The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-12-07, Page 9ER
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By W. E. ELLIOTT
Two Children's Md Society
case -histories.
A boy adopted from a broken
borne wilco about A3 and 1.1MY
grown up is in business for
hiniSell; married with a fam-
ily, and •is a redit in every
way to his (immunity,
A little girl, privately placed
in this county and cared for
eventually by Children's Aicl
Society foster -parents but not
adopted, was bellied to 4 Nur-
444 Assistants' Course after a
couple of years in Itigh school.
She is happily married now
and has a family, and is a
valued nurse in a hospital
whenever she is available,
These -- one a ward ease,
the other not -- are typical
examples of the rewarding
work of The othdrews Aid So-
ciety of Huron County through
the years, The organization
will reach its 50th anniversary
on December 11; its first reg.
ular meeting, was held In the
courthouse in Goderich on that
date in 1911,
Under successive superinten-
dents and board members, the
society has kept pace with and
sometimes led in the gradual
development pf improved tech-
niques. In recent years there
has been a province - wide
change in the work, more em-
phasis being placed upon pro -
Wien work with a family be -
fare a child becomes neglected,
in order if possible to keep the
family together and avoid re-
moval of the ,child from its
normal environment in the tra-
ditional unit. This type of work
demands trained and experi-
enced workers,
It is significant that local
directors of the province, meet-
ing recently at Sundriclge,
adopted certain principles in-
cluding the following;
"We believe that services to
children in care should not be
separated f.,•.orn services. to
famIies.and children in their-
ewn homes,
"We believe 1.1tat, effective
servicesLo families: and
sfren must involve. more. ode-
quate finaneing and .staffing
than we have the present
time.
'We recognize that fora
truly effective .child welfare
service in ,Ontarlowe must
have much closer co-ordination
of casee work and supporting
services. •ki .children and fami-
lies, with income maintenance
(PlAblic assistance, mothers'
allowances. disability pensions,
etc.) servicesthat at present
exist"
Queen's Park tribute
The Huron Society's record
through the years is deseribed
at Queen's Park as "excep-
tional,"
"The Children's Md Society
of Huron County is a name that
always brings pleasant associa-
tions to my mind," writes
James S. Band, deputy minis-
ter of public welfare, on this
anniversary occasion, "I have
watched the exceptionally good
work of that society through at
least a decade and I know it
has been a kindly guardian of
children's interests for 50
years
"At the present time the ef-
ficiency of child care opera-
tions in Huron is reflected sta-
tistically, For there are fdwer
children taken into wardship
per thousand of population than
in three-quarters of the other
55 Societies The Huron Society
has preferred to concentrate
its efforts on protection ser-
vices so that boys and girls,
wherever possible, have both
the benefit of remaining at
home and being, at the same
time, secured from parental
neglect.
"In its first half -century the
society has had exceptionally
Super HS salesmen
set another record
The students at SHDHS con- fourth in the race with $92,95,
tinued their amazing salesman-
ship this year, as they grossed
nearly $6,900 in their magazine
campaign that concluded re-
cently.
This was nearly $1,600 more
than their record total of last
year,
Jan Negryn, 15 -year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. John Negryn,
RR 1 Exeter, topped the sales-
men by selling $180.45 worth
Of subscriptions in ,the cam-
paign sponsored by the Curtis
Distributing Company and the
Exeter Times -Advocate.
By handing in a total of 52
subscriptions for the curtis
'ompany, the youth was eli-
gible to choose five different
prizes, ranging from a small
stuffed animal to a record
player or $25.00 in cash.
Peter McFalls, Exeter,, last
year's top salesman, finished
close behind Negryn by col-
lecting $177.62 in subscriptions.
He was the second leading
salesman for The T -A, selling
four new subscriptions and one
half-year subscription, as well
as collecting several renewals.
He will receive $6.00 from
the `DA for his efforts,
Diarte MacKenzie, Hu r o n
Park, was third with -95.09 and
Bonnie Hogarth, Exeter, was.
Other top money getters were
Sandi Morrow, Exeter, $82,13;
Keith Rader, RR Zurich, $84.47;
and Sandra Jory, Kirkton,
$69.67,
All students selling over
three subscriptions in the Cur-
tis company campaign will re-
ceive a chance on draws to be
held later,
The students totalled 1,286
subscriptions for magazines in
the Curtis campaign, according
to Lloyd Henderson, advisor on
the students council,
New T -A readers
One hundred and thirty-six
new names were added to The
T -A subscription list for one
year, and 35 bought subscrip-
tions for a halt year,
The students also renewed
papers for 515 persons.
Jane Dettmer won top prize
of $10,00 for selling 'the most
T -A subscriptions. Sharon
Lightfoot and Shirley Genttner
tied for third behind Peter Me -
Falls.
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Art
Clarke
Phone 80
Exeter
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"Retired magician."
care proves
gond luek In obtaining the :bas
of staff members and dire
tor, Many devoted person,.
.have. .their• .contrlwi.0.13
to the repertt since the•.a.p
pointment of the first county
agent, ..George M. Elliott, in
1911, The administration' o
Mrs, Mary P. ..Chaffee .as local
director was. a happy and pro
t final report in 1960 she re.
• viewed the events of recent
s years. in 1943, she recalled>
. the Hum Society's grading
- had been brought front "D"
to the coveted "B". It had ob-
tained a social worker, closed
r its shelter to follow the method
of foster home care, and was
doing a more concentrated
piece of work, becoming more
socially and comMunity con.
sciaus,
"In 1949," she continued, "a
new constitution was drawn up
and the board enlarged, taking
in members from over thecounty, county, We had three clothing
centres throughout the county;
a superannuation plan was ar-
ranged by the county and sala-
ries reconsidered, as well as
the need of an additional wor-
ker, for now we had investiga-
tions and administration of
family allowances, as well as
reports for the official guar-
dian in all divorce cases where
. there were children. In 1954
the juvenile and family Mull
was formed, Magistrate Hol.
rnes being the judge,
"The adoption pool was put
into effect in 1954 by the de-
partment, Our society had long
been accepting and placing
problem and handicapped chil-
dren from Toronto, and our
success in this field encouraged
the Toronto society to work
further with us and later
branch out to other societies
Cites recent work
"When we moved to the new
courthouse, probation was an
accomplished fact and we were
relieved of our investigation
reports which had taken much
time and planning The Child
Welfare Act was amended to
gressive Relied in the life of
the society. So. .wholehearted
was her lotpro5t that I believe
she remembered the name and
face of every •child who came
under her motherly supervi-
sion. The present. officers of.
society are worthy SUM-
sors. of a ,notable tradition.
4'Hop, Louis P, Cecile,
Mb-
ister pf :Public Welfare, joins
me in congratulating The Chtl-
dren's Aid Society of .titiron
County on its .50i. anniversary,
and in extending every good
wish for an equally .suceessfid
future,"
Some of the work now .car.•
car-
ried .Onby the Children's Aid
was performed earlier by
James Mitchell and R.
Wil-
liams of .Gotlerich, under sup-
ervision of J, J. Kelso, then
provincial superintendent, In
:July, 1911, an organization
meeting was heldand Mr,
Mit-
chell was elected first presi-
dent of the branch, On Decent-
ber 4, Mr, Elliott was appointed
county agent and served in.
that capacit, until 1928, when
he was succeeded by Harry
Edwards, who continued until
1946,
First grant was $150
Mrs, Albert Taylor, long a
member of the board and of its
publicity committee, performed
a valuable service in assemb-
ling particulars of the Society's
early history. In this record,
prepared for the society and
county council, she recalled
that county grants in the first
year amounted to $150. At that
time, homeless children were
sent to the orphanage in Ber-
lin (now Kitchener) but in 1918
the county council purchased
a building on Cameron Street,
Goderieh, for a county shelter.
Under various matrons it was
in use until 1940, when the
children were placed in foster
homes,
"In the early days," Mrs.
Taylor recalled, "the county
council made various grants
but the remainder of the money
needed came from private con-
tributions — from the same
persons, most of the time —
and was not sufficient for grow-
ing needs. By 1940 the work
had increased tremendously,
which made it impossible to
depend upon voluntary contri-
butions to carry it on, and
county council assumed the fi-
nancing.
"During the years there was
little publicity given the work
of the society, and few people
showed any interest, mainly
for that reason.
"The department urged the
appointment of a trained social
worker, and in 1940 Mrs. Chaf-
fee became our social worker
and assistant superintendent.
When Mr. Edwards resigned
she became superintendent and
Miss Clare McGowan (now
acting local director) became
social worker and assistant
superintendent."
Mrs. Chaffee resigned in
February, 1960, and was suc-
ceeded as director by Rev, Ro-
bert G. MacMillan. Her 20
years of service was honored
by children's aid and county
officials and other friends at a
large gathering in Knox Church
auditorium in September. Mr.
MacMillan resigned August 31
of this year, and Miss McGo-
wan is carrying on as acting
local director,
Notes improvement
When Mrs. Chaffee made her
provide that all collections tin-
der agreements relative to the
unmarried parents section and
the Processing of adoptions,
formerly done by the depart-
ment, were transferred to local
societies"
"After Judge Holmes' death
two years ago, Magistrate
Glenn Hays became our new
Juvenile court judge' Miss
McGowan said, in updating the
society's activities, "he has a
keen Insight and understand.
ills of juveniles, and patiently
gives much time and eonsider.
ation to our Society prebierns.
His knowledge and wisdom are
of infinite value.
"Our special Christmas plan-
ning has steadily increased
with the years. We endeavour
in help Santa see that no child
in our ,county is missed at
Christmas,
"We take our children on
shopping trips for special
things, We help older boys and
girls get jobs for the summer
or enrolment in special cour-
ses or schools.
"We have had a few invita-
tions to appear on television
and We do give addresses on
Children's Aid work at, meet-
ings of women's and men's or-
ganizations.
"Judge Costello, of our coun-
ty court for many years, was
succeeded by Judge F. Fing-
land, He graciously sees all our
new adopting parents when
the probationary period is com-
pleted. This gives them a grea-
ter significance of the adop-
tion order, which he signs, and
is much appreciated,"
The board of director .(1961)
of the Children's Aid Society of
Huron County is as follows;
President, Hugh Berry, Us -
borne (RR 1 Woodham); 1st
County courthouse
inadequate already
An architect will be engaged
to investigate the possibility of
adding a wing to Huron Comity
court house.
if such a plan is not feasible,
the architect will be asked to
prepare sketches of a new
building for the county, to
alleviate overcrowding in the
present court house.
County council. already has
an option on land, owned by the
town of Goderich, at the cor-
ners of South, Britannia, and
Picton Sts. The price of the
land is $7,500.
In a recorded vote, Monday,
council unanimously favored
building either a wing or new
office, rather than renting
office space.
In proposed office changes,
the Children's Aid Society, the
probation officer, the judge of
the juvenile and family court,
and the county library would
be moved front the court house.
Need "urgent"
Clerk treasurer John Berry
said the need for a new office
is urgent. "We won't gain any-
thing by delay,"
No estimate of the cosi of
an addition tq the present
building, or a new building,
has been :made.
Reeve Frank Waikom and
Deputy -Reeve !lames Bisset of
Goderich both opposed an ad-
dition to the court house on the
basis of the building's beauty.
The majorlty of councillors
was in favor of keeping the
county government in one
municipality, rather than mov-
ing parts of it to another place.
Reeve Mel Crich of Clinton
suggested that the county take
over the old post office in
Clinton.
An architect, has already told
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Ploasingyou ploato us
„Huron officials that the present
court house could not be en-
larged upwards. There was no
provision made at the time of
construction for additions. to be
added on top.
A recommendation that coun-
cil buy the lot from Goderich
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Reeve Clarence Hanna of
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unmarried parent and home
studies; Mrs. John Lauder,
B..11„ supervision or babies;
Miss Mildred Marwick, super-
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Mrs, .Mildred Simpson, Mrs.
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