FHKE EAOCOHEPETHESFSSEHSIEAKHHASSARHPARAPARARS a¢ a a es ree Creer Paver er ar a + H#e2eaa «if, at, 2 el we 7 See ee a ee ee ee ee eee ee he Oh ie oo cere rye et: perv aererersverr re Er oe ower vr eoteene aed Se ee ROTATE ale So Fee bho eben eget . - ae ew oe BewweE “helping on the farm. Anne ‘and their 10 children, the _; Legion has a calendar girl By DUSTIN QUEZADA WITH 52 weeks in the year and one woman featured for each seven-day period, the Herstory , calendar has a lot of women to choose from in Canada. And for the second straight ~ year, a local person has made the grade, appearing in the 2007 edition of Herstory, the Canadian women’s calendar. Terrace’s Mary Ann Bur- dett, who in 2004 became the first woman to be elected Do- minion president of the Royal Canadian Legion, is fea-’ tured on pages 46-47. Freda Diesing was featured in last year’s edition. That honour was the Jat est in a series of firsts for Burdett, who became the first female local president and, later, the first female presi- dent of the province’s branch - of the Legion. ~ . . Burdett’s* affiliation with the national organization. goes back to 1969 when she - joined the Terrace Legion Branch 13 after she finished her career as a military police officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force. . | The. page featuring Bur- ON THURSDAY, Nov. 9, a ' group of friends gathered at the George Little House for -an 80th birthday party for Anne Molitor. Her friend Elaine Temple arranged the special party - and what a beautiful after- noon it. was. Debbie Le- tawski and staff at the house looked after everyone | so graciously. - Anne’s parents, two older children, Ethel and Byron, came from Idaho. in 1909 to the Queen Charlotte Islands. Joseph had heard a lot of talk about ‘gold, so he thought he would try his luck at prospecting. But because prospecting proved not to be so profit- able, while his family kept growing, they went into farming. The family grew to 11 children — 9 girls and two boys. The girls were: Ethel, Gen, Pauline, Rose, Jose- phine, Ruth, Elsie, Anne and Grace, the two boys Edwin and Byron. ; All the children, except Ethel and Byron, were born — at home at Lawn Hill near Skidegate on Graham _Is- land. Anne ‘said they had a “wonderful life growing up © on the Charlottes. They ful- ly lived off the land. They had lots of animals, goats, chickens, pigs, cows, oxen, sold cream and butter and had their own beef. They ate deer meat, fish, clams and other seafood right from the ocean nearby. . The children had plenty of room for play, with the ocean so near, they spent many -hours on the beach. She even taught herself to swim in the ocean. , . The family grew a large garden, with all the children ~ says when she was five years old, her father told her she was a good weeder and was - given the job to weed the carrots. oo ‘Between the Molitor family’s. 11 children and © the nearby Mather family two families had the right: number of students to start . a school. The eldest of the Mather children was ap- pointed teacher. The Molitor family later moved to Skidegate, where Mr. Molitor worked at the airforce base as a engineer. Later, the family decided to moved to Terrace for better 7 schooling for their children. The War ar Amps pays tribute to 1 @ anadas Military Heritage LA To see a listing of our Canadian Military Heritage documentaries, visit our Web site at www.waramps.ca or order a pamphiet by calling 1-800-250-3030. Joseph’ if ‘and Effie Molitor and their HERE ‘NTH ERE YVONNE MOEN ANNE Molitor blows out. the candles on her 80th ‘ birthday celebration Nov. 9 at the George Little . House. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO 5 ee ' Their older son Byron had already settled. in Terrace. The: Molitor family arrived . in Terrace on April 9, 1942, -Byron Molitor” dett features a photo of her in her Legion uniform and a write-up. In it, she downplays her historic election: “The pride is in having the position, Anne and her sister Elsie (Froese) . still live here to- day: After completing Grade 10 to 12 at the Old Kitsum- gallum High School, Anne went to work in the office for E.T. Kenney Real Es- tate and Insurance Co. for six years. She Jater went to work for social. services for 30. years and retired from there in 1981, _ When the Molitor family first. came to Terrace, they lived in a little house at the bottom of Kalum Hill. They later bought ‘a house at 3309 - Kalum, the current location “of Copperside I.” ’ While the Molitors lived at this:location, they plant- ed many fruit trees: apple, plum, cherry and pear. Plus, they had lots of flowers and a vegetable garden. Anne lived at this loca- tion until 1988, when the property was sold to Lavoie for the Copperside store. At that time, many local people came and moved truck loads — of fruit trees and other plants away before clearing for the new building. At 80 years, Anne keeps active in the community; she walks to the pool for her dai- ly. Aquasize class. We wish Anne will be blessed ‘with | good health and best in the new year. “Molitor Street.in Terrace is named for Anne’s brother : Byron Mo- litor, E.T. Kenney, Benny Agar, surveyor Will Robin- son were responsible in the subdividing of the Keith Es-- . tates. whether you’ re male or. fe- “male,” she says. “Being the first woman, you aré aware that if you were to mess up _ badly. it would make it very difficult for any able and willing females who were coming up behind you.” some of the things she was able to do and witness as president. — In 2005, she visited troops _in Afghanistan before she was “the honoured guest ata royal wedding in Holland. “It honestly hasn’t been so,” she’s quoted as saying about those myths. “They have accepted ‘me quite willingly. Their concern is simply the job I do and not so much what gender I am.’ Check local’ bookstores for a Resident of 60-plus years celerates 80th © 9 “ aUsede & Sd BIASAN ADA ac, Dako © Wrettd Cevtre uate It goes’ on to mention | “T used every opportunity I. could to talk about the Legion and what we were able to do for them, and clarify.’some of the. myths that younger people | have about it being an old boys’ ° club,” Burdett says., * The Terrace Standard, Wednesday December 20, 2006 - B3 WE ARE CLEARING HOUSE AT Sidewalkers 30-50% | Entire Store § - Our 5 Day Year End Sale’ 7 ee December 26th - 30th. (noon-6p.m.) | Happy : 9 from all of us at... Sid ewalkers UNIQUE CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR. as Fost On Lazelle © 4548 Lazelle Avenue, — ° 638-171 "Smithers has a lot. . on its plate . TAKE A BITE Christmas Vacation Come to 9 Smithers _ oi a CABINS, LODGES AND. . RESORTS (2. 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