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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1971
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A great many of you will be
wanting to know how the bike -a
thou went and I am pleased to
report that everything moved
along smoothly for the entire
ten -mile route. Every single girl
(there were 67 of us) finished the
ride. Yes dear readers, I made
the round trip too... and would
you really believe that 1 was) not
the very last one to finish even
though I was the very last one
to leave?
There's no doubt about it. I
was really in shape for that ride..
and my bottom end was almost
comfortable to sit upon only
three days after the marathon.
Sponsors were generous, too.
The proceeds went to cancer,
you know, which may have ac-
counted for the great response
we've had from the men and
women who gave us dollars for
every mile we travelled.
It wasn't until the ride was
over that the little prods began to
be felt by the girls who took part.
Apparently there are some men
who have turned bitter by the
fact they were not invited to
participate in the outing... and
as men are prone to do nowadays,
they are associating our ride for
cancer with a women's liberation
movement.
I don't lose my temper easily.
Normally I'm a very placid per-
son who recognizes the differ-
ences in people and is ready to
accept them. But 1 can get rip-
roaring fighting, spitting mad
when a man suggests to me that
because I distinguish between
men and women for an event
like a bike-a-thon I have ulterior
motives prompted by women's
lib.
For heaven's sake, if there
ever was a woman who was opp-
osed to the liberation of women
it is Shirley Keller. What do
women want to be liberated from
I'd like to know? Men? Surely
no woman in her right mind
would work for a cause like that?
I'm getting a little fed up with
men who are always reading
meanings into the actions of
women and if too many more
little digs are directed my way
about my affiliation with the
women's liberation movement I
may gladly burn by brassiere and
march on the town hall ---or
whatever it is that women do
after their living stretch elastic
has turned to ashes.
What is the matter with these
men anyway? Are they really
worried about women becoming
liberated? Are they really conc-
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BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER
erned that if women do get all
the equality for which some are
screaming they will not be able
to compete? Or just what is
causing the fear of men now that
some gals are making noises
about being freed from the old
codes?
Men should have thought about
this a long time ago when they
began to abdicate their authority
in their homes. They should
have been more careful about
giving their wives full reign over
the children when they were too
busy to drive Mary to her music
lesson and help Billy at the
Scout's pop bottle drive.
If the males are so troubled by
women in the work force, why
do they express so much pleasure
when their wives buy the grocer-
ies leaving more of their pay
cheques free for other items like
golf clubs and whiskey and the
occasional big league hockey
ticket.
If a man really believes that
a woman's lot in life is so super-
duper that she should not want
to exchange it for something
different, why doesn't he stay
at home with the kids and the
ironing basket to watch television
at will and coffee with the neigh-
bourhood wags.
I'll tell you why. Most men
have good lives with good wives
and good kids. They want to be
the head of the house with none
of the responsibility; the chief
breadwinner without paying the
bills; and the hard -luck Charlie
everyone has pity for without any
of Charlie's troubles.
Men don't have to be over-
whelmed with joy at the prospect
of losing a promotion to a wom-
an. They just shouldn't be any
more disappointed than if they 'd
been as fairly beaten out by an-
other man.
And men, in my opinion,
should not read women's lib
overtones into everything that
happens in the day to day world
of women. It gives the appear-
ance that men are weak and
frightened. Surely that is not
true... or is it?
Tuckersmith
Council Visits
Hydro Office
Prior to the June meeting last
Tuesday night, members of
Tuckersmith Council attended
an open house at the new facilit-
ies of Ontario Hydro for the area
at CFB Clinton.
At the meeting, council ac-
cepted a petition from Grant
McGregor, R. R, 3, Kippen,
which was signed by six land-
owners for construction of a
drainage works to drain their
properties.
Council granted building per-
mits to M. Falconer for two steel
grain bins, Harry Cook for an
addition to a trailer and Harry
Brown for a toolshed.
Two tile drain loans for a
total of $3500 were granted.
Council granted a petition for
drainage works from Bruce and
Ronald McGregor. Completion
by-laws for three tile drain loans
were passed for $1000, $3700
and $6000.
Allan Nicholson, Road Super-
intendent, reported that Hopper
Well Drilling firm had complet-
ed the work in the well in Eg-
mondville which increased the
depth by 100 feet.
The ruling is to be enforced
that no person is to put any stones
or fill on the sides of township
roads without permission of the
Road Superintendent.
Accounts passed for payment
were: road accounts amounting
to $21, 926 and educational
levies payable by June 30 for
$52, 305.
A tile drainage seminar is to
be held in Orangeville on June
30 at which Tuckersmith council
will be represented.
Application has been made
for the shelter grant (residential)
from the Provincial government
for 601 households in Tucker -
smith, based on a maximum
rate of $62.80 per household for
a total of $35, 282.70. If avail-
able in time, one half will be
due on June 15 and remainder on
December 15, coinciding with
the tax dates.
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