HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1976-04-01, Page 7Times-Advocate, April 1, 197 Poop 7
Twenty-eight James Street, a nice, friendly place to live
28 James Street, Exeter, is not
just an attractive house with well
kept lawn and big evergreen
trees, it's a home, a warm
friendly home where the people
who live there happily enjoy life.
The residence, formerly owned
by Mr. & Mrs. N1.3, Southcott,
was sold last year to Exeter
United Church by Mrs. Southcott
with the stipulation it be used for
some community outreach
program.
After careful deliberation, the
church board, set up to make a
study on the use of the house,
decided to lease it to the South
Huron Assocation for the Men-
tally Retarded to be used as a
gr up home.
After an inside paint job and
Scam initial repairs, it was
opened last November for three
residents, f id a fourth has since
been welcomed by the group.
They are Les East, Phil Regier,
Marilyn Clifton and Marg Kehn.
With them lives Mary
McLellan, their counsellor whose
duties include teaching daily
living skills, She also acts as a
kind of overseer of all activities
within the home.
But Les, Marg, Phil and
Marilyn have responsibilities,
too. Each Monday they sit down
to plan the week's menus and
draw up a schedule as to who will
cook the meals. They also discuss
policies about the running of the
home, voice complaints, talk
about inappropriate behavior and
the consequences doled out
because of it.
Every morning they're up at
seven to start the day. While the
person designated to prepare
breakfast goes about his or her
chores, the rest make beds, tidy
up and get ready for work. After
breakfast, they each prepare
their own lunch and by 8:10 are
out the door to catch the bus for
ARC Industries where they put in
their day's work.
Once there, Les heads for the
woodworking shop, Marilyn
either reports for office duty
where she operates a typewriter
or goes to the woodworking area,
too. Marg takes up her duties in
the craft room and Phil goes to
work in the kitchen or on
maintenance,
Back home around 4 p.m., the
one in charge, commences to
prepare the evening meal while
the others may take part in their
daily exercise program, budget
their books or watch W.
Through dinner, they discuss
the day's events and' when the
dishes are cleaned up there are
games to be played, puzzles to be
worked on, or more TV to watch.
Usually, there's a walk around
the block before hitting the hay at
10: 30.
Tuesday evening is wash night
when the girls, taking turns with
the boys, go to the local laun-
dromat to do the laundry. There
are also trips to the library to
exchange books. one night a
week" Marilyn goes to the high
school night classes where she is
learning pottery making, and
Marg has a regular baby sitting
job every Thursday evening.
Les spends a good deal of his
spare time at his work bench set
up in the basement where he
works on his cassettes and tape
recorders which are his pride and
jov, Well on the way to building
up a good selection of eight track,
tapes of modern and country
music he also takes great delight
in making tapes on his cassette
machine from records and the
radio.
As in most homes, Saturday is
cleaning day when the house is
shone from top to. bottom. It is
also a day when the family plan
to do something special. Perhaps
if the weather's nice they may
hike down by the river, or go
shopping up town stopping in for
a treat at one of the restaurants,
Last Saturday, they all boarded
the bus to London to see the show
`Robin and Marion'.
Sunday is church day and
time far seeing friends or chat-
ting with visitors who may drop
in for a cup of tea which May be
served with muffins fresh out of
the oven and baked by Phil.
If 28 James Street sounds like
any other normal abode in Exeter
where members of a close knit
family share and care and
cooperate for the good and
happiness of all, that's exactly
what it is a pleasant home for
five very nice people.
By MRS, THOMAS HERN
Mr. & Mrs. Don Finch and Miss
Lori Reid were weekend visitors
with Mr. & Mrs. Ray Jaques
Steven and Susan.
Mr. & Mrs. Clifton Jaques
returned home after holidaying
for three weeks in Florida.
Mrs. John Tookey and Cheryl
London spent the school holiday
week with Mr. & Mrs. Thomas G.
Hern and Alan.
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CHIEF COOK FOR DINNER at 28 James Street, Sunday, was Leslie East. Roast beef with all the trimmings
was the fare of the day. Above he and Mary McClelland, counsellor, test it for doneness. T-A
EVERYBODY TAKES TURNS and Sunday, it was Phil Regier's andMarilyn Cliftonturnto set the table for
dinner, Phil places fresh muffins made by himself on the the table while Marilyn is about to put around the
plates. T-A photo.
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HIS OWN SPECIAL SPOT for Les East, one of the family at 28 James
Street, is his work bench set up in the basement. Here he tinkers with
his cassette and 8 track tape recorders with no one to bother him.
Music is one of his first loves and he is building a collection of tapes of
'modern and country music, T-A photo.
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