; Ranch Wagon

|. 4-Wheel Drive a
(Stock No. 659A)

$0795”
Bob Parker td,

Phone VI3-2801 Terrace, B.C, .

Phone Vi 36357

P.O, Bon 77

VOL. LIX, No. 25:

pwork, *.

M address’ is 700 Linden Avenue,
s Victoria. He is survived by his

‘ staff members found the drug-

® store dispensary oifice. .

-Truckdriver Hart —

Highway 25. °

‘ believed to have slipped off
the bullboard of his truck while
assisting with a loading opera-

Eight ‘Pages ,

Sioate scams

Local Droggist
Dies At Work

A relief pharmacist at Mun-
son Drugs was found dead by
fellow staff members Thursday}
morning when they arrived for

James William Wilson, 63,
has-been in Terrace for the
Past iwo months working as al
Telief man at Munson’ Drugs
on Lazelle Avenue. His -home

wife and an 18 year old son in
that city.

Wilson's body was discovered
at about 9:30 am. after other

store doors locked with keys
hanging from the inside. A
second. key was obtained and
the RCMP called to the scene.

The elderly druggist was
found on the floor of the drug-
It is
believed he succumbed to a
heart seizure shortly after ar-
riving at work.

Terrace Coroner Fred
Adames was in charge of ‘an
inquiry into the death.

In Woods Tumble

A Terrace logging truck
driver, Duane MacDonald, 33, is
in satisfactory condition in
Mills Memorial Hospital follow-
ing a loading accident Monday!
morning at Mink Creek about
six miles south of Terrace, off

MacDonald a driver for JB
Trucking Ltd. of Terrace is

tion, He fell first to the cab
roof and then the hood of the

vehicle, wrinching his back in

the process.

Terrace Municipal ambulance
“geene | and
brought the injured ‘trucker to

was called. to the

Terrace.
The

a

Terrace Man
Dies At Rupert

A 27 year old’ Terrace man
was found. dead beside his ‘car’

Wednesday at 4 pm. on High-
Edward.

Police said the man, Laszlo
died
the

Gunics of 2B10 Hall St,
from a bullet wound in
chest.

A..308 calibre rifle was found
in the car with a discharged

cartridge. .

Gunies was found--by Peter

Brown of North Pacific Can-
nery who was driving along
the highway when le spotted
the body.

Coroner Earl Gordon has
ordered an inquiry.

Police said the only known
relative of the dead man is a
brother in Middleton, Idaho.

a mishap, occurred... at.
fe about 9 a.m, as his truck was
mm ©6deing loaded with timber. ;

BEARD YE, BEARD YE, is the word from Reeve A. F,
-exercised his vote ta push a Beard Growing Proclamation through in Municipal:
Council. It’s now law, men—you must grow
you're able!) or run, the risk of. being fined or-—warse!

a beerd

7 "Wednesday,

“Goulet, who Tuesday night _

between now and July. Alf;

BE 11, 1967

‘Negotiations Cut 01
In Little Property Deadlock —

ss Parker lid. es

Phone. vi 3-280) - -

Terres, 8

WHEREAS”

. year;

the community of the

grow.

# ROCLAMATION

the year 1967 is the
Year of . this. our gracious Country;

AND WHEREAS the Council of the Corporation.
of the District of Terrace after
deliberation as seemed fit. and appropriate,
deems it desirable that all male citizens: of the |
District of ‘Terrace should: commemorate .

NOW THEREFORE be it t kncwn that the Council
of the Corporation of-the District of Terrace
hereby proclaims that every male member :of

from the 15th day of January, 1967 to. the
second day of July, 1967, if he is'so able. to do,
' suffer, permit and allow the hair on his face to

AND FURTHER the Council of the Corporation
. of the District of Terrace decrees’ that failure
1) by “any. male Person to comply with this’
_ Proclamation is an offence against the District —
|. of Terrace: and:that such failure or . omission
sha!l render the offender subject to penalty too

of the Hazeltons this year
They were looking for a B.C.

would provide Hazelton . Saw-
mills with sufficient electricity
to assure steady - ‘operation on
a year round basis,

Hazelton Sawmills Limited is
the largest singie employer in
the area, with a total monthly
payroll of some, $200,000. Right
now ‘its saws are silent - and
about 225 men are idle because
ofa major breakdown and fire
in’ the mill's private - Bower
generating unit, ;
The shutdown» is. expected: to
last at least two. months unless
B.C. Hydro can bring in port-
able emergency power enerat- |

one of the bleakest winters on record as a result,
way 4, three miles east of Port|’

Hydro power installation that:

-Hazeltons. Hard Pressed
In Main Mill Shutdown. .

Santa Claus didn't come through ‘for 5000 residents

and ‘they may be™ faced with

ember when ‘the mill was’ tem:
Dorarily shut down after a
damaged crankshaft in the

ing units and provide the
electricity required,

indicated whether it intends to
provide power for. Hazelton
Sawmills or not,

Lands and Forests Minister
R, G. Williston is not sure
whether his department can
help alleviate the unhappy
situation in the Hazeltongs
either, Owner of ‘the Hazelton
Sawmills, Jack Sigalet,. met
With the Minister in Victoria
last week and the results of
that meeting were not very
encouraging, .

The trouble started. in Nov-

Kids With Matches —
Cause Most Blazes —

largest children with matches and 42

‘Children playing with.

single cause of fire in Terrace during

‘learned here this week.
Twenty of the 95 fire calls

answered by Terrace Fire De-

partment during 1986 were

. attributed to youngsters with

matches. This was a decrease
» over the previous year when! -
children were blamed. for. 40

‘ fires In the community,. >.

' The. total of 95 fire calls dur-

; ing’ last: year was a slight drop

_. ares yet?. Pleage do it today.

- “malnutes to say?“ am a con-

': | stant TV. viewer and‘ would!
- “Tike to have “Tye” Aeleviaton’ A,
: . | elect it named ‘Jayce: Ovelion,.
PIE: CHIEF Andy * Owen rT

; ftom. the 112 calls ‘answered dn

| Were hoping # will and that:

1965."
Heaviest increase noted ‘in

‘| Chief -Owen «said: 14: were due

matches’ was the

1966, it was

were due to miseallariéous

Owen, was the building and
content loss, estimated at
$129,371 during 1966 as against
$43,000 during the previous
year.

No. lives were lost in ies
fires. while 1965 had: a _ death
toll ofthree. .

In giving a: ‘breakdown of the
causes of fires during the year

to careless -amokers, 18 were
from. Hooded oil, burners, six

"the annual Fire Chief's report
b

Chief Andy

‘letter to ‘Skeana Broadcast
‘Tt only: takes ehout seven

echt
, 1S drowing: one , |
‘to: ‘the. itago'
shown inthe: photo ; above...

were’ ‘ch bimney fires, 20 were

UREA

causes.

He attributed most | ‘aE ‘the
decreases to a generally. wet
year, Losses were up ‘nhostly

checause of the nature: of at]

| least ‘two of the year’s blazes.
The largest during 1966 ‘was. a
blaze: that caused’ some’ $75,000
in damage to Webber's Sawmill.
‘|.Another heavy loss’ fire . 00s
curred ‘at The Motel ° “during
November.

During 1066 the Terrace Fire
Department carried gut 741: In-
spections ‘and answered © ‘160

So far B.C. Hydro has not

Jooking forward. to the remain-

‘Wale, Chief :Catincillor,.:Hazel-
ton Native ‘Brotherhood; Wm.

company’s -generating unit cut
off the power supply.

Operations resumed on De-
cember 5 but lasted only for a
month, On December 31, during
temporary interuption. of: B.C.
Hydro power, which. ‘supplies
electricity for the company’s
auxiliary cooling pumps, the!
main mill powerhouse engine
‘overheated: . and caught fire,
‘causing heavy damage to the
unit and forcing comolete shut:
down of the mill and its woods
operation. .

Without the revenue produe-
ed by Hazelton: Sawmills the
villages . of Hazelton, South
Hazeton and New Hrzelton are
already: beginning to fee] the
pinch.

Long range predictions “by
local retailers. are anything but
encouraging. They are’ not

ing’‘months of the winter sea-
son. Normally. the months of
| January - and February would
be top activity months in the
logging industry. there.

This week a letter outlining
the ‘seriousness: of the current
Situation: and asking..for im-
mediate assistance went out to
the Honorable. RG. Williston.

It was endorsed’ by some of
Hazelton’s - leading citizens.
Among them were E,-L. Freer,
president Local -171-IWA;: H. IL.

Blackwater, Chief. ‘Councillor,
Kisplox “Band ‘Council; Joe
Daniels, District vice-president
of the - Native Bratherhood of
B.C., “Re: -W. . Sargent," president

‘Hazelton’: Chamber of Com-

“bad timet .

OVERHEARD on “the beard
law: “If you think Pm going |
‘fo. the. altar in: ‘July, with’ a
‘bearded: man.you're erary —

“WIE pay -the fine. myself," ” a -
- JANUARY a 1 is tie "NEW

This froma :nice little, bride-

aye. : the: een , fines

“tiene aye Tetrace. ‘arta’ yet,
~ Mevertheless ‘keep = an’ ‘eye :
‘out. hecause: they. ae. ‘exe!

his wife. won't: aie: um .

" Aremely, Sangerowe, mee :

MELTS 6 POT.

- WAVE YOU written your | .
: Hie gallery ‘at....last:night's

- Not’ only
also get'-the “proceeds”:
~ Alte Cadet work. Time 200

ambulance_calls.

(eee
Tee
OVER 3 20 people in the pub-::

“Counell meeting. “This is ‘ter:
“rife, am the: interest in

DATE for. he | Centennial :

Terrace: Community Contre, -
Tarrace. Alr Cadets will flap '

he: jacks. and’: ‘serve ‘amy too, |

‘but! ‘thoy’ val

i to iu: 200 ath

| Bazatan’ is
2 [foug, me

merce, and- ‘Reverend - Terence
te,

Mhiely: 2 Allumi'’ offered
“no comment” wheti: questioned
on the: ‘matters: ‘Tuesday. ‘He
‘} suggested that "B.C." Aydro's
_| Northern’ egional. M

might be’ able to ‘offer: some
Information.

‘A. group: headed. by: ‘Freer. Of

the: IWA was. in “Terrace. ‘en.
’ Tuesday’ for talks with: ‘Dudley
Little, “MLA. . for. Skeena, :. and
with Frank’ ‘Calder, MLA” _ for

-Freer. wa th’ altuation in
ve ae

‘| terrible to. mention here or in the alternative to -
an appropriate monetary fine,

ALL citizens are further advised that proceeds a.
, of such fines will during-the Centennial Year -
go to the Centennial Library Museum Chamber
of Commerce. building: fund. forthe construction °
“OF ‘the "Centeaniah LI

. “Commerce Building,

- DATED at Terrace, British Columbia this
10th doy of Janucry A.D., 1967 and signed
by His Worship A. F, Goulet,
Corporation of the District of Terrace, |

+| atv-dnerease. of $19,007 ‘over De

Centennial
such solemn

this,

District of Terrace shall

Reeve,

Municipal Council has

owns property known as Li

electotate for a vate,

’ Little . wants $50.00 a month
for'20 years for the 1.862 acres,
‘The: block of ‘land includes
1.93 acres which the Munici-
pality had hoped to obtain for
the. water system Installation.
At a meeting of © Municipal
Council on. Tuesday. evening
Councillor Norton urged that
expropriations procedures get
underway at once 90 that no
further delays will take place.
Councillor Lane asked
whether. Little would consider
selling “outright” and was told
by Reeve Goulet that the ans-
wer is “no,”

has been under consideration
for .a.-long enough period,

up when I first heard it, in
enough and it should have
been done this time last year.”

expropriation... we ~¢hat-- the
‘time for installation -of the
gallery is past for .this . year.
The work has to be done while
the Skeena- River is at its low-
est ebb.
Some. of’: the’ ’ prelittiinary
work has already been carried
out on the Little property arid
Counelllor Harry Smith said
Tuesday, “Well we can't do any
more work down there unless
we have legal access’ to. the
property.”

. Councillor Jolliffe urged that
negotiations be dropped and’
aliernate locations considered
before expropriation proced-
ures .are undertaken, He alsa
pointed out that if the hew
system .cannot get underway
this year some work must be
carried out at the Spring Creek
intake in order to. prevent a

A total of 230 parmits valued
at $2,991,104 were issued last
year as against-245 at $3,376,-
028 in 1965, a decrease of
$384,924.

The figures were revealed in
the Municipal building inspect:
ot’s report-issued here recently,
‘Inspector E. H. Thomas noted
a slight decrease in the number
of plumbing permits - issued
with. 134 ‘going, ‘out in. 1986 and
188° In 1865; ~ ;
‘Occupancy permits were ip |
slightly however, with - 175 -is-

year, before, © ~ “ .

‘Building for the ‘month ». “of
December surged slightly over
the same period in 1965 with
5 permits: valued. at ‘$123,080,

come, 1965.
‘the’ December. ‘build

ing’ 8
BO. covering a powertiouse

Building Slump _
During Last Year

numberof building permits issued uri the year
showed a decrease over those issued‘in 1965.

sued last year and only 17 the :

|beauty of . the.

mits Was. one -valied at]

instalation at the. vocational
school site.

Also listed. with December
permits’ was. one valued. at
$25,000 issued to the Terrace
Co-op Association and covering
the construction of .a bulk
storage plant near. the CNR
trackage, ,

re, pee:

“Into The Hills”
And: 23. Skidoo

“The solitude of Terrace's-
hilltops and mountainsides has
been invaded these ‘past few
weekends .-by. Skldoos, “Huskie
snow cruisers and various types
of. snowmobiles, ‘as ‘parties Of
sport enthusiasts enjoy: . the’
_atea’s, ‘winter,
wonderland,

Trips have been’ made “to
Nelson River, Some .16 . miles
north on West Kalum ‘Road, up

mmeneing January Ae.
Ealterial “deadline 7

 |Copper Mountain and”
: | River’ logging claims. -
~ | thuslastic ‘aver: ‘the ““wonderous

“*}beauty”. of. “the., snow-covered
“ sounteralde, and; i Mat ‘Yakon

along
various ‘branch’ Toads on Twin

. ‘Ray Skoglund, a spokesman
for one of, the, geoups, is en-

serious water shartage - this
summer, . .

He said, "I for one’ “would
like to read these engineers
reports before we set into'}-
expropriation."

On a. motion from Councillor
Jolliffe’ it was decided that
hegotiations with the Little
-|family be. dropped. for. the
present, ‘that all reports be
read, and that further consult-
ation with Willis & Cunliffe
Engineers should be held, |

. "E- don't favor expropriation
at this time,” he said.
‘Councillor Norton summed it
up with, “AH that I hope Is that
the people of Terrace will have

Another Year of Shaky Say
For. Terrace Water Consumers

infiltration gallery, pumphouse and access -
proposed: for construction as part. of a new
‘Iisystem next yeor.:

. Little. stands fast in his wish
to lease the land to the Muni-
cipality om a 20 year ~ basis,
‘and the provisions of the
Municipal Act do not allow for
a_-lease of this duration. The
Act only allows for a five year
lease without going to the

Asked whether the matter

Councillor Norton replied,| 1
“Oh yes — this was brought! j

1965. It’s hung ‘around long] #

Councillor Jolliffe expressed]

AV hig! xeluttance: ta. proceed: withh:

brary” Museum: “Chamber of GUEST.

ere

reached a ‘ deadlock with

Dudley G. Little,. spokesman for the Little family that

ttle’s Island, on which an
road . ‘were
water supply

To this Councillor Jolliffe re- .
pied; “The fact is that we can’t |
do anything and J think we.
shon}d first look elsewhere and
certainly do some ‘work on that
intake up-there.” -

There ts $20,000 allocated: for
improvements to the . present
water intake.

The matter will be. pemuied
at a Committee of the Whole
meeting scheduled for tonight.

Cc of C Speaker |

THOMAS ELLIOTT oa
-SPEARER.

staHation meeting’ of. Terrace.
and District Chamber’ ‘of
Commerce in’ Veritas audi-
torium: January 27, will be.
Thomas Eliott, manager of :
B.C. and: Yukon - ‘Chamber
of *Mines.. He has beeh a. -
sociated with, this. chamber:
for over 30 years and for’
the past ten: years as man--- :
ager. He is a recognized -
authority ‘on’ mining explor-
ation and financing of mine.
intervening years Mr. El
Hott -has. had a close aiid.
friendly association with -
a large number of ‘prospect-"
ors and miiiing exploration |

- people active in Canada's:

Pacific, Northwest. Mr. El -
liott has been -particularly
active in the . training . ‘Of
prospectors, helping. to. r- -

series of classes openated by :
‘the: ‘Chamber | of Mines. ;

TRAIN: ‘THRU Twice:

BUT. WON'T STOP oa
Last minute efforts ‘are. being

-Made'- by . Terrace - Centennial 7
Commission: and . by MP. for

‘Skeena Frank. ‘Howard, to. have
the Centennial Confederation 7
Train stop over in ‘Terrace next
month, oa
The train és scheduled to pice
through. here: twice but’ Tecrce
has not “been : included in |
viewing. schedule, .. HEY -
It... will. visit . Prince Rupert ‘

e| February ig and 17 and Prince. -

water.”

Sheasby, -

.|Géorge February 16 until 22...

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newly installed :. president Of thas:
Canadian Legion Branch.No,.13
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