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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1985-05-15, Page 21 Page 2 --"The Wingham Advance -Times, May 15, 1985 Jean E Ilacott retires as RNA school director Jean Ellacott calls herself "a bit of a maverick" and those who have worked with her at the local hospital and nurses' training centre for the past 44-0_dd years probably would agree. This year {narks Mrs. Ellacott's retirement from nursing and her position as director at the registered nursing assistants' training centre at the Wingham and District Hospital. A retirement party was held last Wednesday evening for the "little lady" who says she has taught over 400 RNAs in her 23 -year career at the training centre. A great many of those "girls" returned to pay tribute to the woman who instilled in them a pride in their profession and a thirst for excellence. Mrs. Ellacott was born and raised in Wingham. The former ,Jean Cruickshank, she started nurses' training in 1939 at St. Joseph's Hospital, London, one week before World War II was declared. The war suddenly meant nurses were in great demand. When Mrs. Ellacott graduated in 1942 she returned to Wingham to work, but said half of her class went into the armed forces. However since she was engaged Mrs. Ellacott decided to return to Wingham and marry her husband Lloyd before he went' overseas in 1943. Those were exciting times for women. They just were entering the work force in vast numbers and taking on more responsibility than ever before, she said. Even after the war when many women returned to their homes, Mrs. Ellacott displayed an independent streak by continuing to work until 1947. She took three years off before returning in 1950 as part-time night superviser at the hospital. She held that position until 1962 when she became M's. Janet Fielding's assistant.at the RNA school. When Mrs. Fieldingretired in 1974, Mrs. Ellacott took over as director of the school and has held the position until the present. Teaching was, and is, a challenge; she said, The need for a change was why she left the 'Attica] field for the classroom in the first place, but she stayed because she enjoyed it. Over the years there has been talk of phasing out the RNA, but Mrs. Ellacott says she thinks these "bedside specialists" will endure as they have a special role to play in the modern health care system. The RNA is taught to be receptive to the patient's basic needs. That is not to say registered nurses are not also receptive to those needs, but they have the expertise in more specialized care. The two tiers work well together, she said, and complement each other. Mrs. Ellacott admits she may have been spoiled by the excellent working con- ditions she has come to know at the Wingham hospital over the P years. The staff there has been very sup- portive of they RNA school and have "bent over back - BUYING AN ANNUITY? FOR THE HIGHEST QUOTE AVAILABLE EXPERT RRSP & ANNUITY ADVICE CALL ABCANNUITIES LTD. GODERICH 524-2773 (Collect) WI -21001 MOTHER CARE * of Teeswater and the volunteers of Bruce County C.A.S. are sponsoring the * CHILD IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM * at the Teeswater Town Hall on Saturday, May 25/85 from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. * Children are everyone's responsibility * wards" to help her. The community also has been supportive of the school and the students always have been made to feel welcome here. - ' Mrs. Ellacott has reason to be proud of the local school. In a time when there is a push to have community colleges taking over the nurses' training course, she says the Wingham school produces graduates who are among the best in the province and points to, their high placement rate as proof. When asked what she will miss most when she retires, Mrs. Ellacott is quick to reply: "People". She said she will miss those she has worked with closely over the years and her young friends at the training centre. She hopes to travel with her husband, see her son Tom and his family in Ot- tawa more often, read more and work outdoors when she retires. - No one is certain who will become Mrs. Ellacott's successor at the training centre, but one thing is certain: he or -she will have a tough act to follow. Babies baptized on Mother's Day In a longtime tradition of Family Sunday and Mother's Day, five babies were presented by their parents for baptism at the morning service at Wingham United Church. A large congrega- tion that included many .-relatives of the families involved witnessed the bap- tismal service conducted by Rev. J. Rea Grant. Those baptized were Andrea Lynn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Mc- Cormick; Graham Allan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Johnstone; Ian Craig, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul McGill; Thomas Drew, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Miller; and Gregory Michael, son. of Mr. and Mrs. Jamie Stapleton. Also in keeping with the Christian Family theme, the junior choir sang "In The Circle of Each Home", the senior choir sang "When There's Love at Home" and Leanne Simpson sang "Come, Little Child" just • ' before the children were presented for baptism. Solo parts in the junior choir anthem were taken by Patty Walker and Bill Grant and' Mr. Grant chose as his. sermon topic, "The Family of God". On Monday evening, the last two films in a six -part series were shown at the church. "His Stubborn Love" and "Tough and Tender" featured Joyce Landorf and concluded the series which has been seen the last five weeks, spon- sored by the Wingham and District Ministerial Associa- tion. Church Directo THE SALVATION ARMY. Edward St., Wingham Sunday, Mpy 19 9:45 a.m. Sunday ;chop 11:00 a.m. • Family Wo,shir Service 7:00 p.m. • Salvation Meeting Everyone Welcome Monday, May 20 8:00 p.m, Home League for Ladies WINGHAM UNITED CHURCH 217 Minnie St. Sunday, May 19 9:45 a.m. • Sunday School 11 :00 a.m, • Morning Worship Minister: Rev. J. Rea Grant B.A., M.Div. Organist: Mr. Hap Swatridge Telephone: Church - 357-2961 Manse • 357-1072 Wingham PentecoBtal.Church 359 Centre Street Church 357-1340 — Res. 357-2865 Pastor: Rev. Douglas V. Whitelaw B.A. SUN., MAY 10, 1985 10:00 a.m. - Sunday School 11:00 a. m. - Morning Worship Service 7:00 p.m. - Family Service Tues., May 21, 7:30 p.m. Hazel Bonawitz Listen to "Moods and Thoughts for a Sunday" - Sundays 8 a.m. to 12 noon on FM102 St. Paul's Church (ANGLICAN) WINGHAM John Street at Centre Street THE ANGLICAN PARISH OF WINGHAM AND BELCRAVE SUNDAY, MAY 19 8:00 a.m. - Men's Communion and Breakfast Speaker - Lou Doyle "Why Drugs In Our Society?" 11:00 a.m. - Holy Communion , Nursery and Sunday School Minister: Rev. D. Madge * * * * * * * 9:30 a.m. - Trinity, Belgrave MRS. JEAN ELLACOTT, director of the Registered Nursing Assistants' training centre at the Wingham and District Hospital since 1974, was honored at a retire- ment party last Wednesday evening. Mrs. Ellacott has been associated with the school since 1962 and started working at the local hospital in 1942. Majestic Institute. meets in the library BRUSSELS -- The educa- tion and cultural activities meeting of the Majestic Women's Institute was held last Wednesday afternoon in the library with 18 members and one visitor present. Mrs. Leona Armstrong and Mrs. Margaret McLeod were the conveners in charge of the program. Mrs. Peggy Cudrnore presided and opened the meeting with the Ode and Mary Stewart Collect, followed by a poem, "Mother". Mrs. Armstrong in- troduced the guest speaker, Edwin Krauter of Ethel, who spoke about his art collec- tions and collectors' plates. - He explained the various stages in making the plates Fire board You can't run two fir departments for the price of one; and that's what itis. "If it were only twice as much it wouldn't be too bad," observed Mr. Vincent. But Mr. Crump, who had to step down from the board when he resigned his seat on the Wingham Town Council last week, but stayed on at the meeting, anyway, said the board cannot be blamed for all the costs. "We've been upgrading a lot of stuff." Turnberry Deputy Reeve Doug Fortune agreed, saying no money had been spent on the department for years, "and now we're trying todo a lot at once." Turnberry Reeve Brian McBurney sounded a not of caution, however, saying the board must keep a lid on its spending. "We're not a big fountain of money." He said it seems like just about every week the board has spent more money to appease Howick. In other business, Mr. Grasby asked about the hourly rate for fighting fires. He said Morris council is wondering why the Wingham department charges $675 an hour when Blyth charges $250 and Brussels $200. Mr. Fortune explained that the board had decided a couple of years ago to base firefighting charges on the previous year's costs, hoping this would reduce or eliminate the year-end deficit. "it should be just a case of pay now or pay later," ob- served Howick Councillor John Jacques, saying it should balance out at the end of the year". Mr. Stafford, on the other hand, said that when the charges get that high, ".if you get a few fires in the town- ship someone's going to be picking up the lion's share of the cost of running the department, and it's not really fair." However Mr. Vincent agreed with Mr. Jacques, saying things should even out in the end. "It looks real bad now, but I think maybe let things ride and it will even out by fall." Byron Adams, board secretary -treasurer, report- ed that the charges for fire calls last year covered about half the cost of operating the department. and said he has produced his first plate in a series of four and the second one will be on the market shortly. His talk was very interesting and informative. Mrs. McLeod gave an interesting motto: "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder". The roll call, "A man's life is richer or poorer in proportion to the number of things ,he finds beautiful — name one," was well an- swered. It was decided to make a donation of $20 to the agricultural society. The Institute will host the Sep- tember meeting of the Huron County Historical Society. Mrs. Armstrong led a sing- song, accompanied by Mrs. Wilma Hemingway. Mrs. Edna McLellan gave a report on the RSVP Seminar she tt ded Friendship — two cents for every picture- hanging in each lady's home — were collected. Mrs. Doris McCall thanked those who helped with the cancer campaign. The next meeting is to be a tour of the Spinrite Factory at Listowel. a en . Pennies for e A "real spirit of co-opera- tion" exists between the Huron County board of education and the Huron - Perth Roman Catholic separate school board. Trustee John Jewitt, chairman of the separate school extension committee, said he is proud of the way his committee and its coun- terpart with the separate school board are working to- gether. The committee has met twice, once by itself and once with the Huron -Perth school board's committee. At that meeting, the Catholic school board committee presented. its tentative plan which calls for sharing facilities at Central Huron Secondary school in Clinton. This would house Huron's Catholic high school students. Director of education Bob Allan said the board will make its impact statement at its June meeting. This statement will estimate the effect of a Catholic . high school in Huron on the present five public schools in the county. The committee states in its report that while it prefers the Catholic school board not set up a high school, it has agreed to co-operate. Other alternatives to a Catholic high schooldis- cussed by the public school board committee include adding religious education as a credit, the school within a school concept, and changing an existing public high school to a Catholic high school. Institute holds final euchre BRUSSELS—The Majestic Women's Institute held a euchre party in the library last Monday with six tables in play. Mrs. Freda Pipe was the high lady, Mrs. Kathy Bridge was low lady, Mrs. Marie Stute (playing as a man) was high man and Mel Jacklin was low man. Mrs. Edith Baker received the prize for the lucky cup. Mrs. Anna Cunningham ended up. with the traveling prize for lone hands. . Lunch was served by Mrs. Peggy Cudmore, Mrs. Kate Wilson, Mrs. Verna Tunney and Mrs. Ruby Steiss. This is the last euchre until fall. Many thanks are extended to those who supported the parties this season. Report on RC extension ready in June filter Queen "IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN VARNA" 48? -7103 ott Pc r 1 ) ® HURON -PERTH CATHOLIC z. SCHOOL BOARD Kindergarten registration - for beginners who have not yet been registered to start school in September, 1985. DATE: Tuesday, May 21, 1985 TIME: 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Sacred Heart School Mrs. Mary O'Malley, Principal Comyn Street WINGHAM, Ontario NOG 2W0 357-1090 Kindergarten children need to be 5 (five) years of age on or before December 31st, 1985. Please bring proof of age Birth Certificate, Baptismal Certificate and proof of immunization. Parents who wish to register their child in French Immersion Kindergarten should do so by calling one of the two Immersion Centres (Stratford 271-0890) (Goderich 524-9901). O WINGI-IAM FRUIT MARKET Weston's 8's English Muffins .89 Weston's 4's Raspberry Swiss Rolls 1.09 Granny 10's Butter Tarts 1.39 Stacey 1 lb. tub Soft Margarine .89 Cottonell 4's White Toilet Tissue 1.69 Club House 250 ml. Stuffed Olives 1.29 Pink Grapefruit 4/1.00 STORE HOURS: Mon. -Fri. 7:30 a.m. - 9 p.m. Sat. 7:30 a.rn. - 7 p.m. Closed Sundays Phone 357 -2240 -We Deliver. 1� et �.111 e• •fTErsiTioN4SHOPPERS MEYER'S SWISS STYLE BAR -B-0 257 Josephine Street Wingham, Ontario 357-2176 STARTING THIS WEEK WE WILL BE OPEN: THURS. & FRIDAYS 9:00 a.m. - 9;00 p.m. SATURDAYS SUNDAYS & HOLIDAYS 11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. P NEWS WE HAVE ADDED A DELI BAR For your convenience featuring cold cuts from the Bavarian Deli, homemade salads, meat pies, cabbage rolls and imported cheese from Holland & Germany as well as our good old Canadian cheddar. OPENING SPECIALS -- Black Forest Ham 5 13 Reg. Bacon Loaf 2 95 Reg. Cooked Salami 3 18 Reg. Bavarian Bierschinken 4 00 Reg. Fish & Chips Reg. 3.50 2.95/order Extra Fish Whole Bar -B -Q Chickens Reg. 2.75 2.25/order Reg. 7.50 6.00 ea. Prices in effect Thurs. May 16 to Mon. May 20