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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1973-09-06, Page 8DISCOUNT Smiles 'n Chuckles NEW Cherries In Liquid SHIPMENT 1 LB. BOX $ .89 Pagee l'ime,Advocote, $eptemberb,197S facts 'n Fancies BY SUSAN Propose to encourage women in better lobs 16 (tea the &le" EATS \b• \b. Pkge. BAKERY TREATS Hostess Date & Nut Bread 20 oz. 59' Wonder am Buns 15 oz, 45° Facial Tissue GETTING ACQUAINTED - Sheilagh Murphy, left, from Agincourt was introduced to the cuddly members of the livestock on the farm of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Hodgert, RR 1 Woodham, Diane arid Alan Hodgert hold the other members of their anti-mouse troop. Sheilagh was visiting on the urban rural exchange program Urban-rural exchange ends, aids city, farm youngsters We Buy For Less — We Sell For Less NIGH QU GRADE A BEEF 141P SA CANAD ALE Gov1.9 Stitt 11? or w„ e e RION RO 161 Sit Pull Slice ROOD to Eat Maple l eaf Ready ? (S Maple leak Ranch Sty\e Bulk VAI %WAS Maple tecii Sweet Pickled 011 AGE ROLLS 0 0 Fresh 00 Ground Map\ e Leaf Devon FRUITS & VEGETABLES kCS Davids (Chocolate Coated Mallow When I was digging for ideas for this week's column, the most natural one seemed to be to writ,y about the uncomfortable heat • the past week. But how can you be expectini to write about the heat when it is still 90 degrees outside, and the humidity makes it even higher than that? It's hard enough to attempt any physical exertion in that kind of weather. But it is far more difficult, for me at least, to think It's like an unsigned agreement has been drawn up between my brain and whoever Controls the weather. When the hum.dity gets above a certain my mind stops working in (Wet ence to it. My sister suggested that I should say, "The Facts and Fancies column usually ap- pearing in this location will be cancelled this week due to the lacsadaisical condition of the riter. Any suggestions by the readers for future columns (when it is not so hot• may be written in the space below and will he gratefully received," Now I thought this was a terrific idea. But then I began to consider what the editor might think, and definitely would say, if I tried to pull this off, and decided I was going to have to come up with something. So I am back to the heat, where I started. Actually. I haven't much right to complain about the heat, because I brought a lot of it on myself. When everyone else was heading out of Toronto to the lake, the cottage, or anywhere they might escape the heat, I was heading into it. Last weekend seemed to be the only time my girlfriend Annette and I could agree on to get together to see Ontario Place. I think the only reason we didn't cancel the date was because neither of us had enough energy to walk across the room to the phone. As I mentioned, I thought everyone else would be heading out of city and consequently, that I would miss all the traffic, Xmas Shb ping at Clearance Prices Shirley's Canadian Crafts Weekends only Where Your Dollar Goes Farther especially at 8 o'clock in the evening. This thought gave me great peace of mind, as you can imagine if you remember the Iccount of the only previous time I ventured into that driver's version of instant insanity. However, I had forgotten to account for the attractions of the Canadian National Exhibition and half the population of south- western Ontario must have been heading for the Ex Friday night. I got caught in an almost stop-and- go traffic jam about 10 miles outside the city, Of course I guess this isn't much worse than catapulting along at break-neck speeds worrying about getting in the right lane to make your cutoff. I eventually made it to Annette's and this time I didn't get lost once. Would you like to know what you don't do if you have to, or choose to stay in a city the size of Toronto on a weekend such as the last one. You don't make a bee-line for the nearest city swimming pool - because no matter how soon you go, you are bound to be preceded by at least a thousand yelling kids, trying to get enough water just to splash their bodies with. You don't go shopping on Yonge St., especially if you're wearing rubber soled shoes, because they will melt right into the cement. And the only stores worth going into — the air -conditioned ones — are already packed with people saying, "No thank you, I'm just looking" and heaving a sigh of relief when the store clerk leaves them free to breathe just another breath or two of that cool air. But if you do happen to be lucky enough to squeeze into one of these stores, you don't decide to Sisters study 'body beautiful' Alpha Pi sorority held its first fall meeting Tuesday evening at the cottage of Mrs. Ada Dinney, St. Joseph. President Diane Jeffery chaired the meeting, which was attended by all 12 members of the sorority, The program, "Body Beautiful" was conducted by Mary Ellison and Diane Jeffery. Each member was asked to recommend something which would be beneficial to the body. Then the program conveners enlisted the help of Nancy Wright, Glenda Wagner and Lillian Campbell to help demonstrate body shaping exercises. The ladies also held a "swaperoo". At every meeting, each member contributes 25 cents toward one gift which is won by a different person every week. This week's winner was Dorothy Balsdon. The Precambrian shield covers an area of 700,000 square miles, mostly in Central Canada. suddenly walk back out on the street because you think you are cooled off. Walking into the wall of heat on the other side of that glass door is worse than walking into a brick wall. At least you can see the latter. What you have to do is inch your way toward the exit slowly, stopping every few steps while you become acclimatized by the rush of heat when the door opens. And the last thing you don't do if caught in Toronto during a heat wave is go to the Exhibition, unless you like being pushed and shoved as if you were vying for the last front-row centre seat at a Donny Osmond concert. And unless you think you will die if you don't get a cool drink within an hour, you don't line up at a concession booth. Now I suppose you would like to know what you can do to beat the heat while in Toronto, You will notice this list is considerably shorter. While on the subject of the Ex, I must say that Ontario Place isn't bad, if you can beat the crowds for a seat. The little bit of air moving across the water provides quite refreshing and even a little bit of subdued dancing won't make you too uncomfortable. Undoubtedly the best solution, however, is to find a friend (or if not a friend, a stranger) who has an air-conditioned house and invite yourself over for the weekend. Admitting yourself to a hospital will do no good, because as Annette, who is an X-ray technician will tell you, they're not air-conditioned either. Barring this, there are only one or two things left. You could try sleeping on the balcony of your 20th floor apartment, as we did, But I must warn you that this is only workable until the sun comes up, especially if the balcony faces east. Unless you have a pool in the backyard, there is only one other suggestion I can give you, and that is go to the air-conditioned gymnasium in the apartment building. You can almost bet a steak-dinner that no-one will be using the exercise machines. So you load up with a pillow, a portable radio, a pitcher of something cool and a good book and go down to sit on the floor in the gym. You'll have to make up your own mind as to whether the energy expended in riding the elevator from the 20th floor to the gym is worth the temporary comfort. Fortunately, Annette and I hadn't planned to spend the whole weekend in the city and first- thing Sunday morning we loaded up the car and headed for the wide open spaces of Mansfield. Sure it was hot there too and when we got home, our families were trying to devise their own ways to beat the heat. But for us, it was like finding an oasis after leaving Toronto - Sahara city. Enjoy Weekly Savings I As of August 29, the urban- rural exchange, 1973 was over. Hopefully, however, the benefits of the program, the knowledge learned and the friendships made will continue on into the future. The urban-rural exchange is a program for 12 to 15-year-old students, allowing city youngsters to spend a week on a farm, followed by a week in the city for the farm host or hostess. The idea is to reduce urban-rural 1111111111111111111111111111M1111111111b. 1 FOOD MARKETS*I It has been quite a while since the days of the suffragettes and the times when they demon- strated for the right of women to have the vote. Yet seldom a week goes past without seeing another news or feature story about a woman getting a job in a previously male dominated profession. A picture featuring a pretty girl waving a flag at a construction site; or getting her commercial pilot's licence; or delivering mail: all demonstrate very clearly that people are still not accustomed to the idea of a woman working in any of these situations. However, the government has recently taken steps to encourage women to break the traditions and to break down some of the discriminatory barriers restricting her choice of a career. The government's support has come out in the form of a booklet published in June entitled "Equal Opportunity for Women in Ontario", a plan for action. Specifically, the province in- tends to demonstrate and ad- vertise women participating in technical and managerial func- tions. "Even though it may be argued • that nnen's work' and `women's work' can be clearly distinguished in the labor market," says the booklet, "the government believes that it has a responsibility to motivate women to broaden their horizons and to use their full potential, regar- dless of occupational or professional traditions". At the same time, in order to satisfy any male "liberationists" the tendency for some oc- cupations and professions to be female dominated may be offset by showing or mentioning men in reference to these positions. Under the Human Rights Code it is illegal to run a help-wanted advertisement that indicates directly or indirectly that sex or •13k)..0" 40/ Giant 8 oz. Delmonte Choice Apricots King Size Green Giant Cream Corn Viva Towels Duncan Hines Cake Mixes Clarks Beans & Pork Sani Flush Bow I Cleaner 6 1/2 at, marital status is a job qualification. Help wanted columns in Ontario newspapers are no longer supposed to classify jobs on the basis of sex. Certain exceptions have been granted by the Human Rights Commission, for reasons of authenticity or propriety. So until women flyers, and women "mailpersons" become commonplace, we will still likely seen these stories appearing, WI enjoys visit to home The Hurondale Women's Institute took a bus trip August 29 to the Erland Lee Home Which has recently been restored by the Women's Institutes. The Institute also visited the botanical gardens at Hamilton and the Westfield Pioneer Museum at Rockwood. Mrs. Charles Kernick and Mrs. Donald Kernick planned the trip. The August meeting was held on the lawn with Mrs. Charles Kernick in charge. Roll call was "Something I have learned from the new handbook". The motto, "Books are the ever-learning lamps of ac- cumulated wisdom" was given , by. Mrs. Lorne Porter. Mrs. Carl Mills, president, presided for business. The county rally is to be held at Centralia College, October 1. A letter was read from Huronview thanking the Institute for the donation towards the van. A letter was read from the North West Territories thanking them for the books received from the institute, It was decided to have an exhibit at Kirkton Fair Sep- tember 15. Hurondale Institute will not have a meeting in Sep- tember. misunderstanding by offering the opportunity to learn about the other way of life by being actively involved in it. A total of 63 city youngsters from Kitchener, Waterloo, Guelph, Stratford, London and Toronto made farm visits in Huron and Perth counties, in- volving a total of 51 farm families and 13 Stratford families. A big change in this year's program was the increased number of farm youngsters making the return visit to the city. About 75 percent of the Perth-Huron farm participants did make this visit comparing favorably with the provincial average of about 50 percent returns. A more complete ap- preciation of the similarities and differences between farm and city life is possible with these two-way exchanges. For The Best Selection . 433 MAIN ST, CAMEO While They Last 2 Ply PRETTY POLLY DOLLIES 3 PAIR $1 99 EXETER Red, White or Blue Good Quality Sizes 6 to 8, 9 to 11 WITH FREE COLORING ROOK Knee High Socks 3 BOXES $ 1100 Shop Early 235-1661 Celery Stalks 25' 24's Ontario Grown Cooking Onions 19' 2 lb. bag Sunkist Valencia Oranges 18's Daz. 59 Buy of the Week Tasters Choice Freeze Dried Instant Coffee Pamper Cat Food Aylmer Choice Peas or Wax Beans 3/69 ° Westons Sodas I lb. Pkge. 45° 14 oz. Empress Biscuits , 14 oz. Biscuit) lb. Pkge. 3/ 90 0 59' Palmolive Liquid 99' White or Coloured 53' 2/83' 3 /88' 49' C offee M ate Olant 16 oz. Jar +2 at, Pree 99