HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1967-02-23, Page 5Children’s Aid Society
Commended for Work
Statistics show that the Hur
on County Children’s Aid Soc
iety is’ fulfilling the new ap
proach to such warik — that of
getting into troubled homes in
time ,tp render assistance and
prevent thpse* homes from
breaking up.
This was pointed out to about
225 persons who attended the
annual meeting of the CAS in
&EXeter, Thursday,’ February 9,
by Miss Betty C. Graham, di
rector of child welfare tar the
department of public welfare.
Comparing the I960 figures
with those ip 1966, Miss Gra
ham noted that they indicated
that the CAS staff are getting
to families earlier in order to
prevent breakdown before it oc-.
curs and avoid the removal of
the children from their homes.
In 1960, service was given to
some 64 families involving 243
children ’ ip their own homes,
while in 1966, there were a total
of 181 families with 547 cliild-
ren.
, Also in • comparison, ,22,000
days of care were given to 110
children in I960, while last year
just over 6,000 days of care
were provided to some 104
children,
“In other wards, the. children
.'who were admitted were more
quickly restored to' theiiir parents
— 32\ as contrasted witlr 17 in
1960 — or were placed on adop
tion more rapidly,” Miss Gra
ham stated. \
Miss Graham reviewed prog
ress of the past year under the
new Child Welfare Act, noting
that under" it the province had
assumed complete costs pf care
for children and Unmarried1 par
ents and shared costs in all
other fields. (In 1966 there were
35 unmarried mothers
service in Huron.)
Lauds Staff
Paying -tribute to the Huron
CAS Board and Staff, Miss Gra
ham noted remarks from her
staff were consistently favour
able, containing such statements
as: “this, is a kindly; practical,
service”, “records indicate a
warm, friendly, supportive re
lationship with families”, ;<a
helpful, sensitive and realistic
approach' to their problems”.,.
“All these are most commend
able comments,” she concluded,
adding that the Society had
clearly benefitted from the “re-
markably close relationship
with your county council”.
Miss Graham advised the
group that in 1966 the 53 Chil
dren’s Aid Societies in Ontario
completed adoptions for 6,543
children, the greatest number
ever. (Fifty adoptions were
completed in Huron.)
She touched on the future by
saying the trend is to emphasoz-
ing family work and counselling,
to developing supportive com
munity services, the imaginative
use of volunteers and of other
potential resources wherever
possible.
The group was told that
homemakers, budgeting and
marital counselling, even day
care or group sessions for ado-
lescents; or, family life educa?
tion series for parents are being
tried out in some quarters.
She urged 'the .CAS to keep
the challenge of social work as
a career in front of young peo
ple.
Concluding her speech she re
marked: “With increased staff
and with more training oppor
tunities available, we are con
fident that your Society will
continue to provide a direct
service to a sazealble number of
the citizens of Huron, and with
the continuing calibre of lead
ership in 'both board.. Af di
rectors and county personnel
the future looiks particularly
promising for the level of ser
vice
fare
in
in
an
the? field of child wel-
this community.”
Pick State
election of officers, theIn
slate as proposed by the nom
inating committee was approv
ed,.
Ivan Haskins, Gorrie, is the
new president and Mkjs. Howard
Klumpp, Dashwood, is . vice-pre
sident." ■■ -/_____________ _
Two Injured
Near CFB
On Weekend
‘ Two pedestrians are in hos
pital as a result of an accident
early Saturday morning on the
Tuckersmith Township road
yvhich runs from Highway 4 to
the main gate at Canadian
Forces Base Clinton. .
Joan Lobb, 17, Clinton and
Aircraftsman Melvin Ulrich,- 20,
CEB Clinton were walking west
arid, were struck by a car also
proceeding west. The driver was
59ryear old ^Walter Quantrall,
54 Mill Street,; Clinton,' aj civil
ian employee at the base.
.Miss Lobb is reported in fair
condition ip Clinton Public
Hospital. Ulrich is lited as in
poor condition in Westminster
Hospital" in London. Quantrell
Was uninjured. . ■ ‘
Goderich detachment of , the
Ontario Provincial Police in
vestigated.
given
Mr., Mrs. Bill Cochrane Thurt., Fob; 23; 1967—Clinton News-Record—*Fage 5
65 Years Married
Urges BCG Vaccinations
At the1' Canadian Tuberculo
sis Association, they are getting
tired of reading that the Assoc
iation is against BCG, the vac
cine which gives about 80 per
cent protection against
culosis. It ’just’ is not' so.
Dr. C. W. L. Jeanes,
tuber
. .. . - ----------, execu
tive secretary of the CTA,
states that for years and years
the Association has urged BCG
vaccinations for all tuberculin
negative hospital staff, nurses in
training, medical students, teen-
’agers and members of house
holds .where there is a person
with a'ctive tuberculosis.
This adds up to some millions
of Canadians for whom vaccina
tion is recommended, who have
not been. vaccinated.
And why? Because they do
not want to be vaccinated and
this is a free country.
, Quite a range of infectious
diseases I have been virtually
wiped out in Canada by immun
ization ----immunization of in
fants whose cries of protest
were heard but not heeded.
If the same attitude could be
adopted with teenagers and they
could all be marched along for
immunization there is no doubt
that the incidence of tubercu- losis would drop sharply fen the
next few years.
Since BCG provides 8Q per
cent protection it ils reasonable
to ask why the Canadian TB
Association and its affiliates are
not conducting an all-out cam
paign to get all the tuberculin
negative men, women and child
ren in this country vaccinated
with it. (Those who have been
infected and react to the test
have as m uch protectionas dan
be achieved.) =
Some idea of what is involved
may be estimated by anyone
who .will take the trouble of
asking 100 people met at bridge,
the office, clubs, curling, bowl
ing'or in buses, trains,or planets,
if they have been vaccinated
FIRST COLUMN
(LUCY R. WOODS)
It’s spring indoors at “The Hut”. **
In the dead of Winter. with the thermometer outside
hovering pear zero, callers enter the siun room and immediately
sniff the atmosphere.
There it is — the odour of hyacinths in the garden on a
sunshiny day in late April or May! This is only February!
Snow and ice cover the ground. Where are they? There are
no blooms in the sun .room.
No, welcome visitor, but as you comie through the French
door, their sweet, scent rising from a little flower bed of pots
on the floor is almost overpowering. . ,
A pot of red hyacinths (described as secuiat) graces the
table. Why are the pink, blue,, yellow and white ones on the
floor? For the simple reason that the wide window sills are
all filled up with geraniums, arid 'mums which Carl is winter-
ting for Lucy, and on the picture, window sill sit his pots ol\
African violets. So the floor in' front of the closed French door
is the only suitable spat left for ,the flowering 'bulbs to re
ceive light. After all they burst through the earth and flower
at that level in the garden. > ' .. .
Blooming with them is a pot of miniature daffodils com
monly known as a Lent lily, aiid Lucy is watching for the buds
of‘another miniature which so far have not appeared. It all
brings spring closer and Lucy enjoys them more at close range
at this time than later in the garden.
Thunder in the winter is said to mean, cold weather and
we have been having it, certainly, with the thermometer
jumping down to zero and below it. Occasionally, d|t shoots up
to the high 40’s just to encourage residents in this vicinity to
look forward to spring. '
Over, forty years ago, a farm woman told Lucy, “Thunder
in January means an early spring?’ Anc| in February .she re-' '
ported'that the hens .were clucking. The latter sign will, be
seen infrequently today, as the poor old would-be mother hen
has fallen prey to modern streamlining. All she’ is allowed to
do is produce. A horrible thought has just struck Lucy —
in future years will mankind be raised on the same mass pro
duction system? Will parents no longer be allowed 'the joy and
happiness and, .yes, privilege, of raising'a God-fearing family?
Will those in control of the bipth .rate, allow only so many of
this type, that type, this class "and that class to survive?
Will the peoples of the earth be reduced' to fit the food
supply," not by war or plague, but' by the starvation and sup
pression of natural instincts? Maybe landing on the moon
i will be a way of escape for those who abhor the modern trend
( towards robot control and mechanical influence in the life of
‘ mankind on earth. Think about it, gentle reader. Perhaps it
would be well to enquire about reservations to the moon how,
to avoid the rush!
There are those who long for the warm resorts of the
southern climate. Even a holiday of two weeks in Florida
smacks of Utopia to some persons. And. Lucy must confess
that she has had dreams of living in the Barbados where the
climate is warm and the temperature never varies more than
io degrees. However she often wondered why people wished
to live in the south all the time.
v Walking through a swamp after rain and inhaling the
pungent odours — later walking beneath snow-laden hemlock
and cedar trees with only a small skittering of snow covering
the crackling needles underfoot — what could be more en
joyable than this?
Lucy asked herself that question many a time. But now
that her joints are a barometer for storms all over the North
American continent, she knows the answer.
Bayfield is very dear to many who have discovered its
beauties' as well as to natives like Lucy. On Friday guests in
the village walked down to Pioneer Park — they had a mis
hap on their way when their feet went from under them on
the icy surface! Forinnately, ho bones were broken in their
unceremonious descent th earth, so having scrambled up again,
they continued their walk. And despite the Fahrenheit reading,
they sat on a bench in the, sunshine and enjoyed, the Ww of
the lake as much as in the summer. The east wind had blown,
the ice out to the horizon and1 there was a wide expanse of
blue water. With little or no wind, they reported it delightful
and the air balmy. v
Over forty years ago, the caption for village hews, from
June — September read: “Beautiful, Breezy Bayfield”. Under
neath a scene of the crowded bathing bmch . portrayed its
popularity. That descriptive heading for the Bayfield column
could apply all the year around with views to suit the seasons.
(Continued from page one) •
months to draw attention to
the “Hub of Huron County”-.
>ii . * . *
Went over and csat on Edu-
..cation Lane ’last Friday after
noon. We located the little red
car right in front of the Public
School facing the Calvin Chris-/
tian School arid the comer
round which so many high
school kids come between 3:30
and 4 p.m.
There - is congestion. There
would have
Buses came and go. Children
run hither and thither. Normal
traffic passes by; Adult ped
estrians trudge along. There is
the,odd bicycle and. the occa
sional cat or dog.
All in all, though, it was a
fairly orderly parade. Most
children are cautious. Of ap
proaching cars driven by watch
ful operators. A few youngsters
use the road's as a sidiewalk, but
more perch ■themselves atop the
mounds of snow left by the
snowplow along the side of the
street and others trail aimlessly
as kids will along the weil-worri
paths in the Vicinity of the side
walk.
Couldn’t help but feel a few
offenders — perhaps boys and
girts with an extra dash of zip
— are making things difficult
for many. There will always be
this kind. Clinton wouldn’t be a
normal town Without them.* * *
Foi’ anyone going’ to Expo
later this year, a highlight may
be the appearance of Carol
Channing in the musical comedy
“Hello Dolly” which will be the
opening attraction at the Expo
Theatre from May 1 to May 13.
Miss Channing and her com
pany of 72 will tour with 'the
show in . Pittsburgh, Detroit,
Hartford, Connecticut and Ro
chester, New York before in
augurating the 2,000-seat Expo
Theatre.
Sounds good!
* •* ♦'
Congratulations vto the. kids
at Clinton Public School who
collected $102 for the Arena
Fund. Out of the mouths of
babes
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to be.
against “flu”.
If two or more have been, the
questioner has almost certain
ly run into a'medically sophis
ticated group. Yet chances of
contacting “flu” are many times
greater than the danger of con
tacting tuberculosis — as thou
sands of Canadians learn every
year. The usefulness of the vac
cine has been demonstrated.
Like BCG it is not a guarantee
— but is has a high degree of
effectiveness. Is this classified
information being concealed
lest.it be, learned by enemy
agents? From th enumber of
people who go to (their doctors
for “flu” vaccination, one would
think so. Actually, the benefits
of the vaccine have been pub
licized. ■ P , z
The trouble is thait people do
not like being vaccinated. In
the case of immunizing child
ren-this does not hinder the op--
eration because infant’s consent
is -not asked.
It happens, however, that
Where the incidence of tubercul
osis is low the best time for
BCG vaccination is not infancy
but the’ teens. This is not only
the opinion of the Canadian Tu-
berciilosis’ Association; it is al
so the view of the World Health
Organization.
Very few Canadian commun
ities have undertaken a program
to get high school students vac
cinated. Where the effort is pre
ceded by a sound educational
campaign, the program works.
Tunw
PERSONALS
Miss Lynda MacDonald, RNA,
Victoria Hospital, London, spent
Tuesday and Wednesday with
her mother, Mrs. Ron MacDon
ald, East, Street.
Mr. and Mrs. A. “Red” Garon
are vacationing in Florida and
the Southern States.
SWIFT'S
i. ‘Mr, .and Mrs. William G.
Cochrane, 115 Mary .Street,
Clinton, celebrated 65 years of
married life on Saturday, Feb
ruary 18.
They, are both in. reasonably
good health and quite spry for
their age, Mrs. Cochrane docs
all her own housework and en
joys visits from her great
grandchildren and also from
neighbours and friends. She is
still an enthusiastic reader and
customer of the local library.
Mr. Cochrane has not been
out much this winter. He says
the sidewalks and streets are a
little treacherous, He spent six
weeks in hospital this winter
and is looking forward to the
spring weather.
Mr. and Mrs. Cochrane sire
quite happy aver receiving rec
ognition on their 65th anniver
sary from Queen Elizabeth in
the form of a telegram. Con
gratulations were also received
from Prime Minister Lester B.
Pearson: John G. Diefenbaker,
leader of the opposition; Prem
ier John Robants of Ontario and
Huron’s provincial member of
parliament the tHon.. Charles
MacNaughton, provincial trea
surer.
The Cochrane neighbours pre
sented them with a thermal
blanket and the ladies of First
Baptist' Church sent a huge
basket
cards and greetings were re
ceived
fives.
Mr.
most Qintonians. was born in
Hullett Township, son of the
late George • Cochrane and
Louise Jones. Mrs. Cochrane,
of fruit, Numerous
from friends and rela-
CodhrLne or ‘TBiU” to
the former Mary Elizabeth
Carter, is, a daughter of the late
Isaac Carter and Sarah Jane
Bell. She was born in Haldi-
mand County but came to Clin
ton when ten years old.
They were married by the
late Rev, J, C. Dunlop, the Bap
tist minister here) at the home
of the late Mr. and Mirs. Fredof the late Mr. and Mrs.
Mutch.
Thrpughout their Jives
Mr, and Mrs. Cochrane
been staunch Baptists,
Mrs, Cochrane still .
about “Bill” getting has
and both ears froze on the
morning of .their wedding. They
spent a three-day honeymoon at
the home of friends in Strat
ford, travelling by train. •
Mr. Cochrane claims that we
haven’t had snow in the past
25 years like they,had 65 years
ago. He recalls when the factory
Workers in Clinton had to go
out in winter and shovel out the
railway tracks.
“Bill” first worked at the old
Clinton Threshing Company on
King Street where the new post"
office is now situated. He re
calls very vivid happenings
during the big fire there in
1908 when the- thresher com
pany and many adjoining build
ings were burneid down. Mir.
Cochrane worked one summed’
in Victoria, B.C., then, returned
to work at the Doherty piano
factory, then at the. Jackson
clothing factory, back to
Doherty’s and for 28 years was
'employed with Clinton Public
Utilities until he retired.
Mr. ‘Cochrane reminisced a-
bout some of the prices when
he got married1. Hiis wedding
both
have
jokes
noise
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wages at that time were only
$1.00 or $1.10 a. day. He claims
money went as far as pur bag
wages of today.
The (Cochrane family con
sists of a son, Harry, on Mary
Street and Donna (Mrs. • W,
Aikenhead). They have . four
grandchildren, Sherry Cochrane,
a teacher at CHSS, find Allan
Cochrane, presently attending
A'lthouse College of Education,
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Stratford, the former Faye
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Sue Aikenhead1, and Cindy
Dawn and Kevin Clay.
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