OMINECA sto ee ae] a o st =" o° e be} “aw irl af reo o 'y fa 7 pared t) 18 Pages Wednesday, August 31, 1966 7 . qa 10 Cents a Copy, $3.00 a Year. — Press Run. 3300 E OF UNDETERMINED ORIGIN gutted the engine section of this 1956 Chevrolet at out 5 p.m. Friday as it was parked at the corner of Lakelse and Emerson. The car, owned y Dennis Bartline, an employee of Bob Parker Ltd., exploded into tiames shortly atter artline attempted to start it, Damage to the vehicle after the half-hour blaze was mermed “fairly extensive’? by the owner. staff photo) The Municipal Roads Committee s instructed to do an immediate Btvey of road conditions in Ter. Bce and come up with a cost atface grayel in. many areas, : Mtiowing heated discussion . in . micipal. Cotthcii chambers Tues: any evening. ; Councilor L. “Bud” French meiled for gravel on city . roads mmmenting, “The roads in this Mevwn right now are.a- God awful acess, There should be some gravel t on right away — not just the es .that have been dug up to cilitate water and sewer services, mit it's time we started doing ppmething on all of the. roads.” $16,000 was budgeted for the mecavelling of Municipal roads .in mnie 1956 budget and to date, most at the allocation remains untouch- & Member of the Roads Commit- mee, Councillor Floyd Frank minted out, “It would be a pretty nstly thing to gravel. all the pytimate for the application. of} ravel Ordered For “Pitiful” Roads roads.” However-this did not faze Councillor French who — insisted the. ‘Municipality. , eet tracking on, this. ‘thing,” |. i “Councitior: arty ‘Smith ‘termed condition of Municipat-” Toads as “pitiful” and asked how many. men: were currently attending to out: problems. It was learned the majority. of the Municipal crew members, in- cluding the Municipal poundkeep- |. er, are all. tied up in sewer con- struction work and that ‘regular duties are’ not receiving the usual | amount . of attention, ‘ Councillor Dorothy Norton said, “All of. our men are working on these sewers and have been for the past year.” On a motion from Councillor French, the Roads Committee ‘was instructed to come. up with cost estimates and a general plan for the immediate application of sur- face gravel to Municipal — roads, but sections remained on-speci- fied. - E‘RE HOLDING an unsigned fetter regarding the rail strike. Whe handwriting is very familiar - Seput this isn’t good enough — we Meetill require a John Henry. Sorry. mabout that, chief! - BIGHWAY 14 this side of Hazel- on is getting the grader treat: ent today after a deluge of fomplaints from all kinds of Beople (and even a couple of @eorses!) One motorist said he. ad lost count. of the number of ge of the road due to--taking Miggested the reason. the. high- lay is allowed to go to pot is. a cause the only people using Mare American tourists and ney don’t have a vote. - ea a picture of 12° year old : the Kalum River, ‘ALL that, Sh and no chips? matt Se Wells, secretary-treasurer ‘ of iL definately ‘be. NO. shifting Sehicles broken down at the. io many hard knocks. One wag. . - SESTERDAY'S PROVINCE car- |: - Bian Reed of Kitimat: who*land- . himself an B1 pound. “salmon e School Board, tells. us there... keene: a Secondary | this ‘term. Melting Pot . ~ Thanks, to the co-operation of maintenance’ men, ‘contractors and members of the Carpenters Union. Nobody | complained - when an emergency-. crew was recruited to finish construction of the school addition i in time for the grand opening, WE CALL IT GRAND because _ that’s what most mothers call it, Isn't it grand to -have ‘school ‘starting again? Now there'll be. so much homework, nobody | “will be asking,. “what is there todo” SPECIAL GREETING to ay the Terrace’ motorists. who are get- _ting to work. on time every day chow that the ral strike has ‘cut out traffic tieups at’ Kalum Crossing. Municipal. Council ‘started - the the: .ball - rolling Tuesday night - fora trafiie control light. at the corner .of Lakelse: Avenue. and: ~ Emerson: Street.” -That’s: ‘where “Safeway plang to build, and with - all that added traffic: this: corner’. “will, become one Of the: ‘busiest dn town, -CAME BACK ! “ously: ‘disappeared. ‘after “being _ put in place at’ Terrace “‘and “back in their original places. “-evected them early in the elec- THE. SIGNS t - Two large, wooden Socred - “€ampaign . “signs which, myster- | ‘Kalum bridge approaches, have. turned up In the Skeena river,’ it was learned this week. The signs have been returned to incumbent MLA for Skeena, Dudley G, Little, and.are naw - They disappeared shortly. after Social. Credit: League’ members tion campaign. Value of ; the signs was set at approximately $100. | They: were recovered from the Skeena River at Remo, about 10 miles west of Terrece, by a ‘sports fisherman, Commenting on the recovery, Dudiey Little told the Heraid, “If they want to destroy my sigtis—they'll have to. burn them because those signs will just keep coming back to haunt the senesition’ Pos “West Kalum Road To Get Study 1 ‘ONE: MORE® LITTLE BLURB Le . will | be held in. m abeyance, ce _ Work on the rehabilitation of the West Kalum Lake Road could start on or about September 7 but a decision by Municipal Coun- cil to await cost estimates. may de- lay the job for a short: time.- Construction costs on the road would be -shared -equally.:between the . provincial . Department . of Highways ‘and the District Munick pality of ‘Terrace but 60% .of the maintenance: costs for. the. road would: be charged. to. the Municipa- tity. Bo “The road | is classed by: the High- ways department. as: a. secondary road. Its main-use would -be as access . to, the. new. Vocational School, a Gravel: ‘required. to. add: a 6 lift to. the road -is'available~ to the’ Municipality: at‘19e per“yard- ‘but until the:-Roads and Finance com- miittees. can: determine: how::much gravel is required and thé subse- quent ‘costs involved, the matter. Gravelled The charge almost overshadowed a proposal for an immediate start on the extension of Greig Avenue under a Loca] - Improvement scheme. oy stated, “It is becoming” more: ap- parent Municipal ‘Council is not using the Town Plan in its deliber- alions and if the principles of the plan are not adhered to, the efforts of the Advisory Planning C Commis- sion are last.” Councillor French slammed his copy of the report onto’ his desk and exclaimed, "This is the biggest bit of political gerrymandering I've heard in the last six months. It is not fair at-all.” Ev Clift of the: Advisory Plan’ ning. Commission spoke. further to the report and cited several .in- stanees wherein Municipal Council had apparently, ruled - contrary to recommendations - of the: Commis- sion with the result that “spot zoning" was. beginning® Jo threat- * | en, Outcome of the exchange ‘begin yo. bear fruit when Mr. Clift Sug gested that ‘in casés' where indiv- ‘iduals” ‘seck rezoning: for the - pur- | pase. of commercial. Aevelopments. such “as* "apartments, : they? should he. required © to post-"a: =perform-. unce -bond before- -Chelr®: appli¢a:. tions are. approved: He pointed ‘out that such-a requirement would dis- ‘| courage land speculation and “pro- tect: property owners in. adjacent areas, RESIGNS COUNCILLOR HARRY TUPPER Five years of service to’ the Municipality ended today for Councillor Harry Tupper, whose Iefter of resignation was read at Tuesday's meeting of Municipal Council. Mr. Tupper. did not cite reasons for .his resignation,. but it was learned he is no longer a cipality and thus’ ineligible for - year, Mr: Tupper has served on committee, Waterworks and Sew: . “reads, sidewalks and’ “buildings. “His! resignation: will ‘not. necessl-: “tate a’ by-election: and. his “duties~ have” ‘heen? relegated. to other ‘members’: of: Municipal Council. - of- town on ‘a. business ‘trip: ahd.: “unavailable, In the Commission report it was] - _ property owner. in ‘the Muni-. |: : Municipal office, ‘During the: past | the Parks and: Waste. Disposal: . -er committee, andthe committee. | . “dealing - with. streets, drainage, -| ruling : that. the. Zoning .Board of © At present/:Mr.‘Tupper is. out: his :.plang-for the. future: “are * ieceq STeoTpotaeg Extension Proposed For Greig _ Acclaim that Municipal Council is not using the Town Planning study in its zoning deliberatioris of protest from Municipol Councillors Tue report from the Advisory Planning Commission was heard. ught. a barrage ii night when a The matter of an immediate start. on the Greig. Avenue exten- sion then came in for a slice of : discussion..Councillor Norton mov:. .ed'‘ that Greig Avenue be extended as a temporary gravel surface road Continved an Page Two See “GRAVELLED” 7 Indians Won't _ Lease Land West of. Kalum A lelter from the Department of . Indian Affairs has informed Muni- cipal Council that- properties lo- eated west of Kalum Bridge and owned: - by Kitsumkalum Indian Band are not ‘available for Muni- cipal park ‘development. The Municipality sought to ob- {tain a lease ‘from the Kitsumkalum Indian Barid in order’ to relocate Fisherman's Park. which has been ordered removed ‘by the Depart- meni. “of ‘Highways so that new. bridge: approaches, may be” Con tucted ‘on, Highway’ : |: fhe Jetter;: read: at: Tuesday. eves. cil, did -‘not-say: what.use the. Kit- sumkulum ..Band- is. planning for the property but: definitely refused lease rights... ‘Reeve Goulet | “ suggested Municipality’ should the attempt to find ‘out. whal plans are afoot for ‘\the “development: of the land by the Indian band and Possibly offer ——— New Appointee To Zoning Board - named Municipal representative to the Zoning Board of Appeal: She | replaces Mr. Hank Buncombe who will assume duties as Municipal tober. a The replacement for Mr. Parker Mills, recently resigned as Provin- cial appointee to’ the Board, has not yet been named. : Municipal Council, filled the lacal government vacancy on Tues- day evening.: : It also heard a report from ihe liams in which it was reported that 131 petitioners objecting ta | recent rezoning of properties des- eribed as “near or around the high school” may not take their case to: would be in conflict. with section 709 of the: Municipal Act, ; “The solicitor suggested only’ two alternates far the group, first, that they attempt to convince Munici- _ pal Council that an amendment to . the zoning’ by-law ig essential, or Jecondly, that they take the matter. wp. with the Supreme“ Court. . His -report. was “hased on. the Appeal. shall hear. and determing. ahy’ appeal: by’. a. person aggrieved | by a decision of any offiéial: charg- ed. with the’ enforcement of. a von 7 ing by-law. <3. n ‘A petition ‘against the: ‘terms: of. the by-law itself would apparently not - constitute: ‘much: ~ an. Ay. : ning's’ mécling: of; ‘Municipat ‘Coun- * - |assistanee if park area is their : iam oo ‘ultimate ‘Boal. . —_ Mrs, Whitney Lewis has been . ‘Sam Works Superintendent in: mid-Qc-_ of - Municipal solicitor, Mr. Guy Wil-. . the Zoning Board of Appeal as it |.