basle practice of fire drills of school more important. Let me entreat you right to go visit your school out with the aid of your how safe it is for your what regular programs drills are provided and how well they are carried out. |CHILD GUIDANCE Are Parents Well Informed Of Safety Measures In Schools? By G. CLEVELAND MYERS thought of the blem - Now and then we read of school tion to safety? Eg the Sh Saf children losing their lives in a tinderbox? If it is a reasonably burning school building, The won-|safe structure but has el in der is there are not more of these the boiler room and the like, how tragedies. safely could children escape from In Secemt Sears there gos Deen them in case of fire? a gener; own on Whil mode! id at school. Modern school methods ings poh 4 OAT) R00) uid. are about as allergic to drills in|story high, old buildings are not getting out of the building quickly so safe, nor are the cloak and orderly as to a drill in spelling| rooms, store rooms and cubby or arithmetic. Yet we parents have holes into which many school chii- good Feason to insist oo Well és. dren are crowded. In such places, ciplin re drills whatever ideas lar fi Srey re lls Nimever ideas ov, ar ire drills are necessary for A should not let up on our de- FACE REALITIES mands until we are sure our chil- We dread to think of war and dren at school are reasonably pro-|its unspeakable bombing, but we must face realities and get ready tested against fire hazards. Why doesn't the local P.T.A. take more for the worst. In case an atomic bomb dropped on one of our citizs, interest in this matter, not only in relation to fire drills but also to what You be the chances of the adequate fire escapes? school children left alone to p FIRE HAZARDS to safety? How well would they What do you know about the|be trained in the alphabet of follow- safety from fire hazards in the ing a plan of directed escape? The school your children attend? You hazards of war surely make the are right to plead with your neigh- Women THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Monday, May 28, 1956 9 VON to Occupy Ottawa Residence Bequeathed as National HQ. By CAROLYN WILLETT | The unconditional bequest of the OTTAWA (CP)--For the first property--with an estimated value time in its history the Victorian|of $50,000--was made by the late Order of Nurses will have a place Russell Blackburn. to fly a flag and call its head-| The gift was a "gesture of ap- quarters. |preciation of the character, man- The acquisition of a building toner and efficiency of the VON house national offices came un-|nurses who attended him during expectedly earlier this year. his last illness," said P. J. Philip. The gracious, three-storey house |a personal friend of Mr. Blackburn on a tree-lined residential street! and editor of the VON's quarterly here was a bequest--and a tribute publication, --from a prominent businessman| Mr. Blackburn died last Decem- cared for by the home nursing ber in his 81st year. During the order. |few weeks he was attended by the Renovation and conversion of the| visiting nurses, he became inter- home to offices will probably be|ested in the order. END FEUD LONDON (AP) -- Russia, taday Pris, per fshing A new treaty was ing British trawlers to three miles of the Soviet a special privilege they for 25 years until Moscow denly withdrew it last July. flying flags of all other must stay outside the which the Russians claim as territorial waters. = v HANDY VEGETABLE S say Di are an av poate socked WARS until soft. EVENING TEA nd ' completed by next spring, VON/| officials said. They are discussing plans for officially opening the new offices as part of the order's 60th anniversary celebrations next year NEAR LAURIER HOUSE Now the residence of the Italian ambassador to Canada, the house is expected to be vacated this fall Surrounded by a small garden, Before his death, he asked the Victorian order to choose one of "a couple of houses' owned by him for its headquarters, Mr. Philip said. ! The order is "more than thrilled" with the prospect of new headquarters, says chief superin- tendent Christine Livingston. National staff has almost doubled NURSES ACCEPT JAYCETTES GIFT TO OSHAWA GENERAL HOSPITAL children at school. But have you, Two suction pumps, valued at $150 each were recently present ed to the Oshawa General Hos- | pital by the Oshawa Jaycettes, | the Women's Auxiliary to the | | Junior Chamber of Commerce. | | Mrs. Hartley Brittain, head ' bors to vote more funds to pro- vide more building space for the nurse of the surgical supply | Jaycettes' gift from Mrs. Ed- room, and Mrs. Bruce Affleck, | ward Bind, Mrs. Walter Libby assistant head nurse in the and Mrs. A. W. Banfield. obstetrical ward, received the --Times-Gazette Staff Photo DRAPES - CURTAINS VENETIAN SHADES FASHION VILLAGE | FUR STORAGE ® Safe © Modern o Scientific IN OUR REFRIGERATED VAULTS | BAZAAR to be held ot PARISH HOUSE Wednesday, May 30 - ot 7:30 P.M. REASONABLE OFFER FOWL TERRITORY DAGENHAM, England (CP)--, STAMFORD, England (CP) -- A Volunteer lifeguards at the swim- soccer match between this Lincoln- ming pool in this Essex town now shire town and nearby Sutton was IODE Announces Formation | Of Ten New Chapters During Year [Lessee fice Spam tickets "for halted when a hen ran on the field By GILLIAN PRITCHARD National treasurer Mrs. Peter L.| QUEBEC (CP)--Ten new chap-| Robinson of Toronto said although ters were formed last year, bring-|the finance committee had ing the total to 970, members of the | budgeted for a deficit of $1,800 for Imperial Order Daughters of the last vear, it had kept the deficit Empire were told at the opening to less than $7 stssion of their 56th annual meet-| The work of : ing here. chapters, coming directly under {the national committee, in New- in the last 10 years, and now about 30 staff members are working from third-floor offices in a down- 'town Ottawa building. CALL RA 5-2722 FOR FREE PICKUP BY OUR BONDED MESSENGER! Sponsored by St. Gertrude's C.W.L. EVERYBODY WELCOME the property is located near Laur- ier House, former residence of prime ministers Sir Wilfrid Laur- jer and Mackenzie King. MARY HAWORTH MAIL Widowed After 35 Years Can't Adjust To Living Alone Dear Mary Haworth: About six others might need some friendly] Mrs. G. D. Leggett of Toronto, ¢) "dland. Prince Fdward Island months ago my husband passed helpfulness from you. national organizing secretary, re-| ani {he Yukon was praised by na- away suddenly. Now, as a widow, Now, in widowhood, your attitude ported an increase of 31 in mem- i 1" cooretary Mrs. D. W. Mec- I can't get adjusted to living alone. (owards life is still almost entirely bership, which now totals 32.129. Ginon also of Toronto The days seem so long that I dread gel-concerned, in a newly fright-| Success of the IODE, she said,| ghe said all 10 were assisting to wake up mornings. Sometimes ened way. In a sense (as the say- depends on a steadily increasing, 1ocal communities with scholar- for three or four days 1 talk to ing goes), you are crawling into a membership. ships in schools, helping the needy nobody, except on the telephone. I| hole, and trying to pull the hole, "As our population increases and|yelcoming newcomers and sub- get my meals, do my housework in after you! |we strive to meet the difficult and | gtantial contributions to the IODE. and piter that 1 don't imow what! NEEDS 70 SPEND | dangerous problems of our day, it) "she added that the IODE affil: to do with myself, If you have any money at all,| becomes more and more important|j,taq Victoria League Students' I have some money and am|you should invest in some decent|that we add new members who|ciub 'in London offered accommo- keeping my home; but I have no clothes, so that you may go to are ready to work unselfishly for| ation to young Canadians visiting idea how long I will have to live| church, and elsewhere, and make| the aims and ideals of our IODE," | gritain. on this money. Therefore I ama pleasing appearance in public. |she said. | National publicity convener Mrs afraid to spend much. | You can't expect to attract friends| She said 450 introduction cards yw R. Walton Jr. of Oakville, Ont. As 1 have few clothes, I don't| and make a place for yourself so- had been sent from province to|g.iq proof of the influence and im- go to church or any place. I could cially, if you fail to put your best|province, keeping in touch mem-|p tance of the IODE was indi- invite neighbors in for meals, but/ foot forward. | bers who were moving from place cated by increased publicity given am afraid to spend the money. Sof For help in planning an intel-| 0 Place. to chapter activities during the do you think I could live on twelve ligent budget, consult your local year. to fifteen hundred a year? I wish banker or insurance agent, either | digging into capital. Also, work ihe annual meeting continues un- you would suggest a budget, atl of whom will know what your basic that brings you in contact with til Wednesday that figure per annum, to guide me. | expenditures and standard of liv- i gp | ree - For 35 years my whole interest ing are (or should be) people is the cure for morning iu life was to make a home for| In the smallish city from which| doldrums and general timidity. MARBLE-SMOOTH LEGS husband. W v so happy wae 9 ~| To cultivate a sense of useful- In and out of the shower and the my husba e were so ppy| you write, there should be employ-| oc "oto vour pastor about ake your l Ki together. Now that he is gone I ment opportunities open to widows. co roi. x ra isolation: | ooo: $ 445 10 make your y 5 th can't seem to get interested in any- For example, department store you oh ) ©] solation; | dry, Sandal straps irritate. Smoo hav! ork: fo : i ask him if there are elderly in-| your legs and feet with a body lo- thing--having nothing and nobody | sales work; receptionist or cashier yoiiic®or other shut-ins, who would | ii i ee tal to work for. No one seems to want in restaurants; kitchen or dining Loi oo Cichho oro Tong tion that 158 allan on 8 J ea S, to include me in things either. What room helper in the school cafe-| WETOme JUSTE HEM FOI 0 FEOF prevents chapping. It really makes is wrong with me? teria; nurse's aide work in the | Lun oh co wo E ote MH. |a lotion superb! I want to live and be happy| local hospital (if any); babysit-| "nary Haworth counsels through again; and to be of some use in| ting: supervising the care of a ,.." jiymn not by mail or per- the world. But I just don't know widower's children, etc. | sonal interview. Write to her in where and how to begin. Please BUILDING BRIDGE | care of this newspaper. help me. D.W | Any modest job along these lines - TOO PASSIVE | should produce SufFicient Jucome 1 ~ ¥ .. permit you to spend on hospitality Dear DXi 2 ask Pi hd to friends occasionally -- without wrong, that nobody wants 10 In| geeling guilty about it. And without clude you in things. Well, it seems | that your life is going on exactly| as it was before your husband died, | except that you no longer have his companionship. 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