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THE OSHAWA TIMES, While Oshawa was cele- brating Canada's centenary, Simcoe Street United Church was also marking its 100th birthday... Miss Evelyn Gay, Spends Three Years Studying Habits | Of Arctic Snails | OTTAWA (CP) --Most people aren't interested in snails unless they're smothered in exotic sauce and called escargots but Elizabeth Macpherson likes them best preserved in alcohol. She is classifying the National Museum's collection of © 20,000 Arctie snails, The job has taken about three years of detective work in books in Danish, Ger- man and R ian as well as in English and Freach, Mrs. Macpherson, a 1957 sci- ence 2raduate of McGill Univer- sity, says she took on. tt job because "snails fascinate me and [ wanted to know more about them." The result of her work will be a 200-page with ures and description f type of snail in ollection, It should be in a year and is being w an in collabo- ration with Dr. A. H. Clarke, curator of mollusks at the museum Mrs. Macpherson's research has been done part-time. She fitted in three or four hours a day »ased on the timetables of her two sons, David, 5%, and Peter, 1%. Her husband is a biologist-and-warks for the set- ence secretariat--of the--privy council Mrs. Macpherson says scientif- ie research jobs are rarely given to women "Why don't they train the | keen girls?"' she said. "People are screaming for scientists and paying for very expensive campaigns to get them from Britain and the United States. "Tt seems to me they are missing out on half our popula- tion, They are very awkward about women getting a chance to do any kind of field work." Though she says women are | eR ETE EEMEOSEL. DRAPERIES choose your colors at Howard's Draperies 926 Simcoe N. 725-3144 i Si aa a Friday, November 17, 1967 DOUBLE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION Mrs. Robert Curie and Miss Leah Garrow, mem- bers of the UCW are seen with the church Bible dated 1868, resting on the 2 first communion table, used by the congregation in 1860, prior to the erection of the permanent building. --Oshawa Times Photo ! also discouraged from going on Arctic expeditions, she has spent three summers there. In 1958, with her husband and another scientist, she made a three-month research expedition to Prince of Wales Island, well above the Arctic Circle. They travelled by dog team to the is- land in the spring to collect! birds and animals for the museum, That summer was exceptional- ly sunny--"we hardly had any rain or storms"--with tempera- tures of 65. "You're surrounded by flow- ers and all kinds of birds, geese, swans, cranes and ploy- ers that come all the way from Argentina." Mrs, Macpherson was chief chef on the trip and cooked Arc- tic char, whitefish, caribou and seal meat, "sort of like beef but quite greasy." the Talk Our Food's When Ladies Meet Have a delightful gab fest with the girls over a savory meal in our warm and pleasant atmosphere, Relax, take your time, enjoy our fresh, delectable dishes before you resume your shop- ping! We pride ourselves om courtesy and excellent service. SPRUCE VILLA HOTEL -- WHITBY For Reservations 668-3386 of the Town... SMART "in" designs plus intricate dressmaker detail- ing have been brought to furs in everything from the fuzzy and shaggy skins to the sleek flat finishes. Pic- tured here is a chic, beige, double - breasted broadtail dress-up coat styled with a deep soft flare, slender sleeves and standup collar. The texture-of the fur and horizontal "working" of the skins creates the ilkusion of a multi-tier desiga. 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