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a aiÂ¥yer®s lX j Â¥arerio9 Tickets available at the Humanities Theatre Box Office (885â€"4280 ) and all other BASS outlets. Hours Monday to Friday. 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m . Saturday, 1 p.m to 5:00 pm _ |3;Â¥$3$ THAT SPECIAL % o somETHING FOK THE PERSON ON yoUr LIsT WHO â€"HAS EVERYTHING® With the last minute Christ shopping in full swing, our local churches are trying to rfind us of the significance of the season. For instance, the Mennonite Church on Erb St. has organized a Food Drive and the donations will be sent to the House of Friendship for the needy. Over at the First United Church on William St. the Advent service on Dec. 20 will include Carols by soprano Bonnee Brohman, combined choirs featuring Gustavy Holtst‘s Christmas Day, and a pageant. Across town St. Michael‘s Parish "social concern committee‘‘ is supporting the community groups in the Kâ€"W area who are ministering to the unfortunate. The financial donations this year will go to help the poor at "St. John‘s Soup Kitchen" and the "Working Centre". It is at this time of the year that the Beechwood Homes Association sends out its December newsletters. Karen Pancer, president of the Craigleith group, indicates that the association‘s survey confirms a large majority of the homeowners were in favor of the original smaller arenaâ€"liâ€" braryâ€"meeting room complex at Hallman and Roxton Road. It seems the City has also asked the Association to help recruit crossing guards for the area. They are looking for partâ€"time or occasional guards and are happy to arrange jobâ€"sharing if two people want to split the time. The Neighbourhood Watch parents are alerting all to notify the police if you see anyone taking Christmas Tree lights from the trees or vandalizing the decorations: phone 579â€"2211. Furthermore large cement blocks have been placed on some pathways to prevent cars from driving on the parkland. Roundup . ... Assistant UW professor Shirley Fenton states the influence of computers is expanding daily. Fenton claims "communications" will be the second largest industry in the world by the year 2000. The first will continue to be farming . ... Granite skip Tom Powell has a hot hand. Last week he won the twoâ€"day Spielfest on the Agnes St. ice and the week before he reached the final Saturday round of the Mutual Life city wide bonspiel . . . . Joan Kruuy will be involved in the Kâ€"W Skating Club‘s 60th Anniversary event which will be held at the Rinkâ€"inâ€"theâ€"Park in September . . . . Lion Jim Baird confirms the 50th Anniverâ€" sary of the Waterloo Club will be held on Saturday, Feb. 20, 1988, and he‘s trying to reach former members: phone 884â€" 0934 ....Centre in the Square has introduced a new Musical Stage Subscription Series that you might like to put in a Christmas stocking. It features the Music Man Feb. 2; Singin‘ in the Rain March 10; and Anne of Green Gables April 22 â€" phone 578â€"5660 for details . ... Former manager Ernie Goman was telling us that the "Flying Dutchmen" hockey team was so good that it almost beat the reigning Stanley Cup champions "Boston Bruins" in an exhibition here in 1950 . ... It‘s not surprising to see Carl Totzke, UW‘s director of athletics, is happy to see the alumni is going to support the football program. In his younger days, Totzke was a member of the "Dutchmen Football team" that was a contender for the Grey Cup in the early 50‘s .. .. Happy birthday Rotarian Nick Holzinger Dec. 19 . .. . o d €airets i1 with Ted Rooney 1 0 W N During the early ‘80s it became evident an additional hospital was needed in the Kâ€"W area. "In 1985 we received approval to expand from the Ministry of Health However we were in for some suprises. The initial cost estimate has mushroomed. Now we‘re appealing for public donations. The future hospital will treat chronic rehabilitative patients and include a palliative care unit for terminal patients," he said. ‘"The new buildings will be in a circular plan. Each room will emanate off the circle and contain a central living area with nooks and crannies â€" A much needed expansion was added in 1937 to provide 55 more beds. By 1940 Bruce, Grey and Dufferin counties was sending patients there as well. But by the 1950s radical changes were taking s:.ace in care and progress: "By the 1950s new ug treatments were being employed and the need for beds declined. Although they were treating more people, they were spending less time in the sanatorium. It was in 1957 it became a chronic rehabilitation centre. Later in the 1960s and 70s it progressed to a long term medical and nursing care hospital," Conrad said. An innovative plan for the Health Care Village will enable patients to normalize their lifestyle while they are at Freeport. Begining with the purchase of land in 1912, the farmhouse was converted to the first Freeport Sanatorium for those suffering from tuberculosis. Peter Conrad, author and WLU history graduate, said "curing porches" were built along one side of the house so patients could take advantage of the sunlight thought to speed the cure of the disease. A newer building was completed in 1916 and opened as a military hospital for World War I veterans with tuberculosis. It remained a veterans hospital until 1920, when it began to admit others from Waterloo and Wellington counties. Conrad said TB was on the increase at this time: "In 1932 the 103 beds were all filled and tuberculosis was rapidly increasing among the general population. There were 20 per 100,000 people and that was considered high. In fact, there were 14 sanatorâ€" iums in Ontario alone at this time." The 1970s ushered in even more changes: "In 1970, the tuberculosis wing was closed and the hospital was renamed The Freeport Hospital. Later in the ‘70s it opened up a small dermatolog ical centre that saw 150 patients a year." Marg Zavaros Chronicle Special The recently published book "Caring On The Grand" details the remarkable history of The Freeport Hospital, formerly called The Freeport Sanatorium. Fascinating history of Freeport facility in Caring on the Grand Give Tth® GIFT OF ENTERTAINMENT‘ ‘ For Dance devotees the rising Star of BALLET BRITISH coLUMBIA and direct from New york. J‘ IBILATION! paANCE comPANY. For Classical MusiC enthusiaSsts BAROQUE AND BEYOND with the Kitchener Waterlo0 Sympbony and 4 comedy classic SECOND cITy TOUR: ING comPaNY. For Theatre lOver$ THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST and FRED pPENNER for the entire Jamâ€" ily. Still can t decide? The LW Arts Centre has tastefull) paCkaged Gift Certificates. WATERLOO CHRONICLE. WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 16. 1987 â€" PAGE B1 The Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation has donated $2,500 and the Ministry of Citizenship & Culture $2,000 to publish "Caring On The Grand" while the Freeport Hospital Volunteer Services supplied the remainder through fund raising activities. A color print of The Grand River and Freeport Hospital by Peter Goetz graces the cover of this attractively bound book. no more four walled rooms and long corridors. It will emit a homey and dignified atmosphere. We hope this plan will deâ€"institutionalize chronic rehabilitative care." The reason Conrad authored this history goes back to a summer job two years ago: "I was hired by The Freeport Hospital to organize their records but at the end of the summer I‘d discovered there was so much information I could not complete it. A short time later I was asked to compile this history in the form of a book." ‘"Caring On The Grand" is for sale at University of Waterloo Bookstore, Wilfrid Laurier University Bookstore, Words Worth Bookstore and Freeport Hospital Gift Shop. The cost is $12.95 and the proceeds will go toward the building fund. The Freeport Hospital has touched the lives of countless people in the Kâ€"W area. With the high calibre of ongoing care and service it will continue to provide an excellent facility for future years. Peter Conrad T 885 4280