HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1954-07-28, Page 20Twenty The Whigham Advance-Times, Wednesday, July 28, 1954
Lower Wingham School icrcase *" salacy He taugM „ r» * _ | f°r three and a half years and thenFOriXlCr Baptist Chapel | resigned in 1880. He studied with Win,
(Continued from Page 19) ' Kidd as a veterinary surgeon and left
The building was heated by oneiWin^am for the statea four
, ... x I years later.Stove with two runs of stovepipe. The j
pipes were sometimes knocked down! proves
by pupils tearing around the stove at ' W. E. Groves, native nf Wingham,
nopn hour. A “look-out” was alwaysj was hired in 1881 at $400. He was in
posted to watch for the teacher re- • forested in every pupil and his keen
turning
all was
arrival.
Dr, Kennedy Founded
Wingham's First Hospital
from dinner and as a rule, j interest in sport made lacrosse and
in order by the time of her 1 cricket popular games. Mr. Groves be-
1 came principal of the Upper Wingham
- 'school in 1884 and later was principalAlexander A. Walker } of Ryerson Schooi in Toronto, hold-
Alexander A. Walker was engaged ; ing that position until his death,
after Miss b isher s departure at a puring Mr. Groves’ teaching period
salary of $450 per year and held ay T___ ________ ______j
Beeond class certificate. He was al^ trustcM ’o hlre Josel>h’ Glbson
married man and lived beside the |............................. ....................
school.
In three months' time he had enroll
ed 160 pupils and the number kept in
creasing, There was an average at
tendance of 95. Mr. Walker would
conduct two classes at one time on
the floor with an older pupil conduct
ing one in the hall.
Mr. Walker introduced shinny in
Lower Wingham school. In winter the
boys spent their time playing this
game on the pond behind the school
and in summer he had them playing
baseball. Rowdy Hill and Slab Town
were rivals in these sports.
Mr. Walker was respected and loved I appearance of the old Baptist Church,
by all his pupils. He asked for an as- j The school has been part of the Turn-
sistant but was refused by the trus- berry Township School Area for sever-
tees. However, he was given an in- al years.
'(in Lower Wingham, he arranged with
> the trustees to hire Joseph Gibson
> to relieve for him while he took a
i course at normal school. One day Mr.
Gibson punished a pupil and the fol
lowing morning, family and friends
arrived at the school to square things
with the teacher. The interview was
short. Mr. Gibson was a husky man
and in short order the whole lot was
seen beating a retreat with Mr. Gib
son at their heels.
In 1926 the Lower Wingham school
was remodelled and a basement built
beneath with a furnace room and
children’s wash room. It was also
veneered with brick and new windows
added, making a great change in the
Lower Town School, 1875
There were no hospitals in either
Huron or Bruce counties until 4898,
when Dr. J. P. Kennedy arranged for
the opening of a four-bed hospital
with an operating room, in rooms
over A. E. Smith’s bank on Josephine
Street, Wingham.
Dr. Kennedy was the medical super
intendent and Mrs. Hodson was ap
pointed matron. No cases of infectious
diseases were admitted and within the
first couple of weeks of operation,
five outside patients had been admitt
ed.
How long this hospital continued
to exist we do not know, but it is be-
lieved to have been only for a short
time, We have found reference to the
effect that it was disbanded because
of lack of facilities and no room for
expansion.
In 1906 several public spirited citi
zens decided to purchase the Webster
residence, containing about 22 rooms,
and have it fitted up for the establish
ment of a hospital. A joint stock com
pany ^was formed and between five
and six thousand dollars raised to
finance the project.
At a meeting of the shareholders,
Dr. T. Chisholm was elected honorary
president; Thos, Bell, pres.; W. H.
Green, vice-pres.; R. Vanstone, sec.;
and Dr. A. J. Irwin, treasurer. The
directors appointed were Thos. Bell,
Richard Clegg, F. J. Taylor, Rev. T.
S. Boyle, W. H. Green, A, E. Smith,
D. T. Hepburn, C. P. Smith, W. F.
Vanstone, R. Vanstone, pr. J, E.
Tamlyn, Dr. R. C. Redmond, Dr. J. P.
Kennedy, Dr. J. R. Macdonald and
Dr, B, H. Hamilton of Belgrave.
By 1907 the hospital was in oper
ation with Miss K. Stevenson as the
superintendent. It opened in February
and by September 70 patients had been
admitted. Rates for nursing and main
tenance in the first year were esti
mated at from $3.50 to $15.00 per week
depending on the room, whether pub
lic, semi-private or private.
The operating room was worthy of
note, a visiting doctor from Chicago
stating that it was more complete in
some respects than most of the large
hospitals in that city.
DR. J. P. KENNEDY
chronic patients' Wing this summer,
The. financial status of the hospital
has undergone another change, in
that the surrounding rural munici
palities and villages will now share
in the costs of erecting the new por
tion of the -building, thus enlarging
once more the scope of service pro
vided by this busy institution, of
which the entire Wingham .district
is justly proud.
Superintendents of the hospital have
been Miss Matthews, Miss Adams,
Miss Schultz, Miss Winnifred Douglas
and Mrs, Iris Morrey, who has been
the superintendent since 1942. Miss
Eileen Lambertus, assistant super
intendent, has been here for seven
years. The complete staff consists of
74 persons.
sterilizer, tanks and autoclave for the
central supply room? operating table,
suction machine and overhead lights
for the operating room, table, steril
izer and overhead lights for the obstet
rics room.
Included in the benefits from the
Cornyn Currie estate were X-ray
equipment in 1946-47 and the alter
ation of the kitchen to an out-pa
tients’ room.
On Tuesday we saw a well-doctored
keg pf butter |p. Sparling’s shop
Which had been obtained from 94$ Of
the stores. About 3 lbs pf salt were
found in the centre as well as* a heavy
: layer on the bottom. We maintain that
the name is known and exposure of
’such degrading practices should be
made. -—News item 1889.
No place like Ferguson’s for wall-
paper. 5c a roll and up. —Ad 1887O
stations'
you were lucky—and when it came to fixing
them-you were on your own?
been made on
the rear of the
Commencement has
a new boiler room at
present building, and it is expected
that work will be commenced on the
erection additional 50-bed
before grease pits — or service
>
day, and unless
mention seal beams,
the future?
your arms- the
better ?
. All cars were convertibles whether you
liked it or not?
years at
England
starters,
either,
qt times accommodating almost double
the number of patients for which the
hospital is equipped, The critical situ
ation led to a movement about four
years ago, to add to the present
'building, and after months of plan
ning and discussion a start was. made
recently to enlarge the hospital.
Well Equipped
The generosity of the John Cornyn
Currie Estate, through W, A. Gal
braith, executor, has made possible
a large amount of equipment of
special types. Last year a new case
room and two extra rooms were add
ed and the donation from the Atkin
son Charitable Foundation provided a
Wishes
for a
happy
Anniversary!
FIRST RECEPTION ROOM
Electric lights, not to
were a thing of
later his
45-bed addition was
several years the hos-
have been over-taxed,
for sleeping
At that time
rented for the
to sleep during
FIRST DINING ROOM
DR. R. a REDMOND
Cramped Quarters
The need for additional room, es
pecially in the meternity ward, was
felt by 1913 and it was hoped that a
new three-storey addition to the main
building could be erected and other
arrangements made
quarters for nurses,
apartments had to be
nurses to enable them
the day.
Through public subscription $1,500
was raised and the Webster lot, direct
ly behind the building purchased, to
allow entrance from Catherine Street.
The adjoining lot immediately south
was secured from Mr. Currie and Dr.
Kennedy donated his property to the
north, facing Catherine Street, giving
a square block through from Carling
Terrace to Catherine Street,
Hospital rates at this time were 70c
per day with free service to those
who could not not afford to pay. The
staff consisted ofxthe superintendent,
two nurses in second-year training
and three first-year nurses, one do
mestic, one woman in the laundry and
a caretaker.
Public Enterprise
The hospital continued to operate
as a private concern through trying
financial years until 1937 when it was
turned over for public operation and
placed in the hands of a board, six
of whom are now elected by the Hos-.
pital Association.
While expansion was felt necessary
as far back as 1913, it was not until
1946 that the
realized.
For the past
pital facilities
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DR. R. C. REBMOND WAS
PROMINENT PHYSICIAN
Dr. Robert C. Redmond was born
near Lansdowne, Ontario. He attended
public and high School at Athens and
taught in a country school during
1888-89. The following year he enter
ed Queen’s University where he re
ceived his arts degree and
medical degree in 1898.
After practising for three
Bishops Mills, he went to
where he took post graduate work.
There he became- a member of the
Royal College of Surgeons and Licen
tiate of the Royal ■'College of Physi
cians.
With these degrees Dr. Redmond re
turned to Canada and bought the
practice of Dr. T. Chisholm of Wing
ham in 1905. He remained in Wingham
and continued his work for 45 years,
retiring in 1950.
Dr. Redmond took an active part in
community affairs and at one time
served in council. He assisted with
the organization and promotion of the
Wingham General Hospital and was
district surgeon for the Canadian Na
tional Railways and coroner of the
County of Huron. Dr. Redmond was
a member of the Masonic Lodge, and
in 1940-41 was District Deputy Grand
Master for North Huron; He was a
member of the Lions Club and an
active member of the United Church.
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You did your own'grease jobs in the days
All the cars were equipped with armstrong
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for that matter?
Those were the days. But for the motorist, at least,
things are better now that you can get dependable
service and care for your car at places like—
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