The Wingham Advance-Times, 1965-11-18, Page 2Page 2 -- Winghain Advance -Times, Thursday, Nov.
1965
the United Nations
A helping Hand
BY CONNIE CAMERON, 13
"We the peoples of the Unit-
ed Nations, determined to save
succeeding generations from the
scourge of war... have resolved
to combine our efforts to ac-
complish these aims." What do
these words mean to you?
The above quote is the pre-
amble of the United Nations
charter. These nations have
combined to act as a helping
hand to any country which needs
help and is willing to accept it.
"To contribute to peace and
security by promoting collabor-
ation among the nations through
education, science and culture
...." This is an extract from
the pledge of the United Na-
tions Educational, Scientific,
and Cultural Organization and
ends with eight words which re-
sound again and again in the
United Nations, "Without dis-
tinction of race, sex, religion
or language. A sixteen year
old girl, Kyrie, of Greece had
seen the tragedy of war in its
many phases. She had crawled
right into the enemy's camp and
stolen supplies; she had carried
messages from one resistance
group to another, playing deaf
and dumb when caught. She had
won the praise of everyone, but
now the war was over and she
was back in her old world, a
world which now seemed to her
drab and unheroic. She refused
to attend school because she
found it boring. A teacher,
sent by Unesco to this small
Greek village, realized the
trouble Kyrie was having ad-
justing to this new world in
which she was now living. The
teacher found her playing with
the younger children one day
and asked her to teach them
their reading. As time went on
she asked her to teach them
their arithmetic also and to do
this Kyria had to learn the
arithmetic herself. When the
hanor roll was read, this young
girl who started out hating
school was at the top of the
roll. She went on to become a
teacher and then joined the
Unesco group of teachers, who
had lent a helping hand to her.
April 7 is now celebrated as
World Health Organization day,
but how many citizens of the
world are aware of this day?
WHO as it is called is an agent
of the United Nations which
was formed on April 7, 1946.
When WHO was established its
first project was the organiza-
tion of wider epidemic control.
As a result when a report goes
out from Geneva "Typhus in
Afghanistan"or"Yellow fever in
Bolivia", shortly afterward an-
other report goes out "Every-
thing under control". No mat-
ter where a person lives WHO's
epidemic control protection
reaches him. However, epi-
demic control is not the only
function of WHO. An illustra-
tion of the helping hand that
WHO gave, occurred in a back-
ward village in China. Aunt
Kuo had acted as midwife to
everyone who had had a baby
in her village of Kuo Ta Niang.
Unfortunately, one-half of
these babies died. WHO was
holding a health course in a
nearby village and Aunt Kuo
went as the representative from
her village. Although she could
neither read nor write she
brought back all the knowledge
that had been passed on to her.
When the field reporter called
on her on his rounds he found
that not one of her babies had
died since she had attended the
course. Health itself is com-
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MEN'S & BOYS' WEAR 1
District High School
News and Views
JAMES ROBINSON, the valedictorian, and
an Ontario Scholar was presented with the
scholarship certificate by the guest speak-
er, Dr. J. M. Gillies, at the high school on
Friday evening. They are flanked by Dr.
W. A. McKibbon, board chairman, and
Principal F. E. Madill.
—Advance -Times Photo.
plete physical, mental and so-
cial well being, not merely ab-
sences from disease and infirm-
ity. WHO's health course plant—
ed in the minds of those people
will bring mental as well as
physical well being.
What happened to more than
eight million refugees who were
found in the concentration
camps where the Nazi's had
kept them prisoners? Even
though the U.N. charter had
not yet been signed, the na-
tions already, working together
formed the United Nations Re-
lief and Rehabilitation Admin-
istration, UNRRA, to take
charge of the refugees until the
charter was signed. The UNR
RA set up makeshift barracks
and supplied food to them.
There were six and a half mil-
lion who wanted to return to
their homelands. Although
there was only one means of
transportation and that was by
truck, the homeward trek be-
gan. The problem of what to do
with the other million and a
half was one that faced the
UNRRA just at the time when it
was facing its end. Who now
would do the work of finding
new homes in all parts of the
world for the refugees? Who
would search for the men and
women who had been lost dur-
ing the war? The United Na-
tions' answer was to establish
the International Refugee Or-
ganization. This was the be-
ginning of a group that was to
lend its helping hand for many
decades to come.
What shall the Fund do first?
The United Nations Internation-
al Children's Emergency Fund,
faced this question with much
concern. They decided that
what children needed most was
food. They could live without
shelter and without clothes but
they could not live without food.
Students Receive Diplomas
At H.S. commencement
Perhaps the most heartening
indication of the validity of
expenditure in regard to past
and future additions to Wing -
ham District High School, was
evident in the exceptionally
large processional of students
receiving Secondary School and
Secondary School Honor Cer-
tificates at the annual com-
mencement exercises in the
Immediately another ques-
tion faced them. What food
could they send to these foreign
lands which would not sell and
yet would be nourishing enough
to keep them alive? Also it
had to be cheap and had to be
obtained in vast quantities. For
the answer to this they turned to
the nutrition experts of the
Food and Agricultural Organi-
zation and WHO. These experi-
enced men and women told
them to send milk in powdered
form; cheese, cod-liver oil and
other practical foods. To de-
termine what each country
needed they sent food experts
to conduct surveys. This was
the beginning of a partnership
between the Fund and the peo-
ple of each country which was
to become more important as
time passed.
Many people expected spec-
tacular results from the United
Nations and are disappointed.
The reason for this is that these
people are not aware of the
steady achievements of the
many parts of the United Na-
tions. Each agent of these Unit-
ed Nations offers a helping
hand to any country which is
willing to take it.
THE STANLEY -BERRY LTD. award for proficiency in Grade
XII general course, was won by Douglas Elliott. He was
presented with the award by H. A. Fuller, manager of the
local Stanley -Berry plant.—A-T Photo.
auditorium on Friday evening.
There were about 150 in all.
Board Member J. L. Fortune,
assisted by E. Anderson, head
of the mathematics department,
presented the Secondary School
Graduation diplomas which
were received by the following:
Robert Adams, Philip Adam
MacDonald Armstrong, Irma
Bernard, Dale Breckenridge,
Mary Anne Burns, Judith Cal-
lan, Constance Cameron, Rod-
ney Cameron, Robert R. Camp-
bell, Karen Cantelon, Elaine
Cook, Patricia Craig, Robert
Crewson, Sigberta DeBruyn,
Ronald Deyell, Thomas Deyell,,
Leonard DeZeeuw, Nancy Don-
aldson, Robert Douglas, Don-
ald Edgar, Thomas Ellacott,
Almajane Elliott, Douglas El-
liott, Margaret Finch, Lynn
Finnigan, Judith Forsyth, Don-
ald Galbraith, Darryl Gibson,
Rosemary Gowing, Robert Grain-
ger, Barbara Hall, James Hal-
lahan, Ward Harrison, Janis
Henderson, Anne Higgins, Ann
Holt, Sylvia Hoover, Brock
Hueston, Barry Ireland, Bonnie
Jardin, Marjorie Jeffrey, Eliza-
beth Kelly, George Kerr, Brian
Kerr, JoAnn King, Janet Law,
Patricia MacDonald, Darlene
Machan, Glen Madill, Linda
Mahood, Hugh McCallum, Hea-
ther McIntyre, William Mc-
Intyre, Norman McKinney,
MauLeen McOrmond, Ruth Mc-
Taggart, Donald Merrick, Ruth
Michie, Elizabeth Millen, Ro-
bert Millen, James Mitchell,
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