iF 3 ie 4 CAN-AFFORD |. | A PARKER FORD"! PARKER FORD | ree Peester'g Office, Victorta, B. C. - ate dealer” TRAILER SAL | oP “Your wheel e yp |. SAFEWAY. ” GLENDALE. |] PARKWoon ae TERRACE, BG... | Highway 16 West. -: * : Heis expecting amammoth : TERRACE CENTENNIAL CHAIRMAN, ; McKinnon is looking at our B.C. Centennial Hugh on blue flag, = Poor drainage _ “What do you’ |- This was .the question I | asked’in a random Survey: to” ! Terrace residents in the ‘ downlown area recently. The replies to this question: - ; Were almost unanimous, and. . sometimes unprintable. In one‘word “lousy”. Mrs, Florence Euverman By DIANA SMITH . ou ‘think ‘ofthe’ ; drainage system in Terrace?” _ | Hall) there is a huge, enor- ‘mous puddle - § don't know if it’s because of the drainage syslem but I_know on Kelth that if it rains you can swim along it”. She felt that a litile + More ‘thought ‘should ' haye been given to the system before putting it in and. that ¥ £ } __A last, minute settlement on ‘haul rates between some truck, Toggers and contractors. was Teached Jast week, : Earlier, they warnéd ‘they would shutdown all operations »' ‘antil: a- satisfactory haul rate me Was reached. - . Alz-year-old youth was killed | While logging Youth dies under tree instantly when he was crushed by a, falling log Wednesday, ». Dead is Peter Woeste of Jack | Pine'Flats, _ anincrease since 1968,” he said, Truck loggers g settle dispute 5 In making the announcement, Northwest Loggers Association secretary-treasurer Frank Munson sald “we didn't change the rate ' anywhere...but this particular haul was being cut between the ., contractor and the truckers.” He said the contractor went back to the old rating system, averting a shutdown. - THEIR BEEF. ’ Earlier Munson said the beef was between the haulers and Skeena Forest, Products Ltd. . But he told The Herald that Skeena had, in.the nieantime, decided to deal only with the . logging contractors’ which would mean the truckers would ‘deal with the contractors rather : - than directly with the company. -SETSUM -Mungon said that now the | hauler will be paida sum for each haul. guaranteed “T think it was satisfactory,” - he added. “It was no gain-—-but - ‘then ‘it wasn't a loss.” Munson said the association is presently contemplating a‘ new rate structure for hauling logs, ~ “The: association. hasn't had a , ‘ * as well as the officlal B.C. flag on al flag. che left.—Staff phato.. shipment of the gold - said. “*Personally ‘I'think its eftible - whieta we live (2903 - structure: ‘[ headed by Walt Mclntyre, has . - PannatE: Of Skeena Forest Products‘ : Looms v 635-260) 4613, Lazetle Ave., P.O, Box 399, Terrace, B.C. Postage pald in‘ lish PHONE ee ‘Gith Year Noo lo MONDAY, JANUARY'25,.1971' TERRACE, 5G. - reer OFF lampen residents bigger pipes should have been used. Mrs. Euverman added “IT -just wonder “what will happen when the snow mells"’, . . ‘LOUSY’ T think. it’s lousy”. This was the opinion of Mrs. Verna - Warner of 2610 Kalum, and . ° added “it happens every year . 2 When.we “getva lithe ‘bit’ of ©: “, Snow’. She’ also’thought that * there ‘must be - something wrong with the sewer near her house as there has been a dreadful smell for sometime, When Patrick Stevens was asked what he thought he was . irying to chip ice out of one of a. the drains at Terrace Esso, Not surprisingly he said “I Cont'd on. Page 3 Miss PNE . Terrace beauty? - Terrace has been boosted to the beauty contest big time. For the. first time in the town’s history, it will be able to enter a local girl in the Miss August, Mayor Victor Jolliffe said he received a letter Friday trom [Pacific National Exhibition officials notifying him, as a PNE “governer’, that the municipality’s' Recreation Commission's application to “This move,” the mayer sald, ‘‘has been made possible by raising the number of contestants from 30 to 40,"" “This is a firet-for Terrace and we're certainly pleased with the work’ the Terrace Recreation | Commission, heen put into thisee"" ‘ “We have ried for years to have onr ‘local girls represented in this - beauty contest,” Jolliffe added, noting that Terrace légs are aa shapely as those In other towns. re PME contest in Vanceuver in enter a contestant is accepted. | “ od ss For _B.C.’s big birthday party — ala kickoff planned COREE eEe COSESREPRRIS Geta ate e ate canoe a pipmraimcta cane canes ussrsrinccronncns RARE ge eee tt eee eee BARRA erence With'a swift cut of the cake,‘ “: attraction of the New Year. - the work. McKinnon said he hopes to _given ail children born here in Mayer Victor. Jolliffe will} BLUEAMDGOLD , PLENTY TO Da! Sweep up some action for a ‘1971. . ; . Officially. launch Centennial McKinnon said the Com- ; McKinnon and his com- centennial bonspiel. SPECIAL BABIES | Year in Terrace next Friday munity Center hall, where the —_ mittee have planned a myriad His wife, Vi, said she'd like ‘These children,'’ .. The, Centennial ‘71 kickoff. annual meeting is held, willbe of events and is still bursting to see an art show or antique show. This would include old Terrace artifacts and Indian McKinnon said, “will receive special certificates signifying they are Centennial Year will he held. in conjunction .. with the district's Chamber of = Commerce annual installation “ decorated in blue and gold. Small centennial flags will be on each table, : with ideas for more to mark B.C,’s entry into Canada in a There'll be ball 1871. . -. Yelies. ‘ Babies.” - and dance, ¥ ere’ll be balloons -- and Dates are yet tobe set, but = Aten patna. anne; ae. - . . aad Sian "Patterson, place mats to, | McKinnon sald sometime ing? PDE cnsdered is 9 On July 1. there'll be: outgoing chamber. president, * The cake, produced under February, there’ll be a flag along Lakelse to aid tourists, of Terrace will: hold its annual couldn't be happier that: the the direction of Manuel Yaising ceremony with B.C. ; chamber event — one of the biggest social events. of ‘the year--has been chosen té jaunch B.C,’s year-long bir- DeSilva, will be decdrated like ‘the centennial emblem with qeapply birthday” candles on Me, _ Each guest -will receive a candle, and then: the house lure them into the fun and give away centennial dogwood motife lapel pins. “The Centennial Caravan will also be in Terrace June 6 and 7,"" McKinnon said. He beer garden —- but this year , With a centennial theme, The big day is July 20. °° That's the day B.C. became a part of a-very-young Canada. McKinnon: Said the com- and Centennial flags going up ’ at both the municipal hall and provincial’ government building. ren For youngsters, he ‘said, there'll be an “original cen- thday celebration. % Centennial Committee’ ! BSS SS eases SSS Srnec cai be Sabi cian” 2 eet eine. 5 til Goan” cot ior lle ear cng of lee acoder lg couldn't be happier either. «7: everyone sings “Happy Birth- ‘prades one-to five, ; the sights and sounds o£B.C.'c ; ~ 8 The chamber’ event ‘is ex- day to B.C.” then blow out the ‘There'll be prizes — and top st and ft ™ There'll be a community -pected to draw more than 350 :* cahdles, - poems will be printed in your P48! and present. barbecue, judging of the beard But after the pomp ‘comes Terrace Herald. eater neds Special certificates will be Cont'd on Page 3 m in Skeena in poverty _ Out of an estimated’ 13,100 Indians in the federal riding of Skeena, only 1,739 make more than $3,000 per year. And out of that number, only 720 made over $4,000 last year. . This poverty-level situation came. to, light in-the House: of... Commorislast- week in answer to several questions asked by Skeena MP Frank Howard. -- They were. answered hy Parliamentary Secretary, J.A. Jerome. However, he added. that records indicate 28 had com- pleted grade 10 and 11 have completed grade 12, «| Jerome also reported they are 50 Indians employed ° (government) ~ classified. Positions ‘and 33 Indiaris em- -ployed on projects on a “casual” basis by the Depart- -Ment of Indian Affairs - and. Northern Development, Saga rhe Teachers love it. There’s no walls | an this school! ‘ BY GAYLE THODY ee Parkside Primary is a school without walls. Unless, of course, you count the ones actually supporting the building. ~ , But inside, Parkside is one huge room where 175 children sand six teachers all work in = harmony. 2 And, surprisingly, in quiet, = “It’s actually quieter here than any _ four-walled i classroom,” notes Mrs. Vivian Weldon, supervisor of i primary instruction. 8 ‘ CARPETED S Parkside is completely ° = Carpeted and has acoustic ceilings, — . & And its a very unstructured School---not one of those: Square (literally) schools with desks in a row and a teacher who stands in front with a - POPULATION. . Howard's first question was just what is the population of Skeena, : According to the 1966 census, he was told, the population Stood at 73,682. : Howard asked how- many were Indians, ~ . ; Jerome reported that ac- ne . sy pasion were tending the guinea pigs. “The idea," Mrs. Weldo said, “is to let children work B at their own rate of speed.'” & There are no grades as such 3 at Parkside, just students who ee have been in the school for % one, two or three years, = Insome subjects, three year & Students work with first years & students or the other’ way e around, oo And the teachers all pool 3 their knowledge and work x together side by side. : Lt _"“They learn from each 3. other,” “Mrs. Weldon said. “The new teachers bring new ideas and ‘the experienced ones, past knowledge,” -- And by sharing the work, teachers with special abilities- -“Such as art or sclence-get to put ‘their talents to practiee: The school is nearly a year pictures from the ground when she was invited to go aloft. -This is her. astounding view.,.Staff: photo, . Set aE LOOKING DOWN to the ground from a B.C. Hydro lift used by the men ta fix hot wires. Herald photographer Tess Brousseau was taking ‘At Parkside Thursday, . children were working in _» Courses. ; practical mining, exploration’ techniques; setup at the Terrace Vocational ” School. - oe offered will include geology and mineralogy and geophysics, _ inva‘ press release, R.H. - apt 4 4 et used by. the old prospectors will’ - be ‘displayed. heré..when .the:”-f Northern: Chamber:: ¢ opens:its Tugel, =... Mines * Anew School of Mines will be. etup ‘Chamber ‘said, “Through aon -, hasbeen under study for over a ‘Cooking. utensils and’ tools. old now and parents’ reaction groups or- alone, “doing their thing.” ; ng. ; to it-has been favorable; Mri, & : ol: “> ae 6 oo 9 “AY boy was lying on the Weldon said. mE: male ines’ school is planned - [etibgrowan estes, ap ANT DHE BERT : _ film projector, .and “others membership is = . ae the effective operation af the SSR SN -creaie employmentand a stable :. work force for operating nor- thern imines. . «++. Northern Chamber. “At.a Northern Chamber .- meeting last Wednesday, Bates. . Bates, president ofthe Northern educational program, which year, persons living in the north Mining people; business - will. have the opportunity to outlined plans. for the training ~ leaders and others are asked to. leara.all aspects-of mining.” program. we at eter tars project. with their ‘The training, -he sald, “will “It was pdinted out that wider. membership. er ee erence the publi: :