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glebe report VOLUME 1, NUMBER 5 OTTAWA, OCT. 28, 1973

Sittin' on the corner watching all the cars go by ... residents check license numbers to trace new

traffic patterns, if any, during Tuesday's evaluation of the traffic plan. PHOTO BYRON BOYD

Grumbles only on rumbles by MERI GUZZO

AND ANDREA NOLAN

Tuesday brought nearly 100

volunteers out on the streets of the Glebe suspiciously copying down the license numbers of passing vehicles.

We asked some of these volunteers how they felt about the new traffic plan. Their opinions were put into compact comments:

"It's really too soon to tell. Patterns in traffic haven't yet been established. The cut-down in traffic, though is great.

"The last football game brought a lot of discomfort. There was a

BY GEORGINA WYMAN

The Glebe Community Association has expressed its opposition to the present planned expansion of the seating capacity of Lansdowne Park stadium by 7,000 seats. Federally funded through the

_winter works scheme, this expansion would begin no later than January rust, 1974. In a letter to Mayor Benoit

Association president NUke Cooper

emphasized that "proper planning" was required "to better meet the needs of the community at large without having disastrous effects on the Glebe". He went on to emphasize that the present 7000

seat proposal is not the product of rational planning, but is based on the "availability of money".

Coming at a time when the future of Lansdowne Park is under review, the proposal appears to predetermine Lansdowne Parks as the site for the regional sports and recreation facility. Such a decision seems to be at total

line of cars ad infinitum inching their way along the Driveway. Q. "Do you think Glebeites are supercilious about their neighbourhood?"

A. "NO! These streets are residential anyway. Why have comnarcial vehicles invaded our

privacy ? The Glebe area is worth preserving don't you think ?

I don't believe the people who live here are the kind to enforce snobby attitudes. People have realized the problem. It is just an attempt to cope with the traffic and live in safety. The only reason the blockage was

brought about was for safety's safe. It's working."

Where will the extra 7,000 go7 variance with the city's present attempt to limit through-traffic in the Glebe. It also threatens the Glebe residential character: "expanding seating capacity will probably increase pressure for physical expansion of the park to Fifth Avenue and for another crossing of the Rideau Canal."

Wellington ward Aldernan Joe Cassey does admit there is

some inconsistency in the present situation, but adds that City Council was "led down the garden path,' In September, when the Lansdowne seat expansion was placed second from the bottom of the possible winter works projects list, council was assured that only about one third of the list would probably be approved by the provincial government. To everyone's surprise, the City of Ottawa got

6 million dollars instead of an anticipated two. Controller Tom McDougall points out that refusal of the money for this project is difficult. In a winter when unerployment is expected to be high, the expansion would create jobs. And no city politician

The rumble strips were a

different story. They were slescribed as 'ridiculous',' nois-y'

'ineffective', 'stupid', 'terrible' and 'useless'.

There was one vote in their favour:

"Pressure on my eardrums has eased a lot. I'm speaking in particular of those maniac drivers who screechingly turn corners at 80 mph.

Two ladies at Carling and Bronson:

"You can't interview us! You're fouling everything up! What was that last license ?"

"I don't know .., ask those girls! GO AWAAY"

can refuse an opportunity to save Ottawa taxpayer money at the expense of the federal governmet

Both McDougall and Cassey add that additional traffic need not be generated. Most football games are not filled to capacity; the additional seats will give bet seating to those who do attend while leaving the worse ones empty. Cassey also suggested that steps could be taken to actively discourage auto traffic to football games by banning parking on T ansdowne park grounds and making more express buses available.

McDougall stressed the need to balance the interests of the Glebe against other factors. One such consideration in his and Controller Greenberg's minds is the need to encourage professional football in Ottawa. Professional football may eventually require much larger stadium facilities and the present stadium could be used by high school, college, and commnity teams. Council is to vote on the 7,000 seat addition at its next regular meeting Oct. 29.

Council backs

Lansdowne dream by MARY D. IA NG

Ottawa City Council voted last Monday to adopt in principle

a 20-year plan costing $80 million for the development of

Lansdowne Park. The plan proposed by Murray

and Murray consultants would create a year-round recreational environment for residents of

the Glebe, Ottawa and the region, It consists of the following

zones: - the Civic Centre, which

would rerain on its present site. a commercial exhibition

mall at the Bank St. entrance;

an indoor sports arena, east of the Centre.

the Midway; an educational and cultural

exhibition in the north-east area by the canal, including a band- stand shejl;

a pastoral area facing the canal landscaped with water, grass and trees;

an aquatic area for boating and ice skating on the south.

The Park would eventually be extended to include the area bounded by Bank St. Fifth .',ve., Holmwood and O'Connor Sts.

TimMurray, a memb_r of the consultants firm, explained to Council that the plan was developed in zones so that it could be dealt with in steps.

The report points out that the Park in its present state does not enhance the area and

should be improved to blend it with the surrounding residential structures.

The problems of traffic and parking during the Exhibition and major sports events would be solved by an increased public transportation

service of 25 buses. A

solution to noise pollution during these events was not

proposed,

PIAOTO BY ABBY KNOX

The Rev. I. Keith Calder

was inducted as rector of Srt.

Matthew's Church last Stmday

The annual general meeting and election of a new executive of the Glebe Community Assoc- iation will be held Tuesday Nov. 13th in the First Avenue School auditorium at 7:30 p.m.

Nominations for executive positions should be sent to Mchael Cooper 110 First Avenue. Nominations will also be accepted from the floor.

Eileen Scotten, Broadway Avenue, is standing for president. Mrs. Scotton served for two terra as chairman of the Ottawa Board of Education. At press time she was the only nominee for president.

Neil Morrison, Monkland Avenue, and Ashton Nicholson, Second Ave. are nominated for the job of vice-president.

Hearing on high rises

BY SONYA DAKERS

Objections to down-zcming along the Driveway between Patterson's Creek and Fifth Avenue have been filed at City Hall and

a hearing before the Ontario Municipal Board will be scheduled, where the city and objectors will meet.

The area was dottvn-zoned last July. City Council passed a

by-law changing the area from

R-7 (high density) to R-4 (resid-

ential) when commnity objections to two new high rises, now under 7onstruction, became apparent.

Meanwhile, there are no immed-

iate plans - at least not for the next two years - ofr the block on

the east side of Bank St., between

Fourth and Fifth Avenues, accord-

ing to Mr. Wasserman, property

manager for David Loeb.

Development of the Bank St.

site will depend to a large extent onzthe direction the Lansdowne

Park expansion takes, says Mr.

gasserman. He denied rumours

that a hotel was being considered for that property, although he

adrintted that such a possibility could arise should plans for

Lansdowne indicate the need for a nearby hotel.

Controllers Guzzo and Jones and Aldermen Law and Kay voted against adopting the plan.

Eileen nominated

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Not into laager Common criticism of the Glebe is its insularity. Opposition to this, opposition to that, and now the traffic plan which tries to keep anyone who doesn't belong out of the Glebe. The worst is still to come. As Lansdowne Park expands and regional government tries to drive a new east-west arterial bridge through our neighbourhood we will increasingly be seen as embattled chauvinists, going into laager for the last time. The truth is different. Naturally we want to protect OUT own way of life and our own real estate. We are also fighting for something that many of us have watched decay in oilier cities - a down-town community that gives life to the whole city, that makes the city centre a place to explore and savour, not just drive in and out of. Glebe residents are probably the most ardent fighters for rapid transit in the Ottawa/Carleton region. Rapid transit and planned development could make Lansdowne Park into the Tivoli Gardens that Aldo Lockhart and other Glebe residents dream of. But ad hoc expansion like the 7,000 extra stadium seats, with a few extra buses thrown in on big days, can only result in clogged streets, merchants moving out because people can't get to their stores, and eventual deterioration.

We have learnt to oppose because out of opposition we might - just might - preserve our neighbourhood. And that would be good for everyone including ourselves.

Who likes driving through a wasteland, even to a football game ?

Decisions like the stadium expansion and Lansdowne Park development crucially affect the Glebe. That is obvious. What is not so

obvious is the city's deterrination to preserve the Glebe as well as build a bigger and better Lansdowne Park. Let's hope that develops as we work together on the project.

No, we're not going into laager. We like people, but we're scared stiff of their cars.

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Distrust has divided us by MICHAEL COOPER

(Mr. Cooper is president of the Glebe Community Association)

During the past two years the Glebe has been the focus of a

great deal of activity, including: I. Demolition of existing housing for high-rise development courtesy of Mr. Teron (First Ave and the Driveway) and Mr. Cuhaci (Third Ave. at the Driveway)

Demolition of existing housing for parking lots courtesy of the Ottawa Board of Education (first Ave.) and Mr. Loeb (Fourth Ave. near Bank)

Completion of the Murray and Murray study of Lansdowne Park which proposes a massive increase in the scale of activity innthe Park and its physical expansion up to Fifth Ave. 4, City Council's decision to increase the seating capacity of Lansdowne Park stadium by 7,000 seats.

City Council's decsion to begin construction of the fire hall in Lansdowne Park At Fifth Ave. and O'Connor.

Proposals in both the Murray and Murray report and the draft regional plan for additional crossings of the Rideau canal atnFifth Ave and Carling/First respectively.

The acquisition of the Comnmity Centre.

The implerentation of

the traffic plan on a trial basis. City Council's decision to

up-grade (through down-zoning) the area along theC anal between First and Fifth Ayes.

City approval of cornmnity generated plans for recreational use of city-owned land at Lyon

and Chamberlain.

When one begins to compile such a List as this it is quite obvious that the "bad news"

outweighs the "good news" despite all the ebergy that has

gone into trying to stem the tide.

The City has decided the Glebe does not warrant priority status for an area study

which would provide Glebe residents with the resources needed to examine the commnity's needs in a comprehensive fashion. Con. Greenberg's standard argument 1;i7cat Mechanicsville needs help more than the Glebe is validif the City's priority list is based solely on the criterion of deterioration and past neglect. Our efforts to convince the City politicinas that there is a need for preventative planning in areas like the Glebe before deterioration and redevelopment

are out of control have been to no avail. In addition our offers to do our own are study on a

volunteer basis but with close cooperation from the City and the NCC hvae been consistently

tinned down. The City will not sanction area studies done out- side their ccmtrol and for political reasons will actively

discourgae NCC involvement in "city affairs". Without the City's sanction the Community Association has been reluctant to commence our own area studY

For the most part Glebe ressdents are unwilling to admit that their primary motivation is self- interst. Self- interest comes in all forms from wanting to influence a Home and School,Association's orientation, to wanting to keep through traffic off one's street, to insisting on maximum return on one's investment in a piece of property. It shoull not be surprising that when an individual or a community association seek to intervene in the established way of doing things that the first reaction from onlookers is to question the motivation of those involved. The paranoia, distrust and deliberate attempts to confuse the issues through the publication of blatently false information that emerged earlier this year in response to the Community Associaticm's

A while ago I picked up a

copy of the Glebe Report and I happened to read an article about the teenagers and the Centre, and since I am a youth worker at the Glebe Commnity Centre I felt compelled to make some clarification. The piece was fairly well taken by me but there are basic points I

disagree with. I firriy believe that the staff

of the Centre is not g-uilty of unduly pushing the teenagers around. The Centre has just so much room, and there are many other programmes but the best is done to suit the needs of the teenagers in this present facility.

There are problems of course and these were outlined well in the article. There is

"disrupting other programming ... minor vandalism and disregard of housekeeping ..." (in the Centre) by the teenagers, but maybe for other reasons. Whether the teenagers are given everything they want or not, these problems will still remain.

Why do these things happen then ? There are a variety of reasons; some of these people I believe have never been taught to clean up and

respect property; some of these people have little or no control over themselves, and

perhaps people like me cannot

atterpt to develop a traffic plan for the Glebe provides the ideal example. In the old style of participating

in public affairs it was ves7 easy to identify the terierny' and proceed to protest his or her actions. This process was fmther simplified by the slow pace of change and the short-term nature of the protests. As a result almcst everyone could afford to offer their time and energy on well focussed short term projects. However, with the' accelerated pace of activities in yhe Glebe and the need for on- going cooperative planning ventures with all levels of government it is becoming increasingly apparent that our greatest enemy could well be uell

The notion that we may be as guilty as the developer who tears down buildings in ma community, or the politician whose sense of priorities precludes taking reventative action is disturbing but it must bee dealt with. The only way the Glebe is going Vo

survive as a heterogencrus residential-commercial area is tlyough the recognition of our individual self- interest and through conscious efforts to build them into a cornnmity.

theglebeQ11 always be . watching them.

Talking to parents and others in this area I believe that there is a lot of superstition abot the centre. Some seem to think that it is a hang-out for drug users, a place only connected with trouble. This is not true ! I think that every one around the centre wants it to have a good reputation. It is not a place where people sroke up" - it is an alternative. It is my job to help the teenagers to recreate and I believe that this aim can be achieved without the use of drugsor intoxicants. I try not to impose my ideas on.

anyone, but I am hired to facilitate and guide the teen-ag, agers in programming in the centre.

For example, there was a

successful camping trip at the Outdoor Learning Centre on

the weekend of Oct. 13 and 14.

There were 15 participants and

it was organized by the Commun- ity Centre. Without exception:, everyone enjoyed themselves !

There is a hockey team pla-yim

out of McNabb on Wednesdays (4:30 to 5:30) organized by this sans Centre. There are other programmes that 1 cannot ment on here and now, but I

must stress that there is a lot going on. Suggestions are welcomed and encouraged.

JAMES BEEMAN

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Into the house next to St James tennis courts on Third Avenue ha s moved a man who doesn't believe in lobbing anything gently over the net.

Romeo Malone is, in the view of many who have heard him, one of the best -- and most forthright

public speakers in Canada, He puts it himself slightly

differently. "i've gist the gift of the gab but, y'lmow, I never made a speech until I was 24 and I was very frightened. I still get scared, and dry up if I see by people's faces that there isn't much response".

Both in public speeches and private conversation, Romeo is passionate about many issues. But

his greatest concern is the gap that opens ever more ,videly between the rich and poor peoples of the world. The gulf between rich and poor both in Canada and abroad. "There's a 'Third World in Canada because the rich lord it over the poor," he points out.

He has worked in both spheres, Some years ago he had an organizer's job with the Steelworkei in Toronto. His last job was running the Catholic aid agency, Development and Peace, in Montreal with some $2 million flowing to projects in the poorer countries. Now he is back in Ottawa as International Director of the Canadian Labor Congress.

The churches in the rich

Five questions for Mayor Benoit The Glebe Report asked Mayor

Benoit, a former resident of the Glebe, to reply to questions of current concern to the Glebe, Here are the questions and the Mayor's replies:

CFCIle city proposes a 30%

increase in the seating capacity of Lansdowne Park stadium. What plans have been made, what money has been put aside for a) improved public transportation to accomodat: the extra people b) improved access and parking ? Why was this decisiontaken before either the Murray and Murray report on Lansdowne Park or rapid transit/ public transportation plans have bee' studied ?

A There have already been a

number of improvements made to the public transportation system to accomodate the numbers of persons presently attending major functions at Lansdowne Park. This has taken the form of special buses for football games and restrictions on parking along Bank Street in order to ,facilitate access. It is anticipated that public tranportation can be further irproved in order to accomodate the additional people particularly by reducing the number of parking spcaes available to the public, both on site at Lansdowne Park and in the general area, thereb compelling patrons of the Park to utilize public transportation. The final decision has not been taken and therefore it would be inappropri,

to comnent on the last part of the question as it has been worded.

Once the final decision is taken,

the reasons why that decision is

taken, one way or another at the time it is taken, will have to be explained, certainly in the context of the points raised by the question,

O. The Glebe has offered to do its own area study in conjunction with city planners. This study would be done by experts at no cost to the eity. Why doesn't the city accept this offer ?

A. The City acknowledges its responsibility to plan the various areas of the municipality in consultation and in cooperation with the citizens of the area under study in order to honour its legal

and moral obligations in this

regard and to ensure the greatest possible objectivity of the

recomrendations which it is called

upon to consider.

Q. Highrises, an expanded Lansdowne Park, a proposed new

bridge over the canalat the eart end of the avenues all threaten the residential nature of the Glele. If we cannot do our own

area study, what preventive planning will be done by the city ?

A. The question is rhetorical and consequently uan only be answered in a few words, namely the preventive planning will be

countries, he thinks, have been

roused more than their govern -ments have been by the calls from

from the poor nations and the churchpeople there for justice and fairer trade structures. "This may

be because the churches have mach

themselves more vulnerable by

their rhetoric about the Universal Church".

He may find it harder to makc

links between Canadian union members and their counterparts in

poorer countries. One idea he is working on is a holiday visit of

Canadian workers and their families to Mexico, where (despite language difficulties) they could get to know something of the conditions of life and the hopes of fellow workers.

For a man who was born and raised in Montreal, he talks a surprising amount about "the peasant mentality". In mid- October he was regretting that he hadn't been "included in the Trudeau circus to China, because I really want to see how the Chinese have managed to industrialize without breaking with their traditional ways, and without moving people thousands of miles".

He talks about peasants because his father was born in the hills east of Rome and, when younger children soon followed, was sent off to work on his own

done by the City as in fact it is being done from day to day and

has been for many years. It is

acknowledged that the nature and extent of the "preventive planning' being done by the City does not and will never satisfy the aspirat- ions of all the citizens of the area or of the City as a whole.

The Glebe consistently opposed the Fifth Avenue fire hall dte. The city went ahead regard- less without allowing debate on a

two-year old decision. Why ?

A. I do not accept the proposition that the "Glebe" consistently opposed the Fifth Avenue fire hall site. I think that there were certain persons in the Glebe who "consistently opposed the Fifth Avenue fire hall site," The site went ahead on the basis of studies and advice carried out and expre tsed over a period of approximately ten years and after at least five full sclae debates on the issue. Again it is acknowledged that neither the decisions of this Councilnor those of any previous Council, or of any future Council, are likely to satisfy the views or

the special interests of all the taxpayers.

Q. Why did you leave the Glebe

A. For personal reasons.

uncle's farm at the age of six. His uncle had several sons a bit older, "so my father got all the joe-jobs".

Romeo's grandfather meanwhile had emigrated to Montreal and in 1911 sent for-his 13-year-old son. The young boy set off alone on that long journey from Italy into the unknown. "that 27-day journey marked him for life. He faced more uncertainties than an astro- naut. I may not have learnt technology or literature from my father, but he taught me what courage was".

Lots of immigrants from such backgrounds, he says, spend decades if not generations trying to wipe out that background "I could speak Italian when I was

16, but I was ashamed to." He argues that this background ought

to be the foundation of their strength, and thinlcs this is what the

Chinese have somehow achieved. Radical in many of his views

(on Chile, for instance, or the

Parti Quebecois), Romeo Maione

doesn't believe in complete breaks

from the past. He puts this thought in the metaphor of an

Italian peasant. "'There's nothing

older in looks than an olive-tree in Italy, and you'd think it could

not do a thing more. But when

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the right season comes, it's covered with beautiful new

olives. Man, it's beautiful He chose to live in the Glebe for practical reasons: his wife does not drive a car, and he anyway got

tired of long journeys in and out of Montreal suburbs. But he likes, the idea of the Glebe being a ldnd of urban village. "It's something

the Americans have lost, through their racial problems in the city cores. I hope it works well, but it needs time to be spent by people at meetings planning their commnity".

His three sons and daughter are getting used to new schools and trying out on hockey teams. The house is full of visitors and plants and African carvings and cheerfulness. Romeo stands on

his doorstep and looks at the tennis courts. He is off to Charlottetown for a few days, and then to Peterborough. "I used to play," he says, "but I haven't much time any more".

Let's hope, however, that he has time to do some talking around the Glebe. He is certainly worth hearing and (if I haven't mentioned it yet) a good listener, too.

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Superb show by MONICA PINE

Work of unusual high quality and interest is being shown at the Den Art Studio, 783 Bank Street, by three merhers of the Marlin family.

The majority of this exhibition consists of work by Hilda van Stockum Marlin. There are thirty oil paintings, mainly still life and interiors which rerind one of the Dutch Masters in the subtle observation and detail of light, and in the delicate reflections on glass and pewter. This mature artist is the mother of six children, one of which is

Randal Marlin, well known to Glebe residents.

Two of Hilda van Stockum Marlin's daughters inherit their mother's talent. Brigid Marlin has completely mastered the now

rarely used "Mische" technique which is painting with white egg

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tempera, followed by several glazes. Her pictures are superby detailed, achieving an extra- ordinary perspective and depth of feeling and sensitivity. There is a spiritual quality to her work which has been called surrealistic but it is impossible to describe. These are not ordinary paintings. They have to be carefully studied to be fully appreciated. Sheila Marlin, founder and head- mistress of a Montessori school in England, has a much more free approach to her work than either her mother or sister. The water- colours and ink studies of flowers animls and landscape shown here are obviously inspired by nature and are bursting with life. These artists have been well trained in art schools in Europe, America and Montreal, and their work reflects this firm background. Their pictures have been widely exhibited in many countries and

"STILL LIFE" by Hilda van Stockum Marlin, one of the major works shown at the Marlin family exhibition at the Den Art Studio, Bank St. PHOTO BY RON BOYD

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by Joyce Warren. The recent publication of

the official plan for the Regional mu_nicipality- of Ottawa-Carleton confirms the worst fears of those who have roots in the neighbourhoods. The planners profess to respect Ottawa's position as the Nation's capital as well as "national heritage" and the "identities cf the neighbourhood communities", with their "generations of history". In essence, however, the emphasis appears to be on the development of the region and the facilitating of traffic to and through the "core" from outlying commnities in tne region. During the first meeting to discuss the plan, the need for East-West access roads was stressed and one speaker expressed surprise as well as irritation, that a questioner disagreed with the speakers feeling that "gettin,g in and out of the "core" as fast as possible IN ONF'S CAR was the name of the game".

The plan must ultimately be approved by the Ontario Government whose present head, Premier Davis, has just received a North American awarci 'oecause of his position that cars do not belong in cities and therefore one does not provide easy access for cars through the provision of more roads. This is an enlightened viewpoint- not shared by the Ottawa-Carleton planners. Ilopefully, their astute decision to "upgrade existing roads" (which enables them to righteously claim that they are not putting in new ones), will not fool the people

Lhac matter. "Upgrading" Carling Avenue and Somerset and providing bridges across the canal will effectively destroy the Glebe and Centretown in terms of their presentc haracter. The combination of greatly increasec traffic flow and inflated real estate prices will very quickly, depopulate the areas.

The Plan is surprisingly anachronistic for any city. The Capital of a nation surely must set an example in terra of long-range plans. The present trend in European and North American cities is toward the preservation of

the inner core of cities by reducing the number of cars in a

variety of ways. The most obvious way, of course, is through the development of a rapid transit system. This is precisely the reason for the provision by the Ontario Government of a substantial subsidy toward this. The planners pay a certain arount of lip service to the idea but look on it as a long term project. If present plans with regard to roadways and traffic flow are put into effect as "interim measures", the darage they do will be irreversible as far as

the neighbourhoods are concerned. Ottawa is not an impersonal,

sterile "core", but a colourful, viable community -- a healthy mixture of many races, languages, ages and income levels. To allow the natural beauty and charm of the downtown area to be replaced by the towering concrete structures so typical of other North American cities, and marred by an even greater

saturation of traffic from the region, is shortsighted in the extreme.

It seems essential, therefore, that the people who care about the preservation of the downtown areas, and who wish to continue to live peacefully in the homes of their choice, make their feelings known to the Ontario and Federal governments as

well as to the regional planners.

Glebe co-op

to come? by SANDRA BENJAMIN

A step which could lead to consumer-managed grocery marketing in the Glebe was taken Oct. 15 when Carol Huggett, a nutritionist and homemaker - On- a-budget spoke at the Glebe Community Centre.

Mrs. Huggett stressed the need for a balanced diet but said most families could reduce their expenditure by as much as 20%

in each of the main food groupings She pointed out that North

Americans tend to eat far more meat than is necessary for good health. Even for a boy in his

late teens a serving of one-quarter pound of hamburger daily is ample. Fish, poultry, cheese and eggs are excellent sources of protein yet less coslty than meat.

Next speaker at the consumer economics course will be Ray Smith from the Co-operative Supply Depot, who will speak Oct. 29. Dr. Sandra Benjariin course organizer, welcomes questions and comments from area residents interested in arranging cheaper food distribut- ion. Phone 237-5292. advertisers

OPINION

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Come Ck110(2,EN ru ALL %ISE N0AIBER5 oNcE

To know . . . is to love

BEAUTY is the rain, the sun, and the moon that will shine

all night. TOUCHING is the pages of a book, the softness

of hair, and the dog that-I sleep with

at night. SMELL is a cake, shampoo, and a wax candle that you blow. 1-TEARING is the birds sing-ing, people

laughing, and a child because he has to

go to bed at night. KNOWING is that I can't make a stuffed

animal come to life, that I can't walk around the

world, that T can't stay up all night. TRYING is malting a stuffed animal come

to life, walking around the world, staying up until 4 am and then

sleeping all night. HATE IS war, pollution, and people killing while

others are fast asleep at night.

LOVE is a mother, father, a brother,

si ster, God,

-- Love is saying your prayers at night.

Susan Arlidge, Grade 3, Corpus Christi.

What is a friend?

To me a friend is a person that you do things with. For exarple I have a friend named Walter. We go to lots of places together and have fun together. He is in Italy now but I can wait. Next year he and his mother are taking me to Italy to meet his Aunt and Uncle. Before we go we will take him to our cottage with us.

Stephen Gorge de Paoli Grade 4, First Avenue

Thanksgiving joys

The smell of turkey lingered in the air as women prepared for

the Thanksgiving feast. You can

hear the sound of chopping wood to light the fire for after supper. Children ran through the leaves lying on the ground. Dogs barked. The sun shone brightly innthe blue sky. The air was chilly but everyone was

warmaith happiness. I entered the house. There

was a huge turkey in the middle of the table. Around it stood all sorts of jellies and

vegetables. The chairs were in place neatly around the table.

Mother went out to ring the dinner bell. It echoed through the woods. People came running' from all directions. Soon everyone was at the beautifully set table. Grace was said. Plates were filled with delicious food. Everyone was

thankful. HEATHER WELLMAN,

First Ave. School

Thanksgiving

When we have Thansitgiving I an-thankful for many things. First of all I am thankful to have a wonderful fanbly. With them I

share trips throughout the countryside. Our countryside is so beautiful in autumn. The leaves have turned to red and gold as a reminder of what God can do. The farmer's work is done and it is now tire for us all to be thankful for the good crops he has harvested.

Sitting down to 'Thanksgiving dinner with turkey and all the trimrings should rerind us of how fortunate we are to be living in a country as beautiful and prosperous as Canada. Lakes and rtiv ers

dot the countryside. Good high- ways link one city to another and enable us to travel quickly and at ease throughout all parts of our land.

Let us be thankful that we live in a country of freedom. We are free to worship in a

church of our choice and to choose the leaders that we wish to run our country.

In the early days the settlers care to this land and laid the foundation of what was to be our present day living. We must ap- preciate the hard work and many hardships they overcame to give us this land and the way of life' we enjoy today.

BY JIM WILLIS, First Ave. School

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Why I like the fall': T-444-

I like the fall because I can build a leaf fort and have leaf fights. It is fun to go around to homes and rake up leaves, and then play hide and seek in the dry leaves if you have a big enough pile.

I like the fall because near the end of the sumrer I start getting bored so I feel like going back to school and I like seeing my friends again and seeing what sort of a teacher I have. Playing after dark is fun, too.

The best thing I like about the end of fall is Hallowe'en when yot cut out a face on the pumpkin and make costumes to wear. Even better is eating the Hallowe'en candy and roasting the pumpkin pits after they have dried so you can eat them. They taste good.

Mark Johnston, Grade 5, First Avenue

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Hallowe'en fun Pu-k)! We are having a little Hallowe'en concert at Corpus Christi School, on October 31st. My class is presenting a short play about knights and fair ladies, entitled "On The Lawn". The moral of the play is "Malte peace, not war!" As well, we will be singing some songs we have learned, telling stories and dressing as pumpkins. During the concert the pumpkins will "come alive". On the 31st we expect to have quite a bit of fun.

Danielle Hamelin Grade 6, Corpus Christi.

"The modest gray church", as it is described by one of its historians, Glebe-St.James United Church is shown here in a drawing by Sean Leaning and photograph by Ron Boyd. The church began as a

mission of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in 1895, when a hall used for Sunday School was built on the north side of Third Ave, just west of O'Connor. A year later religious services were held, Thus the Sunday School is older than the church at Glebe-St. James!

The cornerstone of the present church on the corner of First Ave. and Lyon St. was laid in 1904. For the next 40 years the congregation was served by only two ministers, Dr. Milne and Dr. Thompson.

The decision to join church union in 1925 and the recent unification of Glebe United Church with the former St. James United Church have been highlights in the life of this church.

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The Glebe Report is grateful to many Glebe residents who have faithfully delivered the paper, free, to you, the reader. Of all the contributions in time and talent the paper receives this is the most essential. 'Those who have delivered the Glebe Report and its predecessor's the Centretown News for many months are: Nancy Alexander and family, Dorothy Ball, Edda Battistella, Paul Cantor, David Diplock, Scott Diplock, Sandra Elwood, Eric Goodman, Mary Hiscox, Suzanne and Molly Johnson, Harold and Kenneth Jones, Pat Kealey, Randal Marlin, Gwen McKinnell and family, Michael McCaffrey, George Post, Hazel Reilly, Ann Rick, Ben & Mary Rothman, Eleanor Ryan, the Sangerefarbly, Marilyn Schiff, Mike Sproule, Bob Stanger, Ray Thomas, Georgina Wyman.

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Bank Street

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One of the main things that holds the diverse parts of the Glebe together is the Bank Street shopping strip. It is there on Saturday morning that you can run into old and new friends going through the ritual of collecting favourite goodies from each of the little specialty shops. This collection of neighbourhood shops, beside offering some of the best treats in town, also provides Glebites the chance to shop where people know them and where they know wat to expect.

In recent columns I've been giving recipes to make at home. This week I'd like to give gold stars to some of my favourite preprepared local foods so that newcomers to the area can share the joy Old-time residents might like to pass along some of their best-loved shopping finds for future publication.

Star number one must go to Loretta's bakery for croissants. What delirium to walk home with a bag of hot, freshly-baked, butter dripping croissants for breakfast! A great many bakeries in France don't do the job nearly as well.

Delight number two just happens to go with croissants - homemade jams and jellies from Dave and Lees Country Store.

The Glebe Delicatessen has a lot of intriguing meats to choose from but two of the best are: Westphalische geranchte schenke - smoked Westphalian ham to anglophones like me and you - and paté, unsliced and bought between Thursday and Saturday.

Items number five and six are both to be found at the

Glebe Community Centre, OPEN MEETING,

November 8, 8pm.

Prospective Agenda: Programmes at GCC Development at Lans-

downe Park - Charles Sims, Park Man- ager, will attend.

Ottawa Centre Progressive Conservatives

FEDERAL NOMINATING CONVENTION

HIGH SCHOOL OF COMMERCE 300 ROCHESTER AT GLADSTONE

Hopevvell Ave. Public School was awarded first place in the boys intermediate cross-country meet held on Wednesday Oct. 10

at Vincent Massey Park, The Ottawa South school

won despite having no first place athletes in any division. It was an overall team effort from all the boys ages 11-14.

Hopewell fared the best in the 13 and 14 year old category. Out of 35 boys from all the schools, Hopewell had five in the top fifteen. Chris Bianconi placed second which was the best effort of any pupil at Hopewell. Also in this age group, Rob Mackay was fifth, and Rob Camercrn finished sixth, while Bob McCullagh and Bill Scarf ended tenth and twelfth respectively.

Kevin MacNaught was tops for Hopewell in the 13 year old group. Kevin was fifth in the city out of 136 boys. Others doing well were Alec Marsden in eighth place, Nick Lombardo in tenth, Pete Crab in thirteenth spot and Roberto Delbello in eighteenth position.

In the 12 year old group, Mike Hogg had a great fourth place out of 143 boys throughout the city. Pete Loubser was close behind in sixth spot while Brent Ferguson, Quaber

MONDAY NOV.I9 8pm

TED BRITTON, SPORTS EDITOR

Junior soccer bj- J. ROBINSON At the tins of this writing

the junior soccer team is right in the middle of a play-off scramble . They are presently tied with St. Joe's for fourth place in the six teamleague.

The real strength of the team this year lies in Dave Dakers their leading goal scorer with seven of the 14

goals the team has scored. On Oct. 25 the team plays its its last game of the season

Guest speaker: CLAUDE WAGNER, M.P. For Ottawa Centre voters Who have purchased memberships ($1) before midnight, Sunday, November 4, 1973

For memberships call 236 3984,- or send $1 with your name, address and phone

number to: Ottawa Centre PCs, 87 Marlowe Cres., Ottawa K1S 11-18

For rides phone 234 5243, 235 8367, or 236 2510 (daytime) as soon as possible

Hopewell wins meet Ahmad, and Mire Lister all finished strongly.

Poco Marsden had the best performance in the 11 year old boys for Hopewell. Poco -

finished ninth, while Carl Jarais, Scott Robertson, Nine Hodoreh and Nine Cohen all had excellent afternoons.

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whirlwind courtship - eight super boxer puppies. Kingdoms once changed hands for breeding like this. Call 235-6834

PLEASE - shop at the stores that advertise in the Glebe Report. They pay all our priuting bills etc.

GOOD HOME wanted for two seal point cats, male, female. Have been spayed and neutered, and have had all necessary shots. Phone 829_- 3952

THANKS to the kind people who offered furniture to the Glebe Report office in the- Community Centre. Board

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Top Minor Leaguer Andy Caughlan receives trophy from Little Leag-ue president Lionel Britton, PHOTO BY RON BOYD

Over 175 boys with their parents attended the year ending Glebe Little League banquet on

Friday Oct. 5 at the Fourth Ave. Baptist Church.

Joining members of the Glebe executive at the head table were M.P.P. Claude Bennett, Controller Carry GUM), Tom Schuette of the Ottawa Rough

Riders, and Bert Munro along with Harry MacNamara frorrthe Ottawa Little League Head- quarters.

The top rookie, that is a nine or ten year old in his first season, was won by John Jenkins of the Dodgers.

The best pitcher trophy went to Allan Besley of the Giants, who had an excellent season.

Bert Caughlan presented crests to the pennant winners, the Yankees in the Major Leag-ue.

The Leag-ue champions who received the Bill Murphy Memorial Trophy were the Giants. Captain Steve Sien accepted the trophy for the team and all the team members were given crests.

John Tassi led the league in batting, he had the most wins on the mound pitching, and was the overall top player in the Glebe Little League for the 1973

season. Congratulations! The teams' Most Valuable

Players were; for the Giants Steve Sier; for the Indians Mike Sunstrum; for the Dodgers, Wayne Simpson; for theYankees John Tag.

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OCTOBER 30 Regional Gov't is sponsoring a public meeting al the Ottawa/Carleton draft plan in Manotick public school gym at 8 p.m. "Growth &

Environment" PRINT-MAKING ... Contact Fran Jones at the Community Centre if you're artistically inclined and keen to learn more about silkscreen, serigraphy, lino cuts, colour relief prints etc.

NOV. 15 "How will people move in a growing region 7"

a public meeting on this topic sponsored by regional gcrvernment and held at Elgin St. public school 7:30 p.m.

WED. NOV, 14 8 p.m. OTTAWA

Chapter Association for children with learning disabilities monthly meeting at Borden High School. "The Adolescent with Learning

Problems". NOV. 15 Glebe/St. James United Church Women Tea at the church. There will be a bake table and white elephant sale. Phone Mrs. Liberty 224-2776 if you have anyhting to contribute.

NOV. 6 a Tea and Sale is

being held by the Salvation Army from 7 to 9 p.m. at 391

Gladstone. Tickets .60

NOV. 3, SATURDAY, an all- day (10 am. to 4 p.m.) Creative Arts Festival at Fourth Ave, Baptist Church. Come, learn and watch copper enamelling, tin can craft, 'silk screen, bread' dough art, decoupage, wood work and many other crafts.

WEDNESDAYS at 8 p.m. ADULT ENTERTAINMENT at the Glebe Card Club ! Everybody's favorites - bridge, poker, euchre cribbage or whatever you want to play. Call the Glebe Community Centre 563-3116.

NOV. 16 and 17 AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL in Ottawa is sponsoring an address "The Politics of Torture" by Sean McBride, president of Amnesty, at Carleton and U. of Ottawa. For more detailes call Sue Nicholls 225-6376 or Bruce Kennedy 234-1139

NOV. 15 St. Matthew's Church SELLORA MA 2 p. m. to 6 p. m. at the church. Home baking, candy, delicatessen, hand w ork, christmas decorations. The Bazaar will be opened at 2 p.m. by Mrs. Keith Calder the Rector's wife. Tea from 2 to 4 p.m. White elephants, antiques and a used bookrtable as well. THURSDAYS OCT 18 to DEC 7 Textile Arts at the Community Centre, for adults. 1 p.m, to 4 p.m.

ICE HOCKEY for TEENS, begins Oct. 31 McNabb Arena, cost.75 Every Wednesday 4:30 - 5:30. More information call Glebe Community Centre Jim Beeman.

NOV. 13 Annual General meeting of the Glebe Conmumity Association at First Avenue School auditorium 7:30 porn.

Election of new officers

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