EP Tiare AH Page 2° TERRACE: HERALD, TERRACE, BC. “ot er . we Mednasday, ‘November’ 8 1967 - rates oe ares RR pele heeggaenenne aa epieceate Ma ceeaetans tantatt ore soinetets pone eretene we eee fa fatatatatatatalstat POS saat ata te aa tate ett at enna Cun er atet eh eatat eal ta etats aan roe “TERRACE “Omineca" HERALD | A Division of NORTHWEST PUBLICATIONS LIMITED , CATHERINE M. FRASER, Publisher Published every Wednesuay at Terrace, British Columbia .- we 4 The publisher reserves the right to edit or refuse items In the publication of the paper. * y Member of B.C. Weekly Newspaper Advertising Buresu; B.C. Division af the e a JOR CUNNINGHAM, Editor Conadion Weekly Newspapers Arsociation; and Audit Bureau of Circulation, “ AZ "YOUNGSTERS SCREAMING ‘FUZZ’ ASPOLICE CARSTOPS DURING TERRACE'S HALLOWEEN | FRACAS Halloween “fermath BY JOE CUNNINGHAM I prefer my Halloweens earlier in the week. Too close to dead- line and the perspective tends to be distorted, particularly if the slime of six eggs is gently o02-; ing between your hair and your collar when you attempt to write the story, A couple of letters inthe adjoin- ing column take issue with the manner of my reporting the Tues- day night capers cf our local youths and maidens to celebrate the eve of all Hallows, And for the sake of good old meeting of minds, Ill admit 1 goofed on a couple of things, Aud 1 wished that I had: said a few other things with even great- er vehemence, _ Last week’s masterpiece was done in the tradition of stop-the- presses journalism. I didn’t stop ie presses but didhavetophone through to Prince Rupert at 10:30 to pull page one apart and dictate a story, virtually verbatim, e _ e The people who suffered from that necessary haste were the local police. They got a bum rap, I left Lakelse Ave. while a mob was still screaming, block- ing traffic, while the police stood apparently immobile, Within 25 minutes the streets were cleared. For that, a hat tip to Staff Sergeant John Maidens and his merry men, ART’S CHEVRON SERVICE CONFECTIONERY & GROCERY Thornhill NEW HOURS 6 AM. te 10 PM. Seven Days a Week. The police plan was to let the crowd have its jollies until the time came for the teeny boppers to go off to their beds, Then, the rumor has it, various constab- ulary mingled withthe mob whisp- ering gentle nothings and suggest. ing that if the streets did not empty, a little tear gas. could be used, They may have only been bluf- fing, but they cleared the streets. i Actual damage was minimal, One store window was smashed, A couple of minor injuries were reported, And younger people armed with soap managed to dedorate:‘most store fronts with that naughty word which the Mine |! ister of Education is trying to expunge from text books. e.6)hCO s One letter writer hastens to |- point out that it wasn't like the Watts riots in Los Angeles, I didn’t say it was, I did say that it was a fracas, And 1 will say that the Tuesday Halloween brawl was something this town has to exchange for something better. For the record, I agree that Most of the people thronging the street were good kids, They weren't mixed up, deprived or depraved, They were down there to be. where the action was. But what ‘the kids didn’t seem to realize was that they turned into a screaming mob sometime | during that evening, For one thing; they were ac- quiescing to the inane judgements of ‘the local: goons, reinforced by drunks, : Idiocy on Halloween night may bea standard practise in Terrace each, year,. But. 1 can't sée a mob screeching out “Fuzz’’ when a police car halts on the street, You begin to get an impression ai unreason rampant, of explicit hatred for authorsty. Ld The main fun ofthe avening was the placing of. steel bars, mill, cans, and even the ill-fated 1ce arena financial thermometer. acrass Lakelse Ave, toblock the traffic. One rather vivid picture Ihave is of a woman who may have felt that she had damaged'her Volks-. wagen’s transmission stopping her ear and opening the door to be pelted with eggs and fire crackers by the sick-brained goons, And another recollection is of a half-ton truck deciding that it was going to beat the barriers by maximum acceleration. It swerved from side to side of the street, perilously .close to Hnnocent idids, All it neddéd was} o" *for one youngster to have-been eer ‘shoved in the meb andyeu'eotld have had a funeral by Friday. r e . The point is not that little damage was done and that no one was seriously hurt, . The real issue is that: only fool’s lnck forestalled tragedy. I don't buy that twaddle of the current crop of teenagers being a mixed-up generation, Generally they’re a healthy-minded bunch of kids who frequently have more decency and better judgment than to repeat the antics of their par- ents. But for some reason, Hal- loween has to be their big night of the year to go ape, Very definitely, this town’s kids are short-changed when it comes to recreation. The money isn't there, the facilities. aren't there, andthe adultinterest in providing something for .the teens justisn't obvious yet. -- You can’ come up with a pat solution to the problem. Per- haps something could be arranged at the Community Centre, or a fireworks display could be held at.one of the ball parks, These ‘ideas might work,The town . has a year to think about it. And if it doesn’t, next year, or grt fe after, someone could S| Editor, ANDY APP. or MISSUS — WOULD i YER USBAND BE i INTERESTED IN A SET OF ENCYCLOPEDIAS © Bl ELL IF YER KNOW MORE THAN E NEXT MAN THE WORLD WILL, AT A PATH T! YER OUR READERS WRITE: Editor, Herald Jn the November 1 issue ofthe Terrace Omineca Herald, Mr, mi | Weber's entry into the field of candidates for the reaveship in the coming municipal election, | is given a very prominent space, Your editorial “Piansa, Not Personalities” again gives prom- inent mention of Mr. Weber. as well as of Mr. Goulet and Mr, Jolliffe, Mr, Bogelunds entry as a can. didate is mentioned on your front page, but no mention of his can- didacy is made in your editortal, It would thus appear, Mr. Editor, that you personally have already eliminated Mr. Bogelund from the ranks of the contestants, May I remind you that this is a democracy and that nobody, neither groups nor individuals, can eliminate a candidate until the issue has been decided at the polls, and that the only ones to decide this issue are the Vat. ers of the District of Terrace, In fairness to the Voters and to Mr, Bogelund, 1 would appréc- jate it that this letter be pub- lished in an effort to correct an erroneous impression, Editor, — “ Herald, It was with utter disgust that I read your report of ‘‘The Hal. loween Activities” in Terrace, Tt is. completely obvious that the reporter has never witnessed the actions of a beserk person, or a rict, or is so old that he or she has a lapse of memory, I read an article recently where a beserk person gunned down six people in the U.S.A,, and the Watts riot took the lives of 16 persons, To use these type of words to describe the activities last night are completely unjus- tified. I drove through all of the down- town area today and nowhere did I see broken windows, damaged ‘vehicles, or. any other form of destruction, My wife works at the hospital, and she stated that she knew of no.one being brought in for treatment as a result of injuries sustained during this so-called riot. ice watched helplessly: For any. one to think or lead people to believe that our police force is .}so helpless, that they cannot handle such a situation is most| disgusting. I. walked through tho so-called rioters, and they were ladies and gentlemen enough to step aside and let me pass, The only possible injuries, that could have resulted, were be. cause of careless handling of firecrackers, and I would like to know who applied for the per. G| mits to purchase the firecrack. a| ers, and who sold them? . I would like to say that we | should look back a few. -years,. and remember what’ we did Hal-| loween night, and thank our teen- Biagers, for not doing anything| Sjmore than create a Ilttle oxtra |’ F RANK WALL 6 . work, e @ Herald While. the Halloween: antics q and pranks of young people are m|still fresh in our_ memory: let]: B|us stop and think, Let's. not con- demn teenagers in general torall | the shen For each one that. took part |: Blin the ‘activities in downtown |. | Terrace last Tuesday night, many more had.other. things to do; or . fi] started ‘out. with .the. bunch and | . knew when to call-it quits. - It is perfectly natural for them i [ilto look for excitement. All of miwhen we. jus do and it 5 ee leave: us, cheing’ a teon- |. ET Pertape, this is -why we-|- are 60 ready to decept sensat., fonal newa stories, Any news media, being. sensitive to public:|_ . | apbetites, try to satisfy. us, ‘ ‘| not mekers ‘that get.into the lime. |. light. We hear 50 Little. of ‘the | Hil marvelous things:done by many |: ‘ot. these J same iia people, with.| , DOROTHY NORTON; The article also stated that pol- |: Don't eliminate Bogelund ‘\ Young people themselves with the guidance of adults, could make Halloween in Terrace’ a night to look forward to instead of anight- mare, Perhaps they could follow the example of a handful of people on the Bench that resulted in Up- lands School grounds being the scene of a gathering of families, excitedly watching a display of fireworks, The nelghbors in the vicinity had- each chipped in a dollar toward fireworks, ; Permission was enthusias- tically given by the schoolboard, It is hoped that this can be done again next year more ef- fectively with advanced planning, (MRS,) RUTH DAOUST , . ee @ @ Editor, * | Herald ° 1 would itke to volee my opin- fon of the law enforcement in the Terrace area. Prior to the last two months I thought rvery highly of them, but I have since then had occasion tochange my mind, The first incident occurred when I asked them to check into. the unsafe way in which a certain wrecking -yard- was park- ing the cars,’ since ‘tay-talk with ‘tha owner” had ‘prodiced: no xe. sults, This wrecking yard in question has no fence. and most of. the cars are even: parked on the Department of Highways prop. erty, but what concerns me real- ly is the way they are propped up. Any child could very easily push these cars over and by doing so could easily get-trap- ped under one of them, Now the children. around this area: have to walk through this mess of ears in order to get home from school, Two children have already got hurt because ofthese ears, one of them needed hos- pital treatment. . When I informed the RCMP, of this I was told by. one of the constables that it is just too bad if your Kid gets hurt, you should | ° keep an eye on them, I am sure that any mother will tell you that this is impossible, espec- ially when they. have to walk through this mess of cars all the time, . ‘HELENA DUHAN oe Editor, Herald Monday of this eek man and hié machines removed two shade trees in a ‘few moments, The Species known as American or |Umbrella, Elm is ‘now. extinct: to edyeational jailing. Canad then young. people in _ to develop this skill, in Terrace. The -late- George’ Little plant- ed the trees and a variety of others and looked after all. of them for as long ag. he was able. On the delightful afternoon be- fore, the writer just happened to walk past the trees: on the south’ side of Lakelse Avenue, He stopped and admired them and reflected for a few‘ mom- ‘ents, the last time, . These beautiful specimens with a litile pruning, care and cul- tivation could have enhanced premises for years tod come, Peeection from the elements, ‘or, “Only God Can Make a Tree’? ‘@ .. e Editor, Herald ‘Regarding hippies: it is: path- etic. that individuals are not wil- ling to understand an issue, but are prepared to criticize itnone- theless. The hippies’ philosophy, ad- vocating peace, love andbrother- hood is ‘a fer aera sontribut; N.t6 society “i typical Saturday.night brawl. Bbithe Com. munity Centre. - It seems that most people fall to realize that not all. of the younger generation are willing to accept the hypocritical mater- falism of their parents. Instead they are searching for a goal closer to the ideals of life, The significant point which one must consider with regards to the hippies is that their. non- the present shallowness of soc- dety. We neither condemn or condone them, but we feel that society should try and-overcome the problems which have created the hippies.. le HLP,, C.G., G.P, . Simon Fraser university FINE FOR FARMERS England exports more than 20 types of farm™ animal for. breed ing purposes. The rior neni Neate ., e watermelon is originally an African plant, _ - SWELL THE RACE More than 500,000 immigrants have become Australian. citi- zens since the end of the Sec= ond .World War, . TAKING A NIP Japan's whisky. consumption . bilingualgm is to become increasingly important in ‘Failure to ‘do-so will simply place’ the next generation - B Lc, Must have the opportunity - the entrance to any business |. and would also have provided | ' i But why -is-\it ‘the. mischief |: ” sd of British Columbians in an inferlor competitive position _in business, in- politics, in, the civil service and in all affairs - which have a natlonal flavour, "~ ‘Pramier Duplessis did an equivalent disserviceto Frendh- ‘Canadians: a .decade ago. . -He-did-not like what was going cn _ in the’ Canada of his day and therefore attempted to wall . his proviriee off'from the mainstream of Canadianlife, He was _dmbeatable politically but his philosophies have not stood, the “teat of time, Nelthor will Prenider Bennett's. - . *- Bigotry and. conformity can least be tolerated in our : : educational system because .we look to this system to provide ‘the. new ideas:which will permit.us to flourish in the fature, “The failure of Promler Bennett to give encouragement to, the development of French skills and the development. * of difforing ideals in private and parochial schools is absolut. “ely , unique in: Canada. _All across the country sensible and ‘tolerate ‘men: are ’ ‘their ‘heads and hoping for the "day - when B.C, will begin to assert. ite ‘leadership potential . for the nation, - bull oun “nation, © a renaissance in industry, a renaissance: : in industrial developmierit, @ renaissance, in anleipal devel: + opment and.a renalasance: in legislative ‘methods,:: _A new goverrument in B,C, will catalyze a complete pro- - -, Vinetal renaissance; 8 rénaissance in-our attitudes towarda - Shoulda’ t sell suds on hockey telecasts’ e * * deplorable evidence. . toll in excess of 5,000 plus 150,000 injured, -_