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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1951-03-08, Page 2arricti Oigna ° • $URON OGUNTY's 'FaRElmIOST Wk7EKLY' • t 4Yixblished by Signal -Star, ,imited' ' Canada, and, Great Britatn,'$2.50 a year: to United �riptioix $•etas-�- , • 0), >c4 _< States$3,00 �,Tertisiig Rateso "request. Authorize, d aS seeon - cl a, ss mall, Post st 1 rune t► 'Ottawa. Telephone e 7 'office �e'1)a i>d Member o� �Ga'Weekly Newspapers Association, •--• •nadian' • - Weekly. QircuIation� Over2S3<ND.. ' RODE,R.TSON GrEO. Rr$TTRSD,A.T, TAR rim 8th, 1951 conditions which call for increased UN�TF.�D 'l!I'ATIQN� ,. � .., n waS es, �,�hicii need up- prices again, �}$, •' 'canning; further '.demands, for in- creased ' earu'ings, „which 'give further boost • to, apri s, , until the -cost of living .gets almost` out of bounds ' and . the dollar steadily `Shrinks , in buying power. If people could' agree to practise self-denial' in the matters of, price- ratisiZtg and,' wage demands they It ;.1.i$ mit surf rising to see cora- , piaitite ' in some United States ' t • jour7ais that other cotintries, are Et potting their Mair 'share" of ;Mort into the Korea fight. .1tf ver y tiling had gone well from the e y, beg fug; these same* : jouraals would ,have claimed it as great ,a . Now; could 'put a stopto the upward•• aehievemert for .theirunt y th tt,It is turning eut,ia tougher job spiral : in costs of living, .perhaps thtu i was foreseen,' they are glad give it a downward twist,' but''We -.ti►„.be able to find a scapegoat. . have not the good sense. of the Generous credit is due the United Irish and Will not agree ato quit States far sending help .so promptly chasing one another around the ' •fi► the relief 'of the 'South Koreans. stump. Failing voluntary agree - 'Brit int . and France for a long meat, the Government will have a to -step in and establish some kind 'Hod had had troops in. other ep of Asiaheld .oft'oomin"ti -of-eontral- �. "arta, to _. _ �_ . - a;ggressien.. Canada (with, . no 40ulrt, the full cogxuizance'of Wash.; Wton) • had been building up ,de- fence s , ins her' northern •territory in anticipation of possible Russian mattaek in 'that quarter, and had few trained men for 'the kind of • war- fare *necessary int,, Korea., This. country, however, ''was prompt in sending -gr and naval aid -and im- mediately began: the organization, rahzirtg ..:tom •s for the 'sante purpose: Other members • •,f the; , United Nations were so far away from • the scene or were so #11.'provided wh troops and 'equip- meat :that they • could send only : Scant ' assistaiiee. , Britain . was not s• low in making her . contribution' rto the' cause, '"keeping 'in Mind her :. Serious obligations on the European e•ontinent. France' is so afflicted width. internal dissension;' slid 'so intent ,upon keeping a watchful eye en Germany that little can” be ex- pected; from her. • So the United States must rely mainly . -;upon her own . efforts .for suceess in -the Korean adventure. ' • The :people of . the great republic G. Aare ,,,now- beginning to. _gain some appreciation of . the ordeal suffered by ` the Britishpeople in facing, singlehanded,-tile might of Germany and her allies in the ,two Great *ars li'efbre ,the. United States' tools a hand /a the fight:' It stool a Tong time •for our neighbors to realize that the battle for• freedom was theirs; as will. as, Britain's. It might be' well to recall events ever the 'twenty yean8 preceding the, present situation. If in 1981, v lien Japiin made •unpr rooked war upon China, the two great democratic / powers, Britain; and the. United States, had gone to the rescue, e f China the whole course of history would 'have been different. Neither 'Britain nor- the Stiites would take the sole •'responsibility of 'checking ▪ tapan, and they' 'could not agree • 'upon united action-.''psaleing .courage •frons the failure to 'protect' China, lilonssilini. latiliched his campaign *ainse- .Abyssinia, • Still the great powers , 'he'd back ;• - Hitler seized I is,opportunity, and but for British bulldog courage and tenaeity, a hideous .tyranny would have set- tled• itself .upon ,the world: ' . This, of bouree, is past . history. The ' organization of tthe • United Nations promised litter things ;for the' future, and the people of the united 'Stites .are justifjied .in look- ing to, their , fellow -nations - for , -stnited action in Meeting the Cam - monist menace. They `should not be too• Impatient,: however, ' •re- meilnbering •thefts' own reluctance, to -move en farmer occasions. • Dear Frieedri,-'-- In loix'ely hour no hope I knew ;Until there came within niy ken �, gentle nurse iterquiet blue, • An ,angel. from the V.O.N. Now, as she sits beside, my i?ed. She brings relief from eight of : pain y answer all . calla. .e ,. Countrl,,f ,Mouse Gia is ti nt has 1 con' pay),, or where a doctor y ,e epa ea, 'handcrafts,• eeeupatlonalt. nurse is trot Sallowed nursing, ant illness and Pros a pati ease (regardless ot'atbe V t tarn- 'Order Nurses r iC•I� �1 �" isit d th ti t 1�ecau 1 Soft pillow set for aching head, A ray of sunshine after: rain. , ids for np• in Canaria. She ho a. link with F1., renoe Nightingale, Who, ander Queen Victoria, _ ;; fi :nursing over prevail. ender the Department :of Health. n;.irst told the nurse recently that :'kindly Lady ; Aberdeen ` 'In those districts, their, wort ' is de t difference in the �.�; y he found a great Set over here a counterparts ju:•st1i Isicfe nursing and education teeth` of East ;Indians who grew Of what, in England -she had ween-- al work with the' patienite, but in ,up mai;ads compared with those • This order, of the kindly heart. shall eonunitnities the work • is •who had grown up' in India, and , eept where able dis- llity to has not a V.O.N. diagnose treatment. therapy!, con nem lets, care eofeeMern- "'The nurse I talked with told nae ly and chronic pat pts. is a about - a rather interesting patient excerpt from« the 1941 V:O.N. ala- �i14 Karl been cared for by zf nurse; are u 1 G O, bi The Y, � of heal report:teach p pf' her branch. She was the wife tenial . nurses:' They olaeas they aR .assistant trade ' comiuissirtnex work. They enlist'the help of the from India. She had a new baby, born in Canada, and the nurse taught her th'e Canadian' ;svay of caring for a new baby, • clotthing, diet, etc., and, the mother was ver willing to learn all°e could., :had other children who had been born_ in' India. In this .connection (hut not 'this • particular case) a families and teachthem -, to „care lfor the patients between visits. They find many opportunities; to instil the principles on Which sound Mental and rphysieall healtbl !based:* The V.O.N. do not undertake public health work where there are regular publie health • nurses employed more generalized..• he, attributed it -to the 'difference in The first• ,' a' gallant four,' set oiit ' To become a V.D.N. nurse,a girl the diet — Canad'ian• diet seemingly By .Xukon Trail in ' "NinetY4 must be a, graduate nurse, i and was produetrig better teeth.. ,This same Eightg lit nurse..�also told me about a patient ],pont*, what a ong training n Their escort found their hearts were takes. Then she must tape special! p stout, in Who had been an arthritic cripple ' ' I eourses public health work and for seven years. 'His doctor had And all the miners called them the, V.O.N.- has a limit d number prescribed one of the • so-called great." ' of -scliolarsb.ips,available or nurses wonder drugs, and the V.O.N. nurse At first, they nursed the sick . in Wishing to take the course. How- was administering it. For the first tent ever, 'all- the training 3'n the world few weeks be steered no pain, and And then in cottage hospital, cannot ''make a really successful be regained his appetite and his -Set up in frontier settlement, nurse. (Her own personality is of 'general health , was much better. And gladly met whatever°eall. paramount importance. .She .renst On accountt of the high cost of'the I, be able to put her patients: at their drug treatment twat stopped and she, And now, four hundred serve, and" ease and be at ease: herself under orecould not tell me just how perman- Ae I any and all conditions. She must ant the improvement was. . Much • sionen often' , just to give a bath. 1 .guess that is very refreshing to, one who. 3s • in bed gall the, time.: Many. ealis til are 'to career patients, often when, dressings are neees~ ary after .an operatron'. Qh, I. Could :go on and on aj�ou�t the kinds of work the nurses do, but I must SOP soon, 'One thing I, should. like to say, branches . V O. this. is s All 1�' though, have a fee for calls en patients.,, Like sP hinny other things this charge varies wltb, the their ct. Those who can afford pay .the' full fee. Those who have not,* 'tile, money pay 'what they eany apd hose who.,, are really `poor get free care:. That Means- that (the .-cost of the visit must be made' nip in some oilier Way. Usually • this takes ;the form of a Campaign for funds. In many places it is iueruded in the COP, niunityChest, but int :other place it has its own campaign. All the work of collecting is voluntary, and public- response .is good; however, they.1 nd:, that people who, have bad` the service of a V;O,N. nurse are most ready to • give when. the can- vasser comes. around`; some even have a cheque made oust waiting to he asked. Which is 4 fine testi- monial for. bath the arose and. the nursing. service. • If the time' ever comes when, you require a nurse but not full time, or you cannot afford a full-time " nurse, call on the V.O.N. If there i.s , a >braneh in your district. Of eouroe, there are some• thins tike' nurses •do not .„do, and they do get some strange'requests ! One mother !phoned in that her sick child would not amuse himself and would a n'u'rse come in and amuse him while, :she got lunch for the older children. Another mother went to'business part of each day and wanted a nurse to sit with her child while As district nurses, health their EDITORIAL NOTES And always find .an 'open door Toronto is backing down frolu acclaim,, And -though from sickn's- is , the its attempt to- annex a dozen neigh- boring municipalities.- This is one time the .wielding of the big stick didn't Work. • - Prime Jiin'ister St. Laurent says that if War can, be avoided for t1ve years the world can count upon co ns period" tit', pewee:_•"But .those dive years,. . • . «• Ontario Opposition meml;ers have been predicting a Provincial elec- tion this year. The Globe and Mail. says them will not be an election; and the Government organ probably .knows. For those who come with such •• l ch " •, .« * , This column, two weeks ago con- g'ratslated;Gederieh on 'having—.—been free from the' •"fiu" prevalent - do 'other districts. The immunity did not last, however. Many citizens have been laid 'up and 'school' at- tendance has suffered. This spring- like weather, if 'it continues, should defeat the mischievous germs. • call, They bring sweet anodyne from pain, No order yet Man cans' recall More treasured than the V.O.N. I think, as poetry, that is 'neither .great nor good,- but --it does ---tell the story of : the women in blue , , entry, the_ little. That bag, by the way, is equipped with all the things necessary for first aid, bedside ''.nursing; and. so on, and when full weighs . about eight pounds. •-That may not sound like much, but it can, get very heavy 'before the end of the 'day, particularly if the nurse is worldng, 'in `a, district ,where she has .to do a lot of Walking. The, poetry, •above, is called the •Ballad of the and. was. written by John. Murray Gibbon., I found it in a book he wrote -on' the- -history of the order. ' • The Victorian Order of Nurses was founded •in 189'T by Lady Aber- deen, . wheu Lord ,Aberdeen • was Governor-General. •of 'Canada. Lady Aberdeen wasa great admirer of Florence Nightingale and her school of nursing. The Institute of the Queen's Nurses shad been founded hi • -England to' commemorate Queen .,Victoria's Jubilee; and _she wished to : do • the same thing in OanzidaSo she ,sugg'ested to two Vancouver' ladies- (one was a Mrs. James • Macaulay) that they write her as' president of the National -Council of Women, ''urging that it It was announced an the : Legis- 1ature last • week • that expenditures sfar iinconnectin withthe Hopes commisSon oh • education 'aineunted to $290,63. . Additional esiendi- tares 'fat publishing thereport andssettling other obligation' werebe done: Appa'rently, Lady Aber - dean' could not 'jutgo stech qn, her estimated at $25,000. So nearly uown initiative and do it. The re- quest must come from' Canadian women. ' At least that isthe im-pression I got ' fronsthe look. The request , wasfollowed by many meetings in which plans were made. There: were consultations with doctors and laymen, controversies were. stirred up, and of course thele was • much • opposition to' such . a cheme. From the very. start there . were campaigns to raise funds. The first had aS an objective $1,000,000. LadyAberdeneven appealed to the school ' children—some of the readers. of this'.lebtermay remember giving some pennies to the fund.:One of • IRISH PEOPLE CONTENTED AnIrish publication is quoted thus :- In no country +for • which he had been able to get statistics„*. said Daniel - Morrissey, Irish 24tir•for, Ind t end, Corn- meree; "1i the advrafce• . pricesand living 'costs since• last aiittuarn 'been} less than It had been' in Ireland. "Rather' Artie. tpo say," he' addled,, "that the increases. recorded 'gore are only it fraction of ' . those that have occurred abroad generally."' Nr. -Morrissey said that: there was never more pros • - perity Agriculture, in ' in ' ', dnatty and, •bus�lness than ex- ed Ireland tacky. Ern- • .1iIoymeat had never been higher nor 't n'employtneut lower, and ' Ir.1sh ' people could ", get more • luerativ'er , more congenial and lam' intermittent employment thin, had been possible before. The standard of food, clothing, lousing, public.,ser%1ees• ; and amenities generally enjoyed ' by. -Vie Trish people was never Uglier the history:of the country' than today.. Many Irish fernlike were able to consume• . at meal • during' the dad mete. elt:,.,thant : a comparable nt" Iiv g lit Brl i i I elr row ter a week. "' • There is a, leer' for 'Canadians bore; The people of Ireland, ap. tOeillYk are, extent" with proSper. 41eis luminous; cad'frt. eniployrnetrt, And 's, ftur ctenc1' of ' P, d, 'el thing fUvd ghetto; 'Viler are not all ,trey - g iter get rteh qulekllt Ptitfing up Id ,mercer trily, creating the third of -a million dollars goes down the' drain' - • A discussion has been raging in the correspondence coltu sus• of The London Times as to • the combust- able qualities of the.' paper., One reader complained, ,there was• so much moisture in the sheet, that it couldn't be . used, to light a fire. Another. wrote to •say ,that The Tronas "burned beautifully and' saved wood. We lire not inviting any similar: discussion abbot The Signal- the vociferous objectors to the Star. Some no doubt • would say scheme..was Goldwin Smith of Tor it is sometimes pretty dry, while others might pronounce,. ft ' "all wet." We.,have been told, that it is excellent 'for - lining' . pantry shelves, although. that was before it .was enlarged to its present size. And a good many .people, somehow, seem to enj.oy reading it. ' • • , be as much at home where •' she Is of the work of the nurses is with met .at rthe,door uy: a -_.butler: as in env babies -and their--mothers—nnd the,, poorest • home in the district, j fathers 'tea. .Fregiietttly father is T talked with a nurse yesterday initiated 'into the mysteries of bath - who had been to those"tt o:.extremes- deg a snutll baby. Many calls are within a few hours of ,each other. made on chronics and old -age pen- . MILK .SHAT E ICE CREAM BARS and > oNEa For.that late. sn ack, visit the— Aple Room Leaf ircl 'Hi hway 21) .n • (Just off the c e, g STS.,.GODE#tIOH COR. 'iiTIC"T4RiA •AND' BROCK � �. ','The Little Place With..The Big Welcome:. e ' y o she was away. ' Another* 'phoned in to see if , the nurse would , come and give her - a tonic, and another asked for a nurse to do the ironing. However, I think the request to all requests_ was when a Voice NENT_...end.over the 'phone said:` •I wonder if yoP *'told-get_ma.naaxi.i'Sincerely, • • •• USE. iWlfEasEASY=TWICE asFASiToronto_ COUNTRY SPECIAL OFFER!. " TONI REFILL KIT 0.25• ' New TONI SPIN CURLERS New TONT CREME RINSE • .25 REGULAR, yALUE „53.50 .RA_: $27'9 ONLY limited Quantity .L BUY NOWI ' classii ed ad in The !Signal -Star • For, quick resultac-�tfy a 7t de¢ de 'Mea acngelYow to Srin .Jm ort , The Coleian Oil Heater s at its best, on cool morn- and-evenngorol �� �. myflays—then is whenitaIea'ao= light–trh = o1marr-� LINCOLN FARM WELDERS• '4 -and WELDING always in stock. W. G. SIMMONS & .,.. ,, SONS Huron Rd. Goderich Phone 1132 , -9tf You'll -enjoy clean, quick carefree ',heating with a Coleman Oil Heater -flee from dust—no ashesto cleat.. Just comfortable "warmth" of ',your night and , 'day ---•in all seasons. , Let us show . you ;the new iYtoc1els. • ..c s tone s Furnilore ".On the Broadway of Goderich" PHONE 240J • Campbell's Drug Store ARE HALF -HOLIDAYS ON TSE WAY • OUT? (Port Elgin Times) • •' The 'u erchants of London face an thitisual situation.. The largest storerlii the city has announced that it will ne lodger recognize 'the half- holiday. and will :remain open six full days each week. The- problem for otherretail, stores is todecide whether they will meet' or ignore the competition: • While half -holi- days are desirable from the .:,stand- point of small stores, if larger stores remain 'open -then all . may be forted to 'fall Alto' line. It is now trepo'rted that chain Mores are considering enlarging their staffs and' remal.n•ing open, every ' day throughout the year, Port Elgin and .other resort toins may find iIlse *4-14 r the positloir tfidt aE least during July and August, they may have to stay open to meet the keen competition from large stares act . larger centres.,.,. half- .oliday`'S' allay soon .be out Under of Florence Nightingale. ' Lady conditions. , - Aberdeen was honorary president. onto. He said .in a.. 'newspaper article that ",such -hardships and• sacrifices should not be asked -of our women as this .district nursing would .entail. On -the other:hand, lin Engl•ishran tguring" Canaria gave a ' lecture in Toronto,: the proceeds of • which 'were -to g� to the fund. Abotilt that 'time, Lord and Lady Aberdeen• visited '• the •'Waltham Trai:nin •g School for District Nurses, which was: an offshoot of Florence Nightingale's School, the first super- intendent and matron • baying studied there.. 'The • superintendent at that time was Miss 'Charlotte MacLeod, who had 'also studied there. The school rwaS in. posseee sion • of a letter from. Florence Nightingale in which she 'set forth some of her• ideals of whit ,a nurse should be.' "A good ntu'se should be, a good woman. A good woman is' one who. gives ache best of a woma --= - 'intellectual, practical, moral -340 her patients. under the orders, of a doctor. • Let us not treat nursing as a sacrifice, but as the great 'delight, of life. Let us mike nursing less, -a matter of business and more of, a calling. It iq a noble calling, but we must So; after a lot 4f '-hard •work;; planning, 'overcoming obstacles and ,raising money, the Victorian Order wag -formed with all the high ideals The'tiui yvere''to have a specific UGLY _EXTRAVAGANCE unif'o'rm, and although the general ('Wln(lsor Star) • Plan: has always been the same the That story out of Florida, telling of the tteinrist boons, Makes ,rather repulsive read'fiig in these danger-. oIis.days. 'It tells of people paying. $30 .a. bottle for whisky at night clubs, ' of $1,200,000 - a day. being -bet • at one .racetrack alone; of women toying mink -trimmed brarie :sie eS , and jewel- depurated ttooth' brushes. • . • It `denotes a frantic iplurge by people . with more • money than brains, in anticipation of grimmer' dam' ahead, when heavier taxes will rednoe orpendifig .power, . Nit it eoixres 'at ,a. 'time when men. on triall pay, are' r iskdng their live. to proleet a 'free, demoeratlie system and Wilts the whole world may be thrown into the maelstrom .of the worst wee it history. We knout all ttaurtstf dont spend like . that; emit' afford to and wouldn't if they teould. They wish calx to enjoy a quiet and hieelt'hf'ul va.eallom But. for tliose who are oar a;: i hysterical spending; spree. there,, wi be Mlle sympathy if heavy tales" curtail ,their carefree but callous etttravagezr : "• stylo has changed with the times: A look at VAN, pictures over` the years :kion proves that. For indoor duty, the ,'uniform' 'is a',blue wash dress with white apron, collar, cuffs aind the V.O.N. badge. Outdoors. the nurse wears a navy eoat and lura—felt la winter and •'Straw, yin sii'mmer. . and carries the little black bag:" .Mince V.O.N.' work is from home to home, travel hiss al- maw's been a problem. I suppose the , usual means of travel in the beginning was Horse • ,and ' buggy, Just• Sts. motor ear •is,ttt present. Ttiit of ContSe transportation visnas "wit'b, the •Matt -let'. and many .nurses triaVel t!y boat arch dog, team .in -very remote area's. And when all else drily the hawse `emits on rubbers or sfoW$hoes ot skis nntl just' woods Merit,. 1: Sappos;e many a V.O.N. tram 1'ta,s Ott en some of the nprry dligh•ts, we teed about. • Their work to Weide 'nursing. child Health, Werk eith oxt 'tstnt mothers, work wttli"il w t(*uiadiiins trace, creed, ' nationality • and color nein nothing 'te, the °ni rueL Barre of .ba:tiles, er ir'gleal eaises, lrtdastrlta. . O-RDERYOU,R CANADIAN APPROVED CHICIIS NOW! FOUR Pose BREEDS FOUR CROSSES • All breeding stock ;banded and tested for pullorum . by Inspectors of the ' Ontario Department, of. Agriculture. • The hatchery is visited regularly by In- spectors of the Dominion Department of Agriculture.- cKinley -arms Haichery Zurich, . , Ontario. -2-11' .Phone ' Hensall :697-11. • Soldiers of the .Sky P.aratcoopers of the Infinity Corps.:.. Ws! There 1,s a place in the Cana- dian Army Active Force for young men able and ' %willing to train as paratroopers -in the Royal ' Cana,- dian Infantry Corps. Alert, quick thinking, ,physically fit 'men are needed now to •become members of iaighly traihed tearis. a e , xQ be' a paratrooper, you must have have P high physical stamina, an eye y for adventure, and the ability to thine and act quickly. If you have these, qualities, then this is your, opportunity to join this .proud' company of - men - the soldiers of the sky. • • Act'today --- now, when Canada needs you. 'Report immediately for active duty and start your training a§ a paratrooper. ruit IiLEPH'04:7;ontitem that takes a entailer • part of, your builget Watt it used* to. Ita cost • hasn't gone tip as nuleh as Most other things. Abd the way it woris for you ...'the erranas -steps and worry it savesi It's always on 'the job, ready for any emergeney. In another way, too, the telephone bigger , 1,dalue today titan ever before. Now you t4in reach. twice as many penple as could ten today's big bargairts„ You can be 'tura y9ur neighbourhood wilt be served, of peopla.without servie'6 as. illicitly as possitila • Is one or our biggest and most iraportant tasks. itti; YELIIPHONE COMPANY 'OP CANADA TO ENLIST 11;611 MUST: 0.• 11.41e.a Canadian citizan or British tabled. 2. Be between 1, (Ad 30 years 3. Be single. 4. Meet Army tett requirements. '5. Valonteer,!or service anywhere. REPORT RIONT AWAY 10:" • Wallis Honig, ITioliou ChnO•fte Satnkt KINGSTON, Ont. Plc 7,14,44441 04040,, :1404410Y Ilarratke, Help make Canada .strong JOIN THE CANADIAN ARMY ACTIVE FORCE NOW!