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AUXILIARY DONATION—The Auxiliary to the Wingham
and District Hospital recently donated a $2,500 ECG
recorder for use in the hospital operating room. Dr.
Marie Gear, one of the staff anesthetists, said the latest
donation means the operating room here now is as well
equipped as those in large hospitals. The ECG recorder
monitors heartbeat while a patient is on the operating
table and provides a printout of any irregularities_ With
Dr_ Gear is Auxiliary President Noreen Gnay.
Bishop confirms.thre�
honors retiring rector
The Right Rev. Morse C.
Robinson, bishop suffragan
of the Diocese of Huron, con-
ferred the rite of confirma-
tion on three young people at
St_ Paul's Anglican Church
on Sunday morning. Con-
firmands were Yvonne
Trapp, Tim Lewis and
Trevor Agombar, who were
presented for confirmation
by their rector, Rev. John
Swan. Parents are Mr. and
Mrs. Steve Trapp, Mr. and -
Mrs. Ed Lewis and Mr. and
Mrs. Wayne Agombar.
Epistle for the day was
read by Mr. Lewis and, the
lessons were read by Mr.
Agombar and the rector. Mr_
Trapp acted as the bishop's
chaplain.
In his address to the con-
gregation and the confirm -
REV JOHN SWAN was honored at a retirement party
hosted by the parishioners of St. Paul's Anglican
Church, Wingham, Sunday evening. Rev. Swan has
been at St. Paul's for the last six years and during his
time in Wingham also served on town council_ Rev. and
Mrs. Swan are moving to Hanover to spend their retire-
ment_
Local boy to a
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in r • _= ning play at Blyth
"Michael is a born actor,"
claimed Director Miles
Potter of Michael Cronyn,
aged 10, who has been chosen
for a part in the Blyth
Summer Festival's opening
play, "Nobody's Child".
Michael, a Grade 5 student
at the Blyth Public School,
will be playing the part of
Jack Fairburn Jack and his
sister Winnie are two Ber-
nardo children sent from
England in 1910 to work on
farms in rural Ontario.
Michael's parents, John
and Yvonne Cronyn, are
enthusiastic about his role in
the play. Michael still does
his farm chores, sometimes
getting up at 5:30 a.m. to
work before going to school.
His mother said that the
discipline and hard work of
rehearsals is carrying over
and "Michael is buckling
down at school."
in order to speak loudly
enough for the theatre,
Michael has been doing .voice
exercises and is progressing
well. Dawn McNeil, who
plays Jack's sister and has
just reterned from England,
is helping Michael. develop
the accent necessary for the
Part.
Michael is a very busy
young man. with school.
chores and rehearsals, but
makes time for baseball and
plays on the Squirt team.
Stephen Souch will be
understudying for Michael
The two boys were chosen
from 15 students at the Blyth
Public School who audition-
ed for the part..
ands Bishop Robinson spoke
of his leng association with
Rev. John Swan in the work
of the church in the Diocese
of Huron and the great value
of the tatter's contributions
to the deliberations of the
diocesan synod. He referred
to the many "brilliant
speeches" Mr. Swan had
made before meetings of the
synod and the study and re-
search which had provided
the background for those ad-
.
The bishop said that Mr.
Swan had been responsiblei
for the founding of new
church parishes in London
and Cambridge (Galt) and
that in every parish be had
served he had left his mark
by upholding the traditional
practices of the original
Church of England_
In remarks addressed to
the confirmands Bishop
Robinson spoke of the indi-
vidual's responsibility to
provide a witness to the
Christian faith, an example
of which they had been en-
abled to see in the life of their
rector. John Swan, he said,
has demonstrated that a be-
lieving Christian can rise
above the problems which
one meets along the course
of life through the inner
power which comes with
deep faith.
Scout Trevor Agombar
was presented with his Re-
ligion -in -Life award at the
close of the service.
FRIENDS GATHER
FOR FAREWELL
On Sunday evening the
parish room of St. Paul's was
filled by members of the
Wingham and Belgrave
churches, as well as former
parishioners from Hanover,
Galt and Mount Forest_ They
had gathered to say farewell
and extend their good wishes
to Mr_ and Mrs. Swan before
his retirement from the
active ministry of the
church, which takes effect at
the end of this month_ The
guests included clergy from
neighboring churches as well
as those in Wingham. Rev.
Barry Passmore of Owen
Sound was among them.
Don Farnell welcomed the
guests and Norman Cronk-
rigfit read an address from
the congregation. Mrs.
Farnell presented Mr. and
Mrs. Swan with a purse
along with the good wishes of
their friends in Wingham.
Hanover and Gait. A bouquet
of roses was presented to
Mrs. Swan by Mrs. Milo-
sovic in acknowledgment of
her great assistance to her
husband's work over the
years_
Mr. Swan spoke of his
early years and his work in
London and Galt and added
that no group of friends and
supporters had been more
loyal and supportive than
those he has known in his six
years at Wingham and Bel -
grave_ Before closing his re-
marks he introduced the
mayors of Hanover and
Wingham who were both
present. (Mr. Swan served
as`"a member of the Wing -
ham town council and in
Hanover was a council mem-
ber as well as mayor of that
town_) Lunch served by the
ladies of Si Paul's brought
the evening to a close.
Mr_ and Mrs. Swan will
move to Hanover at the end
of this month. A successor to
his post in Wingham has not
yet been named.
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Fundraising survey shows
Hospital must `sell' the need ,.
for new emergency wing now
The Wingham and District
Hospital is going to have to
sell people on the need for a
new emergency- and out-
patient wing if it expects to
get the local contributions it
needs to go ahead with the
building.
That appears to be the gist
of the -report on a fundraising
survey carried out for the
hospital by a Toronto cow
salting firm.
The report itself has not
yet been released, pending
further study by the
management committee and
the hospital board_ However,
in a report to the board last
week, Vice Chairman Hans
Kuyvenhoven described it as
a "somewhat negative"
report, which "gave us much
food for thought_"
He said the survey showed
that not everyone in the
community agrees with past
decisions by the hospital
board, such as the decision
two years ago to proceed
with a smaller renovation
and building project which
was perceived as primarily
an administrative facility,
not related to patient care_
Also, plans for this new
extension "are not hailed by
everyone", he said. fact
that came n' :;; °tae
survey. He *on
must take a eSnrirkfis Ialek at
these pointsfandperhaps act
differently in the future.
Mr_ Kuyvenhoven said the
management committee had
reviewed the report. But he
suggested that since both the
committee and the board's
terms of office expired with
that meeting, the matter
should be turned over to the
incoming management
committee for review and a
recommendation_
New committees were
formed following the annual
meeting of the hospital
association last Thursday.
The board adopted that
suggestion, and the matter
was deferred. However,
later in the meeting, in his
farewell address to the
board, former chairman
Jack Kopas returned briefly
to the question of the survey
report.
Mr_ Kopas, who had
beaded the long-range
planning committee which
recommended the emer-
gency and outpatient expan-
sion, said the hospital has
always received "100 per
cent support" from the
community for the medical
services it provides.
He suggested that through
"misinformation ora lack of
information", people in the
community fail to under-
stand the need for the new
wing, and this is the reason
for the lukewarm response
discovered by the fund-
raising survey.
Following the meeting,
Executive Director Norman
Hayes said the survey report
was not really as negative as
had been suggested and the
plans for the new wing are by
no means dead_
A number of factors come
into play, he said. In any
fundraising effort like this,
80 per cent of the money
comes from 20 per cent of the
donors. and these potentially
large donors must be per-
suaded this is the right time
to go ahead with the project.
Since things are slow
seme
qu• estioned0 the timing of the
project, he said_ ,
Investigate
break-in
Wingham police are in-
vestigating a break-in at the
dental offices of Dr. R.
Bateman and Dr. D. Magee
in the Medical Arts Building
on John Street in Wingham
Sunday night_
A sum of money was stolen
from a cashbox in the of-
fices, but there was no
evidence the thieves were
after drugs, a police
spokesman said.
He reported that a door to
the offices had been forced to
gain entry.
CORA ROBERTSON. organist for the past 18 years at St. Andrew's Presbyterian
Church in Wingham, was honored at a retirement dinner and party last Friday evening
at the church. Mrs. Robertson's daughter. Carol Nicholson, accompanied her mother
to the stage where Mrs. Robertson was presented with gifts by Mrs_ Effie Sherbondy
and Mrs. Chris Currie, in back.
However, it is precisely
because things are slow that
this is a good time to do it_
Contractors are "hungry"
and it is possible to save 25
per cent or more on con-
struction costs.
He also said the survey
report is quite positive that,
if the board can make its
case in the community, it
will get the required support_
"It isn't that its not there_ I
think there is a lot of support
there if we can find out how
to tap it_"
He said he expects the
management committee and
the board will meet during
the early part of the summer
to discuss the report and
decide on the next step.
Normally the board does not
meet during the summer,
following its inaugural
Council
approves
sidewalk
In response to pressure
from residents, Wingham
Town Council has approved
a last-minute change to
Edward Street recnr-
struction plans, adding a
sidewalk on the west side of
the street.
The work is expected to
add about ;4,000 to the cost of
the contract_
Camcil made the decision
at an emergency special
meeting last Tuesday, called
in response to a petition
received from residents the
previous day.
The petition, signed by 13
residents of Edward Street,
"strongly opposed" the plan
to delete the west sidewalk_
A council spokesman
explained that the west
sidewalk originally had been
dropped from the recon-
struction plans because of
concern that, because of the
narrow street allowance, two
sidewalks would make the
street too narrow.
However he said the
engineer has determined
that a second sidewalk can
be added while still keeping
the traveled portion of the
street a minimum of 31 feet
wide_
meeting.
The hospital board has
been counting on raising at
'least $300,000 from the
community toward the
expansion project, which it is
estimated will cost about ;l A
million_ Additional funds will
come from the Ministry of
Health ($250,000), Huron
County ($93,750) , Bruce
County ($23,450), the
Wingham and District
Hospital Foundation
( $50,000), with the balance to
be provided by the hospital
through its capital reserves
and a bank loan if necessary_
The expansion, a single -
storey wing at the south and
of the building, and
renovations to the existing
building, would enlarge and
update the facilities for the
emergency, outpatient and
X-ray departments_
HER 90TH BIRTHDAY—Mrs. Vera Kerr of Leopold
Street, Wingham, celebrated her 90th birthday with an
open house for family and friends at the Wingham
United Church on Saturday afternoon_ At the age of 90.
Mrs_ Kerr enjoys good health and her energy and en-
thusiasm would put many younger people to shame.
New faces on hospital bd.
following annual meeting
There were a number of
new faces on the board of
governors of the Wingham
and District Hospital at, its
inaugural meeting last, week,
as retirements opened the
door to new members_
At the hospital's annual
meeting, held last Thursday
evening, John Schenk and
Robert Middleton were
elected as representatives
from Wingham in a dose.
three-way race with Nelson
Frank. They fill the
vacancies left by Jack Kopas
and Mrs. Raye EJmslie, who
stepped down after four
years on the board.
That was the only election
of the evening, as all other
vacancies were filled by
acclamation.
Mrs. Isobel Arbuckle was
returned to the board for
Blyth and East Wawanosh:
as were Rev. Ken Innes for
Brussels and Frank
MacKenzie for Lucknow and
Kinloss.
For Teeswater and
Cuirass. Mrs_ Mary Lan
Thompson was acclaimed to
the seat vacated by the
retiring Mery McIntyre.
while for Morris_ Mrs
Shirley Garniss was ap-
pointed to complete the terra
of Mas_ Isobel Garniss, who
retired for health reasons.
Mrs_ Mary Vair. currently
board chairman, was
reappointed as the Huron
County representative_
Also new on the board are
Dr. Brian Hanlon of
Wingham. appointed as the
hospital chief of staff for the
next three years. and Dr_ M.
Corrin of Lucknow, one of
two representatives from the
medical staff. Returning to
the board is Dr. Walter Wong
of Wingham. currently
president of the medical
staff.
About 35 people attended
the annual meeting. which
was held at the hospital in
the RNA training school. to
hear reports from the board
and elect new members. No
questions were raised about
any of the matters dealt
with. and the meeting was
over in about half an hour.
At its inaugural meeting
immediately following the
annual meeting, the board
elected its chairman and
vice chairman for the
coming year and struck its
various standing com-
mittees
•
Mrs_ Vair was reelected as
chairman, with Hans
Kuyvenhoven continuing as
vice chairman and chairman
of the management com-
mittee, Other members of
the management committee,
the most powerful com-
mittee of the board, are
Robert Pike. John Schenk.
Archie Hill. Dr_ Wong and
Mrs. Thompson.
The finance and audit
committee is headed again
by Mr. Pike. with other
members Dr. Hanlon. E.
William Newton. Mr. Innes
and Mrs. Garniss.
The property committee is
headed by Mr. Hill. with
Noreen Gnay. Dr. Corrin.
Mr. MacKerrzie. Mr. Mid-
dleton and Mrs. Arbuckle.
Other committees and
their members are: first
named is chairman I joint
conference. Mrs. Vair. Dr
Wong, Dr. Hanlon. Dr
Corrin. Mr. Kuyverrhoven.
Mr. Schenk. Norman Hayes.
hospital executive director.
public . relations. Mrs
Thompson, Mr. Schenk. Mrs
Arbuckle. Mrs. Annie Gaunt.
Mrs Garniss: community
services liaison committee.
Dr Wang. Mrs. Thompson.
Mrs Vair. Mr limes