f big birthday party + Cowichan Leader and Burns Lake} } 1965 by President W. B, Milner. fom that Fisher, 54, will relinquish aq his post as Centennial Commit. en sioner, a position he was appoint» me ed to in January 1963 by for | mer Prime Minister John Dief. mM enbaker, The job would norm-|. ‘ cy Anti-Freexe : - Inspection how ot Phone 635-2801 - {60th YEAR: No. J2 ' Bob Parker Ltd, - a merraee, 8 , ‘Serving Terrace, the. Hub City of the Mighty Skeeia Valley in Northwestern British Columbia ro — "Wednesday, ‘Gerber. 1 i, “ioe oy “Me. Canada’ | The mai “responsible for. Cane ‘ ada's centennial celebrations has| . ' of: scfentific “research ‘as ” cause. of: road‘ hazards, .. > now in. effect.in B,C, joined Northwest Publications,| ““ parent company of the Terrace . 54, has been] | Omineca Herald, + John. Fisher, named publishar and managing diractor of Northwest Puilicas 4 tions Limited, ' Fisher ' has been poularly named “Mr, Canada'’ because of his work -In organizing Canada’s Northwest aNitlications, parent me company of the Prince Ruypert| - 7 Daily News, Prince George Citie| - zen, Cariboo Observer, Williams Lake Tribune, Terrace Herald, District News, was formed in * Friday’s announcement means ally have ended in November, At the same time, Fisher was named to the position of chief executive officer of - several of Milner business enterprises, ' "“T am: delighted at the pros. pect of living and working in ) British Columbia, especially the horth which has an unlimited po- a tential — a real rainbow coun= try,’ Fisher said“in making the cei announcement today. Fisher’s new .position unites two pioneer New Brunswick fanie ilies, | W. 2B... Milner was] ' DRINKING: DRIVERS are now conitcted with ‘the ‘reaults lice attempt:to curb this major picture above Terrace RCMP Corporal Bert Warden ‘liustrates the Mobat (eft) and breaths= - lyser. : Mobat is carried in police cars, is used only to establish - dif'a driver has consumed sufficient alcohol ‘to cause a poasible . danger onthe road under the 24-hour lleénce suapénaion law a -Breathalyser at ri¢htJa a far more Vo: prease instrument which givas a réading.on the exact amount i "of the alcohol: in a driver’ s system and ia ued in h prcaoeution. oo of Impaled and drunken drivers, : 1 1967 ges tninecioe a close friend of Fisher’s grand.| - vt x ‘mother and grandfather and was given his first job by Fisher's father who was the manufacturer of: the -well ~ Known Enterprise stoves in Sackville, N, B. . | } John’ Fisher ‘pradil ed ton housie ‘University. in Halifax]. pith: a degree in law and ia still ‘member of the Nova Scotia q bar association, He ig best known in Canada as a broadcaster with the CBC and, of course, more recently hs“ Mr, Canada”, . Local Hydro manager on : . - assignment Jack MacDougall, Terrace Dis- trict Manager for B,C, Hydro, has been transferred but he isn't leaving town, MacDougall will take charge of B.C, Hydro’s northern pro- duction department, responsible for the production of power and transfer on high voltage lines to sub-stations, — Hydro Production offices will be housed at the corner of Lakelse Avenue and Kalum Stréet in the building formerly. océupied by. the R. C. M. P. detachment, Replacing MacDougall as tem- Merve District Manager for: the. errace District, isW.H. “Bill” vidson, who comes from'Dun- can, B.C. where he is an assis- tant manager, .. Davidson asssumed his new uties on October 3 and will eadquarter out of the B.C, Hydra ltlees in the Lazelle Shopping Willy Selmeider Geft) and Art TERRACE AND KITIMAT Chambers of Com- merce were represented arospectively by . Lexton when acne hg ACF Bb RE SH TE BI ES Canada’s Minister for Norther: Affairs has denied that the Goy- ernment will subsidize dock con- struction in Prince. Rupert - at the expense of private enterprise in Kitimat.: Hon. Arthur Laing’s assurance followed a question asked by Kit- imat Chamber ‘of Commerce president Art Lexton at a meet- ing with the Minister Thursday night. Centre. ‘Laing flew here to address a convention of the northern Brit- ish Columbia Teachers’ Assoc- jation.. = The Northern Affairs Minister was optimistic at prospects for growth in the Pacific Northwest. “You have the geography here. You couldn't be living ina better location,’” he sald, Laing said that he felt both ‘|-Prince Rupert and Kitimat har- ‘ LOCAL TEENAGERS Jet. thelr: halr down { Friday and. Saturday at.the Coranunity Cone. ‘ tre's Teen. Fair,” dancing: but cReothe. seemed: at A minimum." I. _ Youngsters: enjoyed the: wu (NR to” t local way passenger Ones | the . CNR ‘on its: Prinee: George |' : to . Privicé* Rupert + “run may be} closer than you think, - The word {s out unofficially that passenger service may be| decreased when B,C, returns to Standard Time on October’ 29, Current service gives Terrace two traing*'a day, six daya’ a week, and the projected service schedule would bring eastbound passengers through on Tuesday, ureday and Saturday with weat- bound passengers on Wednesday, Friday and: the Herald tha change, ifit comes, may have been‘ planned in anti. cipation of:.a sharp cutback in _|passenger usage due to the end. local chamber personnel met with Minister of Northern Affairs Art Laing at the Hot» springs Thursday, - LAING _ON KITIMAT,_RUPERT PORTS There'll be plenty. for both’ ing of. Expo. 67, During the Expo. months, CNR passenger The CNR proposal has sparked a. strong protest from Frank Howard, MP for Skeena, who has asked the: Minister of Transport if he will make official represen- tations on behalf of the Govern ment, to the CNR, in efforts to get: that. body -to treat northern A ‘Tocal ‘CNR spokesman told}. traffic reached an all-time high, | "| the’ overnight bus. to Vanderhoot | where ‘he will meet Strachan for bors would be called on to reach the markets of the. orient. He doseribed Vancouver and New Westminster as “ ficient ports” but said thathe felt the Fraser Canyon would bottle- neck freight trains in the future, The Minister’. said. that the Kitimat and Rupert ports could be used to handle growlng potash exports from Saskatchewan, pulp from British Columbia, oil, tum- ber, coal and mineral ore, . “"There’s going to be ‘plenty | | for both Kitimat and Prince Rup-|-aing B, ome “with a bitmore decency.’ ‘Howard pointed out that pagsene ger revenue on the line for the ast..year. has been close to 300,000. and that freight revenue ‘With: is about $25 million.” ‘this sort of income,'’ Howard said; ‘it is. nothing but distrimination passenger service since the passenger revenue has nearly: doubled in ‘the past few. years, mot , To. date been given to: Parliament by Ge r, to curtail the especially - answer "has ert,” Laing told the group. The Northem Affairs Minister the Canadian economy but anid thet the Government were an- out at the curreitt inflationary tren : Strachan, Howard to attend NDP meeting here. "Howard, ain a and Bob Gkractian, MC L.A, and Provinelal Leader ofthe New fa nein og ome four day a te week of October 10: to 14th, “Howard ‘will arrive in Terrace on October 10th by plane and take & public. mooting. October’ 11th, On Ostober 14th the New Dems ‘oeratic Party will hold a nomin ‘ating convention ‘In: Terrace to select. a- candidate : for: ‘te fede on, MP, for | J was optimistic at ‘the state of! fi oe “KRAFT: MILL and SKEENA Prince £ Rupert Sulphite Mill will now’: Gustattson, former vice pres- ident: . Rupert appointme Mr. ed Wedhesdayby Han Brune, vice- ba’. directed ‘by. K,. Fred Nova Scotia Pulp, The ‘| eral Riding of Skeona. | Strachan will-be guest pealcor at) president <<. Columbia Cell’s the convent N of ‘A young RCMP constable and his trend died in the early hours of Sunday morning. Their car plummetted over the edge of Highway 25 some two miles south of the Skeenabridge. A third man in the car Is in Terrace Mills Memorial Hospit- al following the car’s death plunge at a spot which has-claimed 15 lives In the past three years, Dead are Constable Douglas James Mack, 21, son of Dr, and Mrs, Gordon Mack of 1457 Al- batross, Kitimat; and Grant Les- lie Newman-Duck, 21, of 7Wid- geon, Kitimat, In Mills Memoriat Hospital i with a broken arm and undet- ‘| ermined internal injuries 1s lan Songary, potline worker for Alcan ‘| whose residence is listed as 43 Wedaene, Kitimat,’ He is the son of Johnny Songary of Terrace, The disaster cecurred shortly after midnight Sunday about 2 miles south of Terrace,as Mack's 1964 Wildcat convertible rounded liminary inquest proceed. ings cpened here Tuesday even- ing with Coroner Fred Adumes officiating. ‘Tt is believed the Mack vehicle left the road, plunging 25 feet down a steep embankment, The men were enroute to Kit- imat at the time of the accident, Douglas Mack was stationed in Edmonton, Alberta with the R.C.M.P, and hed returned to Kitimat for a visit with family and friends, The accident occurred near the spot on Highway 25 where eight; people died’ in a spectacular. two ear collision on July 31, 1965, The first eight miles south of Terrace on Highway 25, have claimed the: lives of a total 15 persons uring the ast three "Siren sound at noontime — causes stir If the fire alarm blasts forth in the noonday sun, local cit. izens ‘should retain their cool. It's strictly a test, - That's what Herald staffers found Thursday when they leaped for their box brownies at the sound of the blast, - To say nothing.of a radio an- nouncer who obligingly urgedvol- unteor firemento answer the call, Two volunteers from: Remo bolted lunch and sped to Terrace in the line of duty.. _But it was all part of the Terrace Fire Department’s new courtesy signal system, There waa no smoke and ‘there Was nto re, It was just the regular daily test run for the Terrace fire siren, You'll hear it every day at noon-and the reason is one that indicates our Fire De. partment is notonly courteous but also civic minded, ‘The big siren has been moved from the corner of Lakelse and Emerson to the roof of the Com- munity Centre and the former practice of giving it a test blast at. nine o'clock every evening has been scrapped, - “The sound of that siren dur ing a concert or play ox any body out of his wits,’’ commented Fire Chief Andy Owens this week, The nine o'clock evening cur- |. few call will be sounded on the air horn. RCMP MAN FRIE! DIE IN couver company 7 Seclaltzing in bat baling pools, NEW SWIMMING POOL will be added to the Hotsprings resort this fal! if the weather eee oe ee Carelessness blamed. for fire cost hike "Fires coat: local people twice as much in 1967, That's the estimate of Fire Chief Andy. Owens who ehecked out total costs to the community over. the past five-year: Owens told the per capita fire loss In Terrace already reached $14, 0D, For the. period. covering 1962 through 1966, the per capita loss due to fire was only $7.50, .- At least. ono’ major fire this - » the blaze that. destroyed year " Veritas Auditorium, is responsi. | ble for the heavy increase, . Terrace Fire Department has answered 78 fire calla in 1967, Damages resuiting from ‘the blazes have been blamed mostly on carelessness, =~ . Chief Owens sald bn a report filed this week that losses through careless habits bave “drastic. ally increased,”’ His report filed in advance of Fire Prevention Weak, October * 8 to 15, said the largest cause able: ° ashtrays, major hazards. ‘ “Persons who amoke in bed trays Should he ‘deep and ‘have. should have respect for others | well defined aides. a Herald that in’ the -current nine months of 1967, © of serious fires in the home is|in their family’ or others in other function inside the Com-| still cigarettes, ‘munity Centre wouldscareevery-| He blamed, the use of unsuit.| later they are zoing to disposal of} serious fire which will. involye ashes. and smoking in. bed aa others,” Ovens FIRE CHIEF AND OWENS. the building, because: sooner: or’ cause a sald,” polnted “out that all” ash: British Columbia's Lieutenant Governor will come. to Terraca next Friday as part of a farewell tour of the province, Tho Hon, George Pearkes ‘has Bcheduled a three day tour of tha Terrace area before stepping down a8 Ileutenant governor at . the end of this month, He will recelve a warm wele come from local civic offictals. and towns people on Friday when he arrives here. Tho District Municipality will host a luncheon at the Lakelca Hotel following a tour of Terrace. FE: ‘to be..conducted by the cnaes d Police. eutenant ;Governor: Fearkes ts ‘enpocted to arvive a. Terrace | airport: a 10:00 a.m, ane vill be met thera’ hy R. Pvand elvic officiala,: renown the.noon luricheoi, a c0"8 neireat school, 4 MEUTENANT-GOVERNOR'S FAREWELL VISIT -ernor is scheduled: to appear on: k meet the Lieutenant arranged, sy a Goys 4 5:30 telovision show... Representatives .. of sorvica: clubs and community leaders Will: Govemor dinnar in the Blug Gables reo