The equity, 8 juillet 1970, mercredi 8 juillet 1970

[" r ) r- ) l/Oi I X BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE DU QUEBEC 1700, RUE SAINT - DENIS, MONTREAL 12?, QUE.?0 71 ) p A #9 xV k; V ( I b * s / st m 0 / 1 31 L à i 4 i 0 y y i é x.r W - X ; * i i X' JK.s *>r, im Best darn fiddlers Step dame champ Bob Ranger, left;, won the fiddler's contest during the Pontiac Lions Club talent show Sunday night, and Lucien Gervais, right, came second.Both played solos and accompanied various stepdanceis during the evening.Little Ghislaine Fleury stands halfway up the steps to receive congratulations from Master of Ceremonies Linden Ouaile when she was judged best step dancer at the Pontiac Lions Club talent show Sunday night.4 * \u2022 School days, school days, dear old golden rule days, with golden sunshine on golden hair and love little kitten as little kitten loves you - - and it all ended with a picnic at the teachers farm for kindergarten children from the Dr S E McDowell School in Shawville.This little scholar is Sylvia Genn.A photo story by Eva Andaiof the whole farm visit is inside.No.27, 88th Year Shawville Quebec, Wednesday, July 8th, 1970 per copy 10c Iverson Hies to Artie with Bud and Ernie elation and its prop walkathon* July 18th.To stock ud for the Saturday walkathon, Rotarians will hold one of their famous outdoor barbecues in Rotary Park beside the elementary school on Friday July 17th.During July and August the Rotary Club will hold dinner meetings at Pontiac House, Pine Lodge and Riverview Hotel in rotation.osed Pontiac Lions Club second annual talent competition Art Hodgins is Rotary president Rev John Pearce gave his last message as Resident of ShawviUe Rotary Club at their meeting on Monday, June 29th.He is succeeded in this position by Art Hod-gins whose first meeting in office was at Pontiac Ho At the June 29th meeting it was decided to buy a reclining wheelchair to accommodate a local handicapped girl.A report was also heard on the wading pool work and Rotarian Clift Garrison ex- ¦ plained the work of the ShawviUe Recreational Asso- ies Bud Rowat and Ernie Towsley of Shawville are passengers this week with Iverson Harris who is taking part in an international Arctic Fly-In to Inuvik.It was planned as part of the Centennial celebrations of the Northwest Territories and has captured the imagination of the North American aviation community beyond ii* wokkjst dt^arn* of its organizers.The response has been such that it is planned to make the Fly-In an annual event.use A 6th.on At Father May's Hall in ht the w.0 # Vinton Sunday nig Pontiac Lions held their second annual talent contest with a good turnout and good talent onstage.Don Gravelline and his band backed up most of the acts and also performed a number of songs before, between and after the con- Warn the Kremlin! Robina and Phoebe are off to Moscow Prime Minister Trudeau ught to be planning a trip to Moscow last year.* Now it seems be will really be getting there this year, but we wouldn't like to be sure.One thing we can be sure of though is that Robi-and Ftioeoe will be.in Moscow this year.Mrs Richardson and Mrs McCord, of the Pontiac ffigh School staff, will be taking part in al travel venture as party leaders with the Newer la Educational Quises.Nine leaders, including these two from ShawviUe, and 83 students representing schools in New York City, Montreal, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Toron o and Snawville jdtoed in a BOAC flight to Glasgow Monday, July 6th and will return also by BOAC on July 26th.During their time overseas, they wiU visit the Balkan States by boat, go to Moscow by train, and tour England and Scotland on the last lap of the journey.From Shaw ville, Marilyn Hobbs, daughter of Mr and Mrs Weldon Hobbs, wiU be taking part in the venture.t* *7- was tho r testants.Miss Yvette Martin, an accomplished and charming singer with the band, won first prize in the contest.Second prize went group from Quyon, the Curley Brothers, and third place went to another feature singer with the Gravelline group, Mr Real Rivet.Two old time fiddlers vied for honors in the instrumental class with Bob Ranger edging Lucien Ger-vais for first place.There was no third contestant to win the third prize in this section.Stepdancers were all so good that the judges had to see them a third time to determine winners among the first three.The final result was Ghislaine Fleury first, Patricia Hod-gins second, and Helen Fleury third, with two young Hearty girls also putting in another two fine performances.z «V na l À ig those taking Fly-In will be 07 pilots who aircraft.(h Amon part in the ; two Boeing 7 have family Half those taking part are Canadian pilots and half are Americans.They will aU have rendezvous'd at Edmonton Monday where Alberta Aviation Council General Manager Fred Winters was in charge of hospitality and route oriefings for the rest of the trip.Leaving Edmonton two by two the planes will make their first overnight stop at Hay River, overfly Fort Provide nee where Queen Elizabeth will be launching a Canoe Rice, take dinner and fuel at Fort Simpson, overnight at Normart Wells and spend the next three days at Inuvik fishing, sightseeing and other activities until the event officially ends Monday, July 13 th.Triey ct to return to Shaw-on or by July 16th.to a 3 $:¦ M( an education- m & Great entertainers First and third places in the Pontiac Lions Club talent contest Sunday night in Vinton were won In the singing division by Yvette Martin and Real Rivet, feature singers with the Graveline Band.Both of these young people show great promise In their musical careers as e«attaining angers of popular songs.*#*\u2022»- McDowell's Grove, at Highway 8 towards the west end of ShawviUe, has been taken over this year by the Venturers, a Boy Scout affiliated organization of tee nage d boys in ShawviUe.Originally established and maintained by the now dormant ShawviUe Chamber of commerce, the Grove was a gift of the McDoweU family to the travelling oublis and to local people who enjoy picnics under the taU pines.More recently the Lions Club and the Rotary Club have had a hand at keening the area in condition and this year the Venturers have taken over.From the appearance of the park at this end of the tourist season, it looks like a very fortunate choice of projects for the new youth group.Only those who have actuaUy worked at this sort of a project will know the amount of hard labour which goes into it but anyone who picnics, barbecues or camps will appreciate the service of these young people who will not find time hanging heavy on their hands this summer. '4:11 Inside the gate there are several signs explaining that the park is being kept clean by the Venturers which is a Junior service club of bovs 14 to 18 years of age.On this tree also appears tne Venturers official welcome to wayfaring strangers and local people who use this utfful picnic area.The little visitor here is also reading with interest the poster put up by the Orangemen to advertise their forthcoming Glorious Twelfth celebration which this year takes place on the eleventh of July in ShawviUe.Wee lads with big voices The Curley Brothers from Qiwon took second place in the talent contest sponsored by the Pontiac Lions Club and held in Vinton Sunday night.Contestants from each end and the middle of Pontiac proved once more that this County \"has it\" when it comes to musical talent.At the gate of the grove Is this bright yellow and biown sign produced, as are aH the other attractive signs on the grove, by Robert Oawford of Camp be Bay.Throughout this picnic and campground tne re are little markers indicating the locations of the drinking water, the barbecues, tne toilet, the camping places, picnic tables and trash cans.leasant .Mr Mi- ll's bea I f I THE EQUITY Wednesday, July Sth, 1970 \u2022\u2022 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR THE B9UITY The Editor\tEQUITY, the voice of the THE EQUITY\tPontiac, took its head out of Shawville, P.Q.\tthe sand and recognized that Dear Editor:\tPontiac County is in the Pro- Many citizens of Pontiac, vince of Quebec, Renfrew both English and French,\twill\tCounty is not, so the relative be happy to see that\tthe EQ-\tFrenchness of the two countie UITY has so clearly pointed is hardly to the point, even the way towards peace with if your absurd statement the separatists.When the day were true.By custom and by at last dawns that tlie French law, Quebec (including Pon-in Quebec can say with eour dac County) is the one Cana-serene self-confidence that dian Province where French \"we will speak and use Frendi is \"at home - chez nous\".¦ when and as we Wish to\" then Neither the Government of Quebec's cultural divisions will all be healed.Unfortunately it is precisely forbid the use of English in because the French cannot Quebec (including Pontiac); say \"we will speak and use\tbut both governments have French when and as we wish\tpromised to allow the use of to\" that there is a problem at French.Surely Pontiac can all.The supreme arrogance do no less; and we can do so of the English minority make without the kind of fear and that impossible.We will\tbitterness that THE EQUITY speak and use French when see ms determined to stir up and as we wish to (which in among us.most cases is never); but you may speak and use French only when and where we allow it.It is nearly time that THE I » r '4V \" Founded in 1M\u2019 Published Weekly at PONTIAC PHINTSHOP, Shawvllle, Quebec All Subscriptions are payable In advance Elsewhere in Canada Yearly subscriptions Outside Canada Yearly subscriptions Publishers & Editors \u2022 David and Rosaleen Dickson Socoitd Class Mail Registration Number \u2014 0449 l*gal Deposit in the Quebec National Library ft ; / r y / Confiée end GeHnaaw Counties X IS 12 month subscription 6 month subscription 3 month subscription $5.00 $4.00 $2.50 $1.50 j * 5S5 a Canada nor the Government of Quebec has threatened to $6.00 ¦J PRINTSHOP VACATION There will be no issue of THE EQUITY' next week nor the next.This will permit the entire staff at the Pon-rise Printshop to take holidays and will all be back on July 27 to get the paper out again for July 29th.this time.Some have come in with last minute orders because they forgot about our holidays and we are doing everything we possibly can to keep up with these in our last week before holidays.k » Yours truly, David C Bolton Anglophone, but sometimes ashamed of it.i I we t This happens every year of course so by the time we actually get on vacation it takes a few days just to recup- Editor's Note: erate from the last minute crash of Nobody should ever be work.Then we can relax and forget\tashamed of such a super- typewriters and presses and telephones f{£lal lhln8 as the language and evrybody\u2019s problems for a good ten ^t^er reads the above days before starting back refreshed, re- letter should also read the newed and ready for another year of editorial to which it refers work.\tbecause contrary to what the letter would sugg the editorial contains no \"serene self-confidence\", so no arrogance, no absurdity, no fear propaganda and cer- for the community and there will be lots\ttainly no bitterness.As al- of 77 in 7,nex\u2018 E - th.It aim hi le we just hope\taction for the common good that the next two weeks are warm and\tthrough intelligent co-opera- beautiful and that they will be as much\ttion.enjoyed by everyone else as they are Peace the svP^ratists, .«in, to b.\tb, and peace with all people could be helped along by sympathy and understanding, free will and good will, fewer words in any language and more action along with education for reality.It is pure fantasy to dream that separatism has much to do with Quebec's greatly over-propagandized cultural divisions.It is more of the same to suppose that language legislation will heal anything.Legislating language is like using an umbrella indoors instead of fixing the roof.The division in Quebec isn't cultural; it\u2019s economic, Through great strides in the education being made available to all regardless of their language, it is becoming more and more possible for people of both languages to get tq the top and make more money if that's their aim in life.This is fixing the roof.More action like this includes the new welfare and unemployment laws which place the emphasis on returning people to the working world where they will have a voice in determining their own futures.Improved language teaching in the schools is also a great step in the right direction which needs to be pursued with more enthusiasm.The movement to improve the French language used In Quebec and particularly in technical fields is another useful work in which the governments are involved.As for this so-called arrogant English minority making it impossible for French people to speak their own language; where in Pontiac can this be witnessed?Where, in Pontiac, The annual two week interruption in publication of THE EQUITY usually causes a lot of people to wonder if they have missed some issues.It also makes some people wonder if their subscriptions have run out.We always get a lot of phone calls, most of them polite but some irate, inquiring why they didn't get their paper.A lot of people complain to their mailmen that their paper wasn\u2019t delivered.This year we decided to make special mention of the holiday in this editorial column to avoid some of this misunderstanding.As for the other work done in the Prmtshop, our customers all know that we will be on holiday until July 27th and have known this for about six weeks and have been checking their supplies « so as not to run short of anything during Straight from the nest, the* eggs a* so warm, Anne Strutt, Jean McDowell, Debbie Pirle and Judy Smith wonder if they might hatch.does anyone \"allow\" anyone else to speak any language?Pontiac County is in Canada.Also in Ca many other places which, like Pontiac, include people of various languages who get along with each-other without any of them being ashamed of any language.Under the sent system you are a to speak French, English, German, Gaelic or Hebrew if you will, at work or at play.This is good.Right?Pontiac, being our immediate concern, is trying with a great deal of support from THE EQUITY and all other agencies of good will here, to improve its economic situation, especially with relation to its French speaking population.Many of our efforts are at a temporary standstill but we still work and hope.We need a French language Composite school in Fort Coulonge.We need a hospital at Fort Coulonge.We need a welfare office and a social worker in the County - .anywhere ! Then we would also like more industry in the Fort Coulonge area, greater access to our two Provincial Parks, and the latest thinking on the toirist business here is that we should have a number of ftovincial tenting and trailer parks in lower Pontiac so that outdoor holidays can be enjoyed by people who cannot afford to travel great distances.There is no time for fear or bitterness, nor of accusations of such.There is no room for feelings of shame, life is too short for name-calling.The writer of the above letter Is known throughout Pontiac as one of the most strenuous workers on behalf of underprivileged peoples and when after many postponements the welfare and services center is established in Pontiac, it will be largely Pontiac needs like him.People who are willing not only to point out the needs but to work for them.Under our system of government which requires a great deal of work towards obvious needs to be done by unpaid volunteers, it is very good for Pontiac that people of his calibre spend some of their time here.We can\u2019t agree with his opinion of \"me supreme arrogance of the English minority\" those are just words.His actions speak louder.Kindergarten Outing a photo story\tby Eva Andai nada are What with the Orange Walk, the Shawvillc Walkathon, The Rotary Barbecue, the Doc Williams Show and forth, this will be an etching two weeks est, Uowed < ?1 f Ui K f M 1 Li e K X it t to % s :