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Concerned about Indian women's rights
See slides of far north
Page 10 Times-Advocate, felnuary.6,1.975
Odds n' Ends
By ELAINE TOWNSHEND
74 otaidea
• Include general health assessment
public to co-operate in attending
the clinic and keeping the ap-
pointments set up for them. -
Mrs. Thind said that parents
may obtain further information
by asking to speak to the nurse
when the unit calls them to make
an appointment. She said that the
complete tests take only 45 to 50
minutes and they also conduct a
dental flouride brushing at the
same time.
Mrs. Thind pointed out that the
new method of scheduling clinics
throughout the winter months
allows the health unit to find out
about any abnormalities and
have time to correct these before
the child gets to school. She said
that many health problems can
later create learning problems
for the child and they are hoping
to partially eliminate this
potential risk.
Last year a pilot project of the
screening tests was conducted for
the students of St. Boniface
Separate school in Zurich and for
all children attending J.A.D.
For posting letters, large
Mailboxes stand on street cor-
ners in town, and post offices
contain slots for an individual's
mail. But anyone, who once lived
on a farm, remembers the
solitary metal box that rests on
the shoulder of the road in front of
each home.
Rural mailboxes come in
various sizes, shapes and colours.
Some are mounted on iron stakes
or on wooden posts, which are
anchored in underground cement
blocks; others sit atop milk cans,
which are weighted in the bot-
tom. Each box bears the family
name.
Most mailboxes rotate on a
swivel. When we post a letter, we
turn the box to notify the
mailman there are envelopes for
him to collect.
When he leaves, he also turns
the box. Then we realize our mail
has arrived. This signal saves
unnecessary walks down the lane
and is especially appreciated
during the winter.
Our postman has delivered
mail on the same route for over
thirty-five years. He knows every
family and seldom inserts a letter
in the wrong box. His schedule
seldom changes; we can almost
set our clocks by him,
Nevertheless we watch for his
signal every day. Several times
each morning we glance out the
window wondering whether the
mail has arrived,
When that box if finally turned,
we hustle down the lane with
great anticipation. If we notice a
parcel sticking out the door, we
hurry even faster.
Those of us, who subscribe to a
daily newspaper, are assured of
finding at least one article inside
the box, The local paper is
delivered one day each week;
farm and home magazines ap-
pear periodically.
Sometimes we discover that
long-awaited letter from a friend
or from a family member.
Business correspondence also
travels by post. Opening the
squeaky mailbox door to see an
envelope, which possibly en-
closes a pay cheque, highlights
anyone's month. ,
Usually, though the mail
consists of bills - telephone,
hydro, repairs,. cattle feed,
veterinary and tax. We'd like to
ignore them, but we can't. Sales
flyers from local stores are
another common receipt.
Regardless of the contents of
the mail, a farm day doesn't
properly begin until the postman
drives past. Thus the mailbox
plays an essential role in rural
life.
Inspite of its importance, a
shiny new mailbox is subjected to
The very best values in sheets
and pillowcases are found in
"house brands" at department
stores during white sales or any
time of year at discount and
variety stores. The lowest-priced
no-iron (50 percent polyester 50
percent cotton) linens are your
best buy.
rough treatment. Sometimes it
bears the brunt of speeding
drivers; other times it is
designated as the target for beer
bottles tossed from passing cars.
Traditional Halloween pranks
involve removing the container
from its pillar of filling it with
debris. Locating the box and
cleaning it usually requires
minimal work, but the metal
sustains a few scrapes during the
escapades.
Winter unleashes a fierce
assault on the mailbox; a
snowbank often buries it. After
the plow pushes the snow aside,
the metal frame of the box
displays another dent or two,
In the spring, the mailbox
teeters on top of its post; the door
sags and the rusty hinges creak
loudly. Each year we repair the
old container, until it is damaged
beyond fixing. Then we im-
mediately replace it with a new
one.
Each mailbox along a country
road provides a private postal
terminal for a farm family.
Correspondence flows steadily,
and life on the farm would seem
unnatural without the mailbox.
Time to say
good bye
Saying goodbye and thank-you
is never easy and for me it has
certainly been difficult. My
husband has been transferred to
the Niagara Region and therefore
I must leave the staff of the
Times-Advocate on Friday.
Leaving has always been
difficult for me but now I go with
a feeling of having left so many
things undone, so many things
unsaid. The reception I got from
the people in the town of Exeter,
where I have made my home for
the last nine months, and from
those in the surrounding com-
munities has been overwhelming.
Coming from a city, you have re-
opened my eyes to the beauty of
the country and introduced me to
a whole new way of life where
people seem to genuinely care
about their neighbours.
The ca-op,erationi and q un-,
derstandirerhale received as a
new neighbour and a budding
journalist in your community
have been wonderful and an
experience I will certainly never
forget.
I would sincerely like to thank
the many, many people who
made my job easier by patiently
answering some of the stupid
questions a city-girl might ask
about a farm and by taking the
time to explain, to introduce
yourselves to me, and to welcome
me into your lives.
I have accepted a position with
the Fort Erie Times-Review and
will move on to new territories,
new faces and new stories but
those I' leave behind will not be
forgotten.
Terri Etherington
Women's Editor
The Huron County Health Unit
announced this week that they
will be undertaking a new system
of screening clinics for preschool
children.
Mrs, Thind said Thursday that
the new system is called a multi-
phase preschool screening clinic
and will involve a more extensive
testing of the general health of
the child.
Under these clinics, Mrs. Thind
said that they will try to do
various kinds of health screening
for those children who will be
entering school in the fall.
This year, in addition to extra
tests being done, the clinics will
be held over a period of time from
now into the spring. Mrs. Thind
said that the change in
scheduling was due to the fact
that there were several other
clinics being held at the time in
the spring when the preschool
clinics were normally held and
that the staff did not have suf-
ficient time for the extra tests
now required.
Therefore, the clinic' will be
calling in preschool children
starting now, at a rate of about 16
to 20 a month, "so we are not
bombarded with all the work at
once." Mrs.Thind said.
Included in the tests conducted
will be the regular immunization
as well as tests to pick up any
abnormalities in hearing, vision
and bloodtests to detect anemia
as well as the Denwood
developmental test. This test
picks up any developmental
problems in the children, such as
language, fine and gross motor
control,jand co-ordination.
Mrs. Thind said that any ab-
normalities in these areas would
be passed back to the family
physician for diagnosis.
In addition to these tests which
have been done in the past,
during the preschool screening
Dora Rose Mullen of Walkerton
and David Paul Johnston of
Exeter were married on January
17, 1975 at Waterloo Ontario. The
couple are residing in London.
Teacher; "Did your father help
you with the problem?"
Kid: "No, I got it wrong
myself."
At the January meeting of the
Ilurondale WI, Mrs. Harry
Dougall presided, in the absence
of the president, Mrs. Carl Mills
who is in St. Joseph Hospital.
The meeting was opened with
the Ode and the Mary Stewart
Collect, The roll call was to
"Name a person in the news and
tell why he was there."
A letter of thanks was received
from the Children's Aid Society.
Miss Jane Pengilley informed
the Institute that the one and a
half day training school for the
course "Baked in a pie" is to be
held in Clinton Wesley-Willis
Church on February 6 and 7. Mrs,
John Pym and Mrs. Mac Hodgert
are to go as leaders.
It was decided to cater to the
Curling Club banquet on April 5.
A donation of $25 was voted to be
given to the ACWW "Save the
Sight" fund,
It was decided to draw up a
resolution regarding Indian
women settling their husbands
estates, The group felt the Indian
women were entitled to the same
rights as others.
The motto, "According Ito our
vision today, so will be our
achievement tomorrow," was
given by Mrs. Wm. Kernick.
Mrs. Olive Thompson gave a
reading entitled "Will you?"
Diane Rundle favoured with
several accordion numbers, Mrs.
Myrtle Passmore read two
readings entitled "To the
Institutes" and "Two little
frogs."
The current events were given
by Mrs. Lorne Porter. Lisa and
Lori Strong of Seaforth sang
several numbers and Lori dan-
ced.
The history of the Thompson
farm was read by Mrs. Wm,
McCurdy school in Huron Park.
She said that this system proved to
be much better and they are
instituting it for all preschool
children in the enmity
Lamport.
Mrs. Mac Hodgert gave an
interesting talk and slides about
her trip to the far north, She said
that she had been to themost
southerly part of our .country in
1974 .and then to the most nor-
therly part of Point )3arrow in
Alaska which is 1200 miles north
of the north Pole.
clinics, the Health Unit will also
undertake to make a general
health assessment of each child
entering school in the fall. Again,
no diagnosis will be made but the
health unit has two specially
trained nurses who will conduct
the tests and report anything
abnormal to the family
physician.
Mrs. Thind said that the reason
for these added tests is that all
school health records will be
going on computer this year and
it is extremely important that
they have the total information
of the health of each child,
She said that parents are at
liberty to have these tests con-
ducted by their family physician
but that they must conform to the
standard computer form.
She stressed that she would like
all parents to co-operate in
bringing their child to the
preschool screening clinics. "We
can't afford to miss one child,"
she said.
The Health Unit urges the