SIONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1971

‘Last New Year, it ¢ anybody
told ine, Ya be spending New
Year's. 1971, “in Terrace,
Britigh:: Columbia,- I> would
have tald him he was a erggs-
eyed penquin. a

Twasn’*teven sure where the.
placé-was, at that.. But I'm
glad it's here and I'm glad I'm
here:

'm-not- sure’ that ‘everyone
is. Weekly newspaper editors
F manage somehow to . make

@i more:-enemies while - in-

fluencing people’ (apologies to
Dale Cerpegie). =

‘This: time last year 1 was
partying it up.in Hartford,

me Connecticut ‘---.-a- typical
gu bachelor ‘on a binge. with my
ee home’ province . 4,000 miles
“f away in body and spirit

"YOUVE ‘ASKED

So"'what: am — doing in-

ma Terrace, anyway? You may

ats Se

et Sa ma kr

_ Pour into-warm mugs with: a
| cinnamon, stick stirrer: ahd

¥ well ask and, many of you
have. You've also asked what '
do, I think of Terrace since
arriving here nearly two
months ago? After all, itisa
long way from Hartford and a
feature-writing job on The
Hartiord Time's Sunday
Magazine “Accent”, A nice 9
to 5 job, I might add.

But after several years in
the US., the prodigal son was
ripe to returning to beautiful
B.C. and, with a letter of fate,
] was offered my old job as
editor of The Williams Lake
Tribune at a substantial in-
crease, of course.

had fun there once. I could
smeli the evergreens and I
could see the swift, dust swirl
at The Williams Lake
Stampede...the quiet, peaceful
pace far removed from the
peopled jungles of the Eastern
Seaboard; itsland, sea and air
poliution; traffic snaris:
snarly drivers; racial riots;
flames on the campuses. So, I
got married and “copped
out”. I accepted the job and
pointed west.

Williams Lake had changed, —
grown. So had I.

‘COME UI"!

So one day in late Fall 1
called an’ old co-worker,
Gordie Hamilton in Terrace
where he was now publisher of
The Herald. “Come on in, the
water's. fine!”, said Gordie.

Expecting nothing we drove, .
north;‘then west through an.
evergpresent mist which’
turned to rain as we ap-
proached Terrace,. We had no
preconception or hopes. We
were 'gaing ta take it as it.
came. *

Thadn’t even seen a copy of *
the paper, yel here we were,
two'crazy, young explorers,
driving into a misty ad-
ventiyre.

I‘knéw- we had found our
place to roost even before
discovering Terrace, for over -
where the town lay ‘was a.
golden halo in the clouds that
told us: “Welcome.”

_ LIGHT GREEN

Even the light was green at
the Skeena River Bridge. We
know row, of course, that this
rarity is - reserved for only a
few of the chosen. We also
realized the town’s dire need
for a:new bridge.

‘You meet plenty of people as
editor:;.of -'a . newspaper,
perhaps‘not as many as you'd
like too, but you do meet them.
And they ali know your name,
but! your: can’t. remember
theirs! -.

Like: all good things, this
comes:with time ‘and if F call
you George when your name is

+1 have..and.io raise children!. -- |
Hére they! ean-be-free; breath”

sam, I'm jure you'll forgive *
me |:

‘A few days after arriving,
the clouds lifted revealing a
magnificent, breathtaking

blue, white-capped distant

peaks which race down to. the

Skeena River Valley. Amidst
‘this background, we were

humbled .by Nature, now

shedding her. Fall coat for a

heavy overcoat of winter, —

‘ PIONEERS: ;

Everyone we talked to was -
helpful and _friendly...that
.talm, cool,’"yet. sometimes
_exhuberant’ friendliness that
comes with living i in the north-
west; where we- feel” like
pioneers. - ~~

Gone was the stuffiness of
the east, But not the politics,

Why, for a.town this size
there’s. probably - more
politicking going on than in old
Tammany Hall, in New York,

As editor, you can’t but help
be swept up by the factions,
each with their own tale,

Now, ['d like to make it
clear I’m on the side of
Terrace, I don’t care which of
the many factions play
whatever political ploy they
want to play. [ll play along
only to the good of my adopted
town. Frankly, I'd like ta see
people like the mayor and
council shake hands, make up
and build this town with the
vision of a beautiful, bright,
clear and new tommarrow: a
rebirth of Spring in their
hearts and in the heart of
Terrace.

LOVES IT

My wife loves it here, too. I
admit to being a mative of
Vancouver,..a lover of
mountains and miles of
evergreen and winding
rivers...but she’s a Con-
necticut Yankee brought up in
’ the cocktail party culture of a
very tame, New England
Connecticut. It’s taking some
time for her to get used to the
boistriousness of this young,
eager country and she can’t
get over the fact it’s often
warmer in Ketchikan, Alaska,
than her native Middlefield,
Comn., or Terrace for that
matter.

We'd like to grow with this
country and we'd like to have
a hand in helping it grow.
What better place to

unpolluted air; walk barefoot-4
through ‘the grass and cast a
pole into theSkeena, And here
they can’t be drafted,

We admit we made a splash
of it shortly after arriving,
sending blood pressures
soaring at the local TV station
and school board, not to
mention the mayor and
council at times,

HONEST

But, ‘it's been good, honest
reporling. Remember, we
don’t make the news: we
reportit. And if the odd error
gets in, -we're first to. make .
amends and, being new, a few
errors will creep in.

Terrace just wasn’t used to
getting the bright, lively
newspaper that it deserved.
Before controversys were
oftimes hidden. Meetings, like
school. board, weren't
covered. Interesting feature
stories lay and still lie in
fallow, awaiting the germ of a
young, aggressive reporter.
And the help of a good hear-
ted, hard-working production
and circulation staff.

We strive to be bright and
lively, but certainly not
sensational; to be a per:

TAROVAL CANADIAN LEGION
° BRANCH 13.

__ Dispatch

by. Poul Bogelund,

q

Happy New Years to You All,
and: may: 1971 prove up to. call
your reasonable’. expectations.

Here is a reminder. to
members of the outgoing and to
members of the ingoing
executive ~ the joint executive
meeting will be held on Monday
the 4th. January 1971, at -the®

*1971, on the Legion premises, at

Cool ‘toddy

For a snon-Aleoholic toddy to

» warm-up the young fry on a

snowy y, try this recipe:
You teed: £ cup while sugar,

. L cup brown’ sugar ‘packed, 12
‘whole cloves, .1 quart apple I.

cider, 2 "Cups orange’ ‘juice, 2
cups lemon juice and cinnamon .

| sticks.

In a large saucepan, combine

- sugars, cloves tled in a small
} cheese cloth bag, and cider, -

Stir over medium Heat ‘until

' sugar is dissolved, then simmer

for five minutes... *:
Add juices and heat to serving
teniperature but do not’ boil, ;

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Legion Auditorium; , please.
attend in order. that all out-
standing business may be
cleared between the two
executive.

_ Another reminder ~ in
stallation of officers will take
place on Friday’ the 8th January

8:00 p.m. sharp. This is one of
the outstanding events of the
year and we sincerely hope to
‘sea & good representation of
Leglonaires, wives, girlfriends
and just friends in attendance. °
New: Year's is a good time to.
make resolutions; all of ug are
in that: habit of doing 80, :and
very few. of us. keep them.
‘However, this year as well as

all our committees - if you have
‘a bit of lime to spare, and if you
feel like donating this bit ‘of.
spare time to your branch, let

“ua know about ‘lt go that we can |:

“enlist you for committee work}.

: a ao saiaaiaiaa é

-‘wWew -of the mountains and. }-

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munity, Like Lsaid, we like it
here and we want to grow in
‘this town and country.
_ FRIENDLY

Terrace is quick to forgive

* and quick to shove the hand of
friendship’ forward. CFTK
radio-teleyision is a good
example. We crossed swords
early i in November and today
we're friends again; the way it
Should be,
Vie Jolliffe, our “mayor,
hasn't always been as happy
as a daisy at our coverage of
certain events, but he’s quick
to admit we wrote the truth
and we're still friends. We
also like to think we have a

. good relationship with the rest
of council; regional board
and, even with school trustees,
once they really get to know us
and realize we like Terrace
too, and we're deeply con-
cerned for its growth. We fear
higher taxes but for the good
of the town and our schcols
perhaps we might consider
upping ‘them, while pushing
editorially for a more
equalized tax set-up whereby
centers with larger tax bases
subsidize communities like

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industrialized. We felt really
at home Christmas Day
basking in typical Terrace
friendship as guests of Joe
McNaughton of Joe’s Prin-
ter's, and his wife, Maureen,
and other friends, woliing
down turkey with all. the
trimmings and bending an
elbow or two. That just
doesn’t happen when you're
new in Hartford.
‘OWN' TREE

Christmas Eve we
deocrated our own tree, I cut
it down myself for the first

_ time in the surrounding woods
(Note to local RCMP: by the
time you arrive, boys, the

- evidence will have gone.)

At the same token, we ap-
preciate all the help the
RCMP here, particularly Staff
Sergeant R.W. Nelson, Cpl.
Ray Mashford and Constable
Belton have given us in our
crime and court coverage. As
a newspaperman, I know it is
often very difficult to achieve
such friendly relations with
the police,

Members of the volunteer

. fire. department have been,

and helpful. in helping us do
our job.

At this New Year, my wife
(I married a reporter) and I
wouldalso like to thank people
like Mayor Jolliffe and his
council, particularly Mrs,
Edna Cooper and ‘Lloyd
Johnstone for their help and
Stan Patterson, past-
president of the Terrace and
District Chamber of Com-
merce for his help in cur daily
dig for news.

KNEES SHOOK

We'd like to thank Doug
Hartman, president of the
Downtown Lions, for all his
help and, many thanks to Alex
Inselberg, president of the
Terrace Rotary, for in-
troducing me to the business
community (and their quiet
’ understanding as I stood,
knees shaking, talking about
my opinion on the War
Measures Act and
Terrace...not together, of
course),

We learn to help each other.
Thanks to Wayne Braid of the
Terrace Junior Chamber of
Commerce; thanks to John
Frey and others of the Kin-
gman Club. °

There's the guy in the bar
who's always friendly, And
the clerks like the gals at The
Hub who always have a smile
and to perhaps one of the most
friendliest bankers I've ever
run across,

Busiriessmen, workers,
waitresses, municipal of-
ficlals, provincial government
officials, the guys. at the
airport who throw all this-
snow at us...and, well; just
about everyone we have met,
our sincere thanks.

You are the people who
make Terrace and from what
my wife and I have seen,
~ you're making it quite a good
town for us to live in, enjoy
and bask in its warmth, -

You asked me what I
thought of Terrace, Well, .

that’s a good beginning. ©

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Xmas drive

costs $2 75

A Christmas night drive has
led to a $276 fine for Fredrick
Jones of Terrace. ;

“Police ‘stopped ‘the. Jones’

‘vehicle at. 11:40 .m;, Christmas |.
“night when the ey observed “
erratic driving:

‘manent mirror of this coru- —

ours which “are not overly-

quick to tip us off on fires.and —
yectawn, officials-are. courteous | _

“Jones, - 24," wag ‘fined - for.| :
- having an-excess, of 08" blood
‘alcohol: -and rhad | ‘his’ Il

The first load of pulp to move by water left Kitimat on
December 14 for Vancouver via Northland Navigations’

Warehouse type barge the “Lakelse", The 900 tans from world market.

Eurocan Pulp and Paper Co., Lid, new mill at Kitimat is being
towed to Vancouver for transfer to deep water ships to enter the

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Trappers |
planning
meeting

Trappers from -Prince
George, Stewart Lake, Williams
Lake end the Terrace area will
be in town January 9 for their
semi-annual convention. : °

Playing host to the-men will
be the Northwest Trappers
Association,

. The convention will be held at
the Odd Fellows Hall on Lazelle
starting at9 am, ||

To be discussed at. the
meeting is a new method of
capturing wolverines in a
humane way,

The. Northwest Trappers
Association's regularly
scheduled meeting on January 8
hag been cancelled

We feel your customers will welcome
the convenience of returning our empty
cans and botiles, for cash refund, to —
their local retailers where their pur- _
chases were originally:made. And we —
are working to make it simple, neat and
clean for ‘you and retailers to handle

Sept ita et ee ee my

nae pe Fossa ae esp agian nadernet Cocatola lid,

7 | - wand your customers don’t lose convenience, siihen,

empties from you for refund during our

This message to retailers i is from: |

these returns. We will pick up all of it

regular, delivery calls. — Sy
lf ‘you have any questions or just ta

‘salesman for further. details, |
They care,