+ for freight,
My cested the Chamber of Come

| Reeve Goulet sald: “That's a

-§ ada,”

‘Western Trailer -

52 x 12 ‘SAFEWAY DUTCHESS 3)
bedroom -— completely furhished, ms

"West of Skeena Forest Products, Hwy. 1 ee,
Phone 635-8568 « + Tertace, BC.

Sales

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| TERRACE HERALD

‘the 5 second section S

“Press Run=4 000

“Wednesday, November 8, 1967

We could be Terrace truck

it caught on Hke wild fire.

Reeve A,F, Goulet and at least
four Muntelpal Councillors went
home from Tuesday night's meet=
ing of Municipal Counc} colning| .
Terrace promotional slogans...

One of them may be festooned
across Terrace's new Silyare
line fire truck when it makes 4
homeward trek across Canada
next April,

Fire Chief Andy Owens: willl -
go to Quebec to pick up the new
fire truck, but only after corn.
siderable discussion In Municw
ipal Council as to the savings
involved in such a sojourn,

It was finally agreed that driv.
ing the unit home would be more
economical than paying the eight
or nine hundred dollars required

A way in the news gallery sugs

merce be invited to create a
‘banner for the firetruck and

darned good idea, we could pul»
licize Terrace right across Cane

Slogans like: “Folow the fires
truck —the fire's in Terrace,
B.C,", “There'll Be A Hot Time
in Terrace”, “Terrace — The
Hottest Development Area in Cane! ¢

What's big, red and
goes across Canada?

It was just an idea —tosned in at adjournment — but |

‘ada”’ and “Smokey the Bear ts
Driving This Truck’, were tos.
sed In by. Councillors and visite
ors to the meeting,

‘The Herald «suggestion “is:
“Learn =Don't Burn — This
Truck Cost $33,048,”

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IN KEMANO

KEMANDO — Diat telephone sere
vice was introduced in Kemano
at noon, Saturday, November 4,
when the B.C, Telephone Com.
pany completed Installation of a
portable automatic telephone X=
change,

5S. G, Patterson, B,C. Tele.
phone’ s District Manager, said

e than 100 customers were} -

connected at the time of the cut
over,
He said B.C.. Telephone has
Spent more than $70,000 to ins
stall the portable switching cen
tre and related customer and
outside ~ distribution facilities
necessary to connect Kemano
customers to the telephone ex.
ea .

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No one visits |
 Skeenaview': 5

“neglected old men

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This is the story of the lone-
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It has neither beginning nor
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| pital, a place with a eye-com. .
_| pelling view of--a town which

| Government's Hospital,

It is a constant state
punctuated by the ritual of meals
and sleeping,

Tien who live in Skeenaview Hos-

does not seem to care,
A little strong maybe? But
that's. the .way I feel after tak.
ing a’ tour of the Provincial

I went up there at the invi-
tation. of the psychiatric nurses
who staff the hospital.
They want to do something
more for their patients than the
crowded eight hours of care they
put J in each
Maya Van Weston, the attrac-
tive: nurse who showed me the
hospital, put their, problem.
Succinctly,
“These men have no visitors
at all,
of volunteer visitors,” ;
That’s the -purpose of this
column, -To see-if it can reach
the good people in the community
to invite’them a. Aittte time toa

of attendants and lifesaving equipment.

water) wil be authorized. .

pfactica in Britlsh Columbia." *
pool or to alter an existing one, -*-..:

@ The Regulations provide penalties for infractions,
NEED FOR NEW REGULATIONS

PURPOSE OF NEW REGULATIONS

ensure safety. and sanitation. . a .
REGULATIONS APPLY TO; © 9° os

with hotels and motels,

standards set by these Regulations.

HEALTH BRANCH:

: nePanritent OF

GOVERNMENT OF ‘THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

REGULATIONS GOVERNING
PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS

ALL PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS in British Columbia are affected by new Regulations. .
m@ In addition to general: safety features in the planning and construction of pools, the
I Regulations cover such important. points’ as adaquate visibility, satisfactory bacterial...
quality of water, absence of greasy and slippary poolside surfaces and: ‘the avallability .

@ No “FILL-AND-CRAW” poal (that which does net provide a a ini is su supply of | cléan

@. Existing fill-and: draw pools must close by January 1, ‘ig6o: ; ae -
@ New pools must. be’ designed by a professional engineer or architec, regltered tor’

m Written consent’ by the Medical. Heath Officer in. the area. is required to bull a few

mi The Medical Health Officer for the area Is the approving authors i _s ‘e oe - wee

Many new ‘public swimming poois are being built In British Columbia particilariy int can. a
junction with hotels and motels.-Regutations ara required so that construction, ofall Public’
swimming pools will meet authorized standards of SAFETY AND. HYGIENE, ce

To provide adequate standards for the design a and 1 operation of ait ub sximming pools to

@ ALL PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS, neng those bullt and/or operated in ¢enjunetion
| Operators of EXISTING public swiramife’ noals: have until Jenuiary 1, 1969'ta meet the

- m@ Pools in APARTMENT HOUSES and. PRIVATE HOMES are NOT considered to be: pibite
swimming pools and are NOT governed by these ‘regulations. ©. vos
These REGULATIONS GOVERNING’ PUBLIC ‘SWIMMING ‘POOLS: ware. ‘authorized. by: the an

Lia utenant: Governor Jin Council on August 24,, 1967 under. Provision of the ) HEALTH Agr.

x.

It is the loneliness of. the | tho patients,” aya Vai Westen ;

We have to get a group |.

‘| don't. quite have the capacity . to

“Ml | story,

; ‘There. Was noconyersation, Thay

‘den, -
af could help. They should at least

have the motivation if they follow
‘| the. christian thie and belleve |

‘ ‘papers. and magazines —1n most.

oe Phas many ‘nations’ represented
an ‘among: ‘its people. =

| Tace,;"glV6 ° Maya | Van’: Waston.a
| gall, - pt 635-5579. She.can Ii

‘ ‘nurses; -
‘they’te cheerful people, who put

en

contact with the. outside world

the hill,
* @ 8 .
What could a volunteer do?
"They could start by talkingto

said,
: “They could play checkers or
chess with them, even read aloud
to those whose eyesight is poor,
. “Or, on a nice day, take them
out-ina wheel chair,’

‘and just a drive in a car.
“These men hardly ever get
to see'a parade,’ she said, “‘The

when we drive them, in our own
cars.’ ‘woe

eee.
You ‘don’t have td overloole the
fact that Skeenaview is a. mental).
hospital,
Its four wings’ represent vary-
ing types of patients, ~ -

Surveying .
Archies of their own minds, -

There. are the sick, theinfirm,
and old men whose memories
wander,

without any obvious quirks, They
are ‘there because they're old,

take care of themselves, because
no one else in this wide blue
wonderful . world —except the
Skeenaylew staff —gives a soli-
tary damn about them, .  ~
Listen to what Maya -Van
Weston has to say again:. “They
need personal contacts, If only
someone ‘would adopt even one
of these old men and make him
& personal friend,’?
'“We look after thelr personal
needs but this can't replace nor-
mal visitors,”. . .

This Is" not entirely a sad
Some of the men pass
their time in. skilful woodwork.
ing, pottery, making quilts, even
‘reading newspapers, -

-But the sight that made me
‘want to write this column was
found in one of the big recrea-
‘ton yooms.

‘Seventy, men sat in chairs,

all. stared into space. -It was
‘like ‘a grotesque vegetable gar'-

‘Some: of. the church - .groups

group of old men whose only | :

only time they” get downtown is| ©

a

Four residents of Skeenaview Still awaiting visitors,

Humans bigger sooner now
Boston radiologist finds

Man’s growth rate has been changing in the last few
centuries,
The onesyear-old infant of today is seven per cent taller
and 12 to 15 per cent heavier than his counterpart in the
. 19th century, says Dr. M.H, Wittenbore, Boston radiologist.

| mornings make a person. glad

1 “How wonderful to'se8 the nies
’ {tains -again.. Nice, erlsp sunny. |:

to be alive, at says. here!) _

+] Watch tor ith Coming goon!

A public auction. of unclaimed:
items and court exhibits. If ‘the
Terrace RCMP storage area be-
comes. any more congested be-
fore the sale, we can only guess
what might happen to policemen
and prisoners slike, P.S, Pro-|:
ceeds go into the Municipality's :
General Revenue. «

Guess who's who ii the Am-
erican Book of Who's Who, most
recent edition? Catherine M,
Fraser, that's who. Catherine
M, Fraser is publisher of the
Terrace Herald, and one of not
too many Canadian women listed | .
in the book,
e i e
The Herald steadfastly refuses
to believe the rumor being most
gleefully spread’ by the ungodly,
that Terrace Rod andGun marks-
man, Ed Hinz, had an unsuccess-
ful encounter with a grouse re-
cently — at a range of 15 feat,
Impossible!
e e .] on

Yes — to all those who have
been wondering whether or not
1 managed to make the grade
with the driver's licence, t got
one! It was tough going, but I
got onel So be on the. alert~
there’s a ‘brand new menace

on the road.
* Please, Me. Muntetpal Super: »

painted on North Kalum Street. -
where it Is intersected by Scott’ .
Avenue? The apartment area: .
to the east of. Kalum: has: close.
to 100 youngsters “attending

le getting across Kalum Streets .

®° «e e OS

Story, goes that Frank Howard,

MP for Skeena, willappesr onthe _
American guess who panel show, ::
"To Tell The Truth’. -Odds are.
we'll never see the film clip
but it would be interesting to see-
if the panel manages: to identify
him. They did okay with Judy
LaMarsh. _ oo
‘e ® oe.

If anyone is wondering -what
happened to this sticky fingers.
corner last week — it just gor.
lost in the last minute shifflc,
Guess nobody missed it either,’
because the 480,000 phone calls
I expected Hlzzoner. TAC. to ‘
receive, simply ‘didn't “Mat
erialize, a

s e «

. The tenant and resident elector

business is great,’ but. it has:
its “not so great’ aspect as -
well. It means that some.of our
local voters are entitled to as.
high as four votes in the forth.

coming Municipal Slections,” a

is their nurses; and |a view from). |

She ‘also mentioned bus rides .

There are the odd Napoleons
the unreal mon-|

But ‘the: majority. are “people} . i

Cut’ these out and paste them | in ‘the family album
next to that tintype of Aunt Martha’ § scrubbing board, ©
This is 1967, time you started your lifetime holiday
from dishes with one of today! $ gréat new automatic
7 dishwashers.

~: Forget everything you've heard about dishwashers

up till now: that dishes have to be pre-rinsed and 7

_ Givehera dishwasher os cw

a oe

.e
. oe
ow geaeenaeeet

of

weereeen

soenet

7 loaded just so. that dishwasher an't'do pots
pans. The. new dishwashers do the entire job including .

~ the drying. Dishes ‘are washed- hygienically

water. hotter than your hands: can oe

mi you’ re stitli in doubt, ‘ask’ one:

stand! ::

- @ 8 8 :
“the: hospital ‘could use-nows-
anguages.. because’ Skeenavlew

If: you should decide that, ‘after

you do belong to:the' haman

padle |

detalls from there, 20>.
This-story was write for ihe
“Not about: them, :'But

Par lot
Job:th

tore ‘humanity: into: their
ta ay: salary” sould Amp

‘intendant of Public Works, could %; |
‘}we-have pedestrian crosswalks :

school and they aften have troube |