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PhaSIS OH education and
ant*: Mrs. McCowan
• anfC*on patient ser;
Branch,members no
r Ma4e-dressingP; they
now Ought corn,
:. localbranch was
redlles
Vegiateta
graduate
General goy_
working back in 1858 at
Seaforth's old hospital, Scott -
Memorial.
"Miss Drape (*en the
director of nursing and
achrumstrater) Oiled me
into her office and asked me
how I'd like to be secretary
of the Cancer Society."
And she's continued all
these years as a volunteer
she says "because so many
people in our family have
died of cancer."
"I do very little, but it's
one more person working."
Mrs. McCowan, who's
known' in the Seaforth area
as a talented gardener,
knitter and needlework
artist, says the people she
has met are what she values
most about her volunteer
work. "All the volunteers,
from the top to the
grassroots, are wonderful
people. Most have been
touched in some way by
cancer."
While meetings are still
held in the local Cancer
Society's room on the third
floor of the post office, much
else has changed about how
thing that bsisn't-
is the branch's fund ,
rg lob. A campaign has
.-.111g1 every Aprii in
and over the years
chideddaffodil teas',
. door-to-door canvassing, an,
1441 .411, itti010 program,
• thiongliAC-inall, and selling
fresli:Cod.afrodus, . .
Marg McCowan
remembersthe first:Meeting
or the local branch of the •
Cancer Society. The minute
books tell her it was held on
May 22. • The founding
president, John Talbot, was
in the chair. . Treasurer
Robert W. Wright; first vice-
president J.L. Slattery;
honorary president • B.F.
Christie; campaign chair-
man Fred Willis who was
mayor at the time; second
vice Ina Scoins; and Betty
McLean in charge of service
to patients, joined Mrs.
McCowan, then Marg Platt,
on the executive. -
Others at that first
meeting . included 'Thelma
Wright, Wilma Oke, Agnes
Mason, Evelyn Wright and
Marjorie Whyte. Others who
were involved in the early
days include Norm Scoins,
Harold Whyte, Jim Doig and
Alice McConnell.
The late Mrs. McConnell
was a long-time president of -
Margaret :MeCown• Is the education chairman fOr. the
Seaforth Branch of the Canadian Cancer_Society.: sbe:Is
also serving as secretary for her 25th year In 1983 Other
%Others, of the :4eatortb, executive i#Oinde -1141
president, PATrontli*hr treasurer anqieonnueinoratteni
Jud Walker, campaign7ehairnimkGrate Titforiti, patient
services and Harvey Dolinage; transportation. (Photo by
Joanne Buchanan)
the Seaforth Branch and was
also president of the Huron
Unit of the Cancer Society.
Mrs. McCowan was
secretary of the county unit
for two years.
,The Huron Unit •now
operates an office, staffed
five days a week by Marg
Allan in Clinton --more
evidence of how the society's
role has changed. As well as
serving the public, the office
supplies brochures, tapes,
films and other educational
tools to the branches around
the county.
One of the highlights that
stands out in Mrs.
McCowan's mind after` 25
years of 'continuous in-
volvement with the Cancer
Society is the time she and
other area volunteers
Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of
the US president, Franldin
Delano. Roosevelt, speak to a
district meeting in Kit-
chener. Mrs. Roosevelt,
well-known' as a
humanitarian, had the same
attitude towards public
service as do long-time
volunteers -like , Marg
McCowan: Ws very little
but it's • one more person
working."
Children with cancer living longer
Children with cancer have
a better chance of living a
longer life today than ever
before. Research advances,
treatment by doctors, and
parents alert to early symp-
toms are making long-term
control of cancer a reality.
More than 75 percent of
children who have cancer in
the U.S. are being effectively
treated, compared with less
than 25 percent in 1971.
Why There Is New Hope
Research has discovered
new drugs which are being
used against childhood
cancers. At certain medical
centers, these drugs have
improved treatment results
dramatically.
Nineteen Comprehensive
Cancer Centers across the
country noW supply .exten-
sive information services to
the local medical communi-
ty and refer specialists to
work with local physicians in
planning treatment
rehabilitation.
What Everyone Should
Know About Childhood
Cancer
Cancer is actually rare in
children, though it is the
'chief cause of death by
disease in children -3 to 14.
Childhood cancers are dif-
ferent from adult cancers.
They tend to grow more
quickly because body tissues
are growing rapidly and the
cancer grows right along
.with them. Children most
often have cancers of the
blood, bone, brain, nervous
system and kidney. More
than 60 percent of leukaemia
cases in children, a cancer of
the blood -forming tissues,
are acute lymphocytic
where current treatment is
producing more successful
results.
For cancer in children, the
five-year survival rate can
range as high as 96 percent
for thyroid cancer and 80
percent for eye tumors.
What Parents Should Do
Parents should see that a
child has regular medical
checkups during pre-school
and school years, so that a
physician is familiar with
the development patterns of
the child. Between checkups
any, abnormal signs or symp-
toms for which there is no
obvious cause should be in-
vestigated. These include,
for example, nausea, swell-
ing, double vision, stumbl-
ing, nosebleeds, drowsiness
and listlessness.
Children's cancers are
often hard to recognize
since, like cancers in adults,
they may seem like trivial
disorders and may not cause
a specific complaint.
Parents shotild have a
healthy awareness of the
possibility of cancer and
_know about the signs and
symptoms of the main
childhood cancers. Check
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:stectomy Visiting
to -patient supPort-
- In4aVst:t.sej1::aeres:74:170 1°Ireistei4;
on41, trained 'vnlimteer
• with the doctor's permission.
SelltiOeS available to Veneer
Patients inNEED.
Drugs
Certain pain -relieving,
drugs be paid for by the
Cancer Society.
Home Nursing and
Housekeeping
Up to 336 hours of Nursing
Care, and 224 hours of
Housekeeping may be pro-
vided for patients in finan-
cialneed, whoare remaining
at home.
Ostomy Supplies, Sup-
plementary Diets and other
needs may be supplied to pa-
tients in financial need.
Transportation •
Transportation by
volunteer driver or public
conveyance for cancer pa-
tients who have no other
means of travelling to and
from treatment centres in
canvass
isness n40 -industry sectors1..:
- �ut as well as ' :r1°14;:sPeia1
Daffodil• events such as and the Ladies' I43
• 4:;!toroadook
•
The Canadian Cancer
SocieW,14400#pOttiOpagiig
member of ;inked appeals,
because its financial re,
id uree amt ieonntaa nd osre ce es etno rpc ah
-
dents are *creasing too
com-
bined 1idlY14cal1be'a;Pet tl.Y. a Cam-
paign
paign also provides an op-
portunity . for . added em-
phasis on the education pro -
grain of the Society,
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c-ANCSKRAS RESEARCH
used for direct support of.
research into the cause and
cure of cancer. Ninety-five • •
percent of the funds spent by
the National- Cancer In-
stitute of Canada are provid-
ed by the Canadian Cancer
Society. The Ontario Divi-
sion of the Cancer Society
also assists the Ontario,
Cancer Treatment and
Research Foundation in its
clinic extensionprogram:.
through an annual grant.
Door-to-door campaign
for funds planned
For the second year in a
row, the Seaforth Branch of
the Canadian Cancer Society
plans - a door-to-door cam-
paign for funds in Seaforth,
Egmondville and Har-
purhey. Judd Walker is
carnpaign chairman.
Captains in each area
(who pier their own can-
vassers) are: Harp:whey-.
John Talbot; Eginondville-
Nancy Turnbull and Prep,
Hook; north -east -Larry
Plumsteel; northwest -Ted. ,
• Cosford; southeast -Alice
Reid and Southwest -Harry
Verburg.
Will sell daffodils
After an overwhelming
success last year, the
Seaforth Branch of the
Canadian Cancer Society
plans to sell daffodils on
Seaforth's Main Street again
this spring.
It will be a one day effort,
with CGIT members from
First Presbyterian Church
doing the selling. When the
400 daffodils arrive in
Seaforth, they'll be stored in
Roth's Food Market cooler.
Then Saturday morning,
April 2, the flowers will be
available from the CGIT at
10 for $3 or20 for $5.,
Did you know?
Of all the Canadians who
are diagnosed as having
cancer during 1982, 50 -per
cent will be alive and . con-
sidered well in 1987. That's a
whole lot better than it used
to be. There Is An Answer to
Cancer...And jou Are
Helping Us Find It
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