Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 18, 1967, Winnipeg, Manitoba 18 i Iii thu Ivany numerous child marriages Are discovered in Pakistan by Ralph Joseph Lahore up numer Ous cases of girls who were married Between the Ages of eight and 12 have been Dis covered by social researchers supposedly enlightened in West child marriage was thought to have been rooted out of the subcontinent during the Brit ish but indications Are that it is still a wide spread what the British so firmly stamped out was the bizarre confined mostly to of marrying off boys and girls soon after they were the present problem stems More from puritanical harassed parents wanting to dispose of their daughters be fore frolicsome playmates be coming interested in them a 25yearold dockworkers in Karachi startled me a Short time ago by casually announcing hews returning to his Village near East to marry a girl aged i took it that he really wanted to marry her so she could help is elderly 50 nut think you cards with order of 100 or knt Al of w0dity go plums Tver Crkon decor Soi to Mem in who lived alone on their Little plot about six months later he told me he had consummated the marriage with amused at my Surprise and probably guessing that i con Lelve Ottawa up the Cana Dian association of stamp companies told parliamentary in Quiry thursday that trading Stamps in retail stores give customers a two per cent Dis count on Large and the in a Brief to the Senate commons committee on said the stamp Indus try is a worthwhile providing an outlet for Canadian manufactured products which would otherwise not Stamps Are also a definite promotional service to corporate and the Brief it was presented by Monty West of chairman of the association and Vic Epresi Dent of Gold Sta sales of which supplies to Independent the Brief said trading Stamps give housewives discounts on their retail purchases which they otherwise could not she receives the of a two percent discount on All her Large or she Doest get something for but she does get some thing instead of actually she gets something for Stamps for her the Brief said All Consumers Benefit from trading Stamps whether they like them or not because of the increased Competition they want a better Job train for it prepare quickly for an office position learn typewriting so Wymand Mokko Tinc comp Ometer feb tits begin 1 any monday ask of Angus school of Commerce 267 9420614 hmm a acco Bortei tac teem Wilfred Ooth s shop 7894005 7ui foreign guides vary says new head Toronto cd outdoor activities Are still the biggest at traction for Canadian girl guides but the accent is differ ent in some other says the Canadian chairman of guiding International in developing for guides May take part in leprosy programs and help teach Hygiene and health care in says ran Kine Nesbitt of j in countries where there is service rather than training will be the accent of i their Nesbitt is chairman of the world world As sedation of girl guides and i girl the association has 80 member countries represent i ing girl i it also Bas associate members who apply for full membership when they feel their organizations Are Strong and truly coun Nesbitt says its one of the purposes of the world association to help develop National guide Nesbitt was elected chairman to the world association meeting in Tokyo last sep she returned Home by Way of where she attended the opening of san the first Eastern guide Centre and a place for guides from around the world to the second Canadian to head the world nes Bitt has been a girl guide since she was 11yearold Mary an Derson in the daughter of and she has lived in several parts of having been a guide in and a guide Captain in Side red him a bit of a he added that where he came from men married girls even maturing Early child marriage is As common among some of the Hill tribes As it is in the villages on the it has been discovered among the tribes of the Northwest Frontier As Well As in the larger cities such As family planning workers want to see the age at marriage raised so that each woman would Bear a smaller Brood during her period of ranging roughly be tween the Ages of 13 and the custom May have some thing to do with the common incidence of girls reaching sexual maturity even earlier than m Many younger ones Are known to have the rate of miscarriages and still births among them is As it is also among girls who conceive at 14 or no specific study of the custom appears to have been though papers on connected subjects have mentioned in a Survey of Saleem Saeed of the social science research Cen tre at for notes 218 cases in which girls had wed Between the Ages of eight and this would indicate that about 10 per cent of the girls who married in Lahore were miss Saeed has an explanation for the prevalence of the custom which seems Plaus the practice had been banned the 1930s by Brit ish authorities and a family Laws ordinance promulgated by president Ayub Khan in 1960 fixed the minimum age at which a girl May marry at knowing that it against the Law to marry a girl miss Saeed people tend to give false in formation to s u r v e y conductors about their age at she agreed that Many of the poor Folk were so abysmally especially in the that they were unaware a Law existed forbidding child mar completely veiled since the Bride is usually completely veiled at the Cere sitting on the floor at her parents Home with her head even the priest who performs the ceremony would find it difficult to guess her one reason Why families tend to dispose of their daughters miss Saeed is tint they want to have the marriage arrangements of toe girl Over with while the elders Are still tradition bound even in the people feel the marriage would be less Likely to go on the rocks if the principals followed the advice of elderly people in choosing a mate for the fledglings in the o o Gibson Godfrey mrs Godfrey wish to announce the engage ment of their Barbara j to Thomas i son of and i of the wed Ding will take place March Greenwood United at map Izail Eller i Cameron Bland and j the engagement is announced take pleasure m the of Margaret daughter of forthcoming marriage of their i Cameron of Vancouver elder to j and the late Roderick Robert son of to Robert son late and Fredrick i of and Charles of of the j on March wedding takes place at i at at Silver Heights United the i Bride will be Given in marriage March 1967 in Canadian memorial Bride is the granddaughter of son of and Geoffrey Bidlake of Yukon miss Sumner is a graduate of Scripps College in California and received her masters degree in Plant ecology from the University of she has recently been a research Assis Tant and is now an instructor in biology at Cornell Bidlake is a graduate of the University of and is a wildlife biologist with the Mani Toba wildlife Branch in Winni a late summer wedding is son and Leslie g Briscoe Are pleased to announce the engagement of their Joyce Lesley to John Herd son of and Joseph the wedding will take place on May at in the United College Struthers Ackland and stutters announce the engagement of their daughter to Alan son of and the Wedd ing will take place March at Mill Woods Dalrymple f Edwin 1969 Mcphillips West Are pleased to announce the engagement of their Only Judith to Douglas elder son of and William Dalrymple of the wedding will take place on april at the Johns anglican Waines Dean and formerly of announce the engagement of their i daughter Leslie to Andrew Bald of on son of Bald of Waterloo and the late Bald of the wedding will take place on March at All saints Luth eran miss Waines is a graduate of dal Housie University and Bald graduated from University of Western Ontario in Copeland Cowie and Donald Cope Are pleased to announce the engage ment of their second Betty to George Harold son of Hazel the wedding will take place August 1967 i n Marai Letellier United Mani a Winner in the National collection contest last week at Montreal was this pantsuit by Frankjoy of the suit was judged Best in the summer sportswear Cate gory of the National show sponsored by the International ladies Garrent workers fashion writers from across Canada cast votes in the 143yearold will provides wedding gifts port Louisiana a dowries May be out of fashion i but in this Small City across the Mississippi River from Baton Rouge newlyweds expect the Parish county police the governing has Andersen Peters and Frits Andersen of 114 Spence Are pleased to announce the engagement of their Joyce to John Martin son of and Martin the wedding will be on Satur March 18th at 5 Oclock at Young United i j Greenaway Mowat i and Glen Greenaway Are pleased to announce the engagement of their j Zella to flying j officer Dallas Norman son of and Norman i of the wedding is to take place at the fort Garry United March husband wanted to take his wife out this evening for a delicious dinner in pleasant surroundings and with Fine enter it Doest have to be her birthday or anniversary for her to enjoy the smiling service of the paddock 1540 Portage where its fun to Dine out la Joulin t j4 Canad Aue 1 approved routinely the distribution of its annual dowries to couples married Here last the 40 couples were planning what to do with the s85 they each will receive some plan to pay off others want to buy new clothes or an Bradshaw Ray Henry Thecla Brad is Happy to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of her j younger Carol j to David elder son of Ella and the late George the marriage ceremony will take j place in on Smith end pole Park strapping Centra u j March a i think its a wonderful reception will be held Taw Inni Ottawa mental in founding american i said Joseph i Peg at 011 Torian Merrill Denison of torn Export Trade in wheat and who was married Jesus Christ 01 onto said thursday that concerns and the Northwestern i think dowries should saints on Over american interests in ca1 ican rail Nadian banking seems he said in an address to the women Canadian club that when the Bank of Montreal was founded More than 100 years 47 per cent of the original he told his which included the wife of former finance minister Walter to Stop worrying about the United definitely be brought it started 143 years ago when Julien de Lalande Poydras had set aside in his will for dowries to couples in the legend has it that Poydras they dont want you and did it because his beloved aim it have it would j marry him for Lack of a the wedding will inn Nusl i not rat run saints on Johnstone Yamashita and Johnstone Are pleased to announce the engage ment of their daughter Doreen to James Shigemi son of Yamashita and the late j came from american mean 20 Canadian senators take place on March 75 Canadian it j the police jury has been 1967 at Knox United about 1867 Canadian Banks would upset the political Bali faithful in keeping in i vesting the Money and using Lent Money to american Busi South cipher to to crawl Imo a Gulf of j pics to couples who married the i Nesses at twice the interest they could get in i co Uke lemmings or join up j previous the Canadian capital was instru1 with South grown to annual minimum charge for 10 lines and to cents for each additional Eaton will help you pith wedding invitations nov stat writing Calm Repter Tow gift pit Hiness who Eaton gift sixth Al sir fund dings and engagements must be mined hours before publication 4 floors of better furniture All of it on sole for All of february i for the new patterns in the finest Crystal stemware and English Bone personalized bridal registry will open Library during school Tea the Princess Margaret Home and school association will hold a Canadian Centennial Tea from i 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 thursday at the it will Mark the opening of a the Centennial project of the receiving will be the con David the association Henry and Vic president there will be Home baking and homemade Candy for dining room Boshart Spanish dining 64 Hutch with domed Oval one Arm and five Side diners with 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Dresser and framed 5drawer Short poster 60 Nite tables also regular save now clearance Baetz floor have Ducco our entire Stock of original beats tables in elegant Walnut and Many types and shapes m regular 105 Savi now 79 area rugs we have reduced the prices on about two dozen decorative accent rounds and in myriad of Modem sizes up to save off regular this and shews just a n sampling of eur better furniture department by ment and throughout eur entire store weve marked Down hundreds of pieces 15 the balance of Wilsons Stock subject to our Well known 10 special factory orders included our Sale continues for All of save 10 to 50 where the letter furniture Sato takes place 3 Wilsons 352 main South we 251m ;