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The Acton Free Press Jar Health nurses Continued from Pago whom children could be referred Cor instance and they must be referred to Brampton Guelpn Hamilton or Toronto Often because of the lack of help there is no follow up on This helps to build up a load of frustration for the nurses With adequate staff she says it could be a real challenge to stay in North Halton of helping resources forces her to become more resourceful and initiate community groups In my Job it would be much easier to go elsewhere says MissDavey but she feels there is a challenge here and an opportunity to try and improve the service They both feel there has been much talk about Improving North Halton inadequate health services and it is now time there was some action Differences exist twixt north south There are specific differences between the treatment of the north and south despite assurances by health officials Mrs states with observations based on her own experience Below she lists some of the comparisons she has noted that have contributed to unhappiness among public health nurses Georgetown office has one girl to do receptionist work clerical work for P H N s answer phone calls etc The south has an extremely good clerical system using tape recorders which has Just been started In the Georgetown office The south has a system of team nursing one of the new programs which are introduced there first There was no way they could have set up this pilot project in the north The south has programs for parents of preschoolers has time and facilities for more inservice education for example Burlington has a psychiatrist who meets with the HN s to discuss cases and help with ongoing education and hence help for new The south has better public health nurses Personnel In the south are allowed half day per month for research library reading preparing for prenatal or other community health leaching There Is no time in the north Nurses are able to follow maternal and child health programs as they are set up in the south entailing visiting each new mother and following through years In the north it is Impossible to visit every new mother and ridiculous to think In terms of preventive nursing in pre school years There are no prenatal classes In Acton they are on again- off again In Milton and Georgetown Recently the Health Unit has hired someone to do prenatal classes In Georgetown The south is mainly urban Therefore there are more helping agencies for example meals on wheels big brother and sister organizations friendly visiting for shutins ad diction services etc In the north the public health nurse handles many functions that would be handled by volunteer agencies In the south Nurses In the south can make more visits In one day because population is centralized while the northern nurse often must travel many miles between visits In theory the nurse must assess priorities and make visits in a particular area but In practice a panic call could come from Norval and the next one could require a visit near Milton A nurse s district In the south Is compact and she can travel from one end to the other In IS minutes Esquesing hasnt realty bad a regular public health nurse since Esquesing schools are used to managing without health services and secretaries teachers and even Janitors assume responsibilities well beyond their level of competence In the health field Because of the difference in urban and rural areas there should be a better ratio of nurses in the north The north also seems to be getting the short end of the stick In the proposed home care program although the need is more urgent in the north because of the lack of volunteer services and people are more Isolated In rural areas More help is needed in North schools In remedial reading school social workers should be more available enrichment classes etc which would all make less work for the nurse There is only one psychologist for all of North Halton All in all the system favors the more urbanized south while the north of the county takes the crumbs off the health table Snowblower blows heat A comment by Councillor BUI Coats that he disappointed Acton isn t getting more use sparked a brief but heated discussion among councillors at Tuesday regular meeting What do you want your name in the paper asked Councillor Jack Greer We haven t had the snow to use It You had this answer before at committee Need conditions Mayor Us Duby said he d like to see councillors be a little more constructive and less critical We must have the right conditions before we can use that machine the mayor explained Cars must be right off the streets so that the machine can keep moving straight ahead Councillor Peter Marks said he thought Coats comment on the had been very constructive If we re having this problem with cars why don we consider setting up emergency snow routes after a storm he suggested I happy that it t being used really Deputyreeve Pat quipped The German Canadian Club of Halton County inltslOth Year Invites you to Its Grand Masquerade with NICK OSBELT Soloists Saturday Jan at 30 m Milton Hall Pin St BECOME A MEMBER H Hinfon heads fair board for 72 SUPERB ARTISTRY of the Czech string violin Anton second violin quartet was heard by a small audience in the Konicek cello and Karlovsky library Friday Members of the ensemble are They played Schubert Bartok and from the front clockwise Rudolph Kalup first quartets Staff Photo Czech quartet delights disappointing crowd To sit so close to world famous artists was a thrill for people who heard the Czech String Quartet Friday evening Numbers distressingly few but those who a I tended found the experience delightful beyond their expectations The intimacy of the downstairs library room proved perfect for the program three string quartets by Schubert and Dvorak Radio personality The quartets were intriguingly introduced by Richard host of music programs on Hamilton radio station CKDSFM He was making one of his rare personal appearances Friday to add to the program here The four string performers from Prague fled in 1968 alter the Russian occupation They now play with the Hamilton Philharmonic are part time artists in residence at both McMaster University and Christ INFORMAL informative commentary on the Czech string qmrtct was given by Hamilton radio personality Richard Gale Staff Photo Church University New Zealand Rudolph plays first violin Anton second violin Chamber backs centennial President Roy Good in urged the Chamber of Commerce to pledge their support to the newly formed Acton Centennial Commission at the first meeting of the Chamber new executive this week His call received unanimous agreement Consequently the Chamber agreed to incorporate the new centennial symbol on now being printed It was pointed out that two directors of the Chamber are on the Centennial Commission in John Shadbolt and Paul Nielsen Henry a member is on the centennial committee Plans are being made for a dance to raise money for activities More information will be forthcoming at the next meeting of the executive Feb Bat the Bank of Montreal Chairmen lor various com mlttecs appointed at the first meeting include membership- John Secord civic and social- Alan Eastwood retail traffic and safety Paul Nielsen en vuonment Wayne Moss a new committee which covers manv aspects of the environment and will involve a great many people Director Kevin Conroy was authorized to proceed with erection of the community bulletin board near the town office The Chamber is hopeful It will be a useful source of information to Acton residents and visitors Mr Conroy and Mrs A Eastwood were appointed to the industrial committee which it is expected will involve members and directors in more Chamber activities 27 28 Sot 29 inoiallnd fluids Sabata Duucll n Ik Show starts 30 m and Showtime Showtime Feb 800pm Feb Style teehng Their selections pcrormed wi til treat style and feeling were the Schubert string Quartet No 1J in A minor written in Siring Quartet No J written in 1927 and Anton Dvorak American Quartet Opus 105 composed in 1832 library board member Rev Harry Dawson introduced the program flu program is one of several presented by the South Central Ileoanal 1 system and was available to come to Acton No charge was made here rlday films on Eskimos arc being featured at the library H H Bert was elected president of Acton Agricultural Society at their annual meeting In the chamber Saturday Mr Hinton was previously vice president and replaces Bill Nelles the president for the past two years Henry Stanley from the Department of Agriculture at Milton presided for the elections and other are past president Bill first vice- president Anderson second vice president Ken Murray directors John Brian Evans Russell Murray Ken Marshall Bruce Coles Waiter Fryer Ken Stubbington Mel MeCullough Wallace Brent Marshall Gerald Riley Car Sinclair Ron Stan Matthews and Jim McCulloch Fnlr attendance there was a fair attendance at the annual meeting Minutes of the last annual meeting were and adopted President Bill thanked for their cooperation the successful fairs financial statement was read and adopted Calvin Alt ken and Nino reported on the Inst district No meeting Mare prizes It was also decided that the ladies section of the board be granted an additional to help increase prize money in all classes Committee chairmen reported on their sections of the fair and certain improvements arc anticipated for the fair Ac Ion centennial committee had requested that a member from the fair board be on their committee and Bill Nelles was appointed Society refund board members decided to refund the Cancer Society the amount of money they had paid for their space at the fair Delegates were named to attend the Ontario Societies convention the King Edward Hotel in Toronto on February and Miss Bruce the Miss Acton Fair will also be representing the fair at the convention board would continue to sponsor clubs and the 1972 fair dates were set at the third week In September midway contract with King Shows was completed signed and forwarded Mrs is to contact the Department of Agriculture re the possible application for Acton as a class fair Lets Play Bridge One of the fascinations of duplicate bridge at least to me is to find the number of different contracts that a single deal can lead to How can good bridge players and everyone considers duplicate players to be good arrive at different contracts with the same set of cords I was reminded of the above this week since I lent most of my boards to another club hence they were not available for analysis All 1 had was a few boards to look at and most of these I had not even played I Immediately attracted to the very first board for no two results were the same Here ore the cards with North the dealer and Cast West vulnerable NORTH J llK B I cannot give you the bidding as there were four different contracts arrived First pair the first pair arrived at two spades by South 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