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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 6 Mar 1985, p. 5

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Fourteenâ€"yearâ€"old Waterioo cartoonist Steven Jones can see humor in almost anyâ€" thing, even delivering the Waterloo Chronicle. _ Right, a sample of the talented youngster‘s artwork. Ida Dale, 50, Toronto, has a few words about Spéisoved by the Kitchenerâ€"Waterioo and District Labour Council, for the Retail, Wholesale and Departmenht Stose Union. I‘m returning my Eaton‘s Account Card in suppo‘fl\ of geople like Ida and Dennis Dale lease send me a button saying "I‘ve cut into Eaton‘s." C As an extra show of support, I‘m also sending $2 to help the strikers and the fairmess campaign ADDRESS NAME Fairness for Eaton‘s employees "‘I‘ve worked at Eaton‘s for 17 years. My husband, Dennis, has been there for 31. We‘re both on strike now in Toronto for lots of reasons. For one thing, we need to know we‘ll have decent pensions when we retire. We know Eaton‘s employees don‘t. When my friend, Vera Sumka, retired after 26 years at Eaton‘s, her pension was $115 a month. Clara Boone‘s was $70 after 16 years. Thousands of people have the same problem. And young people don‘t want that to look forward to. You can help cut into Eaton‘s unfair tontrol over people‘s lives. We‘re striking for fairmness. Please don‘t buy from Eaton‘s."‘ Melodee Martinuk photo ‘\_ He Man, Hulk, Spiderman, look out. There‘s a new breed of comic heroes being born up here in Waterloo. They go by the names Seab, Nefarious and Lorr, and they‘re the creations of a 14â€"yearâ€"old aspiring cartoonist, Steven Jones. â€" llyouwmtloshowywrwppa’tbr fairness for Ida, Dennis, Vera and the young employees who could be in their position someday, please shop elsewhere. If you have an account card, cut it up and send it with this coupon to the Ontario Federation of _ Labour, c/o Committee for Fairness at Eaton‘s, Suite 202, 15 Gervais Drive, Don Mills, Ont., M3C 1Y8. That way, you‘ll recewve a letter of appreciation and a special button. To explain why you won‘t shop at Eaton‘s until the company helps settle the strike with a fair agreement, wnte to Fred Eaton, President, T. Eaton Co. of Canada Ltd., 19th Floor, Eaton Tower, 1 Dundas St. W., Toronto, Ontario, MSB 1C8. Even if there‘s no Eaton‘s near you, you can jot down a few lines of support for the While a career may be far fzom the thoughts of most public schoolâ€"aged children, this grade eighter who attends Lincoln Heights, knows what he wants to be, a cartoonist or commercial artist, and he‘s working to make those dreams come true. "I collect comics, and I‘ve paid attention to how they Young cartoonist has career in mind Doodier for years _ HARDING‘S CHARMING TOUCH 10 mm URETHANE UNDERPAD INSTALLATION «# with purchase of MARDING‘S CMARMING TOUCH (stair labour extra) with this coupon valid until March 31/85 _ sale priced at MARCELLA CARPETS Honesty & friendliness no extra charge WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1986 â€" PAGE 5 a hard wearing velvet plush in 14 BEAUTIFUL COLOURS 401â€"C Weber St. N. Waterioo 885â€"3731 presents _ with purchase of MARDING‘S were drawn. I‘ve always wanted to be able to do that," said Jones. Admitting that he‘s been a *‘doodler‘" for years, (proven by a quick examination of his ornatelyâ€"decoratâ€" ed schoolbooks) Jones said he "really" didn‘t "get interested" in art until last year. Since then, drawing has become Jones‘ favorite spare time activity, although he still is involved in sports and loves to read. According to his parents, Jones is almost always at work with pencil in hand on a new cartoon, or drawing or illustration of a record cover. With his love of horror movies, interest in comic books and a growing fascination with Dungeons and Dragons, it‘s not surprising that Jones‘ taste now runs to drawing what he calls ‘"barbarian characters." But, he stressed he‘s very interested in taking formal art training and trying new things. D S "I took an art course at school in the summer, but I ended up teaching the students cartooning. Then, I was called back to teach for another two weeks," he said. "It was fun, but I really didn‘t learn anything." His mother Gwen noted that already Steven is proving to be his own severest critic, and drawings which aren‘t good enough, are quickly disposed of. ‘"‘He‘s a perfectionist. When I said someone was coming to interview him, Steven pushed a lot of his stuff in the garbage saying, ‘I wouldn‘t be caught dead with my name on stuff like that, * she remarked. "I just want to do a good job," said Jones: I HAD No IDEA MY PAPER RrouTE WOouLD BE TH1IS" LoNG! ‘ regularly $29.99 per C sq. yd. at yo with this coupon valid until March 31/85 $17.99 99° : sq. yd. 99°: sq. yd. «e VINYL e CERAMICS e CARPETS . yd.

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