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Ronald Reagan, Patricia Neal and Richard Todd are the co-stars of
the new Warner Bros. film. "The Hasty Heart," coming to the
Park Theatre today nd tomorrow. Vincent Sherman directed.
two Shows Dally Monday throofh f riday 7 & 9 P.M.
Saturday: Continuous Showings from 11 A.M."
Sunday: 3 Shows, 2, 4 and 8:30 V. M.
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FRIDAY - SATURDAY, FEB. 10-11
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By MRS. MARY JAME KLOPP
Child Welfare Cane Worker
Haywood Co. "Welfare Dept.
&i Feature
Two licensed boarding homes for
foster children In Haywood Coun
ty do not meet the needs of the
children for whom the county Wel
fare Department is , responsible.
This fact is a matter of deep con
cern for the Social workers profes-.
sionally interested tn the welfare
of children, ,
These workers believe that the
situation is one that calls for, can
best be relieved through the active
Interest of an informed public.
They believe that many people in
Haywood County do not know of
this system of caring for dependent
and neglected children and do not,
therefore, know how to help.
They do not, for instance, know
how the agency would like to have
taken care of Bobby and Betty Doe
whose mother left one morning and
did not come back whose father
had been dead since Betty was
three months old. Bobby; was five
years'old and Betty was three and
a ' halfand ' a neighbor, brought
on record, no time to make the pre- j
liminary study a good plan rc-
quires, such an emergency is likely j
to result in ill-considered action j
a hasty placement.
The public may know that the j
state and common decency frown j
on the -practice of holding de'ln-;
quent children of any age in jail, j
They may not know that because
no boarding homes are avaOible,
children have been held in jail dur- j
ling a period of study, when they ;
mem to uie omce ai closing lime. cou De jeft in their own
The neighbor cowldnt keep there; homes,
the sides of his house were, figur- "Security rooms" one for boys,
atively speaking, bursting without one for gjrls rooms that look no j
them. , different from ny ther kind, set
The worker had a choice; She I up in a home or homes where there
could surprise her roommate by are understanding foster parents
bringing them home witii tier, or can meet the needs that our child
she could take them to the.cpunty ren, delinquent or otherwise now
home. have for short time care until more
AnH tnii wnriiws hvo fc.fr. permanent plans can be made.
The aaency feeis that such a
At Tho Strand
county homes.
She took them home, but it was-
n t . convenient there wasnv a
spare room and she had to .take
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home for "emergency" care - is
the most pressing need.
While this type of boarding home
may be the most urgently needed.
them to work with her the next day plans for longer time care do have
or else enlist the grudging services to be made, and. your Welfare De
of the busy landlady. partment is seriously handicapped
The children were worried about in seeing that these plans offer the
"inaraa"; they needed the undivid- children maximum benefits.
ed attention of a motherly some- The two licensed homes are fill-
body who was really prepared for ed to capacity, and, even if they i
them and who really wanted the were not. it might not be possible
responsibility. for the child in question to fit into
This was one of many times when either one.
the agency would like to have had Because social workers recognize
a licensed boarding, home , op .call fact-that ehildrenf are lfidivid
for temporary care of children. ...i. hn rannnt alt alone In
With, no, foster home applicants just any "good" home, they would
like td have licensed homes to
choose from, all "good" but as
different frokn one another as are
the children who need them. As.
the situation stands, the cart comes
before the horse.
We have the child to place but
not one home set up to take him,
not even ono applicant on record!
The social worker in this situa
tion can oniy set out, like the con
fused soul who hunted a heedle in
a hay stack, to search all of Hay
wood County for the right home
for Johnny and Mary.
If the child really fits In the
home ft is probably an accident,
lor Johnny and Mary cannot wait
very long tor a place to rest their
weary heads; and they are likely
to wind up in that nice Mrs. J's
home because she said she would
"try them". This procedure 1 s
hard on children.
Any change from one home to
another is . bed enough, but this
procedure often necessitates two
or three moves in search of a home
where the child does fit.
By that time the child, is an
emotional wreck who needs Very
special understanding and treatment.
An adequate list of approved
homes with case records showing
What each has to offer would cer
tainly do much to increase the ef
ficiency of the Job your social
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SEATED IN LUXURIOUS BOBlFORiU UPHOLSTERED, SEATS.
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where a small board is paid by
county and state-are not, by any
means, in the experimental stage
here and experience points out
their' advantages. Of course they
cost the county and state nioney
but the cost is little when weighed
on a balance with human value re
ceived. The welfare department urges
those who believe they, can help
the child welfare worker in her
search for boarding homes r for
children to get in touch with the
agency by phone, letter, or by conv
ina to ask about the program. The
need is great, and the interest and
help of the community is essentiaa
to meet the demana. '
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SATURDAY NIGHT LATE SHOW
I ' Charlie RUGGLES Oscar EOMOLKA
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Robert Milchum, Janet Leigh
and Wendell Corey starring In
"Holiday Affair", coming to the
Strand Theatre Sunday-Monday.
. With
STAN LAUREL and OLIVER HARDY
LATE SHOW
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DONALD WOOD and TRUDY MARSHALL
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MONDAY and TUESDAY, Feb. 13-14
"DAKOTA LIL"
(In! Technicolor)
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GEORGE MONTGOMERY and ROD CAMERON -
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agency 'can "do. '
What does the agency require of
foster parents whose homes they
license?
The child welfare case worker
looks first at the parents them
selves: What are . they like? How
do they get along with each other?
How do they, or did they get
along with their own children and
with the other children with whom
they have had relationships? What
do their neighbors think of them?
Why. do they want someone else's
child in. their home? Have they
the vigorous physical and mental
health the job requires?
It is harder to haise someone
else's child than it Is your own.
They have to have the capacity
to love a, child, to understand and
accept him as he is with his ready
made problems, and yet to give him
up philosophically when the" time
comes.
They have to face the fact that
they must share this child with the
social woEker who supervises the
placement and probably also with
one or both of the child's own
parents who may visit at intervals
and who may, in the end, as part
of their plait with the agency take
hlra away.
They, cannot lpve the child with'
a possessive love, or the problem
of jealousy, between own and fos
ter, parents will damage both them
and the. child.
They must have tact, and they
must Have the respect of the com
raunlty in which they Jive, for thev
line tne foster child himself
are freqently' the subject of neigh
borhood curiosUy, speculation, and
gossip, as well Jas. admiration.
The (child, welfare case wnrkp-
ooks. second, at the physical homo
and its setting. It must beadeouatp
in size, and it must pass inspec
tion by the .flouaty sanitarian..
ti. ' a f
ii neea not necessarily have the
conveniences modern plumbing
ana ngnung, but J,t must be reason
ably safe for theiare of children.
it must. be reasonably accessible
to chufchr scHpi)l, and normal rec-
reatiohal facilities, but it must not
be, in a congested area or where
neighborliood influences are unde
Blrable, ,
Ill her study of the home, the
case Worker remembers that
heme may be suitable for a fifteen
year old boy when it would not do
at all -for a month old babvand
she must decide with the foster
parents about the age and sex of
children who may be considered
for their home.
A small amount of hoard f
for each child In a licensed home,
but' because it; is scarcely more
than enough to meet the child's
own needs, the case worker must
reject any applicants who apply
because they "need the money and
want a Jofe they can do at home".
Sometimes the cash payments da,
without harm to the child, mean a
small gain In the case of. a farm
family that produces most of the
food consumed, but generally
speaking, the case worker must se
lect only those foster parents
whose own families can get along
fairly well without the addition to
their income. This rule, of course,
is for the protection of the child
Since July 1948 your superin
tendent of welfare has delegated to
your child welfare case worker
the responsibility for approving
and supervising the use of all
homes where foster children are
placed. In the past the majority
of Haywood County's foster-children
have been placed in free or
wage nomes iwnere no ooara is
paid and where 'an older, capable
child may receive wages for farm
or house work in addition to the
value of room and board).
, But hoarding homes homes
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singer of Ashevffle ST'
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WAYNES VILLE
PROGRAM
Shows Starts at 7:00 P. M.
THURSDAY arul FRIDAY, Feb. 9-18
WHEN MY BABY SMILES AT
(In lechmcolor)
Starring
BETTY GRABLE and DAN DAILEY
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. Starring
PRESTON FOSTER
Also Selected Short Subjects
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SUNDAY, Feb. 12
MOON AND SIXPENQ
GEORGE SANDERS and AH Star Cast
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MONDAY and TUESDAY, Feb. 1314
A CONNECTICUT YANKEE"
'..'.-' ' Starring
B1NG CROSBY AND WILLIAM 1JENDIX
Also Selected Short Subjects Si
At
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WHO HAVE BEEN MISINFORMED AS TO
THE WEIGHT AND HORSE POWER OF THE
FORD AND FERGUSON TRACTORS
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WEIGHS 2540 lbs.
THE FERGUSON TRACTOR WEIGHS 2500 lbs.
The FORD TRACTOR is
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Than The FERGUSON!'
The above information is officialTaken from t h e
TRACTOR TEST BOOK which lists all makes of tractors, their i
and Horsepower.
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