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SOUTHERN VIEW Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
Tuesday <strong>May</strong> <strong>14</strong> <strong>2019</strong> 9<br />
Your Local <strong>View</strong>s<br />
The history behind Mother’s Day<br />
Founder<br />
of the<br />
Christchurch<br />
Women’s Club<br />
Toastmasters<br />
Sheila<br />
Hailstone<br />
writes about<br />
how Mother’s<br />
Day began<br />
History tells us celebrations<br />
related to mothers have existed<br />
throughout the world for<br />
thousands of years, though<br />
the Christian celebration of<br />
Mothering Sunday was more<br />
about the mother church than a<br />
celebration of women.<br />
What is probably unknown is<br />
the woman who campaigned for<br />
our modern version of Mother’s<br />
Day would later denounce the<br />
commercialisation of this event.<br />
It took Anna Jarvis six years<br />
of campaigning in the United<br />
States to have a day set aside to<br />
honour mothers or as she put it,<br />
“the person who has done more<br />
for you than anyone else in the<br />
world.”<br />
Her own mother, Ann Reeves<br />
Jarvis, had been a peace activist<br />
caring for the wounded in the<br />
Civil War no matter their politics<br />
or which side they fought for.<br />
Then after the war, she began<br />
clubs to address public health<br />
HONOUR: It took Anna Jarvis six years of campaigning in the United States to have a day set aside<br />
to honour mothers.<br />
issues and helping women to<br />
knowledgeably care for their<br />
children.<br />
When her mother passed<br />
away Anna realised, in spite of<br />
the positive impact women have<br />
on society, their work for their<br />
children and the community was<br />
often overlooked.<br />
Anna’s Mother’s Day was not a<br />
commercial event, but was about<br />
celebrating the achievements of<br />
women and further reminding<br />
them of their power and what can<br />
be accomplished when women<br />
and mothers come together for a<br />
good cause.<br />
Time has not diminished the<br />
value of Anna’s message.<br />
Mother’s Day has become<br />
a date for launching political<br />
causes. The wife of Martin Luther<br />
King, Coretta used Mother’s<br />
Day in 1968 to host a march<br />
in support of underprivileged<br />
women and children.<br />
Then in the 1970s women’s<br />
groups gathered on this day to<br />
highlight the need for equal<br />
rights for women and access to<br />
child care.<br />
On Friday at 12.30pm,<br />
Christchurch Women’s Club<br />
Toastmasters is holding an open<br />
day at the Village Church on the<br />
corner of Frank St and Papanui<br />
Rd to celebrate the influence<br />
of mothers and women in our<br />
lives.<br />
CWC Toastmasters supports<br />
women to succeed in any<br />
venture giving them the skills to<br />
communicate their vision clearly<br />
and with confidence.<br />
Everyone is welcome to come<br />
to this meeting.<br />
•More information<br />
can be found at www.<br />
cwctoastmasters.org.nz<br />
Barbershop<br />
comes to<br />
Addington<br />
Opening<br />
SpeciAl<br />
$15 Haircuts<br />
for limited time<br />
Good old fashioned cuts, with<br />
a professional and modern<br />
edge, are what you can<br />
expect from Addington’s<br />
newest business in town,<br />
Headmaster Barbershop.<br />
Nick Jaswinder is excited to<br />
bring Addington a traditional<br />
service where customers can<br />
have their hair cut and styled at<br />
his newly opened barbershop -<br />
no appointment necessary, just<br />
walk in off the street!<br />
Headmaster Barbershop caters<br />
for men, women, and children<br />
and, with 12 year’s barbershop<br />
experience in Nelson and<br />
Blenheim, Nick can meet the<br />
styling needs of all the family.<br />
Specialising in fade cut and<br />
beard trimming and just for the<br />
guys, he also specialises in ‘hot<br />
towel and shave’<br />
treatments plus<br />
beard grooming.<br />
Nick says he caters for all ages and<br />
people can expect a traditional and<br />
professional hair cutting service at<br />
competitive prices. Senior citizens are not<br />
forgotten either and can expect regular<br />
discounts plus Nick offers a mobile service<br />
for the elderly in retirement homes.<br />
As a new business owner in Christchurch,<br />
Nick looks forward to meeting new<br />
customers and, to get the ball rolling, he<br />
is offering an opening special with $15<br />
haircuts for a limited time.<br />
Headmaster Barbershop is located on<br />
1/301 Lincoln Road opposite Dominos<br />
with plentiful parking space and is open<br />
seven days, Mon- Sat 9am to 6.30pm<br />
and Sundays 11am to 5pm. Enquiries<br />
regarding Nick’s mobile service can be<br />
emailed to: jassalpaul@yahoo.com.<br />
Walk Ins welcome 301 Lincoln Road, Addington next to Addington Coffee Co Op<br />
Phone: 021 154 0706 Hours: Mon to Sat 9am – 6.30pm, Sun 11am – 5pm