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WiE,DN'ESDAY, MAY 4th, 1960
CHILDREN AND HOME, ACCIDENTS
May . !sill the, occasion when the On
',Urio ,Safety. League focuses 'special'..atten-
tion ` : on ° child safety, . for the control " of
accidents has ' lagged ` so far' behind. 'the
control of disease that things. mechanical
have su perceded the, germ ' as ' our most
serious evironmental hazard to children
from (to to: ,14 xr
"While' motor vehicles, suffocation and
drowningw head the list of :`killers," fire,'
falls,. poisoningand fire arms take their
toll,too.
., t
lfatalities' result,
The '� figures for- child
ing.from home accidents are are 9uite startling.
Last; year 500 Canadian children , lost their
lives from. injuries ; suffered in their '•own
homes. For every 'one ,who died, four were
eruanently injured.
' Accident' prevention : authorities have
list d preCautions ''recommended' to avoid
tthe child . accidents. in the,.' hone While
.aa+
e s •t'�'e • igila `ce which patents as,
it ,coxes nt h vg n • .,:
rcheck-
ing
a iilo .observe,; the � list seems worth:h ck-
.
ing over..• I,t• reads • ;
I ever. '::leave a child , alone . in .'. the
house.
Keep the cedar ';chest
locked a
the key, out of sight.
3 Don't let the children play ` with
plastic bags which can cause e ` suf-
f ocation
4
insecticide Slog #nedvcrnes, insecticide
ing compounds' out of. reach en top
shelve3 .ov locked in ' cupboards.
5..Train children not to play %with
electric cords : or . sockets or "'sharp'
household Utensils., '
6. Put matches and cigarette lighters
out of. reach. /
7. Keep cooking pots away ,from; the
edge, of the range and turn' the.
handles to the centre.
8. A ,gate , at the top of the stairs ;can
prevent "tumbles.
Do . not wax uncarpeted stairs and
• 'keep scatter rugs. away ' from the
.top of stairs.
JUST TO BE UNDERSTOOD
With the 'decline ; in the incidence of
polio since the discovery of the 'Salk vac- :
cine, cerebral palsy has become the . larg-
est single type .:of crippling ` disability 'af-
fecting Canadian children. Unlike : polio
cerebral palsy cannot be',prevented by in
neculation. Cerebral palsy is damage affect-
ing that : area ` 'of the brain .. controlling
movement of the limbs. .Speech, vision and,
hearing may also be ` affected. In . •most
cases intelligence, is not affected.
The cerebral palsied child and '"his
parentsfi cannot look for • preventive mea-
sures ori' cures or even much physical•
improvement, in severe cases. They can
expect marked ' improvement if treatment -
facilities • and educatioa are available early
enough after medical diagnosis of the con-
dition. ' Equally important is public under-
standing of; cerebral palsy.
Many people can learn to live with a
handicap:. It is so much easierif friends,.
, associates and even strangers treat you as
they, would any other ,person. The cerebral
• palsied person does not want sympathy, or
to be pampered, ; or to be ignored. He
wants to be like ,,other people, as much as
he can.. He wants to work, as .much. ' as . he
can. ' He wants to achieve, as much as he
can.'
To create better understanding of
cerebral palsy, the week of May 1-7has
been declared Cerebral Palsy Week in
OIJGH *THE SENTINEL. s' FILES
Thirty Years Ago
Lucknow• Intermediates : de
feated• Kincardine 5,3 and Play-
ed •a 9Q -minute gam with' Wing -
ham. - after-
minutes; •ov erta-
lineup: was: Igoal, .Bead; . def,,
Wilson, M. Henderson„ • centre,'
C. Thompson., wings, Fisher, W. -
Henderson:;;, ,alt,,, Agneyx,, A.
Tit' ,Mtnpoen, Collyer . " •
rs. D, R. Macintosh, 'a long
time resident . of • Lucknow, died
at Southampton,
THE ,FAMILY' CAR r • Forty, , Years Ago.
(Canadian. Trust Bulletin), ` t CuVt and • Logan bought the',
In most Canadian homes there is an j' Bagholder `=building . , near the
could'- be/described' a station. and converted it to a
automobile ..which.. , , as, i
a
the ft - car. While the father normally' flax".mill.
h miy
es *and, drives the car, it is f re-' The: Graham . family .• of Luck,
owns, incur n ,
#amil andJames Graham, ,had been fatahy'
y probably in some instances by
friends. It most important, therefore, .,
that' the owner of a, car. and ;his family.
should. be aware' 'of the effect of a recent:.
judgment in the Supreme Court of Ontario.
In this particular case the automobile
concerned had, been owned by a;' woman
who, during her lifetime, carried : liability
insurance. Following' her death 'a daughter;,
`who was executrix, of,' the estate; permitted
Unf ort natel the
a :friend ; to drive the car.. u y h
friend was' involved 'in a, serious accident.
When lawsuit f ll ' d , it was
quently , used by other members .,of . , the
-Ontario.
There is no campaign for funds: The
purpose of • the week ,is purely educational,
aimed at focusing attention on the fact that'
' a
the victims of • tht` s diseasere physically
handicapped. They do not wish sympathy,
just to ,be understood:
sui o owe as
sumed ,that,_in the event of; the driver and
the 'estate being found I ble,,'the . insurance
company would pay the claim. As it turned
out, however, the company refused pay -
menta ' It contended that the :-contract , for
insurance, 'so far as it was a contract of
q,,
indemnity against third . partykliability, was
a` personal: contract . between thedeceased
and the company and `terminated' on the
death of the named insured. This conten-
tion
e C u.t,.. with ` the' re:
was up ld by the our vin h ,,
salt that the ' estate. and , the driver are now
liablefor'afull`clairn amounting to $^31,492. -
This judgment has very serious impli-
cations -It means liability insurance on the
family car . automaticallyceases on the..
death' of the own This would appear.to
be ` 'the case;'' even:r if the car were being
driven by a wife ' or child who had been
normally in the, habit of driving
It. is imperative, therefore, that Trust
officers and others concerned witk,the
administration of estates contact the in-
surance agent upon the ``death of ` the
owner : of an . automobile. He is the person
qualified ' to, assist in taking whatever steps
maybe necessary to make certain that glia
bility': insurance is maintained until . the car
is transferred to the .new owner.'It would
be most . unwise to permit the '.scar' 'to be
used for any purpose whatsoever until this
;step has been taken.
' It would be. impractical -to -attempt attempt to
manage='the nations business as :if it were
that of a small town. Still, : there is some-
thing .;to be ,said, for getting more of the
,small-town ''point of view into national af-
fairs. If members of parliament Were as
careful to .question, government estimates
of expenditure as,' ;;'they would question
estimates for local paving;' contracts, some
government economies might:be' the result.:
e
Daylight Saving . Time goes into gen-
eral •effect ' on Sunday.` ,`It is a
controversial
question, and one which its opponents,-`'
predominantly farm folk, ate so ` far al-
ways on the losing end. There appears
likely to be more' uniformity in the period
of its observance ' this year. There has
r been the suggestion almost a demand—
that the government do something about
it. Exceptin time of emergency we have
never feltµ that they would, or should, leg-
islate a solution because of the circumstan-
+ccs whichcause individuals, towns and
cities to adopt the time observance to their
liking or best interests.
now .learned that their nephew,
injured when crushed . between
two ,railway" cars.
The, Village Council'by accla-
mation ,Vas comprised of Reeve
Robert Johnston ; and Councillors
Wm. Murdie,'G. H. Smith, R. H.
Thompson, W. E. Henderson,
Highlight •. ,of,. ' the nomination
meeting was the Stewart. Electric
h .. a been a
Light plant, whanc . had
municipal "hot potato," :: until
final disposition of the • matter,
•preceding >the', advent of:hydro.
Mrs. Moorehouse Mitchell be-
came the . first. lady .memiber of
the;; School ,Board. Ot er •; trustees
were D. R. •lVrclnt'osh, ` R. D.Cam-
eron, G. A. ewton, J. A. Glen
nae �W. E. Treleaven:
Jose Hackett, ': ' succeeded
Morgan Dalton': as' reeve of Ash
field, •
T. d. W : Smith purchased ' the
McGarry Hotel .property.
Kinloss . Council by ballot :was,
Reeve Henry Mothers and Cozen
cillors, J. W. t Colwell;' 'Mac Ross,
Ernest., Ackert,: George' .Fe tiris...
Fifty Years • Ago
• A. D. Mackenzie, 'publisher .of
the Teeswater News, 'purchased
The Sentinel From,• J, L. Naylor,
who had operated the paper for,
year ate; a half.
The .1.910 council was, compris.
ed of Reeve John' Joynt and
Councillors Moorehouse Mitch. •
e}l,
D. N, ' Lawrence,., A. 1Vh
Spence and George ,Douglas.
An. organ recital was held in
the Methodist Church, following
the installation of the . new or
-
At' ' •
At. the annual meeting of • the
Presbyterian. Church, a success-
ful year was reported with
$3,725.01 • raised for, . all purpos-
,es and 375 members • on the roll,.
John Odium ,a resident of
Lucknow for over 40 'years died
at the.age of .87 at, the home of
• his : son, Dr. John Odlum of
Woodstock. •
George Potter and family left
Lucknow' for North Dakota. Mr,
Potter has for, a'' long time been
employed at- Ale`x Ross' • harness
:shop;
'A ''call was_extended 'to Rey..
D, T: L. ' McKerroll' of Lucknow
Presbyterian .Church 'church
become'
astor. of Victoria Church in
P
Toronto at :the stipend'Rof $2,400,
Mr and Mrs. David. Stroud,
Con. 13, ;,E slifield, observed their
50th wedding anniversary.
Reg 'Barrett . returned to the
Villatige . and opened a harness'
shop. .
` Committees were' set up for
the;,' Old.: Boys' • and.Girls' re-
unions: Conveners of these com
mittees •' were: reception, John
Joynt'; transportation, M. Mit-
chell; finance, T. S. Reid; enter-
•taimnent, R. D. Cameron; acco-
^modation,. ' Dr.: Speacei decora-
tions,
ecora-
ti'ons,, W. J. Taylor; advertising, ., .
J. -E,. Agnew; 'sports, D. R. Mc -
:Sunday' service, D. C.
•Rev. -Father Corcoran conclu-
ded "a 33 -year ministry in the'
parish • of '',Teeswater, Holyrood',
and Riversdale, and returned.to
Ireland • ; to the parish in which.
he: was.. ordained:
•
Bella: ",Don't tryto eat one of
.:.,
Diane's cookies. They're as hard
as iron,"
Peter: "Oh, I guess that's why:
she kept saying, `Talo your pick'
as she,. passed thein around;"
STUDY', ARITHMETIC .AT
FEDERATION. MEETING
The . second. :in Service `Train-
ing Conference sponsored by the
Bruce Association of `° the Fede.
rated Women Teachers' :of. On-
tario,• was held in the ?Chesley
Pplic School, Saturday:' 'An' .in
vitation,' to attend this confer-
ence had been extended to the
members of the Men Teachers'
Federation:
The topic for study was Arith-
metic, particularly Problem Sol-
ving. The lectur..er' was. Mr:: J. L.
Bowers of ' ; Stratford Teachers'
College. In his opening re ar
he expressed surprise at the
large number in attend: He
went qri to say that it spoke •we11
for, . the interest the teachers had
M their .work and the 'welfare
of their pupils, that So many
gave up •a Saturday 'to come to-
gether for • study:
ENGAGEMENTS
Mr., and 'Mrs. John Swan of.
Bervie announce the .engagement
of their . daughter, Betty Pearl,
to Ivan Gerald Cook, son of "
Mr. and°Mrs. Peter, Cook' of,E R:
3 Lucknow. The wedding to take
place on' May 21st ' at 3 o'clock
in Bervie United .Church.
•
APRIL: COOL AND .DAMP'
GROWTH WAS '• SLOW
Official records for the month
of.: April confirm what is' gene-,
'rally .known? The month was
cooler than usual, ' and ,datnp,
although. rainfall was not •ex-
c sive. Growth ' was very :slow •
and seeding has been badly de
layed..' "
High ' for the Month . was an
abnormal 80 degrees, with a
hard -freezing low of 23. Snowfall •
totalled 2 inches & rainfall was
• FolIowi 2.9 Finches. •
Following • his ''very- excellent`.
lecture the • teachers , divided into
groups for 'a discussion '.period.
The ' leaders for these •.+groups
were Mr. Elmer Thompson, Kin-
cardine; Mrs. Lloyd . Jasper, Car-
rick;, Miss Helen 'Thompson of,
Lucknow; Miss Eleanor Lochead
of Chesley.
Those in attendance from'
Lucknow were. Miss ituby Webb,
Miss Helen Thompson, Mrs. Don
Thompson, Mrs. Norman Taylor,
Mrs. •Lorne Johnstone „and. Mrs.
Lloyd Mall, Kinloss Teachers at-
tending were Mrs. Donald • Mac-
Intyre, Mrs. Isabel Martyn and
Mrs. Orville Elliott,
Don't underrate your ' competitor,, nor Teeswater Lady Passes
overrate your skill. The death Of Mrs. A. H4 Mac-
' Tavish occurred alt her home in
A. man neverh ,that he' : can heart attack
gets so ,nc Teeswater from a
afford to lose a friend: on Sunday morning, April 24th.
Men who make big money ' are careful
with their small change.;
Sale' was 'n her 52nd year, She
is survived by her husband, a'
Teswater barrister, , and two sons
Allan and Donald. ,
BORN
1VIORiAN--yin St. Joseph 'Hospital,
London, on Tuesday, April 26th,
.1960,' to Mr. and '.Mrs. Wilmer '
Moran, a daughter, Donna Jean.
BLAKE — At Wingham General,
Hospital, on Thursday, April 21,.:
1960, to Mr. and Mrs: Keith W,,
Blake, R.R. '7, Luck'noW, a
daughter.
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