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-- MAN From FINANCE | Editorial Topics Should All Be Proud The fact that the corner stone of the new Com- munity Memorial Hospital was laid seven months follow- ing the first admission of patients does not matter. What does really matter is that during those seven months, the hospital has been operated efficiently and proven it was badly needed to adequately look after residents of this area. } 3 Statistics already prove this by the significant increase of patients during 1969 compared to 1968. Patient no. 1000 was admitted the same day of the corner stone laying, compared with 1063 admitted to the "old" hospital for the 12 months of 1968. Dr. M.B. Dymond, M.P.P. was generous in his praise to many. individuals and groups inthe area for the. tremendous interest all had shown in the construction and upkeep of the two hospitals. He, however, did single out one group, and rightly so, the Ladies Auxiliaries in Ontario and Port Perry in particular. "They work so quietly and effectively," the doctor said. This is proven by the fact that the local 9 group during a 17 year period raised $60,000. to help i & furnish and keep the hospital in operation. re Uh Residents in Port Perry and area have all the reasons WR in the world to be proud of this hospital. It is well 2% sonnel in other departments so vitally important for the operation of a hospital. Only a couple of weeks ago, three employees of the Examination certificates in Toronto. They passed their examinations following a complete training program 'held at the new Community Memorial Hospital in Port Perry. Sty : We would be amiss, if we did not hand out a big bouquet to Dr. M.B. Dymond for all his untiring and devoted work to make this hospital a reality. Ontario . Minister of Health during the period prior to and during the construction he deserves a great deal of gratitude from the residents who now will benefit from the services the hospital will administer. "1. At one point in his speech, the doctor said: * When | think how close we came on several occasions in the preliminary talks to never have this hospital, 1 still shudder, and perhaps | was the only one who did know, because | was in the position to do know." » 3 i staffed with qualified doctors, nurses and essential per- Bill Smiley Sugar and THEY EARN THEIR KEEP This column is dedicated to my name-' sake, Bill Smiley, a high school principal in Saskatchewan. He doesn't even read my column, bad cess to him, but his wife does. Recently, she forced him to listen as she read a column in which I hurled a dart into the raw hides of school administrators. It made him write, but it was a friendly letter and it's nice to hear from you, Cousin Bill. He must be a cousin. The Smileys, five brothers of them, came out from Ireland during one of the periodic potato famines and with the skill and foresight that has always characterized the name, chose some of the most meagre land in Canada on which to strike it rich. The" crops were mainly stones, with an occasional bonanza of boulders. Most of them had enough dim Irish wit to get out and move West, but my grandfather, with nine kids and no wife, stuck it out and the old family farm is still there in Pontiac, Quebec, pushing up its annual crop of milk-weed, burdock and fieldstone. Cousin Bill must be a descendant of one of the Smileys who went West and starved during The Depression, instead of staying home and almost starving. ' We've lost contact completely. But I did meet a chap, Bev Smiley, directly ahead of me in a lineup on a #roopship coming home, who turned out to be a son of my father's first cqusin, Joe, who went West. © Isn't this fascinating? hospital received their R.N.A. Provincial Registration * However, this is not a family history, though I know you're intrigued. It is a heart-felt expression of sympathy for high school principals, like Cousin Bill. A high schoul princpial is usually a nor- mal human being (though not always) who is caught, not between two grindstones, but four. Grinding from above are the school: board and the parents. From below, he is whetted to a fine edge by teachers and students, : : / Either he emerges keen as an axe, or ground to a pulp. The odd one is smart enough to quit and go back to the class. room before either happens. But most, 'driven by the insatiable greed of their wives, keep at it until they are punchy. This is one of their hairiest times of the year. After three months of unbelievable Spice chaos, they have finally got the big, brutal, awkward, maniacal machine, that is a mo- SE, Mern high school, running with only the 'odd fit or start. (Be careful there, lino- type operator). The 'Board has cut off all expenditures until the new budget is struck in January. The students are becoming unruly. The teachers are completely browned off with Board, principal, students and each other. In- short, everything is normal. Then the poor old principal gets three or four resignations from his staff. They are from-people- who are ill, fed up, or merely going out of their minds. Where do you pick up, in December, an art teacher who can double in typing? Or a German teacher who is a whiz at German " but weighs 200 and must coach the basket. ball team? Or a history teacher who can pick up a welding class. without doing a Nero? wt . : Somehow, they find bodies to put in front of the kids and the show goes on. And the principal takes another giant step, not for mankind, but toward his first coronary. Bless you, chaps, and have a happy Christmas. It's a job I wouldn't touch with a 20-foot Hungarian, let alone a ten-foot Pole. --Toronto Telegram Syndicate IT'S UP T0 YOU! | SAFE DRIVING WEEK DEC.1-7 50 YEARS AGO Thursday, December 4, 1919 When a storm raged, in Port Perry on Saturday even- ing, two fatalities were report- ed. The wind which travelled at a rate of 78 miles an hour took the upper half of the front wall of Beare's garage down burying three persons. Several barns throughout the area were destroyed. K Material will soon be here for the construction of some thirty more miles of telephone service in connection with the Port Perry circuit. Some of the lines are too heavily taxed and many new subscribers are on the waiting list. This additional work which has been delayed on account of the war will when completed be of great benefit to th local service. . 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, December 7, 1944 Word has been received that Wm. Thomas Harris 'has been promoted to the rank of Major and is now in the Adjutant-General's Office. Mrs. N. DeShane received word that her son Cpl. Bert DeShane is now in Belgium. While putting on storm windows at the home of Mr. Ted Jackson last Monday, Mr. . Stan Ploughman had a bad fall. The cap of his left elbow is broken and will be some time before he will regain the use of his arm. 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, December 2, 19564 Betty Sovereign' Achilles 859402 (GP) bred and owned by Edward Oyler of Port Perry was an Honour List junior 2 year 2X producer. In Reach Township, Deputy-Reeve Robert Baird received an acclamation. The Ontario County Holst- ein Breeders held their Annual Banquet in Greenbank United Church on Wednesday even- ing, November "24th with over 200 breeders and their friends in attendance. 10 YEARS AGO Thursday, December 10, 1969 Results of Scugog election were Reeve Anson Gerrow; Council: Cecil Fralick, Clar- ence Carter, Glen Hood, Vict- or Aldred. : Last Saturday evening a large crowd of friends and relatives gathered in Utica Community Hall to honour Mr. and Mrs. Jack Crosier and Mr. and Mrs, Cecil Harper on their fortieth wedding anniversary. i