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nix MRS LLEWELLA MacIn nes and Miss Wilda Gilbert charter members of the Soroptimist In brnational Barrie cut the cake recently at the chap ters 33r birthday celebration Members en joyed an evening of slides and commentary by for mer president Kay Rhoades Photo by Brian Baker Soroptimists celebrate An evening of slides and commentary on Mexico England Greece Spain Morrocco and Israel was highlight of the evening when the Soroptimist International of Barrie celebrated its 33rd birthday at dinner held recently in the Sky Room Iakeview Restaurant For mer president of the club Kay ANN Rhoades was guest ker Nan MacDonald presi ed Recently chosen citizenbf theyear Ethel Clifton was guest at the dinner Mrs Clif ton was charter president of the club when it organized April 1943 The club was the third classified service club organized in Barrie and third in the Eastern Canada LANDERS Booze causes embarrassment Dear Ann Please print these questions You may answer the BIG problem in many families Do you worry about your spouses drinking Have you ever been embarrassed by it Are holidays more of nightmare than celebration because of your spouses behavior due to alcohol Are most of your spouse friends heavy drinkers Does your spouse often promise to quit drinking without success Does your spoused drinking make the atmosphere in the home tense and anxious Does your spouse deny drinking problem because yoUr spouse drinks only beer Do you find it necessary to lie to employer relatives or friends in order to hide your spouses drinking Has your use ever ailed to remember what oc curred during rinking period 10 Does your spouse avoid conversation pertaining to alcohol or problem drinking 11 Does your spouse justify his or her drinking problem 12 Does your spouse avoid social situations where alcoholic beverages will NOT be served 13 Do you ever feel guilty about your spouses drinking 14 Has your spouse driven vehicle while under the in fluence of alcohol 15 Are your children afraid of your spouse while he or she is drinking 16 Are you afraid of physical or verbal abuse when your spouse is drinking 17 Has another person mentioned your spouses unusual drinking behavior 18 Do you fear riding with your spouse when he or she is drinking 19 Does your spouse have periods of remorse after drinking occasion and apologize for unacceptable behavior 20Does drinking less alcohol bring about the same effects in your spouse as in the past when it required more According to the Division of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse if you have answered YES to five or more of these questions there is definitely serious drinking problem in your fami 1y Dear Ann Landers think youve been had If as you stated in recent column there is actually doctor in Tokyo who sews in sheep hymens for deflowered virgins the operation could not be called maku saisel The Japanese have no in their ranguage Rots of ruck with this one Ann Randers Tokyo Theresa Dear Tokyo My friend and tax accountant Frank Takahashi tells me you are right There is no in the Japanese language but sometimes the Japanese use medical or technical terms adapted from the English The report of the surgical procedure did indeed appear on the wire services and believe it was legitimate story If was taken in so were millions of others At any rate it was anl ofa good story le 8355 CUSTOM MADE DRAPERIES Total Decorator and Coordinating Services Choose from an outstanding selection of excellent quality materials and patterns from Canadas finest suppliers Personal service on large or small enquiries Tracking and installation as required Phone LOIS ROBERTSON or drop In to the Studio 7268637 RR1 Hwy 93 at Crown Hill Only Miles North of Barrie and BEDSPREAIIS their 33rd anniversary Region of Soroptimist clubs Mrs Clifton was elected governor of the Eastern Canada Region for 1946 to 1948 The birthday cake was cut by two charter members Mrs Llewella MacInnes and Miss Wilda Culbert Program frees welfare mothers TORONTO CP pro gram called Opportunity for Advancement may offer ticket to freedom for sole support mothers who have been tied into the welfare system The Etobicoke Centre project is 12week course including discussions with women in the same situation aimed at giving women on government assistance the courage to plan better life for themselves The program was started 18 months ago and has half of its threeyear federal health and welfare grant left It is extending into all parts of Etobicoke and Joyce Kert staff member said there is room for similar projects throughout Metropolitan To ronto Mrs Kert said most of the women attending the project say they are doing so because they want to be able to sup port their children finan cially Mrs Kert noted that Canada Manpower only retrains women for low payingjobs Welfare rules bar woman from job paying more than $100 month Arlene Mantle with four children at home ve credit to the pro ram or her returning confi ence which allowed her to com plete nightscth course in social science this year There are so many thou sands of women who are sit ting at home on welfare Mrs Mantle said And they really think that the have to feel guilty about ing on welfare and that their place is to sit at home and rot Wedding Photography By Len Marriott For Details Call 7281050 uva Delhi teachers forbidden to beat their students BOMBAY CP School teachers in the federal territory of Delhi have been told that they can no longer beat their students The area includes New Delhi the national capital An official statement said corporal punishment has been banned and schools in the territory have been in formed that serious notice will be taken of any violation of the ban The government ban followed numerous com plaints from parents that their children were whipped caned or slapped by teachers for talking in class poor per formance in examinations or rude behavior towards elders This is big day in our lives said junior high school student Teachers will now have to adopt other methods to punish us An editorial carried by The Times of India newspaper chain said Many people will be shocked to learn that cor poral punishment is still in v0 ue in some schools in De particularly in those catering to children of poor families If the practice continues to be prevalent in the capitalone can well imagine the state of affairs in smaller towns and villages 10yearold boy in school in Gujarat western In dia was reported to have died after severe caning Bombay suburban school punished talkative girl by sealing her mouth with adhe sive tape local newspaper reported federal government spokesman expressed the hope that states all over India wil impose similar ban on physical teachers Most urban teachers have welcomed the Delhi move However some expressed fears that it may encourage student indiscipline and make youngsters more un manageable Said one teacher Cor poral punishment is no longer common so the ban is un necessary It may even en courage students to black mail teachers punishment by Violence social ill says services leader TORONTO CP Violen ce in the family es ially where wives and chil ren are concerned is one of the greatest social ills facing modern society says the leader of the womens social services of the Salvation Ar my in Great Britain and Ireland Col Eva Burrows in Canada to address the second national congress of women in the Salvation Army which begins today said in an in terview Wednesday that abuse of alcohol is involved in 75 per cent of cases where wives and children are beaten and assaulted As the problem increases we have opened temporary emergency shelters for the women victims and their chil dren she said There we counsel and give guidance to the families to either see them through marriage breakdown or to conciliation Col Burrows said society is becoming more aware of vio lence in the family partly be cause todays Woman is less oppressed and less afraid to speak up when she has been mistrated than in the past She described pilot project in Nottingham England where troubled families enter into family training units TRAIN FAMILIES We train them in budgeting and homemaking and after three months if they can cope the govern ment provides them with house of their own which is completely furnished she said This way they really have chance to make fresh start Col Burrows said the Salvation Army was little ahead of its time in adopting the policy of total abstinence Team discovers historys women WATERLOO Ont CP Invisible women have played major role in Canadian history and two Waterloo women are trying to make them more visible Catherine Murray and Don na Stevenson of Womens Education News known as WOMEN are gathering in formation on many of the lost women in Canadian history They are working un der Local Initiatives Program Their goal is series of learning units covring the ac complishments of women in music arts politics sports labor and drama These units would be avail able to teachers individual schools libraries and womens groups The women have compiled films filmstrips books ar ticles and games which teachers may use in their regular course work Ms Murray and Ms Stevenson both prefer to be designated in that way met at University of Waterloo while researching the role of women They found there was lots of material available but no one knew where to find it There was little cataloguing material under womens issues and much of the documentation was sitting on shelves in Toronto collecting dust WOMEN CONCERNED The women are concerned system about sexism in textbooks but are leaving the actual in vestigation of the county boards books to board com mittee They offer an information package on how teachers can unteach sexism through class exercises based on studies done in British Columbia and Ontario from alcohol when it was founded 100 years ago Now society is reaping the damage to health and morality that comes from alcohol abuse she said Maybe some day the use of alcohol will become as un fashionable as smoking By ERMA BOMBECK For long time single travellers and single diners have been screaming about discrimination Ive never had to put up with the extra charges of making trip as single but Ive certainly experienced the inequality of eating alone am led beyond the PLEASE WAIT FOR HOST ESS TO SEAT YOU sign down past the NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST ARTICLES racks beyond the KEEP CLEAR OF SWINGING DOOR and into twilight zone that is void of laughter voices or for that matter any other human sounds There at table the size of coaster am seated between sign that reads DAMES and EM PLOYEES ONLY This would be amusing were it not for the fact that Mr and Mrs Ralph Schan dlen of Thornton are pleased to announce the engagement of their GIVES WRITERS CHAN CE The ninth Annual Summer Writers Workshop at New College University of Toron to will allow beginning writers chance to meet established writers Myths facts about dining one evening actually had woman emerge from DAMES drop dime in my saucer and say Youre almost out of soap dear There are lot of myths surrounding the single diner that Id like to get out of the way today Single diners eat to get it over with and just love to sit at counter and stare at six threedayold cream pics in flyspecked mirror False The person who eats alone tsually does so between Mon days and Thursdays Those who come on weekends do so to make trouble False The lone diner likes nothing better than to be coupled with perfect stranger with whom she has nothing in common who keeps staring at her like she hired the matchmaker from Fiddler on the Roof False Wife urges strict fine for excess childbearing NEW YORK Reuter Jehan Sadat wife of Eg tian President Anwar Sa said in an interview broad cast Sunday that she believes couples in her country should be fined if they bear more than two children Mrs Sadat discussed family planning with her husband on the CBS television program Sixty Minutes Sadat said of his wife She is always like the other philosophers telling me Family planning family planning the explosion is coming Yes know this But what am going to do more than am doing al ready Mrs Sadat Punishment answered But the Do Something About Next Years Income Tax Now If You Are commission salesperson transport driver In real estate 0A constant or subcontractor 0A taxi driver Or own your own business full or parttime We will teach you or your staff our tax accounting Angus president disagreed saying It cant be done by law However Mrs Sadat said There must be law any body who brings more than two children must pay fine The government is giving free pills and helping con vincing people Whats the result ofall this Nothing When talk about ster ilization they say its against religion But believe we will reach this step Mrs Sadat born of an Eng lish mother and Egyptian fa ther has four children Mr Sadat said that his wifes involvement in politics sometimes annoys him Sometimes she goes beyond the line And you cant imagine how shout Yes really he said Save tax dollars by proper accounting Our tax con sultant is available year around Interviews Contact 4241279 Barre 7263665 Urillia 3257225 Mrs Sadat shocked Arabs after the 1973 war with Israel by corresponding with wives and mothers of Israeli isoners of war held in Arab nds ENGAGEMENT The Barrie Examiner Saturday Aprll 24 19767 daughter Deborah Ruth to Donald Leslie son of Mr and Mrs Austin Tipple of Gravenhurst The marriage will take place May 21 at Collier Street United Church Steingard Photo ported fabrics SPECIAL Imported French Tergal 300 full white or ivory 50 Colors available at additional cost Large selection of domestic and im 7DAY DELIVERY CBagwood Drapery ORO STATION ONTARIO 4872606 monies av auosrsr CREAM England CP Ihe mating season is here but the three cocks kept in com an ornamental gar en in this Surrey town are without female Their bloodcurdling screams of frustration are frightening neighbors who think there are ghosts in the 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