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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1982-05-05, Page 2PAGE 2 _GODERICHSIGNALrSTAR, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1982 CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF GODERICH HEREBY OFFICIALLY DELARES THE WEEK OF MAY 10TH TO 15TH AS NURSES' WEEK IN THE TOWN OF GODERICH ALK TO THE GAS COMP ABOUT SAS HEATING F8OO265O562 (TOLL FREE) For straight answers about the choice between a conventional gas -furnace, the new high efici ency gas furnace or ci conversion burner; phone the Gas Company. A phone call will arrange an appointment at your home, cat the timemost convenient for you. MnunnnnS We're bringing home the future. Vs/ suppIy these respected gas furnaces. Roberts Gordon <�tatre� t�jisen effill1111117 Reverend reflects on 75 • from page 1 supplyat various churches. His first wife died in 19.61° Mr, Stewart met his first wife, the former Catherine Maclean, in Knoz Presbyterian Church, Goderich. Her father had been the minister at Blyth Presbyterian-`Chtirch for'40`years before retiring to Goderich. They were marded for 46 years and had three children: Marjorie Hammond of Moorefield; Dr. Ken Stewart of Kitchener; and Muriel Christner, also of Kitchener. Mr. Stewart was a widower for seven years and recently marked 20 years -of marriage with his second wife, the former Laura Mole Workman of Seaforth. He likes to tell the story of how he met Laura. He needed a pulpit gown and saw an ad in 'the United Church Observer offering one for .sale. It had belonged. to Laura's deceased husband, also a minister. "When I answered the ad, I got the girl thrown in with the gown," he jokes. Mr. Stewartattributes his longevity to Divine providence, -moderate habits and inherited traits. His father lived to be 80, his mother 92 and other an- cestors 100 (although both. his brother and sister died while teenagers). During the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918, he knew many people who died but he never caught the disease himself. "I don't know. I guess maybe it's in your blood. You build up an immunity to things," he supposes. In 1947 he suffered an attack of angina heart disease and was hospitalized for a month. Three years ago he suffered a series of blackouts b"ut doc- tors implanted a heart pacer and he has been fine ever since. He drove a car until be was 98 and still ®® plays the piano daily. He's a good typist and spends time every day typing material for his autobiography which now fills five scrapbooks. He has also com- pleted a genealogy of his mother's family, the Matheson, He- reads at least one newspaper a day, often clipping articles of interest and is a keen photographer. He and his wife travel extensively and he rarely misses a Sunday service at Northside United Church in Seaforth. He even accepts the odd request to speak in public. When asked how he can remember every one of the charges where he ministered, he . says "You can't really forget them after you've served them. Besides 1 have to keep my memory sharp for all you repor- ters!" Indeed I was the fifth reporter to interview him ° within' a few days, finding him to be both alert and articulate. He was most interested in having his story appear in the 'old hometown paper' for his friends end relatives there and noted that it was quite something that three Saltford boys had grown up to enter the ministry, naming himself, Peter Walter and Robert Bisset. -Mr. Stewart has nine grandchildren and nine great- grandchildren and he thinks there are more evils facing young people today. "There's that drug business and liquor business and the young people have to have strong characters to get through it," he says. The records of the United Church of Canada show nothing that equals Mr. Stewart's history of 77 years service as a minister. Looking back on those years, one must believethat, yes, his life was spared as a young man for a very good purpose. The Candystripers award ceremonies were -held on Sunday,. April 25, to honor their individual achievements. 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THIS IS A FACTORY ORDER SALE ANSTETT Jewellers ,8 Albert St., Clinton 024401 Mary Theresa Sloan and Debra Drennan donned clown costumes and helped the Goderich Kinettes on Balloon Day Saturday by giving away balloons in exchange for donations. Over $600 was raised for cystic fibrosis research thls way. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan) Bluewater Centre hosts fourth education week - Hundreds of professionals, lay people, group home leaders, health represen- tatives, parents and volunteers participated in the fourth annual Education Week at the Bluewater Centre for the Develop- mentally Handicapped last week. Education Week, which began as an open house at the centre five years ago, has grown into an in- formative and integral learning and sharing ex- perience for both the professional and lay person involved with mentally retarded persons. From its modest begin- nings as an open house, education week has grown and becomea model Lear- ` rung experience in the in- dustry. 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Dr. Donald Zarfas spoke on sterilization and Dr. Robert Siem, of the University of Waterloo, spoke on current trends in dein- stitutionalization. Dr. Nancy Innis of the University of Western Ontario addressed the topics of ethics and behaviour modification . and Dr. H. C. Soften, director of the Regional Medical Genetics and Birth Defects Service in London spoke on the role of genetic research in diagnosing causes of mental retardation and subsequent treatment and preventative measures. One of the more stimulating sessions dealt with the co-operative education program between the Oxford Regional Centre and the board of education. Under the strict terms of the program, up to 25 Grade 12 students are gaining as manyas three credits for work at the Oxford Region Centre in Woodstock. The students spend four afternoons a week at the centre working with residents and receive --240 _ hours instruction. The students not only receive school credits, but valuable job and human relations experience. The program, while relatively new in the field, is one that staff at the Bluewater Centre would like to pursue. Bob McCall, supervisor° of programs for the Huron County Board of Education, said he will explore the possibility of instituting such a program here and while exploratory meetings will be held, cautioned that it will take at least a year to initiate the details. A co-operative education program has many merits McCall said, but the Ministry of Education requires a. detailed proposal and September 1983 is the earliest implementation date. PIONEER. SEEDS RAY BROWN S29-'7260 Your Pioneer Seed C .re Dealer