Derek
Currie
explains
Bulkley
Valleys
proposals
lo
a
meeting
of
the
Houston
Chamber
of
Commerce
AVOID
A
COMPANY
TOWN1
HOUSTON
The
develop
development
¬
ment
of
tiny
Houston
into
a
well
planned
town
Is
a
bigger
challenge
than
the
building
of
the
giant
forest
products
complex
on
which
its
economy
will
depend
Derek
G
Currie
said
last
week
Currie
executive
vice
president
and
general
man
manager
¬
ager
of
Bulkley
Valley
Pulp
and
Timber
Ltd
expressed
confidence
in
the
companys
ability
to
develop
and
imple
implement
¬
ment
plans
for
the
creation
of
a
sawmill
plywood
plant
and
pulp
and
paper
mill
near
the
town
But
the
planning
of
Houston
to
provide
present
and
fu
future
¬
ture
citizens
with
the
good
life
would
be
more
difficult
he
said
He
urged
local
citizens
and
town
leaders
to
collabor
collaborate
¬
ate
with
the
company
in
developing
a
community
with
a
single
identity
thus
avoid
avoiding
¬
ing
any
concept
of
a
company
town
The
most
expedient
way
for
the
company
to
provide
hous
housing
¬
ing
for
personnel
would
be
to
ignore
the
existing
town
and
set
up
a
separate
new
com
community
¬
munity
he
continued
But
to
prevent
the
crea
creation
¬
tion
of
a
two
standard
com
community
¬
munity
and
the
resulting
prob
probable
¬
able
social
friction
and
ill
will
the
company
proposed
to
the
provincial
government
that
plans
be
based
on
ex
expansion
¬
pansion
of
the
present
town
Tills
would
avoid
two
stand
standards
¬
ards
of
physical
Improve-
100
Russian
Trawlers
See
Rocket
Launching
PORTSMOUTH
a
AP
-Nearl
100
Sowetbloe
trawlers
drained
their
nets
off
the
Vir
Virginia
¬
ginia
coast
toda
some
less
than
20
miles
from
the
Wallops
Island
rocket
centre
wheie
a
routine
meteorological
launch
was
planned
tonight
Most
of
the
fleet
was
amid
schools
of
cod
and
sea
bass
from
20
to
43
miles
off
the
entrance
to
Hamuton
Roads
one
of
the
largest
naval
installa
installations
¬
tions
on
the
East
Coast
I
he
remainder
nine
trawlers
and
the
COOfnot
factorj
ship
Pomore
weie
CO
miles
to
the
I
noi
th
18
miles
off
Wallops
It
was
ofi
Wallops
and
neisUi
boring
Chincuteague
Islands
that
the
trawlers
first
appeared
last
IhursddN
row
nit
fust
to
4
doen
then
to
CO
or
mule
b
tin
weekend
Coast
juurd
spotters
an
borne
Worker
Killed
In
Mill
Fire
KAPUSKASING
Ont
CP
One
man
was
killed
Wednesday
and
two
others
suffered
smoke
Inhalation
after
fire
broke
out
on
the
ground
floor
of
the
Spruce
Tails
power
and
Paper
Co
Ltds
magntphlte
mill
Police
said
Dents
C
Martin
30
of
Kapuskaslng
died
of
smoke
inhalation
after
more
than
20
men
were
trapped
in
Side
the
150
foot
high
towel
of
the
iilll
on
Saturda
said
20
of
the
ves
vessels
¬
sels
approached
within
10
miles
of
Wallops
violating
the
12
mlIo
coastal
fishing
zone
claimed
by
the
United
States
All
sailed
back
to
sea
before
the
cutter
Point
Arena
arrived
but
were
warned
that
further
vi
violators
¬
olators
would
be
boarded
and
seized
A
spokesman
for
the
National
Aeronautics
and
Space
Adminis
tration
said
Wallops
was
an
un
likel
target
for
espionage
since
I
09
per
cent
of
our
work
is
un
1
classified
j
Slides
Hit
I
The
South
i
VANCOUVER
tP
-
lIeav
ram
Minds
up
to
02
miles
an
hour
and
tempeiaturus
reaching
43
degrees
during
the
weekend
led
to
slides
in
southern
British1
Columbia
which
closed
five
main
highways
and
killed
three
jersons
Paw
Caiter
19
and
John
Anthony
Forrest
20
both
of
Vancouver
and
Gae
Pember
ion
IC
of
West
Vancouver
were
killed
when
a
huge
lock
slammed
onto
their
car
at
Poiteau
on
the
squainish
Huh
was
20
miles
uoi
Hi
of
hcic
HI
MP
said
roik
was
still
i
muni
down
call
tuda-
and
i
lisfd
the
hllma
until
a
ur
i
mill
tn
nudi
ii
da
U
hi
The
results
of
these
stu
studies
¬
dies
in
which
the
com
company
¬
pany
has
invested
approxi
approximately
¬
mately
100000
will
be
made
available
to
the
new
municipal
council
to
assist
thejn
In
their
work
He
stressed
the
urgency
of
developing
the
community
to
meet
the
population
increase
which
will
first
be
felt
with
By
Con
Jackson
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
m
e
n
t
s
disproportionate
taxes
and
demands
for
muni
municipal
¬
cipal
services
and
per
perhaps
¬
haps
above
all
reduce
the
opportunity
for
a
separate
identity
developing
for
the
new
comers
or
company
people
The
company
reached
its
conclusion
he
said
after
an
extensive
program
of
socio
sociological
¬
logical
land
use
and
en
engineering
¬
gineering
studies
and
after
detailed
examination
of
all
other
facets
of
municipal
expansion
Year
Round
Work
For
Large
Force
HOUSTON
The
Houston
forest
products
complex
will
represent
a
swing
from
sea
seasonal
¬
sonal
logging
and
sawmill
op
operations
¬
erations
dependent
onan
itin
itinerant
¬
erant
labor
force
to
regular
year
round
employment
for
trained
workers
The
1000-foot-long
saw
sawmill
¬
mill
will
be
totally
enclosed
and
lit
and
heated
to
enable
year
round
operation
To
attract
a
stable
labor
force
the
mill
will
provide
good
working
conditions
such
as
modern
locker
rooms
and
washrooms
eating
facilities
car
parking
and
other
fea
features
¬
tures
Fire
protection
and
safety
are
also
beingwatched
Logging
will
becomea
commuter-type
activity
rather
than
one
dependent
on
logging
camps
partlyasaresultof
the
road
network
planned
within
the
Pulp
Harvesting
Area
Most
of
those
employed
in
the
companys
logging
opera
operations
¬
tions
will
live
in
Houston
but
another
centre
of
logging
will
be
Granisle
one
of
the
ter
terminals
¬
minals
for
a
ferry
system
to
transport
wood
across
Babine
Lake
The
companys
desire
to
maintain
a
permanent
work
force
of
skilled
men
is
behind
its
eagerness
to
make
Houston
an
attractive
town
in
which
to
settle
Houston
is
to
be
expanded
in
planned
stages
to
keep
up
with
the
forest
products
com
complex
¬
plex
as
it
increases
in
size
over
the
next
few
years
an
influx
of
construction
workers
in
the
spring
By
mid
summer
com
company
¬
pany
employees
will
begin
transferring
from
Burns
Lake
and
other
areas
to
Houston
They
must
all
be
housed
fed
and
clothed
he
said
All
this
requires
expansion
of
housing
commercial
facili
facilities
¬
ties
and
services
The
company
has
establish
established
¬
ed
a
500
acre
land
bank
In
the
centre
and
surrounding
the
present
community
to
en
ensure
¬
sure
that
economic
land
will
be
available
for
com
commercial
¬
mercial
and
residential
ex
expansion
¬
pansion
as
required
A
subdivision
of
300
housing
units
will
be
built
of
this
summer
which
accord
according
¬
ing
to
Currie
will
serve
as
a
model
for
future
housing
pro
projects
¬
jects
It
will
be
in
the
westerly
part
of
the
town
and
in
ad
addition
¬
dition
to
all
services
Includ
Including
¬
ing
street
lighting
It
will
have
underground
wiring
and
landscaping
Other
housing
townhouse
and
apartment
projects
will
be
carried
out
by
builders
who
buy
company
land
A
modern
shopping
complex
will
be
started
soon
and
an
industrial
park
for
whole
wholesalers
¬
salers
service
facilities
and
light
industry
is
being
plan
planned
¬
ned
Recreational
facilities
and
other
projects
are
also
under
discussion
along
with
good
schools
and
adequate
medical
facilities
as
other
future
needs
for
the
town
He
said
the
company
is
not
In
the
real
estate
business
and
simply
Intends
to
ensure
that
sufficient
land
is
avail
available
¬
able
at
an
economic
cost
and
that
commercial
facilities
do
not
fall
into
the
hands
of
a
monopoly
It
will
also
try
to
see
that
a
high
standard
is
main
maintained
¬
tained
by
giving
oppor
opportunities
¬
tunities
to
build
only
to
re
responsible
¬
sponsible
developers
said
Currie
ANNUAL
MEETING
PRINCE
GEORGE
AND
DISTRICT
HOSPITAL
SOCIETY
Tuesday
March
25th
1969
at
800
pm
WINT0N
SCHOOL
AUDITORIUM
Previously
Duchess
Park
Nominating
Committee
Mr
G
K
Richmond
562
2367
Mr
W
Fairclough
563
2391
Mr
H
Hamel
563
9565
In
order
that
new
members
may
be
eligible
to
vote
they
must
obtain
memberships
30
days
prior
to
the
meeting
February
24
1969
by
completing
the
Application
for
Membership
as
shown
below
Those
members
in
good
standing
who
wish
to
renew
their
membership
must
complete
the
Renewal
form
shown
below
and
submit
to
the
Secretary
prior
to
the
meeting
Prince
George
and
District
Hospital
Society
Application
for
Membership
of
full
name
PLEASE
PRINT
hereby
apply
for
membership
in
the
Prince
George
and
District
Hospital
Society
and
certify
that
I
have
establish
established
¬
ed
my
permanent
home
within
the
Fraser
Fort
George
Regional
Hospital
District
and
have
resided
within
the
District
for
a
period
of
not
less
than
three
months
prior
to
this
date
date
signature
Prince
George
and
District
Hospital
Society
Application
for
Renewal
of
Membership
full
name
PLEASE
PRINT
being
a
member
in
good
standing
of
the
Prince
George
and
District
Hospital
Society
hereby
apply
to
have
my
membership
in
the
Society
renewed
for
the
following
membership
year
I
hereby
certify
that
I
still
have
my
permanent
home
in
the
Fraser
Fort
George
Regional
Hos
Hospital
¬
pital
District
date
signature
Tftete
forms
are
alto
available
at
the
hospital
Monday
February
10
1969
THE
CITIZEN
5
Conflict
Between
Old
and
New
Challenge
of
Houston1
s
Growth
HOUSTON
Many
residents
of
this
little
community
are
in
for
a
shock
when
the
full
lm
pact
of
the
forest
products
complex
hits
the
town
Some
skeptics
held
the
opin
opinion
¬
ion
that
the
complex
would
never
develop
despite
as
assurances
¬
surances
from
the
company
until
site
preparation
was
well
under
way
But
already
there
is
an
un
undercurrent
¬
dercurrent
of
excitement
there
and
the
Village
of
Hous
Houston
¬
ton
gained
a
little
more
dig
dignity
¬
nity
Feb
1
when
It
became
a
District
Municipality
With
the
adoption
of
the
let
letters
¬
ters
patent
a
municipal
coun
council
¬
cil
was
set
up
and
Interest
is
running
high
on
the
outcome
of
an
election
for
councillors
March
1
Unlike
other
Instant
towns
where
the
entire
council
has
been
appointed
the
Houston
Municipality
will
have
the
unique
set
up
of
two
company
appointees
as
coun
councillors
¬
cillors
two
government
ap
appointees
¬
pointees
and
three
elected
members
In
the
meantime
members
of
the
old
village
council
have
carried
on
as
interim
mem
members
¬
bers
The
towns
new
mayor
Claude
Parish
sees
the
trem
tremendous
¬
endous
problems
which
his
council
will
face
in
trying
to
co
ordinate
and
plan
Hous
Houstons
¬
tons
impending
wildfire
growth
The
company
In
its
at
attempt
¬
tempt
to
expand
the
old
com
community
¬
munity
does
present
its
own
problems
in
the
inevitable
conflict
of
the
old
and
new
sec
sections
¬
tions
he
commented
The
council
has
the
un
unenviable
¬
enviable
task
of
trying
to
Inte
Integrate
¬
grate
the
plans
of
the
new
with
that
of
the
existing
areas
Aggravating
the
problems
he
said
is
the
urgency
of
pro
providing
¬
viding
services
almost
in
instantly
¬
stantly
as
company
construc
construction
¬
tion
begins
in
April
However
the
council
is
ISsk
J
optimistic
that
with
the
co
cooperation
¬
operation
of
all
concerned
a
liarmonlous
solution
will
be
found
Jack
Kempf
who
Just
ended
a
two
year
term
as
president
of
the
Houston
Chamber
ol
Commerce
was
enthusiastic
about
the
companys
intention
to
expand
the
existing
town
site
It
was
a
great
day
for
Houston
when
the
decision
was
made
to
put
the
complex
here
he
said
and
it
was
a
great
day
when
they
decided
to
Integrate
the
new
with
the
old
If
the
company
had
built
a
separate
company
town
the
effect
on
the
original
towns
ite
would
have
been
disastrous
The
old
part
of
Houston
with
its
antiquated
buildings
will
vanish
in
time
he
said
as
new
housing
and
shopping
centres
take
over
MAYOR
PARISH
JACK
KEMPF
Pulp
Area
The
Largest
HOUSTON
-The
vast
publicly-owned
timber
resources
of
Pulp
Harvesting
Area
4
one
of
the
biggest
PHAs
in
the
province
will
feed
a
major
integrated
forest
products
complex
soon
to
be
built
near
this
community
195
miles
west
of
Prince
George
Logs
from
the
Babine
Mor
ice
Smithers
and
Burns
Lake
Sustained
Yield
Units
will
be
processed
at
Houston
destin
destined
¬
ed
to
become
another
instant
town
mid
way
on
the
Prince
George
Prince
Rupert
high
highway
¬
way
Administration
offices
for
Bulkley
Valley
Forest
Indus
Industries
¬
tries
Ltd
will
be
the
first
con
construction
¬
struction
project
at
the
site
probably
starting
about
mid
March
Work
on
the
sawmill
big
biggest
¬
gest
single
building
sawmill
in
the
province
and
possibly
the
world
should
be
under
way
a
month
later
A
site
has
already
been
prepared
four
miles
west
of
Houston
with
access
roads
railroad
connection
power
construction
camp
water
sup
supply
¬
ply
and
other
services
so
con
construction
¬
struction
may
start
as
soon
as
the
weather
allows
The
new
sawmill
with
an
annual
full
production
capa
capacity
¬
city
of
about
270
million
board
feet
will
be
fully
enclosed
by
fall
with
installation
of
equip
equipment
¬
ment
going
on
during
next
win
winter
¬
ter
The
equipment
will
give
highly
-
automated
production
featuring
electronic
memory
systems
to
control
most
of
the
operation
A
group
of
engineers
is
go
going
¬
ing
to
Sweden
this
week
to
make
further
studies
on
in
installing
¬
stalling
and
operating
the
equipment
But
the
mill
a
major
in
industry
¬
dustry
in
itself
is
only
the
first
stage
in
the
development
of
the
complex
designed
to
utilize
almost
every
scrap
of
wood
fibre
hauled
to
the
site
A
plywood
plant
will
be
the
next
step
followed
by
succes
successive
¬
sive
stages
of
pulp
and
paper
production
As
a
result
waste
material
such
as
chips
sawdust
planer
shav
shavings
¬
ings
and
bark
will
all
be
used
A
major
overpass
spanning
the
Bulkley
River
Highway
IC
and
rail
tracks
adjacent
to
the
site
is
under
construction
as
part
of
a
program
to
develop
a
major
road
network
within
the
pulp
harvesting
area
So
far
planning
for
the
complex
has
been
carried
out
by
Bulkley
Valley
Pulp
and
Timber
Ltd
working
with
12
other
smaller
companies
in
the
area
We
asked
Mr
and
Mrs
George
Hamp
of
Burns
Lake
what
they
like
best
about
electric
heating
n
The
system
takes
up
very
little
room
and
no
chimney
is
required
Our
forced
air
electric
heating
system
is
inexpensive
to
operate
Its
cleaner
than
other
fuels
and
distributes
the
heat
evenly
Its
trouble
free
too
20000
homeowners
have
made
electric
heat
BCs
hottest
seller
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