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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-04-27, Page 3tu$inost Assoc. consols ,stn.. . The meeting of theBum for the cancellation _ , . T,, rrt-. otthe 'Waterloo A�c�.�t%ol� �ow�ra�e� for t ��g�``'���+`, o �I I _ x r aynaigla4alatoer At Vongnerv,thasikaL secured as the speaker. The opinion has been expressed that Mr. Taylor will attend a future meeting. telephone committee Ontaeted members Wednesday and Thurs- day to ,advise there would be no meeting. The 4lr4ture of association president, Vern Redman, for M Florida and the inability for someone else to conduct the meeting were the reasons given • N A M' • "I'm cejebrating my twenty- third birthday tomorrow." "And why not Mrs. Smith? Bet- ter late than never. •9 DON'T FORGET.. APRIL 21 -MAY 7 THE LIVING WATERS CRUSADE WflJl. Paul, Parr and the Songmasters • EVERY NIGHT 8 P.M. AT THE Huron Men's Chapel Auburn EVIL PREVAILS WHEN GOOD MEN DO NOTHING. WHY BREAK YOUR BACK HAULING CASES OF POP WHEN YOU CAN HAVE THEM DELIVERED TO THE DOOR? FREE DELIVERY SERVICE FOR SOFT DRINKS BY .THE CASE—TO THE DOOR 1 a case plus deposit . (cheaper than in the store) 12-30 oz. bottles to a case DELIVERY. IN TIVERTON,,, KINCARDINE, GODERICH, LUCKNOW, RIPLEY, PT. CLARK' AND WINGHAM ALL FLAVORS COLA, GINGERALE, ORANGE, GRAPE, LEMON LIME, CREAM SODA, ROOT BEER AND PLUS -4 395-5581 Hospital care lines, _ -state and. rider. in -early times supported hota as daces of rest and convales- cence for, surviving wounded soldiers. Rich patricians and pat- rons of the Holy Roman Empire built and endowed hospitals for the poor -sick. And so it continued up until the latter part of the 19th Century, with most of the hos- pitals operated as charity institu- tions by religious° orders and. supported by donations of the wealthy. Although lacking modern hos- pital techniques and a knowledge of infection control, these hos- pitals did offer tender, and usually loving, care to the sick. Around the middle 180Q's, how- ever, increasing numbers of pub, lic institutions for indigents were established. Toooften they were staffed by underpaid, unskilled and uncaring lay people who mis- treated the sick and gave the hos- pitals of that day a black eye. As medical and surgical science progressed, along with the acceptance of Florence Nightingale's more orderly and hygienic hospital methods, more community hospitals were esta- blished by grants from govern- ments and by public-spirited citi- zens who chipped in to build needed health facilities. Despite this government support, how- ever, hospitals were, still con- sidered primarily places of char- ity, with the biggest share of operating and building costs sup- plied by donations and fund rais- ing drives. As the growing complexity of hospitals made them big busin- ess, employing hundreds and even thousands of skilled and semi -skilled . workers, the hos- pital frequently became the big- gest building and the biggest employer in town. The steadily - rising cost of hospital services inevitably reached the point when it became impossible for hospitals to continue operating as charitable institutions for the poor. . The hospital had to be paid for the services provided to its patients in order to stay in exis- tence, and, it had to adopt business practices. The cost of a patient's board and room were figured, along with nursing care, on a basis of so much per day. Medicine, operating rooms and special services were figured at cost. This meant theappointment of a business manager, and bill - collecting, a job hospitals, parti- cularly, did not relish but had to do. Of course, this did not mean the complete „ evil of . hospital charity. No needy patients were turned away for lack of funds. But many Of those patients who wanted to pay their own way, found they couldn't without seri- ously depleting' their savings, or mortgaging their property. This early realizatk h that the, cost of hospital care couldbe prohibitive to all but the wealthiest led to the inevitable, development of "mutual help" plans, the, fore- runners of Blue Cross and the government hospitalization schemes we have today. First Pre -Payment Plan In. 1878, St. Joseph's Hospital in Victoria, B.C., became the first Canadian hospital to offer its ser- vices on a pre -payment plan= "gratuitous adrissioh, Vf*I dontoac t reduces,- ntedicines free of charge!!, --10t monthly subscription of ono 401 - lar. As early as 1883, the Nix Scotia Provincial Worker* Association were making ded00- tions from wages for doctor's SO - vices and hospital care, and -in ' i other mining and lumbering OPfi tres across Canada sii ar ° arrangements were adopted. Some companies in remote ar even established their OWi efnployee hospitals. , Such programs became in- creasingly popular and by 1834•A committee of the Canadian 11/100 4. cal Association was able to repoort 27 hospital -sponsored prep.,'; • ment plans operating in six prOv,'. inces. Typical of these was the, Kingston plan which began 10 1933 and provided prepaid ser- vices at both the Kingston Gen- eral Hospital and the Hotel Dieu. Such plans as these, of course, were able to cover only a minute fraction of the population. Their comparative success and. popularity, however accented the. need for more broadly-based plans which could make the obvious benefits of prepaid .hos- pital care available to everyone who sought them. The logical answer to this need came with the Blue Cross movement, which had , its beginnings in 1929 when a group of faculty members at Baylor University in Dallas, Texas, signed an agreement with ho pays the Hospital.' University With the direct hacking 14 the American Hospital Association, the idea of non-profit comm.unity- Widc coverage spread rapidly across the United States and into Canada - during the '30's. Local ;glue Cross plans were es- tablished in states, provinces and cities, each one enjoying com- plete administrative indepen- dence but all linked by their,com- non purpose and their adherence 'to the Blue Cross Charter, laid shown by the A.H.A. The biggest of the Canadian Blue Cross plans was established in 1941 by the On- tario Hospital Association, the voluntary, organization of all hos- ;pitals in the province. The type of insurance coverage ,,provided by Canada's voluntary plans, however, changed sig- nificantly after January 1st, 1959. This was the date on which government made its full scale entry into the field of basic hos- ; pital insurance. Plans Are Costly There is no doubt that the plans are costly, and growing costlier all the time, as new hospital beds are added in their thousands, as new and improved hospital tech- niques call for fabulously expen- ive equipment and, above all, as salaries and waves of the people who staff our hospitals go up and up to 'keep pace with community levels. In 1972 Ontario's hospitals plan alone will cost an anticipated Brussels man will. represent Huron Liberals Charles Thomas, reeve of Grey Township, was nominated the federal Liberal candidate for Huron riding at a convention held in Central Huron Secondary School, Clinton, on Monday night. The 44 -year-old Brussels area farmer defeated Mrs. Jean Adams of Brucefield, a vice . • president of the Huron Riding As- sociation for the candidacy. A third candidate, Wilson Hodgins of Biddulph Township, former Middlesex County Warden, with drew. Before the last federal election in 1968, two Middlesex County townships, McGillivray and. Biddulph, were added to the .Huron riding. Mr: Thomas, a former Royal Canadian Air Force jet pilot, has been reeve of Grey Township and a member of Huron County Coun- cil for the past four years. He is married and has three children. gr w the way with a Iow-cost Personal Loan; How would you like to grow? A new home a car, furniture, a vacation? Discuss your. plans with a TD Bank Manager first. Let him arrange a personal loan to suit your needs. He might be able to make it easier on the budget than you expected. EXAMPLES OF OUR REPAYMENT PLAN OTHERS AVAILABLE TO FIT YOUR NEEDS F. J. SNOW, Manager Wingham, Ontario. Amount Borrowed. . Terms of Repayment Monthly Payments Total Cost .of loon` (inquding Life Insurance) $1000. 24 mos. $ 47.00 $127.52 1500. 27 mos. 63.60- 215.25 2000. 30 mos. 77.40 319.23 2500. 33 mos. 89.10 439.69 3000. 36 mos. 99.40 576.84 3500. 36 mos: 116.00 672.98 4000. 36 Mos. 132.50 769.12 5000. 36 mos. . 165.60 961.40 'Cost of loon expressed as on annual interest rate is 11.8% per onnum. Call in and ask about a lowcost personal loan to make your dreams come true—the TD way! TOROM"O DOMINION the bank where people make the difference A. E. GRAHAM, Manager, Gorriel, Ontario: Belgrave William Campbell, Harriston, Walter Scott and Robert Hibberd visited Royal Black Perceptory No. 712, Grand Valley, on Thurs- day when R.W. Sir Kt. Robert Beck of Stoney Creek addressed. the meetting, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hibberd visited their son-in-law.. and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ken Lichty and Wayne, RR 1 Milver- ton on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. John Galbraith of Toronto spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Campbell. Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Ansley and family have moved to their for- mer home near Thessalon. Terry Ansley is staying with Mr. and Mrs. Clare . Van 'Camp until the summer holidays. John Rinn was able to return to his home Wednesday after being hospitalized for five weeks in Vic- toria Hospital, London. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Rinn and Mrs. Keith Rock were recent visitors with Mrs. William Gor- don of Kinloss. A busload of 50 Institute mem- bers and friends. motored to Lis- towel, last Tuesday. night and visited the Listowel florist. After Business people invited to see school facilities Representatives of various businesses of the Wingham area have been invited to attend a . meeting at F. E. Madill Second- ary School Thursday, May 4, by school principal G. O. Phillips and commercial director E. L. Stuckey. . Purpose of the meeting is t,o acquaint the business community with the program of business education and following •the de- scriptions of the course offered, a 'tour of the commercial facilities. of the school will be held. There will also be an opportuni- ty for the visitors to chat with in- dividual teachers and offer sug- gestions on how F. E. Madill might better serve.,the needs of ' business in this area. for it? 31,000 = :llion of 'Whim .75-18 Pert. will be..f. T salad% wind. wages. Who Pays? So who pays the cost for hos- pital care? By now the answer is probably obvious- Practically everyone of us in Canada is help- ing to pay this huge bill through taxes and premiums. It may be stretching the point to say that the_system is painless; but it is fair and it ensures that no Canadian has to mortgage his home, go into debt, or worst of all, deny himself 'necessary hos- pital care because of the bill. And what about those Canadians who want health in- surance over and above the basic government hospital programs? They are turning in ever- increasing numbers to the Blue Cross plans and the commerical insurance companies, who are offering a growing variety of pre- paid "supplementary" benefits, ranging from a semi -private hos- pital room or an artificial limb, to Tommy's allergy -shot at the doc- tor's or the prescription you take to the corner drug store. When it comes to prepaying our health costs: it seens we Canadians can't have too much of a good thing. As recently as 1950, 19 per cent of Canada's labor force was working on farms. Today, that figure has dropped to 6.5 per cent. personals a tour of the greenhouses a film was shown on the 1971 Rose Bowl Parade, followed by demonstra- tions on slipping plants and arranging flowers. Mrs. Albert Vincent visited with Mr. and Mrs. William Kelly of Seaforth for a few days last week. They also visited with Mrs. Dan Beirns, Mrs. Norman Byer - man and Mr. and Mrs. Secord McBrien. Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hanna were Mr. and Mrs. David -Manna and family, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Minick and family of Kitchener, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Hanna of Lis- towel. Mrs. Minick and children remained for a few days with her parents. F"rank Procter is a patient in Wingham and District Hospital following n car accident on Satur- day evening. DREAMY DOLLS WINGHAM—Sixteen girls were present when the Dreamy Dolls met in the town hall. Kathy Galbraith read the minutes of the last meeting and Sandy Currie moved their approval. This was the last. meeting and all garments were prepared for Achievement Day. Karen Currie. showed the girls. how to prepare their book covers and the girls worked on this. Achievement Day calendars were handed out and the events reviewed. "4 SLEEPING BEAUTIES LAKELET—The,, Sleeping Beauties metet Mrs..Hallman's home,. with Susan Angst. reading the minutes of the last meeting. Roll call was answered by Com- paring the total of each girl's Bar- men with that of a similar ready - mad one. cussion was on facings and trims. Miss Huth demonstrated ' facings and Mrs. Hallman trims. Practical work was making trim samples. The next meeting will be Satur- day (29th) at the home ,of Judith Ann Murray. Susan Angst will. again act as secretary. JACK TAYLOR of Belgrave, a member, of the Huron County Board of Education, attended the meeting of the Wingham Home and School Association,Monday night and chats with Jack Kopas, right, about the credit system adopted by the secondary schools. —Staff Photo. • . MR. HUNTER keeps records of his cross country team as they practise in. F EMSS parking lot. They will compete in WOSSA in a. few weeks. ---F EM Photo. Fires cause minor damage Firemen answered two calls between Friday noon and Mon- day evening and in both cases the occurrences were of minor nature. A car owned by W. Niebold of Belgrave caught fire on Edward Street about noon Friday and was extinguished before the damage reached serious proportions. A fire truck and tanker went to the farm property of John' McKay in Turnberry Township at 7:30 p.m. Monday to find 'workers burning grass off a field. Think- ing the fire would spread, a lady from a neighboring property tele- phoned the fire department. 1 i TOWN OF WINGHAM NOTICE DOG OWNERS DOG TAX DUE MAY 15. By -Law 1520 of the Town of Wingham states. that no owner of any dog shall allow his or her dog to run at large at any time of the year within the corporate limits of Wingham. OFFENDERS WILL BE PROSECUTED JAMES D. MILLER, Chief "of Police A REAL BUY.... 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