HELP FOR FATHERLESS BOYS

Southland Times, Issue 24886, 28 October 1942, Page 3

HELP FOR FATHERLESS BOYS

Scheme For Guidance Into Careers

The extension to Invercargill of the Heritage movement established in Wellington for the benefit of sons of men who lost their lives in war service was suggested by the District Governor of Rotary (Mr F. G. Hall-Jones) in an address to the Invercargill Rotary Club yesterday. The scheme seemed to be a particularly fine conception, Mr Hall-Jones said. A number of married men with families had already been killed in this war and the widows would be at a disadvantage when they came to consider careers for their sons and the finding of openings for them in professions or trades. The Heritage movement had been established by the Junior Chamber of Commerce with the support of Rotary. Pecuniary help was not intended because it was felt that it was the responsibility of the State to provide adequately for fatherless children. It was proposed to set up visiting committees and obtain confidentially from the Government lists of men who had lost their lives in the war and had left sons. The movement would do its utmost to help in establishing the boys in successful careers.

“I don’t think there is any finer way in which we can repay the debt we owe to those who have given their lives for their country than by helping to guide their sons into useful careers,” Mr HallJones said. He urged the convener of the Community Service Committee to take up the scheme with a view to. establishing it in Invercargill.