ff ? ‘| a! a! H i | gj: cular attracted my attention, It . was the highest building of all, ‘ having concave -shape with hund. , reds of windows, ' major stop-over for most of the . in the face when I stepped out to ‘cars are an immense improve- . Heve ~ ings. _ appeared to be on the’ bench, . though there were a few apart- OTTAWA BOUND IS ELIZABETH HORSFIE LD, Grade 11 student at Skeena Secondary, whose imaginative predictions for Terrace in 20 years time won her the Terrace Rotary Club’s Adven- Terrace in twenty. years will be a swinging city — (The - letter below — won Elizabeth Horsfleld a trip to Ottawa in a contest sponsored by the Terrace Rotary Club, She writes the letter to herself: in her sisters name with a date line of £988, . . ; San Francisco, : January 12, 1988, Dear Liz: Thanks a lot-for your newsy ~ letter, Recently we paid a visit back to Terrace. Jim had to g0 up there on a business trip. I felt like a really ancient pioneer when I returned to find every- thing had grown up and spread would have recognized the place if I hadn’t know where I was, I’m sure you would agree with me, me We arrived at the airport at twelve-fifteen, having left San Francisco at eleven, by jet. _ The airport was absolutely magnificent, Terrace is now a west coast jets flying over the ‘polar route. No more crowded stuffy little waiting rooms and doubtful arrivals, not in this day and age with these remarkable terminal is really just a smaller edition ofthe one at San Francisco (and its not so much smaller, at thatl). We decided to rent a car and travel down to Terrace over their “old'’ highway builtin °75), In a few mimtes our luggage arrived and we managed to find our way out to the car, through many doors and up and down numerous escalators, Terrace might have changed a lot but NOT her bitter wind. It hit me full the car park, My these electric ment; the car was lovely and warm to get into, , On ‘our way down we turned off the highway to one of the : viewpoints, _ I could’ hardly be. I was viewing the same Terrace, Various circular approaches ran into the freeway which spread acrossa beautifully constructed bridge and I lost it amongst all the towering build. The side of town on the left of the tracks appeared to be the industrial area witha number of eargish factorias and storage units, The sawmills were farther away. towards ‘Prince Rupert, _ Huge department. stores, food stores and others lned Lakelse and Lazelle Avenues, The more expensive stores . and“ hotels : ssemed to be situated on Park Avenue, which I suppose is quite suitable, The residential area ment buildings at the east end of town, Qne. building in parti. - I don’t know how: they, |. out ao much, I don’t ‘think:-I‘/q very opulent looking department i Terrace now has its own city all-weather landing systems. The |j, ; for Terrace from January 1988 to January 1988, I can vaguely oe ss OF Was it "69? . ; busy, I. decided to drive’ ground! the city and visit afew old friends, You know I. still can't believe i Nas fn Terrace. The ark roadcasting centre. is right was .detiiltely. wrong, Later; as the middle ofthe town, wherethe [Ooo ey. Tarraee Tse old Lakelse ‘Hotel used to bes |Ne, Wore. leaving Terrace, :1) : It is an immense building with The: old. elvic: centre’ has ‘agaitt ‘heen: remodelled: ‘and behind: it,: ‘n> place ‘of the curling rink; ts As’ E:| a-eplendid indoor swimmingpool, t, | full olympic ‘size, It..waa too ‘bad: that we moved when wo did, |-,The brary has-had a few.new | far -addition# , but - otherwise. looks f°": quite! famifiar. Opposite ‘the Ubrary: As the ‘medical-dental ‘fore, Tballeye it ia to be ‘called ly 1 COUT a the Leo Block, Remember the -yaxd in four feet of snow! time,- during that-large ‘snowfall to pay a visit to a school friend? Afew more additions plus twenty years had taken away the original. new look the Municipal Building (City Hall now) had in our day, though at present it has a very Prosperous and weil established appearance, Acroas irom the City Hall, where the old Sparks house used to be, there is now a small, yet handsome, bis depot. I noticed a number of buses with destina. tions such as Stewart, Cassiar and Telegraph Creek, those new highways sure make a difference, Terrace‘ has definitely turnedinto ‘ndjor northern centre... - £ - Lakelse Avenue must be reall} ! beautiful in Spring for all those trees which were planted in '66 have: grown: up now, | The area’ between the bus depot and the City Hall has been landscaped, I guess the service station situ- ated there in our time ‘has been’ removed for this purpose, On the opposite side of the street where the Roman Catholie Church used to be, there is a large and store, Incidentaly I notice that us system, : Our destination was the now famous “Northwestern Hotel.” No longer is this the property. of the Anglican Church, 1 guess the taxes got finally: too much for them, I'm glad father left. before they got to that stage, We drove on to a fine asphalt parking lot, I can still see that beautiful garden which our poor -old mother took such pains with. O well, progress is pro. gress, The lobby of the hotel had many chrystal chandeliers and a gor- geous plush red carpet, Remem- ber the old Lakelse Hotel] with its one chandelier and the awe in which everyone looked at it, By the way the Lakelse Hotel was completely ruined by fire duving the summer months of 1971, . : We had a beautiful room with all the latest . conveniences, in- cluding which still seems stranga to me, . colour TV, though of course it is not so new. . There appeared to.be a big conference of some sort golng on, a lot of yery important persons wander ing around, Much to my surprise 1 found that: this was a great night for celebration in Terrace, the swearing-in’ for the twenty- first successive year ‘of Mayor Fred Weber. He must have put in twenty years of falthful service remember the election in 1967 The. next day, when-Jim was K a huge lighted screen with tha news flashing. acroga. all: day;: You::know: what. I, mean, — just like Time’s Square in New York,, Which I mentioned ‘be~ ture in Citizenship Award which includes the trip to the national capital with Rotary-sponsored students from other communities, -. ot than I had | to leave early next. morning, | . ’- There was one‘-thing that had noticed a building, across from MacKay Crematorium, which I had overlooked before, © It had.| « & large sign on lt reading: SPCA |” Animal en, That “must: have been a:rellefto the Muni- elpal-Council,*:-::. ° pee inow as I'm sure I've’ said quite Sufficient.” Write “Boon and-give |: amy regards to family in. 1968, when he was stopped by the police for driving his Ski-doo to the hospital? -(ncidently I noticed the contractors’ align which read: C, Blakeburn, con- tractor and A, Inselberg, archi- tect.) Little’s Park has grown up and now looks much better than it did before, complete with swings, slides ete. I drove down Park Avenue and viewed all the superior hotels of Terrace, plus all the posh restaurants and evon a few nightclubs, The high school ts still in the same place but my, what’ .an impressive building. made suchas a driving school, swimming pool and language lab, also varlous resource centres, Of course there is also the voca- tional school and the fine univers sity for the local students, When I see such a school, it makes me wish I was a student again, But. ...I also drove over to the Thornhill district and found myself awfully muddled up on the approaches to the bridge, | * Thornhill appears to be a major suburban area and it seems that the Old Airport Road Queensway? is now “the” place to live, I noticed many lots for sale under various Real Estate firms, I missed the familar signs of L.E, .Pruden and Thornhill Realty. I presume these men are enjoying their retirement ~-twenty years makes ail the difference, J The: next day when Jim had finished his business, we drove out to the Hot Springs, What a lovely resort it has turned Into, i must have counted’ at least ten pools of various shapes and sizes, There is also a. huge Riding Academy, plus a bigger. than-ever gii-run, Long rolling lawns and beautiful gardens are an additional attraction in the summer months, Lakelse Lake is a big holiday resort area in the summer, I noticed one lone hovercraft zoom- ing across the lake, they seem to use those things in the winter also, .The Lobby -of the Bot Springs was lovely and cozy, all the furniture was covered with furs or hides of ‘various sorts ‘plus gorgeous fur rugs and eaffee tables cut from cedar buris, The. decor is completely changed when the skiing season is over, We stayed there for most of the day, skiing, The aki. run has been extended a lot farther up the hill Y can ever remember, We. nne. ere and then we returned to the hotel, for we had. been puzzling me about Terrace during. our visit, and that was the dogs, : Where had all theherds | -of dogs gone that used to: wander’ all. over the “town, something “Animal. Hom Well .T- gueds I'd better, close’ | auditorium | the “Terrace. .. | fleer_and. instructor. for No, 747. | Toss. of 0 {4g belng’-. compounded by the “| change over to a unified com Many improvements have been | The fire’ which last yea | business. en But Dave Simons, llasson of- promised,” Simonds squadron. eald the group is now. almost’ Fecovered from the $500 in equipment. _ Simons said. come difficulty is. being experienced in obtain ing uniforms and this difficulty shooting care aviation and scholarahips, ° Cadets from 747 Squadrontake courses in- clizenship, riflé ani. general - the history of Canadian course: es for flying |; "Simons “sald two of the cadets ‘Months and more uniforms are I sald. weapon had received marks of 88 and 80 cout respectively in Eeholarship tems. Trainer, .. - ‘ ~The Cadet Squadron also 1s ‘cadets : ; TERRACE Store. ; =. oe ec a dugcuasing the purchase of al§ A SPECIAL ALLO’ wap oS ae V | pay Pace ‘ plane and the future looks bright A SPEC WANCE : ‘Mills Memorial births fn’ this respect,” sald Simons. ices sei'on th OF 520.00. a os ‘Tha! #linesinc: Hithe tikee oat: . ae - Further courses are pl ‘is offered on the purchase of any of * mew corded in Mills Memorial Hospic| matty goth Mite Part Larson, Aight, an alted subjcte. (ag Taadels which include the tay behind the ear . rammed meread pet _ ied < ds with extremely long battery life as,.w a Me, aml Mra, Colin Alger, yet and ate tied Llewel- ; The, Royal Canadian Air cok our new compression ald, for people with Limited - . rae , Mar a) , '. | et Squadron erraceprese! soun erance, =e ee Mare pons a ‘Ed Gerling,| - and Me James P. has 65 boys.on its membership If you are unable to come to the store please March 10,a girl, oe: | March oo girl ames Paront, roll but new Panter are wel- phone for a free home demonstration. ra Mr, and Mrs. John Jackson, wes not eomed according Ons. March 15, a girl, ca . Mrs, Fred Stephens,{ Any boy 13 -years of age or achat ene aed aah oe og, na ar ; veh @ group Mr, and Mrs, Gerald Lato-| ‘Mr, and Mrs, Kenneth Pipe,| Tuesday evening at seveno'clock ‘chelle, March 19,a boy, |: | March 22, a girl, -. fat the Skeera Secondary School, 2 Ys Introduces it’s new : - 1968 hearing gid line on APRIL 2nd. in the: 2. light on gas 4. low on maintenance 095 SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE P.O.E. od » the rest. of the .B.S..I have enclosed some pamph- |. ileta’:on Terrace: which I obtained | “from the Travel’Bureau,'1 found | ‘them Interesting atid-1-hope you: WHIR toa, oO 1. easily hauls a ton 7 , 3. 100,000 mile reliability a ce a . The Datsun, Pickup is for people who like to drive : : - both a hard bargain and a good truck. It packs a bonanza.» of practical features into a commonsense price. . et The Datsun Pickup has a spunky overhead valve engine, “ It not only effortlessly moves the truck along at “ freeway speeds but has plenty in reserve when the load, is heavy and the going rough. (‘This is.the same power who has put 175,000 miles on the clock without ever havinga 9 major repair. In 1967, Datsun sold 14,000 pickups Gn the 0 US. ... more than all-other import trucks combined. a Other. things you get for your investment are a full. nchromesh 4-speed shift, battery-saving alternator, | iny] ‘interior, heater-defroster, windshield washers, . ’ ‘seat belts, twin outside mirrors an So ome on, .Be a tough customer. plant that won Datsun the 1967 Canadian Rally...’ ‘Championship, so you don’t have to baby 1 On the six foot bed you can park a pickup to haul ‘it. day in and day-o ut . And 100,000 mile reliability is no fiction. We know of a man in: Californi d 6-ply whitewalls. ‘ff full ton of anything and expect the | ».. With real gas economy.