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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1975-12-31, Page 13MR. AND MRS. BRIAN N. HODGINS Elaine Diane Morley and Brian Nelson Hodgins exchanged wedding vows at Brinsley United Church, December 6, at a candle-light ceremony conducted by Rev. C. Westhaver. The bride is the daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Edwin Morley, Ailsa Craig, and the groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Hodgins, Lucan. Attending the bride were Linda Wilkinson and Karen Hodgson. George Wilkinson was the best man and Barry Hodgins ushered, Flower girl and ring bearer were Kelly Hodgson and Tod Lewis, After a honeymoon to Pennsylvania, the cou- ple took up residence in Exeter. Saintsbury community has active festivities Worked for Jesuit missionary Saw squalor and riches Dashwood student returns from India Tirn s-Advecate, December I, 1975 Let Bob Swartman show you how you can LOOK YOUR BEST and SAVE IT'S OUR FANTASTIC JANUARY SUITS Special Group HALF PRICE WINTER COATS HALF PRICE exrr MAIN ST. r e in 's Shoppe OntxggrKnoimmmnnmnoo,„ ,zofifinta RINAMENnentumairiSantsmoolo'll' OF MEN'S FASHION ALL OUR SPORT COATS 1/2 Price TOP COATS 20% Off ALL REMAINING Siuits, Blazers & Leisure Suits 20% Off SPORT SHIRTS DRESS SHIRTS y, 2 0 Cy F SWEATERS 40.1/4.1 F PANTS ALL REMAINING STOCK 10% Off Because prices are to low we must charge a nominal fee for any alterations, I Evan Hodgins, Lucan,'Christmas Day. Mr. & Mrs. Harry Carroll entertained their family to dinner Christmas day; Mr. & Mrs, Ron Carroll, Ian and Brenda and Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Carroll and Lisa, Christmas dinner guests with Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Davis were Mrs. George McFalls, Mr. & Mrs. Ross McFalls, David, Don, Darren and Donna, Centralia, Mrs. Bill Simpson, Clandeboye, Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Simpson and children, London. Mr. & Mrs. Bob Tindall en- tertined Mr. & Mrs. Allan Tin- dall, Wiarton, and Mr. & Mrs. Ross McFalls and family on Boxing Day. Mr. & Mrs. Karl Jefferies called on Mr. & Mrs. Earl Greenlee Tuesday evening. Mr. & Mrs. Leslie Greenlee and girls and Mr. & Mrs. Beecham,' London, were dinner guests with Mr. & Mrs. Ken Eaton Christmas evening. Mr. & Mrs. Robert Quinton and children were guests Christmas day with Mr. & Mrs. Bill Quinton, London. " LAST FEBRUARY — By MRS. HAMILTON HODGINS WHALEN Mr. Howard Morley, Hazel Park, Michigan, is spending a few days with Mr. & Mrs. Bill Morley. Miss Audrey Anderson, Stratford is spending Christmas holidays with Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Johnson. Mr, & Mrs. Jim Betteridge and boys, St. Marys, Gerry Peroni, St. Marys were Christmas Day guests with Mr, & Mrs, Gordon Johnson. Mr. & Mrs. MacLeod Mills spent Saturday with Mr, & Mrs. Ben Mills, Oakville and Sunday with Mr. & Mrs, Orville Davies, Guelph, Mr, & Mrs. John Scott and family spent Christmas Day at Laskay with the Scott families, Mr, & Mrs. Fred Mardlin and girls, Wesley, and Mrs. Minnie Mardlin, London spent Christmas Day With Mr, & Mrs. Hamilton Hodgins, Mr* & Mrs, Ernest Ferguson were Christmas day guests with Mr, & Mrs, Keith Ilan, Zion. Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Wallis and family, Iiitchener and Mr, & Mrs. Gerald Wallis spent Chtistnias bay with Mr. & Mrs, Alton Wallis, W ith Mr. & Mrs, Ernest Ferguson. Mr. & Mrs. Ferne Gauthier and boys, Barrie visited Sunday with Mr. & Mrs, John A. Damen, Mr. & Mrs, Jim Foster and boys, Stratford spent boxing day with Margery Morley for Christmas and also celebrated Steven Foster's birthday. Christmas Day guests with Mr. & Mrs. Earl French were Mr. & Mrs. Ray Ruston, St, Marys, Mr. & Mrs. Joe French, VVellburn, Mr. & Mrs. Garry Parkinson and family, St. Marys and Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Bern and Darryl, Zion, Mr. '& Mrs. Hamilton Hodgins and Berton were Sunday guests with Mr. & Mrs. Calvin Grose, Glanworth. Mr. & Mrs. Earl French spent Boxing Day with Mr, & Mrs, Lorne Hem, Zion, Mrs. Charles McRobert and Mrs, Bill Thomson hosted the Thomson New Years family get together on Sunday at the Whalen Community Centre. Christmas Day visitors with Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Bern were Mr. & Mrs. Stuart McLellan, Judy and Ian of London township, Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm Spence of Blanchard, Mr, & Mrs. Gene 'Mr. & Mrs. Dave 'lord sand Diane, Strathroy visited Sunday Spence, Thornhill, Mr. & Mrs. Terry Henry, London, Dave Goodwin, Calgary Alberta, Mr. & Mrs. Larry Hem and boys and by Fred Youngs India is a diverse land in which the predominant characteristic of the people is poverty. A British colony for over no years, it gained independence in 1947. While most of its population at the time of independence lived in squalor, its 536 Maharaja's were rich enough to be testing the aphrodisiacal potency of crushed diamonds. The situation for India's 550 million people has changed very little in the past 30 years, with most of its inhabitants living in destitution and a small number of people living in high class wealth. There is virtually no middle class in India, Most North Americans are aware of the plight of the average Indian, yet few ever see the poverty in real life, and fewer still work to raise the standard of life for the average Indian. Adrianne Van Raay, a twenty- one year old Dashwood woman is one of these few people who have provided volunteer work for the various missions in India, ' Adrianne, a third-year recreation student at the University of Waterloo, worked for four months at Jesu Ashram with Brother Bob Mittleholtz, a Jesuit priest, originally from . Zurich. While in India, Adrianne worked at the hospital in Matigara, in the province of Silliguri. The hospital is one of two parts of the mission which Brother Bob organized 4 years ago. Siliguri accurately represents the diverse cultural aspects of India. Adrianne described India as "a Europe under one govern- ment," Although the national language is now Hindi, there are about 20 other languages and dialects so that people in one village are unable to com- municate with their neighboring village, though it may only be 20 miles away. Each area of India has its own culture peculiarities inherent to it, One province has a , certain mode of dressing, its own language and its own foods while its neighbor has something completely different, she said. This cultural diversity is one of the things that has kept India so location. In northeast India, it is a strategic holding of the govern- ment, being the only corridor open to the northeastern sector from central India. It is bordered on the North by mainland China, on the west by Bengal, to the east by Nepal and to the south by Bangladesh. To live or work In Silliguri, a special permit is needed. Adrianne added that the military makes its presence well known, as the maintenance of this tiny corridor is essential to India. Its internationally central location has heightened the melting pot status of its culture, as Silliguri is a settling place for many refugees from the surrounding countries. One of the worst times for it was during the recent Bangladesh wars. The people in the area lived in mud shacks with thatched roofs, Adrianne compared the lifestyle there today with that of Biblical times, adding that the women still carry many things in jars balanced on top of their heads and much of the work there is primitive and manual labour. One example Adrianne gave was the women and children of the area sitting on the banks of streams and rivers with a chisel and hammer, splitting rocks to make gravel to cover the road- ways. Diseases common to those suffering from malnutrition were predominant throughout the village. Oedema was one of the most common and painful. Oedema is a swelling of the joints and can cripple a person if not treated, there was also a prevalence of dysentry, diarrhea and worms. The two most dangerous diseases that the people come in contact with are leprosy and tuberculosis. Adrianne was emphatic when she said that leprosy patients are not to be called lepers. The name, she said, implies an attitude that is both archaic and uneducated. Leprosy is not what many people believe it to be. It is not instantly contagious and can be caught only by constant contact with the contagious person, Leprosy is most contagious when it cannot be seen, in its early stages. The virus attacks the nerves, she said, and it can cripple those afflicted. The deformities are a secondary effect of the disease. Leprosy itself is not fatal, but the inherent lack of feeling in the areas of the body attacked can cause complications.' Adrianne said that quite often people would come into the hospital with foot or hand wounds festered and full of maggots. They had not been concerned with the initial cut or wound because the lack of feeling in the body did not allow it to bother them. The ensuing in- fections are what eventually cause death. Maggots in the body, if left unattended, can be fatal as can the infection. If the maggots are not removed and do not kill the SHH auxiliary are quick menders Women who are members of the South Huron Hospital Auxiliary may not ever get in the Guiness Book of Records for mending but they have been really busy just the same. Mending items used in the hospital is one way to make materials last longer and thus cut operating costs. Figures in the last activity report of the auxiliary show that 895 sheets, 205 bed spreads, 587 gowns, 65 baby outfits and 754 miscellaneous items were mended. As well as all these repairs the women managed to find time to make 60 yards of flannelette material into diapers and trip covers. The South Huron women must be fast workers because the report revealed all this was accomplished in 176 hours. person mental disorders can set in, One of the prime ambitions of Jew Ashram is educating the local people on leprosy. They are trying to impress upon them the fact that it is not fatal and that it can only be passed through constant contact. They hold a leprosy clinic each Monday and Friday in an attempt to screen the village people for leprosy in order to catch it in its earliest stages. Leprosy, which is not restricted to the poor, can be cured through the use of medication. The drawback is getting the people to continue the medication on a regular basis over the ap- proximately 8 years that is needed. Tuberculosis, a much 'more prevalent and contagious disease is not feared as much by the Indians, Although the hospital in which Adrianne worked housed only 25 leprosy patients at any given time, there were usually 100 to 115 TB patients. The system that Brother Bob has developed for the treatment of the people is one which takes two phases. Jesu Ashram, as well as being a hospital, also runs a shelter and sends para-medics out into the villages to treat minor ailments and injuries, The shelter is staffed by males who have had approximately a grade 10 education and some medical training. They treat people with cuts and minor ailments and administer medication to those who need it on a regular basis. One of the best working medicines that these boys ad- minister is common aspirin, because the people are so unused to its effects or the effects of any medication, they respond well to its ingredients, If they are unable to help the people because the illness or injury is too severe they refer them to the hospital for further, more in depth treatment. For the first six weeks that she was stationed at Jesu Ashram, Adrianne worked as a nurse's aid. Her duties were typical of such a position, washing and cleaning the patients, tending to small cuts and administering, minor medication. After the initial period, Adrianne sought and received permission from Brother Bob to start a crafts programme with the patients at the hospital, particularly those interred for TB. The programme was designed to give the outgoing patients some sort of vocation so that they can earn money after their release. Quite often TB weakens thepatient so much that he is unable to continue at the manual labour that he worked at before coming to the hospital. The thrust of the programmes was to send the patient away from the hospital self-sufficient. It was felt that by training the people they would be better off than if they had received the usual stipend that came with their departure from the hospital. Embroidery and basket weaving were the mainstays of the course. The workers relied on bamboo as one of the main products in their crafts, often sewing it together to make dif- ferent patterns. The baskets were pieces of bamboo, cut and soaked in water and then fastened together with bamboo pegs. They are used by the people in the Ashram for carrying and storage. The Indian people love colour and used it extensively in their sewing work and other crafts. They also know that the North backwards and unadvanced as compared to the rest of the world. Silliguri is a prime example of this and is often in deeper cultural disarra because its ANerican volunteers are Christians, and would include a cross in any of their designs, whether or not it actually per- tained to the design itself. The patients received a small stipend for their work that gave them some spending money. It is hoped that the programme will allow them to find jobs upon their release from Jesu Ashram, After her departure from India, Adrianne's original programme Was continued by a TB patient and'her sewing class for 11 and 12 year olds is being continued as well. Some of the crafts are being shipped to North America for sales here to raise money for Jesu Ashram. People interested in contributing can do so by contacting Father Durand at St. Boniface Parish in Zurich. Would Adrianne go back to work in India? She seems intent upon another stay, "for two years maybe" but not the rest of her life, like Brother Bob Mittleholtz. RETURNS FROM INDIA — Adrianne Von Raay of Dashwoocl, who recently returned from India where she worked in the Jesu Ashram hospital, examines a basket which was made in a craft programme at the hospital, Adrianne was responsible for starting the programme at the hospital which is run by Brother Bob Mittleholtz of Zurich. Photo by Youngs By MRS. HEBER DAVIS Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Carroll and Lisa entertained Mr. & Mrs. Harry Carroll and Mr. & Mrs. Ron Carroll, Ian and Brenda to dinner Christmas eve. Mr. & Mrs, Jim Barker en- tertained the following to Christmas dinner: Mrs. Lorne Barker, Lon Phillips and Ed Ryan Lucan; Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Flonders, London, and Mr. & Mrs. Gary Barker and Terry Smith, Grand Bend. Mr. & Mrs. Earl Greenlee entertained to dinner Mrs. Raymond Greenlee and Mrs. Rd. Dickins, Exeter, Mr, & Mrs. Heber Davis, Mr, & Mrs. Bob Tindall, Nancy, Marylou and Robert, Mr. & Mrs. Leslie Greenlee, Kimberly, Pamela, and Derek Greenlee, Derek's parents, Mr. & Mrs, Larry Greenlee, were unable to attend due to having the flu. Mr, & Mrs. Clarence Davis entertained their family, Mr. & Mrs. Cameron Davis, Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Love and Fayann, Varna ; to dinner on Sunday and were dinner guests with Mr. & Mrs. The Exeter Kinette club recently finished the Heart Fund campaign in Exeter and area. Shown above with same of the contributions are Carol Hockey, president Wanda Reynolds and Wendy King, Donations to date have totalled over $900. T-A photo Whalen folk entertain holiday guests Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Herm SET FOR SPRING — Carousel of Colour was the theme for the March fashion show at, SHDHS. Bright colours, pastels and new dusty shades were modelled in all types of wearing apparel, The 350 members of the audiente were pleased to heat there are some pleasing trends in fashions for the coming year T.A photo