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by Cath Wooden
Clinton's deputy clerk is a very
busy lady, In addition to her full time
job, Marie Jefferson is secretary -
treasurer of the recreation com-
mittee, a wife to husband Don, mother
to Cheryl, SusanAn4 Dor*, and now
may be the next Kinettes' District 1
convener after elections are held at
this weftkend's Kinette convention in
Chatham.
District 1 includes 82 clubs and 1,062
y lady '•
• members froni points as far away,as
IVIeaford, Owen Sound., Windsor and
Oakville. There is one other candidate
for the couvener's position.
Marie has been a member of the
,Clinton Kinette Club for .more than 10
-
years and has held all the available
offices and her husband Don ispast
president of the Kinsmen, She has
decided to seek the Onvener's
position, which involves co-ordinating
the activities of the 11 zones in the
district, because she "enjoys yneeting
people and the Kinettes and Kinsmen
mean a lot to us." --
Marie says she is also aware of the
self-sacrifice involved but plans to
attempt to carr I a new kind of
philosophy into the job, "I don't think
that the clubs know enough about ,
what goes on behind the scenes at the
district level. 0 all zones within the
—mini [Frei n
organization, they'd be more aware of
the problems and internal workings."
Marie has put that philosophy into
practise by choosing as her executive,
Kinettes from neighboring clubs.. If
she is elected, Diane Armstrong, of
Goderich, Sue Vodden uf Clinton, and
Joan Strachan, of Mitchell will be her
staff.
The Clinton Kinettes are involved in
many projects. Their main focus is
the summer concession booth at the
horse races. They also sponsor ac-
tivities at Huronview, hold blood
donor clinics and movie nights for
children. Funds they raise go to a
number of community projects and
they have committed themselves to
raising $5,000 for the new townpool.
Marie Jefferson
stuck in
the -middle -
It seems like a strange idea to lower
the fines for drinking and driving. It
doesn't seem like much of a deterrent
to drop the fines -tram $104 to $38
under the new provincial wide law. It
sounds more like a bargain to me. •
We do have some strange laws and
a book entitled You Can't Eat Peanuts
in Church and Other Little- Known
Laws, complied by Barbara Seuling,
lists some of the wacky rules in the
United States.
For instance, did you know that is is
illegal to lasso a fish in Knoxville,
Tennessee and that singing out of tune
is against the law in North Carolina.
All garlic eaters in Gary, Indiana
must beware for it's illegal in that
town to attend the theatre within four
hours of eating the pungent smelling
herb.
I have no idea what this law was
supposed to mean, but in Santa Ana,
California it was illegal for people to
swim on dry land.
Even stranger than that, a law in
Virginia forbade anyone to have a
batlitub-iiYharge. -
For the sake of morality a law in
Portland, Oregon made it illegal for
anyone to tickle a girl under the chin
with a feather duster and in
Halethorpe, Maryland it was illegal to
kiss for more than one second. I
wonder if police officers there carried
stop watches?
Ohio was also concerned with it's
morality and in Oxford it was illesal
for a woman to undress in front of a
photograph of a man.
Women must have been a problem
for many states in America and many
old laws were directed at them.
A 17th century Massachusetts
regulation forbade the selling of 'cakes
or buns, except on special occasions.
It was contrived to keep women from
gossiping over tea and cakes but the
crafty females defeated the law and
• gave rise to pies and doughnuts.
In Owe9sboro, Kentucky the law
stated that if a woman wanted to buy
a new-trat, her husband had to try it on
„first. I wonder what happened if.the
prospective hat buyer was not
married, did she have to go bare
headed?
A law in Minneapolis must have cut
down on double parkers. It was the
rule there that anyone found double
parking would be put on a chain gang
and fed only a diet of bread and water.
Those are just a few of the strange
outdated laws that were enforced in
earlier days. Canada and Clinton
problably have a few of their own
wierd rulings. I'm just afraid to ask
what they are for. If they're anything
like some of the old laws in the States
we could all wind up behind bars.
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Mary Nichol (left) has been hired to work as a student placement.officer with the
Canada Employment Centre for Students in Exeter and Cindy Cornish returns for
her second summer as a student platement officer working out of the Goderich
centre-at-35-Eagt-Stteet:-B-OthlVfilertiiiti-Citidraire eager to helifitudents• an
employers throughout Huron County. (Photo by Susan Freeman)
Manpower workers
Help find summer jobs
Susan Freeman,
supervisor of the Canada
Employment Centres for
Students located - in
Goderich and Exeter for
the. County of Huron,
recently announced that
two student placement
officers have been hired.
Cindy Cornish returns
for her second year as a around the county
student placement officer visiting employers and
in the Goderich office telling them about the
located at 35 East Street, Canada Employment
above— the post office. Centres. The area
_Cin.dy_wilLhe-graduating..........C2i0., by tbe two
from the University of
Western Ontario (Huron
College) this year with
her Honors B.A. in
history. She will be at-
tending teacher's college
in London in September
and hopes to eventually
teach kindergarten
through -to Grade 6.
Mary Nichol will be
working as a student
placement officer in the
Exeter office located at
305 Main Street. Mary
has just finished her third
year in English and
Drama at' the Uni'versity
of Western Ontario and
will return tO .UWO in
September to complete
her fourth year.
Both Cindy and Mary
started their jobs as
placement officers the
first week of May and will
work through to Sep-
,
tember. They are en-
thusiastic about helping
students find jobs while
at the same time helping
employers find summer
help and part-time
student help. Along with
supervisor, Susan
Freeman, Cindy and
Mary will be travelling
centres includes the
whole county with ;the,
exception of Grey,
Turnberry and Howick
Townships.
Susan ' ,reports that
there are many students
on file at the centres from
all over the county now
seeking summer em-
ployment. All of these
students have been in-
terviewed in order to best
match them to the right
jobs and employers.
"We meet the students
and learn about their
hobbies, skill's and in-
terests, ,t1leir .education
and their past work ex-
perience. We help
students 'With their job
search„ help them to
prepare resumes, and
help -the= to prepare for
job interviews," explains
Susan.
Students this year are
willing to work at just
about anything, she says.
This includes gardening,
housecleaning,
babysitting, lawn cutting,
typing and farm work.
Minimum wage for
students 17 years of age
and under is $2.15 per
hour and for 18 years of
age and over is $3 per
hour.
Students are en-
couraged,to register with
the EssiplopyleAt c_entr es
asearly as possible
employersare en-
couraged to -make use of
the centres' services.
"We can save the- '
employers time," says
Susan. "We can select '
• students from our file
and interview the
students for the em-
ployers. We can find the
employers help in a very
short ,time, often within
an hour."
mcuwim NEWS.RECORO, 'THURSDAY, MAY 15,1980,--P,A0, 3
1,0 from page
Area Member of Parliament,
Murray Cardiff, has been working 'on
behalf of the Londesboro subscribers
and notified them of the CTRC hearing
on Wednesday. He has been in engaged
in discussions with the CIAC about the
difficulties and hasrequested a
meeting with senior CTRC officials to
soview the whole situation following
the Toronto hearing. ,
"0 itseeins likely to help sopre the
prnblrn. I will appear myself at
hearings when they are held in
Ottawa," Cardiff said in a press
release to the News -Record, "If the
CTRC approved changes to service in
our area without properly notifying
those affected at some time in the past,
then I want to see the mistake
corrected,"
' He added, "People should not ar- •
bitrarily lose their existing :local
calling service for the convenience of
Bell Cans.da's equipment ,changes,':
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CLINTON 482-9732
Do you know?
Despite the old saying,
the fact is that it is never
too cold to snow.
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You will feel warmer if
you put on a hat when
you're cold. One twen-
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through the head.
We're celebrating
the
FIRST
ANNIVERSARY
of the
WISE
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A division of !Wok! Wise Limit*d
BAYFIELD RD., CLINTON 482-7062
with a
BIR HDAY CAKE CONTEST
We are asking you to bake us a
cake. Arsy size—any shape! Then
bring if into our store at 262
Elayfield Road, on
THURSDAY, MAY 29 by 11 A.M.
Cakes will be judged on ap-
pearance, taste, texture, etc.
Then we'll deliver them to the
Huronview Home for the Aged, for
their enjoyment.
, YOU COULD WIN
1 st Prize: A FOOD PROCESSOR
(19. value)
2nd Prize: A 'SO. GIFT CERTIFICATE
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To allow us to prepare for proper display for your
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