r Centennial : Weekend

| Bob Parker Lid.

Serving Terrace, the Hub City of the Mighty Skeena Valley in Northwestern British Columbia

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| Terrace, B

635-2841
ages.

Terrace, B.C,” me,

CEWTENNIAL SMILES before

Mschoo] girls above Deanna Lacarte, Eleanor Niesner,

Canada’s big birthday are provided by Thornhill
Vicki Dumma and Pammie

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at the school.

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“21, , WEDNESDAY,

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JUNE. 28, 1967

ere judgedthe winners in a centennial costume contest

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ammunity effort

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| Thornhill people —
| fight brush blaze

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y LAURIE ENGLISH
‘etThere’s a bush fire in the
ark’? came the word on Sat-

Sirday at 6 pm, in Thornhill
ind 40 or more people rallied

fo the call, .

* They came armed with buckets

Mand shovels and barrels of water
hn the back of their trucks to
out out afire which might have

wiped Thornhill off the map if

it hadn't. been brought under
controls :

i The fire was spotted and re-

fed to the district forest
‘anger at 5:30 by Mrs, Cari

Muller, She then started round

fing up local help to stem the

‘blaze which was threatening to

Lbreak out of control. v3
Thornhill teenagers, who had

‘Seen at the school taking part

‘ts a workshop with Community

rograms Regional . Director

erry Bruce came out. They

picked up shovels and went to
work.

Gerry Bruca strapped 35
pound portable water pump to
his back and so did a number of
younger boys of 10 or 11 years
of age.

Everyone, it seemed, was
there. Teachers and loggers
children and- parents working
along with the forestry staff and
in three hours the fire was
quelled. ,

The fire was confined to less
than .an acre of the Centennial
Park but patrols were kept on
the job all rilght dousing spot,
fires which seemed to burst
out of the bed of moss and pine
needles. a

Two members of the forestry
staff. stayed In the park-through
out Sunday putting out spot fires
when ever they appeared, © -

’ meets were fairly well

NICK NATTRESS _

Legion
cancels.
track meet

Terrace Royal Canadian Le
gion has cancelled the centennial
track meet scheduled for June
28, . ae

Legion athletics director Nick
Nattress sald cancellation was
catsed.by lack of support.--. .

‘Applications for the young-

sters were distributed through:
out all schools in the district
a month prior to June 21,’?
he sald, mo,

son that date E collected 21 |

applications out of a posatble
2,200," ? ee
Nattress said that past track
§ attended
by youngsters. aera
“But he said he was disappoln-

ted at this vear’s resvonse.

“T feo] that- many more could

have. taken part had they been ;

Thousands flock to
Lakelse picnic site .

Four thousand refugees from, the heat poured into the Lakelse .

Picnic site Sunday. .

That’s the figure estimated
py Provincial Parksbranch staff
who calculated on the basis of
four people percar, ..

A continual stream of cars
from both Kitimat and Terrage

‘poured into the lake-site park-
ing grounds during the day and
early evening. we

They overflowed as motorists |
Ignored no parking signs on the
road through the site, --”

And they presented a further
highway hazard when they park
ed on highway 25 cuttlng vision
of motorists trying to enter the,
60: mph highway from the park, |

While the automobilespresen-
ted a problem, the people did
note ee

“A parke board spokesman ye
ported no incidents over the
weekend, . at

“The piente site patrons made
full use of facilities but there:
‘were Do queues or Hneups,”

Despite the heat In downtown
Terrace, if was surprisingly
cool at the lake, A strong breeze
blowing off the water kept tem-
peratures way down. so

Another 2,500 people were re
ported at- the site Saturday.
Parks board expects to. open:

a néw campsite at Lakelse Suly
wo. ; -
The new camp will have 29
sites, boat launching facilities,
800 feet of sandy beach, a swini-
ming float and 50 picnic tables
along the beach,

j driving; 14 convictions

4,000 Press Runi-

Terrace set |
for Canada’s
birthday

It’s going fo be the big-
gest birthday party in Ter-
race's history. o

BOY BELIEVED DROWNED
IN MISHAP NEAR BRIDGE

missing and believed drowned,

A young Terrace boy is
fell into the Skeena River

Jen year old George Troelstra
Monday afternoon, aan
_. He is. belleved to have slipped from a rock ledge 200 yards
east of the Skeena Bridge, .
He was fishing there with an older brother and sister when,
he apparently slipped into the flood swollen river.

Should sister buy shares |
Coley Hall happy
to boost BC bank —

If Coleman E. Hall’ ¢ sister needed an income from investments,
he would not advise her to ‘invest in the new Bank of Britleh,

That’s thé word as some 50
local groupsrepresenting clubs,
chtrces ‘and auxillaries,.swiig¢
into the final week before the
big July 1 blast, .
OR. FAMILIES ‘

Centennial Committee chair-
man A.J, Bud McCollls cautiou
sly optimistic, .

“1¢ we get the co-operation
that fs promised » and Ilcan’t
see any reason why shouldn’t
I think the centennial week-
end will be ahowling success,'*

McColl says that there wilt
be something for everyone in
the weekend celebrations of Ca-
nada’ s birthday. .

"The whole weekend {s plan
neg tobe family entertainment’?
ata minimum ofcost,?* he sald.
‘EYE CATCHER

Major celebrations will be
July 1 but there will still be
ws of activity Sunday and Mon-

aye .

To .say nothing of a Friday-
evening opener, a mammoth
street dance. with live orches-
tras and refreshments, Co-op
parking lot is the place to go.

But everything else is right
on schedule under the co-ordi-
nating bands of Mrs, Robert
Cooper. , ;

EVENTS - .

Eye catcher will have to. be
_the centennial.parade of flogts
Scheduled irom.,10 a,m, tonoon.

Organized-by*Ferrace Elks the
parade will “assemble at ,the
Riverside ‘Ball-Park,- protead
down Lakelse'. to. Emerson,
aloig Emerson to Davis.

* The: weekend program - will
include opening ofthe centennlal
building, beard contests, reBi-

gious services; outdoor ‘break

fasts and general hoopla,

Maaistrate’s
Court... -

‘Ihe. rollawing convictions
rere mate Terrace Magis
trate’s Court last week before
Magistrate C.J, Norrington: anaes He ere ;

Twentysix convictions On| He expressed his view of the
speeding and minor traffic of | hook this way... “oe

ences; four on Iguor offences; oT acter wh
two for trucking Infractions ang |, if 1 had @ sister who had .

5 to depend on an Income from
one for infraction of 2 Muni
elpal by-lave . investments 1 would nat: want

Magistrate F.H, Adames pre: her to buy this stock until the

sided over thefolloving: Morton | PBK, 5 (1sets an Ere

Ra eget Hamey joie cording to the experts the bank

whi A ohn-

son, fined $250 for impaired ay t hens its doors.’ me .
or r

speeding and minor traffic of Coley Hall is one of 14 dire-

etors of the bank who are now
fences; one for driving without
due ¢ are and three for truck touring the province to promote

ing offences. sales of theankof B,C, shares, |

Columbia.

But otherwise the Vancouver
hotel proprietor, owner of the
Vancouver Canucks, and reputed
millionaire is very much in
favor of the new bank.

. Coley ‘Hall ‘and top public re-.
lations man forthe Social Credit
party, William £,.Clancey vis-*
{ted the Herald office during a
trip to the areato promote sales
of shares in the new bank
POSSIBILITIES. my
' Hall spoke {9 both Prince
Rupert and Kitimat 2a
Yin Terrace te told the Herald |
that he thought the new bank,
actively endorsed by Premier
WAC Bennett had “tremendous
posslbilities.’*

' Asked to comment onaHerald
editorial which stated that inve-
stors could not expect an {m=
mediate return, Hall agreed,

’He said than the Bank of BC
did not expect to pay dividends
for at least flva years,

But during those ilve years
the bank’s assets will grow,'*
he said, emphasizing the need
for the bank to build offices:

period. . :

COLEY HALL

‘Earlier in a speach to Kit
mat Rotary Club Eall sald that
the directors knew that their
‘was widespread support in this
province for a Bank of British
Columbia, . :

He called ft “fa People’ s Bank
of ‘tremendous significance.’*
- He predicted that the Bank of
B,C.‘ will -be “more creative
and aggtessive’’ than the nine
national Canadian banks, :
SEEK $75 MILLION .

“we are going to. survive
and. prosper by giving better.
overall banking .-service to
British Columbians «-. yet pre
serving. sound banking princk
ples,’? he said, .

The bank is now attempting to.
raise $75 million in capital by
selling three million $25 shares.

‘AXECWIELDING Thor Halvorsen above shows tls, prowess to |.

Tarrace jogging types Sunday afternoon, Halvorsen. and Bup

arson, both experts at logging. sports, came here to give-a}::

wa Gleplay/ of. their. skills and afew pointers to local woodsmen |
o could.enter the PNE contesta,, ;

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