Clinton News-Record, 1971-01-28, Page 10Eight girls from Goderich and Clinton areas received county
honours on Saturday at the achievement day for the Focus on
Fitness 4H course held at Central Huron Secondary School in
Clinton. Among those receiving honours were Marjory Taylor,
Nancy Porter, Janet Rodges and Norine Brindley, all of
Goderich, Karen Tyndall, and Lduise Lovett of Clinton and
Janice Sowerby of Goderich seen here with Miss Catherine Hunt,
Huron County Home Economist.
Girls from Auburn and Londesboro were among those who
received county honour certificates at an achievement day held in
Clinton on Saturday. Among them were (front row, left to right)
Judy Howatt, Londesboro, Doreen McClinchey, Auburn, Vaughn
Hunking, Auburn, (back row) Wanda Plaetzer, Arva Ball and
Sherry Plaetzer all of Auburn and Shirley Watkins and Lynda
Anderson of Londesboro with Huron County Home Economist
Catherine Hunt.
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' BY SHIRLEY J, KELLER
Focus on fitness is theme of 4-H Achievement Day
BY MRS, ELEANOR BRADNOCK WHAT A
The case of the Sudbury
woman who works in a cocktail
lounge as a singer by night and
on a city construction site by
day intrigues me. You might
even say I am totally enthralled
by the kind of a woman who
could perform both those jobs
to the satisfaction of her
employers.
I'm not particularly surprised
that Betty Burnett has chosen to
work on a construction site with
the boys. Incidentally, readers,
Betty is what you might call a
steel rigger .... and I imagine the
pay is pretty good.
As I was saying, I'm not
unsteadied by Betty's labors in
the construction business. I have
absolutely no reason to assume
that women could not do an
acceptable job on construction
but I would suppose that it
would be necessary to have a
particular type of woman.
It would seem to me that a
steel rigger would have to be a
hefty gal with man-size muscles.
She would have to be able to
climb to the heights of the
building (the building on which
Betty is presently employed is a
warehouse and I'd imagine it is
high enough to make the average
man think about crawling up to
its peak).
For those reasons it would be
my thought that any woman
who was feminine enough to
sing love-songs in a night club
and wear those slinky, sexy
dresses most songstresses wear,
would be slightly out of
character on a construction site.
And that's why Betty Burnett
intrigues me most.
Of course, there would be
some similarity between the two
jobs. Both positions would
require the applicant to have a
certain rapport with the men,
wouldn't you say. After all,
whether a girl was warbling
"Love Me Tonight" or hoisting a
steel beam in place, it would be
to her advantage, I would think,
to have the males in the place on
her side.
In the latter instance, it may
even be possible to do very little
of the actual labor if the boys on
the rigging crew were anxious to
gain her favor.
It was very interesting to note
from the newspaper account
about Betty's double life that
her employer, a man by the
name of W. H. Schwartz, is
WOMAN
entirely satisfied with Betty's
performance on the construction
site. In fact, Schwartz indicated
that he is not all adverse to the
idea of hiring more women if
there are girls who will come
forth to do the job.
"I can't get any men to work
for me," states Schwartz.
I suppose the reason is
obvious, Mr. Schwartz runs the
kind of a business which is
rather uncertain. After one job is
completed, there may not be
another in the area for'
sometime, requiring the
employees to either move with
the job or quit. That's not a very
sure way for a man to earn a
living, especially a home-loving
man who likes to be with his
family at the close of every day.
Besides that, it gets mighty
cold out on a construction job
this time of the year. Some
fellows just aren't accustomed to
such abuse. Mr. Schwartz says
most guys come to look the job
over, stay for a couple of days
and then leave because of the
chill Sudbury winds which whip
around the rafters.
Betty is tough, I suspect, Like
many, many other women,
Betty was probably conditioned
for the job hanging out clothes
every day in the winter months,
standing around outside while
junior builds a snowman, waiting
in a long line to get into the
winter underwear sale, racing
around in the knee-deep snow in
the backyard picking up what's
left of the morning newspaper.
Betty is also quite a woman, I
would say. It is reported there
are men in Sudbury who chastise
Betty for taking away a man's
job and leaving some children
somewhere starving and cold.
That's always been the way,
hasn't it. There's always people
who wouldn't do the job
themselves yet hate to see
someone else have a chance at it.
What's it called? Dog-in-the-
manger?
I wouldn't have Betty's job on,
a bet. Neither would 99 percent
of the women I know. But if
Betty Burnett can do a man's
job to the satisfaction of her
employer, get paid a man's
wages and be contented doing it,
let the fellows who want the job
come forth — and compete for it
in the regular manner by
comparing skills and ambition
rather than casting •ugly remarks.
4-H Homemaking Club
members from this district
attended the Achievement Day
for Focus on Fitness in. Clinton
last Saturday. Miss Catherine
Hunt, home Economist assisted
by Mrs. James Axtmann of
Walton.
During the morning the girls
identified traffic signs, had a
safety place mat quiz, a 4-H quiz
.and judged first aid kits and gave
reasons.
' The afternoon session began
with a skit by Dungannon 2,
First Aid in the Home, with all
members taking part.
Brussels club , gave a
demonstration, "First Aid in the
Home" with Nancy Adams and
Karen Hemingway doing the
demonstrations.
Auburn I Club.' gave a skit,
"Posture Plays its Part" with
Joanne Hickey and Sherry
Plaetzer taking the leading roles
and all other members taking
part.
Auburn 2 had an interesting
exhibit "Six Books we have
Read" with Linda Jefferon as
commentator.
"Using Your Leisure Time"
was an interesting skit by all the
members of Goderich club.
Janet Ginn commented on
Holmesville I's exhibit,
"Handrafts are Fun".
Holmesville 3 gave a skit on
"Posture Plays It's Part" and
Holmesville 2 had an exhibit
"Hazards In Your Cupboard".
Sandra Wise commented on the
exhibit.
Londesboro I presented
"Safety on the Highway" and
brought out many points on safe
driving.
Londesboro 2 had an exhibit,
"Safety in the Home" with
Joanne Snell as commentator.
"A Craft for Leisure Time"
was the skit put on by Tiger
Dunlop L
Katherine Taylor commented
on the exhibit of Tiger Dunlop
2, "Hazards In Your Cupboard".
Handcrafts Are Fun, Clinton
2's exhibit was commented on
by Louise Lovett.
The highlight of the day's
program was the presentation of
provincial honor pins and.
certificates to Helen Good and
Sandra Wise. County honors
were presented to Arva Ball,
Doreen McClinchey, Sherry
Plaetzer, Wanda Plaetzer, Rhe
Hamilton, Kathleen McCreath
Nancy Porter, Janice Sowerby
Lynda. Anderson, Judy Howatt
Janet 'lodges, Vaughn Hunkin
Shirley Watkins, Norin
Brindley, Marjorie Taylo
Louise Lovett and Kani
Tyndall.
Leaders and assistant leade
were presented with badges a
the morning session. They wer
Mrs. Donna Hayden and Mi
Lexie McWhinney, Dunganno
2; Mrs. C. Bishop and Mrs.
Hemingway of Brussels; Mrs.
Bradnock and Mrs. F. Raithb
of Auburn I; Mrs. Thom
Haggitt and Mrs. Donald Hain
of Auburn 2; Mrs. Alice Port
and Mrs. Stan Mcllwain
Goderich; Mrs. Eldon Yeo
Holmesville I; Mrs. Jo
Westbrook and Mrs. Edwa
Wise of Holmesville 2; M
Eileen Rodges and Mrs. Eff
Yeo of Holmesville 3; M
Hattie Snell and Mrs. Haz
Watkins of Londesboro I; M
Alice Buchanan and M
Josephine McGregor
Londesboro 2; Mrs. K.
Hoernig and Miss Helen Brindl
of Tiger Dunlop I; and Mi
Kathy Taylor and Miss Kar
Taylor of Tiger Dunlop 2.
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