The Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-12-24, Page 8i
PAGE SIGNAL -STAR, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1974'
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Arts and crafts, consisting of
crocheting,- knitting and
Japanese embroidery were held
at Marion Powells last Thur-
sday morning. Due to winter
weather corning, the Thursday
morning classes will be in the
township shed office in
Holmesville starting January
12, 1975. Bud and Luella Yeo
made and modelled beautiful
broomstick crochet hats and
scarves. 'Marion Powell sure is
pleased to have learned broom-
stick crochet.
Adult volleyball had official
registration last Wednesday
with Alison Lobb taking the in-
formation received.
Junior volleyball ended last
Saturday morning with 21 par-
ticipating. John Westbrook
kept score and• assisted by Kay
Harris and Marty Lobb, control
was kept. Doug Alexander was
a_new._,regist> tic .. and Steve
Jack Phillips attended a
Bestline Product Retail
seminar in Toronto last Sun-
day. They arrived home safely
Sunday evening just bubbling
with excitement; eg. they lear-
ned to shampoo their lawns
next spring.
It was reported that Art Bell
and Bill Elliott shot a wolf on
the 4th concession of Goderich
township. It is too bad Huron
county has been invaded by
these wolves, possibly due to
the lifting of the bounty.
Mary Jane Hoggart of
Seaforth is the Hoggart
children's great-grandmother
and she celebrated her 81st bir-
thday December 17 by going to •
Zurich to visit and have lunch
with Nancy Riley who will be
98 on January 15. Then great -
grandma, Barbara and Helen
arrived at the .Hoggart's
townshi hp_ ome had sipper and The_ castaftbisye
ar's St. Mar.. s.,Ghristma$ concert production of The Drum listen
Lobb was a guest player. Spec- attended the `'t Halmesvill`e billlbinid director Eleanor Robinson du—ring a rehearsal. The players -are jtrOnt"row` trowtafitsferstren'�'
tators were Greg and Sherri School Concert. Being a Gallow, the drummer; Mike Grace, playing Joseph; Pat Murphy. Paul Young and Jeff Kuran
Lobb and Barb Hoggart. The diabetic, great -grandma rant playing Kings; and the peddler Rick Leddy. The choir of angels are. (front row from left) Jane
g>Ir s. eam lose again but had have births : •
half the. fun, The -girls say next sure' enjoyed Art Bell's apples
year will be better. with candles in.
to
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Personals
It was a busy place in the
Hoggarts workshop last Friday
night when a Bestline Float
was assembled by Jack and
Nancy Phillips of Dungannon.
They entered it in the Lucknow
- parade last ,Saturday and, - tar-
many
o'many children's surprise, Mrs.
Santa was on 'the float..
Ithas been reported, that
several township residents have
gone to Florida for the 'holiday
season. 'It is hoped that they
will arrive home safely and
report to . the paper.
'Murray Hoggart was a guest
at Jeff Leitch's birthday party
last Sunday.
Ken and Barb Hoggart spent
all day Sunday with Allison,
Darrel and Travis Postill.
Art and John Hoggart and
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By Miss Susan Young, Woodville
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living the life of the handicapped ones
This may seem a strange title
for an article, but I hope to
show why r chose this.
I myse-if am handicapped. I
was born a Spina Bifida baby.
Although my life hasn't been
easy, I have found it
challenging indeed. There is no
greater feeling, to my mind,
than fighting to achieve
something that someone has
- told you is impossible to accom-
plish, and finally after great ef-
fort and struggle, to dd what
you were told you could not do.
It is a feeling" of the greatest
elation.
It is not that I have any great
desire to prove people wrong,
but doing something that seems
impossible is an unforgetable
experience. I think that most
handicapped people would
agree with me on this point,
unless they are the ones who
are willing to sit back and let
others do everything, for them.
Believe me, there are some of
those people in our• number, but
they are, by no means the
majority. „
As an example of this"feeling
of elation, there was a child
many years ago, both deaf and
blind. Consequently, as she
grew older, she was unable to
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human voice. Her parents had
hopes that she could -be taught
some form of communication
but were finally forced to
believe that she should be
stitutionalized.
Luckily for this girl, a young
woman heard of her plight and
asked if she could help. Finally,
it was, agreed that she should
help. This young woman went
to work and after many months
and terrible physical battles,
she had accomplished the im-
possible.,
The young woman taught
this girl to write into the palm
of another's hand to form
words, so she could com-
municate. She also brought the
realization that she had a voice
by feeling another person's
throat while he was talking. •
Of course, you are all aware
that the severely handicapped
baby ,turned out to be one of
the guiding lights to all who
are handicapped, and an exam-
ple to those who are not.
I am referring to that ex-
traordina.rily courageous
woman - Helen Keller.
Imagine the wonderful feeling
of accomplishment and elation
that she feht when she
discovered--thatshe could com-
municate with others!
Being handicapped myself, I
am familiar with that feeling to
some sextent.
Miss Keller is quoted as
saying once, "I thank God for
my handicaps, for through
them I have found my work, my
life and my God."
I doubt that there are many -
peoi5le brave enough to make a
statement like that. 'There are
times when I think my hen;
dicap is bad enough, but com-
pared to hers, mine is as
nothing! v
I have, though in a lesser
way, accomp-lished the im-
possible. My parentswere told
that there was no hope that I
would lead a normal life or
even walk. After - much suf-
fering and pain, with the help
of my family, I learned to walk
—°first holding on to -someone's
hand and later by holding on to
the furniture.
Imagine my feeling of elation
— I had accomplished what
couldn't be done!
The next milestone in my life
was the means of my education.
My mother had taught me at
home for two years, when it
was decided to educate me at
school. I am talking about a
normal public school, not a
school for the handicapped.
I survived and ' found it.
challengin.g, though no.t
without problems. At times, it
could be downright nasty. Kids
can be very cruel. By and large,
it was a good experience, and
ore on which I look back with
no regrets.
My next obstacle was to cope
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with high school. l found .it just she is one of Canada's greatest
as challetpging a's grade school opera•.singers, and she is also pride and self respect, which is
something we, as handicapped,
need desperately. Most of FIs
believe in the old adage where
there is a. will there's a way,
and all we ask from. "normal"
people is that we be given the.
opportunity to discover ways to
do 'thins ourselves. The ways
.we tackle certain problems may
;look awkward, but at least "we
did it our way" but what is
most important — We 'did it!
I hope you have some idea
now of the life of a handicap-
ped person. If you are still un-
certain, r would Afnake three
suggestions.
First, blindfold yourself for
half a day, and try and cope
'with your normal routine. The
blind have no choice.
. Secondly, obtain a pair of
crutches, and pretend they are
- your only form of support when
you are moving about or stan-
ding. This may show how
people with imbalance and par-
tial paralysis can get about and
find ways of doing things:
Thirdly, rent a wheelchair
for a few hours and see just
how easy it is to•cop with nor-
mal life. You shoulde able to
figure - out how inventive we,
the handicapped, must be. To
do the most simple task takes
all our skills,',at times!
In conclusion, I might
remind you of a quote—
.` 1 prayed for strength that I
might do great things,
I was given infirmity. that I
might do .better things!" .
This must be our attitude to
survive as handicapped, useful
human beings.
and a much more gratifying ex-
perience.
I must.,. admit -I was never
much of a' scholar, but I had
again done what the Doctors
had stated was impossible.
They didn't expect me to live,
let alone be educated. The
challenge was there and I -met
it head' on, proving people
wrong.
Another example of a han-
dicapped person proving people
:wrong- concerns a young girl
who developed polio early in
life. When she was very young -
she developed a phenomenal
voice. From that time on, she
wanted to become a great opera
singer.
• She was ,able to accomplish
this only on a very limited scale
before small audiences, when
she was in her teens. She was
told that no one would pay
much to see a person limp, out
onto a stage even if'she could
sing.
She persevered with a great
display of couragie and today
internationally known. Her
beautiful voice overcame the
fact that people would be offen-
ded by the sight of a severe •
limp.
I •am' sure you •realize • that I
ani speaking of Lois Marshall. I
have seen her only once but it
was the most' unforgetable ex-
perience of my life. The night
" that I saw her, she received a,
standing ovation for many
minutes from a capacity crowd.
This brings to mind a snatch
of a poem. "She tackled the
thing that couldn't be done and
she did it."
What I am really trying to
say is that by using -one's own
skill and ingenuity, ane can
manage to work -out most
situations, if given time. I think
I can speak for most handicap=
ped people when4'I say that
above all, we hate to be told
that. we can't. do. things, and
that you, who have nothing
wrong with you, will take care
of us.
Speaking
for
myself,
feel
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