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Mr and Mrs Alastair Mac millan Barrie Terrace Bar rie announce the engage ment of their daughter Peggy Arm to William Clare Churchward son of Mr and Mrs Churchward of Brantford Miss Macmillan is graduate of the Universi ty of Waterloo with degree ENGAGEMENT in honors mathematics spe cializing in Actuarial Science Mr Churchward who has Bachelor of Ap plied Science degree is also graduate of the University of Waterloo The wedding will take place on Jan 22 at Cof lier Street United Church Barrie ERMA BOMBECK Aging debate becomes standoff By ERMA BOMBECK There was little doubt in my mind that when ran the col umn saying the raising of boys speed up mothers aging cycle faster than girls Id get response Oh boy didI get response Here are two letters that ren der the debate standof After giving birth to three boys finally got girl on my fourth try At first she did all the sweet little things longed to see She played coy put her hands to her face when she laughed and batted her eyes like Miss Congeniality Then she turned 14 months and she struck like Hurricane Stacy When she discovered she could no longer sail down the bannister and make my hair stand on end she turned to streaking Id dress her ever so sweetly and go to the breakfast dishes Before one glass was washed shed strip unlock the door and start cruising the neighborhood One day the dry cleaner made delivery and said My goodness hardly recognized Stacy with her clothes on As she got older she ned her brothers head with ottle opener for taking her dolls and called the school principal Baretta am pregnant again sleep with football under my pillow each night The other challenge came from woman who said You dont know what youre talking about With boys you always know where you stand You yell upstairs Whats all that thum ping about and you get an onest reply Joey threw the cat down the clothes chute It was cool When my daughter is up stairs playing Barbie yell What are you girls doing She answers sweetly Nothing have to find out for myself that theyre making cookies out of my new bath powder and $1250 jar of moisturizer Her pediatrician advised me to not notice when she in sisted on wearing her favorite outfit for four months How do you ignore long dress with ripged ruffle holes in the elbow an Burger King crown How would you handle it if you were in the supermarket and the loudspeaker announced AT TENTION SHOPPERS We have small child in Produce wearing long pink dress with gauze apron glittery shoes and Burger King crown Our third child was born recently Another girl told the orderly to pass maternity and go straight to geriatrics rest my caschwhich is the only rest Ive had in six years Truce HOLIDAY SCENES ABROAD Prince Albert of Monaco posing as the clown holding top hat at left and his Sister Princess Caroline as circus rider right participate in what was billed as Circus Evening at Jimmys night club in Monaco Tuesday connection with the Monaco Circus Festival AP Photo Safety patrol captain given Weople ttrztf night The show was put on in v1 vents hur ayD ember301976 PEOPLE PLACES HAYRIDE Gail Brox of Midhurst home for the holidays from Guelph University held buffet supper and hayride Tuesday for her friends from Barrie North Col legiate About 18 attended FORTHCOMING MARRIAGE Mr and Mrs Fred Pearson formerly of Barrie will marry Silvija Klishan of Vancouver daughter of Mrs Goldmanis Friday at pm at St Peters Basilica London Ont Mr Pearson attended Steele Street school and Barrie North Col NN LANIQEBS John Charles Pearson son of regime Ten great ways to ruin marriages Dear Ann Please repeat that great column Ten Ways to Break Up Marriage need it NOWSOS Dear SOS Here it is Thanks for asking When sons or daughters let you know they plan to be married show open hostility to the erson of their choice After all marriage means less love an attention for parents and they have right to resent it Expect your married children to spend every Sunday and holiday at your home Act hurt if they have other plans If your married children have problems with their mates encourage them to come home no matter what Listen at tentively to all complaints and point out additional faults which may have gone unobserved Remember single drops of water can wear away rock if the drops keep falling long enough When your married children have financial problems rush in with the chequebook If you are having financial problems yourself borrow if necessary but let them know theyll never ave to do without anything so long as you are around If married child has drinking problem tell him his mate drove him to it It will make him feel better Everyone needs someone to blame If your married son gets an opportunity for advancement which takes him to another city tell him family is more im portant than money If he leaves anyway remind him that God punishes those who ignore the commandment Honor thy father and thy mother If there are grandchildren smother them with gifts If the parents object tell them to keep out of it After all grand children are to spoil Sneak money to the little ones secretly if you have to Theyll love you for it If your married child has difference of opinion with his mate get into the act and give them both sample of your wisdom born of years of experience What do THEY know Youve lived When your married sons or daughters visit with their chil dren make point of how thin and tired the kids look Get across the message that you dont like the way your beloved grandchildren are being cared for Ask repeatedly What they eat and why they have so many colds If kid breaks tooth or is injured during play get all the details and place the blame on lack of maternal supervision to If your son has button off his shirt say something Also mention the hole in his sock or the spot on his coat It will fan the flames of selfpity and could start the final fight that ends in the divorce court Dear Ann My Wife had an affair with her boss was aware of it and waited patiently hoping it would terminate Finally told her knew She admitted everything and ended the affair immediately We have had perfect relationship ever since but cant get that man out of my mind Whenever we make love think of him in bed with her cant afford therapy What should doNo Name No Town Dear NNNT Ive said this so often Im beginning to sound like cracked lecord My apologies to all who are sick of it Therapy IS available for those who cannot pay Contact your county or state Mental Health Association Check Community Referral Service Help is as near as your phonebook INIII nn Landers am teacher who is considering re signing from my profession rbccauscl am sick of being called foul names by students am sick of students calling each other fourletter words am sick of hearing the principal being referred to as that dude in the office am sick of attitudes expressed in terms of dont care and You cant make me am sick of garbage and lights in the hallways am sick of parents who coddic their kids and take their side when school officials try to instil discipline as their parents should have done long ago have hope for my profession but it grows dimmer by the day The only solution sec to this sickness is that teachers and administrators will one day get fed up and insist on contracts that permit them to exercise authority when they feel it is needed Dont mention the city please Just sign me Irritated In Iowa plaque as patrollerof month Judy is the captain of her schools safety patrol program and organizes and supervises street corner and 12 school bus patrollers She is also responSi bfe for conducting weekly safe ty meetings for the patrollers at Judy Carroll 13yearold grade student at ASSikinack Public School received pla que for being chosen the Barrie Kinsmen Clubs Safety Pa troller of the Month for October which they reView safety pro cedures Judy said the functions of the street corner patrollers is to get school children across the in tersections safely On the school buses the patrollers try to keep the students seated and must be ready to handle any emergency situation In school bus emergency she said the patrollers help the driver get the children out or get the bus off to the side of road ll the driver collapses School principal It Jar man described Judy as good student and her enthusiastic approach IS eVident in her in terest in sports sewing reading and cooking Judy said she particularly en joys volleyball floor hockey and baseball and likes to read mystery novels She is the daughter of Mrs Jean Carroll m2 Little Ave Flora MacDonald chosen newsiest woman of year By JUDY CREIGIITON CP Family Editor Flora MacDonald the first woman to run for the national leadership at the Progressive Conservative Party has been chosen newsiest woman of 1976 The 50yearold MP for King ston and the Islands whose charm and tenacity kept mil lions of Canadian televrsion Viewers glued to their sets last Feb 22 as she fought to stay in the balloting at the leadership convention in Ottawa was the chOice of editors who handle womens news for daily papers and broadcasting stations in the annual poll conducted by The Canadian Press This IS the first time Miss MacDonald has been named woman of the year in the sur vey Another new name nomi nated in the category Maureen Mcleer Wife of ppOSlthIl Leader Joe Clark ran second Margaret Trudeau Wife of the prime minister was third in the polling Last year Beryl Plumptre vrcechairman of the federal governments antiinflation board was named woman of the year She has since stepped down from the board but sev eral editors placed her in both womanofthe year and public affairs categories SUPPORT WENT TO LARK Miss MacDonald whose lead ership campaign called on Con servatives to become Friends of Flora through dollar dona tions Withdrew from the race after the second ballot and threw her support to Mr Clark Family law reform which saw several provmces in troduce legislation to change acts With regard to property and the matrimonial home was chosen the top womens interest story FLORA MaClN ALI But women in politics and women on bank boards were also heavrly favored In the public affairs category Miss MacDonald top ped the poll In 1975 she ran second to Mrs Plumptre Again Maureen Mcleer Clark was chosen runnerltup in this sec tion Barbara Frum the frank hardhitting hostess of As It Happens and author of As It Happened detailing the story behind the nightly broadcast on CB radio was chosen in liter ature art and education ATWOOD COMES SECOND Runnerup was Margaret At wood author and poet whose latest book Lady Oracle has been on the bestseller list for several months In the entertainment field Adrienne Clarkson host of CBC televrsions Fifth Estate topped the poll Lise Payette newly appomted Quebec cabinet Minimum of furniture for small apartment TORONTO lliwWhen decorating oneroom or bachelor apartment professional decorators suggest that minimum of furniture be used David Morrow Toronto in terior designer said the room should be approached calmly there should no fuss no clut fer Its also important to choose simple furnishings things you wont get tired of Imagine the room white and empty then start with white canvas Space form and color are the materials you have to work with Mr Morrow added The space should be worked in way that will make statement with accents of color in cush ions and flowering plants Mr Morrow recommends buying one major piece of fur niture and then working around it The traditional upholstered style sofa is good choice he said The arms and back are in one piece the cushions loose It can be recovered when you tire of it It can also be used as abed He said apartment dwellers sfiould choose furnishings which serve double purposc Cubes that can be used as end tables storage places brunch tables for entertaining or to hold your television and stereo equipment are good in vestment minister and Montreal telcvmon personality ran close second In the overall balloting Mrs Trudeau ran third in the public affairs category Those editors who chose her in this field did so mainly they said because of her announcement earlier this year that she wanted to be her own woman not an appendage of the prime minister Ms Mclecr distinguished herself by refusing to be ad dressed by her married name and astonished many Canadians With her outspoken Views on feminism Because of her campaign efforts on behalf of Mr Clark she failed her year at law school Sfie bore the couples first child in Novem ber EDITORS CHOICES In the literature education and art category freelance writer June Iallwood was cho sen by six editors and author Margaret Laurence by four Others who received votcs were Dr Helen flogg whose book on astronomy was published this year Carole Taylor former host of CIVs W5 author Ma rian Engcl actress Barbara Hamilton and Elizabeth Suther land Boggs former director of the National Gallery in Ottawa Ballet dancer Karen Kain of the National Ballet Company received 13 votes in the enter tainment category actress Su san Clark had 11 Singer SyIVia lysori received one as did Ilelen llutchison hostess of TIV Canada AM Others who received one vote each were televrsion per sonality Julie Amato Ms Fruni Denise Pelleticr and Mrs Trudeau the voter noted that she sang for the president of Venezuela and his Wife when she and the prime minister toured South America early this year Womanofthc year nominees included Ontarios LtGov Pauline McGibbon Mrs Jules Leger Wife of the governor general and Irene Murdoch Whose fight for share in her familys ranch after separating from her husband in 1968 gained her national publicin and support of many womens groups Others mentioned were Dr Lotta Hitschmanova who has served as director of the Unita rian SerVIce Committee for over 30 years Iona Camp agnolo appomted minister of state to the minister of national health and welfare in Septem ber and Olympic gold medal skier Kathy Kreiner lhe pubhcrty generated over the failure of the Royal Bank of Canada to find woman to ser ve on its board of directors prompted some editors to mark it as the story of the year Other votes were cast for the Mrs Noriko Yamashita 28 yearold mother of gum tuplets sits With her babies at home in Tokyo Monday follownig their release from local hospital It was the first time for the mother and children to be together at home smce the joints were born last Jan 31 Mother and children wcrc obviously do ingfiric Allhotoi Musical pain becomes fun NEW YORK AP Children love music until they begin taking music lessons Then the instrumcnt thcy ciijoycd plunk ing out odd notes on suddenly becomes symbol of frustrzr tion says Mudlcinc arabo Yonc who has transformed the pain and misery of musical flic ory into fun llcr students hop skip and jump their way into thc fundav mentals of music lhcy use hundreds of games and cvcn sip their juice in rhythm Music is difficult to learn says Miss ComboCone pro fessional violinist as well as music teacher The problem is getting it down to an acccssihlc level and making it cosy to grasp to be ablc to hold if in your hand Her students do just that The floors walls tables and cven Miss uraleronc herself all say music She uses the Grand Staff as the basis for her teachings It consists of It lines Willi the bass clcf taking up one side and the treble clef on the other half Pointing to the huge staff on her studio floor Miss arabo Cone says shc divides it into upper and lower play grounds The children walk on the lines curl up on them and be come the musical notes by identifying with ii certain spot ontlie staff table with Grand Staff tablecloth is where whole half and quarter notes are formed with pretch sticks cookies and candy mints Theres also Grand Staff box and wall chart Even the sniocks and tunic tops the music teacher wears to class are decorated with the music staff 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