Pate. Two TERRACE “Omineca’” HERALD, TERRACE, BRITISH COLUMBIA Wednesday, November 23,1 TERRACE CATHERINE M. FRASER, Publis RUTH M. HALLOCK, iditer so, Telephone VI 36357 — Malling Address: P.O, Box 1177, Terrace, B,C, 4 pala SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE PAYABLE IN ADV. oo . a: The publisher reserves the right to edit or refuse Heme In the publication of the paper. e a Member of B.C. Weekly Newspaper Advertising Bureau: B.C, Division of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association; and Audit Bureau of Circulation. . Authorized as second elass mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash. | No one seems concerned ..:'; IN THIS MORNING'S MAIL we received the total result of a Straw Ballot. published two weeks ago in on effort to arouse a little enthusiasm regarding candidates for Muni- cipal office, We needn't have bothered. There is simply no enthusiasm in the community on the subject. We received one ballot back in the mail. It came this morning and ironically enough it contained the written message, “The results of this straw ballot would make interesting reading for your paper.” There was nothing wrong with the bal- lot. It was filled out carefully with~ four suggested names for the seats on Muni- cipal Council and two suggested names — for the openings on the School Board. The section reserved for what the reader considers to be the most important points for members of Council to study was neatly filled in with ‘‘teo numerous to mention,” Agreed! They are indeed too numerous ta mention. And that is exactly what is wrong. So ponderous and cumbersome has the subject of Municipal become, that people have apparently shrugged their shoulders in despair and turned their backs on the entire issue: Referendum reasoning .. . — Guest Editorial — ; School Board Plons Building Program OUR SCHOOL POPULATION is increasing so rapidly that there will be o shortage of classrooms next September — unless we do something about it now! By the end of 1966 all the r-sjects planned under Refer- erdum No. 6, excepting the Secondary gymnasium extension (delayed by the Provincial Government although the plans are ready), will have been completed as scheduled. Most of the new classrooms are in use now, arid when school opens next Sep- tember they will all be needed, and some schools will be overcrowded again. In a rapidly developing area, school planning is @ continuous’ process, calling for long “range forecasting and an almost perpetual building program. Yeur School Planning Committee can never sit back and say the job is finished — to keep pace with re- quirements they have to be well into the next stage before. the paint is dry on the last building, Schoo! District No, 53 Referendum No. 7 is the next planned step in the dayelop- ment program. The Provincial Government, for good reasons, limits the period. of a _referendum to three years: your School Board calculates when each new school or addition will be required and plans either a two or three-year referendum ac- cording to the needs of the population. Steady increases in enrofments necessitate building mew schools or additions every . year in some parts of the School District. The first stage of Referendum No. 7, for ‘instance, :calls for expansion in’ the Thornhill, Terrace and New Hazelton areas for September 1967. Development in the Thornhill district classroom school, built in 1962, had addi- tions in 1964 (2 rooms) and 1965 (4 rooms), and now an 8 room primary school _ is needed to relieve pressure. The 6 room Uplands School, fast enlarged in 1959, is overcrowded now with a seventh class on the stage, and a four-room addition will ‘take care of development on the Bench for o while. New Hazelton hos been building up gradually, and the elementary school requires two additional rooms to accomo- date the extra pupils, who are presently being taken by bus to Hazelton, = The largest project on the.first stage -is the provision of a separate Junior Secondary School to serve Terrace and. the surrounding areas, !t is planned te site this “Omineca" HERALD — Published every Wednesday at Terrace, British Columbla = - type- . Government | ' changes, emphasising academic, technical, Skeena - are 3,509 pupils and 140 teachers and an ' addition is planned for 1968, is startling. The six of $631,500, by the Indian Affairs De- . be asked to pay only a smal! percentage of : ° : av -Peget No-one seems concerned that Terrace is in need of a great many improvements but has not the borrowing power to bring these improvements into beirig. No-one seems concerned thot Terrace is almost completely reliant on one industry — timber, and that secondary industry is still.an obscure term tucked surreptitiously into the occasional conversation, No-one seems concerned that taxes are spiralling. No-one seems concerned that school costs are on the increase, No-one seems con- cerned that roads are in a deplorable state throughout the community, that our fire protection faciiltles are becoming out- dated, that our police protection facilitjes ar constantly running short handed, that our medical and dental facilities are. phy- sically overtaxed, that low rental housing | is virtually non-existant, and that real | estate costs are on the rise, © _ No-one seems concerned about any- thing, much, aside from the fect that Christmas is coming, We teo are concerned about that. In fact we're happy in the knowledge that Christmas is coming. What worries us is that Terrace’s goose is not getting fat, and it’s already half cooked! close to the Skeena Secondary School, which is approaching its capacity enrol- ment and has reached a stage at which it : is‘desirable to segregate junior and senior students, The implementation of curriculum vocational and commercial . subjects for senior students, has increased the differ- ence in the learning situation at senior and junior levels, Because the circum- stances warrant it, now is the time to build the separate junior secondary school for which many people have been asking for so long. , Buildings under the second stage. should be ready for September, 1968, and all are additions to existing facilities. ~ "Hazelton Secondary School which is not yet fully equipped for specialist subjects, is to have four extra rooms towards this end. In Terrace, additional dwellings are springing up in the area surrunding Clar- ence Michiel Elementary School, and four more classrooms will be needed, - The School Beard administration build- ing :was opened in 1957 to accommodate a small staff administering 1,683 pupils ° and 65 teachers, Nine years later there increase of nearly $3 million in sites, buildings and equipment. .The District now has its own Superintendent of Schools, Supervisor of Elementary Instruction ‘and Director of Adult Education, all of whom are housed in makeshift offices, The work- shop, in which the mainteriance staff man- ufacture to save dollars, is.now too small, and storage space for equipment and sup- plies is inadequate. To rectify this, an To complete the program, -the Kiti- K'Shan “Primary School, opened in 1966, will require two more classrooms three years later in 1969. Apart from the buildings, the Referen- dum allows for the purchase, development and landscaping of sites, and the provision of necessary school furniture and equip- ment, a : _ The total estimated cost of the pro- gram Is $3,564,200., reduced by a grant partment towards the cost of the new junior ‘secondary school, leaving. a net figure‘ of $2,932,700. This seems a form- idable"sum, but; in fact, the. taxpayer will capital-and_ interest repayments, and. the - Provincial Government finds the greater |§.. - share, ae i ; — L “Sold for fifty. dollars King Famtures Syodicsie, Ine, 1965. Wosld rights reserved, to the lady being choked by¢ her husband!” oe. ” __ o-4 Three Way Tie For Top Spot - Senior Basketball league now hras- a. three-way tle for top spot folfowing games on November 17, Celgar.could have moved out. all alone for first place but had to settle for a split alter two games of hard play. They had to fight off a determined Skeena High fally for a one point win on Thurs- day night or forfelt both games. The Celgar-Skeena High game. was the most exciting finish to date with some fine plays made. Agar Avenue Red & White won iwo games fo move from sixth and last position to fourth place in the league. ' Marshall Wells won the first game Tuesday night, beating Cel- gar 50 to 43. Marty Adame with 22 points led the Marshall Wells attack. Fred Philpot with 14 points and Heinz Wichman with 11 points were high in Celgar’s losing cause. In the second game Tuesday might, Agar Avenue Red & White led all the way and held off.a determined attack by Skeena High to win over the high school g: 46 to 43. Gerry Sharples, with 16 points and Jeff Steveng with 1% polnts were high for Agar. Red Kluss wag high for Skeena with- 16 points, . ; _ Thursday right saw Joe Pro- opehuk with 21 points, lead his team to victory over Skeena High 58 to 57. Rod Kluss with 16 points and Bob Kester with 14 points were high men for Skeena. Ih the lest pame of the week ‘Agar downed the winless CYO 458 to 37. Jeff Stevens and Gerry * eae |9 with the Reverend Klassen offical ang) atchewan and Sam Waldbauer off OBITUARY ‘ WALDBAUER, HERA Prince George, B.C. Word was received here week of the death in George on November 5 of H “Herb” Waldbauer, 57.0 | The late Mr, Waldbauer been resident in Prince ec since 1900, Prior to that he req ed in Prince Rupert where he “Jie owner manager of Indushie ‘Welding Ltd. - He came to the Terrace-Pri Rupert area in 1949 with his and three children. " _ Funeral services were hel a from the Evangelical Free Churel i in Prince George on Novembe® jating. Interment was made iim the Prince George cemetery, | “The late Mr. Walktbauer leavedie his wife Janet and a son James'i both of Prince George: a daughter.9 Mrs. L. Theohald (Sandra) of Dun. can, B.C.; and a second daughter& Mrs. J, Patt, (Carol) of Osoyoosim B.C. Also left to mourn are broth- ers George Waldbauer of Terrace. Ben Waldbauer of Woadrow, Sask-™ Calgary, Alberta aa well as a sis-§ ter, Mfs. H. Floding of Midale,@ Saskatchewan. - i Mr, and Mrs. George Waldbauer'# and daughters, Mrs. R. Johnson (Elaine), and Sandra, of Ternace'® all attended the funeral seryices,'@ . r. Sharples each with 15 points Jed ‘Agar to the victory. Dave Wadley '@ and Steve Laniuk with 8 goints # each, were bfgh for CYO. . a 5c to BILLB $1.00 J | OARD | FRIDAY, NOV. 25, 5 to 9 P.M. "at the Terra - Georgia Milady Sal , agen ‘inion? tn (or until sold out) — Bake Sale SA ee ce Co-op, sponsored by the Candy Stripers. TURDAY, NOV, 26 — St. Matthew's Anglican WA Christmas Bazoar and Tea, 2-to 5 pm. in he Pek Hail. TUESDAY, NOV. 29, 8:30 P.M. in Lakelse ‘Hotel banquet room, ong present “Coiffure; D’Elegance,"” sponsored by Mills Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 30 — Order of Eastern Star sale of bristmas door wreaths——by order only frou member or by phoning VI3-2194 or VI3-2048 before November 30. FRIDAY, DEC. 2, é Po. rent t Antonides, OLA business speak on the topic: “Why A. Labour Veritas hall. Every ER Te ie hody welcome! 20% OFF - Ladied’ MEXICAN PURSES START YOUR “LAY AWAY" FOR CHRISTMAS ee eae “Per, ie tae NN hms ry, Soe ay