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2 Press Wednesday Dec 1980 Have you ever thought of being a Big Brother Sherry is a case worker for he Ha ton Hills Big Brothers organization and speaks highly of the organization She finds the work much more positive than her former social work with Peel Children Aid This is happy work with a positive end she smiles Big Brothers are friends The Big Brothers organization matches unteer mature males with fatherless boys as friends Working on the premise that boys without a male in the home need frequent contact with men in order to grow up with male image and a good feeling Big Brothers introduces youngsters friends The relationship remains an informal friend ship At no time is the big brother suppose to surrogate father or a disciplinarian Sherry ex plains However he is expected to spend about four hours week with Ihe boy taking him out for enrichment experiences that can vary from fish boll games movies or visiting in the big brother home Sherry comments most boys need a friend to talk male talk with no matter how complete their maternal relationship The variety of ex penence provided by sharing time with a man of wide Interests is usually invaluable to a develop ing lad At the moment the Hills branch has nine matches boys paired with big brothers and four boys waiting for volunteers There been a slow draw in Acton but there a lot of need there says Sherry We re not vis ible in the community yet Sherry has been with Halton Hills Big Brothers for 18 months ever since it was decided re a part time case worker She works out of her Erin home and laughingly says her office Is her living room or her car She would like to be handling 35 matches cases and so is hoping more big and little brothers con tact her Boys mothers usually call the organization feeling their sons need companionship The boy has to be enthusiastic about the idea before Sherry will consider him as a little brother A lengthy interview in the home follows and Sherry a I way to take the young lad out on his own for an informal visit Only boys from ages 7 to are considered Sherry says boys older than 15 lose interest and are often into mate activities more independently Younger than the ore still under mother wing Sherry says A prospective big brother should be prepared to give about four hours of his time weekly to his young friend and be willing to commit himself for a year or more It is preferable for a big bro ther to be over and definitely working We re looking for mature responsible adults with varied interests committment Sherry interviews the applicant in his home with his wife or girlfriend If the relationship will have a bearing on the little brother After a match Is made Sherry sees her charges frequently and is on hand to keep things going on an even keel and to help if problems arise She has only had to make a re match once Big Brothers is run by a board of directors who are looking for more help Volunteers are always welcome Sherry says and adds time commit mentis small Funded almost totally by Bowling for Millions a sponsored bowling marathon run nationwide In February the organization is always in need of money Private donations make up the gap be tween costs and pledges George Wagner or Georgetown heads up the Big Brother board of directors in Hills Sherry as case worker is the only expense the Hills branch has Her job is imper alive as she says someone has to do the screaming Wanted a people field Married mother of a boy and daughter Sherry got into social work after university training I wanted a people field she states She worked for the Peel Children Aid for seven years leaving five years ago to have her second child She found social work as a negative line of workandwasgladtostop she says It was nice to discover there were other sides to life Sherry did however enjoy handling adoptions toward the end of her work period she com The turnover in staff was lble everyone just burned out Now that she is working with Big Brothers she Is enjoying her social work and finds the Job ideal for a mother with young children She very good about the organization and says If I was in the same position I would be looking for something like this for her son Big Brothers needs big brothers little brothers and board members Do yourself favor and Sherry at Erin Sherry tor Big Brother Lawson holds gavel as new school board leader Milton Bill emerged from a three- round tussle to become chairman of Halton Board of Education an IByear veteran with the board said he is confident the new board will make the right decisions so that students will benefit most survived three rounds of ballots all of them secret to take the lop seat As chairman ho will earn another on top of the standard trustee pay In the final round was pitted against Burlington Noel Cooper Another Burlington Obituar Auva Lindsay Former Acton dent Alexandra Lindsay died November after a lengthy illness Daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Ninlnn Lindsay Miss Lindsay was born on a farm cast of Acton on Highway 7 She is survived by sister Jean Lindsay and brother James C Lindsay of Toronto and was redeceased by sister Mae A Lindsay and brother Lindsay A member of the Methodist Church Miss Lindsay attended Young moving to Toronto she attended Street United Church and was in the choir After completing a Dental Nurses course at the Royal College of Surgeons she spent a number of years working in a dental office As president of the Dental Nurses Alumnae of Canada during the war she helped raise money to purchase a mobile dental unit for overseas Before retirement she served on the staff of the Canadian Dental Association Funeral were Gerald Graham of Orville Day of Hamilton Donald Lind say and Fred Nurse of Georgetown Clarence Coles of Acton and Douglas of Toronto Obituar Allen Snow The son of Mr Mrs Bud Snow of Balllnafad Allen Mon Igomery Snow died suddenly November in his year at Bashaw Alberta A resident of Alberta for the past few years Mr Snow is also survived by wife Lenore and step children Rick Connie Sharlene and Shannon brothers Clare Snow of Ac Ion and John and Gre Snow of sisters Louise of Van and My ma of Acton Bom January Mr Snow attended Georgetown High School and worked as a truck driver in St Albert Alberta where he resided for the past months Prior to his marriage Mr Snow lived for six years at Thorn- bury Ontario He was a member of the Lions Club In Collingwood and worked in the com munity Memorial service was held November at Shoemaker Funeral Home and interment took place In Fair view Cemetery Top doc select Region next Medical Officer of Health is expected to be Peter Cole 35 Dr Cole a physician with the city of Toronto Family Services Branch is expected to bo of hired this week He will be the first full time MOH Halton has had since Dr J D Chamberlain retired one year ago trustee Bill voting Georgetown Trustee Belty Fisher Burlington a Elaine chairman was elected vice- Taking a page from a popular education theme Back to Basics- Law son the past vice- chairman urged the board to adopt the same theme to its relations with employees Honesty truth respect responsibility and Integrity are needed said the new chairman Its time for back to the basics to be more than theme I d like to said he believed the role promote that theme so it of the chairman is that of applies to our relation- representing the board ship between the board position all times I and Its employees don believe the nomination chairman should only from Burlington trustee visit committees in crisis Or Helen HowardLock situations was seconded by another veteran Milton trustee Ivan Armstrong who said that when there is work to be done Bill Lawson is there Bill a veteran of Board of Education was elected chairman during the board a Inaugural at Burlington while Elaine It I eh of Burlington was elected vicechair Tope Qiamt fi Co 16 Road S pine PHEASANTS Gift Box fast GAME BIRD Ratal Wholatala