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Sa Cee <5 0 3 J] = Canada . mendations. Rights of women The following is part of a recent address on the status of women. and women's rights given by Ontario Liberal leader Robert Nixon. It has been almost a year and a half since the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in published its findings" and 4 But there are still Broblens based on community attitudes, and for the most part, 'government legislation reflects rather than. initiates Social values. At one time,women were denied access to : training in some professions but this has largely been overcome. A woman can now gain the "credentials for almost any job, but society has decreed that certain jobs are for women and cer- tain jobs are for men. The discrimination in this works both ways, and for the most part, the separation of roles is regrettable. ; From the day we are born, we learn from parents, teachers, television, books, etc., that a woman will some day marry and raise a family 'and be supported by her husband. Women are taught that they have to work for a few years following' Jheir formal education so they should learn a skill to tide them over. A great number opt for secretarial work. Almost 30 percent of all"women in the labour force are 'doing clerical work. Some of the best minds in this country may be spending their days 'typing correspondence. Such a prospect is wasteful and unfair. Another 15 percent of women are either elementary school teachers or nurses. Both are important and worthwhile professions but the same qualities and interests could just as naturally lead to a career as a secondary school teacher or a doctor, and yet the percentage of women in these professions is considerably lower. 'So what do we do? How do we change a' value system hundreds of years old? We've got to start somewhere. Job advertising and other media recom- . -presentations do not portray preconceived sexval roles. We can get tough with laws forbidding discrimination on the basis of sex. We can provide - adequate day-care facilities so that they become an extension of the school system. 'We can make it as easy as possible for a woman to pursue a career. But nothing will change until 5 society changes. Women's rights have made tremendous strides in the past ten years. Laws 'have been enacted to provide for adequate maternity leave with assurance of a job upon returning to work. Laws prohibit discrimination in hiring on the basis of sex, and most importantly, 5 "there has been a general recognition of the problem by just about everyone. And the government can amend laws which are presently discriminatory and the Royal Com- mission on Women has performed a great service in highlighting -such-laws. The government can in- troduce legislation which eliminates barriers to women following a career. But the government 'should not legislate quotas for employment of women and it cannot legislate social attitudes. Society | must change its own rules and the im. petus must come from both men and women. PORT PERRY STAR COMPANY, LIMITED a <3 Serving Port Perry, Reach, Scugog and Cartwright Townships P. HVIDSTEN, Publisher - Editor WM. T. HARRISON, ] JOHN B. McCLELLAND, Plant Manager. Associate Editor Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association. Member of the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Assiciation Published every Wednesday by The Port Perry Star Co. Ltd, Port Perry, Ontario. Authorized as second class maill by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash "Second Class Mail Registration Number 0265 Subscription Rates: In Canada $4.50 per yr., Elsewhere $6.00 per year. Single le Copy 104 wna (1m) - continued for weeks: BILL MILEY UGAR AND HearD THE ONE ABOUT THE NEWFIE. WHO EXERCISED HIS FRANCHISE P year, oul 30 YEARS AGO» "Fhursday, February 9, 1922 Al the Winter carnival this . of the many costumes. one was. par- ticularly worthy of. com-: mendiation was 'Jack 4 I'rost*' impersonated by litle Lorpe Beare. In the character costume, first prize was -won by Jas. Harrison and 2nd prize as a Mexican gentleman went lo < 1LW. Emmerson. At the Veteran's Annual * Convention, Com. W.A. Roberts of Port Perry was clected as a member of the hoard of directors. { At Town Council Mr. Fred Taggart was appointed o assessor for' 1922. "with a "salary ol $100.00." ts 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, February 03.1947 _Scugog -- everything is tied up on account of snow, Church and Sunday School cancelled. "No school on Monday or Tuesday. ~ The Library Sciety of Port Perry High School students presented a short program in the auditorium - for the students. A short skit en- titled ' "The Perfect Gen- tleman' was enacted by Howard Hall, Norman Aldred, Tom- Cook "and Marian Colley. Also musical selections. 'by Lois. Jeffrey; Ted Girffen and Bruce Gerrow. Port Perry High School "students as a mixed choir are listed among the con- testants in the fourth annual Kiwanis Festival to be held in Eaton's Auditorium. - 15 YEARS AGO Thursday. February 11, 1957 Competitors from Port )--- Perry competing al the w Spice WINTER FINALLY GETS TO SMILEY' -All winter I've been laughing. Not wildly or oul loud, so that some people could do what they've wanted to for years -- have me quietly pul away. No. "it's just been a steady stream of assorted chuckles, snickers and titters, with an--occasional giggle erupting - when it poured rain around here in January. I was laughing, for the first time in about four winters, at the snowmobilers and skiers. - Winter after wihter I have sat, glowering inwardly, as the snowmobilers tried to outshout each other in their boisterous, boyish manner, each trying to tell a taller tale than the other about how he jumped the creek or went up a 90-degree slope with no hands. or some such rot. . Winter after winter! I've tried to keep the sour_look off my face as the ski- hounds burble their *in"" talk about how many runs they made, chortle with glee every time there was a fresh fall of show. and brag about their brand new Scheissmaken eighty dollar ski boots. i For about two months, the winter of 1971- 72 was known as "Smiley's Revenge". There was a little snow in December. but it was almost a green Christmas. There wasn't a snowbank worthy of skidding into on New Year's Eve. And the fine weather lots of rain. high temperatures and virtually no snow. "Let their snowmobiles sit there and rust." I whispered. barely able to restrain a guffaw. "Let their skis warp and their.fancy boots remain unscuffed."" [1 muttered. scarce able to hold back a peal of laughter. It's not that 'I have anything personal against these mid-winter bores. Some of my best friends are snowmobilers. though 1 wouldn't want my daughter to marry one. And I know some perfectly sensible people who think there is. something ineffably enjoyable in sliding down a hill on a couple of inflated barrel staves. The genuine skier thinks nothing of spending ten or fifteen dollars on a Sunday's skiing, even if he has to cut his church givings to the bone. And it's not jealousy or spite. Just because I have a ropy knee that would put me on crutches for two months if I had a fall is no - reason lo envy those who swoop down the hill like a bird. Same with snowmobiling. I have a slight. handicap there, too. I can fly a plane and , drive a_car, if there are good mechanics - around. But when it comes to small motors which stop running, all 1 can do is stand there and stare, shifting from one foot to the other. I's embarrassing, but I'm being frank. It's all very well to talk about carburetors _and pistons and fuel lines if you know what - they are. where they are, and what to do if they aren't working. I figure I'm lucky if 1 get the lawnmower started once out of three times, without summoning help. Thus the only picture I can conjure with me and a snowmobile init is a nightmare: the pair of us out in the woods. ten miles from- nowhere. with the car- boretors seized up or burned out or whatever it is they do. No. I don't hate the people or the sports. 1 "Just hate snow with a deep and bitter 'loathing which 'must have psychological explanation. Did I wet my pants. as a small child. while playing in the snow" Did my parents, sick of my eternal wailing, throw me into a snowbank and hastily retrieve me" I don't know the answer. But 1 dg know some that = Smiley's Revenge "has jurped into. Smiley's Filly. (continued onl page 5) Arena. He - Superintendent 'Kiwanis Music Festival in Toronto are Joanne Mosienko, Donna Samells o and Graham Powell. --The-bright--- spot of -.the Bantam Hockey game in Port Perry this week, apart from winning was- lo see "tiordie Carnegie, the pride of last year's-Pee Wees in the net. Al the Legion Branch-419; monthly meeting Comrade Roy Scott spoke to. the meeting as a delegate for the Community. Memorial outlined the program proposed for fund® raising and solicited the co- operation of the Légion to work-with the Chamber of Commerce, Lions Club and other town organizations. 10 YEARS AGO Thursday, February 8, 19462 "Mr. N.A. Sweetman born on. Scugog Island: and at- tended High School in Port Perry was appointed of Toronto Public Schools. » Mr. Cleve Kight had his 1962 Pontiac stolen while visiting' his sister in Com- munity Memorial Hospital. = - When you go into the Memorial Arena in Brooklin, vou will see a hig new electric time clock installed® there by the Brooklin Lions Population of Brooklin if you enter from the south the population is 1.100, if you enter 'from the cast it it Jumps up to 1.800, and if yoy «enter from the north or west your not told: you have to come to your own conelusion