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Frustrations. anxieties and tension in this fast- paced world and constantly changing relationships are all part of day to day living. Headaches. high blood pressure. ulcerative colitis. duodenal ulcer. asthma ‘attacks? â€" in many patients nerve tension plays a part. The amount of and how concentrated the ac- cumulation‘ duration of time and how well we Cope with them. determines whether the emotional stress becomes chronic and affects the health and well- being of ourself and of those with whom we are in close contact. It was easy to solve the problem in that case by removing the child from the environment. But even here both would be bound to lose something from the loss of the relationship. I became interested in psychosomatics â€" the effect of emotions on the organs and body functions. During my nursing years when I observed a 12-year old patient's asthma attacks repeatedly triggered by a visit from her grandmother. I would like to reply to Aurora Mayor Evelyn Buck’s column ‘Family Life Centre Questions Beg Answers’ in the February 12 Liberal. I am replying as a registered nurse. Dear Mr. Editor The writer. as a taxpaying member of the public and parent who is pro-education but anti-inflammatory reporting â€" regarding the board. administration or OSSTF. feels you have certainly in this past week’s edition. allowed your image to change. Alas. the February 19 issue containing ‘Rumblings in the blackboard jungle” by Jim Irving and his in depth gossip reporting on rumors can only be compared to types like Hollywood gossip columnists. Nurse says Family Services fills gap Dear Mr. Editor: Some have previously Mayor Buck asked a lot of been answered in your questions in her February 12 column. Some I'm not article about family ser- qualified to answer. and vices. hope someone will. Irving ’s gossip report in Viewpoint column is like Hollywood rumors Dear Mr. Editor: I‘ve always been proud of he fact we had a paper the :nlibre of The Liberal for much needed local repor- ling. Family Services volunteer answers I cannot see that Mayor Buck asked a lot of questions in her February 12 article about family serâ€" vices. TER Bl NGO And I for one take ex- Tickets available at most local variety stores, beauty. salons and barber shops 1975 CHEVROLET NOVA A:‘Saturday,.April 25,1975 KINSM‘EN;& KIN ETTES RICHMOND HILL 4 Door Sedan 250 cu. in. engine automatic power steering power brakes custom radio w. wall radials wheel discs rear defogger Draw to be made April 26th All tickets sold eligible to win Purchased from GRAND DRAW WILSON-NIBLETT MOTORS Richmond Hill It can be a very discouraging feeling if you think you are wasting a doctor‘s time. Fortunately attitudes toward ‘Mental Health’ are changing. but some still feel there is a stigma attached to the need for psychiatric help. To get help you have to want and seek help. Most of us think of the psychiatrist as someone we see when we are i‘eferred by our family doctor and are in desperate need of help. We may not even know how we feel â€" just know life is meaningless. This can happen in any stage of life. Adolescence particularly is a period of storm and stress. Where does Mental Health {it in? How many of us would visit a psychiatrist to tell him “I feel tired. anxious and depressed most of the time. I have headaches; I'm always screaming at the kids, our marriage is falling apart. We can‘t communicate, no one understands me â€" I don‘t understand or even like myself"? Let us have no more rumor reporting. but a little more positive thinking. MRS. E. MCCARTHY, 19 Shadylane Crescent, Thornhill. Ont. ‘Medicine‘ has responded adequately to the need for specialized help in this area. OHIP covers counselling by a medical doctor only. How many doctors have the training and the time? Both family doctors and Mental Health refer to Family Services. Let us think of the ad- ministration and board in positive terms and give them a Chance as a body. Let us all remember she is but one new member of a large board. The» amount of space given to Mrs. McMonagle’s views is ridiculous. Any of your readers who take an interest in education, and care to be informed. would have been better served had Mr. Irving done more in depth reporting prior to the last trustee elections. ception to such drivel And by then the struggle PROUDLY_PRESENT THEIR FIRST ANNUAL _ Like any sensible person I buy where the bargains are best, but at least let’s give the local sponsors the chance to show the goods they have and offer us a competitive deal. JIM MILNE, 221 Browndale Crescent, Richmond Hill, Ont. I would like to ask the sports fans of Richmond Hill how they can justify not supporting the sponsors of local teams. Fans should support our local firms These businessmen, who have laid out many dollars over the years to encourage local sports activities, deserve your patronage. ‘Most tranquilizers and anti-depressants are meant When a complete medical checkup reveals nothing significant. spilling out your troubles to a trusted friend can be good therapy, if he is a patient listener and you are an uninhibited talker. Dear Mr. Editor What part can the family physician play? Who can help belore this level of emotional distur- bance has been reached? back to sound mental health can be a long hard fight, sometimes a losing battle. Other funds come from educational events, donations from the National Marriage Guidance Council, churches. community Twenty-five percent of the cost of funding is raised through client fees (on a sliding scale â€" 30 percent are unable to pay any fees; of those able to pay, the fee is based on ability to pay.) Family Services is a voluntary agency. By 1974, the Richmond Hill-Thornhill Family Services alone had 463 counselling sessions with couples, 727 with inâ€" dividuals, 53 with families â€" a total of 1,243 counselling sessions. In 1969 the Richmond Hill Social Planning Council and Ministerial Association responded to the com- muntiy’s need by initiating a steering committee to organize a counselling service which began in 1970. in space given by a local law firm. However. having been an office volunteer for a few months, may I submit a few answers, being limited as to space. TICKETS ‘1'00 EACH Admission - One Ticket - One Card (3 cards for 2 tickets) Referrals from doctors. Mental Health. Public Health nurses,‘ schools, ministers, lawyers and courts indicate confidence in Family Services as being better qualified to help with emotional problems. I see the family and marriage counsellor filling the void between the psychiatrist and the family doctor. Then he-she can begin to try to understand, like and be more accepting of others and of situations. A good family and marriage counsellor is: empathetic, intuitive, ac- cepting and warm; skilled in active listening; has extensive training in counselling; has the skills 'and the tools to help the person. couple or family function better in the en- vironment. to help him-her discover the self he-she can understand, like and accept. Who has these necessary requisites? If the problem goes deep and persists. does your family doctor have the specialized training, per- sonality qualities and the time required to obtain results? to handle only acute tem- porary conditions such as extreme anxiety, depression or grief. If it is a chronic conditon it should be worked on. not masked. One can only hope and assume she has dragged her heels equally hard with regard to other area ex- penditures. for just one instance, the new As tax-payers, we ap- preciate Mayor Buck‘s concern about “dipping her hand into another man’s pocket’” â€" we need politicians who are careful with money, to offset those who fling it about with reckless abandon. We also are aware letters with 1.900 signatures and a brief were presented to regional council in January by an inter-church delegation. asking council “do everything in its power to assure these services be subsidized in the order of $100,000 for 1975 in order to assure their continuity". As we all know, the four family life centres will run out of funds by the end of March. groups, personal con- tributions and money raised by volunteers. Twenty-four active volunteers give 52 hours a week, at least. sometimes more. for office assistance. A very special thanks to Vic Paraninfo. owner of Vic’s Shoe Repair. Results for the day Were $21329. ALEX SIM, Chairman. CARS, 44 Mill Street. Aurora We would also like to thank the readers of The Liberal for their support, York Fabric Shop of Aurora who donated 10 percent of their fabric sales for that day and supplied us with coffee. The committee of the Yonge-Aurora Branch of The Canadian Arthritis Society would like to thank The Liberal for the publicity given our “skate sharpening day”. Included were marriage preparation and enriohment courses. Parent 'Effec- This may in part be due to the 2.358 reached by educational events offered by the Richmond Hill â€" Thornhill Family Services alone (attending the courses from as far away as Oshawa). Dear Mr. Editor Most gratifying was the doubling over 1973 of self- referralS â€" more people are seeking help and are becoming aware of where the specialized help is available. Counsellors are in- terviewing clients in two closed rooms. Dr. Fidler is We ‘may all avail our- selves of their services if we wish. If families are helped to stay together, the cost to the taxpayer is lessened by the saving on welfare payments or mother’s allowance. in the office discovering what goes on: ‘(“Is there a need? Do the centres fulfill the need? Does the general public support the need?") Some of us who work in the offices think it might not be a bad idea if our reluctant politicians spent a few hours But with York Region‘s population of 192,850 (mid- 1974) the Family Services need for $100,000 could be met at a cost of 51.85 cents a person in tax money. Not even the price of a package of filter tip or a beer in a bar. headquarters for York County School Board which in architects' drawings looks partly like Drapeau‘s proposed Olympic Stadium and partly like the Taj Mahal.) CABS says thank you PROCEEDS TO CYSTIC FIBROSIS RESEARCH AND LOCAL CHARITIES Letters Must be 16 years or over to attend Licensed by The Province of Ontario Watch for weekend plaza blitzes at major shopping plazas in this area Any of us who have read Alvin Toffler's ‘Future Shock’ realize the need for this specialized help will increase. MRS. JOYCE MARK, 243 Rosemar Gardens Richmond Hill. Ont. How much shock our body can absorb without ill ef- fects will be determined by how well-equipped we are to adjust to and cope with change. Family LIFE Centres â€" a most appropriate name! The Family Life Centres are educating in preventive medicine â€" are filling a special need in counselling and education that is not available elsewhere in our community‘ Transactional Analysis; Marriage and Parenting in the 70’s. etc. are courses for young people and for adults that help us to grow as persons and in our personal relationships. Most of the expenses for these courses are covered by admission charges. Marriage and parenthood are our two most important relationships. and we receive no training â€" the last stand of the amateur! I wonder whether people who question the efficienc; of the Family Services think we all sit around and pray. No so. Come and see. LOLA RUFFMAN, 69 Highland Lane, Richmond Hill, Ont tiveness Training (the learning of communication skills to help us more ef- fectively relate to others â€" a skill I hope will soon be taught in the lower grades in elementary school). All of these come in and out of the small main office for information or con- sultation with Mrs‘ Maguire. who in the meantime is supervising three or four volunteer workers in the office and juggling her own work, four telephone lines. an inter- com and clients at the reception desk with the “cool” of a head nurse in an operating room, whereas some of us would be a quivering heap of raw nerves disintegrated to‘a pulp on the floor. As an office it has a very pleasant atmosphere. but it surely gets congested. In the evenings sometimes all seven rooms in the offices are filled at the same time by counsellors with clients. in his office. perhaps with a client. Mr. Edmunds likewise (credit counselling department). PRIZES in the Richvale area are circulating a petition requesting a meeting with the school board. They hope the petition will be endorsed by a majority of community Mrs. Atkinson and a number of other volunteers “We believe we should make a serious attempt to convince the board a return to the two-level system would be reasonable, practical and most im- portantbwould benefit the children in this com- munity.” explains Mary Atkinson of Orlon Crescent. By Ivy Reeve North Thornhill Correspondent Dissatisfied with the existing tri-level system, a group of parents in the Roselawn Senior Public school attendance area want an opportunity to present their views to the York County Board of Education. Circa/ate petition Liberal carrier, Brad Holmes of Parker Avenue receives a cheque from his district sales manager, Mrs. Bonnie Quinnell. Brad opened up a new route in Oak Ridges, and is now serving 33 new customers in this area. Tri-level school system bothers Richvale parents Carrier salesman 0f the month Early Bird Draw 1975 ELECTROHOME ' “SARATOGA” SOLID STATE 26” COLOUR T.V. “We want the board to realize that busing creates hardships for students. Neither the Roselawn nor the Charles Howitt schools have cafeterias, and for the younger children. comâ€" muting by bus may result in a long‘ and tiring school- day.“ Atkinson estimates that if both schools returned to a policy of accommodating pupils from the kin- dergarten to the grade 8 levels, most children in the area would be within walking distance of either Roselawn or Charles Howitt schools. “We don't believe that the benefits of the present organization are great enough to warrant the movement of children by bus or on foot from one part of the community to another.“ Atkinson says. residents THE LIBERAL â€" Wednesday. Feb. 26,1975 Draw to be made MARCH 20th, 1975 at Richmond Hill Brad attends King Senior Public School and is saving his money for a trip his school is planning to Mexico in March. He is interested in stamp collectingand is tied for first place in a chess tour- nament his school is ysponsorings Persons interested in signing the petition may contact Mrs. Atkinson at 889-7305 or Janet Battista at 889-6694. Prior to 1963, both schools accommodated pupils from kindergarten tothe grade 8 level. Currently. Charles Howitt Public school ac- connnodates chfldren fron1 kindergarten to grade & while students in grades 6, 7 and 8 attend the Roselawn school. It also has been suggested separation of the kin- dergarten-to-grade 5 from the 6 to 8 levels has “limited the schools' social at- mospheres." In addition to objections about bus travel. Atkinson says numerous parents have expressed concern about the “problems of adjustment" for grade 6 students who may be “somewhat young to be making the transition to a senior school routine.“ Richmond Hill (Photo by Hogg)