The record, 1 avril 1980, mardi 1 avril 1980

BUCK DIPS SHOW 84c MONTREAL CP - The Canadian dollar toppled into the 83-cent US range on North American money markets Monday, dropping more than half a cent against its US counterpart.The currency opened at 84 01 cents U S on Monday — slightly below last Friday's close of 84.15 — edged up to a mid-day high of 84 03 and fell sharply to close at 83.60.It was the third time since last Tuesday the dollar dropped below 84 cents U S Analysts blamed the setback on the current interest-rate gaps between Canada and U S."The Bank of Canada has yet to come up with a competitive ibanki rate," said one trader, noting that commercial selling contributed to Monday's drop.“At this pace it may take another three to four weeks to reach a competitive rate — that is, if U S.rates stay put." Canada s floating bank rate was raised toan unprecedented 15.49 last Thursday and several U S.banks increased their prime rates to a record 19.5 per cent on Friday Meanwhile, the U S.dollar soared on world foreign exchanges today, Gold prices were little changed in quiet trading, while silver rose slightly.At the start of the trading day, the dollar jumped ahead in Tokyo to cross the 250-yen mark and close at 253.65 yen, its highest level since Oct.21, 197?It had closed Monday at 249.75 Dealers said the Bank of Japan spent an estimated $420 million trying in vain to stem the flow.As trading ended, a 1.5-billion Swiss franc swap agreement with the Swiss Central Bank was announced to bolster the yen.The agreement is worth nearly $1 billion Dealers continued to cite the high level of U S.interest rates — nearly 20 per cent — as the magnet attracting foreigners to the dollar, which is at its highest levels for two years against most currencies London's big five bullion houses fixed the morning gold price at $501.50 ($599.89 Canadian) an ounce, down from $507.50 ($607) at Monday's close.In Zurich, the metal sold for $500.50, up from $497.Earlier, gold dropped $16 45 in Hong Kong to close at $495.97.Silver was trading in London at $14.50 an ounce, up from $13.75 late Monday but still searching for a settled level after its panicky crash from a mid-January peak around $50.Sunshine Weather, Page 2 Sherbrooke Tuesday, Apr.1,1980 20 cents -V We do il s hotter.O'Bready defies Hydro deadline Bv ROD MACDONELL SHERBROOKE - ' The City's decision on whether to sell Hydro Sherbrooke to Hydro-Quebec will not be made today, and I w ould be surprised if it were made in the next three months, Sherbrooke Mayor Jacques O'Bready said yesterday Energy and Natural Resources Minister Yves Berube had strongly suggested to O'Bready that a decision be made by March 31 if the city is to avoid )he financial consequences of a law standardizing electricity rates to come into effect this July 31 The new law w ill oblige the provinces privately-owned electricity distributors to charge the same rates as the state-owned utility Sherbrooke electricity rates are nine per cent higher than Hydro-Quebec’s.The standardization law will make it unprofitable for municipalities to own hydro corporations, which fits in with Hydro-Quebec's plans of buying up all corporations not now in the system OB ready, who agrees with the standardization law, says.“It will cost the City of Sherbrooke $900,001) in loss of revenues faun July l to December 1, those are the figures that I will be tabling at tonight's Council meeting ' The Sherbrooke mayor, who just returned from a two-week business trip in Europe says “What is the point in owning an asset like Hydro-Sherbrooke when you can't earn anv money with it?" The decision to sell the utility to Hydro-Quebec is the only sensible one if Sherbrooke consumers are to save on their electrical hills However, there are reasons for the delay of the final sale Negotiations over a fair price have deadlocked, ami the other problem is the 125 to 145 Hydro Sherbrooke em ployees on the city payroll Integration of these employees into Hydro-Quebec with seniority and pensions will have to tie worked out before the final sale APR/L FOOLS s Inside AUTOROUTE The Autoroute Authority will be around for a while.Last minute technical details postponed amalgamation with the Quebec police force.In Lennoxville.Pierre Masse was elected to the Town Council iast night.See Page 3.SPICER The office tower boom in Vancouver has led the construction industry to ignore housing needs in the Pacific port.Keith Spicer comments.Page 4 TRANSACTIONS Rusty Staub has been traded.Roger Staubach has retired.If the R.S.'s have you confused, see Page 11.BIRTHS, DEATHS 2 BUSINESS.5 CLASSIFIED .8 COMICS.9 EDITORIAL_____4 LIVING.6 SPORTS.11 “Energy-wise, he’s happy for ill m Newfoundland but stil at Alberta.” mad If wasn't as if people didn't know, though it's possible a lack of the necessary funds caused many fo put it off, but surely it cost just as much yesterday or today as it did a week or a month ago?The lineups were long yesterday, and they were promising to be just as long today, as Motor Vehicle Bureau authorities throughout Quebec estimated that one in six Quebecers had not yet bought their 1980 R*(Ord Pnnlo sticker by midnight last night.A quick glance at parking lots spotted quite a number of vehicles without the little red square in the bottom right-hand corner of last year's plate Although there's no official extension of the March 31 deadline, the word is that most police forces won't be checking too closely until tonight But we wouldn't count on it.U.S.told to remain silent Bani-Sadr quashes new rumors TEHRAN (Reuter) — President Abolhassan Bani-Sadr made it clear today there will be no imminent transfer to government control of the Americans held hostage in Tehran and that the United States must remain silent on the issue if such a transfer is to take place.Bani-Sadr told an Islamic Republic Day rally in Tehran: “If the United States issues an official declaration and announces that it will not, until the formation of the (Iranian) parliament and its decision on the hostages, make propaganda, claims, speak or instigate on the issue, the Revolutionary Council will accept to take control of the hostages.” In Washington, U.S.President Carter was reported to be holding off imposing new sanctions against Iran in the hope Bani-Sadr’s speech would bring about at least the transfer of the captive Americans, held by Islamic militants at the U.S Embassy in Tehran for the last five months.Earlier, Iranian revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini sidestepped the issue of a possible transfer of the hostages and reiterated their ultimate fate depends on Iran’s yet-to-be-elected parliament However, Khomeini stressed that “a solution to this problem is not possible by anybody but the noble nation of Iran and the Islamic assembly which is de rived from the will of the people." Khomeini accused Carter of making the problem worse by allowing the shah to go to Egypt.O'Bready has also come up with a scheme whereby the government accords the status of "redistnbutor” of electricity lo Sherbrooke, enabling the city to buy electricity at cheaper rates, while respecting the standardization law and keeping Hydro-Sherbrooke in (lie municipal domain This idea has not found favor with government officials who say that it is only a tactic to get more money for Hydro Sherbrooke Reform cuts city taxes 10% By ( VltOI I TKEISEB Sherbrooke ratepayers will be paying 17 per cent more taxes to the city this year, bn! their total tax load will be 10 cents less per $100 evaluation, thanks to tht1 recently passed fiscal reform act Mayor Jacques O’Bready announced last night that Sherbrookers will he taxed $2 36 per $100 on the evaluation of their property in 1980, compared to $2 46 per $100.a 4 07 per cent decrease In 1979, Sherbrookers paid only $i 80 of their $2 46 |hm $too valuation to the city, the remaining 86 cents per $100 went to finance the local school boards But under the fiscal reform act, the province is financing the school boards through compeasation payments and Sherbrooke has seized the opportunity to offset some of the cuts enacted by the reform, such as loss of sales tax revenue, by taking complete control of the lax pie It was able to give Sherbrookers a slice ol it with the 111 cent cut because Sherbrooke, unlike smaller municipalities, has a sizeable number ol educational facilities and provincial government buildings These institutions have become taxable under the reform “We are one of the few municipalities in the province to derive substantial benefits from the municipal reform," O'Bready said after presenting council with the city's 1980 budget Sherbrooke will be taxing the Ministry of Social Affairs, the University of Sherbrooke and the CEGEP de Sherbrooke at 80 per cent of property valuation That translates into a rate of $2 584 per $100 valuation Elementary and secondary schools will be taxed at 40 percent of their valuation or $1.292 per $1 Prince Charles arrived Monday to start a three-day tour of Vancouver and southern Vancouver Island The Canadian Forces tw in fan jet Cosmopolitan aircraft bearing the 31 year old heir to the British throne landed under clear skies at Vancouver International Airport shortly before 3 p m PST after a five-hour flight from Ottawa.Cabinet studies job program OTTAW A (CP) The federal government is preparing a nuiltiniillion dollar job-creation program expected to be studied by the cabinet in time for the April 14 opening of Parliament Fmployment Minister Lloyd Axworthy has dropped hints about w hat w ill be in the program and a department spokesman said Monday that proposals made by the former Progressive Conservative government are being reviewed by a group of high-level civil servants.Norwegian team investigates rig STAVANGER, Norway (Reuter) A team of investigators examined Monday the severed leg of the floating hotel w hich capsized in the North Sea oilfields last week, killing 123 workers Norway observed a day of mourning for the victims as the 30 metro long.800-ton hollow steel leg.which snapped in a gale last Thursday, was towed to Stavanger Appeals waste tax dollars OTTAWA (CP) Thousands of tax dollars are wasted each year because the Citizenship Act encourages all immigrants rejected by citizenship courts to appeal the dérisions to the Federal Court without cost, says Federal Court Justice Patrick Mahonex BOGOTA (AP) Colombian Foreign Minister Diego Ci'ibe Vargas has expressed confidence that progress will be made today during the eighth round of negotiations between the government and leftist guerrillas holding 27 hostages, including 19 foreign diplomats, in the Dominican Republic’s Fmbassy.However, he said he does not expect a quick end to the stalemate that began Feb.27 when the guerrillas took over the embassy during a diplomatic reception COA would reconsider boycott OTTAWA (CP: Sport Minister Gerald Regan said Monday he feels certain the Canadian Olympic Association would reconsider its decision to send a team to the Moscow Olympics if the government supports a boy colt But lie added that the CAO’s board of directors was w ithin its rights when it decided Sunday to accept an invitation from the Soviet Union Olympic organizing committee to send a team to the Games, which begin July 19.Land available in St John's ST JOHN'S, Nfld (CP) There is enough land available in the St John's area to keep prices of building lots from going sky high in the wake of offshore oil development.Neil Windsor, municipal affairs and housing minister, said Monday.Windsor told a news conference a recent survey showed that 5.000 serviced building lots can be made available within three to five vears Masse must pay MONTRFAL 1 CP ) Marcel Masse, a former federal Progressive Conservative candidate and Quebec cabinet minister, was ordered Monday to pay $1.550 to a firm of communications consultants.Provincial Judge Conrad Prenoveau ruled in the civil suit that Masse was wrong in refusing to pay Beauregard, Hutchinson and Associates Inc for two speeches it prepared at his request for Jean-Maurice Simard, president of the New Brunswick treasury board Fire bomb kills 31 SAN SALVADOR ( AP) A firebomb exploded Monday outside a building two blocks from the El Salvador cathedra! where violence caused 31 deaths as a Palm Sunday funeral mass was being held for slain Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero The civilian military junta said leftist militants, by coming to the funeral with guns and bombs, were responsible for the panic that caused most of the deaths Sundav C0A has dissenter i’ORONTO (CP) Although the Canadian Olympic \ssociation has decided to send a team to the Moscow Olympics, Canada's Olympic chef de mission says he will personally Uivcott the Games and the Olympic Trust Fund might refuse to finance a team City taxes cut 10% Continued from Page I companies have to sell power at the same rate Hydro-Quebec sells to its consumers Currently, Hydro-Sherbrooke is charging about 10 per cent more than Hydro-Quebec and if il doesn’t get the discount at the wholesale level it may have to give up its role as middleman in the power game As it stands, the city expects to spend $70,660,059 this year Administration Refnotes Rocard has indicated he will be a candidate for the leadership of the Socialist party at its next convention.Rocard said the letter was written to elaborate on his views on European decentralization after a conversation with Morin and Yves Michaud, Que liée s delegate-general in Paris Gazefte downplays refmemo MONTREAL (CP) Management at The Gazette says an internal memo issued to its journalists covering the Quebec referendum campaign was never intended to direct them to slant the news against a yes vote The 11 page memo, published during the weekend by a leftwing newspaper, was written by Gazette city editor Robert Walker and distributed to 21 of costs w ill goboa u 2.1 per cent of that amount, the police and fire departments 20.73 per cent, road works 16,93 per cent, garbage removal 6.23 per cent, recreational services 8.22 per cent, debt financing 25.60 per cent, lab lacilities used to test water and the like 41 per cent and miscellany such as surveying costs, 5 99 per cent.Sherbrooke expects to collect $70.692,986 in revenue Taxes will supply the bulk of that figure.58.75 per cent, while cuiu^ui.^uuun payments from hospitals will supply 16.48 per cent, provincial government transfers 2 19 percent and cultural services, 7.78 per cent Services rendered to other municipalities will bring in .88 per cent, other lix'al sources will bring in 5.14 per cent and Hydro-Sherbrooke will con tribute 8 78 per cent.If all goes according to plan, Sherbrooke will start the new year with $32.927 in the kittv Continued from Page 1 the newspaper's editors and senior reporters It outlines the newspaper’s referendum coverage plans and includes 38 ideas for story possibilities The city's three French-language daily newspapers printed articles Sunday and Monday quoting from the memo, saying the ideas were heavily weighted to give readers a negative impression of the effects of sovereignty-association on Quebec Gazette publisher Robert McConnell said Monday that quotes taken from the memo in the French-language papers "were almost universally taken out of context." and the Gazette was cast “in the worst possible light.'' Gazette editor Mark Harrison said the articles by the three papers were “examples of the most appalling reporting I've seen in the last 20 years He said their allegations that Gazette reporters were being asked to slant the news was "absolutely false and malicious." Hatfield: Province$ must act OTTAWA (CP) — Quebecers will vote yes in the upcoming referendum on sovereignty-association unless the other nine provinces take concrete action to prove a no vote does not mean retaining the status quo, New Brunswick Premier Richard Hatfield says However, Quebecers should not deceive themselves into thinking a yes vote means they can negotiate a better deal within Canada, Hatfield told a Rotary Club luncheon here Monday Obituary ( AKKIK GORK1NGE of Sawyerv iile Mrs Ernest Gornnge passed away suddenly at the Sherbrooke Hospital on March 19.1980 The funeral was held on March 22 with pravers at LO.Cass-Gordon-Smith Funera! Home at 1:45 p m .thence to the Sawyemlle United Church tor the tuner-al service.Rev Gordon Simons officiating, and a large attendance of relatives and friends With Mrs Clinton Smith as organist, the choir sang.The Lord is my Shepherd and Good Night and Good Morning Bearers were Donald Williams.Larry Gornnge, Bruce Lowry.Douglas Lowry.David Lowry, grand children and Lloyd Smith, husband of a granddaughter Crescent Bain served as an honorary bearer Interment was in the family plot in East Clifton Cemetery Mrs Gornnge was born in Rawdon, Que .on Dec.4.1891, daughter ot the late John and Mary Parkinson and moved to East Clifton at an early age.She married Ernest Gordon Gornnge and they lived on a farm where her nine children were born They retired and moved to Sawyerville, where she resided until her death Surviving are six children, Sydney ol Matheson, Ont., Bessie (Mrs.Warren Burrows), Sidney, B.C.Gladys ( Mrs William Lowry).Trenton, Ont .Laura (Mrs David Williams), Dundas, Ont .Ernest ol Kingston, N.S.and Richard ot Hamilton.Ont.Three daughters-in-law.Evelyn.Beatrice and' Violet and two sons-in-law Mrs.Gorringe also leaves to mourn, a brother.Thom as Parkinson, a sister Violet Parkinson.17 grandchild ren.two great-grandchild ren.nieces and nephews.She was pre deceased by her husband, three sons.Douglas, who died in England during World War II.Claude and William, who both died in infancy, and a son-in-law.Warren Burrows In Memoriam DECOTEAU, Galen — In loving memory of a dear son and brother, who passed away April 1st, 1976.What happy hours we once enjoyed, How sweet the memory still, But he has left some aching hearts.The world can never fill.Sadly missed by MOM and DAD IRMAand ERNEST GLENDA andMERVYN SMITH (sister) PAULINE (sister) DECOTEAU — In loving memory of a dear father, Galen Ernest Decoteau, who passed away April 1st.1976 Your memory to me is a keepsake, With which I will never part.Though God has you in his keeping, I still have you in my heart.Loving remembered and sadly missed LISA, CINDY (daughters) DANNY (son) HUNT — In loving memory of our husband and stepfather, Stephen Hunt, who passed away April l, 1978 Your memory is still dear to us.OLIVE (wife) and 5 STEPDAUGHTERS ROTHNEY — In loving memory of a dear grand mother and great grandmother, Mrs.Ben Rothney, who passed away April 1, 1972, Too dearly loved to be forgotten HAROLD,SHIRLEY and FAMILY Card of Thanks SALISBURY, George — The family of the late George Salisbury wish toexpress their heartfelt thanks to all their relatives, friends and neigh hours for their many acts of kindness, expressions of sympathy, cards, food and beautiful floral tributes Also for the donations to the Cancer Fund, the Memorial Fund at Calvary United Church, in Sutton and the West Brome Athletic Association Such expressions of kindness have helped ease our loss ot a beloved husband, father and grandfather THE SALISBURY FAMILY E.PROVOST mi MG.20.15th Ave.North, Sherbrooke 549-1700 549-2822 549 5251 ^Tnrïx Authorized Dealer /KULk \ ot Rock ot Ages Mslv' and Eventide Monuments with Perpetual Guarantee FREE DELIVERY IN THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC For Melbourne and surroundings see Mr Gordon McKeage.Tel.824-2417.Birth MORRISON — Ian and Pat of Bramalea, Ontario, are very pleased to announce the birth of their first child on March 3.1980 Heather Jeanne’s delighted grandparents are Mr.and Mrs.Lynden Morrison and Mr.and Mrs Bruce Lothrop of Sherbrooke Deaths ( \MPBELL, Rebecca Eleanor — At the West Lincoln Memorial Hospital, Grimsby.Ont., on Sat., March 29.1980, Rebecca Eleanor Taylor, in her 83rd year, beloved wife of John A Campbell, dear mother of Doreen Deacon, of Waterville.Que.Lynwood and Grace, of Brampton.Ont , Roland and Margaret of Huntingville.Ethel and Lawrence Marsh, Foster.Que , sister of Olive (Mrs.David Preston), Fonthill, Ont , Mrs.Bertha Dale, Huntingville, sister-in-law of Mrs.Ina Taylor, Bedford.Que .the late Mrs.Gladys Norwood and William Taylor Sadly missed by 22 grandchildren and 20 greatgrandchildren.Resting at the Stonehouse-Whitcomb Funeral Home, 11 Mountain St., Grimsby, for funeral service on Tuesday.April 1st.at 11 a.m., thence to Webster-Cass Funeral Home, 6 Belvidere St., Lennoxville.Que., for visitation on Wednesday, from 2-4 and 7-9.Funeral service on Thursday, at 2 pm.at St.George's Anglican Church Interment in Huntingville Cemetery In lieu of flowers, donations to the West Lincoln Memorial Hospital, Grimsby.Ont.,or the Huntingville Cemetery Fund, would be gratefully appreciated EAGER, Mamie Louise (R.V) — At the Sherbrooke Hospital on Monday.March 31, 1980.in her 79th year, sister ot the late Howard, Emma (Robinson) and Lewis.Resting at Webster-Cass Funeral Home, 6 Belvidere St.Lennoxville.Funeral notice later GRASSETTE.Lionel — At Bedford Hospital on March 31.1980.in his 77th year, beloved husband of Mary Handheld, of Frelighsburg.Que.Resting at Dion's Funeral Home, 215 River Street.Bedford Funeral service on Wed., April 2, at 10 a m, at Frelighsburg Catholic Church Interment in St.Alexandre Cemetery.HOPPER.Samuel Alfred — Suddenly at the Sherbrooke Hospital on Sat., March 29.1980.Samuel Hopper, at the age of 81 years, beloved husband of Aveline Sarrasin, dear brother of Earl of Fort Erie.Ont.Resting at the Webster-Cass Funeral Home.6 Belvidere St.Lennoxville, where friends may call on Monday from 7 to 9 and Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9.Funeral service at Waterville United Church on Wed.April 2 at 2 p m.Rev.D Warren officiating, assisted by Mr.Leslie Picard.Interment in Malvern Cemetery, Lennoxville Card of Thanks KLOPFER I wish to ex press my sincere thanks to all those who visited me or sent cards and flowers to me while I was a patient in the Brome Missisguoi Perkins Hospital.Thanks to those who have sent in food since I returned home A special thanks to Dr.Robert Berke, Dr.David Tector and all the nurses at BMP BETTY KLOPFER Mansonville, Que.cUsSaSoriiTD im FUŒPAl DKfCTOPS AYE* S ClIFf STANSTI AD 819-876 5213 SHE*»*OOKI 300 Queen llvd N Web$ter Cass f!l9 562-2685 UNNOXVIUI 4 Belvidere St R.L.Bishop & Son Funeral Chapels TL* n 819 562 9977 ^ SHERBROOKE 300 Queen Blvd N LENNOXVIUE 74 Queen St Gordon Smith Funeral Home sawvirviui 819 562 2685 / 889-2231 \ The Townships #1____foci ifccara TUES APR I.1980 3 Anti-French backlash blamed for metric delays OTTAWA CP) — A metric commission official said Monday that an anti-French backlash in English Canada was responsible for delays in the metric conversion program.But Albini Parent, who was in charge of a pilot project for converting food scales to metric measure in Sherbrooke.Que .Peterborough.Ont., and Kamloops B C„ later denied having made that statement In a taped interview w ith a French-language reporter, he said there was resistance in the two anglophone communities because people identified metric conversion with "French power" in Ottawa But in a telephone interv iew w ith an English-language reporter later in the day he said "The whole thing is so sillv It's the most ridiculous thing Tve ever heard " He said he had encountered several people in Vancouver w ho said they felt a French power" in Ottawa was responsible for the conversion program but it was only a few odd people." Although Parent said he got the impression they were speaking seriously, he took their statements to be more of a joke He said he did not believe the feeling was responsible for resistance to conversion in Kamloops and Peterborough POSTPONED PROC.RAM The former Progressive Con servative government postponed the retail food scale conversion program for a year, after retailers and con sumers complained about the pilot projects Parent was interviewed in French after a news conference at which commission officials said they are working to introduce the program in most major cities in January In the French language interv iew .Parent said the test was most successful m Sherbrooke Merchants and residents in Sherbrooke had little difficulty adapting, but farther west the anti metric pressure grew People m Kamloops, he said, were driving 10 miles out of town just to shop under the Imperial system and that forced merchants to backtrack, he said In the later interview, he said that if people in Kamloops drove 10 miles out of town they wiaild be in the middle of the Rockies w here there were no stores He also said most of the resistance had been encountered in Peterborough and there was little resistance in Kamloops Townships talk Missisquoi Townshippers to meet The Townshippers1 .Association is a movement to encourage English-speaking Townshippers to participate fully in the life and development of Quebec We w ish to ensure the continuation of the harmonious relationship which has existed for generations between the English and French-speaking people of the Tow nships.The Townshippers’ Association held their first information meeting in the Missisquoi area on Tuesday.March 18 at Butler School in Bedford A Regional Table was formed.The people on it are: Rev Keith Eddy.Audrey Craighead, Ashley Sheltus, representing Bedlord and area.Rev Don Flumerfelt and Thelma Rhicard representing Stanbridge East; Ewen Skinner, St Sebastien; Juel Weideman, St.Armand; Valerie Van Horne, Venise; Carol Soule, St.Ignace and Mystic; Don Budenis.Clar-enceville; Horst Dresler.Stanbridge Station; and Use Gasser, Pike River.These people will be meeting on April 1.If you have some ideas you would like them to know about call: Carol Soule - 248-2309 or Juel Weideman - 248-3853.Construction meeting to be held MAGOG iJKH> — There will be a special meeting at 7:30 p.m.April 3, at the Magog Township offices on Chemin Plage Southiere for all inspectors contractors, builders and buyers on new laws and requirements for building this year Jocelyn Roy of the Sherbrooke branch of the Department of the Environment will speak, together with another speaker from Montreal.New Sherbrooke book published SHERBROOKE t JKH) — A new book about Sherbrooke has been published by Editions Sherbrooke, entitled."Sherbrooke, ses assises, sa population, sa croissance .a collection of geographical studies.Copies may be obtained by sending $10.plus $1.00 postage to Editions Sherbrooke, C.P.1001, Sherbrooke, JlH 5L3, Vermont has new map VERMONT (JKH) — The 1980-81 Vermont State map.with updated information for travellers is available now through tourist information centers or by writing the Vermont Travel Division, 61 Elm Street, Montpelier, Vt., 05602 Construction permits up from 1979 SHERBROOKE 'JKH) - Figures for the value of construction permits issued in the months of January and February 1980 are: for January.$499,173 as compared with $711.100 of last year.The cumulative comparative tables show 1980 levels at $2,725,898 as compared with $3,112.400 as of March 1, 1979.Channel 11 Announces programming SHERBROOKE (JKH) — Community Television will bring in new programming by Videomonde between March 30 and June 20, on Channel 11.There will be two news programs: “J’ai ouie dire" at 7:30 Tuesday and Thursday, and at 12:30 Wednesday and Friday: the second."Fragment plus" will be on Monday.Wednesday and Friday at 7:30 and Tuesday and Thursday at 12:30.For more information, call Marcel Lemerise, at 569-9831 Videomonde is a regional production center which hopes to breathe new life into Sherbrooke community TV Group organizes recycling day SHERBROOKE (JKH) — "R" day, Saturday, April 5, will be a day of salvage and recycling in the Sherbrooke area.Organized by Recuperation de l’Estrie, a group of four young people "funded by the Canada Works program, the object of the day is to inform the public about the effects of salvage and recycling on both the economy and ecology.They organize collections of glass, paper and cardboard in various places throughout the community.On April 5 you can bring your newspapers tied up in bundles, your "glass jars, all non-refillable bottles cleaned of metal and plastic, and participate in protection of the environment The collection points are at Carrefour de l'Estrie.Galeries 4 Saisons, ard Place Belvedere For Recuperation members, recycling is the ecologically sound way to treat refuse Garbage dumping is wasteful of large areas of land.and.once buried, the resources and energy potential are lost Seepage from dumps is toxic, and pollutes the water table Incineration is also wasteful, and polluting Since paper, glass and cardboard account for some 50 per cent of the total weight or residential garbage they are easy to recycle.Ecological import becomes apparent when it is remembered that one metre of newsprint is the production of a single 70-year-old tree.Autoroute-QPF merge delayed Spring thaw Record Perry Beaton Spring has sprung, but things aren't as bright as they seem.A lack of snow during the chilly months has caused the ground to freeze deeper than usual and a lack of precipitation could hurt the farmers later in the season.The ground is only thawed six inches down in some places and the sap isn t iuii ning as well as it has in past years Local nos outline refstrategy Bvd.AUDI A BOWERS EAST ANGUS Under the guiding light of the provincial liberate ,the No campaign is officially un derway throughout the Townships "Anyone in a horserace who wants to win should judge the pace and holds his reins tight until the crucial moment," explained Robert Benoit, a Liberal party worker from Brome who chaired last night's meeting.According to Benoit, the delay is getting the No campaign started is part of the strategy they are planning and "we'll have the energy and resources to win the race." The meeting in East Angus was one of several held during the past few days all over the Townships, with the aim of recruiting local animators who will organize information meetings who will also enlist the help of others in their area to carry out the campaign.Mon non est Québécois’ buttons are popping up like dandelions, and according to an informal poll carried out in Magog and Lennoxville this week, 84 per cent to 88 per cent of the people asked were for the No The general consensus at last night’s meeting was that personal contact was absolutely necessary, by well informed campaigners who would be able to give clear answers to questions that, according to some participants had not been properly answered by the Parti Québécois.“The pequistes have based most of their answers on the emotional aspects of this campaign, avoiding any Sweetsburg Ward SWEETSBURG WARD ( JM ) — The trial of Laurette Beaulieu, of Candiac, charged with arson in the destruction of the Bolton Centre Hotel on Dee.20.1974, which was to have continued on Mar.14, was postponed to June 3 due to the inclement weather.Joseph Nuss telephoned and informed the court he was stuck in Montreal and would not be able to defend his client A token bench warrant was issued to keep Mrs.Beaulieu within the jurisdiction of the court Bench warrants were issued for Michel Therrien, alias Kathleen or Michel Bosse, and Brigitte Sirois, also known as Patsy Vaness.both of Drummondville.when they tailed to appear for preliminary hearing on charges of breaking and entering and theft from the Salon Moderne in Cowansville.Denis Coupai, of Bedford, changed his option and pleaded guilty (o two charges of indecent assault "I feel this case merits special attention and I feel the interests of justice would be best served with a presentence report, Francois Levesque said Crown at torney Noiseux said he agreed to the suggestion of the defence, "In my opinion it is mandatory in this instance.” Coupai was allowed his provisional freedom and sentencing was continued to June 27 Orford study decision still pending Bv JUDITH KELLOCK REWARD QUEBEC — A decision on whether to order an environmental impact study on Mont Orford park will be up to the Minister of Recreation.Fish and Game, a source from the minister's department said yesterday.Paul Larochelle, press attache for Lessard, said any decision on whether to give the green light to a ski development on the western slopes would be taken with a great deal of thought to the recommendation made recently by the Advisory Committee on the Environment "The decision will be the ministers own,” said Larochelle,” and environmental consideration will be taken into account, not once but two and even three times before any decision is reached "He may take it to the cabinet, but it is probably not the kind of decision he would take to cabinet." The timing of such a decision depends on when a formal request for a ski development is presented to the minister Last week an informal request was voiced, but as the originator was unaware of the existence of the Advisory Committee's recommendation, the request was not given consideration clear confrontation with questions on economics and inter-provincial trade, especially in the textile in dustry, which is one of the most important in this area," Fabien Belanger asserted.Tariffs, subsidies, federal bridges, highways, railways and buildings were also discussed and the implications to these and other federal affairs will he brought to the attention of every voter in the riding Last evening was the first in a series of meetings aimed at educating the public The animators will be organizing Masse elected to Lenn council Bv NELSON WYATT LENNOXVILLE There’s a new player on the municipal team with the acclamation of Pierre Masse to represent residents in Ward Six yesterday.Masse, the 42-year old father of four tried for a seat on the local council in his first electoral bid during the 1977 municipal elections but was bested by alderman Constant Chailler in Ward Tour He enters the muni cipal administration now as a replacement for councilman Robert Calder, who resigned earlier this year for personal reasons A lieutenant-colonel in the armed forces reserves, Masse works for the regional office of the Minister of Edu cation Prior to this, he worked for the Eastern Townships Regional School Board and was the head of the Teeh-Voc department at Alexander Galt in the late sixties He was also commanding officer of the Sherbrooke Fusiliers between 1972 and 1975 Masse moved to liennox-ville in 1973 and originally comes from Coati cook He was the only contestant for Ward Six and told The Record that he finds his new post "challenging" He said that he’s looking forward to working with the other councillors "for the benefit of the town".kitchen meetings which will bring together all concerned in small groups where animated discussion will he possible and personal con tact a necessity "We are still keeping our strategy In a low profile,’’ Benoit said “But we are prepared to do battle with every resource at our disposal.It is really a question of not playing our hand too quickly, and keeping up a steady momentum to the final minute." "We are not sure of the referendum date." said Jean Dionne, a local agriculture producer."Mr Levesque could conceivably move the date up to the middle of May Therefore, we are preparing a campaign that accepts that possibility and believe me, we are ready.” ID N El SON U Y \TT The Autoroute Authority has been granted a stay of execution and will not be officially merged with the Quebec Police Force today as originally planned.A u t o r o u te poli c e spokesman Richard Norman told The Record that last minute technical details had put off the amalgamation for another month The autoroute police, who cruise the web of provincial high ways in the Eastern Tow nships, the North Shore and the Umrentians luid been slated for full (Milice officer status with Bill 46 in 1976.hut that idea died with Robert Bourassa’s Liberal government When the Parti Québécois took over, the idea reappeared in the form of an amendment to the Police Act, passed in late 1979 Under the new agreement, the force’s blue and white squad cars would he replaced with the green and yellow cruisers of the QPF and the 114 man staff would be integrated into the provincial police structure Only two men exceed the age limit for the QPF.the director of the autoroute police, who is expected to retire, and the commander of the Eastern Townships section in Marieville, who will probably remain will) the lorce Theresl of the men will lie absorbed and ex certain amount of refraining While the autoroute police follow the same course at the Nicolet [Xiliee academy as the QPF.less emphasis is put on the investigative nature of crime lighting m their training T he QPF is requiring that they heef up this part of their knowledge Norman says that he doesn’t believe the integration of the two police departments will mean fewer patrols on the autoroute He did add that some Townships QPF detachments will get some additional manpower He said that the number of agents m the Granby squad is expected to rise by 25 agents The QPF now lias about 4,500 agents and of Beers The autoroute authority was formed in 1961, when the Laurentlan autoroute was opened La Quotidienne WINNING NUMBER 8-8-1 y i i liected go through a ÿ:- CARRIFOUR Di L’ISIRI! 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of Canada Office national du film du Canada 4 TUES .APR 1.1980 Editorial The Voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 Vancouver: Are offices more important than housing?VANCOUVER - Why is B.C blessedly lucky to bask in Canada's gentlest climate?Because this is the best place, the only place, in our icebound land where you can pitch a tent in March.Living in a tent is precisely what hundreds, perhaps is time thousands, of British Columbians may be driven to by a vicious mix of high mortgages, high rents and lack of housing A few days back, Vancouver social workers confirmed that within three months, poor families here would be lodging in tents and even cars Even now, all emergency shelters are full, and low income families are beginning to fill motels which will have to jump their “rents'' to make a fair dollar in their peak tourist season of July and August Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp confirmed last week that Vancouver has the worst housing shortage in Canada indeed in North America.CHMC's four conclusions: Vancouver has a zero vacancy rate for rental housing ' that means virtually that there is,no roomleft to rent); New houses are being snapped up off blueprints or while holes in the ground : a sure sign of inflation-panic as well as personal housing need); the stock of houses for sale has fallen perilously low, and real estate agents are selling their grandmothers left and right to latch onto anything saleable from tar paper shacks up; the culprit in this crisis of offseason camping is governments which have taken away incentives to builders and investors.At the end of February, in the whole 1.2 million-people metropolitan Van couver area, a trickle of 130 dwelling units iall types» came on the market Even with an increase in housing starts over last year, builders are lagging miles behind demand for homes And projections of present ground rules show they will fall behind further in future years as the B.C.economy surges on to attract many more Canadians from points east Lacking incentives to build houses, builders are turning most of their resources to more profitable office buildings and other commercial construction The result: the pitiless law of supply and demand is driving Van couver house prices into the stratosphere.The Vancouver problem, to be sure, is not unique in Canada.But it is the most extreme It is the harbinger of gloom for home-owners and renters everywhere Come here and you will say: I have seen the future and it does not work In all this tragedy, the most wrenching consequences, as usual, fall on low-income families with children.Some in Vancouver will soon literally have no chance of getting into any kind of housing Others, as in the well publicized cases in Ontario where “low cost” condominiums are being hit by suddenly high mortgages, will simply bo evicted fromtheir own homes Of all the priorities a restored-to power Liberal government must face, none screams for compassionate short term help, and realistic long-term solution, as does this key human need of shelter What are the board outlines of salvation?In the short-run, specialized and narrowly targeted relief must be found for families with children who are either denied occupancy, or continued ownership, of a home For neither group should assistance serve permanently to subsidize ow nership of housing, especially if the family cannot reasonably be expected to be able to carry costs of housing within the old rule-of thumb 25 per cent of their income Making house-buying too easy, to assuage short-term agony, would only subsidize demand - and thereby guarantee continued shortages and price spirals Help should consist of brief ione- to three yean relief in the form of shelter allowances Either outright grants or a tax rebate would be welcome, with most thin cash-flow people needing grants now.These and any other shortterm pain-relievers will create bad side-effects in heavier bureaucracy and occasional rip-offs.But in an emergency situation, these are costs to be borne by a decent society The longer-term solution i three to live years i must focus on deeprooted structural problems in our housing industry: supply and inflation As with oil and gas in Canada, the only serious w ay to overcome shortages is by subsidizing supply, not, at present, demand.Stimulated demand is the key to more moderate prices, for creating the conditions for healthy margin of glut will force builders as well as owners to keep their prices competitive The best remedy in sight on this score - a well tested but demagogically reviled remedy - is something like MURBs These Multiple Use Residential Buildings (an idea launched in 1974) encourage dentists, doctors, lawyers, airline pilots and other busy folk with too little time and too much money to sink their spare cash into new rental housing.MURBs allow them to write off large initial ‘‘soft costs”and continuing yearly-chunks of money as tax deferrals.As of December 31, 1979, Ottawa phased out this MURB feature.The cancelled incentive, any builder or investor will tell you, has been a central cause of our current grief The other pillar of long-term reform is a truly "disciplined'1 ( to echo Jimmy-Carter ) assault on inflation.The real cost issue in housing is not mortgage rates These are only a symptom of general inflation.Indeed, it still makes sense today to buy a house, if you can find one.even at today’s sky-high mortgage rates, because your property’s gain in value in an inflation-mad market will far outstrip your relative outlay for mortgages If inflation can be fought back, inch by inch - presumably by the right mix of monetary, tax, budget, and productivity initiatives, plus likely short-term wage and price freezes -then the housing crises, like our whole economy's crisis, will start to ease The danger, of course, is that politicans will confuse short-term humanitarian relief with long-term structural solutions The first- easy, popular, and to a measured degree necessary - cannot solve our housing mess If installed as a built-in, permanent feature of our housing scene it could only guarantee that the mess will continue.It is time, for politicians as well as public, to heed the cool, compassionate counsel of France's most civilized démocrate, Andre Siegfried: “have one s heart on the left, but one's bill-fold and economic horse sense) on the right.” Battle royal What precisely is the future of this great country, Quebec included?Without committing our personal votes for the option of sovereignty association we personally feel those voting for a change in the federal structure are not completely without a certain degree of reason.The essence of what we all acclaim proudly, and justifiably so, as being Canadian came from a tenuous framework designed to protect our vast territory very shortly after the conclusion of the American Civil War with the emergence of Upper and Lower Canada.The western provinces entered the marriage of convenience at their desire.Newfoundland, the tenth province, entered somewhat reluctantly in on March 29, 1949, mainly due to the persuasion of then Prime Minister .Joey Smallwood, who promised his constituents baby bonuses, if not the world.Our newest members are now claiming rights to the offshore oil rights.Conversely, Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed is determined to develop all the natural resources within the province for the betterment of all its citizens .Saskatchewan feels the same way about their potash reserves as do the Yukon and the Northwest Territories about their oil and natural gas reserves.British Columbia l as its vast timber reserves and white water which can gen erate megawatts of hydro-electricity.The Maritimes live on fishing and agriculture, while Ontario controls most of our secondary industry.Assuming the worst, as many Quebecers now do.we might be able to reconstruct our constitution and form a common market with the remaining sectors assigning such mun dane chores as external affairs.National defense and customs and excise over to Otta wa.The United States has been acclaimed the ’’melting pot”, yet it is virtually ineonceiv able to achieve such a measure within our vast yet greatly underpopulated land.Finnish, Swedish.Norwegian coupled with English and a bit of Icelandic are frequently heard in Thunder Bay and west through Winnipeg We have the oriental factor on the west coast who brought one of civilization’s oldest cultures to our shores, sometimes without the approval of the immigration department On the opposite coast, we have Acadians who still speak the language of 1608, when Port Royal was founded and the “Order Of Good Cheer” was established by Samuel de Champlain to while away our seemingly interminable winters.Times haven't changed really all that much since then.Winters with or without snow are always long.People can and will, as history has proven, adapt Possibly a new “Order of Good Cheer” could become a new and revitalized constitution which would make each and every one of us proud to be Canadian despite our differing ethnic backgrounds.The Iroquois or six nations had the equivalent of a United Nations general assembly-organized prior to the arrival ot any white man and that includes the Vikings.All dis putes were settled under a great oak tree.It seems only fitting we "civilized” people should be able to follow suit.JOHN Met Vt.lllA Letters Yoga Editor: The Reverend Mr Keith Dickerson in his article last week writes of the study of yoga as a ‘‘navel-gazing” pursuit under the influence of "the evil one” Dr.George Cantlie, Chief ol Medicine ,il the Koval Victoria Hospital, Montreal, recommends yoga to his patients as a therapeutic loot Dr David Ksdailc of Magog, also recommends it, especially as an application ot preventive medicine It is a disservice to people in need of health benefits to speak of yoga in such terms.It is plain that Mr Dickerson his not made a close study of the discipline JUDITH KKLI.OCK.\pple Hill Good advice Let all who wish to see Quebec grow Turn out en masse to vote No No No.To the Levesque referendum If we do not, we are surely dumb, Because we English in Quebec Love it too much to see it become a wreck And we have a proud heritage, too.From w hich Quebec grew and grew, Throughout the two hundred and twenty one years Achieved by work, sweat, and tears ( U Mi \ F i n .Inverness NEjîB CONtoai\i&-A SDVÆY,SIR.H(>W DO YOU FEEL ABOUT WOMEN IN CONOT?.S, a / t r V li é YîC ¦ W Ex-senator’s lobbying hurts U.S.Morocco policy WASHINGTON A high powered lobbying campaign, directed by former Sen Charles Goodell, K N Y , has succeeded in changing a ke\ element of U.S policy in North Africa This, in the process, is scuttling the Carter administration's professed goal ol peace in the area.Goodell is hoard chairman of D G A International, whose client.King Hassan of Morocco, has been fighting a guerrilla war for control of the Western Sahara for the pa si four years Hassan claimed the former Spanish colony in 1975; ever since, he has been itching to use \mcrican warplanes to subdue the indigenous, Algeria basked I’olisario Front guerrillas who challenged the Moroccan annexation The law forbids use of C S arms exports for anything hut defense, and there was a strong suspicion in both Congress and the State Department that Hassan would use am Xmeriean planes for offensive operations against the guerrillas GoodelTs assignment was to persuade the administration and Congress that the arms sale should be approved anyway t sing his contacts in high government circles, the tonner senator conducted w hat one veteran congressman called "the most aggressive lohhv ing effort ever mounted by an African country Someot l)G A's lobbying tactics were astonishing One o! its arguments in tavor ot thearms salcwasthat Hassan had isolated himselt from most of the Arab world In refusing to join in the condemnation of the Israeli Egyptian peace settlements This was exaggerated to depict Hassan as pro Israel, and.by extension, to charge that a vole against arms to Morocco was a vole against Israel The I > G A lobbyists also argued, with weird ( mvellian logic, that giving Hassan the ability to wage war sue eessfully against the guerrillas would actually promote peace, by making the Moroccan monarch amenable to a negotiated settlement In other words.Hassan would bo more hkelv to make concessions to the 1’ohsario nationalists once he had victory within his grasp Justice Department documents detail Ihe wav Goodell *0 \ Jack Anderson list'd his entree with influential congressmen, including Sens Frank Ulmrch.I> Idaho.Richard Stone.D-Fla , and Jacob Javits.K N Y Several key Senate staff assistants were vigoroush wined and dined by 1) G A lobbyists W hile Goodell was working Capitol Hill.D G.A I’rosidont Donald Agger pressed Hassan's ease at the White House and Foggy Bottom He managed to meet with the president's national security adviser.Zbigniew Brzezinski.Cndor secretary ol State David Newsom and his assistant secretary Harold Saunders Whai rankled congressional targets of D G.A s high pressure ladies was the fact that the lobbyists made no hones about arrogating policymaking authority to hemselves In a letter to Newsom, lor example.Agger described the longstanding American policy toward Morocco which aimed for a negotiated compromise to end Ihe hostilities as "rigid” He advised the un dersecretary to “reinterpret legislation" loge! around the ban on offensive arms sales When Congress and the administration finally bought the Moroccans' dubious "war in peace” theory.Goodell wrote Newsom a bread and butter letter, thanking him lor "choosing a course which might lead to success Hut the success Goodell foresaw apparently will turn out to he military success for his royal client, not peaceful .‘t'o l>.'iri;aining table \ssured of deliverv of the l S armaments $232 5 million worth of fighter bombers, OV 10 reconnaissance planes and helicopters -King Hassan earlier this month made a triumphal visit to the Western Sahara Far from showing signs of compromise.Hassan publicly declared the entire area to be “an integral part of Morocco " Footnote A spokesman for DG.A.International claimed that the arms sales w ill not promote a conflict but will induce King Hassan to negotiate a Western Sahara settlement It is important to U S strategic interests, he said, to maintain friendly relations with a strong ally like Morocco one tub TEDDY: A serious problem with Teddy Kennedy's presidential campaign, the political pundits siy.has been poor staff work But it's not always Amateur Night at the senator s office Recently Rep Ben Rosen thaï.O N X' .called a press conference to release a congressional study showing that oil refiners Increased 'heir profits on home heating fuel by KIN) percent between September 197H and September 1979 Moments before the press conference began, a young man in a pin-striped suit sidled into the room and quietly laid a stack of freshly printed press releases on the table The heading was: Kennedy Criticizes Carter's Unwillingness to Check 8(Ht (HTcenl Profits I XKI X RT IT HV Rep Jim Florin, D-N J endorsed Jimmy Carter for re-election early on, and the Carter people recently returned the favor Transportation Secretary Neil Goldschmidt hosted a $250-a-plate fund-raiMT lor Florin With invitations from the federal transporialion czar going à:i and Burlington.Ontario w ith $13,551 This mlurmation can be lound for loo select ed Canadian cities in the 1979 edition of I'axiiiiiin stalls in s, available from Supply and Services Did you know that Doctors and surgeons have the highest average income among sell employed proles sionals in Canada Recent taxation statistics show they earn $50,548 Dentists come next with an average annual income of $42,602 and law y ers w ith an average income of $41,372 Did you know that Revenue Canada, Taxation does not determine the federal government's tax policy The Department ot Finance is responsible lor lormulatmg tax policy and the Treasury Hoard for allocating funds Rev enue Canada.Taxation is only responsible for its admims (ration 1 )id you know that A provincial tax was levied on can aries and foxes at Hie iM-giiinirig ot this century.Did you know that France imposed the first lax in Canadian history, an excise lax ot :>o |>er cent on tleaver pelts and 10 per cent on moose lodes Did you know that There was taxation in Sumer (modern day Iraq) 3,500 years ago Egyptian has reliefs tell how the pharaohs amassed untold riches from taxes The Romans had so many taxes that they struck coins whenever a particularly noxious one was repealed Did you know that In the 14th century, the father of the city ot Dijon in France invented an original tax Citi zens who failed in their business were required to pay a special failure tax The first to do so was a Dijon doctor whose patient had died Did you know that Some loo years ago, the State nl Virginia j>ut a $30 tax on every bathtub Halhing was thought to he a luxury, a sin and unhealthy, so the bathtub tax was adopted to protect taxpayers' health Did you know that The first provincial income tax was adopted by British Columbia in 1876.Federal income tax was introduced in 1917 to finance Canada's participa lion in World War I Did you know that In 1927, the Department of Nation al Revenue was created to administer income lax in Can ada, u responsibility that had been carried out by a com missioner from the Department ot Finance Customs and Excise was brought into the Department at this time un der the same Minister, but as a separate component with its own departmental organization PEI talks separation on potato issue CHARLOTTETOWN (CP) Bob Nutbrown was talking about mainland Canadian opposition to higher prices for Prince Edward Island potatoes when he volunteered : “I think Brian Peckford is absolutely right If they want us to buy their cars and manufactured goods, they've got to buy our potatoes, at our prices.We’ve got to trade “I think 1 might be able to accept something like a form of modified separatism ’’ The surprising exclamation by Nutbrown, an assistant deputy minister of agriculture here, reflected the fact that Peckford — Newfoundland's persuasive, independent-minded premier — was the talk of the town by the time he ended a whirlwind P E I.tour this week Peckford spoke to the University of Prince Edward Island business society in the first of a series of engagements in Toronto, New York and Halifax to explain Newfoundland’s claim to sole ownership of offshore petroleum resources ASSUME ADULT ROLE He turned it into a plea for a restructuring of Confederation to enable the Atlantic region to assume an adult role in Canada, contributing wealth from natural resources instead of always taking federal Woodland protection policy changes announced SHERBROOKE tJKHi -The Department of Energy and Resources and the "Société’' de Conservation du sud du Quebec want to improve the system of protection of woodlands within the municipalities Tracks of woodland of 2.000 acres or more are compelled to follow the provincial forest fire protection law which re quires the proprietor to be come a member of a Société de Conservation and participate in the cost of operation on a prorata basis according to its area To ensure adequate protection ot wood lots ol less than 2.000 acres, the co- operation of the municipalities is needed The responsibility for forest protection in the south shore area rests with the Société.which employs some 40 people When a fire in a municipality threatens for ested land, the first on the scene are local people, who make the first efforts at extinguishing the blaze until the Société s fire ranger arrives Volunteers are needed in each municipality to work at fighting fires All expenditures by such individuals will be reimbursed by the Société according to the agreement with the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources Officially appointed rangers can hire all necessary resources, and issue all burning permits Since the appointment is for a term of one year, beginning March 1, municipalities should let the Société know who will occupy the po sition for the coming season The close collaboration Of the municipalities will make it possible for them to count on a much better protection of its woodlands from fire and thus assure the taxpayers that efficient measures are taken so that their property is not destroyed by fire.handouts.Afterwards, businessmen and business students could quote from memory his statistics on that traditional dependence and his com ment: "I want to pay my own bills from now on, thank you very much.” Critics were impossible to find among the audience Jim Clements, motel manager and past president of the local Chamber of Commerce, said he was not surprised at the sympathetic reaction “He is echoing the thoughts and aspirations of every bloody one of us in this region This is a man we can relate to ” Walter Isenor, chairman of the business department at university, said Peckford overwhelmed students when the university organized an impromptu bearpit session lasting almost two hours after the premier dropped in on a few classes unan nounced FIELDS ALL QUESTIONS “He never ducked a question and he never got into a confrontation with them And they included some third-and fourth-year finance students It’s partly his personal magnetism and partly his youth and energy “It's also partly the environment here I’m not sure how he will be received by the financial and oil barons in Toronto and New York ” At a news conference with Premier Angus MacLean, a reporter asked MacLean about repeated comments from Peckford's audiences that more political leaders should show his spunk People are saying Peckford is becoming a champion of Atlantic Canada Madman said the sympathy for Peckford's views reflects a rediscovered pride among "down easterners” in themselves and their way of life They had lost that pride for a time trying to do "whatever was the in thing in Toronto or New York.” Prince Edward Islanders, like Newfoundlanders, want "to control their own destiny in every way," Madman said This explains the new assertiveness among regions of Canada in dealing with the central government M L WILL BENEFIT "If the parts have their rights, it will be to the accumulated benefit of the whole,” MacLean said Peckford said he often is accused of "raising the flag of balkanization in Canada" and rejected that claim MacLean said this is a "bogey man, a straw man.put up to counter the idea that all regions of the country should receive their just desserts ” “A civilization based on nonrenewable resources is.by definition, itself non-renewable.” FOR IMMIGRANTS FR€€ FRENCH LANGUAGE COURSES Evening courses on Mondays and Wednesdays from 7 pm to 10 p.m for 10 weeks starling this April 14 1980 all levels, beginners, intermediate and advanced Registration April 7 to 11 from 8 30 a m to 10 p m COFI de I'Estne 172 Short Street Sherbrooke Information: 566-0606 1980 ?Gouvernement du Quebec, Ministère de l'Immigration Direction de le Formation 6 TUES .APR t, 1980 Living —____tel Hsconi Ann Landers Jobs for minorities are concern for ail I >69-/444 Tewell wins Heritage playoff Sport shorts HILTON HEAD ISLAND.S C AP) Doug Tewell beat Jerry Pate with a par on the first sudden-death playoff hole Monday and scored his first professional victory in the rain-delayed Heritage Classic golf tournament.I Tewell.30.a five-year regular on the PGA tour, and Pate, a former US Open champion, finished the regulation 72 holes over the wind-whipped Harbour Town Golf Links in four-underpar 280.To force the playoff each player made a scrambling par on the 72nd hole, completing a 72 for Pate and a two-over-par 73 for Tewell.Hewell earned $54.00 - the biggest payday of his career John Mahaffey, who shared the three-round lead with Tewell, had a bogey-bogey finish that gave him a closing 75 and a tie for third at 282 TIKI) AT THIRD Also at that figure w ere Ed Sneed, a runner up here last vear.South African Gary Player and Lon Hinkle Player shot a 72 Hinkle closed with a 32 on the back nine, which finished off a 70 Sneed had a 68 Maloney's quick hat sparks Rangers NEW YORK (AP) — Don Maloney scored three goals in a span of 8:14 Monday night, highlighting New York's five-goal third period and rallying the Rangers to a 7-5 National Hockey League victory over Detroit Red W ings Detroit, struggling for one of the few remaining playoff spots, took leads of 3-0 in the first period and 5-2 after the second, but the Rangers stormed back in the third Maloney pulled New York to within two goals at 5:37 of the final period and scored again at II 41 against goaltender Rogie Vachon Steve Vickers tied it 32 seconds after Maloney's second goal and four seconds after Detroit's Paul W’oods was sent to the penalty box Then Maloney took a shot from 6n feel The puck bounced once 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Pre Season Sale Price.i 12 TUES , APR 1, 1980 #1___tel «œcora Dave Gifford's first school bus, 1938.The young fellow aboard is pre-schooler Kenny Beard, who later became a regular passenger.David Gifford retires after 42 colorful years By MAMINA SKI.LS (ilKFORD “Sweet peace of evening, contentment won by honest toil and work well done” David Gifford, a well known and highly regarded gentleman of R.R 1 Danville celebrated his 65th birthday on March 22.On March 28, he retired as bus driver for the Eastern Townships Regional School Board.He has been transporting children for 42 colourful years.Anyone who has driven a school bus, travelled daily on one, or been confined with children of varying ages, will appreciate the patience and endurance required by David For his careful and kind attention to children, he has earned the full tribute of warm praise, hearty ongratulations and loving recognition that he is receiving at this time.Dave is the eldest son of the late Earl Gifford and his wife Hazel Smith.In June of 1937, he married Ida Blake, daughter of the late Bates Blake and his wife Mabel Spaulding.They have three children, Wade, Judy (Mrs.Lawrence Bushey) and Jim.They also have five grandchildren.In addition to driving a school bus, he has been an industrious and productive farmer all his life.He is the owner of a well maintained farm in a picturesque setting between Danville and Kingsey Falls Dave's favourite pastime has brought pleasure to many.In the era of the country dance hall, he was a regular caller at the Farmer’s Hall in Danville and the Roadside Pavillion, Richmond He still enjoys calling for his friends at local parties.David has transported school children through many changing scenes of life, beginning with the opening of school in September 1938.He was hired by the Danville Local School Board to transport children from Kingsey Falls to the Danville Academy by way of Brownleigh.His two predecessors on this route were Mr Dick Johnson and Mr John Snaden His first school bus merits special mention It was a 40 passenger, horse drawn bus, originally owned by Mr.Snaden and built by Jack Ashmore.One of the conveniences found in this bus was a rope secured to the rear door and leading to the front of the vehicle This permitted the driver to close the door and fasten it without leaving his seat.An added feature was that in a few easy steps, it could be converted to a sleigh A luxury item was heavy canvas drapes.These drapes could be rolled up and buckled in the warm weather.On these days, the children and their driver had an elegant ride to Danville, enjoying the scenic view.When the weather became chilly in the fall, the drapes were lowered to keep out the wind and cold.It was suaaesteH Ihnt a wood burning stove be installed for added comfort in the coldest weather The safety of this was questioned and the idea was discarded.When the temperature dropped to 18 or 20 degrees below zero, Fahrenheit and ice formed on the floor, the children huddled under blankets graciously provided by the school board.The driver used his own horses and equipment.For this he received a salary of $3 75 per day, with no paid holidays and no sick leave.He recalls that two of his expenditures the first fall were one ton of wheat at $22 00 and one ton of oats at $18.00 When David used horse drawn vehicles, he boarded in Kingsey Falls at the home of Mr.and Mrs.Jack Smith.He left Kingsey Falls at 7 a m.During the day, he stabled his horses at Dr.R.H.Stevenson’s and rode a bicycle the five miles home to do his numerous farm chores.When he could not use the bicycle, he walked or ran this distance, unless he was fortunate enough to be picked up by a kind friend or neighbour.Many of theold passengers will recall a morning when the horses were in a predicament.An unexpected snowfall caught them with their rubber summer shoes on An icy film had formed on the pavement in town.Poor old Pete and Jim were a sad sight as they struggled to get on their feet.The children were asked to walk the remainder of the way to school.Dave also remembers bad storms when the horses couldn't follow the road and he had to keep the children at his home for the night.This being during the early days of his marriage, he had only one bed.The girls shared the bed with his wife, while he shared the couch with the boys The trip to and from Danville by horse and sleigh was long and sometimes tedious, especially in the winter To help pass the time, the travellers joined in singing A song well rendered by the driver was, “The Wabash Cannonball".Inextremely cold weather, it was necessary for him to play vigorously with the young children to prevent them from falling asleep and yielding to the cold.Older children ran behind the bus to warm their feet There were periods in the spring when a high steel wheeled wagon was used because of the muddy roads.This ride though rather bumpy, could be very enjoyable on a beautiful spring day, especially when the children were treated to drinks of sap from sugar bushes along the way In later years, the number of children from Kingsey Falls declined to the extent that the original big conveyance was no longer needed.Dave then purchased two stage coaches from O.M.J, Ingals who was the owner of the Danville Hotel at that time.Mr.Ingals had used these vehicles to drive his hotel guests to and from the railway station One was on wheels and one on sleds.The first step toward motor travel was when our driver used his “Model A” Ford to pick up the Kingsey Falls children and drive them part of the way to school.His wife left home at the same time as he did with the horses They arranged to meet at the Frank Brown farm There the children transferred to the horse drawn bus and continued their trip to school.He then purchased a 1939 station wagon It was necessary to make two trips to get all the children to school.He recalls that gas cost $0.22 per gallon, oil $1.00 per gallon and tires $12 00 He was obliged to buy a taxi licence costing $60.00.His salary rose to $6.00 a day.The Richmond Drummond Arthabaska School Board was formed in 1945 We bid farewell to the horses when this board bought us a snowmobile The first big yellow bus was purchased in 1946.It was a GMC with hand operated stop signals.In 1951, a beautiful new school opened in Danville (the Asbestos Danville-Shipton High School).With the opening of the Richmond Regional in 1968, ADS became an elementary school.Since 1968, David has been transporting his passengers to these two schools and travelling 122 miles a day.There has always been a bond between Dave and the children on his bus.Every Christmas, there was an exchange of gifts.The children derived great pleasure from pooling their money and choosing a gift for their driver.He reciprocated by giving them a bag of fruit and fudge made by his wife.David has transported three generations of children.He has been bus driver for entire families, children and parents included.It has made him very happy to be included in so many wedding celebrations and other special events He comments that the children have been good to him and their parents co-operative and considerate.He would like to sincerely thank everyone who has helped him along the way.As he looks back over the last 42 years, he says, “I would do it all again".I am joined by David's family and friends in wishing him a long and golden retirement.As a former passenger and a parent, I thank him for a job well done and congratulate him for being such a commendable person.In gratitude, I would like to dedicate to him these wishes from an old Irish poem: “May the road rise up to meet you.May the wind be always at your back, May the sun shine warm upon your face.May the rain fall soft upon your fields.And may God hold you in the palm of his hand '' St.Francis Fifty Plus Club RICHMOND — Members of the St.Francis Fifty Plus Club held their own St.Patrick's Day celebration in the United Church Hall on Monday afternoon, March 17 Most of the ninety persons attending, arrived wearing the traditional bit of green somewhere in their apparel The hall had been decorated with shamrocks, harps, etc.by Mrs Cecil Ross and Mrs.Vivian Doyle to create the proper atmosphere.Mrs.Viola Taylor, convener of the Entertainment Committee, with her helpers had arranged a fine program, and all present enjoyed their afternoon After the singing of O Canada and a brief singsong led by rev.Peter Hart-gerink, the stage curtains parted to reveal a group of entertainers, appropriately dressed for the occasion with green suits, hats and many ribbons.They were introduced by vice-president Margaret Converse, as the “Green Minstrels”, whose individual members were.Mike Donegal (Audrey Millar) accompanist; Paddy Finnigan (Hawley Griffith) interlocutor; Sandy Hennesy (Dorothy Oakley); Len O’Brien (Candlish Bogie); Micky Kildare (Lucille Vidall); Clancy O'Toole (Rachel Gifford); Kevin Flaherty (Yvette Larochelle); Pat O'Callaghan (Viola Taylor); Red Kelly (Winston Doyle); and Roary Fogerty (Ernest Lancaster).The program presented was one of songs and stories.The musical numbers were a solo, Killarney, by Pat O'Callaghan; a solo, McNamara's Band by Paddy Finnigan, assisted by the chorus; a duet, My Wild Irish Rose, by Kevin Flaherty and Micky Kildare Later on, Micky Kildare also did an Irish Jig.The final musical number was a duet by Sandy Hennesy and Mike Donegal, entitled The Moonshiners All members of the cast took turns in entertaining the audience with stories of amusing events that seemed to have happened to well-known residents of Richmond recently In the words of Red Kelly, some “Quare experiences" were related The dance team, “The Maple Country Swingers", under the direction of Mrs Eileen Perkins, were then introduced.The four couples in the dance team were: Vivian and Winston Doyle, Joan and Roderick Morrison, Marjory and Douglas Smith, Joanna and Gerald Verhoef The team danced two numbers with Mrs.Perkins as caller.As always, this dancing was much enjoyed by the audience At the close of the program, Mrs.Hilda MacNaughton spoke for the audience, in thanking all the participants, - Mrs.Taylor for all her work in arranging it, The Maple Country Swingers, the Green Minstrels, Mrs.Ross and her Refreshment Committee, and everyone who had contributed in any way^ Too much bench time slows you down Get active.Get in shape and put yourself in the clear.Tickets were sold at the door by Mrs Beatrice Rodgers for a drawing on a cheese tray which had been made and given by Mrs George Johnston During intermission the drawing was held an.d the lucky winner was Sister Irene Parent.A second number was drawn for a cushion made by Miss Ruth Lanigan of the Crafts Committee, this was won by Mrs Eileen Roberts A social hour was enjoyed.with refreshments served by Mrs Cecil Ross, assisted by Mrs Eileen Roberts.Miss Myrtle Pepler.Mrs.Marguerite Denison and Mrs Allison Lynn, thus bringing another happy afternoon to a close Fitness is fun Try some.nanmipaiTtan cnan^ n Here is my donation to the _ 111 fl Fund for Cambodians JO* ADDRESS CITY PROV POSTAI CODE CARE CANADA, 1312 BANK ST.OTTAWA K1S 5H7 PARENTS, ARE YOU SEEN AND HEARD ENOUGH AT SCHOOL?Here’s what those most directly concerned think about it: S * Let them come every month instead of once every year m y V.J-Ns ^ ¦'SîvfcA It would be nice ^ if they met the teachers Xr more and got to know them Parents should discuss with the teachers the child's attitude & ** «ft / think they should talk it over with the teacher and see what they can do If the parents want special interviews, it's up to them to organize them LISTEN TO YOUR CHILDREN! They need you./it Ac^-oo^ tôtr.?Gouvernement du Quebec Ministère de l'Éducation