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; "The result of an hours action was a burned and scorched area in the roof 10 feet by five feet," gaid Burton. "The insurance es timate for fire damage is $300 while the estimate for water daâ€" mage in the house is $6.000 without considering broadloom for three large rooms and a two storey hall and stairway plus Burton said the firemen then proceeded to put a highâ€"pressure spray nozzle through the gable Â¥ent and "unlimited water" pourâ€" éd down the hot air duct into the basement. Burton estimated 10. $00 gallons of water came through.the hoses. . The homeowner said he was told the firemen did not have a ¢hemical unit. Flanagan confirmâ€" ed this at the meeting saying ihey were considered outmoded nd are not carried on fire trucks @lthough still used as a first aid fneasure. ; Burton said he told the District bhief, who was in charge, the :‘lne was very localized and a an with a chemical extinguishâ€" ér could go into the attic and put out the fire from there. Burton described the fire which took place at his home at 163 Martin Grove Road. He told the Committee a workman had been burning off blistered paint with a torch on an outside wall of the home when he noticed a spark jump into a crack at the junction of the top of the siding and the boxed eave on the southâ€" east corner. Firemen Must Act No Second Guess Fire Chief Harold Flanagan stoutly defended his Department at Monday‘s Fire Committee meeting when J. T. Burton acâ€" eused firemen of damaging his home with water. "We have one of the most upâ€" toâ€"date fire departments in the country toâ€"day," said the Chief. OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY includes the very popuâ€" lar weaving class run by Mrs. Jean Hanagan, who has been teaching at the school for two years. The work of the advanced pupils is of a very good and saleable standard, she reports. a few minutes chatting with Iitfié‘Bv(;iJgy-.';rvl;-ont:e};ices in the attention focussed on him. PLAYTIME INTERLUDE . .. Mrs. J. M. Downs, princiâ€" pal, (right) and Mrs: Doro.t‘lfly__anpfef a teacher, spend There will be special zoning regulations, according to the reâ€" port, to describe the project, to gether with permission to build at the proposed density and to provide only a 25 per cent carâ€" park as was the case with Scarâ€" lettwood Acres. Senior Citizen‘s Apartments For Six Acre Plot The sixâ€"acre site according to the report, is designed for 406 apartments and represents the highest density of the project area. There will be 67.7 dwellâ€" ing units per acre. A senior citizen‘s apartment will be built as part of the proâ€" ject, and will be located on Kipâ€" ling Avenue south of the instituâ€" tional area. The Committee thanked Burâ€" ton for bringing their attention to the incident. ‘ The Chief said firemen do not have time to "second guess." "We can‘t stand around," he said. "I think we used the proper appâ€" roach. After every fire we have people telling us how it should have been done. Even Mr. Burâ€" ton‘s son (6) came along and tried to tell us how to fight the fire." Burton said he talked to Chief Flanagan who said, "We are not infallible." Burton said he felt the matter was taken too lightly. "The adjusters and renovators say they have never seen so much water damage in proportion to fire damage," said Burton. "When they stepped on the broadloom, water came half way up their shoes." drapes worth about $600. For many years it was thought that nothing could be done mediâ€" cally for children who were mentaily retarded, and as a reâ€" sult, little or nothing was done for many of them in the way of medical treatment, he asserted. 3 ‘With a&"m""';n}i&. _ increasâ€" ng Wfl many ramifications of mental retardaâ€" tion, we have begun to realizs that retarded children, like all He stressed the need of early and adequate prenatal care with frequent blood examinations and blood pressure determinations. ‘‘The expectant mother should also be made aware of the fact that exposure to any infectious condition, especially viral in-‘ fection such as German menlec.‘ warrants adequate medical atâ€" tention and care", he added. "Too much emphasis cannot be laid on the need and importâ€" ance of each infant, preâ€"school, or school child receiving their immunization shots against whooping _ cough, diphthem.] etc", he said. The unfortunate parents of such a child at first scourge themselves with the same whip, and this is the first obstacle that must be overcome by menâ€" tal health organizations before they can do anything for the child. Many causes may be responâ€" sible for mental retardation, Dr. Martin claimed, including preâ€" natal conditions which may oc cur during pregnancy affecting the health of the mother, and inâ€" directly, the health of the child. Such conditions as kidney disâ€" ease, high blood pressure, inâ€" fectious conditions such as Gerâ€" man measles, Rh. factor, excess exposure to radiation, are known causes, he said, as well as disâ€" eases such as small pox chickenâ€" pox, or a virus infection. | The incidence of mental reâ€" | |tardation in Canada is 10 timel[ Pthat of crippling polio at its | peak, and 15 times that of blindâ€" | Inen â€" over 15,000 will be born | {in Canada this year, and the | ‘plight of these children is one Iof the nation‘s greatest social | problems. ‘ New advances in the research methods and diagnosis of mental retardation, and a more progres sive concept of treating the reâ€" tarded child, have given rise to new hope in the battle against one of the most challenging problems of childhood, claimed Dr. Dennis Martin, M.D. Psychâ€" when speaking to an audience of over 100 parents at the Open House held by the York Townâ€" ship School for Retarded Childâ€" ren, on Wednesday. Retarded Children Not Hopeless Claims M.D. at York Open House "One of the most important adâ€" vances in the study of mental retardation has been our change of concept," he said. "For a long time we thought the condition was irreversible, based on the idea that damage to the brain of a mentally retarded child was fixed and unalierable. We have since learned that the causes of mental retardation are many and varied, and our advances in reâ€" search methods of diagnosis and treatment, has given rise to a new approach and a new hope." Many parents after learning that their chlid is not normal, undergo a period of despondenâ€" mental retardation â€" and many|. Through the belp of mental more may yet remain .t:dbe dh’: oh:l::.rh uooch“ gi“:ur':z m‘ covered â€" less than half that paren & ;mmber can be traced to heredâ€" e ;::' :‘l’:;“ ‘"t&‘mm‘::: u:z} ity. t & 4 P others who have met the chalâ€" llen:alo‘re';el‘g:ol::l ill' '“:’m':"i]enge head on and are doin:! any family, rich or poor, brilliâ€"| S0mething about it. | 54 a, danee, pour bir!h-] Little groups â€" are Iormed.; during birth, or later. | where parents can meet and disâ€" The incidence of mental re-jc:". the |:iroblem,_nnd exchl:nge tardation in Canada is 10 times | :h:‘: b‘e“ in;l.:p'“z:::;h ;:;: that of crippling polio at 1k sprun u‘ throl.‘l‘ghout the counâ€" peak, and 15 times that of blindâ€" | u'-)y ugsin: fiyimes; thurch bare ?: s::;.::"t;;:’o?uv: It .:,l bot;: ) ments and halls for their class $t ine maunts pooss trit l es menz mmesminione moce ;lt:ol:l}:mmum’ gteatest socl« | rallied to their aid with donaâ€" Â¥a : t of imgjas |lions of cash, equipment and el. a great deal of prejudice | school transportation, and the | and ignorance still exists AMORE | provineial government provides the public regarding this tragic a small cash grant for each affliction. Parents of reurded( child | children often are the target of The‘ York Township School for fomne negen uienss U Oe Inetaraen Chnmrenet 61 anet pomu:f fmlger, mdf is h‘;m-y/Avenue is but one of the 100 avert glance, rom _ their * | es on reee t thuts getite who, fed on a potpourri oi e fantasy and half truths concernâ€"| There, a small band of dediâ€" ies eaimiine on t se o 5 on o gard it as something unspeakâ€"| . _ J. _ M. + w ably shameful. € Pe school principal. are workins The question of mental retardâ€" ation is now being brought out in the open, he stated, and the child who is mentally retarded is no longer kept behind closed windows and locked doors. The stigma attached to it in former years is vanishing, and it is now being regarded as a disease like tuberculosis, diabetes, or a heart condition. he said. Mental retardation is no reâ€" specter of persons, it strikes any family, rich or poor, brilliâ€" ant or ordinary, before birth, during birth, or later. retarded child is born in Cana da. Of every hundred children that are. born, three will ‘be mentally retarded. No fear of that in your famâ€" Hy you say? Your blood, lines are free from any signs of genetic weakness â€" in fact, the reverse is true of both your families? Then perhaps you don‘t know that of the 72 known causes of mental retardation â€" and many more may yet remain to be disâ€" covered â€" less than half that number can be traced to heredâ€" ity. York Township‘s Special School Helps Retarded Children In Society Every twentyâ€"five minutes, t ‘‘The policy of the school is to expose the retarded child to life‘s everyday situations, and to help them cope with these situâ€" ations realistically, said Mrs. Downs. The children are taught to take care of themselves in such children, are entitled to reguâ€" lar medical attention," he conâ€" tinued. 4t uonepimai [epuaw ay; jj,, self cannot be improved mediâ€" cally, we know that many of the conditions that accompany and aggravate it can be helped". There, a small band of dediâ€" cated workers under the direcâ€" tion of Mrs. J. M. Downs, the school principal, are working unrelenting zeal in the difficult though rewarding task of helpâ€" ing retarded children. others families for the tragedy, and are at a loss to explain the child‘s condition to their "imâ€" mediate ‘family, friends and neighbors. By TOM LONGHURST cy, selfâ€"pity and shame. They to learn more about the afflicâ€" tion, and what they can do to help the child. Gradually, the situation is ac cepted. They ‘become anxious Another member of â€" staff, Mrs. Dora Park, who has been with the school nine years said, "We never criticize them, as they need your approval and enâ€" couragement, â€"â€" more so if they | are rejected by parents who | cannot face up to the fact that their child is not normal". | _ All the children who attend the school are retarded to the degree that they cannot profit Though the child can be taught to care for himself, and relieve some of the burden carâ€" ried by the mother, some deâ€" gree of supervision will be reâ€" quired, and Mrs. Downs stressâ€" ed the need of a good home enâ€" vironment. ‘There must be some liason between school and home, so that the family proâ€" gresses as a unit, and grows toâ€" who has no convulsions will do better than one who has, and that a child without paralysis has a brighter future than one with paralysis. In many instanâ€" ces however, the future can be influenced _ by â€" education â€" and treatment". from ordinary schooling, but they can be taught elementary skills. Simple bandicrafts such as embroidery, drawing, woodâ€" work and weaving, are importâ€" ant in developing hand and eye coâ€"ordination, and give the child a sense of achievement. ‘"They are capable of great affection, and are very demon strative in expressing this", she said. "We return this love the -uhcn.mmh‘.mdmu. other daily chores that are necâ€" essary if the child is to fit into society to the limit of his or her ability. The greatest need of a re tarded child is to be loved, to be given the security.that comes from knowing they are wanted, and they are very sensitive in noticing any change in the baroâ€" meter of affection. This need is well catered for at the school. "We lavish more atlection_ on these children than same way, a way they can derstand". T we would with others because it is necessary if they are to develop", said Mrs. Eva Benyei, a, staff member. things as <toilet training, table profit | CONFIDENCE COMES WITH SKILL v2i1 0. . 1 1 she the unâ€" i Mothers must learn to restrain themselves from helping the ‘child to perform every task, but to let him do as much as he can for himself, no matter how slow }the child may be, or how much it taxes her patience, as the ‘Jultimate goal in the education of the mentally retarded child is to have him learn to help ‘ himself. While the future of a retardâ€" ed child cannot, even by the most optimistic person be reâ€" garded as bright, neither is it as black as it used to be. Medical knowledge is increasâ€" ing, and as science learns more of the causes of mental retardaâ€" tion, so to, can they devise means of preventing and treatâ€" ing the affliction. This pale ray of hope is the spur that keeps hundreds of deâ€" voted workers, such as Mrs. Downs and her staffâ€" at York Township School for Retarded Children, working with fresh vigor each day. gether", she said Simple crafts st;câ€"hma_s- »'v'o.o-dwork hei;; the retarded child to develop hand and eye coâ€"ordination, and give them a sense + WORLOS BEST CUP OF COFFEE Open 24 Hours â€"â€" 44 Varieties â€"â€" "World‘s Best Cup Of Coffee". Staged At Pioneer Village "Dora" To Be I A special oneâ€"act melodrama "Dora, The Beautiful Dishwash | er" will be staged at the Pioneer | Village (Jane Street and Steeles Ave.) Saturday, June 30, by the | THE There will be no collection of garbage Monday, July 2, 1962 TOWNSHIP of ETOBICOKE NOTICE RE GARBAGE COLLECTION ult wiel t . 1 +. C sls Lrge: Sn e n of achievement. H. J. Carter, handiâ€" crafts instructor at the school, guides a boy in the construction of a bird house. Fos The play will be held on the open air stage in the Pioneer village grounds. The cast of eight comprises Mary Morter, Andre Vanderâ€" stock, Olwyn Millington, Dorothy Spencer, Michael Barton, Joan McClellan (who plays the part of Dora), Ron Bryan and Megan Monkman. Barn Players of YMCA. There will be two performs es of the Victorian era play at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. the Broadview performancâ€"