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ditoar M 14 --Ase one .lam was theme will
that Mr. M int Y
realize
1 t, Vie,. � . l�rtunarty
was not. there, Mr DAVIS was
Q'�t�teM>�� ter csatar-
nit there. Mr.'Miller
,al►" r!� �,�; et► zt w±s�� al">�n and,
eh�i,
taint wasn t there. There
l '�t��.esd?s , a . y
at'd.,. �' on the panel to
nt re e e al Clintonwas not pa
evening of , Erepresent the Progressive
Mlle i us ! Conservative Party, either
Many goodPoints wereor
forward by both the locally, provincially, brought.federally,
• and the participating panelIt was alright for Mr
audience. Sortie standing Carroll to stand up at the
ovations were servc+d. frontand ,Qui off, he had the
The person who impressed p
Me the most was Mr. George support of some members of
Lavis. Perhaps not so mech a panel and some from the
for .what he said but for what a fence.Riddell brought along
he did, _ ,�
Clinton treatedlike childre
Dear Editor,
I, as a citizen of Clinton,
and an employee of the
Clinton Public Hospital, feel
like a child roust feel when he
cannot get the attention of an
adult that he wishes to ex-
plain something to. The
Provincial Conservative
Government being the
ADULT, and Clinton and its
surrounding area being the
CHILD.
Huron County is being hit
extremely with this cutback,
and two of the hospitals
able to
are supposed
look after our health needs
have had "cutbacks in their
budgets.
I am enclosing a copy of a
small item clipped from the
Exeter Times from 6 �iease
of February
bear with me while I compare
the two hospitals, paragraph
by paragraph..
TA: - one and two
"A specialist in internal
Mr. Gaunt to su ,po t r h a t card,
It ,sorry for;gaily
hadlots lI y
h
sa*
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Idarea
was►al'
say later to realize
s,_
it
hi and re
uPpaJin the audience. ad ht
Iteri own fig
Who was there to support �'
�. Levis?
, think
want our
�' MPP you c� you
of Esmondto tel every
closedeither,.yetrwhts.t of tha?i � he of� 4e It govern>Knent P' the
hospitalto get up in Eton say about the rulers o. t ffe t you you bear tl><lnit
T'h! dit�w
Net 1e
h time of
sjnpu the .,.
t woos ,�,
rrctw I felt. A�catt ,dingts� ..,gimes .. ,
d e ears letters a artist the eiosin. a our
. "The disp+ l* ate.. the
Homo i�
n
:� t e� .. w d
n lEa
i,e s a.
i, Oration.
^ T' � _, q and telephone calls community h� .o
that I wins �� � Van and�eaarda ..
I am l sorry !�auactt : � e�pne'i i people in ether :pa>ct� of
l said to someo cb raged
i. l ? f am sure Mr
h that positier
t tempted �to
s,� a
n his
do th+�laE, pr
weal .»sate»'"
Kj'rais
always had
r*ia al-
LA, an ,r+�l?�le�rig
ll.
yp
onlyreal� opposition
sitio
on y
Levis s not � _
not brave enough rat the time ha d. the following ng' ' , , it ain't
oar ca c+�la�try thinly! w
-Wean stood. up in front of an+ as + ,
tearu hone and commend p ►in± a in the seep la�3i, posit ►n. +��y,� for the next time your
e rMill. . more Renton ht p I am. I went v.. to Ash quest �ns such as a fect n
alien art Clinton him Coward that
met inThe lands helr!e ong .r
Mr. Mellerbother m �i p �a o - '�;hy is R That vine +out of toe;
wife has tt► go to the hospital
than escort) home and let it Y hardhsestrtedR l ,rrY lw�ntR. F + osjn g are in o foot i3 delivery* .the bed array he
d h had police to i i hospital tP 8
(an e a a . and conscience. 1 soon came pressive and tyran n ca
defended as party he only the position ridittgs?R" occuplesd by so lde mother
and + disposed men, ignorant of Po,r
overnrrient in which he realize that 1 was wd not t Why, las anew hospice! from Clinton ,and you life' Ili
believes and has supported coward in the crow re uj appears
... etc•to take her to
Where were the so called It at ......ars that otic present needed in Millers riding?" have or Walkerton.
don o�
probably for years,. ervatives , of this r P still the same type Are we going into an eraStratford
This act of support and good cons - rules ahardhearted.
wn the dee-hard tortes, of Wren. v�here at election tune we will
Qf course, no one in s
should be to have to guess who will form right mind can guerre! with
bravery they die e i e and
Po we
tyrannical disposed, ignorant the neo.. •or
loyal of the re lisites o the make ,suave than 'we are. in have t eco no but that Ise not
C . q � i a government riding?" tick in
those who would rather
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arrogant. oppr ss v t government, so we the statements Made that
than vote Liberal Qr.
Where 1 y
were the o
r at the members of the P • ti smaller torsi corximunit es Is thin the way we should be the issue, The issue is . if v
done in J anus Y for their existence.th
hos ital." association of Huron County. to
now visiting P Could they not have lent some A professor at the heading in Ontario?
Is that wacant
for jeopardize
oo a weilove theheal
aand for
medicine is n We have two excellent UniversiE�y
South Huron ospital on a support to Mr. Lavis. of Western ` "our new democracy?
the ba S. Ben surgeons on our staff. In same people when they find Ontario recently pointed out 'These all are valid
monthly ctor of January 1976 these surgeons
. • themselves up against a that to his regret the small questions and we better ask
� major �
Hoogenboom, di
public relations said
The specialist will
resident students with
sits
from the
es a be taken as
�3oogenboom said their visits \ This may h C1' t politically minded- but 1 feel v by prefer to live there.
onday. performed 3 board fence find it easier to rural towns were losing eni-
bring operations... As well as this continually in population I am also perturbed by the
im minor operations were cathsuLa hole and Band through,
Stuart Smith
our general rather ellen try because of the lack of ser- two-handed ser Stu rat by the
f performed by g ovor"rAt '� . ,..>~ , vices required for the older Liberal leader t
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practitioners and surgeons. 1 am not particularly- .•ret%red people who would which he gave to the press.
"an He sounded like a govern-
ment economist. "On the one
hand Miller is doing a great y.
job and should be Oom-
mended. On the other hand
maybe he could have done
different...
What kind of a statement is
that? We can already see the
handwriting Qti..the wall when
parliament convenes in early
March. Some token on-
Western
n-
W t rn Ontario.
will become more f requent as
required." TA:
Clinton Hospital has a . r In
specialist in internal physiot
medicine on their active staff. visiting
This. Doctor lives less than mornings
verage month, at t e in on
that when a person believes in ith Minister (the
tic Hospital. something Strongly enough as execufigner) Miller perfectly
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March, a certainly Mr. Levis must, it is fits the Aescription the old
not only his right but his duty Colonel ghee to his ton-
e
i all begin n pP temporaries, - and Premier
e hospital three to defend and support it. a week, Mr. This man should have had Davis, by not assuming his
aid." - . at least, a standing ovation. responsibilities aa,_ premier
P
onemia out oo . l f town, and is
,
available on a 24 hr. basis. HoogenboomOur P h y s i o t h e r a p s
This past month he has hada Department was O t original
final year student working one in Huron County. We
under his direction.
Also we have five general operate on a 40 hr.. week, with
a Registered Physiotherapist
practitioners on our active
staff, and four are well. on our Staff. Also much of our
physio- equipment has been
trained anesthetists. donated.
TA : -3 � TA : 5
Mr. Hoogenboom said eight "The necessary equipment
' "major operations" were for this function will be
purchased by the women's
auxiliary." Women'sGood luck to the
Auxiliary of. Exeter (and I
sincerely mean that!) as our
Federal government is own Women's Auxiliary can
ts to
Lack of communication
Dear Editor:
Mr. Davis and Mr. Miller
are in serious trouble now,
because of lack of com-
munication. Mr. Stanfield
never could communicate
either.
When the Liberals walk
around the block or sing a
tune it's big news. A party
must get their actions to the
public fast, because events
happen fast in tliese times
and it's to the party's ad-
vantage to do so.
The reasons for the OHIP -
cutbacks and hospital
closings were in the big Metro
er:
dailies where their repo
are, but practically no press
in the small dailies where the
closings were.
The annual budget for
OHIP is 63 billion and rising
20 percent each year.
Through use and abuse, 75
percent of this is for salaries.
It could bankrupt Ontario as
nearly half the total
provincial budget is going for
health now.
This year the Ottawa
cutting back- on gran
OHIP which they inaugurated
in the first place in 1968.
The Liber' ais paid 50 per-
cent of the budget, This year
they will cut back to 13 per-
cent. Next year they will cut
back to 10.5 percent. The bill
is going through the third
reading in Ottawa now.
Mr. Davis should have put a
full page ad in all the dailies
in Ontario explaining these
cuts but we heard nothing. It
again proves lack of com-
munication at proven when
Mr. Miller was making his
rounds.
Radio and TV chats would
have been good too. Welch
As for Wintario, Mr.
says it is only-- a drop in the
bucket. However I thiniki its
might help along
hospital lottery.
Also, write Ottawa and
your Federal MP to get the
grants back to 50 percent and
your job.
Sincerely,
Mrs. B. Anderson,
Stratford.
Could have died
Dear Editor:
Since I have been home,
there has been a lot of talk
about the closing of
e
Clinton Hospital. I often
wonder if it had been closed.
could I have made it to some
distant hospital, if not. who
would have been responsible
for my death, Mr. Miller, or
Mr. Davis?
The Federal Conservative
Party have made great
strides forward last week
electing their new leader, but
how do they think they are
going . to get any vote of
Yours truly, displays the same attit`iide.
Fortunately we do not live
Kay McGee. in the Colonel's time, ter I
have heard tempers that
OHIP costs out of control
tell you of the many volunteer
hours and dollars they have
contributed to this hospital,
and now to have this ADULT
render it useless.
I do .notwish to see anything
taken away from Exeter, that
they already have, but in this
period of restraint, how can
anyone justify one Hospital
getting approval to move
ahead, while others in the
same area are being closed,
and given cuts in their
budgets. Why take away what
is already here? Won't
someone PLEASE LISTEN! •
Sincerely,
(Mrs.) T. Elierby
confidence out of - this area
where they are closing
essential hospitals and ser-
vices?
I read in this morning's
paper they are giving the Art
Gallery and theatre 1.4
million dollars. I know this -is
Wintario grants, but wouldn't
it be better spent inewhich
care than something
doubt no more thn ever
percent of the people
see?
Adam Flowers
Bayfield
CLINTON PUBLIC HOSPITAL
ANNUAL MEETING
MONDAY, MARcH 15, 1976
at 7:30 P.m•
CLINTON COUNCIL CHAMBERS
Deair Editor:
The following letter is a
copy sent to Health Minister
Frank Miller.
Dear Mr. Miller
You say that OHIP costs
are out of control and must be
cut. This is a justifiable
project for your ministry at
this time, but your approach
to the problem is wrong.
Your assistants seem to
think that four hospital beds '
per thousand population
red
sufficient in Ontario,
the: efore. you assume that
there is a surplus of some 90
beds in Huron County.
However. to close Clinton
Hospital. in order to correct
this surplus situation, is a
grave error. It shows a
complete disregard for
human values in the wide
area serviced by this
hospital.
Comparing the statistics of
the operating costs of Clinton
What Will it be this year — new diamonds or a
new car? Both are bought with discreetii ao�nan
ary
dollars (neither are needed to keep
soul together!) but there the similarity
ends.
Not only are diamonds much prettier, Ecihey
will grow in value rather than depredate.
side
They are an eternal source of to
o
their owner. We'd be happy to assist you
your selection. Our integrity and competence ice
is attested to by our membership
Canadian Gem GIA) Gemm agistological i
on; and
our graduate -designer
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Now more than ever, it is income.
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Now more than ever, that exquisite in-
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hospital to others, it becomes
obvious that the Clinton in-
stitution is one of the most
economically run hospitals in
the entire province. The
equipment and available
services of Clinton are
superior to any hospital in the
county. ft is obvious that
Clinton Public Hospital is an
extremely well-equipped.
modern, and econimically
operated institution, which
the citizens of this area have
worked long and hard to
build.
We, the people of Clinton
PRESENTING... A
NATIONAL COMPETITION
AWARD WINNER
From the Deeeers Diamond
Collection '76. Created by
toren Tuchei Jewels. Set in i4
kt. gold. $1060.
1. Receive and consider annual reports of the hospital for the
year ended December 31. 1975,
2. Elect 5 governors for a period' of 2 years.
3. Appoint auditors for the ensuing year.
4. Transact all such other business as may properly come
before the meeting.
Any oerson, over the age of twenty,one years. who' pays to the
corporation. fifteen or more days before the annual meeting
in any year. a membership fee of five dollars shall be a
member of the Curiie►rrio �vailabiefor the otatwthe ing tClinton Public
Membership cards are
Hospital Front Office.
ALL CITIZENS ARE .
CORDIALLY INVITED
Dated at Clinton. Ontario this 2nd Day of March. 1976.
By order of the Board. Mr. A. Aiken
President
NSTETT
JEWELLERS LTD.
Clinton — SredFnrth —Walkerton
and the surrounding town-
ships and villages. donot
eded
want this vitally
service to be gut off. I,
therefore, submit' to you that
you forego this unfair
political maneuvernst
the people of Huron-
Middlesex
Hu on -
Middlesex and Huron -Bruce,
in the Clinton area. There are
more reasonable ways to cut
costs, which would not result
in such concentrated human
hardship.
Respectfully yours.
Gregory Brandon
Councillors Hullett Twp.
ways c
the
The fo
e guerilla w.+�►arl'
those who didn't vote
the PC's would have ill
and
,� the left statent
to, d
Stuart Smith sound
party leader who has
stomach. for AP election.
It is regrettable that with
two highly respected Liberal
MPP's in Huron County, who
are valiantly fighting for.the
saving of our small towns
from further erosion vie
cannot, if we went to De
consistent, vote for them
anymore if their party
doesn't back them up.
Bill Counter lies some
Adrian Vos
Blyth -
"Ideas" of March
Better get those jabs done you were going to do in January
and February before you move outside in April.
MY PANELLING SELECTION
RANGES FROM $3.t5 TO -YES $29.25
REM GLO $13. GAL.
SUPER $ � Q 51
KEMTONE V. GAL
(will be nationally advertised March 17 to March 27)
You can get thein herel
Friday Afternoon Specials!
MiCAFIL $9 39
• BAG
FROM 1.5 P.M. ONLY, MARCH 12 & MAR. 19
STYROFOAM 53.20
4x•x1"
COUNTER
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Building Supplies
F'RINCE;S 51 ' i CIiNWN 482-961 2
HERE TOO L_O-LG
The following 6 cors are really
good vehicles, but have been
here TOO LONG. So we have
reduced the price to move them out.
'73 OLDS. DELTA 88
Sedan. 350 V -a, automatic, power steering, power
brakes, radio, nice dark brown finish. Lic. No.
DHE963
WAS $3295 NOW $ 2788
'72 FORD LTD
2 door hardtop, sharp black with red pin stripe
and red interior, V-$. automatic, powep.steering,
power brakes, radio, rear defogger. You'll like
itl Lic No. DHJ 260
WAS $2695
NOW
s2389
'71 METEOR RIDEAU 500
2 door hardtop, lust 45400 mites, V-$ automatic,
power steering, power brakes, tinted windshield.
rear defogger. light green with dark green vinyl
roof. Lic No. FN.! - 124 •
WAS $1895 $
NOW 'I 655
LE
'7 4 AMC HORNET
4 door sedan. just 29.000 miles. 6 cylinder,
automatic, radial tires, individual seats, rear
defogger, Lic. No. HXU 971
NOW $2765
WAS $2995
'72 PONTIAC LAURENTIAN
2 door hardtop just 37,000 - one owner miles. V-11.
automatic. power steering. power brakes. radio.
two tone, wheel discs, tinted windshield. rear
speaker, rear defogger. vinyl interior. We
recommend this car. Lic. No. DHC 067
WAS $2p95
NOW x2357
'7 1 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE
4 door hardtop, beautiful top line car; equipped
with power windows..AM-FM radio. electric rear
defogger, tinted windshield, power steering.
power brakes, clean as a pin. Lic. No: DHJ 921
WAS 52495
NOW
2099
These prices in effect for one week only!
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EE
PONTIAC BUICK
CADILLAC
519-8391
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