The record, 28 octobre 1983, vendredi 28 octobre 1983

Weekend Births, deaths .7 Business.11 Classified .14 Comics .15 Editorial .4 Living .6 Sports .8-9 Behind the news .5 Time changes this weekend! So turn those clocks back one hour on Saturday night.“Okay, what’s it going to be, your way or ours?” RECORD/CHARLKS BURY Pierre Paradis, runner-up in the race for the Quebec Liberal leadership, isn’t about to let the set-back slow him down.‘Winner’ Pierre Paradis is taking a break.but Taking advantage of a warm Indian summer and a delay in the opening of the fall National Assembly session, Brome-Missisquoi MNA Pierre Paradis spent a recent afternoon shirtless on the balcony of his Bedford home, enjoying his cigars and a beer or two and a rest after his long campaign for the Liberal party leadership.He kindly shared the afternoon — and a beer — with a pair of small town newsmen.By Charles Bury BEDFORD — He won't say he'd do it all again but he won’t say he wouldn’t.Brome-Missisquoi MNA Pierre Paradis lost about 25 pounds along with the Liberal party leadership race in a two-year fight for the provincial throne and his three principles: individual rights and freedoms, the private enterprise system and red-maple-leaf, all-the-way federalism.Although he lost by a wide margin to former premier Robert Bourassa at the party convention October 15, Paradis says he agrees with the morning-after headlines that called him ‘The Real Winner’, compared to Bourassa and Daniel Johnson, who finished third.“I had to turn to page three to find the headline, though,” he laughs.Paradis came out a winner in several ways.At his victory press conference, Bourassa said he had learned during the campaign that Paradis “has lots of good ideas,” and he adopted one of them on the spot: Bourassa said he too favors abolishing succession duties (Québec is the only province to have a special tax on estates).Paradis says his ideas hit the Liberals hard, and he hopes in the right place.“We ran a very ideological campaign,” he says, “and we scored points with it.We brought a lot of new people into the party.Maybe they had Liberal cards before but now they are workers — hard workers.” Protecting the workers after the vote was a concern, he says."I had to make sure the people that worked for me got back inside the party.Within 24 hours, it was done.” Paradis says he learned from the campaign that it is possible — more or less — to politick and keep one’s principles at the same time.“It may have cost a few votes,” he says.“If I had played the game of politics 1 could have had a few more supporters, but it would have been on something else than my principles.This way I can still look at myself in the mirror.If I had given up my principles, I wouldn’t have been happy even if I had won.” He says he had barriers to overcome that the other candidates didn’t have.“If my name was Johnson, It would have been a lot different.” Paradis’ campaign budget was about $500,000, but “I think it costs about half a million just to get your name known — never mind what I stand for, just the name.” Another handicap was his relative youth at 33.“It was like there was a line right down through the stands at the convention,” he recalls.“On one side were the Bourassa people, say in the 55 to 60 age group.On my side, they were in the 25-year-old range.” “You could almost hear Bourassa’s people saying, ‘We’re not going to let that kid run our business’.” “We had that handicap but as my people say, ‘it’s getting corrected every day’.” Paradis says he will continue to speak out on behalf of the younger set in — and out of — the Liberal fold."The party knows it needs the younger voters,” he says."In two years 42.7 per cent of the voters will be in the 18 to 35 group.” Until now a lot of them haven’t voted but I think they will this time.” “Young people in Québec today feel very deprived in our society.You meet so many kids, they look like they don’t know what to do, with their heads or with their skins.Since the 60s people have been telling them that the state is the most important thing, that nothing is better than the commission of this, the council of that, the régie of the other thing.Big government is not just an institution, they are taught, but a religion.But the kids need more than that — more than just government.The weight of the state has kept business down and there are no more jobs for them.” "It's the best way to ruin a society.” “Two things can happen politically at the next election in this situation: René Lévesque can throw them a stick they can grab at until they drown — or the Liberals show them an ideology they can relate to.That’s what I want to do; that’s what I’ve been doing.And the time to do it is not in the middle of an election campaign; it’s right now.” Paradis says his run at the leadership won him increased respect from See YOU, page 5 Cloudy Weather, page 2 Sherbrooke Friday, October 28, 1983 35 cents Hydro route not the best but can’t be stopped By Charles Bury SHERBROOKE — Hydro-Québec’s controversial Centre-East route for its massive Des Cantons power-export project is “the best of the routes proposed but not the best route possible,” says the province’s environmental impact hearings board.In a report highly critical of the giant utility, the Bureau des audiences publiques sur l’environnement (BAPE) says Hydro’s critics often had more information on aspects of the $300 million project than they did, brought up questions Hydro hadn’t asked itself and performed "an invaluable public service that will benefit all Québec in the long run.” But in the short run, the critics lost.They failed to stop the line from going through, they failed to have it moved more than a few hundred feet.BAPE president André Beauchamp says Hydro “first chose a route and then did everything they could to justify it,” but added that that was not enough to stop or change the project.“The way Hydro works,” Beau- champ told a press conference here Thursday, “there is no way to tell what would be the best route.Back as early as November 1981, there was on ly one possible entry point into the United States.That was at least a bit absurd.Of the four routes Hydro pro posed, two, the East and West routes, were 30 kilometres longer than the others.This added to the confusion and went nowhere.” “Among the four, we conclude that the Centre-East (most hotly opposed by the line’s opponents but Hydro’s first and only real preferred route) does the least harm to the environment But it is not proven — nowhere is it proven — that it is the best possible route.” A fifth alternative suggested by University of Sherbrooke geography professor André Poulin was based on the principal that the route of least impact between two points is a straight line’.“Professor Poulin’s route was very interesting and we See HYDRO, page 3 Cubans planned Ml military base to ship arms says U.S.spokesman ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada (AP) — U.S.forces crushed a final stronghold of Grenada’s defenders Thursday, but the Caribbean island’s diehard Marxist leader was reported still resisting the invaders and holding a woman hostage.The United States poured hundreds of fresh paratroopers into the fight for the tiny country Thursday.President Reagan said a fully equipped Cuban base was found and that the operation thwarted a planned Cuban takeover of the island.Pounding artillery fire could still be heard at the Point Salines airport Thursday night.The shelling was to head off a possible counter-attack, marines told 12 reporters flown to the island.The U.S.forces were also strafing positions with four or five A-7 Corsair jet aircraft, said army Lt.-Col.Fred Ackers in a briefing on the island.Six hundred Cuban soldiers and 200 Cuban civilian prisoners were being held in an encampment on a hill overlooking the airport, the reporters were told.During a stay of several hours, reporters were taken to five warehouses full of crated arms that Ackers said were from Cuba and the Soviet Union — “enough arms there to arm guerrillas around the world for years,” Ackers said.He said Grenada had served as a “dropping off point” for arms Cuba apparently was shipping to Africa.Some of the weapons had Soviet markings.NO GRENADIANS DIE U.S.officials on the island said no Grenadians were killed in the military operation.The casualty toll among the almost 3,000 U.S.soldiers stood at eight dead, eight missing and 39 wounded, the officials said.The reporters were told 41 Cubans and five Grenadians were wounded in airport area.Eight Cuban doctors were treating their owm wounded.No Grenadians were killed by the invading forces, the officials said.Army Major Jim Holt said: “The fighting was super-intense, much stronger than expected; the Cubans are very professional.” He said the Grenadian forces, the People’s Revolutionary Army, showed “not much stomach for the fight.” Armed Cubans who had been holding out at Richmond Hill prison, in the steep green hills east of the har-borside capital, St.George’s, were overrun by attacking soldiers Thursday, 2'/a days after the U.S.invasion began, the Pentagon said.A second St.George's strongpoint, the Grenadian army headquarters at Fort Frederick, was captured Wednesday, the sources said, confirming earlier reports by a Barbadian radio station.Gen.Hudson Austin, Marxist head of the island’s military junta, had been believed to be at Fort Frederick.But on Thursday U.S.intelligence sources in Washington said Austin was holding hostages on the southern part of the island.The sources, who would not be identified, said they knew neither the nationality nor number of hostages.Hundreds of Americans remain on Grenada, many of them students at a medical school near its southern tip.CUBANS ARMED Reagan administration officials said, meanwhile, that U.S.forces discovered “upwards of 1,000” Cubans on the island, about 400 more than claimed by the Cuban government, and that they were more heavily armed than expected The Cuban government says almost all the Cubans on Grenada were airport construction workers who had been issued light arms.But the U.S.officials said it appeared the Cubans may have been planning a military installation there.“We got there just in time,” U.S.national security adviser Robert McFarlane said in Washington.As the Grenada invasion dragged through its third day, the officially reported U.S.death toll rose to eight, a U.S.congressional committee pushed for a time limit on the military operation, and international anger deepened over the U.S.action New anti-U.S.protests were reported around the world, including the ransacking of a U.S.consulate in Bolivia.The Pentagon said the casualty toll among the almost 3,000 U.S.soldiers stood at eight dead, eight missing and 39 wounded Various reports indicated a Cuban death toll of at least 42, although U.S.officials as of Wednesday mentioned only 20 wounded Cubans and said 600 had been captured.The number of Grenadian casualties could not be determined.The Barbados newspaper The Nation claimed the total of dead and wounded was “very high,” but it offered no figures.Confusion surrounded the whereabouts of 40 to 50 Canadians believed to have been on Grenada when the tiny Caribbean country was invaded.No one appears to know how many have been evacuated from the island, nor where they were Thursday night.An embassy official in Washington and a Canadian official in Bridgetown said they believe the Canadians are still in Grenada.International Trade Minister Gerald Regan admits he’s baffled and appears to be losing patience.Regan said the Canadian gover nment is in “urgent contact” with Washington asking “in a very serious manner” for clarification of where the Canadians are.An External Affairs Department spokesman said he no longer has confirmation any Canadians have left Grenada.Defence Department spokesman Capt.Jan Martinson said “1 honestly don’t know what’s happening.It just seems like nobody here or there is able to find out.” TWO ARRIVE However, a United States State Department official says two Canadian citizens, one a Vancouver resident, the other a permanent resident of the United States, were evacuated to South Carolina.Regan said an armed forces Her cules airplane is standing by in Bar bados to rescue Canadians stranded in Grenada.Defence Department spokesmen in Ottawa said Thursday afternoon the Canadian plane was sent back to Bar bados in mid-flight, but that 49 Canadians were rescued by another Ame rican plane.That plane was asked to drop off Canadians in Barbados.No one knows what happened to the flight or whether it ever existed.A United States State Department official at the air force base in Charleston.South Carolina, says two Canadians have arrived there since Wednesday night.Jay Rini said the Canadian embassy in Washington told him to expect “many Canadians” on an evening flight from Grenada But State De partment officials checked the air plane twice for Canadian citizens and found none, he said.The Canadian House of Commons unanimously agreed Thursday to hold an emergency debate on the invasion of Grenada.Under parliamentary rules, emergency debates can last until each of the 282 MPs has spoken.New Democrat Leader Ed Broad bent said he will present a motion condemning the invasion.Prime Minister Trudeau stopped just short of calling for an immediate ceasefire in Grenada and a Commonwealth peacekeeping force to enforce the truce.But Trudeau — who raised the possibility of a truce and a peacekeeping force before stepping out of the daily Commons question period to take an urgent call from British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher — indicated later he is not pressing the idea for the moment.NDP resolve strong despite vote WINNIPEG (CP) — An overwhelming thumbs-down from the man in the street apparently hasn't shaken Manitoba Attorney General Roland Penner’s resolve to push ahead with plans to expand French-language services in the province.The morning after Manitobans rejected the province’s bilingualism plan by a margin of about three to one, Penner told reporters he wasn’t shocked.“I would prefer that it were otherwise, but I didn’t expect it to be otherwise,” Penner said Districts representing about 70 per cent of Mani toba’s population expressed opposition to the plan Wednesday in municipal plebiscites.About 20 communities, including the major centres of Winnipeg.Bran don and Thompson, told the New Democratic Party government of Howard Pawley they don’t want to see limited bilingual services in Manitoba entrenched in the Constitution.Penner has maintained the amendment is necessary to avert a court ****•*'?*"” ' ' igjP’V * * challenge of Manitoba's unilingual laws that he says could throw the province’s legal system into chaos.The government wants the matter cleared through the legislature and the House of Commons by the end of the year.In discounting the plebiscite results, which are non-binding on government.Penner reiterated a view stated several times — that minority language rights shouldn’t be settled by a popular vote of the majority.CALLED SUICIDE Opponents of the plan, which include Sterling Lyon, the fiery Progressive Conservative Opposition leader.and maverick New Democrat Russ Doern, see the government's resolve as political suicide.Lyon said Thursday that if the government persists in going ahead with the amendment, it should call a general election.“That's the honorable course for them to follow,” the Tory leader said.He said that despite Penner’s fears there is nothing the highest court in the land could do that would be as devastating as the current agreement.At present, the five to six per cent of Manitoba's population who list French as their mother tongue have access to bilingual services in the courts and legislature.The government’s plan would further guaran tee bilingual services in head offices of provincial government offices, boards, agencies and Crown corpora tions.The proposed constitutional amendment was arrived at last spring after years of legal manoeu vring that culminated in a Supreme Court challenge by Winnipeg lawyer Roger Bilodeau.The Bilodeau case argued that all of Manitoba's English-only laws were invalid because the Supreme Court had in 1979 upheld a clause in the Manitoba Act of 1870.The court declared that both French and English were official languages in the courts and the legislature.«1 jêy Ml—* .«.-.«I KlUlKI) si» PHI N Mi IX >1 I.M I Canada Cup volley ball comes to town ( anada ( up volley hall came to Sherbrooke Thursday with all the excitement of world-class competition.Story pape H.< 2—The RECORD—Friday, October 2H.1'tH.i Murderer felt ‘warm affection’ for youthful victim LONDON (Reuterl Confessed mass murderer Dennis Nil sen told police he felt “warm af fection” for a young man he strangled, beheaded and chopped up, a jury heard Thursday.The man was Stephen Sinclair, 21, the last of 15 young drifters Nilsen has confessed to killing af 1er inviting them to London apar tments where he lived during a four-year period.Nilsen, 37, a civil servant and once a trainee London police- man, told police he throttled Sin clair with a necktie last Februa ry, cut off his head with a kitchen knife and dissected the body, the defendant wrote in a statement read in London's old Bailey court.lie boiled the head in a stockpot, leaving it to “simmer” while he watched television, it said “1 still have a warm affection for him," Nilsen said.“I would have liked to have had a long.close, sexual association with him.” He said he abhorred having to disfigure bodies.“The greater the beauty of the man, the grea ter the sense of loss and grief,” his statement said.Defence psychiatrists testified that Nilsen was not responsible for his crimes because of a personality disorder.Dr.James MacKeith said Nilsen’s disorder was unspecified but encompassed “an extremely wide range of abnormalities.” Nilsen said in another statement read Thursday that he had felt since he was a teenager he was a “creative psychopath” who at times of great pressure became “a destructive psychopath.” He wanted his “guests” to share his views and feelings and when they showed no interest “this would enrage me.” He wrote : “Strangling was a relief for us both.They really lived in those last moments.They could see the truth.” Nilsen is charged with six murders — those of the victims identified when he was charged.He said he dissected and burned 12 victims on bonfires and boiled three others.His victims included Canadian Ken Ockenden who was 23 when he vanished in 1979.Ockenden was a welding technician who came to Britain for a three-month holiday.* WE SETTLE ISTATtS * TAX PLAN YOUR INCOME * FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION • SPECIALIZE-FARM ROLLOVERS PROFESSIONAL ADVICE W.D.DUKE ASSOCIATES LTD.109 William St., Cowaniville J2K 1K9 514-263-4123 President: W.D.Duke, B.Comm.C.A.Vice-President J.R.Boulé B.A.Cuba’s Grenada advisors double first estimates WASHINGTON (AP) — The invasion of Grenada has revealed a Cuban presence that was almost double earlier American estimates and which included large numbers of military personnel who virtually controlled the southwest portion of the island.U.S.State Department officials said Thursday.At the White House, deputy press secretary Larry Speakes said it also appeared, in the wake of the invasion, that Cuba was planning the construction of a major military installation on Grenada.Beforehand, U.S.officials believed there were about 600 Cubans on the island, about half serving as military advisers and the remainder working as technicians or constructing a 3,000-metre runway.Those estimates have been discarded as the American and Caribbean occupation forces have uncovered what one official, asking not to be identified, described as a major Cuban military presence with warehouses “stacked to the ceiling with weapons.” “The Cuban presence there is a lot less benign than we had thought,” the official said, adding that Cuba appears to have established a "base complex” in Southwest Grenada, near the airport construction site.The Reagan administration has been concerned that the runway might be used by Cuban jet fighters, thus enabling Cuba to project its military power into South America for the first time.Grenada has insisted the facility would be used for commercial purposes exclusively.Speakes told reporters, “When we arrived there, we found their numbers to be almost twice what had been announced by the Castro government .upwards of 1,000.” "In reality, it was a combat engineer battalion there, commanded by a Cuban colonel,” Speakes said.“There have been suggestions this was the beginning of a buildup, as far as the Castro government intended to make a major installation on the island.” Both Speakes and State Department deputy spokesman Alan Romberg said that, although the Cuban presence was a source of concern, it did not precipitate the American led invasion.The intervention, they insisted, was prompted by fears for the safety of Americans living on Grenada and by an invitation from the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States.CASTRO LYING’ In Havana.Cuban President Fidel Castro said there were 550 Cuban construction workers at the airport site, as well as about 150 doctors, professors and agricultural technicians.He said there were also about 40 Cuban military advisers, for a total of about 740.Told that Castro’s figures differ from those of the Reagan administration, the U.S.official said, “He’s lying.” Some 600 Cubans are in custody in Grenada and the United States is attempting to arrange their passage back to Cuba, the official said.The U.S.ambassador to the Organization of American States, J.William Middendorf, said Wednesday the military role played by Cubans in Grenada raises questions about the nature of the estimated 6,000-member Cuban presence in Nicaragua, the large majority of whom purportedly are engaged in non-military activities.U.S.Defence Secretary Caspar Weinberger said Wednesday most of the resistance the American and Caribbean invadoers have encountered has come from Cubans.He said U.S.forces had overrun and taken a Cuban military and communications installation, capturing radios, “secret documents” and the Cuban colonel.Joyal says plebiscite totals no surprise to government OTTAWA (CP) Secretary of State Serge Joyal said today he is not surprised with the results of French-language plebiscites in Manitoba because the campaign was biased and the questions twisted.Manitobans overwhelmingly rejected the expansion of French-language rights in the province in non-binding plebescites held in 20 communities Wednesday.Joyal told reporters he was actually pleased that in Winnipeg 25 per cent of the voters supported constitutional entrenchment of language rights - a figure five times the percentage of French-Canadians in the city.That level of support will be a base to “build on,” he said.He also played down the significance the plebescites will have on the entrenchment of minority language Weathe Cloudy today with moderate winds and a High of 10.Low tonight 0-2.Outlook for Saturday, c' rights in other provinces, particulari-ly Ontario.“I think the referendum (in Winnipeg) was really biased from the beginning,” said the minister.Joyal displayed campaign literature from opponents of entrenchment to illustrate his point.The pamphlets, in essence, said a vote for entrenchment was a vote for the federal Liberals.Votes on such important issues as language rights should not be injected wdth partisanship, nor should they be held in conjunction with municipal elections or votes on other issues, as happened in Manitoba, he said.In fact, Joyal said questions on constitutional rights of minorities should never be subject to a plebes-cite.IRRATIONAL FEARS Such votes can draw out irrational fears by majorities that their dominance is being threatened by a minority, he said.“Somebody who is in a position of dominance always fears that he or she will lose something if he has to consider a system through which there will be diffirent identities and cultures.” mam George MacLaren, Publisher 569 9511 Charles 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after publica tion $1.00 per copy News-in-brief Murdochville fate in doubt MURDOCHVILLE, Que.(CP) — The directors of Noranda Mines Ltd.will meet in Toronto today to review, among other things, what to do with the firm’s money losing copper mining operations at Mu rdochville.Although no final decisions are expected, it won’t be an easy topic for discussion.Since the 1950s, the Gaspe Mines Division of Noranda has run the corporation’s biggest copper operation here in the dour, cloud-shrouded mountains of the Gaspe Peninsula.The combined open-pit and underground mines and adjoining smelter employed 1,700 at its peak and had a $150-million impact on the impoverished Gaspe economy.Oil companies roll up profits TORONTO (CP) — Canada’s major oil companies rolled up sharply higher profits in the third quarter as they inched back into the black on their refining and marketing operations after a series of vicious price wars earlier this year.The five major foreign-owned companies that dominate the gasoline business — Imperial, Texaco, Gulf, Shell and Suncor— racked up profits of $317 million for the quarter, 21 per cent higher than in the similar 1982 period and almost $75 million higher than in the second quarter this year.Although each oil company is different, with varying mixes of production and market share, they all enjoyed stronger profit margins because of higher gasoline prices during the quarter as well as better earnings from pumping oil, analysts said.New pushbutton phone unveiled TORONTO (CP) — A new electronic pushbutton residential telephone designed to replace the plain old black workhorse phone of the past 35 years was unveiled Thursday by Northern Telecom Ltd.Bell Canada.Northern Telecom's parent, has already contracted to buy the phone and esti mates 200,000 will be needed initially.To be manufactured in London, Ont., early next year, the new product will be marketed under the name of Harmony.It is the first of Northern’s series 8()()0 line of electronic telephones that are supposed to cost considerably less to make than conventional sets and accommodate the special services now becoming available on advanced telephone networks.Santa gives Rudolph the axe VANCOUVER (CP) — A framed photograph showing Santa Claus with an axe in one hand and the head of one of his reindeer in the other has some visitors to the new Vancouver Art Gallery aghast.Entitled Reindeer Discipline, the 75-by-100-centimetre framed photograph is one of three taken by Vancouver artist Chris Gallagher showing Santa in unusual situations.Art lover Jean Callaree of Burnaby, B.C., is particularly shocked by the reindeer photo, saying art has been replaced by poor taste.After touring the renovated building this week, Callaree said “the bottom floor is beautiful, the building is gorgeous but some of that art is absolutely obscene.” “I wouldn't go back, I wouldn’t give it a cent and I wouldn't promote it to anyone.” Soviets encourage violence-Reagan WASHINGTON (AP) — President Reagan accused the Soviet Union on Thursday night of encouraging the violence in both Lebanon and Grenada “through a network of surrogates and terrorists.” The president said the U.S.invasion of Grenada was necessary because “the nightmare of our hostages in Iran must never be repeated.” He also vowed that those responsible for the bombing in .Beirut that killed 225 marines and sailors “must be dealt justice; they will be.” In a televised address, Reagan said: “The events in Lebanon and Grenada, though oceans apart, are closely related.Not only has Moscow assisted and encouraged the violence in both countries, but it provides direct support through a network of surrogates and terrorists.” Worker wastes a third of time NEW YORK (AP) — Leading personnel executives estimate the typical worker in the U.S.wastes nearly one-third of the working day, a survey released Thursday said.The survey was taken by Accountemps, an agency which provides businesses with temporary help in fields such as bookkeeping, accounting and data processing.For the survey, Accountemps said it asked 120 personnel directors and managers in the U.S., ’’What per cent of a typical American employee’s paid work day do you estimate is spent not working?” The responses ranged to 55 per cent from under 10 per cent, with an overall average estimate of 32 per cent.Marc Silbert, vice-president of Accountemps, said if the results are accurate, the average worker could be wasting almost four months each year.Radical rally draws 800,000 BUENOS AIRES (Reuter) — The election campaign of Argentina’s Radical party culminated Wednesday night in a rally attended by an estimated 800,000 people, one of the biggest political gatherings in modern Argentine history.The rally brought to a climax the Radical party’s campaign for elections Sunday to return Argentina to democracy after eight years of harsh military rule.Radical presidential candidate Raul Alfonsin called for a national union of all Argentines to create a solid democracy which would give the country “100 years of peace and prosperity.” English arts groups in danger LONDON (Reuter) — Several of Britain’s top arts institutions, including London’s Sadler’s Wells Theatre, are threatened with closure because of government plans to abolish local metropolitan authorities, says the state-financed Arts Council.Coetzee wins literary prize LONDON (Reuter) — South African novelist John Coetzee has been awarded Britain’s top literary prize for a book which depicts a South Africa of the future torn apart by civil strife.The Life and Times of Michael K by Coetzee, a Cape Town University teacher, was chosen from a short list of six novels to win the annual $15,000 Booker McConnell Prize for fiction Reform crimps army’s style MADRID (Reuter) — The Spanish government has approved plans to restructure the chain of command in the armed forces to bring the military more firmly under government control, a government spokesman said Thursday.The measures are designed to strengthen the role of Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez and his cabinet in deciding defence policy.Sudanese arrested in plot CAIRO (Reuter) — An Egyptian opposition newspaper said Thursday 12 senior Sudanese military officers had been arrested after discovery of a coup plot against President Jaafar Nimeiri.The newspaper Al-Ahali, organ of the leftwing Unionist Progressive party, said the arrests were made three weeks ago, Israel rejects Canadian advice JERUSALEM (Reuter) —Israel rejected Canadian advice Thursday about establishing a strategic balance with Syria, saying the Syrians want war.External Affairs Minister Allan MacEachen, on the final leg of a Middle East tour, told Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir he believed the Syrians could be helpful in achieving such a balance, a senior Israeli Foreign Ministry official said.Cuban expulsion, Grenada linked MOSCOW (Reuter) — Surinam’s expulsion of the Cuban ambassador this week was directly linked to events in nearby Grenada, informed Caribbean sources in Moscow say.They said Surinam’s army leader, Lt.-Col.Desi Bouterse, had grown resentful of what he saw as Cuban interference and was eager to improve relations with Washington.Jungle girl turns up safe JAKARTA (Reuter) — A 12-year-old Indonesian girl, believed to have drowned six years ago, has been found living as a “jungle creature” in a southern Sumatran swamp, the official Antara news agency reported today.Hunters found the girl, Imiyati, lying on the marshy ground, her naked body covered with moss.At first they mistook her for an orangutan ape.She was unable to speak and could only make waving gestures with her hands, Antara said.Imiyati disappeared in February, 1977, while on a fishing trip with her younger sister then aged five and three other children.Full-service flights expensive HONOLULU (AP) — For the airline passenger who wants plenty of frills.Regent Air is offering luxury in the clouds — for a mere $1,728 one way from the West Coast to Honolulu.Included in the service that begins Saturday is door-to-door limousine service, a cocktail lounge, secretarial, nursing and cosmetological services, and plenty of room in a specially equipped Boeing 727 that will carry a maximum of 36 passengers, compared to the normal 120 seating capacity.If the passenger wants privacy, the airline offers four staterooms that seat just four people.The cost is $4,428.Commonwealth requested to police Grenada LONDON (CP) — Commonwealth Countries, including Canada, were asked Thursday to consider sending troops to Grenada to replace the U.S.-led invasion force.The request, from Commonwealth Secretary General Shridath Ram-phal, was made at a meeting of Commonwealth High Commissioners on Thursday afternoon in London.Ramphal said in his message that the 48-country Commonwealth could help Grenada in many ways, but that the "most immediate (assistance) could be an interim security force,” -The text of Ramphal’s message, read at the meeting of high commissioners, was obtained by The Canadian Press.However, a senior Canadian diplomat in London denied any request had been received.Earlier, Ramphal had called for a Commonwealth force to replace the almost 3,000 U.S.marines and paratroopers “as soon as possible.” Ramphal, who Wednesday denounced the U.S.invasion as “a deplorable act .of blatant aggression” told reporters Thursday that he was “looking for a withdrawal of the invading forces within a matter of days or weeks, not months." In the Commons, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said Britain would respond “sympathetically" to a Commonwealth force.Ramphal’s message referred to increasing “disquiet within the Commonwealth” and the international community at large and said "I expect that demands for the prompt withdrawal of all external forces in Grenada will grow steadily.” "Given the political desolation in Grenada, 1 believe we can also expect a widely-shared hope (hat the Commonwealth might, responsive to the wishes of Grenada, help to ensure the withdrawal of the intervention forces and to assist a renewal by the people of Grenada of a genuine process of self-determination,” he said.Earlier, Ramphal had told Britain’s Press Association: “Peacekeeping troops from the Commonwealth or other Caribbean countries should replace the U.S.soldiers in Grenada as soon as possible.“Law and order on the island is of prime importance and internal security must be maintained by some form of military or para-military personnel,” he said.OTTAWA (CP) — Confusion surrounds the whereabouts of 40 to 50 Canadians believed to have been on Grenada when the tiny Caribbean nation was invaded by the United States and six Caribbean countries Tuesday.No one appeared to know how many had been evacuated from the island, nor where they were Thursday night.Even International Trade Minister Gerald Regan admitted to being baffled and appeared to be losing patience.Regan said the Canadian government is in “urgent contact” with Washington asking “in a very serious manner" for clarification of where the Canadians are.An External Affairs Department spokesman said he no longer has confirmation any Canadians have left Grenada.Defence Department spokesman Capt.Jan Martinson said “I honestly don’t know what’s happening.It just seems like nobody here or there is able to find out.” However, a U.S.State Department official says two Canadian citizens, one a Vancouver resident, the other a But that “must be with the full agreement of the authorities in Grenada,” he added.MAJOR ROLE?“The Commonwealth has a major role to play in determining the future of the island,” he said, adding that a broad consultation with all factions in Grenada is necessary to “ensure what is done has general approval.” Describing the constitutional situation as “still delicate and confused,” Ramphal said: “I don’t think it is enough just to deal with the governor-general.” permanent resident of the U.S., were evacuated to South Carolina.Regan confirmed the two evacuees during a special nightime sitting of the Commons called for an emergency debate on Grenada.“But we are uncertain as to the exact time at which other Canadians will be able to leave the island,” he said.Regan said communication with those on Grenada is difficult because of the military action and the government often receives incorrect information, but “I am able to report to you that our information is that all Canadians .are safe.” Regan said an armed forces Hercules airplane is standing by in Barbados to rescue Canadians stranded in Grenada.Here are the various reports of evacuations throughout the day Thursday : —Regan told the Commons that seven Canadians were evacuated to South Carolina on an American airplane Thursday morning.A Canadian plane was sent from Barbados to rescue the Grenada Gov.Gen.Paul Scoon is reported to have requested the military intervention by the United States and six other Caribbean countries.Wednesday, Ramphal dismissed the small contingents sent by the six Commonwealth countries as being "so small a part as almost to be not a part.” “This is an American force,” he said.Both the British government and Buckingham Palace have denied any knowledge of any request from Scoon for military intervention.remaining Canadians but was “waved back.” —Defence Department spokesmen in Ottawa said Thursday afternoon the Canadian plane was sent back to Barbados in mid-flight, but that 49 Canadians were rescued by another American plane.That plane was asked to drop off Canadians in Barbados.No one knows what happened to the flight or whether it ever existed.—A United States State Department official at the air force base in Charleston, South Carolina, says two Canadians have arrived there since Wednesday night.Jay Rini said the Canadian embassy in Washington told him to expect “many Canadians” on an evening flight from Grenada.But State Department officials checked the airplane twice for Canadian citizens and found none, he said.One Canadian, Vancouver resident Constantine Moschanas, arrived on the first American rescue flight from Grenada at 5:20 p.m.(EDT) Wednesday, Rini said.Confusion surrounds fate of Canadians 67 The KK('OKI)—Friday, October 2X, 1983— The Townships ffpfyypnl Hydro Quebec slammed for methods but Centre-East gets go-ahead BAPE president André Beauchamp.Estrie-Vie pushed hard on this.They raised a lot of good questions.F in New Memphremagog Conservation Inc.on track By Merritt Clifton MAGOG — While making progress toward preserving Lake Memphremagog's fishing and scenic beauty, Memphremagog Conservation Inc.has By Merritt Clifton NEWPORT — The southern end of Lake Memphremagog is also target of significant clean-up action recently, as the city of Newport’s new $5 million sewage treatment plant has come on line, processing close to a million gallons of waste per day.Although the plant isn’t yet entirely finished, with official opening slated for next spring, the lake is already benefitting by it.It represents a considerable expansion of Newport's original treatment plant, now 16 years old, and is considered the most technologically advan- also been growing up as an organization.“We have our office now.in the Magog Township Hall,” vice president Stewart Hopps boasts, “and we’re starting environmental library, with all ced sewage treatment system in the whole border region.It includes two clarifiers, an aeration tank, primary and secondary digesters, and a sludge holding tank.Peak capacity would be 2.7 million gallons of sludge per day.The plant is experimenting with selling the sludge for use as fertilizer, after processing to remove toxic metals.The Vermont and U.S.federal governments supplied 90% of the cost, while Newport kicked in about 10%.The plant also handles sewage from the nearby village of Derby Center.the studies and documents and so forth.The important studies don’t leave the office, but anyone who wants to look up something can do it here, or we can make them a copy of the pages they need upstairs.“There have been 21 different studies done on that lake,” Hopps continues, “and we have all of them.That includes the American studies.Sometimes it’s interesting to compare ’em back and forth, with all the different thipgs they say.” M.C.I.is also trying to gather copies of literature on other aspects of Eastern Townships ecology.“Where else could anyone go to find all of that sort of information in one place?” he asks.Alexander Galt Regional High School has recently started an ecology archive of information published by The Record and The Townships Sun.Otherwise, the only local environmental libraries are maintained by individual conservationists in their homes.The M.C.I.office also distributes the many pamphlets published by the Quebec government on environmental subjects—in particular, those from Tony LaSauteur’s bcleagu-red department of lake conservation.Most titles are available in English, as well as French.Among the offerings are ‘A Thousand Reasons To Protect The Shores And Shallows Of Lakes & Streams’, The Dream Cottage’, The Lake Programme’, How To Take Part In The Sho-reland Restoration Programme’, ‘How To Take A Water Sample’, and ‘Draft Municipal Bylaws Respecting The Shoreland And Shallows Of Lakes And Streams.’ The M.C.I.office telephone number is (819) 843-9476.Townships talk SHERBROOKE — Katimavik, the nation-wide organization of youths 17-21 years old presently working in the Sherbrooke community, will be seeking to meet local families for a period of 21 days November 6-27 this year.The aim of the activity is to participate in the life and work of families, who will be remitted for room and board.For more information call Maryse Roy at 564-5155.SUTTON — Due to a growing need for supplementary assistance to citizens felt in the Sutton community, a special volunteer service has commenced operations offering such services as transportation, baby-sitting and sitting in with the elderly, visiting the sick and shut-ins, telephoning, correspondance, shopping and small tasks as the need arises.For more information please call 538-2920 and 538-2307.Newport sewage now treated right Continued from page I spent a good long time looking at it,” Beauchamp said.“But we would have had to go back and start the process all over again.It would have upset a whole new group of citizens as well.And with the time constraints imposed on us (Hydro is committed to ship surplus James Bay power to New England by late 1986) it was impossible.” The long-awaited BABE report was extremely critical of other aspects of Hydro-Québec’s ‘promotion’ of the 2000-megawatt line as well, and also took a hard shot at the Québec government.Hydro pays no municipal taxes on its installations.But Beauchamp says BABE made the “sensational " discovery that although Hydro pays a 3 per cent tax to the province on all its domestic sales as a form of compensation to municipalities, no such tax is paid on electricity sold outside the province.“So there will be no 3 per cent paid on this project," he said, “and Hydro says it will earn $1 billion here in only the first four years of the contract with New England.That’s $30 million in taxes lost.There isn’t a cent of compensation here." Individual landowners under or near the line fare little better than their municipalities, says BABE.Until now' Hydro pays compensation once when it expropriates land or a right-of-way but “the contract is then closed forever,” Beauchamp says.“We recommend that the present compensation law be applied but that the contracts be left open.A committee of citizens, Hydro representatives and government officials be formed to come up with a better form of compensation, a more acceptable formula." Critics of the line have said since it was announced in 1981 that Hydro-Québec is far too casual about possible harmful health effects of high-voltage transmission.“Estrie Vie (a major protest group opposed to the line) pushed hard on this and it was very important to us," said Beauchamp.“They raised a lot of good questions.With the information they supplied to us we concluded that there was no vigorous pursuit by Hydro-Québec of these serious questions.Hydro doesn’t invest any of its vast resources in answering the health questions.” “In terms of its social responsibili ty, Hydro Québec does not behave correctly." Beauchamp added "Hy dro says ‘Sleep tight, there is no danger’, but there are a number of longterm unknowns.“Estrie Vie went further than Hydro-Quebec did in pursuing this.They knew more about certain questions and they stood up better under criticism.We conclude that there remain many doubts about health, especially in the long term, and we recommend that Hydro be required to give more of its resources to health research, and that an external committee be formed to study specifically the possible long term health effects of high voltage transmission lines.” BABE said there is a clear lack of "harmony" among various gover nment agencies involved in such pro jects.“This ministry has this agency to look after this law.that ministry has its own agency to look after its own law — there is no co-ordination.Sometimes they end up working towards incompatible goals," Beauchamp said.“There are no rules for the game." Another target of BABE criticism was Hydro’s planning methods.“Their methodology is not clear,” said president Beauchamp.“It is arch complicated We are still not sure we understand it, even now.One must put a lot of faith — too much — in Hydro.In Ontario and New Brunswick it is much clearer.“There are absurdities.For example, we found that in rejecting the East corridor, Hydro said it was because there was one house more on the route.For this, they were prepared to blow $30 million dollars on a longer route!" Beauchamp called the work of the Estrie Vie protestors and their companions, the Union des producteurs agricoles (UBA, (her farmers' union) “extraordinary." He said the questions they raised remain unanswered and the methods they used "will stay."Maybe we didn’t give them the results they expected,” Beauchamp concluded, “but they performed a very valuable service.It was all very worthwhile.NEXT WEEK: Reactions to the BABE report.Council of Deputies unveil plans for summit By Robert Palmer SHERBROOKE — The Barti Québécois Eastern Townships Council of Deputies announced Thursday the Townships will hold a regional economic summit toward the end of 1984.Sherbrooke, St.Francois and Johnson deputies Raynald Frechette, Real Rancourt and Carmen Juneau outlined their reasons why the decision was taken and the evolution of the actions taken thus far toward planning the summit.Juneau detailed the reasons for the event and Quebec government outlines which have been used successfully for summits in the past.Defining regional summits as an Carmen Juneau .council favored decision based on economy.operation of regional co-operation oriented toward taking decisions based on regional economic priorities and the current situation, Juneau said the council favored the decision to hold a summit based on the state of the economy in the region and consultation with persons in the milieu.Juneau said the government would participate in the summit in terms of expertise, human and financial resources to be left at the disposal of the region to complete the summit.Rancourt outlined the development of the project since its conception in August, 1982."The essential reason for the decision to hold the summit rested on the current economic situation in the region and the wishes of the majority of those working toward developing certain sectors of our economy." Rancourt said such a summit would not discard social and cultural concerns but that they would be dealt with in the context of overall etbno-mic development along the lines of identifying projects that would guarantee certain commitments from the government.Following its conception, the next step in summit planning was the formation of the Orientation Committee which is designed to bring together the ideas of leaders of various sectors of the economy from all parts of the region in order to give the summit its greatest impact.Frechette expressed the necessity of proceeding now with further summit plans without delay in anticipa- tion of a December starting date.“The first step is to begin consultation with the principle organizations of the region, with the choice of persons es tablishing representative seats on the committee." “Particular attention will be paid to territorial and feminine representation in order to ensure the most effective choice of representatives," he added.The composition of the Orientation Committee is based upon each sector of the economy having a designated number of seats on the committee.The council determined that agricul COOKSHIRE — Pierre Dionne, the son of former Megantic-Compton MLA Pierre Dionne, has decided to enter his father’s footsteps and seek the nomination of the Liberal party for the riding left vacant by the sudden death of MNA Fabien Bélanger earlier this month.Dionne will officially ask his party’s endorsement for the riding of Megantic-Compton at the nomination meeting to be held this Sunday October 3, in Bury.Dionne is the son of J-Omer Dionne who was member for the riding in the governments of Robert Bourassa from 1970 until the Parti Québécois turc, forests, mines, tourist and recreation, culture, environment, education.research, large enterprise, cooperatives.finance, commercial interests, the Eastern Townships Regional Development Council and student associations shall have one seat each.Small and medium sized businesses (grouped together in one category), economic development corporations, socio-economic groups (women, the unemployed and the handicapped) and the MRC regional municipality have been given two seats apiece while unions and deputies have been assigned three victory of 1976.According to Dionne organizer Roger Beaudoin, “Pierre Dionne has always enjoyed excellent relations with the English-speaking residents of the riding and you can be sure he w'ill pay special attention to their problems once he is elected to the National Assembly, especially those who work in agriculture.” Dionne is, like his father, a farmer in the Cookshire area.The other declared candidate is Belanger’s widow, Madeline Others expected to enter the race are Wotton mayor Laval Denis and Lennoxville businessman Calvin Pieken.Dionne son to run in Megantic-Compton slot Well, God, pass the potatoes please! Good night! Of all the difficult duties which are attached to this business of parenthood, I doubt if there is any which is so perplexing as the choreof teaching our progeny just what they should say in their prayers.There are, of course, several ready-made prayers for the very young, and for many parents these seem acceptable enough.Most popular of these (in case you have forgotten it) is the one which goes: Now I lay me down to sleep I pray the Lord my soul to keep Should I die before 1 wake I pray the Lord my soul to take.Now for all its gentle rhyme, I have always thought that there is a rather terrifying note in those last two lines.It has never seemed right to me to send a little girl to bed every night with the thought that Death might descend upon her in the dark of the night; that it might smother her with its fearful wings and.if her record for that day were not quite pure enough, might carry her off to some region of unspeakable horror.Neither a kindly nor sensible way, it seems to me, to acquaint a tender child with the solace of the Christian faith.Then there are other factors which make the poem a rather unsatisfactory one to use.It lends itself too readily to certain profane parodies which hard-bitten brothers are apt to yell from the outer darkness of the hall, whilst their little sisters are down on their knees.So for these and other reasons, the “lay me” prayer was never given much promotion at our house when our children were younger, and we were always happy when something else could be found to take its place.I recall that one of our daughters, then a capable young miss of seven, mastered quite an extensive liturgy.From her year in French school, she learned a very musical little chant whose exact meaning 1 never did quite fathom, but it ended with “.nom du Bère.du Fils et le Saint-Esprit.Ainsi soit-il.” Then one day, her Danish Lutheran grandmother took a silent exception to the Komanish tinge in that prayer and taught her one in good Protestant Danish to offset it.And to this pair of impressive-sounding supplications, each in another language, the less poetical wishes of the day were then added in English.But the other little girl who shared our house then was still too young for such versatile accomplishment.Her four-year-old tongue, active as it was, had not yet shaped itself to the troublesome Gordon.Green curves of French and Danish, Furthermore, there was an independence about her which did not let her submit too cheerfully to dogmas taught her by others.She apparently preferred to formulate her own beliefs and to find her own way of expressing them.It was not surprising therefore to note in her home-made prayers, a certain familiarity with the Almighty which was not entirely holy or dignified There was the day, for instance, when she had been repeatedly rebuked by her mother for being untidy about the house.That night I heard her saying “.and God help me not to mess up this darn place.” But the part of her nightly prayer which I shall alwmys remember longest was the place where she asked for nothing and simply gave a report on the world God had put about her.It generally went like this: "God’s nice.Jesus’ nice.Mama’s nice.Daddy's nice.Everybody’s nice.Goodnight everybody!" Sirois • Gauthier DISPENSING OPTICIANS 9A WELLINGTON ST N .SHERBROOKE, QUE 562 7095 8:15 a m.562 7838 to 5:15 THURSDAY.FRIDAY: 8:15 a m.to 8:30 p.m.COMPLETE SERVICE FOR GLASSES i NEW BUSINESS HOURS And as 1 listened to make1 sure that my own name was included in her list.I wondered what ready-made prayer could have been any better.I must admit however that the less than certain attitude toward religion which prevailed in our home sometimes gave rise to an irreverence which would have been absolutely unthinkable in my father's house.I recall for instance an evening when ! had just sat down to the supper table after a particularly hard day’s work and found it almost impossible to make conversation because the kids were so disgracefully noisy I had some important matters to discuss with my wife, but every time I opened my mouth, one of the youngsters would be sure to drown me out again.Finally 1 could take no more.1 whacked my fist on the table and at the top of my voice I yelled, “Quiet!.When 1 sit down at the head of this table, I’m God! And I want respect and silence!” For a moment you could have heard the cat purr.Though I’m not exactly a M r Milquetoast in my home, an outburst as vehement as that made them catch their breath a bit.But not for long, for suddenly a bored young voice put an end to the awkward quiet by a laconic "Well, God, pass the potatoes please!" 4—The RECORD—Friday, October 28, 1983 —______________frgi ifEcorti A fool for a client The controversy over the rights of franco-Manitobans in recent weeks — and the results of plebescites that prove that Canadians are just as intolerant as anybody else — should have significant effects on the future of founding minorities in this country, but it is unlikely the really significant effects will be the ones generally anticipated.Jean Robert Gauthier, a Liberal MP from the Ottawa district of Disneyland-Oz, says the rejection by Manitobans of their government’s attempts to entrench francophone rights in the province will benefit the Parti Québécois and give credence to the latter’s propaganda that Canadians outside Québec are hostile to their French-speaking countrymen.Good enough.Canadians outside Québec are intolerant of their French-speaking countrymen and rarely let an opportunity to say so go by.Ask an Okanagan fruit picker.If this is news to Gauthier, Ottawa is even farther away from reality than anyone had dared hope.The enlightening thing about Gauthier’s comments are that — as a politician — he is naturally looking at virtually everything but the problem.Manitobans were voting on plebiscites attached to municipal election ballots requesting whether they wished their government to go ahead with a compromise that would have avoided the time and expense of fighting a Supreme Court battle.The people said no.This does not mean Manitoban francophones will not get their rights; it merely confirms something they have known for a century — that English-speaking Manitobans don’t want them to have those rights.The government, should it give in to the foolish opinions of its constituents, will have to fight a renewed effort by the Société des Fran-co-manitobains to have these rights rammed down their throats by the Supreme Court of Canada.This they well may have to do for political survival.The result: expensive litigation ending in exactly what the government was hoping to avoid — the finding by the highest court in the country that a group of Canadian citizens has been denied its rights for almost a century and the ruling that the province must correct this situation.Because the truth is that regardless of what Manitobans may think, the francophones have these rights and no one has the right to deny them.So who wins?Manitoba francophones will get their rights and the Manitoba government (read taxpayer) is going to have to pay excessive legal fees and the cost of translating all those laws.The Manitoba government arranged a great plea bargain that would have saved a lot of people a lot of grief for nothing.Manitobans prefer to fight a lost cause in court.The old saying is true.A man who acts as his own counsel has a fool for a client.MICHAEL McDEVITT The Voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 Editorial Bruce Levett Special recipes for couch potatoes Chances arc that if you are not a couch potato, you know someone who is.This contention emerges from the pages of The Official Couch Potato Handbook: A Guide to Prolonged Television Viewing, which is newly upon the stands in paperback.For a mere $5.95, you may learn that “a couch potato is a member of the underground organization of tubers dedicated to the esoteric art of prolonged television viewing." How do you know you are eligible to join such august company ' Simple.Answer "yes” to any one of the seven warning signs listed: Are moments spent in front of the tube some of your fondest childhood memories?Do t he people on TV seem more real to you than your friends and family?Are you the only person you know who can sing the entire Gilligan’s Island theme song?Do you ever find yourself defending Laverne and Shirley as "actually a pretty good show?” ( I know t hat s only four warning signs, but you get the idea.) What we appear to be seeing here is the emergence from the closet, the throwing off of guilt feelings and the eschewing of hypocrisy by some who — until now — have damned television watching in public, while practising it avidly in private.Now why.you ask, would anyone want to become an official couch potato?Well, for a start, there are special recipes listed.I here are exercises detailed for toning up the old turn without missing a single commercial.And there arc handy tips for picking up couch tomatoes which, it would appear, are really couch potatoes but of another gender.I lie Of I’ll lists seven “great opening lines” in this regard What s a nice girl like you viewing in a place like this?Do you want to come up and see my 26-inch Zenith?(OK, so that s only two — the other five are even worse.) I here are cautionary chapters upon smoking and watching, drinking and watching, and ingesting drugs while watching.of particular merit is this last category that insists that the only dope really worth shooting is Howard Cosell.” One interesting feature in the handbook is its list of the all time top KM) television programs.” No 1 is The Twilight Zone, nosing out MASH.The old Sgt.Bilko show comes in 15, ahead of Monty Python, which just edges out Doby Gillis.WKRP in Cincinnati is rated No 75 — sandwiched between Sky King and Gomer Pyle.Dallas'.’ No.81 just after My Little Margie and just before My Mother the Car.And just think all (his for a mere $5.95.Big-stick reaction prompted by Iranomania?By Larry Black NEW YORK (CP) — The United States has once again invoked the right it traditionally reserves to intervene militarily anywhere in the Western Hemisphere — this time, the Reagan administration argues, to prevent a repetition of the Iranian hostage incident.And, although most Americans were taken completely by surprise by the invasion of Grenada, many seem to accept the president’s comparison.In telling the American public he feared “another Iran,” President Reagan has managed to tap a well of memories of U.S.powerlessness at the hands of the Iranian revolutionaries, and of the frustration which undeniably helped bring him to office almost four years ago.Comments by ordinary Americans interviewed since the U.S.invasion began Tuesday have repeatedly touched on concern for the safety of the 1,000 U.S.citizens on the island as a result of last week's coup against the government of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop.“I’m glad the U.S.invaded Grenada, if only to protect American students there,” said one of those interviewed.“I have no idea whether or not the students were actually endangered but there was no reason to take a risk.” Americans were "almost being held hostage” by the new military government, another said, and “it was up to the U.S.to protect them.” DISPUTES DANGER Of course the question remains as to whether the Americans really were in any danger.Charles Modica, chancellor of the medical school most of the Americans in Grenada are attending, has said the invasion was “very unnecessary.” A retired American on the island said the students “were in no danger at all” until invasion forces landed, and one student was quoted as saying that “every time a (U.S.) gunship goes over, there’s fire all around us.” Prime Minister Trudeau has noted that Canada had received permission from Grenada to evacuate its nationals by coup leaders last week.“I do not know if — for some reason or other — the Americans did not have that permission from Grenada,” Trudeau told the Commons on Tuesday.“Obviously if they had the authority .I cannot see any reason for invading.” Liberal U.S.congressmen have, in fact, suggested Reagan is using the safety of Americans on the island as a pretext for moving against an unco operative government in the Caribbean — a revival of the Monroe Doctrine, the long-standing American claim of the right to defend perceived U.S.interests anywhere in the Americas.Shultz has promised U.S.troops “will leave as soon as they can,” leaving the 300 Caribbean police officers that accompanied them to set up a provisional government under former governor general Paul Scoon.’We will leave promptly,” Shultz said.“We have no intention of staying there.” RIGHT TO SECURITY This “right to security in our own backyard” doctrine has been invoked to justify not only dozens of U.S.Marine landings during the last century in such places as Mexico, Haiti and Nicaragua, but also Central Intelligency Agency operations in Cuba and Chile as well as Washington’s current “covert” action in Central America.Indeed a number of black community leaders expressed fears the Grenada invasion might set a precedent for similar “po-licing” actions elsewhere, perhaps against Nicaragua or even Cuba.The Monroe Doctrine’s most celebrated 20th-century proponent was President Theodore Roosevelt, famous for his big-stick grab for the spoils of the crumbling Spanish empire — prompting one leading Democrat on Tuesday to suggest that “Teddy Roosevelt move over.Gunboat diplomacy has a new king.” The last full-scale U.S.invasion took ptace in April, 1965, when then-President Lyndon Johnson sent 21,000 marines into the Dominican Republic to prevent a leftist government coming to power — citing the need to protect American lives.Johnson later made clear his greater concern was in preventing “another Cuba.” OFFER COMPARISONS Reagan and State Secretary George Shultz have offered a number of comparisons besides the evocative one with Iran, including “another Beirut,” “another Nicaragua,” and even “another Surinam,” the former Dutch colony in South America taken over by leftists in a coup last year.But Canada, perhaps the least vocal of traditional U.S.allies in its condemnation of the invasion so far, offered another comparison Wednesday when acting Ex temal Affairs Minister Gerald Regan likened the invasion to “another Falkland Islands.” “I think that I put the invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentina in exactly the same sort of category,” Regan told reporters, explaining that in both cases the invaders unfortunately felt they had historic justification.In fact the invasion of Grenada by the United States may have put the 40 to 50 Canadians on the island at risk, Regan suggested.CRITICIZE INVASION Many major American newspapers were also critical of the invasion, among them The Times which said Reagan had demonstrated no threat and had “acted not because it was right or necessary, only desirable and doable.” An article in the Wall Street Journal, tracing the history of such “radical surgery,” quoted the author of a book on the marines describing the corps “as the cutting edge of American imperialism in the Caribbean.” The Pentagon has in fact conceded that not all the island’s 110,000 inhabitants have greeted the invaders as liberators, and that pockets of resistance remain despite efforts “to restore order and democracy,” another phrase borrowed from John son’s Dominican Republic invasion.(0)1 WAY5T0U5E A Seal hunter skinned HOLMAN ISLAND, N.W.T.(CP) — When European hearts went out to the fluffy, dewy-eyed seal pups off Newfoundland, nobody seemed to consider the impact on Isaac Aleekuk.Aleekuk is an Inuit hunter living in the high, western Artie, about 2,000 kilometres north of Edmonton.But such remoteness has not insulated him from the ramifications of the Greenpeace lobby that all but eliminated the sealskin market in Europe this year.“Before the seal market got screwed up, we used to be able to make a living,” says Aleekuk, 31-year-old president of the local Hunters and Trappers Association, which includes almost every adult male in Holman Island, a settlement of 350 people.“We would start early in May, stop for awhile in June when the seals were changing fur, then re-start in July and hunt steadily until mid-September.“This year we stopped in July.” STALK AND SHOOT Unlike Newfoundland hunters, the Inuit do not club seal pups on the head — a practice that so appalled Europeans.In spring Inuit hunters stalk adult seals over the sea ice with rifles.When the ice breaks up, the hunt continues from small boats.“We used to make $30 a skin, now we get half — not enough to make it worth setting up camp,” Aleekuk says.The only market this year was the local Eskimo Coop, which bought 1,000 skins for handicrafts and boots.“We still hunt a few seals to feed our dogs, but we have nowhere else to sell the skins.” LIFE CHANGED Most hunting now is done on day trips rather than on extended ventures, keeping hunters in the settlements for most of the year and entirely changing their way of life.There s hardly anything to do now in summer, just a little fishing,” Aleekuk says.“There are still a few trappers who make a living off foxes, but now the federal government has started forcing trappers to pay income tax.” The one hopeful prospect is the sports-hunting market.^ IllCtl lYCl.Contract-seekers join Mulroney’s Québec clan Irwin Block tition.“T-: .By Irwin Block MONTREAL (CP) — When Progressive Conservative Leader Brian Mulroney addresses a $150-a plate fund-raising dinner at Québec City's Hilton hotel Sunday night, not all of the 800 people in the audience will be Tories.Many at the sold-out function will be recent converts who have abandoned their traditional support for the federal Liberals and are backing Mulroney’s Conservatives.While there is no sign of a wave of desertions among veteran organizers, there are disgruntled Liberals who feel Mulroney may give them a better deal.One of these is Guy Simard, a 38-year-old architect who describes himself as a life-long Liberal.Simard switched to the Conservatives this spring and is now an advance-man for the party, helping organize the weekend function and lay the groundwork for the next election.His move to the Tories was spurred by his unhappiness with the way a recent federal contract was awa.ded to a competitor “because of political interference." Simard says there are other reasons why he, and other Liberals, are moving on.These include admiration for Mulroney, who studied law at Laval University and in the process established many las ting relationships in Québec City.WANTS A CHANGE Simard, and other one-time Liberals interviewed recently, say they are dissatisfied with Prime Minister Trudeau’s handling of the economy and are eager for a businessman to run the country, as well as yearn for federal-provincial co-operation after years of Québec-Ottawa confrontation.What sticks in Simard’s craw was the way his architectural firm, Gauthier, Simard, Deschamps, was done out of a fede-ral contract that it had won in open compe- tition “You know, our survival depends on our professional lives,” Simard commented.“If I’m not working, I can’t live."In this context, the federal government is an important client that cannot be neglected.” “In this context, the federal government is an important clientthat cannot be neglected They give a lot of eontractsto their friends and we can’t blame them for that, unless the work is badly done.” Shortly after he lost the contract, Simard succumbed to pressure from Jacques Blanchard, a tough-talking, 45-year-old lawyer and chief election organizer for the eastern Québec region, to become a Tory.Blanchard has never had much luck electing Tories in the 25 ridings of Qué-bec’s eastern region, nor did he manage to get elected himself while running in Ri-mouski in 1980.But following Mulroney’s strategy to strengthen the party’s woefully-weak electoral machine in Québec — they hold only one of 75 federal seats — the Québec City area was targeted because of its unusually large number of professionals who rely on business with Ottawa.Since there are only two political organizations of any consequence left in the province — the Liberals and Parti Québécois it s their ranks that Blanchard has been raiding to build Brian's blue machine.“They’re tired of Trudeau, tired of Tru-deau-style social democracy, and they tell me it s about time we had a businessman running the cabinet,'' Blanchard said.He then read off a list of professionals who he said had recently switched their political allegiance, and many of them confirmed their new political bent.But none are big name Liberal or PQ organizers who held important positions in their electoral organizations.Johanne Doucet, a notary who says she worked for the PQ in the 1980 referendum on sovereignty, says she sold eight tickets to the Mulroney dinner.She said she has been in contact with “dozens” of lawyers who once supported the PQ, but who are now Tories and planning to seek Conservative nominations.However, she offered no names.Not all the professionals mentioned by Tory officials are as firmly committed to the Mulroney Conservatives as they would suggest.Clermont Gignac, an engineer, said there was "lots of agitation, but not that much action,” and preferred not to be included in a list of newly-converted Conservatives.Those who had recently joined the Tories, said Gignac, are “those who depend on contracts through influence or otherwise.” “I am a general contractor and I don’t need anybody.If I’m not the lowest bidder, even if I know many people, I don’t get the contract.” But Marc Lefrancois, who owns or controls more than a dozen construction companies along with his four brothers, says he was surprised at Gignac’s attitude since he is responsible for three ridings in the Quebec City region.Lefrancois says he joined the Tories last winter after working as a Liberal election organizer since the late 1950s.He said he was an active supporter and friend of Gilles Lamontagne, former defence minister and MP for the Quebec City riding of langelier.His main reason for switching: Brian Mulroney, “It’s not the PC party itself that we find appealing, but rather the leadership of Brian Mulroney.The PC party is not well-established in Quebec.” Lefrancois is also looking for a conservative counterweight to the so-called permissive society: "We have created a leisure society, with strong unions, and people have become irresponsible.All they care about is the paycheque.And he attributed interest among pro- fessionals in the Conservative Pa rty to the fruits of possible victory.“Most of those who are in politics at the organizational level are there either for future contracts or other similar things.” He disagreed with a reporter’s suggestion that this was a cynical view, noting there was a large number of professionals who depended on federal government largesse.Asked to comment on movement toward the Tories, Dennis Dawson, MP for Louis Hebert and chairman of the Quebec Liberal caucus, said : “You cannot build a political party with people who sell themselves off to the highest bidder.You don t build a political party with political prostitution.You’re not going to make the Progressive Conservative party strong in Quebec by buying off a few Liberals.“In a Liberal province like Quebec.you don’t become a Conservative because of a guy (Mulroney) who worked for the American-owned Iron Ore Co., and is very conservative ideologically.Mulroney is Westmount, Big Business, and the speech he’s got to give to English Canada will always be counter-productive in Quebec.” Dawson shrugged off the Tory claim of niore than 5,000 members in the riding of Beauce, south of Quebec City, where local radio personality Gilles Bernier was nominated as the party’s candidate.Dawson said this was more an indication of special interest in the particular fun of conventions in an area where politics is more popular than football than an indication of Conservative strength.Another Tory fund-raiser, this time at $200 a plate, is planned for Dec 4 in Montreal.Quebec Tories are claiming a card-carrying membership of more than 56,000 in the province, compared to 6,000 prior to the spring convention that chose Mulroney to succeed Joe Clark. Th»- HK('ORD—Friday, October 2H, 1983—5 Behind the news —_ mam m You give so much of yourself, you empty yourself— Pierre Paradis Continued from page I “In any portfolio whatever, if you work hard and know whnt you want, you’re okay.” Paradis says he has learned a lot about the media.In general, he says, he was fairly treated.“I came as a surprise.We were not part of their plans.They were sure we would finish dead last — not third, but last.They had to realize the support we were getting.When we finished second, they were surprised again, but plea sed, I think.Here was somebody new to write about, and— more important — some new ideas.The seeds will grow where they are planted." “The Devoir editorial board really tried to take me apart.We really had a good go of it.They were telling me there was nothing much to my ideas.But after a while, they saw how deep it was.We ended up arguing about their 1960s versus my 1980s." One columnist Paradis doesn’t appreciate too' much is old-line independentiste Pierre Bourgault, who writes an occasional commentary in The Gazette.Bourgault took Paradis apart early in the campaign, accusing him of shallowness and flimsy credentials.“He knows I would be the one to give the PQ the best fight,” he says.“I don’t know the man, but his political flair is pretty good.But I don’t know about a journalist who writes a column on a person without meeting him.I wouldn’t write a column about him without meeting him.” “He (Bourgault) knows his PQ would lose the young people to me." Paradis says the PQ are sitting ducks for this ‘right winger' “The PQ has strangled the wealth creators,” he says.“Now they have nothing to share but poverty.When you tell people that, after a while they forget about calling you a right-wing politician.The people can see what they are doing.It’s the real Duplessis style.They cut education, they cut health services, but they are paving roads like mad.They keep the cities and split the regions.It’s just like the old days.” Free-enterpriser Pierre Paradis ran his campaign true to form : he ended up spending about $500,000, but not a cent more than he had.No deficit financing for this boy, “There was a little surplus.I still have enough left to have a good celebration with my people.” Winner Bourassa came out “with a big surplus,” Paradis says, and fellow loser Daniel Johnson finished “square even”.“Johnson’s help cost more than mine,” he says.“My biggest expense wasn't even on the payroll — it was my friends who gave up their work to give me a hand." “I can’t say enough about my team, there’s not one bad thing.They had an unknown product to sell and they did pretty well with it.It took a lot of something for my people to get involved.” Paradis says it will take about a month “to close the campaign down.I want to finish the operation off as well as we have run it.This is a huge and very human business and many politicians forget that.1 have to pay all the thanks, make sure everyone came out all right.” Another part of the post-campaign balancing act is getting back in touch with Brome-Missisquoi."You must never take the people for granted,” he says.“Now I’m making sure we get the Brome-Missisquoi organization in top shape.This morning I was in St Armand, yesterday I was in Phillip-sburg .But if you want to bring the people something, you have to be influential Now 1 think I have enough influence.The tricky thing will be to keep a balance between the people on the one end and the influence on the other.” Another sort of balance Paradis is working hard to maintain is with his family.“I haven’t sees my son François (3'/2) all summer,” he says.“He really missed me.My daughter Hélène (P/a) didn’t miss me — she’s never known me.” “As for my wife Anne, she lost a few pounds too.She was a big help ; I really need her.I will need her more from now on In the next general election the party will probably use me a lot around the province.Anne will have to help keep Brome-Missisquoi for me.” “She was the first person I had to convince to campaign.” Finally, Paradis says he must spend some time restoring his own, internal balance.“One of the things I learned is the challenge of keeping my personal balance.I’ve been working on this for a year and a half or more.You give so much of yourself — you empty yourself.You have to stop and fill up again.” Campaigning has kept Paradis from his pastimes.A hockey and football fan, he has had little chance to participate or even watch.1 got to jog a bit about every two weeks, that’s all.But I lost 20 or 25 pounds anyway.” “We put in over 150 hours in the little plane I rented, not to mention the commercial flights.” But would he do it all again?“Don’t ask me that,” he said.“It was worth it.I put in a whole year, seven days a week, 18 hours a day, I travelled all over the province.In a lot of counties we put up a really good fight.Over 20 ridings Bourassa won we only lost ba rely.It was a hell of a fight! “But not once in all that, there was not one door that was slammed on me.The ideas did the work.” And even for this young ‘rightwinger’, private enterprise won’t fulfil all his passions.“Politics needs more than free enterprise.I can practice free enterprise by myself — I can move six miles to the south (Vermont) if I can’t get it here.But there’s more.” “My campaign — what I spoke — I cannot change that.It will always be the same.” But would he do it all again?“Don't ask me that! I love campaigning.That’s not why I do it but I love it.” Paradis could head new third provincial party By Merritt Clifton BEDFORD — A third provincial political party could soon emerge from Brome-Missisquoi, headed by MNA Pierre Paradis.It could be called ‘The Individual Rights And Freedoms Party’, or a name symbolizing that ideal, and would also stand for free enterprise and federalism, Paradis’ other themes throughout his political career.Paradis won't confirm that he’s considering founding his own party, not in so many words.He hasn’t decided yet whether or not to do it.“It is too soon after the leadership campaign to start thinking about something like that,” he says.“We must wait for the dust to settle, and we where we stand.” His present political activities, he adds, are wrap-up of his unsuccessful but impressively strong leadership bid.He held a party for loyal campaign workers on The Pinnacle last week.This week included a meeting with his campaign treasurer, who confirmed that he finished the leadership race a few dollars ahead.Still, Paradis admits, “The basis of any campaign is the home riding.We are making sure our team is in top shape, just in case we need it again soon.” He acknowledges that he has alrea- By Merritt Clifton BEDFORD — The way Pierre Paradis talks about new Progressive-Conservative leader Brian Mulroney, it’s clear that the two new powers on the political scene are keeping track of one another.Since Mulroney contends at the federal level, while Paradis concentrates on the provincial scene, the two aren’t likely to become direct antagonists.On the other hand, they could become unspoken allies in changing the Québec political status quo and leading a wholesale reform of the national economy.Both represent strong confidence in free enterprise, having working their dy been approached by some people offering support outside the Liberal party.“I got telephone calls from people making all kinds of offers the day after I lost at the convention,” he states.Whether or not Paradis founds a rights and freedoms party depends chiefly upon how convincingly new Liberal leader Robert Bourassa responds to the three-pronged ideology the Paradis leadership campaign gave political currency.“Bourassa knows my principles,” Paradis says.“He knows I will be a good soldier for my principles.I do not expect that the Liberal party caucus has to agree with me on everything, but we need to agree on the principles.” • W So far, Paradis believes Boufasha is responding.“He has endorsed eliminating succession duties for inheriting farms and small businesses,” Points out, “which was part of my original platform, and he is for lowering the gas tax, which I also spoke for.” Paradis believes, too, that Bourassa will acknowledge his political strength with an important shadow-cabinet portfolio, “although,” he grins, “he will be hard-put to give me a promotion, because I have already held several important portfolios.” Originally critic of recreation, hun- way up from middle-class roots into economic strength.Mulroney, a decade the elder, is also that much richer, as former president of Iron Ore Canada.Paradis merely owns a successful local law firm and an equally successful agricultural publishing company.Both also favor federalism.But there are points of difference: Mulroney’s vision of free enterprise is corporate-oriented, favoring tariff protection of certain favored industries.Perhaps because he is not part of it, Paradis is much less friendly toward the nation’s economic establishment.Subsidies to private corporations, he often points out, are not part of genuine free enterprise, any ting and fishing, extremely important to his Brome-Missisquoi constituency, Paradis became treasury board critic under former Liberal leader Claude Ryan, despite their open disagreements, then moved to labor critic under interim leader Gérard D.Lévesque.One of the few more prominent portfolios is that of energy critic, which would place Paradis in partial conflict with Bourassa.Québec’s present strategy to become ‘the Arabs of energy’ by building mega-hydro and nuclear projects was engineered by Bourassa during his term as premier during the early 1970s.“I favor James Bay,” Paradis states, “but I do not favor financing projects in that way, by borrowing money from the Americans to develop energy, then developing energy and paying them interest, and then trying to sell them energy to cover the interest payments.I would get the energy contracts first, then borrow against those contracts instead of the provincial treasury.I think Bourassa also sees it my way now," he adds.As to Québec’s money-losing nuclear program, “Bourassa knows I am against that,” he says.A theory popular in certain political circles holds that Bourassa will adopt more than absorption of private enterprise by Crown corporations is.And Paradis speaks out much more emphatically, so far, for individual rights and freedoms.“The last time I spoke to Brian,” Paradis says, “was the morning after my defeat in the leadership convention, when he called to congratulate me on my showing.” The two didn’t talk at length, he states.They never have.But they are in contact.“Brian so far has not presented any strong ideology,” Paradis continues.“Our ideas may be compatible, but I cannot know until he speaks out.I believe he lost an opportunity to Pierre Trudeau in the debate over bilingualism in Manitoba.That is, I believe he did the right thing, but not in the right way.He did it as a follower, not as a leader.” What Paradis ultimately decides about Brian Mulroney may be pivotal in the latter’s choice of a riding to run for in the next federal election.Reports originating from some sources near the top of the Mulroney team indicate he would like to contest Liberal backbench MP André Bachand’sseat in Brome.Brome-Missisquoi is also close to Mulroney’s Montreal home, and is home of his national campaign manager, Michel Cogger, as well as of national campaign treasurer Keith Hamilton and several other key supporters.Paradis the country lawyer feels Brome would be “a pretty good choice” for an electoral home for the new Tory leader, a big-city lawyer from a small town.He says his information is that Mulroney would face a stiff fight in his hometown riding of Baie Comeau, but would fare much better in the Eastern Townships riding.Paradis is unlikely to endorse Mulroney, particularly since two members of the Bachand family were delegates supporting his own leadership bid at the provincial Liberal convention.On the other hand, his failure to endorse Bachand could insure the latter’s defeat against any strong opposition.as much of Paradis’ ideology as pos-' sible, having become convinced during the leadership campaign that Paradis is right in claiming only a distinct alternative will beat the Parti Québécois in a 1985 election.Otherwise, Paradis predicts, the PQ will find some short-lived “stick of candy” for the under-age-35 voters who will make up 42.7 per cent of the electoral lists by then, and defeat Bourassa just as they did Ryan in 1981.After ascending to power, the theory continues, vindicating himself for the errors leading to his 1976 defeat, Bourassa would then gradually edge aside in favor of Paradis, who is 17 years younger.“There are many more members of the Liberal caucus who favor my ideas on economics and federalism,” Paradis claims, “than voted for me.The individual rights and freedoms are the stumbling block, because the Liberal party in Québec has never strongly stood up for these.” This suggests a future base of power within the present party hierarchy, but also suggests Paradis might not be willing to wait and compromise to gain it.On the contrary, Paradis thinks his own campaign organization “has the best people that anyone could get together.I know the Liberal party would like to get most of the top ones to work for them.But they will not work as they did for me just for a salary.They must have the ideological motivation as well.” He points toward youth — both his own and that of his supporters.At 33, with only two years in the National Assembly behind him, “if I was a racehorse,” he says, “I was the best two-year-old in the (leadership) race.But somebody else entered a 10-year-old who had already been a Triple Crown winner.We have the stamina,” he continues.“We are the long-distance runners.At the end of the campaign, we could have kept going for another three months, while the other guys were starting to get tired.Now that we have the experience, we are going to get better, while for them, there is only one direction to go.” Having raised half a million dollars for the leadership race, though starting as an unknown, Paradis knows he could put together a credible third party.The question is whether or not he’ll have to in order to further his objectives.Whether or not the rest of the Liberal party accepts his stress on rights and freedoms is most likely to decide the issue.“When I announced my platform,” Paradis recalls, “the other party strategists advised me to put free enterprise and federalism first, because those are the issues people are talking about.But I put individual rights and freedoms first.We have swung too far to the left,” he explains, “under the influence of the thinkers of the 1960s, who were socialists.They placed the stress on sharing the wealth first, without thinking too much about creating it.I say we must create the wealth, before we can share it.But a swing back to the right is just as dangerous as one 'to the left, if we lose what we have gained by way of individual rights and freedoms.This is why any platform favoring economic free enterprise must be balanced by strong emphasis on rights and personal liberties." When will Paradis make up his mind about the Rights And Freedoms’ party?"We will have a provincial election within the next two years,” he says.RK'OKIM HARM S IHIRV Paradis feels Mulroney would do well to make Brome his eleetoral home riding.Paradis, Mulroney: keeping track his fellow MNAs and this should help his campaign for youth."The rccop tion in the house was great last Tues day.Even the reasonable cabinet members came across to shake my hand.I know I will be able to deal with them better now.Last week 1 had to set up some meetings in a hurry for a couple of companies around here that are in big trouble.1 got my meetings pretty damned fast compared to be fore !” “With increased respect on both sides of the National Assembly floor Paradis can expect a heightened pro file across the province more speeches, more campaigning outside the Eastern Townships in the next general election campaign, more media attention.Ten years ago Pierre Paradis was still in college.Is he ready?Yes, he says."I have had a good chance to learn fast in the assembly,” he says 1 have only been there two years but I have had some big jobs — I was Treasury Board critic.Labor critic I’m telling you, the Treasury Board is the best school of public administration there is.And Labor, the way things are in this province, that was seen as a suicide job.But I have done alright.1 think.Whatever they give me now is okay." RfcCORIVCHARlJES BURY mm f ^ Paradis.Bourassa knows my principles.He knows I will be a good solider for my principles.Getting back to riding Paradis’ first priority By Merritt Clifton BEDFORD — “1 must concentrate on attending to business for my riding during this coming year," Brome Missisquoi MNA Pierre Paradis lists as his first priority.“I have been away most of the time since January, and now I must do things for my supporters at home before they get mad at me.” As yet, Paradis hasn’t had time to look into either of two attention grabbing situations that arose here during his leadership bid, the 12-day hunger strike by former Notre Dame des Erables school for the mentally handicapped employee Franco Maea luso, and the apparent progress made toward negotiating application of a protective coating for the Canadian Pacific Railway’s asbestos ballast.But Paradis pledges that he'll soon get to work on both cases.“I know Franco,” he nods."I do not know the details of his story, but he comes from St.Ignace, which is near here.” Maea luso resigned from the school in 1980 over embezzling charges, without ever receiving a hearing.He has proclaimed his innocence and has been seeking a hearing ever since.Regarding the asbestos line.Para dis considers it “logical" that CPR should be trying to negotiate a basis for laying down the coating that would not form an admission of guilt for causing harmful pollution.He also be-lieves that the cost, 0.32 per cent of ('Pit’s five-year track maintenance budget, is too low to be an obstacle, "since it would make the problem disappear for all practical purposes." At the moment, Paradis says his greatest task in Brome-Missisquoi is “trying to save about 500 jobs at various small businesses that are near to going bankrupt.” Strategies in each ease differ.II»' acknowledges that in one case, he could conceivably buy the struggling business outright.The Journal Des Rivieres, Bedford’s weekly newspaper, recently ceased publication due to financial problems.Although it editorially favored the Parti Québécois and frequently attacked Paradis, he says his agricultural publishing firm has considered purchasing it and perhaps another struggling local weekly, combining the two and issuing both from the same editors and office as La Producteur Agricole.Paradis himself would play no part in the paper while continuing his political career.ippi Paradis' greatest task right now is “trying to save about SOO jobs at various small businesses that are near to going bankrupt." 6—The KKCORI)—Friday, October HW.t Living Sfecora About Brome Lake The entire council is up for election in Town of Brome Lake on November 6.Nominations closed on Sunday, October 23.Elected by acclamation were Mayor Homer Blackwood; Mrs Deborah Rotherham (West Brome) will be contested by Rejean Lehoux and incumbent Rene Brault.Seat No.5 will be contested by Peter Flynn and Dennis Rogers, both from Knowlton, and seat No.1 by incumbent Gordon Swift and Brian Timmins, both of Iron Hill.The election on Sunday, November (1 will be from 9 a m.to 6 p.m.The Advance Poll is on Sunday, October 30, in Knowlton at the Fire Hall Meanwhile, this council's last meeting was dominated by a debate on the future use of the old C.P.R.tracks, in which Deborah Rotherham’s eloquent speech eventually led to a motion by council to review the situation pending a report by the Lion’s Club.Several options are possible.For example, the land could be bought by private owners and 1.leased to the public; or 2.leased to the public for specific activities; or 3.the public could simply claim over 30 years of continuous use (squatter’s rights) and gain a court ruling allowing them continuous access no matter who owns the land; or 4.the Town could buy the land and sell it back to the private parties interested at a nominal profit and with a servitude protecting public access as the council saw fit.The Town would retain the land not saleable; thus protecting all parties involved.In any event, the issue does not seem unsol vable and while both sides of the question have presented legitimate claims, most who were at the October meeting left wondering why the Boat Club and the Golf Club directors felt they had a mandate to represent “a list of 700 members” in local municipal politics! Ah well, something to discuss at the next general meeting! Speaking of general meetings — the Winter Carnival Committee has asked the Optimist Club.The Lions Club, the Chambre de Commerce, to get directly active and formally involved in the operation of what has reportedly become Quebec’s second largest Winter Carnival! A General Meeting was held on October 20 If you want to get involved contact Gerry Dion at Brome Missisquoi Realties.Heritage Knowlton had over 400 people at the delicious beef dinner ably served under a large circus tent on Thanksgiving Saturday.In the vicinity of $500.00 was collected for a project to be named at a later date.If you belong to a group like Heritage Knowlton, The Municipal Association, the Lion’s Club, the Optimist Club, a School Committee or the Chamber of Commerce, don’t forget to tell us what your current plans are — The Record is already read by hundreds of Brome Lake residents and as a minority in Quebec, we would be foolish to not support the only English language daily that can give us that support in return.Maggie’s, Knowlton’s newest retail store, is finally open and doing very well.The new clothing store is located next to The Pub.Marge Wood ( Maggie), has a great selection of Canterbury and Esprit lines, and they really look good All are displayed on old country wagon wheels.So far.the biggest problem for Marge and Gerry is getting replacement stock fast enough to fill up those wheels.Elsewhere, the Timmins have bought number «8, Lakeside Road.They have been so impressed with the number of visitors to Galerie Lac Brome and Camlen’s Christmas Store across the street, that they will turn the buildings into retail shops for next summer.If you are looking for retail space, this might be a good spot, because another house on Lakeside was just seen sold as a posh new restaurant.With renovations already underway and yet another is rumored to be negotiating a lease for a cheese shop on the same street.That’s quite a bit considering it has all happened in one year! A civic project that is being considered is an outdoor bandshell.The Thanksgiving outdoor concert by the Canadian navy was delightful — dogs and children played, adults sang and the band played everything from “New York-New York" to Oak Leaves Forever.Well it seems Knowlton is ready for more and Brume Missisquoi Realties are actively considering the band shell concept.In the middle of town, St.Edouard's School have petitioned Town Council to enlarge and illuminate the school’s rink.The Town agreed to do so at the October meeting; so now all we need is that bridge (between the two schools) to be fixed, and perhaps a toboggan slide prepared on the river banks! Watch for About Brome Lake next month.Any news items may be left in the special mail box at Robb’s Store or given directly to Kay Taylor social notes Dr.Joseph Nahas DENTAL SURGEON wishes to announce the official opening of his new office at LA CLINIQUE DENTAIRE J.NAHAS 2350, DeROUVILLE (Prolongation of Lomas Street) SHERBROOKE, QUE.J1J 1X8 TELEPHONE: (819) 564-8111 Canadian Red Cross Society Quebec president Jacques Raquin is pleased to announce the nomination of Prosper Duquette (above) for the presidency of the Eastern Townships branch of the organization.Duquette has been with the Red Cross since 1975.The elections will take place at the region’s Saturday, October 29th meeting at the Auberge des Gouverneurs in Sherbrooke.Ann Landersr Dear Ann Landers; I’m a high school senior who is speaking for a lot of others my age (17 going on 18).We have a big complaint.First I want to make it clear that we don’t go out and get smashed every night.Most of us are responsible people.The kids who make trouble get the publicity.Good behavior is not news.What we are made about is the attempt to raise the legal drinking age all over the country from 18 to 21.If we are old enough to go to war, we should be old enough to drink.I’ll be interested in whether you duck this issue or print my letter — Just Benny.Dear Benny: The folks who want to raise the legal drinking age from 18 to 21 are not being mean They are trying to save lives — and, I might add, they are succeeding.Every state, without exception, that has raised the drinking age from 18 to 21 has reported a decrease in alcohol-related teenage deaths and injuries on the streets and highways.I know of few laws that are such surefire life-savers.Dear Ann Landers: I am an elderly person h ving in Florida on a small pension.Something has bothered me for a long time.Can you help put my mind at ease?Is it possible that 1 could be accused of shoplifting because 1 handled merchandise and walked outside with it to better judge the color of the garment ?Thanks for your assistance — No Name In Orlando.Dear N.N.: One should never take merchandise out of a store without paying for it.The natural assumption is that shoplifting was intended.If you want to see the color of a garment in the daylight, ask the salesperson to accompany you.25th anniversary KINNEAR’S MILLS — The family of Mr.and Mrs.Lawrence Allan held a surprise 25th Wedding Anniversary Party for them in the Kin near’s Mills Community Hall.The couple was met at the door by Mr.and Mrs.Keith Allan, who were their best man and maid of honor.Mrs.Joy Nugent and Mr.Keith Allan pinned corsages on Lawrence and Audrey before they entered the hall.The bridal party danced the Anniversary Waltz, music was provided by M.Henri Landry and his band.Many people went to congratulate the couple as they formed a receiving line at the front of the hall.Friends and relatives enjoyed an evening of dancing, and then a lunch was served in the upstairs part of the hall, by the ladies of the Kinnear’s Mills W.I.of which Audrey is a valued member.The Head Table was beautifully decorated, cake a gift from Margaret Little, and^the flowers a gift from Mrs.Joan McCleod, Lennoxville.the c M\ North County Hospital assistant administrator iMird Covey presents Discharge Planner Marian Hall, RN, with a gift commemorating her recent retirement from the Newport hospital following 27 years of nursing service.Mrs.Hall is a resident of Ayer's Cliff, Quebec.The Lennoxville and District Women’s Centre Top table guests were from left to right, Rev.Miss Edith Bell, Jamie Allan, Charlie Allan, sons, Miss Cathy Lank, Mrs.Margaret Little, sister of the groom, Mrs.Phyllis Allan, sister of the bride, Audrey and Lawrence, the bride and groom, Mr.Keith Allan cousin of the groom, Mrs.Luella Guy, mother of the bride, Mr.and Mrs.Kenneth Allan, son and daughter-in-law, Mr.and Mrs.Donald Rothney, sister and brother-in-law of the bride, and their son Lynn.Kenneth Allan congratulated his parents, Lawrence replied thanking everyone for coming and for all the lovely gifts which they had received.Lawrence and Audrey were married on 19th September, 1958 by the Reverend Lyall Simpson at the Can-dlish United Church, Kinnear’s Mills.Guests were from Cabot, Vt., Sher-brooke, Lennoxville, East Angus, Cooks-hire, Birchton, Thet-ford Mines and surrounding areas.The Lennoxville & District Women's Centre is sponsoring two film and discussion evenings scheduled for early November.On Wednesday, November 2, at 7:30p.m.in the Lennoxville Primary School.Killing Us Softly: Advertising’s Image of Women will be shown.This is a half-hour color film which raises many issues concerning women in advertising, including: exploitation of sexuality, caricatu- ring of feminity and masculinity, limiting of role and career options, and the glorification of violence against women.Mary Purkey of Champlain College will be there to lead a discussion following the film.On Tuesday, November 8, at 7:30 p.m.again in the Lennoxville Primary School, the National Film Board’s controversial anti-pornography film, Not A Love Story, will be screened.This is a thought-provoking emotional chronicle of two women — Bonnie Sherr Klein filmmaker and Linda Lee Tracy, a former Montreal stripper.The film shows the extent and growth of pornography and raises many questions about this complex so-cial issue.Mary Purkey will be there to start the discussion.Both films are Free to Women Centre members, $1.50 for nonmembers, and $.75 for Seniors and Students.Ayer’s Cliff resident retires NEWPORT, Vt.— North Country Hospital’s veteran Discharge Planner Marian Hall, RN, of Ayer’s Cliff, Quebec has retired following 27 years of nursing here.Mrs.Hall, a native of Fargo, Ontario, started nursing here in 1956, following work at hospitals in Chatham, Ontario, and Detroit, Michigan.“I had an interview at the old Orleans Country Memorial Hospital on a Monday morning,” she says, “and I started work that evening; and I’ve been here ever since.” She served for 15 years as Night Supervisor, was Head Nurse in the Emergency Room, worked in the Critical Care Unit, was alternating Day Supervisor and was involved in Utilization Review.Mrs.Hall and her husband, Wayne, who is a retired corporation president, have three children — Kim Chan-nell, RN, of Magog, Randy, an Ayer’s Cliff businessman, and Troy, a student at Alexander Galt Regional High School in Lennoxville, Quebec.She is an avid golfer, likes curling, bowling, boating and fishing.“And I like to travel,” she laughs.“Every time I get a chance.” Boutique Santé 2000 November has been declared the month of Physical Conditioning and the Boutique, in celebration of this, is pleased to announce that a person from Kino-Quebec will be present at their Carrefour de 1’Estrie store each day to give information and speak to the public about the subject.In addition to the daily program, Thursday and Friday evenings and Saturday afternoon Kino-Quebec will present kiosks on the second floor of the boutique giving information on numerous conditioning-related topics.November 3-5 the Boutique is offering special information on physical conditioning and helpful activities for senior citizens.k.THE BRETAGNE BAR SALON Rte.: 143, Waterville DANCE COUNTRY MUSIC Tel: 837-2323 FRI.& SAT.9:00 P.M.— “KENTUCKY” Brian, Jinny, Peter, Donald No Cover Charge REAL & GAIL ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON DANCE Masquerade Dance Ives Hill Community Hall Friday, October 28, 9 p.m.Music by: Jerry Hazeltine Bruce Potton Stewart Deacon Prizes for all age groups.Judging at 9 30 a m.Le service 2 PHARMAPRIX.DO YOUR SHOPPING SUNDAY 'i O0FF on all merchandise (Except the article already on special) (red tog) MANY SPECIALS Le service Le service PHARMAPVUX PHARHAPRDC.PLACE CARREFOUR BELVEDERE DE L'ESTRIE We reserve the right to limit quantity ^^ « HALLOWE'EN PARTY Î 4SALLE BURROUGH'S FALLS* %¦ * SATURDAY NIGHT t Î PRIZES FOR COSTUMES J k Featuring: ROYAL MALE BAND | mM-nt nm j.WOOLENS FROM THE SCOTTISH ISLANDS mC.KGpRE-CHRISTMAS SALE FRI., OCT.28th, SAT., 29th, MON.31st TUES.Nov.1st Imported ^SstTsWEATER5 ^20% DISCOUNT,, MR.& MRS.LES CONNOR HAVE JUST RETURNED FROM A VERY IMPORTANT BUYING TRIP IN EUROPE.THEY HAVE BROUGHT BACK WITH THEM THE FINEST AND EXCLUSIVE STYLES ALL IN 100% WOOL.JACKETS, SWEATERS, VESTS, BLAZERS, SUITS, SCARVES AND GLOVES FOR THE LADIES.SWEATERS, VESTS, SCARVES, TIES AND GLOVES FOR THE MEN.1446 WELLINGTON S., SHERBROOKE, 821-2492 V Compton County Historical and Museum Society By Mrs.E.Heatherington COOKSHIRE — About 75 people attended the supper of the Compton County Historical and Museum Society held in the Sa-wyerville Community Centre on Sat.Oct.1.The president, Keith Bennett welcomed all, and a most delicious dinner was enjoyed, served by the Ladies’ Orange Lodge.Following supper, Mr.Bennett opened the annual meeting.Two minutes silence were observed in memory of those who had passed away during the year.The minutes were read by the secretary, Mrs.Heatherington, and adopted as read.Annual reports were read.Mrs.Diana Gil-lam, Curator, gave her report.Nearly 200 years have passed carved out a permanent home from the unbroken wilderness that once covered the modern-day County of Compton.The integrity and hard work of those pioneers and the many generations that followed, have made this county one of the nicest spots in the Townships.As a lasting tribute to the Abenaki Indians who roamed the land before them, the Compton County Historical and Museum Society established a Museum in the quiet village of Eaton Corner.On May 2, 1983, The Compton County Histo-rica; and Museum Society opened its doors for what has turned out to be one of its most successful seasons to date.The theme this year was ‘Early Lumbering Industry’.A collection since the first settlers of tools used by the Crossword woodsmen was displayed throughout the summer in the centre of the main building.The number of visitors to the Museum has increased greatly over the years due to a more aggressive advertising campaign.Among this year’s guests were several organized groups of children, elderly and handicapped persons.The number of memberships sold has also risen substantially.A second annual lawn party was held on June 25 which received a large attendance.The highlight of this event was a fashion show of the 18th and 19th century clothing.The Sawyerville 4H Club presented a ‘woodsmen demonstration’ as well as an impressive display of trophies they had won.George Rowell gave a hewing demonstration, and Mrs.Boutin of Sa- ACROSS 31 Like some 49 Roman 13 1 Alerts barber bronze 21 6 Bone prefix shops 50 Engage in 10 Pismires 32 Meaning monkey- 14 An Arden 33 Guy’s shines 22 15 Holly counterpart 53 Landed 23 16 Nick’s twife 36 Team number 54 Platform 24 17 Marshy 37 Join the 55 Put aside 25 waterway party 59 — majesty 29 18 Jump 38 Actress 60 Commedia 30 19 Feds Merrill del’- 20 Obstacle 39 Sch.subj.61 Inflict, as 32 race 40 Look over vengeance 33 23 Harper 42 Did detec- 62 German 34 Valley org.tive work river 35 26 Bakery 44 London area 63 Oliver or item 45 With sensa- Rex 37 27 Campus tionalism 64 — nous girls in mind 38 28 Remus’twin 30 Often split item Sense”man 48 Kind of bag Yesterday’s Puzzle Solved: HGJIuHlB HIl[ICI 0 c H T R| T H E R E |s E W E o| 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 10/Z8/B3 12 DOWN Snare Literary scraps Cowboy Rogers Sergeants: abbr.Weaving device Houston team Caught forty winks Pin-tailed duck Awaits Choir offering Wanderer Lock Cologne (perfumes) Function —la-Chapelle (flower) Name in China 502 40 Unit of loudness 41 Cheese 42 Garb for Fonteyn 43 “I’m a dreamer, -all!” 44 Nun 45 Set free 46 Propelled a raft 47 Get up 48 Stale 50 Healthy 51 Swiss river 52 Mend 56 Wager 57 Gibbon 58 — out (make do) 14 17 23 24 251 28 31 36 39 r 7 8 n r 46 47 50 53 59 62 r 11 12 13 r r 56 57 58 WE'VE MOVED FROM MASSAWIPPI TO A BEAUTIFUL NEW HOME IN NORTH HATLEY COME TO THE HOUSE WARMING! The Shetland &hop 330 RIVER STREET, NORTH HATLEY 842-4260 OPEN ALL YEAR, 7 DAYS A WEEK 9h30-5h30 FINEST IN WOOLENS ALL THE THINGS YOU LOVE TO TOUCH wyerville, formerly of Island Brook, exhibited her weaving skills.Old Time and recorded music was played, much to the enjoyment of our visitors.Refreshments were provided and chuckwagon rides were given by the courtesy of Chantel Bolduc of Sawyerville.Old acquaintances were renewed and new friends made.Many new articles have been donated to the Museum, adding to its already varied range of exhibits.The genealogy records, begun by Way-mer Laberee, have continued to expand, and have proven invaluable to over 150 individuals researching their family history.This year, three students, Denise Bouf-fard, Cathy Alden and Douglas Quinn worked under a Federal grant.They have worked on a great vareity of projects, and have been a tremendous asset.Miss Bouffard spent most of her term doing research for an update editon of ‘The History of Compton County’.Mr.Quinn assisted her in this work.Miss Alden did the ‘students’ book-keeping.She and Mr.Quinn also worked on the geneaology records, organizing newspaper clippings and researching the history of certain families.Mr.Quinn also wrote two articles, one published in the August issue of the Township’s Sun, the other, a history of the Compton County Historical and Museum Society for use during next year’s 25th Anniversary celebrations.All three students gave guided tours, cleaned, answered phone calls, and participated in the operation, management and advertising of the Museu;m.The report of the Chronicler, Mrs.Heatherington, is as follows: There are those who are great workers, and those who are small workers, the great cannot subsist without those who are small workers, nor the small workers without the great workers, but the two combined, can, and have accomplished a great deal during the past year.Nature has taught us that spring and summer give place peaceably to one another, it is important for us to take Nature's sage advice, and do the same.We held our annual meeting on Sept.25, 1982, in the Community Centre in Sawyerville, at which time, Mr.Rainer Lowry introduced the guest speaker, David Simms, who gave an interesting address on ‘Wind Power’.This was followed by a fairly-long question and answer period, which showed that the subject matter had been very interesting and thought- provoking, and that the audience was very anxious to learn more about a different form of energy from what they .are now using.* The theme for the first part of the year was ‘The Logging Industry’, and the Second half, ‘Early Settlers, the Indians’.Both produced a lot of favorable commentaries.A very successful garden party was held on Sat.June 24 and a number of pictures taken.A ramp was built at the old Academy stairs, and we are in hopes that a similar one will be built at the Museum for use of the handicapped.We lost two of our members, Ronald Stokes and Mrs.Gloria Bellam, who have moved away to live in other parts of Canada, namely, the Maritimes and Ontario.Letters of thanks were sent to them for their many services, and to others who had contributed talents and given donations to the society.We were saddened to lose, through death, Lee Pomeroy, Mrs.Olive Twyman and Robert Smith.We have now 95 regular members and 41 life members.The secretary has sent out a number of sympathy cards, convalescent cards, answered letters re questing information of various kinds, filled out questionnaires, to date, 90 pieces of correspondence have been received.Our visitors to the Museum have come from a wide variety of cities, towns and countries, so we are certainly ‘on the map’.We can be very proud of our Museum, its displays and its workers: with financial help from the government, we have had a very successful year.The society took out a membership with the Federaton des sociétés, d’Histoire de Quebec.Some individual members are also members of the Monarchy Federation.A well-attended Bread Festival was held in Cookshire.Canada Day was well patronized in July in Bu ry, also the Compton County Agricultural Fair was held in Cookshire; the attendance was not quite as large as in former years, no doubt, due to the $5.00 entrance fee.It is hoped this will be remedied next year.There have been quite a few family reunions, and the annual Gaelic service in St.Paul’s Presbyterian Church, Scotstown with the Rev.Hector MacCrury of Toronto, as guest speaker.He originally came from Washer, Scotland.Many Gaelic-speaking people attended from Woburn, Milan, Len-noxville, Sherbrooke, Montreal, Farnham, Ontario and Vermont.On a near perfect day, Father’s Day, June 12, 1983, Compton residents, aided by the few high-ranking friends, paid tribute to one of our Founding Fathers, Louis St.Laurent, with the official opening of an Historical Park, named for the former and late Honorable Louis St.Laurent.We are looking forward to celebrating our 25th anniversary in 1984 with special programs.Great interest and many meetings have been held protesting Hydro Quebec’s plans to build a transmission line through Compton.We are very fortunate to have Bishop’s Universit;y, where people of all ages âre able to further their education.Domtar of East Angus, was sold to Cascade Paper of Kingsey Falls.During the year there were a number of projects disdussed, but we were not able to carry through with them, however.We want to be patient and gentle, Long-suffering and loving and kind.As quick to acknowledged our failings, As to another’s we’re blind.We want to be quiet and peaceful, Though tempests around us may roll, The stillness of Jesus within us, possessing and filling our sousl.The guest speaker was Mr.Zeph Rousseau of Sawyerville who was introduced by the president, Keith Bennett, and thanked by Lionel Hurd In Mr.Rousseau's remarks he gave an amusing account of the town of Sawyerville.He stated that when he came to Sawyerville he had been made very welcome, and had made many kind friends over the years.Four of the houses in the town have not changed ownership over the years, many new ones have been built, and the town seems to be in a flourishing condition, with great respect shown to-wards each other by the French and English.He spoke of the many people who were always willing to help others in distress, such as conveying people to the hospital, helping out at the time of floods or fires, contributing money, time and talents to the various organizations.He mentioned a number of families and in-dividuals who had greatly helped the town, especially the local doctor.Dr.Curtis Lowry.He also spoke of the fires, bad storms, the destruction of the wooden bridge being washed away in a flash flood.He stated tht the weather seemed favorable for longevity among its people, and that there were two ladies over 100 years old, one gentleman, and several over 90 years old.Sawyerville always had a good hockey-team.He maintained that Sawyerville was a typical small town, but that the folks therein were very kind to all, irrespective of race or creed.He wished the town many more years of happiness and good health.Many snapshots and pictures of houses, churches, bridge, school house were on display on a side table for all to look at.The president read the list of proposed Directors, etc.for the ensuing year which had been prepared by the nominating committees, Mrs.Lavinsa French and Mrs.Ro well.Copies had been given out, these were collected by Rodger Heatherington and counted, it was unani mously accepted and is as follows.Directors, Keith Bennett, Lavina French, Mary Heatherington, Rodger Heatherington, Lionel Hurd, Marion Laberee, Dorothy Shattuck, Rainer Lowry, Duncan McLeod, Donald Morrison, Irene Perkins, George Pinchin, Muriel Prescott, Nina Ro well, Dorothy Loveland.Chronicler, Mary Heatherington.Custodians, Waymer Laberee, Lavins French and her auxiliary, Zelma MacRae.The following officers were chosen from among the Directors: President, Keith Bennett, 1st vice- president, Rainer Leery, 2nd vice president.Rodger Heatherington, treasurer, Lionel Hurd, secretary Mrs.Mary E.Heatherington.Following adjournment refreshments were served, and a short business meeting was held by the Directors.The RECORD—Friday, October 28.1983—7 Deaths Births SHERBROOKE U C.W.sponsored Christmas tea, Plymouth Trinity Church hall, 380 Dufferin Ave.Saturday November 5.Sales tables of home baking, jams, crafts, etc., 3 to 6 p m.Admis sion $4.50.Card of Thanks WOODMAN — The family of the late Murray Woodman wish to express sincere thanks to friends for their kindness at the time of his death The mayor and alderman of the town of Coaticook for remembering Special thanks to all I.O.O.F.lodges who participated in the service at the funeral home.The Royal Canadian Legion no.26 and ladies auxiliary Also all veterans who participated in the service at the funeral home and at the cemetery.The clergy, organist, I C C Stanhope The Sisco Memorial U.C W for the use of their hall and the ladies of St.Cuthbert s Church for the lunch served there after the service.The members Of the A N.A.F 500 card club We also wish to thank all who sent cards, flowers, letters, donations to the In Memoiram Fund of the Sherbrooke Hospital, phone calls received and of course a special thank you to all our good friends and neighbours who sent in food, called and did so much for us at the house We would never have made it without your help Thanks for being there when we needed you Your thoughtfulness was greatly appreciated and will be remembered.Please accept this as a personal thank you.DOROTHY (wife) ANTHONY, PETER (sons) KETHA (daughter) HELEN (sister) IIAZLE, Vircil Mary— At the Youville Hospital, on Wednesday, October 26, 1983, Vircil Mary Rudd in her 92nd year.Beloved wife of the late John l).Hazle Dear mother of Audrey (Mrs.Norman Beach) and Douglas.Grandmother of Douglas Jr.and Elaine Resting at the R.L.Bishop and Son Funeral Chapel, 300 Queen Blvd.N , Sherbrooke, where funeral service will be held on Saturday, Octo ber 29 at 2 p m Rev.Martyn Sadler officiating.Interment in Elmwood Cemetery.In lieu of flowers, donations to the Sherbrooke Hospital In Memoriam Fund would gratefully be acknowledged-There will be a Rebe-kah service at the Funeral Home on Fri Oct.28 at 7:30 p.m.Visitation Friday 2-4 and 7-9.Mc F AD Y EN, Emma—At the Corrigan Nursing Home, on Thursday, October 27, 1983, Emma Farnsworth in her 96th year.Beloved wife of the late John 1).McFa-dyen and dear sister of Mary and Arthur, and the late Clara and Or rin.Resting at the Webster-Cass Funeral Home, 6 Belvidere St., Lennoxville, where friends may call on Monday from 2-4 and 7-9p.m., and where funeral service will be held on Tuesday, November 1 at 2 p.m.Rev.Douglas Warren officiating.Interment Cookshire Cemetery.RIDER, David Herbert — At St.Joseph's Hospital, Lake Megan tic, on October 27.1983, in his 74th year.David Herbert Rider, beloved hsuband of Eva Stewart.Dear father of Keith and Craig.Resting at Jacques et Freres Funeral Home.For information call 583-0444.Funeral no- KING MAUDE— In loving Card of Thanks mother, who passed away October 29, 1982.Beautiful memories Woven in gold Never will tarnish Never grow old.Sadly missed and always remembered by GEORGE (husband) BETTY AND LORNA (daughters) KERR— In loving memory of Grade Almeda Johnson, January 27.1899-May 24, 1950 and Florence Mary Johnson, October 25, 1902—October 28, 1977 Always a smile Instead of a frown Always a hand When one was down Always true, thoughtful And kind Wonderful memories They left behind Always remembered by HOWARD and FAMILY PAGE HARRY — In loving memory of our dear father, Harry Page, who passed away on October 28, 1978 A million words I could not express My love, my laugh.My emptiness If I could have One wish come true.I wish dear dad I still had you Sadly missed by GLORIA (daughter) and her FAMILY RHEAL.DANNY RICKEY OSTIGUY PAGE— In loving memory of a dear husband, father and grandfather, Harry Page who passed away October 28, 1978 October comes With deep regret It brings back days We will never forget.Life goes on And years pass by But treasured memories Of him never die.Sadly missed AILEEN and FAMILY SHIRLEY, ERNEST and GRANDCHILDREN ANDERSON — As I was a surgical patient in the B M P.Hospital, I wish to extend my most sincere thanks to Dr.Tector and Dr.Gariepy, the nurses, nurses aides and orderlies on 2nd floor for excellent care and attention.To Dr Beaudry, the dieticians and kitchen staff for their assistance.To Jim and El-va Westover, Anna Willis and Alice Anderson for staying near by at the time of my operation.To friends and relatives for visits, phone calls, gifts, plant and flowers, cards and letters which all brought me cheer To Mr and Mrs.Clem Willis and family for their loving care of me in their home on my return from the hospital To Miss Anita Vaughn for taking care of my home and the dog and cat during my absence Everything is deeply appreciated MILDRED WESTOVER-ANDERSON ROBINSON — I wish to thank neighbours, friends and relatives for their thoughtfulnesswhile I was a patient at Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Your visits, cards, telephone calls and transportation to and from the hospital were sincerely appreciated.SYDNEY G ROBINSON MCAULEY—Jack and Heather (nee Nut-brown) are pleased to announce the birth of their first daughter, Nathalie Lynn.7 lbs.6 oz., born Wednesday October 5, 1983 at the CHU , Sherbrooke, Que.Proud grandparents are Mr and Mrs.Lewis McAuley of Magog, Que.and Mr and Mrs.Albert Nutbrown, Compton, Que.Great grandparents are Mrs.Arlene Forandand Mr Jasper McAuley SHEA — Steve and Brenda (nee Allan) are happy and proud to announce the birth of their first child, Amanda Ann, born October 20,1983, weighing 6 lbs.8 oz.Proud grandpa rents are Jim and Frankie Shea and Bob and Dorothy Allan.Deaths |y(RtKOOKI JOO Qo»»n tlvrf N ss a son ltd.fUfWRAl DIRfCTOfiS Webster Cass N 819 562 2685 RKISH1N.Torrance Alexander — At the Campbell Nursing Home, Magog on Wed Oct.26.1983.Torrance Brisbin in his 91st year.Beloved husband of the late Elizabeth Cowan Baskin and the late Alice Brewer Stafford.Dear father of Ruth (Mrs.Eric Greer).William, Glenna, Dorothy, Isabel Douris and the late Gordon and Margaret.Resting at Webster- Cass Funeral Home, 6 Belvidere St., Lennoxville where friends may call on Thurs.from 7-9 and Fri.from 3-5 and 7-9 p.m.and where funeral service will be held on Sat.Oct.29 at 10:30 a m Interment at Covey Hill, Union Ceme tery on Sat.at 2:30 p.m.No flowers by request.If friends so desire, contributions may be made to the charity of your choice.DESRUISSEAUX .Pearl Eliza — At the Wales Home, on Wednesday, October 26, 1983, Pearl Eliza Laing in her 83rd year.Beloved wife of the late Leon Desruisseaux.Dear mother of Rober ta (Mrs.Robert A.Cilles.Capt.land Betty (Mrs.L.G.Lovegrove).Dear grandmother of Richard, Nancy, Debbie, Christopher, Pa mela, Kim and Michael.Also greatgrandmother of Bonnie, James, Kevin and Abbie.Sister of Cora Winchester and Tom Laing of Bristol, Conn.Resting at the R.L.Bishop & Son Funeral Chapel, 300 Queen Blvd.N., Sherbrooke, where funeral service will be held on Saturday, October 29 at 10 a.m.Archdeacon Alan Fair-bairn officiating.Interment Cookshire Cemetery.Visitation Thursday 7-9.Friday 2 4 and 7-9 AYER I CUFF STANITEAD 819-876 5213 UNNOXVIUf A i*lv,A»f« Sl R.L Bishop & Son Funeral Chapelt iMIRMOOKI (HQ XCI QQll UNNOXVIIU 100 Ou»» 11.4 N B19-5W-W7 7» Out.» tl SAWYIRVIUI Gordon Smith Funeral Home i 819 562 2685 / 889 2231 F.L.RESTAURANT 314 QUEEN ST., LENNOXVILLE TEL: 562-9544 SOUP OR JUICE ROAST BEEF SPECIAL MASHED OR F.F.POTATOES DESSERT — BEVERAGE *685 Don't forget JAMES MACDONALD AND HIS 5 PCS BAND BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT BRIAN MONTY AND HIS BLUES BUSTERS FOR HALLOWE'EN PARTY PRIZES FOR BEST COSTUMES.$20 $15 $10 $5.(JvMm utu tUfam FUNERAL HOMES LIMITED y Kl \KRAI.I'KK-AKK WI.I MKM SKR\|< KS I’ic plunmnt! i liner a I diTttnKrmrnis N< >V\ with divinu icsjh’i I dllti |X‘iMiit4li/r ) Sports ‘Cordes can handle Riders if defence stops Walker Outdoors 'W1 BY REALHEBERT 1 Good year for parks Québec’s national parks, historical sites and canals had an excellent 1983 season, drawing over a million-and-a-half visitors during the months of June, July and August.A statistical study comparing the ’82 and ’83 summer’s, shows that more and more Canadians and other visitors are taking advantage of the services provided by Parks Canada.Québec’s administrative region of Parks Canada comprises two national parks, 14 historical sites and the navigation waterway situated on the Richelieu and Outouais rivers.The Forillon and Mauricie parks in the Mauri-cie Region received more than 450,000 visitors, who came due to a combination of the high quality of services offered and the beautiful natural setting.Forillon particularly had a good season drawing 312,700 people.On the other hand, Mauricie’s national park had a small decrease caused by the dryness of the past months — the public staying away fearing forest fires.Still, 150,000 people frequented the park.The majority of the historical sites in Quebec had an increase in visitors as Canadians grow more conscious of their rich heritage.Québec City’s Fortification remained the most popular historical site as 513,500 visited it between April 1 and August 31.A restored Fort Chambly for it’s part drew more than 80,000.Another very frequented park was Cartier-Bréboeuf which had 108,662 visiters.In total the historic sites of the province had over a million people come to remember the people and the events that mark our history.The historical navigation waterways also had a strong season in 1983 as 21,470 boats —2,134 more than 1982 — used the locks on the Richelieu and Outaouais rivers.The numbers should grow again next year as many pleasure boats from the United States and other provinces will be coming to Québec for the 350th anniversary celebration of the discovery of Canada.Autumn does not mark the closing of the national parks.On the contrary, people are still able to enjoy the great outdoors and most of the installations such as picnic areas, and even campsites, are at their disposal.For more information on the parks and historical sites write to : Parks Canada, Service de l’Information, 1141 route de l’Eglise, CP 10275, Ste-Foy, Québec, G1V 4H5.Attention to racoon hunters: The ministry of Recreation, Hunting and Fishing have undertaken a study on racoon population in the Hunting-ton, Sherbrooke and Gatineau regions.A number of specimens have been marked with small metal tabs behind the ears while others have been provided with radio transmitters.The ministry would like to buy the marked racoons at $10 for the ones with metal tabs and $25 for those with radio transmitters from trappers and hunters who capture the marked racoons in order to better verify the racoon population and to follow their moving trends.Those interested are asked to: 1.Carefully check each racoon’s ear for a metal tab, the tab can sometimes be hidden under the creature’s fur.2.Note the date and site of the captured racoon.3.If possible put the animal’s carcass in a freezer.4.Advise the biologist in charge of the program, Normand Traversy, Direction de la Faune Terrestre, or, Raymond McNicoll, 150 Boul.St-Cyrille Est, 5th floor, Québec.One can also call a toll free number: 1-418-643-1791.An authorized person will go to your place to pick up the marked animal and you will receive your money.Borg is back, again STOCKHOLM (AP) — Almost seven months after retiring from tennis, Bjorn Borg, the five-time Wimbledon winner and six-time French Open champion, is returning to action in the United States this week.PLENTY OF WATER You need plenty of water to put out a camp fire.Can you imagine, then, how much is needed to extinguish a forest fire?Always be very careful with fire.A spark can cause a disaster.At the first sign of a forest fire, contact your Société de conservation immediately, Remember that, in the province of Québec, one person out of seven earns his living from the forest.SOC Guy Cardinal 5 h 30 9 h 00 Paul Tremblay Rhéaume Rocky" Brisebois 13 h 00 18 0 00 Sports Commentaries ¦jSs.Claude Prévost 6 h oo 12 h oo (Saturday - Sunday) Roland Champagne 11 h 30 13 h 00 Pierre Lafleur information sJOJul Robert Lévesque 9 h 00 11 h 30 Jean-Pierre Dupuis 19 n 00 22 h 30 Yvan Frenette 10fi25 (Monday to Friday) 12 h 00 Denis Gagné 18 h 00 (Saturday- YOUR BATH! 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’ I was back in the wilds again and, to be sure, in my glory.” Joe squatted in a jackoak grove two miles northwest of the trading post, dug a hole in the prairie for a home and spent his time hunting and trapping along the river.The land belonged to the Osage by treaty but they were cajoled and threatened into selling it off for 20 cents an acre and pressured into moving south of the border into Indian Territory.Settlers came pouring into the lands they had vacated and as soon as a sawmill went up, Joe and his brother bought cottonwood boards and built a lop-sided house in the jackoak grove.Joe sent to Magog for his wife and daughters.They rode west on the Santa Fe Railway to the end of the line at Cottonwood Falls, then took the stage a dusty 120 miles to Arkansas City.Buckskin Joe was delighted to see them.“In just fifteen minutes, I made a cradle for the baby out of scrap lumber and a bed for Ella out of my old circus trunk.Then my wife and I settled down to housekeeping.” But those green cottonwood boards shrunk as they dried until there were cracks an inch wide between them and their first winter was one of the worst ever known in Kansa.The thermometer fell to 16 below, the teakettle froze on the hot stove and they had to bring the horse in the house and feed it on hay from their mattresses.Buckskin Joe trapped for furs, hunted buffalo and fed his family on wild turkeys and prairie chickens.Then came the grasshoppers.“They came the last of July, swee- ping the state from the northwest to the southeast in large clouds that darkened the sky, and when they lit, everything green vanished.Whole wheatfields vanished and the corn was stripped down to the stalks.They ate on the peach trees until all that was left hanging were the twigs with the stones.Garden vegetables were a luxury to them, and they had such voracious appetites that melons were soon eaten down to the shell.They even chewed holes in the clothes my wife had hanging on the line.When they lit on my box house, they never stopped for a blessing.I had to give them a load of shot every little while to save those cottonwood boards, and when they left, the house looked like I had painted it white.” Hard times at last, and to keep his family from starving that winter, Buckskin Joe proposed to start an Indian War.He figured the government would step in as soon as the Indians went on the warpath and organize the frontier settlers into a paid militia to defend their homes and property.Therefore, Joe and a few discrete friends galloped into a peaceful Indian camp one night and shot it up, then raced back to town yelling ‘The Indians are coming! The Indians are coming!’ — which, of course, they were, hot on their heels and furious.The settlers were quickly organized to beat them off and Buckskin Joe was hired as chief scout and buglar.“If the people had known how that fight was brought on at the time we organized, 1 and my friends would have stretched rope.I hope my readers will not criticize me too harshly.” By spring, the Indian ‘uprising’ was judged over but the grasshopper eggs hatched out and the plague began all over again.Every able-bodied man from 12 to 65 was recruited to battle the hordes with clubs and flails and pitchforks, brooms, blankets and shotguns.In June, the grasshoppers entered their winged stage and flew off to plague someone else.There was almost nothing left.Albert had quit after that first winter and moved up to Minneapolis where he went into manufacturing with brother Alphonso.Buckskin Joe bought into a trading post, converted it into the ‘Athletic Grocery,' and set up a gymnasium in the rear where he practised his acrobatics.It was there that he met Jesse James.“One hot afternoon in the summer of 1878, when all was quiet, four well-armed men rode into town, fed and watered their horses then came to my store and ordered a big lunch of crackers, cheese, and bologna.I soon recognized one of them as Jesse James.Jesse and Frank James led a gang that robbed banks and trains from Minnesota to Texas and Jesse claimed they had seen Buckskin Joe perform in a circus in Iowa.After a pleasant chat, they paid for their lunch, rode up the street and robbed the bank.Buckskin Joe took up tightrope walking that summer to amuse the citizenry and Belle gave him a third daughter.His newfound prowess on the tightrope was such a success that he sold his share of the Athletic Grocery and joined the Laiscell Family in a travelling show called ‘The Occidentals’ — songs, dances, magicians, comic patter, contortionists and Buckskin Joe with his hair cot short, spangled tights replacing his fringes, and a gold-tipped cane, as Bert Laiscell, King of the High Rope.’ They played frontier towns throughout the west and wound up at Leadville, Colorado, in the height of the silver boom.“I don’t think there ever was a tougher or more ambitious camp than Leadville at that time.It had jumped up and grown like magic on the almost level plain between two of the grandest ranges of mountains on the continent.and was building up the gulches and hills on every side.“Leadville by lamplight sparkled and boomed like one great Fourth of July celebration.And there were probably more thugs, pick-pockets and fancy women congregated there than in any one place on earth.” There were almost 150 saloons, dance halls and theatres running night and day in one continuous celebrations of the discovery of silver — places like The Carbonate Concert Hall’ where Mollie Newton, billed as ‘the most perfectly formed woman in America’ educated the miners by posing in imitations of Greek and Roman statuary; the ‘Grand Central’ where Eddie Foy performed; and lesser palaces such as the ‘Texas House’ and the ‘Coliseum’ which exhibited everything from female wrestlers to dog fights.Buckskin Joe loved it.He played these theatres, gave occasional tightrope exhibitions in the streets, went prospecting in his free time and returned to Arkansas City each fall to give music lessons throughout the winter.It was in Leadville that he met Jesse James again and arranged for him to have a box in the theatre that evening.The James gang, he recalled.were free spenders — and why shouldn’t they be?It was someone else’s money they were spending.Buckskin Joe had a great many more adventures on the frontier — leading a wagon train up the Arkansas to Leadville, battling claim jum- William ‘Butcher Knife Bill' Palmer, after exchanging shots with Buckskin Joe during the Civil War, met the latter in Leadville, Colorado later and became friends for life.! 0^ f 4 Ü Buckskin Joe at Leadville, Colorado in 1879.pers, guiding English gentlemen on buffalo hunts, fighting Indians and returned east in the spring of 1884 to search for gold in Nova Scotia.On the way he stopped off at Magog and found he’d outgrown the place.“What changes had been made in twenty-two years’ absence.I couldn’t believe my eyes and senses.The whole country seemed small and contracted.The mountains, once so grand, looked like bumps on a log compared with the Rockies.” Nova Scotia proved unprofitable and Joe went home to Arkansas City and organized the Border Buckskin Band’ to play at dances and celebrations.His band was invited to join ‘Pawnee Bill’s Wild West Show' and in Wichita, Buckskin Joe met once again ‘Butcher-knife’ Bill Palmer, the rebel he’d exchanged shots, coffee and tobacco with back in the Peninsula Campaign.They hit it off together right away and became firm friends Buckskin Joe as he appeared during his Nova Scotia gold prospecting expedition in 1884.A.v he left the train, a little girl spied his long hair and ran to her mother crying “Ma, ma, Christ has come.I saw him get off the train.’" and partners.The Wild West Show ran into financial difficulties in the East and Joe went home in time to take part in the Oklahoma ‘Land Rush’ of 1889.The Indians, having been pushed off their reservations into ‘Indian Territory’, were now pushed out of most of that and the land thrown open to settlement.The U.S.Cavalry guarded the borders, fired shots at noon to signal the start of the Land Rush’ and then got out of the way as thousands of would-be settlers galloped across the line on horseback, in buggies or wagons, to stake their claims.Ten cities, said Buckskin Joe, sprang up over night.After that, Buckskin Joe organized his own ‘Buckskin Joe’s Realistic Wild West Show’ and took to the roads again.The he and ‘Butcher-knife’ Bill Palmer went mining for gold in the jungles of Honduras, lost their shirst and very nearly lost their lives.Palmer went prospecting in Mexico and died in Mexico City a few years later.Buckskin Joe came home.“On May 27.1902, 1 landed in New Orleans with a crutch under my arm and able to tell the tale of four years of purgatory in the most uncivilized land in which I ever tried to survive I was happy to reach home.He was 61 years old.Seven years later, he sold his interests and retired to sunny California where he settled down to compose his memoirs.He finished them at the age of 77, still enjoying vigorous good health and ma king plans to explore Central America.He died a year later in 1918.Buckskin Joe’s memoirs, notebooks and journals remained in the family until 1966 when they were edi ted by Glenn Shirley and published by the University of Nebraska.The title is “BUCKSKIN JOE, being the unique and vivid memoirs of EDWARD JONATHAN HOYT, hunter-trapper, scout, soldier, showman, frontiersman, and friend of the Indians.” Buckskin Joe as he appeared in 1892 with his own Buckskin Joe Wild West Show.Jesse (left) and Frank James for whom the arrest warrent notice (right) was issued by the State of Missouri.PROCLmHUTION OF THE «mini v mi! 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r5 ThavJES w-16 ««Jb.Nt* tax IMO«g US P«l » TMOH SCHUBERT*5 ^YMPH^NY THE UNF/N/SHEO PART > HI/THERE / , MR.FUNNY/ Q WHAT W^ULD /x YOU LIKE -XZ> HEAR ME PLAY F »b J •cxJ Selle Dutubuied b> NlA.irc.i josrtmrseE Awv 066 IN HAUIN6 A Dc6 A6 LA2Y A6 YOUR6/ H6S A 6cct> VJAItri' DDO?HE SARK6 uOHEN AMY800Y Co/A&S NEAR! ^ iS Of CO0R6E, HE HAS, FRIDAYS off! io-it COWANSVILLE — The second Jenne reunion gathered at the home of Reginald and Velma Miner in Cowansville.Sixty some odd congregated from far and wide, coming from Granada Hills, California, Edmonton, Newport, Sandy Cove, Nova Scotia, Lennox-ville and Montreal.The weather was excellent for the greater part of the day and the first few hours were spent visiting and reminiscing.At 1 p.m.everyone enjoyed a barbecue of steaks and hamburgers, potatoes, salads, coleslaw, home-made rolls, tomatoes and cucumbers.A program followed dinner with Frank Jenne of Edmonton acting as Master of Ceremonies.Anita Vaughan opened the program with a prayer.An item of great interest to everyone was an autographed quilt, brought by Ethel Ottis, of Sandy Cove.This quilt was over 120 years old.It had belonged to her mother.Many of the names on the blocks were of Jenne ancestry.There were 66 autographed blocks.Mrs.Ottis has researched and found who most of the people were.Some were relatives, friends and neighbors of Mrs.Ottis’s mother.Mrs.Eugenie (Jenne) Trudeau, daughter of George Jenne and his wife Jane Deming.A picture of the North Pinnacle choir and a list of the names of the people in the picture was also brought by Mrs.Ottis.Mrs.S.Doubieday (Olive Jenne) of Newport, Vt., brought Simpson Jenne’s powder horn and gave an interesting talk about it.Simpson Jenne was the first Jenne to come to Canada in 1789.He settled with his family near the Pinnacle.He was the first settler in that district.Many pictures were taken as souvenirs of the day.The oldest person in attendance was Helen (Jenne) Vaughan, Cowansville, who is 87.The youngest was Heidi Susan Realffe, age 17 months.The longest married couple was Roy and Bernice Jenne of Selby Lake, who have been married nearly 57 years.Runners-up were Margaret and Llewllyn Jenne ol Lennoxville, with nearly 54 years of married life.The newlyweds were Beverly and David Jenne, married for a bit over a year.We regret that one of our older kinfolk, Marjorie (Spencer) Jenne was unable to attend.Frank, on behalf of those present, (hanked the organizers for the time and effort they put into organizing the great event He also thanked Reginald and Velma for hosting this year’s reunion.All agreed another reu- nion should be held in two years.Mrs.Shirley (Taylor) Marsh offered to host the next one at her home near Mun-sonville.BeX^ter^seJ^la^jtSafe Always wear a Personal Floatation Device or a lifejacket when around the wafer The On,« tan Rn I Cross Society \ Régie des rentes du Québec CHANGES IN THE QUÉBEC PENSION Individual choices better respected The recent reform of the Act respecting the Québec Pension Plan gives Quebecers protection that is more flexible and better adapted to their individual situations.This legislation will come into force on January 1, 1984.We wish to remind you that, to obtain benefits under the Québec Pension Plan, you must complete an application, available at caisses populaires and at offices of the Régie des rentes du Québec.RETIREMENT PENSION Flexible retirement between the ages of 60 and 70 From now on, workers participating in the Québec Pension Plan may choose to retire at any time between the ages of 60 and 70.The normal retirement pension, calculated according to the present formula, will continue to be payable to persons who retire at the age of 65.However, if you retire before or after that age your pension will be decreased or increased accordingly, at the rate of V2% for each month (6% per year) which precedes or follows your 65th birthday.Thus, if you retire at age 60, you will be entitled to monthly benefits equal to 70% of your 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that were teminated following a remarnage will be reinstated on request.Would you like further infomation?Do not hesitate to phone or : write to us.CHICOUTIMI 50.ru.’ Racine Est G7H ire Tel ; (418) 549 2684 ORUMMONDVIUE 147.r\H‘ Lindsay J2C 1N7 Tel (819)472 3357 HULL 167, me Wellington J8X2J3 Tel (819)7706155 MONTREAL 1055, boulevard Dorchester Est Case postale 1055 Succursale *0» H2L4T6 Tel (514)873 2433 QUEBEC 1000, route de LÉglise Case postale 5200 C1K7S9 Tel: (418)643 2181 RIMOUSKI 92.21' Rue Ouest G5LBB3 Tel (418)722 3526 ROUYN 33.rue Gamble Ouest J9X2R3 Tel; (819)762 0941 SHERBROOKE 1680.me King Ouest JIJ2C9 Tel (819)569 9575 TROIS RIVIÈRES 1055, boulevard des Forges Bureau 140 G8Z4J8 Tel (819)378 4519 Québec n n u n 16—The RECOKD—Friday.October >H, |»k:{ —___foei mam Quebec-Sherbrooke Presbyterial United Church Women hold fall meeting The fall meeting of the Executive of Que bee-Sherbrooke Presbyterial was held at Bury United Church on October 1 with 20 pre sent Bury U.C.W served coffee and doughnuts as the members arrived, and after a get acquainted exer cise Margaret Wil liams led in Opening Worship A welcome was extended by president Mildred Miller, and Daisy Allison, president of Bury U.C.W The minutes of the last meeting were adopted as circulated.Business arising from the minutes included additions and corrections to the list of offi cers and local presidents A committee was formed to study the allocation of funds to the Presbyterial from local groups, as it was felt that a more equitable system is desirable.The president stated there are a few copies of the hook Voluntary Church Work: a Lifestyle for Women, for sale.Reports were given by several of the officers.The treasurer, Margaret Williams, reported there is a balance of $1750.00 on hand, plus $1950.00 in the Develop m e n t Fund.Judy Drew re ported the sale of books at the Fall Rallies totalled $629.28.Chris-tene Miller reported the list of Addresses Inviting my Action has been updated and sent to local presidents.Editor of Happenings I leans Burns stated that the deadline for the next issue will be December 5.A résolu lion was passed at an earlier executive meeting raising the price of a subscription for 1984 to $2.00 to meet rising costs.This information will be included in the next issue.Several members who attended Summer Event at Ottawa gave brief reports of features they had enjoyed, a n d C o n f e r e n c e U.C.W president Zen Judson stated that in spite of fears there would be a sizable deficit the Event ended with a small profit.Marion Mayhew was thanked by the president for the very capable manner in which she had extended the courtesies at the final session.Hazel Rogers introduced the speaker for the morning session, Rev.Sheila Lawson, who gave a very interesting talk on what it means to be a woman in ministry.The second part of her talk dealt with a woman’s theology of Cod, and she gave several Biblical quotations which referred to God as a Mother figure.She was thanked by Doris Walker.Bury U.C.W.supplemented the membesrs’ bag lunches by providing soup and hot beverages as well as a deli eious dessert, for which Edith Shufelt expressed everyone’s thanks.After lunch there was an opportunity to purchase Bridgehead tea and coffee which had been brought by Outreach Convenor Zen Judson, who also noted that there will soon be a slide-tape presentation on the Bridgehead project which will be available to local groups to help promote the use of Bridghead products.Reports were given on the Fall Rallies, which had been very successful Total atten dance at the* five rallies was 219.The largest attendance was at the Scots town Area Rally at Birchton, which was the only evening rally The study used at all the rallies was “Jesus and the Poor", taken from the study book, “Jesus Means Life”.In keeping with the theme of all the Rallies, “Sha ring Our Bounty ”, generous gifts of food were brought in which were distributed later.Among the recipients were several Senior Ci-tizens Homes, Pannage 140 (a hostel for single unemployed men in Sherbrooke) and L'Horizon pour Elle (a refuge for battered women in Cowansville).It was noted that there is a need for warm clothing for teenagers at Alexander Call High School, and that donations can be sent to the Chaplain’s Office.M and 0 Conference U.C.W.will be holding their fall meeting at Summerlea United Church, Lachine, on November 1.7’he theme will be Global Community.A presentation will be made on “Congregations in Mis-;ion', and a panel of four will discuss what they felt to be the highlights of the World Council of Churches whichg they had attended.All U.C.W.members are invited to attend.Those who plan to do so should inform their area vice-presidents so that the information can be forwarded to Summerlea U.C.W.before Oct.25.The next executive meeting will be held at Lennoxville United Church at 9:,ill a.in.January 31.with February 2 as an alternate From the pens of ET writers date in case of inclement weather.Officers are to bring their Annual reports to this meeting.Among upcoming events are the January Days of Enrichment at Sherbrooke and Waterloo, probably to be held the third week of January.Dorothy Carson-Hobbs will be in charge of the program.A suggested date for the annual meeting was April 3, possibly at Cowansville.Further information will be published about these events when plans are completed.The guest speaker at the afternoon session was Jennifer Warren, who was introduced by Margaret Williams.She spoke on her experiences as a Steward at the World Council of Churches Assembly in Vancouver, where her assignment was to assist the Press, who had come from all over the world.She said that the highlight for her was meeting people from all over the world who had come to study and worship together.She stressed that prayer becomes much more real when it is for real people, not for legenda- Valley Weavers Guild holds regular meeting LENNOXVILLE -The Valley Weavers Guild met in the wor-k r o o m, Academy Street, Lennoxville, for the October meeting.Mrs.Jeannine Turcotte, president, was in the chair.The secretary Mrs.Ralph Parker reviewed the past month’s minutes and the president gave the financial report in the absence of the treasurer.It was reported in readiness for the fall’s work, the three small looms had been threaded, one for tea towels in autumn stripes, one for rugs in dark brown and the other for material for vests and the 100-inch loom has been in operation for the making of tablecloths for a time.All were pleased to hear that the samples in waffle weave, woven by Mrs.Françoise No-reau were in the Fall bulletin of the Association of Quebec Weavers.A display of the Banff Fine Arts program for summer 1984 was displayed.An interesting discussion on the possibility of workshop in felt making was held, this to be given by Monique Dumas in November if possible.It was decided to have a tea-time business meeting in the future.with simple refreshments.This concluded the business and the show and tell included a bath mat by Mrs.Parker, two tablecloths made recently and a pillowcase in double weave from Spain where the president had been on a vacation.ry figures from far away countries about whose lifestyle one knows nothing.She was thanked for her excellent report by Ilea-na Burns.The president closed the meeting with prayer, and all enjoyed tea and cookies provided by Scotstown U.C.W., and a short visit before returning home.Submitted by Ileana Burns, Secretary for Press and Publicity Que.-Sher.Presbyterial U.C.W.f | THE GEORGIAN ! HOTEL | LENNOXVILLE i ANNOUNCES A LIVE BAND EVERY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY I COME AND ENJOY I QUEEN ST., LENNOXVILLE | -jfMV TTwrV ‘iPryrU 7r-w*-V ^ Richmond- Melbourne Kathy Appelblom Mrs.Annette Mal-boeuf recently had the pleasure of entertai ning her niece and ne phews, Mrs.Alan Barker of Drummond-ville, and her daughter Elina and Mr.and Mrs.Rene Brouillette of Lake Wales, Florida.Miss Ruth Lanigan was also a guest at the same home On Sunday, Mrs.Malboeuf and her hosts Mr.and Mrs.Jean Marie Gauthier motored to visit the latter’s daughter, Mrs.Lise Toussaint, in Danville.¦ •• mm vmuux 2 p.m.to 6 p.m.THE HALLOWE'EN MARCH When little black cats walk with their backs in an arch it is called The Hallowe'en march.Pumpkins line up to compete for the prize given annually to the one with the brightest of eyes.Witches have sent their gowns to the cleaners they've ordered up rolls and October weiners.Ghouls and bats are dusting their hats and drooling over a stew made of toenails and gnats When somewhat limp goblins add a touch of spray-starch they are getting ready for the Hallowe’en march BERYL WILLIAMS QUEBEC BYELECTIONS DECEMBERS Jonquière/Mégantic-Compton You want to vote?We can’t count you in if you’re out.It’s time for enumeration in Mégantic-Compton from October 31st to November 3rd Under a special Act adopted in May 1983, which cancelled the enumeration planned for the Fall of 1983, you must now be enumerated if you want to vote in the by-election of your electoral district of Megantic-Compton.In urban areas (municipalities with a population of over 2000 ), two enumerators will visit you to enter your name on the electoral list.They must wear, in a visible manner, their enumerator's badge.Their name must be on the badge.In rural areas ( municipalities with a population of 2000 or less ), an enumerator will either visit you, talk to you on the telephone, or use any other appropriate means to enter your name on the electoral list.Please be in! It’s enumeration time from Monday, October 31st to Thursday, November 3rd.Conditions for entry on the electoral list: You may be entered on the electoral list if, on December 5th.1983: 1.you are 18 years old or over; 2.you are a Canadian citizen; 3.you have been domiciled in Quebec for 1 year; 4.and if you are not under any legal disqualification.Entry on the electoral list You must be entered on the electoral list of the polling subdivision where you had your domicile on October 19th, 1983.You will be asked to spell out your surname and your given name, and to state your address, your occupation and your age.Enumerators may question you about your voter’s qualifications.You are required to give oral answers only.Your Returning Officer will send you the electoral list of your polling subdivision.For further information, please call TOLL FREE: 1-800-463-4378.because every vote counts conduct ofapolling financing of political parties electoral map ?Le Directeur general des élections du Quebec Piprir F Côte.C R TfïxfV ‘fnd-v