PAGE 2, THE HERALD, Tuesday, January 24, 1978

‘Editorial —

: Maybe its

- Our Tun Now

: ‘Seldom - if ever - these days do we hear en-
: Couraging news about our economy - whether
‘ national, provincial or - especially - local.

> Terrace and district residents, then, ought to
- be very interested in the remarks made at the
” Lakelse Hotel banquet room Saturday night at
: the annual installation dinner and dance by
: returning Chamber of Commerce president
: Michael Tindall.

"Not only did Tindall have some “Good words”
* fo say, he spelled out his reason for optimism of a
‘bright economic future for Terrace and its
_ Satellite communities, naming names and
quoting figures: ,
‘There were (as of September, four months
: ago) eight commercial buildings under con-
_ struction in Terrace; add to this an impressive
‘B.C. Hydro complex, possibly a large new
courthouse - and of course the nine million dollar
Skeena Mall, preliminary construction of which
has already begun,”’ he began.

Tindall ticked off further proof: The B.C.High-
ways Department’s relocation of its regional
headquartersto Terrace; Cassiar Asbestos
Company’s annoucement just a fortnight ago its
intention to ship asbestos fibres by rail
throughout Canada with Terrace as its loading
point. And...(Mike says)..‘‘there’s more.”

“C.P.Steamships (purchase of) Northland
Navigation; millions of dollars..being spent on
upgrading Highway 37 North; the East Kalum
road (improvement) to a first class gravel with.
steel and concrete bridges; the Yellowhead

Highway East and West..receiving attention; -

Highway 25 South (being) reshouldered. And...
(he further states) CN Rail has completed their
track replacement program.”’.

Not content merely with listing these multi-
million dollar construction protects and moves.
Terrace's returning Chamber presiden pauses to
search for the signifiance behind this burst of
spending and investment. He asks “Why?”

“You don't need steel and concrete bridges”
he thinks ‘‘for logging trucks on the East Kalum
Road. A giant corporation such as CP Steam-
ships doesn’t purchase a local coastal barge
company unless they feel confident of the areas
potential... Private investors don't construct
office space if they don’t expect to fillit, and land
development companies don’t construct shop-

ing mails if they don’t expect them to be
1profitable. Now ask yourselves” (he challenges)
“What does all this investment and construction
mean?”’

Giving his own opinion, then witn an eu
thusiam in marked contrast to most of what we
have been subjected to by other “‘experts’’ for
some time, Tindall rises to the high point of his
well paced oratory.

“To me it means that government and private

individuals alike have decided the Pacific North- —

west has the growth potential for the future, and
Terrace is a natural centre for that growth. To.
borrow from a well know lottery phrase, ‘It’s
our urn,”’ . .

“The Kootenays attracted attention in the late
60’s; The Peace and the Northwest corner of the
province in the early 70’s-and now...The Pacific
Northwest.” '

“‘.. Without a doubt, Terraceand PacificNorth-
west are about to enjoy an upsiirge in the

economy that, properly planned and guided, will .

be of ever-lasting benefit ‘te all of us...”

“I believe. that the ‘Tefrace and District
Chamber of Commerce in an envialble position
participate in this future growth.”

We, of the HERALD would certainly suggest
that young Mike Tindall is to be commended for
his acumen and foresight. The best way we can
think of that the people of Terrace could help
make his predictions come true is—to all take
out memberships in the Terrace and District
Chamber of Commerce, attend its meetings, and
give it their fullest support.”

To Mike, entering his second term as Chamber
President, we say “Congratulations”. We too
shall do our best to help build that future,”

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Letter to
the Editor
Dear Sir;

I thank you for your
courage to write
something good about the
U.S.A. is one of your
recent editorials. We
have been brainwashed
by our Canadian com-,
munists against the
U.S. for a long time.
Papers like Northern
Times, Aborginal Times
{published by Northwest
- Community College) and
other such communism-
promoting periodicals
are still going strong.
The Herald has been such
a paper too for quite
awhile. Itis amazing how
the one Editor differs
from. the other. The
Herald-lost a lot of sub-
scribers because of its:
propaganda. ope you
will be able to pick up the
pieces and bring ob-
jectivity back in the.
reporting. People are not
aware of it, but all that
talk about suppressed
minority groups (women,
children, student, In-
dians, Blacks, French
ete) is often not more
than political tactics. to
get the people revolting
against the present
democratic system. Oh
yes, I forgot to mention
gays and lesbians. And
the Church, and _ its
teaching is the kicking
pest. It preaches love
while they want class-
struggle. It preaches sin,
while they want to do
what is good in their own
eyes. . At preaches
authority and obedience,
while they want. to
overthrow them by the
people elected to
government.

They promise Indians
their land, while the very

rinciple of gormmunism
is: no private property,
everything State-owned.
Big business makes room
for big Government,
-Capitalism for State
Capitalsim. Free en-
terprise makes room for
Dictatorship. Who
complains about
Government controls’.
Under ‘the ‘Communist
‘regime’ we will _ have
many more of them.
They are going to contro!
our minds, our decision.
making, our raising o
‘our own children. ‘They
will not just contro] our
churches, they will close

ie, .

And everybody whic
tries to think for himself.
will either be shot or lec
away to a concertratior
camp.

Will Communism pay
respect to our culture or
the Indian culture? They
say they will. But they

ill:be the first ones to
destroy it, like they did in
‘Vietnam, Cambodia and
other contries.

I don’t know if you
know it, but Communism
is taught In the polictical
science classes and in
programs for our Natives

. and other courses in the

Northwest Community

College by teachers who
are trained in Red China.

You and I are paying for
these programs ught
our taxes, The b.c.

Government should stop
giving them grants.

mocracy and free
enterprise are not perfect
systems.

Since people are not
perfect, but if I have the
choice, I as a working
man, prefer them hig
above the
beastlypression of the
communist system which
is not democratic nor
according to the will ol
the majority of the
Reople.

our TRuly
Bill Homburg
3412 Thomas St.
Terrace,B.C,

‘GETTING |

‘BOMBED' '
IS OYNAMITE! .

AND DRIVE.

ey

|

-— Ottawa
- Offbeat

Ottawarlt money means anything, it should be a best
seller. , as
It's the annual report in the Cananda Gazette of the
Fiance Department of what surely by now must be
millions-perhaps even hundred of million--of un-
claimed dollars held in trust by the Bank of Cananda
for thousands of people who seem to have forgotten
they’ve left money in the chartered banks. . -
nélaimed money in accounts, most of them dating
back 10 years, but a few for much longer.
‘All of them listed by the depositor’s name and ad-
dress, last entry in the deposity, amount, and even

-name and location of the branch bank where the

forgotten money rests undisturbed.

- There are an average 50 names on each of 548 which
makes for nearly 30,000 absent-minded Canandians
who apparently have more than money on their
minds,

The list is issued annually, and at the end of each
year, the funds are turned over by the chartered banks
to the Bank of Cananda to await~on presentation of
documents supporting the claim-withdrawal by
negligent depositors. .

‘This sort of thing has been going on for years--for at
‘least 40 years to be personal about it. —

And 40 times 30,000 people who have other things on
their minds than money makes 1,200,000 forgetful
depositors.

Personal, because having come down to Ottawa
from North Bay, Edmonton, Windsor, Sudbury and
Toledo and points in between in 1940, it must have
been just 10 years later that I chanced upon this
remarkable “Catalogue of Forgotten Funds.”’.

And there, listed under the name Richard Jackson,
-in the North Bay Main Street branch of the Bank of
Nova Scotia was an amount of $217,

It couldn’t be.

But it was. .
‘My wife, checkingk old accounts confirmed it, and
the money was withdrawn from Nova Scotia in the
nick of the 10-year time limit before its transfer to the
Bank of Canada.

’ So it happens. Every year. To thousands of
Canandians. ;

And not just chicken feed is forgotten.

There are some reasonably substantial amounts.

Take this sampling from across the country in the
current listing:

Marie Franchimoney, 22 West 6th Street, North
Vancouver, $5,218.12, Bank of Montreal, 21 Lonsdale
Avenue Branch. ;
oye Bremner, Dalhousie Junction, New Brun-
swick, $1,086.70, in the Cambellton, N.B., branch of the
Bank of Nova Scotia. ;

Glen Hall, Callander, Ontario, $2,421.64 in the North
Bay Branch of the Bank of Nova Scotia. .

James Lundie, 916 Manawagonish Road, Saint John,
N.B., $1,858.09, King and Germain branch of Toronto-
Dominion. .

'y Bortz, 17 Spetz, Kitchener, $1,741.95 in the
King and Frederick branch of TORONTO+ Dominion.

Steven Grigal, 186 cedar Street, Sudbury, $3,417.73
in the Sudbury branch of the oyal Bank.

Annie Truick, Vita, Manitoba, $88.49 in the Stein-
back branch of the rOYAL Bank. _

Ane Fisher, 50 Yale Road East, Chillivack, B.C.,
$362.38 in the Chilliwack branch of the Royal.

Mary Dixon, 615 Anderson Road, Richmond, B.C., Kelly

$256.27 in the Richmond branch of the Royal.

Niels Skovsen, Queen Charlocte City, B.C., $574.45 in
the Terrace, B.C., branch of the Royal.

Dr. Archie B. NcCallum, 616 Talbot Street, St.
Thomas, $115.97 in the St. Thomas Branch of Toronto-
Dominion.

Belleville Junior B Hockey Booster Club, 12 Everett,
$1,694.50 in the Front Street branch of the Bank of
Montreal. ye

James Wentworth, 87 Downie Street, $64.59 in the
Strafford Downie street branch of the Bank of Mon-

Andrew Ourcharick, 9326 Ardmore RR2, Sydney,
B.C., $258.89 in the VICTORIA GOVERNMENT Street
branch of the Bank of Montreal, — ;

-. EDITORS FOOTNOTE:Can any of our reader shed

any. light on the uncalimed amount in the Terrace
Bank, or do they know Niels Skovsen of Queen
Charlotte City? co

Credit: Courtesy of “Animals Voice”, Ontario Humane Society, January 1978.
' Accreditation team visits
Caledonia Sr. Sec. School

EDITOR’S . COMMENT:
In respo
request for news from the
Terrace schools we have
received two reports of
the visit to Caledonia
Senior Secondar school.
We are publishing one of
the accounts today, which
we: feel is ' excellently
composed, by student
Morrison and
second account
tomorrow, written by
Gwen Waldie which we
think is of equally high
calibre, We are happy at
last to hear from the
schools and hope this is
but a sample of what is to
follow from all the
schools.

Monday mo began
as usual: I got up, had
breakfast, and hurried off
to school. However,
entering the school, I
immediately detected a
change in atmosphere.
The mood seemed

Sun Set In Quebec

premium money in the
areas where it is best
considered to be secure
and rewarding. As
Robert Bomer, Chair-
man of B.C. Hydro, once

THIS _ EDITORIAL
FROM ‘THE VAN-
COUVER BOARD OF
TRADE IS PART OF A
WEEKLY SERIES,
BROADCAST _ FROM

VANCOUVER

TWO: 4
RADIO STATIONS ON‘

SUNDAY EVENINGS.
One of the more
dramatic, and recent
news stories -has un-
doubted: been the
propos move of the Sun
fe Company from the
province of Quebec to
Ontario. Its interesting
to see thenattitude taken
by much of the media -
and some of the public.
Somewhat to the con-
fusion of many observers,
the opposing reactions of
emotion and rationalism
have each had their day -
often at the same time
and in the very same
reports! oe ae
. The rational side of the
argument proposes that a’
company has the right to
operate anywhere. ‘Its
stay in one. province
cannot be legislated.
Nor, as the N.D,P. leader
in Ontario suggested, can
it be told that it is un-
welcome and must
remain where it was. To
the ..thousands of
policyholders -  cum-
shareholders who.do not
live in Quebec (and the
majority do not) this
suggestion Is irrational
and based on some kind.
of emotion.

The same rational side
of the argument also
defends a company’s
investment of its

‘the

said - “Capital has no
nationality” - neither, we
think, does it have any
rovincial charac-
istics. For

.Parizeau to accuse Sun

Life of a large capital
outflow is both irrational
and, as yet, not sub-
stantiated.

By what criterion does
he judge investment in
Quebec? Is there one law
for those who would
invest foreign (that is,
money from outside the
province) in Quebec, as
in the James Bay power

roject, and ano for
Those who would of ace
some capital raised in
Quebec in other . in-
vestment areas outside
ravince?

Itis a rational move for
a company which feels
that its operation will be
hampere by the
provincial government to
consider alternative

‘locations. We wonder

what would be said at a
shareholders: meeting a
few years hence, if no
consideration had ever
been given to the cost of
operation in one province
versus that in another.

Is it any more-than an
emotional response to sa
that the move of Sun Life
from Montreal threatens
that city's future as. an
international © | financial ‘
centre? Would it be

nothing short of re
emotion and wishful
thinking to suggest that a
rovince we do not neea
be reminded that

governments, when

elected, proceed with

some of their election
promises and that many
of us live to see the
consequences. Why,
therefore, in emotional
outburst, do we deny a
Quebec corporate citizen

the same opportunity -

and the right to protect

those whose investments
it administers?j

Many British

lumbians will

remember a parallel
situation when mining
legislation brought in by
the N.D.P. Government
elected in this province in
1972 threatened — the
livelihood of our minin
companies. Many 9
them took measures to

nse to a Herald .

unusually serious--no
yealling, no runnin

around, none of the usu

oofing off. Surely, it was
Fronday morning, but it
was not normally this
solemn. Then I realized
something else; the
buildings was actually
warm. ‘Had they. finally
conceived that it was

the usually almost too cold «job

for humans (and in-
cidentaliy, students) to
survive in_ the school?
How could this affect
everyone’s mood to such
an extent?

Tgoone discovered that
the change was not quite
as mysterious as I had

originally though when I .

saw the six severe-
looking, suitclad meh
touring the school with
the principal. Of course--
it was Accreditation
Week, .

All secondary schools
in British Columbia must
receive accreditation
every four or five years.
If a school is not up to
Provincial standards, it
must face | the gon

uences of upgra
itself to mee

requirements. The
process behind ac-
erediation involves

basically two things.
Firstly, the school staff
and steering committe
writes the school a report
on all the aspects of the
school, and sends it away
to be studied by the ac-
creditors. Then, when
the report has been:
thoroughly examined, an
accreditation team is
sentto the school. .
This team investigates
and jucges all the aspects
of the school and com-
res its conclusions to
he report previously
received from the staff;
they decide whether the

sheol’s practice ana
theory ba ance.

oup of six men--
principals, directors, of

ensure the continuation of ©

their operations -in other
provinces or cotntries if
need be. Surely in this

major financial in-
stitution in . North

America should operate .

in French on a continent
of over 220 million people
who are practically all
English’ speaking?
Where is the reason that
defends ihe continuance
of Montreal as such a
centre? We may have
sympa ‘or «6 WML
‘arizeau when he fears
for his Provinee's credit
rating - but sympathy is
where it stops. We do not
propose sending money!

piled ‘in

education, | and
superintendents from
different parts of
ovince--visited

ledonia Senior
Secondary School for a
week in November for
this very purpose. The
initial report was--com-
une‘'and these
mien were assigned to the

lob. : :
Each member of the
team was appointed to
examine three to five
areas of the operation of
Caledonia, on the basis of
the men’s individual
specialized fields
seventeen elements of the
school were examined in
all.

The included the school’s
philosophy, local opionion
of the school, the system
of semesters, blocks and
classes, the various
departments and others.
It was stressed that it was
not a test of the abilities

of the individual
teachers.
As the week proceeded,

at least one class of each ,
teacher was observed, to’
examine how the dif-
ferent departments,
function. The team at-
tended a staff meeting,
department meetings’ a
student's council meeting
and chatted with many
students in classes and in
the hallway. They also
interviewed a random
oup of parents to
iscuss the public’
opionion of Caledonia.

At the end of the week |
the men departed to
compile their report. The
thermostat was turned
down again, the students
relaxed and once more
began to act normally,
and we left wonderin:
whether our school ha
met. the requirements to
receive accrediation. =»_—*

Note;. the findings of
the _ Accreditation
Team will be made public
at the end of January. -

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