OMINECA EE

. LIX, No. 5

20 Pages

Wednesday, August 24, 1966 .

10 Cents a Copy, $3.00 a Yeor — Press Run 3300,

mer USHING TO FINISH construction job at Skeena Secondary
meschool in time for the opening of the new school term are
secondary school teacher Mr. J, Sangh (right) and student
Allan Titcomb, 14 (left). They are members of a specicii
swork group comprised of teachers, students and schoo!
mmaintenance men, who accepted the building wark: when

which might have produced:shifting in classrooms.

gcarpenters’ wage disputes attr atotal work stoppage,

Astaff photo)

Jjand possible skull fracture. °

Twin River Man
Dies On Job

A cat-hooker for Twin River
Timber Company died . Tuesday
afternoon in’ an industrial accident

about 36 miles north of Terrace
in the Kalum Lake area,

address is Dome Creek, B.C. had

_|been employed in Terrace since

June 20. His wife and young son
Dwain, reside in Dome Creek.

There were no witnesses to the
accident which oceurred at about
1 p.m. while Stromberg was at
work,

An investigation today suggests
that Stromberg may have been
struck by a rolling log but nothing
definite has been established. |

RCMP. in Terrace said today
at presstime that no inquest has
yet been ordered.

Terrace Lad Hurt
In Fall From Car

Sidney Mills, 11-year-old: son of
Mr. and Mrs. Parker Mills of Ter-
race, is in Prince George Hospital
following an accident in which he
fell from the family car. while
travelling to Vancouver on Annual
vacation.
bat e- accident occurred near

ince George, ‘Sidney was rushed
to hospital suffering concussion
On
last report today he was making
good progress. The family is re-

maining in Prince George.

Cart Stromberg, 38, whose home|

‘| copters, was immediately launch-

: ‘American. ‘Couple.
§ Hurt In. Crash .

s A freak highway accident hos-
Muitalized two American — tourists
Mist week and caused extensive}
mamage to their car. .

© Mr. and Mrs. Sam M. Ensley of
fOthell, Washington, weré taken
» Mitls Memorial Hospital Thurs-
may after their car struck a-boul-
ser on Highway 16 and left the
oad about 20 miles east of. Ter-
ace,

/Mr, Ensley was discharged from
: ospital on Saturday but his wife
memamed hospitalized. .
m@ The couple, driving a Pontiac
edan, were enroute to Wrangell,
@laska where Mr. Ensley had
pent part of his childhood. It was
mis first trip back to the area since
me was five years old.

Ss a UNNECESSARY,

- Anishing

rites Zee

School

Terrace School District officials today assured the public
there will be no necessity for conducting classes on a shift
basis thanks to the combined efforts of a group of school
maintenance men, teachers and students.

The group agreed to take on
the job of rushing Skeena Second:
ary School. into completion, des-
pite the threat of. total. work
stoppage due to labor-management

problems involving members of|

the’ carpenters’ union.

They: began work on Monday
morning, entering Skeena Second:
ary school at the south end where
a- contractor’s lock-out hag been
in effect since early last week

Melting Pot ed .

m-RANK © ‘HOWARD, ‘MP ° for-
mpkeena, is holding a baby blue
Mparking ticket in his pinky this
Mveek. He found it on‘his car
mvhen he finished a conversation
ith Prince ‘Rupert's Mayor
Petar J, Lester on Monday
orning. ‘The conversation. last-
gid from 10:15 a.m, to 11:40 am.
nd will cost Mr. Howard at.
‘ast $2.50. Seems Gaglardi gets °
a for moving too fast and -How-
gets it for standing still!

MEBODY MOVED fast last |

Beek after local Socreds put up —

mine expensive road signs along
Be highway, Two of the bill-
ards
ece, disappeared almost im-
diately after they were erect:

One was placed ‘near the!

rrece Bridge and the other

x the Kalum ridge. Maybe

* signboards were ‘used for.

ty bridge repairs .by some.

sperate motorist,

ROLD AND -ELLA- CLIP:

RD are now managing — the

lot Court Mota) in Prince

orde und sent. greatings to

ir many friends in. Terrace ‘Falnfall.

. Terrace’s-Red. D'or

AMONG :
valued at about $100 .

via Doug and Loulse Kroetsch
who overnighted at the Camelot
last week enroute home from a
three week motor trip to Points
south.

“AFTER A SENTENCE Like that
— we'd better go back to the
Nechako Valley.. It’s hot!

SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2ND AND
3RD ‘are the days Of Crosby at
Cabaret,
— here on-a return engagement’
and tho’ he’ may not be Bing,
‘he's got plenty of zing, and is a
Jad who can sing! :

BX: HOLIDAYERS,
propping” open. ‘their .: eyelids:
ahd ‘wishing they had-.-another
week of . leisure coming, is

Bt Lester “of “the Municipal
" ye

DID. You. KNOW ‘that | “beaver

ES.

“oan Work under. water, sawing |

“poles: with their teeth, without:

getting. water. in. their mouths? |

That’s ‘somethinng to - know’ it

case the Munielpality has to hire.
any emergency ‘crews to work -
‘on city ‘streets in the next heavy;

get

The north end of the school is
being picketed by members of
the carpenters’ union and is in-
accessable,

School Board. E. G. Ted - Wells
said today there is “no longer any
danger of classroom shifts.”
Three bids in answer to a $105-
000 tender call, covering con-
struction of a new auditorium at
Skeena . Secondary, wee’ all re-
jected at a special meeting of the
School Board building committee,
on Monday evening. Lowest bid
came in at $176,474, approximately
$70,000 higher than the amount
approved in the referendum. The
low bid represented a cost of $29
per square foot as apposed to a
previous record high in: May of
this year, of $18 per square foot.
Architects, Briggs & Greenwell
& Associates have been instructed
to resubmit plans and specifica.
tlons by early October. wii
Mr, Wells said today the School
Board had hoped = to have. the
auditorium completed in time for
this.:school term but . architects’
original plats and. specifications |
were delayed for a period ‘of some
six ‘months. lu
aii:

_ SAFEWAY. TO. BUILD
AS NEW PLAN. OK'D |

“Plans for ‘a. $800,000. " Sofeway
supermarket ‘at. the © corner of

ahead - following :

revised
program, -:
‘Construction will: “start - -elther

pending:on weather conditions and

Limited in Vancouver. oo

Secretary - treasurer of the!

‘Lakelse* and: Emerson: Will. go} &re
approval... by'|": --
Municipal Council: last week! ‘of. alr
Proposed “development Q

this fall‘or in the: early apring, ‘dé- od

labourer -availability, according to -
a spokesman for Canada Bateway a

CRASH, FIRE AND EXPOSURE

Three Escape Death |

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In Helicopter Crash :

Two carpenters anda helicopter- pilot: are making favor-

able progress in Mills Memorial Hospital. following one of the

narrowest escapes from death
of the.north. country,

ever recorded in the histary

One of the men, Neil. Voss, 25-year-old Prince. George
carpenter, is attributed with saving ‘the fives of Ris two com-

panions, Buzz Alder of North
Vancouver, and Garry -Pattin-
son, 24, of Red Rock, B.C.

Voss * erawled, injured . and
bleeding, through 12 “miles * of
heavy bush. to summon assistance
following a spectacular mountain-
side crash early Sunday: He was
Spotted early Monday morning .by
Okanagan Helicopters, pilot Ed
Phillips and brought to hospital
in Terrace,

An air search, using four heli-

ed in an effort to-locate Alder and
Pattinson. Both men were thrown
free of their aircraft as it cart-
wheeled some 600 feet down a
mountain located a mile up: Alder
Creck..which is about 2 miles
east of KEwinitsa. Voss rode the
machine to the bottom and suffer-
ed burns after it caught fire. .

One of the injured men manag-
ed to. Hght:.a beacon fire which
was spotted late Monday - after:
noon and beth were then picked
up and taken to hospital.

Doctors said Tuesday. the men
are “serlously. ill’, but’ responding
favorably: to. treatment.”. Boe

the. Skeena at ‘Kwinitsa. ‘Voss’ and

For Council

-A pg@-long. business agenda
went @ewn for the count Tuesday
night in Municipal Council cham-
bers when only Reeve Goulet: and
Councillor Dorothy ‘Norton show-
ed up for a special, meeting of the
Municipal Council. :

’ The meeting was called off due
to lack of a quorum and three
delegations: comprised of approx-
imately’ a dozen taxpayers were
turned away minus a hearing.

Among items scheduled to be
dealt with at the meeting were a
property lease with International
Harvester Company, a building
encroachment on-:.Haugland
Avenue, an appointment to the
zoning board of appeal and the
awarding of contracts for the
cleaning and painting of the
muticipal hall,

‘Also scheduled for reading were
several by-law ammendments as
well as by-law No, 421 which cov-
ers purchase by Terrace District
Municipality of the J & M Truck
and Equipment property.

Absatice of five members of

Council was not explained ~

Pattinson work for .G. W. Leding:
ham & Company and Alder is’ a
ba, for . Northwest ‘Whirlybirds

ae e
Salesman ‘Drowns

In Lakelse. Lake

A man drowned Tyeaday even-" |

ing-in the waters of Lakelse

after he plunged from a boat ‘tor

a. swim,
John Firing, 38, whose. official
residence is Terrace but who

maintained temporary . residence -

in Kitimat; where he was employ-

Fee I rn ET nt

Mans

Shinn ata donb ra! OS SE eR

LAR SD ETON 3 oar

ed as a salesman for Pryde Auto.” ~

‘Motive Lid., drowned at about 9:25: °

p.m. despite a companion’s efforts
to rescue’ him.
Returning by. boat from a visit

to friends.on ‘the -north side,

Firing, clad in swim.

trunks, .
jumped out of. the boat for a

swim and immediately encounter.

ed trouble. One of his:companions, - é

Norman Shenton of Kitimat, dived

into the water to assist Firing but
‘wag unable ‘to reach him, Shenton

was pulled out of the water when — °

it became: evident tha

 :cPhecnen.r6; all-employéd-~on: : "ii eriaus
-| thetransmissianline “site: ‘crossing | =)

‘turn (up ‘Geing’s" body. A police”

‘| spokesman said the . lake’ water |":
was extremely cold. and might.
cause. shock. for someone diving

in very’ suddenly. |

Firing is survived by his wife -

Kay and one child of Terrace,

_——— +

Porst Office Grounds
Now Almost Finished”
Paving of the parking and load- -
ing areas at Terrace Post Office.

has now been completed..and a.
small patch of garden-at the rear

of. the premises will be: seeded

and landseaped before the end — §

of the summer. .

Word of the project éompletion -
came this week in a letter from.

Frank Howard, M.P. for Skeena.. “3
The letter was a copy of one re- |

ceived by Howard from Minister
of Public Works. George J. Me-
Hraith.

’ Mr, Howard was in the Terrace

‘area during the past few days
agsisting NDP candidates for the ©

September 12th election with. the
launching of election campaigns.
| After a final television. appear:
ance. on Friday
Howard will return to Ottawa
where all Members have been -re-
called -to. deal with the railway

A workers strike:.

_ TENDERS: CALLED
- FOR FINAL _STRET CH

Dudley” Little, ‘taedmnbent Social’ Credit. MLA for Skeenia o 4
‘has announced the calling’ of tenders on August:J0 for the
of: Honey 16. ‘between:

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