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Group offers help, friendship
to single parents in this area
It is not easy being a single
parent.
It's not 'just the constant
strain of trying to keep up
with children, housework
and — if you're lucky —
job, or even the subtle and
sometimes not -so -subtle put-
downs from those who
assume that because you're
alone you are somehow a
failure.
It's also the lack off adult
companionship, someone to
turn to when the going gets
tough, a sympathetic ear, a
shoulder to cry on.
Being a single parent can
be quite lonely.
"It's mainly the loneliness
(that is the hardest part), I
think," says Pattie Willie, a
single mother and founderof
the Wingham chapter off the
One -Parent Association.
During the three years
since her common-law
marriage ended, leaving her
with a daughter, Amanda,
now five and a half, Miss
Willie has had ample time to
learn what it's like being a
single parent.
"For a while when you
first become single you go
intoseclusion," she said.
"You almost have to be
forced out of it.
"I think everyone goes
through the same things at
one time or another."
After spending a year in
London, she returned to her
hometown of Wingham
where she was lucky enough
1.o find a job while Amanda
divides her time between
"Kindergarten at Sacred
Heart School and the
Wingham Day Care Centre.
She is glad to be back in
Wingham and firmly believ-
es a small town is the best
place to raise children, she
said, but it's true there are
not as many resources to
help a single parent.
, While talking it over with a
counsellor at the local
hospital recently, the
suggestion came up to form
a single parent association
here: It seemed like a good
idea and Miss Willie jumped
at it.
She visited the nearest
branch of the One -Parent
Association in Kincardine,
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took a course and set about
establishing a local group.
"I feel in Wingham we do
need that, because there are
a lot of parents without part-
ners," she explained.
"It doesn't matter if you're
divorced, separated, widow-,
ed or just a single parent, we
all go through the same
things with our children."
Through her work and
involvement with sports she
knew other single parents
and, by word of mouth and
notices on bulletin boards,
she spread the word. By its
third meeting the group
already had nearly a dozen
members and was still
growing.
The association has both a
social and an educational
function, Miss Willie said. It
provides a chance to bring in
guest speakers to talk about
things single parents need to
know, like divorce, separa-
tion, a will, insurance, ten-
ant's rights and child protec-
tion. But, more than that, it
gives you a chance to get out
and talk to other people who
are in the same boat you are.
That can be a big help in
itself, she,said, since there is
a tendency for single parents
to think no one else has been
through what they have and
to suffer from very low self-
esteem, -
"You have to learn to talk
and trust others again.
"The biggest thing is to
know you have someone else
there you can turn to and
rely on."
Like Alcoholics Anony-
mous, the group stresses
"helping each other help
themselves" and thefe is' a
guarantee of confidentiality
on whatever is said at a
meeting.
In addition the various
groups around the area in
places like Clinton, Kin-
cardine and Qwen Sound get
together from time to time
for social outings and family
picnics, giving members a
chance to get .out and learn to
know other'people.
The group currently meets
• every Thursday evening at
the Salvation Army hall in'
Wingham from 7 to 9 o'clock.
Once a month it tries to bring
in a special guest speaker to
talk on a topic of special
interest to the members.
At the moment expenses
are being met by taking up a
collection at the meetings,
but the association hopes to
find some additional funding
to help with expenses such as
providing a nursery school
for the children during
meetings, Miss Willie said.
She stressed that any
single parent is welcome to
come out to a meeting.
Members currently range in
age from 18 to the 30s, but
any age member is welcome,
men as well as women. At
the moment there is just one
man in the Wingham group,
but she noted that the Kin-
cardine association has
more men in it than women.
Anyone interested in the
association is invited to call
Pattie at 357-3765 after 6 p.m.
of Hilda at 357-3540.
Yeltow, white color scheme
enhances Belgrave nuptials
The subtle light from
yellow tapers in candelabra
surrounded the altar at Knox
United "Church, Belgrave, on
Saturday, May 11, at four
o'clock as Marni Elizabeth
Walsh of Toronto proceeded
down the aisle to meet her
groom, Thomas William
Spanfon of Toronto. Amid a
floral setting of yellow and
white roses, carnations 'and
trailing ivy, their vows were
heard by Rev. John Roberts.
Throughout the ceremony
special music was provided
by Mrs. Marian Younan and
Gerry Quigley who sang
"Since You've Asked" and
"Believe Me If All Those
Endearing Young Charms".
They were accompanied by
,organist Mrs. Winona
Thompson who also played
background music for the
singing of a congregational
hymn, "Ode to Joy", from
Beethoven's Ninth Sym-
phony.
Parents of the bride are
Mr. and .Mrs. Clifton Walsh,
Belgrave, and the groom is
the son of Mrs. 'Roslyn
Spanton and William
Spanton of Toronto.
The bride was given in
marriage by her parents and
wore a floor -length gown of
white satin with cathedral
train. The dress was styled
with square neckline and
long sleeves trimmed with
seed pearls. Her headdress
of satin and seed pearls held
a shoulder -length tiered veil
of silk illusion and she
carried a bouquet of white
roses with fresia and trailing
ivy.
Dressed alike in street -
length dresses of soft yellow,•
pure silk and carrying arm
bouquets of yellow and white
roses, were the attendants:
maid of honor Mary Ellen
Walsh, sister of the bride, of
Bayfield and bridesmaids,
Miss Linda Spanton of
Toronto and Mrs. Rachel
Oberle, Kitchener. The
bride's niece, Kelly Anne
Walsh of Kitchener, was
flower girl, wearing a pale
yellow lace -trimmed dress
and carrying a basket of
vellow and white sweetheart
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man and ushering guests
were Christopher Currie and
Andrew Walsh. All gen-
tlemen are from Toronto.
Out-of-town guests from
Toronto, Calgary, Kitchener,
Wingham, Port Perry,
Streetsville, Kincardine,
Goderich, Aylmer, London,
Sarnia, Port Elgin, Ottawa
and Teeswater were
received at a dinner and
reception at the Wingham
Golf and Curling Club where
a yellow and white color
scheme brightened sur-
roundings and music for
dancing was provided by Bill
Templeman's orchestra.
Honored guests were the.
groom's grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Russell Spanton,
and his aunt, Mrs. Phyllis
Sampson, all of Toronto.
The bride's mother wore a
street -length dress of cream
silk knit with a' corsage of
peach, roses. The groom's
'mother chose a street -length
idress of plum silk with a
corsageof-pink_roses.
For travelling -to-the New
England states and New -
York City, the bride wore a
royal blue and' white silk
dress with pearl white ac-
cessories. The couple will
reside in the Forest Hill area
of Toronto. The bride -is an
honor graduate of York
University, Toronto.
Mrs. BHI McCool
back in Victoria
to make her home
Mrs. Bill (Muriel) McCool,
who left Wingham two years
ago for her home in Florida
where she has enjoyed many
winters, has decided to
return to her birthplace,
Canada, to make her per-
manent residence. She has
travelled extensively and
visited with relatives during
summers in Vancouver and
Victoria and she has decided
that Victoria is the "Flower
Garden of Canada" with a
milder year-round climate
and excellent entertainment.
Mrs. McCool has sold her
Florida home and taken up
residence in a beautiful
section facing the Pacific
and famous Beacon Hill
Park, the edge of downtown.
Her new home is Douglas
House Senior Citizens, 675
Niagara St., Suite 305, V8V
1J1, and she plans to enjoy a
more active life with the
seniors. She would be most
happy to see any Wingham
friends vacationing in the
West.
Mrs. McCool will be 84 on
June 5 and still enjoys ex-
cellent health.
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The Wingham Advance -Times, May 29, 1085—Page 3
DURING THE PAST THREE YEARS --Pattie Willie has
learned what it is like to be a single parent, caring for
daughter Amanda, 51/2. What she discovered led her to
form a Wingham branch of the One -Parent Association,
a group aimed at helping to provide support to single
parents.
Seniors'
Day Centre News
By Rita Rice
This is National Physical
Activity Week and senior
citizens across Canada have
been encouraged to par-
ticipate in an "aerobic
moonwalk". This means
seniors record their mileage
walked, send it to the United
Senior Citizens office in
Toronto and hope the total
will equal the distance to the
moon.
Here at the centre we will
be participating in the
scheduled walks if .the
weather is favorable.
Seniors also are asked to
record mileage walked
around home, shopping,
daily walks to the post office,
etc. Twenty minutes- of
walking equals one mile, so,
get your running shoes
moving!
Last . Thursday Terry
Reath -of the Listowel area
demonstrated the "paper
tole" craft. This project will
be the craft item for the next
few weeks. Ii anyone has old
greeting cards they would
like to get rid of, we would be
glad of 'them for this project.
The centre will be closed
this Thursday and Friday,
May 30 and 31, as staff_"attend
the first Ontario conference
on home support services for
the elderly in Toronto.
Next, Wednesday we will
host a day trip to the
Waterloo Farmers' Market
and dinner stop at a quaint
Mennonite restaurant in
Hawkesville. It looks as
though the maximum of 47
people have booked, but
other interested seniors are
invited to. call and leave their
names on a waiting list in
case there are cancellations.
The annual meeting is set
for June 20 at 1:30 p.m. The
community is invited to
attend and hear the reports.
A guest speaker has not yet
been confirmed.
The community also is
invited to attend a seniors
information afternoon June
28 at the centre between 1:30
and 4. Local agencies and
groups serving seniors have
been invited to set up in-
formation booths explaining
what they do.
Brussels
'There will be a waste
reduction drive June 14 and
15 at the Brussels Mennonite
Fellowship. Proceeds will go
to world-wide relief.
Recyclable materials such
as glass, tin cans, newspaper
and cardboard are accepted.
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