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Recently Rein L, Doorman
revisited Terrace after an
absence of 39 years.

It was in 1950 that Mr.
Doorman made the Terrace
Hotel his headquarters and
scouted around for some land.

He had always had a dream to:

someday own his own farm.
Through Kenney Realty he

found a quarter section home-

stead located a half mile off
the.then Airport Rd. (now
Queensway).

He bought the place for two
thousand dollars and went back
to his CNR job in Montreal.
At the end of April 1951, he
returned to Terrace to fulfill
his dream of farming his own
land and start growing produce
on a large scale to supply Ter-
race and Kitimat. To share in
this great adventure, his
brother and sister-in-law, Jan
and Sacha, arrived here from

- Holland later that year. Since

Mr. Doorman had no transpor-
tation of his own, Pen Van
Heek was kind enough to meet
Jan and Sacha at the train sta-
tion.

In 1952 they renovated the
old house, farmed the land,
grew potatoes and vegetables
(mostly carrots) and lived there
happily, although financially it
definitely was not paradise.
Their tractor, a small Interna-
tional purchased from Michiel
and Johnstone, was their only ©
transportation, and with a flat
bottom wagon behind it they

-were able to go to the “big
. city” of Terrace and sell their

potatoes and vegetables to Jim
Smith.

Jim never refused buying
their products, was very .
helpful, and was extremely pa-
tient if credit. had to be ex-
tended a little longer. It was a
time of great trust in each -
other.

But their farming came to an
end in 1955, when Rein Door-
man décided to go to Kitimat
and his brother Jan Doorman .
received an offer to work in
Montreal. The property was
sold eventually to Dick

"Toynbee, who in turn sold it

later to Bert and Rusty Ljungh.
Rein Doorman married his wife
some 30 years ago. They are
retired and live in Maple Ridge.
Coming back to Terrace

brought back lots of memories,
like the early days of the Little
Theatre under the guidance of

‘Lorraine McColl, and frienis
they made, ‘like the Havelaars,

the Samsons; Susie Adam, the
Van Heeks, the Van Stolks,
Neils Mark and. many more.
Mrs. Doorman, who'd never
been in Terrace, was so im-.

pressed that she stated: “If 1

was young, I would move | |

here,”* Co ays : 7
‘PS. I drove to Doorman —

Rd. the other day. It is easy to.

find, just off Churchill Drive, —

and it comes out on Queens-

way. One thing I noticed .
' though is that the sign on top
says Dorman Road (wrong

spelling), but the sign on the
bottom is spelled correctly; .
Doorman Road. |; Ct

Doorman Road is like enn

_ wandelpad door het bos, Echt

mooi!

The Terrace Art Gallery is
featuring something different
this month, ,

The Terrace and District Arts
Council is presenting ‘‘Art —
Awareness’’, and you are all

‘invited to-meet the people and

ideas behind the arts in Ter-.

race, It gives residents and peo- —

ple new to town a chance to-
have a closer look and an op-
portunity to see. what is
available. © =e

The Gallery is staffed by rep-
resentatives from all the dif-
ferent groups this month. The
show runs until Sept. 30th. The
hours are: Tuesday to Satur-
day, 12 noon to 3 p.m.; Tues-
day to Saturday, 7 to 9 p.m.;
and Sundays, 1 to 4 p.m. Clos-
ed Mondays: ;

It should be worth every- '
body’s while to see what’s of-
fered in the arts. -

Visiting Térrace are Claire

‘Lindstrom O’Brien and her de
husband Cecil (Sandy) O’Brien.

Claire was raised in Remo and
worked in the Filbert Hotel
(with Clara Turner and others).

. In.1941 she married Sandy

O’Brien, who at the time was
in the army. They were married
in the Remo schoolhouse. _
They lived in Prince Rupert
for a while. Due to an injury,

’ Sandy was discharged. They

moved to Vancouver and later
to Ocean Falls,

_ After living in Ocean Falls
for a.couple of years, they
moved to Prince George, where
they spent the next 42 years.
They developed the first trailer

~ court ever in Prince George;

over the years they had three:

trailer courts there, and ran a

little general store. .
Claire also worked for the

“government for seven years do-

ing labor force statistics. They
have been retired for a while
and decided last year to move

~ dourney Into Self
A Healing Journey
‘with JUDITH KERR

eo Friday evening — November 3rd

. Saturday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. — November 4th
_ Sunday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m, — November 5th -
_ Registrations must be received by
oe October 21, 1989

‘For more information call.Mary at

638-0101 or 638-0994

to Vernon. They aré up here _

visiting her brothers, Bill and ~
Otto, and their family.

Friday, Sept. 22, 1989 was a
special day for Ernie Sande..

Ernie, a resident of Terrace-
view Lodge, celebrated his 90th
birthday. Fourteen of his
friends from the Happy Gang
Centre gathered at the Lodge
for a surprise lunch. They had
brought a delicious birthday
cake and a card signed by
everybody, Lunch was
barbecued hamburgers, hotdogs
and potato salad.

‘Before: digging into the cake,

all sang Happy Birthday. Ernie

also received specual congratu-

latory. messages from Ed

Broadbent, Jim Fulton, Mike
Harcourt, Mme, Jeanne Sauve,
Brian Mulroney and Dave

Parker.

Ernie and his son used to
own and operate Sande’s Mill
and many people in this town
brought home steady pay- —
cheques for many years work-
ing at the mill. Sande Overpass
is named for Ernie Sande.

A very happy birthday goes
out this month to Donald
Letendre, Ed Sturko and John -
Olson, as well as Ernie Sande.

_History preserved — the Kitwanga CNR Station,

This photo taken In 1951 by Jan Doorman shows Pen Van .

Terrace Review — Wednesday, September 27,1989 17

Heek, Rein Doorman and Sacha Doorman when Jan and
Sacha arrived in Terrace. Rein visited Terrace recently after
being away from the region for many years.

' All are residents of Terrace-

view.
Members of the Happy Gang
Centre celebrating birthdays
this month are: Floyd Frank,
Susan Goodmanson, W. Gyger,
Olga Hipp, Lucille Hampton,
Juanita Hatton, Ted Johnston,
Ellen MacDonald, Lila Mason,
Len Needham, Tony Pauls, Er-
nie Sande, Grace Simons, Or-
ville Spencer, Allen Venema,
Helen Watson, Elsie Heywood,

oe

built in 1912, will be moved to the kitwanga

Vera McKenzie, Anita Ratcliffe . a |

and Tilly Shellenberger.

Many Happy Returns to all’ : ge -
of you! , SG

It has been a long glorious
summer. They don’t come any
better than this. And do you .
realize that three months from
today, Christmas will be all
over with? Bye for now, I’ll see
you all next Wednesday.

Church property and restored by the Kitwanga Lions Club for use as a community meeting
place, museum and possibly an arts and crafts shop. Estimated cost of the project is just
over $25,000, one-third of which will be paid for by a B.C. Lotteries’ grant. Above, project

coordinator Roy Morgan and Lions
from Skeena MLA Dave Parker. Like t

‘ past zone chairman Biil Young receive the Lottery grant
he Kwinitsa railway station that was moved to Prince

Rupert a few years ago, this project will save one more piece of Northwest history.

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