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til ONTARIO WEDNESDAY SEPT conll i l Or The Ladies Bless Em Behind North Candidates A A normal view of the Taylor household any mealtime Rita wife of Liberal candidate Tom Taylor answers little Johns MRS TOM TAYLOR request for milk while the older children Laura Lee and Teresa get on with their lunch Shepherd Staff A Tail Charming Blonde Girl From Owen Sound Mrs Tom Taylor wife of the Liberal party candidate for York North is a charming tall blonde girl from Owen Sound Her family farmed near and she grew up there Later she went into nursing at the IndianEskimo Hospital at Moose Factory where she met Tom who was at that time working on the MidCanada Line The Taylors have a young family of four children The two oldest are just In school at the Holland Marsh Chris Han Reformed School Mrs Taylor is a member of the She taught Sunday School there but retired af ter the birth of her two youn gest children Mrs Taylor Is active In the Liberal organizations and holds the office of 2nd vicepresident of the York Riding When asked if she liked her husband In politics she said You have to accept a respon sibility to your town and your country to participate you must also have a voice In this responsibility To help her husbands cam paign she looks after all tele phone messages helps to ar range and organize Coffee Par ties and arranges get ac quainted meetings at her home GETACQUAINTED She also organizing a Getacquainted with Tom Taylor Night at the Aurora Community Centre on Sept 30 She will be hostess for the event Friends and Liberal work ers will be helping with the luncheon and a dance will fol low with music by Harvey Burling and the High Hals Mrs Taylor all areas of communications such as radio television bro chures leaflets and pamphlets with her husband and he In turn asks her advice on his speeches Mrs Taylor likes people and Is very outgoing She Is Inter ested In fashions likes mod styles for young girls and minis on young girls She pre fers kneelength skirts as her personal choice with simple styles In dresses Her favorite color Is blue but she wears greens too This enhances her blonde per sonality She does her housework In slacks and prefers wearing these at home but she likes to dress appropriately for tha special occasion She is hostess at her resi dence quite often The Tay lors entertain at small and large parties and enjoy corn roasts and barbecues on their spacious lawn and garden Mrs Taylor prefers neat and simple clothes for her live children Just now her taste in clothes for them runs to plaids and tartans The pel of the family Is a basset hound pup Winston He has sad droopy eyes typ ical of the basset He is a comical looking dog and all the children love him Mrs Taylor has to schedule her day and as she likes to cook and bake it does not leave much time for hobbles She loves to read and as an reader Is enjoying Those Who by Irving Stone The Strong City by Taylor Caldwell and Is now trying find more time to read Dr She loves swimming and en joys this with her whole A trip last year to the initiated her to skiing and she would like to try it again this winter A re cent trip to New York City with her husband was a real their life at Queens Park thrill visiting the United Na tions Radio City Music Hall and the Gugenheim Museum We just walked and walked says Mrs Taylor INFORMAL Mrs Taylors home Is de lightfully informal She says we always seem to congre gate in the kitchen over cot- fee Her home Is Colonial in decor with knotty pine walls and touches of color in blues and greens Her answer to what will your life be like If Mr Taylor wins this election was slow in com ing but finally she said with a smile Well shall still have to look after four small children so I will have to re sume as normal a life for them as is possible But I will assist Tom as best I can and still be a good wife and mother MRS BILL HODGSON Church Hospital orker Sportswomen Mrs William Hodgson wife of the Progressive Conserva tive party candidate for York North is the former Eliza Barker of Temperanceville who was educated at the Tem per Public School and Aurora District High School Mrs Hodgsons daughter Beth was educated there too having several of the same teachers Beth is now Mrs Wayne MacLennan and a pilots wife and Beth Is at present teaching at Dr Williams Secondary School in Aurora Mrs Hodgsons a c n daughter Janice is with the Imperial Bank of Commerce The eldest son Bob Is a civil engineer The youngest son David returned this week to his studies In Business Admin istration at the University of Western Ontario GRANDCHILDREN The Hodgsons have five grandchildren Mrs Hodgson greatly admires her mother- inlaw Mrs Annie Hodgson Her admiration shows in her face when she speaks about her Mrs Hodgsons mother Is a world traveller and a most interesting personality and years young Everybody loves Grand ma says Mrs Hodgson Mrs Hodgson Is very mod est and reluctant to speak about her service to the com munity She Is at present parttime employed at York Hospital in Newmar ket She Is on patient en quiry and the switchboard op erator at the hospital part time Mrs Hodgson is chairman of the reorganization commit tee of York Pines United Church This involves the bringing together of all the organizations within these churches Sha is the past president of KUCW and is at present program chairman She helped organize The Can Cancer Society at Kcttleby and was president for two years A past member of the Board of Directors for the Canadian Menial Health Association she PROFILES BY RUBY HASKETT Era Womens Editor Mrs William Hodgson wife of the candidate for York North keeps up with household chores with early morning session of ironing their farm home near Ketlteby Shepherd Staff was also Christmas gift chair man for the whole of York County for two years SERVED Mrs Hodgson served for more than two years for the Childrens Aid Society and is on the Board of Directors for the Victor Home for Women In the latter capacity she has served for six years She has been a member and still is ol York Curling Club for the past eight years Having participated and been convener of bonsplels this year she on the committee for social Her interests in her church have led her to be a Sunday School teacher for years She is also General Sunday School Superintendent of the three Church Sunday Schools at Snowball and Kcttleby She Is President of WMS has been president of York respon sible for churches and at present Is corresponding relary of York WI WORK Her Interests In Womens In stitute work led her to accept office with them She was secretarytreasurer for two years and public relations chairman for a year She Is still a member has modelled in fash ion shows tor various groups and is interested In fashions Sho likes the Mod styles on the young set but her only ad vice to women Interested In fashion Is wear what suits You Mrs Hodgson loves animals and her cat Happy Is per haps her favorite Her can ary Lex sang beautifully while she was being Interview ed The family pet old Skip per a dog When asked about a hobby she laughed and sold driving the John Deere tractor has a very closeknit family ami enjoys family gatherings Thoy family picnics and barbecues on week ends She collects cups and sauc ers and her husband has giv en her one every St Valen tines Day for years Her favorite colors are greens and blues which blend beautifully in her and show her eyes and dark hair to advantage LOVELY VIEW Her home a plank wood farmhouse has been taste fully decorated throughout with the same greens and blues Picture windows have been added to enjoy the love ly view Mrs Hodgson looks after telephone calls and messages tor her husband She also helps him with his speeches Another task is looking after his attire particularly with weather changes If he Is elected they plan to sell farm and make poli tics his work Everything they do will bo built around their life at Park MRS MKKLYN RAKER A QuietSpoken Reserved Housewife Mother Of Three Sons Who Likes To Be In The Background Of Events Mrs Merlyn Baker wife of the New Democrat Party candidate for York North Is the- former Helen Bell of She and her husband live two miles south of on Highway Mrs Baker it a dining room of the farms home of Mr and Mrs Merlyn Baker Is typical of the late when the room were oversize for the families of that period Mrs wife of the candidate arranges on the large dining room table their home near Staff ken reserved housewife who likes to be In the background of events She Is the mother of three sons one of whom lives on the Baker farm across the road He is married to the former Janet McElroy of Newmarket and they have the Bakers first grandchild a granddaughter Tammle DAUGHTER The Bakers only daughter Is Mrs Douglas Sheridan of Newmarket She is a nurse at York Counly Hospital John Baker was busy work ing on a piece of field machin ery when she was interview ed for It was too wet to work in the nine acres of cauli flower The youngest son Is who is a Grade 12 student Mrs Baker with a large live bedroom house Co care for Is a very busy housewife She was canning peaches last week and makes her own Jams and pickles She finds time to garden and her flowers this fall are love ly She uses them throughout the downstairs rooms to good effect and a lovely bowl of large zinnias graced the kit chen table She belongs to the Ladles Group of the Baker Hill Bap tist Church and this is a Mis sionary Society They meet once a week and sew and quill Thoy also send did Camera is another one of her favorite programs COLORS Her favorite colors are blues greens and browns and she Is not particularly Inter ested In fashions as such She feels clothes should bo PHOTOS BY GIL SHEPHERD GEORGE WALDEN Era Staff Photographers clothing and bales to tho mis sionaries Mrs Raker reads when she can find the lime and enjoys short and especially condensed versions that ap pear In Readers Digest She enjoys quiz programs on TV and watched Whats My Line for many seasons Can- comfortable and attractive next Mrs Baker came from south of Stouffvllle to attend a Junior farmers pleasure skating function at the vllle arena as a young girl and that was where she met her husband Mrs Raker her hus band In many small ways and really prefers the housewife role In What will I do If my Is elected sho laughed and said 1 guess Ill go along In the same way My son Morgan across the road will run the farm for us LIKKS TO SEW Mrs Baker likes to sew and docs some embroidery for her homo Another companion at their home is a large collie colled Her homo Is large comfor table attractively furnish ed with Baker family posses sions The view from the hill the farmhouse Is built on Is marvellous of surrounding countryside A large cedar hedge guaran tees a certain amount of pri vacy for family gatherings Mn Raker especially en joys large family on special occasions Her very large living rooms and dining rooms permit this Mrs Baker is a brunelto with largo blue Not very tall looks tiny beside her strapping sons and husband Dressed attractively In a tiled kitchen There is no soft blue cowl neckline dress doubt In her quiet way that she served tea In her modern she Is helping her husband x Mr wife of the candi date In the October Provincial election the final polish on Home neuter of jam In the kitchen of the linker farm home of Staff