_ B16 Terrace Review — Wednesday, February 21, 1990

Annual missionary conference
hosted by Alliance Church |

“Colombians tiave paid a very
high price for -Canadians’ and
Americans’ hunger for drugs,"
Rev. David Miller told the Ter-
race Review. “But if the drugs are
not made in Colombia, they will
be made in another country such
as Thailand. The emphasis really
needs to put on the destroyed
lives of people who take them.’’

by Pam Whitaker

Rey. Miller spoke Sunday
evening, Feb.11, at the windup
‘of the- Alliance Church Mis-
sionary Conference held in Ter-
race the previous four days.
Reverend Joseph Ng from the
Philippines, also a guest speaker
at the conference, had departed
by Sunday to Smithers.

Miller described the situation
in Colombia where he. and his
wife Marilyn are missionaries,
currently involved in. radio
broadcasting from Cali. Their
daily 15 minute program is on 12

_stations. ‘‘The mail that pours
into our office is astounding,”
he said. “Last year we received
an average of 102 letters per day,
amidst the violence and turmoil,
people are hungry for the word
of God." Alliance On The March

Boom Town

slightly over 50 acres of his land.
The station was named Lit-
tleton, in his honor. But when
application was made for a post
office, the postal department
would not grant one until the
name was changed, due to its
_ similarity to Lytton and others.
The appropriate name of Ter-
race came to Mr. Little as he
looked thoughtfully up toward

the mountains, for the landscape-

rises in four benches above the
river level. Both the railway and
post office authorities accepted
the name of Terrace as one well
chosen indeed, George Little is
today justifiably proud of the
way the townsite was surveyed
and of the highway and bridge
connections, for all of which he
was responsible.

When the Red Cross offered
to build a hospital at Terrace,
George Little again donated the
land, as well as a 10-acre wood-
ed park adjacent to. it. Again
and again he has given land to
‘the municipality and to schools.
Today, at 73, minus a leg he lost

prospecting in Yellowknife, he is |

just as ardent a supporter of his
home town as he was in those
early days when he was laying
out and choosing a name for
Terrace.

The cooperation among the

_ people of Terrace is a shining ex- -

ample of what can be done by
concerted effort. As one
business man puts it, ‘‘We fight
like old Billy among ourselves,
: but when it comes to something
the town needs, we tackle the
‘problem with a solid front.”
Like the firetruck episode, for
instance. The Air Force had a
10-wheeler truck which the fire
‘brigade needed desperately. The
municipal borrowing policy was
_ very limited, and purchase of the
‘war surplus truck was ruled out
“because it was not revenue-

March” is the name of their
radio program.

‘“Of the letters that pour in
many of them are heartbreak-
ing,”’ Rev. Miller said. ‘‘Such as.
the one from the woman who
was forced to witness the

assisination of her son. My wife.

Marilyn reads the. letters and
sometimes she just bursts ‘into
tears. That is when I send her
across the street to a little park

‘ where she can meditate."

They also work with Luz de la
Vida Bible study correspondence
courses which are advertised
through the radio program.
Twenty two thousand students
are now taking the courses. with

about 300 new applications

every month.

According to what Rev: Ng
had said during the conference,
although political unrest in the
Philippines does effect the
church by closing many doors, it
also draws people closer

together. This has resulted in an’

80 percent in participation in
their programs during the past
year. Ng, a Hong Kong-born

Canadian, has been involved in-

creating, through language
studies,

Chinese-speaking people and the

producing. The village just
didn’t have the $4,000 to pay for
the truck. What happened? A
local man put up the $4,000 and
lent it to the village under a ren-
tal purchase system. The village
executed a bill of sale to the
lender. He in turn executed a
rental purchase agreement which
covered small payments of in-
terest and principal. At the end
of 1951 the debt was paid.
Terrace needed a Civic Cen-
tre, and again there was no
money to build, There was,
however, a big drill hall, 120 by
120 feet. War Assets offered the
building for $3,790. Terrace
citizens eyed that good building
longingly and decided they were
going to have it by hook or by
crook, So they called a town’
meeting. Within five minutes
after the meeting was called to
order, nine business firms had
subscribed $200 each. At the end
of the week, $4,900 was in the
treasury. The drill hall was pur-

chased, as well as a former Of-

ficer’s Mess.

Meanwhile, the school board
had bought three huts for school
purposes.

Now all of these buildings

were on land owned by George -

Little, which he had cleared by.
hand years ago.

One day George Little walked
into the E.T. Kenney Real Estate
office. He said, ‘‘Look, every-
body in this town has been chip-
ping in, War Assets offered the
buildings at low figures. The

public chipped in. Now it’s time:
I chipped in. I’ve arranged with .

the school board to pay for four
surveys of land parcels. One is
the parcel covered by the three

school buildings. One is the site -

of the Civic Centre, The third is
the Officer’s Mess, and the
fourth is the five-and-one-half

acres of parade grounds im-' °

‘as Pioneer. Girls. -
sionaries. spoke at. Centennial’ |
Christian School and ‘the |
‘and Friday , ae
evening saw a celebration of dif Bgeetae

a bridge between.

continued from page B15

Filipino Alliance Churches.
- On the. evening. of Feb.7, Ne -

addressed about.100 people, in-
cluding’ children’s. groups such

Alliance School,

ferent nations at a dinner held at.
the Thornhill Community Cen-
tre, A men’s breakfast was held
Saturday morning where Joseph
Ng showed. slides .and David

Miller spoke.

During: the. ‘conference the

young ‘péople enjoyed’ a |
. demonstration by David: Miller

of a Accua Indian ‘‘blow gun’.

. Normally: it consists of .a stick
‘about eight to 10 feet long

through which poison darts are
blown. The one that he used,
however, was considerably

shorter, and balloons were the | -

targets.

. Sunday School students of all
ages participated in various ac-
tivities to do ‘with missions.
Brian Todd won the -coloring
contest for kindergarten, Erin
Fisher for grade one and Darryl
Todd for grade three and four.

mediately west of the buildings.

“Now,” he said, “I want.you
to draw four deeds, The town
gets the Civic Centre and Of-
fiver’s Mess, the school board
gets the school grounds; the
parade grounds, including the
sandy beach on the Skeena Bay,
is for the children as a play park
for all time. Draw these four
deeds at one dollar each.”

The dollar paid by the school
board was framed when the
schools were officially opened.
The Civic Centre is going strong

with a full time director in -

charge. The Red Cross Hospital

- is being taken over by the town

under cooperative - administra-
tion.

One should -be able to spot
some defects in any boomtown.
Terrace has one, but not a very
glaring one. A stranger arriving
after dark notes the very. in-
adequate street lighting.

Although the town is paved and -
well-organized, the night sceneis .

not too inviting.

Too, agriculture has fallen
way behind in this: booming
economy, Milk shipped in from
Vancouver is 35 cents a quatt.
Lovely. orchards have been
deserted because of high wages

-in- lumbering. Apples, plums,
cherries and small fruits do well

in this fruit basket of the north,

where the summer season is.

front free and long, But we are

_assured that the agricultural end

of it is not being neglected. A
number of Mennonites and Hol-
landers. are making a good start
at bringing agriculture back to
Tertace.. Land clearing costs
average $46. an acre, but the
rewards are high.

As George Little says,. “It is.
‘ too bad that. so many-of the

pioneers have passed away

before they could see this ful-,
fillment of their faith in Terrace." 7

Both mis-"

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