Page 10 - The Canadian Jewish News, Friday, July 29. 1977
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Rally driver is fa^    a long road
By SHELDON KIRSHNER
TORONTO —
It's an insecure and somewhat hazardous existence, but Jonathan Stokes can think of nothing else he'd rather do^
A 23-year-old graphic designer. Stokes races performance rallying cars in his sparelime. And one of these days, he plans to take off a year or two to ascertain whether he is good enough a driver to make it in the major racing circuits in the< United States and Europe.
There's certainly big money to be made as a pro, he says, but unless you've reached that stage of development in your career, the financial pickings can be slim. "In Canada, only a few drivers are making a living out of it."
Though he is considered one of the best novice drivers in Ontario. Stokes has won only about S50 in prize earnings — "not enough to cover my expenses." Pan of his costs, however, are borne by General Electric and Tri-mension, the firm he works for. In return, these company names are emblazoned on his car,
Despite the long, hard road he faces. Stokes — a bespectacled. mild-man-
Jonathan Stokes of Toronto, a 23-year-old graphic designer, races perfornunce rallying cars in jits spare time. The novice driver plans to spend more time seeing whether he can become a major racing st»r.
nered person, who happens to be one of the few Jews in the sport — is determined to break into the select ranks of the professional drivers fraternity.
And if fairly recent successes are any indica-
tion. Stokes may well be on his way to achieving that goial. Late last year, he placed sixth overall and second in his class in the Molson's/Autosport Rally near Ottawa. In 1975 he and navigator Doug Martin won second spot in the
Ontario Novice Championship.
"Drivers often spend years at the sport without ever scoring a top 10 finish," he explains.
A native of Bigland who arrived here when he was 13. Stokes has had a love
affair with cars for as long as he remembers. His grandfather, Edward, raced cars and as a boy he spent many hours in his company.
"It nibbed off on me." he says, adding that neither his father, a proper-
Hamilton's Judy Woolf chosen as Miss Israel
ByMOURAWOLPERT
HAMILTON —
A 20-year-old Hamilton girl has been chosen Miss Israel at the preliminary-Miss People Canada Pageant held at the Hotel Toronto recently. If she is among the 12 finalists in the final pageant in September , Judy Woolf may win a trip to Israel among other prizes.
There is no trace of the hyper kid she says she used to be in the poised young lady who tries to explain what the Miss People Canada Pageant is all about. "It's something new." she says, "a cultural thing where knowledge of your own culture is important-" Equally im-ponant is knowledge of Canada. .
According to the brochure, the objective is "to choose from among the young women representing the cultures present in the life of Canada, one who is not only beaiitiful but who can also meaningfully express the role of her culture..."
Judy is well versed in her own Jewish heritage, particularly since she went to all three religious schools. Orthodox. Conservative, and Reform.. Giggling at the memorj-. she explains that she was "such a hyper kid who couldn't keep still that nobody wanted me in their class."
After accompanying her friends to Teniple Anshe Sholom Sunday school for sometime, she said"Rab-bi (Bernard) Baskintold us ■sure she can come here if she wants to' " and she finally settled down and learnt to keep still.
Now she is reading as much as she can about Israer because in the final pageant, contestants will also be judged on their knowledge of their country of birth or ancestry.
Eighteen countries were represented in the preliminan- round, says pageant organizer John Ranisev, "and we are now working with all the consuls to find sponsors and arrange for the trips and prizes."
Judy hopes El Al wUl be among the sponsors and if she is a finalist, she will be sent to IsraeT"to see and learn as much as possible about the country and then come back to tell us all about it," adds Ranisev.
the daughter of Larry and Esther Woolf, Judy is the youngest in a family of three giiis and one boy. a talented, artistic girl who took a  commercial art
course in high school with the intention of learning interior design.
Accepted at ever>- university and college where she applied. Judy chose Humber College "because it offers the best course," but eventually she hopes to go on to the University of Michigan, the only university to offer an MA in interior design.
In the living room of the familv home. Judy's tro-
phies look splendid: an enormous cup mounted on marble, a tiara and a red sash with 'Miss Israel' in glittering silver.
When she comes home from her summer job of printing T-shirts in a store at Jackson Square Mall, aching feet and the frustrations of the day are forgotten as they remind her of a glamorous evening, a gala event still to come and, perhaps, a trip to Israel.
Judy Woolf - finalist in Miss People Canada Pageant.
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Mr. Gold's daughter told me she loved me."
When Irving Gold was.in to see me at Parkwood Central recently he bought his little girl Martha with him.
Irving was therei to do business. He was out to treat himself to a 1977 Oldsmobile with all the goodies aboard. But Martha had other ideas. She wanted to go'to Florida to Disneyland. Preferably right that minute. So I said, "tell you what Martha, you go sit over there for just a few minutes and play with, your, doll, and 111 make it possible for your Daddy to take you to Disneyland."
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ty manager, nor his brother. 19. are interested in cars. The Stokes*. who live together as a family, belong to Beth Tikvah Synagogue.
Stokes obtained his driver's licence at the age of It) and bought his first car, a l')40 Pontiac. soon af^ terwards. He's been through seven cars since then and his latest, a Datsun 510. is an amalgam of several Datsuns which he built himself. "It doesn't take long to put together a car, and it's much cheaper to assemble them from different parts."
His Datsun is equipped with a souped-up engine, roll-over bars to prevent roof collapse-in case of accident. a special suspension system, racing harnesses, fire-proofing and a sump guard under the engine to protect it from flying rocks. The interior has been stripped bare, except for the front seats, h cost Stokes SI.500 to build the car.
.Asked what type of car he prefers, he replied: "I look for reasonably powerful cars that handle well. I don't go in for flashy ones."
Stokes claims that rallying is a safe sport and says he knows of no one who has been killed racing in Canada. Along the gravel cottage backroads he races on. he usually attains speeds of 80 to 85. in 25-mile-per-hour zones.
The lanky Humber College graduate of graphic design and advertising says a good driver possesses several qualities.
"Concentration. You can't let your mind wander. You must know what's happening ever\' second. You have to be in good shape, you have to really want to do it, and you've got to have a bit of nerve."
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