Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-11-16, Page 1• ri err lab i rialciS Nov. 944454°44 2 r ►1 ►r'r : °thb - onto» $fie Copy Not Over roe VVinghaln, Dli .VETERANS OF THE First World War were presented with long -service pins at the Remembrance Day banquet in the Legion Hall on Saturday evening. Left, Sgt. James H. Cur- rie, M.M:, M.S.M., (45 years); L -Cpl. Frank Seddon, (45 years); Sgt. -Major Richard Burbridge, M.M. (45 years); W.O. 2 David MacMillan, of Goderich, who served in two wars and who presented the long -service pins; Sgt. Cha fes Coultes (50 years) and Capt. E. S. Copeland, (50 years).;ot present were Frank Edgar_(50 years), Dr. George HoW 11 (45 years), R. H. Lloyd (45 years), J. G. Simmons -(45 year$) and L. Vannan (45 years). (Staff Photo) Divided opin iici n o n viiue of home Members of the medical staff of the Wingham and District Hos- pital are not unanimous in their evaluation of the. Huron County Home Care Plan. At the October meeting of the hospital's board of governors Dr.' ' J. K. McGregor termed the program . "next, to useless". Dr. J. C. McKim 'thought the, plan very good and Dr. P. J. Leahy said home care is still in the early stages and ex- pressed the belief that it is too ea `lX .make final judgment. HIS experience with the •p ogratn so far has been satisfactory. The Home Care project is a planPe.by developed- - the . Ontario Ministry of Health, under which some patients, are kept under_ care in their own homes and are visited ' by both doctors and ti nurses as required. In an effort to gain full utilization of the scheme the ministry pays 400 per cent of costs involved. The plan wasin- troduced in Huron, County earlier this year. • Medical Staff In his report of a recent medi- ' cal staff meeting Dr. McGregor . said that the doctors are trying to comply with a request from the hospital administrator that ad- missions by limited as far as possible to the hours set by the hospital. The report also dealt with the . subject of doctors or nurses as ambulance attendants; nursing staff health problems and a meeting of the medical ad- nursing program visory committee.. • Robert Ritter, vice chairman of the board, commented on the fact that three of the medical staff committees had failed. to meet during the month and a motion was passed urging that such. meetings be held as required for hospital accreditation purposes. Dr. McGregor explained that one reason for the omission of the meeting was the absenceof one of the staff members. • Boards_ chairman J. T. Goodall announced that a •meeting is to be held in Seaforth on November 28 for the benefit of hospital trust- ees, to cover such subjects as legal responsibility, relationship of board to medical staff, etc. Speakers will be from the Ontario Hospital Association. In her statistical report for the month of October, Mrs. I. E. Mor- rey, hospital .administrator, said there were 271 admissions, 251 discharges, 16 .deaths, 197 opera- tions, 775 outpatient treatments, 582 X-rays, 6,157 laboratory tests, 134 electrocardiograms, 63 at cancer clinic, 3 post mortems,, 41,8 physiotherapy attendances. Daily hospital occupancy averaged 81. ,Barry Wenger; chairman of the .finance committee, reviewed the_ work covered by that body in Oc- tober, and explained the various bank accounts held by the hospi- ALONG THE MAIN DRAG . By The Pedestrian The Pedestrian DRAW WINNERS— In the Bluevale bantam base- ball draw, winner of first prize was Murray MacFarlane of Blue - vale; Mrs. June Passmore of Wingham, second -and Mrs. Bon- nie Johnston; Bluevale, third, it is announced by Bill Thompson, 0-0-0 MILDMAY COMING— Mildmay bantam hockeyists will open the hockey season at Wingham arena Friday at 9:00 p.m. and the locals are urged to be out and cheer the boys into a new season. Kinsmen 'Bantams put up a good fight against Walkerton in an exhibition game last Friday night, coming out on the short end of a 3-2 score in a very exciting game. Jim McGee and Doug Shiell got the Wingham tallies. 0-0-0 WIDE SNOW— • The first "serious" fall of snow hit Wingham and district Tues- day morning, at least enough to stay on the ground during the day, whereas other cominunities to the west were harder hit, with several inches, and enough to snarl traffic. A Winghamite mak- ing a long distance call was over- heard to tell his friend, on com- paring notes: "Well we have plenty of snow in Wingham. It isn't all that deep, but it sure as heck is wide!" tal and the purposes for which de- preciation and capital fund moneys may be expended. As of October 31 the capital fund ac- count totalled $19,840.11 plus securities of $50,000.00. The dona- tions account contained $30,073.51 at the same date. Mr. • Ritter reported for the. management committee, giving a summary of the nursing staff which averaged 81 full-time em- ployees in October. The report also covered resignations and additions, staff health services, ambulance operation, home care, laundr,y, and linens and dietetic departments, r He announced that a licensing system has been set up to cover . all public health laboratories in the province, including those in hospitals. A fee of $250 will be re- quired to cover the resulting in- spection service. Wallace Conn, reporting for the proPerty committee, • listed the work around the buildings which has been 'completed and the jobs in progress. Mrs. K. M. MacLennan, presi- dent of the Hospital Auxiliary, re- ported that $842 had been raised at the recent- rummage sale.. A meeting is to be held Nov. 27 when a film on cancer will be shown and Auxiliarymembers are asked to bring their friends. 11 urin part.men ts "townmee A comprehensive report on municipal business conducted during the past Year was elicited from town officials at a "town meeting" held in the auditorium of Wingham Town Hall Wednes- day evening of last week. Repre- sentatives of Winghami Public Utilities Commission and Huron County Board of Education also took part. ,The officials rendered accounts of their stewardship of town af- fairs to an audience consisting of 10 interested citizens, reduced to seven by the end of the meeting, plus the Advance -Times rel porter. Despite the sparse, attendance by ratepayers Mayor DeWitt Miller, members of council and other boards represented, ex- pressed satisfaction that some new ground had been broken in starting a "new format" for the discussion of town business under time new provincial legislation which has eliminated "nomina- tion night" as such. As nominations are now re- quired by statute to be conducted over several days during the regular business hours of the municipal office, the old flurry of hasty nominations and impromp- tu speeches has been discon- tinued. Other. Meetings Most municipalities in the Wingham area have seen fit to hold- similar meetings for the benefit of ratepayers and citizens generally with East Wawanosh holding a meeting at Belgrave Community Centre Thursday ,evening and Turnberry Township at Bluevale Community Hall Fri- day night. One of the results here was the orderly presentation of reports or summaries of the year's work by committee chairmen and board• representatives, as each in turn was afforded an opportunity to speak. Fred J. Snow, with some brief introductory remarks as a "neu- tral" chairman, welcomed the small audience and explained the purpose of the session. He quickly turned the Meeting over to the ' elected officials, having solicited questions from the audience. Mayor's Report Mayor DeWitt Miller gave a brief Ireview of the year, com- mending firstly on the excellent progress of local industries. He mentioned_ Royal Homes, whose products are 'meeting, a good re- ception on the market and where chances for ,increased employ- ment look very good. He referred to the new metal -clad door sec- tion of the Stanley -Berry tom- , pany which is now operating in a recently completed major addi- tion to the plant, and to Electro- home lectrahome Limited which is also pro- ceeding in healthy hape. He said the Wingham, Day Care Centre now in operation is a "credit to the town" as opposed to the eyesore it was getting to be prior to renovations, and stated it is rendering a valuable service to the town. He pointed out that $100,000 had been 'spent on the centre by the provincial govern- ment which also shares 80 per. Monday is Want Ad deadline Since The Advaitce-Tire's found it necessary to set a • tV li- Iday supper -time deadline,';for lwant ads, readers should.note that. the newspaper . staff .1s Oh duty all day Monday. Other bast- ness places are closed for a `-full holiday on Monday, but the ,pat- lication date of the paper doeS,ript permit closing of the office. If you want to place a classified advertisement, bring it to ''The Advance -Times office or photo us at 357-2320.. Ail ads received; the _' previous week, olid • -up Monday, at 6 p.in., will appear In the current issue. Those rec_ ived on Tuesday will be published a week .later. One dies Dennis Paul Ducharme, 30- yegr-old resident of RR 2, Brus- sels, was dead on arrival at Wingham and District Hospital Sunday as the result of his pickup truck colliding with a car on Hu- ron County Road 16, about two miles east of Brussels. His three-year-old niece, Mi- chelle, a passenger in the truck, was treated and released from the hospital. Driver of the other vehicle, William Brant, also of RR 2, Brussels, was not hurt. The acci- dent was investigated by Cpl. C. OUTNUMBERED BY CIVIC OFFICIALS were these members of°Wingham citizenry who showed upfor the first "town meeting" to quiz councillors on the year's business. o 9 in truck c�iIision Mrs. Gordon (Sharon) Berry of Stratford, Darlene and Barbara both at home; and four brothers, Oscar of Brussels, Larry of Sault Ste.,, Marie, Leslie of 'Stratford and Darwin at home. The body rested at the M. Watts Funeral Home in Bru until Wednesday morning when . it was conveyed to St. brose Roman Catholic Chur , Brus- sels, for service at 11 a.m. Rev. M. S. Kaminsky officiated. Inter- ment followed in St. Ambrose Ro- man Catholic Cemetery, Brus- sels. . R. Croskill and Const. Balzer of Wingharn Detachment OPP. The late Dennis Ducharme was ' born in Clinton and came to the Brussels area about 20 years 'ago. He ' attended school in Grey Township and was a livestock drover in the area at the time of his .death. Surviving are his father and mother, Mr.' and Mrs. Urban ‘A. Ducharme (the former Margaret McKenzie) of RR 2, Brussels; four sisters, Mrs. Larry (Pat- ricia) Keffer of Grey Township, cent of the opera . its. • The Town of Wingham is "hit business", the.mayor said, actu ally the largest in the onjimun ° ity. He said Wingham has had a "good council" and it has done it* work well. "This also applies to the Pubes Utilities Commission and Mr.. Taylor who repre'ents W,Iingi and East Wawanosb on' the Huron County Beard of Education," he concluded. . Noise Abated` From the audience Elmer Ire- land directed some praise to Chairman William ]Elarris of the Police committee, repotting that tire screeching ,and similar dis- turbances which=had been a regu- lar feature of the early morning hours in front, of, his home bad suddenly stopped as of August 1.5. He attributed this to good work on the part of. Wingham Police Department. .' In acknowledging Mr. Ireland's remarks, Mr. Harris said that "id things continue as they are, you may see another man added .to the force." He explained that so many calls are being made on -the department,, especially iall. at night, ' that the force may have. to be beefed up to cope with the sit�ua- tion. Ile offered the view that'd e implementation of the , second - cruiser has been a great aid . to policing the town, perhaps to a greater extent since more prison- ers are being transferred to and from Walkerton jail. The new bail system would have relieved this to some ,extent eventually, but now the second cruiser is needed to cope with overlapping calls. "Some of the problems would curl your hair," he commented, referring to the , increasing . inci- dence of police calls. In regard to the local drug problem he ' said some people here "act .like os • - triches. and stick their heads in the' sand" and are loath even to aboalthe pl ssability Qf them Such ci p "obi iii tl�e tOWn.`J� Skinning Machine Marvin Streich stated from the audience he had seen a piece of . Please turn to Page 3 • eqker says Legi�n must set standard Captain Jack Cameron" of the, Wingham Corps, Salvation, Ar- my, said in , his address to war veterans at the' Remembrance Day banquet "on Saturday eve- ning, that Legion members have a responsibility to answer some of the questions which are troubling our young people. The speaker, who served in .both the Navy and the Artillery since the E. Madill graduates return or commencement exercises It was an impressive evening for all concerned in a variety of ways as the annual commence- ment exercises were carried out at F. E. Madill Secondary School here Friday evening. About 800' persons, including students and parents, the graduating classes, award winners, educational offi- cials 'and other very important personages were in attendance filling the large auditorium to somewhat less than capacity. As could be expected at the largest secondary school in Huron County, the list of awards was Jong, as excelling scholars received ':heir due rewards" for jobs well done and some excel- lently done. As Principal Gordon Phillips mentioned, $7,189.50 was distributed to the deserving, in addition to a host of meaningful certificates and diplomas. The audience rose respectfully as the parade of graduates en- tered the auditorium and took their places of honor at the front, to processional music played by Nancy Adams. "0 Canada" was followed by the invocation of- fered by Rev. T. K. Hawthorn. Special Guests On the platform were represen- tatives of Huron County Board of Education, officials of the ad- ministrative staff, donors of spe- cial scholarships and awards and members of the teaching staff: Mrs. M. Zinn, Rev. T. K. Haw- thorn, K. E. Wood, R. P. Ritter, Principal G. 0. Phillips; Board Chairman R. M. Elliott, W. D. Kenwell, A. Corrigan, Mrs. Wil- liam Elston, Mrs. D. S. Mac - Naughton, F. E. Madill, Miss D. Comber, Mrs, R. Raymond, Mrs. K. M. MacLennan, D. Thompson, Mrs. J. R. Taylor, D. Frank, G. Walter, Mrs. W. Renwick, Mrs. R. Ahara, Mrs. E. Davis, Mrs. A. Strong, E. C. Beard, S. Wardrop, B. Brandon, Norman Ball, E. Stuckey and P. McGillawee. Principal G. O. Phillips, in a few words of introduction, de- scribed Board Chairman R. M. Elliott e., a man of great dedica- tion :n his position of responsi- bility in the Hurin educational system. Mr. Elliott, in turn, paid tribute to the underlying dedication ' which he perceived in the teach- ing staffs of the Huron schools, indicating his ppreciation of it and conveying the thought that the same type of dedication should be made by the students to properly fulfill the intents and purposes of the _ system . , In summing up the significance of the evening and the factors coiributing to it, Mr. Phillips re- minded the audience of the incep- tion of what was known as the "Robarts Plan" in the secondary system some years ago. He noted that it "made respectable" forms of education not directed at post secondary' education, and that now the sixth and seventh graduation classes under that system were present. He noted that the plan intro- duced freedom of choice insofar as space and budgets would per- mit. Better System Although the system is not per- fect, "it is better than what we had . before, and affords greater opportunities". He hoped that young people will be able to say the same thing 10 years from now. He drew attention to the fact that F. E. Madill Secondary School has a population in the 1,- 500 range, with only 205 from Wingham, with all the rest assembled from an area bounded roughly. by Molesworth, Blyth and Lake Huron. He thought it was a tribute to the ministry of education that it could bring them together and "provide them with something of value". In closing he stressed that strong efforts continue to be made, that the fact of great quantity be not permitted to di- lute the quality of education being offered, and that the high- est quality is sought in personnel and methods as well as physical plant and equipment. In conclusion he asserted: "The quality is here, in the first nine rows," and offered the graduating students his very best wishes for long, happy and suc- .. cessful lives. Valedictorian Norman Ball, top'scholar and multiple award winner, con- fessed that his remarks would be extemporaneous, as he had not been able to settle down to a for- mal address despite some loss of sleep over it. In his informal remarks he ob- served that he had come to an in- escapable conclusion that the school had been based on friend- ship,. He thought it would be im- possible to attend so constantly and. so long without enduring friendships resulting. For eight hours a day, the students worked, ate and sometimes "played around" together. "A student body not united in friendship is not a body, just a group of individuals," he said, and thought perhaps the rural background of the school contri- buted to a friendlier atmosphere, and it would not be -quite the same in a big city. He had been impressed by the importance df activities other than straight scholarship, such as sports and clubs and extra-curri- .:ular interests. "Getting .narks is good," he said, "but the school would fall apart if it were not for these other activities." He thought those who were able to participate in them fully would wind up with a far better knowledge of the school system. He suggested that selection of a valedictorian should be by the graduating class and not by the school administration. Kinds of Friendship In respect to the teacher -stu- dent relationships, he char- acterized these as friendly, but in not quite the same way as the stu- dent -to -student relationship. He iwas convinced that the primary concern of the teachers was with the welfare of the students. He thought there was some friend- ship between the board and the staff, "but also some ill will, I am afraid." He expressed the hope that they would both keep in mind "what I hope is their primary goal, the welfare of the stu- dents." He suggested it might improve communications between student bodies and the board if the stu- dents could deal directly' with the board in some areas of concern through elected. representatives. In his final words of advice to his fellow students on going out into the world to make their way, he thought the urging by the prin- cipal for them to go out and make their parents proud of them was good and should be given its full weight. What, to his mind would be even better, would be for stu- dents to assess for themselves, responsibly and independently, whether their selected careers in university and later are really what they want and enjoy. "Do what you really want to do. If you like what you are doing, stay. If not, leave." second war, said that today's young people have no personal knowledge of the eventful years of the great wars. All they know about Canadian soldiers is 'what they see in the veterans and Le- gion members. Acknowledging the tremendous contribution of Legionnaires, . in the war years and in the part they play in their communities today, Capt. Cameron pointed out that they have an even greater role. Their standards of moral recti- , tude and personal behavior are the only possible answer to a new generation which questions . the goals find achievements of those in middle years. Legion President Ian Edward •was master of ceremonies for the banquet and introduced Murray Gaunt, MPP, Mayor DeWitt Mil- ler and Harold Chambers of Goderich, Deputy Zone Com- mander. The speaker was introduced by Rev. Barry Passmore and Harold Remington expressed the thanks • of the Legion .and Auxiliary. Le- gion Auxiliary President Mrs, L. Hickey presented' a gift to Mrs. (Capt.) Cameron as well as a cheque for $1,000 to the Legion branch to assist with its service work. Past President Don Adams was honored with the presentation of a past president's pin and he also announced the presence of two World War. I nurses, Mrs. Elston and Miss Henry. Twenty-five year pins were presented to the veterans of the Second War and veterans of the First War were similarly honored, their periods ranging from 40 to 50 years. —Mr. and Mrs. Gershom John- ston visited over • the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Johnston and family of St. Paul's. Enroute home on Sunday they called on Mr. and Mrs. Ross McMichael, Seaforth, and visited Ken Woods of Egmondirille, their grandson. Mr. Woods, who was in a car ac- cident some months ago, now has all casts rethoved and is 'on the mend'.