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“Born Ailgust 22, 1889 In

Perce County, ‘Washington,

USA. Died Old Reno, June’

iat Rie

. “New Remo" as: oppoeed re

"Qld Remo’! on, the: south
side ‘ofthe rivet,” A current--

driven ferry plied the Skeena ?
between: the:-two ldndings. -
That” “prief ‘epitaph: ‘en- °

‘It was: in Old Remo. that

. Robert Bentley { Dodds, an

“oldtimer from: Terrace,
“passed away In-his: mobile:
home in Victoria suly a, 1990.
2 - Ben, gs be wagsknown. to.
~~ histimaily ‘fffends? carte: to’.

}” Prince ..Rupert? from Van-
-couver if.1987,;He worked as

a druggist: for ‘Orth’s. Drug

: » at Victoria ‘home | a

. Vietoria

ote oneal he .
“was a very. .prominent: |

member of the community.

He wag- paat- ‘president of
Terrace . Civic Centre
Association, ‘a charter
member and past president
‘of the Terrace Rotary Club,
and chairman of the Hospital

compaksed a 90-year span of Emil: Jopp became. a lan-, Store -for °10;"years an
¢ independent, flercely dower: oF bought.10 acres. oP -decided to go: eo on, ‘Board during the planning
oud; hard: working’ life'of of land on-which he grew of... . |) --so He mavesd, to grerrace in and. ‘building of’ the Mills
mil Japp, pioneer bachelor’: “strawberries for’ shipment toy J fe" -1947-aiid Bi cay ye ug . Memorial - Hospital. . His
of Old Remo. Prince Rupert and where he | me ent ' -. Stores, * i just : Masonic’ affiliation was aS
One tom ildren aa a “operated: his. , , one-man ae rf siocs; ohh ro a i - across ‘the treet fram: the follows. a member dala
German ant who "BAW (Uirere, NB. (cri . onthe 8, EB n nny tr into odd it’ present: ‘Terrace Drugs. *. . Lodge No an
‘«_,8ettied in: Wisconsin, . Emil - ‘A surgeon knows ‘a. sh reci : ated something you can : member of the Royal Arch
As. urd A. ‘small. stick: begins io. aped, precisely. ‘Shapes. and ~ look at, and learn to love, “He sold. out to Allen: ol Kieolith Preeeptory,

was - “born: when: shis. dad
~brovght® his. family..west to

‘take up a free pre-emption i in:

othe 2680's. >.
v1 The. homestead was

" fobbled by urban spread and “information for newcomers -

Y BOW, . part. of. ‘Tacome;

. buman. body, Emil : Jopp :.

knew trees. -. With, only.

- grade three education, he cut.”
himself a living from’ the

forest.. ? *Hetwas a font ‘of

to the area 4nd Was always,
willing to‘lend ‘athdnd, ...

earnestly in
stoneand-rough: lumber) planks: show no sign that - -.-for the lapratt
shed where ‘he «builds . the -.,,bullder, -.; had” - and ‘bottam
'dories and dinghies. ao mechanized help. But tie. That's why’ ish dinghy
; ‘gea'hasn’t throb of a gasoline gen takes. about: ie

‘look like @ crude-boat ‘as’ overlapped and ‘held with «Each plank in
\E Harry ; Brya jwhittles ‘copper: | find - brass. _ a.different ined fe e and the
Bi id: talks | fastenings. ; “Tangle. of each

ront of the The oak ribs. arid cedar be determined).

_ maintenance but ‘that's
 ‘part-of the game. A boat
that doesn't: have to be
‘malntalned; one“ that .
-yousjust: grab ‘and put 4 in’ |

_ the water, never really
becimes an object. -of

Dubeau in 1961 and travelled:
‘|. around as a ‘‘relieving .
. ‘druggist’. for a couple, of |
years. He then bought
Kitimat Pharmacy, in
partnership. with Mrs.
Springer. They. sold out
- around 1968 and.Ben and his ,

and lifé. member of Kitimat
«Lodge, . also Past District
Deputy. Grand Master of,

- District No.12, He was a
‘member ‘and past president | -

of the Terrce Shrine Club No.
18. He was also Past Worthy
"Patron, oF Thormhill Chapter

‘ash: : :
"Emil came to B,C. in 1911,- Without a wife or children, changed,” gaysthe 33-. erator : _ sometimes: ~ build, Afive wife, Vi, retired In Victoria.
= worklag in Togaing, pee in: oid hows was he family, |}: year-old boat pei as . diethe iso tie tranquillity doy - Bry ‘ans: ther ere oat, the St.John | Vi was. ‘drowned in-the  ,OTder_of-the Eastern Star-
@ tehed i .. of the isolated work area: _ Dece
. logs ‘into the Fraser Rives a are weep Mn ee as Bryan.turns to one of none han River salmon skit, Satena tree Dovomibet i imemeril servic willbe
- when horsepower ‘had four 2 Interviewed a ove sears "ditional designs of earller’ -. two Major power tools. "Ion a ete oa by. trial and “| ‘way to Terrace to spend Church under the auspices of
“legs. : From there he wan- gO, Opp spoxe 8 “The “band. saw and.’ the ‘ding ys sells «for \ Ghror because. fishermen: Christmas with - thelr. Kitselas Lodge No. 123

' dered over ‘to Vancouver -

‘Island where he continued

“Jogging until he travelled

-hig memories of the area. A-

strict conservatlonalist, he.

said, “I liked it. You could [|

* In fact, modern: prices - ‘thickness plarier ... save , "900, the spt} ‘tsailed dory
- are the dnly evidence that _. more time than any other for $2,000." .
boats ‘from. Bryan's. ie ae power tool could,” he ° “7 have to ell to people ,

“found that a different-
shaped bow would. make
it. drier or different

daughter and grandchildren.

Ber is survived by his.

daughter, Mrs? Edith Benoit «

‘sometime within the week.

Th tiew of flowers, donations

may be made in'hig memary

“oy efurther north ‘to ‘a logging. iy out and catch all kinds of are products. of | explains a bit defensively... who’ "Value! things. like"! mi of: Terrace;. four grand, | to elther-the Cancer Project
canip at Crab River about 26, fish and: there was. nobady . ah century, . “There's no way anybody’: ... craftsman wha. "the: mde pal sel ake -| children, Bennie Benoit. "through Thornhili Chapter of”

ere the “itinerant logger”
x ee of Emil's life ended
“when he met a Kalum Lake
{-homesteader at:Crab- River,
*twhotold” him” ‘about the
wonderful country available
around the Skeena River.

_: Jopp atrived in Terrace by.

‘ cut off:. should’ leaye it just

ralles. from ‘Kitimat Village: tliving” Nere:;.you ° had- the

whole country to yourself,
‘The place looked good tome.

. Of course, there was nothing

polluted: -Now they are all
for dumping inte the Skeena

polluted and the timber is all -

“A 33¢ametre: ‘diay: ct
front of the ‘rustic’ shed...

id ‘afford a’ totally

; tally: yiilder sa B
‘hand -produced boat.” < "other my : could ¢ com: :
seems to be from another... Hand ‘tools take over '~- pete.” .
era. The’sui ‘leaves whentheplanks—asfew =~ “There's

’ "Ph ese 'thirigs can't ‘be
“worked out-by a designer

His designs | already

is of wood -

elegant; shadow Jpatterns a8. four a day — ore asia
-River and ail the creeks are ___- - . :

’ hold their own.

. Brad’ Benoit,’ Pam Benoit of: i
- Terrace : -and Mrs. Eric
(Brenda) ;Erickson © of:
MacKenzie; as well as his.
sister, Mrs. ‘Mary Pitt from

the Eastern Star. No. 85, Box -

476, Terrace, B.C,, or, :

Crippled ‘Children - through
the Terrace Shrine Club No} -
18, Box 72, Terrace, B.C.

ey
Tie ae eo

:/train. He. worked. first: for - eee it!”

George Little ‘and’ then’ the’ naan memiaried of
Kitsumkalum r Logging 4 ; PP Lindstroms who .
Company, which was going ‘Hloneered New, Remo, of the
to build. B pulp ‘mill in New Michaud. brothers © who
Remo. . In: those days, pioneered Thornhill. and

hough riverboats had: “developed. the “huge
mi rendered -obsolete by strawberries: that made such
Failway, there were still 4 hit-at the provincial fair i in

riverboat landing across ; New Westminster in 1912."

Skene . from one. : But he ‘also spoke with |
deep: fondness: of those —

ple. who helped the
d “Remo, and courageous ‘old’ man to

» the’ other was -remain independent - during

, Breckenridge’ s- “ Landing, his -last.few: years. Marion

- where the first post office’ and Len- Kozier, bis closest
was located. .- When the _ nelghbours,kept-an ¢ye on -
Breckenridge’s left the. area, him;, and articularly Mrs. :

Mr, ‘Neidhardt, a German — Ella McL of Old Remo -
aking ..gentleman, took . who, with “her”. family,
er-the’ post office and © ch checked*.on the old man

pidn't~ get; his. ‘tongue every ‘day to make ' sure he.
: ound Breckenridge's: was okay...
ots Landing, 80. he renamed it: Emil | especially. ob
¢- Remo fier neon ya - ati a the » Meal. :

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