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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1967-12-14, Page 1ALONG THE MAIN DRAG 13y The Pedestrian LATE SPORTS-- In recent broomball action. Brussels downed Wingham 5-1 in girls competition, Wingham men defeated Beigrave 2-1 and Whitechurch shutoutJames- town 4-0. On Thursday night Brussels girls blanked Tees- water 3-0, Beigrave men downed Belmore 3.1, and Brussels defeated Wingham 3-1, 0--0--0 PEEWEES WIN-- Wingham Peewees downed Lucknow 4-2 in Lucknow on Monday night, Tom Lee net- ting two, Brian Pollock and John Henderson each scoring once. Bill Anger in the nets played a standout game. 0-0-0 LUCKY BUCKS THIS WEEK-- Mrs. W. Mehl of Wingham was the $25 winner in the Lucky Bucks draw this week. Other wihnk .s Were Mrs. A. ap'Halliday of Wingham and Mrs. S. Procter of R.Ft.5 Brestels, both receiving $10 and Mrs. Lloyd Montgomery of Wingham winning $5. SOUTH OF THE BoADER-- A note from Mt. and Mrs. Dick Lloyd who are wintering in Phoenix, Arizona, tells of beautiful weather with day- time temperatures ranging friani 65 to 75. The Lloyd's send along their Clitistmes greetings to their friends here, MRS. N, ARMSTRONG, Grade III and IV teacher at the Sacred Heart Separate School discusses scholastics with Mr. and Mrs. Steve Majka of R. R. 3 Wingham, during the "Open House" held on Thura 'day night.—A-T Photo, 11111111111111.111111f11f11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111YY 1111111111,, unno, llllllllllllllllllll 1 lllllll 101.1.0110 Ready for emergency Wingham hospital to be base for disaster plan supplies Joins staff at Stanley -Berry MR. AND MRS. RAYMOND SCHMIDT of Bluevale, are seen talking to Mrs. W. Kinahan at the "Open House" held at the Sacred Heart Separate School Thursday night. Mrs. Kinahan is teacher in Grades I and II.—A-T Photo. Only in Grade Nine H.S. board reviews policy on compulsory cadet training FIRST SECTION Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, Pee. 14, 1967 Single. Copy Not Ovet Fifteen Cents, County school trustees discuss amalgamation llllll lllllll lllll ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,, ,, 111111, 1 llllll 111,801 lll 1111111111Y11Y111 lllllll 95.1110 lllllllllll 210 physiotherapy treatments. A total of 3,014 patient days averaged out at 94 patients per day in the hospital during Nov- ember. Some idea of the increasr ing work load at the hospital may be gained from the fact that the total number of out- patients treated this year to date amounts to 2'713, while a year ago the total stood at only 1931. Laboratory tests this year total 44, 956 as compared with 25,865 at the same rime last year. Daily patient average of 94 in November of this year compares with 87 for the same month Last year. Accounts for the month totalling $86, 435.41, were listed by R.R. Hunter, finance chairman and Barry Wenger, chairman of the management committee reported on the staff in various departments. He said that the hospital needs several graduate nurses to fill out all positions. A physio- therapist, P. Ahuja, who is a native of India, joined the staff at the first of December. PROPERTY COMM. Ed Walker, chairman of the property committee, said that work is progressing on the construction of the ambulance garage and all other mainten- ance work had been kept up to standard. An inspector from the insurance carriers had exa- mined the boners and found everything in good shape. He mentioned a few problems in the newer areas of the building which had been under discus- sion with the architects. Dr. W.A. McK ibbon, re- porting for the medical staff, said that co-operation is excel- lent and that the doctors are working toward the standards required for accreditation. Mrs. English said that the Hospital Auxiliary award of $100 was presented to Mary Rathbun at the recent corm- mencment exercises at the high school. The Auxiliary will again present prizes for the best decorated windows in the hospital over the Christmas season. Barry Wenger reported on the problem created recently when high school students on foot delayed the ambulance on its way to the scene of an ac- cident. The meeting voted that a resolution or letter be sent to the high school and the town council in an effort to reduce the hazard to both stu- dents and possible accident victims when the ambulance is travelling the streets in the area of the high school. AMBULANCE MEETING The board chairman re- potted on a meeting held last month when representatives of the participating niunicipelf- tiei and the hospital board had reviewed the operation of the aiiibulanees and bad listefied to a representative of the E Met- getiey Health Services of the provincial Department Of Health. In tert months of operations the ambulance department had a revenue of $6268 and expen- ditures of $5079. Approximate- ly $1188 remains to be collect- ed, chiefly from estates which are nor yet settled. Capital revenue, used for the purchase of the vehicles and equipment totalled $21, 356 plus a provin- cial subsidy of $3064. Total expenditures for the ambulanc- es, equipment, radios and gar- age to date has been $19,508, but further expenditures will have to be met before the gar- age is completed. Dr. -McNally, the provin- cial representative at the Nov- ember meeting had announced a new plan to be put into effect by the provincial government, whereby at least 50/0 of the capital outlay will be refunded and any operating losses in future will be met by the De- partment of Health. Future capital costs, such as replace- ment of vehicles and equip- ment will also be met 100 6/0 by the department. The hospital is required to provide a properly trained em- ployee to take charge of the ambulance and must charge rates for service fixed by the department. These rates will be $15.00 for each stretcher patient and $7.50 for each sit- ting patient, plus 50¢ per mile one way for travel. If the ambulance is used for more than one patient at a time the rate will be split. Mr, Cousins also reported on a meeting last Thursday with the architects, at which time plans for the new training school were reviewed. The Ontario Hospital Services Com- mission has asked that the plans submitted be re-vamped to reduce the total floor space. Since tentative approval for the plans was given by OHSC previously, the matter will be taken up in Toronto after the New Year, Plans changed for recreation office Council plans to convert the ladies' waiting room on the main floor of the town hall into an office for the recreation director have been delayed due to a number of objections from area residents. Last week the council de- cided that the Morn was hot used a great deal and could be put to use as office space. However. in the interval it is understood that a petition has been sent to council signed by local women who object ter the Move. According to Councillor John Bateson, property chair- men, the committee was happy to learn that the Mont is being Used more than was realized and other accommodation May have to be'found' frit the re,, Madam director. As the result of a statement made several weeks ago by the Hon. John P, Robarts, prime minister of Ontario, some 75 School trustees from across Huron County met at the Huron Centennial School, south of Brucefield to take a look at the impact of the premier's announ- cement. In making the announce- ment Mr. Robarts indicated that all school boards, both elementary and secondary, will be amalgamated into one board on a county basis, effective January 1969. The trustees' meeting was called by the South Huron Trus- tees Association to provide an opportunity for board members in Huron to take a look at the situation. G. L. Morgan Smith of the Stanley-Tuckersmith School Area had drafted out a program and itemized the prob- lems he felt will be faced by county boards during 1968. The meeting took the form of a general session. The trus- tees then broke up into five one-hour discussion groups with the recorders reporting to the general session on the results of each group discussion, The Smith program sug - gested that without planning the new county board would face serious problems: no office space or staff; little continuity due to a great reduction in number of board members with experience; a probable shortage of qualified administrative staff as all counties are facing the same task; the taking over of assets and liabilities of exist- ing boards; the takeover of buildings, plant and transporta- tion systems of existing boards; arranging a county salary scale and negotiating salaries with the teaching and non-teaching staffs without prior study; the arrangement of boundary areas where overlaps with other counties occur; the assembly of statistical information neces- sary for operations and the per- sonnel records of teaching and other staffs; the formation of one advisory vocational com- mittee at the secondary level. In the Robarts announce- ment it was stated that the new county school board will be an elected body. This factor would produce some problems. Under existing legislation which allots representation by population, the new Huron Wingham District High School Vice-Principal Robert Ritter addressed the school board on Thursday evening in connection with the cadet corps of which he is chief instructor. As a result the board has chang- ed the policy regarding mem- bership in the corps. When the corps was first formed male students in Grades 9 through 12 were required to take the training, if their par- ents had no objection. Mr. Ritter explained, however, that in the interval there has been a change of attitude toward cadets and that little direction is given by the military. There is also a change of attitude by many parents and at times the training conflicts with track and field activity. He indicat- ed there is also a lack of quali- fied instructors for the corps. Mr. Ritter recommended, and the board concurred, that cadet training be compulsory only in Grade 9 and be put On a voluntary basis for the other grades for this term, and that the program be reviewed at the end of the current school year. In other business the board learned that John Brewer had been reappointed as Huron County representative and that Mr. H. Sturgis who teaches part time, had resigned. Mrs. G.W. Tiffin, who has also been teaching part time, will take over the work on a full time basis. The board decided to in- The last regular meeting of the Public Utilities Coma mission for the year 1967 was held on Thursday evening with all members present, Accounts for both hydro and water de- partments were ordered paid. Correspondence was read from Ontario Hydro regarding the increase in the cost of power for the coming year. Due to increases in wages, in- terest rates and in the cost of equipment and materials in- ante tenders for the supply of fuel oil to the school. STUDENT LOUNGE A decision was reached to convert the basement room tin- der the library into a student lounge. Electric heaters from the old administration wing will be used in the room. The board will support the Science Fair by offering cash prizes in one section of the fair. A special committee which was set up earlier in the year to study school operation, re- commended a staff-board re- lations committee be establish- ed. This will be done in Janu- ary. Albert Wortall, chairman of the property committee, reported that the new boiler had overheated and insurance will cover the necessary repairs, In his report to the board Principal F.E. Madill asked for comments on the commen- cement. He recommended that no other large gatherings should be held in the school until the building program ad- vances to the point where more exits become available. A request for drapes and blackout curtains for the wood and automotive shops was given approval. The principal's recommen- dation that membership in the National Association of Second. ary School Principals be re- newed was also approved, as was his suggestion for the pur- chase of video tapes and a small TV set for the TV centre, Mr. Madill said the build. Mg superintendent advises that the contractor is Meeting dead- lines established early in Octo- ber, raider this program the curled by Ontario Hydro, the rate established for 1967 was found to be low and the 13th power bill to the local PUC will be in the form of a debit rather than a credit. A further increase in rate is expected in 1969. Despite the fact that local wages have also shown an in- crease, the commission de- cided that there will be no increase in the retail rates for hydro service in Wingham. administration area is due to be put into use by February 8th and the south classrooms on May 10th. Average daily attendance stood at 988 during November. FUND ESTABLISHED BY LUCKNOW STAFF J. W. Allason, principal of the Lucknow school, report- ed attendance had averaged 88 per cent in November, down due to the two-day closing for professional development. En- rolment was 169. He said the annual student- staff Christmas dinner is slated for December 20th, and the students' council is operating a special week of activities in an effort to raise money for the needy in the area. A student-written school show will be expanded into a drama which will involve most of the school's talent. !vie. Allason reported that a London teacher, Mrs. Ten- penny, has been engaged to replace the late Mrs. Doris MacKenzie, and will take up her duties on December 11th. He also said the Lucknow staff has established "The Doris MacKenzie Bursary Fund" and all donations will be ap- preciated. The Lucknow principal outlined a number of problems in connection with the school time clock and other equip- ment, which will be looked in- to. The board took no action on his suggestion that a student lounge area be created in the school. At the close of the meet- ing.Chairman Ross McRae said it had been a pleasure to be They will remain the same as they have been throughput 1967. Increased sales and other factors make an unchans. ed rate possible here, TO MUSEUM Some time ago the local commission offered the old equipment in the Lower Town power house to Ontario Hydro for their museum in Niagara Falls. The offer has been ac- cepted and a letter was re- ceived, stating that the old generator and water wheel would be set up in Niagara with a suitable plaque, giving its history and place of origin, The equipment will be remov- ed from the power house here at the expense of Ontario Hy- dro. No decision was reached on the matter of the town shed, It was reported that the tree trimming gang from Hydro has left town until after the New Year. About $3, 000 has been spent to date on tree trimming. Considerable discussion took place regarding the water- works department, A motion was passed which stated that "after the first of January, 1968 the smallest water main in- stalled in Wingham will be six inches in diameter." Regula- tions of the fire marshal's of- fice require that every fire hydrant be fed by mains of no less than six inch diameter. In the light of the continued growth of the town four inch mains might require extensions at a later date and would not be large enough for fire pur- poses. HYDRANT RENTAL UP It was pointed out by the superintendent that the hydrant rental was reduced in 1962 from $2.25 to $1.25 per month. Many of the older hydrants cannot be repaired because parts and fittings are no longer made for them and new ones have to be installed from time to time. The present cost of a new installation runs about $700, hence it was moved that "the hydrant rental be , $3.00 a month commencing Jan. 1, 1968," The water department showed a loss of $7000 in 1966 and will be in the red again in 1967. It is possible that water rates will have to be raised. After granting the usual Christmas bonus to the staff the meeting adjourned. Chairman denies co-operation gap with town council John Pattison, chairman.of the PUC, said that he could not understand remarks at council last week in which one coun- cillor had said there was little co-operation between the town and PUC. He pointed out that the PUC has spent $2,000 on the Riverside Park and is con- tributing $7, 500 to the desilt- ing of the lower town pond. Mr. Pattison also pointed to the fact that the town public works department and the PUC staff are constantly working to- gether anclaabiaring equipment where it Nalisible to do so. Another factor of coopera- tion, Mr. Pattison said, is that the PUC is collecting through water rates a portion of the money required to retire the debt on the sewage disposal system. This amounted to some $18,000 last year and since the program was started sotne $90, 000 will have been turned over to the town for this purpose, by the end of this year, chairman of the board during the year. He thanked the board, staff and officials for their co-operation. Following the meeting he lillsted a lunch hour at Danny's Restaurant. The five discussion groups, in their reports to the general meeting. covered a wide range Please Ttitn to Page Eight Complete supplies includ- ing drugs and dressings for a 200-bed emergency hospital will be stored at the Wingham and District Hospital. At the monthly meeting of directors on Friday evening, presided over by Chairman R.B. Cousins, Mrs. I.E. Money, administra- tor, said that space will be provided in the new ambulance garage for the storage of all the supplies required for a dis- aster hospital. Certain main- tenance will be required to keep the supplies up to standard for instant availability. The purpose of the arrange- ment is to make possible the establishment of( 200-bed emergancy hospqal in a high school or similariarge public building in case of a disaster of any major proptions, Such as a fire or publk transport ac- cident. The government has established several of these units throughout the province, any of which could be in opera- tion within eight hours. STATISTICAL REPORT Mrs. Morrey reported that there were 221 admissions to the local hospital during the month of November; 213 discharges; 8 deaths; 202 operations; 30'7 outpatients; 416 x-rays; 3lblood transfusions; 5430 laboratory procedures; 43 electro-cardio - graphic examinations; 64 at cancer clinic; 1 coroner's report, Commission meeting PUC will maintain 1961 rates despite increase by Ont. Hydro Alton Adams, plant mana- ger of the Wingham branch of Stanley-Berry Limited, armour?, ced recently that Bill limes has joined the firm as trianufactur- ing engineer. Mr. trines, formerly ern , played in a similiar capacity at Canadian bird poultry equip- ment manufacturers, will be responsible for improving ef- ficiency in the manufacturing process. Married with two children, Mr. hinds will Move his family to the area froth Streetsville, as soon as accommodation has been found. Joining him then will be his wife Catherine and son Bill who is 15a His daugh- ter SEISM is Married and lives in Ottawa. On persoriai ticite. Mr. County board could have near- ly 60 members, generally con- ceded by the meeting to be 'far too many for a workable board. The program also made a number of suggestions regard- ing the staff which would prob- ably be required, and this appeared to be a very extensive organization including a direc- tor and two superintendents of education, along with people to control the business admin- istration, health services, cafeteria services, finance, purchasing, transportation, plant operations, and a host of other details. trines was born at Owen Sound and was raised at Paris and Hamilton, His father was born at Langside, between Wingham and tucknow