12 Terrace Review — - Wednesday, August 9, 1989 |

- Hundreds. S recall life a

Reunion draws huge crowd

"Last: weekend © was: the :

" Skeenaview Reunion, and |
some reunion it was.

by Alie Toop

“Tt started Friday night with.
the reunion.dinner at the Thorn-.~

hill Community Centre. Ap-
proximately 175 people gathered
for an evening of nostalgia,
remembering the funny, the
laughable, the good and the not-
so-good times at the Home for
the. Aged, later
Skeenaview, and now Terrace-
view.

called.

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Time: has ‘a-way of. erasing
“negative things, and in the end
- there: are only: smiles. when re-
membering the past.: MC Brian
‘Kennely introduced Fred

Stewart, who was one of the.
original. ones to come up here in

1950 with his family when the
Home for the Aged opened.
Stewart was the Director of
Nursing. As he said .in_ his
speech, it took a particular kind
of courage to work at Skeena-

view. He then asked the persons

who were on staff. at Skeenaview
in 1950. to stand.

Adams". of Tsawwassen, :
Harrison from, Port Coquitlam,”
-and Andrew Mile of Terrace got
up and were acknowledged with

- lived at Skeenaview (at the time

Ted _ Selina from. ‘New.

Westminster, Ernie Anweilet of.

Tertace, Jack Glennie of Surrey, ;

Jim  Piffer from, ‘Terrace, Susie
‘Doe .

an enormous round of applause.
_Next,. Fred asked the persons .
who not only worked, but: also.

there were 12 families, with 17 .
school-aged children and ‘17.
preschool children) to stand up, |

-and a small number people did;

next, everybody who had ever
worked at. Skeenaview. in. any
capacity were asked to stand up

_ only t a : handful were. deft sit

ting. And last but not least, Fred”

‘asked his’ family, the Stewart

Clan, to; stand, because’: they.
were all. here for a: family: re-.:

union,

~ After welcoming everybody, a
delicious roast beef dinner was
served. The event was ‘catered by
the Legion Ladies’. Auxiliary

Branch 13. After dinner, ‘several
people got up on stage and re.

called some happenings of by-

gone days. This was also. ‘the.

time thai . lots. of. prizes’ “were

given away. : - Soon. cafter,. The.”
‘“Mothballs® ‘started ‘playing, the

lights were dimmed and all
danced and talked, and talked

and danced the + night away fe i
‘There was'no. set agenda: for we
Saturday, so. that all the visitors =
could: enjoy: the Riverboat Day.
activities: On Sunday a picnic ©
-was held ‘on. the. grounds of

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Terraceview Lodge.
-It was a bright and sunny day

‘and many people made it up the
hill. The picnic was a perfect —

ending ofthis reunion weekend,
and it will not soon be forgotten.

tions from the people who

. attended ‘thes “Skeenaview.
; Employees’ : Reunion, . ‘see.
week's. ‘Terrace

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