BC Tel
Supervisors

Dealing with the Supervisors from the point of view
 of a TWU Representative, on grievances, etc.
I could add lots of negative things,
 about many on the list below,
and originally started to do that in collecting this information.
But then realized that would be sinking to their level.
So the site has been modified to record history.
I know the good, from the bad, and so do they!
There still might be a comment or 2, lingering around,
on some of my pages, if it is relevant, or a part of history.
Over the years there has been many supervisors,
that have come and gone in the District.
If we had Union trouble with them, we would hear,
Wait long enough, they will be gone
 from the District before the Union person.
A statement that proved true in many cases.
Most on the list used the area as a stepping stone,
to advance their careers to the top.
Very few on this list, made it to the so called top.

Here is a list in Alphabetical order,
of Supervisors located in the Terrace District

If I have a picture of them, their name will be in blue,
click the blue letters to view the picture in a new window
press your "back" button to return to this list
 

Index
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

and more, please send the names
or correct spelling etc.

Sometimes a person has to die to fully understand who they were.
This is the case of Stan Patterson.
When he was the General Manager in Terrace
I would say we respected him,
 but he wasn't my most favorite person to be around.
But after he left, and later retired,
I realized he was probably one of the better
Managers we had, or ever will have.
Stan was a big supporter of Terrace.
All the rest after him were interested in their careers,
not the town, and the area.
He actually fought for jobs in this area.
Unlike everyone of his predecessors.
He was a big supporter of the rink, ski hill,
and other recreation centers in town.
He let us get away with murder, in building the rafts,
to float down the Kitimat river, using just about
every construction bolt in stores,
and never said a word about it.
He knew we were working as a team then.
BC Tel brought in a million Team building plans after that,
Best, Towards Excellence, Quality Circles, etc.,
designed by some big shots in the States,
and all they did was make us suspicious of the whole thing.
The raft bonded us, and made us work together.
No fancy videos, or books.
Today I received word from Don McRobb,
about the passing of his wife, and
now I find out he was a Captain in the military.
I remember a few calling him Captain Patterson,
but didn't think it was in this context.
Learn something every day don't we?

Here is his wife Greta's obituary,
placed here in Memory of Captain Stan Patterson.

Patterson, Margareta
(Greta) Elizabeth
(née Christiansen)
Dec. 8, 1916 – January 28, 2006
It is with sadness we announce that Greta Patterson passed away peacefully on Jan.28, 2006 at Capilano Care Centre in West Vancouver, B.C.
She and her twin sister were born in Pembroke, Ontario, on Dec. 8, 1916. Greta served as a nursing sister lieutenant in WWII and met Captain Stanley George Patterson in Kingston Hospital. They were married in Pembroke and traveled west on their honeymoon to West Vancouver where they resided and raised their children Kathleen, Robert and Ann. In 1968, they moved to Terrace where Stan became General Manager for B.C. Telephone Co. Greta was an active member of that community. In 1976, their beloved summer residence in Sechelt became their permanent retirement home. Greta lived there even after Stan’s death until Jan. 2005 when she moved to Capilano Care Centre.
Greta was an active member in all the communities that she lived in. She was involved in the Scouting movement for 15 years and was active in Hospital Auxiliary. Being an avid curler and golfer, she held positions in the Hollyburn Country Club, Terrace Golf and Country Club and Sunshine Coast Golf Club.
Greta is predeceased by her husband Stan, her sisters, Mona and Elsa and her brother, Harold. She is also predeceased by brothers-in-law, Norman, Ralph and Lawrie.
She will be dearly missed by her children, Kathleen Casey (Mike), Robert Patterson (Pat) and Ann Patterson (Fred); grandchildren, Ryan, Sidnee and Megan; her twin sister, Freda Winn and sisters-in-law Mary Patterson and Marg Patterson. Family and friends will lovingly remember Greta and her zest for life. No service was held by request. In memoriam donations can be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, Alzheimer’s Society or St. Mary’s Hospital in Sechelt.
Hollyburn Funeral Home. 604.922.1221. www.hollyburnfunerals.com
 

Don Helliwell - AcroVoice was co-founded by Saanich resident Don Helliwell, ex-manager for Telus. They are in direct competition with Telus now with VOIP!  Talk about switching sides!  I bet Dilbert Tinwhistle will not be inviting him for Christmas dinner!

Guy Rushton- in 1975 he was a member of the Mills Memorial Hospital board in Terrace, He was also Vice-Chairman of the Skeenaview Hospital for Senior Men, and was introduced in the BC Legislature, Apr 21, 1975, by Hartley Dent, MLA for Skeena, at the time.

In the late 1880's and early 1990's we always had visits from the Area General Managers from Prince George, or even once in awhile a visit from a Vice-President from Vancouver.  In honour of these visits, we would custom design what we referred to a Royal Plates.  Similar to the Wedgwood English porcelain plates, ours were slightly different.  They were paper plates, sometimes high quality Corelle, sometimes the cheaper variety, like the real gold plated ones, or non-gilded.  Our Draftsman would then go to work, custom designing the faceplates for them.  They were displayed on the trophy shelf in the coffee room after the visits.  Sometimes they were so valuable, they would actually get stolen, or at least they disappeared, so assume they were stolen.  Anyway we had fun with them, and a few examples have actually survived in my archive.  Click on these links to see the rare copies remaining.  Ken McLean, Bill McCourt, Brooke Hodson, Larry Lundgren.  I even had a Supervisor ask us for a copy of his plate, from a previous visit, he liked it so much.  Or maybe he was sending it to the CSI lab for fingerprints???  I think he was very lucky, and the mould hadn't been broken yet, so a copy was able to be made.  So besides my 4 plates, there could be one more floating around probably on EBay now!

Bill Fagervik was the 2nd line Supervisor in Terrace in 1969, and he was the guilty party that hired me.  He later went to the Queen Charlottes as District Supv. over there.  He built a cement boat while there, and then I believe he resigned and went into professional photography area.  Inquiries on the internet I found out bill was a member of the 416 Squadron, Armament Services Technician, 2 wing.  There is even pictures of him in France online, in August 1953.

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