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Sa a os a -- 12 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Thursde December 17, 195% First Quebec Bishop May Be Beatified THIBAULY Writer By BERTRAND Canadian Press Staff MONTREAL (CP) -- One da in 1663, the governor of New France, accompanied by soldiers with shoot-to-kill orders, . burst into a humble house in Quebec's Uppertown and demanded to sec the occupants A few seconds later, a man wearing a dusty cassock and fingering a mustache of the type then in vogue appeared in a doorway to a room where the furnishings consisted bed, a table and a chair, With bayonets at the ready the soldiers advanced. Then to the astonishment of the nor they snapped to attention and respectfully saluted year-old man who serenely ad vanced towards them Sadly disappointed, the gover nor returned to the Chateau St Louis, the soldiers returned to their barracks and the r had been ordered to turned to his daily tasks. FIRST RC BISHOP The man was Mousignor Fr: cois de Montmorency Laval first Roman Catholic bishop Quebec, whose beatification expected to be recommended to day at a Vatican ceremony. The governor who ordered the shoot sviel gover the 40 an Lhe shoot re ing was Charles-Augustin de Saf-'s fray de Mesy, angered by the bishop's refusal to sanction the appointment of some of the gov ernor's friends to coveted admin istrative posts, The incident many difficult was only one of moments experi enced by Msgr. Laval in found- ing the Catholic hierarchy n Canada and administering a dio cese that stretched from Quebec to the Gulf. of Mexico Born at Motigny - sur AVE France, in 1623, Francois de Montmorency Laval was upon to make difficult decisions |§ from an early age. At 22 a decision on his future voca had to be made, he inherited ti title of Seigneur de Montigny. He |} decided to abandon the title anc its accompanying fortune to his younger brother and to continu studies for Fleche College. OSHAWA hed ad ad], [Cc] CENTRE ARIAS GIF CENTRE STORES OPEN EVERY EVENING THIS WEEK UNTIL 9:00 P.M. CLOSED SATURDAY AT 6:00 P.M. VISIT WITH SANTA CLAUS fireplace ¥ called the priesthood at La 2 Contlict dogged his footstepsjcondition and frequent bouts ol from the time of his episcopal|illness had undermined appointment until his death health f The new bishop arrived in Can.| Beiore his death on May 6 ada June 16, 1659, He imme. 1708, I'Ancien (the Old One), as diately had to defend his juris-|his flock affectionately called diction against Gabriel de Quey-|/him, was to know more adver: lus, a Sulpician appointed vicar|sity. There was the siege of Que-| apostolic of New France by the| |bec by the British in 1690; dif-| Archbishop of Rouen ferences of opinion with his suc After a good deal of jockeying cessor; two fires which destroye for positions, De Queylus was re-|the Quebec seminary he had| called to France and that par-|built; ticular conflict ended. {ment to St. Joachim. The territory of which Bishoy a Laval. was spirinial leader con $2, 000, 000 Gift tained 2,200 settlers, about 500 of Hopes Vanish thém in Quebec. There were 25 priests and 10 churches to serve he territory. In 1663 Louis XIV, to whom th Council of the 100 Associates had given New France, established a ICP) ve. sovereign council to administer € w i the colony, Organization meil was entrusted jointly to the governor and the bishop FLIN FLON, Man. sran northern prospector couver has of receiving a $2,000, 000 gift Before leaving on a prospect- the councilling trip to Snow Lake, Mr. nor de Mesy Jo! n said Wednesday he had uncillors and tl tention of giving the He sought to ty 23-year-old Hubert Fred John- four of his son of Vancouver bishop to CONFLICT after Gove COUNCIL Four monibs as founded tree ce attorney general them by friends. He asked the approve the appointments. Msg Laval refused and it was that the made 1ccessful to have The nephew recently made inheritance claims then|gs 000,000 gift from his his un-/walter, to be received on his him |pirthday next February. The other was of oil property al- legedly owned by his late father. Bishop Laval submitted his resig alt Johnson was in the nation to the king, A serious fire bush when the reports of the ne- in Quebec's Lowertown, a heart'phew's claims were made puk governor attempt snot In 1684, then 61 years old, Le efOeOOfeneenneenannaeoanereee ONTARIO REGIMENT ASSOCIATION CHRISTMAS TREE DRAW : scheduled for Dec. 9th due to circumstances beyond our control was not held. The draw will be held on Saturday, Dec. 19th. 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Love conducted | Winnipeg WINNIPEG (CP) -- A city hall design calling for a stone office and his temporary banish- ried in Manitoba, office building would . feature un- of tne Johnson of Flin Flon has washed nical term for the roof is out any hopes a nephew in Van- tinuous barrel vaults money have been two within three years, One was of a tural uncle addi onal $15,000. «| building council building with a wavy roof day by an international experts usually dnce the glare from the sun. ber's supported by a |shaped concrete pillars on e like a pew of for the new to the city and a glass - walled]: as picked for Winnipeg Wednes- jury of Whether the building will be |come a reality still is aAquestion. Green, Blankstein, Russell and Associates of Winnipeg won $20, d | 000 for the winning design, Faced with Tyndall stone quar- : x the 10-storey FROM BROOKLIN Training under ..e Canadian Army Soldier Apprentice Plan at the Royal Canadian School cf Milita Engineéring, Chilli= wack, B.C., is Leslie L. S. Woodward, son of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Woodward. Queen street, Brooklin, Ont, Under the plan each apprentice is tanght a military trade as well in- creasing his schooling b years, to that completed on en- listment. windows fo re- prairie narrow council cham- concrete roof, series of Y- The two-storey reinforced from the giant concrete pipes laid side by side. The tech- "con- side, would look The triangular site proposed - - -- building was given {| assisted by ¢ intendent ichildren '| Keith i Bishop told the story. hs The annual meeting of Kedron those chosen for office. Treasur-| |0il Firm Names | l} | i | | | Kedron White: | Gift Service TORONTO (CP) -- Edward D. KEDRON Rey. Soa H. Loughney has been elected presi- rie at Kedron Sunday, dent and chief exec utive officer Sunday School of British American Oil Co. Lid.| a "He succeeds E.D. Brockett who Howard F arndale been appointed executive parcels in ko) ar "lvice - president of Gulf Oil Cor- y a y . poration, Pittsburgh. The Scripture Tregunna, poem and ' New President Gift was Michael Mrs. Hurst read a Rodger the election of officers which can- not be ratified until confirmed by was held Thurs- er Alvin Spencer reported a satis- Howard Farn- factory financial status and stated that the use of the duplex envel- presided foriopes had proved successful. School with chair. Love unday ay evening dale in the Rev. R. H. PROMPT STOVE OIL DELIVERY by the province in approved by voters in 'fevendum. Ofher sit suggested since the 1956 and a 1957 rc JOHN A. OVENS Optometrist HARE OPTICAL 8 Bond St. E RA 3-4811 referendum, If the building does not go ub the architec- receive an firm still will LANDER-STARK OIL LID. 43 KING STREET WEST CALL OSHAWA - RA 5-3589 Canadians ; jure than 200 counties. 'Ton Gahhers read by i IIRERSIETR) [reporting a 1958 survey covering average an uses ithe telephone 511 times a year. Icelanders are next wjth 486 con- versations and the Upited States MONTREAL (CP) -- For the third with 472. i seventh consecutive vear, Can- Telephone installafions through- ada has won the unofficial world out the world eanwhile i championship for telephone gab-| creased 7,000,000 to 125,000,000 at bing the start of 1959. This 'meant Bell Telephone Company made there were four telephones for the announcement Wednesday in each 100 persons. To The Residents of East Whitby Township! To The Electors . .. "THANK YOU" To The 1960 Council "MY BEST WISHES" To All... "HOLIDAY GREETINGS" Walter. Beath Santa Says YOU CAN BE SURE IF IT'S... 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