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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1953-07-15, Page 1Physician Mourned Dr. R. C. Redmond LAST WEEK AT WINGHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL Admitted to Hospital 49 Out Patients 26 Operations 13 X-Rays 44 Births 10 Deaths 1 These facts are published weekly to acquaint the community with the services of our hospital. FORDWICH TEENAGERS HAVE NARROW SQUEAK By Mrs.- W. Sothern An accident which might have had serious results to three teenagers hap- pened about 10.15 on Friday night when a car owned and driven by David Aldrich swung out of control and missed a turn near Fordwich. Doug Brown and Donald Doig were thrown into a field on the McCracken farm when the car turned over sever- al times. Dr, Forde, of Fordwich, took David and Donald to the hospital at Listowel but they were able to return to their homes on Saturday. No bones were broken although David has a very sore back and Donald's both ankles are badly sprained. Doug suffered face lacerations and had his glasses bro- ken. The car was a total wreck. 3=Year Old Driver Ends in Fence David MacRae, aged 3, son of Rev, and Mrs. D. J. MacRae, United Church minister, in Wingham, had a try at driving his father's car, and didn't seem to care for the experience. Mr, MacRae had been visiting at the hospital and had left the car, with David-in it, outside on the street. Al- though the hand brake was on and the car in gear, David managed some- how to release the brake, and get the• car out of gear, at Which the car roll- ed down the high side of the street and across the road. Mr. McPhail, who was working in his garden at the time, heard the child cry and saw the car moving, and both he and Jack Donaldson, who was nearby, rushed over to stop it. By the time they got there, however, 'the -car had run into the fence beside Jack Templeman's barn, and the jour- ney was over. No damage was done to David, the ear or the fence. But for a couple of -hi-Mutes, David was a very frightened little boy. NEW WINO APPROVER' BY MORRIS COUNCIL The Morris Township council, at their regular meeting last week, agreed to accept their percentage of the cost of a new hospital wing, in accordance with the number of their patients admitted to the hospital during the past five years. The motion was made by Charles Coultes and sec- onded by William Elston Morris is the first of the municipal- ities in the Wngham Hospital area to accept its share of the cost of the proposed new wing, The town of Wingham has previously announced its intention of paying Wingham's share in the new building, at the town council meeting last month. CLOSING NOTICE Rapp's Bakery will be closp,c1 for holiday July 20 to 25, inclusive, F15b SEND $100 CHEQUE AS TOKEN CONTRIBUTION An unexpected token of appreci- tion in the form of a cheque for $100 AVM received recently by the Wing- ham General Hospital. At the meeting of the hospital board last week a letter was read from David H. Gallagher, board of overseas missions, united Church of Canada, thanking the hospital for their kindness during the hos- pitalization of Linda, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Jack Thompson, mis- sionaries in Trinidad. Enclosed with the letter was a "token contribu- tion" of $100. Learning to Weave "Macaroni Weaving", a new type of weaving craft, is becoming popular with the girls at the craft sessions supervised by the recreation council at the High school, Above, Myrna Robinson, Ruth Fry and Eleanor Goy reqolvo first' lessons in the art from instructor Joan Irwin. —Staff Photo. • With which is amalgamated the Gorrie Vidette and Wroxeter News Subscriptions $2.50 per year, 6c per copy WINGHAM, ONTARIO, WED NESDAY, JULY 15, 1953 iiiAkt ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian HUMBLY CORRECTED—Some an- ,onymous phoner, with a great passion for detail, called The Advance-Times office twice last week to inform us 'that the fire reported in last week's paper was NOT the first in three months, as our story said. It was the first in TWO months, We stand hum- bly correckd, All we know is what we heard the firemen say. Next time we'll phone the chief and ask for it in writing. DISCUSS ECONOMIES AT BOARD MEETING Ways in which economies could be 'effected in the erection of the new boiler room and laundry at the hospi- tal were discussed at the meeting of the Wingham General Hospital Board last week. It was decided to recon- sider the project on the basis of a one-storey building rather than a two storey structure, and to inquire as to ,comparative prices on the two types. 1f it is found that a one-storey struc- ture will be cheaper, plans for the new building will have to be re- ,drawn. Suggested modifications by the ar- chitect with a view to cutting expens- es included the building of a 50-ton ;bunker for coal storage instead of 'the 100 ton bunker originally planned. Members of the board considered this matter at some length, but decided against the smaller bunker in view of the fact that it would he too small to accommodate a full carload of coal. Savings on the modifications amount- ed to an estimated $3,000 to $5,000. To- dal cost of the building and equipment is in the neighbourhood of $100,000. :Several Accident Victims At Hospital Jack Murray, 13, son of Mr. and :Mr,s. Peter Murray, of Detroit, who is vacationing at Kintail, was admitted to the hospital last week suffering . from a fractured arm. The boy caught his arm in a pulley belt, He was ad- mitted to the hospital and released . after an overnight stay there. Teddy Seddon, 10, son of Mr. and . Mrs. Wilfred Seddon, was treated for a fracture of the left arm caused by a fall from. a bicycle. He was released after treatment, George Shaw) Catherine Street, was admitted to the hospital overnight, after cutting several fingers of his left hand with a saw. Fred Tuck, Glenannan, who was do- . ing carpentry work at the house of Ronald Rae, suffered the loss of a finger as 'a result of tin accident with . a skilsaw. TWO ESCAPE INJURY AS CAR TURNS OVER The driver and passenger escaped injury at 7.40 a.m.) Tuseday, when a 1953 'Meteor, owned and driven by Eddie Mehier, Wingham, apparently turned too sharply at the intersection of No. 4 highway and the 9th conces- sion of Turnbcrry Township, and turned on its right side, landing on its top in the east ditch of the inter- section. Riding with Mohler at the time of the accident was Al Cherney, Wingham, a musician with the CKNX Barn Dance, Mr. Mehler is a musician with Mel Lavigne's Blue Water Boys. The Mehier car was travelling west on the ninth' concession at the time of the accident. Damage to the car consisted of dents to the top and a broken window. Constable Salter, of the Ontario Provincial Police investi- gated. After the caf had been righted by a wrecker, it was able to proceed under its own power. Pair Rescued By Local Men On Georgian Bay A near drowning on Georgian Bay ,was averted on Sunday by the action of a party of Wingham fishermen, who a party of Wingham fishermen, who were visiting in the vicinity. The Wingham men were trolling along the shore of Georgian Bay some thirty miles north of Midland, when Mel Lavigne, one of the party, noticed a couple of figures in the water, farth- er out in the lake. At iirst he thought they might be swimming, but when the motor of his own boat cut out, he was able to hear calls for help from the two men in the water. Charlie Hodgins and Lloyd Smith were immediately put ashore to make room in the boat, and the rest of the party headed out towards the stranded pair, When reached they were still holding on to their capsized punt, but the older of the two admitted later that he would have been unable to hold on much longer. Mel and the boys took them aboard and delivered them safely to the larger boat from which they had started out. The pair reported that they had been in the water 1% hours before they were rescued. Mixed Doubles Tournament Success Thirty-four rinks, with seventeen of them outside entries, participated in the mixed doubles tournament held at the Wingham Bowling club Monday night., All the greens but two were fill- ed, and local bowlers were pleased with a very successful tournament. Resulits of the tournament were as follows: 1st., Wingham, Bowman, skip; 2nd., Goderich, MacLean, skip; 3rd., Walkerton, F. Eidt, skip; 4th, Wing- ham, Haselgrove, skip; 5th, Wingham, Hobclen, skip; 6th, Wingham, Wil- Llama, skip. The special prize was won by a Teeswater rink skipped by Donahue: WINGIIAM PROMISE BY PM DISCUSSED AT CABINET MEET Following a Cabinet meeting last week Right Honourable James G. Gar- diner,. Minister of Agriculture, an- nounced. that it is the intention of the Government to introduce amendments to the law governing the payment of compensation to owners of livestock slaughtered for the purpose. of disease control. Consideration of this question by the Cabinet followed the commit- ment:. given by the Prime Minister on June 24th, when he was speaking at Winghs,m. The existing law provides maximum compensation which may be paid for individual animals. In the case of hogs the limit values are $30.00 for grades and $50.00 for purebreds. In the recent outbreak of Hog Chol- era it has been found necessary to de- stroy some 2,80.0 hogs for the control of this disease. For light-weight hogs the full com- mercial value has been paid, but for heavier hogs,. which had a higher value than the limits provided in the law, owners have received less than the market value. It is the intention to amend the law so that the full market value of each hog at time of slaughter can be paid to the owner. Records of all an- imals slaughtered in the present out- break have been kept in such a way that where full value has not been paid this can be done after the law has been. amended. Commenting on the Hog Cholera situation generally the Minister ob- served that there had been no new cases in the present outbreak since June 19th. At Golf Club On Thursday afternoon, July 9th, about 40 ladies gathered at the Wing- ham Golf Club for an afternoon of golf and a social time. The whiners of the golf tournament were Mrs, H, Campbell and Mrs, Frank Madill, It was decided that Ladies Day would be held each Thursday, All Members and associate members are urged to attend. Anyone wishing a ride should phone No. 448, 799 or 722J, Plans were made for a supper to be held at the Club House on Thursday, July 10, admission 00c. Following sup- per there will be a mixed two ball foursome. DR. R. C ,REDMOND, VETERAN PHYSICIAN DIED ON SATURDAY Dr. Robert C. Redmond, who prac- ticed as a physician in Wingham for nearly fifty years, died in Wingham General Hospital, on Sunday, after an illness of several weeks. He was in his 84th year, Born in 1870, near Lansdowne, Ont- ario, Dr. Redmond Spout his boyhood there on the farm his• grandparents had settled on early in the 19th cen- tury, after emigrating from Ireland. After attending the local public school and the High School at Athens, he taught in a country school during 1888- 89, and in 1890 he entered Queen's University where he received first his arts degree, and later his medical de- gree in 1898. After practicing for three years in Bishops Mills, a village south of Ot- tawa, he went to Englapd to take post graduate work. There, he received the degrees M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P, becom- ing a member in the Royal College of Surgeons and Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians. On his return to Canada, he married Mary Elizabeth Connell, of Bishops Mills in 1903, and deciding to locate in the country, he bought a practice from Dr, T. Chisholm, of Wingham, where he settled in January, 1905. He continued in active practice for more than forty years, gradually retir- ing from full-time work to spend part of each winter in Florida, In 1950 he gave up practice completely and con- tinued to spend six months of each year in Florida and the remainder of the year in Wingham, During nearly fifty years of service, he delivered more than 3000 babies. During his long years in Wingham, he took an active part in many com- munity affairs. He assisted in organ- izing and promoting a General Hospi- tal for the town and surrounding country. He was appointed District surgeon for the Canadian National Railway and was coroner for the County of Huron. He was a member of the Masonic Order and in 1940-41 he was District Deputy Grand Master for North Hur- on. He was a member of the Lious Club and a very active member of the United Church. During his winters in Florida since 1940, he was first, president of the Canadian Society and last winter 1952-53 he was elected president of the President's Union, a group composed of the presidents of some twenty-two state societies. He was the second Can- adian ever to be honoured by election to this post. Surviving are his wife and two daughters, Muriel and Mildred, both of Toronto. Funeral services were held Monday evening in the United Church, with Rev. D. J. MacRae officiating. Mem- bers of the Masonic Order attended the service in a body. Burial was in Bishops Mills on Wednesday. Pallbearers were Frank Howson, E. S. Copeland, Norman Keating, Wilbur. Tiffin, Alan Williams and Reynolds, Marsales. Honorary pallbearers were: doctors from the district, including two veteran members of the protest. sion, Dr. Gillies, of Teeswater, and; Dr. W. A. Oakes, of Clinton. NOTICE The greenhouse will be closed on Wednesday Afternoon for the re- mainder of July and through the month of August unless; toe special occasions. Lewis Flowers,.. F15b VENETIAN BLINDS TO BLOCK VIEW OF PROUD ,FATHERS Proud fathers who call in at the hospital at odd hours to admire their newest offspring may have difficulty in future. A recommenda- tion has come from the Department of Health in Toronto that venetian blinds be hereafter placed in front of the nursery windows, in order that infants there may have a bit of privacy. In accordance with the depart- ment ruling, blinds will be placed on the windows. These will be rais- ed during visiting hours, and closed during the rest of the day, except by special appointment. LOCAL STOCK CAR WINS AT PORT ELGIN Stock car enthusiasts Stan Hiseler, Ron Murray and Raymond Merkley had a winner at the Bluewater Race Track on Thursday, when Stan Hiseler drove their stock car '"30-J" to win the "Australian Pursuit" in the fourth event of the stock car races at Port Elgin. 4/ This is the first time the local boy have won a race at Port Elgin, having been dogged by accidents since they started racing there some two months ago, The "Australian Pursuit" is a race in which the ears line up in single file and try to pass each other around the track, each car being eliminated as it is passed, In. the first race of the evening the "30-.I" came from scratch position to take third place in the first heat. In the feature race the local car took the lead in the 9th lap, holding it until the 14th. lap, when it blew a tire and bent a tie rod, which put it out of the race. COMMUNITY SALL,„ , PROSPECTS NOD The possibility that Wingham may have community sales at the town barn in the near future was heighten- ed last week when it was announced at the team ennucil that Jack Alexan- der, proprietor of the Donald Rae & Son hardware store, had applied for the use of the town barn. Mr. AVoconder's plans have not yet reached the definite stage, but he is hoping to have the first sale on Sat- urday, August 1st_ According to, Mr. Alexander every type of article will be sold at the sale with the exception of animals. It is hoped. that the citizens of Wingham will. co-operate with this community effort by bringing in articles which they wish to dispose of to the town barn. Articles will be received up to sale time on the day of the sale. It is, expected that a charge of 10% will be made for the disposal of var- ious articles. Plans for the sales are expected to be finalized next week, at which time an announcement will be made. NOTICE The office of Dr. G. H. Ross will be closed from July 20th to August 3rd, inclusive F15b Deparment of Health officials in. Toronto have suggested that the time is approaching when it will be neces- sary to "control the admission of patients" if a new wing for the ho&- pital is not soon built. At the present time the hospital is handling in the neighborhood of 70 to 80 patients daily, with a rated capacity of 48. It admissions were "controlled"—which means turning patients away—to the 48 bed capacity the superintendent, as well as members of the board feel that a great deal of suffering would result. No other alternative can be foreseen, however, unless work on the new wing is started in the near future. The present stumbling block to the new wing is the matter of $200,000 needed locally to supplement grants from the Ontario and Dominion Government amounting to approxi- mately $250,000. Total cost of the new wing is estimated in the neigh- bourhood of $450,000. The present plan is to attempt to collect money from the municipalities using the hospital, in proportion to their use of the institution over a period of the past five years, On this basis the town of Wingham has already signified its intention of be- ing responsible for its proportion of the whole, amounting to 25% or $50,000. Morris Township has also agreed to raise its share of the money, The text of the letter from the De- partment of Health follows: Parliament Buildings, Toronto 2, Ontario, June 8th, 1953. Mrs, E E. Morrey, Reg. N,, Superintendent, Wingham General Hospital, Wingirani, Ontario. Dear Mrs. Morrey: We are most anxious not to add further to your troubles, but on the contrary would like if we can lessen the inordinately great responsibility which you have been carrying for a long time. Since Miss Hewson called to see you: en May 22nd, 1953, we have been talli-rna over matters here, and we do feel that it is not right for you to have to make shift with your very limited facilities to care for between two and three times the number of patients for which the hospital is rated. Besides it is a question whe- ther,; taking the most favourable view of what a hospital can do under stress, even a minimum standard of care can be given to patients. The crowding of patients renders impossible their assignment to servic- es and we are particularly concerned about the use of the Obstetrical De- partment for patients in the medical and surgical category. I am sure you will understand that we are not being critical of you, but we can not help but be critical of the unrestricted overcrowding. It is evident that with the presist- ing difficulties you have had to cope with, you have not had a reasonable opportunity to introduce the modifi- cations discussed between you and Miss Hewson, and which I am sure you agree in principle. In the situation in which the hos- pital finds itself, a time must come when a decision has to be taken in reference to controlling admission of patients, While no hospital wish- es to turn a patient away, it may be that to decline to admit would be doing not only that patient, but those already in hospital, a much greater service than would result from ad- ding to a condition of overcrowding. It may be that this time is already here, and if so, the Board will want Seriously to consider what measures can be taken to remedy the situation which must give you cause for the greatest concern. Yours very truly, M. E. J. Stalker, MB., Chief Medical Inspector of Hospitals ENGAGEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Elgie, of St. Marys, wish to announce the engage- ment of their daughter Verna Jean, to William Donald Porter, son of Mr.. and Mrs, Roy Porter. The marriage to take place in the latter part of July, in London, FI513 TOO Much Overcrowding Dept. of Health Officials Concerned about Hospital Concern of Department of Health officials over conditions in Wing- ham General Hospital were expressed in a letter to Mrs. Iris Morrey, super- intendent, following a visit to the hospital by Miss Hewson, inspector for the Department, in May. Miss Hewson's report dealt primarily with standards of service in the hospital, and was critical of the congested conditions there, particularly in the obstetrical department. The report has not been released 'for publication, but it is understood that Miss Hewson's criticism was quite severe. * * * ALL POWERFUL' P.A.—Members of the staff of CKNX, who are auth- -orities on .the subject, were lost in wonder last week at the amount of -volume put forth by the gentleman in the tent behind the foundry, Not even .a transmitting tower, and he reached all the way to the golf course. Some loose talk about a new secret weapon .has been denied. * * • RECRUITING WAGON—The R.C.A. F's. new mobile recruiting unit made its first appearance in town last week, and parked on the main street outside the town hall. The van was complete with literature and an officer in at- tendance, and seemed to draw a fair amount of attention, which, of course, it was suppoSed to do. The R.C.A.F. had better lay in a stock of pennies for their next visit,, in case the town has parking meters by then. * * CHICKS ON THE DRAG—Latest o addition to the Main Drag has been a collection of chickens in one of the feed stores at the south end. Osten- sibly there for demonstration purposes to show what feed can do, the birds have become notable for other reasons. Nearby residents claim they are being awakened in the morning by early roosters. Perhaps the new dog bylaw should be amended to include other types of "pets." 0 - 0 - 0 40 SORRY, WRONG NUMBER—Jack :Mason, at the bookstore, was some- what startled this week when, answer- ing the phone, he was asked by the voice-on the other end to please come .out and pick up a dead calf. NOTICE Templeman's Drycleaners will be closed August 3 to 8 inclusive. F22:29b Ladies' Afternoon