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31st annual antique classic auto rally Ontario Motor League is sponsoring the 3ist Annual Antique & Classic Auto Rally at he Canadian National Exhibition on \utomotive Day, Tuesday, Aug. 30 event is the largest continuously run in Canada. Participation 'is vehicles which are 30 years or This } rally restricted to trophies in © twelve categories, including vintage cars up to 1920, antiques 1921-1929, classies 1925-1948, late genera! interest 1942- 1953. and commercial vehicles up to 1953. After the judging, cars such as the E M F, Model T Ford, Nor- thern, Hupmobile, Maxwell], Hudson, Durant, Studebaker, Reo, Packard, and celebrate its 80th Bir- thday, each participant in the Rally will receive a souvenir plaque depicting the past and present insignias of the Ontario Motor League. In addition, the auto club's first' President, Dr. Perry E. Doolittle (portrayed by Bill Mellalieu of the CAA) will visit the rally site and help narrate the parade. a.m. and is followed by a parade through the C.N.E. grounds at 2 p.m. Prizes will be awarded at 3:30 p.m. Trophies donated by: Ontario Motor League, General Motors, Ford of Canada, American Motors, Chrysler Canada, Volvo Canada, Uniroyal Ltd., Toyota Canada, B.F. Goodrich Canada Ltd., Champion Older. It is anticipated McLaughlin Buick will The rally site is Spark Plug Co., Petro- , p g that approximately 200 parade through the located in front of the Canada. Goodyear antique car enthusiasts C.N.E. grounds Marine Museum. (Canada, and Mack will compete for In order to help Judging will begin af 10 Canada Inc. Social reformers remembered ; ' 'abi 'ns ie same title. It also for- train dunord," the train Two nineteenth-ce- Cabin. Henson died in Samic e ntury Canadian social 1833 and was buried med the basis for a that he helped bring to reformers. an Near his house in drama series on both Laurentian settlements American-born Met- Dresden. radio and television from Montreal. 7 . Francois-Xavier titled 'Les belles The British American hodis! Episcopal Church preacher and a Fvench- Canadian priest, will be featured on two new stamps being issued by Canada Post, Sept. 16. Hon. Andre Ouellet, ininister responsible for Canada Pos! Cor- poration, said he hoped these stanips would "remind us of the contribution individuals can make to. their country and inspire us in these challenging times." One of the stamps, designed by Toronto artist Tony Kew, bears a portrait of Josiah Henson, born a slave in 1789 near Port Tobacco, Maryland, and a symbolic drawing of the underground -- railroad that brought him and other American slaves to freedom in Canada. The other stamp, designed by Quebec illustrator Jacques Hamel. features a portrait of Cure Franeois-Xavier Ant- oine Labelle who worked relentlessly in the niids. ands late nineteenth century to improve the religious and economic climates in Lower Canada. While still a young boy, Josiah Henson saw his father being sold and taken away from his family. A short time later, he himself was sold and separated from his mother. As a young man. he was a fervent Christian and was ordained a Methodist Episcopal Church preacher. By then he had a family of his own and supervised Operations on __ his master's plantation. Fearing he might be sold and separated from his wife and children. Henson decided to escape, arriving in Canada with his family in 1830. He took up the cause of other escaped slaves, founding a settlement and establishing a school for them near present-day Dresden, Ont. Author Harriet Beecher Stowe used Henson as her model for Uncle Tom in her famed novel, Unele Tom's Antoine Labelle was born in 1833 at Sainte- Rose, a small farming community located a short distance north of Montreal. Ordained a priest in 1856. and concerned with the religious and economic climate of the time in Lower Canada, he set Oul 10 Improve existing conditions In 1868 he was named parish priest a! Saint- Jerome in iFe Laurentian foothills. Convinced closer ties with Montreal would bring prosperity to his region, Cure Labelle entered negctiations with government and vailway officials to initiate rail service between Montreal and Saint-Jerome. His relentless efforts resulted in the establishment of train service in 1876. Three years later he founded the 'Societe de la colonisation'? and encouraped Lower Canada colonists to settle in Manitoba. At the same time, he developed agricultural lechiniques, studied mining, and encouraged cattle raising and dairy farming in his region. Named Monsignor in 1889, he became known as the "Roi du nord'-- king of the north country. The then premier of Quebee named him deputy minister for settlement, and he made two trips to Europe to recruit colonists. He died al age 58 following surgery. Quebec writer Claude- Henri Grignon used Cure Labelle as_ the model for one of his central characters in his novel, '"'Un homme et son peche"--a man and his sin-which later beeame a movie of the Twenty-five million units--more than 11 million litres of blood! That's the amount of blood that generous Canadians have donated since the Canadian Red Cross began its Blood Transfusion Service in 1947. Page 12, Wednesday, August 17, 1983 histoires des pays d'en- haut." The stamp design shows Cure Labelle flanked by a group of colonists, their cleared land, and the '"'petit Bank Note Company will print 20 million 32- cent) Josiah stamps and 20 million 32-cent Cure Labelle stamps in four-colour lithography. evening at Henson. A sign of the times This was the scene early Monday Courtesy Chrysler in Midland where the new Chrysler dealership on King Street was getting a brand new sign. Veterans radiation health study Veterans Affairs Minister W. Bennett Campbell is asking any active or former Canadian military or civilian personnel who were exposed to varying levels of radiation during operations with the Department of National Defence to communicate with the University of Ottawa. A study, com- missioned by the Minister, is being carried Out by the university's Depart- ment of Epidemiology and Community Medicine to investigate the mortality rate among those exposed during clean-up Operations at the Chalk River Atomic Energ Although not one ot Ontario's more popular wildlife species, the Massasauga Rattles- nake is one which always evokes a lot of interest. This evening, Aug. 17, at 7:30 p.m. Canadian author and herpetologist, Harry Parsons, will present a free illustrated talk on reptiles, highlighted by a live display of the Massasauga Rattles- nake, at the Wye Marsh Wildlife Interpretation Centre, Hwy. £2, Midland, Ontario. Although this snake has never been recorded from the Wye Valley, visitors to the Centre frequently inquire about this poisonous_ species and the potential threat il poses. plant in Ontario in 1953 and 1958, and the ob- servation of nuclear test blasts at Nevada in 1955 and: .,1957,, and 2 in Australia in 1956 and 1957. The results of the study may prove most useful to the Canadian Pension Commission to determine the eligibility for disability pensions and allowances under the Pension Act for former members of the Armed Forces and their dependants. In order for the study to yield valid results, it is important that all persons who were ex- posed, whether or not adverse effects resulted, are identified. Anyone directly in- volved, or who is aware of a friend or relative who was involved, in any of the operations. is asked to write in con- fidence to: Dr. S. Raman Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine University of Ottawa 451 Smyth Road Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M5 The following in- formation is required: Full name; current address and telephone number; date of birth: service number(s): date, place and details of exposure(s) By subscribing to your community newspaper The Midland Times, Elmvale Lance or The Penetanguishene Citizen. Qur advertisers carry important messages Community Newspaper that can save you money. For home delivery every Wednesday call 526-2283 Guy «21 7m 2 Community Newspaper Subscribe today! rece Community Newspaper The independent voice of prosperous North Simcoe