Fifty years ago this week| ED'S NOTE: ‘As part of the celebrations of the Golden Anniversary of Terrace becoming in- corporated as a village on December 29, 1927 we will publish the highlights from the Terrace Herald, dated exactly fifty years ago. The Herald began publishing many years previously, with the. first issue hitting the street on July 11, 1903. ’ LEGISLATURE IS ABOUT READY FOR BIG WORK Most of the time of the Legislature thus far has been taken up with a debate on the Speech from the Throne, Fortunately members are not confined to the contents of the speech itself, but are permitted to ramble as they- will. For the most part the time is taken up with charges. by the opposition and replies from the government. But as there was nothing in the Speech from the Throne. to discuss there was nothin Rebecca Lodge met at the home of Mrs. F.S, Mills on Friday of last week when a miscellaneous shower was held, the hostess, receiving many useful gifts from her sister members. Mrs. Jarmin, who has spent the last few months a Pets wi NTERTIME ON THE STREETS of Terrace. (E.T. Kenney coltection) PIVENCTAS PARLIAVE%. VICTORIA 3 ¢ LIBR ses ee er) ART Terrace 1927-1977 50 Golden Years ’ 0.0039 here with her daughter, ; Mrs. Downing, had the : misfortune to fall on Sunday noon on anicy walk in front + of the house and break her leg. She was removed to.the Prince Rupert hospital on Tuesday accompanied by her daughter. Tuesday night: and Wednesday . mornin Terrace citizens witnesse one of the worst wind storms that has been felt here for a number of years. The tar and paper roof on the Sundal block was strewn in all directions; the water pipes on Park Hill were frozen arid 3: others had a similar ex- On Tuesday € ‘ BE. 2 H for the opposition to'do but? Fegist debate westions ‘that -had.-. and appearet in the:daily, press. §}tmkalum Lake... fi rd¥ards to the tiquor question’ -in - B.C. ‘the, - ba “out A goverriment said that coul be handled nicely in future if the ‘opposition’ would be willing to“have the liquor question taken out of politics and [ull power given to the liquor commission. = ~ The timber -deal with the Powell River Paper Co. was. not much of-a bone of con- tention as a number of the Conservatives were in accord with the deal and the price received. From the speech of Premier Oliver, 1 hope of disposing of the, P.G.E. was scattered. The Hon. Premier stated that nothing could be done at this time, either with the C.N.R. or with private parties. The expectations were that this -main period of speech- making would wind up this week and next week the House would get down’ to business. Some important matters ‘are promised by supporters of the govern- ment.--.., TERRACE NOTES « -.. Mrs. W.H. Burnett en- tertained 30 guests to a delightful afternoon tea on Friday last. During the afternoon vocal solos were given by Mrs. R. Haney and Miss Hallowill and Miss Sibary delighted the com- ° pany with a number of piano selections. The hostess was assisted by Mrs. H. Brooks, Mrs: &.T. Kenney, Mrs. | Sam Kirkaidy-and Mrs. W.H, Wilson. : Lester Taft has been temporarily. incapacitated as a result of an accident on Friday last while ‘driving down the Colthurst hill. The team slipped on the ice and overturned the sleigh which , skidded down the hill, The driver received several cuts — about the eyes and cheek as he hit the ground but the” doctor soon had him patched up. The team was uninjured. Gus Muelser, a logger in Geo. Little camp met with a nasty accident on Wed- nesday last when he: was thrown from a spring board on which he was working. . He suffered a fracture to his -leg above: the knee. Dr. Turvel rendered first aid . er sent him to the Prince Ruert hospital on Friday’s freight. ‘ The lady members of the is able to t again alter’ being” confined to the house for six weeks, the result of his gun accident. Geo Little has gone to the rairie to get a carload-of orses for his lumber camps. He may also pick u afew head of stock an some pigs for other residents of the district. Lawrence Grej Miss Florence Vanderlip was an afternoon tea hostess on Friday last. A number of friends enjoyed a very se pleasant afterncon. Miss Hallowill had the ‘misfortune to receive a nasty cut on her head last Wednesday | January 12, when the horse turned suddenly and the buggy ‘upset- and both she and her mother were thrown out. They were returning from the social gathering in Progress Hall. ‘They were taken to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bishop, but were able . ‘ts evening, % to proceed home the next: ‘day little the worse for their ‘ experience. Jack Sparks was a ‘gues at the home of his brother Sunday for Shames. He is in charge of the pumping station at-that point. ST. MATTHEWS CHURCH SOCIAL : A most successful church social was: held on Wed nesday evening, January 12 under ‘the auspices of the vestry of St. Matthews church in Progress Hall, COBAIN ORE ee SS es a Ff EGE es, ‘ SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM MEMBERS kept - Transport investigators to arrive on the scene. . the end of the week leaving. watch on the crash site while waiti which was kindly loaned by = Mr. Bishop. . The hall was tastefully decorated by Rev. and Mrs. Robinson and made: to resemble a spacious drawing room, A crowd of over 130 people assembled from far and near to enjoy a varied program. ' The program was a follows: pianoforte Kathleen Burnett; voca trio, Canadian Boat Song Mrs, A.W. Robinson, Rev Wm. Allen and Rev. A.W meaux; ‘Revenge, Capt. J.B Colthurst:; Solo, Three fo a a) Skeena Aute Metal Shop td. 635-6572 — Terrace new Mazda prices start at $9,377 1A O,T. investigate FOUR HOURS, AFTER THE CRASH the plane was spotted and search — and rescue members and police began the long sea the 12 persons kiiled in the wreck. : the ARROW POINTS TO CRASH Jack, Rey. A.W. Robinson. Herman Mountain. The mountain, two miles from the VOLUME 71 NO. 3 PRICE 20 CENTS ‘Serving Terrace and area since July 11, 1908 PARK AVENUE REALTY LIMITED WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1977 Terrace, 6.¢c.¢ REALTY WORLD. aed wi SITE on top of Littte airport, is seen in Martin, _ George; rch for the bodies of Ministry of Transport investigators were still searching Tuesday for in- struments from the Twin Otter aircraft .which crashed on Little Herman ‘Mountain Friday. at 5:30 p.m. ' . 7 The 12 persons killed are pilot Norman Rogers, 31; co-pilot Robert Kirkman, 24 and stewardess Deborah Falk, 23; all from‘ Prince George. Passengers were Nancy Cockerill, 20, . her three-year-old son Matthew of Stewart; two brothers, Gaston , Rochon,...0%:,a0d... Rochon; 48, both..o Prince Rupert; Edward Burkhardt, “64,"": Lance . 20,-° _ Orville Breikreutz, 30 and Nelson Pugle, 33, all from Prince and Dow MacGowan, 31, of Quesnel. The plane was enroute from Prince George to Terrace .but stopped at Reyal R wy ‘airport - missi Prince Rupert before at- tempting. to land at the’ airport: here. Two men, one from Dawson Creek and one from Oregon, decided to drive to Terrace from Prince Rupert instead of continuing on the Nerthern Thunderbird Air Ltd. flight. One of the men was on urgent family business in Terrace and did not wish to be diverted back to Prince George: The’ cause, of the crash remains a myatery, The ilot- reported. approach’ to the’ runway. “Reports from sources at the . airport indicate the lights of the plane were seen but disappeared soon after. - George Blakey of the weather office reports there were ‘ob- scurred weather conditions at 5 p.m. Friday with a ceiling of 1800 feet and oc- casional snow.. Visibility was 1% miles from the airport. By 6:15 p.m. when RCMP received the report of the ‘plane from Bill Mitchell, airport manager, the ceiling had lifted to 1800 feet with occasional. snow. Visibility was three miles at this time. = = Keith Labrecque said Okanagan Helicopters was’ aler at 7:55 and had begun the air search by 8:55 p.m. He said it took about 20 minutes to find the wreck and about another 15 minutes to pinpoint its location. He said there was blowing snow during this time. ‘ 7. According toone source at the scene of the crash the plane was difficult to see even with the helicopters " floodlights. * When search crews first atrived at the scene and realized there were no survivors the decision was made to post two policemen at the crash site overnight to keep. wild animals away. ‘SEARCH AND RESCUE Doug Joinson, an RCMP officer in charge of search and rescue, reported he was alerted to the plane crash at 2:30 a.m, Saturday, He said RCMP, Air Search and Rescue from Comox, two paramedics and two doctors ‘snow but... two years “ago, inditated no-other-problems~ «21a cing oe "and ‘the. plane ‘continued its “ae CONDESIONS °°" S Twin Otter crash | were at the scene when he. ‘arrived at 8:45 a.m. There were 18 members of- the local search and rescue team at the site and they were involved in gathering the bodies. According to one source there were nine bodies outside the airplane. Joinson said his search and rescue team = en- countered no problems and were prepared to handle the emergency. The last major event the men were involved . in was the slide at Mile 28 Shee _.: SAFE © Although the conditions at 5:30 ‘pm. Friday were unsafe for the regular CP Air Boeing 737, a Ministry of Transport spokesman has said there is no fair com- parison between the jet and the Twin Otter because weather conditions that would turn away a 737 might stil! be safe for the smaller, lighter Twin Otter. “The final determination would be up to the pilot,”” the spokesman said, “Who knows but that he was making an approach to the airport to see how the conditions were?” According to Keith Labrecque who was co-pilot in the helicopter which found the plane crash the Twin Otter was on its Flight path. “We knew = ap- roximately where to look or it,’’ he added. According to pilot Dave Newman the wreckage was “spread along a straight line over about two acres of brush right on the edge of a rocky, logged area, — “It looked like he'd dropped his wings first and the engines and finally the fuselage, which was plowed into the snow at the nor- thmost end of the wreck,” he said. Newman estimated the plane would have been travelling at least 100 miles an hour when it struck, The top of the mountain near where the aircraft struck is about 300 feet above the runway. _ Newman says the pilot would have been ‘‘coming in on instruments, wouldn't see the mountain until about a mile from it at the mast, but — well, who knows what happened?” ene tor On approximately the week of January 7 Terrace -| ROMP believe a red Datsun’ rked behind the Terrace otel was illegally entered. Some tools and a new pair of ski gloves were removed. At ‘the same time a large green- R.C.M.P. “ notice colored car was entered and some money taken. j If either of these cars are yours lease contact Constable eibel or Meadows, Terrace Detach- ment of RCMP. , Constable.