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iIuly 9, 1986
MR. AND MRS. ROBERT McDONALD
Marriage vows were exchanged
by Angela, daughter of David
and Carol Alexander, New-
foundland and Robert, son of Cliff
and Elsie McDonald, Exeter, on
may 10, 1986 at Exeter United
Church, Exeter, with Rev. Richard
Hawley ,officiating. After o
honeymoon in Venezuela, the
couple is now residing in Exeter.
Is it
time to revive, old hats?
My father-in-law used to sing a
jaunty little song called, "Where did
you get that hat?" and every once in
awhile it pops up in my mind,
especially if I see someone wearing
a spectactular chapeau.
There's not been much opportuni-
ty to sing that song once hats went out
of fashion, but it seems to me they're
making a comeback; this summer
I've seen several young women wear-
ing wide brimmed straw hats
beautifully decorated with ribbons
and flowers, and the old tune has
come to mind again. I can't help
wondering if the modern hat -wearers
find, as generations of women before
them did, that a lovely hat does
wonders for your morale and ego? 1
remember the day when going out to
shop for a new hat positively lifted my
spirits to the skies.
Perhaps hats were never more
spectacular (at least in the Western
world) than they were at the turn of
this century. My own mother was a
milliner then, and she concocted hats
that were pieces of art, gloriously pil-
ed high with heaps of flowers, ribbons
and veils. In my own hey -day, hats
had diminished in size, many of them
just .bits of ribbon, veil or flowers
tucked on top of one's head, but they
were still a most important part of our
wardrobe, and we never felt well
dressed unless we had a hat on our
heads.
After the war, when life became
much less formal on all counts, hats
gave way to flambouyant, beehive
hair-doos, and most of us tossed out
all our lovely hats. Everyone except
my sister.
A lover of hats to the ninth degree
she couldn't bear to throw hers away
so she piled them into boxes and
drawers where they've been hiding all
these many years. They surfaced last
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month when we were sorting and
packing, getting her ready for the big
move from the house sire's lived in for
45 years. My astonishment knew no
can't thrOW this away, I always felt
so good when I wore it!" She also kept
all her berets and tams, in various
sizes and colours, because, "I still
It Seems to me...
end as I viewed the vast mountain of
hats and I accused her of having kept
every hat she'd ever owned, "That's
not true," she retorted', but she did
blush when I pulled out one little
number she wore in a snapshot taken
at least 50 years ago!
Well, what to do with all these hats?
Finally, we divided them into two
piles. One for my son-in-law's theatre
and one for those she still couldn't
bear to give up. She picked up a blue
and gold -threaded turban and hugg-
ed it like a long lost friend. "Oh, I
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love every one of them," and several
others that "I just can't throw out."
One thing, if hats do make a serious
comeback, she'll be away ahead of
the game!
Hats came into the conversation
again, last week, when we met a
young couple from Equador. As they
showed us their slides of that pictures-
que country, we inquired why the
natives wore so many different hats,
and were told that the style of hat
depends on from what part of the
country people come. Those with wide
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BUSY AT QUILT SHOW — Susan Hewett and Veronica Halzamer of
the Lambton Heritage Museum staff were busy Sunday selling ad-
mission tickets to the quilt show.. More than 3,500 visitors looked
over a Targe variety of quilts during the week-long show.
Women Today is
involved in county
Women Today has been active on a
number of boards, committees and
issues during the past year. They
have tackled subjects ranging from
pay equity to midwifery.
At the organization's annual
meeting in Clinton, president Debbie
Selkirk briefly outlined a number of
projects Women Today have been in,
volved in during the past year.
One of the major projects has been"
Women Being Well, which has been
run by Valerie Bolton with Sally
Rathwell's assistance. From this pro-
ject 10 self-help groups have been set
up in Huron County to help other
women deal with problems such as il-
lness, separation or divorce, the death
of a loved one or a special experience
such as the birth of a child.
Those running the self-help groups
have learned how to organize them by
taking a self-help facilitator's train-
ing course.
The purpose for Women Being Well
is to create a self-help network.
Another major project is called
Reaching Out which has three
objectives.
The first objective is to maintain a
theatre group. This group performed
Side Effects last year and a theatre
self-help group will put on Vital Signs
this fall. Vital Signs is a play which
deals with economic issues of nurses.
The second objective of Reaching
Out is to produce a booklet on
women's employment issues. Two -
thousand surveys will be taken of
women in Huron County and the con-
cerns which come forward from these
will be made into a one day workshop.
'Fhe third objective is to help
women network with each other in
their place of employment.,
Grants are also available for
women wishing to go on conferences.
Members of Women Today have
also been active, sitting on the Fami-
ly Violence Task Force, the Board of
Survival Through Friendship House
located in Goderich, Community and
Social Service Committee to name
but a few.
As a group, Women Today have
prepared briefs for the consultation
panel on pay equity and the federal
task force on day care. They have
also been active on the midwifery
issue.
As for future plans, Women Today
members plan to be as active in the
Real-estate agent to young couple:
"Our homes have a built-in energy
conservation feature - no heating or
air conditioning."
Just about the time you art old
enough to know all the answers, peo-
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upcoming year as they have been in
the past.
The Board of Directors for the up-
coming year will consist of: Diane
Klopp, Bev Teeter, Alison Holl-
ingworth, Susan Hundertmark, Fran
McQuail, Jean Schoeble, Judy
McMichael, Debbie Wilbee, Beth
Fulton and Pauli Sommer. '
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brimmed hats live in a certain area,
While those wearing small hats, or tall
hats, or hats with the brims turned up
or down indicate to what tribe and
area the wearers belong.
It sounds like a good method of in-
dentification, and of course, it's not
restricted to Equador. Mexico is
famous for its sombrero, India for its
turban, while everyondknows that the
tam-o'shanter belongs to Scotland,
just as the lacy, starched, winged cap
does to Holland.
'As 1 think about hats I wonder if one
of the reasons women of other ages
found hats so important was because
they were a kind of identification
mark of womanhood? And when we
threw them into the garbage was it
just the beginning of the women's
liberation movement, insisting that
the 'maleness' in us be identified in-
stead of only our 'femaleness?' Mind
you, I'm just asking the question, not
answering it.
In any event, as I see young women
showing an innate interest in
beautiful hats, again, it does make me
wonder if some of the male-female
thing is beginning to be resolved, and
if the day is coming when all of us
(male and female) can just be
ourselves again?
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FORTHCOMING MARRIAGE —
Mr. and Mrs. Mahmoud Osman,
Exeter Erre pleased to announce
the forthcoming marriage of their
daughter Montoha to Mr. Najeeb
Jomaa son of Mr. and Mrs.
Mahmmed Jomao of Arva, On-
tario. The wedding will take
place at the London Moslem Mos-
que on Saturday, July 19, 1986.
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