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This was the scene Wednesday night at Goderich District afternoon from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and then again the
Collegiate Institute when over 265 people attended the Red ' tame evening from 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. (staff photo)
Cross Blood DonorsClinic. The clinic was open Wednesday
University Hospputs
big demand on donors
Attendance at the Red Cross truck drivers. smen Club of Goderich to put
Blood Donor ClinicAeld_itt the The drivers operate the vans on this clinic, ' .1
Goderich District Collegiate In- consisting of a refrigerator The, female' branch of the
stitute on Wednesday, Novem- truck and a truck carrying the KinsMen, the Kinettes,
ber 7, was up by 55 pints from equipment. . _ organized .babysitting facilities
the_lastlinic held in May. . T -The demand of blood is great for blood donors unable to
. re out for blood," said and this centre has a list Of 30 leave their children alone.
Mrs. J: Papernick ' and .Mrs. hospitals which they must „sup- During the day, about, 20
.Auleen Collins, organizers of ply. volunteers from Goderich
the clinic in Goderichti . The area of coverage is large assisted in making coffee and
This month, the clinic collec- and they.must cover from Win- .helping those who had given
ted a little over 265 pints.. of dsor to Stratford and from Kin- blood. . i
blood during their one -day stay cardine to Simcoe. The accumulation of a large
in Godelich. . The clinic visits Goderich blhod supply is even more im-
This mobile clinic, which Out twice a year, once in May and portant now than in the past
of the London Transfusion once in November.. because of the newly construc-
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.Centre brought a staff of 12 to Mr:---Auleen 'Collins local co- ted ultra -modern University
Goderich, includes two ordinator for the clinic worked Hospital in London.
Registered- Nurses and two in conjunction With the Kin- According to Alma Wallace,
Co -Ordinator for the .London
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: e w protecti
, on wa„ for eight pints and now,
from' the University Hospital
area, the first order for blood
N
. .... , ._ ' they are using between 250 and
' 300 pints of blood per month.
f
or..t'. ers 3,000 new donors rnust be
This means that approximately
cor bik
found this year to supply thiS-
one hospital alone, ..
, . .
The Dealer ,Association feels Because University Hospital
that .problems which develop is largely a. referral institution
will be taken care of quickly to 'which many area doctors
and that few, if any, will ever send .patients for special testing "
reach the mediation committee.. ,-or care, Mrs. Wallace feels that
Should mediation be necessary, ,each municipality has a respon-
however, a group of sibility to help supply this "life
knowledgeable people will be giving!.' fluid. -,
appointed to' bring customer Mrs.. Wallace said , that she
and dealer together, listen to .. was very impressed with the
the problem and, . Tender a response given by the students
"reasonable" decision. of the area, "We.couldn't meet
Such a .decision will be bin- our quota anywhere, anytime of
ding, on the dealer. the year, if it wasn't for the
„ The Automobile Dealers'
,Association of Ontario has an -
'Pounced the institution of a
;plan which, it is hoped, will
,
Atuckly settle problems related
/to the purchase of new or used
'ctrs or trucks. W.I. Finlay,
..President okt„tre association an-
, flounced formation of the group
which is to be known as the
Consumer and Dealer
r,1Ie1ations Services.
Paul Schutz, of Goderich, a
'member of the A.D.A.O. told
,the Signal -Star he was en-
:tbused by the new project and
)oped it would serve to solve
,Inany problems which have
Risen in the past: "
"It's a good program and
'will give persons purchasing a
,car or truck an avenue of
..;recourse if the dealer has not
i.been entirely honest with
Ahem," he added.
The Dealers Association
believes the program could
become one of the most
,atgnificant in Canada as it will
Provide communication lines
between dealers' key personnel
and the buyer with a real or
;imagined problem. Should such
8. meeting not resolve the
.:11tuation to the customer's
'satisfaction a mediation com-
.
duties will take action.
When car buyers were fated
with a difficult sales or service
Problem, prior to formation of
the new service, they sought
satisfaction from one of several
sources; the government,
, V1110118 consumer associations
sired their thoughts through
lite news media. The Dealers
Association feels that none of
.theschave appeared to handle
the situation effectively.
il"As customer satisfaction is
,he foundation Of the
.14tomobile dealers' immediate
futtire success," Mr. Finely
ssid, "the Automobile Dealers
Aelociation of Ontario,
10lether with the Toronto
AUtomobile Dealers
Association, decided itwas
asstr duty and responsibility to
%tire that over 700 new car
listler members offer prompt
.ssrl courteous attention to all
like and service problems."
,he procedure a car buyer
'Mows is simple. When they
II!ks delivery of a new or Used
ot truck they will find a
Issi folder, shaped like a key,
rof(eskodie. "your Key to Happy
'14,1iA will iis't• die mimes of
tilrpnis people in the
to %%horn the buyer can
311, that mil%
kelop
students' part."
"Although we may have got-
ten more blood t his clinic than
the last one, the demand for
blood is still standing and there,
can never be enough blood
given," she said.
The next tittle the clinic visits
Goderich, they hope to collect
in excess of :300 pints. Local
citizens should keep that magic
.figtr-e in mind.
Maureen E. Reaburn, R.N.,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G.
Eric Reaburn was one of 40
graduates of Woman's
College Hospital School of
Nursing, Toronto, recently.
Maureen has accepted a
position at Groves Memorial
Hospital, Fergus.
The satirical comedy, Crawling Arnold, by the famOus cartoonist Jule* troffior,' Was
ted last week at the G.D.C.I. auditorium, when the Drama Club held their fifth Trigon. Pic-
tured above are Cheryl Elliott as Millie, and Carl LeBlanc as Arnold Enterprise. This play,
the'secOnd of the three one.act plays presented, clayish with the subject of insecurity and the
American dreamt (photo by. Warren Robinson)
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SIGNAL -STAR
126 YEAR -46
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1973 SECOND SECTION
Another successful Trigon
with a new young company
,The GDCI drama club ,has
been ih recent years noted
primarily for its annual
evening of one -act plays and its
moderately successful festival
entries.
This year marked the fifth
Trigon and the presentations
have lived up to the calibre of
past performances.
This year, the drama club,
under the expert guidance of
Warren Robinson, provided the
public with three evenings of
one -act plays, dealing with
romance, "comedy, a n_d
seriousness.
The first of their three plays
was entitled "The Importance
of Being Earnest" written by
Oscar Wilde.
Iris a Mixture of'Comedy and
romance, kept aliYe by the
many witty verbal exchanges.
The cast consisted of And'
Markson as Jack, Rob McEwen
as Algernon, Mary Burns as
Cecily, Lorraine Pettus as
Gwendolyn Nina Knight as
Lady Bracknell, Earl Salter
and Jay Tofflemeyet as Rev.
Chausable, Pat Shore as Miss
Prism, Lane played -by Robert
Vanderende and Barry Van-
derende as Merriman. Wanda
'Linner was assistant -director in
this production.
Earl *Salter, who had
brilliantly acted the part ,of the
Rev. Chausable for the first two
presentations, dislocated his
knee a few short hours before
curtain time of the last presen-
tation. However, Jay Tof-
fleineyer was able to learn the
lines ,on time for the part and
he also did a marvelous job on
the stage.
The second, _ presentation,
"Crawling Arnold"— was a
satirical comedy dealing
adeqtately with the subject of
insecurity and the American
dream.'
The cast included Cheryl
Elliott as Millie, John Adams
as Barry Enterprise, Kim Car-
ter as Grace Enterprise, Sheila
Montgomery as the beautiful
Miss Sympathy and lovable
crawling Arnold' Enterprise
played by Carl LeBlanc.
In the play "Turn, Turn,
Turn", a play specially written
for this occasion by Mr. Warren
Robinson, the main theme is
the combining of elements- of
the past wiih elements of the
future, centering around
prejudice.
.Actors in this production
were. Joanne Thompson as
Huldah, Linda Carman as
Matrix, Una Costello as
Alfreda, Jean Rutledgr'as Ed-
wina, Wanda Ltliner as
Yolanda, Linda Eicholz
Ariadne, Pauline Hall as
Laurinda, Rob McEwen as
Ephnain, Geoff Russell as
Felicien, Jay Tofflemeyer as
Gongar, Shawn Whalen as
Gamaliel, Kim Arbour as
Jared, Debbie Dunlop as
CharOsa, Laurie Kernighan as
Gweneth, Debbie Crane aS
Avaline, Judy Fisher as
Corinna,. Nora Donnelly as
Miranda, Marva Jackson as
Rowena, Maureen Matthews as
Lucinda, Ann Coulter as
Urania and Thalia played by
Nina Knight.
Names behind the sees were
in charge of lighting, John
Reinhart, Don Bedour as a
stage hand, and costuming was
taken care of by Mrs. Eleanor
Robinson and Debbie Durst.
The costume crew were
Maureen Matthews, Karen'
Hicks, Dianne Smith, Wanda
Duncan, Evelyn Bell, Pat
Craven, Fran Loglenberg,
Penny Blaisdale, Wanda Lin-
ner, Gail Elliott, Cheryl Elliott,
Kim Carter and Linda Hoff-
meyer.
The make-up department
was taken care of by Debbie
Walker, Dianne Hibbert, Chris
Klope, Teresa Begeman,
Sharon Daer and Debbie Tt1
.ner
Mar\ Ellen !Ann and Carl
Loth" ',•,, ttitharlie „f the
tickets and laihlicitt
Mr.
charge
R. Robertson Was in Kim Carter was responsible for All productions were directed
by Warren Robinson.
of special effects while' the props.
Oscar Wilde's "The importance of Being Eamest", Is a stylistic comedy which has survived
the passage of years chiefly because of the wit and lightheartedness Its characters display.
Love Is the theme, but is never more than a superficial cover for the excuse of parading the
verbal exchanges. Pictured above (standing left to right) Andy Markson, who played Jadk,
and Rob McEwen, as Algernon. Seated, on the left is Lorraine Pettus as Gwendolyn and
Mary Burns as Ceclly. (photo by Warren Robinson)
The play entitled "Turn, Turn, Turn", centered around a theme of prejudice in a world of the
future, where women dominate and the men are considered beasts. The men are Weed *0
work like animals and are kept in line using electronic power Orod ai and ate confined in
compounds. Pictured above, we have Debbie Dunlop as Chairisse and Rob McEwen as
Ephnain, meeting their father for the first time, as played by Shawn Whalen, (photo by
Warren Robinson) • ,
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