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THE WEEKEND OUTLOOK Friday April Page 17 Hospital volunteers continue tradition Hermld Special Georgetown Hospital Auxiliary The Tradition Contlnnes Volimteera are a vital part of community life all over Canada Often their support is simply a generous donation of time a rare commodity in todays busy world Despite the hustle and bustle of daily life the Georgetown Hospital Auxiliary with its more than 130 volunters is an active and dedicated group The organizations history dates back to 1959 when four energetic women established the Womens Auxiliary and began ambitious fundraising efforts which still continue today The founders Inez Crichton Lois Graham Lena Johnston and Eva Patterson tell stories that are rich in tradition and truly il lustrate the growth of Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital Inez Crichton became involved in the Auxiliary and fundraislng through a personal wish to see a hospital built in Georgetown At the time her own father was a patient in a Kitchener hospital which was a long way from bis home and family She also recalls how the Aux iliary- members actually helped make bed sheets for the operating room Our sewing room was located in the Hospital right next to the laundry room Inez says We would regularly meet there and busily set to work sewing hems on huge white pieces of fabric In reminiscing about the first gift shop Inez remembers It PLUMBING SUPPLIES Acrylic Bath Shower Units Whirlpools Spas Pedestals Vanities Medicine Cabinets PLUMBING IES LIMITED PLUMBING SHOWROOM 11 Armstrong Gorgatown SIDING SOFFITS FASCIA Aluminum and Vinyl 5 inch Seamless Eavestrough Replacement Windows and Doors OR 8731951 tfLECTROLM Juki the new feneration In home with anew Central Vacuum System Itcanbeeasiy Instated new and existing homes For more tilt 4517429 first level 1291 sq ft second level 1291 sq ft CUSTOM HOMES All Phases of General Contractus Complete Homes Of Basement I Frame labour All Material Supplied message TUGA FORMING LTD CURTIS EVANS WAUPAP1 VICTORS GLASS ENCLOSURES HERWYNEN SAWMILL Brac Nairn Driveways Patios Decks Pruning Interlocking Stone And Much Mont FREESTONE CONSTRUCTION LTD Residential Commercial Projoctt To Your or 8531529 LENNOX ST TEBRY ROWLEY MECHANICAL INC Commercial St Milton WATER PUMP Sales Service W BOYES PLUMBING 8554232 Sine Mounting Monthly Debts Planning Improvements To Your Home Call Us For Alt Your Mortgage Needs lONTACTPAUA 5197415151 CORES WELL DRILLING Working Generation COMPLETE WATER SYSTEMSINSTALLED 8784515 crruirom CUSTOM MSION Mirror Walls a Callings a Mirror Doort Sliding SOlloU Carters Bobcat Services Reprnanrlng Jaartewsft Hwy2Sl mile south of ACTON 8534577 MEMORIAL HOSPfTAU was very small measuring only five feet by eight feet In fact if two people were in the room at the same time the last individual in had to back out of the door There was literally no room to turnaround As a relative newcomer to Georgetown Lois Grahams con nection with the Auxiliary began in the late 1950s when she joined to meet people in the community The Auxiliary offered me a great opportunity to get to know people from the area The organization has remained an im portant part of my life some years later One of Lois vivid memories was of the very young patients I remember decorating the Childrens Ward at Christmas Being in the Hospital during the holiday season was a little hap pier for these youngsters because we brought the festivities to them It was such a delight to see their faces light up when they saw the bright lights and decora tions The picture of the Auxiliarys first gift cart is a clear one for Lena Johnston It was 1961 and the rules for volunteers were very strict rules in those days We wore lowheeled shoes and were not permitted to wear pants makeup or earrings We would always remain outside a patients room and talk to them from the door The fourth member Eva Pat terson fondly looks back at the Auxiliary meetings where our primary goal was and still is Weve had many successful events from dances to craft sales and I must say that I still enjoy Hospital Auxiliary work The Auxiliarys activities con tinue to expand and today in clude ward work teen volunteers providing services at the hospitals house hair salon photography flower arranging and running two gift shop opera tions Ambitious activities like these could not happen without dedicated people such as the four originals and countless others like them They deserve a special thanks these unsung heroes of the past present and future Garage sale A Garage Sale to benefit Cystic Fibrosis is plunked for Saturday Stay MM ram a to Location is Heather Court Georgetown in the Park Plan there will also be a bake table not and Bon or sale and balloon for the children If anyone would to articles to the sale you can can Julie at 8779163 after 8 or Plan on the and support Cystic research the breath of life pannapmnai