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The Kinsmen and Kinettes have been avid supporters of blood donor clinics .
The Kinette Club won the Zone award for their clothing from project in 1977
Red Cross workers
were tiekled pink at a
heeent blood donor clinic
eld in Goderich when 34Q
donors turned out to give
a pint of life. The workers
felt the main reason. the
number of honors. was
that high was the •10$
people that gave blood for
the first. time at Goderich
clinic:
Joan Ma:rchello,
. secretary 0 the Ontario
Division for Blood Donor
Recruitingfor the Red
Cross, said the majority
of the new ' donors .were
-Students _at _[�ndprich
District Collegiate
Institute. The clinic was
held at GDCI and Mar
chello said 94. teachers
and - students took time
after. .classes' to give
blood. She said the
response was about the
best the Red Cross has.
ever had from the school.
The last clinic held at
GDCIwas in November
of 1977 and 287 donors
came out. A clinic held at
North Street United
Church in the spring had
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a poor turnout At students
and Marchello said the
Red Cross felt that wets
because many students
have to cateh buses home
from schonl and couldn't
get to the North' Street
clinic and still catch their
bus.
She • saidthe .response
was very gratifying for
the Reed •Cross and cave
at 'a time when tis
organization needed L.
She said supplies of blood
were low across Canadtt-
due to outbreaks of colds
. and flu .and because -of the
polio scare that swept the
nation in the summer.
The London branch of
the' Red Cross conducts
clinics in the• Goderich
area ,twice a year and
supplies about 1,200 units
of blood a week to 32
hospitals in southwestern
Ontario. Alexandra
Marine and General
Hospital is mong those 32.
The November clinic
was sponsored --by the
Goderich Kinsmen and
Kinette Club.
Goderich club
won annual
attendance award
The Founders' at-
tendance trophy,
awarded annually to the
Kinsmen Club having the
best attendance among
Kinsmen Clubs in all
Canada, has been
awarded to the Kinsmen
Club of Goderich. The
percentage attendance at
meetings of the Goderich
club during the year was
99.5 The trophy was won
the•preceding year by the
Kinsmen Club of
Blenheim,. .Ont. ' while
before that clubs in
Western Canada were
frequent winners. The
trophy will be officially
presented . at the next
__meeting of the Goderich
Club, it is expected.
The . Kinsmen Club
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plans to hold a big
Hallowe'en costume ball
at the Goderich Pavilion
on Hallowe'en night,
October 31st. An out-
standing orchestra is
being . secured for the
occasion and elaborate
decorations will provide a
colorful setting.
Members of the
Intermediate O.H.A.
team entered by the
Kinsmen Club this season
will shortly be un-
dergoing a . physical
training program to
condition them for pre-
season hockey practices
on the artificial ice of
Wallierton's arena. Des
Roche will be coach and it
is expected that a for-
_..midable entry will be put
on ice this year.
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