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Prince
Rupert
Daily
News
Monday,
June
11,
1951
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Expansion
of
Timber
Industry
Has
Brought
Amazing
Development
A
twentieth-century
Rip
Van
Winkle,
asleep
for
only
10
years
in
the
mountains
behind
Terrace,
would
be
amazed
on
awakening
to
see
the
changes
which
have
taken
place
in
the
district
due
largely
to
expansion
of
the
timber
industry
with
Columbia
Cellulose
drawing
heavily
on
the
area.
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Mr,
Winkle
would
see
2500
people
eager
with
anticipation
of
greater
things
to
come
instead
of
only
800
residents
scat
to
manual
arts
and
home
economics
classes
in
the
near
future.
An
active
Parent-Teachers'
.
ir-iiiviLii
ixtoiLts
at
me
neaa
oi
sKeena
kiv
valley,
in
tne
centre
oi
nines
oi
arame,
ncn
land
which
str.tches
to
the
base
cf
the
mountains.
In
ten
years
population
of
Terrace
has
urnwn
from
some
600
to
2,503.
Columbia
Cellu
sc
Company
started
its
woods
operation
from
i
thij
point.
tered
throughout
the
district
yea
tht
car
lie
ma
err
organized
by
ele-
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tx,
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tif
k
I
Association.
Ten
years
ago
everyone
knew
mentary
school
principal
Miss
A.
TERRACE
everyone
else;
a
stranger
was
strange
not
for
long.
But
today
all
that
is
changed.
And
with
this
change,
community
affairs,
activities,
have
quickened
and
grown.
..
Lips,
has
set
up
a
dental
clinic
for
pre-school
and
Grade
I
children.
Each
week
P-TA
sponsors
an
afternoon
tea
for
parents
and
teachers
at
the
schools,
and
W:-;...
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c
iri
rerrace
May
Become
Food
Bowl
For
Area
members
help
make
costumes
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The
Civic
Centre
represents
for
children
who
participate
in
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one
of
the
main
gains
accom-
concerts.
Mrs.
Dudley
Little
Is
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pnsnea
Dy
trie
community.
Tne
p-TA's
president.
Business
centre
of
important
Columbia
Cellulose
logging
operations.
Incorporated
as
village
in
1927.
Area
cf
village
corporation,
700
acres.
Estimated
population,
2,500.
Highway,
railway
and
com-
Kail
tiU'e
L
ay.aKr,
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Boy
Scout
and
Cub
groups
are
.
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fostered
by
the
Group
Commit-
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t
tee,
which
is
behind
the
boys
in
T,
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all
their
activities.
Summer
V
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by
Alf
Yoxall,
the
centre's
first
director.
It
has
since
emerged
mercia!
aircraft
transportation.
P,.
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Lake,
a
well-known
summer
re
KomD
become
nno
of
thp
v,
town's
show
Power
Supplied
by
B.C.
Power
RICH
HEAVY
SOIL
AVAILABLE
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:
With
some
fifty-thousand
acres
of
potential
farm
J
v;and,
and
with
several
thousand
acres
already
under
"'cultivation
and
producing,
Terrace
looks
forward
to
(('coming
a
food-bowl
of
the
Northwest.
Openinj
of
Columbia
Celluo'se
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:
'ompany
pulp
mill
already
has
creek,
but
the
Dutch
farming
j-
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stimulated
'
business
and
industry
specialists
feels
his
people
are
-
nd
will
invite
a
greater
demand
equal
to
cope
with
the
problem,
,
'
r
farm
produce.
as
similar
conditions
exist
in
HoL-
,
(
A
government
furvey,
started
lanl-"Jl
1947,
reported
many
areas
of
Other
Dutch
farmers
years
ago
CommLrslon.
sort
within
a
100-mile
radi.is,
Just
20
mile.s
from
Terrace.
places.
The
auditorium
is
lined
with
Water
Reservdir
-
-
capacity.
Girl
Guides
and
BrowniPS
140,000
gallons.
j
aluminum
foil
-
and
the
large
h0
fhp
harki
nf
nn
artiuo
Bank
Royal
Bank
of
Canada,
stage
Is
finished
with
a
back-
Girl
Gulde
Association,
which
is
Weil
equipped
volunteer
fire
:
drop,
wings
and
curtains.
Cele-
wording
toward
a
girls'
summer
department.
:
uiauuna
sucn
as
uunmuon
i-ay,
o
r...i:on
Government
Tele-
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Labor
Day
and
New
Year's
Eve
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a-aimVVmiiiwmirlmmmit-H-Ttf--?--
phone,
and
Telegraph
Service.
camp.
Once
a
year,
during
Boy
Scout
and
Girl
Guide
Week,
a
grand
rally
in
the
Civic
Centre
gives
thp
ormins
nn
nnnnrlnnitv
if
r
ich,
ich,
heavy
heavy
soil
soil
awaiting
awaiting
only
only
preceded
preceded
Mr.
Mr.
Doorman.
Doorman.
Peter
Peter
Va
Van
(
oads
and
clearing
for
future
de-
Stolk,
for
instance,
came
to
Ter
COLUMBIA
Cellulo.-e
Company,
Limited,
Lugging
camp
at
Ten
ace.
View
of
We
t
Kalum
logging
are
held
there,
also
the
Kinsmen
May
Day
festival
and
the
annual
Fall
Fair.
Newspaper
Omineca
Herald.
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Cross
Hospital.
roaa
(west
Kaium
Koad)
constructed
by
the
Columbia
CVUuiose
Company
looking
north
r-lopment.
,'
race
before
World
War
I
and
has
towards
the
Company's
timber
lands.
-Photo
by
Elwood
M.
Payne.
New
York
Facilities
for
sport
Modern
schools
,A
recent
development
comes
developed
his
-!0-acre
tarm
the
Include
snow
wnat
they
have
learned
i
ith
the
purchase
of
a
160-acre
Dominion
government
is
using
it
Recreational
facilities
Civic
bowling,
basketball,
badminton
t
tnel
weeklv
mcetines
and
roller
skating.
Other
activi
Six
churches
minister
to
tne
town-
A
public
Health
unit
looks
.
:.rm
by
L.
R.
Doorman,
a
Holland
as
an
illustration
station.
Mr.
Van
Centre,
Theatre,
ball
oark,
unsur-
graduate
in
scientific
farming
Stolk
even
grows
black
Hamburs!
pas-Jed
fishing
and
hunting.
ties
sponsored
by
the
centre
are
community's
spiritual
needs,
after
sanitation
and
school
;
nursing,
as
well
as
a
baby-clinic.
u
iv-tcte
yuipiiiwiy
uiuuca
i.i,
Thev
are'
Antjti-fln
f!hurh
nf
SU
Hflat-'
Drama
Club,
directed
by
Stan
thew
-Knox
UnR
d
church;
HOME
FOR
AGED
J
(
nd
applied
agriculture.
Shanes
f"a
peaunes
successiuuy
1
under
gia"s-
For
severfcl
years
with
the
col-
'i
,
nidation
headquarters
of
Can-
Wlt-h
the
use
of
suitable
fertiii-
,.
dian
NatirJnal
Railways
in
Mon-
ztl'3
and
scientific
management,
f
,
'-eal,
Mr.
rjoorman
expects
to
be
'thers
have
shown
that
only
10
Lang,
and
the
Choral
Club,
un
Roman
Catholic
Church
of
the
A
provincial
Home
fo
tne
Sacred
Heart;
the
Pentecostal
Aged,
loftily
located
on
the
der
leadership
of
Jim
Norring
ton.
0
GElr
t-rr
rNS
.art
V...
nil
I.
!
iake'se
Lake
ramping
resort.
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Churches
Anglican.
Pentecostal
Roman
Catholic,
United.
Cerviv:
organizations
Board
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Tit
de,
Canadian
Legicn,
Kinsmen.
1
wo
hotsls,
two
auto
courts.
Chai'ir.an
of
Board
of
Village
O.mminsbnirs,
Ed.
Haugland.
r-re-ider.t
cf
Board
of
Trade,
Oii-'andsrs.
nuicn.
rmiKuum
nan
oi
je-
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4
.uiuwcu
uy
umiiy
ui
jus
cuuili.1
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Bench
with
commanding
view
of
the
Kalum,
Skeena
and
Lak-
;
ten
to
open
up
a
4,000-acre
basin
Along
with
other
parts
of
In
the
summer
a
ladies'
soft-
hovah's
Witnesses,
and
a
new
ball
club
travels
under
Ontrp
cant
rn.,
Ai,rofiL.t
r.,...
lors.
rpTtat
Chuh
U
to
be
built
"T'
tnJ
f
the
"e.WM
t
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)r
truck-farming.
This
area,
ist
south
of
the
Skeena
river,
i
is
i
Terrace,
is
nearly
all
swamp-
northwestern
British
Columbia
Terrace
is
looking
to
the
future
for
fulti'.nvjnt
of
a
long-term
The
Centre
Is
administered
by
this
summer.
institutions
of
Terrace.
There
men
from
all
parts
of
the
prov-
an
assoe.ation
with
representa-
Behind
the
town,
oh
the
hills,
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t
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,
ind,
drained
by
a
slow-moving
promise.
are
gathered
to
spend
their
ilV-e
m
Tl
J
tives
from
each
of
the
town's
stands
a
10-bed
Red
Cross
out
ilp.-
"
Hit
organizations,
which
combine
to
post
hospital.
Formerly
Brigade
of
llILTlt
sur"u"din;s
spacious
beauty
conductive
to
J
lorm
the
hub
or
Its
social
lite,
heademarters.
the
double
"H"
the
happv
enjoyment
of
declin-
venues
presiueni
is
oen
uoaas.
building
has
been
converted
by
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1
-'v-.iaMt
A
'ng
HomC
1
the
Red
Cross
Society
to
meet
daysm?e
?f
ORGANIZATIONS
The
Masons,
IOOF,
Oranrje
all
hospital
requirements.
Ter
World
War
II.
For
a
while
it
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was
threatened
with
demolition
Lodge
and
Canadian
Legion
race
people
shared
one
third
of
have
their
own
halls.
There
is
the
cost,
through
public
sub-
dui.
me
",c.
v
people
"
y
U1
or
Terrace
1L
a
Women's
Auxiliary
to
the
Le-
scriptlons,
and
paid
It
In
three
'r.e
Celved
in
H
the
possibilities
of
t',in
nri
RehPlt-h
IdBP
vPa
a
useful
function
and,
due
to
their
persistence
and
with
the
Influence
of
Hon.
E.
T.
Kenney,
MLA
for
Skeena
and
mlnistsr,
of
lands,
It
was
saved
and
fin-;
ally
utilized
for
this
humanltar-'
ian
function.
i
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Kinsmen
meet
twice
a
month
Serviced
by
a
matron,
Miss
j
and
are
devoting
this
year's
Mabel
Taylor,
R.N.,
four
regis-!
service
and
proceeds
to
the
Civic
tered
nurses
and
two
aides,
are
Centre.
men's,
women's
and
children's
I
Reconstructed
schools
have
an
wards,
and
the
nursery
which
I
enrolment
of
400
of
which
53
holds
five
cots
and
an
incuba-
are
high
school
students.
Mod-
tor.
Delivery,
operating
and
ster-
ern
classrooms
are
contained
in
lizing
rooms
are
modernly
equip-ja
converted
army
"H"
hut,
sup-
ped.
I
plied
with
new
desks,
black-1
For
the
staff
there
are
lounges,
'
boards
and
adequate
lighting.
C.
living
quarters,
kitchen
and
din-W.
Michlel,
chairman
of
the
lng
rooms.
!
school
board,
is
looking
forward
!
Three
doctors
service
the
COLUMBIA
Cellulose
Ci
mpar.y.
Limited,
Logrring
Camp
at
Terrace.
Harold
Lynum,
superintendent
of
the
camp
at
Terrace,
ai
door
of
office
bu.lding.
Fhoto
by
Elwood
M.
Payn.
New
York
A
five-man
board
of
commis-
j
sioners
handles
the
civic
affairs,!
COLUMA
Cellu
-.se
Company,
Limited,
legg
at
the
head
of
which
is
Em'.l
I
"
Haugland,
cnairman
for
more
'
Winkle
should
stay
awake.
But
be
troubled
with
many
rude
than
a
decade.
'even
if
he
decides
to
go
back
to
awakening
from
the
nol.se
and
Citizens
of
Terrace
think
Mr.
sleep,
they
say,
his
dreams
will
roar
of
a
developing
city.
ca.v.p
at
Torraco,
Mens
quarters;
office
Photo
by
Elwood
M.
Payne,
New
York
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We
Take
This
Opportunity
to
Join
in
ConqralJalions
and
Bed
Wishes
to
is
OLUMBIA
CELLULOSE
COMPANY
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Terrace
Drags
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a
Shop
and
Garage
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III!
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It
H
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Terrace
Building
Sup
ply
Ltd.
Johnstone
and
Michie!
Ltd.
Skeena
Mercantile
Shoe
Store
M.
ill.
Terrace
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Terrace
Ba!
L
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Smith
ltd.
argents,
Robin
and
Sait
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