The Goderich Signal-Star, 1982-11-24, Page 3Rotary
meets
The regular meeting of the
Goderich Rotary Club was
held on Tuesday at noon at
the Bedford Hotel.
John Lawrence, who is
presently the manager of the
Roval Bank in Goderich,
gave his classification talk.
Mac Campbell gave a
visual presentation on
International Services and
Fund Raising, already in
progress around the world.
Ray Morley outlines some
suitable activities for fund
raising in our local club.
Next week there will be a
talk on the International
Scholarship Fund and the
guest speaker will be from
Michigan.
At the meeting it was noted
that additional ac-
comodation is needed for the
exchange students who will
be coming for the weekend of
December 10-12.
Lodge
Brothers
installed
Huron Lodge no. 62,
Goderich was the recipient
of the Travelling Gavel
presented in a ceremonial
manner at its semi-monthly,,
meeting. Monday, November
15 by Noble Grand Gordon
Robinson of Wingham Lodge
no. 619.
Two Brothers were also
installed in their respective
chairs by the District-
Deplity Brother John Moffat •
andhis installing team. They
were Brother Howard
Thompson receiving a
secpnd term as Noble
Grand; and Past District
Deputy and Noble Grand,
$rother John Wilson as
financial secretary.
/ Other visiting Brothers
who attended the ceremony
included Past District
Deputy and Grand Master of
Ontario, Brother John
Broadfoot of Brucefield and
District Deputy Grand
Warden, Brother Gordon
Papple as well as, members
from Wingham, Brucefield
and Seaforth.
Brother Joe Thompson and
his corhmittee concluded the
evening with a fellowship
hour ander tasty lunch.
Will help
Santa
Santa Claus says he is
delighted that Canada Post
Corporation has chosen his
suggestion from thousands
of others recommending
ways in which the corpora-
tion could help make this
Christmas a merrier one.
In a telephone call to the
Hospital for Sick Children in
Toronto recently, Santa
spoke to R, Michael Warren,
president and chief ex-
ecutive officer, who was pre-
sent to launch the Canada
Post Santa Claus Letter Pro-
gram. Mr. Warren said that
about two months ago, a
radio commentator broad-
cast an 'open letter' to him,
urging- Canada Post to do
something special that
might enhance the true spirit
of Christmas.
"This generated," said
Mr. Warren, "thousands of
letters from people right
across the country _ in-
cluding one from a certain
gentleman' at the North Pole.
We at Canada Post feel it
meets the request, while it
gives us the opportunity to
give Santa the helping hand
he asked for.
"So, I'm happy to an-
nounce that Canada Post has
volunteered to act as Santa's
helper in his efforts to
answer the letters mailed to
his workshop at the North
Pole."
Children should write to
Santa at his North Pole ad-
dress: SANTA CLAUS,
NORTH POLE, CANADA,
110H OHO.
All youngsters are remind-
ed to be sure to mail their let-
ters early and be sure to
write their return address on
the outside of the envelope,
including . their own postal -
cttle. It 1s also important to
use' the special, North Pole
postal code HOH 0110 on
Santa's address.
"This is the time of year
when everyone - children
and adults alike - begins to
ne tuna ed b Th i cif
-Christmas,"--said. Mr_War-
ren. "The response of our
employees, pensioners and
non postal people like senior
citizens and service club
members to the Santa Claus
Letter Program has been
tremendous... We are all
pleased to be Santa's
helpers. Hopefully, this will
make Christmas a little
brighter for everyone this
year."
GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24,19#12—ri 3
If you would like the
Intensive Care Unit head nurse Mabel Clark and Sue
Gardiner, assistant director of nursing, explain the
operation and function of a new electronic thermometer to
Reg Bell and Betty Etue of Goderich Little Theatre. The
thermometer, which features a digital readout, was pur-
chased with funds donated by the theatre group. (photo by
Dave Sykes)
Traffic sign theft increases
Figures indicate it's in vogue these days to steal
traffic signs, a practice that is on the increase in the
coverage area of the Goderich detachment of the
Ontario Provincial Police.
OPP Community Relations Officer, Eric Gosse said
there has been a rash of sign thefts in the detachment
coverage area lately and many stop and yield signs
have been removed. While the signs are costly to
replace, the absence of stop and yield signs could also
lead to a serious accident.
Each stolen sign ends up costing the taxpayer about
$150 to replace. A stop sign is valued at $75 and it costs
up to $70 to have the sign replaced.
Gosse is not only concerned about the costs in-
volved, but said the thefts could lead to a serious
accident.
"The people that take these signs should consider
what could happen when that sign is removed," he
said. "The consequences could be serious for people
who are not familiar with the area and roads. Also,
the cost to replace signs is running into the thousands
and everyone pays for it."
Many of the signs are being unbolted on weekends
and undoubtedly many are now decorative fixtures in
recreation and bedrooms. Gosse points out the signs
are of little use to the public, conviction of theft
results in a criminal record.
"It seems to start in a flurry and most are taken on
weekends," he said. "We call the Ministry of Tran-
sportation and Communication as soon as we know a
sign is gone because we don't want anyone getting
hurt. The road crews usually react immediately."
"It's just a prank and the signs ,aren't good for
anything. It's a criminal offence to take a road sign
and we're trying to educate the public and we're also
watching the situation closely."
Another situation the OPP are closely monitoring is
shoplifting in area stores which has increased by 400
per cent, in the past few months. The police have laid
several shoplifting charges in the past few months
and Gosse commented that many of the articles taken
are small, cheaper items.
A person convicted of shoplifting inherits a
criminal record and even changing price tags on
items is considered theft.
Gosse said more store managers are laying
charges to try and curb the problem, a problem that
may be proliferated during the Christmas shopping
season.
Will buy ultrasound for 47,5OO
The Goderich Hospital Board has decided to pur-
chase a General Electric Ultrasound machine at a
cost of $47,500 to be paid for by the Intensive Care •
Unit (ICU) campaign funds.. '
The original quotation"•frorn General Electric for
the ultrasound machine was $102,000 and the board
had decided to cancel its purchase order and go with
a less expensive portable model. However, upon
hearing of the cancellation, General Electric offered
the board a demonstration model at the reduced cost
of $47,500.
This model has been used at some medical shows
and has a warranty of six months.
Radiologist Dick Treleaven says he prefers the
larger stationary. General Electric model to the
portable unit and states his belief that it was
"probably the best on the market today."
The purchase of the ultrasound machine will delay
the purchase of the volume ventilater until the last
quarter cash flow from the ICU campaign fund has
arrived. The ventilator is a life support piece of
•
Residents
didn't sin letter
A letter submitted to council November 15, ex-
pressing concern over the establishment of a home
for battered wives was not signed by the residents
listed in a story last week.
Peter Pocock presented a letter to council ex-
pressing concern on behalf of four neighbouring
residents, While the names of the residents were
typewritten at the end of the letter, none of the
residents had endorsed it with a signature.
The names listed on the letter were T. Peters-
Gagel, W. Legg, W. R. Alcock and Mrs. H. -Murphy.
Mr. W. Legg said that while they *ere aware
Pocock was making a presentation they had not
signed anything.
"We are not against the idea and we were not ob-
jecting," he said. "I speak for the others when I say
we are in favor off such a home but we had some
concerns on certain factors and that's all."
The letter was presented to council by Pocock and
read in open -session.
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equipment which costs approximately $8,000.
At present there isa balance of $76,000 in the ICU
campaign fund. This will pay the outstanding hold-
back fees for the architects and contractor and will
also pay for some of the ICU equipment already
purchased. Another $61,000 is due in pledges in
December and this will pay for the ultrasound and
volume ventilator. •
Money for the ICU campaign fund will continue to
come in throughout 1983 since some people made
their pledges over three years.
The first patient was admitted to the ICU on
November 17. Although it is operational, some minor
repair work remains to be done.
It is interesting to note that during the construction
of the ICU, it was discovered that a structural support
column shown on the plan of the 1957 wing was in fact,
missing. Only the cement casing was there without
the steel inside. Parker Consultants spent con-
siderable time in assessing the problem and in
arriving at a solution. As a result, they charged the
hospital an extra fee of $569.48.
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