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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1974-06-05, Page 7a 3 :1'3'1 1 31Z CIE110 0 I KV N 3 .1 Mena t4 s Emig° put, v 1 v a 9 S 3 N N V O S vu S $ V 3d 73 VS I 1 31 21 V13 Fl N J. 1 11V NN V N N I da 210 V 001 46 I 2 3 4 S b 7 9 10 II 12 13 14 25 27 26 26 23 29 SO 31 32, 33 se 40 35 • 41 43 4 46 15 16 r 20 21 22 47 49 - LIBERAL CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS ARE OPEN AT 43 WEST ST. GODERICH PH 5 2 4-2 1 7 7 etting -old is .a growing process, not a loss Keep active and keep happy s the advice offered by Rev. R. McWhinnie of Goderich as pointed up the theme of the y.long workshop held at Huron- ew, Clinton, Wednesday. Mr. McWhirtnie was one of the ve-rnernber panel at the after- oon sess ion of the workshop, eeping Active After ?, which as sponsored by the Huron ()linty Chapter of tile Registered lases Association of Ontario. Mr McWhinnie said one of his jectives in life had been to keep ung and he had been doing it wn through the years by eping active and happy.. A aplain at Huronview he said he joyed visiting the residents and e continues to golf and swim. Shirley Weary of Goderich, and high school teacher in Clinton ill ,be trying for a seat in rliament for the third time as e NDP candidate for Huron- iddlesex. At the meeting held in derich, she named Paul Carroll her campaign manager. She told the small gathering at "people matter more than rporations". She said that there re many loopholes in the esent tax system and that dividuals were `paying heavier xes than they ought to." Mrs. Weary also made note of need in Canada for a food ices review board. While she loves that the farmers should ive a guaranteed return .on eat products, she feels there uld be investigations on the as where there is high profits. he said there is a need to ordinate federal and provincial grams so they are not working ainst each other. The nation's polluters are Other trouble spot according to rs. Weary. She suggested there "tough penalties for senior cials who pollute" and they st be enforced. ACROSS 1. Light wood 6. Indian state 11. Spirit in "The Tempest" 12. Beamed 11 Banshee's relatives 15. Bikini part 16. Pasture 17. Dress 20. Pitfall 23, Taj Mahal city 25. Hot-air artist 29. Gaelic war cry (3 wds.) 31, Of the season be- fore Easter 32. Corner 33. Surrounded by 35. Geological time division 36. Beard on wheat 39. Buddhist sect 41. Cudgels from Cork 47. Sweet stuff 48. Playboy's malady 49. Behave theatrically 50. Intimidate DOWN Rem ainder" (abbr.) you with ?" 3. Back talk 4. One of Tito's people 6. Watehfill He laughed that he does not seem to be getting any older. • Panelist Mrs. Betty Cardno of Seaforth, Home Care Administra- tor for Huron, spoke of helping people to keep their indepen- dence and remain in their homes when disabled, by sending a physiotherapist, homemaker, nurse or occupational therapist to work with them. Mrs. Cardno spoke on the importance of good nutr ition and the telephone link maintained by some older people who phone regularly those living alone, Panelist Mrs. Stella Tate, an occupational therapist from Tor- onto, said our enthusiasm for life is what makes aging successful. She said the way we feel has a lot SHIRLEY WEARY Mrs. Weary has been in this area for 10 . years, coming from Hamilton. She has done work with the Canadian Association of Consumers and was previously a member of theOffice Employees Union. The school teacher will be 40 the day before the election. "That's if I'm still alive," she said jokingly. Guest speaker for the evening 24. Archi- toDAse s ANSWER tec- tural pier 26. Ending for silver or glass 27. Ger- man river 28. Flight- less 40. Zola bird novel 30. Jewel 42. Allow 34. Erased 43. Caustic 36. Tennis sub- champ stance 37. Pronoun 44. African often antelope misused 45. Barbarian 38. Boxing's 46. Hold a Benvenuti session to do With the way we keep active, She stressed the importance of being responsible for one's own health and well-being. `If we are watching our weight and eat well, we shall hlep to keep our health,' Mrs. Tate stated, • Mrs. Tate said Canada has more people in institutions than any other country. 'Is institutional care what we want for ourselves?' she asked and warned that we should be planning for the future to get the environment we want. Chester A. Archibald, Huron- view Administrator, said retire- ment at a certain age has encouraged the general attitude that at that age people are ready for the boneyard or to take it easy in their declining years. was Fred Young, MPP for Yorkview. Mr. Young spoke largely on price control. He cited many cases of profits that are. "unparalled in the history of Canada." He charged that companies "don't compete anymore -- they get together and decide on prices." He mentioned several monopolies' in Canada which the NDP think should be investigated because of their profits. He feels the present government has ignored these monopolies and price rises: "Prime Minister Trudeau says it's free enterprise," he said. He then went on to say that "there is no such thing as free enterprise in this country." Mr. Young explained how companies will create a scarcity. Using the oil companies in the United States as an example he said that several years ago. they stopped production of refinery capacities and when the Mid-East war broke out again, it merely helped them along. Quoting Johnny Carson, he said, "I have a funny feeling there is a lot of 75 cent gas around and when the price goes up to 75 cents, we'll have lots of .gas." He said the "corporate rip-off" that David Lewis warned the people of a couple of years ago has happened. He said the corporations blame the workers on the inflation because of high wages but he said studies have shown they have little to do with it. Instead "the wage earners are merely trying to catch up to the pace of inflation." "There is complete price control in this country," he said, "but the wrong people are setting them." Concluding his talk, Mr, Archibald said, "I think we have to convince retired people themselves and those approaching retirement of their continuing personal worth. Retirement is not an ending but merely a transition into a new phase of life and if we plan it as carefully as we plan the work phase it can be not only fun but downright soul satisfying." Mr,Archibald reminded his audience that retirement can mean the start of a new life -- that some of the great figures of history made their greatest contributions to mankind after the age at which we face retirement today. Mrs. Ann Redmond, Goderich, a volunteer for many years, was the final panelist. As a volunteer co-ordinator who had organized .500 volunteers for the Psychiatric Hospital at Goderieh, she spoke of people taking leadership when they realized volunteers were needed in the hospital. In the question and answer period following the panel Mr.Archibald reminded the audience that when people are admitted to a Nursing or County Home they 'should not be forgotten. It is exceedingly important they are visited and retain a connection with their old community. Some of the suggestions put forth by the audience included -- adopt a grandparent; encouraging young people to visit and possibly assist older people in their homes so that they may manage without having to be admitted to a Home; have.older people with their many experiences share their 'knowledge (such as tewhing knitting, describing old ways of doing things, etc.) with young people; telephone chains to those living alone; and identify with older people, give them a„sense of dignity and they will 'respond and something will come out so that they won't just sit. Mrs. Fran McHale, London, supervisor of senior citizens' activities, Department of Recreation in London, was the guest speaker. Canada is fast becoming an aging society but it is ill-prepared to face up to this situation because of its negataive attitude toward aging in general, she said. Aging is still perceived in terms of loss, rather than a biological as well as psychological and sociological process that varies tremendously from one individual to another. She urged that people would be better off if they lived lives of involvement and purpose to sustain them after all illusions have been lost and passion cooled.. Mrs. McHale spoke of young people as `great new allies' in working with older people. "Young people and old people have much in common", she said. Mrs. McHale spoke of the New Horizons program started in 1972 by the federal government when $10 million was made available for non-repayable grants to groups of retired persons. She said this is an invitation to involvement and explained how to apply for such as grant which is available for almost any activity which will usefully and creatively involve retired people, meets their needs and benefits them or their community. Mrs. McHale said there is only one absolutely reliable statistic about aging -- the rate at which people age is exactly the same all over the world, one day at a time from birth. Mrs. McHale outlined many ways of getting older people involved in keeping active and brought along a group from her senior community centre in London called the L.B.'s who have prepared a program of exercises to be done to music and games. The group,*all in their sixties and seventies, kept the audience laughing with • their songs, dances and skits. Old-time hoedown entertainment was provided with 95-year old Mrs. Mary Taylor on her mouthorgan, Mrs. Nellie Welsh, on piano, Norman Speir on violin, all residents of Huronview, accompanied by Ross Love of Exeter on violin. Harry Hoffman and his group from Exeter area entertained with their singing of old songs and hymns. Mrs. Sheila Hallahan of Seaforth, president of the Huron Chapter of Registered Nurses, presided for the event attended by about a hundred guests. The Blooming THING By ED VAN GEEST Nowadays, money CAN buy hap- piness. What it can't buy is any- thing else. • • • Then.. there's,. the.. driver who found out how to avoid parking tickets he removed his wind- shield wipers. • • • There's ..as „much authority An families as there ever was - only now the children exercise it. 6. Residue 7. Shinto temple 8. Kind of food 9. Boleyn 10. High plateau 14. Char 17. Chinese weight unit 18. Bug- bear 19. Broad smile 21. Eccle- sias- tical ' vest- ment 22. Mores- by or ' Royal CROSSWORD PUZZLE hirley Weary is NDP choice • • • Today's commercial traveller is a • TV viewer who goes to the re- frigerator during the sponsor's message. • • • 'It's lovely," said the setsretary trying on the-mink, "but it clash- es with my salary." • • • YOUR SALARY' GOES FAR AT Listowel Florist 198 Main, Phone t91-8010 . 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