The record, 13 novembre 1984, mardi 13 novembre 1984

Births, deaths .7 Business.5 Classified .10 Comics .11 Editorial .4 Living .6 Sports .8 City .3 CHRIS M NT NORTH M ATI HY Hi Ml NT ARY MHOOI Weather, page 2 Sherbrooke Tuesday, November 13, 1984 35 cents Brigham decision a precedent MONTREAL (CP) — A judge’s ruling that courts were not to be used as a vehicle for sending people to mental institutions unless there is evidence they committed crimes was hailed Monday as an important step for the Canadian judicial system and the rights of the mentally ill.In what is described as a precedentsetting decision, Mr.Justice Louis Tannenbaum of Superior Court ordered the Crown to present evidence against Thomas Brigham at a preliminary hearing before the court rules on whether Brigham is fit to stand trial.Brigham is charged in the Labor Day bombing at Central Station in which three French tourist were killed Law professor Margaret Somerville of McGill University said the decision represents a reversal of practice, but not a reversal of principle because the Criminal Code states that mental fitness proceedings may take place any time before a verdict.However, Brigham’s lawyer Pierre Poupart said he hopes the decision would result in a “new era .where accused persons will not disappear into the penal system without evidence against them being produced.ADVANCMENT OF RIGHTS Jean-Pierre Menard, a Montreal lawyer specializing in the fields of psychiatry and health said the decision also represents an important advance for the rights of the mentally ill.“It has happened that people have spent two, three or five years in instituions, then deemed fit to stand trial and acquitted,” said Menard.He cited the case of Emerson Bon-nar, a Nova Scotia man accused of purse snatching in 1964.He was deemed unfit to stand trial and spent 17 years in an institution before he was released.Menard said lawyers would be more likely now to demand that evidence against their clients be presented before an evaluation of mental fitness.Harvey Yarosky, a respected criminal lawyer who has also served as a Crown prosecutor, agreed the ruling would cut the chances of accused people being confined unfairly to institutions without a substantial case being presented against them.One of Yarosky’s partners, Morris Fish, said the ruling would not change the guilt or innocence of the accused.DECENT WAY “But it’s a courageous, innovative and decent way to avoid the risk that the criminal law machinery would be used to enforce custody where there was no evidence that a crime was committed,” said Fish.Paul Morin, a spokesman for Autopsy, a group representing the interests of Quebec psychiatric patients, said the practice of putting people away without evidence of criminal wrongdoing is archaic.Tannen-baum’s ruling is “good news,” he said.Premiers’ meet is calm before storm?OTTAWA (CP) — Prime Minister Mulroney meets the premiers today to launch what he hopes will be a new era of federal-provincial co-operation and to lay the groundwork for a full-fledged first ministers’ conference on the economy early in 1985.But although seven of the 10 provincial leaders are fellow Progressive Conservatives, there are already storm signals on the horizon in the wake of the Mulroney government’s plan to review federal aid to the provinces for such big-ticket items as health care and post-secondary education.The meeting follows Finance Minister Michael Wilson’s talk with his provincial counterparts over dinner here Friday night, one day after Wilson started his austerity drive by cutting projected federal spending $3.5 billion in 1985-86 and boosting revenue by $700 million in higher fees for such services as parking at airports.Reaction from the provinces has been generally positive — it could hardly be otherwise considering that one of their demands for years has been that Ottawa bring the burgeoning federal deficit under control.But further cuts that will strike closer to the provinces' sacred cows are expected in a full-scale budget next year, probably in April, after an extensive series of meetings with the provinces, business, labor and other groups.Birks family members charged with fraud and conspiracy MONTREAL (CP) — The economic crimes division of the Quebec provincial police has filed charges of fraud and conspiracy against four promi nent members of Montreal’s Birks family which owns jewelry stores across Canada and the United States.The charges allege that George Drummond Birks and three sons — Jonathan Henry, Thomas and Barrie — defrauded the Birks Family Foundation and Victor Birks of “valuable securities” worth more than $200,000.Specifically, there are four charges against each alleging that on or about Feb.10, 1978, they conspired to commit fraud and that they "by deceit, falsehood or other fraudulent means” defrauded the foundation and Victor Birks, another member of the family.The charge sheet on file at the Mon treal courthouse is signed by Raymond Dallaire of the provincial police and sessions court Judge Lise Collin.It does not give further details.Dallaire said the economic crimes division has been examining documents in the case for several months.Summonses are to be served this week, he said George Drummond Birks is presi dent and chief executive of Henry Birks and Sons Ltd., which has annual revenues of more than $200 million fromits 175 retail stores.SON OF FOUNDER He is a son of Henry G.Birks who set up the first store in Montreal in 1879./ 1 * \\ .! -t ' « «»-!* *.* T Vjl It’s snow joke RKOKDSIH'HTN MiTKlUl.ALI / guess we had it coming to us but it hurts just the same.With a mild dumping last night and this morning, winter’s first snow is still a rather rude awakening.Mann knew of arrest risk — colleague MONTREAL (CP) — Canadian journalist Jonathan Mann knew he was being trailed but chose to remain at the Golden Temple in the restricted state of Punjab where he was arres ted on the weekend, a colleague said Monday.“He knew it would be risky,” Carole Graveline, 33, a Radio-Canada journalist told reporters at Mirabel International Airport upon her return from India.Graveline travelled with Mann and Quotidien de Paris reporter Bertrand Saint Vincent to Amritsar, the Sikh holy city, by having a ticket seller register them as Indians.“We knew we absolutely had to see what was happening," said Graveline, who was at Mann's side when he was arrested.Mann, a freelance correspondent for the CBC, NBC and Toronto newspapers, was arrested for violating a ban on foreigners visiting Punjab state and will appear in an Amritsar court Nov.21.“It's very quiet because the army is all over the place," said Graveline of the Punjab.‘PEOPLE ARE HURT’ “People are hurt,” she said, adding that Sikhs feel unfairly treated for the work of two Sikh bodyguards who assassinated Prime Minister Indira Gandhi Oct.31.“The mood is very sad.” In June, the Indian government banned foreigners from entering Pun jab without special permits.The move came after a terrorist campa-gin by Sikh separatists prompted the government to order a seige and assault on militants in the Golden Temple.Graveline said they knew they were being followed since arriving in Am ritsar on Friday afternoon They slept overnight in the Golden Temple and split up on Saturday Mann wanted to conduct further interviews with Sikh priests but agreed to meet his colleagues at around noon When they arrived, Mann rushed out of the temple.“Quick, quick, hurry up, I’m being followed," she quoted him as saying.After leaving a bookstore where Jonathan is president of the Mon treal operation.Thomas is vice-president.Barrie is head of the U S division All hold directorships in other firms The Birks Family Foundation is a philanthropic organization Jonathan Birks and Mayor Jean Drapeau were recipients this year of the Canadian Award given by the John G.Diefenbaker Memorial Foundation for contributions to the social, cultural, political or historical enrich ment of Canada Jonathan is also a director of the Council for Canadian Unity and a governor of three Mon treal hospitals.George Drummond, Jonathan and Thomas Birks live in Montreal.The charge sheet lists Barrie's address as Lansdowne, Ont Members of the family and the family lawyer, Morris Fish, were not available Monday to comment on the case All four accused are to appear in Montreal sessions court Dec.13 Independence only Lib-PQ difference — Gilbert Paquette MONTREAL (CP) - There would be nothing to distinguish the Parti Québécois from the Quebec Liberals if the PQ dropped its sovereignty goal, a leading member of the party ’s hardline faction said Monday.“Without (the independence goali the Parti Québécois would be the same as the Quebec Liberal party and I think that would not be in the inte rests of the Quebec people," said Science and Technology Minister Gil bert Paquette in an interview.Paquette joined 11 other members of the PQ cabinet, considered true believers, in signing a statement Friday proposing a compromise between the hardline and moderate wings of the party.A 13th member of the 26-minister cabinet joined Monday He had previously said that if the PQ dropped its goal, candidates favoring independence would oppose the party in the coming election, probably next year.The compromise proposal reaf firms the commitment to independence but leaves open the timetable for achieving it.SECTOR BY SECTOR Instead the 13 ministers said the PQ should campaign in the next election “around the perception that Quebec sovereignty consists, sector by sector in our personal and community life, in going further than we have up to now and ultimately to the attainment of full powers.” Paquette said: “There remains a great deal of ambiguity on the sovereignty theme.We tried to clarify the issue with this statement.“It means that sovereignty should be at the heart of the next election campaign, that the platform we run on should he presented in a soverei-gnist prespective," he said.“If we can gain certain powers through constitutional negotiation.we should do it but at a certain point we would probably move on, with the support of the populace, to actions which would be more determinant."We should, perhaps, adopt our own constitution and assume a certain number of essential powers if we are to meet the challenge of the fu ture," the minister said, adding that he thinks this will be a popular position.PARIZEAU TOO The other signers were Finance Minister Jacques Parizeau, International Relations Minister Bernard Landry, Social Affairs Minister Camille Laurin.Tourism Minister Marcel Le ger, Immigration Minister Louise Hard, Housing Minister Guy Tardif, Transport Minister Jacques Léonard.Manpower Minister Pauline Marois, Revenue Minister Robert Dean.Citizen Relations Minister Denis Lazure and Public Service Minister Denise Leblane-Bantey.Gérald Godin, minister responsible for administering Quebec's language law, became the 13th signerof the sta tement Monday Premier René Lévesque has spoken favorably of th" new federal Conser vative government and Jules-Pascal Venne, the party’s policy adviser, has proposed a “historic compromise" with Ottawa.Justice Minister Pierre-Marc John son has taken up Venne’s proposal, suggesting that the party drop its commitment to a referendum-election on independence and try to make gams for Quebec through the federal system.At the PQ convention in June members endorsed a resolution stating that a vote for the PQ in the next elec tion will be a vote for Quebec sove reignty.But public opinion [Kills nidi cate the pro independence stance is unpopular.Charron: You must be joking they hid, three men in civilian clothes took Mann by the arm and led him to what Graveljne believed was a police station.MANN ISOLATED “I was surprised they didn’t arrest me,” she said.“We couldn’t hide that much We're foreigners and its noti-cable.By going back in the Golden Temple he (Mann) was isolated.” Graveline and Saint-Vincent took a horse-drawn buggy to the train station where they left for New Delhi.Officials at the Canadian High Commission she contacted Sunday morningtold her the incident was probably routine but that they would investigate “I didn't think they took it very seriously at the beginning ” About 30 cheering members of Mon treal’s Sikh community greeted Gra veline at the airport with signs label ling her a heroine.“We are honoring her and Mann for her courage for getting in and out to gel news to the world," said Kanwar Singh “We are waiting to hear the truth." MONTREAL(CP) A former Par ti Québécois cabinet minister says 13 of his former colleagues are kidding themselves if they think they ve found a compromise to the raging debate over a Quebec election campaign fought on the independennee issue.In a letter published today in the Montreal daily La Presse, Claude Charron said renouncing a resolution made at a PQ policy convention earlier this year —which stated that a vote for the PQ in the next election would equal a vote for independence — fundamentally changes nothing “Your compromise is not at all a compromise," Charron said, because it leaves untouched a 1981 party resolution “which makes the next election a referendum election.” The former government house lea der, who resigned from politics in 1982 after being convicted of shoplifting and impaired driving, added he does not believe fighting the next election on the independence issue is a "banal proposition" that would cost the PQ a victory at the [Kills.Twelve cabinet ministers, including Finance Minister Jacques Parizeau, declared Friday it would be better to shelve independence as an issue during the next election — as long as it is not totally forgotten.Gérald Godin, the minister responsible for administering Quebec's lan guage law.became the 13th minister to sign the statement on Monday.DECIDED SOON Premier René I^évesque wants the party to decide by Christmas whether to fight the next election on the sove reignty issue The 26 member cabinet as well as the caucus, party executive and 122 riding association presidents are split Recent public opinion polls have suggested the PQ would suffer a crushing defeat if the next election campaign, expected in the fall of 1985, is fought on indpendence Charron s opinions were shared Monday by PQ backbencher Jean Pierre Charbonneau, who called the ministers’ position ambiguous "They’re saying they no longer want a referendum style election, yet nevertheless they still want to conduct it on the sovereignty issue,” Charbonneau said in an interview He said the 1981 resolution, which came one year after Quebecers voted against giving the PQ a mandate to negotiate sovereignty-association, effectively defined any election as an independence vote as well Tired already?If you haven't done it yet, you might consider putting those snow tires on the old rusthucket today.Story, pictures page 3. I J II 2—The RECORD—Tuesday, November 13.19H4 One down, one to go as Discovery crew stalks runaway satellite CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla (AP) -With one stray satellite wrestled into the cargo bay, Discovery’s astro nauts stalked a second Tuesday and prepared for another multimillion dollar spacewalk salvage effort on Wednesday.The new target: the Westar 6 communications satellite, almost identical to the Palapa B2 plucked out of space Monday by astronauts Joe Allen and Dale Gardner Commander Rick Hauck and pilot David Walker Tuesday piloted Discovery through a series of engine firings to bring the shuttle to within 10 metres of Westar early Wednesday.Allen and Gardner planned to recharge their space suits and generally enjoy a day of rest after their strenuous excursion Monday.Anna Fisher, who operated the shuttle's Canadian built robot arm during the walk, also had a light schedule.All awaited directions from Mission Control in Houston on how they would retrieve Westar Allen and Gardner hope they have it easier the second time around.They had to manhandle Palapa into the cargo bay because a brace failure prevented use of the Canadarm for ber- U.S.-backed rebels warn government of attacks WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S.-backed rebels in Nicaragua have warned they will strike at “strategic economic targets” such as oil refineries if the Nicaraguan government begins using high performance Soviet helicopters against them.Adolfo Calero, head of the Honduran based Nicaraguan Democratic Force, said in a telephone interview Monday from Miami that the prospective change in tactics was brought about by the introduction of at least six Mi24 Soviet helicopters into Nica ragua during the last two weeks.If the Mi24s are used against the insurgents, Calero said, the rebels will retaliate by sabotaging oil refine ries, sugar mills, the sugar crop, cof fee processing plants and other econo mic objectives that have been “here tofore avoided.” But, he said, the capacity of the Mi24s is such that “the Sandinistas could polish us off between now and February,” the month in which the U.S.Congress has said it will reconsider resuming aid to the rebels that was cut off in May U S.officials were unavailable for comment on Calero’s remarks.When leftist rebels in El Salvador began attacking that country's economic infrastructure three years ago, then-State Secretary Alexander Haig criticized the tactic as “sheer terrorism.” IDEAL WEAPON The Mi24 is described as an ideal counter-insurgency weapon with a nose machine-gun and four wing pods capable of carrying 32 rockets each.A U.S.official who asked he not be identified said no helicopter in the world flies faster than the Mi24, whose maximum speed is 320 kilometres an hour Soviets send schoolers home for indoctrination thing.“It was not a piece of cake,” Gardner told Mission Control Monday night summing up the six-hour space-walk.“We did it and we could do it again, but that s not the way to start out.” INCREASED HISK Hauck cautioned controllers about the hazards of trying to hand ma noeuvre Westar.For one thing, he noted, with Palapa in the cargo hold, there is less room for manoeuvring and thus an increased risk for dama ging the satellite or the shuttle Like Palapa, Westar is 6.4 metres tall and two metres in diameter.Allen captured Palapa by flying to the craft on a rocket-powered backpack.He poked a 1.2-metre device called a stinger into the engine nozzle and threw a switch that snapped open toggle bolts and secured the stinger to the satellite.He then moved it close enough to the shuttle so Fisher could use the Canadarm to grasp the stinger.Normally, Gardner would have attached a second fixture to the bottom of the satellite so the arm could berth it properly in the bay.But he was unable to do so because part of an an- tenna system was blocking the way.Gardner said they would have to go to “plan B” — the manual manipulation of Palapa they had practised on the ground.Officials of Hughes Aircraft, which built both Palapa and Westar, said satellite owners have different antenna requirements and it is possible Westar would not have the same problem.Design records were being checked.HOPE TO RESELL Insurance companies are paying the U.S.National Aeronautics and Space Administration $5.5 million for retrieving the two satellites.They hope to refurbish and resell them to recoup some of the $180 million in claims they paid when the pay-loads were sent into useless orbits by faulty booster rockets after being released from the shuttle Challenger last February.NASA was eager to attempt the rescue mission to demonstrate the versatility of the shuttle to potential customers.The agency is quick to note the French-built Ariane rocket — the shuttle’s main competition for commercial satellite launches — can’t retrieve a payload if something goes wrong.FIRA fails investor opinion poll miserably OTTAWA (CP) — Canada’s foreign investment rules and the way they were applied left some investors hopping mad and not only at the gover nment that wrote the rules or the agency that applied them “Government and media in Canada are controlled by a bunch of socialists from Quebec who are hostile to business,” seethed one obviously angry investor.“On a scale of one to 10,1 would rate Canada a zero,” another said.And an official with a British holding company said his firm considered totalitarian states such as Chile and China and troubled Northern Ireland as more attractive places to invest.“We found that a bit shocking,” said Christopher Beckman, author of a study into how investors viewed the Foreign Investment Review Agency.The study was released Monday by the Conference Board of Canada.“It wasn’t a majority view but that's how some people feel about it,” said Beckman, a senior research associate with the board.“Moreover, based on the statements of representatives of many organizations interviewed, it is reasonable to infer that FIRA has deterred foreign investment from entering Canada,” Beckman’s study says.But the study of investors, covering the 10-year history of the Foreign Investment Review Agency and sponsored by the former Liberal government, found almost half said the agency posed few if any investment problems.Still, more than half of 64 investors who responded to a board survey found the agency hindered their investment plans.It was mostly large investors who were put through the agency’s extended review process and those who wanted to invest in sensitive sectors of the economy, such as energy and publishing, who complained, Beckman said in an interview.“I think that one of the most important conclusions that came out of this is that investors don’t object to foreign investment controls,” he said in an interview.What they object to is a process they say is political, time consuming and secretive.“Investors raised concerns in four important areas,” the report states.“They were the lack of clarity in the criteria used to assess their cases, lengthy time delays in receiving a decision, the shroud of secrecy surroun- ding the process and the role of the political process in decisionmaking.” FRUSTRATED BY DELAY The delay — over a year for some — was frustrating and the report tells of one company, targeted as an acquisition by a foreign investor, which collapsed while waiting for a FIRA decision.Others complained about the expense of being put through the wringer by FIRA, with one comjjany estimating that legal fees would total $50,000.However, changes introduced in mid-1982 by the previous Liberal government to streamline the investment process have removed some of the concerns, especially those of time delays, Beckman said.The new Conservative government is committed to further changes, including renaming the agency Investment Canada and turning it into more of an investment promotion agency than an investment review agency.“I think that some of them may never come back but some of them will,” Beckman said.The Conservatives have not said exactly what they will do to change the agency, but plans outlined by Finance Minister Michael Wilson prior to the election suggest that only the largest of investment plans would face any review at all.This group accounts for less than 10 per cent of applications.Industry Minister Sinclair Stevens has said he hopes to present the gover-nment’s legislation changing the agency prior to Christmas.But one comment in the study suggests it’s not what the government does to the country’s investment rules that’s crucial, it’s what investors perceive is being done.“One lawyer with considerable experience in dealing with the agency felt that FIRA attracted undue concern because of its ‘up front’ nature,” the report says.Most industrialized countries, including the United States where most complaints about FIRA originated, have investment controls.It’s just that they are less obvious, the lawyer said.The board’s study is one of a series, the last of which deals with the future of foreign investment in Canada.Beckman said he hopes the final study will be presented before the new foreign investment rules are unveiled NEW DELHI (AP) — Soviet authorities in Afghanistan are shipping thousands of primary-school children to the Soviet Union for at least 10 years of indoctrination into communism and the Soviet way of life, Western diplomatic sources said today.About 870 Afghan children aged seven to nine left for Soviet Central Asia on Nov.5 in the first such flight after they were seen off from Kabul airport by weeping parents and the wife of President Babrak Karmal, the sources said The sources, who briefed reporters on condition they not be identified, said the Karmal government described the operation as a “magnificent friendly gesture by the Soviet Union toward the Afghan people.” Soviet and Afghan authorities have announced that many similar groups are to leave for the Soviet Union in the near future, all of them for an initial schooling period of 10 years, the sources said.The reports could not be independently verified.HOLDS POWER The pro-Soviet Karmal government has been in power since the Soviet military incursion at the end of 1979 and is currently backed by more than 100,000 Soviet troops.The sources said it isn’t known whether the parents gave the children voluntarily or were coerced or bribed to do so by the Karmal government.Edmontonians seek perfect Grey Cup ‘mix’ Brigadier-General evades public-private job rules TORONTO (CP) — A Canadian bn gadier-general who managed the government's CF-1H Hornet fighter air craft program before retiring in June has joined McDonnell Douglas Corp., its manufacturer, despite guidelines that say high-level public servants must wait a year before taking a private-sector job that overlaps with their former government duties.But Ron Slaunwhite, 50, a mechanical engineer who went on the corpora-tion s payroll Nov.l as vice-president Ottawa, said Monday his move Weathe Light snow today with an accumulation of 5-10 cms.High of 0.Outlook for Wednesday — sunny with cloudy periods.doesn't contravene federal guidelines and he sees no conflict of interest.The waiting period for moving to the private sector is two years for cabinet ministers, their deputies and heads of government agencies.The waiting periods apply to any job at a company that involves working with the government in an area in which the public servant personally worked.A federal task force on conflict of interest recommended last May that the wait be reduced to six months for cabinet ministers.MUST BE IMPARTIAL The report said former holders of public office "must ensure by their actions that the objectivity and impartiality of government services are not cast in doubt and that Canadians have no cause to believe preferential treatment is being given to any person or organization.” "I don't have any problem with that (the guidelines) because my main employment interest will be in the commercial airliner field,” Slaunwhite said.EDMONTON (CP) — “The Spirit’s in Edmonton,” organizers are boasting of the city’s inaugural Grey Cup game Sunday, but the spirits likely to be most in evidence are those concocted in bars and restaurants.Since the province’s liquor control board announced it would relax its laws and allow drinking establishments to open Grey Cup day provi ded they meet certain conditions, bartenders have been brawling over the perfect formula to entice patrons.In the game itself, Winnipeg Blue Bombers meet Hamilton Tiger-Cats for the Canadian Football League championship.Competition in the Alberta Restaurant and Food Services Association’s Grey Cup cocktail contest would have rivalled the action of the best gridiron classic.As befits the city known as the shooter capital of Canada, concoctions like the Helmet Hammer, the Bench Warmer and the Quarterback Sack were heavily favored by appreciative referees.But the ultimate victor was Lance Lowe, a bartender in Walden’s restaurant, with his Illegal Procedure, a drink combining hot chocolate, cherry brandy, swiss chocolate almond li-quer, praline liquer, whipped cream and shaved chocolate.Bars will be allowed to open if tickets to the function are sold in advance and full, hot meals are provided.By Monday, city officials, game organizers and local entrepreneurs were confident that nearly every contigency had been prepared for.One company set up a bus service which for $10 would ferry fans to 17 different watering holes every 30 minutes from 3 p.m.to 3 a.m.for three days up to the game.Businessman Grant Robinson laid in a supply of Survival Suits, a silver, hooded jumpsuit made of polyu-rethene which Robinson said would keep fans in the stands warm in even the coldest weather for only $14.95.“The phone’s been ringing off the hook,” he said Monday.“We’ve sold several hundred so far and we’ll sell a lot more before the game.” The weather has been a question mark in preparations for Sunday.Crews have been working around the clock to maintain Commonwealth Stadium’s playing field, which is being heated with eight heaters the size of large freezers and covered by an equal number of tarps.Manager A1 Bodnar said the heat was being kept at 2C so the grass would not grow too much.But even with the weeks of care put into the operation, Bodnar said everything could fall apart when workmen begin the 10-hour job of taking the tarp off the field at 3 a m.Sunday.“The weather dictates the whole picture,” he said.“If it’s really warm playing conditions will be great.If it’s below freezing the field will freeze and there’s nothing we can do about it.” Nervous weather office officials were reluctant Monday to risk the wrath of fans by making predictions.“We’ll just get into trouble if we say anything too soon,” said Dave Burnett of the Edmonton weather office.“We’re limiting ourselves to a five-day outlook (which ends Friday).A forecast is not really accurate beyond that.” City officials have been hoping that regardless of the weather, nothing will dampen the spirits of visitors to the city.More than 23,000 hotel rooms have been booked for the weekend.In an article published in Rollout, the official Grey Cup newsletter, David James of the Edmonton Conven tion and Tourism Authority said the city is banking that their brief stay for Grey Cup will give visitors a desire to come back.“If people are given a genuine welcome and if we re very, very good at what we’re doing, people will return,” he said.“We’re going after the repeat customer.” News-in-brief End to transit strike looks likely Baby Fae returns to oxygen tent India announces election date 1_____foil itecora George MacLaren, Publisher Charles Bury, Editor Lloyd G Scheib, Advertising Manager Mark Guillette.Press Superintendent Richard Lessard, Production Manager Debra Waite, Superintendent Composing Boom CIRCULATION DEPT -569-9528 Subscriptions by Carrier: 1 year $72 80 weekly $1 40 Subscriptions by Mail: Canada, t year - $55 00 6 months - $32 50 3 months - $22 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drivers and subway operators, which entered its 27th day today, would be discussed by the Quebec cabinet on Wednesday.If the government passes legislation to end the strike, Montrealers could have full-time transit services back as early as this Friday, Frechette said.Earlier Monday, Premier Rene Levesque said Quebec will act one way or another if the walkout is not settled by next Monday — one week before a byelection in the working class Montreal riding of St-Jacques.Telegram asks for Mann’s release QUEBEC (CP) — The legislature press gallery has sent telegrams to External Affairs Minister Joe Clark and the Indian High Commissioner in Ottawa asking that journalist Jonathan Mann be released from prison in India.Mann, 24, who was a member of the Quebec press gallery for two years as a reporter for United Press Canada and then for the Montreal Ga zette, was arrested Saturday in the Sikh holy city of Amritsar for allegedly violating a ban on travel by foreigners to Punjab state The telegram to Clark asks that the Canadian government "act firmly , to help free Jonathan Mann, who, in our opinion has been arbitrarily detained.” PM to meet with Reagan TOKYO (AP) — Prime Minister Yasuhiro Na-kasone hopes to meet President Reagan in the United States in early January to discuss trade issues and U.S.-Soviet disarmament talks, Foreign Minister Shintaro Abe said Tuesday.Abe, speaking to reporters after a cabinet meeting, said Japan will contact the United States to work out a schedule for the meeting on the U.S.West Coast.Nakasone, who like Reagan recently won a second term in office, said last week he wanted to meet Reagan before the U.S.presidential inauguration Jan.20.LOMA LINDA, Calif.(AP) — Baby Fae, her body trying to reject the baboon heart implanted in her 18 days ago, has been returned to an oxygen tent after 30 hours of breathing on her own, hospital officials say.Doctors at Loma Linda University Medical Center on Monday upgraded the severity of the rejection episode, with spokeswan Patti Gentry calling it “more moderate than mild.” Baby Fae remained in serious, but stable condition, as she has since the week after the operation, said Gentry.The month-old baby, known to the public only as Baby Fae at her parent’s request, received the baboon heart Oct.26 to replace her own lethally defective organ.Famine worse despite aid NAIROBI ( AP) — In the latest official report on the famine that threatens millions of Africans, experts said today that food shortages in 27 countries are worsening despite extensive shipments of international aid.In a report released in Kenya, the Rome-based United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization said five countries are afflicted by severe famine — Chad, Ethiopia, Mali, Mauritania and Mozambique.Four countries — Burundi, Kenya, Morocco and Rwanda — have been added to the list of those facing “emergencies because of drought and other calamities” since the previous FAO report was compiled in May.NEW DELHI (AP) — India will hold a national parliamentary election Dec.24 and 27, officials announced today, setting the stage for Rajiv Gandhi’s first countrywide political test since succeeding his assassinated mother, Indira Gandhi, as prime minister.The Election Commission said voting would take place on two days because authorities don’t have adequate police and paramilitary forces to ensure peaceful balloting at all polling places on a single day.The commission said there would no voting in two states, Punjab and Assam, where there has been widespread unrest in recent months.The decision means the two states would be unrepresented in the new Parliament.Eight arrested at drug factory MEXICO CITY (Reuter) — Eight men, including seven security police officers, have been arrested on charges of running a huge desert drug factory that employed 5,000 peasants against their will, judicial officials said Monday.They said more than 8,000 tonnes of marijuana were seized as Mexican police smashed the operation during the last five days.The drug factory — plantations, drying and packaging plants and a fleet of 30 trucks — was located on ranches in a desert area in northern Chihuahua state.The officials said that of 5,000 men found in the drug factory, 2,000 were allowed to leave after questioning.Spain keeps claim on Gibraltar Soviets blast Vietnam War MADRID (AP) — Foreign Minister Fernando Moran said Monday that Spain’s entry into the European Economic Community will not mean giving up its claim to Gibraltar, the strategic British outpost that juts into the Mediterranean from the Spanish coast.Moran told reporters that Spain's claim to Gibraltar "is a national cause, shared by all Spaniards." Moran had returned from a meeting in Brussels, headquarters of the Economic Community.The foreign minister said he hopes Spain would enter the Common Market on Jan.1, 1986, but membership will not “be paid for with renunciation of Gibraltar.” MOSCOW (AP)—The official Soviet news agency Tass, in an article about the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial in Washington, said U.S.soldiers died “ingloriously” in Vietnam.In one of two stories Monday, Tass said President Reagan gave a Veterans’ Day speech in which he tried to turn what the agency called “the dirty war” into an object of patriotism.Reagan called Vietnam veterans “true patriots,” and said he hoped the national rift caused by the war can be closed during his second term.In the second article, Tass said the memorial contains the names of 58,000 Americans who died ingloriously in the dirty war of U.S imperialism in Indochina." / The Townships The RECORD—Tuesday, November 13, 19H4—3 —___ KGCOm Sherbrooke’s biker war may be over 2$ Atomes bury leader, fold club SHERBROOKE — The Atomes motorcycle gang was buried Monday along with its latest leader, Ronald ‘Big’ Sigouin, v.’ho was gunned down in a machinegun ambush Thursday.Sigouin was the latest victim in a shooting war which has left three members of the outlaw Atomes dead since summer, but which may be over now as club members buried their ‘colors’ along with their latest acting president.Only a few dozen friends, relatives, curious citizens and undercover police attended funeral ceremonies for Sigouin at St-Esprit Church, where curé Jean Benoit reminded worshippers that "there is lot’s of room in God’s house.” Sigouin's brother Pierre praised the victim, who was found beside Ca- pelton Road with “between 15 and 18’’ bulletholes in his body, according to police.At St-Michel cemetery, the few remaining live Atomes slid a floral wreath emblazoned with their ‘colors’ — the club crest — into the grave on top of Sigouin’s coffin.SPIRITUAL SYMBOL Most motorcycle gang members place a near-religious significance on their sleeveless jackets with the ‘colors’ sewn on the back.“The Atomes no longer exist, the club was buried at the same time as ‘Big’,” one of the survivors told a reporter.“It’s over.” The club spokesman said the Atomes had remained neutral during recent expansion wars between Quebec’s two top rival biker groups, the U.S.-affiliated Hell’s Angels and the Ontario-headquartered Outlaws.“We had offers from both sides, but we just wanted to stay out of it and remain independent.” But as many bikers know and the Atomes found out the hard way.it is impossible for renegade bikers to “stay out” of inter-club conflicts.There is no neutral ground in their criminal sub-world.RIVALS JOIN FORCES Their Sherbrooke rivals the Gitans had recently affiliated with the Hell's Angels, meaning that the Eastern Townships became the private turf of the California-based group, spelling out the end of Atome ambitions.Although all sides in the biker wars deny any involvement with the illegal drug trade, or the killings, police believe the opposite.The 4 tomes' troubles with mortali- ty began in 1974 during what local crime historians call “the night of the long knives”.After a deadly shootout on the streets of Sherbrooke, members of the Atomes and Gitans went after each other in the emergency rooms of Sherbrooke hospitals, terrorizing medical staff and patients.Three bikers were killed that evening The Gitans prevailed.MOVED OUT OF TOWN Following the bloody hospital en counter, the Atomes moved their headquarters from trendy Rock Forest to a back road in Ascot Township Meanwhile, the upscale Gitans paid cash for a large house in a secluded area of Lennoxville, armoring the walls with steel plates and lining the interior with loaded shotguns and rifles.The house, lit by floodlights at night and equipped with sophisticated alarm systems, is also protected by several large, slightly underfed dogs All was relatively quiet on the Sherbrooke area biker front until August 28 this year, when Atomes Réjean ‘Farmer’ Gilbert and Jean-Noël Roy were gunned down in a machinegun ambush near their clubhouse on Dunant Road in Ascot Township.Perhaps by coincidence, the killings came only days after several Hell’s Angels from the United States visited the Gitans ' headquarters to finalize the affiliation deal.Over the years Atomes' membership had dwindled to less than a dozen bikers still prepared to wear the ‘colors’ and admit they belonged to the gang With the deaths of Gilbert and Roy.only half a dozen remained.THEN THERE WERE FIVE Last week the death of Sigouin, kil led in the same manner and with a weapon similar to that used in the August murders, brought the number of living Atomes down to five.The disappearing Atomes had left as many fatherless children as there were members still alive Monday, the other five gave up the ‘colors’, if not the ghost But will they be able to give up their flamboyant habits, and the associa ted death wish7 “We will keep on riding our bikes,” said the spokesman “We always have and we are not going to give up the sport.Among ourselves, we will always be just as proud of ourselves and what we have done " “For us, the burial of the colors is only so there will be no more burials ” City finances are in good shape but taxes may go up — Pelletier By Michael McDevitt SHERBROOKE — Despite a projected surplus of $1.5 million for the municipal budget in 1984.Sherbrooke residents may face an increase in property taxes in 1985, according to Mayor Jean-Paul Pelletier, who deli vered his annual financial statement to city council Monday night.Pelletier, saying his administration still hoped to avoid any basic tax increases, refused to rule out the possi- Airport may SHERBROOKE — The Sherbrooke airport was given another boost by Sherbrooke municipal council last night as council decided that its future management be placed in the hands of the Coporation Municipal de Transport de Sherbrooke (CMTS) which is responsible for the management of municipal public transport.In a report read by Wilfrid Morin, an engineer who has served as president of the airport’s administrative committee since 1980, the committee believes the airport should be placed under the direction of “transport experts” in order for it to be properly utilized.Morin also said that chances “are up to about 90 per cent” that there bility because of what he described as “omens that do not bode well for the future.” Pelletier said the city will adjust other taxes, notably business taxes and the water tax, to help increase the city’s revenues — which he said will be seriously effected by Hydro-Sherbrooke’s rates being tied to those of Hydro-Québec — and added that these taxes have not been altered since 1981.COSTS RISING Pelletier said that municipal revenues are projected to increase by three per cent in the upcoming year, but that expenses are also expected to rise by as much as six per cent.He added that for the city to continue reducing its debt of $78 million, in creases in revenues, accompanied by decreases in spending, are necessary.The mayor, who has reached the middle of his four year term, said the city administration hopes to earn more money by continuing its efforts get regular will be a passenger air service inaugurated between Sherbrooke and Montreal and Sherbrooke and Quebec City in 1985 — “maybe two”, he added.“We have come to a turning point,” Morin said.“For the proper management of the airport we need people who specialize in transport.We have to put in some professionals.” Morin said members of his committee had travelled to Burlington, Vt.to study the management of that city’s municipal airport and returned with glowing praise not only for the efficiency of the airport but also for the possible economic benefits that can be accorded a region by a properly run.and properly serviced airport.Morin said the increasing number of -Morin businesses geared toward high technology made service between Sherbrooke and Quebec’s two major urban centres “extremely desirable if we want to continue attracting such enterprises.” Morin’s report speculates that flights between Sherbrooke and the two cities could arrive and depart twice a day with an estimated oneway ticket price of $59.A motion to confer the responsibility upon the CMTS was proposed by councillor Françoise Dunn and passed after brief discussion.Councilman Bernard Tanguay, chairman of the CMTS, said the mu-nicpal corporation is “ready and ea ger to face this new challenge ” service to attract new businesses and by the projected re-assessment of city taxes He said the city also hopes to cut its expenses by cutting down on its use of energy, by freezing the number of people on the city payroll — which now accounts for 54 per cent of municipal expenditures — and by working with government subsidy programs wherever possible.Pelletier delivered his financial as sessment in accordance with a pro- vincial law which requires such a dis closure at least 30 days before the tabling of a municipal budget Sher brooke’s budget for 1985 is expected to be presented to council on December 12 Council set for Gabr building buy SHERBROOKE - The Sher brooke municipal council has de layed once again its decision on whether to purchase the Frontenac street building belonging to Saad Gabr in order to give city lawyers an opportunity to draft a new offer to the shadowy Moroccan rnillio naire.According to indications given at Monday's regular council meeting, Gabr accepted the city's last offer of $1.3 million for the building, situated on Frontenac at the north end of Wellington Street, but added conditions of payment which would have required the city to make its first payment of $500,000 on November 15 with the balance being paid by December 20 Because these conditions could not be met by ordinary means of financing such a purchase a new offer must be framed, according to councillor Léonard T Laflamme "By changing the terms of pay ment," said Laflamme, “Gabr has in effect made us a counter-offer In order for the purchase to go ahead without any hitches, we feel we should have our lawyers draw up another offer.” The city is considering purchasing the building — which once housed a Steinberg’s grocery store, but which Gabr completely refurbished to accommodate his aborted high-technology centre — for use as a new city hall The projected purchase will end plans for a new municipal complex on the site between Marcotte and King and Couture and Belvedere Streets Council will meet in special session Wednesday evening at 8 o’eloek to debate the new offer and to vote on whether to go ahead with the purchase.Mayor Pelletier.Special meeting Wednesday.0^.^ fie : / I*- “HOMESTEAD” EXHIBITION HALL 3905 Route 147 Tel.: (819) 569-2671 EXHIBITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC NOV.18 to NOV.24 inclusive Sat.& Sun.9:00 a.m.to 5:00 p.m.Mon.to Fri.11:00 a.m.to 9:00 p.m.LENNOXVILLE, QUE.my observation, after 50 years in the Orient, that the superiority of Asian women goes far beyond the bedroom.There are cultural differences that are reflected in many ways: How women act toward men, how children behave in the classroom, how workers work, how management manages, etc.As long as the Asian and particularly the Japanese resist Westernization, their superiority in certain areas will go unchallenged.Being less demanding, Asian women more graciously accept their subservient roles.At least this is true of my Japanese wife, who compares to my first wife (an American) like a diamond when placed alongside a piece of coal.Oakland, Calif.Dear Oak: Thank you for a response that touches on the sociological as well as the philosophical and psychological differences between America’s culture and that of other nations.Surely you are aware that not only is Japan becoming Westernized, but Russia and the People’s Republic of China as well.They have become enamored with the trappings of our high standard of living and are becoming TV-crazy and fashion-conscious.The fact that your Japanese wife “graciously accepts her subservient role” gives me a very good idea why you consider her a diamond — as compared with your first wife, an American, who was “a lump of coal”.All women tend to behave in a manner that reflects the value placed on them.You say you’ve been in the Orient 50 years.Come home, Mister.You’ll discover some changes that will shatter your bifocals.» Take a Kitten on a Holiday jfj» Off on a sp«ial holiday'’ Wiui! better travelling companion I® than a KITTEN7 Your KITTEN KNIT is washable and remains KV wrinkle free under the most adverse conditions Take along two.one in your luggage and one to wear You'll arrive at your t» ! destination fresh and attractive, ready for the relaxation you so jSj richly deserve KITTEN KNITS of wool and polyester make I holiday planning a pleasure, because you know they'll always %« ' be soft, comfortable and lovely, even after a prolonged stay In Rr | your 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auction was read.Correspondence included a request for a donation, a thank-you from a recent bride, an acknowledgement from Father Bilodeau of St.Philippe parish for a donation received, and a letter of thanks for our participation in the 125th anniversary celebration of St.Andrew’s Church.Final plans were made for the card party planned for Nov.17.A large assortment of canned and other food articles were brought in towards the grocery box for the drawing.Motions were made for the following donations : $500 to the Board of Stewards, $30 to the Sunday School, and $25 to each of four local Homes for Christmas Cheer.The Christmas meeting will be held on Tuesday afternoon, Dec.4, at the Langlois home.Each member to invite a friend.There will be an exchange of gifts with the value to be between two and three dollars.This exchange to be on a “bring-a-gift receive-a-gift” basis.Gifts to be purchased for four preschoolers.A drawing was held on a choice of two articles from the sales table.Winners were lo-la McCourt and Dot McCourt.Winnie Paterson acted as auctioneer for the sale of the remaining articles.Proceeds were rewarding.Lunch was served at the close of the afternoon.Townships’ Crier COURTESY OF DANVILLE The annual Christmas Bazaar will be held in the Trinity United Church Hall, Danville on Friday November 16 from 2 to 5:30 p.m.Food table.Crafts, Books.Tea served (charge).All welcome.EUSTIS Belvidere Women’s Institute card party November 16 at 8 p.m.Eustis Hall.Prizes, raffle and drawing.Refreshments, adm.charged.Everyone welcome.DUNHAM A Soup & Dessert Luncheon with card party on November 15 at 12:00 noon in the basement of the All Saints’ Anglican Church.Sponsored by the Ladies’ Guild.Admission charged.All welcome.GRANBY St.George’s Church will hold its annual Bazaar and Afternoon Tea, Saturday, November 17, from 10:00 a.m.to 4:00 p.m.in St.George’s Church Hall, Main St., Granby, Que.There will be a Bake sale, Homemade articles, Country store and homemade candy.MANSONVILLE Citrus Fruit Sale at Mansonville Elementary School in progress until end of November 15.Orders may be made in person, through the students, or by phoning the school office: 292-5622 between hours of 9 a m.till 12 noon Mondays through Friday.Fruit will arrive tentatively the end of the first week in December.Although prices have increased over last year due to cold weather in Florida, the school decided to take a less commission to allow a better price for prospective clients.This fund raising project is becoming a yearly service to the community with a small profit for student needs.SHERBROOKE The Sherbrooke Christian Women’s Club will meet on Thursday, November 15 from 9:30-11:30 a m.at the Le Baron, King St.West.COWANSVILLE The Anglican Church in Cowansville are holding their annual Oyster Supper on Saturday, November 17 in the Trinity Church Hall, 409 South Street, Cowansville, from 5 to 8 p.m.Admission charged.Everyone welcome.KNOWLTON Hot Dish Supper to be held November 16 from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m.at the Knowlton United Church spon- sored by the U.C.W.Admissions charged.Everyone welcome.SHERBROOKE The Sher-Lenn 50 Plus Club Inc.Christmas Bazaar, Saturday, November 17 from 10:00 a.m.to 3:00 p.m.at St.Peter’s Church Hall, 200 Montreal Street, Sherbrooke.Handicrafts, Christmas gifts and decorations; bargain table; food table; cafeteria.No admission charge.MAGOG A luncheon will be held on Thursday, November 15,11 to 12:30 p.m.at St.Luke’s Anglican Church Hall, Pine Street, Magog, sponsored by St.Faith’s Guild, Church of Saint Luke.There will be a food table, work table and also a raffle.Everyone is welcome to attend.KNOWLTON St.Paul’s Church Christmas Tea and Sale Wednesday, November 14 at 2:30 sponsored by the A.C.W.and featuring the new Gourmet table.Bake table, Wool, Silent Auction, Nearly new, Boutique table, plants, etc.Tea room.BEEBE November 17, Bazaar at Wesley United Church, Beebe, starting at 4 p.m.Food, books, aprons, nearly new, white elephant tables, also tickets on afghan will be sold.Sponsored by Unit One, U.C.W.At 5 p.m.in the dining room of the Wesley Church, a hot dish supper will commence This is to be sponsored by Unit Two of U.C.W.RICHMOND Oyster supper at Legion Hall on Friday, Nov.16.Admission charged, everyone welcome.Sponsored by St.Patrick’s Society.ROCK ISLAND Turkey Shoot Bingo, November 18, Sunday, 1:30-4:30 at Sunnyside School, Rock Island (free babysitting for Turkey Shoot ticket holders).Sponsored by Heritage Technologies, a community group raising money to improve Rock Island.ROCK ISLAND Black Powder Turkey Shoot, November 18, Sunday.Registration at Sunnyside School in Rock Island, where Interstate 91 and Autoroute exten sion Route 55 meet at the Quebec-Vermont border.Black powder muzzle loaders, flintlocks and muskets only Followed by displays, sales tables and turkey supper.Tickets available at The Stanstead Journal, 33 Main St., Rock Island, JOB 2K0, 819-876-5553.Advance tickets for supper required.Sponsored by Heritage Technologies, a community group raising money to improve Rock Island.• This column accepts items free of charge announcing events organized by churches, service clubs and recognized charitable institutions.Requests should be mailed, well in advance, to THE RECORD, P.O.Box 1200, Sherbrooke, Que.J1H 5L6, be signed and include telephone number of person forwarding the notice.Telephone requests cannot be accepted.Admission charges and trade names will be deleted.The Townships Crier will not accept notices of dances.MEMBERSHIP ^ CARD THIS PRICE IS GOOD 'TIL NO-| VEMBER 30th 34 95 FOR 2 YEARS '"o.Films (FOR MEMBERS ONLY) 50 iper day AVAILABLE DISCOUNT CARD 100 $ioo FILMS ¦25,000 FIUVIS PERPETUAL ROTATION THE FIRST AND THE BIGGEST FILM CLUB IN CANADA MONDAY TO FRIDAY: BUSINESS HOURS 10 00 1 m to 9:00 p m SATURDAY: 10:00 a.m to 6 00 p.m.DLLiflNCE^iDB 2227 KING ST.W., SHERBROOKE (King St.Shopping Centre) TEL: 564-0188 .15 STORES IN QUEBEC, Girl Guides and Pathfinders pictured with Don McGowan.Channel 12 Pulse news.Apple Pie Festival held STANBRIDGE EAST — On September 30, the Museum of Stanbridge East held an Apple Pie Festival Included among the volunteer helpers were the 1st Stanbridge East Girl Guides and the Stanbridge East Pathfinders.A special treat was having their picture taken with Don McGowan of Channel 12 Pulse News.Since the Girl Guides started in early Sep tember, they have been quite busy helping out where they are needed x r t fflSy:» ft /v Sunnyside Hallowe’en Costume Party — Kindergarten - Kathy Bennett and Kim Wintworth; Grade 1 - Annie Auclair and Jamie Phaneuf; Grade 2 - Shannon Moss and Erin Elliott; Sp.E.- Jamie Goodwin; Grade J - Christina Sutton and Ronald Elliott; Grade 4 - Nelson Woodard and Kristen Denney - Grade 5 - Emily Johnston and Robert Major - Grade 6 - Cauleen Smith, Connie Goodwin, Michael Huckins and Leah Thomson.Mr.Davies was presented the teachers special costume award.Sunnyside School assembly On Tuesday October 30, an assembly was held at the Sunnyside School, Rock Island The first item on the program was an award to the student body for their good behaviour at the Bishop’s Centennial Theatre when the whole school went to see the productiion “Alligator.” Following this, Mr.Davies presented the Provigo trophy to Emily Johnston for the high aggregate winner at the Stanstead County School Fair.Stacy Johnston was last year’s winner.Mr.Drew, head teacher also presented prizes to the students who wrote the best compositions concer-ning “World Food Day ’’ This project was sponsored by the Women’s Institute.Special thanks to Mrs.Christie The winners were: Grade 3 - Victor Ka- sowski, Janice McKel vey, Holly Belanger; Grade 4 - Amie Emslie, Terrie Goodsell, Jamie Laro; Grade 5 Robert Major (1st), Jason Poi tras (2nd), Emily Johnston (3rd).Mr.Bean also congratulated the soccer teams for their achievements at the soccer playday in Magog.He felt they were well behaved and re presented the Sunnyside School honorably.Adult Theatre group in Knowlton KNOWLTON (KT) — An adult Theatre Group in Knowlton! That is the good news.Plans are now underway for the formation of such a group — ages 18-90! In large measure, due to frequent suggestions to Emma Stevens MAKER OF “ROBERT” WINDOWS DOORS-FRAMES CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS Tel.: 819-845-2731 1-800-567-6163 ROBERT s ROBERT nt, St.François-Xavier de Brompton, Que.— for an activity of this kind (“Why not an adult group?”), a meeting will be held soon at Knowlton Academy to discuss the possibilities.Watch for further notice.Emma Stevens needs no introduction here.It was under her able direction that the Knowlton Youth Group put on their ambitious first presentation, “Jesus Christ Superstar" in 1983 with repeat per formances since.This year they appeared in a comedy, “The Other Cinderella".An adult Theatre Group would offer scope for much interesting and varied activity with lots of fun while providing entertainment for the rest of the community.You may not feel prompted to “tread the boards” — but there is much more behind the scenes — costumes, lighting, scenery, etc.“We need all sorts”, to quote Emma.So come and see if it is not for you! It will, of course, be a non-profit venture, but will require some funding to get started (for props, etc.).Perhaps some money raising events will be thought up or some support may be given by a local organization to make it all happen — and maybe a “star” will be born! In the meantime why not call Emma at 243-6590 and talk it over?And watch for date of the get-together to make plans at The Aca demy.See you! Deaths Birth FISHER, Gordon — On Saturday, November 10,1984, Gordon Joseph Fisher, beloved husband of Frances Barnett Devoted father of Genette and Heather Loving son of Edward Joseph Fisher and his wife Eleanor Holmes, and brother of Marga ret Brillinger, and Barbara Wever.Besting at the Waterville United Church, where friends may call on Wednesday from 7-9 pm, and where the funeral service will be held on Thursday, November 15 at 10:30 a m Rev Jane Aikman officia ting Interment Green wood Cemetery, Wa terville If friends so desire, contributions to the Canadian Cancer Society would be ap preciated Arrange ments by Webster-Cass Funeral Home.MONTGOMERY, Merton (Mert) — At the Sherbrooke Hospital on November 11, 1984, Merton Montgomery, beloved husband of Doreen Ingrey.Dear father of Darleen and Sandy Johnston of Stanstead, Warren of South Durham, Barba ra and Claude Viger of Richmond.Kathryn and Robert Dobb of Fergus, Ont Much loved Grampy of Cor rey, Stacey and Emily Johnston, Andy and Joey Viger, Shaun and Melissa Dobb Dear half-brother of Eva Hampton of Melbourne and Muriel Matthews of Danville.Veteran of World War II.Resting at J H Fleury Inc., 196 Adam St.Richmond, where funeral service will be held on Thur sday, November 15 at 2 p.m.Rev.Glover officiating.Interment Maple Grove Cemetery, Melbourne.Visita tion Tuesday and Wed nesday, 2-4 and 7-9, and Thursday from 12 noon.In Memoriam EVANS.Harry Ernest — In sad and loving memory ot a dear husband and father.Harry, who died in his sleep at his home in Len noxville on November 13, 1971 We never lose the ones we love For even though they're gone Within the hearts of those who care Their memories linger on Always remembered by, HELEN (wife) DIANE S WARREN GREENE (daughter A son-in-law) HENRY — In loving memory of a dear husband and father, Stuart John Henry, who passed away the t3th ot November, 1968 Deep in our heart lies a picture Of a loved one laid to rest, In memories frame we still keep it For he was one of the best Always loved and remembered by.WIFE AUDREY AND FAMILY PATTON — In loving memory of my dear husband and father, Dan Patton, who passed away Nov 12, 1982 A smile for all.A heart of gold, One of the best.The world could hold Never selfish Always kind.These are the memories.You left behind Sadly missed and always remembered with love MARY ELLEN (wife) ERNEST 8, KEN (sons) SHEILA (daughter) 8 GRANDCHILDREN HELP FIND THE CURE FOR KIDNEY DISEASE THI Kidney Foundation Of Canada BROWNING - Nov 1, 1984, to Geoff and Deb hie at the Grace Gene ral Hospital.Ottawa, a son, Donald Simon Bruce, 7 lbs 14 oz Proud grandparents.Imogene, North Ha tley.Wally.Ayer's Cliff, Frances and Tho mas Foxton.Halifax, and great-grandson of Hazel Browning, North Hatley.Mils BEAN, Fred At the Royal Victoria Hospi tal, Montreal, on Sun day, November 11, 1984, Fred W Bean in his 69th year Beloved husband of Luce Ri cher and dear father of Richard of Sherbrooke and Carol (Mrs Dawson Moore 1 of To ronto.Grandfather of Alexandra Bean, Mark and Kimberley Moore Brother of Hubert of California and Gordon of North Hatley, and the late Percy Bean, May Anderson, and Verna Bean Brother-in-law of Veronica Bean of Waterville.Al so survived by many nieces, nephews and friends.Resting at the L.O.Cass K L Bishop and Son F u nera! Home, 300 Queen Blvd N .Sherbrooke.Funo ral service fiom St Anthony’s Church, Lennoxville, on Wed nesday, November 14 at 9:30 a m Interment in Waterville Visita tion Tuesday 2-4 and 7 9.Donations to the Quebec Heart Fund or the Diabetic Association would be gratefully acknowledged BLAKE, Robert E.— At the Sherbrooke Hospital on Sunday, No vember 11, 1984, Robert E.(Bob) Blake, in his 85th year Beloved husband of Gertrude Shaw Dear father of Elizabeth 0 MMndsn 0 7 0 76 75 16 Rang*» 7 5 1 59 53 15 Washing 5 5 3 50 49 1 3 wn» 3 7 1 4« 56 11 Msw Jffesy 3 8 2 44 58 0 CAMPBELL cmmUKI Not* DWtotoo CNcâgo 7 6 ?67 67 1« Si louts 6 7 1 49 54 13 Mmn 4 1 3 55 69 It Ostmit 4 9 1 57 87 9 Toronto 3 9 3 4 7 70 9 I dmonton Winmpqg l knyeles Vincouvw Mon trial *> Vincouw 3 T«M0N • Um l o\