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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1981-04-22, Page 5..„ •°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• , $40,090 to • keep a disabled person, in an institution, whereas if he could be at home it would only cost S12.000. Mr. Angus is ,thar- ried with a family of three. • There was an hour's break in the meeting for Reading - There, was a book display where books could be pur- WIRGAIN SEEKERS L We've got a jungle 1 full of special buys Read .classifieds Ray, sell or trade on the classified Pages Pitone • 528.2822 11 ft Renameli Id*YAP.!.. 22t chased from the •'Resource Center from Mitchell.. The • ladies enjoyed Rythmics exercises were led by Muriel Coultes, and the ladies of Central UCW provided a lovely lunch. • ° Donna Tuffnail introduced • the second speaker of the night, Larry Parker, who was also 'born with no use of his hands and feet. He is Com- munity Development Officer for West -Central Region of the March of Dimes. He noted that too often the han- dicapped are forgotten after childhood and the March of Dimes is concerned with adults. He would have pre-. ferred this year be called The International Year of Persons with Disabilities - with the emphasis put on them as persons first He -stressed that we should be More aware of the abilities of the disabled instead of seeing their disabilities. He said that, while physical barriers • were great, attitude barriers were even bigger., He show- ed a very infonnafive "A• Different Approach" which is available to the public. Mr. Parker also does mouth painting. The courtesies ,vere given ° by Fran Lanai). • The closing worship was . • , taken by ladies froM St. John's United Church, Strat- ford. It was in the form of a skit on the Easter theme, showing how different •• People viewed the Cross. In the end we see that the Cross, and all it stands for, is most vital in the lives of all people. • GRAIN MARKETING • • • .itetipsor: • CQRN WHITE BEAN SOTABEAN WHEAT CERTIFIED • ALFALFAS D.C. REI CLOVER x.s. SWEET CLOVER INOCULATIONS FOR ENE LAWN & GARDEN ENTHUSIAST wa carry a abatalatta i�l.ct$onof *GRASS •*LAWN SEEDS •FEW. BAG or BULK 444.24, 114246, 111-444 45% UREA • 1641044 33% A.M. NITRATE "OUT WITH CONFIDENCE" AtMJ. SMITH •WE WILL NOT OE UNDERSOLD ALSO: SPREADERS AVAILABLE • PLUS: CUSTOM SPREADING AVAILABLE "ALL Of OUR FACILITIES ARE TO SERVE YOU BETTER" •