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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1964-01-30, Page 3SPECTATORS JAMMED CHAMBERS ON OPENING DAY OF 1964 COUNTY COUNCIL SESSION For fast relief from menstrual pain you can count on help from the 4 active ingredients in PARADOL tinued interest I believe we will be in position to cope with any emergency." Mr. Forbes announced that Volume 1, Survival Plan, Huron County, had been printed and partly distributed. "It is a condensed version, for each department," he ex- plained, "of two very large books I gave the chairman last year. It will enable those in- terested to find out what their responsibilities will be. These 0 • • • •I•. 0 a •• •p• 0 a ll•• • 0 U. a •- 05 5 •• I I. SUPERIOR *FOOD MARKET* Dial 235-0212 Chum 15 oz. tin Dog Food 10/$1.00 Case of 48 $4.75 Maple Leaf Tulip Margarine 3 lb. pkg. 65C Maple Leaf, Tenderflake Pure Lard 2 1,gt, for 39F Tifries'AdVocate, ,JalluarY 30 1964 Page 5 Huron debates need for accommodation of .chronicoll Roads to exceed $1 200 000 Survival plan prepared perly, it cap be a profitable yen,. tore, se there is no reason why somebody should net go into it," PeplitY Reeve Dalton, Sea- forth; "The Farmers' Union in Sea-forth tried to get an apPrOred nursing home for one of our homes In Seaforth, and the ans- wer was that there was greater need in other locaiities." The subject came up from, a different angle when the war- den's and personnel commit- tee, dealing with a Department of Municipal Affairs enquiry about a 196'7 centennial pro- ject, recommended that suchbe considered on a county basis, Reeves Glenn Fisher, Exeter, Frank Walkem, Goderich, and J. H. Adair, Wingharn, indicated that their municipalities had tentative plans for projects of their own. Reeve Thompson, Tucker- smith; "I feel strongly that we need a chronic home in this county some place, and we would be glad to throw in our share if the county wanted to do some- thing like that," This idea was supported by Reeve Snell, East Wawanosh; Reeve Webb, Stephen; Reeve. Corbett, Hay, and Reeve Smith, Turnberry. Clerk-treasurer Berry ques- tioned if the necessary infor- mation could be obtained by August. There would have to be a definite decision at the March session. Reeve Thompson: "I would like to put in a very strong ef- fort to get together and do something for a chronic wing." GODERICH On pptimatep not yet corn-. plete„ Here! county road expen- diture in 1964. will exeee SIM0,990, Pennell learned in the repert of the 1963 commit, tee, A bylaw has been Prepared for $700,004 “nerl114.1" PAW, diture„ and the remainder will be provided ter in a Supplemen- tary at the March sessien, Including development road costs of $53(3,99e, payable by the province, the gross bedget was $1,657,351. Submitted for 149Vinelal subsidy were eq.. counts totalling $1,052,007, "This may be the topfigure," said ceunty Engineer James Britnell, who read the report. "With so much development road expenditure I do not see how it can go much higher. Six years ago we were spending less than $600,000, so the bed- get has been nearly tripled in that time." Noting that three elect ion casualties occurred on the 1963 committee, Mr, Britnell ex- pressed a hope that this com- mittee "is not putting a hex on people." Thp report, adopted by coun- cil, recommended thatthe high- way levy for 1964 remain unchanged at 8 mills, and that any surplus be assigned for highway PArPOSPS in 1964. Main item on the 1964 pier 0-rani is Read 16 from Brussels to /Sine's Highway 4, p i ght The complete 1964 Pro, gram1s to be submitted at next, session. Two projects stand on the long-range program for 1965: Clinton west, 5,0 miles, and Nile,Dungannon, three miles, "Development road expendi, tures of $538,9$6, met by the provipce, if done in the normal county program would repre- sent 4 1/2 mills, or an increase of more than 50% over our existing 8-mill leyy,“ the re-. pert stated. "Without this cla,. Velopment road aid the county would have no choice other than substantially increasing the road levy or removing many miles of road from our sys, tem," Biggest item in road con- struction was $147,356 on Road 6, the St. Marys road between Exeter and Kirkton. This was for grading and granular base. The Turnberry bridge cost $68,565, and the Jarvis bridge in Goderich township $44,046, besides $21,773 for work on approaches. Snow clearing cost $78,871, and salting and sanding $40,916. ppfgRICH The need for provincially- approved nursing home or a "chronic wing" in this area was so much to the fore in dis- ctission Thuraday that action in one form or other may reason, ably be expected, An early step will be consultation with pro- vincial officials onthe problem. "We are deeply concerned for the feture of many a senior citi- zen in Huron," said Reeve Clif- ford Dunbar of Grey, presenting the report of Huronylew board, "The home is running Prae, tically at capacity, and we are not geared to take care of chro- nic patients. We are awaiting instructions as to a meeting with officials of welfare and health departments to study this problem." "At no time in the history of Huronview, since I have been th er e," said superintendent Harvey Johnston, "have there been so many people enquiring and waiting to get in." Mrs. Bernard Henderson, of Kincardine, who until a year ago conducted a hospital-approved nursing home there, told coun- cil that no privately administer- ed home could compete with the per diem cost of $3.75 men- tioned by Mr. Johnston. Con- firming her understanding that about half the Huronview resi- dents are self-paying, Mrs. Henderson said; "Even if you had a nursing home inGoderich, nobody would go there when the Huronview rate is $3,75," Mr. Johnston P4Pressed the opinion that a pursing henle in Goderich, opening with 25 to 30 beds, would .be filled, "as there are so many requiring nursing home care," Before Thursday's sitting closed, the nursing twine theme was dismissed as apossible centennial project on.county level. The warden's and per- sonnel committee had recom- mended consideration of county action, but did not offer a pro- ject. After long discussion, council accepted a motion by Reeve Elgin Thompson, Tuck- ersmith, and Deputy Reeve John Sutter of Clinton that members take up the matter at their first local council meetings and ad- vise the county clerk whether they plan centennial projects of their own or wish to go in with something at the county level. The Huronview report came at opening of the Thursday afternoon sitting, and chairman Dunbar said; "Our problems continue to grow as our resident total begins to get beyond ca- pacity. As regards chronic pa- tients, we are not geared to take care of them, but when there is noplace else we have to take them." Superintendent Johnston re- ported 204 residents, 86 male and 118 female, and a bed ca- vanity of 209. The,number at Huronview had almost doubled since September, 1969, when there were 105, Costs had in- creased from $25,700 in l'44, for home and farm, to $280,•. 500 last year for the home alone. Mrs. Henderson addressed council at this point, "I talked to Mr, Walzak at the hospital;" she said, "and I have heard Mr, Johnston's re- port and looked into real estate prices and types of homes, and after hearing that Huronview rate of $3.75 I would say there is the reason you haven't a nursing home. I understand you have been trying to get a hos- pital-approved home, and if you had that, no doubt it would be easier, at the rate the hospital commission pays. I owned a hospital-approved nursing home until a year ago, and thought I wanted a rest, but when I found you did not have a nurs- ing home here I thought I would look into it. You do need one badly. However, a private in- stitution cannot compete at $3,15 a day, and beside that, you have about 50% self-paying residents at Huronview." Mrs. Henderson: "Patients of definitely custodial type do not need as much professional care," Answering a question by Reeve Calvin Kreuter of Brus- sels, she said: "There are 40 or 50 approved nursing homes in Ontario, We have them in Bruce. They (the Hospital Services Commission) pay $6.50 a day for the patients they approve, and that includes drugs. If run pro- useful, and it is my purpose to have this plan in working order as soon as circumstances and budget permit. With your con- 'Contemptible humbug' Desperate for homes was 22,088, and receipts$5,579. At the plowing match, 5,400 folders were distributed. A survey of exhibits in the museum showed 5,888 donated, 118 on loan and '741 bought, made or otherwise acquired. "I hope the historical society goes ahead," Mr. Neill said. "It would be a real good thing. %cud ae.e The Board and Management of Exeter District Co-operative wish to extend their sincere thanks to those who helped at our recent fire. Special thanks for the offers of help and to those who have aided in cleaning up, also the Exeter Fire Brigade for their thoughtfulness, and any inconvenience the fire may have caused them, are based on Bylaw 55, passed in 1962. "Our meeting of the civil emergency planning group took place on the 9th, and I feel we are well on the way to producing a working plan for safety. The mutual aid plan for fires is going on satisfactorily, but not as rapidly as expected. • EXETER DISTRICT PHONE 235-2081 GODERICH Emergency measures com- mittee of 1963 recommended to county council that Co-ordipa- tor W, Stuart Forbes be engaged on a permanent basis, with salary increased to $5,000, ef- fective Jan. 1, 1964, (He was employed last July on a proba- tionary basis for six months). Council approved the recom- mendation. The appointment is subject also to approval of On- tario EMO. Last year's chairman, Reeve Milton Oesch of Zurich, pre- sented the report. "We would like to commend Mr. Forbes for his work," it stated, "and ask that you con- tinue to support our co-ordina- tor in his efforts to create an Emergency Measures plan for the county, in accordance with the wishes of the Province." "Our future endeavor," Mr. Forbes told council, "is direc- ted to co-ordinating each muni- cipallty within the county into a functional emergencybody, em- bracing all those who can be Slow history GODERICH Reeve Glenn Fisher, Exeter, enquired for "the story on the history of the county of Huron." "Nine chapters have been typed for the publishers," clerk-treasurer John Berry re - ported, "and some parts of the original manuscript are to be dictated. I hope to find out from Dr. Tatman tomorrow night how it is getting along." "There has been a lot of history since the original story," remarked Reeve Fish- er. GODERICH Huron County Pioneer Mu- seum is overcrowded and there's no space for articles available to it throughout the county, Curator J. H. Neill said in an oral report to county council. He had recommended at last session that an addition be built. "It will cost a lot of money to make more room," he said, "but how much is the museum worth today? They tell me in Toronto it is the only one that did have a profit. By repairing and cleaning, we feel that Mr. Chisholm and I have improved the exhibits to the extent of $5,000." Mr. Neill termed the office accommodation "a contem p- tible humbug." The total of visitors in 1963 surprising how many settle down." During the past year, the report stated, Huron CAS helped 79 protection families having 280 children, 36 unmarried mothers, 23 putative fathers and obtained 10 agreements with the putative fathers; supervised 39 children placed on adoption probation by the Society for whom 20 adoption orders were made; gave 20,245 days care to 115 children, 42 of whom were returned eventually to their own parents or guardians. "There has been no shelter in Huron since 1940," Miss McGowan pointed out. "The children are cared for in foster homes which are supervised by the Children's Aid Society staff. These foster parents are doing a wonderful work." GODERICH "We desperately need more foster homes for boarding chil- dren, especially older ones of school age," CAS Director Clare McGowan told Huron county council in her report at the January session. "Within the last few months we have had to place one teen- ager outside the county, and we have several teenage boys we are anxious to find homes for." "His honor Judge Hays (of family court) has a plan whereby instead of committing boys, not terribly bad, to training school, he would like to place them in the care of the Children's Aid Society or a foster home within the county. 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