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Every year thousands of women are battered by their part-
ners ® some even die. For this reason, the provincial goy
emment has declared November—Wife Assault Prevention
Month".
The government has launched a media campaign entitled
"There's No Excuse. - Wife Assault". However, a number of
myths about assault must be dispelled before real change
can be made in the lives of those women who live in fear in
their own homes.
The roots of abuse are deep-seated within our society. In
fact, British Common Law permitted a husband to beat his
wife provided he used a stick no larger than his thumb. To a
certain degree, society has remained tolerant of wife beating,
continually taking offenders off the hook by allowing them
excuses such as job pressure or claiming that their partner
provoked the assault,. ,
Alcohol plays a role in up to one-half of all assault cases,
but it is not an excuse. Some men even claim to beat their
wives as a sign of affection, which seeks to deny the harm-
fulness of wife assault and once again, attempts to pass off
the blame for the deviant behavior.
Wife abuse is common among all social strata, not just in
the lower classes. Assaulted women can be found anywhere,
their common thread being loneliness, low self-worth and
shame.
If real change is to be made in the way society views wife
abuse, these •myths must be dispelled. No one should live in
fear in their own home.
A view from Goderich
Take a stand
The Huron County Board
on the issue of smoking i
of Education should take action
n school buildings sus The
have to make adestwthe
station on smokin '
Goderich Signal -Star.
Befole long the board will
issue because provincial legi
place, Bill 194, will soon take
to wait for the government to
ered this issue?
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effect. Why did the board have
force its hand before it consid-
And now, after the board has seen the issue on its agenda
why does it postpone a decision? At the last meeting of the
board, trustees opted to ask the schools for input before
making a decision. Why?
The facts are all here. What does the board need to hear?
There is well-documented evidence
causes an assortment of physical maladies, Leven deathat h
People in the business of promoting good health say if tobac-
co had been discovered todayinstead of centuries
o, it
would never have been allowd on the market, let alone in
schools.
If all the principals of board schools say tobacco is okay,
should it have any influence on the board's decision to allow
it in its buildings?
Trustees complicated the issue by asking about volunteers who smoke and who currently offer services to the schools,
but may cease if their freedoms are infringed upon and simi-
lar questions. But trustees had all the information they need-
ed to make a decision on this issue. Tobacco doesn't have.a
place in the institutions where our children go to be educat-
r 'ed.
Currently each school in the system has its own smoking
policy as set by its administration. In some schools in Huron
County, there is no tolerance of smoking anywhere on the
school grounds, in others it is all right to smoke if you're in
the right room. There's no uniformity.
It will be argued that smoking areas could be made avail-
able for adult employees who have been smoking for
decades, where they could smoke on their own and not both -
g er any students with second-hand smoke or with a bad n
example. But you can't have space available for adults to M
c smoke without making it available to students. It's against the Th
t law to discriminate based on age. And why give students a Decem
place where they can start smoking?
There are smoking cessation programs available for smok- re
ers who will need help quitting if they are going to be in new
school buildings regularly, so they get support and tools to a
help them kick the habit. Some schools in the system already o
offer these programs.
As of Jan. 1, 1990, employers who do not complywith the ,
restricted sinOking legislation face tires o#•$25
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NOVEMBER 1942
Mrs. T. C. King received
from Ottawa that her son,
Observer George King, is presum
to have died last May 24. A
received May 26 stated that he
missing after air operations. Geo
enlisted in the RCAF in -1941
received his wings last year. He
25 years of age.
Mr. and Mrs. William Austin
Teeswater moved to Wingham
are residing in the Johnston hou
on Frances Street which they p
chased. Mrs. Johnston and fame
are living in the house on Shu
Street, formerly occupied by Bo
Foster:
Missdenoaa:Ir,,ggns, Reg: -N
attending an extension course at
University %h retcf Nursr•
n•
Toronto, prior to fulfilling the posi-
tion of assistant supervisor of the
obstetrical department of Victoria
Hospital, London.
Eric Schatte has joined the
Princess Louise Fusiliers (Active
Force). The battalion is at present
stationed at Halifax and Eric left
last week to join the regiment. He
will be a solo cornet player in the
band.
Miss Nellie Ball of Wroxeter was
guest of honor ata social gathering
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Adams. Miss Ball is leaving the
Wroxeter area and will take up resi-
dence in Toronto: She was present-
ed with gifts by Miss Margaret Grif-
fith and Miss Mina Ball.
The Wroxeter manse was the
scene of a quiet wedding when F.
Delight Reid of Wingham became
the bride of Lloyd W. Taylor of
Turnberry.
NOVEMBER 1955
Congratulations to Great White
Shaver Vic Loughlean who has
opened a new_ barber shop on the
main drag.
The possibility that there may be
bears or wolves at large in East
Wawanosh has caused some anxi-
ety among farmers in the township,
after a number of calves have been
reported killed and partly eaten.
Farmers affected include Melvin
Taylor and Frank Thompson.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Pierce of
Blyth announce the engagement of
their daughter, Ethel Marie, to Sid -
Mrs. Ken Leitch, Mks. Parish Moffat
Fvord and Mrs. Gwen Adams.
Sgt. Friends and relatives gathered in
ed the Oddfellows' Hall for a shower
cable in honor of Miss Barbara Pickford,
was whose marriage to Bob Rintoul
rge took place last Saturday.
and At a meeting of Majestic Rebekah
was Lodge No. 352, Wingham, the new
Canadian flag was dedicated. The
of flag was presented to the lodge by
and Sister Doris Remington, in memory
use of her father, the late Alexander
ur- MacKay of Kincardine.
ly At th
lyn Riley, Sharon Willie, Bonnie
Willie and Edith Austin. Miss Riley
and Ann MdKibbon'won awards as
instructors. -
Dr. Murray MacLennan, longtime
member of the Public School Board,
has stated he will not be running
for re-election. Also up for re-elec-
tion this year are William Harris,
Roy Bennett and Murray Gerrie.
NOVEMBER 1975
phone calls between the Wingham
exchange and the Brussels, Gorrie
and Teeswater exchanges will no
long e= apply, beginning Dec. 1.=
Cold winds and overcast skies
were the setting for the official
opening of the new Turnberry
Township bridge on Concession 6,
Sideroad 5-6. Murray Gaunt,
Huron -Bruce MPP, who tot the
opening ribbon, kept the ceremony
The Advance -Times welcomes brief.
two new staff members.Mrs. Olive Lewis was elected
eexercisesMrs. Patri- president of the Wingham Senior
ter at Wingham District
encement
h School, cia VanWyck is a new member of Citizens, succeeding Reuben
nee prefix a High
the front office personnel and Bill Appleby. Vice-presidents are Miss
eo_ Anne O melds were p Crump is advertising manager for
—_ t . ,James Robinson, Crossroads Anne Wilson and Les Fortune-
to
,P?-1:r Met .' reran Murraypress rs Aters are Mrs. McKinri
� � �Y �- Area residents, particularly a and Mrs. �'
the' ter,, Lynda eavie, Lois Ferguson, children, will be happy to kno B kreling `:r`;'` op `,� `
g%" ° gDaaztulas Elllntt and Ruth McTag- that Fled Porter of Leo pold Streelis
cyan Gosling was the top earner
in: the October walk-a-tlion Spon-
Br+onze medallions werepresent- busy erecting his Christmas display sored by the Wmgham - Lions Club.
ed to young people who esnd on his lawn, house and roof. Last David Scott was second and Leese
exams as lifeguards: Barry Paul, Fred was forced to forego the Cook was third. Their prizes were
Larry McDonald, Bob McKay, Mari- display, due to lack of help. presented by Archie;Hill, president
y, Long distance charges for tele- of the Wingham club.
ey John Adams, son of Mr. and
rs. Garnet Adams of Mitchell.
e wedding will take place in
tier.
A new program for snow
moval on the Wingham main
treet will be tried this year. The
system will embody the use of
rented tractor with loader, to be
erated by men of the public
rkng department, who will
ver to remove the snow as it
rather than to let it accumulate.
snow oft Ute *rain st1 ct
ov `ky "to* Men
a stow and term -
PRESS CO
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Ontario Press Council which, will o
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JACK'SJOTTINGS
The government recently
announced that it is making signifi-
cant increases in the wages paid to
visiting homemakers.
The changes will raise homemak-
ers' average wages to $7.85 per
hour from $6, an increase of about
30 per cent. The compensation,
package also ensures that home-
makers who provide publicly -fund-
ed services will be paid a minimum
of $7.25. The changes are retroac-
tive to Sept. 1.
For the first time, homemaking
agencies now will receive funding
specifically to pay homemakers for
travel firne between clients.
Assume a homemaker works 30
hours a week and spends an addi-
tional five hours travelling to and
from clients. This new policy means
that he or she now will be compen-
sated for 35 hours, including five
hours travel time.
In addition, $22 mrllion has been
set aside to provide training for
homemakers. The total package
comes to $28.9 million.
„This compensation package is
part of the $88.8 million committed
by the government last May to
improve the salaries of front-line
workers in Ontario's community
agencies.
BONE MARROW REGISTRY
Ontario is contributing about
one-third of the cost of developing
the Unrelated Bone Marrow Donor
Registry. The establishment of this
national registry, the culmination of
two pilot projects at Vancouver and
Ottawa, will be operated by the
Canadian Wed Cross Society It will
list available donors of bone mar-
row fortreatinglife-threatening
diseases such as leukemia and
aplastic anemia.
Ontario is allocating $892,500
over the three years it will take to
fully develop the registry, which
will be coordinated through the
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Vancouver centre of the Red Cross.
Ontario's share is 36 per cent of the
$2.5 million development costs
shared by the provinces.
In the past, bone marrow trans-
plants had to be supplied by a close
family member, preferably a broth-
er or sister, whose tissue matched
the patient's. Marty patients. how-
ever, did not have a matched donor
in the family.
But they can be given a trans-
plant if a matched, unrelated donor
can be found. There have been 30
successful matches of unrelated
donors brought together with
patients by the pilot programs,
prompting the setting up of the
national registry.
Bone marrow volunteers, like
blood donors, are not paid. The ini-
tial test of the match is called
Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA)
typing and is available as an
insured health service in Toronto,
London, Hamilton, Ottawa and
Sudbury.
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