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Grant Simeon i» 2—TOWNSHIPS WEEK-FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1988 Bolton resident gave liberally for good of Clarissa L.Austin was born in the village of Outlet of Bolton, October 19, 1823, and died June 18, 1884.She was the granddaughter of Nicholas Austin, the first settler in Bolton Township, who arrived in 1793 or 1794 and built his house in the bay bearing his name.Nicholas Austin spent his means liberally for what he felt was the good of the country, in constructing roads, mills, and bridges.He died March 2nd, 1821, and his resting place is on a noble eminence to which he had given the name of Gibraltar Point, a place with the most beautiful scenery on the whole lake.A beech tree was planted on the remains of that man who felled the first tree in the township where he was interred, but with the years some one cut the tree down.No one is certain about the exact location, but it is on the Gibraltar Point.Mr.Austin built the first grist and saw mills at Magog, and named it the Village Outlet of Bolton.He was a strong Tory and a great favorite among the government officials of Canada.As a recognition of their appreciation for his loyal ty, the Conservative party offered to give him a cannon to place on Gibraltar.But in those early days the roads were not suitable for transportation, or as he was a Quaker, it might have been his religious be- Bubbles By JACQUES BOISVERT of the Société Historique du Lac Memohrémagog Inc.lief that stopped him.Whatever the reason, the cannon never reached the Gibraltar Point.We have found this text in the “Proceedings of the Orleans County Historical Society” published in 1888: LAKE MEMPHREMAGOG, My Home by Clarissa L.Austin On the pleasant banks of Magog, In a charming little bay, Stand the cottage of my fathers, Where I first beheld the day.Lofty hills, with crown of foliage, In surpassing grandeur rise Mingling their tints of emerald With the azure of the skies.Whereso’er the crystal waters Of old Memphremagog roll, Scenes of beauty richly varied, Meet the eye and cheer the soul.But the ev’ning — the still ev’ning With her misty veil of grey, Adorns, in choicest drapery, This quiet little bay.How oft have I at twilight, When the busy day was o’er, Launched for my merry little boat and sailed along the shore ; To hear that old musician, The softly sighing breeze, Waking such notes of melody Amid the silent trees.And then my little bark would glide Out in the shining way, Like a path upon the waters Where the glittering moonbeams lay; A type of that fair city By prophets long foretold, Whose walls are made of jasper, And its streets are paved with gold.When day was slowly fading And the shades came softly down, Weaving a fairy garment.On every object round; I’ve sat beside some moss-clad rock When every voice was still, And nought disturbed the woodland’s rest, But the song of the Whip-poor-will.I’ve sat in fearful ecstacy Lest some discordant sound Should break the spell of glory That seem to wrap me round, Till all the charming picture Was stamped upon my heart.Leaving a sweet remembrance That will never more depart.Delightful scenes — sublime to me Broad earth cannot impart A spot so dear, so loveable, So cherished in my heart, As thy own waters, Magog-Thy mountains, grand and high, Festooning, with their many peaks, The borders of the sky.I love thy bays and inlets, Thy rivulets and rills; Thy verdant fields and wild wood, With their thousand sunny hills.I love the dear old shrubbery, Each gnarled and knotty bough Of those old dusky pine trees That fringe thy rocky brow.In the happy days of childhood I’ve sported on thy shore, Heaping thy glit’ring pebbles up In many a precious store.In youth’s unclouded morning I’ve lingered near thy beach, Till, in thy ceaseless moaning waves, Oft times I’ve fancied speech.I’ve seen the broad, full harvest moon Her mantle o’er thee throw, And a myriad of diamonds On thy pearly bosom glow, I’ve heard the brooklet’s greeting When it kissed thy upturned face; And its sweet voice grew sweeter Till it sunk in thy embrace.While gazing thus enraptured.country ! I’ve sighed for skill to trace The untold, latent loveliness That lights up thy broad face; Till lost in thoughts tumultuous; The hopeless task resign, And the spirit soareth upward To muse on things divine.Then, loosened from every tetter That binds the soul to clay, I seem on wings ethereal To float from earth away, To the purer, holier regions Of “permanent delight—” Of Heaven’s own peaceful landscape To catch a transient sight.This text was written at East Bolton August 6, 1868.Note: The author became an invalid after an attack of meningitis, and she was very sensitive and poetic by nature.She was a great admirer of Nature and did a lot of writing.Note from the author: In order to write these articles, ar-chieves are of the greatest important to us and we count on your generosity to send us: photographs, documents, books, newspaper clippings, postal cards.We would appreciate to receive your commentaries.Please do not hesitate to contact us at : La société d’histoire du Lac Memphrémagog, 446 Main West, Magog J1X 2A9 or call at: (819) 843-1212.Young mother living in poverty is storyline to movie By Jerry Buck LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dorian Harewood predicts that the ABC Theatre presentation of God Bless the Child is going to shatter some myths about the homeless.The two-hour movie tells the story of a desperate young mother trapped in poverty and an Outreach worker who tries to help her and her young daughter.“It’s a myth that the majority of the poor and homeless are lazy and don't want to work and want to take advantage of the welfare system,” he said.“Most of them do want to work, and those who are working are being paid at a sub-poverty level.“It’s a myth that the majority of the homeless are minorities.The fact is most are white.That should shake up people into solving this problem.” Harewood stars as Calvin Reid, the Outreach worker.Mare Win-ningham is the young Appalachian mother, Theresa, and Grace Johnson is Hilary, her daughter.Dennis Nemec wrote the screenplay and Larry Elikann directed on location in Montreal.ABC will telecast the movie on Monday.“My character was inspired by a real Outreach worker, Otis Woodard in St.Louis,” said Harewood.“He’s a very special guy who’s done a lot for the homeless.” PROGRAMS CUT Harewood notes that many programs set up in the 1960s and ’70s to aid the poor have been scaled down.“This film doesn’t make a political statement,” he said, “but it does make the statement that the government has got to become involved.Children are our greatest resource and too many are growing up malnourished.Is it any wonder that we’ve fallen behind the rest of the world in educating our children?” Harewood is involved with several programs that help people in need, among them LIFE (Love Is Feeding Everyone) and CHIP-IN (Community Housing Involving People In Need).By the time the movie goes on the By Kathryn Baker NEW YORK (APi — Actress Karen Austin says she hasn’t quite found the words to describe what it was like to work with screen legend Katharine Hepburn in the NBC movie Laura Lansing Slept Here, but she gives it a shot.“I was intimidated, I was exhilarated, I was overwhelmed, I was inspired, all those things.I don’t know, it’s like a kid getting to play baseball with Babe Ruth,” said Austin.The made-for-TV movie airs Monday.“She has a great sense of humor about herself.She has no reverence about herself as an icon.The fact that other people regard her so highly is, I think, a source of benign amusement for her.” Austin, who starred in the first season of Night Court and later had a recurring role on St.El- into the filming of a pilot for ABC called Mama’s Boys.He and Perry King star as half-brothers who inherit an investigative newspaper.“Perry and I are good friends and we’re looking forward to working together again,” he said.The movie Foster and Laurie in 1975 was our only time to work together.They wanted to make a se- sewhere, plays Melody Gom-phers, a suburban housewife whose life is turned upside-down when a publisher bets a fabulously wealthy novelist that she can’t stand to live with a typical American family for a week.“It’s a gentle comedy,” Austin says.“You can imagine her descending on suburbia in full sail, with chauffeur and luggage ” FACES CHALLENGE Hepburn plays Laura Lansing, a famous, relentlessly spunky author whose publisher (Lee Richardson) says she should give up writing because she’s lost touch with the common people.He bets her she can’t stand to stay for a week with the Gom-pherses and their three children in their little tract house in Hicks-ville on Long Island.The movie was actually shot in Vancouver.It’s a cute movie.Lansing ex- The last year or so has been extremely busy for Harewood.He starred in Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket, and played the title role in the TV movie Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story.He also played a television reporter in the ABC miniseries Amerika.Harewood said he also got back to singing, which had been his original goal.He has an album coming out in April called Love Will Stop Calling.pects to find a little gingham world, not a soap-opera plot with a philandering husband, crabby kids and a rebellious teenager on the road to juvenile delinquency.F or their part, the Gompherses are awe-struck when their famous guest arrives, cowing them to the point that they sit silently in the living room, terrified to turn on the television or make any noise that would disturb her.“Is this what you do in the evening,” Lansing asks innocently when she emerges to find them all lined up on the sofa, “sit in silent meditation?” Joel Higgins plays Walter Gomphers.Schuyler Grant, who is Hepburn’s grand-niece in real life, plays the Gomphers’ teenage daughter.Sean Harmon plays their prepubescent son.and twins Ryan and Kyle Comber play 17-month-old Malcolm.CONCERT Desmond Byrne, Baritone Michael McMahon, Pianist Saturday March 5th 8 p.m.at Richmond Art Center 1010 Main St.Admission: $5.00 Information: 826-2488 ¦¦ since we were both assassinated air, Harewood expects to be well (they played police officers).” Hepburn plays famous novelist No construction TOWNSHIPS WEEK—FRIDAY, MARCH 4.1988-3 Piggery sets summer schedule By Jack Branswell LENNOXVILLE — No longer will local theatre-buffs have to drive armored tanks through North Hatley to get to the Piggery.The theatre released its summer schedule earlier this week.But better yet, the devasting construction that plagued the hamlet will be no more.That means no more trips to the pig barn that were as painful as root-canal work.No longer will those poor mufflers be ripped off in pursuit of higher entertainment.The word is that theatre-goers are in for a pleasure-filled summer.There will be comedy, drama, and even music, but there will also be clear roads.There is a God after all.Andrew Bergman’s Social Security leads off the summer with the gala-opening June 24.Eighteen Wheels, by John Gray comes next, and the season finale is The Passion of Narcisse Mondoux by Gra-tien Gélinas.Social Security is set in the ritzy apartment of two New York art dealers.The in-laws drop by as does an 80-year-old mother and the play starts to heat up.The Piggery’s Artistic Director, Greg Tuck, described it as “a comedy of characterization.It is a cross between an American sitcom and a French farce.” Tuck also called the play, which is making its Quebec premier, “a ritzy, snappy, comedy.” The apartment set will have to be fairly elaborate, but no bother says Tucks, “it will afford us the opportunity to have our say about modern art.” In other words, the Louvre will not be raided.All the paintings will be created at the Piggery.The second play, 18 Wheels, "the most requested piece from people in the area,” says Tuck, is not really a play at all.The piece chronicles life on the road as a trucker and it is divided into sets and not acts.18 Wheels, which appeared in Festival Lennoxville a few years back, could provide some summer employment for local musicians.“I am excited about the musicial talent in the area.I hope to make use of it,” said Tuck.Although none of the casting has been done, longtime rock and blues musician Mickey Hall’s name is being tossed around.Tuck is looking for people who can play and act.Start rehearsing your lines Mickey! The three act focuses on a love story, the tragedy of an accident, and a documentary life of a truck driver.The season finale, the English-language premier of The Passion of Narcisse Mondoux is a coup of sorts.Tuck said the popular play has been on tour of the province but missed the Sherbrooke area.The playwright, Gratien Gélinas, stars in the play with his actress-wife Huguette Oligny.Gélinas is a prolific Québécois playwright.He is famous for works such as Yesterday the Children Were Dancing.The Passion is a love story set in a small Quebec town.Narcisse is a retired master plumber who courts the recently widowed wife of a town councilor.Tuck describes it as a “warm, funny, play, performed by two of the greatest artists of Quebec theatre.” "It is a really pleasure to present it.It is a celebrated work in its own language.” The two-year-old play is scheduled to be performed in French and English.This provides the Piggery, “an opportunity to build on our already growing French audiences.” With a new general manager on board (Joe Martek), and into his second full term, Tuck predicts a fruitful season.“People are finding more and more reasons to come to North Hatley and the Piggery is a part of that.” Besides, “with no construction, we are looking for a bang-up season.” ii t Joe Martek is the Piggery’s new Greg Tuck.‘With no construction we are looking for a bang-up general manager.season.’ CINÉMAS ClNEPLEX ODEON f O/VEBAA/n ONE DREAM._ ONESUMMER ZHZHZHZd Weekdays: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.Sat.S Sun.: 1:00 - 3:00 - 5:00 - 7:00 - 9:00 p.m CINÉMA CAPITOL S9 RDF KING fS’ SHfWWOOkf SRSO FAMOUS PLAYERS Danger.Desire.Desperation mu uwitt HARRISON FORD FRANTIC By ROMAN POLANSKI In Collaborohon With &Cjrre,0du;i’ESTRIE Frida»: 7:00 - 9:20 p m Saturday, Sunday: 2:00 • 4:30 L.305Qboul PORTLAND 565 0366J ¦ 7:00 ¦ 9:20 p.m 'Sir Friday: 7:20 • 9:30 p m Saturday, Sunday: 1:00 - 3:05 - 5:10 É 7:20 - 9:30 p.m ^Carrefour testRIE ^3050 bool PORTLAND 565 0366J MAQiMY AWARD NOMINATION FOR BIST ACTOR.ROBIN WILLIAMS * BWtRY LmNSOS FILII lOt'CHNUlM M I I'd ^Carrefour ,,EsTR|E Friday: 6:50 - 9:10 p.m.Saturday.Sunday: 1:50 - 4:20 - 6:50 3050bout PORTLAND 565 0366J p 4—TOWNSHIPS WEEK—FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1988 Play features great acting and a philosophical script By Rossana Coriandoli SHERBROOKE — Le vent de Krisis, is a trip into another dimension, into an imaginary world based on a mythological female past.It concerns the clash between opposing forces, the future and the past, faith and desperation, and the instinct for life and the instinct for death.Le vent de Krisis is a two-woman play by Laurence Tardif, directed by Patrick Quintal and Gertrude Savoie of the Theatre du Double Signe, a young professional group based in Sherbrooke.And if the play sounds abstract, it is.The only definite information the audience ever gets is that the action takes place in Greece.The plot involves the meeting between two women.Enor is an old hermit, who experienced the height and the decline of a matriarchal society in which she was once a priestess.Laule is a young warrior who never knew any other world but this one.The plot is set in an indefinite point in time, somewhere in the very distant past, but in an imaginary world, where women existed al- most independently of men, only meeting with men to procreate.Le vent de Krisis draws its strength from two strong points, an evocative, thoughtful script, and passionate, unforgettable performances that enhance the powerful script in every possible way.The dialogue between the two women is extremely intimate.Enor describes the old world and how it came to be so easily destroyed, while Laule tells her about having accepted the bleak, dark world she grew up in.But the dialogue is mostly about faith in life and in oneself, and ckts am COUNT DOWN SHERBROOKE THIS WEEK # TITLE 1- FATHER FIGURE 2- HUNGRY EYES 3- PUMP UP THE VOLUME 4- SEASONS CHANGE 5- NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP 6- SAY YOU WILL 7- WHAT HAVE I DONE 8- I SURRENDER 9- SPOTLIGHT 10- SHE’S LIKE THE WIND 11- BE STILL MY BEATING HEART 12- JUST LIKE PARADISE 13- CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU 14- MAN IN THE MIRROR 15- COULD’VE BEEN 16- HYSTERIA 17- IN GOD'S COUNTRY 18- CHINA IN YOUR HAND 19- WISHING WELL 20- GET OUTTA MY DREAMS 21- TELL IT TO MY HEART 22- I COULD NEVER TAKE THE PLACE 23- HAZY SHADE OF WINTER 24- 853-5937 25- TUNNEL OF LOVE 26- HANDS UP 27- I GET WEAK 28- CRAZY 29- DOCK OF THE BAY 30- MOONBEAM 31- OUT OF THE BLUE 32- NEED YOU TONIGHT 33- CHECK IT OUT 34- PUSH IT 35- WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN 36- WHEN WE WAS FAB 37- MAGIC 38- I NEED A MAN 39- I FOUND SOMEONE 40- I CAN’T HELP IT LAST WEEK # George Michael 4 Eric Carmen 1 Marrs 2 Expose 6 Rick Astley 8 Foreigner 5 Pet Shop Boys 3 Samantha Fox 10 Madonna 9 Patrick Swayze 17 Sting 11 David Lee Roth 15 Miami Sound Machine 14 Michael Jackson 18 Tiffany 7 Def Leppard 22 U 2 19 T’Pau 24 Terence Trent D’Arby 27 Billy Ocean 25 Taylor Dane 12 Prince 21 Bangles 13 Squeeze 29 Bruce Springsteen 20 Sway 31 Belinda Carlisle 32 Icehouse 16 Michael Bolton 37 Men Without Hats 34 Debbie Gibson 38 INKS 23 John C Mellencamp 39 Salt-n-Peppa PL Luba 26 George Harrison PL FM PL Eurythmies 30 Cher PL Bananarama 28 about the loss of that faith.It’s based on the premise that faith is all we have to survive on in the face of death.The play is an excellent creation of a new world, and it presents a passionate encounter between these two women.It’s theme is fairly heavy phylo-sophical material, but the plot is simple.The plot only involves the encounter and the dialogue between the two women.But through the script and the fabulous performances, we also get to go deeply into the psyches of these two women.It’s a powerful play, with extremely passionate acting.Both actresses, Tardif, the play’s creator, and particularly Christiane Deschênes, who plays Enor, give us unforgettable performances.The play’s last three performances are this weekend, at the Sherbrooke University’s Petite Salle.The show starts at 8:30 with tickets going for $10, $7, $6.David Lee Roth kicks off prop-filled tour By Anne Peterson LOS ANGELES (AP) — The child in David Lee Roth is taking plenty of toys on his next trip: a 28-foot flying surfboard; a huge banner featuring bikini-clad women; and a regulation-size, red, white and blue Everlast boxing ring.But this is no ordinary summer vaction for the shaggy-haired rock star with the trademark scream.It’s a concert tour, and the playthings are meant to wow audiences for the next nine months in arenas from Australia to New York.“Music should look like it sounds, no matter what kind of music it is,” Roth said in a recent interview.“A lot of times this music sounds like something thundering up out of the floorboards or raining down from the heavens.Sometimes it’s like rolling waves of sound.And what’s a wave without somebody to surf it?” Despite the props and an endless stream of jokes, Roth is a shrewd businessman.He knows the gimmicks will bring attention to his craft — rock ’n’ roll.MUSIC AT CENTRE “There’s a lot of aerial tricks, but it’s all built around the music.The band is doing more musical gymnastics than you’ve ever heard a rock band do,” he said.Roth, 32.is touring to promote his third solo album.Skyscraper.The record includes the single.Just Like Paradise, and the tour began on Friday in Lakeland.Fla.He began his career after meeting Eddie and Alex Van Halen and Michael Anthony at Pasadena City College.The four formed Van Halen, a band that set the standard for many heavy-metal bands to come, especially be- cause of Eddie’s innovative guitar playing, and Roth’s wild-man antics.The group split up in 1985, and Roth moved on to a solo career.His new band includes lead guitarist Steve Vai, bass guitarist Billy Sheehan, drummer Gregg Bisso-nette and keyboardist Brett Tuggle.Roth’s international tour will include some of the old Van Halen standards, in addition to his solo efforts, including a remake of the Beach Boy’s California Girls and the bluesy Just a Gigolo.CLIMBS MOUNTAINS In his spare time, Roth climbs mountains, as seen on the Just Like Paradise video in which he scales a 3,000-foot-high vertical wall of granite.Roth also fools around with martial arts, receiving a black belt in karate about nine years ago.At one point he experimented with kick boxing.These days, he incorporates both disciplines in his stage show.“Martial arts has a lot of visceral impact.You can feel it — Pow! And combining it with the music, 10,000 people say, ’Oh, did you feel that?’” Despite his devil-may-care manner, Roth is definitely a success.Two previous albums have sold more that one million copies, .certifying them as platinum, and Skyscraper is well on its way.This does not include his revenues from the six Van Halen LPs that share the same honor.If anything, Roth’s whole career is built around making a single point, getting across a single message : “There’s a very definite message in all of this music.People say, ‘Dave, what’s the message?’ That’s it.Imagination.Take a chance Not just take your best shot, that’s too dependable.” QUEBEC HEART FOUNDATION 1358 King Street West Sherbrooke (Quebec) J1J 2B6 Tel.: (819) 562-7942 TOWNSHIPS WEEK-FRIDAY.MARCH 4, 198H-5 Bolton musician is not looking for fame anymore By Rossana Coriandoli BOLTON — Dan Slaney is taking drags from one of the many cigarettes he seems to always be smoking, as he sits in the kitchen of his Bolton home.Slaney is a soft-spoken man of few words.He spent 30 of his 46 years playing music, more than half of that time professionally, and went through almost every musical style of the last three decades.Photo albums and old scrapbooks are scattered across the kitchen table, with pictures of Slaney and his groups through the years.There’s Slaney with short, grea-sed-back hair and tuxedo, Sinatra-style, Slaney with goatie and tight pants, beatnik-style and Slaney with long beard and long hair, John Lennon-style.the audience.They were actually crying and pulling whole chunks of their own hair during the show,” he said.“It was a great time for us.But we also got to play with other famous groups, like the Dave Clark Five and Gerry and the Pacemakers,” he said.Slaney continued to play professionally for 16 years with different groups and doing studio work.He even decided to retire a few times so he sold his instruments a few times, but he always went back to his music.But that was a long time ago, when he lived and played in Montreal.“I used to come to the Townships when I was a kid.and I used to love it.So one day I finally decided to come and live here,” he said.‘We’ll be selling them at the dances and bars.I don’t ever want to go on the road again, now I’m in music as a hobby.But if it ever becomes more than that, I’ll just pack it all in, but this time I won’t get rid of all my instruments.’ Dan Slaney has been playing music for 30 of his 46 years.It's all in photo albums and scrapbooks, now.mm, mm Crooner, beatnik, folk musician, hippie, rocker — the photographs tell it all.Dan Slaney has played drums most of his life, beginning by playing snare in the school band and later in the army.It’s all in the albums and scrapbooks now.He doesn’t have a studio where he can practice, and there are no instruments in the house.“My music is just a pastime for me now,” Slaney said.LEFT ARMY He began to play professionally after he left the army.He has formed several bands since then, among them the Silvertones.the Four Frenchmen, the Bolton Brothers, and he played with the back-up band for singer Marti Shannon.Slaney hit what he calls his big time’ when the Four Frenchmen recorded a song under the name Les Quatres Français that made it into the charts in Quebec.The group recorded remakes of popular songs translated into French.That’s when the Beatles were in the middle of their American tour, including a stop at the Montreal Forum.The Four Frenchmen were asked to be the warm-up group performing right before the Beatles.“We were pretty big in Quebec then.We had an agent, so that’s how we got to do the Montreal show, “We talked to them for about 20 minutes before the show, they were really great guys, but we had a lot of trouble understanding them because of their strong accents,” Slaney said.Referring to himself as a Beatles fan, he says the whole experience was exciting because the show was at the height of the 60s British invasion, and at the height of Beatie-mania.“You wouldn’t believe the girls in Since he came to Bolton, he formed the Bolton Brothers, which is actually not one group but several different groups.“We were three people, lead guitar, bass and drums, then one person left and was replaced.But we were concentrating too much on rock, and I wanted to diversify because we weren’t getting as many jobs so we split up,” he said.“I started to look for other people to play with, and that’s how I met Ivan and Allan,” he added.That’s Ivan Tiper and Allan Bowbrick, and they make up the new Bolton Brothers.The new Bol- ton Brothers play a bit of everything, rock, country, western, reggae, jazz or “anything that will please a lot of different people”.Slaney now works in Cowansville for a plastic manufacturer called Plasrec and the Bolton Brothers practice once a week at the town hall.They have about three shows every month, usually dances or parties, or they play at local bars.Life has gone into lower gear, and Slaney likes it this way.“It’s a nice life, the tranquility, the country, fresh air, I even get a little gardening done, and raise a few chickens in the summer,” he said, and broke into a rare smile.The group plans to record some of their music sometime soon on cassette, but Slaney doesn’t want to make it big commercially and he won’t be going to radio stations to promote the cassette.“We’ll be selling them at the dances and bars.I don't ever want to go on the road again, now I'm in music as a hobby.But if it ever becomes more than that, I'll just pack it all in, “But this time I won't get rid of all my instruments,” he said.Slaney and the Four Frenchmen really hit the big time when they opened likes his peaceful life in the Townships, with his wife and his daughter, for The Beatles in Montreal.But Slaney isn’t looking for fame, now, and Nicky left. 6—TOV/NSHIPS WEEK—FRIDAY.MARCH 4, 198K Michael Jackson finishes off new set of commercials By Calvin Woodward NEW YORK (CP) — Dudes wearing sunglasses in the semidarkness of the Club 1018 disco mingled with businessmen in grey suits Tuesday as they waited for the object of their affection — Michael Jackson — to appear.Jackson, the electrifying stage performer and super soda-pop salesman, didn’t disappoint this odd group of hangers-on, despite the painful shyness that closes in when the music stops.Lean and tall in his bright red blazer with gold buttons, the enigmatic entertainer came to what was billed as a news confe- rence to perform a variety of functions with a few whispered words of courtesy.He hugged the president of the Pepsi-Cola Co., gave $600,000 US to the United Negro College Fund, smiled tightly for the cameras and warmly when some youngsters joined him on the platform and spoke out against drugs.The main event was the introduction of his four new Pepsi commercials, whose serialized plot suggests hype is not merely a byproduct of the Jackson legend but, apparently, the point of it.In the ads, Jackson, hounded by reporters at the news conference, is shown being hounded by repor- ters.Called The Chase, the series depicts him leaping from a roof to a helicopter, jumping from a Pepsi truck, soaring off a ski jump and taking other dramatic actions to get away from the hordes.JACKSON APPEARS After the screening, Jackson appeared from behind the stage.“Thank you very much.I’m very honored.I’m very thankful.Thank you.” He and Pepsi president Roger Enrico presented a cheque to fund president Christopher Edley representing proceeds from a benefit concert Jackson is giving in New York on Thursday as part of his world tour.The tour awarded 2,500 tickets to Thursday’s show to young people and sold other tickets for as much as $350 each to raise the money, which goes toward scholarships at black universities and colleges.Enrico, before ducking into another room to do live satellite interviews from Europe, told the crowd Pepsi sales doubled in Japan as a result of Jackson’s 14 concerts there last fall.Pepsi first linked with 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Table d’hôte every night Bring your wine Brochettes Surf and Turl Seafood combinations New York cut tiambés Châteaubhand Filet mignon in Free delivery in Sherbrooke (minimum $4.75) mushrooms 734 13th Avenue North, Sherbrooke 819-562-4348 5156 Bourque Bvlri Rock Foresl — 819 864-9124 300 King St.West Sherbrooke 563-9922 2192 King St.West Sherbrooke • 569-5511 sumrnmrnmi MiWMiMiHiTiïlIiMiMiMiM I TOWNSHIPS WEEK-FRIDAY.MARCH 4.1988-7 Stories by Canadian Women has broad spectrum Kaleidoscope Dw Dir*U A Dr\ I * I By RICHARD LONEY More Stories By Canadian Women edited by Rosemary Sullivan (OXFORD): $14.95, 196pp.The publication in 1984 of Stories By Canadian Women, although it spanned over one hundred years of contributions to Canadian literature by female writers, was forced by constraints of space to slight the writing of contemporary story-makers.Editor Rosemary Sullivan has compensated for this with an edition of stories by writers whose names will be more familiar to readers, perhaps, than those of the earliest contributors such as Sara Jeannette Duncan.In this thin but entertaining volume are stories by writers such as Marian Engel (Anita’s Dance), Margaret Gibson (The Butterfly Ward), and Adele Wiseman (On Wings Of Tongue), which are representative of the wise-ranging interests of these writers and their stylistic variations.Engel’s story is a reflection by a middle-aged woman who is assessing her role in life, as she sits drinking coffee in her backyard garden in an unnamed Canadian city: “She had a house, a garden, a car, a piano.A good job.A greedy, bad-tempered cat.Two eyes, a nose, and ten fingers, all in good working order.What did she have to feel sorry about?And was happiness selfish?”.Into her tranquil life come two male figures: her current friend Clive “An ordinary man with an ordinary job, he had seemed: indeed there was nothing special about him except the fact that they got on together”; and her loutish, drun- ken brother Jack, who appears in her idyllic garden setting like the proverbial snake in paradise.With a simple, uncluttered prose style, Engel interests us in these three characters and plays out their mini-drama with a fine sense of emotional suspense and a dramatic build-up to a carefully realized dramatic moment that forces Anita to evaluate the position of these two male presences in her world.Margaret Gibson’s The Butterfly Ward, on the other hand, is a psychological mindscape of an inmate of a mental hospital in Toronto whose schizophrenia convinces her that all manner of hideous things visited upon her wardmates are chillingly real.Like Kesey’s Chief Bromden in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Gibson’s protagonist Kira envisions that her friend Mrs.Watson is pinned with needles like a butterfly to a board, and forced to drink quarts of water so that experiments can be carried out on her body.Gibson’s picture of a mind in conflict with itself is based on her own suffering from mental illness, and the story is based on her own hospitalization at age fifteen, which accounts for the wide-eyed sense of fear that permeates this disturbing story.With Adele Wiseman’s story On Wings Of Tongue, the voice is even younger, being that of a child who is pre-school age, living in her parents’ house at the time when the family is forced to take in roomers.One of the eccentric roomers is a Mrs.Lemon, but the focus of the story involves a cunning woman who lives up the street from Leuba.the narrator, who inveigles the girl and her brother Joe into her home for devious purposes.Mrs.Fifer uses the natural garrulity of the children to learn tidbits of gossip about Mrs.Lemon and Leuba’s family, a practice that the girl’s mother and aunts catch on to with humorous results.Wiseman’s story captures effectively the feeling that young children can sometime develop, that the adult world is gathered against them in some kind of indecipherable conspiracy.Several stories by French-Canadian authors are collected here, in translation, including Monique Proulx’s Feint Of Heart, which adopts a mannered way of addressing the reader “Might as well come right out with it”, “But let’s get one thing straight right away”, “So you’ve been warned, and don’t come whining to me if the conclusion isn’t bloody enough for your liking”.A complex love story about Françoise and Benoit in love — “because you’re a bunch of hopeless romantics” — follows, and it wittingly traces the roller-coaster ride that this odd couple’s love affair turns into.Sheila Fischman’s translation renders the oclloquial French into a very believable English; the same cannot be said for Luise von Flotow-Evan’s attempt to make Madeleine Ouellette-Michalska’s The Cat either very interesting or very readable.Most of the stories do not have to trumpet their Canadianism: Mrs.Putnam at the Planetarium, by Janice Kulyk Keefer, captures the rhythms and flavours of metropolitan Toronto with ease; Carol Shields’s Mrs.Turner Cutting The Grass is set in a very distinctive Manitoba, mentioning the desk that Neil Young sat in when he attended a Winnipeg school ; but the one puzzling inclusion here is Bha-rati Mukherjee's The Lady From Lucknow, with its Atlanta, Georgia locale.This is a totally unconvincing depiction of an aging medical doctor being caught in bed with the randy Indian lady of the story’s title, and the surprise return of the doctor’s wife to the bedroom tryst.The Canadian connection, as slender as the story’s believability, is that Dr.Beamish’s wife had been from Saskatchewan! Most of these stories gathered by University of Toronto teacher Rosemary Sullivan luckily appear to have been addressed to a larger reading public than that slim edge of interest fostered by little magazines.The stories by Canadian women here follow women, and men, across the broadest spectrum of human endeavour, capturing “women in relationships with men, children, parents, siblings, and each other, as well as women alone .portrayed in richly varied scenes and circumstances”.RECORD REVIEW’ Noiseworks NOISEWORKS (COLUMBIA) If the first wave of the Aussie Invasion encompassed the likes of the Bee Gees, the Easybeats, Olivia and Helen, and at its tail end perhaps Little River Band, then the revival wave boasts acts such as Midnight Oil, INXS, Icehouse, Crowded House, and now Noiseworks .This quintet will make folks turn upside down and take notice even if the wet and wild Bon Jovi hairstyles don’t stir things up visually.Led by strong vocalist Jon Stevens and some medium-metal guitar artistry from Stuart Fraser, Noiseworks is currently wowing them in their native Sydney, with a pair of tunes from this debut having been culled and promoted.The singles are No Lies, and Take Me Back, both of which serve as proper introductions to the hybrid sound of Noiseworks — they have the awesome power of AC/ DC but keep it carefully restrained with some vocals that would recall more melodic outfits such as New Zealand’s Split Enz.Compared to American bands of the same configuration and genre classification — Foreigner, Aeros-mith or Journey — Noiseworks runs the same gamut of material, from throbbing anthems such as Little Bit More to songs about the nuclear risks, like Welcome To The World Final judgements about Noiseworks may have to await the videos and the concert appearances, but the heavy sound, Ramones bad-boys looks and wet & wild coiffures should conspire to turn Noiseworks into contenders.VIDEO SCREENINGS THE BIG EASY (HOME BOX OFFICE VIDEO) After the startling impact of Angel Heart, another movie about the city of New Orleans, crime, heroin and ritualistic slayings might be just the last thing the viewer longed to see.Surprisingly, The Big Easy has many of the same elements of the earlier film, but director Jim McBride handles them with a laid back Cajun style that seems to delight inplaying mangled bodies and bad guys for all the laughs that shock-value can muster up.Dennis Quaid plays a second-generation “Nariins” cop whose precinct is under investigation by a crusading District Attorney (Ellen Barkin), who sees corruptionin every red light run by Quaid and every free diner he rips off in his normal cop conduct.The corruption investigation gets a bit muddled when quaid and Barkin fall into a romantic in terlude almost as steamy as that between Mickey Rourke and Lisa Bonet in Angel Heart, but the Ca jun music and Mardi Gras revelry caught by the cinematography in The Big Easy keeps this cop flick out of the emotional doldrums.Quaid’s accent, as Remy McSwain, grates on a few occasions, but his likeable grin and easy savoir faire carry him through this plot with aplomb.Ned Beatty plays the precinct's commanding officer, and this cop shop is so downright cool it makes Barney Miller’s gang look like regimented automotons, Spectacular scenery, local color and lots of corny, maudlin effects make The Big Easy a visual delight even as the Neville Brothers-style music sets toes a tapping and even Quaid picks up a guitar to sing one.This is a different kind of cop thriller, with its own generous share of violence, but somehow it all just seems like the extra spice in a pot of gumbo, or so we’re led to believe.(VIDEO AVAILABLE AT LE CLUB VIDEO, QUEEN STREET LENNOXVILLE; AND AT TREI ZIEME AVENUE, SHERBROOKE.) at)i 8—TOWNSHIPS WEEK—FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1988 WHAT’S ON Notes There are three small items of business to take care of this weekend.The first is a local musical celebrity gets a chance to become more of a celebrity this Saturday night.Pianist Marie Fabi of Sherbrooke from the classical Trio Lyrika is to appear on CHLT-TV on Saturday at 10 p.m.The concert was scheduled to run in November but it just happened to be the night René Levesque died, and well, for obvious reasons her show got shelved.The footage is taken from a performance at Orford Arts Centre.The group impressed everyone so much last summer that it was invited to play at the gala opening this summer.The trio is clearly first rate.Sit back and enjoy it.It will be lovely music.The second item is that if you haven’t had your share of movies by Sunday — there is a wealth of good movies in the area — then you might just want to turn your TV dial to Vermont ETV.The station is showing four Alfred Hitchcock classics.Now forget your average Texas Chainsaw Massacre film, because Hitchcock was the master of suspense and thrillers.It will take a long time — if ever — to replace him.ETV has five of the master’s best, starting at 12:30 and running into the wee hours of the morning.The Front Row Feature kicks off with James Stewart and Doris Day in The Man Who Knew Too Much Through the rest of the day, Vertigo, Rear Window, Rebecca and Psycho will fill your screen.There is precious little blood shown in Psycho, but rest assured, it is one of the scariest movies you will ever see.You may never keep the shower curtain closed again.The final order of business is to thank everyone who has contributed to this column over the past nine months.I am relinquishing my duties as editor of this section, and as of Monday become the new sports editor around here.Rossana Coriandoli is taking over the shop.She will field all calls and queries from all the regular contributors.I’m sure she will do a fine job.It’s been fun.Thanks.Music Lennoxville’s F.L.Hideaway is closing for the next little while.It may re-open at a later date, but its future is uncertain at this point.On Friday, there will be a grand finale T* «S' By Jack Bransweil featuring special prices on drinks.The cover charge is $2.The Mick Hall Band will provide the entertainment with their special guest, guitarist Shawn Renaud.Big Foot will be at Ayer’s Cliff’s Shady Crest on Friday and Saturday.For more information, you can call Steve Powers at 843-4618.The Hut in Lennoxville is presenting The Good Ole Boys at 9 p.m.every Saturday throughout the month of March.But if you’re into classical music, run to Les Amis de la Musiqueon MarchS, atSp.m.Baritone Desmond Byrne and pianist Michael MacMahon will perform selections by Purcell, Schubert and Handel, among others.For reservations you can call 826-2488.The Orchestre symphonique des jeunes de Sherbrooke is presenting a benefit recital on March 10, at St.Peter Church, at 8 p.m.The profits go toward financing the orchestra.Pianist Michel Dussault, who teaches at the University of Quebec at Trois Rivières, will be featured.The admission It is still a few weeks off but reheasals for Colas and Colinette are going well.Above the bailiff Peter Kandalaft, is caught in the midst of his dirty deeds by Colas, Philippe Desormeaux.All this fun was photographed as the Townships Theatre group reheased for the presentation of the 18th century Canadian operetta March 24-26 at Alexander Galt.fee is $10 for adults and $5 for students.Also on March 10, the Kingsway College Choir of Osha wa, Ontario, perform at the Lennoxville United Church.Show time is at 7:30 p.m.Admission is free, but a donation would be appreciated.Theatre Le Vent de Krisis, a play by Laurence Tardif and directed by Patrick Quintal is on this weekend at Sherbrooke University’s “Petite Salle” under the Salle Maurice O’Bready.This is a great play you shouldn't miss if you understand French, not only because it features superb performers and a masterful script, but also because the Théâtre du Double Signe is a young theatrical troupe based in Sherbrooke that should be encouraged and supported.The play starts at 8:30 from Friday until Sunday, and tickets prices are $10, $7 and $6.If you want to know more about it, you can read the review on page 4.Exhibitions/Events On Saturday you can dance the night away to the sounds of Wayne Durrell & Co.at the I.O.O.F Hall in Knowlton.There will be prizes and other goodies, so you probably won’t want to miss this one.The Roval Legion of Danville is having a dance on Saturday, and The Bolton Brothers will be providing the entertainment in the form of country and western music.The party starts at 9:30, and everyone is welcome.And the Sutton Legion is also having a dance Saturday, with country and western music.It all starts at 9, and it will only set you back $2.The Cowansville Cultural Committee has a great party in store for you.On Sunday, from 11:30 a m.onwards, the club is organizing an international buffet.They will be serving specialty dishes from over a dozen ethnic groups and countries.Participants are going to wear their national costumes, and present ethnic music.The brunch will take place at the Cowansville Golf Club.Maurice Biron ’s woodwork is on display at of a new exhibition in the Centre Léon Marcotte.See the the Musée du Séminaire de Sherbrooke.His works are part exhibition section for more details.-cxj*.} HI i *Mni \\^Jp£Ue ?« TOWNSHIPS WEEK—FRIDAY.MARCH 4.1988-S» WHAT’S ON The Comedy Nest road show is back at the Knowlton Pub on Sunday.The show starts at 8:30, but if you show up earlier, you can take advantage of the roast beef dinner.Ever since the pub hooked up with the Comedy Nest in Montreal before Christmas, comedy night has become a big hit, and the pub’s patrons are really happy.As Peter Graham said, what else is there to do in Knowlton on a Sunday night?The price of the show is $4, but if you show up earlier you can also have the roast beef dinner for $15.International Women's Week is this week, and from March 7 to March 11, the Lennoxville Women's Centre and Bishop’s Status of Women Group are planning a variety of events.Among them there will be speakers and a couple of NFB films.Call (819) 564-6626 for more specific information.The Quebec Family Historical Society is having a meeting on Tuesday, at 7:30, at La Maison du Brasseur in La-chine.James Pearson will be among the many speakers, and he’ll be talking about an ancestor, Peter Plunkett, who lived in Wickham Township.For more information you can call Mary Rose at (514) 488-7798.The same evening, but in Knowlton this time, the Brome County Historical Society is organizing a presentation on “Pacific Quest Trail” with slides by Paul Davignon, at 7:30.There’s a cover charge of $2, but they’ll be serving refreshments after the presentation.The Education Committee of Arts Sutton is sponsoring an illustrated lecture by architect Alan Bellavance on Wednesday at 7:30.Bellavance is going to talk about trends in architecture in Sutton and Knowlton, and the price is $4 for members and $6 for the rest of us.For more information call Lillian at 538-6161, or Louise at 538-2682.Also on Wednesday the Galerie Horace is presenting a lecture by Ariane Thésé on “the representation of the human body in present-day art”.Montreal fiction writer Irena Friedman is reading from her work on Thursday at McGreer Hall at #ist)op's timber si tp, at 8:15.Friedman’s work appeared in magazines such as Saturday Night and Redbook, and she’s working on a new book Still Life.Also on Thursday, the Humanities Lecture Series at *is-bop’S Wnibersitp is also presenting Ken McLean, who’ll be speaking on “The Divining/Dividing The Diviners." The lecture is at the MacKinnon Red Room at 7:30.An art exhibit by painter Robert Roy begins Sunday and runs until March 27, at the Musée Laurier.You’ll find the museum at 16 Laurier Street West, in Arthabaska.The Art Gallery at ÿisfjop’s iHmbersitp is featuring the works of figurative artists such as Arthur Lismer, of the group of seven, and John Lyman.The exhibition, “F’iguraion/abstraction : 42 years, Quebec and Ontario Art 1945-1987”, starts March 8, and runs until April 3.If you ever wished you could own some local art, Galerie Art Sutton is giving you a great opportunity.Starting March 10 until April 3, at the exhibition “Inspiration de l’Estrie”, you’ll be able to choose from works by artists who specialize Marie Fabi, of Trio Lyrika, makes u to tv this Saturday.See the notes section for more information.in portraying the Townships.Arts Sutton is a non-profit organization dedicated to education in the arts, located in the old Ave Maria School.For more information you can call 538-2563.The Marsil Museum of St.Lambert is presenting the works of Henry Moore starting March 13.The works are on loan from the British Council and from the Dominion Gallery until May 1.The Musée du Séminaire de Sherbrooke is still presenting its exhibition “Du nouveau à voir”, running until April 17.The exhibition includes ethnic and scientific art among other things.As well as the woodworking of Maurice Biron Sherbrooke University also has two on-going exhibitions until March 13.At the Hall du Pavilion Central, photographer Geoffrey James is presenting his works, and at the art gallery of the Pavilion Central, the works of nine Canadian and French artists is being presented.The works of Nova Scotia artist Richard Davis are being exhibited at the David Morgan’s Studio.And painter Michèle Côté is showing her work at the Caisse Populaire de Sherbrooke-Est until April 1.Watercolors by Ayer’s Cliff artist Simone Garneau can be admired at the Ludwig-burg Gift Shop.A mother of six, Garneau started painting only as a hobby, and this is her first public exhibition.Movies If there was ever a week to go see a movie or seven, then this is it.Sherbrooke has four English-language movies again this week.There must be a conspiracy out there.One week I tell everyone to write the minister of cultural affairs, and then for the next two weeks there is a deluge of English films.Oh well, this is one of those cases where you don’t mind being wrong.Mark my word, it can’t last.Robin Williams is in Sherbrooke at the Carrefour, with Good Morning Vietnam.This movie is very funny.If his manic comedy is your passion, you’ll find this is one heck of a movie.And if you think Williams is a bum.you’ll still love this movie.Plain and simple, the man turns in a hilarious performace.Williams is an army type who gets transferred to Vietnam just as the war is heating up.But this isn’t just your run of the mill Vietnam story.Williams is and army DJ who has a habit of making everyone laugh.The movie also has a great soundtrack.Listen for a particular song by Louis Armstrong; it fits in particularly well with the montage.If you see no other movie this week then check this one out.You won’t be disappointed.Showtime is 6:50 and 9:10 nightly, with weekend matinees at 1:50, and 4:20.The other must-see is Frantic.This is heart-throb Harrison Ford’s latest.The man who appeared in every great adventure film in the last decade (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars, and Witness — to name a few — is back at it again.I don’t know much about this one, except for the trailers I have seen on TV like the rest of you, but Ford somehow losses track of his wife and gets involved with Emmanuelle Seigner.Action is the name of the game, and from what I remember this has received very good reviews.Showtimes are at 7 and 9:20 nightly, with weekend showings at 2 and 4:30.The Carrefour's third movie is Shoot to Kill You guessed it, this is not put by the SPCA.Sidney Poiter and Tom Beren-ger star in this movie “about staying alive.” Some crazed killer has been throwing campers off a mountain, and Be-renger, a guide, and Poiter, a cop, go after him.Kristie Alley from Cheers is also in this.It can be seen at 7:20 and 9:30 nightly with matinees on the weekend at 1, 3:05, and 5:10.Satisfaction is playing at the Capitol.This is Justine Bateman's first feature film.It’s about a rock band, and the caption reads, “One band.One dream.One summer.” It should also include “One bad movie.” Bateman, Mallory of Family Ties, has followed the road of her costar Michael J.Fox in making a movie about being a rock star.He was in Light of Day.And as that one bombed so will this one, proving once and for all that indulging in childhood fantasies of being a rock star does not make a good movie.Will they ever learn?But if you must see this, then it can be viewed at 7 and 9 nightly with matinees at 1, 3, and 5 on the weekend.At the Cinéma Princess in Cowansville, Three Men and a Baby and Stakeout are showing.Stakeout is a hilarious film.packed movie at the Carrefour this weekend.See the movie section for more details.Harrison Ford stars in Frantic, an action I v It is the third must see of the week.Richard Dreyfus and Emilio Estevez star in this comedy about two cops who have to stakeout an apartment.Three Men and a Baby features Ted Danson of Cheers.Tom Selleck, as well as Steve Guttenberg.The trio hook up in this remake of a French, Oscar nominatee.The word is they wreck it rather completely.Showtimes were not avai lable so call (514) 263-1222.Across the border in Newport, Merrills has two good films and one dud.Satisfaction is also playing here at 7:10 and 9:20 with matinees at 2:00 on the weekend and the rest of the week at 7:20.Broadcast News, with William Hurt, is also showing.It is an overrated movie.That is not to say it is not good, but just that it has received more praise than it deserves.It provides a semi-realistic view of what broadcast news is like, and it does it in a humorous way.It is worth seeing.Showtime is at 6:50 and 9:10 with matinees at 1:45 during the weekend, and Monday-Thursday at 7:20.Their third movie is Moonstruck.Cher and Nicholas Cage star in this film about an Italian household.It’s funny, it’s passionate, it’s warm.Go see it.Showtime is at 7:25 through the week and on the weekend at 1:55, 7, and 9:15.The following is bad news from a story for all moviegoers.The story is taken from The Canadian Press wire service.• • • As of next week, it will be curtains for the highly-popular $3 Tuesdays at Famous Players theatres across Canada.But the country’s second-largest cinema chain says it will make up to movie goers by dropping its Monday-to-Thursday admission price to $5 from $6.50.“Our $3 Tuesdays have been highly successful as a trafficbuilding promotion, ” Famous Players chairman Walter Senior said in a statement Wednesday.“But the public «'as telling us that long lineups, capacity crowds and full parking lots detracted from their enjoyment.’’ The chain’s weekend and holiday admission price will remain at $6.50 when the new policy goes into effect March 7.Prices for seniors and children will stay at the current $3 level.Spokesmen for Famous Players, which controls some 450 screens in Canada, said that cheap admissions on Tuesday had led to serious crowd-control problems at many theatres and lowered attendance on other weekdays.Just before Christmas, both Famous Players and Cine-plex-Odeon, Canada’s largest theatre chain with 535 screens, quietly raised their admission price to $6.50 from $6 in major cities.It was not immediately clear whether Cineplex Odeon will change its policy of charging $3.50 on Tuesday and $6.50 on all other days in view of this latest move by its rival chain.The cinema at the Carrefour is Famous Players theatre 10—TOWNSHIPS WEEK-FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1988 Travel #¦___ tcecara Freighters slow, but they can also be lots of fun By Felicity Munn The Canadian Press Travelling by freighter used to be a good, economical way to cross the high seas.Nowadays, flying is cheaper and much faster.But freighter aficionados aren’t interested in getting from point A to point B quickly and cheaply.For them, bunking down on a freighter for weeks is the only way to travel.Thinking of trying a freighter trip?Here’s what you should know: First, the shortest freighter cruises are about a month long.Freighter itineraries and schedules often change because of mechanical problems, dock strikes or other factors — so passengers must be flexible.This form of travel appeals mainly to retired, relatively affluent people.The cost can range from about $65 to $160 a day.In Canada, freighters with passenger space depart only from Montreal; otherwise, for Canadians, the closest freighter departure ports are New York and in California.Regular travel agents generally don’t book freighter trips, so prospective passengers should either contact a specialized travel agency or a shipping line directly.UP TO 12 GUESTS Freighters can usually accommodate from four to 12 passengers.If there are more than 12, international regulations require a doctor on board.Cabins are usually roomy and most freighters have both single and double cabins available, since they often cater to solo travellers.The atmosphere is casual; there’s no need to dress up for dinner and passengers eat with the ship’s officers.There’s a steward to tidy the cabins and look after passengers but, unlike a regular cruise ship, there are no casinos, dance bands, night clubs, hairdressing salons or dutyfree shops on a freighter.ft’s not, in other words, for people who like to party all night.Freighter passengers play cards, read and stroll on the deck.Many ships now have VCRs on board and some of the newer freighters even have swimming pools.SAFE FOR WOMEN Mary Simpson of Freighter Cruise Service in Montreal says women often ask whether it’s safe for them to travel alone aboard a freighter.Her response is, “Of course!” “They have a cracked-up idea from movies that the crew is getting drunk and so on.It’s not like that at all; they’re very strict on boa rd.You see the officers, but you don't really see the crew.” Moreover, there’s such a thing as shipboard romances even aboard freighters.Simpson says a few of her clients later married fellow travellers.Freighters tend to visit ports where cruise ships never go, and they’re usually in port for at least a day — longer if there are problems — compared with as little as seven or eight hours a cruise ship might spend there.COMPATIBLE TYPE With so few passengers on a long voyage, what about incompatibility?It usually isn’t a problem, says Mary Leblanc, president of Freighter World Cruises of Pase-dena, Calif.“The people travelling freighters are usually cut from the same cloth.You’ll usually find a camaraderie among the passengers.” Many of them, she adds, are repeat customers.Often it’s possible to book passage on a freighter as little as a week before departure, although in some cases — winter trips to the Southern Hemisphere, for instance — there can be waiting lists of up to a year.Prices include everything except liquor and are generally lower on a per-day basis than a regular cruise.PRICES VARY For the budget-minded, Simpson recommends Polish freighters de-parting from Europe.For example, there’s a trip to South America that lasts up to V/i months and costs from about $3,900.Another to Australia begins at about $4,900 and lasts 70-90 days.But you have to get to and from Europe, and you need an open airplane ticket because you never know when you’ll be back.At the other end of the scale is a round-the-world trip on a German m ¦ ./¦ ^.^ ‘-~ Zg-2***** freighter out of Hamburg that goes to European ports, crosses the Atlantic, goes through the Panama Canal and stops off in seven or eight South Pacific ports before heading back to Germany.The voyage lasts from 110 to 130 days; prices start at about $14,100 a person.By way of comparison, prices for a 100-day round-the- EXCLUSIVELY: 388$ LONDON Departure April 1st to September 24th * Reserve and pay before March 15th AVANTAGES CLUB VOYAGES Consult: ZÙ VOYAGES ®oiltOUI Quebec Permit Holder 106 CHURCH STREET COWANSVILLE, QUEBEC Guaranteed price Club Voyages Club Voyages assures the best Airline rates.We guarantee that you will not find lower rates anywhere for our advertised destinations, departure date or the same conditions offered by Club Voyages.Club Voyages will lower its price to the same level as the one you bring to our attention, and we will reimburse the difference if that is the case.You must show us an ad or any other proof for this rate offer.© (514) 263-6531 or 1-800-363-8936 AIR CANADA® mot world trip aboard the cruise ship Royal Viking Sky start at about $30,000.From Montreal, the Cast shipping line has month-long trips to Belgium, starting at about $4,100.Also year-round from Montreal, Yugoslav Great Lakes vessels voyage to various Mediterranean ports on trips that last from 35 to 40 days and cost between about $3,300 and $4,600.LUXURY LOOMS From New York, there’s a new service to South America aboard a cargo-liner, a combination cargo-cruise ship.It has many of the facilities of a cruise liner but takes only 100 passengers.Prices begin at a hefty $9,360 Cdn for about 48 days and climb to about $35,000.Leblanc publishes the Freighter Space Advisory twice a month.It lists passenger space available on freighters worldwide and is available for $27 US a year from Freighter World Cruises.180 South Lake Ave., Suite 335.Pasadena.Calif.91101.A monthly newsletter called Freighter Travel News is available for $16 Cdn a year from Freighter Travel Club of America.P.O.Box 12693, Salem.Ore.97309.Or contact Simpson at Freighter Cruise Service.5925 Monkland Ave., Suite 103, Montreal, Que.H4A 1G7.A final word of advice.The num-i ber of freighters that take passengers has been slowly declining for years because many of the new container ships have no passenger space.“If people want to take a freighter, they should take it now Simpson says.“In 10 years, they might not be able to." TOWNSHIPS WEEK—FRIDAY.MARCH 4, 1988-11 Listings for this week's television programs as supplied by Compulog Corp.While we make every effort to ensure their 1 accuracy, they are subject to change without notice.STATIONS LISTED Q CBFT - Montreal (Radio Canada) Q WCAX - Burlington.Vt.(CBS) O WPTZ - Plattsburgh, N.Y.(NBC) O CBMT - Montreal (CBC) O C}4LT - Sherbrooke (TVA) O WMTW - Poland Spring, Me.(ABC) O CKSH - Sherbrooke (Radio Canada)