The Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-01-18, Page 2PAGE 2 —THE GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1979
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BY
JOANNE BUCHANAN
Having just completed
a feature on ALPHA
Huron for last week's
paper, I was interested to
receive information in
the mail this week about
a unique,travel program
that ALPHA members
might be intex sted in.
HANDI-.TOURS
specializes in both in-
dividu'al travel and group
escorted tours for per-
sons with physical
disabilities. ' It not only
facilitates, but also
makes possible, travel
for many people.
HANDI-TOURS will
arrange special tours for
groups, clubs and
organizations on request.
It welcomes families and
friends to join in the fun
and also welcomes the
opportunity to speak on
travel at your next club
or organization meeting.
For 1979, HANDd-
TOURS is planning trips
to Hawaii, Florida,
Britain, Scandinavia,
Greece and Israel.
For more information
write to Cinnie Noble,
Tour Co-ordinator,
Calladine and Baldry
Ltd.--Handi-Tours
Division, Yorkdale
Civic
Corner
Goderich Town Council
will meet on Monday,
January .2? at 7:30 p.m. in
the council chambers at
town hall.
The Goderich
Municipal Day Nursery
Committee will meet on
Tuesday, January 23 at
7:15 p.rn. in the council
chambers at town hall.
The Committee of
Adjustment will meet on
Tuesday, January 23"at 7
p.m. in the Mayor's
Office at - town hall.
'
The Goderich Police
Commission will meet on
Wediiesday; J-an-uary--24
at noon at--the-Candlelight
Restaurant..
The Waterfront and
Environment Com-
mittees will meet on
Wednesday, January 24
at 2:30 p.m. in the council
chambers at town hall. ,
The • ° Goderich
Recreation Board will
meet on Thursday,
January 25 at 7:30p.m. in
the council chambers at
town hall.
The January session of
Huron County Council is
scheduled . for Friday,
January 26 at 10 a.m. in
the council chambers,
Shopping Centre, Suite
No. 153, Toronto M6A 2T9
or phone (416).789-7650.
Elaine Townshend,
past -president and
treasurer of ALPHA
Huron, told me in our
interview that more
physically disabled
people are travelling
these days than ever
before. Communities
with accessible facilities
sure make a difference.
+ + +
While wracking my
brains this week trying to
come up with an idea for
a feature, I eagle across a
Driver Education car
with a student driver at
the wheel. It brough back
memories of the days
when I was learning to
drive. It'slard to believe
that I've had my licence
for seven years now. At
16 it seemed as if I would
never learn: -
I decided to contact
Mrs. Donna Tolchard of
Goderich who was my
driving instructor with
the Driver's Education
program when I was in
high school. And yes, she
is. still teaching people to
drive. So I furthur
decided to write a story
on what it's like to be a
driving instructor. It
must be a nerve wracking
job,I thought.
But Mrs. Tolchard told
me it's not so bad. And
over the years she has
made some .interesting
observations about
drivers. And get this
guys. One of her ob-
servations is. that women
drivers aren't so bad!
Hope you enjoy the
story. By the way, if you
have any feature ideas or
any ideas for stories at
all, please give me a .call
at the Signal -Star office.
I would be really grateful
as it would save a lot of
brain wracking each
week.
+++"
Last Thursday, I went
to the Huron County Land
Registry office in town to
do a short story on Jim
Lindsay, the new land
registrar. Well, the story
turned out to be even
shorter than I had an-
ticipated. It seems that
.Mr.. Lindsay has left after
only one month on the
job.
di He was appointed on
December 1 but after
living and working here
for a short time, he
decided to return to
Toronto. So, he left
government services
Court House, Goderich. • after 20 years and is now
January
clear the ra
continues
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It seems that Mr.
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to life in a small town
after living in Toronto for
so long.
Frank Hagan is the
acting registrar here at
present.
+++
Don't forget to give
generously when the
March of Dimes cam-
paign begins in this area
on Monday, January 22.
You will be helping the
physically disabled.
+++
The next Goderich
Little Theatre play
sounds like, it will be a
good one. It is a comedy
spanning 35 years of a
marriage entitled The
Four Poster.
Written by Jan de
Hartog and directed for
GLT by Eleanor
Robinson, the play
features a cast of only
two characters.
The challenge will be in
the ..timing, says Mrs.
Robinson. It can be a
difficult task for two
characters to keep an
audience interested for a
whole play.
The two characters are
being portrayed by
Warren Robinson and
Virginia Lodge, no
strangers to drama en-
thusiasts in Goderich.
They will require
numerous make-up and
costume changes in
keeping with the play's
time span of 35 years.
The play starts on
February 22 and runs to
February 24. Watch this
ne*spaper for further
details at a later date.
+++
Announcement was
made in December of.the
sale of a long established
Blyth business, A.
-Manning and Sons to
Douwe Wilts and Gary
Courtney who will
operate under the name.:
Alex Manning's Building .
Supplies Limited.
The new owners are
former employees of the
Manning firm. In ad-
dition to experience in the
supply business, for
nearly five years they
have operated a suc-
cessful construction
company.
Wilts has settled north
of Blyth in the Westfield
area with his wife and
twin daughters. He has
worked for Kase Van-
denHuevel Construction,
Goderich.
Courtney is unmarried
and living in Blyth at
present. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Courtney of Kingsbridge.
The two men intend to
keep on building with
Courtney being in charge
of the construction and
Wilts in charge of the
business end.
The partners feel that
there is a good future in
supplying building
materials and con-
struction work for the
area.
The winner of $1,000 in
this week's Goderich and
District Community
Grandstand lottery is Bill
Austin of Seaforth. He
held lucky ticket number
1407.
By co -incidence,
earlier on there was
another winner from
Seaforth with lucky ticket
number 1408.
+++
An interesting study
concerning red-headed
youngsters came to us in
the mail last week.For-
those readers out there
who have redheaded
children,you may be
interested to know that
Professor Brigid Peer of
the University of Western
Ontario Faculty of
Nursing, has reached the
conclusion ,°that young
redheaded children may
be more sickly than other
youngsters.
-Prof. Peer found thatbeing redheaded can
,actually be a hazard to
-your--health--if you are,
under five'years old and
have bright red hair.
Children with auburn or
reddish -brown hair don't
have the same extreme
sensitivity,she found.
After the age of five, the
redheads lose this
proneness to greater
health problems.
The redheaded child
doesn't necessarily' ap-
pear to be frail or sickly,
she noted.
Comparing the health
histories of 30 redheaded
children and . 30 children
with a variety of hair
hues,Prof. Peer, a
paediatric nurse,
discovered redheads tend
to be sick more often and
for longer periods. of
time.
She also found that
these children seemed
sicker when they were ill,
had higher fevers, suf-
fered more complications
and their skin was slower
to heal compared to the
control group.
The, study was con-
ducted in Florida and was
sparked by an incident
Prof. Peer encountered
while working in a
hospital there:
Neurosurgeons were
puzzled by the slow
recovery rate of a young
patient who had un-
dergone surgery.
Because the child's head
had been shaved, Prof.
Peer at first wasn't
aware the small patient
was a redhead. Once she
knew, she informed the
doctors that a slower
recovery rate was nor-
mal for redheads. They
were incredulous at the
idea, which is considered
common knowledge in
England where Prof.
Peer started her nursing
career.
As the daughter of a
doctor and a membefof a
family of redheads,.Prof.
Peer grew up with the
idea that redheads have
to be treated with extra
care.
During her basic
training in London,
England,she via,Sn't
surprised 'that a special
bed for redheads was set
up in the paediatrics
wing. The gibed was right
beside the nursing station
where the redheaded
patients could be
carefully monitored.
Prof. Peer's own son is
a redhead, so she has
first=ftaani >,. eacp�rience
with the phenomenon.
Discovering the reason
for the difference is Prof.
Peer's next objective.
She hopes to use a larger
sample of children and,
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instead of relying on
parents' reports about
their children's illnesses,
Prof. Peer would like to
monitor the children
while they are i11.
"In my original study I
was trying to provb there
is a difference between
redheaded children and
other children, that it's
not just an old wives'
tale," she comments.
"Not all reolheads have
that sensitivity but the
majority -do. I don't know
the reason for this --it
could be biochemical or it
could be genetic."
In general, redheads
are a mysterious group,
she says. There doesn't
seem to be a pattern for
inheriting red hair.
Redheaded parents can
have dark haired
children and non -
complications and their
infections may be more
serious."
+++
A nice note came to us
this -week froln Grace
Neville, Regent of the.
Ah,ineek Chapter IODE.
She says she really en-
joys Dave Sykes' and Jeff
Seddon's humorous
columns. It sure does our
hearts good in the news
room when• we receive
comments like that.
Thanks for lifting our
spirits, Mrs. Neville.
IT'S UP TO EVERY•
WOMAN TO HAVE A
PAP TEST
redheads -s-ern-e-ti-m-e s -H L.P PREVENT
have redheaded children, ��RVIC7ICA-Ii1GER
Prof. Peer says.
However, it is im-
portant for the mothers of
young. redheads,
especially those with
bright red hair,to be
aware of the possible
difficulties which can
arise and that, as a
group, redheads tend to
have more severe
reactions to illness.
"The main thing is
prevention," she states.
"Mothers should also
take illnesses seriously,
since these children are
more liable to have
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