NBER,
Mm room af the rear af the

BIE, |.
-. The tiealing

POMEROY

a] tiny fire, hall gradually
f fille, with, nefay and
batetarous § firefighters.
mB They've . “come to
im divcuss the. -dirty and
m davdgeraus business of
J fighting fires, but over
the smell’ of percvlating
y coffee. the air fills with

the sweet scent of per-
fume and. on the table in

tront..:of them, the
a firefighters size up a new
pattesn, for-4 quilt, |

“While : "thousands: ‘of:

housewives: across the

country. spend , mornings.

polishing. furniture, the

i

HOME “(heute
Young. ::

vom ing “to ‘an in-
yasion:., from: northern
Europe, snubhing . the
“vino! beloved by. their

elders.and, ancestors and

hoisting. more heer.
Birrerie,- or
houses, -

- beer

ee ns

About

a hybrid of

‘wotten af Pomensy Hidge:\-(rlends |) and
run iheir potiahing clothe
across the fenders of |

fheiy fire’ trinks.. , They
are members,

- Weatorn “Charlotte

Volunteer Women's Fire:
Brigade, one.of the’ first:
all-woman’s firefighting .

-forces.in New Brunswick
and, they- suspect, in
Canada,

_ About five years ago,
women. in this rural
community in south:
‘western New. Brunswick

. Were frightened when fire.
broke..out .in .a nearby.
dump while the men were.
away fighting a- forest:

fire. The women sat with

Britain's. puba’ and | ‘the:
bierstuben and kroegen

of Germany and the Low .

Countries, are sprouting
everywhere.

Beer importers, ‘peppy -
to spot growth in an:
otherwise slack beverage
market, say the switch to
beer is not a passing fad

boo.
abet?

« PEOPLE

Firetighters in Toronto were spooked when a 70-
year-old woman thought to have died Wednesday in.

“hens

Mary Maguire, draped
after being rescued from

. ed dpartment spoke to. them a abe wal
carried’ ‘out of tha building. -.

aver a fireman’ 3 shoulder:
a fire started in her apart- |

ment, regained consciousness and asked: “Where am

ee
Firemen Bill. Low and

David Bow found Maguire ©

lying in a hallway. Finding no sign of life, they

assumed she waa dead.

‘She was given oxygen and taken to hospital: ‘where.
abe was reported alive and well.*s oo

—

ot; you. think “you've ‘heard. ‘the line. “Where's the .

the!

= me la. ti, tbe
“Itafian vqualted

. consumption, . .

families,
waldhing ‘the: flames lap
loser to: thelr homes. -

“The. fire. WBE, stopped _

‘before dt:
damage, bat
perience: ©
women of Pomeroy Ridge’
realize
vulnerability. ;
Shortly after that, 14

, women from the area got
together and formed a-

fire brigade. Initially,
they just wanted to be
able.to drive the fire
trucks: to the scene of a

‘blaze,’ but it has .since.
developed into | much:

more — ‘the isolated
communities of. western

but: a major change in
Kailan-babits. |.
“What we're seeing isa:
- change of lifestyle; says -
berto.. . Cavagnera,
general: director of
Guinness Italia! “Young
Italians are travelling
and picking up new tastes |
abroad. ”
‘Ministry of a Agree

average’
113'iifres ‘of wine a year;

nowadays, the national .

thirst for wine is slaked
_ mega per can a.

- year
“By.” ‘  eontrast, e
heed

still just a fraction of

what . and.

Germans :
ety

capita rate of nearly 21% .
litres {s still rising.

: IMPORTS DOUBLE.
But the figures do not
- do justice to the trend in
imported beer, ‘which
young. people. are.
’ drinking. The : loca] in-
Hustty has: benefited a8.

beef?’’ too much, think of poor Blackjack the steer. —
Thenext time he hears it, he could be the answer.

Blackjack falls into the

“you can’t win for losing”

category. The 1,200-pound steer walked off with
grand champion honors this week ai the Junior Grand
National Livestock, Exposition in San Francisco. -

"But the steér may riot consider himself a-winner —-
the- highest ‘bidder, -And- Hattti;'pliths to -dpeti'a"’

restaurant.in San Franciscb’ next ‘month” and. it.

features Blackjack — on

the. menu.

‘Studio. hands used to seeing movie stars. in their
midst gawked as Britaln’s Prince Andrew, third in’
line to the British throne, tried his hand at: directing ane:
science fiction movie in Los Angeles.

The. 24-year-old ‘prince, ‘working. ana closed set .
.away from.reporters, took actors.John Lithgow and ”
Oleg. Rudatk through ‘three takes before | he. was -

satisfied with his work on 2010, a sequel to 2001; A .

Space Odyssey, a studio spokesman asid. .-

Andrew, a Royal Navy hellcopter pilot, déclared
that-movie-making was ‘more difficult. tian flying”
and be had no intention of ‘making: a. career. in

Hollywood. |

‘The-prince . was. mixing sight-seeing with tund-

raising for the British Olympic team during 8 four- _

day southern. California tour.

‘Larry Holnea,: ‘describing himself as a “boxing,
executive,” said in Los Angeles that he expects to -
collect an easy $4 million in his title match against
S South Africa's Gerrie Coetzee. .

- Coetzee, matching bravado with Holmes at anews

‘conference to drum up

interest in their Jung. 8

heavyweight title bout in Las Vegas, Nev.,;. pray
by. aaying, “Larry. Holmes reminds. mi
grandfather who promised to give me, a ‘hiding
(whipping) that he never did.”

. Holmes, who has won all 45 of his pro fights, 32 by
knockout, sald he fully expects to add Coetzee to his
list of victims in the bout at Caesars Palace. -.

“T’'m. just thinking about ‘knocking him out,”

Holmes said. “T became

‘a successful businessman ~

im with only a seventh-grade education, but don’t take
f that lightly because I've got a PhD when it comes to
this. I'm a boxing executive,”

———

Want to reach way out and touch someone — or
something? For $5, Stan Kaplan will beam your love ©
letters to Venus or Get Well cards to Pluto.

Using an IBM personal computer to chart the.

_courae of the stars and planets, Kaplan's company, °

Teleplanet Services Inc., sends SpaceShots —

— bursts

of 25 words or less in coded English — from a nearby
antenna to the moon, or the planets.
“Ef you wanted to send an annivergary cardto your —

wife, it would go to Venus,

the planet of love,” Kaplan -

sald, ‘Then we send her an attractive certificate, a.
picture of the solar system that includes the
destination, when the message will arrive and ‘what

the message was.”

\
nd Kae

|_ amma

mons

‘

did any serious.”
‘the © ex-"
“mate; «the ’:.

years: ‘ago: aa “he ‘per- .

. Charlotte County, have

themselves a brigade of
guardian angels. rer
‘DON’T NEED MEN. ‘.

héen:, a fire, since”
formed the brigade there:

have been. lots of men .
--Fire-hall meetings are
get-togethers |

around, so. we haven't
been stuck,” -

the men: — we won't have
to stand idly-by.”" . ..
:The oldest. member on

- the brigade isi in her-mid-

40s and ‘the youngest is
ai; .. two . are Brand
mothers,

Young Italians snub ‘vino’,

tlie“ bulk’ of ‘beer’ -con-'
sumed in ‘the’ country is

domestic, : but: importa ~ ;
have. doubled in the last

two ‘years’ to 60 million
litres,
: “Federico Gamberetti,

‘president | of the . beer.
* body | Anibe, '
~ attributes the rise of beer ..

‘im

on ees like: : birrerie* ‘and’ :

paninoteche (sandwich
shops), where people find

beer, is the ideal light

near

lunch ina restaurant or in

-  hostelry. ‘a8 YOU. played,

dominoes’. la
evening,” said ‘Guise’

Cavagnera. “But people .

now prefer. to grab a
‘sandwich.and. a ‘amall
heer-at lunchtime.’ :

_ action Halian bars

ey we

‘“Rvery.. time. tre’

says”
firefighter Judy, Snook.
“But if we ever are in a.

, situation: where we ‘re-on
our own, we: don't need -

Wo OPEN. aeeR, ‘oval

: STE you! want to make a
lira these days, open a
.. beer house,” says _Vit-

‘drank wine. “with jour”:

nickname Ralph, and the

_,best-driver Is go short she
\ has trouble reaching :the .
clutch on: the fire ‘truck. —.
we. They are ‘keen and":
‘readily admit they're:

‘having a hell of a time.

happy.
where the women talk
about. everything from
the dangérs of noxious
‘umes, in. burning homes
ts the quilts ‘they're
Making to raise money.’

“Firemen's balls - are :
great fun. here,’ Natalie
Matheson says with a
laugh. ‘“The ladies hold
the lckets and the. men

“hoist: |

‘are: usually designed to.
dispense guiek. refresh-
ment:
cuateiers. “during the -
working day,.. leaving ©

little scope to linger over:

_acosy, inexpensive drink
in the late.evening. ._ ~

Tialy’s beer pioneers.
identified a ‘market for

‘torlo Civitelli, who has
{uecooatully.. practised
What: peaches

fathlon-Sonseious Milan

Trendsetlers favor two
main’ styles of beer house |
— the. British-type. pub, '

; ‘complete. with” plush’

dark wood
panelling and brage |
fittings, and the: “techno~

seats,

~" n.woman goes by the

. Btanding |.

* distended

“buy theen from wg.
«Brigade members
‘regularly attend training —
‘sessions and provincial —
+) musters —

“where. they. “compete. mt:
rolling = hoses. and.
serambling up and down:
ladders. They have a
cluster of trophies. and:
like to boast about the
numerous times (they
‘have outdone the men..

. The Weatern Charlotte

brigade, with its own
little red and.grey garage -
in / : Promeroy. Ridge, ©
-eomplements the 29man_
‘volunteer force based at
nearby Scotch Ridge. The
brigade's territory takes

beer —

on. vito, _
pub - - gtyle's.
pepe has. favored
tish : brewers. whose
exports. to Italy jumped:
’ ‘77- per-. cent: last: year,-
, although French, Belgian
“and Dutch -brands. also -
“ inereased thelr ‘shippings:
--by. between * and ss per .

ye forest, fires. and. being. .

: “ina radius of about b

kilometres,-an area of
. small rural communities
spread throughout a
pictureaque | terrain of

“hills ‘and valleys.
“It. ds not. feminist

; territory. andthe women.

do not see themselves as
forerunnere in the
movement to remove sex
barriera that have kept
women out of traditional

~all-male jobs such as

firefighting.

“Phe Western Charlotte
Volunteer Women’s Fire
Brigade sees itself as a
practical solution to an
everyday. problem — the
women ‘want to provide
the best protection for
’ their
friends.

“But it hes been an

- -yphill battle — they are
‘frequently confronted by
‘men who do not think
“women can

firefighting. .
* They have become both

defensive and confident —

about their abilities,
‘Sos far,

has-been restricted to
_puttirig ‘out: hot. spota “in

ee TL EN Mie py ae aly

families and

handle

. . their /
firefighting: experience

The Herald, Thursday, Aprit 1%, 1984, Page | W-

Since the Western
Charlotte brigade set up
operations, several fire
departments in New

oa ies me

Brunswick have added -

women.to their volunteer
forces.

Fite Chief Elaine

Connick considers |

women firefighters the
ideal solution for isolated
rural communities: like
Pomeroy Ridge where
men are away most of the
day. :
“I hope. more women in

communities, like ours’

will try‘and summen up

‘the endurance and talk
the men’ into’ training:

them so they can set up
the kind of thing we have

here,” Connick says.

4" called out:to.dump fires, 2...

‘ih paign.: But: they:'are- sure.
ae OM. “ean handle more‘serious. cha
* of health. and image. A

: media’:
Italian. peers says beer

onslaught. by

than nero has
no more calories than
fruit juice.

figure
vi italiana, “ot.
wed: ‘by... the.
belly.“ that
marks. some dedicated
- beer drinkers?

. “Even if consumption .

‘doubles, we'll - still be
drinking a lot Jess than

~horthern -.Europeans,”-

bistro,” a. bright .com-::. “ gplya -Cavagn ara. “The.
' bination-of steel, plastic : .. national beer. belly is still
: nnd neon with rock, muse: & long way off.

The 1984 Government of Canada Budget i is par-

situations. and, iif

necessary, carry people
to safety.

GET STRENGTH” |,
“They: sly: you. set a.

second strength in an

emergency and I think .

_any:one of us could

handle a situation where. ¢
‘We had to, carry. someone’ ’
‘But of'a burning ‘building

although with-the smaller.
girls, it might take two of
them,” saya Snook.

fell down and bumped his

head, i'd get him out. of.
here even if I had to haul —

’ him out by the hair.”

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we _Many farmers are unable to build a pension —
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