HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-05-08, Page 19SpvinghopitaI auxiliary convention
Tissve transplants were group die
(Intended for last week). ,
By Wilma Oke
A total of 223 delegates at
tended, the annual • Spring
Conference of District 2,
Hospital Auxiliaries
Association of Ontario at Mount
Forest Monday.
Members of Louise Marshall
Hospital Auxiliary at Mount
Fprest were hostesses for the
conference held in Mount
Forest United Church with
Mrs.. Stanley E. Middleton
convener of the conference
committee.
Mrs. Orville Oke of Seaforth
presided over the day -long
conference. She said there are
6,367 members in the 20
auxiliaries in the District which
stretches from Guelph on the
east to Goderich on the west,
Mount Forest to the north and
Tillsonburg to the south.
,Three discussion workshops
I. were held in the morning
session,
In the first workshop, Dr.
James K. McGregor, a
Wingham ' surgeon and Huron
County coroner and the
president of the Huron County
Medical Association; spoke on
tissue transplants. He said as
our society matures and we are" "
more enlightened the problems
. of religion, race and our
present ethics would be
overcome and tissue • tran-
splants would .he more corn -
,mon. He discussed • the
problems .connectedwith organ
transplants such w as - Heart,
• cornea,,..blood, kidney. He told
of the pituatory .treatment for
children with growthproblems.
Dr. McGregor said he was
impressed with the .great in •
-
terest and, concern in the '
community hospitals as
manifested" in the number ,of
women who were attending the
session: He said it was very
encouraging for the medical~
staff.
Mrs. Beecher Menzies of the.
Clinton Public Hospital •
Auxiliary and a past chairman
of District Two, explained who
was who in the. District and
outline the area'covered by the
use of a map.
In the workshop on Teenage
Volunteers Mrs: F. Phillips of
South Waterloo Memorial
Hospital Auxiliary at Cam-
bridge (Galt? dealt with the
whore volunteer program .in
hospitals over 100 beds and
Mrs. Donald B. Finnie- of
Metnorial Hospital Auxiliary at
St. Marys with the program in
hospitals under 100 beds.
Mrs. D. C. Murray, Toronto,
president of Hospital
Auxiliaries of Ontario, the
luncheon speaker, spoke on
"Where will , we find the
volunteers in the future ' with
so many women remaining in
or returning to the -,work force?"
She assured the members
there should not be too much
concerned about the future. She
said:.the purpose of the Hospital
Auxiliaries remains the same,
"a sense of caring". •
She said the- changing -of
Women's.Auxilia'y Association
to Auxiliary Association or
Volunteer Association has
opened the door to men and
Ss
he said with the successful.,
candy stripers program and the
lowering of 'age acceptance,
from 16 to 14 in some hospital's
it has opened the •door to more
juniors. Changing the name to
Volunteers, or Junior V'olun-
teers• rather than candy
stripers has allowed the boys to "
.„come in and join. She said that
once the young people become
involved in hospital . and.,.
community affairs ' the
majority rarely lost their in-
terest. This will be a continuing
source of volunteers she, added.
Now that the senior men feel,
more comfortable working with
the senior Auxiliary women
, mernbers they take • a great
interest in volunteer service,
she said and they are depen-
dable , and good volunteers.
a.
They realize the good work that
they are doing_ and how much,
appreciated and needed, they . .
are and they are a continuing
source of volunteers she said.
Mrs. Murray said that
women ivho have retired also
turn to volunteer service just as
the men do and this is another
continuing source of volun-
teers. She added, "Itis not how
old you are, but how you are
old.”
Mrs. Murray concluded with
a quote from Albert Sch-
weitzer: ""I do not know what
your destiny will be,, but one
thing I know the only ones
among you who will be really
happy, are those who have
sought and found how to ser-
ve." This describes our'Ontario.•
volunteers, she said.
A tour of Louise Marshall
Hospital and the Mount Forest
Shoe Factory with a return to
'the church for tea completed
the program. ,
TheOntario Ministry of
Transportation and Com-
munications reminds motorists
that many of the, .2.5 -million'
bicycles in the province will be
on the streets and highways
now that spring has arrived.
Though , . it is one of the
smallest vehicles on the road, a
bicycle is a yehicle and entitled "
to be driven on a roadway —
.with the exception, of course, of
any multi -lane divided high-
way.
Cyclists 'are also reminded
they must obey many "of the
rules of the road, that apply to
motorists.
A spokesman for the Ministry
indicated, "If more motorists
and cyclists would'-- simply 1
follow the rules of the road, •
there would be a considerable,
reduction in the number .of f
injuries and 'fatalities on the
provincial road network."
During 1974, over 3,400 s
cyclists were injured as the
result of collisions with motor
vehicles.During the same time
45 bieycle drivers were killed. e
Bicycles should be kept in
good mechanical condition; be
the proper size for the rider; be 1
equipped with a bell, horn, or a
gong and have reflective
material on the front and rear..
When riding at night, a front s
"facing light is required. And it a
is good common sense to wear ,5
light colored clothing.
Finally, motorists should c
exercise due caution during the
bicycling season, particularly iW
at intersections and on high-
'Ways.
igh-
' ay s .
Check the "blind spot" before
turning because bicycles ar`
small enough to'be compl eiy
missed if a driver depends
entirely on a rear view mirror.
For more ,complete in-
formation, a folder entitled
for a job, and he wanted us toy
join forces and bring down the
free enterprise system, or the
Women's Christian Tem-
perance 'Uni'on, or something -of
the sort. He got a local job,
lasted a few ,, weeks,: and the
only thing we managed to put
down were a couple of beers.
Recently, I received,another
etter from an Atikokan. For
"
When people ask me about academic, such as yourself."
my column, at one point or • All the nasty words were un -
another, they usually say:. derlined.
"Boy, I bet you get a lot of . Well, I've got news for you,
And• here's a dandy, from a
fellow who has written a book.
He sent me a copy, and says:
"After you have read it, would
mail." boyo,. Any guy who has worked you consider giving it the same
Well, yes. I dp. But I don't F on the lake boats, in industry, mention in your column as was
exactly have to hire a secretary gone through a- war, engaged in _, done with Ten Lost Years? He,
to send out answers, along`"with that toughest of all free. •en- says: This , book is similar,
an autographed
selve. te roblem., bynot... newspaper '-bus � weekly • perhaps more profound.''
p ter ises, the
pbusiness, ' and ' At least he's honest. "If you'_
answering most Of my mail. As staggered through nearly 30 would, it may give., _it some
a . result, I,, frequently feel -.years of marriage- and child- extra sales impact required at
guilty, for as long as three or raising, is not exactly naive, this tune."Sorry No way. It is
four minutes. inexperienced, or sheltered. He ' a dull book.
Ninety-five per cent of my
mail is garbage, and is
'disposed of as such. Along with
the junk mail — flyers,
broadsides and special offers
that everyone gets —I get quite
a few letters from nuts.
Atikokan, Ont., seems to be a
may be 'a shattered wreck, but. _ Ah. Here's a „lively bit of
And I resent -being called an correspondence. It.'s, ,. my
academic. I'm a school, weekly news sheet from
teacher. Neither proud of it nor , ' Imperial Oil. Fifteen years ago,
ashamed of it. I don't try to at a rather bibulous reception, I
mold little twigs in the way they A met a charming young" lady
should,bend. Nor do I try to turn who worked for that company's
out a "product" that our public relations department.
breeding place of this species, so''iety will beproud of: I just • When she learned I wrote a
with apologies to all the fin ; ry, to teach younger people syndicated column, she wanted
Atikokans who, I'm sure, ` • mething • of ' what L have to know if I`d like to receive the
abound in that fine, fresh,-: earned about life. regular Imperial Oil,news.
northern community. The" fetter ' mentioned " was "Sure;" I gestured ex •
-
Years ago, I had a running signed, .butabove the sign�at"tli a pansively. "Send along
battle with some kookywas a 'fairly deSperate "You, anything. A quart of oil here, a
minister from Atikokan, rnyw"„name : ,,4l r tl , te..1„ gagpn 4as, there,; your sister 1
accused me of things I'd have "can't". underlined•, three times. if she's not busy, ' ' -
been delighted to.be.able to'do.: I should, and have you fired as Ever since, I've been getting
As I recall,be thought Ithought an atheist, womanizer, boozer that hot little item from
I was a rakerand I had to • and Marxist, but I won't.. It isn't Imperial Oil., the weekly news
convince him that I was a hoe. important. release. ' 'And'" it inevitably
Then .one summer evening, a Boy, >,liere's . another letter I kindles a little glow. In my
stranger walked into my don't quite kntW what to do fireplace.
backyard and introduced with. It's from'a chap who tells , Oh, Lordy. Here's another
himself as the former linotype me -I'm all wrong about, the great sheaf of correspondence
ope1 ator -,from the Atikokan Post Office, and then proceeds,, r from that perpettial nuisance;
paper. Hew wanted a reference : at length to tell me what a dirty the guy who had . his name
deal he got as an employee of
that moribund corpse. File it,,I
guess. He, too, can't be named.
Here's a pleasant one from a
lady 'whose daughter must live
in. sin„. or lose ber university
:grant. If she gets married, her
husband will have' to pay her
fees. "This is a blatant inequity,
in my eyes,. but a subject for
Women's ' Lib, which could
certainly use., some intelligent,
causes, fora change.
eight and ' a half pages he
belabored me about the inef-
iciehcy of private enterprise,
because of a remark I'd made,
suggesting the Canadian postal
ervice be turned over to same.
This guy agreed that the
postal service was rotten, but
he, . told . me, with ,many
xamples, that private in-
dustry, also,, is .completely,,
inefficient. I agree, man. It's
ousy. I know. I once worked for •
summer in one of North .
America's • great industries,
and I have never, before or
ince, seen such skullduggery
mong the workers r and
tupidity in management.
But what hurt, was when he
ailed my remarks a "figment
of the imagination of •a naive,
nexperienced, sheltered
"Ontario Laws and'" Your
Bicycle" is• available from the
Public Safety and Information
Branch, Ontario Ministry of
Transportation and Com-
munications, 1201 Wilson
Avenue,' Downsview, Ontario,
M3M 1J8:
changed officially to.. Mr.
Midwife. . „ --,
He is now President of an
organization, ' called Inter-
national ' Scientific Lay Non -
Medical Midwives.
Now, I" can ` swaIlow Non-
medical Midwives. But I find it
hard to" conjure up an Inter-
national Scientific Lay.'
And that's the correspon-
dende dealt with for another
week.
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