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C "various church groups, sports activities, service clubs, single parent associations and untold numbers of groups to belong toityouhavethemoneyorif you have the courage to go in cold. not knowing anyone. Also, for some it can be a traumatic and Ionly ex- perience, that of being ' , -tstrts 'rtior citizen hu'rocently moved to the am due to financial ”Ham and their friends "I too Mm to visit M. Bold-I being lonely. ha in frantic about not hm%radoettrrirt thearea, Mum-Memomm area. One think came though very clearly, that of the Md lomlixpss of widowed. divorced, retired, moved, or just the fact that the kids have all left home. The more aggressive types get out and do something about it. Others seem to lack the drive and confidence and sit back waiting for something to happen or' waiting for people to come to During our apartment “this the following is a PM!“ sample of what we so many of our citizens, whether they be young twenty-year-olds, middle aged or elderly. As one woman we contacted said, "If you are an alcoholic, or on drugs there are places to go for help, but where do you so if you are suffering from an tsei-f," her mama dying of cancer in the Mum, dye. putting up a hall from not wanting her ”and to know of his Legal Aid.. Tuesday evenings from 7-9 p.m., at the centre. No appointments new: The Centre, as ' mm of wrenching its qerviceq. admitted a dGrtm A middle aged woman, ill "dg_urtattheto T.V.arlonewell I to may. or do “himth It. had moved visiting" program of nent building's in the [an p. Delays-m 32% an? Evenings ..- i.siArtSiumtu.na', (#13343 Saturday: - 1 1:30 - 3:30 Joanne Willoughby - coordinator Aetre8fter?Pr!e, Mr, 86, I” Location: Imminent. 2000 Weston Road. One of our volunteers spent nearly two hours with one lady who was a new Canadian, very lonely and emotional. She couldn't speak without crying and was generally most distraught. Her failing health hampered her taking initiative to make new friends and it would seem that her very depressed attitude would discourage most people. For her life, was a vicious circle of loneliness, boredom and inability to communicate. Mamba-other t9tttNttattottthqrgittmtkm. because of financial reasons and sorrowfully claimed she had outlived all her friends and had no family to visit her. When it was suggested she might enjoy a church visitor, she declined at first, too proud to admit she needed companionship but later admitted, anyone to talk to wild be most welcome. In summing up, we have found there are many lonely people in our area but because of lack of money, shyness, or failing health, ete., they just don't know how to tackle the problem. One of the' many facets of an Information Centre is to focus on unmet needs in the community and the problem of loneliness seems to have come to the fore. It is hoped that somehow the centre will be useful in reaching out to such people and putting them in contact with another individual or group which will meet at least some of their needs. However, we feel very inadequate in many cases to come up with an answer. Perhaps a com- munity centre would help to alleviate some of the cases of loneliness. It was a plain two storey Ontario farm house with a porch and a balcony. That's the way most people thought Ame homestead looked like in Laura Seeord's time until Laura Secord Candy Shops I acquired the house in 1969 and began a long job of a careful reconstruction. PA.ryry'. It was while living in this house that, on June 22, 1813, Laura Secord set out on a 20 mile trek through enemy occupied territory to warn a British force at Beaverdams of impending American attack, enabling the British to defeat the Americans two days later. Much of the frame homestead has been reconstructed not only with earlier materials but by the same methods craftsmen of the period employed. The Queenston house in which James and Laura Secord lived from about 1803 to 1835 was substantially altered in 1895. Before that it was a simple Loyalist-style building as restoration authority Peter John Stokes' research on the homestead's 1813 appearance has proven. . . P.or'.44P.4P.4..hhv.4o.uy'.r.'..'r '.oy.uyry.sy4 Brick fireplaces, the square timber frame and the stone foundation have all been saved from the original house. Project architect James E. Secord pain- stakingly prepared plans which incorporatirinatiy 'old construction methods to make the homestead's am pearance as authentic as possible. Hand planes of the type used by Upper Canada builders were crafted and used to form the door, window and interior trim. Even square-headed, hand- lunch omen mvin. 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