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a message from the chairman at wo aro on tfco ovo of iho oponlno of tho georgetown and district mamorlal hospital i should hko to bhrtfc a briof meuaga to you on bohalf of tha board of dirocton of th hospital w hopa that in our way wa hava ad dad a not bar fat to tha oxtomal fac of georgetown and district on which will dd to th attractiveness of aur district to industry and buslnais in tha days ahead we hope loo that wf have added a measure of something worth while to our utizt ns and that you will derive pkaure from the ownership uf ur hospital to most of u- i am sure a hospital is considerably i sent thi total in in cxuis more than a mere building 318 000 and i without exception c art mil mately involved with a hospital at various times during our lifespan either through illness of our families and selvts or the visiting of relatives friends who are confined things the campaign results showed that the citiw ns of this illslncl mtdmire up to tin tit tuft uf dnv other community in thi leel of cruntabli kiwnj whtn th are soliiue u prt of bins ht coin that the dirttur hid l other hrje stilt is imhti before the campaign in laun ched in the planning of 4 hrts and pltal thire are extuisive coin mrtiucnta to be nut mioh a our hospital ts a reulitv todav architects ice mat ot land as a result of the support iw n and campaign ep n t vihith to the fund raising campaign 1 must be paid whttlur iht cim early in i960 among other paisn u aulcxisul or not ror john gunn this ri ison uc jiad to place our luith 11 u that win would r pond to our spinal our faith wjs in re ih hi updid by uur upon s vdh mav visual i a pro ject of this mml not deae oped overnight the realitj of todaj marks the culmination of a suggestion made some six and one half years ago at a chamber of commerce meeting sine then many people have contributed unreservedly in man wajs to the unfolding of the project some have given their talents towards making sure funds wero brought in by various meansao keep the j wheels turning others have looked after correspondence and records others to the develop ment of the plans and later the supervision the conslructiop of thi building others on publin tj and mi on ii i unfortunate that tin man people invoked cannot he xivcn individual ret ofiinuon but because of the number i can onlv hope that their reward is derived from i a job well done 1 miut menu on the fine work uf iho ttimun hospital auk iliar who in the short time lliev have been organized have j done so muck they have bemi working diligenllv and now 1 that thi opening day is at hand i thev are ready to take unir ppte an make our hospital a hi iithl clinrv home for the pilients rirjalk 1 wish to commend the efforts made bv our ad mimstrativi staff m the phvsi til preparation for patient ac itpl tin i know i am sptak in for the board whin 1 saj that we are immenselv pkased with the piopli who have join id tht staff of tlu hospital j lluv are winking hard to make sun hit buildin opins on turn and then after to provide tht hih levil of service which ou w mid like to havi i sincmli hi pe i hat ou wll be pit asanllv siirpnsi l w trh ur in w hospital as vou in 3pitt it and see bow compltle and allractne tht equipmtnt and furnishing f mill ju- urns unit ailahh i iiiiu ild 1 the pur 111 h im- ude pr it it nsible hu itt w wir hosital 1 i inn lis doors and l incth unit wi hopt ke pndi in uur own d tak c m li th it tt t t far john gunn bell switchboard the rbtltctephone contr butes largely to the well be ng of 1 uptothe minute commun cat o is systen here mrs ca 1 admiringly as she checks ts features bell tech 1 c an ro b vany old timers to be 1 present at opening r 1 inn ad ance ri pt rts and ni urn it w ul 1 stem ihil 11 11 fonnir rcsidtnts will in rr nit 1 mi the ii sj 111 opt n mrs muriel adams was organizer of auxiliary georgetown and district memorial hospital women n auxiliary was organized in 1958 by mrs muriel adams lis first president and only life mem bur many people wero contac ted either personally or by let tcr and a notice of the forma lion was made in the herald the meeting was held at the home of mr adams on nov tnihe- 8lh 1958 a number of ladies attended the first auxil ury meeting and john gtmn acted as chairman for the elec lion of officers and the auxil iarv was launched great cred it is i nsident of thnt lime for her efforts towards a hospital both financially and in work since that time the auxlharv has grown to a membership of over 135 women who have con tnbuted over 3 500 lo thi new hospital the first general meeting was held in w ngglcswurlh public school with mrs little guelph regional director of the aux diaries association speaking to the group she explained work and duties of the auxiliary on march 18 1959 the constitution and by laws were drawn up and the auxiliary a career was formally launched the first fund raising effort was a telephone bridge followed hy a bake sale and a gala day in the park on mav 23rd on september 16th the first art hx hi bit ion sate took place during 1960 the wa held a more for children a fashion how and another gala dav 1 a tr in the vear a second art xhibition and sale and a cook nj school were hild that december a most sue cossful christmas ball was held indicative of the extreme in ttrtvt in the hospital was the groups n spouse to che fund raising campaign in march 1010 m that limelhtv phdgid s5 000 01 toward- the h ispilal nursi rv furnishings an i this limit died on mav hh in tin pn st til ttx n of cinque fr si 000 hnn ns the vuil urj a pavinint on its pledge to our s3 000 nd now the auxiliarv will 1 ninth a niw phase of its work while hit organization will still continue its fund raising attiv ilits in the future with tht in inj of the hospital mmv i irtas of strvici will open p corps of vulunlitr wirk i fr mi atixili irv tin mht rs till staff the gift shop and will perform many patient strici within the institution fvery member of the tt is looking forward to the thai lenfie of this new work thursday juno 13th 161 thb georgetown hlft fl nursing station i nursino procedures si the nursing station are mr a smith night supervisor mrs garbelt head night nurse surgical mrs m hethennglon head nurse surgical mrs m manning evening supervisor biiplwi pt f a giant hospital boilers big job ahead for r law shown here checks pressure on his boilers the very heart ofl ie hosp tal bu lei ng boi er toom houses a maze of complex equ pmem congratulations to the residents of georgetown and district on the opening of the new hospital from the management and staff the beaumont knitting company ltd glen wuiams gordo i grahai mrs hilda penr ce mrs ed th tys ck mrs mae beaurront harry bos mrs margaret hunter mrs kate jmyih mrs mrs leo a norio mono hanco k r fa vanwouw mary hedto d i by 1 vcare n ck vango mrs verna gar n donald hancork jonn bydevaate mrs mary pe o k n i rqe mcnally lucy aa o mrs mar e ka 1 john davidson joyce kenward mrs dor s persson hud v 11 a n w tttkoek oscar matetje t ne bos mrs wn fredeaso mrs mary vangou mrs lo s dav dson sincere appreciation to those n bo conceived the project fund raisers canvassers subscribers directors budding committee doctors administrator director of nursing nursing and other staff and all the many people and organizations who helped to make our hospital a reality canada s finest socks new georgetown district memorial hospital symbol of progress faiiid an lqud ar ons well w shn everywhere in sin ccrely co iq alula r q tie new me 1 or al hosp lal ot the occas on of is off c al open ng w t hn cuodiri cent p of t c heal q arts and sc ences symbol es the progressiveness of a community we salute all co icerned in the wo k includ ng the hosp tai 5 ded cated it iff a c rnc 1 t relcsi efloris for tlie s ck n l q d a r mark nq ts own development tl year by cee- britng 50 years of progress s pioud to be assoc ated w th the memorial hosp lal proifc model hosp ta p pel ne a id other equ pment accessones oxygen and medical 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