"A free blood pressure test was s only a part of the awareness

. from,Prince Rupert to the Al-

_ trol program.

; sergeof meetings with ideal :

tains by hand:

To commemorate ” Hertiage
‘When. the ite was. opened ‘to’

Week; the ,Terrace.Review..is' .. -

» pleased to: present the first of a Terrace, the family completed.
¢ Series of. articles chronicling the their. journey and . her «father:
‘memories of long-time ts local rest

dent Elsie Sinith.” mo

also took on the job of ferryman

to operate the ferry across the |

Elsie ‘Smith, along with, her Skeena slough — from the foot

_. parents, brother and sister, left. of Haugland to Ferry Island. -
their Saskatchewan farm in.1911
_. to take up residence in Terrace. ne
_ At that time, however, Kitselas and the. only way to town ‘for.
": -was the ‘end of the steel” and those people was a'ferry to Ferry
«the? Smith family operated | a_. Island, a path across the island, —
; restaurant. in that community | and. a second ferry . across
-while. railroad workers hewed Skeena slough to a point neara ©

_ There were a ‘few ranches.
across the river, she remembers,

three tunnels through the moun- farm owned by. Ray Pearson.

display in: the Skeena Mall commemorating Heart Month
last weekend. Above, Edith Barkley checks. the blood
pressure of local resident Michel Lebel.

~ CNR, Indian band

_ Native Indian organizations —_— organizations, including the
Kitsumkalum band council, in
an effort to find mutually ac-

--ceptable methods of keeping
their tracks clear of vegetation.

. . But last week Kitsumkalum
chief councillor Cliff Bolton |
said the discussions are back to
square one, with the CNR pro-
posing to use six different her- °
bicides in their program. .

‘berta border are once again at °
odds with the Canadian Na-
tional Railway over plans to
use herbicides in a brush con-

Nearly a year ago the CNR
was sent back to the drawing |
board after successful appeals
against their permit application
to treat right-of-ways in the . ‘It’s the same as before,”
Terrace area with the herbicide - Bolton remarked.:He said the
Tordon 101. Railways Ce ° d would. lodge’ ‘another ap- .
tatives sybsequently"h ~ peal “if it comes to that’’, but

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_ he hasn’t given up hope entire- .

2 Th ¢ Pearson connection for the.
- youth: of : the: community. .was-
through his sister, Ida, who was

7 the. first school teacher i in town...
“opened a small real ‘estate’‘busi-:. ©
"- mess, the Terrace Land 'Co.; and.

These are. the earliest: -memo-

-ties'of this area for-80-year-old
Elsie Smith, who is still a Ter-.

race resident. Terrace was very:
_ small then, George Little hada

general store ‘and post: office

stands, and J.K. Gordon owned

the: ‘Original Terrace Hotel across

the Street.- =

But, gradually,” other’ busi-
nesses opened. Little's. brother-
in-law, Frank Lazelle, built a

hardware store with living quar- -

A recommendation made dur-
ing an in-camera Committee of

the Whole -meeting of Terrace |
city council Monday night will .

allow Britton Taxidermy to pro-
ceed with: the mounting. of a

Kermodei. bear if ratified by’

council next. Monday, The pro-
ject was put on hold a. few
months ago when Peter Martin-
son of Bornite. Mountain ‘Taxi-
dermy claimed he had the right

to at least some of the work, if.

not all of it, because the bear
was donated to the.city on. his
suggestion after he gave it to the
Fish and Wildlife. branch.

The hold on the ‘project was.
‘lifted recently, however, when

Council decided that the city
administrator’s: method ‘of se-

lecting a taxidermist — drawing .
names -from a:hat.— was: fair.

and Britton should: do the job,
Consequently, ..Roger Britton

‘met with the Committee of the’

Whole last Monday where it was

‘tens fear. ‘the general store; a |

~- Man named Cameron opened a

drug store across the gully (now
Greig Ave.) from the Terrace

- Hotel, a: grocery ‘store’ with a
“family-owned “restaurant in the ~
basement went in.where Terrace .
Drugs -is now. located: The. res-

taurant was operated by Mr.

, Raven. with his wife and two
“where the Co-op gas station now -

daughters, Edith and Rose, and

_latér became a showroom where.

travelling salesmen sold their

wares to: local merchants. . .

In'the 1920's, Ed Kenney ‘and

0.3. Sundal, Elsie’s step-father,

ha bought Little’s general store and |
Recommendation made on.
mounting Kermodei bear

recommended that ' the bear be

- Mounted as it is portrayed on a

city brochure describing the Ker-
‘modei’s history and habitat.

_ According Mayor Jack Tal-
stra, a location to. display the
bear hasn’t yet been selected but
he said the mounted bear would

be mobile and may be moved:

from city hall. to the library,
Heritage Park, the tourist Info-

centre or some Other location —

wherever is most suitable for the
time of year or specific special
events.

‘As far as Martinson’ $ claim to

‘the bear is concerned and

further action he may decide to

take, the city has taken steps in ©
‘order to prepare for any even- -
tuality.. At its Feb. 13 couricil

meeting, a Finance Committee
recommendation ‘to. increase the

_city’s general budget: by $5,000 .

“due to the possible Kermodei
bear dispute”, was s adopted by

‘council.

square off again .

ly. ‘We may still come to an

agreement,””

One of the band’s primary
concerns is recent amendments
to regulations that allow herbi-

-. cides to be applied within six

feet of watercourses. Bolton

getting married...

This basket -holds
information and
gifts especially
helpful for you.

' Gall your
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noted that there are a number
of sensitive rivers and streams

- in this area that cross the CNR

right-of-way.

a -Little moved up the: street where wh
he built a new post ‘office with: :
living quarters ‘in the rear Ch
‘upstairs (now Blue Ridge Graph-?
ics). Little ‘moved ‘a sister.and°
her family from ‘Ontario. to run
the post office and it was-even-
tually taken over by the’ eldest: 7

_ daughter, Onnalee, who ran it’.
for a. number of years with her. .
‘husband Sam Kirkaldy, Sam. —
Kirkaldy’s mother: ran the |
Princess Ice Cream parlour next -.
door, which later became the -
Silver Tip .Cafe and was. .
destroyed by fire in the mid-. ve

seventies,

“Sundal.then built a large store a
‘with apartments ‘on the second: |
‘floor called the Sundal Block’. .
(ow Wilkinson Business Ma-. ’
chines) and ‘bought the: Kenney .: .

Brothers business (now Danny’s
Pool: Hall). The Bank of Mon-..
treal built on the’ corner . of
Kalum and Lakelse and later
sold the building to a ‘Chinese .
gentleman, Little Joe, who.

opened The Montreal Cafe. —

Smith remembers Little Joe as
- being: famous for being able to —

tell an expectant mother the sex

of her child at a glance. ‘I don’t °
think. he ever missed, a ‘says.

Smith,

in the 1920's. Kalum St. from

the railway tracks to Lakelse _
‘Ave. — and a part of it, our —
heritage, still exists. Next week»

we will describe some of Smith’s' .
-. Memories in more detail but this _-
Sunday, when you visit the
“Heritage : -Celebration”’ at the -

arena banquet room between 1

p.m. and 4'p.m., think ‘of. this -
small section of town. and the
- people who lived there: = =".
Although many of. us take we
Terrace for granted, through the -
hard work and determined ef-.
fort of our pioneers, Terrace ’
took a direction many decades
ago that today makes it the focal |

_ Pont of the Northwest.

i

There wére a few other: build-

ings and stores of course, but.
‘this, as remembered by Elsie.
Smith, was downtown Terrace: -

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Terrace and District
_ Victims Assistance Program | °

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

TVAP is presently accepting applications from
people interested in becoming VICTIMS SERVICE
WORKERS. .

Successful applicants will receive 30-40 hours of
training and must be R.C.M.P. Security Screened.

VICTIMS SERVICE WORKERS will deal directly .
with Victims of Crime .
— acting as a liaison person between the Courts,
Police, Social Agencies and the Victim.
— Candidates must be mature, responsible in-
dividuals who possess strong inter-personal |
skills.
— be 19 years of age or older
. — be willing to make a committment to work 16
hours per month.
Interested persons should contact the TVAP Co- .
--ardinator, Karen Walker, or Cst.: Ewen Harvie at
638-0333 or can pick up an information package |

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