» 635-2007

BOB PARKER FORD

; Premiar's Office,

‘Vietoria, 8, c, a |

65th Year Year No. 230

MONDAY, MARCH: 29,

Jeri” "TERRACE, Bc,

youn ssertheresrcscioon sence
mu Lazeile .

‘SOLD OUR BIRTHRI GH T °—MA YOR

Three men and a juvenile
were arrested here Thursday on
a@ Marijuana charge. :

Police arrested Raymond
Lagace, Graham Gerhaerdt
and James Olsen in possession
of a Kilo of marijuana. .

here Friday and were
remanded for April 2 for a plea.
They are charged with
Bpossession of marijuana for the
purpose of 1 trafficking.

s $13,000
i deficit.
for Mills

Mills Memorial Hospital
perated at a budget deficit of
snearly $13,000 in 1970.
® “It surely is nothing to be

proud of, but if one considers
the 1970 problems then it looks -
ighty good,” said treasurer
@ Theo Hidber, -

q Among those problems, He

idber said, was the general e-
conomic slowdown last year. F-
Jewer patients entered the hos-
pital than anticipated, bringing.
in fewer dollars to the hospital.
PINPOINTS

Another factor Hidber -
: pinpoints is the 1970 budget
me approved by Victoria. |

budget at the end: of August
after operating for the first part
of the year on‘ a- speculated
budget.

Administrator Parker Mills

itself in thé. beginniriy
; year, expecting a larger budget.

0,000 revenue “to our already

over-estimated budget,” Hidber ©

misaid.

; HITS LOFFMARK

® He also singled out Health
Minister Ralph Loffmark’s-

§: policy only 70 per‘cent of the

‘then negotiated settlement with

‘hospital unions.

so
Trustees

‘are women

Mills Memorial Hospital
has two new women trustees.
Mrs. Ellen Bastin and Mrs,
mea Olga Power were elected
.. , Wednesday to serve three year

' terms on the Board of Trustees.

The women Were chosen at a
well-attended hospital]
association meeting Wednesday
night.
; Also nominated for the board
me were L.E. Pruden and
Waldemar Penner. Pruden lost
cut in the yote and Penner :
declined the nomination,

TO TURN UP

More than 70 people attended -
the meeting, many of them
members of: the K'Shain
Business and Professional
Women’s Club..’ Both Mrs,
Bastin ‘and Mrs.. Power are.
members of. that club, -

Trustee chairman. Norm.
' Miller praised the large turn-’
out. ,
. Mrs, Bastin and’ Mrs, Power
: Will. replace. Dave Lloyd: and.
* MLA, ‘MacDonald. onthe: board. -

‘TEACHER | .
"Mrs. Bastin ‘has’. ‘lived | in .

Terrace four years. and is the
~ Wife of John Bastin, principal of. |
, Caledonia Senior ‘Secondary
: School. _. She - teaches. part.
i time. And - -Mrs. Power, the -
mother of three; is. the wife of.
Hugh. Power who heads. the’ ”
local Adult Education program. ..

___ Other elected : trustees ‘are

: Miller,, Ted ‘Hidber, Mrs.

‘ Lorraine Johnstone and. Gerry
; Martin. ‘

“Total food costs at Mills
Memorial Hospital declined In.
. 1970 from 1989: *

fewer patients. © The ‘cast per’
meal,

‘197 ve : :
: ie The ‘total caw. ‘foods’ « ste: tw

‘he three appeared in court - &

The hospital receives ‘its:

2said the hospital: arent. \
“OF the | *%

} ‘And to make matters worse, ..:
. Victoria added an additional $1. a

“But the declin was due to. Wi

‘however;: i ereaged: Ane

. costs .
. the rise, ‘going. fram,38.1' cents .

per meal. a 1949" ‘tO 40.17 last’ vote to defeat the grant request,

: the hospital in 1070, way 839 ts ss

last weekend--Staff- photo.

FROM ATOP COPPER MOUNTAIN,

Terrace and Thornhill lies far in the distance. .Herald Photographer ‘ Tess Brousseau snowmobilfed up to the snowy kingdom

oh jeeaid-by: telébhone thatTerrace

BY HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION

Secret meetings hit

Members of the Terrace and District Hospital
Association want the right to attend hospital board

meetings.

And they said so Wednesday night at their annual -
meeting. Members voted 33-11 to call a special
meeting April 21 to ammend. the. constitution so

_ they may ave board Peas ‘as observers,”

Hospital|

payroll

climbs sharply

A new union agreement sent
the payroll at Mills. Memorial ..
Hospital climbing -in 1970.
although fewer employees were
hired by the’ hospital than’ in -
‘1969. ‘

The new: payroll agreement. *

represents the average of $1,000
a year increase for: each em-

ployee.

Some employees garnered

more, others less as a result of ©
the union agreement. - :
The total payroll ‘increased .

about $166,600 betweett 1969 and -

1970 althaugh ‘the : hospital

- empoloyed 3.6 per cent, fewer re
-, full-time people, ’

:. . LIGHTER LOAD © cee

: And the cut in staff was due to
‘a lighter patient -load than ° in
1570 ihan-in 1969, . . - ;

Total : salaries’, rose : from
‘$42, 298 in 1968 to $1, 008, 917. last
_ year, marking an increade. of:
$266,619. :

“ But: staff. was. reduced fom:
134.79 in’ 1969 to 131. 20 the next: ;
year. :
Two reasons for the reduced .

a

mae
i

Food ‘costs climb
with. inflation’

‘as: compared to $44,200 in 1970,
’ But: py. 98,601 patients. were’ .
‘in’. 1970. ‘te een 1

however; wi were: on’

simply. :

4 ‘for. tourism promotion:.Aldecm- °
i en: Tan MacDonald. anid: ‘Gordon,
wh -alsa* ‘vated Against (ie

‘Mayor’ Victor: Jolllfte bro!

patient load were pinpointed by
hospital administrator Parker
. Mills. | ‘

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Some members: coinplained
that by meeting only once’ a
‘year they are “in the dark”
about hospital business.

And Waldermar | Penner
charged that some association
members were turned away

. from a board meeting.

“They wanted to sit in- and
they were not allowed to sit in,”

he said.

John Chen Wing proposed
that the constitution be am-_
mended to aliow members to
attend hoard meeings, Only
association members, and nat
the public would be in-
cluded. ‘The constitution, he
said, is “‘silent” on the matter.

But. NAA. MacDonald a
retiring trustee, opposed the

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1871

1971

454 babies
last. year

No twins or triplets were born
in Terrace last year.

In the previous year, four sets .

af twins and one set of triplets
were born in Terrace.

Births increased by 21 babies
in 1978 over 1969,

Last year, 454 births were
recorded here and in 1989, 433
were recorded.

Two: unions fight
for Pohle workers

A union organizational battle
is shaping up at Colcel’s Pohle
Lumber Mill in Terrace.

Both: the International
‘Woodworkers: of America,

We're not ready

for. Yellowhead 4

' Tourists ‘hy the thousands
are discovering the mighty
Skeena country. ;

They pour down ‘the
Yellowhead Highway In cars, .
campers and trailers. | °
They ‘are discovering the
Skeena River is one of the best
sport-fishing -rivers in North.
America.

. They are an industry which:
‘pours, dollars Into our, tocal .
economy. 2
: ‘POLLUTION' wer
. Bul, according to. Terrace
alderman Ey CIM; they, also: ~':
bring ‘the séeds ‘of ‘pollution
and: ecological destruction,
“We-are not Ready for the’...
tourist trade,” Said. Chift,:

Clift, was: one. ot. three =
aldermen who voted at-the.last -
meeting of muntcipal council.-. ’
against a $518 munielpal: grant.
to the: ‘Yellowhead . Association

the:tle. by casting ‘the deciding .

- actton, .

, tourlst
malntatned,.-

‘Last Tuesday Clift and those
‘opposed to the grant. were
criticized in reports on radio
and TV.

The criticism: came in

“remarks made by J. Fred.
Weber, vice-president : of . the

Yellowhead
Association,. ;
“After listening ta radio and
FV: reports “denouncing my
TV have decided . to
elavify j im y reasoning, as these

Route

screports ° make.” it- sound . as
-though” I should he known as
:Alderman ‘half-wit. fom: now |

‘on,’

‘retorted CU in a
statement to The Herald.
Herald. we

. Ana,” “Cite had’ a eounter-
Proposal. a

He Bald he wont Hie to see.

problema,"

In his etatement,, Cilit said: .
: PRIME REASON ue
The. prime. reasoning

behind ihe promotion: ofthe

he added, .

; “They. Say all we. need is one

+: cost ofthe Terrace taxpayer's.
‘pa telpation:”. ;

towrlst. birdens. us: with,

Yellowhead has been potinded,
into ‘counell. and population
alike--encourage more and
more tourists, make it easy.
for them to get inta your area
aud they. Will make you rich,
and to hell: with the ecology,
the natural resources and the
recreational potential of your
area,” To

“You. get this' for a cost of
$51, or six-cenls Per-caplta, aan

At. the . counell . meeting
earlier, Ald, Lloyd. Johnstone
suggested even one new motel
would: mord than’, ‘cover.* ‘the
$500 grants:

“TCH sald ‘that was not, the:
answer.” nee

ah the statement, :

@ Said:,

new enterprise to support the:

“dnt (he:
ad réute,. ‘and U say.
ced. to. protect’. the:
létlon of thie ‘Terrace area®
‘the ‘indiscriminate, .
RAE he uses:. that ‘the:'f:

. obviously ‘with

-- Company,”

(CLC-AFL-CIO) local 1-17 and
the Christian Labor Asséciation
of Canada are after cer-
tification for about 160 workers
at the mill.

The IWA, with its thousands ©
of members in the U.S, and:
Canada, is a powerful force.
The CLAC has only 200 or so
members in the province and is
nal. affiliated with any labor ©

. group.

But, says ‘the IWA, CLAC has
the edge over the big union.”
. MASEEDGE |.

It has. the, edge, says IWA’.
business agent Jack

. MacKenzie, because it ‘has the 4
. blessings of the company:

"Neil Roos, representative of |
the company union known as -

- ‘CLAC is circulating.a petition :-

for - signature’ of “ -em-

ployees...during working hours, . -

lunch periods. and rest periods. .
the -> full”
knowledge and support of the
‘MacKenzie said.
The IWA can only organize

 oulside the gates, he added:

The petition calls on workers
to siga, saying they are not now

‘amember of the IWA and “have .

no desire lo become a meinber

ofthe [WA or take part i in any of

its functions: - . =
“This insidious threat, ” says.

-MacKehzie,"” to. ‘those who.
. ‘refuse to sign is, crystal clear. ”

A PRESSURE:
“They would, by’ their. refusal .-

be indicating. -where’- their,
“sympathies ” lie. and could, ‘be.
subjecting
“outright: ‘pressiire \-by this
company: “union .CLAC. z
_ ‘MacKenzie says thi ‘Petiton!

“th emselves : to:

. Clearly showed the railway line’.

elimination.

thwest,

The brief, presented to Regio-
nal Expansion Minister Jean
Marchand in Ottawa,- was
prepared after a meeting in
Prince George one month ago.

NOT TOLD

Terrace was notified, but not
told of the seriousness of the
‘meeting. Also, the Kitimat-

notified,

Board  Secretary- treasurer
John Pousette said he didn’t
attend, but he said Hazelton
. mayor Perry York went “as an
observer”’.

No Terrace members were
told that the regional district w-
as sending anyone.

But, according to Prince Ge-
‘orge Mayor. Harry Moffat wha

_was, indeed, represented. He
told’'The Herald he - couldn't
remember who it was.
Terrace council, said Jolliffe,
did not send anyone. He
reasoned that the mystery pers-
on was conceivably from the -
Regional District.
Jolliffe said he was answering
a story and editorial in the last
issue of The Herald which -
inferred he was not making all
known to the public or council.
MOSTEFFECTIVE —

The mayor said last year
Transport Minister Don
Jamieson recieved a feasibility
study which clearly showed
Terrace to be the most econo-
mical and effective jumping off
place for the CNR spur.

’ The presentation, he said,.
was made by the town’s then
clerk-administrator, John -
Pousette,

But, after checking the -
minutes. of a council meeting
January 30,1970 the “Canadian
National Northern Trans
Canada Yukon Territories Rail-
way Extension” brief did not
have the town's name affixed to
it.
It was signed, Jolliffe said, by

John Pouselte, “Secretary-

treasurer, Regional District. of
Skeena, ‘'B’’, ~(Kitimat-
Stikine)"’

Hazelton is within the regi-

' onal district.

According » to municipal
council minutes of Jan. 26, 1970
“The committee recommended

* that Mr. Pousette be authorized -

to go to Ottawa to present the’

’ '-yailway. north proposal...”

“It now appears that what ‘I

“thought | was a presentation by

:the District of Terrace in. -
“January ‘of 1970 was, in fact, a

presentation by- Mr, John -

'.Pousette .or. behalf of the:
: Regional - District (Kitimats:, ‘
tikine),’ ” the mayor-said.-

- THROUGH NASS
‘“That plan that I saw before
“we'sent Mr. Pousette to Ottawa “i

inte rv Kat “Terrace ‘up. .

Jolliffe fights —
for Terrace spur

_BYRONTHODY =‘

‘A “mystery man” has stabbed Terrace in the
back, charges Mayor Victor Jolliffe.

He says he intends to find out who by Process of

Stikine Regional Board was’

The mayor was commenting on a brief prepared
by four northern mayor that bypassed Terrace as a
rail-spur to link Terrace and the Yukon.

-In the brief, which proposed'a $6.9-billion regi-
onal development program for all of B.C. north of
the 52nd parallel, Hazelton is earmarked for the -
spur which would open the reseurce-rieh nor-

through the Nass.

“However, the brief subm-
itted does not read this way but
rather leaves it open. It doesn’t
say Terrace or Hazelton in the
1970 release."

“This,” Jolliffe added, “is a
major change and could have d-
rastic effects on the: Terrace
economy in the future.”

He said, “I believe the time is
now ripe that Terrace should be
making a strong presentation to
Mr. Jamieson. To correct this

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Lock a auto,
warn police

- Lock your ‘car, warns ‘Terra e
RCMP.

Within the last week, two
unlocked vehicles have been
stolen and later found by police.

RCMP sppeculate the
vehicles are being used for "joy
rides’ by someone who. can
start the cars without a key.

Both vehicles were taken
from the Keystone Apartments
parking lot on Scott Avenue,

Headmaster
in Terrace

The headmaster of one of
B.C.’s best-known independent
schools will visit Terrace
Thursday, ~

Pat MacLachian, headmaster
of Shawnigan Lake School on -
Vancouver Island will - meet
with school officials, parents
and teachers.

A Rhodes scholar. and. a
Rhodesian by birth, MacLacha-
in has made newsworthy
‘comments on the independent
schools versus the public
school.

While in Terrace, che will

discuss the school's Centennial | -
Scholarship program under —
which tive boys will be given ~
free tuition from grades eight or .

nine’ through graduation.

Each scholarship, if followed '-

through to graduation, is worth
$12,900

Baiteries a . rae

bring. charge a

A Terrace man was

for: shoplifting. two. "packs," foe -

flashlight -batteries * “fron

mv Safeway: Store,.

lum Valley and. up

‘day Was: celebrated in, Terrace,

-Who' 3] Schuyler. Colfax? Le
. Hewas a vice-president of the
U. SJand funder of the Rebekah:
degree...

for rin Co

i “Schuyler Colfax’s: 148th birth-:

tell BT A NO naa HSE WATT Ne Te

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