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Ruth apd Bill . Trapnell will no
longer be responsible for the good
smells that for • 16 years have
emanated from their bakeshop on
Main Street beside the Huron
Expositor. ' , ,
A . new owner, Tom
Schoonderwoerd of Dublin has •
Oaken over the building which was
owned by Glen Smith and rented
by the Tramells,
• Bill'l-Trapnell first worked in
Crich's bakeshop Where he
learned his trade. He worked in
bake' shops in . Sarnia and New
Hamburg. He then worked for
Glen Smith for 10 years before
taking over the business from
him, Then the tables were turned
and Glen Smith worked for Mr.
Trapnell •because -he wanted to
take things easier.
The'Trapnells were married in
1957 and Mrs. Trapnell worked at
the Toronto-Dominion bank , in
Seaforth until 1962 when her
husband took over the bakeshop
and she. joined him there.
,When Glen Smith retired in
1972 Mrs. Trapnell's sister..
Marjorie Shera came in and
helped out as an assistant baker.
When'the Trap,nells took over in
1962 there were three girls in the
front df the shop and two bakers
in the back and that's about the
'staff there was toward the end.
While not much in. the tuilt1ing
JOAN TRAPNELL
assisted her parents with
their work ,in the bakeshop.
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THE HURON EXPOSITOR, APRIL 9, 1978
A better way to help
Odds n' ends
by Elaine Townshen.d
was changed the .baling line was
expanded to •include more kinds
of doughnuts and rolls andother
delicacies which the public
demanded.
The Trapnells have a son.
Mike, who is 19 and daughter
Joanne who is 16 who,,helped out
in the bake shop as well as did 'a
nephew Jim McLarnon.
Future plans for the Trapnells
-are uncertain. They' have nothing
definate in mind at the moment.
"We just have to wait and see
what comes along," M'rs.
Trapnell said.
Christmas'wasof.course always
a busy time for the Trapnells and
Mr. Trapnell used to make about
400 dozen rolls- for the occasion,
They also sold a lot to catering
services, church groups, and. the
local Legion. One of their biggest
buyers was caterer, Valma Miller,
of Seaforth,
Of his 16 years in the baking
business, Bill Trapnell says, "I
enjoyed meeting the people and I
enjoyed my work. My customers--
I knew pretty well all of them."
4i
I was pleased to note this year's EaSfer
Seals showed handicapped ydungsters doing
things that all children do, A boy in a
wheelchair played with a baseball and a. rnit;
another, boy with a crutch fed a bone to his
dog, and a little girl with a crutch tucked her
doll into a cradle.
The campaign literature stressed that
handicapped children don't ask for pity, but
they do need help to overcome seme of the
Obstacles in their lives. •
For some youngsters activities of every day
life, such as walking to school, clipibing a
tree, writing, ,speaking and even holding a
knife arid fork, require skilled„ help and
training. Many of diem also need costly
'equipment. such 'as wheelchairs at $450.,
electric _wheelchairs as ;high as $1,600. and
'dental work for cleft palate possibly costing as
much as $5,000. over a period of years.
Theses are the types of expenses the Easter
Seal Appeal helps to defray. The well-known
slogan "Back a.Figher !" seems to say "give,
not because you feel sorry for handicapped
children, but because you know they have a
battle to fight and you know they can win with
your help.`.
A lady wrote recently about a U.S. telethon
-that` took a :differept approach.-to
money, for handicapped children.
The telethon began with-'a film showing a
Tittle boy and his fathor-going-to a .baseball-
' game, fishing and playing catch. Then the
scene changed, The boy sat in a wheelchair,
- and his father stood behind him. Both looked
- • ' The film ended with the warning. "this
could. happen to your child."
As she sat in 'her own wheelchair,, the lady
wondered why the father and son weren't still
going to basPball. games, fishing, and `playing
catch, for she knew it was possible for them to
do those things in spite of the chair.
She..acknowledged the purpose of .the
telethon was a worthwhile one, and' it showed
that the old custom of people helping other
people hadn't died, But she feared the
technique played on the sympathy, of the
nerthandicapped viewers, and in so doin'g,'
stripped the handicapped of something all
people need - dighity and hope. • •
I presume the purpose' of the telethon was
to raise money for research to determine and
treat the pauses of cerebral palsy, muscular
dystrophy, cystic fibrosis, spina bifida, etc.
'There'is no doubt such research is vital and
the organizers of the telethon meant well,, but
their Method could have hurt the very people
they were trying to help.
For example; •beys and girls could have
been siffirig in their wheelchairs at home
watching TV. What a bleak picture the flint
painted for them! They might be old enough
to u risclerstand the g isf of the film but notquite:'
old enough to realize that life does not have to
be hopeless for them. •
It takes -moric.,-y to-des.ign and._ -buy a
wheelchair or a crutch or'aii-artif 1 limb for
a handicapped child, but it takes the child's
will to make it work.
Lp n g
Bill and Ruth Trapnell
New reporter jo ins Expositor
Journalism at the University Of
Western Ontario.
Apart from reporting her other
interests include creative writing;
gardening and travel.
Marjorie Shera and her son Mark.
Obituary
LOU VELLE GA
Lieuwe (Lou) Vellenga, a
former .Tuckersmith Township
resident, died at his residence at
R. R. #2. Lyndon. Saturday.
Bo'rn in the NetherlandS he is a
son of 'Mrs. Wiepkie V lenga
and the late -Siebretv Vellenga.
He waS married in 1950 to the
former Folkie (Fondle) Rinsma
and after:corning to Canada the
couple farmed in Tuckersmith o n
• the 4th concession.. for about
eleven years. They moved to.
Lyndeii where- they carried on a
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farming operation • until . Mr.
V ellenga's ill. health forced them
to give active farming -Up two
years a gom
He is Surviyed by his, wife; hiS
::,r'mOther; twO daughters Ann; Mrs,
David Pipe of R. .R. #2, Lynden
and Marion at.. htime;, a -Son., •
Ronald at home; a brother Gary of .
R. R. #2. Milvertson and; four.
grandchildren.
Funeral services were
conducted Tuesday at the Marlett.
Chapel at Dundas, followed by
cremation.
Alice Gibb, v ho joined ourstaff
Two of ,her friends . who were
•as 'a. reporter, started her working as reporters for the paper
journalism Career with The convinced her it. was • more
London j News, London's interesting Writing the news than
community newspaper. filingtit so she applied, to study
..,,,,journalism degree from 11.w.o.
• she started- as a. reporter : ,
After graduating with 'a
photographer with The News, and.
later 'beta* the paper's
assistant editor.
. Last fall, she resigned her job
and spent some months learning
Ole joys of youth
through Europe. During her time
abroad, she visited .Englandand
Wales and Holland. Germany,
Austria,. Italy, Monaco, Spain and,
France on the continent. Her
ambition is to-return someday and.
spend a year in Paris and
southern Spain.
Miss Gibb was born and raised
near Corunna, Ontario and she
grew tip on the banks of the St.
Clair River. •
After high school ; she attended
'the University of Windsor, where
She graduated with a. Bachelor of
Arts degree in' English. '
She returned to her hometown
Alice Gibb and spent.tWo years working as a
counsellor with Planned Parent-
hood of Sarnia-Lambton. AFter
this, she Was employed indexing
back .issUes of The Sarnia
Observer Ioi the Sarnia Public
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