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By the time the summer of 1986 is over Carolyn King will be an expert On St. Mary's General Hospital. The reason? King, a third-year history and psychology student at Wilfrid Laurier University, has been hired by the hospital to dig into its 60-year history and take the first steps towards assembling a permanent St. Mary's archives. Already, King said, a wealth of St. Mary's memorabalia has been uncovered, and she's hop- ing former staff and students will come forth with even more trea- sures. "It's amazing how many peo- ple have come up and say, 'hey, I've got stuff like that at home. do you want it?' Yes we do-we're interested in anything we can get. We're hoping to generate more donations from alumni, former staff, patients," she said. Just some of the items already collected include a nurse's uni- form dated 1956, a metal bassinet and beaded baby identification bracelets, as well as numerous newspaper clippings, yearbooks, pamphlets and photographs. Willis also suggested that the cost of cleanup, which was origi- nally expected to be covered by the city and CN, might be recouped from the province. He said he will present a recommen- dation to that affect at the Aug. 18 meeting of council. The price tag could top the $100,000 mark depending on the extent of con- tamination. Council (Continued from page 1) Two independent consulting firms, Conestoga Rovers and Associates and Canviro Consul- tants, are proceeding with the action plan for the clean-up. The excavation of materials in the two tanks is expected to begin today, as will trial runs on a portable water treatment plant which has teen brought on the site. WINCH BUG CONTROL Call 884-3488 S'J,th'ft','. LAWN PRAY LTD. Uncovering a wealth of St. Mary's memorabilia Wtturioet Sharing life’s experiences Materials gathered will be fund-raising promotions and as used for scholarly research. in displays for public functions. St. Mary's Hospital staff look over old yearbooks at a recent exhibition of memorabilia collected tor the hospital's new archives. Chronicle photo Louise Webb and Sean Jan-Bam tiste make up quite a team deliver- ing the Chronicle on the Cardinal Crescent route. emu photo Mark Bryson Chronicle Staff Louise Webb and Sean Jan-Baptiste are not what you would call your averageWaterloo Chronicle carriers. What makes them special is a story that warms the heart. Webb is an attractive. Ib-year-old St. Mary's high school graduate about to embark on a University of Waterloo education in psychology. But more important than any of that, she pos- sesses a tremendous desire to help those less fortunate than her make a better life for themselves. "Arid-it" is that desire that is making life at least a bit easier to deal with for Sean. a 13-year-old lad who doesn't have things A very special team quite so well. You see, Sean is deaf and legally blind, but with help from people like Louise. he is learning to do many of the things we all take for granted. Their Chronicle route on Cardinal Crescent is a prime example.Each Wednesday the pair walk the route, making sure each house gets proper delivery-a task that helps Sean adapt to everyday life. -vi'di"r'r; the bag and he takes the paper up to the door and puts it in the box," said Louise. "It's that simple,", The Chronicle route is just one of the many situations that Louise will encour- age Sean to handle during the summer. a summer which has already provided the young man with more independence than he has ever likely known. "At first he was kind of nervous being alone, but it gives him more indepen- dence. Now he walks up to people on their lawn and hands them the paper," said Louise. -it" ghdiild be explained that although legally blind, Sean can still see some- what with the aid of his glasses, _ The two were brought" together by a EWallar’SE thil QUALITY FASHIONS FOR SPRING and SUMMER 1rtMyth't ACT FAST - QUANTITIES LIMITED WATERLOO CHROMCLE. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 6. 1986 - PAGE 3 LADIES' WEAR LIQUIDATION PRICES 31 King Street North Waterloo newspaper ad this spring. At ti end of Sean's school year at W. Ross acDoer. ald School in Brantford, his parents advertised for a summer "intervenor" which is paid for by the Canadian, Deaf, Blind, Rebella Association. And despite having spenronly a short time dealing with mentally retarded children as a background. Louise received the Job. Since then the two have shared activities every day, ranging from swimming, to making lunch, to spending money. “Pin trying to get him to learn and use basic life skills," said Louise. Not only has Sean excelled in that area, he has also developed a sense of humor, says Louise. - - _ "He'k always teasing me and laugh- ing. Sometimes it leads to major ar- guments, but usually I have to laugh The arrangement lasts until Sep- tember and until then they are asking onesmall favor of Cardinal Crescent res- idents. Please leave your dog inside on Wednesday afternoons.