’ The property on which the Skeena. Mali is situated was sold to Cloverlawn Development by the Catholle Church in 1971.

The Church had gradually acquired the property over the years, beginning in 1914: when its small parish church building was constructed, ==.”

Harvey Doll, who came to Terrace in 1923, says he remembers that there were only about 20 to -30 members of the congregation.

The population of Terrace in the early 1920's was about 400 people, says Emil Haugland, who was ‘Terrace’s muyor from 1932 to 1957, The property surrounding the

. church was residential property and

some of the owners included George Gregory, Jack Cobb, Blackie Mc- Connell and Robert Braun, whose namesake is Braun’s Island.

Ollie Besner, who is well known in Prince Rupert as a Jand developer,

donated five acres of his Terrace .

property to the church.

As property became available, the church purchased the land surrounding it for its own future development.

In 1956 and 1957 the church pur- chased property from Vic Nelson, who operated a mote] on the land and Charlie Adams, who founded the

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Veritas Hall was completed in 1958 andthe schco! was built in 1959. The conyent was built at ihe rear of the church property after tie school had been completed. Part of the land on which this church complex was built had been used by a previous land owner for a strawherry field which had been a prosperous business for

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The convent was moved in 1972 to The school building was moved in 1973 and incorporated into the present modern facility on Straume Ave. The old church building and the old Veritas Hall were both.destroyed to make way for the excavation of the Skeena Mall.

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Abacus Ltd. last fall after five years of uncertainty about the growth potential of Terrace’s economy. Construction was begun on the mall last April and businesses began operating at the complex on October 24 and 25.

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