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these activities and her children, THE OSHAWA TIMES, Pridey, April 30, 1965 13 See te masseationnl" stairs rnational affairs and work on a book she's CHILD GUIDANCE writing about her experiences in ogg pod - husband S d D rn sen d h een cuss). OUdCEN Deat now about six years and Peter Henrietta says she's proud to| be a Canadian citizen but be-/ By GARRY C. MYERS, PhD lieves there should be a world) For various reasons parents citizenship, with a world under| may have different good ways one government the ultimate! of explaining death to children. solution for peace. Here is a letter from a mother Henrietta's life revolves|telling how she did it. around her family and every; 'My husband was killed in an Saturday night is family night/automobile accident three in the Van der Breggen home.|months ago. My girls are 11 They play checkers, bingo or|/and 8, and my boy is 7, I am cards and make popcorn. Dem-| 29. ocracy is practiced in this fam-| "Perhaps you would be inter- ily too; for example, ast) ested in the children's reactions. Thanksgiving everyone voted to|The accident happened in the give the church ten dollars ear-|night and the children' slept marked for a turkey dinner; not|through and so did not know one Van Der Breggen murmur-|that I had gone to the hospital, ed dissatisfaction with meat-land a neighbor had come to balls they had instead of turkey|stay with them. When they 'n. trimmings. oe woke up, I brought them all in Community activities rank! 9n my bed and told them that high in busy Henrietta's agenda.|Naddy had run into the back Once a week she conducts aio? a truck, he must not have Bible study for Senior Citizens,|/seen it, and that he was hurt teaches Sunday School, works in}sq bad that the doctors could the church library, She is also ainot fix him up. I told them member of St. John Ambu-|that all his feelings, his person- lance Association and a regular ality, are what we call his soul Red Cross blood donor. and that his soul is in heaven She and her family are strong) with God. | believers in a "World under one| "They go to Sunday school government" in the ecumenical almost every Sunday, so they movement of the World Council] qiq have that background, The 5 of Churches, Henrietta and hus-| piris cried for a while and my a band Peter are training their| sgn just didn't know what to 9KTER VAN DER BREGGEN children to think in terms of be-ido, We went ahead and had PETER VA 1 phote by Malak ing "citizens of the world' even) breakfast. Pretty soon the oto 0} jthough they value their neWly-| phone started ringing and acquired Canadian citizenship. |frjends started coming. SHOW NO GRIEF Canadian Mother Of The Year WI Announces | "An hour after I told them |he was dead, they were laugh-| MRS. ling and having a good time. I Hails From Saskatchewan Centennial Plans had thought that they should be with me that first day, that A Saskatchewan mother of,Juncheon in her honor attended) OTTAWA (CP) -- Centennial| jt might make them feel in- five children who adopted two|by ambassadors, the judges|Prolects approved Wednesday|secure to be away from me, others and still finds time toland some members of Parlia- by the national executive of the| But it hurt me so to see them he a leader in the community--/ment. She will be given a spe- Federated Women's Institutes f}sq seemingly unconcerned and] and write a book -- has been|cial plaque and a Canadian| ©2444 range from poetry wril-\there were so many things to named Canadian Mother of the|Mother bouquet of flowers, al'"8, to clean-up campaigns be taken care of and explana- Year. duplicate of which she can wire The 71,000-member organiza-|tions of the accident, that Tj : : anywhere in t ror vause| tion of rural women is planning) soqn decided to send them to a} Mrs. Henrietta Van der Breg-|anywhere in the world. Because), publish a book, a historical! ¢;jend's house, They were de-| "1 Saekatche.|Mrs. Van der Breggen is a na- oe ee Werte: eeenatche tive of Holland fh became | short story and @ poem dealing) lighted wan, was picked by a panel of | wi : r distinguished judges in M nation-\canadian citizen last Septem: diego get fing: nig All' 'We talk about all the things) wide contest 'sponsored by the|ber, the luncheon on Wednes.| 37° 0 be written by WI mem- we used to do with Daddy, etc.,| Florists' Telegraph Delivery/4ay, May 5, will have an inter- . sas : but the children never seem to} grap very ational: touch Other projects include provin-| chow any grief. The oldest girl] Association. Runners-up in this year's Stanley Haidasz, Parliamen-|yaigns, donations of scholar-| hor father Canadian Mother of the Year|'aty Secretary to External At-| ships and bursaries and rural) «, teen competition were Mrs, D. Mc- fairs Minister Paul Martin, will] peautification contests, REL oa died a Luskis, Vancouver, B.C.; Mrs,|be the keynote speaker. Eleven ornate chairs will be H d cpa hic het f anv "ak ae ye ; fa ? 4 breaking out and scratching. Lloyd Shore, Pemberton, B.C,; The judges pored over hun-/ presented to the Fathers of wa days later, he asked what Mrs. Julie Kiniski, Edmonton,'dreds of letters before finally|Confederation Memorial Centre wouytq happen to them if I died Alberta; Mrs. Anne Haskins,|selecting the fair-haired mother] at Charlottetown. told fh ietetiurcesai teas Moosemin, Saskatchewan; Mrs.\of seven, whose reaction to the). The chairs, one from each i» Jive with my sister and me Wesley MacDonald, Eganville, news was: 'Is it really true? J) province and one from the na re A nsf Ontario; Mrs. Rachel I.. Bourn-/ can't believe it." \tional federation, will carry the! : : ; ival, Shawinigan South, Que-| The judges were: Mrs. 'T. C.|provincial and national coats of SHOULD CATCH MEASLES hec; and Mrs, Cora P. Therio,'pougias, wife of the leader of|arms. They are to be placed in| VICTORIA (CP) -- A health St. Basile, N.B. the New Democratic Party;|the centre's library. board spokesman has said The prize is a one-week stay Mrs, Margaret Konantz, Mem-| A competition for an original mothers should arrange "'meas- in Ottawa where she willl meet ber of Parliament for Winni-|short story based on a Canadian|!es parties" during the current Members of Parliament, Mayor|peg South; writer and broad-|historical fact will be the fed-/outbreak of German measles in Donald Reid, Mrs. Lester B,/caster Anne Francis; and Jack eration's citizenship project. Victoria, He said everyone Pearson, wife of the Prime|Passmore, Canadian Director of Aimed at tying in with should have the disease in child- Minister and Madame Georges the FTD. the centennial celebrations, the|H00d and so gain immunity. Vanier, wile of the Governor Tetters supporting Mrs, Van Short story, project 's (0°, «gu eeeeeesseeeseeeee pn 4 : |work of not longer than 2,500! General. She will arrive in/dei Breggen came from a local| : Ottawa, Sunday, May 2, at 5.30|radio station, the Deputy Mayor,| Words written by a member of p.m. EST. her Minister ---and the Sheriff, Women's Institute. The win There will be a tour of em-|They all praise her work in the|"er will be awarded the Sen- hassies of other countries in the\community and church. She's|8tor Cairine Wilson Trophy \Closing date for the story con- capital where Mrs. Van der|president of the Weyburn Home : t} Breggen will test her facility}and School Association, vice- test is April 15, 1967. sf 7 E. i i E R fey with languages. She speaks president of the Weyburn English, Dutch and Spanish! Writer's Association and a Unit- TIMES CAUSE FUSS fluently, can handle Germanied Church leader. 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The eight-year-old loved to romp and \tease her Daddy and to have him hold her, It seems to me that she would miss him so much and yet she never shows! any signs of it. We do have a_ dog that she loves, j CONCERNED OVER FUTURE told her Daddy was dead, were, 'Can we keep the dog?' 'How will we have any money?' 1| told her that Daddy left money for that, 'What about when that's gone?' I reassured her that there was enough and, for-| tunately, w@ have been able to keep up our standard of living, so they aren't worried about! that anymore, Kither they have| adjusted beautifully or they are holding it in. I hope they aren't) holding it in. | body in the funeral home-- luckily his face wasn't banged] up. They looked for a_ short time, then didn't care to see any more, The eight-year-old girl said it didn't Daddy (it didn't) and 'Why weren't his eyes open?' I had tried not to relate death with your way. 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