formative,
humorous — these words best
describe Cyril Shelford’s book,
“From Snowshoes to Politics’’,
that he introduced to local
residents and friends recently at

a reception in the Terrace Art
Gallery.

by Tod Strachan

Billed as a ‘genuine British
‘Columbia adventure story”, one
fascinating page draws you to
the next as the former Skeena
MLA recalls his colorful past
with the same honesty, integrity
and humor that characterized

. his life from the remoteness of

northern B.C. to front-line
politics in Victoria. .

. Shelford begins his story by
describing how his father walked
200 miles into north central B.C.
after - travelling from Prince
Rupert to Hazelton by paddle
wheeler. He then describes the

_ beginnings of his life's journey,

as a boy in the Ootsa Lake
wilderness during the 1920's,
where he developed the
character, strength and deter-
mination ‘that would carry him
through the challenges and
adventures that lay ahead.
During the Terrace reception,

Shelford described those early -

days of ‘wandering in nature’s
playground as “‘exciting’’ by any
boy’s standards.

“There weren’t any baseball
or hockey games,”’ he explained.
“So -we used to go up in the
mountains in the springtime and
line a whole bunch of rocks
along the side of the mountain.
When a grizzly bear came
underneath, we'd run and push

Terrace Legion report

by Roy Greening

Senior Citizens Hosted
At Legion

A large group of senior
citizens was given a hot sit-down
supper by the Ladies’ Auxiliary.
at the Legion last Thursday
evening, Dec. 3. About 170
guests sat down to a great dinner
served by volunteers,

This was the L.A.’s annual
Christmas dinner for the seniors

- Of Terrace, and it was one with a

difference. Instead of the tradi-
tional turkey, roast pork was

served, but everything else had

that yuletide flavor. The Legion
was decorated appropriately for
this. first celebration of the
season and the festive board was
decorated in a truly Christmas
fashion. By all accounts, a great
time was had by all. Many -
thanks go to Jean Dixon and her
great ladies who put so much
time and effort into this memor- .
able occasion.

Thanks to The Mothballs for .

an evening of entertaining
music.

Varlety Concert A
Great Success

- Last Saturday, a cheque was
handed to Capt. Harker of the
Terrace Branch of the Salvation
Army by the Chairman of Pub-
lic Relations for the Royal Cana-
dian Legion (Branch 13. The
cheque, handed to him at the
Skeena Mall, was a start in kick-
ing off the Christmas Kettle
Fund for 1987.

A small but enthusiastic au-
dience enjoyed the Diamond
Jubilee Variety Concert Nov, 29
sponsored by the Legion which

a

Cyril Shelford turns from
politics to literature ne

_ Well written, interesting, in-
authoritative and.

-all the rocks down.”

smile, ‘‘but it never worked.”

“Quite often. we were the
ones who were scared. The bears
would get all confused with all
of those rocks, and run up the

hill instead-of down,”

““We always had a pretty good
tree lined up so that if a bear
came up the bank we could run

up thetree.” ss

Even the most exciting of
boyhood games can become bor-
ing though. Shelford described
another game that got himself

and his friends even closer to the
action, This, he explained, con-
sisted of finding a treed bear,

~ and then chopping the tree down

to see if you could kill it, .. .
Obviously Shelford survived
these Tom Sawyer-like antics,
because he’s written a book
describing them, and the humor
carries the pace as history un-
folds to intrigue the reader with
Shelford’s description: of the
more serious side of wilderness
living — ‘‘Hard work and tough
times’’. ot,
Shelford goes on to tell of his
military .experience — during
World War II, a war in which he

was the first casualty in the §
Canadian Army..Shelford is the &

first to admit, however, that the
wound
brought no glory or purple heart

because. it- happened ‘during

training in Prince Rupert. | -

This was one of the early in-
dications
‘‘wilderness training’? had nur-
tured the character to move
honorably ahead. ‘‘They wanted

featured the Terrace Communi-
ty Band, singer Joanne Boyd,
dancers Vicki and Tanya Par-
viainen and the Terrace -Pipes
and Drums. The Legion wishes

to thank all of these people for. §

doing such a finé job.

Terrace Legion Darters
At Prince Rupert

A bus load of Terrace Legion
dart enthusiasts travelled to
Prince Rupert on Nov. 28 to
challenge the Legion branch
there. Besides playing a very
competitive series. of games, the
hosts treated their guests royal-
ly. The comradeship was most
enthusiastic and our members
came away with some winners
and some losers. However, there
were no losers when it came to
friendships being made. A. tired
but happy bunch arrived back in

Terrace in the wee hours of the

morning. ==

In court

In Terrace provincial court on
Friday, November 20 Alvin
Gosnell was fined a total of $450
for three offenses under the Nar-
cotics Control Act. Gosnell was
also fined $200 for failure to
comply with a condition of
recognizance and $200 for
failure to appear in court on a
specified date and time.

aee

In Terrace provincial court on
Friday, November 20 John
Quock was placed on 12 months
probation and fined $200 for
possession of property obtained

by a criminal offense.
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““We thought we were going
to kill a whole bunch of grizzly
bears,’’ he said with the hint of a

with 16 years as a_ political

almost immediately and they’re
‘trying, but can’t promise, to
‘have more.on the shelf before

in his “backside” ©

that Shelford’s =
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to put me on a pension,” said —
Shelford. “But I thought I |
wanted to get overseas and show ‘jg
Adolph Hitler where to get off.’’
His later wartime ventures
took him to England, Sicily, Ita-
ly — and finally the liberation of
Holland. -
‘ Shelford’s story continues

-backbencher where he earned
the. title of ‘Maverick of the
North’’, and then his move into
the Cabinet-where he served as
the Minister of Agriculture.

He ends, almost too soon for
the reader, with a thoughtful
look at our changing times and
challenges the imagination with
his view of ‘‘what the future
holds’’.

A book worth reading, more
than once, but you'll have to
reserve your copy. A spokesman
for Coles Bookstore in Terrace
said the first 20 volumes sold

Former Skeoens MLA and newly-published author Cyrll Shelford visited Ter-
race recently with his wife, Barbara, on a tour to promote his blography,
“From Snowshoes to Politics”.

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