B4 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 11, 1998

Pioneer woman seen

a lot in 102 years

IN CELEBRATION of In-
lernational Women’s Day,
which took place last Sun-
day, I'd like to pay tribute to
our pioneer women.

It is from the fives of
pioneer womn that we are
able to visualize and ex-
percicne the limes as they
really were,

We have a responsiblity to
build on the accompish-
ments of our ancestors.

In celebrating Internation-
al Women’s Day I’d like to
tell you about one of Ter-
race’s most wonderful
women — Beth Holtom.

Last month, Feb, 19, Beth
celebrated —_ her 102nd
birthday.

Beth was born Elizabeth
Rose Jakabs in 1896 in
Velograaor, then part of the
Austro-Hungarian empire,
now Yugoslavia, Her
parenis were Mathies and
Mary Jakabs.

When Beth was five her
family moved to Canada
and settled at Indian Head,
Saskatchewan. At that time
there was an invisible but
definile boundary between
the European community
and the Indian reservation.

Beth was warmed about
crossing that line, but dis-
cover until years later that
there was a native com-
munity on the other side,

Beth’s family were
homesteaders. They lived in
a sod house and plowed the
land with oxen.

Beth and = her sisters’
worked hard on the farm. A
typical day would begin ear-
ly with baking bread, then
continue with working in
the field, making soap,
washing clothes on a scrub
board, sewing and canning.

When Beth was 13 she left
home to work as a babysit-
ter, After that she had a
chance to take a business
course which helped her get
a job at the Union Bank.

This was the time when
women were starting to go
out in the workforce. Beth

BETH HOLTOM celebrated her 102nd birthday last
month. She says eating well and having loving
friends and family have kept her going.

was the first women hired to
work at that bank, She was a
clerk, then a stenographer,
finally becomong a teller.
Eventually Beth had to
leave her jab because her
mother became ill. While
she was caring for her
mother, she met her future
husband, Herbert Holtom.
The couple married in
1921, Daughier Marion fol-
lowed soon after, then twin
boys Donald and Dilbert.
The family farmed in Sas-

_ YVONNE MOEN

-katchewan until the Great

Depression. Then in 1937
they moved to the
Okanagan.

In 1951 Herbert was hired
to work in Kitimat for West-
em Wells drillers. In the
meantime Belh moved ta
Prince Rupert to be near her
children.

Finally in 1953 Beth
settled in Terrace. She and
her husband lived in Thom-
hill, across from the weight
scales, for years. Beth found
greal pleasure spending time
with her family and in the
garden, and volunteering,

In 1976 Beth’s husband
died and Beth moved to the
Willows apartments, where
she lived until moving to
Terraceview Lodge.

When asked how she’s
lived so long, Beth says she
eals healthy and stays young
al heart. She used to go for
long walks and loved to
have cold showers. She also
likes being around people.

A happy belated birthday
to Beth, God bless her.

—~Hanky Panky’s

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