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IST YEAR NO, 20

7 December 11, ‘1968

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LOTS OF ACTION go into
conducting as he rehearses a

Christian churches which will give a concert of Christmas
music at Skeetia Secondary auditorium. next Sunday evening at
7 p.m, It is the first ime the churches have combined to form

a Christmas choirs

‘choir director Kevin Siddell’s

combined choir from Terrace'’s

Police car collides
on emergency call

RCMP Constable A WR, ! Payne was answering an emergency
call Saturday but he never made. it,,

With siren wailing and flasher|'
' going, his patrol car slid into the|’
rear end.of.a yéhicle driven by|.”.
Richard Arseneau. about” four.
p.m, at. the ddrner of Highway!
16 and Kenney Street, ;

-sofe-driving week!

. Drlvers'y wer on B
“haviour: for. Safe: Oevti Weok: :
here, desplte extra hazards. from |
heavy snow, :

Corporal John Lawsonin thar’
ge of RCMP District - Highway:

» Patrol, said. seven minor ac-;
cidents and one injury were, Tee

ported,

1 "That's not bad considering the
road conditions,'”’ he’ said,: “but
“all of therti caijld have been avoid.
‘ed if drivers had been a litile .
more careful,” °

He said there. were lots of cars
in the ditch along the highways but
he said most people stayed home,

Commuter traffic between
Terrace and Kitimat was very

" |ing.'3, left-hand :turn onto Kenney |:

a Dri ivers.sofe in... sensi ute as ee | imate

Stop “because. of . slip- |:
pery: dnd-“slastiy road conditions:

"Aguregate damages. from the
‘aceldent were estimated at $600,

: RCMP. reported that. the ve~
‘hicle. > @riven : thy. Arseneau was
travelling ‘west on’ Highway. 16
‘and was‘in.the process ‘of make |:

pable--to

ed

accident; was.on his way. to ane
| swer'.a - "complaint, at Telegraph |
‘Point, whdre a. Départment of
Hiphways;: crew were reported to
be held: at bay by 3 a man witha
rifle: =-:

The man ‘Is believed. to have
been angered by. Highways snow
removal equipment for blocking
acdess to his property with packs
ed snow,

RCMP officers from Port Ed-
ward answered the eal] when Con+
stable Payne was delayed,

The accident is still under in-

light he said,

TK newsman KEITU TUTT,
asked for comment or ques-
tions at Monday’s Council
meeting, startled — civic
fathers by announcing that, he
had taken his first bath in
yéars and expressed his de
light that the bathwater was
“erystal, clear.’’ He explain.
‘ed a little hastily that because
of Terrace’s previously ©
:murky water supply he nors
i mally favored the shower over.
‘the bath, ; tae :

* A call to our friendly netgtie: ;
borhood -RCMP revealed that
to date no one In Terrace has
ot their licence, automatle
¥

driving their car while being
zed, - The thirty-day bit is
for real, which is perhaps
the reason that police have
% only one charge of impaired
Ez driving up for trial, :

ee
‘Terrace. Municipal Cou. ‘

cll. may have saved the cori- ’
‘Taynity from bankruptcy Mon-

day-night when they regrets‘

aly turned down a New. Aly. .
visitor's demand fortes ;
; imt ysemant of $7,50: fortow::
“ing: jcharges, The tow. became .
necessary when ‘she got stuck,
. fn one of Lazelle Avenues bet.
tér = Known. pot hotes, {If
everybody -did this, :-it would -

" cost us hundreds,” Aldekman.:
nt EV CLIFT’: said “with some:

: wider statement. iy

snunietpal ‘lection, .

ai very comprehensive know.”
ledge of :the workings -of. the’.
municipality through ‘work on:

~* the town’ planning committee.

vestigation,

“out, if you have a mind for .

lifted for 30 days through, .. |

- sonably . ‘enovgh won the hos-=

. votes: at ‘the ‘hospital ‘polling *:
station; against 21 each for /| Sey
‘Arnold Best and Edna Cooper,’ ‘| 2

he didn't get the votes against
better-known candidates, Sald
Jake: ‘Just because I lose a

vote, it doesn't mean I'm
going to quit working for the
Municipality,” o

. e . a
‘How’ come in the: schoot
referendum: that of ten: spoil.
‘ad ballots in the total school”.
district, nina were recorded. ,

‘at ‘Thornhill? Thats ‘ten per -
cent of the ‘Thornhill: turn

“statistics, - Eighty ‘were in
. favor of the referendum; two
' didn't like the ‘idea, and.nine

. blew their ballots.
a '. e a
Dr, JACK NICHOLSON

“placed third in voting for ale
“derman Saturday, but he’ rea.

pital poll. Nicholsgn won 24 -.

and 7. for Jake Peters;: ° os
a | ° e

Government has. its ges,
Press ‘always. finds itself {n
difficulty . when: - -desortbing
“BHOW vehicles,’ : ‘You:. start.
“using ."'altedoo*”. ind ‘the snow.
mobile: set ‘look ‘very: patned, |

_/atiort pe
and mile

Santa fund
half way:
| to target

-Santas® Anonymous toy fund. for’
needy’ kids réached the halfway
mark after last’ weekend's sol
leetions. oy

cording to Kinettes’ EdithGiesel-
‘man who, is. organizing ‘the cams
paign: to ‘get: local people to don

needy. youngsters. vee

the ‘early teonagers, 7) MrBe (es:| |

eb.
ton

: "The campaign is picking up ”
she’ said, “We now have hall of}
“what, we need,” 2

‘pill reach thelr goal, ofa a
eedy: hildin atowm.

“Campaign, -received . an extra
boost: this week when Tillicum
Theatre manager BOI Young an-
‘nounced a different kind of ad-
miss{on to his 11 a.m, matinee

money, the junior audietice has to
pay with a gift -for. the: Santas -
Anonymous campaign.

Santas Anonymous depots are
at Columbia Stores, Overwaitea,
Terrace Co-op, ‘Woolworths,
Agar Avenue Red and White, Hulls
Grocery: and Riverside Sroperye

HIGHWAYS
FAIR OVER ©
WEE KEND

‘ “The. highways weren't too bad
over the snowy weekend,

Homer Good, ’ District Engin-
eer for the Department sald all
highways -remained’ open other

than Highway 16 which wasblock-.
ed by three snow slides Friday,

| He sald 48 inches of snow fell

lat: Salvus: and Kwinitsa.. Friday,
but : highway créws were. able
to keep the roads open = 2"

Slides * caused by: .the heavy
awet snow blocked the highway for |"
e at mile et, mileds

. He sald ¢ erewa ¥ were busy Mtor-
day, ¢learing up the aftermath of |.
the storm: by: lecblading-on- all
highways to clear them down to

“But the’ 10 ‘to. 14 age range so |
: far: ‘is ‘getting ‘short “shrift ac-

oPy,

December 21. Instead of paying]:

‘snow with shotguns, — ::
__ Power was on‘and off.

cute *

Terrace...
B,C. ‘Hydro’ crews. work:

‘race. crews. “worked almost. hon.
stop for. 36 heure restore pow.
er, 0, hoa

“Terrace crews. were assisted
inthe: emergency. by extra line-
men from Prince -Rupert who
‘were brought in by, helicopter
to cope with -the downed lines.

Two crews from Columbia Cel«
lulose also assisted hydro men
with the mammoth; job of clear-
ing trees off the*-fallen Hnes,

McDougall said the worst pow
er outages were, in Remo, the
Kalum Lake Roadlarea and Thorns
hil, ‘Parts ‘of: Remo were with=
out power for 28 hours.

People were really most co-
operative, 33 McDougall sald.

“They called in; which assis:
ted us in locating the trouble
Spots, but there were few real
complaints." wo:

CN hit by
“snow. storm

CN: Telecommunieations were

struck the Terrace area Friday,
_ Jim Walsh, district manager,

said Monday: that their telecom-

tunications .. network . between
Terrace, Prince Rupert, Kitimat
and Smithers were sti] out,

‘|he‘said,:"and this’ ta the: worst
Te experienced.” -

‘Poles are down and wires bro-
ken, ‘by falling. trees, "He said
the lines to Kitimat and Prince
Rupert were tho tiardest hit by
the storm. |

‘Walsh ‘said: it would be tyro
or three days .béfore normal Sere

Snow snarl Scars,
lye} lines foo

. Hydro crews were ou shooting
vs. oo, ® Dmeter. readers and engineer
= clerks, were out assisting line

CN: _ telecom munteations wore

” And winter; 1868, was s here in

around the clorktorsstors pore a
ate. new “toys,at. Christmas ‘toy y babii

a “wet anow ‘which packed
“a ‘the: tropa: caused them Ball

| casters, we did get 31 inches of
badly. hit by the storm which | .-

“Pye been ‘here ten year's,” Sund

ala

Hydro employees, including

crews.

- “According. to thelr union con
tract, the company must. allow
-}a. break to.eat and rest every
ei four hours,” McDougall -said,
ed: “but we actually had to tell the
men to stop and eat," "oo

“Many of ‘the crew. stayed on
| the job for.36 hours before going
home arid then they wére back on
the job’. again after’ as little as.

which reached. chost le level.

"One of the titusual’ emereeiicy.
nieasures émployed to shake
show-off trees which were, bent |.
onto ‘the lines ‘was a blast ‘from
a 16°:guage’ shot -gun into the
heavy snow-covered branches,

McDougall said people asked).
why trees weren't cleared away
from power lines to prevent this
‘type of emergency.

“We'd have to clear right back
to the Skeena - “River in’ many.
tacos,” he said,

Th just one, instance, he sald,
“one .of our trucks was parked
on the highway in Remo,

long. fell “and actually hit. the
truck but ‘no Teal. damage was
-eaused, no.

“The tree was on nthe south side
of the highway and fell across
the railroad tracks .and still exe
tended far enough to hit the
truck on the road, he said.

i wasn't a record breaker,
{but according to the Department
‘of-. Transport weather fore

lwet--snow. over. the: weekvend,

: Mopping up operations ‘are exe
pected to continue for several
8,

Airport measurements were
recorded at two inches ‘Thurse
day, 20 inches Friday, five inches
Saturday and another four inches
ay, ++.

| to 31,1 per cent in. municipal

said, filed awa. lected ie prime.

tree estimated at over 200 feet |.

to 167, Total vote in the school
district was 845 in favor, 185 |
‘Jagainst, when tenballets spoiled, -

build 68 classrooms, 4 activity

; three year period,

Best best
‘in election
for council

terest kept Terrace turnout out

and school board. -lpetions Sate
urday.

' to make it to the polling booth
elected Arnold Best, Edna Coop.
er and Dr. John Nicholson to
municipal council, and returned
Incumbents Keith Tucker and
Nancy Orr to school board, =

And they jolrled with other vot-

a $3,214,300 referendum, .

Tom Slemko blamed snow for 4
lower, than expected turnout atthe
PO Se °

He said there’ was more activ.
ity at the voting-booths in. the
closing hour between Zand 8p.m.
when. weather conditions had
eased, =. te 1

There were few surprises in
election results,:

Terrace oil dealer Arnold Best
topped the poll with 449-votes in
his: first bid for civic office,

He: was: followed by incumbent
-alderman Edna Cooper with 609,

Alderman Cooper, She was elec-
ted unopposed last May to TG«
place Dorothy Norton,

’ Dr. Jolin R, Nicholson placed
cted with 546

movers of the Better Municipal
Government Group which swept
‘the’ polls. last year,lecting the
Mayor and.four aldermen,

. Voters settled solidly for the
status quo in schoo! board elec-
tions, despite an expected strong
challenge from 1967 candidate
for Mayor. and former alderman,
Victor C.G, Jolliffe,

Voters returned -Incumbents

Orr (540) Jolliffe polled 322,
followed by Thornhill candidate
Harold E, Wyatt. Avery low turn-
out at-the Thornhill polling sta-
tion did nothing for Wyatt's
“Causes : ;

‘date James Caruso recelved 79.
votes, .

liam Sargent handity wonthe sin- |
gle seat with 104. votes to Arthur |:
Dundas’s 37,

Despite some ‘amtiety from.
school board, the $3,214,300 re~
ferendum - received ‘averwheim-
ing endorsement with 82per cent.
approval from the total Skeena-
Casslar electorate. | |

Terrace voters approved it 596!

The referendum funds will

rooms and six libraries, and pur.
chase school equipment over a

A spokesman for the DOT wens
ther office said it wasn’t an Uns
usual storm for this area: but
he said it did arrive earlier than
normal,

The probloms arose because
temperatures hovered. just
around the freezing mark, which
resulted. in wet, sticky snow that

the black pavertionte

Say. ‘‘snowmobile”, and you. | a

get. a. sneer. from: the skl=
’-doodlers,’ Now. @ press. ree
‘lease from Department of -
‘Northern’: affairs. refers: to

Tes a ‘great compromise, but:
It ‘won't sell; ae

oe « gooneyehtra Ps “the week | aq
~ award Had to. go-to the’ terry.

“motortobogganers ‘roaring up
; and down. outside the. sentar: ’
 eltizens 2 residences. ‘Tate © at

them: as “'motor-toboggans!’,.” | gi

«nigh t. ‘during ‘the ‘ant week,”

‘MEAVY SNOW. ‘ought : "ies down over the.

vice could be restored

; clung ‘to trees and power lines,

: " weekend, ‘ cutting, ott communieation with Lin
coe ert and Buea.

snow to open

3 | pert when: - gusting: winds’ and:
heavy snowfall ‘cancelled out a

the 2 p,m, | opening, ‘They had
found driving: from. ikttimiag and:

Terrace to the alrport hazard.
ous,

yo Transport architects to provide’
E | necessary © “factiltles * for: ‘Pass:

i. Telecomniunications: “and met! “ey
eorological  sérvices,; are. also.y
provided inthe building

Laing braves

new airport |

Federal Mintster of Public |
Works Art Laing .braved bliz.
zards and snow slides to open |:
the new Terrace-Kitimat, alr-,
port Friday.

Laing drove from’. Price Rin |

helicopter fight. tothenew$308,-:)
035 terminal building.’ - oe

The Public Works Ministor’s
arrival surprised ' many guests at:

M

The new w single-storey butl
was designed by soa big |

sengers and cargo handling.” a

¥

Cold snow and lukewarm in- {6

ers in School District 88 to give | ;
a strong 82 per-cent approval to | §

- Munteipal” returning’ officer.| §

Tt was the first election win for

Perennial school board candle .

At Hazelton, incumbent woe |

Domtar, LHK
involved i in
treatment plant

land and Kerr plant.

; 4 feet in-diamoter arid-over 100
feat long arrived. by. rail this |,

second poletreatment plant sche-
: duled. for- Terrace next. year,

ready. “started: work ‘on has
‘treatment pate J

The 760 people who managed | i

Keith Tucker ($54) and Nancy: |

COMING IN FOR A PERFECT LANDING Is CP Crow, current .
. airport visitor, being brought in by CP Air’s Murray Boyle, .-

CP is a regular visitor to airport, also downtown Termet, ‘
and recently hitched a ride to Prince Rupert. ,

~ That’s:' when Terrace Munic-
ipal. Council will give the word
to enforce downtown parking re-
‘gullations,

Administrator John Poucelte
sald at Monday’s: meeting that
the municipality would include

Canadian industrial giant,
'|Domtar Chemicals will install
a pressure treating plant for ce-
dar poles at the Little, Fame |

. Former Terrace reeve . and
LH, and K vice-president Walter
Yeo of Tsawwassen: announced

‘he operating in. the spring, ©)
Giant pressure tube measuring

week, ree
* When’ hungtioning, it will be the.

_ Parkin g tickets
-_in-the spring?

2 Looit for: parking tickets “when winter’s snow fs. gate: 4

four parking lots in its: ‘proviss
ions for the 1969 budget, « 4

Council. expressed dissatistace
tion withpresent Parkingondowr
town streets, -

. But Alderman’ Lloyd Johastore
“urged council to wait until spring
-when parking enforcement canbe

. | aeeompanied by’ Announcement, a

the new parking | lots,

_. Council was, also toké tha _
ple could'be prosecuted forparks
ing. offences if. a complaint is
filed by. a private citizen. ao

“If we received a ‘complaint,
we ‘would. prosecute," adminié~:
trator Poueette told Counell

a

~| that Council ‘consider “fo a
traffic’ committee: to:' eage*
load .on the. planting. committee

mm

"Mayor Fred Weber. auggested : _

Monday ‘that’ the ‘new ‘plant will (ing is currently | ot

Thornhill ete 7
“to. be discussed q :