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Daily Times-Gazette, 7 Mar 1953, p. 13

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» Easter Seal Fund Campaign Under Way Citizens Asked THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Citizens Asked , i Children's Work The Oshawa Rotary Club, following its tradition of ser vice where it is needed, has again undertaken the sponsor- ship of the Easter Seal Campaign in this community, and i¢ has already opened its drive to collect money to assist in the rehabilitation of all children who suffer from physical handicaps, regardless of race, color or creed. There are over 100 children in the Oshawa and Ontario County area who benefit from this yearly campaign to raise funds, which are divided between the Crippled Children's Committee of the Oshawa Rotary Club and the Ontario Soci- ety for Crippled Children, A good share of the money con- tributed by the purchase of Easter Seals goes to provide a holiday for many of the Oshawa district crippled children at the Blue Mountain Crippled Children's Camp near Colling- wood. For the past six years the citi- ® of Oshawa and district have |ians Bill Kent, Norman Moran, ied lending a helping hand to|Jack Owens, Dean Patte, Robert \ OSHAWA-WHITBY, SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1953 PAGE THIRTEEN sole Norn: | | | of the province during the aster Seal campaign. The cam- Fo Sodus the Ontario children, FOR 1953 Above are members of the Ro- | tary Club's Easter Seal Commit- tee, which today announces its | annual Easter Seal Campaign in aid of work for crippled children. In the .group, left to right are James Reid, Walter Branch, Ro- tary Club President; Dean Patte, Jack Ovens, Merv. Cryderman, chairman and William Kent. Not present for the picture were the following committee members, EASTER SEAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE STARTS ANNUAL DRIVE Robert Argo, treasurer; Norman Moran, Robert Reddoch, George Roberts and Dr. D. Sturgis. Photo by Dutton--Times Studio. runs from March § to A] $ and its objective is $475, The campaign, it in the Oshawa district is c cted by the Oshawa Ro- tary Club which this week is mailing out seals. The club hopes to secure $5,000 for this very | worthy worthy project. Timmy For 1953 Vernonville Boy Of High Courage VERNONVILLE---On a warm ears ago, the sew farm boy, 'home along a Ring about the Shoppers of fish in Shelter Valley k, which runs through their 180-acre farm near here, when Juddeny ithe ned. OVER HIM Neil McGregor, popular Scottish- | Canadian farmer in this little com- | munity 15 miles north-east of bourg, slammed on the brakes of bis tractor when he heard the screams. But it was too late. He see hiz son, still on the road. |. . was towing had 's body. never walk again might have meant disaster in the true sense of the word. But to Bruce, by the Ontarie, Society For ozens of newspaper re- photographers from dreds of miles away. flasbulbs have gone off face and it's only the begin- MEET GOV.-GEN, Next week this boy, whose dra- matic story illustrates what Easter really do to help crippled children, will be whisked away to Ottawa where he'll lunch with Prime Minister St. Laurent and cture and television de- but. He'll be at the opening next Thursday of the Easter Seal Drive for $475,000. Finally, he'll attend the annual Sportsman's dinner and meet in person celebrities he has idolized and knows only by name and news- r photographs. PR Ro iy and I'd like to be an important farmer in Hgaldi- mand township some day," said Bruce, who rides his pony, Major, a gift from the Boy Scouts of Co- | Bruce, demonstrating his ability. ,| pet calves hitched up to a small be taking the bus down to Cobour, » | high school. After that I'd like to attend the Ontario Agricultural Con | lege at Guelph." taken to Cobourg and then rushed | to the Hospital For Sick Children | in Toronto where for a few days doctors even despaired of his very life, so great was his spinal injury. "But I can walk today," said "I know I have to use critches and braces on my legs, but I can move around without them if I balance myself Against a wall or railing . see? I'm a Cub, too, and when I play baseball on the Vernonville team I have a substitute runner." Bruce's mother said he has nev- 'er grieved once about his inability to run and jump like other boys and she said no preference or spe- cial favors have been ghown Bruce over his five-year-old sister, Helen. 'He stema o get more thrill out farm than ng. or] 'other boys," she said. "He loves birds and animals and before his accident he had two wagon which took him all over the farm. Now he travels round on his pony and we have made special long latches on all the fence gates so he just has to lean from the saddle to open and shut them. CAN MILK, DRIVE TRACTOR "He still helps my husband with the milking every evening, loves to fish with him in the spring and can operate the tractor and drive a car like an experienced farm- hand." For five years Bruce has been under. the care and treatment of the Ontario Society For Crippled Children. The generosity the citizens of Ontario in other years has made a brighter future for Bruce, Continued support will help bring new life and hope to many children with crippling problems similar #0 that of Bruce McGreg- or's. Easter Seals will flood the mails across the province. Contributions should be returned in the familiar pink envelope to the local head- quarters of the Ontario Society For Crippled Children, The Bank of Montreal. Northumberland and Hastings ~WHITEVALE Social Evening Much Enjoyed Joma Marie Lindsay and Don White Cresswell and Michael CW An inter meeting of the Womens Association was held in the Sunday room of the United Chitrh with the President, Mrs. Harold Lindsay, conducting the business session in which plans L. F. RANDALL Correspondent WHITEVALE -- A goodly crowd | of guests assembled at the IOOF | Hall on Saturday last to help Bruce | Annis celebrate his 21st birthday. An orchestra supplied the musi for both old tyme and modern | . Saucing, Friends were Present 'oronto Dunbarton, Highland | Creek and Peterborough where Bruce has been employed for sev- eral months, Following the dance | a delicious lunch was served. Miss Mary Herbert, who for the past few years lived in Toronto, will be married next Saturday in | Toronto, pi and Mrs. Hawly Brumer and daug] ters spent Sun- day three Joune 2 Ra The youngsters of a village en- joyed a crokinole party in the blie Library sponsored by the Libary Board. Prise winners were | were made for painting the chairs, Ten dollars is to be forwarded to the March of Dimes. An invita- tion to Brougham was accepted. | Several letters of recipients of | | gifts to shut-ins, also a thank you | {for flowers received by Mrs. Ran- | | dall for her late husband were read. It was agreed to send four dollars to the Dominion Board. "I CAN WALK," HE EXULTS | After Bruce's accident. he was | Next week more than 100,000,000 | 200 Service Clubs Work For Crippled More than 200 service clubs in Ontario, united supporters of {the Ontario Society' for Crippled | Children, have 5,000 handicapped patients undergoing treatment, care or training at the present time, according to Reg Hobper, Executive Director of the Society. With the objective, if possible, of establishing victims of para- lysis or congenital conditions such as harelip as self-supporting citi- | zens, the Society acts as an agency which brings together pa-| [t tients not yeceiving attention and | | funds needed, hundreds of patients | have been aided. This year's | Easter Seal Campaign, with a] | $450,000 objective, opens today | and continues until Easter Sunday. With 16 nurses in districts throughout the province, co-operat- ing with public health officials, teachers and physicians, serious [cases are assembled at eclincis to which prominent specialists volun- teer their time. If hospitalization is recommended, the Society ar- ranges. In less serious cases, the travelling nurses provide treatment or train mothers to administer it. All the nurses are graduates in training, and are reco orthopedic consultants by the on | tario Department of Health. At all-year schools and ially-staffed and equipped Ai camps, children able to learn trades and crafts or physically able | to enjoy vacations are Jangnt Jow to make the best of their condition and still enjoy life. In addition, nursing centres,are operated as permanent stabi blish- | ments; three--at - Kingston, Sault Ste. Marie and ME pal on the last two years. During the past year there has been a considerable extension of | direct aid it has furnished, it has co-operated with other organiza- tions and co-ordinated their efforts. A new enterprise was a mobile clinic which visited many Ontario cities and towns last summer Soping with the problems furnish- by Cerebral Palsy. Another activity of the Society is Variety Village, Toronto, which is operates for the Variety Club. Va- riety Village provides vocational training for handicapped youths and helps them take a self-sustain- ing place in industry. FUND TREASURER Robert Argo, Manager of the Bank of Montreal, is treasurer | of the Rotary Club's Easter Seal 4 Fund, and. donations tq the fund may be sent to him. Mrs. Austin Metcalfe, convener for March, had charge of the pro- gram. Mrs. B, Diamond read the | scripture from 1 Corinthians, 3rd chapter. Roll call was answered y the word Mrs. John A fave the devotional | thoughts, Mrs, G. Van Blaucon | rendered a beautiful solo entitled | the "Chapel in the Mountain" by G. W. Wilson, Mrs. John Irwin gave ing address on woriine our homes and the. cc Following the meetin perved a delicious lunc "work." an {as ir for God in Mui f the group Photo by 'Dutton--Times Studio. SENTENCED TO 5 YEARS TORONTO (CP)--Edward Sara- sth, 38, father of four, was sen- tenced Friday to five years for | $5! beating a Toronto grocer with a blackjack in an unsuccessful at- tempt to rob him. Donald Wilde, 19, an accompl'ce, was g'ven three verrs ahd 10 strokes of the sirap. PY Cookoy : 'n a7! the 1eaa In his grocery olore Dec. 20 but Sarasin and Wilde fled when | iGluck's father appeared 'Minister Of Health Endorses Campaign TORONTO--AR appeal to the ¢ people of Ontario to purchase Haster Seals and in this way further the work of the Ontario Society for Crippled Children was voiced this week by Hon. Mackin- | non Phillips, Minister of Health. Today, the Society launches a month-long drive to obtain $475, 000 for its work during 1958. In endorsing the organization which cares for 6,000 handicapped youngsters, operates a year round cerebal palsy research and treat ment service, finances and oper- | ates 3 summer camps for erippled children and still carries out its major work of clinical investiga- ties, to Black school, S.S. No, | willing to help them. Through the | tion and treatment of such child- oe every pon a ex Grade vii | | service clubs, whose annual sale | ren all over Ontario, Dr. Phillips now and after one more year Ih) of Easter, Seals contributes to the | said: "The Special Committee | Handicapping Conditions of Child- ren of the Ontario Health Survey Committee defined a crippled child as one who 'frem birth to 21 years of age, because of congenit- al or acquired defect, is or is likely t0 be limited Im normal activity." The Ontario Society for 2 on HON. DR. McK. PHILLIPS Crippled Children is doing a |Society and its most worthy ap-| marvelous job in this field, and it | peal for assistance. I would like is only right that we should all get |to mention also the work of over in there and help through our | 200 Service Clubs in Ontario who purchase of Easter Seals during | sponsor this annual Easter Seal the Society's annual campaign. drive on behalf of the Society. I am happy to commend to the | Their great humanitarian work is public health and special or Cbedic | people of Ontario the work of this! deserving of all praise." . Province Wide Drive; Aims At $450,000 As Fund Objective Through the 1953 annual Easter | Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Al- Easter Sunda; for Crippled raise $450,000 to finanee handicapped children and to con- tinue spearheading the attack on the dreaded cerebral palsy so that its tiny vietims might run and play like normal youngsters. ' The realization of the astron- omical ber of individual cases of crippling and the appreciation of the miracles of modern ortho- paedics were brought to focus at an impotant meeting in Windsor nearly 30 years ago. It was on November 28, 1922, representatives | of 10 service clubs met and formed the society which was to take care of 75 cripple dchildren. Today 225 service clubs are associated with the Ontario Society for Crippled Children--200 of them participating in the ter Seal sale--and the number of cases discovered and treated has skyrocketed to nearly The first "children treated 30 years ago had to be 16 years and under, Today the age lirait has jumped to 21. And although the in. terests of the Society have broden- ed to include nursing care, camp- facilities and a start on cere- palsy, its original purpose re- "A the same--to aid crippled children regardless of race, re- ; to discover tein dosti, 2 eatmen applioances and help them enjoy a normal life and thereby contribute to the building of a better world, In 1930 members of the Ontario Society were instrumental in help- ing service clubs in Quebec form the Quebec 'Society for Crippled Children. Since then, and always with the simulation amanating from the Ontario office, similar 1 5,000 year. been added to the service during Seal appeal between March 15 #nd | | berta. At present the nucleus of ay. ihe Ontario Society | another has been 'started in the ildren is seeking to | Maritimes and officials say, in a special | few more years, they'll have com- the Society's work in the field of | projects 'in order to meet the up- | plete national coverage. Cerebral Palsy. In addition to the | met needs of the province's 4,700! In 1936 the Ontario Society for Crippled Children and the Cana- {dian Couficil for Crippled Children assisted in the formation of a world | organization to continue their work organizations have grown up in' | ever be when R, W. Hooper, Executive Di- rector of the Ontario Society for rippled Children, met with others in Budapest to help inaugurate the International Society for the Wel- fare of Cripples which today has its headquarters in New York City. In recent years the Ontario group has been directly connected with other world organizations such as | {the World Health Organization "of the United Nations. Each year public support of the camp mounts higher and high- er. Eacl Fear new potentialities of the crippled are being discovered and developed. Those who were | once considered to be society's de- pendents have proven themselves to be productive citizens, urgently needed to help keep Canada strong. "The magic touch of profession. al rehabilitation combined with hu- man understanding has broken down barriers of ignorance, pov- erty, shame and indifference which surrounded the crippled child 30 o nore years ago," said Mr. Hop- "Those who are literally hid- and ig away om the public have been found to possess abilities which make them a tremendous national] resource and useful mem- bers of our society." The Ontario Society for Crippled Children is justified in feeling it has made a vital contribution te the province and the nation, as well as to a great humanitarian work. Their cause deserves gen- uine Fappory, today more than ore. Please purchase East- er Seals and help crippled children. Gordon, Towers $90,000 Servants OTTAWA (CP)--Canada"s two jp ped public segpan ants drawing 000 a year, are Donald Gordon, president of the Canadian Natio Railways, and Graham Towers, governor of the Bank of Canada. Prime Minister St. Laurent dis- closed their salaries in a return tabled Friday in the Commons. showing that Mr. Towers got a $10,000-a-year boost last month by order-in-council. | Mr, Gordon and Mr. Towers made a little more than twice the government pay of the prime min- | ister, who gets a total of $23,000 in salaries and emoluments plus a $700,000 home, on which he pays $5,000 a year for upkeep. Other high salaries as shown in the prime minister's return: James E. Coyne, deputy gover- nor of the Bank of Canada, $27,500, lifted from $25,000 at the same time as Mr. Towers. George Mclvor, chairman of the Canadian wheat board, $20,000. This was boosted fom $18,000 at | Aug. 1, 1050. Victims Of Palsy Given Bright Hope Until three years ago, victims of cerebral palsy faced a bleak future of helpless dependence on others. Because of brain injuries--ususlly at birth--they were doomed to go through life with varying degrees of paralysis, little or no control over their limbs and, sometimes, their speech. Parents of such ehil- dren lived with a haun fom that their youngsters would some day be left alone and hejpless. ay, the picture is a brighter. In a rambling former summer mansion on the outskirts of London, a small group of doctors and other specialists are Workin quietly to transform erip ed youngsters into happy, norms; chile dren. They're a long way from finding all the answers--yet. But their efforts have ght new hope to the 3,000 vi of cere- bral palsy in Ontario. At the Woodeden centre, 34 cere bral palsy victims, between the |ages of three and six, have been | undergoing a series of tests to per- fect techniques of value to all such sufferers. A team of doctors, nurses and physio-therapists, head- ed by Dr. T. H. Coffey, Professor of Physical Medicine at the Uni- versity of Western Ontario, have worked out a treatment plan oo- |ordinating medicine, education and | social serviee. |* Aided by nursery school and speech teachers, they are working patiently toward their goal; rove that cerebral palsy vietims | ean be helped, not only hysically | but mentally. | Their work has indicated that {two out of every three cerebral | palsy victims can be trained 'to Janke} marked im nptkey mprovement Par- | Stsatm have with the progress made by childreh | previously considered hopeless cases. . After two years of operation, the centre has learned it is best to keep youngsters at Woodeden only a few months; that much of the treatment and training can be car. ried out successfully in the home under the guidance of parents. Woodeden is now operating at {full epacity and plans are under way to expand the centre. But even then, it will not be large enough i handle all the children who need entry. Clinics to Sudbury and Fort Wil- {liam where 80 children were ex- amined and their parents given in- | struction in proper treatment. Eventually, it is planned to have |& network of treatment centres {across the province. But the On- | tario Society for Ghippled Children, which operates Woodeden, cannot extend its humanitarian work with- out more money. From March 5 to Easter Sunday, the Society must raise $450,000 to continue its work. Your Easter Seal contribution can make it possible. Give generously.. Police Seek Missing Man WINDSOR, Ont. (CP)--Police said Friday they bd searching for Dean 'R. Graham, about 35, of Toronto, who disappeared Wednes- day following an argument the night before with two men in a hotel room he had engaged here. Police said Graham, an auction- eer, came here Feb, 7 to handle sales for a jewelry store. which was going out of business, It was believed he had an unset diamond worth $1,000 in his possession when he disappeared. A hotel official said the two un- identified men visited Graham in his room Tuesday night. They were ejected by police after the occu- { pant of a nearby room heard the men arguing. Next day Graham left the hotel. FOUR KILLED IN CRASH ASSINIBOIA, Sask. (CP)--Four persons, including a four-year-old hoy, were killed Friday in a two- car collision 13 miles southeast of here, Three others are in hospital, Dead are Mrs, Cecile Wolfe, 23, of Regina; G..J. Benoit, 35, of | Willowbunch, 'Sask.; Leo Gautier 37, also of Willewbuneh, and son, Eugene, 4. air, ide I ed been delighted those children whose bodies are | broken, twisted and deformed | through no fault of their own. The support rded this worthy cause has been generous in the past. It is hoped that it will be even more so this year. HOW MONEY IS SPENT Rotary Club members are crry- ing on this health-renewing work all the year round. Crutches, braces, wheel chairs and other or- thopedic helps have been supplied | freely where required. Deformities have been corrected, twisted legs | ys. straightened. Children who per- aaps could not walk last Easter are walking oday. That is how the sum of over $8,000 which was col- lected in the 1952 Easter Seal campaign has been spent. A letter containing 100 Ain is being sent out at once practically every resident of Osh- awa and the surrounding district. Those who receive them are asked to slip a dollar or more--whatever their may pt them to ve--in the enc envelope it in the mall and help to fill troubled Pearls 4 with Joye 2 and ing grat tude. Those who make it pocsiile fo! Eo chil- dren to -glimpse Master horizons with the that they, too may have their chance to succeed in the affairs of life. EASTER SEAL COMMITTEE is under the directs of a strong and hard-working eommittee of Rotarians, who are devoting them- selves zealously to the task of rais- ing the funds necessary for cairy- ing en the work for crippled chil- dren. With Rotarian Merv. Cryder- man as chairman, the other mem- bers of the committee are Rotar- The 1053 Paster Seal Campaign |tary | Reddoch, James Reid, George Ro- berts, Dr. Dan Sturgis and Robert Argo These men are giving freely and generously of their time, assisted by Rotary President Walter Branch towards ausiving success in the OSHAWA HAD FIRST "TIMMY Each year, a typical ippiey child is chosen as the ° ot the campaign. The first Timmy od At the Ontario. Society of ed Children was an Oshawa ad Re Berry, son Mr. 'and . A. V. Berry, 223 Burk Street, Mis: had a club foot. He had his first lager cast provided at the age three weeks, and at six De underwent the first of three operations at the Hospital of Sick Children. As a result of this care and treatment, Lynn today carries on a normal life, is an ao- tive member of the 7th Oshawa Scout Troop, & pupil of Centre Street School, and a member of St. George's Church Boys Choir, Lynn has spent some time af the Blue Mountain Camp operated by the Ontario Society for Crippled dren. There is a sparkle in his eyes when he mentions camp, which he has been able to enjoy thoroughly. CAMPAIGN NOW ON The Easter Seal Campaign = now on. Between now and Sunday, i is the hope o of the Ro- Club Committee that the con- tributions of the people of Oshawa and the surroundi will go well beyond the $6,000 mark, $0 that the humanitarian work of caring for the erippled ehildren of this community and the Province of Ontario may be continued, the interests of these children 'and » of society as a whole, By IRVING C€. WHYNOT Canadian Press Staff Writer Halifax (CP). -- Nova Scotia's changing climate is also changing thé moose pomiation x she | a ince--changing majes into a woodland Biolagists trying to discover the re for depletion of the moose 'population have discovered that the moose is becoming stupid and simple-minded. 'Several oases of frig d simple- | sta Examinations wg animals | Jove shown that of the brain (] Several reasons for the change have been suggested, although none has been proven as the prime cause, Before the no-hunting ban was applied the moose was a popular big agem animal. In 1922 the kill totalled 1,156 and for every five | licences issued one moose was shot. | Biggest kill was 1,677 in 1927 but | 10 years later hunters were having | less success--only one in 12 shot a moose--and in that year the ban was imposed. Biologists trying to improve the aumal's lot have concentrated mainly on trying to determime his eating habits to improve his diet, They believe that once they have done this the moose will regain his physical health and be able to fight | 8! off the effects of climate, para~ sites and other enemies, DIET FACTOR One is that the province's chang- ing climate is also affecting the game animal to | moron. plants. The possibility is that the type of food which the moose needs most has either disappeared or been reduced. The big problem in trying to prove this theory is that little is known of the animal's eat~ ing habits. Another possible cause is that the moose's general physical condition may be gradually becoming worse because of the warmer climate and the ravages of a parasite known as the moose tick. Stil anther theory is that Nova Scotia's ban on moose hunting, in 'My | season number and type of woodland |( Our Climate Makes Moose Turn Stupid force since 1937, the moose mentally The tion tren moose in Nova tia is not well afined. were popu on suffered tr em e ndous loss from which i has never rer covered. % OTHER ANIMALS HEALTHY Other wildlife in the gai however, is reported in a te and abundant. The whitetail deer was reported entiful by 71 per cent of the Bo Flon ame wardens. About 40,000 | were ed last season. Wildfow! hunters had another prolific season, land covers for grouse, snipe an k pro- duced limit kills duck hunters reported the usual large flocks of blacks and coastal birds. Probably no area in North Am- erica provides more woodcock in aouthers, Nova fooua, | nesting ground for alm ost all Am- |erican species. AWA (CP)--Transport Minis. ter Chevrier said Friday he under stands Private television stations will be allowed to operate in ilton, London, W. 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