Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 17 Mar 1979, p. 6

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the clincher Saturday Mar 17 1979 lifes Editor Claudia Krau Time to move on 50Xs PhelP$I°h Pame 567266537 Oldest woman builder Victoriabound By NY IltilIIltt If The caniiiicr For the past seven siiimncrs the oldest woman boat builder il iiol the only woman boat butler in North lllllttl has stood outside her small bungalow on Highway 27 selling dl boats and berries My We offer unexcelled custom craftsmanship expert senice and installation and factory to you prices Thats value Call us t9dayjnd see YOU DESERVE THE EEST Beautiful custom drapes in as little as seven days SWATtiptiiggititt To the dismay of the Illlll eds of cottagcrs who have bought her boats or who have just stopped to chat with her she wont be there this summer Its time to move on says hristinc Young 62 of Iltelpston Mrs Young widow is self taught selflemployed carpenter No one taught me how to build boats she says Id seen them being made em osE itiflfN BURTAINJ BARRIE ONTARIO OlD FASHIONED COUNTRY GINGHAM Now available with extra wide ruffle Polyester and cotton blend V4 checks in red or brown BC Examiner Photo II IIIII KII SIC If IIlt IIIIIIIHI CURTAIN PETTICOAT $4700 $5000 $5200 RUFFlED CURTAIN lENGTH 45 54 63 STYLE 4520 PETTICOAT CURTAIN 54 The Barrie Stilttlliill tor thildreii with Learning Disabilities hopes to cpand $3600 its memlxrship says Stella Dalrel in charge of publiti $4100 it Having child with learning disabnty is not rt quircment although most members are concerned parents or professionals in terestcd in helping tlllltlttll to bcttcr ailiust to ediiea Only $1 00 FOR FREE SHOPATHOME SERVICE tional and social re quirements SlltSttltl IIlsbctli Lougliced prosi dent says the association has esisted ni Itarrii tor more than four years Ill io ltl la oll VI HITE PINE PLACE BARRIE ONT L4M 5L7 3133 311 havesimilargroups Our main purposi is to provide better lite tor children with ltttltlltll disabilities who need sonic help in not only the ttttttlllllll area but also socially Its an all round problem helping the whole ol the child she said adding that TRAVELWAYS TOURS HERES YOUR TICKET TO GREAT VACATION From the excitement of an Atlantic City casino to the calm of beach on Prince Edward Island Travelways has tourjust for you Our new 20 page colour brochure is packed with great tours to Canadian and US destinations All include first class hotel accommodation and transportM via deluxe Travelways tourcoach Enjoy the excitement of New York City days for only $158 twin basis Relax in beautiful Holland Michigan during the annual Tulip Festival days for only $14950 twin basis Or choose from many more goodvalue packages For yew free brochure mail in the coupon ask your local travel agent or call 705 7285941 llrlllr Itli Illttttsltil in buying genuine liilly an worthy Second Iorlil ai fighterplzinc new company starting tip llalila outin ipwls to be able to rebuild one lot you lot ltlitl llltttttl Thousands of ltritisli schoolchildren are beaten by their teachers each year despite obiections by parents who say such punishment is lltl moral and ineltect ive llut the coming li Please send me your Summer Tours 1979 brochure right away year mises sharp clash between those who tavor abolishing the pro Name Address City Provnrce cane and those who fear that its disappearance from the coiiii trys schools would remove an important means of enforcing discipline Two cases challenging the right ol teachers to cane pupils are to be brought before the liuropean ourl of Human Itiglits in Strasbourg The parents olvlhc children Postal Code TTtt Travelways Tours 31 Penetang StreetBarrie Ontario L4M 1V5 Telephone 705 7285941 TRAVEme Were golng places Join us and just by scratch The boats eight loot plywood and oak prams are made in woixlwoiking shop in back of her house next to her chicken coop She estimate shes sold alto boats They only weight St pounds theyre good and light and theyre guaranteed not to leak says the energetic grandmother picked it up oie Boat building with the exception of one accident has been good to Christine Young 62 of Phelpston but she is leaving Simcoe County soon because she says she has sold all the boots she can in this area Mrs Young is moving to Victoria llliisl oi llll cliildiin have aveiagi intelligence quotas but need some guidance Ideally parents would llkt to tt one or two additional spttldl education tltissls sct tip in llairit liltstltl llltlll has two classes of eight students each one at ivsslkllldtlv Ittlilii Silioiil llll olllit il llillticst School Special classes do not cist at the secondary school level although the are needed says Mrs IADIIulltitl ttiici the children reach high school level this is where problems start because their emotional dit fieiiltics may litgreater She says the association hopes socially oriented pro rain can he established lot theseoldcrtliildren London now has ptog gram tliats Itllltlll Were hoping for something similar slitsaid To date the local associa tioii has sent bricts to the Simcoe oiinty Hoard ot IIilucation but now plans Im WNW liiittiliil lllllltl beyoiiis loi aboiit ion ooo llii ttlllllilll Iv iiiis lltl Illttl ltittilllllltltlllltl it liiet Maik lllltlll or llptlltllllltlitIllll1illll witluiiayiuii ttiolcil say calling iiitiitis lllllt ot the Human lttgliis loncntion one shall be sulrpeieilto ilegiadiiiitreat iiiciit orpiinislnnent lliccotnl rillcd last ycai llial birchingol maleiuvciiiledelin quents on the Isle of Man tritiin dependency between England and Ireland violated thcconvcnlion ItI IlII Il tiioups opposed to corpori punishment say the caning ot schoolchildren is even more degrading because it can be performed before spectators and on girls survey by the National hildreiis ltureau found that till per cent of the schools attended Shes moving she says because the potential to sell adr ditioiial boats in this area isnt good Ive sold to almost every cottagcr can she says The boats last to to years Unless boat gels stolen cottagcrs wont be buying again for long time Mrs Youngs only income with the exception of an $ti7 month pension is what she makes from her boats Im going out West she says Thats where belong cant stand the winters here any longer Theyre so long that Im oiin left with four months to build my boats Thats not enough time to make living IIUMIC FOR IIC Mrs Young recently put the fotsalc sign on her lawn and says its just matter of time before shes gone Shes Victoria botiiid Im going to buy van take my tools the strong back for my boats my two rocking chairs my table my dogs Beaver and Mltly and Maud otit to Victoria she says Driving about 400 miles day hope to be in Victoria in three weeks Im going to make holiday out of it Alter all havent had one for to years Mrs Young anxious to liiid place to build her boats wrote to real estate boards in Yic toria Some have written back with incredible boat building factories to sell to her ltut shes not interested in that They riitisl think Im young man shcsays Im too old to start that sort of thing lust want small place near busy highway Preferably place with store and living quarters inone ISll KIIS II ItVIIl IIII Mrs Young made the porch and tircplacc in her house and also made or refinished most ot thcturniture in thehousi hen she goes shell leave Learningdisabled need more facilities club stronger united approach An important aspect of the asstkiations work is pro viding back up for parents with learing disabled children lot of our work is done with parents who want in formation or help Mrs lalicl added that faced with the situation of in adequate space for leaning disabled children in the piihlic school system parents must enrol their children in private schools at prohibitive cost tosts for school year are as much as 8800041 year she said The local association regularly holds meetings at which guest speakers pro vide information on variety ofsubliccts lean Harris Harrie pro bation aftercare officer is the scheduled speaker on March at the Barrie en tral ollegiatc faculty lounge The meeting begins at 730 pm and is open to anyone interested in attending Company rebuilds planes bombers for about $300000 laik McLeod the major torcc behind the company and member of the anadian ar Planes llcritage ltilltltlllltill says llltlt is strong market lot licriagewiiplanes II is also it lllillIvt no tIlIl else is really selling to by lti year olds in ltritam uscil IIItilIltIIilSl The most extensive study to late was released last summer by the liiiier Itondon IIducatioii IIlllllll which oversees about llltl secondary schools The survey showed in ran dom sample at ittl schools that hall of them had not used eoi poral punishment during the previous school year Ilul in the 24 schools which had used cor poral punishment there had been nearly llititl eanings olin ltagnall spokesman for Stopp the Society of Icachers Opposed to Physical Iunishment says Britain and the Republic of Ireland are the only countries in all of fin most of her handy Work in cluding cupboards chairs and an oak table Ill have to sell all those things she says cant take them with me Itoat building has been good to Mrs Young as she says she loves making things and enjoys meeting people She has however had one serious acci lent In August she lost her left thumb while working with table saw As she said was absolutely lost williout it llut shes not easily tied down Mrs Young arranged to have the second toe on her right foot amputated and sewn on to the remainder of her thumb Ihe operaton she gladly reports was wonderful success IItl Hi II IIIIIIIIIS The story of her operation which appeared in The Ilx antincr on Dec if was picked up by newspapers across the country It resulted III flood ol letters got letters from farmers and factory workers who had also lost fingers and wondered what their chances were of hav ing similar oixration she says replied to every letter Now Ive got pen pals all over She hail the operation in December and her thumb has alreain healed well enough to start building boats again Its pist nialter oi llltlt now before shes in Victoria selling boats know lni not getting any younger she says but do like making things aw mar Arum No hidden meaning Dear Ann Landers am male 22 years old and defi nitely NOT homosexual This want to point out right from the start The incident that am about to recall is both unbe lievable and disgusting Last night friend of mine and installed CB radio in my car We then drove around to see how much the CB would pick up decided to see how far my radio would send out man answered my call said How about radio check there Good Buddy lle resented me calling him Good Buddy ad said Dont do it again When ex plained didnt know his handle he told me to get off the air and not to come back on again until had learned the meaning of the It slang term Eood Buddy few minutes later contacted woman and asked if the term iotxl Buddy had any meaning that might be of fcnsive She said When man calls male IBcr Good Buddy its code for Are you gay would appreciate it Ann if youd check up on the meaning of food Buddy in slang so may know tand others as welli the trite meaning of this term ut Over And Heart and That man has hornet in his helmet is friendly term which carries no hidden iood Buddy meanings Dear Ann Landers have two daughters one six the other is an infant While was pregnant the sixrycarold began having trouble in school She started to talk baby talk googooing and ga gaing all over the place She also pretended she couldnt understand her schoolwork When the baby arrived things scented to improve until last week when the sixryearold hit the baby very hard across her legs The baby screamed turned my head just in time to see it all asked the older one what happened She kicked me was the reply sol hit her This morning heard the sixyearold playing with her dolls She was spanking them and being very spiteful and mean Now Im concerned that one day she may seriously harm her little sister Please advise me Arkansas Mother Dear Mother You have described classic case of sibling rivalry Make it point to pay as much attention as possible to the older child Praise her for the baby Allow her to do things Make her feel useful and needed But keep your eye on big sister Dont let her alone with the younger one il This too shall pass Dear Ann Landers Thank you for the letter from An tlnly Daughter who put her senile mother in home For 23 years have been anguished over my mothers death feeling guilty lor putting her away After mother had stroke she was confused and unable to speak coherently We feared she might wander away so we employed lull time nurse and kept her in our home for eight years before finally putting her in nursing home She was it then and died at it You do so much good Ann dear Ilont ever wcakcn Iruitflll Admirer IMar tiratctul Many sons and daughters have rittcn to thank me for printing that letter After employing full time nurse for eight years you should feel no guilt about taking your tlTyear old mother to home Nu 7731 if in Barrie receives $500 Ed Mayhew at left Barrie YMYWCA president accepts cheque for $500 from Mike Williams of the Barrie Ys Mens Club as $4000 the club has partial payment toward pledged to help pay the YMYWCAs outstanding debt Total debt of $50000 remains from an addition completed in I977 at cost of $l435405 About 2000 Barrie area companies and residents donated to the new facilities and Mayhew says the YMYWCA board hopes many of the original donors will contribute one more payment to cover the debt Ex aminer Photo Ilurope cast or west which find it necessary to beat schoolchildren oiporal punishment in schools has been officially bm tied in soiiie cases for over loo years throughout IIttlopc And liiid it curious that we in tin lain have abolished corporal punishment for all societys ot fenders save boys and girls at tending school IIIIEIIIIIS Regulations governing use of the eaiic or law sc in each of the countrys lit school districts are decided by local ciltiia tionauthority They vary according to district but usually flexible 28 inch cane is used on the palm ot the hand oioii tlicbtitlotks Sonic iullioiities allow can mg to take place lHltIIt tlls or assembled school usually ttltllllt ol girls is done by women teachers and that ol lioysliy men There ls no lllIlllIIllll but si strokes is considered scycicpunishmcnt In no district liiscming been banned in secondary schools and in lélttwhcn the Inner Ion don IIducation ulhordy outlawed corporal punishment at primary schools for children aged to It it was considered bold step Ill caning groups say cor poral punishment has been re Itllllttl as result at pressure In Britain teachers beat children despite angry protests from parents from the powerlul teachers unions which regard six at the best as an ellcetivc deterrent lining is traditionally one of the sanctions available to teachers in this country says spokesman tor group of teachers advocating use of the cane It is used is means of maintaining good licliayior and iwrsiiatlmg some children who are idle to be less idle Iarcnts use the cane so why shouldnt teachers who are ma more dit ficult situation IIIAT RIVAIS DOCTORS It takes New York Harbor ship pilot 15 years to qualify for the job

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