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Whitby Free Press, 21 Mar 1984, p. 15

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WIVT. C .celebrating i Othanniversary Between You and Me one at plays in 197ia i The wor nn libbers have corne to the fore again. oeatpasi 9 The probiem is that the silent majority are silent fiont fui"Tlegth pro and often stay in the background. There are many tion waseoThe"Kinli of the latter, thousands of us, happy and' content iterere int with the important role we play. Itwi n t irt Iwoulcln't change places with any man in the nvesr with worid sirnply I ase1arn a woman and I love it, l EehatMn always have. As a tiny child I ioved-dolis, pîaying May. house and dressing Up and so did ail my friends. We According to Don rhave always know girls'we calied tomboys and Smyth, a, W.T.C. mi women, flot many who wished they were men. ber, the cornpany1 None of us were brainwashed or persuaded that eprind we must do littie girl things; it just carne naturally. growth during its fi I wonderwhy? Hormones no doubt, Our physical décade. makeup, our minds along with our bodies geared for "'We have grown the female role. the point where wei I have always feit a rnale child, no matter what the at our capacity with( pressure remains a maie in body and soul. To cause productions," she say this child to becorne ferninine in rnanner wouid be a W.T.C. also boasts chre beyond comnpréhen~sion. Many women have 1501 member yot raised boys, even in a totaiiy female farnily of aunts group as well as and grandrnotbers and the resuit has been, growing aduit memIx mascline rnaly bys ' ship. The cornpany sl If there is a predisposition to ferninity try hard but pt nseilj& you will probabiy fail to change this maie. This ap- mcizes afor sen f plies to both boysand girls. No doubt their sex role citinsasoeii. , is set before they are born at conception. Snt loble Neyer have I feit put down because 1 arn a that the comrnunity 1î wornan. Respect is there and a part of our lives. The gr eat b reeneefr worid has it's fair number 0f M1 bred ciods, men who Ithea thetrs presen treat other men as they do wornen with littie respect I a h is ru and contempt. Try to keep thern apart, from your actively and continous lives, ignore thern and hope they wii go away which bring live theatre1 they probably wiil do. Whitby. For the'-st few years wornen have been toid they That support has ai hae Pae h otad hyruteetten been mutual, Srny selve ssthe okpac.T andteysee fmlrun a m says pointing out thi hseoes nde oraile undraccofmirunsa the company received chailenging and wnefloccupation adif done b graont fonW h! wihcare and thought a full time "business". yrTon Cou n We, know rnany wornen rnust work to keep .theoe yeart make i home fires burning, not just for luxuries but for trévereintsteCethe bread and butter to feed hungry mouths. These tharinteCte women deserve great credit againat great odds' niai Building on Centi Equai pay for equal work. This. depends* on the St. S. dwehae definition of equai work whether performed by maie cInl ta we have or female. Equal work in terrns of productivity cuclta upr whether by men or women requires the same ef- the cultural scene," sh( ficiency, an output and skills to provide equal comments. quaiity of the service or product required as the Couecihéatso makel So we are led around in circies, around and avilable toar .T. around. Beware! Before you join any organization wihtcare do some careful, comprehensive research. What is rth w f a als iurking there, in the background? Many of these crtal f Lrr things are being organized for a purpose and many Soiay the o ner h are failing prey to the bait. Thare.Hod Ditnne Get the mothers and wives out of the home, put Thar.H hsote doubt in their minds about their worth, makeé them si nhsoe n discontent. The resuit, maybe these thousands of radio show that there lE misguided youths on the streets, jails full to bur- littie support for live sting, broken homes and switching of mates. The theatre in the Durham overail picture is flot a pretty one. Region. Women have aiways been able to make it if they y quaiified themseives which was.always available if17 the desire was there. Girls I went to schooi withr became doctors, iawyers and entered other professions as they did when rny husband wet o w a n te d schol.Theperson with the highest marksinm husbands time in engineering was a %roman! They The Whitby Coni- try to teil us this was not s0 many years ago but do rnunity Information they teil us why? Centre is in need of Activists are vocal and their facts are not aiways more volunteer heip. correct. I was asked rnany, rnany years ago if I The centre provides would like to run for a place in parliament. I free informationai ser- recoiled in horror as I had two, dear littie girls who vices to residents and had to be brought up in the best possible way not by 'visitors of Whitby. an absent mother who wouid be preoccupied in Anyone interested in other ways. So there were opportunities out there donating a few hours ready for the taking even in those days. each weetk is asked to F* COMPUTERUZED & PHOTO\J -4 I M "There 15 nothing wrong wlth live theatre in this community,"l she says, "It's alive and well and it's going to be here for a long time."1 The gala celebration will begin with a cocktail hour. foliowed by dinner and a dance to the music of Bey Smith and his orchestra. There will also be a retrospective of the theatre's history. 6233 or 725-7482. Tickets for the event are $20 per person and available by calling Doreen Smyth at 728- â.7l{6U1~ 469é~d~~44<9Lwz&tb~/ L The WhitDy Thi Company wiii celel its loth anniver with a gala dinner, ce and rétrospectiv March 31 at the Hey shore Pavillon. The company corne a long way sin By RUTH COLES matre brate *sary ,dan- ve on yden- has nceit es of 73. It )duc- ng of 1975. ian- "The this meen em- has reat first ito are Our Ys. )uth a er- SURl for- ior ves has ce. )toa ;ly to ISO jth at 1a lt- lis jir ,n- *e a ts ie e ïf 10 6 $ 1 ae li 15liEEBCT MARCH 24th and 25th, for just $8.75. ~$toU0 chickenQt~g. 75 1 Pick up a 15 piece a Bu k01 fKp t % . a1 -08m%.% 0 ' Fried Chieken this SATURDAY and SUNDAY, $ .1 , (You save $ 1.85) WHITBYFREE PRESS. WFDNFý,qf)Àv MAPri4'), 10QA DAnC IC 5

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