: “pros. Library. Periodicals Departmen Victoria, B.C. . OMINECA’ o vie t, ‘10 Cents a Copy, $3.00 a Year — ‘Press Run 3200 Wednesday, July 20,:1966. - SPONSE TO THIS WEEK’S visiting Motor Vehicle Testing Unit has been excellent, accord- Big to RCMP spokesmen here. Vehicles have been lined up consistently. since the unit @rived from Victoria on Monday. Hours are from | to 8 p.m, daily and the testing unit mawill remain in Terrace until Saturday evening. Terrace motorists are urged to take ad- meantage of this free motor vehicle testin mthe Terrace Community Centre, g service, It is located on Park Avenue, in front of . T.P.A. GETS FULL SUPPORT : Building Decline Noted In June — A slight decrease in building ictivity in Terrace was noted dur: ming the month of June. A total of 0 building permits were issued at f Value of $252,168. as against a otal of 35 permits:valued at $281;-) been‘imposed onthe commun- p12 in June of 1965, 2 : . Of the 30 permits: issued last foonth, 12 were for houses, nine mor alterations, three for garages mud two for miscellaneous con- mtruction. Four permits were -is- ued to cover commercial building mimong which were an addition to mhe MoGillis and Gibbs office Puilding, an addition to Pine Con- mectionery, an addition and reno- Wation at Little Equipment Ltd. nd a new warehouse facility for e. B. Horaman and Son,” 2700. alum Street. , . So far this year $1,915,084 worth pf construction has been recorded whrough the. bullding inspector's mlepartment of the Municipality. his is an. increase over. the same Meriod last year of $264,352. # Seventeen plumbing . permits mvere issued during June and-two Bccupancy permits were allowed. Last Wednesday morning WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES! _ Pump Failure Forces Water Rules Municipal officials were ,cer- tain that danger of a water shortage in Terrace did not exist, but the ‘picture changed overn sprinkling “régulations:).-h.ad ity. a : Officials-‘said today that regu- lations will remain in effect inde- finately. Odd. numbered houses are permitted to sprinkle on odd numbered calendar days - while even numbered houses. may sprin- kde on even numbered calendar days, : The regulations were forced when a motor, used to power an auxiliary pumping unit at the Lit- tle’s Island emergency intake, fall-| ed on Thursday afternoon. Pro- longed dry, hot, ‘weather had brought reservoir levels down to a low ebb and the danger of a major fire in the community during the situation prompted Municipa! of- ficials to bring in sprinkling re- F strictions. ~The pump motor, a 1642 Ford engine, gave up the ghost on Thursday when everything was in} Melting Pot... BREPORTS FROM Ottawa this eck would indicate they’ve meen raising a little Hellyer in “he House. Seems the admirals on't want to play in the Defen- é Minister's yard and that he oesn’t like them anymore, Oh- el] — all's fair in love and. ar! o F. YOU missed the recently pleted Federal nosecount n you'd better let. the Munl- meipality of Terrace know right: . away. Census enumerators made mere rounds a few weeks ago and’ ga is just possible they missed mie or two people. For goodness make stand up and be counted, | Pcause . Terrace needs your. nate of the per capita. grant. : HE MUNICIPALITY'S 1966 jwer program got underway.on. ; day when crews started the © t digging operations. Too bad-- “done a-story onTerrace in the: Prince George Citizen. Quly “13° + Issue) and that>a Jot of people -hereabouts -are - slightly. annoy: ed; We-can’t get a copy of that | ermined ‘by a cantankerous’ ‘(let's face Jt) obsolete motor may or may not have beeh Abit of Army surplus. How the’ Municipality engineers MEL ‘ing like fury to produce our ’ 31, They are doing- a-first rate _ Support of . everybody. ‘in the «proceeds ‘from the rip snort- " eopament.. and consulting engineers didn’t apot this one way back in July. EVER HEARD of the commun- ity of Williams Lake? Some of the oldtime wage of the North gently refer to it as Bill's Pud. dle but this waek we're giving that community full marks for producing cowboys who believe in ‘doing a job well, once they ‘get started. Terrace has six suck ex-Williams Lakers work- first. stampede on July 20 and Job and deserve the complete community, .Just for the record a will go to the Terrace. Lions WHOOPS: — they tell: us that, our: boy’ Scott Honeyman: bas. -issue until Mra, Kofoed levids us "They: travelled to the Jamboree ight and by Thursday. evening readiness fora switchover..toem-. ergency facilities. oe A new- engine was ordered when it was found that- parts for- the reconditioned .Ford motor - were no longer on the market. The new unit is expected {fo arrive today and will be installed immediately. Capacity of the new unit is about. 200 gallons per minute more than the old system. Cost of the new engine will be approximately $800 and the purchase remains to be authorized by Municipal Council, . The. emergency water supply system at Little's. Island ‘was in- stalled last summer when water levels at Deep Creek dropped to a dangerous low during prolonged hot weather. ~ . ie XANDER INSELBERG. TOP MARKSMAN out of a group. of 2700 Boy Scouts attending . the Penticton Jamboree. recent: ly was Alexander “Burschi’’ In- selberg, 14 year old. son of Mr. “and Mrs. Alexander Inselberg of Sparks Street, Burschi received his trophy after chalking up two Perfect. scores | in. a. General: ~ Markemanship ‘Competition dur-. _dng the Scout Jamboree. He was ~shooting with a 303 Enfield with. 22 calibre bore. Two other Ter. .Fate boys won awards for prow-: ess In’the field of archery. They: “were: Don Parmenter,:14 and’ Michael. Seymour,~.14, Fifteen\, Terrace Scouts returned -by char- tered bua on Sunday evening. under the supervision’ of ‘Scout- hers, #9 no comment is falr | ‘Vaide, ~~ master Reverend G. W. Keenley-” eke a! | tght-ofsvay slash area during the {tinued wet weather. will. probably. in Terrace this mornin cross-examined witnesses, The public hearing began Tues- day evening in Municipal Council Chambers here, after’ an applica- tion was filed by Trans-Provincial Air Carriers Ltd. of Terrace for an upgraded licence which would permit them to operate a class 3 irregular specific point commer- cial air service between Terrace and the NassStiking area, Counter applications from Paci- fic Western Airlines and North Coast Air Services, both of Prince Rupert, were also filed. On Tuesday evening, Jack An- derson, managing director of North Coast Air Services, was cross examined by counsel for Trans-Provincial Air Carriers, aft- er he had spoken in support of his company's application. - TP.A. counsel, Mark Soule, ‘brought forth evidence which tend- ed to indicate certain indiscrepan- ties in procedure by ‘the North Coast firm. The actual possession of certificates of airworthiness for certain aircraft in the North Coast fleet was questioned. ~ At 9:00.a.m. today the hearings resumed +and Mr. J:. Mole, viee lines: spoke’ in support of-his com- pany's application: *” JS ' Under:. cross - examination. from North: Coast counsel, J. Graham,- Mole admitted that his company had attempted to compete with Tates that were available to pas- sengers seeking transportation be- tween Prince Rupert and Scud River,” without benefit of Air Transport Board sanction. Under cross-examination from Mark Soule, representing Trans- Provincial Air Carriers, Mr. Mole also admitted to a knowledge of the ploneering work and airstrip development carried out by Trans- Frovinelal in the areas under ques- on, So, a -Trans-Provincial Air Carriers be- gan operations out of Terrace in 1860 and now have an operating air fleet of four aircraft, They have expended considerable mon- jes for the purpose of providing : | landing facilities and refueling sta- tions at yarious remote points in the Nass’- Stikine area, Trans-Provincial Air Carriers resident for, Pacific Western, Alr- |. Air Transport Hearings Will Conclude Today The only thing flying at an Air Transport Board hearing g wos a bit of fur, as legal counsel representing three separate northem airline co sented their cases for consideration by ATB officials and mpanies pre- of Terrace, spoke to his company’s application: and received backing from several mining company re- presentatives as well as municipal and Chamber. of Commerce offi- cials from the Terrace - Kitimat region. : : Among those speaking in sup- F.. Bradshaw of Kenneo Stikine Ltd, a mining exploration com- pany; Art Morris, exploration man- ager and senior geologist for Phelps Dodge Mining Company; Pat Clay, mining ‘prospector with interests in the Telegraph Creek area; John Pousette, administra- tor for the District Municipality of Tetrace; John Gray, secretary- manager of the Kltimat Chamber president of the Terrace’ and Dis- trict Chamber of Commerce, and David Lloyd, industrial relations Manager for Twin-River Timber Company of Terrace, All spoke of the credifable fly- ing record of Trans-Provincial as well ag the pioneering aspect and’ determined progress of the com- pany. a | 7 Main objection’ from*the oppos- ‘establishing-“an™ irregular “schedul- ed service out of a Terrace home base. 7 ot 22 Fire Department Kept On’ Hop Terrace Fire Department ans- wered several fire calls during the week but none were of too seri- ous consequence. Two calls last Wednesday had firemen out, first to 4437 -Lazelle avenue. where’ clathes dryer was ablaze, and In: the ‘early evening’ where a car was on fire. .. Thursday afternoon firemen were aut to battle a: small brush fire which flared up on Loen Ave. It was quickly brought under con- trol. oe : On Friday afternoon firemen Simpson's OK Tire company where a small fire was spotted by -a ed to have been smoldering in some rubbish for several hours b mankaging director, Doug Chappell fore fanning into action. . : “Heavy rains recently, have things looking a lot better,” Gor- ley told the Herald. On Friday afternoon, ‘the fire which started in a B.C. Hydro Dominion Day weekend, jumped fireguards: onthe west. side and proceeded to burn off abother 200 -acres; Reinforcements were called in to help stem. the blaze and mud bombing aircraft were recalled to the scene. By -evanihg on Friday rthe blaze was once again under ‘control -and ‘on Sunday ‘aftertioon [fire ‘fighting. crews :began ~mop- ping-up operations at the site, Gorley sald-on Monday that con- mean the end of the stubborn fire which haa burned well. over: 1,000 ‘acres of slash area and 2ome groan Airport Forest Fire In Mop-Up Stage Terrace Forest Ranger Orval Gorley said this week that... 2 a forest fire which has been burning off and on about 3% miles southwest of Terrace now appears to be almost out. — timber in its two-week duration. -A 250 acre fire last -week - at Alice Arm, north of Terrace, con: sumed three log: decks and de- stroyed approximately 1 million hoard feet of felled timber. The. «. fire has now been contained and 7 is '‘in'the mop-up: stages. - - Another fire about -250 miles” north: -of-y here, near. Telegraph 4 sped to-a vacant property behind. port of TPA’s application were Dr. . of Commerce; Ron Jephson, vice - ing ‘companies ‘seems to be one _ entted® araiind”theweconomics. of: to the Lakelse Hotel parking lot young passer-by. The fire is bellev- Creek,. burned over 80 acres ‘be-": fore being brought ‘under ‘contral - by forestry crewa. 0 000 - A total: of 24 fires were spotted during the week but quick action by gtound ‘crews and water bomb- ers, kept ‘damage to a. bare ‘mini. mum, All persons traveling in. or near the. forests are'urged to exerclie extreme caution ‘with campfires and cigarettes, ee