The Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-09-26, Page 36.
' Page 4Y.-Lucknow Sentinel, Wedneadiy, October 3, 1979
Belle MacKinnon is 9
Bello MacKinnon, former-
ly of the fourth concession of
Kinloss Township, now res-
iding at Pinecrest Manor,
celebrated, her 90th birthday
at a gathering of family and
friends at Pinecrest on Fri-
day afternoon, September
28,
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Instrumental in the organ-
ization of
rgan-ization.of the Kairshea Wom-
en's Institute, she was al-
ways interested in commun-
ity affairs, institute work,
4-H and 'forum work. She is a
life member, of the South
Kinloss Presbyterian Church
and the Women's. Missionary
Society. She isan active
member of the sante church.
Boni on September 28,
1889, Mary Isabelle Mac-
Donald was the fourth eldest
child of .a family of eight
children of the late Donald
MacDonald and Jane Fraser
.of Kinloss Township near
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Gose hospital •beds..,.
•from page 1
case against the ministry order which will be
heard in the Ontario Supreme Court.
The board's lawyer, Warren Seyfert, told
the Sentinel Monday, he doesn't believe the
board's concession to the ministry's order to
close .the 'beds will jeopardize their legal
action. The arguement before the courts has
nothing to do with conceding to the ministry
orders said Seyfert.
Prudence would say anyone can have the
best legal case in the world and not win, .said
Seyfert. It: is better not to go into an
irreparable situation in the meantime he
added.
Seyfert cited the . example of another
hospital which_was forced to close because it
did not have` the money to operate, when the
health ministry ordered hospital closures
several years ago. When the ministry's
decision was overthrown by the courts,
this hospital held a grand re -opening... Their
decision to closedid not have any bearingon
the court's ruling that the .hospitalshould be.
allowed '" .to ,' remain open, . according to
Seyfert.
While the minister has the 'right toclose
beds, it is his duty to provide the best health
care possible, said Seyfert. If a hospital has
half of its beds laying empty for eight
monthsofthe year, the minister has the
right toclose those beds because they are
not required, suggested Seyfert. But the
minister is required to determine the needs
of a community. A:ratio cannot be drawn,up.
and applied everywhere, he commented.
Seyfert said the case of Metropolitan
1
Hospital in Windsor differs from Wingham's
case because Metropolitan was trying to get
the ministry to open beds because of an
emergency. The court's decision went
against Metropolitan Hospital. Wingham is
asking the court to issue a declaration saying
what the minister did in closing the beds was
unlawful.
"The health ministet should be consid-
ering health matters," said Seyfert, "not
deciding how ,much money a hospital can
have:" Financing should be determined by
the finance minister, and then the health
minister should provide the best health care
possible for the .money available, not the
other way around, he observed.
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:3e:scope
injury.....
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mishap .which occurred, about 10.30 p.m.
The McDonagh vehicle was proceeding
east on the concession, when it missed a
curve and entered the south, ditch where it
rolled, over.
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Langside. Mrs. MacKinnon
and her sister, Mrs. Alex,
Collins of Ypsilanti, Michig-
an and her . brother, . Neil
MacDonald of Brucelea Hay*
en in Walkerton are thethree
surviving Members of the
family.
Mrs. MacKinnon was em-
ployedin Toronto prior to her"
marriage to the late Donald
L. MacKinnon of concession.
4, Kinloss on June 27, 1917.
She resided at her Kinloss
home until August of 1976
when she became a resident
at Pinecrest Manor.
Mrs. MacKinnon has a
family of four. children,. Fras-
er MacKinnon and John
MacKinnon Of Kinloss Town-
ship; Grace, Mrs. Orviile El-
liott of Lucknow, and Jean,
Mrs. Ross MacKenzie of
Amberley. She has 12 grand-
children and 3 great grand-
children.
rand children.
BELLE MacKNNON
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