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PEOPLE Exteacher tackles men only jobs Ely MAGGIE HANNAH Herald Janet Duval is a woman who prides herself on tackling Jobs and activities usually considered menonly domains Mrs Duval has already been a teacher union execut ive member and Is currently sitting on the board of govern for University of Guelph Mrs Duval has a long record of community work She is fueled by a desire to repay a society she feels has treated her well I really feel 1 should doing as much community work as I can because been blessed with so much since the day I was born she says Ive been given so much good schools good hospitals good mm unit facilities thjt owe it to the community to do everything I can to repay whats been given to me Mrs Duval and her husband Paul moved to Georgetown five years ago At that point she was teaching Family Stud les and some consumer courses at Sec School north of of her family studies course include money higher grades and Mrs Duval found many other students needed training worse than she expected One of the first things Id have them do was estimate the amount of money theyd need to live on once they left school she says A number of them would say if they had a month theyd be all set found tier students have a vcrv conservative background All of them were bused to school and many of them came from farms In the higher grades do a role model of how theyd divide up the work in the home If they were working wives she says They were terribly conservative in their outlook of what theyd oik their husbands to do Maybe theyd get him to do maintenance and repairs or look after the lawn but they couldnt accept asking him to dust or dry dishes Id remind hem hat they supposedly worked as many hours a week as he did but they just couldnt conceive of asking him to do womens tasks left teaching before her son was born in White she was at the school however she served as president of the local branch of the Ontario Second School Teachers Federal ion During her term in office she had an all woman It was quite a year she laughs and says how upset the school principal was the night of the nomination meet when he saw what was happening lie jumped up and started nominating all the men who were sitting there In hopes some of them would accept the nomination she laughs But none of them wanted it and we wound up with an all women executive He was a very nice fellow but one of the jock type who doesnt believe in women running things TOTAL The number of women who sit back in total of whats happening with their financially because they leave their husbands to ge all business mailers for them is surprising Mrs says Im always hearing women say oh I couldnt do that when I suggest they tackle some sort of job In an she says know how nervous I was about some of the things done I didnt know how to do many things when I first started but I learned When words fail Flowers express your sympathy And we can Stop or call Flowers are as beautifully alive- as a Mill Street HallonHlllB Mrs Duval says being on the board is J learning a she has It Mr Duval is on plan and property committee of board but freeze on grams for Mrs is a name of I aside and mother and both had the same outlook on service and invohemen that she holds she says i hate lade i by a si in ml inclination Mrs to of all tin she learns In the and When I volunteer to do something I deliberately look for the things that normally considered to be a womans job she says I learn so much more tackling new things She admits she also docs it to try and stimulate other worn en awareness of what women are capable of doing if they try I dont feel she says I agree thai you cant change people by push You have to change their way of thinking first Until women feel tree to tackle anything legislation won help us much Not doing he ordinary worn job has landed Mrs Duval with a number of unusual tasks among them sitting on the finance committee of St Johns United Church board and writing receipts for income tax purposes for supporters She also edits the church newsletter and helped to organize a women weekend at the church during winch the women conducted the whole service Weeven changed in the to make them sexist she says Have you ever slopped to realize Mow biased the Bible and the hymns are IMV Of Mrs Duval Is also a member of the Board of Governors at the University of She graduated with a Bachelor of Science from the university in 1971 then look her teaching training at the College of Education University of Tor onto the next year It was when she graduates that she was first asked lo sit on the board as a represcnta live for the alumni She has held he position for two terms Unto ill she can In he way In repay all she has been Hawing up Herald photo and will retiring mis June Mrs Duval says she sus pects she was first chosen because they were lookingfor someone young female and in teaching at the time The board likes to keep a close link with the schools that send students Ihe university she The university has just re cent I appointed a member the sludent body to sit on the board which Mrs Duval thinks was a good move IIAPIMVKSS I Telephone iniena G HERBAL PRODUCTS 1 ONTARIO LOL Our Delicious Fish Chips or our Chinese Cuisine nouns km m m Sturin in m to it in Telephone I I NOTIC GEORGETOWN AREA RATEPAYERS ASSOCIATION IS HOLDING THEIR ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING AND ELECTIONS WEDNESDAY APRIL TH 800 PM GEORGETOWN DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL CAFETORIUM GUEST SPEAKER JOHN MACD0NALD TOWN HISTORIAN AND COUNCILLOR FOR WARD 3 If you have not become a member yet heres your chance Just fill out and bring in IP APPLICATION GEORGETOWN AREA RATEPAYERS ASSOCIATION NAME ADDRESS TELEPHONE Fee Submitted for year for years Please make cheques or money orders payable to GEORGETOWN AREA RATEPAYERS ASSOCATION PO BOX GEORGETOWN If you are willing to take an active part in the please indicate your interests FINANCE MEMBERSHIP EDUCATION CI RECREATION TECHNICAL OTHER Signed Tilt IIKIII1 J Kohari April Georgetown 10 STREET Ian Highway 7 Delias Pott Ollke Denture therapy Clinic Phone 8778974 7912314 type of is also on the boards membership commit lee ind is helping to select her It Mrs Duval belongs to the I Womens Club and the cross country skiing group tor the club this muter Shi is also interested in International and is part of a group from the club investigating the possibility of organizing such group in She also belongs lo Ihe is fighting for a decent library or George town and supports the cultural centre since it seems the superior answer lo the prob Mrs Duval belongs lo club and plays squash three or four mornings a week Her icnces at the club awakened her how much ism exists I thought we Mere making fair strides with equality she says until I ran a few of Theyuere very upset when women were allowed to join I dont know wliil it was if they thought I hey had a nice little mule bastion over there or what After all the membership to allow us Join so they must have wanted us II was just a liltle group who were really lo have us invid ing their club These same men tried to prevent the women from ing at meetings and went so far as to suggest thai women should be charged an extra for the ledge of speaking at meetings I really thought were making strides until 1 met them she says Mrs Duval met her husband while were both working at the Ontario Water Commission In Toronto during the summer He is also a graduate of the University of Guelph and now works for Carter Products in He was well aware of her outlook before Ihey married Mrs Duval says although he wasn I raised a particul liberated background FURNITURE WAREHOUSE LTD 334 GUELPH ST 8772828 Its Laundry Week at Browns YEARS PARTS SERVICE WASHER DRIER OPEN HOURS TO SERVE YOU BETTER MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SATURDAY 99 9 till