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the cebrsetewh herald wednesday feb 13th 9mt stetaurna report of the public health nursing service in georgetown 1945 here is the u umadian pacific railway company crest on which the beaver symbolic of the domin ion which the confederation line hot served so long tappears after a 17 year absence the change in the company s trade mark for use in all departments in this country and abroad was announced by u c coleman the cjiairmnn nnft president 13ie following la a report of some of the more interesting phases of the work carried out by the public health nursing servloe in 1m6 three times during the year all chil dren in the public school were exam ined for skin conditions and coaimun- lcable disease in all 24 cissrcum in spections were done any children found to have skin or communicable disease were sent home with a written explanation to the parents and the request that the child should be seen by the family doctor in tijde public school 240 children had 1 1 vision exam flowers design work a specialty we btitm norton floral their ined 16 children had defective vlsn 11 children had their vision correc ted 240 hlldren had their hearing ex am ined 2 children had defective hearing both are under treatment in jfiottuetown high cuool 53 pupils had their vision examined 8 pupils had defective vision 6puplls had their vision corrected 9fl pupils had their hearingexamln- ed 2 pupils had defective hearing both are under treatment special physical examination this examination includes inspec uon of vision hearing teeth tonsils ww ha ejrt etc x speech foot ailments treated miss allan keg isdlxopoolst beats foot ailments for both ladles and gentlemen open mon thurs and frt evenings till 9 o clock all by appointment pbone 1380j 27 arthur 8t cuelph begular herald advertising is pro vlng effective to our advertisers get your name before the public skin height weight uon and general health fortyfour public school children received this special examination the defects found were as follows dental defects 19 enlarged tonsils 14 speech defect 3 plat feet 3 pre school examination the pre school examination was held in june for all children who would be starting school in september children were examined for defective teeth en larged or inflamed tonsils cross eyes foot defects straight backs and gener al state of nutrition and 1 ealth 34 pre school children were exam ined the following defects were found enlnrgd tonsils 14 serious dental defects 4 immunization a smallpox vaccination clinic wa held in march 42 children were sue cessfully vaccinated the diphtheria toxoid clinic was started early in october diphtheria toxoid is given in 3 doses 3 weeks ap art all children who had not received 3 doses ol toxoid were ghen the oppor tunlby of receiving it the children who had received toxoid 3 to 4 years ago were given the opportunity of re celving a reinforcing dose 26 children received 3 doses of toxoid 21 children received 1 reinforcing dose tuberculin testing 42rpeope at the high school were given a tuberculin test in may 14 pupils hnd positive tuberculin tests and wercx rayed at the provin cial department of tubeiculosis pre ventlon secondary school physical examination dr williams the medical officer of health gave full physical examlna- atlons to 42 secondary school pupils this examination included vision hearing teeth tonsils height weight tuberculin test uninc analysis exam nation of blood for anaemia taking blood pressure examination of heart orthopaedic defects uch as spl nal curvatures flat feet etc thyroid gland state of nutrition and any other physical condition that would give ev ldence of the state of health of the child a letter was sent to the parents telling of the child s defects and re q that they discuss these preflobool is infant 2 prenatal 3 adult e social welfare 87 visits to medical officer and other town officials 48 total calls 15 in march the public health nurse spoke to the junior red cross and in november a talk was given to the lo cal council of women on the secon dary school health programme in georgetown two blood donor clinics wtre held in georgetown during the year the public health nurse assisted at both clinics in june a student public health nurse fiom the university of toronto school of niusing spent thi month in the dis rlct receiving experience urtder the supervision of the public health nurse the public health nursing service is very appreciative oft he fine coopera tion leeched during the year at the schools and throughout the town we wish to mention especially the excel lent work done by dr williams in the secondary school health programme a day and a half a week with an ex tra half day every third week is spent on health service in georgetown this divides the time equally between geor gelown milton and acton it is hot a great deal of time to spend in a town the size of georgetown and we hope that the service will soon be extended respectfully yours oleavla chant public health nurse bavolf custard powdefl sptciai flnv 1 g idibh free w tfi ber pnunil t i savoy costard 25c romar coffee ic 35c shrebded wheat 1 teas ng th with 1 1 1 murmur tects with the family doctor the defects found in this group were as follows defective vision 3 enlarged tonsils 11 anaemic condition 29 dental defects 10 enlarged glands 4 skin diseases 3 orthopaedic detects spinal curva tures etc 23 malnutrition 3 heart nbnormallltes etc 20 nervois disorders 2 enlarged thyrt id gland a postural delicvs 19 tendency to hernia 3 foot defects 28 obesity 4 blood press ire 9 mai adjustment i poor miisculir etlojmrn home calls- the following home tills in georgetown school 62 hioh sphoth news by don brill last week our kinial second form represent tive tells us that the milton high school dance to which clhjs stu dents were invited proved very inter estlng she informs us that emery thompson seem to prefer blondes and that lyke devnoscan reallj cut a mean rug we wonder who that shy oung redh id was who sit solitary in i cormi w u l g foi tl t girl in the rtd drtss to ipoear j5ettr watch oil or norm ioing lo ml jink is fti u i bit r hit plajld i i led p bl i ti h ti i the old dis v t thi the troui banking isc jfyffofr igoi r soho 1 s g is o a 5 1 l in m t h un 1 i tht parid plaln i fliwless i lit alui getting tw go 1 bt t c joan buck and pnnline htrrii lioii got singles phwlls cavmah il wd a commend ibe rime on dtrfeim she listed uu whule game tn the ice and broke up i m nj storlr g ru hes dolores her rington jlajd best for gps netting the lont tallj n ilifvlng what looked like ire shuton lor high schools goalie autirej norton long s learn surprised us all when they racked up a 7 1 win against the ernie peters league leading team long led bis team to victory with three tallies bill arnold came second with a brace while peck and vao vlett got singles em thompson got the goal for peters team sargent and long fought to a 3 3 tie in a well matched contest which all onlookers enjoyed haines and clarke plnjed well in the goals oh s league standings pwltpapu peteis 3 2 10 9 11 4 sargent 3 li i n 10 3 long 4 1 2 1 14 13 3 firl department officers 1946 at the initial 1946 meeting of the georgetown pire brigade donald lat imer was again selectid as chief of the brigade with the other officers and members as follows chief- domld latimer deputj chirf william hyde 6iin number 1 j valentine captain ninhxr 2 t given lieutenant number 1 l tracy liei mm n mber 2 andj ritchie hook aid laddtr foremanjack harlow treasirr h savings secret ir h burrows truck driver jack tost members f mccartnej h hilte i herring on p gilmer w hewitt r carter d bowman p hilts c cartj w bryden w richardson g chaplin c- spence r bonfield wal ler hyde j dnvidson m the canadian bank of commerce has pioneered by opening branches with the first rush to new mining fields cariboo the yukon cobalt northern ontario and quebec flin flon and yellowknife are only some of the names asso ciated with us service to the mining industry the mining industry contributes direefily to the national wealth of canada by the output of its mines it also influences the economy of the entire dominion for it creates widespread employ ment purchases great quantities of food clothing machinery and equipment all qver canada and builds and maintains whole communities which in turn add to ganadas prosperity i in its day today operations mining requires many banking bervtces this is banking in action the canadian bank of commerce ums latma tiy- wit at ini mx mb m fl b a 44c carrolls xu own j carroll tm dandee extract roar s rlxex bran uhcbn pc cietabt soup a- i7c vegetable soup s tomato soup 90 avlmeh btaincd wtawtb foods 7c cut beets wax beans avlmeb choice dices beets ro isc lie rodiei flour z3 roman meal no at almonds i4 puffed wheat no 7c quaker muffets x rxo cornflakes x 1 mussels th a5 javex bleach an s4 suvo tin i3o xac mother parkers special coffee rr 41c tea white label 38c 36c old dutch c easbbk tikioc carroti when available use pa lholivi u 7ctkti iu jchti tk okanocb 220s sweet and juicy 45c lettuce no 5 s large heads each 10c lert h isp and 15c celery hearts crisp and tender bunh now the lid is off when war wo icclrwi in 1a30 officers of the nnmliun nnttonal itailnays knew the tremendous vinr job that the rompam would lc called upon to perform iluildredfl of mil liona olions of wnr matcnftls would have ut be shipped to the united nations from csnahisn stitl arrtfir rn war plants to ilnhfax for over maa ily rail the atlantic port ib serve 1 onl bj the canadian nat ional like all other tmtwajs iri amcncn the c n il emerped from the depression mth a minimum of equipment to keep the essential supplies moving not a pintle delay could occur cars would have to be unloaded and make a quick turn about how this bin task was done can now be told a liehterakc pier 650 feet long and 100 wide wan built with four rauway tracka to handle 52 can the foundation took 1 800 piles and thepter 1700000 fe of timber m re than 100 lighters 110 feet long 31 wide and eightami n half deep with a capacity of 400lons each were conrlrucud a 350car yard was set pli yecs needed jo transfer tjnr supplies to the lighter was eretteu tn 1w2 alone v2 000 000 tons of war equipment ahi handled in a single hour 100 rvr trims were loaded and despatched to halifax from a canadian jnumtions denot not a single dotij was caused in handling the essential equipment and muoir tiona by the itnihv i during almost six years of war in the upper photo graph a convoy of 94 shipais shown ready to steam out of bedford basin nthfttifax while mthelower cnr employees are unloading tni from a freight car direct to lighter on a chute with bcmp officer on guard convoy as lamp as 125 ship were loaded fwm tb dfhtaw subscribe tor the herald