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unless there is a maior setback
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explained, -- :

- That was ‘the reason behind |

Co-op directors’ April 1965
cision to build again.

“We built to keep pace with .

the community,’” King satd,

Despite the 1985 ‘decision,
was not until July 1967 that :

: ot Terrace Co-op atore, They take

7 “The organization can only be

Blakeburn Engineering, the con. : good if it has contact wy its on a bay roll estimated at $310,-
tractors, dug their first hole to -.. | members,’? he’ said, , ac year, .

sant the big construction pro} a wos of And he gets an added bonus im, said jihat fere are 9

; . - Ope mediate” plans -

Protracted negotiations with is Giteeto en the Co-op b

crossing, held up the work,
in the Intere:

oth rth it.
e

any new.

The total bill’ for actual‘ con-

struction was $525,000. 2B

furnishings, enlarged stock, and
finance charges boost the total
expansion cost te the million.

dollar mark,

It is an enterprising action for

a membership estimated at 3,000,
The figure is estimated be-

f Co-op membership. is
F §6eounted as a total from the time
B the Co-op was formed here in
A total of: 3,951. names
:, have been entered in the mem-
;, bership record since that time,
’ Membership increases have
|; also followed major expansions

cause

K 1946,

s; at the store,
q

ai. membership stood at 945, .

4

we
q

#. Listed at 1,735,
i Terrace’s first hig-size de

f partment store was ceremonially

municipal authorities, cloudedby
uncertainty over ‘the Kalum St. -

. But despite a rather hefty climb
st rate, the wait has.

In 1957 for instance, the store
added 6,000 square feet and the

f 1962 saw a major expansion
fl in the store with 19,000 square
f, feet added, inctuding the ware-
house, garden centre farm sup-
plies, coffee Shop and gas’ sta~
; ton, And the znembership was:

represented,

de- - .| AS store manager,
.| Would normally be

‘it:

“7 system, .-

“|beard of directors.
ten women members,

FURNITURE, CLOTHING AND OFFICES

by the Terrace Co-op are also

And they support their -store,
Some 67.per cent of all Co-op
customers are Co-op members,
Corbin King
expected: to
, ‘| shun static genorated by an elec.

.| ted board. But he favors the

There are

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market

The legendary Sasquatch miay

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are able to briny

of the membership,’

-“'The biggest contribution they.
liave made has been to balance
out store services,” King said,

“They see things from ahouse.
wile’s. point of view and they
-back the beefs

Members also included alt 80
full .and part-time staff of the’

time staff but says’ that extra |
part-time help will be added,

‘alona

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CORBIN KING
The members make the de-
cisions on what departments will
he added. And they're repre.
sented on a parliamentary basis,
similar to federal ridings,

For example ‘the Aiyansh
Native Council is one area
represented on the Co-op “par.
Hiamentary” board, Other seg-

ut) ments of the total area served

Howard wanis -
Federal cash __
for. Highway 16
Skeont MEr Bank Boresd al

he wants Federal money for High
way 16, ; aa

Before leaving for Ottawa and
the dissolution of parliament,
Howard said Highway 16 should
be financed in the same ‘way as

the Trans-Canada Highway,

He commented:) “Our high
ways are-in a deplorable con
dition and haye heen that way
for. years,, They have deterlor~
ated while new Highway construc-
Hon has been concentrated in
those “areas in’ the southerri
part of the Brovinee,”’ Howard
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aluminum, chrome
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Silverware, tools, boats fibreglass, airplanes, heikeopte 2
surfaces fae be tote ai

helicopters

opened Tuesday morning, Howard also said that induse Avante AT:.. —' - Merrace “Home” Service
# «That's the - Terrace . Co-op| trial development, port develope || CO-OP Service Station  — ‘Eatl’g Trading Post =~
: which. unveiled its new million| ment and expansion are prime Ourley’s' Safety Service | ‘Dé Melos ey
! dollar addition to dignitaries at matters to be Presented to the Kaluin Tire Service . Gateway Service’
; n.d a.m. breakfast. Municipal government, _ ; 0.K. Tire Service : . _ Mountainview Resort,
E: Conmertatlves, Chamber of Howard visited Prince Rupert |[| Totém BA Service Cedarvale
f Commerce, Co Kitimat, Hazelton,” and the Ter- rR

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Biwhile workmen added an extra
1 24,000 square
But’ now’ they're’ ready for
Maction as one of the two major

department stores of the Pacific

t

uable store in the regidn,
’ “We don
increase in

“The Terrace Co-op obviously
enough. is .a co-operative organi-

mis the fact that the tmembors of
athe co-oparative Share :-in‘majo:
abolicy decisions as well aa draw
Ang dividends on their shares —
Proxiniately $250,000 of atotal
t earning
re began,

the Co-op
Owop Tnsur

Bic slow down its merchandising

feet of floor spacez

of $584,000 since the} §

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race area while home ne
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during the

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__ Co-op keeps pace with Terrace’

“Terrace will continueto grow :

AS an employee
lations,
“We work .

be financed at’ 714

eured from Co-ope
clations in Canada,

‘of the Co-op,
he likes “company” staff re-

under good condi.
tions here,’ he said,

The million-dollar addition will

ber. cent ine
terest through debentures se.

rative Asso=

never be found, but models.of the
hairy mountaln éreatura soon will
Appear in souvenir shops if Arie
De ‘Rulter’s plans go th
Mr, De Rulter hit upon the
idea of manufacturing eight-inch
rubber dolls named after the
Sasquatch — after visiting the
Harrison Lake area last year,
The area about 60 miles east
Vancouver is, according ‘to
anctent indian legerd, the np
ing ground of eight-foot-tall crea.
tures covered in hair but with
human features, ©... a
‘1 wanted a Sasquatch BOUe
venir for my : children,” Says
Mr, De Ruiter ‘T figured ‘the
place to find one ‘was Harrison,
but nobody’ could come up with’
one, .
“So I said to myself: Why not
make some? AndI did.
He worked for several months
with clay, plaster and hair bor-.
rowed froma Langley beauty
shop before producing a model
his wite and children approved,

Shopping Centre -

.

We are proud to have been able to play o’pas
_ in the construction of this fine’ new.. Shopping §
_ Centre for the people of Terrace ond. with to” *
- extend to the Co-op our Best Wishes for thei =
‘continued success.’ - eB

port

| Beutle . Masonry Lid. : | |

“4644 Lozelle

His doll is not based on any
scientific evidence or eyewltness
accounts, but slmply his version
of what a Sasquatch would look

“I didn’t want it to look toa
ugiy,’' he explained, “so 1 de-
signed the doll to iook Itke a
young Sasquatch,’

' The main ‘parts ‘of the doll
are manufactured in Japan out
of rubber and artificial hair, His
wife and six - of thelr seven
children provide the finishing
touches and the packaging,

“We've got more than 2,000
rders already,'* he says, “ust
by Spreading news about the doll
by word-of-mouth.”

BURNABY, B,C, (CP) —Mr,
and Mrs, S.K, Baker of Lytton,
B.C., have donated a ‘collection
of 200 prehistoric Indian arti-
facts to Simon ee, Univer-
sity here, portant,
said SFU, “they have given us
information concerning where
each specimen was found,*?

Follow the Leader
toSay-Mor Builders
Grand Opening

May 9-10-11

Ph. 635-5047 fF

Congratulations.
fo the —

- Terrace Co-op
on your.
OPENING

A QVALITY
ANTERIOR BY

“ELAINE my
dv'V Wall
CONTRACTING _/

ALL WORK
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ON KAY
635-3214

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