The Lucknow Sentinel, 1969-03-26, Page 15WEDNESDAY; MARCH 'Uth. 1919.
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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
PAGE FIFTEEN
family Dinne.r'.On
- - - nniversary
There was,a light attendance at
the .annual meeting of the Wingham
and District Hospital Association.•
President R.B.• Cousins of
•Brussels -presided' ovei:tbegathering
and board secretary John Strong
read the minutes of the .1968
annual.
The, chairman referredin iris op -
'ening remarks totwo major projects
which are. at present under way at •
'the hospital. 'One is the installation
of new x-ray equipment •at a cost
of $62,000, to•be,paid for out of
• hospital reserve funds. The second
major project is the -erection of •a
new training'school building on •
hospital property, facing on Cather
ine Street Total cost of the build -
ing .furnishings and ; equipment wi 13
'be about'$90 ,000 to.be borne 10010
by. the :Ontario'Hospital Services:
Commission
The: reportof the,:administrator
Mrs. I.E. Morey, included the •
statistics for the past year, showing
the very considerable increase in
the volume of work handled by, 'all.
departments. For example , there
were 2.,338 admissions, an
increase of 344 for the previous
twelve Months,: ,
Mrs. Morrey.pointed out that'the
nature of .the hospital's service is.
'changing. There' arse more acutely.
ill patients than 'previously, and
lessat'ent
p Sin the chronically ill
wing . of the hospital. She _said that
it is possible the .chronic patients' �.
section :may.be gradually phased/:
out and these- patients will .' .
be' looked. after in :some other type
• of hospital. .
The daily average of :patients' ,
..;.
under-- care in• •1.968 -was -888 but -at
times the figure ran to 110.
Operations performed at the hos-
pital increased sharply. There were
2243 operations,, an'increase of 827
in one year Ufpatients:tteated in
the 'emergency department ,totalled
5297 which was 2258 more than the,
previous year.' There was 'an
increase of 747 -x-rays and 171
blood transfutians,, Electrocardio
' graphic examinations increased by
`only 12 and: at .615 there were less.
cancer patients at; the .clinics here
than the year before, accounted for
by the fact that a similar clinic,
•was established at. Kitchener.. • '
Mrs. Money alsowent over the
figures for the various service'de
partments and concluded' with infer
mation aboutetlie ambulance,depart
ment., The hospital's ambulances
•answered 333 calls during the year,
In the ''absence of Roy Hunter ,
chairman of the finance committee
Secretary John Strong read the
summary of ,the auditor's statement
and George Thomas, chief account:
ant gave an informative report,; He
explained'how •each dollar of
,expendithre;is spent and the share
Which goes to each of the major
departments:, Total revenue Was*,,,
$1,115,,;053 and totaxpenditures:
$1,141;579 for anoperatinS'deficit
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of :$26;526.
MANAGEMENT
Barry Wenger, chairman of the
Management committee, commen•
ted on the loyalty and efficiency
of the staff at �a•11 levels, and : the
fact that the hospital is °big busin
ess" in the community, with•a,.'
total staff .of',full.and part=time
workers of;,22-4 -and -a payroll of
If: Suet . were..posaible it .would .probabiy:be a' popular
policy with >Canadian Dairymen'. Losses from 'c'alf '
deaths during thefirst 6 weeks .of ageare often •fre--
•.quent .•
AMBERLEY NEWS
A family ,dinner was held; on Sun-
day, March
un-day,.lylarch; 23 at the home o//Mr.
and Mrs. Donald Courtney to. Mark'
the 50th Wedding Anniversary of
Mr. and Mrs.; William Courtney.
The actual date is,March 26.
Home for the occasion 'wire David
Courtney of Sudbury, Carol Court ,•
ney. OfKitchener, Courtney. 'Mac-.
Donald of Waterloo and. Corinne .
MacDonald of London. ' "
The. "Killdeer" .group of the even-
ing unit of Pine 'River United ••
Church held a euchre at Amberiey
Orange hall on:, Monday evening of
last w•ee:k. ' There were •nineteen
tables in play, Winners of high •
prizes were. Mrs . Lynn Lowry and
Allan Culbert William Ferguson'
received the lucky *draw prize:
• Mr,. and. Mrs .. Harvey Campbell
and daughters of Burlington and
Mrs. Russell Campbell of Atwood : •
`visited at the: week end. with Mr.
and •Mrs. Glenn Campbell and Mr.
and: Mrs:Lack. Campbell of Amber-
;ley .
over, $800.,000 •annually:. •The
report:also mentioned a new ser-
vice which has been established
at the hospita. l during the year in
the form of a; cardiac team. This '
Consists Of a roup of.nursin •:perso
.8 g.
nnel specially' trained'•to take..
instant action where heart patients.:
require emergency treatment,
:even before, the arrival of a doctor.
The report•said this is the first ser-
vice of this kind in Huron •County ..
:Miss Ziiia Hopwood „director of
nursing;. 'announced her retirement.
some time this year, and reminisc•
.ed for a • few .minutes about the
changes which have 'taken' place in
her profession during the 21 years, .
she has been a 'nurse, She also
commented ,on the fact that•the
Wingham-2arid-D-IstrierTirkieoit, ,
is an excellent place. to work and
mentioned the improvements
which have been, effected in nurs-
ing 'service during the past:' few
,years,
MEDICAL
Dr Y. McKini•reported for the',
rnedical. staff, mentioning the, menti g
recent arrival. of two• more doctors
from England: He also' pointed to
:the; increased amountof sur ery
which is being d and
routinely, injecting au Aew-born calves''with '
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'to ,protect their. calves :against; •
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VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES •
SLOW GROWTH
Marr.ied, lit Duflgannon.United Church.
'GLENN .y T
Dungannon United Church,.
decor-
ated
with baskets of melon and
white shasta mums, was the• setting
for the f
e'o 'marriag Bernice Anne
Thompson and Gerrie. Morgan Bert
Glenn.
•'The bride .isthe daughter ;of Mr.:..
and' Mrs: Frank F, * Thom P.son of.
Dung• .g
Dungannon,' The; g room is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank. Glenn of
Dungannon.
Rev.: Glen Wright performed. the:
double -;ring ceremony on Saturday •,
March 8th at -thre'e .p.. m.
HOM PSON
'Given •in marriage by her father ,
the bndd'chose an empire gown'of
gossamer silk with a Victorian
neckline.,;' elbow :- length sleeves.
in-t:rair# faiji-ng-fr•
shoulders :wastrimmed with mat.-
,Ching
atding hand clipped, guipure: lace;,
also two' vertical,stripes of lace on
front •of dress , around .neck and
around •sleeves. Her .four -tier.
scallop atloP silk illusion. veil was held
with rose and.petals sequin trimmed
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She carried• a bouquet of orange
delightroses with hyacinth sprigs
throughout the flowers. .
Bonnie Culbert.of•Durrgannon was
Photo By.McDowell
niece of the bride, was flower girl. '
She wore a white dressof silk organ
za:over taffeta with' short sleeves'..
andempire waist, trimmed
.with'
white lace and a white bow in her ',
hair. She carried a posy of:white:
mums with. orange 'delight roses ;
throughout the bouquet.
,Gary Sproul`of R; R. � 3 :Auburn
w
'as:g roomsinan. Ushers were Donn'
':ie.Glenn oft Richmond,Hill and Ver
non Glenn of Zoderioh, both ,
brothers: of, the groom sand.' [Lon .
Thompson of •Wingham,,.'brother of
the .bride.
The soloist was Diane Errington, • :.
who sang, "The,:Lord's My Shepherd '
"The Lord's Prayer" and ."Q Perfect
Love'.
A:reception followed lythe
Church Parlour: The tables :were
decorated with 'floral' arrangements'.
of Melon and; white, murxis and, Mint..
hells with;melon ands white netting;
The. bride's mother: chose.. a ,.two
piece beige and -green flowered
wool suit' with matching; velvet
'flower hat; and corsage of yellow
'roses.
• The groom's mother wore a blue
Surgery ...c•,.,,.. . o '•a, - linen dress with three=:'• uarter
donehere said. ma--�zor�oirr-�r��zr,-�- `
that'` the operating facilities are
being !axed to theutrnost. The sit
uation, hesaid hasbeen exarxtin
ed by. the OHSC• and there may be',
some hope.of iniprdven ent in this`.
•regard
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.ROSS CORNERS
Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs
Tom Stewart were Mr. and Mrs.'.,
Gerald Stewart of Kincardine. -
Mr. and Mrs. Don Cameron and
Bi
yo "mg am spent unsay
afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Haldenby and girls.
Susan, Robin and Rodger:
Campbell: of Kincardine returned •
to their home there after spending
the,.week: Vacationing with Debbie
and Diane Haldenby. .
Ed A•1der. •of Whitby spent Saturday'
With Mr. and Mrs. Jim Haldenby
• and• family.
Steven Haldenby of Lucknow,
Gary and Paddy Hedley of
Holyrood spent their mid term
holidays with their grandparents',:
Sunday Visitors with.Mr, .and Mrs:.
N.E." Haldenby were Mr, and Mrs.
;•Ross 'Irwin and, family of Lucknow,,
'Mr, . and Mrs . Rae Haldenby of
Teeswater and Mr. and Mrs, Del-
beet Hediey,and family of
Eloly,rood .
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Brenda. Eckenswiller of:London;- Mrs
Arthur Danahy,' of London-,• sister of
the -bride, arid Joanne Thompson of
Dungannon, sister of the bride:
.They wore identical dresses of
melorl shade silk organza over
taffeta withshort sleeves and
-empire waist, trimmed with white
mattelsa ,' Their: Headpiece was a •
bow'inadeof the tame material ,'
They carried a cresent of white
mums' nted melon• to. match
dresses .ti '
Bonnie Thompson •of. Wingham
length lace:coat,, white straw hat
and -corsage of pink. roses.
For`..travelling'the bride ,chose a
double 'breasted three quarter teal t .k
tue suit, black accessories and
pink''orchid corsage.:
The couple are'resid:ing at.R.R
Dungannon •' •
•Guests'were preseit froxf ,'
Teeswater , Luc,:.now , 'Goderich
,Wingham, Clinton, Willowdale,
Scarborough, Richmond 'Hill ,..Lon
don, Lucan', Holyrood,, ' :%ncardinc;
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