Project manager says:

No bookings yet |

for pipe-line

There are no commitments
for a proposed pipeline through
Kitimat yet, but there probably
will be before it Is completed,

-AdJ. Cressey, project manager
for Kitmat Pipeline Ltd. said
here on a short visit to the city,

Creasey was faced with about
25 people Tuesday afternoon in
the CBC studios, to answer
questions and give out in-
formation about his company,
He’ said, in spite of. persistent
reports that his line had been
committed to U.S. companies,
no bookings had heen made,

The questioners, mostly
fishermen and representatives
of various unions, showed
concern for the livelihood of

7,000 B.C. fishermen. should
there be a disastrous oil spill
such as took place recently on
the Atlantic coast.

Creasey said it was the
responsibility of the thippers to
clean up any oll spills,
his company thought Kitimat
was the safest place on the coast
to have the pipeline outlet. He
sald he thought moat of the
laborers to build the Ilne could
come from this province.

Several thick volumes of
gtaphic Information and
statistics are available at the
Prince Rupert Library, for

‘ general use, bul cannot be taken

out of the building and

must be
read there. ;

New rates for
international mail.

Etfective January ae 1977,

new postal rates will apply

fo. all mail . destined
addresses ‘outside Canada
and the U.S.A.

-. “Rates for First Call letters
‘and postcards will’ range
from a minimum of 25 cents

. for ¢ one_ounce letter to a
maximum - of. $2.35‘ -for a
letter weighing 16- ounces.

- ‘New all dnd‘surface rates
will also- apply to. Small

and -:Books. | Maximum

charge for 4.16 ounce.

cket, sent by air will be

- Weharges-fer-16-ounee-Sm
‘Packets, Printed: Papera
and Books will be 90° ce

for -

_ Packets, Printed Papers ©

1.62. Maximum surface, .the second :phape. ofa tw
cnt part tate mer ee he oe

“ot

Items weighing more than
16 ounces must be sent by
Parcel Post and mailers ‘are

advised to check with their

local post offices as pireel
post rates vary according to
the country of destination.

Rates for Direct Bags will
rise to $1.38 for each two
pounds, up to a maximum of
60 pounds.

pecific rates for any

items of mail being sent:
overseas can he- obtained
from local post offices.

-. The new rates for In-
ternational . Mail, effective
January 1, 1977, complete

announced at the
19760028

celebrations safe

Employees at the Alcan,

Smelter in Kitimat should
not be represented on any
statistical review of
mishaps caused by drinking
drivers New Year's Eve, as
a result of a company
decision to provide free
travel for its 2,500 workers.
Alean is providing
vouchers that will’ ‘allow
employees and friends .to
travel to and- from. New
Year’s Eve celebrations
between the hours of 6 p.m.
‘and 6 -a.m.. in Kitimat,
Kitamaat .Village' and
Terrace.. Four taxi..com-
panies have béen contracted
y the company’
the services."A' bus will also
be in service: between
Kitimat and Terrace.
Alcan Works Manager at
Kitimat, Bill Rich, said the
decision was taken to un-
derline the company’s at-
titude on safety, both on and
off the job, and because not
. “ae .
i
Kitimat park.
enlarged |
Sam ‘Bawlt, Minister of
Recreation. and Conservation
announced recently that Hirsch
Creek Pr-vinclal . Park near
Kitimat has been-incrcased in
area by 174 acres, .
"The local park . board .is
developing the park for general
recreational use," said Mr,
Bawlf, “and the addition of this
crown land is a good way for the
province to help the board with
its work.” . ,
Hirsch Creek Provincial Park
' was established in 1958 and will
now cover 734 acres.’ The added
Iand Hes to .the ‘east of the

present park along both sides of
Hirsch Creek, © ;

Door smashed | .

‘ ‘arrived In Terrace where .
O'S -
Footwear was‘ smashed in’

The door ®. to: Tri
* December 29. Police. later

apprehended three juveniles
‘in connection .with the. in-
eldent. = :

ae to'provide ~

“everyone adheres to. the
warnings about drinking
and. driving.. “While. I'm

"sure messages about. the

possible consequences of
-Grinking and driving have a
beneficial effect," he said,
‘‘we simply recognize that
‘not every party goer would
stay off the road. We want
all of our people alive and
well after the holiday, and

utsaid

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1976

TERRACE, B.2

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ITIMAT - PIPELINE “MANAGER: —" AJ? ¢
. Manager of Kitimat Pipeline Ltd., answered qu

’. out information about his company to an.interested audience, while -. the Prince Rupert Labor Council and Vi Horan, shoreworkers
‘Several members of the: ‘Save Our Shores” Committee picketed ‘ “organizer for the UFAWU. —

providing free’ travel will |

elp accomplish that.” -

a CanCel calls for gas rate equalization

‘Canadian Cellulose

Company, Limited recently’

Suggested to the Britis
Columbia. Energy. Com-
- mission hearing in Smithers
that there“ should. be in- the

"public interest a mechanism .

orequalization of gas rates
in: British Columbia, -par-

ticularly’ to avoid higher .
rates for. customers. of °

Pacific Northern Gas Ltd.

The British Columbia

JOE FELBER PASSES AWAY _

_ “Another pa rt of

‘py Nadine Asante
At the time of their
passing, folks

are —

remembered for varlous ”

reasons, some good, some

bad. But everyone seems to ~

have good memories of Joe
Felber who passed away in
Millis Memorial Hospital: on
December 18 after a‘lengthy

illness. ae

“He could turn his hand to
almost anything. ... and do a
ood job too”, says old-
imér, Floyd Frank, who
imew Joe from when he
arrived in’ Terrace in 1923.

“He ‘signed on with my

“dad who was then Public

Works foreman, in
November .'23 and helped
build the road to Kalum.

- Lake,” recalls Mr. Frank.

. Born in Lucerne, Swit-
zerland in 1899, Joe made
his way to a new life in

‘Canada ‘after the First

World War. With a vast and
varied knowledge of plants,
his first’ job was advisin
prairie farmers on. whic
asses tofeed their stock to
mprove milk and beef

production. He made his -

way west. and. eventually
jater he met‘and married a

local girl, Janet Young, ° : .- ; 1
Lite _ crisscrossed ‘the mountains,

fe. with Joe was never:

dull”, explains Mra. Felber.
_ “He was, always, up-to .
something new. remember.” tr

one year he grew blue roses...

And I never knew from day
to day. where a tree would be

growing. \He-was a wizard ©

with ‘anything green. He
seemed. to. wave his wand
and things grew for him. He
was able'to turn a garden
into fairyland on: com-
mand.’* : oe
Joe's knowled
flowers, and -

e of trees,
rubs ‘was

unsurpassed and numbers -

of new varieties were in-
troduced te this area
because of his horticultural
interests. Many an old-
timer’s. garden was
enhanced by the Felber
touch and the grounds of the
Municipal Building bloomed
with colour for. years at his
bidding. » -

Joe also excelled at

coverage of the areas
surrounding Terrace in-
clude collector’s items.

solidated Mining and
‘Smelting Company, Joe —
who also worked for a time
out of Spence's Bridge and
on Vancouver. Island —
roamed the ‘imountains
prospecting around Terrace

until he knew the “terrain |

intimately’': .He

in-the :Nass:‘when the ‘onl
“access: was... by.. telegrap!

_Energy Commission: was
hol a:
consi

approximately 15. ‘percent
for industrial users and 13
percent.:*for residential
us ; . Ls

‘application cites the closure

by CanCel of its Prince:

Rupert sulphite mill and the

‘northwestern river still has

a Felber bridge
banks. :

B.C. Chamber of Mines) Jde
Felber often escorted

government geologists -on -

various local expeditions,

Terrace prospector,
Harold Smith, who worked
with Joe in later years, is
loud in praise of Joe’s
geological acumen. ‘'A lot of

rospectors know minerals .

But not many of them have a
basic knowledge of the rocks

which contain the minerals
as' Joe Felber had”, says

Smith.

Several of Joe Felber'’s: —
claims were developed butlt'
or the -
Cl . developing and holding on to ~~
photography and his photo -

.takes' mone
money was never one of Joe
Felber’s ‘talents. ‘‘He
always knew someone ‘who

evneeded it more than him- °
Subsidized by the Cone" self

self’’, recalls.his widow.
Although Joe Felber spent
a great deal.of his life in the
wilderness ‘in unexplored
areas of our’ northwest he
never carried more than a
twenty-two. shotgun for
protection. “When

grizzlies: Joe::,
and explain

blic hearing ‘to *
the application of..
Pacific “Northern Gas. to’
increase its’ gas. rates by’.

ers. TS
acifi¢ Northern Gas‘

president:

spanning ita ~-

“A. lifetime Honorary .
Member*.of .the Northern -

’ vanished

ueried
about. the. possibllity. of:
chaving’:to.-contend- with.
would ,-laugh.*:

othat: grizaly.
' “bears are never dangerous
ail.and” many 8 .small " -as-long as they can make a”

‘resulting reduction in gas

usage as the primary reason
for the’ rate application.
Canadian Cellulose uses
approximately 57 percent of

@ total gas:of the Pacific

' Northern line and with the
two other major industrial .
*, users, Eurocan and Alcan,
accounts for approximately -

87 percent... .
onald -

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dignified exit, and he always
made sure they could.
his death another

part of Terrace histo has

u
‘memories will linger long in
the hearts of many, people
who knew. Joe Felber’s
Renerosity and charm. °
i Besides his widow, ‘Joe
leaves son,

Sydney, who is
“presenly studying in. the
south.” . clos

errace history vanishes

ye

’ JOE FELBER |"

living |

’ discourage other

executive officer of
“Canadian Cellulose, told the
Energy Commission that
higher gas rates would
potential
major industrial gas users
from locating in northern
B.C. and further add to the;
competitive disadvantage
suffered by industry in that
region. He noted that in-
dustrial. customers - of. the
Pacific Northern Gas line

Joe's funeral was held ‘at
St. Matthew's Anglican
Church and. Rey. Lance
Stephens | officiated. A
reception was held at the
home of John Poussette for
fal .and friends after the

-burial at the new cemetery.

- The towering peaks of the

. Mountains he knew and

loved._so well forever stand
guard over Joe's final.
resting place. .

will be

- (Phylis Bowman photo)

already pay approximately
16 percent more for gas than
the rest of the province and
that the still higher rates
applied for. would increase
‘this to 80 percent. _
‘Gross stated that con-
servation of energy is a

major concern for Canadian .
Ce’

ulose. He supported the
reported opinion of the
Energy, Commission that
equal priority. should be
accorded to conservation as
to stimulation of additional
energy sup

ly. :
*, The Cancel president said

that his company considers
that it is.in the public in-

. terest’ for it to use residual

waste material from the

--, forests to generate power to

conserve natural gas, but

.. that there would be little or
‘ne incentive to-do so if the

result was an

| an increase in
gas cost: .

;Committee of. 7
se pe Columbia..‘Other : members-- >a
Stalls ae CO awe gts Anh \ ~” Of this committee will be Dr,
regsey, project’ the building outside, Shawn with Cressey here are Dimitri Georges,

estions and gave - -representing’ the operating engineers, Gladys Hebb, president of

Stokes on
Advisory
Committee

The Honourable Tom

’ Waterland, Minister. of

Forests, announced that
effective January 1, 1977,
Deputy Minister John S.
Stexes has agreed to assume
full-time duties on the
newly-formed Forest Policy
Advisory Committee of.
British Columbia. . This
committee will be charged
with the review and advice
thereon to the provincial
government of the repart of
the Pearse Royal Com-
mission on Forestry.

E.L. (Ted) Young, as
chief Forester, will assume
full responsibility for the
administration of the B.C.
Forest Service, reportin
directly to the Minister o
Forests. ;

R.W. Wood will continue
to act as forestry consultant
to the Minister of Forests.
and will act as Chairman of -
the Forest Policy A -

James” Rae, « Assistant
Deputy Minister, Ministry
af Economic Development;
Wes Cheston, Resources
Manager, B.C. Forest.
Service; ‘and T.M. Apsey,
Consultin Forest
Economist, of Vancouver.

«dn, addition, representation
-. On ‘the committee will be

provided as issues are

_Ueveloped, by the Ministry

of Recreation and Con-.
servation, and by ap-
propriate legal, financial’
and accounting.

professionals.

Mr.. Waterland noted that-
formation of the’ above:
committee is in. line with
recommendations contained:
in the Pearse Rayal Com-'
mission Report. :

Sign
‘breakage
Two, juveniles, .were: ap--
‘prehended .by RCMP-
December 26 after they:

were caught putting holes in_
the A & W sign. Police were

on patrol when they spotted’ .

the two. girls causing the.
damage. : :

Indians issue their”
own “dollars”

An unique series of ‘In-
dian ollars’?’ and
Medallions have been struck
for the North West Indian
Cultural. Society as a

method of raising funds for’

the development of a
cultural centre and Indian
village.

The proposed complex
‘or the pursuance of
the traditional arts and
crafis and a place for the
sale and display of work.
Apart from the artistic
aspects involved the centre
will also serve as a
repository of Indian history.

These, pieces have been
struck with unusual at-
tention to detail.. The
engraving has been done b
a master-engraver and all

" are superb examples of the

art. The dies were engraved
directly. from vriginal art-.
work supplied by leading
Indian artists. Two years of
research went into their

Planning in order to ensure
storical veracity. The first
series depicts on the obverse
Chiefs Maquinna, Mountain,
Edenshaw, Mungo Martin
and Khahtsahlano. The
reverse honours Indian
artists Joseph Smith
Norman Tait, Lloyd
Wadhams, Robert Davidson
and Rose Sparrow. Each,
Indian dollar and medallion:
will be accompanied by
biographies, "

_. The Indian dollar will be
distributed provincewide to
department stores, hotels,
motels, supermarkets and
specialty stores. It has a

currency value: of .$1 ex.
piring on’ May 31, 1977, = -

The medallions. will be.
struck in Fae fine silver and:
old) and will.
availat ¢ fe
North West. Indian Cultural
Society cor’ from coin
dealers. °° To,

le. directly from the.

Se

British . im