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Sunny Weather, Page 2 Sherbrooke Thursday, July 31,1980 20 cent^ r cpestival-r— r qennoxville 177/t PREMIERE SHOHIA SE OF CANADIAN TUFA TRh " 563-4966 ^ \ The Town of Lrnnoxville >> elcomes You! Alberta to raise oil price $2 a barrel EDMONTON (CP) - The Journal and CTV National News say Alberta will announce today it is raising the domestic crude oil price by $2 a barrel as of Friday, when its current oilpricing agreement with the federal government expires.The Journal, quoting unnamed sources, also said Alberta will increase natural gas prices Sept.1.And the newspaper said the province will not bring in any further price increases this year and will not cut either oil production or distribution to Eastern Canada.Inside J#!- ^ ' V *v- 100 YEARS At 100 years old, Butterfield's in Rock Island is still growing and doing nicely, thank you.Judith Kellock-Heward visited the plant this week and she reports on Page 3.CONSTRUCTION Motorists frustrated with autoroute construction may breathe a sigh of relief.Work is proceeding according to plan and should be completed on schedule.Page 3 FIREMAN FRYMAN Woodie Fryman came on in relief in the nervy ninth to pitch the Expos out of a jam last night.The bats then came on strong as the Pos beat the Reds 2-1.Page 14.BIRTHS, DEATHS.2 BUSINESS.5 CLASSIFIED .12 COMICS .13 EDITORIAL.4 LIVING.6 SPORTS .14 An autobiography reveals nothing bad about its writer except memory.There is tacit support from Ottawa for a provincial decision to act alone to raise the price by $2 a barrel this year, bringing the new wellhead price of oil to $16.75 a barrel Although Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed failed to come up with a new oil-pricing agreement during two days of talks in Ottawa last week, they did agree on price increases of $2 a barrel in 1980.Alberta Energy Minister Merv Leitch, scheduled to hold an early morning news conference today, said prior to a provincial caucus meeting Wednesday that the current domestic oil price must change.He would not be specific, but added Alberta would not necessarily stick to its earlier position of $2 a barrel more.Quebec will go along Quebec will support Alberta’s price increase, Inter governmental Affairs Minister Claude Morin said yesterday “Unless the hike decreed by Alberta is completely devoid of common sense and doesn't take into account the gener- al interest of Canadians, we will sup port it because we have always defend ed the principle of the provincial ownership of natural resources, " said Morin.Meanwhile.Energy Minister Marc La Ion de took steps Wednesday to en sure that any increase is not passed on to consumers until the traditional 60 day period has elapsed Lalonde sent a message to the major refineries asking for compliance with his request An increase of $2 a barrel would raise the price of gasoline, home heating oil and all other petroleum products by about seven cents a gallon or 1 5 cents a litre The Canadian Petroleum Association, representing the major multinational oil companies, has released a study showing annual increases of $2 a barrel will not provide sufficient revenues to finance continued exploration, development and m vestment in energy projects If Ottawa and Alberta were still unable by then to strike a deal, the government would likely impose prices under the Petroleum Administration Act and unveil other revenue gener ating measures “I never sakf you should stop working.I said I wished you were an auto worker." Rural hospitals must wake up, meeting told MONTREAL (CP) - Rural and small hospitals in Canada may fast fade into oblivion if their administrators stick to visions of “the good old days,” says the director of a Saskatchewan hospital, Small hospitals “must undergo a transition from an era of isolated action to a new age of co-operation, integration and rationalization,” Sharon Downs said Wednesday at the joint convention of the Canadian and American hospital associations.Dairy prices go up OTTAWA (CP) —- Butter, cheese, ice cream and yogurt will cost more next month because of a pay raise for dairy farmers announced Wednesday by Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan.Whelan said the increases, including eight cents a pound (17 cents a kilogram ) for butter, will add another 22 cents to the weekly grocery bill for a family of four.It will give an average dairy farmer another $4,770 a year to help him cope with costs which Statistics Canada says are 7.4 per cent higher than last year.Crop production costs alone have increased 22.3 per cent because of price increases for fuel, fertilizer and seed.Farmers will get higher prices for milk delivered to dairy product manufacturers starting Friday, the beginning of the 1980-81 dairy year.GO UP IN AUGUST Butter and skim milk prices will likely go up next week and other dairy products will follow during August.Milk powder will be up five cents a pound (12 cents a kilogram), Price increases for other dairy products will be affected by a number of factors, including milk costs.The price for whole table milk is not affected because it is under the control of provincial price-setting agencies.For farmers, the announcement means the price for their milk moves to $15.26 a hundredweight ($34.61 a hectolitre) from $14.68 a hundredweight ($33.31 a hectolitre).The last price increase occurred April 1.The federal subsidy on milk shipments will stay at $2.66 a hundredweight ($6.03 a hectolitre) but will cover milk for domestic and export markets Previously, export milk received half the subsidy.Whelan said that despite the price increases, consumer demand for dairy products should grow this year.The Dairy Farmers of Canada welcomed the higher price for producers.Pierre St.Martin, association president, said Ottawa is doing a better job of applying the formula which determines the producer's income.But maintaining the federal subsidy at $2.66 a hundredweight, the level of the last five years, amounts to an income reduction to farmers, he said.HELPS FARMERS John Wise, Progressive Conservative farm spokesman, said in an interview from St.Thomas, Ont., that the income increase for farmers helps give the dairy industry a bright future “Unfortunately, the majority of small hospitals have not got the message.Change is considered downgrading and threatening rather than positive and helpful.Boards and administrators must take the lead instead of allowing communities and physicians to insist upon perpetuating the status quo.” Canada has 800 general acute-care hospitals, of which 47 per cent, or 419, are small or rural hospitals, said Downs, who runs one of them in Wilkie, Sask A small or rural hospital, she said, is an institution with 50 beds or less and a large hospital facility less than one hour away.PROBLEMS MOUNT Problems such as increased government control over allocation of funds, growing emphasis on long-term care, higher operating costs and standards, increased union activity, more medical specialization and the view that small institutions are deadends, should incite administrators to share services with neighboring facilities, she said.“It is unrealistic to believe that contemporary physicians will elect to practise in areas where they must be on call 24 hours a day and where they are without linkage to technical and support services,” Downs said.“Shared services (with bigger neighboring hospitals) will benefit small or rural hospitals in allowing improved accessiblity and quality of care through cooperative arrangements .“(These institutions) can no longer survive as a cottage industry.” Earlier Wednesday, leading health care administrators forecast that Canadian hospitals can expect vast changes by the year 2000.PRIORITIES CHANGE Jean-Claude Martin, president of the Canadian Hospital Association, said medical institutions will have to re-evaluate the quality of their services, determine how to serve a rapidly aging population and begin to rely more heavily on volunteers, General economic constraints will also force hospitals to look to other sources of funding, including donations from the public and private sector, he said.Jacques Nadeau, executive director of the Quebec Hospital Association, accused unions of fighting for better working conditions in hospitals at the risk of compromising basic human freedoms.R.Alan Hay, executive director of the Ontario Hospital Association, noted that most provincial hospitals will find themselves in financial difficulty by next spring.% ],£ Crisis?What crisis?OTTAWA (CP) The federal government has started a $4-miUion advertising campaign to tell people there is no energy crisis Peter Craske, director of communications for the energy department, said Wednesday the campaign, which will run until April, stresses that the country’s energy future "is manageable and is being managed." He said a series of 20 ads will explain different federal activities and programs Newspapers, television, radio and magazines will carry the ads."It's part of a long-term reorientation of people’s thinking that has happened, say, in Europe.” Edward Clark, assistant deputy minister in the energy policy division, said conservation and alternative energy sources will be among the topics.“1 think the public may be getting the impression that the provinces are doing all the work and the federal government is doing nothing.“When you look at the facts, it's the obverse.The federal government is chiefly bearing the load." Getting by An all-too familiar sight in Lennoxville these days is the trench progressing along what used to be a busy Queen St.Traffic is being diverted along residential Lome St.This detour will remain in effect until mid-autumn.And Lennoxvillites will have to contend with another inconvenience today — water will be turned off for most of the day as crews work on the new water main.Record Perry Beaton Hydro deal needs work BOSTON (AP) — Quebec Premier Rene Levesque says progress is being made on a plan to export electricity from Quebec to New England, but several questions, including price, have yet to be resolved.Levesque met for 45 minutes with Gov.Edward King at the Statehouse on Wednesday.An aide said the premier was in Boston mainly to promote Quebec's trade office in the city and participate in ceremonies honoring Boston’s 350th anniversary.Levesque, after meeting with King, said the central questions remaining on the power issue are how to match New England’s energy requirements with his province’s resources.King said he is certain of an eventual agreement because Quebec has an excess of power and Massachusetts is over reliant on imported oil.“They’re forced to waste electricity now that’s valuable to New England, and particularly Massachusetts,” King said.Other problems involve export permits and power transmission facilities.State Energy Secretary Joseph Fitzpatrick said the estimated cost of transmission lines to carry electricity from Quebec to New England is $200 million.Actual transfer of electricity probably will not begin until the end of the decade.Levesque said.Carter campaign confident WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite more bad news from political pollsters.President Carter's campaign chairman predicted Wednesday that by mid-October Carter will catch Ronald Reagan in the polls and be re-elected in November.Carter chairman Robert Strauss called the effort to free convention delegates to vote their choice, regardless of primary election results, an attempt to disenfranchise the 19 million people who voted in Democratic primaries this year."We’ve seen no indication there’s any reason for any concern whatsoever” that anti-Carter Democrats can muster the votes to reject a rule requiring delegates to abide by the primary election results, which gave Carter a solid majority going into the Democratic national convention next month, he said.The Carter chairman stressed that he has no hard feelings.“If I was running Senator Kennedy's business, I d be doing this.” he said In fact, Strauss recalled he used a similar strategy in 1972 in an unsuccessful effort to block the nomination of Senator George McGovern NEED CONFUSION “Losers always need confusion, losers always need change," he said.As for Carter’s low standing in the polls, Strauss said, “Of course.I wish we were ahead in the polls I think it will be mid-October before we’re ahead in the polls.It may be a little earlier or little later.“Does it dismay me?No.Do I wish we were ahead?Yes.Am I alarmed?No.Am I concerned?Yes.” Meanwhile, Edward Bennett Williams, a prominent Washington trial lawyer and former Democratic party treasurer, was named chairman of the Committee for an Open Convention, a group organized by House of Representatives Democrats who have urged Carter and Senator Edward Kennedy to release their delegates to vote for any candidate they choose on the convention’s first nominating ballot Bad news from the pollsters reached the White House from two fronts, a national survey showing Carter’s approval rating is the lowest for an incumbent president in modern times and a California poll showing him running third in the state behind Republican nominee Ronald Reagan and independent John Anderson.HITS NEW LOW The latest ABC News-Louis Harris survey found that only 22 per cent of the sample of 1, 458 likely voters questioned July 18-21, the three days following the Republican national convention, said they approved of Carter’s handling of his job The survey said 77 per cent expressed disapproval.its hard to tell what Billy means Page 2.I 2tHU.RS.,JULY31,1980 ’It's hard to tell what Billy means' WASHINGTON (AP) -Billy Carter told federal investigators he got US.state department cables about his trip to Libya from his brother, the president.Jimmy Carter says he discussed the cables with Billy but doesn't recall giving them to him Now the justice department is trying to find out who is right, what cables Billy Carter has, whether they are classified and who gave them to him.Beyond any legal questions, the latest development raises new doubts about the president’s self-described arm'slength role in his brother’s Libyan connection.Meantime, a top justice department investigator said the government has no plans to prosecute Billy Carter for lying about when he first got money from Libya President Carter’s acknowledgement late Wednesday that he discussed the cables with his brother had not been included in a statement issued last week by the White House purporting to describe all its involvement in the affair.ADVISED OF CABLES Joel Lisker, head of the justice department’s foreign agents registration section, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Billy Carter indicated in an interview at his Georgia home Jan.16 he had state department cables about his Libyan trip.Lisker said that during the interview he had in his briefcase non-classified state department cables about the trip.Lisker said: “Billy looked over at my cables and said, ‘Oh, I’ve got those ’ “1 said, ‘Who gave them to you?’ "He said, ‘Jimmy.’’’ Lisker said he was certain Billy Carter meant the president ‘‘and not his friend Jimmy who runs the hotel down there.’’ But Lisker added: “It’s hard to tell what Billy means, Billy is not a precise person.” He said there would be no violation of law if someone in government gave Billy Carter unclassified cables, but that he is investigating to see what cables the president’s brother has and who gave them to him TRIP WENT WELL White House spokesman Kay Jenkins said later Wednesday that President Carter’s “best recollection is that the only state department cables he has ever discussed with Billy Carter are low-classification cables from our embassy in Libya reporting on Billy Carter’s first trip to Libya in September, 1978, and indicating that the trip had gone well from the embassy’s point of view.” The president does not now recall showing the texts to Billy Carter or giving him copies,” Jenkins said.Abitibi-Price strike ends TORONTO (CP) — The strike of more than 6,000 Abitibi-Price Inc.paperworkers in three provinces has ended.A spokesman for the Canadian Paperworkers Union said Wednesday workers in 19 locals had approved the contract during three days of voting.The spokesman declined to give details of the contract but Saunders Bedford, president of a Thorold, Ont., local, said the contract provides a wage and benefits package worth $3.37 an hour over two years The union will announce official results of the vote on the tentative agreement at a news conference later today in Montreal The strike, which started almost four weeks ago, all but halted Abitibi-Price operations in Ontario, Quebec and Newfoundland and depleted newsprint supplies in Canada and the U.S.J.D.Speranzini, an Ontario labor conciliator, brought the sides together last week after two previous rounds of talks had failed.Under the old contract, which expired April 30, average pay for most Abitibi-Price paperworkers was $9.15 an hour.Key issues in the dispute were improvements in pensions and job security and inclusion of a cost-of-living allowance.Tipsy pilot had to be hidden HALIFAX (CP) - The chief pilot of a major airline was drunk so frequently during flights that his crew had to hide him in the cockpit until passengers had boarded and disembarked, a transport department employee told the Dubin inquiry on air safety Wednesday.Dave Slayter also described a case in which shells exploded around an aircraft flying through a restricted military zone at Camp Gagetown, N.B., in 1976.Slayter, an inspector who was formerly a department enforcement officer in the Atlantic region, testified a chief pilot for a regional airline reversed the propellers of his aircraft while making a final landing approach, causing the plane to drop suddenly to the runway.He also said the transport department breaks air regulations with its own aircraft and is not prosecuted.He cited the example of a department plane which had 198 defects.He said the department is not enforcing safety standards and gives cases involving large air carriers or those with possible political impact special treatment.Slayter represented the Aircraft Operations Group, an association of inspectors and executive pilots, at the inquiry.Lawyer Michelle Swenarchuk, also representing the association, said two transport department employees were killed in a department aircraft, "an accident which could have been avoided if a required inspection on the fitting of the wing had been completed,” SUSPENDED TWO WEEKS Joseph Taschereau, pilot of the Cessna 414 flown over the restricted zone at Camp Gagetown in 1976, was given only a two-week licence suspension.Slayter said he argued for a suspension of at least 30 days but department officials in Ottawa, who must approve suspensions of more than 14 days, refused.He said Don LaMont, regional controller of civil aviation and his superior at the time, told him he agreed with Ottawa’s decision and that Taschereau, a Quebecer, would probably complain of language bias to his member of parliament if stronger action was taken.Transport officials were also worried that bilingual air traffic control might become an issue in the region if the incident was protested.The control tower could not warn Taschereau about entering the clearly-marked restricted zone because he had changed his radio frequency without authorization.Proximity shells, weighing up to 45 kilograms and fused to detonate in close proximity to metal, were being fired from ground level to 8,000 metres.Fighter aircraft were also being used on strafing operations that day.The captain of a military helicopter said he could see the shells detonating around the aircraft The incident was similar to two others described earlier this week at the hearings.In News in brief Georgia escapees recaptured CHARLOTTE, N.C.( AP) Three convicted murderers who sawed their way out of a Georgia prison were recaptured early Wednesday in rural North Carolina.The body of a fourth fugitive, apparently beaten to death, was found earlier floating in a lake.Police lobbed tear gas into a lakefront home to force the surr e n d e r of Timothy McCorquodale, 27, of Alma, Ga.; David Jarrell, 25, of Greensboro, N.C., and Johnnie Johnson, 26, of Logan, Utah.Police also arrested William Flamont, 33, who rented the house on Lake Wylie about 25 kilometres southwest of Charlotte.Flamont, a former leader of the Outlaw motorcycle gang in Charlotte, was charged with harboring the fugitives.Weather Sunny with cloudy periods today and a high temperature of near 26.Overnight the skies will be variable with a low of 16.Tomorrow will be more of the same with a cloudy day and a chance of showers or thundershowers in the afternoon high of 26._ _____ #1_________________Hgl liBCflm George MacLaren, Publisher James Duff.Editor A.J.Bayley, Advertising Manager Richard Lessard.Superintendent.Press and Camera.5< Debra Waite.Superintendent, Composing Room 5i CIRCULATION DEPT.— 569-9528 Subscriptions In Carrier: 1 year - $46 81) weekly - 90 cents Subscriptions In Mail.Canada : 1 year $35.00 3 months 6 months $20.00 1 qionth l .S.& Foreign : 1 year $60.01) 6 months Established February 9, 1897, incorporating the Sherbrooke Gazette (est.1837) and the Sherbrooke Examiner test.1879).Published Monday to Friday by Townships Conimunica-tions Inc./Communications des Cantons.Inc., 2520 Roy Street.Sherbrooke.Quebec.MK ICI.Second class 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Fabien trial adjourned MONTREAL (CP) — The tax evasion trial of former senior judge Andre Fabien was adjourned until the fall Wednesday, with the prosecution still embroiled in reams of bills, cheques and accounting tables.After 10 days of hearings, Judge D’Arcy Asselin of sessions court set Sept.8 as the tentative date for provincial prosecutor Yves Ouellette to resume the presentation of his evidence.The defence will follow with its version of Fabien’s financial affairs Sadat criticizes Jerusalem bill ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (AP) — President Anwar Sadat said Wednesday the Israeli parliam ent’s approval of a bill declaring Jerusalem its capital is “against the spirit and wording of Camp David,” Md., accord but declined to say if Egypt would put off next week’s resumption of formal talks on Palestinian autonomy.Sadat also declined to comment when asked about an earlier statement by his foreign minister.Kamal Hassan Aly had said one option for Egypt was to postpone the autonomy talks — part of the process agreed to in last year’s Camp David peace agreement — and recall its ambassador from Israel.US bomber crashes BAGOTVILLE, Que.(CP) — A U.S.Air Force FB-1I1 fighter bomber crashed Wednesday afternoon while on a routine lowlevel exercise near a Canadian base here, but a defence department spokesman said both crew members ejected safely.Lt.Angele Delisle, information officer at the Bagotville base, located about 175 kilometres north of Quebec City, said the pilot, Maj.W.L Mosher, and navigator Capt.J.T Shallington were picked up by a Canadian Forces helicopter after the crash, which occurred around 1 p.m.(EDT).Neither man was seriously injured, she said She said the plane, which carried no live ammunition, took off from Pease Air Force Base in New Hampshire.It was part of the C-109 Bomber Wings Squadron.P0 training inadequate - Traynor OTTAWA (CP) — Post office security and investigation officers should receive more extensive and more thorough training than the three-week course they receive when they are hired, says the former chief of post office security.Eugene Traynor told the government inquiry into postal security Wednesday that the three-week course was inadequate and “next to nothing" in terms of police and investigative training.The program was begun after Traynor, a veteran RCMP officer who was appointed head of preventive security in 1971, left in early 1975.It consists of lectures on investigative techniques and criminal and civil law by policemen, judges and lawyers.Last two bodies unearthed VAL D’OR, Que (CP) — The search for the last two bodies of eight victims in the May 20 Belmoral gold mine cave-in is finally over, but a full inquiry into the tragedy has yet to begin.The bodies of Gilles Legare.32, of Val d’Or, father of three, and Guy Daigle.28, of Sullivan.Que., were found early Wednesday morning.Both bodies were taken to St.Sauveur hospital for autopsies.The other six were found weeks ago in the mud and slime that flowed into the mine during the cave-in.Vilas workers meet management THURSO, Que.(CP) — Workers at the financially-troubled Vilas Furniture Co.plant here will meet with the firm s directors Thursday in a bid to buy the factory and save their jobs Union president Michel Payer said Wednesday that workers have pledged more than $300, 000 of their own money and that local banks and a credit union in this Ottawa Valley community about 120 kilometres northwest of Montreal have offered their support.The plant, which manufactured maple furniture, was shut down after Vilas’ creditors called in more than $4 million in loans The plant, with 160 employees, is the second-largest employer in the town of 3,200 and Mayor Raymond Parisien said it would be “a disaster" for Thurso if it remains closed Russian boy seeks asylum CHICAGO (AP) — A 12-year-old Soviet boy seeking asylum in the United States told a court Wednesday he doesn’t want to be with his parents because “my parents don’t like me, they don’t talk to me, and I was afraid they would take me back to the Ukraine.” The boy, Walter Polovchak, took the stand in a hearing to determine if he and his 17-year-old sister Natalie should be placed under court-ordered supervision and not returned with their parents to the Soviet Union.The children say they want to stay in the U.S.and left their parent’s Chicago home on July 13 so they wouldn’t have to leave the United States.Reuters workers on strike TORONTO (CP) — Reuters news a grey’s editorial workers in Canada stayed off the job for the second day Wednesday as their striking New York colleaguès picketed their offices.< The pickets were supported by Canadian Wire Service Guild members in Toronto and Montreal after an Ottawa correspondent for the British-based news agency was suspended for refusing to handle stories normally routed through the New York office, a union spokesman said.The news agency’s three editors and a secretary in Toronto and its one editor in Montreal stayed away Wednesday.Both of Reuters’ London correspondents in Ottawa, including the suspended editor, now are on vacation.Indians camp as part of protest CARDSTON, Alta.(CP) — Blood Indians remain camped on the northern edge of town, intent on turning the economic screws on Cardston businessmen as part of a land-claims protest.Blood spokesman Blair First Rider has said that 5.000 band members will pull all their money out of Cardston banks and will refuse to make any purchases from town businesses."We buy our cars, our clothes, our food, we do everything through Cardston.But that's history now.” Nicholas to cross channel TORONTO (CP) — Cindy Nicholas, Queen of the English Channel, left Tuesday for the south coast of England where she will prepare for her most ambitious swimming marathon yet — a three-way, non-stop crossing of the channel.“It sounds impossible, but after my two-way record swim I was told if anyone could do it, I could,” she said before her departure.“I’ve trained hard for it and I feel good.I've put on a few pounds since last year and this could help in resistance against the cold water.” Miss Nicholas, 23, is the only woman to complete a two-way, non-stop crossing of the 33-kilometre-wide channel between Dover.England, and the French coast.In 1977, she shattered the record for the double crossing with a time of 19 hours, 55 minutes.Last year, she sheared 43 minutes from the time with a record 19 hours, 12 minutes.Only four swimmers, all male, have made a non-stop, two-way crossing.Ken Murphy, an English journalist, came closest to a threeway crossing in 1975, when he was forced quit just 11 kilometres from the French coast.He was in the water almost continuously for more than 40 hours.CUPW split on secrecy vote OTTAWA (CP) — The Canadian Union of Postal Workers split Wednesday on a proposal to put a blanket of secrecy over the voting patterns of its 23,000 members on strike calls and proposed contracts.The controversy, which remains unsettled until a vote later this week, rose at the national convention of postal workers and split the 283 delegates along east-west regional lines.After a first vote on the matter — which indicated a slight majority favor secrecy — Montreal local president Marcel Perrault said he hadn't seen anything like it in 20 years in the union and declared.“The Montreal section will not be gagged by anyone." The plan would bar reporters from attending ratification votes and prohibit union officials from revealing to reporters or other union locals the results of their local votes E.PROVOST MTS.IK.20, 15th Ave North, Sherbrooke 569 1700 $** S»’ Authorized Dealer ^RULKX ol Rockol Ages i .S' i and Eventide Monuments with ' Perpetual Guarantee FREE DELIVERY IN THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC For Melbourne and surroundings see Mr.Gordon McKeage, Tel.826 3512 For Sawyervilleand Cookshire area, see: Mr.Gordon Smith, Tel.: 889 2829 Deaths one, an Air Canada jet passed through Gagetown during highaltitude artillery practice.In the second, an Eastern Provincial Airways pilot, racing another plane, cut across the base.In the case of the pilot reversing his propellers, the plane damaged its nosegear on impact but the pilot told the copilot he would lose his job if he mentioned the incident The same pilot flew an aircraft with fuel leaks after other pilots refused.He told them their personnel files would show they had a poor attitude.Card of Thanks PARTRIDGE - We would like to express our sincere thanks and appreciation to our friends and neighbours for the expression of sympathy extended to us at the time of the death of our dear mother, Gertrude Partridge.Thanks to Rev.David Stanway and Rev.George Campbell who officiated, Mr.George Donald, organist and the bearers Keith Mizener, John Syberg, grandsons, Peter and Wayne Patridge, Richard Pearson and Larry Royea.Thanks to those who sent food, flowers, cards and donations to the Cancer Society and Kidney Foundation.Thanks to the Royal Canadian Legion, Br.23 and Auxiliary for their attendance and gracious help serving refreshments after the funeral.Your kindness was greatly appreciated.GERTRUDE, BILL, HARRY, FRED, RUBY 8, LILLIAN Obituary GERTRUDE PARTRIDGE of Knowlton Gertrude Mary Partridge passed away at the Centre d’Accueil Foyer Inc., Sutton, Que., on July 11,1980, in her 93rd year, wife of the late William Charles Partridge, who predeceased her on June 4, 1947.She was born in Birmingham.England in 1888, daughter of the late William Montague Allen and his wife the late Martha Mary Brett.In the year 1911 she married William Charles Partridge, and came to Canada in 1913, settling in Cookshire, later moving to Sawyerville, Mansonville, then Knowlton, where she resided for nearly 60 years.She is survived by three daughters, Gertrude, wife of the late David Russell of Vancouver, Ruby, wife of Tom Burton of Toronto, Lillian, wife of Cyril Pearson of Knowlton, and three sons, Bill Partridge and wife Evelyn, Fred Partridge and wife Beatrice (Joy) of Knowlton, Harry Partridge and wife Jeannette of Detroit, and the late Donald Roy Partridge, killed in action.May 13, 1945 in Holland, also 13 living grandchildren and the late John William Partridge, and 13 great-grandchildren.Mrs.Partridge was well-known for her afghan and patchwork quilts.She also was a member of St Paul’s A.C.W.and an honorary member of the Royal Canadian Legion Br.23, Ladies Auxiliary.Until her illness she also was a member of Colfax Rebekah Lodge No.29.and the Knowlton Golden Age Club.The funeral service was held at St.Paul’s Anglican Church.Knowlton, on July 14, Rev.David Stanway and Rev George Campbell officiated.Interment took place in Knowlton Cemetery.HARTLEY.Ellie — At his home in Rock Island, on Friday, July 25, 1980, in his 67th year Funeral service was held on Monday, July 28, at Stanstead South United Church, Rock Island.Interment in Crystal Lake Cemetery, Rev.Ron Coughlin officiated In lieu of flowers, donations to Cancer Society or Sherbrooke Hospital would be gratefully appreciated.STEVENS, Harold Bradford — At the Wales Home, Richmond, Que., on Tues., July 29, 1980.Harold B.Stevens, in his 90th year, beloved husband of the late Bertha Armstrong, dear father of Eileen (Mrs.Francis Mills) of Trenholm, Fred of Clearwater, Florida, Sydney of Trenholm, Dorothy (Mrs.Herbert Gilchrist) of Len-noxville.Resting at J.H.Fleury Inc.Funeral Home, 198 Adam St., Richmond.Funeral service in Tenholm United Church on Friday, Aug.1st at 2 p.m.Rev.Marion Hartgerink officiating.Interment in Trenholm Cemetery.In lieu of flowers, donations to the Wales Home or United Church Cemetery, Trenholm, would be gratefully appreciated.Visitation 2 to 4 and 7 to 9.Arrangements by Stuart Lockwood Inc.Danville.In Memoriam GUERRIER, Deanna — In loving memory of our dear granddaughter and niece who died tragically July 31, 1979.May the winds of love blow softly On a quiet peaceful spot Where the one we love lies sleeping Never to be forgot.You are always with us.GRAMM I E, GR AMPI E, AUNT WENDY 8.LOUISE UNCLE MITCHELL WOODWARD WOODWARD, Patricia — In loving memory of our beloved daughter and sister who died tragically July 31, 1979.When sad and lonely and everything goes wrong We seem to hear you whisper, cheer up and carry on, Each time we see your picture You seem to smile and say Don't cry, I am only sleeping We’ll meet again some day.Till then, all our love.MUM, DAD, WENDY, LOUISE & MITCHELL WOODWARD and GUERRIER — In loving memory of our nieces and dear cousins, who were tragically killed on July 31, 1979.Patricia Woodward of Magog, Didi (Diane) Guerrier of Bagot-ville.There is always a face before us.A voice we would love to hear A smile we will always remember of nieces and cousins so dear.Remembered and missed by MR .and MRS.ALPHONSE LEBLANCand FAMILY Card of Thanks BAKER — Our appreciation and sincere thanks to our children, Beverly and Arnold Wilson; Shirley and Malcolm Crittenden, Orton Jr., and Maryann Baker for arranging the delightful party for us at Grace Anglican Church Hall, July 13, on the occasions of our fiftieth anniversary.Our thanks to our grandchildren, relatives and friends who came from near and far and to all who helped in any way in making this a most memorable occasion.Many thanks for the gifts, currency, and the many lovely cards we have received This event will long be remembered.ORTON and FRANCES BAKER LENNOXVILLE MONUMENTS REG'D.STONE LETTERINGWORK DONE Call DON JOHNSTON S62-1229 569-1751 CumSs 6 son ltd.fUfYRAl DWfC'ORS ATE* S Cliff STANSTEAD 8198765213 SHERMOOKE 300 Omen Olvd N Webster Cass 819 562 2685 lENNOXVIUE * «»I«i going to have to address itself to the multitudinous problems that female Townshippers face.It is going to have to ask what percentage of the very high rate of unemployed youth in the Townships is young English women.It is also going to have to notice that newsstands in Sherbrooke, Lennoxville, Magog, and surrounding areas are selling English porn in full view of minors in open defiance of a Quebec law which prohibits such display.And someone is going to have to notice that women are not safe on the streets of Sherbrooke alone after dark and our daughters are not safe on the streets of Sher brooke alone during the day SONDRA CORRY, Sherbrooke Student to’ attitudes of the teachers is a contributing factor in the socialization of our daughters.Bishop's University, which has begun to notice that it exists in a French community, is going to have to notice also that the majority of that community is women, and to adopt accordingly a compensatory hiring policy.The government-funded Champlain College is going to have to rid itself of its seven-man, one -woman hiring committees.And the hiring committees of both Bishop’s and Champlain are going to have to understand that questions regarding a woman applicant’s personal life or political beliefs constitute violations of the Quebec Human Righs code.And if the English-speaking Townshippers Association is to continue, it is going to have to stop sending out publications with photographs of the activities of its male members, it is Editor; I presently reside and work in Winnipeg, Manitoba and hope to study at Bishop’s University this fall.I am male and 22 years of age I have been attending the University of Winnipeg during the fall and winter seasons having studied French in high school and last year at the university level.The most proficient way to master a language seems to be by immersion For the next six months I would hope to live and work within the French setting of your community.Any information that you could forward me would be greatly appreciated (in English or French) Should more information, a more detailed personal history or photographs be requested I would glady forward this information.JIMW.KOLLESAVICH.1904 - 72 Donald St.Winnipeg, .Man.R3C 11.6 I Forüuaran tied Savings Our uuÂTâmtxû IncsUMt Certificaiw % inférés» P0«d onnuotif on o SyMf t»rm Em=Mkfi/j-ri I I1 |' I' mm U t\ 111J—1 Business i_________g«si Carlsberg Belgians tour ET THURS., JULY 31, 1980 5 GUARANTEED INVESTMENT CERTIFICATES Th« SAF E way to obtain MAXIMUM INTEREST on your money Call us for current rates & Crown Trust Onlral Building 31 King S«.Wesl, Sherbrooke — SHH üttü Other oflii'e> aeroNs t unuda___ By CLAUDIA BOWERS COWANSVILLE — Carlsberg hardly stands for horses in this part of Canada, but there are people all over the world who will vouch for the quality of the Belgians raised at the Carlsberg Farm near Toronto.The eight horse team and beer wagon in Cowansville recently, initiated many Townshippers to this side of the brewery's fame In the area to attend the Grand Prix equestrian competitions in Bromont, the team toured several communities within a day’s travelling from Bromont including Cowansville, Farnham, Bromont and Sherbrooke.For horse-lovers, the team is spectacular.Eight purebred Belgian geldings, matched in size and weight, harnesses resplendent with solid brass insignia of the brewery, pull a solid oak wagon resplendent with hand-carved curlicews, and mastheads, the sculpture carried through even to the beer casks which are also oak.Huge iron-clad w heels rumble like distant thunder as the six-ton vehicle rolls on the pavement and the jangle of the harness give loud announcement of the wagon's ponderous approach, bringing kids and oldsters running to watch and wonder at this magnificence.The driver, sitting about 10 feet from the ground, dressed in top hat and green velvet, the Carlsberg color, handles with aplomb what must be a very difficult feat indeed.“I ve been driving eight years, and know every horse by name,” he says, calmly palming the eight lines that govern the conduct of his steeds.Flanked on either side by the men who put the show on the road and keep horses and equipment in tip-top condition, the sight of the Carlsberg Beer wagon is not only good publicity but the beginning of many enquiring conversations by the young folk.“Animated education on the hoof," one well known local educator remarked.Photo Claudia Bowers It's quite a feat to handle a team of eight spirited Belgians even if the barrels are Eight purebred Belgians pull the Carlsberg Beer Wagon down the streets of Cowansville empty.tempting both horse lovers and fans of the foaming brew to follow in their wake.Sutton sewer system work progressing r f RHmKÊKÊÊÊÊÊÊ ¦ Photo Glenn Whilehouse Granby opens Palais de Justice It s a dream come true for Granby.For 10 years, the city has been waiting to have its own provincial building.Last week, the new Palais de Justice opened on Principale Street.The building will house the Registration Of- fice, formerly in Waterloo and the offices for Civil Protection, Rental Board, Manpower Centre, as well as court rooms and judges' offices.Other offices will be occupied later in the summer.Peace River drops GRAND PRAIRIE, Alta, from the raw wilderness that the Peace steals the show (CP) — Green fields of grain comes to many people’s from the more prominent but dance to some silent melody, minds when they think of this flatter and often featureless making the landscape of the once hostile agricultural farm lands on most of the Peace River district glim- frontier with its long winters Prairies to the south, mer in the sun.and short growing season.Now one of the most It’s a far different scene The panoramic beauty of productive, innovative RECESSION'S A BOOM FOR MONTREAL COLLECTION AGENCY MONTREAL (CP) — Torchy Wharf may be long gone, but the name has been resurrected to add a tinge of controversy to a fledgling enterprise.Torchy Wharf, a seamy concrete dock that was once a favored hangout in west-end Verdun, now is a small but avantgarde publishing firm.“People either love the name or hate it,” smiles poet-publisher Glen Siebrasse between mouthfuls of pineapple chicken.“Most people prefer a classical reference .but I wanted something unique to Montreal.” Mention of the “outlandish" name often provokes a raised eyebrow and, once, the accusation that it must have been “inspired by a stripper,” but Siebrasse shrugs off the ribbing with a laugh After all, he has participated in three other publishing ventures with such ho-hum names as Poetry Mag, Delta and New Delta.They all folded.“English Montreal needs institutions,” he says with a wry chuckle.“Especially since we lost the Montreal Star.” Siebrasse and associate publisher Louise Falardeau launched Torchy Wharf earlier this year with a translation of Quebec poet Gaston Miron’s The Agonized Life Translated by Marc Plourde, the bilingual collection is a first for Siebrasse in that he previously confined his work to English-language poetry.NO GENERAL INTEREST “It was suicide,” he says of past ventures.“To start with.I don’t know anyone that reads poetry who isn’t a poet.” Although he says sales for The Agonized Life are going well, Siebrasse is planning to branch into more profitable publications like school texts and children’s literature.The first two on his agenda are a school version of Miron poems and his own The Man Who Ate Tomorrows — the fable of a forest ogre who devours children’s futures.But at 45, Siebrasse isn’t placing all his bets on Torchy Wharf.He also is a freelance electrical draftsman and devotes about as much time to that as he does to publishing.He knows well — from firsthand experience — that small literary presses aren't very successful ventures in Canada.And yet, Siebrasse hopes to break even by fall “I like the excitement of being in a situation where things are changing.” says the seasoned Montrealer.“Ontario is very safe — I could actually make a small profit on an operation there, but the point is, it’s dull.” drab image farming areas in Canada — as well as one of the richest in oil and natural gas — the district has seen its small settlements turn into bustling cities.Modern highway and air links provide passage to a growing vacationland.The Peace contains more than seven million acres of cultivated land in northern Alberta and British Columbia.The land — much of it won from the bush and consisting of a soil that is susceptible to erosion from wind and rain — grows many crops and supports large cattle operations.A federal research station at Beaverlodge, Alta., constantly works to develop new crop varieties that are more suited to the North's shorter growing season.Seed-cleaning plants, oilseed crushing operations, feed mills, meat packing industries, apiaries and dairy and vegetable farming add to the agriculturally induced economic health of the area CREATES PROBLEMS But in some cases, prosperity has brought problems to agriculture One of them is in attracting farm labor.The average family income in Fort St John, for example, is $50,000 a year and some of the younger people who work for oil companies earn up to $4,000 a month with overtime, a wage that can’t be matched by farmers.Oil exploration, foreign ownership of land and proposals for more dams on the Peace River to accommodate hydro electric plants are sources of concern to farmers in the B.C.portion.Opponents of more dams on the Peace River fear that prime agricultural land will be lost to flooding.Land prices also are soaring as a result of demand from foreigners and the expansion of communities.For instance, farm land for residential property adjacent to Taylor, B.C., sells for up to $20,000 an acre The Peace holds special prominence for one of its products that touches nearly every homeowner in Canada and many more in the United States and overseas.It is one of the three main growing areas in the world — Oregon and Denmark are the others — for fescue crops The area produces 95 per cent of the Canadian output of fescue, or grass seed, and provides a major source of income for Peace River farmers, which last year was about $12.5 million.SUTTON (MB) - The town council and many of Sutton’s citizens have been concerned about the lack of a sewer system in Sutton Many houses had sufficient land, regular septic tanks and an acceptable sanitary system, but as the population grew it became harder to dispose of the septic tank drainage.In many cases this went into the river or ran down ditches, giving off foul odors in warm weather.Fortunately the town's water supply was not in danger of contamination from three sources as Sutton’s water comes from an artesian well located on the east side of Pleasant Street.The area leads out of town and is devoid of houses or other buildings, well east of the river and ditches Work began on the lines in April and is expected to take 18 months to complete A new sewerage treatment plant, that will start operating in November, has been built just south of town.Mayor Jacques Deslieres says the council had been working a long time to obtain the government grant that made this project possible Now that it had come through it will pay for 70.2 Empire Loyalists plan annual picnic ABERCORN — The Sir John Johnson Branch of the United Empire Loyalists’ Association will hold their annual picnic on Sunday, August 10, 1980 at the historic farm home of Mr.and Mrs.Donald MacCallum, River Road, Noyan.Members and friends are asked to arrive before 11 a m., as the special event of the day will be the dedication of the restored Steel-Griggs Cemetery which is located on the MacCallum property Commodore John Steel, a native of Ayrshire, Scotland, naval officer during the American Revolution, member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada 1800-1804, and valued public servant, married Nancy Griggs, daughter of a Loyalist family who settled near Alburgh around 1783.They settled the property which now belongs to the MacCallums and both are buried in the Steel-Griggs plot.A story on the life of Commodore Steel is included in Volume Sixteen of the MissLsquoi Historical Society, “The Voice of Pike River”.With financial support from the Sir John Johnson Branch of the U.E.L.Association, Mr.MacCallum has undertaken restoration of this historic family plot and descendants of the family will attend the dedication on August 10, to be conducted by the Rev Canon Selwyn Willis.Local QFA heads for busy season By CLAUDIA BOWERS RICHMOND — The Richmond branch of the Quebec Farmers Association have been enjoying a busy year and there’s plenty more to come, according to fieldman Merrill Hodge of Richmond.“We have already had two bus trips to Montreal this year and more are scheduled," Hodge says.A trip to the Floralies International in August and a four day journey to the National Plowing Match in Wood-stock, Ontario will take off at the end of September.The Richmond branch has been active in the organization and support of the Richmond Fair and a benefit dance is being planned for later in August Upcoming activities in- per cent of the contract for $2,587.000 with lea Entreprises Lague Ltee, of Brigham, Que.This contract does not reach all out lying areas such as the top of Mountain Street and others, but does pay for the repaving of all streets where pipes are laid Home owners find themselves faced with an annual increase in taxes of $198 for each household, to help finance and maintain the system, as well as the cost of house to street installation, which seems to compare favorably with other towns that have put in such a system.Meanwhile citizens are coping with detours and unpaved streets as best they can, an inconvenient but necessary part of such a project.Be careful with /