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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1983-05-25, Page 12eefeee777-::::: !IL eeoee., Brett Harman, 9-, of The Nile ad his little sister Jana, 6, looked over the bargains at the Auburn Lions Rummage Sale on May 14. Brett thought the record player looked to be the best deal going. (Shelley McPhee photo) WI tours rescue van The May meeting of the Auburn Women's Institute was held last Tuesday in the Community Memorial Hall. President Mrs. Eleanor Bradnock opened the meeting with Mrs. Emerson Rodger as pianist. Mrs. Lawrence Plaetzer, the public relations officer, introduced Dave Lee and Frank Wilson of Blyth who had brought the Rescue Van of the Blyth and District Fire Department. These two firemen spoke of their work and demonstrated how the equipment was used. They stated that they are on 24 hour call and showed how their pagers summon them to a fire. A tour of the large rescue van was given to all members. Mrs. Kenneth McDougall thanked the firemen for their address and demonstrations and presented them with a cheque. The minutes were approv- ed as read by the secretary Mrs. Robert Peck. She also gave the financial state- ment. The new floor covering has been laid in the hall kitchen. Delegates appointed to go to District Annual on May 30 at Wingham are Mrs. Ken- neth McDougall, Mrs. Eleanor Bradnock, Mrs. Robert Peck and Mrs. Elliott Lapp. Mrs. Donald Haines will get a gift for the craft table. Mrs. Elliott Lapp reported on the Officers' Conference held recently at the Univer- sity of Waterloo. Mrs. Lillian Letherland report on cards sent and read the thank you notes she received. Mrs. Frank Raithby show- ed the tea towels she had received from Maple Leaf labels. Mrs. Tom Haggitt reported that she had been in touch for a bus trip to see a play this summer and she would report later as to the time and to where. Mrs. Oliver Anderson was asked to buy some cooking dishes for the hall. The president thanked Mrs. Plaetzer for arranging for the play, "Everyone is Getting Married" to come to Auburn. The roll call was answered by each member telling what the W.I. has done for the Auburn Community. Readings, "The Belgrave Fire" and "Who is a Delin- quent?" and a recipe for good family reiations were given by Mrs. Tom Jardin. The members voted to give $100 to the Associated Country of the World project to help supply fresh water for all. Lunch was served by Mrs. TondJardin and Mrs. Emer- son Rodger. Lucky cup win- 1 ners were Mrs. Lawrence Plaetzer and Mrs. Major Youngblut. Softball The following is the ball schedule for the ladies soft- ! ball team and when and e° where they play. They played in Blyth last week ° and won the game. June 6 - Auburn visits Brussels, Belgrave visits G Blyth; June 13 - Auburn 1 visits Londesboro, Blyth s visits Brussels; June 20 - G Auburn visits Belgrave, Brussels visits Londesboro; Jtme 27 - Blyth vs Auburn, D Londesboro vs Belgrave; Ju- S ly 4 - Blyth vs Londesboro, p Brussels vs Belgrave; July p 11 - Brussels vs Auburn, S Blyth vs Belgrave; July 18 - G Londesboro vs Auburn. AUBURN NEWS Eleanor Bradnock, 626-7695 Brussels vs Blyth; July 25 Belgrave vs Aubur Londesboro vs Brussels August 1 - Auburn vs Blyt Belgrave vs Londesboro August 8 - Londesboro v Blyth, Belgrave vs Brussels August 15 - Auburn v Brussels, Belgrave vs Blyth August 22 - Auburn v Londesboro, Blyth v Brussels; August 23 - Aubur vs Belgrave, Brussels v Londesboro. Booster Club The Auburn Booster Clu held its last meeting at th home of Lorie Cartwright Mrs. Jackie Collins read th minutes and Mrs. Lynn Chamney reported on th meeting with the Auburn an District Lions Club. The next teenage euchr party will be held on May 2 in the Auburn Hall besideth library: The Club is looking int making backstops fo basketball. Plans were made for the flea market which is to be held on June 18. The members decided to have a draw on an afghan at the flea market. Committees were set up for the market on June 18. The playground equip- ment'was painted last week by same of the members. Mrs. llaine Craig is going to inquire about T-shirts to sell to the community. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Hillie Blok on June 7 at 8 - Weston of Toronto visited on n, the holiday weekend with her mother, Mrs. Mary h, Rollinson and brother, Mur- ; ray Rollinson. s Mrs. Mary Bere of Dungannon visited last Mon- s day evening with Mrs. Tom Johnston and Miss Laura s Phillips. s Mr. and Mrs. Frank Van n Dongen were honoured last s Saturday evening when friends and relatives gathered in the Auburn Com- b munity Memorial Hall to e celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. Frank and e Rhea received the guests along with members of their e family. After an evening of d dancing, they thanked everyone for their gifts and good wishes. 6 Beaver Banquet Over 60 parents, grand- parents and friends joined ° the First Blyth Beavers r (several Auburn boys belong to the group) for their smorgasbord supper last Thursday evening in the Blyth Memorial Hall. Relic, the assistant district commissioner, called the group to order and welcom- ed everyone. The song, "Here For Fun," was sung by all and Beaver member Craig Rolston said the Grace. After a bountiful smorgasbord supper, Beaver leader Hawkeye in- troduced the service team: Relic - John Horseys APC; Petunia - Mary Freeman and Clarabelle - Jane Walker. The Beavers and their leaders were then in- troduced. They were Steven Bakelaar, John Brak, Michael Bromley, Ian Caldwell, Jason Clark, Joe Fraser, Jamie Hallahan, Patrick Hallahan, Chris Heard, Chris Howson, Chris Lee, Andrew Luna, Mark Powitch, Craig Rolston, Aaron Sauve, Michael Schneider and Daniel Scott; leaders: Hawkeye - Kevin Draper, Bubbles - Rosemarie Lee; Rainbow - Arlene Caldwell; and Rusty - Dorothy Schneider. The Beavers repeated their Law, Motto and Promise by presenting their skit, "E.T. Joins the Beavers". E.T. was played by Andrew Luna and ETC by Chris Heard. Rainbow ; and Bubbles presented each Beaver with a ceramic Beaver. The Beavers who are swimming up to Cubs next year were then presented with achievement cer- tificates. They are Michael Schneider, Daniel Scott, An- drew Luna, Chris Heard, Mark " Powitch, Craig Rolston and Patrick -Hallahan. Rainbow introduced...and thanked thegroup commit- tee represented by Larry Walsh and his wife, Bar- bara; the sponsors; the Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 420 represented by Brad MOntgomery and his wife Maureen. The parents and service team were also thanked for their support during the past year. Relic reminded the parents about the Huron District Camp at Benmiller. p.m. ACW The St. Mark's Anglican Church Women met for their May meeting last Thursday at the home of Mrs. Tom Haggitt. She presided for the first part of the meeting. Mrs. William Craven read the scripture lesson followed by prayer by Mrs. Haggitt. Readings were given by Mrs. Donald Cartwright, Mrs. Lillian Letherland and Mrs. Haggitt. President Mrs. Donald Cartwright was in charge of the business period. Secretary Mrs. Lillian Letherland and treasurer Mrs. Tom Haggitt gave their reports. Mrs. Cartwright thanked the ACW for the card sent to her and her husband on the occasion of their 25th wed- ding anniversary. Mrs. William Craven . in- vited the ACW to Blyth June 1 to hear a speaker from Uganda. She reported for the London Synod meeting she ad attended recently. The ffering was received and the travelling apron passed ollowed by the benediction y the Reverend William raven. Lunch was served y Mrs. Haggitt. Social News Angela Schneider and lenyce McClinchey recent - y went to La Salle High chool, Sudbury with the oderich District Collegiate nstitute Intermediate Band. They'visited the Sudbury owns, the Big Nickel, the cience North Site and Bell ark. While there, the band layed at three concerts. udbury band will come to oderich May 26-29. Mr-. and Mrs. Alfred 6 o e hold worksho on problem of wife battering She could be thC/IvOiriari all conta„ family violence is -The grouP saw th pi k AMP, then from 3rott a no COndenmed. any National FILM Heard eumenta rly Loved, Honoured and Bruised” about a woman with five children who. finally left her husband after years of beatings. The husband, a rather timid man, explained in the film that beating his wife was like disciplining the children: "You do it because you love them" Saying that he shied away from conflict with the outside world, the husband said when he's under pressure, he take it out on "the closyt person at hand." Although she and her children faced an eight -mile walk to the nearest town, the woman left her farm home because she feared for their lives. She had thought no one knew about her constant beatings, but a neighbour a part3r, May:sbe lives n€4 ..door or on a farnx, on the neXt concession, She eirea YolikShe, 1,8 she's 50. No matter what h age or where she lives, h life is probably in dang She's a battered woman. ,If national trends ho true, one m 10ewomen Huron County is beaten thermal she lives with. Some women who ha been beaten; others who a involved with shelters a support groups locally; an a man who used to beat wife got together in Goderic May 16 to talk about th problem. The workshop o wife battering was the fin one in a series sponsored b Women Today. In answer to one woman "I can't understand wh women who are beaten sta with their husbands, put u with it, won't go to the poli and lay a charge," othe women explained that woman who is beaten 1 terrified. The man who is abusin her physically is also tellin her she's nothing and sh loses her self-confidenc Families often encourage woman who's being abus to "put up with it." A sort o learned helplessness come into play and the victim thinks somehow the beating are her fault. The man is loving and remorseful afte the incident and the victim thinks "next time will be different." If you're being beaten an think it's your own fault, there's a tremendous guil and shame. You don't ask for help because you don't want anyone to know 'about the beatiegsr "Women have been beaten up to 35 times before making that initial telephone call for help," said Debbie Bunjevak of Women's Community House, a shelter for battered women and their children in London. The house, which has hosted 400 battered women in five years of operation, has space for 14 women and children at one time. That only scratches the surface of the need. "For every family we house we have to turn away two." While about 30 Per cent of orie'rating funds come from London City Social Services, $77,000 was raised from the community last year by Women's Community House supporters. A similar shelter, the Huron County Crisis Centre, Pr er er er. Id in by ave re nd his e n al y 's y y p ce r a s g e e. a ed s r opened this month near Bayfield. It has been used by battered women already, explained board member Lynn Smith. Optimism House, a I new shelter in Stratford, is now open to women and their children in Perth County and surrounding areas, the co- ordinator, Muriel Steel, said. It has four staff members and has just trained a first group of volunteers. More are needed. Many battered women stay in a violent home because they have nowhere else to go. By providing shelter (women can stay a month or six weeks), they give women who are beaten time to think to take stock of their lives without in- terference. Counselling is available but just as im- portant is the chance to learn you are not alone and to talk to other women who have been battered. In a shelter women who've been beaten feel safe for the first time in years. "I didn't want to even go outside for a week," is a common reac- tion. There are people who understand to share your story with, people who don't judge, people who believe you. You can try and figure out why the man's background ldd him to beat you up, one woman said. Sometimes there is no why, another woman replied. "He becomes something unhuman." Security precautions at Women's Community House include a locked door with a one way glass window and not giving out information about who is in residence. If a battered woman decides to leave, the staff of a shelter can help her through the courts, the welfare system, the maze of often unsympathetic bureaucracy she'll come up against. Laying an assault charge against her husband, one woman said, was "the biggest decision of my life," bigger than deckling to marry. She thought of nothing else for days, because she felt once you charge him "you can't go back." Because society Sees the family as sacred, something that must be kept together at helpers make it' harder for omen tf), leave and en- courage her -to go back kOmi,v'. one participant Sai"‘'.2 Another abused wife told of aboutgettinggetatinglaaw•iiievrorceto. 1441140 you play tennis?" he asked her. Another was told by her husbande. lernnbectoausgoebhaicks family omilheyr gave a lot of money to the church. The judicial system cooperates in this coercion to keep a woman who is beaten in her home, the man who was a former wife beater said. "She's got nothing, her husband per- suades her" and most women lack information about their right p and how to get support for their children and themselves. Courts are too lenient when a woman finally does charge her husband with assault. (The London police are one of the few forces in Canada which will lay charges against wife bat- terers; in Most centres the woman herself must lay charges). "They tap a man's wrist and send him home. They don't make him get help," said the woman who did charge her husband. Men who batter need help too, the lone male at the workshop said. "We're not big strong fairy tale creatures." A self-help group of batterers has been formed in London called Changing Ways. You need to look at what happens to you and why, you learn from each other, the man, who at- tended with his wife, said. "I've been down that road, on it. I'm not bragging. ' "I've been down that irbad, on it. I'm not bragging." • • • • c ed the'fanup on the road, saying "Fve been bewaent . arrited abut you," yoruvf, After a stay in a shelter, the woman and the children have started a life on their own in Winnipeg. Getting to that stage of independence isn't easy. One woman at the workshop praised London police and their family crisis teams, and a Salvation Army woman who explains the court systentin that city. "It would be nice if Goderich had someone like her." "Help in a small town is zero," another said. "My so- called friends wouldn't go to court with me." In another beating situation, police wouldn't testify for the victim and a Justice of the Peace was no help. Others • were tbrenioned by their husbands in an attempt to. have them drop charges. One woman described a scene a friend bad witnessed in a shopping centre, A young, woman had spilled a cart full of parcels...and her baby. The baby was crying and a male companion yelled at her: "If you don't shut that baby up, I'll kick your face in." The witness tried to help the young woman and she too was threatened by the man. "Get away, he'll,hurt you," said the scared young woman, "and me. He means it." The witness, who didn't see any police or security guards around, backed off. "What can you do in a situation like that?" the woman asked the group. Discretely hand out a card from one of the dififtess_ centres, or even a card with your own munbe 1t d wldsper 41there is help When You need it," was one sug. gesuoni Someo tDDEOthreeD0f help for abused women in this areagare; Shelters for battered women and their children; (Most are open 24 hours - day): Huron County Family • crisis Centre 482-7988; Optimist . House, Stratford, 271-5550; ; Women's Com- munity House, London 439- 4543e Family Consultants (crisis workers with London Police) 438-3291; Changing Ways, !London (self-help group ler batterers) 679- 7210; Huron Centre for Childrenand Youth, Clinton (family marital and childrents counselling at no charge) 482-3931. Small business consulting service available Thinking about starting your own business or just wondering how to set up your books for income tax pur- poses? If so, Wilfrid Laurier University could be the place to go for the answers. The university's Small Business Consulting Service works out of a campus office and, for just $6 an hour, two senior business students will confidentially analyze your situation or problem and offer recommendations and advice. For example, should you diversify or strengthen your proven expertise? How can you improve your cash flow? Would computerized equipment save you money? Why aren't consumers buying your product? What would be the best inventory system for your business? Lindsay Wahl, a fourth- year honors business ad- ministration student at Laurier, summer co- ordinator for a staff of eight student consultants, said the service will tackle these and similar problems. Ray Adamson, ,faculty adviser, provides coun- selling for the student consultants and all reports are screened through both Wahl and Adamson. Wahl says many clients have detailed experience in business and look to the service for a second opinion or merely as a time saver. Others are just beginning in in,b,nunstessge ofand v icea ne ft faekr ee d abl -y the student consultants. An average case takes about a month to complete at a cost of about $250. All cases are treated individually with expenses ranging anywhere from $30 to $1200. The service is available to anyone in any area of business but small businesses without access to their own marketing or accounting experts may be more attracted to the ser- vice. 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