24 Terrace Review — Wednesday, October 14, 1987 =,

GOR Sit PUR SRR that cae eect,

PROCLAMATION

Mayor Jack Taletra recently proclaimed the week of Oct. 18 to Oct. 24 as small business week in Terrace. Phil Hartl

(center) of the Federal Business Development Bank and Audun Birkedal (left) © ot Northwest Community College
_ Fepresented two of the sponsors of the week’s events.

Beautification Society

because of the steepness of the
embankment to the CN tracks; a
question was also raised about
the real number of tourists who
actually used the old bridge.

- Hilcove said the Society still
wants to pursue this project and
. the Rotary Club is supportive of
the Society’s efforts. It will be
re-examined,

The “‘premier’”’ project plan-
ned by the Society for the com-
ing year. is the beautification of
the Terrace Arena hill, accord-
ing to Clark..

Although the hill has been
upgraded several times in the
past, Clark said this will be the
first time it. will be undertaken
with sufficient funding to do the
‘job properly.

Clark estimated the total cost
of the project at $120,000. The
Society, he said, already receiv-
ed an ‘‘unexpected’’ grant from

‘Terrace City Council for
$60,000. He said that it was
hoped the balance of the fund-

Heritage site —

munity of Terrace.
. Included in these were
Elizabeth Morrison, . whose
daughter Jessié Dover was to
_ become the first teacher in Ter-
race, Adelaide Brooks (Aunty
Ad) who ran a farm with her
husband Thomas, and Helen,
who later became Mrs. Frank

Lazelle.
In the 1890’s, an older
brother, Duncan, persuaded

Will and two other brothers, Ab
and George, to join him in the
Yukon to search for gold. Will
did some prospecting but even-
tually turned to. carpentry and
roamed the north from Atlin to
Dawson City as well as parts of
Alaska.

In the early 1900's the
brothers parted company, with
George moving to Kitimat
before settling in the area that
was to become Terrace and Will
spending several years in various
northern Alberta communities.

Will later signed on with a
- CPR bridge construction crew
‘and worked in the Fernie area’
for a short time before boarding
a “rescue train’? to help sur-
vivors of the disastrous Frank,
Alberta slide in 1903.

By 1912, George had estab-
lished a successful logging and
lumber business in Terrace and
with plans cf marriage, a move
and a larger mill, persuaded Will

_ ing would come from a $43:000.
' B.C. Lotteries grant and locally
raised money.

He outlined plans for the pro-
ject which include grassing the
slope, planting shrubs, building

a footpath and installing an.

underground irrigation’ system,
He added that plans also called
for the installation of a play-
ground on the top of the hill, but
that portion of the project isn’t
expected to be included in the
first year’s work.

Clark said that in the past the
city. found the hill too difficult
to maintain and irrigate, but he
said help from Recreation Direc-
tor Steve Scott and time
donated by Chris Peterson of
Peterson Engineering were in-
valuable in developing a suc-
cessful project. -

In addition, Jolliffe volun-
teered to put a slide show
together so organizers could
‘pick out the good and bad points

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of previous developments.

Clark said that in the coming
year, the Society also plans a
project to control, and even-
tually eliminate, weeds along
Lakelse Ave., another litter con-
trol program, a second annual
‘Spring Garb-a-Thon’’ and
continuing on. the beautification
of Highway 16 West.

Other long range plans, ac- .

cording to Clark, include under-
ground wiring, hanging baskets
and further landscaping of
Lakelse Ave,

Clark said Terrace Beautifi-

cation Society meetings are held
on the first Wednesday of every
month at 7:30 p.m, in the Ter-

racé Arena. All Terrace resi-

dents are invited to the next
regular meeting scheduled for
Nov. 4 to join the Society and
become a part in building a more

attractive city..

to leave the CPR and move to
Terrace to take care of various
construction projects.

Besides several houses, a4
hardware store (E.T. Kenney’s
and later Johnstone & Michiel)
and various other buildings,
Will built the old jail and police
building on the corner of Kalum
and Lakelse — still: on its
original site.

According. to
from Nadine Asante’s
History of Terrace’’, the first
B.C. provincial police constable
in Terrace was Tom Parsons.

Parsons, who is remembered
for delivering babies and spend-
ing many hours passing the time
of day around the heater in Gor-
don’s Terrace Hotel, was ap-
parently a well-liked, bright
young man who left the Terrace
area about 1914 for Victoria,
where he would later serve as
that city’s Chief of Police.

Other police constables re-
called by oldtimers, according to
Asante, were Brewer, apparently
fired for not answering to a
reported suicide at Katum Lake
because his wife was having a
baby, and Eggleshaw who was
remembered for his military
bearing and manner learned
from many years in the British
Army.

Kerby’s documentation of
that era continued, reporting

information

“The .

that Will Little moved to Van-
couver in 1914, where he later

' married Margaret Griffith and
then returned in 1918 to Terrace, —
where the couple spent the rest

of their lives.

In the 1930’s, Will built a
school and teacherage at Kitselas
and also handled the contracts

for the Lorne Creek and Fiddler —

Creek bridges.

Will continued working as a_

carpenter in the Terrace area in-
to his late 70’s when he was ap-
parently still shingling roofs,
much to the consternation of his
wife.

Will passed away in Terrace in.

1952 and his wife, Margaret,
passed away in 1965, -

Of their seven children, John,
the only son, died in a prisoner
of war camp in Hong Kong in
1942 and’ Amy (Mrs. George
Best) passed away in Terrace in
1946,

According to Kerby’s infor-
mation, the remaining children,
Margaret (Mrs. L. Casey) and
Grace (Mrs. C. Warner) live in
Terrace, Phyllis (Mrs. A. Best)
lives in Surrey, Mary (Mrs. J.
Ashley-Cole) lives in Edmonds,

Washington, and Ruth (Mrs. N. ©

Larson) lives in Lethbridge,
Alberta.

At that time, Will and
Margaret Little had 20 grand-
children and 16 Sreat-grand-
children,

fe New air service Bee

Still months away _

- TERRACE — - Recent rumblings
of dissatisfaction regarding local
air service have given Tise to

rumors that AirBC has immi- —

nent plans to begin a route be-
tween Terrace and Vancouver.
An AirBC representative said
recently however that early 1988

Carelius—
continued from page 21

book : as that of providing the
“women's perspective’’. |
“She had many good. ideas
right through -the  book,”’
Carelius said. “‘I would come up
with the first draft, then we'd

_ discuss it and she would rework.

it and give it back to me. We
would bounce it back and forth
sometimes five or six times until
we got a copy we were both
satisfied with.

‘“‘And then when it was ‘sold to
the publisher, they made recom-
mendations for major surgery —
one of their first comments was
‘Cut it by 20 percent’,”’

Unfortunately, however, the |
book is no longer in print and

other than by stealing it from.a

from a friend, the only chance at.
. getting a copy is by searching

through B.C.’s libraries.

**Since I moved up here from
Nelson I’ve had quite a few re-
quests for books,’’ he said. ‘‘I
kept a few for the grandchildren
and I’m very reluctant to give
anymore away because I’ve only
got a handful left.”

Carelius recalled the. ex--

perience of his first major novel
by. saying, ‘It’s had its rocket
ride and it was fun while it
lasted, but it didn’t last long.”
As for the story.of Hanniba!’s
conquests — wait until it’s pub-
lished and then you can be the

judge.

will be the soonest that. ‘AirBC |
aircraft are going ‘to be seen.

here.
‘Ron Moore said in an inter-
view from Richmond that his

company has applied to start the

route but has received no

response from the federal
government. |
AirBC is. still in the pre-

liminary stages of -establishing

the service, Moore said, “‘It’ll be
next year at the earliest.” _
Moore indicated the airline is

still considering the use of jet
aircraft for the Northwest ser-
despite AirBC’s recent

vice,
$160 million order for de-
Havilland Dash & and stretch
Dash 8 turboprops.

“In 1988 we're going to be :

very much in the picture in the

Northwest. Passengers can look’

for flight frequency and com-
petitive fares. We’ve got the Air

‘Canada credibility behind us,
and we’re going: to be offering
through schedules from Terrace .

to eastern Canada,” Moore con- |

cluded. -

| ‘Trappers

a The Terrace District Chapter of the

= B.C. Trappers’ Association is plan-
a ning a trappers’ meeting. It will be
@ held in the Terrace Legion Hall, Ter-

race, B.C. on the 17th day of Oc: ;

tober 1987,

Registration will commence at 9: 30 :

ff a.m., and a banquet will follow.
: Admission for the day will be]

@ $15.00, which will include the ban- &

m quet. Banquet tickets only, will be
$10.00,
= Many items of interest to trappers j

will be discussed and Mike Green, f
President of the’ B.C. Trappers’ B

m Association will be in attendance.
Everyone is Wélcome to attend

' Yours most sincerly, §

Les Watmough sec.
North West Trappers,
(afflt., B.C. Trappers) §

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