The Westmount examiner, 25 août 1977, jeudi 25 août 1977

[" Making net just your house but all of Westmount your home Vol.XLIX, No.34 Rotary announces anonymous gift: +\u2019 Westmount, P.Q., H3Z 2Y8, Thursday, August 25, 1977 _ $3 million donated for seniors\u2019 residence Sites studied Responding to requests from residents seeking information about their planned senior citizens\u2019 residence, the Rotar Club of Westmount this wee revealed their study of 16 alternate sites for the project.he report begins on page 0.Council session last night City council very hastily called a public session for last evening, in order to approve the purchase of an intermunicipal mutual aid fire-fighting communications system before time restrictions on such a purchase ran out.The session, which took place after this week\u2019s Examiner went to press, was also used to take care of other city business which has been accumulating since the last formal session of council on August 2.e authorization of funds comes at a time when all of the other municipalities in the mutual aid system\u2014Cote St.Luc, Hampstead, Outremont, St Laurent and the Town of Mount Royal\u2014have approved the bylaw setting up the program, and approving Westmount as the designated purchasing agent for the entire complex communications devices.The system Continued on page six The Rotary Club of Westmount has received an anonymous pledge of $3,000,000 for the construction of its anticipated senior citizens\u2019 residence, members were told at their weekly luncheon yesterday, thus firming up much of the capital needed to build the residence.Announcement of the pledge was made by club President John W.Sancton, who indicated it had been under negotiation for quite some time.The news was received warmly by the members of the club, though Mr.Sancton brought with it a firm reminder that Rotarians would be responsible for raising \u2018\u2018the balance\u201d of the money needed, believed to be close to $1,500,000.The confirmation of the pl came at a weekly meeting of the residence committee yesterday morning.The donor asked to remain strictly anonymous, and has reportedly offered the money on the condition that the plans now drawn up for the residen- ce\u2014attached to and using Victoria Hall\u2014be the ones used in construction.Zoning changes to fit those plans are now the subject of a zoning referendum scheduled for Sept.13.Mr.Sancton urged members of the Rotary \u2018\u2018to see to it that we get out the majority of the votes in favor of the project on Sept.13.\u201d The public relations committee has begun working in that direction, drawing up a telephone canvass of qualified voters in the area.Rotarians also were shown a model of the building, set in its landscape on Lansdowne south of Sherbrooke street.The model is available for display to grou and will also be shown at a public meeting planned for Sept.8.pena I RN Compeny evenings Killing frosts CUTIE 3 Vl By AUGUST 27 to SEPTEMBER 3 Bright with frosty mornings, very hot afternoons, and some wind.activity in northern | districts as is usual for this full; moon to last quarter week.Morning fog or wet mists in southern counties.Wide temperature e 1A 1A Ia cloudy for LATURE VERENMENT ad DE Ft range, EIELIO DE LEGI: HOTEL QUEBEC Pedestrian hit by car A 37-year-old Montreal man reportedly dashed across Sherbrooke street at Greene avenue at 11:18 am Monday, into the path of a 1974 Plymouth which struck him, injuring his thigh and causing a bloody nose and making him unable to walk right away.D.Scott was struck by a car driven by F.Walczewski, 30, also of Montreal, who claimed he was proceeding east on Sherbrooke on the green light when suddenly Mr.Scott \u201cran\u201d in front of him.Though he braked, he was unable to avoid striking the man.A witness is said to have corroborated the story.Mr.Scott was taken to the Montreal General Hospital in police ambulance 30-15 for treatment of his injuries.20c Gold, silver and bronze for Heidi 100-metre freestyle.Heidi Borner Heidi Borner, 17 Grenville avenue, walked off with gold, silver and bronze medais from the Canada Summer Games in St.John\u2019s, Newfoundland last week.All the medals came in freestyle relay swimming events, meaning she shared the honors each time with three other girls.In the gold-medal event, the 200-metre relay, she swam anchor for the team which included Jennifer Boulianne, Debbie Daigneault and Cindy Neumann, setting a new Canada Games record in the process.Her silver medal came in the 400-metre freestyle relay, and the bronze in the 800-metre event.Heidi also came sixth out of 10 swimmers in the individual 200-metre freestyle event, and fifth out of eight in the The 17-year-old swimmer\u2019s medals add to her collection of swimming honors, many of them earned as far back as 1973 when she had not yet turned 13.She was one of 12 girls on the Quebec swimming team.Other Westmount swimmers met with success at the Quebec Games last weekend.See story on page 19.High volume in \u2018buyer's' market: Real estate prices continue drop in July Sale price of residential property averaged only 14.9 percent more than the 1977 ontreal Urban Community valuation, which is based on the judged value of 1975, and the average price of 36 residential homes sold during the month was $76,341, well below the $92,822 average price for the 106 homes sold in the first half of 1977.Prices of Westmount real estate slid further in continued high-volume sales of property during July, indicating the \u2018\u2018buyer\u2019s market\u201d situation in this community remained during the month.In fact, it would seem, expensive homes were snapped up at bargain prices in June, when 17 of the 43 homes registered during the month sold for $100,000 or more.Last month, only five of the 36 residential sales which assed through the registry office ught prices above that level.ee « Continued an page twp INSIDE Official Notice Board 2 Rres, permits 3 Editorials, letters 4,5 Travel 8,9 Education 10,11 Women's, Social 12,13 Classified Ads 14-17 Churches 18 Sport 19 Real Estate 2 SOUSS0QNOpPASAHAROGASPANOUONON000 2 The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, City of Westmount BY-LAW 840 Public notice is hereby given to the property-owners who on the 4th July, 1977, were entered on the Valuation Roll in force in the City of Westmount with respect to immoveables situated in zoning district R3 Part 4: THAT the boundaries of the said zoning district are as follows: R3 Part 4 - Bounded to the East by Westmount Park; to the South by de Maisonneuve Boulevard; to the West by the rear lot lines of Grosvenor Avenue: to the North by the rear lot lines of Sherbrooke Street.All as more fully described in By-law 655 as amended.THAT a poll is necessary for the voting on By-law 840 entitled: \u2018BY-LAW TO FURTHER AMEND BY-LAW 655 TO REGULATE RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ZONES - SENIOR CITIZENS RESIDENCE! and that such poll will be in consequence opened on Tuesday, 13th day of September, 1977, from 9 o\u2019clock in the morning to 7 o'clock in the evening, at Victoria Hall, 4626 Sherbrooke Street, Westmount, P.Q.The official addition of the votes will take place at the City of Westmount, City Hall, 4333 Sherbrooke Street, at the close of the poll.All of which all persons interested are hereby required fo take notice and govern themselves accordingly.Given under my hand, at Westmount, P.Q., this 23rd day of August, 1977.R.B.Seaman City Clerk August 25, 1977 GARBAGE COLLECTION Householders are notified that there will be no garbage collection on Monday, Sept.5.Collections normally scheduled for Monday, Sept.5, will be made on Tuesday, Sept.6, and Tuesday's collections will be made on Wednesday, Sept.7.E.A.McCavour, Eng.City Engineer.TENNIS TOURNAMENTS Entries will be accepted for the City of Westmount annual tennis tournaments at the recreation office, artificial ice rink building, 4675 St.Catherine Street West.Registration dates are Aug.8 to 26 inclusive, between 9 am and 4:30 pm.There will be absolutely no post entries.The categories open for competition are - men\u2019s open singles, ladies\u2019 singles, men\u2019s doubles, ladies\u2019 doubles, mixed doubles, boys\u2019 singles, (under 12, under 14, and under 16 as of Jan.1, 1977), girls\u2019 singles, (under 12, under 14, and under 16 as of Jan.1, 1977) and boy's open doulbes.Recreation department permits are required for registration.Interested Westmount residents are asked to register as soon as possible.Remember, registration closes at 4:30 pm on Friday, August 26.There are no post entries.Draw sheets will be posted at the adult and junior courts on Wednesday, Aug.31.Register at the recreation office.Next Scheduled City Council Meeting Tuesday, Sept.6, 8 p.m., City Hall CITY HALL 4333 Sherbrooke Street West WESTMOUNT, P.Q.H3Z 1E2 Monday-Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Fire (Business Calls) 19 Stantion St.Police (Business Calls) 21 Stanton St.Municipal Court, 21 Stanton St.Saturdays, Sundays and holidays Victoria Hall, 4626 Sherbrooke St.Municipal Yard, 14 Bethune St.Light Department, Glen Rd.LL] EMERGENCIES 935-2456 935-8531 935-9696 934-0711 935-3528 935-2066 935-0037 935-8218 Police - 934-0711 For seniors\u2019 residence: Sixteen sites studied by Rotary At least 16 other Westmount sites were studied for the Rotary- sponsored senior citizens\u2019 residence before the Victoria Hall-Lansdowne location presented itself.None offered all the amenities and advantages of the final choice, according to data made public this week by The Rotary Club of Westmount in response to suggestions by critics of the project that there were other, more suitable places.Some sites were not available.Others were too small, too costly in price or in terms of future city tax revemue, encroached on green space, offered unfavorable terrain for older persons, or posed construction problems.Only one of the alternatives would have made it ible to utilize, as in the plan, Victoria Hall\u2014the feature which has caught the attention of many persons, including the city authorities, is an ima i oh combining part of the ci landmark for dini and activities with the residential and social character of a new, adjoining building.Project protesters, however, have claimed the new building would hurt or destroy the hall's character.This alternate Victoria Hall proposal would have the iving quarters behind the hall, replacing the present greenhouse sheds on the roof of the residence.This, however, posed practical problems, the decisive one being a question of servitudes placed on Westmount Park by their earlier owners which may have prohibited such construction.Toppor-Gladstone The next most seriously considered site was the city-owned property at the south side of the Gladstone avenue and Tupper street intersection, remaining from the plot now occupied by the new Royal Bank Canada building at Tupper-Atwater- SINCE 1916 OUR MASTER ROOFERS AT YOUR SERVICE RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL WESTMOUNT ROOFING LTD.René Guitard, Manager 637-2308 24 HOUR SERVICE Dorchester.Two preliminary designs were undertaken by Rotary for this location and serious discussions took place with city officials.Finally, however, tho there were many demonstrable advantages to locating senior citizens \u2018\u2018where the action is,\u201d close to shops and trans tion in the busy Atwater-St.Catherine sector, this negotiation was terminated when the city demonstrated the future cost in loss of valuable commercially- taxable property would be greater than the city council could endorse.The Glen ed by Rotary's consultants let 's cons and by authoritative members of the club in July 1976, placed next on the list a possi location recently s y some opponents of the final choice: the green triangle at the foot of Lansdowne avenue at The Glen and St.Catherine street, just west of the artificial ice rink.Its advantages included necessary size and the owner was the City of Westmount\u2014which has collaborated with the Club from the beginning in determining site feasibility.Immediately obvious, however, was that this was part of the city\u2019s stock of parkland and new zoning would be required which would probably have been hotly contested by persons and roups oppose such en- roachment Practical obstacles were led by the fact that this piece of land hides an underground river, which created the original glen terrain.It is said that more than one horse and cart lie entombed in the unstable soil.Another undesirable feature is the CP Rail right-of-way, station and coach yards overshadowing the site.The all-night operations of POM bakery, across the street, and the sloping streets in four directions with the attendant traffic noise also suggested this site as not particularly attractive to senior citizens.Atlas Across Lansdowne, the former Atlas Construction lot produced all of the same negative features, except that the firm foundation was assured.At the time of the certain.In any event, its conversion to the residence use would have meant a sizeable loss of potential commercial tax revenue.Continued on page 13 In planned residence: Keep seniors active Rotarians are advised Both the director and occupational therapist at Maimonides Day Hospital impressed upon members of the Westmount Rotary Club the need for activities programs at their anticipated seniors residence at the club\u2019s luncheon meeting last Wednesday.Over 35 Years Serving Westmounters FINE PAINTING & WOODWORKING All Types of Renovations (FREE ESTIMATES) Mrazik General Contracting Ltd.731-6640 Mrs.Rhoda Aronson, occupational therapist at the day centre of the home for the aged for the past four years, spoke about the importance of \u2018\u2018companionship and fun, the feeling of longing, the learning experience and the interest in continued learning\u2019 that such programs could offer.Her expertise and experience were acked up by Miss Karen Lin- diey, director of the day hospital, who helped answer the numerous questions posed by the interested Rotarians.Activities for seniors should have \u2018\u2018some sort of purpose,\u201d according to Mrs.Aronson, \u2018not just busy work.\u201d They should be designed \u2018to alleviate the oles of the elderly,\u201d she said, adding that the many talents senior citizens might have \u2018should be recognized and encouraged.\u201d Senior citizens move into a residence because they are unable to handle the day-to-day chores of keeping up a house for themselves, Mrs Aronson noted, but with meals being provided, bills being paid and other duties erased, \u2018\u2018they often have more time to fill than tasks to fill it with.\u201d They must be encour- aged\u2014even sometimes to the point of coercion\u2014to do something with that spare time in order to keep their minds an bodies active and healthy.Offer a Checklist Arts and crafts programs, physical fitness and social activities, dancing, French lessons, current events discussion groups Continued on page seven pe ES om mar am 213-6351 VETERANS TAXI ASS\u2019N.where were | i Tl à | , | they going?- \u2014 = The following calls were answered by the Westmount Fire Brigade during the past week.Aug.16 12:25 pm: 4901 Sherbrooke, sewer gas; 2:06 pm: 4095 St.Catherine, ambulance transport to MGH (sprained ankle) ; Aug.17 12:13 pm: 4212 de Maisonneuve, heart attack victim tran- sportedtoR.M.H.; 6:20 pm: 225 Melville, sick woman transported to QEH ; 11:20 pm: 221 Clarke, apt.2, injured woman transported to Aug.18.\" 11:15 am: 576 Landowne, water in basement; 1:05 pm: 4000 de Maisonneuve, burnt food; 8:20 pm: 4000 de Maisonneuve, apt.2308, burnt food on stove; Aug.19.1:35 pm: 4500 St.Catherine, strange odor; 7:19 pm: 4328 Montrose, person fainted (doctor on scene); 9:15 pm: 714 Upper Roslyn, strange odor; 10:37 pm: 130 Hillside, apt.104, person with cut on face treated and transported to hospital ; Aug.20.Nil; Aug.21 9:11 am: 100 Hillside, apt.103, fire alarm system trouble; 6:56 pm: 70 Summit circle, flood; 8:30 opm 3 Hillside, ambulance call: 8:58 pm: Stayner and Greene, false alarm; 9:34 pm: Selby and Greene, false alarm; 10:25 pm: west side of 350 Selby (Dawson College), fire caused by rubbish; Aug.22 5:57 pm: 674 Victoria, ambulance call; Aug.23 4:00 am: Alexis Nihon Plaza, fire caused by rubbish.tea) W274 e \u2018 Free Delivery » - Thursday, August 25, 1977 2 ee SIDEWALKS, AT LEAST: Pedestrians now af least can walk on the sidewalks scheduled to line a fully-reconstructed St.Catherine street west of Lansdowne avenue within the next month.The sidewalks were poured last week but poor weather is undoubtedly hampering construction workers in their announced attempt to have the street completed by Labor Day; Sept.15 is the official deadline and this still looks to be within the realm of possibili Once the street is reopened, the city will quickly revert % Maisonneuve boulevard between Lansdowne and Claremont avenues to one-way westbound (perhaps using a weekend to ease the transition), and MUCTC officials consider it an \u2018overnight\u2019 matter to switch the 103 and 104 bus routes back to their old Victoria and Claremont avenues (respectively) routes, taking them off Lansdowne and de Maisonneuve.The 124 bus will still use Lan- sdowne southbound (St.Catherine and Victoria northbound) at least until 1981, when it is hoped the new Line 2 Métro stations will be in operation and the route for lower Westmount can be changed significantly.Man charged for alcohol A 20-year-old Montreal man is to be charged for driving while his blood contained .15 mg.of blood alcohol content, above the .08 mg legal limit, after he was involved in a two-car accident on The Boulevard near Clarke avenue at 11:45 pm Monday.The man, who was driving a O1: 7182 Royal Trust THE SIGN THAT SELLS John Aird Jane Allan Catherine Barton Nora Bernier Margaret Cadman Joann Colby Margaret Evans Eleanor Fairhead Barbara Ferguson Brien Foster Susan Goldberg Sally Hollows Mary Hashimoto Eva Klein Roya Trust Mrs.Aubrey Kinsman Dodge east on The Boulevard, collided with a westbound 1974 Thunderbird on the west side of the Clarke- Boulevard-Cedar avenue intersection.Nobody was injured in accident, which caused an estimated $200 to $500 damage to the Thunderbird and more than $500 damage to the Dodge.933-9184 Valerie Kyle 737-6941 487-4791 Josephine Lantier 932-0567 481-9157 Ruth Mary Lewis 932-6257 481-8687 Claudette Limoges 481-5907 484-2548 Joan McCallum 935-8154 935-8625 Brian McGuigan 487-6278 932-6329 Joan McGuigan 489-7150 481-5403 Jean Murray 935-7320 488-8423 Elizabeth Paul 481-9915 488-7980 Nicole Powell 935-4387 487-5095 Dorothy Raich 931-7190 931-6571 Georgette Strous 487-2907 483-1511 Shirley Taylor 933-1206 937-3100 Louise Vocisane 935-5761 481-3530 932-1112 4145 Sherbrooke St.W.Ja\u2026.es R.Quinlen, F.R.l., Manager re Ceoee Buying or Selling for residential real estate MONTREAL'S LARGEST REALTOR TO BETTER SERVE YOU Saturday morning 9 à.m.to 12 noon Drop in and visit us.eur expert steff: Contact with confidence, in confidence.OHMAN\u2019S oy WATCH REPAIRS Certified Wotchmokers Family Owned Since 1899 JEWELLERS WE.3.4046 1216 Greene Ave.£& Ce iad RE .ey @ * CITY 0 IOUNT Thursday at plaza Westmounters who have not given blood recently because of strikes at the Red Cross clinics can make up for it now that clinics are being held as normal.Next Thursday, Sept.1, the merchants\u2019 association of Alexis Nihon Plaza and radio station CJFM will co-host a clinic in the plaza\u2019s centre mall.Organizers have set an objective of 300 pints for the clinic, to be open from 2:30 to 9 pm.The radio station will broadcast direct from the clinic and prizes donated the merchants\u2019 association will be drawn for every hour.Grand prize is a color television.I~ in The following building permits were issued at city hall during the past week: Aug.18 3685 The Boulevard: for St.George's School by Millar Price Construction, alterations, $1,000; Aug.19 19 Grenville: for Jean Prieur by Lewis-Conway Ltd., replacing water entrance, $200; Aug.22 5 Bellevue: for D.Cohen by Domenic d\u2019Alesio Contracting, excavation for garage, $2,000.Cougar gone A 1970 Ford Cougar disappeared from the provincial rking lot at Greene avenue and by street some time between 4:30 pm last Monday and 5:05am Saturday.The $2,000 car had been locked safely when its owner left it, police were told.Anthony's VARIETY STORE Post Office Greeting Cards Etc.Open 8 am to 9:30 pm (Closed Sundays) 4500 St.Catherine St.W.(Cor.Abbott) MUCTC BUS TICKETS JOHN WATSON (Quebec) Limited W.Hartley Barber, President PLUMBING & HEATING CONTRACTORS DAY AND NIGHT SERVICE Service & Quotations on request 368 VICTORIA AVE.487-1760 008000 CCT 000000 TN Cee 0 PRETNCPIONNTIRC0COtIoceRceS i ) Se en xaminer Mokiag net just your house but ail of Westmount your home CCNA PA IO Published E very Thursday by J.W.Sancton & Sons Ltd.155 Hiliside Avenue, Westmount, P.Q.H3Z 2Y6 Editorial, Accounting, Circulation, Display Advertising Departments 932-3157 Classified Advertising, 8.30 a.m.to 5 p.m.Weekdays (T08.00 p.m.Mondays and Tuesdays) 931-7511 The Examiner aims to be an independent, clean newspaper for the home, devoted to public service.Mail subscriptions $7.50 per year; $4.00 half year; 2 years $14.00; 3 years, $20.00.Twenty cents a copy.Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association, Quebec Community Newspaper Association.Second class mail registration number 1760 4- Thursday, August 25, 1977 li .We Sa Ly RYT ge rn Site for seniors THE various sites explored by The Rotary Club of Westmount before arriving with city concurrence at the Victoria Hall- Lansdowne avenue location for the proposed senior citizens\u2019 residence are made public by the club in this week\u2019s Examiner.This is in response to late opponents\u2019 claims that there are other, more suitable places to house older West- mounters who in growing numbers require accommodation for their specific needs.It is not surprising how few alternatives there were, considering this is an older suburb whose territory apart from its cherished parklands long since has been almost fully built upon.Mr.and Mrs.Spotton, in their letter (see \u201cYou Say\u2019) this week, suggest that a place may have been found above Sherbrooke street.Such a possibility was examined but at an early stage was dismissed on principle: not because it might \u2018\u2018disturb the tranquility\u201d of the upper reaches of Westmount but because all authorities and seniors themselves advise against entrapment of older persons in the problem of hills.Walking is one of their chief pleasures and forms of exercise.Short, flat distances to community facilities and amenities is a prerequisite of enlightened seniors\u2019 residence siting.Therefore, location on or below Sherbrooke street becomes an imperative if the Commercial THE United Church of Canada and the Parti Québécois both probably would be startled to find themselves accused of the same thing.Misconceptions of the nature and role of advertising.They are not the first to hold simplistic views on the messages of the marketplace.Obviously, we are not totally disinterested in our attitudes on the subject.By the same token, we have some certain expertise.* .* A resolution to go before the UC general council in Calgary this week quite simply would do away with advertising.Its alleged sins are enumerated: Encouragement of excess, making suckers of Canadians, false expectations, it's too costly, sexual stereotyping, boosting credit, adding to inflation, denying freedom of speech to the media dependent on it.home is to be in Westmount, for which it is intended and needed.The Spotton letter makes a valid argument against spot zoning, or \u2018\u2018zone busting\u2019\u2019 as they call it.A town plan, once agreed, should not be tampered with in the absence of overwhelmingly good reason.On the other hand, such a plan cannot be totally far-sighted and immutable.We believe that the overwhelming attributes of the Victoria Hall-Lansdowne site provide just such an occasion when the citizens concerned must examine the rezoning as much on its own merits as on the principle of zoning inviolability.And most certainly, the suggestion that the Rotary Club \u201cshould be treated as another real estate developer\u2019 is a gross distortion of the role of the service club, even as is reference to the highly- specialized design of this residence and its imaginative linking to under-used Victoria Hall as an apartment building.The leadership provided by The Rotary Club of Westmount in bringing this badly needed facility to the community is, with the co-operation and encouragement of the city administration, InterFaith, the WMA and countless citizens, a community project in the best, broadest and even particular sense.Opponents should realize that they are bucking not just the voluntary, service- motivated efforts of the Rotarians but, in fact, the community of Westmount at large.free speech The church's Saskatchewan conference, author of the memorial, urges replacement of advertising as the chief source of revenue for the media.Even if some or all of the charges were true\u2014and we would cheerfully debate against any one of them\u2014we find the suggested banning, by \u2018the government,\u201d singularly unhelpful to media and public alike without any countervailing suggestions by the good church folk for the financing of newspapers, magazines, (including the excellent United Church Observer), radio, television and other worthy means of expression.A quick glance at our latest financial statements indicates that The Examiner's per-copy price last year would have had to be in the neighborhood of $1.25, instead of 20 cents if, without advertising, we still were to be in business.Or perhaps the underlying idea is that \u2018the government\u2019 should subsidize us and/or our readers to provide them each week You Say Residence proposal called \u2018zone busting\u2019 Sir: Hats off to the Rotary Club for taking the initiative to build and operate the long sought Westmount senior citizens\u2019 residence.The developing controversy is not a question of aesthetic values, poor design or with the news and views of the community.Heaven forbid! + * + AT Quebec, the government has tucked an intriguing provision into its all- encompassing Bill 101 on language.It requires that help-wanted advertisements in English dailies must also appear, in French, in the French press.While the law does not embrace weeklies such as The Examiner, we take no comfort\u2014even if, as has been suggested, it could result in diversion of some employment ads to us at a saving rather than a doubling of cost to the advertiser.The press is not divisible in this way.We share with The Gazette and The Montreal Star their total condemnation of this hasty, ill-advised and unnecessary legislation as inimical to the ends it ostensibly is to serve.* .+ .WHAT both the UC and PQ attitudes express is a basic lack of understanding or wilful avoidance of the fundamental role of the media of expression in society.In Canada, we have been singularly remiss in not enshrining the fundamental freedom of the press.À study commissioned three years ago by the Quebec Community Newspapers Association showed that there are virtually no special guarantees given citizens of Canada to express themselves in print.In the United States, these are spelled out in the first amendment to the constitution.The U.S.Supreme Court, by coincidence, only recently has struck down the right of a bar association to prohibit lawyers advertising their services\u2014one of the many and constant refinements of the American doctrine of freedom.The court has chosen a particularly appropriate term for advertising: \u201ccommercial speech,\u201d by which it finds \u201csignificant societal interests are served.\u201d The American jurists\u2019 majority view is that advertising plays an indispensable role in disseminating information for reliable decision-making.Furthermore, it was stated that \u201cit is possible that advertising will reduce, not advance, the cost of legal services.\u201d The important underlying philosophy of U.S.thinking, which clearly carries over into the world of Canadian business, is that the freedom to advertise\u2014or not to, the PQ should note\u2014is an essential part of the doctrine of press freedom.Ideas are no less valid because their dissemination is paid for; they may promote a cause or a car, morals or clothes, a political party or food, foreign affairs or travel.Indeed, it can be argued that a society with a highly-developed and complex economy requires free commercial speech as much as the non-commercial variety.THUS, we say, the freedom to advertise one's wares and services is as fundamental as the right to propagate news, thoughts and learned essays.WE pray the United Church of Canada and Quebec minds wiser than the Parti Québécois will both, in their own ways, reach the conclusion that the people's rights in religion, assembly, speech and press should in no way be abrogated.\u201cWhy my street?\u201d It is certainly not a question of the seniors themselves.It's a question of \u2018\u2018zone busting.\u201d The two-year- old re-zoning plan was a well won victory which recognized the need to protect and eserve the limited residential area of ower Westmount.According to Rotary President Sancton, \u201cIt\u2019s a community project and not just a Rotary project.\u201d I disagree! The residence is clearly a Rotary undertaking and as such the club should be treated as another real estate developer seeking to build an apartment block in a residential area.The proposed site must not be \u2018\u2018spot zoned.\u201d Not for Mondev or Campeau Corporation nor for the privately-funded, non-profit Rotary corporation.If the residence is truly a \u2018community project\u201d and spot zoning for its con- Continued on next page Tae Win twraumt Examiner = « fraswerems tv * Louasae Fes Ur Thirty-five Years Ago August 27, 1942 \u201cThe name of FIt.Lt.Russell, of Westmount, was included in the list of Canadian fliers who took part in the great attack by Allied troops on the city of Die on the French coast, as mentioned in the \u201cDieppe Round-up\u2019 program put on air by the British Broadcasting Corporation.Russell is credited with shooting down one aircraft.He stated, in an interview with Flt.Lt.Jack Beach, that he had got his victim while the pilot \u2018wasn\u2019t looking.\u201d Asked how Dieppe looked after the raid, Russell said: \u2018There was fire all over.The town was really shaken.There's nothing left of it at all, I believe.\u2019 Twenty-five Years Ago August 22, 1952 \u201cDonald B.Ross, President, Unity Boys\u2019 Club, announces that effective September 1, Maurice Mariasine will take over the duties of Director of the Unity Boys\u2019 Club on Greene avenue.Mr.Mariasine replaces Allenby Moss, who had been director of the club for the past year and a half.Mr.Ross also announces that the Board of Directors of the Unity Boys\u2019 Club have asked the officials of Montreal Boys\u2019 Association to assume the responsibility operation of the club.\u201d Fifteen Years Ago August 24, 1962 \u201cFor the first time, six Italian nuns of the St.Marcelline convent, 815 Upper Belmont, will take their perpetual vows in Canada.Cardinal Leger will officiate at the ceremony Aug.28 at St.Leon Church.In Montreal for the occasion is the Mother General, Mére Marie Eliza Zanchi, from Milan.The convent was founded three years ago in Montreal, and is the order\u2019s first in North America.St.Marcelline has the unique position of being half in Westmount and half in Notre Dame de race.\" Five Years Ago August 24, 1972 \u201cThe planned closing of a part of de Maisonneuve boulevard will be the subject of a public meeting being set for soon after Labor Day, it was announced by Ald.Charles Aspler during the public question period following the Tuesday evening meeting of Westmount city council.The meeting will be held, he said, to give the public a chance to see the results of the traffic study that was done on de Maisonneuve this spring.Citizens also will be given the chance to discuss the plans with engineers and to express views and offer suggestions.\u201d Hon.C.M.Drury SAV So0.Second-session update With all the current activity of the federal government on national unity and prolonged discussions concerning pipelines, it is, perhaps, easy to overloo some of the important things accomplished by the government during this session.The government has made progress in controlling inflation, unemployment and government spending, in securing energy, and in passing important bills affectin, immigration, fishing, farming, criminal law and human rights.Here is a brief update on the second session.Inflation Wage and price controls under the anti- inflation board have stemmed effectively the wage-price spiral.The best proof of their success is their popularity with the public.Recent Gallup polls show a majority of Canadians still favor controls.Furthermore, in the course of Finance Minister Donald MacDonald's July consultations with the provincial governments, the overwhelming majority of the You Say.Continued from previous page struction is required, then rightly the whole of Westmount, not just the lower part.should be searched for a suitable ilding site.Possibly the time has come for all Westmounters to start sharing the population density, the traffic.and the d of an ever-advancing Montreal.These are pressures which rarely disturb the tranquility for those above Sherbrooke, but we below live with them constantly.We've had enough development, thank you very much.Regardless of the referendum decision, my wife and I wish the Rotary Club good luck and hope that any setback will not deter the members from their avowed commitment to the seniors of Westmount.Virginia Spotten John Spotton 323 Grosvenor avenue WESTMOUNT H3Z 2M3.Don't repeat folly of 1970 referendum Sir: Seven years ago, Westmounters held a referendum that defeated the plan to provide a retirement residence in this community.It seems strangely sad to picture the procedure repeated.In 1970, a private organization, Central Park Lodges of Canada, was ready to build a modern retirement residence to serve the obvious need.They had the experience, with some 20 other lodges across Canada and nearly 3,000 residents.But the referendum debate talked little about the needs and desires of the elderly, and much about the fuss of putting up new buildings.The vote was against the proposal, Central Park Lodge moved to St.Lambert, and built one of the most modern and attractive such homes in Canada.In the ensuing years, a good number of Westmounters have moved there and have discovered a new satisfaction in lifestyle, as well as a loyalty to the community of St.Lambert.They have been lost as members of the Westmount community where many of them spent a good part of their lives.It would be disheartening to see this process r ted.The whole metropolitan community of Montreal requires many facilities for those of advanced age, rticularly as demographic changes increase the numbers of those who face such needs.Hopefully the referendum will say \u201cYea' as it should have done seven years ago.Colin Haworth 4920 de Maisonneuve boulevard west, WESTMOUNT H3A 1N1.provinces endorsed the controls program.This does not indicate that Canadians wish to abandon the free-market system.What it does imply is that the populace all across Canada has fears of returning to an uncontrolled economy.It is not that Canadians enjoy government interference; rather, citizens simply do not see their general interest being protected in these difficult times by the decision- makers in big business or big labor.The government is committed to retaining controls until business and labor declare their willingness to exercise their power responsibly toward the whole country.e federal government wants an assurance of self-restraint in the post- control period.Unemployment In 1977-78 alone, the federal government will pour almost half a billion dollars into direct job-creation.Add federal expenditures for job-training, assistance in ocating jobs and the like, and the annual figure reaches some $1*2 billion dollars.However, we still must discover rgore ways to integrate expanding labor groups into the full-time work force.Those permanent jobs only can be created by a growing private sector.Here, too, the government is helping with the establishment of the ministry of state for small business, the lauching of \u2018\u2018Enterprise \"77\" in the department of industry and with the tax incentives of the March 31 budget.Also, let us not overlook the ongoing work of bodies such as the Export Development Corporation, the Federal Business Development Bank and DREE.With the new employment act, parliament has made special provision for those parts of the country where unemployment is the highest.The act continues to assure assistance to all eligible Canadians genuinely seeking work.None of us enjoys hearing about or seeing ple taking unemployment benefits instead of jobs; stopping this is one of the aims of the law recently passed.Now, people are obliged to work longer before they become eligible for unemployment benefits.The money thus saved will be used in job-creation projects.Immigration The House of Commons has just approved changes in the immigration law which will remove several injustices while better relating immigration to economic conditions and job availabilities in Canada.The new law will eliminate discrimination and will help bring families together.It also includes more protection for refugees.Fisheries To protect our fisheries industry, polluters and poachers of our oceans will suffer harsher penalties and may have their boats and equipment sei under new, strict regulations brought about by changes in the fisheries act.The new law will allow Canada to deal much more effectively with those who would harm our fishing grounds or spawning beds.maximum federal loans for fisheries improvement also increased from $50,000 to $75,000.Tougher laws, higher loans and the extension of the fishing zone to 200 miles all will provide a much-needed boost to fishing employment.Energy In the area of energy costs, the federal government is acting ho help Canadians.e government p s payments for home insulation in older houses, where the need is the greatest and, in time, similar assistance to the more modern homes.If the provinces agree, citizens won't be The Westmount Examiner.Thursday.our M.N.A.says.George Springate w77 - 5 August 25, Closure The end of August.Summer has come and gone.Nevertheless, the National Assembly rambles on.Today marks the 100th sitting of this session.A session that started March 8, 1977.There has been no break, no holiday.The normal four-day-a- week sitting became five a week in June.Sittings have continued throughout the summer at that rate.Hundreds and hundreds of hours.And, so little accomplished.The government has spent all of this time pushing language.First, a white paper.Then Bill 1.Now Bill 101.Yet, through it all the Parti-Québécois did not listen.The public hearings were cut off .public debate snuffed out when more than 200 briefs remained to be heard.Following second reading, clause-by- clause study again demonstrated that Camille Laurin will not listen to any other voice than the Parti-Québécois.Still, as of this Tuesday, the final day of clause-by- clause study of Bill 101 more than 175 sections had not been touched or discussed by the committee members.Closure adopted On Monday the government adopted an \u201cend of session\u2019 motion thereby permitting the National Assembly to sit 24 hours a day, if need be.On Tuesday the government adopted \u2018\u2018closure\u2019\u201d .the guillotine motion which arrests discussion and permits a government to steamroll a bill.These two motions were adopted by the Parti-Québécois in order to pass the paying tax any longer on certain energy uipment, either\u2014the sales tax will taken off solar energy equipment, waste- heat recovery machines and several other energy-conservation devices.Farming For our farmers, the federal government has raised the maximum federal loan for farm improvement to $75,000 from $50,000 Advance payments for storable crops are more readily available now.1 storable crops\u2014such as Ontario winter wheat, white beans, tree fruits, soybeans, etc.\u2014now come under the new law, which used to cover only grain in the Canadian Wheat Board area.The maximum amount advanced to one person under this advance payment for crops act has been increased to $15,000.Human Rights, Criminal Law To help fight crime, dangerous criminals and ns with a record of mental instability will be prohibited from buying guns under new changes in the criminal code.In order to purchase a gun, you will need to acquire a fire arms acquisition certificate.The changes will not stop anyone from buying and using a gun responsibly if they so choose ; however, it should help to keep weapons out of the hands of the irresponsible.Parliament also has increased protection of public safety and rights in the Canadian human rights act.This act gives the citizen the right to see, correct and control the use of information pertaining to him or her which the federal government may possess.Government Spending Government spending is a controversial topic.Often, one level of government is blamed for the excessive spending of another.Provincial spending has gone up three times as fast as federal spending during the last few years.In this session, Charter of the French Language.Bill 101 will be law by the end of this week.Bill 101.À law that satisfies few, angers many and changes the face of Quebec.Our province will ay a high price for Bill 101.A price in dollars.A price in mental anguish.A price in human suffering.We cannot afford that price.This summer has been long and hot.I thank you for your kind words of s t during this latest language debate.Your encouragement was deeply appreciated.WESTMOUNT WANDERINGS I lost my agenda last week.The agenda contained the date, time and place of all my appointments and s s in the upcoming months.If I had agreed to meet with you or your group or address your association this fall, would you be kind enough to call me at 866-0512 to remind me of same.1 have worked closely with Claude Charron, minister of youth, recreation and sports.A month ago I announced that more than $100,000 in materials had been given to various camping groups in Westmount county by the lympic Installations Board.Today.1 am proud to say that the minister has agreed to grant some $97,000 to Westmount county organizations.Recipients include the Mackay Centre for Deaf and Crippled Children; Carrefour des Citoyens de l\u2019Avenir Inc; The Study Corporation and Alliance Laurentienne des Métis et Indiens Sans Statut Inc.Best wishes to Ed Harper on his retirement.He will be missed by all.rovinces additional tax room in exchange or smaller federal grants to the provin- the federal Bovernment has given the ces.At best, the provinces will have to be reponsible for raising the money they spend, and the federal government won't be blamed for raising taxes when the provinces ask for more money.However, the federal government, will still be paying out a large portion of its income to the provinces, to ensure at least a minimum level of provincial services throughout Canada.During this session of Parliament, the government also has given the auditor- general increased powers.The auditor- general is a financial \u201cwatchdog who now can look very closely at how federal departments manage their money and report his findings to Parliament.By giving the \u2018watchdog\u2019 more teeth, the government has increased the control taxpayers have over public-service spending.As has been demonstrated, the federal government has brought in important aws, all the while it was dealing with Canadian unity and pipelines.At his July 28th press conference, Prime Minister Trudeau was asked about the charge that he was pre-occupied with national unity while forgetting other matters of national importance.Clearly, from the vious information, that has not been the case.The federal government has indeed been very active in many areas of concern to Canadians in all regions of our vast country.In closing ,I wish to announce that Mr.Trudeau recently appointed me special representative for constitutional development in the Northwest Territories.As such I will report to the prime minister on a wide range of consultations to be carried out with leaders of the government, other communities and native groups on measures to extend and improve representative and responsive government in the Territories.I look forward to assuming these new responsibilities and keeping you abreast of developments in this new field of endeavor during the coming months. 6 The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, August 25, 1977 T= =] ee = = © De Cl _ l= de Piaza Alex n Mahon Plaza ARR If you were seeking a retail location in Westmount \u2014 to best take advantage of this high-disposable income market \u2014 where would you look?Unquestionably you would want to relate to 1) the established character and quality of the distinctive Greene Avenue boutiques and shops and 2) the high standards of commercial/residential development symbolized by Westmount Square.- Y ou can now meet these demanding criteria, plus obtain highly desirable presence on Ste.Catherine Street: WESTMOUNT PREMIER, under construction on Ste.Catherine Street West, at Green Avenue and directly facing Westmount Square, offers the ultimate in a Westmount retail location.If you feel the Westmount market is for you, we would like to show you why WESTMOUNT PREMIER is ready to offer the high-potential, high-profit Westmount retail location you've been seeking.Simply give either of us a call at \u2018842-5011 S.1.Brock or Mike Gutwillig œoestmount premier sde eu i | A.E.LEPAGE | i! TIL i IMMEUBLES WESTMOUNT REALTIES TMR sisters take take trophy A pair of sisters from the Town a bowler with just one year's of Mount Royal Lawn Bowling experience, to take the title.Club won the Westmount pairs oday the Westmount club is trophy last Wednesday in a holding another activity related tournament at the Westmount to its 75th anniversary Lawn Bowling Club.Mrs.Nancy celebrations.Members from six Acton teamed up with her 15 clubs in the district will be en year-old sister Susan Macauley, tertained at today\u2019s \u2018\u2018friendly.\u201d protection equipment for a ° ocessing system used oly Council.by jhe power department for Continued from page one Also on the c council agenda, ,and : expecte ve approved, will cost $364,655, of which were changes in parking Westmount will be required to regulations on Metcalfe avenue spend $66,250 of its own money.w St.Catherine street and on The rest will be refunded by the Stanton street, along with a other municipalities.resolution making the lane north Other business to have been of St.Antoine street, between dealt with includes the approval Greene and Atwater avenues, of tenders for a new grader, pick- one-way eastbound.up trucks and Vandura van, The agenda also had provision tenders reported on at the last for a notice of motion to amend council session but upon which the city zoning by-law, affecting the solons did not take any action.slightly the occupancy Also, council was scheduled to regulations for the former Boys\u2019 approve commitments of funds Club of Canada building, 35 York for nine different projects in the street, and for a commitment of light and power department, funds to purchase a machine for including the purchase of new the public works department.water heaters, start-up of some Council was also expected to relighting, purchase metering ap ve a lot redivision at 5 equipment, conduits, trans- Bellevue avenue, to allow a former protection systems, garage to be built there.On telecommunications equipment, Monday a building permit was telemetering equipment, com- issued allowing excavation to munications circuits and fire begin there (see permits list, \u201c page three).MERCIER & TOUTANT Frank lacino Arpenteurs \u2014 Géomètres Quebec Land Surveyors i n recita | 4898 de Maisonneuve O.489-8251 Internationally known organist Frank Iacino will give a recital Saturday evening at Westmount Seventh Day Adventist Church, 571 Victoria avenue.ized A COMPLETE BOOK 2 one of the greatest organists of e present day, Mr.lacino\u2019s SEA RCH SERVICE dynamic virtuosity and keen Find * R o- sense of drama, temprered with ! ae * Out- brilliant musicianship, give him M of-Print.a unique distinction in the music ad vour want list or call world and numerous s CHAPMAN'S BOOK SERVICE ovations at his concert pe nding Box 203, re amount.Po.the critics\u2019 views.The recital will 932-8621 start at 8:30 pm and donations \u2014 will be accepted.HUGH SAVAGE and COMPANY Chartered Accountants 1310 Greene Avenue North of de Maisonneuve Sixth Floor } 937-9227 James H.Macintyre Ltd.tn D.Gardner Pres.xin Plumbing Contractors Phone 482-4924-5 Established 1913 342-B Victoria Ave.Westmount General Electric Centurion-lonization SMOKE DETECTOR (i @ | List $54.95 Now only $39.95 battery incl.Co J-year Warranty IRV | N E.Phone: FHEC TRC EN 937-7431 ne eee a SAS RU.LX 2 3 1206 Notre Dame St.W.Montreal, Que.ees The Westmount Examiner, Thursday.August 25, 1977 - 7 or might have to be told they could not do some activities which they wanted to do.Mrs.Aronson agreed that \u2018\u2018it\u2019s not a good position to be in to be younger than older people and yet telling them what to do,\u201d but added that often she tries other ways of convincing people to start (or stop) something, even arranging chairs so they have to move more than they might otherwise.The two women were introduced to the Rotarians by William Reay and thanked by Dr.Dale Plant.President John Sancton announced that Rotary Club representatives had reached an agreement.He said also that at a recent meeting at the Montreal Rotary Club, he had received the strong support of members of that club and others in the Montreal area, all of whom had expressed interest in the effort.FLOWERS Westmount Florist Ltd.Please make note of Our New Address 360 Victoria Ave.(West side, between PHOTOCOPY PRINTING DUPLICATING MICROFILM FAST Montreal Copy Centre i » À ERE Rake ERE 8 aR ADVICE TO ROTARIANS: Speaking to Westmount Rotarians last .; PIR PRI week on activities that should be provided for senior citizens in a agreement in principle\u201d with a city council liaison committee on Somerville and Sherbrooke) 2019 Bishop residence were Karen Lindley, seated, and Rhoda Aronson, oc- : , d the use of Victoria Hall by the an cupational therapist and director respectively of Maimonides .43 ] 0 Hospital and Home for the Aged in Cote St.Luc.senior citizens, should the ur New Phone 842 -68 17 proposed residence go ahead as envisioned, though he did not seniors might have to be forced 488-9121 Opon Weekdays to Midnight into situations they did not want, Seniors.) Mr.Frank Norman 738-6791 Bob Johnson 737-2673 Arthur Sansome 733-8973 A.P.Duke 341-7405 Mrs.D.H.Lewis 430-4011 J.P.Valiquet 737-3161 E.Ermacora 735-0744 Garnet M.Pride 133-4396 Mrs.L.Aucoin 342-9300 Mrs.M.Touchette 738-7285 Mrs.John Bates 932-2224 Mrs.F.L.Woodfine 739-6863 Mrs.LP.Raymond 7391423 Lorne H.Wood 738-1077 Mrs.R.Douek 733-9437 Mrs.P.D.Charest 737-6431 Mrs.D.Trent 7396182 Mrs.A.Cosgrove 937-7729 Mrs.L.Rumin 737-4951 Mrs.D.V.Spillane 739-8739 Mrs.AF.Lalonde 733-0389 Mrs.Martha Fogh 738-6765 Mrs.Isabelle Coté 482-9471 Mrs.Camille Fautoux 277-6689 Mrs.L Millar 435-0564 Mrs.J.Lambert 137-5645 Mrs.L Longtin 342-9393 Mrs.Wendy Moore 341-7216 Ernest Skutezky 737.5281 L \u2014 Continued from page two and group excursions are among the activities in which senior citizens might take an interest, Mrs.Aronson suggested.She said the residents might be given an \u2018activity interest checklist\u201d to report what programs they would like; also, a residence council might help oversee the operation of the activities or even suggest new ones.Mrs.Aronson felt that a paid staff member, trained and skilled in the operation of activities for senior citizens, was a necessity, to act as a \u2018\u2018catalyst\u2019\u201d and \u201cto make sure they keep going.\u201d While volunteers might be able to help out with individual activities, they should be part of \u201ca structured atmosphere\u2019 so that any problems or failures would not discourage either the seniors or the volunteers.Some of the Rotarians were particularly concerned that some BEFORE SELLING YOUR HOME, CONSULT Frank A.Norman & Co.Ltd.731-6817 se.vu = 6 0 4 C8 08 10 0 = |= disclose the terms of that © THE BANK OVA SCOTIA Scotiaclub This ives you ershi privileges all Scotiabank branches across Canada eI Fer TCT TY Join Scotiaclub and you can use your Scotiaciub card to cash personal Scotiaclub cheques at any Scotiabank branch in the country for amounts up to $100 in any one day.Think of the freedom that gives you.Think of the other attractive benefits of membership: ® any number of personal cheques on your Scotia Chequing Account, without service charge and without any minimum balance requirement.© distinctive personalized Scotiaclub cheques, including your name, address and phone number along with an attractive cheque wallet.® any number of commission free travellers cheques, drafts and money orders for personal use.In the case of foreign currencies, the current exchange rates apply.® commission free payment of bills normally accepted by your Scotiabank branch.Scotiaclub gives you these benefits plus more, and all for just $2.00 a month.Apply at any Scotiabank branch for Scotiaclub membership.Scotiabank £ THE BANK Cen ea eae -e OTIA cee * .\u2026.Las - | 8 - The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, August 25, 1977 FF TRAVEL ; Jamaica back in favor By RICK KERRIGAN Jamaica may be one of the few laces on earth that has ourished under man\u2019s hand When Columbus sailed into St.Ann's bay on the north side of the island (he called it Santa Gloria) on May 5, 1494, the flora was much simpler than it is today.In fact, one source claims that less than half of the vegetation on the island that is either beautiful or valuable is indigenous.And that includes the economically important banana.But Columbus, an explorer at heart and an incompetent colonial administrator, sailed once around the island, exchanging hostilities and pleasantries with the natives on the north and south sides, respectively.He noted the beauty of the island\u2019s purple mountains, realized he might have found a valuable land and then sailed home.The native Arawak Indians would have been content if he'd never told anyone what he had found.Thanks to European diseases and enslavement by the white man, the Arawaks were extinct after the 17th century.Colonization Begins Colonization started when Diego, Columbus's son and governor-general of Hispaniola, sent, Juan de Esquivel with 70 men to the island.(aboriginal rights and native land claims being outside the consciousness of Europeans at that time) and he established a capital at Sevilla la Nuevo, just west of Santa Gloria.Horses, cattle and hogs were raised and cotton, tobacco and citrus fruits brought from Spain flourished.The native pineapple took well to cultivation.Despite the island\u2019s potential, the Spaniards had little success in forming a stable colony.In the 146 years they controlled Jamaica the population never reached 5,000.And control is probably not the right word, cause it was a rule marked by constant conflict between clergy and state officials and raids by French and English adventurers.As well, pirates from many nations found the northern bays of the island excellent hiding places from which to strike at passing Spanish treasure ships carrying looted Aztec gold from Mexico.The English decided they wanted Jamaica and in 1655 they captured the new capital of Villa de la Vega on the south shore.For eight years they had to contend with a guerrilla campaign waged by Don Cristobal Arnaldo Ysasi, a Spaniard born in Jamaica.He finally was routed and the place where he fled the island is now called Runaway Bay, a slight misnomer because he fought gallantly until the end.But it was the buccaneers who gave the romance and color to a Garth QUEBEC LICENSEE.NEXT TIME! 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foreign currency exchange second only to the bauxite industry.A recent New York Times magazine article puts the figure for last year\u2019s decline at 35 percent, a figure which Montreal travel agent Garth Allen feels is not unrealistic.He feels, however, that the decrease is not justified and was caused by exaggerated and sensational press reports.In fact, the Jamaican government claims the violence occurred away from the tourist resorts and therefore should not cause tourists to stay away.Situation Stabilized In any case, the situation seems to have stabilized somewhat with the re-election of Manley and the PNP last fall.They won 47 of the 60 seats and 56.8 percent of the popular vote.The turnout of eligible voters was 85 percent, an enviable figure in any democratic nation.The island has the reputation of bei the prettiest in the Caribbean and possessing the best climate.It is so varied in its physical features that it has been called a microcosm of a continent.The spectacular Blue mountains are res ible for much of this praise because they dominate much of the island and create climatic differences with the varying altitudes.The highest peak in the range is 7,402 feet and our peaks top the 6,000-foot mark.The climate ranges from the deep tropics at sea level to more moderate weather at 2,000 feet to the occasional snowfall in the mountains.All this on an island only 144 miles ling and 49 miles at its widest point.Of its 4,411 square miles, only 646 are at sea evel.VIVIAN 1500 STANLEY.Lic #14517353-0317 SEE THE ORIENT WITH ME LIEU PERSONALLY ESCORTED DELUXE TOUR QF TOKYO - 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Mr.Weldon was appointed city attorney on the retirement of his father, Joseph W.Weldon, who had worked for Westmount since 1915.Arthur Weldon was born and grew up in Westmount, starting is life at 4098 Tupper street, attending Westmount High School and McGill University before following in his father\u2019s footsteps and being called to the Quebec Bar in 1938.He practised in Val d'Or before joining the Canadian Army during World War II, between announces the Reopening of CITY ATTORNEYS SINCE 1915: Arthur Weldon, left, who died Sunday, and his father Joseph combined to serve as Westmount's attorneys for the past 62 years.The two are shown at a meeting of will take place on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6th Age of admission: Kindergarten: 5 years of age before October 1, 1977 Grade 1: 6 years of age before October 1, 1977 Elementary Schools: Pupils returning to the same school report at 9:00 a.m.New pupils and those seeking enrolment in another school report at 1:30 p.m.Grade 7 French Immersion Centres: All pupils report at 9:00 a.m.: High Schools: All pupils report at 9:00 a.m.Tuesday, September 6th is for confirmation of registration only.September 7th will be the first full day of classes.Pupils enrolling in one of the Board\u2019s schools for the first time will be required to furnish satisfactory proof of age, and to complete the appropriate registration forms.M.R.FOX Director General 1941 and 1946, after which he joined the firm of Duquet, MacKay, Weldon and Bronstetter where he worked until the time of his death.He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1958.Mr.Weldon was married to the former Suzanne Kohl in 1939, and had four children, Ann, Elizabeth, Peter and Meredith.Mrs.Weldon, who became an English professor at Loyola College once the children were grown, died in 1971.On Dec.9, 1972, Mr.Weldon married Loretta Macdonald, a career office manager at his own firm who had worked with him shortly after he joined in 1946.Children in Britain His eldest daughter Ann, who lives in Surrey, England, has two children, Hugo and Evelyn.Elizabeth is a member of the spiritual Findhorn Community in Scotland, while Peter last year was called to the Quebec Bar and is practising in Montreal, with the Pointe St.Charles Legal Clinic.Meredith is an hono.s sociology student at Concordia University.Mr.Weldon became acting city attorney for Westmount when his father began pre-retirement leave on Feb 9, 1955, and then was appointed to continue the Weldon legacy on June 1 of the same year.He was employed by the city on retainer, often delegating responsibility for city business to other members of his law firm but always maintaining sure- Continued on next page \\\u2014 educatio\u201d ( Prep School The aim of Prep School! is to further academic achievement.Our students are presented with a solid and traditional program of studies.In addition, other aspects, equally important.are stressed motivation, interest, study habits and co-operation.© Highly qualified staff © Small classes © Individual attention Brochure on Request 489-7287 TERM COMMENCES SEPT.12, 1977 © Preparation for CEGEP © High School! - all grades © Elementary - all grades 4240 Girouard Ave.Permit # 749783 ~ Est.1944 the city\u2019s Quarter Century Club In 1970.SHAAR HASHOMAYIM FOUNDATION SCHOOL 450 Kensington Avenue, Westmount Registration \u2014 September, 1977 Limited number of vacancies still available in the various groups.\u201cAn enriched activities program, that fulfills the needs of the pre-school child in an environment of love and respect.\u201d Small Groups Qualified Teachers TRANSPORTATION AVAILABLE For further information call: Rose Ruckeastein, Supervisor 937-9471 local 41 Westmount Park After School Program 2:45-6:00 P.M.FOR CHILDREN GRADES | THROUGH VI Program is open to all children ages 6 through 12, although priority will be given to children of working parents and/or single-parent families.For information regarding fees, etc., please con- fact Jhartha Howlett at the Westmount YMCA, 37-3916.- y VIOLIN PROFESSOR MR.HRATCHIA SEVADJIAN holding a diploma from the celebrated conservatory of Leningrad and has personally taught in various conservatories throughout the Soviet Union.Mr.Sevadiian is accepting students at all levels for personal irs ruction.Please phone 337-3670 after 7 P.M. Passenger hurts nose in car crash A 25-year-old Westmount woman injured her nose in a two- car accident at the corner of The Boulevard and Grosvenor avenue at 10:30 Saturday morning, the result, it rod ant someone running a r ight, though no charges have been laid.A Miss Koreman was a passenger in a grey 1976 Chevrolet being driven Mrs.Gertrude Koreman, 59, of the Town of Mount Royal.The car, headed north on Grosvenor, was struck towards the front by a green 1976 Toyota moving east on Boulevard, driven by S.Prangley, 24, of Montreal.Mr.Prangley told police he noted the light turning red, but was unable to stop in time.He sustained more than $500 damage to the right side of his car, but apparently was unhurt.Miss Koreman was taken by lice ambulance to the Reddy emorial Hospital, from whic she was released after treatment.Continued from previeus page handed control and advice over all city legal matters.While city officials are hard- - ee to find any one point of urisprudence to mark his career, they agreed that his work in substantially reducing the water tax citizens pay to the city of Montreal a in gui amendments to the city charter through the provincial legislature are two aspects which stand out.\u201c\u2018We\u2019re going to miss him one heck of a lot just because of his knowledge,\u201d one city official said Tuesday.\u201cHe always stayed in the background, working behind the scenes, but he was always re.\u201d Loopholes Plugged Mr.Weldon\u2019s slow and painstaking style often annoyed some less-experienced city employees, The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, August 28, 1977 - 11 education but turned out to be better in the run, ensuring t nobod could find legal loopholes to get out of contracts or municipal legislation.In recent years the lawyer had developed a great interest in gardening, according to his son eter.He was always a nature lover, and enjoyed sailing and swimming at his summer home on Lake Memphremagog.He was there when taken ill on July 30, hospitalized first at Magog and r transferred to Sherbrooke, where the staff ormed \u201cvery fine work\u2019\u2019 which received praise of the entire family.Mr.Weldon was a director of the Canada West Indies Molasses Company, Ltd., Liquid Carbonic Canada Ltd., James Ross Ltd., GATX-Fuller Ltd.and other companies, and a member of the University Club in Montreal.Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon and Mr.Weldon was buried in the Mount Royal Cemetery.In lieu of flowers, his family has requested eX sema at a Victoria Hospital.Roy Peter Pan Nursery for Children (Established 1945) MORNING PROGRAMME Arranged For Pre-School Children Opening Sept.12th Registration Sept.8th & 9th Mrs.A.F.D.Macdonald 220 Prince Albert Avenue Westmount 215, P.Q.Phone: 486-4310 Special Children Classes Beginning September 12 Introduction to Classical Dancing.Boys and Girls ages 7 years up.Registration beginning.The Montreal Professional Dance Centre 223A Melville Ave., 932-5868 Director Seda Zaré Free Parking FRENCH COURSE FROM SEPT.10 to Dec.23, 1977 Fluent conversation \u2014 correct grammatical construction \u2014 idiomatic knowledge.Limited number of students per class.All classes meet three hours a week for a duration of 15 weeks at MANOIR NOTRE-DAME DE GRACE, 5319 N.D.G.Avenue (corner Decarie).REGULAR EVENING COURSES TUITION FEE: $87.\u2014 tor 45 tours TESTING & REGISTRATION PERIOD REGISTRATION: $13.ORAL & WRITTEN FOR ADULTS TAX DEDUCTIBLE West End of Montreal, Quebec PAYMENTS BY METALMENT POSSIBLE FOR MROULAR EVENING COURSES SLY August 22 to August 31, 1977 FREE ORAL TEST Beginners I: Tues.7:00 p.m.to 8:30 p.m.& Thurs.8:30 p.m.to 10:00 p.m.Beginners Ii: Tues.8:30 p.m.to 10:00 p.m.& Thurs.7.00 p.m.to 8:30 p.m Beginners HI and Intermediate I: Wed.7:00 p.m.to 10:00 p.m.intermediate !! 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Alex Haley, author of \u2018\u2019Roots\u2019\u2019; Melvin Laird, former U.S.secretary of defence and now Digest senior counsellor for national and international affairs; and Carl Rowen, former U.S.assistant secretary of state and a Digest roving editor.Following the conference the editors journeyed to Washington, D.C., where they had a special press conference with U.S.President Jimmy Carter.No permits Two people were ticketed last driving a motorcycle without the Friday for driving without proper accreditation; the other drivers\u2019 was had allowed the license to expire.licenses.One Apartment Hotel Pavillon Villa Decarie Under New Management ® Senior Citizens Welcome © Join us for modern, comfortable accommodations, in an area with easy access to stores, restaurants, theatre, etc.We offer a private, furnished 1/2 room apartment, the comfort of air conditioning and the convenience of a kitchenette.Each apartment offers: private bathroom, telephone, television plus facilities available in the recreation room such as: arts, crafts, bingo, etc.24 hour nursing call.Varied menu of 3 meals per day.Reasonable rates.Maid Service \u2014 Doctor on Call 5900 Decarie Blvd.735-6333 (Just below Van Horne) Sites.Continued from page two Three possibilities were weighed on Hillside avenue, the Rotary report reveals.Hillside Place Most obvious was the remaining land of the Hillside Place public housing, owned by the Westmount Muncipal Housing Bureau\u2014to the east of the existi subsidized apartment units built in the first instance for expropriated residents of Selby street, and now housing many older persons.While the city has no present plans for extending the project, it is known that city hall thinking is that in the future more units may be built with seniors, specially those needing subsidization, in mind.Proximity to the railroad and the Ville Marie Expressway is among the features which dissuaded choice of this location for the type of residence being undertaken by Rotary to meet the needs revealed by its 1974 seniors survey, which led to the present project.Hillside (2) The other two Hillside possibilities were on the north side of the street by acquisition of properties in one or the other of two parcels: between Abbott and Metcalfe avenues or between Metcalfe and Hillside lane.Existing uses (The Examiner recently moved into the former Bell Canada premises and Reader's Digest has renovated and enlarged another building, for recent examples) make availability unlikely.Claremont The only location above Sherbrooke street examined closely was the building at Claremont and Windsor avenues owned by the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Montreal.While relatively close to shopping and transportation, the steep hill a grave disadvantage to elderly pédestrians.The maximum zoning likely of attainment led to the conclusion that the area was, in any event, too small for consideration.Ville Marie Further up, at the top of Claremont, the spacious property of Villa Maria proved to be \u2018\u2018not \u2018up for sale, not even a piece of it,\u201d the report stated.\u2018Its location also is remote for seniors,\u201d it was added.Cape The Cape property at de Maisonneuve boulevard and Prince Albert avenue attracted the surveyer\u2019s attention.It is a four-storey building surrounded by parking.Its purchase would have been costly and justified only if the present building could be renovated: and incorporated into new construction.Even then the site was considered barely large enough.This comment is made: \u201cThe location is very good for seniors, close to parks, s and transportation.he surrounding residents have in- The Westmount Examiner, Thursday.August 25, 1977 - 13 N - 3 8 : Ë 2 - SNA 4 ETE JET Je JE [scene TT TE FLE | | (JE { >.0 5 [ Buse me - | 5 | ARLINGTON av J lwoura ose |_4}| ave Je | | STRBINCLNE avt % ré fl SITES CONSIDERED FOR RESIDENCE: The Rotary Club of Westmount revealed this week it had studied 16 alternate sites for its senior citizens\u2019 residence before choosing the Lansdowne avenue: Victoria Hall location (indicated by star).Other sites indicated by number on the map included: 1) behind Victoria Hall; 2) Tupper-Gladstone; 3) The Glen; 4) the former Atlas Construction Company site; 5) Hillside Place; 6) Hillside between Abbott and Metcalfe; 7) Hillide between Metcalfe and Hillside Lane; 8) Claremont and Windsor; 9) the E.G.M.Cape & Company building: 10) the former Dent Harrison bakery site; 11) Dorchester at Columbia; 12) Weredale House; 13) Westmount Park Church; 14) St.Catherine between Abbott and Metcalfe; 15) the former Quinlan apartments site.Not shown on the map is the Villa Maria property, north of Claremont avenue.dicated in the past their dissatisfaction with a seniors\u2019 residence in their mist but, perhaps, time has mellowed them.\u2019 (In 1970, Trizec Corp.lost a zoning referendum to permit construction of a Central Park Lodge on the former Dent Harrison bakery site opposite.Bakery Which leads to the more recent suggestion: the portion of the bakery site not already occupied by recently-constructed luxury town houses.Multi-storey facilities would be required here, Rotary says, if the site were available;-thus exposing it to the still remembered neighborhood antipathy mentioned above which opposed new such structures in the area.Derchester The south side of Dorchester boulevard at Columbia avenue was regarded as an excellent location close to many community resources.However, availability appeared uncertain; it now consists of two rooming houses and an apartment building.It would have fallen within existing zoning, th considerable molition would have been required.It also would accommodate barely 100 residents, considerably short of planned and recommended capacity for the facilities req .Weredale Weredale House was given serious study, including architectural and engineering reports.For a considerable period it was one of Rotary\u2019s options when it became known the boys\u2019 home was to be disban ed.However, the vincial government, a major ortga e holder, determined it was to used as an emergency Kathy MacCulioch Domicare \u2026 WESTMOUNT, P.Q.Going on holidays?Away for the weekend?Why not take advantage of our unique house-minding service?Let us water your plants, collect or forward your mail, feed your indoor pets, check your windows and doors, etc.For information call 933-5191 Mary Cape Payson shelter for juveniles and declared it unavailable.Rotary still sees its future use as additional seniors\u2019 accommodation for the community.Park Church Westmount Park United Church last year was considered.However, its demolition would have been necessary but protested vigorously, as had been Rotary\u2019s plans for the former Melville Presbyterian Chur- ch\u2014eventually purchased by the Serbian Orthodox as a place of worship.In any event, the Park church has had an improvement in economic health and the possibility of it coming on the market has receded.St Catherine Vacant lots where condemned apartment houses were razed on the south side of St.Catherine street were looked at.The one between Metcalfe and Abbott avenues was itself too small but had been considered together with the Montreal Water Works property on the north side of Hillside avenue, u which it backs.The City of Montreal is not considered prepared to sell the latter.Since the survey, the Quinlan apartments finally have been razed along with the adjoining \u20184424 building.The owners of this site were still plannin the construction of an office building there as revenue property.Uncertainty resulting from in Coach House Antiques OFFERS YOU TOP PRICES FOR Oil Paintings, Prints, Gold & Silver Jewellery, Watches, Clocks, Brass, Copper, etc.- CALL WITH CONFIDENCE 237-6191 - 738-342 1326 GREENE AVE.$107 QUEEN MARY ROAD Te ae se wa tervention ot the Quebec cultural affairs department concerning the future of the Quinlan forc dropping consideration of this site.Lansdowne All of which brought the Rotary Club last winter to the Victoria- Lansdowne option, with its many acknowledged advantages, the endorsement of the city and zoning By-Law 840-\u2014now to be contested by area residents in a poll Sept.13 of the people of Lansdowne, Roslyn and Grosvenor avenues below Sherbrooke street and some residents of adjoining de Maisonneuve boulevard.The Rotary statement this week emphasized that it is determined to see the residence, totally funded from private sources for communit nefit, rise alongside storied Victoria Hall put to a new and important use.BEAUTE D AVANT-GARDE d'Anne Feucaré de France Complete skin care treatments for women and men with natural and biological skin care products Skin care treatment tor Acne; 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though it had a valuation higher than the $35,100 assessed for 252 Prince Albert avenue, it sold for 14.2 percent lower than its valuation.The Blenheim markdown was actually less than the one ob- 252 Prince Albert lowest valuation, $35,100 tained in the $80,000 sale of the 314-16 Lansdowne avenue duplex, considering that p y has a valuation of $96,300 300 Those were but two of five announced markdowns in the month.Greatest sale over tax value was the 76.4- percent markup at 3249 Cedar avenue in a $130,000 sale.Only one other sale\u2014at 415 Mount Pleasant avenue\u2014involved a markup of more than 50 percent.The relatively low average price of homes sold last month i the cumulative average for year down to $88,643.75, almost $10,000 lower than the average for all of last year and not quite $5,000 higher than the 1975 average price.Last July, the average sale price of 13 residential pr ies sold was $92,588.54, 21 percent hi than the one-month average July.July details Details of the July transfers are as follows: 706 Roslyn: from Mrs.Michael L.Tucker to Mr.and Mrs.Arthur L.Felgar, sale price $87,000 (MUC valuation, $71,200) ; 456 Mount Stephen: Max Berdugo to Joseph Bernarrosh, $27,000 and other considerations ($78,400) ; 49 Arlington: James Fielding Minty to Mr.and Mrs.Joseph Shulman, $72,000 ($57,600) ; 369 Grosvenor: Mrs.Ross E.Hayes to Mr.and Mrs.Roger Perrault, $55,000 ($37,300) ; 1329-31 Greene: Musimart of Canada Ltd.to Cedrock Enterprises Ltd., $240,000 ($280,500); 492 Lansdowne: Mrs.Peter David Gooch to lan G.Fairbairn, $65,000 ($47,150) ; 4463 Montrose: Mrs.Saul Goldwarg to Mr.and Mrs.Colin K.Irving, $125,000 ($88,600) ; 429 Mount Stephen: John D.Evans to Mrs.George Kadrnka, $76,500 ($64,300) ; 21 Renfrew: Thomas Roy Hastings to Mr.and Mrs.Geoffrey Stevenson, $95,000 ($85,000) ; 544 Claremont: Mrs.George John Preston to Bernard Pierre Jacques Hamet, $60,000 ($66,400) ; 252 Prince Albert: Susan Copeland and Mrs.Max L.Copeland to Arun Jain, $39,500 ($35,100); 415 Mount Pleasant: Mr.and Mrs.Bernard Shapiro to Paul Douglas Cowan, $89,000 ($56,000) ; 29 Holton: Mrs.Ronald W.Rankin Ran Mr Walter Kostiw, $92,500 425-27 Victoria: Anne Tremblay and June Larkin to Mr.and Mrs.William FE.H.Smith, $67,000 50 3249 Cedar: pars, Terence R.Gibson to Mrs.Robert Lewandowski, $130,000 ($73,700); 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