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Regular !j'iec-'ting Held on October 27, € 971
regular meeting of the Council on Aging was held on Wednesday
evening, October 27, 1971 at 7:30 P.M. at the Recreation Building of the
Housing for the Elderly.
The meeting was called to order by As. Seaton, the Chairman Those
present in addition to As. Beaton were Mrs. Quan7..s, rseSias, Vt. Farnham,
.NY. "a tton9 and Mr4 Tans, forming a quorum. Since his. . sal' tz, the Secretary,
was not present, the - man asked It. Evans to act as Secretary pro ten;
Upon motion, ( ,-y -rude an seconded, it was unanimously:
7" .L To accept for the records the Secretary's repot for the
regular HOW ng i e;ld on September 221 1971,E copies of which had previously
been mailed to all members of the Council.
NY. Stratton, the Treasurer, reported as f call w
Previous balance
Bus Trip to Wentworth-by-the-Sea Fyi~ont Balance in Town-allocated
i ,ids $637.4
Upon motion. du-1y made and seconded, it was unanimously:
RA ' A: To accept the above "reasur"eyr's report as read
Mr°s. avon reported that or Ogesday even nTg, October 26, 1977,
she, Nks. nuar_i., Mt. Farnham, and
appeared ')ef ore uh _
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Knance eC!:Lm ti.. e, at which time 1':rp. p
.L'f',..ent data` _
of
the Council o. A ng program for the ca.,..ir V a
ar toge e rr° with _
r ud e t W- . 9
O Voted on at the Sn
. 22nd w>et ng K : o
oil.
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,n e e also re c r`_ that in the meantime zth
_ _ s,.S had (LeUide to inc e n
it request for a Date Grant from `1,00 f
1,530 for t1 11413h Coun
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s. r°ogr an; which, if granted, would increa -
~tt„7u4~ -
:,u~ get by
ruling was asked of t ne
iniittee regarding the { .J
earned by participants in -t1 X
for the ' Berl from Ia'a'
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rely otrer hi st three years, to see it ~
n: 4.n3il c n 7grog might be
loured a revo %i j account with the Town, c
Aes, Y.-03 could be 2
pant
*Y CN,.klS met q':J
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in one year. tN ruling
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gradually
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t ~.,..,~{J
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qou~... n~'disC~„~.1..1..s.e to ~._ncve
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.f 5',%.
t--' 5,300 for 7`9 or v'aSlet'_'ler° a17es' yn.'_ w7 y;.,
171 nhould be c.-.wA,
p-
b
r ba ,.esg which ld result in s _ a _
AT - of sun" zap 7 as
and-1
a : ch sharper rise in the amount to i e, j
a ie Town , 15 73,
co -
=77 be .n~" full 2 ~.J.:V_'n~'S of the
4J..... _1).4y also that tne 1973 tJ.gV
sS.tli
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mun ty Program w he or 19~'} 7 2 Ti~r..{e fun
1 still ~i e taking ca
re of
Ci><..~.z it
part or until .i"~2.pi ..st.
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NO. Ou, l:1.ian, the of thf-- _;Ri`_c nce Committee, s` Vel that
stile it is vib€.e to set up a v..F..v ? C cv o't'trgt oy vote i„3` f Tel-
the Financr '.ttee mould give i E er co M _ 0lon to the ac ,j 71%_;y'
of . o g so, a ;o to the lag in relation OL 101 St
W Was, uld repo7t,pack co 0 o Aging a _
dajia@ H-,:; also o that the Council should its
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n brulat a )on
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as pC >sible i_ncluO .g all of Its income and E.>L as well as those Mating
F %ting
to Town funds; and at this point the Council n, s left the Finance Committee
meeting.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously:
To ratify and a, pi
the action, taken ter telephone calls
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t'i t,;
's.u.~ ?~'_~iG taolts~C_L~~, b
,.3.`~C7t~. in,
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.~`v revised application
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to
the
r:.i _1 am E.;r.~.~3~~v~ni of 1.:~r~.-i.iw~`e'ac~7.U.a 0t-_
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g~100.,
g~•~a%~nt of -f,,,,00 rather than $1,000
,
the
$500
1 - :cease to be applied to the
.
Hn ^',n and Counseling Program@
U.po . motio . <"err;
, and ecor. ~ it was -narA.rroust,~. a
That I _yt her d1 acuss_
o:.a of the 1972 budget be tabled until
the
next
of the Council.
Mir. ` a' . i s then reported that plans had been wide by her and Mr.
F'a7yYky"`le'..m for t r"'tring inner for 17 elderly persons on Thursday, November
l8t" at 12:3C t V Church of the Good Sheph e.r°d, said the cost wi
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Q8 per per t an taam, Inc., will be the eat erer@ After discussion
o -one ro,atter, it was do , . : that there will be eight persons at the head
V_ ; and `hilt:, Wea Bea tu, uu ld make the final arrangements about this. hT.
t "`h,a x o r =,`ered to assist w obtaining extra tables and chairs if needed,..
Upon mntion duly made and se co ' 1, it was una
k To pa,, the custodian at the I1.S°ch $15.00 to set u he tables
and C'r airs; 1 a _so pay 250 for entertainment, as, proposed by Mrs. Sias to
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be provided by some 'oiZe n gors, who would p3"i'sue'?' t a program and then lead
some group singing,
The ham 'man said she had received, seve al inquiries about an advertise-
ment in ; ; ` n Chronicle. d ` d c r - 4-` Reading € Tel
Yhone =."'°K= offering home delivered foo .,aC?C.. ti"er service' to the o.z..dc:rly.
Shn said that this is a commercial outfit,; and if any of t: members are que -
t e::ed further about it, they should suggest that interested persons contact
r care" directly.
In vi of the fact that the Council most scat up its budget and plans
for 1972 very she w.ly, and upon motion duly made and seconded:, it was unanimously:
U1+ That he ouAiVil send a letter to the ii.y.,. a`-..:i g Ho sikdg L3.th.`*JJ-it
ofWing tc a " he cc °;yleto cont-'ol a'ld management on April 1, 1172 (after expira-
tion of T tare !II Cry ;x" on Chrch Asth of whit has heretofo=re b-nn known as
the Reading Housing ` ut, 'nrity ` nun .y Program for theAderl,y (for which the
Council has already been acting in an advisory capacity) in a u3 ce with the
letter dated October 28th, draft of which was read to the meeting by Mrs. Beaton
and approved, and copy of which is attached to, and made a part of, the minutes
of this meeting*
E sm Seaton reported that the Reading Housing Authority had approved
the two following recommendations of the Council-.
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1® That only Reading Residents are eligi ble to participate in the
Community Program for the Elderly, and
2. That wives or husbands of _ng 3,"es.dents 65 yE3ar of age,g but
who are themselves under 65 be allowed to part cfp aW,
he Chairman also reported, that the Authority had now decided to pay Miss Dorothy
dates $5.0 for teaching each Rug Hooking and. Braiding lesson.
rs„ pia , then brought the Council up to date on the Volunteer rogr<
of visitors to pursing homes and shut-ins, saying that visits had already started
and were pro ; ing very successfully. It was announced tL?a`.+ NO. Pa Hod: czrth
had been employed by the Da iel t s `pursing Home for teaching crafts and might like
some help from the visitors in taking some of the work to individual patients.
Ws. Sias said she also had a group corking on some very simple craft kits that
could, be distributed by the visitors.
Ws. uanis suggested, that several_ of the local restaurants be oor-
tatted to see i some hot lunches could be prepared at a reasonable price to be
delivered to homes of elderly persons where meal preparation, was proving diffi-
cult because of ill healuth. Mrs. Beaton said she would contact Ha.rr, A l n, and.
Mrs. Sias said ale would get in touch with the. , aokport Fish Ar°ket ari possible
another restazyy int to sew what arrangements Ld be grade, The cost of such.
meals 'would c 4d, for by the persons recelvi r l them, and the Council would
try to arrange for volunteer transportation.
Because the next regular meeting of the Council would. :Full on the d.ay
before. Thanksgiving, upmotion duly made and seconded., it was unahimously®
`.?4 T_ m To change the date of the next regular meeting from November
24, 1971 to ovember 7, 1971, at the usual. time and place, and to post a. notice
to this effecN on the Town ulletin Board.
There being no further business to come before the meeting, it
unanimously voted to adjourn, and the Chairman adjourned the meeting at 1 `i
ST Wfully a h 7j'. t
0yetary yro fir :