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Terrace Ba Schreiber --s Public Library Terrace Bay POT 2WO Ontario Ce Cale FeNe "os Vol. 18, No. 23 Ray Kenney delivers 'the Introductory Remarks at the Official Opening of the Official Opening: Rossport Community Hall BY ANNE TODESCO Rossport villagers have now entered into the second phase of the existence of the former Women's In- stitute community hall. It was built by the contractors Mo- linski Bros. over fifty years ago, actually it was built in 1929. This company operated a sawmill that supplied the area from Kenora to Manitouwadge with lumbers, timbers and fish boxes. Joe Molinski too over the contract and supervis- ed the erection of the hall. He will always be remembered as a very considered and capable person. All the lumber. was sup- plied by them from their mill. The finish- ing material was pur- chased through the Thunder Bay Lumber company and the plans for the building were drawn up by the late Al Bentz. Of course everything had to be shipped by C.P. freight from the Lake- head as we hadn't a highway in. those Wednesday, June 8, 1983 ¥ days. The building was financed by soliciting donations and raising funds by holding dan- ces, bazaars, con- certs, draws, box so- cials, concerts etc. When the bank ac- count swelled to the magnificent sum of seven hundred dol- lars, the ladies de- cided to start looking for a,contractor to take on construction of the hall. The lot was bought for fifty dollars from the Hud- son Bay Company be- The newly renovated Rossport Community Hall. Rossport Community Hall. cause it was a big hunk of rock that no one else would want. It was tough going those days of the de- pression years but be- ing a determined group of ladies, the members finally ac- complished 'their dreams and a hall was built. Cpt. Fred Gerow backed their note when money had to be borrowed to help finance the cost of the building. No grants in those days. Now we have a sec- continued on page 10 Terrace Bay Fish Derby The second annual Terrace Bay Fish Derby was a "great success. A large num- ber of very big fish were caught over the - rainy weekend. Win- ners were: Bass- Armand Car- riere - 2 Ibs. .75 oz. Pike - Hazel Garneau - 15 Ibs. 10.5 oz. Pickerel - Murray Kushnieryk - 3 Ibs. 15:25-02. Rainbow Trout - Claude Tremblay - 6 Ibs. 11.25 oz. Speckled Trout - Glen McGee 2 lbs. 12.75 oz. Lake Trout - Gary Mauger 16 Ibs. 1 oz. The winner of the attendance draw for a two horsepower out- board motor was Her- ve Arsenault. Governor General's Conference Terrace Bay played host to the Governor General*s Study Con- ference over the weekend. The Study Conference is model- ed on the Common- wealth Conferences sponsored by Prince Philip and has been organized by the Governor General to expose "the decision makers of tomorrow'"' from government, in- dustry and labour to communities and conditions across the country. The privately fund- ed Conference is made up of fourteen: groups of execu- tives. Each group studies a different area, and the largest group of seventeen people was in Terrace Bay as part of a general study of com- munities in the Cana- dian Shield. Tony Jennings, on leave from the On- tario Ministry of Energy, was Chair- man of the group. He said that they had begun their tour in La Pas, Manitoba and then travelled to Min- aki Lodge. near Ken- ora. The study group. was in Nakina last week to look at some of that community's problems and_ then stopped in Terrace Bay before moving on to the Hemlo gold dis- trict. The study group was hosted at a dinner with the Terrace Bay Council on Saturday night and afterwards had an opportunity to talk with people from the community during a social hour in the lounge in Birchwood Terrace. Sunday morning the study group had breakfast with executives from Kimberly-Clark. Circus in Terrace Bay The Martin and Down's Circus will be coming to Terrace Bay on Tuesday, August 30. The Cir- "cus will be sponsored by the Terrace Bay Recreation Commit- tee and will be pilay- ing two performances at. the Texaco Ball- field. Martin and Down's is one of the few tent- ed circuses still tour- ing nationally. An an- nouncement earlier this week said, "The Circus tours annual- ly in Canada and pre- sents one of the finest family performances under the big top. The Recreation Commit- tee will announce the start of their ticket sale campaign. They receive a percentage of all tickets sold and the money earned from this project will go toward their many worthwhile commun- ity minded projects."' "Advance tickets will be priced lower than box office tick- ets and it is hoped that everyone in the area will support the Recreation Commit- tee and buy their ad- 'vance circus tickets early." "No, George. We didn't go to war while you were out at camp." Local residents have been startled to see almost a dozen Armed Forces muni- tions and equipment trains travelling through Schreiber in the last month. The equipment was on its way out to Rendezvous '83, a large scale military exercise being held in Saskatchewan this spring. The vehicles and other equipment are now being transported hack to their bases in eastern Canada.