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THIN LLUcKNOW .LUICKPIOWs ONTARIO • •.
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. Following a .motion at the board
Meeting of the Wingham and .Dist•
rice Hospitai on Friday evening,
the Ontario Hospital .Services Com-
' rnission'hasbeen asked to'erect a.
new training school. •
The motion concluded a lengthy
• discussion on the advisability of
renovating the present training
school building, The structure,
which is the former, nurses' rest •
dence on Catherine•St. , would
require extensive and costly alter.
ations to make it:su,itable. as a
permanent school building. Cost
of such a renovation program' was.
testimated .at $484000 by the hosp
ital's ar-hiitects, Dunlop, Ward- •
8 . • ell, Matsui and Aiken.
• The building is used for the
training of registered nursing assis-
tants. . •
NOT RECOMMENDED. •
A• letter from D.N.Teasdale,•
director of'the'hospital planning •
division of O.H. S. C,, indicated
that the Commission would not • '
approve the '$48,.000 expenditure
on the,present building.
The board has been informed
that 0. H.S,C. • will •assure 100%
of the. cost of ;a• new struet'ure. The
'present
'present building.will be removed
if the replacementprogram is app-
roved. -/
• BUY INCINERATOR
On the recommendation, of the
`property committee the board '
agreed to purchase a new gas-fired.
incinerator at a cost of $395.00•,
,which will handle both kitchen
waste and pathological substances.,.
Prices as high 'as $2,500 had been
• quoted'for such equipment during
the. past .few months.
SEEK ASSISTANCE
• Another iter in the property .
committee's report provided,quot
• . aeons on the repair and replace-
ment of the'•,elevator in the 1946
wing. The lift has been giving •
serious trouble forseveral years
and has now reached the critical
stage.
Costs for repairs ranged upward
from $15.000, while replacement
figures were in the $25,000 bracket
Since all availablefunds areear-
marked, for the current renovations
and rebuilding. program. on the hos
pital•bu.ildinbuilding, it was decided to
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seek an appointment with the.app.
ropriate officials' At•
T,oronto. •
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• . „It is hoped that financingof the,
elevator repairs may be.incorpor-
ated with the -general building•
-..Program. • .
E E. Walker, property comm.'
fttee chairman, also,outlined the
major jobs which have been '
handled by the engineering and' '
maintenance staff,
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Finance Chairman •H. H. Hotsoa
gave the highlightsfrom the
statement for February with total
expenditures at $110.218. •
- . Barry 'Wenger, chairrn,an ofthe
management, committee, reported
a total•of 86 persons on the nursing
staff during the past month. ,
Mrs. I•. E Morrey, administrator,
listed statistics. for thepast month:
•:154 admissions., 14 births., 145
discharges, 9 deaths, 70 operations
126 ' out-patients, 375 at -rays, 4'•
blood transfusions, 876 -laboratory
procedures, 49 electrocardiograph
is examinations, 45 at cancer
clinic. Patients days totalled
.2,101 for a daily average of 75.
' It is expectedthat patients will
he moved to•the new second storey
wards the first dr' second week in
April
Building chairman J.V. Fischer
••reported that progress is up to
schedule at present, being, about
62% complete.
• .P; R. •'PROGRAM '
DeWitt Miller, Chairman of the
:pitbiic relations committee said
that he had met with heads of the•
• various hospital departrt ents and •
had suggested a combined comm*
lttee wh bei„ would :include some
staff members.
Purpose of the committee will
be to relate the,story of thehosp-
ital and' itsservices to the public.
It is also hoped to, arrange for a
speaker who could address service.
clubs. and other interested groups, .
Board Chairman R.B.Cousins.
reported ona• meeting of the exec-
utive committee .held on•Thursday,
The boiler room contract. he
said, has beenconipleted,.with the
exception ,of adjustments to be
'Tirade because of an oil.'stain on,
the west wall of the building _
and two valves on the boiler: sys-
tem which are not satisfactory.
The balance of the, payments will
now be made to the contractor,
with a hold*oback to cover these
two points. ••
Mrs. Money announced that. a ' •
courtesy accreditation' survey will
be undertaken atthe hospital on
March 22nd: •
On motion,the board voted to
seek accreditation for the. hospital.
Calvin -Brick UC.W..held their
meeting on Wednesday at the holm€
of Mrs. Ronald Coultes. The call.
to worship was given ey Mrs. Alex.:.
Robertson, who aI•so conducted the
business•;. Arrangements for the
bake sale to be held April 2nd
in the Oddfellows Hall, Wingharn.,..
were as follows: Pricing committ
• ee Mrs. Norman Coultes, Mrs.
Lawrence Taylor. Mrs. M: Robin
son. Change committee Mrs.
Roy Dawson, Mrs. Ronald, Coulters,
Mrs. Donald Dow. All are. to
contribute around $2 worth••of
baking;' -.The Easter service will
beheld, April 10 itt he church in
the evening, when the messengers
will be•invited and a film ,will 'be
shown. • A . bus trip was planned to
Toronto on May 17, when it is •
expected the fare will be around
$3.75. Mrs. John L. Currie gave
the chapter on Brazil.;. Little Don-
na Dawson received the offering
which was dedicated•. by Mrs. Don-
ald Dow . • Mrs. Gordon McBurney
gave the'topic' "The Study of ."
• (White rch stews)
On March 24th Whitechurch Wo-
men's .Institute held their progress
*ive euchre party in the Commun.
ity Memorial Hall with 20 tables
taking part in the game.
Prizes'went to high Man Gershorn
Johnston who won on draw with 2
others, lady's high Mary Hehn,
low .gent Albert Coultes, low lady
Mrs, . Elmer Sleightholm, • novelty
prizes Bill, Tiffin and Mrs. Jack
Burchill,' It was decided to have ''
one more party on April7,, when
the 'east ladies of the'W'I. will'
sponsor the party. Lunchwas serif
veal by the village riem bets, • '
SCHOOL CARD*PARTY
Curries School held a progress-
ive 'euchre party •for the school •on
Friday evening with 14 tables in
play; 'Prize winners were high ...
lady Mrs. Lawrence Taylor, low
lady Mrs. Gershom Johnston., high
gent Bert. Garniss, low gent Allan
McGill, lucky draw Mrs. Ken Zinn,
The older school girls supervised
games and contests for. the young •
fry': . Lunch was served by the
teacher and her -assistants.
Those attending the Presbyterial
at Clinton from here were Mrs.
Elwood .Groskorth Mrs, Clifford
Laidlaw, Mrs. Millan Moore and'.
Mrs. Albert Coultes . Those ate=
ending fromCalvin Brick were
Mrs.. Gilbert Beecroft, Mrs: Alex
Robertson:, -'Mrs , Gordon McBurney
and Mrs Harry Cook
Mrs.' Gordon, Lyons and r. Murray •
of West Waw nosh visited' on• Tue-
sdaywith Mrs. Russ l Ritchie while
the men attended Bill Evan's sale.
Ruth. Coultes and: her friends,
Marian Green 'and Barbara Evans,
student nurses in training at. Guel-
`ph Hospital, were Friday visito9rs
with herParents, Mr.', and Mrs'.
Norman Coulees,.•
Youth". Records by Don Lonie
were played. The scripture was
read. responsively, Mrs. Arthur
Jackson gave a poem. The Med-
itation was ,' each' gave a verse
concerning .youth. Mrs'. John
Jamieson led in •prayer and. Mrs.
Gordon McBurney gave a prayer
and the . benediction. .
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by William Whiting,
Who saidthe people want to be
informed?' Who said television
should be educational?; Who cares
whether the Gemini missions are :.
successful?/•
We had a primexample of that
the other evening in the United
States when all three American
networks .cancelled and, insome
cases, interrupted regularly-sched-
uled.programs for news of the,emerr.
gency Gemini splashdown.
NBC had over 3,000 telephone
•. calls of protest for cancelling "The.
Virginian" and "The Bob Hope.
Show". CBS had protests .when.
they pulled pff the program "Lost
in Space.". ABC had more. than
1,000'calls protesting three interr-
uptions of "The Batman"
MaYbe ft's time the network
bosses took a look at their news
operations for the purpose of anal
yzing what the people really
want.' Radio should, do.the •same,
I have always felt that news'
every:`30. minutes,, and, even every
hour, isnot appreciatedi.by listen-
ers' Unless. it's really . new .and earth
shatteringy
The sex -scandal in .Ottawa was.
juiCy while it lasted' and. people
were interested , but only for. about
48 hours; Newspapers' are: still
trying to keep it alive, but it's
a dead issue now The people
don't really care anymore. The
attitude is simply this: ,Don't dist-
urb' my routine- I -want to see my
regular programs every day and to -
hell with worldsituations and,
•problems;
And God,help any government.
or any government -appointed comp
mission who tries to take away.en�
tertainment and` insert news inform'
ation or educational programs; on
television:
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