The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

| TO' ww BY JO ALDWINCKLE Women's Editor of The Times Greetings good friends. A joyous Easter, a happy Pass- over and goodwill to all men. At this season we celebrate God's gift of freedom to mankind. To the Christian it means freedom from the darkness of death through Christ's resurrection and promise of eternal life and to the Jew it is 'the celebration of the deliverance and freedom of his ancient forefathers from the bondage of Egypt. To some, Easter is an awakening to warm, new life after the chill, stillness of winter. To others, it means egg hunts, bunny hops and escape from schoo] or routine. To all, it is a happy anniversary. Where did it start? From a paradox of pagan and Christian concepts. The word "Easter" originated in the mists of antiquity, from Eostra, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring for whom a joyous spring festival was held annually. _ Why does the date move? The first Christian Council of Nicacea in Asia Minor, away back in 325 A.D. decreed that Easter, already set as the observance of the Resurrec- tion should be the Sunday following the first full moon on, or after, the vernal equinox of March 21. The date varies between March 22 and April 25 due to certain shifting lunar factors not constdered at that time. Good Friday, the culmination of the lenten season and commemoration of the Crucifixion, is thought by some to be a corruption of the phrase "God's Friday". To others, it simply signifies the "Good" that came into the world with the life and death of Christ. From those legendary festivals of the goddess Eostra come some of our merriest Easter customs. Eostra is said to have possessed a fancy bird as a pet, but in a mood of whimsy she transformed it into a rabbit. She forgot to tell the rabbit it wasn't a bird anymore, so the rabbit continued to build herself a fine new nest each year. In that nest on the first day of spring, the rabbit prepared a number of brightly colored eggs and the legend of the Easter bunny began. It's enowgh to make any rabbit '"'unhoppy". The Elusive Lady Spring is a fickle jade. Here it is April and she still hasn't made her presence felt. She has smiled on us once or twice and then turned her face away. There are signs, however, that nature is preparing for her coming. There are some new nests in the naked trees; the day begins with a chorus of bird calls and there are scurryings in the field grass. My Siamese princesses are shedding their winter underwear and our fairy ring has appeared. This is a curious circle of bright green grass about 12 feet in diameter that appears every year while the rest of the lawn is still dun-colored. Despite the opinion of the experts that I must have walked in a circle at some time, carrying a leaking bag of fertilizer, I still believe. it's a fairy ring, made by the Little people, probably on St. Patrick's Night when they danced by the light of the moon. Spring is kinder to some other parts of the world. I can remember 'the Easter holidays in my corner of England where the grass was green and springy and we wandered through the woods gathering primroses. We carried scraps of knitting wool in our pockets to tie the pale blooms into little bunches. The wool didn't cut the slender pink stems. Then we tied the little bunches on to a stick. Even by producing every low bow] she had, Mother al- ways had more primroses than she could accommodate and by the next day they were nearly all dead, so we started out all over again. The Rites Of Spring Spring brought other things that were not so pleasant. Who can ever forget the ritual of the spring tonic? In Canada, I believe, the treatment was sulphur and molasses. We called i sulphur and treacle. It was probably the same gooey mess that was doled out in spoonfuls, that stuck around the mouth, resisting the tongue's efforts to get it over and down the gullet. There were other nostrums that cause a shudder as I recall them. Who remembers Gregory powder and Licorice powder? Dreadful brownish stuff that was stirred into a tumbler of cold water, it would never completely dissolve. It was thrust at you with the command to "drink this down; it's good for you'. There was no argument. You drank it, sediment and all, and it was a long drink with a grimace at every Swallow. There was a thick emulsion of cod liver oil, that @melled as bad as it tasted; a "chemical food" perpe- trated by an unlamented Dr. Parrish; a syrup of hypo- phosphites which was a cheat because you'd think a syrup would be nice and. sweet; some other concoction made with rhubarb and I have a vague memory. of Ipecacuanha wine. Of course, we didn't have these all at once, but they all had their season. Was there any sense in this spring dosing? Maybe there gas. In the days before general refrigeration, there must have been a lack of vitamins in the diet by the end of winter. We didn't have vitamin fortified products or out-of-season vegetables but we didn't have a surfeit' of soft drinks, ice cream and confectionery either, -- or pimples. The Mating Season Spring has another attribute. It is the season of ro- mance. Would you rather take your chances in romance? Meet your hero in a bowling alley or at a cocktail party or on a blind date? Or, are you fed up with haphazard romance, feeling that finding a mate ought not to be left to chance? If the latter, then the newest wrinkle in the scientific revolution, the computerized romance, is for you. For a fee ranging from $25 to $300 specialized marriage bureaux will undertake to find you "suitable" suitors. Data about you, gathered through interviews and. psy- chological tests, will be fed into a computer, The machiuv will match your personality, looks, aspirations, with 10 or 15 persons of the opposite sex who've been looking for someone just like you. But are these pairings successful? According to the founder of one company which introduces between 1500 and 2000 persons a month, he knows of only 10 divorces among the more than 10,000 marriages arranged by their computers over the past seven years! Since an increasing number of conventional marriages are ending in divorce, match-making by computer seems more stable (though less fun). Was it only co-incidence that the debate on the death penalty was held while Christendom was preparing to observe the greatest miscarriage of justice of all time? Life is a God-given gift; has man the right to take it away; Punish the wrong-doer for his crime but not by medieval methods. It always amazes me that a young country like Canada which should be forward thinking and courageous in its ideas is so far behind older countries in its social legislation. UTHER among 800 couples who had dis- 1 S JOURNAL) 'PUT ON YOUR NEW EASTER BONNET WITH THE PINK PETALS ON IT...' Two - year - old Linda shows her mother, Mrs. K. Ross Gibbs the hat she would like her to wear to- morrow. Mrs. Gibbs made both hats herself at the calls It quits, tradition says te girl is permitted to keep the ring. Speaking for myself, I could never understand why a girl would want the ring of a fellow who didn't want her. When the girl breaks the en- gagement it is traditional that She return the ring. In some states it goes beyond tradition-- it's the law. Confidential ta REAN POLE: You need psychiatric help to learn how to cope with real problem. It's not his height. SOCIAL NOTICE FORTHCOMING MARRIAGE Mr. and Mrs. William Par- rott, RR 3, Oshawa, wish to an- nounce the forthcoming marri- age of their daughter, Diane Margaret, to Mr. Gary William Gray, son of Mrs. Gerald Gray, Oshawa, and the late Mr. Gray. The ceremony is to take place on Saturday, May 21, 1966, at 4.00 p.m. in Westminster Uni- ted Church, Manning road, Osh- awa; ANN LANDERS | Not owe Menopause-Is Like Gruesome Tales Ann Landers: For years I have heen hearing gruesome tales about the menopause. Now at last, I am learning, first hand, what the menopause really means. IT means a woman has reached the time of life when she feels that her 25-year-old furniture should be thrown out and the sunken mattresses re- placed. : It means the house needs a little fresh paint and new wall- paper and those appliances which were wedding gifts aren't worth fixing any more. It means that lazy buck she is married to should wake up and realize that his wife can't hit on 16 cylinders night and day and.he ought to take her on a little vacation before she drops in her tracks. I could say a lot more on this subject but your column isn't long enough. Just sign me--The Change is Here and I Could Use One Dear Lady: If you had written) more, the column would have| been longer. I'm sorry you didn't because you have some- thing useful to say--and you know how to say it. and not spend their pre-school years in an adult world. Am I wrong? My mother is making me feel guilty.--Ro-15 Dear Ro: You are right. An exclusive diet of adult company is unhealthy for children, Don't argue with your mother--and don't feel guilty. Let her know that you will use your own judgment in these matters and that further discussion on this subject is pointless. Dear Ann: Yesterday a group of secretaries was discussing broken engagements. There was some heated disagreement over what happens to the ring. One of the secretaries said the girl keeps the ring if the fellow breaks the engagement, as payment for the time she spent on him. She also said if} A Wax treatment is ideal for the girl breaks the engagement leather handbags whose colors . it is good manners to give the/rub off on gloves or clothing. ring back. Right or wrong?--| Apply liquid furniture wax Carbon Paper Dolls |sparingly, polish well, Repeat Dear Dolls: When the fellow\if necessary. O'KEEFE CENTRE HOUSEHOLD HINT YWCA Millinery Classes. | Dear Ann Landers: Our three-| 14 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Saturday, April 9, 1966 | 'Christianity Rooted In Judaism ' 'Home & School Association Told Miss Eileen Ewart, a for-|shawl, the history of unleaven-|,, 4 iscel- mer member of the staff of|ed bread, an en SS jthe Duke of Edinburgh public| cance of the man the guest/had on display, |speaker, Mr. M. P. Jacobs as|they played in Jewish life and)Oshawa | being like St. Paul, "a Hebrew| religious practice. Many ques- School of Nursing attended. and one prho/tions school, - introduced }of the Hebrews," jhas reconciled the old cove- jnant with the new. Mr. Jacobs said of himself, that he was a race, and a Christian by and also a member of the in Toronto. i The theme of Mr. talk was had its roots in Judaism." A selection of films were shown,| the first a Hebrew Psalm, fol-| lowed by others showing the! home life, the Synagogue, and the Feast of the Passover, as) it would have been about two) thousand years ago. | This film was in sharp con-| trast to the last film, which/ portrayed the education and| training of a modern Jew-} ish boy, up to, and including | his Bar Mitzvah day. Mr. Jacobs explained the tradition behind the srearing| of a scull cap and prayer! 'Should Precede MONTREAL (CP)--A mem-| ber of the Quebec Family Su-| perior Council would like to see} the day when engaged couples! could be married only if they) had a certificate from a course| in family living. "I hope the day will come) when ministers will refuse te marry couples unless they have taken just such a course," says Mrs. Peter Kerrigan, one of two women sitting on the nine-mem-! ber council. The council was set up in 1964 to advise the minister of family and social welfare on matters relating to the role of the fam- ily in Quebec. Mrs. Kerrigan, who is also a vice-president of the Montreal Council of Social Agencies and the Family Service Association, says: "If we are agreed that family is the best institution yet in- vented to bring up children-- and certainly all social scien- tists seem to agree that it is-- jthen improving family life is the basic way of attacking. s0- |cial problems. | "I feel. very strongly about education for family living, as does the council, since it is usually the people who get a bum start in life who suffer these problems."' CUTS DIVORCES Experiments conducted with engaged couples in Chicago seemed to bear this out. There had been a lower divorce rate : BUY YOUR TIRES -- AT -- ZELLER'S And Save! 12.47 and Up | e grace, being a member of the| sented Anglican Church of Canada,| Michael Jacob's| y} "How Christianity|Lee, 2nd vice-president; treas-|With a silver cream and sugar 'Course In Family Living and the signifi- y articles he and the part were asked, and Mr. Jacobs was able to explain a little of what it means to be a |member of a minority as -to Hebrew by! race and religion. Annual reports were and accepted. Mrs. Olin. presented the executive for next year as fol- pre- Hebrew Christian Association lows: Mrs. Charles Mcllveen,|bY Mr. Gerald Blair, Mrs. Roy president; Ist vice-president; urer, Mrs. Viktor corresponding secretary, Michael Olin; recording retary, Mrs. E. L. social conveners, Mrs. Kenneth Johnstone and Mrs. Gordon Reid. Mrs. John Cowle will be pro- gram chairman; Mrs. Mich- ael Manmonko, membership convener; and Mrs. Ray Dar- ling, class mothers' represen- tative. It was announced that next) month's meeting would fea-; ture a talk on emotionally dis-| turbed children. Sigailis; Mrs. sec- All Marriages cussed all aspects of marriage with a doctor in interviews. Mrs. Kerrigan, mother of four children aged 10 to 17 and holder of a master's degree in social work, says the council is concerned with problems faced by families at all income levels. "The basic thing 4s to strengthen al! families and not just the ones that are econom- ically weak. There's so much discussion about the war on poverty, but social problems at- tack familiés at all levels." She says some existing legis- lation encourages families to break apart. The council, in its advisory capacity, hoped to help bring about changes. For example, the government would support a child in a fos- ter-home but wouldn't help the same child if its mother was a widow and wanted to keep the child at home. One area of family life being investigated by the council is that of the mother who must work because her earnings are Millard; | Showers, Presentations Honor Saturday Bride, Doris Wright Miss Doris Colleen Wright, whose marriage takes place| on Saturday to Mr. William) Murray Axford in Enniskillen! United Church, has been hon- ored at several showers and presentations. Mrs. Arthur Leadbeater had a cup and saucer shower at Enniskillen with friends and relatives attending. Miss Lynda Blaize, Toronto, was hostess and Mrs. William Bear and Mrs. Robert Blaize laneous shower in Oshawa. Graduates of 'Class of '65" of General Hospital Cheryl Rowan was for a _ miscellaneous the home of Mrs. A number of friends | Miss | hostess shower at Richard Rowan. |schoolmates and jattended. | Miss Helen Smith, Oshawa, was hostess for a party given associate staff members of {Oshawa General Hospital. They presented the bride-to-be set. Mr. Barry Clemens and Mr. Ronald Clemens were hosts at 'Hot Flashes' You can get help with Lydia E. Pinkham af aL DRUG COUNTERS (FREE PARKING | ion tents NEW YORK CITY | FREE PARKING evoilable in the heart of the theatrical and entertainment district e++Cclose fo shopping, sight-seeing and business appointments, You'll enjoy the convenience and hos- pitality of the Paramount ov~ 700 newly refurbished rooms, all with private bath, TV, and air condi- tioning. 3 SPECIAL FAMILY PLAN RATES or Teletype 212 640-4481 essential to her family's up- keep. | TONIA'S Variety and Coffee Shop Will Be OPEN NOW 12:00 P.M. EVERYDAY Serving Meals, and Light Lunches Lote Night Smacks, Plus Sand- wiches etc, for.Porties and Picnics Please Phone aheod for toke out orders PHONE 725-3772 205 Bond St. W. -- Oshowa Bolly INTERIOR DECORATOR PURNITURE DRAPERIES BROADLOOM 15 King Street East CUSTOM MADE DRAPES Phone 725-2686 TWO WEEKS -- APRIL 12 TO APRIL 23 NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA PRESENTS ITS GALA 15th ANNIVERSARY SEASON Mon.-Wed. Thurs.-Sat. . Evenings Evenings Matinees 8:30 p.m. 8:30p.m. 2:00 p.m. $6.50 $7.50 $4.00 6.00 5.50 3.50 4.00 2.75 Middle Balcony 3.00 2.00 Rear Balcony 1,00 1.00 BOX OFFICE OPEN DAILY 11 A.M.--9 P.M, year-old daughter has no one to play with. We live in an apart- ment building which houses mostly childless couples and re- tired people. Last month I enrolled Anna- belle in a nursery school three | a party for the prospective |afternoons a week. My mother | bridegroom's friends. He was|insists that I've done a terrible) presented with a card table thing. She said: and chairs set. "In my day mothers enjoyed | A presentation for the future|their children. They didn't try) bride and bridegroom was |'° arhiigs of them in every way given by the Enniskillen Com-| "told her I'm not trying '| | PRICE PER SEAT Orchestra Deluxe (312 seats only) Orchestra and Mezzanine Rear Orchestra and Front Balcony munity, They were presented |get rid of Annabelle. I feel it with a set of pillows and card|is important for children to be table and chairs, 'with youngsters their own age Motor Hotel Bowmanville , on Highway 401 At Interchange 75 623-3373 Dine Surrounded By The Lavish Beauty of Our Spring Flowers Display; Featuring Mums, Tulips And Daffodils. Traditional Easter Dinners Choice of: Asorted Relish Tid Bits SELECTIONS ROAST ONTARIO TOM TURKEY Savoury Stuffing -- Cranberry Sauce BAKED HICKORY SMOKED HAM Fruit Sauce Tomato, Apple or Gropefrult Juice Chicken Soup or Consomme Bruncise ROAST PRIME RIBS OF BEEF Au Jus -- Major Grey's Chutney CHILLED STRICTLY FRESH WHITEFISH Wine Sauce Baked Idaho Potato G Beans reen Bean Candied Yams Whipped Potatoes Cauliflower Gratinee Tossed Green Salad Choice of Three Dressings A Variety Of Rolls And Butter DESSERTS Old Fashioned Rice Pudding Strawberry Parfait Fresh Fruit in Season Cheddar Cheese and Crackers Coffee Milk Jello and Whipped Cream Sherbet Assorted Pies Cake and Ice Cream Tea Instant Coffee Special CHILDREN'S PRICES And as an ADDED ATTRACTION An Easter Display of Baby Chicks... Favors For All The Kiddies...