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sy Scugog Citizen -- Tuesday, December 14, 1993 --33 4 Port Pe: Perry Senior Citizens Club held its annual Christmas dinner last week with well over 100 people enjoying roast turkey and all the fixings. Prior to dinner the Seniors lit candles signifying friendship, dedication to country and peace on earth, Taking part in the candle ceremony 'from left are past presidents Roy Grierson, Clara W. Prentice, and current president Stan Rickard, Jeanne and Vic Queen and King. , Bill Harper and Gord the club's reigning Seniors Club Xmas dinner We were treated to a grand staff. The local Boy Scouts evening of food and served the food to the tables and" entertai on Dx ber 8, didan lent job. this being our Christmas After dinner, we were celebration. After the singing of our National Anthem, the King and Queen plus the present and past Presidents of our club participated in a candle Lighting ceremony and they spoke on Fri hip, our d members, the season, our country and our wishes for the world and its people. Following the saying of Grace by Allan Ellicott, 135 people sat down to a fine Christmas Dinner catered by Al McGuigan and his entertained with Christmas music, by our Choir directed by Grace Hasting with Eva Hunter at the piano. A humorous play involving Christmas Gifts was presented , followed by a piano duet performed by Grace and Eva. The finale was a display of fine talent by the Port Perry High School Choir under the direction of Charles White, singing a variety. of music spanning different eras and countries. Our 1 thanks to all who helped or participated in the festivities. The next regular meeting of the Seniors will be January 12, 1994. The exercise and line danéing classes resume January 24 1994. Our drop-in on Wednesday mornings at the Latcham Centre is cancelled till January 5, 1994. Shuffleboard is oyer till J y 3, 1994. Euch on December 15 at 1:30 pm and December 18 at 8:00 pm have a Christmas theme and prizes. The best of the season from all of us to all of you. HERITAGE HIGHLIGHTS GATT creates anxious times for Ont. farmers 3 "Events surrounding the tional GATT in Geneva coneerning agricultural trade rules have created a climate of economic anxiety for. thousands of Canadian farmers," said Roger George, president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA). The OFA has been involved in a continuous round of meetings and "telephone calls across Canada and internationally over the past few days. Conversations i with both supply and non supply have underscored the need for Government of Canada trade negotiators to deliver to Canadian = farmers and of in the closing. days negotiations. "In numerous telephone conversations with Canadian Federation of Agriculture President Jack Wilkinson, I urged him to be relentless in defending the legitimate concerns and anxieties of Canadian farmers," said George. "With Jack Wilkinson leaving tonight for the trade talks in Geneva, | am confident that Canadian farmer views will be strongly and forcibly expressed to our government negotiators in Europe." The OFA has never wavered in _ its support for the Canadian balanced trade position throughout the GATT talks. "OFA will continue to defend the interests of Canadian farmers now and in the aftermath of GATT," said George. "Ontario farmers will demand the full attention of both our federal and governments to assess and manage the impact of a GATT resolution." Youth bowling results Pee Wee: High Single Flat - Bonnie Johnson 100, Mark Forderer 104. High Double Flat - Becky Delore 196, Mark Forderer 160. Team Standing: Looney Tunes 31, Duck Tales 31, Goof Troop 20. Bantam: High Single Flat - Holly Bartley 164, Jason Johansen 184. High Triple Flat - Holly Bartley 370, Jeremy Stephenson 422. Team Standing: Fresh Prince 29, Full House 27, Home Improvements 25. , Canada's "Holy Terror" let's them howl Nice women do want the vote By Marsha Boulton WINNIPEG. MANITOBA, 1916 -- What event roused the Manito- ba Legislative Assembly to cele- brate by singing "For They Are Jolly Good Fellows?" If you knew that the outburst of song was prompted by the passing of -a law which granted Manitoba women the rigit to vote, you may also know that the political activist who spearheaded the suffrage campaign was Nellie Mooney McClung. McClung was born in Chatsworth, 'Ontario and spent most of her childhood in Manito- ba where she became a teacher. "Women's roles" fascinated her at an carly age, and McClung signed her first petition on behalf of women's suffrage in 1890 at thes age of 16. At 23, she married-pharmacist Wes McClung and they eventual- ly raised a: family of five. During this time, McClung was active in the Women's Christian Temper- ance Union and she became a popular speaker. She also pursued a writing career, producing her first novel "Sowing Seeds in Danny" in 1908. It. became a national best-seller. After moving to Winnipeg in 1911, McClung became involved in-the city's active andsvocal women's rights and reform move- ment. She lob- bied Conserva- tive Premier Sir . Rodmond Roblim for better work- ing conditions for female factory workers. It was to be her first confrontation with Roblin, but not her last. In 1914, McClung led a delega- tion of women to ask for the right to vote. The meeting ended when Premier Roblin concluded: "Nice women don't want the vote." McClung's response was to stage a Mock Parliament in which the subject of the debate was whether or not men should have the yote. "Man is made for some-: thing higher and better than vot- ing," declared McClung in an excruciatingly humorous and deadly accurate parody of the Premier. "Politics tnsettles men, and unsettled men mean unset- tled bills -- bro- ken furniture, broken vows -- divorce." The Mock Parliament was a_ huge. success. Although there was a some public back-lash to her rabble-rousing_ style, as well as vicious attacks by critics who accused her of neglecting her children, McClurg maintained her posture through reasonable discussion and irrepressible wit and charm. "Never retract, never explain, never apologize -- get the thing done and let them howl," became Watch for the "Nellie McClung" Heritage Minute on your local television station. For more information about the Heritage Project call 1-800-567-1867. McClung's motto. While her crit- ics nicknamed her "Holy Terror," her supporters and her family cheered her as "Our Nell." On January 27, 1916, Manito- ba's new Liberal government passed the Bill for the Enfran- chisement of Women. What McClung had called "a bonny fight, a knockdown drag-out fight, uniting the women of Manitoba in a great cause," was resolved in a victory which paved the way 'for other provinces and the federgl government to determine that women should be granted the vote. McClung moved' 'to Edmonton, where she cortinued the struggle for the right to vote in that province. She gained a seat in the Legislature "in 1921, and was one of the "famous five whe launched the "Pérsons Case." "Women are going to.form a chain, a greater sisterhood that, the world has ever known," wrote McClung. As an author, lecturer and grandmother, she continued to advocate rights and reforms for women until her death in 1951.