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PAGE 6, KINGS MOUNTAIN MIRROR, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 5, 1972
Gov. Scott Tackles Child Abuse
Problem
Child abuse Is prevalent in
every North Carolina county
and Gov. Bob Scott hopes to
be able to do something about
it.
After Gov. Scott cited the
problem, I contacted Judy
Bowers, acting supervisor ol
Protective Services for State
Social Services.
"I would say from that sta
tistic that we aren’t getting
100 per cent compliance with
the new law,” Miss Bowers
said, "because we know that
child abuse and child neglect
is happening in every county in
this sUte. But we are getting
many, many more referrals
because of the law.”
Miss Bowers says a trend
seems to Indicate that many
pre-school children are vic
tims of child abuse or child
neglect.
"On somedays,” Miss Bow
ers said, "this department
gets as many as 20 reportings
of child abuse or child neglect.
We’re getting more such
cases reported now than ever
before.”
Gov. Scott says in the past
eight months in North Caro
lina. parental abuse has killed
23 children and injured 356
others.
The North Carolina legis
lature passed a law last July
that makes it mandatory for
cltisens to report suspected
cases of child neglect or child
abuse to their county social
services office.
"Before last July it was a
voluntary thing,” Miss Bow
ers said, "but now people are
re(]uired by law to report such
cases and we have many such
reports coming in.”
Since the law went on the
books, the State Social Ser
vices offices has received re
ports of mistreatment of chil
dren in 89 of North Carolina’s
100 counties.
Just as child abuse Is not
limited to any one section of
the State, it’s also not limited
to any one section of society.
"We have child abuse and
child neglect in lower Income
families,” Miss Bowers said,
"but we also have cases in
middle and upper incomes.
The cases occur in white and
black families.”
Child abuse Involves the child
beaten severely. Child ne
glect covers a child not being
fed or clothed adequately, not
given proper medical atten
tion, educational'opportuni
ties, etc.
What does the State hope to
do to reduce the number ol
child abuse cases?
"First,” Miss Bowers tells
me, "we must get the story
told to the people of this State.
They need to understand that
the new law requires them to
report cases of child abuse or
child neglect to their county
social services office. The
law no longer allows them to
turn their head and say it’s
none of their business.”
"If these cases aren’t cor
rected soon,” Miss Bowers
says, "the repercussions
might be felt for a lifetime.
We need to learn about these
cases as quickly as possible
and then get with the families
and stay with them until the
situation is corrected.”
Miss Bowers says she is
highly pleased that Gov. Scott
has become so involved in tak
ing the problem of child abuse
to the public.
"Our law on child abuse is
a good one,” she says, "and
when the public fully under
stands it, I think we’ll begin
to make more progress.”
Gov. Scott has called a state
wide conference on April 17
and 18 to deal with the pro
blem. The Governor will
make the keynote address and
a noted expert in the field. Dr.
David Gill of Brandies Uni
versity, will be a featured
speaker at the conference.
Miss Bowers says: "What
we are doing is attempting to
tell the story of child abuse
and child neglect. The more
people wanting to help, the
better our chances of solving
a very serious problem,”
Cronin Names Best Players Among Those He Saw
In A.L.
By Cliff Morgan
Sarasota, Fia.-American
League President Joe Cron
in is a league official who
knows the game from the bot
tom up, plus the administra
tive side. He was one of the
great American League
one,” adding: "but he was
a nice, easy going fellow—
perhaps too gentle.” He
spoke highly of A1 Simmons,
whom he rated one of the
greatest hitters he had ever
seen.
"We have all sorts of
programs to help players
learn the game, plus special
ized coaching. We have in
structional leagues in the
fall after minor league play
is over. In most cases the
Major League managers
themselves come and help
decide what players need
what. All this enhances the
progress of players today.”
shortstops not too many
years ago. a pennant winning
manager for both Washington
(1933) and Boston (1946)
and thus knows most of the
great American League play
ers of the past forty years
first-hand.
The writer asked him to
name the best players he
saw In action in his playing
days in the Majors. Cronin
wasquickto say he couldn’t
name them all. but he singled
out a few, saying maybe he
saw more of them than other
great players.
"Ted Williams, Babe Ruth.
Lou Gehrig, Charlie Geh-
ringer and Joe DiMaggio
were all-around great play
ers.” he said. Quizzed about
Ty Cobb. Cronin explained
that Cobb had played before
his time.
"Cobb was the man who
could disrupt an opposing
team more than any other,”
he conceded. Then he re
called that Jimmy Foxx,
“had as much ability as any-
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