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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-06-22, Page 1Single Copy Not Over 251 Accreditation sur local hospital thi Board Chairman J. T. Udall, presiding over last Wednesday's meeting of the directors of the Wingham and District Hospital, announced that a one-man survey team would visit the hos ital on Tuesday of this week, June 20. Purpose is to assess the hospital's facilities, services, treatment procedures and records in order to recommend for or against full accreditation. The survey is car - tied out by the Canadian Council • on Hospital Accreditation. Mr. Goodall said that it was expected the survey would take place in the -fall of this year, but the date had been advanced with- out .notice. A previous survey had indi- cat in its report that all aspects of ospital care here were in excellent condition, but that members of the medical staff were seriously delinqtient in completion of case histories and patient progress . reports. The 0 chairman said that a letter had been sent to the chief of staff from a meeting of the executive committee, directing the doctors to bring their records up to date at once. Dr. P. J. Leahy, chief of staff, reported to last week's meeting that these records would be com- pleted in advance of the survey. Several of the board members present indicated that they would atterill A noon' luncheon oni ues- day to meet with the representa- tive of the Accreditation Council. Statistics • Mrs. I. E. Morrey, hospital administrator, reported 298 ad- missions' for the month of May; 292 discharges, 12 deaths, 221 operations, 132 emergency treat- „ments, 633 X-rays, 15 blood trans- fusions, 4989 • laboratory tests, cot isti• ng of 54,420 tuliits; 132 • eleetioCartliegrallWetarnaneer clinic, one postmortem examina- tion. 1 Comparative figures with the previous year indicate a steadily increasing level of activities at the hospital. As an example, 1006 operations have been performed A so far, in 1972. The 1971 figure at the same time 847 Emer- gency gen 4 ALONG THE MAIN .DRkG By The Pedestrian By The Pedestrian REGISTRATION REMINDER— Interested in swimming lessons this summer? Register at .the arena (upstairs) Thursday, June 22 at 7 p.m. Jim Ward, recreation director, tells us that parent and tot. classes will be held two nights a week. Children of any age will be accepted but only if a parent is in the water with the child at all times. The first part of the in- struction period will be devoted to informing the parents how to teach their children. During the remainder 'of the. time the in- structors will be on hand to offer guidance as the parents takeover the session in the pool. 0-0-0 SANITARY SAVVY— Five or six members of Wing - ham recreation staff were to attend a seminar at Goderich Wednesday evening under the auspices of the Huron County Health. Unit, Dr.. Frank Mills, ° M.O.H. Subject matter was to be swimming pool maintenance and sanitary standards. - 0-0-0 HELPING HAND— Wingham ^ recreation staffers assisted at the registration for swimmers at Lucknow Tuesday . evening, and will later take part in a water safety show presenting slides and printed material at an event sponsored by Lucknow rec- reation authorities July 7 and 8. 0-0-0 OUT OF CONTROL— A car fender and a . hydro pole both depreciated suddenly when a car driven by William R. Stacey 4f of RR 2, Wingham went out of control at 5:30 p.m. Sunday at the intersection of Victoria and Scott Streets. The driver advised Const. Douglas Foxton of ,wing - ham police that the driver's seat came unmoored while he was executing a left turn, throwing the car into the pole. The vehicle, a Chevy II, is registered in the name of Donald England of RR 1, �' Lucknow. Total damage was around $150. • (ram 327; X-rays up to 3144 from 2895; laboratory tests at 25,466, compared with 21,588 and elec- trocardiograms at 566 compared with 427. Comment was also made on the encouraging reduction*hich. has been effected in the avera `A length of stay by patients in th, hospital. Th, figures now are on a par with the provincial average. - Length of stay is a matter of deep concern to provincial health authorities who are quick to re - Wingham, liursday, June 22, 1972 FII=(;'�0 tit late these figures to rising health costs. Mrs. Morrey credited, the members of the Admission and Discharge Committee with the' improvement. Finance Comm. Barry Wepger, chairman oft -: finance committee, said that t cash balance in' the capital fun stands at $16,098.10. In addition the cashhon deposit, the hospi has $50,000 invested in guara teed investment certificate bearings interest at 7 to 7N cent. In his report for the manag ment committee, Robert Ritte the nursing staff stood at during the month of May. staff members have coniplet courses, one in ambulance wor and the other in unit administr The hospital's ambulance answered 78 calls during th month. He also reported on a tivities in the dietary and laundry departments. In the absence of Wallace Conn chairman of the property com mittee, Mrs. Morrey reporte that three roof areas had bee repaired, those over the operat ing room and the ambulance gar age having been completely re built, A switch on the \ stand -b generator had been replaced ambulance starters repaired rear parking lot .put into shape and all flower and shrub plant ngs taken care oZ. In ,his report for the medica staff Dr. Leahy said that the cor onary care unit under Dr. J. C McKim -is functioning very wel and that it ,is now possible t transmit electrocardiographi tracings to London by ,wire fo immediate interpretation an expert evaluation. -Dr. Leahy als igreed that the amended hospita rules and regulations for th medical staff can be accepted a satisfactory. ^ Mrs. K. M. MacLennan, presi dent of the Hospital Auxiliary reported that her group had pre sented an award to Linda Chap main, one of the graduates at th recent . nursing assistants',, grad uation exercises. Mrs. MacLennan said that Mrs Hayes of St. Marys will be th guest speaker at the next Auxili ary meeting, to take the form of a luncheon gathering. Sales from the gift rase in the hospital - lobby have improved, she reported. Public Relations DeWitt, Miller, chairman of the public relations committee, said that he had attended a meeting recently, in .Seaforth at. which three of the county hospitals had discussed methods of providing more information to -the public about hospital services and acti- vities. One of the projects, ,in which he was interested, was the .use ,of a questionnaire provided by the' Ontario Hospital Associa- tion. The form is given to patients on discharge from the hospital., inviting their cbjnments. Mrs. Morrey expressed ap- preciation for a gift of•$1,000 from the ' now defunct Huron County Medical Co-operative, an or- .ganization which had provided health care insurance until the province took over m that field. She said the. money will be used for the purchase of equipment for the car1.liac unit. Mrs. Morrey added the • in- formation that 23 students have been enrolled for the nursing assistants' course which opens in September. This year, for the first time, the students must pay a tuition fee. It a'trwunts to $150. he d to tal s, pe e- 85e Ivo` ed k ra- s e e- d y 1 0 c r d 0 e s RECLINING IN WELL. deserved relaxation from his job as rural mail carrier is Edward .. Wafker, who was honored at staf f;;party Wednesday night at the Legion hall on his re- j- �,.;;,,yy q .� . 'A+R tirerYi�` after 22 years. With flim are Mrs. Walker and Postmaster Gordon Sutcliffe who was master of ceremonies for the event. (Staff Photo) 9 ural mail carrier is r e was mer- honored on retiremen A gathering. of rural mail cour- iers, Wingham post office staff and their wives was held at the Legion hall here Wednesay eve- ning to honor Edward E. ("Ed") Walker on the occasion of his re- tirerr(nt from the position of rural mail carrier on Route Two which he has held for the past 22 years. After enjoying a fine supper prepared and served by the Lad, ies' Auxiliary to the Legion, the gathering enjoyed a poem com- posed by Mrs. R. Goy which was long, witty and to ,the point and evidently written with a keen understanding of the subject, Ed' Walker. It was read by Postmas- \ ter Gordon Sutcliffe who was master of ceremonies for the 'brief informal program. A highlight .was the presenta- tion of a chaise longue to Mr. and Mrs. Walker, which Mr. Walker promptly occupied and sank into complete relaxation, betokening his farewell to mail delivering chores and adventures. Conveners for the party were Mrs. Zorra Coulter and Hugh Mc- Kague. Mr. Walker is a native of Tara, Ont., and 'received his ;early Boardmakes exception for. kindergarten pupil The meeting of Huron County Board of Education at Clinton on Monday evening passed a motion in favor of a delegation with re- , gard to busing that was seen by at least some board members as a departure from. board policy on the matter. Mr. and Mrs. Don Carter, who live on .the outskirts of Seaforth, were at the meeting to appeal an earlier decision by the Education Committee, denying their re- quest to send their daughter to kindergarten in Seaforth this tall. The committee had acted against their request on the basis that board policy places their resi- dence in a zone designated ,to at- tend Brucefield school rather than the Seaforth school, even though they are closer in mites to the town school. The Carters, when explaining their case, showed the board that a public school bus on its way into Seaforth passes their home each day. This bus, they also pointed out, picks up a number of Sepa- rate School children under an agreement with the Board of Education as well as a public school youngster who attends school in Seaforth. "It seems," Mrs. Carter noted, :`that we should have just gone ahead and enrolled our child in Seaforth without approaching the board, as the other family did, and nothing would have been said. We took the proper course of action and are now being denied something that is in effect for the family who did' not follow that course." Board Chairman Bob Elliot admitted that such seemed to be the case. E.� Crowded It was also pointed out to the Board that the kindergarten facilities at Brucefield are more crowded than atSeaforth and if a bus had to pick up the Carter child it would be forced to travel well out of its way and extra cost would be incurred due to the greater distance. Following lengthy discussion on the matter the Board carried a motion on a 10-4 vote to rescind the motion made earlier refusing the Carters permission to enroll their child at Seaforth „Public School. A further motion was then passed, indicating that, due to the circumstances, the number of children already in kindergar- ten at Brucefield and the busing situation, the Carters would be permitted to send their child to Seaforth. It wag stressed, how- ever, that the ruling was effective for only this child. A/number of board members voted against the move on grounds that this would only be a first step toward conipletely de- stroying policy on where children shall attend school. 411 education there and later joined the 160th Bruce Battalion, going overseas in 1916 where he'saw service on the „Western Front. On his return to Canada he took a position as jailer at the - Bruce County jail at. Walkerton.. His father was magistrate for Bruce County for many years and Ed as jailer ..was also an officer of the court. Mr. Walker also served in World War II as QMS in the 99th Bty. Always active in community affairs, he is a member of the Masonic and IOOF lodges here and also served on Turnberry Township council, Wingham and District Hospital board and as a director. of Huron' County TB As- sociation. He is a life member of the' Walkerton branch of the. Royal Canadian Legion. He was married in England more than 50 years ago to the former Florence Denbow and they have four sons, George, Ot- tawa; Alan, Owen Sound; Ray, Kitchener and Elmer of Wing - ham. • e LADi ES HONORED at the 70th anniversary meeting of Wingham branch of the Women's Institute afi Wingham United Church Thursday are seen with President Mrs. William Els- ton, standing at left. Standing are Mrs. Norman Keating, Life Member; Mrs. Gordon Gannett, Life Member; Mrs. Charles Carter, oldest member; seated, Mrs. George Orvls, oldest president; Mrs. George Kerr, oldest member. (Staff Photo) Gord Walter receixes gavel as new prLionsest ent.o The gavel of the presidency of Wingham Lions Club was passed from the hands of Lloyd "Casey" Casemore to those of Gordon. Walter at the regular meeting in the Manor Hotel, June 13. Past District Governor Bill Moody of Mount Forest officiated at the installation of the new slate of officers. In a brief review of his year of tenure, the retiring president listed accomplishments" of the club which added up to an out- standing year. The many pro- jects, all of them successful, included the midway, white ele- phant sale, peanut sale, CNIB canvass, money tree, talent show which seems likely to be re- peated;, opening night at the Manor Hotel, faster Seal pro- gram plus a donation of $125 froma family which was helped by the club in 1924. Team Work The retiring president stressed these were accomplishments of the Wingham Lions as a team, • and not of any individual or small group. He especially praised the spirit that has given the club will- ing volunteers for any and all Weed control program ,set for Wingham ponds A permit to carry out a weed control program on 3.2 acres of the Lower Wingham pond has been received from„ the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, it is ' announced by Maitland Valley Conservation Authority, and the program will be carried out be- tween June 22 and July 2. The late timing compared with other, years has been recom- mended by the Ministry of the Environment owing to the late spring experienced this, year. Let contract for paving Highway 4 Transportation and Communi- cations Minister, Gordon Carton, Q.C., has announced the award of a contract for Highway 4 in the Stratford district to Lavis Con- struction Co. Ltd. of Clinton for $171,592. The project is for hot mix pav- ing on Highway 4 from Blyth: northerly to Highway 86, a distance of 11.2 miles. Work is slated to commence in early July with completion scheduled by September 22, 1972. • To improve treatlment condi- tions, it is desirable that a mini- mal amount of water flows through the pond for 24 hours after treatment takes place. Accordingly, the Authority will lower both ponds just before treatment: . The Upper Pond will be lowered more than the Lower Pond as the flow from the Upper Pond must be cut off for this 24- hour. period. The lowering of the water levels will occur a few days before treatment. The Authority and the 'town apologize for this inconvenience to fisherm'en•and boaters, but it is hoped the treatment will make the pond more inviting to both townsfolk and visitors. Local delegates attend meeting Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Fielding and Miss Z. Hopwood were offi- cial delegates from the Wingham Horticultural Society to the 66th annual meeting of the Ontario Horticultural Association held at Queen's University, Kingston, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of last week. SAILOR'S HORNPIPE and Scottish dances were per- formed by these talented youngsters at the annual recital by Wingham . Dancing School at Wingham Public School auditorium last Wednesday night. They are Casey Turbitt, Lynn Chambers, Heather Currie, Janet. McGee, Ansley Currie, Lori Goodall and Sara Haley. (Staff Photo) projects undertaken, He referred also to the work at Memorial Park, the TV'set for the hospital, trips for shut-ins, bingo at the Psychiatric Hospital, public speaking sponsorship, a piano for was tovm -sass, support o the eye bank van and refresh- ments at the bike rodeo, and a float at the convention. Mr. Casemore said that in the immediate future the Wingham club will be presenting a speak- er's stand to the Ripley club at its charter night June 16, and there will be the completion of the ball park project at Riverside Park. On .the financial fide Mr, ; 'Mere Presented bri`i report which showed the club in healthy shape, even exceeding his forecast last year. New Officers Officers for the coming year are L. Casemore, past president; Gord Walter, president; R. Zur- brigg, 1st vice : president; H. Redekopp, 2nd vice; A Hill, 3rd ' vice; D. Bishop, treasurer; C • Campbell, secretary; • L. Car- michael, assistant, secretary; L. Casemore, tail twister; M. Ben- nett, assistant tail twister; L. McDonald, Lion tamer; F. Snow, assistant. Directors for a one-year term ate J. Gregg, M. Bennett, Al Wat- son; at -son;. for two years, F. McGee, L. Casemore, P. Clark. • ° Lion Lee Vance commented on the excellent public . relations enjoyed by the club •during the past year, speaking of many compliments received by the club on various projects and under- takings. Some of this he ascribed to the interest of Gil Shepherd of The Advance -Times. He reported a donation by the A, E. LePage real estate firm of $75 to the crippled children's fund in memory of the late John M. Hutchison of Gorrie, who was connected with the firm. He also reported a contribution from a Wingham lady toward the litter basket project, and mentioned the . many compliments from others on the project. Lion Archie Hill gave a brief account on the Lions convention at Kitchener recently, particu- larly with reference to the float entered in the parade by the local club where it received honorable mention despite contravention of a commercialism regulation. Fine Film A special feature of the meet- ' ing after installation of officers, was theshowing of a film "We .Came in Peace", depicting the history of the space program in the United States. It was an award winning film in color pro- duced by NBC, and nar- rated•by Frank McGee for a, large oil company, now made available to Lions clubs. Filmed were spectacular shots of rockets blasting off into space and moon shots, and also rare scenes of failures and destruction in earlier attempts. The next meeting will be the final one of the year, taking the form of an interclub meeting at. Wingham Golf Club with the Wingham Kinsmen. G. Sutcliffe and COlin Campbell are on the interclub committee. Introduced to the club was Art Elliott, attending his first club meeting as member of 4T'he Ad- vance -Times ,staff.