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WE DNEspAy, toivemBER 22nd, 1972 • • THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, -LUCKNOW, ONTARIO PAM!: ELEVEN
Totally Blind For Past 18 Ifefirs,.
Woman Is Guest Speaker At Communion.
Breakfast Of Kingsbridge
On Sunday, November 12th a
Communion Luncheon was held
after, the .9.30 a.m. Mass in ,St .
Joseph's Parish full -Kiripbridge: -
This too the place of the regular
November Catholic Women's
League meeting. Mass was cele-
brated,by. C. W. Li. Spiritual Dir-
ector, Fr., Ed,Dentinger C.R.
The First, Reading was given by
Frank Riegling with Mrs.
Don Frayne doing the Second .
Reading. The Offering was taken
up by. members of the C. W.L.
executive , Mrs. Joe Courtney,
Mrs. Mark Dalton, Mrs. Clarence
.Doherty and Mrs.• Joe O'Keefe.
After Mass members and their
guests sat down to a 'delicious
luncheon served very capably by
the Kingsbridge. Youth Club. Gene
['Layne accompanied on the piano
by his daughter, ,•Marianne Frayne
sang "Thank You Lord" followed
by "How Great Thou Art" sung
as a duet with Marianne.. Father.
al Dentinger and Ray Dalton fay.-•
oured with a duet of "The Old -
Rugged' Cross" , "When You Wore
A Tulip" and "Harrigan". This
was followed-by Fr. Dentinger--'s'
"Mrs. Murphy's Overalls". •
Mrs. Jint Martin reminded all
present .a bout the sociarevenirig
.• being •held on November 21st in
the school gym to honour Kathy.
Dohert\ Rita KnOop.
.Mrs.' Riegling told some
inter: g acts about fhe C.N.I.
B. . e are 77 blind 'in Huron...
-.-s of our. C„..W.L. helped in
,.ceni canvass for the C..N.1.•
i here are many services prov-
ided for the blind. Among them
a 12 week course for the new '
• .• blind; .text books in braille;
advice and; counselling are avail-
. able; employment with oriThe .
Job iraining;• a catering service
run by the blind; special equip:
nientsuCh as watches, clocks, ."
typewriters , etc.; specially train-
.` ed dogs; white canes; eye exam-
inations and medication; eye SW -
gery arranged in some cases .. • •
Twelve from, our area are dono4
to the eye bank.
Mrs. Joe C ourtneY, President •
of the .Kin sbricg -
troduced the gitest \speaker, , Mrs.
Jerome who has been total-
ly blind forthe last Jas years. In
spite of this she is able to do her
own housework, cooking, baking,
Voll adrrittral----
rhat what she missed most was the
reassurance of a sincere smile.
She can detect •a happy atmos-
phere' and happiness in a voice.
She reminded us to be,generous
with Our smile. When she was
faced with the tunnel of blind-
ness she had 2 alternatives. She
could allow it to waste a God-
given life or she 'could have per-
severance through the tunnel.
She spoke about the work of the
C.N.1,B. founded by Colonel E.
Baker. A ybung war
veteran when he returned in 1918
he had lost his sight but not
fight. Ile lost'no time in feeling
sorry for himself hut gathered
willing workers and money.. -
Meeting places were, arranged to
talk -over probleMs. 1 e foUnd •
work shops across Canada." Vets.
with problems becathe self sup:
beganporting. They ben to live .
agiin. This was a step in .the
right direction. Years later after
Your Negative
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Do The Rest
SENTINEL
Bring In
Misionoty Speaks
On Work In Africa'
-AMBEREEY;NEWS
The Members of Pine River
United Church held their Congreg'
ational supper on Tuesday, , • ,
November 14th. .Everyone enjoy-
ed a bounteous-hot-t-urkers-upper
served by the '1a.dies of the. U.C.
catering committee. Follow-'
ing th.e meal,' a sing-song was
led by Mrs. lack Campbell with
Mrs..Lynn Lowry at the organ/ and
Mrs. Ernie Gibson at the piano.
Mrs. Cecil Humphrey introduc ,
ed the guest speaker for the even-
Ing' Miss Marian Lankin, Mission-
ary Nurse, home on furlough from
Central Africanlepublic. Miss
Lankih'told of her experiences
during the twenty-year period she
has spent in Africa and alsOshow-
ed slides of the people. and
country there. Mrs. Bob Rut-
ledge thanked Miss Lankin and • ,
presented her with a gift.
case she called herself and an
appointment was made. A chauf-
feur brought a totally blind man
to her door. It was the first time
inher life she had ever, been face
to face with someone who was
door was 31 at the time. He mar-
ried at 25 and Was the father of
3 children. When he .was 10 he
lost the sight of.an eye when a
snowball hit it: Then the other•
eye went'in sympathy. At the •
age of 18 both eyes were removed,
-1-1-e-war ra ed forthe bUsiness
world. She realized her blessings.
She at least° had Seen her. hus- .
band and children. She found it
hard to believe that her stamina
and self confidence would in •
time, be restored. Every other
day the man kept in touch by, ,
phoning; She felt 'lost in her own
_home - groping_ arou.nd._A-fter
3 negative calls she decided to
try fora better report. 'When
faced with blindness it is impOr-,
taut tobe alone because then no'
one can retard any ambition. /
She felt extreme satisfaction the
first time she did the •
breakfast dishes alone... She at
first had a real phobia about the
stove hut 'everyday she gained
confidence. A rehabilitation
blind SlITCC childhood .the teach- .
er,had a great deal of talent.. •
Not only did she make her.Own
drapes, but sire 'wove the material
that went into them. ' This, teach-
er IlcIpc,.1 Von to re -estab- •
1i I her"self in homenialdng and
cilia bled here to look after her
ltii;i1'v She 1-ta_d_b_ee n avoidina
. lier•teacher.helped
her to over-chine this. She taught
her how to play, cards; On her
3rd visit she•was able to play a
game Of euchre with her. teacher.
On one..ofiler speakin , en a e-
n ents she was introduced "as the
only Woman I know who plays:
with :a a-marked deck!'-.--She :
learned how to type so that she •
might he.' better able to correspond
with.hcr family, It was suggested
that she learn braille. So once
a week for an hour she worked at.
it. Her 10 year old son helped
with homCWork. She was finally
able. to Master the 267 •
contractions of braille. She dev-
eloped a .keen sense of touch'.
5he Could cook 'furl course meals;
0; bake loaves of bread, cookies,
pies, etc. One Christmas she
,.c,• cookies and
didn't burn one. When She bakes
there is no ,,tiessing'. She, meas
ures acculatel.and• times every-
thing. Her stove is equipped with
CALVIN-BRICK
U.C.W.
WHITECHURCH NEWS
Calvin-Brick U.C. W. held
their meeting. November 15th at
the home of Mrs. John L. Currie
with 11 in attendance. •Mrs.
Chandler gave the call to worship:
The scripture was read by Mrs.
Ronald Coultes, and prayer was
given by Mrs. Chandler.
Mrs. Roy Dawson gave the °
Mission Study on India from an
article in Chatelaine Magazine
on India.
• The President Mrs. Richard
Moore presided for the business. '
A church supper is to be held at
Belgrave United Church with a
concert'the same evening. The
collection was dedicated by Mrs.
Chandler. ,
The meeting closed, with all
enedi.
tion. Mrs. Currie served lunch.
a braille minute minder. She is
Her braille course has helped teem
endously. She can find every-
thing with labels-in braille. There
are only two things her husband
won't allow her to do and that
sense, of wellbeing wou • be im-
possible Without ,help. She is
able to "see" through the eyes of
others,- She enjoy.s,her dreams- •
immensely because she is then
able• to see••everything in true ,
living colour. She feels .she .•
Whitechurch
y•ps•. • . ,
WHITECHURCH NEWS
' Whitechurch YoUng Peoples
Society held their meeting Sun-
day evening at .8 p.M. at the_
home of Murray Simpson.
The meeting opened. by the
reading of Scripture by Douglas •
Ross,---Mr,-V.-Wybenga led in
prayer. The minutes of the 'last
meeting were read by
secretary Jean Simpson. • The
Young People made plans to'gd
bowl -taro *Vern er
25 at 9 p.m.
A lively discussion followed
centering around the topic
tion and Over-Population . A
game followed the discussion
called "Tea Pot" which was en-
joyed by all. .
Lunch was served and Kathy
Wybengi thanked the hostess Mrs:
Simpson arid Jean. Next meeting
will be Sunday, December 3 at
the home of Kathy Wybenga at 8
p.m.
C.N.I.B. provides teacher train-,
in . The blind people felt .the
need of meeting others in the
same sitUatiOnas„themselves. •
The.Canadian Council for the •'
Blind .was forMed. It is. the 'voice
of the-blind and help's to fill their
needs. , •
descrilyed-h-e-r-own--7-
personal experiences. When she
first 16st her sight 'she felt it was
the' end of everything. She spent
days 'Wondering and prayed like •
never before. She had alot of •
time in her collapSed world. She
felt her family needed. her..
'Shefdescribed her feeling of sat•is-..
factidn'when she was able to
Send her men out with , freshly-
ironed shirts. Ordinal-II\ thew eve
specialist will notify the C.N.F.
13 ., about a blind person. Inhcr
the war Mr. 'Baker ,r,,ealized that ._totally blind. The man. at her
blind civilians also needed help.
His ambition was to get all blind
beggars off the streets. Joe
Conlin of Kitchenerbecame his,.
escort and, helped bring meaning
to the ,liv.es. Of these people.'
MOre centres were opened ,to
-rra-i-n acrd
dble--to-k•eep-recipes- inLbraelle, .
is cut his hair or drive his car.
In selecting greetings for friends
and family sheuses the personal
touch. She makes her own cards
complete with a 12 line verse .
composed by herself. It is ,not so
much what happens to us but how, Mrs. Gene Frayne thanked Mrs. we act or react to what happens Von and presented her with a that makes the difference. Her .ft F Ed Dentinger,spoke-a-
few words of appreciation.• Mrs.
Betty,O'Donnell, President of
the Lucknow C. W. L. , thanked
Voll and express d the
appreciation of the cknow C.
W. L. at being invited to this
luncheon.
has been blessed with 21iveg -
one with and the other without
sight. She has asked Gad to
and lead the way. One must
have patience7-8-8*-al-what-we- •
do we do using our sight. She is
groping' feverishly for,ways to do
these things. An enormous am*
ount of humility is needed to
accept human kindness.