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Want Childrens Aiql more accountable to electorate The Acton Free Press Wednesday November Ontario CAS replies to Reeve Harris charges Childrens Aid Sodetteashoald Preparation the brief either the municipal or social be more accountable to the followed the review of CAS aspects of the job and in many electorate the authorities who operations in Ontario In the cases not at all versed in modern supply the major portion of the Report last June business methods claims funds expended by such societies The Urwich Report found Reeve Harris brief should have more control over many inadequacies in Ontarios It follows therefore that the expenditures than Is possible CAS under the present system Boards directors of Thats the opinion of the Halton Childrens Aid Societies are Social and Family Services mostly composed of nonelected Committee whose chairman or lay people selected at cut id dried Reeve Ron Harris MUton has and dried nomination meetings drafted a brief for presentation at and in no way responsible to the the Association of Counties and taxpayers of the community in Regions of Ontario conference most cases not well Informed on Lets Play Bridge When you play bridge you should keep track of all the cards that are played However this proves difficult even for better plays Anyone should be able to keep track of one suit Here Is a hand played at the Acton Bridge Club where a defender did not even keep track of the suit lead by his partner and the result was that the opponents made an un deserved game contract South dealt with EastWest vulnerable NORTH 10 C WEST ss J I EAST H A K SB C A liability than an asset if South has only four spades North doesnt really want the lead at trick four Mmt watch North should unblock the spade ten at trick three and allow his partner to take the four spades and the fifth if he has one In spite of his points declarer should be defeated on this hand Its surprising how many contracts are made just because defenders do not watch which cards are played in a critical suit Last weeks winners at the Acton Bridge Club were first Betty Ashley and Bill Wendell second Midge and Frank Hampshire third Kay Coats and Ivan Harris SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST PASS PASS PASS INT PASS T ALL PASS Opening leid of Balanced hand The bidding passed around to East who held a balanced IS point hand One no trump describes this type of hand West with 12 points and no Interest in the majors proceeded directly to no trump South attacked with the four card from the top in his longest and strongest suit His partner unfortunately also followed the usual rules North played the ace on the opening lead and lead back his original fourth best spade South lopped declarers queen with his king and led the Jack North continued to play up the line with his five of spades Five tricks When declarer showed out the defense had five spade bricks if they could take them South continued spades but un fortunately North won the brick There was South with a good spade but North had the lead North could lead any other suit and declarer collected nine bricks and his contract North does not know at the start that his partner has five spades but he does know that he has at least four The ten of spades is more of a ROBERT R HAMILTON OPTOMETRIST 1 16 Mountainv Road S CLERKS NOTICE of flit first potting of VOTERS LIST 1970 In The Municipality of Tho Town off Acton County Of Halton Notice is hereby given that I have complied with section of the Voters List Act and that I have posted up at my office at Mill St East on the day ot October the list of all persons entitled to a vote In the said municipality at municipal elections and that such list remains there for in And I hereby call on all voters to take mediate proceedings to have any errors or omissions corrected according to law the last day for appeal being the day of November Dated this 31st Day of October J T HURST CLERK OF THE TOWN OF ACTON local Director Is in effect the Board Suggestions well presented are rubber stamped without much serious thought being given to costs alternatives priorities etc The feeling that the province pays about per cent lets go quite often prevails the continues Break tradition The Halton SFSC suggests that a break with tradition must be made and responsibility placed where It belongs on the shoulders of the provincial department and the municipalities through their elected representatives It Is the firm belief of this committee and this council that the responsibility for the operation of the Children Aid Societies should be vested in the county or regional council and that the local director should be answerable to the Social and Family Services of that council Strong statements by Milton Reeve Ron Harris over the management of Childrens Aid Societies In Ontario contained In a Halton brief which won the rather than a board of lay approval of the Associated people that are in no way an Counties and Regions of Ontario to the electorate convention In Kitchener last Disbanding of the statutory have brought forth a flurry Child Welfare Committee and the rebuttals from CAS officials on use of assistance from other toth local provincial branches of the Social and Family Services Committee are we feel your readers deserve also suggested In the brief to to have another point of view avoid duplication of service at Ruth In unnecessary expense and formation officers of the Ontario service Accounting and of Children Aid recording procedures could also Societies when she submitted a be streamlined five page press release to this Four of a newspaper and others In the area It calls county or municipal on Tuesday council representation totally Halton CAS Director boards with citizens elected the annual meeting CAS per capita costs ore the lowest In the province compared to the Ontario average of and has more social workers per population than any other CAS in Ontario she said picture adds up to lowest cost highest service Because of its extremely high record of adoption placements CAS has few children in care More of the budget can be spent on paying topnotch social workers More of the budget goes to better quality services such as group homes for children who do remain in care she said Cut and dried Mrs Doehler also expressed concern as did Reeve Harris about the cut and dried nominations and elections of board members She said the Society too wants more citizen care social work and all other costs out of the dome of charity The approach to childrens welfare has changed since the 1890 when J J Kelso founded the first Children s Aid Society Many of his appeals for children are now regarded as rights written into law The Societies feel justified in asking would a government department have felt free to press for the reforms they have urged oh a succession of governments to the present day More than ever the Children Aid needs broad participation of all sections of the community In order to carry out their new functions under the Child Welfare Act of These Include providing services to families which will keep the family together and prevent the need to take children into the care of a CAS The community must now stir itself to bring Into being more services such as day nurseries day care visiting more public housing which will strengthen family life By becoming a member of the CAS you can help bring these things about The experience of Societies throughout Ontario has shown that Is is very difficult to get municipalities to provide these essential services she said lnadequate only four elected Gordon K also Issued a bodiessitontheexecutiveofnlne press release on Monday and the board of The brief challenged Reeve Harris noted rather stupid rivalries statements See story and struggles for autonomy Answers charges could be phased out if a well Mrs Doehler a release answers balanced body gave complete Reeve Harris charge there is social service duplication of service by Rapidly increasing costs of necessary expense and our welfareoriented ficient service in the CAS and Society Joes not see itself as a must be supervised by the people his suggestion the Province private group of prominent who are responsible to the should make the CAS more citizens doling out assistance to electorate We do feel strongly countable to the electorate by the less ite to use a that the Province and the County having elected officials on the phrase of Reeve Harris The should be the overseeing bodies boards rather than some Children Aid movement concludes the fourpage brief politicians appointed to sit on pressed for years to get child lying she notes ay Children doe John Salmon 1 Country TV Centre SALES SERVICES 1 H ghway Line in TV Service to all makes Rockwood 1 Oni No support welfare shift Warden Allan Day told the County Social and Family Services Committee that the responsibility of welfare should remain with the county and municipality He expressed a fear that If the responsibility was turned over to the province 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