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The Acton Free Press Wednesday August Social Services available to all in north end of Halton DESCRIBED BY Councillor Norm Elliott as a Woody eyesore the school creek and its banks arc due for some cleaning up Elliott said last week hes never seen the water in the creek so low or the weed growth as bad as it has been this summer This photo was taken Thursday afternoon from the Main Street bridge Staff Photo Elliott claims One of the least known but important free services available to people in North carries the forbidding title of Family Social Services and Family Counselling Theres an office in Georgetown downstairs at St where the Health Units located It Is open Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays Therela another in the county building at Milton open on Tuesdays and Thursdays They are staffed by Mrs an attractive family counsellor anxious to give assistance to anyone from the north end of the county Mrs referrals arc accepted from private Individuals doctors lawyers the court public health people schools police any responsible people or just a request from a person in trouble What Is family counselling Solve themselves Mrs Doldrums emphasized that the counsellor docs not solve the problems people bring to them They must solve it themselves Her funUlon is enable people to cope with their own problems interpreting them so they tan do something about them This may be done on a family parents single individual or marriage scale depending on circumstances The majority of cases handled from the North Halton offices are marital with parentchild or Individual problems next In that order rhcy could be financial Inter personal or number of things Biggest peoblem Mrs Dzldrums says it is communications People Just dont seem to know how to share their thoughts and feelings with others Mrs says It Is the big problem area and has nothing to do wltli class or station It Is general It generates feelings such as fear anger frustration Although the lack of communications hits both men and women it is the women who respond most and are more apt to call for help when they have problems they cant seem to solve Men stoical Men are trained to grin and bear it feeling their problems will disappear If they are stoical about them Mrs said Men also seem to resent It more if they come to seek help presumably frustrated because they I work out their own problems She sees the younger people as a heartening side to the story arc more aware of family social services and witling to seek help more open and not ashamed to seek opinions using the service for a sounding board Mrs believes this stems from the present system of education which familiarizes young people with guidance counsellors social workers and family education courses When people are referred to her Mrs emphasizes It is up to them to carry out her suggestions All interviews are confidential and any information divulged during an Interview is never passed on unless the person involved requests It She tries when possible to co ordinate and consolidate all the services the person needs No cost Unfortunately many people In the north end of the county are not aware of the services available There Is no cost to the Individual Family Social Service is provided by the county and subsidized by the province There is no connection with the welfare program of the county Mrs Dzidrums points out It Is a completely independent operation under program director James Grey and the deputy director J Vivian Mrs is well equipped both educationally and with years experience In social work to contend with the problems she faces Her working day consists of three or four interviews as well as other duties involved In sorting out peoples problems She is most familiar with the Georgetown area because this is where the bulk of her problems occur since it is the largest centre of population in the north end of the county She feels because they are smaller and the population more homogeneous that Acton Milton and the two townships of and maybe dont have the same number of problems encountered in Georgetown But she also points out the proximity of the office to Georgetown people and lack of knowledge in other communities about the program may be a factor which influences numbers Just dial The only requirement for a person to arrange an appointment to see Mrs is a telephone call to in Georgetown and she will take It from there Or if you are closer to Milton a call to the Milton office at is all that needed Although the service has been available since 1965 In Halton It is still a relatively new program for many people unacquainted with services the county does provide There are also offices in Burlington with the headquarters situated In Milton Library a jewel but grounds no crown Grounds around the Acton library and school creek have become a real eyesore said Councillor Norm Elliott and he thinks its time something was done about it Councillor Elliott brought the matter to councils attention at their regular meeting Tuesday August 17 claiming he has never seen the water in the creek as low or weed growth in the area as bad as it has been this Elliott pointed out the area has the potential for being the beauty spot in town In his words The library is a jewel that should have a setting to set it off Councillor Peter Marks wondered if council shouldnt petition owners of the land to fix it up Is it not the county board If they have a piece of property that is on maybe should write them and ask them to clean it up Marks suggested Continuing program Mayor Is felt any program to clean up the area should be a continuing one He thought perhaps a weekly or monthly maintenance could be established Council referred the matter to public works and utilities committee for a recomm endation Haltons Queen Pat Murray loses preliminary round Competing for the first time in the C E Dairy Princess competition Pat Murray of Halton lost out Monday evening to Queen The girl was competing for the second tunc while Pat had never been in competition before Her appointment as Haltons Dairy Princess was unanimous and involved no competition here at home first time to be It was a lot of fun On first night Pat had hoped to be able to watch some of the other contestants in action before she faced the judges However all the names went into a hat and she found herself scheduled for the first of the eight nights of preliminary competition Wearing a white pantsuit she was the fourth of five to compete Despite her inexperience Pat She had a short speech prepared was surprised to discover she There is a slight chance she wasnt nervous She didnt have might still be called to the finals SPIN operation will continue as some of the runnersup are included Final competition is September Cheering section Cheering Pat on were her parents Mr and Mrs Ken Murray of Indian Garden Farm sister Marie cousin Arthur uncle Lome Murray and cousins Jean and Phyllis Murray Arthur aunt and uncle Sal and Bud of Timmins and her friend Bob Thompson of Georgetown Whats next She will represent Acton calf club on Black and White day DAIRY Queen Patricia Murray Barbara Alexander Prince Edward competed at the N in the Dairy Princess Patncia Murray 17 from Halton and Karyn competition Monday Left to right are Carol from Karyn Cronk was Hill Algoma Nancy Van Patter 17 Elgin named the winner of this round of the preliminaries HALTON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION ADVANCE REGISTRATIO For those not previously registered For All Schools In Milton Georgetown Acton Nassagaweya Will take place according to the following schedule From Monday to Friday Aug to September 3 inclusive am to pm Children who will be five years of age on or before the last day of February 1972 are eligible for kindergarten Georgetown Acton and Milton District High Schools will accept registrations from students who did not attend County schools Monday August 30th to Friday September 3rd at Milton Fair She has been asked to compete in the Halton Queen of Furrow competition And as for next year shes not sure if she would enter Halton Dairy Queen contest again or not In October she begins as an apprentice hairdresser in Brampton Pat sincerely hopes Haltons Dairy Queen contestant will be chosen in September this year instead of in the spring as had been proposed We werent pleased with the results but we werent disappointed either Mrs Andrews of Campbellville told this paper or the results of the recent SPIN Stop Pollution In collection Whats most important in this project Is to have the people realize we must conserve our resources set up at off depots and Campbellville and residents of the township were asked to deposit their glass there During September we plan to advertise the project more extensively and hope to further educate the public that this is not just garbage we are collecting Mrs Andrews replied We then plan to have a collection the first Mrs Andrews on the pilot Saturday of each month and a project committee of SPIN drop off depot will also be arranged she added information concerning the recycling of glass by the end of The main problem to September Ive consulted overcome is educating the public Pollution Probe for more importance of conserving information she noted natural resources she All the glass collected during concluded 25 26 LEE A- MARVIN MONTE WALSH the August campaign will be trucked to Burlington as soon as the glass strike Is over Wehave the bottles sitting in our yard but cant take them on to Burlington because of the strike Apparently no one is allowed across the picket lines she quipped The SPIN collection was a project of a number of members of the Womens Institute and a collection during the month of July resulted In a good truck load of gloss being to the Burlington depot We hope to have much In this months truckload she added FREDA HOFFMAN Optometrist 58 St Georges Sq Ont Telephone BEST DEAL THIS S OF TOKYO iranffljELl TOYOTA 8262931 Apple Juice DESSERT PEARS 2 39 249 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