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TERRACE BAY NEWS Vol. 16 ' No. 3 January 17, 1973 I5¢ Per Copy COUNCIL QUOTES The first meeting of the newly elected Terrace Bay Township Council met on Tuesday evening in Council Chambers, with Reeve Roy Bray presid- ing, and Councillors Brassard, Hale, Megraw and Helmink present. Reeve Bray welcomed the councillors to their first meeting. Police Chief, David Barnett was on hand to present his report in person. Minutes of the last meeting in December were accepted and accounts passed as follows: Township $6,867.67; Library $703.99; Hydro $15,839.41; Recreation Committee $5,421.92. Minutes of the Inaugural meeting were passed. Correspondence included a letter from G. Dodge, Insurance Agent for the Town Council, advising of the Casualty Policy renewal for the new members of Council. The Thunder Bay District Health Unig advised that Mr. W.E. Cavanaugh was still an appointee to the Board, al- though he was no longer the Reeve of Terrace Bay. The Board of Management, District Home for the Aged, were advised that the appointment to replace Mrs. J. Ferrier, who had moved away, would be made early in the new year. Headway Corporation sent a letter to Council, stating they had passed on their suggestions toward a building project in Terrace Bay, to their Con- struction Superintendant for further study. continued page 2 HOME FOR THE AGED IN TERRACE BAY The traditional New Year's Day Smorgasbord Dinner at the Terrace Bay Motor Hotel held overtones of sadness this year, since it was the last function to be held there. Ever since it's inception, it has been one of social highlights of the festive season and an official welcome to the New Year And it was a tradition for many of the families in Terrace Bay and the surrounding area over the past years. It was "Mother's Day Away from the Kitchen", and little ones in high chairs, young people home from College or new found careers, visiting grand- parents and friends, looked forward to the day when Chef Heinz Schmiedchen his cohorts, Leon Theriault, Marian Pluta and June Schritt, prepared a feast fit for a gourmets taste. But it signalled too, the "end of an era", since Kimberly-Clark so gener- ously donated the Hotel to the Depart- ment of Homes for the Aged, to be con- verted into a Senior Citizen's Residen- ce, the doors have been closed to the public. It will function as a satellite to Pinewood Court, in Thunder Bay, serving the entire district. Thousands of visitors from all over Canada and the United States have spent a restful night in the well-kept, quiet comfortable rooms, enjoyed the excell- ent food served in the very attractive dining room overlooking Lake Superior. Knitting clubs, bridge clubs, continued page 2 the