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> j >L ! i 24 The Canadian Statesman, Bowman ville, September 19,1990 ■•f ■ 17.1' ' ' J ' X ';*>v Lions Learn About St. John Ambulance Service ' : •/></;. . > • - , X v <* ' 'v'- : ... ' . ' :: •• . - .. •• ■ • x _ ■ .. y,( Mill > ; Standing Room Only at Sports Swap I * The Big Brothers of Newcastle annual Sports Swap on September 15 was a ■, .great success as the lineup early Saturday morning proved. Mark Hodgins, of Bowmanville, Bowmanville, got a helping hand from Big Brother Board Member Don MacArthur as v-he tried on a pair of skates. The non-profit organization holds the swap every year ■ during Big Brothers month to raise money for the organization. This year over Shirley Spicer, of the Whitby detachment of the St. John Ambulance, was the guest speaker at the most recent Bowmanville Lions Club meeting. Here, she stands with Lions Ross Erwin and Wally Heinbuch at the conclusion of her lively and informative speech to the membershin. . > $700 was raised. by Loma Miller Third Vice President. Bradd Anderson, chaired the September 10 meeting of the Lions Club at the Bowmanville Bowmanville Lions Centre. ' Shirley Spicer, of the Whitby detachment of the m /, Wednesday, September .■12th, the Tyrone U.C.W. la- - . dies met in the Church C.E. -.Wing. Jean Slemon presided , over the meeting and opened with a poem - "The Church," written by Elgin Taylor. She welcomed the ladies to the first of the fall meetings and 'l, called on Elsie Roy ior the secretary's report. Carol ..■Southwell gave her treasur- •j .er's report. The social functions were reported by Ann' Pleasance. Roll call was answered by a "Special person in your life and how they had effected you as a person." Betty Pascoe asked about the bake table for the craft sale November 24th. It was decided the ladies would look after this, with Ann making the motion and Ruth seconded it - Carried. 0 ?ont&ca*Hùtÿ 'Ttùwiiaqê ; i - Mr. and Mrs. Harold McKnight and Mr. and Mrs. I .Roy McMullen are pleased to announce the forthcom- i, ipg marriage of Kathleen Margaret to Daniel Roy on , .October 5, 1990, at St. Mark's United Church . Whitby. in There was a catering proposed proposed by one of our girls getting getting married in July 1991. Ruth moved and Blanche seconded that we do this. All were in favour. , Correspondence was'read by Elsie and a diploma was received from Operation Eye-Sight because of our donations. donations. Bessie reported on the Regional Meetings at Hampton, Hampton, October 23tn from 6 to 9:30 p.m. and at Greenwood October 24th with Mrs. Greenway as speaker. Bessie V. reported on Christmas Calendars that can be purchased from the Enniskillen U.C.W. Collection was received and dedicated. Betty and Ann had the following program. Betty read the scripture from John 15: 15-18 and we sang hymn 579. Ann read "The last Word" and we all read hymn 388 as a prayer. Betty closed this part with a prayer. Laura Wilcox and Cheryl Lepard were introduced. These girls are Rangers and they had slides to snow and a table of pictures, coins, maps, sheets of emblems they had changed for on display. display. They told of leaving Toronto Pearson Airport with their belongings in a knapsack (that was all they were allowed to take) and they flew to their chalet in Switzerland. Their trip, consisted of hikes and more hikes. There '< ; Annual Pre-Season STOVE SALE Chimneys • Fireplaces • Firetools • Pipe by HERITAGE §1 Canada's No. 1 Stove Pÿj • 5 year Guarantee |p| • Canadian Made for Canadian Winters $0! 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There were girls " bflclal " rwa y prevented, from Australia, Belgium and ? he young boy from suffocat- from Norway mg when his larynx was in- Each group of Rangers jured bv a flying puck, ributed to the trip's en- S1 Prley has belonged to the St. John Brigade ever since. "This is a non-profit service service organization which is contributed to the trip' tertainment by developing and producing part of a show. Everyone enjoyed themselves. The girls' main chalet for 10 days was in Amesster- dam. They visited a wood carving'barn at the Adelbo- dene Chalet, a glimpse of Bern - the capital of Switzerland Switzerland (it would have taken days to really see it). They saw a church built on a cliff at Zirmack and visited a place where the only transportation transportation was by train , or bicycles bicycles where a festival parade parade was in process. One day they went -through an ice cave caused by glaciers in Grindebard ana they went to Kadersteg to see 1000 years old. They served in the Crusades and have been serving the sick and injured injured ever since," she noted. When the Mississauga train derailment disaster took place, Shirley went to the area to help. "When we got there, we were asked to help the Red Cross evacuate Buildings. There were three volunteers for each level of a senior citizens' citizens' home and we had to move them --'-..wheelchairs, rivate belongings and all. sent to the nursery and they placed babies in my pockets. That's how we carried them to safety." , These people, young and old, were sent to the International International Centre. The Army set up cots, McDonald's provided provided breakfast and things were settling down when Shirley got a call to come to someone's aid. "It was a nervous nervous husband whose wife had gone into labour. I assured assured him that first births are usually prolonged and he had nothing to worry about. But, you guessed it, ten minutes later I was delivering delivering a baby. It was the first one bom in the International International Centre. Maybe it was the only baby bom there, and I delivered it." The St. John Ambulance has committees established to take control of each disaster disaster that happens in their area. Naturally, the volunteers volunteers need money to carry on their good work. "We get money from the United Way, but it is hot enough. We spent $201,000 last year and only received $30,200 from the United Way. We have to raise the rest ourselves. We get little from conducting our first aid courses' so we rely upon donations donations from service clubs. The Whitby Lions Club raised $12,000 for us last year." Shirley said. The money raised goes towards towards the purchase of spinal boards for moving the injured injured with the least trauma to their spinal cords, oxygen equipment, training mannequins mannequins for C.P.R. courses and : obstetrical equipment and other necessary equipment and the rental of ambulances, ambulances, One of the latest pieces of S nent, a plastic shield is placed over the mouth of a C.P.R. victim with two way air flow valves, is Shirley's favourite. "You can administer mouth-to-mouth without the fear of contacting AIDS," she said. Shirley recounted several incidents in which she has been personally involved in helping accident victims since she became involved with the Ambulance. And, some of them were not pretty. pretty. She even lost her job over the Mississauga incident. "When I went back to work, my job had been filled. Biit, today, employers are more understanding and allow the volunteers time off without any repercussions. "It has taken a long time, but it was worth it." The headquarters for St. John Ambulance in Ontario are in London. There are branches in Toronto, Oshawa and Bowmanville. Lion Ross Stevens introduced introduced Shirley and Lion Wally Wally Heinbuch thanked her. Lion Don Marsden was proud to introduce Icah Bryant of the Pittsburgh Township Lions Club. He was driven to the meeting by Lion Budd Clark of the Bath and District Lions Club for the sole purpose of honouring Lion Ed Leslie. Lion Ed, when he was District District Governor some 25 years ago, refused to accept the resignation of the charter charter of the Pittsburgh Town- ; ship Club. Lion Icah was at the September 10 meeting to present, a beautiful walnut walnut clock to Lion Ed in gratitude gratitude for his refusal to give up on the Club all those years ago. May, 1990, marked the 25th anniversary anniversary of the Pittsburgh Township Township Lions Club. It's a club which owes its very existence existence to the faith Lion Ed had in its ability to survive those lean years and prosper. "Too often a man is not honoured until he is dead. Today we want to honour a very special man, Lion Ed Leslie. He made us follow the precepts of that wonder ful old hymn which says: Take up tne cross, think not to lay it down.. For only those who take up the cross can ever wear the crown. Today Today we crown Lion Ed Leslie for his faith in us." Lion Ed accepted the gift and thanked Lion Icah. "I couldn't see accepting their charter for it would be à great loss to their community. community. I was right and I am glad to celebrate their 25th anniversary anniversary with them." Lion Birthday Boys: Fred Eyman, Wally Heinbùch, Ron White, Kirk Kemp, Les Virtue, Mac Mackenzie and Moe Richards. Lion Attendance pins were given to: Lion Jim, Lion Jack and Lion Nels. ■ Lions will be holding their Family Night next week .which should be a lot of fun. ' j Don't forget to make a donation donation to the Sightfirst campaign. campaign. It is unsightly not to do so. That's it from The Lions Club of Bowmanville for this week. ft stayed in Paris for two day. " coming home iy Before girls enjoyed a Amsterdam. Both Laura and Cheryl would like to revisit these places. When you enjoy a trip the days speed by much too fast. The girls were thanked and presented with a gift and were invited to join us for lunch. Blanche Jones and Jean Slemon are in charge of the October meeting. e one thing they all forgot was their medication," she says with a smile. "That same night we evacuated a hospital and I was given an oversize apron tfté with six huge pockets. I was iat cruise of ^ 'FACTORY A ÈETTER DEAL 1st., 2nd. and 3rd. 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