Guy
THANKS for stopping by, I do my best to acknowledge when someone leaves a comment,you do not have to be a member here & everyone is welcome. Ps: This site is monitored but not actively posting on a regular basis. Mostly these are stories & some photos saved from a defunct site known as Verdun Connections which was on MSN Groups initially then on a social network called Multiply.
Friday, March 27, 2009
YMCA - Gordon Ave.
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Guy , I just returned a book to the library ,titled 'Bethune' a rather small (thin) copy & I read of his exploits from his home in Ontario ( cottage country actually)..where i got to spend many summers at my Aunt & Uncles cottage,.... but I did not see that part about the free clinics held in Verdun,....
I did read that he was entirely into helping 'people' poor were his specialty,as he thought tat everyone should have good health care,..based on his learnings that Tuberculosis was read in two variety's , a 'poor mans tuberculosis' & a richmans tuberculosis............his learnings taught him that the rich man lived , the poor man died,....based soley on the fact that a rich man sought treatment earlier than a poor man,due to expense,and so a poor man waited too long ........
However I did read the Roderick Stewart version but I wasn't drawn towards that reference to Verdun,but more towards his want to aid poor people,,.....it went on to say that he became the head surgeon at Sacred Couer or something like that ,in the Cartierville area, after he moved on from Montreal,.....Odd though how he died ,just shy of wanting to return to his native land Canada, after contracting blood poisoning,during an operation ,where he wasn't wearing gloves & operating on a chines soldiers infected brain wound.......
Maybe I reserved a different book ? but it was entitled "Bethune" by Roderick Stewart,......and at the top of the book was noted 'Canadians' ..........looked like a series of famous Canadians' I guess....
I will go & check it out again, can you do the same, because I was wanting to scan the Verdun part to share with te Verdun Connections group........... Thanks if you can ,.......HF&RV
Was there another YMCA around Ville Lasalle in the late fifties? I seem to recall attending dances there and not on Gordon St....Diane
Diane,
Yes I heard of that YMCA around LaSalle wich no doubt replaced the one on Gordon after it was demolished. I am looking for information on the LaSalle one and also a photo.
Guy
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