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Wednesday, January 30, 1985 Terrace Ba) Schreiber Public Lib TERRACE B! POT 2WO 4 eC ot a Y oN bad The Progressive Conser- vative leadership conven- tion was packed with three Story and photos by Brady Reaume of industry minister Frank Miller on a dramatic third ballot election which lasted for nine hours. . j On Thursday night, the P.C. party supporters, Scenes from the leadership convention: Ex premier Davis, top. right premier- designate Miller top and Terrace Bay delegates Cosmo Filane right and Joe Figliomeni, left. about 4,500 strong, in- cluding Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and his wife Mila, paid tribute to Premier William Davis and his family for 25 years of provincial politics, which included 14 years as premier. During the entire tribute the floor people for each of the four candidates running for the leadership were pursuing the uncommitted delegates. Miller new pr -days of speeches, policy 'sessions. and the election This pursuit for votes continued at each of the candidates' receptions at the yarious. locations throughout downtown Toronto. The receptions were an-' chored with some prime entertainment, like Eartha Kitt at the Grossman party at the Royal York Hotel, and Ronnie Hawkins at the Roy McMurtry reception on Friday night. Not to be outdone, Dennis Timbrell held a reception at Sparkles at the top of the C.N. Tower. Friday featured a hullabaloo of presentations and speeches from each of the candidates after a full day of policy sessions. Saturday, the election started 28 minutes late, at 1:58 p.m., and lasted until 10:42 p.m., when the win- ner was announced. Industry minister Frank Miller scored a dramatic and grueling 77-vote vic- tory on the third ballot. Miller immediately asked the three other candidates and Premier Davis to unite with him to prepare for a spring election. The nine-hour voting session saw Miller defeat a surprisingly strong Larry Grossman, after a recount on the second ballot called for by agriculture minister Dennis. Timbrell who finished third by six,votes. Reporter remembers past By SANDRA SEBESTYEN Ever wonder what life was like in Schreiber dur- ing the first half of the cen- tury? A chat with Inez McCuaig will probably tell you more about it than many history books. Not only was 'she involved in the life of the town but she used to write about it in the "*Schreiber News,' "The Journal' (a newspaper in the Lakehead which later became "The Times- . The biggest surprise of the evening came on the first ballot, with Miller polling a disappointing 591 Timbrell 378, McMurtry 300. votes, 421, and votes, Grossman about 100. more than News") and others. "Inez, how did your family come to settle in Schreiber?"' "'My father came to Schreiber to work for CPR during the laying of steel. He chose to stay there, eventually becoming a con- tractor. He was also elected Reeve several times."' Inez herself was born in Schreiber where she mar- ried and raised four kids. I am curious, how did a per- son with a Scottish sur- er expected. McMurtry then moved, with most of his delegates, to Grossman, for the se- cond ballot, which allow- ed Grossman to defeat Timbrell. continued on page 2: name like yours happen to get a Spanish first name? "*My mother won a trip for. two to Spain and was really excited about it; dur- ing her stay there, she was dancing 'with young of- ficers of the Spanish Navy at a party and they could not quite pronounce her name, so they would call her INES. My mother then, being an incurable romantic, decided to name me "Inez."' Inez seems to be a bit of a romantic herself as well as very artistic: "In those days I wrote, taught piano, directed plays, etc. I was very involved. I was in the Children's Aid Committee, the Library Board, UCW, and was a member of the Kinettes and the Legion. One thing I always enjoyed was directing plays for the Kinsmen, especially com- edies and still remember some of 'the actors very well. As a matter of fact, 1985's New Year's Baby should have lots of acting' talent because his grand- father, Alec Gordon, was one of the best actors we ever had there. Another one I remember. is Freddy McColeman and our piano lessons. What a cheat he was! He would ask me to play the tune first and after- ward he would just go and play it back entirely by ear. It took me a while to catch on." : "'Do you remember what year this was going on?"' "Tt must have been around 1930, although I am not sure. But don't worry, Dear, if we goof with the dates, someone is bound -to call the newspaper and set the record straight." Later on, Inez was ask- ed by_the Journal to write articles about Schreiber. "I ended up writing in dif- ferent newspapers for the next 35 years. They used to pay me 10 cents per inch."' And one job led to another. "'I had to do articles on the town so I started going to Council meetings; even- tually I was attending all the meetings and they got so sick of me that they elected me to Council. I was the first woman ever to be elected to the Schreiber Town Council. They even gave me the title of Madam Water Commissioner, but because of it I had to learn a new skill: how to keep a low profile around town in days when then town's water froze up!"' "What else did you write about?" "'Weddings!"' I had to report on every wedding but the newspaper insisted that I send them the reports well in advance so, one day, the inevitable happen- ed when both a notice of a coming wedding was published together with the news that the groom and _bride would not be able to attend their wedding as they were both in hospital recovering from an accident."' ""Mix-ups would occur frequently with the photographs. I used to take pictures with a small Brownie box camera but the developing was done in the Lakehead. The result is that the wrong name would appear under the right pic- continued on- page 2