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Obituaries
DAVID MACKIE GIBB
David Mackie Gibb of
Whitechurch passed away at
Wingham and District Hospital on
Sunday, June 22, 2003. He was 84.
He was the beloved husband of the
former Evelyn McIntosh. He was the
dear father of Carl and Luanne Gibb
of Wawanesa, MB, John and Judy
Gibb of Kitchener and Murray and
Colleen Gibb of Saskatoon, SK. He
will be fondly remembered by nine
grandchildren. Mr. Gibb is also sur
vived by his brothers Robert and
Harry Gibb in Manitoba; his sister,
Isabel Edwards of Seaforth, brother-
in-law Mel Jermyn, sister-in-law
Olive Jermyn of Morris Twp. and
Lois Thompson of Brussels, along
with many nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by his par
ents, David and Elizabeth (Ritchie)
Gibb, one brother and two sisters.
Visitation was held at the
McBurney Funeral Home,
Wingham, on Tuesday, June 24 from
2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
The funeral service was held in the
funeral home on Wednesday, June
25 at 2 p.m. Rev. John Neilson offi
ciated.
Interment was in Wingham
Cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers were
nephews, Bruce Jermyn, Paul
Thompson, Ren Siblock, Murray
Munro, and Carman Whytock and
Clifford Laidlaw.
Flowerbearers were three grand
sons, Ryan, Steven and Andrew
Gibb.
Dave was bom in the County of
Fife in Scotland and came to
Canada at the age of 11 in 1929. He
served in World War II as a field
mechanic with the Canadian Armed
Forces.
Dave worked at Teeswater
Creamery and Lloyd Doors in
Wingham.
From 1979 to 1989 he served his
community as councillor for Kinloss
Twp.
He will also be remembered for
his expertise in carpentry.
Dave was a member of the
Whitechurch United Church, served
as president of the Whitechurch Hall
board and Whitechurch water sys
tem. In his retired years he took
pride in acting as caretaker of the
Langside Cemetery.
Dave and his wife Evelyn cele
brated their 58th wedding anniver
sary on June 16.
Memorial donations were made to
the Whitechurch United Church as
expressions of sympathy. He will be
sadly missed by all, but by no means
ever forgotten.
MARY FLORENCE YUILL
Mrs. Florence Yuill of Brussels,
formerly of Teeswater passed away
at Huronlea on Wednesday, July 2,
2003. She was 84.
The former Florence Moore was
the wife of the late Robert (Bert)
Yuill. She was the dear grandmother
of Glenn and Gladys Yuill of
Toronto and Garry and Beatrice Yuill
of Vancouver, B.C.
Mrs. Yuill was predeceased by her
parents William and Annie
(Livingston) Moore, her son James
Yuill and by an infant daughter
Agnes May Yuill.
Visitation was at the McBurney
Funeral Home, Wingham on
Monday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
The funeral service was held at the
funeral home on Tuesday at 11 a.m.
Rev. Len Meyers officiated.
Interment was in Culross-
Teeswater Cemetery, Culross
Twp.
Memorial donations to the
Canadian Cancer Society would be
appreciated as expressions of sym
pathy.
Chemicals in smog activate immune cells
For half a century it has been
known that smog has the capacity to
kill. Now, through advances in med
ical science, the Ontario Medical
Association has been able to shed
new light on how smog actually
enters the body and causes specific
health problems.
Over the years, the OMA has been
able to count how many people have
suffered from smog’s effects and
measure those effects on large popu
lations.
It is known that asthmatics have
more frequent, severe attacks during
smog episodes but it was not known
why.
New information explains that
there are a host of chemicals in smog
that activate immune cells, causing
them to be ready to release chemi
cals into tissue.
T-ceils, the immune cells in ques
tion, react to a much smaller dose of
traditional allergen and fire off an
allergic response.
Smog affects people much like
allergens do but they also make
them more susceptible to irritation
by these allergens.
It has also been known that air
pollution plays a significant role in
heart disease but only recently has
OMA understood that the long-term
stress of some smog pollutants caus
es a chemically-induced inflamma
tion on artery walls.
This injury is immediate, but as
the artery attempts to heal itself from
these chemical bums, the result is
longrterm cellular damage and
chemical changes in the artery wall
itself.
These cells become permanently
damaged and lead to the plaque for
mation of arterial sclerosis. These
artery cells attempt to heal by chang
ing the way their own DNA builds
new cells, resulting in the replication
of the damage to new cells. These
cellular modifications change the
body’s chemistry and result in ongo
ing smog-induced damage to artery
walls.
OMA has also gained a renewed
understanding of the function of the
lung’s nerves.
The body’s airways are lined with
a dense carpet of nerves. In the
upper airways, these nerves help
people sense when they are irritated
and have to cough.
Further down in the chest, even
though this nerve stimulation isn’t
consciously felt, these nerves still
send messages to the brain to con
strict the bronchial tubes when cer
tain irritants are sensed, which usu
ally happens with allergic material.
OMA now understands that the
brain cells, which cause these reac
tions, are subjected to a myriad of
nervous impulses that are also trig
gered by smog.
Smog’s acids can send the same
type of stimulation message to our
brain cells, triggering them to send
signals to the bronchial muscles
FARM SAFETY FACT
Did you know?
((NC) - Hospitalization due to animal-related injuries indicate that horses
(46.5%) and cows (33.0%) are the most significant causes, followed by
incidents involving bulls, calves, steers and others.
Canadian Agricultural Injury Surveillance Program.
- News Canada
which constrict almost immediately,
making breathing very difficult.
OMA said in a press release that as
more studies are done, they will
improve their understanding about
the mechanics of smog’s health
impact, but no further study is need
ed to prove that smog has an impact.
The existing case against smog is
getting stronger, the press release
stated, and the need for further
actions to clean the air is clear.
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