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was installed as Noble Grand for a
second term and Mrs. Dorothy
Ritchie as Vice Grand.
Following the installation cere-
monies a short business period
was held when plans were made
for the Variety Fair Saturday
November §.
Guests attended from Goderich
Atwood, Palmerston, Mount For-
est Rebekah Lodges. Lunch was
served by the committee in
charge convened by Mrs. Dorothy
Ritchie.
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Medical treatment for the fetus
was the topic at the second annual
pro life dinner meeting held in the
Victoria Street United Church,
Goderich on October 22, About
100 attended.
Co-chairman was Mrs. Connie
Osborn, Grace . before the meal
was said by Rev. Father Ed.
Dentinger, C.R., of Kingsbridge.
The head table guests were guest
peaker, L.L.deVeber, M.D.,
F.R.C.P.(C) and Mrs.deVeber, of
London; Rev. Leonard Warr; Jack
Riddell, M.P.P. and Mrs. Riddell;
Dan Murphy, Q.C. and Mrs.
Murphy; Mrs. Harriet Klazinga,
secretary and Mr. Klazinga; Mrs.
Mice Krohmer, treasurer; Mrs.
Connie Osborn and Mr. Osborn.
Folk singers, Mrs. Sharon Munro
nd Mrs. Barbara Hodgins sang,
words and music were composed
by Barbara.
Mr. Riddell, congratulated the .
group for their achievements. He
said he "believed and shared the
same concerns as you people do "
and he was not reluctant to get up
and express his. views. He had
taken the time to write. Marc
Lalonde and Otto Lang but the
answer is always the same, "It is
a Provincial matter".
In introducing the guest
speaker, Dan Murphy, Q.C. told
the audience that Dr deVeber was
a Professor of Pedicatrics, the
Past President of Alliance for
ife, and was just recently elected
o the position of Secretary
reasurer of Canadian Physicians
or Life.
Doctor deVeber complimented
e Pro Life Groups from
derich and Wingham on the
errific year in which "One
Million Canadian signatures were
presented to Parliament". The
topic of his speech' was "the
unborn patient in euthanasia". "
A' good deal of my professional
career has been devoted to
tudying the RH problem" , he
aid, The RH problem can cause
reaction between the mother and
baby and produce anaemia and
eath in the baby.
Methods developed over the
ast 10 years to study this disease
include analysis of the amniotic
uid which surrounds the baby in
he uterus and, more recently,
direct vision of the baby with a
new instrument called a
fetoscope. In some cases, these
babies must be transfused before
they are born because they are
too premature to be delivered.
This transfusion before birth
represents t,,e first, and to my
knowledge, the only - currently
used operation on the unborn
deVeber said.
RH Vaccine protects the
aborn from RH disease..
This approach has saved the
ryes of many babies.The
pioneering in Canada was done in
Winnipeg following the lead of
Dletor Liley in New Zealand.
Thispioneer work has lead to
further speculation about surgery
oh the u nborn. The technical
Equipment to produce an artificial
placenta and heart-lung type of
preparation has been perfected.
ler animals and various types of ' quite complicated surgery have
been carried out on unborn
The main problem with humans
Is that the uterus or womb is very
irritable and although an
operation on an unborn child
might be successful, this would
result in early labour and death of
the baby from prematurity.
This happened once in our
centre where a small unborn child
was taken out of the mother,
transfused successfully and put
back in again only to have it
delivered prematurely, he said.
This operation, by the way, raises
some interesting questions since
the baby legally was not human
until it was taken out for the
operation, remained human
during the operation and lots its
human status when put back into
the womb.
Illustrating with slides, Dr.
deVeber showed babies who were
born -at 20 weeks and with expert
care survived. These babies have
legal rights which the unborn
baby at 20 weeks doesn't have •
He showed current status of
studies on the unborn child and
the prospects of future surgery.
Open heart surgery may well be
done within 5 years on the
unborn! It seems that if the
unborn child, the fetus, has
achieved the status of a patient, it
should have some rights to life
and not be disposed of because it
is unwanted.
The doctor said selective
abortion of defective children is
now a very prominent part of the
genetic counselling programme in
most .of the major teaching
centres in North America.' "We
admit that some of these babies
would be born with severe
life-threatening conditions and
could not survive very long."
However, the list of genetic
disorders that can be detected
through removal of the amniotic
fluid and study of the tissues and
cells is growing longer, and
includes many 'mild conditions.
Arguments are that defective
babies will cost society
tremendous amounts of money
and that they may require
institutional care. When we can
spend billions of dollars sending
men to the moon and- huge sums
of money on heart transplants,
surely we can find the means to
look after these members of our
society, Dr. deVeber said.
Mrs. Clarence Dalton thanked
Dr. deVeber and presented him
with a gift of money and the book
" Behold Man" by Lennirt
Neillson. Mrs. Osborn thanked
the directors for the past year.
They are Rev. Barz,• Rev. Warr,
Clarice Dalton, Teresa Courtney,
Penny Pelss, Sharon Munro and
Martha. Kuipers, Harriett
Klaziwga and retiring members -
Mrs. Anne Brand, and Alice
Korhrnec. A vote of thanks was
given. Mrs. Penny Pelss
nominated John Oskara, Ken
Reidy and Mrs. Agnes Carbert
and they were elected to the
board.
Mrs. Osborn will be Past
Chairman. Positions will be
designated at the first meeting 'in
November. Rev. Warr thanked
Mrs. Osborn for her untiring
services for the Pro Life group
and presented her with a marble
stand pen. •
"The Ballad of the Unborn"
was recited by Sharon Munro
accompanied by. Barbara HOclgins
on the guitar.
BEST DRESSED HALLOWE'ENERS —.Brussels Guides had a Hallowe'en party.
last week and a good time was had by all, loanne Triebner, behind the mask at left,
was judged the best costumed and Mary Lou Mason and Michelle Long were the
best dressed couple. (Photo by Langiois)
Install Morningstarofficei-i
Mrs. Irene Harnock, District
Deputy President of Huron Dis-
trict 23, and her installing team,
all of Goderich Rebekah Lodge,
installed the officers of Morning-
star Rebekah Lodge to their
respective offices, on Tuesday of
last week. Mrs. Leona Connely
BPS give small fry a
Hallowe'en party
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tot treatment
IS .p ro-life topic
On Thursday, October 30th,
Mrs. Ray mond and the Grade
Eight class organized a
Hallowe'en Party for pre-
schoolers, kindergarten, Grade
One and Grade Two., The party
consisted of contests, games and
treats. An unofficial count of 104
boys and girls attended the party.
Mrs. Tyerman, Mrs. Margery
Huether andMr. Scott were the
judges for the best costumes.
Prizes were awarded by the
Grade Eight class. Mrs,Raymond
and the Grade eight class are te
be congratulated on this
undertaking which took a great
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