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‘PERRACE. — The: Ter. :

Costume Ball. was a’ treat oh

when the city of . Terrace’
| was but. a small: village.

with a. cocktail - hour, fol--

which inchided | a bottle of.

"music, much tothe delight -
. of all'who attended. =

. style from the early 1900's

Master of ceremonies was

all who attended.

sung by Pam Kerr — I
- love Terrace in the Spring
- Time; Radio in the 30’s, .

> The. Year the Telephone

was formed from the rail-

- Davis Street: on the north. .

‘stationed in the communi-

‘School. Soon -after, Ter-.

race.. Diamond: J ubilee

for all who participated ¢ o
attended . this : “enchanting
evening. back. in -:time;.

by Daniele Berquist _

The: ‘event,. “which: ‘sold.
over 250 tickets,. ‘began.

lowed by. a. fowl dinner’
from Manuel’s Restaurant -

Tetrace’s own ‘Diamond |
Jubilee. wine, A floor:
show, - ‘followed: - Guests.
were “invited to. dance. to
the sounds of ‘Big. Band

‘As:-the audience was
taken back i in time, with a:

to. the. present day, the:
Terrace Diamond Jubilee’
honored local. pioneers.

Sylvia Macdonald wore her wedding gown to-the Diamond
Jubilee Costume Ball. Thirty-two years ago, in Lloydminster,
_ Saskatchewan, Sylvia g and Murdo took their vows.

Alderman Doug Smith.
The floor show was the

focal point of the night,

enjoyed tremendously by

‘The half. hour. skit in-.
eluded, Mr. Sande and the
square . dancers, a song

The Great Bank Robbery,

Came = to. Terrace, and
much more, |

“Terrace -was. incorpor-
ated in 1927. The village

road track on the south,
Eby street on: the west -to

The world was at war in
the 1940's, and a skit was
performed showing a.sol- -
dier bidding farewell to his
loved, promising to return
soon,

Incidently during. the
1940°s the Terrace Airport.
was built and as a result
thousands of soldiers were

ty. Soon after the war, the.
army buildings were trans- -
formed into a Riverside

. _ Gey Martin (right), promotion p person for the Diamond Jubilee
Committee, the sponsor of the Diamond Jubilee Costume Ball,
presented Marlene Sarich ‘with a special bottle of wine of the
Diamond Jubilee. ,

The Diamond Jubilee Costume Ball held at Skeena Junior Secondary School on Saturday, May 2 was successful. A fowl dinner
was exqulaltely prepared by Manuel's Restaurant. Tammi Sturko (left, Tina Raposo, Joe Botelho, Tammy Wilson and Manuel Da
Silva served dinner to over 200 guasts.

race “obiainéd

May 13,1987 17

s- first
~ High

it?
* Junior- Senior -
School. -
The: 50's: ‘came along
with the ‘unforgettable
Rock n’ Roll music. Frank
Donahue and his wife jiv-
ed on ‘stage, as the au-
dience cheered them on.
Yes, Terrace was growing
and big businesses came to
. town in the form of Col-
umbia Cellulose, a new

Royal Bank and the high-
‘light of the evening, Ter-
race’s first big bank rob-
bery; which took Place i in
1958... |.

.Mr, HLA, Taylor was
‘manager then. It was mor-
ning; the.bank. opened for
business for the day. Two

“men entered. the bank
brandishing guns and car-
_rying satchels. The rob-

bery to this day is remem-

’ bered as farcical. First the

police had an alarm sys-
tem worked out with the

Royal Bank which ..was .
quite often used: as prac-_ :

tice alert...
On. this © particular ‘day
of the robbery, the police-

man on duty (incidently,

Terrace had but one of-

ficer working at the time),

thought it was a. practice
alert. When. the. officer

‘realized it was the real .

thing he dashed back to

his office searching for:his_

gun. When he found -his
weapon, it was to late, the
robbers had escaped with

At the | Diamond Jubilee Costume Ball, ballroom dancing

brought back many memories for a lot of folks, a reminder of
times when radio was ail there was to listen to.

*” Photos by Daniele Berquist,

away with his fortune.
Mike’ Rossiter,» who
played the robber'who ‘got

away, was cheered on by |

the entire audience...

Edna Cooper, who di-
rected the:floor show, said |:

she was: very pleased ‘with

the evening sponsored by

the Terrace Diamond
Jubilee Committee.
“There were lots of men

in. their suits dating back

to 30-40 years ago. and
‘more’, Cooper added it

was nice to see so many of.
the men folk participate j in

‘the plays and in the. dress- o
‘ing up for. the evening.:

Indéed“'the Diamond

Jubilee Costume Bal! was

a Special: soiree; to be —
cherished for a long time

to come, by: the citizens of en

Terrace.

this day, both robbers “*

-highway side for an escape
. truck and the driver turn-

‘trailed and sentenced. The
‘other is beleived: to have

- ey. Others believed he got

their loot, It is believed to eee

took off through. Little’s
Island at the foot of
Kalum Street where they
hada boat hidden. They.
waited until nightfall, to {
make their way down-
stream, but their boat cap-
sized. One of the.two rob-
bers. was forced to swim .
across the river to the

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Foreenst Period: 5/17 -5/23/87- ~

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_ found, nor was the mon- “thing.
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Sune 2t-July 22 ~ revisionsin the family budget are called for..

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; sharcofthe load, .

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