The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-12-20, Page 6Page 6 The Tirnes-Aelvocate„ December 20, 1961
Childrenof Bethlehem
dieof
4'NearlY a third of the child-
ren die before reaching matur-
ity—and of these some 40el:
die still under two years old
"Last winter, over 6,000 chi',
den were found close to starve.
tion, 'and in one small district
60 out of the 400 children died
a cad and hunger.
"Disease is common and ig-
33orance of health matters
•quite staggering, by Western
standards; TB, eye and chest
infections and gastro -enteritis
all take their toll of Children's
lives."
These grim facts come out
of Jordan, whose little town of
.Bethiehem is at the centre of
•everybody's thoughts this
Christmas season. And al-
though today's young king of
Jordan and his government are
working ceaselessly to improve
the lives of their people, still
today many thousands sub-
sist as their forbears did in
the year that Christ was born,
The past few years have not
been easy, particularly for the
nomadic Bedouin tribes of
souhern Jordan. A drought
lasting three years was follow-
ed last winter by heavy snows,
and almost all—in some dist-
ricts ALL—the Bedouin flocks
of camel, sheep and goats
were lost. A Jordanian Army
survey counted more than 6,000
starving children—and the Can-
adian Save the Children Fund
went into action,
For three months the fund
made regular distributions of
food to these children, assisted
by the army. Many children
received clothes and blankets
too, for even in the snow re-
gions, 5,000 feet up, all the
children had to wear were old
flour sacks left over from
earlier food distributions.
Yet for all its drama, this
emergency was just one more
operation to the Save the
Children Fund in jordan. In
five main villages of northern
Jordan, medical clinics and
feeding centres for 1,500 child-
ren have been operating suc-
cessfully for over a year,
Further south, a second team
is establishing a similar centre
—though here their work is
made more difficult by the
Bedouin's nomadic habits. A
clinic set up with 30 patients
one week may find itself with
only two the next! The answer
to that problem? A whistle-
stop clinic, packed into a Land
Rover, capable of reaching all
but the most mountainous re•
gions.
Every established feeding
centre is in the charge of a
Jordanian medical orderly—a
"tamarji—repsonsible for the
children's balanced diet, for
supervising the cooking and
distribution of -meals, and also
for dealing with minor ail-
ments and injuries. In May
this year, the Canadian Save
the Children. Fund sent $1,000
to Jordan to help pay for the
training of more tamarjis. At
that time, between 10 and, 14
were in training and the money
made it possible for each of
them to spend a total of five
instructive months in local
hospitals where they rendered
valuable assistance to the Brit-
ish doctors on the scene.
Canadian dollars are buying
drugs to help combat the dis-
ease among needy children in
Jordan. Between 3', and 5% of
the Bedouin have TB and their
treatment is expensive and
often difficult to supervise.
Several children have gone
straight from GSM -I' clinics to
hospital—like nine-year-old or-
phan Subaiyeh who had a
chronic deep •tubercular ulcer
on her elbow and was thin,
pale and very sick, Two months
later, her grandparents scarce-
ly recognised the plump, clean
end happy child who returned,
with her arm in plaster, after
a successful operation.
The painful, and often blind-
ing, eye infections that so
plague children throughout the
Middle East are common in
Jordan. And in the hot summer
months the principle cause of
child mortality develops—acute
gastro enteritis which dehyd-
Huron saga
ready soon
A history of Huron County,
which Professor James Scott,
formerly of Seaforth, began Lo
write more than eight years
ago, may be far enough ad-
Vanced that Huron County
Council will have to set aside
money for publishing in 1962.
The historic conimittee of the
council recommended at the
recent county council session
that the 1962 council set aside
$10,000, part of which may be
recovered through a Canada
Council grant when a publisher
has been secured,
According to the historic
committee report, submitted by
Reeve Clifford Dunbar of Grey,
the history book is "in Rs final
stages as far as Manuscript
work is concerned," and it is
hoped the manuscript will be
in the hands. of Iwo readers —
Dr, .1, J. Tallman of the Util.
iersity of Western ()Marie, arid
George Jeffersen. of Clinton —
as soon as possible,
The Ornhiittee has been ad.
vised that it should make neceS-
ory preparations in 1962 for
actual publication.
The scramble .for Ottershoes
and rubbers after a party hat;
harassed many a hostes s,
llere'S one way to Solve the
PrObleiii: As each guest arrives
he is handed a transparent, no-
lythene bag for his footwear.
There's' no search through a
pile of dirty rubbers when the
;6veriing IS ewer and no floor*
t6 be polished,
" wioa„,o4.4,
rates the little bodies. Next
summer, the more serio it
cases can be singled out far
hospital care by the "whistle-
stop" elinie, and so more child-
ren will literally be "saved" by
the Save the Children Fund.
If you send a cheque to the
Canadian Save the Children
Fund this Christmas, YOU will
help to save a child—from
disease, cold, hunger—or even
death. Send it now to The Can-
adian Save the Children Fund,
66 Hayter Street, Toronto, sOn-
lark),
HIGH DEATH RATE—In Jordan, nearly a third of the
children die before reaching maturity . . . and of these,
nearly 40% die still under two years of age. This young
Bedouin child is one of the lucky ones. Under the care
of the Save the Children Fund, he attends one of the
five feeding centres, is given clothes and is given medi-
cines and innoculations. The Canadian Save the Children
Fund has, in the past year, sent cash grants so that
"Tamarjis" (medical assistants) can be trained to extend
this work.
Staffo :Dashwood women
markt yule:
141. MU. JQHN TEmP;,,gmAN
srAFFA,
SS No. 4 Hibbert held theli
Christmas Oncert in the Sehon
1.1.oti.se last .Friday glt, ro.
gram by the :school ,children
consisted of songs, recitations,
dialognes.. and drills under the
leadership of their teacher,
Miss Anderson, and their music
teacher, Mrs, H. !Sturgis. Ex
eter. Santa arrived After the
.concert and unloaded the tree,
celebrate anniversary
A family dinner was held re-
cently at the home of Mr,. .and
Mrs. Wesley Mahaffy,
in honor of the 25th wedding
anniversary of Mr. and Mrs.
Alvin Barbour, .Staffe„ They
.have a family of three daugh-
ters: Mrs, Ronald (Helen)
Pinder, Staffa; Mrs. Larry
(Mary). Robinson, Mitchell, and
Sandra, at home; also two
grandsons, Steph.en Pinder and
Jeffery Robinson,
During the evening, Mr, and
Mrs. Barbour were presented
with an electric fry pan from
the family; an electric clock
from the nieces and nephews,
.and a platform rocker from the
sisters and brothers.
Personal .items
eiect new officers
y;M RSfRVINI RADER
DASHWOOD
1 The annual meeting and
Christmas party of Zion Luther',
an Ladies' Aid was held Wed-
nesday, Dec. 13, with Mrs, hen
Keller, convener of group 2,
and its members in ,charge, A
number of guests were present
as well as thirty-four members.
Mrs. Milfred *enter, the
president, conducted the busi.
nes& Reports were given by
the various committees which
Mrs. Lloyd Miller and Mrs.
Gerald Agar, representing Staf-
fa Women's 'institute, attended
the local leaders training school
in Stratford on Dec. 5 and 6.
The county project this year
is "143 Pounds of Meat",
Mrs, Ernest Templeman call-
ed on Mr. and Mrs, John Mc-
Lachlan in Egmondville Wed-
nesday on the occasion of their
500 wedding anniversary.
Mr, and Mrs. Lloyd Miller
and Mr. and Mrs. John Temple-
man attended the curlers
Christmas party at the Exeter
Curling Rink Saturday evening.
Karen ,Toyce, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Miller, and
Terry James, son of Mr, and
Mrs, John Templeman, were
among the babies baptized at
Cromarty Presbyterian Church
last Sunday.
Mr, and Mrs, William Bin-
ning and family, Mitchell, visit-
ed last Sunday with Mr, and
Mrs. Lloyd Miller and family.
School concert
. • . • , • • . • y •
Letter from
Kirkton
By MRS. HAROLD DAVIS
........ .
Guild and WA
St, Paul's Anglican Church
Guild and WA met Thursday
evening at the home of Mrs,
Jack Roundel! with 16 present,
Mrs. Clayton Smith .conducted
the WA meeting. Scripture pas-
sage was read by Mrs, M.
Blackler. Mrs, Knight gave a
reading. "Ten things that
makes Christmas really Christ-
mas", Rev. Lyle Bennett spoke
a few words.
Mrs, William Waghorn opened
the Guild meeting, Reports of
the year were given. Two hun-
dred and twenty dollars was
voted to the wardens.
All officers of both societies
are remaining for another year,
Lunch was served; by Mrs,
Clayton Smith, Mrs. L, Cope-
land, Mrs, Waghorn and host-
ess,
Gifts for children were
brought in to the meeting and
forwarded to the Salvation Ar-
my, St, Marys, for distribuion,
WMS and WA
Mrs. Norman Amos was host-
ess for the Christmas meeting
of the WMS and WA of Kirkton
United Church on Wednesday
afternoon at 2 pm.
showed, a busy and profitable
year. Christmas donations were
made to the Lutheran Hour,
the Children's Aid at Goderich
,and the two Concordia students
will also receive their usual
Christmas gift. Christmas boxes
are being packed for all shut-
ins. Mrs. Arnold Becker re-
ported on the Concordia Celine
Officers electedf • 1962 are^
President, Mrs. Milfred
ner; vice-president, Mrs, Er-
vin Rader; scretary, Mrs, Er-
nest Koehler; treasurer, Mrs.
James Hayter; flower and treat
fund secretary, 11Irs. Albert
Miller; card secretary, Mrs.
Herb Wein; pianist, Mrs, Edgar
Restemayer; librarians, Mrs.
Arnold Becker and Mrs, Char-
les Martene; auditors, Mrs,
Ken Keller and Miss Helen. Na -
diger,
Each group contributed to the
Christmas program with read-
ings, duets, and a Christmas
play. The group in charge
served a Christmas lunch,
Personal items
Miss Pauline Becker of Con-
cordia Teacher's College, Ri-
ver Forest, Ill, is spending the
Christmas vacation with her
parents, Mr, and Mrs, Arnold
Becker.
Mr, and Mrs, Ervin Rader,
David, Paul, and Sharon spent
the weekend at London with
Mr, and Mrs, Lloyd Howe.
Mr. and Mrs. Mervyn Stelck
of Bradford spent a few days
with Mr. and Mrs, Ed Stelck
and held a pre -Christmas din-
ner.
Santa Claus will be at the
Dashwood Fire Hall Saturday,
Dec. 23 at 3,30 p.m.
Mrs, Harold Stire, AWCAI,
announces the results of two of
her piano pupils with the West-
ern Ontario Conservatory of
Music. First class honours go
to Rosemarie Weigand, Grade
1; and pass, Janet Dietrich,
Grade 2.
Christmas program
The Evangelical EUB church
held Its Christmas program
Sunday, Dec. 17 with the theme,
'What does Christmas mean to
you?'
Twenty-two ladies were pre-
sent and were led in the service
of worship and song by Mrs, R.
Paynter. Those assisting were
Mrs, Elliott, Mrs. R. Urquhart,
Mrs, Kirkby, Mrs,. C. Ross,
Mrs, F. Roger, Mrs. T, A, Cra-
go, Mrs. Alex Crago, Mrs, W.
Urquhart, Mrs. Neil, Mrs. Bail-
lie and Mrs. F, Switzer.
Lunch was served by the
Fourth Line group and a social
time spent.
The hula -hoop fad is long
past. so if there's a hoop ly-
• ing neglected in the basement
you can take it over for
Christmas. decoration. Covered
•with evergreen and ribbon
bows, it will make an excel-
lent wreath to welcome guests
al the front door,
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