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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) AIN LIE MARKET LIMITED HARVESTPHOF S]F 9 OVA85LUES1-5 EXTRA.LEAN Ground Chuck LB. R3UND=SIRLOIN-T-BONE Tender Steaks LI. 1 • BONELESS - POT Roast Beef 8 Lard LBS.S c Pius 2 lbs 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 (continued 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)