George Little, the founder of Terrace, was born the fourth of six children to John and Helen Little. It was John Little’s second family.

John Little was born in Engtand in 1828. As a young man he came to Canada and bought a farm near Atwood, Ontario. He ‘married Janet McGregor and their union was blessed with six children. Unfortunately, Janet died in 1869, leaving John a widower.

The next chapter belongs to Helen Lawrence. She was born in

With her came a lady by the name of Annie Cousins to look after her. ,

Grandma Helen Little and Annie Cousins made their home in the same cottage her son had brought his bride to in earlier years. ;

It was in the 1922 Terrace Fall Fair that the hair wreath was exhibited. The Terrace Daily

News of Friday, Sept. 22 reports: "One of the most inter- esting and a really wonderful exhibit was a floral wreath made from human hair by Grandma

1835 in Aberdeen, Scotland. She Little sixty years ago. The work

AS THINGS ONCE WERE —

Reports from Terrace’s Heritage Park

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felled every ‘year for making pen- cils alone.

March 7, 1928, The Terrace News: Advertisement, by Silver Spring Brewery Ltd., Victoria B.C. — Beer is not liquor, it is liquid food. A liquor is a bever- age in which alcohol is the base and principal ingredient. As, for instance, whiskey. In beer, the alcohol is only incidental, being about one thirtieth (1/30) part of it, just enough as a valuable aid - to digestion. For sale at all gov- ernment liquor stores and beer

_ parlours.

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Helen Watts, a Terrace pioneer who eventually married John Little, made this hair wreath from clippings accumulated over - years of cutting her children’s hair. This rare work of art is part of the collection at Heritage Park.

and her brother came to Canada with their parents and also settled near Atwood, Ontario. Helen

_ Lawrence married Adam Watt, and together they had three children. Then Adam Watt passed

- away, leaving Helen a widow.

To make a long story short, John Little persuaded Helen Watt to be his housekeeper and look after his children. After a period of time they married and they together had six children.

_ Helen and John were hard workers. They farmed, raising all kinds of crops, kept horses, cows, pigs and chickens. If all that didn’t keep them busy enough, there were also lots of apple trees on the farm. They would pick the very best and ship them in barrels to England. The lower grade apples would be made into apple cider.

Helen and John were business- oriented people. She at one point started a butter and cheese fac- tory, and years later converted it to a rug factory. Helen Little also had a flair for the artistic. When- ever the children’s hair was cut, she would save it.

All that hair was fashioned into a beautiful hair wreath. Today ~ this work of art hangs proudly in the Heritage Park Museum.

When son George Little married the girl of his dreams, Clara Best of Seattle, he brought her back to Terrace. He had built a cottage on Lakelse Avenue, This would be their home until they started building the big house in 1914. A few years later, George brought out his mother from Ontario.

was beautifully done." Grandma Helen Little passed

~ away in Terrace in 1931 at the

age of 96, She lived a full life.

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The Terrace News, Wednesday, March 28, 1928: It was reported ©

that a freight train going east near -

McBride left the track and a box car of ties went part way dow an embankment. Unfortunately a hobo riding in the boxcar was killed, having been tossed about among the ties.

The Terrace News, July 22, -1936; Postmaster S. Kirkaldy and Mrs. Kirkaldy put through a fine piece of work on Tuesday and Wednesday. A few minutes before five on Tuesday afternoon, the freight from Prince Rupert pulled in with a car containing 145 sacks of mail. Sam made a hurried trip to the train and brought them back all the sacks he could get into his own car, and the others were piled on Swain’s. big truck. Sorting was started as soon as the first sacks arrived and continued until nine in the evening, when the public wicket was opened and was kept open until 11 p.m. that night. At an eatly hour on Wednesday Sam got busy again and by three o’clock in the afternoon he had his mailsacks all opened and delivered. There was also a big mail for the East on Tuesday and the two mails established a record for this post office for their time.

The Terrace News, Sept. 30, 1936; 150,000 cedar trees are

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