HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1984-05-30, Page 2Lleknow Sentinel, WedneOW? May 305 11984 ---,Page 2
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member of Associated country Women .of
; 'the World:
The Lucknow branch of. the Junior
Women's Institute just celebratedits 10th
anniversary. following 14 inception in May,.1
1974. The gtOttit014a-,-,ChriptnTs-party'r4r,.
senior citizens each year, raises money for
cominunity service, by selling crafts the
inembers make at . the ',ginette' Community
Bazaar each: eae ''il.beceinber and assists the
neknow-rtDistrict- Agricultural Society. by •
,-,serving at the banquet fOrthecontestants in
the Miss Midwestern Ontario pageant at the
141.1e bow
Fall: Fair.
' Recently' 014timPluade donations to the
Lucknow 'Medical Centre for an I V ipole and
ECG cart theritOw,Schoo Concert
•.0andifor APtillast year the
Lucknowbran*OW** spring district
ineetingAyhiCIOnclittleoptuirilitig workshops
Onintetio*400144‘Pthildten's cake decor-
ating, dance fituess and: -.,astrology/palm
• reading, ;. In :the' afternoon session, guest
speaker, Sheila; Richards, spoke about the
Blyth Summer Sutnnters Festival.
• As a the members attend a play at
the .Blyth Summer Festival, hold a family
picnic erijOy:Proveeative discussions
initiated .by 'interestingipest speakers,-
-June$441nO involved as imember of the
'insijtute following'etiinpleticin of 'eighteen
kiting clubs and -Six agricultural
progression from 4-H
• Clubs' to the Junior institute, she says, and
this progression is being emphasized as 44H
• club members decide to stay together as a
unit forming junior institute branches.
• „June Alton
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She attended a provincial ' executive
meeting in Fordwich, the summer after the
inception of the Lucknow institute and sat as
program advisor on the executive that year.
Because she finds she needs a broader scope
to remain involved in any activity, June
progressed through the ranks. of the
'executive and has held all, the positions on
the executive except secretary -treasurer,
-including board director to the Federated
-Women's Institute of Ontario.
Personaily her involvement with the
provincial executive has permitted her to
travel within Ontario and eviii to British
Columbia to attend the Associated Country
Women of the World Conference ' in June,
1983.
She has met people she would never have
had the opportunity to meet attending
branch forMation meetings, district meet-
,
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ings, anniversary meetings and area conven-
tions. She also - attended meetings with
Officials of •the Ministry of .Agriculture to
discuss the role of women's groups in the
province.
.During her tenure as president, she
initiated the ideas of districts within the
institute,,which now hold spring meetings to
replace the provincial spring meeting, which
was dropped five years ago because attend-
ance was suffering with two provincial
meetings a year.
The institute 'continues to hold an annual.
conference in the fall each , year -whichls a
major, undertaking of the executive, Which
co-ordinates this event. The branch which
hosts the spring district meeting acts as the
district executivefor that year.
The provincial •executive provides direc-
tion to the branches as .each areehosts the
_annual . conference which may involve a
•group which has never attended the annual
conference.
Presently the executive is conducting a
survey of what members think about
programs to be offered and what structure
they want the organization to take. A new
• image is developing. The organization is no
longer only a rural organization as four
•branches are located in Guelph and one in
Welland. A membership drive using the
slogan "Junior. Women's Institute for
Today's Women" hopes to meet an objective
of • increasing membership to .500 in the
_province.
The executive would like to see the junior
and senior institutes work more closely
together . while maintaining their own
identities; They have the Sarne objectives
and goals, says. June, but the senior
institutes have many older , members and
•they see. no new members corning in. They
fear the senior institutes may die off, if an
age limit is not imposed onthe junior
organization. June hopes the two groups can
work more closely together to bridge the gap
between the two.
The junior institute executive plans to take
• the results of the -survey to the senior
institute executive, to 4discuss the issues
• using survey of the membership as a basis to
support their proposals. The ministry of
• Agriculture -is • working with each rural
orgabizatiorito,establish short and long term
goals. ••
• thirty-five per cent of the membership
replied -to the -qUestionna# whichshowed
the following results: ;
•-Should'we drop the word iiinior from our
name or change our flan*? No- - 97,
expresses-yenthfulness; Yes 31,. Junior is
subordinate , term; 13, no opinion.
'-Should;•there. be any age limit? No - 97,
leave choice to individual; res .-3-1+ 13, no
opinion. •,
-DOwe need to increase membership and
would you help?- No - 12; Yes - 117, could ask
someone in community to join; 12, undecid-
ed. • " 0
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-Would you be comfortable joining FWIO?
Np, - , 97, .age • difference, too . many
c.c.bratilittees and convenerships; Yes - 35;
only if no JWIO available, 9, undecided.
-What are the differences between JWIO
• and FWIO? age, attitudes and interests;
more complicated hierarchy, more commit-
tees and convenerships. /
-FWIO "too structured" for JWIO
member to want to join. DP You' agree?
Why? 22, no; 82, yes, too structured; 19,
undecided; 18, no opinion.
etien offers fiscal responsibility to area delegates
A tough, central govermrient that can be
tiscalIST responsible is the offer being made
• by LiberalleaderShip candidate Jean-Chre-
tien.
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Mr. Chretien was at Stratford's Victorian
Inn, in the Winner's Circle on May 23, exact-
ly two weeks after another leadership can-
didate; John Turner, spoke across the street
at the Stratford Country Club.
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Both men spoke t� delegates and alter-
nates from- Windsor to Kitchener who will
represent' their federal riding associations
at the June 14 to 17 leadership convention in
Ottawa. '
• Mr. Chretien, the current energy
;minister, said there would be no "bicker-
ing" with the provinces, but he would also
not be run by the provinces if he is prune
Minister.
it was a big smile for Jean Ckretien as he met with delegates at the Victorian Inn in Strat-
ford. The delegates mine from many ridings in Southwestern Ontario including the Huron -
Bruce and Perth ridings.
He said he Woulan't apologize for taking
• OnQiiebec's Rene Levesque in the "Oui-Non
referendum", Manitoba's Sterling Lyon on
language, rights and Newfoundland's' Brian
Peckford on the question of off -shore oil
rights.
On the off -shore oil rights, the leadership
hopeful said the oil belongs to Canada and
that he, won't let Canadians freeze m the
dark.
• "I- will speak for the. whole of the coun-
try," said Mr.. Chretien.
As for the fiscal responsibility, the Quebec
MP said he can be fiscally responsible and
referred to his term as president of the
• treasury board when he was known as "Dr.
No". But, Mr.. Chretien also said he wouldn't
• promise to reduce Canada's deficit.
"You don't take money away from cir-
culation when unemployment is at 1.4
million," said Mr. Chretien.
He pointed to the United States where
President Ronald Reagan, in 1980, promised
a balanced budget. Mr. Chretien said that
now, in1984, the American deficit is at about
$200 inillion. He also suggested that closing
gas stations, a reference made by some to
closing some Petro -Canada stations, would
not be a positive step.
The energy minister defended his par-
ticipation in the Trudeau government by
saying he has served both the Liberal Party
and Canada well in his numerous portfolios.
Mr. Chretien said his administration
would be different from other administra-
• tions in that his would be an "open" govern-
•ment.
' During a question:and answer period with
. the delegate's, Mt. Clretien said while he
• wouldn't make any proinige about cutting
:back federal civil servants, he noted that his
own ministry has the smallest staff. Mr.
Chretien added that 'at a time when he had
more. than one portfolio he had only four
assistants whilesome other ministers bad 25
assistants.
Joking, Mr, Chretien said it is easy to
make him prime minister as he only has to
move 24 inches -or one seat over in the House
of Commons.
On the serious side; Mr. Chretien met
negative comments about his leadership
campaign head-on.. He said the people who
say he shouldn't be prime minister because
it would mean two consecutive Quebec PM's
arenarrow-tninded.
"I'm equal," said'Mr. Chretien : ,
The energy minister said he doesn't have
a mission (as Mr. Turner has said) and he
didn't tell. a college professor he wanted to
be 'prime minister (as Joe. Clark allegedly
did).
Mr. Chretien said he is running .because
he can "crush" Brian Mulroney inan elec-
tion.
The leadership hopeful commented that
the Liberals don't need another Brian
Mulroney another reference to John Turner,
"I'm just quoting Gene (Whelan)," Mr.
Chretien quickly added.
"I don't know if he's (Whelan) right or
wrong," he said. Mr. Chretien said he is
"willing" and "ready" to be prime
minister. •
Area Liberal delegates wills
support regional reps
Most Liberal leadership convention
delegates in Huron and Perth intend to .
give their first ballot vote to their regional
cabinet minister representative.
In the. Huron -Bruce riding that represen-
tative is Eugene Whelan and in Perth it is
Mark MacGuigan.
Delegates from both these associations
have heard the two front-runners in the
leadership race speak in Stratford. John
Turner was in the Perth riding on May 9
and Jean Chretien came in two weeks later
on May 23.
Graeme Craig of R.R. 4, Walton and the
Huron -Bruce Liberal candidate in the last
federal election said Mr, Chretien appeals
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to the middle class. Mr. Craig has already
stated he will vote for Mr. Whelan on the
first ballot, but .after that he remains un- ,
committed.
"I have to weigh what's best for the
riding in co-operation with what's best for
the country," said Mr. Craig.
Perth's Liberal candidate in the last
election, Bob McTavish of R.R. 1, Strat-
ford has said he will vote for MacGuigan
on the first ballot but says he is uncommit-
ted after that.
However, Mr. McTavish said if it came
.down to a choice between Mr. Turner and
Mr. Chretien he would go to Mr. Turner.
"Jean Canes across as sincere, honest
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