1964 COVAIR 4 speed Turbo charged engine - radio - Monza Spyder, Sale Price .. | Park Phone 635-2801 woo G YEAR —_ No. - everevery Sale Price $595.00 r Ltd. — Terrase, ; Serving Terrace, the Hub City of the Mighty-Sk iy *e “Peo ‘Pert Victoria, B. e bivear 3 ee a + ‘ s m 7 . a sa odisals Departiont, | C. eéria Valley. in Notthwestem British Columbia TERRACE ARTS AND CRAFTS DISPLAY at the ‘« Centre. Friday, Saturday and “local artist and sculptor Claudia Community Sunday will include work by | -Fire chief warns: | Council 7 voted for . water tax. Terrace Municipal Council has passed the by-law which ratses 1968 water-frontage taxes, Council voted March .27 fol- - lowing a recess fram the March | 25 meeting to study a petition : protesting the Increases, a Petlilon was read. by Victor . C, Jolliffe, Approximately 150 . local citizens signedit. ©. ~ | “Counclt considered the pet . ition carefully and conducted a | full review of the water. fund F requirements to detertmine if this | tax Increase was entirely jus- * tfied,’? Reeve J..Fred Weber aaid in a prepared. statement. The reeve rejected a..state. | ment in the petition which ‘stated ; that the District had 4 $30,000 p Surplus in the water depart- ai ment in 1967. wey a i “This is not’ true: in fact f there was 4$2,931 deficit in the Ry water fund in 1967,’? he said, “There was, however, an ag- f cumulated surplus: in the. water system operatlons jn the years prior to 1967, but this entire sur- Hblus must be used to ‘pay for the increased costs :of instal ling the pump station... 9-00". . “Even with this reduction in mexpenditures and. with the inn, creased revenue created. by rais- Bing the frontage tax we Btill ex. mepoct to realize a $4,853 deficit min the 1968 waterworks’ opera- Hon’? he said, The new by-law will ralse- ane nual waterfrontage tax from $20 to $25 for people recelving wat- er through municipal water Hines ta with proportionate increases for : frontages over LOO facts’! People on privaté. water Hnea I. pay .an additional $6 por um from the previous $4 for —-Grass-fire season dead on schedule Terrace grass-flre season started dead on schedule, Dube, See story page 3, . Three fires broke out on the Morning of April 1, No serious damage was re- ported, But the outbreak promp- ted. an urgent warning to the public. by. Terrace Fire Chief Andy.Owens, =” “Long grass becomes ex- blosively ‘dry at this time of year,’’ Owens said, — handled thirty grass fires in-the April-May peak danger period, Fire Chief Owens said he was directing his appeal for caution particularly to newcomers to Terrace unfamiliar with the pec- ularly hazardous local coridi- Hons, . oe : He cautioned that fire permits were required for any outdoor fire. The permits are avaliable tree of charge at the fire hall; Owens listed. five major -pro- cautions to be taken ty forestall grass-fore outbreaka. vt. Don't burn on a windy day. 2, Have wet sacks andagarden hose ready before you light the match. an . _ 3. Burn a time: re 4. Don’t leave any fire — whether ‘it’s. grass: or rubbish Unattended at-any thne or small patch at a for any reason, . estimated “20. per” cent of last year's ‘fires’ were caused by parks from screened Inclnera~ YH a { said, “In this way they will have Hospital Annual meeting told; ~. above bed capacity operating Mills Memorial Hospital operated at 105 per cent of actual bed capacity last year, Contractor a . killed in on. woods mishap Terrace . logging contractor, Florindo Bernardo was - killed in a logging mishap, March 26, The 42-year-old . contractor, president of Bernardo Contraco tors Limited, was killed on his own logging claim’12 miles north of Terrace: cn the Nass Road, - RCMP were called tothe scene at 2 p.m, by Hob Monteith, an employee of the contractingfirm, Bernardo was killed whiledriy- ing a Dé Caterpiller tractor, ‘He was pushing small trees and it appeared that -a small tree broke and went: through the cab, | The tree apparently hit him-on the head-and according to RCMP reports he instantly, . - ; An inquiry is -being conducted by Coroner Fred Adames, Bernardo Is survived by hig wife Guiseppina and two chil- dren, Anna Marie, aged 13 and Guissepa, aged 9, 7 - He.was anactive member of the Italfan Canadian Club in Terrace’. and “was instrumental in degign- ing ‘the. striking. float entered by.the organization in last July's Dominion Day: parade, °:"- 0: -/ perations,”” was killed: almost- back Bill 33. ‘The B.C, Young Socreds of the. Skeena area-have. come. out in favor of BML 93,.- The ing ‘in the: legislature, call for. ‘compulsory. binding “arbitration: in: disputes. between labor | and management, : oo eo “The ' Young: up a “Fa I written: Inquiries‘ about the pro posed bill will be answered, ‘Ta a presd release. they’ sald. ‘they regreted the attitude taken minimum 10D. feet frontage, end. “Everybody cleans up then'’, ‘Andy Owens explained, ‘hy Jabor BiN:39," : Hill, now past secondreadk. jing: Socrads have: get cts First"? centrawhero. in the provines towards: revealed |. “The figure was (March 27) by administrator Fred Clarke at the annual meeting of| the Terrace and District -Hos- - pital Association, A total of 3,144 patients were admitted to the hospital in the past year, Clarke said, The 105 per cent figure was reached by placing extra beds outside wards to meet needs, The hospital showed an oper~ ating deficit of $13,312.24 on the year’s budget, R,E, Mason, treasurer of the hospital board's finance commit- tee said the. deficit reflected “a high jevel of medical care offered to the community.’? He commented: , “Until the B,C. Hospital In- surance Service. take’ a more realistic approach to setting the per diem rate for Mills Memor- ial’ Hospital, the loss trend ex- perlenced' in 1967 will undoubt- edly continue in future year’s op. . Board chairman A.J. McColl predicted that the million-dollar extension to raise hospital bed capacity to 87. wollld be com- pleted by August or early Sep- tember, *. Soa ; ‘He wayned that while construc ton continued, “some phase of the operation may have to be shutdown”. ”' 1967 Chief of the medical staff Dr. Ian S.-Mudie reported & ‘decline in medical staff dur» ing the year. with the depart ure of: Doctors Roger Hicks and @ said completion of the new attract more ‘doctors to theares, {Three new!:-board. members| ‘Were -elected by acclamation ov the’ meeting, ‘They are Terrace] . ‘ComOp : assistant manager Sandy -Farkvam, Skeena Adjusters Pre- | aldent Murdo McDonald and Twin- river executive Dayld Lloyd, : Hospital Improvement District 17-also added thres board mem= bers ‘by acclamation ‘during the meoting.. Thay are Terrace Co- Op ‘manager \Gorbin‘King, Mrs, porralae “Johnson .. A pital addition would | ' - | the same instruction in the: sarhe hoo! ther students. -.. “industrial arts, es, library ‘and gymnasium. . The Minister. emphasized that education takes half the Depart ‘ment?s budget and is given top priority in Indian Affairs pro- grams, - In Terrace, Skeena Liberal candidate Art Bates appealed to local people to provide accom- medation for the students who will come to school here in the ~1 $7.4 million. +t Vancouver- Terrace | | rate goes to $45 | ae Canadian Pacific Afriines wants to boost domestic air ‘1c daves by ten per cent, ‘ , | Federal "The Rroposed hike would raige the errace-Vancouver - fare from $39 to $45, announced March 29 that the Transport Committee of the Can- adian Transportation Commia- approximately ten per cént. - be effective April 28... 000 || Gilmer also:announced a new CPA policy of: half-fare flights’ for young people and reductions for group travel. le _The announcement of the de- cision to seek an increase in air fares followed a sharp drop in CPA 1967 net income to $3.2 million from the previous year’s The.CPA president blamed the income drop on declining yields and increasing costs, . “extreme concern throughout the industry.'* . . The CPA bid to raise fares will also introduce special rates for youth and group travel. , _ A youth standby fare will per- age -range to: ravel at half the regular fare, but strictly on a standby basis, The half-fare pas- senger only gets aboard the plane if there are vacant seats, Group fare reductions will of- fer, a ten per cent ‘discount for groups of 30ermorea, =< :. CPA District Manager’ ‘for Vince Hodgins also revealed that a fares between ‘Terrace and and Vase on same, 45, ae : n the past Pritied itppant pie’ sengers paid $43 for’ the ‘filg uae . Terrace. trayallers:‘paid “Hodgins defended the proposed fare increases, _ he told'the Herald, ~~: ; He said domestic service re venue had to be increased to costs, “It's the first time in 18 years that. there has-been a fare in- CPA Prestdent J.C. Gilmer 2 company had applied to the Air |- alon to increase basic fares hy f approved, the new rates will Costs, he said, were causing | mit young people {n the 12-21 | Northwest B,C. and the Yukon | -. - pate *Byerything else has gone up,” meet rapidly growing operating | Head *em off at in these yer hills,- - And. the wlture departmental. as 8 . “So far there hesaid, 9. Dt Protection services are Free Press. | He -called for stiffer - had to settle for the RCMP, horge. to office for years,. vot olietio oan aa e Liber- al party to: replace Prime Min- ister Lester B. Pearson, °° - Bates saidhefelt Hellyer would finish the convention as Liberal leader because “he has the most solid bloc of support.” He said however that if Paul TERRACE LAWYER Ron Jepi= Son was elected president of the B.C, Northwest Region and Alas= ka Affiliates of the Chamber of Commerce at the recent con crease,” Hodgins said. “|, ~ seen for That's the figure predicted hy Terrace Art Society president Hans Magdanz. Magdanz said there were some 100 entries from local artists, plus an unknown number: from schoolchildren in the area who The disptay runs April 5,6 and 7 in the Terrace Commun ity Centre. It is open from 10 a.m. to 10 p,m, Friday and Sat- urday and 10 am. to 6 p.m, Sunday. ey Tt is the second annual dis- play of work by ‘artists in the Pacific Northwest. =<" -- Local response to the exhib. its at last year’s arts and crafts’ show surprised the Art Club which recently changed tts name ho} this year's second arts will also be exhibiting their work, | beg ‘Thousand exhibits Somé 9,000 ‘people saw last ear’s display, 4 “We were overwhelmed by the turnout,” Magdanz told the Her- ald, re He said that preparations for display an early. “We started when we ‘finished the last one,?? he said. ey 4: strong -representation trom native artists will be seen at this year’s showing. — ~ Rufus Moody will demonstrate argillite carving with his stud. -ents from Siidegate, 9. ‘2 Also displaying thelr work will ‘he native artists El Gosnell “of Aiyansh, Harace. Stevens of ‘Greenville: and::Sammy Robin Rustlin’ varmints | ne | using helicopters? the pass, vardner, them’s cattle rustlers. im : varmints have traded their hroncs in, fora.’ - helicopter to swoop down on Ilttle dogeys, °° « aces .. \- At least that’s the impression in the Winnipeg Free Press, pee _ The Free Press quotes Omineca’ MLA Cyril Shelford as its source for the rustling story, CBR Dy gn - ‘Speaking-in the legislature fn Victoria during the Agrio- estimates, debates, Shelford was quoted .that more than 35 head of one district In North-Central B.C, last year, hhas been no one given ina story appearing . eatile wore rudtled in caught in the distriet,"* : not keeping’ up with modern day, rustlers In British Columbia, the MLA sald, according to the - . Helicopters had been landing in grazing areas and cattle -" -hides had heen found with the meat wae : Modern rustlers can butcher the animal " indefinitely in deep freezes, Shelford saids ee . Benaliies for’ rustlers and asked for a traffic check station between Hazelton and Terrace, The lack of such a station meang : -hy truck 20 head of cattle without the knowledge of authorities, Herald reporters immediately began looking for the Marshal but’ ; removed, and keep the-meat anyone can transport - “What's that again?" an RCMP seokesman said when told - of the alleged depradaiions of the helicopter-riding hombres, _ He ‘showed no inclination fo Jeep ‘ride to Usk and shoot ‘{ . _” Instead he told the Herald when. policemen have to act in ] r that mo reports of cattle rustling had been received: in their upon his snowy- y out with the rustlers, . reporting crew in tones used. & polite manner to Meanwhile back atthe ranch 64,0000 | |: ; “ Skeena represented at convention : ‘Paul Hellyer next fl He explained that support for Mitchell Sharp would ‘cut.’ into Join Turner and Pierre Elifott oriented voters, an This would leave the field clear for Hellyer, Bates predicted,~ ART BATES ©. convention from Skeena . riding include Ed ‘Kenney ‘and Ian Mac. donald of Terrace, Justin Battle and Ivor Donaid of Kitimat, and vention held here, ; ‘ARUSH FIRE BRU: and ‘realtor 7 from Terrace Picture Loan, -FIRE SEASON started in. earnest April 1 when. ree fires were reported that morning: In ploture above > 3. Fire Department: quickly “squelohed: ». blake at + son of Kitimaat Village,-. and Alan Macdonell, “Reith ‘and ‘Rati . for extra enntion: Martin, Trudeau, Turner ~ and Hellyer,”" Bates said, Martin’s votes and. that he ex. . pected that candidates of both. _ Other Liberal delegates to the. Prince -Rupert’s Neil McDonald . Trudeau would divide the youth *