HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-12-04, Page 37IC4
"I wonder what the poor
people are doing today?"
murmured my fishing mate, as
we lay back on a bed of moss,
our bellies stuffedwith fried
fillet of pickerel, looked up at a
huge blue sky and slit a
cigarette.
We had just finished a shore
dinner, prepared by our guide,
and had nothing in the world to
do but have a little rest and gd
back and catch some more fish.
No wives nattering, children
squabbling, telephone ringing,
tires squealing, nelivspapers
blatting headlines.
No decisions to-' make,
disputes - to handle, com-
promises to make, people to get
sorted out, problems to solve.
' It may not be paradise, but
Northern Saskatchewan makes
a pretty fairapproximation to
it, if you like fishing, and clean,,/
air, and a complete lack of
tension, noise and pollution.
Some Of the weekly
newspaper people had elected
to go on -a fishing trip in some of
the best fishing country in the
'world. It was like asking a
--boozer to go on a, wine -tasting
trip through Soutl rn France.
We were guests of the
Saskatchewan Department of
Tourism and Renewable
Resources, quite a mouthful.
And fine hosts they were. They
supplied transportation, ac-
commodation, boats and
guides..All we had to buy was
,our food.
• Don't ever tell me again that
-Saskatchewan means endless
miles of prairie. More than half
the province makes up some of
the most striking wilderness in
Canada, •thousands of "square
miles of lakes and forest. ,
And they're not just bragging
about that fishing. I had read of
it, and seen some of it on
television. It's real. Time and
agaih you'll see two, or even
three people in one boat, all.
with a fish on''the line,
Some of the fish -hogs from
Ontario were literally
hysterical 'alter half a day's
fishing.'
It begins like this. The guide
takes you out to,a spot,• and you
troll slowly. o• In five minutes
you've caught a pike that would
have delighted you back home.
"Better throw it back. Let
him grow up," .mutters the
guide, laconically. You are
ready to clutch that four -pound
pike to your breast and cry,
tearfully,: "Nobody's gonna get.
• this baby away from me." Too
late. The guide has unhooked
the fish and.let it swim away.
In the next 10 minutes, you've
thrown back . four, about the
same size. Suddenly, your
fishing partner ties into a good
one, and with a lot of reel -
screeching and general ex-
citement, he lands one about
nine pounds. "Yeah, we'll keep
da"t one. He's not bad," says the
guide gloomily. And so on..
Same with pickerel. If you hit
a hot. spot, you can "fill up.,"
that is, catch your quota for the
day, in half an hour.
Quotas are generous, and
there are no fewer than 12
species of game fish in the
province.
So .much for the fishing. It's
so good . that a four-year-old
chimpanzee or an 84 -year-old
senile grandmother could catch
fish. I know. I caught one over
nine pounds. He was only seven
when we netted him, but he's
been growingdsteadily since.
Aside.fronf the fishing, there
is the, magnificent feeling of
,being away from it all. Miles
and `miles and miles of clean
water and thousands of acres of -
bush, ,and little old you right in
the middle of it.
h,r4:.4
'Most of the northern lakes insisted on making a shore
have .only a few outfitters dinner forme.
located on them, and the Highlight of my whole trip,
government, to cheers from perhaps, was 'an hour's flight •..
me, is not leasing more shore over the, area, at fairly low
property. Without government level, with Bernard Martin at
intervention I can, see these the controls_He flies an ancient
beautiful, lonely lakes ravaged but sturdy Aeronca, and it was
by mdtor-boats, ringed with my first flight in a small, Light
cottages, and soggy with aircraft for many a year. ,My
pollution in a, very few years. wife would have Had a stroke if
With 20 -odd assorted bodies, she'd seen her old boy climb
men, women and children, and into that.
amost congenial group we It was quite.a thrilling flight,
wet. , I was dropped off, after a with a view -of lakes and islands
bone -rattling, seven -hour bus- as far as you could see. It was
ride, at Jan Lake, ., made even more exciting by
We were all pretty pooped, the facts that I had "ho
and I hit the jackpot. It was my Parachute, there was only one
engine, there was no place to
first experience of that
land if the motor conked, ex-
renow ed western hospitality, cept on ,a lake. And we had. no
My ho tess, Mrs. jean Martin,
showed me to a fine, modern, pontoons. r, -
log cabin, completely outfitted One other circumstance
with ev - rything including, in- ° made t`he whole trip a •good one.
door wa erworks and sleeping My fishing companion was
robin. for eight. I had it all to , Barry Wenger of Wingham; a,
myself. t was. like walking friend' of 25 years. It was just by
deep into he jungle and being' accident wea thrown
shown to a ' oom at the Ritz. together; but I glad.
The Ma tins couldn't do There's nothing quite s.o`
enough fo - me. They don't harrowing `' as- spending two
serge food t 'their camp (you• days in a boat with someone
cook your o n) but insisted I who gets on your nerves, ,
eat all my eals with them, Barry -and I had a great,time,
and refused any payment. talking about our grand -
Garnet, the husband, and 'children, and agreeing that we
Bernard, No. 1 °• on, fixed me up get bigger fish than this back. on
with a cap, a ja ket, a fishrod the Bruce Peninsula.
and tackle, nn
Mrs. Martin ,
50 year of marriage
Administr�t�r says.....
(continued from Page 6B)
have.had some deep ,and long-
standing concerns and feel
that the hospital is of course,
a very efficient place to ob-
tain health care. However, it
is economically inefficient
when one considers the dif-
ference in costs relative to
gaining the same service in
the prirrlary care sector as
opposed to being treated in
the hospital emergency
department.
"This of course, is a small
area of health care ex-
penditure which when one
considers the total cost of the
program in the province.
"For instance Mr.` Miller
mentioned during his
presentation to the Ontario
Hospital Association Con-
vention that in order to stand
still for 1976, that is not to
increase the level of service
above thit of 1975, due to
increased costs of both labor
and material required an.
additional 600, ,million ddllats
over and above that which it
is going to cost for 1975.
"Of' this 600 million, 480'
million will be- required for
hospital services. That's a lot
of money!
"Going back to my original
point, the fact that to see° a
doctor in his' office may cost
the provincial health plan
approximately $7:00. That
same visit for the same
purpose in a hospital
emergency department,
womiild cost in the area' of.-
$35.00 for the same purpose.
"This of course, is taking'
Coup celebrate anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. J. erton
( Bert) Mills ' held an open
house on November 25 at
their•", • residence., k 215
Palmerston Street, Goderi h,
on the occasion of their,.5 cth
wedding anniversary.
They were married o
November 25, 1925, in Auburn
Presbyterian Manse, Auburn,
with the Rev. A. R. Alp of-
ficiating:
The bride, the •former
Gladys ,Roberton,,, is the
daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. William J. Roberton,
Auburn. The groom's parents
were the late Mr. and Mrs.
John Mills,Auburn.
Mr. and Mrs. Mills have
resided in Goderichfor the
past 50 years.
The couple have one
daughter,. Norine Frances,
who resides in Hagersville,
four grandchildren and one
great,granddaughter.
A family dinner for 30
guests was held at the Can-•
dlelight Restaurant •on
unday, November '231rd. The
t z ble was attractively set,
c - tred with wedding cake,
go d. candles, and floral
arr'. ngement, gifts of neigh-
_ bors - nd friends...
At e head table were the
wedding party of fifty years
•agp.
• With, the celebrants were
the bridesmaid, Mrs. Mills'
sister, Mrs. Spence Irwin;
and the groomsman, .brother
of the groom, Mr.- E. R.
" "Ted"' 'Mills. The bride and
her bridesmaid wore cor-
sages of gold 'chrysan-
themum; the groom and
groomsman had gold
boutonnieres. ..
Guests were present • fedm
Pembroke", Hagersville,
Toronto, • Selkirk, Seaforth,
• Wingham, Auburn, Lucknow
and Goderich.
Congratulatory , messages
were received from Governor
General and Mrs. Leger,
Robert Stanfield and Robert
McKinley.
A plaque from the Province
of Ontario was presented by
.Jack Riddell, MPP -for Huron-
- Middlesex, •and a lovely floral
ar'rangernent was received
from the Town of Goderich.
MR. AND MRS. J. BERTON MILLS
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formation about your new
location. The Hostess will be,
glad to arrange your subscrip-
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CaII her at 524-2057
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into consideration the cost
involved for the provision of
all the hospital facility, staff,
equipment, Supplies etc. and
the doctor's fee for that
particular purpose. -9
"We see, that • there is a
difference of '428.00 for the
same type of service yet we
see the growth of the use of
gmergency facilities an-
nually. I must say while we
must continue to provide the
most adequate and exem-
plary level of ' care in.„
hospitals, in this instance, big
is not necessarily good, but if
,required, and I emphasize the
word „required, it is not
necessarily bad either,
"It is up to the public to
recognize that the returnto a
more rational approach to
health care must be ad-
dressed directly. ,and they
must consider why they are
going to see a doctor, why
they are attending a hospital
and why" 'they are utilizing
what they consider to be.free
medical services when in fact
there ,'is nothing free about
these services.
"They cost money, they
cost money wilt of- your
pocket, my. pocket and
everybody's pocket., in the.,
province, paid for in 1975 less
than 20 percent of the total
health care costs.
"The additional: 80+ per-
cent is direct taxation dollars
and if we are concerned with
the escalation of our taxes,
we must start in every area
that we can •and in my par-
ticular area of concern health
care and the utilization of it is
one of th.e most essential
areas -to begin."
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