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Press Run—4,000

“Ween ‘December 6, 1967."

RAVELLING BASKET carried above by Mrs,
FRetly Hemmons is a new way. ‘of raising funds
‘for Skeena girl guides. Idea is that the person
“Starting the basket puts ina home-baked some- -

thing, plus: a collecting can, Next perscn on
the list takes the something, puts in money, and
replaces it with a home-baked something else.

TOPS, Calorie Counters

Poverty in 1 Terrace”

By RUTH HALLOCK
ity?

the weak spots in dur town? -

It the answer. oa an. canqualified: “tyes! —
you are probably wro ;

If. the AnSmer “tee “qn not ‘si
think 50’, ouw’re on the
and you could be ae of the people in. Terrace

seiencey ~ gy a

“Terrace has some s?cial conscience.””

a successful pre-Christmas party with all the
right people in attendance, ©
She was talking about a. social conscience

community's social structure,

ilities, counselling sources,: ‘guidance outlets,
decent available living accommodation at real-
istic rates, educational opportunities, Job oppor-

ilities and general humanity to mani sd
a”

community is vitally important when trying to
build and encourage the best of ali things for
all people,’’ Mrs, Greening conimented.. .

The Department of Social Welfare is trying
to make British Columbians aware of the needs,

- gently introduced Community. Council program,
This plan calls for the selection of a group
of people in’ each centro, whose purpose it will

they live, to assess and predict some. of the
needs of the ared ‘before ‘they, become acute,

Whai tS a social ‘ioaicines
and: must you listen to iP.

Are you aware, of theneeds of your commun. *- ‘through remedial suggestion, and to urge local .

Is your neighbour’ aware ‘of the same arnt _ Jab people, and not just taxpaye
hig ne our’ eq 5 ote
And nn fe include members from different jobs. Member-
*- ghip will, of necessity, lean to the professions,
~~ but. the only. real requirement iq a keen aware-
-. ness: of Life as it exists within the bounds of
. the community, and.a sharp eye for deterlor-,
vation Ganger, signs,

- bat 7
(track, ”

who contribtites” to”: our’ overall social con.”

Margaret’ Greening, District Supervisor for 7

os di f b -_ tate
the Department of Social Welfare sald,recently: - - own, forced there by a status — orle d

: ‘goclety, “A society that can -only be. termed

She wasn't mg at the art of staging - _- selfish, inasmuch as it places too much impor-

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with a difference, The one that has a direct - bread for lunch, is one of the stragglers, He

affect on the stability or instability of any .

- BS mueh chance of catching up as a horse
The conscience that. asks; ‘Is’ Terrace =. ng up

actually providing enough inthe way of fac. .

- may in desperation, barter all his incentives

. i ‘
tunities, recreational facilities, medical fac: . for a dole, and society will lose nthe exchange. +

| ilitis
*‘Community awareness of the needa of the -

: ‘Terrace’ s Jolinny. X,. born of.a weary mother

of their individual communities’ through a re-

be to study the development of the areqin which -

Third. of 3 a series.

to strengthen weak, sections of commmuilly life.
Governments to pay more attention to people,
The Community Council ‘Committees will,

* =) * .
‘at this: moment there are many among us
“ahs: are Uving- on the brink of family break-

tance on the speed of. material attainment, and
refuses to wait for stragglers.
Nine-year-old Johnny X, withthe crust of dry

cannot possibly hope to keep up withthe demands
placed ‘on him by. society, Johny X has about

scratched at the starting gate. .
. It’s. just possible that Johnny: X,_ Because
of his” inability to run with the fast ones, -

_ In the meantine, five. overworked Social
Workers will continue to deal with the family
breakdown problems of ‘Terrace, Kitimat. and
the. surrounding. area, And ‘many of us will

And many of us will look very briefly at

and ‘a Liquer-leaning father, and say: “Yeah —
well it’s too bad, But’ what else can you ex-
pect? His old man should. have been made to
go to work a long tlme ago.””

‘And Johnny X's, father, in his moments of
sobriety, will look out upon a community life
of which the social edictis: . ~

_. "Sorry buddy — but if you can’t cut the
mustard, you just éan’t stay. 77

|p the: right fo ‘his. .
~fehat he thinks is best for all. However, the judg-"
mont of one’s colleagues mustbe respected otal! |

‘Hippies’ wage war ¢ on lard

a y i ten is a: hippy not a hip-
le

When’ she isa member of
‘ther the Thornhill Calarle

Counters Club or the First Ter-|.

race T,O.P,S,

, Both weightlosiig groups com-
“bined resources ‘last ‘Tnésday.
evening, when’ six members of
the’ Terrace organization. were
ofhe guests of the Thornhill Cal-
iprie Counters for their regular
‘weekly weighing session,

4 The Terrace visitors wore
‘headed ‘up by T,O.P.S leader
Maureen LaPointe, who together

With Ruth M. Hallock, T.0,P.S,

secretary, spoke brietly on the
evils of overeating. .

Meeting. in, the gtaf{ tom . of
Thornhill Elementary School the’

Thornhill Calorie’ ‘Counters. were.

guided’ through . their. regular

meeting by the chalrman ‘of the:

group; Mrs, Marylin Davies,

-Mrs,; Davies was ‘also the wine

ner :of the. monthly free hair
atyling, given to the ‘top loser
of the month, .

Corsage ‘winners were .Mrs,
Irma Pitzoff, Mrs, HannahBoser j-
and Mrs, Shirley. Lefebvre.

At the conclusion of the meet- |”
ing; diet cake and coffee were

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| whole’ day outdoors.

served to ‘members and’ cuests,,
and’ Shirley Lefebvre extended
thanks, to the T.0.P,5, members
for having come | oat.” for: the,].
event. :

An! hour of. keep” fit pxercised
followed the adjournment of the
meeting. -

Thorahill Calorio. ‘Counters
meet every Tuesday evening in
Thornhill: Elementary Scheel,

Little. black box
: charges workers

amy

A littie black box galled an
anti-fatigue device is.coming on
the market, according ‘to’ Office
Equipment & Methods, ‘to clim-
inate ‘the tired feeling caused by
sitting in an airconditioned office
all day.’? The firm which man-
ufactures it, Electrogen Industr-
ies, says the device “‘wil] art--
ificially convert the indoors el-
ectronic’ ions field, which is typ-
ically. ‘riegative,. ‘to a positive
one,” This, according to the man-
ufacturer, will: make office work-
erg feel.as if they had spent the

» VOTE -
KERR T.. GC.

~'FOR_COUNCIL

‘1 two sad reasons for ‘ny being |:

bat 635-5188.

; By “RUTH HALLOCK
oma yOu ‘MrC y
your wisdom-went i
about women. I expected: oven
one of them of. course -—

cept the last few. Nothing would
please me better: tharr to “be
able to throw. my: hat - into. the
election ring —. but. there :are}:

unable. to so ‘do.. One — ‘Tam

not a property. owner. “Two =

I do no wear a hat. :
r ® *

Doe's anyone know where Mrs,
“W,G, Melvin of 3315 Sparks might
be able to purchase one ‘or two
copies of the book entitled “Land
For My Sons”, Sorry — I-can-
not remember the name .of the
author, I only Imow she was. al.
tremendously talented writer who,
lived in Terrace for. a time
after. coming..to Canada from
Holland, Anyway — if you-have
a spare copy call Mrs.. Melvin

_* *

te Oops. - ‘there! ve. been some
changes. made in the cast ,of
the post-Christmas pantomine.
‘We now have Don Swanson play.
‘ing “Cleopatra Mudpack*', Win-
ston Cazes playing “Poti and
Jim Banting playing ‘‘Chop, the
Executioner.’ Reason heing that
Dave Simons had- to drop out

because of other commitments,
® *+* otf

aie

with a couple of! items inside,

cents and a couple of replace.
ment items, then pass the bask.
et along to another neighbour, I
got the basket from Mrs, Wendy
-Weliwood and sha bakes delicious
home-made bread, So delicious,
that I threw calorie caution to
the winds and: liad myself an
eatathon.. a

you ever received a phonecall
from a daughter in which the
following question is posed; “Hey
Mom,’ is it okay if I bake some
Brownies for Guides?” An answ-
er. might have been: ‘Sure —
as long as the Ranger is working:

an : - | okay,?* J

Driver's opén-door policy
_ boon to most car thieves

’ The report of the auto: ‘theft cdommitiee of the International

‘The following ,iulesive ia the
of. thing thats often makes!
way : under. the “lid: “of the]
peanut butter jar — it’s known

vas’'a: Memo - trom “JAC ° — -and
it goes “Hike this: ‘Please put
in a jolly that- “Okariagan Hel-
deopters were the guys who lug-
“ged all those aluminum towers

for the B.C. Hydro projects, and!-

we shouldn't orter have forgotten
to mention the matter,”’--.°-
ee ee

‘Nice idea currently makingthe
town rounds. is a goodies basket
(our of them in fa¢t) sponsor-
ed by the Terrace Girl Guides.
Homemakers receive the basket

remove the items, deposit fifty

_* o* *
Which reminds me — have}.

[4 taste of peanut butter|

— inte ‘also. remiuda me. _

night and. asked if-I was “the
poor man’s Pat Carney’’. Act-

patsy. You know, a pushover
for games of chance, So it's
a good thing I wasn't able to
attend the annual meeting of the
Terrace Cultural Society, held
Wednesday night. I don't know
whether some of the members
got in their cups at the meating,

someone -called*"me’ the other|§-

+» get ACTION for you—-.not only.on wh

ually I’m the carneyman’s poor |

but they looked.a little grey}: :
around the gills on .Thursday! | *:

: a the Voters of Teriace,

your candidate -for a. rwe-year tere as

| counelllor this is my position:

“With the other members of. Council. I wi

retain: a harmonious and -cd-operative. ‘attitude’ a

‘This’ doesnot. mean thot.one must forego a

WwW le |
ae own opinion or to stand: up. for ©

ond the whole thing tempered with common.

ti
ae. ‘Otherwise we stond :

sense, fairness and reason.

Regarding the, Municipel Staff it. would be
my, aim fo convince the other members of Council, ..
allowing of course for a vote on money by-laws, to
work toward simplification by finalizing at least
six months.in advance all contracts, projects, , pure
chases, public works, improvements efc., thus a

‘lowing emple:time for financing arrangements, . a

gineering ond: setting up. Having investi ated
without. haste and having: prepared thoroughly.
to materials, : equipment and manpower; the: job

could: be carried cut during favourable weather. 4 i

and completed on time with the MINIMUM | xe
penditure. of funds.-

Running o town on a day fo day, last minute, | ] .

emergency basis is. inefficient and extrava ant.” ft.
completely ‘demoralizes. everyorie concern wy

A ‘municipal staff which is keen, confident.
and experienced is a: valuable investment — the |
difference between success and failure. The Muni-
cipal Staff runs Terrace while the Council. sets the .
course and determines policy. Interference. by
members of Council spells disaster. °

As for your good selves, none of us, or ‘almost

~ none, has. the. enthusiasm for. Terrace thot we

should have. With all due respect and because of
space limitations the popular news media: cannot
dispel rumour, gossip, and confusing talk. We can
do this ourselves. By being allowed to openly air:
our problems, troubles or whatever concerns us,
ond given the opportunity of realizing: thot our
Council DOES NOT keep us in ignorance OR in §
the dark but wishes to.show BOTH sides of every
question; ill feeling and doubt: will disoppear..We
will become Terrace boosters, enthusiasts for our
town, the best kind of publicity any town can hope
for. and get — and it cpsts“ nothing. This desire
to pull. together will be followed by. diversified ‘in-" |
. dustry and émployment.. Things don't just: happen, q
people make things happen, our kind of people. |
will,do my utmost to SEE that you SEE BOTH SIDES
OF THE PICTURE.
‘This letter contains no ‘sweeping. atatornonts:
about ‘amenities, utilities‘ or the: services, you feng
for and require. YOU ond i already. know too ‘well:
what these are.. -:

I ask that you: elect: me. your ‘councillor. thus. ..
giving me.the opportunity.to work for you and-to §

at.
‘om ‘but what youore entitled to, ~

Sincerely,

~ GERRY DUrFUS

“Contact The

notthe -
whisky. =

We changed
the bottle- —

- Police Chiefs Association has revealed why carmanufacturers .
aye introducing devices on thelr 1968, models to try to prevent - ‘old
drivers from leaving the key ignition when they park | Specia
thely cars, Canadian. Automotive: Trade reports that the com- the Seagram’ $ 4 ff th id
mittee, headed by. Hamilton's police chief Leonard Lawrence, ». bottle and square Olt The Si eS.

. produced statistics cee er 76 per cent of Ar stolen . wo
cars were’ left. unlocked ahd. that 43 per cent had the Keys
left in. the.ignition. Another 3.4 per cent. of stolen cars had But if you liked Special old
the Keys left'in the car, although not in the ignition — under . before, don't get upset. The.

_the floor niat, over the sun.visor and such places. Some 40 . bottle may be different,. but that
per cent of all car thefts were accomplished by circumventing 4
the ignition switch, the most, popular’ method being to cross ‘~+ smooth, easy taste-hasn't -

~ changed a bit: Still just a a8 eas
“to like, cae

We! ve added a bi: 1 gold. star to

, This great now album contains 20
. galections by 12 famous artists.
You’il thrilfte the music of Christ-
mas by Barbra Streisand, Tony
Bennett, New Cheisty Minstrels
. . and.many more!.An exciting biand
of traditional and new songs... to .
-add to your Christmas pleasure—
now. and ‘for years to come. -

. oon? os DISAPPOINTED—OET yours ropayr

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are introducing theft-deterrent : switch assembllss,

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