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Show clad Gh qhild " Ci 'I I ' . , Welfare WeHare Work WorkI WorkIn WorkIrfUmtah I ' In U Uintah ntah County County- Count - , , ! - By D7 Walter W.ater Water . Jfgt Jai , ant . , ChIld- ChIld ChIldWdlare Child-Welfare Child Welfare ChildWelfareWorker ChUd-WeITareWorker ChUd WeITareWorker ChUdWeITareWorker"Christmas - Wdlare WdlareWorker Worker Worker"Christmas "Christmas Christmas "Ohrtatmas Ohrtatmas " Is 15 coming comIns I l This Th18 age ageold ageold old cry has ha.s . gladdened the heart heartof heartof heartot of America through the years But ButChr1stmaa ButChristmas Chr1stmaa tmas this thJa thla year Is la not the thetraditional thetraditional thetraditional traditional bustling bustung , , happy home- home hometograndma's hometograndma's home-to-grandma's home to grandma's grandmas - to-grandma's to grandma's grandmas - ' " celebration Count- Count Countless Count'less- Count'less Countless Count'lesshomes - ' - lea less . - homes ftre are saddened by the ab- ab absence absence ab absence - - sence of the dear one far away In Inthe Inthe Inthe the armed forcea forces or other war warwork warwork warwork . work Many families tamUles still un- un untouched untouched un-touched un touched - touched by the plentiful war warmoney warmoney warmoney money bythe * ' are yet . eeply affected by bythe bythe the raising rafslng raking coat COIIt cost ! of We Ufes tiles 8 nece&S1t1esFrom necessitiesFrom necessities nece&S1t1es neceS1t1es & from many comes the cry to ' tor- tor for- for torget forget for forget - get social advancement while whlle we wewin weWin 1 n win the war ' war ' ' which makes even evenmore evenmore evenmore more cheerless the plight of offatnll1es offamilies offamilies fatnll1es families receiving public WlSlstance asststance WlSlstancechildren asststancechildren assistancechildren children In broken tam1l1es families tam1l1esand familiesand familiesand and children living diving under unfor unfor- unfortunate unfortunate unfortunate - tunate circumstances Many MiLny Mhny of ofthe ofthe ofthe the nation s 8 children infected with withvague withvague withvague vague fears feal1l and forebodings of ofthey ofthey ofthey they no not what are t'n tn t'nding tnding f'ndhng fndhng ' ' < llng even evenmore evenmore evenmore more encouragment enoouragment with adjust adJust- adJustments adjustments adjustments - - ments they must make to an ab abnormal ab- ab abnorma abnormal - - normal norma ) situation when even in innorma innormal innormal norma normal ) times the task Is hard en- en enough enough en enough - ough oughThese These young people are a vital vitalfactor vitalfactor vitalfactor factor in sustaining national mor mor- morae mor- mor morale morale - - ale ae ) for the war effort etrort In the home homethe homethe homethe the child should find affection affectionwhich affectionwhich affectionwhich which gives self selt confidence Inter inter- interest Interest Interest - est which Induces cooperation coopera.tion . and andethJcal andethical andethical ethJcal ethical values which 1n Influence uence | However in Infancy and andmore andmore andmore more in hi later years the welfare of ofof ofof ofof of the child depends not only on onhome onhome onhome home care provided within the thefamily thefamily thefamily family but also on the safeguards safeguardsand safeguardsand safeguardsand and services provided by the com corn commU1ity cornmunity cornmunlty m\U1ity m U1ity munity \ state nation It If we In Inthis inthis Inthis this chaotic world can devote devotethought devotethought devotethought thought and resources to bulld build bulldwisely buildwisely buildwisely wisely for tor the children s future futurewe futurewe futurewe we will wUl strengthen our own fa.i fai faith faithin faithIn . th thIn In democracy democracyAmong Among the Inalienable rights of ofman ofman ofman man as our fathers have taught taughtus US are these three Life ute Uberty Liberty Ubertyand Libertyand Libertyand and the pursuit of happiness happinessBut happinessBut happinessBut But accumulated facts show thatfar that thatfar tar far too many American chlldren children childrenbelong childrenbelong belong to families which have no practical access to the th1.ngs th1ngs things . thingswhich th1.ngswhich thingswhich which make happm&sa happmsa happine.sa happinesa happiness & . a realityThere reality realityThere realityThere There are many families tamlliea who are areliVing areliving areliving liVing in actual distress or in inconstant inconstant inconstant constant insecurity tnsecurtty and are trapp- trapp trappby trappby trapp-by trapp by - - - by circumstances c1rcUJDStances from trom which their theirown theirown theirown own knowledge and Initiative can- can cannot cannot can cannot - not free them This Is happening happeningnot not because of ot economic scarcity scarcityfor scarcityfor scarcityfor for we are a nation blessed with withsplendid withsplendid withsplendid splendid natural resources resourcea and Q.I1d QI1d gnd . a ahigh ahigh ahigh high level of public intelUgenoe Intelligence intelUgenoebut Intelligencebut Intelligencebut but because of short-sightedness short sightedness short-slghtedness slghtedness short-sightednessand short sightednessand shortsightednessand shortslghtednessand - - and Indifference indiNerenoe indifferenceThe IndifferenceThe The complexity of modem modern life lifebrings lifebrings lifebrings brings about a drastic need for tor a aperson aperson aperson person to find nnd his place among amongsocial amongsocial amongsocial social and economic order which whichgives whichgives whichgives gives an opportunity for every everyI everyhis everyhis everyhis I his fellows A truly democratic I [ people by though thoughtful ttul planning planningcan can make certain that the needs needslof needsof needsof lof of all 11 & her children are met If this thisIs thisIs thisIs Is donI done don ; : these children will wID main maintain maintarn maintain tain tarn and cher cherish h their freedomUintah freedom freedomUlntah Ulntah Uintah County has ha . from the thevery thevery thevery very beginning beg1nn1ng been concerned concernedwith concernedwith concernedwith with the proper care of its chUd child chUdren children children ren There have been praisewor praisewor- praiseworthy praiseworthy praiseworthy - - thy efforts by various service clubs clubscommunity clubscommunity clubscommunity community leaders churchs and andgovernmental andgovernmental andgovernmental governmental agencies to provide providefor providefor providefor for neglected dependent handi handi- , handicapped handicapped handicapped - - capped and delinquent chUdren children chUdrenThe childrenThe childrenThe The Ulntah U1ntah Uintah County Department of ofPublic ofPublic ofPublic Public Wellare Welfare has maintained maintainedchildwelfare maintainedchildwelfare maintainedchild-welfare maintainedchild welfare child-welfare child welfare - services for care and andprotection andprotection andprotection protection of such children since 1937 The primary objective of chlld- chlld child- child chlldwelfare childwelfare child-welfare child welfare - I welfare service Is to provide for forevery forevery forevery every child chUd who has some special specialneed specialneed specialneed need whatever assistance and andguidance andguidance andguidance I andI guidance may be required to assure assurehim assurehim assurehim him protection and security A Atrue Atrue Atrue true concern for tor all children muat must muattake musttake musttake take Into account the fact that thatmany thatmany thatmany many of ot them labor under heavy heavyhandicaps heavyhandicaps heavyhandicaps handicaps In competition with withtheir withtheir withtheir their fellows There are many manyconditloI1 manyconditions manyconditions conditloI1 conditions requiring requlr1ng wenare westare ser services services services vices for tor children-extreme children extreme children - extreme neg neglect neglect neglect lect In the homes feeble minded mindedness mindedness mindedness ness In parents and children cruel and abusive ua1V paxents parents paints , , illegit Wealt- Wealt illegit- Wealttmate illegitimate illegitimate - - imate tmate children chUdJen wlt .outcompetept withouttcompetept withoutt without-competentguardians without competentguardians .out out . , --competept competept -competept - - competeptand , and imd cbU children repi " "who who "Jo Jo " alio " ) are arb arbdelinquent aredelinquent delinquent . , truant . , watw ottlywp waywwd 11 , , . or orwho 9't 9t orwho ' who suffer autfer from from menttJ menttI ment l dItrubsnces dIItrub- dIItrub dItrub- dItrub dIItrubances dUtrub-ances dUtrub ances $ - - ances snces or physical hYaJcal handicaps hanc11caps handicapsIn hanc11capsIn In Ulntah vtntah Uintah County Oounty , . ch11d-'W ch11d 'W W child-welfare child welfare childwelfareservices child-welfarecervices child welfarecervices - ' ltare ltareservtces servtces services are provided provldtd through the theCOW1ty theCounty theCounty COW1ty County Department of J ubUC ,1'ubllc 1ubllc ,1'ubllcWelfare ( , PublicWelfare ' ' Welfare Case work service laprovided isprovided Is Isprovided provided for children II1 In their ownI own I 1 ; I homes - : dicates dJcatti'a dJcattia dieaten ' the need of such service service'Famllies serviceFamilies serviceFamilies 'Famllies Famllies Families ' are selected from cases casesunder casesunder casesunder under the care of the Public Wel- Wel Welfare Wel Welfare - . fare Department . , , and those re reported . . ported by community organiza- organiza organizations organizations organlza-tlons organlza tlons - - tions Th The Department cooperates cooperatea - es ea with many mlVlY msuiy other public pubUc agen agen- agencies agencies - cies des POT F r For example the Crippled CrippledChildren crippledChildren CrippledChildren Children s 8 a Service and IUld the Maternal Mater Mater- Maternal Maternal - nal and Child Health progr progr1 ns nsand programsand ms msand and aid in loc locating ting children withphysical withphysical with physical defects and securing securingmedical securingmedical securingmedical medical attention for them The Thelocal Thelocal Thelocal local child-welfare child welfare chUd-weltare chUd weltare - worker aS1ata asists aS1ataIn asistsin $ afslstaIn $ In locating mentally def1tient deficient def1tientchildren deficientchildren deficientchildren children arranges for tor phycholog- phycholog phychoOg- phychoOg phyeholog ! - . Ical leal teal examinations mm1natlons and lnvestsgatea - tes tea applications appl1cations for admissI admission P . ! p to tothe tothe tothe the State Training Tra1n1ng School 111e The TheUintah 111eUintah ' TheUlntah Uintah County We1f Welfare re , Depart Depart- Department Department : Department - - ment cooperates with the State In- In Industrial Industrial In Industrial - dustrial School by assisting in the theadJ theadjustment theadjustment adJ adjustment stment of children paroled paroledfrom paroledfrom paroledfrom from that Institutions Case work workservices workservices workservices services are also available to thelocal the thelocdl 100111 locdl schools In working out family fam- fam famUy fam family - ily Uy problems affecting ffecting children in inschool inschool inschool school Since July 1940 , . the local localDepartment localDepartment localDepartment Department has been authorized authorizedto to place children chUdren in foster homes homesand homesand homesand and a moat most through investigation InvestigationIs Is made of or the children requiring requiringfoster requiringfoster requiringfoster foster care and the prospective prospectivefaster prospectivefaster prospectivefoster faster parents and hOmesYea homesYes homes homesYes Yes Yea it is Christmas , , , pre emin emin- eminently eminently eminently - ently the children s 8 holiday LeI Les Lesus Leius ; US remember them our men and andwomen andwomen andwomen women of tomorrow , . with sym sym- symI sympa sympathetic sympathetic - pa pathetic thetic and understanding assis assis- assistance assis- assis assistance assistance - - I tance Let tet us remember them not notonly notonly notonly only at the Christmas Ohristmas season but but'at butat butat 'at at ' at every seasonAt seasonAt season seasonAt At the present time the local localdepartment localdepartment localdepartment department Is staffed by the fol- fol following following fol-i fol i - - lowing people Miss M1.ss M1ss . Belle Angus AngusDirector Angus'Director AngusDirector ' . Director Mrs Gladys Woolley WoolleyI WoolleyClerk WoolleyClerk I Clerk Miss Iris Irls McConkle McConkie Sten Sten- Stenographer Sten- Sten Stenographer Stenographer - - ographer Mrs Francis Horrociql Horrocks HorrociqlI HorrociqlCase HorrocksCase HorrocksCase Case Worker and Walter Jaggi JaggiChild JaggiChild JaggiChild I Child welfare worker - _ . _ - - |