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WINGIIAM ADVANCE TIMES
ANNUAL MEETING 00 WO-
MEN'S HOSPITAL'
AUXILIARY
The Twenty -Third Annual Meet-
ing of the Ladies' 'Auxiliary to the
Wingham General Hospital, was held
in the Council Chamber on Friday,
October 11th, at 3.30 o'clock,
The president, Mrs, J. Gibbons, had
charge of the meeting .
The Treasurer, Mrs. T. Smith, gave
her report as follows: Total receipts
for the year, $483,84; Expenditures,
434.46 ; added to this was $364.25,
rraised 'during the year and set aside
towards an X -Ray fund, brought the
total receipts of the year up to $848,-
09, Leaving a balance in the bank
in the General Fund of $49.38, mak-
ing a total on hand of $413.68$ Alms
Box `Collections amounted to :$1.79.
Mrs. J. A. MacLean,' convenor of
the buying committee gave a detailed.
account' of the purchases made during
the year. The sum of $247.09 was
paid' out by this committee.
Mrs. Gibbons gave a little talk on
matters that were brought up at the
Convention, and expressed her:grat-
itude to all the members for their
Auditclrs—• Messrs. T. :Ging, C. x'.
Smith.,.
The Auxiliary has just completed
a very satisfactory year, Money was
raised to help meet some of the ex-
penses in connection with the hospi-
tal work ,in the following ways. In
January, through the kindness of
Capt. Adams, who yearly donates a
night's proceeds from his picture
show, $47.00 was raised; a baking
»sale brought in $31.00; On February
7th a ,Euchre and Dance netted $135.
On April 30th, another party increas-
ed Maythe
ed the funds by $103.00, In
ladies had charge. of the' graduation
exercises, when two nurses received
their diplomas and medals, Lunch
was served to the nurses and their
friends, A collection was taken up
on this evening and brought in $34,-
75. Two delegates. were sent to the
Convention' at Chatham on October
3rd and 4th. In October of last year
the Annual fruit collection took place
over 350 jars of fruit besides vege-
tables and other donations being re-
ceived. In November Material was
i h was
he
purchased: for a quilt, w
made by some of the ladies. This
was a most beautiful piece of work
assistance during the past year. The and $263.25 realized from tickets sold.
President then vacated the chair to This money has been set aside to -
allow Election of'' Officers to take wards the purchase of an X -Ray for
place, the hospital. In September $100 was
It was moved by Mrs. MacLean,
seconded by Mrs. W. J. Henderson,
that Mrs. Craig act as chairman dur-
ing the, election of officers. Carried.
The following were 'elected:—
Honorary President -Mrs. J. Wil-
son,
President—Mrs. J. Gibbons.
Vice -President—, Mrs. W. J. Hen-
derson, Mrs. R. Vanstone and Mrs,
G. Hanna, lst 2nd and 3rd Vice -Pres-
idents.
Secretary—Mrs. A. L. MacDonald.
Assistant Secretary—Mrs. W. Log-
an Craig.
Treasurer—Mrs. Richard Clegg.
Corresponding Secretary—Mrs. W.
J. Greer.
Buying Committee—Mrs. MacLean,
Mrs. J. Wilson, Miss Adams, Mrs. J.
Gibbons, Mrs. A. J. Walker, Mrs. W.
J. Henderson.
Floral Committee -Mrs. Vanstone,
Mrs. J. Gibbons, Mrs. A. J. Walker,
Mrs. W. Burgman, Mrs. G. Spotton,
Mrs. W. J. Greer, Mrs. MacDonald,
Mrs. Fowler:
Sewing Committee -Mrs. W. Craig,
Mrs. Stewart, Mrs. McLean, Mrs.
Young, Mrs. Gowans, Mrs. Hender-
son, 'Mrs." MacDonald, Mrs. Willis,
Mrs. McKibbon, Mrs. Brackenbury,-
Mrs. A. Wilson was added in place
of Mrs. L. Young who has moved
away.
donated to this fund by the Women s
Institute of Wingham. This is a wor-
thy cause - and the members of the;
Auxiliary' are deeply grateful for this
;generous gift, and are hopeful of re-
ceiving many more in the. future.
Mrs. MacDonald, Sec'y.
Mrs. A. MacDonald read the fol-
lowing report of the United Hospi-
tal Aid Association held in Chatham
recently:--
The
ecently:—
The Sixteenth Annual Convention
of the Ontario United Hospital Aids
Association was held at Chatham. in.
the Nurses Home of Chatham Gen-
eral Hospital on October 3rd and - 4th.
After the business of billeting and.
registration had taken place, there
were ninety delegates registered. •
The morning session opened at 9.30
with the Lord's Prayer in•unison.
The President of the Convention,.;
Miss Agnes Climie, of Hamilton, wel-
comed the delegates by extending her
warmest greetings and offering a
hope for an enjoyable time in Chat-
ham.
His Worship, Mr. P. K. Morley,
Mayor of Chatham, in a short address
welcomed the visitors and presented
to them the freedom of the City.
Mr. J. j. Fultz, Chairman of the
Chatham Hospital Board also extend-
ed cordial greetings. Mr. J. A. Mc -
Nevin, on behalf of the St; Joseph's
Hospital, Chatham, stated he had been
asked by Rev. Mother Superior, to
extend greetings to the delegates and
express appreciation of work done by
Hospital Aids.
Miss Priscilla Campbell, Sup't of
Chatham General Hospital, was the
next speaker, and expressed her grat-
ification at being able to come to
this organization for helpful, assist-
ance
Mrs. R. V. Bray, Supt, of Assisting
Society of C. G. H, and Mrs, Wright,
President of Auxiliary of St, Joseph's
Hospital, Chatham, followed with
warm greetings to the visitors on be-
half of the aids which they repre-
sented.
Hospital
n ario
ro O t
Greetings m
f
Association were voiced by Mrs, Mc-
Kee, Supt. of Brantford General Hos-
pital, who 'said the Board of Direct-
ors appreciate what the "Association
h Ontario was
the
'i and that is doing,
only' Province where Hospital Auxil-
iary was looking after the welfare of
nurses. Mrs, 0. W. Rhynas, of Bur-
lington, Convenor of Advisory Com-
mittee, replied' on behalf_ of the dele-
gates. She was charmed with the
warmth and sincerity of the greet-
ings extended. She said that every
speaker ,seemed to have a.. sweeter
welcome than the last and wondered
if it was' owing to the close proxim-
ity of the Chatham sugar refinery.'
Mrs. Rhynas congratulated: Chat -
et
' 1 aid as b
e
in the
oldest
s
rte
Chat-
hamHosg
a n
in the Association with forty-one un-
broken years of service since organi-
zation.
With the permission of delegates
the minutes of the previous meeting
were taken as read.
Appointment of committees follow-
ed.
It' was moved and seconded that
the following ladies be' appointed:—
Press Committee -Mrs. Rhynas, of
Burlington,. Mrs. Bull, Toronto, Mrs.
Meehan, Chatham.°
Resolution— Mrs. Carson, Kings-
ton, Miss Coter, Brantford, Mrs.
Knechtel, Mrs. Walsh.
Nomination—Mrs. Godley, Mrs. J.
Gibbons, Wingham, Mrs. Palmer,
Hamilton, Mrs. Gray.
Dr. J. H.' Holbroke, Medical Super -
intendant of the Mountain Sanitor-
ium, Hamilton, was introduced by
Mr. Fultz. Dr. Holbroke spoke on
the handling of Tubercolosis in Great
Britain, France, Italy and Switzer-
land. He described a trip with sixty
two Canadians through rural England
then to the Continent and back to
Edinburgh and Glasgow, Scotland.
He spoke of the work done with the
Tuberculor and crippeld children of
Wales as being ahead of anything
done in Canada. In France he said
were two types of caring for Tuber-
culosis, both being up-to-date.
In Nancy the patients are cared
for in an institution made possible
by the generosity of a patriotic
French gentleman, who, at his own
expense, organized this section of
France. He spoke of always having
a wrong impression of Italy, and
credited this country as being the.
cradle of civilization, and art. Mus-
solini and his cabinet introduced
state institutions. He spoke of: 10,-
000 strangers in the City of Rome to
attend the Conference. It was most
interesting to see traces of Ancient
civilization. The opening of the Con-
gress was held in the old Hall of
Caesar on the Capitalin Hill, and the
opening address was given by Mus-
solini.
He said Switzerland had a different
type, of institution, well-equipped and
more nearly resembling -our own in-
stitution. It was a country of sun-
shine and the hospitals high up on
the mountains were an interesting
sight.
He was in favor of the Roleau sy-
stem of sun treatment for Bone Tub-
erculosis, but thought it hampered in
Chest Tuberculosis.
Canadian Sanitoria, said he, can
give as up-to-date service as Switzer-
land and better than British institut-
ions. Quebec and Saskatchewan are
away ahead of Ontario in health mat-
ters. He advocated; prevention of
disease and said 50% of cost should
be defrayed by the Province.
The organized Health department
in Russia has 75% of Doctors in pay
of the state. England is leading in
Nationalization, a change is `due.
Health said he "Should be a birth-
right, instead of a side issue."
On motion of Mrs. A. T. Edwards
.of London, a hearty vote of thanks
his ad -
was given Dr. Holbroke for 1
dress.
The morning session then adjourn-
ed and all enjoyed the bounteous
luncheon served by the nursing staff.
in the dining rooms of the nurses'
home of C. G. H.
The afternoon session began at
1.30 p.m. with reading of reports of
the different auxiliaries. These were
subject interesting, the chief
be-
ing ways and means of making mon-
ey. , Some of these were Rummage.
Sales, Dances and Card Parties, Tal-
ent money, Selling Pasteboard Bricks,
at 10c per brick, 80 bricks to a block,
this netted, $1,000.00, Superfluity Sal-
r donatingsoap,
Sal-
es, School ' children '
bushel baskets of soap• were donated
by the different rooms, soap vas af-
terwards sold. Pettey dress parties,
sunshine bags, Armistice appeal, Rose
day tag sale, baking sales, Mystery
Boors. What appealed most to the
was one auxiliary of nine members,
which raised $1842.16, a Frolic. Hope
Chest, from which. $500.00 was n'tade.
Collections from schools, talent teas,
social• evenings, a quilt contest, the
lady bringing the most money re-
ceiving the quilt,
An announcement was then made
that cars were waiting to .take the
visitors for a drive through the city,
also an invitation had been extended
by the T, Eaton Co,; for any one
wishing to attend the fashion show
held that afternoon in their store, A,
great many accepted one or the oth-
er of these invitations.
At 6.45 p.m. a reception and ban-
quet was tendered the delegates in
the Gray Convention Hall. The Hall
was beautifully decorated and the
banquet a most sumptuous one.
Speeches were delivered and the
following toasts were proposed: To
the King,' by the Toastmaster, Mr.
M. J. Fultz; The Visiting Delegates,
by Mrs. Jas. Wright, response by.
Mrs. O. W, Rhynas; Our City,.by
Mrs. A. Hicks, response by Mayor
P. K. Morley; Our Hospitals, Mr.
W. R. Lardon, response by Mr, J.
A. McNevin, K.C.; Our Hospital Aid
Association, Miss Campbell, response
by Mrs. A. 'T. Edwards, London;
Our Doctors, Mr. A. L. Thompson,
response by Dr. Jean. Vocal solos
were rendered by Mrs. W. Asher and
Mrs. L. A. Glenn. With'the singing
of Auld Lang Syne, a most enjoyable
evening was brought to a close.
On Friday at 9 a.m. registration
of delegates, after which a little get-
together chat was indulged in. The
minutes of the previous day's meet-
ing were then read by: the Secretary,
and approved.
Miss Jean Hampson, of Toronto,
gave a splendid address and demon-
stration on Occasional Theraphy.
Miss Hampson is in . charge of the
work at 'Wellesley school for Cripp-
led Children. There are three class
rooms in this school with 16 children
per room. There is: a dining room
where hot lunches are served at 15c
each. There are three teachers, a
matron and an assistant matron. Four
busses provide transportation as most
the childen� are leg cases. It costs
90c per day to bring children to
school. All grades are taught and
ages range from 6 to 20. The cases
are in three divisions, Infantile Par-
alysis, Spastic Paralysis and incurab-
les.
One boy- with paralysis of both
arms and both legs refused to take
the time front school to be operated
ort. He had an operation on one
arm during Easter holidays and an-
other at Christmas. ' Ways of over-
coming the handicaps of those child-
ren were demonstrated. For one
child footsteps were painted on the
floor and the child tried to walk in
thein. For another, small sets of
steps were built, and after many
weeks the difficulty would be over-
come. Standing on one•good foot
and kicking small wooden 'blocks
with the lame foot was quite a pas-
time. A grindstone with wool glued
on, made a shoe polisher. Mary, who
has no use of her hands works a
loom with her foot. She wove a hand
bag and won a prize at the Exhibi-
tion. Margaret's right arm was very
bad. She was taught to' pick out not-
es on the piano. At first she could
only raise the hand 5 inches, in one
year she could raise her hand 24 in-
ches.
One girl cut patterns of Linoleum
pasted it neatly to canvas, painted
dots between and hemstitched canvas
all with one left 'hand, and was mon-
ths at the work. She won second
prize at the Exhibition.
They have a mouth organ band at
the school and three out of five priz-
es were won by crippled children.
A typewriter was :used for exercising
crippled fingers. A boy with hands
turned in at the wrists works at bas-
ketry and wrists are gradually strai-
ghtening.
Spastic cases—some have to be
taught to walk, some use a baby -
walker, other crutches. Spastics
find it hard to learn to write as their
hands are very sha'lcy. They are first
taught to dress and. undress pieces
of cloth which are placed in frames,.
one has buttons and the other button
holes, extra large. After that comes
dome fasteners, theta 'hooks and eyes,
then tapes to tie and untie. By the
time the patients have mastered these
they can open and close ,their own.
garments.
Drooling at the mouth is corrected
by blowing out candles, blowing bal-
loons, whistling and chewing gum.
Two boys 16 and 18, will never be
able to walls or: write and cannot ev-
en tarn a page in a book, yet are
very bright at school work.
The incurables are the saddest., one
child with creeping paralysis` cannot
raise his hand: to his head. He will
grow. worse and can never be cured.
One boy twenty years old and in 3rd
form, is interested in sports and plays
the stock market in a small way. He
can also use the typewriter but is an
incurable.
Miss Hampson Spoke of the won-
derful work open for young girls as
occupational 'Therapists, and said ev-
al Therapy Aid. A vote of thanks
ety hospital should have Occupation -
Entertainment Committee — Mrs.
McKibbon, Mrs. W. J: Henderson,
Mrs. Clegg, Mrs. McKay, Mrs. Stew-
art, Mrs. Hanna, Mrs. MacDonald,
Mrs. Armitage, Mrs. Smith, Mrs.
Craig, Mrs. Smith, " ,Mrs. Fowler.
Alms Box Collector—Mrs. Fowler,
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was tendered Miss Hampson at the
close of her interesting talk.;
Miss Cluff of Brantford, was intro-
duced by Miss Campbell. Miss Cluff
read a report on the Convention of
the National Council of Nurses, held
in Montreal, where there were 7,000
nurses representing 34 different coun-
tries. A vote of thanks was given
Miss Cluff.
The morning session adjourned
and cars were waiting to take the vis-
itors to the Hall of. Blessed Sacra-
ment Church, where luncheon was
served by the nursing staff of St. Jo-
seph's Hospital. The large Hall was
beautifully decorated and the lunch
delightfully served. A vote of thanks
was moved by Mrs. A. T. Edwards
of London and responded to by Mrs.
Wright, Chatham, on behalf of the
Mother Superior of St. Joseph's.
After lunch cars were in readiness limit of power allowed by the govern -
to take the delegates for an inspec- ment to an amateur station.. 10 B.P.
tion of St. Joseph's Hospital. At 2 should now be heard regularly 100
pan. Mrs. A. E. Walker of Batton, miles in daytime. The station has
spoke on the history and progress of received quite a number of letters
Women's Institute. A vote of .thanks frons distant points wanting to know
was tendered Mrs. Walker. when the Sunday concerts will start.
Reports were then beard from the
various committees. The result •of the
Nomination Committee being as fol-
lows—President, Mrs. R. V. Bray, of
Chatham; Secretary-Treas.—Mrs. J.
A. McLean, Chatham, St. Catharines
was selected as the place of the 'next
annual convention.
M. MacDonald, 'Seery.
10 B.P. Programme
Thursday 7.30-8.30 — Studio pro-
gram.
Sunday 11-12.10—United Church
Service.
Tuesday 12,30-1 p.m. — Recorded
programme by Wetherall & Son.
Local station 10 B.P. is getting in
shape to begin the Fall and Winter
concerts, having installed new ampli-
fier equipment and also increased the
power which is now 25 watts, the
apples last Thursday.
Mr. James Noble on sixth Morris,
who has been in poor health for
some time, passed away on Sunday
afternoon.
AUTUMNS TANG AWAITS YOU
OUT-OF-DOORS
Why not get back witin Nature
once more?
Just now lowland and stream,
highland and forest are changing
their garb. Mother Earth is pnesent-
ing one of her prettiest shows for
those who care to journey where she
takes her magic brush and paints the
world in new hues.
What better than to forsake the
The Sunday concerts will begin on
November 3rd and will start at 4.15
p.m. The station would like to have
the towns within the range bring a
concert party to Wingham and put
on these Sunday concerts with their
own talent, there is no charge for
putting it on the air. Kincardine,
Walkerton and. Chesley have already
taken Sundays in November and
many more may be able to come be-
fore the motoring is stopped.
The Old Tymc hours will be on
the air November 7th. Other per-
iods that 10 B.P. is on the air, are
Tuesday noons; 12.80 to 1, also Sun-
MORRIS COUNCIL
Minutes of meeting held in the
Township Hall, Morris on Monday,
October 21, 1929.
Members all present. .
Minutes of last meeting read and .
approved.
The Contract of constructing the
Little Drain was given to John H.
Stevenson at $1341.50.
A petition for a municipal drain
from Wm. Pipe was accepted and the
Clerk instructed to send. a copy of
the petition to the engineer.
The following accounts were paid:
The Wingham Advance -Times .80;
Wm.. Speir, gant to Huron Plowman's
Association $25.00; Sani Orvington,
work on Hanna Drain $36.00; C. M.
Hotzman (nurse) $14.00; Dr. Lack-
ner, operation $150.00; Geo. Kelly,,
work on Blyth Creek Drain $41.70;.
Patrolmen—John Craig $215.43; J, H.
Sellers $89.66; V'ni. Craig $218.84;
Lew. Jewitt $9.50; R. D. Golley $17.-
50; T. Miller, attendance at audit.
$15:00; Rus. Sundercock $1.00; Chas,
Workman $374.00; Earl Anderson,.
painting bridge $28.70; Milton Lowe,
sideroad 25126 in Con. 4, $441.19; Jno.
Rintoul, crushing.. $221:51; W. D.
Henderson $10.00; James Peacock,
•selecting jurors $4.00; A. MacEwen,
selecting jurors $4.00, Express .55;
W. J. Henderson, selecting jurors
$4.00; John McGill, inspecting drains
$7.50.
Next meeting November 18, 1929..
•days 11 to 12 a.m. A. MacEwen, Clerk..
The wave -length of 10 B.P. is 250
meters, 1200 K.C.
ISLANDS OF ROMANCE
BELGRAVE
A concert will be given in the For-
esters' Hall, Belgrave, on Friday ev-
city for a hunting trip to the spots ening, November 8th, under the aus-
whcre Nature is changing her stage . pices of S. S. No. 5, Morris. Asp1n-
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in keeping with the seasons? The did program is being prepared, con -
thrill be primarysisting of solos, readings, a short
of the chase may ° play, drills, orchestral and other mus-
ical selections. A quartette under the
able leadership of Mr. F. J. Hill, of
Wingham, and others will also assist,
A. cordial invitation is extended td all
to attend. Admission—Adults 25c,
Children 15c.
Mrs, Scandrett is visiting with
friends in London this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Rob. McClelland, of
Denver, Col., were guests of Mr and
Mrs.; R. 'Yule, one day last week,
W. Cole and C. Wade have their
stores and houses wired; Mr. Cole has
the Delco plant and: supplies power for
both.
Ivlr, and Mrs. Gecrheart, Detroit,
visited with J. A. Brandon on Sun-
day.
Mrs. John Coulttce has returned
to her home after spending a mon-
th with friends around. Guelph,
W. Dunbar shipped acar load of
or secondary in importance. The
tang of the Autumn air is present
whatever your purpose out-of-doors.
One deep breath of it before a fra-
grant camp breakfast and yott feel
like a new man.
Get away into the, northern woods
in your familiar hreeks and jacket
and enjoy the work of a Master Ar-
tist, The reds and browns and rus-
sets and yellows yon never saw on
any canvas painted. You will re-
discover the appetite you thought
was gone. You will find a new zest
in play. Oil up the old gun and look
up your out-of-door clothes. The
Canadian. National Railways will do
the rest. Convenient -trains leave.
daily and make stops at the hunting
lodges. They will take you to the
heart of the Fall festival in a short,
time. Ally agent will give you full
particulars.
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What a vista of delightful recollec-
tions the very name West Indies op-
ens up. From early youth we have
read of them, on the pages of Treas-
ure Island, an the pages of history.
Here Britain made her first great bid
for Empire. Here Drake and . Haw-
kins and the Buccaneer Morgan
humbled the pride of haughty Spain.
Canada is now linked with these
lovely island by direct steamship ser-
vice maintained by a palatial fleet of
yacht -like tropic travel vessels.
Two services are maintanied. The
Eastern Group Service embraces cor-
al Bermuda, St, Kitts, Nevis, Antigua,
Montserrat, Dominica, St. Lucia, I3ar-
bados, St. Vincent, Grenada and
Georgetown, British Guiana.
The. Western •Group Service sail to -
Bermuda, The Bahamas and Kings-
ton, Jamaica where connection is:
made for Belize, British Honduras.
bull particulars may be 'obtained
front any Canadian National rail or
steamship agent.
Mr. William Finley Sr., left last
week for Toronto Where he wills
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spetspenda couple of months with his
'brother there.
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