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William. Crump serving his second terms ;„ matters but they we r always able to have a''''/
on Lucknow Village C2uncil has resigned I cup of coifs! shwa d"s:`'� He said council
citing personal and business reasons.: : fi received the°a't t i], with regret.
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Crump and his family plan to moL tor. 44.,,,, .� '' 'M
e"'thanke Crum r his contribution to
Wingham at the' end of July making:`-hi�tt-� � , P
ineligible to serve on Lucknow counci •, 4+ i; thet village ding that his work on. 'the
Chairman of the Lucknow Hydro Com- -V i,eMaittand .Conservation Authority was espec-
ial' commendable.
Mr. Crump served. as council's represent $...eni p told council he enjoyed his work on
ative on the Maitland Valley `Conservation viiliige business He said he hoped council
Authority,
Reeve George Joynt remarked :that every- p' position who "would show' a. mind of his
, wuld be able to appoint someone to take .his
one has not always agreed on.:' council
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1979 ..
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The' Ontario HI. ospit I ahce plan has
notified Wingharn an Di tti Hospital it
refuses to pay bills submitted the hospital
for servicesrendered duri#g May and June.
Hospital administrator, plorniati Hayes, said
OHIP has .acknowledgedrreceipt of; the bills
but has declined: to pay tem .'�
.The ; board has retaine Toronto lawyer,
Warren Seyfert, t"o :handl : its case to' avoie
bed ' closures against •On " o. Ministry` of
alth Mr. Seyfert is a mber, of the law
firm. t t handled the ase or Doctor's
iHopit. . in T onti� w e , it as ,threatened
,with c ur Firee"year .ago. The ministry:
subsegttlett. copped tins to close that
hospital `� � . .,'
\�+. Hospitalbb ard: chairman, Boris Miloseovic,
said Monday 'Mr. Seyfert is still in the
process of'assessing the board's 'cake and.
will inform': the, board how they ...stand by
Thursday of this week:.
•In the meantine the hospital continues .tor
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receive its regular ` budges from the health
Ministry; although executive director Hayes
earlier warned the board this will, probably
:not be sufficient-to:see it through the year.
Nearly $170,000 'was deducted from the
budget this year in an ” attempt 'tq force
closure'' of 14 active treatment beds.\ i
According to Milo; vic, th, b- rd has not
Yet r faille the; decision t pro del with legal
action and in 'thel'.metime is *king for a
show of- publicsuppoxt in its opposition to
the' bed closure
A local city n group, Will be' trying to
rally s�i of f •r Wingham and' , District
Hospital. tt4 la' fight..to avoid bed closures.
• The C ttiz'ens' Action Committee, formed
earlier this year after the Ontario Ministry of
Health announced budget restraints aimed
at closing 14 -beds at Wingham Hospital this
year and up to. 17 .morein the future, is
rnon-Ming a campaign to gather signatures of
support for .the hospital.
y The Sentr
Craft Festikal
this weekend
The ninth annual Lucknow Craft
Festival will be held in the Lucknow.
arena this Friday afternoon and all
day on Saturday. Crafts of :all de-
scription will be displayed for sale
and ' draws will be ` made for an
afghan, wicker fernery and a wicker
clothes hamper. More details on
page 4.
Ata meeting Monday mght thecommittee
decided to contact municipal.councils woos •
ratepayers use Winghatni Hospital to indi4,
cate their support for the hospital by sending -
a. representati•'ve to sit on the committee.
The action committee plans to post
sig ; ature trills bearing declarations. of.
au ' . rt for r e hospital in post offices and
stores aroui the'' area. They' also plan to„
man booths .a the Wingham Centennial' and
the Teeswat r Old Boyia Reunion tvhereV
signature forins, will be available. f,r'
Rev, John Swan and J. 1::i
construct a float advertising that the ceni
mittee is soliciting support4rom the.area and
where signature, forms are available. The
float will participate in the Wtingham
Centennial: parade on Saturday and possibly
in the Teeswater Old' goys Reunion on
Monday:
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Jean Phillips, left, .Hdron Counts Road 1, 'West W awanosh Township, describes a guilt
pattern,.Whlle displaying several' of the -4010i she'' aide last winter at the Ripley Cr�ift Show
and Side in Ripley on Saturda '. Jean sold one of he wilts displayed Saturday. and has also
P y .. . Y 9 P. �d�Y�
attended the PortlElgin Craft Show this Bumbler. Shown with Jean are Iesibefa Bogie, and
Catherine Hogg, right, both of Wbtdeot. - . '[Sentinel Staff Photo]
fist
action. o
absente,„e
owners
\�Ashfield 'Township federation members
learned Thursday night there will be no swift
'legislative action to curb absentee ownership
by foreign investors in their township.
Concerned about' the, •large areas of
farmland being purchased by_foreign
interests- and the effect thisas on the
farniing community in their tofvnship, the
federation made absentee ownership the •
topic of their annual meeting at Kingsbridge
Community School on July 26.
Clete Dalton, elected president of the
federation at the meeting, told the members
approximately 1865 acres of the 64,000 acres
in Ashfield are owned by foreign interests,
which is about 3 per cent of the land.
Ron ;White, second vice-president of the
Ontario Federation of Agriculture, told the
meeting legislation to determine how much
land in the province is owned by foreign
interests isnecessary before the province
can pass legislation to stop purchase of
nge
1Yriiung-farmer on an exchange
wiih-\the Junior Farmers who , has
s r=ift 11 weeks visiting farms in
Mario, sees land use as the niajor
iaifference between farming in Ire-
land and Canada. Farming. •is less
intensive Yin Canada 'according , to
John Ku e, from County Down.
lteland; 'e %aped with the Russel •
famil . fiduring the past
weekIrvin while tAJhouring eld Huron County.
Story on page 2.
McGillicudd w's
Lost .Weeknd -
Keith Roulston. formerly of Luck -
now, has taken the characters you
find in any small town, exaggerated.
their foibles and created a pleasant
evening of theatre. Roulston .s latest
play opened at the Blyth Summer
Festival last Tuesday evening and
Alice Gibb's review appears on page
9.
Receive Wintario
grant
The Lucknow Recreation Com-
mittee has re%eived a Wintario Grant
to apply towards the expenses
incurred by the Midget and Juvenile
teams when they. competed in the
provincial hockey championships, last
season. Details of the grant appear
on page 1: -