28° Terrace Review — Wednesday, November 29, 1989

Terrace |

city

council |.

committee

and agency
referrals

_ The following items were re-
ferred by Terrace city council at
their Nov. 27 public meeting to
- committee or some other agency
for further study and a recom-
mendation. Council committee
. meetings aré normally open to

the public and you may attend if .
interested. For more informa- ~

tion, phone deputy adminis-
trator Denise Fisher at 635-6311.

Finance, Personnel and Ad-
ministration Committee, Tues-
day at 12 noon — A request
from RCMP Officer in Charge
Larry Yeske for five new polic-
ing positions. If approved, this
item would have to be included
in the 1990 city budget.

Planning and Public Works
Committee, Wednesday at 1
p.m. — 1. A request from Clint
and Dawn Marshall for exemp-
tion from the cost of installing a
new water line on Marshall St.
According to the Marshalls, they
have been connected to the city
water system since 1981 and

shouldn’t therefore be assessed —

$1,386 as a part of the cost of ex-
tending the line to two other
Marshall St. properties. 2. A let-
ter from Minister of Environ-
ment John Reynolds outlining
the province’s five-year, $150
million partnership program
with local governments and in-
dustry. The program is designed’
to ensure public and industry co-
operation in reducing the
amount of municipal sold waste.
produced in B.C. by 50 percent
in the next 10 years. One pos-
sibility to be examined is a waste
recycling program for Terrace.

Community and Recreation
Services Committee, Thursday
at 4 p.m. — 1. A letter from
R.G. Stavely of B.C. Hydro de-
scribing the results of a ‘‘walk-
through energy audit’’ of the
arena and swimming pool. Ac-
cording. to Stavely, a few
changes in lighting and the ice
compressor could result in an-
‘nual savings of $9,393 — 16.3
percent of the recreation depart-
ment’s annual hydro bill at the
present time. 2. The minutes of
the Nov. 16 meeting of the Ter-
race Advisory Parks and Recrea-
tion Commission. One recom-
mendation is that the city fur-
ther. develop the Ferry Island
campground next year and in-
clude in that development
shower facilities and flush
toilets. _

| | her- referrals include a re-
quest by John Basaraba to sub-
divide. his property at 4903

Graham Ave. According to city.

planner Marvin Kamenz, the
Agricultural Land Commission
-fpust review the application for
- gubdivision before the city can

Proclamation:
4g Alzheimer. Awareness Month,

January, 1990,

Multicultural Day at Centennial Christian School recent-
ly focused on the dress and customs of nations around

the world. Everyone was

above are just a few of the stud

dressed for the occasion and.

the left are: Fraser De Walle, Selina Spyksma, Amanda
Talstra, Daniel Benson, Geoff Glasspell, Christine
Vander Ploeg, Ryan Orr and Liza Vande Velde.

ants who took part. From ©

Elsie Whitlow — memories of a pioneer

The poor run of sockeye on
the Skeena River this year
prompted many discussions
about enhancing fisheries in the
area, including the use of fish
hatcheries.

by Nancy Orr

One of Terrace’s earliest
pioneers, Elizabeth Whitlow,
more familiarly known as Aunt

Elsie, and now 98 years of age,

was reminded of her early days
on the Skeena, and that the idea
of hatcheries is not new: to the
rivershed. .

According to Aunt Elsie, at
the turn of the century, in 1900,
the federal government was
operating a fish hatchery at
Trout River, which was the local
name for what is now Lakelse
River. ;

Elsie’s father, Charles
Durham, came to the Skeena
area as a lineman for the
Government Telegraph Office.

“My. family settled at ‘Big’
Kitsalas in August, 1903, and
the hatchery was in operation
then,”’ said Elsie.

The family learned about the
hatchery that autumn when the
manager, Arthur Pretty, made a
visit to the Telegraph office
where they were staying until a
cabin was constructed on the
ranch her father had pre-
empted.

‘If I remember correctly,”’
said Elsie, ‘‘it (the hatchery) was
situated on the west side of the
river at the mouth of Cold
Water Creek, approximately
two miles down from the Lake.
It was a large two-storied
building composed of saw-
milled lumber.”’

Later, she learned that Bruce
Johnstone (father of Lloyd
johnstone of Lakelse Lake) had

been in charge of the hatchery in -

1906, before he and his partner
had become involved in land
around the Lakelse Hotsprings.
They built the first Hot Springs
Hotel about 1910, according to
Aunt Elsie, and the speculation
at that time was that the railway

would be. going through to

Kitimat.
In 1909, Elsie married Frank
Whitlow and their daughter,

Violet, was born in 1910. They

-moved to Aldermere for a few

years, before returning to
Kitselas. ; ;
- Aunt Elsie resumed her nar-
rative:

“In 1914, my husband was
employed as Forestry Ranger.
On many of his trips around the
district between Terrace and the
Lake, I accompanied him. We

‘had quarters at the old Thornhill .

cabin in Terrace and the
Ranger’s cabin on the Lake, at
about the point where Bob-
Cooper’s cabin is now, at
Fulton’s Point.

“During the summer, Frank
and I were often guests of Bruce
and Mrs. Johnstone (May), who
were most hospitable. We had as
many good hot baths as we
wished there in the eight-by-

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