The Goderich Signal-Star, 1971-09-16, Page 51,1
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GODERxMI SfONAT4TAR,
Round and About
__,.., . , Aunt . woo
° was -having what dear MOS, ewes �l`IRrtc� e o
you will never believe,. I y s �.� � �� �w '
this -but 1 have just seen -and bid' Englishawould call aother ideal .
:__lasted.. t?y first Puff Ball.l I had ``cuppa" (tea that is!) in a well Also Knitting -and CToc :etll%g:'
heard Tots of stories about them known meeting place for the from beginners p.of.. holders to•
but when my neighbour carne to y o u n g -,a n d n o t s o big projects Web as, lace evening
the door with this' great,' big, young- 'Andrews' of course, dress and other outfits. 'reative'
shining white hallsslarger than' a when Emma Thompson --yes, • Stit' 1 Y for O #r a1 y.
basket ball --1 just couldn't she is still there, said c"Djd you • interesting and useful articles.'
believe my eyes. set+°`Corrine Cranston with her , °' One .woxiderftal" field , Is: :in
He explained where and how hubby and farini ?" I sewing -ox'' rather; telacbing you
he had come upon several large hadn't, ..b.ut •by thew time ' 1'. how to alter patterns to fit-anct,
ones 'shining In the sun, but I managed a good look they were flatter YOUR, figure,•'to, design
was so ('.xc 1ted 1 can't recall going out the' door but I could your own clothes--alrtd. 'even -to
anything he said except that , see 'that. cute Little girl again that. • make your own" clothes -and,
they don't grow where there is 1 hadn't seen for a few years. A even to make your own "Judy„;"
thick Underbrush few years•--QUITE-a 'few years, So, there can be morning and
Our house was only. one of, as she is a big girl now, w th a ' afternoon classes and' what'can
several w hich received such an nice looking husband - and two be more interesting than learningunusual gift and* I'm sure tiw fine sons. all these subjects?
others are still talking about Myrtle Johnstone a dear Sounds tike fun and .great
it -as I am, friend who was with them, told' relaxation, 'For this last listw'�of
1 wase a• bit timid about me later that Scot is about $ and items call 48191 or me at,,
euttjng intim-it but luckily friends Darin 4 years Old. In ' sunny 4.7854.
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ROBERT DICK
Rc t rt Dick .a twenty-three year old native\of 'Toronto.
He -bias acceptedt• the--positionof • Guidance-('c%unselfor at
G.D.C.I., and holds a four-year Psychology Degree front York
University. fie e impleted his Bachelor Of Edlucatinn last yeirr
at the University of Toronto. •
Mr. Dick, a- confirmed bachelor, plans to remain in
Goderich for a few years, taking summer courses to obtain his
'4S•pecialist Certificate in (;uidance. So far, he has had only good
impressions of the'students and the school. ,,�
Robert would hope. the •students will" sees* as a friend,
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someone- to 'corms and talk to about their problems i,p school
and so -on, not just,td plan courses for the,next yeilr.
He 'thinks he will be•ahle to help them, -and wants to he
involved with•them. �. A
An accomplished tennis player, he is handling that•sport's
team this year at schooj.• * '
This is not the rug which won first place at the Western Fair this year -for Bert Kempsteesput it did
win a prize at last year's exhibition in London and is just one of the many, many beautiful rugs
which Mr. Kempster makes even though he is blind. Seen with him is his wife,who serves..as his -
eyes while he's hooking the pure' wool creations. Berg says it is almost like doing..a paint by
number picture, except that you use wool and a hook: (staff .photo)
A blessing in disguise?
LocaI-:rnan beatsbIindn.ess
Il" deterntiriation has anything -
tci do with winning prizes at
Western Fair, ii is tittle wonder
that Bert .Kempster took the top
award in two classes , for the
blind in this yr'ar's London
show.
Bert• •won first. prize -for his
hooked,,, rug and first prize for
canning. That's quite an
achievement considering that
Bert Kempster has- only, been
register(i with the Canadian
National Institute for the • Blind
. fo'r about .three years. °
Eyesight problems developed
for Bert in --1-96'5 when he was an
employee at the (loderich post
office. Although it was a shook,'''
it • wasn't entirelyu'nepected,
Bert='s fat her had had a similar
experience -as -had se 'eral other
members of the Kempster clan.
It seems to be an heredity factor
and now a brother of Bert is
losing his eyesight as well.
MISS LYNDA REAV•IE
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Miss. Lynda Reavie, our new twenty-two year old math •
teacher, has• had a very .uneventful life: Born, raised, schooled r.:...
and presently residing in Wing,ham, she commutes daily to her
'new job.
Miss 13.eavie has a B,A, in Psychology,,and slathematics from
U.W.O.' She plans,oto take surn,ner„courses in mat hertliotic5.
She enjoys t prking... in a small 'town and has really been
impressed with 0,D•C.1. and its students.
Blindness came gradually', for
Bert. Towards the end., just
before he .realized kis eyesight
•was •gone: E3c�rt wore two pairs of
'glasses! and ii light strapped to his
head to enable" him to see, Even
then, reading material had to be'
held
e-
held close to his eyes.
"I used to wake up eve.ry`-
morning, open my eyes slowly
and think, well now, I have
another day with some sight,"
-rigcalled i3e t, "l'
morning I realized my sight was., ,
gone."
The Kempster's world seemed
to be'crashing down • around
them. Their home at 175 Blake
Street became a somewhat
gloomy place as Bert and his'
wife tried to plan for a future of
blindness for Bert. Worst
of course, was .., facing the
prospect of no job al'ld no
said ,Mrs. Kempster. "We'll help
you get started again."
The Kempsters cannot speak
enough good about the CNIB for
it, was that charitable
orgllnization and its tireless
workers which pit same
brightness back inti' what
threatened to be. a .nighty black
future. •
- It was the CNIB• which
arranged .for Bert to go to
Tweedsmuir Hall in London to
learn braille and typing. Bert was
an eager stude.liL and learned the
two skills in about nine'months.
"It mus Ztbe the _ ..English
bull -dog in hr ," states his wife,
•'hut Bert just never gave up. He
worked hard and mastered his
courses."
"You cant be -heaped 'it you
won't accept. „help, said Bert:
"You have to,co-operate." The white cane, according to
It was also the CNIB which . Bert, is something which some
helped Bert find employment blind 'folk, despise.,, but not
with the - Canadian postal • Bert.
pleasure to ala. who love and
aper ciate.music.
'I'o hear Bert tell. it, blindness
has taught .him patience if
nothing else. He remembers that.
before his eyesight. failed, he
would become easily frustrated
and give up ,in disgust when
things didrt.'t go right, the first or
second time he tried them,
..Now things are different. He
has the world of patience and
what's more, he is• very .happy
and quite content.
"People' ask me • if 1 mind
talking, .,about: my blindness,"
mused Bert... "`No, I don't mind.
I'm not ashamed of it. It wasn't
my fault. I've accepted it. I ('
know a lady who is blind ,who
can't accept: it. That makes it
harder for her. You've got to
try." _4.. �..
dropped in and Mr, Puff Ball was California it must be easier to Imagine having your very
on the menu and it was eaten as "hold that line' than it °is 1n •this own Judy 'and being;' able to' get,
fast as.1° could cook it. So itwas frozen north, as Corrine" and yat>vr clothes to nook like they
surely enjoyed and it is certainly , hubby„ Al Godman 'are both ' •were MADF f r fou? ,
a gourmet dish for any lucky sljender and the" boys" robust and, • How about THAT? I think it
enough to -find one or he given h''eisitlly as two young .puppies, ..„is, just great and us hard to,, fit
one! I envied their slim figures and gals should hurry and get our
' To take the edg' off :my 'rnentally kicked.. myself for all names.in there.
elation, someone said it was a the snacking that turns to Martha
little early for these things and packing. They had ' been ..
.that it was a sign of • an early spending time with relatives and
winter: B r r r.r. friends and visiting old favorite
,My big Persian cat already has 'places in the area.
a very thick undergrowth of fur, Al's folks are in London and
which. also seemed a little. Aunt. Fern is in Windsor. Corrine
premature to me. Another sign is secretay in a business where
sof early winter'? Laser Beams are made and Al's
1 have lived in "RR 2 u•p to his ears in the computer •
Goderich" now for -well. lets business. Their vacation - was
skip .March --you couldn't • get interrupted with- Al stooping off
out anyway, and we were away to lecture ' in Detroit while
in April -so ,we'll say from May •a• Corrine hurried the boys back
• this year and 1 had no idea who home to start back to school.
lived ' in .the ' rest 4 of the Friends and relatives here
subdivision until last nitlit., were very' happy to, see them and. ,
I glad an 6 -cure to go from I'll lbev many now• plan to visit
door. to door . and I'm,not Disney • Land • at Anaheim; •
kidd' when 1 say, "you eet . because the A Goodmans and '
.the 1 .esteo le that way." I Elmer and Grace -Cranston -who
p p
l'ou•nd that .1 already knew a send ,their love -all live not too
great many of , them and those. far from Disney Land,
brief 'visits were most pleasant. Thanks 'Kids for your bright,,
"Why don't .we do this more
often" :the na e- ofwa -favourite- •' miles 'an'd the complime� rt of
coming • back to say t;iello
ditty' of mine -and I think We 'Martha'." it really : MADE my Constable Robert, _Jose'ph Doak,
,Could all do t#t.;i, sort of thing at son of Mr. and Mrs. Art Doak,'
da day.- Also it reminded me to
least once a year, I wonder what either visit or 'WRITE my Sharbot Lake, 'formerly mdf
would happen if we did? I can brother 'who also lives in their Goderich, has recently graduated
'only see pleasure and.good-will -- from the Ontario Provincial
State. 'So, ' another good deed,.
with these quick little visits eh!? Police College at, Toronto. He
perhaps- you,. too, should try it,
• .1 had" a _.very nice surprise . I:hope to hear from more. ot
has been po$ted.-to the Cayuga
• r.e c e n t l y -and •I must voti regarding the afternoon -or Detachment, No. 4 District,'
department. Bert works in the "It helps •rne,°' he smiles, say--unex.pectedly'-=- because so morning , Craft Classes, The Niagara Falls. He is also a
* London post office e'mptyir ••" "People cleat•the'way for me. I often yotint; people recognize Leather'class is pretty well -set graduate of -St: Lawrence.,..,,.,
mail bags, It, 'isn't the mcr,,�• guessiE go too fast for my own YOU faster than you can place up,,, but 1°haae a talented• young . co,(lege, Kingston. 'He is
glamorous job in the world, saes good sometimes -so my',cane is a THEM -(and, too, �•oung folks lady who will teach Macrame -presently residing with his wife
it means_ that •he's:ssred "I'1 rd`ne." `'',"".s.'':'' ' `"„4."';4Ac"r . SO fast,) bit so_. often•. (pronounced -mac rum .ay'), Th,.issx, dilltao:�...�a/ �6•�,..,„,V� rori•a� St.
REM- 'but'' m � -
self-supporting and ..he's gr�5tet'1il • There's little doubt about,: it, they will not g i out of their way is so popular for belts, vests,
for, that Life did not • end lop Bert . to speak first. pillows, wall hangings,
"The fellows I work with'are Kempster when blindness came.
...................•.•"•.,• i fi In some ways life just' began.
+'great -and so are my supervisors, •There's a closE°ness now for him
4' Bert says. "The work is heavy
but my eyesight does not affect and his 'wife which just wasn't
My y back. necessary' before.
1rFn one Bert now lives at 'fir
For instance, •when ' the
income.
That's, when the CN113 came
to the rescue. Field_., workers
Peter Corless and .lack Clements
said( to the K-oni-E s1ers
plan. •
"Doni worry,' they ,told us,"
INSLIE'S
Hall through ,the week works .couple attend a movie, they sit
eight hours a day at the post close, to the front of this theatre,-
office and returns to.. •work away from the rest ot the
another five hour's in the ,audiences because Mrs. 'Kempster
workshop at Tweedsmuir. it , is supplies her husband with ,,a
. there that Bert canes chairs and running 'commentary of the
does a remarkable,jOb of it. action on' the sere(}n.
"People Might wonder 'whyI
tach "weekend he returns to , „
loderich, his home, and his tery dont keep quiet, Mrs,
understanding wife. It is during . Kempster said. 7 •
these weekends -that he works on I can hear thedfalog,ue and
his hooked mats, a hobby which enjoy the music and the
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began before blindness became a comedy; continues Bert. 1 like
problem, comedy: I like a good laugh,
DESIGNING ---A
Home Dressed Select Meat
*SHOULDER OR BUTT..
PORK CHOPS
EXTRA LEANOR:OUND' CHUCK •
Ib.
When:his eyesight failed, Bert
thought for a time he would
have to give up his, pastime but
that's when his wife took over.
• Her eyes became his and now
she tells him how Much of one
color he must use and where it
goes. .
Fortunately, •the patterns
which Bert. uses for his rugs are
;Mace
Kingston.
MADE •EASY
Learn How In, This Exciting 2 -Hour' Demonstration of:
.DRESS PATTERN DESIGNING 8 SEWING TIPS
CoIborzie' Twp.
farmers
take' loans
Anna Romaniuk, designer -couturier and
Manager of the HURON SCHOOL OF
,FASHION, will present the demonstration in 4.
GODERICH.
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carefully charted with the dotes Eight farmers,appligUor Tile
large enough to permit a keen,' Drainage Loans at the
• sense of touch, to fool the September meeting of Colborne
prtogress• easily. 'The wool 'also Township Council,' taking
comes ready cut for hooking. advantage of the recently
-.The' mats which I3crt announced 'Tile Drainage Loans
completes are large, soft, and so, by the Ontario Government,
so colcorl'ul. it is reallydifficultThese loans total over $27,000.
to imagine that anyone could Preparations ..were begun for
obtaining equipment for next
season's snow removal, The
Road Superintendent reported
that road construction in the
township was nearing
'completion.
Special attention is being
given to •Stewart's Hill at
Benmiller, where Council is to
hold a spacial meeting
September 18', to view the'
situation.
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MADE FRESH DAILY
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HEESE
' HOME:MADE
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RESHHURON COUNTY LAMB
NOW AVAILABLE
complete such an intricate task
without the benefit of good
eyesight.
The mat which took first
prize al this year's fair was made
for a friend Tat the London post
office. Two other mats
completed by Bert have taken
first prizes in previous London
fairs sci red ribbons are becoming
a habit for h'im. .
Another hobby, which is
GIVE ANNA ROMANIUK TV4O HOURS OF YOUR TIME
- • - AND YOU WILL: -
enjoyed by Bert Kempster 14' ' Other business included. She
playing the ' Hammond organ 'decision to purchase a wreath to
which sits proudly in one corner he laid at the Goderich,
of his. livingroom. Before his' Cenotaph at the Remembrance
blindness, Bert was the organist Day Service, . No.vember 11,
and choir leader at St, (i'eo►e's 1971, by Leonard Fishes,
A.9 g 1 i can Church here in Council is concerned at theCbderich, number of fire calls - to
'Phe.odd pari ,,outg; ,.f
it: relates automobiles taking .in the
his wife, is that Bert could not. township. Those airs are most
play even God ,'ave The Quern often ,owned by people outside
wi,t'hout nbtes before- his' the municipality.
eyesight failed. Then suddenly, 'r `
as if his sight had been replaced E��
with mem, Bert began to
play Fly ear.ory
HELP .YOUR RED GROSS
Now, .�ara.yz li.�onl?;� ,�h'xn�ju��ris arey
• .�l` ..,,,,,,„,.f 't . ..�47Y�.dCvl ,,vv lie 4. S K� •"� I t Y ,V'
and... duplicating it on the organ
His lrnpromptu concerts , give .
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* Learn to design a variety of skirt patterns,
Learn short cuts and timesaving methods for fitting a• nd sewing. '
* How to place bust darts correctly. ".• • , ,
* How to make a variety of sleeves by simple alterations on a basic sleeve pattern.
* How 'to make alterations and adjustments to any pattern for a variety of figure
problems. ' '
* How you 'can learn to use your own imagination, yo'br own fashion ideas, or
*easily, copy any high-fashion design that appeals to,you - to create your own
perfect -fit patterns. .,
* Many other designing "secrets"' to help you have the best -fitting, best -looking
wardrobe you have ever had!
_,• __.DEMONSTRATIONS WILL BE HELD ATP.
LEGIONHALL (GREEN ROOM. UPSTAIRS)
56 KINGSTON ST.
• G•ODE R V&H, ONT,
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD:
AFTERNOON Kilt ETIN —.1.:30 to 3;3q —' EV'5NI.N.G-ME ETING — 7430 to 9:30
(YOU NEED ATTEND ONLY ONE ME `►TING.)
ADMISSION: 52.00 (TO BE PAID AT DOOR)
FREE DRAW FOR CRIMP -KNIT FABRIC
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HURON SCHOOL OF FASHION,
P. Box _6�..0, „ .et r Ontario
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