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Tuesday,
October
2,
1945
Timely
Topics
from
Terrace
:MRS.
BROOKS
IS
HONORED
ON
77TH
BIRTHDAY;
COMINGS
AND
GOINGS
Last
Thursday
evening
Mrs.
A.
Brooks
was
pleasantly
surprised
by
a
knock
on
the
door
and
the
sight
of
a
number
of
her
friends
who
had
come
to
offer
her
congratulations
on
her
seventy-seventh
birthday.
They
brought
with
them
presents
and
refreshments
and
spent
a
merry
evening.
The
party
included
Mrs.
E.
Haugland,
Jfrs
S.
Klrkaldy
Sr.,
Mrs.
Seaton,
Mrs.
L.
Johnstone,
Mrs.
T.
E.
Brooks,
Mrs.
Beaudln,
Mrs.
Willie,
Mrs.
W.
Hagen,
Mrs.
Whalen,
Mrs.
Maxsted
and
Miss
Johnston.
Mrs.
A.
Brooks
received
many
lovely
gifts
which
included
an
electric
toaster
from
her
son-in-law.
Hon.
E.
T.
Kenney,
and
a
silver
fox
neckpiece
from
her
daughter,
Mrs.
E.
T.
Kenney.
:
Saturday
was
the
twentieth
wedding
anniversary
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
T.
E.
Brooks,
Mr.
Brooks
is
the
son
of
Mrs.
A.
Brooks
and
a
brother
of
Mrs.
E.
T.
Kenney
Mrs.
T.
E.
Brooks
is
a
sister
of
Floyd
Frank.
Ova
Watson
and
daughter
Ir-ma
of
Hazelton
spent
a
few
days
in
Terrace
during
the
week
as
the
guests
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
A.
Shaw.
Mrs.
H.
B.
Rochester
-of
Prince
Rupert
was.
a
."week-end
visitor
While
on
their
way
to
Telkwa
for
a
hunting
trip
on
Thursday,
Johnny
and
Frank
Comadina
of
Prince
Rupert,
stopped
for
a
while
In
Terrace.
Rev.
R.
Hills
of
St.
Matthew's
'Anglican
Church
has
brought
back
with
him
from
Vancouver
a
lantern
slide
machine
and
will
show
pictures
to
the
Sunday
School
class
every
Sunday.
Mrs.
Joe
Pacquette
has
returned
from
a
two
weeks'
holiday
trip
to
Prince
Rupert.
Miss
Margaret
Fox
is
spending
a
few
days
In
Prince
Rupert.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
E.
O.
Cooper
have
returned
.from
a
rnort
trip
to
Prince
Rupert.
Mrs.
Wary
ot.St.
Agathe.'Man..
left
on
Tuesday
night
for
a
Prince
Rupert.
She
has
been
We
have
expanded
our
business
which
enables
us
to
take
care
of
all
your
crating
and
storage
requirements.
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and
WOOD
Phon
Quality
Repairs
at
Economy
Prices
Blue
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PAPERHANGING
SIGNS
AND
SHOWCARDS
INCOME
TAX
Returns
Prepared
See
R.
E.
MORTIMER
324
2nd
Ave.
Phone
8b!
PRINCE
RUPERT
SHOE
REPAIR
3rd
St.
(Near
the
Post
Office)
LING
THE
TAILOR
We
are
taking
cleaning
and
pressing
and
steam
pressing
while
you
wait.
PHONE
649
220
Sixth
Street
SAVOY
HOTEL
Carl
Zarelli,
Prop.
Phone
37
P.O.
Box
544
FRASER
STREET
Prince
Rupert
spending
a
few
days
in
Terrace
as
the
guest
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
J.
Desjardins.
Evelyn
Connell
of
Ontario
has
joined
the
staff
of
the
Skeena
Motor
Transport.
On
her
return
from
Vancouver,
Miss
Dorothy
Hills
brought
back
a
stained
glass
window
and
banner
both
purchased
by
the
Junior
Women's
Auxiliary.
They
are
In
the
diocesan
colors
of
red
and
gold.
The
Junior
W.
A.
is
scheduled
to
hold
a
bazaar
and
tea
In
the
Orange
Hall
on
Saturday.
Raising
funds
for
the
Ridley
Home
In
Prince
Rupert
is
the
object
of
the
Junior
W.
A.
this
year.
Helen
Richmond
of
South
Hazelton
has
arrived
in
Terrace
to
reside
with
Mrs.
Art
Shaw.
She
will
attend
the
Terrace
Elementary
School.
Gordon
Kerr
will
be
leaving
soon
for
Shaughnessy
Military
Hospital
where
he
is
to
receive
treatment.
Spending
a
few
days
In
Terrace
are
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Mitchell.
Mrs.
Mitchell
is
the
former
Betty
Simpson
of
Hazelton
and
her
huitoand
was
attached
to
the
Army
Provost
Corps.
During
the
week
E.
P.
Granger
saw
a
large
black
bear
eating
the
apples
in
his
orchard
and
shot
it.
Mrs.
Harry
Frank
Is
back
from
Prince
Rupert
after
a
successful
operation
in
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital.
George
Beste
motored
to
Prince
Rupert
en
Friday
to
have
a
badly
smashed
finger
x-rayed.
Norman
McNab
left
on
Friday
night's
train
or
Prince
Rupert
and
returned
the
following
day.
TERRACE
SCHOOL
SHOWS
GROWTH
Total
of
187
Pupils
Enrolled
New
Inspector
rays
Visit
TERRACE,
Oct.
2
The
month
of
September
ended
with
a
visit
to'
Terrace
Elementary
School
by
Ernest
E.
Hyndman,
new
inspector
of
schools
for
the
district.
Mr.
Hyndman
motored
up
from
Prince
Rupert
on
Thursday
and
stopped
at
the
school
for
'a
short
while
on
hlj
way
through
to
Usk.
Early
on
Friday
morning
he
was
back
at
the
Elementary
School
where
he
made'
the
ac
quaintance
of
teachers'
and
pupils
and
administered
some
achievement
tests.
He
was
favorably
impressed
with
Terrace
and
district
and
will
be
returning
later
In
the
fall
for
a
complete
Inspection.
Teachers
and
pupils
are
looking
forward
to
his
next
visit.
The
enrolment
at
the
Terrace
Elementary
School
now
stands
at
183
pupils
who
are
distributed
as
follows:
Division
I.
Miss
Lips
38.
Division
II,
Mrs.
Mlnshall,
38,
30.
Division
III,
Miss
Johnston,
37.
Division
IV,
Miss
James,
31.
Division
V,
Miss
MacDonald,
Four
more
pupils
are
arriving
this
week
which
will
bring
the
total
enrolment
up
to
187
and
?lve
Miss
Lips
40
pupils,
Miss
MacDonald
40
pupils
and
Miss
Johnston
38.
During
the
school
year
1945-46
three
articles
written
by
teachers
who
have
taught
at
the
Elementary
School
are
scheduled
to
be
printed
In
the
"Rural
School
Bulletin."
a
magazine
published
five
times
a
year
by
the
Depart
ment
of
Education
at
Victoria.
The
articles
are
entitled
"The
Enterprise
Invades
the
Rural
School,"
"What
Have
You
Done
zioout
Nutrition?"
and
"Three
Years
of
Progress
In
an
Elementary
School."
FIND
JEEP
AT
TERRACE
An
R.C.A.F.
Jeep,
reported
missing
In
the
cltv
at
in.
as
Sat
urday
night,
was
found
by
B.C.
ponce
on
sunaay
on
the
high
way
near
Terrace.
USEFUL
SALT
Derivatives
of
common
salt
are
used
In
the
manufacture
of
air
planes,
tanks,
Jeeps,
synthetic
rubber
and
gasoline.
URGES
ACTION
ON
HIGHWAY
City
Council
Wants
Federal
Government
to
Make
Decision
On
Matter
Concerned
about
the
report
of
an
interview
between
Mayor
Daggett,
Aid.
Hills
and
Minister
of
Public
Works
Hon.
Herbert
Anscomb,
city
council
last
night
went
on
record
to
request
the
'
federal
government
to
either
maintain
or
dispose
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Highway
Immediately.
Alderman
Hills
told
council
that
the
provincial
public
works
minister
had
informed
him
and
the
mayor
that,
while
his
department
had
borrowed
two
pieces
of
machinery
to
maintain
the
road,
nothing
could
be
done
toward
rebuilding
or
repairing
the
road
should
a
washout
or
slide
damage
It.
"We
must
get
some
fixed
authority
to
be
responsible
for
the
highway
and
It
should
be
done
as
soon
as
possible,"
Alderman
Hills
urged.
"It
seems
that
no
one
wants
the
road
that
Is,
nobody
but
the
people
of
this
country,"
Alderman
Arnold
Interjected.
Alderman
Arnold
recalled
that
City
Opposed
to
Canadian
Pacific
Taking
On
P.G.E.
Alderman
Black
presented
a
resolution
at
last
night's
council
stating
that
the
city
favors
the
Pacific
Great
Eastern
Railway
being
taken
over
by
the
C.
Nil.
in
preference
to
the
CP.R.
Informed
that
the
CUR.
had
already
displayed
no
interest
in
an
offer
to
purchase
the
P.G.E.
Alderman
Black
allowed
his
motion
to
be
amended
to
state
that
"the
city
objects
to
the
.-n-sitton
ct
the
P.G.E;
by
the
JtH:
Council
approved
the
motion.
Better
English
By
D.
C.
WILLIAMS
1.
What
Is
wrong
with
this
sentence?
"Her
home
is
awfully
pretty."
2.
What
Is
the
correct
pronunciation
of
"precedence?"
Answers
1.
Say,
"Her
home
is
very
ens,
first
and
second
e's
as
In
pretty."
2.
Pronounce
pre-ed-me,
accent
second
syllable.
3.
there
are
many
places
In
the
Cariboo
district
where
the
highway
encroaches
on
railroad
property
and
no
difficulties
over
jurisdiction
have
arisen.
City
Council
Did'
Council
endorsed
a
resolution
from
the
Canadian
Seamen's
Union
petitioning
the
federal
government
to
maintain
a
merchant
navy
of
300
ships.
A
petition
by
the
Prince
Rupert
branch,
Canadian
Legion,
asking
that
the
curfew
bylaw
be
enforced
In
the
city
was
referred
to
the
police
committee
by
council.
A
resolution
from
the
city
council
of
Fort
William,
Ontario,
urged
that
the
government:
1.
make
appropriations
to
bring
unemployment
Insurance
to
$25
a
week
for
single
men
and
proportionately
higher
for
married
men.
2.
Institute
the
40
hour
week
with
no
reductions
In
pay.
3.
Embark
on
a
public
works
program
to
create
employment.
The
resolution
was
endorsed
In'
principle
by
city
council.
City
council
last
night
adopted
a
recommendation
of
the
board
of
works
committee
that
the
city
defray
25
per
cent
of
the
cost
of
construction
of
a
cement
sidewalk
along
the
side
of
the
Stone
Block
as
requested
by.
Mrs.
Annette
Woods
and
that
council
adopt
this
as
a
policy
where
owners
wish
to
construct
cement
sidewalks
at
the
side
of
their
buildings
as
an
extension
to
the
existing
sidewalk
system.
The
work,
however,
must
be
carried
out
to
the
satisfaction
of
the
city
engineer.
Council
last
night
adopted
a
report
of
the
finance
committee
which
reported
the
sale
of
the
following
lots:
Lot
23,
block
35,
section
1.
to
S.
E.
Parker
Ltd.
for
iasa.
Lots
1
and
2,
block
5,
section
5,
to
Peter
Gamula
for
$1,200.
Lot
2,
block
1,
section
7,
to
J.
W.
Rogerson
for
$125.
Lots
65,
68
and
67,
block
34,
section
8,
to
J.
Cusak
for
$105.
The
finance
committee
recommended
that
the
offer
of
David
Lelth
to
purchase
Lot
59,
block
21,
section
1
for
$180
be
accepted.
Finance
committee
recommended
that
all
shacks
in
the
Cow
Bay
area
now
obtaining
water
from
stand
pipes
be
charged
a
minimum
monthly
rental
of
$1
and
that
the
pro-
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TLAYED
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(Continued
from
Pae
1)
Deepest
Boom
Defence
Net
The
problem
of
defending
the
port
of
Prince
Rupert
was
answered
by
Installation
of
a
boom
defence
consisting
of
huge
steel
nets
sunk
to
a
great
depth
the
deepest
known
nets
in
the
British
Empire.
A
spike
boom,
to
keep
out
high-speed
enemy
motor
torpedo
boats
which
might
have
tried
to
force
entry
Into
the
harbor,
was
located
in
Metalakatla
Island
passage.
With
the
arrival
of
U.S.
Army
units
who
established
a
Port
of
Sub-Embarkation
at
Rupert,
the
duties
of
the
Canadian
Navy
increased.
During
the
period
of
Japanese
aggression,
especially
when
some
of
the
Aleutians
were
occupied,
dally
mlnesweeplng
was
carried
out
In
the
harbor
approaches.
Complete
communications
liaison
was
maintained
at
the
base
and
throughout
the
command
in
strategic
island
positions,
Including
the
Klnahan
Port
War
Signal
Station,
Ridley
Island
Lookout,
Port
Edward
Wireless
Station
and
Massett
posed
subdivision
of
the
Cow
Bay
district
be
proceeded
with
W.reli-
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Landt
tifavy
Merchant
Ship
M0Tfmnl.
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war
supplies";!!
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by
the
pc:
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service
officer
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troonvhins
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hydrograp.
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since
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pror.
warrant
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sailors
to
pa:
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through
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Chatham
and
the
shit
side,
hundreds
will
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lines
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parody
on
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"Here's
to
Rutvrt
p.
wen.
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1
'
IS
We
hope
you
will
be
happy
arid
prosperous
and
may
we
invite
you
to
join
us
in
keeping
ourselves
employed
by
favoring
in
your
purchases
those
products
which
are
"Made
in
B.C."
It's
payrolls
in
B.C.
which
will
keep
bur
new
residents
employed,
our
returning
men
and
women
employed
and
also
will
provide
jobs
here
for
our
boys
and
girls.
When
you
buy
B.C
Products
you
assure
your
prosperity
in
this
Province
of
your
choice.
B.C.
PRODUCTS
AND
INDUSTRIAL
BUREAU
VANCOUVER
BOARD
OF
TRADE
KESIPENTS