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“1912 LINE-UP |

‘SERVING TERRACE AND KITIMAT

: Premiar'a Office, |

“Wietoriag Be.

c. |

B6sTH YEAR NO. = =

TERRACE, B.C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1971 |
— aa :

18. Conte

. a training program,

Fire. takes
two lives |

Flames broke ‘out ina three

# room cedar log cabin, Friday

night’ at 9:00 p.m., ‘ quickly
consumed the entire ‘structure

Bi and took the lives of the two

occupants, James R. Egan, 37

| and his mother Christine Egan, .
62. The ‘cabin situated in-

Rosswood ‘was completely
engulfed in flames by: the time.
the neighbors noticed and
rushed to help, but they were
too late. RCMP received the
report about 21:00 p.m., -and
upon arriving at the scene,
found the site too hot to remove
the bodies. °

The remains were removed at
5:00 a.m, Saturday morning.
Coroner Smith has advised that

-an inquiry be made into ‘the:

deaths.
Though a cause has not ‘yet
-been determined it was

reported that the Egans had -
installed a new air-tight heater
on Friday . which . perhaps
overheated while the occupants

were asleep. The matter is still
under investigation. —.

Mrs. Egan -and her. son,
James are survived by, Mr.
Egan,. who is presently at

Skeenaview Hospital, : (Mrs:

Eileen Friesen, a daughter of
Ferrace and Mrs. Dorothy
Hipsley, another daughter- of
Kitwanga. |

In another weekend fire a

mobile home in Thornhill, |

owned and occupied by Mr. and

Mes. Robert Kinney and their |
three children, was completely ©

levelled, ‘The blaze. began at
"3:35 a.m. Monday, and as is the
case with most Thornhill fires,
. burned until. the entire home
was a heap of ashes. Mr. and
Mrs. Kinney and the children
escaped without injury ‘and the
matter is under investigation by
the RCMP. The Kinney trailer
on McNeil is the second mobile
home in Thornhill destroyed by
fire in the past month.

‘Minerals course

lanned

Officers and Directors of the
Mae thern' B.C. Chamber -of

es were elected for the .

onsting year at the Fourth
Annual . meeting of the
organization. :R. H. Bates -
President, E. R. Anderson -
Treasurer, D: Porter - Vice ©
President. ” .
Chairman - E. W, Siwicky. °
Directors - Harold Smith, Foti.
Apolezer, Leo Marchildon, K-
Mayner, Peter -Solawoniuk;
John Shaw, all of Terrace. :
President R. H. Bates, (re-
elected) in summarizing the -
past years accomplishments -
commented -on’ the general
mining situation. From.

. -published figures it is. apparent

that mining has suffered a
setback during 1971, For the

_ first time in B.C.’s 100 year

history, more mines closed than
opened, exploration
expenditures were cut back and
several major mines ‘show
losses for the year. Metal
markets such as Copper and
Molybdenum are.soft but it is
expected to be a temporary
situation depending upon world -
money situations. .

Mention was made of the U.S.
devaluation and increase in
GOLD price. It is felt the price:

_increase will provide greater

reagon to develop gold and gold-
copper deposits, many of which

. are located near Terrace,

It was reported the ‘Nerthern
Chamber’ initiated action
which may result in training of
underground miners
Terrace. In order to begin such
the
‘Northern Chamber’ ‘ needs
support of those employing
underground miners, they have
been asked to indicate their
need for such employees. _
A--.ecourse.. “in: “mineral |
identification and geology is to”
be held in Terrace in the near.
future, Initial steps have been
taken. to: hold -the course in
January ~or ‘February. The
course Is" ‘to be in two parts if:
plans’ materialize... An

' elementary course.for those w-

ishirig to learn about rocks and
geology, and a second ‘course -
for those working in mineral :
explordtian (as “an: ‘advanced |
course); Dates to be announced °
publicly. —. o
Tie ‘Northern Chamber’ nae

“Dollars for
Hazelton _

Don Walker, manager of the
local ‘Manpower office, has -
‘received the Hrat- approval -of
application on the government's
local: incentlyes ereeram.
Hazelton is” ‘lucky.

. community - provided will
_ $14,976.00 for completion. of the =“ °
interior portion of thelr'Skeena

Jee Arena. Besides . providing ..
-the:community with a popular. -;
recreation spot, the project will
provide seven- new ” Jobs" ‘for |
several winter months,” +-::

Mi. : Walker “15, "anxiously.

, awalting - word on.."Terrace:.

pplications and those: meade by.

native communities i the aren a

y

in |

here.

a continuing project, a plan to
fabricate several mineral
displays. Mining Companies —
aré being canvassed throughout
the Province (B.C.) requesting
their involvement. in .the -
project. Each pays to have
their mineral *specimen(s)
included in a display along with
_ their. color. Photograph. of their
-plant, ming, ete.

The whole’ to ‘be encased in.

: Clear plastic and.placed-on di-

-. splay permanently, & free of

charge at such places as Airport
’ Lobbys, Distinctive Public
places etc.

The project is meant to
advertise the variety ° of
minerals, and companies in the

The. “Olfice established on
Lakelse Avenue, 4620, Suite No
4, was reported to be well st-
ocked with volumes and
publications on mining and
mineral exploration. .

The ‘Northern Chamber’ has
requested greater expenditures
be made on certain activities of
- the B.C. Department of Mines.
Of special mention was the
Mineral Claim © Recording
section, and the. assistance
provided to’ Prospectors and
small mining companies,

The elected ‘officers agreed
that Terrace «should see a
healthy exploration situation -
during, 1972. Reason ‘for
optimism is that the long term
outlook for metals. is good, in
this régard, ‘It has . been’
"predicted by many that the U.S,
store of minerals (their largest
producing mines). will. be

~ exhausted within 50 years; The

rate of discovery is not keeping
pace’ with use:
expenditures in ‘exploration by
‘major’ companies has not yet

- reached a ‘substantial’ stage, i

the Terrace area.

Ina discussion “coricerning
taxation as proposed by Hon. E. .
J, Benson ‘it was. seen by the

. ‘Northern ‘Chamber’ ‘that tax :-

measires goon goon. to become
jaw in.Canada, may work for
the. increase ‘in ‘exploration
expenditures and - subsequent:
‘increase ‘in discoveries. All
“taxpayers in Canada: will. be
‘allowed ‘to ‘deduct. a: portion of
‘their. expenditures - ‘

Prospectors will‘have ar easier.

time ° attract capital ‘to thelr: ut
“ Were: ably ‘‘aasisted. by their

twelve year old: “daughter, dill ur

rio”.
‘performed 2. Christmas: carol :.
vs carol B.."

- The ‘lal

activities.

- Other’ tax’ measure

-mines, but yntil measures, are
Jaw. and in practice,’ :it'is
difficult to determine what
--elfect they will have ws

: ‘THATS’ Tue ‘BREAKS’
“Chen, 34, broke his. jaw — — twiee.

‘Released: from: . . Toronto”

‘General ‘Hospital with ‘his’ jaw
‘mended after ‘being

ed a subway, station. , .

downright

‘and: majer

on”
.-exoloration; thus; it is seen that

By: work _
certain -hardships-on' producing -'

. TORONTO »(CP) -— ‘clag:

broken: in-
an accident, he was attacked by
+ man and. a woman as-he en-

, Hetetunied to the a io

‘night action while Vern

; Dave ‘Sharpe shoots from the foul line in Friday

Jacques watches, The

Kermodes took two from the highly rated:
_ Vancouver Tech team by scores of 61-56 and 63-62.

Airport reps called to Terrace

Ac cording ty. thal Boar
Chaifman foe’: ay; °W
Johnson, oe ‘Cpntraiée of
Civic Aviation of the Ministry of
Transport, and Captain W. S..~
Roxborough Director of Flight ~
operations of C. P. Air, will be -

~ coming to Terrace in February
* to diseusd the airport problem

with leaders of the city”
governments of Terrace and
Kitimat and leading members
of thebusiness community. Mr.
Banyay said that when he was
in Vancouver speaking to
Johnson and Roxborough, he f-
elt that they assumed that

_ missing scheduled flights. was

simply part of the Northern way

_of life and didn’t consider it a

great problem. Mr. Banyay
informed the men that. they
should be prepared to listen to a

. certain amount of criticism

because the people of the region
can’t sit back and wait. ‘We're
frustrated, annoyed and
angry.”’ said
Banyay. Many civic leaders
will be asked to prepare briefs
to present to the Vancouver
representatives. Banyay said
that they'd better have at least.
four or five public relations men
with them, as there were a

number of Problems to be dealt

with, in grounds operations aii
_-well-as inv the ait. ; ee

- Poor: election umiout

In other matters discussed +;
and ‘heard ‘at the regular '
meeting of the Kitimat-Stikine
Regional board, a great
disappointment centered on the
number of people who had cast
ballots for Directors in the
Regional election, Out of 2500
eligible voters. only 207
‘exercised their franchise at the
December 11 election.
Kitimat's turnout was nil, and
no -poll was even set up at
Kemano where when the voters
list was being prepared, no one
responded. The’ Thornhill
turnout was not bad, but in the
far--northern reaches of the
region, extreme cold and ~
blowing ‘snow on election day
forced many ‘eligible voters to
stay home, .

The 1972. provisional budget
was passed by the board and
will: now be presented to the
individual municipalities for
approval. Of the many
Interesting ” items included in
next year’s budget, ‘are two _

_ environmental studies: one to

be conducted on the Lakelse

Lake watershed and another rin, os :

Salvation. Army

Old St. Nick

ends concert

' Over: “two hundred parents * Ca a
and well wishers attended the

annual. Salvation’ . Army

“Christmas. Concert . held: last

Saturday: night in’ the Terrace
Ukaranian Hall,
The two hour concert featured

the combined. efforts off the -
Sunday School
' classes, the various youth

‘churches

groups: “anid othe. Army's

‘Songaters. ;

The: audience was ‘also
delighted by ‘a. family group, :

Ericd:and Gene:Scheiman who

The™ very. ‘popular.

set to Country, ‘style. music.
‘The. Scheimans -

-ageompanied. with: Erica’.
a playing guitar and Gen Gene playing.
“the elar ei

The‘ time lags: ‘between the,

various presentations were a , By

’ filled‘ in: by: the“audience w
Captain Bill Young of the Army

leading the- festive ‘group. in.
carols ‘and hymna, 2°00
Todd Strudds algo helped pasa.

“ the. tlme with some {ine work. a at:

dramatizationn of festive songs:

‘nehing the: Huton: Chirstmas

hw

revue. was ‘ several,
demonstrations of. aynchronized
tambourine playing.- : ,

:. Mrs, Colleen, ‘MacDanes. led |
the’! youngsters :°in . their -
esentations which -saw them
; mos "and": ‘shaking’’ their
_beribbonned : ‘instruments In
time to recorded: musie:
A’ further ‘showing :of their
talents ; of ‘these. young | ones

featured elght..;girls | all
performing. two. Le
“tambourines.’ a

‘choral’: : arrangements” of
‘raaittonal Christmas, songs and.

eg: presented. ‘by the: Youth -

Chstitmas ‘trees:"

2 by, by caréla’and hymna...
‘4 collection Waa taken and the :
evenings enjoyment was,ended -
- with a surprise visit from good
ald Saint Nick. who*
ghildren's ordora-and. then left
alter presenting all-the children
tha bag: ‘at Boost

uu

the. Kispiog. valley.. Five -

“thettsand “doliays: ‘haébeen”"”

al.ocated to ‘the.'funds of- the
Northern Development Council.
Although, the board would not
commit themselves to a
requested one-tenth of a mill
donation for finances and

expenditures of the Northern.
-Development Council, cack

member feit that the aims of the
council were worthwhile and

should be : :considered as each

‘proposal: ‘applied. “to” “the i>

ndividual region.
Among the propesed studies

of the council are railway and

transportation. expansion;

- promotion aiid development of

‘Kermodes
win. twice

In an awesome display af
aggressive basketball over the
weekend,. the Caledonia

Kermodes defeated highly

ranked. Vancouver Technical in

two games played Friday. and _
Saturday nights by the acores of.

61-56 and 63-62. ;

Van Tech came to - town.
ranked as one of the top twenty
teams in the. province and.
promptly ran into a fired up
Caledonia ball club that let it be
known from the opening tip-off.
that they weren't afraid. of.
Tech's reputation. _-

Action through both games
was fast and furious as the 300

. fortunate fans were treated to

some of the best basketball ever
seen in Terrace.

Vancouver Sun “sports
reporter Jack Leonard expres-
sed surprise at the scores, and.

asked, to be informed of all:
Kermodes games the rest of the:
season, He is not the only one -

thinking in terms of post season

- tourney play.

natural resources in the North -

and the desire'for social and
economic improvement for all
the inhabitants of the area.

The games left Caledonia
with a mark of 10-6 after a slow

start at the beginning of the ©

season.
Friday’s game:

The opening quarter of the
first game saw the lead see-saw

back and forth with Caledonia .

coming out of it with a 15-12 }
ead: Van Tech stayed close
moving towards the half at the

Kermodes cooled off a bit.. As °
the half neared a close a six’
point burst on shots by Rich |
Green, Lorne Dakin nd: Vern
“Jacques gave. » the Kermodes a.

comfortable *'31-24 lead ‘at
intermission. Jacques lead all -
Caledonia. scorers in the first

_half with 10 points.

The Kermodes cranked up
again at the start of the second
half and opened a 41-27 as Arne
Janzen hit three straight short

jump shots and Rich Green .

threw in a! ‘spinning. juinper.
Van Tech called time-out to give
the Caledonia team-a chance to
cool off.

It was also duting this time-
out that Van. coach Ken Hecker
‘altered’ his: offensive strategy.
Wan almost - ‘won ‘the game for .

‘an,

The entire night’ Tech: found it
impossible: to ‘move. the ball
, through: Caledonia’ s‘tight zone
‘defense: *! The .Kermodes
‘continually:forced:Van into tu-
‘rnovers. with their ‘sticky
“fingers. Hecker told his boys to
stop trying to go through it-and
to begin shooting over the zone.

The. regults- were- amazingly
quick. Sophomore Greg Joy,
who will someday be. well
known around B.C. as an athlete
(He already holds the Van-
couver Juvenile high jump
record} hit'three straight 30 foot
set shots over the top of the zon- |
e, There is no. defense in the
world set up to stop 20 footers.

Van Tech got up to 45-35 at the

close of the third quarter. As,
the final quarter began, Frank
Durante continued the barrage
on the nets and Tech. crept
closer and closer ‘until

“Caledonia coach. Ed DeVries

called a time-out when ‘his 14

“ point lead had’ been shaved to -
‘52.50. It looked as if Tech would __

pull off a staggering comeback,

When’ action:” resumed,” “each
team traded shots dawn to the
wirex Lorne Dakin had a:goal
““tendixig foul called on him. With,
19 seconds: left the’ Kermodes
had the “ball-and a two ‘point
lead. They were stalling as, Van
‘ swarmed around trying to.get
the ball. . Rich Green found
and rifled a pass in to him as he
made a five foot jump shot that
put it out of reach, = *

Cont'd on Page 3

Various * ‘classes : “enformed ,

kit of the evening

‘Group andfeatlired a‘narrated*. .-
explanation of the meaning and -
‘symbolism of ‘the various.
ornaments traditionally seen on

One: ‘of the ‘highlights. of thes

photographed bya Al Price in the sat ates