The Ottawa Journal from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • Page 2

proved of the board's decision. mass exodus of English is a big argument e'4 lk families from the.Catholic ery time the regional school system. sion builds a school about 'where it will be," said Mr. Valliere. "After a few years, everyone is Whatever their state of mind 'may be Vafter a few many members of his were not happy when the two and a half-hour' meeting ended.

John A. Godmere, chairman of a "boycott composed of VARCHS students'' parents, predicted a 1 1 1 IK Oild contract they recived $11,130. -Third class constables those with one year's service, will receive $11,987, Under the 1973 agreement, they, received $10,897. Probationary constables will earn $9,570 up from the present $8,700. Under the agreement me civilian secre- i tary at the police station willwas convicted by Judge A.

A. receive $6,111. The new agreement wasv reached after one meeting, a spokesman for the police de partment said. It is the second year in row that policemen' have not gone to arbitration. It was also announced that four Smiths' Falls policemen have been placed in rank classifications as result, of recent legislation which abolished the rank of corporal as of Jan.

Corporals Donald Blair, Allan Durant and Gerald Harris have been appointed ser- geantsw Sergeant Donald Wil son is now a 2Jm 4 "It's not only the high schools which will be affected," he "The law i that if you change your secondary school taxes to the Protestant system, your elementary school taxes must go their too." classroom boycott nized by his committee, in eft feet since Jan. 28 ended today. Godmere said i'the VARCHS students parents Wk EXAMPLES Tin nmu mht tm irt tl mm Af mUMut IS M(ili I iu0 zxziT vioy Ashing PERTH (Special) Steps may be taken to give motorists more protection at the Glen: Tay level crossing four -miles' west of here. -A meeting attended by of the Glen Tay Home and School Association, Bathurst township council and CP-Rail officials was held this week to discuss the dangerous crossing. School buses make their way over the 'crossing every day transporting students to the Glen Tay Public School.

Three weeks, ago Mrs. GUV. lian Lewis "and her two -chit dren had a narrow escape when their car stalled on the crossing and was destroyed by a CP Rail freight train. In 1969 a recommendation to implement safety measures at the crossing was sent to Bathurst council but no action was taken. J.

T. Looney, representing Man booted family out to hold stag KILLALOE (StaffUjn the aftermath of a stag party held at his Sherwood township home in Sylvester Lucowitch, 44, and two guests were fined $50 each in provincial court Wednesday, Tried in absentia, Lucowitch McLean on a charge of per mitting drunkenness in his home. Charged as "found-ins," Bronis Stoppa, 44 and Benedict Biernaski, 41, were also tried in- absentia and found guilty OPP Constable H. G. Koch, charged the revelers, laid that in preparation for the party Lucowitch had turned his wife and their seven children six to fifteen of age, out in the snow.

PAV TAXES Ontario's forest industries pay $300 million a year in municipal, prtvincial and federal taxes. tlj mm 'A i. 2 Thursday, February 7, 1 974 The Ottawa Journal fritte: U3. dJgifl A vote againstTCatholic education in lower Pontiac9 Fort Coulonge site chosen to replace Shawville school FORT CptlLONGE, (Staff) A majority of'the eleven-member Pontiac County school board cast what a priest told them was "a vote against Catholic education in lower Pontiac" Wednesday when they rejected, a proposal -made by Education Minister Francois Cloutier in hopes of ending a seven-year- controversy regarding the site of a new English Catholic, high school. It has' been decided by the Commission Scholaire Regional' l'Outaouais that the pro- Hawkesbury reeve picked new mayor (Staff) Town council has appointed route to replace Mayor Victor Bruneau, who died last week.

JAr, Proulx, reeve of Hawkes? bury for the past two years, sad he' would attempt to achieve the goals set this year by Mr. Bruneau. A major project will be to complete negotiations with three or four prospective in-. us tries proposing to locate in the town's industrial park. Girl, 4, drove snowmobile father charged KILLALOE (Staff) Howard Dick, of Doug-glas, has been charged with allowing his four-year old i daughter to drive his snowmobile.

Dick was ordered court 20 when he failed td appear Wednesday. Judge A. Mc- Lean refused to try Dick in absentia. Dick's, daughter, Carolyn, 4, was driving the machine on Gratton township road with a passenger, Dan Pultz, also 4, when the snowmobile was struck by a car driven by Mrs. Mary Blenke, of Dacre.

Carolytt spent several days in hospital as a result of the accident. The boy was not seriously injured. McLean said he would not hear the case "until. the parents, are present." charged KlfjGSTON, Ont student of Kun8 Fu 811 Oriental art of self-defence was found guilty in County Court Wednesday of possess-, ing an offensive weapon fol- lowing a fracas in a last Oct. 5.

police testified they were called to the gymnasium, where the skill was being taught, after two men entered and challenged an instructor and two students to a fight. T-' teroy J. Throop, 18, of Kingston, one of the students, picked up an axe used in the Rung Fu lesson and told police to leave or "I'll kill you," police said. After both officers drew their revolvers', Throop 'put the hatchet down. FEWER RUMORS AROUND BALTIMORE (AP) The Rumor Control Center of the Baltimore Community Relations Commission fewer rumors 'are! floating around the city these days.

As a result, the all-night answering service will be replaced next month by an automatic recording device. A commission duty officer will clear the machine periodically, and follow up. on the serious caMs. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOTTERY WINNER) Ftbraory 6, 1974, Draw MRS. JUANIGA POLLOCK 'ticket No.

C-109 District briefs posed school, to replace Shaw- vilje's Victoria Avenue Roman-1 Catholic High School, will be built in the Fort area, where the population is predominantly French speak- ing. -Parents of VARCHS, stiK dents have insisted the school be built in the vicinity of Campbell's Bay where the population is predominately Eng-' lish speaking. At the Suggestion of Mr: Cloutier a parent's committee asked PSB members Wednes day to recommend that CSRO The former mayor said -these industries could bring about 600 more industrial jobs to -Hawkesbury. Mayor Proulx expects to meet with provincial government officials this- month to-. negotiate a lower price for the secondary sewage treatment plant the town has been or-" dered to construct.

Last year, town politicians and 133 ratepayers complained that the million price tag was more man the town could bear. He will meet with. Energy Minister Darcy McKeough and- Environment Minister James Auld, to discuss higher grants for the project. The new mayor will also campaign for construction of the Boulevarde de Chenail this year, north of the town's main street. This $1.5 million structure will allow heavy truck and tourist traffic to bypass the main street end hook up with- the faterprovincial The town has been plagued for decades by heavy traffic congestion on the main 6treet, created mainly by tourists beading for the Laurentians andj.

truckj. loaded with wood travelling to. 'theVCanadian International f. Paper plant on weekdays. Fire losses up id Smiths Falls SMITHS" FALLS (Special) Fire losses in Smiths Falls arid district last year amount-' ed to $68,000 an increase of $16,000 over 1972 Smiths Falls fire chief Ed Fagan reported here Tuesday.

WeD-knowh resident of area dies at 80 PEMBROKE (Staff) -Maynard S. Fellowes, an Ottawa native and long-time" resident 1 of died Wednesday at me, age of 80. Employed in Pembroke in 1920 by Steel Equipment he was general manager when the firm amalgamated with Eddy. Match Co. Ltd.

He was managing director of Eddy Match when be retired, in 1957. During the First World War be served with the allied forces as a fighter pitot. Deeply involved in the field of education, Mr. FeHows was a member of various fchool boards for a total of 42 years. Fellowes High School, Pern-, broke, was named in his honor while be was chairman of the local district high school board.

One price $2.95 gives you deluxe lunch HOT ROAST BEEF or CHEF'S SPECIAL OF THE DAY from our steam tables. Magnlflquel ottawas newest hotel (5 agree to the appointment of a -mediator; outside the coiinty, whose recommeflda-' tions would not be binding, i '-'Blare -than ISO parents attended last night's meeting. The vote resulted in 5-5 tie, broken by boards chairman Rolland Valliere who voted against the motion. The breakdown Chairman- Valliere, commissioners. Lucienne Roy, Jospeh Doyle, both of.

Fort Coulonge; Ray Heriault of Da vidson; Jean Vaillancourt of vr? -i. 7 I "BBSSTJ 1 HELPING HAND IN CARLETON PLACE Ada Purdy, chairman of the handicraft committee, Carleton Place Reeve Ted LeMaistre, and Florence LaBreche, president of the New Horizons Helping Hand Club, attend opening ceremonies in the Zion Memorial Educational Centre recently. The club, financed by a federal grant, will provide a drop-in centre pr the elderly and handi-. capped in thetown. (Photo by Thornton) Smiths Falls police get 10 per cent boost SMITHS PALLS (Special) The town police commission 'has granted members of the police department a 10 per across the board salary it was 'announced Wednesday.

Under the new approved by both parties, first JL In 19Z2, fire losses in Smiths Falls reached $46,000 and 6 0 0 0 in the surrounding townships. Last year, fire 1 8 in the townships reached $40,000 and $28,000 in Smiths Fails. Among" has many other hk terests were the Royal Canadian Legion; iRCAF Association; Unemployment Insurance Commission and the, Pembroke Board of Trade and Planning Board. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy, and a daughter, Constance Smylie of Toronto. PRISONERS COMPLAIN SAN ANTONIO, Tex.

(AP) -When the Government Employees Credit Union turned off its giant downtown electric time and, temperature sign save energy, some nearby residents asked be turned back on. The sign is near the county jaiif. A prisoner said "There are 500 inmates dependent upon the clock so far as time goes, plus the temperature keeps us informed of the outside environment." Chapeau and Raymond Hynes -of Allumette. Island. Fotr: commissioners Richard Bowie of Campbell's Bay; Brian Stanton, of Bryson Marcel Pigeault of Calumet Island; Raymond Johnston, of Otter Lake and Clifford potswood of Waltham.

It was John McEUigott, a Campbell's Bay parish priest, who -predicted the end of the Catholic school system in the-' county's east j-; Some English Catholic parents from the west end ap-, class constables will receive $12,628, up from the present $11,480. Sergeants, there are three, will earn $13,771, -Increased from the v-, Second class constables, -those with, two years service, will -make $12,243. Under the Chief Eagan has recom- mended that the present fire hall-be enlarged to accommodate present equipment; that a new smoke injector be purchased end mat two-way radio equipment now located in the police station be placed -in the fire hall. The department answered 76 general alarms during 1973 and 184 emergency calls with the department station wagon. The.

fire chief made 40. inspections for fire hazards and 14 calls were made to the Rideau Regional Hospital School. WW TV, Ittoka mm rr nM I IHl IH blU-liff had no further plans for actions iL An added ingredient was added to the afair with a com plaint "by Quyon-area residents," whose children go to school as far away as Aylmer and that a decision of the Outaouais regional school board had cut them out of, the Pontiac board area. The Quyon' residents said if they were considered as part of the Ponfiac area as they contend they, should be Campbell's Bay and not Fort Coulonge would unquestion- lights 1 the Canadian Transport Com mission said he would authorize the removal of a depart-; ment of highways sign at the crossing that impedes the view of motorists It was estimated that it only takes eight seconds from the a fast freight train rounds a bend until it reaches, the crossing. It was recommended during, the meeting that flashing lights and gates be installed: at the crossing.

the meeting that flashing lights and gates be installed 'at the crosing. i Pembroke pipeline PEMBROKE (STAFF) -Mayor George Abdallah asked provincial energy minister Darcy McKeough Wednesday to ''take whatever action is necessary to ensure that the pipeline between Sault Ste. Marie and Montreal be con-' structed parallel to Highway 17." In a letter to the" minister, Mayor Abdallah submitted that the reasons are manyr availability undeveloped land along most of the route (cost saving to governments);" need, for construction of pipeline to employ people and our 38th year coma gion, in, The next step 19 a delega tion to the next Outouais regional board meeting in Hull Feb. 18. Earlier Wednesday, Outaouais board presidenf Gerald Rivers said many of the Pontiac protesters were only using the situation to push their own ideas.

He said the 1 situation was not a French-English struggle, but "a quarrel among the E'n h-speaking for the choice of a site." urged he federal government .80 per cent, CP JRail seven and a half per cent "and the township 12.S per cent for this protech'od. The township could receive provincial grants on its share of the cost. Lanark, County Board of Education will meet next week with CP Rail officials and, the; department of ways to' discuss; the crossing 1 1 As to the sanding -of the approaches to the crossing Mr. Looney said it is up to the township to carry out 'the work. mayor asks near town retain skilled trades in the area; insure the area of needed energy for future development; 'open up undeveloped areas for industry and tour-, ism; -v the availability of gas would much to stop Copies were sent to federal Energy Minister Donald Mac-donald, members of parliament' and the legislative assembly, Renfrew county Reeve Robert Seguin and mayors and reeves of municipalities on Highway 17.

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