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With Heritage Week almost
upon us, I thought I would look
this week at the life and times of
our community’s founding
father, George Little,
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Born in 1878 on a farm near’

Atwood, Ont., George Little
left home at the age of 17 and
made his way initially to
southern Alberta.-

' Three years later came the
frenzied Yukon gold rush and
Little joined the thousands who
took the Klondike trail north in
search of the mother lode.

There he stayed until 1905,
years that were filled with
adventure, challenge and hard-
ship. “The Kid,” as his partners
referred to him, first tried his
hand at prospecting and then
operated an isolated trading
post/second hand store,

He also spent two years on
the mail run between Skagway
and Dawson Creek, often being
the sole traveller on the trail as
temperatures plummeted to 72
degrees below zero Fahrenheit
(-58 degrees Celcius). ;

And while in the Klondike, he
finally located a brother who
had not been heard of for five
years — four of the Little boys
took part in the rush with three
of them eventually settling in

Terrace and the other in Alaska. |

George Little left the Yukon
by boat in 1905 on a trip that
took him to the communities of
Port Essington, Port Simpson
and Kitimat. Disembarking at
Kitimat, he donned a pair of

‘ snowshoes and began the long

trek through deep snow up the
valley trail to the Skeena valley.
Eventually, tired and hungry,
he reached the home of Eliza

_.and Tom Thornhill, the area's:

first: homesteaders.
Upon arriving, Little noticed

I. the snow-here-had.vanished and

the season was well advanced
compared to the surrounding
areas. That and the obvious fer-
‘tility of the valley which opened

out into vast tracts of untouch- .

ed timber immediately appealed
to Little.

As a result, he decided to set-
tle here on a site on the banks of
the river just downstream from
where the Old Skeena Bridge
now stands,

The following year found him.

prospecting and working on a
government ‘survey crew with
Bruce Johustone laying out the
pack horse trails from Copper
River to Kitimat,
On June 8, 1911,
his land claim at the registry of-

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Little filed .

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“FOUNDING FATHER.
photo was taken Chris

bove, George Little at the age of 36. The
mas, 1914.

to realize his dream — to builda
pretty town the main street of
which would be lined with shade
trees imported from Ontario,
The townsite was laid out the
following year and from that

' Moment he spent much time

promoting growth in the new
community, Little established
the first sawmill and:for many
years had the field to himself.
When that mill was \destroyed
by fire in 1921, he built a
replacement on the same site.
The mill continued to operate
throughout the Depression and
in 1936 Little sold it to son
Dudley’s newly formed com-

pany, LHK Ltd. In £943 fire
again destroyed the mill, it was
again rebuilt and eventually
sold to an American company.

In 1954, one year before his
death, Little rode the first CNR
train to make the Terrace-
Kitimat run — over the route
which he had first snowshoed
nearly a half century earlier.
‘Interviewed at the time, he
said he had looked forward to
that day for many years and
predicted it marked the beginn-
ing of Terrace coming into its
own.

George Little died December
30, 1955.

RDIE LIGHTFOOT'S song went, ‘there was a time in this great land when the rallroad did not run
— which, in the case of the Skeena Valley, meant riverboats provided the transportation link with the .

outside world. This photo from that period shows Eby’s tanding as it was before the vessels disap-

peared from the river in 1912.

Verbal battle looms

Caledonia Lecture Theatre will be the scene of take to the stage from 5:00-7:00 p.m. with grades °
a war of words this Friday evening, but the con- |
flict will be a good-natured one, |... |
_ The event is the fourth annual Concours dact
Oratoirei in which French Immersion students will °
put their Linguistic talents to the testi in. a public.

speaking competition. :.-

Canadian Parents for' French 5 5 ieaman Liz:
Manji said students from grades zo have’ been‘:

busy preparing a two to five minute. Speech as part
of their classroom assignments.. From those‘ef-
forte, finalists havc been selected’ ‘to take ‘part tn:

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rere Pont MNS fal eliveconet

6-8 following at 7:15 p.m.
Pointing out the students had put in a lot of

wark to prepare for the event, Manji hoped all .
French Immersion students would tum out to.
support their classmates. It would also be an op-

_ portunity for parents and members of the general:

‘pbk ‘to see just how proficient the students were
their second language. i

i said the local CPF chapter is currently ‘

ee on plans to send the tm of we :

t grades 6-8 sections to the provincial finals to
‘this woek"s. competition. Orhtes 4 and 5 orators . ~ place: at UBC on April 2. ve 4 aa

Many ways to hel .

As it approaches the end a
_ of its second year of opera-
tion, the Terrace Youth Cen-
tre is locking for people to
help continue and expand its
programs, says the centre’s
volunteer co-ordinator.

And, while individuals
who wish to participate in the
centre’s evening activities are
always welcome, Judith
O'Morrow emphasizes there
are many other ways people
can make 4 contribution.

“Ff they genuinely want to
ro. we can find a way for ce
them to do it,’’ she said, As aT
an example, an offer to do Judith O'Morrow
typing for two to four hours a month ‘would be a trémen-
dous help to us.’’

The centre also wanted to increase the number of organized
programs it offered. In particular, O’Morrow said, it was
looking for people who could offer instruction in arts and
crafts, cooking, music, sports activities such as water team
sports and aerobics, outdoor pursuits including hiking, camp-
ing and fishing, ‘‘or any other ideas they have.”

While potential instructors might feel they did not have the
time to get involved in that way, she pointed out such pro-
grams could work quite effectively on a one night a month
basis.

The regular volunteers would also be able to take advan-

’ tage of such sessions by learning some of the skills and then

taking over the instruction themselves,

Those considering volunteering to participate in the regular
evening activities should also be aware that it need not involve
a lot of time. ‘‘Two hours every second week would be fine,”
O’ Morrow said. ,

However, she added, the important thing was that such
volunteers be prepared to make a firm commitment, even if
only for a limited period (six months, for example), In draw-
ing up a coverage schedule, she explained, *I need to be able
to count on those people.”

Commitment by volunteers aiso prompted a like response
towards them from those dropping in to the centre, she add-
ed. In that sense, volunteers would find they got out of the exe.
perience what they put into it.

Q’Morrow said anyone wishing to volunteer or requiring -
further information could contact her at 638-2018 or Diana’
Wong at 635-6511 or 635-6111.

The Youth Centre is located at 4634 Walsh (The Ukrainian
Hall) and is open 7-9 p.m. Mondays for the 13-19 years age
grcup, 7-9 p.m. Wednesdays for 10-19 year olds and 7-9 p.m.
Fridays for the 10-13 year olds.

Now showing |

LET THERE BE LIGHT is the title of the exhibition of re-
cent paintings by artist Cindy Marteri — it will be at the
local art gallery until Feb. 24. ‘Valley Sunset' — one of

the works in the show — is adjusted by gallery volunteer
and local artist Donna Orr.

First class efforts

Recently announced results of the Royal Conservatory of.
Music's theary examinations show local students are fully in
tune with their subject,

‘No fewer than 13 students achieved first class honours, six:
of those being “with distinction’ (90 per cent and above). All [.
are enrolled in the Northwest Academy for the Performing

. Arts,

Distinction awards went to Catherine Dickson (grade 2.
rudiments), Deborah Casey, Stephen Fleming and Pauline

_ Lepp (grade | rudiments) and Travis McMurray and Brainerd.
- Bergsma (preliminary rudiments).

Paul Fleming, Jennifer McMynn, Margaret Higginson,

' Shelley Mantel and ‘Angela Sparks achieved first. class
- honours'in grade 1 rudiments while Romy Maikapar and:
_ Heather Connacher registered similar success in preliminary ‘
~ rudiments,’

‘Honours awards went to “Vicky Sainis (grade 3 history), :

. Sanra ‘Manel and Aisha’ Manji (grade 1 rudiments) and
; Margot McKeown (preliminary: rudiments).

. Timothy and Patrick Phillips received pass marks in grade

: Y rudiments as did Tina Hovenkamp in grade 2 rudiments,