HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1970-02-26, Page 60 E IQNAL-STAR, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1970
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of
Hiill�tt 'Township ang
r Iack of communication on
wildlife area proposal
•iilugli Flynn, Reeve of Mullett
`'ownsbip is not ecstatic to say
the least Over last "week's
••
announcement of a .huge . wildlife
,.area planned by the province of
`QtltarQ. ' government for his
tQwniship.
Reeve `Flynn is angry with
• provincial officials over: a lack of
con,munidations between the
Department. of Lands „and
Folrests' and'his council. He said
this week. that nor word 13een
received from the=.dertm pt
'since* August 28, 1969 when his
council was firsirinformed of 'the
proposal by Charles
MacNaughtdn, M.P.P. for Huron
and by officials, of the
department at a meeting._
At that meeting, the Hullett
council agreed to the proposal if
threeConditions were met.
These were:
1. That the province give the
township a grant of $10,000 in
place of the revenue lost in taxes
for the area;
2. That the provih.ce provide
an increased grant from 50 to 75
percent for maintenance of
township roads to `compensate
fc t e increased traffic .the
development would generate.
3. That the' province
,compensate all area ratepayers
who may suffer damage, fromother
as_ a
o er
result of flooding or
..causesarising from the program.
Reeve Flynn says that since
these conditions were submitted
• there has been no word from .Mr.
MacNaughton o • from the
department.
•
•
MacNauihton's office ut the loss of the revenue from the land
meetin*and asked hint to reply the province proposes to take
within 24 hours if he eould.not . over would add more than three
attend," Reese Flynn said. "Ile • Mills to -the tax rate foethe rest
didn't reply so w e can.. only 'of• the township. Provincial land
assume he will attend."' is not taxable. One mill in
FI%e reeve estimates 30 fiizllett raises,$3000 and the•area
farniliesr-will'be directly involved- included is now taxed: for
in the 5600 -acre project that .$10,000.
ranges from concession three toHowev,e;r, the problem that
and from one mile and a r most concerns "the reeve al
quarter 'east of highway four to present,,is the lack of
the"Constance county road. ` communiations.
Reeve Flynn worries, though, • '.'E sn if we had sags we'
that even those not directly didn't want this -project back in
i nvohred • may • be ' , affected August 'I don't think we could
because of drainage problems. have done anything to stop .it if
Many farms in the area are the government was really .sure
drained r said.
which. theprovinceonproposes to tl d
to "Howeverthey certainly' could
dam just south of the Quiglay have made things .easier if: they
bridge, on concession six. The would have co-operated with- its
fear is that these drains wily back instead of telling us nothing and
up if the area is flooded. letting us read about it•,in the
The reeve also said that the newspapers."
Name safety patrols
at Goderich schools
School Safety Patrols were
named last Thursday at
Goderich Elementary Schools in
a -short ceremony at Victoria
Street School with Constable 'T.
F. Fortner,-' Traffic' a Safety
Officer with the Goderich Police
Force, in charge.
Goderich Safety Patrols 1•e
sponsored by the • Goderich
"I think they could at least
have said something to`us before
they released the story to the
newspapers," Mr. Flynn said. ,•
The reeve isn't• the only
person' concerned. Many of the
'families involved have been
visjtiug hindasking him questions
which he says he can't answer
because he `doesn't know the'
facts himself.
In an attempt to clear -the
situation, the township has
scheduled a ratepayers 'meeting
in Londesboro on February 27.
Mr. :;:;,1\tlacWaughton has • been
invitaed..to the meeting. , �,
- ``W ---e- not-ified Mr•.,
-Marva Jackson, Sandra
Hamiltort;tVort Owynffe, Susan.
Tur-land, Dale - Nivens; - Karen
Lions Club.
Patrols are:
Mrs. Cranston's Room,
Dennis Bitch, Wanda Burchill,
--Steven_.Crew. M`
-ST. MARY'S SCHOOL •
Captains, Tim O'Brien and.
Maurice Dowhaniuk;
Lieutenants, ' Anne Melich and
Dianne Osborn; Patrols, Ferg
Burns, Chris Wildgen, • Don
Bedour, Karen ,.Harris," Mark
Bowers, Bob Poulin, John
r-T'i"sher, Chris Lassaline, Patricia
VICTORIA STREET SCHOOL. navies, Marlene Pettus, an
• St
Brudnicki,Elizabeth Redman,
Verlaine Burke •and Judy
Bedard,
-UP-TO-DATE INFORMATiON
I sent a copy of the Special
Editorial by G, " McLeod Ross
(Jan. 22nd) and my reply of, Jan,
29th to °Qr. A H: L. Trueman,
executive . Director of the
Canadian Hunger Foundation,
inviting. • his comments. I am
enclosing a:• copy of his reply
which I would' be pleased. to
have printed in the Sigjaal-Star. 1
believe..your readers will • benefit
by . getting 'UP -to -date'
information about the problems
and opportunities in the •relief 'of
world hunger. •
Garwood 0. Russell
DR. TRUEMAN`StETTfR
Dear Mr. Russell:
This will acknowledge •your
letter of January 29th with the
two clippings from your local
paper. it is very easy to criticise
a country so - large and so
complex as India. Brigadier Ross
picked out some of the obvious
difficulties,. and probably could°
have found more if ' he had had
space to expand upon them. On
the other hand the difference
between India of today and
India twenty years - ago is
fantastic. People are getting
more to eat, • industry is
deveiloping (India's export trade
..has nciw,. reaeheds2zbillia�_-
..�ma-n�nua1.13�=);u:..�°e�i�u°c�tlpn- _-is•=
progressing -rapidly :and so are --
social welfare services; but the
fact that they are not doing
done is not because of the
ineffectiveness of foreign aid but.,:
y because of the ineffectiveness ofd•
the birth control.campaigii.
Provision of for-eign aid grants
does not upset the economy of
the ,developing nations but
bolsters•thern up. They are short.
-of capital but even at that
delegate from Collingwood. Two
representatives of the Huronia
Tourist Region -- ane from
Barrie_the other from Midland --
and
and the writer....
fs.'' it any vvonder, therefore,
that our area is. .one of three
tourist regions which could, but
is not, benefiting from Its proper -
share of this 'lucrative market,
according to • the Department of
Tourism? ••
Permit me -to, poi , out'•one.
not or two facts v�hich •�mziy n 'be
readily
readily availablenwlt appears that
Goderich, in " common with
many such towns, is running
around trying to attract
industry, while at the same time
ignoring • the largest dollar
earning industry in. the country.
Zt would not be so pathetic if
our town was not so endowed
with the basic needs of the
tourist.
Can we afford to ignore the
ever growing tourist numbers
and the dollars they spend in a
community? • •
Consider the following figures
ro'
�urst booth 'offered,
(Continued from page 1)
received by mail or telephone,
these all being, answered with
detailed information requested."
Mr. Ormandy explained.
"One item that shpuld have
articular mention is the tourist
brochure 'of • which
approximately, •tett thousand
U.S. tourists to Canada 19'59,
291 millions, 1969, 35/ •
millions; overseas tourists to
Canada 1959, 67,000, 1969,.
441,000; dollar earnings from
tourists 1959, 391 millions,
1969, 1080 millions.
It is irony' that, despite the
fact that, we are an attractive
area, --within'._.easy...xeaei of a
prime ..ann.nal-tourist tra on
namely the Stratford Festival
(which by the way started life in
an Informal tent), we still attra' t
attention "only as an ' ignored
area.
betterthan they 'already have
• Mr. .Brown 's Room; Captain
Earl Salter; Lieutenants, Dianna,
Oke, Bill Lougheed; Patrols, Earl
Salter, Cheryl Munroe, Dianne
Mack, Bill Lougheed, Dianna
Oke, Tammy McAstocker, John
Seamen, Monika Basler,' Dennis
Bell, Faye Leafloor.
Mrs. •Hesk's Room,- Captain,
Jeff Fisher; Lieutenants, Sandra
Hamilton, Dennis Birch; Patrols,
k
ROBERTSON
MEMORIAL SCHOOL
Captain.;"' G'ordori Blackwell;
Lieutenants,- Brenda . Mohring
and Debbie Johnson; Patrols,
Lee Arbour, John Shanks, Peter
Duckworth, Doug - Nichols,
Randy Carroll,. Dennis . Reed,
Barbie Hibbert,.. Connie`
°McMillan, Gordon Jenkin, Diann
Goddard. Riley and Lyn Crawford.
St. Mary's Scoop
• On . Friday February 13, Broadcasted) and, it was shown
hearts were made. by all the oh, channel U.H.F. The rest of
students. On these hearts money the 'school 'thoroughly enjoyed
was , placed. for the missions in it..
foreign lands. These were placed 'This week grade 6 and 7 in
in--a---large bow Room 1 -rrrade= in ter esti ►1g
St. Mary's had a'skating party designs. Wet, topk __colored
-to which, everybody went and,.'.'. construction paper cut it `and
seemed • to have had •an• ••• weaved mats, then we took plain
extremely good time. White paper and cut a design out
Last Friday the grades 3, 7
and 8` put on an assembly in
front of the school. The, grade 3
presented a choral reading of
poems, for their contribution_
Grades 7.and 8 had a suppertime
broadcast •' with news, -weather
and sports. In between each of
these were commercials. The
station was ABB (Aready Been
-Nine finalists
chosen in
public .speaking
competition
From twenty speakers from
Grades 9 and 10, nine finalists
were chosen itp participate in the
Junior Public • Speaking
Competition at the Collegiate
.last week. .A variety of topics;
ranging from "Kilts" to "The
• Future of Farming" were • A volleyball game was held at
presented by the capable 1:30 on Friday, and it proved
speakers. Chosen as winner was that the champion senior'boys'
Cathy Culbert, a grade 10 volleyball team under Brian
student, with an appealing Thompson, was more fit than
speech , entitled "Peace." the senior wing teachers' team!
Runner-up was. Mary Ellen The score was. 32-16.
McGi11, who vigorously warned Congratulations to captain
her audience to be "concerned Brian's team!° A word for the
about . the - problem of teachers - we know you tried
4`Pollution." Placing third - was •hardy ?)
Anne Dalton who talked about All our' classes made
"The Porpoise." Judging the. sculptures for the carnival
speakers were Mrs. John .Gower, weekend. They 'ranged fron•i
Mr. J. Morrissey, and Rev. G. L. Humpty Dumpty , to a
Royal. . . snowmobile. In the contest held,
Cathy Culbert and the winner Mr. Schade's Humpty Dumpty
in the senior division, Pat Wilkin, and Mr. Bogie's igloo each won a
m.
are joint recipients of a trophy cash prize. •A lot of work and,
presented by the Goderich Lions 1'uiii' was put into the figures, and--
Club. Cathy added to her�latirels` I think you ail• will agree they,
by beiirig declared wi h re the were done excellently!
Royal Canadian Legion', Zone The Glee Club and the Senior
Band have both o h beer[
Competition.isi
. • , at Lucknow �...w Tuesday- practising
.
held
n; + trda. •the .. sib::to ed-• ,...for : Tuesday : ,:night, March : • 3,
601:4411414, "sea e'ks -Cathy -when • •the Music and Physical
Education on De t
advances now to the Legion a Departments of our
District 'ln rt'�Stratford on se h o o) will put on
Saturda - _., ' ' demonstrations`.,, Quite ah
A. trip—through the
It all started when Mr.
.Hindmarsh asked the grade -fives
and sixes of St. Mary's to go for
a sleigh ride through the, woods.
On Tuesday, February 17th,
Mrs. Doherty, Mrs. Grace, Mrs.
Denonry, Mrs. Feaver and Miss
O'Brien drove us out to the
woods. The sleigh, horses and
Mr. Hindmarsh were sitting there
already. Then as soon as the cars
parked3,out hopped the children"
and dashed for the sleigh. As
soon as everyone was on we
started out, everyone with gay -
hearts. We were supposed tid be
looking and listening "for birds
and • animals but everyone was
noisy. , The , trip through the
woods made everyone 'gay
..because they didn't want fo be
stuck at school. After driving a
of it and glued it .on the mats.
With the leftover white paper
.which were also -pretty designs,
we took sonle more construction
paper and -stuck these 'on -and
hung -them up -'o 1 the bulletin -
board.
By Verlaine Burke
Room 1
Tb rectify the• situation will
i4ot be easy but it could very
well be.enjoyable to all. in the
process. . •
While it is admitted that we
•
do .not wish to detract from 'the
character, of t`_the p prettiest
town" we should realize that the
States included California,
Florida, Illinois, • Indiana,
Georgia, Kansas, • Kentucky;--
e
M
ap
were distributed, through t'e
tourist booth, downtown office
and by mail. Nothing k but .
favorable comments were,
receivedon the . design and
general lay -out of the brochure
saidthe chairman. . • ' •,
li-
°In `conclusion, Mr. Orma1 y
stated the site used , for the
tourist booth this year and last
registered', a great number of
tourists, "...which' would. seem
to• indicate that this is art' ideal
site. With the proposal for better
facilities at this location, it could
be . a sound prophecy that_
Goderich is in for a bumper
tourist season in 1970.'x"
Also presented to council was
an: annual report ori tourism by
Miss Bea Bradford who operates
the tourist booth assisted by
Karen Such. "
The report pointed out
visitors to the area came from
such 'diverse points as -California
and England..
• The majority ofvisitors were
Canadians from the provinces of
Ontario and Qgebec and most
visitors from the United States
were from Michigan and Ohio.
Tourists arrived from Alberta,
British_Columbia,, Manitoba,
Nova -~Scotia, •New-Brunswic ,2. --
-Saskatchewan; Scotland,
England, and Germany said the
report,. -
•
Tourists " from American
AOhfct;�
Maryland, , New York,
.Pennsylvania, Texas- and West
Virginia.
Most common -questions
asked according to Miss
Bradford were," for
accommodation near.,ti a water;
.accommodation
with swjntiming pools;
Dun
museum; salt mine; salt ,plant;
beach; good places to eat; posy-
cards
os ;-cards (of views of town); riding
stables;, roller skating; antiques;
Canadianhandcraft; boat trips;
Point Farms Provincial .Park;
Harbour Park Trailer Canip;
fishing, golf course.
World -Day of Prayer willbe
observed in Dungannon. United
Church one Friday ',March 6 at
2:30 p.m. The theme for this
year will. be "Take Courage" and
a film will be;shown entitled
"The . Day Thou tvest." All
ladies -are -eordially invited to
attend.
On Monday Gary Dauphin
and friend Roger Pannebaker of
St. Helens left for Ottawa on the
first leg of their cross country
tour: They plan on working their
way to points in Canada as well
as visiting such states as Texas,
Florida, California_as well as
visiting Mexico. They hope to be
gone a ylar and use the truck
camper as their home.
' Mr. John Bere of Waterloo
visited with his mother, Mrs.
Mary Bere and family on Friday
evening and -Saturday. -
Mr, David Roulston' lay
reader of Goderich, supplied on
Sunday for the . United Church
services. As well -as the choir
itself, Mrs. Roulston and Miss
Etinice- Hoy favored. with a duet.
Mr. and Mrs. Fran Huber and
Loree of Goderich visited on
Sunday evening _ with __Mr. -.and
Mrs. Tom Park.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Spry of
Niagara Falls visited on the
weekend with Mr. Lorne Ivers.
Mrs. Ivers is still a patient in
Wingham hospital although she
is coming along very well, the
cast will be on for another week
at least. ~
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ashton'and
Marilyn of Goderich visited on
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Park and family.
Huron Canter
Satiety =Wi+f _ mee ts
SBoa rd branch; then "turned the meeting
A Meeting of the Huron Unit
of the Canadian Cancer Society
was held ate the Victoria and
Grey Trust office building in
G.dderich._
Mrs.' Gerry Ginn welcomed
members on behalf of the heist •
Ontario Division reporting a
bequest to the society of
$7,420.38 . from an estate in
Goderich.
,discusses
supply 80 percent of the capital average visitor will be seeking
used in the country and the 20 other than just a location on 'a
percent is. supplementary to fill map with its•subsequent bumper
out the gaps they cannot fill sticker. • • •
themselves. • One thing is certain, -
; In regard, to the avastage of municipalities and regions will
food • which is donated, this ih now be making themselves more
now considerably less than it .; attractive to the steady growth
used to be. At one timemuch of in tourism. Many -Will organize
our help' was in the form of major annual events , and
charity of food shipped' to,. ') .cc mplirr►errt them. • with well
starving people. ' Starvation • advertised secondalry • events.
results in moral breakdown and' "'.What -will Goderich and' Huron
food always appeared on the ..County do?
black market. ,,Unhappily there -Don't let our opportunities
are parents who would sell food, ., go to ` seed in another waning
to buy, liquor and : other sunset. "
diversions. The same thing has
happened here in respect to the
baby bonus. The situation now
is that' only a very small
proportion of the food • that is
given' to these countries goes in
the form of charitable
donations. Most of it is npw
channeled through CARE,
Id -Fooci
Program and ° goes • as
supplementary ' ; feeding ' to
schools. Scores of millions of
school children now receive one
meal a day which provides them
with some balance intheir diet,
and gives them enough foods so
that,,they• can renrai•n,•aw and
attentive .t9 'their studies. A large
amount of food going through
the World Food Program. is used .-
as- a part' payment of, wages on
construction schemes. In some
cases, rations are provided for
the worker's family as well•as for
himself.
• - It is always difficult to get
the construction story over in
competition with the critical
story. 1, thought your reply was
excellent as it was correct in all
particulars. I am very happy,
• with the arrangement .Which- is
�; growing ,up with the iocese of
Huron for the support of food
and' nutrition projects in East
Africa
woods in winter
little way we carne 'to a little
park. The two horses stopped
and " children hopped . ;off, the
sleigh and ran for tj a swings and
teeter-totters. After having a
little fun at the park we jumped
back on the sleigh and went on
with our trip. Then alt of a
sudden we saw a -bird. It was a
chickadee. We stood there "for a
few minutes and then got back
on the sleigh. We.drove 4Iong
nicely but then the time came
when we had to come home.
When the sleigh carne -to-a stop
°we jumped off and thanked Mr.
Hiedmarsh. Then the same ladies
drove us home. -
Robin Campion
Grade 5
Room 3
Rober-tsonRoundup
data.
pr�cessiii g
• .�
The Huron -Perth • County.
Roman Catholic. Separate School
Board at its meeting in St.
James' School, Seaforth,
Monday night, accepted the
recommendation 'of the Finance
and Insurance Committee 'that.
the • Board - approve a draft
print-out by the'.accounting
firm; Monteith, Monteith and
Company, Stratford of financial
statements - the • cost -of which
B. Markson, is not to exceed $450.00.
The Coach House This motion followed a'
Travel Service. ° discussion on obtaining data
processing led by , Trustee
Michael Connolly, RR 3,
'Kippen, when he reporteton a
meeting of the Finance and
- Insurance Committee -in the
ab once of the chairman ofThai
committee, • Joseph Looby,
Dublin, who is ill in hospital.
"Two trustees are to attend
the Ontario School Trustees'
Council in Toronto on February
•28. This is a salary conference.°
The Bylaw Committee of
Howard Shantz, .Stratford;
Vincent Young, Goderich; Chris
Walraven, St:Marys; and •Arthur
Haid, Britton, is to study` and
report op a copy of 'the bylaws
submitted "by the Ontario.
Separate School • Trustees,
Association.
° • A conference on
"Professional Development" is
• *.° to be 'held by the teaching staffs
of the counties of Huron -Perth"
h and - Grey -Bruce - in Formosa on
Marelr 13
A. letter from the Knights of
* Columbus, sponsors of minor
hockey for eight separate school
teas tri area around Seaforth,
Dublin and Zurich, asking for a
donation to cover. the entry fee
($15 each ' team) for playoff
games started a lengthy
discussion. Trustee Michael
Connolly asked the Board to set
a policy ori . sucll...•.`lrequests.
Trustee . Vincent Young of
Goderich said it was an extra
curricular -activity not ,really a
WO-FIDS-0-F--PRA-1-SE
This week the Goderich
Recreation , and Community
Centre Board must be busy with
a different kind of activity -
listening to words of praise it•so
well deserves. I. take this
opportunity to express our
family's appreciation. ' The
winter carnival Was a success.
Other people probably had
'their own favorite events; ours
was the torch -light parade in the
evening.
interesting program is being
planned and besides ' the two
groups already mentioned, there
will be• tumbling and rope,
climbing. Some girls „under "Mrs.
.Dowds' direction are folk
°dancing for the -audience. Kick
up your heels girls!
Two " girls' and two boys'
volleyball teams have been
chosen to play at�the. Collegiate
this weekend. They will be
entered in a volleyball
tournament. 'We all wish them,
luck! •
Our public speakers did very
well in their contests. Ernie
McMillan, Who did not place in
the hydro contest •at Glc e
yd neo ,
Yeriiteived ' a' sre'reo record, with
wieh to remember his prdgress.
Tom McGill and Eleanor
McMillan each, won second place
yyL��.pp.c at,—Lucknow in ., the Legion
+*ctnstL _,-1,
n "rt,
- Echool'1ife is cetr „hriring as
you who read this°should agree!
• Sagan Mox1ey
H. L. Trueinan
Ekecutive Director
4•
Last week I had the pleasure
of attending the First Canadian
Travel Trade Congress in
Ottawa. This Congress was a;,t
for Canada, and indeed the
world. - --
The purpose of the Congress
Was to review and improve
Canada's competitive position in'
the world tour market.
Who were eligible to attend
this Congress?,
Retail travel outlets,
wholesale travel outlets-, hotel
and motel owners, art and -craft
manufacturers, tourist
associations, transport
companies and representatives of
governmerttat all levels.
In all, over five hundred
delegates attended, some. even
„from Europe and Australia. We'
were furnished with a complete
list of the delegates registered up
4041and...this._Jlst.
remakes interestii °•"readin "The'
g g
follow° g is, the impressivelist of.,
delegates front this ('suppbsedlyry
tourist) regibile A private
Elsa Haydon
over to Mrs. M. W. Durst; acting --
president. •
She paid high trilaute to Miss
Katherine j MeGregor, late
pie ident, and held a short
methorlal service in her memory. •
The treasurer's report showed
total receipts of $2,222.93, and
the. :campaign chairman
announced the 1970 objective
for Huron as $18,501).00, with
plans ,under way, for the
campaign canvass in April. ` .
•A letter was read from
Kv
THANKS, ASHFIELD!
It has been over a month
since we blitzed Ashfield for our
Biafran' bottle -drive. . As you
might expect the greater job was
in sorting them out; but we have
finally done it. The considerable
sum of $42,00 is now being
turned over to ' UNICEF for
Biafran relief,
We would like to express:our
gratitude to The Goderich
Signal -Star, The Lucknow
Sentinel. and The~iintaiL.General
Store for their_ whole -hearted
support. Special mention of the'
'many fathers should also be
made: _Their effort in trucking
. the boys and bottles all over
Ashfield w,as . certainly
appreciated. -Last, but not least,
a warm `Thank you' to„ the
people of Ashfield for • their
generous contributions. Any
community, which expresses •a•
meaningful kneern towards its
less privileged brothers, is indeed
alive and healthy.
The Kingsbridge Boy Scouts
°
Service to Patients reports._
from . the various branches
pointed up theworthwhile work
being carried on, especially the- ="
volunteer service at the cancer
clinic in Wingham.
To keep abreast of the films
being. shown in our schools,. a
new film strip "Assignment" was
viewed. In content, it dealt with
a school project on cancer with
students studying various types
of ,cancer with latest methods of
control. m
rt
At the close of the meeting r
refreshments'were served by the
ladies of Goderich branch.
hythe Red Cross
needs your help
"Are blood donors , really used -,, haemorrhaging. As a
needed as urgently as the clinics result, 'donor's are in heavy
claim?" • - ' demand all year round.
We oftenc hear that question Nevertheless, blood does have
these days, especially when many therapeutic. uses besides
there's i blood drive in our own the treatment of haemorrhaging,.
• neighborhoods. The- answer To i - and advances in the world •of
is an emphatic yes. science are ,increasing this
• Let's find out why. • number every year. Here is yet.
First' of all, a donor can give another. reason for the never
only one unit every three ending demand for donors. The
months. That's for• medical 'Cahadian Red Cross' ' Blood
reasons. (A `unit ,consists , of Transfusion Service is one of the •
about one pint.) On the other most progressive in the world
hand, most patients needing and is employing- some of the
transfusions receive, rr►ore than latest techniques to separate
one unit. Irian exceptional case valuable blood components.
as many as 25 units of blood Let's have' a closer look at
might • be administered. One some of the medical - uses ' of
Ontario hospital reports that the• these components. ro
average... operation in which
blood n is transfused requires 5' .>
units.
Another- thing is that, for
simple reasons of age, no one
Under 17 •,or over 6, may give
blood.•And many of those of'txhe
righ.L. age 'are prevented from
doing so by one health problem
, or another. The obvious point
here is that, whereas 'everyone is
in, a position to receive blood,
by no mean's everybody can give
it. ,
A third factor is that whole
blood can be kept for only a
limited time after collection. At
.the end, of three weeks..the red
cells become too fragile for use,
THE RED CROSS IS
PEOPLE LIKE YOU
HELPING
PEOPLE LIKE YOU
school ,project: -
The Board agreed with
superintendent John Vintar's
statement that when the budget
is set the amount of money
allotted to each school for extra
curricular purposes will establish
a policy. Mr. Vintar is the
•
contact the interested parties'
relating that if the school team is
to participate the principal of
' the school concerned may make
payment from school allotment
for extra curricular activities.
A number of trustees and,
1. executive ° of ` 'the • Huron -Perth
Separate School Board will
attend a conference in the John
Diefenbaker Secondary School
in Hanover on March' 14.
Platelets, for example, are
minutercells. Today they can be
isolated and used as an effective
treatment for leukemia.
Anti -haemophilic globulin is a
blood product that can now be
separated by a -new technique. It•
is of vital importance in the
treatment of haemorphilia, a
hereditary disease` which causes
uncontrollable bleeding.
Rh immune globulin is
injected for the prevention of
haemolytic `disease of the
newborn. -
Gamrna globulin -is a plasma
fraction used as a protection
against measles arid jaundice.
Packed % red ' cells are very
and the plasma has to be effective in the treatment of
separated frons the whole blood.
After this the plasma is broken
down into fractions, some of
which can be stored away safely
for months or years. 'These
fractions have special value in
the prevention and treatment of
certain diseases, as ,we shall see.
Unfortunately, it is the red
Cells, not the plasma fractions,
' which• are of vital importance in
the' one field in ' which blood
transfusions are most commonly
G -
severe forms of anaemia.
Serum albumin is invaluable
in the treatment of shock
resulting from extensive burning.
And so the list goes on.
-The` thing is that all these
different rises have made blood
donations 'more valuable than
ever before. It means, also that
one unit can be put to several
uses.
. "So be a blood donor. Blood is
the greatest gift you can give.
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