The Goderich Signal-Star, 1971-12-09, Page 35•
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Local CAS starts,
Christrnas in Oct.
While decorations, and gift
buying are the order of the day
for most of us now that
Christmas is but days away,
Christmas activities have been
underway at the Children's Aid
:.... r� . Society's _ ...gifted. in GodericW
since October.
The local •Children's Aid
Society has .operated 'a Christmas
Bureau for several years, and this
year has seen an earlier start in 4,
preparation due to the increased
requests for help in the past,
years; last year approximately
J40 families and over 500
children in the County
coram unity .were helped at
Christmas. For many families
the Children's Aid Society was
the only resource for a
Christmas dinner and gifts for
the children:
"The Children's Aid Society
Christmas Bureau is essentially a
community volunteer project,"
indicated Bruce Heath, Local
Director of the Huron County
Children's Aid Society," and
reflects three major voluntary
projects of the Society merging
into one at•Ch-ristmas tine. "The
Auxiliary Committee of the
Board has undertaken - the
the task of making over 500 pairs
• of pyjamas,' and distributing
wool for• mitts, scarfs, and other
articlensit Trothing;.earlier in the
year. The finished products will
all; be distributed/ at*Christmas.
Right, after Thanksgiving{
Mrs. Dorothy Scott, who has
—served as the Society's Christmas
Visitor for several years
commenced a personal visit to,,
families referred in the County
to 'assess the needs of the -
fa riily, and channel Christmas
dinner requests anti' gift,
suggestions back into • the '
Society ' where all requests are'
centrally indexed, Here Mrs. A.
. Tyreman, who• co-ordinates the
Children's..Aid,'Society, Clothing _
Roorns throughout the year
"ta`ke '"over w th he,r vol tili eers1 __
• select,»wrap and package the
Christmas gift boxes.
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—"While the Children's Aid
•Society can provide its office
facilities, and .volunteers provide
• • their nnpor.tant ,filme and effort,
the key to the success of a
'Christmas Bureau' -is really in the
"hands of the ,community at
large", notes Heath.
M
~b • "We see ourselves only in the
role of a co-ordinator body or
agent of the public. Meeting the
needs of the • children . and
dependent on the,, response of
the people of Huron County. In
1970, approximately $2,000 was
donated to the Society to
underwrite the costs involved for
Christmas dinner expenses, and,
childrens' gifts. The -donations of't
toys and clothing directly to tFie
Society could ' not easily be
eetima1ed, but from the quani'ity"
and obvious. quality of these, I..
suspect their value would be at
least three or four times our:
actual money donations.”
For several past years, and
again in 1971, Church
organizations, fraternaties,
soronties, service clubs, youth
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groups, schools have taken it
upon •tl ejnselves •t.o provide gifts
and money as a community-
project
ommunityproject for those less_ fortunate..
in the community.
"We have- noted also mere
private individuals sending in
.donations in the past few years.
lit is also particularly gratifying
-to see some small donallltions
coming from those who have
been helped in the past."
Several community groups
have chosen to "adopt" a
particular family ' for the
Christmas Season, ' and have
added a personal touchto their
giving. "We arer most de irous of
making our Christmas .p oject as
individually satisfying and
per,sonal as possible. In most
cases, we arrange the actuate gift 1
deliveries' to the "honies•at a time
and in 'such a way- that the
parents can be seen as the
providers in• the eyes of the
children, and not; an outside
agency. Similarly the Christmas
dinners' are arranged largely by
provision of individual purchase
orders to the family'."
Indications are that referrals
to the Christmas Bureau will
reach an "all time high this year.
By 'Dec. 1, requests had
exceeded the total for 1970, and
are still •coining- rntd= the=
Society's,office in Goderich,
"Our primary purpose In
operating a Christmas Bureau is
to provide a "Christmas"' for
those "'unable to ..do so for
themselves. As . .equally
important, however ,_ is the
co-ordination of donations with
the requests for help, and
elimination.of.any_ du.plication_,
"stressed 1-Iea'th.", We have to be
realistic about the provision -of
Christmas dinners andtfts..• I.n
several communities this ,is.,....a....
shared activity with service and
Church groups; in many cases,.
these same groups have 'in the.
, Pfis.,t and, will a gain-~t'h -ycair
primarily responsiblefor families
known or referred to them. 1
believe 'this , should be
encouraged, • otherv6ise our own
Christmas Bureau could become
too large, and lose•a great deal of
the ` 'p'ersonal touch'''' that' has
always characterized
If an bona fide.
representative ,,of a service club
orchurch group -Wishes to check
the referral index at ,the Bureau,
a call or letter to the Children's
Aid Society office at 521-7356'
or in care of 181 ictoria Street
North; Goderich, would be
appreciated.
'The Bureau indicates that
•they' are facing a shortage of
mitts, scarfs, .and -caps for ,all
children's ,age, groups. New toys
or good usetoys, along with.
gciod articles ' of used Clothing,•
books in good condition, and
appropriate gifts for the teenager
axc,.,much in .demand, and would
be grateffilly received. Those
wishing to contribute money can
contribute,
do so by cheque ormoney order
in the nanie of the Children's
Aid Society Christmas Fund
for which receipts for income
tax purposes will be sent out.
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Snowmobile regulations
The Ontario . Motorized Snow
Vehicles Act and its regulations
• „spell out ownership and
operation requirements for
snowmobiles. • In *Ontario,
motorized snow vehicles are
defined as self-propelled vehicles
designed•' to be driven exclusively
on snow or ice or both.
Some of the regulations
included in .the legislation have
been summarized as •a quick
guide by the Ontario
Department of Transport. A
copy of the act,
is available free
of charge from the department
at .the Ferguson Block, Queen's
Park, or from any 'Department
of Transport office.
Your motorized snow vehicle
must be registered with the
Ontario Department of
Transport before it is driven on
or off . a highway. The
registration ' plate must be
„ attached to the front, free of
.dirt and unobscured by any part
of the vehicle or its load.
Tf you change your address,
you must notify the department
within six days.
The owner of a 'motorized
snow vehicle who drives or
'permits the driving of the vehicle
on a highway must produce
'evidence upon the request of a
police officer, that the vehicle or,
the driver of the vehicle is
insured under a motor vehicle
liability policy.
A " finita vehicl dti is
P.certce is required t� operate a
motorized snow vehicle on a
highway.
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It is ' not required for
operation off a highway.
You must report to the police
any collision on or off a highway
which results in injury to any
personn, or in damage to property
• of any person other than the
bwner or driver apparently
exceeding $200.
A white or amber light 'on the
front and a red light on' the rear
are required if you are operating
the vehicle on a highway
anytime from one-half hour
after sunset to one-half hour
before sunrise and at any other,
time when persons and ;vehicles
are not clearly discernible a.t a
distance of 500 feet or less.
Lights must be -clearly visibldtat
a distance of at least 500 feet.
The owner, as well as the
operator, is liable for penalties
for infractions under the
Motorized Snow Vehicles Act
and its regulations, or under any
municipal by-law.
As a motorized snow vehicle
is a motor vehicle within the .
meaning of the Criminal Code of
Canada, the driving provisions of
the criminal code apply to the
use of rinotorize'd snow vehicles.
,i.e. , breathalyzer law, impaired
driving, 4,etc. The court, upon
conviction, has the authority tQ
prohibit anyone from operating
a motor vehicle (which includes
a mot'o'r d to vr• mvehieiey 'Thr
the highway -it Canada fcar,,a _
period not r exceeding three .
years.
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