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D and G group home overcomes problems Just outside of Acton a threeyear old group home for troubled native children has Just overcome its own troubled past and now making itself known as one of the best correction homes in the province Walking inside the D and G Group Home one cant help notice the spotlessly clean rooms children and the sound of laughter that belies the fact the household is home for native youngsters with emotional and antisocial problems Two years ago the home received a lot of adverse publicity when one of the children living there left the custody of and G and sparked an intensive Investigation into how the home was run As a result the reputation of D and was seriously questioned and the borne was almost permanently down According to David Stanley the director and owner of the home the problems started when he tried to obtain a licence to run the correctional program Because of a previous record the government refused to give Stanley a licence and it took several thousand dollars to fight the decision in court Finally be won the right to run the program but was under the stipulation that some of the staff had to be Indian This is when the major problems began said Stanley These people were much more suited to work in an institutional setting where the patients have a mental illness Most of the ran Indian staff had little or no experience with Indian problems that t illnesses Stanley contended For instance explained Stanley one especially aggressive yearold slapped around two of the non Indian staff and in stead or releasing the kid aggression they over sympathized with him this kind of treatment he child would think he could get away with slapping people around and would ve done it again if we hadn t let the Indian staff go concluded Stanley Because of the recession plus the fact they were fired the former staff members thought they could protect their Jobs by complaining about the unorthodox rehabilitation measure used at D and Stanley said The complaints found their way to several prominent government agencies and the future of and was in Jeopardy What the former staff and most people didnt understand was a lot of Indian kids were raised by very poor grandparents who couldn give the children the guidance they needed Cliff Summers a native from the Dakotas said Where I grew up eight of us lived in a one room house and shared one bed There was more than one time some of us went hungry It tended to be a hard life on the reser for many of the youths but t isnt usually on the reservation that the children get into trouble Stanley noted It when these kids who are almost completely Ignorant of life off the reservation are placed into a public school system and in traduced to video games drugs and peer pressure that the problems begin he con turned Imean continued Stanley what is the real problem The fact the kid stole a boat or is he and needs a boat lo catch some fish I not saying these kids are completely innocent when they leave the reservation but when the are suddenly exposed to a totally culture it blows The reputation Indian children have when they come into a public school doesnt help their all tude much either said Stanley Because they re poor and Co handmedowns the Indians are labeled dirty and trashy said Summers And you can imagine how that kind of prejudice hurts their pride and sense of self worth People understand the Indian has a much different outlook on life said Louis a former teacher at the University of Omaha Many outsiders tend to see Indian religion and folklore as a kind of black magic or voodoo when In reality much of than rehgnn is similar to Christian beliefs Stanley noted The Indian believes he was created equal to everything in nature and therefore treats his surroundings with respect th this philosophy In mind one can teat how the North American attitudes towards progress and racism would be in conflict w Ih Indian ways What the whole thing really boils down to is remarked Stanley these children were raised on a and educated with one set of values then placed into an alien culture that breaks down everything they were led to believe The kid will become confused and do something stupid I think the best word to describe it culture shock concluded Stanley Continued on Page B3 GeorgetownActon Wednesday October Georgetown CHKY5U LTD Mauntnw N Toronto Lo And to museum Region Museum has special display When two overloaded pick up trucks returned to the Halton Regional Museum In Milton from Thunder Bay one day two years ago an entire collec tion of artifacts documenting a pioneer family history from 1776 to the 1930s was not expected The donation came from EN Wright who married a direct of the prominent Buck of Palermo Elizabeth Gertrude Campbell She died in at the age of and Wright who only retired from active practise last year felt the wellkept collection ought to be placed with the region museum But the museum had to pick It up Lamenting the gift would not otherwise tie received be late Brittaln curator made the arrangements and then personally went up to Thunder Bay to make sure the offer was believable Fortunately nothing was lost or damaged despite the overload ing from IbeMO to piece collection which Includes everything from Etc a spinning wheel saddle ear ning notes legal documents Jewellery and furniture Help Hired Paced with researching and cataloguing this substantia collection the museum hired a full time historical researcher display and public relations officer Jonathan Mil chell Though hired to delve into the history of the museum entire collection Mitchell baa so tar on ly concentrated on the Bock family donation He has recently assembled and arranged for display a number of Buck for an exhibition titled Halton a Loyalist Heritage It opens Saturday Sept and Is expected to remain In the museum a Craft House to the end of December perhaps longer depending on public interest When Mitchell bad completed the dis play about a month ago the donor Wright and his family visited the museum and expressing obvious pleasure be announced more will be forthcoming But again the museum will have to pick tbem up The Buck family United Empire Loyalists came to Ontario then known M Upper Canada In about fleeing as refugees during the American Revolution known as the War of play includes a salt worn by Colin Campbell and two gowns belonging to Ids wife Minnie Campbell daughter of at coronation of Bock Edward VII Independence Supporters of the British monarchy were fremjently imprisoned and among those captured was Philip Buck I His wife Margaret Buck ven tured off with four other women taking with them over 30 children on horse back through bush Enroute Philip Buck II was born and later Margaret husband Joined the trek after escaping from prison Women It is believed the four other women who travelled with Margaret were a Mrs after whose family Corners may have been named Mrs Smith original ancestor of EX Smith of Grimsby Mrs Seeord mother-in- law of Laura Seeord and Mrs Bow man of whom nothing Is known In total to Loyalists escaped into Canada settling areas stretching from Ontario to Nova Scotia There are many surround ing their arrival and they suffered a lot referring to historical notes writ ten by a member of the Buck family Some of these Loyalists were well-to- do but the majority were very poor They built log cabins with dirt floors and a hole in the roof to let the smoke Philip Bock land Margaret ally settled near Fort George tbdr lag cabin on a crown grant They each of whom as United Empire Loyalist were also granted acres Attunes this property was of lit tie value and those with their allocation used tt fWtering or simply sold or tern Son of IMS Buck moved onto land in In be married at Black Creek now a pioneer At the time following victories In of Trafalgar audi French Revolution he was knighted by the King of a duchy large credited with the founding of Children The couple bad 11 children of whom the In 1833 was Anson Buck builder of the bouse in Palermo at the corner of Highway and which in re cent years to the present serves as a restaurant under different names An son studied In the United States and also earned a degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of London Eng He practised as a country doctor for years and often travelled a full day on horseback through bush to make a home visit He was known for his absolute dedication to his work said Mitchell He married Keturah Adelaide Howell in late December 1854 and she is best remembered for the local history she wrote Anson sat on tbe former Trafalgar township council for years awl oust ed only one meeting during bis entire tenure because of a death in bis family In January 1908 his retirement as reave was marked by tbe township presenting him with an gold chiming pocket watch Also among tats credentials is Geld hospital and surgical work ta the federal army service in the United Sates and believed be with the victorious army following American Civil War to Baltimore in and mat be was reputedly in tbe audience when President Abraham Lin coln was assassinated Supporting Lin coln Anton believed in freedom from the American negro have never refused a call of suffer ing or sued a man court states Ansons creed would rather live the hearts of my people Stan die rich Re died IMS and the family sold the house is Palermo Two Daughters Annan and bad two- Tats iskarat geld chiming packet watch was pretested fa Dr Anson Bock Us reUresnent from Trafalgar township IMS as reeve He sat on years and missed only lions until Adam Alexander sold the arm to the Region Con servation Authority in the late 1960s museum which opened In IBM oc cupies six acres of land in Park which it leases from the authority for years We have years left noted curator since November Of its six buumngf four are from tbe her mar- Alexander rarm4be stone riastoCcmHCbmpbffldCamptaiV house barn and craft to IBM bouse which was the piggery A log ttatsstsnoejyflttfatt that Bock cabin was moved to the family caDcctlea was to the sue en pioneer Beatrice In rose to and opened as an tarty pioneer nSmSamtgl with boners Una Palermo The aiulrssnb unoriginal farm of Bessie a project of JternwcsjttalofSkflywM Adam Alexander who ta the The Museum and all of the of was Besetted replace Us name Haters mm MSB bating at opened seven days a as rasas named after and dmg cantor week from I to PTOMrVpttUttfmr genera Isabel Benton Post Mistress at Limehouse for 24 years Funeral services for Mrs Arthur W Benton were conducted by the Rev Peter on Friday October from the JS Jones Son Funeral Home In Georgetown Mrs Benton passed sway on Tuesday October at the Georgetown District Memorial Hospital following a five month Illness Interment was in the family plot in lime- house Cemetery Pallbearers were Joe Brooks Fred Cisby Dick Payne John and Bill Brooks Flower bearers were Fred J Brown Donald Lindsay Kevin Clark Randy Banish Inez and Ruth Mrs Benton was born Mary Isabella on June 1909 on Lot 7 Con Esquesing Township the daughter of Jonathan Neilson and Mary Anne McEwen She married Arthur William Benton In Acton on October 1935 She was predeceased by her husband in September 1972 and by one son Neilson Arthur In August She is survived by one son Albert John of R Acton and his wife Glen da and only grandson John Also by her sister Charlotte Mrs Wilfrid Grecnlees of Mrs Benton taught school at and Mineral Springs She was a member of Limehouse terlan Church Life member of the Lime house Women Missionary Society and a Life member of the Limehouse Women Institute having held various offices in these organizations Mrs General Store for years where she was post mistress for 21 years Since selling the store in as long health permitted Mrs Benton enjoyed her hobbles of sewing and fancy work garden ing and compiling local history She was keenly interested in all community tivitles and local history She derived great pleasure form conversing with people and sharing her knowledge Mrs Benton has been the correspondent for The Acton Free Press and Georgetown Herald for over years and for The Independent from Its beginning Parentrelief at Oaklands North Halton Association for Mentally Retarded wants parents to know Oaklands Regional Centre Is offering a parent relief service for up to six people at a time from six and up The parentrelief unit Is In the man building at Oakland Centre and consists of s area two bedrooms and three bathrooms The service is available for up to two weeks at a tune for days per year and costs from two to three doBars a day far children For adults over years of age a portion of Family Benefit AUi deducted for each day of care