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8-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, April 3, 1991 Shelter for abused women and children lire Suir U.C.W. recently had a birthday party for M4nette Savory wiro turned 89 this year. Annette Muldrew was bomin h Elizabethville on February 18, 1902.Sire was the youngest girl i the famnily and had 4 brotirers and 3 sisters. She is tire sole surviving member of that famiiy. She moved 10 Starkvilie when she married Russell Savery on October 30, 1929. She lîved thore until Russell died in May of 1976 when she soid the farmn and moved to Bowmanvilie. This was her first experience of living in a town and she says she's used to il now and likes how handy everything is. Sire iras one of her meals out each day. Mrs. Savery is a very independent 89 years oid, She does ail her own cleaning, cooking and grocery shopping. Sire aiso has a sharp memory for dates. Tirey bouglit the 100 acre farm. in Starkviile i 1929 for $3,000 and it was paid formin1944. This farrmwas across froin Russeil's parents' farra just west of Shiioh Church. They raised herefords, pigs and ail kinds of fowl - turkeys, geese, ducks, and hens. She said they always had a big flock of geese, and in the fal they wouid have a bee and relatives and friends would corne over and pluck the geese. "We got thern done aloI quicker that way", said Nette. "We'd have, the plucking finished before noon." Nette always had a flock of turkeys. The turkeys would begin 10 lay in the spring. Sometimes a turkey or two would "lay away" somewhere other than the barn and Nette would have to, go ouI and look for the nests. She usualiy found thei out in the pasture under the bushes. One year she raised a large flock of turkeys (36 of thein) and with some of the money she earned, sire bought a battery operated radio from Lunn's in Orono. tirat radio was a major source of their entertaininent down on thre farm. 1 asked Nette what a typical day was like, and she said they got up about 6 a.m. and went out 10 millc thre cows before breakfast. Tirey always separated thre crearn, and the creatn nman always called i wice a week. After the miiking, Nette made breakfast which was always a big bowl of oatmoeai porridge with fresh miik or creain, toast and tea and sometimes bacon and an egg. She washed their laundry in a tub using a washboard and a bar of soap. She comments on how easy laundry is now, rememnbering washig those heavy work clothes by hand. "But," she adds, "we didn't know anything else, and Fd always helped out at home." The bread man (Hesper Dean) deiivered bread once or twice a week and it cost 8and 10ocents a loaf. She said he neyer missed a week, and camne through ail kinds of weather. The Savery's got hydro in the house in 1941, and in the barn in 1945. In 1942, they had their first and only child, daughter Betty. Nette explains how they stored food before tire age of hydro- refrigerators. The Savery's had a swing sheif down in their ceilar which they put al tirir perishables on, such as tire milk and butter and eggs. Every fail they butchered one of their pigs and divided it up between Russell's father and themselves. They salted pieces of it and put it in a barreli down.iin the basement, and Nette just had to slice off pieces as needed throughout the year. She said they bought beef rarely and neyer butchered their own. Their herefords were aiways soid 10 iivestock dealers. Russell always had a garden, and they stored vegetables, and dîd aloI of preserving and picklig. Sire said they didn't have many hardships and aiways had enough 10 eat. Russeil's father, Williamn Savery was a blacksmith from Engiand, and Russell wouid often help him show horses. Russell had a teai, a bay and a gray named Jack and Bill. Once he bought a new horse and she was a litle nervous and highstrung. He hitched her up with one of his Rowan horses and drove out 10 Jacksonis' Miii in Kendai. Ho took his grain mbt the miii, and when he camne out the horses had got tireiseives down int the creek, wagon and ail. This was January 2th, 1936 (lI bld you Mrs. Savery has an amazing memory) so the water would be a mighî chilly. Everyone told Russell: "You'Il nover gel them horses out, but determinediy went down 10 the creek and very slowiy and carefully led them Ibhrougi tire water umder a bridge and, after a good whilo, out Of the icy waîer and back up on tire road. On August 10, 1962, the Saverys bans burnt. Nette said they didn't know a thing about il untîl midnight, when someono drove in their lane 10 tel thoin about il. They figured il was an electrical fire. Luckily, the catie were out in the fields, but they lost some pigs and the bons. She said they neyer had as good iray as they had that year. "We had 2 barns full of good, dry hay, but tire neighbours were reaily good and gave us hay. Russell got a fellow froin Kitchener 10 come and put up a Doan Barn. They started il on a Monday and finished il on the Thursday. Russel had bo finish the inside bimseif. The fire causod alot of trouble, but we wore happy il wasn't the house." Nette feols that they haven't had many hardships and tiraI it's a good ife. It was nice talkdng with such a positive, independent 89 year oid. Leah Hanes, Host and Executive Producer of THE HANES REPORT, wiil be the Guest Speaker at "A Tribute To The Denise House". The Denise rHouse/Sedna Women's Sheiter and Support Services hic. will hold its Sixth Annual Dmnner on April 23, 1991 at the General(W.) Sikorski Polish Veterans' Association, Stevenson Road North, Oshawa. Leah is an entreprenuer with a strong belief in the positive power of women. She was the recipient, i the Creative Communicator Category, of the 1989 "Women Who Make A Difference" award, sponsored by Toronto Life Fashion and Simpsons. An achiever, Leah brings to thre marketplace an unsightful perspective of the progress women Queen 's repor carried by community newspapers. These costs relate 10 an increase of over 500 per cent i the case of the Canadian Statesman. On Thursday evening, I attended the Annual Dinner and Awards Night staged by thre Big Brother of Oshawa/Whitby. Don Alman from CKQT was the MC, for a reaily fine evenig of tribute for ail Big Brothers and those involved in the recent Bowl for Big Brothers event. On Friday, in addition Io my normal day in the constituency office, I was able 10 break new ground, by visiting with %r. Gary Edgar, Economnic Development Officer, and his staff, at Mississauga's of Scugog Island First Nation Office, R. R. 5, Port Perry. Our meeting was warm and cordial, and it afforded me a greater understanding of the problemts faced by native people. 1 look forward 10 being a part of thre teain, i future meetigs with the Minister of Natural Resources, on their behaif. Until next week - be kind to each other. are mnaking in the workplace and at home. THE HANES REPORT profiles successful womnen froin across thre nation and addresses major issues of concern and interest 10 womnen. "A Tribute To The Denise House" will begin wilh a reception at 6:00 p.n., dinner served at 7:00 p.m., and our Guest Speaker 10 begin at 8:30 p.m. The Denise House/Sedna Women's Shelter and Support Servi'ces Ic. is a shelter for abused womeni and tiroir chiidren, servicing thre Durham Region. The -"telter provides emef-gency accommodation, supportive counselling and referrals as well as public education presentations., For further information and tickets, please cal te sheiter at 728-7311 or 1-800-263-3725 Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p. _______ DISH DOCTOR New & Used Satellite Systemns 24 Hr. Emergency Service House Calis Treatment Guaranteed (705) 652-6841 BULLDOZING lb PULL SCRAPER DON GILLISPIE R.R.1, Port Hope Ontario Li A 3V5 o (416) 797-2912 THANK YOU! The Orono Firefighters Association would like to thank the following for donating prîzes for our dance on March 9, 1991. Dulees Hammer's Dance Club Kirby Burger New Dutch Oven Co-op Orono Exotic Cat World Bey. 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