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TRADITIONAL SCEXE REPEATED ai most Terrace: achoots in the past week was the Nativity scene, dents’ of Thornhill Elementary school.

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for missing

Ke you don’t get all the Christmas cards that you. expected, ° then. check the Generai Delivery wicket after the holiday season,

Postmaster Robert =Dumma said, the Post Office will hold all cards and letters which have been incorrectly addressed tothepoint |. where the rightful owners cannot be located,

“We will hold them: in General Delivery for 15. day's before re- turning “them. ‘to: the sender.” * he , said. *

“Major centres in Canada have reported a decrease in the ex« pected amount of extra holiday mail but. Dumma said the Tere |'

. race post office is running close - to that handled last year. :

‘We expect to reach our peak about Saturday." he said, “but ‘then that peak just’ might not

we're golng crazy, This week's Herald had to be wrap- -ped up by 9:50 a.m, Saturday: morning. which is three days Worse than our normal hors rendous deadline, Please he. kind about omissions, errors, ete., ecanise the pace has been frantic, oo ‘eee One omission -that- readtly | comes to mind fs the Kitimat: flying saucer story, Informed Sources say that the real story . is that they are-indeed‘opera- | ted by little men: from Mars’ a and MAYOR SAM L INDSAY of ‘Kitimat, will be ‘quoted soon: as saying that it's oneday clo. Ber to Mars.than from Vane: -couver, And MAYOR PETE

LESTER of Prince Rupert will, demand spacesport: frolghte rate parity,

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Even though its Christmas, we can't let this ona fly by in the night, Federal: Publte’ perisad Produces their public. fH Yelations poop in the clols-. f tered calm of Ottawa...“This , may explain the’ latestrelease concertiing -

‘course’ we may’: a ble story when the hurricane hit Rupert, But ato aay af. mie om Hah some 30 miles 3 18 ia untrue. ada 4 a6 @” . a Don't Inow why,. ba wortts - fing oa & newspaper; v you very, iraroly. expect to treated | vith kindness, Thats why Hare, ald staffors were overcome .

wer WSs ageless

"Check: general delivery

Christmas: is , coming and

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Xmas. cards .

come if there is 4 drop in the amount of Christmas’ mail,’”

The post office. wickets will be: closed December 25 and.26 but the lock boxes: will be open from 2 Pam, ta'6 p.m. ‘Decem-

ber. 26,‘ There will be no parcel |.

bick up after 6’p.m., December

ck up from the ‘street ait boxes wil] be the same as Sunday service, ~

. -Dirmma said Terrace residents:

should. be reminded that aire Mnall. closing hours has been changed to 2:10 p.m., effective December 23, to flt in with the new CPA . ight Schedule.

Wardens sent us a Christmas tree, The boys made the gese ture following the Herald came palgn for MRS, FLORENCE . GREAVES; the widow who lost . her. home in the fire, ~ They ‘liked what: they did, And we both. like what the whole town did, Thanks to a, lot of |; “good .people, Mrs. Greaves “and her. eight youngsters will | ,havé'a happy Chiristrias, and. - good . prospects for the New... Year, © S a . aa

‘Look: for big ‘doings on ‘the reserve west of town. . fewellery,, designer ‘and gene. eral. CLIFF: BOL. TON. ig’ leading’ @ project io’. -build a Native Arts and Crafts: ‘showcase there as a tourist’: : attraction for next summer, ’ They've got the forms up and _ - Will - be. pouring. concrete as - - Boon ‘as the. weather 4 right, | They’ re using band finds and - when | complated,. At: will bea’ “‘ghowcase ‘‘for, Native ‘work "from all parts of Canada, with alittle extra emphasis on the.

lo¢al products, »" It's «Smo ry ee

be’ called “ Rouse, of at het",

“Maybe weve fist ft od OF: maybe: we jus wi the heck,’ But when we heard - that'a very big namie in-show - business’ wae ‘sitting quigtly at tho ‘Hotaprings, we thought | “that maybe: the guy just came “here for some peace: and quiet ‘and to: escape thé rat‘race, | 8O"Wwe let: our box: brownfe- “An thé: office ‘and decided to: ‘leave him alone, Anda merry White: Christmas t 1 You, $00,

_| Won't cause fires this Christmas,

‘Distance’ Dialing,

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‘| every'avallable switchboard posi.

“cautions” ~ smokers

‘Terrace - Fire Chief - “Andy ‘Owens is hoping that local people

ul asking | people to be. cares

He has also given some advice | on how-to prevent fires over the holiday season, a peak periodf for home-fire: hazard,

- Two major ‘causes of Christe}

cessive ‘Smoking, and “improe per use"”’ ‘of ‘Christmas | trees, Owens said; © For cigarette smokers, he gives this advice: -1, Never empty recently used ashtrays into wastebaskeths or combustible garbage containers, -2. Check the house, particu. larly chesterfields. -and: chairs, |, for smouldering : ‘elgarettes before going to bed ' 3. kt is- a good idea to put all ashtrays in the sink and wet down | contents before retiring; . then empty them in the -morning; |: Owens advice -for. Christina trees: 1, Cheek ‘lights’ ‘for Teayed wires, broken sockets. or’ loose | connections, - . . 2,Use: only ‘tameproof NOt combustible dscorations,. : 3: , Keep tlie: tree . base. tn ‘water, placa é away from heat; and don't block exits, .-.

4. Dispose. of t wrapping pape

race’ Fire Department: “Marry

Heavy demand for phones: on

{Christmas day

B.C, Tel's: district a centre in. Terrace expects ta

handle 8,900 calia on Christmas ‘Day _ without. benefit of Direct

- Some 54 operttors will tandle |the catle,-

- The telophoria company: aatd it expects ‘British Columbians will place -n total of 292,000 long dit. tance calla’ on: Christmas fy 41,000 more ‘than placed in B.C, on "Christmas ‘day last year,

More -than ‘half of these calls, some-154,000, are expected tobe |. customer dialed fn the aroas awhich have. roctdistance dialing: servied, these Including the 90

cent ofthe 900,000 telephones the company’ 8 system, > .°.

The’ balance: of the calls"? will, be. handled by operators staffing

tlon in the: company's long’ dis

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tance centres. throughout thépro.

mas fires are careless and exe|-

| promptly but not inthe ing Papen. ’ - Anda final word from the Tere |

dir of the holiday season, |

_ The Catholic Church will have a Carol Service at 11:30 Dm, prior to. Midnight Mass,. Decém- ber 24. - Children’: will not’ be allawed at this service, |

Christmas Day’ masses wil be held at 8:30 a.m., 10 am 11:15 am, and 2 p.m.

At St; Mathews { Church, Chala mas ‘services will be. conducted ‘at. 21:45 p.m, December 24 and at. 10:15 a.m, December 25, .

* Christmas. Eve services will be held at Knox United Church starting, at & p.m. . A” family service on Christmas Day starts etiam. -: . The traditional Christmas ‘story will be-told in song and word. at the Pentecostal Tabere

; Mrs; We ft Van Heek said the ‘library would day: December 25 and 26, January 1 and 2, -Normal brary: hours will be retained during the remain.

~ Churches prepare for Christmas —

Commercialism may. have robbed Christmas of much of It’s original meaning but Terrace churches will aall hold traditional Services to commemorate the birth of Christ, 4

nacle Deconiber 24 at 7:30 p,m. The ‘service: will include con. gregational ‘singing of favorite carols, °. *

A candle fightand carol Christ.

mas” service willbe held at

*| Christ : ‘Lutheran Church

at 7:30 p.m., December 24, The

traditional: family. service, on

Christmas: Day: is. to start-at 11 Bom.

At the: Christian * Reformed

Church, a Christmas Service

based on-the: message “Gospel by Night’ is to be a.m, December 25; °

held at 11 Everyone is invited to attend

the Siuiday Schoo! Christmas pro- gram December 26 starting at 10

Equipment failure cuts Hydro power

A plece of’ equipment failed and Terrace and Thornhill resi- dents. were without power for some three hours early’ Tmrs= day moming,

Few complained. about the ine convenierice, Power went off at 2:15 am, Some people werelate for “work when. electric alarm clocks failed to go off in time, The equipment, an automatic control device, is located at the. Hydro. substation. at the oirier of” Highways 25. and 16,

Residents of ‘Terrace, Thorne

hill: and - else Lake were affected by the outage,’ °

Jack McDougall, district man- ager for B.C. Hydro said the |: major outage occurred at 2:15 and - Some ‘areas were- without |power for three e hours, -

emergency

Milis Memorial of ‘an hour

ters (December 18): ve Power ‘was wiped out - ivien

a main emergency electrical el short circuited, . pate

Flectrictan Allan delong 1 ree ceived superficial burns When the | Panel exploded.

Terrace tire “btgada ° was | called to the. -séeiie ‘and! stiiyed on’ hand until’ smoke: had: been cleared by the ventilating ‘syse |. tem. + However there: was no fire damage, ;

The exploston wiped ‘out: nor mal Hydro power and ‘also tems

‘porarily rendered the’ ‘emegency. Stand-by system Inoperable,

, scheduled

l power

~ Surgery halted when_

power fails

Hospital was without power for three during peak surgery: period , Wednesday”

istrator at the hospital, said the. auxiliary ‘power: supply did not function because: of the, break. panel,

‘ MIs said that “ng. satan: 7

problems” were caused 1 hy, the

Power outage a,

“The ‘staff reacted: ‘pérmmally x ‘to the situation,’ ot Mills said,

‘While the hospital normally . * surgery : for: early:*;

being failed, ©

Surgery had jt started. The 7

Parker Mills, assistant admin.

operation was Aemporarily, de. . layed,. .

happy New ; i

vince,

“A-SKLDOO: FULL OF SANTAS, ine tw after _ Fonching thelr target ' of

mbera of "Terrace Kinettes tho ara whoop! ing: 3 a soy for every: neddy vomantor in fot,”

‘down’ -in the main, “emergency, 7

Morning, only one patient: was | operated on when the power ob: