HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1978-03-29, Page 5Ross -Procter
wearing name tags. so that people
can identify them.
No Objective
Last year the women raised
$7,220.28. up from the 1976 total.
of $6,924.65 and up from the. 1975
total of $5,633.66, but Mr. Procter
says they don't aim at certain
objectives when they go. out
fund-raising,
"We've never operated that
way. We leave each. person to go
ahead on their own! We don't
make a big fuss of what we're
aiming for. we just go out and get
people 10 give what they can
give." Mr. Procter said„
A breakdowtrof last,year's total
collected from each area is: $275,
from St. Helen's, $728.50 from
Belgrave, $329.15 from
Whitechn telt. $428.25 front Ethel.
$400.83 from Cra'nbrook, $95
from Moncrief. $1.312.90 from
Brussels, $468.75 from WOO,
$734.50 from Fordwich. $258
from Molesworth, $631 from
Gorrie, $381.50 from WroNeter.
$750.90 from Bluevalc and $426
from Belmore.
Mr. Procter got involved as the
c hairman of the cancer campaign
because George Hetherington,.
the previous chairman had asked.
him to do. it. But that's not the
only reason. He's also known a
few people who have died of
cancer including a roomate of his
at OAC in Guelph, an aunt and
some close friends.
"That's certainly one of the
reasons, Pro willing to help in the
thing. It'll take a lot of effort by a
lot of individual people to beat
it," ,Mr. Procter said. •
Mr, Procter's wife mentioned
that Wingham has a cancer clinic,
the only one in the area. The next
closest ones are in Owen Sound,
Kitchener, and LIondon. At .this
clinic people can be diagnosed by
Dr. Barbara Willians, a doctor
from the cancer clinic at Victoria
Hospital in London who is' there
the second and fourth Wednesday
of every month. Patients have to
he referred by their doctor,
however.
Money raised by the Cancer
Society locally goes down to the
Society in Toronto and then it is
divided up once again where it is
needed.
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THE BRUSSELS POST, MARCH 29, 1978 — 5
Women help with cancer drive
Thy Debbie .Rannevi
Ross Procter of R, R. #5,
Brussels is the chairtnan of the
cancer fund in the rural areas
around Brussels but it's the
Women's Institutes around the
area that put the work into the
campaign, ;Ms.„ Procter says,
Fourteen women in 1 4 little
villages around the area will be
out canvassing probably in the
first and second weeks of April.
April is of course, Cancer Month.
and Mr. Procter said canvassing
would just, tale place in this
month alone because they didn't
want to run into other campaigns.
Mr.- Procter's job is to make
sure that lie has at least one
person in each community to look
after the fund-raising effort. Or
What he calls a contact lady.
Once a year, the contact people
meet at Mr. Procter's house and
pick up kits on cancer. Mr.
Procter has the right number of"
kits ordered ahead of time.
When the women have finished
their campaign in their own area
they either bring the money to
Mr. Procter or he goes out to their
homes and picks the money up
and then it is deposited. in the
.and Mrs. Len Metcalfe. at
Belmore. The fund-raisers will be
the kind of thing we try to get
canvassers to know about," Mr.
Procter said.
Bank of Commerce in Wingham. As with all fund-raising
This year, Mrs. Laura societies people probably wonder
Strickler, ,one of the contact and where their money goes when
her husband Wilfred attended a they give to the cancer
Canadian Cancer Society Approximately 11 per cent is used
convention in Toronto and at the up in. administration and fund-
convention were Don Harron as raising. Part of the reason the
Charlie Farquharson and his wife cost is so low. ,Mr. Procter says is ,
' time to the convention expecially spent on fellowships for
when he learned that Catherine individuals who do cancer
McKinnon's sister had cancer : research. Fourteen cents out of
each dollar is given for service to and that the brother of the folk , patients, six cents goes toward singer had died of cancer.
. the provision of patient lodges, 12
"I've Got Cancer" cents to educatidn of the public on
When you go to a thing like that cancer and the Cancer Society
and you get three or four people also supports research programs
there and they say I've got cancer in 18 community research
and you listen to that sort of thing centres.
that's a little different than Mr. Procter's 14 contact people
having somebody tell you why the in the rural areas are: Mrs. peter
campaign is important, Mr. (Sybil) Chandler at St. Helen's,
Procter said. Mrs Lawrence (Margaret) Taylor.
"I believe it's genuine when Belgrave, Mrs. Victor (Veletta)
somebody up on that platform is Emmerson, Whitcch melt, Mrs.
telling you they had a breast Cliff (Priscilla) Bray, Ethel. Mrs.
removed" Mr. Procter said. Wilfred (Laura) Strickler,
Besides fund-raising, the Cranbrook, Mrs. Jim Mann,
Cancer Society also tries to give Moncrief, Dorris McCall at
out information on the disease. Brussels and Mrs..percy Huth at
"The . Cancer Society was Lakelet.
founded on the basis of supplying Mrs. Crosby Sothern has been
information. and research. We like quite active in' collecting for the
to think we make as much effort cancer fund in Fordwich for quite
to supply information to people as a number of years but is unable to
we do to ask fOr money," Mr., do it this year so taking her place
Procter said, will be Mrs. Richard (Sharon)
That's why the fund raisers will Agla and Mrs, Elmer Harding.
also be leaving pamphlets at Also collecting are: Mrs. Jim
houses Oil such things as pap .. Smith, M'ol esworth, Mts. Ray
tests and breast examination. (Jackie) Cowdy, Gotrie, Mrs. Ron
"It's something anyone can do, (Ethel) 'McMichael, Wroxeter,
but they're not doing it. That's
Mr. Procte was impressed-thai about 57 cents out of each dollar r goes for research—money which is these people had donated their'
Catherine McKinnon. A folk because of so much volunteer
singer Barbara Collator was there help. . phlet put out. by the sang a song she had composed A pam
for the Cancer Society. Cancer Society explains that
Mrs. Charlie Mathers, at Bluevale