The Rural Voice, 1979-12, Page 26Kathy Strachan
is Perth
dairy princess
Kathy Strachan of R.R. 2, Atwood has
been named the 1979-80 Perth County
Dairy Princess. The 20 year old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Strachan of Elma
Township was chosen at the annual
competition held in Elma Memorial Com-
munity Centre Friday night.
Other contestants in the competition
included Patricia Patterson, 17 of R.R. 1,
Sebringville; Kathy Schmidt, 16, of R.R. 1,
Brunner; Judy Brisbin, 18, of R.R. 1,
Gowanstown and Debbie Beaumont, 21, of
R.R. 1, Mitchell.
Kathy takes over from Deb Coneybeare
of R.R. 4, Listowel and will represent the
county at the provincial competition at the
Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto
next summer.
Rural homemaker
busier no w
than in 1929
The rural homemaker is spending
more time on home tasks now than she did
50 years ago,according to Molly McGhee,
director of home economics for the Oj ario
Ministry of Agriculture and Food.
Miss McGhee was speaking to delegates
to a Women's Institute conference held in
Kitchener recently.
She cited a study from 1977-78 in which a
survey found that rural women averaged
53.3 hours of housework and spent about
29 hours a week in the family enterprise,
while in 1929 they spent 52 hours a week on
housework.
"It would seem that although appliances
may save them time in one area, they use
that (time) for something else, still in
related house tasks."
The study said rural women surveyed,
had expressed high degrees of satisfaction
with their housework and child care, family
business (mainly farming), labor force
participation and home production of
goods.
But women with children, those in the
labor force fulltime, and women who
worked long hours generally, were least
satisfied with the amount of leisure time
they had.
Miss McGhee said that in rural areas,
crucial decisions on land planning, educ-
ation and community projects seem to be
left almost exclusively to men, and that
rural women must find time to have a role
in the decision-making of a community and
get involved in all areas of marketing, rural
area services and resource development.
PG. 24 THE RURAL VOICE/DECEMBER 1979
FAMILY PARADISE
Our dance hall is
now available for:
• Weddings
• Anniversaries
• Banquets
• Private Parties
Except Saturday nights
Catering is also available
Our campgrounds feature
year-round outdoor
activity
SUMMER:
•
Swimming
Camping
• Picnics
WINTER: •
Snowmobiling
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