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AN COUVER: (GP)’- — . Archaic traditions | sur-
1 rounding the development of blind children have been
" all but shattered here during the: last, decade. Scare!

And: B tragedy of: years, ‘ago.
that! left: more than: 100 British;

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. of retrolental fibroplasia in'B.C.
“between : December, “1946 .and

fs occurred | “when: premature babies
iweré, placed in. incubators. and.

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. ledge -abpyt: the : training, edu-
/eation and,: integration © of blind

jrarily- because: there wére too'few,
"| blind ‘children .to. permit. ‘statist-
“ically walid ‘conclusions. re

‘because of. the varable factors
: -involved . such.as the.amount of
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single factor in eliminating mis-
conceptions and uncomfortable
attitudes held. by. the. general

“It acted as a catalyst. in’ com-
bining the talents of social‘ ‘work
ers, the Canadian National Insti-
civic officials - and ‘produced °° “a
startling. program that caught
the’: imagination. of. ‘others

. The’ tragic note was, 15. “eases |
September, 1955, .The -condition

inadvertently given. too: much.or

the. optic. nerves, causing .vary-
ing degrees, of’ blindness. Usually
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- By: 1955) the. cause.. was discov-.

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Prior: tothe outbreak, know:

children. into a: sighted . commun-
ity: was’ seriously: lacking, ‘prim-

.The:. task: “was more’ ‘difficult

loss, of sight, This ‘made it. al-.
most. Impossible. to find’a homo-
“pre-school
blind, ehildren..- .

‘But the sheer weight of num-
bers. affected in the / outbreak
forced ° all-out action” here. B.C.
normally has 10, to: 15, “blind

cancer, heredity © Or _Aniuy. at
birth, =" *

GOOD TEST AREA: ,
“The group, really had, ‘every-

Eileen Scott, CNIB supervisor of
social welfare hete for -14 years
and a leader in the integration
program, oo 6 °

“Following: the Becond World
War there was.a general reap~
praisal of public opinion. Rehab-
jlitntion ’ programs ‘with’ ‘blind
veterans placed them: in industry
for the first: time“and: people be-

"Past ballefs have placed an

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. ‘One of thie wortarstbidecb work
‘| off on another: routitie: flight on

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"expected to

~ Tt. was no air ‘show.. ive “Le ‘ ty
. Ly

ing airliners, the'Tin Goose, was

North America’s: shortest. inter-
national airline route.

The two tri-motor planes of
Sky Tours Incorporated. —. big,
bulky and built of. corrugated
‘iron-fly a 25- mile route ‘over &
small group. of islands’ off. Sand
‘usky, Ohio, just eight-miles from
Pelee Island, Canada’ Ss southern
most populated. POINb cg. wr

To the 1,000 year-round | Tesi-.
dents of the. American. islands—.
Rattlesnake, Kelly’s . "Middle;
North and South Bases—the Tin
Goose ‘is a vital link with the
mainiand, an.hour away by boat
in the- best ° ‘weather but only
minutes by. air. :

Since: the huge “silver planes
first linked the islands on a bus-
like schedule in’ 1936, they have’
flown searches, for “lost fisher-.
men,. sped medical help, played
schoolbus, : airlifted. - groceries,
newspapers, mail, caskets, - -Yé-
frigerators, plows, even a Kitchen
sink. -

best flying records on’ the, con:
tinent. No: passenger : “has. ever |
been injufed and since 1956 only
three flying days have been lost.
Dale Burris, 1%, commuting, to
school’ by. air, has a better. at:
tendance - record’
chums. who ride .buses..:: ay.
 Island-hopping in the. “old
Fords builds a rugged breed of
passenger. The ‘longest air. strip
on the five islands is 1 ,200 : feeti
On a hot day when takeoffs are
difficult because of thin air, 1,206
feet. can look short: ‘even to- a
modern light plane: ee ON,
On: regular mail and passen-
ger. runs the’ tri-motor skims.
low over the Lake Erie whitecaps,
trees ‘and. powerlines. ‘to bump.
‘down ina ‘short runway. - Ey
_ Within . moments. ithe‘ three,
‘220- horsepower. engines. roar. and:
pull the Ford off .in as little as
400 feet. .Pilots seldom | take’ the
craft’ above 500. feet because:air-
port stops are all less than’ eight:
miles apart. Cruising . speed, sis
about 85 miles an hour..: -
THEY’RE STILL. BEST

  
  

 

 

for another 10 or 15"years,” ‘says
Ralph Deitrich, owner ° of ‘Sky,
Tours and a pilot... with, 20,000
flying hours.

In spite of the age. of the tri-
motor and advances: in. aero, en- |

a. plane has been built that, can
compete with’ it in “hailing. so

while providing. the safety mar-
gin of three. engines, 20-770":

Maintenance is complicated by.
the fact that components have

Ski club. hut.

almost complete

The Prince Rupert -Ski Club
deficit from last year was cover-
ed by membership dues, reported
club secretary. Mrs. Alan Mar-
shall last. week.- nosy
. The club is at: present. con-
structing: a-24 by 40. foot shut
about two-thirds ‘up’ Mount
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than: many,

Wwe ‘expect: to operate: tiem :

gineering Deitrich doesn’t think |-

much freight off such short run- |:
ways, climbing as steeply, han-).
dling as. well. in adverse winds |.

» Oldest -airliner: in. world —

last. I 0 years”

| ‘By PETER EMMOREY
, : Canadian Press Staff writer
PUT-IN-BAY, Ohio’ (CP) —. ‘A 1928 Ford ‘Tri- |
Motor bumped. along the runway» here and climbed
out over Lake Erie in a. spectacular chandelle. |

 

ion peer’ ‘gut. ‘of: production. A

small landing gear part recently
had to be ‘specially cast. Cost:
$500...

In spite of this, Deitrich says, ©

‘tthe Tin Goose is the least ex-
pensive way to serve the islands.
It costs about $6 an hour to op-
erate. The. company, in fact, _is
hoping to-buy at least one more
tri-motor. There are _ only M1
flying. today.

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OLDEST AIRLINER—Walter McCall “of Windsor, ont., looks | over a 1928 Ford tri-motor, one of’
the world’s oldgst airliners still in operation. Two of the bulky aircraft, built of corrugated |
iron, fly.a 25-mile route for Sky Tours incorporated of Put-in-Bay, Ohio. The. planes have
linked the US. mainland with .a group of small Lake Erie islands since 1936, flying cargoes
of medical help, mail, newspapers and groceries for 1,000 )_ year-round residents.—(CP Photo).

 

 

 

Highway 16; which jt will’ have
completed for. members use. in
time: for skiing this winter, -[t |
is hoped to have a rope tow run-
ning, ..

In a drive for further funds
to:pay for the hut the club will, .
be holding a raffle, .advertising |,
onthe air and in stores,

Executive for the year will; be: ;
President A, 8. Marshall; ‘secres |.

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