Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 1, 1982, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free december 1982 Pilot Mound residents leukaemia Battle supported by 100 Community Effort by Tom Goldstein a Pilot Mound leukaemia victims chances of survival have been Given a thanks in part to the residents of the Southern Manitoba Community and about has been raised so far for grocer Ron Brooks who received a Bone marrow transplant almost two months his son was the is under observation at the Fred Hutchinson cancer research Centre in to see if the operation will he is expected to stay there until at least the Odds Are Brookss wife Karen said from Seattle yester its so you never know what might happen from one hour to the next or from one Day to the she the situation is complicated some what by the fact that her husband was the recipient of a mismatched trans she thousands of matched transplants in which the Bone marrow of one sibling is Given to another have taken but Only about 100 mismatched ones solving parents and children have been she the matched transplant is prefer Able because the makeup of the Bone marrow in siblings is closer than that parents and Brooks has no Brothers or his wife she said their three sons and her husbands parents were tested As Possi ble donors before Sean was chosen Brooks is living in an apartment pop have 600 kids pair regard the 2nd As family i to going to be a quiet Christ Mas this year for Harold and Leslie the Wilsons dont particular like it that but As it most of their family of about 600 is away in that no the Wilsons have such a Large family because there known As mum and pop to the men of the 2nd Princess Patricia Cana Dian Light infantry in because most of the battalion is on a tour of duty in a Mere 200 men Are left behind to share the Holiday season with the have it any other would mum Wilson asks his wife who sits knitting quietly beside the fireplace in their cozy Row House across from Kapyon Barracks in we love it when All the boys Are says its easier to Cook for a crowd than for she explains As she continues to work on her third sweat a Bab Blue for one of her boys Over in she Hopes to have More than a half dozen sweaters ready and various other Christmas treats for her sur Rogate we never have a Dull moment around weve had 18 or More for suppers some she adds without missing a we like this adds Wilson for five commuted be tween Hamilton and Winnipeg for Many of the annual ceremonies involving the 2nd he never misses seeing battalion Mem Bers off on their peacekeeping mis Sions or the special events held for 2nd when they moved to Winnipeg a Little Over a year Wilson was Given a base membership that Ful filled everything Ive Barry Mullin a diesel mechanics Helper in Hamilton for 28 years before his Wilson served with the Glasgow highlanders in the second world War where he suffered a leg i was always a Soldier at a born i Ive always loved it and if i haunt been wounded the second time i guess id still be in the he came to Canada in 1947 with his parents and settled in Hamilton where he met his whose father was in the in 1950 when still he enlisted in the Canadian forces and was sent to a few months after he arrived in that South asian country five Bullet wounds ended Harold Wilsons military Korea was colder than can Ada in Winter and hot As hell in he you never knew where they were or when they were going to they the North koreans like to attack at Rice is not one of his favorite Haven eaten it since i came in i never fancied pushing it up but it almost came to that when i was he attended remembrance Day ceremonies last month and free press reporter Larry Hill spotted him in the crowd snapping his hat on and off his head in time with the battalion i think of the boys we left behind he told Hill before mentioning his War on that he didst elaborate on the leg wounds he received in the second world War and the bullets he took from an american Soldier in the korean As his wife knitting slows and the afternoon filtering in through the living room highlights the Bookcase on one Wall filled with rows of War Wil son talks about his korean experiences and his he recalls it happened along a Muddy River while he was on guard duty one he happened to Cross paths with an american Soldier while on i went up to him and had a smoke with then we heard something in the he re Mem Wilson went Down to Check out the before he left he warned the american hed be Back soon and not to get i was coming Back up the Bank when Bingo he let that was the last i remembered for when i came to in a Mash outfit i saw the doctors and the padre there with his Book and Robes and i thought this is i didst find out until later when i was in Japan that i took five bullets and my heart had stopped beating off and on for eight minutes when i was on the operating the recollections of painful per Sonal experiences prompts Wilson to Light another he switches topics because of his unease with talking about his he talks of his Hobby building Model ships and of the books he likes to but most of All he looks Forward to the boys who will be returning from Cyprus around and Hes thankful there there on a peacekeeping Block near the cancer the units Cater to families of patients being treated she has been there since 19 and has been continuously surrounded by family and weve never had a weekend without she Sean returned to Manitoba last week end but is expected to visit his father and Mother in Seattle during Christ along with his Brothers and the treatment including the Fame Lys accommodations is expected to exceed she adding that the Manitoba health services commis Sion will cover a Good portion of Edna the patients said about has been raised through donations and fundraising activities in Pilot Mound and the local Golf course teed off the fundraising in september with a tournament from which the entry fees were turned Over to the a social was held in were still working at said Pilot Mound postmaster Frank who has helped with the weve had support from pretty Well All Over Southern All the organizations including the Lions and foresters Are helping out one Way or Wilson its just been a 100percent Community no indication Karen Brooks said there had been no indication her husband was suffer ing from the blood cancer until it was diagnosed last he want sick at she but a persistent itch was threatening to ruin a Winter so her husband had it checked out by the local doctor who conducted blood tests which con firmed the presence of the Brooks has been hospitalized for All but about six weeks since his wife he was in and out of Winni pegs health sciences Centre for chemotherapy that treatment failed to Send the cancer into Dimin Ishing Brookss chances of survival he was accepted by the Hutchinson Centre about two weeks after he a his wife the transplant took place Dugald Dies in vehicle Accident a Twoy Earold Dugald girl was killed yesterday after being thrown from a vehicle which went out of control near ramp say Rebecca Abramson died after the vehicle she was Riding in lost control on an icy stretch of provincial Road about two Kilometres East of Highway the Accident occurred about 4 Knowles May seek another term in House of Knowles looks ahead on 40th anniversary Stanley who celebrated the 40th anniversary of his election to parliament says he May run for another term As my for Winnipeg North i have increased my condition tremendously in the last said who suffered a stroke 14 months after another six months or another maybe in ready to fight it that Hast been Well in Winnipeg yester Day to sign copies of his aut Obiora was first elected to the House of commons in a by election succeeding the late he lost Only one of 13 Federal elections losing his seat in the Diefenbaker sweep of but getting it Back in in Ottawa maps from All three Federal parties applauded As new Democrat Ian Waddell pointed out the Waddell noted Knowles says in his recent Book it Felt pretty Good winning in after losing bids for a Federal seat in the 1935 and 1940 general elections and for a place in the Manitoba legislature in i think we should express on behalf of the House that Many Back benches As Well As other members feel pretty Good that Knowles has been a member of this House for 40 said the Van Couver Kingswan i think we would All want to recognize that his contribution has been agreed speaker Jeanne i would like to underline the extraordinary work done by the Mem Ber for Winnipeg North said government House Leader Yvon Knowles made his Mark campaigning for better pensions and an improved Quality of life for Canad he said there still is room for i see what goes i think in some respects the government Doest know what its i think that there Are Many people who agree with what i fought the United Church minister and Printer by Trade said Good friends were instrumental in his what has been most helpful to Rne is that a number of people have been so i was away for a Long people have been most kind to me and want me to keep carrying so do Public Christmas tree cutting area opens sunday the Public Christmas tree cutting area near Beausejour will open a natural resources department official Trees Are 75 cents each and must be paid for at the says provincial forester Ken he said More than people Cut their own Spruce Trees last season at the site 11 Kilometres East of the town on Highway the route to the area is Well marked and it is open daily from 8 to weather people who dont live within easy driving distance of the site can Contact their local conservation officer for a permit enabling them to Cut a tree elsewhere on Crown City Calendar precipitation h High premure l Low pre inure cold front warm front John of Nova Scotia College of Art and will speak on themes in recent painting trans formation and at 8 today in room 224 of the education University of the native students association University of will hold a semiformal dinner and dance starting with cocktails at 6 tomorrow at the Marlborough tickets Advance Only by phoning the University Centre at the University of Winnipeg English department and the nation Al film Board will sponsor our Kinda a film about Margaret and the by Mordecai Richler to be shown at tomorrow in room 3m63 of the University Manitoba the Canadian hunger foundation will hold a Public meeting at noon Friday at the Winnipeg chamber of 6th 177 Lombard some of the current International issues related to food production and distribution will be along with the role of the Chi in attempting to alleviate these current issues in moral development research will be discussed in panel discussions and seminars led by James rest and Irvin prominent researchers in the to be held from to 5 Friday in room 3coo of the Centennial University of the Public is Welcome and admission is Winnipeg area forecast deaths classified death Cloudy today with morning fog patches and a High near brisk Easterly winds developing tonight with a Low near brisk Northeast winds tomorrow with rain at times mixed with Snow and a High near extended Outlook Southern Manitoba Cloudy periods saturday and sunday with temperatures above Normal readings of 7 and Northern Manitoba mainly Cloudy with occasional flurries throughout the temperatures near Normal readings of 12 and 22 climbing to above Normal by Northwestern Ontario Cloudy Friday with occasional Cloudy periods saturday and temperatures above Normal readings of 6 and 14 throughout the National Thunder International new 9 10 3 8 5 1 i 4 3 8 2 2 13 5 12 12 6 18 3 4 15 7 5 6 11 11 9 0 9 2 5 2 2 1 i 4 4 3 6 8 0 12 2 1 7 1 Tel resort spots los Clear Las Cloudy fair Cloudy Cloudy fair fair Clear Max 19 18 14 18 28 28 28 25 29 32 29 29 10 13 17 9 24 23 25 22 24 25 24 24 Winnipeg temperature comparisons m mean last highest on record in 1968 lowest on record in 1876 precipitation total from 1 to 30 Millimetres Normal Helen David John Wood widower of Barbara Victor of to husband of Alice 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