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ENJOYING A MEAL — Brussels council members, the. PUC and the
village clerk and his secretary enjoyed a meal at the Brussels Inn last
Monday before getting back to a Brussels council meeting.
(Photo by Langlois)
Schools shut by storms
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Wednesday, there really weren't many
people there. In fact there were only eight in
the Grade 8 class.
Grey Central was closed on both
Wednesday and Thursday of the first stormy
week and on Friday it was only partially open
because some of the buses didn't make it in.
Secretary Joan Bateman said there was
approximately two thirds attendance that
day. The Walton Public School was also
closed on Wednesday and Thursday and was
open on Friday, according to Marie Toll,
principal. East Wawanosh school in Bel-
grave was closed that Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday. Doris Robinson, secretary said
the back roads around the area were really
slippery.
The storm also meant a lot of work for the
snowplows. Ross Engel, road super-
intendent of Grey Township said they were
plowing on Wednesday of the first week of
January and they tired it again on Thursday
but the visiblity was bad so they came back
in. On Friday they were out quite early
because of the buses, Mr. Engel said.
But during the storm, "the visibility was
the whole problem. You couldn't see beyond
the front of the snow plow," Fe said.
Bill McArter, road • superintendent, of
Morris Township said the Morris snowplows
were out Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,
usually starting out at 4 o'clock in the
morning.
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Correction
In a report on last
week's Brussels council
meeting two errors were
made. David Hastings is not
on the recreation committee
as reported and the free
rabies clinic is to be held
Friday, January 19 not
January 13. The Post regrets
any inconvenience these
errors may have caused.
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A hospital can be a lonely
place for a person who is
from out of town or has few
friends or relatives in the
area. And the need for
companionship, advice or re-
assurance cannot always be
met by the busy nurses and
doctors.
This is one of the basic
reasons for the new
volunteer chaplaincy service
established to provide
pastoral care to patients at
Wingham and District
Hospital.
The service, a joint
venture of the hospital and
area clergy, has been in
operation for just a month
and is still considered 'ex-
perimental'. It is organized
to provide a chaplain either
at the hospital or on call
24-hours a day throughout
the year.
Each of the participating
ministers is 'on' for four days
a month. During this time he
or she spends an hour at the
hospital in the evening
visiting with patients and is
also on 24-hour call if a
patient should request a
chaplain.
Bill Woodley, the new
director of nursing, explains
the pastoral care service as a
reflection of the hospital's
desire to treat the whole
patient.
"Only in recent times has
the spiritual aspect been
considered essential if full
healing is to occur."
Doctors want to treat the
spiritual side of the patient,
but lack the minister's ex-
pertise, he said.
He noted that many
hospitals are starting
chaplaincy services and that
provision of such a service
has even been tied into
hospital accreditation stand.
ards. Under the 1977 revised
standards a hospital must
either have a pastoral care
service or be working on one.
It is also part of the
wholistic approach to health
care, he added.
Rev. John Swan of
Wingham, the coordinating
chaplain for the service,
described a chaplain as a
liaison between the patient
and the hospital .staff or the
family, adding he feels that
healing and religion are
coming together again. The
two were very close at the
time of the Crusades, but
later got widely separated,
he said.
Both he and Mr. Woodley
emphasized the service is
strictly voluntary on both
sides: it is not forced on
anyone and is not intended to
take the place of a patient's
own minister. It is primarily
aimed at filling the vacuum
created when a patient is
from out of town or cannot
contact his or her own pastor.
Nor is it limited to patients :
the chaplains will also pro-
vide counselling for hospital
staff if requested.
Mr. Swan said the
Wingham . hospital had a
chaplaincy service in the past
but it wasn't really or-
ganized. Under the current
system an executive commit-
tee, composed of Rev. Robert
Armstrong of Wingham,
Rev. Wilena Brown of Blue-
vale and Rev. William
Munshaw of Lucknow, meets
monthly with the co-
ordinating chaplain to iron
out details.
Other ministers
participating in the service
are. Rev. Barry Passmore,
Rev. Ron Baker, Lt . Ia n
Trainor, Rev. Tony Sonderup
and Pastor Len Fex from
Wingham and Rev. Orrance
Laramie from Fordwich.
Mr. Swain said he is
hoping to interest more area
ministers in taking part so
the time commitment can be
reduced.
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