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Hawkes tone couple Dedicate life to history By CLAUDIA KRAUSE Examiner Staff Reporter HAWKESTONE An in terest in life and history keeps LaRena and Gordon Clark young in spirit In onebedroom bungalow in Hawkestone quiet village of 300 people Mr and Mrs Clark have their lifes work on display For over 20 years they travelled in Canada to learn about its history and people setting up home base whenever they felt the inclina tion Clark is retired chartered accountant who never had trou ble finding work as Mrs Clark collected material for the songs she would write and publish After listening for years to discover the peculiarities of the speech of Canadians in various regions Mrs Clark has written 53 songs most of them gathered onto five albums She is now working on her sixth Together they created centennial proect diarama that covers ree tables and depicts three pioneer lifestyles The Canadian diarama is made from 49 kinds of moss and tamarack cones bird nesting rosehips lichens and twigs miniature log cabin coveredwagon and grain elevators are replicas of ex isting Canadiana The log cabin exists at Uptergrove the old Mahoney homestead The grain elevator is located on the JasperBanff highway LARENA CLARK written 53 songs BEGAN IN SERVICE Clark said his curiousity mounted after he was asked questions about Canada during his service in the Royal Air Force in World War II He met his wife after the war at Canadian Forces Base Borden where he was an officer and she was the head cook After we married we soon decided to pool what we had and start gypsying across Canada by station wa on to discover what was Cana he said The idea of dual centennial effort encompassing both Cana dian songs and the diarama came to them when they occa sionally entertained Larna singing and Gordon telling storiesi at senior citizens homes Our original idea was to be tribute to these people and re creation of their lives Mrs Clark explained Then remembered had lot of songs Id learned as child Gordon thought should get them recorded for the benefit of Canadians interested in their history These songs contained dozens of names which would reveal much about our histo and the lives of people wit man different occupations lum ermen In traders teamsters and farmers The songs have been in our family for centbries Ive been singing them all my life she said OLD FAMILY Mrs Clark is descendent of one of North Americas oldest families the LeBarras They were French colonists who came to Acadia in the early 18th century She is ninth generation Canadian Her family history was researched by the recording company in England which first published her songs in 1967 on album Canadian Garland The Clark are still disap pointed that no Canadian recor ding company was then in terested in these songs Mrs Clark is the first Cana dian sin er to record such large co lection of traditional songs that have been handed down through generations of her family She was discovered by Canadas famous folklorist Edith Fowke who has publish ed some of Mrs Clarks songs in her books Mrs Clarks first songs appeared in books in the United States in 1964 In total she was able to transcribe from memory over 400 songs of her ancestors some with more than dozen verses The effort took her three years Miss Fowke now with the folklore department at York University researched most of these songs and found origins tracing back to Ireland Holland England Scotland and France Some have Indian origin ORIGINAL FORM Mrs Clark has recovered these songs in their original form She said her family had always sung to their children through the generations Many songs she remembers are from her grandfather John LeBarr who moved from Acadia to Ontario where he ob tained large grant of land near Lake Simcoe Mrs Clark was born in Pef ferlaw Ont in the house he built on the shore of the Black River When was four years old my mother used to show visitors how could recite 10 verses of song guess have what you call taperecorder memory The advice Id give to anyone who wants to improve their memory would be to never lose interest in life and people Its in the people around us that we actually live our lives If everyone would do this more of us would live full lives and it would be much better world she said Mrs Clarks main emphasis now is on original composition She finds sources for songs everywhere she turns From conversation with Jackson of the Group of Seven one of the Clarks best friends she extracted line for song from his recollection of prairie tumbleweed It became and the tumble weed that sends its message in the song Oh Canada Land of our Homeland Clark said Jackson never missed his wifes concerts at fairs and festivals near Ottawa Sometimes he would drive with the Clarks to these events and he would tell stories or have Mrs Clark sing 1e tho examlnar Wednesday Dec 21 1977 NEVER T00 BIG He was the kind of man who never thought he was too big to talk to ordinary folks Clark said He used to say the only reason he became famous as member of the Group of Seven was because he outlived the others Entertaining guests at home in her woodpanelled liv ingroom which exhibits some of the articles they have collected in travels across Canada Mrs Clark enthusiastically plays her albums Despite her 60 years her strong and confident contralto voice easily carries the mood of the lively ballads Although recording com anies have wanted to add ckground music Mrs Clark said she has won the battle to keep her songs as they were sung historically without musical accompaniment Ballards were fun to learn as child she said The Squire Boys is ballad which first ap peared in written form about 250 years ago Sung by genera tions of teamsters in Canada it has finally been recaptured On the 18th day of December in the year of 95 Them dates will remember as long as Im alive There were seven jolly fellows who all agreed to go Up to the Squires limits where the lofty pine does grow The song goes on for fourteen verses to reveal dozens of fami ly names of Canadian settlers Pat Bridgeman and Joe Merchant they are included to Gordon Clark of IIawkestonc push Bob Kendrick and some Visiting wih St Nick others they are always in the bush Now heres to all the jolly fellows included in our song And Jackson with his Per cheron grays he brings the tail along OLDEST SONG The oldest song in the collec tion The Kings Daughter puts to song story told in France before the year 1200 Similar ballads appeared in Denmark Sweden Holland and Germany favorite lumbering song Hurry Up Harry Tom Dick or Joe begins Theres blackstrap molasses squaw beans as Iiard as rock Iea thats boiled in an old tin pail and smells just like your socks Even for the songs she writes herself Mrs Clarks motto is that song should have life and tell story of emotion She writes contemporary ballads love songs and folk songs The Clarks live quietly work ing together to prepare songs for recording Vin Iittmcr general manager at IIAlerM radio in liarric produces the recordings People come to the house re questing records on occasion and the lzirks say their nnn dian diorama has been shown to hundreds of tourists Other wise they work undisturlml They have been married 28 years and have had seven children live still living And we have yet to have fight Gordon said We are busy and talkative people Thats what keeps us happy shows off the iiiindiiiii diarama he and his wife constructed with taniurck coms lichens and 49 kinds of moss collected in traitls through Canada Examiner Photo Financial difficulty cited as reason for more women seeking sterilization SINGAPORE AP Nearly 10000 women were sterilized in Singapore last year In seven Ears more than 47900 women ve been sterilized while 2000 men have undergone vasec tomy operations Last year 12900 women had abortions in government hospi tals where government doctors have performed 45500 abor tions since 1970 The Singapore family plan ning and population board said most women cited financial difficulties as the reason for seeking sterilization which costs $2 in government hospi tals An abortion costs about $4 The board estimated that more than 273000 births were prevented between 1966 and Availlilo it look Stom 1975 as result of abortions sterilization use of the pill and other contraceptives The number of working moth ers last ear swelled to 44 per cent of labor force from 21 per cent in 1957 Limiting the size of the fam ily has become compelling ne cessity for the majority The al ternative is heavy financial burden More than 31 per cent of the labor force of 835000 earn less than $81 monthly while another 42 per cent earn less than $163 PENALTIES IMPOSEI The government discourages large families by giving in cometax concessions only for the first three children impos ing stiff maternity hospital charge of $200 for the fourth child and giving low priority in housing to large families Now more than l07000 women have started to plan their families to conform to the slogan Two is enough Singapore has reduced its bir th rate from 47 per cent in 1958 to 14 per cent last year Seventysix per cent of the population of 22 million is Thi nese 15 per cent Malayan and seven per cent from the Indian subcontinent The Chinese who do not nec essarin subscribe to traditional moral considerations have set the pace by keeping their fami lies small Such considerations on the other hand weigh heavr ily with some Indians Malays Fascinatin Christmas Gi Proud History of Great County From the early rural settlements to the contemporary invasion by urban commuters this chronicle captures all the hardships achievements and hopes for the future of its indomitable people This is book to be enjoyed and treasured by resident and visitor alike Written by John Craig and illustrated by Margot Oswald Anderson $1195 niclpol om and Sincoo County IIIOIJIII and Eurasian and Iiincsi Catholics But they have to face reality The more you have the less they get is slogan that can not be easily igiioiml The board hopes to lIStlttl young people from marrying early Nihuil tlis presented breakfast with Santa laus recently which attracted full house hrisliiios carols bacon and eggs and chance to meet Santa highlighted the morning Ior slime top photo meeting Santa meant chance to sit on the jolly old gents knee For others it is chance to remind Santa of what they wanted for Christmas Examiner llliiliii Wine sales have doubled ltilitiN lii tlr Soles ol Illt iiul lltllltil particularly Ill dworntiu bottles lime more than doubled so in this mouth so Sliiiktdlltli tioiii the Liquor oiitrol Itonrrl of liitiirio itlitit Vill lo nioic tliiii til mil lion during lltttllilitl in this xilill lllttllt sziul lion tilllKli iiiiiiigci oi tilil lliti outlet lll loioiito lillieit illll his store nor iiinllj ItiitLf ilioiit Militititi in SilltxtlltllIlltlllill llic lIii through iiie stores liquor oiiilcls iiltl lire crs ictnilcrs averages more than Si iiiillioii mil do ilIl ltlt spoiwuinnii soul About third ol that is piolit and pro llitl ll tlt Great Gift Idea for Him or Her Gold Chains At Bill LeBoeul Jewellers youll find large selection of gold Chains to fit the most discriminating tastes So whatever your tastes we have chain to meet both your budget and satisfaction your 365 16 064 JEWELLERS 52 lunlop St Downtown Barrie 7283343 mmmss This Christmas give quality clothing from The Town Shop Our gowns and evening wear display quiet elegance youll find only at The Town Shop See us soon about gift for her the gift wrapping is free town SHOP DOWNTOWN BARRIE Teenagers poor moms psychoanalysts cloim NEW YORK AP Teenage girls are often so poor at mothering that their children become angry destructive people at great cost to society psychoanalysts said Sunday They called for more funds for research and community fa cilities designed to help teen agers become better mothers and rear better adjusted chil dren Too often those children are unable to form human attach ments and show early aggres sive behavior said doctors Joann Fineman and Marguarite Smith reporting on fiveyear study by the Dr Solomon Carter Fuller Com munity Mental Health Centre in Boston Mothers as young as 13 need to develop the capacity to mother to see themselves as the caregiver to see their babies as another human being with needs she can fulfill said Dr Roy Gay Lilleskov of New York City at the annual meet ing of the American Psy choanalytical Association The Planned Parenthood Federation of America has said that more than one million ado lescent women become preg nant each year Those preg nancies result in more than 600000 birthsonefifth of all the births in the US Two thirds of the pregnancies are unintended resulting from ignorance or misinformation about birth control and sexuality the federation has said Even to those teenagers who deliberately get pregnant and give birth of ten the baby is in cidental said Dr Alexis Burland They are using the baby to satisfy some internal need and cannot love the baby adequately Psychoanalytic techniques can help such young mothers said Dr Theodore Cohen of Narberth Pa adding that re search is essential He said society seems to be angry with these people and takes an attitude that they need to be punished As re sult he said funds have been cut off for research and facil ities Centre backs proposals for change in rape low TORONTO CP Diane Wiesen worker at the Toronto Rape Crisis Centre says she welcomes proposal that would remove rape from the Criminal Code and broaden the assault section to include sexual of fences She said she applauded the move suggested by Manitoba lawyer because rape is not pri marily sexual crime Rape is like robbery and an aggravated assault she said We dont see it as crime of sex its crime of violence and aggression She said if rape were treated as form of assault the courts would place more stress on the actions of the criminal than the character of the victim The lawyer suggesting the change Frank Muldoon said Saturday in Ottawa that the proposal is being seriously con sidered by the Canadian Law Reform Commission The move might result in less severe sentences because juries shy away from handing down the maximum sentence of life imprisonment said the crisis centre worker but that would be positive step Wed rather get more con victions that are less severe she said Barbara Betcherman law yer on the crisis centres advi sory committee said many more violent sexual crimes go undetected because of the defi nition of rape She said the new proposal would make it easier to prose cute these violent sexual of fences great case for party CASE OFFER SEE PAGE 10 The pop Shoppe Fresh Meats European Cured Smoked Meats Specializingvln Freezer Orders Good Service DYCKS MEATS 7285339 Fresh Grade RETAIL WHOLESALE MEATS Government Inspected 150 Collier Sh BlARRIE CHRISTMAS TURKEYS STEAK RASI BRAISING RIBS 59 85