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SKIRTING THE BAY By EILEEN DIXON No sign of the red robin bobbln nor the soft kiss of balmybreezes but in the fashion world its spring And yet after each spring review conflicting reports roll in Members of the fashion heirarchy of the fasluon centres London Paris Rome are still seesawing back and forth on their flared skirts and short hemlines For instance in Paris from that city of high style Yves Saint Laurent takes the firm stand for loose waisted twopiece silhouette and casual young look in his first independent collection NAUTICAL THEME His silhouette showed horizontal cuts With mlddy or tunic blouses over skirts folded in envelope style Suits hadshort loose jackets with matching sleeveless overblouses in contrasting color Dresses suggested twopiece look with broad waist yokes bloused tops and narrow belts of self fabric nautical theme pervaded in this collection In essence Guy aroche says Ladies Shapes Re turn In harmony and yet in contrast to this is the fam ous House of Dior and its designer Marc BohanThis enigma may be explained by saying that Bohan believes in the womens preogative to change not only their minds but their shapes In the day he advocates the easy shape with blouselike tops and low waists wrth black and white checks and whitestrlped greys pre dominating His suits recall the 1930s in mood and dresses definitely were from the 1920s In the evening he pampers the female wish to look curvy and vampish by featuring curves and high em phasizing curved lines and high small waistlines Although the shades are still drawn on just what shape the female figure will be in come spring it Will adefinitely by feminine look Star color tones are or anges apricots and yellows with plenty of pastel like pale blue pink and green and violently sharp hke oyclamen violet and bright rust orange CLEOPATRA TREND In Paris Cleopatra hairdos were topped by Cleo patra hats on some models Popular creations were straw pillboxes set back on the head with stiff band stand ing out behind Neater smoother coiffures are predicted for Can adian women for spring and summer according to one leading hair stylist who says Women are more inter ested in looking natural than high fashion Last seasons bulky overstuffed hairdos are OUT shaped is the new way with hair and fairly smooth sometimes styled with high front pompadour TURN OF EVENTS An unexpected incidentadded to the excitement of prebakeoff jitters for Jeannette Pratt Jeannette was one of number of students who participated in the Regional Cherry Pie BakeOff held at Eatons Store last Saturday Very methodical and well organized at all times Jeannette prepared box of her baking equipment in cluding measuring cups pie plates and ingredients her clean white uniform and apron last Friday evening She guththe box on top of the electricvstove in the family tc en Later on in the evening male member of the fam ily passed close by the brushed past button on the front of the stove Moments later when everyone had adjourned to the living room an odor of smoke seeped in from the kitchen Jeannette rushed to the scene to find the box and equipment in charred state of affairs With the aid of her parents Mr and Mrs William Pratt of Mary Street everything was washed cleaned and stored in new box SPEAKING OF FlRES We had one of our own yesterday morning The womens department decided things were too quiet in the news room and someone decided to make their own Hot News Flash The firebug was very thoughtful and whipped up the flames in the wastepaper basket Only thing was the assistant on the womens desk almost went up in smoke These nylon blouses Male members of the staff ran around giving ad vice and not much manual assistance One gentleman offered the use of his foot to extinguish the flames and now wears the latest trend trousers with singed cuffs PEOPLE AND PLACES Phone Eileen Dixon or Audrey Couison PA 56537 Notes are intended to cover the general social life of the city and district Weddings anniversaries bir bdayl bridge parties and coming of age parties visitors and tru vellera are all items of Inter est to the women readers of this page Your help in sup plying this news will be greatly appreciated lHOLIDAY IN CALIFORNIA Mrs Charles Saso of Sunni daie Road is Angeles daughter holidaying in Los California with her Miss Rosemary Saso who is on the nursing staff at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles Mrs Saso travel led by Jet airliner leaving from altonghursday INAUGURAL BALL The social highlight of the talks with Women Play Key Role In Boat Show Ihlembcu oimthe fol in paying on portsn re the fourth annual presentation of the Canadian Boar Show being held in the Automotive Budding Exhibition Park Ton note from Feb In 10 Diane Barnes University of Tomato student recently named Min Boating for l962 will reign over the big boatararna during its eight days Joan Dodds wife of boat builder Hugh Dodds Oakville has helped her husband dmm and build some outboard ut arnarana and she will be on deck at the Show to explain the advantages of boat of this kind Another feminine enthusiast who will be in attendance throughout the Show you be Mrs William Cbarbonneou of Weston The latter like her husband takes an active inter est in boatbuilding other feminine boating bulls who will be extolling the vir tues of boats and boating will include Ethel Bowman of the Canadian Boating Federation Toronto Mrs Ron McNab Gravenhurst Vera Barrie Tor onto Mrl Dorothy Blythe Tor 1ointo and Mn Alien Ross Dril The Boat Show was officially opened last evening by the Honourable Spooner Miir lsler of Lands and Forest for file Province of Ontario as SORORITY Members of the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority will entertain guests at Valentine Dance Party to be held at Kennys 61$ Banquet Hall Feb The highlight of the party will be the crowning of Valentine Queen Above working on posters for the party are Women Role Behin Aids Struggle For NEW WATERFORD NS CHWomen have not been left entirely out of the struggle to keep coal mining alive in Nova Scotia Mrs Bill Marsh wife of the union chief of the province 7000 coal miners is proof of this In her quiet way the 38year old mother of four is pillar ballind the man who has led the miners fight And it hasnt al ways been easy for her For hill might be called up derground anytime Or he might have to take off quickly for government or com pany officials in Halifax or of range and unintentionally your horoscope indicates that LEAVES CITY Allen 5Doc Gillespie left by car yesterday to take up residence in Baton Rouge Lou isiana where he was married several weeks ago Resident of Barrie for the past 15 years and member of the golf club he has resigned his position with the Camp Borden fire depart ment to which he had been at tached since the end of World War II noama VACATIONS Mr and Mrs George Danger field Toronto Street left the city today for month in Fort Lauderdale Florid Mr and Mrs Dangerfield tra wellecl by air leaving from Mal airport southern vacationers Mrs Cecil Norris city this week by winter holiday at Florida year for staff members of the Canadian General Electric Com pany is the annual inaugural ball beingheld this evening in the club room Following dinner party the installation of the social club executivefor 1962 will take place The new executive will include presi dent Larry Duroford vice president Fred Griffin secre tary Miss Carole Meyers treasurer Merv Bmley sports conveners Norm Raycraft Red Demberline department repre sentatives Hon Eobhette Gerry Lougheed Rose Gererin Myrtle Ruhl Diane Batters Joanne Mooney Robin Leunnx Doris Farrier Bruce Barker Thiry Tuckoy Irene Wilbev Lloyd mons Deanna Tlliey Norma Colo Faye Miles Pat Wanna maker Don Spencer Gerry Fer guson Dlane Truemhn Bill Heap Dance music is being supplied by the Four Clots of Toronto THE STARS SAY By ESTRELLITA FOR TOMORROW Stars favor routine matters rather than new enterprises Stick to matters with which are familiar and protect present as sets instead of trying to in crease them through specula tion Dont mix business with pleasure FOR THE BIRTHDAY If tomorrow is your birthday within week you will enter splendid monthlong financial period provided you dont off set it through such follies as extravagance and speculation It will be important to remem ber this since except for brief periods in late August your chart shows no outstanding gains where monetary matters are concerned Strive then to plan ahead and balance your budget care fully In this way you can wind up this new year in the black Where personal life isIv con cemed planetary influences are more interesting Home and family affairs will be under grand aspects and where romance is concerned look for interesting develop ments during August early September and late October If any of you have been married recently your marriage should prove happy one Generous influences govern travel during July also in Octo ber Look for excellent oppor tunities job wise in October and December child born on this day will be so highly sensitive that even the slightest criticism rn ny cause untold heartache This tendency should be curbed from early childhood FOR MONDAY There may be some deceptive influences on Monday in both business and personal matters Use good judgment therefore and sidestep smooth talkers Dont make rash promises and do be careful with all assets FOR THE BIRTHDAY ay is your birthday your horoscope indicates fine prospects where your personal life is concerned The aspects favor harmonious domestic re lationships stimulating social life and great romantic hap piness Where the latter is con cerned next June and August will be your best months In financial affairs you may experience some ups and downs but if you take them in stride you should wind up your year on the credi side This should not betoo difficult since practicality is one of your many fine traits In job matters put forth your best efforts and show willingness to do more than your share especially between now and late October Generous rewards are indicated then August will be an excellent month for travel child born on this day will be extremely gregarious and would do well in any position which deals with the public tailva Mrs Marsh is left alone at Interviewed in her rosecol nred home within sound of the whistle of New Watcrfords thrce mines Mrs Marsh said Bill hardly has time for any thing now recreation home life or hobbies Its an endless round of meetings can never plan anything HAD TUBERCULOSIS Bill New Waterford native who began mining after finish ing high school became presi dent of District 26 of the United Mine Workers of America and three years ago Bill is year older than his wife the former Helen Sarah Byzenke of Glace Bay another Cape Breton Is land cool town Mrs Marsh darkeyed bru nette and quick to smile doesnt dwell on complaints Shes con ditioned to having things tough from time to time In 1948 tuberculosis sent her to the sanatorium in Kentvilie That was when their only son Billy was six and their oldest two Bill had it pretty hardthen with the children and all was in th sanatorlum for 21 months The two other Marsh children are Ramona 7and Brenda 10 CAMPING IN SUMMER Mr and Mrs Marsh do get time to bowl They won league ANN LANDERS daughter Valerie was Survival championship last year And in summer the whole family goes camping We do this every vacation The children get big kick out of it and didnt get much chance to camp out when was little so like it too like to swim but dont do much of that now since Ive had the treat ment In their tidy home Mrs Marsh does all her own work She admitsher husband makes little more money now than he did as miner but adds that because of the demands on him they havent anything more Not that she would want things any other way She was is when they were married and even then Bill was involved in union work He likes to try for better working conditions for the men tlizit has been his fightand Id rather see him do this than anything else WANT US COAL MOTHERWELL SCOTLAND Colvilles the big steel firm which has begun operating large new steel mill near Moth erwell is asking the govern ment for permission to import cheap American coking coal The firm says recent increase of $150 ton in in British coal prices will add over $2500000 its annual coal bill Walking Is safer For Car Freeloader Dear Ann Loaders You must have been kidding when you agreed withCurbed that the man who had been driving the young lady to work for three years was fishing for propo sition The woman admitted that his rides had saved her over $200 in bus fare Ill bet she never gave him so much as pack age of cigarettes in all that time let alone tank of gas As car owner its my guess that the unpaid chauffeur has been to dump this free loader for long time Finally he hit on the speech entitled Youre too tempting Baby walk say hooray for one sucker who figured out how to wriggle off the hook Brainstorm Dear Brainstorm Dozens of readersall mennoodled it out the same wayand you could be right but Im still uncou vinced Dear Ann Weve been mar ried for 15 years the second marrlage for both of us We Jiave grown children by first marriages411 on their own Im past 70 and have been re tired for six years My wife is ten years younger draw modest pension My wife gets monthly cheque interest on stocks and bonds dividends and so on which comes to more an my pension have difficult time paying ills and she knows it Yet she refuses to use penny of her money to help but She keeps investing her income in more stocks and bonds to leave to her children Is this fair We both read your column daily and will be looking for your answer near Famous ini tials youvegot there rDad No its not fair But apparently your wife would rather scrim and struggle than kick in an IIWbGuEIrJIT my book shoiia using poor judgment and met ing out shabby treatment to husband who has given her many years of cogpflzvhipri filler new Dear Ann Landcrs The letter from the daughterinlaw who complained thatvher husbands 82 year old mother lives 70 miles away and they have to go visit her very often really raised my temperature She must be some kind of out or something This dame ought to thank her lucky stars for such marvel ous setup An 32 year old woman who is self sufficient and makes so few demands on her children deserves garland of orchids My motherhilaw is 66She lives three blocks from us and drives me crazy think she has xray eyes to boot When ever Im in the basement the bathtub or elbow deep in pie dough she phones and asks me to drive her someplace She cant decide which dress to daughters and me used to think yourcolumn was big yak but see now that it serves useful purpose on people read about the problems of others it makes their own twohit gripes seem Wen PLAN VALENTINE DANCE PARTY Scene CONTRARY MEG wear without pulling her two mummmumnfl Toronto Minister Will Speak At Inaugural Meeting Wed The new organization of The United Church of Canada The United Church Women which bu been organized in con gallons will now come into being at the Presbytery level Feb at Central United Cbiucb Barrie On that day Simone Presby terlal United Church women will hold the Inaugural Meet ing and Election of the Execu Live at pm and the Instal lation Service at pm The evening meeting is for both women and men The Rev Robert Watt BA BD minister of Trinity United Church Toronto will be the rpeaker MrWatt minister son was born in Barrie He was raised and educated in Tomato graduating in Arts from Vict oria College and in Theology from Emmanuel College He served in the RCA in Air Crew as bombardier during World War II He was minister to Carrie and Mitchell United Churches in Western Ontario before comingto Trinity United Church Tomato The Rev Mr Watt is author of book Let IODE Award For Best Story Mrs Maclilahon Ion don educational secretary and Mrs MtFaul Hamilton chairman of tho shortstory committee have announced that the Provincial Chapter of On tarlo IODE will this year of fer scholarship award for short story This is the 15th consecutive year the competition has been held and this year the value of the award ls $200 The competition is open to writers citizens of Canada resi dent in Ontario and closes on April 30 1962 Dr Munro Beanie chair man or the department of Eng llsh Carleton University 0t tawa will be the judge for 1982 Contestants are advised not to submit any manuscripts with out first obtaining printed con ditions These may be secured by writing to Provincial Chapter of Ontario IODE Ida Jackson Street West Hamilton Ontario from the left Mrs Jean Bot tersby social convener Miss Irene Watson president and Mrs Doug King member of the social committee WON CONFORM LONDON CPtA woman reporter springs to the de fence of Princess Margaret Anne Sharpley who has covered numerous royal tours for The Evening stan dard takes note of recent criticisms of Margaret ack nowledges that the Queens sister is sometimes little difficult but some up Well so shes princess Whatclse do we really expect Dont we get private kick from having fullblooded con trary infuriating princess Isnt she more fun than line toelug anxious to please princess To Keep Active Is Club Motto MONTREAL fCPND one Is surprised to find such names as voie Dupuis and St Pierre on the rolls of club called Societe dEtude et de Confer euces What is surprising is the num lher of Smiths Browns and Mll ers President Mrs Laurent Golly said that whlle the organiza tion was formed primarily to promote culture now you might say we have second purpose the spreading of bil ingualism More and more English speaking women who are study ing French are finding member ship in our organization great help Some such as Mrs Donald Brown speak French fluently but find they must use it reg ularly in conversation or risk getting rusty The Lawmember society of filiated with the University of ontreals philosophy faculty is aimed at women who want to keep their minds active after finishing formal studies In addition to hearing several visiting lecturers each year the group is broken up into 87 circles which undertake their own studies on such topics as the Middle Ages and the art of the AztecsEacb member is ex pected to give paper during the year So far except for branch in Ottawa the organization is con fined to Quebec province Travel Arrangement memorandum HOTELS RESORTS CRUISES CAR RENTAL 0x Johnson and Co Ltd World Wide Service PA sens ior noniop Barrio s91 Buy an Toronto nzu sodas slylitmi fodoal cws loan to for mwihfieh lrilonns will immediate MATERNITY APPAREL 100 Collier Sf PA 88804 VELKAY 4th Door East of Town Hall Yours for Privacy and Economy boat exclude dsnn dogra beautifulngeschesall p13 of VIIIll Pele venture Always somalhlol Ray ocean winr Not Your Heart Be Troubled published in 1957 by Ablngtoa Press New York and Nash viilc Tenn so ms or norms Reg ran SPECIAL $1695 Chrome Plated swine Spout FAUCETS for ledgofypo 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