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PAGE 4, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1974, WHITBY FREE PRESS fam--ily page "They had neyer hired a femnale before ... 1 nover though t I'd ge t the job". Womený's.. Li*b Score A Majoor ViÎctoryl' By Lindat Penstone A imajor victory for Wornen's Lib..but for Roseanni MeGuire-, Canada's first ernale insurance field represcut- ative, it',s simply a personal victory. You miglit even say that Roseann is paving die way for Women in Canada, but she looks at it differently. Shie applied for the job, liad the right qualifications and very quietly stepped into a position that no other womian lias hield before. Nothing more than that. Roseann, a 23-year-old native of Toronto, works for Canadian Underwriters' Association (CUA), an inspection and raing organization for flire and automobile insurance. As a Field Representative for CUA's Property Depart- ment, Roseann is required to inspect buildings for fire hazards. She thon files a fire insurance survey report and applies a rating sehiedule for each building. From this information, fire insurance rates aïe calculat- ed for CUA's member companies. CUA hias liad other ernale applicants ini response to newspaper ads. However, none.until Roseano ..had the technical aptitude necessary to fi the position, accord- ing tQ William G.- Seaton, Manager of the Ontario Branch of CUA. "Roseann fits into our organizatioji very well," says Mr. Seaton, "but l'ni surprised that there was little reaction, othier than a few turned hecads in our office, to our first ernale field representative." As part of Roseann's job, slie is requîred to inspect buildings on construction sites. "We expected some reaction to Roseann's presence on the sites," adds Seaton, "but it's turned out to her advan- tage. Roseann probably gets better service fromn the con- struction foremen than many of our male inspectors." A taîl, slender and attractive girl, Roseann had originally planned to pursue an acting career. After graduating from Parkdale Collegiate Institute in Toronto, and ending a short career as a health dlaims reviewer for an insurance company, Roscann left for Europe. Taking ail the money shie'd saved for university, Rosoann toured Europe, thon sottled in Londo*n to study thieatre for several rnonthis. Returning to Canada i 1971 she workod.with .sevoral professional thecatre groups ini Toronito until last January;ý "l left the thecatre after thiree years because of' the buisiness itself. I couldn't miake iny own opportunitics and was totally dependen t on othier people f'or thiat first big break," saiys Ruseaunii. When Rosean read CUA's ncwspaper ad l'or ani inspec- tor traince, she applied --loping that lier briel'experience ini the insuirance business inigh t lhclp lier get thie job. "'I was looking for a position whierc I cou Id tuove ahiead. But withi actinig a.ý my main background, I didn't lave nmuch tu offer." "Si,îce thcy liad neyer hired a fernale before, 1 neyer tlhoughit 'd get the job," admits Roseann. "But tliere was no probleni ataI" CUA, sul)portecl by 23 private-enterprise insurance comrpanies across Canada. supplenients thie services of insurers and their agents by providinig tech,îical resources and experienced staff miembers, incluiding inspectors suchi as Roseann. Roseann dlaims thiat the Womnen's Lîberation Movemient made it ail possible because of thecir crusade for equal opportunities for women in the- business world. "However," shie adds. I lave neyer taken a definite stand in the movement. l'ni an in-betweenist. To really be involved in Womeni's Lib mieans hiaving to conifurni to wîat thiey want wvomen to be -I 1onily want to be miyselîf." Withi CUA only four montlhs, Roseann corm-pleted the basic training course in building construction. fire protec- tion and commuin hazards. Shie now is une ol*CUA's 375 speciaîists whio inspeci, assess and rate private and commi- ercial properties. 'I really feel like l've accomplishced somictliing" said Roseann, and "I'd definitely like to stay hiere. lt's a posit- ion 1 can grow fromn and Iigitiot stop uintil l'ni the general manager of CUA", suc laughed. Roseann also plans to attend university nlighit courses and get tho B.A. she gave up for the theatre. More inmnediate are lier plans to build a cottage on a 65-acres lot near Bancroft, Ontario, whicli she and a girl- friend hiave boughit. "We're goine i, o do as miuch of the building as we can," slie says, "but we miay contract out to a femnale electrician and plumiber - if lier price is righ t." Re cipe This simple cheese bread using imported Holland Edam Is deliejous, either as an accompaniment to a meal or as a change of pace snack with butter and jam or jelly. Edam Batter Bread H onic-bakcd bread is always appealing and not as difficult or timc-consuming as you may think. This recipe for cheese bread using imported-Holland Edam will win many compliments. Serve it with a meal, or as a surprise snack with butter and a selection of preserves or jclly. 2 eggs, siightly beàten 4 teaspoons sugar i envetope active dry yeast 1/ cup lukewarm water 3/ cup scalded miik 1 teaspoon saIt 1/ cup butter or margarine 3 cups ail-purpose flour 1 cup shredded imported Holiand Edam Dissolve I teaspoon sugar in lukewarmn water. Sprinkle dry yeast over water; let stand for 10 minutes. Pour hot milk into a large bowl (large mixer bowl). Stir in remaining sugar, sait and butter. Stir yeast briskiy with a fork. Add to iukewarm miik mixture to- gether with eggs, haîf the flour. Beat in (iow speed on mixer). Add shredded Edam and re- maining flour. Continue beat- ing until batter shreds from spoon or mixer beaters. Place batter in greased bowl. Cover; let rise until double in bulk, about I hour. Beat down dou-gh with a spatula for a few minutes. Turn into a buttered 1I/ quart casserole. Cover and let rise until double in bulk (about 45 minutes). Bake in preheated 350c' oven for 30*35 minutes. South Africa, best known abroad for its'gold and dia- mond mines and it-s game reserves, also possesses, some of' the worîd's best bâcèhes. AUl around the coast. from sub- tropical Natal washed by the. warm Indian Ocean to, the chill waters of 'the 'Atlantic in the west. the haunt of rock-Iobster> fishers, , and countless seabirds, there, are beaches. Thèse'-phot5ýs - the wide-angle view above, the close-up below - show two of them. Incidentally, the two seas do flot meet at the Cape of Good Hope as is widely believed, but at Cape Agulhas about I1QO miles to the southeast, the southernmost point of the African continent. 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