nattrally I asked for him and was told’ he wag out “in the bush stringing wire’, Well.,...when. someone went to get him and told him a CWAC had just flown in ant asked for him, he thought, of course it was a joke. But no such .' luck - when he emerged onto the tarmac and ‘saw me sitting © there onthe boxes of freight, he couldn’t believe his eyes. However, ‘he recovered, nicely and showed me. around the: -' station and hitched a ride into town for us so we could sée about > eatching a train intotown. ‘At that time, the rallway station was - -at the foot of Atwood St, and we headed down from town in the cold, sleeting rain to find the passenger train was late and the station deserted. As luck would have it there was:a freight train puffing on the tracks, headed west, and I asked the engineer for a ride into Rupert. ; _ told me to duck down in the firemen’s seat until we eleared the yards and they would take me anyway... '_ A few minules Jater we were whistling our merry way along ‘through the dense bushland beside the Skeena, homew ardbound . . "at last! : _ When we stopped ‘at the waterhold for water for the engine, a ‘the conductor invited me back into the caboose for coffee. Our: next stop was at Skeena, wheré we picked upa young logger who - had just broken an arm in an accident, & I comforted him and gave him coffee till we hit the Rupert station. - mo. I took the coast route south back to Victoria, touching down at. Alliford Bay on the Charlottes, at Bella Coola and at Coal . ' Harbor, before we hit Jericho Beach and then Patricia Bay. And that is just-oné of the thousand of memories which return * tomeback atthis time near ‘Remembrance ay. Although I wad stationed in Victoria. and. Prince Rupert most . Carpe " Buit thé most memorable trip ofall which! can recall after all -. thege years was one 1 took home for a furlough at Christmas of. 1943 - when I did a grand tour of British: Cotumnia, concieny of .. Lhad originally intended to go to Rupert by’ train or’ Fup the coast by steamer, which was the most common mode of travel in’ ~ those days, as the highway. WAS not yet completed through from . -But then I happened t to meet a friend of. ‘ours who was an - officer in the RCAF and he suggested I take the mail plane up | Sol phoned: the Pat Bay. air: foree station to ask about it and The only time T had ever been in: a plane’ before was a quick flip over Vancouver with my cousin, during a fall fait, and we - Bs on'Saturday night in Vancouver witha thick fog settling over. the city. : h 6 But-the thought that the fog might have: any ‘part i in delaying m the plane trip never crossed my mind, andI disturbed the early . wend my street-carred way to Sea Island. But alas, I hung _ around that hangar for four days before the fog lifted and we set. - Creek, we were airborne- once more and landed at: Prince: . He said there they were not really allowed to take passengers as some of the fellows:might be going AWOL, but ~.- ~ TANHING 7 pay top prices for DEER, MOOSE in any avanti. Just salt” ‘ skins and send to BG, Fur & Leather - 3842 Commercial" Dr. Doe a Mancouver '12,'8.C. : - 674-5526 : - We tan all kinds of skins for fur or leather. cow HIDES-for . Fobes or leather for beots, |ackets, saddlery. DEER, MOOSE ~ . for Buckskin'or Rugs, BEAR, WOLF, GOAT, for Rugs. We | shopping centre featuring a 25,000 square foot, Hudson's - Bay | Company department store, 9 20,000 square foot: - Canada Safeway supermarket, and 20,000 square feet of spe~ . @lalty shops is scheduled to "pen in Smithers in the fall ‘of 1972 “Construction. of the fully “enclosed shopping mall will. commence early. next year,” : anounced Dick ‘Lawson, re= presentative of DominlonCon = ‘> store was started earlier thig Struction Ltd,, developers: of the 20°store retatl complex, ‘Lawson was: here in Smith - ers . today to make the an-: . nouncement’ that The Bay... SMITHERS — A $2,000,000. would be the department store tenant of the new’ shopping ‘cemtre, and to answer ques~ » tlons’ from “Prospective. ten- ants, Original announcement of the shopping centre.was made last November. by, the Smith- ers Town Connell, At that time {t was not, known which | ’ major. retailer, would be part - of the complex,’ and this has been the subject of much spece’ Wation since then, Construction of the Safeway’ year, and: it Is-expected ta be ‘.open for business no. later than the middle of December, ¢ ~ Lawson sald the’ new centre, Kitimat sets . -'schedule. for | _ Hockey ae Schedules for the Kitimat Minor Hockey League for next two weeks are as follows: . - Atom Division Hockey Schedule: : Nov. 6.Saturday 9:45 am - 10: 45 Ocean Cement vs ‘Nechalio ~. Motors, 7 Cement vs. ‘Bravo’ s Welding. . ‘Pee Wee Division Schedule ee - 7:45 pm Johnston Reslity v VB. Atom Reps., Nov.6 Saturday 12:45-2: 0 pm Sandberg Esso: vs. Sharp 2. 20: ‘Nova Monday: 6:45-7: 45pm Iron Works vs, Farwest, Nov. - 9 Tuesday 6:30-7:45 pm City Centre. va: Johnston Reality, Nov... - -12 Friday 6:30-7:45 pm Atom-Reps vs. ‘Sandberg Esso, Nov. 13, _ Nov. 5 Friday 6:30 pm - Shop, ” Theatre, Nov: 6 Saturday 11:00 - 12:00 Marshall Wells vs. Atom Nov. 6 Saturday 12:00 - 1:00 Bob Whiting va Bravo's: Welding; Nov. 13 Saturday 9:45 am = 10:45 am Atom Motors vs. Bob Whiting, Nov. 13 Saturday 10:45 - 11:45 am Marshall ‘Wells vs Ner:hake Theatre, Nov. 13 Saturday 12: w0.- 1: 0 pm. Ocean re "Saturday 12:15 --2:00-pm. Sharp Shop: vs. Farwest, Nov. .16 Monday 6:45 - 7:45 pm City. Centre vs. Sandberg Esso, Nov, 16. - Tuesday 6:30-7:45 pm Iron Works. v5 Johnston Reality. -” Bantam Division Sehedule: Nov. 8 Monday 7:45 - 8:00 pm Kinsmen vs. Steelworkers, Nov. 11 Thursday 6:30-7:30 p.mm Croziers vs Coastal Bus, Nov. 2 Friday 8:00-9:00.p.m. Kiti at Home vs “Kinsmen. Midget Division Schedule: . ‘Nov. 4 Thursday Sunday 9:00 - 10:00 pm. Sport Lions, Nov. 14 Sunday 9:00-10:00 a: v.16 5.00pm. Lions vs Builders. Nov. 16 Tuesday 8:00 -9: m. Builders vs Sproting, All these games are played in the Kitimat Arena. There is nt,’ entrance fee for any of the games. - Fans are ae to watch this paper for schedles af gamer : : after Nov. 16 + x " SUTTON COLDFIELD, Eng: land (CP) — Dr.: Barbara Oak-’ ley pleaded with a ‘thief not to.. see her appointments book and, ‘DOCTOR'S NEEDS : . cher. keys when she ‘found. the located at the Junction of Highs way 15. and. King Street, will offer the comforts ofenclosed mall shopping with a wide. , Selection of merchandise and ° services from national and local stores. ’. “He said that studies indica ted that Smithers, because ‘of ~ its diverse economy, and geo- - graphical location, would t be | logical: area ‘to - Tocate a’ major shopping cen-- the most tre serving. the entire Bulk- ley Valley, °° ‘Lawson added that: Smith= ers and the surrounding areas are ‘not- ‘presently served on a direct basis. by any major retafler, -a. need: that would he filled by the Inclusion of the new Bay. department store in the centre, -. The centre 1s situated ona site of just over 5'acrea,.with parking facilities for 300 cars, ’ Gross selling area ‘for-the “new complex will total 65,000 a ‘ foklows:. square: feet, broken down as The Bay .~ 25,000 ~ square ‘feet; Saféway - 20,000 7:45-9:00 pm Sporting vs. Lions, Nov.: rf _ opm Builders, Nov. 11 Thursday square feet; specialty stores ~ 20,000 Square feet, The proposed merchant mix for the centre Includes a bank, - drug store, ladies wear, men's wear, shoes, specialty andservice shops. The developer,’ Dominion Construction Co, Ltd, spece . man in her Warwickshire home,” After speaking with him for sev-. ‘eral minutes she persuaded him y she in, Sue basalt ll dalizes in the design,construc- tion and management of shop- ping centres and office build. ings, throughout Western Can- ada, These inclide the Tera race Shopping Centre, the Hill- pie Shopping Centre in Vic« . Christmas,” she said, and the Bentall: Towers. [s ~ “Bashions this year are such that the clothes can be worn either et home or for an evening ~ _out,” she said. And the little black dress is -back. ‘again, .“This allows women to wear all the jewelry. ‘they’ye been hiding away for several years because..the . prints we've been wearing don't - lend themselves. to jewelry,” ‘Mrs. Barker said. ‘Another in-thing. is long: housecoats, she said.. Many. of : them have the slinky look. "A really big change this year is in night lounging wear, which. -has- gone to. much brighter :- colors and a wide .variety. of. fabrics,” Ms. Barker said, ‘ Jean ’ Lang, Harvey’s buyer for children’s: wear said the emphasis this. year is on quality. ~ “BEING TRAPPED © -Valuable: minerals that once flowed down the Nile are being trapped upstream behind the Aswan High Dam. thia ¥ : ~ gald: a ‘il ages, teenybops to. prandmas --said Hamilton . Harvey's buyer of Ladieswear - - Barker. ~ “That's the biggest Dew iter ; Hamilton ~ : Thinking ‘of going to Spain For the Winter? | Buying A Ski-Doo? ‘ If you own your own home we consolidate other bills as well, with a low cost mortgage loan from Homepian Realty Ltd. Phone , ‘Traders Group. Limited can supply all these and? 635-6310 ants wed tobe jut & : “Boye lwe had tostock was B pen at oe or ce _ else, Andalihough we still sell a’ 3. lot of jeans, they’ also want. " She seid both, ne and boy cordurdys which . come ina style. See ‘tia’ means ‘the variety of fabrics.’ me oe ms Lakelse ‘Pharmacy es The Super Valu bepsiog 6 Centre oe ‘TABLE TOP SPECIALS! © ae WEEK "Lovely Giftware Treat yourself 0 ora friend ~All our Giftware is reduced DONT MISS OUT! | CP Air announces © new Winter | Schedule in effect — October 371, 971 For details and reservations contact - your nearest cP Air. 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