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MAY I, I974 TERRACE BAY NEWS PAGE 17 L.A. TO GUIDES AND BROWNIES MEETING The regular monthly meeting of the Local Association to Guides and Brownies was held April 22, 1974 at 7:30 p.m. in the Community Church basement with six members present. Mrs. Gail Moore opened the meeting with the Guide prayer. The minutes of the last meeting were read and adopted. It was suggested that all ladies should be reminded that anyone is welcome to L.A. meet- ings especially mothers of Brownies or Guides. Mrs. V. Kostiuk and her committee are to be commended on their very successful Easter Bake Sale. : 7 Plans were discussed for Cookie Day to be held May 3rd from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Guide leaders are desperately needed! terested persons please contact Mrs. C. Cvitkovich. Your help would be greatly appre- ciated. Hostesses for next meeting May 26, I974 are Mrs. S. Caron and Mrs. I. Kettle. The meeting was adjourned and delicious sandwiches and coffee were served by V. Kostiuk and E. Ramsay. In- Ann Landers Dear Ann Landers: You certainly showed your ignorance when you responded to "Want To Learn" The writer assured you he had no racial preju- dices. He described himself as "bern in the North and moved when a child with his parents to the Midwest." His question was: "What is the polite word to describe Afro-Americans?" He said years ago the most popular word was "colored," then Negro came into use. Now the popular word seems to. be "black." He said black was inappropriate since many of his Afro-American friends are not black, in fact, they are lighter in color than some of his East Indian friends. Your answered floored me. You replied, "The word 'black' is definitely in, but I prefer Negro." How gross can you get? Don't you know there is no such word as "Negro"? It is a bastardiza- tion of the word "nigger", pronounced "Nigra" by Southerners. That a woman in your position didn't know this is positively shocking. Sign me -- High Umbrage. Dear High: Please come down a little so we communicate. Negro is a legitimate word. It comes from the Latin "niger," meaning black. For many years it was the term preferred You want your business fo grow. The Northern Ontario Development Corporation was created by the Ontario Government to stimulate the economic growth of this region. This means finding ways for smaller businesses to hecome bigger, or at least more profitable. This can mean making money available tec qualifying businesses for expansion of plant or facilities, if you can show us that you cannot obtain funds from the regular lenders. This can mean talking, at no cost to you, with cur team of cosi- sultants -- experienced in engineering, accounting, business administration and marketing, and all of them residents of - the north -- about your particular problems. To find out what the N.O.D.C. can mean to you, get fo know your local representative -- in Timmins, Sudbury, Thunder Bay. We're here to help, that's our business. An N.O.D.C. travelling consultant will be in this area at: The Northern Affairs Office ! Wednesday and Thursday, May 8 & 2, 1974 Interviews for Marathon, Manitouwadge, Terrace Bay and Schreiber For appointment, contact: Mr. J.B. Young Northern Affairs Officer Telephone ~- 229-1153 We want to help. ~ (capitalized, of course) by most people of that race. Many distinguished and:cultivated peo- ple who still prefer it are Sterling Brown, the poet; Patricia Harris, the prominent Wash- ington, D.C., attorney; and Roy Wilkins, head of the NAACP. I was taking my stand with them I realize however, that the times and language do change. continued page 22 ....ccc00n