HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1970-03-05, Page 14TULIRSDAX, MARcU 5, 1970
With Shirley 3. Keller
Woman to Woman
I'm iting, this "column a few hri ie -to -be to plan:ahead for her I do want everyone to feel F,
`-----days early this -week in order wedding. story in much the same, free to use the column For
that I may take a vacation from manner as she ; plans the rest of Octogenarians and Those older.
FelIruary 28. to March 8. My •her wedding details. She should I believe,' that when' a -man or a
"husband and•I are heading south. try to" fill out the wedding form woman reaches 'the age of 80'
We may or may not get to for the newspaper BEFORE the , yearsor better, it is a milestone
` Florida....it I>depends on our wedding and arrange with the which should be remembered.
frame of mind en route. Our trip photographer VERY EARLY Most folks are proud to have
Is not really planned, you see. for photos for the newspaper, iteehed that -grand- old age_ and
We intend to do what we like That -way there ' is no delay ' are delighted to be , honored -
when we like. It is the only way because of the honeymoon and' through mention of it.
to travel as far as we afe the problems of setting up a new • , Of course, there is no 'chance
concerned. house....and the wedding story, that we will use a name without
,> „ * * appears in the newspaper while someone's permission to include
I'm short of material for this the wedding is still news!. it. We await your telephone calls
column this week mainly *
and' letters. The service is free
because I haven't been out with b've been hounding in recent and we are very pleased to hear
from all of
the.ladies for the past few days. weeks tor some reaction --pro you. *
I've heard-from:some of you but and con — to my proposal for a
I find I really have to get out children's day care centre in This may, be a good time to
and around to get the feel of - Goderich.....in fact, in any town >�emind the readers that • this
things. column goes to , press' Tuesday
g you care to mention., F -`
I maybe should mention that I would like to report that an morning' Any items tel- be
included in .the column- should
I had the .honor to be the article is .scheduled for the arrive oy
n m deck before 5 m. • ' . Phvto B Malik
• speaker a the last meeting bf • March issue of Chatelaine a: Monday evening • - • • if you were -Liftable to po me 'Dutch` hyacinths for yourself this year, take heart — they are
Hospital
, was , great fun and ,I enjoyed for day care centres. . In the past couple of -weeks,
I
A high value first mortgageioan
on a residential or unproved farm property
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you can arrange for convenientnfs
paymeto write it off.
If the property is rf good risk
(and our experienced mortgage people will
be glad to advise you), don't let money
stand in your way.
Just 'phone Victoria and Grey.
the H •tal Aux itlary meeting- concerning Canada's urgent need
have had some uests which
every moment of it. Of" the 1,500,000 working
.:.bair�.:.t�ee�, zraal�.;�l.:hecause • . .
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• I--spoke-about-my first love-- women in Canada,`• -snore than
-..uzoxii .31as:°Teanhed•=e.ztoo.;:iate_
the newspaper business ,— and 500,000 have one or more ,.
how to use the local newspaper I m sorry to have disappointed
PaP children under fourteen. This is
a total of approximately one and some of you but it couldn't be °
to benefit the local
organizations: :I also invited three-quarter million children. helped. ,
,,,questions from the floor and got . Of these, 380,000 are "
quite a few,' I must say, pre-schoolers whose • mothers in hear there are signs of
One lady asked about aren't with them during all or pring around the countryside. I
wedding stories. It seems there is . part of the day, and 695,000 certainly hope this is true
a great deal of confusion ' u n d e r= f o u r t e e ns 'w i t h One of the best .signs, of
unsupervised before -and -after c• ourse, . the early Easter this
school hours. year. Somehow it seems to me
What- is °being done tohelp that spring coincides (or should
them? - coincide) with Easter. Don't call
me to complain, ' though,- if
A few day care centres
already established are a result Spring doesn't arrive by the first
•
available at any florist and at almost every supermarket frgtn now on, The cost is small, and in •
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return for a very cec tmodest amount of care — say five seconds each day to , h k ho t so• •
the. 'l is
t
:reasonably mois—_the-hyacintiis.awilt.rewaccl:you-w naysAattragrance—Choosabulbs,which .have
-- ardIy-begun•* tr•show- cotor;-and- s --wiles ave w -joy-a* seeing --the• fiowerssttnfoid•fully,-jncl
moreover, that lovely first breath of.Spring'livil! be in your home from the opening of the first bell.
concerning . the publication of
--- these delightful items.
First of all, the .Signal -Star
(and_ most newspapers I feel
certain) supply wedding forms
to brides who'Gwish to have their
wedding, stories printed in the
newspaper. It is .. a . kind' of
fill -in -the -blank •arrangement and
jf the bride answers all the
q'uesl ions in . clear; • concise „
langnage it is a simple matter for
the women's 'editor .,,of the
newspaper to' weave the whole
thing ' together •• into a ' story
concerning the wedding.
Occasionally,, 'we have brides'
who do not trust the newspaper
to write the story correctly. So,
P .
the bride or her mother . or a
• trusted friend ,writes the entire
story - ' in 'full —. and: hands it in
tothe newspaper. That's nice
• too, particularly if the story' is
neatly handwritten or
typewritten and ifit contains all
the details which •are important
to a weddingastZry.
I maybe should point . out
here that because . wedding
stories ' are published free of
charge, we do reserve the right
'to edit the stories — cut them
down in some -cases •-- if we feel
it is necessary. Usually, it is not
"necessary=, •
-
A>id -then there are the tough
ones.
Once in a, while a bride will
• bring you a sample of the dress
.material and a sketchy
description of the gown and
expect . the story writer to
explain in exacting detail the
of -individual initiative. It is only of April.
yC * *
recently` that certain government ' ' Do' you want -to -read: the
organizations have begun to take social news 'in the -Goderich ••
an, interest in'. the „very.great Signal -Star? Then you should do
problem.. In. its Marchissue. • your ,part to contribute what
Chatelaine discusses the steps , You can to' the social column.
that must be taken in order to If You have ' had visitors or if
remedy this deplorable situation. you have been away for a
First, if others are to he made holiday, please telephone me or
fully aware of the problem, the ' drop me a line giving me>ajust 'the
Canadian Woman. must avail, barest details. There is �o charge
herself, of every opportunity to for this service and wed.?. like to
promote her cause, Talk about hear from you.
the need with other mothers, at- ' * *
school associations or church l had a chat a few days ago
groups.
•
Get an action committee, ,:with a fellow who feels that the
going in .you'r, neighborhood, the, Signal -Star caters. to just a few
story suggests, to. study' localpeople. The news, he says, is all
needs, local, provincial and about ,,'certain clique of penile
municipal laws, possible'sites for in Goderich and it gets a little
- —
a .flay care centre, -sources 'of tiresome to read.'
.funds. I have to agree :with him in.'.
Some other suggestions 'the part. Very often the news is
story makes is to write to the about the"same•few people, over
ministers of your provincial and over again. But that s
welfare and education because it is always the same
departments giving them your people. who make the newsby
ideas and ung for theirs. Ask „ getting involved in community
your member of parliament, affairs'
your MPP and ' your local Every community has the
crowd which , becomes busily
councillors what:the-ir views are. engaged in almost everything
Nothing will be -accomplished , that's going on in town....and
without effort and support on
�. every community has the group
the part of all women....even the, which prefers to sit home with
women in 'Goderich and area. their. feet up rather than expend
* * *
the effort'neces�ry to be° active
u,cide
style- .and cut.. of the wedding •' of Chate
• article y
mall}•; the • Marc issue rnuuity affairs -..---.-
twine will also carry an; �.
written b Dr. John Rich I agree, too, that If; would be
On one occasion (not a nice i more -people could
Goderieh, incidentally)' I .hada discuss the new morality that they were engaged in various
•young lady bring tome her dried has appeared simultaneously
upweddingbouquet so that I o community efforts...but
q with the pill and other advanced • somehow that's as- difficult to
could describe her ' ,flowers:' I'm • methods of contraception.
no expert on flowers even when -Psychologists, sociologists achieve as finding gold nuggets
.theyale, atheir very best! hips; lice maids' .sandbox. It, ,just
ry and anthropologists alike. are
Andthereare times when the doesn't seem - possible to
,flooding us with new
mother of the bride feels she - information and forcing ,us to motivate some people.'
Once- again, though, let me
trust -get ,involved. It could be re-examine our, time honored invite you to send me your
she thinks . her baby girt is , beliefs" concerning love and suggestions for stories which you
incapable o€j doing anything marriage, and what it is that feel should be published in the
right so mother engineers the constitutes ``'normal ° sexual local paper. I'm always pleased'`
wedding story for the pry. behaviour.'' ' ' to hear your suggestions.
Nine times out of ted when • For perhaps the first time, .
mother takes over, the story will the people's choice can and must
go 'wrong probably because the be an in°dividual'one. Does this
daughter and the.mother are not mean, then, that conventional
completely agreed what should marriage will eventually become
• be included in the report. ,� obsolete?
Of . course, -, there are
exceptions. - There . are times :. We got out over 80th
when mothers do not really birthday club off the ground last
interfere, but rather they are week and it may have, been a
• helpful and reliable- sources of rather bad time, to be honest.
information. Since I won't be at my desk
Generally though, mothers for this issue I won't be able to
•shouldremaittin the background check into the few names which
where wedding stories ,-are, have been supplied for me....Qr
concer'tied. . - to take telephone calls regarding
• Once again, I caution. , the the column.,
'f p l get
o
IR a- b' iontreal,'psychiatrist, who`'wi11 their names -in the paper because
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