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of Supervisors located in the Terrace District

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Stanley (Stan) George Patterson
Died Sept 9, 1997, age 79, in the Sechelt area, southern BC

Stan Patterson appointed Terrace District Manager July 1, 1967
Joined BC Tel in 1948

    Sometimes a person has to die to fully understand who they were.   This is the case for me of Stan Patterson.
When he was the General Manager in Terrace I would say we respected him, but he wasn't my most favourite 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.  Most of the rest after him were interested in their careers, not the town, and the area.  He actually fought for jobs in this area.  Unlike most of his predecessors.  He was a big supporter of the first Ice rink, second ski hill, and other recreation centers in town. 

     With Terrace being declared Hockeyville 2009, it should be common knowledge, that Stan, who was president of the Chamber of Commerce at the time the First Ice Arena was built, was also the head of the Arena Committee at the time, and instrumental in getting it built.  I know lots of BC Tel Equipment was working in there, no charge, due to him.  I think it's important to know why we have an arena here in the first place, to win the Hockeyville title.  He would have loved to see the game played in that arena. 

     I remember he was also instrumental in getting the Second Terrace Ski Hill built at Kitsumkalum Mountain.  The first ski hill was called Northern Heights Ski Hill.  Located just off Cedar Crescent, owned and operated by Bill Little.  It was only 1,000 feet long, and only 1 wide run.  The need was there to build a larger ski hill, and Stan took up this challenge as well. I know others like Bill Reynolds were also involved.  And probably many more.   I know first hand Stan was involved, as I actually had to haul a BC Tel Spryte snow machine up there on Company time, to take Nancy Green, and other dignitaries, to view the mountain, and snow conditions, to see if it was feasible to build a ski hill there.  Ironically the snow was so deep, and we had so many people on the machine, 5 in the cab and another 3 or 4 on the rear deck, that we got stuck in the snow, and couldn't get totally into the area, as far as we hoped.  The party waded in thru the snow to the base of the Mountain.  This sadly was not the case later on, and snow was always a problem at that hill, thus Shames, the third hill, was born. 

    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.

   Dec 1974, Stan was President of the Kermodei Club, part of the Terrace Telephone Pioneers.

    I received word from Don McRobb, about the passing of Stan's 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?

   Stan was a member of Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in WWII.  He was a member of the Sechelt Legion when he passed away.

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.

Royal Plates!- 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.

Charles (Charlie) Leonard Bennie

He was District Manager of the Terrace District, replaced by Stan Patterson, July 1, 1967.  He transferred to New Westminster from Terrace.  Oct 25, 1967, Charlie and his wife were living in Burnaby BC.  I know he was a BC Tel District Manager in Campbell River area ca 1977.  He died Aug 10, 1985 in Port Alberni, age 64.

John Edward (Jack) Greaves [retired May 30, 1986], (b- Sept 20, 1928 in Killarny MB- d- Dec 11, 1998 in Terrace) Worked for Manitoba Telephone Company, starting in Oct 1944. Worked as a groundman and eventually a Supervisor.  Left Winnipeg MB in 1957.  He started at BC Tel in February, 1964.  Worked for 22 years for BC Tel.  He told me years ago, he did some professional wrestling in Winnipeg. Ran his own model railroad- airplane business, and did picture framing as well, in Terrace, even after his retirement.  Dec 1974 Jack was Vice-President of the Kermodei Club, part of Terrace Telephone Pioneers.

James (Jim) Gural -Oct 1968 he was President of the Parents Committee for the 6th Terrace Cub Pack.  Mar 24, 1976 he was the Nanaimo District Plant Manager.  Jim was visiting in Ladysmith as a BC Tel Rep., Apr 27, 1983.  Had a photo printed in a BC Tel Company bi-monthly magazine called "Telephone Talk", in 1950, titled, Amazing photo of Jim Gural atop a swaying pole in the middle of a Capilano River flood.  Found a record a James Gural was appointed a Coroner in 1999.  In 1981, He was in Nanaimo as a BC Tel Customer Service Manager, he was 52 years old, with 32 years of service, and 18 years as a BC Tel Manager up to that time.  I show a James Gural as a greeter for the Kamloops Rotary Club, and think that is where he lives now.

Lyle Douglas (Skip) Hollands (b- Apr 27, 1919 in Medicine Hat AB- d- Dec 20, 1986 in Terrace BC, age 67, buried in Terrace BC)
(Svc Ctr Supv.) (President of the Kermodei Club, Telephone Pioneers, to 1978) (retired May 1, 1981)  Skips funeral was on Dec 23, 1986 at the Alliance Church in Terrace.  He came to Terrace in 1945 after his discharge from the Canadian Armed Forces. He was employed by the Dominion Government Telephone and Telegraph Company (DGTT) at Rosswood, BC.  In 1947 he moved to Terrace with his wife Sylvia, nee Bushell.  BC Tel took over DGTT in the 50's and he worked for BC Tel until he retired in 1981.  He was known as "Mr. Telephone" to the early residents.  What I remember the most about this gentle giant, was his handshake, and his way of greeting you, by gripping your shoulder.  He had the most powerful handshake of anyone I have ever met.  And he could put you to your knees in seconds with a grip on your shoulder, that would almost paralyze you.  Tougher than nails.  But a real nice guy.  Never hear one man or woman say a bad thing about Skip.  For years they lived in a small house SW corner of Molitor and Keith Ave.

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