l\C1lllbH KILILCLLC,

Chief guests at the annual stafi‘ dinner for The Close, Bridge, were (left to right): Mr. Harry K. Urwin (Superintendent),
Mrs.‘ E. Palmer,’ Mr. E. Palmer (chairman, District House Committee), Mrs.-Lucy Urwiu (Matron), Cllr. Brian Raifety
(chairman, Bridge-Blean Rural District Council), Mrs. E. J. Mount, Dr. ]. Pritchard (Group Geriatric Consultant), Mr.
E. J. Mount (chairman, Canterbury Group Hospital Management Committee) and Mrs. Raffety.

. The Close

‘stair dinner

i About 100 people were at the
iAbbot’s Ba1't6n_,Hotel, Canter-
bury, on Friday ‘for the annual
dinner given for the staff of

The Close hospital.

Mr. H. K. U1'\Vln, the hospital
superintendent, acted as chair-
man and toastmaster and Mr.
Edward D/Iount, chairman of the
Canterbury Group Hospital Man-
agement Committee, welcoming
the guests, also thanked the
staff for their excellent work
during the past year.

Cllr. B. Raffety, chairman of
Bridge—Blean R U, r 3.1 District
Council, spoke of his recent visit
to The Close and said the im-
provements he had seen there
showed that 8. silk purse could
be made out of a so\v’s ear.

In an amusing speech Dr.
John Pritchard, geriatric con-
sultant to the Canterbury and
Isle of Thanet hospital groups,

said the thanks to the staff were
“written on the residents’ and
patients’ faces." Mr. Urwin re-‘
plied. ,

The guests included Mr. H.
Brown, deputy chief, Residential
Services Division, and Miss Sage, '
Senior Homes Officer, of thel
County Council; Mr. E. Palmer,
chairman, Canterbury Hospital
House Committee; Mr. Alan}
Barson, the Hospital Group sec-
retary; Canon Colin, Perry,
honorary chaplain at t-hev,Close;
and Mr. G. Davies, headmaster,
Sturr Secondary School.

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