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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 16, 1961
Page
3
Early medical opinion held heart operations as impossible with doctors doubting safe access to the delicate organ. The article notes the heart as a portion of the body that could not be safely operated on.
Crandall Cor Mre Coburn and families visit Worhupeg this week. Participants include Mr Elmer Douglas Mrs G Hyrotenan Mrs C J Lyng and Mrs D Eliot curling in the Decker Bonspiel. Jan Maxwell and H S Hyndman attend with grandchildren. Twenty three rinks of high school students compete alongside visiting rinks from Elkhorn Oak River Hamijta Miniota and Isabella. ten local rinks participate.
The Beulah WI met at Mrs W O Stewart's home with six members and seven visitors. Mrs P Gow led with a Creed, roll call, and reports on Red Cross and Hospital Aid. Pupils Barbara Mann Carol Ann Gies Steve Derlago and Peggy Doyle read essays on Safety, each receiving a pen. A drinking fountain was installed at the rink and kitchen pails added. a kitchen shower was planned for Mr and Mrs Radalinsky.
The article notes John H. Gibbon Jr of Jefferson Medical College advancing the artificial heart lung device. In 1953 an 18 year old with an atrial septal defect received a test run of the blood pump through a stainless steel lung chamber for 15 minutes with success. Over seven years later, the machine is hailed as the Rolls Royce of heart lung machines and has helped many cardiac patients.
The article traces early heart surgery history from Blalock and Gross in America and Crafoord in Europe revealing how the heart’s resilience emerged from intensive handling and sewing. It notes the limitation of blind procedures and the urgent demand for an artificial heart.
The Brandon Winter Fair runs April 3 to 8 featuring Purebred Heifer and Beef Calf Scrambles. Eligible youths must be 14 to 15 by April 1 1961. forms due March 31 1961. Ten calves per scramble, twenty contestants, winner gets a calf via purchase certificate. names drawn for scramble slots. rules and safety cautions noted.
The Arrow River Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses announced preliminary plans for a three day training program led by Hubert Pollock, aiming to equip members to meet the challenges to Christian thinking and works amid global anxieties.
The local Jehovah's Witnesses announce a three day Sour Refresher program themed Be Taught by Jehovah The event aims to answer What is man's future in the space age for thinking people in the community It runs February 24 25 and 26 at the Sounms Community Hall with ministerial training of at least five classes weekly and emphasis that belief should be put into practice.
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