Bits nN ” Pieces — by Alle Toop ° |

On Jan. 5 Blackie McConnell. -

celebrated her 80th birthday.
Family and friends gathered
at the Happy Gang Centre to
wish her well with cards and
flowers, .a birthday cake and a
collection of enlargements of
old photographs put together
by granddaughter Randy Pen-
ner. These were pictures from
the time Blackie was a toddler,
a teenager, a mother, a grand- .
mother and a great grand-
mother. Congratulatory mes-
sages also were received from
B.C. NDP leader Mike Har-
court, Skeena MP Jim Fulton

and Audrey McLauglin, federal -

leader of the NDP.

Blackie was born Gladys
Warden Kenney on Jan..5,
1910 in Yarmouth, Nova
Scotia. The Kenney family liv-
ed in Wardenville, Sask., where
they farmed.a section of land.
Since there was no hospital in
the area, Mrs. Kenney chose to
await the arrival of the baby in
Yarmouth, N.S., the town she
was born in. After the hospital
stay, Mother and baby
daughter travelled back by
train to Wardenville, with
Blackie sleeping in a laundry

- basket.

_ Shortly after the family
moved to Kitselas, which at
that time was the end of the, |
rail. In 1911 the family moved’
again, this time to Terrace.
Blackie, her sister Elsie and.
brother Orval were the. first
smali children here. There were
others, but they lived in
Kitsumgallum, a separate com-
munity at the time.

Blackie attended the Kalum
public school and high school,
and later went to Prince Rupert
to take a business course. On

- returning home, she worked for
Mr. Riley in his drugstore,

In 1930 she married Slim
Jordan. They had two children,
Josephine (Mrs. Jo Sandhals)
and Alex. After husband Slim
passed away, Blackie married
Walter McConnell.

Blackie always had a passion
for fishing. Both Blackie and
Walter were ardent fishermen.
For many years Blackie held
‘the record for having caught
the largest salmon with hook
and line, It was written up in
Field and Stream magazine.
The magazine sent her a dozen
spoons of the same type she
used to catch the record fish.
They also sent her a brooch
with all the facts of the fish
engraved on the back. Some
years later, the record was
broken by a Fish and Game
warden,

Seventy-nine of her eighty
years have been spent in Ter-
race and there is no other place
she ever wanted to be.
Blackie’s fishing days are over,

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but she now happily spends

many of her days at the Happy —

Gang Centre, playing cards

with her friends. _

The Kirkaldy name is well
known in Terrace. Jack Kirkal-
dy, son of Sani and Onnalee
Kirkaldy, was born in Victoria
in 1926. Soon after his birth,
the family moved back to Ter-
race. Jack grew up here and at-
tended elementary and high
school in Terrace.

In High school, Jack was
coached by principal Mr.
Clarence Michiel and Mrs.
Mary Little. In 1943 he at-
tended UBC for two years,
spent a short time in the army
and returned to UBC in 1945.
He received his Bachelors of

Applied Science in 1949 and his

Masters degree in 1951. After

earning his masters degree, he

spent two years at McGill
University, graduating in 1953

’ with a Ph.D. in Nuclear.

Physics. Dr. Kirkaldy spent a
year working at McGill as a
research assistant, and went on
in 1954 as a full-time staff
member as Assistant Professor
of Metalurgical Engineering.
Dr. Kirkaldy has now left
McGill and accepted a similar
position with McMasters
University in Hamilton, On-

. tario, with the purpose of

assisting in the formation of a
new department of metallurgy.
He also spent the last two sum-
‘mers doing research work for
Aluminum Laboratories in -
Kingston, which is a sister com-
pany to Alcan. Dr. J.S:-Kirkal-
dy has recently been chosen the
recipient of the 1990 TMS ~
Fellow Award for outstanding —
contributions to metallurgy.
This is the Society’s most
prestigious award. Presentation

of the award will take place on
. Feb, 20, 1990.1 in Anaheim,

California. -

Dr. Kirkaldy has also trav-
elled the world, lecturing. He is
-now semi-retired and lives at
his home in Ancaster, Ont. |
with his wife and four children.

As I told you last week, the
first letter of your first name
reveals your strong points. This
week we will look at E, F, G-
and H,

All names that begin with the
letters E have the strong points
of curiosity, resourcefulness,
experimentation, animal mag-
netism and enthusiasm,

Names that begin with the
letter F have the strong points
of parental-nature; personalized
service, responsibility and
musical aptitude.

Strong points for names that
start with a G are usking ques-
tions, giving answers, quality
consciousness and need for
privacy.

All names that begin with .the
letter H have the strong points
of self-reliance, management,
material judgement, ef ft iciency

_and control.

Did you know that the last
letter of your first name reveals
your personality extremes and
overreactive tendencies? Con-
tinued next week! |

Have a great week, every-
body, and I’li-see you. all again.
next Wednesday.

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The Terrace Co- op got a big gesture of thanks from some small people last week. The staff
and student body delivered a thank-you poster in return for more than $1,000 the Co-op

'. donated over the holidays, proceeds from a gift-wrapping service staffed and paid for by

Keenleyside Insurance in the shopping center concourse.

Now is the time

to spend a dime,

or quarter,

pick up the phone,

call her at home

LIZERWORT’S fortysomething.

She — the last in the book
(That’s the Terrace phone book!)
Call Today — Never mind the date
as she thought she had escaped!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, B.J.!

Your Loving Sisters!!

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