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Goderidi residents donute
blood at Red .Cross Clinic
Goder.ich held . another ►lood donor` 011100
Wednesday, May 17 but it ap are Many Goderich
residents weren't interested. A total of only 185 of the
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t�1wn'�� 6,600 people 'registered to *nate blood.
A, man in London is known to have faireaiy donated..
at least 120 pints of blood to the Canadian Red Cross,
God
inrP erieh,, 'Wiilita
Society. And another•an,
O'Neil, 215 McDonald 'Street, is 62 years old nan
could be seen last Wednesday in the .g asum of
<Y
oderieh CollegiateDistrtetlnstitate non tug "a pint .«
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of blood. He ha's'been doing so every year si . o, 1.45°
e
Mr. O'Neil has been a Goderteh resident since 1919,
Last year. only 203 Goderieh residents made the
acrifice. At least it surpassed the 200 mark ;13»t..Kit
"
ear the°,Red Cross was hopeful for a mark closer too'
this• figure of 3oa;, fora donating blood is. from 171/2
years to age 80 years for males, and 18 years to 66.
.yearshfor females. Girls used to be able to give 1 and
at the age of 1471/2 years with their parents', consent,
but it was found • that it takes too, long for the
haemoglobin in their b,ociies to build itself up•agaln,'so. .
the age was set at 18 years, _
Mrs. Jone Marchello is. the Supervisor of Bibod
Donor Serviees1 for the . London area, ,,and Mrs,
Wallace is the co-ordinator. Mrs.. Marchello says,
they collect bloodgfrom as far as Stratfofd, Windsor;
Blenheim, Chatham, Wingham, and Stratford. The
blood is all brought back to London ' and tested for
_tis ,__ _� .,...o s , and other
.,venereal, diseases hepatitis, antibodies,
infections . The test received at the clin4ic only checks
the haemoglobin content.
Mrs. Marchello noted that for some reason in the
early part of January,the blood bank is low. She feels
the reason for this could be all the partying done
around the Christmas ,season taking up the time of
p+�aple rvho. axe�ssil�le. donors__. _ ...
Donors cah give blood every three months.
Sometimes the services have to bleed donors at odd
hours such as three a.m. Mrs. Marchello says
students are a great help in the summer months,,.
coming in to give blood. ,One London surgeon, who
performs open heart surgery, won't accept blood that
is over two hours old. Every open heart surgery':
needs 14 pints for, adults and 10' pints for children.
.Blood is used ,for many things in • the' field 'of
medicine, . such as the making. of plasma. Many
patients, such as haemophiliacs and dialysis patients
who get all of their blood changed twice a week,
depend ori donors.to keep thein alive.
As the saying goes; `"give so more will live."
The Huron County Museum
has a problem and perhaps
some 'of' our readers could
help solve it:
Over the years th-e
museum has' collected
countless .items,' as anyone
who has toured .the
establishment will verify,
and as if it weren't enough
trouble to collect then, ,,
catalogue them and display
•
them, the staff has to ■
research (on occasion) just 1
what some items are. 1
Although most of the time ■
■
they are successful in this ■
area, thesethree items have'•
a.
.everyone beat.
It's hard, to. describe the • •
objects. Actually "What you
see is what you get", as the ' �1
saaring..,goes� TJae_ top..,photo �. ■ _:��.��
shows a vice like tool' with
four grooves of "varying size. •
Ope suggestion ' was • put ■1.
forward that' the 'instrument .
was once used to press corks' 1
before-- they were, inserted .1
into bottles but no one knows 1
for sure or has ever seen one 1
before_ _
The centre item winds up, 1
as the key would indicate, and 1
when the switch `seen at it's
top is turned, 'a shaft 1
protruding'ttirough the top 1
turns fairly rapidly. It .has '
been proposed , that . the
"What's It"_was possibly a' ''
counter -top cigar lighter,,the •
kid'd seen in old-time tobacco i
stores. The spinning of the i
shaft it was suggested, •
.struck the flint. This is
'unlikely in, view of the fact
that the shaft • can easily' be
•
stopped by holding it .with the i
thumb and fore finger, •
And what's this at the ■
bottom? Ithas a hole in'the ■
■
protruding portion seen • t� i
the right and a smaller hole •
in the bowl -like portion on top ••
but what it was used for is
_still .a....myStery,. ... ■
Some supposed fpr .a time I
it.w.as.a.moldOf' some •sdtt:' It'"
does have the impression of a 1
grasshopper on the bottom of 1
the bowl but the unit does not 1
come apart. The top ` and 1
bottom are joined however 1
with a different type of metal. 1
Any suggestions? ' • ■
• Anyone who Vvotrld-care to '
guess what the `What's Its" 1
are, could contact the Signal -
Star office by phone anytime
during office hours Monday
through Friday'.
Well, Sherlock, have you
any clues?
onor is appreciated
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ood-is a preciousgift