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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1955-02-02, Page 8|Ra0 Eight The Wingham Advance-Times, Wednesday, February 2nd, 1955 President Reviewed Work of Red Cross at Gorrie Meeting A reivew of Red Cross work in Can ada was given by president, Mrs. Alex Taylor, at the annual meeting of the Corrie and District Red Cross, held on January 21st, An account of the meeting appeared in last week’s issue of the Advance-Times. Mrs. Taylor’s address was as fol lows; * "Just as far as disaster was con- FREE! DRAW WILL BE MADE on VALENTINE’S DAY FEBRUARY 14, at Noon Lucky Draw Ticket on this Hawkeye Brownie FLASH OUTFIT With every 50c or over purchase Photographic Equipment, Photo Finishing or Film! of OUR PHOTO FINISHING GOOD, OUR PRICES RIGHT. Developing your Roll 10c Prints — 116 - 620 - 120 5c Blow-ups bound in folder 7c BRING US YOUR PHOTO FINISHING TO-DAY You’ll like the results. IS Broirnif PHONE 53 WINGHAM t The "teen-ages" challenge vitality. 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It’s a high efficiency feed—extra-concentrated so that three pounds of SHUR-GAIN produces as much growth as four pounds of ordinary starter. Get YOUR Chicks off to a flying start this year— with SHUR-GAIN Chick Starter. ■ ■ s 1 ununun i nuiiLiiu LI u* =I WiNGHAM ’ ir cerned, we, in Ontario, have alwayswrites in part ‘if the beds could be felt comparatively safe, but no one ’ ' counted on ‘Hurricane Hazel’. None of us, I am sure, hearing the first re ports of floods in Toronto and sub urbs, felt great alarm* We had all seen heavy rain. But, since we have heard that the maximum rainfall re corded in 57 years previous was 3.8 inches for a 24-hour period, and the ramfall on October 15th, 1954, for the 24-Kour period was 7.2 inches.' Add to that the fact that the land was water soaked aftei* almost six weeks of continuous rain, and we can easily realize how flood situations do be come acute. The Red Cross head quarters was aware of the situation and the Toronto branch, along with eight branches surrounding the city were alerted and asked to be ready if the wind did strike along with the rain. Most of us are familiar with the terrain around Toronto. The Don Valley with the Don River running through with its many little tributa ries, and the Highland Creek on the east side; the Humber ravine with the Humber River running through and Etobicoke Creek on the west side. These we know as mere streams of short length, but a fact many of us did not realize as we have travelled to and from Toronto, is that there is a drop in altitude of between 600 and 800 feet between Bradford and To ronto. With the heavy rainfall, these streams became turbulent rivers. Well Prepared "Just to give you an idea of how well prepared the Red Cross Corps was, when the emergency arose it just took one call before the Red Cross emergency staff was in action and within 48 hours the emergency switchboard staff handled 28,000 calls”, fhe speaker said. For disastei* and defence Ontario is now divided into 29 zones. At the head of York, Peel and ' Dufferin section is General Bruce Matthews, and he soon had units set up in schools and churches. Work was made harder by the collapse of hydro and telephone lines. It was hard to get heat to those suburban places when hydro went off. Mobile tele phone units were quickly set up with the help of the Army, because now the National Defence Department at Ottawa realizes the help Red Cross is and defence and disaster units of the Red Cross and National Defence work hand in hand, It was a big task to feed and supply comforts to vic tims with almost every place under water.” Registration Difficult "As with any major disaster one of the difficul tasks is registration of the people and the answering of enquiries. Red Cross received thousands of tele grams, telephone calls and letters. Many came from other countries and some, of course, regarded people and communities not even touched by the flood. I only mention this to show how complicated conditions can be when disaster strikes. "In the first few days the Ontario division spent $50,000 on relief, drugs and supplies. Women’s work commit tee gave out $6000 in bedding and clothing and around 16,000 articles which were not on hand had to be purchased. Sinpe then the Red Cross Corps has innoculated all the chil dren in the disaster area against typhoid fever, fearing an outbreak after using the water. "Perhaps you will think by this re port that Ontario had suffered the only disaster, but just at the end of 1953 and the beginning of 1954 nearly $500,000 worth of tractors, discs, har rows, combines and 57 cases of wrenches alone had been sent to Hol land to help rehabilitate citizens who had everything washed into the sea during the floods of 1953. Also Cana da contributed over three million dol lars to European Relief Fund and this was administered by Canadian Red Cross to save administration fees.” Many People Helped “Then we think of Gaza. Maybe the name is new to us but our name is known to them because 74 large cases of food and clothing valued at over $24,000 were sent there when its popu lation of 50,000 was raised to 200,000 as refugees kept pouring in. Fifty- nine large cases valued at $19,000 were sent to Austria and Germany for flood relief along the Danube in 1954. "Millions of people were left home less from floods in India and Paki stan. Hundreds of thousands of war refugees suffered the same plight in Indo-China. These countries were reached by the Red Cross airlift, or ganized by the League of the Red Cross Societies and three large ship ments were taken free by R.C.A.F., T.C.A. and B.O.A.C. Then in Septem ber, Algiers was visited by an earth quake. Within a matter of hours, seven tons of canned food, blankets and clothing were on the way to Al giers.” Korean Aid “These are only the major disasters in the world in 1954 and as one scans the report of lesser things, one notices near the bottom 400 hemmed sheets to Korean Hospitals. No small item either! Without whole-hearted support of women these supplies would not be on the shelves when needed. . And who wouldn’t rather make a few quilts and pyjamas in the comfort of our homes than .think of the suffering in the world and we who are so fortunate, sit with idle hands! "But in all these disasters, ,you were there, through your Red Cross in your branch. The activities of Red Cross, both abroad and at home, are so varied that one could not possibly give even a portion of the items in this report. "One of the largest peace-time ac tivities of the Canadian Red Cross is collecting blood. The operation of Free Blood Transfusion Service takes 34 cents out of every dollar we give. Last year 346,000 bottles were dis tributed free to 590 hospitals in Cana da besides 100,000 bottles to armed forces. Since its inception in 1947/ over 1,200,000 bottles have been do nated. The F.B.T.S. gives full cover age in 7 out of 10 provinces. As yet, it does not give complete coverage in Ontario and Quebec. The area from Oshawa west to the lakes is not covered, but a further Area is to be opened in Ontario this year. The re mote areas were given the coverage first and it has taken time to get such a vast program iti Operation, ‘Wouldn’t it be wonderful’, she H. Mundell, Chairman Of Turnberry Board The Inaugural meeting of the Turn berry Township School Area Board was held at No. 4 school. All members were present, also Insptccor J. H. Kin- kead, Mrs. L. S. Palmer, Mr. Himba and Gordon Wray the truant officer. The secretary presided and called for nominations for chairman for the year 1955. Mundell—Kirton—That James Har die be chairman for 1955. Powejl-Hardie—That Hugh Mundell be chairman for 1955. This motion carried, Mr. Mundell then presided for the meeting, Powell-Holmes—That the secre tary-treasurer b© re-hired at a salary of $400.00. Carried. Mr. Wray gave a report on the at tendance at the school for the past year. Powell-Holmes—That Mr. Wray was re-engaged as truant officer for 1955 at a salary of $50.00. Carried. The secretary-treasurer was structed to advertise for wood. Kirton-Powell—That the secretary treasurer order the Municipal World for all members. Carried. The following correspondence was read: Mrs. L. S.'Palmer, Frank Oow- Mrs. Margaret Hasting, Christmas treats, $8.25; C. B. Hoffman, $14.75; Mrs. L, S, Palmer, $6.00. Hardie-Holmes—That meeting ad journ the next meeting to be at No. 2 school on February 17th, at 8.30 p,m, Carried, Hugh Mundell, chairman the ac- Alex Corrigan, secretary-treasurer. Professional Radiator kept empty/ "Through our Red Cross, people help people, across our street, across our nation, across the world. "Red Cross is not just the hand of mercy it is your hand of mercy, ex tended quickly and efficiently to those who need it most, "Alone there arg few of us who can help any one other than those who are close to us, but as partners in Red Cross—the greatest organization on the face of the earth today—for alleviation of suffering, we can complish much.” an Co. Insurance; the Canadian Foun dation for Poliomyelitis, Miss Isabelle Speir, R. C, Ireland. Powell-Hardie—That the following bills be paid: Teachers' salaries, care takers, transportation, . Miss Alma McMichael, Christmas treat and sun dries, $11.95; Alexander Hardware, $11.25; W. G. Dickison, Christmas treats, $25.82; Imperial Oil, $33.24; HOSPITAL BLAST DECISION HELD IN PERTH COURT Judgment was reserved in a $28,743 damage action brought by Neil Crits, 141 Rebecca Street, Stratford, against Dr. Ct E. Sylvester and Dr. L.. A. Macklin. 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