EMIL HAUGLAND (extreme right) officiated at the
opening of Terrace-Prince Rupert Highway in the late
» 1940s. Applauding front left are O.T. Sundall and Mrs.
Sundall. Next are Jim Smith, George McAdams,

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1977 ‘TERRACE, B.C.

Dr. Thompson

: Justice Minister Ron
Basford announced that the
government, acting on the
recommendation of
Fisheries and Environment
Minister Romeo LeBlanc
and Transport Minister Otto
Lang, is setting up a Public
Inquiry into the marine
aspects of the Kitimat
pipeline project,. The

quity which has been
established under Part 1 of
Inquiries Act will be headed
by Andrew’ R.. Thompson,
Professor’ of Law “at. the
University of British
Columbia. . aoe

‘will also receive public

_ oil tanker movements on the
west coast.

Kitimat pipeline proposal

ANDREW R.THOMPSON member of the Alberta,
LL.B., LL.M., J.5-D. Manitoba and Northwest
Professor of Law Territories Bars.
University of In 1950, Dr, Thompson
British Columbia began his teaching career at
Vancouver ; the University of Alberta.
Andrew R. Thompsonis a From 1950 to 1957, he was a
native of Winni °g where he member of the editorial
first practised law upon staff of a leading publisher
graduation from the of legal books. In 1957 he
University of Manitoba Law returned to the University of
School. Subsequently, he Alberta and remained on the
had received the degrees of Law School staff there until
. Master of Laws from the 1969, when he accepted an
University of Toronto and appointment as Professor of
Thompson’s final report wilt Doctor 9 Juridical Science Law at the University of
be made available to the from Columbia University British Columbia. Dr.
_.., Of New- York...He is a_. Thompson..teaches .coyrses

Dr. Thompson has been
authorized to hold public
hearings within the province
of British Columbia and has
been directed to inquire into
and report upon the social,
environmental, fisheries
and navigational safety
aspects of the proposed
tanker route and marine
terminal at Kitimat, B.C, He

representations made to
him about the terms and
conditions to be imposed on
the size, construction and
operation of the terminal
and tankers wishing to use’
the terminal If authority is
given to establish a marine
terminal at Kitimat, B.C.

Dr. Thompson will submit
areport to Mr. LeBlane and
Mr. Lang by the end of the
year. Both ministers have
‘concurred that Dr.

views on the broader con-
cerns, and issues related to

Wo ye

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MAYOR GORDON ROWLAND and family ina family. as
portrait taken [ust before his election as mayor of
Terrace. The Rowlands are leaving Terrace for
Vernon where Mr. Rowland has accepted a position in

. Mayor Gordon Rowland of
Terrace dropped a ‘“‘bomb-
shell’? at a special council
meeting last Wednesday as
he submitted his resignation
as mayor effective March

31,
Mr. Rowland gave as his
' peagon personal economics.
He has been unemployed
since selling his share in @
local business’
December and has ney
-liviug on the mayor's
of $1200 since that time, He

last.

- alderman was in recreation

Petroleum and Natural Gas
- Law and Mining and Forest
Law. In 1967, Dr. Thompson
‘was visiting Professor of
Law at the University of
Auckland, New Zealand.

Dr. Thompson was _ the
general editor of But-
terworths Ontario Digest,
and is co-author of Lewis
and Thompson, Canadian
Oil and Gas. He has also
written extensively in legal
periodicals’ on natural
resource and environmental

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‘A “EATER rapes
wo es

SRA AT atm, a

. “TEN ae ey
The Lieutenant Governor,
W.S. Owen, has directed a
letter to Mayor Gordon
Rowland in which he ad-
vises that the Prince of
Wales will not be coming to
Terrace to participate in the
50th Anniversary
celebrations,

The Lt. Governor states
that he has received a reply
from the office of His Ex-
cellency the Governor
General, in regards to the
invitation to Prinee Charles.
He notes that the reply will
be disappointing but states:

“As you can imagine,
there have been a large
number of invitations for
His Royal Highness to un-
dertake engagements in
Canada this year. Because

PE ec oy

Contract Supervisor for Riverside Forest
Products, a mill at Lumby close to Vernon. In the.
back row is Anita Rowland, son Brett, the mayor and .
front Laureen, Teddy and  Michele.| . The District of Terrace
m, Planning and Public Works

_ Committee. reviewed a
report from the municipal

engiheer concerning the

Association and The Union| intention of the Department
of B.C, Municipalities where| 9f Highways to improve
he worked hard for tax Highway 16 between Eby
reform. He also served on| and Kenney to include a 40

the B.C. Finance Authority.| foot wide paved section,
Mr. Rowland expressed with narrow shoulders on

regret at leaving ‘Terrace| either side of the pavement
with the knowledge that the Afor 20 years an has asked and ditches on bot sides of
Sparks Street Lift Station us to pass on his ap- the road and outlining the
and tne work already done preciation for all the support difficulties ae could
on Eby has gone along way that he has enjoyed over the ea)

in alleviating the problem. past six years. - | located along the highway.

Mr. Rowland served his
community well on the
North West Municipal

said he has to consider his
family first and con-
sequently went where the
most lucrative employmen
opportunity existed. He sai
at there were several job
opportunities in Terrace but
not as interesting as the one
he has accepted, 7
Mayor Rowland has
served nearly two terms as
mayor and was an alderman
for four years previously.
His main interest -as an

which was sadly lacking at -
that time. He was in-

strumental in the con-

struction of the arena, the

swimming pool and the
curling rink.

As mayor he worked to
solve a 20-year-old problem
of drainage and is leaving

poe dete a pe Me ep ne de tet the yy

a m

in Reab “~ ‘Property; pe

to conduct enquiry into marine aspects of

supjects. Dr. Thompson was
a founding member of the
Canadian Petroleum Law

Foundation and is on its =
‘Board of Directors. He is a

member of the International
Council on Environmental
Law;
Commission on En-
vironmental Policy, Law

and Administration of the ©
International Union for the %

Conservation of Nature and
Natural Resources; and
President: of the Arctic
International Wildlife
Range Society. |
In June 1973, he was ap-
pointed .a- member of. the-
British Columbia Energy
Commission and

‘November assumed the

chairmanship: The com-

mission regulates energy =

utilities in the province and
acts in an advisory capacity
to the provincial govern-
ment on energy policy
matters.

Dr. Thompson resigned as
Chairman of the Com-
mission in June 1975 to
resume his teaching position
at the University of British
Columbia.

Prince Charles
not coming

of his very heavy schedule =

in connection with

celebrations marking the =

Queen's Silver Jubilee, we
were informed that Prince
Charles would be unable to
accept any additional
engagements other than
those in Alberta at the

thi

would be grateful if you
would extend his thanks to
the mayor and people of

Terrace and all good wishes ::

a member of the =

PROTINCIAS, LIBRARY

MARLIA“EN? 84933

TLCTORIA 8 C

Terrace
1927-1977
50

Golden Years

the

era

‘Fifty years ago this week,

1S BACK FROM VICTORIA
= AND A LIBERAL MEET
& Dr. H.C. Wrinch, M.L.A.,
Bd returned Thursday morning
Rafter attending the third
session of the sixteenth
= Legislature of British
% Columbia, He is in high
Bi spirits over the way in which
* the government met all the
* attacks of the opposition and
“the way in which the
% government got through all
Sits important legislation.
There was some good
*t legislation too, particularly
% the marketing act and the
* budget. As regards Skeena
* riding the local member
% says that he was able to get
an additional grant of
$10,000 to the original
‘< maintenance appropriation
© of $56,400. He has also put in

a requisition for at least

# $120,000 irom the new road
= fund and this will be applied
son the highway between

Crossing and
% Terrace. The idea is to get
= half of that road done this
Ba year. The amount that will
“be appropriated will be
‘announced shortly. There
will also be an appropriation
made from the same fund
efor the road west of

particular]

 Skeena

f Smithers - but
“west of Morricetown. It
needs attention to make it
safe for'auto traffic: -

“Dr. Wrinch was also at the

Liberal Convention in
Vancouver at which W.S.
* Harris represented New
“Hazelton, Tom Moore,
“= Kitwanga; Sam Eby and
' J.H. Groat from Smithers.

e doctor was on the
# resolution committee ‘and
*: they were kept on the jump,
= but finally the convention
+ passed some very important
resolutions, including the
% publication of the source of
“campaign fund con-
Stributions and the en-
* dorsement of the road from

SST. PATRICK’S DANCE
As a result of St. Patrick’s
“dance in the Community
«Hall. by the Community
“League on Thursday
© evening, the league received
* about $30. A good time is
= reported and the dance was
continued until the early
hours. The music supplied
as Cary's orthophonic as
the pianist did not come at

the last. minute,

= POLE CUTTING SLACKED
=: OFF

% Owing to the season pole
“cutting is being suspended
in all the camps for a few

for the success of the 50th *

Anniversary celebrations.”

Highway 16 |
upgrading

It was recommended that =

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correspondence be directed
to the Minister of Highways
advising that the District of
Terrace is opposed to the
half-measure implied by the
proposed open itch
drainage system and that
such should not be un-
dertaken watil it can be done
properly by constructing a
‘our Jane highway between
Eby and Kenney, complete
with curb and gutter and
underground drainage and
further that funds be made
available for such project.

= the next few weeks. Most of
mps have got their
iling and ties nearly

every one has done pretty
Swell. There are a lot of men
around, all of who have
money to pay their way and

se etabiletatatetal teletit

been in ‘poor h

to clean up what they got
behind last year. The same
applies to the contractors.

e trucks have enough
work ahead of them at Maik
George’s and S.H. Senk-
piel’s skidways to keep them
on the jump the rest of the
season and as soon as the
water in the river is right an
immense amount of timber
will be floated down to
Cedarvale.

DOG LICENSE
NECESSARY

An act was passed this
session at Victoria making it
necessary for all dogs to be
licensed whether in
organized districts or
unorganized districts. This
is for the protection of
sheep, goats and chickens.
There should he a very big
revenue collected from this
neck of the woods or else the

pulation of dogs and such
ike should be wonderfully
reduced.

ABRAHAM JOHNSON
DEAD .

Word has been received of
the death of Abraham
Johnson, an old timer in the
Terrace district, who passed
away in Vancouver on
March 10, The deceased had

number of months and the
end was not unexpected. He
spent several years in the
Terrace valley where he
owns jJand and was well and
favorably known. He was a
native of Sweden and came
to Canada quite a number of
years ago. So far as is

own he had no relatives
here.

BASKETBALL GAMES
The Vanarsdol basketball
team got a bump when they’
played the local team in
Progress Hall on Friday
evening. The locals have
been practicing and are
showing considerable im-
provement, The seore was
30 to 18 in favor of the home
team. This game was
followed by the high school
vs the senior ladies and the
youngsters won by 38 to 7.
The Vanarsdol four piece
orchestra furnished ex-
cellent music for a dance
which followed the games.
The financial returns were

$25.25,

CANADIAN LEGION AS
HOSTS

The Canadian Legion in
conjunction with the
Woman’s Auxiliary en-
tertained the Native Sons,
Oddfellows, Rebekahs and
S. Andrews Society at a
social evening in the

G.W.V.A. Hall on Tuesday ©

evening of this week, The
early part of the evening
was spent at military whist,
the winners being Mr. and
Mrs. P. Hogan of Pacific
and Miss Opal Cassell and

Howard Warne. The com- -

petition in securing the
greatest number of flags
was lively. The latter part of
the evening was spent in
dancing.

Election dates

Terrace residents will
learn April 15 which of the
aldermen, ifany, plan to run
in the mayorality by-
election June 4. Heading the
list of likely candidates is
Alderman Sharon Biggs.
She says she has been asked
by hundreds of people if she
will run.

Other possible candidates
are Gerry Duffus, Mary

Little, Dave Maroney and
Vie Jolliffe. Jolliffe,
however, says his main
objective in the by-election
will be the regional district
seat he is the alternate for.

May 9 at 12 noon is the
date set for nominations.
The April 15 date is when a
council member must
resign to enter the race.

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