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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1974-12-19, Page 1N IB lyes, adroinistratiVe director of the Wingham and Di* tri fleePitni,sPeeidntto a tion at the December meeting of the hospitalys board ►f governors last Wednesday, sad that the, re- cent Outbre egcentoutbr! to this area was not paratyphoid, but another strain .Of aalmOnella infection, Mr. Hayes was responding to a query firom board member Rob- ert Giboon of Rowick Township, who said that the matted had bees brought to` his attention at a meeting of County Council, The ,county's medical officer'of health id told Mr. Gibson that be was, pot happy with'the length of time it took Wingham. Hospital auth- orities to report the outbreak to the count r health unit office. Mr, Gibson also •said that neighbors of one of the .patients . who had contracted the disease were alarmed when she was al. lowed to return to her home after. discharge from a London hose Vital. They feared that school age children in the same family would carry the infection to other students. Mr, Hayes admitted the delay in getting the necessary informs - Wm to the health unit, but said that the matter had since been discussed with Dr. Mills and that 'procedures have been amended to make sure that such delays do not . occur in future. In TAY to the second phase of the q estion the director stated that the patient had been fully Checked in London before dis- ci and .that there was no danger of infection ,,to others When she was released. In addi- tion, other members of her family were repeatedly checked as an additional safeguard. cus n con' io l n Mi� .. Hayes said that the infection was not para. typhoid as reported by the local news media, but . a similar and less dangerous type of salmon • ellgtiOollt John Strong, secretary .$044-41Tillie board and CKN,K news.. :eastpr Barry Wenger, , Pub Other 01 �4d► oveatd ' that their information has been received from the health unit of- fice. OHA Not Happy A letter to the board outlined the response of the Ontario Hos- pital Association to the much-dis- cussed Mustard report on health care. On the whole the OHA agrees with the principle of . reg- ional health councils as the ad- ministrative organization for health are in the province, but disagrees with several of the recommendations in the report. One objection is the disparity in size and populations between Ak regions and between the muni- cipalities which would make them up. Another objection was the indication that local hospital boards might be eliminated and pointed to the boards as the vocal point for a tremendous input of personal effort and interest in the communities where smaller hos- pitals are located. The OHA seriously objected to the recommendation that the ministry or .the regional health councils should be empowered to dictate the number of doctors who would be allowed to practise in a given area. Murray Gaunt, MPP for Hur- on -Bruce, addressed the Legisla- ture on this same subject on Nov. 5 and stated that the report is not acceptable to the public general- ly and urged the report be set aside. He pointed out that the Pi region recommended for this area would contain five counties, in which Huron would be comp- letely smothered. The minister of health has since agreed that the region as outlined would be too large and has suggested that the Counties of Huron and Perth might be con- sidered as a region themselves. Mr. Hayes said that he had at- tended a meeting in Seaforth at which the administrators of the hospitals in the two counties had held preliminary discussions about the feasability of a Huron - Perth region. The Seaforth ad- ministrator had since addressed Huron County Council on the same subject. Statistics Mr. Hayes commented on the hospital's success in reducing the average length of stay as he in- troduced his statistical report. Length of stay for November averaged 7.4 days (chronic pa- tients 79.5) which, he said, is well in line with the provincial aver- age. During the month there were 270 admissions, 272 discharges, three deaths, for a total of 2,290 hospital days and an average oc- cupancy of 78 per cent. 7`wo hundred and seven Operations were performed, :87$ outpatients were treated, 100 , x-rays, .ems, patients 7eceii9 units of blood tbroOgh, rani ono .the, lab - atorY Performed /420 tests, there were 1$5 alectro and ioaraphic '.examinations, 05 at Cancer clinic snd. 209 physiotherapy .tt'eat- menta,. The administrator said that this year it was necessary to set up an entirely new base 'from which to compose a budget for 1,676operations. At present the budget works out to about 10.1 per cent above the guidelinesset up y the ministry, but he ;has found tltn►t many other hospitals of similar' size are higher than that.. The estimated per diem cost for the coming year is $73.15 and this 0 U# figure include: the cost of *prat- tile. training ems, whi moat small hospitals do not flame Report The report, of the fie cOrn. mittee was presented by Mr,, Hayes in the, absence of the fin- ance chairman', Jack Hodgins. tb total mtpenditureS for the month of $240,637, a net deficit of $10,814 was indicated, but the ad- ministrator said that total ex- penditures for the year are"well under the budgeted figure." He Added, "We're running a pretty efficient operation here," ., and credited the hospital staff for the excellent financial pictures He had words of .praise, as well, for the unselfish co-operation of staff members during the salmonella NEW REPORTER—Sophia Martynec, 26, is the new staff reporter for The Advance -Times. Miss Martynec, who has worked on magazines in New York and Philadelphia, began the new lob Monday, replacing Chris Jackson, who took up a new position in Bradford, Ont. last month. (Staff Photo) outbreak, partleuy" 1 Vanderwoude, Who oratory staff. �y. JamesC�"-, � o+dm management "committee, at on nursing staff end health, services. The answered 89 c daring month and Mrs; Cardno, riles heads the Huron*sue Care pr grain reported 96 perin care, several of whom are in the ham area. Dr. P. J. Leahy. renorting the medical staff, outlined 111 hip held during Novernbi r. 101 said that Dr. Conlon of the Godeft ich Psychiatric .Hospital comes on a weeklybasis to act as acow sultant. Two visiting psychiaJ trists will addrtuls future' meetings of the mescal staff...' " . Dr. Leahy also reported the „. the medical staff had held it#; election of officers, at which D. ,tt J C.C, 330004o 44., pit ' . Hkll. 'se i uiw, R. P. Ritter, board chairman thanked Dr. Leahy f', �- lent cooperation during as chief of staff and, that the Ostia not an easy one to Erin,* **tail es+ this boarll then moved .to McKim, as the newi '•, Mrs. Hitter, ::wrung lot t1. r , d that the cafe,had.njoyed sales total. and the recent fair had tin 1.50. Students of the MadillSeCondarY stool had made items for the fair.. Auxiliary is again making and tray favors for the patients_ at.Christmas mad ,will tPrirelde he prizes for windows or#tad by memo. New reporter begins at The Advance.Times The new reporter at The Wing ham Advance Times is a strange to Wingham, a stranger to weekly: newspapers and a newcomer tq Canada. But not for long, Sophia Martynec, 26, ' sthr" work at The Advance-Timce.} Monday morning and arrived hi Wingham only the previous eve-,, Hing. "But.I'like it here already," she -- said. "Everybody I've met has been very helpful and friendly. feel rather lost, but I hope top to know people quickly. Every! one's so good to me it shouldn't b hard." Y' Sophia is a graduate „„of tai Diploma Course in Journalism a the University of Western Ott4” tario, London, arid has *at bel come a landed immigrant Canada. She was born in Ger- many rightafter the wer an .ca . e "It's a bit -complicated. I was, ti D.P. (displaced person) in many, , because I'm. Ukrainian, not German; then I • became an American citizen, but I was:still sort of `displaced' Now I'm where I really want. to be." Wingham is a new experience for her, she. says, "because I've worked in New York and Phila- delphia." "But I grew up in a small Ukrainian community. I've always wanted to get back to that good feeling yott'. get in smaller towns. And, the country is in my Lblood." Mi_agrivfartynec 'replaced Chris Jackson Who left The Advance- Times last ` Month to take up .a new position` on the weekly news- paper in Bradford, Ont.. Jim MacDonald, a third year journalism student from Cones."' toga 'College in Kitchener, worked•, on The Advance -Times during''the interval between Mr. Jackson's departure and the hiring of Mitis Martynec, Mr. MacDonald worked on the Wing- ham .paper* part of an intern- ship' t program: at the college , which' send$5,uundergraduates to area newapers for some. practical experience prior to gradiation • • uniting The Boat eitered by• the local fire departmen in the Wingham Santa Claus irodehas been. busy. It was t dart of the Christmas parade: in Gorrie last Saturday and will also be entered in the Wroxeter parade this Saturday. The float publicizes the Muscu- lar Dystrophy campaign, for which the firemen take responsi- bility each year. PAST PRESIDENT'S PRESENTATION, -,Cal 'Burke presented apas president's plaque to the Wlrigham'•Kinsmen Club at last'Pweek,s meeting. Current club' president Andy McBride acceptsthe plaque on •behalf of the club. m .f taff Photo) In last week'stss'ue of The Ad vane-Timies'we carried a list of the participants in the Santa Claus parade -•-- which, by the way, was an exceptionally good one, However, we left out Drug- gist tee Vance rug-gist`e'Vance as one of the nes8 which t ' ed apologies, fort Was a as is usually the ease when Vane's enter a float. The oversight was not inten- tional, and it may even be that we... missed another one somewhere along the line. Cold fingers on the ballpoint pen, plus a briskly mov- ing parade make it a difficult task to get all the names and des-, criptions, as well as manipulat- ing a camera. . Don Carter, the parade or- ganizer, has asked us to express his thanks and the gratitude of his committee for the tremendous se of land in Huron County will be pilot for the province BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER The comprehensive and some- times controversial UDIRA study (Urban Development in Rural Areas) continued at Huron Coun- ty Council last Thursday as members from all municipalities as well as incoming representa- tives listened to a day -long pres- entation of Dr. Ted Hadwen's findings after interviewing a sampling of Huron County citizens in various walks of life, and the initial draft of a report compiled by James F. MacLaren Limited, environmental "'consul- tants entitled "Countryside Plan- ning". The special meeting; held in the basement of the new assessment building, was called to hear and discuss some of the material in the UDIRA study which is costing over $100,000 (with 80 per cent of the expenses picked up by the province) and hataken a year and a half to comate, thus far. Although time for questioning was limited because of the tremendous volume of material to be perused, initial reaction of some county councillors showed disappointment that the study had more emphasis on urban de- velopment than on the agricul- tural base of the county. While MacLaren associates and Dr. Hadwen argued other- wise, Don Pullen, Huron County Agricultural Representative for the Ontario Ministry of Agricul- ture and Food, summed it up by saying that planning for agricul- ture consists of "that which is left over" in the study as presented. "And apparently that's what society wants," he stated. Gerry Ginn, incoming reeve of Goderich Township, told the meeting of the need to preserve prime agricultural land. "They're just not making it any more," he told council. Mr. Ginn complained about the study's recommendation that more land surrounding the five major growth areas in the county — Exeter, Seaforth, Clinton, Goderich and Wingham — be slated for urban development in the years ahead. "Our planning is still urban oriented," Ginn insisted. "I had hoped the UDIRA study would be more rural." NIBLING AWAY It was explained to Mr. Ginn that despite what was common opinion, it was not the growth of urban centres which would even- tually take the most agricultural land out of production. The prob- lem, accorfling to the experts present, could be traced to scat- tered random urban -like de- velopments throughout the rural areas. This was termed "nibbling away at farmland" and is the type of rural land use the UDIRA study seeks to control. According to Steven Janes, study director for MacLaren, there has already been some in- dication from Toronto that broad land use policies are coming from the provincial • lever. With the UDIf2.A study in Huron being the pilot project in the province, Mr. James has expressed his hope that the "perspective method- ology" developed by the study here will be adopted across the entire province to achieve " a new rationale for rural plan- ning" He has asked county officials and other interested persons to examine the methodology in the study and to forward all objec- tions and suggestions to the study team by February 28, 1975. This report deals with such things as potential planning per- spective in Huron County; the agricultural pbrspective; urban perspectives as they relate to the fringe areas; recreation perspec- tive; and the evaluation of exist- ing policies •affecting urban de- velopment in rural areas. By Mr. Jane's own admission, the document is lengthy and com- plicated. It will involve some lengthy, intensive study by coun- ty councillors and others. The report itself sets out one main objective: "To resolve con- flicts between competing land uses in a rural area requires the setting of land use priorities just like priorities axe set for an urban area. Portions of the urban evironment, for example, are designated as residential areas. Within these areas the residence has top priority and only suppor- tive or complementary uses are permitted. Other areas are desig- nated industrial with a different set of use restrictions. Cases of conflict are resolved in favor of the priority land use and long range goals." LAND HAS ITS PRICE Whether or not Huron County farmers are ready for this type of land use planning in rural areas has yet to be determined. There was some argument at Thurs- day's meeting which would in- dicate that while farmers say they want to protect and preserve agricultural land, they wish to re- tain the right to make their own decisions about their own prop- erty without any planning re- strictions to hamper them. Reeve Deb Shewfelt called it being "strangled". He was re- ferring in the first place to the feeling of some urban centres that they are being "strangled" from further growth because of the desire to save prime agricul- ture land for food production, while in the second place rural dwellers feel "strangled" be- cause urban development is en- coaching on prime farmland. But while the Countryside Planning report brought before the meeting clearly showed that the fringe areas around the five towns would have some farmland slated for urban development in the future, the fear was soon ex- pressed by some representatives at the meeting that farmland within that designated fringe area would immediately become more valuable than the same type of farmland outside that fringe area. What are the attitudes of Huron County residents towards the major issues underlying the proposed methodology of land use planning? Dr. Hadwen's study team talk- ed to 400 persons all across the county — 80 citizens in urban areas, 80 cottagers, 80 farmers in a recreation -type area, 80 farm- ers adjacent to urban areas, and 80 farmers in strictly rural areas. According to Dr. Hadwen the findings showed that in general, the public .,is i➢iformed about the need for land use planning in rural areas, and is "pretty wil- ling tyo think about it". T+ average Huron County citizen is not mired in the past," said Dr. 'Indwell. "People here are not reaistent to change but want it to be consistent with the best of the past." "On the whole people of Huron County have pretty common agreement about major issues," Dr. Hadwen told the meeting. "On most issues where planning is concerned, you are not going to find really gross differences amongst acid between the people of the county." Dr. Hadwen also alluded to a study he has been doing concern- ing the attitudes of Huron County citizens toward municipal government here. "They have enormous con- fidence in municipal government in this area," he told the meeting. He promised to have a more de- tailed summary of his findings to present to county council early in the new year. The following are the conclus- ions found by Dr. Hadwen in his study into the attitudes of Huron residents concerning land use planning : CONCLUSIONS "Without repeating the detail= ed analysis contained in the pre- ceding sections, it seems ap- propriate at this point to sum up some of the major findings of the study; "There was general agreement amongst all the types of respond- ents interviewed that agriculture must remain the principal use of rural land in Huron County be- cause of the availability of good productive farmland in the area. The decision to protect agricul- tural land was thought by most to be one which municipal or pos- sibly county government should make, though present county land use regulations, and govern- ment policies in general, were al- Please turn to Page 7 co-operation he received from th4. many who participated, in the parade and all who donated to the. calm*. In addition to '..the floats and Vehicles there were several costume ch•aracter's; Mrs, Mur- ray' c�ogtt, Mx, and . y e z Y r Charlie. Hopper, Bob . v�i1>aianris, Carol and Kevin Carter. . Following the parade, visits were made to the pediatric :and chronic patients' sections at the Wingham & District Hospital and also at the BrookhavenNursing Home, where small gifts were presented to the patients. Cash donations, to support the parade effort were received from: 'Shirley's House of Fash- ion, $10; Ken Leitch Sunoco, $10; Hill's Shoes, $10; Walter's Store, $10; Maclntyre's Bakery, $10; Good's Restaurant, $3; Garry's Auto Service. and Supply, $5; David A, Crothers, $5; Hanna's Men's and Boys' Wear, $10; Hayes Family Clothing, 525; Stedman's Wingham, $25; Hod- gins -McDonald, $20; C. E. MacTavish, $10; John King Gulf a1i �M itege...an • Service Station,,, erss Bruce Machan' Hardware, $10 Howson & Howson Feed Store, $10; ; Brophy ..Bros:" Tire, Pattison die find Electric,!' John and M. 4'vray, `iamb: 4haitl; gandieraft calm Imo., . $fO;` Studio Dougherty Pro Hardware, 510; Stainton's Hardware, $15; craw - ford and Mill, barristers, ' 515; Sunrise Dairy, 510; ..Stylette Beauty Lounge, $25; warren. House, $25; R. A. Currie and Son, $15; and entry; Crawford Motors, `15; S. J. Walker Funeral Home, r $5; Riverview Drive-tn, 510 Miller's Ladies' Wear, $25; Brookhaven Nursing . Home, 520; Percy Clark, $10; Joe's Truck and _Trailer, $20; Harris' Station ery, $25; Western. Foundry, $25;- Wingham Motel, $10 G. Sutcliffe, $10; Royal Homes, $20; Ken's Alignment, $10; Dr. R. Bateman, $10; Bondi's Wholesale Fruit, $11.50 worth of oranges; Whit - ham Advance -Times, $10. Wilfred Shortreed named Huron Board chairman By Wilma Oke Wilfred Shortreed, 60 -year-old Walton area farmer, was ac- claimed chairman of the Huron County Board of Education at an organizational meeting held in Clinton Monday. He succeeds E. Cayley Hill of Goderich. Mr. Shortreed, who represents the Townships of Grey and Morris and the Village of Brussels, was vice-chairman last year. Herbert Turkheim, publisher of the Zurich Citizens News, was ac- claimed as vice-chairman. The 1975 board members, including the three newly -elected members of the board, were sworn in by County Judge Fran- cis G. Carter of Goderich. The new members are John Elliott, Blyth, representing the Town- ships of Hullett and McKillop, Town of Clinton and the Village of Blyth; Robert Peck, RR 1, Zurich, representing the Town- ships of Tuckersmith and Stan- ley, Town of Seaforth and the Vil- lage of Bayfield; Charles Tho- mas, Brussels, representing the Townships of Grey and Morris and the Village of Brussels. The only trustee not sworn in was Jack Alexander of Wingham who is on a three-month holiday in Florida. An ad hoc steering committee was appointed: chairman Wilf- red Shortreed, Alex Corrigan,,RR 1, Bluevale; Clarence McDonald, Exeter and Mrs. Marion Zinn, RR 2, Lucknow. They will divide the board members between the Education and Management Committees. A. M. Harper of Goderich was re -appointed as board auditor for 1975 and 1976; D. J. Murphy, Goderich was re -appointed as board solicitor for the same period and Kyles, Kyles and Gar- ratt, Stratford reappointed con- sulting architects for the next two years. The inaugural meeting of the board was set for 8 p.m., January 6, with the next regular meeting to be held on January 20. Charges dropped in Culross case Following p traffic accident on concessions 9-3 of Culross Twp. last October 10, Provincial Police from the Walkerton detachment laid a charge of failing to yield right of way against Mrs. Evelyn Caslick. Her vehicle was in collision with a car . driven by Donald Brooks and the accident occurred at the gateway to the Caslick home. Janet Gorrie of Wingham, a passenger in the Brooks' car, was seriously injured. According to a statement by police, the crown attorney for Bruce County has withdrawn the charge against Mrs. Caslick following further investigation of the circumstances under which the accident occurred.