The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-09-20
CHILD WELFARE
Is SUBJECT OF
ROTARY TALK
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Mrstinr wednesday

R1Earfarn on wednesday heard &c
Instructive and interesting tntk CO
chl1 wesRr8. b. Mira Pauline
Smith. chiAdrNns worker for Jaek-
son county IN kf1e Department q
Pubic Welfare Mr4. Smith wH4
introduced BY Lee Head wao had
charge Of the program
The present child welfare
Service Program IN Mixztkstppa hax
been r1ade possible through the
states cooperation with the Ped
erai Government The program IL
cezxned % offer preventive and
prtecttve service 70 the children uf
Mississippi homeless. dependent
and neglected children and those
IN danger ( becoming delinquent
Many prunlensn which affect
children % not need direct aid
10 the families but q wise
study Of the child. thu home.
the surroundings and all factors
Ia the environment which are az
fecginR the child This knosiedge
IN TIRE hands Of the social worker
specially trained becomes ths means
Of q solution of the chiId's problem.
sale Mrx smith
This fun service Is now offered
In Gziiy ten counties Of the stats.
Jackson county being one. and thess
counties we're selected on 4 basis Of
their geographical location, the In
terest In child welfare which was
already manifest In the county. and
the resources available within the
the community for work with child
ren A children's worker was as
signed 20 this county on the .
quest Of the board Of supervisors.
The ehiidrens worker functions ~
8 part Of the County Department
OF Public Welfare. but she works In
cooperation with all local and state
agencies whose activities affect
children in any way
Mrs Smith said that she va glad
That the Rotary and ether local
civic organizations are taking an
interest IN this work. -One Of the
wnys. said Mrs Smith, I'm which
these clubs can be Of special value
IN the chiidren'x program. Is IN urR-
ting the enactment Of adequate laws
affecting the children Our present
laws are far from adequate. being
based IN fact on the old appren-
tice laws Of 1907. with only slight
modification since their enactment
Going into detail az che wurk that
was being done By the Child wei
fare Service, Mrs Smith cited many
Instances where children we're TAX
en- from unsuitable SURROUNDINGS
and placed in homes and institu-
tons and given q chance to be-
come worthy citizens, blind chflc-
rem cared for. Is vel as deaf ones.
cooperating with the Health neunrt~
neEst IN conserving the health Of
neglected children: and In many
ways assisting IN saving the lives
and morals Of children living in
unsanttary and morally deficient
homes.
Mrs Smith concluded By stating
her department was ever ready 70
help In childrens service. and asked
the Rotarians TO let the program
have q definite meaning 10 each, and
to tell the Welfare Department
what Is essential 70 promote the
physical. mental and emotional
growth and development Of our
children who have not tire proper
opportunity 70 develop into useful
men and women
President Arthur Smith made
some announcements. saying among
things that the district governor
would be here some time within the
next few weeks. that Pascagoula
Club ranked eleventh in attendance
in The district during the month Of
August