The Westmount examiner, 14 février 1985, jeudi 14 février 1985

[" Smoke detectors missing: Fire claims animal FIRE EVERYWHERE: As firemen opened up walls and ceilings during Saturday's fire at 576 Grosvenor avenue, they found the fire burning into the structure.One firefighter was burnt by a section of wall which fell on him.By LAUREEN SWEENEY One firefighter was injured and two cats and a dog died when fire ravaged a semi-detached house at 576 Grosvenor avenue in the early hours of Saturday morning, causing an estimated $160,000 damage, fire officials report.The household pets were alone in the house at the time and were found dead on arrival of local firefighters shortly after 3 am.Mutual aid firemen from five other municipalities were called to assist.Fire investigators said the two- storey house, which recently had undergone alterations at the rear, did not contain mandatory smoke detectors.The fire probably started in kitchen wiring behind the refrigerator and burnt into the walls, according to the Lieutenant Investigator Barry Coates.It likely had been burning in the structure for at least 30 minutes or more before being detected, he said.Fire was found almost everywhere that walls and ceilings were opened, Fire Chief William Timmons said.Suffered burns One of the mutual aid men, Fireman Denis Belec from Côte St Luc, was taken to hospital suffering burns to hand and neck when Continued on page 31 By Capt Eric Neal February 15 to 22 pleasant weekend.NEXT WEEK'S WEATHER Commencing bright and quite cold.this could be a troublesome week with a wide temperature range.Thaw probable into the middle of the week then dropping to near -20°C some nights.Sunny days mid-week will be followed by gale winds with glaze ice and 15 to 25 cm of snow.Improving rapidly for a .MÉTRO MARKET METRO WESTMOUNT SQUARE FREE PARKING DELIVERY SERVICE tims, wreaks $160,000 damage 5 \u201cA 3 PTR FETT Re BE ERE ELEY LI TERR fh mm eg ee JERR TT ATED LL WRN HE Ea.THE WESTMOUNT 3 : à o 1 ; 3 Making all of Westmount your home Vol.LVII, No.7 Westmount PQ, H3Z 2Y8, Thursday, February 14, 1985 25¢ Meeting Feb 26: ri Tie oss AN PACS a Parking consultation agenda covers only daytime trouble By LAUREEN SWEENEY THE long-awaited public consultation meeting on parking set for Feb 26 will be restricted to the subject of daytime parking only, Mayor Brian Gallery told THE EXAMINER in releasing three proposed solutions as guidelines.The proposals are contained in an information sheet outlining the city\u2019s parking policies released this week and available at city hall (see advertisement page 11.) These are: the acquisition of land for parking lots; a daytime parking sticker program; and the designation of streets for extended daytime parking together with alternate side parking.These proposals have been released for discussion at the parking meeting which has been postponed several times and now is set to take place Tuesday, Feb 26, at 7:30 pm in Victoria Hall.\u201cThe city is looking at what could be done to alleviate daytime parking problems, particularly in the southern sections,\u201d Mayor Gallery told THE EXAMINER.\u201cIt's a difficult problem to Continued on page 23 Square office loses canvass A painting valued at $80,000 was reported stolen from an office in Westmount Square over the weekend, police said.The canvass was described as \u201cLe lapin agile\u2019 painted by Mont- martre and measuring 38 cm by 46 cm.No signs of forced entry were found.WMA urges Westmount to push T.M.R.plan By JAMES MILLS The Westmount Municipal Association has endorsed a Town of Mount Royal proposal that a \u201cmore equitable\u201d MUC cost- sharing formula, based equally on population and evaluation (see story Jan 31), be adopted.A resolution urging the City of Westmount to support the T.M.R.plan was passed at a meeting of WMA directors Monday night in Victoria Hall.George Valois, a WMA vice- president and chairman of the finance committee, proposed the resolution.The plan, he said, \u2018would result in such a dramatic improvement in Westmount taxation that it's really a motherhood issue.\u201d John Udy questioned the ethics of the proposal, noting that making the situation easier for West- mount would shift the taxation burden onto the backs of other communities.Andy Dodge, who spoke in favor of the plan, doubted it would receive the necessary Quebec government approval.James Wright, president, said taxation based on population and evaluation is used in at least one region of Quebec, the Hull area.Twelve directors voted for the resolution; two opposed; Mr.Udy abstained from voting.Council decision postponed By LAUREEN SWEENEY Westmount city council has decided to postpone decision on a request by the Town of Mount Royal to support its proposal calling for a change in MUC costing which could save Westmount some $3 million a year.The announcement was made by Mayor Brian Gallery Tuesday night last week following discussion by the council in general committee.A decision by Westmount will be delayed until after the matter Continued on page 24 \u201cOh, oh! It's that time again!\u201d Railway to keep station By JAMES MILLS WESTMOUNT station will continue to be used as a railway facility even after commuter trains begin stopping at the new Vendôme station later this year, it was learned Thursday last week.Canadian Pacific vice- president G.(Gerry) Benoit delivered the news to a special meeting of officials of Arts Westmount, the Westmount Historical Association (WHA) and the City of Westmount held at city hall, effectively defusing local efforts to have the station preserved for community use.Arts Westmount and the WHA are in the process of obtaining a cultural properties classification for the building in an effort to permanently prevent its demolition.The company, which owns the station, plans to transfer its freight claims department to the waiting area of Westmount sta- Continued on page eight INDEX Beyond Westmount\u2019s Borders .14 Building permits.10 Classified advertising.\u2026 24-26 Community calendar.2 Editorials/We Say._ .4 Education .\u2026.27-29 Entertainments and cating.14-16 Examining the Files.6 Fire calls for the week.3 Home improvement 10 Joan Capréol\u2019s profile.6 Judy Yelon\u2019s cartoon.5 Official Notice Board .2,16 Our MNA says.00000 8 OQurMPsays.5 Professional cards.27 Realty.LL LL LL 9,17 Religious 1 news.12-13 Social and women\u2019s interests.18-23 Sports and recreation .30-31 ERLE TER RW ET OR SE SITE 2 - The \u2018Westmount Examiner, Thursday, February 14, 1985 Our mayor .BRIAN O'N.GALLERY .says DISCUSSIONS OF CIVIC MATTERS Virtually every week, usually on Wednesdays, the City Solicitor of Westmount, Mr N.J.Kevin Donovan, of the firm of Bronstetter, Wilkie, Penhale and Associates, advocates, comes to City Hall to meet with the Director General, the City Clerk, the Assistant City Clerk and various other mL department heads, to discuss and give g advice on the legal aspects of various civic matters which are either then pending before the Council and/or City administration, or which are expected to arise in the foreseeable future in the FE normal course of the business of § Westmount.A On any given week of the year, these § discussions on civic matters, or \u2018legal meetings\" as they are sometimes called, may bear on a very wide spectrum of issues.Many of the questions requiring attention have to do with items that have arisen, or which are about to arise, on the agendas of General Committee of Council and/or Council meetings.The wording of resolutions and by-laws, for example, must be checked to ensure accuracy.from a legal standpoint, prior to adoption by Council.Tenders for the goods and services required by the City sometimes raise legal problems which must be considered before a recommendation can be made to Council as to which submission to accept.Where the City is preparing to enter into a formal, written contract with a supplier, a property-owner, another municipality or some other organization, it is vital to get advice from the City Solicitor as to the nature of the City's rights and obligations under such proposed agreements.Frequently, it is necessary to engage in long and delicate negotiations with the other contracting party or parties, so as to facilitate a true \u2018meeting of minds\" before the agreement is signed.This frequently averts misunderstandings, loss of time and potentially costly litigation later.The City Solicitor's Office also looks after representing the City in its ongoing relationship with the City of Montreal and other suburban municipalities, which, like Westmount, purchase water in bulk from Montreal.This matter involves a host of legal complexities, contracts, jurisprudence, etc.and it requires considerable time and attention each year, so that the interests of local taxpayers can be protected.The City\u2019s two pension plans and three collective agreements with its certified employee associations entail the need for constant interpretation of general provisions in relation to specific cases, so that disputes may be avoided or resolved, and harmonious labour relations may be preserved.The collective bargaining process which results in proposed amendments to these labour contracts also requires careful drafting and reviewing of the new or amended clauses by the City Solicitor, in conjunction with City management and representatives of each employee association concerned.Much of the work done at these \u2018discussions\u2019 results from new and complex provincial legislation which imposes new obligations or additional constraints on the City's authority to legislate or act in certain fields.Recent years have seen a notable proliferation of new laws and regulations, many of which are poorly drafted and ambiguous, and yet which have drastic implications for municipal operations.Here again, the City Solicitor's expertise and experience permit him to play a useful role in interpreting and clarifying these new or amended rules.In preparing the City's own by-laws, account must be taken of this rapidly-changing provincial enabling legislation, to ensure that City regulations will be immune from legal attack as far as possible.The drafts of such by-laws are reviewed by the \u201cDiscussions Group\u2019 and the department heads concerned to ensure their conformity to the City's legislative authority, basic principles of law and to the intentions of Council.The operations of the City's Municipal Court, the establishment of new city services (e.g.the Public Security Unit), pending litigation involving Westmount, relations with other cities or bodies entailing legal aspects, particular legal questions of interpretation and application of City by-laws (e.g.re zoning, building, traffic and signing), are all examples of other kinds of legal matters reviewed at the Wednesday gatherings.Over the years, it has been found that the expert advice and experience of the City Solicitor assists immeasurably in securing the smooth functioning of Council and the City administration, in avoiding litigation, in better allocating public funds and in securing the proper protection and advancement of Westmount's municipal government generally.The current City Solicitor, with his ability and dedication.makes a major contribution to the achievement of these goals, and the weekly discussions with him on the legal business of Westmount provides a convenient and time-saving device for accomplishing this important and beneficial task.The City has been blessed in the expertise available to it from its staff, notably in the persons of the Director General.the City Clerk and the Assistant City Clerk.The Director General, the Ci- ed dae ty Clerk and the various department heads bring to the \u201clegal meetings\u201d many years of the practical and wide-ranging experience necessary to ensure each matter on the agenda is thoroughly examined and considered, both pragmatically as well as legally.In fact, the City Clerk's extensive knowledge and access to information earned him the reputation as the City\u2019s \u201c\u2018encyclopedia.\u201d\u201d The Assistant City Clerk, affectionately called the \u2018\u2019scribe,\u201d\u2019 is an integral part of these meetings: he is a lawyer himself and possesses an incisive legal mind, coupled with a delightful wit, and exercises consummate skill in drafting bylaws, minutes, ete.in either French or English.EXPOSÉ SUR DES QUESTIONS D'INTÉRÊT MUNICIPAL Presque toutes les semaines, en général le mercredi, l'avocat de la ville de Westmount, M.N.J.Kevin Donovan, du cabinet Bronstetter, Wilkie, Penhale et associés, vient à l'Hôtel de Ville y rencontrer le Directeur général, le Greffier, le Greffier adjoint et les directeurs de divers services, pour traiter avec eux des aspects juridiques de diverses questions d'intérêt municipal à l'étude par le conseil et (ou) l'administration municipale, ou susceptibles de se présenter dans un avenir prévisible dans le cours normal des affaires de la ville de Westmount, et leur donner des conseils à ce sujet.Au courant de l'année, lors de l\u2019une quelconque de ces réunions hebdomadaires ou de ces \u2018\u2018réunions juridiques\u201d comme on les désigne parfois, on traitera d\u2019une gamme très vaste de sujets.On y abordera par exemple des questions qui ont figuré ou qui figureront sous peu à l\u2019ordre du jour du comité plénier du conseil et (ou) des séances du conseil.Avant l'adoption par Je conseil de résolutions et de règlements, entre autres, on en vérifiera le texte afin d'en assurer l'exactitude du point de vue juridique.Les soumissions relatives à des biens et à des services que veut obtenir la ville soulèvent parfois des problèmes légaux qui doivent être examinés avant qu'une recommandation soit soumise au conseil quant à l\u2019opportunité de les accepter.Lorsque la ville s'apprête à conclure un contrat officiel par écrit avec un fournisseur, un propriétaire, une autre municipalité ou un organisme quelconque, il est essentiel qu\u2019elle obtienne de son avocat des conseils sur le caractère des droits et des obligations qui découlent de telles ententes.Il est souvent nécessaire de procéder à des négociations longues et délicates avec l'autre ou les autres parties au contrat, afin d'en arriver à un véritable \u2018\u201cconsensus\u2019\u2019 avant la signature de l'entente.Cette façon de procéder permet souvent d'éviter les malentendus, les pertes de temps et d'éloigner le risque éventuel de litiges coûteux.Le bureau du contentieux municipal représente également la ville sans ses rapports réguliers avec la ville de Montréal et avec d'autres municipalités de banlieue qui, comme Westmount, achètent leur eau de Montréal.Cette question entraîne énormément de complications d'ordre légal, des contrats, des arrêts de jurisprudence, etc., autant de sujets auxquels il convient de consacrer beaucoup de temps et d'attention tout au long de l\u2019année afin d'assurer la protection des intérêts des contribuables locaux.Les dispositions générales des deux régimes de retraite de la ville et des trois conventions syndicales qui la lient aux associations accréditées de ses employés exigent constamment d'être interprétées en marge de certains cas spécifiques afin d'éviter ou de résoudre les litiges et de maintenir un climat de bonnes relations ouvrières.Le processus de négociation collective appelé à déboucher sur des projets de modifications de ces conventions syndicales exige aussi que l'avocat de la ville élabore et étudie avec minutie les dispositions nouvelles ou modifiées de concert avec les autorités municipales et les représentants de chaque syndicat d'employés concerné.Le travail qui accompagne ces \u2018\u2018discussions\u2019\u2019 résulte en grande partie de l'adoption par la province de nouvelles lois fort complexes imposant de nouvelles obligations ou des contraintes supplémentaires au niveau du droit de la ville de légiférer ou d'agir dans certains domaines.Ces dernières années, on a constaté une prolifération marquée de nouvelles lois et de nouveaux règlements, dont plusieurs sont mal rédigés et ambigus, mais qui ont néanmoins une très forte incidence sur les activités municipales.Dans ce cas également, par ses connaissances et son expérience, l'avocat de la ville joue un rôle fort utile en interprétant et en clarifiant ces règles nouvelles ou modifiées.Dans l'élaboration de ses propres règlements, la ville doit tenir compte de ces mesures provinciales habilitantes qui évoluent à un rythme très rapide afin de mettre ses règlements à l'abri d'une attaque en justice autant que faire se peut.Ces projets de règlements sont passés au crible par ce \u2018\u2018groupe de discussion\u201d et les directeurs des services concernés afin d\u2019en assurer la conformité avec l'autorité législative de la ville, les principes de droit fondamentaux et les intentions du conseil.Le fonctionnement de la cour municipale de Westmount, l'établissement de nouveaux services municipaux (par exemple, le Corps de Sécurité publique).les causes en instance dans lesquelles Westmount est impliquée, les relations à incidences juridiques avec d'autres villes ou organismes, des points de droit spécifiques d'interprétation et d'application de règlements municipaux (par exemple, le zonage, la construction.la circulation et l'affichage) sonts autant d'illustrations du genre de questions d'ordre juridique examinées à l'occasion de ces réunions du mercredi.Au cours des ans, on a pu apprécier la grande utilité des avis compétents et de l\u2019expérience de l'avocat de la ville pour favoriser le bon fonctionnement du conseil et de l'administration municipale, éviter les litiges, permettre une meilleure répartition des fonds publics et, de façon générale, assurer la protection et le progrès du gouvernement municipal de Westmount.Par sa compétence et son dévouement, l'actuel avocat de Westmount contribue puissamment à la réalisation de ces objectifs et les réunions hebdomadaires auxquelles il assiste pour discuter de questions juridiques concernant Westmount consti- Suite à la page 16 REE EEE EE IIE The following events are scheduled in Westmount this week: Wednesday, Feb 20 J Rotary Club of Westmount: regular luncheon meeting, Victoria Hall, 12:30 pm we-+ J Westmount Initiative for Peace: lecture, Victoria Hall, 8 pm m COMING UP J Feb 25: City of Westmount, public consultation meeting on zoning changes at Mother House ° 7 Feb 26: City of Westmount, meeting on parking, Victoria Hall, 7:30 pm © 5 March 2: City of Westmount, indoor winter carnival, Westmount arena, 1 pm ad ay 3 March 5: City of Westmount, meeting with residents of Holton avenue, city hall, 7:30 pm e DO March 11: Westmount High School, committee meeting, WHS, 7:30 pm me D March 11: Roslyn School, committee meeting, Roslyn, 7:30 pm me W Weekly / Monthly M © Official public meeting / Annual à @Religious / Entertainment 0 + Forchildren / Sportingevent © D Formal / Sale 9 @& Nosmoking / Phone for details ® v/ Free / Admission charge $ @ Offering / Seeadvertisement 4 \u20ac Membersonly / By invitation = \u20ac- Members and guests Woman gets wallet back from driver A Montreal woman who lost a black leather wallet at Metcalfe avenue and St Catherine street Friday morning was relieved by a phone call from an MUCTC bus driver several hours later.The woman, who dropped the wallet descending from a taxi, reported the loss to local police and the taxi company.The bus driver, passing the intersection shortly after 9 am, spied the wallet on the ground and picked it up.At the end of his shift, he called the woman at her Westmount office to arrange the return of the wallet.The wallet contained personal papers and approximately $60 in cash.FOR © | ,viBer ® AND PLYWOOD 03] ® HOME ** AND INDUSTRY ORDER DEPARTMENT EKDAYS 7:30 AM-5: SATURDAYS 8:30 PM-4 PM Call 748-6161 SHEARER-BOCK RUTHERFORD INC.50 STINSON BLVD.TWO BLOCKS £AST OF NATIONAL FILM BOARD TV TTT TTT TT TY 9 am-5 pm I OPEN A DAILY INTEREST ACCOUNT Monday-Wednesday Thursday, Friday 9 am-6 pm Central Trust 4825 Sherbrooke St.W.» 933-1122 | where were vo + | they going?| The following calls were answered by the Westmount Fire Brigade during the past week: Feb 6 9:58 am: 646 Belmont, burglar alarm ringing; 10:34 am: 68 Belmont, burglar alarm; 10:43 am: 400 Lansdowne, apt 106, first responder unit; 12:08 pm: Côte St Antoine and Clare- mont, first responder unit for car accident, not needed; 4:45 pm: Rear of 15 Melbourne, burnt fuse at top of hydro pole; Feb 7 10:52 am: 1 Rosemount, person freed from elevator; 12:52 pm: 376 Victoria, persons freed from elevator; 2:39 pm: 3617 The Boulevard, fire alarm activated by dust from sawing wood; 7:05 pm: 398 Roslyn, no power; 7:20 pm: 1500 Atwater, sprinkler activated in Montreal, Feb 8 Nil; Feb 9 2:59 am: 576 Grosvenor, fire in house (see story); 1:53 pm: 10 Rosemount, elevator stuck: 2:43 pm: 1 Westmount Square, Wood and de Maisonneuve Métro entrance, smoke from defective motor in heating unit; 7:13 pm: 250 Clarke, apt 906, first responder unit; 8:19 pm: Area of 4 Burton, smell of gas; Feb 10 9:02 am: 608 Victoria, defective gas furnace; 4:52 pm: 2200 Claremont, Montreal, smell of smoke in elevator: 10:37 pm: 82 Sunnyside, problem; electrical Feb 11 1:15 pm: 383 Clarke, first responder unit; 4:08 pm: 59 Thornhill, smoke detector beeping in basement; 11:05 pm: 4282 Dorchester, apt 706, code 2 automatic mutual aid from Côte St Luc cancelled at 11:11 pm, fire in apartment (see story).The Westmount recreation department has news for West- mounters every week in THE EXAMINER.a \u201cREGAL ™ ; 484-1172 REGAL TAXI 24-HOUR SERVICE plus service to both airports Thursday, February 14, 1985 - 3 \u201c WE KNOW THE WORLD.Call us for new charter class ways to enjoy it ail.BEL AIR -\u2014 1373 Greene Avenue BEL-AIR TRAVEL fa FY Sure\u2019 931-3843 Junior Crime Fighter course is launched By LAUREEN SWEENEY A Junior Crime Fighter course designed by local MUC police and sponsored by the City of West- mount is being launched among some 200 grade 6 students here.Six of nine Westmount elementary schools approached by police agreed to participate in the new program, being taken into the schools by members of the local MUC youth squad.Police officials said this week they hoped the other three schools would decide to offer the course next year.\u201cWe want the students to be aware that crime prevention starts with them,\" explains Sergeant Robert Cotnoir, head of station 23's youth squad.Participating schools are: West- mount Park, The Study, Selwyn House, St Léon, Villa Ste Marcelline and St George's.Those not participating are Roslyn, Miss Edgar's and Miss Cramp's and the Solomon Schechter Academy.The course is based on the Junior Firefighters course and is divided into four hour-long programs as well as a crime prevention assignment for students.Students earn badge On completion, students will earn a special certificate signed by the mayor as well as a badge.The course was announced at the city council meeting Tuesday last week by Alderman Paul Fortin, public security commissioner.\u201cThe city is underwriting the cost of the program, which will cost $600,\u201d he said.The sum will cover 1,000 certificates and badges.The program originally was conceived by Director Michel Groulx, former commanding officer of station 23, as a 10-week course to be given to a limited number of students at the police station.It has been instituted directly in the schools, however, in order to reach a greater number of students.The four lectures are divided into the following topics: respect for the individual; respect for property; crime prevention; and traffic and general safety regulations, including bicycles.\u2018Positive fashion\u2019 \u201cWe are trying to present it in a positive fashion,\u2019 Sgt Cotnoir explained, noting the emphasis on \u201crespect\u201d for property, for instance, rather than crimes involving property.\u201cThe purpose of the program is to teach the student the importance of crime prevention so that JEWELLERY REPAIRS ADVICE AND ESTIMATES FOR ALL REPAIRS AND RESTORATION: Arabesque Antique and Estate Jewellery WE BUY ALL YOUR OLD COSTUME OR FINE JEWELLERY The Old Post Office, 1304 Greene Tuesday to Saturday, noon to 5:30 F à o Ë CRIME FIGHTERS AT THE STUDY: A group of grade six students at The Study cluster around Constable Patrick Sheehan Tuesday morning before he presents the second portion of the Junior Crime Fighter Course to the entire class.Six schools are participating in the program.they may develop a sense of responsibility toward the community and become better citizens.\u201d Each of the four sessions consists of a lecture illustrated by a film or video.There have been problems fitting the course into the curriculum of some of the schools, he said, but police are adjusting the sessions to fit the time allotted by the schools.At Selwyn House, for instance, where grade 6 is an immersion course called \u2018\u2018la sixième,\u201d the course in being presented in French by Cst Bernard Roy.Cst Patrick Sheehan is handling the English presentations where required.Some of the subjects to be addressed in the course are: e Why is there so much violence Mayor sorry three schools refuse course Mayor Brian Gallery told THE EXAMINER yesterday he was \u2018\u2018very sorry'\u2019 three of West- mount\u2019s schools had decided not to participate in the Junior Crime Fighter course offered by MUC police and the city.\u201cThe program has been initiated in an effort to help children protect themselves,\u201d he said.\u201cI am delighted the police are making this effort and I hope all school principals will make them welcome in their schools.The police need all the support they can get.\u201d Only three of nine schools contacted are not participating.They are Roslyn, Miss Edgar's and Miss Cramp's and the Solomon Schechter Academy.\u201cWasn't it two of those schools, ECS and Roslyn, who have sent letters home to parents asking them to caution their children about certain incidents around their schools?\u201d he asked.in some families, some areas of society and some schools or classrooms?Why should police be notified?» Vandalism, sexual assault and shoplifting; e How the justice system works and keeps records of juvenile crime; * Crime prevention as it involves the community, individuals, police and what to do as a victim of crime.The first lecture of the course was presented to most schools last month and the second now is being scheduled.Anthony\u2019s VARIETY STORE post office « greeting cards Open 8 am to 8 pm, closed Sundays 4500 St.Catherine W.at Abbott MUCIC BUS TICKETS \u2018 voyages a y i w PREMIER travelinc.BOOK NOW AND BE ELIGIBLE FOR A BEAUTIFUL PREMIER TRAVEL BAG! 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lola 1e) [TTC SAT LE ~~ Wesay Recreating recreation PERHAPS, just perhaps, Westmount is going to have a revamp of its recreation services and facilities.If it happens, the effects may go beyond recreation.If our city\u2019s ultraconservative pace of change can be stepped up, breaking from the ways in which things have been done for decades in the recreation department, it is just possible that city council may discover that the sky has not fallen in and new, fresh approaches can be made to other municipal functions and services.We think, for example, of on-street parking.There is a tendency at city hall to say that we never have permitted citizens to park on our streets overnight, that this is the Westmount way and, by golly, it isn't going to change.Or perhaps procedure at city council meetings whereby there might be a citizens\u2019 discussion opportunity prior to passage of measures, rather than the traditional question period which always has come after the official agenda has been finished.It is even possible that council might take another hard look at the agenda for its closed-door general committee meetings and decide that all but those items which must be kept confidential for legitimate reasons (such as the private interests of persons or firms and the city's own best interests) be transferred to the statutory public meeting agendas.These seemingly wild thoughts are prompted by our recent newspage survey of several other area municipalities\u2019 programs and practices with regard to recreation.We found, as we did in a similar study several years ago, that the uniqueness of Westmount which once was the leader in innovative approaches has become more the uniqueness of the old and time-honored \u2014 nice, but not exactly meeting the changing needs of a changing population.The difference now is a new commissioner of public services, whose portfolio embraces the high-profile recreation department.Holding this responsibility is the refreshing and innovation-minded Ald John Shingler.In the same issue of THE EXAMINER our reporter interviewed both him and the young and open director of services, Mr Bruce St Louis.Between them they have a lot of plans for opening up the department to citizen ideas and input, for staff studies and finally a presentation to council for, hopefully, action on new approaches to recreation.Another important difference is the changing population.The numbers of youngsters continue to diminish while the mid- dle- and older-aged brackets are on the increase.This means the demand inevitably will drop for boys\u2019 and girls\u2019 sports while the special needs and interests of adults will require addressing.With regard to the city\u2019s \u201chouse\u201d leagues in various sports, the time will come when the department will have to change its attitude toward co-operation with and participation in leagues with other municipalities.If not, local children increasingly will be denied opportunity to exercise their skills and prowess with their peers in particular sports.The approach to the adults requires more imagination and scope than that offered in the several interest courses offered two or three years ago, which went over like a lead balloon and had to be cancelled for lack of interest.It is important that the thoughts and wishes of the older citizens be learned and, insofar as possible, followed.To carry these new thrusts forward, there may be special expenses and facilities required which will bring up once again the \u2018\u2018user-pay\u201d principle for consideration.No longer can this approach be dismissed, as it has been before, out of hand as \u201cnot the Westmount way.\u201d It may prove the only way.Likely to emerge from the consultations and studies is the proposal, once more, for a year-round swimming pool for West- mount.It will not be enough to dismiss it again as \u201ctoo expensive, we can't afford it.\u201d Swimming is an ideal form of exercise for all ages.Investment in a pool facility well may be the best addition which could be made in enhancing the city\u2019s existing recreation plant.The time has come for Westmount to look at what is being done and how in othercities and towns, even if some of these got their original inspiration from Westmount.In business some of the best ideas come from studying others in the same line of enterprise.Municipal governments could profit more from that approach to ongoing development.1Say! NOTHING links man to man like the frequent passage from hand to hand of cash.\u2014 Walter Sickert we Say own x ét worl Yd 8 SR Ard dg 0 Keep CBC radio, quit TV AFTER Mr David Bazay of the CBC spoke to the Westmount Rotary Club in the late fall we endorsed his opinion that the public corporation's radio services should be held inviolate in the budget cuts which just had been announced in Ottawa.More particularly, those things not done well or even at all by commercial radio should be shielded from the axe in the interests of the nation\u2019s good and unity.These include the networks providing essential services to the scattered: the natives and other residents of the North, the French-speaking people across the nation outside Quebec and the anglophones and other non-French who leaven Quebec.However, we also took the occasion to suggest that television well might be the area in which to save a great deal of taxpayers\u2019 money.Talking to Westmounters and others, our feelings on these two points are reinforced.The radio networks not only are the essential Canadian Broadcasting Corporation function; they are the less expensive.Furthermore, the chains of repeater stations which make them so effective remain in place and their continued use would be logical in this ground alone.Unfortunately, because fewer personnel, relative to television, are required to maintain or even extend the quality of these services, they are a tempting target of the budget-cutters and of a CBC bureaucracy by nature wishing to keep as much as possible of the overall empire intact.On the other hand, the great sink-hole of public broadcasting expense in this country is television.Furthermore, except for some notable programming of Canadian cultural value not undertaken on the same scale or quality by the commercial networks and stations (possibly because the CBC is perceived as the vehicle for such things), there is nothing much on\u2019 CBC channels which could not be done as well and probably more economically by, say, CTV and its affiliates \u2014 specially if so required by the existing licensing and regulatory authority of the federal government.The commercial television broadcasters could expect, in partial compensation for being required to take on what is culturally significant but perhaps less lucrative, to have full access to the advertising sponsorship dollars now syphoned off by CBCTV.Indeed, there is evidence that the public television network in the hands of entrepreneurs rather than the public payroll might be, even without the present free- spending, viable in an on-going commercial mode and ownership.A group has offered to purchase the CBC's television facilities, which bid appears for the moment to have been abruptly dismissed in Ottawa.We hope the government may re-examine this option, specially when the hard realities of deficit-reducing really take hold of the new government.The time is, in fact, notably ripe to reconsider the role of public broadcasting.As the editor of Saturday Night, Mr Robert Fulford, notes in his current issue, the CBC's television function is overdue for redefining.The TV industry \u2014 and that\u2019s what it is, as a branch of entertainment, rather more than it is a social instrument \u2014 has changed enormously.Multiple channels, satellite transmission and cable have destroyed its once monolithic character and it is doubtful that the CBC, on the TV side, any longer is the force moulding a Canadian expression which its founding legislation intended.Let's keep \u2014 and as public finances permit, extend \u2014 the unique, non-commercial excellence of CBC radio.And hive off the tax-draining TV monster \u2014 with strengthened quality controls on all video licensees \u2014 to bottom-line enterprise.\u2018Something | Want to Say With thoughts of spring .By JAMES MILLS \u201cThere are certain disadvantages to the thaw,\u201d said Alderman John Shingler at last week's city council meeting as he rightly chastised inconsiderate Westmount dog owners.Were a groundhog to have emerged in Westmount Park early this month, it might have hoped spring to be much longer than six weeks away, whether or not its shadow was visible.The groundhog quite likely would have had considerably more than snow to push out of its way to the surface.Over or around Westmount pedestrians continually must step over or around dog owners\u2019 noncompliance with the city\u2019s dog by-law.The accumulation of individual dog owner's shortcomings are about to become unfortunately obvious.Barbara Trigger, chairman of the West- mount Park School committee, has remarked the potential health hazard to children posed by the filth in Westmount Park.Behind clean-up The Westmount Dog Owners\u2019 Association appears to be firmly behind the clean-up- after-your-dog provisions of the by-law and urges delinquent masters, non-members I presume, to fulfil their obligations.The by-law.plainly.doesn't work.Victims of noncompliance are to be seen regularly; their exclamations often betray the very nature of the infraction.I have yet to see a pooper-scooper and can remember seeing only once a master, dog- in-hand, with visible means of cleaning up after her pet.Police and public safety officers, I imagine, attach a reasonably low priority to the apprehending of dog owners who flout the by-law.Their energies are better spent in graver areas of their jurisdiction.Less formal means of discouraging the fouling of Westmount's streets and sidewalks are at the disposal of the community.Peer pressure thrives beyond adolescence and may be used effectively.Witnesses to an infringement of the by-law, as potential victims, ought to confront the offender directly.Scooper campaign A campaign to facilitate responsible dog- owning might also be launched.A service organization might undertake a park-to- park sale of pooper-scoopers.City officials might identify and publicize existing points of sale of such devices.At the very least, dog-owners who persist in allowing public places to be polluted by their pets might take it upon themselves to curb the animals.No one has suggested dog owners be denied their right to the joys of harboring a family pet.Please don't suggest that members of the non-dog-owning public be denied their right to the joys of spring.Q i ~ Richard D.French says.Cohen nan eee Péquiste insensitivity SOMETIMES my colleagues from the Parti Québécois ask me why they are so unpopular with anglophone Quebecers.Now, there are only too many ways to answer this question.Most of them turn on fundamental questions of value and ideology which, once stated, don't admit of much further discussion.Recently, however, ! encountered an absolutely typical case of Péquiste insensitivity.Among the many proposals for discussion put forward by the recent green paper on housing (published by the provincial government) was the possibility of lifting the moratorium on condominium conversion of existing rental apartment blocks.Alerted by news stories or tenants\u201d associations, many Westmount apartment dwellers wrote to me expressing their dismay at such a possibility.They sent copies to the minister of housing and consumer protection.Seniors correspond In total, I have received well over 100 such letters thus far, virtually all from senior citizens and the majority in English.They communicate the anguish which a forced move would cause and ask me to be vigilant in the defence of people of advanced age living on fixed incomes.How does the minister respond?One of his staff writes a form letter (which, given over 100 letters, seems perfectly reasonable) in French and only in French, together with an attachment photocopied from the green paper.Mare Harvey of the minister's office did not feel it necessary or worthwhile to have his letter translated for the benefit of dozens of unilingual senior citizens.His letter attempted to ease the insecurities of renters by pointing out that the proposal was still at the discussion stage, that there will be province-wide consultations, that certain protections are mentioned for elderly citizens, and so forth.It wasn't, of course, surprising that anglophones might misunderstand the government's intentions and the stage which the policy debate had reached.The green paper itself is available in French only.Will the minister of consumer protection please speak to the minister of housing?Hon.Donald J.Johnston In memory of Frank Scott THERE has been much eloquent testimony to the memory of Frank Scott.The teacher, the lawyer, the poet, the politician, the man \u2014 his range of interests was great; his genious, ubiquitous.I knew him first as a teacher in the 1950s, then as a lawyer, but most of all, as a friend.Scott was a patrician professor.But despite that aloof classroom manner, he struck up lasting friendships with students.He was the finest teacher I knew.\u2018\u2018De- fuzzifying'\u2019 wooly thinking was his specialty.He possessed a well-honed gift of legal analysis and synthesis which to a surprising degree he was able to share with his students.He quickly penetrated the bBramble-bush of prickly issues and convoluted rhetoric that shrouds so many legal and social issues to seize \u201cpith and substance\u2019\u2019 of complex constitutional questions.He brought together random pictures of society to form a realistic, coherent and often unpleasant tableau.He was not afraid to speak out; to diagnose social ills and to assail those whom he considered more wealthy than worthy.His views on the evils of major financial and industrial conglomerates were well YOU HEY WOULDN'T CHECK OUR.STICS REAL DISTRIBUTION OF FRANCOPHONE memes ess ETNS\u201d Wéstirduht *Exérhirier, Thursday, February \u201844, 1985 - PARENTS\u2019 COMMITEE MAP HELPS SAVE WESTMOUNT HHH STVDENTS /N PSBEM STAT Partial station victory ; satisfies preservationists Sir: Yesterday (Feb 7) your reporter was present at a meeting called to discuss the future of Westmount Station with the CPR.At this meeting the representative of the railway told us that they had decided to retain the building on the site and conserve the exterior, while using the interior for their own purposes.We have, to our satisfaction, attained our primary purpose, that of preventing demolition of the building and also of preventing abandonment which would result in deterioration.That the company would take this solution was predictable.They retain a valuable property.To us, the ideal use of a station is for railway use.However, we are in no way prepared to drop vigilance.Those of us who have worked on this project may not be in function at some future date when the CPR PR RER known.Yet he once sorrowfully confessed to me that the national presence of major corporations, their annual conventions and the flow of personnel across the country had probably put more \u201cglue\u201d in national unity than our federal institutions.That was Frank Scott, willing to supplant prejudice by his own observation or reasoned argument.Human and fun Above all, he was human and fun.Humor in all forms (ribald, if clever) were abundantly offered and appreciated.So was a well made martini at which he had considerable expertise.He told me, his tongue only partially in his cheek, that the martini had been America's greatest cultural contribution.Each time I raise my martini, I will see Frank Scott, I will hear his wonderful, gleeful laugh and I will remember that few live on as he does in laws that enshrine our rights and liberties, in the poetry of our land, in the expertise of his students and disciples as well as in the memories of those who knew him.makes a future change in policy.\u2018A long time,\u201d to quote the representative of CPR, does not mean forever.Moreover, the nature of changes to be made to the interior to fit it to this continuing office use by CPR personnel will need careful surveillance by Westmounters.The building is more than a site and an envelope, and, if the railway at some future date relinquishes the building to such conservation minded people as are then in function here, it would be sad to have the interior in too changed a shape.Be assured that Arts Westmount and the Historical Association will not now cease their interest in this building.We shall wait and see.For the moment, we feel this is a partial victory.The station is temporarily saved.Edythe Germain President Arts Westmount 198 Côte St Antoine road WESTMOUNT H3Y 2J2 Figure skating spectator showers praise on Adams Sir: At the invitation of a friend, I ventured into the Westmount arena skating rink during a figure skating competition for children.I was amazed at the skill of some of the smallest, at the excellent organization of the competition, all the more as J found this to be the work of more or less one energetic woman, Beverly Adams.I cannot imagine how she can achieve so much with so many children, some of whom seem to have sufficient talent to develop into future competitive skaters, although she seems a most energetic and competent person.Good luck to her and all her charges and may she get all the support to continue her excellent work! Kitty Volenik 4681 Côte St Catherine road MONTREAL H3W 1M1 Election tally shows PCs spent most Bertrand Laforte, the Progressive Conservative candidate for St Henri - West- mount, spent the largest amount of money in the last federal election, although Hon Donald Johnston, who won the riding, received the greatest amount of campaign contributions.According to figures relcased recently by Elections Canada, Mr Laforte\u2019s campaign expenses totalled $35,352.58 while Mr Johnston's campaign cost $32,075.11.NDP total lower New Democrat John Thompson's campaign total was $3,480.04 and Luc Richard of the Parti Nationaliste spent $146.40.Maximum expenditures permitted candidates in the riding were $36,011.06.Mr Johnston topped the list for campaign contributions.His total of $55,079.70 from 83 contributors made his average contribution worth $663.61.Mr Laforte received $38,611.85 from 96 contributors for an average donation of $402.21.Had 42 contributors With 42 contributions totalling $3,264, Mr Thompson's contributions averaged $77.71 each, Mr Richard received one contribution of $145.13.No expenses or contributions were listed by Laurent Alie of the Rhinoceros Party or by Harold Quesnel of the Commonwealth Party.Letters are alwuys welcome.They must, however, be signed und bear sender\u2019s address. 6 - The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, February 14, 1985 Tar Westmount Uxamsure Forty-five Years Ago February 15, 1940 \u201cA memorial meeting in tribute to His Excellency Lord Tweedsmuir was held by the Westmount Rotary Club in Victoria Hall yesterday.The Governor General was eulogized by Rotarian the Rev Gordon Burgoyne; songs suitable to the occasion were rendered by Harry Claude; a one minute's silence was observed, and applause following remarks by speakers was withheld.\u2018Lord Tweedsmuir stood above men as a mountain peak stands above mountains,\u201d Rev Burgoyne declared.\u2018He was, above all things, a dreamer \u2014 a dreamer who had the power to make his visions come true.\u2019 Thirty-five Years Ago February 17, 1950 \u201cThe public waiting room and comfort station at the Glen and St Catherine street west intersection has been demolished.This landmark built about 25 years ago was ordered torn down by the City of West- mount.J.E.Anderson, superintendent of parks for Westmount, said that the building had served its purpose and that as it had been getting into a bad state of repair, it was felt that the comfort station had outlived its usefulness.The Montreal Tramways had leased part of the building some years past but had discontinued using it recently.\u201d Twenty-five Years Ago February 19, 1960 \u201cThe long-standing perseverance of Lansdowne avenue residents has finally triumphed \u2014 trucks will not be allowed on the street between St Catherine and Sherbrooke in the future.Residents have been complaining over the amount of heavy traffic on the street.They had recently appealed to the Westmount Municipal Association for help in presenting their case to City Council.In the end, the volume of individual letters to city hall brought the matter to the attention of council.Lans- downe is considered a residential area.Until 60 years ago a deep ravine and creek ran along just east of where the present street is located.For some years the city engineering department had trouble keeping the street from caving in.\" Fifteen Years Ago February 19, 1970 *H.Alain Leo, 79-year-old, longtime resident of 437 Argyle avenue, just above Sherbrooke street, died it is believed from asphyxiation early this morning in a fire on the upper floor of his home.There had not been a fire fatality in Westmount for just over a year.Westmount firemen reckon the blaze began in bedding in a rear bedroom usually occupied by Mr Leo.It is believed to have been smouldering for some time before the 8:47 am alarm, rung from a street box by someone who saw smoke coming from the eaves of the house.Mr Leo's body was found by firemen soon after they entered the premises .\" Five Years Ago February 14, 1980 \u201cA vision to create a strong new church community in Westmount by merging the dwindling congregations of Dominion- Douglas and Westmount Park United churches was shattered Sunday when the congregation of Westmount Park rejected the plan, plunging itself into what is being called a \u2018crisis\u2019 situation.Although Dominion- Douglas members voted unanimously Sunday to accept the proposal, which had been worked on for many months and previously approved by the boards of both churches, it was turned down by a vote of 59-43 by Westmount Park church-goers.Ironically.it was Westmount Park which had instigated the idea in September.F PROFILE Lingerie specialist By JOAN CAPRÉOL TALL, elegant Virginia Huber is a self- employed fashion consultant who works for clothing manufacturers, helping them design their product lines.\u201cMy specialties are women\u2019s lingerie, hosiery, dance or exercise wear, sleep and lounge wear,\u2019 says Virginia.\u2018I worked a year for Wonderbra at the touchy time when some women were burning their bras.I learned about lingerie then and have specialized in it ever since.\u201cIt used to be that North American lingerie was very boring and functional.All the beautiful lingerie came from Europe.The lovely nightgowns and bras came from France and Italy \u201cNow the market here has changed.The lingerie is sensuous with gorgeous silky or satin fabrics and Calais lace trimming.Now you get pretty colors \u2014 the ice cream shades and nice pastels.\u201cYou can find very feminine lingerie and then there is younger, sportier sleep and lounge wear in cotton fabrics and bright colors.\u201d For this interview, the striking-looking Virginia, who resembles a model herself, was wearing an ivory-colored wool jersey skirt and top with a cow! neck layered over with a cotton Japanese-styled tunic and a big cinch belt.Pastels coming back The biggest change happening for spring, she says, is that pastel colors are coming back \u2014 peachy pink, aqua, mint, soft yellow and white.Many lengths are in fashion.For the young is the mini-skirt.An elegant length is mid-calf, quite long in a skirt which flows easily.Always there is the classic length, just below the knee.\u201cOn the one hand, you have the casual, easy, sporty look, lots of unfitted, baggy jumpsuits, big tops and cropped pants.\u2019 says Virginia.*\u2018On the other hand, the look I like is a return to the elegance and clothes that are kind of fluid and are made of jersey knits, which give a very feminine silhouette when they are draped on the body.\u2018\u2019The clothes are full-bodied, very much of the masculine shape, with dropped shoulders.Everything is cut extremely big, but because it is in a light, fluid fabric it looks very feminine.\u201d Virginia Huber was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta.Her father is Antony Brown, a retired entomologist who was in charge of the zoology department at the University of Western Ontario in London and afterwards worked for the World Health Organization.He and Virginia's mother, Jocelyn, live in Switzerland.Her older sister is the widely-known television reporter Hilary Brown, who started her career with the CBC in Montreal and went on to work with NBC and ABC in Paris, London, Tel Aviv, Vietnam, Washington and New York.Now a wife and mother of one child, Hilary is based with the CBC in Toronto, often pinch-hitting for anchorman Knowlton Nash.Sister in England Virginia's younger sister is Kathy Quinlan who lives in England with her husband and child.Virginia went to primary school in London, Ont.She did grades 6 and 7 at an international school in Geneva and grades 9 to 12 in London, Ont., skipping grade 8.Grade 13 she took at Neuchatel junior college, the famed Canadian school in Switzerland.She graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a BA.majoring in mathematics, in 1966.She came to Montreal that year and her first job was with Price Waterhouse.a company of chartered accountants.\"I found it very boring and started looking for a glamor job,\u201d says Virginia.\"All the Expo : hostesses .were.also.looking .for .glamer Virginia Huber jobs, so we all turned up for the same interviews.\u2018Fortunately, I didn\u2019t learn to type so I couldn\u2019t qualify as a secretary.I finally got a job in a small buying office, buying for a chain of clothing stores that eventually led to being hired by The Bay as an assistant buyer.1 bought women's sports wear.That's where I got started in the fashion business.It is a tough business, competitive but fun.I worked for The Bay from 1967 to 1970.\" Virginia got restless.She had lived in Europe with her family.She loved travelling so quit her job to go there.\u201cI lined up eight Montreal manufacturers of ski wear, sweaters, blouses, lingerie, coats and casual coats to give them ideas on color trends, new styles and buying things they could copy.I lived on $400 a month,\u201d she says.with a laugh.Zipped off to ski \u201cI had a wonderful time exploring Europe.going to trade shows and shopping.I worked for a couple of weeks and then would zip off to Austria and Switzerland to ski.\u201cIt was my first experience at being self- employed which I found very exciting.I stayed seven months and then was ready to come home to base myself in Montreal.For a time I went to Europe three or four times a year, but now 1 go twice a year.\u201d - Virginia was married .to.Fred.Huber.a A EXAMINER photo by Rick Kerrigan charming Austrian, for 10 years but is now separated from him.The Hubers have one daughter, Karina, 12, who is in grade 6 at Roslyn School.She had a screen test recently for a forthcoming movie.: Virginia loves skiing both downhill and cross country.She goes to Vermont every weekend.\u201cWhen 1 retire I would like to have a small inn \u2014 bed and breakfast \u2014 in the country,\u201d she says.Virginia loves home renovation and has done a fabulous job of restoring the former Peter Pan Nursery at 220 Prince Albert avenue.\u201cI built the back fence,\u201d she says, with pride.\u201cI laid the kitchen and bathroom tiles, installed my own aluminum windows and am in the process of building a wall system for Karina's room.I am not afraid to work.Put me in overalls and a hammer in my hand and I am in my element!\u201d Next Week's Profile: i .James Grattan ® The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, February 14, 1985 -.7 $ 300 00041 rin 73 J =F) (6 ring YEG 000._ « = eu Ls Le v ne + LY, ) » \\ / 3 à PS 9 | FEW ENAMPLES ag .oe! 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s Preservation of the building site; * Increased demand of city services.The first, regarding traffic, he said, would be dealt with by creating a new zone R7 which would restrict any new construction to the de Maisonneuve side as well as limit the height of a new building to six storeys.No parking or new entrances would be permitted on either the Wood or Sherbrooke sides.The present front entrance on Sherbrooke would be restricted for ceremonial use only.An underground passageway would link the building with the Métro.Preservation of the site would be stipulated both provincially and municipally.As far as increased demand on city services and costs was foreseen, Ald Trent said the building would generate extra tax revenue after being reclassified from a religious institution to an educational property.Increased revenue was estimated at about $150,000 a year.Montreal Tel.842-8362 1130 Sherbrooke St.West Central Trust RRSD Pres à, + Wallpaper removal A PRIX .Spray painting e Playrooms MODIQUE ° Sees oes ° Painting Rénovation complète, EM * Dome skylights e Plastering salle-de-bain, cérami- = 2 * Bathrooms « Bathrooms que, plafonds suspen © WC Free estimates, clean work athr dus.Tous genres de Pen ; à succeeded in finding the mark.b | h d : Fred Barkman then took his op- to e aunc e PEE WEE 1 portunity as he found a loose puck Mules 12 8 2 in front of the Devils\u2019 net.Alderman John Shingler, West- Huskies 12.5 6 The Oilers then completely mount\u2019s commissioner of recrea- pulls 12 405 dominated the game with a fine tion and parks, is looking to get rones 237 display of team co-operation and more women and girls involvedin PEE WEE II great passing plays.Peter God- the city\u2019s team sports.Scouts 12 7 3 dard scored the only second- After proclaiming his intention Kings 12 7 3 period goal as he tapped in a at a city council meeting last Seals 12 6 4 perfect pass across the goal crease week, Ald Shingler told THE Ex.Capitals 12 101 to his side of the net.Goddard AMINER that the new spring BANTAM also had three assists on the night.recreation program would place Rangers 21 13 7 The third period again allowed greater emphasis on female Bruins 21 12 7 Oiler scoring as they put two sports.Flames 21 712 goals behind the Devils\u2019 goaler, \u201cWe're going to launch a very Leafs 21 12 Doug Stewart, who seemed to energetic program in the spring, MIDGET have little defensive help.The seeking to draw women and girls Hornets 14 9 1 first goal was a sharp angled one in,\u201d said Ald.Shingler.\u201cI'm hop- Mustangs 15 6 6 ing that women who are even Badgers 15 210 Montreal 4815 Buchan St.Comer Victoria & Jean-Talon Telephone (514) 735-3581 Mercedes-Benz diecil Mercedes-Benz Leases Pre-oied Why deprive yourself of a Mercedes-Benz any longer?Call us Mercedes-Benz Canada Inc.Greenfield Park 845 Taschereau Blvd.Two minutes from the Champlain Bridge Telephone: (514) 672-2720 * Long term leasing only vaguely interested will get in touch with the recreation Diver McCall qualifies for senior nationals Westmount diver Martha Me- Call, age 14, placed second in the Quebec senior diving tower event held last weekend at the Centre Claude Robillard in Montreal.earning 282 points where a qualifying total is 266 points.Martha also placed eighth on the three-metre board and 13th in one-metre diving, events in which she previously had qualified.Her finish allows her to attend the senior national competition in Ottawa March 23 and 24.National age-group competitions, for which Miss McCall and another Westmounter, Gudrun Lock, also have qualified, are to be held in Winnipeg in May.Martha dives in the 14-and-under age group; Gudrun in the 12-and- under category.Both are members of the Pointe Claire Diving Club.Martha's sister, Cynthia Me- Call, 22, diving for the University of Toronto in the weekend meet, placed fourth in the one-metre event and qualified for the nationals in that category.JUVENILE-SENIOR \u2018B hs Fathers 13 8 2 department.Aces 12 1 2 Ald Shingler said that par- Oilers 12 7 3 ticular emphasis would be placed Jets 12 5 4 on participation in soccer, hockey Devils 12 3 8 and softball.He added that any Flyers 13 112 women interested in becoming sENIOR coaches or officials also would be Wanderers 19 14 3 OU welcome.Bruins 19 10 5 The recreation department also Stars 18 8 8 may try to bring out more women Flames 19 8 9 by increasing the visibility of Sabres 19 217 team sports.To do this, the ALL STAR department may move some of its atom 7 4 3 women's softball games from pee wee 13 10 3 King George Park to Westmount Bantam 8 3 4 Park.Midget 3 2 1 SERVICE D'AUTO WESTMOUNT 5 AUTO SERVICE SPECIALISTS: TUNE-UP ® ALLEN DIAGNOSTIC BRAKES * FULL SERVICE TIRES AND BALANCING 4780 Sherbrooke St.W.CORNER GROSVENOR 933-8556 ° 932-1554 EXHIBITION Old Timers 1410 2 2 81 36 22 Sen.Old Timers 3 1 2 01824 2 HOCKEY SCORES Following are the scores for the 1 45 28 19 Westmount municipal hockey 1 33 44 11 leagues as of Tuesday morning: 0 23 28 10 050 51 8 NOVICE Feb.2: Dragons 1, Guards 0 Knights 9, Bears 1 0 71 30 18 Feb.9: Bears 2, Guards 0 0 55 70 14 Dragons 7.Knights 4 1 4251 9 ATOM 1 43 60 7 Feb.2: Penguins 5, Islanders 4 Canucks 5, Nordiques 2 1 52 34 17 Feb.9: Nordiques 10, Penguins 6 0 56 42 10 Canucks 6, Islanders 2 2 33 48 10 PEEWEEI 139 56 7 Feb.4 Huskies 9, Brones 5 Bulls 3, Mules 2 Feb.11: Bulls 7, Brones 2 3 5 28 1 Huskies 4.Mules 3 2 51 31 14 PEEWEEN 0 19 61 2 Feb.6: Scouts 5, Seals 4 Kings 6, Capitals 0 1106 87 27 BANTAM 2125100 26 Feb.5: Leafs 3, Frames 3 \u2018 2 92125 16 ruins J, Rangers 3 01102 15 Feb.7: Bruins 10, Flames 2 Rangers 5, Leafs 2 4 62 36 22 MIDGET > Feb.5: Hornets 3, Mustangs 3 34863 15 Feb.7: Mustangs 3, Badgers 2 3 47 58 7 eb.7: Mustangs 3, Badgers SENIOR \u2018B\u201d .Feb.4: Jets 3, Fathers 3 x 67 a8 19 Feb.6: Aces 6, Flyers 4 57 26 17 Feb.7: Oilers 5, Devils 3 : a 5.i Feb.11: Fathers 5, Flyers 1 1 33 46 7 SENIOR 0 42 90 2 Feb.5: Flames 3, Sabres 2 Bruins 7.Stars 2 Feb.7: Bruins 3, Flames | 2 68 28 30 Wanderers 5, Sabres 2 SL a a PEE WEE ALL STARS 9 49 53 18 Feb.2: Beaconsfield 11, Westmount 6 0 34 94 4 Feb.9: Westmount 15, Beaconsfield 0 ATOM ALL STARS 030 17 8 Feb.6: Beaconsfield 4.Westmount 2 0109 52 20 OLD TIMERS 1 20 28 7 Feb.4: Beaconsfield 4, Westmount2 0 15 12 4 Feb.11: Westmount 4, Selwyn House 3 Call Esther Marovitch, Dip.Ed., P.E., B.A.Syd Marovitch, Dip.Ed., P.E.B.A., M.Ed.Marvin Helfenbaum, B.A., M.Ed.(Assoc.Dir.) 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Westmount, Scouts hold their annual Founder's Day celebration, which this year is to be held Feb 20 at the Shaar SCOUTING \u2018ROUND WESTMOUNT Hashomayim Synagogue.The rabbi will welcome all the Scouting groups, their sponsors, parents and friends.The get- together is expected to be short, FIRE.Continued from page one a section of wall fell, the chief said.He was released after two hours.\u201cI could smell the fire for about 15 minutes before finding it,\" said Public Security Sergeant Richard McEnroe.He reported driving around and around the area after smelling smoke on Cote St Antoine road at Grosvenor.At 2:59 am, he saw smoke in the chimney area of number 574 Grosvenor, the adjoining house, and called firefighters.As he stopped in front, residents of 574 had just been awakened by smoke and alerted him.\u201cWe thought there was a fire in our house and called the fire department,\u201d explained Edouard Baudry.He said smoke seeped through the common wall, setting off a smoke detector.Checked residence When Westmount firefighters, under the direction of Captain Graham Morrison, arrived, they checked the Baudry residence but found no fire there.A dry hose was laid to the house as a precaution.When no one answered next door at 576, firemen broke in and found one of the cats dead inside the front door.The house was full of smoke and flames were visible in the kitchen and hallway area.In a room where a television set was left on, the dog, a black poodle, also was found dead of smoke inhalation.Attempts to revive it with oxygen by a public safety officer were in vain.A second cat also died.Part way through the fire, the occupant of the house, Edward Dorf, who had been out at the time, arrived home to find the house afire.Public Security officers said he had gone out about 11:30 pm when all appeared in order.The television set had been left on for the dog.The fire finally was extinguished using three 1%-inch lines from the Westmount trucks and was reported under control at 4 am and officially out an hour later.Although mutual aid manpower was required, pumpers from Côte St Luc, Outremont, Town of Mount Royal and Hampstead were not pressed into service.Additional air supply was requested and the mutual aid air cylinder truck stationed in St Laurent was called to the scene.A fire watch was maintained on the building throughout the night and the house \u2018\u2018retumed'\u2019 to the owner at 5:33 pm.Fire officials estimated damage caused to the building at $100,000 and damage to the contents at $60,000.Firemen douse armchair fire A fire in an armchair at 4282 Dorchester boulevard Monday night was believed started by smokers\u2019 materials, fire officials report.Damage was estimated at $200 to property and $150 to contents.Firefighters were called to apartment 706 at 11:05 pm but reported being unable to gain entry to the building and breaking the plate glass.They found heavy smoke in the apartment and used a pressurized water extinguisher to put out the fire.Manoir woman seeks glasses A resident of Manoir West- mount is hoping someone found her reading glasses which she lost about two weeks ago, possibly in the area of the Kane's store on Sherbrooke street at Grey avenue.They were contained in a handmade case of green wool.The glasses can be returned to the senior citizens' residence at 4646 Sherbrooke street or to Sergeant Robert Cotnoir at the local MUC police station.A DEPENDABLE NAME SINCE 1937 LE DRI a \u20ac MONTREAL LTD LOW COST DAILY RENTAL LONG TERM LEASING license, snow tires, replacement car.We will purchase your present car.All models include service, 489-4994 LONG TERM insurance, 489-6885 DAILY RENTAL Conveniently located at 5333 St.James West at Decarie We fully maintain our cars during the lease » , 50 we always have exceptional used cars for sale.See our large display at the above location.ecumenical and interesting, and everyone in the community is welcome \u2014 a visible sign that the district of Westmount.one of 37 Scouting districts in Quebec, is alive and scouting.The district executive has announced confirmation of the appointment of Ngaire Metcalf as the new district commissioner.Mrs Metcalf has had a number of years in Guiding and Scouting and, prior to this appointment, served as assistant district commissioner for the Wolf Cub sections.From New Zealand She is the wife of Dr lan Metcalf and mother of Sara and David.She originally is from New Zealand and brings efficiency.warmth and charm to her new and demanding job.Her new service team is as follows: ADC Scouts, Neil MacKinnon; ADC Wolf Cubs, David Dorey; ADC Beavers, Robert Henderson; ADC (communications), Reuben Koffler; district cubmaster, Mary Burke.George Deare is liaison with the Shriners Hospital and Maggie Shaddick is acting liaison with the Venturer section.Plans are going ahead for West- mount Scouts, Venturers and 0] JNA SERVICE AVAILABLE Chateau Bar-B-Q 5151 Sherbrooke W.es 432-2950 CU eee.SY ete aves ase eee ee ae The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, February 14, 1985 - 31 Scouting groups prepare Founder's Day service leaders to participate in the forthcoming Canadian Jamboree to be held in July at Guelph, Ont.There will be in the region of 9,000 boys and leaders.The district will be sending 10 boys and two leaders AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION & IF YOU'RE SERIOUS ABOUT AUTO LEASING WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT YOU! as well as the district commissioner who will work on the camp staff.Any inquiries about the jamboree may be directed to Ngaire Metcalf at 937-9958, or Neil MacKinnon at 935-6762.1985 DODGE ARIES POWER TRAIN WARRANTY S-YEAR/80,000 KM UNTIL MARCH 31st, 1905 3350 Wellington, Verdun [ 761-4801 Information Call GUY ROBERT UNLIMITED DISTANCE DURAGUARD WARRANTY ing Poviaudf SPECIAL with the purchase of any new 1985 car or truck (retail) you will receive a 5-year/100,000 km base prep warranty.UNTIL FEB.20, 1985 6435 St.Jacques West 489-3831 _ A Ss ey em Man carrying stamps under police investigation Police are ownership of coins and stamps investigating the found in the possession of a 21-year-old Montreal man here in the early hours of Tuesday morning, station 23 officials report.The items were believed to be of a suspicious nature, but police said it was not known if they had been stolen.The man was brought into station 23 for questioning after he was noticed walking south on Victoria avenue at Sunnyside about 4:50 am.William Shayer Sr, 1788-1879 more.and much more.grrr IMPORTANT Catalogued Auction Sale Partly from the Estate of Mrs.Grace Timmins Raymond Part 11 (art nouveau, art deco sculptures, Chinese Chippendale furniture, Paul Beau jardiniéres, oriental collectibles) Fine arts, quality antiques and collectibles in three sessions, February 1985 Preview Friday, February 15, noon to 10 pm Saturday, February 16, 10 am to 6 pm Sunday, February 17, 10 am to 6 pm Monday, February 18, noon to 10 pm Sale Tuesday, February 19 at 7:30 pm: Canadian and European art, art nouveau and art deco sculptures Wednesday, February 20 at 7:30 pm: Antiques, furniture, collectibles Thursday, February 21 at 7:30 pm: Antiques, furniture, collectibles Sale Tuesday, February 19 at 7:30 pm precisely: Canadian and European art, art nouveau and art deco sculptures by: C.Anfrie, A.Arnegger, L.Ayotte, E.Barillot, H.Beament, W.K.Blacklock, R.Briansky, V.Bruni, R.W.Burton, P.A.Caron, 1).Chiparus, J.B.Clesinger, L.Corinth, S.M.Cosgrove, $.Dali, J.P.Dallaire.0.De Lall, J.G.Domergue, E.Drouot, W.H.Eickelberg, M.Favreau, M.A.Fortin, L.Foujita, P.Fried, T.Garside, R.Genny, A.Gorter, H.Gransow, B.Gribble, J.Rammond.A.Harlamoff, W.Hendriks, F.facurto, L.lcart, T.Lecor, M.Le Verrier, H.L.Masson, M.Mauro, P.J.Mene, R.Mount.J.P.Mousseau, A.Noeh, G.N.Norwell, A.Pellan, H.R.Perrigard, L.P.Perron, G.Pfeiffer, P.Philippe.O.Poertzel, N.Poirier, J.Pradier, F.Preiss, J.Rheaume, R.Richard, S.Rosa, A.Hoasire, A.Rousseau, L.Scott, W.Shayter Sr.A.Sherriff-Scott, M.A.Suzor-Coté.M.Tanobe, S.S.Tully, G.Valmont and many Sale Wednesday, February 20 and Thursday, February 21 at 7:30 pm precisely: General sessions including fine furniture such as a Chinese Chippendale living room set, a 19th.century giltwood Louis XVI living room set, a period Regency dining room set.19th-century captains chests, a Napoleon lll marquetry armoire, a Steinway baby grand piano.art nouveau and art deco bronze, glass and ceramics, a gathering of pre-Columbian terra cotta, exceptional Paul Beau jardinières.à collection of antique card cases.antique Chinese porcelain, a collection of vesta cases and of 19th-century Japanese pipe cases, sterling silver, crystal, china, collectibles Les Encans inney's Auctions 5627 Ferrier Town of Mount Roval H4P 2M4 731-4312 PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW ADDRESS David Kelsey, Olivier Leroy, auctioneers He was spotted carrying a box on one shoulder by Public Safety Officer Chayne Barnes who stopped the man and asked him what he was carrying and where he was going.\u201cRadio parts,\u201d he reportedly answered, adding he was going to a friend's house.At this point, he lowered the box into his hands where the PSO reported seeing what appeared to be coins in collection sheets.MUC police were called and the man taken into custody.Oil, 2842\" x 364\" Program considered: YMCA plan ruled out in Neighborhood Watch By LAUREEN SWEENEY Crry council has decided to use MUC police and public security personnel to run a Neighborhood Watch program in the event one is launched in Westmount, rather than pay to implement a $15,000 YMCA plan.The decision was announced by Mayor Brian Gallery following council\u2019s meeting in general committee Tuesday night last week at which the plan, requested by the city, was considered.\u201cThe Y has made the city a very qualified presentation offering to be the co-ordinators of a Neighborhood Watch program,\u201d Mayor Gallery said.\u2018However, Director Dalzell and Director Ashford have advised the city they are prepared to institute such a program with no cost to the citizens.\u201d The mayor was referring to the two respective directors of West- mount's MUC police station and the Public Security Unit.Personal priority Initiating a Neighborhood Watch program for Westmount has been mentioned by Dir Dalzell as a personal priority for 1985 but no decision has been made on the matter by city council.A presentation by the West- mount Y was requested by the city on behalf of Alderman Paul Fortin, according to Jacqueline Blomfield, director.\u201cMy concern is, do the police and public security have the resources of time and personnel needed to organize community volunteers needed to initiate the program?\u2019 she told THE EXAMINER.\u201cA start-up situation requires a community organizer.After that, the running of the program can be turned over to police and public security.\u201d That format has been used in a number of other communities, she said, Hampstead being a prime example.She said she was disappointed how it had turned out, \u2018\u201c\u2018because we went to a meeting in December attended by Frank Davis, Dir Dalzell and Dir Ashford and went through what was needed.\u2018What came out of it was that they don't have a full-time person to devote to it and we were asked to submit a proposal.\u201d The presentation was made by the Y last month, she said.The plan called for a part-time co-ordinator and administration to be supplied by the Y, at a cost totalling $15,236.She said the Y had been asked to meet with city officials on the subject following National Crime Prevention Week \u2018\u2018on the instigation of Alderman Fortin.\u201d Mr Fortin's position in the city council decision was not known since he has been out of town since council\u2019s meeting last week.Crew called for hot legs Firefighters report finding chicken legs burning in a pot Tuesday night when they were called for smoke in a building at 1386 Greene avenue, the Oxford Soda and Stationery Shop.The pot had been left unattended on a gas stove at the rear after the restaurant was closed for the night.fire officials said.When firemen arrived shortly after 9:45 pm, they had to break the plate glass door to gain entry.A 1%-inch line was laid to the front door but not used since no fire occurred.MUC police also were on the scene.Westmount's Winter pests not trapped The city does not trap wild animals such as raccoons during the winter for fear of the animals freezing to death, according to Public Security Unit officials.A complaint regarding wild animals nesting in the roof of a rear balcony on de Maisonneuve boulevard was made to the force Saturday.Honda crunched A red Honda belonging to a Claremont resident was hit by an unknown vehicle Monday afternoon last week causing up to $500 damage, police report.It had been parked in front of 456 Claremont at Chesterfield avenue.Mayor Gallery hosts suburban confrères By LAUREEN SWEENEY ALL\u2019S well in the mayor's world.The party was a terrific success.Westmount\u2019s Mayor Brian Gallery held a personal cocktail party Friday evening at his home for Montreal's suburban mayors and their wives prior to an official dinner of the Conference of Suburban Mayors at the Montreal Badminton and Squash Club on Atwater avenue.\u201cI'm just so excited and happy,\u201d he told THE EXAMINER, relating the events of the social occasion.*\u2018It was terrific.\u201d 1 rampes ne \u201cThat the mayors would show up in such numbers was a compliment to the City of Westmount.\u201d Only three were unable to attend.\u201cIt has never been done before to be invited to the home of the mayor of Westmount with his lanterns out in front.\u201d In fact, it was the first time, he believed, that many of the 24 mayors who attended had been invited to a Westmount home.\u201cThat was the biggest plus of the evening.\u201d im wen, 4 ede nr Daughters did serving Instead of waitresses passing food to his guests, \u2018my own daughters did the serving,\u201d he said proudly.; \u201cWe had two members of the Public Security Unit open- 3 ing car doors and iielping the mayors with their parking.\u201d J The house was decorated with plants on loan from the city \u2018 conservatory, he added, \u201cso we had plenty of flowers.\" Following the personal party, everyone went on to the 3 badminton club for dinner, where each mayor was introduced director general.in roast fashion by Maurille Séguin, chairman of the suburban mayors, who read material prepared by each community's He described the evening as one of comradeship and business which provided a forum for friendly debate.\u201cOne of the reasons Westmount is so highly regarded by i my fellow mayors is that it has always been so friendly,\u201d he said.\u201cI think we attain much more that way.\" He was the last of the mayors to be roasted, he said.\u201cAt the end, I presented each mayor with a city pin of Westmount.i It ended with a happy feeling toward Westmount.he said.And, it appears, with a very happy mayor.Lo vay UA awn © meme wen Bag ape ATT ein VR ee St TI, Power outage yesterday a problem for officials By 3 pm yesterday afternoon, electricity crews still were attempting to locate the source of a power outage which affected numerous Westmounters.The lack of power was widespread throughout West- mount, affecting some users but not others.Two, and maybe three cables, were believed affected, officials told THE EXAMINER.\u201cWe have real problems,\u201d explained Alex deF.Heron, West.mount's director of power and communications, yesterday afternoon.\u201cWe're geared up for one major problem but not two or maybe three.\" Although power was lost at 9:50 am, by mid-afternoon only one of the faulty cables had been identified and the nature of the problems was not known, he said.Half the area supplied by the Olivier sub-station which was out during the morning was restored \u2019 early in the afternoon.About 1 pm, crews were able to get the smaller power loads back, but service affecting many larger buildings remained out.Firefighters had answered four or five calls directly related to the blackout by 3 pm including someone trapped in an elevator, fire alarms and a problem with an emergency generator in use at 4998 de Maisonneuve.Among the many buildings without power were: Manoir Westmount, Château Maison- neuve, and several office buildings on Victoria avenue including the Steinberg store.Other buildings used back-up power.These included apartment buildings at 250 Clarke and the east wing of 4300 de Maisonneuve, as well as the Reader\u2019s Digest building.EXAMINER offices on Hillside avenue were among those escaping the black-out."]