; this, little beauty, Phone 635-2601 - Beb™ Parker lid. Terrace, BO. ot Oth YEAR — ‘No. 17: ves "1968 ANGLIA —2 door, 4 cylinder. motor. A parfect’ second ear. Calf - John: Bee’ today for information on Victoria,’ Be Ce “Prove. ‘Babrary. . * pertedieals Departnent, . ° : re oy show: you " Come In todey ‘and lot Ernio Fis pees new ‘6 8 MERCURY SPEED. LIMIT HIKED ts 60: now - on 16 » Matoriste, driving East on Highway. 16,may, oc igh the! le up to the 60 Toph mark for. an exhilarating. y ~ speedometer need) v 23 ‘niles, us 3 That's the section of road from|” ithe Skeena Bridge which recoiv- pear new aa renewed blacktop this - “Olticial word toboost the speed “Hmit ‘from 50 mph came: from Victoria October 23,, 7% But motorists seen Sunday by erald staff seemed relnctant to take advantage of the new, speed Limit, limit, — east — _‘T, GORDON KERR Kerr to ty | for Council o Latest candidate’ to enter the Municipal election picture ls T, “Gordon Kerr, semi-retired elec- _ trical contractor, . +, Mr. Kerr made known- his in- ‘tention to contest a seat on Coun- “cil last Friday, >. This will be his second try for ‘Municipal office, He ran un- ‘successfully curing the last: elec- ‘-tlon here. Kerr has livedin Terrace | since "31993. He'is a past president: ‘of the Terrace. Ratepayers Agso- elation, & cltizéns’ group nov ii. “active, The association was for- imed to discuss and deal with i pro- iblems faced by: local taxpayers, f° “1 would like ‘to see ‘the tax- payer: get a lltile -higher per-|:~ centage return for his taxdoltar, | basically in the area of utilities ‘and engineering,’ Kerr, told the ‘Herald, © “The Munielpal - waterworks department and. planning | could “stand ' a new and different ‘ap- "proach, and :roads are, Another |: . dsore spot with me?’ 2... ' He added: “With'a better de-|, _ ign, voads could: be: improved]: without -any additional cost, This ‘would. involve the’ purchase of a} ‘Tock crusher and: dsing onished Possible recollections ofsome |" - stretches of: the road being tised by- RCMP for radar traps may |'- have influenced their accelera- . tion.-’ _ A second factor could be that large stretches’ Of the new black |. top. are ‘not yet marked with a centre line, Other ‘stretches, particularly in the Thornhill area mitted "fast for where motorists. are left -land turns, see! 60 mph, There are now two. ‘60. mph roads out of Terrace, Highway 46 East and. Highway’ 25 to Kiti- mat, The official speed posting came, from Victoria and was based part- lyon the recommendations of District Superintendent: of. High- ways, D, G, Johnson, and partly | © on the fact: that the highway was originally designed ag a6 MPH thoroughfare, ..- Still to be added ‘to thé 23 mile strip is a.second: lift of blacktop, scheduled ‘to go down a idin 1968, weather permitting, and| a treated shoulder and curb rise, Asked to comment on the speed posting, Johnson said: “Well, the highway was. designed for 60 MPH, and it seems kind of | silly to "have &@ good te le of road like that -and a b to use it to. advan _ rock Instead of this Sountry mud Aand martes," LO hr Library adds” — 400 new books The: ‘shelves of Terrace Public |i ‘| Library currently carry 4100/f new. books, ‘ranging in every subject from the kitchen toHéten Keller.. +: - Fiction, mysteries andscience fiction departments have also been ‘fortified. with new’ books, In: the non-fiction’ category there ‘are cookbooks as well as books about fossils, public re- lations, poetry, history and hio- S graphies,”.' A. display - of “UNICEF. dolls and”: children’s: “pletures” from Many countries will he featured during’. Young: Canada’s’ Book |¢! Week at the Terrace Public Li- brary November 14 to-18, Tho |: display ‘entitled ‘Hello’ Dolly will be on view during regular ibraxy: hours. ; Last. ‘chance ’ Soccer’ ‘scholars ' get their’ Tast chance: Wednesday night. : “That's the word trom Glyn! fe ‘Biahop, currently givinga course: in “soccer: skills at Skaena, High Wednesdays at 8p.m,, °° (Enrolment. has. not. bee over: ‘whelming a He hae ‘decided that iftheclas mi ‘doesn’t. grow, -by thig Wednesday | i “night, the course willhe dropped, |S "yt! involves: phyateal:: “fltness, |! coaching. in soccer. skills, ° ahd one hour’s practical work: attive. ; en f ‘aralde indoor soccer. , ’ Remémbrance day. crowd, told: THE DEAD. OF TWO WORLD WARS AND KOREA were solemuly remembered last Saturday at the traditional cenotaph | ceremony on the grounds of the municipal building, Veterans .,| and townspeople’ assembled before the cenotaph where abr. cadets - reversed | arms and, RCMP supplied an ‘honor guar. Terrace’s ‘veterans Building. ‘the mothers of ‘the fallen, “until we want Him to.” would be a very costly one. and understanding.: ° Paul said we should do: | Mr. msenleyeli said, a Dy. end ing deed. _.. A briefer ceremony saw the -preséntation of only’ four) - wreaths; By Syd Sheasby on behalf of Legion Branch 113,: by Reeve AF, Goulet. representing the municipality, Dorathy Sheasby, the Ladies Auxiliary, and Councillor Dorothy: Norton, ‘Rev, George Keenleyside of Knox United gavethe traditignal . address to the hushed crowd of veterans and. townspeople. Mr...Keenleyside called for amore lasting remembrance . of the dead than.a temporary sadness.and then “to leave . this place ina sort of. quiet or even boisterous resignation that ‘wars have.always been and probably always will Be/.’” - He called on his audience to remember also ‘the tie “and the hate, and violence and. greed- and destructio "He suggested that. people. remember. “that ‘in the com~ ’ plexities of war these things are never completely one-sided - .and. ,.. that God isn’t ever golng to stop wars in our world Such a remembrance, the United Church Minister sai, [ “*%t will mean that most ot us will have to swallow a great deal of bride and pour out a great deal of compassion ; “Tt will’ mean that we will have to do what the aposile ‘ hate what is evil, and recognize . that war is evil for the simple reason that war ‘hurts people,” a ‘ed Tuesday ‘that he will leave +Columbia’s | 1980 with unparalleled growth ‘}men. made a strong pitch in a 3 ea ene, to in“ Victorla, - “Tbasing “its - ‘Prediction on a cons. {tnded upward ‘trend: in North ‘| American housing’ starts, rising Local people ignored biting’ rain-to honor the. deal of. : two world wars and Korea November. 1, . ; . marched briskly down ‘Lakelse ; Avenue to the Cenotaph ceremony in front of the Municipal ; ‘| forecast increases in production ‘| and wood pulp, . ,| Calffornia trade. seminar in San _|to more than 2,700,006 by'1980, +1 $2,500,000, 000, will have to-rise loo” ,000 to possibly $18, ato, ,000,- Transfer to Vancouver prompts surprise move . Terrace’s. Municipal election race took a @ramatic turn . this week when Reeve. A,F, Goulet withdrew from tie contest. 1060 Coy --REEVE WONT RUN — IN DECEMBER POLL The incumbent reeve announc- Terrace in early January to take an executive post with: a’ Van- | couver construction company, ~ He made the annowncenient at @ public meeting of Terrace Mun icipal Council, - — Goulet - who earliei had are nounced his candidacy said he B.C. boom seen by socreds economic picture should take. on a.rosy hue. by of the province, say Government spokesmen, * They say. much of theinereased prosperity should come from in- creased population. ‘and. an increase in housing demand in B.C. as well as In others. parts of the continet. Attorney-General Robert Bon- ‘ner, other. members of the pro- | vincial cabinet andB.C. business- California last week. for invest- melt :1n,. and . increased trade “BC le, the provincial, but ‘lumber’; prices" and firm export -| markets, forecast a moderate in- erease inthe value of B.C, forest production this year, . “The bureau's report said “All that is ~holding back a: major housing boom is the now-chronic shortage .of ‘morigage funds," The report said newsprint. Pro duction was down by almost six por cent: in B.C, during the first half of this year, duetoincreased production in, the U.S, But it of other paper and Paperboard Mr, Bonner, addressing aB.c.. Francisco,. said B.C,'s popula. tion will grow. from its présent figure of just under . 2,000,000 He saidnew capital investment, which,“this year will bo. about to $6,000,000, 000 or more.. - Mr, Bonner said that by 1980 was’ reluctant to: anit the elect- ff ion. Td like to sée just how 1 would “Tnake out,’ he told the Ee Herald. He explained that his prev- @ ious announcement that he would & run was made in good faith but that the opportunity to transfer fie to a new business had forced him to change his mind, a a el The reeve’s decision not to § run now- makes the December 9. ‘poll a three-way contest bet- ween’ Councillor V.C, Jolliffe, who'- lost out to Goulet in the 1965 election, J, Fred‘ -Weber, eandidate-sponsored by the Com- mittee for Better Municipal Gov- Fy ernment, and Poul Bogelund, The retiring reeve said hewas & leaving Terrace for the Vancouv- ff er area with many regrets, How- § ever, he said that the opportun- & ity to become a partner in Clay- ton Contractors as well as the need for his family to be close to a university in the future § prompted the move, + » * : In a letter to the people of Terrace (see page 2 for full text) Goulet expressed regret at his | impending departure from the town, At the same time, che under- lined his confidence in the fut- ure growth of the community and cited achievement of the present Terrace Municipal Council, 5: ‘letter, cites anew water’ infiltration gallery to be started in: the new year, completion of & a sewage trunk system, the fact that Terrace was one of the first communities. to’ install a- sewage treatment plant; and the erection of the library-museum as the town’s centennial project. “*T would like at this time,” Goulet. said, “to thank the peop- ‘le of Terrace for their support.’” “1 would like also to thank | those who havé served on Coun- cil wlth me for making Terrace a better place in which to live,’* the ‘retiring reeve adie, Goulet and nis wlte. Pat came to Terrace fifteen years ago, He served as a councillor for) 3 years and successfully con- tested the reeveship whenformer reeve Walter Yeo retired. 214 years ago, . During his time in Terrace Goulet has been president of: Terrace ‘Rotary Club, president of the retain Merchants Assoc- lation, and also Active in the 5. the gross provincial product will rise from the present $6,200,- - CH * Montes ‘Laanard and. Koy -Farker,: eurrently. Tub MAS IS COMING SOONER for’ Kinette biusy ‘putting. Christmas seals’ in onveiopes tors club volunteers (Left to: right) Amietts McColl, :prompt some yuletids generaalty for, the ‘BC exculosis- hristnias Seal: Sobtety ‘Don't blame unions for inflation’ A Kitimat trade unlonist has |. rapped what he calls attempts to label Labor .as the scapegoat for inflation, Roy Simmonds, president of]: United Steelworkers Local 5115 issued the statement to thepress: this week, Simmonds cited appeals from Government and Chambers - of Commerce to “stop the infla- tionary: trend by callitig ‘upon Labour to: use restraint in ne- gotiations,” could be blamed on both, : Simmonds’ report elted Labour as having: become the “scape-|: goat". He listed three instances of taxation and cost. increases recently experienced in Kemano, | “Neither party ia: practicing | with’ what they are breaching, sd ‘Sim- monds said, “In Kemano, an isolated com- |! munity, with ten. miles ‘of road, a gas tax of. 12 cents per gallon |': has recently been assessed after sixteen years tax free.” o's “In ‘addition, « the’ “Aluminam |: Company recently’ announced 8 | 56 per cent. increase ‘for roony |! and board in Kemano; and B,C, Telephons, after haying installed |... more phones in. Kemano, raised {the the cost of a-phone: call from'| Kemano to Kitimat. froma fore | mer 10 cents to 35 cents, ae He summed up: news ° media) reaction as follons:.* “Whils the papers and rhdios' Feiriain sl. | lent: now. —it. would” be appre-|™ elated df. they. would do the saroe |: ay when. ‘Labour is nenotlating ae He said inflation : ‘Hall,- His announcement this REEVE AF, GOULET, “at “his desk: in. Terrace Municipal — -week that he could:.not seek concerning election for Reeve December 9, re-election has. caused a dramatic change in speewlations,. Mason tells meting: ‘The Committee, for Better Mumtetpat Govelinmest . willl _fease to exist one week before the December 8 municipal: election, Committee chairman, Re E, (Dick) Mason.rhade the annourice- ment at a public meeting of the). -| gommitiee, 7 Thursday (Noveruber ] The . committee entexed the field ‘of municipal politics Novem- ber -1: when it nominated J, Fred ‘| Weber . to run for reeve and said it would support Lloyd John- stone, Ev Clift, Alan McAlpine and incumbent councillor Wo McRae for,Council, Thursday's moeting drew some 100 Terrace voters, ©. Mason said that ‘he wanted | to dispel ‘any feeling that the Committee might be a “pres- sure group” in civic government. ’ He said: ‘You've all heard the been called to. separate fact£rom fiction, . : three months. ago’ when two or three ‘of-us expressed dissatis- “We. have had upwards of 60 people attending our ‘meetings, “For -the.-past ten-weeks we have met’ regularly, seeking out and- compiling Information. We are | not: sponsored. or: affiliated tion. of this group to disband'‘o week: prior to election.’ - rumours, and this meeting has |. This .group started ‘two. or) faction with the way Municipal | -.. affairs -were going in Terraces | ‘from: almost: all walks. of life,” : t ‘Aiter the introduction | ot the: : would rather. have no Toads. at all and an education,” The - Committed.’ for: Botter Municipal Government ‘will hold: - {public meetings every Thursday’ | evening, provided there is suffi. . cient imeyest shown on the f part.” of taxpayers, becordingtoMasen,: .: Thi ursday’s meeting will eal with‘ -“hospital facilities”: Terrace, -, Guest spenkor maill be w{A, J,-“Bud" McColl, chairman of: . the... Hospital’ Board: of Directors, (0