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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1974-04-18, Page 1• Af the inangural tum of the mrd 4f $ovecnors`of the Wing- baln and Distrk t Hsep tel•. last Wednesday evening R. P. Ritter`` of W was retur by nnanimoUa of asthe rd's chairman, James Cardiff of Brussels waver returned as vice- chairman, also on '# nnenimons vote. John. Strong, board secre- tary, ec re -uta , molded for the e1Ction. in his Ritter told opening, "Our Mr.Ouar decis- ionHnaking role will . be taxed more heavily in the coming year." He was referring to the forthcoming retirement of Mrs. 1. E. Monet, who has been ad- ministrator and executive direc- tor of the hospital for the past 30 years, and the assistance which will have to be accorded her suc- cessor, Norman Hayes, The chairman said than he anticipated the need for more frequent committee meetings. Another important undertaking for the immediate future will be preparation and maintenance of high standards because of another inspection for accredita- tion. O Mr. Ritter also referred to the emergence of district ' health councils and their possible effect on the autonomy of local hospital boards. Mudd that a meeting of county hospital' boards on this question .will be held as soon as the doctor in charge of coordina- tion of provincial health councils returns from a trip abroad. ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian BOOKS • TO SPARE,?- If your home is like many vtliera in the community you have (hate k few !woks arotuld'the plaer.whichArill never win read b Minnbera of jf':oak ioi hold. If that's the case why not call Mrs. R. P. Ritter or any member of the Hospital Auxiliary and offer them for the enjoyment of patients in the* hospital. The Auxiliary operates a book cart to provide interesting reading mat- erial for hospital patients and the stock is running low. . 040 WERE YOU THERE;? -- For those of our readers who attended theplay "Were Yoti There?" at the Wingham Sal- vation.Army Citadel last Friday, you might like to know the names b of the cadets who presented the play. They were Cadet and Mrs. B. Borden, Cadet and Mrs. G. Montague, Cadet and Mrs. D. Squier and Cadets Margaret Ab- bott, Janice MacLean, Sandra Ratcliff, Sharon Stinka, Robert Pittman and Thomas Tuppenney. 0-0-0 PLAY BALL— Anyone interested in 4Taying midget softball for Whitechurch this season should attend a Meeting at the village's ball park next Wednesday at 7 p.m. If you want to play but can't make the meeting call 357-1084 anytime. 0-0-0 THE SIREN SOUNDS-- Wingham firemen had to be called out April 9, to extinguish 'a chimney fire at the home of John Stokes near Belmore. The fire was quickly 'put out and the Stokes' home suffered very slight damage. 0-0-0 TALENT NIGHT— Tickets for the Lions Show of Stars have been selling at a fan- tastic rate but there may still be a few available. If you haven't already got yours you had better con+t8etmambo,. of the club sooner you may be disappointed. The show is on April 25 at the town hall. 0--0--0 DRAW WINNERS— The names of the winners in a recent draw at Shirley's House of Fashions have been " released. Congratulations to ,Mrs. M. • Stonehouse of Belgrave, who won a wool blanket; Susan Norman of Toronto, who won a sheepskin rug and Mrs. M. MacKenzie of Wingham, who won a pair of deerskin gloves. 0-0-0 TOWNE PLAYERS--- • Don't forget tonight is the first of three nights the Wingham Towne Players will be presenting "Resounding Tinkle" and "Sorry Wrong Number", Along with those two playa the Teeswater Junior Farmers will present "The Giant's Stairs".. It's all at the town hall April 18, 19 and 20. Why not plan to attend? POMMITTEE0 NAMED The board reappointed John Strong as its _ and Gordon Baxter as treasurer. Morrey was .re -appointed as executive director until: her retia hikes effect at the end of next month, Named to a striking committee for the setting up of the board's standing committees were the. chairman, James Cardiff, Wal- lace Cotan, Jack Hodgins and Dr. L. L,. Clarke, Their report, recommending the following committees, was accepted. First named in each case will be chairman: • Management: James Cardiff; Boris Milosevic, J. R. Kaufman, M. J. Craig, Dr. J. C. McKim, Finance: Jack Hodgins, Harold Elliott, J. R. Kaufman, Dr. Mcg Kim. Property: Wallace Conn, De- Witt Miller, Howard walker, Robert Gibson, Dr. Clarke. Albite Relations: Mrs. R. P. Ritter, Douglas Button, B. Milosevic, Dr. Clarke. Joint Conference: R. P. ,Ritter, James Cardiff, J. Hodgins, Dr. Leahy, Dr. McKim, Dr. Clarke o'nd the executive director. Executive Comm.: R. P. Rit- ter, J. Cardiff, J. Hodgins, W. Conn, J. V. Fischer.. Honorary members of the board are A. D. MacWilliam, Exeter; R. B. Cousins, Brussels; E. E. Walker, Owen Sound; Car- man Thompson, Teeswater. COMMUNICATIONS - A letter from the Huron -Perth Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases Association asked that the board give serious considera- tion to the removal of the cig- arette vending machine from the hospital for obvious health rea- sons. The letter was referred to the Joint Conference Committee. A letter, from the Stratford General Hospital outlined the enlargements recently made in nil 000i y dep ttinetit afid S- p tl ` ` oiri iih9S a - equate service in future. `A communication from the On- tario'Hospitals Association asked that the local hospital authorities Brick Works • to re -open William Adamson, Wingham representative of Don Hoist Real Estate, announced this week that the Bruce Brick and Tile Works, north of Teeswater will re -open on the first of next month after. four years of inactivity. Mr. Adamson said the new owners, Bruce Tile Inc., will open as soon as some alterations to the building have been made. The in- dustry is expected to employ about. 15 area workers. The works were closed four years ago after, a fire struck the building. At that time.,the owners, from whom Bruce Tile has pur- chased the property, felt that re., building would be pointless. John Carswell will be the general manager of the re- opened plant and Mr. Adamson told the Advance -Times that a number of former employees will also be returning to the rehabili- tated brick works. Accident sends girls to hosp. A single car accident on Hwy. 86, Morris Township hospitalized two Wroxeter area girls and sent one Wingham youth to hospital for examination last Thursday evening. CarolAdams the 18 Adams, year-old driver of the car, lost control of the vehicle between Wingham and Bluevale and it rolled over into a ditch. Miss Adams was rushed to hos- pital by ambulance, suffering lacerations to one of her hands and shoulder, back and eye in- juries and -shock. Her sister, 15 - year -old Susan Adams, was ad- mitted to hospital suffering from shock, facial lacerations and con- tusions. Both girls are in satisfac- tory condition. Another passenger in the car, Murray Carter, 18; was taken to hospital with shock and con- tusions. He was examined and released. James Pattison, 17, of Wing - ham and Alice Beecroft, 17, also of Wingham who were pas- sengers in the car escaped injury. The Wingham OPP officers in- vestigating the accident have es- timated damage to the ear to be $1,800• ▪ • arrange and (*.ordinate a meet- ing of ell health and iocial saw vice In the area to discuss the `'posaib ity, of creating a }"lel i:+ tre lased within the host`ital.' Dr. Maint expressed his belief that Rich a health centre would be expected .to .hire doctors on either a salary of fee -force basis and provide the full range of health services rather than thole of a treatment hospital . only, Dr. Clarke said that such a sys- tem works well in sole remote • areas of the country but was not certain that it would operate suc- cessfully here. This matter was also referred to the Joint Conference Com- mittee for further study, Mrs. Morrey announced that an accident prevention seminar will be held in the Wingiam hospital on . April 23, at which all district hospitals will be represented. The statistical report for the month of : rch showed 287 admissions, discharges, 5 deaths, 184 operations, 1065 out- patients, including courtesy calls to local doctors, 650 x-rays, 14 blood transfusions. 7651 laboratory teats made up of 79,674 units, 100 electrocardiograms, 31 at cancer clinic, 668 physio- therapy treatments. The report also included the information that length of stay was reduced to 7.4 days for the month. Total hos- pital -patient days were 2764 for a daily average of 90. However, a. rash of illnesses in early April had overcrowded the hospital with more than 100 patientsat the time of the meeting. PURCHASE BEEPERS Wallace Co 's report from the property co ' 'ttee included fig- ures from the local Public Util- Wes 0:Omission Which that"the commission is int erect a radia broadcasting t tom on . 'standpipe to her'' itsown radio network l'e service to .the hosPital for $35 Por month, including maintenance... The usefulness of inch an :an-, tone service became .,appy when there was a lengthy :; . cussion of the` ation of a l? posedsystem of "beepere small pocket -carried radio receivers which would be boned - to staff doctors, operating room. nurses, etc, who are, held' on stand-by duty and frequent -1r must be called into the hospit4 for emergency work. The Motorola company had demonstrated their equlpmen and it was, understood that they would have an effective range of 15 miles. The receivers are priced at $394 each in quantities of 10 or more. The 'entire system would dost about. $6,000. The board approved the pure chase of the equipment and use o the PUC antenna: Dr. McKim, reporting for the medical staff, said that,several meetings had been helduring the month, at one of which a fua ther inquiry had been made about progress in the matter of provi f . ing betterair conditioning for tufe. operating room. There was Wool discussion about the fortheomi' accreditation survey and thio,. staff doctors had decided to ins• crease the amount of attention given to case studies. The doctor said that the hospital is seriously. overcrowded at present but he expected that the opening of a new nursinghome in Lucknow this week would relieve the pres- sure to some degree. Mrs. Ritter said that the Hose pital Auxiliary will hold its spring. rummage sale . in the former armouries building behind" the town halt on Friday, APO 24. A candy sale was held on April 10, the candy being donated by members+ of the Whitechurch Women's Institute. In reference to public relations Mrs. Ritter said that '113e Advance -Times had recently carried several photos of activities andpresentations at the hospital and the Groesroada .section of the local: paper had devoted a full Page 'feature to health services in this area. She also referred to the need for books to fill out the stock in the book cart, .Sr. Citizens choose name for the rou p e� Wingham Senior Citizens have chosen a newname for their group and will henceforth be known as "The Happy Gang". This new name was decided upon by the club and announced at their April meeting held in the. council chambers. A large attendance was record- ed for the meetingwhich opened in the usual way. The buying committee gave its report and Jim Ward brought a . supply of song books to the meeting. Mr. Breckenridge, as con- vener, conducted the progressive euchre which everyone enjoyed High lady "'was Mrs, Bosman; high George Grigg and lubky .draw . prize went to •Vera Armstron1g- Lunch. was served by the com- mittee in charge, The lunch com- mittee for May will be Peg Bar- rett, Eva B V a t Carter, Drehmnn a and Copeland. WI NGHAM DEB -U -TONS made the draw for the Money gunny on Saturday, a bunny with. 25 one dollar bilis attached. Mrs. Joyce Arthur Of RR 2, Wingharn was the winner Seen with the prize are Monique Cameron, Susan Brown and Jennifer Strong. (Photo by .Robertson} Lions' spea af f Every 1.38 hours of the' day a farmer leaveshis farm and every hour 43 more acres of farmland go out of production to be gobbled sup by buildings and expansion. . Those were two ominous . statis- tics presented to the Wingham THE MEMBERS OF THE CAST of "Were You There", which was presented at the Wingham Salvation Army Cita- del last Friday evening, rehearse° a scene from the play. The cast comprised members of a group of visiting SA cadets who were in the Wingham-Listowel area during the Easter weekend. The play was written by cadet Sandra Ratcliffe. (Staff Photo) uron Board will release 1974 budget next Monday By Wilma Oke The budget report will be pre- sented to the Huron County Board ,of Education for consideration on Monday, April 22. The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. when the board will meet in committee -of - the -whole for the first hour, fol- lowing which the press will be al- lowed to sit in on the meeting. D. J. Coe r ane, viii eetor� of ed- ucation, said at the regular board meeting in Clinton Monday that trustees would be mailed copies of the budget no later than Thurs- day so that each will be able to study it and be prepared to ac- cept or reject it on Monday next. Mr. Cochrane asked the trust- ees what their reaction would be to having a committee of trust- ees, administrators, principals and teachers making some recommendations on field trips, putting field trips under the mic- roscope, because "field trips seem to be a topic that we are getting hung up on". Wilfred Shortreed, vice-chair- man of the board, said, "Some schools seem to be coming with more requests than others for field trips." Mr. Cochrane said, "In world affairs I guess we are talking about a royal commission br a task force." J. P. Alexander said that he believed it was a matter of com- munications, that when all things come to the surface they are not what they seem. He said that after looking into the matter, "I am satisfied." He has found that principals can authorize trips that do not cost over a certain amount or are short trips, and it is not necessary to ask the board for permission. In this way, he said, many schools are sending their students on field trips about which the board members are not informed. Mr. Cochrane said, "That would come out in this study." The question of whether all schools are participating to the full extent of the money allowed them for field trips has been rais- ed at the last two board meetings by John Henderson and Mrs. Mollie Kunder both of Seaforth, and by both of them' at other pre- vious meetings along with Mr. Alexander of Wingham. EDUCATION REPORT Herbert Turkheim, chairman of Education Committee, pre- sented the report of the com- mittee for board action, as fol- lows: —The board endorsed the recommendation of the "Noah" project of the Metropolitan Tor- onto Zoo Fund to the extent that any school wishing to participate for the purpose of raising funds to purchase a live specimen,for this Zoo may do so. —The board endorsed the com- mittee recommendation that Mrs. Mona Mulherne's request be denied for the payment of tuition fees by this board for her atten- dance at the H. B. Beale Sec- ondary School, London, for the purpose of taking a special art course. (It was noted she was not presently a pupil in a school in Huron and is a post secondary graduate) . --Also denied was a request of W. R. Wark, commercial teacher at Goderich Collegiate Institute, that he be released from his classroom duties for the school year, 1974-75, so that he might won( as a resource and liaison person in business education. —The board approved the school year Calendar as pre- sented by the Teacher -Trustee - Administration Liaison Com- mittee which calls for nine pro- fessional activity days for school Year 1974-75 and distributes them throughout the year along with Mid -winter break, Remem- brance Day and Easter Monday. The report from the Animal Care Committee was approved as a guideline for the use of animals in elementary and secondary schools dealing with their care, food, and experimentation. On the committee are: Cam Addi- son, teacher at , Clinton Public School; J. W. Coulter, admin- istration centre; J. Onay, teacher at F. E. Madill Secondary School; Harry Hayter, trustee from RR 2, Dashwood; Ronald Jewitt, principal of Zurich Public School aid Dr. J. O. Turnbull, Seaforth veterinarian. —A request from the principal of Goderich District Collegiate Institute was approved to send the Goderich Collegiate Concert Band • on a three-day tour to Sarhia, St. Thomas, Waterloo and Hamilton, May 9-11 at a cost of $300 for transportation costs and the salary for one supply teacher. CONTEST FOR CREST —A contest among pupils at- tending schools under the board's jurisdiction will be sponsored for the design of an `official board crest", and prizes awarded to the winning contestants as follows: first prize, $20; second, $15; third, $10, and fourth prize, $5. D. J. Cochrane, director of educa- tion, is to appoint judges and ar- range the details of the contest. The request for the board crest was made by George Hildebrand, director of the Seaforth District Please turn to Page 8 Lions Club April 9, by the vice president of the Ontario Federa- tion of Agriculture, Frank Wall. of Port Burwell, during a speech delivered to the dub at its annual Farmers' Night. Mr. Wall explained that farm- ing has been going through some real changes in the past few years ar d he predicted the day of the farm surplus is Over. tient ., T seat _ products wile the earth's population is expected to double to 7 billion people in the next 20 years there is increasing pres- sure on the farmer to produce food: The speaker told his audience that agriculture in Canada is still the country's biggest industry with total assests of more than $24 billion. He commented that when. arm eiTerione proePerc r. W m However, armers. ve been gettitiglews thin Percent return on their ' investment" over. years and expla ned that prices must go Am so,that. the farmer can catch lip.with unionized workers to sive these days of bait tin� "fhe0FAv a ineel—S iiy farmers went Out of business. He warned that society has squeezed about as much as it can out of the farmer, "whose land is being taken for shopping centres, highways and parks etc. In concluding, Mr. Wall listed--' food, housing and clothing as three essentials for life and food isthe most important: In regular club •businessthe club was informed that -their re- presentative in the zone effective speaking contest, Mary Edith Garniss of Wingham, won that contest which was recently held in Ripley. Mary Edith will now advance to the District A-9 finals in Atwood. The club received &letter from the Etobicoke Lions Club thank- ing the Wingham dub for the 700 pairs of used eyeglasses that they recently sent. The glasses are being given to the Christian Medical Society, a group of doctors and non-professional people. They are involved. in the fields of sight conservation and general medicine in the poorer areas of the Caribbean. Police arrest Bluevale man Wingham police arrested a Bluevale man last Saturday and charged him with causing a dis- turbance. Chief Jim Miller said the matter was called to the attention of the police after a man was seen standing in front of the IGA store on Josephine St. shout- ing obscenities. Police im- mediately 6investigated and charged Robin Wormington of RR 1, Bluevale. The town police also investi- gated a report of a downed hydro line at the corner of Alice and Albert St. The chief explained that Brian McKee, a tractor trailer driver, had knocked down a hydro pole guideline while try- ing to turn at the corner. Police reported the incident to the Wing - ham PUC and repairs were made to the pole and wires. Over the • past week the town police have laid five charges under the Liquor Control. Act and investigated three minor acci- dents with damages under $200. Crawford Douglas seeks nomination in Bruce riding Forty-three year-old CKNX ra- dio sports director, Crawford Douglas of Wingham, announced last week that he will be a candi- date for, the Liberal nomination for the federal riding of Bruce in Walkerton on April 19. The nomination race was thrown open with the announce- ment that the present MP for the riding, Ross Whicher, will retire at the end of his term. The former Wiarton mayor first captured the seat for the Liberals during the Trudeau sweep of 1968. Mr. Douglas has been employ- ed at CKNX for the past 13 years and preceding that he was the sports director on CKOS radio in Owen Sound. The nomination • will be con- tested by two other hopefuls, Don Hoist of Hanover and Bob Pringle of Southampton. Scholarship awarded to Brian Miller Brian Miller, son of Mr.. and Mrs. DeWitt Miller, has been awarded an Ontario Graduate Scholarship for academic excel- lence at University of Western Ontario in London. With this'scholarship he will re- ceive tuition fees plus $800. a term for a maximum of three consecutive tams. Brian has just completed a four year Honours B.A. Sociology course, and plans to commence his studies toward his M.A. in the fall. —Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mitchell of Hamilton visited over the holi- day weekend with his mother, Mrs. Leticia Mitchell, and Miss Edna Mitchell. —A large number of Wingham and area residents attended the Maple Syrup Festival in Belmore on Saturday, enjoying a meal of sausage and pancakes and bring- ing home some genuine Belmore syrup 'hot off the evaporator'. ---Mr. and Mrs. Bill Connell and family of Guelph visited over the weekend with his mother, Mrs. Daisy Connell. —Weekend guests of Mr. lind Mrs. Gus Devereaux wereMiss Betty Devereaux of Toronto, Mr, and Mrs. Chadwick and family of Scarborough.