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The Kingston Whig-Standard from Kingston, Ontario, Canada • 13

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FOR WANT AD SERVICE DIAL LI 8-4401 NEWS OF KINGSTON AND ITS SUBURBS SATURDAY DECEMBER 29 1956 PAGE THIRTEEN Some Hungarian Refugees Here Unhappy with Lot Mental Health Program Said Community Need I)r It Laycock Top Educator Outlines Views in Interview Here Not Wanted in Canada New Arrivals Are Told Interviews Reveal Homesickness Not All Are Jobless However By CHARLES STONE Staff Reporter Kingston's limestone ribs took a kicking this morning when a Whig-Standard reporter interviewed through a interpreter about a dozen of the 27 Hungarian refugees now living at the old nurses' residence at the Hotel Dieu Hospital They don't like it here Definitely Bitterly qpe young woman almost in tears they outlined their troubles Homesick everybody is homesick one man said In Toronto where they were before coming to Kingston Dec 19 everybody was glad to see them: got a warm he said "but here men come and say 'We want you in Canada nobody wants you go Nobody gives us A broad community program for mental health is needed to combat a growing trend toward mental illness said Dr Samuel Laycock Canadian educator and author In an interview Dr Lay-cock la visiting a sister-in-law and a niece Mrs Laycock and Mrs Howard 31 George street and friends at University Until his retirement in 1933 Dr Laycock was dean of education at the University of Saskatchewan He is past national president of the Canadian Federation of Home and School and for 14 years he has been conducting the School for on Thursdays during November and December During the past three years he has written books "Teaching and "Brief Chats with Parents' and his most recent which he is just completing on "Gifted Children1 take in the friendship and neigh-borliness of the community and a definite program for helping mental patients to adjust back to the community "The promotion of this community program of mental health is the objective of the Canadian Mental Health Association which has divisions in eight of the prov inces and branches in many Canadian cities" said Dr Laycock HUNGARIAN SWIMMER MARRIED Valerie Gyenge Olympic- swimmer and Johnny Garay a Hungarian are ahown after their marriage in Toronto Mrs Bca Roots (back to camera) offers her congratulations and in background is Rev Dr Leslie Pokoly pastor of Church of All Nations Woman at bottom right was not identified (CP Wirephoto) Snowless Christmas Season Helped Speed Express Service Romance TFins For Couple In New Land Mental Health he said is not Just the absence of mental illness but a positive idea A mentally healthy person is characterized by feeling reasonably comfortable about himself that is he is reasonably secure and adequate "He feels right toward other people he is interested In them he is able to have friendships that are satisfying and lasting he takes responsibility for his neighbors and can feel part of a said Dr Laycock Actually mental Illness Is breakdown in the business of living he continued The mental ly healthy person docs something about bis problems as they arise he is able to think about them makes his own decisions and sets reasonable goals for himself "We're not doing too good a Job In mental health in Canada now said Dr Laycock "There are as many beds for patients in the mental hospitals of Canada as in all the general hospitals put together Also of the children born this year if the present trends continue one out of 12 will some time in his life need care in a mental Dr Laycock felt that the problem should be attacked on three fronts by building maintaining and repairing mental health Concerning building mental health he said that psychologists say that most emotional problems have their roots in an Individual's childhood so that need a program of parent education a program of good mental health practices in the schools becai school affects the child and quale facilities for the characterbuilding agencies in the community the churches scouts and guides recreational facilities Concerning maintaining mental health he said this involved adequate child guidance clinic services to help children in trouble mental health clinics to help the adults that have emotional problems adequate child and family welfare services a definite program to help older citizens to maintain their mental health and adequate classes for mentally retarded children Repairing mental health means adequate accommodation for mental patients in mental hospitals without overcrowding an adequate program of volunteer visiting to mental hospitals where volunteers Boy Suffers ShullFraclurc In Yard Play Nine-year-old Raymond Clark son of Mr and Mrs Albert Clark 6 Rideau Terrace fractured his skull in an accident which happened around 150 pm yesterday afternoon as he played "cops and with other children in the yard of Argosy Carriers Ltd a short distance from his home No one knows for sure how the boy was injured but it is believed he fell off the back of one of three trailers in the Argosy Carriers Ltd yard where the children were playing One of the Argosy drivers Murray Carson found the youth lying in "a mud as he came out of the office to move his truck Most of the children were frightened and ran However several stayed and they pointed out the home of the Clark family Wilhalm manager of the trucking company office helped the driver carry the injured boy to his home Mrs Clark called an ambulance and La Salle Ambulance remove Raymond to the Hotel Dicu Hospital His doctor Dr Warner said the boy has a skull fracture revealed by X-ray examinations mode to determine the nature ol the injury Mr Wilhahn said that children have played in the trucking company's yard many times and that whenever they are seen they arc "kicked Although he reported that it is likely the boy fell off the back of the trailer adother report said he had fallen off a 4-foot high platform On what the boy struck his head no one seems to know but another unconfirmed report stated it was a pile of steel vt i-yv-re1 WWi': w- J- I 7 a f-'-' "Vs i si iri- S' Uv k4 HV Princess street Cornfield the manager announced "people seem to have shipped earlier this year there being no congestion as in other And would you believe it' they not only got them out earlier but they saw to it that they were well wrapped tied and addressed Parcels were shipped out of the express office' within 12 hours and they were delivered with 24 hours Mr Cornfield said that me of the reasons the express traffic flowed so smoothly was the result of diverting parcels around Toronto rather than transferring them from the train at that point It appears that in addition to handling their own parcels the express offices in Toronto had to transfer ones going say from Hamilton to Kingston from me train to another The result was that many parcels were delayed waylaid or lost This year both the CPR and CNR express agents here report few incidents of missing parcels In fact me said "the claims are almost nill" Similar claims for delivery of damaged parcels were also down All in all thanks to the weather express parcels reached their destination in time for Christmas Europe) said we would get jobs and now we have to sit around We want to work but nobody warns us We are Another: "When we got to Toronto a man came and took our measurements and Mid we would get some clothes I have no clothes I have no shirts no pyjamas and I have no socks How can I work with no Asked if there was nothing in Kingston that pleased the refugees the young woman said that the food at the nurses' residence wu very good but that not like at Over and over in streams of Hungarian through the Interpreter the ume stay: "No jobs no clothes no "We were promised jobs and now we have to sit around we were promised clothes and we have none and nobody wants us a man said to me: a refugee who gave his name as Joseph uid we cant go home and we are afraid here in THE OTHER SIDE Andre head of the local branch of the department of citizenship and Immigration Hid this morning that four of the refugees were leaving Jan 2 fa' Bata Shoe Company in Batawa where jobs have been found fa them through his office All arrangements fa employment have been made through the local office of his department he added Although none of the refugees here at present have had farm experience one young man wu offered a job on a farm near Morven and has already left fa the farm there Two other refugees a man and a woman have been hired by the British American Hotel one as a cook and one as general help Four other jobs have been found through the immigration office in Belleville Another man has found employment with the Dutch Office Cleaners "Every effort is being made to find suitable jobs tor the remaining he added Fund At 10921 I To date the Christmas Soils campaign fund tor combatting tuberculosis stands at $10921 which is $400 more than last year fa the Mine period reports Shanks chairman of the Christmas Seals committee of the Kingston-Frontenac Tuberculosis Association The TB campaign opened Nov 15 with an objective of $14000 At that Ume 16000 letters were mailed out to people living In Kingston and the County of Frontcnac Of those sent out 11000 letters haven't been returned or heard from yet In these letters the work of the association wu outlined briefly and an appeal was made fa contributions to be sent to the Christmas Seals Committee Box 204 Kingston "We're very much satisfied with the campaign so far although we have a lot (of people) we haven't heard from said Mr Shanks "The type of work we do tuberculosis education and prevention is limited by the fluids he added Mr Shanks also urged the public to keep contributions coming saying "all money is spent in the area where it is that is in the County of Frontcnac The campaign doses March 31 Don't sulk over that snowless Christmas it did have one advantage Since city streets were virtually bare having had merely a sprinkling of snow flurries over the holidays the pick up and delivery of express parcels was carried out promptly and efficiently it was reported by both CPR and CNR express offices "It went very well with us due to the break in the said A Skinner manager of the CPR express office at 180 Wellington street He recalled from past experience which goes back to 1916 that tardiness in delivery and shipment of parcels had often been the result of traffic tie-ups and late arrival of trains due to unfavorable weather Mr Skinner said that the volume of business this Christmas was "at a with last All calls received over the telephone he related were picked up and sent out the same day Likewise all goods received on the morning trains were delivered the same day although this obliged expressmen to deliver up till 10 o'clock at night in some cases Apparently people sent out their parcels earlier this year The rush started around Dec 14 and by Dec 21 it had subsided back to normal However Mr Skinner said the CPR express office did receive some calls from people who wanted to know what was the "latest possible on which parcels could be shipped seemed as though everyone wanted their parcels to arrive Christmas said the CPR manager "They didn't make any allowance for congestion" At the CNR express office 115 The young woman: "When the man Iron the Canadian government talked to us in Vienna he said we would have jobs waiting for us and we would make more than $35 a week 1 went to a small hotel in Kingston and the woman Mid she would give one man and me $100 a month and nothing for overtime Another place offered to pay me 25 cents an There was no doubt about it the refugees interviewed were disappointed bitterly and they made no bones about it Another young man said that he had been in the "Russian and he had been offered a better job than he wu this week in Kingston "We have no he said government man (in UK Murder Trial Set for Jan 14 EASTBOURNE England (AP)-Dr John Bodkin Adams 57-year-old society physician today was remanded in custody for another week on a charge of murdering an 81-year-old former patient six years ago The chubby bespectacled physician was brought from' London's Brixton prison for a two-minute appearance in Eastbourne magistrate's court The order to remand him for another week was routine He is expected to be remanded again next week until Jan 14 when the trial will begin Adams is accused of the murder of Mrs Edith Morrell a wealthy widow whose body was cremated and the ashes scattered over the English Channel Dr Adams certified her death as cerebral thrombosis Since his arrest a week and a half ago the bodies of two other of his women patients have been exhumed The remains are still being examined by police pathologists Four Players Get Trophies Four of the 10 Carling proficiency awards to be given to members of the Kingston CKLCs during the hockey season have been designated to go to Don Senior Gerry Moore Hub Macey and Bert Brooks Senior's trophy is for "his early season Moore's for being "the outstanding newcomer to the Macey's for his "versatile performance as both a forward and and for his "all round performance in goal during the first half of the The awards will be made to the players at Wednesday's game at tlie Centre Ken Rosewall Turns Pro ADELAIDE Australia Xea Rosewall 22-yeareld Davis Cap ace signed a $65009 contract early todav to play with Jock professional tennis troupe In addition to the $63309 guarantee Rosewall's contract calls for a flve-pereeat bonus of the gross gate and a $25309 contract renewal la ease he beats professional champion Goazaleo over Ihc tour pins 25 per cent of all receipts exceeding $300300 Forgery Nets Extra Term In Prison Florian Herbert Laviolelte now serving a two and a half year term in the Kingston Penitentiary for another offence was sentenced in magistrate's court Friday to an additional 12 months to run consecutively with his present term Laviolette pleaded guilty to 24 charges of forging money orders valued from $30 to $100 in a number of Canada's Western cities between Oct 28 and Dec 3 On each charge he received a 12-month sentence to run concurrently with one another but to run consecutively with the two and a halt years he is now serving Thomas Murray Kingston was sentenced by Magistrate James Garvin to five months in jail after being found guilty of the theft of an auto from Mrs Blanche Pofflcy 188 Rideau street on Dec 13 Mrs Poffley testified that she loaned Murray the car for an hour on Dec 13 but that she did not see the car again until Dec 17 after the police had found it abandoned Murray has a record of thefts and car thefts dating back to 1926 Pilot Office Busy Place The pilot office at the Port Kingston had a busy season 1956 Their 57 pilots guided 1571 ships up and down the St Lawrence River Of these 408 were foreign or deep sea vessels while the other 1163 ships were lakers An unofficial breakdown of the traffic of foreign ships shows that 142 were German 100 Norwegian 50 British 36 Dutch 43 Swedish 11 French 9 Finnish 6 Italian 2 Costa Rican 4 Panamanian and 5 American The shipping season was opened here with the tug Traveller going from Kingston to Prescott on April 10 with Capt Revclle at the helm It closed with the freighter Bayanna piloted by Capt Davis going from Clayton Brockville TORONTO A Hungarian swimming champion and a refugee from Hungary who- had fought for his homeland's freedom were married here Friday night The bride was Valerie Gyenge 23 who wm the 400-metre freestyle women's swim in the 1952 Olympic Games at Helsinki Finland and was a member of the Hungarian swimming team at this year's Olympic Games in Australia The bridegroom was Johnny Garay who escaped from Hungary in November after taking part in the unsuccessful revolt there against Communist rule The ceremony was performed at the Church of All Nations by Dr Leslie Pokoly The bride flew to Canada from Melbourne instead of returning to Hungary with other members of her Olympic team Deaths And Funerals MISS SARAH TWEDDELL Miss Sarah Tweddeli 82 Baric street died this morning at ler residence after an illness of hree years Born in Kingston the daughter John and Katherine Tweddeli She was a member of Sydenham itreet United Church and a mem-er of the Women's Missionary lociety and of the Auxiliary of the church She was also a musician keeping a lifelong interest in music Surviving are a brother Harry Tweddeli a sister Miss Jean Tweddeli a sister-in-law Mrs James Tweddeli and several nieces and nephews The funeral is to be held at the James Reid Funeral Home on Monday at 2 pm Interment will be in Cataraqui Cemetery MRS ANNIE YOUNG DUTTON Mrs Annie Young Dutton 85 of 831 Montreal street died on Friday at the Hotel Dieu Hospital after an illness of two months Born in Quebec City the daughter of Alexander Young and his wife Ester Jane Derry (he lived in Kingston nearly all her life She attended St Cathedral Surviving are one daughter Mrs Bearance (Alexandra) and seven grandchildren She was predeceased by two sons William Mackney and Horace Mac-' kney ALL QUIET The Kingston Fire Department the Kingston Township Fire Department and the Pittsburgh Township Fire Department report quiet night Detective Loses His Own Wife Air Show Finds Her for Him "I'd like that job if yon take stock toe of Uni" supposed to meet his wife Gladys at a friend's home However on arriving here he found he had lost the address of the person his wife was visiting and remember her friend's married name A restaurant proprietor suggested Smythe phone the Helping Hand Show and less than 10 minutes later the friend and wife drove up to the police statical where he was listening to the radio 'DIED IN SIBERIA VIENNA (AP) Msgr Nicetn Budka who served 16 years in Canada as head of Canadian Catholics of the Byzantine Rite died seven years ago in a Siberian slave labor camp the Vienna Catholic pews agency Kath press reported Friday Repeated attempts by the Canadian government to obtain his release were ignored by Russia Kathpress said Toronto Detective George Smythe could not find his wife whom he was to meet in Kingston He asked the Alan Brooks Helping Hand Show heard over CKWS-Radio to give him a hand Within 70 minutes of placing sought public acclaim as a professional Nova Plans New Appeal LOS ANGELES (AP)-Lawyers I or former heavyweight boxer Lon Nova said Friday they will appeal to the California Supreme Court from an order reversing $35000 libel judgment against sports columnist Vincent Flaherty of the Los Angeles Examiner and the Ilearst Publishing Company Nora had sued for $200000 contending his reputation was untarily solicited when (Nova) the call to the station the man was reunited with his lost spouse and continued an interrupted journey to Toronto Mr Smythe had driven to Kingston from Ottawa and was Sept 29 1941 fight with then heavyweight champion Joe Louis Flaherty and the Hearst Company denied malice and contended the "gist and sting of the words were and that they were "fair comment and criticism by a newspaper sports writer concerning a subject of interest to a large body of the public vol LOCAL HISTORIAN DIES DUNDAS Ont (CP) Gordon Jackson of nearby Bullock's Corners historian and member of a pioneer family of this district died Thursday night He was 6G He wrote staie3 of the past in the district and a weekly column tor lha undos SUr -fr-tnjiwy Is HELPING HAND India's Irime Minister Nehru lends a helping hand to -Jane Massey granddaughter of Governor General Massey as they walk up the steps of Rideau Hall Mr Massey's official residence at Ottawa Mr Massey walks bi-hind Mr Nehru who held talks with government officials during a throe-day visit to Ottawa (CP) damaged by a column in which Flaherty criticized the.

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