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opening ceremonies begin at 130 pm th official optnlne of ooor- otowns hospital will tako ploc on saturday aftornoon if is hopd that sovoral thousand will bo prtnnt for this occasion tht public aro invited to at tend at 130 pm to too tho ont hoalth mlnlstor and othor dlflnltarlas optn tha bulldln coffao will bo sorvod h all in- poctlng tho building that day both bands will bo in atton- following is tho achadulo for touring tho hotpital it is om- phastxtd howovor that duo to tho crowd attending saturday thoy will havo tho opportunity of touring without guldas al though staff will bo stationed at various places to toll them about tho various point of in terest tour mtogrammt thursday june is grade 8s of georgetown win be given a tour women s auxiliary will act as guides for tours during weekend june 16th building open 2 to 4 7 to 9 juno 7th opening ceremonies 130 pm j building will be open to the public until s pjn sunday june 18th senior citizens will be taken to hospital courtesy rotary club irom 11 am to 1 pm j general public 2 to 4 5 to 9 all citizens are asked to be oo band for this great day the administrators message others in this special edition of the herald will have given eomeof the past history of the local hospital its develop ment from a desire in the minds of a few persons to ensure ade quate health facilities for the community to the fund raising ttagesjand the many meetings both locally and with govern ment to gain necessary approval for the actual construction of the building since may of 1960 it is safe to say that every member of the community hurj been keenly aware of the con traction itself i would like to give some thought to the pre sent and future of the institu bon at the moment the buit ding itself is finally a reality the roads which give egress re now in place and all the outward trappings of a hospital exist indeed to any who have peeked in a window and their number is legionary it would ippear that all fib many items that go to make a hospital in the phjsical sense axe also in their places this too b a cor rect assumption all the equip ment has been selected and purchased all the items of sup ply are also either in the bull ding or on the way to it how ever the main functions of the hospital that is the care of the sick and injured leader ship to and cooperation with all groups and individuals who are dedicated to the preventative aspects of community health research with ell other health facilities to enlarge the tout knowledge of health and wel fare riiay not be realized until the most important of all re quirements have been met 1 refer of course to the form ing into a team of the staff which will actually be the bos- pital as time goes on this hospital team is made up of many parts and includes the physicians g surgeons who will cave the privileges and respon tibilities for utilizing the hospi tal facilities professional nurs ing personnel who will inter pret and carry out the orders of the medical staff technically qualified persons who will carry out diagnostic and treatment services skilled persons who will ensure that the hospital is a safe place in which to be ill trained pereons who will pre pare and serve the food so vital to proper recovery wash the linens scrub the floors and maintain the records of all that which is done whether to in crease the value of medical treatment or to conserve and use wisely the money which all tbees things must cost without the people to do all these functions there exists only a shell of a building con tain ing costly and quite useless junes and supplies architects or the hw georgetown district memorial hospital govern lindsay ferguson kaminker langley keenlyside 10 price street toronto the board of directors rnclucfe seated left to righf mrs alax taylor john fcunn mrs udyd marks mrs william hamilton mrs w n wallace standing i to r leslie clark denney charles john ord a staff doctor dr a mac ntosh ted evans john t armstrong boyd garland sam penricesid silver wm kinrade absent r licata w breckenndge cisl support to ensure the addi bona of the many items of equipment for whuch the hos pital plan does not provide and through the continued under standing that all hospital reg ulations are made only with the thought in mind what is best for the sick and injured and their rapid recover all vill indeed be well with the georgetown and district mem orlai hospital h c cilhooly administrator with a good deal or prtotthat i may uy that we have not only good and adequate equip ment and facilities in our hos pital but also the basic ingred lent for a moat worthy hospital staff this b even more worthy of note in view of the fact that the bulk of all the staff will be persons who know and are known m georgetown and dis trict of course the very as ture of some of the positions require previous hospital cxper ienca as time itself obviates any possibility for training total staff as an initial venture however every position pos sible including a number of department head classifications has been filled with a local person tho others regardless f where they came to are here because they wish beome local residents and will undoubtedly add much to the community because the staff nil be lar gely new to the hospital field nd a time of training and im ttsl growth in capability will a required 1 would ask that joo readers who are the own rs of the hospital and there- forty ocx employers grant h o gilhool when the first patient is ad mltted on 27th june 1961 a new local industry will have come into being an industry whose only product is service to all members of the commun ity but a product which is most vital and a service in which you have already had a part through physical effort or kind generosity i trust that you will not consider the job done now or in the future the need for constant improvement in facil ities or services will go on thro all the years which may follow the hospital can only be the institution the community wish es it to be it will need the strength many of you can give through jour membersh p in the association selecting and electing the most qualified per sons available to form the fu ture board of directors so vital to interpret the commun ity needs and desires and for rmilate the policies neeessarj to meet the constant chang ing needs as they become known i have been moat gratified with the cooperation and un demanding of the present group of directors the wisdom and thoughtfulness they have shown at many lengthy meet ings must be recognised as must the faithful attendance of every one of them being a member of a hospital board of direc tors is a difficult task indeed tat it must be one of the most rewarding of all volunteer en tcrprtses witout the dellbera uons am decisions of the board of irectotb no policies could be formulated and therefore there could be no framework within which the management function could be performed the present status of the b v pital is a good omen i am si e for your future with the assis tance and cooperation of all members of the communit hoth through continual finan latest of many to be completed in 61 hon waldo montcith minis ter of health for anada viho had originally planned to be present to assist lion dr dm ond to open the hospital found himself unab c to be prtse l due to cabinet duties in otlaj this weekend however he plans to stop in georgetown to see and inspect the local structure this is the latest in the number of hospitals being completed in 1961 the georgetown herald thursday june 15th 191 page 8 general invitation to attend opening it was decided by the open j ing comm ttee and board of director to extend a general inv tjtion nlj to attend the hospitil opening ceicmonies this decision as redihed be cause ol the impossible task of sending out individual invita tions as almost the entire com munily had taken part in one or another phases pf the work it it hoped that the entire commumt w 11 consider the in 1 tation in ths paper as their personal one and that the entire our congratulations to the citizens of georgetown and the hospital board on the completion of their fine new building from bernardohill tile company limited 645 victoria st n kitchenei tontractors for the terrazzo and till womc resilient and conductpvl vinyl floor till miss edith elliott is d el r an and poses before an oven where tasty food will be prepared for those who w ii be par tak ng of the hospitality of georgetown s newest pubic i of our problems jatara am um that m m poniblo we will jo koapttal in which may we congratulate the georgetown district memorial hospital on the completion of a fine building we are very pleased to have had the opportunity to install the plumbing heating and ventilating e s fox plumbing and heating ltd the brakely organization is proud to have played a part in the raising of 318000 by public subscription for the georgetown and district memorial hospital g a brakeley co ltd toronto 161 thorold road e welland we salute the georgetown and district memorial hospital mcclures furniture of georgetown suppliers of sealy mattresses to the new premises congratulations to int georgetown district memorial hospital aluminum windows were supplied by cameron windows aluminum limited 142 kennedy rood south brampton