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Happily I had a private view during a forenoon when the morn- ing sun was ooding the big living room and bedrooms with the brightness and warmth all new places need. Happily too, there was no one a'bout. except my guide, so that I could peek into all the nooks and corners and see how carefully every -detail in con- nection with the planning and fin- ishing` of this splendid new home, had been carried out. The Homey Living Room First of all there was the living- room with its big fire~place, a real one. not the electried sort of con- trivance, handsomely fitted with beaten brass andirons, fender, . A A A- . ` . Agent` for Hecla. Furnaces O ' * ` A 118 Dunlop St., BARRIE PLUMBING AND HOT WATER HEATING, HOT AIR FURNACES, A EAVETROUGHING AND REPAIRING. Efficiently and Economically ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL, % BARRIE wood-box and the necessary set of tongs, brush and shovel. Wise ar- chitect and! wise committee to have made so much of a re-place, for the hearth is the heart of the home. and around this particular `one I could picture groups of ser- vice weary young women enjoying the comfort and cheer of many a crackling log. Blue and parchment predominate in the color scheme as noted in the hangings and the fine Wilton rug, which my guide informed me had been made es- pecially for this room. There is al- so a dash of mauve, rose and yel- low in the wall-paper and chintz coverings of the wicker furniture, that produces a rather pleasing, colorful `effect. -Across afar cor-' ner stands a player piano. This is another evidence of thoughtful- ness and regard for the `recreation which nurses require more than those studying for any other pro- fession. My guide pointed out I that the living room furnishings of wicker. were chosen partly be- cause they were light and could be easily removed to permit the nurses to hold an occasional dance. The hardwood floor, which gleam- ed in the sunlight, seemed to have been given an extra coat of wax WAS SUPPLIED BY Superintendent, `Miss J. K.` Mc- . Arthur; Assistant Superintendent. ; Miss Helen. `J. Shanahan; Night , .Supervisor,_ Miss Ruth. Russell; Nurses-in-Training:e MISS Cora Rutherford. Tottenham: Miss Ruth, ' Orchard, Minesing: Miss Mary Mason, Thornton; Miss Mae Friel, Bhelpston; `Miss `Olive Allen,- Col- lingwood; Miss Josephine Wiggins, Shanty Bay; Miss `Ethel Matthews. Thornton; `Miss Helen Winter. Schomberg: :Miss Edna McGi1l, Midland: Miss `Mary Mc`Dougall, Barrie: Miss Ida Laking, Alliston; Miss Lillian `Brett, Alliston; Miss Elsie Taylor. Meaford; Miss Louise `Campbell, Alliston: Miss. Rita Sisler. Barrie; Miss Florence Knupp, Thornton; Miss Georgina R-Smart. Cookstown; Miss Ross Partridee. Shanty Bay; Miss Le- ona Mac'Donald, Barrie; Miss `Helen `McConkey, !Barrie. `tn -1- 7---- senior member of the Board, hav- ing served A continuously since April 2, 1907. Judge Donald Ross is next in order, his association with the Board dating. back to March 1, 1910. 'Thos. Beecroft has been a member since 1913; H. A.` Sims (also secretary), since 1913; 'H. M. Lay (also treasurer), since 1919; Wm. Gallie. since .1921. The other members of the Board, most of whom have been on for several years are :-Dr. A. T. Lit- tle,_Dr. V. A. Hart, S. W. Moore, T. C. Royce, D. H. Coleman, 0. -C. Hinds. The Mayor of Barrie and the Warden. of Simcoe also are ex- officio members. ""1-;r.e.si-d"e`r.1`t J; A. niiel is the MEMBERS or R. v. H. BOARD I -_ __ 2- LL- with' perhaps the same idea in mind. Nurses enter their train- FURNITURE DEALER 129 DUNLO'P_STREE'l` NEAR MULCASTER (By Byirthap L. Stavert) Sympathetic appreciation of the need nurses-in-training have for some home life and `home com- forts, evidently actuated the ef- forts of the Royal Victoria Hospit- al board and the committees of men and women who have been `in- strumental in furnishing and? t- ting the `new nurses home. At least that seems to .have been the impression made. on those who have visited the home since it was thrown open for public inspection. av an.-av-4 won av v--u.-- .`.(?1"urn to page th-ree, p1ea's_e)" FIRST HOSPITAL M HERE HAD 4 BEDS Started in 1891-Second on High St.; Present One ~ Opened 1902. I. . `increased accommodation was felt U The history of `Barrie hospital `movement dates back to a public -meeting held on June 27, 1889, |with subscriptions this provided ;the necessary amount to purchase "a two-storey brick cottage on Duckworth `Street near Ard.agh s grove. This was bought in 1891 for $1100. -Barrie General Hos it- alwas incorporated on Decem er 15, 1891. Of the 36 incorporators the only ones now living are A. F. Hunter, Fred Marr, Mrs. Dora Pepler. D. A. McNiven. Mr. and Mrs. George H.,Esten. The accom- modation consisted of two `beds for male patients and two for females. Miss Field was the rst trained nurse. On the occasion of Queen Victoria's Jubilee, 1897, an appeal was made for funds and for the sum of $3,000 R. E. Fletcher's house, High `Street. (now occupi- ed by 'E. H. Braden and W. A. .Twiss) was purchased. This lar- ger building providing accommo- idation for 13 patients, was open- ved June 22. 1897. under the name, .The Royal Victoria Hospital. `Miss Margaret M. Campbell be- `came superintendent. Her ser- vices are commemorated in the Margaret M. Campbell Ward. `This building soon proved inad- `equate and after a successful ap- ipeal to the public a new hospital was erected on Ross Street at a cost of $20,000. This was opened on March 3, 1902. Only a few years elapsed before. the need of and the Board decided upon a $10.000 extension. After some subscriptions had- been secured, Gerard B. 'Strathy and his mother offered to bear the cost of the new wing as a memorial to Henry Hat- ton Strathy. for many years pre- sident of the` Board. The new wing cost $12,500 and at the- same time the Board spent $5.000 on the older building. The opening of the addition took place on March 5, 1911. Since that time large ex- penditures have `been made for X- Ray apparatus, sterilizing plant, operating rooms and other equip- ment to keep the hospital up-to- date. The accommodation is now 50 beds. " and the rst funds raised were 3 ',$500 raised by the ladies by a ba- zaar-held in the Town,Hall. Along ` GRADUATE NURSES, R.V.H. One hundred and eight nurses have been Agradtra-ted from the Roy- al Victoria H0sp'itaI Training .School for Nurses. Many of these have since changed their names but when the diplomas were issued `they were as fo1l-ows:--- - u'A`nn 17` T\nnw\v-wnn-rT `Maw-a'nr~n-i` HS LU1l`U\'VBi"" Helen E. Drumm`on'd,. Margaret ; Torrance, Maud T'ru em`an, Ethel Lloyd, Ethel Scott, Alberta Camp- bell, Minnie Drury, -Sadie Mclcuaig, Christina C. McKay, Jentnie VVarn- ica, Alma McDonald, Helen A. Jack- son, Alena McC-`rregor, Verna Mo`rris,. Mabel Moore, -Bertha Gray, Gertrude , \Vebb, Dorcas 'McLe'od, {Edna 'Lee,: Henrietta Gilmour, |Emily Hfodlgins ` Id`a.Howard,'Josephin~e Quinn, Nettie - Isbister, Edna E. Ayers, Amy |SiI- ` verthorne. -Ethel M. Aldous, Mabel Miller, Diana Margaret Calder. Ethyl I-Ilallbert, Alice M. N orthgrav- es, Eva May Brunton, Mary Ann Train, Hesson Kirkpatrick, Flora McAllis~ter, Alice Greenwood, Amy Kilburn, Grace Stags. `Laura Mc- Gillivray, Joan Hamlin, Josephine Bartridge, `Sarah -Roibertson, `Sophia Doherty, Mabel Fisher, Annie At- kinson, lRose lcameron, Jennie Thompson, Edith Day. Priscilla Campbell, Uean lR'itchie. Mary Ovens. Blanche Kidd, Ethel C. Mc- Gregor, Agnes M. Boyd, Lillian G. Wearing, Augustine McBride, Hazel B. Hunter, Gertrude Sampson, Edna Kerr, Pearl Crawford. Edith North- graves, IF'rances Murray. Ethel Mc- ` Donald, Jetta 'McAuley, Hazel Mayor, Lottie `Powell, `Ruby `C-avell, Mary Cas-ton, Carrie-Locke. Mae S-tewart.` Amy Caldwell, Jean McWaters, Vera McMahon, Ichristena Lee, `Eva Horn- `er, Janet Anderson, Malbel Hares, , Gertrude Penrose, Minnetta Warren, Georgina Kendall, Barbara R. Kidd, Annie `McLeod. Hazel Reekie. Mar-l ,` ion Rumble, Doris Williams, Flor- J ence S. Mervin, Camilla A; Weiblb,` l Rachel C. McDonald, -Agnes `C. Allan, {Helen -I. Shanahan Myrtle E. Rey- nolds. `Laura E. Irwin, Annie B. Foster, Ethel M. :Shovel1, Hilda_A. Carter, Laura A. `Graham, Esther L. Drinkwater, Margaret Chalmers, ' Mildred Webfb, Mary Tate, Florence " Jwkes, Zeta Sharpe, Amey McCon- NEW NURSES HOME, ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL, BARRIE _ Erected by L. G. McCarthy, K.C., Toronto, on site donated by the late Geo. Ball and furmshed by W. H. Wright, Barrie. Has accommodation for 22 nurses and in addition rooms on the third floor for use of nurses during their term on night duty. -Ph0t0 by J8k50n- PRESIDENTS OF THE R. V. H. Sympathetic `Appreciation Shown of Need of Nurses-in-h Training for Home Comforts-Colonial Style Seen Both in Building and Furnishing9--Complete. in Every Respect-A Dignied and Worthy Memorial to a Highly Esteerned Physician. . Rev. D. D. McLeod, 1889-1904; Hon. _Chas. I 1904-1905; H. H. Strathy, 1905-1910; F. R. Porritt, April 1920; Donald Ross (2 president), April to 0c` 1920; `Thos. Beecroft, 1920- J. A. MacLaren, 1925-1928. key, -Edna `slmpsbn, Florence Gil- christ. Monica Torpey, Muriel Don- nelly. Hazel Chappell. T? in lnfnrnenintr tn nnl-o `-1-h4:.f fhn uuuy, naacx uuctppcu. It is Interesting to note `-that the present President of t-he W,men's Auxiliary, Mrs. Alex. Brow (Al- berta. Caxmpbel1),.w-as the nurse in attendance at the last illness of Dr. McCarthy in whose memory the nurses home has been erected. when you want that. or other `oor covering, THAT SARJEANT & KING have best style and value. SPECIAL SALE THIS WEEK OF ALL Wilton and Brussels Carpets, Congoleurn and Linoleum Rugs. Prices Much Reduged. Congoleum Squares at 4-. A- A-_# $5.06. $3.115; _ $6.56 `to $15.00. I 0 Tapestry Carpets at $10.00, $16.50 and $22.50. The handsome Wilton Rug in the living-room at the R. V. H. Nurses Home, sit- ting room rug and other special rugs were supplied by us. DON T FORGET The Entire Furniturefor The R.V. H. Nurses Home Sarjept_ & King I] "l'EI'| NEW CARPET THE BARRIE PLANING MILL we MANUFACTURE Sash, Doors, C.........n 'l`....1-.. l'_.J.---! __ _ -_ -- -"- `pa mung, aavuav I3rams,' ;F'a_n-ks, Integio; Trim and Mouldings. ' ~ Office phone -163, Residence 359.} The Royal Victoria Nurses Home WAS BUILT BY D.D.. Drury, K.C.. 1910- ; (acting October, . 1920-1925; av-on 1 0`)K_1 O09 Llmrrb THOMAS ROGERS, Propritor . GENERAL conmcwon REED SUITES, SIMMONS BEDS, SPRINGS AND MAT TRESSES, DRESSERS, WINDSOR CHAIRS, SPECIAL CHAIRS, SPINET DESK, FLOOR LAMPS, UIXHI.`& 8lv-n-I- - V `T7 I The committee under whose . supervision both the building and I furnishing of the Home were car- ried to such successful completion consisted of Wm. Gallie. Judge Donald Ross, Thos. Beecroft and J. A. -Ma-c*Laren. In the selection and making up of the linen. cur- tains, etc., the Women's Auxiliary lent valuable assistance, Mrs. A. C. Brownmthe president. especial- ly devoting much time to the work. Extra copies of The Examiner may be obtained each week at W. R. Keenan's bookstore. Wm. Crossland's drug store. Allandale News Stand or Examiner office. BUILDING COMMITTEE SIMMONS Have been wisely chosen` for the new Nurses I-Iome in Barrie. For over forty years Simmons have been supplying sleeping equipment for Canadian hos- pitals, `hotels, institutions and homes. The comfort of Sim- mons equipment is well known. Its wearing qualities are prover- bial. it is economy to buy Simmons equipment. It is built for life- long wear. ` The Woodwork used in our contract is the output of our own factory. We Specialize in Summer Cottages; ASK FOR ESTIMATES we ARE AGENTS for Toronto As- phalt Roofing, Ten Test Insulating Board, Beaver Bestwall, the superior wall board. a Fdctory: Cor. Mary andcsophia Sta. Taylor-Forbes Sovereign Radiators HEAT THE NURSES HOME MATTRESSES Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary. Vancouver SIMMONS LIMITED Toronto Asphalt Roofing Used BEDS SPRINGS and E;}}aI"'ie.: and Best Dry Good: Store. RIGHT NOW in the heart of the season when your plans are prepared for the sumv mer months this store opens opportunities for you to ac- quire just the things you need without unnecessary trouble. We are here to serve you with the better quality merchandise at the lowest possible price and when you buy it you have our assurance that you have on hundred per cent. value for your money; THE FABRICS,the Color- ings and the Styles in vogue for 1928 are `here and with complacent faith in them we ask you to make comparison with any other store's goods. FOR THE HOME we have here all the practical, every- day things such `as Linens, Beddings. Curtainings. Cov- erings, etc.. and the increas- ing sale of these goods is groof that we show what is est. THEN, with the coming of the holiday season when the longing for OUT-DOOR LIFE `has hold of you we would assure you that all your apparel needs may be met here. `Space will not permit us to describe the various lines. _ Suffice to say WE INVITE YOU Much of the furnishing: for the Royal Victoria Nurses Home were supplied by 113-- blanketn, sheeting, pillows, wool bedroom rugs, marquis-~ --A.--__ VVUUI IJUIII Uvnna ette curtains. Plumbing and Heating Equipment S. W. MOORE Buy Advertised Things A. E. SMITH SUPPLIED AND INSTALLED IN THE NEW NURSES HOME `BY A. MOFFATT. . `When renovating and J / - _ generally xing up the home with Plumbing or Heating, give us a call. We will be gladgto give _you any information you desire. A.MOFFATT