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By Leonore Hawley For some years Mr. Alex 9 -- Ingram; Head of the Indus. trial « Arts Department at Henry Street High School in Whitby, listened to girls ask- ing to take Industrial Arts or to do some shop work. Edu- cators are sceptical of mo- tives in requests of this sort, but Mr. Ingram and Mr. W. Tiessen, who was Vice-Prin- cipal at the time, decided that the idea was not a passing fad for .the requests continued to come. The re- A A AN A Ay Lr eh AY od Virb (7 ihe die ianbiit, 00 ET * FANS i Spe OANA SFE Vrtass ER hl. dinicsinal abd, a bodman damiiinan ae Jsult was a pilot project with a groyp of Grade Ten girls in the four year course. In September of 1968, over twenty girls started working in the metal shop under the supervision and instruction of Mr. Ingram. From the first the girls found the work exciting. They began by making simple jewellery from copper enameling. From this they went to aluminum etching and small ornamental iron projects. Now that the girls' inter- est was high and they had had an opportunity to enjoy creative--work, the course took a practical turn. With Mr. Ingram, they explored 'home repair problems such as dangerous electric light cords, leaking water taps & window and door insulating. At the beginning of the winter term, Mr. Ingram took the girls into the wood shop where they made and uphol- stered footstools. First they studied basic furniture con- . struction, and then they de. cided on a simple, padded design for their footstools. Locally they obtained colour ful fabrics of excellent qual ity which were exactly what was needed to set off their handiwork. The girls used hand and- some power tools to make the footstools. Then the .girls applied wood fini- shes such as stain, shellac & varnish. They were given marks based on achievement and interest as well as ability but more satisfying than marks was their pride in the fonstools they had made with -their own hands. .Thére are not many ladies point to articles of furniture they themselves have made. Needless to say, after this Cafik' January 15, 1970 Monday of this week was the day we returned after the Christmas recess, and I would like to take this op- portunity of wishing all of you a very Happy New Year, and I hope things go as well for you as I would want them to go for myself. On Monday, the big news, of course, was that the Bia- fran-Nigerian Civil War ap- peared to be over, and this matter was discussed in the House of Commons following a statement by the Minister of External Affairs, Mr. Sharp. 1 Monday evening there was an emergency debate held on the subject, because it was the view of many people that there was a great deal of urgency to get relief sup- plies into the enclave of Bi- afra, so that the starvation of millions of people would be avoided. We are all, of course, equally concerned with avoiding an'y kind of _ starvation anywhere in the world, particularly in such large numbers. But the dif- ference lies in how you' go about it and what you do about it. Monday evening a motion "was made and passed by the House unanimously that the whole matter of suffering in Ottawa Nigeria be referred to the Standing Committee on Ex- ternal Affairs and National Defence. As most of you know, I have been a Member of this Committee since the 28th Parliament began. Our first witness was Dr. John- son, who many of you may know, is the head of Canaire- lief. Canairelief has been supplying transport aircraft to fly food from Sao Tome to Biafra. The food itself, which is on Sao Tome, is the property of Joint Church Aid. Dr. Johnson was very much concerned that every step be taken by the Canadian Gov- ernment to encourage the Nigerian Government to use the facilities of Canairelief and Joint Church Aid. . We passed a resolution on' Monday evening asking the Government to continue to maintain its efforts to encour- age the Nigerian Government to allow Joint Church Aid & Canairelief to assist in the relief operations, in what- ever way would be accept- able to the Nigerian Govern. ment. The following day, on Tuesday, thére was notifica- tion in the press that General Gowon, the head of the Fed- eral Nigerian Government, had indicated that relief was not acceptable through cer- tain specific relief agencies, Report | because of the part that these agencies played in the war itself, Some of them sided with the Biafran cause and the Nigerian Government un- derstandably' indicated that help from them would not be acceptable. It was later poin- ted out in a clarification statement, that Géneral Gow- on did not include certain other agencies, particularly the Red Cross. The next witness we had in our Committee was Gen- eral Wrinch, who actually was in Toronto. We inter- viewed him by telephone and questioned him for over an hour yesterday. General Wrinch is on his way to Ni- geria ag part of a 5-man team that the Canadian Govern: ment is sending over to Ni- geria to try to give some as- sistance to the Nigerian Gov- ernment. We ourselves, will 'be fol- lowing this up through our Committee to find out what can be done. The situation is unfortunate, but I think all of us must hear in mind that the prime responsibility for locking after the people of Nigeria rests with the Ni. gerian Government. ~ Check The Label On Your Paper who can | experience, there were even more requests from girls wi- shing to take this course. As a-result, this year there are two classes of girls in Indus- trial Arts at the Henry Street School, and the programme has Been set up a little dif- ferently. These classes are of appro- ximately. equal size, about twenty in each, For the first part of the year, one class is with Mr, Ingram making foot- stools or projects of their own design. For this the girls are using the wood lathe. Two are making coffee tables; one is making a rock- ing horse for a little brother, and another is designing a driftwood lamp, presumably to help her with her home- work. ' ' The other class is with Mr. Bill Hansen doing explora- tory work in design with plastics. At the end of Janu- ary, the classes will change teachers, and the artists in wood will turn their attent. tion to plastics while the modernists in plastics learn the beauty of wood. The girls in the Industrial Arts classes enjoy the break in the academic routine and the opportunity for self-ex- pression which has been giv- en to them. The teachers are gratified by the girls' enthu- siasm and their success in a field in which the boys at the school had had a mono- poly before this experiment. poly bfeore this experiment. HOMES WANTED L REALESTATE LTD -24ALTOR 985-7373 TROUSERS SLACKS 49 'y : Sore OT OB a HREARAEEE GWA LTS Virb Sr Fh PORT PERRY STAR -- Thurs, January 22,1970 -- 13 Local Guides, Brownies bserve Diamond Jubile: On = Wednesday evening, January 14th, over 100 Guides, Brownies and leaders of Port Perry District met in the Scout Hall to celebrate the "Diamond Jubilee' of the Girl Guide Movement in Can- ada. Following the re-dedicat- ion ceremony when each girl and leader again made her promise to Guiding, a rousing campfire was held including songs, skits, chants, etc. Mov- ies and pictures were taken of this all-important occasion in Guiding as a 60th anniver- sary comes only once in a life- time. Our' youngest Brown: and Guide blew out the 6 candles on the cake while 1. remainder sang Happy Birt day! After a very enjoyab: evening, cake, freshie and co! fee was served Port Perry District (the Villages of Seagrave and Por! Perry, number approx. 150 Brownies and Guides and 15 Guiders.) belongs to Scugog Division, which includes Ux- bridge and Clarem ont Districts and has some 500 members in the Guide movement. Museum Board Wants Antiques By Mrs. J. Kane The first meeting of the acquisition and display com- mittee, for the museum board of the Lake Scugog Historical Society was held last Thurs- day evening at the home of| Jack and Allene Kane. The members of the committee are: Allene Kane, chairman, Iva Phoenix, Jean. Nodwell, Donald Beacock, Marguerite Brock and"Jack Kane. It is the aim of this com- mittee to have a good mu- seum, one that the whole area can be proud of, and with the help of the people in the communities of Port Perry, Reach & Scugog, who | have anything. that they could donate, we can have a successful & a live museum. 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