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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1988-04-20, Page 17Page 16 Times -Advocate, April 20, 1988 % V ' 'I' mi it ds HEAD TABLE- Ila Mathers (standing) headed the status committa responsible for organizing the fourth annual celebration of Charter Night by the Huron Women Teachers Federa on. a dinner meeting in the Goderich township hall. With her are guest speaker Gisele Ireland and HWTF president rie Parsons. HFWT mark Charter Night The Huron Federation of Women. Teachers marked the anniversary of the Charter of Rights guaranteeing equality to all regardless of gender with their fourth annual Charter Night. All female elected represen- tatives on the Huron Board of Edu- cation as well as all female hoard employees and bus drivers, were included in the invitation to the dinner meeting in the Goderich township hall on Wednesday, April 13. The occasion also celebrated the seventieth anniversary of the Feder- ation of Women Teachers Associa- tion of Ontario. JAD McCurdy vice-principal Ila Mothers, head of the status com- mittee who had organized the event cn b;;half of the 350 -member coun- ty association, gave a brief sum- mary tracing the "two steps for- ward .one step• back" slow but steady progress to equality of women teachers. "We've cine a long way, but we still have a long way to go", re- sponded Region 1 director Eva Bro- phy, principal of Lucan Biddulph, relating the directive given her by a Middlesex principal to make sure all principal vacancies were filled by males, because "female primary teachers can't discipline senior stu- dents". Brophy presented each member of the HWTA executive with a key chain with the Association crest en- cased in crystal. Exeter UCW learns about Ghana By means of slides and interest- ing comments, Mrs. Susan McGregor gave the members of the afternoon Unit of the UCW a glimpse into Ghana, Africa. Mrs. McGregor had lived there for two years with her family, her husband teaching in the agriculture depart- ment of the University in Acra. Susan told of the citrus fruits, yams, tomatoes, peanuts, corn grown there. Cocoa and rubber are the main commercial products and palm oil is extracted From the palm trees. Farms are from one to four acres in size. Cattle are raised but must be shepherded. Being near the coast there was an abundance of fish. Much haggling was carried on while shopping and because of the Back to the 60s Hippies. Flower children. The „Beatles. Folksongs. Whether you want to relive your memories, or if you missed all this the first time around, The Sixties are coming back for a brief nostalgia trip. Trivitt Anglican_Church;is set- ting up a 60s' coffee house in the parish hall on April 29, beginning' at 7:30 p.m.. The encore is by re- quest, after a very successful 60s' night a year ago. Among the featured stars will be Exeter's own Peter, Paul and Mary, known locally as Peter Snell, Duke and Debbie Vipperman. Musicians Art Kennedy and Rob' Smith, formerly on the Grand Bend circuit, had every bit as much fun astheir audience last year, and were delighted to be asked to come back this year. Guitarist -singer Kim Genttner will be one of the eight 53rd Musi- cians group. Special guest Cheryl Ashick- Engler( will be accompany herself on her guitar as she sings from the repertoires of John Denver and Melanie. So polish up your granny glass- es, zip into your bell bottoms, and come along. Suggested admission is $5. All proceeds will go to the Huron Hunger Fund. Light refreshments will be available. HFWT' president Marie Parsons, a teacher at -Grey Central. presented Laura Mullen, sehretary at the Sur- vival Through Friendship House, with $250 from thc local associa- tion, and a further $350 from the provincial office. The teachers had also donated enough bags of good used clothing to more than fill Mut- lcn's station wagon. The evening's guest speaker was Gisele Ireland - farm wife, activist, humorist and author. In a half-hour talk laced with sometimes salty hu- mour, Ireland effectively presented her theme that women can't always be superwomen. They must get rid. of the guilt that comes with trying to please everybody else, be more real, more spontaneous, and save some love for themselves. Presbyterian WMS Thankoffering The Spring Thankoffering of the meeting of the Hamilton and Lou - Presbyterian Church Women was don Synodical. held Monday, April 11 with Mrs. The ti.le ne of this year's Synodi- Edna Simmons presiding. cal is "Footsteps to the Future". Guests were present from Hen- The program will include Bible salt, Scaforth, Cromarty and Study, Mission Information and Thames Road. Fellowship. Devotion given by Mrs. Carman - Cann was taken on the 23rd Psalm followed by prayer by Mrs. H. Bridges. Miss Doris Swartz fa- voured with a solo "Ninety and Nine" accompanied by Mr. D. Gill. Business discussion was on the "Bake and Garage Sale" to be held on the church property May 7, 1988. All members were requested to contribute. Miss Swartz and Doug Gill ren- dered two ducts accompanied by Mrs. Gill: Rcv. Charles Henderson presided for the video shown "A Glimpse of Heaven - Easter in the Soviet Un- ion". The equipment was supplied by Mr. Knight of Star -Time Vid- co, Exeter. Mrs. Jack Pryde thanked the per- sons who took part in the pro- gramme. A social hour followed. Delegates and members of the Presbyterian W.M.S. will meet in St. Andrew's Church, Windsor, on April 19 and 20 for the 41st annual Choir music for special occasions at Blyth Theatre What do Zadok The Priest, Lovers in Spring and Cats have in com- mon? They arc all part of a marve- lous concert to celebrate festive oc- casions.on April 23rd at 8 p.m. in Blyth Memorial Hall, presented by the Blyth Festival Singers and thc Georgian Bay Community Choir. The varied repertoire will celebrate weddings, coronations, national pride, broadway and, of course, lov- ers in spring. The audience will find many familiar tunes throughout the concert. Remember humming along to Elgar's famous "Land of Hope and Glory" at your graduation? Well, now is your chance to sing along with this classic, majestic musical tribute to the glories of the .empire, as well as somd other well- known pieces. The Blyth Festival Singers are pleased to welcome the Georgian Bay Community Choir to their stage and introduce them to the Blyth audience. 4 Catch the Wave at Sylvia's Spring Perm Special For April 20-29, perms regularly $35.00 are now $25.00 Catch the wave by calling 235-0782 for an appointment The guest spc r is Mrs. Doro- thy RRud%.;io is )dcll of ...�rnhill, ��, Es / R.R. 2 Crediton0 g a� Sus Greenhouse & Nursery treasurer of Council Executive of -the W.M.S., and was on the com- mittee that worked on our .new "Purpose' . Several delegates from the Stratford -Huron Presbyterial will be attending Synodical. The Second Mile project this year is Guyana. W.M.S. Societies are re- minded that this year monetary gifts are requested for this project. 4 0 os 0 e Now expanded to serve you better Mon. - Fri. 4-10 p.m. Sat. - Sun. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Annual - Perennial Box Plants Great for flowerbeds and rock gardens Indoor tropical and flowering plants, rose bushes, trees and shrubs Selection of hanging baskets DASHW000 N FAFTEII All Your 0 CREDITON I E W HURON Gardening 'AR( .R\ �� Needs SUSAN'S it `W �, GREENHOUSEU�SEE /a , ca 1 millers south of Crediton Crediton 00-01*T01*E07 0* `�*(4-0* 4G 4 0 83 0 • lack of transportation anyone with a car usually drove with the vehicle loaded. The uncertainty of having water and electrical supply led to problems. Susan found the country beautiful and the people friendly. Laura Dickey thanked the speaker. Mrs. Wildfong played a medley of gospel songs which was much enjoyed. Cora Miner, program convener, had the story o: the Good Samari- tan read in dialogue form by Lau- rctta Sicgner and Olive Hicks. Cora then spoke of the many cur- rent problems in our society such as AIDS, care of the elderly; drugs and one -parent families stressing that help can be given through contributions to the Mand S fund.' As each arca of concern was men- tioned, a collage of relevant pic- tures was formed by Laurctta Sicgner. During thc business period chaired by Laura Dickey, greeters. were named for Anniversary Sun- day May 1, Alma Godbolt reported a successful making and selling of meat pies; Marion Dougall advised about plans for the bazaar; Marion Dearing would like all sales slips in by June and members were re- minded of the Westminster Week- end June 3 to 5. The meeting closed with prayer by Beth Batten. A colorful lunch of jellied salads and biscuits was served by Hazel Miller's group. Eli Lawn Rolling..' - L� Fertilizing Yi Flower Beds= Cutting & t t 1 Clean-up,....' Casey's Lawn Care offer procession- al service in -all areas of lawn care. 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