Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 20, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press Friday july 20, 1973 news grower s title is Green onion King by Nancy Craig if you re particularly fond of Green onions you la be pleased to know a Portage la Prairie vegetable Farmer has recently become the Green onion Kin of the province. De Connery is the first Mani Toba grower to produce a continuous Supply of Green onions throughout the summer. His method a program of successive plantings. In past years local vegetable growers planted seeds at approximately the same time each Spring with the resulting Green onions being available Only for about three weeks of the year. The retail Supply of Green onions for the rest of the year came from outside the province. By p 1 a n t i n z seeds every week from april until last week or. Connery was Able to stagger the Harvest times. He now has rows of Green onions in various stages of growth. This week during an annual farm Lour and Barb que sponsored by the Manitoba vegetable producers marketing Board local wholesalers had the Opportunity to View some of or. Connery s 15 acres of Green onions. This Winter vegetable whole salers expressed a desire to have a continuous Supply of Good Quality local Green onions for the summer months. Or. Connery one of the province s larger vegetable producers took up the Chal Lenge this Spring incorporating a weekly planting system. His first onions were picked and bunched for wholesale de livery this week and he says he can Supply the Trade All summer and hopefully until mid october. Though his Green onion crop appears to be a Large scale Venlo re much of inc work is still done by hand. The onions arc picked. Iran ported to a storage House and inc outer layer skinned off. Again by hand the onions Are tied into Bunches of six to i seven with two elastics. Or. Connery Hopes to have by next week a machine that Iris the tops making a Cal 14-Inch Long package inc Way the wholesale Trade wants them. Green onions sold in the stores this week Likely come from a variety of sources or. Connery other local grow ers and perhaps some imports. Local Green onions arc in their Peak production period now. J but in another month if you Green onions bunched to gel her with two red elastics j smuggler caught i Prague. Czechoslovakia i Ai j a 46-year-old woman was caught smuggling zippers j into Poland the czech news paper Novtny said. Chances arc they Are the proud babies of or. Connery and his Crew. At inc barbeque held Al or. Connery s Portage la Prairie Home wholesalers expressed satisfaction w i t h the Green onion scheme and asked thai growers try providing continuous supplies of other summer vegetables such As Broccoli. Loyal Consumers of Manitoba vegetables will be in their glory the next month or two As the local summer crops be come ready for harvesting. Local produce is synonymous with freshness it s a Long Way to California or Mexico some stores make a Point of listing Hie origin of fresh pro Duce on the counters this week Consumers can see Mani Toba signs on peas yellow Wax Beans cabbage chinese Ca Bage Bunch and some bulk beets radishes and Green onions. Just coming into Supply Are cauliflower Cucumber Green Beans rutabagas commonly known As turnips and Pota toes. New Manitoba carrots cel Ery and pickling onions Are expected to be ready Laler next week and tomatoes the first week of August. Here s a Lasly Way to pre pare Green onions an adaptation of the traditional liver and onion dish. Seasoned liver n onions 1 Pound sliced liver 2 Tablespoons flour 1 Tablespoon Brown sugar 1 Tablespoon dry Mustard 2 Tablespoons fat Salt and Pepper 12 Green onions 4 cup water Combine flour sugar and Mustard. Coat liver in Flou mixture and Brown in hot fat season with Salt and Pepper. Cut Green onions into four Inch lengths and add to live along with water. Cook voc Low heat 15 minutes. Makes four Servings. Serve with stewed Tomaloe and okra or Green Beans. Government women learn Confidence Edith Asboth. A 44-year-old Mother says she has had no trouble with her application to train As a bus Driver for the Toron to transit commission. She begins her 28 Days of instruction monday and May become the City s first woman bus Driver since the second world War. By Phyllis Freeman women Retreat in the face of masculine opposition because they be been brainwashed into believing men always know Best says Linda Roberts of Toronto free Lance consultant in career growth opportunities for women. Women need Confidence ii their own ability if they want to succeed in managerial positions mrs. Roberts told 2 women civil servants with the Manitoba government thurs Day at the Northstar inn. The women arc participating in an eight Day seminar spread Over a period of two months on professional development. Mrs. Roberts is conducting the managerial portion of it. Mrs. Roberts teaches a Simi Lar women in management program at Toronto s Ryerson poly technical Institute. Graduates of the 14-evening course held three times since Jan uary hopefully make a commitment to themselves about career aspirations. She s also taught the course to women civil servants in the Federal government but Mani Toba is the first provincial government to offer the program. The seminar is being held Here by the Manitoba govern ment s development and train ing Branch of the management committee. It is designed for women who Are at present of c u p y i n g managerial supervisory professional or administrative officer positions within the provincial government and for women in secretarial and clerical positions who aspire to reach the managerial level. The course Aims to give participants the skills needed to be come part of the management team to develop initiative to learn he process of decision making and to increase under standing of interpersonal communications in the working environment. Two Days of the program which ends Friday were spent on government policy and procedures personnel administration the role of the govern ment s women s Bureau and 3asic principles governing interpersonal communication. Mrs. Roberts dealt with management principles human relations and guidance for Ca reer growth and upward Mobit to. In thursday morning s pcs i Sion she told the 20 Partick j ants you Are the superstars of the next to the of e c t is self development building Confidence in your i selves As j the session dealt with communication breakdown and the women were actively involved1 n solving practical problems. Mrs. Roberts said in an in i Ter View she tries to Tench the t tools of management and build i Confidence to use the tools. The sessions arc highly participatory you can t talk i the women Are expected to j articulate ideas. They learn How to present their fre links j and if they re shot Down to de i hire him. He s got great legs feminist ads hit sex discrimination new York special tons the illustration a typically ornate diploma inscribed in latin to Ann am Tolstoi from collegium Rad Livianu. The headline congratulations. You just spent so she could join inc typing the copy describes inc prob Able business future of the highly educated woman graduate a career in the typing Pool and goes on to argue it s not fair. But More important it s just not sensible. When there s never enough Tal Rel to go around Why Block half of it right at the begin the and is part of a Campaign begun last month sponsored by the Legal defense and Edu cation fund of the National organization for women now the Campaign Aims at exploding the absurdities inequities and misunderstandings that re sult in sex discrimination in employment. After prolonged negotiations the advertising Council which brings you Smo Koy the h c a r. Register to Vole and other Public service campaigns endorsed the now project in february steering inc Way for its placement nationwide on radio and to and in print Media. Along with the diploma and a group of professional Advertis ing persons developed a Pac Kage of four other ads and eight radio and two to commercials. Another and shows a drawing of a Man with his pants rolled up which is above j die sized Manhattan and Agency a headline mire him. He s said that developing the Cam got great a third shows pain was relatively easy. I i a baby girl under the heading w a s then with a Walter this healthy Normal baby i Thompson and asked for Volun has a Handicap. She was born tears. In two Days i had about the copy focuses on some discouraging statistics As a sales clerk for instance. 60 different ideas in Story boards and she said in a recent Telephone Conversa Tion. It was interesting because Shell earn half of what a Man docs. If she goes to College Shell still earn less than Many j while approaches were Dif 1 men with a 9th Grade Cauca Crent everyone was talking i and goes on to say about Only two or three things thai Job discrimination in jobs most based on sex is against inc j the Campaign could i have focused on other women s the concept of opposing sex rights areas possibly sociology discriminate us through Adver Ca attitudes toward kids Lisins was developed by Midge role abortion. But i Kovaes who now serves As thai is Foster and the now com paid coordinator of the project m i 11 e c headed by Midge and who was a corporate and i Kovaes decided to go with the manager and columnist for and employment theme. Age the Industry newspaper. Seemed an intelligent and 1 is. Kovaes. Who works out of a cruising approach to Start her Manhattan apartment said i will something everyone recently that personal Brush agrees is. Foster said with a male dominated in Kllc anal equal Job oppor Dusty led her to the present Tunitis is one of the least con project Troy ursial Points of inc to it was 1970 and i was out of movement she said. I had been the decision turned out to be an and manager for i years fortuitous because the Adver and left the Job because i Felt 1 sing Council from which the i should move on. It was then i women sought backing refuses found out an and manager is endorse campaigns that it Man in the corporate world. I considers political or As at 1 could not even get an inter i tempting to influence Legisla View. Lion. It was Ihen i realized some is. Kovaes and her commit thing was with her few tee also got some financial minist consciousness raising support from two foundations. Is. Kovaes joined inc first to the John and Elizabeth Cowles men s March in August. Foundation gave a s10.000 and ran Home to watch the to Grant the Rockefeller family coverage. Lightning Bolt no. 2. R und gave 524.000 to the Cam "1 was she said pain. How warped in the to cover the p r i n i ads ran in age was my reaction was Magazine before the Council the Media were showing the gave ils approval Hill last women s movement As silly in Lii the Council s Imilie backlash was beginning in primal end. Is. Kovaes said Carnesl 1 thought. An Kils were Scal to 88" radio Sta advertising person How would lion.-, to stations and 1 Market this serious. Now chapters across inc land product her answer country. The ads and Commir Mienl a Media Campaign. Vials Are slated to run. Or have the advertising package was already started running on 17 develop cd under the direction per cent of inc to stations of Anne Tolstoi Krister using contacted including Clisty the services of Viil Milcer which allowed the women to copywriters and Art Ali rectors. Lie ils facilities to produce the is. I Osler. A Mcc pros ident to scam cols in per cent of and director of a mid inc radio stations Cim acted and in several magazines including Newsweek and Busi Ness week. Advertising Council president Robert Keim said the response can he considered so Newhal above average. The Quality of the advertising has been very he said. Very professionally done. The comments have been uniformly Good we Haven t had any negatives at All and believe me we hear about in if they Media or con Sumers Don t like the Lack of hostile response May be due loss. Foster s Effort to use a Low key approach. We wanted them the ads and commercials to be non Shicky non angry and to have a very definite sense of humor and a rational sensible tone. She said. I Don t think we can change attitudes she but somebody has to Slart saying things the Media Eer a mainly Aren t. They still tend to treat the women s movement in a frivolous j and is. Kovacs is convinced that not taking women scions by results in a waste of Poten tial Talent. Or. As the ads and commercials e n re woman Power. It s much Loo Good to anniversary or. And mrs. C. Davis of Winnipeg. Manitoba and Sebr ing Florida marked heir fiftieth wedding anniversary on May in order that they can renew Lorl acquaintances and Visi. Wilh relatives and friends there will be an open House on saturday Only 21, from 2 i . And 7 10 . At inc Home of their son and daughter in Law. Or. And mrs. Lack Davis liar Wisl mount drive. Charges or publication of wedding anniversary available on fend their Point. They should go away feeling confident that they can express the course should help Closi the communication Gap be tween men and women she said. The women try to under stand Why men have negative attitudes about them in Mana Gerial positions. And they try to understand Why icy regard themselves a s second class participants arc encouraged to show their Bosses that this authority is important for you and the organization Bene fits As the course is an introduction to the ideas of management mrs. Huberts added. Participants hopefully will take fur ther in depth training in their chosen Fields. Mary Cady director of the Manitoba governments women s Bureau conducted a seminar in june and was at thursday s session to observe the a Lively. In an interview she said there s a Lack of consideration of management for a woman s part of the manage ment men Aren t used to women As colleagues in business they find in unsettling. They find the traditional Way of treating women does t mrs. Eady said Young peo ple Hoys As Well As girls should he made aware of women s changing role through Safe sailing Ottawa Consumers association of Canada reminds boaters that All motor and sail boats under 18 feet must con lain Mot approved Lif jackets for All passengers two oars and warlocks and a bailing buc Ket or manual pump. Navigation lights arc required after dark. Cac National head quarters Are located at 100 Gloucester Street. Ottawa. Counselling in school. Then there s a Chance of improving the situation in the future. Only 3.9 per cent of canadians in managerial positions Are women she pointed Oul. If Young women have difficulty seeing themselves in management jobs Young men obviously do Diane Loyle coordinator of i h c Manitoba government s women in management pro Gram said another group of civil servants Are lined up for a similar course beginning in september. 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