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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-02-03, Page 12Go r . �H ON.AlTAR, HURSD, AY, 1J T 3,1112 ,.� • tr.,r �`., • +':s YyW1 d:;t]s r..:-::--xY'..'.c 'm�,-.,o_,.,..,.c•mr. c- r,. zC•Nr••eFN,-,-,•.s• . n • 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, he • 1N ;cher . _ n indust? r - r. •.. ..,° . • i... _ ..dal, lrx'afessixnal o 'G e sectors, ,. A, ad kfl>!,G s women draw lower. pa° t .a ato e y � n,>�:__n for the job despite spi 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. • Annual earnings, of women. cYr n !11 0 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. e 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. .�n 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': _. Look Ahead � Buc'hananand hits.` Robert Hca°rt; e L too Much • ressure I I 'Bys setting � p, n" i d N t e er's to a h t't le e on a s N � Ir r N� and parents Mr. and Mrs. Olivet...4400/6_0041411,o e n 1 eft 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: • + •+ + +m+ atm„month the discussion ,.I have hada most interesting 0 course, one - ' e most ' e d . tale 3,1 ntiis`tef "`.any Aetterfrom,a: