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Cold Christmas WMther, Page 2 Sherbrooke Wednesday, December 24,1980 25 cents No Record Thursday We ll be back Friday.Merry Christmas.PM says he'll beet up rights charter OTTAWA (CP) — Prime Minister Trudeau says he plans to strengthen his government's proposed charter of rights with a series of amendments in mid-January.Trudeau said in an interview with the Ontario-based Global television network that some of the wording of the charter, a key part of a constitutional package introduced in the Commons in Metric delayed —again By JUDITH KELLOCK-HEWARD The introduction of the metric system in Canadian grocery stores has again been delayed, this time until Jan 1, 1982.In announcing the postponement yesterday, the federal government said the delay “allows for ample notice to the industry and will permit the Canadian public to become more familiar with the metric system.” Original government plans called for the food retail industry to go metric on January 1 this year, but test experiences in Kamloops, B.C., and Peterborough, Ont., went badly, causing the short-lived Clark Conservative government to delay until January 1,1981.Although consumer opposition in Kamloops and Peterborough forced stores to revert to the imperial system of measurement and led major supermarket organizations and consumer groups to speak strongly against the idea, a similar pilot project in Sherbrooke proved the success of the metric system among consumers, retailers and wholesalers.¦ Now that national implementation has been delayed again, Sherbrooke area grocery store operators find that they can go neither forward nor back.Nichol’s Inc.grocery and butcher shop in Lennoxville and J.B.LeBaron Ltd.grocery stores in North Hatley and Ayer’s Cliff post no metric measurements.But they both do all their weighing in metric units, then convert to the imperial system for labelling.Only 'Only about five per cent of Nichol’s customers and one per cent of LeBaron s use grams, kilograms, millilitres and litres when ordering.Both operations have installed costly ($3000) convertible scales without any comment from customers.Store employees often perform quick mental conversions of packaged goods for their clients.But now food processors are changing their package sizes, for example, from one-pound (454 gram) to 500 gram (about 1.1 pound) units, making even these gestures difficult.Robert Nichol says his only items marked in kilograms are poultry products, “but we’ve bought the scales now, and we can’t just throw them out.” LeBaron’s Stan MacDonald says the U.S.will eventually swing us all metric, but is proceeding very slowly at the moment.“I don’t doubt we’ll get there, but it won’t be for a while yet.” Inside BIRTHS, DEATHS.2 BUSINESS.5 CLASSIFIED .16 COMICS.17 EDITORIAL.4 LIVING.6,7 SPORTS.9 They’re called “adult” westerns because the plot is usually over 21 years old.October, was watered down to meet provincial objections raised last summer.“In an effort to get everybody on board, we negotiated,” Trudeau said.“We put a lot of water in the wine and we weakened the bill of rights ” But he said most of the criticism of the charter before the special Parliamentary constitutional com- mittee is aimed at the weaknesses of the charter and "what we’re prepared to do is strengthen it again.The changes will be revealed before the committee by Justice Minister Jean Chretien.Trudeau did not specify what changes were planned but a number of critics have called for a widening of anti-disrimination rights in the charter while others have attacked the exceptions written into it For example, an earlier proposal by the federal government said rights set out in the charter were subject only to “such reasonable limits as are generally accepted in a free and democratic society.” But the amended version said "in a free and democratic society with a .Hydrochloric acid emissions are stunting trees' growth, residents downwind from Photo Merritt Clifton Champlain Industries’ Stanbridge Station plant say.Stanbridge pollution: 'We have a problem' “Now see what you’ve done.Iraq and Iran have started again.” By JAMES DUFF STANBRIDGE STATION - Horst Dressier says hydrochloric acid emissions from Champlain Industries stunted his cedar hedge and whitened his lilacs.Across the street, Gerard Cormier thinks hydrochloric acid killed his trees and hedge.Upwind, they say, trees are healthy; downwind they’re not so healthy.Hydrochloric acid turns leaves white, bleaching out the chlorophyll.Stanbridge Station, population, 420, has one industry — Champlain Industries.Champlain is Canada’s largest producer of hydrolyzed vegetable protein — everything from cream toppings and the casein solids we dump in our coffee instead of cream to soy sauce and beef extract replacers.Champlain has 95 employees in a United Auto Workers local and another 35 in its offices.Champlain spends $1.5 million on its payroll and a total of $4 million in and around Stanbridge Station Champlain uses hydrochloric acid to break down the vegetable protein.Casein or soy or cheese whey or any number of other proteins are mixed with hydrochloric acid, then neutralized with salt.Don Van Horn, the manager of Champlain’s Stanbridge Station plant (there are two others, one in England, one in St.Cesaire), the hydrochloric acid is used up.neutralized and incorporated in the finished product, whatever it is.“We have a problem.I won’t say we don’t." But the problem Van Horn sees isn’t just dirty air, it’s the whole question of sewage And he doesn’t think the plant is to blame any more than the municipality of Stanbridge Station is.The town, represented by mayor Lucien Messier, disagrees quietly, but nobody wants to make too much noise about Champlain, the town's biggest taxpayer and employer.Pike River’s council has complained, but the river’s problems can’t be solved by curing Champlain's problems alone — the river is an open sewer.One resident living near Champlain got a new paint job on his car when a cloud of hydrochloric acid vapor set tied on his car and estroyed the paint.Village gossip has the man a Champlain employee who was fired and had to leave town several months after he complained and got a new paint job; Van Horn says the man was never an employee and still lives in towm But the biggest problem gets little attention.Champlain uses 200,000 gallons of cooling water a day and produces 3,000 gallons of waste slurry This flows through a culvert to a primary-treatment plant on the banks of Beaver Creek, known locally as Champlain Creek.And right out into the creek, runs untreated effluence.From there, it goes to the Pike River and down into Missisquoi Bay.on to Lake Champlain.When the municipality and Champlain signed a pact in the mid-sixties.Champlain paid 58 per cent of the bill for the plant and Quebec the rest, with the understanding the municipality would undertake to maintain it.According to Van Horn, Stanbridge Station "did nothing from day one".As a result, yeast and other protein-rich wastes from Champlain react with the other sewage to produce what local residents describe as a truly phenomenal odor in summer The rich, smelly effluvium also enters the Pike River for the five-mile trip to Missisquoi Bay and the headw aters of the Richelieu River Local residents say hydrochloric acid, ammonia, sulphuric acid and a slew of other noxious vapors emerge in the dead of night from Champlain’s busy smokestacks, but Van Horn says the vapor they're seeing is steam from the dryers.He claims the acid emissions are occasional, the result of vent ing accidents when tank trucks are unloading their corrosive cargo into the hydrochloric acid tank which stands near the plant entrance.That and other old equipment, he says, can be blamed for Champlain’s problems “Our problems are unique We have a lot of old equipment The acid emissions occurred when the scrubber broke down.” Champlain isn’t a new company, nor are its plants or machinery any newer The Stanbridge Station plant was once a Hood Dairy.Hood, now a New England multifoods outfit, ran it as a creamery, buying milk from local farmers, separating the cream and shipping it to Boston.The skim milk Hood sold back to the farmers for their pigs; the area around Pike River is to this day one of Canada's greatest hog-producing regions.In 1925.Ross Preston and Ralph Van Horn, Don’s grandfather, bought the plant and began manufacturing casein and the forerunners of today’s scores of items Champlain produces.Casein was a boon for the construction trade It went into wallboard cement and cabinetmakers’ glue, even into beer bottle label glue because it is chillproof.In 1968, Brooke Bond bought it from Preston and Van Horn, both still hale, hearty and visitors to this year's com pany Christmas party.Brooke Bond couldn’t find the magic lever and sold it in 1974 to Colwyn Rich, a native of Wales living in St.Armand, who re- See EFFLUENCE, Page 3 parliamentary system of government, " Critics such as the Canadian Civil Liberties Association said this would allow Parliament and provincial legislatures to pass laws which go beyond the limits set out in the charter In another example, the original federal proposal guaranteed protection against "unreasonable search and seizure" and the right "not to be ar bitrarily detained or imprisoned." But the version introduced in October added the phrase “except on grounds and in accordance with procedures established by law" for tsith cases.Critics told the committee the wording of this exception was too vague and would allow laws which undermine the basic protections in the charter.Yule goodwill filters through Associated Press Peace on Earth War in the Middle East Good will toward men An attack on the peacemakers.But while the shadow of trouble hung over the world’s Christmas preparations Tuesday, the spirit of joy and love managed to shine through.A thief who stole a little girl’s bicycle in Alaska sent her an apology and a money order for $200 A famous entertainer arranged to make the holiday a little brighter for 25,000 blind, retarded and handicapped children.A group of high school students sent Christmas messages to the family of one of the American hostages in Iran.“Anything to show they were caring and understanding," said their teacher.The news Tuesday was a poignant blend, a mixture of national and in ternational strife and personal celebration.WILL HELP CELEBRATE In Tehran, Swiss diplomats said that a Protestant minister and a Roman Catholic priest will celebrate Christmas with the 52 U.S.hostages.In Indianapolis, 150 high school students decorated their Christmas tree with symbolic yellow ribbons and wrote letters to Mr.and Mrs Arthur Kupke of Francesville, Ind., parents of hostage Frederick Leo Kupke.33, "They wanted to show the Kupkes they really cared,” said teacher Ann Wilkerson In Beirut, a crowd of 300 Arab villagers attacked and burned a UN building and six cars and beat up staff members A UN spokesman said the villagers were angry aUiut the failure of a peacekeeping force to stop Israeli raids in southern Lebanon.Bethlehem, where Jesus was born, prepared for the traditional celebrations, but Israeli security forces outnumbered tourists in Manger Square There was tradition, too, in the mountain villages of southern Italy — the tradition of shepherds playing their bagpipes But there also was sorrow "How can we enjoy ourselves when there are still bodies under the rubble?” said Giovanni Pinati, mayor of Avellino, one of the towns leveled by the Nov.23 earthquake that killed nearly 3,000.STRIKE FOR MEAT In Chelm, Poland, near the Soviet border, workers at 50 factories held a one-hour strike The independent trade union, Solidarity, said the workers were protesting the size of the Christmas meat ration from the government.Fox: Christmas too commercial VANCOUVER (CP) — Terry Fox has received the most precious Christmas gift of all — the gift of life.Four months ago, when doctors discovered tumors in both his lungs, they gave the young runner only a one in 10 chance of living to celebrate the holiday.Since that fateful September day, Fox has spent many long hours in hospital and has been able to reflect on the meaning of Christmas."People have to think about the real meaning of Christmas and not the fact that it is just a time to get out shopping, get it over with, hand out the gift and get drunk the night before,” Fox said in an interview with The Canadian Press.“The real meaning of Christmas, I believe, was that it was supposed to be the time when Christ was born and that’s why it’s a holiday and for no other reason.“A hundred years ago, or whatever, when people celebrated Christmas, they gave a gift and it didn’t have to require a lot of money.It wasn’t commercialized, it wasn’t a big drunk event, but it had a lot of meaning for a lot of people.THOUGHT COUNTS “It meant that just the fact that people were giving something — it could have been a message, it could have been a simple gift, it didn’t matter what it was — the fact that they were giving, the meaning behind what they gave, was the important thing.Today it has become so commercialized." The 22-year-old Port Coquitlam, B.C., man who has given so much hope and inspiration to all Canadians, says what he enjoys most about Christmas is the giving.“I’ve always enjoyed Christmas.It’s been a great time of year for me, time to relax, time to enjoy, and I enjoy receiving a gift.“But I also enjoy watching the person who I give a gift to and seeing what they think of what I got them, because it means a lot to me.I hope that what I’ve given them means something to them." Fox said many of his attitudes and his outlook on life have changed since cancer forced amputation of his right leg “I feel now because of the cancer and the run and the things that have happened, I can be a lot of help to the cancer society,” he said.TERRY FOX .a hundred years ago, it didn't require a lot of money f 2 WED .DECEMBER 24 1980 Calgary transients sit out Xmas CALGARY (CP) - If there's poignance attached to the transients spending Christmas in affluent Calgary at the Salvation Army's men's hostel, they don't see it.Aside from a few regulars and those staying in the alcohol rehabilitation clinic, most are here to find work They have little time for sentiment, at least outwardly.The Army's Harbor Light mission is a four-storey brick building sitting beside a disused fire hall on the fringe of Calgary's shiny, new downtown It's a remnant of the city's past.Except for the chronically heavy traffic, there’s little of the glitter and bustle found just a News block to the west The hostel is at its 60-man capacity.The larger, publicly-operated hostel a few blocks away sleeps nb^ut :)60 and is half full.The Salvation Army has a number of Christmas programs and last week held its Christmas dinner But the small lunchroom has little in the way of Christmas in brief decoration The atmosphere is business as usual TOO COLD Mike Mason, 22, of Victoria is spending his second Christmas in Calgary.After Christmas he’ll head to Vancouver because "it’s too cold up here " Weather Cloudy with intermittent snow today with total accumulation between three and five cm.Moderate winds in the afternoon, causing blowing snow in some areas.Temperatures will go down during the day to a low of -17.Christmas Day, sunny and cold.George Maclaren, Publisher .549 9525 James Duff, Editor .549 6345 A.J Bayley, Advertising Manager 569-9525 Richard Lessard, Production Manager.569-9931 Debra Waite, Superintendent, Composing Room .569-9931 CIRCULATION DEPT.-569 9528 Subscriptions by Carrier: 1 year $52.00 weekly: $1.00 Subscriptions by Mail: Canada: 1 year $39.00 3 months $15.00 6 months $22.00 1 month $ 9.00 U.S.8.Foreign: 1 year $70.00 6months $40.00 3 months $25.00 Established February 9, 1897, incorporating the Sherbrooke Gazette (est.1837) and the Sherbrooke Examiner (est.1879) Published Monday to Friday by Townships Communications Inc./Communications des Cantons, Inc., 2520 Roy Street, Sherbrooke, Quebec, JlK ICI.Second class registration number 1064 Member of Canadian Press Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations All of the following must be sent to The Record in writing.They will not be accepted by phone.Please include a phone number where you can be reached during the day.BRIEFLETS BIRTHS CARDSOFTHANKS INMEMORIAMS.50c per count line Minimum charge $3.00 WEDDING DESCRIPTIONS: No charge for publication providing news submitted with in one month, $7.00 production charge for wedding or en gagement pictures.Wedding writeups received one month or more after event, $15.00 charge with or without picture.Subject to condensation.ALLOTHER PHOTOS: $7.00 OBITUARIES: No charge if received within one month of death.Subject to condensation.$10.00 if received more than one month after death.Subject to condensation All above notices must carry signature of person sending notices.DEATH NOTICES: Cost: 50c per count line (2nd insertion 2/3 price.) 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Paul Martin, 77, former Liberal cabinet minister and high commissioner to Britain, is in good condition in hospital.Martin, who took ill Sunday at his home, twice ran for the federal Liberal leadership, once in 1958 against Lester Pearson and again in 1968against Pierre Trudeau.He was member of the Essex East riding, now Windsor-Walkerville.Lalonde: BC will eventually pay OTTAWA (CP) — British Columbia’s decision to withold $158 million in natural gas taxes may be a move that will come back to haunt the province, Energy Minister Marc Lalonde said today."It’s kind of a dangerous precedent for any provincial government to set,” he told reporters."You can imagine what would happen if industry or individuals in a particular province reacted in the same way to any provincial tax that they didn’t like — that they would refuse to pay until the courts had passed judgment.National Gallery springs leaks OTTAWA (CP) — An hourly watch is being maintained on two special exhibits at the National Gallery because dripping water and chilly drafts are threatening to damage the paintings and engravings One major work by Lawren Harris has had to be taken down and returned to safe storage The two exhibits, paintings by Harris and paintings, drawings and etchings by David Milne, are on the main floor of the Lome Building.Originally built for government offices, it was never intended as an art gallery and recently underwent extensive renovations to overcome atmospheric difficulties.Ottawa has had a week of severe winter, with outside temperatures at or below 20 degrees Celsius.The drafts come from the outside walls, and moisture condenses on overhead aluminum rails supporting the ceiling, dripping into the display area.“Feel that,” commanded Mimi Cazort, curator of drawings, as she placed her hand on the wall supporting some of the Milne prints.There was a definite chill."No second-rate, or third-rate art gallery would tolerate this sort of thing,” Taylor said.Rosemarie Tovell, assistant curator of Canadian prints and drawings, said she has had to check conditions in the gallery every hour and be prepared to take the display down if the threat of damage grows worse.The Harris painting, Afternoon Sun, North Shore, Lake Superior, was bought by the gallery in 1927 and was on display in a room on the north side of the building.It is widely regarded as one of gallery’s Canadian master-works.Charles Hill, curator of post-Confederation Canadian art, said the painting had to be taken down because of the chill.It was replaced by a brown card noting its absence because of temperature conditions.He said the wall was not properly insulated, and part of the difficulty was that the display area was open to the main lobby of the building, with its revolving doors to the street.Cazort said nothing can be done about conditions in the gallery during severe weather but to pray for milder temperatures or remove the artworks from display.Tovell said the public naturally complains about finding blank spaces on the walls.// Seasons greetings from the people at lhe season to belong Id the family of mai.All together sing one song In hammy hand in hand " And after the season's past f And the mo years come nx'irl rrmie mill VI Wit Dof it need a reason to : make it last fast let the hue go on and on its let loue go on arid on All our supermarkets will open from 1 p.m.to 9 p.m.Friday, December 26.m i FOR TOWNSHIPPERS—BY TOWHSHIPPERS We Settle Estates.Provide Financial Administration.Tax Plan Your Income Arrange Annuities or Tax Sheltered Investments (You can defer income tax on investment income to age 75).YOUR NEEDS ARE OUR CONCERN Professional Advice Call 514-263-4123 W.D.DUKE ASSOCIATES LTD.109 William St., Cowansville.Que.J2K 1K9 PRESIDENT W.D.Duke, B.Comm.C.A.VICE-PRESIDENT J.R.Boulé, B A, Ladies' Auxiliary Branch 165 hold meeting SAWYERVILLE - The Ladies Auxiliary Branch 165 held their December meeting in the Hut with a good attendance.Two flea markets had been held and were very successful.They helped with the oyster supper also held a drawing when Mrs.Muriel Prescott won the quilt, Mr.A.Charpentier a stuffed dog toy and Glenna Evans a crocheted center-piece.Members attended an Armistice service in the Baptist Church.The Officers elected for 1981 were Pres.Elva Glen, 1st Vice-Pres., Ardath Blair; 2nd Vice-Pres., Marilyn Bedard: Sec.Ernestine Hodge, Treas., Freda McLeod: Sgt.at Arms, Hilda Cragg; Dep.Sg.t at Arms, Margaret Ord.Com.Margaret Ord with help from the members put on a turkey supper with all the trimmings and goodies on Dec.5th for the members, the Legion members and their husbands and wives with more than 30 present.The rest of the evening was spent playing cards and Darts.Card of Thanks BARNETT — To all my friends and relatives of these past weeks for the myriad of cards, phone calls and letters during my seemingly endless weeks of near helplessness and especially the well wishes of my Senior Citizens Club, the U.C.W., the W.A., for all the goodies, food of all sorts, as well as, but not least, for a kindly and welcome visit by our carol singing group led by the Rev.Neil Wallace, an event to be remembered by a thankful recipient.MRS.BESSIE BARNETT BEGER — The family of the late Richard Beger wishes to extend their appreciation to everyone who gave comfort and help during this time of profound sadness.JOAN ROBERTSON — I would like to thank all of my friends and relatives who were so kind to me during my stay at the B.M.P.Hospital, to all who sent cards, flowers and treats.And special thanks to those who provided transportation for my wife to visit me.Thanks to Dr Gutmanus and the nurses and staff on the 2nd floor.Also I would like to say a special thanks to friends who are now driving me to the hospital twice weekly tor therapy Many thanks and a Happy Christmas and New Years to all.JAMES ROBERTSON Sutton SUNBURY — I would like to express my thanks and ap predation to all my friends and relatives for their visits, cards and flowers, and a special thanks to the people who stood by me during my husband's illness and death.A special thanks to Dr.Johnston, Dr MacLeod and all the nurses on the 3rd floor for their loving care and kindness.Also I want to thank Rev.Beer worth, L.O.Cass, the six bearers which were my husband's nephews, and for the Memorial donations to the Sherbrooke Hospital May God Bless You All.I VA SUNBURY (wife) E.PROVOST MTS.me.20,15th Ave.North, Sherbrooke 569-1700 - 569-5251 /gnp^vAuthorized Dealer ( ““J-K \ of Rock of Ages V/flrCt / 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 Sawyerville and Cookshire area, see: Mr.Gordon Smith, Tel.: 889-2829 Births BUTLER — David and Sue (Davidson) joyfully announce the birth of their son, Ryan Gordon Davidson, 7 lbs 9 oz., on December 19, 1980 at Peel Memorial Hospital.Brampton, Ont.Proud grandparents are Mrs.Gordon Butler of Toronto, Ont., formerly of Lennoxville, Que., and Mrs.Hugh Davidson of Sarnia, Ont.MILLER — David and Wen-die happily announce the arrival of Laurie Jane, on December 16, 1980 at Toronto.Thrilled are her brothers Kevin and Bobby and sister Kristie; also her grandmas, Jean Miller of Knowlton and Alta Rost of Montreal West.Death JONES, Frederick (Fred) — At the Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins Hospital, Cowansville, on Monday, Decembeer 22, 1980.Frederick (Fred) Jones, in his 52nd year.Loving friend of Wilma, Jackie and Richard Marsh.Dear father of Linda, Nancy, Doris and Dennis.Brother of Hazel, Millie.Christopher, Robert and James.Funeral service from the chapel of the Desourdy-Wilson Funeral Home, 104 Buzzell St., Cowansville, today, Wednesday, Dec.24 at 2 p.m.Interment Brome, Que.In Memoriam GRAHAM — In loving memory of our parents, Mr.and Mrs.Fred Graham and brother, Eldred.Like falling leaves the years go by But love and memories never die.RETA,CLAYTON and HARTLEY LAWLOR, William Gordon — In loving memory of a dear son and brother who died accidentally on Dec.25, 1973.We miss you more than anyone knows, As the years pass, the emptiness grows.The tears in our eyes will wipe away, But the ache in our hearts will always stay.We think of you in silence.We often speak your name.But all we have left are memories And your picture in a frame.Sadly missed by MOM and DAD and FAMILY SPEARING, Vernon — In loving memory of a dear husband, father and grand father, who passed away Dec.25, 1967 Precious forever are memories of you, Today, tomorrow and all life through.Sadly missed by SADIE (wife) ROBERT (son) THELMA (daughter-in law) and FOUR GRANDSONS o “ctJsstSon ¦HtuntPAi DtetCTORS AYE» S CUFF STANSTEAD 819876 5213 LTD.SHERBROOKE 300 OuMn Rlvd N Webster Cass 819 562 2685 LENNOX VILLI 6 ftelvidere St R.L.Bishop & Son Funeral Chapels 819 562 9977 'TSZX SHERBROOKE 300 Owrx Blvd N Gordon Smith Funeral Home SAWYERVtuE 819 562 2685 / 889 2211 cookshire f I The Townships #¦___foil nocara WED , DECEMBER 24, 1980 3 H.Gordon Green TÎTIT The player piano: Salvation promise 1 met a man last week whose hobby is repairing player pianos.Do you remember the time when anyone who owned a player piano w as a sort of town celebrity?In the old home-town 1 knew back in the early '20‘s a player piano was something you w ould find only up on Snob Hill where the great people lived — people who could afford maids and ice-boxes and closed-in automobiles And those of us who grew up on the wrong side of the tracks were rarely permitted so much as a look at one But when we were permitted to see one we thought it the eighth wonder of the world.All you had to do was to push aside the little sliding door in the front, snap a funny looking roll of perforated paper into place and then pump your feet on the big pedals below Like magic the roll would unwind over the brass bar that was also full of holes, and as the holes in the paper roll passed over the holes in the brass bar the piano would come miraculously and gloriously alive Incredible.You didn't have to touch a key at all.You just kept your feet going and it played like Liberace We didn't have Liberace then of course, and we wouldn’t have known about him anyhow because this was before radio.Even the gramophones we had in those days were mostly the kind which played cylinder records.But to the bounding mind of a child there was something here that was even more wondrous than the tumbling cascade of foot-propelled music.Here was a promise of salvation Because if your own folks would only get a player piano instead of that one you already had, you wouldn't have to take lessons anymore.And mind you, in the days when we were such peasants that we had to manufacture our own entertainment that piano back home could be a fearsome taskmaster.In queenly grandeur the piano generally held court in the parlour, crowned there with hymn books and family portraits and whatever other precious items the household deemed worthy of highest honour.And every evening many a hoy and girl was condemned to the parlour for one solid hour’s practice.Nor was this torture all the sacrifice the piano demanded.If your parents were really determined to make a virtuoso of you, you would be there on many a sunny Saturday as well, especially on a Saturday when the gang would be playing ball or lacrosse somewhere.But now this! A piano that you could play right aw'ay.A piano that w ould make better music than you ever would.Is it any wonder that it should have fired a youngster's fondest dreams?Getting back to this man who is now repairing them, he tells me that while it is still just a hobby with him, he is wondering if he shouldn’t hang out his shingle and go into the business full time.“As it is now,” he says.“I just don’t have an evening or a weekend to myself anymore 1 can’t help but ask myself what’s behind it all.Maybe you'll tell me how come in this age of stereo and colour TV there’s still people who dig old player pianos ! ’ ’ "Maybe," I told him.“it’s because there are still people who remember how much they used to hate having to learn to play a piano the hard way.” Champlain don't deny they have a problem.but they won’t take sole blame for it either.Effluent runs into creek Continued from Page One versed the trend, hired the 29-year-old grandson of one of the founders out of a chemistry master's program at Macdonald College and proceeded to acquire properties.These days.Colwyn Rich isn’t too worried about pollution; he leaves the details to Van Horn and others Because Champlain, like any other opera tion with 75 per cent of the total Canadian market, is spreading out Diversifying Acquiring.The latest acquisition is a British subsidiary of Hercules, a multifood multinational from Delaware It also is a hydrolyzed vegetable protein plant, HVP for short.Rich has convinced his banker to support the purchase of the new plant to be known as Champlain-Protex — for two reasons: The European Economic Community HVT market is vast and growing and he's being backed by Guinness, the Irish brewing giant.He’s on the verge of enormous success.HVP is used in everything these days, all the cream-filled cakes and pastries, flavorings, in cheese powder, in instant soups and instant creamer and whipped toppings and soy derivatives — everywhere Mexico, Spain.Australia and New Zealand buy Champlain products.Lipton’s is a customer.So is Campbell’s.So is Vachon.So are half the Chinese food suppliers in Montreal Van Horn and Rich scarcely veil their threat when they say the Stan-bridge Station plant could be located just about anywhere and that Toronto is undisputed capital of the food processing industry, their customers Yet they don’t want to go They like the area The plant, they agree, is the perfect combination of veteran Champlain workers and young additions with plenty of energy Van Horn even sails his Hobie catamaran in Missisquoi Bay, not far from where the Pike River enters Three years ago, Champlain acquired a small Ogilvie milling subsidiary and moved the whole plant to Stan-bridge Station from Montreal.That’s when the pollution problems really began.As Van Horn says, it was a matter of scale; what had worked perfectly in Montreal created problems here.The yeast shells produced by the transplanted process caused the spectacularly smelly sewage.“The corporate plan is to initiate action nexl year but we don’t have the resources to do it alone," says Van Horn.“It doesn't make sense to waste product by letting it escape.It’s not like someone’s been trying to get away w it h a cheapie." Cyclone collectors and the baghouse have cut particulate emissions, but there's all that vapor coming off the dryers and the other operations, vapor Van Horn says could be used.The company is spreading its yeast waste and soya protein on fields right now, a practice the provincial Ministry of the Environment could rule illegal since the fields are frozen and a certain amount of the waste will find itself in runoff come the spring.“The sad part of it is the yeast cells are protein and make good animal feed But feed people are very conservative.They want plenty of government studies," says Van Horn."The soya protein makes extremely good fertilizer; now it’s used for landfill Local farmers swear by the stuff instead of nitrogen fertilizer for their cornfields."What it really needs is a study For years we’ve been trying to get the fel low who hauls it away to sell it but they're smart.They figure that if they can get it for free, why pay for it?” Champlain has even looked at buying a farm like one of their U S.competitors, using all the waste heat and nutrients to grow greenhouse produce.Pollution and the ecology surfaced in November’s provincial byelection in Brome-Missisquoi; Liberal candidate Pierre Paradis coasted to an easy win, buoyed partly by his promise to deal with each pollution problem as it comes up Champlain is and has been a major industrial polluter and the MNA has vowed to act.But Champlain doesn't dispute the need to clean up."Pierre indicated to me he wanted to solve the problem.So do we,’’ says Van Horn.It’s a question of who should pay.Vandals strike C'ville schools By JOHN McCAGHEY KNOWLTON — Vandals were hard at work over the festive season as some managed to break in to Knowlton Academy on Victoria Street during the past four days."The first burglary occurred sometime between Saturday night to Sunday morning,” Brome Lake police chief Alyre Thireau said.“They broke in through the rear of the structure and went to the clinic which they ransacked and exited empty handed.“They entered through the rear again early Tuesday morning from what we determined by checking footprints in fresh snow,” Thireau continued.“They were frustrated and although they sacked the Woodlot managers awarded By CHARLES BURY The Quebec ministry of energy and resources recently announced the 1980 winners in the “Concours du Mérité forestier", the government award program for excellence in the private forest industry.Every year the contest is based on a particular element of woodlot management This year’s contest judged entrants on the development and maintenance of forest roads.First prize of $1500 was awarded to Conrad Bibeau of Sherbrooke for his woodlot at Fontainebleau.Beginning in 1904, Bibeau has converted his 91 hectare property from logged-over forest and abandoned farmland to “a magnificent 40,000 tree plantation and a mixed forest in full growth,” said Gaétan Cote, Eastern Tow nships administrator for the ministry.Bibeau made a thorough job of mapping his property and a quick look at his maps show that in the early years he concentrated on reforesting hand-planting white spruce, red pine and Norway spruce He also cared for his young trees, cutting brush and supporting trees knocked down by the snow.Four years ago Bibeau decided to get involved in forestry full time “I worked 20 years on an assembly line in the shoe industry; I couldn't do it any more.Here, I work at my own speed.When I feel good, I go faster When I don’t, I go slower or I just rest.” Bibeau has built up an excellent road network Pre-viously the woodlots were office they couldn’t have escaped with more than $50 in cash But they caused at least $2,000 in damages by breaking several doors and between eight and 10 steel-lined twin-pane windows.The chief says it was deliberate vandalism.“You would need a sledge hammer to penetrate that type of window - if you tried your fist you’d land up in hospital being treated for fractures.Then they broke the safe handle and ripped the combination dial off and tried to knock the hinges off with a hammer and chisel, which didn’t work.No damage was done to the classrooms.” Meanwhile Cowansville municipal police are still investigating similar crimes at Massey Vanier, Heroes’ Memorial and St.Leon schools where vandals committed approximately $5.000 damages over the weekend “I can’t say there was a direct link between all the crimes but it appears they were looking for drugs or money to buy drugs,’’ Thireau concluded.Give.THE HEART FUND THE PARISH OF THE ADVENT & ST.PAUL SHERBROOKE Rev.D.E.Ross Organist Irving Richards CHRISTMAS I 11 a m.Church ol the Advent Holy Eucharist Guest Celebrant Rev.M.C.M.Jones WE WELCOME YOU CSRRIFDIIR de lESIRII Boulevard O.rlland IMIBSROOKI • SéS-OJBé ft0 \ WHAT I (JVam / i urn hi Cinema 2 itify SUM ill MM RMflllK il 8! mm Running limes 12 50-2:55-5 00-7:05-9 10 The First.Mountaineering r » Ü3Ê Shop in the Townships ADDRESS Continental Building HIKING ST.W.DOWNTOWN SHERBROOKE Quality Equipment In •Back Packing •Clothing •Hiking Boots •Climbing Gear •Gortex & Pile Wear (819)564-1114 for lining in % most degant bitting room in ^erbroobe.Please reserve early for Christmas Parties.NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY $60.00 per couple (Dinner-Wine-Champagne-Entertainment) Tickets are limited Reservations please call 567-6339 100 Webster St.— Downtown Sherbrooke ; (Webster Parking, vw 3rdfloor) sm RAYMOND DUBOIS .won second place in the Mérité Forestier 1980 contest.hard to gel at Today access is good all over his property.Bibeau gravelled many sec tions of road through the softer areas with a shovel.He also had to build two bridges across brooks Clearing.recuperating, pruning, draining and maintenance, protection against fire, insects, diseases, or the evils of man, Bibeau shows it’s worth the effort to do things well," Cote added “Bibeau takes every opportunity to improve his techniques and increase his knowledge through reading and taking courses.” Second prize and $1000 was awarded to a mechanics instructor at the CEGEP de Sherbrooke, Raymond Dubois.Building from his first woodlot bought in Notre Dame des Bois in 1965.Du- Third prize and $500 went bois now owns over 600 hec-tacres of forest land "Although only a part-time resident of the village.Dubois was elected to the Notre Dame council after villagers spotted his dynam ic attitude.” said Cote “He makes over 200 trips between his home in Sher brooke and his woodlots every vear." this year to Marius Blais of er, Blais is also president of the Groupement Forestier des Appalaches, a woodlot owners' association.Patrick Downey of Len-noxville.one of last year’s winners, received an honorable mention this year.A Christmas tree producer for 13 years.Downey is well known for his plantations and ships over 8000 trees annually — across Quebec and elsewhere MAKE IT A MERRY CHRISTMAS WITH A GIFT FROM scheib YOUR BEST BUY IN SHOES and HANDBAGS 83 KING W.-DOWNTOWN 4 WED,, DECEMBER 24,1980 Editorial The Voice of the EaHtern Townahipt* wince 1897 Trudeau’s rights package would keep courts busy OTTAWA (CP) — With relatively little publicity and debate, Pierre Trudeau's Liberal government is about to make one of the most radical changes in legal tradition in the country's history.Barring unexpected changes, the Trudeau government will put into the constitution a set of rights and freedoms that now exist largely by tradition and, in theory at least, offer a virtual guarantee that no Parliament or provincial legislature could infringe on citizens rights by overstepping these limits.It will mean a shift away from the British-inspired approach — where fundamental rights are largely based on traditions — to the U.S.-style of spelling them out in detail and relying on the courts to enforce them "We can’t take our rights for granted,” Trudeau says."And by putting them in a constitution, we will be enshrining them so that no government can ever take them away.” He cites the example of the internment of Japanese Canadians during the Second World War and the infamous Padlock Law of the former Quebec premier Maurice Duplessis which allowed the arbitrary closing of premises.He even concedes that citizens could challenge any future use of the War Measures Act.MKT OPPOSITION But the charter of rights has met strong opposition from six provinces — British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Quebec, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland — who are starting court challenges, claiming the government is infringing on areas of provincial jurisdiction.Others have also attacked it, saying the charter might reduce some liberties.Still others who support the principle of entrenchment of rights have told a special Parliamentary constitutional committee that the proposal is flawed and needs rewriting to close gaping loopholes.Progressive Conservative Leader Joe Clark says he personally favors entrenchment, although he opposes the attempt by Trudeau to impose it without provincial agreement.His party is attempting to put together an alternative charter more acceptable to the provinces.Ed Broadbent and his New Democratic Party support en- trenchment, although Saskatchewan Premier Allan Blakeney, a fellow NDPer, opposes the principle Also among the opponents of the principle of entrenchment is G.P, Browne, a Carleton University history professor, who thinks the U.S.Supreme Court's record on rights issues is spotty.“Admirers of the American Bill of Bights might reflect on its failure to prevent gross violations of the freedoms of speech, dissent, religion and the press, let alone to preclude the outrages perpetrated against blacks, Communists and Japanese-Americans," he says, Others also note that prior to striking down racial segregation laws in the 1950s, the U.S High Court upheld the "separate but equal” principle on which many of those laws were based.The court also struck down legislation such as minimum wage laws and other social programs, and a constitutional right of Americans "to keep and bear arms” has hindered gun control.Brown argues for the middle ground, suggesting that the bill of rights, enacted in 1960 by the Diefenbaker government, be given a priority status to overcome the reluctance of the courts to declare that a law runs counter to it.But under his proposal, Parliament or a legislature could pass laws incompatible with a fundamental right in limited cases.For that reason, such suggestions have not been well received by the Trudeau government.CHARTER DIVIDED The charter has eight key sections, including: —General limitation.This government has already indicated this section will be reworded.It says that the rights and freedoms of the charter are guaranteed "subject only to such reasonable limits as are generally accepted in a free and democratic society with a parliamentary system of government." Critics such as the Canadian Civil Liberties Association argue this phrase undermines the entire thrust of the charter because it appears to recognize the supremacy of Parliament and legislatures.The charter is intended to put limits on the powers of legislatures, not guarantee them supremacy.—Mobility rights.This section guarantees that every permanent resident has the right to move, take up residence and pursue a livelihood in any province.It prohibits discrimination against individuals on the basis of their province of origin and would likely overrule laws such as those of Newfoundland which give priorty to Newfoundlanders for oil industry jobs.-Non-discrimination rights.Another controversial section, it states that everyone has equality before the law "without discrimination because of race, national or ethnic origin, color, religion, age or sex.ADD TO LIST Gordon Fairweather, chairman of the Canadian Human Rights Commission, says that discrimination because of mental or physical handicap, marital status, sexual orientation, political belief should be included in the list and that a phrase guaranteeing equal rights to men and women should be added —Official Languages.This section entrenches the Official Languages Act giving French and English equal status in federal institutions.Quebec and Manitoba would remain the only two provinces officially bilingual and therefore required to provide provincial services such as the courts in both languages New Brunswick Premier Richard Hatfield has asked that the section be made to apply to his province and also has called for it to apply to Ontario.Premier William Davis of Ontario is opposed to making his province officially bilingual.—Minority language rights.This one would guarantee French or English minorities the right to education in their language where numbers warrant.Quebec opposes this section because it would undermine the province’s Charter of the French Language which makes French the official language of the province.—Undeclared rights.This general section is a catch-all guaranteeing "any other rights or freedoms that exist in Canada.” It goes on to say these include “any rights or freedoms that pertain to the native peoples of Canada.” Native groups say this does not go far enough and argue that treaties should be enshrined in the constitution and not be alterable by Parliaments or legislatures.Merry Christmas j .but go easy \ This is from the Newspaperman’s Guide to Survival and Sanity at Christmastime: —don’t have to be anywhere.Winter driving is a drag at all times.Promising to be somewhere else when the highways will be clogged with frightened drunks and aggressively sober policemen is bad karma, best avoided entirely.—don’t give gifts to people you don’t like.| You're not fooling them and you’re certainly not doing your share in the war on hypocrisy.The merchants all know we feel guilty.Why go into debt for things people don’t want?Buy the minimum or better yet, make gifts yourself.—be moderate in sating your appetites.Nobody ever died of eating or drinking too little during the holidays.Plenty have passed on of surfeit.It’s not pleasant, spending time in hospital or asking your family to identify your body at the morgue.—forget sending last-minute Christmas cards.Anything sent now won’t arrive until January 26, just about the time everyone’s fuelling the fire with this year’s greetings.Look on the bright side — when you’re crossed off someone’s list it’s one less card you send next year.Get outside and work off a few calories.We all pig out over the holidays, then wonder why we can’t shovel a few feet of snow without chest pains.Go for a walk a day.Sleep a lot.Give up coffee and pills.Fast for a day a week.Think healthy.Be nice.People expect it of you.Holidays are a bad time for families.Being cooped up with excited kids, overworked spouses and the outlaws is a guarantee of short fuses.People explode.Watch for it.Merry Christmas, all.We’ll be back on Friday.Take care and you will too.JAMESDUFF ^_____y TORONTO «UN Reagan should fast — critics WASHINGTON (CP) - Less than a month before Ronald Reagan officially becomes president, his critics in the outgoing Carter administration say the Republicans are talking the country into an economic crisis.The debate over the seriousness of the country’s economic problems — the first serious flare-up since the election between defeated Democrats and incoming Republicans over the economy — appears to stem partly from bruised egos as much as from logic.Two of the rising young stars of the Republican party, Congressmen Jack Kemp from upstate New York and David Stockman of Michigan, who is to be budget director in the Reagan administration, triggered the controversy.In a highly publicized joint memo, they warned last month the new Republican government will face “an economic Dunkerque” of high interest rates, soaring inflation and out-of-control budgetary spending.Reagan might have to declare an “economic emergency” to deal with the situation, they advised.That was followed by news that Reagan was considering “major executive steps” to deal with a worsening economy immediately after he is inaugurated Jan.20.That could include controls on federal spending and borrowing, said Edwin Meese, head of the Reagan transition team.“We’re not talking about some extra-legal or unusual legal thing like you’d declare a state of martial rule or something like that,” Meese said.Instead, the Republicans would prefer some psychological move to focus national attention on economic problems.By the end of the week, this talk had roused Carter administration figures to a fury, since it implied they had run the economy into the ground.At the apparent urging of President Carter, they counter-attacked.“If they end up having to be evacuated from a beach at Dunkerque, the Carter administration didn’t put them there,” an annoyed Charles Schultze, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, commented.He said it is nonsense to say an economic crisis is at hand.In similar vein, Treasury Secretary William Miller said that Reagan aides are going too far in declaring there is a national crisis and by their actions “may be creating that emergency.” He said the Republicans’ statements are “like yelling fire in a crowded theatre.” Whatever the cause, financial markets had a definite case of jitters.Citibank, the second largest commercial bank, triggered a new round of interest rate rises by increasing its prime lending rate for most creditworthy corporate customers to 21I6 per cent from 21 per cent.Schultze alleged this resulted partly from statements by Reagan aides that “are sending a clear message to money markets and they are reading it” by anticipating stringent policy actions from a new administration.The Republicans are inheriting a daunting economic situation.Interest rates are at a record high, inflation a persistent 13 per cent a year, federal spending bulging by an additional $35 billion from the $615 billion forecast for the financial year that started Oct.1.That may well cause Reagan to emulate his action at the start of his 1967-75 term as California governor, when he froze government hiring and announced budget cuts to signal he was deadly serious about controlling government’s influence over peoples’ lives.Weapon ‘hodgepodge ’puts NA TO at disadvantage WASHINGTON - The Polish crisis has brought home a disturbing difference between the military effectiveness of NATO and that of the Warsaw Pact: The Soviet-dominated alliance is far better prepared to wage conventional warfare than NATO is.An important reason for this is that the Soviet bloc’s armed forces are equipped and supplied almost totally by the Russians, while the United States and its European allies have a hodgepodge of weapons developed by individual NATO members Unfortunately, they aren’t always interchangeable What this means is that joint operations by the Western allies could founder, while the Warsaw Pact nations would be able to swap weapons and ammunition as the need arose.To counter this potential confusion, the NATO allies have an impressive-sounding program called RSI, for Rationalization, Standardization and Interoperability.In a top-secret Jack Anderson report, the Pentagon gave this bureaucratic jawbreaker a simpler, downright homey definition: The “Family of Weapons concept - the idea that all NATO forces use the same kind of equipment The report says The objective of the Family of Weapons concept is to reduce duplication in the development of complementary weapons systems.For example, one nation could develop a long-range air-to-air missile and the other the short-range version.” In theory, it looks great RSI would prevent such battlefield disasters as discovering that German gas won’t work in American tanks, British ammunition won’t fit into U.S weapons, or American bombs can t be loaded into Belgian aircraft.But in practice, RSI has turned out to be an expensive way of forcing the United States to buy European weapons - with questionable benefit to NATO.“We have found that standardizing equipment, or letting a European nation develop a new system that ail NATO nations adopt, can actually be a retardant for improvement,” one expert told my associate Dale Van Atta “RSI gets into the national machismo’ of who wants to sell what they’re touting as the better equipment." Despite the drawbacks of this nationalistic tendency to look out for Number One - meaning each NATO country's munitions industries - the Pentagon continues to puff up the potential of standardization The secret report mentions some areas where it is undeniably important -like standardization of communica- tions systems and interchangeability of ammunition.But some obvious goals have yet to be achieved, such as the ability of one nation's aircraft “to be refueled and rearmed with allied munitions at airbases operated by nations other than their own " The Pentagon says this effort is "progressing quite well" - but the Warsaw Pact nations have had this capability for years.The Pentagon report concludes that the Soviet bloc is ahead of NATO in standardization The significance of this assessment is that NATO is simply not prepared to fight a conventional war in Europe for more than a couple of weeks After that.NATO would have to resort to nuclear weapons - with all the dire consequences that w'ould have for the world TILT' Henry Kissinger, who as the White House foreign policy czar engineered the famous "tilt" toward Pakistan during the India Pakistan war in 1971, is apparently up to his old tricks Kissinger recently gave an interview in which he urged military aid for Pakistan, which he seems to see as an anti-communist bulwark similar to Iran under the shah Indian officials are in an uproar over the Kissinger interview.Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi sent personal congratulations to Ronald Reagan on his victory But she is reportedly puzzled at Kissinger's views on Pakistan, wondering if the professor is going to have significant influence in the new administration THE SYRIAN CONNECTION: Classified government reports show that Syria's role in the international heroin traffic is growing.Syrian nationals have been arrested in Europe for smuggling, and “most seizures of heroin involving Syrians occurred in or en route to Italy, particularly Milan, which has a sizable Syrian community,” one report says The report adds Typically, the Italian-based Syrians are small businessmen who travel frequently to Syria, and some are suspected of'carrying narcotics on their return trips Intelligence has been developed regarding the possible existence of clandestine heroin laboratories near Aleppo.Syria ” UPWARD MOBILITY: The Community Services Administration offers a Horatio Alger chance for every go fer who dreams of getting out of the typing pool and climbing the bureaucratic ladder of success.It's called the “Cross over Program." and it gives ambitious clerks and stenographers in the independent agency's 10 regional offices a chance to go after the boss's job.The program encourages applications for "semi-professional" positions, such as the field representatives who administer the agency’s multimillion-dollar programs around the country.The jobs bring increased responsibility, increased prestige -and, of course, increased salary I I WED., DECEMBER 24, 1980 5 Business BecnrH Solar panels may be obselete TORONTO tCP) — An engineering company has come up with a new approach to solar heating that could change the basic design of industrial buildings and houses The concept, by Conservai Engineering Inc.of Toronto, turns buildings themselves into solar collectors through materials incorporated into roofs or walls, says John Hollick, vicepresident and general manager Hollick said in an interview the conventional solar heating systems use a series of heat collecting panels added on to existing structures.A normal panel consists of a metal absorber, painted black, overlaid by a sheet of glass to contain the heat and mounted within an insulated frame The problem with this type of system is that it duplicates supporting and insulation materials in the building itself and makes solar heating expensive, Hollick said Bl'II.T ON SITE Under Conserval's concept, solar panels can be built on the construction site.Corrugated metal heat-collecting panels are simply attached to wooden or metal uprights used to support a roof or wall There are no frames The panels are overlaid with glass and are insulated from behind with the building's normal insulation Between the panels and the insulation is a space where hot air accumulates and is distributed by fans connected to thermostats."What we are trying to do is cut the duplication of materials and labor," Hollick said "If a person can omit the rigid box of a conventional solar panel and use the insulation of a house, all that is required is an abosorber and glass," The system has been installed in 10 houses in southern Ontario.Hollick said installation costs for site-built panels were about $75 34 a square metre ($7 a square foot) compared with about $215 a square metre i$20 a square foot) for manufactured panels GETS GRANT The National Research Council is helping to fund further research on Conserval’s concept It has given the company a $300,000 grant over seven months ending in January for the development of a site-built solar panel for use with a water heating system Hollick said the concept is so simple that anyone can make use of it.Conservai makes its own site-built panels using aluminum but has no patent on them or the concept.It hopes to benefit from its idea by selling more controls and distribution equipment for solar heating systems The company is acting as a consultant to Dofasco Ltd.of Hamilton, which is building a protype panel of steel for use in commercial buildings, warehouses and factories."In ISurope and Quebec, there are a lot of buildings with steel roofs,” Hollick said.“Dofasco feels that they could be as solar collectors." Westeel Rosco Ltd.of Toronto, which makes prefabricated steel buildings, is also considering the concept as an option to its customers Hollick said that although the use of site-built solar panels would add $3 to $4 a square foot to the cost of industrial buildings, they would pay for themselves in fuel savings over five to 10 years.ES1ATE PLANNING Does your present WILL maximise the value your beneficiaries will eventually derive from your assets?* Consult us at Crown Trust ( entrai Building l| King M West, Sherbrooke ,>tW Httti Other offices across Canada THE MISSISQUOI AND ROUVILLE INSURANCE COMPANY Pierre Comtois, C.A J,I Hill, C.A.L R Boast, President and General Manager of The Mtssisquoi and Rouville Insurance Company, is pleased to announce the election of Pierre Comtois, C.A., and J.T.Hill, C.A., to its Board of Directors.Mr Comtois is a senior partner and President of the Executive Committee of Bélanger, Hebert & Associés, C.A., Sherbrooke.Mr Hili is President and General Manager of Economical Mutual Insurance Company.The Missisquoi and Rouville Insurance Company with Head Office at Frelighsburg, Quebec, was founded in 1835 and is the oldest Canadian-owned insurance company.It transacts fire, automobile and casualty insurance and is a member ot the Economical Grnuo.Man claims he was driven to drink r ollliiiÜi ImSM «2- ¦"Z -’¦*-4 , .Solar heating may be undergoing some major changes soon Fiscal restraint means low housing OTTAWA (CP) — When they were in the opposition last fall, Liberal MPs rarely passed up a chance to lambaste the Progressive Conservative government for its policies on housing and mortgage rates.Liberal party spokesmen took up the cause of homeowners forced to renew their mortgages at five-year rates that had shot up to 13.75 per cent and were destined to go higher.There was talk in party circles about shelter allowances to help those most in need afford decent housing.But since the Liberals returned to power, that kind of talk has almost completely been drowned out by calls of fiscal restraint and frequent reminders that most consumers can fend for themselves without government help.Housing Minister Paul Cosgrove says mortgage experts advised him earlier this year that virtually no one is being forced out of his home because of high interest rates.He agrees that increases in mortgage rates during the last two months add to the burden on homeowners, but he says family incomes have also increased.CRITICS DISAGREE That kind of argument holds little weight with the housing critics of the two opposition parties in the Commons.Conservative Doug Lewis says the real issue is not whether people are losing their homes through foreclosure.It is the burden the Liberals are forcing on millions of homeowners.“They are prepared to let Canadians live with the misery they have admitted is coming, and I don’t think that is acceptable.” Mortgage rates now are running about 15 per cent or more for five-year terms.Lewis says an increase to 17 per cent would add $60 a month to the cost of a $40,000 mortgage amortized over 25 years, Margaret Mitchell of the New Democratic Party says a variety of new initiatives are needed, including mortgage-rate subsidies for people paying more than 25 per cent of their incomes for housing.The main initiative of the former Conservative government was the mortgage interest and property tax credit plan.Homeowners with incomes and mortgages large enough to qualify for maximum benefits would have received $375 from the federal government last spring had the government not fallen before the plan cleared Parliament.Despite their earlier talk about interest rates and shelter allowances, the Liberals never came out with any formal policies on housing during the campaign for the Feb.18 election.The speech from the throne that opened the current session of Parliament promised a limited program of subsidies for those faced with losing their homes.But the program had been shelved indefinitely by last summer.Cosgrove says he has no trouble reconciling past and present policy.He says new initiatives in housing will cost the government $15 million next year, compared with the $1 billion or so the Conservatives would have committed under their mortgage tax credit plan."I'm hoping that we have come through a bad time that will not he repeated,” he says."And we did it in a way that did not commit massive funds to people who aren't facing the greatest hardships," Housing slump over OTTAWA (CP) - Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.says the house construction industry should begin coming out of a four-year decline next year, but mortgage rates are apt to remain relatively high and the cost of new homes will likely rise by eight to 10 per cent.The predictions are contained in the agency’s latest quarterly economic outlook for the industry.“It appears that the worst of the current housing down-cycle is over,” the report says of the slump in residential construction.Starts on new housing reached their lowest levels in May, reflecting record-high interest rates earlier in the spring, but have begun rising once again.Housing starts for 1980 are expected to total 160,-000 units, and the forecast for 1981 is 188,300 units or more.New construction is forecast to increase in most regions, mainly in multiple-unit dwellings such as apartments.One reason for this is the réintroduction of tax incentives for investors in multiple-unit residential buildings in the federal government’s October budget — a move the corporation says could stimulate construction of about 10,eit 'MJi.lltej ~7or 1981 'V-S&s-J •• • •* 1 CENTRE DE COPIES RAPIDES SPECIALTY •PHOTOCOPIES •OFFSET •PRINTING OF ALL TYPES 54 Assomption Granby J2G3CS Phone: 1-514-375-2557 Open 'til 10 p.m.Monday to Friday an TIU, Mrr» Chriitntai lew y.ear X Mr li vJ WKhtnq you and ynw family a proapeiou* and pe*' et>il NewYrai Warm thanks to all The Miner Company Ltd.191 Denison West Granby 1-514-372-5411 united Canada Home Economics Mrs.Rodney Jenne spoke on how to conserve heat by Drawing window blinds or lined drapes at night.This keeps out a lot of cold air.Health and Welfare, Mrs E.Parsons asked members to continue saving their stamps.A very interesting Christmas poem was read by Mrs.Jenne entitled age-old Christmas Greeting, written in the year 1580 by Fra Giovanni.Meeting was adjourned, and a Christmas party enjoyed by members with exchange of gifts, a beautiful Christmas tree, and delicious refreshments.Mrs.Jenne was thanked by members for the lovely party There will be no meeting in January.GRANBY WEST — The monthly meeting of the Granby West W I met at the home of Mrs.Malcolm Crossfield.The motto: “He who gives a cnnd a home builds palaces in Kingdom come.” Eight members answered the roll call: “Relate your happiest Christmas memory.” The minutes were read and approved, and the treasurer's report given, stating a satisfactory sum.Bills were presented and ordered paid.It was decided to present two shut-in members with poinsettia plants for Christmas, also a donation was made to the society for Autistic children.Convenors reports Agriculture - read an article on Vultures in Maine.Education - an article Do farm women really exist, Education - absent; Home Economics - an article on redeeming scorched rice; Health and Welfare - an article on cough syrups and Tylenol; Publicity - all items of interest reported to Sherbrooke Record and County convenor.Mrs.Pow brought, in the slate of officers for the new year.At the close of the meeting the members exchanged gifts, after which, the hostess, assisted by Mrs.Pow, served a delicious lunch.The next meeting will be in March at the home of Mrs.Clifford Neil.The winner of the “free groceries” drawing on Monday, December 15 was Carol Wilken of Bondville for $48 11 Mr and Mrs.Stephen Morson were Saturday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs.John Morson and daughter Debra at their home in Kirkland, (Jue , on November 29 Ross Goldie, of Richmond, Que., Brian Eddington and i Michael Cousens, of j Knowlton, were Sunday ] dinner guests of the latter’s i grandparents, Mr and Mrs { Stephen Morson on \ December 8 Another Quote: "Everyone is in awe of the i lion tamer in a cage with half « a dozen lions everyone but a * school bus driver" - 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