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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-05-21, Page 2Paje '2 Tbs- Til>aeSeAdvosat,s, .May 21, 1949 •Report from par.!lan'lent Finds vet hospital huge' institution BY W. H. A. THOMAS Middlesex Wait; MP Last week, a group of mem- bers of parliament who serve on the standing committee of vete- rans' affairs were taken to To- tanto to see Sunnybrook Hospi cal. Sunnybrook is one of the lar- gest veterans' hospitals in Can- ada. It was built shortly after the end of world war .two. It is a huge institution and, at the time of building, incorporated the very latest ideas in hospital architecture. It is located out in the north western part of the city an rising ground that commands a beau- tiful view to the east and south. The grounds are spacious and beautifully landscaped, From the central building, which rises to eight or ten sto- ries, connecting buildings extend both north and south. It appears to be a series of separate units of different heights, sizes, and shapes, each designed to serve its special purpose and then con- nected to form one long struc- ture. At the south end is the one - storey Red Cross hostel, while at the north, end is located the prosthetic appliance factory. The main passageway on the ground floor, extending in a straight line throughout the length of the whole buildings, is reported to be more than half a mile in length. When this length was drawn to our atten- tion, we looked down the pas- sageway but could not see the far end of it. Our . group of 25, including the deputy minister and other offi- cials, was met at the airport by the hospital superintendent and several of his assistants. We were divided into four groups, each group having one of the as- sistants as guide.. These small groups each went their own way but by the end of the tour, all bad covered the same ground. We saw patients being received and discharged. We visited them in their rooms. We saw them getting heat treatment and phy- siotherapy. We saw the beauti- ful swimming pool where exer- cises are done while patients are partly submerged in water. We watched mechanics in the pros- thetic appliance factory making artificial limbs, special shoes, and glass -eyes. We were taken thr'oug'h the registry department and saw 100,000 medical files stored in the file racks. The kitchen, with its refrige- rators and its store of provi- sions, was shown to us and the methods of purchasing and hand- ling food were explained. Last year's average turnout was 5,1.00 meals per day at an average cost of 95c per person per day. pleased with their laundry. Auto- Three cars in crashes Two three -car crashes caused over $2,000 damage in this dis- trict over the weekend. A car driven by Gordon Daer, 21, RR 1 Auburn, suffered $1.000 damage Sunday afternoon when it struck a pickup truck and car oh No. 4 highway two miles north of Hensall. Other drivers were Charles Barrett, 45, Burlington, and John Hudson, 69, Hensall, who was in the truck. Northbound, Daer pulled out to pass a bus and another car, pulled back in to miss hitting Barrett, wh. o was southbound., but had toturn out again to avoid Hudson, who was slowing down to make a turn. Doer hit the rear corner of the Barrett car, then plowed into the back end of the truck, which went through the guard rails and down over the embankment of a culvert. Mrs. Hudson, 68, is in South Huron Hospital with a possible fractured nose. She was attended, by Dr. J. C. Goddard, Hensall. OPP Constable Harry Reid in- vestigated. No one was injured early Sun- day morning when three north- bound cars collided near the town pillars. Earl. Ellis, 23, Centralia, ran Into the back of a car driven by Robert Douglas, 17, Grand fiend, which was driven into another vehicle driven by Durl Hopper, • Seaforth. The Ellis car suffered $700 damage. Damages included $700 in the Ellis car, $275 to Hopper .and $175 to Douglas. Constable John Cowen investigated. List officials for June vote Enume1ators, deputy return.- itig officers and poll clerks for Exeter have been named by Rus- sel Bolton, riding returning of titer. Enumerators are Mrs. Vera Mason, Mrs. Annie Lawson, Mrs. Lois Learn and Mrs. Les Gib- son. DRO's and poll clerks: ?all tine (former .'folly store)-- A, Mrs. Hazel Haywood and Mrs. .Florence Genttner; 13, Alvin Brintnel1 and Jaek ltulcher, Pell two (townhall) = A, Mrs, alt. E. Pooley and Mrs, Mary 1:3iggart; 8, 1lerman Powe and Mrs, Edna Simmons. Poll' three (Roy Webber resi- dence . A, Earl Carroll, and. Miss, Gladys Kettle; B, Mrs. Lela Trestle arid Mrs. Ethel Cer- Son, Poll .four (William Webster re iiderice) - Norman Hackney Iild Mrs, Leg Glbsen. Advanee ,po11 '(town hall) .saa Penhale arid Mrs. Vt Arm. ittrOn, f mation is much in evidence. 'They launder an an average, +10,500 pounds dry weight per ,,day. The laundry moves from. machine to machine on conveyor belts with people stationed at 'the proper places to keep things moving. Five women and one man do all the sheets. These are turned out dry, pressed, and folded at the rate of 600 per :hour. In a separate room, a staff of women with electric sewing machines do the mending. The whole institution is beau- tifully maintained. Everything seemed clean and wholesome, and the patients appear to be as comfortable and happy as hospi- tal patients can be. Sunnybrook has its problems. Nurses are scarce. They are .hard to get and hard to keep.. So are laboratory technicians, Salary adjustments may be necessary in these categories. The recep- tion department is overcrowded and needs more space which .may involve a further building pro- gram. The trip was designed to give members of the committee a better knowledge of why it costs anada 290 million dollars a year tto erans.W� We o walked for urahouvide for our wr rs in Sunnybrook and stll we did not see all. of it. The experience was well worth the effort. Yule fatality —Continued from Page 1 ca ted. Constable G. W. Mitchell des- cribed his visit to the scene of the accident and of the pictures and measurements taken. Don Southcott identified pic- tures taken at the scene. The cross examination of Mr. Lerner was centered on the con- dition of the road and the tire marks at the scene of the acci- dent. The weather during the night was 20 degrees below zero. Crown Attorney H. G. Hays, QC, Goderich, conducted t h e prosecution, CHILDREN MARK COMMONWEALTH DAY -- Despite cold bitter winds on Friday, students at Exeter Public School went outside to salute the flag in observance of Commonwealth Day. School ceremonies were the only functions in this area marking the holiday. Most folks travelled, gardened or loafed.---T-A Photo NEW DEVELOPMENT — Continued From Page 1 roads they are building. How- ever, they didn't wish to assume responsibility for water which might come from development of lands to the north and east of the subdivision nor did they wish to install underground drains. Council agreed that the subdi- viders should not be held respon- sible for drainage from outside the subdivision and that the mat - tier of underground drains for basements was a private ar- rangement between the subdivi- ders and purchasers of lots, Solicitor W. G. Cochrane, who acts for the town as well as the brothers indicated neither party would be responsible for below grade drains. Councillor Bather suggested it appeared everyone was protected but the persons who purchased the lots. They could not demand drainage from either the town or the subdividers. Solicitor Cochrane suggested the purchasers knew precisely what they were buying. Eldrid Simmons, who sat as part of the deputation and not as a councillor during the dis- cussion, said there would be no problem with drainage providing basements were sealed a n d equipped with sump pumps. Mayor Pooley indicated the en- tire drainage problem would be HENSALL GRADUATE — Maja M: Roobol, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Sim Roobol, Hensall, grad- uates Thursday from the nurs- ing school at Victoria Hospital, London. The ceremony will be held in Thames Hall, UWO. Maja is a graduate of Seaforth District High School. Seek pictures of graduates it's graduation time again and The Times -Advocate is anxious to recognize local and district students who re- ceive degrees this spring by publishing their pictures. Parents of graduates are requested to notify the T -A or its correspondents at least a week prior to the graduation or as soon there- after as possible. The T -A makes no charge for publishing such pictures but requests the co-operation of parents in providing a suitable print for engraving. Best results are obtained from a glossy print, two inches wide by about three inches deep. Many profes- sional photographers supply such a print with'each order of graduation photos. If it is not possible to ob- tain a print of this size, a larger one may be sub- mitted but it involves extra cost in engraving. relieved considerably when a sewerage system is installed. "Our land is full of water most of the lime from weeping tiles of septic tanks. When this is taken away by sewers, the land will be able to absorb a lot more -water." In, other business, council: Agreed to start summer bleet- ings at 7:30 p.m. instead of 8.00; Learned that none of the Exe- ter nursing homes has been .11- cenced yet by the provincial de- partment of health; Approved a plan submitted by Canadian Canners Ltd, for se- paration of solids from liquids in the waste from the plant before it is pumped into the lagoon dis- posal system being constructed by council; work on the lagoon started this week. Learned that the picnic tables and booth at Riverview park have been painted for the com- ing season; - Approved a $1,000 grant 1,o the Town topics Mrs. Alice Rohner, Brucefield, visited with her sister, Mr. and Mrs. William Smith, over the weekend. Miss Pat Wright, Palmerston, visited with Miss Marie Hodgson at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hodgson, over the weekend, SEE and HEAR Harry Strang Liberal Candidate in Huron CKNX TV Wed., May 27, at 7:25 p.m. CKNX RADIO Fri., May 22, at 12:05 noon Fri., May 29, at10:55 a.m. (Published by Huron Liberal Association) 0000 INA'H NG NQS Fish'n' BARGAINS! SHAKESPEARE 'Criterion' C Casting Reel illy. $.1 1.95 .. 9 SHAKESPEARE 'Triumph' Casting Reel Reg. $8.95 :,:.. , 95 SPINNING REEL VALUES.... MERMAN SUPIRCAST. Fold. away hardic sail pick-up. 156 -yd. eepacity 9.95 Eaefi OCEAN WY ''FtUPLINE." tat- est closed fate model. With 125.yd, spin line 15 9n Each Y liP WADERS'', Fetl lerigtlr reinforced rubber, 1 0 98 NIP RA��REi solid {trip sole and heel, Pair TROUT HETI AluintnUm frame; Plastic grip, . 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Kin campaign fails bit clubs enjoy fighrt A late but enthusiastic cam. paign by Hensall, Exeter and London Kinsmen to elect Bill MuckleWerner of the service club's District No, 1, failed to succeed at the .convention in Detroit over the weekend. The loss, however, didn't dis- courage officials of the clubs .or the Hensall candidate, who de- scribed the adventure as "a. great experience." "We were naturally disappoint- ed," he stated, "but we won a lot of friends and gained a wealth of experience." A Hanover Kinsman, Paul Mills, was electedby delegates from the 70 -odd clubs which comprise the largest of eight districts in the Canada -wide association. He defeated the Hensall can- didate, who has served as deputy governor of this zone during the past year, and a Leamington man, Al Munee, in a three-way contest. The area Kinsmen campaigned. on the theme that a small club can provide the leadership re- quired for the district organiza- tion. Their entry in the field was late, however, and the other candidates had made many in- roads on club delegates before they started their appeal for support, Over 800 Kinsmen and their wives attended the convention in the .Hotel. Stader. Delegates from the local clubs staged a colorful campaign, Members and their wives caressed in white slacks and skirts and red shirts, topped by straw hats with "Vote Mickle" bands. A special "Elect Bill Mickle" edition of "The Hensall Observer was distributed to the delegates, who also received convention note pads and 'other campaign material from the local clubs. The three clubs were respons- ible for a "wake-up party" which visited the rooms early- in the morning to arouse delegates in time to attend, business sessions, The party distributed gifts and campaign literature at the same time. Frank Ellwood, • campaign chairman, delivered the no.nuna- tion address for the Hensall candidate,. Mtg. also spoke to the convention, Attending from the Hensall club besides Mr. and Mrs. Mickle and Mr. and Mrs. Ell- wood, were Mr. and Mrs. Jack Drysdale, Mr. and Mrs. Hass Jinks,. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Knight, Mr. and Mrs, ,tack Heal, and club members John Dietz, Al Creer, Clay Austin, Eric Mansfield, Earl Soldon and Neil Taylor, Exeter members in attendance were '1,1r,and Mrs, Gordon Bayn- ham, Mr, and Mrs. Les Parker, Mr, and Mrs, George Better, I1r. and Mrs. Lloyd Ford, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Preszcator, Mr. and Mrs, Sheldon Wein, Clifford Quance and Lloyd Stanlake, Town topics Mrs, Jesse Sanders is visiting with her brother, Mr, and Mrs. Herb McCulloch, Pontiac, Mich. Mr, and Mrs. Graham Snel- grove, Hamilton, visited with Mr. and Mrs, A. L. Snelgrove and fancily over the holiday weekend, Mr, and Mrs. Peter Ewmett, of Surrey, England, arrived this week to spend a six-week holi- day with their son and daughter- in-law, Mr, and Mrs. Roy Ew- mett, town. Mr, and Mrs, Murray Marsh and Nancy, London, visited on Monday with Mr, and Mrs. .1, Nancy and Don Hall, of St. Marys, visited for the holiday weekend with Miss Greta Har- ness. A former capital of Alaska once was known as the "New World Paris". Sitka was a thriv- ing city in 1806 because of the fur and shipping trades and at- tracted adventurers from all parts of the world. it's time ei -ugh to say it, when you know it to he true. Town topics Mr. and Mrs. Victor $ wyat' and Vic„ Jr., of Brampton and Mrs, gl1a Urquhart of Kirktoft visited with Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Camm on Monday Mr. and Mrs, Ted Wright, Don and Bill, and Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam Wright spent the weekend. at North Bay. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Ford and family of ;Brampton, spent the holiday weekend with Mrs. Frank Brierley and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brierley and Mr. and Mrs, Hilton Brierley.. Mrs, 'Harold Clarke returned from St. Joseph's Hospital on Monday and is spending a week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Willianc Wright. 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