Andy Owen. of the locai fire hall, reports that -.
although there have been fewer fires in the first:
ix months of this year as compared to last year, -
thé value of. fire loss is higher. a

- So far this year the department has answered.
4i calls as compared with 53 last year. The value

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- PROVINCIAL LIBRARY

PARLIAMENT SLDS.. -.

VICTORIA B,C.

SERVING. TERRACE AND DISTRICT

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for this year: is $86,000. ‘

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‘TERRACE, B.C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1972

Arnie Anderson of Terrace was the highest and -
successful bidder for the three bedroom mobile.
home that was sold by Skeena-Cassiar School -’
District.88. The trailer was formerly used: as a
teacherageé at Kitsault . on Alice Arm -but: there
will be no further use for it as Kitsault is fast
becoming another ghost town victim’ of mining
uncertainties. ne ao

. The. provincial authority in charge of voter -
registration reports a strong upsurge: in the
number: of voters. registered to vote in the.
provincial electiori:this August 30. =
Although the official can offer no reasons he
cites:the examiple of: the Kamloops aréa where
the number’ of registered voters. has- jumped
from 22,000 in the last election to 39,000 in. the .
present go-round. te a
Could it be the nineteen-year olds who have the
:Tight to vote now, are taking an active interest in ©

the politics of our. province?

‘-

Provincial Liberal leader David Anderson will -
‘be in Terrace for the second time this year this —
coming Friday... < - Be

Anderson was: in town for the Liberals —
nomination ‘convention where Ian MacDonald
was singled out to carry the parties hopes.

. The energetic young leader who is carrying
Canada's fight against the oil tanker threat; will
arrive in Terrace this Friday on the Morning. “|
Plane. He will be atthe Lakelse Hotel for‘his |
‘short stay. ‘

s

The value of Building permits issued by the
District of Terrace last month was almost twice
that of last July. The value of permits to date
this year is still down from last year, however.

Twenty building permits with $745,950 were.
issued in July as compared with 32 permits at’

$391,050 last year,

__ The reson “for the. increase. .were ‘three;
commercial “permits worth 444 000 “Collars. :
 Thete/Was: another, $73,500 issived for dwellings, ©
$16,500 for. alternations ‘$1,450° for’ garages. and
carports, $300 in assorted other permits, $198,200 -..
in Industrial building and $12,000 in Institutional

_building values.

crash

Local fliers and-flying ..

enthusiasts were shocked - .. -

to learn of the accident. :

" last Saturday that’ took.

_ the life of Terrace born —

and raised Pat Johnston. -

Johnston owas.”

'  preforming at the Prince
.. George Air Show when he

: crashed at over.100 miles: -
an hour after performing’... .
several tow level loops... -
‘He was cut from the « ,,
wreckage of the’ plane —
and rushed. to -hospital .

. Where he died from his.

injuries
‘Pat Johnston was'an . - ane

¢@ accomplished pilot and = ”

served for many. years

| with the RCAF asa flight.

, instructor. — He later
established his- own air”
f service in the Red Deer.
“area and instructed a...
| Special aerobatic course, *
- He'was employed. as an.
inspector for _ the’ D.T.
when.he was'killed.
., “Aerobatic flying was
g his hobby and’he flew at
‘Many: shows © including
the Terrace meet ‘last,
i .weekend, where. he
.- performed in‘a Citaborea |
, the same plane he‘was’—
flying when he died,
‘One local pilot said‘he - — ;
iat couldn't understind -.
i a chet . it

» hehrem -

® Owit goals:!
4; “As the election:
. Stated Sargent,

as “Well, I've heard of large mobile homes, but this is

ridiculous!” Actually this ‘home’ was only mobile

Bill Sargent, the Conservative
candidate for Skeena riding
says the policies of the
Conservative party have been
fermed with a profound concern
for people and a wish to give
the means

sd aoe i Taney cage

grow’ anid’ wo!

progresses,
ed -“far-reachin
and-far sighted policies will be
brought out hy our party,” -

“The Conservative party is .
planning long term goals for the —
"people of B.C,, not ‘the

term goals of the present p.

oa

Coat, Preservation of farm Jandsi pas weg 36 oo bata, meas Noe
eee ceases BCR wot CNR ang

and -irice e:

, ‘Sargent slams SoCred
|Northern.. solutions

in power,” an

The Progressive
Conservatives have already
ennumerated' several of their
policies. These include dental
for young children at no

recreational _and educational

*— opportimity fo: alt B.C, ‘youth.

regardless of “economic and’
regional circumstances, and
increased senior citizen
supplementary allowances,"

‘Cont'd on Page 2

The campaigning for the right
lo represent this area in ‘the
next provincial government

| session is in full swing with a

full slate of candidates out after
your vote, ° ;
The one who has been at it the
longest is Hartley Dent, the
NDP hopeful, who is running a
ne-helds barred, full-speed-
ahead campaign with
advertising, house to house
canvassing and so on. Dent, a
former minister, was
nominated and selected as the -
NDP’s candidate last ‘Spring
and hasn’t wasted a minute
since in getting his message to

- the voters.

The next candidate to enter
the fray was Terrace alderman,
Ian MacDonald, the Liberal
Candidate for the Skeena
riding,. MacDonald has long

"been involved in the politics and

for_one day while it was being moved from
Lakelse Avenue to its’ new site on Hamer Street.

Late Flash

Word has been.
received from the RCMP ©
in. Prince
attributing the crash that
took the’ life ‘of Pat

Johnston’s flying too low.

_ A spokesman for the

George force stated, “Indications

are that Johnston’ was
flying to low to
the turn’, ©,

complete -

Johnston Sunday,. to

Jan MacDonald, Liberal
Candidate in -the forthcoming
Provincial Election, and. an
alternale delegate for the

Regional District of Kitimat-

Stikine said today that the

~- Northwest. has been, sacrificed .

‘again, by the governments
insatiable need . to -.control.
. transportation in B.C, z
_ «Tt was discovered on July 27
at'a meeting of the Northeri
‘Development Council, held in
Prince George, that Squamish

: will be the shipping point for

goods from the Peace River
area, and the north central B.C,

’ Fegion, in particular, coal from .
east of Prince George, and :
grain, will be shipped via B.C.
Railway (formerly the P.G.E.)
to Squamish,. nee
ignoring ’.the cheaper route:
via C.N.R. to Prince Rupert end
Kitimat, i - just - another

- example ofthe government’s.

“Ethursday. or Friday -
when the ‘Blood Donor]

Jack of interest in our area,
‘another example would be.the -
queen Sa

respond

Youget achance to lie] —

down ‘for 15 minutes, a’
raffle ‘ticket’ to win'a
cassette tape recorder,
-&a cup.of coffee: and a
-Sdoughnut, etn,
-§- You gave one pint of
syour blood. - =.
* This was the. bargain
$663 people made -last

Liberal Candidate

R Clinic was ia. Terrace., |.

ak it

_ Houston sawmill or paper mill '
problem, MacDonald’ said, ‘I
think it’s about time we-had a

minister. of Northern
Developement in’ B.C., and [
don't mean just Industrial
Developement, but Social
Developement as well, - Proper
industrial, _ and resource
Management, will see good
developement of the northwest,

We need a mninister of northern .

aflairs to look after the best’

‘interests of the people of the

north, not the best interests of a
provincial railway,. ‘ .

MacDonald -said _that
everyone. knows -about the
labour-managemént war in

B.C. Even Doctors and

_ teachers are in conflict with the
* people they: serve because it

development of the Pacific
North-West and although he got
a lite later start than Dent, has
things well under way, in his bid
for the seat in the: Parliament
Buildings in Victoria.’ -

The last of the four candidates
were selected on the last
weekend in July.

Jehovah Wi

itnesses

convene in

“Mr. Doug Wentell, local .
presiding minister of Jehovah's :
Witnesses reported that.a

highly successful convention

“Was held:-by the Witnesses July

27-30" in" Prince Géorge.’ Over
150 local delegates attended the

"gathering. Many of the local
delegates.were involved in the :
organization and ‘operation of :

the assembly. .

He reported that delegates
from B.C: to Quebec and Alaska
to New York and as far away as

Africa attended. Attendance.

started at 2,036 on. Thursday:
afternoon and rose 'to.2,857 for
the public talk on Sunday...

. Theconvention was served by |
an on-the-spot cafeteria which |
Prepared and cooked 7,000 Ibs.
of meat and vegtables for’ the -
* 10,000 meals

Served ‘at the
convention, , Me

. Program highlights included
the release to the audience of a
Tumber. of new publications,
including a fresh modern
English Translation of the Bible
eatidled,.“The Bible in Living
English” by the late Steven T.

suits the purposes of the present .

Government, ‘And yet our major
concerns. as hiiman beings are
dimally neglected, like the
problems of being young, or ald,
or being unemployed

2A ‘few .tnore people]

§ than. last year turned}

= year and the majority of
= donors. had: given blood
previously.’
__ Mrs, Coreen Grass,
Chairman of the Blood

Donor’ Clinic. for _ the) -

purged would like: to

ank every one who}:

PG.

The. .Progressiv
Conservatives gave. the: nod.
Bill Sargent, ‘a: Hazelton’
businessman. Sargent was bern
in the area and hag spent:mest

of his life here, except for an.” - iam
over-seas stint. -with® the: —

RCAF during the last world
war, and his college’ days at
UBC, The Hazelton hotel and -
Store owner, has his: caropaign
under way. and is optimistle |
about his.chances. ere
‘The Jast part’ to field a:
candidate was the Social Credit, —

-who are pinning their hopes of — - :

re-election on ‘Fred : Webber;
another Terrace man, ° The ©
SoCreds have represented the ~
Skeena riding for thirteen years. ---
with Dudley Little filling the ~
legislative. seat. Dudley
announced his. retirement ©
earlier this summer and the
SoCreds chose Webber ‘over |
Kitimat. businessman. Ted
Campbell. Webber, the owner
of Skeena Broadcasters, is also.
well into the political battle.

So, there you have it, four

- men after your vote and four

men who should make. the
coming election a - very
interesting one to watch,

Posy ot

Principal -speaker. Arnold
MacNamara. of Toronto in his.’
keynote . address to. the’.
convention “Diving: Rulership-
Are We For It Or Against‘1t?;”
ited “the ~ failure ‘of: human™:
governments and the need for a-
better government by. God.

During .the - concluding —
comments on the last day of the
convention, “ MacNamara
presented a. special report on -
the activities ‘of Jehovah's

Witnesses world-wide, He noted

that there are: now’ ‘1/640,615

‘door-to-door ministers ‘of

_ Jehovah's Witnesses. in 208
. lands of. the earth, With the

addition.of 500,000 preachers in
the last four years; the’printing ~_

‘acilities’.- of | Jehovah's’
Witnesses have been strained ta

- the limit,’ thus. necessitating a. ©

massive building program af. .

. printing... factories to supply

Bibles ‘and’ Bible: literature to —
this. army.of. preachers, . He .
reported that new factories are

under construction in Germany,

South . Africa, .. Japan, .
Philippines, Ghana, Italy,’
Brazil: and the United States.

The audience was informed’.
that a series of world-wide
internali onal ‘conventions ‘of-
Jehovah's . Witnesses . ‘are
planned for the summer ‘of '73
_ with atleast five principal cities:

_ inCanada being’chosen-as sites. |
ay aa he! . i