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PAGE EXGCBT THE CANADIAN STATESMAN. BOWMANVILLE. ON~RIO TTR~TIAV Trn.V 9* M 0, 1ON-~ Hzstory of the- Old Hospital Reviewed' With Many Personalities and Incidents Listing Rirst Doard--and Auxiiary Officers i e. 0 CI b' The officiai opening of the new paign constantly i the minds of Memoriai Hospital on Tuesday, patential subscribems. July 31, will occasion a flood of First Board of Directors memories in tbe minds af a great On July 12, 1913, the first many people in and about Bow- Board oI Directors was appointed, stu-consisting oI: J. H. H. Jury, presi- manville. The low, modernsrc dent; Rev. T. W. JallIfe, vice- ture, furnisbed with the mo1st U1P- president; John Lyle, secretary; to-date hospital equipmen't avail- F. J. Mitchell, treasurer; and Thos. able, is a far cry Iram the bouse Tod, J. J. Moriarty and C. Reh- known as "South Park", the old dem. At the samne time, a Ladies' home of Mm. Hector Beith and bis Auxiliamy was named. Fmom the sisters, the Misses Mary and baspital's inception ta the present Agnes Beith. In 1912, "Saut -»day, the Ladies' Auxiliary bas Park" was purchased by J. W. tailed unceasingly ta belp equip Alexander, wbo was for many the hospital and genemally keep years awner aI the Dominion Or- the wheels ouled and everything gan and Piano Ca. factory here, in smooth running order. and given by himn for use as a First Ladies' Auxiliary bospital. Futber reference ta this fieso th frtLae' magnanimous gif t appears in an- Officerrs IeiMrst L.Adies' other column. Aularésidee; Ms. . . MW. The old hospital, officialhy op-tale s vepresident; Mrs. W. . Na. ened March 26, 1913, changed tinoldstn vice-president; Mrs..N froman deain he ind nfB. M. Warnica, recording secre- certain public-spirited citizens, ta tary, Miss M. J. Bassett, carres- a delinite objective, at a meeting odn serty;M .W.B beld in the Council Room of Shortt treasurer; and members of March 26 of the previaus year, at the executive, Mrs. J. J. Moriamty, which Mayor J. B. Mitchell pro- Mrs. J. H. H-. Jury, Mrs. A. S. Til- sided. At this meeting an execu- loy, Mrs. C .Rehder, Mrs. P. C. tive committee composed of the fo]lowing, was appointed: Rev. T. Trebilcock. A. Nind, Rev. H. B. Kenny, Rev. On March 26, 1913, the grand W. N. Arnold, thse Captain of the opening took place, with Sir John Salvation Army (name unknown), M. Gibson, Lieut. Govemnar of Messrs. J. J. Moiarty, J. B. Mitch: Ontario, being the chief speaker. elI, J. H. H. Jury, M. A. James, Sir John, accompanied by Lady John McMurtry, W. B. Caucb, Gibson, made a tour aI inspection, Christian Rehder, C. M. Cawker, falowed by speeches in the F. A. Haddy, F. J. Mitchell. A. J. main hall and a mijsical program. McClellan and A. N. McMillan - Refreshments wereserved by the This graup moved that 12 comn- Lde'Axay mnittees of ladies canvass the tawn First Superintendent fom a possible sum of $5000, and Miss Mabel Bruce, later Mrs. captains for these committees Chas. G. M. Evans, who died in1 weme appointed as follows: Misses June of this yeam at Victomia, B.C.,( Allen and Fairbairn, Mesdames was the first superintendent and( NcClellan, Wamnica, Davis, Mari- started the fimst class of nurses in t arty, Cavanagh, Martin, McCrea- training. Upon Miss Bruce's de- dy, Tilley and Hazlewoad. The partume for overseas as a nursingi muen apparently put great Iaith in sister i 1915. bowevem, the classI the ladies' ability ta collect mon- of three completcd its trainingc ey or promises themeof, and this under the supervision of , Mrs.1 faith. was fat misplaced, for by Florence Smyth, a graduate of July 12, 1912, the sum af $5451.85 Kingston Hospital, and superin- had heen subscribed. This was ta tendent of Bowmanville HosDitalI be used for equipment and nec- Iromn Septembec 1915 ta Septem- ssary altemations ta the building, ber, 1941 - 26 years. Mrs. Smyth On the day the canvass was made, is remembered with affection andd hurch belîs rang and whistles estecmn by nurses, patients, and1 blew every haif bour, perhaps ail those who knew and workedD with the idea of keeping the cam- with lier. The quiet assurance t I ~ '~E~OMP NV rH A TI L I O 77-SAYV V ES- F INANCE CO. JInd FI., 111/2 SIMCOE ST., NORTH <Over Bank of Nova Scotta) Phone: 3-4687 a Charles D. Ayers, YES MANager touns mode ta residents of cil surrounding towns - Personnl Finance Cmpany of Cneda Ècshawa, Canadci f1with which she met ail problemi inspired confidence and trust il ail tbose under ber care, and bei untiring energy and devotion t( duty will be long remembered b3 those privileged to associate witi, ber. First Nurses to Graduate The first class of nurses, gradu. ating in 1916, were: Mrs. Dorrie Hilier Sheppard, now of Queens. ton, Ontario; Mrs. Edith Toombx Allin, Bowmanvîlle; Mrs. RaE Williamson Ogilvie, deceased. ThE names of the 21 classes graduat- ing from Bowmanvîlle Hospital are given elsewhere in this issue On April 4, 1913, there were nine patients in the hospital, twc graduate nurses and one proba- tioner. At this time, the Ladies' Auxiliary supplied probationers' uniforms, making themn of a ma- terial known as galatea. The Aux- iliary recommended to the Board that probationers be paid $2.00 a month the first year, $3.00 the second and $4.00 the third. with uniforms and text books supplied. It is nat known if this scale of wages was adopted, but by 1922 they had risen to $8.00 per rnonth the first year, $ 10.00 the second, and $12.00 the third, the nurses to supply their own uniforms and text books. The last of 21 classes to train at Bowmanville, gradua- ted in 1941, and since then grad- uate nurses have made up the entire nursing staff, 14 being em- ployed at present. Regulations of the Department of Health are such that nurses must now receive their training in larger centres. Many of the conveniences of this modern era were flot pres- ent at the time the old hospîtal came into being. Wells and cîs- terns were in use, though a water- works and sewage system was laid in the town shortly after, the Ladies' Auxiliary helping to get out women voters to cast their ballots on this important bylaw in October, 1912. In June, 1913, the Ladies' Auxiliary voted to reno- vate the carniage bouse on the property for use as a nurses' res- idence. But until the new resi- dence, built in 1926 and opened in 1927, durîng the presidency of Norman S. B. James, was in use, the night nurses slept at the home of Mrs. Charlie Richards on King Street. An orchard and garden were part of the property, and potatoes, vegetables and fruits were raised and used in the hospital kitchen, the nurses pitching in on off bours to assist in canning the fruit. [\fembers, of the Ladies' Auxiliary of early years also assisted with the preîerving. Cows were kept, and provided milk for the institu- tion until the early twenties. The 1ld barn was removed in 1930. May Improvements Over the years a great many ad- ditions and improvements bave been made to t.he equipment of the hospit.wl. In SçPtember, 1914, the purchase of a"high. pressure sterilizer was authorized; in Mar., 1919, the purchase of an operating able, instrument shelf, anaesthe- tist's table and a wheel stretcher. In November, 1939, the purchase of a cauterizer and another wheel stretcher was drdered. These are ome of the articles mentioned in the records of t1be Hospital Board. No doubt there have been many others. Also, the coming of the electrical age bas revoliationized the kitchen and other domestîc facilities. Six Superintendents Since 1913, there have been six supeintendents, MrsC Florence Smyth holding the position for rhp greater part of that time. Miss Wabel Bruce held office from 1913 bo 1915 when she went overseas. \Irs. Smyth followed, and stayed ntil 1941, when she mesigned )wing to ili health. She is now de- ,eased. Miss Pear%6Lumby of Ailsa raig followed Mrs. Smytli and ýmained until September, 1942, Tben she also restgned owing to Il healtb. Miss F. Winnifred Hud- un was superintendent to May, 1944, when Miss Lumby again .ok office. Her health again fail- ne, Miss Lumby left in 1946, and ollowing an operation in Toron- s ti t( ti 0. ti fi st E ta r Sc th fa Del iclous with food 9 Solfie Carton 9» ' hu&eh d" urlSdoi endExciso e ae Plas deposit 2ý per battis "Co&" " .gis m se rdf"r Hambly's Carbonated Beverages GSNAWA PHO0NE 755 Bowmanville's First Hospit al 1ta, died. Miss Lenore Harding was appointed i February, 1947, and remained until Miss Gertrude Dewell of, Bawmanville, a mem- ber of the staff since 1946, took office in November, 1950. Other persans remembered in, connection with the old hospital are the doctors in Bawmanville in 1 1913. Tbey were Drs. A. S. Tilley, iB. J. Hazlewood, Robt. Clark, Alex Beith and S. C. Hilhier. The inurses wbo tmained ini the old bas- pital alsa remember with affec- tion, Miss May Noon, for so many years caok and general factotum. She is naw bausekeeper in Tom- onto for one of the Neilson's of chocohate fame. Also remembemed is Hamry Fry, now deceased, veteran aI Wold Wam I, who was caetaker for many years, and so willingly turned bis hand ta whatever was rseeded. The only major change ta the building, other than the altema- tions to make it suitable for a bospital in the beginning, was the addition of an east wing about 1916. Duing the years of the Second World War, space was at a pmem- ium, as ini mast other haspitals thmougbout Canada, and it was decided by the Board that an ex- tension was necessary. Alterations ta the west verandah were con- sidemed but dismissed as fat feas- ible, and an architect was employ- ed ta study the question aI additional raam. A number aI sizeable donations, including one of $5000 from Geo. W. McLaugh- lin of Oshawa, now deceased, $5000 fmom Dr. and Mrs. L. B. Williams, Toronto, and $5000 from the late John Stacey, ex-mayor aI Oshawa, weme made towamd a building fund at this time, as well as many other contributions from Bawmanvihle resîdents and Dur- ham County Old Boys and Girls. Financial and other difliculties delayed carying out the plans for an extension, and ini May, 1946, it was decided ta build a new one storey 50-bed Memomial Hospital. A canvass for funds was begun in 1947. Since then, local organiza- tians have been untiring ini their efforts ta raîse money for the pro- ject, wbich bas naw become a reality at a cast af aver $400,000. Literary ChameIeqns-, (By Lewis Milligan)i A writer's lot in Soviet Russia is not a happy one-indeed. it is a vemy difficult and dangerous one. Journalierm is a restricted field in which only the most re- hiable and servile Party members are employed. although in rural districts certain editors bave corne under suspicion. In the field of literature, novelists, dra- matists, historians, philosophers and poets must confine thoir "cereative writing" witbin the limits of Soviet idealogy. This limitation bas a shackling effect upon Young and ambitious wmit- ers, and it is a dead-sure way of smothering genivxses at their birth. Some af the more critical and original writers bave been trying- to bide their identities behind false names. The Current Digest of the Soviet Press publishes a translation of an article entitled "Do We Need Literary Pseudo- nyms?" by Mickhail Bubennov, which appeared in "Pravda" of F'ebruary 27 last. The author 2egins by recalling that the use of "contrived names" was com- mnon in Tsarist Rttssia. This was due, he says, te "conditions of the social order, whichl was based on violence and abasement." (Sic) In those days a large num- ber of revolutionaries, public fig- ures and writers "who bad deni- ocratic tendency were compelled by life itself to bide behind pseudonyms." But now, "under a new social structure of our country, the basic reasons foi' uiding behind pseudanyms arc elîminated," says Mr. Bubennov. "There bas not been one instance in wbich any Party or state fig- ure bas replaced bis own name Aith a pseudonym." And he adds, significantly: "There his not been and will not be any such!" But it appears there are oth- ers. who are not "Party or state figures," who seek to bide their identity. "Some writers, with triking persistency warthy of a better application, bave main- tained the long obsolete tra- [ition," says Mr. Bubennov. "And nany of these writers are Young people just beginning their lit- emary activity." Some of the de- linquents, wha have been caught red-or noi sufficiently red-hand- ed, bave been brought ta boot, and they bave offered variaus excuses. One is quoted as say- hg: "I cannot sign my own name: there are too many names the same as mine." Another humbly exclaimed: "Forgive me. but I use a pseudonym because nv name is difficuit ta pro- nounce and bard for readers ta emember." But these excuses re megarded with suspicion, and writers with such names are ad- vised ta change tbem thraugh the established pracedure." But writers are told not ta. be shamed af their real names. Mr. Bubennov cites a glowing ex- ample in the Soviet poet, Sergei *mirnov. who refused ta change his name wben he bad 'learned Lrom the ais that one ofIùhs 0 r si e sl t; d e hi r e a e t] h- a: u a! a] s h name was an exposed enemy of the people." Smirnov wrote a poem about it, which begins: "Because of this man of 111 fame I decided,- I won't hide it,- To adopt another n'arne. If I had done this thing, this sin, It would have been as if I'd betrayed my next of kmn, Betrayed my very dear father. But no! .. ..I The poem may have lost some of its afflatus in process of trans- lation, but as it stands it bears a striking resemblance to the "poetry" which appeau~ in our faded-red Canadian Forum. Mr. Buhennov. however, does flot dislike the use of pseudonyms only because it is a survival of a "literary tradition which bas out- lived its times." "Frequently," he says, "behind these pseu- donyms hide people who look at the matter of- literature in an antisocial way and do flot want people to know their real riames."l (The word "people" should have been translated "Police"). In bis conclusion, Mr. Bubennov cuts loose at the "'near-literary types and hack-writers" who use pseu- donyms 'as a means of disguise to help them practise ail kinds of abuses and machinations in the press ... covering up their dirty tracks in every possible way." He accuses editors themselves of "'en- couraging tbem in this unique chameleonism." "The tirne bas corne to do away with pseu- donyms altogether," he declares. Ho hum. Adding machines and mirrors are too accurate for com- fort. T1C K ETS8 TO EVERYWHERE Air. Rail or SteamshiD Consult JURY& LOVELL Bowmanville 15 King St. W. Phone 778 PLUMDING 350 BRIMLEY ROAD OBITUÀRY MIRS. ALBERT E. BLATCH The death occu.rred Juiy 19 in Oshawa General Hospital aI Win- ifred Sarah Arrnstrong, wife af Albert E. Blatcb, 50 Burk Street, Oshawa. Mrs. Blatch bad been in poor bealth for a period af ten years, but ber condition became seriaus only a month aga. Born in Toronto on April 10, 1896, she was the daughter af the late Mr. and Mrs. John Armstrong. She was married ta Albert E. Blatch at Myrtle, Ont., on Jan- uary lst, 1925, and came ta Osh- awa, ta make ber home here 26 years ago. Mrs. Blatch was a member of Albert Street United Cburch, af which ber husband is a membe>, aI the Committee of Stewards and one of ber daugbters is ac- tive in choir work. She is survived by hem bus- band and two daugbters, Violet I. Blatch wbo is a member of the staff of The Timnes-Gazette and Margaret <Peggy); also by tbree brothers, Charles and Robert Armstrong of Tomonto and Wal- lace Armstrong af Newcastle. The funeral was held from the Armstrong Funemal Home on July 21, with services conducted by Rev. S. C. H. Atkinson. Albert Street United Cbumcb. Inter- ment was in Groveside Cemetery, Brooklin. ]KIRBY Mm. and IMrs. Harold Souch and family, Starkville, and Mr. and Mrs. Milton Wannan spent Sun- day everiing with Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Wannan and Jean. Miss Don- na Sauch stayed for a visit with ber grandparents. Mrs. Reid and boys and Mrs. S. B. Rutherford and daugbtems bave been holidaying at the Reid cottage. Mrs. Annie Patterson, Mms. Bihl Wannan and Ross with Mrs. Ev- ans, Orono. Mm. and Mrs. Ken Bail and family and Mrs. Neta Patterson spent Sunday with Mm. and Mms. Alldred, Lakeshore. Mm. and Mms. Chas. Rutherford and Mms. Jas. Wannan attended a funeral at Peterborough last week. Master Merrill Graham visited Ronnie Glass, Kendal. Wannan and Ross called on Mrs. T. J. Carscadden on Frîday. BROWN'S Mr. and Mrs. W. Farrow andi Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Embhey lef t on Saturday for the Canadian West. Mm. and Mrs. Gea. Stephenson rPtlilol r(Ms ýcrt,'ray cc Montreal: ôni their way home they spent a day in Ottawa with their daughter Betty. Mr. and Mrs. M. Pickering bad a surprise visit from ber sister and brother-in-law who were on their way ta Montreal after being out west. Mr. and Mrs. V. Brown, Toron- ta and Robert Morris, Newton- ville, visited at the Stephenson's on Snday. Visitors with Mr. and Mrs. J. Curson and Jim were Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Brown, Maple, Ont. A special welcome ta Mr. and Mms. J. Morley, Tyrone, wha have corne ta reside iaur community. Mr. and Mrs. Kirkland are the new operators aI Diner recently HEATING SCARBORO Ith M vacated by Mr. and Mrs. Kelly. Mr. and Mrs. W. Farrow at Mr. and Mrs. Stan Allan's, Orono. Master Grant MacGregor, Osh- awa. is visiting bis cousins the Averys. Mr. Melvin Graharn is spending some time at Fenelon Falls. Don't forget the Busy Bee pic- nic in Orono Park on Thursdayr next. Mr. and Mrs. Mason Buller, Gravenhurst, visited Mr. and Mrs. Richard Davies. The guest remembers ail hi$ days the hast wbo took hlm in,- Homer. Pilgrirn on eartb, tby home is beaven; stranger thou art the guest of God.-Mary Baker Eddy. NEW, BITTER DRY CLEANHýë! Sanitone is more than just a new way to get clothes cleaner! To get our Sanitone icense we had to prove first that we had: (1) everything necessary ta do a complete, quality cleaning job, (2) skilled !"spotters'5 who could solve problems posed by unusual stains and fabrics, (3) complete, fully-trained pressine de. partment, (4) inspectors assigned to maîntalnxng higbest quality, and (5) insured workmanship to guarantee complete satisfacdonai- Try our-.different better service, todayl EVE LEICH'S Cleaners & Dyers - Laundries PHONE: OSHAWA ZENITH 13000 Local Agent- HOOPER'S LADIES' WEAR WE. ARE PROUD TO BE ABLE TO OFFER OUR S1NCEREST GOOD ,WISHES to the MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ]BOWMANVILLE ON THE OCCASION 0F ITS OPENING UNI VERSAL WE ARE GLAD to have been Associated with the Hospital in Installing the Plumbing and Heating Equipment. AND 1 THE tANADIAN STATLPSMAN, IBOWMANVnM, ONTXMO THURSDAY. MMY 261