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tho examiner Thursday September 1977 Ag Lime Means Better Soil Which Means Better Crops And This Means Better Profit TOP QUALITY AG LIME Available In Any Quantity DELIVERED AND SPREAD Now is the recommended time for its applic As the lime can be working while the soil ation is resting We are capable of spreading up to 400 tons day because of our modern and efficient equipment FOR PROMPT SERVICE CONTACT The Ag Lime People McKEAN QUARRIES LIMITED Mailing Address 23 Lockhart Rd Cotlingwood Ont Plant Location miles west of Duntroon Hwy 24 Phone Collect 705 4452300 is 80 years old By IIOIE DEMISluY Examiner Staff Reporter iliary Over 80 years the ltoyal Vic toria Ilospital BVHi Aux iliary in Barrie has provided many services to hospital staff and patients alike On Sept the auxiliary will celebrate its 80th anniversary and though the organization has FIRST HOSPITAL getting Barrie its first hospital ling philosophy service to pa tierits of the hospital still prevails Donald Cameron rRVlli ad ministrator says over the cottage on Duckworth Street years the auxiliary has always was purchased for $1000 and been well integratul with both converted into Barrie General the hospital staff and patients Hospital The hospital was in dont know what we would have corporated in December that doncwithout them year It housed two beds The first meeting of the auxr downstairs for men and two iliary took place on September beds upstairs for women 1897 under the leadership of The first patient was admit Mrs II II Stratliy ted Aug l2 1892 It started out as the Womens few years later larger Auxiliary but in 196 the name and betteixequipped hospital was officially changed to the was needed 80m 1897 in honor of Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee house on High Street was purchased for $3000 and converted to llbed hospital In June 22 1977 the new hospital opened under the name Royal Victoria Ilospital IIRSI IIIIIIINUS The first auxiliary meetings were held weekly in the Mechanics Institute Ilall located on Uwcn Street where the Masonic Temple now stands Through the years the aux iliary has held its meetings in different buildings and now has room on the 8th floor of the hospital known as The Room with the View The auxiliary is twofold organiation It provides many services to patients and staff at the hospital as well as holding fund raising projects to buy medical equipment needed by tlieliospital UIIIIIIR Volunteers iii the organia lion come from the community Ioday there are about lei ac livi iiicliilxis Volunteer are interviewed and placed III programs based on their talents interests and tunes they are ayailable to uni We feel we have program to tllt everyone says icrry Morton president of the any iliary The volunteers are trained iltll Ilt tIthIIHI ttl chairman and are told what they can and cannot do This is Mrs Morton second yeai as president However she is fairly new resident of Barrie $500 In Ntlv 12 1891 twostorey Royal Victoria Hospital Aux Ioday there are about 300 Morton members including three men group consisting mainly of we moved here and found women was also responsible for The group met in town coun cil chambers on June 27 1889 about the auxiliary from doing grown over the years the foun to begin plans fora hospital By holding bazaar at town hall vicepreside the group managed to raise dent Gerry Morton president says shes gained Ann Landers Can be done reader says Dear Ann Landers Quite some time ago you said in your column it would not be possible for woman to rape man for biological reasonsor something like that Sorry didnt save the cli ping Well just rea where the police in Dallas are looking for two neatly dressed foulmouthed females who did exact Iy what you said could not be done pouce department spokesman said the yictim was 37 yearold accountant who was working late in his office one evening These middleaged women knocked on his door said their car had broken down and asked if they could use his telephone When he let them in his office one of the women pulled gun They then shoved him out the door to nearby parking lot where they forced him to have sex With them At first he resisted but decided to coo erate when one of the women struck him over the head wit istol After they finished with him ey warned that he would be killed if he mentioned the incident to anyone They then drove off in 10yearold creamcolored sedan Now what do you have to say about that Ann LandersA Person With Good Memory Dear Person Apparently the accountant felt his life was at stake and figured hed better rise to the occasion Dear Ann Landers Ihat column concerning the man quoting the ideals of fatherhood struck nerve too am father who had great plans for my children but it seems as though will not be able to carry them out because am the victim of sour divorce and Judge who thinks all kids are better off with their mother Three courtappointed agencies jud ed me fit to raise my children alone The judge however id not think so NowI am forced to take sideline seat while my exw1fe and my children are living with her lover know you are going to say get another lawyer but not highpaid businessman and its gomg to take two years for me to pay the one had sought help from my minister All he could say was Youre not the only one with the problem but you cant fight cityhall probably cant fight city hall but can ask you to print this letter so perhaps some other judge might think tWice before he sentences other children to this same fate In cidentally my children are just as unhappy as am lot is written about the mother who has to go it alone be cause she has been deserted or the husband isnt interested enough to keep up his reSponsibilities How about the father who works hard to keep up his support payments and spends as much time as possible with his children but is forced to accept the fact that his children have to watch their mother live with another man without benefit of Ive only been in Barrie about seven years says Mrs went to an auxiliary meeting one night not long after myself involved right away became the editor of the aux iliary newsletter learned lot that Then became second nt and then presi Though it may be deman ding sometimes find this job challenging and rewarding says Mrs Morton Im in and out of the hospital everyday guess you could call me the overseer of everything the auxiliary does HOSPITAL BOARD ne of the jobs the president of the auxiliary has is to sit in on hospital board meetings think we are very for tunate in Barrie to be allowed to sit in on the hospital board meetings says Mrs Morton So many auxiliaries in On tario are excluded from this But think it gives us better idea of the problems involved in running hospital Part of my job is to be the liaison between marriageVleekem Father the hospital board and the aux ear 93d Here your leuer and hope thousands iliarv Judges see it and remember you when they make future My twoycar term as presi deCSOns dent is up in December and know Ive gained lot from the auxiliary lot of work goes on behind the scenes of the auxiliary says Morton There is lot of planning and convcnors put in lot of tune organizing things The auxiliarys function is to make the doctors jobs easier the patients lives better and to raise money to buy medical equipment needed by the hospital In limit we were able to equip the hospital with $15000 worth of neurology equip ment says Mrs Morton In the early lays of the aux iliary money raised went to buying cutlery linens kitchen equipment and things for the basic operation of the hospital iltteii money went for mortgage pay niciitsoii the building As the hospital became more established more specialized equipment was needed to help improve patient care says Mrs Morton Today we also give bursaircs and student loans to nurses This is the first of two parl article on Royal Vic toria Ilospital Auxiliary The second half will appear in Friday paper Erma Bombgg House died month ago By ERMA BOMBIXK Well we just got home house had died knew something was fishy when we unlocked the door walked into the kitchen and the dog was at the kitchen table eating piJa out of an ashtry No one in the house smokes Something is wrong said to my husband If youre referring to the brown lawn we can reseed in the spring shook my head The bunards over the garbage cans The 84 gallons of milk in the garage The jaundiced newspapers dotting the driveway No Ijust cant put my finger on it Where are you going in your stocking feet My shoes are laminated to the kitchen floor wonder where the kids arc Why dont we follow the fruit flies They lead to the bathroom food Lord Why would anyone cat lello in the IilIIItNIIII out of cocktail shaker cannot believe that someone would not have watered this plant Its brown as bear and limp as rag Iiookat it And tolhink Its plastic wonder where the mail is By the phone They used it for scratch pads know whats missing Its the sink Where is the smk in this Iiousc Were too late sighed Maybe if we had come home two weeks sooner we could have say ed something My husband put his arm around my shoulders Look this house lied month ago There was nothing we could do Look at thisovcn Dont be cruel Surely my utility room is intac was wrong There was the smell of death everywhere Beach towels Stiff socks utoffs Tennis shirts Sleeping bags The good times used to have in here said wTny Listening to my laundry Sellint clothes for freshness Singing out loud while sorted socis one black one blue two black one red one yellow three black We can start over said my husband They can make irk out of all this and we can build another new house and in ain wal ed through the house one more time to absorb all the dead plants the refrigerator with leftovers that moved the stagnant handwashahles and the table filled with newspapers and their old horoscopes turned to the dog How can you eat at time like this You animal from vacation only to discover our gj Spongeshave sour smell DEAR POLLY My Pointer is for dieters who find themselves eating too many betweenmeals snacks Tr brushing your teeth with mint flavored toothpaste every time you get the urge to eat and find those fatten ing snacks are little less appealing My Problem concerns my kitchen sponges that get sour smelling too quckly have tried rinsmg them more carefully and also using bit of bleach on them when they become sour but nothing seems to help Any suggestions DEBBIE DEAR DEBBIE put my sponges in the silverware basket of the dishwasher and wash them with the dishes Push them down so there Is no danger of them escaping am sure the readers will becoming up with their own pet ways for keeping them clean and sweet smelling too rIll DEAR ItIIIY The fisherman can easily preserve that extra catch for later by inserting the cleaned vliole trout or other small fish in clean empty milk carton till it with water and then freeze solid When ready to cook the fish simply cut away the paper carton and defrost the block of ice The fish will seem as fresh as when tirst caught and will keep in definitely as long as it is frozen in the ice My other louiter is for rum mg day to to your local liquor store and get empty cartons that tune the bottle dividers in tact Glasses vases and ottiei miscellaneous articles can be packed In these sections and Will survive the move beautifully Often they fit snugly enough so they do not have to be wrapped but always wrap individually when more than one thing goes in section have done this on numerous occasions and found it really works ANN IIIIAlt ANN So have and when the dividers are removed these sturdy cartons illt great to use for packing plates when they are wrapped in paper and put in so they stand on edge nevir flat and put In no they are snug and cannot rattle around ltll