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Local couple celebrate SOth Anniversary The pattern had been set that the "ighth" would be the longest day of my life and indeed was. Five days later it was diseharge day from Kingston and 1 did 'receive a visit from a representative of the Kingston County Home Care Service, a service 1 was unaware existed. 1 was told that arrangements would be made with the Durham Region Home Care Service and that a VON nurse through the Durham Region Service. would be at. my home on the following day to re-dress the dressing and check on my health. 1 was lalso given a bag of supplies that would be required. Sure enough on the following day Durham Region Homne Care service made arrangements for a nurse to attend at the house. It was Grace Peacock from the Orono area and fortunately it was through her checking and observation that 1 may have a problem. If my temperature rose above 100 degrees 1 was to go immediatcly to hospital, Othi re Memorial in Bowmanville. Within six hours of nurse Peacock's visit the temperature had risen above the one hundred mark and it was off to Memorial and another stint in recovery. this time from pneumonia. I should have been more knowledgeable of the Home Care service for my room-mate at Kingston, being discharged on the same day, went through two sessions with Kingston Home Care Service and was to be visited three times a day by VON. His problems were much worse than mine but he was thankful to be able to go home and stili receive needed professional care. He said he was saving the health care systema money by sending him home to Odesssa just outside of Kingston. To say the least the more you hang around the more we find out that our system has mnany benefits and provided to our advantage. Elvin and Frances Blewett of Frances during the early 1940's people." Elvin and Frances were Orono celebrated their 5th when he was in the uniform of the married in 1944 and have lîved in Wedding Anniversary on Royal Canadian Airforce. '-I met the Orono area where Elvin grew Saturday, September 24, at the Frances when ber family picked up, for the 50 years of their Oddfeilows Hall in Orono . me up in Oshawa when 1 was married lives. They have two Friends and family were on hitch-hiking home," he says. children, Donald and Kenneth hand to.congratulate the couple "Those were the days when you and three grand-children, Brooke, and wish them many more years got picked up by the nicest Ruth and Karl. of wedded happiness. Elvin met Celebrating- 3rd Birthday Ethian George Sainsbury is the son of Diane and Bill Sainsbury of Port Hlope and grandson of John and Eleanor Shýetier of Orono. Sth Wiedding Anni-verslay Good To Be Home It bas been some time that I could sit before the computer at the office and write the "From Around Home" column as wel a s walk out on Main Street on Saturday to see ahi the friendly Orono faces. It bas been repeatedly said that 1 must now have a lot to write about being away from Orono for a six weck period. 1 thought about this and 1 have learned a few things that were new to me and I couid write about the "longest day in my lifc". But first 1 owe a host of "thank-yous" beginning with Elaine, Ch)ris, Heleni MacDonald and Donna who kept the Orono Times alive and weli for the six weeks along with havinga busy time i n the job printing depajrtmnent. Thcy had a lot of decisions to miakec and they did mnake them iweli. They tel]l me that our Customners were Most undeir- standing under thei circum-sLiances. I owe thlis group a lot. I wili not forget the mnany individuals and organizations who sent cards, fiowers, candies, fruit and eveni a hiand-mnade bookiette of poemns. It is ahi appreciated and I thiank each and everyonc. Incidontaliy if the baskets of fruit had ail arrived at the samne time 1 wouid have had the miakings for a hospital ward-wide freshi fruit cocktail party. Likely with mily roomr-mnate we wouid have had timie ta prepare suchi an evCnt. We could have topped it off with ice-tea from Duhees which had arrived in a whisky botthe which needed some explaining to the nurses. Thank-you; thank-you. This brings me back to the "hongest day in my life", Thursday, September 8 th. The operation had been set for the 'eighth' but at the break of dawn on the 'seventh' I was told, "no breakfast, your operation bas been moved up to early afternoon to-day." Up to this point in my ife I have neyer seen the inside of an operating room and must have been 'dead-to-the-world on the two trips to the OR la st year. 'he room was utterly spacious with alI forms of sparkling and shiny equipment and a bevy of lightîng from aIl angles. Nurses and doctors, aIl masked, going about their duties in preparation for the surgery. 1 was more than impressed - was titis Star Wars, or an entry into a new galaxy. I must have been content because it was off to sleep. September 8th was indeed the longest day of my life. "Wake up Roy" came a faint voice. 1The natural question "What time is it?" "A quarter to six", came the repiy. "In the morning?" "Yes". At this point I suspect I dozed- off for a period of time but only to ask the same question again about time. Sureiy hours must have passcd. "Six-ten" came the answer. "In the morning?" "Yes" What more could we ask? Memnorial a learning centre and a community hospital I know that over the past few weeks I have written a lot about hospitals but 1 do have a few more findings that 1 would like to note and then the book will be closed for good. It is the aspect of a practical learning experience that is being provided for our up and coming generation who are looking towards a career in health care and related aspects of that career. 0f course it was no surprise to find medical students as part of the picture at the Kingston General Hospital being that it is a teaching hospital. 1 was first introduced to this fact in emergency in Kingston when the request was made that a medical student be present to observe the placement of a tube into dhe inner chest. The technique and purpose was well explained even for the patient in this case. It was quite evident in (Continued page 8) A~' S ,M OE !I!IM1 'ATT NTIO ALLG. O 1 SHOP AROUND), GET YOUR BEST PRICE THEN CALL US FOR YOUR BETTER PRICE - We use the full 7% G.S.T. Credit to give you the maximum $$$ for your Trade-In. 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