Bi, Only draft beer is pouring out 7 jal the Skeena while the bottle stuff can be oblained at the ‘Lakelse lounge, or. the liquor 625-2801 | Cortina On Display Now _- Mon, to, Fri. 9 AM. to9 P.M. ‘ Sat. 9 AM. to 6-P.M. BOB PARKER Foro | ~ _Mlerving Terrace, The Hub City of ce Mighty Seema Valley . Nectweters Siritish | Octsinable th Year No. 3 _ AS ' MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1971 "TERRACE, B.C., nee 16 West of Skeena Forest Prodmets PHONE E 635-654 irecent beer shorlage A this week. Fother parlour ‘regularly heavy. "store, t Heroin Si marijuana s| court cases In Terrace provincial court } action last week three separate BY drug cases were dealt with. was fined $350 with 45 days drug heroin. ; Hay. apprehended with : another man in Vancouver on June 22, was found with one-half } a cap of the drug and his case was later waived to Terrace. Another case » Lebel and -Lian--Aiderson ~ I~ 4 a. { i at ae rey a nee ae ae te = = be eo at rr pay pn em a aa NP TD dot ge .tesulted in fines this. week, Lebel received total fine of $175 with 15 days default and * Anderson a $75 fine with 10 days . default for their joint possession of marijuana, The iwo were - / apprehended in a local room by : Terrace RCMP. Tn the third case a Terrace juvenile appeared before Judge F. Smith Thursday and was. ‘found guilty of possessing a | cigarette and one quarter ounce >} bag of marijuana. The lad was - pul on three months probation after his apprehension occurred by RCMP in Penticton, B.C. Too much braking blamed Minor damage occurred when two vehicles mel incollision on the Kalum River Bridge Wednesday. In a vehicle owned hy G.E. Reum of Greig Avenue. in Terrace. Driver A. Oldenvurg was proceeding west on’ the bridge when he applied his brakes to prevent hitting an oncoming vehicle driven by-L. Handsticken of Agar _ in Terrace, «© ~ ee ” The braking metho caused the westbound car to.skid-and collide into the oncoming | eastbound. car. The driver of the eastbound car “was ‘later’ charged with failing to obey | traffic’ control device. . 7 Two truck. collision — A two vehicle “accident : involving | two _ Terrace’ men - occurred on. intersection, at Greig “Avenue” ° and resulted in “$2100 damage Wednesday. The two vehicles were ‘three. quarter ton model trucks owned separately by Brouwer Logging: . and E.R. Logging companies in. 7 traveling: West on Gret ‘driven by. Fredrick, Brouwer, the Terrace area, . Jalling ‘to: stop -at'a ‘designated sign. Rauschenberger’s vehlc while traveling South on Kalum met the: first vehicle which was Terrace, | : On August 2, W.R. Hay of the Hy: Terrace area pleaded guilty and the. -Kalum | ere is | the beer | : Out of three leading beer parlours in Terrace only one is le to serve beer ta customers. Beer sales in the Terrace Hole] folded with last week's #major fire disaster and due Ha a. the iva lour doors at the Lakelse . ¥Hotel will be closed until a new shipment of beer arrives early Manager of the Skeena Hotel | Fureporlts that beer stocks there - fare slill high and that due to: closures” (tendance at the Skeena pub i is Z default for possession of the - t Pictures fait tv catch the horror of Thursday morning's tragic scene an the corner of Kalum Street and Greig Avenue. ~F lames levelled the ™ three story Terrace Hotel te the building’s basement floor in one of heaviest fires te hit - Terrace within a decade. No injuries were — reported aud the 40 regislered guests in the hatet wore immediately evacuated when flames broke out al 3:05 acm. involving GUEST EDITORIAL a. Terrace residents Michael . For welfare” Hatton has been writing letters, ploning and talking to various two wonths former recipient Juanita individuals to win financial support for a concept which could employ retired, ‘poor, Wuemploved and housewives neviding part time: jobs. Her idea, to open an odd job, centre, has “met° wilh good response from those looking for | ‘alway to) suppliment their incomes and ‘others who need part time labor bat could not aherwise alferd it, — - While. the concept has. been endorsed ‘by various government departments, Mrs. Hattoa cannot begin until. the idea has heen pledged at teast Si oper month ia ‘meet opening overhead. She has- ; opened an accom at the Rayal Bank in Terrace for donations. . towards operating expenses, The account is: known as’ the Golden Rule-Aceaunt, .Mis.Ilitton has submitted the: FoHtowing guest editorial: -Do you have a. steady. job, a salaried.position or a thriving business or profession? - Have you ever thought what you would do if your employer quit operating or if the concern, that. pays your salary changed hands and you. were suddenly faced ‘ _ with unemployment?. How long or: profession thrive if no one: bought your goods or made use :. of your services? Many people . We BX erienced th se. have no pe « ~ Insurance Commission; Relations Board, Compen ation “Board, . ‘Rehabilitation & would your business: catastrophes, ‘ : ‘At first they go about and filt ” out applications here, there and. - everywhere: | retrain dnd channel their: skills. ; Possibly they in‘ new directions, , . H all else fails, they try to sell -what- goods . “they possess and lose what can be repossessed, Gradually: ‘they become’ poorer “ Eventually their- and poorer, | unemployment -insurdnce runs ‘out’ and possibly their: family ‘breaks up,” They’ are now desperate and ° Tw ‘ -often become belligerent. : ““The: next-step is‘.often’ law, ‘breaking. or ;mental’, collapse. ° ‘Some of the older people may. _ everyone Was striving to stay now ‘is ‘more’ repression, ne: ake. fort houg very: well *. unemployed are e calle la; hethe inefficient Ww SOMEONE ELSE: BEFORE THEY-DO YOU! Refer to your ' Bible for confirmation. YOU .may not need someone | to do odd jobs. You may be Mr. Fixit and able to do all repairs and never need help at anything in your home or business; IF you ‘are, you are mel anyone like that? They must be rare birds indeed. The Golden Rule (odd jobs for the Unemployed) “is not a -. duplication of any, service at present operating here! It will be the best way to find out if you would like'to employ - ‘someone on a permanent basis since they would” be casuals - paid each day ‘in cash and no deductions need be made at ‘source. for income tax or unemployment insurance: and’. -~ no,nolice must be given either way if the person or job is : unsatisfactory. Receipts would " - be signed for bookkeeping purposes. If possible references would be provided... There would ' ‘be no charge for ‘the "service. It will be set up as soon‘ as there isa guarantee of $100 to” ‘pay rent for-a small office and © § {he minimum of equipment. If ten ‘clubs’ will each contribute $10 a month it can start, Please help to keep. the’ morale and morals, of this community high. Support any -function o1 sale in aid of The Golden Rule; |: This project has been cleared ‘by: Manpower; ‘Unemployment bour of ocial” Improvement (Welfare) and Resources Chamber... Three clubs: have . already: endorsed Department - ‘men collided at" the. Emersoni- - Femember the depression when * alive. The depression we have - “had - hi h cles driven: -by. ‘local - Lakelse: inteysgetion last. week.” : and. set tolal-damage figures ~ into the $130 bracket, : Pa) “driver . Luigi North Kalum “Bay nt sharues in the tter have been laid. to be’ ‘congratulated.. Have you ever this project, ‘Most of ‘the unemployed have supported your projects at one time or another. 1 have personally supported all of them. Remember THERE BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD GO I e . Contributions, wilh ‘be accepted by private individuals or clubs at the Royal Bank. The | named . THE. account is: GOLDEN RULE. WRITE IT DOWN NOW..” : "Thank you: for. ~ your: -. consideration, - an Juanita Hatton: WEATHER Cold : air r coming down from the nerth and affecting Terrace residents within past days is expected to he lifted by a ridge of high pressure eariy this week. The weather man says today and tomorrow will see ‘cloudy skies with the chance of a fewshowers' while clearing and sunny periods should be i increasing by Wednesday, vk High temperatures for today and tomorrow’ should range: between 60-70 degrees with the {following daytime temperatures reaching a possible high of 70. Lows each days: willlikely remain around the 50 mark, Variable periods of sunshine and rain fell on Terrace throughout the week. Precipitation as measured at the Terrace- Kitimat Airport read .04 for Tuesday and .15 ori Wednesday. No rain fell on Thursday or Fridey with the week’s high being set oriday at 40 degrees. Friday also set the week’s low mark at 50 legrees, Other lows for the week were 53 on Tuesday, 55 for Wednesday and. 52 on Thursday. ; ' Again rubber boots are advised to be kept handy but also in this week's weather dress tips, the nearest pair of running shoes should ‘not be excluded, | a pontine vehicle - § ‘Does this belong to you?” Hote hotel T less BY RICK MUNRO. Forty registered guests wearing next to nothing , and holding only what they risked to grab when evacuating their rooms, piled out fire escapes or the nearest hotel exit when the alarm went off. All that is left today on the corner of Kalum and Greig Avenue in Terrace is a pile of smoldering ashes and a massive clean-up chore. The scene was almost sickening after early morning fire levelled the Terrace Hotel Thursday and put total damage figures up to the half million dollar mark, All guests were successfully accounted lafter flames ripped through the building, leaving 51 hotel suites plus the hotel's beer parlour, Red D'or cabaret, kitchen, coffee shop and other rooms in smoldering ruins, Firemen battled for over four hours to contain the blaze and put in over 36 hours of duty after the fire was reported by a CNR night worker at 3:05 a.m. Thursday. According to fire offi icials, the flames probably originated in the coffee shop. The source is as yet undetermined. Flames barely touched the hotels east wing but smoke and water damage gutted the wing’s 23 additional suites and left 40 people jobless. The adjoining bus depot was also affected by fire damage and temporary passenger and express stations were set up at the Lakelse Hotel and Legion Auditorium, Weekend reports . Say. that bus.officials have re- established their stations at‘ the original quarters but that little was actually saved from the fire, In an interview following the. fire Hotel owner Augie Geeraert -with saddened voice stated that insurance adjusters had not-yet arrived from Vancouver - but that the building | had been well insured. After flames had been extinguished a -handful of depressed looking faces mingled with hundreds of gathering spectators. Persons barely missing their deaths and others greatly feeling personal material loss from the fire were slowly recavering from their shock, Hotel Maintenance worker Don Wali had been sleeping in room 108 when he heard someone banging on his door. . Expecting a drunkard in ‘the hallway Mr. Wall climbed out of bed and made for the hallway. Instead of finding a drunk: he | noticed flames and smoke sweeping through the hallway. “The only way out was through the ‘fire escape and down the ladder,” hesaid. “I'm just lucky I even woke up.” Eyewitnesses at the scene reported flames were shooting up so high that the sensation of daylight was felt. The praprieior of a. nearby . pizza parlor was just jocking up ae for the night when sirens from arriving -police..-and fire department vehicles summoned him outdoors. ‘There she goes’ “By the way. that wall was swaying I thought it was going to fall right onto my place,” he said. As the fire raged on, the wall folded and collapsed in a giant cloud of smoke... One man just’ could not believe what happened. He had been playing in the -band_ . (Flintones)and had broken off | moments: before the blaze occurred, When he heard of the © tragedy the following mornin he returned to the hotel to find his guitar and thousand dollars . worth of musical instruments in four feet of water. “Even when we left the place there was not one single trace of smoke," he said. ‘It sure seems crazy.” No cause has yet been na med but Vancouver is currently working with Terrace Chief Andy Owens :. in pinning down the cause. The hotel, which was first built in 1913 and which has since been a major accomodation centre in Terrace, -went up in one of the heaviest fire tolls to - ‘seheduled until after adjusters report. but-:some’ - hit the area in 12 years, fire officials said. Owner . Augie Geeraert expressed deep thanks for the swift action aupplied’ by fire fighters and. the’ assistance given by night -. workers. evacuating hotel guests. af, After — taking _ over management in. 1955 he had spent $400,000 renovating and — “was currently remodelling: (he & beer parlour when the fire . occurred... “Twill not stop - here: ” Mr. Geeraert:. said, ‘*afler the insurance people give their. final words I : will -begin thinking about: rebuilding, the hotel." - ‘He said that the hotel's sampe and meeting -rooms ‘are in _ condition suitable for public. use Inspector Taylor of © but that the fire left nothing. else in a usable state, hte ‘No major cleanup is ‘the ” clean-up activity is: currently underway and ‘is expected to clear way ‘to the central: burnt out area. tad sally | "Three more’ “break-in “and entries struck the Terrace °: * community last week. Local RCMP report that three Separate: break-ins ‘still. under investigation resulted in goods © 7 weeny Na AE Lame Teil STM Tae Bog “and the-A’ and ae drive-in. ‘6 - Highway 16. |: Thieves reportedly tol oes. rear, ~aeindow ae spokesmen say that | can be ‘passed ‘off clothing - stores and t “s merchants h unti) “further hotice.. star August 8 at.10 “