BY
CAROLYN HILSDON GILLES
Crawford Co. Correspondent
SAEGERTOWN At their
Annual Thanksgiving Dinner on
November 22, a television, video
cassette recorder and close caption
decoder were presented to the
EQUIPMENT DONATED—Joyce Hannold, left, and David
Murphy, members of the Hand Talk Club, pose with Hayfleld
Grange Community Service Chairperson Margaret Tau to
show the television, videocassette recorder and close cap
tion decoder presented to the club by Tau on behalf of Hay
fleld Grange. The equipment was purchased through funds
donated by the State Grange Deaf Activities Committee.
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It was due to the Grange’s Deaf
Awareness program that the Deaf
Club was first organized in Craw
ford County 10 to IS years ago by
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Demmler taught sign language
courses to several members of
Mayfield Grange and the club met
for three or four years and then
disbanded.
In the meantime, through
Grange efforts. TTY’s. telecom
munications decoders, were
installed in the Meadville City
Police Department and Crawford
County Fire Control to enable the
hearing impaired to utilize
emergency services. The Easter
Seal Society also became involved
when they purchased TTY’s for
members of the hearing impaired
community and offered sign lan
guage courses.
Two years ago, after several
years of dormancy, the Deaf Club
was reactivated by Margaret Tau,
Community Services Chairperson
for Hayfield Grange. The group of
40 members changed its name to
“Hand Talk Club,” and now meets
monthly at either the Saegertown
United Methodist Church or at the
Hayfield Grange Hall. Joyce Han
nold, a member of the hearing
impaired community, sends out
post cards to notify members of
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meeting dates. The only criterea
for membership is interest; the
club, whose main purpose is
socialization, is open to both the
hearing and the hearing impaired.
One family that regularly
attends meetings of the Hand Talk
Club is the Murphys of Conneau
tville. Joe and Peggy Murphy have
four sons; two are hearing and two
are deaf. Joe is a carpenter who
enjoys raising 15 to 25 head of
Hereford-Angus cattle in his spare
time. The Murphys moved from
Bucks County to their 64 acre farm
in 1976. At that time, Joe hoped to
make his living raising cattle, but
now realizes that his operation
would need to be a lot bigger to
support them. For now, he is con
tent to enjoy raising beef mainly
for his family’s use.
The Murphy boys help with the
farm chores, but the younger ones
“can’t reach the pedals on the trac
tor yet” Murphy spoke of his old
est son Joey, 23, and 11 year old
David who are both hearing
impaired. Joey is very talented at
fixing things. Said Murphy, “He
can see what needs to be done...he
can see the way things work.” He
ALL
describes David as “a go-getter.”
David recently knocked at 84
houses to collect pledges for a ride
a-thon for St. Jude’s Hospital
sponsored by Northwestern
Elementary School in Albion
where he attends. David rode 26
miles in the contest and won first
prize-a 10-spced bike.
The Muiphys all enjoy the fel
lowship they find in the Hand Talk
Club and describe Hayfield
Grange Community Service
Chairperson Margaret Tau as the
“backbone of the organization.”
According to Murphy, Mrs. Tau is
the one that keeps things going.
Under her leadership, the Hayfield
Grange asked the State Grange
Deaf Activities Committee for
funds to purchase a television, vid
eocassette recorder and a close
caption decoder in order to purch
ase the equipment for the Hand
Talk Club to enjoy movies. Funds
are sent to the State Committee by
Subordinate and Pomona Granges
and the State Committee then con
siders requests from different
Granges throughout the state.
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