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92.; MW Hospital Auxiliary teed hungry cattlemen by Tlrn Gardner The Bruce Peninsula Hospital Auxiliary has been operating a land booth at the Grey-Bruce Co-operative Ltd. cattleyards tor 39 years.. Helen State. the converter ol the Auxiliary's ways and means committee“ has been organizing the ladies and doing all the shopping lor the booth since the service lir- st began. The booth Is located lust west of the Co-operative‘s cattle barn on Highway 5 at the southern entrance at Wiarton. “When we that started out (1943) we just had a tent," Steip said. "I remember one night the tent blew down and I wondered what would be left when i came in the next morning. A let of pop bottles were broken but the store at Mar took part oi the loss." Stelp also recalls bringing not water from the dairy in Wianon to the site because the booth didn‘t have very good lacllltles to boil water. "When the dairy gave us the hot water they used to bring it in cream cans," Stelp said. “We used to sit on the cream cans to crow. ten. or Adam'svme. Gladys Arnold, centre of phentfiannr Laura'flerioot o! CIavei-ing cook up hamburgers ‘ ,r‘the Bruce Peninsula Hospital Auxiliary's booth at bewarm." The Auxiliary only had to put up with the tent lor one year. The booth was built in 1949. But improvements are still being ad- ded. Last year the Auxiliary bought a microwave oven to replace two old bun warmers. "The men who run the cattle sate ap» proached us to run a lood service." Slelp said, explaining why the booth was built in the llrst place. “They needed somebody here to lead the men The cattle sales star led in 1948 and the new hospital (built ln 1947) needed so many things. The llrst year we didn'l make too much but we needed too many things for the service itself." The Livestock (Do-operative now holds two sales in September, two in October and one in May. Besides leeding people at these sales, volunteers trom the Auxiliary and various Women‘s Institutes in the area lead the 20 or so men who work to gel the cattle yard ready lor the sale tor the three days nature the auction begins; Stetp arrives at 7:30 am. the day oi the sale and starts the cottee By 8:30 a m the 10-12 other women volunteers arrive at the boom For the Sept i? came aucnan the volunteers prepared 300 hamburger-3, arid used 12 cans ol salmon, two dozen eggs and 85 lbs. oi ham to make sandwiches, From 9 am to 10 a m the women same tree colfee and donuts. although they are reimbursed ior the cost oi these items later But Sleip says that the heme-made pies are what really bring in the money The pies are donated by the ladies. Sleip said that the AUXIIlaI’y'S booth usually Clears $3,000 lor the tour Callie sales at the CID-operative in the tail Eu' She said the Auxiliary was still undeCideo what it was going to do with the money ll All. raise at the booth this year "We lust made a large donalmr to the building limit! but i don‘t lhlnk the drive to burld a new hospllal in Wiarlon wrll really begin until the spring " she said The Auxiliary wasn't organized when the lust hospital was built Maybe well lurnlsh a room ll'l the new hospital once it's bum the Grey-Bruce Ca-opErflllVE Lid. cattle sale The booth has been feeding catilemen for the last 39 years. In all, the Aurilr’ary made up 300 hamburgers Thursday. 24% /7 « i v