HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1955-12-07, Page 12Twelve The Whigham Advance-Times, Wednesday, December 7th, 1955 1946 HOSPITAL WING
ST. HELENS
Miss Isabelle MacPherson was home
from London for the week-end*
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Miller and
Larry and Donald Taylor, of London,
.Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Walker and
Mr. Murray Taylor, of Wingham,
were visitors with Mr, and Mrs.
Chester Taylor.
Mr. and Mrs. John Cameron and
Don, were recent guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Jas. Douglas, at Mitchell,
Miss Mae Ferguson, of St. George, •
is spending the week with her sister, 1
Mrs. Chester Taylor and Mr, Taylor.'
Miss Beatrice McQuillin spent a few
days in the Wingham General Hospi- ,
tai for a medical checkup. The school.
was closed for the week. !
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brought about a peculiar situation—- j I
sometimes the passeners are at the
station when the train comes puffing;, in, and sometimes the strain is there j ’
when the passengers come puffing in. .
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Congratulations
WINGHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL
ON THE OPENING OF THE NEW WING
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CURRIE’S AMBULANCE
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Phone 51 Nights & Holidays 716 or 636
CONGRATULATIONS
to
MRS. MORREY AND THE BOARD
of
WINGHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL
on passing another milestone!
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* The above three-storey addition, erected in 1946, brought the capacity of the
’ hospital to 50 beds. While these seemed more than adequate at the time,
| the number of patients admitted daily has increased to such an extent that
I at some periods the institution was operating at almost double its rated
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PRESIDENT GIVES
CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
AT ANNUAL MEETING
Mrs, D. MacNaughton
Was Guest Speaker
GORRID—The Woman’s Missionary
Society met at the home of Mrs. Alex
Taylor on December 1st. The meeting
opened with the singing of “O Come
All Ye Faithful”,
Mrs. George Dane gave an interest
ing talk on the study book, “No Van
ishing Race”. There is a continuous
fight against the scourge of T.B. and
it is now felt that the reserve system
for Indians has been a mstake. They
are now encouraged to .live and mingle
with other Canadians.
Mrs. Reta Carson and Mrs. A. Ste
phens had charge of the worship per
iod and read different selections from
the Bible of the Christmas story,
Which were interspersed with carols.
Sandra and Faye Edgar rendered a
very beautiful duet, ’’There's a Song
in the Air”.
Mrs. D. S. MacNaughton, Wroxeter,
was guest speaker and brought a very
interesting and inspiring message,
saying, ”We must join the wise men
who dared to hope for better days,
Let us keep the star of hope in our
hearts.”
Mrs. I. Toner, the president, had
charge of business and Mrs. V, Bu
chanan gave the report of the nom?
inating committee. Officers for 1956
are as follows:
President, Mrs. Gladstone Edgar;
first vice-pres,, Mrs. V, Buchanan;
second vice-pres., Mrs, K,Hastie; re
cording secretary, Miss Margaret
Dane; asst, secretary, Mrs. A. L. Ste
phens; envelope secretaiY, Mrs. T. Ed
gar; corresponding secretary, Mrs. T.
L, Mclnnes; press secretary; Mrs.
Harry L. Ferguson; asst, press sec
retary, Mrs, George Browm; treasurer,
Mrs. Reta Carson; Christian steward
ship and citizenship, Mrs, H, Hamil
ton; temperance, Mrs. K. Hueston;
Missionary Monthly, Miss M. Dane; A . associate members’ comm., Mrs. H, *
Robinson, Mrs. W. Tremble; supply
comm., Mrs, C, Gilpin, Mrs. C, Grain
ger, Mrs. W. Strong, Mrs, L. Walker;
community friendship comm., Mrs. C.
Black, Mrs. E. Whitfield; secretary of
younger groups, Mrs. A. Taylor; pian
ist, Mrs. Whitley, Mrs. Tremble.
Meeting closed with prayer by the
president. A delicious lunch was
served by the committee in charge.
Our Best Wishes
to the
WINGHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL
ON THE OPENING OF THE NEW
May it continue to serve the needs of Wingham and District as
ably as it has in the past.
SERVING OVER ONE HUNDRED COMMUNITIES DAILY
LISTOWEL, ONTARIO
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ON THE OPENING OF THE NEW
Russell gave an interesting talk on a
new book, “The Lost Books of the
Bible”, and closed the meeting with
prayer and the benediction.
LISTOWEL TRANSPORT LINES LTD.
Chronic Patients’ Wing
Wingham
General
Hospital
CONGRATULATIONS
TO THE BOARD AND STAFF OF THE
WINGHAM
GENERAL HOSPITAL
ON THE OPENING OF THE NEW
Chronic Patients’ Wing
Puttison
Radio and Electric
20th ANNIVERSARY YEAR
OUR PHONE NUMBER IS 171-J
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GORRIE— Mrs. Norman Wade
was hostess for tlie annual meeting of
■ the Woman’s Auxiliary of St. Ste-
1 phen's Church on Thursday afternoon.
; The meeting was opened by the pre-
j sident, Mrs. Harry King, with sing-
I ing of “Breathe on Me Breath qf
Life” and prayers. Mrs. Gordon Un
derwood read the Christmas story
from Luke 2:1-20 and Mrs. F. E-
Russell sang “When Jesus Walked on
Galilee”. The roll call was answered
by members giving a Christmas gift
to the W-A.
Mrs. George King, secretary-treasur
er, gave the minutes and financial
reports of the Senior Guild and W.A.
; for the year, showing a good balance
on hand for both.
It was voted that §50.00 be contrib
uted to the budget from the Senior
Guild.
Rev. F. E. Russell was chairman for
the election of officers, when all were
re-elected. They are as follows: Pres.,
Mrs. Harry King; first vice-pres., Mrs.
Gordon Underwood; second vice-pres-,
Mrs. R. T. Bennett; sec.-tre'as., Mrs.
Geo. King; Little Helpers’ sec.,' Mrs.
John Dinsmore; Living Message sec.,
Mrs, Thos. Short; social service sec.,
Mrs. Norman Wade; Dorcas sec., Mrs-
Earl Underwood; helpers, Mrs. C. Rit
chie, Mrs. John Dinsmore, Mrs. Ernest
King, Mrs. Ncrman Wade.
The president brought a Christian
message in a reading with some fine
thoughts in it for the season.
RECEPTION ROOM
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Pictured'above is the reception room
of the original hospital in 1907. (New
reception room shown on page 9.)
CONGRATULATIONS
Wingham General Hospital
Chronic Patients’ Wing
DINING ROOM
The dining room of the original hos
pital was a far cry from the new
dining room in the chronic patients’
wing.
EATON’S is proud of having designed
and supplied the furnishings and deco
ration for the new wing of the
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Our staff of trained specialists work
with owners and architects in the blue
print or remodelling stage, and are
equipped to plan the furnishings and
decorations of any project large or
small.
It was a privilege for us to be honored with an order
for upholstered chairs for the patients’ rooms and the
board room of the new wing.
Fry & Blackhall Ltd
W ingham