HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972-03-22 Council on Aging MinutesCIOUNCIII-1 ON AGING
lVieeting Held on Jiarch 22, 1972
A regular meeting of she Council on Aging was held on
Wednesday evening, 10arch 22, 1972, at she Housing for the l-
derly.
The meeting was called to order by Ivirs. Beaton, the
Chairman at 7:30 p. l:® Whose present in addition to IvIrs.Beaton,
were fVirs. Louanis, Mir. Evans, Mir. Farnham, and lv1r. Stratton,
forming a quorum. Since ivlrs® Lantz was not. present, i`}r. Evans
was asked to act as Secretary for the meeting.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was un.animously%
t OTEDs To accept for the records she Secretary's re-
port for the meeting held on February 23, 1972, copies of which
had been previously mailed to all the members of the Council.
Mr® Stratton, she Treasurer, reported that he had re-
ceived a statement from the Town of Reading stating that a bal-
ance of $1.27 still remained in the Council's account with the
'down, Upon emotion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously:
VOTED: To accept for the records the Treasurer's
report.
v`irs® Beaton reported that at the first session of the
annual. 'town 1'sieeting, Mr, Philip R. 'White, drm , the Chairman of
the Reading Rousing Authority, made a Report of Progress explain-
ing the transition of the Community program for the Elderly from
'the Rousing authority to the Council on Aging to take place on
April lst, and urging the Town to support the program because of
its great value to the eld.erlyof the community.
Nirs. Beaton also pointed out that in the new Town By-
Laws, Section 2 of Article 24 should read simply as follows-,
"It shall be the duty of the Council to carry out pro-
grams designed to meet problems of the aging in the
community. "
She explained that Vr. John T. Sweeney (lawyer and former dir-
ector of the Massachusetts Bureau on Aging) had informed her that
because of the recent Home Rule Amendment of the State legislat-
ure it was no longer necessary to refer to Chapter 6 of the Gen-
eral. :haws. It was also noted that the Commission can Aging or-
iginally referred to was abolished in 1969 to be replaced by the
Bureau on Aging, which in turn in 1971 was replaced by she
Executive Office of alder Affairs, with wire Jack ":_-ff as Secre-
tary directly under the Governor
Mrs. Beaton informed the meeting that Mr. Emrich had
been appointed as a member of the Council on Aging by the Sel-
ectruen as of February 28, 1972
There was then a discussion of filling the position
of executive Director-,Secre tart', provided our request for an
$8, -<00 budget with funds of $2,600 from the 'own is approved,
Mrs® Beaton reviewed the duties of this position, and it was
decided to place an ad in the Reading Chronicle, and it was
Felt that if possible one person should do the entire 'Job rath-
er than have it split between two people-one the ;executive .Dir-
ector and the other the Secretary. It.was felt that if possible
applications should be made through the Town Clerk and that a
final choice should be made at a conference of ivlrs. Neaten. acid
two other members of the Council.
3rs, Beaton reported that she, Mrs. Lantz, and Mrs.
Pierce had discussed with Dirs. honora D. Sullivan, :president
of the `i?ann.ervi.ll.e Club, (at the latter"s request) a possible
scat-up for the Workshop for the Fair to be held in October,
and that it had been decided to have the Workshops every Wed-
nesday morning at 9:30 A®li=® starting April 5th and lasting un-
til the .Fair, the date of which has not been determined as yet,
and also that the first session would include an organizati.on-
al., meeting to vote on a chairman or co-chairrnien, and ask those
present which tables they would like to work for particularly.
It was planned that Mrs. Beaton would attend the first Workshop
to answer any questions about the program. Tvirs, Pierce had
sent out notices about the above arrangement and stressing the
fact that elderly who wished to participate were welcome wheth-
er they lived in Tannervill.e or outside.
Mrs. Beaton read a letter from Vir. Tack Crain of the
Executive Office of Elder Affairs, dated March loth commending
the Council for its Annual Report, showing the varied services
of the Council.
She also read Executive Order No. 84 of the Governor
directing the Secretary of Elder Affairs to plan, develop, and
implement a home Care Program including housekeeping, health,
nutriti.onal services, and teals and group activity progra'.ris,
and said that she and kirs, Pierce had that afternoon attended
the B overnor's Special (Message on the Elderly "at the George
Sherman amnion at Boston University outlining current goals
with stress on health care programs. The program also includ-
ed swearing-in ceremonies for the Citizens Advisory Committee
and the Professional Task F or°ce Steering Committee of the Exec-
utive Office of Elder Affairs and the announcement of a Title
111 grant to Boston University School of Social Work for a
training program for persons working with the elderly.
y he also seedy that the Middlesex-Northeast egion-
al, `Council Fal l:. ~`g$~. ~°'~g ou a d r $ e coed- _ w ° " i lt ~
Ex-
hibit 0e in Te~~ sbu rE° on A ril ~ t~ ~ ~ t and _ that a Care
p ✓t<d she
planned to attend on the nth dnd be glad to have any
other members drive there with hers i,rs®ouar i s andMr,
Stratton said they mould also like to go. A meeting fc- the
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fy'liddiese - ortheast Regional Council would be meld on
12th in Methuen, which Mrs. Beaton would also attend,
IVrs® Beaton
arso reported on a visit she, ✓ Miss 1 -,~`ie,
Pierce made to Haverhill Senior Citizen and
Center, cohere
Mr. Campbell and his staff showed them around and described in
very helpful detail the services provided, which included a
Hot Lunch Program, Games, Crafts, and an especially successful.
Health and Consultation Program.
Mr. Evans said he would be willing to contact the
several organizations who provided entertainment last summer
to see if they would be willing to do so again at the five
Special Summer Programs in 1972. Mrs. Louanis said she would
be willing to help with the Ice Cream Smorgasbord program to
be held on August 23rd. Mrs. Louani s also discussed with
the m i rs the Council bus trips for this year, and said she
expect I to have a definite schedule by the neat meeting. She
thought the 'itzwilliam trip might be eliminated this year
and possibly Nova ' s in INfillis substituted.
The matter of substituting some new classes in the
fall in place of the two Variety Crafts Classes was discussed.
Suggestions were made for chc~_°al, sewing or cooking classes,
and it was decided to look ~ `:o the possibility of having a
Choral Class and a Coo:in
,m
There being no further business to code before the
meeting, and upon motion duly mare and seconded, it was unani-
mously voted to adjourn, and the Chairman adjourned the meet-
ing at 9:50 P-M.
Respectfully submitted,
Richard. C. Evans
Secretary pro tem