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Jenny Cooper [foregroundl and Amy Gingrich keep an eye. on their parts during the
opening numbers of the Lucknow : Sehoak Concert Band's anndpl concert at the Lucknow
Community Centre on May 9. A 1`arge. Ud ence attended the annum event. ;More band
concert photos on page 12. ' ["Rivett photo)
Corrin attends doctors'rafly
By Alan Rivett
To protest the "taking away of the
professional freedom of doctors", Dr. Mel
Corrin of Lucknow took part in the Queen's
Park rally on May 7 by doctors, against the
proposed 'ban on extra -billing in the
province by the Liberal government.
"It Was a successful rally, but whether it
will have any affect on (Premier) Peterson,
T don't know," said Dr. Corrin. "In his
reply on television, he didn't care less if
there were two or2,000 people there. It
meant nothing to him,. He was just as
arrogant as ever."
3,040 doctors
' A roximatel 3,000 doctors from across
the province shut down
their
ir offxcess a
rid
,gathered at the groundsof the
Xeglsiatitxe
o.,
to voice' their .o` � dsttton t the ; o�rern .':
Pik . b ,;,.$
,, Health e ibil t. t. e-
Irkient s� H athi Care Ace s�,: �.� ,�c `T�
legislation, proposed by Health Minister
MurrayElston last fall, would 'hnn the
practice Liceof extra-billingbyoctors,
,..;t � 4i
Corrin, n; aphysici
annLitko
v .for
he aw
he_ast38 years believed the a$
success because it will show: t overn-
s°ment the solidarity ofth dota so
it
support of the Ontariodl
tion`a (OMA) fight to° overturn th`e': iegisla�
heet
a; i he lies s
.i' nedk a. s
u od
r ,. e . 'll# °ter e
in trik'e ,'action 'i the,
e tra filling, is passed
ati
However, he doesn't believe the govern-
- ment will waiver on their commitment with
the NDP to end the practise of extra -bil-
ling,, even thoughthe legislation has been
delayed in its passing into law. in Ontario.
Decided in court
"Personally, I canit see a fellow like
Peterson who has already gone to bed with
the NDP and as arrogant as he is backing
down. I don't see him backing down one
iota," said Dr. Corrin.
"I't's going to end up in the `"Courts on
some kind of human rights charge," he
added.
Dr, .Corrin said if the extra -billing banis
passed by the government, it will
e ll lead eventually ea to a system of state run
medicine in Ontario much like the system
in England where the quality of Medical
care has declined
drastically.
The politiciani are blind to, what is
going on over there (in England). Now
they'regoin
g ahead and doing the same
thing here." he said.`
Doctors"a,
in Onta�+� are quite satisfied"
with the OHIP. system used to hill patients,
said Dr. Corrin, with per 88per cent of doctors
using the OHIP.:system ,and. only 12..;per
cent " f Ontario do eters ou
t .o cid s Q:.'ted. out of the
p ,
sy$tcm.
0' said extra -billing is a, misnomer r;
is d bettet , called "balance biili`;
e plain.et that doctors are carte
i'
r
Prominent busi:essman dies
Lloyd Everett Ashton of Lucknow, prom-
inent in the business life of the village of
Lucknow for 26 years, died at the Wingham
and District Hospital on Tuesday, May 6,
1986 at the age of 72 years.
Mr. Ashton was admitted to ' hospital at
Wingham on April 20 upon return from
spending the winter months at their home
in Florida. He had been hospitalized for
three weeks in Florida but had been at his
Florida home'for two weeks before return-
ing by plane, with his wife Eileen, at their
-<:,normally scheduled return date.
Lloyd was born in Howick Township on
June 7, 1913, the only child of Hilton
Ashton and Alberta Evans,; He spent his
childhood in the Howick Township ,Corrie
area, . attending Fordwich..and Harriston
-High- Schools. `
In January, 1937, he r° married ''Janet
Ruttan of Howick Township in Gorrie.
Lloyd worked as a sales representative
for the Family Herald and Weekly Starin, wy
Ontario and the Maritimes ancreventually,
became., a crew manager with this popular,
farm newspaper of that : era. 'During the
second world war period, he :workedin
ronto in war work want a it r a med
'a
Research : n erp ise
'M4 T 4r n1 �_ 1'�=�r1, ,.
s.., ■• •. , � A11 A ".,,-w, •.i i
career °'7 a-4o..beco e=hismf r`
salesman for a children''s wear. and: dry,
goods firm,, he travelled this part..of
Ontario. During his call's, n Luckuow, :he'�`
saw the need for a childen's wear store in'
It
egan a -I
Y'.
this.community and in 1947, he and his wife
Janet, and young children Beverley and
Fraser, established their residence here
;and°opened the'. children's wear store in the
east portion of the Johnstone Block, now
Whetstone .Furniture:
Janet Ashton managed the ' store while
Lloyd continued his sales on the . road for a
period of time. As the business flourished,
Lloyd made it his full' -time occupation and
together with his wife, operated in that
location for three years.
With expansion in mind, and to secure
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Council a` ints
Huron County Council has appointed a
fact-finding committee to study and report
on an economical comparison between
municipally -run - homes for the aged and
those operated by charitable or :private:
institutions.9
In a recorded vote, council decided 18.'8
in favor of appointing the committee which
had been recommended by its executive
committee during council's regular Month.'
ly session in Goderich last week.
Acting executive committee chairman,
Turnberry Reeve Brian McBurney, said
while making the report, that tie fact-find-
ing body will consist of Warden ' Leona
Armstrong,. West Wawan'osh Reeve J. A.
Aitchison, Zurich 'Reeve Bob Fisher and
Exeter; Reeve Bill Mickle, who are all
members of the executive committee. .
The,i need ' for the study was first.
indicated by Reeve Fisher earlier this year
when :he asked council if it might investi-
gate claims that privately operated homes
for the;aged were being run more 'econom-
ically efficient than Huroriview, the
county -operated home . near Clinton.
According to the .Zurich reeve prelim -
,
Mary !investigations hel
b.. a Conducted
,suggested that.services to 'the elderly ere
being provided more economically by the
py
rivatcl }run institutions. ,
During discussion' on the issue" at last
week's meeting, Reeve Fisher' urged
council to approve prove the recomarn datio
n to
n
form ,;tile committee..He assuredf co ,tncilo
.ck , �, �f 1„
lots however,“ such a rriat+e;; v ►" rt "
intended-' as an' attack on::;t
1~turonvie,
"Regardless of this committee's finin g
're is nodanger of Closing down Hurt*,.
view, e said.;, The new committee s,..., 1'
ltou d
d rti .., ...
e. d s o ,
la a ei M f the .county.
eve Sher added, bat a
ion ef'
Oyd verett Ashton
study should be done- to determine why
"the costs are higher in a county home
than:, one that, is privately owned.
Reeve McBurney; supported the execu-
tive committee recommendation and sug-
gested that by appointing the study' group,
council °''would clear the air on the issue.
"The question has been raised," he said,
"and, if it is not looked into, it will always
be there."
Hullett Reeve Tom Cunningham and
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