at g THURSDAY, JUNE. 10, 1971 : approximately $4. 50 per hour. 8 Coastal loggers | higher Coastal | logging industry a workers make slightly higher: wages than interior loggers reports ' Canada Manpower § manager Don Walker. The coastal logging region, to which Terrace belongs, pays more because coastal region’ timber is larger’ than: interior: atimber /and the ‘industry requires workers with additiona skills. . Qualified loggers earn fa CENTENNIALMEMO -- In 1863 HMS Devastation sailed the coast seeking whisky smugglers selling to Indians. She caught three small, trading vessels, which were confiscated, Their masters were fined. paid © Grapple. operators; tenders and other skilled logging. workmen” receive around $4.00°an hour. Logging indusiry. employers are making an effort to spread work overa 12. month period instead of the customary nine to 10 month period during which the logging industry normally operates. Walker says companies are doing this. to offer their employees greater job stability, especially . for: married personnel, -Unskilled construction workers in this region earn about $3.75 per hour, rising to $5.00. and over for. skilled. -workmen such as electricians and pipefitters. © spark . 4539 GREIG AVE. performance | into less space} Its sleek low silhouette only hints at the dramatic a ‘inside story’’ with: * Loop Charging for mora power, lass weight, less tual consumption... ® Power Shift for affortless contra! of forward, neutral and reverse... ¢ Solid-State Capacitor Discharge Ignition for faster, hottar « «No moving mechanical parts. = =8AND MUCH MORE, including new : carburetion with straight-line fuel induction, new cooling f system. No other outboard offers so much of tomorrow, | today! See the remarkable naw Johnson 50 now! Terrace Equipment Sales DEN LAZAR’: Manager On Behalf of Myself And Midwest Mobile Homes We Take Great pleasure in announcing ‘the appointment of Mr. Brian Gimbel as sales representative — replacing our previous representative ‘hook “difftcit:and involving a lot of T e student placement officer of. Canada Manpower has complained that it is difficult to find -students to. serve as waitresses. “ _ RUTH FREIBURG | The officer said that female . students and their mothers view waitressing as a low.class job. This -is an _ interesting phenomena since Canada enjoys one of the highest standards of living in the world and supports a populace that in general can afford to go out and eat regularly at prices that would. exceed one months ‘salary in other countries. Conversely, in some European countries where people do not enjoy the same affluence as Canadians, being employed as a waiter or a waitress is an enviable position. In factsome countries require four years of study before one can be employed to serve the dining public; prospective | waiters or waitresses must serve an apprenticeship to learn the skills and acquire the essential specialized knowledge of foods and wines. Evidently, for one reason or another, Canadians do not share this intelligent attitude toward the fine art of dining. To find out how Canadian waitresses look at themselves and their job the Herald asked local waitresses for their impressions, - Ruth Freiburg; a German- born mother of three, looks at waitressing as a good job, often hard -work, but an honest job, sey BY DAN McMILLAN 43 the Lakelse Hotel coffee shop AUDREY WILLIAMS. “If they are very drunk and slaggering and making noise, I won't serve then,” she says, asked to leave, they will leave quietly, but sometimes they get mean and it takes a little bit of - psychology in learning how to ‘pandle them, she says, Mrs, Freiburg, a hostess at *makes, waitressing an exciting, and dining roorh, also points out that in Germany it takes at least two yearsin training to become . a waitress, Tt's not like in- this country where girls come right out of school afd take a waitressing for lack. of something better,’ she said. - Waitressing can be either a good job ora bad job, depending on the individual and how she does her job, she added. , One thing that it is not, she stresses; is an easy. job.: _ She recalls: when she first Started work for the Lakelse dining room nine years ago, she began in the kitchen because she had not yet mastered English, After two weeks on the job she had lost 14 pounds. Part of the difficulty involved in the job is caused by the customer, she added. — While the vast majority of persons Mrs. Frieburg has served have been extremely nice, there’s always a few screwballs in between, and this is the main reason why itis hard to find waitresses. Another problem is drunks, Generally, when they . are * Meeting ail kinds of people The Mariner From Mariner Modular Housing Pannen job |- eneeaet sotecocnsonedl job, and at interesting ‘job at times, but never a low class job, said Mrs. - Frioburg. . Audrey Williams, a 25-year- old waitress. at Gims Restaurant on.Lazelle Avenue agrees with Mrs. Freilburg.: “Waitressing difficult and an honest job, but pays well in tips if you do your job well. And its a great opportunity to meet people and deal with the public. “I can't understand why anybody would call it a low- class job to begin with’, said Miss Williams. - ““Everyone serves society, or people, but in waitressing you are serving them directly which makes it more difficult because you have to use a great deal of phsychology in serving some people. If they are unhappy, for instance, you have to try to - cheer them up,” she said. Some people just come in, not because they want to eat, but because they are lonely, and _just want to be where people are or because they want to talk. A waitress must be a public relations officer of sorts for the - community, fortourists who are new in town and don’t know ’ what's happening, or where to go or what to do, In instances like this it’s up to a waitress to tell them where the shows are or where they can go dancing or swimming or hiking or whatever. Some people seem to believe |. that if you serve them they can take you home with them, but in cases like that you just have to firmly but politely ignore their suggestions, says Miss Williams. She recalls an incident when ~she was picked up and carried out.the door by a man while she was taking cash just before closing. Once outside the man put her down but it was a frightening experience, A Waitresses job isn't always solely waiting on tables. A waitress often doubles as dishwasher, janitor, bartender and cashier and she must always. be pleasant because She's dealing with the public. Students would learn more by spending the summer working ina restaurant and dealing with people than they would by being stuck in an officer or a canning factory, said Miss Williams. is both a- An educational tour brought sixteen students -from ~ Vancouver's Jericho HillSchoo] for the Deaf to Terrace last week, The fifteen students ranging in age from 16-18 came to Terrace with three school staff members after. arriving in Prince’ Rupert by ferry from There. on ete tour group also met ‘two former. Jericho . students, Fred Mackenzie and Doug Pigeau. From Tertace- the group travelled east to Prince George before returning to Vancouver. ‘ The trip. was organized by the: school but financed ‘by the students through various fund raising activities ° Kelsey Bay. —- Previously they had visited industries and spots of interest in Rupert including a fish cannery, In ‘the Terrace area the students visited industrial sites and points of interest including the Alcan plant in Kitimat and the lava beds in the Nass. The NHA and CMHC APPROVED FOR RESIDENTIAL HOUSING 4639 Laze a Terrace.¥ At BRIAN GIMBEL Sales Brian a resident of Terrace for ~ several years would like to take © this opportunity to invite all’ his ~: _firends and associates to view - our wide range of homes ~~ - Enjoy a coffee. cin the - 9:00 A.M. 1:00 AM. to 6:00 Sat. to 5:00 Sun.