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Home of Hills Dear Liar Review page 16 MPs in Action page 25 Wednesday April IMO Page SECOND SECTION Women Aware day attracts 200 Yvette rally inspiring professor says The year may be IMO but member of the University turns Club of Georgetown a look the at the Aware Day Saturday Their playlet at the end of the day provided a look at the and the presto of the womens movement and tome hopes for the future Herald photo Past present combined 19th century log cabin in 20th century home An unusual home in Hills has been featured In the most recent edition of a Toronto area Real Estate newspaper The home owned by Rob and Elsie Gordanler Is part modern although fitted with antique fixtures and part 19th century log cabin Its located on Just west of the Ninth Line The house is finished now after seven years of work clearing the land building the new section and renovating the log cabin section and the Gordanlers have decided to sell the place They plan to purchase a farm and try their hand at farming The first became interested In the idea or a log cabin home when a friend who lives in a log home in Introduced them to a man named Mel Shakespeare Mr Shakespeare has a log cabin home near and he has gone one step further in authentic restoration in that his house has no electricity and no central heating Mr Shakespeare also assembles log cabin homes for a living FANTASTIC Mels house is exceptional- its really fantastic Mr said He has the original furniture of the period and it really makes the place He showed us the houses hed done and we were really Impressed At that point although they werent prepared to go as far as Mr Shakespeare had done with authenticity the Gordanlers decided o use authentic antique fixtures wherever possible Many of the pieces of furniture in the house are antiques which they have re finished The door handles hinges and fireplace- fixtures in the home are all authentic The log cabin section of the house is from the Ottawa Valley Estimates place the time of construction of the house at around Mr said the logs arc In good condition because the owners of the home covered I hem with clapboard siding about years after the cabin was constructed The Gordanlers have owned the land for about seven years They began clearing the property in 1973 Cliff Norton built the shell of the new part of the house the Gordanlers moved in and completed the work They roughed it while the work was being finished with rudimentary plumbing and other facilities MODERN PLUMBING The house has now a completely modern plumbing heating and electrical system although some of the fixtures the pedestal sink in the log cabin section of the house are antiques The fireplace in the log cabin has a history of its own It wasnt part of the original cabin but came from Hamil ton by way of Mount Forest The bricks were originally bought by a former Hamilton hospital administrator who carted them to Mount Forest a few at a time in his Volks wagen But his plans to use the bricks himself fell through and he sold them to the for three each The fireplace Is authentic century in design and includes a bakers oven and ash pit Other pieces In the house showed up from all over The wainscot ting come from a house In Milton while the baseboard and the bathtub come from a house in Miisissauga There were quite a few things we waited to do because we didnt have the authentic materials Mr Gordanler said We waited five years to put the railing on the stairs to the basement until we found the right one The log cabin section of the house contains a living room downstairs three bed rooms and a bathroom upstairs The new sccton of house contains a big form style kitchen complete with wood burning stove the family room and another bathroom The log cabin is large by the standards of the period it was built The first floor was originally five rooms but is now one large room The house is located on a twoacre lot with a spring fed pond and an apple and pear orchard The Bruce Trail runs along the road in front of the house FIREFIGHTER Mr said it was an advantage that he works for the Brampton fire department because It meant that with his shift work he was able to spend his days off doing the renovations Mr Gordanicr has been doing handiwork and renovations for some years now He studied architecture at Ryerson for two years and worked with an architectural firm in Toronto on the CommcrceCourtproject He said he has also built cottages and garages for people After all that work to make the house what It is will it be hard to leave I feel I want to choose the people who are going to live here Mrs said This is a special house and I dont like to think of somebody coming in and putting up now wallpaper or something Bull guess bought the house because they like what It Is now they wont make any changes out of keeping with what weve done When youve done what youve planned you start looking ahead to something else Mr said By LGRI TAYLOR Herald Staff Writer The rally in the Montreal Forum recently was one of the most exciting events in Canadian history and show ed the spirit of women refusing to be labelled guest speaker Marsdcn told more than women Saturday at the Women Aware conference Professor Marsden was the keynote speaker at Women A- ware a special day for women organized by the Georgetown University Womens Club The day featured seminars on var ious topics and Alms and displays by womens groups and local organizations with services for women Professor Marsden teaches sociology at the University of Toronto where she is Asso ciate Dean in the School of Graduate Studies She is vice- president of the Liberal Party of Canada and former presi dent of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women Professor Marsden said the rally of women who gathered in response to some derogatory comments by Quebec cabinet minister Payette was inspiring I think what was so inspir ing about that rally was to see the majority of the accused rise up to Payettes challenge to point out what it is to be a woman in Quebec Professor Marsden said The women made it clear hey want to combine their traditional areas of expertise with being feminists she said It seems to me the women of Quebec should bean Inspira tion to us Professor noted No one really had to organize that rally- the women poured out from all corners of the province They werent willing to accept a label put on them by someone else WOMENS SPIRIT If you look at the history of women in Canada you find again and again the spirit shown by the women in much about the history of women in Canada at least not as much as we do about the history of men An historian from western Canada is currently conduct ing a study on the importance of Indian women in the deve lopment of the fur trade in Canada Professor Marsden said The Indian women form ed an important liaison be tween Indian men and the white fur traders communica ting between the two groups Many of the fur traders early In the development of the industry had Indian wives but when Canada became more settled men brought their wives over from Europe and the fur trade gradually deve loped into a more corporate structure under the control of the different trading compan ies Professor said In any port of on agricul tural society women play a crucial part Professor Mars said Women working in industry arc relatively new in our She said many of her stu dents and most of the people she talks to assume that the trend towards women working outside the home Is relatively recent but this is not the cose There is a long history of women working outside the home usually in domestic work nursing and other such occupations to helpsupport the family What is new is finding women careers outside the home and so many women working Professor Marsden said Women arc also doing more of the kind of work which Is reflected directly in the Gross National Product INDUSTRY BASE The economy has changed in Canada from being based on rural farm communities to being based on industry Pro fessor said When the basis of the eco nomy changes we must all adapt men and women she sold I dont say we cant change the economy if we want But if women want to be a part of those changes we have to be In the big leagues we will be there and increas ingly we are Getting the vote for women was one of the most dramatic events in womens history Professor Marsden said It was a major change In peop les view of the nature of citizenship she said When women got the vote they went on to make changes such as better working condi tions for women which meant belter conditions for every body better health standards and soon Professor Marsden said By pursuing our own selfinterest or what we thought was right wc helped the country at the same time Women are almost entirely out of the fields of science and technology and that is as recent a development as the entry of women Into careers Professor said If you look at antiques and In the archives at the different appliances in use in the home an overwhelming majority of them were used by women Its foolish to think that women werent involved in the techno logy of the equipment they used in the design and manu facture Not all technologies have become the exclusive province of men Professor Marsden said Women have retained control over some technolo gies and men have become less skilled In these areas CHILDREARING In Canada Me women have a virtual monopoly on child rearing and look whats happened to men theyve become virtually helpless in that field have to help them regain that technology Women dont face much dis crimination on an Individual basis any more because the Human Rights Commissions are there to help prevent such discrimination Professor Marsden said But there is still discrimination by institutions and groups She pointed out as an example that there are few high school programs which encourage boys to learn dom estic sciences and girls bio logy and physics If they said boys would have to learn English and girls Greek wed be horrified so why should we accept the present split between boys and girls she asked Before concluding her speech Professor Marsden re turned the topic of the rally I think the rally was inspiring not just because of the women who want to stay in Canada but because a group of Canadian women want to get control to make changes to benefit themselves and every one else she said I think women in Ontario like the women In Quebec see Canada as a place to live full equitable lives Following the speech the women broke up Into groups to attend the seminars which made up the main part of the day Seminar topics Included training main taming a positive self Image career planning money man agement violence against wo men the second fifty years and female sexuality The day concluded with a skit presented by members of the Georgetown University Womens Club dramatizing the progress of women since 1929 when the Privy Council in Britain ruled that women were persons Lorna former president of the National Action Committee on the or Women vicepresident of the Liberal Party of Canada and the drat woman on the board of director of Air Canada the keynote speaker Saturday at Women Aware a spec la I day Tor women organized by Ihe Georgetown University Womens Club Herald photo The future looks good Tab located north of Glen Williams on Sideroad ha Jusl recently been and dm for tale The log cabin section the bouse which owned by Rob and Elsie Gordanler an 1Kb century log was dismantled al original location near Ottawa brought to tab site and The price for the hoot I 1 1ST and Includes two acres of land I feel optimistic about the future for women I dont I hear hat the government has dropped proposed legislation to provide I pay for work of equal value when I see yet another version of that tired old ring around the collar Wisk commercial when I hear a little boy tell a little girl Girls don t do that But after the Women Aware day Saturday at Georgetown District High School it would be difficult if not impossible to reel pessimistic about the future of women Judging by feelings of women spoke to the end of day conversations I overheard the day progressed was Ihe order of the day Women Aware was the first in what ill hopefully be an annual scries of Women Aware days programs of growth and development of skills women have previous neglected or been discouraged from pursuing The day was organized by Georgetown University Womens Club The day began with an address by former president of the National Action Committee on Status of Women and continued with a series of workshops on a widely varied range of topics The variety of topics available provided a problem in decision making for most of Ihe women who register ed because each workshop continued all day and only one choice was perm it led The seminar topics were raining career planning money management maintaining a positive self image violence against women ha second fifty years and female sexuality SEEK RESPONSE At the end of a seminar on female sexuality leader seminar Judith Golden asked each woman in the room to describe how they felt about the way the workshop had gone Almost every woman said specifically that they felt good relaxed or mellow and commented on how Ihey enjoyed sharing their feelings about them selves and their experiences with women ihe room even though many of them were total strangers One or two suggested that a Man Aware day might provide similar good reelings for men Those relaxed good feelings seemed to be shared by most of the women I talked topics might range from money manage ment to female sexuality but Ihe mam component of them all was the urging of women feel not only comfortable with who they are and what want but feel good aboul There was an air of optimism in room at tbe end of the day when the women gathered in he after the work shops for a presentation by members of University Womens Club The presentation was designed to show how far women come or have they I since 1929 when the Privy Council in England ruled that women are persons and entitled to all the privileges enjoyed by persons A number of famous men a w omen ere quoted some sexist and some The more outrageously sexist quotations were greet ed with rueful laughter and a shaking of Ihe heads by same members of Ihe audience SEXIST COMMENTS And some of those outrageously sexist comments such as the statement by a Toronlo judge that women past a certain age cant be relied on to give testimony in court were made fairly recently Those kind of remarks were reminders that may have come a long way baby but theres still a long way to go I dont imagine anyone left the day feeling too complacent My feeling of about the future for women is based on two things- the broad range of women who a I ended Women Awore of all ages and interests Includ ing one or two children of the female persuasion and Ihe fact that the workshops provided every woman with some I hi ng she can take home and apply to her particular situation to help her to do and be what she wants And if those women can do and be what want and feel good about themselves without being defensive maybe one day well look back on some of the sexist comments included In that presentation as a bad dream from the distant past So heres my thanks to he Georgetown University Womens Club for a fascinat ing eyeopening made me feel optimistic about the future for women Heres hoping it at least through the next commercial CANCER CLINIC The Georgetown branch of ihe Canadian Cancer Society will be holding a free breast examination clinic June at Georgetown District Memorial Hospital The clinic it open to all women and free baby- it ting service mil be provided Examinations will be conducted by local doctors in private cubicles Registration for tbe clinic will run trom 12 jo to win at me door