Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 30 Jun 1977, p. 27

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Sees women unequal in business By JUDY CREIGHTON CP Family Editor With more and more women in Canada pouring into the la bor forcesome of them are in tent on climbing their way the corporate ladder boo by New York management expert is most timely Games Mother Never Taught You Corporate Gamesman ship for Women admits that dis crimination against women on the corporate ladder isnt news But what author Betty Lehan Harragan ints out most suc cinctly is at most women ac tually sabotage their own chan ces for advancement The author adds that the cruel truth is women are un equal to men in the business world Not because of less in telligence energy ability or dedication but simply because they have no idea how to play the game that men have been playing in one form or another since boyhood The book sets out to explain why business is game with specific and unspoken rules that govern the playing and judging of the game it traces the roots of business to the predominantly male worlds of the military and spor is It teaches women the special language that men know and use in business that they must learn in order to communicate with male colleagues One chapter devotes itself to fending off outrageous in terview questions such as womans menstrual history contraceptive usage family plans reproductive background housekeeping practices or what their husband does Author Harragan advises women never to answer outof bounds irrelevant questions on written application forms use Ms as title to correspond to the innocuous Mrs if pressed to reveal marital status answer single because you are look ing for single job and will be singly responsible for your per formance She also says that questions about children are pertinent only if you will be bringing your children to work with you Respond to such questions by asking about their onprem ise childcare facilities she writes When you find that none exist as you inevitably will answer no or zero to the question since its relevance to your possible job is exactly zero lamcs Mother Never Taught Me Betty Lehan Hanagcn 23 pages $1250 Mcleland gird Stewart HMcgiiaida Tfteuhion DARTMOUTH NS CP Th Atlantic section of the Haida Association is sending Word to all men who served on HMCS Haida since her com mis sioning in 1913 announcing the sections reunion in July 1978 Association secretary Johnny Lipton of Dartmouth says the local slackers as the crew of the ship were known during the war years are expecting fair number of their compatriots to join the celebrations tW Collision course The Danish ship Nordfarer appears to be heading for colli sion with the Harbor Castle Hotel on the Toronto waterfront as she makes her way into port to load lumber copper and general cargo for Europe Two sailboats also appear dangerously close through the compressed perspective of telephoto lens Photo Southern exposures their choice Cavemen used solar energy PETERBOROUGH Ont CP Neanderthal man was the first user of solar energy be cause he chose cave dwellings with southern exposures He also depended on rocks to ab sorb heat during the summer and keep the dwelling cool During the winter rocks had gained enough heat to keep families warm with the aid of small fires Sir Sandford Fleming College is applying modern technology to stoneage principles to build solar house at its Brealy Drive campus Half the base ment of 1000squarefoot bun galow will be filled with rocks for heat The college is designing its prototype with average home owners in mind said Ron Ham ilton parttime instructor in the technical division He said the most common type of housing is bungalow The bungalow roof slope was altered to accommodate solar collector panels that will trans fer the suns heat to the base ment rock pile and the alteraa tion created usable room sized space usually missing from conventional bungalows Hamilton began the project to prepare Peterborough for the advent of the coming of so lar heat we have to apply it in the next 10 years or so and unless someone knows how to do it we wont be able to The house will give students chance to participate in early stages of solar construction technology Kidnapping charge Terry Southwlnd 21 shown here appeared in Regina court Wednesday charged with kidnapping as result of hostagetaking incident at the Regina Correctional entre Monday night The hostage 57yearold security officer escaped after his captors fell asleep Three other prisoners were charged along with Southwlnd Photo Fritz lleilingbrunner civil technology teacher at the cam pus said the houses cost is equal to conventional home costs despite innovations the college is incorporating Students are using twobysix studs instead of twobyfours but the studs are being placed 24 inches apart instead of the conventional 16 Heilingbrun ner said that results in less work for the constructor and sayings will equal the cost of more expensive materials The twoinch extra width al lows room for 50percent more insulation The basement will be insulated by placing three inches of foam plastic on the outside of the foundation and covering it with asbestosce ment siding The basement floor is another important area that will be insulated to avoid heat loss from the rocks FREE PIZZA FOR EXAMINER CARRIERS Any Examiner carrier can get free slice item pizza courtesy Mothers Pizza Parlor Bayfield St Barrie All you have to do is get two new subscription orders and you win free pizza valued at $440 You can win as many as you like so take your family and friends to Mothers Hurry this contest ends on Saturday July ALL PIZZAS COURTESY oF 3T BAYFIELD ST BARRIE 7372422 From Monday June 27th through Sunday July 10th were Celebrating Summer at Mothers Were serving softdrinks with any food purchase in Mothers dining room And with each order of an or 12 slice Grandmothers Pizza be it dining room pickup or delivery youll receive FREE specially imprinted Mothers bumper ball Come and Celebrate Summer the oldfashioned way at Mothers Flll OUT THIS COUPON IF YOU WOULD lIKE TO BE AN EXAMINER CARRIER Tile Examiner lb Boyfield St Dorrie HM 4T6 ADDRESS PARENTSSIGNATURE the examiner Thursday June 30 1977 Do You Repair Cars Fix Houses Paint Baby Sit Clean Fix TVs Type Reupholster Sew Drapes Iron Do Plumbing Clean Rugs Refinish Furniture Do Plastering Pave Driveways Whatever You Do EXAMINER WANT ADS Can Help You Find Work PHONE 7282414 Lz

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