Prince Rupert Daily News Saturday, March 15. 1952 Know Your peirt Firrtis ft It Ambitious Local Business Man Has SeeixPort Progress Norman Moorehouse Started at P.ottom Now at Top One of a family of mechanics, Norman Mooreliouse is an example of how an ambitious and steady worker can reach the top after starting at the WATERFRONT WHIFFS i . '-'4 f 7 i W. R. LOV i4 Local Elevator Readying To Handle Barley Fishers Not Always Hunters Joined the bottom. In 1923, at the age of 15'. a youth decided to take out an War, Fred Hogan firm to become a very active Prince Rpf. grain deva.or is preparing to StS STARTED: BUSINESS IN 1 9.1 9 iLZt Ugwlj J ( ! tt ft' j"' v . . f.:j f.4 ' ! -i ; go into the barley handling, business tor tne Iirsi ume Mr. Moorehouse Is sole owner of Moorehouse family in its career but will be loading out a couple of more SgS ictiy pioneering stock are of arrlv- ' -fw N zi'l v y'i modest little inS nele 1903' before the city's u hPiit chins hptnvp thp ooai'se crain SiartS moin developed trom a bliup kill mc waiciuuiiv. . ,'u -chir. Love Electric was established r such Ship redness of terms as incorporation, nir iaic j. w . Moorehouse, the father, died last year. Two other sons are In Prince Rupert. Tom is a constable engineer with the RCMP on the police launch stationed here. The youngest brother. Bill, is u inech.nic at tha city garage. the latter part of May. gixth wheat ship of the sea-ion, the Kiyokawa Maru, sailed Thursday afternoon for Japan and the next vessel, the Chinese .UuualUt Hi Yu, is due next Thursday or Friday. The Kiyokawa Maru had a cargo of 306,- and Boat." According to the ed lhg business with nis soldier s Canada Shipping Act, -a ship saVings and from that day tock includes every description of ves- an active interest - until 1950 not waen Mr. Ku-oreiuuse look over scl used in navigation pro- n,vrt hv nars" Another desig- the entire business. W. R. LOVE. FOUNDER. NOW RETIRED nation says: "Vessel includes any ,s tne business nas seen a shin or boat or any other dc- great change In progress lroin 000 bushels. The Hi Yu will load PARLIAMENT AND O .tiHll.:U "lit ;J0c about 336 000 bushels Elevator scripuon vi ve.vci iucu ui uc- 1Us cauj uaj, u c.cij .'... ..j .., .h ih. slaned to be used in navigation." asDect of the waterfront. Mr. W. K. LUV.t CLcLIKIV. LU. 1, ,as started Dy "Ray" Love, now living in Victoria., on his return from I -! J6 '' i hand to Moorehouse .-ccaUs. loi instance, - was plenty of wheat on m.ri the Hai Yu. After the Chi- Th rv.xsin-r of Caotain Hairv the Inst electntieation ot fish- which was carried by a vote of ing vessels electric lights which 151 yeas to 51 nays. ThU3 three nese nese vessel, f.ss?1.' one more wneai N-dden, veteran of the Grand ... bi er motol snip win oe cuiiuus . T,.k Pllf.inc-Canadian National m n;.n,nJinn Ulll5 ailU uu vniau npuii.iivn the bariey will start moving in ai and equipment. lor the three ships' which' will services, recalls early experiences of vessels .,. v,t ,,itv f trrain Ex- and incidents in Prince Rupeit ., want-ol-conlidence motions, a thirty day argument, and four divisions of the House." Thus the ioceeoings: on our Parliament lull b'-.our European PaHi impnt ei a l..iKriprl hv tho oilers, for Instance, uectation is that the-! elevator and along the north coast, ho weie vc y u(jaest boats follow- a popular style of a 23-foot lanked among me ihm oi uiu will keep on handling grain in . .. . . .i i n nnoir nfficprs of thp COmDant -i i i l.k '''.. .. .' ... . . . even alter tne Daney snips nave K -- ---- - csoci cquipticy uu . a u , "c NoDiemen in ineir ancient wis- ucen here. on steamships Prince Rupert horsepower engine. - ' dom some seven hundred years and Prince George. The funeral ToaaVi it is not uncommon .to ag0 Fishermen are not hmeif but. ,ouKJ flaCti in Va.n"v",. 'Cf 40 to 50-ioot troUers powered nere at home in B.C. it would ," ;. because of nf thP the fact tact that inai Ilt;suily a,,u lwu . 01 l"c v""-- by J 100 horsepower engines, just ,, McLean and .. . VJ 1'eihups (ten a greater tney often voyage to oM--the- Capt E w th of whom .1 were long associated with him on B ' .1' ttilV yuniLO aiuitfe n.- north coast, it is not at all unreasonable that they are intei- Canadian National steamships. vvo'lu w ' dus ness was uegun in a moacsr way on rne prebenr sue. Vv R. I ove gained his electrical experience in Charlottetown, P.E.I., and came here in 1910 as wire chief of the Prince Rupert telephones. In 1923 at the ags of 15, Norman Moorehouse joined the firm as a apprentice o"d today be is owner and monager. In that year the two mvi wo !cd az electrical contractors on hoats, still the main business of v ' I ove. Only the largs boats were fitted with electric lighting. Much of the work consisted of converting the older od smaller boats from oil lamps to electric lighting. W. R. Love E'ectric Co. n-o distributors fo" Exide Storage Batteries. Mr Love himself selected this battery in 1919 hecause he knew that Exide is a universal battery in industry w iere elecricol batteries are used. Exide Batttery Co. is still the largest maker of batteries for all purposes. Of the four EXIDE foctories there is one in Manchester, England, two ;n Philadelphia and one in Toronto. W. R. Love Electric Co. are also agents for WICO MAGNETOS.. Retail soles of boor equipment include the agencies for Johnson Outboard Motors. Gray Marine Engines, Ecsthope Marine Engines, Briggs & Stratton Air Cooled Engines. W. R. Love Electric Co. are also agents fc Renold Coventry Chain Drives and Brandram-'Henderson Marine Paints. appear by the rumbling in the land, matters in our amateur parliament at Victoria are not moving as smoothly as gears running in oil, hence an election is coming on while they should have carried on for two and a half years yet, which they might ' have done if they had added ; another sword length to the width of their no man's land. change has come over the old-time gillctters which used to be driven by sail, and net setting was done by hand. Today, sieek-lined hulls are powered lor spteas up tu 10 kiK'i? and smoothly, automata .uh'I. drums piik up and pay out Hit gill nels. esied in game and wild fowl. The past season, to date, hunt- It's ju.jt 50 years ago this .n'i Has ocen quiet. On the spring that Marconi's dream bc- Quecn Charlotte Lsiands the sea- came realized, when the first .son has been long, with heavy wireless call crossed the Atlantic .snow. Latest adv.'ce says littie From an experimental station cn has been shot in the way of the coast of Cornwall, he at last brant or ceese. Fur prices have heard Signals from Signal Hill. Halibut fishing methods, how- May we wonder as to how it ever, have seen little change in would be should a great giant ... T . .,1 n Ct Tnhn.D Mmofnon nnrf T, Deen uown. ueei are itpuivcu ot. jvuu o, mrvnuunuiauu. mc lne past, 30 or 40 years descend on that Assembly like a hawk on a flock of chickens .".Jaicei, Ul-Nt'a.se Ut'lll n tauiui, mot. oiuioii amy uc cquiicu but this is believed to be about with the invention was the "Lake over. Champ!ain." The earliest wirs- . less direction finder was install - Havina been located at Prince ed ln a Canadian vessel, "Royal Rupert .most of his life, or since Georse." The f.rst ship-to-shore L., '' ,r ' , Another big change -on tho,, waterfront has been with the ; native inaii.n fishermen, says Mr. Moorehouse, who has seen ' terrific progress" In their aundaid of living as well as in .n.'ir equipment. . , NATIVE PROGRESS One vessel, the Haida Warrior, for which Love Electric has Norman MoorehoK Ownrr mi Manipt and arive the flock to the backyard and put a wrecking gan? to work to clear the chamber ui the last vestige of Parliament, and call the same men in the same chamber and seat them" around the council table with .he Lieutenant Governor at the .lead who would address the Joaid thus: "Gentlemen, we are ie:e to cany on the business ot this Province until the lawful set dale tor an election comes long prior to the coming of the wc..-.-itn.piiuiie at:vice was railway, numerous old friends established on the coast of Brit-will .miss George McKenzie, ls Columbia. whose" funeral takes place tills altenwon at Fairview. Salmon back FROM GERMANY and about 75. he aged troller, Loui;; Bruncke, local hand log- tiled under tiagic circumstances , fn.-nwir,. his immersion in ir.e Ber, who has been in this district 78- .Liuiy supplied equipment, is one of the most modern seiners . er to enter Prinoq Bapturhar- cold water when he fell over- since early days, returned this bor. Presently; ;at loch, baard off Porcher Island. He week from a three months' visit the the Warrior Warrior was was "Built "Built ov oy Jeff Jeff """"" While 01 MaS-sat iMtf B'f -TtrTeXWMPLlFY GOVERNMENT , 4f failed to survive the shock, sue- t0 Germany, his native land, ci;mbing several hours lat.-r Mr. , t- tKa t , est design ti fjkfitfure. "After all is said and done '.here Complete line of replacement parts for all marine engines is also carried In service work W. R. Love E'ectric Co. repair generators, starting motors, magnetos., lighting plants, and one man special-uer. in outboard1 motors and air-cooled .ngine repairs. , The main business activity of W. R. Love Electric Co. is still the. wiring and installation o electrical equipment -on boats. McKenie came from Cape Bret- " I his home L t T on in Nova Scotia. Bremen, city, or near there. After an absence of about "Such p. ogi ess . if, heartwarming to see," SE3S the electrician, who himself has progressed with the ch iHing times in stacking Is a greater population in Mont-ieil ih3il there is in any one of the four western provinces. There is a greater population in twenty-Hva years one of his The. new est addition to Cana- chief objects the dian naval strength is HMC neyVasTsee In making h mother jour- who TJ'Z nto IhTa thereis' ,n .ny 1CCn" li and.W h CCUr- f's also anagen, 8.c.nt"y.!1f handlmg ,in?. many any .lhf t,"tjl there to; 1 1' - W li 'in i ' - 5 . .. . . ,i U 3 ". I K". Laurent, launchpri by Canadian Vicsers. Her con- red a day or so before it was pos- board. I am sure arc ,,,,,,:.,,, . tho t jo ,(!,, , ....mj u inuuuis, t-iiguies ana sun shires in the British Isles that dry equipment. Although the work is hard I and ""7" xtictina. the electrician finds 'ii u. nuii h uo mc Lauac Ul UtL Jlkilt t'J lllCCl. iltl. lie L!..VC1JLU interest to naval staffs. It is by air both ways, and has noth-proving economicaly feasible to ing but praise for aerial kjrvices. n-e the method in bui'.Jing mer- M.-. Bruncke mentioned that he chant tonnage, the meaning of found many features of German which is speed with economy. life largely unchanged beer, bread, cheese and other forms of A newspaper controversy has fatherland fare much the same of late been debating the cor- as when he was a youth. or Quebec. I shouldn't be surprised to learn that the population of either of the cities of London or New York would be near the population of this Canada of ours. Yet all their business is done by their respective Mayor and Council seated around their council table, bui, without that three sword-lengths no-man's land between them. Surejy no one can establish i iim time for community, participation j ltd has been an active member for many years of the Oddfellows and Masonic Lodges. .e is ulsu a spurt fisherman and n is in ih t his greatest relaxation from business cars. ' Of course, I guess no sport flilierman gets enough time to go oat. And there still are a lot of p"o fishing spots in this area," he says. From the day that Mr. Moorehouse first joined Love Electric, STAFF IS AS FOLLOWS: Norman Moorehouse, Owner and Manager Fred Hogan, Sales Jack Eby, Electrician Einor Carlseh, Mechanic Don Scherk, Apprentice (Mrs.) Margaret Ross, Bookeeper, part time. If .' r i Wi ft Am mm BLACKWOOD on By.EASLEY BLACKWOOD the claim that our Parliament ! and responsible Government no other employee was hired iJUttlLltV J" i in WW-ii i i ii I --"- until Bill Brooksbank came in ostein, the product of the Noble-1930. Today. Mr. Brooksbank op- men of seven hundred years crates a similar business' in Port ago, is a modern institution for Albeini. our day and generation, and ln August, 1917, Mr. Love re- especially when Canada is the tired and in 1953 gave up his enly country in this western i.i:.,i.inuij interest in the busi- hemisphere that is willing to ttPr the Second World accept it. JACK EBY, E'cctrician ;! Champion's Second Bid Shows Full Strength !! After He Lies Low the First Time 'Round t jRemember this: When you open with one of a .-uit;;it isn't your first bid which tells how strong you!! hand i?- That job is done by your subsequent : eb'&; especially your first rebid. O A In .bdjiy's deal Mr. Champion ' h id all suits stopped but h- South dealer Neither side vulnerable North (Mitw Hrat-li) S J 10 H J (85 D K J 10 8 2 ' C 4 propoily figured his hand was i toj sticng for a one no trump opening- He had one club and Ivn.his partner responded with c :-.c cji'.tmond. he knew the time j hid iimie to show his fur strcr.jth. i Ih.j;, h; accomplished by bid-! ( ins two no trump. Maybe Miss i wt (Mr. AlicH S 9 762 H A 10 7 Knt ( Mr., keen) S 8 S 4 3 K Q 4 1 D 1 0 3 C K 3 ' PI:''"' nnn rrasit' stretched a little wh?n ! D 5 4 C 10 7 2 smith .'lie vient to three but not tot. I nil h; 'She knew her partner hao : !out, Ji iif the de; k. i Wr.-nbci led the six of spades; ..i.cl'jjwa.s tuken with the king i i i tins closed hand. Mr. Cham-j ;.ion Stw he had a problem or two. ,', (Mr, t'hiiiotilon) 3 X H K 8 3 UQ 7 C A Q J 8 5 The bidding: to'.ith West, Noryi 1 C Pasi 1 D m o . J t i East ' Pass AH pas3 2 NT Fass 3 NT mm It would be luiky if the de-j fencicji holding the ace of di i- I"' 1 3 " 1..;. '.'., Ther' a new, cheerful warmth of beauty in MIRACLE WALL TONE colors. Just mix with water. .'. one washable coat covers most ur-faces, one gallon does the average room. Lustrous deep Vogue colors or lovely pastel shades. ASK FOR FREE FOLDERS ON LOVELIER HOME COLOR HARMONY 1 , ,if . i i..on1o had nj more than one i ' " otheij'diamond. Then dummy's .lack finessed. Now the nine of diamond suit would be good for ' diamonds was overtaken with four tricks. i dummy's 10 and again Mrs. Even then the club suit would Keen held off hivco be worked to bring on M tnis polnt Mr champion in nine tacks. ! 'new he had all the diamond STILL; NINE TRICKS j Micks he was going to get. He Giving himself every chance, : finessed the queen of clubs, then Mr. Champion led the seven of, laid down the ace. When the Diamonds and played dummy's ' king dropped he could count five right. ;Mrs. Keen correctly held club winners, two diamonds and off with her ace. two spades. Close but still nine A "'.T was returned and the' ,.-u-.ks. Lcf. tc right: Jack Eby, Don Scherk, Einar Carlsen, 'Mrs.) Margaret Ross, N. Moorehouse, Fred Hogan W. R. LOVE ELECTRIC The Modem Oil one) Reiin Wall Finiih Qfl(umfatbX4d ' ttf ARSE 3 ALL-HELLS SOLD SY KAIEN CO-OP HARDWARE 251 Third Avemc Phone 179