Norman Gilby has the feel for bowling He has tohes blind We have this 9foot aluminum guide rail you see the 69yearold member of the Barrie Beavers began We use it to get our bearings so we can throw it in the right direc tion He laughed Of course we have sighted coach or we wouldnt know if we even hit the pins or not The Barrie Beavers were ï¬rst place winners in bowl ing tournament Feb in which 15 teams of blind peo ple competed at the Parkway Plaza Toronto With Mr Gilby were Garth Millar Wilfred Prissick Gary Bradley and coach Jack Keeling GARTH MILLAR Norman Gilby trophy received by the Bar rie Beavers bowling team made up of blind members left and hold the EASY DRIVE TOOL KIT For stubborn screws nuts bolts Delivers nearly twice the tur ning power or ordinary drivers bits Asstd tors shafts 547009 They had total pin fall of 2947 To qualify all team members must be reg istered blind Mr Gilby mid That means they have to have 10 per cent visionor lessafter correction There has to be one totally blind person on the team Thats me Mr Gilby mid BLIND 58 YEARS Mr Gilby has been blind for 58 yearssince horse kicked him in the head when he was 11 growing up on farm in the Muskokas He attended school for the blind in Brantford where he learned how to tune pianos and some basket weaving He ran shop of his own dur ingthe30s He took job later with who vere first in northern Ontario tournament last weekend in Toronto Fifteen teams of blind members adop 95 CIIARGFX Will rll AVII Nill kit l0 547966 Norman Gilby has the feel for bowling company making radios After that he was offered job as manager of an iii dustrial cafeteria in Toronto But most of his life has been with the Canadian Na tional institute for the Blind CNIB He was admin istrator for 24 years in Thunder Bay for the nor thern Ontario region He was administrator here in Barrie for central Ontario five years before he retired four years ago He and his wife Marjorie live in Barrie How are things with the blind these days Mr Gilby leaned back in his chair Things have changed in technology for the better he said Blindness is dif ficult but new devices Competed flcliind from left are Iack Keeling coach Wilfred Irissick and tar Bradley Examiner II1tttm VISE GRIP 2PC GIFT SET Use ViseGrip as wire cutter clamp pipe wrench pliers and boxed Gift sizes 95 set alleviatethis The blind dont have to be content with basket weaving anymore not with such things as computers calculators and tape recorders The latest is the optacon an electronic device which allows the blind to read the printed page By placing the optacon over the page little pinpoints of electricity fortn the letter on your fingers CHANGES EEDEI And although attitudes have improved toward the blind he said changes are stillneedcd This is white cane week andeducating the public is part of that And part of educating the public is telling them what hugs the blind We live in world of sound remember Mr Gilby said If Mr lilby walks downtown Barrie and three people say hello hell go home and tell his wife that three people greeted him But he didnt know who they were Much like someone phon ing saying hello and hanging up Its little thing But we dont mind if you say Hi Norm itsSalIy And sighted person who tries to be helpful by prod ding from behind is much like the blind leading the blind Eye care message of week Take care of your eyes thats the message of White anchck Ihats what your local anadian National Institute fortbcltlindisallabout Stressiug eye protection is the blind mans way of leading he sighted for once The thrust came from two worldwide organizations who named litftrTi Ircvcn tioti of Blindness Year said Itoss lurse managing director of the NIH He referred to the International Agency for Iievention of Blindness and the World Health rganiation who began the year zyith World Health lay rpril 1976 The Harrie office fot the Nlli isat 91 ltunlopSt It 7PC SCREW DRIVER SET Howard Leake Grade teacher at Steele Street School plays Bye Bye Blackbird on the trumpet with the Teachers Conser PEOPLE AND PLACES BLOCK PARK TS An open meeting to discuss establishing the Block Parent program in the Little Avenue area will be held Feb 23 at at Assikinack Public chool Constable Gary Logan will be the guest speaker For information call 7260883 BURDEN SQlARII TIMIIRS The Borden Square Timers Valentines Dance will be held Monday at 830 pm at Joseph Kaeble School Base Borden Al alhoun will sing the calls SIRtll MINOR HOCKEY Stroud Minor Hockey dance will beheld Friday at 830 pm in conjunction with winter car nival activities in the Stroud complex HACK DIE Lee Burke of 92 Ienetaug St recently returned front vacation in the southern United States He visited friends in Atlantaa HOCKEY DANCE dance will be held by the Stroud Minor Hockey Association Friday at 830 at the Stroud complex in con junction with winter carnival activities Iickets costing $6 are available by calling 726 Ilflllfl Pocket slot 3I6 slot slot No recessed stubby Robertson No Robertson scratch owl 547050 95 MECHANICS TOOL BOX vatory Band Monday night at the Cafe du Chanson at the school The cafe was organir ed by Ted Fry music teacher at Steele Street School The QIAKER MICEIING There will be Quaker meeting Sunday at 11 am at 96 Ross St Quakers do not have church clergy or creed For in formation call Elaine Evans at 73772479 David Mair at 72th 5448 lIIIII$ Mrs Joseph Minnings and Mrs Marley are leaders for the Ihclpston 4H Homemaking Iub project The Iub lirl En tcrtains IRDM MIIXRD Mr and Mrs loe Marley have returned from tour of Mexico ISISIUIR Mr and Mrs Frank IIamiII took part in bus tour of Florida II IIZIIIINH Summary Day for the Pain swick Womens Institute needlepoint students will feature March lo work made by the students during the Wed nesday afternoon courses in the past Instructors are lly Kerr and Helen Warnica IRICSRYIIIRIAI Mrs Howard amplitII Mrs Beverly Bertram Mrs Ivan Clark and Mrs George amp bell attended the meetingof the alloy Humor mining Each 244 COME BLOW YOUR HORN The Barrie Examlner Thursdayirlrebruary 10 1977 ANN LANDERS Dear Ann Landers This might sound like crazy request but would love to See the first column you eyer wrote How about digging it up and giving us all lookG Madison Wis Dear My firstcolumn appeared Oct 16 1955 Here it is Dear Mrs Landers have always regarded marital mixups as humorousuntil now when the noose is tightening around my own neck We have been married 10 years and have tw0 sons like auto racing but my wife has no interest in it so Ive always gone without her have fallen in love with woman who has three children She also is very fond of auto racing Her husband is ignorant and impossible believe this woman would be terrific wife because we have much more in common than me and the Mrs need some adviceJust Dear Time wounds all heels and youll get yours Bus ter Do you realize there are five children involved in your little racetrack romance You are flirting with muddy track on Black Friday Wake up and smell the coffee Dear Ann Im in junior high and like boy in my class He is emotionally unstable and sometimes breaks down and cries in the classroom This is very embarrassing to him think his parents are overly protective and he needs some one to talk to Id like to be the one Should suggest itAlice Dear Alice Still in junior high and already practising psychiatry know you mean well honey but dont go sticking your nose into this boys personal problems He might resent it Just continue to be nice to him In time he might feel com fortable talking to you in which case be sympathetic listener Dear Ann Landers Im widow with loyearold son 26yearold woman has been chasing him for year Now he tells me they are going to be married as soon as her divorce is final She gives him money to take her to fancy placw and buys him expensive presents The woman and got into quite battle and nearly snatched her baldbut she is still very much in the picture Is there some legal way can break this thing up Im not against my son getting married just want him to have decent wifeA Mother Dear Mother If your son doesnt have sense in his head pulling the hair out of hers wont change anything There is no cafe provided the opportuni ty to show parents the music talent of the Steele Street Singers and soloists Ex aminer Ihoto executive of the Simcoe Iresbyterial of the United Church WWW at dehursl law to prevent him from marrying this woman So give up recently You re fightinga Iosingbattle IIIIJKS VISIT Mrs Mason has returned WIIIISTORY Cookstown at the town hall from weeks visit with her son and daughterinlth Mr and Mts Iolin Mason in Terrace Bay INIIIRIM MINISTER Rev James Warden of Harrie the interim minister in the local Inited hurch con ducted communion at the 1115 service Sunday Jan 3t yiljIIKIINI VISII Mr and Mrs Douglas Leigh and two daughters spent the weekend of Ian and ill with friends in Richmond Hill HOLIDAY BARBADOS Mr and Mrs Bruce Ashe of Harrie have just 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