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Born in Manchester. Engâ€" land. Mrs. Jackson studied medicine at Cambridge Uniâ€" versity and King‘s College, London before moving to North America. She arrived in Waterloo in September 1971, after serving two years as a research assistant in Ohio and a resident in psyâ€" chiatry at Cornell Univerâ€" sity in New York State. Much of her work at UW over the past six years has Study gets underway in Region of Waterloo By Geoff Hoile Chronicle staff writer Aging. What is involved and how does it affect a gommunity? How _ do the _ elderly members of the Region view thei;kindividual needs and the ‘service agencies set up to fulfill them? These are just a few of the questions Jennifer Jackson will be trying to answer as the newlyâ€"appointed project director of a study of the needs of senior citizens in the Region of Waterloo. Mrs. Jackson, a lecturer at the University of Waterloo, was chosen from a field of a dozen applicants for the poâ€" sition by the Waterloo Reâ€" gional Senior Citizens Needs Advisory Committee (WRSCNAC) 123rd Year No. 49 Old St. Nick was on hand at the annual Rotary Club‘s Christmas Children‘s party held on Monday, Dec. 4. Pictured with the jolly old gentleman is from left to right, Valerie Johnston with Don Gimâ€" pel, member of the Kitchener Rotary Club and Christina Kudlik with Owen Patmateer, a member of the Waterloo Rotary Club. Watching on is Ron Weiler, president of the Waterioo Rotary Club. Old St. Nick comes to town been in the study of the efâ€" fects trace metals, such as mercury and cadmium in nonâ€"accute amounts. *‘*We will be studying not only the needs but the reâ€" sources of the seniors themâ€" selves," said Mrs. Jackson during an interview Monâ€" day. "A lot of different stuâ€" dies could be made, but if we try to do too much we might end up with a superâ€" ficial study." The needs of the aged could be viewed from the aspect of people within the cities versus those in rural areas; the healthy versus the disabled; accommodaâ€" tion, transportation or soâ€" cialization factors. Accordâ€" ing to Mrs. Jackson, they are all interâ€"related. but if everything is included "you couldn‘t hold onto it all." Dr. Raiph Forbes, head of the Mathematics Departâ€" ment at UW and former preâ€" sident of the Canadian Asâ€" sociation of Gerontology. appeared before Regional council last May as part of a delegation seeking council‘s support for the study. The Region‘s commissioner of health and social services. Dr. GP.A. Evans, who acâ€" companied Dr. Forbes on . ~Wednesday, December 6, 1978 : the twoâ€"man delegation, exâ€" plained to council at that time that the study could be conducted at no cost to the Region since funding would be requested in the form of a grant from the federal goâ€" vernment and office space in Waterloo would be proâ€" vided by the Ontario Minâ€" istry of Community and Soâ€" cial Services. The study, designed to provide information for everyone in the community within two years using the university computers, is esâ€" timated by Dr. Forbes to cost in the vicinity of $30.000 to $40,.000. Although the posiâ€" tion of project director was advertised as a voluntary job. the anticipated Federal funding would be used to pay the salary of the director and an assistant in addition to data survey and postage expenses. We want to keep it small." said Dr. Forbes. ‘‘the last thing we‘re looking for is a large bureaucratic structure...we don‘t want to build an empire." Although the presentation before Regional councillors in May was rejected priâ€" marily by the health and soâ€" cial services committee. the project finally received supâ€" port from both the commitâ€" tee and Regional council. Dr. Forbes is optimistic the federal grant will be forthâ€" coming since a recent minâ€" istry of Health and Welfare report highlighted the study of seniors‘ needs as a priority area. â€" The fact that many deciâ€" sions concerning senior ciâ€" tizens are being made on an ad hoc basis disturbs Dr. Forbes. "It‘s not a terribly good way of doing it."" he said. ‘"*Knowledge has to come before judgement .‘ He would like to see the study provide a greater inâ€" sight into how seniors perâ€" ceive their problems; what facilities and voluntary group contributions are available to them: and how well _ informed _ special groups such as doctors and pharmacists are in the area of seniors. While the primary purâ€" pose of the study is to proâ€" vide information over the long view so that responâ€" sible decisions can be made. Dr. Forbes is delighted with the exciting aspect of inâ€" teraction between the uniâ€" versity and the community â€" The Kitchener and Waâ€" terloo Rotary Clubs joined together on Monday, Decâ€" 4 and entertained approximaâ€" tely 100 crippled children at their Annual Children‘s Christmas party. The City of Waterloo is going to have a Christmas tree after all. Last week city council turned down a proposal by Ald. Charles Voelker, sugâ€" gesting that the city decoraâ€" te an evergreen tree at the corper of King and William Streets. It was estimated that this venture would cost the city approximately $580 and during a time of econoâ€" mic restraint, council voted against it. This apparent lack of Christmas spirit caught the attention â€" of _ Waterloo Chamber of Commerce Chairman,. Jack Middleâ€" mass. He got behind Approximately 280 Roâ€" tarians and Rotary Ann‘s atâ€" tended. The hall was donatâ€" ed by the Waterloo Knight‘s of Columbus and the chilâ€" Postal Customers are reminded that the Christmas mailing deadlines for greeting cards are: December ~ 13 for outâ€"ofâ€"town Canadian or Uniited States destinaâ€" ~tions and December 17 for inâ€"town mail. All greeting card? sent within Canada and United States should be sealed, even though they may be sent at the thirdâ€"class rate of .12 cents, (up to 2 oz.) Greeting cards for all other countries should be left unsealed unless sent at the firstâ€"class rate of 30¢. They can be sent by airmail for 23¢ (up to 1 oz.) or by surface for 15¢ (up to 1 oz.). ~ _ The, Christmas mailing deadlines for unsealed greeting cards being sent overseas by airmail, and for letters at the firstâ€"class rate are: Dec. 1 for: Haiti, the Netherlands, Antilles and Cuba. Dec. 8 for: Europe, South and Central America, the West Indies, Africa, Asia and Oceania (including Australia and New Zealand). Dec. 13 for: Great Britain, Northern Parcels for distant Canadian points and the United States should be mailed before December 4th. Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The deadline dates for parcels sent overseas by air are: Dec. 1 for: Argentina, Paraguay and Europe, the rest of Central and South America and the West Indies. Dec. 8 for: Great Britain, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Businessmen show Christmas spirit community calendar comment 100 children entertainedâ€" â€" nual Children‘s _ Christmas stories, colored party. balloons, an exciting perforâ€" imately 280 Roâ€" _ mance by Kâ€"W‘s very own d Rotary Ann‘s atâ€" magiclan, Rill Van Gorder e hall was donatâ€" and a visit from Old St. Niâ€" Waterloo Knight‘s cholas was the order of the bus and the chilâ€" day. Mailing deadlines Inside The city hasn‘t unâ€" dertaken such a venture in at least four years. Mr. Pflug said at this time it was the city‘s practise to deâ€" corate the trees at Waterloo Squate. These trees have since been removed to allow for renovations. chamber members and local businessmen and came up with enough support to call City Hall and tell them to go ahead with the tree. Ken Pflug, director of community services, said a tree has been selected on an island across from the Creâ€" dit Union and any day now it will boast a colorful array of dren‘s food was donated by Clive Woolner, proprieter of a catering service at Three lights. pages 6,7 16â€"23