_ a loaded, like new” _

: Serving Terrace, the Hub City of

the Mighty Skdeno Valley. in

“Prov, '
| Perlodicals Departm
“Wictoria, B, Pieces

Northwestem British Columbia

Library,

Oty

‘hOPages” .

tre)-will preside over Elks
. ture above she is flanke

MAY QUEEN Jackie Murdoch of Thornhid School (cen-

May Day Celebrations. In pie-
d by attendants Lyan Barry

‘(Yeritas) and Beverley Skidmore (Cassie Hall) and can-
. testants Audrey Mercer (Clarence Michiel) and Shannon
' Lee (Uplands), Celebrations for the coming weekend in- °

. Glide Home. Town Jamboree, Friday 8:30 at the Com-

~ "munity Centre; Sky
‘1:30; Teenage Dance

Centre; Boat, Races at Ol

= -- munity Centre; an
 Comimanily'Cen

a 1
. a we

the “along” Laketse

Divers at Franks Field, Saturday
Saturday 8:30-at the Community
'3 place, Lakelse:
1:30 p.m.;, Midnight Dance Monday 12:01

and the big ‘parade

Lake, Sunday
am. Oom-

0 Riveralde park.

‘Monday. 41 a.m.from .” |

, - Terrace Chamber :
- asks Stewart-road

Terrace Chamber ‘of Commerce’ decided ‘Monday to back

"the Stewart Community's plea to

efor completion of a
At issue ts 345

_ Yolved is the major
owned and maintain

stretch of

tha Provincial Government

| Foad link. between the two communities,
miles of road anda bridge, But also in-

highway to the Naas River built,

ed by Columbia Cellulose,
Ray. Skoglund told Chamber
tacted Minister of Lands and

members that he had con- -
Forests Ray Williston at Kitt: |

mat, concerning the Terrace-Stewart Link, ;
Skoglund sald that -Williston. told him. that it would be
7 large step to make the Columbia Cell private logging road into a

public road,

?

m connect Terrace and Stewart,
; _ Spencer said a letter
‘ward to; the Hon. Wesley
= coples to: Premier W.A.C,
Commerce, .
A motion
Terrace, Stewart

7 the B,C,
Molybednum to tall;

‘Pm not trying to say the
Hc, but that

it be open in the

WAS -passed by Bob Christ!
arranged with representatives of the. Provincial Government

4 W.H, Spencer, chairman of the Chambera Communications .
m™ committee, said that only’ 3%
span ‘over the Nass River canyon

miles of road and a 35D-foot
were all that Is needed to

disclosing these facts had gone for-
Black,

Minister of Highways, with —
Bennett, Hon. Ray Williston,

Skeena MLA’ Dudley G.-Little and the Stewart Chamber of

that a meeting be
Chamber of Mines and B,C,

over the matter, |

-road'should be open to the pub-
same way it.i8 now'’, said Mr.

Christl.

: Liberal Candidate:
' aid elder citizens travel, ~
; “Travel, in-thia day-and.age
is not-the luxury. ft once was, and
z nearly everyone isable financial.
ly and otherwise, to move around
@ the country, and ‘even. take trips
g abroad,’ ’Bates sald. 08>:
k ‘*¥et.there is one segment of
ole popilation who has amongits
# members many persons who can
m not afford the pleasiiré, and of-
® ten necessity, of travel, Yet have
m ime for that pleasure.” +

y: Bates

ri: Bares hae outlined a proposal to

¢ltizens on‘old age asalatance,’!
Bates'sald., 20
: While in. many instances travel
could be classed as non-essential
to ‘thelr’ well. being, it 1s a. fact
that far too many must pay tra-
-vel expenses for medical andper-
‘sonal-reasons— ind usually ata
cost they. can ‘ill afford on their.
subsistence,:< 2
- “T am ‘proposing a travel sub-
‘sidy® to be bortie by. the senior
governments and the travel in-

. #l-am referring to our sanfor

i

| facilities, .

|” P.O.lobby
. open Monday >

’ " PREMIER BENNETT
«.«. message received

-Skeenaview
plea reply
‘indirect’

Hospital, -

ceived ‘only
to the Counell telegram, -.

‘| the Provincial .Government in-
tended’ to transfer’ Skeenaview |.

patients and. use ‘the premises
to house. students attending’ the

open in September,

. Monday’s Victoria Day Holi-
day will see Terrace Post Office
wickets closed but the lobby open
to box holders from § a;m, to 9
Bm a

‘There will be no rural route
delivery,a post office ‘spokes.

matt Said, But alr mall service

LE - based
. poraied a a rin

dustry.’ Bates stated,

two, miles

téd to:
and

oe! Ject are: Sand

‘construction starts |

President of the

, businésaman Ben Ginter, -Hets bullding the Kid--
mat” complex in. partn

' .Finnlah companies, Co

Site ofthe new mill is two miles north

. of the Aluminum Co, of Canada's Kitimat smelter |

sand} from::‘the downtown ‘Kitimat,

Ge st, nbsp
iM to. tart, up: tn:
paper mill in’ August, 1970,” ; 3

: Consulting ongineera for thé masgive pros 7
ell” and : Company ‘Ltd: ‘of Vahe

company is Prince George
erahip : with: four: major ~

the downtown

mber ion 5 ‘exe .
fy mild 1869, andthe pulp”,

Premier W, A, C.:Bennett has
received a telegram from Ter-
race Municipal Council asking for
reconsideration of ‘the proposed
closure . of .Skeenaview: Mental

Mayor J, Fred Weber told
Council Monday that he ‘had re-
an indirect reply’”

Council had asked the Premier
to send the Ministers of: Health
and Education ‘to Terrace for an
‘| on: site: inspection of Skeenaview
The telegram was
{ Sent following a Special. council.

-[fan' MacDonald of McElhanney
meeting attended by Skeena MLA yoes ae
Dudley Little, ae os and Assooiates

The ‘request followed news that |. (=

Terrace Vocational school, dieto | *

Council

Little Par

east corner of Little Park as i

‘tentative /

Terrace Municipal Council

ene

Planning

nng
Commission
for town?

s} Municipal Council - Monday

night gave preliminary -read-
ings to a by-law to establish
an ‘Advisory - Planning Commis-
sian, .

The by-law when passed will
authorize council to nominate
a six-member commission “to
advise the planning committee of
Council and in turn advise the
Council,” - ‘ :

Members’ terms would be for
a maximum of six years,’ Pro-
posed commission calls for two
members to. complete their
terms in January 1969, two in
January 1970, and two in January.
1971, . cot :
Commission ‘members would
be named ‘by’ Council. . A two-
thirds majority vote of council
would be needed to appoint a
commission member,

. Names. suggested for the Ad-
visory Planning Commission in-
clude Don Walker of Canada Man-
power, Stan’ Patterson of B.C.
Tel, Bob Elkens of Simpsons
Sears, R. E, Mason of Omineca
Building Supplies,. and surveyor

es ba)

a
y

to work. for: the construction,

asking decided ta Hak!
es decision. tentative, “=;
ealaenis Caitpbell

posed the Little Park site.

But he was warned by Alders
man Bill McRae: ‘That! land
was donated for ‘a park, You
are Hable to get some strong

bo
in, aie ig

ne

Bane bry

Snow, welfare offset

1968 budget
Millrate . dropped half a
record high of 71,00 mills, 0 - 7
But taxpayers will pay almost.the same as they did last
year, a wo
The drop in the millrate and an increased ‘homeowner
grant is offset
value of property, .
Total budget is
get of $1,554,302, ”

projected budget of $48,800 for 1968 compared with an actual

Social welfare contributions rise to.$72,000 in 1968
$34,000 inthe previous year, © se

and schools : rate

7 ped four. mills. Butaccordingto Alderma: McAlpine “snow
rem and social welfare -

~» MeAlpine;

. Comparath
compara

school millrate drop.
Terrace Munelpat Counelt brought down 8 holéthetine ;

mill to 70.50 from, last’ year’s

by a five per cent increase in assessed

_.|* However the olling is experi.

from

* | tise was followed last year,

reaction if you put- an ice arena
there,”’ | so
Alderman Lane said his com-
mittee had three reasons for cho-
bien ad plies gentral iocatiots
par facilities are

there; easy access to the future
arena from the downtown hotels.
’ -Exection of an ice arena would
put a building on each corner of
Little “Park, At present the
Community Centre, Curling rink,
and -Terrace Centennfal Library
building. occupy three corners,
The proposed arena site is pres-
ently: a children’s play area,
Alderman Edna Cooper sup.
ported Lane's proposal, She said | .
that’ the : undeveloped ‘section of
Little Park on the other side of
Kalum ,.St could be developed
into '-a-nine-acre “green area
park’... co,
-Alderman Lane said that the
decision to use the Little Park
site was “not irrevacable,”?
“"Council. made a commitment
to come. up with an arena site
two and a. half years ago,”’ he
said. os
“Now Terrace has something

48 soon as: possible, of the Ter-
racé Ice Arena’!

“eatering to the big mon r ite
terests of Eastern'Canada."”

Programs of the Liberal govern-
ment. has: been to drive . inter
est rates up and up to the point
that @ person must eara at least
.$8,100,00 per year before ‘he
could qualify for an N.H,A, mort=
gage at more than 9 per cent tn

terest. ,

forcing people to try elsewhere
for mortgages and the Interest
rate bh
lenders is in the neighborhood of
12 per cent and 14 per cent,” |.

to pay these usurious interest

Howard told a :
Government .

.

He accused the Liberals of

ing in most tnad:
the shack type.’*.:

Howard said, “One ofthe major

ernment housing authority, C.M.:
H.C., be advanced sufficient

a revolving fund for mo
with interest. ;
what they are now. ; *
Howard * ‘stated, “We have:
Studied this“ matter very caré&
fully. We know it can, be done,

“This is bad enough, but it is

cing charged by private people and their well being,

_ Georgia was the seene of the
first major United States? gold
rush in 1828, .

“People simply cannot’ afford

rates “and are consequently lie |
equate houses of | Th

Howard proposed that the gov: /
money to permit it to establish |’

rtgages.|:
rates at about half (

Tt simply requires that goverre |"
ment express some care about | *

Peer ee
“Deelslon was tad: Friday,

Council have used a local cof.
tractor to put oil on key streets,

mental and will not be’ a con=
tinuing project,’ card

cimunelt lowed Carte :
streets’ followed ‘a w, aa
Mayor J, Fred Weber: ‘The -
.|dust fall over a city the size ---
of ours is as serious as thesnow.
last winter,” | hye Se
“We have to
thing. about. it,*?-..

oe

do-it-yourself basis. . This

- Council decision to:oil streets
on..a..temporary basis. received: _.
_|:60me opposition from Alderman

’ :

start
ving,

‘ jer as.
Assistant to’ ‘the Presidént-was

" EXPORTSGREW
South Afriea’s exports during
1967 totalled $1,900,000, 000, pee

compared with $1,680,000,000,
in 1965, ;

. TERRACE. SHOPPING CEN

a

«Construction, Introduces

“

RE fo
“3, today (Wednesday), The nine store,

rmally opens its doors to
shopping centre,

‘the public... Cunninghams, Gopp's Shoss.
erected by Bominton ’ 1
six new. stores to ‘Terrace, Safeway, Woolworths,

tocal stores, Feirace Photo, Er
‘will also locate in. the new’ oe

rw ewellers, ‘and: Rot 8

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