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Volunteer Servic� Group Pians I
Aid At New Ontario Hospital
A new vo1,unteer service
group is being organized in
Huron County to provide a sort
of Auxiliary service for the new
Ontario Hospital, scheduled to
open in October.
Mr. Curtis Smout, field rcpre-
sentative of the , Canadian Meg;
tal Health Association, presid-
ed at the initial meetin€; in
Huron County Court House
Thursday afternoon. Mr. Spout
outlined the need and the` pur-
poses of the proposed, Huron
County branch of the C.14I.H.A.
He stated that the branch 'would
divide • its activities between
patient visitations and the pro-
blems of patient rehabilitation.
An additional interest would
be the promotion of urgently
,.,«needed research, in mental
health treatment, and 'art effort
to acquaint the public with a
better understanding of mental
health problems.
Dr. J. N. Hagan, superintend-
ent of the new Goderich Ontario
Hospital, explained the overall
operation of • his new charge
and corrected the current im-
pression that the hospital_ would
be devoted to child patients.
Dr, Hagan stated that this was
the origilnal plan but that the
Department of -Health had
changed its policy and that he
expected very few patients who
would be under the age of 15
v'r 16 years. -
Dr. Hagan said that the in-
itial accommodation of 300 beds
Would- be about equally divided
between residential patients,
who require hospital care for
long periods, and those who en-
ter the hospital fpr shorter
stays. He further said that one
of the reasons for establishing
new Ontario Hospitals through-
out the Province was to decent-
ralize treatment -of mental pat-
ients and to facilitate visiting
by their relatives. He express
ed his anticipation' of "a co-
operative local branch of the
C.M.H.A.
Mr. -Smout • ask.ed those pre-
-sent to each bring an addition-
al person to:•the next meeting,
with some emphasis on the
need for clergy, nurses, doctors
and teachers, as well as laymen,
within the branch organization.
An extensive membership•event-
u.aliy will be required, involy-
inethe establishment of .a White
Cross 'Center devoted to rehab-
ilitation and to assist patients
in re -adjusting to a normal so-
cial, life. This, stated Mr. Smout,
would be of great assistance to
the psychiatrists and doctors in
treatment of the mentally. ill.
He then gave a detailetl ex-
planation of the function of his
association.
The Canadian Mental Health
Association is a national volun-
tary citizens' organization work-
ing to -combat mental illness
and ° advance mental health.
Founded in 1918, the associ-
ation has over 100,000 members
actively operating a program
of prevention of mental iliness.
This service is based upon com-
munity action for the improve-
ment of service to the mentally
ill patient as well as ex -patient
services and research.
Mr. Smout- states that with
-the, new Ontario Hospital .about
to be opened, -there is a need
for better understanding of
mental illness. Many of the
problems of .the mentallyill
are created -because -people do
not understand that mental ill
ness like physical illness, can
£trike anyone at any time... One
out of ten persons will suffer
some, form of mental illness
during his lifetime. , Mental
illness like physical illness, can
be cured normally within a
period of from four to 'five
t;
months, under proper treat-
ment.
The new Ontario Hospital
will, accommodate approximate• I
ly 300 patients. Because of the l
false stigma attached to mental'
illness, through lack of under-
standing, it must be expected
that many o these patients ' will
have lost contact with friends
-and relatives. Mr. Smout stat -
__
ed; "Across Ontario, approxim-
ately one-third of the more
than 22,000 patients in mental
hospitals, •-a-re out of contact -
with friends or relatives." A
local branch of the Canadian
Mental Health Association ,will
assist the -hospital in enlisting
volunteers- to visit and become
friends with the patients.
As the branch develops, the
program will enlarge to provide
complete public information
through speakers, committees,
discussion groups, public meet-
ings, plus seminars and work-
shops for certain special groups
of people.' °Volunteer services
to the patient and family will
be developed to meet the local
situation and to assist ex -pat-
ients in returning to normal
life with a minimum of dif-
ficulty.
Attending Thursday's meet-
ing, apart from Mr. Smout and
Dr. Hagan, were Dr. R. M. Al-
dis, of the Huron County Health
Unit; Rev. Father Moynahan,
of St. Peter's Roman Catholic
Church; James Coulter, County
School Inspector; Mayor .Eldred
Simmons, of Exeter; Gerald
Godbolt, Exeter, secretary of the
Lions Club; Reuben Brubacher,
lay preacher, Clinton; Miss
Clare McGowan, of the Child-
ren's Aid - Society; Pylrs. N. C.
Cardno, Seaforth, .and Mr. and
Mrs. C. D. Lloyd, 'Wingham.
A further meeting is planned
ford September, at -which time.
persons interested in serving
their community and their less
fortunate fellow citizens will
have an opportunity to learn.
more about this phase of the
Canadian Mental Health Associ-
ation and its work.
SEEK TO CHANE NAME
OF CLINTON 'OLLEGIATE
CLINTON. A change .of
of narhe is being sought for
Clinton District Collegiate. I n-
atitute. T- he school board is request -
Mg, attthority from the Ontario
.Department of Education to
change the official name of the
school to "Central Huron Com-
posite School."
There will be 30 teachers on
the Staff at the Clinton school
in September in addition to the
principal, D: John Cochrane.
Last school terra,, there were
26' teachers on the staff. Latest
teacher to be. hired is Mrs. B.
A. Monroe, Port Credit, for -the,
commercial department
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'DETNTISTS
The ' Godearieh -Sigi a1,Star,' ' htiraday r August
°, For flick t'esults- 'ty a aaesifiec
Huron County has the lowest
dentist -population ratio in
southern Ontario and one of •
the lowest in , the entire pro-
vinee.
'This ;is revealed in the bidet
recently submitted to the Royal
„or mission on Health Services
by the Royal College of Dental
Surgeons of •orita}rio and the
'Onitario Dental Aspeiatton.
Huron, with a populatioi of
48,882, has only 12 dentists
within its borders, giving it a
ratio of one dental surgeon to
every 4,054 persons.
This is almost double the On-
tario average of one dentist
Dc for every 2,396 persons.
isinterest In ( Here are some other com-
parisons:
E'MO. Seen Here
Like' the` peoplee of old who
disdained passage in Noah's
Ark, most Huron residents, or l
at least their councils, hang'
back from participation in the
emergency measures organiz-
ation. "
•
"The co-ordinator , • is upset
that different municipalities, in-
cluding Goderich, have-not gone
ahead- and made definite plans,"
Reeve Walkom reported on Fri-
day evening. "He is, possibly
not getting the co-operation he
believes he should have.
"Wingham and Exeter have
appointed co-crdinators," the
reeve told council. "The coun-
ty co-ordinator is ,counting on
having a meeting the last week
of September or early in 'Oc-
tober, at which he will have
the mayor' and the members
of the EMO committee of coun-
ty council and Dr Aldis.
"We are smug in thinking
danger is a long way off, but
this organization has to do not
only with a nuclear blast but a
disaster of any kind. It w•oulkl
be well at our next regular
meeting to try to get some. per-
son to act as co-ordinator for
the towns and •get a setup of
some kind-. They will all be
volunteers."
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Middlesex
Perth
Bruce
Grey
1/2,316
113,320
1/3,449
1 / a,290
Lambton ' .. 1/3;507
York County 1/1,641
blutkoka 1/1,869
The brief suggests that a ra-
tio of one ,doctor to every 1,600
persons is considered ideal. To
reach this standard, Huron
would need to increase.- the
number of its dentists by 21/_
times to give it a total of 30.
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BAYFIELD' CHURCH'S
60th ANNIVERSARY
BAYFIELD. — St. Andrew's.
' United Church here is celebrat-
ing its 60th anniversary on Sun -
I day, .August 12. Guest speaker -
will be Rev. Gordon Kurtz,
! Rochester, N:Y., who is vaca-
tioning at a cottage here. A
new minister, Rev. A. G.. Pease;
was recently inducted to the
charge.
! Actually, the - congregation
was established in 1875 under
the ministry of Rev. Alex,. Me -
Kidd, of Goderieh. • Byi:-1902
there were• 50 families. Archi-
tect for the new -building was
J. A•. Fowler, Goderich.
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In 1961 corporation taxes took
$1.6 billion of 'the' $3,4 billion
profit earned by Canadian in-
dustry,
VICTORIA ST. GROUP
Unit I Victoria Street Unit-
ed Church held' their inonthly
meeting Monday, July 23, in
the church in th4. form of a
picnic with' 16 members and
seven visitors.' After a sump-
tuous lunch, a short dkwotion
and business meeting was led
by Vera Larder. Toe theme
was "Our Church and oil C
r om-
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that the ,August meeting be can- Tel. 129R
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