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chronic care patients must be moved back
upstairs .., time to return our room to its
previous tenants.
A major shuffle is underway. The house
cleaning staff arrives and beds, tables, per-
sonal belongings etc. are moved. Floors and
walls are scrubbed clean.
I'm in transit. Iwander the hallway, try-
ing to keep out of everyone's way by dodging
beds and scrub mops.
A nurse scolds me for carrying my suit-
case around. "That's too heavy for you to be
lifting. You've just had surgery."
The suitcase is snatched away from me.
I'm roomless, bedless and now suitcase -
less. And how will they know where to send
my Lunch?
11:30 a.m. - Room 203. Lunch has arrived.
I'm feeling settled again and I'm pleased
o be in a semi -private room. It's much
quieter here than • I found in the four bed
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of major space"J meansa•'or shuffle for Shelley at CPH...
ward, but this room is much smaller. The
ward offered more space, even a small
locker for personal belongings. There's no
closet of any description. in this room, only
one hook for two of us to share. Here
everything, from suitcase, to housecoat, is
piled up in a corner on the floor.
1:15 p.m. - A bouquet of flowers arrives ... a
real day brightener. They're lovely, but
they wilt so quickly.
The temperature in these rooms fluc-
tuates greatly. We're either too hot or too
cold. Perhaps it's due in part to our raging
hormones, but even the nurses complain of
the temperature irregularities. The old hot
water radiators clang and bang as they
pump hot air into the rooms and we struggle
to open the windows to let some fresh air in.
Fresh air is at a premium here, par-
ticularly on weekends with the heavy flow of
visitors. Smoking is restricted to the sun
room, but by Sunday's end the entire floor is
engulfed in a blue haze of cigarette smoke.
It smells like a crowded bar room. Where's
the "hospital smell"?
They need a ventilation system in the sun
room ... better yet, a no smoking policy!
2:00 p.m. - Feeding time again. The nurse
brings our babies to "room in" with us for
the afternoon. This means that our wee ones
arrive bassinette and all for us to care for.
My room mate Doreen and I are delighted to
try out motherhood skills.
2:30 p.m. - Our husbands arrive for a visit.
Between husbands, babies and bassinettes
there's no room to move. Reluctantly we
give up on "rooming in". There's simply not
enough room!
3:30 p.m. - The maintenance fellows are
back to look at our room. It needs a new
paint job..
7:30 p.m. - Supper is over, babies are fed,
the chronic care patients have settled down
for the night. Some of the new mothers ven-
ture down the hall to the sun room. It's a
nice area and most of us appreciate the
change in scenery, but for the most part we
avoid using the sun room during the day.
The chronic care patients spend a good
part of the day in ,the sun room and many of
the new mothers find it upsetting and dif-
ficult to be with the chronic care patients.
Still, it's impossible to avoid the chronic
care patients and it's impossible not to be ,
upset by them. The poor old souls are very
sick and very ' weak. By day they sit in.
wheelchairs in the sun room. By night they
cry in their sleep.
We find ourselves talking about our own
old age, hoping that we are spared lengthy
illnesses. Good grief. We've just brought
new life into this world. Can't We find
something a little more hopeful to talk
about?
It's a bad combination - maternity and
chronic care ... hardly conducive to good
medical practice.
Separating the two wards is one of the
main ambitions of the new building and
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renovation project at CPH. It's exciting to
see the new plans for this work. The changes
will bring comfortable surrounding and up-
to-date' facilities for both the chronic care
and obstetrical departments.
There's no doubt that the community as a
whole will greatly benefit from this project.
And, with the expert medical care now
available at CPH, this hospital is bound to
become one of the leading oh' tetrical
medical centres in the country.
Currently, a major fund raising drive is
underway to raise more than $335,000 to help
finance the project. ,
For the sake of improved health care for
the whole of this community, an investment
in this project will be beneficial.
I'll be offering my financial support.
And plans for the new obstetrical wing
look so impressive I may consider paying a
return visit to CPH - in another year or two!
Early files reveal that dog Vines doubled in 1981...
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munity Hall on Monday, July 5, discussed
the progress of the plans and suggestions to,
insure adequate water supply. James
Schneider was present at the meeting to in-
quire about the progress, which seems to be
slowed down because the plans have been
misplaced.
Joe Clark Draws A Crowd - Bringing the
,goverment back to the people and,,
reinstating local initiative and community
spirit was the gist of an entertaining speech
given by Joe Clark, Federal Leader of the
Progressive Conservative party, to a crowd
of 600 when he visited the Vanastra
Shillelagh Monday evening, as part of his
south-western Ontario tour.
410 Mr. Clark said in his speech that more
responsibility should be given to the local
governments.
Bayfield Area Girl Tops At Pork Congress
- Julie Roberts, 14, of RR1, Bayfield made
an excellent showing at the Ontario Pork
Congress, held in Stratford on June 15 to 17,
and took first prize in the junior feeder
class.
Julie, who recieved $100 for her efforts,
showed eight pigs in the competition,
against three other contestants: Julie was
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25 years ago
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59 Support Separate School - According to
applications received by the town clerk,
John Livermore, 59 owners and tenants in
the town of Clinton have directed that their
school taxes be applied to the support of the
new St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Separate
School.
The three room school is being quilt at the
corner of Beech and Whitehead Streets and
will be open for use at the beginning of the
fall term in September.
Clinton On TV CKNX Focus - Clinton will
be featured by Wingham's television station
next Tuesday, July 25, in. the regular event
Focus on the Town. This annual practice of
CKNX is appreciated by the residents of
areas honored.
Taking part this time will be two
members from the Kinsmen Club of Clinton,
who will take' part in a contest "Fun and
Profit". The program should prove in-
teresting to viewers in this area.
Clinton Post Office Still Efficient – But
For How Long - The staff of the Clinton Post
Office has again earned an award svmb"
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you're
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hostess at
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of the excellence of their skills at sorting Clinton Men Commended - The follow -
mail. This is achieved by them in a building ing is from the Zurich Herald, in connection
which was built over half a century ago, with a league game between Seaforth and
when the amount of mail being sent was con- Zurich, played on the Zurich diamond. It is
siderabiy less. evident that the Clinton men did their best,
Also, the Clinton Post Office is now handl- but there is no doubt about their knowledge
ing a good deal of the sorting which used to of the game.
be done on the trains, en route from one "A word of praise must be given the um -
town to the other. pires, Hawkins and Thorndyke of Clinton,
50 years ago for the way they handled the game. Play got
July 23, 1936 under way on schedule and as a result nine
Box Owners Beware - Postmaster Counter innings were played for the first time this
asks us to say to the holders or rural mail year on the Zurich diamond. It must be said
boxes that the post office department has that the only umpiring seen here to date,
not authorized anyone to go about painting that was satisfactory, has been done by Clin-
mail boxes at the expense of the owner. It ton men."
appears that a racket of this sort has been Shoes Disappeared While Resting In Park
carried on in some parts. A man, or perhaps - Too much heat and little business pro -
two, comes along, tells the farmer that he mpted a local man to watch his store from
has been sent to brighten up the mail boxes, the vantage point of the park, as the
proceeds to do it and demands 50 cents for temperature climbed higher and higher.
the service. But he under -estimated the soothing in -
Nobody has been sent out by the depart- fluence of the park and was soon fast asleep,
ment to do this at all. When the mail box having first removed his shoes. On awaken -
needs freshening up, and it must be admit- ing he was alarmed to find his shoes disap-
ted some of them do, the owner is supposed peared. There was therefore nothing for it
to do it himself or arrange to have it done.•If but a hurried rush across the newly tarred
you own a mail box do not be fooled by any and gravelled roadway in his stocking feet
travelline slicker. to his own store, and a hurry -up call for a
pair of new shoes
75 years ago
July 20, 1911
An Assistant Appointed - At a special
meeting of the public school board held on
Monday evening, the application of Miss
Lottie Bentley of Blyth was accepted as
assistant teacher for the Model term, from
Sept. 5th to Dec. 15th, at a salary of $150 for
the term.
An Up -To -Date Farmer - What was
formerly known as the Robinson farm just
adjoining the town is being improved "out of
sight," meaning to such an extent that
passers by now scarcely recognize it as the
same old place. The latest improvements
are about the residence and the most con-
spicuous is a big, broad verandah, one of the
most valuable adjuncts to a modern home.
Mr. C. B. Middleton is active and up-to-date
and will soon have the place one of the.
model farms of the district.
Glad To See You Back - Gladly do we all
welcome Mr. W. Jackson home from a
month's sojourn in Old England.
A leader in both the social and business af-
fairs of the town, his absence was feltand
his presence is beneficial.
Welcome home. "W. J."
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