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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1969-12-18, Page 8Christmas decorations are displayed at W.I. rneeting BELGMVE-•The Christmas Mrs. Norman Coultes pre - meeting of the Belgrave Wo- sidedfor the business. The min - men's Institute washeld on utes, financial report and cor- Tuesday afternoon. December respondence was read by the 9th. with Mrs. Leslie Bolt as secretary. Mrs, Stan Hopper. convener, The meeting open- It was decided to cater t the ed with the Institute Ode, the Belgrave Credit Union banquet Mary Stewart Collect and a in February. It was Huron owl "Arise, shine. to Christmas carol. The motto send $15.00 to the for your ty Children's Aid Society. light has come and the gloryofThis was Summary Day for the Lord has risen upon you. the short course, "The Main Mrs. Bolt read a Christmas Dish Makes the Meal", so those story entitled "Never TellYour women who attended the course Wish". All enjoyed a medley answered by naming recipes of Christmas songs which Mrs. they had tried in their own John Nixon played on the pi- homes and. how their families aro. Mrs. Bolt gave a very had Lunch wased servedby Mrs. interesting demonstration the making of Christmas decor w� Procter. Gordon Hgs and Mrs. Harold Procter. ations, a door spray, a Christ- mas tree. tree made of nylon net, and she told of the origin of many of the trimmings. She --Mr. Muir McLaughlin of had several other table centres Sarnia spent the me of his mother, endast• on display which were very at- the e T � McLaughlin. tractive. esassu.liMN"NY.NN..W.N assem PresenitatiOflS :made at hospital staff, _ Brownlie, Mrs. G. MacDonald, Elwood Shortreed, Albert Kitclr en and Mis. Betty Finlayson. Barry Wenger. chairman of the board of directors, expres- sed appreciation to R. B. Cous- ins, who has been a member of theboard for 21 years, and last March ended a nine-year term as chairman. Similarly honor- ed was Miss Merle Wilson, who recently retired after 27 years on the nursing staff. Gifts were presented to Mr. Cousins and Miss Wilson., Members of the staff and a past, chairman of the Wingham and District:Hospital were the recipients of honors at the atr, :Mal staff Christmas party lathe Legion Halton Saturday even- ing. Pinner at 7 .p. in. .served by the Legion Auxiliary, was enioyed• by well over 200 ,staff _members and their guests. Rob-. ertHollenbeck acted as master of ceremonies.' , Earl Tapp asked the blessing , ant ^parols weresung under the ►dership of'Amold Taylor with Reg .O'Hagan: at the piano,. ldis. ',I. E. Money, the hospi- tal's a administrator, 9eittended . testings tothe staff and presets long service pins to the .fol- : Five Years, Mrs. Mon-, Edna .Mae Arm-. R " O'Haga t, Clifford. Y �• felines. Ten-year pins. Nits. an+et' Fielding:, Mrs: Trapp,Mrs a• 14.11,14.14,11.1.11,1211.111.1.11:11,111111 PLAY IT SAFE BE SURE THAT z = UNE IS ON THE JOB If Ile Slips, Ton Could .Be in Trouble Liability insurance is our business .. to protect yours. W. B. Conon, CLU 3574636 INSURANCE Complete Insurance Coverage —Agent for Manufacturers Lifi Insurance Company S John St. W. • Wingham dc in Huron - Continued from Page One said that members Qf the beard would be expected to act as commissionaire: in case of a large-scale emergency and some would have to .act as liai- son officers. to contact the dir- ectors of other essential services in the community when neces- sary. It was agreed that the board members who reside in Wing- ham would have the prime du- ties in any emergency because they would be able to reach the hospital with the least delay. The chairman and vice-chair- man (if residents of the town ,a.5 is the case at present time) will act as co-ordinators and tele- phone contacts. In order to clarify the status of the former nurses' residence - training school building on Ca- therine Street the board moved that the official name will henceforth be the Hospital Clin- ic Building, in reference to its future -function in the hospital complex. EXCELLENT REPORT The administrator described. the recent visit of a hos ital assessment team from the Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons. The team included several doc- tors and a hospital administra- tor who had spent the better part. of .a day here going over the ,physical facilities of the hospital and all records and pro- cedures. She said that they were apparently surprised bythe high.standards maintained here and commended• all td a p.a r t ments for their efficiency. doted in particular was the hos- pital-based ambulance service. The chairman read a letter from the Ontario Hospital Serv- ices Commission which inform- ed the board that if doctors on. the staff of the local hospitalin- tend to perform therapeutic abortions under the revised fed- eral statutes, an abortion com- mittee of medical staff must be established, Dr. R. D. Wil- kins said the matter will be brought before the medicalstaff meeting at the first opportunity. Mrs. ' Morrey expressed some concern over the lower than average' number of patients in care during the summer and fall. .months, explaining that the sit- uation could adversely affect the budget program: The hos- pital receives its function sup- port from OHSC on the basis of patients under care so that low- er hospital population means lower income.. Overhead costs, however, remain unchanged and a deficit is then inevitable. .MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE J. T. Goodall, , chairman of the management committee, reported on a meeting held the previous week, as well as the report on nursing; dietary and 'ambulance departments.. The ambulances made 40 trips in November. Miss Gwenda ineNorris, of Port Stanley, who has excellent qualifications after training in England and experience in sev- eral Canadian hospitals, .will be engaged .as director of nurs- ing, to succeed Miss Z. L. Hop- wood, who intendsto retire at the end of Januafy. a Miss Nortis will commence her duties here on January 12. It was also reported that Mrs. McKenzie and Mrs; Marks, both members of the nursing staff have tried and successfully passed their registration exam- inations. Congratulations were extended to both. . Mrs. Morrey said that per- manent staff now numbers 196, plus several part-time employ- ees. Efforts are continuing to secure an assistant physiothera' Greeti