Bertha and Emil Haugland are holding open. house
Sunday August 21 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Elks Hall
- for their 50th Wedding Anniversary. —

Terrace builders|

: . Emil’ Haugland, who was chairman of Terrace
Village Council from 1942 to 1956, first came‘to |
Terrace in.1924and Bertha arrived here in 1927. ;
Terrace \ was a small settlement with few streets in
those da nd remembers ‘there were about
$50. people arrived.
He opened mi ‘barbex shop on July 6, 1927, The
village council at that time: included J.K. Gordon
(ch an), E.T. Kenney, and George Little.
Haugland was first elected a commissioner of

Terrace in 1992. Councils were mads. up: of three:
people | who were all elected at once in Dee early o
When the Legion building collapsed on March 13,

1936 the town was covered with a heavy, wet layer ad on
| show. Haugland wore hip waders to work fo keep -
‘himself dry that winter -
‘May brought with it the big Hood, “Water in the
Skeena-was just-short of flowing over the Skeena
‘Bridge, ek waa under water, Aneluding: the two

store :
Buildings 1 floated: downstream’ and in‘one house a:
horse. could be seen on the. ‘yerandah and some —
chickens on the roof. Many of these were from:
Usk but a few. Terrace houses also went down the
yer.
‘Terrace had no train service for over six weeks...
Food supplies.were flown into Lakelse Lake for a week
- Of 80 and then the far span on the bridge went. Atone. -
point, when the twon wanted food, Gordon Temple was

“But there was more ‘to Terrace than strange
\ weather, The war years in Terrie were im nt fo .
. its development, Haugland recalls. It was’ this.
NS “time that a man named Wilson, a sergeant in the alr:

staying in’ a. neighbouring

_ Roseboom

regional district on the area .

But Roseboom sa
‘no longer have the wala truck

“|: Bord to rule that the forest .
companies, are: not ‘bar+”
feng in good f faith when

PREMIER'S OFFICE
VI€TORIA BC.

Ce ae oat ate

answer the Braiin's Iland
- fall, but they did it anyway.
"Roseboom said the same
itere arises every time
ere is a fire out of town.
The fire. started about 10
a.m.ina trailer belonging to -
George King. oo
“Hamill sald she and. the _
neighbours’ were. worrled —

“By BILL MARLES
- Herald staff writer
“Lorna Hamill, a visitor

house, called the Terrace
Fire Department when a
rales ext to ant fire she
was si ca on
Kalum Lake Drive near the .

municipal dump. about the occupant burnin; Let ° ' Serving Terrace, Kitimat, the Hazeltons Stewart and the Nass
engin pomegite dh ie oil Gop :
and bad to walt ove thes feard something fal Ki | VOLUME” 71N0.73 - _Prices 20 cents TUESDAY, AUGUST i, 1977 |

an hour until the fire trucks But fortunately he was not

arrived on the scene © in the trailer, He had gone
yesterday morning. . for a walk.

The problem was that the - The neighbours tried to
fire was out of the municipal put out the fire with thele
boundaries. Captain Bert garden hoses, but the hoses
Roseboom of the Terrace - dn’t. have enough’ water’

Fire Department said that. presa
the department has been with the Mt deal ettecdively

only servicing the area .
between the Terrace , Hamil sald the trailer and

propane. If that had
municipal boundaries since exploded, she said, the

said - -the ole area” would ‘have

Thornhill Fire Department es: he
“was, one of the
was able to answer the call . par ks came out on : the

because they have no

restrictions from the grass andthe field went up
the neighbours couldn't i
even control that. ,

Hamill doesn’t blame the §

Thorahill Fire Department’
late.. She said they
are volunteers and they
have peveral more miles to
come {ban ie Terrace fire

in flames.

th gover.

Terrace fire
department went toa fire on
Brauh’s Island, which is
outside the municipal
bo es, a month -ago. |

7 maintensnice closure shortly. It has shut .

_often a nied by strong winds,

“truned the 4 Toreat nb * fe aecbox’ and fcwn carly and will remain closed until
thrown hundreds of men out-of. work.” - wal  {pintemance re-open! ly
fret orvics to censsoperains uc ee+ B00" og supply and that st

service cease 0 ations.: But an::: os
understandin tential shazards*.. ‘Qpecations clos to date, unaffected by -
brought by the vi to extreme. fird ~. e Wi sures,

‘Bob Davis, manager of Pohle Luraber

conditions, coupled with common e052, Grerations, ’ said’ reduced inventories

has is prompted Jogging managers to close

; anives “Sperattons until moisture the gone er ml mil but this van pire ‘

- Bo Tt is not related to th consition, 7

a Timber ld oft t abet, Dare od a edna

ce and Nass Valey The compa % additi .

o; last Friday, they shut down: their ees in late: June “to redu "ine
titer and Hazelton units. A total of mos 6 duce’

venitories to required levels.”

APPEAL TO LRB

oP aperwpreere lament “
absence of good faith |

_, VANCOUVER (CPy

- Gruntman ‘ald the. union

point whe sup es and returned with only a load of beer. brought ‘up. the subject at’ Jndustry negotiator Dick
inion ‘Monday launched an least. six’ times during ‘Les of the and
ae of food doubled frm 16 cents & canto $5 | Setion asking the British . neyotiations “which begas Paper Industrial Heations

"June 6 but have been stalled eeapeaala ee ‘the CPU
= for the past-two weeks. | saying — retired

The CPU and _the Pulp, e
‘Paper and Woodworkers

Columbia Labor ‘Relations

See et

Loe

- Gtiintman ‘said’ chit”

- | they refuse: to” discuss - ; .

. eas and the ise, of the, aulery's pensions paid to employees bargaining andy wee Be ft ent: wings ,
Greig Ave. was bullt out of a swamp at this time, A | Who have retired, industry ch wfol about complain union argued that |
elivert was put in so that when the sransp was ted A ruling in ‘favor of the  19's90 workers, but the CPU ; retired workers “are. stil -

in it drain _ | union would mean that i2°'been pursuing the case’ employees within the

oe iketaned saye Terrace really did not atéract people Gmployers could be required of retired cc loyeés on its. See arae” of callective

:, | until a water system was introduced in the town a negotiations to pay fn py nn ‘ers a laws ove
‘|’ the war. Most people were even to ret oe Led i

e against the system-but
shortly after it eae Pnotalled the early 1850s the
- United Church caught fire and it was extinguished
promptly without hazard to surrounding buildings,
After that People though better of the water system.
‘Terrace’s Silver Anniversary was-one of the most ©

Terrace ‘was the: promised land in those days with.
1977 population expectations of 80,000 ople; but, as
Haugland says, some hap change that

ion. The community did a a steady F rate of
growth after the war years, however.
land believes high taxes will kill a town. He
wished he had the kind of government grants. in his
day that are available to the municipality today. The
town waa always broke andif roneling was needed it
called for physical labour from the poli clans because
there was no municipal a

“We worked:a lot-harder for our progress than

council does today,” he’ may,

a 17

“ “ease raises the :
_ question
responsibilities pr aa
_ have for former emp]

ry lective bargaining, but
By ‘he Federal Court of
sieret

western vice-president; said
surveys ‘show there. are
about
employees - ‘in the union.
Their ‘avérage age’ is 71
‘yours, they average tt years

their. average monthly
benefit from company Plans
db is $168, he Said.

of what —

efirat |

memorable events in the communi | andis believed to be

- recalls, It was held in the old Civic. Conte cepugiana the | eased in Canada on this -

tennis courts beside the curling rink are) which was f The : “Unite a ‘States -

| AT the akd-tinets tram ie entire Skeena cegien | National Labor Relations” ‘VICTORIA (CP) — supreme ‘Court by ¢

"were invited to the celebrations which included sports - Boar q made a 1969 ruling British Columbia da m™ oo ing car companies il eh
during the day, supper in the late’ afternoon and a ese benefits are a Cee eeure it moved Monday fy
George Little Roa in the evening. mandatory subject for ensure it dees nothaveto taxes levied: during. the

return =$39,6- million
ected in mineral taxes
1074, 1975 and 1976.
Mines Minister Jim
Chabot said that the Mineral
Land Tax Amendment Act,
which he introduc
B.C. - legislature Monday,
“will make sure there are no
refunds” of taxes collected
under the Mineral Land Tox
Act approved during the
previous
administration.
He said the law {s bein
appealed before the B

“year,
anwoal ‘corporations are

Land ‘Tax Appeal Board for
‘the return of $7 million in
taxes levied during the
same

Chabot told. -réporters
outside the leg

ecision was revers

and at the U.S.
eme Court level.
rt Gruntman, CPU

1,500 ‘former:

the original act, amended b;

his goverment in 1976, be

had informed th

industry . that the
overnment would
ntroduce ‘‘remedial

the forest Industry and

Kalom Lake. Drive burned to the |
y morning. The traller was a total logs. |
Luckily, the nearb residences were not touched, People

that. they used for Braun's | a
‘Iskind, vt belonged to civil ae notod that the Terrace ot
defence and just happened “™Uunicipal. dump. was. 9
cele brate 50th | eee Ges
broke out. trailer,
Since the truck did not . “It's OK for them to have
+. By BRIAN GREGG - | tts the raunicipality, their dump out here but they [ii
, 2 Herald staff writer the department was. won't’ give us any fire“
': able to take. it out.. - protection.” * George King’s home
i An ven house wiil bé held Sunday, August 2, atthe Roseboom sald it was not ©. a _. fgrotind yes
Elks Hail from 2 pm. toy am, to celebrate the 50th. Really poley for ‘them to _(Continited on page 3.)
i f Redding Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Emil bets ues
am ithe treat e news items of the August 28, 1997 . ere
: vite eating The Omineca. el nec .
Pel wi c in. J
/ manse, Prince vince tuner are rene 5; Monda ea fe drin
| Miss Bertha Kells of Engen, daughter of Mr. and as
. Thomas Edward Kells of Tat, Sask., and Emil : oo ‘=
y aggland of Terrace, pertorisied by. Rev. J.B. -- | att | "
e Ony - was~ perrorm = "By ALLAN KRASNICK ~” 500-800 men ane: ected. Only'a “small
Pils and The couple were supported by Miss Anges... Managing Editor ae i opratow meager
a a aa Twitrivers a one manager
ir. md ip Haugland it on the morning train ~Hhteday’s bash activity war the median; Fred iad Bald yesterday. -
artbe ing for Terrace whiter ithey will |,...2Terne :lay.no: boast. to thew: sie szhe etirfent«-bush eee
aa nee ‘big reception was: piven “lipon: their |" Jogging capital of the northwest, extremely dangerous” ond
arrival at Terrace where both parties .were ‘well --| © been shut down. ‘would, continue until Sep-
known. before the weddirig.” "The lingéring spell of hit: dry weathes, The,company was pla d

‘still at work, spokesman Bob Mcleod

- weren’t

. hazardous conditions." "

nN

in the area were upeect by the fact [t took more than an
hour for fire trucks to arrive.

gs wave of layorte.

Though the: extra shift has been ter- He said that friction sparks or carbon ¢
laid off, Davis said. Attrition, holidays, fragm ments from exhaust canignitea blaze
7. imminent rept the fn Mm mm bain 4 the: extremely: dry situation...
ve e om. Zz ii ‘a. ee
tolay-otf-any-persontiel=s:: cathe L2H ompany inn’. be: able. resi oe
: Skoglund Logging has shutdown ‘all its ates trees “andl we | Het some i mplatte

bush operations. Only a few maintenance.
personnel and two. employees “working
on construction on a contracting job" are ~- by
said. Fifty men are affected by the

ofis
Merve been out since Aug. 5

Some Skoglund workers. are’ “already
working to ht. fires, McLeod told the

Skoglund Log
plang Sto McLeod

“the weather

's reason
said: “We
ered to cease operations. It
was more or less a matter of common, - this year,

sense.
“Just the working eperations alone

Charlotte operations, normally open year: |
could cause: a. fire...in e highly round because of heavy rainfall, ia, have ‘
Bot . been suspended. .

to wet things down,” McLeod sai
Crown Zellerbach says it ra not wie

The giant forest company fi has a nods
operations al

ugias Channel and:

"deen tau quite affect. us," °
according toa company spokesman. .
As many as 10,000 coastal I
been hit by the hot,
Though fire hazer
highest in the southern part of
province, the north coast ‘and north
central areas are much drier than usual

weal
are reported

Even MacMillan Bloedel' 8. “Queen 7

a

have

y

 Willlams Lake dropped a total of 13 loads

SKULLY CREEK BRUSH FIRE.
“BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL |

fos By BILL MARLES
po Herald staff writer |

A fire at Scully Creek, south of Lakelse
, is now under control.

” Kitimat, foeest ranger Ian Brown says

his department got their firat call about 4

pms unday. Teotinee which spread over

acres, was under control about 8
PeWaterbombers from Smithers and

Beene, ©

service, -
-. of water on the fire, according to Terrace
‘forest ranger: Herb Quast, .

‘As thefire started in a logged out area,
there ‘was not a lot of damage. But the
new tree. regeneration was lied, says some volun

ary Brown sa g it is believed that the fire
Was started by a cigarette smoker. - .

About 20 men were working to put out
the fire yesterday, Today there were 35
men, four cats and three fi

‘trucks on the

Brown said the slash biiming rogram
the forest service has
paat jen years. jn the area prevented the

e from over a much grea
area, Quast praised the quick response of
the water bombers and the Kitimat at forest

conducted. over the

. Brown said the forest service had. some

volunteers helping them on Sunday.

said this help was appreciated,
sandals

al ‘ough

rs in and short

pants had to be turned away... ,
Brown also appreciated getting a lot of *
calls onthe fire emergency number. : be.

while he was not in favor of

NO MINERAL TAX REFUNDS

“Social Credit not Santa

tion” to clarity the to the mining industry,”

we should play Sant Claus

Chabot said.
He said the latest

- Be under appeal ge
amendment ‘‘corrects. the

“There is no reason why
‘will -ensure that

“assessments imposed will
stand.”

. Weather | The minister said it
Monday: High 32
Low 14

“High 32.
Lowld

Sunny and. clear skies.

caunc
cember, 1974, making
original act retroactive. to
January, 1874.

The new amendment
makes it clear. that section
under::-.appeal. ‘were
retroactive to .

Tuesday:

t

goof-upa of the past and. .

clarifies. ambiguities in.
dea ‘with an order-in- .
approved in oe

June i, 1973 “and anal be *
deemed to

have. been’ in

forces on, from and after that -

Chabot said the bill was
presented because: the

government “feels thera is lea.

great deal

revenue at atk, Rrovinclal said
there was a strong pos-
sibility the’ government
would ose its case in court.

“Tt ts. a- question - of

clarifying the act so that the:

revenue earned during the

past three years will stand. n

Chabot sald he h

mining companies site drop :

their actions.

betes