THE WILLIAMS LAKE TRIBUNE A Wednesday, January 14, 1959 FICIAL OPENIN e G OF New building features ranch style design Williams Lake Health Centre, sponsored by the local Kiwanis Club will be officially opened next Saturday at 2 p.m. Already favourable comments are being made on the architec- tural “design of this modern structure, Based on the modern ranch style, it is undoubtedly the smartest government building in town and in keeping with “trend” design. ; The shallow roof has over- hanging gables all around with an open porch roof in front where baby buggies can be left in fair protection from rain or almost every room while artifi- cial lighting is provided by large foot-in-diameter opal spheres... simple yet effective. Two shades of brown are used for the lino tiles, one colour be- ing used for the Passage ways and a se¢ond for each room in- verior. DARK ROOM The clinic is the largest room and will provide seating accom- ees — oe | snow. A low front brick wall in |mOdation for the mothers and ane front of the main entrance is|children attending the centre. It RANCH STYLE DESIGN Accide i leadi C ff qd ath pleasing to the eye. Color ‘fin-| has six fold-away tables which a a St - HES Ing ause ¢ e ishes externally are near-natur-are easily let down to undress Sweeping architectural lines of the new Williams al wood finish with window and dress the babies, while eas Lake Health Centre are highlighted in this photo- Accidents are the leading {their own characters. “As par-| frames in blue and pink pastel | access is provided: fi Ge graph of the new building. Its Tanch-style design is cause of death and bermanent /ents, we must improve our own | shades, i clinic to the eaiate be urses in keeping with trend styling in Cariboo communi- disability in childhood, accord-| safety attitudes and practices, ties. Concrete Evidence of the resolve of the Williams Lake Kiwanis Club to help the community is instanced in the sponsoring of the new Health Centre, ® We are glad to have played our part with a supply of ‘further “concrete” evidence. LEO FOWLER Williams Lake Concrete Products —=} ing to an article written by Dr. Hs W. Jeffrey, Chairman of the Ontario Medical Association Committee on Child Welfare. ap- pearing in the current issue of Health Magazine, official public- ation of the Health League of Canada. “Pour‘out of every ten fatali- ties among Ontario children be- tween the ages of one and four- teen are due to accidents, and 80 per cent of them are pre- ventable,” states Dr. Jeffrey. The author says that three factors which apply to childhood accidents, whether they occur on the road, at home, or on the water, are the nature of. the child, his social environment, and his physical environment. All three factors are shaped by the parents, he says, and that is where the great part of res- | ponsibility lies. As children imitate ana re- | flect the behaviour of their par Jents and other adults, adult ‘must first critically examine; ea é SMALL OFFICES Let us walk through the glass panelled door set-to one side of a large glass area lighting the foyer. A short” 7-step stairwell leads up past a wrought iron rail to the main floor. Here the small offices are located around the perimeter of the building with the clinic room, dark room and for they may become the safety. habits of our children.” “Our chief responsibility as Parents is to develop for our children a comprehensive safety programme one that com- bines adequate protection with progressively increasing eduea- tion in the fundamentals of safe behaviour. It must be related to| the development level of the child and be integrated into the! normal day-to-day child rearing programme. the centre of the building. The layout was originally de- signed with an eye to future ex- pansion and present needs are more than catered for. In’ addition to the offices mentioned, there are four nurses offices and an office for a medi- cal health officer, head nurse, sanitarian, dentist, a treatment room, ‘a ‘library, and a large general office for clerical work and reception. There must be a gradual tran- sition from complete protection at one year of age to more de- pendancy on safe behaviour, om and experience at five ix years.” “A child safety programme must extend beyond the home to the school and into the, com- Such a programme to tive will require*the ac-| VOLUNTARY AGENCIES tive and co-ordinated participa-| Downstairs is an office for the tion of all of us. Let us not}use of voluntary agencies like evade this moral obligation,” | the cancer and tuherewlosis soc- Dr. Jeffrey concludes. |ieties and a second office for the = = Hise of Rei Cross. ire-proot LIMITED & LIMITED “A thing of beauty is a joy for ever” Goes the well-known saying, an dwe are grateful to have been given the opportunity of acting jointly general contractors for the construction of the Williams Lake | Heath Centre sponsored by the local Kiwanis Club. It is a beautifully designed building but, apart from its aesthetic value, it will be of material value to our community in protecting the health of our citizens. G. & L. CARLSON CONSTRUCTION LAKE BLOCK and CONSTRUCTION as | | turnace and boiler rdom take eare of heating and water suuply There is a vast area downstairs not yet finished but which will be held for future development. OFFICE SUPPLIES Staplers - Perforators Going back to the main floor we notice that the whole interior gives one a sense of lightness and cleanliness in its gentle pas- tel colours of aquamarine, dusky lrose and light grey. Generous | provision for outside light is pro- | vided by wall-to-wall windows in Filing Supplies Binders - Ledger Sheets |offices and the treatment room. NEW HEALTH CENTRE — counter top and heavy chrome fittings. Installation of the dark-room and treatment room means that the interior travelling clinic of the provincial T.B. department will now be held at the health centre instead of at the hospital. Children’s guidance clinics will be held on the premises as they were in the old building. All through the offices being used are attractively draped through the kindness of Jan Mikler who made a presentation to the Kiwanis of fitted drapes and curtain runners. As the new sanitarian James Shannon put it, “I was amazed when I walked into this place. It is far superior to the build- ing I last worked in at Nelson.” HEALTH CENTRE FOR UNIVERSITY Grats totalling more than $10,000 have been made to the University of British Columbia _ for the establishment of a child — health centre for 1,059 children of students. Besides providing examina- tion, immunization and counsel- ling service for healthy children, the clinic will be to carry out fundamental research into the growth and de- If cleanliness is one of the first requisites of good health, the centre should be adequately taken care of| There are no less than ten wash basins and siuks in the various departments. medical supplies room sitting in_ COOK THE MODERN WAY CAN'T BURNI KEEPS FOOD ALWAYS AT COOKING TEMPERATURE Cook with the thermostatically controlled ye! ‘itchen becomes Now every pot in your “Automatic” with the new thermostatically controlled 5th Burner that maintains cooking heat as required. See it at your Dealers today. CONTROLLED pRoIL-a-vaToR i or lower: ing or Rot serie use requires. Cues é Settler THE GAS RANGE WITH THE THERMAL EYE Natural Gas All Propane Equipment can be used on Natural Gas PHONE 143 KAHL PROPANE GAS CO. LTD. Williams Lake Mackenzie Avenue Each has a ~ green lino-tile! velopment of children. FINAL INSPECTION a Everything in the health centre got a complete check by Joe Briggs of the architectural firm of Briggs & Fonseca before the smart building was turned over to the village. Mr. Brig own checking the plumbing in the medical supplies room. gs is MODERN IS THE ONLY WORD... to describe the facilities which have been incorporated in Williams Lake's newest building, the KIWANI Ss HEALTH CENTRE. We were given the honor of carrying out the plumbing, an extensive but necessarily . complex task in a building like this. We feel assured that the medical authorities will be satisfied with our work. F. W. BURGESS PLUMBING — HEATING — ELECTRICAL PHONE 394-H