Al4 - Wednesday, June 2, 1982 - North Shore News

No U.I.C. or welfare cheques

FROM PAGE A13

“After the crash _ I
remembeg looking down on
the Cenotaph at Pender and
Hamilton from our building
at crowds of unemployed
men and Mayor Jerry
McGeer read the riot act,
things were so tough.

“He read the riot act be-
cause theunemployed were
getting restless. There were
thousands of men living on
the flats back of the CNR
Station near False Creek in
corrugated shelters.

“These

men were ex-
tremely distraught. They
didn’t have a dime. And

there was no such thing as
government assistance. No
welfare cheques and no
unemployment insurance.
They ate thanks to a man
named Rev. Andrew
Roddan of the First United
Church.

“It got so bad that there
was a sit-down strike at the

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post office. Then they were
routed out by mounted
police with billie clubs.
From Main Street to
Granville many stores had
their windows smashed.
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CHARLIE TAIT

clubs and caused physical
damage.

“This was a prelude to the
famous trek to Ottawa in
1932 by many destitute men.
Something like two to three
thousand. I think the railway
police were afraid of them,
as the men were allowed to

New Horizons program aimed

An old abandoned CN
station in Theodore,
Saskatchewan, has been

renovated by retired persons
and is being used as a drop-
in centre and tourist in-
formation bureau.

In a senior citizens’ home
in Levis, Quebec, an arts and
recreation program was
designed and implemented
by the residents themselves
to promote participation in
sewing, knitting, croquet,
cards and other games.

In Digby, Nova Scotia, a
group of retired people have
set up and are operating a
visiting program for the

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ride the rods. As the con-
tingent grew, Ottawa
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that finally a delegation went
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“In those days I remember
men so poor they had pieces
of carpet tied to their feet for
shoes. Their pants were held
up by string.

“Gradually the cardboard
jungle dissipated. A friend of
mine who could find no work
finally went up to the
Cariboo where he made 50¢

a day panning for gold.
“I would have to consider
myself lucky through the

depression. Our family had
three 33 ft. lots and we had
all the food we needed from
our large gardens.

-“We lived very frugally and

worked very hard. I could
not have done it alone. My
wife Rosiland was, and is, a

most efficient homemaker
with superb financial un-
derstanding and eternal
optimism.”

many senior citizens who are
isolated, alone and unable to

get out.

In Vancouver, British
Columbia, senior citizens
have organized two large

festivals of New Horizons
projects demonstrating the
skilis and talents of retired
people and encouraging the
formation of new projects.

A literary magazine is
being published in Scar-
borough, Ontario, through
the efforts of retired writers,

photographers, poets,
journalists, illustrators and
other interested senior
citizens.

These are but a_ few
examples of the types of
activities made possible

through the New Horizons
Program. Each group) of
retired persons involved in
these projects had an idea
and applied to New Horizons
to obtain funds the
Projects

New Horizons ts a unique
program developed in| 1972
by the Department of
National Health and
Welfare to encourage and
enable retired Canadians to
become

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GEORGE GOODWIN

Chicken in the pot

“I started working for the
CPR on the B.C. Coast
Service in 1929. I was for-
tunate in that I was able to
work most of the time, but
some were not so lucky.
Here in North Vancouver
some people who were going
to lose their homes worked
for the City instead of paying
taxes.

“Since many people did
not have much to start with,
it did not seem so bad to
become a little poorer.
People were not so spoiled
then. You could rent a house
for $10 a month. Many times
men could only get work for
a couple of days, then
nothing for a while.

“Even the City of North
Vancouver went. broke.
Victoria had to help out.

“I remember my Dad went
around with a push cart
selling vegetables. Later he
opened a store on Lonsdale.

accomplished through the
distribution of cash grants to
groups of older people to
provide them with an op
portunity to share their
interests, skills and talents in
developing and carrying out
projects of their own
choosing.

These projects are im-
tended to be of benefit to the
participants and others in
their community. The ac-
cent is on local needs as
identified by senior citizens
and their willingness to meet
these needs.

An important goal of New
Horizons is to reduce the
sense of loneliness’ or

inactivity experienced by
some older people. The
program allows retired

persons to help each other to
contribute to the well-being
of the community at the
same time

To be ehgible for a grant

under the New Honzons
Program, a group) must
consist of at least ten

volunteers who will serve as
the directors of the project
The mayortty of the directors
must be older people. reured
from the work force and
willing (Oo assume respon.
sibility for the direction and

My father always had two or
three things going to make
money. He always made a
buck somehow.

“My wife used to work at
$12.75 a

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GEORGE GOODWIN

week and she was lucky to
have that job. Many people
could not even afford the 6¢
to take the streetcar.

“In spite of the hardships,
people did not get too
depressed. They carried on.
You did not need too much.
Many had excellent gardens
and half a dozen chickens.
When one stopped laying, it ;
would make a nice dinner.
People would eat rabbits,
too. Strawberries were 10¢
per box. Fish tips were 5¢ a
Ib.

“When I got married, |
was making $55 a month.
You could buy a house for
$1,000. As a child, we would
make our own toys.

“In 1928, I bought my first

car, a °26 Star, for $85. I
rolled it over on Marine
Drive.

“People today have a lot
to learn about getting by on
less. There is no comparison
between today and_ the
depression of fifty years ago.
Times have changed so
much.”

for seniors

Management of the
proposed activity.

When making an ap-
plication to New Horizons
for a grant, a group should
be able to show that it can
muster the human resources,
skills, knowledge and time as
volunteers, to do what it
proposes. A_ grant can
provide the money to set the
project in motion, but it is
through the group's own

volunteer efforts that the
activity will succeed.
The New Horizons

program was deliberately
designed to ensure that a
wide range of projects could
be considered with a
minimum of “red tape.” The
main ingredients of a New
Horizons project are

eThat it provides) an
opportunity for retired
people in which they can put
their talents, expemence and
energies to use,

ethat if reaches
include as = many
persons as possible.

*ethat it responds to 4
community need as iden
ified by semor ciuzens

Oubl to
retured

Grants will be provided
either to start up new ac
avities or to expand existing

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activities. Grants may cover
expenses incurred in
planning, organizing and
operating the activity as
described 1n the application
including rent, utilities,
furniture and equipment,
materials for arts and crafts,
minor alterations for space
used and publicity. Funds
will not be allotted for
capital expenditure or for
travel per se: however,
limited funds may be
allocated for transportation
as an integral part of an
overall activity. New
Honzons funds may not be
used to pay salanes for the
projects directors or par-
ticipants, although in certain
circumstances salanes for
Instructors or other = staff
persons may be included in
the grant

Funds are avatlable for
penods of up to 1&8 months
Funds may be provided for
on-going actwities or for an
activity that may occur only
once such as a seminar
Groups are cncouraged to
plan for the continuation of a

proyect after the funding.

through self support by the
community
means

group.
or other

support

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