The Huron Expositor, 1976-04-08, Page 1212,,f HE H EXPOSITOR, APRIL
HURON DELEGATES TO JUNIOR FARMER CONFERENCE — Huron County
representatives of local Junior Farmer clubs were delegates to the recent annual
meeting in Toronto of ..th,e Junior Farmers' Association of Ontario. During the
three-day meeting, delegates elected the 1976 slate of officers and directors and
discussed how they could motivate new members to become actively involved in
Junior Farmer activities. Those representing Huron included (left to right) Tom
Melady, R.R.2, Dublin; Joanne Swart, R.R.4, Seaforth: Jim Phelan, R.R.2, Blyth;
Donna Henderson, R.R.5, Seaforth; and Gerry O'Reilly, R.R.5, Seaforth.
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f -A knocks WitIgham hospital ..board
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The ,board of governors of ,the
Wingham and District Hospital
'has reiterated its stand that
hospital beds in Wingham cannot
be sacrificed in an effort to keep
the Clinton Public Hospital open.
At a., board meeting Wednesday
evening the members expressed
concern about news releases,
advertisements and other fOrms
of 'publicity which fail to,
accurately. assess • the position of
the Clinton hospital. The Wing-
ham board feels that some of the
information has been misleading..
Citing their 'reasons for
refusing to comply with a bed-cut-
ting ' program, the Wingham
directors emphasized the fact that
the Wingham hospital serves not
only Huron County residents, but
many from Bruce County as well.
Approximately one-quarter of the
Wingham Hospital patients are
residents of Bruce. Thus a Huron
County Council decision on bed
allocations could not be valid for
Wingham.
A high rate of occupancy and a
relatively low length-Of-stay' fac-
tor in the Wingham institution are
also referred to as• evidence that •
the hospital ha's been providing
efficient health care. In the past
two years the Wingham. Hospital'
has voluntarily reduced its budget
by $180,000.
The Wingham board is also
concerned by the fact that the
restraints imposed by the Minis-
try of 'Health were announced
without warning and that there .
has , been scant Opportunity qo 4.
assess the impact on the Wing-
ham hospital of bed closures in
other area hospitals, which will
inevitably add to the case load in
Wingham„ • A
While expressing sympathy for
the position in which the. Clinton
hospital has' found 'itself, the
Wingham board members
pointed to the fact that geogra-
phically Clinton was the obvious
choice for a cutback in Huron
County hospital beds, being
located -only nine miles and
eleven miles respectively from
excellent modern hospitals at
Seaforth and Goderich. An ex-
pansion program has been
approved for the Goderich hos=
pital and is at present under
An independent and unbiased
study • of ,,hOspital facilities in ,
Huron and Perth Counties carried
out in 1,970 indicated that the
Clinton Public Hospital should be
phased out as a general, acti‘ e
treatment institution and that its
services shobld be integrated ,
with the other nearby 'hospitals.
'The same stOdy (the , Agnew.
Peckham and Associates Report)
stated that .t.he pnly: alternative to
closure of the. 'Clinton hospital
would be a program of extensive
improvements in many aspects of
health care, leading to full'
accreditation by the Canadion
Council on
Hospital Accreditation. Su'ch
•accreditation standards were
never achieved,
Realizing the costly nature ,of
the improvements required to
make the Clinton hospital perm•
atently .assured - of ministry:
• approval, the. Wingham hospital
directors can see no point in.
jeopardizing the future ' of other
. well-equipped and accredited
hospitals.. They can foresee that
the Clinton institution could be
ordered closed a year or two years
hence, despite the efforts of',
neighboring hospitals,to keep it
open:
The board of Alexandra Marine
and General HoSPital 'in Goderich
has urged Clinton to ask for and
accept the responsibility and
housing of a 20-bed psychiatric
unit which the ministry of health
has assigned to Goderich hospital
for administrative purposes.
Wingham governw believed that
Clinton might ha%Fe done well to
provide this mental health role,
along with which, a community
health care facility might have
been provided, in the same
. building. 'The Clinton board
Claim's that their hospital is not
staffed for psychiatric services,
but it was pointed but that Only
the, Registered nursing staff
would require replacement, with
a minimum of change in the total
hospital employment picture. Any
reduction in Registered nursing
staff 'would, be readily absorbed
hw nearby hospitals ,who are
always. " looking for trained
personnel, the Wingham board-
statement concluded. • . •
Money management Was the
theme of the guest speaker at the
third annual.banquctof -the-Perth
County Bean Producers at the „
Kirkton-Woodham Community
Centre.
Clarence Plested of Plested
Farm Equipment , of 'London
stressed the need for young
farmers to have adequate life
insurance.
He suggested estate planning
was a must fOr farmers. he
continued. "Get yoni planning
started now. Y o.0 can avoid great
hassles over legal matters later on
and estates will not then be eaten
up by income tax.'.' •
Plested advised farmers to
inv-est in retirement savings plans
and income averaging annuities
to take care of their financial
needs in later life.
Farmers were told to maintain
Members who attended the
regular monthly meeting of the
Huroh County Federation of
Agriculture in Brussels Thursday,
expressed dismay and shock at
the Wingham Hospital Board of
Governors apparent support of
the Provincial Government plan
to close Clinton Hospital.
During the past month the
Federation has been • actively
soliciting support for the Clinton
Hospital. A brief was presented
to Premier William Davis. and
copies sent to Stephen Lewis and
Stuart Smith. The Federation has
been in contact with members of
Hufon Hospital Boards urging
them, to adjust their budgets
sufficiently to allow Clinton to
remain open.
Federation President Adrian
Vos said that his executive and
members, who come from all
parts of Huron County, have been
disappointed by the isolationist
approach taken by the Wingham
Hospital. The Federation says
this approach. is.going to drown
any hope of demonstrating to the
provincial government that Huron
County is capable of working
together effectively to resolve
county problems. The Federation
members have consistently
supported resolutions. in favour of
giving the Huron County Council
..the poWer to resolve the health
budget problems in 'Huron
County.
Other new business discussed
at .the meeting included an
announcement by Doug Fortune,
Chairman of the Education
Committee, that a short course is
being developed by his
committee and would soon be
available to presidents,
vice-presidents and secretary.
treasurers of Township
Federatiohn groups. •
The guest speaker of the April
•meeting, introduced by Bev.
•Brown, was 'Constable John
.Comnmnity Services
Officer for the Ontario Provincial
Police. The first part of Constable
Wray's speech dealt with the laws
governing the movement of farm
vehicles on the roads and
highways. "Frankly," he said,
"farm vehicles on a highway are a
pain- in the neck. They are too
slow, too big and improperly lit."
However, recognizing the need
to move farm vehicles from place
to place; he made ,the following
recommendations: (1) Always
use slow moving vehicle signs.(2)
Although a farm vehicle is
entitled to use half of the
roadway, he urged that farmers
use as much of the shoulder as
possible in order to allow traffic
behind to see beyond your
vehicle, when trying to pass. (3)
Have a steady red light on the
back of the tractor. (4); Try to
move the equipment befot..s dark
or, if possible, leave the
equipment in the .field overnight
and move it the next morning.
He, explained that a licensed
truck can now be used to haul
wagons, grain boxes, etc. as long
as a slow moving vehicle sign is
hung in clear view at the end of
the wagon.
The vehicle being hauled does
not need to be licensed, which is a
recent change in the law. Farmers
who need to move over-sized
vehicles on the roads :anything
over 102" wide and/or 65' long)
should apply to the Ministry, of
Transportation in Toronto for a
special permit. There is no fee for
this permit and it can be issued to
cover a one year period
Constable Wray pointed out that
this permit would be of consider-
able importanceshould you ever
'have an accident on the roadway.
During the last half of his
speech, Constable Wray
discussed home security. Recom-
mendations included the use of
proper locks on your house or
barn (it is important to use locks
with a deadbolt as they cannot be
picked), advise a neighbour that
you are going to be away, leave
lights and radio on a timer device,
do not leave a note on the door
that you will be back at 5 o'clock,
and do not hide a key outside your
house.
Other items covered were the
use of guns and dogs to protect
your family and your property,
ways of preventing cattle
rustling, and how to stop gas
thefts. Members. of the audience
had iii-atty- —questions for
Constable Wray which resulted
in several discussions which were
of interest to all present. Allen
Wolper thanked Constable Wray
on behalf of the Federation and
presented him with a small token
of appreciation.
John Strickler, representing
the Huron County, MutualAid
Firefighters Association, spoke to
the meeting about the problems
of fighting a fire when there are
hundreds of spectators crowding
the area. This problem is
compounded when the location of
a fire is announced ov er CKNX
minutes after a fire alarm has
been turned in. John cited the
case of a recent fire inEthel which
t
was announced over acpx a half
hour 'after the fire began.
Within an hour e (streets of
Ethel were clogge with cart,
some of which and• come over 36
miles to see the fire., The tanker
truck was constantly' delayed in
its trips back and forth to the river
to haul water. The Firefighters
Association is sending a
resolution to CKNX requesting
that news of a fire be withheld for
at least 4 • 8 houtt. The
Federation members voted to
support this resolution. -
The next meeting of the Huron
Federation of Agriculture will be
held in Clinton on May 6 . All
Individual Service Members are
urged to attend.
Hugh Scott chairs
Perth bean board
very detailed records of their
business *rations. he added.'
"Ifs a fallacy that the income tax
petople will not bother you if you
don't have record's. Then it's up
to you to prove what your income-
and expenditures are.!"
' Also speaking briefly to the 350 '
persons in attendance at the
banquet were Perth MPP Hugh
Edighoffer and Bill Baxter, Perth
County director ' and
vice-chairman of the Ontario
Bean Producers MarkeyIng.
Board.
. The Perth County bean
committee is • made up of
chairman Hugh Scott. R.R.2,
Staffa; secretary ..Burns Blackler,
Kirkton; treasurer Eldon
Westman, R.R.1, Marys and •
executive Allan Siemon, R.R.5,
Mitchell and Andy McLean,
R.R.2, Staffa.
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