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all started to hel Allemn left promenade Some were more enthusiastic than others $80000 diagnostic unit donated to hospital Barrie and district unit of the Canadian Cancer Society has donated an $80000 ultra sound diagnostic unit to Royal Victoria Hospital Bar rie Official announcement of the donation was made by Burt Popp unit chairman in the closing stages of the 1979 fundraising campaign for the Barrie unit This years goal is set at $72000 The ultra sound equipment ty Examiner Photo was financed through part of an estate left by Dr Hugh Arnley Quackenbush who came onto the hospital staff in September 1963 He died Feb 18 1971 Following the death of his wife in 1975 the Barrie and district unit receive funds from the estate estimated at $250000 Accumulated in terest has raised the final figure to $255677 While money from the in terest has been used to pur chase other equipment at Ruth Blair Xroy technician at Barries Royal Vic toria Hospital tests Bernice Merrill student nurse to demonstrate the $80000 ultra sound diagnostic unit donated to the hospital by the Bar rie and district unit of the Canadian Cancer Socia RVH and at Princess Margaret Lodge this is the first purchase to be made from actual funds of the estate The request for an ultra sound unit came from the hospital administrator for our consideration says Popp We took it up with the local unit and with the On tario division of the cancer society That was about six months ago The new ultra sound equip ment will be housed in the ray department of Royal Vic toria Hospital and will be used as complementary diagnostic tool It operates with short bursts of sound that transmit pictures onto screen for doctors to study says techni cian Ruth Blair Brief bursts of sound travel through an arm of the machine which is called transducer she says Those bursts travel through the body and back up through the transducer to the screen whre picture is produced The picture reflects crosssection of the area ex amined forming dots that show internal organs and in dicate the presence of any cysts or growths in patients The machine was developed about 10 years ago as safe diagnostic tool to examine pregnant women using sound bursts that are totally harmless to patients in 10 years the machine has developed into tool that can be used to detect such developments as cysts and cancerous growths It cant penetrate bone but it is good for using on such organs as the liver or pancreas says Ms Blair It is really exacting seience that lets us know just what the growth is Doctors at Royal Victoria Hospital we just beginning to become aware of the machine and its potential shesays Were now handling about four patients day she says Editor Claudia Krause7266537 save Sunnidale Park Barrie Put 900 square dancers in one school for nine hours on Saturday afternoon Give them music caller and plenty of room and be prepared for one of the happiest spectacles youll see this side of the barn door Thats the way it was at Barrie North Collegiate on the weekend during the 11th annual Barrie Promenade when square dance enthusiasts came from across the province to practise what they knew and pick up the latest of the 2000 modern square dance calls from the experts Ladies in brightly colored skirts over big fluffy crinolines whirled and twirled as their gentlemen swang promenaded and do sa doed them across the floor When the tempo was particularly lively it was hard to find set without eight smiling faces even when the callers instructions came so fast and got so confusing groups had to square their sets and wait impatiently until they could join in again Story photos by Lori Cohen Of The Examiner The first Barrie Promenade was held in 1969 to raise money so the city could preserve the site of Sunnidale Park Glen McLean chairman of this years Promenade commit tee said the dancers had so much fun the first year they decided to make it an annual fling Every year tickets for the event are sold out far in ad vance and he says the organizing committee only stops sell ing them when building capacity regulations say whoa Dancers at the Promenade generally come from modern square dance clubs McLean says modern square dancing has more calls and more difficult moves than traditional country and western dancing The dancers were divided into expert intermediate and beginner groups with the majority of dancers in the expert range Money from this years Promenade goes to promoting square dancing in the area and recruiting new members to the three sponsoring dance clubs in the Barrie area Beaux and Belles Heritage Squares and Square Timers Anyone who ever thought square dancing was mildly in teresting need only have watched the partipants on Satur day to realize that having fun is what its all about and an allemande left around the floor might do them world of good Mrs Robert Easton of RR No Minesing correct ly identified last weeks photo in The Newsmakers Contest as students from Pennsylvania USA visiting Barrie and won Big Meal at McDonalds if you know the story behind this weeks photo alcx its Ea send your name and address with your entry to Newsmakers Contest The Examiner Box 370 Barrie L4M 4T6 Winners will be notified by mail Winners are selected by random draw of all cor rect answers Examiner Photo examiner Wednesday May 1019 Some really swung their partners Garden Notes Landscaping an investment By JEAN CABLE Barrie Horticultural Society lot of people will be buying and planting evergreens for foundation planting at this time Just why most people use evergreens in these parts dont know as like deciduous shrubs equally as well it is likely because of the long winters we have when bit of green looks good Actually they are mostly buried in snow anyhow Remember when planting not to plant within at least two feet of the house foundation The shrubs may look small now but they will grow so give them room You will find variety of shades of green gold and blue in our evergreens The Japanese yews are dark green and one of our hardiest shrubs Mugho pine and cedars are dark green The Mountbatten juniper is bluish green as is the Meyer juniper both are upright Among the spreading junipers ld told Juniper tJuniperous Thinensisi is one of the best Dont forget Euonymous for variety and color They are quite hardy in Barrie will stand being pruned back severely and come in plain green silver and gold All three varieties may be seen growing on the rockery at Barries Royal Victoria Hospital Almost every shrub or tree that can be grown hre may now be seen at the Sunnidale arboretum in Barrie and if any are not very hardy Norman Synnott the arboretum chairman will tell you Phone 72825333 if you are thinking of blue spruce consider the size it will become and never plant in front of your home as it will eventually hide it Plant it to one side There is an even bluer spruce out now called Hoopsi Most of the lluc spruces you see around are either Kostcror Colorado spruce beautiful evergreen tree is Abies oncolor fir The foliage in the spr ing is gorgeous needles are long and soft and silvery blue it makes an excellent specimen tree Hefore you plant any shrub or tree do make sure you have good soil Dont expect it to grow in hardpacked soil filled with brick and mortar and the builders leftovers Dig your hole plenty big enough for the roots to Spread Your plant will come bailed and burlaped If you cant plant it at once hill it in Some people dont untie the burlap do when plant it also put some good snips in the bottom of the burlap to let the roots free easier Be sure you leave no air pockets when plant ing and water well Landscaping your home is real investment that will pay good dividends while you lye in it it and even more when you come to sell SOCIETY NEWS Thursday is an open meeting at the Barrie Golf and Coun try Club Since there are lovely surroundings and an ex cellent speaker on timely topic we hope you will be there Friday at the lGA store on Mulcaster Street starting at 930 am is the spring bake sale for the society Emma Garner is convener May it is the society tour to Anne of Green Gable There are still seats available The memorial committee has been hard at work this week Anyone wishing to Citll the chairman of this commit tee it is Wyman Jacques at 730434 Keith Jacques has join ed the work force for Barrie Horticultural Society and Will keep the roof garden watered all summer This is responsi ble job as there are aboug 1i plantcr up there eight with trees and one dry windy day can cause havoc Plans are well under way for the fourday society tour to Holland Mich from May 16 to 19