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v The students were the firstl contingent of the Canadian} Overseas Volunteers. in group‘ organized not to provide for- eign aid but to promote under-y standing among the peoples of east and west. This could best he done, they felt, by living in the east for at least a year. not as a tourist or missionary. but’ as one at the native people. in native homes, eating thefi' food and having exactly the samei standard of living as those a-‘ mong whom they were work- ing. Miss Dahl found this idea extremely hard to get across to officials of the Rural Develop- ment Department in Colombo. the capital of Ceylon, to whom she applied for placement as a public health nurse. She was eventually sent to Moratuwa. a fishing town on the coast. about. 15 miles south of Colombo. Sol accustomed are these people to? seeing white people in a man- agerial capacity only. that even here it was difficult for Miss Dahl to convince the Health Unit officials that she actually wanted to work on the same basis as the rest of the public‘ health nurses. It took her sevâ€" eral months to be accepted as] a useful person with a contri-i button to make. ‘ ally learned to speak Singhaiese Pre-natai clinics and well~ baby clinics were held regular- ly, although the latter were of~ ten just free milk distribution centres. Powdered milk from CARE and other organizations was distributed to mothers of small babies. although at the end of each month, stocks us» ually ran out. Powdered milk was also distributed to the schools and here the nurse had to check on the preparation and distribution of the milk. The schools. although numer- ous (the country is 80% liter- ate) were very poor. often only a bare room with benches. and very crowded. They had little or no equipment and children had to be encouraged to bring a cup from home and taught to avoid a common drinking cup. Enriched flour was also don- ated for school children. This was usually given to the village baker to make up into buns and each school child received one bun per day. with his cup of milk. The pro-natal clinics were also well attended. but here too. they often be- came distributing points fnr various dietary supple- The student: were the first contingent of the Canadian Overseas Volunteers. a group orgafilzed not to provide for- eign aid but to promote under- a Eventually. hmvever. Grethe found herself engaged in much the same routines as are fol- lowed by our local York Coun- ty Health Unit. The Unit took care of an ar- ea of approximately 30 square miles. part urban and part ru- ral and was COVel‘ed by twelve nurses and the same number of public health inspectors. Ma- ny of the staff spoke English and records were kept in Engâ€" lish but, to communicate with the patients. Miss Dahl gradu- Year In Ceylon Enriches Knowledge Of Grethe Dahl ' r7 ‘ “7 ‘Mm lwnh the Service Civil Inter-[and the girls found themselvesahome to mchmond Hill, ‘lnany of its benefits were in_ m WKW""'W’- BY MARGARET l. McLEAN While many of us use reading as a substitute for travel, it was a high school study of the work of Joseph Conrad that made one Richmond Hill High School student decide to one day visit Bankok and other exotic cities of the Far East. It was only after three years spent training as a nurse at the Toronto General Hospital and a further year at the diploma course in public health at the University of Toronto that Grethe Dahl, of 35 Richmond St, Richmond Hill, was able to combine this desire with her chosen work. In the early fall of 1961, with 15 other graduates of the University of Tor- onto she left Canada for a year in Ceylon. â€"PHONE TU. 4 . 5511 . EXT. 201: Allencourt Plaza SEAMLESS MESH lst Quality “PANTINO” SKIRTS LAIES SLIMS 5 O sow 2 FOR $398 B A R G AI u N LIMIT E D NYLONS Reg. $14.98 a bare room with benches. and very crowded. They had little or no equipment and children had to be encouraged to bring a cup from home and taught to avold a common drinking cupl Enriched flour was also don-lL'IL‘LLQ ated {or school children. Thisl was usually given to the village L.b I baker to make up lnto buns and! I S each school child received one bun per day, with his cup of mnk. Scholar: 2 PRS. $1.00 The ore-natal clinics were also well attended. but. here too. they often be- came distributing points for various dietary supple- ments. The typical mother at such a clinic. Miss Dahl reported, would be 28 or 29 and In her eighth or ninth pregnancy. Because of the low protein diet and 1‘“, use chiefly of polished rice. blood count of the clinic patients was usually 50 to 55. Instead of the 80 to 90 required for good health. These mothers were given iron and vita- min B routinely - until the end of the month when STORES ’Round IIP To 70% All. THE YEAR uuu ime supplies ran out and they :lren had to go without. ring Malnutrition and Sanitation It to Problems cup. When Mlss Dahl first ar- . N rived in the Moratuwa area Liberals Propose Thousand Dollar Scholarships To Assist Students In discussing the Lib- eral medical plan. John Addison said that his par- ty intended to bring in a comprehensive $25-deduct- ible plan probably in the third or iourth year of of- fice. He added that. desir- able as the plan is, the first priority must he to get the Canadian economy moving into high gear so that the country can afford a national health scheme. In conclusion ‘1: Grethe Dahl (right) shows Frances Toye of the Victorian Order of Nurses some of the dolls she brought back with her from the Far East where she worked for a year as a Canadian Overseas Volunteer. plies ran out and they .the clinic routines were altered diseases overcame their super 1 to go without. by an epidemic of smallpox and stitions about vaccination. attrition Ind Sanitation ithen an epidemic of polio. Vac~ ‘ - t- 1- i w re at u and The greatest health pro- °ms ma ‘°” C ‘" cs 6 5 " blems, Miss Dahlfelt, were en Miss Dahi first ar-‘worked steadily for some weeks in the Moratuwa areaJas the people‘s‘ fear of these Ealn‘frmon and Sin“!- nn nth nl’ uhlnlu will I". (or. of Markham Rd. 8. Bayview CAR COATS S- 50 ably in the I} “If you can answer yes to all r ye“ 0' “t‘ questions, then vote for a party that. deslr- ithat stands for these things." “an ‘5’ the ‘he remarked. “If your answer to must be to any one or all is no, I believe 13“ “"10"” you will vote for the one re- ligh gear 50 sponsible party in Canada that y can afford grepresents all parts of Canada im‘ “heme- land the highest principle of he commented!Canadian political life". ohllvlu‘vnnnrg v ,7.‘ , on the basis! “I recognize there are in this and would belcountry many deeply sincere students whoipeople shaken by the events of a said. He al- the last few months. Some have. is for a stu- re-examined their political al-‘ which would legiance. and I refer especially students to to those, who have lintii now, ee money for supported the Conservative needs. The party." BLOUSES REG. TO $29.95 REG, TO $5.95 Reg. $14.98 on the lack of national repre-} sentation of other parties and‘ suggested that each voter? should ask himself three basic questions. Here are his com- Do I believe Canada can and should withdraw from the At- lantic Defence Alliance. our only bulwark against commun- ist aggression? ada? --. _°o~ -7 Do I believe another minori- ty government is good for Can- 5 Miss Dahl lived with ai middle-class family in an old Portuguese - style home. All homes are built with very high ceilings because of the heat. {Urban homes are usually of lmortar but rural homes were usually of mud with the roof {thatched with coconut palms. While in Ceylon, Miss Dahl did volunteer community work On March 16th. Dr. C. H. D. Clarke. chief of the Fish and Wild-Life Branch of the De- partment of Lands and Forests. gave a most informative talk on East Africa. That particular area has about 800 species of trees. A forester has a bigger job of identification there than he would in Canada. The forest is suffering because of the in- roads that the increasing popu- lation make upon it and also from the over-grazing of cattle. The num er of cattle a man owns regis ers his wealth and to keep this wealth he wanders ‘from area to area trying to find ‘more grazing lands. Until this status is changed there doesn't seem to be much hope of pre-i serving the forest. The cattle :owners, never realizing this de- pletes the fertility of the soil,‘ have a mass burning off of the grazing land every year. Temp- orarily this produces new green shoots of grass and more food for their herds. The hippopot- amus population is over abun- dant. They injure vast acres of trees by rubbing against them. They also cause extensive er- osion by tramping down large areas near the water sources where they collect to wallow in the shallow waters. r ----- Nature Notes- ------ 1 The tsetse flies are the big- gest help in curtailing the in- crease of cattle. They spread disease and death and thus pro- vide a natural curtailment. If the government begin to use a pesticide to combat this fly the balance of nature will be violently interrupted. Mahogany is exported to Great Britain more than any other lumber. They demand the widest boards and therefore all the largest trees are disappear- ing. The natives also prefem the big logs for their dug-out‘ canoes. Dr. Clarke brought several bird skins for observation, to- gether with two books on the Powell Road Boys Hockey Team won all games played in this area. They went last Fri- day to play the winning game for the trophy against Wood- bridge. but lost, the score be- ing 8-1. School New: The greatest health pro- blems. Miss Dahl felt. were malnutrition and sanita- tion. both of which will re- quire a long educational program. The area is very heavily populated and very damp. There are no sewers but open drains. Plumbing facilities are restricted to community wells and la- trines. We wish these folk all a speedy recovery. having been confined to bed with flu this past week. Gordon Salt, Jimmy Miller, Peter Webster, Peter Zepp, Mr. Al Fitchett. Mr. J. Sullivan. Bob Pettick is nurs- ing a hroken finger. Crestwood Rd. News Principal M. McRoberts held a mock election in his class this week. The Liberals were in the lead with 50% of the votes. N.D.P. 30%. Social Credit 12%, Conservative 8%. Correspondent Mrs. Fred St. John 75 Crestwood Road Willem!le Telephone AV. $3443 By Richmond Hill Naturalists ’to do. Next the girls flew to Burma and spent a week in Rangoon. staying at the local "Y"; stayed with mission people in Mandalay: took a boat trip down the Irrawaddy River; were rescued from hav~ ing to spend a night sleeping on the deck of the boat and spent a night in a typical Bur~ mese stilt house with walls of woven bamboo; returned to Rangoon by cart, truck and train; flew to Bangkok where they stayed with a doctor who had trained in Canada and k couldn't do enough for Canadi-i lans; flew to Cambodia wherel they spent three days; then on [to Saigon where they stayed .with Seventh Day Adventists, f Dr. and Mrs. Kuhn whom Miss ,Dahl had met at the Bronson [Hospital here; then flew to Hong Kong and stayed at the “Y” there for 10 days. with the Service Civil Inter- and the girls found themselves nationale. This is an organiza- more and more restricted. 011 tion where young people of all reaching Tokyo. Miss Dahl's nationalities work at such tasks friend was taken ill with hepa- as road building. staying in titis and flew directly home. work camps. The camp which Miss Dahl, however, stayed on Miss Dahl stayed at for a week for another two weeks. stop- had young people from Britain. ping at a Yoga centre and Australiav India- and Pakis‘an' spending some time at a farm The“ usual “WV!” “’35 ‘0 outside Tokyo where she help- work from 6 to 12 in the morn- ed pick mandarin oranges. l l l ing and have cultural and dis- Next flight was to San Franâ€"l cussion programs in the after- cisco' then on to Seattle. From home S J an bee Y0: and wit bat the ten tit! Wh “Oon- Because ‘0‘ U“? "Ollble‘ there she went to her friend's ue o SOme heat and hum‘dlty 0‘ me home in Alberta to find her re- Dahl country. a siesta ‘lunch is the general rule. 1 Long Journey Home I “me after cuperating nicely, and then on certai Miss Dahl began her long‘l journey home in August of last year. finally reaching Rich- mond Hill in the middle of December. Travelling with an- other nurse from Alberta. she‘ went first to India where they‘ met with the newest group of volunteers who were being giv- en orientation lectures. From there the two girls travelled to the Punjab. visited Tibetan re- fugee camps. went to Benares and spent a week in Calcutta. All these trips were taken very cheaply, travelling third class on the trains - an almost un- heard of thing for white people From this point on. ling expenses began to U grations‘ fauna and flora of the area. The bird book is included as one of the Petersen world ser- ies. It is interesting to note that Africa has produced sev- eral identification books where- as South America has so few. The spring migration has be- gun. No doubt you have seen and heard the many crows. In the fields. the first heralder of spring. the horned lark‘s are singing. Wild geese have been sighted twice. On the 17th a1 robin was reported in Ron Cooper’s backyard and the Strands had four grackles at their feeding tray. The north- ern winter migrant, the snowy owl, is still around. Mrs. Addi- son, TUrner 4-2787. would ap- preciate hearing of further m1- fln-‘lhna The colored slides and movie were excellent. The many bird pictures were representative of the wide variation of bird life in Africa. Some of the mammal pictures, even though taken with a telephoto lense, gave the audience the feeling that the photographer must have been a little too close for com- in Africa. Some of pictures. even I] with a telephoto the audience the the photographer been a little too c been a little too close for com-l fort. Some of the ‘shots’ in the movies were spectacular: the crocodiles, toothin grinning. slithering off into the water; the herds of elephants, with one old leader having tusks so long that it was estimated each‘ would weigh 100 pounds! The rhinoceros herds looked indol-‘ ent and slow moving but we‘ changed our minds a minute later when we saw how fast they moved once they had been aroused. The movies of the tal- lahs, with their prolonged and graceful leaps. were equal to similar pictures taken by Walt Disney in the “African Lion". VI ‘ IJ Ullu nuumuu, auvuxc; v EULvuu Jvuuo Vu..~\..... ..-.,,-__ - w- "a ‘ Candidate in York North. Wiéh your assistance he join them in a ‘WED., MARCH 27th government that is concerned with Canada’s future. 6:05 PM; “ :IVote I ADDISON, John - . . . . For Action The Africans are vitally in- terested in preserving their wild-life and the self-governing countries are already making definite plans for conservation. Dr. Clarke considers the Naiâ€" robi Game Preserve a modern miracle. The naturalists‘ club more than appreciated this op- portunity of hearing and see- ing some of this same miracle. Signs of Spring Liberal Candidate in York North ON Channel 3 ADDISON (Inserted by York North Liberal Assoc.) Mr. Addison will dis- cuss issues Vital to you. WATCH JOHN "0.0.0.0"! travel- mount Colourful. controversial. Miss Ln- Marsh, will again contest Niagara Falls for the Liberal Party. She is generally tccog- nized as the leading woman's voice on current Canadian affairs and the Liberal Party’s plans for the lulure. EUGENE F. WHELAN Liberal candidate for Essex South, professional farmer Wheian has been aeiiva in public life since reaching his majority. Now Reeve of Anderdon Township, ho is a warden of the County of Essex, a director of the Ontario Wheat Marketing Board and the United Cooperatives of Ontario. A 42 year old former professor 0! Economics, now full time politician, Mr. MacEachen (pronounced Mno-Kek-en) wan first elected to represent Inverness-Rlch- mend, N.S. in 1953. Since 1958 he has been Special Assistant to the Leader of the Opposition. Vote LIBERAL . . . For Good Government YOU'LL BE HEARING A GREAT DEAL MORE FROM THESE PROMINENT YOUNG CANADIANS April 8. They were Liberal Members of Parliament and they are all seeking re-election in the April 8 election. They represent provinces from Novia Scotia to British Columbia. You will hear a great deal more about these able people in the years ahead . . . They represent just some of the young and vigorous talent in the Liberal Party of Canada today . . . Miss LaMarsh has been seen and heard in York North. The others are in the same brilliant league . . . They are people of the future . . . They are decisive . . . With them and others like them, the Liberal Party can form a sound, stable majority government. John Addison, another vigorous young Canadian, is the Liberal Party Candidate in York North. With your assistance he will again join them in a government that is concerned with Canada’s future. If you don’t recognize them all . . . it is probably because they were in the opposition for the few short months of the last Canadian Government. They are among the ablest people to sit as M.P.’s in the Canadian House of Commons. They should all be on the Government side after TEE LIBERAL, Richmond 73in: 70391-10. ThugdsyLli‘IIim-chirm, 1963 I ALLAN J. MaoEACHEN JUDY LAMARSH Inserted by North Xork Liberal Association) When asked to assess the val-' ation and knowledge she is 112 of her year's work. Miss passing on to other Canat Dahl felt that the year was by speaking to various g1 certainly worth while, although about her year in the east Since the beginning of January. Miss Dahl has been employed with the York County Health Unit and is once more busy with pre-natal and well- baby clinics. And within the first month. she at- tended four cases of hepa- titis. Montreal St. Lawrence - St. George we! represented in the last parliament by Rhodes Scholar. bilingual, blcultunl, 34 year old Mr. Turner who will again con test the seat. He is president of the Junior Bar Association of Montreal and founding director and secretary of Heretic Sehoo Inc., for retarded children. York North was represented in the month Parliament. by 33 year old M Addison. his initial entry into politics; H is a successful businessman with stro farm ties. During his brief tenure Ottawa, he made his presence felt. He we sbie to force a start on commuter an dairy industry studies. Liberal candidate and former MP. to? Coast Capilano. B.C., Jack Davis has bee director of research and planning for B. Electric since 1957. The 45 year old natlv of Kamloops. B.C. has twice utudled Oxford University. in 1939 as 1 Rhode Scholar on War Research. and again i 1946-48 in the field of Political Sclence an Economics. many of its benefits were in- tangible. Many people had learned about Canada and our way of life, while she had learned to know and appreciate the people of other countries. She has learned that theaq peoples have good reasons for their way of life. They have a different sense of values with much less stress on the mater- lal things of life. This appreci- ation and knowledge she is now passlng on to other Canadians by speaking to various groups JOHN N. TURNER JOHN H. ADDISON JOHN DAVIS