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the Old Kitsumgallum
Cemetery.

BUNCOMBE, Victor
Melvin “Hank” passed
away following a short
illness at Mills Memorial
Hospital on Friday, January
14 at the age of 68.

Mr. Buncombe came to
this- area from his bir-
thplace, Chapleau, Ontario
in 1955. He served as
Operations Manager for
Canadian ‘Cellulose, was

Superintendent of Public .-

Works for the District of
“Terrace and served as
alderman. He retired from
the District in 1974,

Mr. Buncombe is survived
by his widow, Gertrude; ‘a
son, ‘Richard, in Sear-
borough, Ontario; four
grandchildren, -Patricia,
Scott, Sharyn and Jon, all of

borough, Ontario; a
sister, Mrs. Howard I.
(Ethel) Hall df Mississauga,
Ontario and a stepdaughter,
Mrs. Donald (Garda)

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Clancy of Dawson Creek,

Funeral services were
held on Tuesday, January 18
from Knox United Church

with the Reverend Lance

Hector Mel

Stevens officiating, Burial CHARLES VICTOR LIND.

took place in the Old Kit-
sumgallum Cemetery,
MacKay’s Funeral Services
was in charge of the
arrangements.

“Hank” Buncombe

STROM passed away
eacefully in Mills
emorial Hospital at the

age of 87 cats. He came to

Terrace from the Yukon in

1907 to.work on the building

of the railway as a

: blacksmith and later turned

to farming and logging.

He married Anna
Bateman from Oregon and
they were the first white
couple to be married in the
Anglican Mission by Cannon
Marsh. He is survived by his
wife, three daughters and
two sons, 16 grandchildren
and 12 great grandchildren.

Funeral services were
held Monday, January 17

-from Knox United Church in

Terrace.

Pallbearers were Emile
Froese, Frank Froese,
Harold Smith, Cecil Lever,

’ Bill Gamphouse and Eli

Tragedy takes “little queen”

' by Nadine Asante

Many friends of long
standing in both Prince
Rupert and Terrace were
saddened and shocked to
hear of the tragic death
before Christmas on.
December 17, of ‘“Vi"
Dodds; beloved wife of Ben
Dodds, formerly of Terrace
and one time residents of
Prince Rupert.

The Skeena claimed
another victim when the
Dodds’ car left the highway
and hurtled into the river on
an icy stretch 41 miles east
of the port city. The Dodds
had ferried from Vancouver
Island to visit their only
child, Edith Benoit, for the
‘Christmas season when the
tragedy occurred.

Born in Rossland, B.C., in
1903, Viola May Pitt, was
working as an accountant in
a bankin Rossland when she
met the young druggist,
Bentley Robert Dodds, who
was to become her husband.

The young couple
travelled north to Prince
Rupert in 1935 where Ben
worked as a druggist for
Ormes Drugs in that coastal
city for 12 years.

They decided to strike out
on their own and in 1947 Ben
and Vi moved to Terrace
where Ben took over Riley's
Drugs which he renamed
Terrace Drugs. And it was
in Terrace they made their
‘life for the next twenty or'so

years until they semi-
retired in the late sixties.
‘Semi-retired may not be
the exact description of the
Dodds at that time because
after only a few months of
idleness after selling
Terrace Drugs, the Dodds-
bought Kitimat Pharmacy
and resided in the aluminum
city for five years before
retiring permanently to
Victoria three years ago.

Not. only’ their home at
Lakelse Lake but their
former home in Terrace
near the Arena was a
constant ‘home away fram
home’ to anyone in need.
Their place was so much
like Grand Central Station
that Vi often laughed about
the time neighbours
borrowed their piano during

the wee small hours while

the Dodds slept blissfully on
through the night, com-
plete unaware until
daylignt of the Joan.

. Described as a ‘little

queen’ by a Terrace friend,

Mary Schaeffer, whose
family borrowed her as
Granny, Vi Dodds is por-
trayed as a woman who
worked hard behind the
scenes for worthy causes
but who never stepped into
the front line expecting
personal praise or attention.
And the best mom in the
world according to her only
child, Edith Benoit; Vi is
described by long-time
friend, Grace Fell, asa loyal
and loving person who
always managed to be
around when she was
needed,

A ‘non-joiner’, Vi
nevertheless made her
presence felt by being a
ackground helper and a
‘second to none’ kind of wife
who was a helpmate to her
husband one hundred
percent of the time.

The Dodds’ home at the
Lake was Vi’s particular
interest and it was here that
her garden and love of
canoeing came into focus.
An avid entertainer and an
excellent cook, Vi's kitchen
was the centre of attention
and many Terracites will
remember with fandness the
ap ours spent at the
Dodd ’ Lakelse Lake home.

Extinguishing the spark of
life who was Vi Dodds has
lessened the flame in many
hearts in the northwest but
itis asmall comfort to know
that her end was brief,
‘ without lingering ‘illness or
pain.

To’ mourn her passing
besides her husband,

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Bentley, and daughter,
Edith, are four grand-
children, Ben, Brad and
Pam in Terrace, and
Brenda, married and
residing in Mackenzie.
Funeral services were
conducted by ' Uplands
Baptist Church Pastor, K

Hale, in the larger Anglican
Church premises on
December 21. Cremation
was by request. ,

Ben Dodds has returned to
their home at 2587 Selwyn
Drive in Victoria and we
hope his grief is lessened by
our heartfelt sympathy.

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The Board of School
Trustees, School District 68
(Terrace), has been of-
ficially advised by the
Federal Anti-Inflation
Board that it has reviewed
the Board's compliance
proposal for the teachers

oup and that the A.LB.
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Tickets still

THE HERALD, Wednesday, January 19, 1977, PAGE AY .

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pay back .
this month

the proposéd compliance
report.

_ Mr, E. Wells, Secretary: |

Treasurer of the School

Board, in a letter sent to Mr. °

K.I. Morton, the Chairman,

ary

Agreements Committee, .

Terrace District Teachers’

Association, indicates that .

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the R.E.M. Lee Theatre.

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still 480 tickets available

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