Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), June 25, 1975, p. 11

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Life is not hopeless handicapped prove The doctor office has a seemingly endless flight of leading to he exam in a lion room Washroom cub arc too narrow for a wheelchair to enter Streets have high curbs and fait cars All these things and many more are taken for granted by most people However for Hi mi Hon She soon got helped her more than she to be checked the hospital could ever express Without for rehabilitation the help and of In the next ti years she I have in and out of the place done it on my own She could feel the depression Mrs Price would like ill slowly lifting as tlm people In other handicapped people to the hospital told to gel us sec that even hough ten this type of obstacle to over come Acton and Georgetown have many such people who through the hard work of a few loci people arc coming out and enjoying I hem selves with others with the same or similar problems Friends In Peed was formed by these people mast of them with handicaps themselves Mrs Emily Price of Acton an arthritic patient is one of the workers Involved in this group rowing As a young girl living in Georgetown Mrs often complained to her mother about pains In her Joints Growing pains was the quick answer which lately the on However years passed and the child grew to be adult pains Her Joints he swollen and the pain constantly with her Deep depression eventually set in as well as confusion for a while she v as In and out hut her depression was mounting It was through doctors Mrs Price started to receive help from the Canadian Arthritic Society Because of mounting ten to the fact that she be the rest of her life in a As she looked or she could see she was not as badly off as some ycirs igo she did not hi the will to live she now has found her niche in the world and has overcome not only most of her physical hand leaps but also the great Price mm nothing to live for It takes a lot of coopen to do her housework from the chair and soon learned how to accept it She slowly under stood how to happy life with her husband and family Mrs Price and her decided go ahead with operation leist that would In Jon with the depression and gone already re the constant pain ulcers soon signed myself to the fact that formed to arid on to the pro if thadto spend the At one stage Mrs in i wheelchair I would Price wis in the hospital with do it cheerfully ulcers decided surgery was a success w patient home walking It took a from everyone families to to dcrstand problems and During her trips hack difficulties we have lo face forth to the Hamilton f have to them wTsat hcrside giving the love understand In the last five Mrs and she j been to go needed camping and on a bus trip In the spring of Mrs the toast This month forced into they for three wteks on hospital with bid flare the west coast up of arthritis During this She Is secretary treasurer stay she wis given the Friends In Deed group hope for walking again The for the physically doctors told her of a new ped and is always recruiting operation to stop the pain new Her loveof life was major operation and is genuine as she knows what required many months of it is like not to care for it hospitalization and She still needs her canes frequently uses the had until fall wheelchair but Mrs Price is make her decision the wo to walk Her kitchen is would be through mnde so counters months of tests and therapy cupboards arc within her During months Mrs reach She does housework Price at home making P with her grind the decision which could children change her life she always There Is hope for the drcinnd she was walking handicapped is the She never saw herself in the mess she would like to wheelchair think this Is convey to all those who feel what me decide to hey ire alone in the world through with the surgery or There is someone in I felt if I wnsn to be any bet worse shape than yon it least 1 tie any oxA of worse your shell find these people Her depressions are Mint although she still his write to CABS in Turning point This proved to be the turn point in her life The year was G and Mrs Price the lowest point In her life As she waited each dn for an answer to her letter she unaware It had been forward to hospital in lotof willpower strength determination but Mrs Price was walking Them or age person usually look a year to be walking which she feels kept her working all the harder She was to be out of the hospital in five months Her and friends rthritis is dying out and her pun is not is si she will be without The main problem of the person Is not what ih wrong them phy It Is the world around them They arc not logo to a many pi ices staircases ire inevitable Most builders do not think of wheelchiirs when they build fincy new buildings To go to church means to sit in the aisle Washrooms forbid the bind or wife from helping his her spouse and cubicles HOLDING HANDS affectionately are Did and Price Mrs Price afflicted by arthritis for many years has a cheerful outlook and is a prime organizer of the new handicapped club Church Church picnics illness news Ihurch wis well attended on morning with the new time it JO liter for sermon or the Lord House The choir anthem was liking lod Picnic School and picnic wns held on Sunday picnic lunch it the church after the service Mr Clarence Denny then gave asportation by bus lo rattlesnake Point lion west of Milton Supervisor Ella and Mrs Mike Cooper assisted bj other people ihe races games and relays attended After the sports took walks through the woods on the trail pains to Ihe look wis Mr Mrs Kerr attended ton I miner at Thundertand when held list week Mrs Kerr sister Miss inc Knox was guest iker Mr ind Mrs Robert Kerr the dance reunion of ihe Junior farmer delegates the the fimihes met it her other sisters Mr and Mrs Down it for dinner on Sunday June In hospital and neighbors arc sorry to hear that our pendent Mrs Fred Mai Arthur is a patient Hospital Slaying reward The Ontario joirnmcnt is offering i reward for leading the arrest and conviction of the person or persons invoked in the slaving of vnthia Kathleen of heart condition The doctors Hamilton are planning on putting in a The child friends wish ire too small for a wheel chair The list could go on for ever and no matter how long it is the people without could never the problems to be over come and adjusted Mrs Price has found new meaning to life She was once bedridden drown nig in self pity Now not ten yeirs she Is a hard working outgoing woman She would like people who ire Just starling down the same pith she took years ago to reilueihat it is not the end of the world There is a sun be hind every cloud and a pot at the end of the rainbow njoy each day to the lest and try help someone if only with smile and a cheery hello Mrs Price from the heart The Ac F Press Wed June 1 Offer tips summer barbecuing Barbecue Benson Is here Never dump coals in a garb and Region Pre ffiv Carrier of the week BUENT HOLMES lb carrier of the week Brent goes to Robert Little school and is in grade seven He enjoys motorcycles and delivers news papers on Church St and Willow South Committee has tips on safe lie sure you use a solid niter or approved fire starter says the Committee Use proper barbecue luel ne vet gasoline lighter fluid or naptha If Ihe fire won start or out don add barbecue fuel it could cause i flare up and injure Keep children away The committee says it is dangerous to light on an apartment balcony In a garage or within building Also be sure child rcn stay well back from he fire as a change in wind direction can send flames toward them Once your barbecue is fin either leave the hot coals In the barbecue to I urn themselves out or extinguish them thoroughly with iter One final tip from the com don try barbecuing in very windy GUELPH ONLY SPECIALTY LIGHTING STORE CHATELAINE LIGHTING York Road Multi Bright Ideas for all your Lighting Needs EXTENSIVE SELECTION OF HOUSE FIXTURES Baseboard ind Port r nq Devices Future Vcnl lit on Hood Fins etc FREE 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