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History of Progress at Nemoril Hospital BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, TweionN This photo shows the original Bowmanville Hospital. Before the building was converted for use as a medical facility, it belonged to Hecter Beith and his sisters, Misses Mary and Agnes Beith. J.W. Alexander, owner of the Dominion and Piano Company, bought and donated it to the town for use as a chell, Treasurer; and Thomas Tod, J. J. Moriarty and Christian Rehder. Women's Auxiliary At the same time, a Ladies Auxiliary was formed and its first President was Mrs. L. A.W. Tole. As in present times, these ladies worked hard on behalf of the new hospital. Their first major project was serving dinner and 'tea' to the hungry patrons on Fair Day on September 18th, 1912. In a vacant store in the old Horsey block, they set up their kitchen. Dinner consisted of roast beef and gravy, mashed potatoes, baked beans, sliced tomatoes, pickles, bread and butter and tea. The price - 35 cents! 'Tea' was a good snack consisting of ham, spiced beef, salads, bread and butter, rolls, cake and tea - all for a quarterý At the end of the day the ladies had raised $490.78 for the cause. The Auxiliary was also responsible for making uni- forms for the probationary nurses that trained at the hospital and for recommend- ing their pay scale. First year probies received $2.00 a month, second year students got $3.00 and in their graduat- ing year, the young ladies were paid the generous sum of $4.00. Books and uniforms were provided. The Auxiliary sponsored the graduation exercises for the nurses who were trained in the hosnital aer the e spr- The-reý Though the trees obscure part of the main entrance, this photo shows Memorial Hospital as it is in 1975. The hospital now contains 129 beds and has 208 full-time employees. Last year 3996 patients spent a total of 36,113 days in the hospital. the Auxiliary voted to reno- vate the old carriage house to use as a nurses residence. Until it was finally opened in 1Q7thp niht n Q lp t Thanks to Those Who Stîli Care hospital in 1912. is an item about the first the home of Mrs. Charlie nance the new addition which Y Y Lord, hhave litie time t ceremony in the September Richards neoaH pt,9 .P snn was completed on Septemberedionfa i llfderdsowhlol e4th, 1916 edition of the Anorchardanpgardenawere 6th, 1960. fields, sows the seed and StatestanhhatldescribadPthepertTephhesos natToday, Memoria is a fully enjoys the reaping of the In t evlengongprtioeromonsrcptatoethenete and accredited hospital that con- harvest. The salesman sels -vn What will trn$s.,000atbuy vinta1975?n "The weather put on its best ruits sists of 129 beds; in 1971 its the customer an article of portionrofnthetdown paymen behaviour for the interesting used in thhospital kitchen buildings were valued at over psity; that's the cruise.es Itenrepresentsrme half Ha functions on Tuesday after $1,600,000 and the equipment goo backyard swimmingso tuesaesans if. o noon on the iawn of Bowman- during off hours to assist in wiintvaudnexsso As for the nursing staff at Yorhybesigon y ville Hospital when the first canning and preserving fruit. $500,000. Bowmanvile Memorial Hosp- And graduating exercises of the Cows were kept and provid- ital, that is in my estimation a For Training Scbool for Nurses, ed milk for the institution until It is interesting to compare specialty - a specialty of Clasint eilq e s fittingly and the early twentiesofThe id sital costs in 1913 with a u onrs 196heet day.htinefen Woheldhh pleasantly celebrated. A rais barn on thç property was they (the nurses are perhaps standardshe e facilitiesHwould ed platform gaily decorated removed in 1930. iroftesional people in And with gladiolus, asters and TheDrea Realized ai opened, the standard ward the wor who gve of their golden glow, with Union During World War Itheate for patients was $1.00 per time and talent not just for Jacks, etc. was reserved for need for a larger,' better day. In 1975, that rate has monitory gain, but rather for Toherimsakbidth tespeakers, while the build- equipped building became skyrocketed to aven $85.00. the joy of satisfaction of As s the town'sworkiaslaskedsofnme. ing was decorated with fiags evident and a campaign for 0f the dollar a day charge in ministering to the sick and Forgiel hn odm and bunting." funds was begun in 1946. On 1913, 25 per cent of the cost suffering, caning for those whohuiedas The story goes that the July 3lst, 1951, the "Dream of was for food (despite the fact cannot cane for themseives. Cnoeteic ffra patients complained of the a Decade" opened; the new that some of it was home Nurses live and wokfor the noise caused by these genteel one storey 50 bed hospital grown). In today's budget, the paivilege and oppotunity - celebrations, and so this was moved Bowmanville into a food allowance is only 2 per hofigth ae hescad Readitevrsric 1910.g Thatlayearhethekown Memnorial spitalo1951. Pressing need for additional hospital beds during World War two spelled an the first and last graduation to new ena at a cost of over cent of the total. 27 per cent of the distressed people. They en athe dBowmanville Hosptal In 1947 a campaign was started to raise $400,000 to build a new be held on te lawn of the $400,000. the fee in the hospital's first know what thev are about My endo eO ho)spital. The three nurses that The patients and equipment year paid the salaries of the when they bandage, a wound'Ae'tenerdp bed, one storey hospital at Liberty and Prince Streets. The photo shows an artist's conception of the g'raduated that day must have were moved into. the new staff; today 74 per cent Of and give an antibiotic, ihel Apofthtalynrsg building prior to construction created quite a str. premises on August 8th, 1951. Memorial's expendtures are know what they are about Durng the flu epidemic in The transfer was called for employe pay when they assist our team of Is b events of Nrsigthe scday. b by LizArmstrongthe early weeks of 1912 when it t sals nbtte o hi apin hrb 11,ayfhhsiasaf "prto lxne"i Ltfanr otr nternvredn mn porionof heownpayent coutas avaiabl toe tte oftlocial setbise. oke h it nth id ains h opta a ulapa o sisac a bysalh~tl fi ee sii.III[ cruise. t represents haîf a construct a 50 bed hospital. came. went door to door seeking reception room was converted week before. langer institutions in a city called an occupation; it is a year's sala-ry f 61- eaNcrage Arnazingly enough, by a vote On 'Warch 22, 1912, in 4he subscribers.taaward to aceommodate tWc "The t Of "Ope.a- like Metro Toronto. inete- DivineQall - an act of love and wage earner and the pice of a of 20-17, the Northumberland Council Chamber in Bowý,man- The appeal was a resound- sick. tion Alexander" is to move al less, statisfics for 1974 are miercy which is exemplified in I L~ f good backyard swimming, and Durham County Council ville, Mayor Mitchell made ingsc Js n by July 12, The aeyatbe Auxi- patients and equipment from înferesfîng and impressive. their wîllingness tocrr n Tono Nwasi odcl andis oniDurham Countyit l ' o he 3 96 paiCouncildi g ew rejected the offer.th olwnanuemn..11thfia al hwdta- ir oeterwaysep Back In 1912, $5,000p aid for On closer inspection, the "that a citizen of this fawn bas the sum of $5,451.85 had been eais at the Fali Fair new Memorial Hospital as borns, spent a total of 36,113 second mile",andgo Som the conversion of an old bouse terms of the bequest would offered to buy and hand over raised to make the necessary for a reason that bas become quickly and efficiently as days in the bospital iast year. beyond the cail of duty ta coun into Bowmaniville's first hospi- have made life a little difficult to the citizens for a hospital alterations f0 the building and ail too familiar these days - possible.Membens of the There were 38,984 Out-bring relief to the sick and T for the taxpayers of the teh pykw asou pu astendd qi tbcsolinwstntCni ein oee pte ii iui ,140 ufrga im t o ial, om plete w th : ll e io ntea use the h n e e e u p- t e o toflvmainten-g . a ad a ég o t g th rT inest medical equipment of region, because the mainten- Park', provided that the same ment. First Supeintendent wit an army of service club emergencies) and 1,266 opera-was ï ne day. ance of the building was to bel couid be purchased at a The Grand Opening of tbe Miss Mabel Bruce (later workers, perfenably dressed fions. 0f those, 483 were We the people in the region aSenn omte o h And though by JDesent day the responsibility of the local neasonable pnice if the citizens new facilities was on March Mrs. Charles G. M. Evans) in old ciothes, are beîng cailed classified as major surgery. of Durham, are very fortunate New standards ffi faci ities would counties, and the councillors would naise sufficient funds ta 26, 1913, and Si John M. was the fins Superintendent of in to complete the moving 848,780 units of work were and indeed blessed to have reco be considered quite primitive, were apprehensive about their equip it."t was later reveal- Gibson, the Lieutenant Gover- the hospîtal, and she started process witb as littie strain as penformed in the laboratonies, Bowmanvîlle Memorial Hos- Coun the old Beith residence that abilities to raise sufficient edthat the anonymous donor non of Canada was the chief the first class of nurses in possible on patients and in and the radiology dept. took pital which is s0 efficiently appr was transfarmed inta Bow- funds to look after the of the building was J. W. speaker for the occasion. training. Upon ber departure order nof intenrupt hospital 12,731 X-rays. operated by such a genuine manili Hopiti jstpnir t prmiss. leandr, wne oftbe Foiowng peehesin tfo work overseas as a nursing routine." Tbe kitchen and laundry at team of compefent staff. session manill Hopitl jst rio to premises.Alxneo er fth oow secsin heC the First Wold War served Reeve M. A. James, editor Dominion Organ and Piano main bai, the guests made a sîster, the class of tbree Ail went smoothly. Ambu- Memorial were busy too. Money is not adequate to pay Ci n yl elee hth the town's médical needs until of the Statesman, opposed the Company. tour of inspection of the compieted their training un- lances from the F.F. Morris 137,373 meais were senved ta tbem for their devated îoyaîty bada 1951. plan for reasons that would Four days laten a "Central bospifai and were entertained der the supervision Of Mrs. Funenai Chapel Norfhcuft and patients and staff, and 493,290 ta their calling, for theappn The stany of Bowmanvile's seem almost ludicrous these Executive Committee for Hos- later by a musical pnognam Florence Smith, wha continu- Smith Funerai Chapel deli- pounds af laundry were wasb- necessary (and somefîmes the and first bospifai ctaly ban in days. He was of the apinion ptal" was farmed and Mr. J. On April 4th, 1913, there ed as supenintendent until 1941 vered the patients inta the new ed and pressed - that's a lot unnecessary) steps ta the one adCu.Efil h days.tHeuwas.ofttheop nother 1910. That year the Town that a 50 bed hospital would H.H. Jury appointed as ifs were nîne patients in the wben provincial négulafions wards, and Higgon Eiectnic fheetsatn Council passed a resolution ta never be filled. Nonetheless, first officiai Chaîrman. hospitai and if was staffed by transfenred nursing schoois ta moved ail the eleetrical equip- There are 208 full time say? During this Thanksgiv C open a "Hospital Account" bie was in favor of a smaller This graup moved that 12 tlanger centres, ment. employees naw working in the ing period we, the people ofaman -and solicit flunds for the institution, and in an editorial committees of ladies canvass pnobationany nurse. Nurses Put Up Presenves As Bowmanviiie grew in the baspital and the Women's Bowmanviile, should say, coitd pnoposed building. in the paper on March 1sf, the town for $5,000 and The Bowmanville hospital's Before the installation of fifties, the need for more' Auxiliary is just as active as Tbank Gad for aur nurses.fl, ainrtvingathe partieshrect, Afteran iitia fluh of 1912, lhe fmentioned the almost cpan eeapitdfr frtBado ietr a oenwtrok n e- aeee.Tog tsgon o-MyH otnet ls "For some osita aatime airi i hospitalyicl ndhasit delayed by ' more pressing been talked of in Bowmanville The Stafesman published stili familiar abaut town: J.H.weis and cisferns tbat had ville, Darlington, Clarke and the days when those 50 ladies acf of mercy. And carry on eventsof the day. and an account was actually an Extra that day in support H. Jury, President; Rev. T. W. been instailed on the property Newcastle. As weii, Federai biitzed Bowmanvilie fan funds they wili wifh this nurse's mend Tunned Down $100,000 opened two years ago . . . of the appeal, and the follow- Jolliffe, Vice-President; John wben it was awned by Mn. Provincial and County grants ta get the first hospital off the prayer composed by Mrs. and Interest suddenly revived in enough money was promised ing affernoon, 50 ladies set aut Lyle, Secretary; F. J. Mit- Hector Beitb. In June, 1913, wene authorized ta beip fi- ground. Effie Clarke.g e f es toss sse sees ne su th e ss e Several Interesting Displays Last Week at Fire Hall -ý Last week (Oct. 6-11) being the annually celebrated Frie Prevention Week groups and individuals tourng the premises of the Bowmanville Fire Hall Susan Meyers, right, and her younger brother Robert of Bernard Street are Thehand of Bowmanville Fire Chief, Jim Hayman, le could observe several displays, including the above. The display pointed out among the many young and old who visited the Bowmanville Fire Hall last the new compact smoke detectors which was among the i the many faúlts in electrical wiring and fusing which can cause fires. In the week as part of Fire Prevention Week '75 activities. The two attended the hall fire hall during Fire Prevention activities last week. T background is a portion of a wooden beam which burned as it was too close to a with their mother Friday evening and are seen here getting a taste of what blasts out a loud, high pitched sound when smoke fi rep ace. firemen's gear is like. available in the $70 price range. *e.@seSSSS sees,,s ss,,seses*eeesssesssooes e, *se.os e sesee eseese SsOsse ,,,500*OSSSSsSe*OOS*5505*,*sr 1