PAGE 12, THE TOWNSMAN, Thursday, July 14, 1977

NANNY FROM THE OLD COUNTRY

A touch of Britain in Alberta

_ CALGARY (CP) —
Keryn and Aaron Bickman
no Ionger wear pants, It’s
been “troosers” since Mary
Black arrived in January.
Mary, 22, is a nanny from
Scotland, one of the few cur-

rently working in Alberta. .

She was_ hired by Sonia
Bickman and her husband
David through an agency.in
Toronto.

A branch of the agency
now is in operation in
Alberta and both Mary and
Mrs. Bickman expect to see
more British girls joining
Cal ary families as
mothers’ helpers.

“Mary and I almost feel
we could set up an agency of
our own,’’ said Mrs.
Bickman. “She has lots of
friends who want to come

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inquiries from other
mothers asking me how they
could get girls.”
The Bickmans decided to
get we nanny expecting
ickman was expecting a
third child, That baby,

daughter, Lannie, was rn

four months ago. The twins:

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HAPPY WITH ARRANGE-
MENT

“T had been able to
manage the twins m self
because they were bo
the same schedule. but. 1
realized 1 would need help
when the new baby
arrived,” | Mrs.
said,

Mrs. Bickman’s cousin in
Winni ipeg already had .a
British girl and that’s what

Bickman -

gave them the idea.
“We are very happy with
the arrangement. Blary is
wonderful with the chil
and they love her. I enjoy
having her too and it is
marvellous to have an adult
Sey to offset babg
talk ail
“We ey, asked her
consider spending an
year with us when her
12 months:are uP. ”
Mary, {00 is delighted m
position in the
with aes family.

‘1 really am
myself here. The litesty by
ry different and it has:

been a fantastic experience.

for me. - -

“y would. ‘really like to
make my home in Canada
and intend to apply as an

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A former clerk in a
hospital outside Glasg
Mary has has had. n Re a
child-care training. One of
nine children, she gained
her practical experience
helping her mother with the
younger brothers and
sisters.
CHOSEN CAREFULLY
Rita Troupe is owner-
manager of Q. C. Personnel,
which offers
certified nannies. an
mothers’ helpers from
Britain to Alberta families.

“We only. have two
certified nannies on cur -
books and we expect
requests for them to come
from very affluent fami-
lies,” Mrs. Troupe said.

Certified nannies are
holders of Britain's national
nursery examination board
certificate, gained on -
completion of a twosear
course.

The majority ofr uests
are for mothers’ helpers,
whom the agency loosely

d calls “Q.C. nannies,” and

who, Mrs. Troupe said, are
“a bargain at the price"

Hormone defects.
under. control?

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MONTREAL (CP) —
Jules Mardy’s pioneering
surgical techniques. on the
human pituitary gland have
earned 22 godchildren.

The Montreal.
neurosurgeon introduced a
microsurgical p procedure in
1975 enabling him to remove
tumors from the gland,
located at the base of the
brain, without opening the ,
skull’ or destroying the

gland.

The ituitary .
controls y grow
well as the functions of such
.organs as the kidneys, -
ovaries and testicles.

-Defects in the gland can |
affect fertility and Hardy
said he was named
godfather to children of
many women whose fertility
was restored as a result of
- his operation.

He reaches the pea-sized

land--

gland by going underneath -

the nose through a small
incision and through the
sinuses. He has performed
the delicate operation more
than 100 times, removing.
tumors less than 10 mil-
limetres wide.

Some. of his most |
dramatic successes have
been = in controlling
pantism, or uncontrolled.

y: growth caused by a
pituitary gland tumor.

Children and young people
afflicted by giantism shoot
up to heights of eight feet or
more, with hands, feet and
facial features becoming

rged,

When the tumor occurs in
_ adults, it causes a condition
\ known as acromegal ye
‘Facial features are greatly
enlarged, with the nose and
jv chan ging to alter the .

Sividual’ ‘'s appearance.
Hands and feet also become
oversize.

Hardy told a recent sym-
posium sponsored: b
Canadians: for Healt
Research that until
recently, his surgical.
technique bas mainly
benefitted adolescents and
suffering from
glantlsm because of lack of

early i agnosis.
ter ublic knowledge
of ‘the condition has enabled

him to cure children as |

young as four before the
oversupply of growth .
hormone affects facial
=o and hands. and |
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