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He suffered a severe forehead Students Mrs. Floyd Robillard, left, and Mrs. Milton Pitts. right, receive instruction from Mrs. James Tiffany center left, and Mrs. Raymond Remde. Erie County Sheriff's Deputies Lewis Eisenhauer and Donald Fellows investigated. The Grand Island Volunteer Fire Company also responded. o the iob m the dot Anything which is written. can be written in braille for the blind. For more than four years Mrs. James Tiffany, 1886 East River Road, and Mrs. Raymond Remde of 1873 East River Road, who have no sight problems of their own, have spent long hours over braille typewriters trans- cribing everything from French, Latin and Spanish textbooks to bowling information. The machines they use cost $95.00 and were given to them by the Grand Island Lions Club. It took the women eight months of daily study to learn braille, which they know by sight, not touch, and to learn to use the typewriters. They are volunteer members of the Xavier Society for the Blind a national magazine found- ed by a Catholic priest ‘during World War 1. It is now non- sectarian and volunteers as well as the people they help are of all faiths and races. HOODING CAUSES PIOBIEMS ( ls‘ A quick thaw after several days snowfall kept the town sewer and water department busy for a 48 hour period over the weekend. The Island was generally hit by flooding. problems as ice in ditches and culverts prevented melting water from draining normally. Bud Long or the water depart- ment sald Ferry Village and Bronson and Towerwood Roads were -especially hard hit. Port- able gasoline powered auxiliary pumps were brought into useSun- day afternoon to try and relieve main trunk lines. Water was backing up over manholes into sanitary sewer systems and there were many complaints of flooded basements. Mr. Long said the Sandy Beach area was “pretty good”.although the system was “loaded”. Water drained off fairly well. He said his main concern was lnclearlng main trunk lines so later- lals could “take care of them- selves.” E Motorists Hug Constable Assists During Storm A town constable was pressed into service last week because of bad weather. Supervisor Ray- mond P. Griffin requested acon—- stable be posted to assist mo- torists in digging out bogged down cars and generally patrol- Continued on page _20 ' I IIEART CAMPAIGN BEGINS Mrs. Tiffany and Mrs. Remde presently have two students. Mrs. Floyd Robillard of 1107 Lasalle and Mrs. Milton Pitts of 3797 East River Road. Most of the work they do involves transcrib- ing school texts for kindergarten through high school. Mrs.Tiffany is working on a catechism for a school in Fairborn, Ohio, and Mrs. Remde is doing a high school mathematics textbook. Motorists buying $2.50 monthly commuter books at the Grand Is~ land bridges are being asked if they are Island residents. William Hall. Thruway Traf- fic Control official at division headquarters in Cheektowaga. said this is being done under orders received from AIbany.He said it was a survey undertaken for the month of February and had not been done before. Looking on as Supervisor Ray- mond» P. Griffin signed the Pro- clamatlon designating February as Heart Month on Grand Island are Paul Bidell of Stony Point Rd. and Thomas Roberts,Speclal Gifts Chairman of the Heart Fund Drive which will be conducted most appropriately on Val- entine's Day, February 14th. Mr. Bidell, the father of four, successfully underwent Open Heart Surgery on the 13th of January at Buffalo General l~ios= pital and is making an excellent recovery. It is most heart- warming to his family and friends to know that today, thanks to Heart Research, such operations and such wonderful results are pos- sible. dogs, but some of our volunteers in the past experienced a few nlps, bites and scares.” She also said, “the people of Grand Island were wonderful last year and we know they’1l put us over the top of our goal this year.” for the Blind in Watertown, Mas- sachusetts. The language of braille consists of six dots and there are only six keys on the typewriter, one dot to a key. Used in various combinations and positions they represent the alphabet and numerals. Unlike an ordinary typewriter. several keys are struck at one time. The women have hat] to memor- ize more than 500 abbreviations; Beginners start with a slate and stylus, carefully punching dots into a special paper. Continued on page 20 and With s ’65 one. They once transcribed cook- books for three blind brides who’d never had any they could read. When a bowling congress for the blind was held in Buffalo, they worked with other volunteers on programs and information the bowlers needed. Thruway officials meetingwith members of the Grand Island Chamber of Commerce bridge tolls committee on January 26th indicated a study of numbers of Islanders using the bridges would he made by Thruway engineering consultants. The Chamber is pressing for a reduction of tolls for residents. Supervisor and Town Attorney In Albany The lightweight typewriters are made at the Perkins School Supervisor Raymond P. Grif- fin and Town Attorney Richard J. Couch are meeting in Albany today with Assemblyman F. James Kane. Jr. and senator John H. Doerr to discuss future legislation and finances affecting -Grand Island. Mrs. Marilyn Albach, Chair- man of the drive and her vol- unteers have requested all home owners to be especially considerate on Heart Sundayand if possible to confine their dogs. Mrs. Albach states “ I love They expect to discuss the state sales tax state aid, the bridge to11—Thruway situation boat launching ramps and park develéipment, and separation of school and town taxes. color Firemen Unable On Wednesday the Supervisor and Mr. ‘Couch met in New York ‘City with bonding attorneys for Grand Island. The town is pre- -paring .to sell about 14 bond anticipation notes in the amount not one million dollars. The two town officials have '-been attending the annual As- sociation of Towns meeting held February 8th through 10th in New York. Also attending the con- ference are «Councilman Paul E. ‘McCarthy; Town Clenk Mrs. Elsie E. Stamler; deputy clerk Mrs. Ruth Homer; assessors Arthur Wade and Joseph Czora; Henry Boehm and Harold Rob- xerts of the palnnlng board; Ro- bert Campbell of the zoning board of appeals; historian Mrs. Theo- ndore Klingel and highway super- -intendent Joseph Roe. To Fight Bilaze a rvalr d car ic. So ental dling, ction. The Erie County Sheriff’s De- partment issued 34 summonses for illegal par-king overthe week- end after Grand Island -Volunteer firemen were unable to reach a burning automobile on ‘East River Road -because of parked cars. Q Deputies said the 2burning.car and those blovking the roadway were “in the vicinity of «the Edgewater Hotel” on East River «Road. The fire was extinguished by deputies. The -‘car was owned -by Frank Robertson of 27 Pulman Ave., Buffalo. The summonses are re- turnable in Grand Island peace justice court.
