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^ * GT^° C2?ntar„ia divided ^ two municipalities. It has a population of
somewhat over 16,000. Miss Morrison has 90 schools with a population of 3,000 pupils. In
(ganso there are five sisters who do what is described as social work, it seems to be to
give material relief and work with unmarried mothers placing their children. There are no
other nurses in Guysboro County. From Canso we went to Dover which is a fishing community
and is bleak and barren as Canso. Then from Dover to Whitehead, Torbay, Larr^River where we
considered whether or not we should come back to Guysboro. However, Dr. Sims seemed very
anxious to show us the country so we continued on the trip going through Goldboro, Isaacs
Harbour and Country Harbour. It was all very beautiful then up through the country through
what is known as the Barrens to Melrose and down to Sherbrooke where we had dinner.
Sherbrooke is on the St. Mary's River. After dinner we went fishing. No luck again. We
drove back to Antigonish to the Royal George Hotel, through what appeared to be very beauti©
ful country, especially along Lake Lochabar. However, it was after dark and we could not
see it. Through the kindness of Dr. Sims and Miss McCann in taking us on this trip we
certainly gained an impression of the vastness of their problem or rather the problem of the
rural nurse in such a county, such as we could not have obtained in any other way. Dr. Sims
feels that there should be at least four nurses for Guysboro alone and he is planning to
build up his program to have at least one nurse for every four to five thousand people.
This is a long term project and it will be some time before it will be achieved. Miss
McCann and I had lengthy discussions about the nursing situation in Nova Scotia. She feels
very pessimistic about it, especially in relation to the training schools. She feels that
some stimulus is needed and that it will be quit^ a long time before we will be able to
get them on a truly educational basis. She has not been appointed supervisor although she
has had a great deal of experience. She taught school for nine years, took her nurses
training, then she took teaching and supervision at McGill, following which she had experience in instructing work and as assistant superintendent and superintendent of hospitals.
Then she took her public health and has been more or less acting as senior nurse in the
Northumberland Health Unit. She, "however, has a very large area of her own. When new
nurses are taken on, she is the one who is responsible for planning their work.. For some
reason her appointment as supervisor has not gowe through. Spoke- to Dr. Sims about this
on Saturday morning as we were leaving. Apparently he feels that she should go away to
Columbia for a summer term just so that he will be able to say to the other nurses that she
has had this extra qualification. I said that I felt that she had the extra qualifications
now and it would be too bad to wait for another year before making her appointment official
and allowing her to obtain the extra salary which goes with it.
July 24. 1948 - Left Antigonish about U a.m. for Baedec. Crossed the Ferry from Mulgrave
to Port Hawkesbury. It was raining so the trip was not so enjoyable. Arrived in Baedec
about 2.30 p.m. Met Miss MacDonald at the home of Dr. MafiMillan. Reservations had been
made for us at Normaway at Frizzelton which is up the Margaree Valley. We went there and
had very fine accommodation. Dr. Baillie got in some fishing Saturday evening and then
again early Sunday morning. About 11 a.m. on July 25th we left to go aground the Cabot
Trail. It was rather dull at first but when we got out jio the coast it cleared. The roads
were not too bad until we started coming donw from Ingonish then they were rather rough
and there was a lot of construction work. We arrived in Sydney about 11 p.m. and got to
our rooms in the Isle Royale Hotel.
Object Description
| Rating | |
| Title | [1948-1949 Diary Hamilton Ontario] |
| Creator | Creelman, Lyle, 1908-2007 |
| Date Created | 1948-1949 |
| Sort Date | 1949 |
| Extent | 171 pages |
| Subject | Nursing |
| Genre | Diaries |
| Type | Text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Language | English |
| Notes | Only pages with writing were imaged. Appears to be her full personal record of the Baillie-Creelman Survey. |
| Access Identifier | ARC-Creelman-2-4 |
| Digital Identifier | creelman_02_04_01 |
| Is Part Of | History of Nursing in Pacific Canada |
| Source | Original format: University of British Columbia. Archives. Lyle Creelman fonds. Diaries and logbooks. ARC-Creelman-2-4 |
| Date Available | 2015-03-17 |
| Publisher - Digital | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
| Rights | Digital copies are provided for research and personal use only. For permission to publish or otherwise use this material contact the UBC Archives at lib-ubcarchives@lists.ubc.ca |
| Catalogue Record | http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/u_arch/creelman.pdf |
| DOI | 1.0214446 |
Description
| Title | creelman_02_04_01_051 |
| Sort Date | 1948 |
| Transcript | -46- ^ * GT^° C2?ntar„ia divided ^ two municipalities. It has a population of somewhat over 16,000. Miss Morrison has 90 schools with a population of 3,000 pupils. In (ganso there are five sisters who do what is described as social work, it seems to be to give material relief and work with unmarried mothers placing their children. There are no other nurses in Guysboro County. From Canso we went to Dover which is a fishing community and is bleak and barren as Canso. Then from Dover to Whitehead, Torbay, Larr^River where we considered whether or not we should come back to Guysboro. However, Dr. Sims seemed very anxious to show us the country so we continued on the trip going through Goldboro, Isaacs Harbour and Country Harbour. It was all very beautiful then up through the country through what is known as the Barrens to Melrose and down to Sherbrooke where we had dinner. Sherbrooke is on the St. Mary's River. After dinner we went fishing. No luck again. We drove back to Antigonish to the Royal George Hotel, through what appeared to be very beauti© ful country, especially along Lake Lochabar. However, it was after dark and we could not see it. Through the kindness of Dr. Sims and Miss McCann in taking us on this trip we certainly gained an impression of the vastness of their problem or rather the problem of the rural nurse in such a county, such as we could not have obtained in any other way. Dr. Sims feels that there should be at least four nurses for Guysboro alone and he is planning to build up his program to have at least one nurse for every four to five thousand people. This is a long term project and it will be some time before it will be achieved. Miss McCann and I had lengthy discussions about the nursing situation in Nova Scotia. She feels very pessimistic about it, especially in relation to the training schools. She feels that some stimulus is needed and that it will be quit^ a long time before we will be able to get them on a truly educational basis. She has not been appointed supervisor although she has had a great deal of experience. She taught school for nine years, took her nurses training, then she took teaching and supervision at McGill, following which she had experience in instructing work and as assistant superintendent and superintendent of hospitals. Then she took her public health and has been more or less acting as senior nurse in the Northumberland Health Unit. She, "however, has a very large area of her own. When new nurses are taken on, she is the one who is responsible for planning their work.. For some reason her appointment as supervisor has not gowe through. Spoke- to Dr. Sims about this on Saturday morning as we were leaving. Apparently he feels that she should go away to Columbia for a summer term just so that he will be able to say to the other nurses that she has had this extra qualification. I said that I felt that she had the extra qualifications now and it would be too bad to wait for another year before making her appointment official and allowing her to obtain the extra salary which goes with it. July 24. 1948 - Left Antigonish about U a.m. for Baedec. Crossed the Ferry from Mulgrave to Port Hawkesbury. It was raining so the trip was not so enjoyable. Arrived in Baedec about 2.30 p.m. Met Miss MacDonald at the home of Dr. MafiMillan. Reservations had been made for us at Normaway at Frizzelton which is up the Margaree Valley. We went there and had very fine accommodation. Dr. Baillie got in some fishing Saturday evening and then again early Sunday morning. About 11 a.m. on July 25th we left to go aground the Cabot Trail. It was rather dull at first but when we got out jio the coast it cleared. The roads were not too bad until we started coming donw from Ingonish then they were rather rough and there was a lot of construction work. We arrived in Sydney about 11 p.m. and got to our rooms in the Isle Royale Hotel. |
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