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RlPecember 171 the HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hilla Now For The Home Owner And Home Buyer going to live one should ask them at the municipality frustrated at Its inability to fund all these programs resorts to delay and tactics You can help particularly the other levels of government appear to treat bousing with at time an almost con temptible disregard There Is only one way we are going to educate the public and government and that Is by opening up a much stronger and more forceful dialogue with the municipalities and by stronger commli association win be in your board of for a much of com muni car consumer mark and to the bu inanity Wecsnn but we ire marketing and ourselves si an Tnlrdlywe our repretentsuoi the industry to v of government tlcularly to the municipalities To meet three association Mr has an action A great will be placecT a good year ahead for home builders A Georgetown resident In His address to annual Colin BenneD Irwin Crescent housing conference sponsored by association Mr BenneD of the Toronto Home Builders executive vicepresident of Association Homes Ltd Developments Ltd and Western Ltd told Toronto construction experts Its tbe ordinary dozen and more particularly tbe vocal minority is demanding more and more services not realizing that these all coat Homing and Urban Development Association of Canada as strongly as we can We must get Into a position where we are promoting the direction that the Industry must take and not simply reacting all the time and always after the event to various pieces of legislation and pressure being applied Wo must get out ahead and promote ourselves Mr set three ob jectives for the borne builders association for coming year increased program are their children then- participation Constructive interesting hobby gifts fill psychological needs of adults children Doing your own thing is the thing these days The desire for individuality nostalgia for the good old days are among the rea sons why doityourself hobbles are anticipated to be among the most popu lar gifts this season Per haps too because theyre thrifty But there are also more profound reasons Psycho logical Saving a selfIn volving hobby In the opin ion of Dr Joyce Brothers noted psychologist Ms an effective means of com bating the boredom of Idly killing leisure time or the equal deadlines of day today work or house hold routine The pride of a mother who makes a decorative craft piece she says brings Immeasurable Relax and enjoy Dr Kelson Bradley Northwestern University authority on the emotion al and health problems of work addicted business executives la also an ad vocate of having a hobby He especially recommends those that require the use of bands and some- con centration to complete such as building scale models painting running a model railroad or cabi net work Activities for more po tent than a pill for Induc ing relaxation restoring a sense of humor and most Important improving re lationships with their f am llles their employees and their employer Con tractive Children are also heeded by the psychologist A par ent Is fortunate according to- Dr Rudolph Brandt Beverly Hills psychiatrist and educator whose youngsters enjoy construc tive hobbles They stimu late creativity often mo tivate them to pursue careers related to their specific bobby Interest in still a pride of accomplish ment strengthen their confidence and In most Instances encourage them to become better students As If responding to these needs there are hundreds of new hobby gifts reports the Hobby Industry of America available at hob by and department stores everywhere that would be welcomed by most every one on a Christmas shop ping list Simple or complex There are those design ed to be easy for beginners wholl be delighted to dis cover that they are not all thumbs There are sophis ticated projects for the experienced hobbyist There are materials and kits to convert articles us thrown away such as bottles tin cans plastic container Into practical and decorative pieces REVERSE ROLES are pan when father the of giving ihdr m model electric Irabu I hen elan ding by until could operate them Now mmu ore giving hem to their father with he Idea in mind Model railroading report the Hobby of America la one of tbe nation growing adult anil family hobble Model railroad and are available in to fit pace priced for any budget and ranging from for ihe young neophyte engineer to for railroad tycoon hobby and department lorn The magic of hobbles Is that they seem to fill dif ferent needs for different people A retired man or woman living alone a tense business executive an office or production line worker and a youngster nil benefit differently from assembling the same scale model kit of a ship or cor or doing the same craft collecting stamps or coins doing needlework or mak ing an exquisite piece of Jewelry There Is an abundance of outdoor bobby kits too There are ready- tofly scale model airplanes sail and power boats and fine ly engineered radio con trolled aircraft and sea- craft to stir the Imagina tion of any sporthobbyist There are even model rockets equipped with cameras to automatically photograph the earth be low Con vena lion pieces Most scale models avail able In kits or to be scratchbuilt ore so au thentic that camera buffs create settings for them that mirror reality An In combination of two hobbles Doityour selfers convert models In to lamp bases bookends and other conversation- making pieces Theyve en- Joyed not only doing them but also later talking about them Hobbles are a part of living sold Dinah Shore an avid photographer painter and They keep your life she sold from falling Into a narrow sphere of Interest limited to your work or your home Id advise ev eryone to get a hobby There Is no reason to live life secondhand being a spectator Instead of a par ticipant One thing Is certain When you give a gift of a hobby and you hear Its just what I needed Its truly meant Home planning at Re A and Wimpey becoming J manager He a director sod of Canadian arm J