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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1980-04-30, Page 12it vance-Times, April 80, 19$0 31 BRICKWORK—The Bluevale United Church i,s taking advantage of the spring weather to have some of Its exterior brickwork repaired. f BY LORRAINE JOHN Whitechurch Personals l Word was received here on Monday that Stanley Thomson of Forest passed away at Sarnia Hospital. He grew to young manhood with his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thomson, on the family farm onthe south side of Highway 86, west of Whitechurch. He leaves to mourn in this area, his brother, Nathaniel, a resident of Lucknow. The funeral was held at Forest on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hayes of Livonia, Michigan, visited Monday to Wed- nesday with Mr. and. Mrs. Fred Tiffin; .Mr: and Mrs. Victor Emerson and Mrd. Gertie Tiffin of Wi.Mgh er Mrs-, John. Bell attended the .Synodical at. Brantford on Tuesday and Wednesday: The, Wlatechwth 441 dub members attended their Achievement Day last Wednesday evening at Lucknow. Attending from Whitechurch ' were • Mary Moore, Cora Blom, Lori Ann Jamieson, Marilyn Jamieson, Celia Chandler, Janet Laidlaw, •Kendra Purdon and Lori Purdon and. their, leaders,. Mrs.. Walter Elliott and Mrs. ' Ivan Laidlaw. The club speech was given by Celia Chandler. All members received spoons. Lori Purdon received a Provincial Honors award and pin for 12 projects and Kendra Purdon received the County Honors award for six projects. The UCW Thankoffering will be held in the church Wednesday, May 7, at 8:15 p.m. The guest speaker will be Rev. Ernest Fellows of Gorrie. Anniversary services will be held in the United Church on Sunday, June 8, with Rev. Putnam as guest speaker. - Rev. and Mrs. James Ritchie of Kingston visited a few days with Rev. and Mrs. John Bell. 'Mr. and Mrs. Rob. Frank, Robbie and Jamie of TeesWater, were . weekend visitors with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Gibson. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Porteous of Lucknow were Thursday visitors with- Mr. and Mrs, Fred Tiffin. Miss : Joyce Tiffin of Toronto spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Tiff in of Wingham. • 'Misss. Janet Sleightholm of Toronto spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Sleightholm. Spending the weekend with Mrs. Robert Mowbray were Mrs. Clara Cleghorn of Wingham, Mrs: George' Tiffin of Lueknow, Mr. and Mrs. Relison Falconer and UAB10/4/1i canton vans Automotive specialists since 1974 SALE AND INSTALLATION of van, pickups and 4 x 4 accessories. -. 256 St. George. St. Mitchell, Ont. (519) 348-8169 VAN, PICKUP AND ,4.x.4INTERLORS...- (economy to deluxe) *AUTOMOTIVE SOUND SYSTEMS ,. (expen installation) April mature If you're in the market fora finished van, be sure to see our 1979 GMC and Ford, demonstrator vans. FARM GATES Limited Quantity 2" diameter tubular steel 4' to 16' — 2 ftp multiples NG MARKETING GUY FIDDES P O. BOX 1405 CLINTON, ONT NOM 1L0 Bus (519) 482-7325 Vanastra Park - Clinton, Ontario Next to the factory outlet on highway no,4 d p tl.,•• 444 Brian of Sarnia. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Tiffin of `Whitechurch attended the birthday celebration held at Lucknow Saturday evening for Alex MacKenzie of Lucknow. Weekend visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Elliott and family were Mr. and Mrs. David Elliott and ,Curtis of Blyth, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Laidlaw, Michelle and Jason of London. MRS, JOE WALKER Bluevale T) Unit Four members of the United Church Women met in the -.church basement on' April 21. The evening, was - spent doing some house- cleaning in the basement. It was decided to hold a garage sale May31 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the church basement. Unit 4 members present were willing to pick up dona- tions from anyone interested in donating items.. Edna and Donna Mac- Tavish were hostesses at the former's home for a miscellaneous shower on Wednesday night to hondr Miss Linda Harkness prior to her marriage in May. Mrs., Joe Walker and Sheila at- tended a shower for Linda in McIntosh Church Saturday night. A successful craft and bake sale was held Saturday at. the communityhall—with: • proceeds to go toward hall renovations. A walk -a -then will take place this Saturday, May 3, for the same cause. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Henning visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Bob Cairns at Kincardine. By Henry Hess Some children enter life with a strike against them. Through no fault of their own, they will always have to, work harder to accomplish the things which conde naturally to other children. ° They have to struggle for social acceptance and will • sometimes be deprived of rights which the rest of us take for granted. They are the mentally handicapped. Mental retardation, like mental illness, has only recently begun to detach itself from the stigma,. that once made it a shameful condition. Slowly we are realizing that these people too have a place. in our society. And, more important, we have begun to learn that, given patience, instruction and the proper environment, the mentally handicapped are capable of accomplishing a great deal. They still need our help, though, and orgatiitations such as the Wingham and District Association for the Mentally Retarded are working to make sure they get it. Each spring at about this time the Wingham association and others like it conduct an annual campaign for money to keep their programs running. It is the Flowers of Hope campaign, which this year will be held during Mentally Retarded Week, May 11-17. Locally the campaign will be a little different this year. MRS. LEWIS STONEHOUSE Belgrave Persona! Notes ncouraging a e, there will r canvass in 1gptie villages of swater and �m'r mai �t� � �igen.ent .the l 'tae Flowers ari; Hope about $2,000" a°c pyx. re association Pi . 11 ,,, a support but needs.a-lot-more to•continue it$: ,prolrin, Treasurer Audrey Swatridge ex- plained Wheredoese money go? The bestway.'sto answer this question's ,to, take a walk down Willi new Wingham children's, centre on William Street, where the Silver Circle Nurser School rents a room fol• a group of special children.; Here 4, -group of hippy youngsters, under the patient and loving- care of Supervisor Sylvia Ricker, Virginia Jessup and volun- teers from the community, spends five mornings each week having . fun and lear- ning to overcome the problems which make these children different from their counterparts next door. Not all of ahem are men- tally retarded, the way most of us think of retardation. One boy has cerebral palsy, which is a physical han- dicap, while others are just slow learners and need the additional stimulation to help them• catch up in their learning. These, it„helped early, will probably be able to rejoin their other friends and proceed through the normal education system. Belgrave friends are pleased to hear that Mrs. Elizabeth Leslie returned home from the Wingham and District Hospital ',last Mon- day. Mr. Vincent •Makas of Lon- don spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wheeler. Danny Thompson ` of -Goderich was a weekend vis- itor with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Johnston. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Slessor of Glamis visited on Tuesday with their aunt, Mrs. Telford”' Cook, and also visited with her mother, Mrs: Harry Cook. ..Mrs. Lois Warwick of Wingham and` -Mrs. Laura Johnston spent a few days last week with Mr. and Mrs. George Johnston, Tara and Erin of Ilderton. Mrs .. Robert... Higgins re.=.. turned home recently after a 10 -day visit with her sister, Mrs. Gertrude Tully_of Boynton Beach, Florida. -- Mrs. Len Jarvis of Listo- wel visited this past week with Mr, and Mrs. James Coultes. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bacon, Paul and Denise of - Orangeville, visited on Sun- day with his parents, ,,Me. and Mrs. /lbert .Bacpzi. Mr.: ' and IVIit `tlarelice Hanna atte d I ie -wedding on Saturddy of 'ins! cousin, Louise Crofts, to''Ralph 2,ee Berry at the Ingo'ldby'United Church in Ingoidby. The wedding reception was held at the Minden 'Community Centre. Gordon Nethery of, Ed- monton, Alberta visited last week with relatives and friends in this area. Several members of the United Church Women at- tended the Easter thank - offering mee ing`last Sunday at Brussels United Church. Mrs. Eleanor Ward of Wing - ham was the guest speaker. Mrs. Irlma Edgar, Mr. and Mrs. Ross .Jamieson ....;01. Wingham, llfr. and 'Mrs. John Leppington of Clinton, Mrs. Agnes Bieman and George Inglis were . dinner guests of Mr, and Mrs. Roger Bieman on Sunday, this being the occasion of "Kent's sixth birthday. - suippose learning, 0,4004 atmosphere," .Mrs, Ricker, said of the nursery school "1 really think that Shia:. up,," the She notedchildren thste arts feducarontions, moment they arrive rat school, when. they lea'.. handle: buttons acid zipper taking off and hanging. their coats. This is a start the living skills ° the youngsters will need master. , Snack time provide another popular learning experience. The children ar helped to make snacks fo themselves, such as eggs pancakes, toast. or perhaps a birthday cake, and then all sit down and enjoy them together. "We Made butter last week by shaking whipping' cream in a jar and then ate it afterward," learning where butter` comes frontand.how it feels and.. tastes, Mrs. Ricker reported. "It's terrific to see their satisfaction at doing..things on their own, and then being able to eat it ,themselves." Eating together also helps the children develop social skills, as well as teaching them to use table utensils,. she noted, and the food is a good reward. Another popular program is held in the water room, where the children get into. their bathing suits and play in wading .pools in the specially heated room. This is excellent therapy, helps the children overcome their fear of water.and teaches them coordination and how to dress and undress. In addition to the snack time and play periods, each child has an individual learning program. Once a child is enrolled at the nursery school, he or she is assessed by experts from the Ontario Society for Crippled - Children or • 'the Children's Psychiatric Research In- stitute. Individual :programs of , therappy are desigtted • which are followed by' Mrs, Ricker and her assistants; - and each child is periodically reassessed and his progress reviewed. The Silver Circle takes in children aged two to 10, although all the youngsters there how are under six. It is currently at full capacity with an enrolment of 10. Since the next closest centre is in Dashwood; the children come from all around the area. and .tran- sportation -costs are.high, Mrs. Ricker' noted. The children are brought to Wingham, together With the trainees at the Jack Reavie adult workshop, in station wagon buses, ,and ' she praised, the drivers..for. their„. excellent care of . the young- sters: Operating costs for the nursery school, including salaries for the two full-time staff, transportation, rental and equipment expenses are partially subsidized by the provincial family and social services program, with the Why the local lotion fur l mentally red 'there>.is so • charge he i parents of the.. s� year the association's e share of ale costs probably ha- :w111 • exceed $84)09, Mrs. to Swa f rids deported,. and sl e sip is hoods” the Flowers of I:1 Hope c,paign willver a on large part of that..; Plat's se wh re th znone goes: to .these flowers are •for the children; . s. r • PRETTY PAPER- Sylyi8 Ricker,'' supervisor 9f •$h. SItI.yer Circie.Nursery School,,, watches a�nd-encourage One of her charges,, S'arah,. �t s she works,.,af pasting 'squares of colored p p r 'Th µs l�eol v�`orks,*Itkinen- tapy and. physlcel:l'y handi_cca ped;-.chlldren, motor skills, language ands elf help Skills HAPPY PAI R—Tracy and Christopher enjdy drawing at a table while in the background Virginia Jessup prepares the paints for,an upcoming' painting ses- sion. Mrs. Jessup is one of two people who work full-time With the children at the Silver Circle Nursery School. Christopher, who reported he comes from Blyth, is at the school to overcome the handicap of cerebral palsy.. MESSY, BUT FEELS NICE—Darryl, on the standing board, get to smear around shaving cream to his heart's delight under the guidance of Anne Hamilton, a volunteer from Youth Across Canada for the Mentally Retarded (YACMR). This is just one of many types of stimulation offered to mentally handicapped children at the firer Circle Nursery School. , STANDING BOARD --Anne Hamilton, a student at the Wingham high school and member of Youth Across Canada for the Mentally Retarded (YACMR), works with Doug on a standing board at the sink. The standing board supportS a child who cannot stand on his own and offers him free use of his hands. Anne Is one of a number of volunteers who help out at the Silver Circle Nursery School, •.-/.1'P - -, -- ... . 9047p1.7•••••.• jgr,.Yj LOTS OF COLOR—Sarah, Stacey and Tracy practise their artistic skills under the eye of Supe'rvlsor)Sylvia Ricker. Like any children they enjoy lots of colors, which they tend to apply liberally both to the paper and themselves. a:>,....w�nx.m .M, u... .. _ .,. i•. ,-. d.^, .v., w....Cw��.ma�.eaRR;;r.''.Jf.�.}i:yfi 0,34 sutiti��`^Eai::