The Gazette from Montreal, Quebec, Canada • 46

GAZETTE, Montreal. Dec. 28. 1978 Proxmire mocks $219,592 U.S. grant to teach U.S.

college kids to watch TV It's Golden Fleece time again in Washington, and this month, the U.S. Office of Education is the goat for a $219,592 grant to teach college students how to watch television. Wisconsin Sen. William. Proxmire, who makes the award for the most ridiculous waste of tax money, says "students may see an easy 'A' in 'TV Viewing but he flunks the Office of Education for the contract.

A mouthpiece for the bureaucrats involved says the grant is to develop "analytical skills to enable students to recognize stereotyping on the basis of race or sex, to see the subtle influence of Too late for Christmas, darn it, comes to $1,000 sweatshirt for the jogger who has everything except brains. The garment is covered with hand stitched bugle beads. So far, L.A. designer Bill Hargate has sold only two both to Sandy Duncan. She wears them in her nightclub act sometimes with jeans, and sometimes with nothing else.

Says Hargate, "that's the way they look best, with nothing but a lot of leg Boxer Muhammad Ali may soon be seen around the world promoting yet another product: a German-made soft drink called Capri-Sonne. Sisi-Werke, the Heidelberg company that makes the stuff, says "'The great popularity of New England family sings across Europe HAMBURG, Germany Yule shoppers in Hamburg's busy Moenckeberg Strasse stopped in their tracks when they heard the, sound of children's clear voices singing Jingle Bells as though this was the most natural thing to do in the midst of rushing auto traffic and throngs of pedestrians. "Who are they?" asked a woman. "I've seen them on television," said another. More people gathered on the wide sidewalk.

And after two lilting Spanish folk songs, the group packed up their instruments and headed for the nearby Christmas market. The spell was broken. The singers, dressed in 17th century Spanish costumes, were the Kelly family from New England, who are singing their way through Europe, traveling and living in two old double-decker buses. The singing Kellys are Dan, 47, a former teacher, his wife Barbara, 38, and their talented youngsters, Caroline, 17, Kathy, 16, Paul, 14, Johnny, 11, Patricia, 8, Jimmy, 7, Joey, 5, and Barbie, 3. One-year old Paddy, the baby, already is getting accustomed to the street concerts while Danny, 18, the oldest, who is handicapped, stays behind in the bus when the family is out performing.

"We don't sing 'White Christmas' here," said Dan as the Kellys were wraming up WILLIAM PROXMIRE SANDY DUNCAN Nothing else with cups of hot coffee and chocolate. "We call up enough nostalgia because we have a large family. How many families are there in Germany where the husband died in the war? We don't want to exploit that." Dan sings bass and Kathy is the backbone of the group, doing the arrangements, giving instructions, and getting songs ready. But the 'star is Johnny with his clear young voice, while little Barbie, dressed up as a buffoon, melts everybody's heart when she strums her miniature guitar. Seeing the Kellys in action, many Germans think of the legendary Trapp family who, after Hitler took over, left their native Austria and captivated American audiences with their singing.

(Their life was depicted in the movie, The Sound of Music.) Dan says he quit his teaching job in Massachusetts in 1965 and took his family to Europe because he wanted to get away from the hectic life. The Kellys settled in the small Spanish town of Gamonal and stayed there 10 years. Four of their children were born there. Dan made a living buying and selling antiques. "I wanted my children to get in contact with what we call the primitive life," he said, "where people still make a fire on their own hearth and live close to their neighbors.

Social agencies need help in variety of volunteer jobs This may be your opportunity to put your time and skill to work in the service of others. Listings are compiled by the Volunteer Bureau of Greater Montreal, a member of Centraide. A downtown home needs a volunteer to answer the door, answer telephone calls and in general take care of and converse with female senior citizens for a couple of hours a week. A convalescent hospital in the Van Horne area needs a strong male to wheel patients from their rooms to the therapy chambers while the regular volunteer is on holidays. An active senier citizens' group in Westmount, whose main job is to inform senior citizens on the Island of Montreal about their rights, requires a volunteer to help with the secretarial duties and mailing lists.

A senior citizen, 82, in Outremont needs someone to help her with her weekly shopping and stay for conversation and tea afterwards. A bilingual volunteer is required at a downtown information and referral service to type and take shorthand Retarded boy, 9 needs affection Carl is a nine-year-old boy who was born with Downe's Syndrome. At birth he was placed in an institutional setting, where he stayed for seven years. He was then transferred to another special training institution for two years. Carl's mother was unable to come to terms with the fact that Carl is retarded and there is little chance he will ever be able to return home.

Carl is small and quiet. He gets along well with other children, with his peers, is cooperative and displays no behavioral problems. Carl needs a family where he can be helped to develop NEW NATURAL FOOD STORE LARGEST SELECTION OF WHOLE AND ORGANIC FOODS. BULK AND PACKAGED FOODS. TAU 4238 St.

Denis (near Rachel) Tel: 843-4420 NAMES IN THE NEWS By Doug Camilli Mr. Ali is a guarantee of the best possible support he can obtain to increase (our) sales in Germany and to open up new markets on an international scale. Capri-Sonne comes in three flavors: Orange, a apple and lemon. Ali fond of it, Sisi-Werke says, that the company has agreed to provide him with one crate of it each week for the next four years. Ho ho ho dept: "Everybody that's guilty, stand up," commanded Philadelphia Traffic Court Judge Domenic lannarelli to a courtroom full of accused traffic violators.

One guy stood up, but a cop quickly snapped "Sit down" as Iannarelli proclaimed: "Everybody's discharged. Ho, ho, ho Merry Christmas." Said one happy traffic offender: "I thought this only happened in the movies. This saved me forty Pork barrel politics: U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance didn't exactly bring home the bacon on a SALT arms treaty or on Mideast peace, so reporters who traveled with Crime doesn't pay STIRLING, Scotland (CP) Ninety thousand cigarettes stolen from a warehouse here were ruined after being hidden in a farm shed which let in rain. But the thieves had to pay anyway they were fined £93.850 for the cigarettes, engagement announcements There is a charge for publishing wedding and engagement announcements.

For information please call: CAROL ANN JOSEPH 861-1111 Loc. 422 THE GAZETTE Social Notices Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Austin, of Mont-Tremblant, formerly of Westmount, announce the engagement of their daughter, Karin Anne, to Dr.

Augustine O'Gorman, son of Mrs. Mary O'Gorman of Salthill, Galway, Ireland, and the late T. H. O'Gorman. A reception was held recently to celebrate the 60th wedding anniversary of Mr.

and Mrs. T. Collier, parents of Mr. and Mrs. N.

L. Salomon, Mr. and Mrs. A. Collier and Mr.

and Mrs. J. Lazar, of Israel. The event was attended by family. Tributes were received from Queen Elizabeth, Prime Minister Trudeau and The Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.

Major (Ret.) and Mrs. R. A. Doiron are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Deborah Anne, to Ronald William Scott Mason, son of Mr. and Mrs.

R. G. Mason, of Ottawa. A celebration was held in honour of Mr. and Mrs.

Solomon Fine for their golden wedding anniversary, on December 25th. Attending were family and friends. The engagement is announced between Susan Mary, oldest daughter of Mrs. Sheila Morrin, of Montreal West, and the late Mr. Donal V.

Morrin, to Maurice, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert V. Hudon, of Westmount. The wedding is being planned for May 1979.

The recent marriage is announced of Wendy Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar W. Phillips, of Kingston, Ontario, to Philip Cooper Levee, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Paul M. Levee, of Montreal, Quebec. Social Notices published in this column per word, min. $7.50. Please contact Carol Ann Joseph, Advertising Department 861-1111, Loc.

422, 9-5 p.m. him to Europe decided to make up the difference. Before landing at Andrews Air Force Base in Washington the other day they presented him with a pound of bacon. Said Reuters correspondent Roy Gutman, who did the honors, "this gift contains no salt and has been rejected by both parties in the Middle East." Bacon, as you know, pork forbidden food both for Jews and Moslems. Great Texas art: Your artist pal asks if he can put: a 40-foot plastic iguana on the roof of your restaurant, see? You've both had a few drinks, and it sounds like a great idea.

So you say 'okay'. Then the guy does it. It happened, to New York restaurant owner Mort Cooperman. The artist, a Texan named Robert Wade thought it was a terrific idea. Other businessmen on lower Fifth Ave.

find the brightgreen beast a bit tacky, somehow, and want Cooperman to call it a night for the iguana. Luckily for them, another Texan, oilman Bobby Vassallo, wants to buy the thing and move it to Texas. The price under negotiation: About $250,000. Take that: Daryl F. Gates, police chief in L.A., thinks there's a difference in law enforcement between the Big Orange and New York, the Big Apple.

He says "we in the Los Angeles Police Department view Barney Miller as a comedy series, my colleagues in New York think of it as a ROCCA IMPORTS! OPEN TO PUBLIC Mon. Sat. Fri. 18:8 p.m. AFTER CHRISTMAS SALE INTRODUCES High style fashions directly imported from PARIS at reasonable prices 1117 St.

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Contre available for the relief of gas alone. As with any les Gaz medical product, should symptoms persist, consult your family physician. A TOUCH OF THE TROPICS OVER THE HOLIDAYS! The fact that it's winter in Canada is no reason to deny your guests a foretaste of summers to come. This is a favourite of mine called the PINEAPPLE BLOSSOM. Take one part sugar syrup, one part lemon juice, two parts pineapple juice and four parts of your favourite brand of liquor.

Shake it up with crushed ice and serve. Then let your guests enjoy the really memorable experience and if they're having fun, it's a sure bet that you will too. VOLUNTEER BUREAU several hours on Tuesday day or evening. An unfortunate married couple, both suffering from cerebral palsy, and whose immediate families are out of town, would welcome friendly visitors in the Town of Mount Royal. A long-term patient in a Cote des Neiges hospital, very mentally young for his age of 22 years, badly needs a male companion who can converse with him and take him outdoors for walks and window shopping.

If the Town of MountRoyal Meals-on-Wheels does not receive 24 volunteers by the beginning of the oncoming year, more than 20 handicapped and senior citizens living alone, will be deprived of their warm meals. Volunteers would only have to work several hours a month either preparing the meals in a church kitchen, delivering the meals, or cleaning up. An English-speaking boy with no father seeks a special adult male friend to talk over his problems. He is 6 years old and lives in the Cote des Neiges area. Loves sports.

If you have an hour or two to spare for rewarding volunteer work once a month, call the Volunteer Bureau of Montreal at 866- 3351. RONSON PUTS AN END TO THE WASTE OF DISPOSABLE LIGHTERS. I'm happy to see that Ronson Products of Canada is in step with society and has taken a long hard look at the waste inherent with disposable products. Ronson, the leader in the lighter field, has succeeded in producing an alternative to the disposable lighter with its new refillable lighter called the Refil-a-Lite. This little beauty has been built to last for years and a single can of butane should last an average smoker for a year.

This stylish alternative to disposable lighters has a suggested retail price of only $4.49... so give a Ronson Refila -Lite to all and to all a good time. Labelle fourrure offers you the largest collection of furs in Canada THIS WEEK'S CHILD emotionally and learn new social skills. He has never been in a family setting and he would need encouragement and affection. Patience and firm limitsetting would be needed to help Carl grow and mature.

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