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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1971-12-02, Page 26OQDERICH SIQ,NAL-STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1971 r r the Distort Sidi, Girls wild 6e gins ' A chalice remark mad& last Friday After the meeting_.. of Huron County Council may predict doom for 4,*'I Homemaking Clubs if the idem It contained becomes popular. e seriously 'doubt it',' th.pugh, During 'the final session .Of county council for 1971, Miss Catherine Hunt, Home Economist ',for Huron, • reported that .950 girls had completed the most recent course "Dairy Fare" and said that if present trends continue Huron, there could well be, 1,000 girls enrolled in the county's„ 4-H Homemaking courses next spring. That would put Hur'oa in a particularly enviable position. Already, Huron County beasts the highest number of 4-H �..... Homemaking. . Club..participants. in. ,the province of Ontario! On,e casual observer at the meeting made a remark to the effect that 950 girls in Huron County were being brainwashed into thinking that girls* are- destined 'to become homemakers " one day. Hadn't' 'Miss Hunt . herself stated that „ 4-H homemaking courses were planned 'to give " ung lady the broad basis of knowledge she would need to become a M good homemaker in later years? We suppose a feminist would see something grossly uncouth 'about an' organised• club which sets out to make .r kirls' aware of their femininity and their p`robable destiny as wives and mothers anq therefore homemakers. We suppose there may ,even be some merit for the 'argument that girls should -be taught first how to compete in society in any field which appeals to them whether or not it has s traditionally been a male endeavor. However, We've seen -the looks of extreme ,satisfaction on the faces of young women who have just completed.a sewing project for the first time. We've heard their squeals of delightwhile working in the 4-H leader's kitchen, We've watched them sit with rapt attention focused -on a makeup ,demonstration or an exercise display. It will be difficult to convince us that girls _'even today's modern • misses who tare living in ,`what is thought to be an enlightened ale -- are not stili girls first and above all other things. A good 4-H Homemaking Club„is just what the doctor ordered fora good many girls in' Huron County, about 950 last project to be more explicit. They can. always become road engineers and truck drivers and lawyers and scientists but it won't hurt them to krr,pw how to•`turn a. hem and bake an apple pie. ,Who knows? They may even enjoy it despite what some may think.. Woman to 'Woman With Shirley J. Keller Trigon '72 is upcoming this h' There's talk ' at the municipal' weekend at, GDCI and it looks level about building a ,day care - like it will be another "re-e-ea-lly •centre in the Town of Goderich. ”"llieeg shew." ti Of course, it is still just talk The , usual format will, , although I'm going to a .meeting continue with three one -act 'Monday morning (November 29)' .plays being presented. They are, to discuss the,matter more fully Black Comedy,, Murderin the with the property committee. Cathedral and Coming, Through chairman, Mrs. Elsa Haydon and The Rye. • some other representatives of According to the kids who the town. are promoting the evening, there Of course, I think there is real are between 80 and 90 students need for a day care centre in involved :in this year's Many communities. Goderich production.. : Drama,, is °. really:,,. .may well , 'be ,. •one pf-, them although I don't have the facts and figures to `substantiate that claim. _ A day care centre as I understand it, is . operated through the Ontario Department of Social and Family Services. It is designed to,.assist the, working mother....and heaven knows, there are enough of r them around in, this modern age. • I know there are quite a catching on' at GDCI this year. The drama club ,has welled to one of the 'largest and most enthusiastic groups at the local high school. Warren Robinson may well 'take a great deal of the credit for the rise of drama at GDCI. It has been Mr. Robinson's practice to' use large cast plays whenever possible to utilize the largest number of students. His theory seems to be paying off because, drama now" is coming into its ,;special to do or someone special to re..member. That's wonderlul....and keep in mind; we're anxious to hear about all " these things. Just give us a.call. 4• Our little contest for persons who contribute personal items didn't net us a winner last'week because we , didn't have 15 personal items to report. However, we had . more than .normal and we .are entirely grateful for the interest shown. Please keep your Christmas guests in mind. If your son or daughter is home from school or from the city for the holiday, give us a call to tell us. If you have a trip planned for the Chri"stmas season, we'd like tc hear about it. If you are having a - house full. of aguests at Christmas jot down their names and let us have that list. , Sometimes ' if people are expected in town, their visit -could be much more pleasant with the greetings of another old .friend who happened to read pin the §ignal-Star that he was coming. I've had a few enthusiastic . calls„ about a Consumers: Association in Goderich but unless more concern is voiced'^ the next few weeks, I'm afraid it will be necessary fo abandon the project for another year orK so. This Consutners Association, you . see, is like everything else that is, worthwhile. It will take work and workers are, unfortunately, few. - • I've said it before and I guess it bears .repeating, although I _wonder. Unless, there .is some active interest shown in this undertaking, it just will not become a reality in -Goderich. There has to be someone here to receive . arid to dispense information. 'It, will-. take . a minimum of three people. So far,.t:here Is one person who has said she would help if it becomes absolutely imperative. Like so many' women, she works and feels the burden should be borne by a lady who has less to 'do outside the home. number of people who do not approve of mothers working out own ' at GDCI..:and the , of the horrie. To be perfectly community is benefitting. ° • frank, there are probably many The ' students involved in working mothers who would Trigon '72 come from Grade 9 agree with that premise — except to 13, another smart move. for the fact that an economic Drama won't die out at GDCI as situation has developed which long as a new crop or drama 'makes two salaries a near enthusiasts are developed early necessity in most homes. in their high school careers. I. `sympathize with the Of particular credit to the working mother who has small drama students at GDCI this children and no permanent time. is the fact that this is only babysitter....or perhaps, a November and already the kids have three great plays"ready to go. That takes a considerable amount of work ,and certainly speaks for the extreme interest which is felt for drama at GDCI, ,With exams scheduled at mid-December, the drama jiight is planned just right to give the students a full week to ..hit the books before exams are written. No •doubt there is plenty of cramming going on between practice sessions, too. (I hope!) Tickets are on sale at Craigie's and at Campbell's or they can be ' ptitchased from ° any of the students involved in ".the drama -• club. . Oh yes, there's another interesting" "'Feature about the Plays which will be going .on Thursday; Friday and Saturday. evenings beginning each evening at 8 pm. One play, Coming Through The Rye, is directed by a tstt�nt. She is Catherine ,Russell ° of -Grade 18 who has been involved in drama °at GDCI and at the Goderich Little Theatre for several seasons now. " 1,11 be keeping a close "watch I believe this is the first time that a student has been - .entrusted to -direct a Pla at the high .school. There's no doubt about it. The students are beginning to get tlie hang of it....the smell of the grease paint, the roar of the crowd. Who * * * 'knows?. Maybe one day We're •re fly 'getting busy ,now Goderich will bp a, `theatrical at t1e ,Si real -Star as •Chrti'ttmas babysitter • with whom the children are not happy. -Life is hectic enough for ra working mother without having to worry constantly, about ,whether or not she will have a babysitter the next week or, what she will do if her sitter beaoines ill for a few, days or a week'' 'hhl's a real problem, believe me. I;ve been through through it. And then there's the question of money. liometimes for some women it's hardly economical at all to'work away from home ,by the time everything is taken into consideration and of course, the babyjsitter's fee is a large item, particularly if there is more than one child to be tended. Day care Centres are - particularly designed to take those worries and concerns off the shoi fders of working women. Let's face_ it. Working - mothers are here to stay and something has to be done to, accommodate their children in a healthful, safe and . ebonomical manner. on the day .care centre situation in the town of Goderich. Keep your fingers crossed if you are interested and if you are not interested, try to keep an open mind. We need objectivity in this instance. group in town, has something Mrs. G tact vs Van Egrnond and Stewart, McEwan joined the regulars I4ar the old time music, dancing and sing -a -long on w Monday afternoon.. Kinettt's, Carol Finch, Mary 'Helen Clifford, Janet Jewitt, Carol Bowler accompanied. -by Chrystal .Itlwitt led the sfnn-song. On Wednesday at the monthly program and tea sponsored by the Clinton Kinette The residents of •Huronview were happy to have a return visit from the Jolly „Millers, a group of entertainers from Benmiller, for the Family Night program. The varicl \ program included, a One. act play, several action songs, a sing-a-loneby the group, accordian solos by Marie Willis, While many• of us enjoy the warmth and love of family and friends at Christmas time, the lonely and unwanted don't have this privilege. But they are not forgotten, for the men and women of The Salvation Army-, love and care for the less fortunate of our community. In the meantime, consumers are having problems. One of the real headaches for mothers of young children, of conrse, is the Canada Standard Sizing, which incidentally was a project of CAC which, hasn't worked out the way it w,as intended. „/ I measured my five year old. There wa'sn't one size into which - he would fit -„without (Major alterations being made according to the charts. And when we tried ori clothes in preparation for school, there was as much difference- in CSS clothes as there had ever been before. 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