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• ail than 'women are vastly,
I + e paid, aria Under -employed,
Sylvia' Gelber, director of the
° 'ederasl Labor iepartment Women's
Bui'eaau, outlined the dismal
:.d mensi Ons. A of . .discriminatiOn,
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• 1N ;cher . _ n indust? r
- r. •.. ..,° . • i... _ ..dal, lrx'afessixnal o
'G e sectors, ,. A, ad kfl>!,G s women draw lower.
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y � n,>�:__n for the job despite
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legislation !orb .don _ such racticest.
Men machine 'operators 'tin the
women's clothing trade get 74 percent.
'per hour more' than women, women
•spinners in ••the synthetic textile field.
,'get 41.6' percent lower wages than
men, male asse'iublers in the motor
parts trade get 63.8 percent more ,pay
than women) 'men .machine operators
in the motor trade get 64 percent more
than women operators.
From these figulres it is evident that
unions have failed women
.consequently women will have to help
themselves.
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Annual earnings, of women.
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Wi lists New Year resolutions
View parade of fashions
.engineers; and scientists drop 41
percent below men to those
professions. Male professors earn 8
percent more than women; ;assistant
professors get 5 percent more,
le. Curers
- �.•---�. a>It�' instructors- up to 9
ercent moYe.
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P e r .
' But recent Petterns of labor unrest
snow that women are finally beginning
- . e3,er rxei hi
„ g y.
Nurses alidt teacher wouldnot
.swho
have dreamed of inconveniencingthe
public by strike five, years ago' have
grown increasingly militant: Recently •
8,090 telephone operators demanded
more pay and an tend to "male
exploitation" which raised two women
to executive rank in a company where
2?,Q00 of its 35,000 employees` are
women , ,
A growing sense of awareness arid
self :worth among women indicate they
are organi7ied and angry enough to
fight for their rights —atlast.
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With , 'Shirley J. Ke1lei
throughout Huron last yearrbut a
1 decline in children using the
e libi
library services:
Miss Dewar attributed t'Fie lack
r of children's' interest ' to the
acrowing;•,and,,imA'oving school
libraries. I wonder though i
children arebecoming lazy like
the rest of us ....content to, get our
news and our kicks from
televisionor radio. t is. so much
easier to watch than to put forth
° all that effort to read.` I hope I.m
wrong. •
One of the most interesting
parts of. every • county counci
meeting in recent months. for m°
Lias been the presentation by the
Huron County Health Unit under
iiroeetaeon_,Lot,,.�c ing.,AK11, ca
Officer of Health Dfr. Frank Mills,
I believe Dr. Mills and his staff
have been doing wfine job of
,acquainting' county councillors
with -the -work being done_ by the
health unit...•and I think county
noun-cillors welcome the
opportunity to ask questions of
their--unitunit-empla-
Wednesday, ,Ian. 26, ‘• Tiger
Dunlop WA., held its January
meeting with 32 ,members and
visitors present.
My 'New Year's Resolution-
Afas- the timely
Mrs,' E: Sherwood introduced
the leaders' A _• the course,
"Sewing With Knits, .. ,,
' Swartnaan and Mrs,; L. 'Fisher.
tirtrgove-4-r�r
, course and commented on the
ladies attire as' they' came -
forward..bA background' of piano
music by Mrs'. Sherwood during
, 'the commentary added. to -the
'fashion display" of dresses and •
pant suits.
Mrs. Richard Buchanan,
secretary, read the minutes and
correspondence, and Mrs. Elmer
Hunter, president, conducted the
business arising from • the
correspondence,
-plans were made to cater to a
banquet Wednesday --noon,
~ February 16, at Saltford Hall.
The Institute agreed to cater- to
two weddings later in the year. ',;*
As the 4-H Club was sfrll'tineed
of more help, Mrs. E. Sherwood
and Mi•s. A. Young•were named•to
attend the leaders course to be
held in Clinton- January 27 and
January 28.
It,was decided that Mrs, Ralph
_. Tewe`Tl� '�t°s:"' Rp�-EfeaTr-xndY-�i°rrs:--
Osborne Falk-i.ner be the
nominating committee for the the motto by Mrs. Gordon
1972 and'1973 year. 'twitting, 'who' gave a most
ul,rs. E.: Montgomery Balled „on interesting talk.
Mrs. Harm Kloeze.•who .favored Following the closing' of the
w it iii several ' 'a c c u r d i o n „meeting,' lunch was 'served by
selections. • • Mrs. 0, Fal'ki•rier,, Mrs; R.
" was the title o'f _ ,�_ ._ 'Mrs':
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going to get the same, number of
•pages. I guess he's right.but for
someone who doesn't understand,
our .system here, it must seem
strange that we can't number the -
ages one after the other from
f s f Wish.
And I'm with the lady in
Toronto, If most readers were
forced to realize we run ,between
20 and 30 pages every week, they
might be more impressed with •
our efforts. I don't know: •
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