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Barrie Examiner, 19 May 1959, p. 6

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Ivy WI Gives Pin To Member Hears Talk On The May meeting of the Ivy WI was held at the home of Mrs Stanley Applegnte The roll call was Hints from green thumb to greenhom The treasurer Mrs Jennett roe ported satisfactory balance Mrs Hoggarth and Mrs Martin were appointed to see that the drapes at the Orange Hall were protected To replace Mrs Harry Banting who is mov ing to Harris Mrs Herman Jen nett was made third trustee of the Ivy Institute Park President Mrs Applegate on behalf of the Institute present ed an Institute pin to Mrs Harry Banting in appreciation of her years of service as valued member of the Ivy Branch Mrs Mervin Martin took charge of an interesting and in formative program on Pests in the garden Pamphlets and literature on the topic were dis tributed to each member at the close of the meeting Dominion Council Discusses WA Work TORONTO CPlWork of the Womens Association of the United Church was reported by the presidents of the var ious WAs at the annual meeting of the Dominion Council The work includes training schools and camps for officers and church women establishment of bursaries and scholarships for young people training for full time service in the church and help to the United Churchs 15 old peoples homes in Canada Aid was given to Christian training centres at Five Oaks near Paris the Prairie Christian Training Centre at Fort Quap pelie Sask and Maramta in Al berta and the churchs hostel for alcoholics in Edmonton Mackinnoo house at the Univer sity of Western Ontario received assistance also $750000 United Church for students now is being planned Mrs MacKinnon of Lon don 0nt was elected president of the Dominion Council of the ns Association of the United Church of Canada Friday She is native of Kingston and graduate onueens University Garden Pests Lunch was served by Mrs Mc Dermott Mrs Jonnett Mrs Bert hlcQunyand Mrs John Hoggarth St Marys PTA Holds Games Night The St Marys PTA held its annual Games Night in St Josephs auditorium There was an evening of cards The prize winners were Mrs Ennis Mrs Merrick Mrs Moran Mrs Marshall Mrs Cooper Mrs Pennock Duclnval Miller Mrs Monol Whe lao Major Streater Mrs Clarence Smith Mrs Winter Marshall Mano Mrs Manol Sr Mrs Bibby McBride Mr Quinlan Mrs Moore Mrs Sexton Mrs Corrigal and Todd Convener for the special night was Mrs Lloyd McCioskey Re freshmean were served by memv bers of St Josephs high school SOCIAL AND PERSONAL of Barrie spent the holiday weekend in Montreal as guests of Mr and Mrs Parr formerly of Harris Mr and Mrs Walls Theresa Street have returned home from vacation motor trip to New Orleans Louisiana and Panama City Florida stop ping ot St Catharinas on Friday for the Ontario Regional meeting of The Canadian Press at Hotel Leonard Harvie Jobnstone of The Barrie Examiner editorial staff was alsi in attendance at the meeting Mrs Wells and Miss Suzanne Walls are spending several days in St Thomas visiting the form ers mother Mrs Carter who has been confined to hospi Several Barrie couples attend ed the annual convention of the Knights of Columbus held at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto In Toronto for the weekend conven tion were Mr and Mrs John Formosan Women Still Under 01d Chinese Slavery System TAIPEI Formosa APlAbout 20 per cent of the 190000 girls bought under Formosas foster daughter system are being used as forced labor or sold into pros titution Nationalist Chinas inter ior minister charges Tien Cbunchin told forum recently it was ironic that while Nationalist China was signer of the world slave nbollshment pact thousands of girls are traded on this island each year The system originally provided way of taking care of unwanted daughters of poor famllles Wealthy families would buy them and give them chance in life More than 36000 of the foster daugbters now on the island are cruelly treated by their new fame ilies Tien declared Themlnister said more than 8000 fosterdaughters had been from with the aid of nongov ernmenmlvorgaoizatloo formed in Taipei seven years ugo iioublemed the Japanese oc cupntionof Formosa from 1005 to 1945 for making slavery system out of the former practice of wealthy when able Two former fosterdaughters told the meeting they had sought refuge with the civic organization set up to help them in Taipei after their foster fathers had soughtvtojorce them into pros titution Formosas foster daughters were described as falling into four classes The fortunate ones adopted by childless couples who treat them as their own daughters Those adopted by poor couples to become their future daughtersinlaw Those adopted by welltone families to serve them an unpaid domestic help Those adopted to be soldto brothels along Lobradnrs east coastis FINALE Better known as Flurryhelped owner Mrs Eachren of Toronto carry off the winning ham for ano ther year at the Barrie Dog Show Mrs Eachren in pic ture at left accepted the tro phy for the top Canadian bred dog from Decorie of the Barrie Chamber of Commerce Finnle is Kerry blue terrier bitch Above these two puppies One Nurs Delivers HAPPY Labrador CPt Kathleen Mary Lutely affectionately known as Jo fulfilling girlhood dream of so venture and helping others Miss Luter 41 native of Devon shire in England came to Can ads in September of 1957 as nurse with the Lntemationol Gren fell Association She is in charge of the sixbed station in this com munity near the Hamilton River The and energetic nurse is proud of the foot she has delivered some 150 babies without the help of doctor during her work here and at four other Lab radar and Newfoundland Greufell stations We delivered 77 here last Vent she said The nursing station is branch of the main Grcnfell Mission hos pital at Northwest River 40 miles away Emergency cases brought here are normally transferred to the main hospital or if necessary to the ECAFs hospital at Goose Bay seven miles distant would have many more grey hairs if it wasnt for the air forces assistance she says The Labrador settlements she Brennan ofEugeuia Street Mr and Mrs John Woods of her czy Street Mr and Mrs Harold Marr of Minets Point and Mr and Mrs Eugene Smith of Utopia Mr and Mrs Rondeau of Kirkland Lake were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs MxJ Brennan of Eugenia Street Aho visiting the Brennaus for the holiday was Mrs Brennans sis ter Irene Carley afTomnto On Sunday The Elve Star Chapter Order of the Eastern Star Alliston attended divine service in Camp Bordens Trin ity chapel The preacher at this service was Capt Gordon Dining the service Major hand Senior Chaplain dedi cated prayer desk presented to the chapel by thelrinity Cha pel Ladies Guild Mr and Mrs Johnston were visiting in Sarnia and Kingston last week Their sonin law and daughter ngor and Mrs August of Kingston spent the holiday weekend in Barrie with the Johnstons SALLYs sarrlrs my husband is so civil to pew pla certainly dont like OLD TRDVIMINGS Imitation gems were being used todecorate garments 5000 years ago in Egypt In North 50 Babies admits are not what Sir wilfred Grenfell envisioned when he be gan his work as medical mis si9nnry in the area in 1892 Now its mixture Es kimos lndions and more and more Canadians The talk was interrupted while she went to an adjoining room to stitch and patch the cut forehead of sixyearold boy who had bumped into the side of car LOVES GARDENING Back in her bright living room she sturveyed collection of heal thy houseplants and said love gardening These are my peLs Her garden is bright spot in this village She had bumper cropoi vegetables last summer including 10pound cabbage In her nursing dutiessbe has the use of snowmobiles and air craft as ambulances and she trodcs information we and weather reports with other Gren feli stations on her radio tele phone Two doctors from the hospital at Northwest River alternate on twiceweekly visits to the Happy Valley station which developed from first aid post in 1948 For hobbies besides gardening and reading Miss Luter has an increasing stack of records with an emphasis on Newfoundland fplk songs In the summer she goes boating on the river She also has hula hoop Its very practical she said Cen tral heating may have its advan tages but this place can get pretty cool in the winter and what better than the hula hoop Ito help the circulation CouncillorDeiends Housewives Rights VANCOUVER gtCP Working wives who think they have been made to el superfluous or greedy have avfriend in Mrs Meog of Ottaida Mrs Meng in Vancouver to meet the Pacific Regional Em ploymeot Committee on behalf of the National Council of Women tells people who criticize working wives to mind their own business and forget any images they may have of Victorian domestic situa tions married women is citizen What shedoes with her time is between herself and her hus band Mrs Meog contends In Canada we do nothave secondclass citizensso how can one group be deprived of the right to gainful employment shersaid In her opinion any attempt to drag women back into the home will fail because of that fact But Mrs Meog describes her selfias homemaker of the old fashioned type Canadian Brdgdvvav Actress Advocates Hard Work Study areimore interested in each NEW YORK CP Dancer Babs Warden decayed and deer lithe knows the secret of success in show business Youve got to work like beaver and study just as hard she said The Vancouver beAuty ballet mistress in the hit revue La Plume de ma Tonto on Brood way added these fuck about figlt The supply is far greater than the demand where dancers and scheases are concerned For every job hundreds turn up suppose 5000 or 6000 girls arrive in New York every season hoping to make good know people whove done nothing but study for three or four years never getting part SOME LUCK TOD Theres great deal of luck involved Youve got to be in the right place at the right time and baths right type for the part thats open Some people are limited by theirlype An exotic type for instance is limited in the ports open to her Im lucky Im just average guess the whole some type nverage build aver age hight and never get tired performing The more you do the more people you get to know That other than winning prizes at adog show helps lot iiiTEE BARRIE EXAMINER TUESDAY MAY 19 1359 Eight Canadian Theatre Groups Vie For $1000 Festival Award TORONTO CP The Domi nion Drama Festival one of the few organizations of its kind in the world is at the Royal Alex andra Theatre in Toronto Eight plays two of them in French will be presented by theatre groups from Halifax to Medicine Hat Two plays by Canadians both women will be presented The tostivalwill open Monday with the Sudbury Theatre Guiids pre sentation of Every Bed is Nor row acumch written by Tor onto newspaper woman Mary Jukes Patricia Joudry Canadian now living in England is the au thor of Teach me How to Cry The play will be presented by the Marktonianllayers one of two Halifax drama groups selected for the festival FIRST MUSICAL The first musical show to reach the finals The Boy Friend will he presented by the Simcoe Little Theatre In contrast the Halifax Travel ling Playere have selected Ib sens cldsslc drama Ghosts The only western theatre group at the festival will be from the ic Hat Civic Theatre IIheir production isThe Diary of Anne Frank The Ottawa Theatre Arts Guild will present William Saroyans The Cave Dwellers Both French entries are from Montreal Le Militaire Fanieron from Flautus is 2000yeareold Roman farce which will be staged by La Compagnle Nina Diaconesco Montreal Also from Montreal LAteller du Proscen iuni vill present Viciimesdu De voir Eugenelonesco $1000 AWARD The majoi award for the bes play is trophy and cash prize of $1000 Awards will also he made for the host presentations in English and French for the best male and female performers and the ick Steele rms whores SPECIAL warm Sets of runway 75 ENGLISH CHINA AND GIFT SHOP Cor Collier and Bayfield PA 82395 ammo room invariants OR essences RECEPTIONS FAMILY DINNERS QUEENS HOTEL enemies marines wannmos consumes humans 94 DlJNLOP ST PHONE PA 8242 MlbA tamilieorcoriog for orl couomomua jean garrick nan srvtisrsg 38 MAPLE AVE PA H601 field in comfort with our airnoodltloned dryers HV IV MlbAlR CONDITIONI best director as well as other prizes These will be presented after the final performance next Sat urday night Adiudicator is actor producer now in New York setting up theatre school for the Rockefeller Foundation This is the fourth time in the 26yeur history of the festival that Mr St Denis bod adjudi cated Michel St Denis Frenchman Countless girls would like to be average in the Warden sense blonde fiveefoot six pounds and in the words of Phone star Robert Dhery great deal more than average telent Anyway lve been working all the time since went into show business full time six years ago said Babs who can sing and act as well as dance Recently she found time to marry Stanley Lebowsky com Egser ond conductor whose best own song is Wayward wind They met while both were with the show Can Can She also has played in the musical Pal Joey in New York and London where she assisted with stage produce thloa and in Broadways Music on STUDIED AT VANCOUVER Miss Warden studied at the British Columbia School of Danc 1ng Vancouver and did numer ous shows with Vancouvers The atre Under the Stars She has aka done considerable television and variety work first appearing in the United States with Jimmy Durante at Dallas Tex and inter performing for year as fea tured dancer at the Thunder bird Hotel Les Vegas In her current role she is teacher and understudy for all the dancers in the awardwinning Parisian play and admits she would prefer to be full time performed although this is the busiest and most interesting part Ive had ioan gartic HAIR STYLISTS 38 Maple Ave flurrie OPEN EVENINGS on 84661 Some of the strangest most unpredictable stains want are made by those cold wavesolu tioos used at home Still the prob lem isnt had us it Ll in some places was who was in the store the other day told III that guess women political prisoners in Russia gettreated to wave as the joke either But all the time we get clothes coming into the store on which wave solutions have caused bleaching it change in color or stgange purple spots The thing that makes lot of women mad is that often the wave Solution will make no spot at all Then the next time the dress is ironedout comes great big ugly spot This is called oxidation The same thing happens when spot is left uneleancdnnd the air gets chance to work at it Surely the answer isto wear old clothes when giving yourself wave at home But this isnt going to always keep thepesky stuff off your clothes so II the garment ll washable sponge out the solution with clear water and be sure it is all out before you iron With other garments bring them in for dry cleaning right away And be sure and tell us even if the stain is still invisible that invisible ybleach and acid in the solution is just asdan gerous as if you could see it milestone on Ihe road to human kindness and under standing was passed last week in Bunle workshop was opened on Dunlap Street for retarded persons eighteen years nod over WV Ilai asmv CLEANERS ourvols brain Wetting problem isnt as bad The phone watch closely and if see the kids are not working hard or making mistakes leave note for them said Bobs her small face severe for moment But like all the girls and my French is improving in this show Im even learning to salute ther girls with kiss as the French do Asked whether she prefer working with blondes brunettes or redheads Babs tossed her own bllonde curls and countered with is flow can you have prefer once when with half the people you dont really know anyway JUDGE BEARDS HUNTINGDON England CF nterestcd spectators paid total of £10 into the local swimming pool fund to see the adjudication by panel of women of contest between two borough councillors see who had grown the finest hoard mdks seam sewn HAIR STYLING Permaneuts specialty 45 Dunlap st PA onto $500 up to $2000 No Appointment Necessary always rings for the girl with an Exquisite Formi In Exquisite Form Breathtakineg glamorous wi Festival has an exclusive feminine the lady is YOUI th an exciting contour that invioee romanco when you wear fabulous Festival lamaurLiftfiup lining to give you luxurious supportyen moulds you in perfect silhouette with heavenly comfort And Festival is so so truly right for you SizeorA3236 36240 06240 Price 200

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