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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1969-04-24, Page 1Air celebrates ublic SE! rvic THE OLD GUARD were on hand for the 30th anniversary of the Wingham Lions Club at the Golf and Country Club on Tuesday evening. From the left: Colin Campbell, president; Lion G. W. Cruick- shank, 10 -year Old Monarch; Lion Emery Stuckey, 30 -year Old Monarch; Lion R. S, Hetherington, 30 -year Old Monarch; Lion Frank Madill, 30 -year Old Monarch, and Lion Bill Conron, 20 -year Old Mon- arch, —Photo by Maxwell. * Nursing salaries are in line with neighboring hospitals Salaries of all categories of graduate nurses were reviewed at the April meeting of the Hos- pital Board last Wednesday even- ing. Chairman Barry Wenger reported that there had been . some complaints from the nurs eS based on the belief that other hospitals in" this district are pay- ing higher salaries and granting ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian • I , - THANK YOU-- OUr sincere thanks to thesev- eral thoughtful subscribers who have sent along an 'additional dollar t� cover the increased mailing costs of their Advance - Times. _ Although we have not asked that the increase be paid until current subscriptions ex- pire We do greatly appreciate fikt tilidettanding,and helpful- ness Of these goad friends. HIGH WATER -- Heavy rains the latter part of the week raised the level of the Maitland --but not to the , danger point. ,Things were a bit more serious along the Grand, where, water rose to near flood levels. There are still patches • of snow in some spots nearby; • attesting to the height of drifts ID January; - • 0--0-0 FISHING GEAR READY? -- The mut fishermen are get- ting a little breathless in anti- cipation of the opening of the season on Saturday. Don't for- get,.. this year resident anglers require a fishing license. ' 0--0--0 EVERYONE WELCOME-- • R. P. Ritter, vice-principal and head of the guiaance de- partment at F. E. Madill Sec- ondary S cho o I, will be the speaker next Monday evening when the Horne and School As- sociation meets at the public school. Mr. Ritter will speak pn counselling and grade nine .courses to be offered next year. This is a subject which willjoe Of interest t�• most parents,(and ID particular to parents of chil- dren in the senior, public school grades. The Association invites anyone interested to attend the meeting, at 8:15. 0--0--0 NOT MANY TAKERg--- Not many youngsters tookad- vantage of the free classifieds, offered by the A- T, for this issue It would appear that the chil- dren of this area have little to sell, trade or want to buy. BOOKED FOR SUMMER? -- Students are reminded again that they may place classified • ads ,for summer jobs, free of charge. in the classified col- umns of this paper. - Response to date for the offer has been nil. 0--0--0 SOME SOCIAL-- .. It was a hungry crew of fire- men that turned up at the Atkirri son home Saturday night. The brigade was all geared up for its final social evening of the season and plates. had Just been heaped with mouth-watering food when the call came in. The wives enjoyed double help-, ings but they had to pay for it. Usually the men do the W,ashing up but the guests were left not only with the food, but the task of dishes and then trudged off home by themselves. more liberal fringe benefits. He askedMrs. Money, hospital ad- ministrator, to explain the ac- tual status in the Wingham and District Hospital. Morrey said that a meet ing with the nurses had been held, at which a co mp 1 et e breakdown of the Wingham rates of pay, along with those of eight other nearby hospitals, had been presented. Aside from one category, which has since been "adjusted, the Wingham p a y scale and fringe benefits pro- gram is equal to or slightly bet- ter than the hospitals in the area, The chairman, also reported for the Executive Committee, which had met during the pre- vious week. The report recom7 • mended the appointment of George Thomas as treasurer of the Wingham and District Hos- pital. --.7,0-Sett`ellENiNd The.board was informed that • the new training schobl build- ilig effitatlitillirStteet is prac- ticalty completed and a date for the official opening was dis- cussed. - Details of the program for that funetion were left with the executive committee. Barry Wenger reported on a meeting in Kitchener, attended. by the chairman and theAd- ministrator, at which annual budgets had been the chief top- ic under discussion. He ex- plained that the Ontario Hospi- tal Services Commission this year discarded the "line -by- . line.' detailed budget in deter- mining the allowances for in- . dividual hospitals, substituting in its place a "global" budget -- a straight statement o f the amount of increase which would be permitted on the basis of /1968 expenditures. The Kitch- ener meeting discussed the merits of the two systems. R. • B. Cousins, who had at- tended a district hospital meet- ing in Stratford recently, said that Health Minister Dr. Mat- thew Dymond was the speaker and his subject was regionali- zation of hospitals and how it would affect the institutions in this .area. The minister had also urged that every effort be made to shorten the stay of pa- tients in hospitals in order to • make bed space available for a greater number Of patients. tory technicians from India are also expected. • SUPERVISION Mrs. Morrey said that there is a very real shortage of super- visory personnel and that ad- vertisements are being placed ID the hope of securing more nurses in this category. Ed Walker, chairman of the property committee said that reconstruction of the main of- fice area is almost completed. His committee will meet short- ly to consider the possibility of using a portion of the present school building for additional space to hold clinics, etc. • Mrs. A. H. MacTavish said that the Hospital Auxiliary's spring sale will be held in the arena on Saturday, May 24, and urged that anyone who has art- ' ides for the auction sale notify the auxiliary meMbers. ,DeWitt Miller, chairman of. the ppblic relations, said that interesting pictures of the new-. x-ray equipment had- appeared - ID the paper: He also said that some of the service clubs in the area are interested in sharing . the cost of a cardiac monitor system for the hospital, but the 'matter is being left for decision until after the joint conference committee had met and the doctors have had an opportunity to discuss the new equipment. Mrs. Morrey said that there were '52 ambulance calls during the month of March. As assoc- iation of ambulance operators, , both hospitals and private con- cerns and individuals, has,been organized in this area; and Peter Norman of the Wingham Hospital staff has been elected chairman. She said that some difficulties are still being en- , countered due to the fact that private operators are slow in conforming to rules regarding proper use of radio equipment. Statistics for the month show- ed 201 admissions to the hospi- tal, 197 discharges, 5 deaths, 167,operations, 273 out patients, 311 x-rays, 20 blood transfu- • sions, 7158 laboratory tests, 55 electro*cardiographic examina- tions, 18 cancer clinic, 1 post 'mortem examination, 553 physiotherapy treatment. A total of 2844 hospital days amounted to a daily average of 92.1. Dr. R.D. Willdni reported that a meeting of the Medical staff. was addressed by Pr. Bald- win of OHSC and that it was ev- ident from his remarks th a t some of the smaller hospitals are likely to be closed in the corning years as plans for re- gionalization mature. Finance Chairman' E. R. Hunter read a list of the accounts paid during the month, broken down by departments. Dbbursements totalled $06,610 - 68, while receipts amounted to $101,958.17 to leave a book balance of $5,342. 64 after bank charges were deducted. Mrs. Money reported for the management committee, and Included the information that Mr. Opal had joined the staff after arriving from India. At present he is assigned to gener- al duties but will go to Camp Borden for the ambulance course shortly. Mr. Ahnia, in charge of the physiotherapy department had rejoined the staff after tak- ing a special course in San Fran- cisco. Four nurses from India ^ and two from Korea are expec- ted to join the staff within the next few weeks. Two labora- • A happy event took place Tuesday evening when Wing - ham Lions and guests met atthe Golf and Country Club for the Lions' annual ladies* night and ID recognition of the 30th a„nni.. versary of the present club's for- mation. Lion President Colin Camp- bell welcomed the gathering • 4$34 introduced head table guest. They were Ron R a e, charter president of the club; Zone chalrman, Lloyd (Casey Case - mom, International Direcor, j'a4 Filkin, District Governor, WM9ody and Deputy District Gesiemor, Warren Zurbrigg. ,These Lions were all accomp- anied by their ladies. 0000 t.011MWOMP, Businessmen hear Goderich publishet A special promotion -plan- ning meeting was -held by the Wingham Business Association at the Queen's Hotel last Wed- nesday evening., Guest speaker r, for the meeting was Robert Shrier of Goderich, publisher of the Goderich Signal -Star. During his brief lecture on the necessity of advertising and.: planned promotion, M. Shrier gave concrete examples of the planning and special business promotions which have been successful for other towns. He suggested that the Wingham • businessmen must necessarily plan their promotions just as in any other town, if they are to be competitive in •the business •market. Mr. Shrier also stressed the necessity of planned advertising and advertising bud- gets before opening the meat Ing to questions from the floor. • At the conclusion of the talk the meeting was opened for new business. The first item oon the,agenda was the planning of a promotion for the Lion's • mall. It was mOverl. ancltsec- onded that the businessmen use the mall by promoting a special theme to attract people to town for the event. . A committee of five was formed to decide•the theme to be used. Also passed and en- tered into the minutes of the meeting was a motion that the association publish a shopper to provide blanket coverage for the sidewalk sale which is cur- rently being planned njune- Please Turn to Page 1en. Hi0hWay signs are in error There was a minorflurrey in towm last week when Dept. of Highways workmen replaced two road signs at the entrances to Wingham. These signs have read "Wing - ham -.-population 3,000" for the past couple of years but the new. ones indicate a population of only 2800. Mayor DeWitt Miller made a few hurried phone calls. D. H. O. in Stratfori said that the signs were being changed to agree with the Ontario gov- ernments' municipal directory which stated Wingham has a' population of 2875. After about four calls to To- ronto the Mayor got an admis- sion that the directory must be wrong --in fact Toronto 's source material showed Wingham with 3015. Records at the town hall here indicate an actual population of 2970. Hap Swatridge's piano music was a feature of the evening and he, along with Lion Bin Conron led in the singing with songs running from thepieasant recollection "I Found My Love In Avalon (beside the bay)" to the sad admission "Somebody Stole My Gal:" A roll call of Lions and guests, revealed that in addlticjn to charter president Ron there were two other past presidents from out of town. back for the occasion. Whitney Grose of Listowel and Judge R. S. Heth- erington of Goderich were pres- ent. Lion Gordon Beard warinly toasted the ladies and Mrs. Bob now MISS SUSAN HEARD is seen with the pro- Vincial honor winners at the 4-H Achieve- l-ent Day at Gorrie. The girls are Barbara 14 .Firemen called to .Wroxeter fhe Wingham firemenwere vaned to Wroxeter last Wednes- vlay evening when a bonfire got out of control on the property of William Ward. Mi. Ward is just starting in the welding business and, the family had only. moved into the residence the previous week- end. They were cleaning up and burning rubbish in the yard at the time and when there seemed t� be some danger to the old pea mill adjoining the profierty, the fire`department was called. Explosion causes $14,000 damage to Wingham home Total estimated damage of $14,000 at the Diagonal Road home of Mr. and Mrs. A. N., Atkinson was caused early Sat- urday evening by an explosion attributed to propane gas. Mr. Addnson, 81 -year-old retired chiropractor, and Mrs. Atkinson. 79, were sitting in their livingroom after the sup- per hour when the blast occur- red about 7.20. Miraculously, neither were injured. The force Of the explosion lifted the one -storey house from its foundation, blew out win- dows and toppled a double chim- ney at the front of the building. Walls and ceilings in every room were cracked and in one bedroom the ceiling fell onto a bed. Baseboards and quarter - round were opened up half an inch from the walls. A gap of approximately six inches was left between the front door sill and the main building. A glass door in the room in which the couple wai sitting ks was blown out, with only tle hinges remaining and the gl s s mashed into the rugs. Every area of the home was damaged. Wingham firemen answered the call immediately as they were attending a dinner at the fire hall when the alarm was phoned in. The basement was ablaze and the Idtchen floor was damaged by fire. Small fires continued to break out in all parts of the house where baseboards had been separated from the walls. Chief Dave Crothers realized that the fire could not be con- trolled by the usual methods and instructed his men to use, for the first time, the foam in- ductor and g‘trierator which ar- rived only last month. About 15 gallons of foam was used, dquivalent to 1500 gallons of water, and the blaze was sub- dued immediately. Firemen . remained at the scene until 11 p. m. to make sure there was no further, danger. Damage to -the contents was due mostly to smoke and the explosion itself. There was no water used -on the main floor iand foam dissipates. Robert Kaufman of the On- • tario Fire Marshall's.Office, • London, was summon ed by Chief Crothers and arrived Sun- day morning. They made ati investigation and Mr. Klufman concurred with the chief's re- port that estimated damage to contents would be $4,000 and - - to the house itself $10,000. The explosion resulted from proparie as which had entered the basement, and it is believed that a spark from the furnace or electric pump had set off the blast. A space heater had been disconnected arid removed for repair earlier in the day. The loss is partially coveredeo by insurance. • The Atkinsons are staying at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Richard T. Kilpatrick and M. Kilpatrick on Frances Street. On Monday morning kr,. Rawlins and his' assistant from the Energy and Resources Branch of the Fire Marshal's 0 ffi ce made an investigation of the property with Chief Crothers. Their concern was the preven- tion of future occurrences in other installations. ' 10.in cEwan, Mary Sanderson and Barbara Thornton. • ' —Advance -Times Photo. A Former Wingham girl wins Canada Council award A Wingham native, the forrn- er_Alice Laidlaw, is among six Canadians Monday night named. winners of .the Governor -Gener- al's Literary Awards. for 1968, Canada's top annual literary awards. • Mrs. Alice Munro; of Vic- toria, B. C., the daughter of Robert Laidlaw, of R. R. 1, Wingham Lion elected deputy districtgovernor 4' Region 3 Lions International annual spring rally was held in Zurich on Wednesday of 1 as t, week. Approximately 175 Lions from the 13 clubs of Re- gion 3 attended this rally. Lions from th e Wingham Club who were there to support their candidate, Lloyd Case - more, for Deputy District Gov- ernor, were Bill Tiffin, Percy Clark, Jim Carr, Fred McGee, Jack Hayes, Stewart H en r y, Casey Casemore and Bill Con- ron. All the district offices were filled by acclamation. They are, Deputy District Governor, Lion Lloyd Casemore, Wing - ham; Zone Chairman 3N, Lion George Mutter, B russets ; Zone 3S Chairman, Lion Orvil Oke, Seaforth. Other business discussed in- cluded the formation of E ye Banks in co-operation with all the local hospitals and doctors. Ahara expressed appreciatien" for the evening. Award presentatkins were made by District Governor 13ill Moody of Mount Forest. These included a 30 -year Charter Monarch Certificate to Lion Bob Hetherington, 30 -year Old Mon- arch Certificates to LiOAS E. L. Stuckey and F. E. ,Madill and 20 -year and 10 -year Old Mon arch Certificates to Lion Bill Cotton and Lion Bud .Cruick- shank. The guest speaker, Lions In- ternational Director JackFilldn of Toronto, was introduced by Lion Casey Casemore. Lion Jack presented a picture of ac- tive Lionbm through the years with the recurring clalin that Lions are the "dams" of the world in the areas of welfare and charity performance. Ap- preciation for the Chib'isas ex- pressed by Lion Vice -President Jack Hayes., The singing of '!'0 Canada" and an extra hearty Lions roar set the club on the road to its second 30 years of service. Winghatn, received the award for her first book, a collection of short stories titled Dance of the Happy Shades. . ° . The awards, which went to 'Mrs. Munro and five writes from Quebeo, carry with thein $2,500 Canada Councilprizes. • Mrs. Munro attended both Wingham and District High School and the University of Western Ontario. Her short stories are usually set in South- western Ontario and published in Canadian periodicals and an- thologies of fiction. Her hus- band owns a book store in Vic- toria. In addition to receiving the • cash prizes, each of the winners - will be presented with specially -bound copies of his or her prize work at a ceremony in Ottawa May 13. The awards committee, which operates under the Canada Council, selected the three • English-langu,age and th ree French -language winners from among almost 300 books pub- lished last year in. Canada. • Mutual Aid meeting here The Huron County Fire Aid Association met at the Wingham Fire Hall on Monday evening. There were 43 members at the meeting. Highlight of the evening was a tour of CKNX where the visit- ing firemen were taken on tours with Bill Harris and Roy Bennett as guides. an Daly of the C. E. Hick- ey and Son Fire Equipment Com - Local choir places second at Festival The Janetta Mustard' Singers of Wingham placed second with fitst class honors in the girls and/or boys chorus for age 15 years and under, at the Ki" wank Music Festival in Strat- ford on Monday evening. The . test piece was -,”Praise' by Eng.: lish corpposer...#ayelock Net son. Theyingham choir chose ° the French Canadian Folk Song, "Pledge the Canadian Malden" as their second piece. John Brough of England was the adjudicator and said there. was a very high standard of choral singing in the choirs corn- peting that evening. The Jan,;. etta Mustard Singers won a sec- ond place certificate over two classes of choir competition in which there were five entries: The winner was a 50-v oice choir from Central Un it ed Church, Stratford. Members of the Wingham choir are Alma and Cind y Beard, Ruth Bennett, Ansley Currie, Julie Henderson, Lori • Kopas, Marilyn Irwin, S all y LeVan, Lynn Richardson, Dianne and Maureen Stainton, Ki m, Pam and Trudy Templeman and Joanne Wood. Kathy O'- Gorman was unable to travel to Stratford with the choir because of illness. CAR INTERIOR GUTTED BY FIRE A car owned by John Cox of Clinton took fire on Edward Street about 2.30 Sunday morn- - ing while the owner was visit- ing friends. The fire department arrived on the scene to find the front and back seats ablaze. The in- terior of the vehicle was com- pletely gutted. pany was a guest. Mr. Daly told the firemen that his com- pany would be available for demonstrations on fire equip- ment. The Association will hold' its May meeting at Centralia. High School students to conduct canvass The students at the F. -E. Ma- dill Secondary School will can- vass all homes on behalf of the Cancer Society. ' De Witt Millet, chairman of the local cancer organiza- tion, has announced Friday and Saturday of this week. April 25 and 26 as the dates of the canvass. The high school students will limit their c a tis to the, Huron County section of the school district--Wingham, Brus- sels, Howic.k, Tumberry, East • and West Wavanosh, Morris an a portion of Grey Townships. Everyone in this area is thorepghly familiar with the * worY.of the Cancer Society and the urgeticy of the need for funds. Please welcome your student canvasser with a generous do- nation.