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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1975-11-20, Page 1The Ontario Medici.. eta, O believes in -obeying the law. This statement was made b 0M, district director Dr, d� to reference to the 0,M stand on the new inflation control progralm recently announced by 11' the federal government. Jr. Andrews, who represents MMA members in hex, Kent and faxnbton counties, was a guest speaker last Wednesday evening at a regular meeting of the Wingham ,and District Hos- pital Board of Governors. ""We're just as confused as everybody eIse," Dr. Andrews aid, "but within the act, up until today, we have no real quarrel with the controls as long as the same controls apply to every- body " Dr. Andrews explained that the It) M O is in the processof '�e'- m a fee schedule mor+ se for the omit* year and said Or OMA felt it might nnty Under' the . w.' act "for certain ,exeep Was," Ile said the OMA, has e4- operbted with the' government in previous years to keep fee in- creases to a xninimutn, "Now, we feel. we are on the short end of the stick," he added. "We believe in obeying the law," Dr. Andrews said. He sug- gested that the pew controls would not lead to any trouble with the government. ""There is no thought at all in Ontario among physicians at _ this time of with- drawal of service," he stated, explaining that such an action would result not from economic controls but, if at all, "on the basis of human rights infringe- ment." , Dr. Andrews said that if such n. 19ve beeagle Ile■essen- tial c ary,, l''O, $ice wed e n a 'oR medical 'caare� a Ontwuation' ""Never, never total withdrawal." A poasible source of potential trouble could be the OHIP pro- gt'ant, Dr. Andrews suggested. "l believe legislation which: would force doctors to stay in the plan would lead, to a confrontation with. government," he said. At the present, physicians are free to opt out of the OHIF pro- gram. Patients being treated by a non-OHIP doctor, however, have to pay 160 per cent of the medical costs with no reimbursement from the government. "`I don't think the public would accept that," Dr. Andrews added. He explained .that the OMA is advising physicians to leave the Fraser Haugh struck by car, now in, University Hospital Two persons were injured, one seriously, in accidents reported by the Wingham detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police last week. Fraser Haugh of Bluevale was seriously injured last Monday, Nov. 10, when he was struck by a car while walking across the roadway on County Road 12, north of Concession 3-4, Grey Township. Mr. Haugh was cross- ing the road and swerved to the left at the same time the vehicle swerved. The car was driven by Kenneth L. Ashton of Brussels. Mr. Haugh was admitted to the Wingham and District Hospital with lacerations to the face and scalp and injury to the cervical spine. He was transferred to Uni- versity Hospital in London last Wednesday. Glen Nixon of RR 5, Brussels was injured Saturday when his car struck and killed. a cattle - beast owned by Gordon Workman of Brussels. The mishap occurred on County Road 16, east of Side - road 15-16, Morris Township. Mr. Nixon was treated at the Wing - ham and District Hospital for laceratidns to the head and later released. Damage was estimated at $950. On Tuesday, Nov. 11, Wolfgang A. Friedel of RR 3, Palmerston Letter to editor reports good news "No news s good news" may t where •:#>a,truea in solve -cases, bid n ii iapap are cemented "no.. news"- is disastrous. Accidents, meetings, government reports on rising prices and strike an- nouncements: these, unfortu- nately, are the grist of the news mill. 'Unfortunately' - because these events don't really rep- resent the total life of the com- munity. The "good news" 'that makes life more than bearable for most people is 'usually taken for granted, rarely reported. Perhaps this reflects the opin- ion that "nice" things are com- monplace, everyday occur- rences, while "bad news" is un- usual, therefore newsworthy. If so, more power to the basic "goodness" of humanity. When the occasional piece of "good news" does reach our at- tention, however, it warrants a special place amid the disasters that usually make headline news. So our thanks to Mrs. Mabel Bos of RR 2, Wingham, who.,,brought this report of "good news" to our attention via a letter to the editor. To the Editor : This isn't the kind of news that makes the front page. It's not about rape, murder, strikes or in- flation. It's happy news for a change. My sister-in-law, her two young children and I were re- turning from delivering our hus- bands'1 parents to the Toronto International Airport for their re- turn trip to Holland. Our car broke down, still in sight of the Advance -Times welcomes two staff members The Advance -Times welcomes two new staff members who have joined us within the past couple of weeks. Mrs. Patricia VanWyck, for- merly of London and Ottawa, is a new member of the "front office" personnel. Although she has not previously been a resident of Wingham, she is familiar with this area. Mrs. VanWyck is a daughter of the late Louis Blake Duff, whose boyhood home was at Bluevale, and in later life was editor of the Welland newspaper and a widely -known historian and public speaker. Bill Crump comes back to his home town after quite a few years in Toronto and surrounding area. Bill is a son of Mrs. Jean Crump of Wingham and takes his place on our staff as advertising manager for the Crossroads divi- sion of the Wenger Bros. news- papers. Airport, on the 401. Another car th o ed.0 stopped, ' nd e lye k , .p nPPed and. -gentleman (for so he is) came tib see what our trouble was. We had to leave the car there, and he took us to his home in Milton, having first phoned his wife of the un- expected company. There we were invited to a lovely dinner, which, by the way, had been pre- pared for a business associate who couldn't come. The family included five children, too. My sister-in-law phoned her home to explain our delay, and I phoned for someone who could come for us. Then the gentleman phoned a local garage -man who could tow our car in and repair it. After that, he took us to the Mohawk Inn and asked the desk -clerk to let us wait there in the comfort of the lobby until my brother came. He would accept nothing for all his efforts and expense but our thanks, and two women and two Children so stranded had a lot to thank him for. By the way, this happened on Remembrance Day, and the man's ethnic origin was German. What do you think of that? Mrs. Mabel Bos, RR 2, Wingham, Ont. A Christmas Wonderland on Leopold Street Area residents, particularly the children, will be happy to know that 'Fred Porter, Leopold St., is busy erecting his "`out of this world" Christmas display on his lawn, on his house and on his roof. Last year Fred was forced to forego the display, due to lack of help. However this year his former housekeeper, Mrs. Mary Cox, is returning from Chatham for a couple of weeks to lend a hand. The several hundred items in- volved require several weeks for painting and erection on the property. -Mrs.Poodo,e4a4 Janet Walker of Wing - ham accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Henning as they drove to Stratford last Friday afternoon to visit Lloyd Walker who has been a patient in the hospital there since October 1. He is improving favorably and if his condition continues to improve he will return home by ambulance this coming Friday or Saturday. was involved in a single -car mis- hap when the right front wheel of the car dropped off the roadway, causing the car to skid into a ditch and roll onto its .side. The accidentoccurred on $ighway 87, west of Gorrie. Damage was :esti- mated at $350. That same day, Bryan M. Hogg of Wingham was involved in a single -car accident on Highway 86, west of the Bluevale Road junction, when his car went off the side of the road and hit a guy wire. Estimated damage/ was $300. James E. Adams of Bluevale and Gregory. M. Snow of Hamil- ton were involved in a collision Wednesday on Highway 86, east of Huron County Road 13, Turn - berry Township. Total damage was estimated at $1,000. A single -car accident was re- ported that day on Concession 2-3; east of Sideroad 15-16, Morris Township, when a car driven by Cheryl E. Kuepfer of RR 1, Brun- ner went Into tic�s Sou . telvan iwn r a. n $txucl;, a fence 4 eco y �. Thomas of RR 4, Wingham. Damage was estimated at $625. Another single -car accident was reported Thursday on Con- cession 8, east of Highway 4, Morris Township. The driver of the car was Douglas R. Somers of RR 3, Blyth. Damage was esti- mated at $150. Richard J. Wright of London and Robert C. Connor of Sarnia were involved in a collision Fri- day on Highway 86 at the junction of Huron Road 12, Grey Town- ship. Total damage was esti- mated at $2,000. Richard McGlynn of Teeswater was involved in a single -car acci- dent that same day on Highway 86, east of the Huron Road 12 junction, when the left rear tire „blew, forcing the car into a ditch. Damage was estimated at $125. A collision was reported Satur- day on Concession 2-3, west of Sideroad 10-11, Howick • Town- ship, involving Bruce Hutchison of RR 2, Gorrie and Dennis E. Horton of RR 3, Palmerston, Estimated damage was $700. Il pl'ograxn :a." tera ,10 th` Interests should. be i;404)(1 O.UIP. " Dr. .Andrews advice is bas41 00 an. cil policy of `dere, total government 'e o►ntrOL He said the MIA eXecUtiii suggested an alternative based on, a "patient Partici factor" whereby ,the pati would PO 80 per eafit of medical cosh, with 0l� ing the additional Viper ems; plan is not favored by politic at this time, he conelticled. Dr. Andrews Said shares the public concern, increasing medical coat, stated thatthe picture. is •4► what distorted. "Health cost a k not really rising out of proportiottil with national prod' ctivity," explained, citing ,p raUv& figures of a 17.8 perventincre in the gross national pr from 1971 to 1975 while the_pert, tentage of physician :seryic -y, costs as a fraction of the +G decreased. The image of doctors as " cats" is also distorted, Dr,' drews said. He explained that average figure for physician' services has only increased Yby about 20 per cent since 1970x`aitil compared to an increase in 0710 general spectrum of 50 to 64 per cent. He presented figures pub lashed in a Toronto Star comparing doctors' wages ` those of other selected profess sions. While MPs recorded a .fin per cent increase in real incbntd° from 1970 to 1975, Ontario fanny'. doctors recorded a 23 per cent= crease. The Canadian avert* increase was cited at 16 per cent for this time period. r: Additional figures place the Ontario family doctor at the $10.50 -per -hour level as com- pared to $52.50 for big comfy "THE LITTLE RED HEN BAKES BREAD'° was the title of the Bluevale II skit during the 4-H Achievement Day program Saturday at Madill. "The Little Red Hens" are: front, chicks Valerie Peel, Mary Anne Nicholson, Vickey Peel, Vicki Steckly; back, fox Helen (Web, cat V4cky East, little red hen Barb Chamber and dog Louise Stamper. The group leaders are Mrs. Thelma Peel•and Mrs. Marjorie Steckly. tlittbant Abbancit. VM FIRST SECTION Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, November 20, 1975 Single Copy Not Over ,c executives, $37 for airline old of pilots and $15.25 for MPs. Dr.' D.Separate c do a rowes � were also misrepresentative since most surveys do not inclttde physicians on a salary of . less than $20,000 net annually, thus 'S throwing the average into a higher bracket than is realistic. Dr. ,Andrews gave no sugges- tion on how. much physicians d+veearn:- "That's a very=; very hard question til Wer`a' He explained the O - -con- • structed .the fee sched a on a "fee for service principle." .I The OMA, founded in 180, represents about 80 pet cent o1 an estimated 13,000 p sicians' in Ontario. It is a volth ary organi- zation with no real authority. • 91:5,000 in building 'projects By Wilma Oke The Huron Perth Roman ' b bol Board Cathdltc Separate ;�h. rh -set tiriorities tor $00,600 -in 1976 and for $445,000 in 1977 school im- provement projects at the board's November meeting. The boarci accepted the recom- mendation that the first task should be providing accommoda- tion at St. Michael's School, Stratford, by alterations to class - W ingham town council holds special meeting The Wingham Town Council met for a special meeting last Wednesday, evening to discuss two propositions of a survey pre- pared by consulting engineer B. M. \Ross. Also present at the meeting were E. Czarnecki, Archibald Forsyth and Marc Bell from the Ministry of the Environ- ment. They recommended the second plan to council, which would authorize the construction of a gravity sewer from the pump house to James Street, on to Shut- er and Charles Streets and into a hook-up with the trunk sewer on Joseph Street. Financing for the project can be arranged with the ministry who will collect the money from the town over a period of years. In other byysiness, council ap- proved tenders to be called for the construction of the new Da3 Care Centre.. REMEMBRANCE DAY was extra special for these young people who were confirmed last Tuesday during a special evening service at the Wingham Sacred Heart Church. Most Rev. John Sherlock, auxiliary Bishop of London, officiated at the service. rooms 1 and 2 for industrial arts, to classrooms 3 and 4 for home ec ono its and con tp ao gym;inai .Y to provide 'a music room, including equipment for each at an esti- mated cost of $125,000. The second project, St. Josephs School, Stratford, is providing a general purpose room, change rooms, health room, general storage and administrative a estimated to cost $240,000. The third project calls for th purchase of three. new. buses (replacements) at an estimated cost of $45,000. The fourth recommendation is a site purchase adjoining Im- maculate Conception School in Stratford estimated to cost $60,000. For 1977 the capital forecast calls for an addition at St. Am- brose School, Stratford, of a library resource centre, general purpose room, change brooms, health room, general storage and administrative area to cost $320,000 and at St. Boniface School, Zurich, a library resource centre, change rooms, plus alterations to existing reading centre and principal's office for administrative area and storage respectively. Dublin trustee Joseph Looby expressed disappointment that St. Patrick's School, Dublin, was not included in the forecast. Jack Lane, superintendent of business and finance, said the 184 -pupil St. Patrick's School would not qualify for a library re- source centre until enrolment in- creased, as the Ministry of Education calls for an enrolment of 210 pupils or six classrooms for the centre. "we must*91 4 bt ', id need for thed' �.� . r. t. whew P �ee� Wingham trustee,- WU /1%a Kinahan said he found it difficult to support the forecast, with the 133 -pupil Sacred Heart School, Wingham, included in the 1974 forecast for a library resource centre, special education class- room, change rooms and general storage, has been dropped in this +. list. "There is supposed to " ua op, 'rtunities for all stu- dents," . . . Kinahan said. Mr. Lane : ssured him that the forecast i based on ministry of educatiorrguidelines, and that the Wingham school would not be one to get the ministry's blessing. Salary increases of $2,400 were given to John Vintar, director of education, raising his salary to $35,400 effective August 1, 1975, and to Joseph Tokar, superinten- dent of special services, raising his salary to $29,400 effective September 1, 1975.. Stratford trustee Howard Shantz remarked that these in- creases were within the guide- lines set by the government. Trustee John O'Drowsky of St. Marys commended both Mr. Vintar and Mr. Tokar for staying within the guidelines although their salaries were set prior t the ministry restrictions. Named to the ad hod salary negotiating committee for teach- ers were board members: Donald Crowley, RR 2, Gadshill, Arthur Haid, RR 4, Listowel, Gregory Fleming, Crediton, and Howard Shantz, Stratford, and their appointments were effec- MVCA's grant will fund four workers WROXETER - Work started Nov. 17 on several projects of the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority to use up $13,809 ap- proved for the authority as' a Local Initiative Program grant. The federal funds will be used in several places owned by the MVCA. In Morris Township some of the money will be used to remove an old building and construct a road- way. to the main facilities on con. 4 where the authority recently bought 210 acres. A number of old trees will also be removed from the site. At the authority's Wawanosh Conservation Area, trees will be removed, and new tree manage- ment programs started. Equip- ment will be installed in an old barn at the site to facilitate better storage of young trees intended for transplanting in the spring. If the weather isn't suitable for the outdoor projects, the MVCA plans to use its four men indoors repairing picnic tables from MVCA parks and other area parks, and building playground equipment. This will be done at the MVCA's maintenance build- ing at the Falls Reserve area near Benmiller in Huron County. In the original application for a grant, 522,000 had been requested and the authority planned to hire six men or women for the work. Because of the reduced budget, only four people will be hired for the work that is expected to take until the end of April. The MVCA had planned to do some work at the old mills in Gorrie and Brussels to protect there from vandals, but this will have to wait. A total of 96 man hours will be paid for by the grant. r Live immediately. A� borrowaing:by-lam for° fi :wa sseit�► s.. lm the remainder of the year. Mr. Lane reported the renova- tions to the new board office post- ing $30,000 and the. moving costs of $5,000 were as budgeted. • Mr. O'Drowsky presented a de- tailed report of the ad hoc curri- culum review committee and the committee was disbanded after being commended for the, work. carried out in the study. The board adopted the imple- mentation procedure of the ad hoc coinmittee on early school leaving, and appointed William Kinahan and David Teahen to the committee. The board approved a request from the principals' association that copies of approved board minutes and the agenda be sent to each priitcipal within the system to be posted on the staff bulletin board. Mr. Lane reported that the por- table classroom at St. Aloysius School was rented to the Perth County Board of Education at a rent of $1,000 from January to June 1976 and all moving ex- penses borne by the Perth Board. He said ' the portable will be moved this week. Three villages join toll-free calling area Long distance charges for tele- phone calls between the Wing - ham ("357") exchange and the Brussels, Gorrie and Teeswater exchanges will no longer apply beginning December 1, Lee Anne Stanley, local Bell Canada manager, said last Week. Extension of the local calling area is being made in co-opera- tion with three other telephone companies: Maitland Teleser- vices Ltd., which operates the Brussels exchange; Wightman Telephone Ltd., which operates the Gorrie exchange and South Bruce Rural Telephone Co. Ltd., which operates the Teeswater exchange. Wingham subscribers ap- proved the expansion plan for local calling in a survey two years ago. Wingham presently has local calling with Lucknow. Monthly 'rates in the Wingham exchange will go up December 1 because of the expanded calling area, Mrs. Stanley said: an in- dividual residential line from $4.40 to $4.65; a residential two- party line from $3.35 to $3.55; a residential multi-party line from $3.25 to $3.35 and an individual business line from 58.20 to $9.35.