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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 26 Sep 1973, p. 6

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6 Waterioo Chronicie, Wednesday, September 26, 1973 Scheduling 125 women is big job By Weandy Herman When the Kitchenerâ€"Waâ€" terloo Oktoberfest festiviâ€" ties get rolling Oct. 5, the official hostesses, dressed in yellow, black and white drindels, will be manning G CRACKED September 24 â€" 29th HURLBUT‘S TAVERN Today‘s woman goes evervwhéte and does everything! At The Studio of Enhancement we help you to highlight your best features to look and feel alive! Morning, afternoon, and evening classes WHEAT BREAD THE STUDIO OF ENHANCEMENT Draught Beer Monday â€" Sat. at 12 noon Sunday at 5 p.m. "Smorgasbord or Menu"‘ Corner of West Ave. & Victoria St. S. STRUESSEL COFFEE CAKES Old Fashioned OATMEAL BAKERIES LIMITED WATERLOO SQUARE 579â€"3540 ROTTEVEEL‘S COOKIES The poised, polished, and confident woman ‘ â€" at a party or giving it â€" at a job or looking for one â€" in town or away on a holiday _ â€" at a pub or a private club their stations as usual. Participants in Oktoberâ€" fest have probably come to take these women for grantâ€" ed. They have been selling souvenirs and providing information since the whole 3/°1.00 3.:1.49 576â€"6800 THIS IS YOUI! granted. Maggie Little and Sue Birrell, of Waterloo are part of the committee in charge of scheduling the 125 women to their hostessing positions as well as handâ€" event began in 1969. There are two people in can‘t afford to take any part of the hostesses for Maggie Little, chairman of the scheduling committee for Beta Sigma Phi Sorority models the Oktoberfest Hostess outfit that will be worn this year. The outfit has a bright yellow skirt with a black cummerbund and a white top. , Cook carrots different ways You can do a lot with carâ€" rots, say food specialists at the Ontario Food Counâ€" cil, Ministry of Agriculture ling a few other problems connected with the task. The hostesses are mainly members of the Kitchenerâ€" Waterloo Beta Sigma Phi sorority. They do the job of hostessing as a fund raising campaign to support the Venture Drum and Buâ€" gle corps. During the course of the seven days, each woâ€" and Food. Carrots go gourâ€" met cooked with spices, glazes or sauce. They can take on special taste appeal combined with other vegeâ€" tables or cooked in meat stock. Cook carrots in chicken stock or beef bouillon, addâ€"; ing a little chopped onion or parsley. Use only a small amount of liquid and drop the carrots in when it beâ€" gins to boil. Cook until carâ€" rots are just tender. 180 Weber North 578â€"3320 Waterioo North America‘s Only Coast to Coast Network of Exclusive Auto Muffier Shops Custom Pipe Bending Shocks 2 min. inspection â€" no oblhgation FAST, FREE MUFFLER INSTALLATION Carrots combine well with many vegetables. Try car< rots with onions, green pepâ€" pers, mushrooms, or lima beans. Cut them into lengthâ€" wise sticks, bias slices, small cubes, long thin juâ€" lienne strips. or leave whole. man will average 10 hours ing some 21,000 buttons andâ€" official Oktoberfest souvenirs. The hostesses will be providing information from a booth on the Guelph Highway and from Speakâ€" ers Corners (downtown Kitâ€" chener). They will also be herbs such as tarragon, dill, thyme, or mint, or spiced _ with ~cinnamon, cloves, ginger or nutmeg are other interesting variations. Buttered carrots with Then, the sorority comâ€" mittee starts going through the long process of placing the women in all the place and time slot they are But getting the positions filled and filled according to the convenience of the volâ€" unteers is only part of the task. The woman are reâ€" quired to supply their own outfits toward which the sorority contributes five dollars. Some _ women though will not have drinâ€" dels and it is up the comâ€" mittee to find outfits which can be borrowed. Of course in order to do this, both girls cannot be scheduled to be working at the same time â€" another slight probâ€" lem. ‘‘The biggest problem and most important aspect of the whole job," Mrs. Litl11 said, ‘‘is to be organized. We sent out questionnaires to all the girls who volunâ€" teered. They filled them in and returned them with prefâ€" erences given for where and when they would like to work." Scheduling is the key to the success of the hostess program. It is important that all the available posiâ€" tions are occupied so there is no loss of any possible revenue. at souvenir booths in Waâ€" terloo Square, Stanley Park and Fairview Plaza as well as selling the Oktoberfest buttons at festival halls aâ€" round the Twin Cities. Scheduling has taken up a lot of Mrs. Little and Mrs. Birrell‘s time since May with the load increasing as the days left for organizing become fewer and fewer. The members of the Ventures will provide the sorority with free babysitâ€" ting service for volunteers with children which the two Waterloo women are also working on scheduling. Even when all this is done and Oktoberfest is unâ€" derway, Mrs. Little says her phone is constantly busy. Although they ask the, women to change shiftJ amongat each other if they decide they want the night off they are put down for, the +job generally ~comes ‘back to the chairman of the committee. The ‘sorority finds their job of providing hostesses fits right in with their charâ€" ter. It says the chapters of the sorority are to be conâ€" genial in fellowship and friendship and to develop cultural interests. ‘‘Oktoberfest," Mrs. Litâ€" tle says, "fits it perfectly." Then transportation has to be provided, which means five drivers every night for the eight nights. The drivâ€" ers are generally men as well since the sorority feels it is a good idea to have the men around just in case an over exuberant celeâ€" brant causes trouble for any of the girls. important aspect of iole job," Mrs. Lmh‘ "is to be organized. nt out auestionnaires &

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