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by Shirley Whittington For eighteen years, the last Monday of every month has:been' "Board Night" for Midland's Rena Bell. "'And I expect at the end of this month I'll automatically reach for my car keys and my ceat,'"' she smiles. "Then my head will tell me that I don't have to go out, but {}my heart will be up at "A phat hospital."' ~~ A recent change in by- law, which restricts consecutive years on the Board to twelve, has resulted in Rena's resignation from the Huronia District Hospital Board. But even though she'll no longer be sitting on the Sion ead das. : " oe e % he + > aa : ia Ye 3 ets gt Ries «ded = Cd . SS FES 9 FP fret Pos Board, her interest in hospital affairs remains high. "I'm particularly interested in the quality of nursing care," she says. ""And somehow, I fear that in becoming ultra-sophisticated, we may be losing that special atmosphere that one finds in a smaller hospital. We call ours a_ District Hospital, but in the truest sense, it's a community hospital and we shouldn't lose that community feeling." Rena's lifelong interest in hospital affairs stems from the days when she trained at old St. Andrew's Hospital under Emma Baker. After post- graduate training at the watt He! 3 x sg x* ® a6 ~ =< p> ee ae eS 9 University of Toronto Rena returned to St. Andrew's to teach student nurses. "I was the first quflified instructor they ever had," she says. Later she moved to Orillia, where she taught for five years. For many years, the hospital board was an inner sanctum of men. It wasn't until 1956 that a woman served on the Board. In 1$58, Rena Bell was appointed to the Board as the represen- tative of the Nurses' Alumni. In 1962 she was ap- pointed secretary, a position she held until 1974. Probably the busiest ot gas ems oe Ng tt ce 6 HR Ake ven Pee otc a | *ew ve Bele. Be * Bivse "Sometimes when cuts have been made, they've been made on the nursing side. |'m aware of this, and against it, and I've made my feelings clear on that point." : Rena Bell Poems for Mom Midland mothers have again this year been honoured in poem. Public and separate school ' students in Midland were busy last week rhyming, dedicating, and alliterating mothers and Mother's Day for the Chamber of Commerce sponsored Mother's Day Poem Contest. Mother's Day My mother is sweet She is very neat She sews as well As she knows. She works very hard And makes pies with lard She makes cookies that we like ; And she also rides a bike. She likes flowers And april showers She goes to church , ~ 'fixes our hurts. errr This is my mom I love her dearly _ And I couldn't put it Any more clearly. Elizabeth Bourgeois Monsignor Castex School My Mother My mother is neat and is very sweet, My mother is so nice, she's hard to beat, She puts me to bed, and makes my lunch, I think my mother's the best of the bunch! Lisa McBride, Grade 4, Bayview School. , = *,< Two winners, one in the grade 1-4, and one in the grade 5-8 group, were chosen from dozens of entries submitted. Winners each receive a $25 dinner voucher and a bouquet of roses for mother; runners-up receive one rose each for their mother. The contest is spon- = Category 'A' Grade 1-4 winning poem For Mother I love my mother I wouldn't want another I would buy a present for her A ring, a rose, a coat of fur I can't buy those But I'll do this I'll give my mother, A great big kiss. Heather Whiteside Grade 3, Regent Public School What are Mothers for? What are mothers for? To hug and to squeeze To tickle and tease To play games and talk with To run and walk with To help catch a dove To like and to love To be patient and friendly To do things tenderly Mom hardly ever gets mad She comforts us when we're sad. That's what Mothers are for! Susan Van Klink, Huron Park School Grade 3 sored by the businesses of Midland Town Centre. Judges this year were Mrs. Loraine Wilde, Mrs. Barbara Hacker, Mrs. Judy Bales, Mrs. Elaine Patchell and Mrs. Lynn Palmer. Special thanks go to the teachers who assisted in making the _ contest possible. ee ee My Mommy My mommy is nice, She gives advice. My mommy is kind, She helps me find, Something that I lose, Like my shoes. Stephanie Toole Grade 1, S.H.S. On Mother's Day I love my Mom, my Mom loves me, And that is very plain to see. Together we do things every day. So now I feel it's time to say Happy Mother's Day. Sherr] Moreau Grade 2, Parkview School. More poems Friday Winning poem and runners-up in the grade 5- 8 group will be carried in the Friday Times. Look for it at your doorstep or on the newstands. time in her board ex- perience occurred during the years of planning for the Huronia District Hospital. "I was on the planning and building committee," she says. "Some weeks we had seven meetings. Unofficial historian Rena Bell's interest in Midland's hospitals had Mother's Day Starts atHi@me with led her to become the unofficial historian and she has photographs and documents that date back to the days of the original hospital in Sunnyside. One of her proudest possessions is an armless rocking chair that was used for many years in the nursery at old St. Andrew's. It now sits in measuring spoon (4055- _ Ai . a) Ay Wide Tooth "4 Comb w er, ~ Styling ~--<SF ' Al &S |! See a" ie Comb i Air Flow Concentra 7 tor eS Styling Handle | SAUCEPAN SET Freeze, cook and serve in dish. Famous Corning Ware beauty and quality. 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