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allowance for signature, Will not be charged for, but the balance of the advertkroment.will
be ;paid at the applicable rates.
Have 74a1on Viand
just €4r the health of int t ;
The Emergency Information vial program, sponsored: by . National
Trust and promoted by area polio, forces, is one that should': be
token advantage of by all .families having a memb.r under a doe,
tor's care. During .aa 'crisis siteation in the home.; it is quite often im
possible for the poison *offering the medkol problem to proavid. am-
butanes attendants or doctors with . the p.rtinent information
n#cesssary to seenhiss%her. life. Otters on hand during the .msrg.ncy
may be too strrssed to ►.Orli such rrleveint information as sp sclal
radical pr oble ms, medications being tokens, • allergies: to drugs oft, ,
Takes for instance. o baby-sitter looking afteanf sr `e htld, who hash
taken a diabolic Solaro. The. ntrdical information may. or.may not,
hove been given. to the-- sitter. Considering. chi strsesssful' situation,
this baby-sitter may not r.call' fhas 'instructions given by they:parents.
With th* vital information - in the .merg*ney information viol, pro-'
per and tisnlsely; medication 'con ` `b. `.admin aurid' :: by;.leseler ncy
personnels
The amber vial Contains two information medical forms/ two bright
oranges adhesive stickers and instructions. The .form Aske for 'your
name, emergency contact .nausrtbesas, doctor's nom. and phone number
and speeiflc medical problems, .media shone or allergies. To tints;"form
you are asked to attach a photograph. of tine rperson: Remember no
medication is to, bei kept yin the vial., Upon npleting" `i)hr "form,'
store the vial In the refrigerator door. One orenew sticker. ht to be
stuck on the outsider of the vial and this other . is plaaced"neer the
refrigerator door handle. Emergeneayy p.reonnol have boort instrect.d
to took for these orange stickers .when .nt ring..er resldonc..
These vials may be obtained from thi Ktincardine OPP or drop in-
to The Sentinel officio. where ar supply.'has boon left. A f.vw minutes
of your time to properly fill hi. the, form. and store .In your
refrigerator may in the futoar, save prrdous time, ,If .you or on. of
your loved ones require .mergeatney cur.,. Why not have: this viat on
hand - just for the health of it? . (PLj •
Salute
to nurses
I'm ave a recast letter to Aam'Auders
made Oa blood, of way wise reiedfag
boli. Heck, I'm not a mare and the Iii.
tar from "A VI i Roder" gat my
dander" upl The War rotor* to sows
advection** for decaffeinated ties, that
:brows, all of the nurses photoInst,
a hospital maternity ward in et
havingdangling from their
necks. T e w�Ger 'felt that they only
"wear these ids to make the
statement, Hey, look at me. Fm a pro-
forsional." Give me a break. lady!
She goea on • to state that loose
stethoscopesss can be dangerous, wondering
bow many babies in that hospital have
been . hit in the head by dangling
The writer believed that She.
nurses keep their inetruments in
their pockets or at their station, asking
"how many tunes during the day does a
nurse use a anyway?"
dangerous, looseetetb� osterme th lld ladyye
writing the letter check out whether the
nurses in the adverUzement were actually
• nurses, or were they actresses; playing
the part, being directed by the producer
• Of - the commercial.' One.. can hardly
fathom the idea of a professional nurse,
working in a maternity ward, being so.
DAMIUNGS
III by Pat Livingston
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miaow ase- to leave her wtel:
— from ler neck.
Obviously the writer of the letter
wasn't a, nurse, or she would know how
many times curing tits clay nurses do bare
stEthoscapes. The idea of lowing this in-
otrinatat at their work station is *Wt.
t+►
ly ludicrous considering the number of
mils these pe'Can youeopleon their feet in a
ot a scene where the
d ctar asks his nurse to cheek the blood
pressure of a , .. , and the nurse says,
"Oh, just aIun
to my station to get mdoctor,y. eh ."«"
Nurses. are profemional and the ones l
know carry the tools of the trade. around
their neck with the end stuck in their
pocket, or the whole, aqg in their pocket.
A nurse without a tethloecope could be
compared to 0 mechanic without a
screwdriver, a reporter without a
notebook; am doctor without a prescription
a , ,. i ,. :4 : ' ' :. withouta camera, a
wi whams, a butcher
without a knife, a carpenter Wtthout a
hammer.
• If I. may be so blunt, I would Bugged
that " Virginia Riader" sit balk, take
a sip of the advertised deeaffelnated tea;
and Phone a .. PeYchiatrist. And lady,
please Make sure he has the tool of his
trade. a couch.
Ninety skaters took part in the annual
Lucknow and District Kinsmen's skate-a-
thon held last Monday. This year, Rroape
were allowed to enter and the Novice B
hockey teamhad six 'participants. The
skaters were fait esi`vitn and vigorat 19.a.m.
They were allowed a 15 minute break each
hour of skating. (Pat Livingston photo)
Police raid Lucknow and West Wawanosh homes, seize liquor
70 YEARS AGO, MARCH 11, 1920
A WELCOME CHANGE -At last there is
a break in the long spell of severe winter
weather. There has been enough sunshine
and south wind the past few days to sug-
gest
uggest the return of spring. The change will
be a most welcome one especially to
with equally y sofwith empty coal t water cisand terns
Crows and other feathered harbingers of
spring have been making their ap-
pearance during the past week.
50 YEARS AGO, MARCH 14, 1940
FAIR BOARD HEARS SWINE' CLUB
PLAN -Directors of the Lucknow
Agricultural Society met last Wednesday
with J. C. Shearer, Huron County
Agricultural representative present to ad-
dress the meeting on the subject of
Junior Clubs, as sponsored by
Agricultural Societies .
The local Society propose to sponsor a
swine club this year, open to boys from
twelve to twenty-one years of doge. A
committee was appointed in this regard
as follows: Sam Alteon, Chairman; Adam
McQueen, John McQuillan and Fred Mar-
tin. Particulars regarding the formation
and operation of the club can be learned
STa,M!M0.IRS
from members of the committee nor from
the. secretory, Joseph Agnew.
Wallace Miller, local delegate to the
Fairs' Association Convention at at Toronto, .
gave detailed andinteresting report of
POLICE ACTIVE IN COMMUNITY
OVER WEEK -END -Bruce and Huron.
County police directed their activities to.
this community over the ►neck end. The
/atter, pert of the week Provincial Officer
McCievis headed' a. sold in the Village,
the result of which charges under the
L.C.A. have been laid and we tmderntaud
are slated for hearing Friday.
' The first of the week Provincial Con-
stable l' D. McCoy, County Constable
Jennings and two Rt.C.M.P. officers raid-
ed a •farm, house on the 12 con. of West
Wawanoeh and according to a dispatch
from Goderich seized of a quantity of li-
quor, wine and beer. No still was found.
Oeeupantis of the residence are
newcomers to the district and are com-
paratively unknown. The Goderich report
states that the tenant was not home when
the place was raided, nor has he since
been seen.
ASHFIELD HOME PREY\ TO
FLAMES -The farm home of Mr. and
Mrs. Lorne Fattish, Concession 12
Ashfield was destroyed by fire, which
broke out early last Friday evening. Fire.
in thestove pipes is believed to have
caused the conftgotion.
25 YEARS AGO, MARCH 10 1x115
HURON TOWNSHIP HAS SURPLUS
OF 'mol, -Huron Township Council held
their March meethig th all members
protest. Minutes former meetings were
read and confirmed.
W.M. (Monty) .;Snider, a representative
for the Georgia Ray. Development
Association, addressed the Council et-
planing
xplaninig the work of the organization and
asked for continued mmnbersinip in it.
The application of Lloyd Lamont was
acce0,ed for Warble Fly Inspector and
the bander of John Elliott was accepted
for
supplying warble powder at $4.35 per
Council a ted Reeve Lowry and
coundlbr as Representatives
to the Georgian Bay Developmeet
Association. A report on the Good Roads
Convention was heard from Reeve Lowry
and Melville Pollock who attended the
Meeting, and Steve returned his fifty
dollar allowance as he did not attend.
The Auditors report was read and con-
sidered which showed a surplus in the
1964 operations of $6;336.59, compared to
a deficit of $2,641.94 for 1963.
11 YEARS AGO, MARCH 12, IMO
WINS MEDALAAnother Lucknow has'
brought home a medal from figure
skating competition this year. Cathy
Chisholm, Lucknow won a bronze medal
placing third in intermediates ladies free
style at the interclub Figure Skating
Competition held in Stratford on Satur-
day, March 2. Cathy placed third in her
flight to go on re she
again placed third to `win the the finals bronze.
Seven members of the Lueknow Figure
aS atin Clubtook 'part in the event which
participating. There were
216 entries in the competition.