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TERRACE “Omineca" HERALD, TERRACE, BRITISH “COLUMBIA

Wednesday, November 30, 1

Cortadian Medical Assoc, . . .

Health Tips:

CARE OF THE EYES

Important factors in care of thel one working in a Plant or shop

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a oy dishes are done. Dried too. Give her a .

where fragments of material aro
fiying around to wear protectivé
goggles, it is equally important to

precautions. when similar
conditions prevail when working
around the home or. farm: One
common cause of eye injury is in
the use of a hammer or punch or
cold chisel, when a sharp frag-
ment from the head of the hammer
may fly into the eye.

While many causes . of eye in-
jury can be avoided, eye disense
may develop without. one knowing

a; there is anything wrong. One ex-

ample of this is glaucoma, in which
eye pressure becomes high. The

a )C.M.A, suggests it is wise for

people over 40 to have eye pres:
sure checked by thelr family
physiclan or an ophthalmologist

a} (eye phyaicfan),

In the care of children’s eyes,
it is only common sense that
sling shots, alr rifles and bows
zjand arrows must be kept ‘from
>| youngsters until you are sure they
ate old enough to handle them
safely. Parents. should also be
impressed that any child with a
turn or cross eyes should ba
treated without delay. Children
seldom grow out of these condi-

tions without proper treatment,

The Hospital Story. i

(Part 2) :
(Editor's “Notts Last week mark-
ed the beginning of this three
part series outlining the history
of Terrace’s hospital and medical
facilities. The series is taken from
material prepared. by George Me-
Adams, former Terrace resident,
now residing in Sldney, The open:
ing item took readers to the per-
iod which followed 1945, after
army staff had departed and war-
time hogpital facilities were dis-
continued here,)

“KK was during this perlod that
the town nurse, Mrs. J. Sickler
made newspaper headlines with a
daring and desperate mission of
Inercy, A young boy wag
stricken with appendicitis
and Dr. Mills decided that
the only chance for his life was to
get him to the hospital in Prince
Rupert.

The highway was blocked with

and if the condition is neglected,
vision fs often permanently weak-
ened, Proper treatment may re

sult in complete cure.

_.-Give yourself the time of your wife,

several feet of snow and the Samm
train was not due. to go throm
for 24 hours. As a snowplow Vs

clearing the line at Exetew wie
ONR sectionman offered to imme
to make the trip on his littlef pe
speeder, So our courageous nie
allowed herself to be tied totam
seat of the open speeder mt oe
she ‘held ‘her young patient, v

ped in blankets, in her arms 5
they eventually reached the jm
hospital and the medical #f
which saved the child’s life. i
other stories could be told of
brave nurse and the trips she
aver muddy roads, oftén.at num
to such places as Remo, 17
Camp and Usk.

The growing population bro
ever-increasing problems tolf
Stanley Mills, a man by now j
to working with no facilitied’
electric light, no telephones,
with no nurse available and
mhiles of dangerous, rutted 14
to travel, He was a ‘pioneer oe
true sense, but ¢ventually he
cided it wag time something 5 al.
be done to improve matters. '

One evening he walked ini®
meeting of the Terrace Board
Trade and demanded tha
business leaders, they do @
thing to provide a hospital ‘
Terrace, This resulted in a
lic meeting in the LO.0.F. &
on December 15, 1845. Bo

At this meeting the Terr(a
Hospital Assoclation wag fornfi
With instructions to apply’ fox
Provincial Charter. George 3
Adams was named first preside}
and a capable executive compris
of W. C. Osborne, Mrs, 4.
Smith, Mra. ©. J. Norr
ton, C. Haugland, C, Giggey
Mrs. Ivan Frank, wes appointec®
Their first problem was: to obtail
a building suitable for a smal
hospital but their total capitalf
was only $710. This was made ui
of $600 left by the late W. John'§
Ston and $110, handed in by Mrs!
George McAdams, proceeds tron
her first fashion show. ;

“The War Assets Corporation 1
were selling off the Terrace arm’
buildings, so Sunday, February 179
1846 found the new committechl
holding a meeting on the stepeh
of the Brigade Headquatters Of!
ficers Mess. This building was lat
bought for $2,638 and the town's
founder, George Little donated the:
land for $1.00.

(continued in next next week's sued}

Public To \ View

Skeena Secondary

Recently completed new sec-'3
tions of Skeena Secondary school'}
will 4e open for public viewing on §
Saturday, December 3, between the:
hours of 2 and 4 p.m.

Persons making the conducted ™
tour, under the direction of mem-§
bers of the Future Teachers Club,
will be able to see the new in-
dustrial education facilities ag well
as the commerce rooms and ory
dinary classrooms.

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