HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1984-03-14, Page 7Birthday party
at Greenway
ay ANNE WALPER
Greenwoy
Andy and Jamie Eagleson
and Paul Woodburn attended
a birthday party Saturday
night for Pat Edwards and
also spent the night there.
The Lenten Service which
was held Thursday evening
was the first of a series which
will be held each Thursday
for the next four weeks.
The title of Rev. Peebles
message Sunday was
"Remember."
During the service Joe and
Debbie Thomson were
welcomed into the congrega-
tion and fellowship of the
church as they transferred
their memberships to Green-
way United Church.
.1-11 News
Meeting No. 4 of the Queen-
ly Quilters was held March 6
at the home of Susan Hayter.
The repeating of the 4-11
pledge opened the meeting.
All members answered the
roll call by showing pictures
of string quilted -articles. The
leaders demonstrated the ap-
plique stitch.
All members then set to
work on the design "Moon
Over the Mountain".
CONCERNED WOMEN — Helen Keys (left) and Pot Armstrong (right) talk with Beth
Slumskie, president of Concerned Farm Women and CFA co-ordinator Doris Sweiger.
The two guests had been invited to speak at a meeting arranged by the Goshen
Mothers Club, and held in the Stanley Township hall.
Modern life comedy set
for spring series at Blyth
"Comedy for modern life"
is the specialty of Sears and
Switzer, who will be appear-
ing at the Blyth Memorial
Hall on Wednesday, March 28
TO BE MARRIED — Mr. and Mrs. William Struyke and
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Erb would like to share their hap-
piness of the marriage of Rosemarie and Dale (Chub),
Saturday, March 31, 1984 at the Hensall United Church.
A reception will follow in Hensall with all relatives and
friends welcome.
PRIDE speaker
at Exeter UCW
The March meeting of the
Evening Unit of the Exeter
UCW was opened with the in-
troduction of Helen Poole,
London co-ordinator of
P.R.I.D.E. (People to Reduce
Impaired Drivers
Everywhere) by Melva
Ecker.
Mrs. Poole outlined the ex-
tent of the problems caused
by impaired drivers in
Canada. Mrs. Poole was
thanked for her thought-
provoking talk by Verlyn
Lindenfield.
Audrey MacGregor presid-
ed for the business portion of
the meeting after a delicious
lunch was served by Ada Din-
ney's group.
Marion Dougall reported
that almost six dozen tea
towels had been sent to White
Oaks and they were much ap-
preciated. A thank you letter
was received for the
eyeglasses which had been
donated to Blind Missions last
year.
Upcoming Presbyterial
Events include a talk by
Bishop Lal and wife from In
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dia on March 19 at St. John's
United Church, Ecumenical
Rally at Stratford and the
Presbyterial meeting April 23
in Goderich.
A request was made for
camp leaders for Camp
Bimini for the summer as
well as' help for our Craft
Show on April 7.
Carol Willard reported that
the Nestle boycott has been
lifted. This boycott by
U.C.W.'s and other groups
had made a difference in the
way Nestle was promoting
baby formula over breast
feeding in the third world
countires.
Mavis Atthill reminded the
group of the need for
volunteers to attend Alma
College. Marion Dougall in-
vited anyone to accompany
her to the Westminster
weekend in June.
Helen Coates reported on
the problem apartheid in
South Africa. Jean Mills
reminded the group of the up-
coming banquet for the Odd-,
fellows on March 24.
Melva Ecker's group led
the Worship Service.
Margaret Wein gave a
reading followed by the hymn
Lead Kindly Light. Bev Pro-
ut read Scripture passages
from Ephesians 5 and Mat-
thew 5. Audrey MacGregor,
Marion Frayne, Margaret
Wein, Olive Parsons and
Bev Prout took part in a
candlelighting ceremony and
reading of the poem "God's
Candles." •
Melva Ecker led in prayer
and the. meeting closed with
hymn "0 Love That Will Not
Let Me Go."
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If you have fond memories
of the comedy team of Gracie
Allen and George Burns,
oryou can't get enough of
Mike Nichols and Elaine
May, this show is for you.
Theresa Sears and David
Switzer have created a
melange of songs, skits and
monologues that satirize
modern politics, relationships
and the silliness of everyday
life.
With their combined wit,
song and dance Sears and
Switzer have charmed au-
diences fr6m the Toronto
cabaret scene to CFB Alert at
the North Pole, from campus
auditoriums to Massey Hall.
Theresa and David have also
performed regularly on a
variety of TV and radio pro-
grams from Morningside,
CBC specials and TV Ontario
to being resident comics on
the Bob McLean Show. -
Of Sears and Switzer The
TorontoStar said: "Their song
and dance jibes and jests are
cabaret at its best." The
Globe and Mail called their
work "witheringly funny,
dapperly executed." And
from the drama critic for
CBC's Stereo Morning:
"They are strong and original
talents, seeing their shows of
the last few years has been
among my most enjoyable ex-
periences in the theatre."
Tickets for an exciting
evening of cabaret are now
available at the Blyth
Memorial Hall box office for
$8. each. This one evening
performance will be Wednes-
day March 28 at 8 p.m.
Farm women meet
Told to act c
Farm women can be in-
strumental in preserving
their way of life if they take
action collectively rather than
fume privately was the
message brought toa group of
farmers and their wives by
Beth Slun}skie and Doris
Sweiger, founding members
of Concerned Farm Wives.
Those attending the meeting,
arranged by the Goshen
Mothers Club and open to
anyone interested, were
shown a videotape and a slide
presentation describing the
organization's founding, aims
and purposes, and
accomplishments.
Concerned Farm Women
was the outcome of a series of
meetings in 1979 among farm
women in Bruce and Grey
counties who got together to
share the stress and worry
resulting from being caught
in the agonizing squeeze of
high interest rates and low
commodity prices. The first
meeting in a farm home at-
tracted 50 women, and the
next brought out 250.
"Fear was the motivating
factor," Mrs. Slumski said,
explaining many feared they
were going to lose their
farms.
The new organization set
itself four goals: to inform the
consumer, educate
themselves and others, lobby
politicians and work with
other farm groups and
organizations to help provide
a uniform farmer bargaining,.
group.
Acting on the sound
psychological principle that
action is the best antidote to
fear, the first large project
tackled by the neophyte group
was an extensive survey on
the effects of stress on the
farm family.
A 37 -page questionnaire
was sent to a random sampl-
ing of 600 farm women, and 60 but 17 percent felt they were
percent responded.. going to lose part or all of
Besides proving the very their farm within a year.
real effects of stress, whose The problem of what to do
primary cause was lack of with small children when
profit, a graphic profile of the mother is needed at the barn,
farm wife emerged from the and the dangers of Wade -
survey. The. results were quately trained children
compiled in a book titled "Tire under 16 operating machinery
Farmer Takes a Wife," because the farmer can't af-
published in September 1983. ford outside help were men -
The book is fast becoming, tioned. (The Slumskies lost a
a best-seller, with copies go- teenage son in a farm
ing to individuals, schools, accident.)
libraries, universities and Mrs. Slumskie said being a
groups in every province and part of Concerned Farm
parts of the U.S.A. The New- Women has given her an ap-
foundland department of petite for learning more about
agriculture sent in an order farming business. The Grey -
for 50 copies to distribute to Bruce chapter has arranged
farm women in that province. an effective public speaking
The data showed farm course beginning the end of
wives were a cheap source of March, a computer course,
labour; 87 percent feed and and is considering a seminar
water livestock and more to find out more of the pros
than half on dairy farms help and cons of the provincial red
with milking. Almost all doc- meat market agency now be -
tor animals, and pick up sup- ing set up.
plies and, machinery parts. This summer a unique pilot
More than half clean barns, project will be tried in parts
repair and maintain barns, - of Grey and Bruce. Twenty
and mend fences. farm wives will be given help
Almost all farm women with child care one day a
keep the farm accounts, and week from May to the end of
one-third also prepare the an- August. A student trained in
nual income tax returns. One Please turn to page 12
in five helps establish crop
and stocking policies. Yet
most of these women carry a
double load, with all respon-
sible for cooking and laundry,
even though one-third of those
surveyed held an off -farm job
to bring in more money.
Forty percent were educated
beyond the high school level,
compared with 27 percent of
the men.
Overall, farm wives are
satisfied with their lifestyle.
They value their in-
dependence, the rewards of
country living, and take pride
in the product they help pro-
duce. A minority of 11 percent
indicated a desire to leave,
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