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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1975-06-26, Page 1If Your l . : ficids Jun.. scrl pilo n 'is now C19, T SEMI 4 t "1 Mak we'r'e going to have to accept the fact that we're doing to have a health council whether we want to or not." With these Words, Dr, Frank Mills bunched into a short re- view of the history and concept of district health councils. Dr. Mills, ag the medical officer of health for Huron County, was the guest speaker at the June luncheon Monday of the Wingham and Dis- a * 0 s health council i trot Hospital ,Aurinai'y. D. Millsexplained that the original idea wws brought forth in- 1972' With a propod total re- organization of the Ontario Ministry of Health, "At that time it was very nice," he sold. The original plan proposed a 50-50 composition .of , members on the council from both conauners and producers. "We often plan things _that the consumer doesn't think we should haye planned," He Said he thought the council would be a forum for discussion and co-oper- ation. The concept expanded into a three-way. split with room for political elements with the publi- cation of the controversial Mus- tard Report. The task force study endorsed the disti.,iet ,health coan- cll idea, Dr. Mil& said. The latest development in the DR. FRANK MILLS, the medical officer of health for Huron County, was the guest speaker at the Wingham and District Hospital Auxiliary Monday afternoon. He,spoke on the concept of district health councils and their meaning to a community like Wingham. concept is what Dr, oaf: grams submitted to the Ministry "Mr. Miller's black boQk." En" f'' approval will need to have the titled "Action entre in I to k'a Approval of the health planning Health Care ;Delivery," thepsi -uncil." The jurisdiction of the phlet outlines the basic ph, ;cquncil would " extend to budget phy behind the concept andr'o'� proval, Dr. Mills said. vides general guidance op the! Several copies of the pamphlet goals, composition, organization, was made available to members function and authority of.the, ;opt the auxiliary, but Dr. Mills council. "This is what' health o� said the publication was hard to is going to be In the future in -get. Also present at the luncheon tario," Dr. Mills said. • , were Norman Hayes, executive Based on the information in the, ;director of the Wingham and f hs- pamphlet, the first step in the strict Hospital, Mrs. Wilma organization of district healthF Oakes, chairman of the district councils will be the establishp0ent two branch of the Hospital Amin - of a "steering; committee' :It ` Aries of Ontario,, and her secre- would be a small group of person, c4ry. Mrs. Pat Bennett. involved or interested in health.,, . care. The initiative could come, from within the community or be: imposed by the area planning co- ordinator. The "steering committee wool' .then be expected to work tower the ultimate forrnation of a dis- /five persons were injured in trict health council for the des* ee separate accidents over the noted area by nominating me*- Weekend. hers to the council and providing ° Robert Greer of Lucknow was basic guidelines. The counciljured Saturday " when the members would- be ultimate' w � t motorcycle he was driving col - appointed by the Ministry of ;.sided with a car in Lucknow. He Health on the recommendation of 4 vas admitted to the Wingham the steering committee. ` and " District Hospital with The 28 -page pamphlet p genera• isissible internal and soft tissue al in its outlook, avoiding, specif injuries to his leg and was later ics that will be issued by the .transferred to the University ministry at a later time. Dr. Milia that talks on hospital in London. The accident said, however, ,„was investigated by the Kin - concept for the area have already -'•kcirdine detachment of the On - been initiated. He explained that.,tario Provincial Police. the geographic boundaries sus- • A second accident that same gested but not yet approved Ably occurred on Josephine Street wniu d encompass Huron -Perth • and involved Mrs. Jean LaRose, counties. ' Dr. Mills cautioned that the ,,, Maple St:, Wingham► and James Schneller, RR 2, W'ing- council would not be only an ad -m, Mrs. LaRose was treated at visory group, but would eventual ;the hospital for chest ain and ly have legislated authority. Macerations to the left and "The " hospital boards will stay`rreleased. Mr. Schnelle ,was but they will be tempered by dis- • ;t eated for lacerations to, the tipper lip and chin and also re- leapdnAlas Shirley Thorton ►as w ive injured `gin accidents. trict health council decisions," he said. He quoted a remark by we fe i tt duatlht he councils should be advisory, but this does not mean that they will have no power. So far .'as the Ministry is concerned, all pro- 'Budget will force 15c increase in price of gasoline, fuel Finance Minister John Turn- er's Monday evening budget took »,most Canadians by surprise — at least as far as the cost of gasoline's and home heating fuels are con- cerned. It was generally expect- ed that the budget would provide for an increase of about six cents per gallon of gasoline. However, with an increase of 23 per cent in the price of crude oil (reflected as 5 cents per gallon of gasoline by mid-August) and a federal tax of 10 cents a gallon, motorists will be paying some 15 cents a gallon more. The 10 cents tax became effective on Tuesday. The budget calls for application of the 10 cent excise tax only on gasoline consumed for personal use. Farmers, fishermen, busi- ness and industry are supposed to be rebated for gasolineysed com- mercially. The retail ' prig, of home heat- ing oils will go up by more than 24 per cent next winter and natural gas will rise by about 13 per cent. There will be some increase in personal income tax, but it will affect only those earning in ex- cess of $500 per week. There will be an increase in federal `funds allotted to assist first home owners with their pur- chases, but the total increase is only about 9 per cent. Higher premiums for un- employment insurance will be assessed to both employers and employees, who share the pre- mium cost. The exact amount of ""Commissioned as S.A. officers Mr. and Mrs. William Hen- derson Jr., who for the past two years have been in the Salvation Army College of Toronto, re- ceived their Commission as Lieu- tenants in the Salvation Army on June 21. Those attending were .41%. and Mrs. C. Flett, Mr. and Mrs. William Henderson, brothers and sisters and many friends from Wingham and Paris, Ontario. Following vacation, Lieut. and Mrs. Henderson will take up duties at Catherine Booth Hos- pital in Montreal where Bill will take over the position of Assistant' Administrator, While on vacation, Lieut. and Mrs. Henderson will be conduct- ing the evening services at the Wingham Salvation Army Cita- del on June 28 and July 6. Mrs. C. Flett and Mrs. William Henderson Sr. received their certificates making them mem- bers of the Order of the Silver Star at the Training College family dinner. Mr. & Mrs. William Henderson Jr. the increase has not been. an- nounced. Air travel will cost more, the result of higher fuel prices and higher federal taxes. On August 1 the tax on tickets to points in Can- ada and the United States will be increased from 5 to 8 per cent, while the tax on tickets to other points will be increased from a oil flat $5 to $10. The budget also declares that the federal government will try to pare one billion dollars out of its dwn - nding and the first tar- . • • for curtailment are the hos- pital and medical services. The growth of the federal work force will be cut from the present 4.1 per cent annually to 3.1. Stop! Don't throw it out Every week of the year articles of historical interest are con- signed to the garbage collectors by harried housewives. Rightly enough they decide that the accumulations in basement and attic or on the top shelves of clothes closets have taken up valuable space long enough. Now, however, there is a much better place for your old relics than the town or township dump. With the recent formation of the Wingham and District Museum Corps Captain honored at farewell service Farewell service took place Monday evening for Captain and Mrs. Murkin of the Salvation Army. They are leaving for Ver- dun, Quebec. Devotional service was con- ducted by C.S.M. Henderson who paid tribute to their ministry in Wingham. Following the service, a gift was presented to them by Sr. Major Wheeler. Both Captain and Mrs. Murkin responded and spoke of their en- joyableministry here. The new officers are Lieut. and Mrs. Bruce Hardy of Thunder Bay. They will commence duties on July 20. Association your items from days gone by will be able to enter a new home—and will play a vital part in telling the story of bygone years to future generations. With the generous offer from George Allen of his collection of carved birds plus financial as- sistance, and permission to 'use rooms in the former post office building, a museum for Wingham and its rural area will become a reality. Household articles, photos, letters, books—in fact anything that relates to the past in this area may be offered and ap- praised as possible entries. dd. The executive of the associa- tion will be able to accept such items in a few weeks. In the meantime please don't throw them away. A general meeting, open to the public, will be held in the council chambers, Wingham town hall, on Monday evening, July 7, eight o'clock. At that time a board of directors will be elected and committees established to pro- ceed with the establishment of the museum, it should be emphasized that the purpose of the museum is to preserve the history not only of the town, but the surrounding rural community as well and the participation of farm and village residents will be vital to the development of a meaningful museum. 1be � s 11 ,ted to the hospital ltal P with face lacerations and abra- sions. Mrs. Isabel Delahunty of Wing - ham was hnjured Sunday, while a passenger in her husband's car. The vehicle apparently went off the read and hit the railroad tracks. Mrs. Delahunty was ad- mitted to the hospital with severe head lacerations. The last two accidents were investigated by the Wingham Town Police. Dominion Day postal service There will be no wicket service and no rural delivery on Do- minion Day, July 1. There will be a street letter box collection be- ginning at 1:45 p.m. and mail posted in the red receiver in front of the' post office will be dis- patched at 3 p.m. THE SCHOOL ASSEMBLY was the perfect occasion for the, perfect presentati�on'Fric morning when lan Mann and Evelyn During, two of the company of "The "Magic Bean-, stalk" presented principal John Mann with a gift for the school. The watercolor "On Top' . y' of the Rocks" by artist ,Guenter Heim was purchased with funds left over f roto' the, ' performance of the Wingham Public School play and will be prominently,displayed tn,the school. s uidance heads meet with education By Ross Haugh • The gludance heads of the five -Secondary schools an Huron t n y''met With the education committee of the Huron Board of Education Monday night of last week to discuss mutual prob- lems. In beginning the discussion Director of EducationD. J. Coch- rane said there is sometimes a misunderstanding or * difference of opinion on what guidance really is. Gord Smith of Central Huron said, "About 75 per cent of my time is spent in handing out in- formation. I see myself as the students' advocate or lawyer against the system." On the topic of guidance in- formation,' Jack Scaman of Goderich commented, "The chances of misinformation are very slight. The problem is when students only hear what they want to• hear." Jack Kopas of Wingham asked the trustees, "Do you think guidance counsellors should be- come more visible?" To this vice-chairman Herb Turkheim replied, . • "Parents; e gym, to • think students should` a into the.gu 'dance off ce end be told what they sliou'lionie: Guidance people should get out and tell about the • service. They could be available for public speaking." Ken Laughton of South. Hur nn said, "The students have guest expectations of the guidance departments. This goes for par- ents, too. Liaison is a very im- portant function of our job. We attempt to relate the students to their aims. Trustee Bob Elliott and Charlie Thomas expressed concern over students dropping vitarsubjects during . their school years thus shutting the doors to"some types of university courses. They were told by the guidance heads that parents must sign any consent to drop subject forms. Elliott replied, "I know there is so much public apathy. The onus is on parents but the problem is to get them to accept it." To this Jack Kopas of Wingham added, "There is a greater need for us to explain the situations to THREE MEDICAL STUDENTS are serving at the Wingham and District Hospital this summer` and judging by the difficulty encountered trying to get them for a picture, they'll be kept busy. They are: Man Fan Ho of Toronto; Keith Greenway of the University of Toronto; and Sandy McDonald from Queens University. Keith and Sandy are not un- acgUainted with small town life, since Keith is originally from Stoney Creek and Sandy is from Brussels. • parents," Gor Smith of, s st i st+ed co l �` sty "in ggrs►'de � We give guidance in grade tine and the top two grades ' but we j seem to go soft in years two and • three." Smith added that�Iuron has the slowest ratio of counsellors to students of any county in Ontario. "We would like to do more group work, but we need the staff," he added. Archie Dobson of Seaforth sug- gested to trustees that if they get ` complaints from parents, "You should ask if they have talked to the guidance people or the prin- cipal." Director Cochrane said, "Problems should be solved at the lowest level. Principals would welcome hearing from parents." Art blooms in hospital Summer is a 'erywhere right now, but there's one place that will have summer all year round from now on. And that's the Wingham and District Hospital. Butterflies cavort on the walls of the emergency waiting room, and flowers bloom on hallway, walls and in patients' rooms. The effect is delightful and cheery—a pleasant change from the habitual antiseptic atmosphere of most hospitals. 'The decorations, limited to the first floor for °now, are the in- spiration of the Wingham and District Hospital Auxiliary, specifically a committee of three women, Mrs. M. English, Mrs. Dorothy Conron and Mrs. Joe Kerr. The credit for the work, and there was much of it, says Mrs. English, belongs to three hospital employees: Mrs. Mildred Golley, Dave Hynes and Jack Plumb. Under the artistic direction of Mrs. English, these three have been working since October of last year to finish the first floor decorations. The scheme is totally color -co- ordinated, with individual color schemes for each room. With the first floor done, the "artists" will soon start on the second floor facilities. Mrs. English' estimates that it will take about two years to complete all the decorations. —Members of the session of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church conducted the Sunday morning worship service in the absence of the minister, Rev. R. H. Arm- strong, who is on vacation. Those participating were G. W. Cruick- shank, Fred McGee and Scott Reid. Murray Gaunt preached the sermon.