EARLY TERRACE
ter — Stewart William
Craig — died peacefully in
his sleep carlier this summer
at the age of 91.

Stewart was at his home at
the Canada Way Care
Centre in Burnaby at the
time, where he had been
suffering from a short peri-
od of ailing health,

Stewart was born on Au-
gust 17, 1904, in Winnipeg.
He was the eldest of 11 chil-
dren, and was raised on a
dairy farm, an occupation he
eventually adopted for him-
self.

He attended school in
Winnipeg, graduating in
1922,

He first met Norah, his
wife, in grade nine at the
Sturgeon Creek School, He
married her in 1922, and
they were together for 67
years.

On their wedding day
Stewart arranged for two of
his brothers to take over the
chores of milking the cows.

However, his brothers dis-
covered they liked partying
more than they liked cows.

So Stewart and his new
wife ended up doing the
chores alone on their wed-
ding night.

In 1941 Stewart accepted
an offer of free transport to
Prince Rupert to work as a
riveter, building Liberty
ships for the war effort.

He left his wife behind to
sell the house, while he
waited for the war time
housing authority to build
them a house in Prince
Rupert.

By 1942 all was ready and
his wife and their six chil-
dren and one dog moved ta
the west coast.

Tt was a bumpy train ride
that lasted three days and
two nights. There was no
berth, no diner — no noth-
ing except a toilet which
was locked up at every sta-

tion stop,
Whenever the train
stopped for 15 or 20

minutes, they would make a
mad dash to the nearest
store to buy bread and some
fixings for sandwiches, But
the family was finally
Teunited safely in Prince
Rupert,

Stewart got a second job,
delivering large sacks of
coal on his back up and
down the precipitous terrain

HERE’'N THERE.
YVONNE MOEN

of Prince Rupert each eve-
ning to help pay for the cost
of groceries.

In those days a quart of
milk cost a quarter, and the
children drank four quarts a
day.

By Easter of 1946 Stewart
found his dream farm (read
deserted and run down), on
Braun’s Island in Terrace,

Terrace was just a rural
village of 500 at the time, a
bit different from the bus-
tling small city of Prince
Rupert.

Two other families moved
to Terrace from Prince
Rupert that same weekend,
and they had 15 children be-
tween them. When the
teachers came back from
their Easter break they were
not amused to be confronted
with 21 new faces.

The farm Stewart had

TERRACE PIONEERS Stewart and Norah Craig faced a lot of challenges in the
early days on their farm on Braun's Island. Stewart died recently, in his home In

Burnaby.

Braun’s Island.

By then ihe family had
about 500 chicks, laying
chickens and various live-
stock.

With the help of the
RCMP, the family put the
chicks in the house, drove
the cattle off the island and
went to live in the local
deserted army barracks.
However, they lost a lot of
equipment to the flood.
When they returned the up-

The farm Stewart had moved his family to had
no weil, no electricity, no phone, one outhouse
and an abundant supply of mosqutioes.

- moved his family to had no

well, no electricity, no
phone, one outhouse and an
abundant supply of
mosquitoes. But they had 23
acres of rich river loam
which made it worthwhile.

As they settled in Norah
started selling eggs, milk,
chickens, potatoes, turnips,
cabbage and com.

But farming was
secondary to Stewart’s work
as a log scaler for L.H.K.

Stewart would wake up
early to do his chores, then
walk three miles to work,
and walk home at the end of
the day to do more work.

In 1948 tragedy struck,
when the Skeena River
flooded, covering all of

stairs of the house
resembled a chicken coop.
Over the next 12 years the
children all graduated from
school and moved on.
Stewart and Norah slowed
down a bit, and spent more
time playing bridge with
friends and going curling.
The couple retired to
White Rock in 1973, and
then in 1986 moved to Can-
ada Way Lodge in Burnaby.
Stewart is survived by his
wife Norah, six children —
Stuart, Valerie, Robert,
Janet, John and Arlene —
and by four sisters and three
brothers.
Memorial services for
Stewart were held July 25 in
Burnaby.

Arthritis campaign takes off

NEXT WEEK canvassers will be coming to
your door, asking for donations to the

Arthritis Society,

Arthritis affects the lives of almost 4 mil-
lion Canadians, and common disorders in-
clude gout, tendinitis, rhewmatica, and

polymyalgia.

But it’s mot just the disease which can
cause problems. In 1992 an estimated 1,300
Canadians died from gastric ulcers and

‘bleeding caused by the leading class of
drugs preseribed for arthrilis and related

disorders. By comparison, 982 Canadians
died from AIDS and 365 died from ac-

cidental drowning.

Arthritis affects women more than men.
Women comprise 60 per cent of cases of
theumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia, and

90 per cent of cases of lupus,

Arthritis also has social costs. Many suf-
fers find themselves unable to work at some
point due to their affliction. That leads to a
lower family income for people with
chronic arthritis.

@ 1996/97 Terrace Concert
Society Presents:

"Early bird season ticket packages on 7

sale to members
Friday September 6 to
_ ‘Friday September 13, 1996.

General public sales commence Sat. September 14, 4996

Season Pass Adult: $85.00 -

“Available at Erwins Jewellers in the Skeena Mall. -
"Reserved sealing on first- -come- frat “serve basis, Members ara 1995/96 ticket holders

_ Sr/Student: $70. or :

Carole King’s hits

I. Sat., Oct. 12/96 Andrew Loyd Webber - Cabaret Presentation

2. Sat., Nov. 2/96 Vancouver Theatre Sports - Free Willie Shakespeare-
Comedy

3. Sat., Nov. 30/96 Ballet Jorgen “the Nutcracker Suite”

4, Sat., Jan. 11/97 Joe Sealy Quartet - Jazz

5, Tues, Feb. 11/97 Arts Club Theatre “Tapestry” - musical revue of

\,

6, Sal Mar, ? Mat Foothills Brass - Classical

The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, September 18, 1996 - BS

Early days posed a challenge

aioe to pla ste

“Bagpipes or Wrumed

Lessons! Beginning Oct. 7
Ages 8 to Adult
Phone 635-3726 or 635-5905

Trumpet /Brass
& Elementary Woodwind

Lessons

Bob Butchart
ae -

638 8025
A member of TIME

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- Demonstrations

Louise Ingram - PFAFF representative
will be at the Terrace Co-op September 21
for workshops & demonstrations.

10 am-to noon PFAFF serger demonstra-
tion (8 optional feet)
PFAFF 6270 quilting
machine

FANCY FOOTWORKS
WORKSHOP open to all
makes & models with
appropriate attachments.

There will be a minimal fee for this
workshop. Special discounts available on
demonstrated attachments for those who
attend seminar.

See the Family Fashions staff, for pre-
registration & more information.

2pm-5 pm

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