—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 22, 1972 16 But She Can't Forget Charitable Causes Mrs . Mrs Clayton (Anna Bell) Wiley, Cherry Hill Koad, Peach Bottom RD2, although a busy larmer’s wile and homemaker, willingly gives untold hours to bcneliccnt and charitable organizations, as well as to her c hurch One ol her chief interests in the past six years has been assisting the Mental Health and Mental Retardation program in Lan caster County Through their joungest child’s retardation and consequent handicap, she has become aware ol the great need ol voluntary smicc and ol the tremendous benefits derived Irom the schools now provided to help these c hildren Some parents are reluctant to let their children attend these schools, but workers in this field find much can be done lor them cspeualh if they start at an early age Wileys son Leslie, now eight \ ears old attended the school for ictarded children at Bethany Presbyterian Church Lancaster, three vears and the school at Mechanic C.ro\e Church Of The Brethren, QuarryviUe RD, two vears These schools are under the supervision of the I-ancaster Association of Retarded Children, a part of the Penn svlvama Association of Retarded Children Leslie hopes to attend their (’amp Sertoma above Harrisburg this summer Mrs Wiley, as a parent i eprcsentative Irom the Mechanic Grove School, was elected a member ol the Retarded Children’s Day Care Service Of Lancaster County Ho.ird in June ol 1970 lor a two vear term and is publicity chairman of the board Other schools under their supervision •ire Bethany in Lancaster, Gap, Kphrata and Elwabethtown She served as a volunteer aide at Bethanv lor three years Hit mother, Mrs Giles Booth ol Merisel, is serving as a volunteer aside at Mechanic (■rove School whore six children attend She served several years as an aide at these schools Les is attending the school lor ictarded children at Strasburg Klementary School this year Mrs Dorothy Dichm is ad ministrative supervisor ol the Special Class Services ol the Lancaster —Lebanon In termediate Unit 13 there Fighteen children are attending this class They have one teacher, one teacher’s aide and one student teacher Not as many aides are necessary at the LARC schools because the children have improved and need less supervision Mrs Wiley attends Mothers’ Club meetings at the Mechanic Grove School Thev recently held a bake in Lancaster When these LARC schools were lirst started they were linanced by the parents and the various chanties they sponsored Mrs W ilcy helped with bazaar stands two Saturday mornings at Southern Market, Lancaster, sold “Flames Ol Hope” candles, helped with a Hat-A-Rama at 1 atitz and helped with the LARC canisters they have each November lor Mental Health Retardation Month Mrs Wiley, a charter member ol the Robert Fulton Fire Company Auxiliary, is serving as president lor her sixth year this term and previously served as president two or three years. They organized before they had a lire hall and met in Fulton Township Elementary School She was second runner-up in the Mrs Lancaster County Fire Chief contest in 1965 Wiley Is This auxiliary is a hardworking group and turn over great sums ol money to the lire company One ol their greatest sources ol income is having food stands at sales For this the lire company bought a catering truck or “lunch wagon” lor their use It is equipped with gas fueled stoves and collec pots They also hold a rummage sale at the firehouse once a year, have doughnut sales two or three times years ago and have a 60 head herd of Holsteins, 40 being milking cows They ship their milk to Inter-State Milk Producers Co-Op. Mr. Wiley has lived on this farm all his life, having farmed for his parents several years. He is the son of the late Samuel and Mrs. Mabel Wiley who now resides in Quarryville. Anna Bell does all the farm bookkeeping. She used to do all the baling before their sons were .old enough to do it and still does some. She also helps with milking. Clayton, better known to everyone as “Pud”, is a member of Lancaster County Farmers Association. He enjoys hunting and is a member of a 27 member hunting club that has a cabin near Coudersport in Potter County. He also enjoys fishing every year m Canada. He coached baseball 14 years (Continued on Page 18) ✓