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Port Perry Weekend Star, 10 Nov 2000, p. 20

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"WEEKEND STAR" FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2000 NOWVOFFERI Nowe id NG CATHLTICS. a Lakeview CLRTIFCATLS \ Dry Cleaners Ory Cleaning on Premise GLAM IT UP FOR THE HOLIDAYS ol os Se TAD (905) 985.1329 Trading ree A Woman's Place.... Nov. 5 to Il is Veterans' Week in Canada, a time 31m (0) =d =) = -- {= --_ when Canadians pay tribute to the courage and sacri- pd E fice of more than 1.5 million veterans who have served B= e] W447 \=aB satiny our country during wartime and in peacekeeping oper- ations. Over the last 100 years, the role of women in Canadian society has changed dramatically. And Combat Dry Skin | 0 Fo nd Seco wen on dun he | Working women became known as Rosies During wartime, Canadian women on the homefront were determined to contribute to the war effort. Tens of thousands of women literally traded their dresses for trousers as they went to work to fill the factory and farm jobs vacated by the men who went off to war. During the Second World War, these working women became known as Rosies, after the wartime song and comic book heroine Rosie the Riveter, who worked in a factory supplying equipment for the war effort. The Women's Voluntary Services mobilized house- Sef lieddlaa wives to help out when needed and duties ranged - Mon-Fri 8-10pm ¥ Sat 9-7pm from donating blood for the troops to tending Victory Sun 8 Hol 9-6pnv Gardens. The Department of National Defence asked women to save kitchen fat and bones from meals to ) Cl make the glycerin and glue that were needed to man- | | 1 « | SRTCRRIONE ufacture of Allied planes and weapons. Canadian women were known for their compassion -- NSERC RIB El during wartime and would gather in living rooms and P= RE church basements to knit the scarves and socks that would help keep soldiers warm during the winter months. Care packages were assembled to supply the A rte Te armed forces with coffee, tea, dried fruit and other GUISES. olor CC m=bimas. continued on page 21 Dicouns FASHIONS & FINISHING TOUCHES

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