Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 1, 1963, Winnipeg, Manitoba 16 Winnipeg free press thursday August 1, 1963 shortage of nurses even experts differ by Patricia Rusak Canadian press staff writer Western memorial Hospital in Corner Brook nfld., reduced services by one third this sum Mer because of a shortage of nurses. St. Joseph s Hospital in Ham Ilton has a 76-bed floor ready to be opened As soon As staff is available. Medicine Hal general hos Pital in Alberta has suspended its first year of nursing training for the 1963-64 term because of a shortage of instructors. These Are examples of a prob Lem that has been receiving wide attention in Canada in re cent problem of getting enough nurses. A Cross Canada Survey by the Canadian press shows the extent of the problem ranges from real shortages of nurses in some Rural areas to a tenuous balance Between Supply and demand in Urban regions. In some places the shortages Are spasmodic Felt during summer vacations or when new hospitals or wings Are built. In areas where there Are enough general duty nurses there May still be Lack of Public health administrative or teach ing personnel. Hospital officials and spokes men for nursing associations offer a variety of reasons for the shortages that exist. Some times it s a combination of fac tors. On the one hand More canadians Are seeking Hospital treat ment. But while admissions to hospitals have been rising the nurse s work week has in most regions been reduced gradually to 40 hours. Business and Industry Are attracting More and More women who might previously have gone into nursing. And the Sal Aries paid nurses Are rarely High enough to draw any but the most dedicated Young women. Improvement in the training of nurses is in itself a contributing Factor. Nurses now perform some medical procedures for Merly doctors. The result is that More nurses Are needed for the same number of patients. Higher salaries in the United states act As a Magnet for some Canadian nursing graduates. Duties broadened or. Helen mus Salem of Ottawa executive director of the parents do you have a son or daughter with an educational problem Holiday tutoring is the answer All subjects Alt grades whatever the subject be it Reading arithmetic French or the More advanced Levels of chemistry physics or mathematics fully qualified tutors offer individual attention to problem subjects. Morning or afternoon sessions Only in the summer holidays is the time available to examine problem subjects thoroughly. Time spent in the vacation could make All the difference to your child s educational Progress. Outcome Happy child Happy parents and a confident Start in september. Act now vacancies Are limited Universal tutoring College 308 Donald Street phone 943-7335 Winnipeg Man. A world wide organization Canadian nurses association says that while we can say there Are unfilled vacancies she is not convinced there is a Basic shortage. Canada s ratio of nurses to populations one for every 260 considered one of the Best in the world she says. And 10 per cent of High school Grad fairly Good proper into nursing although an average of one in five Don t finish nursing school. But utilization of nurses is not or. Mus Salem declares emphasizing that 15 per cent of their time is spent on non nursing duties. This opinion is shared by Dorothy m. Percy the Federal health department s chief Nurs ing consultant who says that while nurses Don t do As much cleaning and scrubbing As they used to the clerical work has increased. Miss Percy concedes that the increasing availability of Nurs ing assistants helps but that standards tend to get diluted unless there Are enough registered nurses on staff. There Are practising nurses in Canada. But Many others have Given up nursing for various reasons often to get married and raise families. In Ontario alone of registered nurse Are not work ing at their profession. In predominantly agricultural areas the Supply of nurses May depend on the crops. In a Good crop year Many married nurses quit because they no longer need to supplement their Hus bands income. In a bad year they May go Back to work. Lff iian Pettigrew Secretary of the Manitoba association of registered nurses says shortages exist in Rural areas and even increased Sal Aries Don t seem to help. Most hospitals have adequate staffs but would be happier with More nurses. In Ontario a committee of experts appointed to investigate the situation said that to keep Pace with needs the province should expand the capacity of nursing schools to double the yearly output by 1968. This would mean graduation of nurses a year compared with the present in that province. Ladies Day every Friday ladies admitted free Assiniboia Downs Breslauer Warren Day Sale cups saucers China Floral watches Waterproof styles regular prices less Friday saturday tuesday aug. 2-3 6. Cups saucers Fine Quality English Bone China by such famous makers As Aynsley Paragon Royat Chelsea tuscan and others. Regular to take advantage of this special Sale offering and Stock up on cups and saucers and China Floral for showers and All gift occasions. Treat yourself to a second watch at such Low prices and at off China Floral brats by famous makers Reg. Sale 97sj14.65 open thursday and Friday nights to 9 . Convenient charge and credit terms your favorite Breslauer Warren 434 Portage ave. Just East of Hudson s Bay Madame Madeleine Saint Hilaire launches one women crusade several out of town guests Are expected to attend the saturday marriage Here of miss Carolyn Workentin and or. Harold Wiens. They include his Mother mrs. A. P. Dyck of Winkler Man., As Well As or. And mrs. H. H. Wark Entin and miss Margaret Louise Warkentin Owen sound ont. Or. And mrs i. J. Dyck Van Couver or. And mrs. P. S. Buhr Cobourg ont. Rev. And mrs. George Darby Navarre Minnesota or. And mrs. Garry Klassen Toronto miss Faye Nesbitt Saskatoon sask. Or. And mrs. Ralph Warkentin de troit Michigan miss Elizabeth Warkentin Mountain Lake Minnesota and or. Aud mrs. John Warkentin Minneapolis Minn. In Honor of her daughter mrs. Frank Warkentin entertained at a Trousseau Tea held at their Home Mcmillan Avenue. Mrs. A. P. Dyck received with Mother and daughter. Other social events Felting the Bride elect were Shower parties Given by mrs. A. T. Karsgaard Niagara Street with mrs. Ross Willows mrs. F. A. Lang Brock Street with co hostesses mrs. M. H. Garvin and mrs. Jack Sprange mrs. J. F. Klassen Scotia Street with miss mar Garet Peters mrs. C m. Jones Niagara Street with miss Donna Mcmurchy former Home new astringent Aid for summer there s Relief in. Sight for women who Are bothered with facial perspiration on humid summer Days. A Lemon spiced astringent formulate4 to Stop perspiration is now on the mar Ket. It is applied to face and neck before makeup and once lip stick Mascara and a finishing film of powder Are on the lotion is used again to set the entire make up. A Cotton Square is saturated then squeezed dry and pressed Over the face. A mid Day touch up is easy and miniature purse sized of aeons Are available. At night it provides a Cooling conclusion to skin care tending to heal blemishes and dissolve Flaky particles in addition to its antiperspirant properties. Economics class mates attended and the ladies of Bethesda Church in the Church lounge. Mrs. L. L. Moore of Miami Florida formerly of Winnipeg is spending the month of aug ust visiting friends and relatives in the City and at other Mani Toba Points. She is accompanied by her twin sons Larry and Garry 9. Or. And mrs. Fred Walker of Alva Clackmannanshire Scot land will arrive sunday to visit her sister mrs Mary Stock notre Dame Avenue until aug ust 18. The two Sisters have not seen each other for 47 years. They will also visit in Toronto and new York before returning Home. Mrs. G. Leslie Wright and daughters Marilyn and Patricia of Toronto Are occupying their cottage on Mackie Island Lake of the Woods for the summer. At present they have As guests or. And mrs. Donald l. Wright and children of Aylmer ont. By Greer Gordon Toronto Long before by cultural ism became a front Page Ssue Madeleine Fohy Saint Vilaire decided to devote her Ife to improving relations be Ween Canada s two major language groups. Now As the Lia Soti and information officer at ached to the department of the Secretary of the province of que Bec and the Only person specifically so appointed by any province to promote a Friendly rapport with other parts of the country Madame Saint i Aire s one woman crusade cuts a Broad Bright Swath through ild prejudices and problems. Pretty Petite and fairly spark ing with gallic Charm made Eine Saint Hilaire exemplifies Many attributes of the Chic Par Sienna. As it happens she was born and educated in Quebec City where she studied under the ursuline Sisters and at la Val University Becore her marriage. When her husband s death made it necessary for her to work to support her two Young sons she made a momentous decision. Twin Aims As she describes it herself my aim was always to dedicate my career to better understand ing Between our two main Cul ural groups. As a Mother of two sons i wanted too to try to make two genuine citizens Apt to serve our country be Canada and How Well she has succeeded in that ambition May be gauged by the fact Siat her elder son Andre the younger brother Pierre is still an undergraduate in journalism at Laval has Al ready offered himself for can Ada s foreign service in underdeveloped countries. He has been teaching English in Quebec. He goes to Laos in september As an instructor under the sponsor ship of the department of external affairs. Madeleine Saint , it appears also believes in practising what she preaches. A staunch roman Catholic she chose to live with the family of an English speak ing protestant minister while she studied at the University of Toronto. She credits its Chancellor professor f. C. A. Jeanneret always a staunch supporter and other Toronto friends with helping her found the Alli Ance Ca Nadienne. Launched in 1953 to Foster an essentially Canadian patriotism to encourage contacts and Friendly relations Between Citi Zens of French and English expression and to promote the greater use of both languages the Canadian Alliance began with branches in the capital cities of Ontario and Quebec. These were followed shortly by other groups in Montreal Winni Peg Sudbury and this work proceeds at Saskatoon Vancouver Edmonton London Hamilton and in several maritime centres. As Madame Saint thaire sees it this is truly a Miracle Organiza Tion we have no formal administration and few funds but it grows and Broad interests l Alliance Ca Nadienne. However is just one of Madeleine Saint Hilaire s remarkable endeavours. Though her efforts Are provincially sponsored and she is doing a spectacularly Fine Job of sell ing Quebec in ways there is nothing insular about her approach. Her interests Are As Broad As the country she serves she helped organize the Quebec Citadel Branch of the business and professional women s club and is Quebec representative 01 the Public relations committee of its Canadian federation. She was the official Delegate of Canada s business women when the Cana Dian Centenary Council recently held its third annual meeting Anc she is marshalling a special women s committee in her Home City its objective a Centen Nial project which Quebec women might sponsor for the 1967 world s fair in Montreal and for Canada s Hundredth birthday. You know we women in Quebec province Are still try ing to achieve the Equality already enjoyed by our Sis ters in other parts of the country Madame Saint Hil Aire explains but that is not to say we Aren t vitally interested in everything that makes for the Good Canadian life. Women of Quebec know they can t get something for nothing. 3ut we have not been Given the asic knowledge we should have o be really Well informed. Just As we have courses in marriage counselling women need practical help with Money mat ers. Everything starts with the family budget the basis of our Wolfi Economy. From the savings that individual families make comes the Money for tools on the farm and in Industry. And with the tools comes a better Way of living. While a budget is the basis of Amily planning it is also import ant for us to understand much More about How our whole eco Nomy works. This does not have to be any More difficult than the Abc s of economic education Jie Rulea about How to spend to it the most fortuitous results in Jie she says. Wants Exchange Madeleine Saint Hilaire would also like to see a greatly Accel aerated Exchange of opinions and opportunities Between canadians of English and French expression. In Vasiles inter provincials we have made a Good Start she says referring to another of her favorite promotions the plan whereby hundreds of French speaking Young people visit on Tario Homes during summer holi Days while their opposite num Bers from Ontario vacation with Quebec families. But we must have Many Many More similar plans for adults. Language is not the same Barrier when interests Are strongly shared. Even so to be a Good habitant of Canada one should be Able to both French and she is most enthusiastic about the popular summer courses in French at Laval University. More than students from Canada the United states South Ameri Ca Africa even some professors from the sorbonne attended the eight week ses Sion last she reports. Madeleine Saint Hilaire travels thousands of Miles in the course of her work but she still Man Ages to write constantly and warmly about the Economy the Industry the politics of que Bec for both English and French language press for agricultural journals and employee publications. She broadcasts and appears on television for the Csc and a privately owned station in Quebec City. She talks to service clubs Church groups and University classes presents books on French Canada to College Libra Ries and shows films on the Cul Tural resurgence taking place in Quebec province on the new and traditional skills of its artists and craftsmen its writers and musicians. She describes the fun and fantasy of the Quebec Winter carnival the Beauty of the que Bec Countryside the friendliness and Good sense of its people. Separatist factions she does not deny the exis tence of separatist factions but having devoted ten years of her life to the promotion of Sicul Tural ism by peaceful and More potent Means she tells her audiences Don t judge the separatists by what you read in the scare headlines. Come see for yourself what really goes on in making new friends for her province is certainly Madeleine Saint Hilaire s major responsibility. But it must also be conceded that this unique Goodwill Ambas Sador does an almost equally effective Job of interpreting the viewpoint of English speaking canadians to those of French expression. Either Way she Man Ages to restore some Lustre on both sides of the Sicul Tirral Coin so that everyone can recognize its True value. Now in Progress our annual july at both Sale stores t in Poi l no refunds or exchanges no gift wrapping on Sale merchandise 410 Graham pm. We 3-3939 Polo Park pm. 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