CASTLEGAR NEWS, July 7,1982 Jehovah Witness methods slammed TORONTO (CP) — Dissi- dent Jehovah say any .member who aband * the worldwide sect 'or'is ox: communicated for not abid- ing by the rules is bound to * be physically harassed and subject to “mental and emo- tional cruelty” from other Witnesses, In recent interviews, sev- eral former Canadian Wit- nesses accused the Watch- tower Bible and Tract So- clety, an evangelical group within the sect, of éngaging in emotional and physical harassment, breaking, up Alberta : realtors i r] e. - hurting EDMONTON (CP) — Al- berta realtors are having to bite the bullet to endure a slump in the province's hous- ing market and the only de- termining factor in the sur- vival of many agencies is how hard ‘they. can clench their teeth. One ‘agency, Dowley and Keith Ltd. of Calgary, went into receivership last week. Company president David Dowley, who. estimated it was the sixth-largest real es- tate firm iti Canada, at- tributed its troubles to a downturn in the “Alberta economy caused by. high“ interest rates,’ the. national energy program and the fed- eral budget, Statistics back up Cowley's contention the problems are not unique to his company. Only about one of every four houses listed for sale in the province in the first five months of this year was ac- tually sold -- half the 1981 ratio. a In doiiar volume, saies through multiple listing ser- vices for the first five months of this year were down 46 per cent in Edmonton and a com- parable amount in Calgary. ‘Al Larson; executive vice- president of the Alberta Real Estate Association, estimat- ed that up to'80 per cent of residential’ sales:in Alberta - are: handled’ through: the multiple listing service. SEES NO IMPROVEMENT “Sales ‘in most centres are down 50:per cent from last year,” Larson said. “And I just can't see a turnaround in ;the immediate future.” ‘Far from a turnaround, the "situation appears to be wor- sening in some areas. Ed- monton’s’ sales volume was off 28 per cent in January from the same month last _ year, 43 per cent in March, 57 per cent in’ May, and is ex- pected to be down at least ‘50 per cent:in June. But ‘the industry's woes are having little effect on prices. The average selling price for houses in Edmonton was $94,480 in May, up from «$90,429 in May of 1981. Ron Esch, president of the Edmonton © Real Estate -Board, expected most com- panies would be able to wea- ther the storm by tightening belts, families by Wit- excommunicate people, The former Witness mem- bers say the sect’ is lostag people because of ‘its'‘de-" mands for strict adherence to Witriess doctrine.) ' “Anyone calling for re- form, more local control, less door-to-door knocking is just: marked for elimination,” said: James Penton, a history pro- fessor at Lethbridge Uni- versity in Alberta and a Wit- ness who .was ‘excommuni- cated last year. He said some ‘elders have | — Jobn Cucan, ' a former.'18-man' governing body: ex- special minister and elder for pelled last: year’ for’ having fellowshipping’: iregis- trar and a district’ supervisor sin ithe United States, 10 years in the! Ottawa‘area, dinnet with’ a: former! mem: °. said the society’'uses :“dis-») ber, sald the society practises ° excom- “mental and emotional eruel; ’: munication —|to and obedience: s i ibe: ‘3 bers. i, “What I find ‘notable fo the - the CAN LOSE FRIENDS “If the elders ‘disfellowship ; fellowshipped on’ charges of you, you not only lose cternal ‘apostasy are people. of long- life but they will make it’so, standing, of 80. to: 40 years: xo friend or relative talks to with’ the association, people you. And that's a frightening. who were very active mem- cae when pee have::-no’. bers,” he said, kind of people now) being dis-’: trines that have’ alienated y; members include ina joorhisday p' redictions, curate ¢ rgan’ transplants ’’and tho ' practice’ of ‘shunning former - members, Penton said. He and Frahx estimate). ‘more than a million witnesses ‘eft the society between 1969 nd 1879 because of: dissat- Iafaction with! changing doc. trines, spartan living” ‘code, ‘ ‘and an “by. elders: of the chureh,” Only. s 2,795 bers were ' disfel- ina of the sect ‘such ‘as the reatrictions on ‘blood trans- fustons and adherence It a ,dreas code, - - Other’ controversial dee: “It's pretty much of a re- volving. door situation,” Franz said. Meanwhile, Wal- * ter Graham, press officer for ‘the Canadian head office of (But) there’s:no question, = you can’t stand a 87, -per-cent drop in sales for very. long,” said Esch. “If the present’ trend continues, I would have to suspect there will be more closures and mergers.” In Grand Prairie, ‘a\ north: = western Alberta city of about 25,000, the market has under- gone some improvement, but it took a significant drop in prices to. bring ‘about the change and it still has a long way to go before it reaches: previous levels. |. . Tor Shields, head of that city’s real estate board, said prices have dropped, 15 per cent in the last year. To the end of May, resi- dential sales through the - listing .service totalled $6.6 million, .compared® to $16.1 million in the-same period’ last year. ‘And i in Lethbridge, board spokesman Lyndon Foster: _ said times are tough but not “so bad when last year's ac- tivity is viewed as an unusual burp in ‘the statistics, “It's not all rosy but 10 one is close to financial collapse,” Foster . said, adding _ the : southern community's: fairly stable agriculture-based © economy has gone a long way toward protecting it from wild fluctuations found in other areas, STORE HOURS: Monday to Saturday 9:30-5:30 Friday 9:30-9:00 s lowshipped between 1977 and 1981, he said, and most. were for such moral offences |; as stealing, smoking o or. homo, t Soret ihm taser beng "7% SKIL saw, 7 ea rile, che tenp Tes «excellent cond. Ph Going On Now In: : Colville. 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