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PATIENT CHEERED

MEMBERS OF WOMEN’S AUXILIARY, Hospital Visiting Committee, distributing Xmas Boxes to

-16-year-old Union Member Roy Lapp, who was badly injured in a fall from a lumber stacker, at
_ the Tahsis Sawmill, Tahsis. Auxiliary members from left to right are: Sisters Margaret Kamm,
_ Alda Hendrie and President Muriel Bradley.

THE LADIES BORE GIFTS

The Editor:

Following is a list of those receiving our Christmas
Boxes. Some of the patients listed were confined to
the Compensation Wards of the Vancouver General
as well as the Outside Wards (T.B. Pavilion, Heather

» Annex, I.D.H. Bldg.) and some from the Compensation
Wards at St. Paul’s Hospital. We also visited Pearson
Hospital, Houghton House Private Hospital, Shaugh-
nessy Hospital, as well as several of our injured Bro-
thers confined at home. Boxes for the North Shore
were brought over to Sister Lucy Robinson who was
in charge of the distribution there. Every effort was
made to visit everyone we possibly could. The Hospital
Visiting Committee for December are to be commended
for their work. A special thanks to Sisters Kamm and
Mackenzie and to Brother Whalen for coming down

r _and wrapping the Christmas Boxes.

Christmas Boxes distributed
at St. Paul’s Hospital, Monday,
December 22, by Sisters Muriel
Bradley and Margaret Kamm
to the following:

Bror Isakson, Camp Woss, Engle-

wood—Hye’ surgery.

Miki Singh, formerly at L. & T.
Sawmill, Vancouver—Old injury,
In for X-rays.

Norman Duringer, Madison Planer

Mills, Quesnel — Foot amputa-

Merman Vilu, Charles Klein Log-
ing, Nelson Island—Back in-

jury.
Jim “Robison, Merritt & Lewis

‘amp, Howe Sound — Broken
u's. him, Kapoor Sawmills, Van-
‘couver—Knee injury.
Houghton House Private
Hospital, 2836 Ash Street, was
yisited by Muriel Bradley and
Lloyd Whalen, December 22.

Charles Fenton, Clinton Sawmills,
ton, B.C. — Sent from St.
ital for recuperation.

to Compensation Wards S, T,
D and E at the Vancouver
General Hospital by Sisters
Alda Hendrie, Margaret Kamm

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Fraternally yours,

: MURIEL BRADLEY, President,
Ladies’ Auxiliary of Local 1-217, IWA.

and Muriel Bradley, on Tues-
day, December 23.

Roy Lapp, Tahsis Sawmill, Tahsis,
B,C.—Injured in fall from lum-
ber stacker, Fractured pelvis,
Temporary paralysis of legs.
Circulation returning.

Alexander Pop, Tahsis Sawmill,
Tahsis— Back injury. Awaiting
discharge.

John Parent, Jim Ambly’s Camp
(near Kamloops) — Leg ampu-
tated. Other leg badly injured
also,

Victor Peterson, Black Logging,
Powell Lake—Had surgery for
injured knee.

John Johnson, Camp A,
wood—Back injury,
John Meyer, Gordon Ball Camp,
Christina Lake (Grand Forks)—

Old injury to leg.

Damien Bidiuk, Selwyn Logging,
Queen Charlotte Islands — Torn
ligament and cartilage removed
in left leg.

Rupert King,

Engle-

Relevyri rametney
Queen Charlotte Islands — Ex-
Pecting leg amputation,

V. Sparrow, sawmill, Upper Fraser

Leg amputated,

i Graham, Fort St. John Lum-
ber Co.—Left wrist broken. Had
surgery,

Jacob Janzen, J, Ri Murray, Van-
couver—Lung operation,

George Padula, formerly Comox
Logging, Ladysmith — Leg in-

jury.
Mr, Ashton, Geddes Lumber Planer
Mill, Willow River—Leg frac-
ture, Coming along.
Lee.Jung, sawmill, Port Alice —
Leg amputated, °

Bob O’Brien, Shuswap Timber,
Okanagan—Back injury.

Albin Grunert, Canadian Forest
Products, Harrison Mills—Back
injury.

Tom Brooks, Canadian Forest Pro-
ducts, Englewood, Nimkish Lake
—Foot injuries.

Richard Secord, Sarita. River —
Stomach trouble. In for X-rays.

Murray Matthews, Coal Creek
Logging, Granite Bay — Back
tumor. Infection.

William’ Bodnarchuk, Giroday’s,

Vancouver — This Brother was
unable to speak. Severe head
injuries. In very poor condition.

VISITED AT HOME: Bro-
thers Harry Whitehouse and
Ivor Jones-Cook, members of
Local 1-217 were visited at
home by Sister Bradley and
Brother Whalen. These two
Brothers were recently dis-
charged from hospital and are
still not completely recovered.

PEARSON HOSPITAL —
Brother Wallace Sebring, Giro-
day’s, was visited on December
24 by Brothers Donny Mac-

| Donald and Lloyd Whalen.

HOSPITAL VISITING REPORT
NORTH VAN GENERAL

Cy_ McKellar, Norwood Lumber
Co., North Vancouver — Severe
internal injuries. Was visited
on December 31 by Muriel Brad-
ley and Lloyd Whalen,

» Christmas Boxes distributed at

the Vancouver General Hospital,

December 23, by Sisters Beryl

Busch and Jean Mackenzie to the

following:

LD.H.

H. Sjolander, Comox Logging —
‘Back injury. Improving.

A, Walsuek, Booth Logging—Back
injury. Very. cheerful,

0. Mercer, Prince George—Treat-
ment for bed sores. Getting bet-
ter. 2

A. Krone, Prince George — Leg
‘amputation. Slowly improving.

Marie Bain, Pacific Veneer, New
Westminster — Polio, Improving
slowly.

HEATHER ANNEX
I, Delair, R. J. Morgan—Arthritis.

TB, PAVILION
Jamex Weeks, Restmore.
A, Karpi, Kelly Logging.

Matt Suojanen, Pioneer Logging—
Gone home,

Peter Padowsky, Empire Box.
C, Elman, Seymour Inlet.
Hi, Cochrane, Jones Lake.

Ea. Harling, Taylor Way Loggin
“in for check-up, V» O8SIN&

ORCHIDS FOR W.A.

Mrs. Pearl Hodgson,

Recording Secretary,

Ladies’ Auxiliary, Local 1-217, IWA,
Vancouver, B.C.

Dear Mrs. Hodgson:

Mere words written on paper cannot commence to express
my deep gratitude and appreciation for the many kindnesses
that have been bestowed on me by your president, Mrs. Brad-
ley, by yourself and husband, and the members of your
Auxiliary. Beare.

I appreciate very much indeed, the very warm friendship
shown me by yourself and your husband, Stuart, when you so
kindly visited me, and also for the genuine willingness of offer-
ing your services for both my wife and myself, for my well-
being and comfort. : :

Warm friendship is one of the very best tonics for our
malady, even if I am one of the more fortunate ones, as I
entered the hospital with only a very small amount of infection,
I am happy to state that I have gained over 20 pounds in weight
and well on the way to full recovery.

Please submit to your members my heartiest festive greet-
ings and good wishes for 1953, to yourself and your good hus-
band a very merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year and
many more years to come.

Yours very fraternally,

BASIL MORGAN,
Card No, 7792, Local 1-357, New Westminster.

1-217 W. A.

Activities Planned

In their last meeting before Christmas the members of the

Women’s Auxiliary, Local 1-217, IWA, met in the [WA Board Room,
December 3, to deal with unfinished business and appoint the
Hospital Committees for December.

Roll call showed the following
officers and members present:
Sisters Muriel Bradley, Kay
Wood, Lucille Busch, Pearl Hodg-
son, Jean MacKenzie, Pat Full-
james, Rossie Cummins, Beryl
Busch, Margaret Kamm, Alda
Hendrie, Pat Allen, and Lucy
Robinson.

Financial statement was read
by. Financial Secretary Lucille
Busch, and adopted, for the
month of November.

A letter was received from
Local 1-217, notifying us of a
Marie Bain being in the General
Hospital, polio ward. She is a
member of Local 1-357. She has
been ill since April and no visits
were made to her because our
Auxiliary was not notified. It
was decided that a letter be
mailed to Local 1-357, New West-
minster, requesting that they no-
tify our Auxiliary when members
from their Local are in Vancou-
ver hospitals,

A resolution was received pro-
testing “the enlisting of 16-year-
old volunteers by the Canadian
Army, scheduled to begin in Jan-
uary”, A discussion followed,
and it was decided that we seek
more information from Local 1-
217 on this matter and if such is
the case, that our Auxiliary pro-
test such action through the Van-
couver Council of Women.

Hospital Visits

General (Outside Wards)—Sis-
ters Lucille Busch and Madeline
Olson made four visits, visited
87 patients. Brother Baxter is
moved to the third floor, now.
Visited Marie Bain.

General (Compensation Wards)
—Sisters Rossie Cummins and
Kay Wood made three visits,
visited 37 patients.

St. Paul’s—Sisters Bradley and

Andersen made four visits, visit-
ed 30 patients.

Sister Bradley reported that
she had visited two members—
one in the Pearson’s Hospital and
one in the Houton House. She
also visited one patient in the
Shaughnessy Hospital. i

Hospital Committees

Pearson’s Hospital — Sister
Pearl Hodgson. Z

Shaughnessy—Pat Allan.

Houton House — Muriel Brad-
ley.

St. Paul’s — Sisters Muriel
Bradley and Margaret Kamm.

General (Outside)—Jean Mac-
Kenzie and Beryl Busch,

General (Compensation)—Alda
Hendrie and Pat Allan,

Audit Committee gave a réport
on auditing the books up to the
end of October, found everything
in order.

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Women’s Council

Sister Muriel Bradley reported
she attended a meeting of Van-
couver Council of Women on No-
vember 27, main topic being fi-
nance and survey. Financial sta-
tus very low, they discussed ways

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