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14TH ANNUAL REPORT
HURON OA, CHILDREN'S SHELTER
The Huron County Chtidreties Aid
env° 14 children to the Shelter et
Present and would be pleased to hear
of home open for children of any
age.
The fourteenth annual meeting of
the Heron County ChiIrlreles Aid and
llntnane Seeiete wa steed in the Bp -
tie Church, Codorich, on Tuesday
evening, November 10th, 1925, with
m large attodnance, The president,
Rev, 3, E. Ford, had charge of the
ineeting which was opened with pray -
‚i by Ret F. C. Elliott. After the
reading of the 1 t t annual,welting,
the following offi'ccts were appointed
for the year; leonerary President,W.
R.Elliott Centralia; President, .ev,
,T 1' Ford; Vice President, R. J. Ach-
osen; Treasurer. R. J. Reynolds, Sec-
retary, A. M. Robertson; County Sup.
erintondent, G. M. Elliott. These
with the Warden'af the County are
to compose the Executive Committee.
The treasurer, R. G. Reynolds, sub-
mittod his statement, which was adop-
ted, after which short addresses were
given by Rev, P. C. Elliott, Warden
C. A. Robertson, G. W, Holman and
others. G. M, Elliott showed a num-
ber of slides illustrating the work of
the Society,
President's Remarks
Rev. J. E. Ford, President, made
the following remarks: "I have been
associated for about 12 years with
the work of the Children's Aid Soc-
iety. After the lamented decease of
Mr. Jas. Mitchell, I was appointed to
the office of president. The duties of
this office he had fulfilled with dili-
gence and enthusiasm ever since the
organization of the Society, and the
Society misses his presence and ad-
vise sadly. He was a great friend of
the children at the Shelter, which he
visited regularly, speaking cheering
words to the children and encourag-
ing the matron in her trying work.
The work has an honorable history
in the County of Huron. The county
council are becoming• increasingly •
terested in the work of the Society
and cheerfully rendering their sup-
port. The warden, Mr. C. A, Robert-
son, of Colborne township, attended
the annual meeting and gave an en-
eouraging address. We commend this
report to your careful consideration.
Our county superintendent, Mr. G.
M. Elliott, faithfully discharges his
many onerous duties with commend-
able tact."
County Superintendent's Report
To the President, Members of the
Children's Aid Society and Friends:
I have pleasure in presenting in
14th Annual Report for the year end-
ing October 31st, 1925.
At the very beginning I wish to
thank the Heavenly Father for His
guidance and help in discharging the
duties in connection with our work
for neglected and dependent . rhihl•
ren. There is a corn n •ss about our
work from year to year so that it
hardly seems necessary to go into de-
tails, especially as all eases are dis-
cussed at our monthly meetings,
'which are held on the first Tuesday
of each month and are open to any-
one interested in child welfare.
At The Shelter
The year began with seven children
in the Shelter, that is the lowest num-
ber for any month. The highest was
12, the average 9. The Matron's dut-
nes have not always been pleasant
as matey of the children have faults
and habits that are hard to correct
and require a great deal of tact and
patience. We have investigated 51
complaints involving 97 children,
only 5 were made wards of the Soc-
iety. Four of these were quickly
placed in foster homes and ane ie
still in the Shelter. Twenty-two child-
ren were returned during the year,
29 were plaeed or replaced. There
were five children not wards, who
were returned to their parents.
Foster Homes
There are about 170 wards placed
in foster homes in Huron County b'..
.sides that have been legally adopted
and require no further supervision.
. These are registered with the Regis-
trar -General in thename of the poo-
l& who have adopted them. They
have an interest in the estate of the
people just the sante as H born to
them. Surely the Society is doing a
good thing, not only for a child but
for the people, for what is a child
without a home and what ia.a home
without a child?
Wards Visited
We have made 193 visits to wards
in foster homes, travelling about
3,000 miles in doing so. In most
casess, conditions were found good
and the children well cared for. We
removed one child without notice and
placed him in another )tome,; Where
he is receiving good treatment and
doing well. Sixteen names were re
moved from our list. Of these four
got married, 4 reached their majority
and 8 were legally adopted. Three
boys were sent to the Industrial
School and one to the Ontario In-
stitute at Willie during the year. We
took one little, helpless boy to the
Hospital for Sick Children at Lon-
don and the Stratford Rotary Club
have agreed to pay the cost of treat-
ment while he is there.
Juvenile Court
rt
• 11 o enders under theage of six-
teenff d g
teen are dealt with in the Juvenile.
Court. The parents are requested
to appear with the children and they
are reminded of their responsibility
tor the conduct of their children.
leach ease requires careful study as
the object is not so much the punish-
ment of the child as the improvement
that the offence f conditions so e wtit
0 enc
not be repeated. The tots number
brought to Court was 23, all boys
but one. Seventeen of these' were
found guilty of theft. In most eases
restitution was made and the guilty
parties placed on probation. One wee'
Sent to Or(ilio, Institute and one to
eFive
were.
V'tta a ri Industrial School. o l.
discharged with a warning, Three.
were found guilty of destroying pro-
perty and were allowed to go after
making g • restitution, Three were.
e, ar ed with receivih know-
ingg g money,
ing it to be stelae, They made re-
stitution and were placed on probe
for
i year. Two brought up
t fort w
lag
fty
dieovtierly conduct were d(seharge
d
with a warning. One boy left his
home without his parents' consent.
lee was returned to hie father and
placed on probation.
The cost of the 'upkeep of the
Shelter has been reereduOei1F by
contributions
tins of fruit clot -in ,� c
Cdntriliu to 11 g yy. p,
etablos . este., from "la oofeties, Wom•
ell's Institutes, .Bible 'Classes and a
ttreat'number of private individuals,.
any friends- have also sent treats to
the Children. The Lions grave the
ebildren n happy outfit in the form of
it - genie ah Mefiesotung )reek, which'
they greatly enjoyed.
The C, P. R. employees also made
Christmas Eve a happy time by visit-
ing the Shelter and presenting each
child with a useful gift. Afterwards
they entertained them as Shipman l
and Connon know how to do. Many
cash contributions were received and
ecknowiodges.
The Society is also indebted to the
public press of our town and count;
so, to see how the work has progres-
sed under his wise direction. Who
can tell the good that has been done
since the society was roganizefl under
his control! Thos in close touch
with the Provincial Office realize that
never has there been greater .efficien-
icy shown or wiser counsel given the
societies than now. Long may. Mr.
I Kelso be spared to carry on the good
v , work.
for their readiness at all times, to
give free space to mention the activ-
ities of the Society. 1 take this op-
portunity of thanking all who have
helped in any way to carry on the
work in the interests of homeless
ehildren.
Several of our wards are earning
wages, 12 of these have their saving:
deposited in Trust Accounts in the
Bank, each individual ward having
a separate account, The total a-
mount on deposit is about $1500.
The largest individual acrount is
$275, and the smallest 55.00. These
deposits are loft to accumulate until
our wards reach the age. of 21 or get
married, as some have done during
the past year. Wherechildren arc
earning wages , we usually have a
yearly contract and make reneeva]s
from year to year.
Correspondence
Our correspondence: is quite heavy.
We have sent out 2,314 pieces of
mail and received 927. Many of the
letters are interesting and sometimes
call for immediate action, indicating
that the Society is expected to have
a remedy for any 'form of trouble
affecting the home.
in Conclusion
1 would maken
a appeal to the
families in Huron Fon Covn
t
to open
pen
then hearts and their homes to child-
ren and to give them the love for
which their hearts long and from
which they may have been deprived
through no fault of their own.
These children will not be uncared
for if you fail to meet this opportun-
ity, for others will answer the call.
We are offering the most ,precious
ie
eft 1
in all the t v
nilfl-••-that .. which
money cannot buy and which long
',egg cannot bring—a ebild. Yours
will be the loss if you miss the op-
portunity of receiving one of these
little ones in the name of the Master:
The happiness of'a home is a child: '
Children Many y t1 ren V,>lttcd
r
I)ttrltrl, the
children were visited in their foster
homes by officials of the Children's
Aid Societies s an i
e c reports orfs o
f each
ii
case submitted t -
M.
Mr.
Kelso Prawn -
mai n
ciai Su erint
p cndrat. Copies of these
reports are In turn forwaidcd to the
ociety holding the guardianship' so
hat they may have complete inform- •
p
Lion '
cbnce iri existing rn g c Hating conditions, .
Nile the majority of children ere in •
s
a
w
ountry homes, there are many Mac. r
d in towns and cities and fn every '-
rade of home from the humblest to j
n highest. Young people under the !
are of the society are attending Un-;
exsity, in training as nurses, school
aching and engaged in all linos of i
uei
.:
ne Fifteen eon
ss tt thousand wards s of
Itildren's Aid Societies have attain.; i
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C
I - _ EDUCATING THE APE.
'Pasteur Pasteur• Institute Erecting a Village
)1 en tpeet African .Jungle.
The Gest ape village in the world,
1 where• chimpanzees and Furl))'is trite
b„ waited upon assiduously by wrt-
nran alto adauts and selected by scion- 1
tisis, is being constructed in t:te+
heart cif the West African jungle at 1
Kindle, in French Guinea. There' are '-
already eighty inhabitants. .
The object of the new colony.
which bas been founded by
the Ffus-
tui
I»stituYc, with the• support
of
i ee French noverunu•nt, Is to captain,
aper young, atteru
p trach iheiu to f
t to
1
sneak, f.dueato them, it pess3h1e, to 1
tile lore] of bunion being, cud, by
inneulatlnc them with varloun se- 1
runts, to try to discover the please l
mese tend rune of raneer, tuhercu-
loals. infantile paralysis, aha a hest 1
et other scourge:•, that have, so far,
baffled medical sol•nce. i
'1'l , f
guardians of the apes will ,
taks theni for wanes in the shade of I
the paint trees, leading them by tiro I
hand, d d as if
they Wets li
fil+children," 1t,k s Prof,
Georges '
aitte
ktr
her d
of the Pasteur lnstitutr d
'Native women will .tet as their
at a r:n. %
, preside titer
P
rhe'
tri games. it ix And d
g Al J1
1
Assist in their edticatlon and the pro—
vision of 'their nnea!s.
"leach ape will have be little Rause
built on piles, a few reef, above the
soil, to which be eon retire at night.
East) 1
i li '
file
but
will la
i wat•n,.•d by a
It
tilli tve
l
ticYte
nt. . ;though lite apes
s
1 t n�
t t r i
J b tat lr ••
f .i r,
abI fhe sty 1 it i a
daytime, 3
utri
vtiu t •
hl dnar.l-of Attbuts tyiphe.
Fins i) at nlghi,
Eters' little 11011 :40 will, bare its
fountain or running wtrtt•r. In whieb
1h0 ape can dilek ind httUt r. Mice -
,ver
he
1 wishes s t
st r
i In se
The ape's rem'eadilig ground, efrr•,
',t;•ri with a nutiiii0.111 the tip and
nendews a+ 10,• Ible, will pr',setve
,tit r
an nnurtl altn tslkilr
p from n the
1
rlu t or Ibe earth and t en t
n t ,isttn dtr-
ear sof the n i hbotleintl
wile, .,'i,, oar„ will le, c+hr'h fp i
'he rte ce and preparation of 11,e•1,•
u•,iia• ,
four timer; 11 the, ati in the
e 1111dnere or the Heim , 1,irnn Ivor n
+inn. A staff of Feet nti 4t.1 ,pc,•ta11t•
'r•tinetl will take e+liarge of the t•titt-
(a,ten er the. apes,
"I' will be es:Irf•iur't info. Xing' 10
observe their Int allr erir::1 d, v, I.:,.
.,1•nl:, i'nrhaps a t.rientine::P'• coy -
•`ete :•rt txlttentinu, based on the bee'
modern pedagngie mothode, tv11i teach,
1.1 that this eltlntPanli SS's infellircnc
1 mitten to the chimpanzee, woose
, blood bas 'the same qualities as that
of human beings. We bope that in a
few years great progress will have
b
eon
made in the prevention and
treatment of diseases- against which
I man is at present more or less
helpless."
1 RICHES BEYOND REACH.
1 Spiders Ip South Amertea Guard
Gold Mine,
An old Mexican an
goad ming, all trace
of which had been last for more than
' a hundred years, hase been rediscover-
ed in a ourious manner.
l It was one of the many prolific
sources of treasure worked by the
Spanish adventurer's In the days of
Cortes, and had been given the name
of the Cockroach Mine on account of
the large numbers of these insects
that infested rte Immediate neigh-
borhood, It was afterwards sealed.
up and its site forgotten.
Recently, after the lapse of more
than a century, a prospector in the
district, noticing a rock swarming
with , cockroaches, remembered the 1
story, followed the train of the it- 1
sects, and found the mine, .which le
again being worked. i
Strangely enough, there Is in Mex
leo another ancient mite known to
only a few endians and to one or two
white prospegtors, who have been
lucky enough to return unscatked
from the region.
'Shie mite is situated in the moue -
titles nea,r Durango, and still bears
era
r=es of h .
the operatlun
a edn
dna
tea In?
the ton
dead race ace whose vil
ci iz
atfOh
was hardly less advanced than our.
own.
The Spahlards in their turn made '
attempt% to relste'the preelbns ore,
specimens or which have proved the
mine to he the richest of its kind In.;
the world, but the chief obstacle in.
the way of further. development !s .
a vast horde
of death -dealing
u ealin
rre0r-
fi
pians which stvarrri'�)n the worlt3ngs.
So large. and venomous are those
specimens tint many Hetet have been
lost by the numerous exploring par-
t.ies who have trier[ to reopen the
nine, and eithotigli oi'gan(zod meas-
ures have been taken' to
deal a with
the
pasts ,tele
has been ori n0 apparent
diminution In Lheir number. Thus a
vast treasnro will probably llr vin-
teethed for all time.
In .'nu
� fh America,
near r 1
a the
PN
of he
t u11n
> River, deep the feet-
ncsses of the Andes Moutains, there
s another enelent urine, similarly
carded
6 by tiro terrible Frill r '
I, 1r
0.r nit i
a tla
tender,
whi
eh has denied mans;inrX ;;b-
roacto the tithe, for generations,
The Tarantula le a fierce and llor
ribin insect, whose bite me:uts death
to a human being, shire there 1a no
h(r� Meighen in Quebec
"Mr. Meighen in Quebec." the
leading editorial et the Ottawa Citi.
San of December 11th, points out
clearly and boucisely the position in
which the Conservative leader has
placed himself and bis party by his
statements of policy regarding Can-
ada's participation in Great Britain's
wars, which he -shade in conection
with the Begot. by-election and im-
mediately previous. The views of
"The Ottawa Citizen" are those of a
paper which maintains an independ•
ent attitude towards .politics and re-
serves the right to judge for itself.
The following is a quotation from the
editorial :
`•Senator Lesperance may be right
in prophecying that under certain
cireuunstanoes'in five years Mr, Meig -
hen will become the idol of Quebec'
But Conservatives elsewhere in Can-
ada must be asking themselves wheth-
er they are prepared to pay the price
of this new idol -worship. It is a
stiff price: no less than a general el-
ection on the question of whether
Canada shall break away from Great
Britain, rather than 'send troops a-
broad in another war.
There should be no mistake about
the meaning of Mr. Meighen's de -
aeration in Hamilton, which he .re-
pf:ated with great deliberation 01
French to the citizens of Quebec last
week. Mr. Meighen does not think
that e war 1N THE NEAR FUTURE
is possible, which, of course, is only
at personal opinion, But he added,
speaking for the Conservative, pat
tor,
that in the eat
eof another v n oche r.
r tr,
who
W
when Sir Robert e t Barden consulted
u
itarlitment hut refrained from plung-
ing the country into a general elec•
tion. Mr.' Meighen 'would submit the
question to the people in a general
eleetion. 'it is the opinion of the
Conservative party,' he, said, at Ac-
ton Valet le 'that in future the 1 e
eta tt eo i.
e
-people
should o
asbecnsulted
webas parl-
iament,'
p
A Long, Long Step
The Canadian Press took particular
care to report Mr. Meighen in full
detail,` as follows:
'However, if a crisis should arise
in this county, which 1
v c do note•
x
eat it
a crisis shoal it
peat, d ice inthis
country in which our liberty ight
3e menaced, 1 declare that so long
1sI shall s be in power owe 'n this r i h s c0un i•
T country
to troops---'
P
•Mr. Mei hen halted
a
R�� moment tore
call the 1•'rench phrase. Thehe
vent on:
'—No troops will be sent out of
the country ntr without h people t o bc-
ng consulted.' (There ws an out.
urat of applause at the words,)
1n mafong this declaration of in-
ependence, Mr., Meighen has :fallen
nto line with Mr. Armand Lavergne,
t is a remarkable step away front
he position which he. took on the
nestton of sending trop s in 1922.
tethat time, Premier King declined
Permit Canada to military action
garnet Turkey Without consulting
arliament, The premie, asked for
eller information. In a speech on
eptember 23, 10224 denouncing
ren fer Kung's stand, 14ir, Meighen
w
b
d
known antidote for Its poison. Ad- I
cording to natter, 1PJ:endg the ancient t
Peruvlanat and latterly the 1paulards,
wwltoa working title mil eetieplepetl •.
'modal
against bnttnlf Id to Wage vrarfnre {n
f, rho spidern
1 years of maturity and aro now, can ti`) trained to 't high point
alleging their ownggaffairs. 1 " It creme that ail the microbic dee te
e PrIt ov a be
Officer Mr g3 �3 1(01.• i cissas of the human race,. "be tr#rte-
with orders to
eup the immediate surroundings of
he wnrkinge clear of the pestae re-
g rdle:e of the number of liras lost
thu rad0rtakIn
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1t is quite to be expected that the
views of thinking men, including pot-'
,tical leaders, will change, especially
.during this revoutionury period in
world polities. - It is to Mr. Meighen'"
credit that he has pronunced frankly
and openly, although mistakenly, on
this perhaps vital question. He has '
given warning to Great Britain, in
. the name of the Conservative party,
that Canada - cannot be depended LABOR'S CORNER
upon to join with the Motherland,
without first holding a geno.ral clef:- (By D. R.)
tion. le a war where Canada's liberty '
might bo menaced. Whether it is a One cut that takes a long'time to
creditable stand, is for the Canadian 1
people to decide, without being in- heal is a wage Cut,
flnenced, it. is to be hoped, by party . ❖ •..
politics. Some men manage to dodge
The Price To Be Pair enough work to keep a dozen men
On the question of sending troops
in response to another call fro the Imsx•
King, the alternative would be Can -1 ¢. • •, 8
'adian independence. No one would' Some men refuse to because
that
accuse
e.C1ghut he ad Co acing they are afraid that they might :ac-
ting the Conservative party to an , tzaiie the habit,
election on the issue. 6 e.
Assuming that a Dominion election! Lower wages and lower refits are
could be held under such aireumstan- • p'
ccs --while civilization plunged head-. much better than no wages and no
long over the cataract into revolution profits,
—the question before the Cannndian } .•, .� a,
people would be more far-reaching ; Labor troubles are often caused lir
than the mere detail of sending
troops abroad. Refusal to sone mon who are trying to make a living
' troops would mean definitely break- without work.
ittg away from the British Common-' Unemployttient for some is a tra-
wealth. No self-respecting people is condition, but for others it is
could eontinne to stay under the pro-
morel
Lection of the British.ting after de merely a bad habit.
clining to contribute towards Lha de-' •} •. • •:•
fence of the Comtrionwealth outside i A strike is an •agreement to do no
of Canada. • work at all in the hope of getting
Is I'osit(o» Enviable. l mere money for it.
Conservatives must "indeed, ask o� �,� 'r
themselves the riuestion whether they ,flee only Is
have been placed in an honorable pos- S way to And success
,tion in peace tune, biy Mr. Ifieiglten's quickly without working for it,. is to
9000y. They are, in effect, wiflmg look it up in the dictionary.
that Canada should enjoy the benefits ,
of membership of the Ilritish Cont-' ,' .•. ,+
nionwoaith so ton as there is no duir- i ` So your father is ill, I hope it
ger of war. But n the event of an- is nothing contagious." t
other call from the King, to stand ; "So do I. The doctor says he le
four-square to the defence of British suffering from overwork."
(and' Canadian) liberty, the question .
Inuit be submitted to tete people be- ;
fore an effective answer can be sent!! So many people are busy being un
An oleetion under such circumstances employed that it is extremely hard to` "•
would invite all the disintegrating get any work clone.
agencies to get busy throughout the 3 ,� ,,
eountry, at the very time when unity i "
would be vital to the survival of the Capital and•Labor would get along
tr
nation and the British Common better if there weren't so many men
weal
th Meighen' maybe bidding fait trying to get capital without labor.
g
• •
to become the idol of Armand Lav- t.414 •'• 4.ergne's followers. He may even sac-' The thing that troubles the country
coed in bringing more seats to the is not only the unemployed of the
Conservative party inQuebec, But idle, but the idleness of the unem-
he is doing it at a price which may plc ed
be more than the Conservative par-
t a
r. 4*
can pay,
fade elldCrlCC of
the BriiComonwealth except- ? Tliete are so many unemployed,
in in peace tinhe." f b0caysc for one reason, employer._
i cannot afford to pay the price that
Those who never do any more than idlers can afford to accept foe their
they get paid for, never get paid for services.
Perhaps nothing ' r
p aitin( tVOUId better pro-
le every worker did more than he. mote prosperity in the yeaas to come
is paid to do and every employer paid than a whole -hearted effort byboth
more than he is compelled topay, we
1 employer and employed to make them
would have n n o strikes. i
s les
e
Years without strikes.
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