HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1978-12-28, Page 19I did a story on the Meals -On -Wheels program in
January. This program is still going strong and co-
ordinator Isobel MacDonald (left) says there is
always a need for more volunteer drivers to deliver
hot meals five nights a week to those who, for some
reason, are not getting proper nutrition. Why hot
take up some volunteer work like this in the new
year?
Grace Patterson was honored with an Individual
Continuous-.-Service....certificate by Bill Gregg
when the Bluewater Centre honored its more
than 200 volunteers at a Recognition Luncheon
held in July.
Chimney sweep Bob Stephenson was featured in
the November edition of the Goderich Signal -
Star. He has been a sweep part-time for about a
year now and has $3,000 invested in equipment.
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nominees. They were
Tory McDonald, Una
Costello, Wendy Botz,
Margo Moore and
Pauline Hall.
MAY
On May 4 I did a feature
on Karen Rodges of R.R.2
Clinton, a 17 -year-old
high school student at
G.D.C.I. who was off to
Haiti in the summer as a
work missionary. She
helped to build a dining
room and kitchen area
for a secondary school in
Verettes, Haiti with 29
other students working
through the Methodist
Church..,.
There was also a
feature on The Town and
Country Homemakers, a
county service operating
out. of a main office in
Wingham. An interview
with Mrs. Jean Young,
the administrator,
revealed that, with a
small amount of help
such as a homemaker can
provide, many people can
stay out of the hospital
and nursing homes, thus
cutting down government
costs.
Una Costello was
crowned Queen of
On May 11 pictures
appeared of the cancer
bike -a -thou" sponsored by
the Goderich Branch of
the Canadian Cancer
Society. The bike-a-thon
raised $1,600 for cancer
research and I'm proud
to say I was one of many
who completed the nine -
mile route.
There was a feature on
Summerhouse One, a
summer theatre project
made possible through a
Young Canada Works
grant. The project was to
involve seven students
who, over a period of
eight weeks, would learn
many aspects of theatre
including writing,
directing, applying
make-up and acting.
They would tour nursing
homes and put on
children's plays as well
as performing a, major
production,, the end .of
the summe
Ten Lost Years was
that major production
and it was good, showing
that the students did gain
by working on such a
project all summer long.
On May 18 I did a
feature on the Welcome
Wagon and the Hi -
Neighbour program to
see just how newcomers
are greeted in Goderich.
Joan Stiles is the
Welcome Wagon hostess
and Elva Bedard is the
Hi -Neighbour hostess.
Both women love their
jobs because they love
meeting new people:
On May 25 I did a
feature on London's Adult
Basic Education
program which began in
1969 for the purpose of
teaching adults to read
and write. The program
has branched- into Huron
'County with the help of
Mrs. Sheila Fink of
Goderich and this is how I
had gotten word of it. It's
a very worthwhile
MOVING!!!
Dennis Weilwood joined the staff at the Pamily
and Children's Services in May. He is on the
Child Abuse team. Evelyn MacDonald joined the
staff in July as a supervisor and counsellor.
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program with many tales
of triumph. Can you
imagine how difficuit
your -own life would be -if
you could neither read
nor write? Writing ,this
feature really opened my
eyes on the subject.
..4 The Group Home for
the Mentally Han-
dicapped at 200 Keays
Street had an Open House
which about 130 people
attended and so we
featured several pictures
of that.
JUNE
On June 1 I did a
feature,on Victoria Street
United Church which was
observing the 100th an-
niversary of its building
and the 120th anniversary
of its congregation. I
couldn't have done this
story without the help of
Mrs. Chester (Lizzie)
Feagan of Goderich. She
could practically be
considered the official
church his-torian. Her
grandfather, William
Swaffield, was one of the
church's earliest-
members and sat for 53
years on the church
board.
On June 8 I did a
feature on James Magee,
a man of many talents.
How was I to know that
later in the year, he
would become one .0 of
Goderich'a new town
councillors? My story
concerned is hobbies of
building and repairing
guitars and violins,
making furniture, ar-
chery bows and even
wooden shoes, winning
archery awards. and
-playing musical in-
struments. A retired
architect from London,
Mr. Magee designed the
addition to McCallum's
Funeral Home.
On June 15 I did a
feature on Bob Stoddart
of Goderich, who • was
starting his own silver-
smithing business,
working out of a garage
on St. George's Crescent.
A talented Sheridan
graduate, he had already
won several awards for
his, jewellry. A recent ad
revealed to me that
Maitland River Silver-
smithing is still thriving
as a business.
On June 22, working on
the theme of Hire -A -
Student Week, I did a
story on two students
working in Goderich.
Sally Leitch, a post
secondary student, was
working out of the
Goderich Recreation
Office through an
Experience '78 grant,
compiling lists of all the
groups, service clubs and
organizations in
Goderich. And Paul
Robinson, a Fanshawe
College student, was
working at the town hall
helping to ease the load of
others who worked there
by doing varied small
jobs.
A feature on a tourist
seminar sponsored by the
Goderich Tourist Com-
mittee was the main
story this week., The
seminar attracted over
100 people who learned
that tourism is big
business and everyll`ody's
business. It was
discovered that July and
August are peak tourist
months in Goderich with
about 10,000 tourists
passing through the
Wellcome Centre last
year.
Harold Bettger retired
from G.D.C.I. after
teaching for 20 years and
his picture appeared in
the paper this week as he
received a plaque of
appreciation from
student council president,
Karen Donnelly.
On June 29 I did a
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