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Clinton News-Record, 1979-04-19, Page 4PAGE 4 --CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1979 cin The Clinton Nows-Record 1s published each Thursday at P.O. Sox 30. Clinton, Ontario. Canada. NOM 11.0. Member. Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association 410C H Is registered as second class mail by the post office under the permit number 0017. The News -Record incorporated In 1024 the Huron News -Record. founded In 1001. and The Clinton New Era. founded In 1*03. Total press ryn 3.300. Clinton News -Record Member Canadian Community Newspaper Association Display advertising rates available on request. Ask for Rate Card No. 0 effective Oct. 1, 1070. General Manager • J. Howard Aitken Editor • Jamess E. Fitzgerald Advertising Dl ctor • Gary 1. Hoist News editor • Shelley McPhee Office Manager • Margaret Glbb Circulation - Freda Mcleod l 0 ABC r 1 n Subscription Rate: Canoda•'14.00 per year Sr. citizen • '12 per year U.S.A. & foreign • '30 per year Hardly known here What would you think if you knew of a woman who is able to heal and ease the pain of hundreds of people who are afflicted with supposedly incurable diseases? Wouldn't you be impressed by such a woman, who has patients coming from all over the world and has been recognized internationally through the print . media and word of mouth? Therese Pfrimmer is widely known throughout the United States for her work as a Deep Muscle Therapist, but her over 30 years of experience has almost gone unnoticed in Ontario and in Canada. Mrs. Pfrimmer has said that she has made medical breakthroughs and can't even get recognition in her hometown. She is not supported by area hospitals, doctors or 'other medical institutions, yet she claims to have cured hundreds of people faced with common and rare crippling conditions that have been judged hopeless by medical ad- visors. Her work record appears im- pressive. It has been listed and explained in two successful books written by Mrs. Pfrimmer and in numerous articles in American newsletters and health journals. Her desk -is covered with piles of letters from people seeking her help. Her Bayfield clinic is con- tinuously filled with patients, young and old, and she has trained 43 other people who now have Deep Muscle Therapy Clinics of their own, set up from Hawaii to Eastern Canada. Her record book contains hundreds of names of people who have received treatments through muscle manipulation. Yet, it contains few local addresses in comparison to those ,.who have travelled from Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, to name a few of distant points. It seems odd that while the Pfrimmer Clinic cannot get coverage from OH I P in the province, as she had been promised a year ago, the Nobel Com- mittee may be considering her work. Perhaps this lady is being overlooked by her immediate neighbours. She lives on a rough, dirt road located in rural Huron County and her clinic does not contain all the modern equipment of medical technology, but this has no " real bearing on the ac- complishments that have been made at the RR2 Bayfield location. People remain leary • and skep- tical even though Mrs. Pfrimmer has been trying to prove her worth for over three decades. But then again, they didn't believe Christopher Columbus when he claimed the world was 'round, not flat. Public input A dozen or more chairs sit, ready and waiting for Clinton ratepayers to take a seat. Yet month after month, meeting after meeting, the Clinton Council conducts the town's business to an empty room. On rare occasions some in- dividuals take advantage of the public meetings and sit in on council's discussion. Unfortunately these delegations usually come with a particular request or question and once it has been dealt with by council, they leave seemingly not interested in the rest of the issues at hand. Yet these same people are quick to criticize and pounce on the council when a decision is made that doesn't please them. Granted, council meetings aren't always filled with dramatic issues and firey debates, but at the same lime they're often more than brief discussions and legal mumble - jumble. Members of the public are always welcome at the council meetings with a few words from Mayor Harold Lobb. The council likes to see some public input, not only criticism after the fact. sugar ondSpiCe One of those days Right from the first, I knew it was a day, "I'shooda stood in bed," as a third- rate pugilist, Kingfish Levinsky, once said after being flattened by the great heavyweight Joe Louis, in round one. Got up, took a tug at the strap of my wristwatch to take it off and wash; broke the strap. Nothing serious. Cheap Plastic junk. But it turned out to be applied to the watch by one of those unseen geniuses who lose one of your socks in the wash, and produce four extra beer bottles when every case of empties is full. I'll probably never be able to wear the watch again, unless I glue it to my wrist. Serves me right. I hadn't a watch for 30 years, and never felt the need for one. But my wife bought me this one last summer,'in the duty-free shop at London airport. And now I find myself .-neurotically flipping up my cuff and glaring at the hair on my left wrist, like all the other anxiety hounds in the country who are not going anywhere, don't need to know the time, but are constantly flipping up their arms like trained seals and looking at their watches. Who needs a watbh? Life is going quickly enough, without h on a little dial. The vet4ye evidence word has nothing but unple lsant connotations. REYKJAVIK IS 15E CAPITAL. of ICEEANA A' '1)K ► TOE CAPITAL OF ROMP REYKJAVIK IS Tiff (ANAL arr I(EIM RUKTF�. ' K 15 'TA CAPITAL. or lat. • / , / ice// j• ice., "A nel, just how did she find out 1 helped you with your geogruhhl' homework .9 - Riding for rehab The rehabilitative value of horseback riding for the disabled has been recognized in Europe for 50 years. In the past 10 to 15 years, riding associations in Canada and the United States have offered this innovative therapy to North Americans with physical, mental and social handicaps. Most organizations are made up of volunteers, and all have an advisory medical board. Some associations have private stables used solely for han- dicapped riders ; others use multi- purpose. stables in - which' disabled riders are integrated. A stable with the latter concept is located near Stratford. Instructors are sometimes appointed by the associations, while others work for the stables. An instructor is not required to have special training but should be people -oriented as well as knowledgeable of horses. Volunteers are found by the stables, the associations or the riders. Ideally a rider has four people working with him - the instructor, the leader and two spotters, one on each side of the horse. Depending on the individual's han- dicap, his need for help will decrease as his experience progresses. Half of the first lesson for a new rider is devoted to becoming familiar with the horse and the stable and to learning basic safety rules and grooming methods. If a student signs up for a certain number of lessons, the in- structor commits himself to the same length of time and the same horse is used for each lesson, if possible. The student mounts a wooden horse first to discover whether he can straddle a horse and to overcome possible fear of height. On the real horse, he learns proper position and balance. Exercises, such as standing in the stirrups, swinging one's arms and rotating one's body, reaching the horse's ears and tail and making a complete turn in the saddle, are done by anyone learning to ride a horse. They improve balance and muscle tone and build self-confidence. Next the student learns how to handle the reins and how to take control, starting and stoppingthe horse and guiding the horse to right and left turns..In subsequent lessons, the rider progresses from walking to trotting to cantering. , Benefits to handicapped riders are both physical and psychological. Motor remembering our past 5 years ago April 22, 1974 Lloyd George Salter, 39, of R.R. 3, Kippen was acquitted last Thursday of a charge of non -capital murder in the October 5 slaying of a 93 year -old -widow. An all male Ontario supreme court jury deliberated in Goderich for three -and -a -half hours at the end of the nine day trial. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Layton of Bayfield celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary on Sunday with a turkey dinner for the family at their home. Mrs. Layton is the former Mary Walters. The auditorium at the Clinton Public' School was transformed into a minor ver- sion of Walt Disney's Fantasyland Last Thursday and Friday evenings. The oc- casion was the two-hour stage show, Tribute to Disney, presented by the intermediate and senior grades at the school. "Watch what you're doing there. Watch out. Watch your step. Watch the late movie. Watch your wife. Watch that guy hanging around your daughter. Watch what you say in mixed company." O.K. I shrugged off the watch. Went down and got my breakfast. Usually, it's toast and tea. This particular'. morning, I had more time, so I fixed the works: real coffee, bacon, fried bread and a nice sloppy fried egg on top of the bread. A drooly great breakfast. Thought I'd eat in my favorite chair in the living room, and read my morning paper in the spring sunshine pouring in the window. So I put my grub on the kitchen counter and started cutting the fried bread and egg into bite -sized pieces, so that I'd need only one hand to eat. Something skidded. The plate slipped off the,counter, sprayed grease all over the front of my pants, and smashed to smithereens, on the floor. I emitted a most unlady-like few words, salvaged the bacon from under the sink and started cleaning up. Have you ever tried to wipe up just one lousy semi -fried egg from a kitchen floor? It reminded me of the bld days, when I'd drop a quart milk bottle and sponge up what seethed likes; gallon of milk. And it was the first time I'd had to change my pants since I was about two. Well, I should have stopped right there, stripped to the skin, and gone back to bed for the day. But, as faithful readers know, I believe that bad things come in threes, and then you have a good streak. As it happened, I was going to buy a car from a chap that day. With im- peccable logic, I reckoned one more . minor disaster would occur, and I'd be home free for a while. If it didn't, the car would- he a lemon, to complete the trio, and I wouldn't buy it. It did. The minor disaster. I sailed out of the house, figuring I'd slip and break an elbow, or the car wouldn't start. Nothing of the sort. Stuck my hand in my coat pocket. No keys. No car keys. No house Keys. And I'd left the latch on. Stood at the back door, ding-donging like crazy for five minutes. Blasted if I was going to climb in the cellar window and wreck my second pair of pants. Finally, the Old Lady appeared. She'd been in the bath tub. She was not ecstatic with our marital state. Grease all over the kitchen, my watch busted, and the second last set of plates also busted. She felt like busting me. Anyway, I finally set off with a light heart. The three baddies had hap- pened, and the rest of the day would be glorious, the car a winner, everything golden. Turn to page 5 skills improve. For example, fastening buckles on the cinch requires finger dexterity. Handling the reins and maintaining balance in the saddle improves co-ordination. A hyperactive rider discovers he must slow his speech and movements in order to control the horse. Although many programs are designed to be therapeutic rather than recreational, they take the patient out of the hospital setting, and the horse provides motivation. Inter -action with the horse is important. As the rider learns how to control his mount, he gains self-confidence. Most associations or stables hold annual Open Houses or Mini -Horse Shows in which their riders compete for cups and ribbons under show conditions. It is a highlight of the year for riders, volunteers and instructors alike, and it is a means by which the public can be educated to the im- portance of riding for people with physical, mental and social handicaps.. Recreational benefits of horseback riding include exercise and fresh air; many people, who were never before mobile, are able to go cross-country on a horse. A partially blind rider sums it all up: "It's a gas!" a look through the news -record files 10 YEARS AGO April 10, 1969 Two Clinton girls found 674 pennies hidden near their Albert Street homes on Monday and police said the coins were part of $13 in change stolen last week from the St. Joseph's Separate School. The girls, Louann Nicholson, 8 and Kathy Whikie, 15, called police Chief Lloyd Westlake when they found the pennies most of them wrapped in rolls, hidden at the back of the J.W. Counter Builders Supply yard on Princess Street. The Clinton Discount Centre, opened' on the southwest corner of the town's main intersection last year, has been purchased from Orland Johnson of Clinton by J -L Vitamins and Cosmetics Ltd. of London, the company which has supplied merchandise sold in the store here . Two Clinton couples celebrated 50th wedding anniversaries on the Easter weekend. They were Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Cummings of Base Line Road and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cantelon of 119 Fulton St. 25 YEARS AGO April 15, 1954 Sure action on the part of the Clinton Fire Brigade swiftly quelled the flames that swept the S. Riddick and Sons feed mill Tuesday morning and prevented spread of the fire to the neighboring Clinton Bowling Alley. The fire siren sounded about 11 o'clock that morning and in a matter of a few minutes the brigade had travelled the two blocks distance to the burning building. Smoke poured from every door and window. Shortly after the firemen arrived on the scened, two explosions shook the building. Following the second blast which was considerably larger than the first, flames belched from the building and several of the men working closest to the mill experienced heat of enough intensity to slighly singe their faces. The blasts and resulting heat were probably caused by exploding oil drums. It is suspected that the fuel line bearing diesel fuel under pressure to the engine operating the grinding equipment, must have burst, spraying oil which was ignited by the hot exhaust pipe. Summing up the music festival held in Londesboro United Church yesterday, Frank W. Holton ACCM, adjudicator for the event, praised the contestants for their good sportsmanship. Mr. Holton said the highlight of the festival for him, was the singing of Joanne Rapson, in the final class of the program, that of girl's solo, 11 years and under. 50 YEARS AGO April 11, 1929 A church full of people gathered to see three pretty girls, almost smothered in roses, receive their diplomas as nurses, at the graduation exercises of the Clinton Public Hospital which took place in the Presbyterian Church on Tuesday evening. Misses Louise Turner, Grace Churchill and Thelma Rowcliffe were the three graduates, who looked very bright and young and charming in their uniforms as they took their places on the platform. Mayor Col Combe acted as chairman and Dr. Shaw administered the Nightingale Pledge. Clinton had a fine day for the Spring Show this year and a very fine show. A heavy thunder shower carne up about eight in the morning, but that was soon over and the afternoon was perfect. Many furnaces which had been allowed to become cold during the almost summer heat of Saturday and Sunday, were relighted Monday. Not to he behind the rest, Chief Strong went out looking for Orval Strong the other morning. On Friday morning, the Chief had' a telephone call to the effect that a stranger had appeared in a field in a nearby section and it might be Shaw. S the Chief got a car and went out to investig te. He found his man all right, but it was 't Orval Shaw, it was an Indian gentleman. 75 YEARS AGO April 14, 1904 The committee of the town council, which is in charge of the park is preparing plans for the erection of a modern grandstand which will seat about 400 people. This they can do at little or no expense by making use of the lumber and timber in the old exhibition hall, part of which was,wrecked by the weight of snow on the roof a couple of months ago. The stand will be erected on the west side of the grounds and will thus afford protection against the afternoon's sun. Many in Goderich t ownship are enquiring about the whereabouts of John Shaw who left here about the 1st of February to drive to Wallaceburg and was last heard of at Forest. Those who know him best say he will return all right in due season, but in the meantime, they don't know where he is. 100 YEARS AGO April 17, 1879 For some time past a person who goes by the name of J.C. Plunkett, has been engaged in town as wood carver. Being oily -tongued and professing to be a won- derfully popular, but "strapped" member of the burnt -cork profession, he easily got into the good graces of the Amateur Dramatic Association connected with the Temperance Order and took part in their late en- terainment there. Subsequently, .arrangements were made for an en- tertainment at Seaforth, he seeming to be the prime mover in the affair, though assisted by others. Previous to the night of the Seaforth entertainment, he had ordered suits of clothing from two parties in town, both of which he procured and took with him. The entertainment did not turn out very Successful, and he concluded not tm return to Clinton much to the sorrow of his creditors. The rent for Cardno's hall was $15 of this we believe only $2.50 was paid. Our exchanges will do well to pass him round. Appreciation Dear Editor: On behalf of the Huron County Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society,' I would like to express our gratitude to you for publishing the cancer supplement in the March 29, 1978, edition of your newspaper. In my opinion this is an exceptionally well prepared publication and it conveys a most important message to your readers about the programs of the Canadian Cancer Society. Previous editions have been presented at the annual campaign conference in Toronto, where the tabloid was received with very favourable comments. Efforts such as yours continue to make it possible for us to say "cancer can be beaten". Again, our sincere appreciation. Yours truly, Ross McDaniel Campaign Chairman Huron County Unit Canadian Cancer Society Taxi needed Dear Editor: Regarding the discontinuing of taxi service in Clinton may I express my disappointment that Council has not made a more concerted attempt to keep the service alive for those who need it. I understand that it is difficult to arrive at fair and equitable dicisions in such matters, but it seems to me that most of the laws, regulations and zoning bylaws that are passed at every level of Government are designed to discourage or penalize initiative. When we have people who try to be self-sufficient, instead of reaching for the handouts would it not be good business to give them all of the assistance and encouragement possible? Sincerely, Mason Bailey, Clinton Disunity Dear Editor, When is the gullible Canadian public going to realize that Trudeau's Bilingual Policy is the greatest force for disunity in Canada? . It should have been obvious from its inception that it was intended mainly to protect the political base of the Federal Liberals in Quebec. Has it been forgotten that since the days of MacKenzie, the Liberals would stoop to any means to protect its Quebec political strength - Yes! even jeopardize our Canadian Active Army Overseas rather than enforce con- scription. In this vast North American con- tinent with a population of 300,000,000 or more, what chance has a small pocket of French-speaking people got to spread their language? It is physically impossible for most Canadians to have any opportunity to hear or to speak French. Certainly Free ITh is and will be used by elite groups - highly educated groups, etc. as a cultural achievement and for business and social reasons. The knowledge of French for the masses is an impossibility and in addition it has no appeal and certainly there is no need to use it. It will continue to be an im- portant regional language of a minority and nothing more. - Governments in Canada - Federal, Provincial and in some cases, Municipal, willcontinue to expand their services in French where possible and where numbers justify it, but this is a far cry from Canada ever becoming Bilingual. The symbolism of the present Bilingual Policy of the Trudeau government is false - misleading. It has completely backfired and may well cause the downfall of the Trudeau Government. At long last the voters may realize that the Liberal Party is and has been for over 50 years basically' a Quebec Party with predominant strength in Quebec. Is it any wonder we have so much disunity? There is no hope for unity as long as Mr. Trudeau is in power. He has become too abrasive. He relishes power as an elitist and his motives have become suspect by the Provinces and by the public. The open hostility between Mr. Trudeau and Mr. Levesque worsens our National Unity. Only a national leader who has not been a centre of controversy for 11 years such as Mr. Clark can ever hope to mediate our conflicting interests and reduce our prejudices. C. C. Hillmer Oakville, Ontario Something to say, write a letter, to the editor tbd y