ifliams (B.C,)- Limited,

ent upon tonnage demands,
The announcement

Terrace’ s future as a major or supply. centre was ss virtually asiured
onday evening when a $250 million: port deyeloprnent sanction’.for-
itimat was unveiled in the ‘Aluminum: ‘City by officials: of . Samuel

The $250 mitlion development is proposed over a. 25'y
eriod and will commence with-construction of .one basic terminal at
mn estimated: cost of $5‘ ‘million, ‘The: initial move -is. not expected
fake place for another yeor ‘but’ purchase’ of ‘the land. : from: Alcan
r the development has been assured, .

_ Ultimately, the plan ‘calls for ¢-2 construction of. ‘fifteen 100
cot berths at Kitimat but the. work wi W be phased and will be depend- oo

came ina étter

SUPPORT YOUR: ’

courtesy

Bob Parker

Phone vi 3-2801 -

president of Samuel. Williams (B. Cy: Limited,

MOTHER'S MARCH: 7 |
STARTING SUNDAY, .1 P.M.

-__ Terrace, B.C.

HE: BATTERED MERCURY SEDAN in which Mr, ‘and

Ltd.

from David _Odhams, me

r. Odhams’ letter said in port,

“Qur-studies show that Kitimat is the correct port on the.
” Central British Columbia Coast in which to establish. future term-.
: ~ Inals, ‘both from’ a geographic and:.coast point of -view. . ae
age . This purchase does not mean.an immediate start of con-
‘struction as. tangages are not yet developed to: a point, where”
‘economic feasibility. is assured. With the growth of Central ‘8.C:,
Alberta and: Saskatchewan products; we hope to announce e plans oe!
thin. a year,.
Wop Our engineering Studies prove that the tidal flats are come: aa
‘patent to carrying the loads. normally demanded: by :terminals =. v=.
capable of heavy stockpiles and. handling machinery. Expansion. --
f. the. future. to. fifteen 1,000-foat berths is possible so, from a"

oe mee

e

Phone VI 3-6357

Serving Terrace, ‘the Hub City of the Mighty Skeena Valley i in Northwestem British Colurnbia
“2 PLO. Box 1177°

ae wet
- Periodicals

physical position, the tidal flat. can provide a considerable port: as
_ traffic develops." :
Following - introduction of Mr. Odham's fette
spoke further on the announcement. |. - a
He stressed the vast possibilities, that: such a es develo

2 will open for Terrace and other communities in
Bulktey,: Kispiox and Ktwanga basir; ve

‘Mr. Phillips told the Herald Tuesday that the mai pure ot
ule tonnage fram this area will probably. be of a mineral

_Mr. Phillips said that the first tonnage ‘to be- ‘serviced:
‘Kitimat once the first phase of the port development | is ready for: ac
will probably be coal tennage. ., ;

Victoria,

Bet.

i

6-cyl.,
FULL

Bob

59th YEAR. No, 28

12 Pages

Wednesday, Pebrudry t,

1967 -

159 Pontiac S Sedan

standard .
Licence 571-379

195° | oe os | . .

Phone V13-2801

PRICE

Parker ltd.

Snow-
Pow!

west. Mrs. Vance, *ariver’ se ‘the vehicle, died shortly

AMrs.

Horace Vance of Terrace crashed into an cn-

after the incident. Hef husband is. reported to be im-
coming truck last Thursday morning on Highway 16 [Proving in. Mills Memorial Hospital. ;

Dudley G. Liltle, SC-Skeena,
fsaid the government should
Mt face up at once to the problem
m which makes fish out of one
me area and fowl of another.

For an example of taxation
inequality, Little said-a home
assessed at $9,750 (for -school
‘purposes, half its market -value)
“paid school. taxes last year of
y $294 at’ Terrace where the mill
“rate was 30.28, $211 in Kitimat
an B. where the mill rate was 21.67,

$218 at Prince Rupert where
ithe mill rate was ‘22.41, and
Sere: $312 at Smithers where the rate
mae was 32.08, :

This shows a spread. of $83
on the same-house for. school
taxes between - Terrace . and
-Kitimat, whieh aré ‘only 38
‘miles apart, and'a differential
_ Of $94 between Princes Rupert
“and Smithers;

; “When you have-a ‘problem

@ like this the government should
| face up to it,” Little said,

“Doing so would be a charige

o£ policy for the- departments

‘concerned, I'went_ to the heads

Of the Education| Department.
* They are well, trained to di-

“yulge only what information I

_ should have. But I could read

_ their plan Kitimat school

ve] distrat will be enlarged. Won-

CMR ra ei te

SEES

YES, it was Aldan and Joyee
fr. ° O'Hara’ you saw on-last Fri-
« day’s "Let's Sing. Out" tele-
vision show. Too bad.’ the
CBC didn't let us know.-in
advance -but —.-well,:maybe .
they'll let us know about,
=! It ina coiple of weeks,

—

f° VOLUNTEER. miarchers are
7 required , to. -apslat Rerrace

all
the legis-

Education

‘derful! But what does it in-

clude? Thousands of acres of

Home For Howard
During Next Week:

“Prank | ‘Howard, M.P.. - for
Skeena, - will. spend : ‘the week
of Fébruary 6 to 12 in Kitimat
and. Terrace. |

Mr, Howard will. arrive in
Terrace ‘on February 6 via CPA
at 4:20 in’ the ‘afternoon.’ He
hopes to meet in the evening
with New Democratic Party
officials to lay plans for the

‘| weekend and to work out a co-

ordinated approach to the cam.
paign to bring live television
to the area.

On ‘February 7 Mr. ‘Howard
will-go to. Kitimat for a series
of meetings with school ‘stud-

‘Jents and the Kitimat District

Teachers’. Association. While
in Kitimat Mr. Howard will also
theet with New . Democratic
Members and spend an ‘evening
in the Kitimaat Village. The
topics for discussion with Kiti-
mat: students include The Fed-
eral’ Government's Role in
International Affairs; and Par.
Tiamentary Procedures ‘and
Practices., . oO

‘Affairs Departmént for those

‘bigger load on home’ owners,”

” has plenty: of talk

, 1 ELT! N G POT...

-“Beiday night, Saturday after. «
_ hoon and. Saturday’ night Js

NOT ‘a “mime” in the true ‘].°

sense of the word..There are :
many, many speaking roles -
‘and at least 15 musical num- .
bers, Have heard it said that -
_ a ‘mime" jis all mock .and no -
5 talk ‘Make . no ..mistake -—
. this fanny, funny pantomime

wilderness and only one school,
in Kemano, which is owned by
owned by Alean and has
Alcan and has teachers on Al-
can’s payroll and pension plan.”

“Terrace alsp will be enlarged
Little ‘said, “It will have extra
Schools, more obligations and
no tax relief for years to come.”

‘Perrace is Columbia  Cel-
lulose's logging headquarters,
and provides schools. for ‘hund-
reds of their employees.. -Many
live in low assessed homes ‘and
the district gets no help. from
the company’s investment for
school taxes."

“The: Federal ‘Transport ‘De.
partment pays Terrace for all
children going to school: from
the airport, and the Indian

who attend school from the
reservation. But the B.C. Gov-
ernment makes no payment for
children of some

aged,” he said.

“Trailer dwellers — (we. have
hundreds’ at Terrace) — also
escape,’ and thereby place a

Little sald.

“As a. result Terrace
Smithers have been among the
10 highest school taxpayers in
the province, If the’ (Legal)
vehicle’ is there to tax ‘trailers,.
let's do it now, If not, lets enact
it. Its important.” ¢

see that ‘you “have-one~ “ae:
livered Hight fast-like. ae

INCIDENTALLY “stores. .

‘¥eeperg’ are’ responsible un “y

‘der, bylaw tor keeping... the
sidewalks ‘in front of: their

.| premises, free snow, ice’ cand. \
: debris, : CoS

Dow ge

suSGESTION. “last” w e ek:
Paul: eS nn] :

50 families)"
employed at the home. for the "

-and a

Little reeal’ed that: atter be .

| MLA Dud Little Laces Government —
For School Taxation Inequities

VICTORIA (SPECIAL! -—— “The B.C.
Department's Taxation system breeds inequalities
around and downright unfairness for many,”
ature was told Monday by a northern MLA,

asked during the last Legislat-
ure for a better deal for sep-
arate schools, he received over
3,000 letters of encouragement,

“We should not use the
excuse we are governed by |} =a.
terms of confederation,” he
said. “and we should not take
advantage of .a- situation. that
is hurting a lot of people. If
the . separate. schools. closed
there would be a’ really serious
shortage of classrooms. ' :

We should be guided by the
national feeling. It’s not enough
to say — we are aiving text
books, ”

“B. C.. TELEPHONE COMPANY crews are buisy placing
and . eplicing cable to Preiide improved service and

is scheduled :for: tompletion’ during pee an
sto the project wh |

Sema Feels Loss

~ Woman Dies In Head-on
With Big Freight Truck —

Opal Vance Dead
Husband Injured —

' Valiant efforts of a passing motorist: and a
of Highways surveyor failed to save the

meses:

orale
atts

neteee

initiate

A Prince Rupert trucker
was literally swept off the
highway Monday morning
‘when his vision was obseur-
ed after flying snow from a
“railway snowplow splattered
i over the windshield of his
‘ semt-trailer truck. | .
Les Vienctte of 6365 West

Third Avenue; Prince Rup: | :

| port ..wae the. Selva oF al ||
"Lindsay's Cartage. seml-tratl--
er truck | which - fackknifed
ond hit a CNR train. at
Shames. level crossing about
24-miles west. of. Terrace,
He. was uninjured in the
mishap and damage to the
truck is estimated fo: be
$2300,

Vienotte sald he was
unable fo see, when snow
from the passing snowplow
blew up into his windshield.
He was enrouie to Terrace
when the accident cecurred
at about 11:30 a.m.

RCMP were called to the
scene

10c a Copy, $4.00 a Year — Press Run 3300

HORACE VANCE
. survives crash

Horace (Opal) Vance 62 of
morning highway accident.

’ Terrace, BC.

:Dept.

Mrs. Vance, well known .in
Terrace for her community
work and activities with the
O.0.R.P,, died shortly before
arrival at Mifls Memorial Hos-
pital despite steady mouth to
mouth rescusitation applied by
_highway surveyor Harold &.
“Bob” Sturney.
» The woman was heing rushed
to hospital ty Emest ¢ G, Young,

who arrived at the scene oF The
accident shortly after it-accur-

Terrace on Highway 16. ©
The woman’s husband, Hor- ~

logger, was also injured in the
in favorable condition in: Mills

Memorial Hospital.
The couple was _ retiifning

$758, 000 Tower Contract

Peterson Electrical Construction Co,
- Vancouver, hos. been. awarded.a $758,000 contract oS.

Ltd.,

om ebeee towers “and” ‘string “conductor alohy “i -7 l-mile-}
portion of B.C, Hydro's 92-mile-long transmission
line. from Terrace to Alice Arm,

-_ Work on the project, which will carry the.
138,000-volt powerline. from Skeena Substation,. near
Terrace, northward to a point.on the Nass River, is
expected to begin immediately. Bids for construction
of the final 21 miles of the route, which crosses the
Cassiar Mountains to Alice Arm, will be called at a
later date,

Built to 138,000-volt standards, the transmission
line will be initially energized in the fall of 1967 at
, 60,000 volts.

- As future demands ‘In the heavily mineralized
region increase, voltage will be stepped up to match
the line's full potential,

4

‘0-Op Bulk Plant —

= Ready

completed and ready for distribution by March Ist, it

By March End

A new petroleum bulk plant is expected ‘to: be

was announced this week by Alex Holden, president of
the Board of Directors of the Terrace Co-op Association,

’ ‘The Co-op bulk plant is’ sit-
vated: on. Highway 16, im-
mediately west of: the ‘down:

“aes Pow ‘business district of Ter-
_ {face

it will otter a complete range

Moving Day
Ate ‘Riverside

A smooth move ‘with few
hitches .and lots ‘of. oohs and

_.) aahg was Friday's order, when
-Jeloze to 250 Riverside Element:

ary. students moved Into new
classrooms "at . ET. Kenney
Primary.’ : So

. ELT." Kenney Primary. will
be streamed. into-:'a complete|:

primary facility- at ‘the begin:
ning ‘of the new: term in Sep-
tember.

In the meantime Grades. 1 to
1 formerly housed at Riversida

. | will receive their lessons under

the sipervision of dD, v. Shaw,
‘principal... -.

‘The new E, T. Kenney school
features a°. central. gym. area,
all electric heating and= ‘a
unique tiled gym “floor com:
plete hopscotch squares ., and

a other ‘stick-game. layouts. It also
"| hag. facilities .. for. two -tenii-) : "
y es employed with: Co-operatly,

feaching classes, ey -
Riverside’; ‘Sehool “pulldinga|

w were bullt by: ‘the Canadian] ¢l
| amy? in 1841" and have. twice] >
Il: een. termed obsolete : dy ~ the}

“|to service the logging, mining,

| roleum Services and brings inte

of gasolines, diesel fuels, heat-
ing oils and lubricating and
industrial oils as well as a
wide range of greases, all pro-
“leured through | Co-operative
sources,

The Plant - will be equipped

trucking’ and construction’. in-
dustries. as well as farming
areas, and the heating fuel
requirements of. the. entire
Terrace trading one

The area will’ serviced
from a modern’ “tank truck;
equipped with . Printemeter
which gives the consumer an
automatically printed reeord of
every product delivered.

The new petroleum facility
will be. known .and — operated
under the. name: of Co-pp' Pet:

operation. another naw’: depart-
ment for ‘the Terrace Cooper | n
ative’ Assoclation. owned and
controlled by Coop members.

Corbin” King, ‘general °. oman: is
ager of the Terrace. oe

ative has: " annown
appointment

Richardson... ay. manager th
new. petrole

British Columbia

already: issied a plea’ for all -
residents of, Terrace “and the’

to Terrace from Prince Rupert
when their 1965 Mercury sedan.

bound Terrace: Transfer truck
driven by John Julseth of Ter- .
Tace,
“? Ooroner: Fved: ! Adames. oped
ed an-inguiry on Friday, even-"
ing and a preliminary viewing -

inquiry will be held when. Mr.
Vance is sufficiently recovered
to give evidence.

RCMP said the car was driv-:
en by Mrs. Vance.

- A Monday morning autopsy:
will not release results until:
later in February. :

two men who rushed ‘the dying.
woman to Terrace told the Her-
ald on Monday that he had.
Jearned first aid and mouth4o-:.
mouth rescusitatioin during his -
airforee years.

‘He said Mrs. Vance appeared
to be responding at. first but
then. lapsed into complete ‘un-

picked .up by Young about: 14
‘miles west of Terrace when he
stopped’ at a‘.survey camp. op -
radio for police and ambulance.
assistance. "

Foneral services’ for the Inte
Mrs. Vance were held from.
Knox ‘United Church on: ‘Tues:
day afternoon

Membership Urged.»

In. Hospital Ass’n

Cificials of the Terrace ‘and:
District Hospital Association”
are hoping to avoid a repetition -

of last year's embarassment.
when the election of two hos’
“ pital ‘Board members comes up’
for “consideration next mo

March’29 is the date set at due
the annual ‘general meeting of
the. Terrace District . Hospital -
Association ‘and ‘the: Hospital .
Improvement District,

Last year’s meeting was held

while. officials. awaited the ar
rival of one-more member dn

necessary for an election. -

This year ‘things | will be ait. :
ferent...

The | Hospital ‘Association. thas |

Terrace: Hospital. Improvement.

District to ‘purchs

- chil
uP, residence. In.

red about 22° miles west of

ace Vance, prominent Terrace

mishap and is reported to be .

Harold R, Sturney, one of the .

eonsciausness. .Sturmey was

up: for almost Half an ‘hour |

order. to: give them the aren .

life © of. Mrs.
Terrace following a Thursday we

was in collision with a west-

was held, The remainder of the =<

‘a