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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, NOVEMBER 8, 1962
Information Aids Study Of Hospital Project
In any undertaking involving all the
people of a community, there can arise
misconceptions and doubts based on
misinformation or lack of information.
Today the Seaforth community, in
the hospital campaign, is faced with a
major project. The degree of medical
service the people of this community
will receive for at least a generation
depends on the success of the cam-
paign. Thus it is most essential that
there be a general understanding of all
aspects of the matter. For this rea-
son we are publishing hereunder a ser-
ies ofq uestions and answers, prepared
by the hospital, so that the public may
be informed as fully as •possible.
1. When was Scott Memorial Hos-
pital- established?
A bequest by the Scott brothers led
to the establishment of the hospital in
1928.. The hospital was opened. official-
ly October 22, 1929.
2. What was the location?
The Hospital was located in a large
residence built about 1880, which was
converted to hospital purposes. ,
3. Was the original Hospital enlarg-
ed?
In 1948 a portion of a frame hospi-
tal bnik tng at RCAF Station Port Al-
bert was purchased and added as a
wing. However, about the' same time,
continued use of the second floor of
the main building was prohibited by
the Ontario Department of Health, be-
cause it was considered a fire hazard,
and did not come up to recognized
standards.
4. Why was the second floor not re-
constructed so it could be used?
As need for added beds became in-
Icreasingly important, the Board in
1957 began a review of the entire hos-
pital in an effort to create alterations
or additions that would increase ac-
commodation. Plans were prepared of
suggested changes in the second floor
and submitted to the Department for
approval. After several further repres-
entations and a series of meetings with
Ontario Hospital Service Commission
representatives, the Board was ad-
vised in a fetter of February 10, 1960,
as follows : "With regard to- the utiliz-
ation of the second floor for patient
accommodation, the Commission was
concerned for the reason that the space
is obviously not good- hospital • accom-
modation and constitutes a very real
fire hazard, and, in addition, would be
difficult to staff and expensive to oper-
ate, being a small unit detached from
the rest of the hospital."
The letter then referred to the cost
of alterations and continued in these
words: "Reviewing all these aspects,
the Commission felt that the most suit-
able answer to the problem was to de-
velop aft entirely new hospital on a
different site."
5. What would make alterations to
the building so costly?
The existing building was erected 80
years ago and converted to serve as a
hospital. To make it fireproof and to
provide for an economical interior ar-
rangement, it would be necessary to
completely rebuild the interior. This
involves heating, wiring, plumbing, in
addition to structural alterations which
in an existing building are more costly
than in new construction. .It would be
necessary also to renew the existing
elevator.
6. Why was the Goderich Street East
site chosen?
When it became evident there was
'no alternative to a new hospital on a
new site, the Board asked its architects
to tarry out a survey of five possible
sites in Sea Orth and immediate area.
Following a study that included loca-
tion, terrain, accessibility, drainage,
etc., the architects recommended 'con -
Sideration of the site that later was
aeciaPect lig being tie best available for
hbsoitat pprposes,
7. Why was more land purchased
than was necessary for the Hospital?
-The land acquired was only available
if the entire farm was purchased. Land
not required ultimately will be offered
for sale, and since value of land is in-
creasing it can be expected the net cost -
of the hospital will be minimum. In the
meantime, the property is rented and
revenue is such that the purchase re-
presents a good investment.
8. The new site faces No. 8 High-
way. Will it be noisy?
The new hospital will be located well
back from the highway and on the
highest land in the area. The location'
will, be about the safne distance from
the highway as the existing hospital.
9. The new site seems a long way
from town. How can we walk. to it?
Studies carried out reveal very few
visitors walk to the present hospital.
The distance of the new site is about
the same distance fro, n the centre of
town as is the present hospital.
10. Howmany additional beds will
the new Hospital provide?
The present Hospital has 33 author-
ized beds, and in addition' six other
beds are set up in corridors or crowd-
ed into rooms designed for one bed.
The new hospital will have 4S beds, in-
cluding one bed in the delivery suite
and two post-surgery recovery'beds. In
addition, there will be six or seven
nursery bassinettes. This is the maxi-
mum for which the OHSC will give
approval and for which capital grants
may be obtained.
11. Why is the cost per bed so high?
hospital construction costs reflect the
high standards necessary today in op-
erating rooms, delivery rooms, emerg-
ency areas and X-ray . facilities if pa-
tients are to receive the care to which
they are entitled. There must be pro-
vision for many services commonplace
today in every modern hospital, but
which 25 years ago were unheard of,
and for which there is no room in the
present hospital. The estimated per
bed cost for the new hospital is in keep-
ing with the per bed costs in other
recently erected and comparable hos-
pitals.
12. The rooms in the old hospital
are crowded., How many beds will be
in each room in the new hospital?
Patient rooms will include, private,
semi -private and four -bed. No room
willhave more than four beds. Plans
provide for complete facilitiesin each
room.
13. The Hospital serves a wide area.
.Just where do the patients originate?
In 1961, 1,103 patients were admit-
ted. Of this number, 16% or 181 came
from Tuckergmith, 13% or 145 from
McKillop, 136 or 13% from Dublin and
Hibbert, 5% or 53 were from Logan,
2% came from each of Hullett, Mit-
chell and Morris, and 3% from Grey.
Seaforth contributed 32%, or' 353, and
the remainder, or 12%, came from Mit-
chell, Clinton, Stanley, and other cen-
tres.
14. 1 pall hospital insurance. Why
should 1 also pay to help build a new
hospital?
The Ontario Hospital Insurance Com-
mission pays only the costs of operat-
ing a hospital from the insurance prem-
iums it receives from you. Your prem-
ium payment 'does not cover construc-
tion or capital improvements.
15. Are grants available?
Yes, Government does make grants
toward construction, but those grants
are an aid only and are made when
the balance of required funds has been
pledged by other sources. This means
that much of the balance must be found
at the community level.
16. Why am 1 asked to pledge over
several years?
Because this. ,permits each of us to
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THE WORLD REMEMBERS—Canada's Commonwealth Air Forces' Memorial forms a
symbolic background as an RCAF trumpeter sounds the "Last Post" for the dead of two
world wars, honored in Canada. and the Free World on November 11. This y .ar, the Air
Force also marks the tenth anniversary of its contribution of an Air- Division to the forces
of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a constant reminder of the need to maintain
strength to preserve the peace. The Commonwealth Memorial, on Ottawa's Green Island at
the junction of Ottawa and Rideau Rivers, commemorates the 798 men and-- women who
died in Canada and neighboring lands and waters while serving with the Air Forces of
the Commonwealth from 1939- to 1945, and who have no known graves,
A MACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT
OTTAWA — Canada is fast
approaching the most critical
crossroads in its history since
turning its back on tariff -re-
ciprocity with the United States
in 1911;
Even before it became weld-
ed into a nation, Canada in its
early years sought reciprocal
tariff arrangements with the
United States 'that would pro-
vide access -for its goods in the
vast market south of the bor-
der. It was almost as consist-
ently rebuffed by the protec-
tionist forces south of the bor-
der.
Left with little other alterna-
tive, the Nation turned in 1878
to adopt the National Policy put
forward by ..Sir John A. Mac-
donald, a policy that called for
the building of a self-sufficient
Canadian economy behind a
high tariff wall. As an outlet
in the world beyond, the Coun-
try looked to a preferential
trading 'system with the Com-
monwealth. The only serious
challenge to that policy in the
past came in 1911, when the
U.S. proposal for a measure of
tariff reciprocity was decisively
rejected by the Canadian elec-
torate. While the protective,
tariff walls • are lowered today
as a result of a series of world
wide reductions in customs du-
ties following the last war, Can-
ada under a Conservative Gov-
ernment. is still pursuing the
same National Policy in prin-
ciple as that laid down long
ago by Sir John A.
national policy of 'seeking„ eco-
nomic salvation behind a high
tariff wall, which eventually
could lead only to economic
stagnation? Or should it join
in the move toward freer world
trade, which at the very least
would mean that the economy
must undergo some far-reach-
ing and harsh adjustments if it
is to survive?.
The response of the United
States to these dramatic chang-
es going on about it has been
bold and dynamic. The usually
highly protectionist Congress
has overwhelmingly approved
trade expansion legislation put
before it by the Kennedy ad-
ministration.
The U.S. 'Government now
has authority to negotiate the
complete abolition of tariffs on
classes of commodities in which
trade between the U.S. and the
Common Market' makes up 80
per cent of world trade. It also
gives the power to negotiate
reductions of up to 50 per cent
in tariffs with -other nations on
most other commodities.
Today that policy faces a
new and even greater chal-
lenge as a result of the revolu-
tionary changes underway in
the trading patterns of the
world, In Europe, a new indus-
trial giant is taking shape in
the form of the Common Mar-
ket. The Commonwealth pre-
ferential trading system faces
disintegration with the likeli-
hood that Britain will withdraw
to join the continental trade
alliance. In the industrial giant
Us the South, President John
Kennedy is pressing for a mas-
sive reduction in world-wide
trade barriers.
As if that was not enough,
new nations are emerging
which are presenting a serious
challenge to Canada as a sup-
plier of natural resources, from
the very beginning the main-
stay of the Canadian economy.
Today Canada faces the is-
sue of tariff reciprocity not
just with the United States, but
with virtually the whole world.
Should it continue to follow a
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the products produced south of
the border, but at much higher
cost. If the• tariff wall was
sharply reduced or eliminated
tomorrow, most of .these small
companies would be in danger
of being wiped out by mass-
producing, low-cost giants in
the United States and Europe.
Their Hope for survival lies in
a • massive re -organization of
Canadian industry, with Cana=
dian companies merging into
larger units and specializingin
production of those goods for
which they can find a substan-
tial world market. In the pro-
cess some companies will inev-
itably be forced to the wall,
whole industries could be sit
tually destroyed.
While embracing the Ken-
nedy proposals, the Canadian
Government has done nothing,
to encourage the necessary re-
organization of industry to deal•
with the consequences of those
proposals. In fact, it has been
£ollowing`the very opposite pol-
icy, encouraging Canadian com-
panies to plunge into the small-
scale production of those manu-
factured goods which are now
imported from abroad.
Under the principles laid
down by the General Agree-
ment on Tariffs and Trade
(GATT), tariff concessions made
by one nation in this round of
negotiations must be. extended
to all other member nations.
The result is that Canada .can
look forward to the tariff bar-
riers erected by other nations
being sharply reduced. The
catch is that Canada will be
expected to make substantial
reductions in its own tariff bar-
riers.
How Canada will respond to
this challenge remains f a r
from clear. The Government
was at first perplexed by the
development of the Common
Market, has been hurt and dis-
mayed by ,the possibility of
British entry into the contin-
entral trade bloc, was at first
baffled by the Kennedy propos-
als but has since embraced
them as if they were its own.
Despite the approval for the
Kennedy program that has
been sounded by all political
parties in this Country, - it is
more than evident that none
of them hav,e yet faced up to
the far-reaching consequences
that, it presents for Canada.
Behind its tariff wall, Canada
has built up a small-scale mo-
del of the U.S. economy, with
as many or more companies in
the major secondary industries
seeking to duplicate for the
small Canadian market most of
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Now that the • big shooting
match of the century appears
to be postponed, perhaps we
can turn our attention to a
more personal type of shooting
that is no less lethal, but a lot
more fun for all concerned. I
refer to hunting.
Each fall, I like to print some
of the tips on hunting safety,
especially for the reassurance
of the wives. But I haven't had
the nerve to do it for the last
three years, Why? Because the
last time I produced a safe -
hunting column there were
some rather peculiar results.
One fellow shot another fellow
out of a tree, taking him for a
partridge. Don't ask me what
this bird was doing up a tree,
Probably taking a bead on an-
other hunter who, that same
year, shot two more hunters
out of a canoe, claiming they
were moose. Hunters may Iaek
a few of the finer things, but
there's nothing wrong with
their imagination,
* * *
However, I think a decent
interval has passed, and human-
itarian instincts drive me to
make one more attempt to per-
serve the human species while
it is attempting to extinguish
a few other species. Here goes,
and every man for himself.
The first and foremost rule of
the bush is: Never mix alcohol
e
and gunpowder. Tastes like the
devil. Just use ginger ale, coke,
or whatever your normal mixer=,
is.
* * *
Before you start off on a
hunting trip, look down the
barrel of your gun to make
sure nothing has built a nest
in it since last year. If- you
can't see through the barrel,
put in a shell and fire the gun.
This usually removes any ob-
staFles. Ii sometimes removes
life head of the hunter as well,
but that's neither here nor
there. It's probably a little of
both.
Always have your gun load-
ed .when .driving to the hunt-
ing grounds. If there's a colli-
sion, and they can't cut you
out of the wreckage, you can
always shoot your way out. Be-
sides, you'll get a real belly -
laugh out of the look on the
driver's face when he hits a
bump, the gun goes off, and he
has suddenly acquired 'a no -top
convertible,
The Liberal Party, which has
been harshly critical of the Gov-
ernment for failing to take the
lead in pressing for freer world
trade, has demonstrated a simi<.
lar -lack of insight when the
chips were down.
Will the Canadian people,
who must in the last analysis
make the decision, face up to
the hard choice confronting_
them? The danger is that they
and their political leaders may
be influenced more by the im-
mediate consequences of lower-
ing tariff barriers than by the
more distant economic reper-
cussions of committing Canada
to remain sheltered behind a
high tariff wall, perhaps for-
ever.
SUGAR
and
SPICE
By Bill smiley
* *
You may find you have to
climb a fence, when you get
there. A lot of •hunters are
killed trying to get through or
over a fence while carrying
their guns. Don't take chances.
Grasp your gun firmly by the
barrel, take a short run, and
sail neatly over, using the mus-
ket as a vaulting pole.
Now, how do we carry the
gun? It should be held in the
right hand, the barrel pointing
toward the ground.. And, of
course, you always carry it with
the safety catch off, in case you
have to get a quick shot away.
If the tun is held in this way,
and you stumble over a root,
you'll merely shoot off a toe.
If you held it with the barrel
pointing up, you might shoot
your head off. And losing a toe
especially that one that's had
'an ingrown nail for years, is
much preferable to losing one's
head. Ask anyone who's done
both.
of the hunters who have been
shot in the past ten years were
clad in red garments. So why
not wear something that blends
with the, bush? You can sneak
up on the quarry that much
easier, and there's a fair chance
you can sneak past the other
hunters, without being spotted.
If they do see you, get away
your shot first, then drop to
the ground and let them bang
away. They'll go home happy,
telling everyone about the big
buck they missed.
* * *
If you happen to become lest
in the bush, don't panic. Just
run 4n circles as hard as you
can, screaming at the top of
your lungs• and firing your gun
as fast as you can. When you
have run out of breath and am-
munition, sit down quietly and
take stock of the situation. If
the stock -taking shows the
shelves to be pretty bare,
there's one solution, It works
best if there's a good, stiff
breeze. Just gather some birch
bark, pile it in a clump of dry
brush and start a roaring bush
fire. When the firefighter ar-
rives you are no longer Lost.
One last word of caution.
When you bag your first hunt-
er, don't brag about it. It just
isn't done, in hunting circles.
Don't even allow yourself a
small smirk of satisfaction as
you carve that first notch in
your gun. After all, there's
nothing so unusual about your
feat. Any dam -fool can shoot a
hunter. And quite a few do.
By REV. ROBERT H. HARPER
REMEMBRANCE DAY
November llth is the annl<
versary of the day that ended
the fighting in the First World
War. I recall quite well when
the whistles of the, mills of
the town, were souided and
the thrilling news went from
person to person that an armis-
tice had been signed and blood-
shed would cease.
Leading c 'zens quickly got
together an decided to havena
celebration. A wagon or truck
was parked at the intersection .
of the main street and a heavy
box was set in the bed for a
speaker's stand. I was asked
to be speaker •of the occasion
and necessarily did not deliver
a "prepared speech." The only
thing I remember saying was
that the Kaiser had set out to
be a Cxsar but he did not know
how to spell the name of the
man whose deeds he would
emulate and spelled it with a
K. Now 'what a speech that
must have been! But it does
not matter now.
Since that time the armistice
has . ended, another world war
and lesser wars throughout the
world have brought untold de-
struction and death to men and
nations, and the day has been
expanded into Remembrance
Day. We may be glad that ,the
anniversary falls on the Holy
Sabbath, It is a good day to
join in a prayer for peace.
Just a Thought:
The man who lives a good
life may never change the
world but he certainly does his
part to make it a better place
in which to live.
*. * *
Don't wait till you see the
whites of their eyes. If some-
thing moves in the bush, blaze
away. It might be another
hunter, but there's an even
chance it's a partridge or a'
deer. Or a farmer.
It's old-fashioned to wear
bright red clothing in the bush.
Statistics show that 98 per ,cent
IN THE YEARS .,ALONE
Interesting items ,gleaned from
The Expositor of 25, 50
and 75 years ago.
From The Huron Expositor
November 5, 1937
After being in business in
the same store on Main Street
for 27 years, Mr. T. G. Scott
will remove his stock to his
residence on John Street at
the end of the week.
Sale of the Palace Rink, Sea -
forth, to Dr. E. A. McMaster
and C. M. Smith was announc-
ed this week' by Chas. Holmes,
who has owned and operated
the rink since 1929.
The committee in charge of
securing foodstuffs for relief
this week shipped a car to
Hepburn—not Ontario's Prem-
ier, however, but a town in
Saskatchewan. This is the sec-
ond car that has left Seaforth
for the drought areas of the
West.
A meeting was held at Hen -
sail on Friday evening at the
Town Hall to reorganize the
Band. A working committee
was appointed and a canvass
will be made for new mem-
bers.
Mr. J. M. Scott has returned
from St, Louis,. TVto., .where he
%ac attending a convention of
poultry men.
Mr. W. J. Duncan, Basil and
Eugene Duncan and Fred Wigg
have returned from the shoe
convention at Toronto, where
the Duncan Shoe Factory had
an exhibit of their .omplete
range of shoes, including the
new Skipalong.
From The Huron Expositor
November 8, 1912
The snowstorm on Saturday
gave the country quite a win-
try appearance, but the sun-
shine en Monday took most of
the snow away.
One of the largest flocks of
geese ever seen in this district
passed over the town early
Monday evening heading south.
It is considered a sign of a
very severe and long winter.
Mr. John B. Dinsdale, of Kip -
pen, has been appointed agent
for the Hamilton Fire Insur-
ance Co,
Slaters from London have
placed a fine slate roof on the
new • Presl?yterian Church at
Walton.
Tho bean crop is turning out
•
well. An average of about 20
bushels to the acre is the gen.•
eral report.
Standard fall wheat is sell.
ing from 90c to 92c at the Sea -
forth market this week.
Potatoes are still diminishing
in number owing to the rot.
Several who had large crops
when raised will scarcely have
enough for their own use.
The apple crop is a large one
this year, but there is not much)
of a demand for them.
From The Huron Expositor
November 11, 1887
The beautiful weather of the
past two weeks seems to have
come to an end, and we are
now having moisture which,
will help to fill up the wells,
many of which in this vicinity
babe been dry for some time,
' The pennant for the cham-
pionship of the Western District
of the Canadian Lacrosse Asso-
ciation, which was won this
season by Seaforth, has been
received by the club from To,
ronto, and is now on exhibi.
tion 1n Mr. J. W. Millar's win.
dow,