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IODE speaker captivates ivates audience
Bouquets of . spring flowers
brightened the North Street
Hall for a Mable- Leaf IODE
May Day luncheon. The guest
speaker was a womfin whose
name is a household word for
London .Free Press readers in
Goderich, Marney Roe, retired
women's editor of the Free
Press/describes herself as the
"editor who wouldn't be".
Ms. Roe condensed her color-
ful career into a delightftal our
' of conversation with the
audience. She pursued an.
unusual approach in her ad-
dress. She expressed joy and a
love, for the job she did so well
for over`20 years. She was' not
in the least cynical nor
unhappy about the conditions
she worked under as so many
women are in this age of female
liberation.
'After graduatio▪ n' from
technical school in Toronto in
the '30s, Ms. Roe, a dressmaker
and designer by title, survived
a number of jobs in department
stores and small dress shops
until the war effectively
changed her Life,
Due . to her' training she was
eligible for fabric work in the
air force as a parachute packer
and fuselage repair woman.
From there she moved to Air
Force Public Relations. where
' she wrote news releases of war
heroes, victory gardens, war
brides and, changes in women's
division uniforfns.
After the Air Force she
(.e
he editor who wouldn't be
secured a job writing ads for
Eaton's department store.
Working her way from high
chairs to women's fashion she
felt there must be moreoinrlife
than writing ads so she went to
New York and enrolled in . a
two month fashion course. This
',led her to Montreal where she
received employment as fashion
co-ordinator for a large fabric
mill. After pulling every,
promotional gimmick for the •
company except compromising
herself, she moved to London
to _pursue a simpler and Jess
hectic' job:
A courtesy visit to the
women's editor of the Free
Press resulted in her rise to
that position, after a series of
unusual circumstances.
One of the fashion writers
was rushed to the hospital and
Ms. Roe was asked to fill her'
Marney Roe
Consumer Affairs convener
urges more shopping- care.
Mrs.°C.""Croz•ier welcomed all
members, and asked for their
support in her new office as
• president,• at the May meeting
of the Goderich Branch of the
.Minutes of ' last, meeting,
treasure 's retiijrt•,. ar%d,
correspondence we`re • read by
Mrs. E.- Sitter.
Cards were signed, by mem-
bers, and will be sent to Mrs. B.
Mills and Mrs. K. Wilkinson
who are patients in the
Goderich 'hospital.
Mrs" B.' Crawford, acting as
program convener for Mrs, K.
Wilkinson, gave out some pam-
phlets and spoke on "Family
and', Consumer Affairs". She
said it is very important to
learn to be wise shoppers in
these days orhi.gh cost living.
The roll call "Name.a Safety
Tip" brought forth many useful
helps.
The guest speaker was Chief
df. Police Pat King who spoke
on safety in the home and on
spot for a few weeks.with the
option of moving to the
promotion 'department. Two
years later, the Women'seditor
retired and she was asked to
fill the vacancy.
Thinking the jab would be a
cream puff sort of, thing, - ;,she
moved to a desk in the
newsroom. To her surprise she
discovered that. putting a
newspaper together is a
challenging and very difficult
operation. In her first years she
was working on six daily
editions that kept her in the of-
fice from 91n the morning to 3
in the-" morning with only ,a
short break for suPper.
One night remains in her
thoughts as a rather painful ex-
perience.
Arriving home around 3 in
the morning she slammedthe'
door of the 'cab on her hand.
Shp was almost too tired to ask
they, driver to wait until, she
removed it., When she got to her
room -she discovered her, finger
was split and bleeding
profttsely. She also had what,
she describes as the worst
toothache of her life which her
roommate diagnosed as
"deferred or sympathy pain".
Suspecting it was her
hopelessly disorganized nature
showing up again, she put an
the roads, A question period The delegates to the• District
followed when he. answered Annual; which will be held in
many questions on crime and',, Belgraye on May 27 are'Mrs. C. •
drugs Which proved very infor- –Croz'ier, Mrs. G.� Morley M,rs.
' mative. G..'Noung, Mr's. C. Siraughan,
Mrs. 13. Crawford thanked and Mrs: P. Blundell.
Chief King, and asked that he ' Recommendations from the
visit and speak to the W.I. at •a planning meeting were
.later date. ' discussed.
Mrs. G. Morley reported on a
Meat Forum she attended in
Clinteop; also. the Consumers
Affai'r meeting, held at the
collegiate,
The Goderich Branch of W.I.
is invited to Carlow on May. 22
as guests of the Tiger Dunlop
W.I.
The Blossom Tea at, Huron -
view on .June 5 was announced.
Donations to the 'Jake Table
were requested,
• The Historical Society will
meet at Auburn Community
Hall May 14 which will include
a tour of Craig's Sawmill.
The Society is also spon-
soring a Bus Tour to Midland
on June 19. .
If you're a
serious saver,
how about this...
ice pack on her hand and
almost immediately her
toothache disappeared.
Getting to know the London
socialites was a traumatic
business - for - Ms. Roe. She
remembered all the faces but
could never connect the names
of the people. She employed
several tricks of evasion}, such as
dropping gloves etc., and, once
by mistalte even dropped a
teacup.
She remembers talking,to the
hostess of an' afternoon tea for
10 minutes trying tc) remember
her name when the.* oraan said
.tp her, "I'm. sorry, I should
know your, name but for the life
of me I can't remember. it.
Typographical errors plagued.
the editor throughout her term.
Such boo'=bo.os as the
bridesmaids carrying pink baby.
bums; the. bride wearing
stimulated pearls; the bride's
mother, wearing- a blue' parsley
dress; and -one she brought par -
tic tlar attention to "her skirt
fell softly to the floor with ex-
ceeding back interest",
She spent a great deal of
time on the phone trying to ex-
plain that the reason one group
got more space in the paper
than another was that, they had
more news, not. more pull with
the editor.
Ms. Roe didn't want to leave
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the impression that all the
phone calls were concerning
mistakes. Some of them were
about stories she printed on
needs in. the community or
stories which offered ideas to
help readers with problems
they may have had. These'
pieces had some tremendous
impact and heartwarming
results that left her and her
• staff with a feeling of satisfac-
tion and happiness.
The - contribution Ms. Roe
made to the community with
respect to her job is impressive.'
Through her women's section
she recorded wonderful oc-
casions and.interviewed people
whose philosophy on life
couldn't help' but add
something to the lives of her'
readers. She aided in finding
homes for. 'foster children, in
securing money to help the
helpless, in finding volunteers
to help with a wide 'variety of •
causes .and obtained advice for
equipment, medicines and
health needs. These factor's arae
what she feels made her job so
worthwhile to her.
Her final remarks to the
Goderich women were, "If I
gained nothing else I gained a
real respect for what human
beings can do for one another if
they really want to."
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