On November 16 polls will
open at 8 p.m. in the Clarence

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VISIT. POSTPONED

The visit this week. of
Federal Ministers Don
Jamieson and Ron
Basford has had tobe
postponed due to the

“hospitalization of Mr.

-Basford.”

Sparks Street and voters will be
faced with a number of cholces
that have to be made, The
choices all, in one way’ or
another, concern the future,

Between 6 a.m, and 3 p.m. on
Saturday voters will be asked to
choose three of nine people for
seats an the Terrace Municipal
Council. and three of ten peapte’
for seats on the Board of |
Trustees of. Schoo] District 88.
(Skeena-Cassiar). As well,
voters in the District of Terrace
will vole yes or no to two
referendums .
FOR COUNCIL

In all nine candidates are
the
Municipal Council, Three seats

ens

are presently vacant - those!
held by Alderman Norah
Jacques and by Jerry -Duffus
and Hank Buncombe. Both Mr.

Buncombe and Duffus have let

their names stand. for re--
election, but Mrs, Jacques has

- declined to-run.
Contesting the three seats

along with Buncombe and
Duffus are Sharon Biggs, a.

‘housewife, Helmut Geisbrecht,

a teacher, Bill: Inglis, a

manager, .Mary Little, a
homemaker, Pat O'Donaghy,
editor, Dave. Pease, an ac-
countant and Cyril Shelford, a’

manager, © | : to,
Over Lhe past: several weeks
the candidales have made

appearances in print and on the
air waves and have let their

platforms be known, As well,

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8 p.m. in the Banquet Room of
the Terrace Arena. At that time
all interested voters will be able
to question the municipal
candidates on the issues in-
volved in this election.
FOR SCHOOL BOARD ©

There are three terms in-
valved on the School Board, two
two year terms anda single one
year term. Contesting the two
year terms-are the incombent
Nancy Orr, Pat Boyle, a sales
manager, Dennis . Brewer,. a

_ Manager and Nan Harrison, a

housewife, :
Six candidales are contesting
the lone one year lerm. They
are Jack Cook, a manager
Olelia La Plante, a housewife,
Ray Mabbett,. an. X-ray

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technician, Vivian Roy,’ a

housewife, Dan Sheridan, 3
computer operator an e
Tindall, a salesman.

All candidates, with the ex-
ception of Mr, Boyle, were on
hand last Thursday for an open
forum. - The report on that
forum will be found in the

second section of today’s

herald.

THE REFERENDUM
- There are two referendum
facing Terrace voters, one
proposed by the District of
Terrace, the other by the
Kitimat-Stikine- Regional
District. > -

The District’s referendum is
for the power. lo borrow some

$290,000 for the develapment of |

Lower Little Park as a passive
park area.. .The reasoning

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behind the referendum is that.

by going to the voters the park
can be developed in one fell

_ Swoop instead of plece meal
over a number of years and -
thatlhecost to the tax payer can ~

be spread out over a longer

period, meaning among other
things that peopla who move to

Terrace five years from now

will still be taxed for the en-

ipyment they obtain from the
ar!

The Regional-District
referendum is for an ex-
penditure of $400,000, the
Reglonal District's two-thirds

participation. in the develop- .

ment of the Kitsumkallum Ski
Hill, seven miles’ west of
Terrace.: According to mem-
bers of the Kitsumkallum Ski
Development Socfaty, a yes

PRICE 20 CENTS

the herald

Development for

Northern people |

Minister for Northern Affairs,
Alf Nunweiler, called Saturday
for the continued involvement
of Jocal people in the develop-
ment af recreation facilities for
their communities, Speaking to
the joint recreation conference
of the Northwest Parks-and
Recreation Association’ in
Smithers, Nunweller
congratulated the conference
for their awareness of the need
for recreation planning, and
feviewed the status of proposed
parks for the Smithers areas,

“Local people mist be, li-

‘alummbla,": Nunweller
sa “Local y must:
planned for and accommodated:
with the active assistance: of
people in each of-our northern.
communities. Our government
is commiltee to the develop-
ment of sorely needed
recreational facilities in Nor-
thern British Columbia and is
funding’ recreation facilities
throughout the north with the
planning assistance of northern
people. In the .Smithers-
Kitwanga ‘area alone, Nun:
weiler continued, ‘$146,666 has

been granted to community _

proups fur recreation facllities
in the past six months. © And
that's not all we're doing.” . -

“assessing

- UWe've Initiated a series of

‘studies for parks in this area,”
Nunweiler said, . “We are
currentiy considering the
Babine Mountain Range Park
proposal lo create 4 park-above
3500 feet in the Babine Range
-East.of Smithers. . We. are
sludying recreation values such
as hiking cross country skiing

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1974

and wildlife within the proposed

area. .-

yolugg.. in. Whe. Hunan Assoc
"Development of Northern.
"British: Col

vin order that we:
agsess this proposal. |: :

- Weare ’in. the’ process ‘af:

‘establishing: a ‘visual line’
around Babine Lake in order
that we may assess the Impact
of logging on recreational and

scenic communities on that. j

lake. We have selected
potential sites for campgrounds -
al three different locations on
the Lake, and. we are currently
the Burnie Lake-
Taulil River area for its
recreation values, .
We must develop the north for

- the people of the narth and not

for the sake of development.”

Speed changes to morrow

Department of Highways in
Terrace are expected to start
changing speed limits on area
highways tomorrow. The
change-over was expected lo

start yesterday but an apparent --

delay on the over-lays which

will be put on current signs has -

led to the postponement,
Wilf MaeDonald of the
Department of Highways .in
Terrace said all 60.MPH signs
on area highways will be over-

laid with the new signs posting .

major firms join in Terrace enterprise

Two

Two major Canadian firms: -
have joined (6 take over Formol
Electric in Terrace -to better
serve a large cliente! already
existant in this. region.
Elwarthy & Company Ltd,
along with Mainland Foundry &
Engineering Ltd.,. have’
acquired the Formol [frm
because this was the quickest
‘way of bacoming established in
tha: community and : getling
Tight down to the business of .
serving the area. |
The decision was made based

_ on. past performance of both
“-firms'in the northwest market
‘and ‘a careful analysis of the -

potential for future develop-
ment. In viewof tha prospects :

_ it was felt that the area can not

be adequalely serviced from
Prince George or Vancouver.
Thus the major move into
Terrace, the obvious service,
supply and communication hud
of the Pacifie Northwest.

the maximum speed al §5 MPH.
"> These highways Include High-
way 26 between here. and
Kitimat, Highway 16 east
teward Hazelton and Highway’
16 west to the start of the center-
line on the newly paved section .
of highway. 5... 0 pe
Highways. in the Lower
Mainland have. already \un-

.Gergone: the change from .60.

MPH to 55 MPH and are being

ofthis province.

~vchanged now In all other parts

_y Former partner in- Formal, .

Don Forbes, will be remaining -
wilh the two firms and will take
aver as Shop Superintendant
responsible for all major
electrical repairs and service.
All former Formol employees
will remain on the payroll.

The new Terrace operalion —

- will be supervised by George
“Enoch who has been with”

Mainland since 1053 in the
Vancouver area until this ap-
pointment. - He is married lo

“Jacky and, they’ have two

children and six grandchildren
with-number seven expected in
January. In fact Mrs. Enock
-will not be joining George until
the birth of the new arrival. -
George Enoch was born in &
fleld somewhere between Rose:
Valley: and “-Kalvington
Saskatchewan. He is a long’
time Kiwanian ‘and is a past
President. of the Pacliic
Kiwanis Clubs: He was

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TERRACE, B.C.

Mayor Gordon Rowland was among those who laid

‘wreaths at'-the Municipal -Ceno

the annual Jay Cees All Can- -
' didates Forum will go tonight at

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PROVINCIAL LIBRARY

PARLIAWENT BLDS.
: VICTORIA B.C.

‘yale to ‘the referendum ‘will
mean skiing on a_ well-
developed sit in the winter of
15.

Voters in Kitimat and
Thornhill will also be voting on
the Ski Hill referendum.

Voters in the Thornhill,
Queensway area will also be
voting on a referendum for
$60,000 plus a yearly $2,500 for
the operation of the Thornhill
Recreation Hall. aus

We will not presume to teil
voters how to vole in any of the
fields - municipal, school board
or the referendums, but only
urge that they do vote.

We urge all eligible voters to

get aut Saturday, belween the.

hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. and
vote. For your fulure,

asaiey” iestdelianaas

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- NGST-ONTS - |
_., Terrace, B.C

one hundred people braved chilly winds to take in the

taph- during quiet, yet impressive ceremonies at the Cenotaph,

“Remembrance Day ceremonies Monday. Well over and, earlier, the Tillistim Theatre.

honoured for his work as a
Kiwanian at the P.NLE, |
The two firms are taking an

optimistic look into the future of °

the Pacifi¢ Northwest and Mr.
Enoch said thal contingent on
the expected growth of the area

‘the -mumber of men on the

payroll will increase. He said

such recrulls will be sought in _

the local labour market if they
are available. ve Te

The firms will be supplying
the forest. industry in general

wilh sawmill operations in ~

.- They... will. also

particular,
and = are

supply - Alcan

‘-manufacturers. ‘of specifically

“designed hydro equipment.
They also serve the processing,
-packing and mining industries.
Mainland employs same 300
people while Elwarthy employs
in excess of 100. Oddly enough
both firms got their start in
Vancouver in 1036. In 1968
Mainland was sold lo Bow

“Valley ‘Industries of Calgary. -

This’ firm also acquired
ownership of Elworthy in 1969.
Mainland was founded in 1935
by A.M. Graham and was later
taken over by his son Jim until
the birth of the new arrival.
remains as: President and
General Manager. The firm has

the largest jobbing iron foundry.

production in Western Canada
producing the finest castings

‘available, It is-also a major
“warehousing, and distributing

firm’ of. mechanical power

(ransmission with inventories

worth in the neighborhood of

$1,500,000 in five locations. -

Gross sales last
$16,000,000. : .
- The -Elworthy firm was
founded in 10936 by Barney
Elworthy who ran it until its
sale in 1969. He remained ac-
{ive until 1970 and still drops in
from time to ime to see how
things are going. The firm isa

year attained

major manufacturer of special
sawmill machine control
equipment such as. custom
made d.c, drives and set works,
It also has an Industrial elec-

‘trleal outside wiring division
-and. an extensive electrical
‘apparatus repair division.

Needless to say that “the
facilities now made available
‘by these two firms is a valuable

asset for Terrace with service
radiating from this community
to the entire Pacific Northwest,
the Yukon and Alaska.

>. Jo-Anne joins
.... Herald staff.

Jo-Anne Johnson bas lived In
Terrace for five years. She has
two children; a boy and gir),
Before ‘moving here Jo-Anne
lived in Prince Rupert and
attended school in Quesnel, .

Her hobbies are. writing

etry, painting, and reading.
ithowgh she hasn't done much
painting since leaving school
she plans to take up the brush
again in the near future,

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_Jo-Anne is a member of
B.C.AN.S.1.: She is slso a
imember of the Terrace -Cam-
munity Serviced Society and,
was elected to their board of
directors on October3i,

She will be doing general
reporting with particular In-
tereat given to native affairs,
developments and problems.
She can be contacted at 635-
6357,

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