s ls Victoria, B.C. _ “Which fire do you want, anid ; ave occutred in Terrace in the ast week and 4 half, Heavier: - han usual said the Chief, and -~ Rttributed in part to. cold eather. rr On Friday, a'minor fire was feported at the Highlander aundromat caused: by an Maeyverheated machine. No. Menjuries’ and no damage -. Pedamaged inside. A furnace at malfunction is suspected as the cause of hefire. = ., | I On Sunday at 7:40 p.m., a fire. . i that started in a chesterfield in: a home at 4706 Halliwell; and © foccupied ‘ by Mr. and “Mrs. Darrell Godfrey, was reported to the fire, department. Chief _ ! Owens suspects that a cigarette. eaused-the blaze and estimates” Sthat about $1500 damage was done to the furniture and carpet. Ste THORNHILL AGAIN ; Out .of the Terrace fire department jurisdiction was another ‘Thornhill blaze, that completely destroyed: a- home A owned by Richard Glaim ‘at lot. - RB no. 3 on Thornhill Road, No one 3 was home at the time, and the. strong winds fortunately blew, in” La directlon opposite the house - ext. door. vag The a eatinnated . Finencial-less Was $12,000;""" | Clarence Cleve, newly elected § Area-C director of the Regional Board urges all landowners in Met ict Owens, “Thursday's, Thornhill to sign the petition for Seriday's , Saturday's, or agreement ‘that Thornhill - be day’s?” No less than 7 fires ‘designated. as a: water. improvement district. Once the — : petitions’ are completed they “hopefully, the decision will be made soon in Thornhill's favor, In the case that Thornhill - does beeome sucha designated - area, water lines and hydrants could “be installed making a — feasible “a. volunteer. fire . ’ department, sorely néeded by ©: lines. Hesuggeststhatragsand = ~~ hot water will do the job just as.” effeciently and far more safely. ¥f you're having trouble with frozen pipes, call the. fire department and they will gladly fires | be sent to Victoria and - On Saturday, - at thearea, mpproximately 2:25 p.m., a CHIEF OWENSWARNS .. Biaze ‘broke out in an ‘Chief. Owens warns residents . bnoccupied dwelling at 4711, of the danger involved in using Park Ave. Thehome, owned by open flame, suchas blow -¥ ohn M. Jones, was extensively torches to thaw frozen water give advice. Four people are In the process of being charged with violations = of the Motor Vehicles act involving: obstruction of. fire _ No, it’s not just you, it’s really . | cold out there. .: Sunday-night f and Monday the — lowest i temperature ever recorded for - December 13, 2 degrees, was f reported by G. Thompson at the . i Terrace-Kitimat Airport. :- 1 Three schools were partially without heat Monday. morning and several | Herald, also had furnace problems. Co The present - inclement weather came about.as warm f pacific air drifted in-over an e arctic cold front that. now 1 extends over the ‘province. -;- According to Mr. Thompson, heavy snow. . . Gusts up to 3B mph were . recorded at the airport 1 Saturday. as Terrace voters ‘gtruggled to the polls. “Power . @ lines were down on Emerson, but no one was injured by. the were reparted in the schools and ‘at Veritas Hall, the main polling m place. Pog Ea ty Terrace’s heaviest December ‘Mines. ‘the Northern B.C. Chamber of. Mines is set for December 19th at Terrace. ° e| Election heads is on the meeting agenda. B 6oall persons interested. -in # . mineral resource development _ and management to atte . meeting and become involved in the 'Norhtern Chamber’.” ° The ‘Northern: ‘Chamber’ s 6 malntains a Library-Office -at 4621. Lakelse Ave. Suite No. 4 = The meeting Is to be held. at af Lakelse Hotel, 2p.ni.-. >” Sey 14, : " . roa ry — - a a ne SHO 3 oh aa i Baby, it’s cold. business - establishments, including the .- . that ‘day, - - this is the ideal situation for. fallen wires, Several outages < -Paint-in_ to meet The fourth annual meeting of ‘of Directors ' and: appointment | of “committee *- President -R.H. Bates, urges . attend the .. 10 > SHOPPIRG: = oo 7 cunisraas it snowfall occurrerd in 1957 when the town was bombarded with, 101 ‘inches. - Last. year, ‘ December was blessed with 58.2 inches -and so: far. this year we've had 27 inches, A llttle ‘above the average.and enough to insure that there will be a ‘ «white Christmas’. December 16, 1964 was the éoldest day Tetracd has ever had. 16 below was recorded on ‘The ‘average | December ‘temperature is 26 _ degrees, which Thompson says we're well below. And if you think yesterday was cold, .the record for. December 14 was. zero degrees. . . More. snow winters here. dé unusuall’’ normal: Everythin - Linda Stromburg won first ‘prize In the second . anntial _ Christmas. paint-in at. the; ». Terrace Shopping Center Mall.’ “There were “ten .competitors “chosen “by Misa Shelley © Michaux; art instructor at . Skeena.. Junior Sec dary School, :Second prize went to . Lynda: Reid and third to Terry — . Halliday. for “a -picture of Rudolph the. . Red-nosed -winners received additional gift -certifleates.: mo :,. sudges . Mrs. . Sande Boulevard, Gordo Parr, “manager of Erwins Jewellers, - : and ‘Mary Olsen of the Herald The Union. ed hospital costa were’ beyond a' reasonable limit ‘that ‘this: was due toa lack of ., planning, | _ : _ ro ar TERRACE, B.C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, mo, fe io 38.657 10 Goats - Vietoria and really upset the Victoria fans with a final 20 points over the favorites for a 69-49 win. - Inthe final contest the Skeena boys went up against Templeton, rated top of 32 teams in the Province. Our team was losing the whole game but picked up 4 polnts in the ear shattering last two minutes and. were crowned winners of the - tourney. | ‘Toe Milligan 7 Greg Ross was chosen first all star and John Jansen was selected .as all star and miost - valuable player of the whole -contest. Coach Milligan said that one of the judges wanted to. make all five of the Terrace. ‘team. members all-stars, but ‘finally ended up giving Rudy . - Embrey; Larry Polson and © Willy Chemko honorable -. mention. ae The boys and their coach were greeted by an enthusiastic crowd Sunday at the airport. ~ - The trophies glittered in, the afternoon: | sunlight . everyone hada piece of the huge cake brought along to welcome the champs back to — 7 Terrace, and —