HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-10-18, Page 77.7
Gaetan Jacques, Grand Knight of- the Goderich
Knights of Columbus Council number 5420, looks on
as Pat Osborn, Pro Life chairman, presents a $200
cheque to Pro Life member, Marlene Bedard, on
behalf of the Knights for the Pro Life cause. (Photo
by Joanne Buchanan)
Arm reattached in delicate operation
Brenda Huber still improving
LISTOWEL For 17
hours, little Brenda
Huber lay on the
operating table whilea
team of surgeons at-
tached the youngster's
severed left arm to her
body.
That delicate operation
took place at the Toronto
Sick Children's Hospital
in June after Brenda had
her arm torn off in a
haying accident on the
farm of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. David Huber of
RR 5, Listowel, but that's
past history now.
Brenda is now six years
old and attending public
school and she is quickly
District News
Special Columbus Day
address to—be head
regaining the use of her
damaged limb.
Brenda's parents,
doctors and friends are
delighted to see the
courgeous little girl bend
her arm at the elbow and
also make a slight
movement with her left
fingers; progress that
wasn't expected until at
least six months.
Brenda does • not
. complain about not being
able to use her arm in
school while at .play or
work.
• In her schoolwork,
Bren-da—Inas learn- •
hold her paper straight
with her left hand and
arm while cutting with
scissors with her right.
As for her traumatic
experience, Brenda's
mother says her daughter
appears, to have gotten
over it very well, with one
exception. Brenda
doesn't like to have hen
picture taken, not by
anyone, •a feeling
developed after exposure
to considerable media
attention following her
operation.
However, her mother
readily agrees that she
would sooner see her
daughter the way she is
than to see her enjoying
being the centre of at-
tention.
A special Columbus
Day address dill be
heard over Radio Station
CKNX FM on Sunday
October 21 at 6:45 p.m.
according to an an-
nouncement made by
Seamus Doherty, Grand
,Knight of Seaforth
Knights of Columbus
Council. Doherty stated
that the address would be
C.G.I.T.
rally
held
One hundred and fourteen
girls and leaders attended
the Tri -County Rally in List-
owel on Saturday. Groups
came from Seaforth, Fullar-
ton, Stratford, Listowel,
'M'olesworth, Wingham,
Teeswater, Lucknow, Ripley,
Pine River -Bethel and At-
wood. The theme of the day
was You + Me = Us.
After registration the Pine
River -Bethel group led in a
lively singsong. They also
introduced the song they
have written especially for
'the Jamboree in• 1980.
During the day everyone
attended three workshops of
games, crafts and serendip-
ity. Jamboree information
was given and the Vesper
Service music for' this Dec-
, ember was practised.
The Christian Resource
Centre, Mitchell had a book
display and CGIT supplies
were available. After closing
worship led by the Listowel
Trinity United group, the
Rally was closed with Taps.
delivered by Virgil C.
Dechant, Supreme
Knight of the Knights of
Columbus. The executive
head of the more than 1.3
million member Catholic,
family, fraternal, service
organization will speak
on "Columbus—Man of
Determined Faith".
In commenting ,on the
program, Doherty said,
"487 years ago,
Christopher Columbus
completed one- of the
most daring and
courageous exploratory
sea voyages recorded in
the annals of mankind
the discovery of the North
American Continent.
More than -1.3 million
men of .the western
hemisphere, all Knights
of Columbus members,
join together this week in
observing this as the
anniversary of Colum-
bus' epic voyage."
In addition to the
special radio broadcast,
other Columbus week
activities are being
planned. The Chaplain of
the Seaforth Council,
Reverend Joseph Hardy,
will address the meeting
on October 18 on the art of
leadership qualities,
which was a certainty in
the make-up of our
patron, Christopher
Columbus. In addition, a
sizable amount will be
donated to the Arthritis
Society again this year.
GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, pCTOBER 18, 1979 --PAGE 7
Bell Aerospace lands contract
EXETER - Applications
for jobs are pouring into
Bell Aerospace near
Grand Bend, following
their announcement last
week of a contract with
the United States army
for at least four of their
air cushion vehicles, also
called a hovercraft.
The $21 million con-
tract for four vehicles
contains an option for
another eight which
would mean at least an
additional $40 million.
Managing director Jim
Mills says that employees
who were laid off two
years ago are being
contacted first. Hiring
will begin immediately
and slowly the ranks will
increase from the present
15 to about 60 or 70 people
by next March.
"-We're .working in co-
operation with Canada
Manpower. Priority • will
Open meetings
for Clinton council
CLINTON - Council in
Clinton have agreed to
change their meeting
proedure and will be
aba Boning their mon-
thly cosed session of
council in favor of two
open meetings.
The two meeting
procedure will be ef-
fective on December 1,
1979, the start of council's
second year of office.
Council also plans to
eliminate the one hour
closed session that is
presently held prior to
their open meeting.
The suggestion was
brought to council's
consideration following a
two-month feud between
the editor of the News -
Record and council when
editor Jim Fitzgerald
A clergyman attended
a banquet and a clumsy
. waiter dropped a plate of
hot soup in his lap. The
clergyman glanced
around with a look of
agony and exclaimed,
"Will some layman
please say something
appropriate!?!!"
wrote an editorial op-
posing the monthly closed
session of council, calling
it undemocratic and
secretive.
"We had some hard
feelings for awhile over
things that were put in
the paper which I didn't
agree with," Mayor
Harold Lobb explained.
The issue was resolved
prior to council's last
session after a group of
concerned citizens in
Clinton brought the
mayor and editor
together to discuss the
problem.
be given to skilled
tradesman," Mr. Mills
add
ed.viously many
domestic things have to
-.be done when a plant has
been lying idle for two
years," he noted New
employees will' be given
cleaning jobs, painting
and making repairs.
The work on the four
hovercrafts wjll be
shared with Bell
Aerospace in Buffalo,
New York They will be
assembled and tested in
the U.S.
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