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•°Huron -Perth Presbyterial
• held a Special Event on
Monday, April 13th at the
— Central United Church,
Stratford when 250 United
Church Women from across
Huron -Perth gathered to foc-
us their concern on the needs
of the handicapped. It being
Easter time, each lady was
given .a cross made from 'real
palm leaves.
* • The meting opened with a
rousing sing song conducted
by. Marj Gibson of Central
United, Stratford. AnneiWal-
ters. president of Huron -
Perth Presbyterial, welcom-
ed everyone and Liami Mick-
elson, president of Central
UCW brought warm greet-
ings from her church to all.
• those present.
Grace Pym introduced the
first speaker; Myron Angus
of the Advisory Council for,
the Physically. Handidapped.-
He has , had no use of his
I hands and feet since birth.
He spoke about mouth paint-
ing and later demonstrated
, his work. Mr. Angus is a
member of Rehandart,
whose members' paintings
are reproduced on greeting
cards, calendars. etc. He
.congratulated Stratford Cen-
tral for its accessibility. to
wheelchairs and stressed the.
work that needs to be done to'
make public buildings acces-
sible to the handicapped -
• library, shopping, barber,
bank, churches, washrooms,
motels and the No.. 1, prob-
lem, transportation. It coats• ,
$40,090 to • keep a disabled
person, in an institution,
whereas if he could be at
home it would only cost
S12.000. Mr. Angus is ,thar-
ried with a family of three.
• There was an hour's break
in the meeting for Reading -
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where books could be pur-
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• ladies enjoyed Rythmics
exercises were led by Muriel
Coultes, and the ladies of
Central UCW provided a
lovely lunch. • °
Donna Tuffnail introduced
• the second speaker of the
night, Larry Parker, who was
also 'born with no use of his
hands and feet. He is Com-
munity Development Officer
for West -Central Region of
the March of Dimes. He
noted that too often the han-
dicapped are forgotten after
childhood and the March of
Dimes is concerned with
adults. He would have pre-.
ferred this year be called The
International Year of Persons
with Disabilities - with the
emphasis put on them as
persons first He -stressed
that we should be More
aware of the abilities of the
disabled instead of seeing
their disabilities. He said
that, while physical barriers
• were great, attitude barriers
were even bigger., He show-
ed a very infonnafive
"A• Different Approach"
which is available to the
public. Mr. Parker also does
mouth painting.
The courtesies ,vere given
° by Fran Lanai).
• The closing worship was
. • ,
taken by ladies froM St.
John's United Church, Strat-
ford. It was in the form of a
skit on the Easter theme,
showing how different
•• People viewed the Cross. In
the end we see that the
Cross, and all it stands for, is
most vital in the lives of all
people.
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