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iamese puts oxfam money n sbnhys walking prowess sonny the great dane pet of or to quit this sea of trouble jjjje underbills is askiny him- yfcelf the same question asked by another great dane hamlet jtjo be or not to be that is the question whether it is nobler jn the feet to suffer corns jlnd callouses of a thirty mile calk for twenty cents a mile mr and mrs john underbill j and six ypr old daughter beth are also doubting the wis dom of the walk unless more i sponsors come forth for the i miles for millions oxfam walk a siamese cat pablo owned fby mrs helen agg in the in- i teresf or easlwcsltelations bas offered five cents a mile 1 and done so in verse the feline i poet says pablo the pear shaped siamese i will indeed bo very pleased to sponsor the great dane sonny group home is for some ca children on the oxfam walk fqr money many people think that all xfkjutse7ailya dog would do it and you may very well rue it but ill pledge five cents a mile and watch you all with a sup erior smile little beth underbill with frien sonny is confident of his ab ility to finish the walk but is doubtful of his human fellow walkers they may even say their dogs are killing them he remarked however he hopes the slimming effect of the hike will spur them along after all commented sori- toy that talkativp great dane oh that this too too solid flesh would melt and i a more reticent type feel a thirty mile walk will do it sonny whom even al jolson couldnt ask to climb upon his knee is only a year and three months but stands well over six feet on hi hind legs is asking for help lo feed the hun- gry of the worfd not only the dogs but even the people being sponsored by a cat seems fitting for sonny since lie has three cats in his family for whom he acts as protector and a kingsized one at that it would- take a brave dog to at tack a cat guarded by a great dane being a gentleman sonny sent a letter of thanks to his sponsor pablo the siamese however admitting his inability to compose some canine quat rains he let mrs underhill re ply for him the reply says our great dane dog named sonny thinks your siamese cat is a honey for pablos five cents a mile hell walk with a smile and shake hands when you give him the money his family walking beside him i know will be wishing to ride him but were the bulldog breed so we will not concede and for oxfam well do it or diet upon reading the sonnet written for him sonny sadly commented poetry is certainly going to the people the children in the childrens aid society should be adopted every year about 12000 chlif dren come into the care of cas in ontario but about one third of these are returned to their parents a little less than half are children of un married mothers and quite a number of these will be return ed to their mothers only the remainder will be legally free for adoption j a survey conducted by the ontario assocation of childrens aid societies in 1967 showed that many chldren legally free fqr adoption could not be ad opted for these reasons too attached to natural parents 423jjtoo old to adjust to adop tion 1288 arid too attached to foster parents who cannot- ad opt them 597 the challenge to the- chil- suency in addition 989 chil- rcn were counted as emotion ally disturbed and needing specialized care who were nol getting it for all these children the small institution or group home of six to eight children staffed by trained childcare workers is seen by many professionals to be an answer here the child is not expected to regard anyone as a substitute for the parents he has lost his diffi cult feelings of loneliness and rejection tan be managed so that he can soon feel a part of the community he now feels re jects him this restorative pro cess is absolutely necessary to many of these children for their own protection and the communitys the community can help by accepting them as neighbours group homes are having a call tenders for extensive renovations to legion hall by ralph hewes i good publicity this project will brink jporgctoun and branch last wednesday evening a 120 s un tt t na jnomentous decision was made tionwidc j fby the building committee i which will be a milestone in because of nlher commitments kthe progressive existence of harry bottoms has resigned as j branch 120 the significant ov branch iiason officer to the ent was the call for tenders fur pipe band the executive have a addition and alterations to appointed pat chamberlain a i branch 120 memcr of some renown pat j has in the past been an cxecu this is the first step towards mrmhrr a mmhrr f bw things listening to the ar the pipo bamj as w as deria chitect describing the design t jnd the finish of the new lounge sbranch 120 will have the plush est one this side of the rockies ipisum sounds good a curler of some repute anri will no doubt make a natural liaison officer suddenly crash branch such a 120 i a branch pundit was heard j j to say all we need is the rash things run smoothly for month o pay for all this have faith a month the dart shoots ytally will locate that very nee- etc are successful anri siary commodity for the paying propositions then sud- branch denly crash someone or some j- thing lowers the boom and the the die is cast and is irrevoc i i a branch has a colossa flop stun able or as jackie dleason would w aj i was the case asl week the ay and away we go f friday night fun night was most 5 at the executive meeting on disappointing the response tuesday the district convention from other branches invited was was discussed it will he held almost nil perhaps the evening j in delhi on sunday april 20 should have been postponed t members of the executive will when it was discovered that the attend along with members of guest branches had other com j the branch who wish to go the milmenls however that is branch pipe band and colour water under the bridge the winners of the dart shoot prizes which were roasts on this occasion were ii itul mcr h hedley a porter a roberts m norrie the car club winners were lv brown p comer k knglcby v barnes and w anderson branch pipe band and colour water under the bridge party will also be on hand f seeks second term the election of district offi cers will take place on this oc- j casion branch dave capper- auld will seek his second term i as district commander wc wish j him success for although wc may be accused of being partial we cannot see anyone elyr as district commander the saturday night dance which was expected to he crowd ed also backfired stnjn spite of the pool county tents very poorly attended no one even with the wildest stretch of imagination could 5denxr4hat cord alcott pot gc the ways and means prize orgctown on th map wheri ho went to k gordon r bradley j conceived the idea of minor hockey now gord has another brainchild a minor hockey hall jot fame and where will this hall he located why in george- town naturally the hirthplac of minor hockey who will spn or this project branch 120 who else gord alcott plans to have this readv to go in 1072 u present these people have n which happens lo be george- jtowns 50th birihday the bles sings of mayor emmerson have already been received ong other things it was disclos ed that the zone is to have a mem rship contest where the branch with the largest ln- crease percentage wise will re ceive a trophy the election of zone officers which was held after all bus mess was completed caused a change in command there were three candidates for zone com mander hank steele brampton bill shields oakville and charl es heath port credit charlie heath was elected as zone com mander for the coming two years his deputy is l green wood of bronte who won a tight race with hank steele the remaining positions on the zone command will be filled by appointment the brinch air cadets had a wonderful day at downsview the weather last sunday was ideal for flying 57 cadets 4 officers and the sponsoring com- mittee arrived at the base at q a m and remained there un til 3pm they toured the base visiting the control tower fire hall engine plant etc they al- so enjoyed swimming and a vis it to the mess hall hut the high light of the day was flying the boys flew in otter aircraft eight boys lo each plane they were up for an hour and naturally during that time they had a birdseye view of georgetown j the day was well organized by the airforee bods so that every cadet enjoyed his visit next saturday is aircraft tag day and also the first day of atr cadet week sunday the georgetown squadron will be at guelph where they will attend a tri service church parade know cancer can be beaten and o white saturday afternoon the branch was honoured to have ihe dis trict organization and develop menl meeting held in ihe aurp jtnrjujm thisgcling is held prior tj all district corivehtioos and as well as the committee sever zone commanders were set up and finalize all phases of the foreeomjng convention which is this sunday t mr alcott told the executive the three years wait will he takj en up with much work and trav- filing he wishes for three mem bers to form a committee with hlhr the branch pro is to lookj fifter the publicity keeping members and public informed- regarding developments the at milton last sunday and am- oxfam walker we understand the branch is sponsoring iris rannachan in the oxfam wajklris is the first walker lo approach the branch others arc expected the zone meeting was held blowers for all occasions wedding arrangements certaqe a specialty qtft flowers and funeral j designs we wire flowers r0sedale floral 32 albert st 8771952 mr william stewart brantford ontario cancer can be beaten your dollars are needed now to continue the battle give hope aboost when a volunteer calls be generous canadian cancer sockiy 1969 target 12000 donation may be tent to the treasurer mrs beatrice clark 41 main street south or canadian imperial bank of commerce main street branch hundredt of canvassers are helping will you georgetown branch canadian cancer isociety drens aid societies is to give vvtime geu started in these children as normal an up- 1 some arcas be of flic re- bringing as possible despite the of home owners iwho fact that they do not have own feei threatened by these chil- parents how do they try to incredible though it is solve this problem i dr askwith cas direc- recently through their as- 1 to fo halt affluent can- ociationthe childrens aid so- 1 ad 10 and 2 year old boys cieties approached the gov i and are 8 denled the ernment asking that they con sider subsidized adoption this would make it possible for ma ny devoted foster parents to adopt their foster children leg ally without giving up the small amount of financial help they now receive from the soc leties right to j on a shady street and attend school in a residen tial area and use other neigh bourhood facilities because they are orphans of the living vet this is just the environment they need the cas hopes that during childrens aid week some of this prejudice can be broken down through education dur- the cloftgetown herald thursday april 17 1969 page 13 the week of april 2028 the halton cas will be at home at 48 hugh st milton where people may pick up literature on this and other subjects con cerning childrens welfare draper dome co ltd members the toronto stock exchange stock and bond brokers 1 your nearest branch office phone brampton or melton and toronte 4595222 6773757 no toll charge from georgetown and vicinity successful investors traders know draper dobie david r chappie win e beetty lm brown 0 d optometrist 47 main st north suite t just north of silvers telephone 8773671 many of the children ton at tached lo their natural parents to accept adoptive ones can not accept foster parents cith er many too old to adjust in adoption are also in this cate gory together these groups numbered nearly 2000 in on tario in 1967 that figure could be expected lo bejarger today to keep a child chafing in the care of a private family he resents is asking for all 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