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Scugog Citizen (1991), 25 Jan 1994, p. 2

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GM | President very optimistic GM Canada president George Peapples is confident thay car and trucks sales will pick up in 1994, Speaking at the start of the Montreal International Auto Show recently, es said * in Canada, the export-led recovery, of which automobile export from Canadian manufacturing to the US market is a large part, will continue to stimulate real GDP growth, increasing to 3 per cent from 2.4 per cent in 1093." He went on to say that with inflation and interest rates remaining low and with an aging Canadian fleet, we anticipate relatively strong growth in new motor vehicle sales to almost 1.3 million unit, a return to near the 19007 evels. "The strong signe of economic recovery in the U.S. certainly bode well for auto uf = As real growth increases to three per cent, we anticipate growth in new US car and truck sales by 609,000 units this year to 14.8 million units," be said: + Peapples went on to say thet the past five years have been tough ones for General Motors but the company has been working hard to improve both quality of product and efficiency. He cited the new Lumina and Monte Carlo as examples which have more features than their predecessors but contain several hundred fewer parts and require about one third the time to assemble which results in better "quality and reduced cost. These new Lumina and Monte Carlo autos made their debut at the Montreal Show and will go into production in Oshawa next month. said, over the In fact, Peapph has been set at about in Canada, since more than 85 per cent of our Canadian production is exported to the US. Learning bow to cope with grief Questions & Answers about grief recovery* Q. 1 read somewhere that men are apt to suffer more from a spouse's death than women. Is this true? A Tt is usually true if you ask a man. It is usually not true * if you ask a woman. Both sexes experience the same grief process and the same emotions. The differences lie in the kind of social support that is available. It is custom- ary in our society for men to rely on their wives for social When a wife dies, the widower not only loses his primary relationship but his social telationship as well. He may be less able or will- ing to recrelte these connec tions for Himself, and there- fore isolation may be a pat- tern that evolves for him. *Questions from bereavement dasses aré answered here by the editor of AfterLoss, the month- ly grief-recovery help letter, For your free copy of AfterLos ot one of our other helpful booklets dealing with grief recovery just call orstop by. AfterLoss Smeal by Myles G. ORiordan OWNER ) MANAGER of the McDERMOTT PANABAKER CHAPEL % WAGG FUNERAL HOME 236 Queen St, Port Perry 985-2171 A meembed of the After Las Family Funeral Hoy: dedicared 10 belping they serve amimenctin grief recovery. ©1992 Harbor House (West) Bublishers Summerland, CA 93067 + 800-423-8811 plans, grown children, etc. | next 18 months General Motors will be introducing 20 new tars and trucks to the Canadian market. . * Firefighters from the Scugog halls in Port Perry and Caesarea fought to keep the flames from J el =-1 fl ad FoTe1= LR ELGCE <p Vacation. You can trust your vacation photos to us. We use only AGFA paper and chemicals. And we finish prints in one hour or less. So like a vacation, your photos will be done before AGFA ® RJM photographic SVE 07 0 INSTANT NT PASSPORT RUSE Fire destroyed a barn on Simcoe St. N. last Friday afternoon. Firefighters worked to keep the Hainsg Wor Sprading 1a. Neamy house nd ower Tam suildings. Damage has been estimated at $150,000. See story. Fire destroys old barn spreading to a nearby house and 'other farm buildings. 8cugog Fire Chief Don Steele said Monday the cause of the blaze has not been determined. The call went: into the department shortly after the noon hour on Friday. Neighbours were able to lead a bull to safety and then had to keep about 70 beef cattle away from the burning structure and the searing heat ft gave off. Friends then used their own vehicles to truck the cattle to various farms in the Township where they will have temporary homes. 'The barn is owned by B. Siorma of Oshawa and was being rented by Larry Doble of Sunderland. The loss also included straw, hay and implements Whitby woman dies of injuries A 28-year old Whitby woman badly injured in & snowmobile accident in-Port Perry Jan. 16 died of her injuries a Toronto ital Durham Police say Kimberly Chevallier, a mother of two young children died last Wednsday evening in Toronto Western Hospital. The accident occurred shortly before 6:00 PM when a snowmobile driven by the victim slammed into a concrete retaining wall at the south end of the Lake Scugog. Police said the impact of the crash threw the victim off the machine and #he landed under a pick-up truck parked more than 100 feet away Dura, Police said on Thursday that an investigation into the accident is continuing. Charm your sweetheart with STABLES at GREYSTONE has the perfect setting REGULAR HOURS - OPEN EVEMNGS bor DINNER 8 Pils 11 PY b "OPEN SUNDAYS kom 11 AM 109 PA; Closed Mondays & Tusedays, | a romantic dinner on Ji ~ .

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