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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1962-11-29, Page 144 `,The n rich Signal -Star, Thursday, November 29, 1962 Ilffir,Wrintim SVGA' Sicn. ll BYBill, Smiley '1° 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, 61 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: • 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, * * * 6 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. 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