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loung volunteers celebrate 15 years of service By LOW TAYLOR tuff Tor he pasl IS years group of committed young wo men lias provided at Georgetown and District Me morial Hospital with thai extra pair of a nurse and can richer find a group women from the of assist the nurses the lay day tasks which don require medical knowledge as serving meals the patients bringing water for flowers playing with children and running errands or pa dents The organisation began In In Georgetown and the idea originated with Blanche Goudekelting who realised ring a stay in the hospital a lot of the nurses time taken up with the little extras which don require nursing training Since Mrs Goitdckct Imp was a member of the women auxiliary she pro posed to auxiliary that a group be formed and she became its first convenor She started out with about girls in the program There are now in the program with a waiting list of girls who have submitted applications Pat Johnson the convenor in charge of the candy stripers holds training sessions three times a year with 12 girls per session A girl who wants to become a muil be years old and must submit two letters of reference with her application Mrs Johnson has begun a new practice of Inter viewing prospective candy pin to ensure that they want to become and thai applying because their mothers them to- wthevhave a friend involved in the pro- If the application accepted she then receives train from one of the on the si staff who Joes his on own time Mrs Johnson said The num will the the basics of what need to then take them ght through the hospital to explain all its Tunc Once a girl is rendj to go to work she Is usually to work with an experienced if at all possible Mrs Johnson said A full fledged wears the familiar red and while striped uniform while a rookie wears pink and white stripe uniform After five or weeks she will get a red and white one There arc on duty every day from pin to p m and on Saturdays and Sunday the iris are in from am to 1 as well ihc summer months the candy stripers also work from on weekdays to fill in for the auxiliary ward work who often stay home the summer Mrs Johnson Slid The stripers have also assisted with such projects as the Smokers Climes run by the Hal ton Lung Association The girls have also begun to take In fund raising drives to raise money to buy new forms Mrs Johnson said This Is a departurt from tradition because In the auxi has provided the Cindy slnptrs js do the niceties that tit overworked staff don do like hnnK flow and chanf injwitcr Mrs Jot mo I let in stuff by the dinner the and back in they bring down then for filled I ihcir meals for the next day 1 do lave a list of rule and regulat nil must follow Mrs it hear in the hospital stays here and home with them Slit said she emphajizcd that paling program requires Candy striping which comes first she said It t come after sitting I come after boys The at Georgetown Hospital come from as fur away as Acton I To out if ere art any problems Mrs Jo said jtib is li tie so there any problems What people don real that of these know i acli r i well when they in lit Mrs J Union s d It roily fun th nj whin get I it ap- reuat to the candy in Mrs J si d but the can arc not to accept tics In most the patient will buy box of and it to be by the I iris she said Mr John said helps serve patients ihelr mrnts as part of her duller at Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital There arc girls in the program which provides assistance to the nurses in tasks not nursing skills fife raid photo Regions labor survey- to attract new industry Continued from I age one think our residents like the rural urban balance we have Mr explained hat regional council is now ready to consider a new policy which would enable Mr Marshall department lo begin lug for industrial development More than million has ready been for that purpose in the region capital budget he said although the policy must be accepted by council before any of the can be spent While Peel can claim no owned Industrially toned land according to Mr Marshall Hal Ion has diate access to acres of available land owned by the city of Burlington ACHES Elsewhere in Ilalton how ever there are some acres of privately owned va cant indus ir hi land awaiting new occupants Heather Pew of region staff estimated that 1 100 acres of that land are serviced for industry Hills Mr Marshall conceded is the exception In the region when it comes to available industrial land The town Is unable to live up to Its potential in terms of Indus rial development he sold Ms Reynolds Pew told The Herald that a I ton Hills offers some acres of industrial EXCELLENT QUALITY REPAIRS ON CLOCKS AND WATCHES ACTON JEWELLERY 33 Mill St land vacant and ready with acres in Georgetown and 172 in Acton Of acres arc already serviced she said By comparison Burlington offers acres of industrial land acres and Millon 1 acres In Milton some I jOO acres arc contained within the town s recently approved industrial park on Its common border with Hilts Asked where regional would prefer to sec land banking efforts focussed Mr answered simply where it would do most good Private land will be ased If the policy is approved in accordance with the type of Industry in question and the proven need in any given municipality he said JOB ADVANTAGE Both Mr and Mr Marshall agreed that the pro vision of jobs is the bigger advantage to business develop in The region 25 assessment ratio of to he ex plained would require changes in the industrial picture million worih of new industrial assess if homeowners are to feel benefit he said think its one of greatest benefits we can pro vide to offer more Jobs closer home Mr Marshall com merited Oil aspects of region plan Include the analysis of community strengths and the identification of potential growth area the availability of business support housing and transportation services and the need for additional lands To be circulated around Hal the next week the labor survey was designed by regions Statistics and Transport a lion division in eon junction wilh the consul ling firm of Woods Gordon Company to Mr Marshall the survey reflects the key economic objectives of he region official plan particu in its place of employ objectives A tnnsporlation survey con fueled by the region Inst ye ir indicated thit more than per cent of employ residents travel outside the region their jobs requires a commitment as well as a personal one because most of tie candy sin don drive depend on their fami lies to see that they get to the hospital on time Because some of the girls come a distance to ipalc in the program II and Mrs Johnson particularly ap preciate the fact that George town hospital will provide lunch and dinner for the girls at no Georgetown is in faeioneof the few hospital that still does this Mrs Johnson Slid It because a lot of girls come from some and they often miss a meal to work at til so it seems fair that we should try to makeup for when they re giving of their lime Mr Wlat surprises me how become attached to the elderly patients she There s no gap here The girls talk to hem and sometimes they come in on their own time to visit these people if they think they need some company MONTH MI The have monthly meetings except tie summer months when girls get together to hear a and also to talk ibout how things ore RELIABLE AUTO CLEANING CHRIS TIDY CAR INDEPENDENT OPERATOR wax your car AGAIN OUR SWING TREATMENT I LOW COST I FAST SERVICE I III Mountainview RdN 8776136 Choose it ANDREW MURRAY MOTORS THINK ABOUT IT You probably already know about TOSHIBA TV with 50 months warranty MICROWAVE with months warranty That same Toshiba Quality goes into STEREOS TOSHIBA MODEL 7560 COMPLETE WITH CASSETTE SPEAKERS AND TURNTABLE TOSHIBA MODEL 735 35 Wotts Complete with TURNTABLE SPEAKERS TOSHIBA MODEL 725 Watt Complete with TURNTABLE SPEAKERS Beautiful Cabinetry in Stock for All Models RYDERS TV LOTS OF FREE PARKING NO CREDIT CARDS l IN 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