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@ THE OSHAWA TIMES, Fridey, April 24, 1964 'Defendo' Geared For Average Man PICKERING BEACH (Staft)- Every. Wednesday night at 8 p.m., four to 12 people gather at the Pickering Beach Recreation Association Hall to particiapte in "'Defendo." Defendo is not a sport. It is the act of defending yourself and grew out of Jujitsu about 50 years ago in Canada. William Underwood of Toronto was the inventor of Defendo which is called the 'ultimate' in self- defence. Fred Holloway is the local teacher of the craft and has a dozen students of which only . about five are really active. | pain is caused on occasion. Mr. Holloway, from Pickering Beach, claims that the teaching of the craft causes no bruises or breaks .although intense school, on ing a large part in child batterings, _|Dr. Cotnam stated that it was by no means the most important : ltactor. Miss Graham agreed and + |said that it was rather a form of 'ELIZABETH KUSIAR STARTS TO TOSS INSTRUCTOR CAS TO POOL REPORTS Wage War On Child Beaters AJAX (Staff) -- "The 'bat- tered-child' syndrome causes more deaths than Leukemia and possibly as many as auto- mobile accidents," stated Dr. T. J.-Enright, Director of Men- tal Health Clinic, Whitby, at a panel discussion in Ajax last night. The discussion, held as part of the "annual meeting of the Children's Aid Society of the County of Ontario and the City of Oshawa, was held at Ajax's Trinity Angticar Church, Nearly 300 delegates turned out for the meeting where Har- old Brain of Oshawa was an- nounced as the new President of the Association by outgoing President Cyril E. Morley of Pickering. Taking part in the panel dis-| cussion were Miss B. C, Gra-| ham, Executive Director of the York County Ohildren's Aid Society; Bruce Affleck, Crown Attorney for Ontario County; Dr. H, B. Cotman, Supervising Coroner of the Province of On- tario and Ontario Hspital Psy- chiatrist, Dr. T. J. Enright, Ajax Police Chief George Dunn was moderator. Chief Dunn made a short in- troductory speech in which he told the audience that over 80 per cent of the children who had been beaten to death were founc to be under four years old. BURNED WITH POKER Mr, Dunn explained how chil- dren had been beaten with everything from TV aerials to pool cues and that hairbrushes were the more common imple- ments. He told of cases where the child had been burned with pokers, strangled in plastic bags, buried alive and had pep- forced doyn there throats. le mentioned that one five- year-old had been found with, 30 broken bones. Ontario Supervising Coroner H. B. Cotnam told the Society members that the 'Battered Child Syndrome" has been the name used to describe the re- peated physical abuse of chil- dren. "This is by no means a new: problem or disease but simply it is now more readily recog- nized through teamwork and by more elaborate scientific inves- interpretation of tigation and the facts by all concerned,' stat- ed Dr. Cotnam. "It is now considered a major cause of childhood disability and death. Unfortunately it is frequently not recognized or, if diagnosed or suspected by a physician, he may be reluctant, for many reasons, to notify the proper authorities or,he refuses to accept the obvious and only e- diagnoses from the facts sented. "He cannot bring himself to believe that one of his appar- ently reasonably, normal pati- ents could be capable of injur- ing his own child," said Corono- er Cotnam. "Keep an open mind and be ing that teamwork and the ex- change of information was ab- solutely essential in each area to cope with this problem, in- cluding: Medical Practitioners, Coroners, Psychiatrists, Proba- tion Officers, Police, Juvenile Court Judges, Children's Soci- eties, social agencies and ail the citizens in general who are aware of child mistreatment. Ontario County Crown Attor- ney Bruce Affleck told the Soci- ety that under the law, severa' sections deal with parents' mis- treatment of children. Mr. Affleck told the audience that abandoning i assault causing bodily harm, failure to supply the necessities of life were just some of the of- be charged with. He also said that he believed |\that "the more severe you are |with these people the fewer in- cidents of this type you have." Miss Betty Graham of the York County Children's Aid Society said that there were many others beside the dead children society we . should worry about. "Look at the many deprived family children with their pasty faces and large eyes, where, in many cases you don't suspect the parents in the least but they are just deprived. Poor housing, the lack of pri- |vacy and the maximum relief of |$180 a month for six or more children are all causes of child mistreatment. We should pre- jvent a child being battered be- \fore it gets to that stage," said |Miss Graham. BRAIN DAMAGE Dr. T. J. Enright of Whitby's fenses negligent parents could) ~ |ham if the Children's ' mental disorder. POOL REPORTS Dr. Cotnam asked Miss Gra- Aid So- ciety would be prepared to take on the job of pooling the infor- mation on mistreated children. Miss B. C, Graham said that the Children's Aid Society would have to be strengthened considerably but could do the job. Moderator G. C. Gunn sum- med up the panels findings that there should be: more rigid law enforcement of child beat- ers; larger Children's Aid staffs to pool information on child beating incidents; and more co-operation between the var- ious branches involved. Mental Health Clinie told the Society that when children have been battered about the head, 30 per cent would result in per- manent brain damage. He said that some of the reasons were that the parents had been beat- en as children or the child was unwanted all through preg- nancy. In a question and anwer per- iod, the panel was asked what an average citizen should do when they knew about mistreat- ed children. Mr. Affleck suggested that janyone knowing about children being mistreated should phone the Children's Aid Society and |the Crown Attorney's office. | Miss Graham thought _ the matter was one of degree and that in some instances a spank- ing would be considered batter- ing a child, while in others it might be considered as normal. Police Chief Dunn stated that if anyone heard of children being battered in Ajax, they should phone the Police Depart- ment and they would inform the Children's Aid Society. Ontario Supervising Coroner, Dr. Cotnam said that he be- lieved machinery was needed to pick up the cases before deaths occurred, A pooling of infor- mation is necessary, he said because many of these cases have been treated by a number of hospitals and a number of doctors. | Dr. Enright believed that the jreporting of these cases should \be mandatory. He said he be- lieved that when abuse contin- jues parents should be sent to a ee ree Clinic. When asked if alcohol played Gat atlorse! WHEEL HORSE, OF COURSE hoes Beach Rad. is the only one of its kind in Canada and is operated by Mr, and Mrs. Holloway. Holloway hopes that the De- fendo classes will break even, which they apparently haven't done for the past two months while they have been in opera- tion. An instructor in both civilian 'and Police Defendo, Mr. Hallo- way said that Defendo is pro- tection for the average man needed. Mr. Holloway is willing to give a Defendo demonstration willing to against all comers. Judo Tourney On May 27 At Ajax AJAX (Staff)--A Judo Tourn- ment will be held at the Ajax Community Centre on Wednes- day, May 27. ~ The Ontario County Junior Team Championship will be at stake as well as the individual championship. The tournament will get under way at 7 p.m. Admission will be .75 for adults and .30 for students. GNP INCREASE South Africa's Gross National Product rose to $9,350,600,000 in the 1963-64 fiscal year, com- pared with $8,495,200,000 in 1962-63. There's a dance every ni a Last-Night-Out Party. features of WHITE EMPR' hostess service, and a about Union-Castle saili a holiday in South Africa ships on the St. Lawrence route. 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