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This newspepor .believo* the rioht to .040044 .in Intinisklt
In public contributes to the. progress of the nation and
.thet it roust 'Or oxercisedfreely to preserve end Improv.
,demecrotic government.
Two Sides
Attend Hospital Meeting
To .Learn The Answers
Controversy regarding any public
Institution always arouses interest.
Such is the case with South Huron Hos-
Pital, which Yields its annual meeting
next week. A large crowd is expecte.d
to attend beaus e of complaints which
have been aired publicly and privately
' during the past six months.
Since the annual meeting provides
the opportunity — and the only one
during the year — to bring the con-
troversy to a head, it is imperative
that a large representation of th‘pub-
lic attend. Those who feel there is
some justification for the complaints
Should attend to hear first hand, the
pros and cons of the argument..
What is the controversy about?
The medical staff last year re-
quested permission from the board of
directors to perfOrm operations ofa
.common nature, The board deelined.
The doctors did not take further
action but the public piked up their
cue and aired it on the 'streets. It
filially reached public expression at an
EXeter council, meeting late in the
year.
Although the request of the dpc-
tOrs. was never' made Public, • it is
unclerstoOd they stated that such opera-
tions .could. * be performed without
major expenditures for • equipment,
since much of it was supplied when
the hospital Was built. It is also under -
steed that the doctors felt the opera-
tions could' be performed withbut un-
due strain upon the accommodation
Or nursing staff available.
The board, on the other hand,
made, a public statement to the effect
that operations could not be permit-
ted because of a shortage of nursing
Staff and because accommodation was
being taxed without providing these
additional. facilities. The board stated
'it was Working on plans to relieve
both problems and that once they
were solved, operations could be per-
mitted. The board asked forindulgence
until that time.
At the, Meeting of council in Di-
•cember, Councillor Glenn Fisher aired
the controversy when he found .his
I�cI (teeter had to take his, daughter
to St. Marys for an appendicitis opera-
tion: "Why," he asked, -"couldri't she
be operated upon in our own hos-
pital?"
Mayor -Pooley carried- the , argu-
„anent-further, asking if citizens were
not being denied the services which
they had been promised when , the
campaign for funds to build the hos-
pital was under way. He charged that
citizens in the district had paid for
the facilities but were not receiving
them. He felt the answers shOuld be
sought from the board at the annual
meeting,.
The board made. no public reply
to the =licit discuision, preferring to
wait until the annual meeting. Since
then, however, it has purchased land'
for.a nurses' residence, a move it had
planned some time before,
On Tuesday night, the board will
undoubtedly be asked the questions
which arose at the council meeting
and others which have developed
since. Among them will be:
Neighboring hospitals are provid-
ing surgical facilities despite the fact
their occupancy rate is higher than
that tSouth Huron. Why?
if there is a shortage of nurses,
Why.are there several living in Exeter
travelling daily to other hospitals to
work there?
There appears to be a strain in
the relations between the doctors, and
the hoSpital. If this IS so, why.
Why did the beard, which is com-
posed' of, laymen, reject the advice of
it t trained medical staff? On whose
recommendation, or on what grounds,
did the board consider the clOctore
reqtiett unreasdnable?
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It may appear Iron the foregoing
that the board it in a difficult position.
Howe+ver, there are number of points
which the beard's critics should re-
Mentbet:
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The present board is composed of
almost the same group of men which
did an exceptionally astute job of
building he 'hospital and raising the
funds to pay for it. There would not
have been any hospital services at all
available in this community had it not
been for the. present members.
They have since done an equally
excellent job in making the hospital
pay its own way. It has riot yet had to
appeal. to municipal funds for grants
to meet operating costs.
Because of its determinition to
make the institution pay its own Way,
the board has been. cautious about
providing extra services. It ha$ pre-
ferred to adopt a "wait and .see' at-
titude, to one of rushing into expendi-
tures which could make itS financial
position precarious.
The 'hospital staff has been com-
mended many times for -its cleanliness
of •• the institution .and many patients
.have. expressed since -re gratitude for
the -exceilent.treatMent they have re.
It should be remembered, too, that
the doctors have never made any pub-
lie statement as to their position; in
fact, their professional ethics forbid
them to do so.
• Perhaps the point of this editor-
ial' could be summed up in the truth
• that there are two sideS. to every con-
troVersy .and that. both should be given
serions..,csmSideration before any rash
action is taken at the annual meeting
Tuesday night,
-Bylaw
Who are the members of the
South , Huron Hospital Asseciation?
How is' the hospital administered?,
- These questions are asked fre-
quently. In an attempt to answer
them, portions of the bylaw of the As-
sociation are published Mew.
The Association is formed under
t116:6brporations Act, AVM,. and is not
a public body. None of the hospital's
revenue comes from, takes, except the
annual county grant of $1,000 and the
fees paid for indigent patients.
We quote the bylaw:
"MEMBERS—The following per-
sons shall be meinbers: - •
"(ay person Who has donated or
who donates any sum to the Corpora-
tion shall be a life member;
(b) The presiding, officer of any
organization which has donated to the
Corporation shall be alt., tx-officie
memberof the Corporation.
"BOARD—(1). The board shall con-
sist of not more than 20 members
elected annually at the annual meet-
ing of the corporation.
"(2) One member of the 'board
shall be a member;: who has been
nominated by the county council of
the County of Huron, twe Members of
the hoard shall be Members who have
been nominated by the 'Woman's Aux-
iliary of the hospital and one appoint-
ed by the medical academy. .
"BUSINESS—The business Ulna -
acted at the annual meeting shall in-
clude,—
"(a) reading the
(i) minutes of the previous
meeting
(ii) correspondence;
meeting;
(iii) report of the, board;
(iv) report of the unfinished
business from previous
meetings
(v) report of th' superintend-
ent; and
(vi) report of the medical
staff;
"(b) new business; and • '
"(c) appointment of auditors.
"The board shall manage the hos-
pital according to the general practice
of hospital managernent and according
to the regulations of The Public Hos,
pitals Act and the Regulations there-
under and other acts governing the
.operation:of hospitals,
tt be exact Tititettltbintatt
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Our Weather s Not That Bad
F.rona the .sonny crapes ,of
Florida to a lovely spring day
in Canada :to, less than four
hours was an experience we On.
jOyed Thursday of •last week.
However, the spring weather ,did
not last long for March winds
And ,aint0St a blizzard iir,teeteci
us for the next two days.
While in Florida we attended
clarch several times and we
also Attended a ,aet•to-gether
meeting of brethren,
On almost every occasion this
speakers mentioned about the
cold weather of Canada end how
nice. it was to be in .stinny Flor-
ida. it irked me a little for the
impression was loft that we had
nothing but cold, stormy and un.
pleasant weather in Canada. To
us Canadians we realize the
cold spells we are subject to,.
but :to those- Who knew little
ne, Reader
Co.
Gocibeer Coming
Exeter, Devon, England
14 March, 1957
Tq the Editor
Dear Sir;
Through the valuable space of
your columns may I express .my
sincere thanks to your readers
for their enquiries and offers
of assistance to the Mayer in re-
sponse to our request which you
kindly published in one of your
recent issues, for assistance in
becoming future Canadian citi-
zens.
The prospect of going tti Can-'
ada is Something •whith the
children and myself hope will be
attained in the very near fu.
ture.
Sbould our plans be success-
ful *e should be joining you in
late July and we trust that cir-
cumstances permitting, we shall
•become accepted citizens of
your town. •
With this hope to our future
I again tender my thankt and
gratitude to all.
I remain, yours Sincerely,
• I. A, H,Godbeer
MERRY MENAGERIE
about our climate, it left the
wrong impression. One would be
apt to think that all we did was
,shiver and freeze in unpleasant
weather.
At the masonic meeting men-
tioned above there were In
members ,present from Canada
the third largest representation
Present, Only one state in the
Union had considerably more
than Canada.
enjoyed. the balmy weather
of the south when the days were
fine and like InanY ()theta com-
Plained alient it when it was' wet
and cold. When I arrived back
in Canada the first thing 1 did
was to walk OP and down the
pavement beside the Mallon •air -
pert breathing deeply of an in-
vigorating atmosphere that
seemed to put new life into MY
veins and 1 was glad to be home
again,
When the subject of Canidien
weather came up down there
I reminded them of the great
pleasure our youngsters enjoy
after the „first snow falls and of
the enjoyment they get from our
winter sports. Our homes are
warm and comfortable and only
the odd storms are very severe.
They only hear about those odd
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DISPENiED BY 114 SMILEY
This was a tough week. My
son lost his appendix and my
daughter lost her chance Of
getting to heaven. My wile lost
her temper a couple of times,
but there's nothing unusual in
that, so it has no place irt this
chronicle,
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If you haven't had an acute
appendix operation' in your fa-
mily yet, you've gotsomething
to look forward to. 'There's a
definite pattern to the proce-
dure. Your child becomes sick,
vomits steadily for two days
By Walt Disney
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storms, not about the fie. -weather.•
think 1 mentioned- of being
fortunate in securing a TOM
near mirror Lake,the mein rec-
reational centre in St. Peters.
burg, close by was a high .seltOol.
each morning I was awakened
about:oeofy
eight ando'clocktri s w
with 11141
arrived at the, sehool'.grounds-
41eltiffethreantt 'ekairtilYds hour
Igit;IIVOS.,Pl*PYtit
cipally basketball. Early 1.1suig
'seemed q.i4te the thing for about
the same time the summer visit.
or began to.gather et the .shuf-
fle•board courts and by nine
o'clock they would be going
etreng. Games on the 'bowling
green. started promptly at 9.30
end a number of the men while
waiting for the games to start
enjoyed a gallie Of cads in the
•einhho.use.
•1 was,there for A 'holiday' and
a holiday for me meant sleeping'
in in the :mernings. In the eve.
ning$ there wa$ always the Moo,
icipai pier if people wanted en-
l;ortain.ment and usually it was
packed but it seemed to me that
the great majority went to bed
early end were ready to be up
and around ..early in the morning,
lll llll polltptpplit11 ll ll Op l otpliiplo4o
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g'
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and complains of a pain -in his
stonlach.
* * * *
You tell him he's got that sto-
mach flu that's going around,
complete with tramps. You try
to smother your annoyance be -
'cause his illness is preventing
you from, going to that show, er
hockey game, or bridge party.
* *
Our tyke is one of those kids
who puffer in silence. He can.
burst. into tears if his mother
says the wrongthing, or his
little sister upsets the checker
beard in the Middle et, the game,
which she . is prone to do, like
all wornen, when she it losing.
But When he is sick or in pain,.
he sweats it out all 'by himself,
in a private little world. .1
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I don't know • where he gets
this. It's not front his father, who
wheezes around looking as thoush
somebody Should hang a crane
on him, every time he has a
• touch 'of. 'the flu. It's not from
his mother, who tan turn a
slight backache into the li,gt
stages of tancer in the time it
takes .to tell you about it
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At any, rite, the poor little beg,'
' gar ' kept going 'for ". almost
fortY4ight hours, 'crawling out
• of bed, shakily and painfully, . it
. all hours^of 'the day and 'night,
to heave into 'the- basin, taking'
the utmost care not to get a drop
• on the floor, as he didn't want
to be; skinned alive, even if he
• was dying.
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Sunday he was flushed and in
• • greater pain than ever. Like all • ,
4 stupid parents since time im-
•metherial, we couldn't under-
stand why he. Wasn't shaking off
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the stornach flu, which we knew
',...,. , .j • he had, because we told him ..
nature baltuiCes things—his mister is 13 that's what was ailing him.
' bald ah a doorknob; ' . Finally; it permeated' even the;
. • • , ion -bound heads of the home
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Diltributed by
."Shows how
As the
"T I M E S"
Go By
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SO YEARS AGO
Bert Rivers has,' comniented
to learn theharness niaking
With Mr, P. Frayne.
The fact that the raising of
chickens pays the farmer 'needs
.no further proof than the state -
tient that Mr. Thos. Morley of
Whalen received $35,51 for 61
birds delivered' in Exeter slime
last fall:
The head milliners at -the se-
veral stores this season are:
afiss Whttt with Jones and
Clark, Miss Judd of Orange-
ville With Snell and Ewe, Miss
Sanders with J. A. Stewart and
Miss Morlock has, with her Miss
Rickbeil.
• Mr. Lather Penhale has en-
-gaged with Messrs Harvey Ares.
at the mill,
Mr. John Perkins who recent.
ly putchesed Mr, Writ, River's
milk business takcs over the
seine on March 19.
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1.5 YEARS AGO.
The women of the War Time
Board laSt Week packed and
mailed 53 pareela to the men
overs,eaS,
hir. A. t•• llowald has taken a
position in the grocery depart -
meet with SOutheott Bros.
Mt. and Mrs. 151, M. Quante
are. dila Week getting settled in
Dislr new home' On William St,
tieut.M r, Madman of Chat.
hani Spent the weekend with his
family in Owfl.
this ihveilieg tif the Heeler
ROIL tif the community wits held
Eager Sundey When gon. c
Gadintr °meted.
TN. !Aldan Wall have Weft the
el:4101016116in •for the third cone
hicutive year. -
Mr. W. A. ReaMith. left Men.,
do for •Olonibia, Anieriett
end expects to Mel; the Wire
trip by sir, Mil. rattan Will
rntain fOr a tithe With her pa.
rents, •
25 YEARS AGO.' •
Mr; William Haitcr,, local
dairyman, while ,deliverutg
brie evening last week upset the
wagon spilling 40 quarts of milk.
For the first time this winter
the snow plow was used on Tues-
day to clear highway No. ,4 of
the drifts of snow.
There is still no news of the
Lindbergh baby which was kid.
napped on Marek 1. ,
Good Friday domes on March
25,
A meeting of the Horseshoe
Club will be held in the base-
ment of the •Public Library for
election of. officers.
An interesting letter from Dr.
Margaret Strang, missionary of
the Presbyterian church in the
Petite River District appears in
this issue of the paper.
Mt. 3. W. Powell last week
purchased the stock and fix.
tures of A. E, Morote's Grodery.
10 YEARS AGO
Miss Lenore Nermiriton of
Hensell won the Lion a Orlitorial.
contest for this zone at London
Public Library on Friday,
Mr. arid Mrs, Peter leraft,
tiaslitireod celebrAtedthe Eillth
anniversary At their 'Mime on
Monday.
Gordon McDenald was trapped
by C cive-in While taking out
turnips front a pit en •Robert
Hunter's term in Veber** Both
shoulder And hip were dislocated.
Dr. Hobbs Taylor, Dashwood
was among the guests at the rtt.
teliti6n. held by Hon. Bay Law-
ii6A Lieutenant Governer of On.
filtro,
Every now and then when
hockey 11 being distusSed sortie.
one crops up with a dismission
about the Et eter.Zuriell team a
1.922.
Most of.1s would like to be in.
there Anti Sctitt's Meta
driving that smart how Cream
dolered, convertible ' that was
presented tei her by the city of
Ottawa. •
his appendix. The doctor rubbed
it in declaring that -it was so.
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Now you can say• what you
like about doctors, and I'M just
as. liable as not to agree with
you. Ai long as I'm not sick and
•nobody in my inineediate family
is. But ,the plain fact is that
most of us would die of sheer
terror if the doctor didn't take
over in ,ap emergency.
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A little iiiore than an hour
After • I had gingerly poked nly
son's stomach, then run for the
phone, they were wheeling the
lady off to the pperating room,
white, scared, but silent., leaving
in the hall his father, • white,
stared and drawing deep on the
first of fifteen cigarettes he was
to smoke in the next forty-five
• minutes.
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Now I know why they .call it
acute appendix, The acute fear
As you Wait during the operation
is followed by acute relief when
it's all over and.,all's well, only
to be Superseded by acute pain ,
as yon realize what the whole
thing it going to cost you. Not
to mention acute frustration be-
cause the little dope didn't know
enough, to hang OntO his appen-
dix for a couple of years .until
the free government hospital
plan begins.
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You'd ' thin that would be
enough trouble for ofie day,
wouldn't you? It WaSn't. That
night, the boy settled &kilter-
tably After his oPeration, we
were watthing the Shirley ft*r-
iiiCt * parody of the Ciri-
cltrella . story, Small daughter
Kim was livieg-every minute of
it,
The two ugly %top -sisters threw
some stuff Ori the fleori end
told Cinderella to pick it hp.
From beside me MI the eliestei.
field. carte A fierce treble: "I
wouldn't de it. rd tell them to
go-te hell," Thet It girl -
chid who vigotonsly berates her
old Mon when he nada bad words
like "burn" and "bloody",
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Trouble AlWaya comes in trip.
lets, they ley, All I need to make
it a perfect week for the Old
Lady to run off -with beer tra-
yeller leaving ite alone with
Stritket sen, blalplittiinua stall
daughter and tht dinlngroont
ailing half painted.
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