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Warmth with style in pastel wools cocktail gowns and mens day and even ing wear were displayed Friday evening when four Barrie stores combined for their annual fashion show at the Barrie Country Club capacity crowd attended the event which saw The Town Shop Gord Roach Mens Wear lOSE WEIGHT GET BACK INTO SHAPE FOR PR Swimming Pool OScandanavian Sauna OWhirlpool Bath Complete Gym Facilities °Professiona Programs BARRIE FITNESS CE HURRY CALL 7372281 limited Offer Onlyl An impressive array of childrens toys was on view at Georgian College Satur Simnions and and Norman Shoes introduce their new fall and winter lines Above left Joan iarner models peachcolored sweater suite of angora featuring lightlyribbed pants tie collar with embroidery on the pockets Dana iraham centre models threespiece wool and acrylic set in cream and tan finished with peg buttons Right Nancy Salter wears twopiece grey suit of polyester and wool blend The black cowl sweater by Pierre ardin is separate The grey and black leather boots are from Norman Shoes tlIxaniimr lholosi Associaton For Early hililhoold Education of Ontario Among the exhibitors day as over I50 parents and teachers gathered for the second annual Sharing was Claire Cram of Maple who shares laugh with two handsome members of The Young hilds World conference sponsored by the lluronla branch of the her entourage Examiner lliotoi Conference focuses on toys By PAUL DELEAN Examiner Staff Reporter According to Websters Dic tionary the word toy can be taken to mean thing of little value and importance That definitation probably would have been contested Saturday at Georgian College where over 150 persons from throughout southern Ontario thered for fullday con erence on the theme Sharing The Young Childs World Organized by the Huronia Branch of the Association For Early Childhood Education of Ontario AECEO the con ference featured an address by Ada Schermann early childhood education colt ordinator at the University of Toronto toy and book displays and nine workshop presenta tions Workshop topics included infant stimulation its role and importance in the com munity early identification of learning disabilities music for the very young and toys bow to use what you have to extend learning Directing the latter session was Mrs Abbie Robinson Armstrong early childhood education coordinator at Seneca College in Toronto who has strong opinions on which toys are conducive to child creativity TOYS MAY LIMIT In her view the more toy does on its own the less it allows the child to express himself The doll that walks talks and eats limits itself while the plain variety keeps the wheels of creativity in mo tion Mrs RobinsonArmstrong us ed unit blocks set of large plain hardwood pieces fashion ed into various lengths and designs to illustrate her con cepts There are about 99 ways to use blocks in preschool pro gram that will promote cognitive learning as well as psychomotor learning Normally people think of blocks just as something to build With You can do lot more with them than leave them in corner and build with them In her workshop Mrs Rob insomArmstrong demonstrated some of the additional uses The blocks were used as prin ting and counting devices and for the creation of maze and balance board on the floor Children up to about age 12 will probably find interesting and inventive ways to use the plain unit blocks she said DOESNT COMPARE The typical storesold block with letters and numbers etch ed onto cube simply does not compare in her Opinion Mrs RobinsonArmstrong said that type of block usually in ust one shape and size is rat or limiting The letters and numbers that adorn the blocks are mere decorations and distractions theyre primarily for the parent not thechild When you look at the unit block from creative stand point you can observe what children are trying to do with those blocks as opposed to the others Parents whove seen them in action tend to subse quently dispose of toys that limit ieir child OST Stitl The average price for 50 to 60 piece set of unit blocks $60 may seem otiilandish to some parents but Mrs Robinson Arnistrong feels the cost is justified by the rmsibililies that it offers Her advice to all parean is to try to find those toys that are very plain but lend themselves to many aspects of activity Mrs RobinsonArmstrongs inion wasnt necessarily stared by others at the conven tion Mary Strong Roag for ex ample found no use in rating one toy against another in terms of creativity Miss Strongviioag is co ordinator of the ilumber Col lege Travelling Toy Chest diiigservice she noted travelling van which schedules regular visits to various southern Ontario communities and lends toys to children up to 12 who are developmentally handicapped in her view the sibilities of each to depen on the in dividual ciild and his or her reaction to it if its making him happy hes going to learn from it more if its good for that child then its good toy Miss StrongrBOag believes that most toys teach somewhere betwecn60 and 100 skills including the motor cognitive sensory selfhelp communication and occupa tional variety All toys can teach skills as long as one is aware of child development and the skill development uence she says whileconc ing that most parents do not have that awareness The Travelling Toy Chest is trying to improve that degree of awareness throu parent workshops allied wit the ion Ann Landersl death rate has declined Dear Readers Its time we had some good news for change and am happy to print it Figires published by the National Centre for ealth Statistics show that the United States death rate in 1976 for the second year in row was the lowest in our history This figure reflects the lowest overall death rate from all causes Dr Michael DeBakey president of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston Tex said this mat achievement is the direct result of an extremely wellrun public education campaign alerting both laymen and physicians to the dangers of high blood pressurea leading cause of heart at tacks and stroke So again am remindi all my readersas did two years agoto have your ood pressure checked Hyper tensron high blood pressure is silent killer There are vir tuallyno symptoms and half the pie who have it dont klnow in iltdtubrénsdout that your food pressure is higher an ou ont get panic Hypertension can be controlled by medication and diet Dr DeBakey and Dr Antonio Gotta have written su rb book The Living Heart which will help you understa the function and value of your heart and may well add years to your life Dear Ann Lenders This may not seem like much of nuisance to you but its big one to me Our problem is the postman He sweats on the mail Ours is the last house on the route and by the time he gets to us the ink on the letters is smeared and some of the mags zines are so soggy they have to be hung up and dried out have never said more than good morning to the man in my life so lease don suggest have chat with him Ijust couldnt you rint this letter will see that he gets it somehow Please Thank you Queen in Oregon Dear Queasy tman has igger problem than ygu Its called hyperhi rosisexcessive sweating If its so be soaks the mail he must be plenty miserable This man should see dermatologist about preparing special antiperspirant for his hands if the commercial products dont work He can be helped if he gets doctor who has the Datience to work with him Dear Ann Lenders am 14yearold boy whose life is being ruined by spoiled brat She is my nineyearold sister She has terrible temper and attacks me like an animal If hit her get crucified so all can do is hold her wrists when she lea at me This makes her furious and she screams bl murder Then get punished for annoying my little sister What can do Tortured in NY Dear Tort 14yearold boy is bigger and stronger than nineyearold girl When she pounces on you untangle yourself get away from her go into another room and lock the door figr What Its Worth shopping trip or was it By MARGARET WORTH It hap ned again last week tri daperately to get out of it gave all the old ex cuses Im too busy Im tired Im out of gas may be coming down with bubonic plagueno use finally had to do it took teenage dau ter to bu clothes 0n the way mumbl to myse reassuringly Maybel was making too much fuss After all it was her money that she wanted to spend and for once she knew exactly what she was going to buy That alone should have made me suspicious pair of dress pants did quick impersonation of Lots wife You must realize that this is the child who has not seen the light of day in anything other than jeans since she stop lisping her name en had recovered most of my faculties set off at brisk and purposeful trot towards one of those long narrow hot little stores that stocks thousands of pairs of everything First problem Since the day they were born none of my children have ever been stock size in anything They all look com paratively normal but seem to hover uncertame between sizes If the legs are long enough the waist reaches to the alrbrLipits if the shoulders fit the cuff hits just below the Did honestly expect this time to be any different Plain tive wails from the dressing room set me straight on that one Change stores Fumble through few more racks discuss color try to be reasonable Why not that lovely shade of raw sienna What exactly do you or any of your sisters have that would even remotely go with it Move on We were into jumpsuits Try on three take the first two back change color and get one the next size down Tgigssaleslady is very kind She replaces advises smiles and Next store Keep looking My feet hurt spot sale sign Im into the swing of it now Fingers flip expertly through racks Two pairs to try on whisk along to change rooms Hold it Daughter number three takes firm grip on my arm Come along mother dear well try again next week was just beginning to enjoy myself could always have taken them in few inches and put false hem cm the end and besides almost anything goes with purple these days follys winters Untangling phone cord POLLYS PROBLEM DEAR POLLY wonder if any reader could tell me how to keep my 25 foot long telephone cord from getting tangled DOROTHY DEAR DOROTHY am sure many readers will be telling you how they solved this problem In the meanwhile why not wind it into long loops about foot long and hold them together with rubber band The band can be easily slipped off if the longer cord is need ed at any time POLLY DEAR POLLY My Pointer is for others who may have adorable but mischievous cats think have nice protection for my cat when go out There is day bed in my large rum pus roorn have fastened chicken wire all around the bottom of the bed with door entrance that shuts and is secure so the cat is comfortably confined whenever have to go out for while put water and whatever else he needs inside and when come home the room is intact GEORGE DEAR POLLY want to tell Mrs AK how to make totebag from plastic bottles make them all the time and am working on one now Cut threeinch squares from the plastic cartons it will take 24 to make bag For larger bag use fourinch squares Punch holes all around the outside of each square and then single crochet in each hole with yarn Punch hole in the center of each square and work yarn from outside holes to center hole to make sort of sunburst effect Sew squares together in threes Have nine squares on each side of the bag and three on each end Use one large round plastic bottle like bleach bottle to make the top and one to make the handle Punch holes around the outside and single crochet around Then sew the sides to the bottom with yarn and then sew the ends Cut handle from bottle and sew on Then line the bag MRS EC DEAR POLLY Since both coffee and electricity are so high these days use my thermos bottle to keep coffee for lunch rather than making fresh brew enough coffee for both breakfast and lunch After breakfast pour what is left into the thermos so it is hot for lunch We are retirees trying to stretch every dollar and think this saves in two ways 0LGA DEAR POLLY have three gold chain choker type necklaces that like to wear but everytime wear them my hair gets caught It is time consuming to try to get the hairs out of these necklaces Now light match touch the hairs to burn them off and then run my hand down the length of the chain it is clean and ready to wear again DleE