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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1951-01-25, Page 2.cgitea.I. YCtt *jam' a H O OQU.1tTY'$'QIU XQST WDi ILY _ ° Published by Signal -Star; Limited' • Stexiption Rates—Canada aad. Great Lrifrain, $2.50 a year; to United a _ States, $3,00, A dveriiSug Rates iceo re4uetw Atthorized 'as seroud-class ma ii, Post »eipartmeut, Ottawa. Telepioue 71, 7 N1,Xlatler of Canadian Weekly Newspapers Aissociation --- Weekly Ciccltlatien Over 2900; N • s GEO. L. EI.LIS •TiUUfSDM.Y, JA "UARYPith, 1951 i' ennOr3r tail not recall any. pie- ' tut of any ,other of the eeven'teen" . 1110 in where e?t] ere were' day s that the `walks and. ' 1t+P "any . • ,droves, .became slippery. At least i.i nt u ul e e 'week, a „sanding,4 p "�a , iii: h:I� '.,tq, spread laud to make the that . the maye_ It�. of'b .ri s e. g Tilu.ys ISt4eced;ingthe advent of cars • •titer snow Piled up deeper, ruts de- • veloptd, and the roughness ,pre- vented pre -vented .slipping., • This ts from Mrs. , °face Eedy's . • blight column, "Froin.' a Kitchen Window' in The St. Mary's .Journal -Argus. We have often . :pondered • over the same thing. Years ago there war not so much ', danger of slipping on, .icy walks and • rerliiaps breaking an dim or 'a leg. ••• Mrs. Eedy's years in seventeen ..towns' (most of them as "a clergy- *ion's- daughter) ..:would take her back to the time when ,there were few cement,walks" and in winter •time.. we travelled 011 gravel or • 'binders or, Perhaps most• often, on - Snow -paths, n- Snow"p i'ths,: and .before cars came • ''the roads *ere not -ground into rough and icy ridges..that constitute a :,peril .to, the pedestrian. • Tt Is to be noted, however, that. children get about° with little trouble. ' I•f they fall -which seldom' .2itppenie+,they get up and g . on it it_.'we're__ nothing out' of the way. •As years'are added to ,us our _ • bones;Mbecome More bil the and a.J. + fa Mayb'e a serious thing, • perhaps ▪ Crippling one for life, Or. at . least making things askvvard for days weeks, while a broken limb it is succeeding in her plot to split the 'United Nations 'aud render it powerless. In the tuyn of eV.entS ,. Washington may hear that the United 'States, has been declared an .aggressor and -put in the .. do g - house, while China isgiven �seat beside Russia as another mischief - maker in U.N. councils. A CEMETERY' CHAPEL Editor, The• Signal -Qatar: Sir,—A picture of 'Fairview •ceuie- tery chapel in.. Listowel in -one of the daily' papers made one wonder r c will�be f re a ii- haFv long t lie o s lar building will be- available in Maitland cemetery. If a cemetery. epnimissiou- is ap ,pot i'te'd' perhaps they.would, try .to as far as the first lauding. • So 1 dcr .'oxmething about it. " • • shall just tell you what I saw' at The money` that was left by R•ebert , , -- the opening ceremony and a ,-.few �tae1Cay to ,beautify the cemetery facts I baro gleaned. was • used , to, buy additional land, Opening day was quite 'told and .which would have had to,be 'bought windy but;: in spite of that- the - anyway, so the Town Council would opening ceremony was held outside.. -be justified' -'in setting 'aAfde the A Wide stairway leads to the main Same amiaunt towards a memorial` door with ramps at either side chapel. for ears.. The stairs and rafiips• Maybe some of the •bricks from were crowded when '1 arrived, .but "Knox Chllreh could be salvaged for 1 managed to get Where I could the 'inside ivaliS.• see • aecl hear: The hospital is on l•IOPIi: i'UI',•: the east side...of University -avenue, joust south of the ' Generali; hospital, QUEER REQUESTS TO { I have heard that .Mary Pickford- S.A, WELFARE •DIRECTOR'was -horn where -the hospital- now. stands.) Direc tly • across from 'it, • TORONTO, Jan.`s` .—,Senior Major the• workthen were just finishing• the steel framework for the new rJflht't Phxlp,. Sa atioxx Arms .vel mien st College Hospital,- oson t - a.n ,�i e Wo - fare di�reetor-here,' revealed In hls i i , 7 1950 report. some of the ludicrous Meeks away. It seems strange to• appeals made to his department; iia�•e so many hospitals concentrated° One .man requested that. the Army+. in,'such close proximity, but that is peovide' hiiu with "a i►oom with.' a: the way it is. The' one we, a,re telephone' in' it." Ile couldn't be 4nterested in right . now is ,built expected to 1tt'eep• running •down to of 'mottled yellow brick. :The tele' tray part is thirteen. , tories high in . the centre but- the Wings are not so high. There, were a number of . police , on , duty. inan " nurses and''a''few 'hospital 'orderlies..Tilere" was a' small platform before tile' door and C.B:C, and OIIUD�I 'mikes he euld appreciate the 'SalaF�atiou set up. fou probably heard the Army loaning hurl $1'000 so he broadcast. There were loudspeakers c�ouid get .a head start: here and there, lil thitA crowd so. A confused '�bri-be-to-�be bad that 'everxone could Ueitr I3yng bought' an expensive ettgiigement. "Whitteker -was the radio announcer.' ring, ,but had .made only, a small When the ceremony- began, he• took down payment. ,He and his fiancee' were no s- ready to be Married. Ile had therefore . ordered a $7:S suit for the great occasion: .Clain the, Salvati911 Army•meet the Outstand- ing payments ' on the.' engagement icing, and uihderwri.te the eost of the, wedding spit and the 'wedding ring'?• �• A; 1st irit•imer -Who had -moved to Toi•tinto --decided= ii Wanted_ -.to go back home. He asked Major Philp to .provide him. with plane'~ 'trans- portation. for himself and a1 pair iaf 'nevi ---born twins. , • A yeitith;: man holding at Food job with : n department store.;ld ro suit rod he had :been "Hying high," He had borrowed money', from e eti. TITS GODWU country Mouse al' the Sick Ch ldaren s rHospital I)ear 1'rieuds, This week saw u'elobk at night., theealiza+ion o the hopes' and realization f 13and uxr, Ciasgow, a vice.chairutau oY dreams of a i arge n uui'ber of the ospital Board, •acted .ao chair- Iheople•-mtthe o .e� til o1ae, ug of t •lepra of the new IIospltal 'for Sick zi au of l io c e Pani ii Rev. �'o s- I.'lli.ldren. The • new hospital cost ' Fvho is ar er. i.0 of the hos- Iarank, 'twelve and a -half million' dollars pital, led tub?: pray+er. (Xou" remeau- aiid was. almost all raised in two ber reading about the. `annual' pie- campaigns. S'pir�ho douatiox s ran ser bus el' . of the Uklristhias story Auto the thousauds� dollar and a.t his cururch.) Ur n tli 1VFederal >3UiDo.{� : 'ever tate" rho `oltly Physician 311 •title 1b', . er:al Cabinet, was the tfrst spea'1c .•.T;he elite. ban$' : nuadii,;:c utrl: linens in grant ehe-,,, hex '� hi,c " ; h s'sti�e# at the Federal Government gave = gent e v h a of one thousand dollars. (` th'ink front door Qt, "t.he old hospital, for that is the correct figure) r •bed. years o.That is why I say it was . g dream' people. e; i tirras But ia►1. McCann mentioned . •the the i rea . of many pe 11 $oiiations that ' liad come from, all at' the Qpeniug` cetreiaony, filtCl,- those , Ui�ei•C,ilnada , xnakitig tli©• lioa�pita?1 many: people . :ere , there too, old ! sun rich: "n ooi`vow:" `a national achievement prepared• andyoung,- i ad, Po ' ito give international service. The •with leisure who .could "give time research labotatoziesalele take UP to help a l is te'stti1he o amerix g , a nd working �inXe• inttn,t ieh ;oanned•'wtbhpsle efliouoirp-petamoiinigt1l,lLet,+ lvargpraXc t -time to give:" 'the lirspitll -wasSeventy-ltie years age, open,' every afternoon end evening Master asci a small group of•nvo?u n ;this 'past week and it seeMs° •to Inco 0110(- Toren 's flys li lave 's that .'all of 'Toroute 'must have - p o t U i •. u' seen it. The average for the first Hospital in a house only" a 'ukoclt from the site of the new. one. It ythree days was' :thirteen thousand hadsi:'; iron cots. The new hos p i - People. Teachers ,brow ht their l' classes, and mothers brought babes tal has632 beds. • in arms., The totii of the 'hospital Premier' Frost .of Ontario was lasted ' •two hours. Llnfortttxately, the nes: t speaker. He mentioned I did 1101 get' alt through: Opening the grant of $1,660,000nnfrom the day, T. get as far as the front door. provincial Government, but he '} et stressed the motto of the hospital: The •next day, 1 Managed'' ,c get ..�x7i'.nnn nn nhilri '1ri,*i,i i„ .nein }� mending. So sin icy •cvaik is to -be the employment oft.�l(e to see if they. lead a� job' for him! --: - - dreaded afd •ree-•put :out feet -down file n Another man requested that 'the earefully''unti:l we reach• what' looks Army ' rent '•anti equip a farm for 'like as Safe stretch and 'We•step out him. He had • decided that "It eonade tly . 'until—our' Feet slrirde • would be healthier pr. zuy family • from' under ius-•and we -Meet . the - . he to live in the country."' In addition, walk" violently 'and painfully, and ' are lucky if the result is; nothing w,orae'.' than temliorary foss• ' hof. • •t igliitY, .. .. • • Yes, we don't like the slippery walks, ,AiRD TO BNLIEVE ' At this, time 'when the cost of' ;riving' is ene`of. this country's most lierious,. problems It seems almost rmbelievable- that there should -be `riy� eoticleattrcv whatever- '•of an increase of the sales .tax. It may " early a ',guess on the,,•pairt of an • °Q•tta.Wa correspondent that the Fed; ,erial,Clovernmeut may in the copying basion " Of Parliament propose uhf increase of. +tluisobnoxious tux, but • there appearrs, to,be some foundation :for the report that, ass •a result of orainion •. P•rovincial negotiations, the •Provinces will•be allowed to ley; `a. liitlden Sales tax in addition • to • ' t:he*• similar tax now levied, by. the Federal Government, • • .. At the same' time it. is. 'prpposed ':hat the exemption "'trom income tai 4 e lowered. joint `r`esiilt l of^'the ,adoption of ,these proposals Fro ild he th;tt mien in the Iower 1iieMnePscale would be.11it 'both by "aaeiueome tax 'from 'which they are ; now 'exempt and at. new sales tax •.which would take .further° ,frons their earnings. -, If the ,Governipents, Federal. and Provincial; need more -money, ,they, • . hotiid.not'atdopt the Fvorrt possible way' ofraising it. •,`' a i nee ccinhpany, 141 a ,.neW c3ifiT- ash • inconspicuous ' place behind ' a pillar—and I may add that i�t takes finite • a pillar •:to ' make him incon spinoffs! . All during the t•eremony there , �w l.S` a <'onstant stream of lmmanity coming along University avenue and it continued until '9 eulty llad- arisen. Irl addition to meeting poymnnts, .his holidays- 11'aalcl Abe coming illi '111` the middle. of the Month.. .He hoped that tile. `Saltation .Army could .pay oft.,:, the loan he was carrying• and in addi- tion, •fivance his elaborately -planned holiday ii :tuskoka.. Major Philp did nc . reveal how be handled these eases. .Ile' just laughed good-natrtn'edly. '• • Ile also traced. the growth of ' the hospital from the 'first house, through a succession of buildings •to the present one. Mayor . l 1oQtil- ltim made a: ', very. s ort speech,'• thanliint, a 'People hose kind- ness`il the w and generosity had Made this fine :ttchieve'ment possible. Tile head of. the firm of architects, who designed the .bulld,dg presented a gold . key to Mr, Laidlaw; ehair- mait" of the Hospital ''Board,,. tend the )roeoedinga were delayed, a `bit while photographers took a few `pictures. Six'Children,.. represent- • Ing all parts and many laces of Canada, 'cut the blue ribbons: 1 saw an Indian, air . Eskimo And a Negro -.child. They were .all -alike In one way. They had been restored• to health at the old hospital. . child from Regina had been treated for plio. One froth ,1Ve* .Bruns- wickh at been a blue 'baby,' One grew .Part Harrison, had suffered • from :` an' eye" disease which would have caused' .blindness. 'One front the •' Niagara area * had received •treatment for a deformed knee caused' by • a rheumatic condition. And one from Tpronto had been treated for asthma. Eaeii child, al Of- scissors 'and' i� a r f sc s a n Pair wsg,.e p ., in spite of• childish iuuids . litNi g,. 9 Y cll (which , a'littlei i t fit � � ,4 , � .� • , �i•t�t i if at tauel><•$o>? del ghl:fut u o><m - yy tlic' ceremony) ,the i'.ibbot swere dilly eat and the 'doors opened by. the superintendent of the 'hospi; ttal. • The stn .ci e out during• the half-l:lollr"'ceremony and for those who believe tri Omens. let us hope it, augurs well for. . the future of the new hospital. The walls- •of ,the corridors and roou s "of -the hospital are• alt+ painted, in. pastel colors; and the panelling and woodwork are in light-colored woad,, . Most of the lighting I' saw Was '' indirect • ' or semi -indirect. There were huge baskets of flowers .everywhere. Jffet insides the front door is a 'fine oil painting- of John Ross •Robertson. OneSeems +to fiiida'. his name ,connected with so many ulnderstansi that he lett the revenue of ills 9Sersonal estat e;,fer the main- . tenauce • of the hospital. •There is a beantif il• Stained 'gla><ss window, itl ills, memory oil the first floor also. The ba� seuitrnt contains, ;the..eA rooms 2 r all the Mechanical electrical services -4.411e teginuin the miles o- Wires:° and pipes service the K,•+building', Theres special tubes carryine• oxygen every •patten,t->i''oom. The 'se floor conte; next; with kitchen rltrol and go>? that are. 1 to vice sr ''to prepare a; t i' :meals a day: •On the same floor is a huge bathing pool with elevators to lift Crippled' child- ren hi and out orf "the water,• The rnain.. floor :has emergency operating rooms, a, drug dispensary with pneuinatic.�tulle delivery+ .to all floors; a,.milk iinloratory, to prepare as Many as 3,000 fee'diugs a day, all out-patient 'department to treat 10000., atin year,anda park - 1 tls a k ei. , pP 'i re` --not tor c i a � • . r tlzs', belt for i! 1t' , carriages! The .next. two or r o a Pr special sur s and s e r 'pec all pose thehi • aretheb. t 1 i a ,od labs. p� R'he !floors ,froom fourth to tenth are for patient ncconi nodattion The, fourth Lias individual infant cubicles' protected 'by ultra -violet light ' to destroy' germs.. The rooms' for pre- school children. are on the next floor, and th re are no moble than six beds in n l• bm. The next two floors are ,for. the order .children and 'for special stuc`iy of diabetes and other diseases: There is- •ai special section for'infectious dis- eases 'with separate 'ventilation to ensurea. complete- isolation. -Tile nest three 'floors have the semi- priva+te and private rooms. with those, for • premature infants' ' and- privarte baby sections on the te'ntli philanthropies. 'II.e, was publisher of floor. '^' The Telegram, fgr',.niany ••rears. I And so it goes, on and en. ie' Toronto. • C .. ,. .. .A rwev7rirtpdy.. LEGION hC_ . . R i HALL, F R i HER EVERY, SATURDAY" • NI NoTIoE 830. _ suppose it would take• a book to tell about the whole hospital. It is the hospital known affectionately AS the Siel}; Kids', 'bust the place where all are— treated alike --all Canadians io •s Ca nod e s and co 1 races, Cr a ed, r con- lace where or not. It is the place �. cn and o rc ill on . to ' "sea o � etre research g os i • l h t l cad u or of .P �tiiue the work . h where many' discoveries have been, made 'which have saF:'ed thousands of young lives, until it hats ,become in terna.tonally renowned. It •is the place where ,three out of four 'children's' doctors in Canada and seven out'. of ten nurses specializing in the cal of children receive their training. It is• the place which can carry on beyond the facilities`' and stags of smaller hospitals and ;bring health and a .normal life to thousands of Canadian ,_children. ,As one young man -"was heard, to 'say over and over -du ng his tour of the hospital; ,"Yon' 1 enjoy getting well at the new qi,c i Kids!" ' :1'' Sincerely, . THB''COITNTRY MOUSE. Papere ,is thought td'have .been inyetued In Clitna ,about xua • A,P. UPHOLSJERINB" E a '. AND CHEST'ERFI, . LD OCCASIONAL CHARS .. 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