OMINECA

Late Mrs. Proctor
The funeral of the late Mrs.

- Proctor was held Thursday after

noon from St. Peter’s chureh at

® three o’clock and interment was

made in the Hazelton cemetery.
The church was filled to capacity
with friends of the departed who

a truly sympathize with the be-
Mm reaved husband. The services
™ were conducted by Rev, Canon

Rix of Prince Rupert, and he was
assisted by Rev. Rural Dean TJ.

: Marsh, Terrace, Rev. R. E. W.
me Biddell, Smithers,and Mr. Kinley

me of Kitwanga.

Canon Rix deliv-

#-ered a very comforting address,
me taking for his subject the Twenty
™ Third Psalm and also the words
g of Christ “In Mv Father’s House

are many mansions; E go to pre-
pare a place for,’’ etc. He drew

me attention to'the fact that the

same thought was in the mind of |

Be the psalmist as in the mind of

the Sayiour centuries afterward.
Mrs. A. -E. Faleoner sang ‘‘My

me ‘Task.”’

The floral tributes were very

a beautiful and came from far and

m near.

After the service the

f@ White Cross Society, the native
mm women’s organization,carried the
} flowers from the church... .

The pall bearers were A. A.

2 Connon, E. R. Cox, W. W. An-

derson, M. Myros, C. V. Smith,

mR. S. Sargent.

Ma! pital for an operation.

The congregation followed the

aA cortege tothe cemetery to witness
(| the last rites for one’ universally
*aonored and respected. All busi-

ness places were closed during
the afternoon. . “

On Monday, March 23rd, about
noon, Annie Bason, beloved wife
of Kev. T. D. Proctor, passed
away at the Hazelton Hospital.

7 She was in her 33rd year and her

passing cast a gloom over the
district. The deceased had not

. been well for a Jong time and the

week previously she entered hos-
She was
making splendid progress when

B congestion set in and the end

came verv rapidly,
The late Mrs. Proctor was born

Min Manchester, Eng., and was

married to Mr, Proctor in July,
1919, when he was stationed at

me Lashburn, Sask. Two years ago
me they came to Hazelton where the
; deceased, through her grace and

-devotion steadily increased her

= circle of admiring friends and co-

@ workers,

She was a source‘of

f strength and inspiration to her

a husband in his echureh work and

Me she will be much missed. Be-

sides her husband she is survived

me. by a brother, V. H. Bason, ‘of
_ Manchester, Eng.

_ Late Colin Hector Munro,

The district was. greatly | ‘sure

om prised last Friday to learn of. the

ae a ‘33 ae

death of Colin Hector Munro at
Ketchikan, Alaska, the result of
an attack of flu which developed
into pneumonia: The deceased
was married last January to Miss
Murdock of Vancouver and in
February, with his bride went to
Alaske where he proposed spend-
ing the summer at his old hobby
of prospecting. He went first to
Juneau and there he contracted
flu. He was taken to Ketchikan
for jtreatment. The body was
taken to Vancouver for inter-
ment. “Some $50 were sent by
his old friends in Hazelton and
on the telegraph line to Vancou-
ver.for flowers.

The late Colin Hector. Munro
was big in every way and acted
and thought at all times in a big
way. He wasanative of Scot-
land but most of his early life
was spent in Nova Scotia. He
was a miner and made,that, nbt
only his life work, buthis hobby.
He was made for the great out-

doors. No building has yet been
built which could contain his spirit in
peace or contentment, He roamed over
the American continent, following hia
desire to expose the hidden treasurers
of the earth. He was in Colorado for
a number of years and then in 1908 he
and W. S. Sargent and others hit the

Hazelton. From there they gazed upon
Rocher Deboule mountain and concluded
there were hidden treasures there, The
boys found them and Colin Munyo was
one .of the - locators of the Great Ohio
and the Rocher Deboule mine, In the
discovery of the Rocher Deboule it can
be said that he did something. big for
his country because during the early

a million dollars worth of copper, and
at that time was the fourth largest cop-
per producer in British Columbia: He
had several other mining interests as
well in-this district, along with W. &.
Sargent, hia friend and partner for a
food many years.

But Colin Munro was also a great
patriot and when the war broke cut he
left his ynines and, with some eighteen
other pals, joined the First Canadian
Pioneers and went to France when as
noble work was done as those same fel-
lows did in the hills around Hazelton.
Munro was hit.in the shoulder in 1917
with shrapnel and he was afterward
under constant surgical care until only
a short time before his marriage.

Like most pioneers and prospectors
Munro was a man of few words and
talked less of himself and his doings
that of anything else. [Ye took life as
he found it and always had a laugh and
a joke, He did what good he found to
do and would never stoop to meanness
nor littleness. The world was his friend
and he was the friend of all to whom
he would render a kindness. Fe will be
remembered as one of Nature's best
type of man.

The late Colin Munro was a7 years of
age. The funeral was held on Wednes-
day afterioon,

No, 4 went off the track near
Woodcock Tuesday last andliem-
porarily messed up the schedule,
Engineer Herb Tanner was hurt
about the head when jumped but
he is being fixed up at ‘the Hazel-
ton Hospital. Some rock got in
the way anil was not seeri, ‘until

too late to stop. Besides the 8h:
gine the mail‘car and day coach
‘| algo left the rails. The accident

might have been- much more peri:
ous than it ‘was, : .

wo

trail for the Skeena and stopped at

war years'that property produced over |.

The Telkwa bridge is now com-
pleted and open for traffic, and
farmers across the river can be
heard whistling as they go about
their work.

F. G. Coburn, district accoun-
tant of the Soldier Settlement
Board, spent two days in Telkwa
and vicinity with the Board’s
representative,

Loca] ‘‘wise birds’’ state that
we are in for good crops this
season, and from now on times
will start to pick up. This has
always been a great next year’ 8
country.

Mrs. I. B. Hunsperger and
family left on Thursday night's
train for Prince Rupert, and from
there. will catch a boat to Ketchi-
kan, where they will join Mr.
Hunsperger.

Coal hauling has ceased for the
time being, but as soon as the
roads permit is is expected that
atruck will be put in operation
and that: the mine will work dur-
ing the summer montha.

_E. M. Hoops left on Tuesday
morning to have a run through
the district in regard to lining up

the machinery wants of the far-

mers for the coming season.

Constable Fairbairn returned
to Telkwa on Tuesday night from
Burns Lake, after filling the role
of fire adjuster. Andy says they
had a hot time in Burns Lake.

The Ladies’ Aid of the Union
Church are holding their annual
sale of work and sale of cooking
in the church tomorrow, Satur-
day, the 28th.

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| HAZELTON NOTES |

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Is your property fully insured?
See Wm, Grant’s Agency.

Miss Slade of the hospital staff
has left for England.

The roads should be ready for
use by cars in a few days, es-
pecially those close in.

Owing to the death of Mrs.
Proctor, the whist drive and
dance under the auspices of the
Women’s Hospital Auxiliary has
been postponed to Friday evening,
April 3.

"Mr. and Mrs. Kinley and child-

-}ren and Mrs. Ardagh of Kitwan-

ga; Mrs. W. C. Little and Mrs,
Hobenschild. of Woodcock: S. H.
Hosking and Rev. Biddell, Smith-
ers, were among those trom out-
side points who were here for the
late Mrs, Proctors feneral.

J. 8. Bagg is leaving in a week.
or ‘so for the mining area in New
Ontario. He has-been prospect-

ing around this diatriet for quite!

a number of years and many will

‘regret to learn of his going, -

7

R. E. Allen was a week-end
visitor from Hanall.

R. H. Leighton, Forest Branch
supervisor, was here this week
with Ranger Frost, the former
being held up on account of the
delayed train.

A. P, Chennette, of the Tour-
ist Hotel, Térrace, was among
the week’s visitors,

The Skeena Lumber Company
has augmented its stable with
several more horses, One of the
animals, with his usual mulish
disposition, objected to crossing
on the flimsy ice and had to be
strapped into a cage and taken
over the cableway.

The air in the vicinity of Kit-
selas mountain has been filled
with a snow mist every few
hours during the tremendous
Chinook that has swept the coun-
try and darkened the horizon in
many places with the drab of
mother earth. Rejuvenating
spring is now lurking, The river
is breaking the confines of the
ice floes so that the crossings
have become unsafe.

Long-dead, and therefore dan-
gerous, standing trees back of
the C.N.R. station haye been
felled, and a menace to the tra-
velling public is thereby partly
removed, The work was done
through the efforts of a number
of public-spirited citizens. There
still remains about a dozen of
these woody giants/still standing
to present the threat of crashing
down any day on some unsuspect-
ing wayfarer, and they, too,
should be removed.

A very successful social affair
in the form of a pie social took
place in Bethurem Hall on Satur-

j {day night last under the auspices
#/of the Usk Tennis Club,

Total
receipts of $108.25 produced a
net of $88.25. The total amount
which the club has taken since. it
started its series of dances last
fall is $244.30, which has realized
a net total of $165.85. The
sum required to build the club’s
new board court is $350. After
a few well-chosen words, the auc-
tioneer was asked to thank all
those were supporting the tennis
club through attendance at these
social functions. The annual
meeting of the club took place
this week. Great credit is due
the ladies in their indefatigable
efforts to finance the court pro-
ject, and especially to Mrs. Bell,

fruit..

The tourist season has started,
Nearly every freight train, and
some of the passenger trains are
carrying from one: to six hoboes.

Why use shop-worn paper when
strictly fresh costs less money at

‘The © Ontineca a Herald?

whose untiring work is bearing |

NEW HAZELTON, B.C., MARCH 27, 1985 No, 39
 epereneneneeearareesren |) meeeemeeesmanaaas [
} TELKWA TALES {); Usk 111 Francois Lake
} News from ‘Valley of Bulkley { Skeena’s Industrial Centre t
aiey i i|———
Orme re | @ —~ ~ ®| Mrs. Golda B. Mitchell, of

Francois Lake, has gone to Van-
couver on 2 visit.

I. R. Keefe, of Southbank, has
rented the Mathias mill for the
purpose of filling his contract for
timbers to be used on the Burns
Lake bridge.

Owing.to the outbreak of fire
in Burns Lake, the mail stage
was unable to bring the mail to
Francois Lake on Wednesday of
last week.

D. Driskoll and J. Stanyer are
hauling lumber from the Fran-
cois Lake mill to the bridge on
the Burns Lake road, where
work has already commenced.

The Ladies’ Hospital Society
met at the home of Mrs. I. Mar-
tin for their monthly meeting on
Thursday of last week, After
a strenuous two-hour discussion
of business delichtful tea served
by the hostess quite refreshed
the ladies.

A St. Patrick’s Night dance
was given by Mr. and Mrs. John
Gillies, of the Lakeview Hotel,
on the 17th. A large crowd was
present. Good music was pro-
vided by Messrs. W. §., R., and
J. M. Jeffery, C. D.. Peterson, 8.
Loveseth and S. Westburg.

An entertainment was given
in the Francois Lake Farmers’
Institute hall on Saturday, the
14th. The programme consisted
of several pretty dances, the best
of which was the Gypsy Mourn-
ing Dance. Also, two songs in
Italian were rendered by Miss M.
Kellar, the applause to which
nearly ‘brought down the house’.
Miss K. Ward, of Tchesinkut
Lake, delighted the audience with
two piano solos. After the en-
tertainment a dance was held,
and excellent music was provided
by Mrs. J. ‘H. Gain, Mrs. V.
Schjelderup, Miss K, Ward, and
Messrs. C. D. Peterson. R. D.
Prosser, D. A. Atkinson, and F,
Woodeox. After midnight lun-
cheon had been served Mrs. Con-
nor entertained the company with
an old-fashioned step dance. At
3 am. the dance closed, and
weary, but happy, the merry-
makers departed.

ST
GRAND .

DANCE

Under the. - auspices of the

Community League
of New aire i

Mon., April 13th :

In Tue Nortaern HoTen

NEW HAZELTON

Good Orchestra

Good Eats