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The Herald Second Front Wednesday October mi Page IS The fullsize paper reaching more than 12700 homes in Halton Hills Boys Town set for Halton Recover House report optimistic about success By MAGGIE HANNAH Herald sUff writer Plans lo build Boys Town in very preliminary stages according to the lawyer for the man who hopes to found a settlement for unhappy youngsters somewhere in Gord Chapman says that his client Art Is looking it several sites and the most probable one Is in Halton Hills It will probably take a month the plans con be brought planning board be- there is a lot of leg ark still to do be said Mr Mcunier a man who of the years of bis life in prison because he was of the world is busy raising funds for bis project He is to meet officials of the Children Aid Society CAS In Toronto this week he says as well as Premier Davis On tar Attorney General Roy and Corrections Minister Prank On the weekend he Is led to fly to Ottawa to talk with Prime Minister the iohtitor General Francis Fox and other parliamentarians While he is there he will be ARTHUR looking Into what has been done about his request for million grant for his new town This would not be an Instil he said would be as a town Just like any other town liens would all be young boys The mayor and all the councillors would be citizens of the town and they would run It just like the mayor and council in any community Mr Meunler says Ihc ens would all be between the ages of six and They would be drawn from all over Can They would come when they want to and go when they are ready ho says Although they would not nee be delinquents the boys would come from broken homes very poor homes or have one of several types of problems such as being men tally retarded illiterate school dropouts having police problems or with their parents that give them a reputation as being able Mr Meunier hopes that the town can be set up In because this is where he in tends make his permanent home and It would create work for a number of people It would also bring capital into the area he says He docs have an alternative site for the Boys Town should turn him down A acre ranch is available in British Columbia for he says It is already set up as a hunting resort and would provide work and income for the citizens but he would prefer to have it in Mr Meunler says that there are Boys Towns in various places throughout the world The movement was started by Father In ka in 1927 He started out with three boys and an old shack Since the time satellite towns were founded In other count rles but Canada has never had He saved that forme say Mr God has given me a project and I know God will provide what I need for it although 1 don t know how when or what The town would be set up under a federal charter so that Mr Meunlcr would be the director and administrator of the town but it would not belong to him It would belong to the boys All I need is million he say He is publishing his life story and selling the rights to a movie about his incredible years in jails in order to raise money for the town If allows him to set up a Boys Town in the region he feels that large businesses and organizations may donate supplies and equipment to the project As well as residences the tQjpi would need a chapel a school an auditorium a gym and a dining room He would also need professional volunteers to fill staff positions such as teachers and doctors for the community he says Initially he would plan on a population of 300 boys Tho only thing prohibited In the town would be liquor and drugs The reason he has chosen to build a Boys Town rather than a Girl Town or Teen Town Is because he feels that there arc more boys than girls with problems who are receiving no Women and girls would not be excluded from the town however because he feels that its residents would need girl friends and mother figures in order to grow up with a normal altitude towards humanity RETAILER URGES Seek longrange appeal safety in toys TAYLOR durability long r appeal and satisfaction all th to look for when children s toys says owner in Georgetown Mrs Manning spoke to the I Council of Women Friday about the whys and wherefores of purchasing toys for children One thing to remember Is buy a toy that is Just slightly the child current Mel she said If it too for him ho get bored other point Is to consider the child for whom the toy is 1 ng purchased IF you have a child who to put something tether the right way he may frustrated by a creative toy which has no r Jit way Mrs Manning Parents should not buy toys to their own collecting instincts For example Fisher Price brings out a new activity set each year such as the farm set But the sets essentially involve creative activities using different areas of Interest Parents should buy the set wh most interests their child and not collect the other sets The most practical toys are purpose or long lasting toys One sample Is a scries of containers each smaller than the Inst and each with its own lid Once young children become tired of the toys they can become containers for dresser top Items Many toys are useful a long time after the period you bought them for Mrs Manning said Big toy companies often create a toy then go out and create the market for it ac cording to Mrs Manning Avoid the heavily ad verltsed junk that comes out at she said Buy something durable Saturday morning ad ver Using has created problems in buying children toys when a child becomes convinced that he wants a particular toy which his parents may not approve of or which they consider too ex pensive There is no way you can tell a child that Santa is not go to bring him a particular toy Mrs Mann said It just won work You have to show the child a broad selection of toys and let him change his mind on his own Many of the soft cuddly toys for babies and very young children arc now washable and If you re giving a soft toy a baby on it and drags it around on the It a good to know you can just Paraprofessional staff use declines in Halton schools throw in the washing machine Mrs Manning said An important consideration when buying toys with safety in mind is to think about the ages of any other children In the house The new toys arc made of squeezable foam and are not strong enough to break any furniture or knock anything over But young children can bile into a toy break off piece of foam and choke on it Safety wise the toys are very well regulated now Mrs Minnlng said Those that used to concern parents because they were often fastened In with dangerous hooks now have to be glued on a special glue that can withstand pounds of pull Mrs Manning suggested that parents who are unsure about what to buy a child should try to find a store where the sales help know what they re talking about She said there is a misconception that small toy stores are more expensive than largo depart ment stores She said the small stores have to be competitive too or they II lose business Mrs Manning warned that a number of toys In the Fisher Price line may be hard to gel this Christmas because the company Is out of stock in certain products until next year She said however that the large department stores might have sufficiently large orders on hand meet the demand The toys mentioned specifically were Foziy Bear the Frog the Doctor kit and the alphabet board As far as en costumes arc concerned Mrs Manning says she docs not carry commercial costumes or masks in her store For her own children she makes costumes out of flannelette which then double as pajamas She docs carry make up and disguise kits in her store I tried my children masks year and I found Ihey really cut down the child field of vision she said The director of Re covery House for reported Wednesday lhat six of IB men who left the centre after toxlflcalon periods of varying lengths have resumed or continued their drinking habits Lynne Salla told the centre board of directors at their annual meeting here low up enquiries have deter mined that seven former res id enls of the house have success fully maintained their sobrl The board has been unable contact the remaining five men Mrs pointed out that such statistics may be mlslea ding at this point since records of Ihc residents progress both during and after their stay at the centre have only recently been introduced The residents and former re progress will be on a regular basis from now on she said The Recovery House local north of Mil Ion male alcoholics since its opening in July average age has been yea re and their aver age stay at the centre months Eight men arc pres living then Of the Burlington and agencies pita la doctors detoxification centres Alchollcs Anonymous and the subject families have referred men to the Milton centre Milton agencies have directed eighl more and the remainder have come from Georgetown Iton and Hamilton area In all of the are residents of region Mrs Sailia reported that of Ihe residents who have passed through the centre to date nine left voluntarily and have not returned to alchol ism however were dismissed for refusing to quite drinking during their stays at the house or for other minor violations The figures Mrs Sailia said represent a per cent cry rate for the centre s real dents compared with a general average of six to 10 per cent at other such establishments she advised the figures are Inaccurate or subject to qualifications The recovery House has never seen any internal vio lence or required police inter fact lhat verifies the board contention that the residents are entirely nor mal and need more than anything else a chance to slip Inconspicuously back into iety A major problem at the house Mrs Salla explained is that residents outside act are limited to programs such as those conducted by Alcoholics Anonymous which underline Iheir problems with alcoholism Instead she said the men to simply go out and enjoy a hockey game or other social divers ions The main obstacle continues to be the lack of trans porta Half of the residents lost their drivers licences prior lo their arrival at the rural tre and most of the others have no access to downtown Milton Time and again Mrs Salla said Canada Manpower offices phone the recovery house with Immediate opportunities for work In town but the residents cannot find a way to gel there Currently only two of Ihe residents are employed while one attends college and the remainder received govern ment assistance An obvious solution in the boards view Is to move the to an urban location where the residents could find access to the Job market as well as social activities The danger simultaneously by the resulting access to downtown taverns however leaves some residents of the town wary of the proposal ftcv Rod Lewis was president of the Receovery House Corporation during an election that followed a decision to decrease the number of seats on board of directors from 15 to nine Herbert Clement is the s new vice president Ron Its treasurer and Paul Comeau its secretary Elected to threeyear terms on the board were Rev Lewis Mr Clement and Doug Haal am Mr George Wood and Pat Walters will serve twoyear terms while Mr Comeau Wilf Hamilton and Jerry Griffin will each serve for one year FIREHALL CALLING Peter Balencowc manned the micro- Ine one while his brother Christopher raced to Georgetown fireball a scene of an Imaginary fire in one of the report on differentiated in schools tated lhat paraprofessional personnel have never been ustd extensively and here is a si pht decline in their use over il past year Special education classes to be major users of the extra people instruction sup er intends nt John told tic board although high ools also make use of many professionals Mr explained lhat ree auxiliary people con be hind f he price of one teacher and re the board could save money using them in certain areas He pointed out that the education ministry specif says that only qualified people are be allowed teach in schools unless no qualified person con be found to fill the role Since there ore quite a of qualified relief teachers in the area Mr Boich felt it was unlikely that para prof would be replacing teachers even on a temporary basis While elementary and sec teachers ore not op posed to the use of auxiliary people in schools they do CBers to patrol Hallowed Eve The Georgetown Emergency Communications Services will I running patrols In Georgetown on Halloween to help prevent van disguised as Halloween pranks and to protect This is the second year for the program which Is run In cooperation with the lit Police Themembers from tht Emergency Com muni cat ions Services will establish a base station In the Georgetown police station They will operate twoman cart patrolling all of Georgetown At a sign of trouble they will radio to the base station and the dispatcher will send a policeman to Investigate Patrols will begin at but Bill Wilson who is co ordinating operation says he won reveal what time patrols will stop in case any mischief makers decide to hold off until then He also declined to say how many care would be on patrol Well be covering all of Georgetown Mr Wilson said including the industrial areas and the plazas We have a code set up in case a group gangs up on tin J mealBUMcar he said We tested it and all the cars can be on the spot from which the code was broadcast in 30 to seconds from anywhere in own Mr Wilson said the reason they are going out so early is to protect young children The time change on the weekend means It will be dark early on Halloween night Mr Wilson also said that the great quantities of leaves on ground make it difficult for a driver to sec a young child playing In them In broad daylight let alone alter dark Supt Floyd Schwanti said We sure appreciate their help Its the old story of community responsibility I think it s great School projects A list of upgrading projects for school the next three years given lo the Halton board of education last week shows a library resource centre for Howard school and a general purpose roam at the Glen Williams school as projects for ject to their use as instructors Mr said Both teachers and ad ministration see auxiliary people as valued employees rate Job he said It is just a question of Roy Cooper chairman of group who prepared the report on differentiated staffing In schools told board that while there is consider able interest in the subject across the province the actual use of auxiliary personnel varies widelv It seems to be the sort of thing lhat can be In one year and out the next he said Tho problem is usually how lo finance it Mr Boich told he board there Is no valid evidence to support or refute Ihc use of and ions differ according to duals Those who use them behove in them Those who don use them are against them Milton board member Ivan Armstrong pointed out that since this is Ihc frst time teachers have the possl bllity of layoffs because of dropping enrolments It is that they arc ncr vous of losing jos to less expensive auxiliary personnel Burlington trustee Helen Howard Lock said that oven eliminating auxiliary person nel would do nothing to case the loss of Jobs for element leach era because the en rollments arc dropping too much for redundancies to be solved in this way Milton trustee W A Lawson expressed the hope that diff staffing should re main because elementary teachers In particular arc ask to master bo many skill it Is difficult understand how they can cope with everything It seems reasonable to have helping with Instructional things he said Supervising lunchrooms and running library programs are two areas pro in Georgetown mothers worried over paroie of psychopath Marlon Manning owner of toy Magic In Georgetown I poke to the Local Council of Women about buying children toys She said that safety regulations governing toys are becoming much more stringent since the time when eyes were anchored Into stuffed animals wllb metal The recent release from prison in Kingston of a man labelled by the Ontario Provincial as a dangerous sexual psychopath has caused some mothers in Georgetown to voice concern to politicians A Georgetown moher of two said Thursday that a bunch of concerned parents were calling Premier William Davis MPP Julian Reed and Brampton Mayor Jomcs Arch dekln Morton Shulman Rev Ken Campbell and the Block Parents In Peel she told The Herald She said concerned parents were leaving their names at Ml Julian Heeds Milton office 1729 Reports of the whereabouts of the man who wafl released on Mandatory Supervision until his sentence for breaking the nose of a nine yearold girl in a washroom in Is In May have placed him in Brampton Guclph and Kitchener On Thursday a spokesman of the National Parole Service said it knew nothing about the man whereabouts other than what they saw In newspapers John Mitchell Ihe assistant director of St Leonards House In Bramplon a half way house for ex convicts said tho released man was not In residence Ihc re and added that dangerous sexual offenders arc not accepted A spokesman at MPP Julian Heed Milton office said about 10 calls were received in a two- hour period Thursday nlng The callers all voiced their extreme concern she said The names would be put Julian Reed when he is expected to be In the riding office Organizers a petition op posing the parole of a man labelled as dangerous sex psychopath say they are receiving good response from other centre across the They said tho policemen a wives associations will be ap proached for support Attempts have been made to contact federal Justice er Hon Basford for tlon Code and parole forms but confir motion had been received early Tuesday as to what the minister is prepared say A spokesman for he group said they are preparing to circulate a petition calling for indefinite sentences for repeat sexual offenders She said that under the proposal raised by her group repeat offenders would have to appear before a psychiatric board In order to be released following the completion of a definite sentence Two members of the group acknowledged they are concerned about Ihc present system which appears to give support to the criminal at the expense of the victim or future victims Halton MP frank Pill brook told The Herald that he would do his utmost to sec action taken on a petition concerning a dangerous sex psycopalh if such a pel lion was presented to him II would be his responslbll to take the petition to the speaker and try to have it placed on the agenda he said Whether it would be dcbaied would be a matter for the house leaders to decide Their decision would rest the Importance of Ihe material In the petition and with its relative importance as compared with other matters already on the agenda They might also suggest that it could be better handled In some way other than public debate he said Although Dr Phil brook was aware of some facts concern Ing the man he was not aware of the act lhat a petition Is being prepared he told The Herald Ho said that he would be quite prepared to present the concerns of area so long as there was nothing difficult about there petition So long as there was even technically ravened the laws of the count It could be presented he explained It was his understanding lhat the man was convicted of assault not a sexual offence he said and thus the petition would have to be worded care fully because ms potential for sexual offenses had not been proven He suggested that concerned residents should check with local police In cose they ready had the matter in hand Hair Experience a success Y is presented with 800 The Hair Experience a effort on behalf of was a great success Expectations about attend were exceeded almost whenthcorgan had to order an extra 100 tickets to be printed The parking lot at tho Way Jay Club in was full and once patrons arrived inside they it difficult find chairs The evenings presentation was enthusiastically received by the audience which broke into spontaneous applause for a number of the models The first part of tho evening was devoted to showing the latest hair styles Christiane who owns a salon in Georgetown and a number of her staff styled and colored hair of some of Ihc models before the audience Sue Mar tin one of the masters of ceremony brought out num ber of models lo show com hairstyles matched to fashionable outfits provided by a number of businesses Miss Martin interrupted ihe fashion show occasionally comment on the progress in hair styles being done on stage She said that hair lsts dun use bleach In color ing hair The emphasis In color is to look as natural as She also said that women and men should not be afraid of having their hair permed Tho big thing today Is to avoid looking like you ve just had a perm she said These styles are today not style of the future Miss Martin said I guess you could say my hair is a style of the future I can imagine you re all going Wool Miss Martin said the look Is becoming softer and more fe minine I think the soft curls are going to make women a lot more feminine their bus bands will love It she said Tho second part of even was makeup demons bra which began with a trip back In times The audience was reminded of the changes in llfesMe and makeup since the Roaring Twenties The emphasis In learning to use makeup is that the women must like herself The glow yousee on models In magazines come from makeup Marg After the makeup ration was concluded there was a demonstration of a number of different fashions from local businesses Includ ing Towels rt Things Touch of Class Ego Fashions Henry s Men ft Wear Flower World and Jack les Fashions The owners were called onstage to draw tickets for door prizes Diane Anderson received a cheque for for the Estimates of the people attend ing ranged from to We were very surprised at the turnout Mrs said It was fantastic Is talking making this an annual event benefitting the Y It was Idea to do this It must have taken her an enormous amount of work But It went very well Anderson