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‘Fifty years ago this week|

ED'S NOTE: As part of tests providing the en-

the celebrations of the tertainment until refresh-

Golden Anniversary of ments were served. .
a Terrace becoming  in- we, prices start at
—_ corporated.as a village on Miss Mallott returned :: ° :

December 29, 1927 we will Monday and took up her: $3,017"

publish the highlights from duties on the public school #5 D-00391A

the Terrace Herald dated ‘staff on Tuesday morning.”

exactly fifty years ago. The In her absence Mrs. Wm. =:

Serving Terrace and area since July 11, 1908

Terrace new Mazda

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1977

A prison -

the’ first issue hitting the
street on July 11, 1908.

scravernprevoury wi Cros’ POLES. ARE J rey : itt e ret uses
_ to serve on
_ Committees

said that he did not feel that
this committee would. work

BOARD OF TRADE FOR
TERRACE IS NOW
PROPOSED

Citizens interested in”

forming a Terrace Board of
Trade are requested to meet
in Progress Hail on Friday
evening, January 2ist at 8
p.m. This is one of the most
important: movements that
has been started in town for
a long time and everyone
who is in any way interested
in. the welfare of Terrace
should make it a-point to be
there and to take part in the
_ Organization. .It is:.par-
ticularly: “important “for
Terrace to have a Board of
—Teade...now that

Rupert and Terrace will be
the centre of activity for a
long time to come. But then
there are many other things
which Terrace is par-

- everything is.on the move.

BEING HAULED TO
SEVERAL CAMPS.

The cedar poles and piling
are beginning to move now
in real earnest. Just
recently M- Dalquist was
put on as foreman in charge
of operations at Senkpiel’s
camp and this week F.M.
Burke returned to town with
the big truck and has started
hauling to the depot. from
‘Senkpiel’s skidway. At the
camp roads have been
completed .and improved
and where necessary. a
eoating of ice-has been put
on. Several more teams
have been. added to the
skidding force and

From this camp along there

will be néarly Hal llion &
fb Of “pales

Mayor Gordon Rowland
ran intoa stumbling block at
last Monday night's District
of Terrace Municipal as the load would be ex-
Council meeting when-newly
elected alderman, Vic beginning of the year when
Jolliffe, declined to accept
appointments to two of the
district's standing .com-
mittees.
“| The mayor had appeinted
= Jolliffe to the streamlined

Planning and Public Works
om mitt

pointees, Chairman Sharon
Biggs and Alderman Dave
Maroney - accepted
intment and the mayor
‘take up the slack by
replacing Mr. Jolliffe.

Fwo other committees
were’ formed by Mayor
Rowland. One is the General
Government, Finance and
Protective Services Com-
mittee which will be chaired

cessive especially at the

most planning and~ public
works projects. are being
. studied. For :this reason he
declined to serve. The other’
jintees, Chairman
h stra and Alderman
Helmut Gilesbrecht’ ac- |
ee and to. the-~‘ceptedthe appointment. The™,,Giesbrecht,,. and... include

_ two ap
Jack Ta

ae Lire aaameinieiiel

a lucrative industry’

MARY LITTLE, who
served on the Mills
Memorial Hospital Board
_ of Trustees for the past
two years as the delegate
from the District of
Terrace will remain on
the Board as the
provincial government
appointee. Chairman Vic
Jolliffe expressed
pleasure at the ap- -

sid’ that -he- would. »Aidermen: Bobi: Cooper -and - - pointment. indicating that

Iona Campagnolo, M.P.
Skeena, responding t@# a
request from the District of
Terrace Municipal Council
for information in regards to
the construction of. a.
maximum security prison,
has indicated that although
she has. not Feceived a
written reply as yet from
Attorney General Francis
Fox to her queries she states
in a letter to the mayor that
‘she has received through.

informal channels some

information in this regard

which. she. passes on to

council, .,
The information sent to’
-our M:P, is'as-follows:
- Such-a-penitentiary would.

The installation would
require from 50 to 100 acres
of land.

The establishment of the
maximum security
penitentiary would result in
the spending of between
$500,000 and $600,000 for
local goods and services on
an annual basis.

Construction of ‘such a
penitentiary would result iri
a federal grant, in lieu of
taxes, to the municipal
taxation authority of bet-
ween $65,000 and $75,000;.
again on an annual basis.
The initial capitak Cost of
constructing-such a facility

-. isestinatedtobeinthearea 7.
of “Between” "$12" and$15"™ “|

Hazeltoi ecreattony ~ Community mayer” “Mes.” Little has “cqy-”
onde ;;Parks and Library replace Jolliffe‘o ‘Sharon Biggs, All ‘ace etter , ‘WP create approxi ‘million:
Commitiee, However, when committee. : “the appointment.*" Siderable experience Mn jobs. - Pproximately 290 million:» -
Rowland made the an- In‘regard:to the second The fourth commi hospital administration “These jobs would carry | A maximum security
nouncement.- Jolliffe’ appointment the Industrial Development matters and will thus with them a payroll in a prison of this nature usually
declined to serve on either . Recreation Committee Mr. and Tourist Promotion . provide continuity to the nei, hbourhood of $2.5 carries a maximum
committee, Jolliffe said that this will be Committee which will be  Board’s wark. million. enrollment of 200 inmates.

big load of poles will come
down from that camp: als
In addition there will: be.
number of teams hauling to
the station from other and
smaller camps close i

Altogether it looks like this
will be the biggest shipping

‘Hisobjection toservingon a. very
the Planning. and Public
Works Committee appeared
‘to be the work load that this
body will face.In past years
this committee operated as
two committees, one dealing -
with planning and the other

with public works. However,

the mayor felt that this

controversial chaired by Alderman Dave .
committee as it must face
excessive recreation costs
and for this reason he did
-not want to be a part of the

committee. The other ap-

$465,000 for bridges

Aldermen Bob Cooper, Jack
Talstra and Sharon Biggs.
Again: all appointees ac-
cepted to serve.

Hotsprings could become park

Don Phillips, the Minister
of Economic Development,
acting on a request from
Cyril Shelford, M.L.A.

Mr. Phillips did bring the

matter to the attention of the

Minister of Recreation and
Conservation, Sam Bavwif,

in Terrace. He adds that he
thinks the area has potential
and opines that certainly the
Terrace-Kitimat area needs

ticularly interested in andin year in the history of thei Sted i concy and speed of Skeena, has taken a look at indicating Wal Te Trot the ior them to assist in thelr
; ; i i a ssessment 0 or sist in thei
valuable assistance. Let the place. - Construction of three new Ansha Contracting Co. Lid. oglund Hotsprings with a situation should be made by economic recovery. a

meeting next Friday night
be the biggest this town has
seen for a long time.
WORKING SEVEN SISTER
GROUP
The D.M. Mining Com-
pany which has an option on
- the Seven Sisters group of
claims on the. mountain of
same name and owned by
Steve Young of Cedarvale,
formerly of Teikwa, have a
number of men doing road
work which will enable the
operator to get supplies in
and ore out at anearly date.
-This'is.one of the most
promising prospects on the
ower river and there is
every reason to believe that
early in the spring or

summer the Seven Sisters”

group will be among the
shipping properties from the
north. -

The Hopper-Davis' people
are interested in the Seven

Sisters as well as in several. -

other properties on the
Skeena and in the Kit-
sumkallum Valley.
TERRACE NOTES
EH. Halliwell left Sunday
for Prince Rupert on a
business trip.

R, Beecher and B.
Johnson of the Lakelse
hatchery were weekenders
in town. .

Robert Allen of _ Prince
Rupert, district forester,
was in Terrace on Saturday
of last week.

. Hazelton and Remo (below

While hundreds of
thousands of feet of poles
and thousands of ties will be
shipped from New Hazelton
that will be only a portion of
the cedar that will go out of
this district. A greater part
of the output will go into the
rivers close to the camps
and then be driven down to

% departments a better result | The contracts for the
Cedarvale where the x Ct projects was awarded to

oe

Hanson Co.’ has a large would be achieved.
S.

boom and piling groun
The number of cars of poles,
piles and ties from this year
_will run into the thousands.
At numerous points on the
lower Skeena between New

Terrace) there will be a
large output of poles and in
Spite of there being no snow
e poles will be gotten out
this season. Other means of
transportation than sleighs
are being used with ‘good
results.
WEDDING BELLS RANG
The marriage of Miss
Selina Nelson Gosnell of
Terrace to James Bolton of
Port Essington took place at
the New. Kitselas United
Church on the 10th of
January. Rev. Wm. Allen
officiated, The bride. was
tastefully attired and was
attended by Miss Elizabeth
‘Bolton as bridesmaid, who
in turn was accompanied by
Misses Violet Hudson,
rs.

Richmond — and
Josephine . Bolton.
Nelson acted as groom

-Rowland stated that in
two out of three cases the
aldermen on one of the
committees also served on
the second. This required
two meetings to deal with
matters coming up. He was
of the opinion that with one
committee handling both

bridges on the Yellowhead
Highway between Terrace
and Prince Rupert will start
in mid-February
completed before the end of
June, Highways Minister
Alex Fraser and Cyril M.
Shelford, M.L.A. announced
jointly.

of Surrey, in the amount of
$302,163. Total cost of the
three. bridges located at
Andersite Creek, Basalt
Creek and Breccia Creek
will be $465,000 . including
engineering and materials.

The contractor will em-
ploy fourteen men on th

possible view of purchase by
5

department.

However, Mr. Phillips
states that following a
review of the situation with
the B.C. Development
Corporation their
assessment of the Hot-
springs does not show that it
would be a viable economic
enterprise.

another government agency
because the area could use a
park and these are basically
subsidized by Mr. Bawil’s

_ department.

In a letter to Mr. Bawif,
Mr. Phillips says that the
Hotsprings was an economic
enterprise but that was
before the hotels were built

The Minister of Economic
Development urged his
fellow minister to give
further consideration to
purchasing this establish-
ment and with capitalization
over the longer period of
time it could be justified.

Council took no action on
the letter except to receive
and file.

Construction down 75 percent

City Building Inspector
W.J. Graham in his final
report to Council for 1976

‘shows that it has not been a
good construction year in -

Terrace. .
Dwelling units are down to
a permit value of $699,000

q from a very substantial

$3,532,000 in 1975. The only
improvement on the con-

struction scene during the

year just ended was in the
commercial construction

category where permit
value was nearly double
that set last year. In 1877
there were 11 permits issued
for a total permit value of
$734,000 as compared to six
permits in 1975 at a total
permit value of $404,000.

In 1977 the total permit
value was $2,482,300 while
last year this figure reached
$10,935,950. This figure

-includes $6,147,000 of which

the greatest portion in-

volved the Mills Memorial
Hospital expansion and

‘renovation project.

Industrial permits this
year reached a permit value
of $477,000, below the 1975
figure of $656,000.

Other categories reported _
for 1976 are $139,500 for
alterations; $45,150 for
garages and carports; and
$10,650 liste under °
miscellaneous.

Alcan starts up additional capacity.

Aluminum Company of
Canada, Ltd plans to bring
into production the four
remaining inactive potlines
at its Arvida Works in
Jonquiere, Quebec, with two
to be restarted in mid-
January and the remainder
in mid-February, the
company disclosed recently.

Quebec smeiter at
Shawinigan,

The restart of 15 potlines
at Arvida Works late in 1876
following the November 14
signing of a new collective

agreement was carried out
with a high degree of ef-

ficiency and well ahead, of
schedule, according to of-
fieials of the company.

Chamber Installation bali

er sman, assisted by Edward The additional capacity is _ The Terrace and District All members of the public
T, Walsh of Hazelton Feak, Perry Kennedy and me being brought on stream in Chamber of Commerce will are welcome as val ag
arrived Sunday to see his Josh Robinson. The ’ order-to restore to norma! be holding their annual Chamber members. °
two sons ‘and be returned marriage party adjourned levels inventories depleted installation Banquet at the Tickets

home on Monday. -

Rev. and Mrs. Robinson
entertained a number of
young people on Tuesday
evening, games and con-

to the village hall where a
supper was served to many
‘friends of the bride and

groom -from Terrace, New

Kitselas and Port
Essington.

TERRACE’S GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY BABY received a silver bab
duck bank last week. The New Year’s baby arrived to Jean and Patrick
Flynn January 4 at 9:08 a.m. Jeremy weighed 3180 grams (7 Ibs.) at birth,
Mrs. Lola Ziobro, of Mills Memorial Hospital Ladies Auxiliary presents
‘Jeremy with-his duck.

by a five and a half month

_ strike last summer and fall

at the company’s smelters
at Jonquiere, Alma and
Beauharnovis, Quebec and to
replace production lost by a
subsequent strike al a fourth

-Terrace Hotel on Saturday,

January 15, 1977. There w
be a reception at 7 p.m.,
followed by the dinner and a
dance, There will be & live
band in: attendance for the
dance, .--

are only $25 per couple or
$12,50 per individual and are
available from Taylor's

’Men’s Wear, the Toronto

Dominion Bank, and the
Bank of Nova Scotia.