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MONDAY FEBRUARY 1, 1971

Patterson proud |

TERRACE HERALD, TERRACE, B.C.

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of local growth

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Achievement program which is
expected to get underway in the
Fall. \ ;
“ ‘ LOBBYING coi’
Patterson, said’ the chamber

various’ levels’ of government
over items such ‘as a new
Skeena ¢rossing, improvements
tothe Kalum‘ River Bridge and
a bridge across the Nass.

- More emphasis was put. on
touriom, with” financial
assistance _ from the
municipality, he said.

Patterson praised the Junior
Chamber of Conimerce for its
fishing and tourist guide.

‘The: guide has been very
instrimental in: promoting the
recreational aspects of. our
immediate area,’ he said.

Patterson also mentioned the
chambers’ sponsoring a portion

* was ‘atso. busy. lobbying. in a |
_ number of submissions ‘to

of Anti-Litter Week and active |

promotion of the municipality's
paving program. ~
PROMOTION:
- ‘In industrial . promotion, we
answered numerous enquiries
not only from ali over Canada
‘and the U.S., but from as far
away as Switzerland,’ Pat-
tersen reported. We are
-hopeful that. our activities in
this field ‘will attract more in-
-dustries and businesses to
Terrace,

‘There are many people who

have contributed to the success
of. the chamber during the
year,’ he. added. ‘It would be
. difficult to mention them all,
but [am particularly grateful to
my two vice-presidents, Bill
Milliken and Hugh McKinnon
and ta our hard-working
treasurer, Cliff Proceviat for
the spirit and enthusiasm in
which they carried out their
duties."

| Grand old gal

is honored —

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recently,

During Cathie’s years as
publisher, The .Herald’s cir-
culation grew from 400 to 4,000.
And.so did the town. .

In 1966, Cathie sold the paper
to Northwest Publications of
Vancouver. That company also
bought the Prince Rupert Daily
News and a number of daily and
weekly papers in the interior.
She remained as publisher until
1969.

*“] décided to sell out because
I was getting older~ Cathie
said,”

“] felt it was time for some
younger people to take over ihe
paper.

"But it’s still part of me,” she
added. Cathie remains a
shareholder in the Herald.

. And for the past 20 years, she
has been an active member of
the Chamber of Commerce, As
_ ublisher, Cathie was also one
of the “working press” who

© came sto’. Chamber meetings,

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pehtin: hand."

“The honor, Cathie said, came
to her “absolutly” by" surprise.”
““T puess I was so stunned I

didn’t: ‘ery. 1, usually cry at’

things like this,” she said. But
her eyes were moist.

_ Keeping the honor a secret
from Cathie was her husband,
Herb: Spencer. who last year

became: “a. lifetime. Chamber:

member, himself, ‘They’ were
married last year.
~ “T asked Herb what he would

_ have done if I hadn't had my

hair fixed,’ Cathie said. ‘‘He
told me, ‘L think I would have
told you to."”
PRESENTS AWARD
' Presenting the award to
Cathie was Jim MacKay, ‘‘an
old friend’’ and the © new
Chamber president:.”. :
- Born in: Saskatchewan, Cathie .
moved to Prince: Rupert with
her parents in 1915.’ :
While Working: at the Daily
“News, shé-met Tommy Fraser,
.& linotypé operator. They were
‘married -in 1936.
_In 1949; the Frasers bought.
‘lhe Herald then published by
Chuck Sawle at Hazelton.
Cathie recalls that Sawle was
‘an ald man then.
: “Theré-were two elections in
1949-federal and provincial, Et
“was too;much work for him
-(Sawle). We had to make up our
minds Fight away (t buy)” she.
Sai

paper.

"If we hadn't the door of the
Herald would have closed
then,” she said.

WORKED TOGETHER

Together, Cathie and Tommy
with a hand press started their
long association with the
Herald. ‘We did everything
that year-even printing the
voters’ lists,” she said.

Later that year, they moved
the paper to Terrace, a town
with a population of about 500 in
those days.

“Our first employee was John
Chapman--a pressman. He
worked with us until the time I
sold oul..and he never missed a
day,” she said. chapyan now
works for Spee-dee printers in
Terrace.

Cathie is proud to point out
that the Herald has been
published since 1908 “‘and the
files are still there. There area
few missing because the rats
got into then, but most are still
there,” shé'said.

She is also proud to be voted
to “who's. who”’ and ‘2,0
Women of Achievement,’’ a
book printed in England in 1969.

In addition to those honors
Cathie has something else to be
proud of...a lifetime mem-
bership to the, Terrace and
District Chamber of Com-.
merce.

_ I'm very happy and very
proud to have it,”’ she said.

Williston
‘99 per cent
‘sure on. Nass

. Ray Williston is extremely
confident that the Nass River
Bridge Crossing project will get
under way in 1971, Jack Ewart
saysin his report to the Terrace
and District Chamber of
Commerce. :
In fact he says he’s 99 per
cent sure of its starling when
weather permits” which is what
Williston told Ewart, tran-
sportation and communications
committee chairman for the
Terrace and District Chamber
of Commerce,.in a recent
telephone conversation with
him.
~ Williston, ‘minister of lands,
forest and water resources, also

Chamber

new. links

Ina report to the Terrace and:
District Chamber of Commerce ©
‘1970 committee chairman for
transportation © and’. com-
munications, - Jack * Ewart,
.outlined enlargements of - ‘the |
‘field of telephgne - com-
‘munications in the ertace
‘ara, | ake
_ The linking . up’-b B.C.
Telephone with: Hitsalt now |
‘permits three voice!:circuits, |
.two telegraph channels‘ and.
CBC radio programming. ..

A coln telephone Tine ‘td
,Alyansh Valley: ‘was. also
completed ‘last’ “ year ~ and:
arrangements are underway for
a’ line to be: installed for: -the.
‘Nass Camp.

“The firat half: of a ‘total 6K:
‘penditure of $600,000 for cable .
‘construction wag:completed to
- iprovide u grading. for, the,
“Thornhill te lephona service: ia
® ‘This will give all Thornhill”
‘residents individual “and two.
‘Party service, he‘sald, °° ~

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told’ Ewart that at a. recent
meeting with the cabinet, top
priority was given to ap-
propriating funds immediately
for necessary materidl to build
the bridge: across ithe Nass
River.

A HANDSHAKE AND ATOTEM POLE are given. Arthur Laing
by Stan Patterson, past president of the Terrace and District
Chamber of Commerce. Laing, federal minister of public works,

was guest speaker at the chamber’s. annual dinner-dance
Friday. He spoke of the potential of the north...Staff photo.

Chamber spent
a busy year’

“Despite economic problems
in this district our hospital,
schools and other municipal
services are being used to more
than capacity.’

That was how Jim MacKay,
as community affairs com-
mittee ¢hairman for the
Terrace Chamber of Commerce
summed up his year. 4

He reported “hat projects
backed by the. chamber were
the limited paving program
which was successfully com-
pleted and the construction of
the Sande Street overpass and
access roads.

He added that the need for an
arena is also being endorsed.

‘The principal problem facing
our municipality is its lack of an
adequate tax base to support all
the services it is obliged to

‘said,

So, the Frasers bought the

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prepared speech. But in essence
it was just another coat on the
‘same subject.

He said one of our problems is
that most Canadians--84 per
cent of them--live within 200
miles of the U.S. boundary.

TOO CLOSE

“And”, headded, ‘80 per cent
of our gross national product is
produced within 10) miles.”

But now, he said, it is time

Canada looked north and,
already is beginning to develop
its vast potential.
_ He said Canadians must tirn
from the U.S. and look to the
Pacific rim nations, par-
ticularly Japan“as Canada
begihs ‘to efrerge with its own
commerce and. identity. *

The US,, Laing’ said, ‘ is
“embroiled in an Asian way
spending’ $70-million annually
on defense, with internal
dissent, America is now con-
fronted with a new world in-
dustrial alignment all hungry
for markets,”

- “Asia, led by Japan, now is
much’ factory as nation, will
shortly challenge every market-
with products of the highest
quality,” he said. And he added
Canada, particularly, must

Nationalism, net only. in
Canada-but in other parts of the
world, has grown inthe past few
years.

“A. fantastic increase ‘in
exports by 30 per cent over the
preceeding year proves that we
have the things that other
nations need.”

“But,” he added, “we are a
growth nation.”

EYES NORTH

Laing cast eyes on the north.’

“We must expand. every

year,..we occupy seven per cent
of the surface of the globe with
less than one half of one per cent
of its population.”
- “In the matter of resources sof
forests, minerals soils and
energy sources, per capita of
population, we are the richest
“nation in the world,” Laign told
the gathering.

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LAING INVISIONS RAPID GROWTH .
“True north strong and free’

He cited unused potential of
soil. He said mineral production
is now exceeding $5-billion
yearly of which 60 per cent is
exported.

“We lead the world in three
minerals, we are second in four
and third in five."

“Mining is probably the thing
we do best of all," he said. —

There’s abundant oil, natural
gas...qil in the billions of barrels
and gas in the trillians of feet,
the minister said.

“Gur forests -of soft wood are
extensive and capable of
regeneration to justify a har-
vest 80 per cent higher than at
present.”’

Laing . said:--Canada’s
“geography is net on the-nation’s)
side, “it connects us naturally
with the U.S.”

. SEA TOSEA

“But the nation is east to
west, sea to sea.”

‘Laing said there have also
been financial scandals and
dishonest! practices in
businesses which damage
growth and the economy.

He added: ‘‘We cannot long
have labor union leaders
proclaiming they are on strike
until demands are met and
saying they shall see that no
Lelse serves the public in the_
meantime.”

A number of professions, he
said, are being abused.

“Weare a northern nation but
young Canadians refuse to face
the frontier,”’ Laing said.

He said we must erase
commercial or labor tribalism
and look to the notth.

“we are just beginning to |

glimpse the possibilities of our

resources, Mineral production | J

‘in B.C. has gone -from $60-
“million to just under a halt-
-billion dollars in 30 years.’

“In 20 years,” he said, B.C.’s

forest values have quadrupled
and three year's ago Vancouver
harbor was a million tons
behind Montreal but is today six °
million tons ahead.”
““Qur geography is
surpassed-we stand belween }
| the. U.S. and Alaska. We shall
| occupy a ‘vital’ and regarding.;

un-

position of all that wealth.” he

said, referring to the Pacific
Northwest.
FIRST PRORLEM

“Canada’s first problem’ he
said, ‘“‘is transportation—the job
of getting people and things
economically from hence to
(hence-and suddenly, the rails
and ships. with brilliant

Terrace

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technology, are re-writing a
traffic pattern for us.”

“Give some of your time to
public affairs at some
level..moral courage will soon
be in a premium market.

And, Laing added, ‘This
nation of ours is being beckoned
to greatness. This i is no time for

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A 12-year old Terrace girl was
admitted to Mills Memorial

_Hespital Friday night after

being struck by a car.

The accident was on Sparks at
Park and a RCMP spokesman
said that the girl, Wendy
Avison, was playing on the
sidewalk when she ran into the
path of a vehicle driven by
Thomas Casey, of Terrace, said
police.

She suffered a fractured leg
and reported in a satisfactory

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provide for residents, transients
and outlying populations,”

‘MacKay said.

He added in his report that
restrictions on the ‘use of the
Skeena River “Watershed ‘for
industrial " ‘use’ curtails
development’ to a certain ex-

tent,

a is suggested,’ MacKay
‘that the federal and
provincial governments be
petitioned for an industrial
ineentive area established here
for industries compatable with
the fishing industry.’ ;

Highway
connected |

“probably the most
memorable (improvement) to
all in our area was the linking
up of the paving of Highway 16
in late August giving us a first
elass' highway along the
beautiful Skeena River.”

This was the opinion of Jack
Ewart, 1970 committee
chairman for transportation
and communications, which he
stated in his report to the
Terrace and District Chamber
of Commerce.

He did, however, qualify. this
statement by mentioning that
“the year 1970 will not go down
in the annals ef British
Columbia history as one of
great economic growth...”

Break-in

A 20 year ofa youth from the
Chilliwack area was found
guilty of breaking and entering
offences into three local
businesses when he appeared in
court Friday before Judge CJ.
-Norrington.

William James Leslie ‘Colés
was given.a three months
definite and nine months in-
determinate sentence.

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