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TimesAdvocate, October 29,, 1980 Pug0 5 iscuss WI membership, disarmament Dear gditor, In your issue of October you published an article entitled "Wantliousewivesto share their ideas" outlining a new organization for hduseweary housewives. In this article the writer said (and I quote) "this woman has an unlimited number of opportunities and choices fora new career, interest or hobby" and other like statements which I shall quote as I proceed. These statements gave concern to an organization nearly a hundred years old, namely "The Women's Institute". In reply to that first statement, W.I. has a scholarship fund for a University Course. Our committees arrange in- teresting evenings on many topics - agriculture, in- dustry, citizenship, world affairs, education, cultural activities, family living, consumer topics and work on needed resolutions. A large variety of interests! For hobbies, we have courses, at various times on cooking, sewing, embroidery of various kinds, almost any craft you can name. Quote, "the need for self- confidence and self-esteem", In our meetings we en- courage participation, starting at the humblest level and working into the larger responsibilities as one's confidence grows. Quote,"sharing ideas and gain support from one another". A period of in- teraction is part of all our meetings from Branch level upwards. These levels go from local branch to a world- wide organization with links with the United Nations. Quote, "join women of all ages, all interests and all fields to get them more actively involved in social and psychological con- cerns." These are the aims of the Women's Institute. Quote, "talk about com- mon problems and issues and exchange ideas and interests". Our family topics include Family Relation- ships and health and safety problems. Local and world issues are covered by our resolutions. e.g. we started the sending of vegetables to India to prevent infant blindness. The World Health Organization now looks after this. Quote, "reach out to women in rural areas". ' Women's Institute is largly a rural organization. Quote, "We're not trying to take women out of their homes, we're trying to make their lives more fulfilled". Women's Insitute was for- med in the first place because of the need for women to be better educated in their role as homemakers. Every few years, the needs of women are updated and all the topics mentioned in the newspaper wotild have a place in the Women's Institute programme. In short we feel that you are just taking the aims and concerns of the Women's Institute and presenting them as a new movement, under a new name, while all the time you are just aping an organization already formulated, In other words, . presenting an old article gift wrapped. How much more constructive it would be to join forces and build on a structure that already has a solid foundation. These were my thoughts on reading the article. Last Thursday I attended a meeting of the group, The speaker and the an- nouncements for fUttlre meetings, far from building up the home life appeared to be trying to tear it down, Although the words were never littered, the imm pression was of one thing and one thing only, Women's Lib. We were told that they were not interested in hobbies, that they do not intend to exist for long (so where the help?) and that it is not in- tended to spread the Movement and that it was the isolated rural women they wanted to reach - hardly a description of Huron County. So women of Huron County, beware. If you want Women's Lib by all means go ahead and join this new organization. If you want a full, satisfying life with plenty of interests and new horizons opening up join the Women's Institute. There are many branches throughout Huron County and I shall be glad to put you in touch with the nearest one. My phone number is 262-. 5018. Hilda M. Paine President Huron South Women's Institute Dear Friends, The week of October 24-31 has been proclaimed "WORLD DISARMAM- ENT WEEK" by the United Nations. It is to be a week when all people are asked to focus their attention on the issues relating to disar- mament. The on going arms race and the dependance on military solutions to the complex problems of todays world threaten us with ex- tinction. If we are to avoid this fate we must work together -to devise national and global security systems not dependent on the use of weapons of mass destruc- tion; -to bring about a reduction of national military budgets; -to halt the transfer and sale of arms and the proliferation of weapons technology, particularly nuclear; -to develop plans and programs for converting defence industries and the jobs associated with them,to civilian, non-military programs. The connection between disarmament and national and international development is significant. Money, resources and labour used for bombs, tanks and guns are unavailable for important human needs like clean water, food, shelter, eduCation and health care. In a world where millions desperately need the latter Governments, with the ability to destroy every city with a population of 100,000• or more; continue building bombs. Ourilocal group, composed of Quakers and Mennonites, would like to encourage you to do something during WORLD DISARMAMENT WEEK. We would be willing to help with information and ideas. If time constraints prevent you from doing something during DISAR- MAMENT WEEK but you would like to do something on this theme at a later date we would also be glad to help with that. For more information contact DISARMAMENT WEEK COMMITTEE, cio McQuail, R.R. 2, Lucknow, Ontario, NOG 2H0, or phone 528-6542. Yours sincerely, Fran McQuail * * * On Thursday, October 23 the O.M.B. hearing on Tuckersmith council's request for approval on Bylaw 11-1980 was held and concluded. The decision was not in our favour, that is our protest against this bylaw, making the people of Vanastra only, to pay for the original $130,000. debenture on the Rec. Centre was not sustained. However, the dispute on the issue of O.M.B. approval has now been decided. As members of one family, we are afterall neighbors and all residents of the township, we had our family conflict so to speak. We needed someone from the outside of the family to settle the argument. Now by all appearances the argument is settled and it is time to heal the hurts and restore broken relationships. I believe that at this point the council has a real responsibility, as well as art opportunity, to take the initiative and make some real moves of goodwill and fairness to the people of Vanastra , I suggest that the present arrangement on the curling club building be raocsorlitorolt a•lTlhablonhgs a. been Reconsider the present financial setup and also make this building more available to a larger number foofrPeovilterioofuths e aocintimviuntieitys. Afterall, this was part of the original petition, a place for the people of the community. A second suggestion is to give all the residents of Vanastra a 25-30 percent discount on all program and membership fees of the Rec. Centre for the length of the debenture. My Prediction is that this gesture will in- crease the total revenue because more residents will participate. Also this will give an incentive for more community participation in the Centre, something which is badly needed. I also believe that this type of move on the part of council will remove something of the bitterness and hard feelings of the past. The miserly 10 percent needs to be replaced with a more generous gesture of good- ll wi A' third . suggestion for goodwill on the part of council towards the people of Vanastra is to do something real about the park. The original petition mentioned a picnic shelter and tables. The park could really become a beautiful com- munity park, perhaps under the sponsorship of the Lions, but with financial backing from the council. As a community Vanastra needsa a local project, something of which we can be proud, something on which we can work together, which we can enjoy with our neighbors, and of which we can also say: this is ours. On the O.M.B. hearing, just a few comments. The whole conflict has been costly, also in some respects painful, and certainly time consuming. What have we learned, and what are the positives? As I think back • upon the proceedings, a few thoughtscome quite readily. For one thing, as a people, I would never want a public petition pushed on me, or push one myself, without a public meeting or meetings. Without such open public meetings the' door is wide open for a feW Persons 'to push„ through • their 'par- ,prhject., Also a goi)gfiiiirg group of persons elected by the people, should never accept a public petition without putting their ears close to• the people, And I mean the people, not just a few ac- tivists, I noticed from the proceedings at the hearing that the changes from an open to a closed swimming pool were acted upon by council upon the recom- mendation of a few! Decisions were made by council affecting the people of Vanastra as a whole but without the benefit of a well publicized and open public meeting, This is inexusable and should never happen again. Those who are elected by the , people for the people, at least must also listen to the people, not to just • a few, It is unfortunate that neither the township clerk, nor the council of 1974 called to the attention of the 0,M,B, the wording of bylaw 40-1974. If this had been done, as it should have been done, in 1974, we would not have had the lid blown off in 1980. With others I can only speculate as to 'the reason for this neglect, if it was nelgect. But this non-action tying in with the unwillingness of Mr. McIntosh to call together a public meeting in 1974, even though urged by letter from Toronto to deal with the unrest and dissatisfaction, makes this "neglect" look mighty suspicious. What do we learn!? Perhaps this, that the chickens eventually do come home to roost. As people we need to learn, and if we don't learn we will continue to pay dearly, to present complaints and issues,in a proper manner to the proper authorities at the proper time, I became More and. more amazed as I listened to the evidence That none of all the bitching and complaining going on in 1974- 75 ever amounted to a proper presentation to council. And by proper .1 mean a written letter to the township clerk requesting the corn- paint or issue to be placed on council's agenda. Apparently all the noise and flOpping around in 1974 never reOched council in any proper manner. What a beautiful excuse to ignore all that noise! This is exactly what happened. And lastly I hope that council and council members also Darned that, valuable lesson to allow freedom of opinion among its members, The apparent practice in council (s) of pressure to conform to majority opinion is undemocratic to say the least, and at the worst smacks like an inquisition board. And from here on let council members who vote negative on a particular issue request the chair- person to have their negative vote recorded, Some years down the road such a recording will make a difference in any O.M.B. hearing or court procedure. Besides that, recording a negative vote: is a common practice and courtesy in any decently functioning governmental body. The 0,M.B, hearing of October 23 to me was an education in many ways. I sincerely hope that it was a Scotiabank THE BANK'OF NOVA SCOTIA ti