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0 PAGE 1V fi.K 1 Parents Announce Engagements Of Area Couples 1 i Is I I -i-'unm ii i. I- I-- i I 1 tf PATRICIA VanBROCKLIN Michael Parrett Mr. and Mrs; Eber VanBrocklin, 1104 State street, St. Joseph, announce the engagement of their daughter, Patricia, to Michael Neal Parrett, son of Mr. and rs.

William Parrett, 3927 Washington avenue, St. Joseph. Miss VanBrocklin is a 1972 graduate of St. Joseph high school and is attending Western Michigan university, where she is majoring in occupational therapy. Her fiance is a 1970 graduate of St.

Joseph high school and is majoring in dentistry at WMU. The couple plans a Dec. wedding 29 CAROL SELVIDGE Brian Pillow Mr. and Mrs. William Sel-vidge, 1954 Kerlikowske road, Benton Harbor, announce the engagement of their daughter, Carol Ann, to Brian T.

Pillow, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Pillow 688 Miller lane, St. Joseph. Miss Selvidge is a senior at Coloma high school and is employed as a nurse's aide at Watervliet Community hospital.

She plans to attend Lake Michigan college in the fall. Her fiance is a 1972 graduate of Benton Harbor high school and will attend Lake Michigan college in the fall. No wedding date has been set. PAULA YATES Marc Cook COLOMA Mr. and Mrs.

Ollie J. Yates, 7105 North Maple drive, Coloma, announce the engagement of their daughter, Paula, to Marc Steven Cook, son of Mr. and Mrs. Balser Cook, Jackson street, Allegan. MissfYates is a 1973 graduate of Western Michigan university and is employed by the Kalamazoo Regional department of Social Services.

Her fiance attended Wheaton college, Wheaton, 111., and is self-employed at Great Lakes Soiltest Service, Allegan. A Nov. 17 wedding is planned. JACKIE PIERCE Russell Grimes 'The engagement of Miss Jackie Kay Pierce to Russell Grimes, son of Mr. and Mrs.

A.C. Grimes route 1, Grand Junction, is announced by her mother, Mrs. Joyce Pierce, 1400 Trebor road, St. Joseph. Miss Pierce is also the daughter of the late Jack Pierce.

The bride-elect is a 1972 graduate of St. Joseph high school and is employed by Voice of Music Corp. Her fiance attended Bangor high school and is the owner of Russell Construction company, Kalamazoo. The couple plans am Aug. 4 wedding.

-I KATHY LAUTNER Jack DiPisa Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Lautner of Traverse City, announce the engagement of their daughter, Kathy, to Jack DiPisa, son ot Mr. and Mrs. Anthony DiPisa, of St.

Joseph. Miss Lautner attended Northwestern Michigan college and received a bachelor of science in secondary education from Western Michigan university. Her fiance attended Lake Michigan college 'and Western Michigan university, majoring in business and management, and was a member of Alpha Phi Omega fraternity. He (s associated with Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance company, Kalamazoo. An August wedding is planned.

will be soloists Everette Horn-barger and Susan DeYoung and the elementary band classes. A. Zychowiez is director of instrumental music. Ken Bannen, high school principal, will pre'sent awards to outstanding band students. A free will donation will be taken.

Cafu jtans And Tents The casual, wear-to-work, everyday dress now includes the short daytime caftan and tent dresses in colorful cotton gauze. These dresses, sometimes topping pants, are a cool, carefree look for spring and summer. Both Sexes Will Solve Problem SYLVIA ANN LEE Wendell Hardy Mr. and Mrs. Bezell Lee of St.

Louis, announce the engagement of their daughter, Sylvia Ann, to Wendell Darius Hardy of Decatur, 111. Miss Lee is a graduate of Harbor high school and attended Lake Michigan college, where she was affiliated with Delta Phi Psi sorority. She is employed by the Automobile Club of Michigan at Benton Harbor. Her fiance attended Joliet junior college, Joliet, 111., and' is employed by Firestone Decatur. No wedding date has been selected immediate resolution and the resolution of those two, she feels, will significantly reduce the importance of the remaining two.

First, she said, men and women must work together to avoid all the overt and the subtle things done to preprogram women out of leadership roles while being cautious not to throw the pendulum the other way and program them into leadership roles, and secondly, to allow an executive's wife to choose another career pattern away from the useful business function she provides her husband's company without pay. "Ideally," Dr. Arata concluded, a mutual cooperation and understanding on the part of both sexes will be the only fruitful approach to a problem which has has a long, dreary Watervliet Awards Concert Is Tonight most importantly, exert as much influence as we can to implement some procedures we might advance the cause further." She sees four primary problems: Women, by- and large, derive their identities from their husbands; women have been victims of a long tradition of social programming to supportive, not leadership roles; top level executive posts in business as well as in academic posts, imposes a certain role on the spouse (who is almost invariably female), and the biological role to which women are now inexorably tied imposes another kind of restriction as the childbearing years tend to remove the woman from the universities and from the labor force. Of the four problems, she said, two emerge as critical for sit down and consider the problem together, "Since men and women together sustain sexism, then men and women together must work to relieve the problem." "Women have had a long history of difficulty in participating formally in the world of ideas to say nothing of assuming leadership roles in that world," she said. Women are inexorably tied to the childbearing function and that function has rippled out to embrace related functions centered about "the home," she pointed out.

The inexplicable extension drawn from this home-family pattern is that women were intellectually inferior to men, and that, even if a woman would choose a different pattern for herself, she would be incapable of sustaining it. "Even more extraordinary, Dr. Arata said, was the assumption that a woman would WATERVLIET Annual Awards Concert of the Watervliet high school ymphonic band and jazz-rock ensemble will be held tonight in the high school auditorium at 7:15 p.m. Also featured in the program Quick Supper With Rice Try this for a quick supper. Steamed rice, perfectly browned link sausages and curried peaches.

Combine lk cup peach syrup with 2 tablespoons butter and 1 teaspoon curry powder Heat the slices in syrup and serve over the hot rice. JEAN KONRATH Daniel Warden Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Konrath, 2115 Langley avenue, St. Joseph, announce the engagement of their daughter, Jean Ann, to Daniel J.

Warden, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Warden, 208 Paw Paw, Three Oaks. Miss Konrath is a graduate of St.

Joseph high school and received her bachelor of arts degree from Western Michigan university. She is a third grade teacher in the Coloma Community school system. Her fiance is a graduate of Three Oaks high school and received a bachelor of arts degree in economics from the University of Michigan. He is employed in the purchasing department of Lear Siegler, Grand Rapids. The couple plans an Aug.

18 Club Circuit RECOVERY, a self-help method for nervous persons, will hold its weekly meeting Wednesday, May 23, at 7:30 p.m. in the Forum of Memorial hospital, St. Joseph. Observers are welcome. RETIRED FOR FUN will have dinner and conduct installation of officers, at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 22, at McGraths restaurant, 4272 Red Arrow highway, St.

Joseph. Social hour begins at p.m. HIGHCLIFFE TERRACE GARDEN CLUB will meet Tuesday, May 22, at 7:30 p.m., at the home of Mrs. Frank McKenna, 2301 Willa drive, St. Joseph.

The program will be "Landscaping," by Mrs, Robert Moffat. ST. JOSEPH EMBLEM CLUB NO. 240 will hold a general meeting Tuesday, May 22, at 8 p.m. at the St.

Joseph Elks Temple. Open House Sunday BUCHANAN Mr. and Mrs. Herman Hafer route 2, Buchanan, will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary at an open house Sunday, May 20, from 2 to 8 p.m. at the home of their son-in-law and daughter Mr.

and Mrs. Albert (Rebecca) Schuck, 727 Timberland drive, Berrien Springs. All friends and relatives are invited to the event which is also be hosted by the couple's other daughter, Miss Kathy Hafer of Buchanan. Mr. and Mrs.

Hafer were married May 15, 1948, in CHERYL COOPER Jerry Mensinger Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cooper, 325 Windwood, St. Joseph, announce the engagement of their daughter, Cheryl Lynn, to Jerry Wayne Mensinger, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Leroy Mensinger, 4605 Niles road, St. Joseph. Miss Cooper is a 1971 graduate of St. Joseph high school and is a student in the practical nursing program at Lake Michigan college. She is employed by Memorial hospital, St.

Joseph. Her fiance is a 1971 graduate of St. Joseph high school and is employed by Bendix Hydraulics Division, St. Joseph. The couple plans a May, 1974, wedding.

Have To be irreparably harmed by any exercise of her intellect, "assuming, of course, that she had one in the first place!" Tracing the progress of women in coming closer to accessibility to the professions, she said that the battle to lower barriers to women in the professions is still being fought. The university gates are open to women but they are still open primarily into fields such as education, nursing, social work, and home economics. "The picture "at MSU," she said, "is pretty dismal, but it is far worse in many institutions around the country particularly in the Ivy League East." Consequently, Dr. Arata challenged: "If those of us who have surmounted some of the barriers can sit down and try to work out the major barricades, develop some workable solutions, and then, Women from other churches are invited and Mrs. Clell Miller may be contacted for reservations.

Serving on the hostess committee are the Rev. Timothy Holly, church pastor, Mrs. William Gross, Mrs. Samuel Parker, Mrs. Ruth Foster and -Mrs.

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Speaking to the members of Scientific Research Society of America, Whirlpool branch, at its 15th annual banquet at Berrien Hills country club, Dr. Dorothy Arata, assistant provost at Michigan State university, said the shouting "male chauvinist pig," bra burning, and protesting with placards and demonstrations, has served the purpose of alerting everyone to the fact that the status of women needs imrovement in many areas. However, she pointed out, the time has come forveryone to Bookmobile Schedule Benton Tonwship Benton Harbor schedule is as follows for the week beginning May 21: Monday, May 21 Martin-dale school, 9 to 11:30 a.m.; Hull school, 12:15 to 1:45 p.m.;.Boyn-ton school, 1:50 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 22 Byrite, -3 to 5 p.m.; North Shore estates, 5:45 to 7:45 p.m. Wednesday, May 23 Broadway park, 1 to 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, May- 24 Fairplain N.E., 9 a.m. to noon; Fairplain 12:30 to 3:15 p.m. Friday, May 25 Sorter school, 9 a.m. to noon; Pears school, 12:45 to 3:30 p.m.; City of David, 3:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.

Saturday, May 26 Ogden Circle, 10 a.m. to noon. SHERMAN ICE CREAM BUZZA CARDS DOWNTOWN COLOMA MODELING 12 TO 1:30 AT Sinbads West "4220 LAKESH0RE DR. SO. ST.

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