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A book presented to Branch 13
of the Royal Canadian Legion
provides same insight and abit of .”

_ nostalgia into’ Terrace’s days as ©

home to the army during the Scc-
ond World War:

_ The book — entitled History of
‘the Sth Field Company, Royat

Canadian Engineers, 1941-1946

— tells of: the. any oa of: the’

duced by Stanley: C: ri
served with: ere and. was 1

Mr. Fields visited: errace : -ear-
lier this year, and — “needless to
say — he didn't. - Fecognize any-
thing familiar.’ -°

“When ‘the. Sih Field: Company Se

arrived, there were approximately |
500 residents. in: the: whole. area

and the army was housed in tents; :

The’ provincial: police, who: en-
forced, the Jaw -at that-time,: had
their hands full’on paydays. In or-:
der to forestall’ any: possible ‘prob-.
lems,. they would arrest, anyone

- who" was inebriated.As the men:
sobered up, however, they were -
Teleased. out. the back ‘door’ to
‘make room. for others requiring.
‘: this type of temporary accomoda-
‘tion. The little police’ station on

facilities .orjyinally: being housed
ac! in a barn-type; building: ‘on the -
bench behind. ‘the current Twin -

ito the old: Hub ‘location on the -
'4600-block ‘of Lakelse Ave,
<The Sth Fielt’ Company was
‘herein Terrace to: construct a
7 pumphouse ‘on Eby. Street and to
a set up water and sewer-lincs. The

our here.

Page B4 — Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 24, 1992

Book brings back —
Terrace army days

the comer ‘of Kalum St and
Lakelse Ave.- was ‘the building

providing this service.
Curley. recalls .their medical

River Estates. It was.later maved’

highway" was. extended. to Prince

Rupert around that time as well.
Curley | was | eventually trans-

ferred back’ to. his’ own’ unit ‘in
- Borden . (the «Medical “Training

Centre), but. it-was_ only about -

* five ‘months. Tater. he’ retumed to-
:Terrace as- an: engineer with the.
6th .Field Company 1o reunite
‘with -wife-to-be Margaret Little,

whom he had ict on his: ‘Previous

Curley”: ‘and Margaret were

‘married oni 1 Oct. 4; is4ai in her fa-

gah Pei Conpony
Hew Canadien Fo gitar
Leo

LOCAL VETERAN Curley Casey displays a book detailing the
military history of Terrace and the 5th Field Engineers.

‘ther’ s (Will Little), house, which

was located at the site of the pres-

ent Royal:Bank.:--
In 1944. when Curley was dig:

“igharged, he became. the local'as-_
‘sistant freight agent.and the first

volunteer fire chief. In 1960 he

Terrace, and later joined Celgar_
‘Ltd. as a fi ire warden until his
Tetirement, :

Branch 13 of the Royal Cana-
dian Legion is proud to display
this little bit of Terrace’s past in
the trophy case at the branch of

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