The Brussels Post, 1967-02-09, Page 7ANNUAL
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THEY SAW
CANADA GROW
District Field Secretary
Jack Clements
Celebrating a 10S)th birthday
is ,bistory for 25 blind Canadians,
"These people saw Canada grow-
ing. They are a living source of
information for Canada's Centen-
nial year," said sir. Jack Clem-
ents, Field Secretary for The
Canadian National Institute for
the Blind, in an interview for
White. Cent, Week sponsored by
the CY,'11.3 and The Canadian
.Council of the Blind.
Pear blind centarians who live
in B.C., wore in their teens when
that province jOined Confeder-
ation, in the earlY:18.70's..'Ontario's.
„b. tont Quebec's 5 were horn when
the 2 provinces were one. Four
hut residents of the Atlantic
provinces alight have been car-
ried ill their mother's arms to
see the Fathers (if Confederation
on their way to Charlottetown.
Conference. The .1 elderly baud
settlers of the Prairie provinces
probably renumber herds of
buffalo roaming the wilderness,
Arid to two residents of the far
north, lll< g(iiti ra:-11 WZI:$ just,
yesterday,
is undoubtedly true," added
the (;NIL Field Secretary, "that
tliese people primeered this
country with a simple desire to
build. successful regard,
less of, .the hardships, , a philo-
sophy which gave courage when'
hinutiwss occurred.
Thu repreeiatiliN e went
on to IIIII6Lratk;:. "Uht; of L111360
blind old-Loiters lost his sight
when he was sixteen, in 1877,
l'urt. flu.' founaipg of
the CNII% lic Mita to the Ulltariu
for tut itiilet , :quit it'd t h e
Inning and waH a member of that
.sehour t3 first graduating class,
Hu owned \duo: to be
the first Braille watch in. Canada
es early .15 I.fe joined a
a piano company and later in
1525, started his own business. He
was 6:: Ilion, et en when most
men 'Lire leols.ing forward 10 re.
t.iPel)lelt.i., kilig ao inters St in
his fellow blind, ne served on
1.4)tIV(h,, to make sure .that
the youth of .today have the: ser-
vices be was denied, •
"Tile good lire we enjoy • now."
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the Field Secretary concluded,
'is due to men like these Old
pion( II'S with pink. shovel, and
even piano tuning instruments,
',to ibis (quint 'whal it is
today."
Don't forget to vote for your
Centennial. Queen..
plZow•Ri.
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