inesday, July 13, 1966” TERRACE. “GiAINEC ” HERALD, TERRACE, BRITISH COLUMBIA ENNIAL FEATURE Our Bounders aa oo foe sides to it. First, there is its gay and colorful air atmosphere with the Shrine- PNE Circus, bright midway, thril- ling rides, free stadium show feat- uring top-notch entertainers, and dozens of other fun attractions. Then there is the serious, infor- mative and cultural’ side of PNE ‘66. One of the cultural highlights this year will be Confederation Life’s “Gallery of Canadian- His- tory” — a collectiop of original oil paintings depleting the historic events in the. building of Canada. The paintings, which are being shown at the PNE for the first time, will be on the ground floor of the Modern Living Building the fair — August 20 to September 5. The paintings have been com: missioned and collected since Can- ada’s, Diamond Jubilee in: 1927, The late J. D, Kelly, who did most of the- paintings, spent 70 years of his life recording Canada's history on canvas. Others are painted by Tex Woods, Don An- derson, H. B. Goodridge, William Mitchell and Bruce Stapleton. ; . Another feature new to the PNE this year is a new product promo- tion of the design branch of.the '_* [Department of Industry in Ottawa. R. P, RITHET mRobert Patterson Rithet was | English farmer's son who mme here to join the gold rush aut entered the business world mastead and built a reputation @spected as much in San Fran: msco and Hawaii as in British golumbia. @ Born in Applegarth, Dumfries. mire, April 22, 3844, he had musiness training as a youth and mas employed by a Liverpool merchant before coming to Vic- meria in 1892. His early jobs were aried, even Included a spell Hockwalloping”. as a stevedore. muen he moved into wholesale mroceries, insurance, shipping id brokerage gaining power and erestige with every year that mansed. ; m He was a shareholder in En- erby Milling Company, at moodyville (sawmills), Canadian acific Navigation ‘Company, bion Iron Works and Capilano Vaterworks, He was a principal Zromoter of the British Pacific. allway and left a permanent | DOCS CARTAGE & STORAGE mark on Victoria when he under- took and carried out construc. tion of the outer. wharf, At-Vie- toria Rithet became president of | the Board of Trade and in. 1873 was appointed a justice of the peace. In 1885 he became mayor ‘of Victoria and in 1804 was elected to the legislature. - Farming was a hobby and he - maintained large farms at Vic- toria and Delta, He was presi- dent of the California and Ha- walian Sugar Refining Company headquartered at San Francisco, as was the firm Welch and Com- pany which operated in. British Columbia as Welch, Rithet and Company. The British Colonist of 1891 said the Rithet Company was one of: the largest commer- cial operations in British Colum. bia. When Rithet died at Vic- toria in 1919, it was sald of him: “Probably no name is more f- spected on the Pacific Coast from San Francisco to the. far : nosth, than that of Rithet .. .". — BC. Centennial Committes Freight Agents for: SMITHERS TRANSPORT (Te Smithers and Hazelton) REITMIER TRUCK LINES . (Teo Vancouver) Local & Long Distance Moving AGENTS FOR UNITED VAN LINES _VI3-2728 504 Keith — modem: facilities and saci heated q warehouse for all your Storage needs atermen Beinidstra It will feature some 200 strictly Canadian-designed items. ant part of the PNE. Nine reli- services? “Both Faces of PNE Offer Much for °66 The 1966 Pacifie National Exhibition has two distinct Religion will also be an ‘import. gious exhibits will be featured throughout the PNE’s 164-acre afte, These include the Vancouver Coun- cil of Churches, which will have an exhibit sponsored by 11 faiths; Christian Science; the Child Evan gelism Fellowship of B.C.; the BX. Conference of the Séventh Day Ad- ventists; the Lutheran’s Laymen League; ; the new Jerusalem Church; the Southern Baptlsts: the Vancouver Ecclesia of Bible Stu- dents and the Bahai World Faith. In addition the B.C, Building will be open each day of the fair and give patrons an interesting elimp- se of British Columbia. ee The main form. of trammort at Expo 67 ‘will be by the Expo Ex. press railway and it will be free,. - MONEY YUKON Tractor Parts LTD. 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