TERRACE HERALD, TERRACE, B.C, be “5. : Wednesday; December 20;.1967 SED chienearaseanateate tna ene AE ARATE RE Me ta "TERRACE The publisher reserves Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association; * JOG CUNNINGHAM, Editor Published every Wednesuay at Terrace, Britich Columbia the right to edit or refuse items In the publication of the paper. Member of B.C. Weekly Newspaper Advertising Bureay; B.C. Division of the Circulation. sarsteatascasiaeetotet SSSR sis _ The Christmas message Christmas is many things and most of them are cliches. os Ina cold time of the year men again look back to Bethlehem, in wonder, in sentiment, and even in cynicism. For Christianity is o. source of con- tradiction, and we live-in a world that is confused. But while the popular catchword is still “God is dead’, many Christians are now making a thoughtful attempt to end the confusion of cant and dogma by again restating the enduring message of Christianity, Convinced Christians are a minority in our dollar-oriented society, But the message of Christianity has benefitted. men since it was first anounced in a Bethlehem stable some 2,000 years ago. - Its message goes far deeper into the - human spirit than saccharine carols, the: gaudy-colored message of greeting cards, and the hollow-sounding lip service of perfunctory greetings, Ss Its message is of lifa and death, of: man and God. Christmas in its essence is one of the great statements of Christianity, We re- pect it as such, ; . Te, “No hope for housing? — Thousands of Canadian families.caught in Canada’s “housing trap” can settle down for another long winter, In fact they will have to wait through the summer of 1968 and very likely a few more seasons as well, _ - The lids to Canada’s tax coffers have been tightly closed, and Prime Minister. Pearson and his Number One redwpencileman, Mitchel! Sharp have both taken a seat on top of the lids,. At least that’s the way it is following the arrival of provincial representatives last week with hats in hand and tears in eye, - The provinces made a strong plea for assistance in their efforts to alleviateagrowing lack of housing throughout the nation, Their pleas ranged in suggestion, everywhere from scrapping the winter works program to transe ferring large sums of money to the provineial treasuries for distribution to the housing needs of each province, Now make no mistake — Mr. Pearson was very sympathetic. He even said so, And what’s more he expressed his willingness to assist with the organization of a National Council to study the problems in urban housing, Well, bully for Mr. Pearson — but isn't the conference that a “‘sustained and adequate flow of federal financing is crucial tothe success of ‘our whole attack on housing broblems,'* No Provincial Premier should. be better informed on the subject than Robarts, His province has been struggling with the housing dilemma for at least ten years, Ontario has made some inroads, but even the fat cats of the East are finding the road a little rough, now that money is in short supply. | Premier Robichaud of New Brunswick had some strong words on-the subject too. He predicted that low income Atlantie Provinces would. be left completely. “out in the cold’! if some form of federal assistance isn't forth. coming — soon. As for British Columbia — it runs Ontario a close second housing shortages and high con- struction costs. B,C,’s representative was the Honorable Mr, Dan Campbell, Minister of Minicipat Affairs, He too asked for federal support, But the paradox is right here at home — where people are paying premium rents to live fn second class apple-box dwelling places, that a bit like closing the barndoor after the horse has fled? : Premier Robarts of Ontario insisted during And our own “‘Primeminister® W,A,C. -Bennett was simply too busy last week to go to Ottawa and prime the housing pump, |ANDY CAP HEY! CAPR! — YER P.. ae MISSUS TRREW THS WHACKIN' GREAT LUMP o COAL AT BE THATS FLORRIE FOR YER -WHEN Vig THERES A PRINCIPLE AT STAKESHE Jae DOESNT THINK O THE EXPENSE en “The Indian trip” (Repeat of article printed in the April 21, 1960 ‘isstie of the Terrace Omineca-Herald,) During the steam boat days on the Sheena River, ‘ever -since the Hudson’s Bay Company put the first river boat, the Cale- donia; on the river, around, 1890, the Company had ‘always made a trip up the river at the end of the fishing season from the can- neries. aa us The special trip was to. give the Indian people, working at the coast canneries-in the summer, a chance to make a fast passage home and to allow them to make preparations to get out to their trapping grounds and prepare for the fall cateh of furs, This trip was always spoken of as the Indian Trip., . 8 This trip was more or less a “sacrifice pitch’ by the Com- pany, as the people were given Letters to Editor, Herald - I wish to-make -a-cauple-of ‘gorrections tothe article which “Mrs, Cathy Fraser wrote “Nellie Adams remembers, My mothers name was Margaret, not Elsie, There were six lives lost’ in the wreck of the “Mount Roy-. al’, What actually happened was, when the boat struck an island in the head of the canyon the stern swung around and caught on the bank of the other side of the channel. All the passen« gers and crew got off-on the island, except for one man who climbed: over’ ‘the. stern wheel and got to the mainland some- where, on the Kitselas townsite side of the'river,: a, The crew ‘decided ‘they might save the boat by attaching cables to the stern to straighten it up, and went back. aboard, It was then the’boat turned over and the bow broke off. As it. turned some of the erew climed -to. the outside of the |° boat onto- the bottom -and came floating through the . canyon -on the hull, where it landed on the gravel bar in the bay, Six of the crew were drowned, Thank you Mrs. Fraser for writing such a nice article about me, - Nellie Adams Usk [| os Editor, Herald Ruth Hallock’s article in your. Noy. 22, 1967 issue on pover'ty in Terrace really brought tears ta my eyes, and no doubt to several of the readers who read the article, ' - Jt takes an. article like this many of. us go any further than just reading an-article. © - , Alechol could be the ‘Teason that. little Johnny had only one’ slice of bread for his lunch but 1 wonder how many people who drink (so-called socially) ever. stop to. think this could be their child, wet It couldn't possibly happen to me? Don’t fool yourself, It could, It happened to me, te 1 had - visions of an alcoholic being a person that slept in the ‘guiter, but how wrong I was, ‘Anybody who takes the first drink could became an alcoholic as it is no. respecter of persons. You ean come from across the tracks or from snob hill and drink the best liquor that money can buy — it is still liquor. I have heard it said that’ if you just drink beer or brandy ‘Stick to.the same brand and so | on and so forth-— al! kinds of excuses, 2... This was myself, .1 blamed all my troubles on just bad luck, Never did:1 .think liqior.was the cuase untill J had to-make a decision to change my Way. of life and finally contacted Alcoh- olics Anonymous, : That was twelve years ago when I admitted that I was powerless over alcohol and that my Life had become unmanageable, - I have had a wonderful life since coming to AA, 1 would never want to be a so-called soc- dal drinker again, . We have . several thousand members all over the world, and thousands joining us and thous-~ ands that should, We do not re- cruit members, The person must to wake up the public, but how want to quit on his own, There: the editor. are no fees or dues — just a ‘sincere and honest. desire to ‘stop drinking, an - et "You may picture’ Skid"Row as on Vancouver’s Cordova Street — but don’t kid youself,- You ean make you Skid Row right in your own kitchen, oo, . I have met several wommen AA members who were never ina bar, but became alcoholics right in their own home, drinking alone, Never thinking they had gone so far that they could. not turn back, many end up with break. downs or in mental institutions. Yes — this could happen to anyone who takes thatfirst drink, I would like to thank Ruth Hal- lock for writing this -sad, but true story.. It is toc bad there aren't more like -her to, bring the truth out to thé public, . Before you take that first drink — just think of what it. COULD do to you, Think, think, think! Best regards from,, , “An Ex-Drunk and now an AA Member." =. _ oe 8 -Editer, Herald | co Methinks we are approaching this whole question of languages from the wrong end, If we. accept war, disease, poverty, and ignorance as the worst problems facing the human race, obviously the first step toward a solution would be the establishment: of one internat- ional language only, This then becomes a matter for the United Nations. The Un- ited Nations being impartial and presumably reasonably intel- ligent — would likely recom mend something like Esperanto, Esperanto is a language that- would be acceptable to the great- est proportion of the human race, and can be learned in a week, The great tragedy of these questions is that we try to find solutions within the framework and limitations of our collect- jive. stupidity. The world pres. ently has well over 100 basic languages with - several thous- and variations of them, ~* - Apparently, we are moving away from rather than toward an intelligent solution to the lan: guage duestion,, . But don’t we always? . 7 ART. CURFMAN * 8 8, i Editor, Herald ° Having read your story about Johnny and not having, seen -any solution in print so far, 1 would like to make this suggestion, | It will need the co-operation of the teachers and the parents of children who have enough. Tf the teachers’would ask the Parents to send one extra sand- wich or apple or orange andkeep a special box to put them jn, she or he could then make sure that any Johnny or Mary had a lunch each day. Another suggestion is that par- ents who have plenty could, if they. knew about these hungry children, make an effort to see that these chlidren. got one ‘hot meal each day, Who among us. would turn a hungry child away? Let us open our hearts and our doors to these youngsters who are in ‘such need, This will not in any way cure the problems behind these hungry. little ones but a little loving kindness and knowing that paople-do care NOW when thelr need is great may help’ them seek a better way of life instead of becoming some of the future problem parents that Mrs, Greening tells us about, “. MES, PETRA FEENEY . : ’ Room 224 ‘. - Kitimat General Hospital Editor, * * © | ” Terrace Herald - . Your recent article about the C,B.C,, has‘ caused moe some concem. . The’ prevalent opin. jon seems to be that because the taxpayer, foots the bill: for | attempt to pleage every: taxpay. ar, : - Aside from the obvious im. possibility of. .this.” task, the C.B,C,'s purpose, ‘in the opinion of mary Canadians, is. to pro. vide programa : of. stimulating, thought-provoking: asture; ‘prog. rams.that would not appear on stations geared: to the common denominator of soclety becayse of the oc onomics. of compotition, . We, the tax-payera havea duty to finariee higher education out of our own pockets = this 1g only- economic sense. In ‘the same token we also have to support a medium of commimication not. forced -to .standardize by proa- sures “of competition, but which fa dedicated: -to:fostexing new ideag. on ‘something: more than.a provincial g¢ale Steam boat days on the Skeena - By Wiges O°Neiil ‘Iasi ner neces WIGGS O'NEILL: PIONEER - By CATHERINE M, FRASER; The late Wiggs O'Neill of Smithers, B,C, was one of the _ district’s colorful pioneers, life was fond of reminiscing, and in the closing years of his The Terrace Omineca Herald “snapped at the chance of recording his anecdotes, with the result that many stories of the “‘old days on the Skeena’’ have been recorded in our files for posterity, Wiggs O'Neill, who owned and garage in the Bulkley Valley town, recollections of the entire area, He was purser on the rivere boats when they were the only means of transportation ‘in this area and he loved people; so much so that his stories record many names that would otherwise have long been forgotten, He had a unique way of addressing his letiers to the Herald: Simply, “Cathie, Omineca Herald, Terrace, B,C,” ,andheknew they would be published. ; and operated a car-dealership had a wealth of happy - We are. forever grateful to this fine old gentleman who Shared his memories with us, ‘ a Jeo ROSE. 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There were always some around who used to say ‘*The Hudson’s Bay Compariy has no heart”, but some of us knew differently, They refused all revenue freight on the trip, as the steamer only handled first class passengers and their baggage on the upper deck, while the wholeofthe lower or freight were reserved for the Indian people and their families and their belongings, With ‘such alight load the. ship did not draw much water andcould steam over the numerous rapids with ease, The old Company. is‘to be commended for making this Ind- ian trip possible, — after all, were not these people their first and best customers for years, . -— #4 . The Company owning the river- boat Inlander, which was built in Victoria inthe winter of 1909 and came up the river in 1910,) had among her shareholders a number of Hazelton business men and the management felt inorder for their boat to- keep. up its prestige, to also put on an “Ind- jan Trip’', As 1 was the purser on the Inlander it became my privilege ‘to personally. exper- ience an “Gndian Trip”, The whole of the lower deck was cleared and-mapped out in squares of about ten feet. . Each square allotted to an Ind- jan family for, 1 think, abont $15,00, This entitled the fisher: man and his family to-bring his dogs, cats and salt water delic.|. acies he had bought at the coast such as oolichan grease, smoked halibut, dried seaweed and her- ring eggs. His ten feet of space was his own demain and the saf- ety of his goods and chattels |. were his own responsibility, a oon oe 8 ‘The big steam bdiler carry- ing 210 lbs, of steam was also up. front on this deck and the temperature was always very hot, So-with crying babies, howling! ' dogs, mewing cats and the Sal- vation Army .band from. Kitse- qiecla.on -board with their big drum, there was never a quiet hour on the ‘lower deck, Even at night, when things. should have quietened down, the dogs paid no- heed to the hour, in fact howled longer and louder and More mhournfulat nigh, | “AS heat, together with foul smells and nolses,. always rise, they penetrated to the upper deck | | the C.B.C., the C.B.C. should] My, . Long live the CBC, am G. HupsoN | Lessons with a .$20,000 violin . |. “GHALIFAX (CP). Violinist Oscar ‘Emanuel ‘used his rare 276.year-old Guarnerius: violin, valued at $20,000 about 30 years ego, to give lessons. ‘- A native: of ‘Portland, Me;,| - ‘Mr, Emanuel says he obtained the violin from a: violinist who ‘was no’ longey ‘able to play it.}" ‘The ‘violin —, there-are only "160 Mke it-in the‘World’— ranks! |, with the Stradivarius‘in quality. “t.was ‘made.in the: Halian town|- of. Cremona {n'1692 and stil] has | . the maker's name and tho date Written on ft, °°. oad wheat od ae ‘Emanuel, who for 18 yéars |’ |; '*- gave coricerts inthe United States where the officers had their quar- ters, There also were our Top Dog passengers who had paid $25.00 for’ their passage and $2,50 for theirberths, they bought their meals at good prices in the swank -dining room. It was the Upper Crust that really took a licking. Very often our fancy Passengers and gold braided of- ficers found "it hard to get up an appetite and could not do justice to Chief: Steward Doyné's preparations, © . *- 8. 8 : We always dreaded the an- nual Indian trip and were glad ‘when it-was over. One thing we always ‘looked forward to and hoped for was a good -compli- ment of commercial salesmen, We found them the champion kick- era on any trip, and knew that on the Indian Trip.they would]. he justified and have a good kick F coming. : e @- @:- In one way the Indian Trip was regarded highly from the Purser’s office, both my frelght clerk and I probably were the only ones aboard who had a ‘word of praise for it — out. side of odours and noise. '- Nothing on the lower deck had been checked on, sonothing need- ed to be checked off, .and all charges paid for in advance; so “THE PAL SHOP SWEATERS! SWEATERS! we SW EATERS! ts PATEL AUR, Bees