44
-
THE
CITIZEN,
Prince
George
Wednesday,
May
26,
1976
Marriage
contracts
suggested
EDMONTON
(CP)
-Alberta
Attorney-General
Jim
Foster
recently
suggested
that
more
couples
consider
drawing
up
marriage
contracts
to
govern
their
financial
relationship.
Edmonton
lawyer
Jean
McBean,
who
has
recently
drafted
several
such
contracts,
agrees
they
are
useful
but
warns
against
assuming
they
can
cover
all
financial
aspects
of
marriage.
She
says
marriage
contracts
cannot
provide
for
the
disposition
of
property
in
the
event
of
a
breakup.
Any
agreement
made
in
anticipation
of
separation
will
not
be
enforced
by
the
law.
However,
the
couple
can
decide
what
remains
separate
property,
what
is
joint
property,
how
costs,
are
apportioned
and
assets
divided.
A
marriage
contract
cannot
take
precedence
over
marriage
law,
Ms.
McBean
explains.
The
couple
cannot
opt
out
of
obligations
implicit
within
marriage,
such
as
the
obligation
to
have
sexual
intercourse
with
the
spouse
only
or
the
husband's
responsibility
to
maintain
and
care
for
his
wife
and
children.
A
wife
cannot
give
up
her
maintenance
rights
nor
can
the
husband
deny
them
to
her.
Ms.
McBean
says
some
clauses
included
in
marriage
contracts
are
virtually
unenforceableagreements
about
who
takes
the
garbage
out,
washes
the
dishes
ordrives
the
children
to
school.
However,
even
if
such
clauses
cannot
be
enforced,
Ms.
McBean
says
they
should
be
included
because
they
force
the
couple
to
examine
their
goals
and
expectations
within
the
marriage.
Agreements
on
whether
the
wife
will
work
after
marriage
are
not
enforceable,
says
Ms.
McBean,
but
they
should
be
included
in
any
contract.
A
contractual
agreement
not
to
have
children
is
not
legal.
If
one
partner
wants
to
have
children,
refusal
by
the
spouse
is
considered
grounds
for
divorce
despite
the
contract.
The
couple
can
agree
in
the
contrac
about
payment
of
individual
debts
incurred
before
marriage.
Ms,
McBean
admits
that
most
things
people
want
to
include
in
marriage
contracts
are
either
contrary
to
the
law
or
virtually
unenforceable.
But
she
maintains
the
very
exercise
of
.writing
the
contract
is
its
chief
value.
"Persons
who
will
not
commit
themselves
to
paper
are
not
likely
to
commit
themselves
to
you,"
she
says.
COMING
EVENTS
There
will
be
a
dance
Saturday
at
the
Catholic
Community
Centre,
corner
of
Austin
and
South
Kelly
Roads,
beginning
at
9
p.m.
Music
will
be
supplied
by
the
Keller
Family
and
a
chili
supper
will
be
served.
For
tickets
phone
962-9605,
962-7081,
962-7411
or
962-7664.
In
conjunction
with
Cerebral
Palsy
Week,
May
24-31,
the
Ladies'
Auxiliary
to
the
local
Cerebral
Palsy
Association
will
sponsor
a
booth
at
the
Pine
Centre
Mall
Friday
and
Saturday
9:30
a.m.
to
6
p.m.
The
Caledonia
Ramblers
will
meet
today
at
7:30
p.m.
in
the
Civic
Centre.
All
interested
persons
are
invited
to
attend.
Members
of
the
Ladies'
Auxiliary
to
Branch
43
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Legion
planning
to
attend
the
annual
dinner
meeting
at
the
Legion
June
1
are
reminded
they
must
sign
the
list
posted
in
the
lobby
of
the
Legion
by
Friday
to
ensure
their
reservation.
CHILD
HEALTH
Child
health
consultations
with
a
public
health
nurse
from
the
Northern
Interior
Health
Unit
will
be
available
Thursday
at
the
following
locations:
Highglen
1:30
p.m.
at
the
Church
of
Latter
Day
Saints,
corner
of
Fifth
and
Voyageur
Avenues)
Hart
Shopping
Centre
9:30-11:30
a.m.
in
the
office
of
the
Department
of
Human
Resources;
Shady
Valley
1-3
p.m.
at
the
Shady
Valley
Elementary
School
j
.
Wildwood
3-4:30
p.m.
at
Wil-dwood
Elementary
School;
Ferndalt
10:30
a.m.
at
the
home
of
Pansy
Crawford,
There
will
also
be
a
family
planning
clinic
Thursday
3-6
p.m.
at
the
Northern
Interior
Health
Unit,
1461
Sixth
Avenue,
Janet
Tippins
examines
one
of
the
plants
hanging
in
a
classroom
at
the
Ontario
Crippled
Children's
Centre
in
Toronto.
HANDICAPPED
PROGRAM
Plants
help
people
TORONTO
(CP)
Before
psychiatry
became
a
science,
work
in
the
garden
was
pre
scribed
as
a
curative
for
ills
of
the
mind
and
nervous
system.
Helping
Plants
Help
People
is
the
motto
of
the
National
Council
of
Therapy
and
Rehabilitation
through
Horticulture,
whose
members
discovered
that
horticulture
is
not
a
new
therapeutic
tool.
At
one
time,
prisons
not
only
had
their
own
farms
to
grow
food
but
their
own
greenhouses
as
well.
Ray
Halward,
a
member
of
the
American
organiyation
Therapy
Through
Horticulture
and
a
propagator
with
the
Royal
Botanical
Gardens
in
Hamilton,
Ont.,
spends
a
lot
of
But
who
takes
care
of
'unwed'
fathers?
TORONTO
(CP)
-Women's
rights
groups
have
often
spoken
up
for
the
single
mother
but
unwed
fathers
have
been
ignored,
says
a
professor
of
social
work
at
University
of
Toronto.
Dr.
Benjamin
Schlesinger
said
he
reached
this
conclusion
after
a
thorough
examination
of
studies
conducted
across
North
America
recently
on
the
subject.
"All
the
children
born
to
an
unwed
mother
had
a
father,
who
in
most
cases
had
been
left
in
the
shadows,"
he
said,
"while
we
have
examined
regularly
the
phenomenon
of
the
unmarried
mother
and
her
child."
Dr.
Schlesinger
said,
"Our
social
security
system
offers
financial
support
to
the
Coming
Soon
FLEA
MARKET
SPRING
CLEANING?
time
travelling
to
institutions
in
Ontario,
setting
up
therapeutic
horticultural
programs
for
the
elderly
and
physically
and
mentally
handicapped.
He
said
growing
plants
and
flowers
can
have
a
tremendous
impact
on
people.
"It
sets
up
a
feeling
of
contentment
and
achievement
in
people
that
nothing
else
can
replace.
We
can't
separate
ourselves
from
plants
because
we
can't
live
without
them."
He
added
that
it
takes
only
a
little
time,
but
lots
of
love,
to
grow
things.
At
the
Ontario
Crippled
Children's
Centre
in
Toronto,
classrooms
are
overflowing
the
single
mother
who
keeps
her
child,
but
we
have
left
the
fathers
completely
out
of
this
new
'family'
constellation."
One
unmarried
father
who
feels
left
out
is
John
Toi,
23,
of
Clarkson,
Ont.
In
fact,
he
has
been
left
out
by
order
of
an
Ontario
Supreme
Court
judge.
In
the
spring
of
1975,
Mr.
Justice
Donald
Keith
ruled
that
Mr.
Toi
could
not
longer
have
access
to
his
daughter,
Jennifer,
who
now'
is
3.
At
that
time
she
was
living
in
her
mother's
custody
in
Ottawa
and
had
been
travelling
back
and
forth
to
Clarkson
where
Mr.
Toi,
an
accountancy
student,
lives
with
his
parents.
Here
is
a
chance
to
sell
your
...
Hobbies,
crafls,
those
items
saved
from
the
move,
and
anything
else
you
have
to
sell.
Exhibition
Park
18th
Ave.
For
more
information
please
phone:
563-8802
Local
09
$
M
greenery
as
a
result
of
gardening
therapy
for
handicapped
children.
"Participating
in
the
gardening
makes
the
children
more
willing
to
do
their
three
Rs
afterwards,"
said
Barbara
Royds,
director
of
community
relations
for
the
centre.
The
children
are
encouraged
to
take
home
their
little
green
treasures
as
gifts
for
their
families
and
friends,
"because
we
want
them
to
learn
to
give
as
well
as
to
receive."
Mary
Snetsinger,
a
teacher
at
the
centre,
said:
"We're
trying
to
broaden
their
horizons,
to
bring
the
outdoors
inside.
We
want
to
teach
them
the
things
they
can
do,
because
there
are
so
many
things
they
can't
do."
Eileen
Carson,
director
of
occupational
therapy
at
Toron-to's
Lakeshore
Psychiatric
Hospital,
says
horticulture
therapy
is
used
extensively
in
the
hospital's
life-skills
program,
which
teaches
patients
how
to
survive
outside
an
institution.
Last
summer
the
patients
had
a
thriving
vegetable
garden
going,
and
learned
to
cook
the
vegetables
they
grew.
"One
elderly
alcoholic,
who
was
an
outpatient,
came
every"
day
to
hoe
and
weed
the
garden,"
said
Mrs,
Carson.
"In
our
life-skills
program
are
people
of
all
ages,
from
an
adolescent
boy
to
a
middle-aged
housewife
to
an
elderly
alcoholic."
SCHOOL
DISTRICT
NO.
57
PRINCE
GEORGE,
B.C.
ENGINEERING
ASSISTANT
We
require
an
Engineering
Assistant
with
initiative,
and
imagination
for
our
Design
and
Construction
Department,
The
successful
applicant
will
be
responsible
for
the
preparation
of
design
and
contract
drawings
for
our
grounds
development
program
and
will
maintain
record
drawings
of
all
school
sites,
undertake
some
surveying
and
supervision,
Applicants
must
have
practical
experience
in
elementary
surveying,
good
drafting
skills,
a
basic
understanding
of
the
principles
of
site
drainage
and
a
valid
drivers
licence.
Salary
commensurate
with
training'and
experience.
Submit
resume
by
June
4th
to
the
attention
ofi
SUPERMARKET
Price
increases
fought
LONDON,
Ont,
(CP)
-
A
program
designed
to
get
consumers
Involved
In
the
fight
against
rising
prices
was
started
here
by
the
federal
antiinflation
board
today.
The
pilot
program
is
to.be
carried
on
in
London,
Winnipeg
and
Quebec
City
for
two
months.
The
Winnipeg
operation
is
to
start
May
31,
while
the
Quebec
City
program
is
scheduled
to
begin
June
7.
Jack
Biddell,
a
member
of
the
anti-inflation
board,
said
the
board
plans
to
set
up
displays
in
supermarkets,
banks
and
government
offices.
They
will
contain
pamphlets
and
special
forms
on
which
consumers
can
outline
specific
complaints
against
businesses
that
have
raised
prices.
Mr.
Biddell
said
consumers
are
urged
to
discuss
the
matter
with
the
management
of
the
business
before
contacting
the
board,
but
if
that
produces
no
results,
they
should
then
fill
in
WIFE
INTERCEPTED
LETTER
Don't
Dear
Ann
Landers:
I've
had
it,
but
maybe
I
can
spare
some
other
numbskull
from
making
the
same
foolish
mistake.
It
was
such
a
simple
thing
that
did
me
in.
Insufficient
postage,
My
business
takes
me
all
over
the
world.
I've
met
some
charming
people
in
England,
France
and
Germany,
One
person
in
particular,
caught
my
fancy.
She
lives
in
Munich.
We
had
a
few
interesting
times
together
and
I
became
infatuated.
She
wrote
marvelous
letters.
I
wrote
a
few
myself.
Of
course,
I
always
used
office
stationery.
Last
week
I
called
my
wife
from
Paris
and
asked
her
to
pick
up
my
office
mail
so
I
could
read
it
over
the
weekend.
I
was
arriving
home
on
Saturday.
In
the
stack
of
letters
she
found
one
to
the
woman
in
Munich
returned
for
insufficient
postage.
Of
course,
she
slit
the
envelope
and
read
my
letter,
which
I
thought
was
pretty
tacky.
Nevertheless,
I
caught
plenty
of
hell.
So
please;
Ann,
share
my
stupidity
with
your
readers
and
warn
them
to
check
the
postage.
If
they
aren't
sure,
stick
on
extra
30
cents.
It's
worth
it.
Draydel
Kaup.
Dear
Draydel:
I
think
I
can
improve
on
your
advice.
Never
put
anything
in
writing.
Dear
Ann:
My
husband
died
two
years
ago.
Sid
left
me
with
four
children,
the
oldest
12,
the
youngest
three.
They
are
all
healthy
and
beautiful.
I
met
a
man
last
August
whose
wife
and
two
children
were
killed
in
a
car
accident.
He
is
a
wonderful,
kind
person
SUEDE,
LEATHER
&
FUR
Cleaning
PLAZA
4
One
Hour
Drycleaning
1
5th
&
Bypass,
Prince
George
3121-15th
563-3966
Supervisor
of
Design
&
Construction
School
District
No,
57
(Prince
George)
189
1
-6th
Avenue
Prince
George,
B.C.
V2M
117
'
,
DISPLAYS
Home
and
Family
Bev
Christensen
Citizen
Family
Editor
the
form
and
send
it
to
Ottawa.
However,
he
stressed
that
the
board
will
reply
to
only
a
limited
number
of
complaints.
"There's
no
point
in
setting
up
an
army
of
people
to
reply
to
everyone;"
he
said.
He
said
the
board
will
compile
summaries
of
the
complaints,
analyse
them
and
make
them
public
every
two
weeks
or
so.
But
he
admitted
the
board
has
no
real
clout
to
force
small
businesses
that
do
not
fall
under
the
purview
of
the
Anti-Inflation
Act
to
roll
back
unwarranted
price
increases.
put
anything
in
writing
Ann
Landers
and
we
are
really
in
love.
This
man
wants
to
marry
me
and
be
a
father
to
my,
children.
(The
two
he
lost
were
all
he
had.
They
were
born
within
weeks
of
my
oldest
two.
It's
as
if
we
were
destined
to
meet.)
The
problem:
After
we
marry,
I
want
to
go
to
the
courthouse
and
have
my
children's
last
name
changed
so
it
will
be
the
same
as
ours.
Sid's
parents
are
against
it.
He
was
their
only
son
and
they
want
the
family
name
continued.
(P.S.
I'm
ashamed
to
tell
you
this,
but
Sid
was
shot
by
a
cop
in
a
currency
exchange
holdup.)
Please
answer
soon.
Hassled
In
Yuma.
Dear
Y'uma:
Glad
you
added
the
I'.S.
It
influenced
my
decision
considerably.
Change
their
names.
Your
wishes
should
take
precedence
over
your
deceased
husband's
parents.
Week's
SPECIAL
'
40
Off
A
choice
variety
of
styles
by:
The
only
power
the
board
had
in
such
cases
was
the
threat
of
publicity
the
same
club
wielded
by
Beryl
Plumptre
and
the
now-defunct
food
prices
review
board.
"If
companies
are
not
following
the
guidelines,
we'll
step
in
and
name
names,"
Mr.
Biddell
said.
He
said
the
anti-inflation
board
has
been
stuck
with
a
bad
image
lately,
because
it
appears
to
be
rolling
back
only
wages
and
salaries.
That
is
a
false
image,
he
said,
because
the
board
has
been
keeping
a
close
watch
on
major
businesses
and
their
Dear
Ann
Landers:
I
am
a
15-year-old
girl
who
has
some-thingtosay.
Ijustwish
the
kids
who
read
your
column
would
open
their
eyes
and
see
their
teachers
are
people.
Up
until
now
I
never
thought
of
teachers
as
human
beings
but
something
happened
a
few
weeks
ago
that
changed
my
whole
outlook.
I
got
into
a
little
trouble
and
three
teachers
came
forward
to
help
me.
It
really
blew
my
mind.
So
please
print
my
letter,
Ann,
and
tell
the
students
all
over
that
it's
more
than
a
job
with
lots
of
them.
They
care.
New
View.
Dear
View:
Thank
you
for
providing
me
with
an
opportunity
to
give
a
well-deserved
boost
to
dedicated
teachers
and
there
are
thousands.
According
to
a
psychiatrist
in
California,
an
unprecedented
number
of
Panlman,
Mr.
Sam's
Mal-Ber,
Wilson's
Clingfit
and
many
other
well
known
makers.
All
in
pastel
shades
of
spring
Sizes
8
to
20.
Reg.
from
$30
to
$180.
SPECIAL
NO
REFUNDS
OR
EXCHANGES
Hazel
Archer's
Spruceland
Shopping
Centre
prices.
The
large
companies
have
been
policing
themselves,
he
added.
"Since
November,
we
have
had
virtually
a
self-imposed
price
freeze,"
he
said.
"There
has
been
no
opportunity
for
the
board
to
show
price
rollbacks.."
He
said
he
hopes
the
new
program
will
get
consumers
directly
involved
in
the
fight
against
inflation
and
help
the
board
monitor
price
trends
in
areas
where
it
is
not
directly
involved.
.
Dorothy
Latta,
president
of
the
local
branch
of
the
Consumers'
Association
of
Canada,
said
the
association
neither
condemns
nor
condones
the
project,
although
it
is
helDine
set
ud
the
distribu
tion
machinery..
Mrs.
Latta
said
she
hopes
the
program
will
encourage
individual
consumers
to
accept
more
responsibility
because
the
tendency
is
to
pass
the
buck
in
such
matters.
teachers
are
showing
signs
of
"battle
fatigue,"
the
same
stress
that
soldiers
suffer
from
in
time
of
war.
More
statistics:
There
were
70,000
assaults
on
teachers
by
students
in
1975.
These
assaults
ranged
from
a
slap
in
the
face
to
being
stabbed
with
an
icepick
and
shot
in
the
classroom
with
a
Saturday
night
special.
Dreadful
commentary,
isn't
,
...
Dear
Ann
Landers:
It
happened
again
this
mOrning
and
I'm
fuming.
A
friend
phoned
and
said,
"So
you
finally
ran
out
of
wind!
I've
been
trying
to
get
your
line
for
an
hour."
I
found
myself
apologizing
and
making
excuses.
Then
I
could
have
kicked
myself.
Whose
business
is
it
if
I
want
to
enjoy
a
long
chat?
How
about
a
sharp,
needle-type
answer
to
people
who
do
this
to
me?
Long
Talker.
Dear
L.T.:.Why
do
you
feel
you
must
respond?
Anything
you
might
say
would
put
you
on
the
defensive.
Silence
can
be
infinitely
more
devastating
than
words.
Try
it
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