Wingham Advance-Times, 1981-07-29, Page 14i
Pilge 14 -Tho Wingham Advance -Times, July 29, 1981
Famous artist was
arthritis sufferer
Renoir! The very name of
the great French im-
pressionist is like a sigh of
pleasure to thousands who
have seen and appreciated
his work.
Mention of 'Renoir con-
jures up an entrancing world
of bright shining women and
radiant children, of / land-
scapes shimmering in intoxi-
cating colors, a world from
which all that is unlovely and
stern has been banished.
And, at the turn of the cen-
'tury, when industrial tech-
nology had begun to create
so much ugliness and my-
stery for mankind.
It is perhaps not so well
known that Renoir suffered
from severe rheumatoid
arthritis for many years —
irideed, from the age of 56 till
his death from pneumonia at
the age of 78 in 1919.
In the biography of his
father, Jean Renoir records
how his father had a fall
from his bicycle in 1897 and
fraq,Jured his arm. When the
plaster splint was removed,
Renoir continued to have
pain in his shoulder.
Gradually, the pain in-
creased and spread, t9 -other
joints. Five years later, in
'1902, Renoir's physical
function was significantly
impaired and, by 1911, he
was totally unable to walk.
Despite his obvious suf-
fering, which caused great
distress to his family, Renoir
continued to paint, and the
more intolerable his suf-
fering, the more he painted.
His son describes how each
morning Renoir would ad-
just his body in a wheelchair
'before starting his day's
work and how he preferred
"not too soft a seat" so that
he could sit upright. His
brushes would be handed to
him and he would begin work
on his canvas.
Likely Renoir's nights
were frightful, and he, be-
came so emaciated that the
slightest rubbing of the bed-
clothes caused a sore.. His
suffering was so great that
he would put off for as long,.
as possible the moment when
he would have to undergo the
dressing of his many sores
and the "torture of the bed".
At times, Renoir's condition
was so miserable that he
would ask about death, but
always in, a joking way,`and
his son never at any time
thought his father' would con-
template suicide.
Today, according to Arth-
ritis Society experts, it is
likely that Renoir's life
would have been much
different. In most cases, con-
trol of rheumatoid arthritis
can be maintained and, cer-
tainly, the severe crippling
once seen is no longer pre-
valent.
The Arthritis Society con-
tinues its programs of re-
search and education. The
Society depends upon the
public for all of its funding
for research.. There is no
'governrnent support.
The society is confident
that research will produce
the cure for many of the
more than 100 different kinds
of arthritis. In the, mean-
time, everyone is urged to
learn more about what can
be done about the disease.
For free information, ,write
to The Arthritis'Society, 920
Yonge St., Ste. 420, Toronto,
Ont. M4W 3J7.
"PORTRAIT OF A .YOUNG GIRL"
By Pierre -Auguste Renoir
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neer baby. A149.9g '. those
-present: were Mr aid r's.
-Don ROSS and Brian, Mr. and
Mrs. John Gaunt, i r. and
Mrs. Jin Gaunt and Mr. and
Mrs. Melvin Mathers.
Jessie • Kirkland. of
Lucknow was a Thursday
caller cm Mr. and Mrs, Victor
Emerson.
Pani Laidlaw of London
spent Saturday with ' his
parents Mr. and Mrs. Elroy
Laidlaw and on Sunday Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Ducharrne of
Goderich visited them.
Laura and Penny Parker
accompanied their grand-
mother, Eileen Parker
Exeter, on. Sunday to visit
with their great-grandmoth-
er, Mary McClenaghan and
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mc-
Clenaghan.
Services will be held, on
Sunday in Chalmers
Presbyterian Church with
Rev. J. Bell for. Presby-
terians and the United
Church congregation for the
month of August.
Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Fells
of Whitby called at the home
of Mary McClenaghan where
he 'boarded when he taught
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HOMETOWN BUSINESS—John Wilson, owner
of John Wilson Electric in Fordwich stands in
front of his business. The business, first started
in the basement of his parent's house in his spare
time, has turned into an enterprise doing busi-
ness'aII across Southern Ontario and now work-
ing towards the north. (Banner Photo)
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What . started - out as a -
single -man operation in the
basement of a house in
Fordwich 17 years ago by a
man who worked on elec-
trical motors in his spare •
time is now one of the biggest
motor rewind shops. in the
business in Ontario:—
John Wilson Electric Ltd.,
of .Fordwich, an electric
motor specialist company,
specializing , in the selling,
rewinding and repairing of
electical motors does
business all across southern
Ontario with about 40 . per
cent of the business coming
from the agricultura} area
and .about 60 per cent from
industry..
Much of the work they do is "
for companies . such as
Campbell Bout) Company,
Listowel, the Salt Mine in
.Goderich, Spinrite Yarns
and Dyers Ltd., Listowel,
and Rothsay Concentrates.
The. company also does.
work for area. farmers or
smaller businesses. As John
Wilson, the owner said, `.'A
customer. is a customer."
The business is now trying
to establish customers in
northern Ontario up to
Thunder Bay and Mr. Wilson
said 'they are trying to get
salesmen up in this area.
About $1.8 million worth of
business was done last year
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to: the top
and the company hopes to hit -
the $2 million mark this
year. The present building
which was built four years
ago allows for more 'room to
work and More work to be
done than did. the old
.building' in town which' Mr.
Wilson built, when he first
started in the business.
Some of . the special
equipment the company has
are a special burn -out oven
• which is used for repairing•a
motor as' all the old in-
sulation has to be burned out,
a semi-automatic coin-
puterized winding ' machine
and a five -ton overhead
crane which is used for
moving motors The rest of
the equipment is_rairly, basic
electrical , equipment.
Mr. Wilson, a resident of
Fordwich all his life said he
:never considered. moving
anywhere else and he'd
-never really thought of
getting into the electrical
motor field until his father
who was an electrician
suggested it to him and it
seemed like a good op-
portunity at the time.
He said'' he started in the
business by working at it in
his spare time in his parents'
basement, but after he got
into the business he never
thought of going ,into any
other field.
"Work for somebody else
instead of operating your
own business if you're
thinking'of getting into this
type of work because it's a
lot easier . to work for
somebody else than to run
your own business," Mr.
Nilson said.
He believes anytl'ne going
into the repairing, selling or
building of electrical motors
today should have an
engineer's degree and said
he would advise a beginner
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DIRECTIONS ..
A Conference for Women Living in Rural Areas
\Friday, August 28, 1981
and
Saturday, August 29, 1981
at
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Huron Park, Ontario
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in the field to take a course i,n
business administration 'as
the boss has to handle every
area of the business.
He 'said he learned as, he
came along but that nobody
should have to do that today
and that managing a
business -would be so much
easier for 'someone with
experience., .rias running a
business' or with a business
administration Course in
their background.
"Most of the area work we -
in is for f'arr.ercnr small
industries within a 40 -mile
radius," Mr. Wilson said.
Trained people in the
electric motor. field are hard
to find so Mr: Wilson makes
a point of hiring students
every summer whom he can
train' or .have one of his
employees train. He said he
knows of only one school in
Ontario ,that teachs a course
in this field and that is in
Timmins and is a very
elementary course in his
- opinion..
Mr. Wilson said if he were
ever to sell his business he'
wouldn't know the price it
would . get but' said the
building alone is worth about
$300,000.
The building includes a
large falctory or work area
unto which an addition was
recently added, a large sales
room, receptionist's office,
counter service • area,
storage department and a
large •. office of his
overlooking the shop as well
as a lunchroom ',area. The
company also') has a
warehouse in Toronto.
John Wilson Electric is
open five and a half days a
week and employs 13 people,
most of whom are motor
rewinders except for the wo-
men in the office. His brother
Don is the sales manager for
southern Ontario.
Mr. ' Wilson and his wife.
Cheryl have lived in Ford-
wich since they were first
married.
John Wilson Electric has
risen from a 'part-time
basement operation run by a
man who wasn't too sure if
this was what he wanted to
do to a successful enterprise
run by a man dedicated to
his work.
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