The Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-04-04, Page 34Page 6- .Lteknow Sentinel Wednesday,. April 11, 1979
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at do they fear:
The attempt by the Ontario
health ministry to'. force the
closure of a number of active
treatment beds at. Wingham :and
District Hospital this year sparked
G tremendous public reaction.
People from all around the area
flocked to meetings and wrote
hundreds of letters publicly voic-
ing their protest against the
ministry proposal.
However the .reaction of'. the
board of governors charged: with
the responsibility for running the
hospital has beenquite different.,
Since the threat to the hospital
beds.. first became apparent earl-
ier this year the board has gone
underground, choosing to hold
several meetings inclosed session
and refusing to allow bers of
the public or th''e pr" to attend:
The most recent example occur-
red last week when the board met
to consider a brief to the health
minister prepared by a committee.
of interested citizens and board
members. The contents ofa brief
prepared by a public committee
as a result of public pressure and.
regarding the fate of a public
pressure and regardingthe fate of
a public insititution can hardly be
considered a private matter, yet
Letters to the editor
the board refused to allow the
press or public to attend the
meeting at ^which the matter was
discussed.
When a public body acts in
such a manner the obvious.
questions are: What does it fear?.
What is it trying to hide? It might
be argued that the board fears
whatever strategy it might intend
to use in fighting bed cuts would
be jeopardized if it were revealed
• prematurely -Whether or not this
is true, there is an, accepted
manner of handling such informa-
tion: it is discussed in committee -
of -the -whole and the press ac-
cepts that it is not reportable. The
board is aware of this procedure
and has followed it in the past
without finding it necessary to
exclude the press from a meeting.
People of Wingham and area
have convincingly demonstrated
their solid support for the hospital
and their desire to see it remain a
100 -bed facility, even if it means
dipping into their own pockets.
They have a right toknow what
the hospital board is doing to
carry out their wishes.
-The Wingham Advance -Times
75 YEARS AGO •
A great deal of complaint is being
made by the citizens against the running
at large of cows in the village and several
lawns have been badly cut up by them.
The constable has been instructed to
strictly enforce the cow by-law and any
..animal found on the streets will be taken
to the pound.
Last Friday George Adamson, accom-
panied by John Glass started out to drive
to Lucknow from Kincardine. When
seven miles out of Kincardine, upon
approaching a narrow bridge, one of the
traces became loosened, and the horse
made a plunge forward and fell. Mr.
Glass got out of the cutter in order to
facilitate matters and unhitch the horse.
Upon attempting to rise, the animal fell
-off the embankment onto the ice of the
artificial lake which forms there during
the winter. The ice gave way and the
horse which belonged to Mr. Glass,
harness and allhave not been seen. since.
The men had to walk the seven miles with
the grips and heavy. overcoats. Several
attempts were made to locate the animal,
but without success. When the water
abates in the late spring the horse will
probably come to light..
Richard. Hayeswho figured so promin-
ently in the Stanley barn burning case in
Kinloss, was tried before his, Honour
Judge, Barett. He was acquitted of the
chargeupon which he was tried on the
ground of insanity and an order was made
committing him to the asylum.
50 YEARS AGO
The . heavy rains and fierce electric
storms which visited this section on
Friday and Saturday last, were general
over Western Ontario. Thefloods result-
ing from the heavy rainfallsare said to
have been the most destructive " ever
experienced in the province, though of
course, not equal to many of which we
read. A few Lucknow residents had water
in their cellars and some cellars were
filled, but that was nothing to what:
occurred along the Maitland and Saugeen.
Rivers.
Checker players usually jook so serious
while at their game, that one wonders
how a checker tournament could possibly
be an enjoyable affair. Yet, those who
took part in a contest here between
Brussels 4nd Lucknow representatives
Monday evening, are unanimous in
'declaring that it was just a splendid: time.
We have heard only from the Lucknow
players and, as they came off victorious it
may make a difference: They say the
Brusselites were good sports and took
their defeat like gentlemen. The victors
too appeared to have taken their victory
like gentlemen. They were feeling elated
and happy but were not boasting. That
might not be wise for who knows what
may happen, when they go, to Brussels,
.1 Last Saturday was a fine day and the
roads being good and the land too wet to
work on, many country residents came to
town for the weekend shopping, so it
reminded one of the summer Saturday
nights.
25 YEARS AGO
Charges of business hours infractions
laid against Ivan Louzon,proprietor of
the . Lucknow Fruit Market and Henry
Donais, proprietor of Henry's Fruit
Market -were speedily dealt with by
Magistrate Otto McClevis in Police Court
in Walkerton on Thursday. He dismissed
both cases. The: charges were laid by
Constable Alex Havens under the provi-
sions of by-law #3 of the Village of
Lucknow . setting closing hours at 6.30
p.m. on week days and 11.30 on
Saturday. Both stores remained open in
the evenings after the by-law became
effective March 1. Magistrate McClevis
ruled the by-law invalid viewing it as
having stemmed petition that did
not carry., the ret t h . a f >iercentages of
signatures—of the class of stores, involved.
Neither of thefruit stores had signed the
petition.
Margaret Fletcher who makes her
home at Baker's. Private Hospital observ-
ed her 98th birthday on Thursday, April
1. $he was formerly Margaret MacKay of
Kintail. She resided in the United States
for many years but hasmade her .home in
Lucknow for the past .10 years.
Farewell sermons were delivered on
Sunday by Rev: A. Winn•as:he concluded
a four year, pastorate as minister of
Lucknow and Dungannon Presbyterian
Church congregations. He has accepted a
call to Dixie: Presbyterian Church and will
reside at Cooksville. •
Bruce County is the first county in
Ontario in which the Townships have
signed up 100 per cent under the brucei-
lossis control plan. Brucellosis or contag-
ious abortion with which.updulant fever is
associated, is best controlled' -by the
vaccination of female cattle in what is
known as calfhood Vaccination. A canvass
of Kinloss Township during the winter
resulted in 90 per- cent of cattle owners
favouring this-projectandpetitioning the
Township Council to set up the plan
whichhas been done accordingly. .
Why. one doctor opted out of OHIP
Dear Editor:
I was surprised when I
opened my Home Town
paper this, week: and found
that Kingsbridge is back in
the news.
News of Kingsbridge is
what I look for first and with
no column since- last summer
1 was not going to renew my
subscription.
Seeing a letter Ifrom Mrs.
Charles Pearce of Brantford,
my school teacher at S. S.
No. 9 Ashfield, prompted me
to send my cheque.
'All the best to a wonderful
Yours truly,
Wilamina Hill.
Thank You
To the. edittor:'•
I would appreciate it if you
b' could - print the following
letter in the next issue of the
Sentinel.
"On behalf of the Ontario
Heart Foundation, 1 do want
to thank all the residents of
Lucknow, Ashfield Township
and the surrounding area for
their support of this year's
Heart Fund Campaign. 83%
of the money raised goes
towards research, and their
response makesit possible
for this important work to
continue. Muchof it is
carried out at University of
Western Ontario. All of us
know someone with heart
trouble who has benefitted'
from the results of this
research. '
We are grateful to the two
groups who organized the
canvass - the Kinette Club of
Lucknow, headed try Mrs.
Lillian Abbott, and the West
Huron Junior Farmers, head-
ed by Miss Elizabeth Ritchie.
Their community spirit made
-the canvass a success, and
we appreciated their time
and hard work.
Huron county's total is
already up 50% over last
year and the donations are
still coming in. Thank you.
Jane Vincent
Area Co-ordinator
Ontario Heart Foundation"
Opted out r ='
Editor's notes In last week's
Sentinel we published a
letter which was given to
employees of Dominion Road
'Machinery, Goderich, to use
in their letter writing cam-
paign to members of the
Ontario Legislature. The let-
ter objected to doctors drop-
ping out of OHIP. The follow-
ing letter appeared in the
April 5 edition of The coder-
ich Signal -Star. It cites the
reasons leading to a Goder,
ich physician's decision to
opt out of OHIP.
To the editor:
Recently, the 'opted out"
physician has come under
attack. While critics have a
right to their opinion, they
have been very inaccurate
and unfair about many issu-
es.
Since I am an "opted out
physician in this community,
and since I am proud of my
stand in this matter, I felt
'cernpelled to write this letter
to explain the facts as I see
them.
First, I would like to
explain two reasons why I
chose to "opt out" of OHIP.
The first reason is to
defend my professional free-
dom and identity. The many
British and Irish physicians
in Ontario today are a
testament to the unbearable
medical conditions that came
to exist in the British Health
System after it was taken
over and then completely
destroyed by government.
I and many other physic-'
ians feel very strongly that if
we don't fake a stand profes-
sionally against government
interference, some day it will
be too late and we will have
the British Health. System
here. The two most import-
ant things to government are
getting into power and then
gaining control.
It gains control by bur-
eaucracy, laws and red tape.
Already there is too much
bureaucracy and red tape in
this area, through more bur-
eaucracy and red tape, it will
soon gain control to the point
of dictating the day-to-day
treatment of individual pat-
ients.
The horrifying part is that
these bureaucrats (who will
be making important decis-
ions about a patient's illness)
will be well versed in statist-
ics and know nothing about
medicine. From Toronto,
these bureaucrats will be
making important decisions
about our local hospital -
often coming up with inap-
propriate decisions.
If a patient needs a certain
drug, a form will have to be
sent to the Department of
Health and a decision will be
made by some committee in
Toronto. The same will apply
if a patient need to see a
consultant, or needs to go to
a certain hospital, or needs a
certain test, or needs a
certain treatment, etc.
Do not be disbelieving.
This is happening in Britain
today. Meanwhile, the doctor
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