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• The (Mtober meeting of the
Maitland ' Women's Institute •
was convened by the,,
curators,' Mrs. Ethel Holthes
and Mrs: Orville Welsh.
Chaired by the president,
•Mrs. Sid Adams, theMeeting
. opened with the Ode and
Mary . Stewart ..'Collect,
Secretary Mrs.Jacklin
read the Septefn r minutes
and gave the financial
report.
The, roll call .was: 'Give a
siortime of the eighties'.
�itiOtto revolved aroup
ilar theme.
During the business of the
meeting, the group
acknowledged .an invitation
from Auburn Women's
Institute to help celebrate its .
ann}vereary on November
18. Plan$ were also made. to
•
tin
ne represeiiti1
.place a wreath
notaph during
Remembrance -
e. Mts. Bevan
ted on the area -
ovE
Brown'
r ate• h ;
vetintlo �. which she at-
tended o '::October 27 in St.
ell as the Huron
,lief at.G'rrie
Co.
on O i
terestuii
by
unablndthe meeting„
t s inghani hes
angedjus k last year.
Mrs. ` JackIin .a1s feed_ a
story pertainingto the farm.
Following: the'i`lose off,,he
meeting, lunch 'was ;sered.
and an auction was:held
In, read,en in-
icle,,coinposed
'elsh, ,vho was
Comm. offers t-telp
to retired teachers
The Huron -Perth District
Good Will Committee of the
Superannuated Teachers of
Ontario held its first meeting
following a luncheon at
Clinton last Thursday.
Those in attendance were
teachers who -- had volun-
teered at two previous
general meetings of District
9, to work on this committee:
Norma Coutts and Margaret
Mundell, Wingham; • Gerry
O'Brien and Edna Stevens,
Goderich ; Helen Bryans,
Mitchell; Effie Stevenson,
Seaforth; and Milda
McElroy, Blyth. Several
volunteers were unable to be
present.
Mary Wightman of Blyth,
who was appointed chair-
man of the Good Will
Committee in 1979, invited to
the meeting as a special,
guest, Vic Dinnin of Zurich,
who is a Superannuated
Teachers ,of Ontario senator
and who offered valuable
help in getting this important
work off to a good start.
All parts of Huron and part
of Perth were divided into
sections for the admini-
stration of Good Will. At the
close of the meeting each
teacher was aware of the
territory — towns, villages
and townships — for which
she or he was responsible.
Mrs. Bryans kindly offered
to organize the south part of.
Perth.
Good Will takes the form of
visits to private homes,
nursing homes and hospitals.
The committee sends birth-
day, get -well and humorous
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T11RU THE
®•••elrer•irao•tis •••a
cards and memiersoffer
transportation to a shopping
centre or to a church, These
services should prove to be a
bigevent in the lives of those
who possess limited
mobility, and who; because
of physical handicaps, tend
to become isolated, lonely
people.
The biggest duty probably
will be to locate , super-
annua ted teachers who did
not serve in District 9, but
who reside now in its • two
counties.
All residents and teachers,
by contacting the volunteer
living nearest to their
homes, will be of tremendous
assistance in making sure
that not one teacher
qualified for Good Will is
overlooked. -
ltey 0. .0
siiett� Of Women
i nub.. :the _centuries was
nota deliberate exclusion,
but if :Women. want more
input into future ideas and
tomorrow'sculture,- they
must start acting now.
Dr. Dorothy Smith, a pr's,
fessor of sociolo, y from the
University of Toronto, ad-
used' a grog i of over 25 fro„tiff rel ioEi And sluice in
women with this thought at a the pasta and` Dr. Smith• said
recent: meeting in Clinton. that in ennad ast,anti`j1,nerii-
Women from a variety .of
dr
tjio l lined
asyju for.
husb►d'.
this,, right,
--Plained,
w able to w
in►.- „tl wldelyl
ease..:•
Women also ha
sySte as►atjeally eI
ns
Further 111 rat ..of
Smith
Men.control towsof.
tided cation She toId 'the
that it's a' colon
that women, more
men?but: an jack *Omen
Pposedly' t
interests kW livelihoods
from their early 20s to:seni
years, came out •to hear Dr
Smith speak to' the Iiur
County Women Today grou
October 23.
Dr. Smith explained tha
women have had little say in
society, and as a result muc
of our culture has beeninal
dominated.
The unintentional silen
cing began over. 500 year
ago when men ,joined. to
gether .to exchange ideas an
thoughts and -to write'books
At that time the . trete,
scholars and ` in
was like a social pro .. a
women were not p sed
rejected. • x
"The social process
worked, and women,�wer
just not there to take. part,'
Dr. Smith explained.
Since that time men have
held dominant positions
all parts of society — in poli
tics, art, literature, religion
and industry. •.
"The work of women in the
. home has , been 'invisible
work, Dr. Smith stressed,
"Oen we (woinen) couldn't
see it as a work process.”
But she noted that in the
-last century there have been
. rumblings, in society and
". women. have begun realizing
that .housework takes time,
• effort and skill and is an im-
.portant=-and necessary part
. of ourculture. ' •
„-"It's the general view of
society�ftom which women
have largely been omitted,"
H s'he- noted, explaining that in
,thepast Work- has gone on to
'keep Women in their place.
However Dr. Smith. re -
* vied to the '"andel•* ►und
river. of -women," a contra-
�-rally surfacing group of in,-
tellectuals and talented
women who have taken lin
portant places in society.
Despite few opportunities
to expand their talents in the
male -dominated world,
many have been able to
overcome the barriers and
obstacles, and women like
the Bronte sisters and Emily
Dickinson, for instance, pro-
duced classic literature and
poetry inthe 1800's.
"Women have produced
work of extraordinary skill,"
Dr. Smith said and noted
that• quilting, a domestic
chore of th past, now is re-
garded as yyan art and is
gaining prominence in cul-
ture.
In the past women who
attempted to speak up in
spiritual or political leader-
ship were actively sup-
pressed. Jane Boughten and
her daughter, Lady Youge,
were burned at the stake in
the 15th century for their
attempts to interpret the
Bible. Anne Hutchinson was
banished from her com-
munity when she tried to
teach religion.
Others were guillotined as
an example of what would
happen when women stepped
out of place and in the early
1900's an American, Mrs.
Packard, was institu-
or
on
p
t
h-
e
d
of
5
y
m
eau medieal. schools`* seeven as
per cent limitation was^ s.
for • the , nuunber of womeu
'studying in the sehoo>
set because•`' they h
limitations set,
ceed these, the *'r'esa id to'be
Some progress leas
made sincethen. encoUrag l
Dr.' Smith and she .a
"We don't see thin' 'sav:, ..
process in North 'Amer**.
today. ;
"But in a' daily,' outi
way," she noted,.&"it can be
seen that women Still don't
.have a voice in culture " .
In -education for.example,
the largest ,proportion of
-women ' • teach' primary
grades. Seventy pet .•cent'
elementa*y " teachers are
women, '13 per cent ,are
secondary teachers .19 'per
cent are community college
instructors and 12 'peri cent
work in - Canadian i niver-
sities. Only three per cent -Of
those .women are fall pro-
fessors ' t w
Dr, Smith stressed that she
wasn't ' impl'ying that the
elementary :teachers?• didn't
have an important place, but
stated; "Women are'not
located in positions where
they have a say ' or any
authority." .
"Men have an authority in
the world.. of cultur'e"•and
thought," she went:ontosay,
explaining that the position
of authority not only comes
on an individual basis, but
men are chosen for' these
positions because of their
sex. differently."
been to teeeme .,
In lifornia, research
dded� shown •}that men;: may ix -
e. terrupt�women,J:'but when. d
•woman nterrupts'a men, she.
is ',penalized aid her • be-
e
in.. havior�is disapproved
t1t,meetings and important
discussions men will'have
,more input than .women who
also. may be prresentt but Dr.
Smith reasoned, "Menadon't -
do this. toy tromen, t'a:like.
of pattern' we've all learned iitg
Fd: we keep itgoing " lroXint
it's like a game;, t she ex s aia
plained and said that,.aihea 40 111400
men discuss 'topics it's like
they're tossing,a ball toone
another. if a women inter
jects, even though the 'ball.
hasn't been passedb ':w jr,
her idea usualliossed -isr
over or" ,remetnmbe
when a man plan itupashis
own thought or -saw,;' alta-
Dorothy meant was But thefuture doesn't .4ry
to be this, way.:
women are. wining
bounds and• oppartanitiee
better professional''acid,;
sonal livesare inereasiq
• "But you have. -
with oneself," Dr.r,$
the group, "so your`c
may grow upp a littl .differ
ent. You have' to tax a
gether and.try to do things
MR. CATERPILLAR—Adam Deslauriers, portrayed as Mr. Caterpillar, ac
ceptsi
cookies and juice from Mrs. Cameron and Mrs. Anderson during a visit to Brook:-
haven Nursing Home in Wingham. Adam and his classmates from Mrs. Robert,
son's Kindergarten class of Wingham Public School, visited the residents Friday'
ft
a ernoon.
upen
our doors
trio.
It may surprise you to
learn that many of
today's foster children
are in their teens—a
time of life when foster
parents could provide
the direction they need.
Fonnore information
about becoming a
foster parent, contact:
Fly & Children's
Services of
Huron County
Gode ich 524-7356