HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1953-05-07, Page 10P*«« IQ THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 7, 1953
Hospital Open To Public Tuesday
GRANDAD WOULD
■’■"“I Next week, South Huron will
s) observe National Hospital Day
tor the first time.
On Tuesday, Maj* 12, the local
hospital will hold "open house"
to give the people of this com
munity their first opportunity to
see their hospital in full opera
tion.
* Every year, the nation sets
aside May 13, the anniversary of
Florence Nightingale’s birthday,
to pay tribute to its hospitals.
Three Months Old SH Hospital
Performs Impressive Service
People are invited to visit their
hospitals to become more fully
aware of the valuable service
they perform.
The local hospital, now three
months old, will be open to the
public from 2:00 to 5:00 iii the
afternoon and from 7:00 to 0:00
in the evening.
Residents of the district, most
of whom took advantage of the
official opening to see the hos
pital before it began operation,
will now be able to view it in
action.
The community is invited to
embrace the established custom
of bringing gifts to the hospital
on Hospital Day. Throughout the
country, people make it a habit
to bring items of food, towels,
linen, soap and other necessary
articles to the hospital in observ
ance of the anniversary of Flor
ence Nightingale’s birthday.
In addition to the open house
on Tuesday, a special Hospital
Day service will be held in James
Street United Church, Exeter, on
Sunday evening, May 10.
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£ LIVE In "wonder full" times today and
take so many miracles in our way of life
for granted . . , airplanes, radio, television,, are but
a few. Nothing science develops seems to surprise
us any more.
Many of the things modern medical science
makes possible in our hospitals today are little short
of miracles. The removal of an appendix has be
come almost routine — a hernia is repaired with
despatch, and the diabetic is put on the road to
added years of useful life.
While many operations are still considered seri
ous, they are much less dangerous than they were
a decade or two ago. The skill of surgeons in the
use of modern hospital facilities restores thousands
to health and strength who, at one time, might not
have survived.
Your hospital is your doctor's "workshop" de
signed to help him protect your health. Hospital
facilities, for your sake, must be the most modern
■—the services must be the best.
Becouse we believe in the work our hospitals are
doing, we take pleasure in sponsoring this message.
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Bottlers of Kist, Pepsi-Cola, Vernor’s
The new South Huron Hospital
has achieved an impressive re
cord of service to this district in
its first three months of opera- ! tion.
Since the building opened in
February, over 300 patients have
been admitted to its modern fac
ilities, over 65 babies have been
born, and 60 minor surgical
operations have been performed.
"We are proud of the service
the hospital has rendered in the
short time it has operated,” busi
ness manager H. C. Rivers com
mented this week.
"The people of the communitj’
have cooperated exceedingly well
and the hospital is being patron
ized verj’ generously. We hope the
community will continue to take
advantage of the splendid facil
ities we have here for the care
of the sick and injured," he said.
From the nurses’ superintend
ent, Miss Alice Claypole, to the
maintenance man, Charles Alli
son, everybody* on the staff pulls
together to make the hospital
the "community staff of life".
Besides the nurses and doctors
in the hospital team, there are
other members who help to bring
the skills of medical science to
work for patient.
It’s a 24-liour day, seven-day
week that the hospital remains
on guard to fight the battle for
health in the community.
For the hospital is more than
a lovely new building with mod
ern scientific equipment and at
tractive rooms. The hospital is
people—people who extend them
selves to serve friends, neighbors
and strangers in time of need.
They’re people, like Miss Clay
pole, who remain on call every
minute of the day to be available
in any type of emergency. People
who are called during the middle
of a meal, or during a rest, or
during leisure hours—and who
answer quickly and cheerfully.
As superintendent of South
Huron Hospital, Miss Claypole
directs the team that provides
the care for patients. She and
her assistant, Mrs. Jack Del-
bridge, supervise the work of the
nurses, nurses’ aids, ward help-
• ers, kitchen and laundry staff.
They take charge of the arrange-
meats for operations, X-rays,
births, sterilizing instruments and
dressings, special care for pa
tients, diets, and medications.
They must provide for a supply
of over 200 different kinds of
dressings, 100 various instru
ments for minor surgery, and a
multitude of drugs,
To help them do this task are
four full-time and three part-time
graduate uurses, skilled and ex
perienced in the care of patients.
They are Mrs. Merle Colter, Miss
Marjorie Dougherty, Mrs. Lau-
reen Shapton, Mrs. Irene Bullis,
Mrs. Alma Horton, Mrs. Betty
Case and Miss Florence Ballan-
tyne.
The nurses’ aids are part of
the team too. They bathe pa
tients, make the beds, provide
routine care to allow the RNs to
attend
These
Little,
Helen
Helen
Mary
and. Allie Heyink.
Others in the South Huron
Hospital family, called the ward
helpers, clean the rooms, carry
food to the patients, wash the
beds, clean up after operations,
look after flowers and help with
the floors. Betty Bailey, Joan
to more serious cases,
assistants are Mrs. Jean
Mrs. Pearl Hooper, Mrs.
Campbell, Lillian Phillips,
Buswell, Ruth Manning,
Forsey, Marilyn Pollard,
Koczhur. Ruby Crawford, Shirley
Dixon and Marion Tinney per
form these tasks.
Preparing nutritional food and
special diets for patients are Mrs.
Gordon Hunter, the head cook,
and her assistant, Mrs. Mildred
Holtzman. Their team helpers
are Miss Alice Kendrick and Mrs.
Irene Allen.
Charlie Allison is the cheerful
maintenance man. He looks after
the floors, furnace and machin
ery; provides the fracture boards
and does the heavy lifting.
To keep the hospital linens
sanitary requires the laundering
of over 1,500 pounds of cloth
every week. Mrs. Henry Green
and Agnes Cutting do the wash
ing and ironing.
Although the hospital isn't a
profit-making enterprise, it’s big
business nevertheless. The man
who tries to make ends meet is
Harper C. Rivers, business man
ager. He’s in charge of the ad
ministration—b u y i n g of food,
material for maintenance of hos
pital, domestic help, etc. To help
him is Maxine Reeder, the ac
countant and receptionist.
This is the team—the people—
that make the hospital. Always
in action, always prepared, al
ways willing—this team is one of
the many the nation salutes next
Tuesday.
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Topics From
OU can t judge a book by its cover but you can get a pretty
good idea of how busy a hospital is from its laundry. And hospital
laundries everywhere are busy today!
Patients are discharged sooner today, thanks to the wonders of
modern medical care and the scientific facilities now available in our
hospitals. These shorter periods of hospitalization, strangely enough,
add to the hospitals' daily cost of providing care.
Shorter hospital stays mean that the hospital is treating more
acutely ill patients—and serving more patients means more laundry,
more special diets, more facilities, more staff of all kinds, more
equipment, more bookkeeping . . . more everything!
While the daily cost of providing care is higher than a decade
ago, we should remember that the shorter stay makes today's hospital
bill little, if any, more than it used to be. And your chances for re
covery are now so much greater!
This hospital message is brought to you as a public service
because we believe in the work our hospitals are doing.
Crediton
. By MRS. J. WOODALL
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2^LlTHOUGH hospitals don't conduct their business in
just this manner, we all know that our hospital beds are being
used more today than ever before.
This increased use of hospital accommodation is due to
several things. One reason is that people have less fear of
going to hospital today because they know that our hospitals
have the finest facilities and technical "know-how to restore
them to health again. (Doctors, too, uSe hospitals more, be
cause hospitals provide the necessary trained personnel and
scientific equipment to treat conditions efficiently and speed
their patients' recovery.
Yes, hospitals have expanded their services greatly In
recent years, employing an increasing number of technically
skilled workers to help doctors reduce suffering and lengthen
life. This expansion of service does add to the daily cost of
treatment, but think . . . most patients are out of hospital
in half the former time making the total bill little more—
sometimes less—than a decade ago. And yOut chances for
recovery are so much greater today!
This message on behalf of our hospitals is sponsored as
a public service by
Receives Transfer
Service in the Evangelical
Church Sunday morning was
conducted by Dr. A. H. Doescher
of Dayton, Ohio, who with Mrs.
Doescher, attended the Evan
gelical Conference in Dashwood
last week.
Rev. J. V. Dahins, who has
been minister of Crediton Evan
gelical Church for the past five
years, is being transferred to
Pembroke. During their stay
here, Rev. and Mrs. Dahms have
made many friends and their re
moval is being regretted by mem
bers of the congregation and
many other friends, who extend
wishes for continued success.
Mr. Fred Clark
Word has been received here
of the death of Mr. Fred Clark,
of Vancouver, B.C., in
seventy-second year.
A son of the late Mr. and
James Clark, he went west
young man and farmed many
years near Dewberry, Alta., later
retiring to Vancouver.
Surviving are his wife, the
former Ida Krause, two daugh
ters and one son, all of Van
couver; a brother, Francis, of
Crediton, three sisters, Mrs.
Ethel Kestle, Crediton, Mrs.
Clara Brett and Mrs. Etta Hodg
son, both of Red
Interment was
cemetery.
Personal Items
Mrs. Cameron
Bruce Lawson and son Edward,
of London, called on Mr. Robert
Gower and Mr. and Mrs, Albert
King on Friday. We are sorry to
report Mr. King’s health does
not improve.
Mrs. Charles Hawthorne and
family, of London, visited Satur
day with the former’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Garfield Hill.
Mr, and Mrs. William Gil
martin, of Lambeth, visited dur
ing the weekend with the latter’s
parents, Mr, and Mrs. Joseph
Woodall.
Mrs. M. Faist is spending this
week in St. Thomas with Mr.
and Mrs. L. Faist and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Fahrner
and Mrs. Mabel Ewald, of Kit
chener, and Mr. and Mrs. Chester
Mawhinney, of Exeter, visited
with relatives here during the
weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Wein,
of London, and Mr. Ronald
Wein, of Chatham, spent the
weekend with Mr. and Mrs.
Wesley Wein.
Sunday visitors with Mrs. H.
Finkbeiner were Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Haist and Mr. and Mrs.
John Metier, of Fenwick.
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Capon and
daughter Patricia, of London,
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Green.
Visitors with Rev, and Mrs.
Dahms during the Conference
session were: Rev. and Mrs. N,
E, Dahms, of Listowel; Mr. and
Mrs, T. E. Dahms, of Selkirk;
Dr. and Mrs. A. H. Dodschef, of
Dayton, Ohio; Mr, D. G. VoelziAg,
of Haiiovef, Ont.; Mr. and Mrs.
Midford Litt and Harber and
Mrs. Pearl Keena, Sebrihgville,
and Rev, and Mrs. C. B. Carr, of
Port Elgin,
CpI. ahd Mrs. John Bishop and
Sharon spent the Weekend in
Stratford.
Deer, Alta,
in Vancouver
Lutz and Mrs.
Jones
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Visit YOUR Hospital
on
NATIONAL HOSPITAL DAY
TUESDAY, MAY 12
Visiting HourS 2 to 4 p.m., 7 to 9 p.m
Church Service
A Special Hospital Day
Church Service will be held in
James Street United Church,
Exeter, on Sunday, May 10,
at 7 p.m. Everyone is Wel
come.
In all areas served by a hospital, it is
customary for the residents of the area to
bring a donation such as canned goods,
soap, towels or linens on Hospital Day.
These items assist the hospital to a great
extent and are sincerely appreciated.
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Children at play often forget
to look out for cats. You xJatl’t
afford: to forget looking out for
them.
South Huron Hospital Association