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BILL BORSUM PRWSLUENE OF NORTH SHORE HOCKEY LEAGUE At a meeting of the North held in Schreiber on Sunday, December 19th the following executive' was elected - to head up the affairs of the organization for the '48-'49 season: T'resident. - Bill Borsum, (Terrace Bay); Vice-President - Alec Contley, (Red Rock) ; Secretary-Treasurer - Eldon Marostica, (Terrace Bay); Publicity - Cy Copps, (Nipigon). In addition to those elected, one representative or Xeontact man" from each community represented in the loague will also be included on the executive. The contact man for Terrace Bay will be Peter liazza. In the N.S.H.L, this season there will be six teams from the communities of Pine Portage, Red Rock, Nipigon, Rossport, Schreiber and Terrace Bay. It is .expected that scheduled league games will get underway during the week-end of January Sth - 9th, o-0-o LOCAL HOCH HY Nw Membership cards are now available from the Secretary - : Treasurer in the Administration Building, from Harold Marsh in the Warehouse, Harry Ganja in the Mill Production Office or from Dave McDonald in the Engineering Office, All players taking active part in hockey at Terrace Bay are required to hold an Active Membership Card (fee $5.00) before participating in any scheduled House League or North Shore League Game, Honorary Membership in the "Booster Club" (1,00) may be taken out by anyone, 0-0-0 A NOTE FROLi DOMINICN CATERING COMPANY "We have had a number of enquiries regarding the possibility of serving Christmas Day dinners at the Mill Cafeteria to residents of the Townsite and we wish to advise all concerned that dining facilities in the Mill Cafeteria are reserved for mill personnel only." 0-0-0 FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK As we go to press with our 1948 Christmas Issue of Terrace Bay News, we note for the records that this weekly publication "devoted to the interests of everyone sssoetc* od with the Terrace Bay project" has now completed two years of service, It was in Decorbor 1946 that the first issue made its appearance, As the story of Terrace Bay has sTened, it has been recorded in our paper, and what an interesting story it hes been. When the first edition was published, the totel number of people associated with the project was about 400, At the peak of construction the total exceeded 2000, The 10 families living in the Townsite in'46 spent Christmas Eve at a partyin one of the newly constructed homes, This Christmas, it required two adjoining halls\ to accommedate the crowd of nearly 600 which attended the Community Christmas Party for adults, while Santa distributed more than 240 gifts to children 15 and under who attended the Townsite Children's Christmas varty, In '46, housewives purchased provisions outside of the community, for there were no stores at Terrace Bay. To-day we have a modern Shopping Centre, In '46, electricity to cook the Christmas dinner came from Diesel generating units. To-day, the community is supplied with power from the new 55,000 h.p, Aguasabon Generating Station of the Hydro Hlectric Power Commiss- ion, In '46, plans were developed whereby Terrece Bay children were taken daily to school in Schreiber. To-day, we have our own modern 7-room school with o kindergarten, In '46, a hotel was just being talked about. To-day, we have a 54-room hotel which will take its place as one of the finest in tae country, Since '46, many community services have expanded or developed including hospital, post office, bank, temporary recreation centre, police protection, firc-fighting, dentist's office, bus service, large well-lighted ice rink, ball field with bleachers for 500, tennis courts, facilities for badminton, and a two-sheet curling rink, The fact that wcll over 100 different persons served on the executives of Terrace Bay clubs and organizations during the past year, speaks for itself. And so it is that we take this opportunity of thanking evcryone who has contributed in any way to the story which has been told in the Terrace Bay News, To all our readers, we extend our very best wishes for a Merry Christuas and a Happy New Year, F. 0. Songhton, Editor; Terrace Bay News Shore Uociem Lepsie (WSBT le --_