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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1967-09-14, Page 8HUGH SINNAMON was teacher of Stone School in 1955. Front row: Murray El- ston, Brian Hopper, Walter Whitehead, Linda Casemore, Diane Casemore. Second row: Barry Golley, Gordon McMurray, Neil Edgar, Larry Elston, Diane Elston. Back row: Marjory Hopper, Nora White- head, Jean Whitehead, Wayne Elston, Harvey Mann. 11111111 iiiiiii 1111111111111 iiiiiiii 11 iiii lllllllllllll 11/ iiiiiiiiiiiiiii 11111 iiiiiiiiiii 111 11111/1 lllll 11101141111111 lllllll !mom lllllll lllll 1 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii 111111111 iiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii / i i Whitechurch News Brussels girls' softball team played St. Marys team at Brus- sels park on Monday evening with a score 22-10 for Brussels. Brussels is the winner of the ser- ies, having won all three games straight from St. Marys. A number of East Wawanosh girls play on the Brussels team. Visitors with Mrs. Mary Chapman Sr. the first of the week were Mrs. Gordon Lemon and Mrs. Jim Ridout of Stouff- vine and Mrs. Gillion of Bob- caygeon. Little Miss Lori Jane and Ker- ry Schwichrenberg of Port Elgin are holidaying with their grand- parents, Mr, and Mrs. Albert Coultes this week while their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Schwichtenberg are attending Expo. Mr. Wayne Farrier and Miss Beth Barbour of Toronto visited a few days the first of the week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Garnet Farrier., s we 14e*t %5 e toe a• oa r leetra se t s soat -5,‘,0t:91 es oltsr s oeavv in lear tones and o (Mee and Green c P P eR. $/2.98 and $/4.98 sittalCH s omS in Brown and itae S9.98 Will be ou Inter. the d Very , Cl ur • /lo w w 1 Ms Y est to O•P seleer tl g i aPPea/ in Choose from Fine tat wool Flannels e__, -wool rie' th er toles $1 .1.98 and S14._„--98 tI '-‘ OP k* Tel .41••••••••• N „A SWEATERS consists of many styles and, of course, all the leading shades, There are Cardigans and Pullovers in all wool including the famous "Kitten Shetlandtex," There's "Acrylic" Knits and Blends available in the style best suited to you. Priced from— $7.98 to $14. fist* sigv4 THERE'$ A TANG IN. THE AIR . . . IT'S TIME TO THINK ABOUT WARMER CLOTHING • Our Fall selection of EDIGHOFFERS (Wingham) Limited THE FRIENDLY STORE W.I , euchre There were eleven tables in play at the W, I, eeehre, held in the council chambers last Wednesday evening. High lady was Mrs. A. Halliday; high man, Gershom Johnston; high lady, playing as Man, Mese Haselgreve. The, hostesses were Mrs, •Reel, ben Galbraith, Mrs, A, Lock, ridge, Mrs, Mary Galbraith„ Mrs, 0, Gannett, Mrs, gar and Mrs, Rohr., Campbell. • Do you qualify for OMSIP Premium Assistance? Your medical coverage could cost you less than you think! If you have no medical services insurance and because of your income you felt that you were unable to afford the premiums, you can still afford to join the Ontario Medical Services Insurance Plan—because OMSIP gives premium assistance to persons who have lived in Ontario for 12 consecutive months or more, based on the amount of their taxable income. What is Premium Assistance? By Premium Assistance, OMSIP means either a greatly reduced cost of coverage, which you pay in low installments once every three months, or where applicable, complete payment of your premium by the Ontario Government. How to tell if you are eligible for Premium Assistance: Premium assistance is based on the amount of your taxable income for the year ending December 31 last. Check your completed Income Tax return for the past year under "Taxable Income" (that's the reduced amount of money on which you pay tax after taking off any exemptions for your wife, dependants, charitable donations, etc.), You may be eligible on the following basis: (a) Single: You are eligible if your taxable income was $500 or less. Your OMSIP premium will be $7.50 every three months. (b) Couple: You are eligible if your combined taxable income was $1,000 or less. Your OMSIP Premium will be $15.00 every three months. (c) Family: You are eligible if your family's total taxable income was $1,300 or less. Your OMSIP premium will be $15.00 every three months. If you had no taxable income at all last year, your OMSIP coverage may be paid in full by the Ontario Government. When to apply for Premium Assistance: You may apply for Premium Assistance when you join OMSIP, or during the annual renewal period. Premium Assistance is not automatically renewed. Even if you had no taxable income, you must still reapply annually when you receive your personalized application and renewal form which is mailed to every contract holder prior to the July renewal date. So if you have no medical services insurance and because of your income you felt that you were unable to afford the premiums, then obtain an application from any bank, or from OMSIP, 135 St. Clair Avenue, West, Toronto 7. A free broChure "Premium Assistance" is available from OMSIP. OMSIP HELPS PAY YOUR DOCTOR'S BILLS... OMSIP PAYS 90% OF O.M.A. SCHEDULES PEES. StONE SCHOOL ball team In 1046. Back row: Hervey Ed. ger, Bill Elston, Jack Higgins, Jim Elston, WO Haines, George Higgins. Front: Chestet Higgins, Ed Elston, Malt Edgar, John Spivy, Rutherford Reavie, Ross Procter, Stew- art Procter, Manager, and bat boy, George Procter. Pege Wingham AdVellqe.Titnes, Thursd ay, Sept, 14, 1,907 Hospital board meets District doctors now operating week-end emergency service The doctors in Wingham and the nearby towns and villages who normally employ the fa- cilities of the Wingham and District Hospital for their pa- tients, have established a co- operative emergency service for the week-ends, One of the doctors on the staff of the hos- pital will be on duty each week-end from eight o'clock Saturday evening until eight Monday morning, In this way emergency injuries or illnesses will be assured of prompt atten- tion. In such cases patients will be directed to the out-patients' de- partment at the hospital, where treatment will be available. Dr. P. J. Leahy, of the medical staff made this an- nouncement at the September meeting of the board of direc- tors of the Wingham and Dist- rict Hospital on Friday evening. He also reported that with the addition of the three doctors who have established practice in Wingham within recent weeks, there is adequate medi- cal care for the district, Dr. W. A. McKibbon also expressed his pleasure that the new doctors have established in Wingham and said that an in- creasing amount of surgery will be done in the local hospital. He said that it is likely addi- tional equipment and staff will be needed in the surgical de- partment. Mrs. I. E. Morrey, the hos- pital's administrator, reported 193 admissions during August, 15 of them births. There were 4 deaths, 183 discharges, 134 operations, 259 outpatients, 313 x-rays, 3 blood transfus- ions, 3523 laboratory tests, 34 electrocardiographic examina- tions, 73 at the monthly can- cer clinic, 2 coroner's reports. A total of 2532 hospital-patient days for the month averaged out at 82 per day. Mrs. Mor- rey gave the figures for per- centage of occupancy in the various departments for the month as follows; Medical- surgical, 100.3%, obstetrics, 31%, paediatric 54.5%, chron- ic 82%, nursery, 25.3%. FINANCIAL REPORT The treasurer's report for the first eight months of the year showed that total operating ex- penses have run about $21, 000 over the budget set for the year, but the administrator explained that the difficulties created by the building program and the fact that all beds could not be occupied during a considerable period accounted for the higher- than-budget expenditures, The ward rate, recently adjusted by OHSC, is now $26.70 per day. Barry Wenger, chairman of the management committee, reported on a meeting held the .previous Wednesday evening, at which time Dr. W. A. Mc- Kibbon had been recommended as the replacement on the com- mittee for Dr. B. N. Corrin, 11,0•04//mNoi who has left the medical staff. The same report included a re- view of the various departments and their staffs and the recom- mended salary increases which will be a part of the budget to he submitted to OIISC this month for approval. The report also recommend- ed a change in the frequency of pay days for the hospital staff. It has been the custom to pay on the 3rd and 18th of the month, but in answer to repeat- ed requests from staff members, plans have been made to have the pay days fall on alternate Fridays. The change was re- commended for the first of the new year. Another item in the manage- ment report recommended the engaging of a new 'office man- ager in the person of Mrs. Marg aret Bennett of Wingham, who has served the Bruce County Hospital at Walkerton in simi- lar capacity for some time, H, L. Sherbondy continues aschief accountant and treasurer. The same report indicated that a majority of staff members had indicated their desire to switch from "brown" to "blue" plans under P.M. medical in- surance in order to secure more suitable coverage. In addition, the Ontario Hospital Association has been making arrangements for disability insurance, and the. management report recom- mended that a representative of the insuring company be invited to meet with the management committee in order to learn more. of the details of this pro- posal before recommending it to the staff. A further note in the same report included the information from Mrs. Morrey that a be- quest of $200 to the hospitalhad been received from the estate of the late J. D. Anderson. Twenty girls have entered training in the latest R.N.A. classes, all of whom have at least Grade 11 education. The report concluded with the information that positions are now vacant for both physio- therapist and purchasing agent, the latter a new position on the staff. Total number of register ed and graduate nurses has been quite satisfactory during the summer months. PROPERTY COMMITTEE E. E t Walker, chairman,re- ported for the property commit- tee on the activities of the en- gineering and maintenance staff. He said the outside paint- ing has been completed, an of- fice had been constructed in the former nurses' residence for rent to Dr. McGregor on a tempor- ary basis. Seventy-five loadsof fill had been spread by the staff on the lawns in preparation for the sodding operations in June. Considerable work has been done on the parking lot on the east side of Carling Terrace, parking spaces having been painted on the pavement and concrete bumpers installed to prevent damage to the fence. Parking spaces will also be marked out at the rear of the hospital for the staff doctors and their names placed on signs in order to reserve the parking sources for them. The chairman commended the staff for the tremendous amount of work which has been completed this summer, oc- casioned by the necessity for cleaning up after the building was completed and getting ready for the official opening in June. In answer to a question Mr. Walker said that aluminum awnings, purchase of which was authorized earlier in the sum- mer, were being installed last week and the job should be completed by Monday of this week. They will protect the windows on both east and west exposures of the building and should add greatly to the com- fort of patients. Mrs. Morrey read a report from Mrs. English, board mem- ber and president of the Hospi- tal Auxiliary, who is at present confined to the hospital. The report stated that in June the Auxiliary had voted a donation of $1, 000 to the hospital. The same organization served re- freshments at the opening of the hospital in June, had entertain- ed the graduating members of the R.N.A. course, along with their mothers and had presented proficiency awards to those graduates who merited this dis- tinction, Refreshments were al- so served on graduation day. Board Chairman R. B. Cou- sins reported on two executive meetings which had been held during the summer months, at which many details connected with the completion of the building program were dealt with. AMBULANCE Mrs. Morrey said that the two ambulances had completed 73 calls during the three months since the first of June. She also pointed out that some of the municipalities which are served by the Wingham based ambu- lances have not yet met their commitments as far as the capi- tal cost of the vehicles is con- cerned. The two ambulances have been paid for, totalling $15, 482. Since the ambulance service was established early in 1967 the federal department of health has come forward with a certain amount of financial assistance and in turn has demanded a de- tailed and time-consuming sys- tem of records in relation to the ambulance department. Two- way radios have been installed in both vehicles according to the requirements of the provin- cial department. Construction work on a garage to house the vehicles is about to commence and should be completed well before bad weather sets in. Mrs. Morrey also announced that for the first time in the Two youngsters • • escape iniunes Two Wingham youngsters escaped serious injuries last week in collision with cars dur- ing school's first week. Police chief Jim Miller has asked all children to use caution, wheth- er on bicycles or on foot. Five-year-old Theresa Bro- phy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brophy was struck by a car on Thursday at 11;30 a, m. at the intersection of Josephine and John Streets. Driver of the car involved was 20-year-old Glen Madill, of Catherine Street. Witnesses told police that the girl darted across the road in front of the car. Chief Miller said no blame had been attached to the driver of the car. Taken to hospital for obser- vation and x-rays, Theresa was found to have suffered bruises, particularly in her back, but was released that afternoon. The second accident occur- red Thursday evening about 8 o'clock. Karen Ritchie, 9- year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ron Ritchie of Bristol Ter- race was riding her bicycle on the Hanna Memorial Bridge when she collided with a car driven by L. R. Ross of London. Mr. Ross took the girl to hospi- tal and then went to her par- ents' home where he informed them of the mishap. Luckily, Karen suffered only minor bruis- es and was released from hospi- tal. history of the hospital, the grand jury for Huron County had visited the. institution on Thurs- day and was highly compli- mentary of the facilities and staff. The jury had been in- structed by the judge to inspect all hospitals in the county. It was also reported that the local hospital has received pro- visional accreditation. Im- mediate attention will be given to those points which must be met before full accreditation is granted.