Page 6 = THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LARE, B.6. Ls ST ats ! : | WITH 'REWE frigerator, and even took up the bathroom tile and laid a new floor (because I didn’t like the color of the old one). And finally I polished all the Holiday's Over — Back To Work The holiday is really Over; the editor says I have to start writing a column again. Those little six-page papers over the holi- day season surely had something to recom- mend them even though they didn’t produce much r ue for the firm. It was at least easy on the staff in the editorial department and the se ent if they had done so): I cleaned silver that I knew I furniture, and washed and wax- ed all the floors. And by Christmas night, af- ter a number of adults had walk- ed through the house, a number of children had raced through the house, a number of drinks had been spilled on the floor, and jap oranges, candy and nuts ground underfoot — I sat and wondered why I had bothered. “And how does Santa Claus get down the chimney if he is PRENATAL CARE IMPORTANT FOR EXPECTANT MOTHERS Dr. H. M. Brown > Director, Cariboo Health Unit -Where é¢ight mothers died injal. care. Nowadays Practically all women enter hospital to have their babies and therefore re- ceive adequate maternal care but many do not yet appreciate the benefits which are to be ob- lained by early and adequate pre-natal care. Certainly all Women should seek medical ad- vice at the first suspicion of childbirth “ten years ago, only one dies today. The death rate in infants has been cut to a third of what it was thirty years ago. This has heen brought about by improved pre-natal and matern- term: infant. In Australia, it has been dem- onstrated that-German Measles, contracted by a woman in early pregnancy, may result in an in- fant born with some deformity. Recent work at the Harvar; School of Public Health has shown that maternal stress. brought about by various condi- tions in early. pregnancy, may also lead to congenital deformi- ties. This maternal stress may be due to sueh things as surgi- cal operations, anaesthetics, ac- cidents, disease and nutritional disorders. It might be as well to make it SCRARCHE PADS: RUBBUR STAMPS- THE TRIBUNE SMBERIAL would never use; I mended clothes, sewed curtains and made food that would last us for| re; months. quite clear to mothers that it is the usual practice for physicians to charge a comprehensive fee for the management of preg- naney and labour. Whether the back-shop. So fat?” Elaine pondered. “And where does he leave his ndeer, Mommy?” she queried “And how does he know who Pregnancy. We would go even further than this and advise them to seek medical care even if pregnancy is only contem- Mrs. Jorgenson Again Heads When you look back on it, it seems somewhat foolish the amount of work a woman man- I shopped for gifts, I wrapped ifts, I d ted the h I doctor starts the care of the pa- gifts, lecorated the house. | gereq H it | ili Taine A zi See i v r 7 managem of {tient early or late in pregnancy, ages to cram into the few short /addressed Christmias cards and OSD! a UXI fary aoe eee te eee why it seems necessary to do it. wrote little notes with them. 1 And I wondered why th ener aera weeks) “Defore.: Christnias, and’ swat down: the walls and dust-|_ 4” wondered. Why tel UNeePerycreelaon was da 2 Mnation to assess I cieaned cupboards that I] ed the tops of the doors and cup- knew my guests would never] boards where even a decent fiy Jook into (at least 1 would wouldn’t look. have thought it highly impertin- We spray-painted the old re- THANK YOU! As we start into 1957 Money. Maker Feeds and Concentrates stand ready to be of even greater Service to you than has been the case in the past, Our local representative THE CARIBOO CATTLEMEN'S ASSOCIATION, WILLIAMS LAKE, has a well assorted stock and solicit Your patronage. Make Money Maker your Feed 4 satisfied customer, partner and you too will be Po Cariboo Cattlemen’s Assoc, Williams Lake UTELITY aufometic GAS HEATING equipment Forced Air Furnaces, Wall Heaters and Floor Fur- naces, Written G: inter, Approved by the Ameri- can Gas Assoc FLOOR FURNACES TAT AND PAL $149.00 and up NOW i Propane Gas ° at a More Economical Price 100 Ib. cylinders either filled or exchanged $9.50 20 1b. cylinders either filled or exchanged $2.50 Bulk or Bottled Sales FOR TANK TRUCK DELIVERY Phone 148 Kahl Propane Gas Co. Williams Lake Mackenzie Avenne ‘ou ‘elojs dieys has been bad or good?" she won- manufacturers of * Christmas| ectai president of the Hospital seals never put enough glue on Auxiliary for her second torm at the annual meeting held last Thursday afternoon. them, or at least a glue that never sticks to the paper. And when they are going to Produce a gift card that has enough room to write the name of the person to whom the gift is going, ahd who is sending it. Also returned for a second term as first and second vice- presidents were Mrs. R. Friesen and Mrs. J. Pomeroy. New treas- urer is Mrs. 2. Carswell and board representative will be Mrs, Stewart Smith. Mrs. C. Stangoe will continue as secretary until a new one is elected. Plans for the annual Valen- tine dance to be held in imid- February were formulated, and a committee of Mrs. K. Cam- eron, Mrs. Pomeroy and Mrs. Carswell are in charge of the arrangements, The playhouse built by high school sttidents and raffled by the Fall Fair- Association last year, was donated to the hos- pital by winner Magnus Meeson. Plans for the best disposal of ‘he attractive little house will be decided at a later meeting. ta view of the almost empty sdition of the hospital at istmas time, except for seri- vasly ill patients, it was decided |to dispense with the food bas- “| kets for the wards in future and For those of you who may have been wondering, we sur- passed our own record of mail- ing Christmas cards late. Last year we mailed our cards on December: 21st, but we outdid ourselves this year and pushed them through the letter slot on December 23. We have probebly been voted “the couple who we Would most like to see in the Dead Letter office,” by the Post Office staif. If we get much later, we will Probably confuse everyone com- pletely and have our friends think we are mailing early for next year. “Redolf the Rude-Nosed Rein- deer” is Elaine’s version of ihe popular Christmas song, but this year we felt she would 1, singing “All I want for Ch mas is my two front teeth. purchase flowers instead, With Ward sporting a space | co Cc plated. the physical and nutritional state of the patient. He takes blood tests to rule out the possibility of unsuspected disease which may be passed on to the unborn child and through them he also determines if there is any blood incompatibility which might af- fect the infant He makes peri- odic tests of the urine, the blood pressure and the weight of the mother. The advice which he gives will help to avoid what is known as the toxaemia of preg- nancy. In the recent past, such con- ditions ‘as premature births and congenital deformitories in the infant such as, blindness, cleft palate, ete., were looked upon as ‘acts of God’ and unavoid- able. We now know, however. that many of these unhappy events are preventable and there is every possibility that in the future most of them may be able to be eliminated with reasonable care. In England, it has been shown that if a woman enters preg- nancy with an adequate diet and in a suitable environment, she has a far better than aver- age chance of ending up as a healthy mother with a lusty full- months, they are a fine-looking where he lost a front tooth at the tender age of fourteen f re wre, wu for weeks ago? Well, beliete it or not, I got one in my stocking on Christmas morning. The tiny three-inch aluminum pot, complete with handle, cozy white fur lining, and emblazoned with my name in black block Phone 290W See nein r— BUSH WOOD ~ PROMPT DELIVERY SAWDUST Cliff Wilson letters, was the ingenious work of neighbors Ed and Edie Baker. It has been the hit of the Christmas season, and a real conversation stopper. It hag also been used as an ash-tray. Riding Cluf, There will be a meeting of all people intérested in the formation of a Riding Club at St. Peter’s Hall on “Wednesday, January 16, at § p.m. Contains TWO GLASSES ch Unbreakable Can GF REFRESHING Tire Trouble? See us C&S Tire Service JANUARY CLEARANCE BARGAINS SHIRTS AT GIVE-AWAY PRICES 1.50 Sait 4.95 Regular 3.75 to 7.95 COTTONS BROADCLOTHS ALL BRAND NAMES PYJAMA SALE! Pyjamas for lounging and sleeping by “London Town” Broadcloths Flannelette Stripes, patterns, sporting - All sizes S Were $5.50 and $4.25 Now only $3.75 and $2.95 POLO PYJAMAS Redueed from 5.50 to only 3.75 ackenzies MENSWEAR FLANNELS