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The Acton Free Press Wed May B9 Adult overdose months If the number of calls received at the Poison Control Centre are any cation of the precautions taken to keep dangerous pills and chemicals out of the reach of area children then the picture is black indeed During the first three months of this year poisonings were reported to the Centre which is located what to do following he poi confined to young children according to said And its best to the of the Poison Control Centre avoid bringing children way The hospital will then be Mrs said the centre receives a to the hospital whenever ready for the child when he number of calls each month from Halton Centennial Manor in Milton concerning old as it can be a very trau malic experience for them will be arrives and no time lost in the emergency oil taxi police Instead urges parents If is without trans to phone the Poison Control portation Mrs ad Centre which said acts as service to undo peopli NO MATTER HOW old they are we clean em High school students found out just how shiny this Chev can be during their car wash Saturday Scrubbing the dust off are Bill Taylor polishing the license plate Susan Mellor Heather Reed Rick Van Fleet and Laurie Pierce STEVE SAXON son of and Ceha Saxon Knox Ave Acton made it to the Optimist club public speaking finals Niagara Falls last week end He was representing the Georgetown Optimists Steve speech en titled Kids Lib placed high in the finals He has four more years to be eligible for the contest and hopes to do better next year President of Georgetown club Larry and Secretary treasurer John Horning stuck with Steve all the way to the end Grad day draws former students Seventeen High School returned the classes for They talked to who are curious it is in store for them in work in education future Id on work load the job market ind How whether high students Wat are well enoueh prepared teachers for future The question of and what it means to rids is ills who look I help siuiknls w Convocations total of I 400 students from programs are eligible to traduate from Sheridan College during five separate formal convocation ceremonies this month at Joseph Brant Hospital Burlington The majority of the calls concerned children under 12 years Mostly it children under five years of age said Ruth Bayne director of the Centre Mrs said two- and threeyear olds are the most frequent victims of poison ings And he reason for the poisonings is almost the same carelessness on the part of the parent or other adult supervisor Thai why I push lion said Mrs who recently lectured at Tinker Bell Nursery School in Milton on Poison Prevention in the Home While most child poisonings are result of children tablets such as baby aspirin or vitamins many also get into such things as turpentine furniture polish My advice to mothers is to keep all waxes detergents and polishes with them when cleaning around the house she said Take dimmer If you re w the floor or polishing the furniture and the doorbell rings take the bottles with you ad And if you re using cloth bring it with you loo Young children will suck on anything They don care how id it The real danger in child consuming furniture polish is not in the drinking she ex plained The danger lies in the fact most furniture polishes contain petroleum distillate and if a child gels upset he may inhale the fumes back into his chest This can be harmful or even fatal she said For this reason Mrs does not recommend rushing ill be wen I itti Held Hick ind I en Vernon 111111 Mirk ilterson Miry ih Hodgson Barb nil 1 Draw for 16 ft canoe A student made foot cedar strip will be offered as this ye and first draw prize during the fifth annual open house to be held in May at Wolfe High School Renowned throughout last year it drew over 2 people the ex scheduled for Wed May from to p is designed to help free itioml in the field displays i nlert during the will help show this in each of General Wolfe trade shops ic Admission to General 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from the hospital The number to call at the centennial manor in concerning old people who have either confused their bed side hand lotion for milk or who take the wrong tablets or too many of the right ones They simply forget thai they ve already their pill for that hour or cant remember which ones to lake Mrs Biyne said Suicides And then there are the people who decide to use pills as way lo end it all period during which adult knowingly take overdoses of pills ant harmful drugs the Potential Suicide Months This usually occurs in March April but this year they beat us to draw Mrs Bayne said February and March were the peak months this year with more than the usual number of attempted suicides reported the Poison Control Centre November is another month when a of adults attempt suicide The during time period art often people who are out of work rccentlj divorced or alone for some reason or another just before the Chrislmas days Mrs Bayne said It is a very de pressing time for Ihem Man 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