HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1971-09-02, Page 20411**1•1170'.
$ A `GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2,1971
IOai rich's own missionary supply house
thisiddy chose, ti
lifetime
BY S IRLEY J. KELLER
--When I t out for Miss Lilly
Blanchard's\ home At the corner
of Britannia Road and Victoria
Stlteet last w ek, I thought I was
• • going to meet and interview Miss
Blanchard's guest, Majora' Doris
Wight RN.
Major Wight, I had. learned •
from Miss Blanchard, is a
registered -nurse who works in a
Salvatiort')Army Hospital at a
village in Rhodesia called
Tshelanyemba located about
100 miles from Bulawayo.
The 55 -bed hospital also has a
10 -bed isolation block and Major
Wight, along withone other
white nurse, diagnoses and treats
as she "sees tit." The nearest
doctor is in Antelope Mine, .30
miles away and only calls at the
Tshelanyemba hospital, once
every two weeks.
"We do everything except r
surgery?' said Major Wight who
was born in Newfoundland and
trained for a•' nurse in
J-ohannesbnrg, South Africa.
A great deal of the' work is
dealing with maternity cases. .
"..We • are encouraging the
native women to come to the
,hospital to have their 'babies,"
said Major Wight. "Babies born
in 'the villages' often do not
survive. For instance, ij is theft
custom to. put a mud pack
containing goat dung on the
umbilical cord . and the infants
are often brought to us with
tetanus. They usually die."
Major .Wight said Africans
mothers are generally • up 'and
about just a 'few_ hours after
delivery ' and do everything,
including the laundry, to,,,_c ,re
for their own babies:
All African mother's nurse
their babies, said Major Wight.
"There is no such thing as not
being able to nurse your baby,"
said Major .Wight :who claimed
that exercise and yeast tablets
are vital for nursing mothers.
In addition to caring. •for
/ternity cases, a large part of
• Major Wight's work is -caring- for
children in a kind, of weit'Ybaby
clinic setup. She . says that
protein and vitamin ,deficiency
and malnutrition are the biggest
problems in children. ,
"We are definitely ,making
strides though" said' ,Major
'Wight. "Sonne mothers are
bringing their children to us first
before taking them to the witch
doctor. And many bring their; shirts, for hospital gowns for
little ones for immunization."•missionaries like Major Wight.
Then J asked Major Wight just She is careful to "mention that.
why she was in Goderich during several ladies in the Home
her five-month leave ' from League help her with this task
Rhodesia. and that without them, she
``T came to see Miss wouldn t,be .able. to get. dearly so
Blanchard," said Major Wight. "I many parcels away to her
just had to get to know her.'' beloved friends in the mission
"Oh," I said,- remembering field.
that at the outset of our But that isn't all that Miss
Blanchard does as a service to
mankind. She makes colorful
scrapbooks for all. the hospitals
around this part of the country'
as well as scrapbobks for her
missionary outposts. ,
Miss Blanchard's scrapbooks
are not large, store:bought
voltiines. She makeg, her own
from colorful construction paper
and fills them with all, kinds of
bright pictures which would be
• of interest to children.
conversation Major Wight had
told me she had only met Miss
Blachard once before, about five
years ago at the Salvation Army
Camp near Bay Field. That,
meeting only lasted a • few
minutes.
"Yes," continued, Major
Wight. "You- see, I've been s ,
missionary • in Africa for '12 -
years,
12•years, and regularly every month
for 12 year I've received two
parcels of clothing from Miss
'Blanchard.",
Major Wight said that Miss
Blanchard had selected her name
out of a magazine published by
the'Salvation Army and had just
decided to put her on her mailing
list. Miss Bianchardls"•mailing list
includes missionaries in Hong
' Kong, Korea, Indonesia and
Zambia. • -
4"I clothe all our children and ° distinguish what Majoes Wight
Most of our adults from the was telling me. At that. very
parcels X receive from )41iss point in the conversation she,
Blanchard," said Major Wight. "1 was diggin.g.to the bottom of a
.thought she must be a wonderful big box in the livingroom to
person and I just had to visit her bring forth a couple of dainty
and get• to know hkr while I was -children's dresses .vv:hich she was
on turlotigh." readying for her ,missionary
°Decor""ding to Major Wight, packages.
she found ,Miss Blanchard to be
even -store remarkable Than she
had suspected. Major 'Wight
discovered that Miss Blanchard4
gets the clothes she sends to her
from the Salvation Army Citadel •
here in Goderich. As a member
of the Home League, Miss
Blanchard is the missionary
service chairman and she takes
the sick anti shut-ins in the.
community.
"I can't tell you how many
calls 'she made last year," ,said
Major Wight, "because I am
sworn to secrecy. But I can tell
you that it would amount to
Many calls per day. ft would
keep Rohee' average person going•
full-time just to make the visits
that Miss Blanchard makes to
the sick and shut-ins in Goderich
and area,".
"1'm sure Goderich must have
lots' of people who are
open-hearted," said Major Wight.
"Surely there are lots of people
who would be willing ,to help
Miss Blanchard with this,, her
lifetime work: Even money for
postage would. help",
Miss Blanchard is hard of
hearing and wasn't able to
uq
her ..job:sexao'ualsso,,.-.....„ , its
"She brings 'the clothing
home," said Major Wight, "she
'washes them b %,hared for she has
rio washing machine, she irons
them, she mends them and ••she
Packs them into boxes which she
hauls, home' from the -stores
around town. Then she •packs
them into boxes which she hauls
home from the stores around
town. Then she lugs the packed
boxes to • the post office and
mails them.",,
Miss Blanchard 1 gets the
postage from the Home League
in most instances, butosometimes
- maybe more times than
anyone really knows Miss
Blanchard digs, deep into 'her
own pocketbook to supply the
postage.
The petite Miss Blanchard
who will be 77 in December
glows from within•when she tells
-about making over mens white
SYNOPSIS:
DUMPING OF
STORM "WATERS
INTO
SANITARY
SEWERS
NOTICE CITIZENS TOWN OF
-GODERICH `a
Synopsis of By -Law No. 25
of 1971 to prohibit the,dumpingi
of storm water into sanitary
sewers located within the Town
boundary . Iirnits of the
Corporation of the Town of
Goderich.
1.'- No person, being the owner
or occupant of any residential,
commercial,; business, 'or
industrial premises,, situated
within the area-"boi,nded by the
Town limits of the Corporation
of the Town of Goderich shall
lifter the fifteenth (15th) day of
October, 1971 ,'•damp 'or cause
to be dumped,. storm or surface
water into any sanitary sewer
within the said area.
2. - If any person continues to
dump storm or surface water
into the sanitary sewers within
the said area, as set.•forth in
paragraph two (2), after the
fifteenth (15th) day of October,
, 1971,' the Corporation 'of the
Town of Goderich may by its
servants, ,Goderich
or workmen
disconnect • any such offending
pipe leading into the premisest
such worrk to be paid by the
owner or, occupant of the,:,.
premises.
3. Any person violating
paragraph two (2) of this
By -Law -shall ' upon conviction
thereof before a Magistrate for
the County of Huron be liable
for a penalty of not, Tess than
yWjrylett/iy,"I.;'iKvai•isdaonar♦syr,.; t$12j wityy09).
and costs' to he -recovered lidh-Y under
<the provisions of the Summary
COnVit tion Act.
"You sho•.Id• see. the
children's faces when they get,
their own little book," says the
twinkling -eyed Miss Blanchard.
Even this is not enough. • ,M
Miss 'Blanchard. is also a
member -of the League of Mercy
and in her spare time she visits
•
"People send these to the
• rummage sale," said Miss
Blanchard. "I bring them home„
wash them up and send them to'
the • missionaries. Aren't they
Pretty?"
I watched with tear -clouded eyes
as the tittle lady I had known for
only the past couple of. years
rushed around the house,
'prepaying ..drainer: for her. guest
before ••their, scheduled
-appearance at the Citadel that
evening.' "
"That'g what St. Paul meant
when he said to `put on Christ,"2-:-rr
I remarked to Major Wight 4
"Well, that's the story here,"
the Major concluded.
But there's really one little
bit more about' Miss Blanchard
which should be told. I hadn't
realized its significance when I
had arrived at her home and. Miss
Blanchard had greeted me with a
beaded choker in pretty blues
and pinks. •
.„
"Do you think they could Use
th.e,1n_u.p,..there?" she asked foe,
Right away I wondered if she
meant •the youngsters at the
Youth Environment Workshop.
She nodded: ' ' ,
"I'thought'maybe this would
give, them an idea for' a new
pattern," 'she smiled. "I 4saw
them up in the• park' working
with beads and I wondered if
they might be interested 'in
these.';
"You can say what you
said Miss Blanchard,, her face
becoming determined. `_`I saw
those' young people working in
the. park (during Art Mart
weekend) and they were
working hard. Really,harcj.'1'
The story at Miss Blanchard
house, I discovered, was not just
her guest, Major Wight, the
devoted missionary nurse frotrl
Rhodesia, but also the spritely
little 'Miss-7E4,11y- Blanchard_ who
really cares for her fellowman
enough to spend her: ent.ire'life
working for those who cannot
otherwise help themselves and
seeing•only the gbocL in everyone
around her. . •
like,
Why Buy A '71
When You Can Get A '72
At '71 PRICES
At
SCHUTZ CHRYSLER
Doug Ridciefl
Dashwood 2373576
•
Jack Riddell
RR 1 Hay P.O. 2373431
▪ > R •
Doug & Jack Riddell
are pleased to ANNOUNCE their graduation from
Reisch Auction College
Doug acid Jak were amongst then 103 graduate•, frr,n, trr•
August term of tl\ Reisch Auction r,r>,l'ge 1n Mason City, l9wa,
which is the' largest Auction College ,n the world, and ware
instructed by 21 of the leading Auctioneers throughout the United
States in all phases of Auctioneeri'ng
Doug and Jack are,sta;rt nig their own Aucti0neer.nri Bu•,,n' '
and along with their interest in the Hensall Livestock Sales are golnq
to devote full time to th?r'lfr'a'rketing of livestock, property and .,
chattels"'l'orthe people of th ;Ic” rr_'a wf o are 1'nterested In havinq ,an
auctron
()pug is presently piing in Burlin ton hut will he residing in
Dashwood as of thre first week in September
-- Jack is living on his own farm on No 83 highway, west of
Exeter and has worked in and around Exeter since TUE?
Choice Sale Dates Are Now Available
FARM -- HOUSEHOLD GENERAL AUCTIONS
No sale too I rge.or too small
Free Services to N' n -profit Organizations
---i , 4' ' '
P-h.one• or Write
r, ,'D •t I .R1 L
AUCTIONEERS AND SALES MANAGERS
•
r✓
These are just some of the packages which Miss Lilly Blanchard (right) has.ready.,for wiling to all
parts of the world. Miss, Blanchard devotes her life to providing missionaries with clothes -and other
necessities for their people. Seen with •Miss Blanchard is Major Doris Wight; a .Salvation ,Army'•,f
hospitalregistered nurse in Rhodesia to 'whom Miss Blanchard -has; fieen4-seredinextvo ,'l Ott a
monthly for the past 12 years. While on furlough recently, Major Wight visited Miss Blanchard's'
home to meet the lady to whom she and her Rhodesian friends were so grateful: "('staff photo) •
Save now-
enjoy later
Saving .is the secret of how to make '
,money work for you instead of you
working for' money.
The money you save today at Victoria
and Grey may double or triple by the
time you need it.
Watch your money grow -- and grow —
when you buy Victoria and Grey
Guaranteed Investment Certificates
paying a magnificent eight per cent
now, at Victoria and Grey.
VG
The senior Trust Company
. dd.v aces entirely to serving
the people of Ontario.
- TRUST
?L4 GREY
COMPANY 4SINC 188.9
9:00 to 5:00 Monday to Thursday
9:00 to 6:00• Friday -
C ? uj' aS q p°w•+t Tarr' ,,, rW w. f v�.sa'. .-°.'mac
s�.°-„,,�•,,,+.� atafi�Gc;�...'i�um���-r1'xa���.���"��8?�a�t�K�.a'�t.��,ar. a'kzNM�,,,..�.1�'°.'i•.fi�++'�!1f:�-,n,...,�a.:n+�. :,,:. ';..
Elgin and K'ingstdh Streets, Goderich
(FiflADIAfl
TIRE
LIVE,LY:. VALUE at ,
ti
Chest -Hi Waders
(c) 1 -piece uppers'and boojs
in fabric -backed rubber. Ad-
justable suspenders; inner
pocket. A 95
7 to 12 PAIR r
Hip -Length Waders
(D),, Fabric -backed natural
'live' rubber; solid soles and
heels; adjustable' knee har-
ness.
6 •to 12 PAIR 1 0'9 5
Long, low, lithe and ready for action! A
golden streak of 'go' with, its gleaming
metallic finish.. Check the big features:."
• Streamlined 15" welded steel frame.
i Front and rear caliper brakes.
• Black vinyl -covered banana saddle.
• Chromed chainguard, mudguards.
• Racy Red -Line Tires
• Knobby rear' tread-
•• Console stick -shift
•
t^Yft)P3
Don't be' a sitting duck for the:cold weather!
Camouflage Cap 'ted -Top' Socks Fleece -Lined Boots
Water resistant poplin; re- 'Full 16" length; wool and Knee length; all rubber;
versible orange nylon side; ' nylon; 8" red tops -= sizes olive green; nylon ,laces;
folding 'ear flaps; full size 10, 11, 12. `Sock -up' now fully fleece insulated.
range. 1.69 for the hunt! 29 6 toA 12 eat PAIR 6'88
6�/e to 7PAIR 1'.
rrJ.• : r r : rr'rri r rrr ! •Jr rx: /..., ,J•.•r; :sail ; :•rrs: • .,t....••••• -•..'i t•{JJ:: 7:;JJ • <tir;mv.,: i� r
'40040.7',.„
4 %% • fm. .1,,, .,.,,• .,h-, �:• I!..1. ;.J., ;:i'.. :Vii;
+/ fl i.r Nr .J/.. r r. l:ri:.. r•: -..--•^" •':' .•:•+...r.. .•. r:'
•GCr �� �pL -�'
►. -•:.''••:./ -`. 111 fy:7II �..3,f) J ' ' .:n+de r;�/^Vim„I:J. 13 ..-:j
BOY'S" and ,GIRL'S
Convertible
Coaster -brake model for 5 to 8 year olds.
. Remove the bar and • it's a girl'sl Sturdy
16" frame, extra -strong '20",
37
wheels dual -spring saddlef: .I9
7
Lime Green; white trim.
�i.
LOW, SLEEK, RACY!
The 'Wedge'
Sporty Canadian -make with rugged Wedge-
style'
ed e -style' frame, SturmeyArcher 3 -speed con-
sole stick -shift, twin cali-
per brakes, bucket saddle.
Orange finish.
67"
7
More from your hunting headquarters .. .
19 -PIECE PLASTIC DECOY SET
(1) 6 ducks — 3 choices. 99
Complete: Kit 8'
MALLARD DUCK cAu.
(2) Get " quacking" ---
have a 'hunt! .79
DECOY ANCHOR SET
(3) Almost tangieproof l
3)TOF 12 6.95
TAYLOR POC' KIITT COMPASS
(4) Seo-thru llgtrtd cap- 2.49
sole; cord loop.
WATERPROOF MATCH CARRIER
5AB 'metal;Ilia; compact sizere�won .9 8
12 GAUGE SHOTGUN SHELLS
(6) 2/4/5/617 shot
sizes. BOX OF 25 2.44
FANCY LEATHER SUNG
(7) Strong braiding • 2'9e
plain Leather Sling 1.911"
SHOTGUN CARTRIDGE BELT
(8) All leather; 25 shell 4.95
capacity.
GUN CLEANING KIT
(0) .C6mplete 'kit includ-
ing `bluing'
sHoTGUN SORB ,Kusa
.O or 410 gau�2/ 16/
.VINYL RIFLE CASE
(11) Zippered, lined.
42,46 or 50".
RUBBER RECOIL PAD
(12) Slip-on fit; in
medium or large. .94
GUNSTOCK FINISHING KIT
(13) Complete kit in- 2.59
cluding the itain
648
'GUN BLUE' TOUCH-UP
4'9S (14) hes h.up the little x.19
POWDER CLEANING SOLVENT Cash Bonus
.49 (1) chemicallthe bore. y clblemeans .59 Coupons
t,_
Bicycle 'Extras' for safety, comfort and convenience!
A. DIRECTION SIGNALS - Goes •
on Sissy Bar:'Piisti-Buttons on 2.49.
handlebar. Less battery
1. STOP -LITE (for caliper hi -rise) 2.89
C. 6 -VOLT GENERATOR SET -
Hi -lo beams; tail -lite; on-off �.98
switch. Wire, fittings.
D, CHROMED CHIME BELL .79
EXTRA!
�,mauan
TIRE
E. REAR CARRIER -
Chrbmed motor -bike style for 2.79
hi -rise bicycles. Roomy! .
F. BUCKET -STY SADDLE
Black vinyl; rrcd'stri ed: Or' w 90
'Glitter' ,Blue, Red or Gold.
0.43" 'SISSY BAR'
High chromed crashtrail
1..x69
(PflflOIflfl TIRE
DOMINI FOX LTA...
221 Huton Road 524 - 2121
fv
4
t•