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Hamar experiences
of India stay
Experiences of a Dashwooc
area girl during a four month sta3
in India featured the annua
meeting Thursday of the Soutf
Huron Association for the Ment.
ally Retarded.
Adrienne Van Raay, a thirc
year student at Waterloo Univer.
sity spent four months in 197:
at Jesu Ashram, a hospital it
St. Darjeeling district of Indir
operated by Brother Bob Mittel•
holtz, a native of Zurich.
Adrienne showed slides and
told of many of her experiences
to more than 175 persons at the
Dashwood Community Centre.
In answer to a question from
chairman Carf Cann regarding
language problems, Adrienne
replied, "There were language
barriers, but I learned to speak
Hindu. I learned to communicate
by expression. Getting immersed
into the culture helped. Only the
very well-to-do spoke English."
She said it took some time to
get used to the Indian food.
Natives eat large quantities of
rice. Adrienne added, I did get
to like rice but not in the quant-
ities of the natives.
Brother Bob Mittelholtz and
his assistant Sister Yvonna
see more than 3.000 leper pat-
ients a month. Adrienne showed
slides to prove leprosy can be
cured. She continued, "It's
curable but the treatment period
is long."
She told about Paul's House
which was built a couple of
years ago in memory of the late
Paul Robinson, a student at
South Huron District High
School.
When Paul passed away,
monies in his bank account were
sent to India to build a house.
Adrienne said it houses 20 beds
for mothers and their children.
While in India Adrienne work-
ed basically with children suffer-
ing from tuberculosis in a craft
program.
She said the big problem was
"they don't know about clean-
liness and hygiene mainly
because of the lack of water."
In speaking about Brother
Bob Mittelholtz, Adrienne said,
"Brother Bob's work is very
worthwhile, but it's only a drop
in the bucket of what could be
done."
Mittelholtz who has spent the
past 15 years in India will be
returning to Canada in September
1976 on a five month furlough.
Adrienne Van Raay now a
recreation student at Waterloo
University will be graduating
in the spring of 1977.
She hopes to follow a career
in therapeutic recreation or out-
door recreation.
During the annual meeting,
Rev. Aubrey 13e11 of the Anglican
church in Grand Bend installed
the new slate of officers.
Kippen
Kippen East W.I. held a euchre
in the Legion Hall, Hensall
February 24 with fourteen tables
in play. Prize winners were:
Ladies high, Pearl Taylor; low,
Jessie McAllister; Lone hands,
Mrs. Harvey Jacobi; Men's high,
Elmer Townsend; low, Horton
McDougall; Lone hands, Mac
Wilson.
Prize winners on the draw
were first -Earle Rowe and second
Mrs. Harvey Jacobi. Lunch was
served by the South Group.
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Cooper and
family, Detroit, are visiting with
Mr. and Mts. Vivan Cooper.
Mrs. Ruth Dickert has returned
to her home in Harriston.
The distance a person has
to go to borrow trouble is
getting shorter all the time.
Directors named were Rev.
A.C. Blackwell, Mrs. Ann Cann,
Mrs. Alma Godbolt, Jack Gaiser,
Mrs. Nonie Hemmingway, Jim
Hoffman, Mrs, Ann Klungel,
Harry Knip, Mac Molloy, Mrs.
Margaret Purdy, Robert South-
cott, Case Van Raay, Mrs. Pat
Wright, Mrs. Margaret Wein and
Judy Mickle.
Another highlight of the
meeting was the presentation of
"Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs" an original production
presented by the Dashwood
ARC Little Theatre.
Taking part as members of
the cast were Gwen Richter,
April Hilmes, Colleen Carter,
Karen Whitmore, Cam Deline,
Eleanor Gordon, Stan Pickering,
Leslie East, Marg Kehn, Terry
Gibbs, Doug Deline, Judy
Tedhall, Gloria Chambers and
Dorothy Schultz. The play was
produced and directed by Laurie
Khattar.
NEWLY' ,?JINTED EXECUTIVE - At Thursday's annual meeting of the South Huron Association for
the Me allytThtarded, the 1976 executive was installed. Back, left, Rev. A.C. Blackwell, Case Van Raay,
Harry ;..nip, Mac ''olloy and Alma Godbolt. Front, Anne Cann, Anne Klungel, Marg Purdy, Nonle
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