age ey TU gard WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1974" sedeteeteteneleeetetetolatetet oleheeciteaite aye a oe - Mattie Frank, ninty one years old last Friday, relaxed ul home -with her farnity and friends tc celebrate the historic occasion. + On the 27th of May. 1908, ipert Fand attractive yang ‘woman, stepped off the “Tiverboat fram Port Essingion and made ready to settle in this “beautiful ‘and:rugged country: "the Kitsumkall lum “Valley as il “was (holt ‘knowsi: AV (hat lime, ‘Ahere’ was? na:‘Terrace.) n0/, ‘railway, Tio wide: payed : ‘roads. ‘no electricily, ‘and. ‘very. few ‘people. Prince Rupert was. conly. 4! birthday + ast, Friday. May "10, ust heing dovelaped and ‘mail serving: Cake-and ice. cream-o ‘for. the: settlers: In the. Valley -~: herfamily.-friends"and well, ‘came from the: Coast by-dog ~ wishers thal happened by. “edit during the Snowy winter - “When igel married." Mattie ‘months and by riverboat during ~ told’ this: writer. her eyes thd summer. . __ Sparkling with good humaur. » Thats woman, 25 years of age, “back in 19 T never thought come lo join her husband in the Kitsumkallun Valley. Today ‘ she still lives here and shows a - vitality that-promises she will ~ bewith us for some {ime-yet, riverbvat' dock near ‘the mouth of the. ‘Kalum River ‘same 66°, years: ago, celebrated her dst Specializing in, | Chinese and . Canadian _ | Foods a - For. Take Out Service ~ Phone 635-6184. ; “Shan. Yan Restaurant gretling, Mrs.” that I'd live to be 91. years’ a.. “Pm very happy.’ I'm enjoying’ We and my :friends:: This © morning I got a lat a birthday * cards. ov. ata ~ Mattie posed quietly for the photography accompanying this article and then talked for a ‘while about both the present and the past. She speaks quickly and firmly, with a ready laugh indicating a nalural gift for humour and a love of life. « “I have so many friends [hat make me*happy that I've spent a lot of good times here in the Valley. I'll always call this the * Valley. af course, , because that's what it was when we came here 66-years ago. © -*, i “T remember seeing: the first train go through here, saw them © _ building the level crossing and pulting in the tracks and ‘rails and the lies. Railways bring so | many olher things.” “I've heard people say - ‘thal old people must get: tired: of | history and a lot of people.can't imagine living here without. a 2 train or .they can’l : imagine. : using oi} lamps or wood staves, 1° ‘eauld go. into the woods in-a ae cabin today -and enjoy: myself lives up with a lol of things.we ‘don't need”. (AL this point: she indicated - the. ‘stove,.in her- apartment -the Senior : * Cilizens's Hesidence on Tuck} ‘relrigerator.”: i -Malttie,, was: vot. ‘course * ‘relerring” \o the aid wood. hur- ning. staves which - not, only cooked © meals. but: thre , ‘off’, tremendous amounts of . heat. _ warming up the kitchen and i's’, ~oecupants on the chilly’ autumn nighis.. > : ‘ . Despite. her ninty-one years. Mate gets, the feeling (hat Mattie. is. nol much different - * from ihe young married woman who stepped inta [his country. 66. years ago. Talking to her, even for brief: moments, revealed. a love of life, an adventuresome, a fierce pride -in’ whal, she is. Matlic ‘Frank has her “ac: complishments - living .in- this “eountry when it was: .jusl . : Harringjon rod in her spinal “beginning la grow. giving birth’ to the first while child.in: thea: “Valley (since deceased), and much much, more, She has her’? warm. and - personal”: ‘memories of the past thal she has helped: build in the country. Shé has her’: life today,-4 happy. contented + life. she‘ has. her; family an friends. And she has her future A’ happy. belated “‘Birthda: “Frank” and.our. : hopes. for many. ‘of Thanks : ‘Sincere thank “for -Wheir > kindriess":and ‘help, - Mowers, cards* and-,other _of- ~erings of sympathy’ on’ the oceasion of the: loss of our, in loved - one, return air fareto Vaneotiver for to: ‘everyone . weeny! ~ Corrine Donald . js eleven, “going: on (welve..this Sunday, She's a typical eleven year-old girl,:and shares the Donald families love for particpalion in all types of sports ranging from figure skating: lo. softball. Corrine’. Donald ‘is also’ bed ridden and ‘will be for the next five months.: For eleven years Corrine was . a typical, happy child, ‘ore of . eight of John’ and: Donna ” Donald, Then last Seplember,. her spine began to curve and a ndéticeable hump ‘developed. an‘ - her. back. .The Donalds -(aok’ ‘Corrine to Dr. Griffiths here In - Terrace. and--then, ‘on, her _ recommendation; - fo:a. Dr. ‘Kuntz in: Kitimat. He in turn the - ‘parent(s. and . o? the Children’s * - Hospital in Vancouver 3 id a Dr. - Bell for “surgery.” . - The: problem. “Was acalosis - wn curvature * of the spine. , Ace ‘cording’ to Bell-as. yet a ‘cause ~ -'for dhe problem’ has not: been: determined: but: it is: ‘be hereditary,’ “Corrine: continue igure ‘skale: ‘during the” winter. cluminating her second season. was anative of Norway whohad and survive. We clutter - our E inthe Sport by winning: nine.” “but the” problem ” i badges. worsened, -Dr. Bel] :in’ Yan-' thought | lo s signature toher east. In her bed she's active, rolling around in a manner she was taught at the Children’s Hospital. She does her school work in her. bed,’ watches television, chats with _ family -and frjends. She has a ready, beautiful smile and "seems in good humour. ‘In September, while the other ie her -age are hanging up. “their softball gloves and eying their figure’ skates for the coming year, Corrine will travel “back to Vancouver for the walking -cast. Two. or three months later, around Christmas time, the cast we'll come off and she'll be her old self ‘again, - except three inches taller as lhe * result of the operation. Corrine ‘and her moanther, . -: Denna” Donald ‘and: the other ‘ «members of the family are ~“thankful- there are groups such -as‘Lions around. Mrs. Donald expressed their thoughts simply: * thoshys 2 TE thank God for groups such “as the Lions, (o help out as they . ‘did: Fora family, a large one ‘like ours; this operation could have represented an impossible financial: murde “:eotver ,said. he. didn’t -like- tor... “operate on a’ girl-so. young. but. °-: ha dtthe disease was allowed. “Matty. Frank, that allraciive \*Yqu don't get much heat out of” “og on. inside of a year Corrine . “young woman who stood on the that, do you? I's almost like a: “would have (rouble walking, her “balance would ‘go. as At (hat spoint. - the Terrace. ntennial: Lions’: ‘stepped. int he pietur They . put: enough money for both Mrs: Donald and Corrine " and: offered’ “was in Vancouver. Donna, ‘however, moved in’ with her . “sister in Richmond and Corrine ~ § ‘look Up. -residence. in ‘the Children's Hospital io awail an : "operation, --Thal was a month, anda ‘hall ago, and, just over a week and a halfago.:. Corrine returned “home; her lorso encased in. a plasler‘ cast. and a metal solumin. “Far: ‘the: next ‘Tive monilis Corrine will be’ confined to her ‘bed which has been set up in the * Doiiald’s:: apartment: living room. Well, not: quite confined to, her -bed.*. Although. Corrine cat'l st Up®, or. present ‘and won't be able until she. is ‘filled with a walking cast ih five months, she has- limited “tndovement on. the bed. And the Dondld’s-are. having a special : ““siretcher built that. will enable Corzine to get oul into the fresh air with the.resl of the family. .Agaiti, much’ of : the. credit special ‘door prize’ was 31,000, couver arid -visil: his daughter. . He needed little persuasion and was soon on. his way. ‘Corrine-has adjusted well lo rstand-at the < must go" the ‘the, Centennial — Lian’s. At their recentSmoker, a “Jae lucky ticket holder was John Donald: Jahn was overwhelmed “erand: offered lo-pay half of the’. “> maney back to the Lions, They’ politely refused urging him to ‘use the money. to fly to Van- to’ pay Mrs: 2: woe Donald's expenses . while she |). -4g03K, Park "M. Laursen ‘Contracting Ltd: * Construction Management Land Development, Leasehacks. ° Donna Donald and her eleven year old daughter. Corrine who will spend the next five months either in this bed or on a specially built ‘stretcher. Tt will be Cl "Civitas time this year before she is able to get up and around with oul a walking cast. . BORTHERN SASH ‘Complete. millwork & Cabinetry plywood - exotic lumber - doors - windows — 4418 Legion 635-5657 Terrace rami Roof gq” . Pe ge Insulation Ltd.: : - PHONE’ FOR FREE ESTIMATES . 4803K Park “635-7742. Terrace, B: c. 635.3821 Tervace, B.C. URACLEAN AG46 Scott E B 4605 LAKELSE- CLEANERS: ‘Clean is. Clean when we da the job * 635-4847 VS MENS. 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