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PAGE 8—GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1978
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BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER
The Ontario Ministry of Community and
Socidi Services' "seed money" for the
therapeutic recreation program for the men-
tally handicapped in Goderich and area will
soonrun out. That program which has been
under the direction of Jane Netzke for the past
two years, is scheduled to end September 30.
But hopes are beginning to build that the
community will not let it die.
Betty Reid, chairman of a temporary board
to assess the community support for the
project, said she has sent out numerous letters
to parents of mentally handicapped people,
leisure buddies and others who have been
connected with the recreation program for
these special citizens.
"The response has been terrific," said Mrs.
Reid.
Because the letters were sent out in the
summer during the holiday period, answers
have been slow in coming. As soon as people
return from vacation and get caught up on their
mail, Mrs. Reid explained, they send in their
letters right away.
She did express some concern • that some
interested citizens might have been missed in
the campaign, and .she urges everyone 'who
wants to add his voice of support for the
program, will get in touch with her or with the
recreation office. •
Jane Netzke said last week approximately
$12,000 to $14,000 per annum is required to fund
Sherman tank
dedicated at
Museum site
BY JOANNE WALTERS
It wasa solemn moment on Sunday afternoon
when Lieutenant-Colonel David Currie, V.C.
unveiled a plaque in the museum yard with
assistance from Roy Mugford, President of
Legion Branch 109, as a huge Sherman tank
stood majestic in the background.
The tank, once a part of the Lancaster war
memorial at the Sky Harbor airport, was
moved to its new home in the north yard of the
Huron -County Pioneer Museum on Wednesday,
August 9 and -dedieatecf on Sunday.
As one of the last tanks of its kind, in the
Canadian army, the Sherman was purchased
by Legion Branch 109 from the Ontario
Regiment in Oshawa in 1973 and restored to
memorial standards at Canadian Forces Base
in Downsview. The tank was brought to
Goderich in 1975.
It now stands in the museum yard as a tribute
to the valour of the T.ank Crews of all allied
armies who used Shermans in every theatre of
World War II. The plaque, erected in front of
the tank, says it also commemorates all those
men and women who worked in the Arsenal of
Democracy producing some, 40,000 of these
American weapons.
The particular tank in the museum yard
weighs 35 tons. It once held a crew of five, has
one 76 MM cannon, three machine guns, a
range of 120 miles and a top speed of 24 MPH. It
received its baptism of fire in October of 1942
With the British Eighth Army in the Battle of EI
Alamein in Egypt. •
There were 14 Canadian Armoured
Regiments of Sherman Tanks during World
War 11 which fought in Sicily, Italy, Northwest
Europe and Korea. One of the most famous
exploits of the Sherman Tank was that of Major
David' Currie, squadron commander, the South
Alberta Regiment, who won the Victoria Cross
on August 20, 1944 in the battle of the Falaise
Gap, France. Thus, Lt. -Col. Currie's special
reason for taking part.in the plaque unveiling in
Goderich.
Letter to
the Editor
Dear Editor,
On behalf of the
Volunteer Association of
the Bluewater Centre, I
would like to take, this
opportunity to thank' the
Signal -Star for its
donation of playing
cards, which was given to
one of our customers as a
door prize.
The volunteers staged a
most successful Antique
Show and Sale. We were
pleased with the quality
and variety of antiques on
display and also with the
fact that the public
turned out in great
numbers to patronize our
event.
The Association is
working toward con-
structibn of a permanent
camp site, down by the
lake bank on Centre
grounds. Summer
camping gives our
residents so much
pleasure, it's our
priviledge to help them in
this regard.
We very much ap-
preciate your donation
and the support you have
given us in our en-
deavours.
Sincerely,
Grace M. Patterson
President,
Volunteer. Association.
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The trouble with trying to
teach a child the value of
money is that the value of
money .doesn't stay long
enough kr any but a very
last child to lean
Hugh Allen. 'ctI4
the program. That includes wages, mileage and
benefits for the staff person as well as the
necessary money to administer the program.
There are incidental expenses for certain
recreation programs ad outints, she ex-
plained.
If the community was able to give a firm
indication that the program would be taken
over in the new year by municipal funding,
likely through the Recreation and Community
Centre Board, Netzke believes the government
would continue to fund the project until the end
of December, 1978.
The matter will be raised at September
meeting of the ,rec board, Netzke said, although
members are already aware that the program
has been successful and would need to he
funded municipally -to Continue.
About 50 people benefit directly from the
program for the rnentally- retarded, Netzke
estimated. That includes all the people at the
Queen Elizabeth School and at the Kinsmen
Workshop of the Adult Mentally Handicapped:
Some work is also being done at the group home
Teachers at Toronto
One of the largest
women's organizations in
Canada celebrated its
Diamond Jubilee this
month when almost 800
delegates and observers
met in Toronto, August 16
to 19 at. the 60th Annual
Meeting of the
Federation of • Women
Teachers' Associations of
Ofitario.—The -Ferderation
represents the 33,000
women teachers in
Ontario's elementary
schools.
Attending from this
area were: Margaret
Hogarth of Stephen
Central School; Margaret
Deichert of Zurich
.School; Vianne Trezise of
Brookside Central
School; Marjorie
Freeman of Robertson
Memorial School and
Evelyn Merrill of Blyth.
Provincial.. President
Marie MacGregor called
on the delegates to'try to
build public confidence in
the schools to counteract
criticism from univer-
sities and business. She
pointed out that the
schools are coping with
many children who would
once have been regarded
as uneducable or who
would have dropped out
in -elementary school.
"Considering the range
of activities which are
now considered the
responsibility of the
school, the wonder is that
we do as well as we do,"
she said.
Executive Secretary,
Dr. Florence Henderson,
reported that almost one-
third of the school boards
in Ontario do not spend
all the money which the
province is willing to
provide. The result is that
these areas have larger
Need 4-H leaders
Grace Bird and Bea
McClenaghan .from the
Ontario Ministry •of
Agriculture & Food are
looking for people to lead
a 4-1-1 food project
"Essential Edibles" in
Huron. This project
features nutritious
snacks and meals made
with metric recipes.
Anybody who enjoys
cooking and would like to
help teenagers learn
about it can obtain more
information from the
Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture & Food office
in Clinton.,
Individualsliving in
town are especially
needed to help with this
project:
Leadership workshops
to prepare volunteers for
teaching the project will
be ' held in: Wingham,
Monday, August 28 &
Tuesday, August 29;
Gorrie, Wednesday,
August 30 & Thursday,
August 31; Exeter,
Wednesday, September 6
& Thursday, September
7;. .Seaforth, • Monday;
September 11 & Wed -
INVENTORY
nesday, September 13;
--Blyth, Thursday, -Sep-
, tember 14 & Friday,
September 15 Clinton,
Monday, September 18 &
Tuesday, September 19;
Clinton, Saturday,
August 19 & Saturday,
August 26.
Alt inquiries will he
answered by contacting
Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture & Food, Box
159, Clinton, Ontario (482-
3428) or (Zenith 7-2800)
for long distance.
classes than necessary
and may have to cut
school programs, yvhich
the children in their area
could have.
Fay Saunders, General
Secretary of the Jamaica
Teachers' Union, spoke
at the annual dinner on
for the -mentally retarded on Keays Street and
Netzke has also begun to assist physically
handicapped persons who want to become
active in community recreation opportunities..
Integrating the- mentally. handicapped into
the community recreation programs is always
a "slow process" said Netzke, but in Goderich
the project has been "really, really well ac-
cepted". Some tremendous, success stories are
-in her files.
Through the program, mentally handicapped
people are now taking swimming instructions,
the problems,,of education
in the Third World. The
meeting was also ad-
- dressed by Dr. Ada
Schermann, Executive
Director of the Com-
mission of Inquiry into
the Education of the
Young Child.
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MR. AND MRS. BILL MORENZ
A pretty summer wedding was solemnized
Saturday, August 12 at Grand Bend 'United
church, when Michelle Lea Webster„daughter of
Mr. A. Webster, St. Lucia and Mrs. Carol
Harrington of London, was married to William
Hugh Morenz.son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Morenz
of Dashwood. The Rev. Harley Moore officiated.
The couple will reside in Goderich. Photo by
Haugh) '
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participating in playground and day camp
activities during the summer months, involved
in weaving, yoga, ballroom dancing, gym-
nastics, bowling, hockey, baseball and night
school, members of Brownies, Girl Guides and
other otganizations and playing badminton,
table tennis and golf. One person is taking
beginners' driving instruction and another is
taking a hunting and gun safety course.
There are about 12 active leisure buddies in
Goderich, and several. new ones will be
recruited for the fall, Netzke said.
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