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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1974-05-22, Page 14n ''1 really, really enjoyed. nursing." she said, "and I don't have a single regret.. Nursing has been good 'to me. • I wouldn't h'ave'changed a , thing." • mRs. ELMER MORGAN mrs. 'Henrietta (Etta Ma ) Mavis Morgan, age 58, 337 in SI East Listowel, passed away Al porn at St. Helens' J2u9h. She w lt sy h2 2,a1s915, the daughter° late Mr. and Mrs. "Elliott Ta Her mother was the former Havens. On September 11,1 she< married Elmer Morganof Ripley, who survives, • • Following their marriage th couple lived in Ripley, Lond and Listowel. Besides her husband Mrs, gan is survived by one daught Mrs. Bryan (Betty) Kermanof Scarborough; one sister Mrs, ald (Annie). Mason of Kinard and two grandchildren, Its, ,MOrgan was predeceased byo infant son, Mondy, her pare and two brothers. The body rested at the Ro' Trench Funeral Home inList until May 3rd when funerals was conducted at 2,30 p,in, Pallbearers were Bob Maso Allan MacDonald, Bill Nebo Andy Latizon, p,oss Taylor, Taylor and Murray•Barfoot, Burial was in Ripley cemet • / Deep And Dry The deepest oil well in United States—more than 30, feet—was drilled in Oklahoma 1972. It was a do' hole, freedom is take a cruise to Central and SOUth America with her husband, Tom., who is a real estate agent. The most outstanding as- pect of her memories of Memorial, she said, are the "warm associations. with the many fine people there. * *.* /// "MEMORIAL IS th,e same type of. hospital now as it was when I. came to it in 1954," ,she said. She attributes the family-like atmosphere to a "very fine administration." "Right at the' top, in Sal Mudano, you have a fine young :man who Wouldn't set- . tle for less than the best pos- sible," she said, There are fewer problems at Memorial than at other hospitals, she added empha- tically. is something a little indecent about a call' for an increased stand- ard of living in this country, when two-thirds of the world's people are inadequately fed, cloth ed and sheltered." He. goes on to ask if we- should have more cars per family, or two plates of food instead of one so we'll have fat- ter bellies and behinds. We de- mand snowmobiles and outboards and soon maybe it won't be a lux- ury to own an air-cushion vehicle. Keep going Pete , but it won't do any good. because we are too. greedy. 10.100mt . • "egoo• 4 ! 1973 TORIN0,-2 door hardtop 1973 NOVA, 4 door, 6 automatic, power steering 2-1972 PONTIACS, 4 door sedans 1972 CHEV BELAIR, 2 door hardtop 1972 BUICK LeSABRE, 4 door sedan 1972 PONTIAC, 4 door sedan' 1972 VOLKSWAGON, 1600 Fastback 1972 PONTIAC LAURENTIAN, 2 door hardtop ` 1972 CHEV STATIONWAGON, 4 door with air conditioning 1971 TORINO STATIONWAGON,' V8 automatic 1971 CADILLAC COUPE DEVILLE, 2 doorhargo 1970 FORD, 4 door ' 1970 DODGE MONACO, 4 door hardtop, air conditioned '2-1970 PONTIAC PARISIENNEI 4 door hard top 1969 CHEVY VAN, V8 automatic 1967 PONTIAC PARISIENNE, 4 door hardtop! V8 automatic, power steering ii„,„„„„,,„„,„„„„,„„,„„„„„m„,„,„„,„„.,„„„„,„,„„„„,„„„„,„„m„,„„„„„„„,„ ,, AMM'S BLYTH CAR' SALES LID. PHONE 53,43 ary '4 h 4 20 Years At Memorial Hospital Tqften.'fig$' 'No ... Regipts.. THE lelLICKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW' ONTARIO remembers. The hospital census was so small during the summer Of. '54 that they closed down the first floor. There were only 46 patients in the hospital' at that time. * * * BUT, JUST like today, the hospital population would swell every winter season and during that next winter they began adding another wing to the hospital. "We've morked td the tune of jackhammers ever since," she said: . Before she worked for General Motors, Mrs. Totten 'worked for two other New York hospitals after graduat- -ing from nursing school at Western University and Vie- toria Hospital in 'London, Ont. The Tottens still have a home in nearby. Windsor. and one •Of the reasons for her re- tirement is so they can spend more time'at their Canadian retreat. How does a Woman who has been active in a career for more than 20 years keep her- self buSy after retiring? "I think, playing house for awhile will be a real treat," she said. ShO also hopes to have more time for her hobby — collecting antiqueS. She may even dip into real estate, for which she has a license. WEDNESDAY. yy~.y~ listowel Lady Died At Age 51 The following clipping from the Holywood Florida daily paper. concerns an ex -Lucknowite - Mary ' (Cook) Totten, 'sister of Cameron cook of Luc know . Mary was born and raised on her parents farm in the Paramount area , obtained :her 'early educa don there and at Lucknow. She trained in the Wingham Hospital and Victoria Hospital in London before going to New York. As it will be learned from the article , she has made a wonderful reputa- tion for herself and- is highly re- garded in Hollywood. . 'Mary Totten is one of'those lucky. people who can say • ' without reserve. that •she Wouldn't have changed a thing about her life. Just a, week after her re- tirement as assistant director of nursing at' Memorial Hos- pital, the genteel lady sat •in her plush; softly furnished living "room a ..room 'as genteel. as .she — and reminisced about the .almOst 20 . years • she spent at Memorial, MRS. TOTTEN said she.a17 so has no regrets about wind- ing down her nursing career earlier than retirement age because she is looking for- ward to enjoying her home. her family and life, "I don't think you get the same enjoyment from these thingS if you stay on until re- ' tirement age," she said. The first thing she intends to do to,celebrate her new ° Agricultural Tidbits With Adrian Vos. Was just reading some of the price forecasts from the end of January. •The prediction of the crystal ball gazers was then for 6 00 to 550 per pound of pork and one was even so pessimistic as to predict as low as 450, while here we are , hovering around the 400 level. Now is the time to fill your freezer folks. The Ontario Pork Institute , which is mainly funded by the Pork Board , has begun a campaign to store up sales of pork. They stress the new pork', meaning the lower fat con- tent lower calory content and the higher protein.. Pork is the best buy of any meat right now. So watch for those posters and recipes. , •••••••imi. In his rural route letter in "Country Guide", Pete Williams has a .very sane letter. It tells us of a leadinc economist who shows hoW to increase our Standart of Peter sa\s - Who a, e 113 to II\ tric ' , s.i.• "People at Memorial are' dedicated to giving beautiful and sensitive patient care," she said. * * * MRS. TOTTEN ended up living in Florida almost by accident, when her 10-year- Old son "wouldn't , put his shoes back on" to return to' their New York home after a winter. vacation here, She said. When.the son"decided for the family that they would stay, Mrs. Totten who was on, leave of absence from her nursing job with General Mo- tors in New York -- went to work at Memerial. That 'would have been 20 years ago this spring. "I had nointention of .stay- ing.in Florida," she said, but she ended up being named assistant director of nursing a year later 'and has held the post ever since. Memorial at that time Was a small tow-story building With a total of 100 beds, she Terrible Woman! Jim's shrewish wife told him . when he dies, she would dance on his grave. So •Jim has gone ahead and arranged to be buried at sea. ospow•cop The political Optimists are • again sticking their neck out and predict high prices for wheat, ' corn, soybeans etc. I'm not so sure. The high prices of last year induces every grower to plant . more. China had better crops and cut imports from the USA, Result will be more' American wheat on the world markets which is bound to bring down prices. •We will probably get the same results as with high meat prices. Over supply and following lower prices I suspect that, the political economists pre- dict high prices to encourage farm or; to oversupply, .01*****Mb The traditional concept of polit- icians promoting growth to ex- pand the taxbase is archaic and should be discontinued , ta'f's Paul Steir_te:-;.,- of •Koodstocl.s. It is time that the population pressure of this pa:t of Ontario '+ras shifted to areas w'nere prime agri-. not be .,,acri•'• ano