Harvey Doll celebrates 100 years

THE TERRACE Regional
Museum Society and the
Terracview Lodge are
throwing a 100th Birthday
party for long-time Terrace
resident Harvey Doll,

Doll turns 100 on Dec, 21,
and the celebrations will
take place that day, from 2-4
p.m. at Terraceview Lodge.
Friends of the Doll family
are invited to be with Har-
vey on this special day.

We've planned a wonder-
ful afternoon with entertain-
meni, a special guest and
lots of birthday cake, kindly
donated by local merchants,

And now some history of
the Doll family,

Harvey Doll and Caroline
Beachler Dentinger Doll ar-
rived in Terrace in 1927, the
year that Terrace was in-
carporated into a village.

Harvey Doll was born on
Dec. 21, 1896 in Ontario,

Harvey came from a fam-
ily of seven children. Many
of his brothers and sisters
also have enjoyed tong.
lives, some living past 100.
All are deceased now save
for his sister Irene in Al-
berta.

Harvey remembers having
to work bard all his life. In
fact be thinks he started
working as soon as he was
bom, saying *'we kids had
to work as soon as we were
able to pack wood.”

Because he was needed to
work, Harvey quit school at
age 15.

During World War I Har-
vey worked first in a shell
factory and then in the
Grand Trunk freight sheds.

In 1917 he married Caro-
line Beachler Dentinger and
together they moved to Al-
berta,

Caroline was bom in
Ontario in 1891, and first
married Anthony Denlinger.
They bad three girls, but
while the children were still
very young, Anthony died.

When Caroline and Har-
vey moved to Alberta they
took up land just north of
Calgary, in Didsbury, Har-
vey had a job operating a
steam thresher, while Caro-

line worked to supplement

their income.
- In 1923, Harvey and his
brother-in-law Tony

Hobenshield moved to
Woodcock, BC, through a
CNR colonization program.

The Dolls farmed while in
Woodcock, and they had a
pet goat that played with the
family. One day the house
bumed to the ground and
they lost everything, but the
children were safe at a
neighbour's house.

In 1924 the Dolls moved
to Cedarvale. Harvey cul
and sold railway lies, shakes

- and poles, which were

shipped by rail,

They eventually sald their
property and moved to Ter-
race in 1927, for better
schooling opportunities for
their nine children.

The Dolls lived in the Car-
let place in Thornhill and
the children went to a small
school on whal is now
called Queensway Rd. Miss
Pearson was the teacher.

Caroline Doll gave birth to
her last child around this
time, but there were com-
plications and she had to
spend three months in the
Prince Rupert hospital. Two
of her daughters, Irene and

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Marjoric, were hospitalized
at the same time,

Later daughter Lorraine
died of spinal meningitis
and the family slept in the
hay loft while the house was
fumigated,

The Dolls bought property
on Brauns Island. Caroline
made butter and cheese, as
well as sausages and soap,

She also did sewing for
others and hooked rugs.

Then came the year of the
big flood in 1936. Families
were forced off the island
and had to live ina com-
rmounity ball.

The Dall’s house was lost,
but the family rented a
house in town. Caroline
worked as a midwife,
delivering many Terrace
babies in her own home.

Harvey worked in the mill

THIS PHOTO of Terrace pioneers Harvey and Caro.
line Doll was taken in 1924 or '25, Caroline is holding
Marjorie, and in the front are Clarence, Stanley, Lor-
raine, Jean (Virginia) and Gordon, standing in front of
his father.

and took half his wages in
lumber which he used to
build a home on Park Ave.
Today the new «medical
centre is located there.
Asound World War Il the
family. maved= ta. Prince
Rupert so Harvey ‘could
work as a shipwright. After
the war they retumed to
Terrace and Harvey did car-
pentry work, and they took
in boarders. Caroline also

went back to: nursing, taking |

paticn(s into her home.
. The Dolls ‘were certainly

true pioneers who -experi-

enced many hardships. Isa
challenge lo raise such a
large family with so few
amenities and: so little
moiey, , oa
On his birthday we thank
Harvey for all he’s contrib-
uted ta Terrace and for ihe
stories he leaves behind.

The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 18, 1996 - B3

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