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gre.lt ~wWi ally to + â€" ‘Finally in December of 1897, *~*~ the Victorian Order of Nurses * dor Canada was established and \_ granted a royal: charter, and / from the early beginnings with % four branches and 16 nurses the J order has grown to 117 branches * and 600 nurses. From its nationâ€" *** .al headquarters in Ottawa V.O.N. . 4 nurses were despatched to all istt parts of the country dnswering st> calls for help from as far away Un as the Klondike where in‘ 1898 a sy$ detachment of nurses were helpâ€" eÂ¥ ing out at the scene of that year‘s spectacular gold rush. ; «Jt was not until 1930 that the 4 V.O.N. came to Weston. Happily f supported by the Rotary Club, tet the national office sent an inâ€" the vestigator into the area to find «ho out if the community could supâ€" shi port the services of their order. . further boost the prestige of the erder the board publicized any \3 Â¥isits of the order to the wealthy Of the community and it was wot Jong before : the V.O.N became an accepted part of the community‘s services. Patient conservatism was anâ€" other difficulty where many residents felt they were receivâ€" ing charity. .The board was forced to convince residents that the service was not a charity and that patients would be charged Today the V.O.N. is a highly ?dmt extension of the naâ€" *n‘s health program. With more thin 65% of its nurses with pubâ€" Ie health training about a quarâ€" ter of a million calls are made in a year by the ordeér. Over half these calls have been mse to mothers and babies who ic hatki "Ind bort netel. care. postâ€" care. In the Weston area the order \ ~~â€" MIGH OIL l!llmll ABAM GOLL MEATING a AT. 80750 ten.Doctor who came to Toronto | to speak to the Ontario associaâ€" | Lady Aberdeen, wife of the Governorâ€"General at the time supported this plea, a keen adâ€" mirer of the work of Florence Nightingale, _ Lady _ Aberdeen thought a training school along the lines of the Queen‘s Nurses in England which was instituted to commemorate the jubilee of Queen Victoria, would fit into Canada‘s needs with district mnurses serving the commounity. The Aberdeen plan received the support of the government of the day and the prime minisâ€" ter Sir Wilfrid Laurier moved a resolution approving the general character of the scheme. This initial success however did not ensure the complete support for the "Aberdeen," medical conâ€" servatism in Canada was very critical ‘with the ‘Manitoba and Ontario medical associations exâ€" pressing unqualified disapproval of the proposed. scheme. . Â¥yom the distress. m“ Tictorina Drder in 1957 establ devastingly squashed by a Bosâ€" wide appeal for help from the National Council of Women. the country flooding the coastal ports and inland towns with the vnhappy refugees of Europe who arrived full ot smbition but with litle material assistance. The shortage of trained medical help was desparately acute and the extreme hardships of sick men . Fyom the distress: of the naâ€" tion ‘a mfi service was born. i Order of: Nurses 1 in 1957 established sixty years of good service to the naâ€" tion is a unique nursing service of the North American"continent with over 600 nurses ‘looking after the needs of the nation‘s sgick from Haliftex to Vancouver. In.1897 Canada was expanding, This local resentment . was as a small 3 #a kp > ' Always working in coâ€"operaâ€" tion with the local doctor, the | V.O.N. nurse in her service to Ithe community is also of great assistance to the local hospital in alleviating bed shortages by | bringing ;&'e\nt‘sfihome earlier |than would beâ€"normally anticiâ€" ;pated without â€" trained ~care |waiting in the home. Computing . A. successful card party was| held in the Rivercrest Public Sehool ‘ auditorium last week.| The party was organized by the grade mothers of the Rivercrest | Home and School Association. The proceeds of the evening‘s party will enable Rivercresti Public School to obtain a tape recorder. Anyone interested in the Rivercrest area Scout work would be welcome by ‘the Scout Master of the 13th Humber West Rexdale who is in need of enerâ€" getic helpers. Interested readers are asked to contact Mr. Knowles at CH. 1â€"8804. Rexdale Baptist Church had 2 very interesting guest speaker on Sunday, January 19th. Mr A .E. Coe gave his talk during the service wihch was held in the Riveférest Public School auâ€" ditorium. Friends of Rexdale Baptist are reminded that the business dinner will be held on February 1st at 6.00 p.m. The dinner is to be held in the Mount and North York. Serving ovet 30,000 people in the local area the order is on call twenty four kours a day with two mobile nurses centrally located at their base office in the Nova Scotia building at Main and Lawrence. e By Big Nationalâ€"Order ‘0' re Great Theme Of V.O0.N. |.> REPORT FROM REXDALE LOCATION: ROAD SURFACE: RESULT: * 645 p.m Nurse Leola Brintnell, R.N., V.O.N. CAUSED THIS FATAL ACCIDENT VERA BIRD â€" CH. 4â€"0785 SPEED DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT â€" ONTARIO | 6â€"3942. | ‘Parents of students in grades ‘7. 8, 10 and 11 at the Thistletown Collegiate spent a worthwhile evening last Wednesday when a | big crowd of parents were visitâ€" {(ing the school. The grand opâ€" portunity of meeting the colleâ€" ]gjxte staff was much appreciated by the parents who enjoyed | themselves immensely . The driver of this car was travelling at an estimated 70 m.p.h. when he pulled out to overtake another car. He lost control while overtaking and rammed into the abutment of this narrow bridge. He was crushed to death on impact: 5 ’ Before you tramp down on that accelerator, remember two things: (1) The faster you travel the less control you have, (2) This photograph. Dennis Baptist hall and ‘all are welcome. themselves immensely . |is not generally known that Public skating hours for the Canada, too, had an Oliver Goldâ€" Pine Point artificial skating rink smithThe Book of Knowledge are as follows. For Monday,j%a}'s that he was a nephew of Wednesday and Friday at 2.00‘1he English poet and was born p.m. to 6.00 p.m. and 7.00 p.m |in Nova Scotia in 1781. In 1825 to 10.00 p.m: Tuesday and Thursâ€" he published a long narrative day will be hockey nights and|poem,, "The Rising Village" Saturday Public skating will be| which describes the natural surâ€" the same as Monday. Sunday | roundings of his home and skating will be available for the | throws much light on the lives public from 1.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. | of early settlers in the Maritimes. The rink is in Rexdale at Highâ€" l It follows closely the plan of way 401 and Islington for further , "The Deserted Village", but noâ€" information you can phone CH. body claims that it is as enterâ€" In the words of the V.O.N. brochure, "The Victorian Order nurse will call at the home of any sick person in the communiâ€" ty, and will administer to her patient according to the direcâ€" tions of the doctor. The nursing fee is based on the patient‘s ability to pay. There are now over 550 nurses in Canada in the V.O.N. service. all . graduate nurses waiting to help you." Public skating hours for the Pine Point artificial skating rink are as follows. For Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 2.00 her own estimate of her patient‘s means, the V.O.N. nurse charges her patient accordingly, in tryâ€" ing to access a reasonable fee. ‘taining j Maybe this is the time for a good neighbour ~policy. Milk |producers with their formula ‘pricing, base quotas, and, fixed \charges should tell their neighâ€" |bour of the: advantages of a ‘marketing plan. The wheat proâ€" \ducers‘ marketing plan is proâ€" ‘posed to stabilize price; obtain orderly marketing; compile staâ€" tistical information, and search |for additional outlets for Onâ€" It is not one particular marâ€" keting plan that is being deâ€" cided but the broad outlook that farmers are now taking charge of their own marketing; a priâ€" vilege they have not enjoyed in the last 25 years. > Now is the time to learn what this plan will mean to you. Has it advantages? Do you want it? A fair decision can only be arâ€" rived at by attending the meetâ€" ings and getting a clear picture of this proposed Wheat Marketâ€" ing Plan. tarioâ€"grown wheat The Federation of Agriculture in York County, under she diâ€" rection of the grain marketing committee willt carry out this publicity and educational camâ€" paign. _ January the 17th wheat proâ€" ducers in Ontario will have: the opportunity to vote for or against running their own marâ€" keting agency. A plan has been drafted by â€" .wheat producers across the province, similar to that by which 22 other commoâ€" dities are now successfully marâ€" keted, bringing greater returns to their producers. There will be no excuse for a producer to say that he does not know what it is all about. Open meetings will be held in each township in the county Jan. 13â€" 16 at which time the wheat marketing plan will be pyesentâ€" ed and discussed. 'Sochty at this all day meeting and interested members are askâ€" ed to come along to this first imâ€" portant meeting"of the new year. What is The Proposed Wheat Market‘g Plan? Oliver Goldsmith‘s "The Deâ€" serted Village"â€"is a very famous 18th Century poem. Perhaps it Woodbridge Agriculutral Society has been slated for next Saturâ€" day February the first. This all day meeting is to begin at 10:00 a.m. at the Woodbridge: Memorial officers and directors for the new !‘l'- & Lunch ‘ is top be served: by ‘the First Meet Business for the day is to be CANADA‘S GOLDSMITH New Year > The child in hospital has many worries. He wonders what is going to happen to him. Will he get better? How long will he have to stay in hospital? What is ‘the matter with him? Wha will the doctors and ‘nurses do to make him better. Apprehenâ€" sion about doctors and nurses is another form of anxiety among children in hospital. In many cases it is believed the white uniform increases this anxiety. I wear a yellow uniform in an attempt to alleviate this feeling when they enter the classgpom. The feeling of strangeness is often relieved when the child beâ€" comes part of a group in the classroom. The hospital school The class is a coâ€"operative effort between the hospital and the Board of Education, The Board supplies the teacher, the furniture, the text books and all school supplies. The hospital supplies the room, the children and many extras to add to the comfort and happiness of the children while in school. Our classroom is small, but it is a real classroom. We try to keep it as much like a regular classroom as possible, We have & «green _ chalkboard," low cupâ€" boards, adjustable desks, primary table and chairs, a piano, a combination radio and record player, a filmstrip projector and screen. A complete set of text books and library books for all grades is available with easels for painting, material for modelâ€" ling and all the other parts of a modern classroom. have time to get around to teach all the children every day? My time is the same as any other teacher â€" nine to four o‘clock, Monday through Friday, September to June. I have all legal school holidays. x The hospital teacher aims to provide for every child a conâ€" structive programme of mental and physical activity, to keep the child as busy and as happy as possible while in hospital. By E. FPARRY,‘Hospital Teacher Many people: are greatly surâ€" prised to learn that there is a frequently <asked about ‘this.|to discover there is a school in Some of the other questions|the hospital However, once he people want answered are; Do|becomes a part of it he invariâ€" you â€" teach every â€" day? What|ably has a much greater sense holidays do you have? What are / of security. Paticat Pugils With Teadr children‘s hospital. They appear|can ‘understand. They help :to bboommnmrptieudwhm give: him a, feeling of security they learn that I am a~certifiâ€"| in this strange new environment. cated teacher and employed by| School work is oftenâ€"the comâ€" the Board~of Education. : ::‘u:dw.- the th-.“‘.l: Yes, I am the teacher in the new â€" situa Children‘ id ;.mrnld L am|is usually a surprise to the child You Just Can‘t Avoid Class WATSON wootbidso MOTORS Limited PINE STREET, WOODBRIDGE NCM CLEAR THROUGH 700 tractor â€" wp to 50,000 ths . 6. C.W @.V.W.‘S FROM 4,250 LBS. to 46,000 LBS.; m I RUGKS Now‘s the time to switch to the trucks of The Forward Look RODGE For some children school in the hospital may be a very brief time spent in the classroom or with the teacher at his bedside. For others it may vary all the way from a limited kind of emoâ€" The size of the class and the age and grade of the children varies so from day to day that it is impossible to plan in adâ€" vance. We have kindergarten Shildren right through collegiate. Of necessity most of the work in our class must be individual. Whenever possible s we have group activities. The older ones join in with the smaller one in rhythmic work, singing. and stories and really setém to enjoy it. We use the radio to listen to the Kindergarten of the Air, which the little ones enjoy very much. We listen to all the School Broadcasts. We use the record player for rhythmic work, social studies, and natural science stories, muâ€" sic appreciation, background muâ€" sic, quiet listening and someâ€" times just for pleasure. We try to meet the individual needs acâ€" cording to the individual difâ€" ferences â€" always following the advice and instructions of the doctors and nurseés in attendâ€" . We do bedside teaching as well as classroom. Besides the children who are ‘brought to school on stretchers, in wheelâ€" chairs and on crutches there are «lways some who are not able to be moved. Where the docfer recommends itâ€"bedside instrucâ€" tion is given to these children. Education is secondary in this unusual school for health comes first. I, must make my routine fit in with that: of the hospital. Some of the children are only with_me half an hour at a time â€" they are coming and going continually, They goâ€" for physioâ€" therapy treatments, Xâ€"rays, tests and‘ treatments: of all kinds. It is only when the doctors and nurses are not‘ doing something for the children that they are free toâ€"come to school. D500 with dump bodyâ€" 19,500 ths. max GV‘ @©.C.W.‘s 1O 65,000 Bs Second Group Formed To Aid Retarded â€" The second association retarded _ children â€" has organized in Peel County. Robert Holmes of Snelgrove. president of the Brampton and District Retarded Children‘s Asâ€" sociation, said it would serve Brampton, Streetsville, Bolton, Malton and the northern townâ€" ships. More than sevety persons have joined the group, which plans a campaign for funds next month. tional experience to a full proâ€" gramme of studies. Our aim each day is to let the child do things for himself, to give him a chance to work and play with others. We‘â€"want him to be happy, to have a feeling of security and accomplishment and to look forâ€" ward to school tomorrow with pleasure. I ‘belong to a much more exâ€" clusive club, the Nicotine Vir= gins. Membership in this club is restricted to those who have NEVER smoked a cigaret. We wear no button, we solicit no new members. As with the House of Lords, membership is automatic, for those who have at no time allowed a smoke to sully their lips. . We have no. difficulty in deâ€" tecting frauds ‘and bounders in our midst. The person who has sworn off smoking refuses a cigaret as though he was turnâ€" ing down the Hope diamond. The slight trembling of the lip, the involuntary clenching of the fist, give him away as an exâ€" addict. When offered a cigaret he can‘t resist saying, "No, thanks, I don‘t smoke.‘ The true Nicoâ€" I have difficulty restraining a small sneer of derision at people who lash themselves to the mast of club membership, to resist the siren call of the weed. sworn off smoking. D300 with stake badyâ€" 9,000 Ibs. max, 6.V.W. bunch ‘who have CHRYSLER CORPORATION OF CANADA, LIMITED There‘s your choice of a new Powerâ€"Dome Vâ€"8 in all models, or a thriftâ€"engineered Six â€"in lightâ€" and mediumâ€"tonnage models. See, comâ€" Eenre. drive one of these boulevard auties with bigâ€"haul brawn now! out front to stay! For here is newâ€" ness that budgetâ€"wise truck buyers can‘t afford to pass up. 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Bigâ€"haul brawn ! 0100 panelâ€" 5,000 h. max. G.V.W to aid been I don‘t mean to suggest that every member of the Nicotine Virgins presents a‘ slim, sylphâ€" like profile. But even those of us who are naturally wellâ€"covâ€" ered bear ourselves with a poise and dignity unknown to the exâ€" addict, fumbling with his club button and running his torigue over his lips in search of stray wisps of tobacco. ~* First, you save money. 1 know that money is no object to kids today, but you never know when Father may drop his roll down a dry oil well. When cash gets short, it‘s nice to be uncommitâ€" ted to watching part of what you‘ve got go up in smoke. More important, when you finally give up smoking, as everybody does sooner or Tatés, you start putting on weight. The Nevertouch‘em Club abounds in poor devils for whom the name applies to toes as well as gaspâ€" ers. When they stop smoking their metabolism goes crazy and tries to restore the shortness of breath by ‘slapping on laygrl of fat I must admit, however, that 1 feel a pang of regret when I drive past one of: our high schools and see whole coveys of bobbyâ€"soxers lolling about with bufts drooping from their lips. I would like to see more girls qualify for the Nicotine Virgins, in case we want to hold a ladies‘ night. But nowadays both boys and girls don‘t even bother to go behind the barn to cough on corn silk. © We who have never ‘smoked also make no effort to prosely» tise those who try to keep the frost off their nerves by \uin' their head as a smudgeâ€"pot, _‘ It is always the converts who ;r the most q‘lger missionaries, e who have"grown up’\t the faith of the fagless accept ds one of life‘s little odditiés the fact that many people are not happy without ash on their ‘vest and slag in their lungs. Should any youngsters be reading these words, I invite them to consider seriously the advantages of remaining a Nicoâ€" tine Virgin. the Virgin, on ‘the other. hand never accentuates the negative, says only, "No, thank you," with the cool selfâ€"assurance that often causes smokers to put the wrong end ‘into their mouth or kfi a fingernail on their ligh There is no substitute for chastity. | _ it 0100 expressâ€" 5,000 tbs. max. G.V.W&