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Wednesday, March 9, 1966

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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.

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Porgy and Bess Singers
Scheduled For Sunday

we NE .
Terrace music lovers are

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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-

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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

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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