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84 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 9, 1994

Who's who at the Legion

By YVONNE MOEN

I'M SURE MANY of you have
noticed members from Branch
#12 of the Royal Canadian
Legion around town busy with
planning this year’s Remem-
brance Day Parade and the ac-
tivities that follow,

The Royal Canadian Legion as
we know it today first started in
Terrace as the Great
Veterans Association.

It was first howsed at 4552
Lakelse Avenue where Wilkinson
Business is now, the oldest com-
mercial building in Terrace.

In 1926 the Great War Veterans
Association became the Canadian
Legion of the British Empire Ser-
vice League (BESL).

In 1967 it was granted the. title
Royal by the Queen, and it be-
came the Royal Canadian Legion
and BESL was no longer used.

The well-known Kirkaldy fam-
ily was responsible for its begin-
nings.

In 1919 old-timer Jack
Kirkaldy became the first presi-
dent and his son, Sam, became
the first secretary.

Over the years, other members
of the Kirkaldy family have been
very active members of the
Legion,

The Legion then moved from
the Wilkinson location down the
street to where Tilden-Rent-a-Car
now is,

Tn 1952 it again moved and
took over the old army building at
the present-day focation of the
Legion, 4425 Legion.

From 1975-1980 the member-
ship was around 1200, made up
by vets of World War II and the
Korean War.

The current membership is now
536, made up of five life-time
members, two honorary members
and two non-voting members.

The rest of the membership is
of ordinary members: ex-service
members, voting associate mem-
bers,
spouses of vets,

Christmas arts

sale coming

MAGICAL GIFTS made by lo-
cal artists and crafispeople will
once again be on sale next month.

But this year the Terrace Art
Association's annual Christmas
Arts and Crafts Sale will take
place at the Skeena Jr. Secondary
School Gym on December 2-3 —
not the Terrace Art Gallery,

The gallery will be offering an
expanded selection of gift shop
ilems from Dec. 4-18.

Anyone who wants to sell items
at the Christmas sale or provide
items for the gift shop can call the
Terrace Art Association at 638-
8834, ,

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along with children and

The original aims of the
Legions are the same now as
when it first started: to help
veterans and their dependents in
need.

The present presidcat, in office
for his second term, is Peter
Crompton who came from the
Kitimat Branch.

Joan Davis McKenzie is the
1994 chairperson for the Remem-
brance Day Parade..

She has served on many of the
executives and rose to first vice-
president (an active member).

Charlie Meek, a service of-
ficer, works to meet the needs of
veterans.

Comrade Bill McRae is the
1994 Poppy Campaign chairper-
‘son, @ position which is complete-
ly separate from the Legion.

Moncy from the campaign is .
used only for veterans and their
dependents in need,

Ron Gowe has served as

Deputy Zone Commander and
Zone Commander,

Terrace Public Library
presents

25,000,

Congratulations to
president Maryann Burdett who
has been elected president of Pa-
cific Command.

Eleven of the past-presidents
are still living in Terrace:

BE Karl Kaulbeck

mw Lioyd Johnston

mw Curly Casey

@ Bob Cooper

fi Derek Hales —

BM Charlie Meek

M Marlanne Burdett

gi Bob Fisher.

@ Keith Trask

@ Howard Cromarty.

EE Bill Bennett, age-wise the

oldest Legion member.

The Legion is a place for

Legion members and friends to
gather and socialize.

Each year the Legion donates
back into the community $20-
some going to Mills
Memorial, Meals-on-Wheels,
Teraceview Lodge, Hospice
Society, Salvation Army and
others in need.

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Gwynne Dyer

CBC commentator and documentary film
maker Gwynne Dyer will speak on the human
race and where we are going. It’s based on
his recent CBC series, “The Human Race”.

NOVEMBER 16 - 7:30 PM
at the R.E.M. Lee Theatre.
FREE ADMISSION

Sponsored by the Terrace Public Library, School
District 88, The R.E.M. Lee Theatre, Terrace & District
Teachers Union, The Terrace Standard, Caledonia
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we negotiating them now?

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asking the federal and provincial governments to negotiate
"issues about land and resources that have remained unresolved :
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the use of land and resources.
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