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With the summer months slowly slipping
away into September, the Branch is gradually
getting busy again. The Ladies' Auxiliary is
busy with banquets after a brief holiday and
the various committee chairmen are out
working,
The parking lot is now paved although
there is still some landscaping to be done
around the outside, and there is some talk of
painting parking lines on it to allow for
orderly parking when there are large crowds
on hand.
One night last week the Legion's three
flags were lost. The Ontario, Canadian and
Diamond Jubilee flags have disappeared.
Maybe someday those responsible will
become proper citizens and make restitution
to the community which they seem to hold in
contempt at present.
Saturday August 17 is Warriors Day at the
CNE. There will be a bus leaving Seaforth at 7
a.m. and departing the CNE grounds at 6
p.m.
Anyone interested in taking advantage of
this trip should sign their name on the list on
the bulletin board. The price is $16 and the
trip is sponsored by the Goderich Legion.
Please wear your Legion clothes and medals.
Friday night the Entertainment committee
is sponsoring a Corn Roast. This was
originally scheduled for a later date, but with
the heavy load coming up later it was decided
to hold it this week, so come on down and
enjoy the comradeship and have a feed of
corn.
Everyone reading this column must have
been made aware of the fortieth anniversary
of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
In as much as there was mass devastation of
property and a tremendous loss of life, we
should never forget the inhumane treatment
our servicemen captured in Hong Kong
received in the Japanese prison camps.
It would be interesting to know if there was
ever an apology made for the treatment of
these prisoners of war to the Canadian
people, especially to the families which lost
loved ones due to starvation and vicious
treatment. There is an interesting article in
this month's Reader's Digest on the boimbing
of Hiroshima.
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Don't forget the Diamond Jubilee banquet
on August 23. Tickets are now available but
all members will be contacted prior to the
date. There will be dancing to Lively Lou after
the banquet.
The Seniors' Golf Tournament (over 50)
will be held on Saturday August 24 at I p.m.
Anyone wishing to participate should sign
their name on the bulletin board at the
Branch. This promises to be a good day for
the old-timers.
At the going down of the sun and in the
morning we will remember them.
Gordon Scott, P. R O.
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Medical progress wonderful
BY LAURIEEits
"Palliative Care" refers to programs or
services that provide care to those patients
for whom treatment, aimed at a cure and the
prolongation of life, is no longer appropriate
but For whom therapy aimed at improving the
quality of remaining life is a primary object. It
is efficient, loving care by a multidisciplinary
team of medical, non-medical, and volunteer
care givers, working closely together to
respond to the needs of the patient and the
family, be they physical, emotional, social or
spiritpal. The term Palliation comes from the
term Palliate, which means to alleviate
(disease) without curing.
Progress is wonderful. It has brought us
new cures in medicine. People who would
have died as little as 10 years ago can be
cured and go on to live a normal life. It has
made the world smaller and news that took
months to reach us, is now only moments
away. We can now not only hear about, but
can actually see an incident which occurs on
the other side of the world. Most of the things
we term as progress are good, but with this
progress and the good derived from it, we
have had to accept disadvantages such as
pollution, et cetera.
Today's society is mainly aware of the
disadvantages, because the media and other
interest groups make sure we cannot deny
they exist. Along with the more obvious
changes in our society caused by progress,
there have evolved subtle changes in our
attitudes and values, which can often be as
disastrous as any pollution. One such change
is society's attitude about death and dying.
Death is a natural part of living, death
being the natural conclusion to life, and
grieving by the family and friends of the
deceased are natural conclusions to that loss.
Until a generation ago, every family was
familiar with death because of the closeknit
structure of the extended family and the
community. Family size was larger and
usually lived in and around the same area. It
was traditional for aging grandparents to live
with one of their children and their
grandchildren. They lived and died at home,
close to loved ones who cared for them. When
death occurred, the whole community mourn-
ed and neighbors helped with farm chores.
Surviving members remained within the
mainstream of community life.
The industrial revolution has brought
about great changes to family, and commun-
ity life and values. In today's mobile society
with increasing advances in medical teehnoogy, people living longer and government
and outside agencies performing much of the
physical and emotional and support functions
once undertaken by the family and their
immediate, community, much has A:flanged.
Death is an infrequent visitor and we have
become a death denying society. These
changes and the way our society is structured
creates many problems for the person with a
life threatening illness.
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