“YOU CAN AFFORD] “A PARKER FORD” a un sone sseLLuT. *, . BOB PARKER FORD. 635-2801 Abt Lazelle. Ave., P. 0, ‘Box 399, Terrace, B.C, -Prander's Office, -Vhotorla, B.C. " Authorized a as “Second class mall Gerving Terrace, The etah Cy at the. Mighty Stleona Valley in Northwestern British Lolumbia. . “Postage paid in cash, Return postage guaranteed. ‘Second Clnss Maif Registration No. 120i _ MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1971: TERRACE, B.C. “TRAILER - “Vour wheel ‘SAFEWAY Of . Skeena Forest PHONE 635-4544 ‘Gh Year No. 1 en hot time A New Year's Eve fire caused undetermined damages to a house at the corner. of Kalum and Keith, Terrace firemen were called out about 10 p.m. Thursday to fight the blaze which broke out in an upstairs hall or bedroom. Owner of the house, Phylis Smythe, was out of town when the fire broke out. Damages were confined to an upstairs hali, closet and two xedrooms. Cause of the fire is undetermined. Calls came to the fire . lepartment from several neigh- vrs who spotted the blaze. ’, With only two hours to go until $71, the fire ended -Terrace ‘ecard of no fires in December. For children | Lions net | over $50. The Downtown Lion’s Club took in more than $50 for its . Christmas party for retarded children. ” Allending the party were 26 children .from Terrace and other Lowns in the district.’ Latest $1 donations f arty: were fromi: *-: Margaret Casey; con , Strasbourg and. family; Glyn ‘and Sheila Wescott; Ron and Judy “Jephson; : The: Tom. Newalls; Ina.Roper.and family; Joe and Jeff Harris and family; Dave and Wendy Kushner and Ray Alwood. ° -the town.-—Staff Hf photo. Car plur pl unges ‘over cliff A. Prince ‘George family escaped uninjured: when their ‘problem at all. sacra Bee oe mia # When the post office received a bright re Tuesday, :Christmas envelope addressed to simply: “Aun es Policesaid Nicholas Vahlas of - Cathie” and “Uncle Herb”, they figured it out with Prince George lost control of his little. trouble. car on the ice near the airport -The mystery couple are Cathie and Herb Spencer : hill. The car plunged 10 feel over ‘of Crescent Drive. Thornhill. the bank and the trailer landed on top of it. The, Vahlas family. escaped uftinjured “but the. car and trailer received a total of §1,500 damages. The trailer was filled with the family’s furniture, ‘’ which was also damaged. Who are “Aunt Cathie” and “Uncle Herb’? For the Terrace post office, that question was noe meant to put it on the Spencer’s Christmas prevent ‘but got it in the mail by mistake. Bs _ The.one hang-up was that the Spencer’s had t % pay 12 cents postage due. . - 3 pity we gota good laugh out of it,” Mrs. Spence said. THE NIGHT LIGHTS of Tertace glitter far below as The pak Herald photographer caight this scene from Kalum ain overlooking the SNOW REMOVAL CREWS Unsung heroes More than one fool of snow frosted -Terrace like a cake Wednesday. Children loved it. -Motorists were a little less enthused as they dug out their cars and crawled down “Snow- filled streets, But already the unsung heroes of Terrace were on the job. Who are they? Why Terrace’s municipal snow removal crew who, in shifts, had all streets cleared by Thursday morning when they conducted “mop-up” operations. > $24,000 BUDGET - About $24,000 is budgeted yearly for snow-removal, - Sometimes it’s more, sometimes less. It pretty well evens out, said a town official. “Two ‘men are -on patrol daily,” the official said. “They start at 6 a.m. and cover all municipal roads, especially the ‘ills and intersections. “But; when more than, a foot falls? ; “Extra mén and equipment ‘are called out,” the official said. The ‘town has two front-end ‘loaders, 10 trucks’ and one " dozer. ‘If the snowfall warrants it, more.trucks and dozers are rented. yo ' CREWS BUSY Wednesday night and weil into Thursday morning, the crews at full staff were busy clearing streets and dumping islands of snow into the Skeena River. Sanding operations also continued. By Thursday morning, all slreets were passable again. But some trucks were still busy being loaded with snow destined for the river. Flagmen assisted in the operation, One word of warning, however. The municipal of- . ficial said whenever a motorist Bets stuck, he is obliged to remove it by tow-truck, if necessary. Or the town will do it for him at his own expense. “It also blocks snow removal for others,” the official added. A EACEMOBILE was one result 0 Wedneetnys snowfall, Boe will Stat ph a ae Now you that old ” For the first lime, you'll he able to keep your old license plates on your car. Bul —- it’s still going te cost you, says Mrs. Olga Elliott, at the provincial Motor Vehicle ‘Branch in Terrace. You'll still have to go into the office with new registration forms and for_a price, depen- ding on the weight of your car, you'll receive. a brand, new sticker to replace your ald blue and white one. Mrs. Elliott said the 1971 decals willbe a colorfulred with gold ‘numerals. . FIRST YEAR 1970, said Mrs. Ellivtt, was . the first year B.C. adopted the decal system, similar to that used - in California Washington. Mrs. Elliott said’ “owners of - vehicles have up. to Feb, 27-to- - Ket their stickers or thew: ‘plates. : “We'd like ‘them lo:come ‘In... “early,” she added.: always a ‘crowded ‘riish. at. the = ba of the: 0 atk poried.” eee revenuisiplans to mail the forms | and “There's can keep plate Cost of new registration slickers ranges from $14.40 for the owner of a small vehicle to $91.50 for the owner of a huge Lincoln or Cadillac. —. Prices are determined by the weight of a vehicle. Other rates - are $38 and $22,50, ‘Silent night’ for police There was the usual merrymaking at private homes, bars and the Red D’or Cabaret. | You might say eld man ‘70 was eased out the door - but there was no 1971 baby to take his place. . And Terrace police arrested only one impaired - driver as 1970 drew toa reasonably quiet close. Tt was far more quieter New Year’s Day as the previous evening’s merrymakers were nursing their hangovers with gallons of coffee, old red eye or the hair of the dog that bit them the night before, FEW ACCIDENTS There were a few accidents, RCMP admit, but they said these were caused by slippery road conditions, a hangover from Wednesday's one-foot snowfall, The Terrace, Skeena and Lakelse hotel all reported a rip- roaring business and at the Red Dor, a full house danced until dawn to the Flintones, a local group, and gulped in the New Year. They were giving old man ‘70 a good sendoff. NO BABY And while the press, camera in hand, waited for a stery and eager merchants waited to give away gifts, no New Year’s baby was born. There wasn’t even a candidate, reported officials at Mills Memorial Hospital. Police said the evening was generally quiet: with rio more than the usual fender-benders.,- They said they were kept: reasonably busy with the usual assortment of accidents, perhaps up a bit, but nothing major. . A pedestrian, Stephen Fin- dier, was knocked down by a car on Kalum Street ‘about 7 p.m. New Year’s Eve. He received facial and head cuts. CHARGES PENDING Charges are pending against the driver of the car, Robert William Gair, of Terrace, Major damages were caused to cars in two separate collisions on New Year's eve, RCMP said bath collisions were caused by icy roads and there would be no charges. A. car driven by Jean Coburn of Terrace struck one driven by Tony Vandendool, also of Terrace, The collision took place at the Sande Street overpass and the cars received - a total of $300 damages, At 3 p.m. New Year's eve another collision occurred at the intersection of Highway 16 and Highway 25. SKIDS ON ICE A car driven by Johanna Defkerf slid. on the ice and , Skidded off the road, A second car driven by Juanuario Coelho also skidded on the ice and collided. with the rear of the Defkerf vehicle, ‘The cars received a total of $400 damages, RCMP also report a rash of minor thefts from cars in hotel parking lots on New Year's eve, Among the items stolen from the unlocked’ vehicles were _Slereo tapes, a transistor radio Snowmobilers g gear | for Regional. race- Got a snowmobile?. Get into the action! : Regional. ‘snowmobile Taxman — : ‘cometh | ‘Terrace. resienis® “should * peeeive:) thelr “individual” tax: forms dn the mail ‘thig. week,’ The’ department, of internal’ the first week In Januar a ‘milion, Canadians. 1 ‘cornpetiti tidns:.1m champlonship. races will be held in Smithers January 23. and 24. And ‘Terrace -snowmobilers ; — can take part and try for $2,500 in prize money...” The races aré sponsored by O’Keefe's. - That ‘company is . Sponsoring’ regional races, “covering. all’.parts of. B.C, ' where snowmobiles are a: mode ae travel! in winter.months,!";; ‘prize maney for the six. “ities is $18,500, :. Citizen bashes bylaw Joe Mitchell of Terrace has a beef with the municipality. Lust week he pulled up in front of a medical building on Greig Street to assist his $7- year-old mother to her doc: tor’s office. “It was pretty darued slippery and 1 had to help mother get to the office,” fe said. When he retarned there was e $5 parking ticket on his windshield. "I'd only been gone five minutes,"" Mitchell said, But, he admitted, the sign said for doctors only. “Legally, L admit, I'm in the wrong,” said Mitchell. “But I think the town's in the wrong, too. ” - .. "Mitchell-said ‘in canes auch as his,, where he had to help a _patient to an office, ‘five or 10 minute parking be allowed for unloading passengers, “Pll pay my fine, allright" he said. “But,” added Mitchell, ‘1 plan on going to Terrace council to protest this, and ask the town to do something about it” Mitchell added that he'd only taken his mother to the doctor's, returned to his car to find Terrace’s peace officer writing out the ticket. , “The bylaw should he changed,” he said, ~ thefts ig, i Sa . Parcels Only one leftover The Terrace post office reports it was unable. to deliver only one parcel this Christmas. And that was because the outer covering had been stained by a fluid, making it impossible to read the address. That parcel was sent to the “dead letter” ‘office dn Van-: couver, : Even parcels with incomplete. names and addresses managed to get delivered to the rightful: owners, . “We have a staff who: knows’ f most people in town," ‘asid:’ Postmaster Bob Dumma.” :':;” If you feel that unclaimed parcel may. be yours, Duihima: suggests you write to: "The. - Director, B.C.-.and ‘Yukon. " Postal District,’ Undeliverable .. ‘Mail, “Vancouver, BC... A description | of the contets, if known, will: Kelp " : Salivary. ml a suspect In connection’ ary series af coir “machine, thefts in to. the | Deane Other regional. "aces: “pill be: _ th ‘held at: Princé-George; Nelson, - Kewilona, and 100’ Mile ‘Honsb. “Winters: -of'-the . ‘regional ay: hay ie In: scene: oa Page peo é