Bid Terrace Review —

Wednesday, August 1, 1990

Recently, Gladys Oliver
celebrated her 80th birthday.
The celebrations were done up
in grand style and lasted for
three days.

She is one of those people

who you'd call 80 years young: -

‘‘old’”* just does not fit her.
Gladys was born in Salt Coats,
Sask. When she was very
young the family moved to
Duncan, where she went to
school and graduated. She then
went to Victoria to go to Nor-
mal School to become a
teacher. Her first job took her
to Isle Pierre, just outside
Prince George. It is here that
she met and married Frank
Clifford.

Gladys taught in Isle Pierre
until 1940, when they moved to
Savory, where one teacher and
one more student were needed
to keep the school open. She
taught there for one year.

The Cliffords lived in Prince

‘Rupert for a while and in 1943
they made the move to Terrace.
Here she started teaching again
in 1948 and taught until her
retirement in 1974. Retirement
did not mean, however, that
she was going to sit still and do
nothing. She has kept very
busy and was instrumental in.
the establishment of the Happy
Gang Centre. She has been
very involved in the Old Age
Pensioners Assn. and still is.

Husband Frank passed away

in 1977, and since 1981 she has
been married to another

- wonderful man, Charlie Oliver.

A big surprise awaited her on
Saturday, July 14.

Thinking she’d been invited
-to an ordinary family barbecue
birthday dinner at the home of
her son and daughter-in-law,
Roy and Ann Clifford, she was
astonished to find, waiting for:
her in the garden, relatives and

friends from around the prov-
ince: her sister Fran Landale
from Duncan, her niece Connie
Crum and husband Mel from
Vancouver, niece Edith Krouse
and husband Ernie and son
Tim from Prince George, and
niece Ilene Pike and husband
Ted from White Rock were
among the out-of-town guests.
Granddaughters Vicki Clifford
and her friend Joe, recently of
Edson, and Marie Hepburn of
Vancouver also came back to
Terrace for the celebration.

Other guests included hus-
band Charlie, his son and
daughter-in-law Jim and Emily,
and their children Errin, Shaun
and Monica: daughter-in-law
Louise Clifford, grandsons
Peter Hepburn and Bill Clif-
ford, Bill’s wife Marlana and
son Aaron. Rounding out the
party were Brenda and Jeff
Niemi and Betty Bell of Ter-
race,

Gladys was treated toa
lavish dinner, including a cake
baked and decorated by Ann
Clifford. Guests at the party
showered her with gifts and
cards. The surprise party was a
wonderful reunion, especially
due to the fact that some had
not visited Terrace previously.

We, at the Review, want to

add our congratulations and
best wishes.

It’s summer time, and that
means that people travel and
go on holidays, to either go
someplace they’ve not seen
before, or travel back to the
place they used to live in, to
see friends and relatives. Of
course working part-time at
Heritage Park, brings me in
contact with many, many peo-
ple, and this is where I met
Norm and Beverly Bisaro.

Norm used to work in the
Royal Bank in Terrace and is
married to Beverly, daughter of
Frank and Kit Skidmore. We
rehashed some of the old days.

' That same day Jennifer

Langley and her young son
Cameron visited the park. Jen-
nifer is the daughter of
Margaret Langley. The Langley
family left Terrace some four -
years ago and Jennifer lives on
Gabriola Island.

I also met two Dutch
brothers who had flown from
Amsterdam to Seattle, rented a
car there, and came. up by ferry
to Prince Rupert, then drove to
Terrace. The only thing they
visited in Terrace was Heritage
Park, and their next stop was
to be Quesnel and Barkerville.
From there they would drive to
Jasper and Banff, and then go
slowly south to Seattle again to
fly back home.

I find it interesting to learn

Gladys Oliver: a surprise at 80, and a reunion.

how tourists, and especially
foreign tourists, find this small
city of Terrace in this large ©

country called Canada. Most of

them are on the way to
somewhere, but we seem to be
a favorite stop-over point. The
ones I have talked to areim- —
pressed with the city and the
hospitality of the people.

Now that Heritage Park is
open seven-days a week, two
more tourguides have been
hired.

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