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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1981-11-25, Page 1Brussels Post dip........mmimmini7111.1.121".114111114\0.• ESTAaLisHE o len Parents get story on lice Jack Riley, a resident of Callander Nursing Home in • Brussels will celebrate his 99th birthday on Saturday, November 28. He was born in Hullett Township on November 28, 1882 son of Mr. and Mrs. Short Shots by Evelyn Kennedy How about those floats and other entries for the Santa Claus Parade? You have one week from Saturday to get them ready for the parade on December 5th. The committee in charge are hoping that business people, groups, organizations and individuals will all make an effort to contribute in making the Brussels 1981 Santa Claus Parade the biggest and best ever. Do not disappoint them. *.**** Caravan Clothes, who carry a fashionable line of clothes for the elderly and handicapped, will visit the Callander Nurs- ing Home tomorrow, (November 26). Residents and members of the staff will act as models for the fashion show. foi * • * * The Ottawa Rough Riders did not win the Grey Cup but they did give the Edmonton Eskimos a rough time. It took the highly-rated three time championship team until the last six seconds of the game to win a MUSSELS ONTARIO since 1923 and worked at Aments Lumber Company, for Charles Davidson as a teamster, and then in Thom- pson's orchard for 20 years. He has been a resident of Callander Nursing Home since 1979 and is in reason- ably good health. mere 3-point victory. The underrated Riders, after sports caster, and other so-called football experts, did not hesitate to imply that the Eskies would blow them off the field, gave fans an exciting Grey Cup game. The Eskimos got their fourth consecutive Grey Cup but it was not an easy win. The Rough Riders deserve credit for the great team, and individual effort they put forth. **slim Some youngsters in Brussels School had their fingers massaging their scalps these past days. It was not because of agonizing over some knotty problem but the result of those pesky, itch-producing tiny creatures that have invaded schoolt of other cornmtin- ities. finally making their way into the heads of youngsters here: These little trouble makers will have had parents anxiously combing and treating heads for hours for the Only way to control and stop the speed is to follow meticulously the instructions' Of the health nurse. **am The week of December 1,7,1981 will be Safe Driving Week in Canada. Sponsored by Please turn to page 5 "This is a people's problem. This is a community problem," said public health nurse Marlene Roberton as she spoke on the subject of head lice to a number of parents attending a meeting of the Home and School Association in Brussels on Monday night. Some of the questions she has been asked is how come head lice are on the rise and how come we haven't heard about lice again until just lately? Mrs. Roberton said that population has increased and mobility has increased. "You people didn't go and play hockey and you didn't go and play baseball. There's much more mobility now and I think that's why head lice is on the rise and why they're here to stay." She said she had heard a number of stories on the reasons for head lice. "Anybody can get head lice and it's a human thing. You don't get it from cats and dogs. Head lice spread easily, move easily. Because of the mobility in our society, they're here to stay." "To close the school does not solve the problem. To fumigate the school does not solve the problem. It's basically a human problem. It's basically your problem," Mrs. Roberton told the parents. "How can you see them? How can you tell you've got them? The reason a child scratches is because the louse is like a vampire. It bites . The head lou se is small, about an 1/8 of an inch and is a rusty color. Anything that crawls on your head is a louse. "How can you' tell the egg or the nit? You can tell because it looks exactly like an egg. If you're suspicious you will be able to see a nit. Dandruff flakes off. If it doesn't come off, it's a nit. She said you need a good light to see lice in the hair, such as a gooseneck lamp or a trouble light. The nits are shiny. You can see them. They look just like an egg. She said the life cycle of a louse is about a month. It takes about a week to lay their eggs and a louse could lay approximately 90 eggs. Mrs. Roberton demonstrated to the parents how to get the lice out of the hair with Brussels new business or- ganization picked up speed when the largest number of people in the three weeks it has been going attended a meeting at the Brussels Inn Thursday night. Liz Cowan was elected secretary. Christmas promot- ion for the downtown was discussed but since the or- the use of two sticks. "Out of five schools in my area, there's cases of lice in four of them. Blyth doesn't understand how they're getting away with it," Mrs. Roberton said. "From now on, I'm suggesting it wouldn't hurt to go through your kid's head once a week and check for lice. It is your (parents') responsibility. Something else you want to do,' is please contact the school or me." "If you don't let me know, I can't help. It's your responsibility to clean up head 1 ice at home. It's my job to clean up at the school." "The only-way I can help get it under control is if you let me know (the child has it). I'll help you in any way I can to get it cleaned up in the home." She said a couple .of weeks ago, a mother told her, her child had head lice and because of that she decided to check out classrooms in the Brussels Public School and found some more cases of it. "As for the way I've been handling it, we've always been able to get -it under control. In my area, we've been very fortunate. Parents have phoned me and cleaned up their act." She said she didn't recommend buying nit combs in the stores, "because they're useless," she said. Mrs. Roberton and the parents attending the meeting thought it would be a good idea if a written statement on how to get rid of head lice was sent home from the school. She also suggested that in order to keep the lice under control that at hockey games, children shouldn't pass their combs and hats around and that they shouldn't throw their clothes all in one heap. How much you have to do tor a child to get rid of the head lice depends on how bad it is and. Mrs. Roberton said she would tell the parents what they had to do. She said they haven't been putting coats on the back of the seats--they have been notifying parents and letting the child go home on the school bus and they've always been able to keep the problem under control. 10 merchants would provide an item from their store for a draw so that people would have a chance to win 10 items a week and then the next week 10 different merchants could provide the items. It was decided to concen- trate on promotional ideas at the next meeting to be held. Thursday, December 3 at the Brussels Inn at 8 p.m. 109 Year — Issue Nov. 47 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1981 WILL CELEBRATE 99TH BIRTHDAY — Jack Riley, a resident of Callander Nursing Home in Brussels will celebrate his 99th birthday on Saturday, November 28. (Photo by Ranney) Jack Riley 99 years young Benjamin Riley. He married the former Elizabeth Wright and they had 10 children, four boys and six girls - Clifford, Winnifred, Evelyn, Jean, Irene, Margie, Irma, Gilbert, Ferg and Oliver. He has resided in Brussels Merchants to celebrate 110th: ganization formed just re- cently it was decided it was too late to do anything other than have the stores do their own promotion. Since next year will be Brussels' 110th. anniversary, various ideas for promotions throughout the year were discussed. One idea was to have merchants participating in a draw in which each week OPTIMISTS PRESENT CHEQUE — Jeqy Wheeler, president of the Brussels Optimist Club presented Wayne Lowe of the Brussels, Morris and Grey Recreation Committee with a cheque for $600 at the Optimist meeting on Monday night. The money is to be divided, with $300 going tO minor hockey and $300 going to figure skating. (Photo by Ranney)