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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1978-02-22, Page 3In November, 1977, the Canadian Foresters, Western Ontario Provincial Assembly, meeting in iGoderich presented funds to if uronview with which to purchase a Century Whirlpool bath, - After some delays in installation, the bath vvlas put into service on January 16th and, in the short space of time since then, has proven to be a boon to the Home. Residents who, because of painful arthritic conditions or extra-sensitive skin, dreaded a regular bath, find the whirlpool not only tolerable but actually pleasant. The built-in lift gives them a real sense of security and the whirlpool action is definitely beneficial to arthritic joints. The only problem is that one such bath can not possibly accommodate all the residents. Hence, decisionshave to be made as to which residents, would benefit most from t he whirlpool and such decisions appear arbitrary to some of the residents not chosen. Despite this small problem, management, staff, and the residents who get to use Ware very pleased with this excellent piece of equipment. And it is hoped that another can be " acquired in the near future to let more residents have the obvious benefit of this bathing system. Board of Ed. and union settle salary The Huron County Board of Education and Lodal 1428 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees have ratified a Collective Agreement for the calendar year 1978. The new agreement provides for a 30 cents, per hour increase to the forty nine secretaries who are Members of the Union and 3?) cents per hour increase for the two audio-visual technicians. In addition coverage under the Group Life Insurance Plan has been increased. to $15,000. Ph is settlement, which must be approved by the Anti Inflation Board, provides an average increase of 7.3 percent. THE, BRUSSELS POST, FEBRUARY 22, 1978 Hurgnvie,w residents p.le.ased with., whirlpool Finally -- Uncle Charlie was dead. That was the news that spread like warm butter all through the relatives last week. Uncle Charlie was dead. The relatives had expected it for days -- for months at least a year. But now it finally happened. They always thought the good Lord took his own slow time in taking him. That eighty-three year old bachelor. This last year he really had no place to stay - no home of his own, no country for that matter. The apartment he'd °shared with another bachelor friend for years finally gave out in Buffalo last year. His old roomate had up and married a lady friend he'd been seeing for months., That left Uncle Charlie alone in the apartment. He couldn't pay all the rent. He couldn't find another roomate -- not at his age. So the younger generation brought Uncle Charlie back to Canada. That's where he really belonged they said. That's where he really began, even though . New York state had claimed most of his living. But Uncle Charlie back home wasn't the same as Uncle Charlie visiting a few times a year. He wasn't the same Uncle Charlie who visited every Christmas -- with arms loaded full of prese Ms. He wasn't the same Charlie who wanted to take the kids downtown to a movie or go to the rink and watch them play hockey. Or tell them what life was really like in the big city. No. This Christmas Uncle Charlie hardly ever looked at the Christmas tree. He didn't want to^go outside for a walk much less way downtown. And for hockey, he'd rather sit in a chair and watch it on T.V. And more often than not, he'd fall asleep. Uncle Charlie started to complain. If the kids weren't too loud, then the T.V. was too soft on hisdeafening ears.' • If the climb upstairs wasn't too much, then the double bed in the main bedroom--given up for him by his niece and nepheW -- was too close to the kitchen and all the traffic. But, at least, they told him,. he ,was close to the bathroom. - At first Uncle Charlie said they paid too much attention to him. He told them he didn't come to upset their house and the way they did things. Just go on and do things like I wasn't here he said. Then Uncle Charlie said they didn't pay any attention to him. They didn't listen to him anymore. They didn't care. They didn't help him in and out of the car like they did at first. But the did see to it Uncle Charlie got to the' doctors. They made sure Uncle Charlie took ' his medicine. And they made sure Uncle Charlie didn't know what they knew. They knew he was dying. It was only a matter of time. Uncle Charlie slept more and more. They brought him some meals in bed. He didn't always make it to the bathroom in time. The doctors, suggested an operatiOn. But , Uncle Charlie's insurance didn't cover Canadian hospitals. The family decided Uncle Charlie shouldn't stay in Canada any longer. They couldn't afford to pay out of their own pockets the $150 a day' in Ontario hospitals, They'd go bankrupt in two weeks -- trying to •see Uncle Charlie to the end. They bundled up. Uncle Charlie early one Saturday morning. They said they were taking him for a drive. This way there,wouldn't be any arguments. a. They drove Uncle Charlie back to New,Y-ork State and into the hospital. The relatives came back to Ontario that same day,. An operation was out of the question. For three weeks Uncle Charlie hung on -- with intravenous and a catheter. Then he slipped into a comma. For one week, Uncle Charlie slept -- and then finally. They brought Uncle Charlie back to Canada. He w,anted to be buried here -- along with his parents and some of his brothers and sisters. There were many.. Nine children were common in those days. Uncle Charlie was the last of his generation. The clan gathered to say goodbye to Uncle Charlie. And after it was all over, they went back home -- to baked ham and scalloped potatoes, cabbage and corn, pumpkin pie and cookies -- a meal they'd been planning for months now, a menu they'd seftled on one evening in the living room when Uncle Charlie was dozing in the chair on the other side of the room. It was a blessing, they said. It's too bad he had to linger so long. They wondered why God let people stay on in this world when they're past their time. The minister said there really wasn't an answer. Maybe they'd find out in the next world. The next world would give them the reason. That would have to wait. But for today they had enough treason. Enough reason to sigh with relief and eat up, Finally -- finally Uncle Charlie was dead. Amen by Karl Schuessler Uncle Charlie is dead FARM EQUIPMENT LTD. Huronview Hold Valentine party Miss Bertha Diehl Insitute for providing party. The residents are enjoying the treat of apples donated by the Clinton L.O.B.A. The Clinton Kinette Club P by the ladies. entertained their adopted thanked Grandmothers at a Valentine ' the Party on Tuesday morning in the Ground North dining room. Mrs. Alma Davis and Miss Dora Jackson thanked the Kinettes on behalf of the Grandmothers. The tables in the Home were arranged and decorated for the Valentine Dinner. During the day the Huronview Orchestra serenaded each of the areas with appropriate music. The Clinton Women's Institute were hostesses on Wednesday`" afternoon for the 'February Birthday Party. Mrs. Connie Coclotigh, President of the, Instittute, brought greetings and Mrs. Lyla Johnson was Emcee for the programme and provided the piano accompaniment. Mrs. Homitth,sang two vocal num hers and led a sing-a4ong. Mrs. Leona Lockhart gave a reading; there Were piano solos by Gladys Van Egmond and vocal duets by George Turner and Stanley Johns. 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