“was B stump town and Greig
‘Avenue a. creek,
Hotel has welcomed vistors and

townspeople alike to its Kalum :

‘Street corner location.

-It’s been through a lot of:
changes since it was built in 1912

_as the town’s first hotel, J.K.
- Gordon was invited by George
Little to move north from the
USS. to the new town of Terrace.
In addition to his lumber in-
‘terests and successful-apple or-
chard, Gordon built the Terrace
-Hotel and operated it until 1930.
During those early days, Gor-

~don’s open. bar had quite. a.

reputation. Nadine Asante’s
‘History of Terrace. relates:
“Once, an irate wife, when her
‘husband staggered in the door,
turned her - spouse around. and
‘delivered him back to Gordon

with the words, ‘You got him

ithis way, now: look after-him’.”?
During the first world war, when
anti-German sentiments were
high, a drunken mob gathered in

the lobby with the intention of .
having a lynching. Fortunately,

a big Norwegian. convinced the
crowd that racial bigotry and

lynchings were not acceptable in

Canada.
“Methodist missionaries found

Sunday, Aug. 7, is the close-

off date for registration in

the Terrace Summer Hockey
School, which is coming up
.. August 15 to 27. It’s open to
' Minor Hockey-aged players at
$100 per week. There’s also a
‘night hockey league for senior
teens and adults during the same
time period. The school is $100a
week. The hockey league is $30.
Registration forms are available
at All Seasons Sports, Totem
Ford, and Terrace Motors.

‘Terrace Youth Soccer can use
- gome referees and linesmen for
their 7 and 8-year-old divisions.
Phone Martha .Haugland at
635-2821 if you can help. .

-The Skeena River Challenge

bicycle race from Terracé to:

Prince Rupert is coming up on
Sunday, Aug. 21. It’s open to
male or female riders, aged- 13
and up, for a $25 fee. Further in-
‘formation and registration is
available at Sundance Ski &
Sport.

_ 18-hole fun golf tournament for
charity is coming up this Sunday
at the Skeena Valley club. You

can enter by contacting Stu

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many changes in ownership

it an ideal place to preach, and

the sole police constable could

. often be found passing the time

of day ‘around the steel-sided
long oval stove in the lobby.
During the flu epidemic of
1918-19, the Terrace Hotel was
into. an emergency
hospital, :with free room and

‘board and volunteer nurses.

-keeping the place lively and pro-

fitable. ‘‘The hotel always made

money in my day,’ Geeraert

said from Penticton.
Since Geeraert sold it, the Ter-

_Tace Hotel has been in receiver-

ship twice and changed hands

three times, First Kermandie En- ’

_ terprises owned it, with brothers
. Ernest: and Kenneth Mandru-

Emil Wylie bought the hotel .

in 1930, and in..1955 Augie
Geeraert purchased the business...
Although the hotel has changed
hands many times since Geeraert
sold: it .in- the early. 80s, the
lounge is still named after him.
Geeraert: told the Terrace

siak, then Ken Mandrusiak’s D

_ & I Park Inn, and now Georglias

Review that. the original ‘hotel

had 22 rooms, a bar and a small
cafe. In 1957 he added another
28 rooms and a new bar, in 1970
another 20 rooms. In August,

1971, his efforts were burned to _

the ground. He rebuilt the hotel

in its present form and re-

opened the following year.

The cabaret-style bar had live.
with popular —

entertainment,

musicians and comedy acts |

_ Upcoming sports events

Crouse at TK, phone 635-6316."

The fee is $60, and prizesinclude ©
“cars, trucks.and plane flights for |.
holes-in-one on any par-three —

hole on the course. Proceeds go. |.”

to the Terrace Special Olympics
fund. .

-The. Terrace Oldtimers slo-
pitch softball team for players
55 and older, has workouts
every Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m.
at the new field across the
highway from the Northern

’ Motor Inn in Thornhill.

An 18-hole ‘‘Skins’’ golf
Golf Club this Saturday starting
at 10 a.m. There’s an admission
charge to follow John ‘Morgan,
Danny -Rosengren and. Moe
Hays around the course as they
shoot for $50 a hole for the first
six holes, $75 a hole for the next
six, and $150 a hole for the last.
six. It’s sponsored by All
Seasons Sports store where

~. tickets are being sold. Also, Fri-
The second annual CFTK

day night at the Bavarian Inn is
a “Golf Reno’’ night session of

food, fun and games to kick off

the weekend of ‘‘Skins’’? and
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-Geeraert’s opinion of the
reason for the many owners and
financial woes is ‘‘Poor manage-
ment. They closed the cabaret
and had too many staff, too
many chiefs.”’ —

Some former and current
employees agree, but add that

the economic downturn in the.

early ’80’s made for bad timing
for the subsequent owners. And
the ‘‘good days of the hotel are
gone,”” when a town’s hotel was

_its central meeting place.

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Geeraert had made a bid to
buy back the Terrace Hotel in
March of 1987, but was turned
down. ‘‘I would have re-opened
the cabaret, it was always suc-
. cessful, the only way to go. And
do a better job of public rela-
tions, go out and see the
customers and get them back.
It’s a good hotel, it’s still in

‘good shape.’’

From being the town's major
landmark to just one of almost a
dozen motels and hotels, from
the days of dirt roads and
wooden sidewalks to paved
boulevards, from riverboat days

-to trains to modern highways

and daily jet service, the Terrace

‘Hotel has seen alot of changes...

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