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_ LIX, No. 3

16 Pages

Wednesdoy, August 10, 1966

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mand Barbara Fridge beat her:own record
‘pen Women's Hurdles in 11.8 seconds, (In the picture - not in order,
B Spencer, Rick Burrows, Don “Gray, Garry Salmond, Pete Spencer and Ron Parker of the
= Optimist Striders, and Arlene McLoughlin. and Barbara Fridge of the Vancouver Olympic
@ Club and Coach “John Freeman of the Vancouver r Olympic Club and Coach John Mini-

TARS OF B.C.'s “TOP TEN" ATHLETES presented a thrilling:
anadian Legion Inter-Zone Track Meet here on Saturday, August 6 at Skeena Second-
ry school grounds. These eight competitors were entered in the qualifying trials for the
angdian British Empire Games team, The exhibitionists were merely inches
seconds from going to the Empire Games in Jamaica last week-end, Their dermonstra-
tion in Terrace was made possible by the B.C. Centennial Committee and Branch No. 13
fof the Canadian Legion, Examples: of their ability were clearly shown when Steve Spencer
mand Ron Parker thrilled the spectators by jumping 6 ft. 3 in. and 6 ft. 5 in. respectively
by! /tOth of a second by running the 87¥2 yard

a chielle of the Optimist Striders, *

ais 2

sports display at the

and = split

are): Steve

— Staff Photo

| Inter-Zone Track Meet Ouistanding

The day of the first ‘annual
Canadien. Legion. on August 6, dawned

Sponsored by. the

Inter-Zone Track Meet,

bright and-clear and the track was fast,
A large and enthusiastic crowd was on hand, a spectac-

Dittawa Officials

(On Airport Business
# Representatives of the Terrace
pnd Kitimat Chamber of Com:
merce are meeting tonight at Skog-
Munds Hot Springs. with four archi-
fects from Ottawa,

They will be discussing the pro-

posed new terminal building for
Terrace airport.

‘ular ‘athletic exhibition was
presented by eight ‘stars. : of
B.C.'s “Top Ten’’ athletes,
and a hundred or more young
people competed in the sports
day that was acclaimed. a
huge success,

The Northwest ‘Zone. (comprised

Jof Ocean Falls, Queen Charlotte

Islands,! Prince Rupert, - Kitimat
and Terrace) dominated ‘the meet,

Scoring '189 points te 52 points for

the Northcentral Zone (Prince
George and Vanderhoof. area).
Officials and spectators: agreed

| that, in addition to being the larg-

est track meet ever-held in the
north, the calibre of the athletes
was. extremely high and the com-
petition keen.

G. Habinger of Kitimat, winner
of the open- men’s long jump
checked in with 16° 93,”,. exhibi-
tionist Peter. Speneer of the Opti-
mist Striders jumped 211" by
comparison.

Tn the women’s open. hurdles
Anka Troelstra of Terrace ran the
8744 yard race in 119° seconds,

of Vancouver until she broke it

i THREE “GALS” CROSSING A CONTINENT BY CAMPER

a by CATHERINE MM FRASER.

5 (continued from last week)

® When I left the “chain”. for my
fye-glasses on the office desk I
Experienced a feeling of freedom
g- a few glorious weeks without

mlasses hanging around my neck!

@ All too soon I was to discover
ist how dependent I was on that

mame fine chain,

me were told the Calgary Stam:
mde was.on Monday. We practical- 7
dashed through Banff, and:

morning — only to discover it was

aa I did not have my glasses!

zal recalled reading. the breakfast |

menu at Banff — but what restaur-
t? A helpful gas - serviceman

essed the. right cafe and a

Ke proprietor promising to, put
Pb glasses on a Greyhound bus
ind for Calgary . depot: Ga, {st
mee of 85 miles); |

ee bus trips later —.No glasses.
second phonecall. revealed theni
31 in ‘the Banff bus station.” ..

Hold them,: we'll come .and’ gel:

State of

S We speeded up our trip when’

m@Monday too soon: Also to discov

Maonecall resulted in a gracious t

At seven that evening — and

them” -~ and we drove back the
85 miles, Imagine“my chagrin! (1
then put:the glasses safely away —
IT would take no more chances).
Spent the next morning In Banff
— had breakfast at the Chateau
which was swarming with bankers
— 620 of them — all from the
ontana, They were én-
thralled with the scenery. :
Visited ‘Banff Wax Gallery - —
well worth seelng—with wax ima:
ges of personages ‘from British

“Royalty and Canadian Explorers to
meached Calgary early Monday

Huckleberry Finn and Wilf -Carter.

Then out of Banff: for the set:
ond time: °°

.Have you ever driven a camper?
r tried,: but the 1500-pound weight
‘astern ‘and atop -had me baffled.
Despite’ the straight. prairie high-
‘way I cojald not keep the top-heavy |“
oad from swaying the truck back
and forth. The. result: — the trip
was made. with-one driver — Teas,

We planned. to stop at Sault Ste.

arie, <— cléan up, havea hairdo
and de-bug ‘the camper (it was cov
ered on: the outside . front with
small black flies). :

It wha Fridsy the - atores’- ‘were

“| jontinued on. Page 4.

dn the exhibition run’ Saturday by
1/10 -second,
The outstanding athlete for the
' (Continued on Page 8) —

Two Collisions
At Intersection :

the Lakelse- Emerson intersection
last night and early this morning.
At about 8:45 p.m: Tuesday a
ear driven by a juvenile pulled
out from the curb and struck the
passenger's side of a vehicle driv-
en by Desmond -Connaugton of
Terrace who was travelling east
on Lakelse Avenue, —
' Damaged .amounted to. about
$100-No one was injured... ;
At 3:00 am. today Jack Sharples
of Terrace collided with Herbert
Sinclair’ of Copper Clty at the
Lakelse - Emerson intersection.
Damage totalled about $300,
There were no injuries and no
charges are pending. cs

B.C. Election
September | 12

Premier W. A.C. Bennett, at
a press. conference in Vancouver
‘Monday, August 5, announced a.
“Provinelal. -alection ‘will: take |
place en Monday, Septomber, 12.

the same time as Barbara Fridge |

Two traffic accidents occured at.

10 Cents a Copy, $3.00 a Year — Press al 3200

UNCIL REPORTS |

plished before now and ques-
tioned’ council on when it
would be completed. ..

Reeve A. Goulet explained “that
up uatil eight days ago testing and
cleaning had been under the dir-
ection of Willis & Cunliffe Engin.
eering Ltd. Since then the muniei-
pality had taken over the. werk
with its own crews on the job.
Work was progressing well. The
Reeve pointed: out that inspection
was still the responsibility of the
consulting engineers.

of the-sewers committee, assured
Mr. Pratt that work was progres-
sing to the point that it ds likely
in “about a week you people will
be able to hook up”. ;

A petition was read signed by 20
property owners in respect to the
zoning as it affects the areas bound-
ed on the north by Walsh, the
south by Greig, the east by Munroe
and the west by Kentiey, © .

The petition was turned over to
the administration ‘and will now go
‘before the Board: of Appeal..

The cemetery Committee report-
ed a quotation of $1,000 for land-
scaping new Kitsumkallum Cem.
etery. Following a discussion -it
was moved by Councillor . Harry
Tupper, chairman. of. _ the... Parks
eonimittee, that. the: +$1,000-: be-'
transferred from “his: “department®
to do the work. Work.on. this was
to start immediately... -

A letter: from the Old Age Pen.

Socréd Nomination

Convention Aug. 15

’ Skeena Constituency Social Cre.
dit nomination convention will be
held next Monday, August 15 in
Skoglund Hotsprings banquet

fa Seytopoty

Sewer Hook-up Sooiis.
Landscaping To. Start

Municipal Council came in for reprimand ‘Tuesday ‘night
when property owner Cecil Pratt chastised. couneil: for. the
tardiness in respect to the 1965 sewer-testing an
program. Mr. Pratt felt the: work should- have been. accom-

! inspection

Councillor W. McRae, chairman | -

sioners organization “was read: §

eking - Support ofa resolution
pressing .the

northern area for. chronic. and in-
firm. people... woot,

_ Council. approved. the ‘resolution
with the. stipulation that it. ‘be on
a regional basis..

' The revised. plan for. access, to
the. proposed Safeway develop-.

ment at the corner. of Emerson

and Lakelse _Avenue was digseuss- ©

ferred to the’ Planning Commis-
sion- for'a funther study. ~

Reeve ‘Goulet’ .reported ‘that
Safeway: had ~ purchased another
100 feet “of ‘frontage on Lakelse
Avenue from‘L. H..& K. Ltd. ©

A number of committee reports
were read and | approved...

Two Men Ki Killed
In Plane Crash

An inquest will be held Tuesday,

August 16 by Coroner Fred Adames .

into the deatlis of Stewart. Hickin
and Richard W: Scott, both of Kiti-

Lava,

airport ‘ina. “Taylorcr:

four hours, “he,

“When they had - not returned a
search was made and the crashed
aireraft found in a heavy wooded

"| area ten miles north of Lava Lake. .~

- RCMP officers brought the bod-
ies to Terrace by Okanagan Heli:

copter. The bodies -had to be pried. >.
from the wreckage. No further de- @

tails of the accident were available

room.

_ lat press time.

~ quarters: anid: lon

d. who was: 5 standing

THE FISH WEIGHS’ MORE than the fisherman does, 65-—

pound Alan Webb, 10-year-old son of Mr, and Mrs. ‘Willard i

Webb of 2813 Hall Street, proudly stands beside this 6

pound spring ‘salmon which ‘he caught Monday night:‘nea

the junction’ of. theSkeena' and Kt

father ‘took. ‘ovat t ‘thé fight which lasted:on hour’ and ‘three
nded' the’ fish’ with. the: hel

alum rivers; ‘His: excited

caf. Reg Beckley

IO 8,a8yueaT

‘government: to pro-
vide -ample hospital care in this’

The problem of access was re

mat, following 'a plane crash in the i

reraft plane
August 4 with maximum fuel for.

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