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® THE OSHAWA TIMES, Saturdey, April 2, 1966 JO'S JOURNAL, BY JO ALDWINCKLE ~ Women's Editor of The Times Another hazard circumvented an all is well. Yester- day was All Fools' Day, supposedly full of tricks and traps ' for the unwary, and until noon we mounted mental guard ' against false alarms. There were none. People these days are too busy for pranks and, weighed down with the seriousness of living, have forgotten how to play. How April 1 came to be set aside as All Fools' Day is unknown. Probably by some royal decree this day was set aside for those who were the object of ridicule. It is likely related to the vernal equinox. The old New Year's Day was March 25 and the celebrations ended April 1. In - Scotland "April Fooling" is known as huntingthe gowk (the cuckoo) and in France a person fooled is called "Poisson d'Avril" (April Fish). The Hindus have a similar custom for March 31. In all countries from ancient times and extending into the 18th century mental and physical deformity provided amusement. Attached to noble and royal courts were dwarfs, cripples, idiots, albinos and monsters. The court fool, however, frequently was far from men- tally deficient. For the freedom to indulge in satire, tricks and repartee, many men of keen insight and caustic wit, obtained powerful patronage by assuming the role of fool. The clown or jester was common in Elizabethan drama and with the fool's garb, the actor gained the freedom of the feol. The costume which was hung with bells, usually con- ' sisted of a variegated coat, tight breeches with legs of different colors. Occasionally a long petticoat was worn ' and a cap which fitted close to the head or fell over the . shoulders in the form of asses' ears. One of the buffoon's capers was to inflict blows with an inflated bladder at the end of a stick. This, the fool's ' pauble, bore at the other end a grotesque head or fox's tail. From the scandal and gossip he picked up, the jester's * mischievous remarks made laughing-stocks of those in * court circles. The jester has disappeared from court but I think he's still flitting about parliament. Taffy, Where Are You? . What has become of the Joneses, the Llewellyns, the Thomases and the Davises? Have they, like the 'Harp that sang in Tara's Halls" faded into silence? This, of the singing Welsh, I cannot believe. Yet, Mrs. R. J. Andrews, president of St. David's Welsh Society. tells me that the "membership which was 200 strong in 1926, has dropped "to a sorrowful few. = "we older ones have had our day," she said (and the *Welsh lilt comes through as she speaks), "and the younger "ones don't speak Welsh." What does this matter? Come to "think of it, how many Scots speak the gaelic? = Come on Men of Harlech, don't let your heritage of "mountains, vales and music be lost in the drive for dross. You have so much of your very own that you should be «proud to preserve for future generations. Do your children "know why the first-born son of the Queen of England is »always the Prince of Wales? Well, do they? It's no empty 'title. = On Good Friday, April 8, Welshmen and their families "will crowd into Dewi Sant (St. David's) Church in Toronto jfor the Gymanfa Ganu, a religious festival of song. If "enough are interested in Oshawa and district, Mrs. Bd "Andrews (725-0348) will charter a bus. "Then on Sunday, April 17, a general meeting will be "held at Sunnyside Park Clubhouse. It is hoped to arrange an interesting program and if you can contribute in any "way with holiday slides of Wales, or readings or a song or "two I'm sure the membership chairman, Mr. Stanley "Locke (725-4117) would be delighted to receive your call. All together now, "Land of our Fathers . . _ ; 'Billi Tyas, who is taking time out from her busy pro- Egessional career to direct the Bowmanville Drama Work- Sshop in its forthcoming production of "Separate Tables", Shas a number of firsts to her credit in Canadian theatre. v8 She was the first woman director for the first lunch- time theatre in Canada (Instant Theatre, Montreal) and "directed the first production of the first Canadian play "presented there. She was in the first year company when 'the Stratford Shakespearean Festival pvas launched and ~appeared in the first J. Arthur Rank movies made in Can- A jaunty crocheted basket for a conversation piece. Starched to a crisp, it is a perfect foil for flowers, cig- arettes, candies, or what you Summary of reports of CHRIST CHURCH WA | (Martha Group) | The members of the Martha Women's Auxiliary of Christ Me- morial Church held their March meeting at the home of Mrs.| J. R. Hamilton, Simcoe street| Mrs. A. R. Garrett, the pre-| sident, welcomed the members| and thanked Mrs. Hamilton for her hospitality. Mrs. W. H. Gib- bie reported on the Advisory Board meeting she had attend-| ed, and drew attention to the} Wednesday evening Lenten) classes, and to the need for Sunday school teachers. The new curriculum being taught in Sunday School pas in- teresting, but must be studied) by the teachers. Palm Sunday will be an im- portant one for Christ Memor- | ial Church as at the 11 o'clock] service, two windows will be) dedicated. These colored wind- ows were donated by two fa- milies of the parish, the Cole and Andrews families. The Venerable H. D. Cleverdon has made the carved railings for the altar steps, and the mater- ials for these were donated by the Roberts family. Mrs. George Fletcher, educa- tional secretary read an article explaining the different levels} of the church and the terms) used. Mrs. James McCansh will convene the bake sale for the Martha Group, May 4, when | "ada, "Right Around Home". / a She was the first woman adjudicator for the Orono "Drama Festival and last week appeared in the first drama "produced by CFTO television station, Toronto. Although she admits that acting is her first love she "has had an urge toward direction since she was invited "to attend a director's course given by Northwestern Uni- "versity and she now finds directing extremely stimulating and rewarding. "Young Artists In Recital It was a big night in Kingsway College Auditorium on Wednesday when the senior students of the Oshawa and District Registered Music Teachers were presented in @ formal recital. Despite the tension of a public performance, the stu- dents brought great credit to their teachers and pleasure to their listeners, The only male performer, Stephen Powell, showed sensitivity in his execution of Mozart's Sonata in E. Flat Major. Bette Walker, Jeanette Taves, Nancy Stewart and Lynda Hall played the piano with assurance and depth of feeling. The solo performances of all the groups within the church put on a spring bazaar. The Martha Group will also run aj checking service to relieve peo- ple of their purchases when they go to the tea reom on the lower \jevel. Mrs. Cleverdon agreed to }open the bazaar. | The nearly new sale in May was discussed, and Mrs. George Fletcher was looking for a place to hold it, so the date was not set, All members were asked ito save items for this sale. Mrs. Donald Moore, who is in charge of the new project, the sale of small items show-| ed the samples, and filled or-| ders taken at previous meetings It was hoped that all members would co-operate with this new undertaking. | Janice Faint, Elaine Beggs and Louise Pogson displayed tonal quality and careful phrasing. Gwendolyn Duchesne's lyrical voice was complimented by her stage presence and Sharon Mercer produced an appreciated purity of tone, Katherine Langdon, Eleanor Bailey and Rosalind Coe all received merited applause. A pleasant interlude was provided by .a group of dancers, Rema Nesterczyk, Kathy Kiraly, Arlene Munro, Ellen Latimer and Hilary Hagerman who performed a Swedish dance and Noreen Arnold, a ballet solo. It seemed unfortunate that in a musical recital the dancers had to dance to recordings. The program ended on a strong note with a small but impressive choral group, directed by Elsie Drygala, president of the ORMTA. The accompanists whose tech- nique added immeasurably to the. program were Miss Judith Davison, Mrs. P. N. Spratt, Mr. R. G. Geen and Mr. P. Matthews. Next Thing -- A Gallery How long is it going to be before Oshawa has its own art gallery -- a room large enough and light enough to exhibit the work of our Canadian painters? Well, until that happy day, those of us who are really interested must journey to Toronto or Hamilton. Right now in the annual exhibition by the Ontario So- ciety of Artists at Toronto Art Gallery is a painting by Oshawa's Alexandra Luke. The large abstract in. oils, 73° x 52", is dedicated to the late Hans Hoffman from whose philosophy of painting, Alexandra Luke developed her feeling for abstract design. In the Hamilton exhibition by the Canadian Group of *Painters which opened yesterday, Alexandra Luke has contributed '"'Season of Splendor", a composition in laven- __ der, moss green and orange hues, The Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolor opened its exhibition in Sarnia last month prhich includes a painting by Miss. Luke which has been selected to go on exhibition later in the Agnes Etherington Gallery in Kingston. Meanwhile she is await- _,ing the return of 25 watercolors which have been on loan to a gallery in Jackson, Mississippi since January. The McKim Gallery at Kingston has reqested a collection. With Miss Isabel McLaughlin and Mr. Gus Wiseman, president of the Ontario Section of the Canadian. Group, Miss Luke was asked to select prize-winning paintings in the Hamilton exhibition on Wednesday night. That takes care of music and painting, now what hap- = to that spring poet? He's under the snowdrift frozen stiff. RR a AARP a YR A A | CALVARY BAPTIST YWMC Mrs. Austin Hooper was host- |ess for the meeting of the Cal-/ ;vary Young Women's Mission Circle. Mrs. William Reimer, president, welcomed the 18} |members. Missionary letters were read DISTAFF Oshawa women's organizations as compiled from reports submitted by their secretaries. CROCHETED FLOWER BASKET cost of handling, to the Nee- dlework Department of this newspaper, asking for Model No. C4032. will. Goods for bazaars. If you wish instructions send self-addressed stamped en- velope and 10 cents to cover - DIARY meetings and activities of Philippines during the Japanese war. At first they were told that they could carry on their work as an example of tolerance by from Mr. and Mrs. Donald Cle- ments of Bolivia, South Amer- ica, and from the Reverend and Mrs. Ross Alloway of Kenya, East Africa, who will be home soon for a furlough. An invitation was read from Faith Baptist Church Women to attend their annua! missionary) conference meeting on Thursday May'5, at 8.00 o'clock p.m. Mrs, Harry Grant led a Bible study and discussion on "The Resurrection'. | : i tien at the church on April 11 and is| open to all women. Mrs. E. Loewy of the Toronto Jewish} for they were all starving. ness were conducted by executive was returned for an other year. Reverend W. HOUSEHOLD HINT The plastic container ba |dandy holder for knitting or|in favor of men that I am sure those pictures that run with Refreshments were served by| crochet needles. the hostess and social commi the Japanese. Then the policy changed and their workers pvere interned for the duration. Scan- ty rations were reduced until each grain of rice made the dif- ference between life and death The worship service and busi- the president, Mrs. J. L. Pegg. The It was announced that at the April meeting, the district sec-| |retary of the Bible Society, the C. Hewitt would | show a new film of the work) your| Mission will be the guest speak-| toothbrush comes in makes a) Dear Ann Landers: As if my wife azid I don't have enotgn arguments about how much work she does and how little she gets in return, you had to print that letter from some nutty home eeonomics teacher who figured out that the aver- age housewife is worth $8,000 a year on today's labor market. I'm willing to bet that ours was only one of a million fights you caused across the nation. Has it ever occurred to you that for $8,000 a year a man could live in a beautiful apart- ment with maid service and not have to put up with a nagging broad, not to mention her miser- able mother? The American housewife has been glorified to the point where she thinks she's right up there with the vice-president of Gen- eral Motors. You make less sense all the time. I think you're getting rocks in your getting rocks in your head, Granny.--No Fan of Yours Dear Ann Landers: you know what my wife is worth as a housekeeper? Have you ever been inside our home? I'd invite you over for a look through the front door. Junk is piled to the ceiling--unopened barrels and crates she hasn't gotten to yet. (We moved into this place last November.) The Christmas tree is still up. She |says she'll take it down when |she has a free afternoon. I can't say much about my wife's cooking because she "lof paper I owned. | You may know a lot, | Landers, There Are Exceptions How do} but I don't think you could get} hasn't cooked a mea) in so long I can't remember it. The last! time she did the laundry pas) in 1956 when she washed my wallet which was in the pocket! of my work pants. The wallet) contained my pay cheque and| every important card and piece} Ann but you don't know/ |what goes on in our house. So, please don't try to tell a man) what his wife is worth unless) you have met her.--Up to Here' Dear Ann Landers: It's about |time you came through for us women for a change. I have been reading your column for | years and you are so prejudiced ANN LANDERS) { In Life's Situations your column are phony and that you aré reaily a man yourseir. That estimate of $8,000 was low. I perform the duties mentioned in the teacher's let- ter plus the following: I hang wallpaper, repair fur- niture, serve as my husband's barber, psychiatrist, and finan- cial adviser. I interpret his dreams and read his horoscope. I referee the fights he has with his relatives. But the money is only part of it. Most men have such lousy dispositions they couldn't hire help to stay with them. Marriage is the only an- swer.--Swampfire Dear Ann Landers: I just read where some so-called au- thority has decided a housewife is worth $150 a week. I am a married man who earns only $135 a week. This means I can- not afford to keep this wonder- ful woman who sleeps until noon and has scorched every shirt I have ever owned. Thank you for making me realize that I don't deserve her I'm kicking her out tomorrow, -- Stanley Greatheart Dear No Fan, Up To Here, |Swampfire and Stanley: You've | provided me with a lulu of a column and I gave you a chance to sound off -- so everybody's happy. ACTING IS IN FAMILY | Barry Justice, 25 - year - old CBC-TV actor, is a nephew of famous Scottish star James {Robertson Justice. SUPERFLUOUS HAIR REMOVED Electrolysis the KREE IMPERIAL De Luxe short- wave, reveal- ing your true self, free of worry and eme- barrassment -- FREE CONSULTATION MARIE MURDUFF will be in Oshowe et the Genosha Hotel. April 4, 5, and 6 PHONE 723-4641 for appointment on these detes. tee. WESTMOUNT UCW 2 The March meeting of West- mount United Church Women, | Unit 2, was held at the manse. The president, Mrs, Frank Ward| presided and led in the devo- tional period, followed by a read- ing and discussion taken from the "United Church Observer" the pros and cons on the church union. | One new member, Mrs. Ger- ald Lohnes, was welcomed. | The business meeting includ- ed the final plans for the var- jety concert to be held in the) church hall on April 23, at 8.00 - Refreshments were served by Mrs. John Hoskin and Mrs. Douglas Smith. WCTU Several members of the Sev- enth Day Adventist congrega- tion attended the March meeting of the WCTU where Mrs. A. George Rogers described their experiences when she and her) husband were stationed in the LAKE VISTA BEAUTY SALON Re-Opening Specials SHAMPOO & SET 1.50 Comb out and Set PERMS 18.00 Reg, 15.00 Reg. 10. Hair Cut 1198 Wecker Drive, 728-0422 Pat REE OL 8S SR Beauty Salton at Grand Opening. Spe . 13,00 7) 11.00 |) OY cask ik Fe 1.00 @ Children 75¢ Oshawa |) Reg. 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