’ By BRIAN GREGG — _ Herald staff writer It’s all set. . Terrace’ 5 0 t h Anniversary. ibratons now need per! a participation: -duringthe next week.. ae “The! anniversary comntittee will be selling: _ items marking the Golden Year. today from'2 a.m..to 9 ‘p.m, in ‘the. Woolworth’s Mall and the Co-op,. They will also -be on . sale ~ tomorrow on Lakelse Ave.- Ted Taylor, chairman of the anniversary cotying io says itis “very gra g have':s0 many individuals and ‘organizations assisting in - the formation of the celebrations.” : - He added that once people ‘a.m, and 5 jet out arid support them all e planning wilt have been a huge success. s weekend's activities orts and The centre’ around s recreation aclivitie ‘ Native Soccer fournament will be held at Skeera Secondary beginning today at 10 a.m. Tonight at the arena a potlatch dance will -gtart at 9 o’clock, Tomorrow, between 11 traffic will-be allowed on Lakelse Ave. from Kalum St. ta Emerson st, .Merchants of the 4600 Block will have street displays and the 50th. Anniversar committee will have havea a ne ‘ ‘or people eir items. . HORSESHOW A new event has been _ ANNIVERSARY SPECTACULAR > included in the schedule. The Annual Timberland Horse Show begins at 8 a.m. Saturday, The show is sanctioned by the Canadian Horse Show Association and Col. Dean Freeman, from ‘ Kelowna, is the judge.” The B.C. Day Men’ 3 Fastball Tournament begins at 8:30 a.m. Saturday and there will be action on the field until the final game at .m, only foot 7:05 (except during the supper hour). The soccer ‘tournament continues at Skeena at 10 a.m. and the Rugby Tournament commences at Caledonia Secondary at 10 a.m. There is ipdiscd music at the arena during the street dance Saturday beginning at 8 p.m. Ray Bergstrom will be the man behind the. The Terrace Hotel is geiting ta the spirit of this year’ Ss 30th anniversary celebrations. Starting this evening, staff will be decked out in attire which commemorates this years from the Gay ’90s to the Roaring ‘20s. Kootenai North, appearing in the lounge, will also be featuring music of this time and for noa-teetotalers, there will be other delights of the days available. Above, manager Lenora Geeraert (left). and members of the hotel staff model some of the costumes they'll be sporting. From left, beside: Mra. Geeraert, are: uo INVENTORIES HIGH VANCOUVER. (CP). _ British Columbia pulp mills” are taking longer-than-usual maintenance breaks ‘and curtailing production in:an effort to reduce | pulp inventories. | Most companies ‘took longer breaks than usual last Christmas and, since -. then, the industry has been operating at about 80 per cent of capacity, compared with 90 per cent in 1976. Highway. worker — . killed | VANDERHOOF, _ B.C, (CP) — Ah Alberta man was electrocuted Wednesday while operating wghwey aving machine on Highway ‘6, about 20 miles east of this ' Central Interior commu- “nit the m1 man has‘ not been identified, but an RCMP spokesman said the man was from Red Deer, Alta. .- A spokesman for British Columbia Hydro said the load box of the paver might have touched a 14 000-volt. power line. ‘We have to establish - exactly what the operator. was doing at the time pefore we ‘can ‘come. conclusion,” che said. -. RCMP ‘and. Hydro are in- vestigating the intident. this year, 11 mills in B. aC ve recorded about 130 days of unscheduled shutdown ‘time. Northwood: Pulp and: ‘Paper Ltd. in Prince George announced - roduction tailment in January and cot ers have | followed, including’. lulose Ltd., Prince George Pulp and Paper Ltd., Tahsis at Gold River and B,C.’ ’ Forest Products, George Fiater, BCFP. vicepresident of pulp and pak r,: said the company a week of unsch . shutdown. time this’ month, and has planned another week in September, - shaiaebillan Bloedel Ltd., rovince’s largest pulp ine ucer, hdsn’t decided when it will shut down to adjust inventories. | ‘We liave our .regularly — scheduled maintenance set for Labor Day and. around Thanksgiving,’ said Bruce Howe, senior viee president VICTORIA (CP) — The provincial fovernment is nat saying how much of é nies, it is paying J. roadbent, Columbia: Railway vice- president. ‘ Gary Lauk (NDP— . Vancouver Centre) asked Economic - ~ Minister Don Phillips if any Canadian . Cel- : uled Be itish ‘ “ MeCarthy , @ Development, . Lorna. Hopper’ is the knee others in costume will be ¢ competition, ‘music _machine’ that’ m unday the . fastball mes start at 8:30 a.m. and e: soccer tournament begins at 10 a.m Winter will be on hand for the combined church service at the arena ‘beginning at 11 a.m.. Sunday. Winter - known for his is well aensat as tite Fran Clemmons, Len Wall, Joyce Toth, and Tish: Larson, saloon girl, . Meanwhile, ble for the Lions sponsored . anizer Bill Saumure. says even. more people are needed to get out and garb themaejves in the clothes of 1927. Prizes are available for the most authentic costume. For details, contact Bill at 635-6772. (Photo oy Allan Krasnick.) - " ) layoffs Gam: of operations. _ : The surplus is blamed . on -a_ sluggish . world economy vand Swedish -. producers | who, | using government subsidies maintained ieee production 1 in 1976, . {Saturday's forecast: “Weather - | Thursday: Low 12 {rain fell in the last | | hours. , Priey's forecasti oe _ High33 7 Low 10 Unsettled ‘weather. Cloudy with showers. Sunday_ , High 22}. Seven. millimeterg . of | ‘the -television show. Following the church service he opening celebrations will commence at 12 noon with local officials on hand to begin the cycle ‘race to O)i's Place and back, the cross country race up Terrace Mountain and the trail hike. The outhouse races and boat regatta will take place ‘at 9 a.m, ‘ sponsored _at Oli’s Place at 1 p.m. Cleverly-constructed, floating outhouses are raced around a section of the lake. The winner receives an engraved toilet seat. The Rugby Tournament continues ve Caledonia School at 1 p.m. -Early risers on August 1 will enjoy with Lion’s pancake ” breakfast _at Woolworth’s Mall The fasth continues at 9 a.m. on Monday. CAMPAGNOLO ON PARADE Tona Campagnclo, Skeena MP, will the parade marshall during the. anniversary. parade by the Elks. According to Noel Martel there are’ now 18 floats in the_ Kegisialire Library facliament Bui Idings _Yictoria, 6. C. ae, he ne ‘. Scoapa As ene oh Now. ‘the. celebrations _ star 7 SPECIAL TODAY «Anniversary — ‘souvenir edition parade plus bicycles, antique cars and marching bands. The employees of the District of Terrace will represent the municipality following. the decision of council not to put in a float. Following the parade the bedathon race will take place. From 1 p.m. to midnight the spectaculor RiverbOat Days Pal be held in the arena for the adults and for the youngsters there will be circus on the arena grounds peg at 3 pm. The Shriners midway will be held on the Cloverlawn site on August 2 and the Best of Barkerville promises to be a a great show at 9 p.m August 3 the ‘Barkervills Puppets will entertain the youngsters in the REM Lee Theatre at 2 The Best — of arkerville will be held at 8 p.m. pie BS Giteanes pe seen a p.m. in the REM Lee Theatre on August 4. The Best of Barkerville returns for.its final performance in the arena at 8 p.m. The RCMP Musical Ride will take place in-the Lions Park in Thornhill August 5 and August 7 at7 p.m, each oMror stock car enthusiasts ‘there will be racing at the tracks near Old Remo Road at 2 p.m. August 7, Old Remo Road begins - where ends and signs in Thorn ill at‘-the old Skeena River Bridge give further directions, { he” erald | Serving Terrace, Kitimat, the Hazeltons, Stewart and the Nass ‘ "VOLUME TI NO, 62 , - Price: 20 cents FRIDAY, JULY 29, 977 NEAR KITIMAT By BILL MARLES Herald staff writer "itty mile-an-hour winds ‘and dry \ weather caused a forest fire 12 miles north of Kitimat to quickly burn through a one-and-a-half mile stretch of land directly north of Humphreys Creek. _ +. The fire started about 4:15 p.m, yesterday and | . . 2 ‘cent didn't alt, down ‘il abe about 8: alae 4 id a rest-rariger, Ron, Mould said.40.....:; or 50 fire fighters neéded thee of nature to bring, - the firé. under. control. As the evening wore on, the rains came. and the winds died down. At last report, the fire was - sufficiently under control for everyone tobe able to . go home. It is expected that the firefighters were out at the scene cleaning up this morning, SEVEN DRO WN Outing ends in tragedy LAKE COWICHAN, B.C. (CP) — Seven handicapped drowned Thursday when they were trapped under a pontoon bogt that overturned on Lake Cowichan at a Lions Fe - Easter Seal Camp near here. - RCMP Corporal Arnie* Krenz said the four men and three women'were between es of 30 and 57, but would not release identities. A camp. spokesman, however, said the dead were between the ages of 18 and wo BU the boat, rvisors on board . Sruce Ross-Smith, "INJUNCTION SERVED - Unionist reaffirms - solidarity of cause . j HALIPAS (CP) — A’ leader of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) said Thursda end to the seven-day:w Heat strike by- Ottawa postal workers “is not a give-up | by the membershi Jean-Claude president of the union, said e Ottawa local could obey Pension confidential: . “that the union is prepa arrot, vice- . an. interim back-to-work ‘injunction in the knowledge stage a full national trike if “necessary | to back its demands. “It is only temporary, no said Parrot, referring.to back- towork issued in Ottawa Wednesday by Mr by Mr. pustice 3 Hugh been Mail Fears and postal workers, in the 1,600- pension is: ‘being aid to. member, - pitara, oe ? ) r jo Broadbent other. than the ‘Thursda efr_ jobs $8,164.80 ‘‘ex “gratia payment” made by cabinet order in 1976. Phillips referred him to Provincial Secretary Grace responsible for. the’ public service,. who replied’ in effect that it is none. of the opposition’s business. the minister: Thursday after - voting ip obe the injunction, w ich | e Mr. sustice Gibson sald he granted -the - Injunction - to ‘protect the public interest ‘ until the dispute between the Ottawa local and the pest “office has been alred in court, A hearing is set for Aug. 22. injunction -The Ottawa worker's walked off their jobs to ‘protest the use ofncasual non-union labor in the post office. “- had life Jackets on an _%, and Anita Sperrer both of Victoria, and other counsellors who saw . the accident from ‘the shore tried to free the victims, but failed, 4. Two of the seven who died were sitting in wheelchairs strapped to the deck, while the others were sitting on top of lifejackets on the floor \of the boal : ee “Willett, Lions Club Vancouver, said the flat- decked cruise boat over- turned while making a turn when one of its pontoons caught under a swell, She said the boat, donated — _ tothe Lions camp a year ago _ by the Malahat Lions Club of Victoria, was erat aranteed not to'tip or ro Buti it did.” “What ha pened. rely was that all the cam ers 8 ‘boat has protective (wire) ‘netting around the outside to os “Keep wheelchair passengers ‘gafe ...a safety measure,’ Willett said, - “Jn this case what happened was that the lifejackets on the campers ord spokesman in. camps. “ere | ere were 48 mentally orest fire rac a les But water bombers eaijlier had to be brought i in _ from as far as Burns Lake and Smithers, Eurocan, Crown Zellerback and Skoglund Logging all had. their fire trucks out. About 6 p.m, .the fire only covered about 100. : But within a short. while the winds had acres, Spread the fire to. cover about 400 acres. : “Besides the wind, the firefighters had. problems fo. ~ with the steep. “ground. In some spots, ‘the ground mee SR, almost-teo.difficult-tovcrawhup.- 1» - Cause of the blaze is not yet certain; “but it did ‘startin an area that Crown Zellerback was logging. "Was it caused by a cigarette? Hot carbon from a machine? Mould was unsure of the exact cause. The fire did very little damage because it went . _ mainly through logging slash and not through the forest. peded them from leaving the ba boat as it tipped. The were , trapped in the net- e bodies were released from the: underside of the boat after it -was towed to shore by a tow truck. The Lake Cowichan camp is rented by the Lions Clu during the summer from the- Kiwanis Club. The Lions ‘also operate Easter Seal Camps at Squamish and Winfield. ~ Fred McBride, controller for the society, said all - at the boating pro ; been ams ave — retarded and physically handicapped adults and about, 10 PTounsellors at the at the time of the . aeel ent. John Whittaker, manager. . Near a Paris railway ofa Tesort-marina on the -lake, said when he arrived at the scene the bodies were being P placed on the beach. was the saddest thin I’ve ever seen,” he said. ‘I was. about half an hour before anyone saw what had happened. All you could see wasone pontoon floating upside down.” The driver of the tow truck which pulled the boat out of the water described the craft as about -20 feet long and 12 feet wide, with steel pontoons running its length on both sides and powered by a small out- d motor. The two pontoons supported a flat deck with a low fence around the edge, he said. - Heavy booty ‘PARIS (AP) — Armed. men seized a semi-trailer truck containing 17 million francs (about $3.54 million) in coins in a holdup today station, police said. One of the men got into the truck and drove away. Another man drove the guard and truck chauffeur a w miles away and Bet them free, IN STUDIES Herald staff writer The B.C. Ferries Corporation and the _ British Columbia Harbours Board are lanning to undertake environmental 4 im act assessments of in Kitimat Arm, Kitimat mayor George Thom said Thursday. The projects include assessments of the an for the port of Kitimat by Swan Wooster Engineers in 1977, and the development, ration of a coastal at the city, Thom master f ; ~ prepare April, cdnstruction, and o dock and ferry berth sa The mayor said that Kitimat has been asked to have one representative serve on a provincial environmental steering and - review panelfor the project. The internal services of the land management branch, environmental services unit, have been retained. This is an arm of the provincial final step two projects service, to ensure added. environment ministry. Thom said the projects “represent the of lon series of representations made by he District of Kitimat to the B.C. Har: B.C, Ferries to have Kitimat's harbor recognized and to implement a ferry urs Board and “No indication of impending | ferry service has been announced by t corpo: oration.” The environmental impact assessment will review all aspects of terminal and port master plan over a period of 14 months startin ferry the ferry in October that protection “of the environment is maintained,’ Thom