| ity and appearance, - insist on hardwood flooring, at silient flooring in all raoms. @ McCulloch Chain Saws| ' 8 ‘Wednesday, May 10; 1967 ar 7 tae “OMINE shi HERALD. TERRACE. B.C. " ‘Dhe first ‘tinishing job which| makes - the- house: ‘livable is. the flooring; ©: Properly finished floors add a great deal to. the appearance of the house: |... Prospective homeowners... “us ually give considerable thought to the flooring to be installed in their new homes, Both hard: , wOod and tile floors collect les] , dirt and are easier to clean and polish 1f they are well lald and finished, There ate. many types of flooring to suit about every taste and purpose, Some people least in the living | and dining rooms, while others- prefer re- : TILE Ceramic’ tile ig popular | for| | bathroom floors, . The main species of wood used for flooring are maple, birch and oak,. all: hardwood.|. Waod manufacturers grade their lumber according to qual- Top grade flooring is fairly @ Beats @ Outboard Motors Complete Line of Parts Franchise Dealer ‘Terrace-Kitimat Small Motor Repair Shop. ‘| wood flooring nailed in place? ‘|Tuns along the edge of each ‘ is: put in place, TERRACE CO-OP ASSN. | uniform in coloitt ‘and: is vir | tually. tree from defects. . ‘Medium: grades may be just as serviceable but will contain some knots and blemishes, and there,.will be.a larger. ‘portion of short Pieces in every "Toad. Mill-run flooring is.a mixture of all-unsorled grades” exactly as it comes from the mill, . 1. NAIL IT oo “Flooting grades for .NHA-fin: aticed houses are specified in the book “Residential Stand. ards” which is available at any CMHC office. — Because flooring {s purposely dried out, care must ‘be taken to keep it free of nioisture.’ | It should be nailed in place as soon ‘as possible after’ deliv- ery to‘ the site... ow much. ‘moisture, wide spaces will appear between the boards, fol- lowing, shrinkage. ~ .. Flooring should never be stored ina. house that has just beet plastered, and if necessary the heating system should be kept i operation between the time the lumber is delivered and the floorlaying job is com- pleted. O _ ANGLE NAILS How, you may“ ask, is hard- Special flooring nails are normally used to nail the floor- ing boards. to the sub-floor. _ Nalls are driven in at an an: gle through the tongue - which board. This is called concealed nailing because the nail heads don’t show when the next board “Ceramic tiles are used main- ly for:bathracm floors and hall- ways. The important thing i is to “Try Our flo CHINESE | FOOD —J0.GO. RESTAURANT CANADIAN & CHINESE FOODS Open Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 1 a.m. Sunday, 10. a.m. ta 10 p.m, e 635-6111 Delicious. Phone 635-111 | ealeatetiatate SIN ett Meatsheatahaty race, B.C, rac | wood or .4ome * other material Hf the lumber’ contains: too} “| dwelilng. ‘| lican Church of Canada. th fin. ished ‘floor surfage is‘level with the’-floors” ih. the’” adjoining rooms or hallway. .. Variatlons annoying and dangerous; °°” Resilient flooring’ ts a ‘¢over- ing of. composition tile ‘or. Jin- surfacing kitchen’ ‘and bathroom floors, It 13 also. frequently used in other parts of the house.” This’ type of flooring is very easy ‘to’ install. Untess. the sub- floor is made of' plywood, ‘and underlay will be required under resilient flooring. = This underlay may. he ‘ply: whieh “has proved’ sutlefactory for the purpose, . AVOID BUMPS To avoid bumps in’ the floor the joints between the underlay panels should be perfectly smooth. The slightest’ uneven- ess will eventually show up on the floor surface, ~ .- Nail heads ‘should be ham. mered down flush with the un- derlay or countersunk slightly, A soundproof: floor must be provided between - the upper and lower units of a duplex The upper floor should he ifisulated with ‘a Iay- er of soft textured fibre-board over the sub-flooring to act as a acum buffer between the two units. Anglicans Aid Families of. _ . Natal Victims . _ TORONTO: Families: of coal miners who lost their lives in a Series of explosions at the Bal: mer North Mine, Michel. B.C., wil be aided by the Ang: Fifteen men died as the re- sult of the April 3 distaster in south-eastern British Columbia, The mine is located In’ the Diocese of Kootenay and the church's Primate's World Re- lief Fund has made a grant of $2,500 as a token of Anglican concern for the bereaved Beo-| ae 4 Soney was: “gtinde -avail- -able ‘to’ Bishop Scott, of Koot- -@hay,' who has contributed it to the disaster fund set up follow. ing the’ explosion, “For the last several years the -Primate’s World ‘Relief Fund has’ made grants averaping $200,000 annually to alleviate human distress throughout the world. i] Kamloops Once Canadian L.A, Tn 1911 Kamloops was adver- tised as the “Los-Angolea of Canada.” Gregg’ s Lakelse Service Lakelse Lake Road x ' GROCERIES, GAS, "OIL, ETC. PHONE 635-6978 ° ve COMPLETE LINE GIFT WRA WE HAVE THE we ‘BETTER SELECTION IN, -TERRAC aoe Pe R WE ALSO HAVE LOVELY GIFTS FOR MOM... * Cups and Saucers aR _ ¥& Photo Alb 4 kk. Boxed. Stationery. -. 1. % Buxton Wallets oe ong "ee eee sSebratararaerara anaes serene ate ‘a aa'e' ease! ae rel ba 3] .Mro..Leh C.' Barrett; Acting Wes PonelS om ond . =| ‘Provincial. ‘Director -and West- enci' sets oH ‘klexn. Canada ° Representative, ot rata OF - ma oecsonepiasucas ‘ eres dénce:is;nat yet ‘complete’ pre- between | floor levels : ard’ Doth. oleum and Is ‘now ‘standard ‘for’ “Sl ily Camping Federation direct: tors, camping clubs are spring- “x {ing up all over the nation. cael aa be ae have uncovered | the : : oldast evidence’. of man: yet found “In:the Canadian ‘north. --Although analysis‘ of the evi- liminary, examination Indfeates early. man’ may have lived in the.:Yukon as long as 40,000 years ago. © ‘Tf this is: proven,: these. will be the oldest: archaeological re- mains in the New- World. .- But even if the. most conser- ; valive estimates hold, - it will mean that early man was in the “Yukon, 12,000 to. 15,000" yeirs ago. GIANT BEAVER . The discovery: ‘was: made last summer by mtseum_ palaeon- tologist C. R. Harrison. in an exploration’ trip on the. Old Crow River .in the Yukon. He and Dr. W..N.. Irving, a Museum . archaeologist working nearby, recovered about 900 pounds of bones of animals that roamed the area in Prehistoric times. - . The finds at: several localities on Old Crow River ineluded bénes of the mammoth, ‘horse, bison, camel, . ground sloth, giant beaver, giant - moose, muskox and a type of. wolf. or dog. Some ‘of the species -are now extinct or gone from that region, and some © ‘st - Live there, - : But among the ones at one locality were man-made imple- ments. Thete .was a rerrated |. flesher fashioned from tie. leg bone of 2 small adult caribou, a hone scraper, a bone anvil, and an implement that looks like a pick made of mammoth bone. Along with them were 4.num- ‘her “of mammoth and. bison |" bone fragments that could hava been broken ‘only by man.’ Dr. W. E. Tayior, director of the human history branch’ of the museum, is enthusiastic about. the find. NATURAL LAB , “Old Crow Flets is a. great Ratural laboratory in which to study the record of: biological and cultural. evolution during the past 40,000 to 50,000 years," said Dr. Taylor. “The remark: able number of archaeological sites coupled with their abund- TERRACE LIONS received their formal charter Satur- day when Lions from the Pacific Northwest travelled here for the ceremony. Pride’ are (left to right) Mel Johnson Wilson (Vancouver South) Dale Tresner (Olym Wash.) Jerry'O’Connor {Vancouver Burrard) Macdonald (Vancouver Burrard) ~ of Lions at the airport (Terrace) Peter mpia, Howard Grumm (Olyympia, Wash.) Fred Smith (Yan Burrard) Ray Sherward,. international couns elfor (Vancouver South: and Al Purschke (Terrace Lions). The non- Lion at. ‘centre was.so pretty that. in Gauthreau foraot her. name. trepid fensman. 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