The record, 4 mars 1981, mercredi 4 mars 1981

Mainly sunny Weather, Page 2 Sherbrooke, Wednesday, March 4,1981 25 cents Voter dissatisfaction marks Vermont's big day MONTPELIER, Vt.t AP) - Vermont residents called for peace by urging a ban on the nuclear bomb, then declared war on elected officials by ousting the mayor of the state’s largest city in favor of an avowed Socialist who hailed his victory as a “mini-revolution.” Bernard Sanders, a longshot independent, pledged to fight to uphold his 12-vote margin of victory Tuesday over five-term Burlington Mayor Inside EATING IN Making cookies isn't all that difficult, provided you are armed with a recipe and a pinch of common sense.A valuable lesson to be learned on Page 6.RENT HIKE A group of local landlords and builders hope to keep this year s rent increases to a minimum.Steve McDougall spoke with one of the organizers yesterday.Page 3.BIRTHS, DEATHS.7 BUSINESS.5 CLASSIFIED .12 COMICS.13 EDITORIAL.4 LIVING.6 SPORTS.14 So the nation doesn't have a good five-cent cigar - at least it has a good five-cent quarter.Gordon Paquette.“We pulled off something no one thought we could do,” said Sanders.“We will fight like hell to preserve this victory." A recount is assured in the race where only a dozen votes out of more than 9,000 cast separate the two men.The triumph by Sanders was just one sign of the voter dissatisfaction voiced on Town Meeting Day, the oldest Yankee tradition.MAYOR OUSTED In neighboring Winooski, incumbent Mayor James McCann was also ousted from office and at numerous polling places townsfolk vetoed increased spending and taxes.Residents crowded into halls, church basements and school auditoriums to make their voices heard on issues both momentous and mundane, as they do the first Tuesday of each March Except for the year he was fighting in France during the Second World War and the time he was in the hospital.86-year-old Comrey Cook has spent the first Tuesday of every March for the last 55 years observing Town Meeting Day with his Norwich neighbors.“The first town meeting I went to, it was in a hall over the general store,” Cook said.“I don’t remember now what we talked about .He paused, recalling some of Tuesday’s lengthy debates: “But 1 do remember, just like now, there was some that would go on and on." CLEAN SWEEP A resolution urging the United States and Soviet Union to adopt a nuclear moratorium won a clean sweep of 13 communities.Residents in Burlington, Milton, Mount Holly, Fletcher, St.“How about eighty clams with two clams back under the new rebate plan?" Fed report reveals oil price fixing OTTAWA (CP) — Canadians have been ripped off to the tune of several billion dollars in the past 10 years because of oil industry price fixing, a federal report says All major oil companies are implicated in the seven-volume report, the result of an eight-year investigation involving the seizure of hundreds of thousands of company records, The Canadian Press has learned.However, the government has apparently decided it would be impossible to get a conviction under the weak existing combines legislation and plans instead to launch a public inquiry into the matter.Consumer Affairs Minister Andre Ouellet told the Commons on Tuesday the restrictive trade practices commission will conduct the inquiry The report on the lone investigation, to be released late today, is said to contain details of collusion among oil companies to fix prices and makes specific recommendations on how the practice can be stopped.The investigation started in 1973 after the Consumers Association of Canada Schools protest savage fee hike MONTREAL (CP) - Officials of Quebec’s two largest English-language universities and a number of student organizations are reacting with anger and alarm to news that tuition fees for most foreign students will nearly triple next year.Although there has been no announcement, an official of the provincial education department’s higher education section confirmed Tuesday that tuition for foreign students enrolling for the first time this year will be $4,128.The fees until now have been $1,500.Fees will reportedly rise to $2,500 for foreigners who have already spent a term here.They likely will be hit by another increase in September, 1982, and their fees will continue to rise until they reach the level for new students.The Quebec Superior council of education has also released a study critical of the government’s handling of primary and secondary education in the province because it believes the closed-budget method of resource allocation in 1980-81 has fallen short of its goals and is affecting the quality of services in general.“If the state is unable or unwilling to cover the real costs of school boards, there is no way to rationalize ex penditures, only compress them." said i.ie council’s report.Most school boards have few avenues left open to them because they have already made substantial cuts in their operating budgets The prime target for reduction are the non-teaching staff and the council feels that even if these cuts do reduce costs they will place a heavy burden on the quality of school services.The school boards have the right to collect taxes within the community to reduce costs but this power of taxation is confined to very strict limits and not to be exceeded except in the case of a referendum However the council points out the cost of a referendum would generally be prohibitive with very uncertain gains for most boards The council concluded its report with a series of recommendations; norms for non-teaching staff be established by negotiation and the necessary subsidies accorded It suggests that every two or three years, school board situations be analyzed for their individual balance between government grants and their true condition and the rate of indexation of costs other than staff salaries conform to the rate of inflation.In its final recommendation the council stated the government should inform the boards no later than March 1 of budgetary rules for the coming year and that boards be advised of their financial resources as of May 31.said seven major oil companies had conspired to set gasoline and fuel oil prices.SEVEN NAMED The seven named at that time were Shell, Imperial, Gulf, Texaco, Great Canadian Oil Sands Ltd., Sun Oil Co.Ltd and PeUofina, recently purchased by Petro-Canada, the state-owned oil company.Outside the Commons, Ouellet said a further inquiry was a decision made by Robert Bertrand, director of investigations for the bureau of competition policy in his department.Bertrand was in charge of the eight-year study.Ouellet said the most important aspect of the public inquiry is that it will expose the industry to full, open scrutiny.The commission will hear the evidence compiled by Bertrand and the industry will have a chance to respond, he added.Ouellet also said there is no deadline for completion of the inquiry.The commission is a permanent tribunal with rules of evidence that allow it to make decisions on the basis of probability, as opposed to proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt as a court must do.It can issue restraining orders telling companies to cease offending practices and then ask the courts to back up its decisions.ATTACKS LIBERALS Earlier in the House, former Progressive Conservative finance minister John Crosbie said the Liberals raised petroleum prices nine times in the past 13 months.In Calgary, meanwhile, Energy Minister Marc Lalonde left audiences buzzing Tuesday as he made a brief forray into Canada’s oil capital to defend federal oil policies.The reaction, however, focused more on what the minister did not say and did not do than on what he did say and do.Diplomatically dodging questions from reporters, Lalonde declined to say whether Ottawa would take any action against Alberta if an oil shortage develops.i II RECORD/PERRY BEATON Fire destroys landmark A tire which reportedly began in the attic of Brompton-ville's St.Praxede Catholic Church reduced the structure to a gutted shell yesterday.See Page 3 for story, more photos.Albans, Thetford, Richmond, Moretown, Norwich, Jericho, Duxbury, Waterbury and Bakersfield all passed the non-binding resolution with little debate or dissent The resolution calling for the nuclear moratorium was placed on the ballots at the urging of U.S.Senator Patrick Leahy (Dem Vt ), who told organizers that “nuclear war is becoming a probability, not just a possibility." Charter to dump Quebec laws?QUEBEC (CP) -— A panel of lawyers says Ottawa’s proposed rights charter could invalidate a clutch of Quebec laws, ranging from the contentious language law, Bill 101, to the act that draws a distinction between Catholic and non-Catholic cemeteries.In a written opinion prepared at the province's request, lawyers Yves Pratte, a former judge of the Supreme Court of Canada, Georges Emery and Lucien Bouchard say the charter will change the rules of constitutional game in Canada.Commenting on their assessment.Justice Minister Marc-Andre Bedard said Tuesday that more than 100 pieces of Quebec legislation could go out the window if the charter were passed, creating “judicial uncertainty” in the province.Most notably, the charter would overturn the section of Bill 101 limiting enrolment in English schools to children of people who were educated in English in the province.In Ottawa, Flora MacDonald said constitutional agreement with the provinces could be achieved if Prime Minister Trudeau were more flexible.“This country has been fortunate in that in times of greatest difficulty our leading politicians have always been willing to walk the extra mile to ensure that federalism works," the former Progressive Conservative external affairs minister told the Commons.In the Senate yesterday, Liberal Dave Steuart brought desk-thumping and shouting to the normally-sedate upper chamber as he delivered a tongue-lashing to premiers and Progressive Conservatives who oppose the government’s constitutional proposals.Anri longtime Progressive Conservative MP George Hees says he disagrees with some parts of his party’s position on the constitution but still intends to vote with his party against the government's constitutional package.“1 don't have the same faith that he does in the provinces,” Hees said.Seal hunt: RCAAP cracks down as helicopters seized over Gulf Record News Services The RCMP and federal fisheries officials impounded one of three helicopters used by the International Fund for Animal Welfare to take photographers to the seal hunt off the Magdalen Islands.Stan Dudka.an enforcement officer for Fisheries Canada, said in an interview from the islands that the helicopter passed within 600 metres of a harp seal, thereby violating the Seal Protection Act.No charges have been laid against the pilot, Tim Burrill of Fredericton, who was carrying an Australian television crew to the Gulf of St.Lawrence to film seals.The RCMP and federal fisheries officials have effectively blanketed both the annual seal hunt protest and media coverage of the event, even seizing one helicopter full of foreign journalists which ventured too close to a seal.Vaughn Gentle, an Australian television journalist, said the crew went out to film seals but got their best footage when their group was intercepted.“The main stuff we did shoot was total harassment from three helicopters,” he said A1 Johnson, a member of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, says his group is running out of options to disrupt the annual Gulf of St.Lawrence seal hunt.“There’s no seals, no ice and no hunt,” he said in reference to the current state of the hunt scheduled to start Monday but postponed because of poor weather and ice conditions.And in Washington, a report cir culating among U.S groups opposing the Canadian seal hunt advocates a boycott of popular American consumer items ranging from McDonald’s fish sandwiches to Taste O’ Sea products that use Canadian fish Mushrooms project could help Garon CARIGNAN, Que.(CP) - Keep ’em in the dark and feed ’em .manure.That’s the old farmer’s secret for success in growing mushrooms.Politicians usually don’t like to be accused of using the mushroom formula to gain votes, but with a provincial election call nearing.Agricultural Minister Jean Garon has associated himself with a major mushroom-growing project.Garon attended the official opening Tuesday of an $ll-million plant here that will make Quebec self-sufficient in mushrooms.The provincial agriculture department granted a $965,000 subsidy for the project.In four months when the plant comes into full operation, it will employee 50 and produce four million pounds of fresh mushrooms annually.The plant belongs to John Labatt Ltd.’s Ogilvie Mills unit.Quebecers now consume about 15 million pounds of fresh mushrooms each year, the minister noted, and the Carignan plant will bring to 14 million pounds Quebec’s annual production.El Salvador claims rebels smothered' SAN SALVADOR — El Salvador's military engaged in a “cleanup” of guerrilla strongholds Tuesday as the Reagan administration battled with mixed success for Congressional “harmony” on its policy toward the strife-torn Central American country.“The Salvadoran army has succeeded in its objective of bringing peace to the nation with only the help of the people," Defence Minister Jose Guillermo Garcia proclaimed Tuesday.He said the left had been “smothered" and “every day the situation tends to improve.” But in the tiny na'ion’s capital, a right-wing army major, implicated in an abortive plot to topple the government 10 months ago, has said he sees U.S.President Reagan's increased military aid to El Salvador as a green light for a new military coup Maj.Roberto d’Abuisson told reporters Tuesday: “President Reagan would not see with bad eyes a military junta which would replace this one ” The Reagan administration has expressed its support for the civilian-military government led by President Jose Napoleon Duarte and for its pol icies of moderate reforms as it battles leftist guerrillas.But the 38-year-old major said: “While President Reagan has decided to wipe out communism in this country, Mr.Duarte is trying to talk with the leftists .“This junta must be replaced by a military junta to pacify El Salvador ’’ Reagan said he does not foresee sending U.S.combat troops to El Salvador.In an interview with CBS News, he said: “I do see our continued work in the field of diplomacy with neighboring countries that are interested in Central America, South America to bring this violence to a halt and to make sure that we do not just sit passively by and let this hemisphere be invaded I 2 WED., MARCH 4, 1901 Journalists asked to reject CBC offer MONTREAL (CP) — Union negotiators will recommend that 200 striking CBC journalists in Quebec reject new contract proposals submitted during mediation talks Sunday by network management.The network’s latest salary offer is "clearly inferior” to what the journalists were offered last December, union secretary Ubald Bernard said Tuesday.Since the strike began last October, all CBC newscasts originating in Montreal, Quebec City and Rimouski have been cancelled.Details of the new offer, which union members are to vote on Friday, were not to be disclosed until today.However, the package is believed to contain new vacation clauses and minor improvements in the network’s salary offer via a formula involving a cash payment of $2,000 and an increase of 16L> per cent spread over two years.The union has demanded increases of 12 per cent in each year of the contract to cover estimated increases in the cost of living.CBC originally offered raises of seven and Vh, per cent.Network spokesman Paul Rousseau denied the new salary offer was lower than preceding offers.He said agreement was near on all outstanding clauses except money.“The situation has changed because of a number of developments perhaps related to the strike since the offers were made,” he said, including the smearing of red paint on two cars and several houses belonging to management personnel Sunday night.Rousseau said he was not suggesting strikers were to blame.Police are investigating.Bernard, the union spokesman, said he was surprised to hear of the vandalism and denied that strikers had been involved.Meanwhile, union president Bernard Larin was in Ottawa Tuesday to meet with several Progressive Conservative MPs.Bernard said the meetings were requested by the MPs.In Quebec City, the president of the Confederation of National Trade Unions — to which the CBC journalists' union is affiliated — accused the network of bad faith at the bargaining table.Norbert Rodrigue also suggested the strike has been engineered by the federal government to keep Quebecers less informed on Ottawa’s controversial initiative to unilaterally patriate the constitution."Information which is not reported widely always benefits those for whom.the accomplishment of grand personal designs takes precedence to the confrontation of ideas,” Rodrigue told 175 delegates to the CNTU’s confederal council meeting Tuesday.FOR TOWRSHIPPERS—BY TOWHSHIPPERS We Settle Estates.Provide Financial Administration.Tax Plan Your Income.Arrange Annuities or Tax Sheltered Investments (You can defer income tax on investment income to age 75).YOUR NEEDS ARE OUR CONCERN Professional Advice Call 514-263-4123 W.D.DUKE ASSOCIATES LTD.109 William St., Cowansville, Que.J2K1K9 PRESIDENT: W.D.Duke, B.Comm.C.A.VICE-PRESIDENT: J.R.Boulé, B.A.News in brief 1,000 evacuated in casino fire Judge won't limit evolution teaching Gay arsonist given four years CNTU meets over hospital suit LAS VEGAS (AP) — About 1,000 people were evacuated from the casino area of the Silverbird Hotel on the las Vegas Strip when fire broke out Tuesday in a basement room below the showroom stage.There were no injuries in the fire, which was quickly brought under control by firefighters.The fire caused minimal fire damage to the room and smoke damage to other areas of the basement.Unlike the MGM Grand and Hilton hotels, where smoke killed most victims in upper level rooms, the Silverbird is not a highrise resort — its tallest section is only three floors high.A smoky fire at the MGM Grand killed 85 people last November and injured 704.Eight people died and 200 were injured at the Las Vegas Hilton on Feb.10 in a fire blamed on arson.Depressed mother stabs children NEW YORK (AP) — A depressed mother, whose daughter was brutally molested and murdered last August, stabbed her two surviving children Tuesday and tried to kill herself, police said.The children suffered only minor wounds, but the mother injured herself critically, police said.Margaret Woelker, 42, stabbed her son, Christopher, 7, in the hand and her daughter Kim, 14, in the arm shortly after 6:30 a m.EST, police said.Olney woman wins pancake race A 23-year-old store merchant from Olney, England, won the 32nd annual International Pancake race Tuesday, beating a 32-year-old native of England who toted the skillet for a Kansas town an ocean away.Rosemary Ludgate, who won the Olney leg of the race over the 379-metre course, was three seconds faster than Gillian Brewer of Liberal, Kan., who was born near l/mdon the year after the competition started between the two communities in 1950.Ludgate, following an Olney tradition born more than 500 years ago, ran the route in 62 seconds, fending off six other contestants, a biting wind and a light dizzle.Several hours later, Brewer won the American leg in 65 seconds, beating out eight competitors along a course made slick by an overnight rain.Brewer said she had been running 1.6 to 3.2 kilometres a day to train for the race, but felt her legs “beginning to give out” near the end.Brewer finished second in last year's race, third in 1979, months after she and her husband moved to Liberal.Each woman carried a skillet and flipped a pancake twice, as required by the rules.Liberal retains a lead of 18-to-13 for the series Weather Sunny today with a high of -2.Thursday, cloudy with intermittent light snow throughout the day.Low tonight, -8.High Thursday, near 0 #¦___faci Kecora George MacLaren, Publisher.569 9525 James Duff, Editor .569-6345 A.J.Bayley, Advertising Manager.569-9525 Richard Lessard, Production Manager.569-9931 Debra Waite, Superintendent, Composing Room 569-9931 CIRCULATION DEPT.— 569 9526 Subscriptions by Carrier: 1 year $52.00 weekly: $1.00 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had settled the issue.But he allowed the San Diego Creation-Science Research Centre to continue its arguments that evolution, when presented as a fact, violates religious rights of children who believe in biblical creation UN-South Africa gap widens UNITED NATIONS (Reuter) — The breach between South Africa and the United Nations has widened with the UN accusing the republic of courting its own suspension from the General Assembly to support its claim that the world body is biased.The accusation was made Tuesday by Assembly President Ruediger Von Wechmar of West Germany after the rejection of the South African delegation’s credentials 24 hours earlier when it showed up for a debate on the question of Namibia (South-West Africa).South Africa has claimed that UN bias makes it impossible for the world body to supervise elections in Namibia, as called for in a Canadian-backed independence plan endorsed by the Security Council in 1978.Two killed in Mardi Gras crush NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two young children were crushed to death under parade floats Tuesday as frantic revellers, caught up in Mardi Gras fever, lunged for cheap souvenirs during the street party’s parades, costumed antics and pre-Lenten revelry.Authorities said Margaret McKenzie, 2^, of New Orleans, was holding her father’s hand as they stood at the end of the route of the Zula parade when the crush of the crowd pulled her from his grasp.Her skull was crushed when she was shoved under a passing float, said Sue Ellen Lewis, a spokesman at Charity Hospital.21st black teenager missing ATLANTA (AP) — Another black teenager was reported missing Tuesday night in this city where 19 black youngsters have been killed and two others have disappeared in the last 19 months, police said.Joseph Bell, 16, of southwestern Atlanta was last seen about 8:30 a m.Monday when he was leaving home, apparently for school, said Atlanta Police spokesman Roger Harris.The disappearance is being investigated by the Atlanta police missing persons division and has not been turned over to the special task force investigating the 21 cases of missing and murdered children, Harris said.Simpson closes last western store REGINA (CP) — The Robert Simpson Co.Ltd is closing its last retail store in Western Canada after 65 years of operation, a move that will leave about 500 full-and part-time workers looking for jobs as of June 27.The department store chain made the announcement Tuesday, blaming continuing losses over the last four years for the closure.George Browing, the store’s manager, said Simpsons faced strong competition from suburban shopping malls in recent years, but construction of a new downtown shopping mall was the final blow."We’ve had long and strong connections with the city, which makes the decision painful,” said J.R.Davidson, executive vice-president for personnel and administration at Simpsons.Saskatchewan Industry and Commerce Minister Norm Vickar said the provincial cabinet is concerned about the decision, but added “no government or anybody can make them (Simpsons) stay here.” Six arrested in Re-Mor-Astra case ST CATHARINES, Ont.(CP) - Eight people were arrested in police raids Tuesday and warrants were issued for two others in what has become known as the Re-Mor-Astra case — the collapse of Astra Trust Co.and Re-Mor Management Investment Corp., in which investors lost $35 million.Officers from the Ontario Provincial Police's anti-rackeLs squad and Niagara regional police arrested seven people in their homes and another on a warrant later in the day.One of those arrested was Carlo Montemurro, 47, a businessman from Niagara Falls, Ont., who was a principal of both Re Mor and Astra QFL requests Hydro advance QUEBEC (CP) — The Quebec Federation of Labor wants Hydro-Quebec to advance its work schedule to avoid the layoff of 12,600 workers proposed in a master plan for development of hydroelectric installations.Testifying before a national assembly commission on energy, QFL president Louis Laberge argued Tuesday that Quebec cannot afford greater unemployment, noting its jobless rate is 12.4 per cent compared to Ontario’s 7.2 per cent or the Canadian average of 9.2 per cent.Since Hydro-Quebec was created as a Crown cor poration in 1962 to “direct economic development as much as possible in its favor," Laberge said the government must “turn its words into action and apply a policy of stablizing jobs in the energy sector under its control.” Under the plan, the layoffs would last until 1984.But after that, and until 1990, the utility plans to hire more than 20,000 workers.EDMONTON (CP) — A homosexual arsonist who howled at the moon and believed he was “the Antichrist” was sentenced to four years Tuesday after pleading guilty to charges in connection with a series of fires at local churches.Daniel Kautz, 32, pleaded guilty Monday in Court of Queen’s Bench to two charges of arson and two charges of breaking and entering.Judge Allan Wachowich recommended that Kautz’s time be served at Alberta Hospital, where psychiatric care is available.Court was told Kautz tried to convince a policeman last year that he had set fires at Beth Shalom Synagogue and the South Side Church of the Nazarene in February, 1980.Thomson withdraws Abitibi-Price bid TORONTO (CP) — Thomson Newspapers Ltd.and Nu-West Group Ltd.have withdrawn from the bidding to buy AbitibiPrice Inc., apparently beaten by a higher bid by Olympia and York Investments Ltd., the giant Toronto real estate company.Thomson and Nu-West, who had offered $31 a share for 46 per cent of Abitibi, announced Tuesday they were pulling out of the bidding, only a few hours after Olympia and York said it would seek to buy all outstanding shares of Abitibi by increasing its offer to $32 a share from $28.CMHC lowers housing forecast OTTAWA (CP) — The prospect of high and unstable mortgage rates has forced Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.to lower its forecast for housing starts this year.The federal housing agency’s latest prediction is that 179,000 units will be started in 1981, down from an earlier forecast of 188,300 units.The difference of 9,300 units is accounted for entirely by an expected drop in starts on multiple-unit dwellings to 81,900 units.The forecast for 97,100 single-detached units was unchanged.Kent should study Torstar — PC MP ** OTTAWA (CP) — The Kent commission on concentration of newspaper ownership should investigate Torstar Corp.’s $13.5-million purchase of a chain of community newspapers in the Toronto area, a Progressive Conservative back-bencher said Tuesday.The purchase will “further concentrate the ownership of newspapers in the greater Toronto area,” Don Blenkarn, MP for Mississauga South, told the Commons.However, Liberal MPs routinely denied the unanimous consent necessary to stage an emergency debate on the request.Montreal economic summit opens MONTREAL (CP) — A three-day “summit” on Montreal’s economic future opens today amid confusion and bickering over the guest list.About 280 representatives of business, labor, and municipal government were invited to the provincially-sponsored conference to discuss economic growth with Quebec cabinet ministers.But notable for their absence were representatives of the federal government, Montreal-based banks, the 200,000-member Confederation of National Trade Unions, and municipal opposition groups.Report: QHC didn't call tenders MONTREAL (CP) — A report commissioned by Guy Tardif, Quebec minister responsible for housing, says that in 1977 the Quebec Housing Corp.started work on a low-rental housing project near Qubec City without calling tenders.The corporation later changed its mind and called for tenders, but it did not award the project to the lowest bidder.The report, submitted a year ago but made public only now, was written by Yvan Latouche, a housing repairs consultant whose disclosures have provided ammunition for opposition Liberals in a long-running battle with the governing Parti Québécois.Quebec library holds Acadian week MONTREAL (CP) — The Quebec National Library is holding a week-long “Acadian literary frolic” to showcase works by FYench-speaking Maritimers The event coincides with the launching of a bibliography of Acadian literature from 1960 to 1980 and features films, an art exhibit, readings by Acadian poets and performances of Acadian theatre.Acadian authors participating include Albert Roy, Dyane Leger, Melvin Gallant and Clarence Comeau.Mtl.firm handed F-18 plum MONTREAL (CP) — Ottawa handed a Montreal firm the first major plum from the CF-18 fighter project Tuesday.CAE Electronics Ltd , of suburban St.Laurent, signed a $34-million contract with the federal government to supply three operational flight and tactic simulators for the twin-engined plane, dubbed The Hornet.Bethune painting unveiled MONTREAL (CP) — A painting by Dr.Norman Belhune was unveiled at the Royal Victoria Hospital Tuesday, the91st anniversary of the birth of the Canadian physician who died in 1939 while serving with the forces of Mao Tse-tung in prerevolutionary China The work depicts an operating room similar to those Bethune worked in as a surgeon at the Royal Victoria between 1928and 1933.before he ventured to Spain, where he supported the republican government in its losing battle against General Franco.MONTREAL (CP) — The governing council of the Confederation of National Trade Unions meets today to consider an out-of-court settlement in an $11.6-million class action suit brought against its members by patients at a Montreal hospital.Details of the settlement were leaked Monday, when it was disclosed that union lawyers had agreed to pay patients at St.Charles Borromee Hospital $142,000 in exchange for withdrawl of their $11.6-million claim.Domtar sells sawmill MONTREAL (CP) — Domtar Inc.said Tuesday that it has sold its Sapawe, Ont., sawmill to Atikokan Forest Products Inc.of Buchanan Forest Products Ltd.of Thunder Bay.Although the mill is worth an estimated $40 million, the value of the transaction was not revealed.Domtar said it sold the mill because of “changing timber supply patterns in Northwestern Ontario.” It added the mill’s 200 employees would not be affected by the sale.Canadian dollar rises MONTREAL ( CP) — A reduction in prime lending rates by several major United States banks helped push the Canadian dollar sharply higher on North American money markets Tuesday.The dollar, which fell below the psychologically-important 83 U.S.cent mark Monday, gained one-fifth of a cent to close at 83.19 in active but nervous trading.Foreign exchange dealers said the decision by U.S.banks to cut their prime rates to 18.5 per cent from 19 per cent took the market by surprise and prompted considerable demand for Canadian dollars.However, they warned the recovery may be short-lived.“No one knows what to do right now,” said one senior trader.“But the general feeling is that the dollar will weaken further.” Townships a Ik MONTREAL (CP) — The Quebec government says it will embark on a $2-million program to integrate ethnic minorities into the provincial mainstream, including employment in the civil service.Jacques-Yvan Morin, minister of state responsible for culturual and scientific development, said Tuesday the program will be co-ordinated by a government-appointed committee of at least five people.Each committee member will represent an ethnic group, he said.One of the principal aims of the plan is to encourage hiring of immigrants by the civil service.Morin said only 2.5 per cent of Quebec government employees are not French Quebecers.He said his department would like to see steps taken to help immigrants at work.One proposal is for the labor department and the labor standards commission to hire female inspectors to combat exploitation of immigrants on the job.• SHERBROOKE (AR) — The Parti Québécois in Sherbrooke have begun their 1981 fund raising campaign and their objective this year is $29,087.The party hopes to raise $3 million province wide.• ROCK FOREST ( JD) — Rock Forest should set about annexing Deauville, Rock Forest Mayor Laurent Boudreau says.In suggesting that his municipality set aside $3,000 to cover the preliminary costs of annexation, Boudreau said 90 per cent of the sector of Deauville seeking annexation are in favor and it would be a shame that Rock Forest wouldn't support the consensus.But when the mayor's suggestion was brought up at last night’s council meeting, it sparked a lively discussion and charges that the mayor should concern himself with Rock F orest s sky-high taxes rather than with annexing even more territory.The council decided to hold off on the question until later this week, after the matter was given further discussion.Prison guards don blue jeans SWEETSBU RG WARD (JM> — Prison guards protesting an absolute stalemate in contract negotiations with the provincial government showed up escorting their charges in Sessions Court yesterday wearing jeans instead of issue trousers.Shirts, ties and kepies were in evidence as were the handcuffs slung over the rear of their belt.The province-wide protest started Monday and one guard explained, They won t consider any given clause in our contract demands and I feel they are trying to force us to walk out illegally.” Another said, “No way we’re wearing jeans issued to the prisoners; hell, some of them are designer-made if you take the trouble to look at the labels.It s all part of pressure tactics to attempt to force Quebec into negotiation in good faith." Meanwhile, a sergeant, non-commissioned personnel belongmg to another union, was revelling in the thought of double shifts and the overtime pay should the guards, who have no legal r.ght to strike, have a collective sick-in ? WED , MARCH 4, 1981 3 ‘ The Townships #1___««1 ixetma New landlord's group lobbies for low rent hikes By STEVE McDOUGALL SHERBROOKE — It happens every year at this time.The knock on the door and there’s the landlord or apartment superintendent come to tell you that your rent is going up.It’s a fact of life in these inflationary times that we must pay higher rent every year.And this year it is expected that increases will be drastic in some cases.And the rule of thumb of not paying more than 25 per cent of your income per month on rent could go out the window.According to the Sherbrooke chapter of the Provincial Builders Association, apartment housing costs could surpass 35 per cent this year because of quantum leaps in electricity, taxes, oil, housing insurance and interest rates on mortgage.It is the question of mortgages that concerns the building association the most, since the cost of such financing will influence a builder’s decision whether to erect new apartment blocks or not.And if the builder is reluctant to build, says the association, renters suffer because of a future lack of housing needed to replace aging and deteriorating housing today that the association says is becoming too costly to fix.Since many of the association's mem bers happen to be landlords as well as builders, they know that possible steep rent increases would be difficult if not impossible to swallow.Therefore, they have organized a landlord’s association in the hopes of lobbying the government and landing institutions for lower mortgage rates on new housing and on renewable mortgages.According to the Proprietaires d’Ha-bitation Locatives, the interest rates for a five-year renewable mortgage have risen from 10 per cent at the outset of the mortgage to 16 per cent at the time of renewal The landlords, who represent over 75 per cent of all apartment block owners who own 10 or more buildings, predict an average rental increase of between $20 to $40 for conventional 21/2, 3V2, and 412 room apartments.Landlords point out that other costs are just as staggering: oil is up 29 per cent, Sherbrooke taxes are up 17 per cent, electricity could go up as much as 18 per cent by summer, while insurance and maintenance are up an aver age 10 per cent.Landlords are caught in a bind, since many of them have invested large sums of money in new housing projects, according to Claude Laffage, president of the local builders association.Laffage says that they must conrol their rent increases in order to continue to attract new tenants even though costs for their buildings are skyrocketing.“It is getting out of control.I don’t know how much longer many of them will be able to take losses.Something must be done to keep mortgages and other costs down or some may start abandoning their buildings in the near future.” But this is not the only group voicing its opinion on rent increases.A local tenants group in Sherbrooke is also getting into the fray.The Association des locataires de Sherbrooke has been criticizing the way rents have been increased each year, indicating that many landlords of new buildings are gouging the tenant public with high increases for increases profits.In their opinion, the Quebec government’s rental board, the Regie de Logement, does not have the necessary pow ers to prevent such rent gouging.Says Rene Lessard, an organizer for the group, the government’s latest legislation on rent control, is not empowered to establish rent ceilings or to investigate excess profits of landlords This is especially true of owners of buildings less than five years old.According to Law 107, buildings constructed after December 31, 1973, are under no obligation to control their rent increases or their rate of return.Horror stories about increases as high as $40 or $50 on average monthly rents of $250 are not uncommon for new buildings, says Lessard.Nor are the broken promises of unethical land lords, like the one who promised a tenant that increases would not exceed $15, then turned around at renewal time to ask $55.Lessard cites the inability of tenants to demand the right to see the landlord’s books or be able to calculate rent rates from vague and deceptive apart ment costs provided by the landlord According to Lessard, the formula used by the Regie to calculate rent increases is complicated for the layman and needs a computer to do final calculations.This, he says, discourages many tenants from wanting to contest increases.The tenants’ association is also critical of the methods some landlords have in dealing with their tenants, many of which they say are old, or handicapped or on welfare.Lessard recalls one incident in which a handicapped man was not given the standard one-month-in-advance notice of a rent increase.“The landlord just arrived at his door one day just before his lease was up and demanded the tenant either renew his lease with the increase or get out." said Lessard.Lessard agrees with the sentiments of the landlords’ associations when it comes to the conditions of apartments ' today."It is true that we are seeing a deterioration in apartment quality and ' service.But what is worse is the fact that few people ever complain, and this just encourages landlords to neglect their buildings." For now the association has its hands full receiving and investigating complaints of landlord abuse, and is concentrating its efforts on helping the most disadvantaged with excessive rent increases and pixir service.But the 200 member association would also like tçv find the time to lobby the government for stiffen laws regarding rental abuse.For now the association would like to -' see as many tenants as possible phone them to lodge grievances against their landlords, says Lessard, the more grievances, the more pressure that can be brought to the Quebec Social Affairs Ministry to amend the law.The association will accept all complaints in either language concerning rent increases at their office at 344 Montreal Street, Apt.4 or will take phone-calls at 566-0823 between9 and noon H.Gordon Green Fire fells church steeple ***fesk.\ In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.So begins the famous poem which Samuel Coleridge began one day when under the influence of opium.And we are told that the poem was never finished because he was interrupted by a visitor while he was writing it, and by the time the visitor left him the effects of the opium had left him too, and he was never again able to recapture the sensual flights of fantasy which had set him to writing it.Last week, while treating myself to a short trip to the Bahamas, I visited a modern Xanadu.I visited the pleasure dome bearing that name which the late Howard Hughes built on a wild strip of beach near JSreeport on Grand Bahama Island.Though I hesitate to compare the beauty of this building to the pleasure dome which Coleridge depicts in his opium-dream poem, it is indeed a very impressive building.Built of white stone, it is eight stories high, and its numerous balconies are all contained with ornate wrought iron.There is no river Alph in the vicinity but a unique canal connects this Xanadu to the open sea a half mile away.That canal is about 50 feet wide and has been cut through solid rock, and I found the reason for its creation quite fascinating.The Xanadu which sprung up on this beach, the product of Howard Hughes' imagination and millions, was to serve as a yacht club for his friends and that curious little army of people who followed Hughes wherever he went.But so far as anyone knows, Hughes himself never left the building.I had the good fortune to meet one of the men who had a hand in the construction of the building.“I worked on every one of those balconies,” this man told me.“I’m an ironworker, you see.I worked here for more than a year and never once did I ever see Mister Hughes.He was up there in the top floor; so far as anybody knows he never left it except to leave the Bahamas.Very, very clever man, that Mister Hughes, only he never seemed to be happy about anything.” Which set me to wondering if clever people are ever happy.I can vouch for the fact that the happiest man in my circle of friends is a little fellow whose I.Q.must be somewhere around 80.He rides a bicycle and smokes a pipe and those two items seem to constitute the sum total of his earthly possessions.But he has credit at the grocery store and he always has a job waiting for him somewhare.I think the reason why he always has a job is simply because he is so eternally jolly.He has a joke and a hilarious hello for everybody in town.On the other hand one of the most astoundingly clever men I have ever known committed suicide recently.And what shocked us so much about his surrender was that we had all believed that life had been extraordinarily good to him.I see that I am not alone in pondering whether cleverness is a blessing or a curse.Writing in the current issue of Penthouse, Robert Wieder, an obviously exceedingly clever man himself, has an article titled “Dumb is Good.” Among other equally fortliright declarations he says in part that “the stupid are popular.They’re genial, uncomplicated, unchallenging, and make us feel smarter by comparison.The intelligent are unpopular; they’re imposing, indecipherable, and serious, and their grim analyses have the power to depress anyone within hearing.” And, says Weider, it’s the clever people who are now ruining the world.It was the oh so intelligent who gave us for instance the bomb, the Viet Nam war, Agent Orange, Thalidomide, Watergate and the government.So, to all of you who have been feeling slighted because you’ve been so blissfully stupid, have a good day.BROMPTONVILLE (SM) - Today the town of Bromptonville is combing the rubble of its once great church, the St.Praxede de Bromptonville to find why it went up in smoke yesterday afternoon.The 75-year-old church, the cornerstone of the community for this paper mill town of 4,500 according to town mayor Clement Nault, was heavily damaged by the fire.Some 35 firemen took 12 hours to bring it under control.According to Bromptonville chief of police Andree Tessier, only the walls of the church were left intact while the rest of the two storv building was heavilv gutted.w S' ’4 S>: Damages are estimated to be in the range of $1 million.According to parish priest Maurice Ruel, three workers who were fixing up the isolation in the attic noticed some smoke around, 12:30 and phoned the fire station in town.As the fire spread through the attic and roof, the Bromptonville station requested the assistance of the Sherbrooke and Windsor firemen.In the meantime, town residents started a desperate evacuation of church valuables such as the altar statues, chairs, chandeliers crosses, and curtains.They had little time to spare as high winds helped to spread the fire on the roof olher parts of the building Within a couple of hours the whole upper part of the church was destroyed, and flames shot down unto the altar and main floor of the church, Mayor Nault said that the town has suffed an invaulable loss of town pride and history, as well as a building that was useful as a community center for local groups such as the Scouts and farmers organizations.Nault said it was important for the town to have a church and is thinking of lauching a local campaign to have it rebuilt.«Kl- * —-«JBw&U*.MH m r,v- 11,.-4ft RECORD/PERRY BEATON SW®*.it: '*>• atfspST vgjg- -a r*t!>yn*:r!S£m+ jitii v* It Sherbrooke launches new automotive magazine SHERBROOKE (ME) -Area motorists will soon be able to mull future car purchases in a new automotive marketplace publication, Auto-Estrie.Following a similar format to Montreal’s successful Auto-Hebdo, the twice-a-month Townships magazine will hit 40,000 Sherbrooke households every second Friday.Every home in the city is being included on the circulation list for a projected total readership of 100,000.Motorists will be able to sell, buy, or exchange cars, motorcycles, snowmobiles, boats, farm equipment and other vehicles The publication was born Monday evening at a press conference at Brasserie Gilles Villeneuve after a year’s planning.Former Sherbrooke Beavers hockey coach Ghislain Delage is general manager while Progrès de Magog president Jacques Parent and Progrès director France St.Martin-MacGillivray are also behind Auto-Estrie.Sherbrooke salesman Jean-Pierre Comtois is consultant to the new publication.YOU CAN HELP too: La Quotidienne WINNING NUMBER 0-8-6 Sr CARREFOUR de LESTRII m »««U>ord »«rtloiKl.SH1WWOOKI • AT GENERAL REQUEST! 14 MAKS YTiÏITTT r rII11 it y TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME Some films you watch, others you feel CINEMA 2 ?Mi yourself for an •hot acclaim BEEF FOR HOME FREEZERS HIND QUARTERS Approx.ISO lb , Class A I FRESH GRADE "A" CHICKENS 3 4.bs FAT SALT PORK PRIME RIB ROAST BEEF c.ass a i NICHOL S FRESH PORK SAUSAGES WEEDON CREAMERY BUTTER can no 1 FLORIDA GRAPEFRUIT White 48 QUEBEC ONIONS CAN.NO.1 POTATOES nb WASHED SPINACH CAMPBELL'S VEGETABLE SOUP MRS.SMITH'S PECAN PIE Frozen McCAIN FROZEN BROCCOLI ib 1.85 kg.2.18 lb.99 kg.1.74 lb.J9 kg 6.37 lb 2.89 kg.3.66 Ib.1.39 nb 1.73 6/1.29 2 lbs.57 10 lbs.1.49 10 oz.cello .69 looz.3/.89 21 oz.1.89 10 oz.69 Weekdays Rose 7 15, Jut 9 45 Weekends Rose 1 30 6 18 Ja« 4 00 8 48 Parking facilities- oiud&nis wJh i.p «rd*, 2.50.RED ROSE TEA BAGS Orange Pekoe 120 3.29 LARGE GLAD GARBAGE BAGS , „„ 10 pack 26x36 1.29 1 4 WED., MARCH 4, 1981 Editorial The Voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 Agriculture experts question federal marketing agency expertise WINNIPEG (CP) - The super selling agency for farm products proposed by the federal government is being eyed with skepticism and apprehension by companies that market specialty crops.“We certainly don’t need a government agency .that will probably only ççeate problems for those of us already inihe industry,” said Rick Dobranski of i&rrey, B.C., vice-president of Allstate Grain Co.Ltd.M)obransky was reacting in an interview to the proposed agricultural export corporation to be known as Gànagrex.i » ;/4 cup milk t teaspoon vanilla '2 cup cocoa 112 cups all-purpose flour ¦ i teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons baking powder Cream shortening.Add sugar, egg, milk, vanilla and mix thoroughly.Sift cocoa, flour, salt and baking powder together, and blend into shortening mixture.Drop from a teaspoon onto greased cookie sheets.Bake at 350 degrees F.for 8-12 minutes.Makes about 2‘2 dozen CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES 12 cup shortening, softened >2 cup peanut butter * 2 cup sugar > 2 cup brown sugar 1 egg •*4 cup all-purpose flour '2 cup cocoa 2 teaspoons baking powder 12 teaspoon salt Cream shortening and peanut butter, gradually adding white and brown sugar.Beat in egg.In sifter measure flour, cocoa, baking powder, salt and sift into shortening mixture.Blend in to form a soft dough.Chill about 1 hour if difficult to shape.With floured hands, roll into l-inch balls.Place on greased cookie sheets; flatten with floured fork.Bake at 375 degrees F.for 10-12 minutes.Eating in BYPAT TRACY Makes 4-5 dozen * COCOA OATMEAL DROPS 12 cup butter or shortening 1 cup sugar ‘egg ' t cup milk I teaspoon vanilla 1 cup all-purpose flour 12 cup cocoa '4 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons baking powder I'/4 cups oatmeal Cream butter or shortening.Add sugar, egg, milk, vanilla and mix thoroughly.Sift cocoa, flour, salt and baking powder together and blend into butter mixture.Add oatmeal.Drop from a teaspoon onto greased cookie sheets.Bake at 350 degrees F.for 8-12 minutes.Makes about 3 dozen.* CHOCOLATE ICE BOX COOKIES I cup butter, softened %cup brown sugar 12 cup corn syrup ‘egg ' 2 teaspoon vanilla s/.i cup chopped nuts 2'2 cups all-purpose flour Va cup cocoa II teaspoon baking soda Vh teaspoon salt Cream butter and brown sugar, until light and fluffy.Beat in corn syrup, egg and vanilla.Blend in nuts.Sift in dry ingredients.Mix well.Shape into two 2-inch diameter cylinders.Wrap in waxed paper.Chill until firm, 2-3 hours.Cut into thin slices.Bake on ungreased cookie sheets at 400 degrees F.for 8-10 minutes.Makes about 6 dozen.* DOUBLE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES 12 cup shortening, softened C-mT, '2 cup sugar "Y- vT’J 11 cup brown sugar ‘egg • •-* - ^ x x 1 teaspoon vanilla % cup all-purpose flour .Vf ' cup cocoa V2 teaspoon soda ^ % "t.'- jl .¦¦ -w * a,- > 2 teaspoon salt 1 package (6 oz.) chocolate chips Combine shortening, sugar, brown sugar, egg, vanilla.Beat until light and fluffy.Sift flour, cocoa, soda and salt together; blend into mixture.Stir in chocolate chips.Drop from teaspoon onto greased cookie sheets, 2 inches apart.Bake at 375 degrees F.for 8-12 minutes.Makes about 4 dozen.CHEWY BLOND BROWNIES >2 cup butter or margarine, softened l'i cups firmly packed brown sugar I and one-third cups quick or old-fashioned oats, uncooked 1 and one-third cups allpurpose flour 2 eggs '2 cup semi-sweet chocolate, butterscotch or peanut butter flavored pieces >2 cup chopped nuts 2 teaspoons vanilla :,4 teaspoon salt :l4 teaspoon soda Boys can say no, too Dear Ann Landers: Your letters from girls who have had serious problems because they said “yes” have had a strong impact on our adolescent daughters.We also have an adolescent son.What about boys, Ann?Is it true that all boys are out to get everything they can?Or do some hold a different view, either because of their own value system or an unhappy experience?Please tell us, the mothers of sons, what do you think about this?— Wichita Mother.Dear Mother: I would have to say that most boys, 18 years old and over, will take anything that is offered, plus whatever they can talk a girl into or out of.But today the boys don’t have to sell as hard as they once did because the girls have become so sexually aggressive.It’s still the girl who get pregnant, however, so she is the one who must hold the line if it's going to be held.This underscores one of the major weaknesses in our social structure.Too many mothers who are constantly telling their daughters to keep their legs crossed seldom talk to their sons about keeping their zippers up.Dear Ann Landers: I understand that you do not drink any alcohol, not even champagne.I wonder if you have ever considered that you might appear more gracious and less holier-than-thou if you accepted a cocktail - just to hold.It would certainly make the drinkers more comfortable.In this day and age a cocktail is almost essential to * sociability.So get with it, Annie, You are - Out Of Step On The Gold Coast.Dear Step: I don't agree that a cocktail is essential for any reason and that everyone should have one - or pretend to To drink or not to drink is a personal decision.I’ve made mine, and I’m content to let others make theirs.If a person wants to drink, I figure it’s his liver, his mouth that often runs on a trolley and his hangover.1 am not uncomfortable in the presence of people who drink and see no reason why they should be uncomfortable if I do not.Dear Ann Landers: Printing that sample of letters to Rhode Island” - the man who was ashamed because he was under-endowed - did for me what a psychiatrist, dozens of articcles and even my husband could not do 1 was unable to get it through my head that being flatchested didn't matter.In this day and age, when there is so much emphasis on sex symbols, I developed a terrific inferiority complex because of my flagpole figure My husband tried to reassure me dozens of times, but I was convinced that he was just being nice.Ann Landers Seeing all those letters pushed me over the hump.It gave me faith in the goodness of people.I know now that lots of folks have solid values, and the under-endowed need not feel “unlovable.” Thank you, Ann, for providing a forum for all those caring people who wrote to share their common sense.I am — Free At Last Dear Free: Dozens of males took pen in hand to express their appreciation, relief and renewed confidence, but you were the only woman! Bravo! mra: 'V FASHION SHOW March 9,1981 8:30 p.m.New Wellington Hotel BOUTIQUE ARCADE Spring & Summer All Exclusive Imported Styles (France - New-York, etc.) Tickets on Sale Arcade: Galerie Quatre Saisons, Tel.: 567 0877 Arcade: Carrefour de l’Estrie, Tel.: 567-5003 (Next to Corinne) La Grange Vitraux d'Art *All necessary supplies and wide selection of stained glass *All the tools required by the hobbyist or artisan *Custom styled TIFFANY lamps *Custom windows ‘Finished products for sale Give us your specifications.We will gladly complete your order.Business hours, 10:00 to 17:00, Monday to Saturday Friday night’til 21:00 Evenings and Sundays by appointment onty.10% discount on stained glass only, per person per order if this ad is shown, except if already getting a student's discount.4 Cemetery St.SUTTON Tel.: 1-514-538-3629 - *; 7‘ j room in quiet triplex, next to bus stop, $250.00 per month, including heating, electricity and taxes Newly renovated Retired couple or person preferred Available March 1st Call 562 0857 NORTH HATLEY, Semi turnished 4’j rooms, available Immediately Call 838 4714 LENNOXVILLE, S't room apartment, near bus stop Tel.563 9205 after 6 p m on Job ZU.Opportunities A NEW COMPANY requires services of: plumbers and plumber'* helpers, elec triclans and electrician's helpers.Please send ap plication to: Record, Box 834, c o The Record, Box 1200, Sherbrooke, Que.J1H 5L6 SHAKLEE — Men and women earn extra money in your spare time.No experience necessary.Excellent commission and bonuses Tel.845 2179.60 .Articles for sale I 61.Articles wanted TOURIST TENT, dining tent, 12 x 12, 2 bicycles size 28, (one ladies' and girls with chrome bumpers), portable stereo, good condition.Tel.567 6606 FOR SALE Akai CS 34D stereo cassette deck $100.00, Suzuki GS 550E 1979 20,000 km very good condition price $1,750.Tel.843 6671.CLOTHES RACK, $25.00, 2 brush floor polisher, $9.95, carpet sweeper, $5,50; ash tray, $5 00, fans, $10.00, correspondence baskets, $1.00, steno cards, $2.50, cardex for cards, 3 x 5, 4 x 6, & 5 x 8, $5.00 a drawer; cardex box for cards, 3x5, $1.00; 4 place divan with 5 chairs.Call between 9 a.m and 5 p.m., 569 9286.WORK TABLES, 30 x 48, $45.00, 30 x 60, $60.00, 30 x 72, $72.00; folding leg tables 30 x 60, $60.00; oak & birch desks, 30 x 60, $125.00 $150.00; L shaped secretary's desk, $190.00; good choice of office & waiting room chairs; desk, 1st 5th grade, $3.50; 5th to 12 grade $9.50; kin dergarten chairs, $450 $8.50; blackboards, $20 00 $25.00 $35.00 Call between v a.m.and 5 p.m., 569 9286 DRY FIREWOOD, 12 16 inch, call alter 7 p.m 889 2237 MAPLE FIREWOOD for sale, chunks, blocks and fine wood for wood stoves, furnaces, fireplaces, we do deliver.Tel.514 292 3122.BULK TANK, 400 gallons with compressor.Tel.514 263 1537 WHIRLPOOL DEEP FREEZE, white, in very good condition, for quick sale, asking $275.00.Also antique office desk.Tel, 569 5237 MOTOR HOME, sleeps 6 adults G M.C.(350 motor), economic, air conditioning, fridge, stove, heating system, all equipped, new tires.Corsair motorhome, A 1 condition, $8,500.Tel.567 7781.ALTHOUGH SALE Officially over, there are still good bargains in table linen, bed linen, dishes, cheese tray, goblets, coffee grinder, bowls, coasters, table lamps, wool blankets, etc Please telephone 562 5390 between 10and 12 a.m and 3 to 5 p.m.61.Articles wanted WANTED: Engine for Volkswagen "Beetle”.No junk Call 569 0469 after 6:00 p.m.INTERESTED IN BUYING all kinds ot old postcards (pre 1950), old envelopes, sheet music and magazines *all Charles Chute at 8Ï9‘ 875 3855, Eaton Corner AYER S CLIFF Auction Gallery now open lor the season to take reservations for spring and summer auctions on location or at the gallery It you are planning an auction this season, please call now for pro fessional prompt discreet action Also interest in purchasing any or all estates or goods for cash.Brian Dumoulin, auctioneer, Ayer s Cliff, 83* 492J WE BUY OLD GOLD, gold coins, gold jewellery and diamonds, Skinner & Nadeau Inc., 82 Wellington St., N., Sherbrooke.WANT TO BUY double har nesses, double sleds, sleigh, buggies, sulky plough, two furrow gang plough and express wagon.Phone 819 562 5857 Antiques - stamps .Cïïins PRIVATE collector wishes to buy works of arts and paintings by Canadian or European artists Discretion assured References available.Tel.562 5416 — 566 1570.66.Livestock 18 HOLSTEIN, some to freshen right away, others in late March, recently tested free of brucellosis.Tel.819 562 4268.CANADA APPROVED category A 1, front quarter $1.35 a lb., side $1.59 a lb., hind $1 88 a lb.Green Clover Farm Ltd., 562 6262.HEREFORD SEMEN from ponderosa ranch bulls in eluding US.National champion BT PRL Driver 536L and PRL Anchor 730K, now in storage at St.Hyacinthe.Save on handling charges.Place your order through Mickey Parker, R R 1, Richmond, Que., Tel.819 848 2520 DEMITRY ELECTRONIC T.v Stereo — We repair all makes.Free estimate.Shop at 177A Queen St., Len noxville Tel 565 8844.REGISTERED licenced painters Also wallpapering, commercial spraying, gyproc joints By the hour or contract.Free estimate Tel.567 5417, 562 9988, 563 8983.89.Personal WIDOW IN 60's, own home, car, like to meet gentleman, 5' 9 and over, in 60's.Non drinker, weight 200 lbs and over Reply to Record, Box 835, c o The Record, Box 1200, Sherbrooke, Que J1H 5L6.WIDOW IN 60's, own home, enjoys dancing, cards travelling, etc., anxious to meet eligible gentleman ot comparable age and tastes Reply to Record, Box 832, c o The Record, Box 1200, Sherbrooke, Que J1H 5L6 PROFESSIONAL MAN around 40 would like to meet nonsmoking female for companionship Reply to Record, Box 836, c o The Record, Box 1200, Sher brooke, Que , J1H SL6 91 .Miscellaneous LOOKING FOR OLD BARN to tear down, will recuperate the wood tor work for boarders from a Christian reception home in Sher brooke Tel 56» 77» 8 .Home services 91 .Miscellaneous RETIRED LADY wanted to share comfortable Granby home with senior lady, small pay offered in return for helping to prepare meals Tel.514 372 2063.WILL MAKE WALL CLOCK from a dinner plate of your favorite pattern.Quartz movement.Tel.569 2671.91.Miscellaneous MOTEL DES CANTONS Sawyerville, formerly Burt's place, every Friday, Saturday and Sunday with "Les Kon-cord's".Sunday amateur contest, chug a log and queen of hearts.Animator Michelle Ange.New administration - Mr.Julien Pouliot.Restaurant now open.92.Legal notices ' 92 Legal notices Travaux publics Public Works Canada Canada INVITATION TO TENDER SEALED TENDERS for the projects or services listed below, addressed to the Regional Manager, Finance and Administration, Quebec Region, Department of Public Works, 18th floor, 2001 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1K3, will be received until 15:00 on the specified closing date.Tender documents can be obtained through the Plan Distribution Office, at the above mentioned add ress on payment of the applicable deposit.PROJECT Tender Call No.81MF 079P Concreting of central position of the infrastructure - Package 351 Site of Guy Favreau Complex 200 Dorchester Blvd.West MONTREAL (Quebec).Tender documents may be seen at the following Construction Association offices of Montreal, Hull, Quebec, Trois-Rivières and Sherbrooke (Quebec).Closing date: Thursday, March 26, 1981 Deposit: $500.00 Inquiries: Tel.: (514) 283 2497, 283-6554and 283-6656.INSTRUCTIONS Deposit for plans and specifications must be made in the form of a certified bank cheque to the order of the Receiver General for Canada, and will be released on return of the documents in good condition within one month from the date of tender opening.The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.Canada FOR YOUR AUCTION NEEDS IN THE EASTERN TOWNSHIPS CONTACT: JAMES D.TODD Licensed Bilingual Auctioneer BEDFORD 514-248-4294 CHECK 1HE Ml For All Your Needs BILINGUAL AUCTIONEER COMPLETE AUCTION SERVICES Auction House Lennoxville Sawyerville—Tel.889-2272 ART BENNETT Les Ent.LAJOIE Cookshire Inc.WINDOWS DOORS Sliding patl0 ^c,ure tntrana Casement - 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The lowest taxes around Sherbrooke.Tel.: 567-7842-5B9-7101 Tel.: 567-7842-569-7101 Wl Meeting NORTH HATLEY - The February meeting of the Hatley Centre Branch of Q.W.I.was held at the Community Centre with the president Mrs.P.Wilson presiding.The meeting was opened in the usual manner with the members repeating the Mary Stewart Collect.The motto for February, Sunshine Month, was, smile and the world smiles with you, weep, and you weep alone.The roll call was answered with a Valentine rhyme.The secretary Mrs.G.LeBaron, read the minutes of the last meeting, and the treasurer’s report was given by Mrs.R.McLellan, in the absence of Mrs.D.Shaw.Agriculture convenor, absent-no report; Education convenor, in the absence of the convenor, her report was read by the secretary.A lively letter from the Alberta penpal accompanied with clippings from the Edmonton press was included.This dealt primarily with conflict between East and West regarding the proposed constitution.A thought provoking article containing some teen-age thoughts on family life and one entitled, Young People Say there is more to Life than a well Rounded Education.Home Economics convenor Mrs.McLellan, reported on the progress of the quilting project.Six sewing bags had been filled and forwarded for shipment to Somalia.The kitchen fund has a small balance.Publicity convenor Mrs.G.LeBaron, gave a complete account of the County Board Meeting held at Ayer’s Cliff.A copy of this report was inserted in the minute book for observation and reference.Welfare and Health convenor, Mrs.J.Johnson, read some first aid rules for medical emergies, i.e.car accidents, epileptic seizures, burns, fractures, and diabetic coma.Sunshine Convenor, Mrs.H LeBaron had sent sympathy and get-well cards.Several thank-you cards and letters for Christmas cheer were read Mrs.Wilson gave a full report of the Community Club meeting, and Mrs.WATERLOO — The Feb.meeting of St.Luke’s Church Women was held on the 18th at the Rectory with Mrs.E.Lequin as assisting hostess, with Mrs.W.Davidson.Attendance was 19.Mrs.R.Streeter presided and opened the meeting in the usual manner.Minutes of the previous meeting were read by Sec., Mrs.N.Darling.Treas.report was given by Mrs.G.Hollenbeck, showing that the Feb.7th.Flea market had proved very successful.A decision was made to hold another Flea Market and Craft Sale in the Church Hall, on Sat.April 4, if possible.Dates suggested for Rummages Sales to be the four Thursdays of May.More information will be given on this at a later date.Johnstone, a committee member for the County trip outline plans.The drawing, given by Mrs.Wilson, was won by Ann Woodard.The meeting was adjourned by the president and the program, a silent auction was an enjoyable and profitable venture-benefit of the W.I.fund.Tea was served by the hostesses, Mrs.Wilson and Mrs.A.Moulton to nine members The annual meeting will be held March 11 - all convenors are reminded to submit their annual report.The World Day of Prayer will be held in St Luke’s Church on Friday, March 6, and the next card party will be in the Hall on Sat.eve.March 21.Lenten Services will be held each Wed., at 7:30 p.m., during Lent, followed by a short social get-together.The next regular meeting of the Church Women will be March 18, at which time the U.C.W.of St.Paul’s will be invited to attend the Service, followed by a social hour.The meeting adjourned, after which a short contest was enjoyed, with Mrs.Hanna receiving the prize.The mystery package was drawn for and claimed by Mrs.H.Roach.Refreshments were served by the hostesses and a social half-hour enjoyed.St.Luke's Church Women Myrtle Rebekah Lodge LENNOXVILLE - Myrtle Rebekah Lodge No.28 held its regular meeting in the Masonic Hall.Sister Jessie Purssell, N.G.presided, welcoming the members and two guests.Brother Gerry and Sister Jessie Chretien of Sherbrooke.Sister Clarissa Burt reported sending several birthday, get-well and sympathy cards.All were glad to hear that Brother Melville McHarg is on the gain.Correspondence read by Sister Luella Brady included two proclamations from the Sovereign Grand Master, Brother William England -one concerning the Educational Foundation, the other the Odd Fellows’ and Rebekah Hunger and Disaster Fund, also a letter from the Rebekah Assembly.Reports were given by Sisters Gertrude Beattie, Vada Cleveland, Mickie Povey, Glenna Speck and Margaret Smart.A donation was voted to the Planning Board to be used for Camp NEOFA.During me social hour a successful Chinese auction was held in the lower hall with Brother John Cruickshank as auctioneer.Refreshments were served by Sisters Abbie Edgecombe, Mickie Povey and Glenna Speck.The buffet table was centred with two lovely yellow roses.A neighbourhood farewell DENISON’S MILLS - On Sunday afternoon, February 8, a very pleasant event took place at the home ot Mr.and Mrs.Willie Hannan, in this community, when a Neighborhood Farewell, in honor of Mrs Lucy Mackinnon, WATERLOO - The monthly meeting of St.Paul’s U.C.W.was held on Thursday, February 19 at the home of the President, Mrs.Myrtle Wilkinson.After repeating the Purpose in unison Mrs.Ellen Heath led in worship The theme was "Love” and began with prayer.At the conclusion two songs were sung, accompanied by Ellen playing guitar The minutes of the previous meeting were read by Belly Black and the roll call answered by seventeen members.Several letters of acknowledgement were read.Barbara Johnston gave the Treasurer's report and several other committee members reported on their work Mrs.Joan Norris and three other ladies had attended the January Event in Granby and she gave a resume of the day.Members of our church are invited to a Lenten Service at St.Luke's Anglican Church on March 18 A workshop on disabilities will be held in Cowansville on Tuesday, March 10.It was decided to hold two more afternoon card parties, the first one on March 17 and the other on April 1st A Youth Forum will be was enjoyed by neighborhood friends and their families (some relatives too! ).Lucy was delighted to see so many who rarely have time to stop for a casual visit, even though not far away.held in Richmond the weekend of April 3rd and the President will contact some young people of the church to see if two could go to the Forum.We are asked to collect Dominion Store slips to be used in purchasing a wheel chair.The next meeting will be our Annual International Dinner to be held on March 19 at 6:30 p m There being no further business the meeting was adjourned and Mrs.Bobby Cochrane introduced the guest speaker, Juel Weideman, a community worker who spoke on the Literacy Program offered through Massey-Vanier Adult Education, Mrs.Barbara Johnston thanked her for a most informative talk The hostesses, Mrs Marian Moffatt and Mrs Ethel Quilliams served refreshments Following is a list of events in the coming months: March 21, Pancake Supper; April 17, Good Friday Communion Service at 7:30 pm.; April 25, Spring Supper; June 6.Flea Market, October 3, Annual Turkey Supper; November 28.Annual U.C W Christmas Baz-aar The honored guest was presented with an oil painting with a view of Denison’s Mills, as it is now.The artist, Mr.Duperron, of Richmond, whose work has pleased so many because of its authenticity, shows the bridge by the pond, the peak of the mill, built in 1855 and Holy Trinity Church on the hill, beside the mill, 1867.Mr.and Mrs.Mackinnon were married in this church and also her parents, Mr.and Mrs.Wm.Armstrong, and very recently her younger daughter Diane married John Louke in the little church, also.Mrs Mackinnon was born here in the home of her great-grandfather, Thomas Lodge She attended schools in this community, and then, from here, St.Francis College.Richmond, and eventually McGill University in Montreal.She taught in Montreal schools until her retirement a few years ago.A widow with four married children it was good to have her in the community again when she purchased the former Patrick place.Lucy went to western Canada at Christmastime and visited with her children en route, and, while in Powell River, B.C., decided to purchase a small house there, near her daughter, so now she is selling her house here and leaving shortly for BC.She has always been so generous with her time in helping others, but we know that we won’t forget her and will ‘ keep in touch"! At the end of an afternoon of visiting, Lucy cut a large layered and decorated cake, made by Janice Rodgers, and the guest of honor cut and served It to all present.UCW Meeting WED., MARCH 4, 1981 13 'tue UJORLPUJARI ACE CARE5) ( LiTTLE for fame yw?GLOW.Hl5 ONLVIÜI5M15 TO PO MIS PUTY, SERVE 0)ITM HONOR ANP PERHAPS BE CALLEP “STOUT FaiOO)" STOUT!! Li = FROM NOW ON 1 ; WANT YOU TO * Ann>&E£