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PAGE EIGHT TEE CANADIAM STATESMAIf. EOWMANVILLE. ONTAMO TT~1IAV A~UTT. IfrA im~ 'a i C~rn... I~eefs and Ca Br Bon" Misadventures With a Maritime Such wéather is h'ardly Cor-1 Parrot ducive 10 happy travelling.1 Spring cames lateiy ta New, Even my husband and I are nat Brunswick. Baimy breezes and crazy enouah ta go sight-se-eing, aoft rains that rnarked my first in a snowstorm. Sa far I've tWo davs in Ibis Province were spent most o! mny east coast Just samples o! false advertising visil indoors. Daytimes, when on the part o! Ma Nature. Th7ree my husband is occupied witll trnes during the second week matlers o! business, 1 keep of April snow feli on tbe cîty busy trying ta wormrn y way o! Monctan and not lu gentle, inta the good graces o! a Mari- litIle flakes ebîher. Il came lime parrol. clown in big, wet blobs, like This may not seem sa unus- tufts o! saggy caftan batten, ual ta, you but it cerainly seems from a cbarcoal-colored sky. So ta me. I don't like pannaIs. She missed my ear and pulled my hair pi 'ici A.nd, generaily speaking. par- tality, my btusband anid Iarriv- rots don't care for me either. ed aI their home, bag and bag- Up to now Canada's parral gage, shortly atler the dinner hour. We sat in the living-room population and I have manag- chatting about local progress, ed ho lead our separate lives, the federal budget and other without ruckus or regret, by items o! mutual interest for a staying far aparî. Believe me, ti re before aur hostess retired when a friendiy Moncton cou- ta the kitchen ta prepare a ple insisted we share their roof snack. 1 foiowed, inlending ta and board I had no idea they effer my assistance. JusI as 1 were also invilbng us ta share reached the kitehen cloar a their kitchen with a fine-feath- cross. slightly raucous vaice or- ered female named Laura. Lau- dered me te "Get out"! ra may be a lady. but skeie was fl'abbergasted! My laso a parrt-a disagreeable! hastess had seemed such a nice parrot, in tact. 1waman. Tunning, in a hul?!, an Accepting the couple's hospi- my heel, I came nase ta beak Clffcrest Cleaners 71 KING ST. EAST BOWMANVILLE Dry Cleaning Storage - Shirts - Repairs PHONE MA 3-7061 PICK-UP ANlD ELIVERY LORNE McQUARRIE, Prop. YOU CAM PACK INTO A DAY MN An afternoona on a sandy beach followed by au evening at an internationally acclaimed Fesival is ail in 3 days fun in South Western Ontario. Mfake a point of including tius lovely area in voter weekesid or vacation hAiday pIars.1 ta etPioee Ontario- Literature you wil meceive includes a liât of accommoda mint nat ahow. vSu whem to stay at the rc 2iu DUvrnt ta pay. ONTARJO TRAVEL 188 Parliament luge Toronto, Ontario KNOW ONI2AIO BUTTER Ont. Hospit< Now Covers maily hateful bird tipped her head, like a seasoned coquette, and enquired, "Love Laura?" I à-tared at her, incredulous. After my outburst the leasî Il ALL THESE FEATURI had expected was ta have a cbunk removed, forcibly, froin Level Ride Suspi my neck. CmotaFehA Laura must have misunder- Cmot*FehA stood mv glassy stare. For the Wipers e Extra Sp first time since I'd met her she droppeci ber gaze before mine. Door Convenience I had, in thec aftermatb o! phy.- sicai hurt, emerged a victor. Wl-hle there may neyer be enough lime ini my lite ta iearnE ta lave Laura, I at least under- stand bier. She is notbinig more than a bully in parrot's featti. ers: a sbrewish she-bird with___ the nature o! a beast. Mare im- portant, I think Laura now un-R am the worm Ithat turned. PONTIA I hope that here ends forever the tale o! mv misadventures h with an ir"cble Maritime par- 166 King S- 3I .1Insu>rance 45,500,A00 sons without producing their Hospital Insuranoe Certificates. This greatly complicates the work of the hospitals and could result in the patient being held responsible for paying the ac- caunt, at Ieast until-his insured status is confirnied. As famiies are issued anly one certificate, il is realized that this may not always be available if hospital care is needed suddenly. There- fore. the Commission feels it is a good idea ta keep a separ- ate note of the Hospital Insur- anoe Number for the ready re- ference of any member of the famil.v in case of sudden il. ness or accident. Some residients are flot fully aware of the reason why the Commission requires prepay- ment of premiums. Prepayment, that; is, payment of premiums in advance of the benefit per- iod, is an advantage ta the in- sured person as it provides a paid-uD period during which protection will continue if it ever becamne impossible to keep Up premium payments. Com- mission Regulations cal] for premumsIo be paid three months in advance of the bene- f it period covered by eacb pay- nmen t. Ontario Hospital Insurance -a is now three months old and ap- proximately 5,500,000 Ontarians ib b a tteare under its protection. AI- ready its benefits have been Puwdvresidents o! the province, for whose hospital bills the On- taria Hospital Services Corn- mission has accepted responsi- 1 with the lady known as Laura.! bîlity. "Get out"~! she squawked, flap-' ped her clipped wings and! aflY hospitals, il 13 true, sought ta shorten my nase by a i have overfiowing wards and beakful! I got out, alright---on i engthy waiting lists-but Ibis the double. The lady of the; is a regular occurrence during house, thînking me a victim of the winler months, when de- lier bird's ill nature, rushed mand for hospital-care has ai- a!lter me with a box o! band- ways been heaviest. Thanks in age strips in hand. She foundtlarge measure ta the ca-opera- me cowering behind the parler tien of doctars, hospitals, em- draperies, sorely shaken, but pbOyers and the general public, unhurt. Offering her apologies, t he advent of Ontario Hospital miy hostess explained thaï; Lau- Insurance bas not produced the ra is a sensitive, highly-strung chaos and the bospital queues bidand none tdo fond of which same wbo were fearful Itages believed her-even predicted. stfraners. went an ta tell me, Many o! the early adminis- of ail the people Laura has bit-! trative problems have aiready ten thus far. I believed ber. I been overconie, but there are stayed out of the kitchen-asj one or two basic features ojf far ouI as I could get witbout the plan which, apparently, are going right outside - and the tnot fully understood. rest of the evening passed IMn optl eotta witbut ncidnt.some patients are stili request- Nert morning my husband ing admission as insured per- discovered. much te bis discomn- fort and chagrin, that Laura likes strange mon even less than she likes stranlge women. O I a Before he could open his'1outh1 n y 7 C s ta speak the parrot taloim ta shut up. As if thal wre noet edrt aus, h made a de- Rep orted Di terine efortteremove his As Yeu may have guessed by I i i now, Laura bas no use forlS y H a t on a four-foot-long sbel!-com- Cmuial ies plete wilh perch, dining facili- Cmuial ies ties and bath-jusî inside the During the monti-, 96 cases kitchen door. There is nolhing of communicable disease were but thin air between Laura and repoi"ted ta the Northumber- whatever unwary prey may ap- land - Durham Heaith Unit. pear in that doorway. In de- Tere were 26 cases of redi fen.se o! this situation I ca measies, 26 chickcnpox, 181 aimost hear Laura croak and whooping cough andi 16 Germnan cackle, "The better te eat you, measles. Yeu fool". She hasn't said this There were only seven re- yeh, Yeu understand, but I can Parts o! rabid animais, the low- tell, looking inta her beady est incidence since May 1958. litIle eyes, from. a good, sale The animais were: 5 bovine, 1 six feet away that hhat's what sheep and 1 fox, and ail were shie's thinking. in Northumberland County. The 1I may as well face il. I havre Sanitary In-spectors made 21 been intimidated by a parrot. V!sith in connection with these I knaw my brash, brave Scotch cases as Weil, as reported dog and Irish ancestars will turn in bites which are considered as their graves as I admit thlis, but suspected rabies. nonetheless, my marrow bas Tuberculosis been turned te quixrerîng jel]y One new cOase of tuberculosis by a bird-a *fiendish, greeniwas' diagnosed in March and bird with beady, yellow eyes, two persans were adînitted to I might add.I the sanatorium, ta bring the to- Because af Laura, 1 now tal number o! patients ta 13. know how a lowly privafe, a There were no discharges dur- raw, Young recruit, f ee]s in theing the month. Eighty-hwo per- presence o! his company ser-:sons athended cbest clinics. geant-major. It takes no imag- Imnzto ination at ail ta cast myseif as Thr ee mmunization the Private and Laura as the cîisheld dun 56igtemunzon hadiin . at which 1040) pensons complet- I find myseif clrapplng my ed the series of inoculations or I gaze te the floor before Laura's received reinforcing dloses steady, nialevolent stare. 1 against one or more of dipli- speak te the creature in ingra- theria, tetanus. whooping cotigh tiating tanes and 1 beg her lus-' and poliomyelitis. The quadru- ty ladyship's pardion, profusely, I e. vaccine wbicb protects at everîy wrong step. In return against diphîheria. tefanus, I amn told eitiier ta get out or whoopîng cough and poliomye- shut up. I tell Yeu it's enough lihis and is given ta infants and ta give a person a severe infer- 1 presehool children, bas been ini iorihy complex. In fact, .iî's ai- use since January 1959. mast enaugh ta furn a soft-I Maternity. Infant and Presehool spined individual like me mb't0 The winter serbes of prena- a blithering idiot. I arn sure I tal classes were completed dur- must loàk Lice an idiot when ing March in Port Hope, Co- l take time te beg the pardon 'bourg and Bowma.nville, thirty- of a common bird. j ive classes having been taugbt, 0f course, lbah's just Ine with a grass attendance of 19S. I hing. Laura is not a common An àdditional class was held iný bird. Where the average par- Cobourg *for fathens as well as, rot wiil politely beg a cracker, moîhers, The spring serbes o! Laura discourtcously demands my entire ration of breakfast toast and gets if. I'm jolly weil afraid te refuse ber. To leave!N 'the kitchen, I have ta pass within inches of ber itchy snoz- zie. I feel Ihal as long as that NE snozzle is filled with my break- fast if la less likely ta be !ulled wihh any portion of nie.i When I trY ta get imita Lau- ra's good graces by telling ber how much I love her or byv calling her "nice parrot, prettyj parrot", Laura says "Nuls!" She is not only a sly old bird, she's a smart one. She knows me for! lthe lying, litîle hypocrite 1 am. I And that makes two o! usj.I ,end up feeling as though I'd I fects in school bulildings, ecaui- ment, water supplies anid facil. ities resuits in mnany improve- ments and in some In6tances in consolidation Of OIhOols into area schoals. One new consolidated sehool was officiaily opened on March 5th and the opening was attended by Mr. J. D. Finlayson, Chief Sanitary Inspector. Part of the inspectors' Urne la giveni to consultations andi inter- views relative te the many phases of their work. There were 189 during the month. Persona1 contacts are considered to be important in helping the peop.le ta un.derstand the work of the Health Unit. Twenty-four camplaints were received andi investigated deal- ing with housing, nuisances, re- fuse disposai and sewage. There were two court cases. Orie deait with an individual who had been orderedi ta tie Up a dog that had bitten a scbool child and was consider. ed a rabies suspect. False infor- mation was later given ta the inspectar after the dog had been removed ta anotner municipal- ity. However, the court ruled in favour! of the defendant as he considereèd that the dog had been confined as requested. A second court case deait with a slaughter-h-ouse operator who was operating without a permit from the Board of Health. De- cision wvas reserved until Mayl 1, 1959. Plumbi ng ]Inspection Of the 86 inspections of pliu inb i ng installations in March, 72 were at dwellings, 9 at instýitutions such as schools or hospital, and 5 at commer- cial buildings. COURTICE Scout Mothers' Auxiliary The regular monthiy meeting ,of the I 8th Scout Mothers' Aux- iliary was held ah the home o! My. Thomas G]adrnan Wed- ne dav evening, April 8tb. The meeting opened with Mýrs. Charles Archer leading lu the Scout Mothers' prayer. A hear- ty welcome was extended ta al with a special welcome ta aur, new members. Mrs. Earl ElliotI and Mrs. Ernest Tonkin. The secrefany's report was given by Mrs. Harold La Chap- pelle and the treasurer's report was giv'en by MIbs. Géa. Rey- nolds. The sewing convenor, Mirs. Wbernert, along with Mrs. Charles Archer, extended a sincere hbanks toalal those who assisted in putlug red borders an the neekerchiefs for bofh Scouts and, Cubs. The so- cial convenar Mrs. Carmen' Thompson gave ber report and thanked thre ladies for their help in xnaking aur lea and the Father and Son banquet a real success. Mrs. Charles Ar- cher gave lier report on the execufive board riieeîing. Plans aLre being made ta have I îew signal flag.s made for the Iboys, also for providing the Scouts, witb a new first aid kil. Several of aur members were caught unaware withhut their Auxiliaryi pins anid were fined ton cents. Our next meeting -is ta be held at the haine o! Mrs. Geo. Reynolds, May 131h at 8:00 p.m. Mrs. Charles Archer agaln thanked ail those who helpeci with the preparations o! the tea and banquet. The meeting closed with the Scout Maothers' Promise follow- ed by a deliciaus lunch served by Mrs. Thomas Gladman and Mrs. Carmen Thompson. Father and Son Banquet The l8thi Scout and Cubs' Fatiler andw Son Banquet was beid at Courtice U.nited Church Why the Easter Egg? IAround Easter a native citi- zen o! Bowmanviile was much perplexed when asked by a New Canadian "Why do you have chocolate -eggs at Easter?" ASter pondering the question, the gentlemen had ta admit, xnuch ta his chagrin, that he didn't know. What embarrassed him most was the fact that he feit quite sure had he question- ed the New Canadian about the origin of. any of his native country's customs the answer wouid have been promptly given, The question bothered the mnan, 90 ta satisfy himself and ta finmd the answer for his frienci he asked several persans whom he thought would have the an- swer at their fin.gertips. No Saturday, April 4th. The cater- ing was dlone by the l8th Scout Mothers' Auxiliary. A deliciaus turkey supper was enjioyed by ail. Mr. Harry Couche led in the toast to the Queen followed by the introductions of the lead- ers of the Scout and Cub troops as follows: Messrs. John Nor- ris, John De Coe, Bob Archer, IWalter Ells, George Pidduck, IDonald Cowie and Tom Iliffe. IMrs. Charles Archer was intro- duced as president of the Math. ers' Auxiliary. An address was given by Ma- rie Wilson, headquarters re- presentative. The boys were al decked out in their new scarves o! gray and red. After supper the Scouts put on a skit cailed "Persan ta Person" by Tedward R. Burrow, prehistorir. men in Rame being interviewed. The Cubs led in the singing of the "IChildren's Marcbing Song". A film entîtled, "Camping in the Wilderness" was enjoyed by the fathers and sons alike, which brought ta a close a very en- joyable evening. Mrs. Charles Archer thanked ahl those who in any way belp- ed ta make the banquet so suc- cesaful. Mr. Harry Couche, chairman of the Groups' Com- mittee. intraduced ail ils var- ious memibers. success-no one could corne forth with an explanation. However this stmry. has a happy ending. That very week. end in the comic section o weekly the whole story -as given. It was as everyZ thought-but were flot icrt~J -ta signify the beginniige life. Who says com.ics are non- educational and not correct reading for the "young fry". The strip, needless ta say, was smartly delivered ta the ini- quirer. 1 dfw4' DRAPERIES BROADLOOM DRAPERIES By The TARD VENMTAN AND CLOTHBLINDS CUSTOM MADE DRAPES DRAPERY RODS AND TRACKS INTERIOR DECORATING SERVICE Howard Vice Proprietor TELEPHONE OSHAWA RA 5-3144, 926 Simcoe St. N. Ouhawa I For the Best in Interior and Exterior DECORATING SEE W. H. Rowe ROXATONING - FURNITURE REFINISHING BARN SPRAYING - INDUSTRIAL SPRAYING Free Estimates GladIy Given es of Rabies Jring March Unit Report classes are starting in April. Public health nurses visited in homes on behiaif of 276 in- fants. 127 presehool ebildren and 25 prenatal, patients, inter- viewed 36 maternity patients in hospitals, assisted the doctor at one home confinement, wei- ghed the babies and advised the parents of 150 infants and presehool children who attend- ed child health conferences. Scbool Health Supervision In the elemeSntary ýchools in the United Counties each child is given a health inspection by the public health nurse at least three times during bis eight years at school, more of ten when the teacher observes some deviation from health, when the parent asks the nurse to see the child, or when the child's health history denotes need for close observation. During March, Hiealth Unit nurses gave health inspections ta 1,140 school children. Included in these were 922 vision tests. There were 167 visits to homes of school children to confer with parents. Nine school child- ren wvere excluded from school because of communicable di- sease and 13 children sent home because of illness. Nursing Care Durîn-g Mai'ch, Hea]th Unit -nurses made 102 visits to give nursing care to patients iii at home and 15 visits to give care ta maternity patients and in- fants. 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