Sherbrooke daily record, 10 novembre 1967, vendredi 10 novembre 1967

[" Weather Cl«v4y p#n*di thii ««ttf noon »h*n tl« council in ursine ihe rejection of an uhalraci doign for a memorial monument to the eit.' Kather el i ontedciaiioii Sir Ale\\ander Tilloch liait Mr ,Allard, who obtained a >keuh ol the |)ro|inaed monu nient to tic creeled in the North Wards Mitchell Park, agreed that the monument \"looks like a bunch ot hanaua* \" His prepared alatement, ki\\-en to The Record last night, read; \"Mr I'esinond McKeon une president of the ET Historical Society) was right.It looks like a bunch of bananas.1 don\u2019t recogiiiie sir Alexander tlait, \"ho was another Conserv ativc independent of Slier brooke a long lime ago H .seems thal the pre.-ent Idberal government prefer* to make fanta*,v out of thi* Father of Confederation \"I still suppori the hiatoncal society of the Eastern Town ship* and the cit> council of Sherbrooke, who both reipiesi a monument with « bu*l of s t Alexander Oalt.\" The controversy oxer the de sign blew up at an Oct .10 meeting «I cit) council at wluvh a Idler from .Mr McKcon wa^ tabled, protesting the proposed design, and asking for council .support of a traditional hu.st Council agreed to support Ihe Society's position al thal time, only members of the société had seen sketches and a model of tho proposed monument No member* ol city council knew what the proposed do sign looked like On Nox I.Patrick V elm, MP for RichmondWolfo.who has been involved in the (ialt project, said the Society's pro lest came too tale He «aid Ihe design, by Montreal sculptress Sutanne Uuitc is linal, amt soil tests were U> In* undertaken shortly in the city owned t>ark as a preliminary to erection of ihe uiomimeiit Mr .V'schn would nol release a copy of the sketch He s«itl lie wauled lo be sure it was presented in the newspaper \"tii the proper iiuiioei '' It is understood that the base of ihe abstract statue is to contain a likeness of Sir Alev ansler Hall I'he monument was coinmis «lulled by the Historic Sites lie pailment of the federal govern nielli aller attempts to pie serxe the former home ol Hail on Mi* re Street failed.Iiie home, xxhicli was in luxe been moved a few Ice) iront ils site on properly belonging to an order of nuns, tell apari a, it 'X'as beitvg lacked up III preparation for mux mg.7$ ywfr», H , m ,V»J m Æ \\A\\ ¦ aA' H\\fctAiflta\u2018ii Meeting scheduled ^üISwJ Wmwï iilmtimft»\t*At»l4 J , v .t.\\Hltv d» )lm * IM ' th°se who lfavor abolition only be defeated in principle if that ^e present bill provides \u2018or [Quo.just north of the Vermont- Since that time, Vermont De velopment Department officials1 Leadership race ordered halted there is an unhappy coalition 99-100 of the loaf and that it Confederation good for Que.between those who feel that the! would be wrong to reject it.NEW YORK (CP) \u2014 Premier agreements.\t\"certain companies on the point tinned financial support from Daniel Johnson of Quebec said! But \"with modern commun! of investment in Quebec,\" John-.the federal government ,, r\tOTTAWA (CP) \u2014 Prime Min Ihe 1 diversity ol Vermont at Pearson has told would-be ,Burlington was first approached successors in his cabinel to stop I in late summer, but after sev-,j|lejr leadership campaigns as eral months of deliberations,|]ong as j,e js leader of the gov-! decided against it because i* eroment, informed sources say.! could not get guarantees of enn The prime Pearson put his foot down on leadership campaigning b y some of ids cabinet ministers.Mr.Pearson\u2019s crackdown is understood to apply particularly to Mr.Sharp, Mr.Hellyer and Mr.Martin, Thursday night that Quebec had cations and good will Canada son said.from can solve its problems, he said; Johnson said Thursday that it Confederation but added that it in an address to the Canadian wouid he \"unfair\u201d to say that Quebec had not derived benefits from Confederation.those who feel that it has gone bill laid heavy emphasis on the , .,\t, r , too far.\u201d\tfact that Parliament, only 18\t«rea\u2018 f He.spoke as the Commons months ago, voted to retain t'oa f'deratlou bu ai?.