Trades butchery for sabbatical WEST VANCOUVER BC CPI Peter Black has de crded to give up his butcher shop and take sabbatical He is hardworking famin man who intends to learn to ski lay golf go fishing enjoy his amily and take up Scottish country dancing He is 32 years old Over the years have heard too many people say they are gorng to do this but they have never done it he said in an iii terview just made up my mind am gomg to do it Its probably the Scottish blood in me My dad who was also butchert retired at 55 And when told him what was going to do he said Son only wish Id done it when was 32 Sure Im going to miss it for while enjoy it and Ive giade terrific amount of frien When Im behind that coun ter Im on stage Its like an actor have total confidence and control My customers dont only come in to buy meat they come in to see me to share joke to get away from their own problems and pressures for the five or 10 minutes they re in the store Youd be surprised at the things people tell me You be come Dear Abby as much as anything else We have to be little bit of everything Theres been times in the mornings have six to eight people in here drinking coffee The worst thing can think of is having someone leave the store not feeling cheered up KEPT DEBTS DOWN Mr Black said he hasnt made fortune but he has kept his debts down and put any ex ANN LANDERS Go to affairs Without him Dear Ann Laiiders Please settle an argument come from tra money into paying ott his mortgage During his 12 years in busi ness he has never missed days work There have been some mor nings when Ive gone down to the store so sick with the flu that Ive literally prayed that customer Wont come in he said People think that became were only open five days week that thats all we work Some mornings would be there at am and would work until 11 at night and al though we only open five days week am there on the other two days too cleaning checklt ing the refrigeration power failure can wipe you out7 and preparing freezer orders Theres terrific amount of preparation in this business For example was in at 745 am today to make head cheese and then have to make batch of fresh sausages then have to prepare all the meats to put in the window and the showcase and the next three or four hours will be spent prepar ing about 500 pounds of roasts for the weekend trade Theres always one more thing to do in meat market Mr Black has two sons aged six and four who are going to enjoy seeing more of their fa ther He expects his sabbatical to end after about year how evei and he may become but cher again The meat business isnt trade the way know it he said Its an art dont know how to explain it but there seems to be an enchantment in watching various parts of meat being cut People seem awestruck IIinanuel lngaro Iaris designer introduced thesi creations in Toronto Tues aris designs day Fabrics are mixed in the outfits and the mini when unbclted drops to thc knes ttI Ilmlo Fulltime fatherhood is Option The tarrVieExatninrerfr Saturday February I9 977 for men who Wish to rear kids NEW YORK AP For nearly two years James Levine crisscrossed the country talking to fathers who have willineg stepped into the shoes of mothers The result of those conversa tions is his recently published book on men and child care Who Will liaise the hildrenf New Options for Fathers and Mothers In it Levine tells of the growing number of men who have taste for fulltimc fatherhood These men says Levine iii cludc househiisbands single men who have decided to adopt divorced men who have won child custody and men who ar range to work itllrlllllt so theyll have more time with their youngchildrcn In his travels for the book Levnic spoke with more than 120 men who have taken dif ferent view of family living The 30 yearold lievinc who is married and the father of two is consultant on day care and child care in WcIIeiny Mass SIAIlSlltSStltII The author said in an inter view that few statistics are available on how many men have taken to what he calls parenting Weve always thought of women in childrearing roles and the fact that men are doing thisis something newinitself Available figures show that lit per cent of families in the United States are headed by single parents and eight per cent are headed by men Levine said The study he conducted with the aid of Ford Foundation grant found that mans role reversal from family provider to child rearer can offer fresh approach to fairiin living Etching profile of the man who typifies this new breed of father Levine said he has found him to be very in dependentminded with lot of ego strength and self assuredness openminded and flexible supportive of the womens movement and usually somewhere between his Iatcztlsandearlyttls LISTS BENEFITS licvme listed the benefits to ciiscd fatherhood offers to the fainin unit The bonus for parents is wider range of choices which lets them arrive at lifestyles ERMA BOMBPK Need compact borrow Freds It lIltIl1HIIIltK Had thrcc been an oflicial ilcatl husband would have been among the motir ncrs in the front row makinga fool out of him self Just sanplc obit nary would hae grabbed Iockcts in mens trousers tllttl him like today on table in the garmc licath was sudden and no Ifilstil ltillllttXpllIlllHIl Iockets may best be remembered that work for both the mother and father If parents have more choices about what they want to do the quality of child care im proves major plus for the father is understanding what womens lives are like especially in ter ms of taking care of another person man also can develop an emotional closeness with his children which many men cant express now Mothers bencfitted because more choices opened up for them in terms of new jobs Home funded for alcholics MONTREAL Ii Unem ployed homeless alcoholics for whom the winter brings only cold and grief can thank new social services group for fund ing home for alcoholic drill ters The Group IAvenir backed by the United hurch of Ian ada has established dropin centre and workshop to allow homeless alcoholics to reorga nize their lives and make enough money to look after their immediate needs Although the ltlvroom house If put picccof Iiiit in that rear pocket llltllltt IIl omparcd oiiiparctl you vc been iit industry IVtiis given ltit jamming hands holding key handkcrchicls and billfolds and hanging thumb cool spokcsman for Iic industry illtl as ct no successor to lllt pocket has been named III to look siipcr clothes well as the lit cmon would never be able to sit down It gives you smoother line towhatf to the Ilaiis Brinkcr pants wearing Face it Bunkie knickersartout Has it bec pair of trousers bviously Iippcr worked that long since Ive bought You had to be shown how the you make me sound like conservative like change as xt man but dont want to go through life with my hands folded in prayer can accommodate only eight lodgers the nearby workshop can employ as many as 50 let ting them regain some selfes teem by carning money and paying for meals at the house if they can MacDonald House part of the United Churchs Montreal City Mission initially provided $6000 to cover costs of the home and workshop says social workerJ acques Laurin The group now plans to ex tend home services to include medical and legal help There are several problems we have with these men said Mr liaurin They have prob lems finding food lodging and work and they often have health and leisure problems as well IeanGuy Berube vicepresi dent of Group IAvenir said the group is always looking to the future and planning programs forthcfuture We are trying to involve the men more in the solution to their own problems said Itev Bill Jay of MacDonald Ilouse Many people despair once man is on the bottle and say he cant be helped But we believe he can We may have lot of failures but well have lot of successes um OPEN SUNDAY FREDS FLOWERS Highway II otStroud 900 om to 700 pm FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS but handbags for mcn arcbcingconsidered dont believe this said my husband coming out of the fitting room cannot possibly buy pairot lltilltl likctlns You said that thc llll lllllt you tried on pair of lliilltl without Iittlc pockct for man railroad pocket watch and you didnt own railroad pocket watch lliix dillcrcnllic llltl Look at this Where am going to iiii my billlolrl my comb my handkirclnif tlltl my 33 pnlllltl of crcdit cards llicrcs rtnr pocket large family aunts uncles cousins nephews etc all residing in the area At least once month we receive an in vitatiori in the mail to graduation christening shower bir thday or whathaveyou My husband feels they area waste of time and refuses to attend any of these affairs Whats more tic wont let the send gift Iiin if function is for his immediate family will he agree to attend All want is to keep peace in the family We have already missed the last two gatherings and Im beginning to feel chill What do you say Mullet Dear Mull What do you mean your husband doesnt allow you to attend or send gift re you in chains woman Go to the affairs if you want tor and let him stay home tin of homemade cookies or chocolate cake makes welcome gift if you cant afford to buy something Dear Ann Iiaiiders Im grandmother who wants to know if you think did right or wrong We have two married sons and married daughter They all come to visit us about once week Time and time again their kids run around our house like raxy They pull out the bedroom drawers open and close the refrigerator eat all over the house turn on the color TV to the stations they like and put their soiled hands on mirrors and walls leaving fingerprints tand worsei everywhere While all this is going on their parents sit back and relax ig noring everything as if they were deaf dumb and blind Grand ma and Grandpa are at their wits end The last time they were here one of the kids turned on the TV after warned him not toI got hold of him and gave him whack across the seat of his pants Ile went running to his mother 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