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rich Signal -Star, Thursday, November 29, 1962
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Chronic Ptiets
Prove Problem
Something must be done soon
about chi onie patients, and
nursing homes may be ' e `an-
swer, .Bohn Schaefer told eoun
ty council in a ' report upon
Alexandra Marine and General
Hospital. -
"'1'h, board has approachod
the .Hospitals Commission for
Permission to build," he said
"and at present has not receive
Noticed a letter to the editor I years, but is thinking 'better of ed if: If we tear down tin old
1 t 1 buildings we will not get rs
the other clay that suggested
congregations should give their
a hearty round of ay,
if they enjoyed his ser-
mon. At first, the idea appeal
ed to me. Many a time, in
church I've been completely
carried away by the sernro.r.
In fact, on several occasions,
I've been carried right out of
this world. To dreamland.
r
it as the pearly gates Dora• many beds as we take dot, and
' ," probably the use of active tre..t-
People want their parson to meat beds for chronic patients
be a leader in the community,, will not be allowed. Possibly
but, if he expressespa firm Dein- it should be the responsibility
'on on ,anything outside the of county council or totni C01111-
doors
oondoors of the church, he is a cit; it is something that w 1
an interfering busybody, and have to be faced eventually,
"He'd better remember where and nursing homes seem to• he
h.s money comes from." the answer. There is none in
� town at present."
For a salary a little above Rated bed capacity of the
On second thought, however, that of a laborer he is expected Goderich hospital is 95-71 ac
the notion of applause for a to be a public relations experi,
sermon lost ,its appeal. Suppos- psychiatrist big brolb.er, wJ,rl witl tiye 22 treatment bassinnd 24 chIn r nit,
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ing the minister got a 'real storm ing wall, youth leader and build there were 1,59'Fpatients, 80.9`
of hand -clapping. There's al ing inspector on week days, .a '
Thomas Aquinas. on Sunday. , occupancy, and "once or twice
ways •the chance that he would q 1 there were beds in the hall.k
beam happily, hold up his hand "Yes, but he gets' a free house, -Use of the hospital has lir
like a 5•V .comic, pull another howl his parishioners. The free 'creased," Mr. Schaefer said,
sermon out "of the sleeve of house is usually a vast, drafty
his cassock, and give us a 30• barn, which the minister hay
minute encore. half enough furniture to 6111
;,: ,: • and half enough furnace to
With the knowledge that the heat.
roast was odorificating at hone, There are a lot of dander -
the gastric juices would flow
heads, crashing bores and out
like` Niagara Falls, and the cora-
sequent rumbling of stomachs right incompetents in the ranks
would be horrible to contem-
plate, frightful to listen to, and
destructive to any facade of
of the clergy. But, on the
whole, they are men with a
high purpose in life, tormented
holiness that we'd managed to and frustrated by the thorny
elect.
Then, on- the other hand, it
would be only fair, if we were,
to applaud with gusto for stir-
ring sermons, that we should
he able to express our disap-
proval in the customary man- Maayor E. C. Fisher, who as
ner, by booing, stamping and usual satin on the final sessionwhistling, if we'didn't like what f County Council, was called
pact of rousl�g some of our o
the piarson said. And the pros- upon fpr a_words,few ords, and con
soundest sleepers with such an gratulated° Warden McCutcheon
outburst instead of the meliow
tones of the organ, is fraught
with heart attacks, strokes, and
apoplexy. We'd need a crew of
trained stretcher-bearers in a
day when 'you can hardly bet
sidesmen.
perversities of human nature
among their flocks. Most, in
their .modest way, ars heroes
and 1 salute them, if not with
reverent awe, at least with a
hearty respect:
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CONGRATULATES WARDEN
Can't you imagine the jolt
you'd get as you sat there hap-
pily nodding, if .some hardened
sinner whd disapproved of the
sermon on sin came out with
a mighty "BOO100-00" right in
your ear? You might very
easily fall off the bench, simul-
taneously uttering ani expletive
that–would–irxevdr-ably-consign.
you to the fiery regions from
which the sermon had just tried
to save you.
Nope, wed be much better to
leave things As they are, and
greet the end of the Sermon
with the same old hawking,
coughing, snuffling and glove-
Searching=fpr 06 we do now.
It fy lg
l
live often felt that being a
preacher must be one of the
toughest propositions in mod-
ern society. He has enough
problems to make - anyone take
refuge in blasphemy, but he
can't. He knows enough inside,
stuff to blast the parish wide
open, but he has to keep mum,
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Some of his parishioners get
sore if he doesn't visit than
regularly. Others turn,' out the
lights and refuse to, answer the
door when they see him coming.
Still others invite him in, which
1s probably the worst fate of
`all. °
ill. *
° le' can sit° down and wait
until the television .show is
over. Or he can drink a, gallon
of tea with some old girl who's
only too willing to get the knife
into him "the minute he leaves.
Or he can sit by -.the bedside
of some old reprobate who
hasn't been to church in 50
. P
MY_ IIORN
ISN'T WORKING
upon the council's prospective
operatinsurplus. '
"We have had good repre-
sentation from, Goderich this
year, I believe," he said, "ainl
I would not be surprised if we
had the "same representation
next year. We' -look forward to
the same co-operation between
county' and town."
Goderich was represented on
county council this year by
Frank Welkom, reeve, and Mrs.
May Mooney, deputy reeve.
WANT ADS,
"possibly due to the hospitaliz-
ation plan. In 195.84 there were
21,000 patient -days, in 1959 this
rose to°24,00.0, in 1960 to 26,001;1
and last year to 27,000. One-
third of patient -days represent-
ed chronic patients in 1961.
Qperatink cost was ,reported
as.
as. $409;625, with an approx-
imate rate per bed of $15"12
(active treatment) w ieh is be.
low average. Of this . amount,
$9.95 is for salaries, $1.23 for
food. including dishes.
"There has been less burden
on the municipality for care of
indigents since the Hospitaliz-
ation Act came' into effect,"'
council was told.
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