Happy workmen fabricate the rafters agains
the background of the snow covered church roof. .
Note weathervane on Church steeple.

The Old & The New

.-The oldest active parish church in Northern
B.C, is St. Paul's Anglican Church, Kitwanga.

.-This building was completed in 1893 the site of
the mission establised by the Rey. Alfred E.
Price shortly after Price’s ordination by Bishop
Ridley.

. The original vicarage and school was built
around that time have long since gone, and all
that remains today is the 30 x67 ft. structure that
is regarded as one of the finest early wooden

‘Three local carpenters hard at work on new hail at Kitwanga. Note Anglican churches in the province.

“historic churchfry in background. ..Spruce and cedar lumber for St.Paul’s came
z° _ by canoe from Meanskinisht, 15 miles down the
vo river (Today's Cedarvale.)

..Now the church is getting a two-story hall,
nearby as villagers are busy this Winter con-
structing a 40’ x 70’ two-storey structure,
alongside St.Paul’s,

..+The hall, which’ is considered a Church
Army hail, will become the ‘Village Centre.”

.-To date, end of January, 1978, funds iave.come
from-a Canada Works Grant for $40,000 for
wages; the Anglican Diocese of Caledonia has
contributed $5,000 and the-Gitksan people of
Kitwanfe have given $8,000 plus other donations.

.-Carpenters working on the project include:
Leonard Bright,
., Williams, Howard Fowler,
Horace Tait, Ivan Matthews, Sterling Bright,
‘Rudy Johnson, George Daniels, _ .

Three more carpenters shown against snow-covered village background,
preparing rafters and roof supports before raising. .

St.Pauls’ Kitwanga

SAINT JOHN, N.B.
(CP) ~~ Fifteen hump-
back whales— weighing
an average of 40 to 50 tons
and ranging in length up
to 45 feet—swam about in
temperate waters off
Hawaii -. and Paul
Forestell, 29, of Saint
John jumped into the
water with them.

“It was: wall-to-wall
whales,” he said. The
huge mammals would not
intentionally bother him
but there was always the
danger of “getting in the
wa n

y.
That thought entered
‘his mind as a whale
mother and calf started
coming towards him.
“If fae start flailin;

aroun they might ge’
set.
The trick, said

Forestell, is to let them
know where you are and

p calm. ;
So Forestell kept his

cool and learned - that
whales, large.as they are,
have amazing ma-
noeuvrability..: Zn

- And his swim passed

without incident and

proved to be a-rewarding
ience.”

. » Forestell, a member of °

a fiveman scientific team
studying the social

Alvin Weget, Stanley behavior of the hum-
Koy Harris. pback whales in their

winter breeding grounds
off Hawaii, made his
swim with a. mask
snorkel, fins and a wet

sult,
JOINED BY DOLPHINS
“It was pretty ex-
citing,” he said. ‘‘Tlooked
down.and saw a whale
cruise underneath me
with two dolphins. at its
head. Fifteen feet in front
of me, a mother and calf
were swimming.
“A huge escort whale

P an
leit. Free-standin
“Villiage Centre” Hall, right.”

THE 11.449, Monday, January 30, 1978, PAGE?

a co Northern BC. ’s Oldest Church Gets a Village Hall a8 |

wards his PhD studies at
University of Hawaii. He
hopes to graduate in
another 18 months.

SUMMER IN ALASKA
The humpback whales,
which summer in Alaska,
come to Hawaii during
the winter months an
research team members
keep tabs on their ‘ac-
‘ tivities from small air-
craft, ocean-going ships
and U.S, Coast Guard
vessels. .

A great deal of
research so far has been
to study the effects of
increased habitation of
an area on the whale
population.

‘The biggest question
is what effect human-
generated activity is

me

g belfrey, centre. Church Army

He’s No Jonah

having on them," he said.
“The whales tend. to
move to less-populated
areas.”’

Another subject: at-
tracting the research
group's attention is the
song of the humpback
whales—subtle changes
in ‘sounds over a wide
range of frequencies. The
group has made. ex-
tensive tape recordings of
these sounds, which may
be linked to the mating
rit). up i also {

e group is also in-
terested in how. the
mother whales provide
food for.their calves and
in the behavior of the
escort. whales—large
male members of the
group which protect the
mothers and ¢

Parser

The Partners of

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JANUARY 30, 1978

_ their new address will be

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een from below, two carpenters pause for a Tmoment to take in the
breathtaking mountain view. Kitwanga, home of the Gitksans, is on the
. banks-of the Skeena river and in the shadow of the famed seven Sisters

/ Mountains

“

Me

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wou ae

ppointed missionary-priest toSt.Paul's the Rev. Gary MCDowall

: Newiya
a re
‘gure they are “well’aiid'truly laid.”

Smiles as he.inspects he foundations of the new hall, making

‘Elder Kevin ‘McMullen (right)
Elder Todd Johnson (left)

Latter Day Saints
Get two new Elders

The Canada Vancouver Mission of The Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints"(the Mor-
mons) has called two new missionaries to labour

in the Terrace area. 4g
Elder Kevin MeMullens from Paradise

‘California and Elder Todd Johnson from

Providence, Utah will be serving the Terrace

- area as well as Hazelton and Smithers,

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Ider McMullens. comments, “And we are
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their family members closer to each other in a
world that generally seems to: tead down the
lines of communication between parents and
children. The program is called family home
evening and takes just thrity minutes to
present.” As stated by Elder Johnson ‘we're

ere. to awake the community, ‘to family
responsibility and love.” ~ :

Anyone interested in having a thirty minute
demonstration of the Family Home Evening in
their home can reach the Elders at 635-5864.or.

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got out of the way
He swam with them for
a while before returning
to the team’s inflatable
boat to tell the others

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