Page 12

TERRACE “Omineco” HERALD, TERRACE, BRITISH COLUMBIA

OBITUARY

WILLIAM WALLACE
Terrace, 6,C,

Memorial service was held in
St. Matthew's Church on Tuesday,
February 8 for William Wailace,
who passed away in Skeenaview
Hospital on February 7 at the age
of 68. The service was conducted
by the Reverend A. P. Horsfield
with Mrs. V. Seaman prealding at
the organ.

The remains were shipped to
Courtenay, B.C. where interment
took place in Sandwick Cemetery.

The late Mr. Wallace was born

For a Change
of Pace. .. Eat
Oriental

ley Valley ag a child with his par-
ents,

A veteran of fhe First World
War, Mr. Wallace went to live in
Prince Rupert in the early 1820's
with his English war bride,

He worked for a time with B.C.
Packers, then for seven years as

The exciting flavor of the Orient is just
a dinner away at our Chinese restaurant,

BOTH CANADIAN & CHINESE FOODS

‘md, RESTAURANT

and an additional seven years at
Dryad Point. He returned to Fr.
Rupert and ¢ontinued to work for
the Department of Transport until
he retired in 1958 to take up re-
sidence at Fanny Bay, Vancouver
Island.
He was predeceased by his wife
in 1958 and later entered Skeena-
view Hospital as a patient,
The late Mr, Wallace is, surviy-
7 4642 Lazelle Ave, Terrace, B.C. ed by one son, Ernest of Courte-
sf Qpen Monday thru Saturday, 10 a.m. to 1 am. nay; four daughters, Margaret
Sunday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Slater of Terrace, Gladys Nygaard
of Bella Bella, Vera Blackstone
FULL FACILITIES t

a and Edna Nilson of Prince Rupert,
A Take-out Orders, phone VI 3-6629

a sister, Mrs, Margaret Thornton
of Mission, B.C. and 13 grandchil-
dren.

Enjoying the
bonus-benefits
of these Royal

services?

e*.
e
“Veg g ot

See how this check-list can help:

Student loans can be discussed when-
ever you wish at your nearby branch.

Joint Accounts, for two or more
people to operate a bank account to-
gether,

Royal Bank termPlan loans can be

in Victoria and moved to the Bulk-,

lighthouse keeper at Addenbroke|. -

The first white men to find
gold in what is now British Col-
umbia were a handful of Hud-
son's Bay Company adventurers
under Capt. William Henry Me-
Neill — and it almost cost them
their lives.

On the west coast of the
-Queen Charlotte Islands they
found a rich outcropping in
1851 and began blasting. But
30 canoes of Indians landed.
After every blast the natives
would rush in to scramble with
the whites for the free gold
and all the loose tools they
could find. Blows were struck
and knives were drawn until
finally the whites took fright.
McNeill managed to send a few
pounds of their gleamings to
James Douglas at Fort Victoria.
But the “mine” was abandoned
and proved ta be a small, freak
deposit anyway.

McNeill was a Yankee trader,
born in Boston in“1801 who first

Wednesday, Febrtiary 23
A_CENTENNIAL FEATURE

Our Sounders . . .

CAPTAIN WILLIAM HENRY MeNEELL

DOC’S CARTAGE & STORAGE

©. (LTD.

came to the Pacific Northwes
in the mid-1820’s. By 1832 he
‘was operating so greatly to the
detriment cf the Hudson’s Bay
Company on the Pacifie coast |
that he was approached by the
company which bought his ship |¥
and eventually made him master |
of the “Beaver,” the first steam .%
paddle-wheeler in the Pacific. .&

He roamed this coast for 12°
years, gaining the respect of the
Indians who called him Matha @
Bil. He married an Indian
woman and fathered three sons {
and six daughters. The children ‘9
of Victoria loved him because
during the 1850's when he was /2
trading to Honolulu in the HBC
ship “Mary Dare,” he always .
brought them oranges, sugar: '
cane and firecrackers.

MeNeill Bay and Port McNeil &
both took his name and he was 3
immortalized on an Indian totem :
Pole,

— B.C. Centennial ‘Committee

economically arranged for a new car,
appliance or similar purchase,

Savings Accounts, for steady savings
and sound accumulation of interest.

Personal Chequing Accounts (only
10¢a cheque) let you pay bills without
disturbing your Savings Account.

Bank-by-Mail facilities for those who
can’t call during regular bank hours,

The many bonus features of Royal's family banking services are

helping thousands who now use them. Whether your family is

small or large, youthful or mature, you'll find all members can

benefit through these carefully planned services. Ask for our
‘ useful booklet entitled “Helpful Services”, today,

&
ROYAL BANK

Consult your Royal Bank branch manager:

a4 STEELE
aerrace Branch

-s a a
ne ee a

Freight Agents for:
SMITHERS TRANSPORT
(To Smithers and Hazelton)

REITMIER TRUCK LINES
z (Toe Yeneouysr)

Local & Long Distance Moving
AGENTS FOR UNITED VAN LINES

VI 3-2728

Herman Bandstre Epp Telatro
4504 Keith — modern facilities and spacious heated |

warehouse for all your Storage needs. ~