Clinton News-Record, 1964-12-24, Page 10Adastral Players Perform
The Adastral Playerk theatre group recently presented the production',"The
Princess Who Wanted The Moon" for the Tuckersmith Township" Area .Scholl
Board and Teachers' annual dinner at -the Dominion Hotel. The players also
performed at the Dec. 16 RCAF Station Clinton Children's Christmas Party
held in the Recreation Centre. In the scene above, James Marcell plays the role
of the jester; Gregg Bush plays the part of the king. ' (RCAF Photo)
Explorers Entertain
Parents At Varna
The leaders of the Explorers
Group entertained the members
and their mothers to a Chris.t-
Inas party in the church base-
anent this past Wednesday eve-
ning.
The basement was decorated
in keeping with Christmas,. A
short program was followed by
three films, after which Santa
Claus arrived and .distributed
gifts to OIL To end the evening,
22 persons sat clown to refresh-
ments served by the leaders:
Mrs. A. Mustard, Mrs. Roy El-
liott and Mrs. W. Clarke.
and the wealthy tax collector
Matthew were cherished in His
eyes.
Third—Service at cost. Here
pelitaps our Co-Operatives have
deviated from principle in that
patronage dividends have been
stressed rather strongly, yet
OUP . one Agriculture Co-Opera-
tive, that adheres. strictly to
principle, handles a larger per-
centage of the product market-
ed than any other farm Co-
Operative.
So much. for Co-Operatives.
What about the individual far-
mer?
I was very much interested in
a program "Point of View", a
few weeks 'ago. The panel of
three younger farmerS all
agreed that farm income was
n.ot good enough; they all a-
greed that more capital and
maximum efficiency must he
used; -they all 'agreed that they
were unwilling to accept pro-
duction control in order to im-
prove their financial position as.
long as there are people in the
world who are hungry. Surely
people of this kind have our
Master's blessing!
Should all of us read again
the words of Jesus to the clever
young lawyer--"Go Thou and
•do likewise . • . and be free"'
WISHING YOU HOLIDAY CHEW
WETTLAUFER'S FEED MILL
'ersmat..
At this Christmas Season
our minds turn to fundament-
als. . On the surface there is
a great deal of paint and tin-
sel, but underneath there is the
abiding comfort of 'the Child
and a Manger.
What have we chosen? What
do we love? What is our goal?
Has our will to win It been
sufficient. to make us free?
These are - questions that we
must answer both individually
and collectively. The Child of
the Manger grew to manhood
and showed us the way. I won-
der how well we have followed
His example? -
It has been said that Co-
Operatives are religion 'in ac-
tion. fe et us compare the prin-
ciples of Co-Operatives.
First • — Open membership.
There a r e no regulations
against race, creed, colour or
nationality to restrict member-
ship 'in a Co-Operative. Some
like to say that membership is
restricted in that a beef pro-
ducer cannot be a member of
the Beekeepers Co-Oprative and
vice versa but it can be. I know
a farmer who keeps both cattle
and bees and is quite active in
both areas.
Second One member one
vote. Basically this principle
places the value on the person
rather than on. _money. Our
Master made no distinction be-
tween the rich and the poor.
Both the poor fisherman, Peter,
A Reniindei—A Minimum wage of $1.00
an hour is being introduced by stages for
both men and women workers throughout
Ontario.
The next stage in this progression occurs
on December 28,1'964, when the follow-
ing Minimum Wage rates will be
effective.
ZONE 1—Southern Ontario and Major
Northern Ontario Cities: Men--$1.00 per
hour, Women—.95 per hour, Construction
continues at $1.25 per hour.
ZONE 2—Northern Ontario, except Major
Cities: Men—.90 per hour, Women—.90
per hour, Construction continues at $1.15
per hour.
"ottow
Included In
ZONE 1, RATES
North E,3.ey
Sudbury
Tint:146a
Sault Ste Marie
Port Arthur
Ft: William •
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ONTARIO
— County Bouhderies
Zone Boundaries
NM OSHAWA-TORONTO-
HAMILTON ZONE
easara Falls
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ONTARIO 1.)EPARTNIENT OF LABOUR
HON, 1-L L,, ROVVNTriEe, Minister of Labour
Fol fufthei'Mformatio mita to:
Labour Standards Oranoh, 74 Victoria StreetTOronto .Varna. feed .1411
J. 14. F. Breeze
481-9219
A Mat,ter of
Principle
(By J. CARL 'HEMINGWAY)
Since what we choose is what we are
And what we love we yet shall be,
The goal may ever shine afar,
The will to win it makes us free.
Win. DeWitt Hyde.
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Season's
best to youi
CLAYT. DIXON'S
Auto Supply
• we sincerely thank you
for your patronage. May the
holidays be most happy for you.
PAINTERS and DECORATORS
33 Huron Street — CLINTON — Phone 482-9542
MI the best Wishes to Our good friends.
FRED I HUD
and STAFF
Add Stars And Stir
.04.4111,511 Oregart. of
tomato
Crean). of'asparagus soup with
Ocese stars: for: a holiday sure
prisecut vatione sized stars.'
f4,*Qan thin slices of cheese
Boat them PA:the .49-up just he-
ore setvipg.. '..Cbtldren wtil rove
.soup -sep.r0 thts way.
Farmers' Week '65
Planned At OAC
February 2246
ralIners frOm across ,Ontario.
Will have An opportunity to
:from the: latest infornea.,
ton : -ort. .solls, :crops and rive
Stock "Farmer's 'Week
46$"-, sponswed by the ,Onte.rio.
Agricultural Oo lewge, Guelph,
February 22A throagia. to the
26th, 1.965.
Five special days have been
arranged to deal with the fele'
lowing; Crops, Monday 22nd
:Soils, 23rd; . 24th,
Swine, 25tit; and ::Beef Cattle,
Farmers will hear :4-Ys-
oussions :on such • suhpets 1s
Doub'lin'g Crop 'Yields., Recent
Trends in Feeding Dairy Cat-.
tie, Live Animal :valuation. for.
SWine and Profits. in BeefEnt-
erprises. All material present-
ed will be timely and helpful
to farmers,
Topics will .. be covered In ,
considerable depth, with the
speakers draWing on the most
recent research results and in-
terpreting them to fit' into ad-
vanced farm programs.-
. Sessions will be held in War:
Memorial Han 'between 10:00
a.m. .end 4:00 each day.
Farmers may attend one or
more of the daily sessions ac-
cording to their particular int-
erests. Detailed information on
the program for each day can
be obtainedlrom .totrnty offices
of the Ontario Department of
Agriculture
Punch Glass Dip
Frosty punch glasses or sher-
bet.dishes lend a festive air to
your holiday entertaining. Sim-
Ply dip the eines of your glass-
es. into slightly beaten egg
white and then in finely granu-
'gated sugar. Allow to dry to a
frosty sparkle.
One :Morning recently IWO-,
Man made a Pantie telephone'
• ".1YrY child just ate some
rat Poison", She waded, "I
.can't reach my doctor and
was: (going tO. give Karen a, dose
of Olive oil, but a neighbour
told me to call yon Met." In
the next few seconds the Poison
Control. Centre gave the mother
first-aid advice which probably
saved her child's
"Don't glyeelpren
she Waszfirinly instructed. "Give
her some water, hold her in
your lap in a spanking poSition
and piece your finger at the
back of her 'throat to make her
vomit, then -take -her to the
hospital immediately". Within
a few minutes, .Karen, regurgit-
ated most of the poison, and
after further treatment, she.
was a little worse for her ex-
perience.
This could have been your
You would need help also. Re-
cently a .national survey made
by the American Academy of
Pediatrics revealed a startling
fact. Pediatricians reported that
accidental poisoning was the.
most common medical emerg-
ency among their young pa-
tents,
, One Each Week
According to recent Canadian
statistics, every Week one per-
son dies accidently by swallow-.
ing some poison at home. Most
are children of 4 years and
under.
• As those familiar With child
growth and development know,-
this is the runabout, explering,
hand-to-mouth stage, when ac-
tivity is intense curiosity is in-
satiable and experience and ede
ucation are practically non-ex-
istent. Children, it seems, are
like vacuum cleaners when it
comes to. picking up and eating
anything in sight.
Poisonings can happen at any
age but 'they are mostly con-
centrated in ages 1, 2 and 3
with peak concentration around
age 2, Over four-fifths of child-
hood poisonings occur during
these 3 years. Prior to age 1
and past age 4, the incidence is.
exceedingly low.
Many New Brands
Today, store shelves in family
shopping centres offer an ever-
increasing variety of cosmetics,
medicine's, detergents, cleaning,
polishing and deodorizing a-
gents — paints and solvents,
fertilizers, pesticides, weed kill-
ers and numerous other pro-
ducts which are designed to
make life simpler. Not a week
goes by without the addition et
some new brand added to the
list of things people are urged
to' try' either on themselves,
their children, home, garden or
hobby.
AB. these products are vaie
uable and harmless when prop-
erly used, but everyone of them
from sali•cylates to the latest
detergent, is a potential poison
if misused, This is emphasized
by- the Ontario Medical Assoc-
iation leaflet — "IF IT IS NOT
FOOD, IT IS POISON".
According to information re-
cently received from the Can-
adian Pediatric Society, there
are •approximately 25,000 toxic
trade name products on the
consumer market. As a result
of this large number of poten-
tial poisons,! various groups
such as our medical associa-
tions, pharmacy associations,
provincial •and local depart-
ments of health and the federal
department of National Health
and Welfare have fostered ed-
ucatiohal pregraritmes and poi-
son control information centres
have been established in hos-
pitals in about 200 communit-
ies across Canada.
Poison Control Centre
The nearest Poison Control
Centre to Clinton is located in
London at Vittoria Hospital,
but persons inernecli'ately con-
cerned with poisoning problems
would be well-advised to con-
Met Clinton Public Hospital for
advice. The chances are good
the hospital has entountered
the particular poisoning agent
before and can advise on What
steps should be taken,
The POilsoning Central Cen-
tre at Victoria Hospital has dal-
formation on many toxic sub-
stances and It maintains a com-
plete cataloguing system with
two types of cards: a preduct
card and a treatment card.
A log iS Maintained of all in-
coming' calls and emergency
first-aid instactiona are given,
The centre IS staffed coritiral-
cushy, 24 'hours a day, and has
a. large library en poisons. This
centre is part of a nation-wide
group, kept constantly up ter
date oh all potential poisons,
through the activity. of the
blood and tirtig Directorate of
the Department of National
Health and Welfare: brie, a
i3olson Control Centre, is net
t*0 to Otife+V tteattas6.4
PolSoningy but it eperettliOri to
PreAdde quiek lielpftil Service in
the folloeving Manner!
The Procedure
1. call is
e'merg'encya
rtroneiivo:dd ,oavnond'
from the product and treatment
file card system,
.2, The information about
the :call is recorded on the form
headed "Telephone Report of
P1)14:1°:,-Po°115.IillefSg'th" ef1)-rpatileDncalt isztabilost:
to the hospital for treatment,
all pertinent details are earee
fully noted on . the ."Report of
Poisoning" form.
4. The same clay, the Board
of Health is notified and a
"Follow up Report of Poison-
ing" is usually completed at the
patient's home by a Public
Health Nurse.
Copies of all reports of
poi's'oning are sent to Ottawa'
for statistical consolidation and
analysis. These Statistics are
used for educational materiel
and to alert physicians' and
Other members of the health
team to the dangers' of ,a par-
ticular product. •
.Invesltigations are always be-
ing conducted to prevent fur-
ther accidents of a similar
nature. For example, cheeks are
alWays being made with man-
ufacturers on the labelling and
packaging of drugs. and house-
hldauoresprodgo on every tah;ysetoprporo_ce-
vide protection for thoSe who
may not be aware of the poten-
tial dangers. ,
- Some Of The Causes
These accidental poisoning's
are usually the result of two
things: first, the innocent swal--
lowing of harmful substances
that were carelessly placed
where a 'child could get them;
and second, 'our ignorance of
'the toxic nature of many mat-
erials in our homes,
• In the next few paragraphs,
we shall review the many ways
in which 'children are innocent-
ly exposed to such dangers. We
shall -then consider how to pre-
vent such_ accidents and what
We ',can do 'to reduce the mor-
tality rate when such accidents
do occur.
Here is the classification of
sibstances involved in accident-
al poisoning% based on a study
of 10,982 cases in Canada:
IYMPX.C,A,TX01\la (largest .grOupl
'55%.
TIOLTS.gHOLP
TIQN$ 31%.
PES'rIt ?IDES 11%.
CIZANDRS,.. .SOLVENTS,.
PAINTS., ETC.10%
cosluTxas
imscm41,,A,m4ous. (plant.s,
gases 5 vapours) 11%
A breakdown of the kind's
medications which have caused
accidental 01,50144p is. shown,
I-D APAOM 7‘44,131.!m$. .(i0
first place) 4,5%
SPATTVT:$ (chiefly sleeping
011,s
and products for the relief
of pain) 13%
COUGH REMEDIES • 4%
"OTITZ13i.: 4TIP3NA.L. ME11.;),..
ICATIONS" (laxatives, tran-
quillizers, .and many pre$entpt,
ion fneelications, etc,) 25%
"EXTERNAL MEDICATIONS"
(ointments, 'liniments, ete,) 13%
The Canadian population con-
sumes hundreds of thousands of
headache tablets annually.
Such tablets are con'sidere'd rel-
atively hernaless and prove to
he a blessing when the, going is
a bit rough, They _are widely
advertised and we regard them
lightly, But according to stalls-
tics teom Pelson. Control Cen-
tres, headache tablets are in
first place in the poisoning of
our children — in fact, every
second drug poisoning is due to
this product. As little - as 12%
grains have been known to
cause death in small infants,
Fortunately, safety caps' on con,
tainers for children's tablets are
now a 'first - step and a partial
remedy to this aspect of the
problem.
Tranquillizers Dangerous
Our so-called "jittery" age
has brought about another bad'
practice, the _taking of .bar-
biturates or eedatives, common,
ly called "sleeping pills". These.
drugs are 'taken either at bed-
time to ensure a good night's
sleep, or during the day by
highstrung ,pattents or hard-
driving business executives with
misbehaving stomachs.
These drugs play an impor-
tant part in medicine when
taken as prescribed, but When
they are lea in reach of child-
ren, just a few of the capsules
or tablets can bring tragic re-
sults, These drugs, take second
place in the poisoning of child-
ren.
Another habit we have ac-
quired is the takingof laxatives
and . cathartics, Theie little
sugar-coated pills are attractive
to the curious child and he will
usually consume the major por-
tion of the bottle - - which can
be dangerotts.
( To Be Continued Next Week)
fage,. 10,,,ctirktein 'News,Rec.90,,,,Muks., :Dec.,. *4, 1904 s 1.,. It's Not Food.
M. 11
It's POISON!
.(Alkor's: Note; The
tntern14#01„ .44914t. pelserlS. J.§
the ttmt of. a, two-p4rt .serfro
0a this prehipm which is. Of
f;r9Willg• .concern to parents
and the moateal• • prefetls.0.4.
Tice rolo4.!.o -tom which this
info' nation burs 14oqtk, 04ot,
led wo.s. prepared by the ,Pact-
4,04.4 rikarrillreellt!ea,1: Assoc,
Utica!, Aearl this. series. The
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