HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1973-02-08, Page 3GODER)GH SIGNAL -STAR.' THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8. 1'a---P.AGE'.3
re. Sally MacEwan gets some instruction from teacher Jim Marlatt at GDCI Night School.
he's enrolled in the Advanced Art course and her drawing folder is filled with some fine
xamples of her ability with pencil and water color: (staff photo)
Millie Loney's typing class at GDCI Night School started off on manual typewriters at the
first of the year and now has moved -to electric model*. The next stage In' the course will be
letters, envelopes and filing. There is one gentleman enrolled in the course, but he waa ab-
sent the evening the newspaper visited the class. (staff photo)
Part of dressmaking is selecting just the right style. He -r
Mrs. Jean Legere Ibo`ks through the pattern books for th
idea she likes best to suit her purposes. Mrs. Legere wa
remodelling a dress from her closet in connection with he
studies at the Advanced Sewing Class at GDCI Nigh
School. (staff photo)
The subject is finishing cuffs and the ladies all have suggestions and ideas how it will best
be accomplished. From the left, Mrs. Shirley Surridge, Mrs. Elliott Rivett and_Instructor Mrs.
Jan Bernard talk about the best way to complete the project at hand. This is the Advanced
Sewing Class at GDCI Night School where high-fashion dressmaking and design is the
topic.(staff photo)
oundtable discussions help the students at the GDCI Night School Advanced Sewing
lass. Here the ladies enrolled chat while they work, enchanging ideas and suggestions for
ne another. (staff photo)
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Sandra Malabar, " the petite
supervisor of nurses at the
Huro_n_ County Health Unit far
the past two and one-half years
is leaving. -She begins February
19 with the Waterloo County
S
Health...UniLas supervisor of
nurses for the Cambridge area.
Miss Malabar won't leave
Huron 'without, some-. regrets.
"I liked Goderich very
much," says Miss Malabar.
"The people were most friendly
and I'm going to miss them."
She did some "reminiscing"
.... although she admittedthat
perhaps it would be� more
"professional" to use the term
"evaluate".
"However, to use the former
phrase \is more suitable ' to me
because of the warm, personal
feeling I. have towards Huron
County," said Miss Malabar.
---Shy-saTd-herassnci ion with'
the Huron County -Health Unit
has been 'ta pleasurable ex-
perience".
"It was a very fortunate
thing for me .that I fell heir to
such a capable nursing staff,"
she said. ."This was undoub-
tedly due to the guidance,
foresight and wisdom of former
nursing supervisors.
In the early 1970's, new
public health programmes were
coming into existance", she
stated. "Public health nursing
was changing rapidly. It was a
challenge to put new ideas into
practice. I have often stated
that the Huron County, Health
Unit is one of the most
progressive in the province: Let
me 'share with you some of
these innovations which have
been started since late 1969 un-
til the present.
"Well Baby Clinics held in
each'. of the sub offices have
changed from weighing, im-
munization and conferelding to
more ' extensive health sur-
, veillance", Miss Malabar
noted. "New baby scales were
purchased; they weighed in the
metric system. The.nurses were
given extensive instruction by
the former 1VIOH Dr. G.P.A.
Evans on how to give° a (nur-
sing) physical examination of
the infant. This is now carried
out at every well .;baby .clinic.".
"We initiated distraction
hearing screening tuts for in-
ay* „with our*Wholesale -Prices Wbu direct
fants." Mrs. • Shirley Steepe,
R.N., started this programme in
-January 1971," she continued.
"It has been very successful.
Our health unit has- had
visitors"„. from as far away as
Toronto and Arnprior . to see
this procedure carried out."
'Anaemia screening was in-
troduced late, in 1970," Miss
Malabar said. "Infants can
become anaemic in the early _
months of life for ,many
'"reasons. The cause could be
low iron reserves in the body
and/or inadequate iron in food.
This can impede their develop-
ment. Two Of our nurses now
carry this procedure out at the
clinics."
"Early in 1970, our obser-
vant nurses "found" a machine
which would test preschooler's
vision for musc,''imbalance as
well ' as distance,' she said.
"This was purchased and now
all 3-5 year-olds who come to
our clinics - have this service
available- to--- them, This
machine is also curd= trine iti'ri '
vision 'of kindergarten
children."
"In 1971, a discussion group
was started in the Wingham
area. .This was for mothers oft
toddlers. The purpose was to
give counsel and instruction in
family health. A nursery was
provided for :the children and
discussion was lively.' claimed
Miss Malabar.
"In 1971, classes 'for expec-
tant parents commenced," she
said. "In. the past, -classes were
attended only by the mother.
However, as this is a "family
affait ,, thee-_father.,-toca,-was--M.
vited. This has proved to be
very successful in some areas.
Expectant parent education is
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on page 4)
Instructor Millie.Loney watches as student Marilyn Jeffery taps out a lesson in her typing
class at GDCI Night School. Mrs. Loney says many of her students learned their typing
skills from scratch during night school; others, like Marilyn, are just brushing up, hoping to
get into the work force again as soon as a job opportunity comes along.(staff photo)
The youngest member of the night school Classes is 13 year old Robby Bundy shown here
getting.some basic instruction from Mrs: Lori Legg. There are about 11 enrolled in the
course in which students work with water colours and are taught to be more observant with
shapes, sizes, colours etc.; -
Jhn ' Marlatt takes a tum at the drawing pad during the Ad-.
,vancad\ Art Class at GDCI :Night School. Ths "sub jest' is the
stuffedlex
rd on the oppollte delft: With Marlatt are students
r,
(left to right) 'Salty MacEwan. Pa Imo Parsons and Dorothy
McKenzie. (staff'photo)