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Until 1968 School District 88 was
known a8 School District 53; and In
the very early days almost every
‘village had Its own school district.

‘Above Is the secretary-treasurer’s
office for School District 53 in the —

alley behind Whiteman and Smith
Realty. The bullding was rented for
$25 a month about 19500r earlier.

Those were the days -when. the
secretary-treasurer’s salary was
$125 a month and the school district

hit the roof when he asked for a

typewriter because it was an ex-
. travagant spending of money. The
‘ old building is now coming down
with’ the memories.

Notes from across the country

. MONTREAL (cP) — 4’
painting by Dr. Norman
‘Bethune was unveiled at the

‘Royal Victoria iiospital -

Tuesday, the 91st an-
‘niversary of the birth of the
Canadian physician who died
.in 1939 while serving with the
forces of Mao Tse-tung in
prerevolutionary China.
The work depicts an oper-
‘ating room similar to those
Bethune worked in as a
Surgeon at the Royal Vic-

‘toria between 1928 and 1933, °

‘before he ventured to Spain,
iwhere he supported the
‘republican government in its
‘losing battle against General
Franco.

A plaque commemorating
Bethune was also unveiled at
the hospital Tuesday.

MONTREAL (CP) —
Provincial peace officers in
Quebec havé begun wearing
jeans to work to protest the

-government’s refusal to

agree to their saiary

proposals.

The 2,700 peace officers
work as fish and game
wardens, transport and
public works inspectors and
as guards in provincial
detention centres and at the
Quebec national assembly.

Maurice Corriveau,
president of their union, said

Tuesday the government

‘refuses to discuss changes to

their pension plan or
elimination of the three-
tiered wage system maln-
tained by the various
departments which employ
the peace officers.
MONTREAL (CP) —
French Quebecers have
moved more heavily into
business careers because of
education reforms the 1960s,
and not because of language
laws aimed at encouraging
the use of French, says
former Liberal cabinet
minister Raymond Garneau.
“We now are about to

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begin the final act in a long
process which began in the
middle of the last century,
and from which has emerged
a new elite — an economic
elite," Garneau told the
largely francophone Mon-
treal Chambre de Commerce
Tuesday. :

A netime finance
minister under Robert
Bourassa, currently
president of the Montreal
City and District Savings
Bank, Garneau said times
have changed from the days
when French-speaking
Quebecers were “more apt
to join the ~ liberal
professions,” such as medi-
cine or the law, rather than
pursuing business careers,

MONTREAL (CP) — Ade-
famatory libel suit against

La Presse journalist Guy
Pinard stemming from an
article on the Montreal taxi
business Was rejected
Tuesday in sessions court.

Finard, in an article pub-
lished last Oct. 31, wrote that
administrator Robert Bray
of the Ligue Nouvelle des
Proprietaires de Taxis “is a
member of the current

gang.”

Judge Yvon Sirois upheld
arguments by defence
lawyer Michel Proulx that in
five French-language dic-
tionaries the word “gang”
did not suggest the ad-
ministrators were
wrongdoers.

Pinard could, however,
have used a better word, the
judge sald.

ne 54% .

_ CALGARY (CP) —.
Energy Minister Marc
Lalonde left Calgary
audiences buzzing Tuesday
as he made a brief foray into
Canada’s oil. capital to
defend federal ol policies.

The reaction, however, [o-

cused more on what the

minister did not say and did

* not do than on what he did

say and do. ' :

Diplemalically dodging
questions from reporters,
Lalonde declined to say
whether Ottawa would take
any action against Alberta if
an oil shortage develops.

“‘There's no reason to fear
8 shortage,” Lalonde said,
adding that foreign oil im-
ports are available to
replace Alberta's production
euts and that Alberta has
promised to raise production
is shortages develop.

Earlier at a news con-
ference, the minister ex-
pressed. willingness ‘to
resume oil-pricing nego-
tiations with Alberta, But he
did not ‘indicate. any
possibility of a new federal
proposal to launch such
negotiations.

“We are ready to talk on
anything. That should be
good enough for talks to
start.” , i

Before that, Lalonde spoke
to the Canadian Institute of

Public Real Estate Com- -

panies where officials self-
consciously noted that the
minister was not in town to
Bpeak to any oil industry
Broup..

In a non-statement,
_Lalonde did not comment on
the institute's call for faster
increases in oil prices even
though officials pointedly re-
peated that call just before
his speech.

Despite the fact that its
members are spread across
Canada and account for a
large ‘share of national oit
consumption, the association
is urging: much faster in-
creases in oi! prices to en-
courage development of new
oi] and a federal-provincial
agreement on revenue-
sharing. .

Although Lalonde
suggested that the oil in-
dustry will eventually
realize it can live profitably
with the higher taxes and
price-inctease schedule con-
tained in his national energy
program, he did not refer to
the hottest industry topic —
the exodus of oil rigs to the
US. ts

Latest reports are that 78
of the costly drilling rigs
have - left Canada and

* another 53 are committed to

leave, more than one-fifth of

‘the Canadian rig supply.

Scores mare are expected to
remain in Canada but also
remain idle.

Wn another norpevent, the
minister did nol meet a
group of oil industry
executives that a loca)
newspaper columnist of-
fered, publicly and
privately, to assemble on an
hour's notice. = -

Two of Lalonde's officials, ,
however, hefd private
meetings with oi] indusiry
representatves. Depuly
Energy Minister Marshall
Cohen and his senior

Energy minister adds

a buzz to oil circles

assistant, Edmund Clark,
were not available to”
comment on their
discussions with the in-
dustry.

In his speech, Lalonde re-
peated denials that federal
policies will destroy
provinenial control of
resources, prevent adequate
development of new oil
supplies or lead to a nation-
alized industry.

Such accusations are part
of the “simplistic war of
slogans and catchphrases”’
that must be replaced by
genuine efforts to reach a
federal-provincial agr-
eement, Lalonde said,

Tories hoping
to clear air

OTTAWA (CP) — Several
Progressive Conservative
MPs entered their weekly
caucus meeting today saying
they’ hope Joe Clark would
“clear the air” and state
whether he intends to call a

leadership convention,

Some MPs have urged the
Opposition leader-to call a
convention following thé
Conservatives’ national
meeting last weekend. One-
third of 2,100 delegates at the
convention voted for a
leadership convention.

As Clark entered the
caucus room on Parliament
Hill, reporters asked him
what message he intended to
give his MPs. Clark laughed
and told the reporters they
know better than to ask such
questions.

Michael Forrestall (Dart-
mouth-Halifax East) said he
expected Clark will call a
leadership convention after
consulting MPs, party
members and Conservative
premiers in the next 30 to 60
days. .

The question on the minds
of most party members is ‘if
he (Clark) can win a general
election,” Forrestal] said.

Allan Lawrence, MP for

the Ontario riding of

* DurhamNorthumberland,

sald last weekend that if he
were Clark he would call a
leadership convention.

Today, Lawrence urged
Conservatives to remain
calm In the wake of the
weekend. vote on the
leadership issue. ,

“IT don’t know what Mr.
Clark will do," Lawrence

said. “If 1 had my druthers,.

I'd put the whole thing on ice

for awhile now, just cool it
out.”

A decision could be
delayed for about a month,
said the former solicitor-
general. and consumer and
corporate affairs minister.

Jack Ellis, MP for Prince
Edward Hastings and
chairman of the Con-
servatives’. Ontario caucus,
said Ontario MPs and

. senators met Tuesday lo dis-

cuss the leadership con-
vention and conveyed the
results of that meeting to
Clark.

“We had some people talk
to Mr. Clark and as a result
of thal we anticipate some
statement this morning.”

John Gamble, a Toronto
MP who had been active
before the weekend meeting
trying ta convince Con-
servatives to vote for a
leadership convention, said
he did not plan to push for a
convention now.

Following the weekend
vote, Gamble had declared
the leadership issue closed.
The party constitution says a
leadership convention must
be called only if 51 per cent of
pacty members want one.

Peter Blaikie, newly-
elected party president, said
Sunday he plans to travel
across the country to consult
party members on the
leadership question and
report back to Clark within
three months,

Robert Coates, Blaikie's
Predecessor and MP for the
Nova Scotia riding of
Cum berlandColchester,
would not say what he
planned to tell the caucus to-
day.

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Comfort, Pam Lelghton and Glenn
Grieve are inspiring laughs tonight
In the singing, dancing, comedy

show, Roaring 20s Revue in the
Terrace Liitle Theatre’s Kalum
Street Playhouse. Tickefs‘are on
sale ‘until Saturday at Carters

Jewellers in the Sk

production continues until
at 8 p.m. each evening. Satur

tena Mall, The
day