Prov. LLOPAPY « Periodicals Department, Victoria, 5B. C. OMINECA Wednesday, March 9, 1966 10c a Copy, $3.00 a Year — Press Run 2,950 oval for Centennial building projects 7 or in Policy Main Issue # As Liberals Meet ™ Policy was the main issue at the mu Terrace Liberal association meet- a ing held Monday, March 7. There was vigorous discussion on several topics including divorce, capital punishment, birth control, and lacal problems. Endorsed were two major resolutions passed at the Northern B.C. and Alaskan affili- ates of the Chamber of Commerce convention held in Smithers. Resolution number ten urged the Canadian National ‘Railway to revise its policy on passenger transportation’ between Jasper and s| Prince Rupert to include daily east bound and west bound pas- senger trains on a year round basis, Resolution number eleven urges the province of British Co- Tumbia through its department of highways to make public the dates s on which it intends to make chang- es in the location of Highway 16 so that all concerned may be able to properly plan for the future. H Art Bates was named chairman mi of the membership committee, Ivan Kamp becomes program dir- ma ector, Ken Wilmot is In charge of @ nominations and Paul Jeffs is the new public relations officer. ae he ee ee Soe. ee ee ee eee Porgy and Bess Singers Scheduled For Sunday we NE . Terrace music lovers are ctv in for an exciting evening of excellent music Sunday, March 13 when the Porgy and Bess Singers are featured artists in the Terrace Overture Concert Association series. The Porgy and Bess Singers, tomprised of Lucia Hawkins, so- prano, Levern Hutcherson, tenor and Avan Long, baritone, offer audiences an evening of superb musical entertainment by three of the nation’s leading stage person: alities, Tickets for non-members will be available at the door at $5 each for the Sunday evening concert, and subscribing members of the asso- ciation will be admitted under the usual arrangements. The concert will be held in Terrace Commun- ity Centre and curtain time ts 8:00 p.m. Subscriptions for next year’s con- cert series will be available for Purchase at $8 per person (three concerts), $20 per family and $4 per high school student. The Porgy and Bess Singers are a trio from the original Porgy and Bess cast and they have toured Europe and the United States per- peers ee mn TERRACE RATEPAYERS can ma look for a hospital building ref- m erendum in about six weeks. S_ Hospital Board hopes to be able = to call tenders in August for the f Mills Memorial expansion pro- gram. Ratepayers can also look for a land purchase referendum & which might be put to the vote em at the game time, and which ae might involve the J. & M. com a plex adjacent to’ Municipal Hall. ” PLANS ARE already underway ‘ for the Annual Elks May Day oa celebrations, Looke as if it could me be a big program so plan to oe stay in town. . cm ALEX GRANT arrived back in a Terrace with a bang this week. fe Now a representative for Invest- ea OTs Syndicate, Alex and his pro- m vincial supervisor, J. Rogers ® were shaken up in a head-on col- Melting Pot... lision near Skeena Crossing as they started the last leg of the long trip to Terrace from New Westminster, No major injuries reported but the cars are a bit - of a bust-up. WARNING TO ALL narents: Keep the youngsters out of the CNR switchyard. This week a young whipperenapper was caught jumping on and off the shunting railears. He was duly reprimanded and taken home to the woodshed, His only other Playmate was DEATH! AT EXACTLY 12:30 a.m. tomor- row — the tide will come in at Sidney, B.C. Sorry we don't have the tide report for Loen Lake! GOOD LUCK TO THE TSIMS- YAN MAIDS{ per capita grants, | forming excerpts from the popular musical, plus many great classics from the world’s vocal literature. Among Porgy and Bess excerpts included in Sunday nights program are “Summertime”, “I Got Plenty of Nothing”, “It Aint Necessarily So" and “O Lord I'm On My Way.” Continued on Pags 12 see “PORGY AND BESS” Little Goes To Bat For Higher Grant MLA Dudley Little has voiced strong opposition to new govern- ment policy in the provision of Municipal Aid grants, In an address ta the B.C. Legisla- ture Mr, Little said he could not agree with a section of Bill 22 which would increase the Munici- pal grant to $20. for communities populated from 3,500 to 8,000. He stated, “It is my contention that municipalities are under the most financial stress when they are between 8,000 and 12,500 peo- ple. This is the time when they are called upon to instal sewage disposal units, sewerage and waler lines and many other services which are required prior to. black: topping.” The address pointed out that such services ate preliminary to ultimate populations of 30,000, and urged that Bill 22 should allow the increased Municipal grants for communities ranging in population from 8,500 to 12,500. Mr. Little charged that munici- palities such as Terrece are los- ing thousands of dollars =nnually because per capita grants are still based on the 1961 census figures. | He ealled for allowances in areas of fast growth and quoted the lat- eat estimated population of Tor- Pace as 8,600 as against the 1961 figure of 5,640 which is the one used by the government to deduce COUNCIL DEALS WITH MANY... -Re-Zoning Applications Under Close Scrutiny Municipal Council devoted much of its Tuesday night ‘meeting to the study of re-zoning applications. One appli- :{cation was approved and four were referred back to com- mittee for further investigation. An application from S. N..G. Kirkaldy for re-zoning to commer- cial high density of property locat- ed at the northeast corner of Kalum and Park was approved upon recommendation of the ad- visory planning board. Up for further study is an ap plication from J. Warner calling for residential no. 3 zoning of pro- perty located at 2610 Kalum. The advisory planning board recom- mended denial of the application on the grounds it would constitute /,| spot re-zoning and would not prove | beneficial in the area specified. “| Commenting on the board's re- commendation, Councillor L. F. French said, “Under our present bylaw it would seem unfair to deny this application. In my per- sonal opinion, row housing will eventually lead to trouble but the way our bylaw reads right now, if we are allowing some to build multiple dwellings in this area, we must allow others. We cannot descriminate against any one per- son.” ; Council decided to give the War- ner application further study. A similar re-zoning application filed by J. O’Brien produced sur- prise ‘complications after the ad- visory planning ~ board ~“recom- ménded approval. A petition carry- ing signatures of 49 home owners in a now residential no. 1 zone, urged Councit to deny the appli- cation for changes which would permit the construction of an apartment building. Mr. Gerry Duffus presented the petition which deplored any change in the historical development pattern of the area in question. Commenting on the issue, Coun- elllor Smith said, “It is a natural thing for home owners to tend to discourage an apartment building when it is going up right beside their homes.” He moved the appli- eation he held in abeyance pend: ing further investigation. An application from Coatmark Holdings Ltd. calling for rezoning of the South 44 of block 22 on the Bench was turned over to the ap- proving officer for recommenda- tion. Coatmark has a three stage housing development underway on Block 21 and now requires re-zon- ing of the additional property in order to move into another phase of the plan. Coatmark representa- tives Ron Paulsen and John Ford reminded Council Tuesday of an original verbal agreement condon- ing eventual rezoning of the sec- ond property, but Council is not bound by law to uphold any verbal agreement until a thorough inves- tigation has been made of the sur- rounding circumstances. Harry Smith Wins Local Speech Contest Winner of the Toastmasters local speech contest conducted here last Wednesday was -Harry Smith. . He will compete in the Tonst- masters annual area speech con- test scheduled for Saturday, March 12 at Skoglund's Hot Springs. Prince Rupert contestant in the area contest ig Ed. Wagner, form- er Terrace policeman. The Kitimat entrant is Don Price. Winner of the area contest ‘will Zo to Trail, B.C. for the Toast- masterfs provincial speech con- teat later this spring. An application from E. Cooper for the rezoning of property on Lazelle Avenue immediately north of the Forestry building will also receive further study. The advi- sory planning board recommend- ed denial because it would con- stitute spot re-zoning and the plan. for, an automotive supply depot on the property would not be ae: ceptable because of the unsuitabi- Tity of such an outlet in this area, Pat On the Back For Works Dept. Municipal Works Superinten- dem J. Tindale and his crew- men received a sound pat on the back Tuesday night from a sat- isfied ratepayer, A letter of commendation was read at the regular meeting of Council, The letter submitted by Mrs, C, D, Harrison, volunteer- ed a hearty vote of thanks for “the excellent job of snow re: moval carried out this winter.’ it pointed ovf that roads hed been kept clear of snow through- out the season and that drive- .ways had also been left un- blocked, : Mrs. Harrison‘s letter conclud- ed, “Thank you for a job well done,” Municipal! Council and 13 peo- ple seated in the public gallery nodded ogreement upon hearing the letter. Board of Health Wants Chlorine The Terrace Union Board of Health has recommended chlorin- ation of Terrace's water supply and urged early introduction ‘of fluorides as well. The recommendation was heard by Municipal Council Tuesday as it met for regular session. Cost of installing a chlorination plant would be approximately $6,000. The board of health request was, submitted following consistently high contamination counts in the Terrace water supply last year. Chlorination was employed for a time last summer during prolong- ed hot weather which necessitated supplementing the regular’ water supply with water from the Skeena River, Council will give the matter study. ; Terrace Totem Saddle Club was highly commended by Municipal Council Tuesday when the group applicd for a renewal of lease for the property in Christles Park on which the club’s gymkhana grounds is located. In approving the re-newal application Council agreed Totem Saddle Club has carried out its original committ- ments and done “an excellent job — of developing the gymkhana tion of the parkland.” Anticipating a heavy road con- Struction program this year, Coun- cilior Dorothy Norton urged that Couffell consider , purchasing a Municipal gravel pit. At the mom- ent there is no such facility and sec all gravel is purchased by the ° Municipality, Said Councillor Norton, the luoks of things we're going to be spending an awful lot of money for gravel and ‘I think we'd be further ahead to buy our own pit.” “From