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-. Prince Rupert in 1942 where he

“ment, construttidh work for the

Memories of a young boy roam-

' ing distant Irish streets, a young

man courting his girl on the
Canadian ‘Prairies, a man. who

watched his family grow and the

world change.

* Born ‘in Belfast, Ireland, in
1897, Tomlinson crossed the

. Atlantic with his family ‘at the

age of 10 to settle in Winnipeg,

_ Manitoba, in 1907.

- A few years later, on a visit to
@ small community called
Mulvihill, 85 miles north of
- Winnipeg and not far from the.

' @astern shore of Lake Manitoba,

he met'8 1/2 year old Bessie Jef-
fries. Although he didn’t know

‘ it at the time, it was a communi--

ty to which he would return and

a friendship that would grow in- ‘eliminate the deficit but would 4

to a life-time adventure. .
' When’ he later. moved to
Mulvihill, Tomlinson started

married there on May 3, 1921.

. Before moving west 21 years
later, the Province of Manitoba
was their home. Bessie gave
birth to their seven children and
they shared good times and bad’
as they survived the Great

Depression, worked through the {

*fRoaring Thirties’’, and watch-

ed the beginning of the Second .

World War.

Tomlinson did a little farming
. hear a small community south of
Winnipeg during the earlier |

years but spent most of those 21
‘years working for a small rail-

road operated by the Greater §

Winnipeg Water District which
served some of the smaller com-
‘munities north of Winnipeg. ©

The Tomlinsons moved to

d his. family ‘with a

suNpO
variety Orde, , "Sve fire depart-

American Army, and. manual

labor in the shipyards, before &
moving to Terrace in 1946,

Court

In Terrace provincial court on

_ Friday, July 10 Bernard Desjar- J
dins was sentenced to 14 days in: rT

jail and received a six-month

suspension of driving privileges B
_ for impaired driving, |

re g

Harvey Kuzyk was fined $50 a
and $10 in Terrace provincial a

court Friday, July 10 for two

violations of the Motor Vehicle |

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‘In Terrace court Friday, July | .
10 Farron Holland was fined ry

Act.

$100 for an offense under the

etn en Se a et

TERRACE — An accumulated

. deficit of $62,598 in the city’s
Water Revenue Fund has

Prompted City Treasurer, Keith
Norman, to ask council for a 10
Per cent rate increase in residen-
tial water rates. oO
In a memorandum to city
council, Norman said the pre-
sent water rates would reduce
the deficit by only $4,500 this
year. . Oo
According to Norman, if this
Tate of: deficit reduction con-
tinued at the same level, it would

hot eliminate the deficit until the §

year2001, .
However, Norman said he

had estimated that a 10 per cent : §

increase to the present residen-
tial user fee would generate

$43,500 in additional ‘revenue

annually, — Oe
He said this would not only.

result in a surplus in the Water

Revenue Fund in only two years, few
courting Bessie and. they were...

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a away.

and Pat in other locations across

the country. -

Tomlinson also has 13 grand-
children and. 15. great.
grandchildren whom he watches
over. with pride as they add new

chapters every day to his grow-
ding ing.-volumes of

irreplaceable

Norman also asked council to
consider a 10 per cent increase in
the water frontage tax which
would generate an additional
$15,600 in revenue annually. He
said the last increase in water

frontage tax was in 1982.

In considering ‘the request,
Alderman Mo Takhar suggested.

s

hday

__ Bessie, -his lifelong friend and .
companion, passed away...
Five of the: Tomlinson.
Children’ are’ still living in
Canada — Ann Haits in Ter-
race, and Flora, David, Connie

. AMiniotry of H

Ighways project to widen the approaches to the Sande over.

pass should be finished by the end of August, according to district highwaya
representative Ken Rensby. When the work Is complete, trucks up to 17
‘meters in length will be able to negotiate the comers leading on to the over:
pass without intruding on adjacent traffic lanes. Rensby said the project in-
cludes new curbs and sidewalks, the laying of underground electric cable, and
rection of new metal streetlights. An announcement is expected soon on the .

tender award for the paving contract.

may rise

the city should look’ inte the
cause of the deficit to see if it
: could be corrected before raising
the rates,

Bob Jackman agreed and ask--

ed that the Public Works
Department look at their costs
and review the efficiency of its
entire operation. .

NEW FURNITURE AUCTION |
MONDAY, JULY 27 — 7:00
TERRACE ARENA -

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| Highway 16 West Smithers

For PARTS — SALES and SERVICE

During River Boat Days |
July 25 — August 3, 1987

4627 Lakelse Ave, Terrace, B.C. |
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The matter was then. referred
to the finance committee who
will be studying the user rate
Structure and making ‘recom-
mendations to council: for their
consideration, -~ |

Terrace water rates were in-
creased by 10 per cent in 1982
from $6.00 to $6.60 per month
and a further. 10 per cent in 1985 .
to the present rate of $7.25
month. A 10 per cent increase in

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