F.,'ov. 6~. bral'y, .~ Periodicals Vepar~men~, TE CE _MRp.LD ,. LVIII, No. 31 18 Pages Wednesday, February 23, 1966 10c a Copy, $3.00 a Year --- Press Run 2,800 % ~I~M'~'~" II ~ J TILL UNDISPUTED CEDAR POLE capital of Ford and tr,ucked to the LH & K pole yards by he world, Terrace welcomed this 140-foot per- donated the pole to the Ter,race Chamber of Rene Dallaire of V & S Trucking. Sel,id right Commerce and the chamber has set up a com- ect cedar pole last Wednesday. The long one through the centre, the pole measured 33 ras felled in the Copper ,River valley by Bill mittee to study the possibility of displaying it inches at the butt. LH & K Pole Company has to advantage as a tourism promotion. (Photo by Vogue Studio) Council Will List 'simsyan Maids In Five Lots For Sale Verbal Okay Given Municipal Council will list five lots on Lakelse Avenue with local and area real estate r Or.. Second Year agents. The property is currently To Hospital Plan occupied by buildings • housing Northwest Zone High School basketball champions for Municipal Works Department of- The Terrace Hospital Board has received government [the second consecutive year, Terrace's Tsimsyan Maids will fices. They were once used by the verbal assent for a building program which will bring Mills now seek--financial assistance for a trip to Vancouver .in March ~Municipal Fire Department and so that they might co~'lpetei were. vacated by that department Memorial Hospital.to an operating capacity of 67 beds and in the provincial basketball Maids on Friday evening and on when the Municipal Hall at the a potential capacity of 87 beds, it was announced here this Saturday the Terrace squad met finals. (See picture page 8). corner of Eby and Lakelse was week. IF. Clarke met with the Minister of I the So-Me-Hi Ravenettes for the completed in 1964. During a trip to Victoria, chair- The Maids won the Northwest second time. This game produced In another property move, Mun. man of the hospital boarcl, A. J. Health and Welfare, Eric Martin trophy last weekend in a three day the resounding score of 42 to 10 icipal Council has rejected an op- Mccall, and hospital administrator as well as deputy minister Donald basketball trial which has been in favor of the Tsimsyan Maids. tion offer from the proposed pur- Cox. The meeting was arranged chaser of the L. H. & K. property by MLA for Skeena, Dudley G. ~suded by Prince Rupert sports Anka Troelstra, described by Sixty Days Grace Little and took place last Wed- writers as "dazzling." sports columnists as the Maids' at the corner of Lakelse and nesday. "waltzing giant," was named the Emerson. The property was ori. For Storekeepers The two government officials Their first win came Thursday most valuable player of the season. ginally designated as a site for a A plea from Municipal adminis. when they defeated the Booth Canada Safeway slate but a sub. gave a verbal green light to an Marita Graner, Nicky Sluyter and tration officials for directive from extension plan which will bring Memorial Ravenettes with an easy Anka Troelstra were all named to division application filed by L. H. Council regarding the store clos- 38 to 18. & K. Company was withdrawn Mills Memorial Hospital, currently the all-star team of the Northwest ing bylaw in Terrace, was set aside operating with 54 beds, up to a Rupert's Senior Girls team went Zone. after a wait of seven months. A Tuesday night when Council de- decision regarding sub- division completed 67 bed capacity. Also down for the count against the The provincial high school bas- cided to call upon an as yet un. approved were facilities for an ad- ketball finals will be held in Van. of the property was held up pend- named merchants association for ing agreement on the extension of ditional 20 beds, complete with all c0uver on March 10, 11 and 12 and advice and recommendation. but plumbing and lighting fixtures the local hoopsters must raise Grcig Avenue. Assistant Municipal Clerk Ter- Two Weeks Given Council recently went on record which will be added as required. $2,000 before then in order to ry Lester asked Municipal Council Following the meeting in Vic. make the trip and try for the B.C. as approving the extension of whether it wanted the terms .of For Road Opening Greig Avenue, and such a plan toria, the Terrace hospital offi- championship. store closing hours 5ylawNo. 312 cials met with architects Thorn. i The contractor installing water would require the allocation of enforced locally or if the bylaw Average age of the ~entace some of the corner property for son, Berwiek & Pratt in Vancou. ,,,,,~! sewer lines for Terrace Voca. should he rescinded in lieu of a ver and ordered detailed drawings tional School has two weeks to get team is 16 years and the young. road allowances. A letter will go sters have proven themselves to new one. for the new north.south wing, as the Amesbury Road cleared and out rejecting the option offer pre- He cited a flare-up amongst be one of the most "polished" sented two weeks ago by Murdoch well as a proposed 6,000 square )pen, following a decision ,in Mun- local retailers a week ago in which foot outpatient department on the icipal Council Chambers Tuesday hoop squads in B.C. R. Robertson. a supermarket manager question. south side, and a 7,000 square foot ed the legality of allowing a neigh. physiotherapy department. Blakeburn Construction Ltd. of borhood store to remain open on Estimated cost of the hospital t~errace has been unable to con. Meltin Pot... Wednesdays and evenings when expansion is $847,000 of which the :inue work due to adverse weather floor space did not conform to provincial government provides :onditions and the road has re- OPEN LETTER to Old Buckskin: with the Driftwood Dragon." law. Lester said the question arose 50 per cent and the federal gov- nained closed all winter. No, there's not a thing wrong .It's a natural piece of polished following an anonymous tip.off with your eyesight. You didsee ernment subsidizes to the extent The original contract called for driftwood presented to Council that a supermarket and a meat of $2,000 per bed. .'ompletion of the job by Novem- the local gendarmes putting a by a Terrace resident. A delight. market were open for business on )er 1 but bad weather and delayed ticket on a judicial official's ful piece of nature's artistry but Wednesday in contravention of naterial deliveries took the job car but you didn't see the offi- a dragon of a thing to find a the bylaw. Vandalism Closes veil into the freeze.up season and cial's name in our Magistrate's place for. Acting on the information, Les. york was curtailed. Court column because the ticket [] * [] ter approached the offenders and Local Sawmill was only a warning ticket. One askedthat they close, whereupon Municipal Council h e a r d a FORMER COUNCILLOR Jack RCMP are investigating a week- ~trong bid from Councillor Dora. of over a 100 such warning Bakewefi buzzed through town they insisted on a full-scale in- ;by Norton Tuesday night after a tickets issued by the RCMP last vestigation of store hour practices end act of vandalism which caus- month. We only publish 'em last weekend. Says he likes Na- etter from Willis & Cunliffe en. naimo but misses the kerfuffle in other retail outlets. ed considerable damage to Sande ;ineers suggested "fairness" in after they've been convicted -- of Municipal affairs. Some guys Lester cited several other in. Lumber Mills electrical instalation leaHng with the matter. not when they've simply been have all the luckl fractions of the bylaw and asked warned. and resulted in closure of the mill Councillor Norton circulated [] , r'l if he should enforce its terms. [] * [] After due deliberation Council from Monday until Wednesday )ictures of Amesbury Road at the DON'T FORGET March 1st Is BULKLI~Y VALLEY Faint Pro- morning. dcconnell intersection. T h e y ducts now has preliminary stud- decided to approach the newly re. the deadline for those new lic- organized m e r e h a n t s assoeia. Vandals are believed to have ~howed an- estimated six feet of ence plates. ies underway for a new pulp lirty snow with road barricades mill at Houston. Consulting en- tion and seek advice regarding the gained entry to the mill building [] * [] terms of the bylaw. The merchants tartly buried. RECENT arrivals from Kuuts- gineers are Sandweil & Co. Ltd. sometime Sunda]/. A pa=~l con. o! Vancouver. group will be offered 60 days in A letter urging restoration of ford, Cheshire, England; Kare. which to come up with recommen. taining electrical controls ~or mill he road was read from former Q * [] and Kirflen Mudle were inter- clarions pertinent to the problem. equipment was smashed, neces- :ouncillor Gerald Duffus. ested visitors to the Herald last NOW UNDERWAY are working. Bylaw 312 was approved in May sitating some major repair. Following further discussion, week observing the mechanical drawings for an 1964 after local merchants and '~0,000. store Operations at the mill were cur- ;ouncillor MeRae moved to have operation of our operation. and office blinding In Ten'see. members of Municipal Council he road opened within two weeks. Frank It. Whltley is the archl. held several meetings in efforts to tailed pending arrival of replace- ~he co.ntractor will be so in.