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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1974-03-21, Page 1a • N• • THE WINGHAM KINSMEN CLUB welcomeetwo new members into the fold on March 12. Club Preside,* Garypresented resented,aiohn Shaw and Harry- .Busby with their membership kits: At next week's Kinsmen meeting all the new members of the last year will. undergo the rigours of inifiation, (Staff Photo) Cummings says Huron will ge# flood of tourists y !Mirky J. Keller . promoting ' the tourist industry R. S. (Spence) Cummings, through its development com- Huron's. development officer, mittee. tabled a comprehensive report.of The Sport Complex at one time hts 'work • during 1973 and told proposed for Vanastra has not council that in his opinion, Huron had enough support to give sue- County,should establish a County cess to the venture, Cummings Tourist Promotion' Association to also ,reported. He said the former - handle the increased number of CFB Clinton had an arena, a tourists expected to this area this". gymnasium, a curling rink . And summer. 'messes reserved for a sports "The world-wide •shortage of complex but decision has now gasoline and the desire of people been made to sell, or rent each of for vacations indicate that we these buildings separately to, •t,. ..... i n- �- aliould,'have an:4nfl rtof tourists, usYor to another use. \ idCuuihi instanceis he- '��'rr1- ert'smole skating, ngssaid• • to Canada for their vacsdioneTh Where industry for the county summer; I hope thatthe operat- is concerned, Cummings said the ors of ,tourist facilities are pre- absence of available rental space. paring themselves for a big tour- has been the one drawback iit`all ist season." his dealings with industrialists. Cummings said, he was plan= "The county residents, whether ning to get interested tourist public' or private, can do some - operators from Huron together to thing about the lack of rental establish a County Tourist Pro- space," Cummings said. "Each motion Association. He said this ' area needs •a starter building for association should promote tour- industry, a structure that can be ism in the county from 'within divided into' segments of 5,000 their organization and event- square feet. Most industries re- ually, this * would relieve the quire a place to set, up. They will county of the responsibility for then expand into other segments of the building or erect a building of their own." Cummings indicated one of the best industrial types to hope for is an industry which is related to the agricultural basis in Huron. He said Huron should not have to compete on the same basis with cities and towns along highways ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The pedestrian BUSINESS ASSOCIATION -- The Wingham Business As- sociation will be holding a meet- ing this evening at Lee's Res- taurant at 7. Brice Kerr of Alder - brook Indu'atries will be the guest ° speaker. 0-0--0 CGIT BAKE SALE— The CGIT realized a profit of 4115 from their bake sale which was held recently in the town hall. They would like to thank all those who participated. 0-0-0 PAPER DRIVE— Don't forget that one week from Saturday the boys of the Wingham Cubs and Scouts will be out conducting their paper drive. Support the boys by saving all those newspaper ands, mag- azines. It's for a good cause. +i► 0--0-0. TALENT HUNT— Just a reminder that the Wing - ham Lions will be holding their rd preliminary talent hunt w next Thursday night at the town hall. This is the last pre- liminary round before the "Show 411 of Stars{' finale in Aphil. 0-0-0 SPRING I8 HERE!!! Well, you might not be able to tell by the weather we've been having but today is officially the 0 first day of the second season of the year. That's right spring is herel ° 0-0-0 HOCKEY TOURNAMENT— The first half of the Wingham Midget Hockey Tournament is over but there is'ruch more to conte. Don't forget to come out this weekend and support this exciting event. Hockey action. this weekend will feature .A and AAA teams from all over the province. 401 and 400, andfelt that some agriculturally related industries should have some incentive to "move closer to their source of supply", "To establish a viable sec- ondary economic base in the county we need tourism and some additional industry in each of :our towns and villages," said 'Cum- mings. A, There ishope for this, accord- ing to the county's development gOfficer. He said enquiries by in- dustry have increased aver the .i l St, two mibnths. oemresvot,i .A o NOON: with • ,17 companies a various stages of decision," said Cum- mings. "I would say that about half of these people are very ser- ious in their negotiations and I see no reason at the moment that, they will ,change their ,'minds." He said industrial commissions in, the various towns throughout Huron need help in establishing a planned industrial area and in having private developers build suitable rental' buildings. "This is the only way industry will be attracted to our area," said Cummings. The budget for the develop- ment office is up this year to $33,300. Wage increases as well as other relatetltcosts are blamed for the hike,0 , • The weed inspection budget at $15,.400 and the reforestation budget at $5,900 remain similar to last year's costs. Lions Club holds speaking contest The Wingham Lions Club held its annual effective speaking competition during the regular meeting, March 12. The winner will advance t� the regional competition in Ripley, April 6. Four girls spoke for judges Mrs. Mary Cleland, John Mann and Bill Harris: Barbara Ryan spoke on "Our, Pioneers", Vicki Peel on "Our 'Mother Tongue". Nancy Brent's topic was "Cryogenetics" (the" science of freezing people with terminal ill- nesses until a cure is found) and Mary Edith Garniss told the au- dience about "Acupuncture". In the impromptu' section Miss Ryan's speech was on the topic "I Do Not Want My Area to Grow", Miss Peel spoke on "Our Cana- dian Heritage". Miss Brent's topic was "When I Graduate" and Miss Garniss talked on "Our Friendly Neighbor'. The judges were faced with a difficult task but finally decided upon a winner --- Mary Edith Garniss. Although the actual marks received by the speakers =cannot be made public, ' it was noted ' that less than 20 points separated the fourth place speak- er from the winner. After the effective speaking was over the Lions moved on to regular club busine . Talent show chairman Rill Ki told the club members that ore acts than were needed want d to enter tbe talent show on Marc Z. The bons' Easter Seals Cam- paign slogan for this year's catn- paign will be "Back 0 Pighter With Easter Seals". The annual campaign runs for one month and this year is aiming for $1.8 mil- lion to aid Ontario's physically handicapped children. In the weeks before Easter 70 million Easter Seals will be put .in mail- boxes throughout Ontario. Some ' 233 service clubs across the pro- vince sponsor this project and in this area the sponsoring club is the Wingham Lions. The Lions are looking for at least'. $1,800 in donations. They are asking the community to give generously- and enerouslyand to send in donations in the envelopes provided. ' In keeping with the campaign the Lions announced that they had just purchased a set of con- trol. braces and orthapedic boots for a local child at a cost of 5330. Firemen fight grass fires The Wingham Fire Dept. an- swered calls to two grass fires last week. The first on Tuesday, March 12, was in a field adjacent to Lynn Hoy Enterprises on Hwy. • The fire was quickly con- tained. The second fire was re- ported' on Friday afternoon at the farm of Barry Mulvey on the 10th Concession of Turnberry Twp. Fire Chief Dave Crothers said about five or six acres Of land was covered by the blaze. That fire was, also extinguished with little difficulty. The board of gova Wingham. and. District. learned at their Mar+ch.,., .' last week that some of the tions on expenditures Wil; be ed over the next twoayears. ter from the . Ontario MInishiy,`: Health outlined the, tom*. which Constraints < will . be tially lifted, butmost members found themsea totally lost in the Complicated recipe for monetary relief. Chairman R. P. Ritter saidthe document would be 4ver to the finance committee 'of The board for interpretation Anand analysis. However, the letter no room for excessive optl rlssCrrk Its ' conclusion stated, ``Goa rn- meet funds for health Sr will be under tight constraintfor the next few years.,, A tetter. from .the Stratfe rd General Hospital` stated that*he personnel of the pathology' As ff there is being increasedSo Water service can be provided `to pitaisin this area. With theses enlargement it is hoped to qualified pathologist avail attendmeetings and:perform topsy procedures in • Wingl when required. The fee for,, service will be $125 .per, visi Mrs. 1. E. Morrey, execut director of the localhospit, agreed that an additional pathol- ogist is needed, and outlined' the requirements here. The board voted to confirm willingness to participate in the Stratford -bed service. Fear Regionalism Mrs. Morrey also reported that a representative from the London Health Council,. had 'visited e Wingham hospital recently to;tp seas its presentand tun , for referrectmedicalliOliden.Psexl►i w ._... w.K« r tf the London council that ' *p- resentative from the Hyroarea be named to that body.' Although it appeared likely that the assessment by the Lon- don man was intended to provide information on which his group could base its planning for in- coming patients, several board members -expressed concern that a move might be afoot to annex"' Huron hoapite s to a regional -health council centred in Lon• Mir. Ritter said that some time ago he'had attended A meetbigin Goderich, at which. ;reprenta- • tives of the Huron 'County hos- pital boards had, voted to inves- tigate the feasability.of setting up a health council to cover all ser- vices within the county and Dr. Frank Mills, of \Goderich was ~named to- .further • study and re, port' on the project. Mr, Ritter said that he, had heardzothing an the subject •. singe the Goderich meeting. • Following Mr. Ritter's report the board decided 'to set up a meeting of Huron County hospital board representatives at which Dr. Walker of Hamilton will be asked to. speak. Dr. 'Walker isin 'charge of regional health''coun- ells in the Western Ontario area and he will be asked to clarify health Ministry intentions. Dr. Mills will also be asked to attend. e Staitistics Mrs, . Morrey reported that there were 540 admissions to hos- pital during the month of Fobs- ,,ria 'y; 442•ope rations (compared to 369 in the same month last year); 1538 outpatients,' 1301 x- . -rays, .12,939 laboratory testa, 233 electro -cardiograms,. 105 at cancer clinic, 2 post mortems, 10,412 physiotherapy .treatments. The daily average of patients in `Care during the month was 93 Mr. Ritter remiYided the board .members of the annual meeting of the hospital association, which will ;beheld in. the training school, Catherine Street, on Friday even- ing, March 29He urged all board membe , tokbe.present, to bring. ` their. wives and as many others as possible. Membership in the association is $1 per year and can radley-VYIngham power ate remains unchanged mt- m� W be secured at the hospital .once or the office of the town clerk. There was a .further disco on the purchase of equipment for a "beeper" system, by which on- call doctors, and air ses can be called - in for duty from any point within range of . the , radio ' receivers which they wOuldcattY. if out of touch by telephone, A let . ter front one manufacturer of. this , equipment stated that tsystem • best .suited for use here would cost about $7,000, The board finally; decided to ask ' for a demonstration of the equipment and:io ask Scott fid: to witness the demonstration anda give his option. on its quality. The board 'approved the pur- chase of a diluter for the labora- , . tory at amt of $450. DoeUmentation Before trip minutes of the Fel- ruary, meeting were.` approved board i.neniber golly,.'Kaufman ' expressed' his opinion that .the minute which referred referredr to the board's insistence on improved and more prompt documentation of patient records by staff doctOrs did not fury convey the' urgency of the board's directive. nx committee, maiidenanee work coospleted, we l as the initallation of inn, .',resold that outlets a central oxygen.. supply haidball0' extended to several patient ' and that : eventually all rooms would he included. Dr. :said Out the - versity el Western Oigarlo med- ical library, has lateral to Make w its books avaUabe, tethe wing. ha litai; staff• AO Ao ret - ported that,thie staff doctors have completed an aisessment and analysis of the sem poovided in this h t . eo ur; : th ani With the work.donein to make' sure that. std Arg* a maintal dart.ti • est Possible. ; levelUnder ticular . scrainy were . procedures and, length ,pal stay,inhospital Theresults of -studyidicated that the 'ham hospital compares` .v . svarably . toother instil. said that Such :reviews Dire on. , a►coot* uing An editorial ,in this newspaper last week expressed the opinion that the series of information meetings currently being con - 'ducted by Ontario Hydro are just • so much window dressing:That editorial was prompted by Energy Minister Darcy .Mc= Keough's.answer to a question in the Legislature, indicating that the route of one of the powerline 'Atas decided iu 1909. inn"' ',, iirYi ,1 . a #1' o� V'. A 6 s. tai r t Mr. McKeough was refer- ring only to the section . of the route..from Bradley Junction to WirOiam and portion says that of the route was announced to a meeting in Teeswater last year. The current series of meetings is , concerned chiefly with the ° continuation of the corridor from Wingham to Seaforth. The energy minister did indicate that there was some possibility of opening a new study of the corridor' farther east which will carry Douglas Point power to a junction near Georgetown. The same editorial referred to Brussels girl is liirt in fall. from automobile „ A 17 -year-old Brussels area girl was injured March 17, when she fell from a car•in which she was a passenger. June Leishman of RR 5, Brussels was taken to Wing - ham and District Hospital and treated for abrasions to the right side df her\abdomen, back and rib cage as well as contusions to her scalp: She was not admitted to hospital. According to an OPP report Miss Leishman accidentally opened the door of the car, driven by Garry Ament of Blyth, and fell from the moving vehicle. The car was proceeding north on Hwy. 4 when the accident occurred. On .March 12, Robert Mc- Michael of Wroxeter and Merritt Garfield Burwell of RR 3, Clifford were involved in a two -car col- lision on. County Road 12, north of the junction of Hwy. 87. Mr. Bur- well was injured in the accident. Damages to both vehicles were minor. A Belgrave man, Robert John- ston, was involved in a $150 prop- erty damage accident on March 14, when the car he was driving was involved in a single car acci- dent on Hwy. 4, south of Huron County Road 16, in East Wawan- osh Twp. No one was injured in the collision. On Sunday March 17, Louis Sanders of London and William Phelan of RR 2, Blyth were in- volved in a two -car collision on Drummond St., west of Coombs St. in Blyth. There were no in- juries reported as a result of the accident. The OPP have set damage estimates for the acci- dent at $125. Guy Stroop of RR 5, Brussels, escaped injury when the vehicle he was driving struck a telephone pole on March 17. He went off the road and struck the pole on Con- cession 17-18, east of County Road 12, Grey Twp. Datnages were es- timated at $400, The Wingham OPP detach- ment reports. that Its officers laid five charges under the Liquor Control Act, 12 charges under the Highway Traffic Act and made 21 investigations with five charges laid under the Criminal Code. the recent re -shuffling of the On- tario Hydro Commission and the fact that only two representatives of municipal public utilities com- missions. are to be included. It should be understood that the appointments to the government board of Hydro are not made by Ontario'Hydro, but by the Ontario government. Tile distrust of Hydro which,. ..jy a ei tk has i'l Over the.rel ate. h.� yy PrOrSe 1J k Eel rive of the deep concern many people feel at the continual shrinkage of food -producing lands. However, Ontario, • Hydro has the equally serious responsi- bility of providing and distribut- ing .the energy needed by over growing economy -including the producers of food. The Advance -Times is at- tempting to present both sides of the issue as fairly as possible. If, indeed, Mr. McKeough was referring only to' the northern leg of the powerline, our accusation that. the Hydro meetings area a sham was confounded -:-and we sincerely hope that 'is the case. MRS. IRA NE I LL shows off her spring Amaryllis. Her plant has 11 blooms, a rather unusual number for such a flower, so we thoughtshe should give the eager plant some publi- eity • (Staff Photo) written in a stronger and io emphatic terms. Late r in the meetio J. D. 'McKim. was.' the medical Jadvisd said that the qtu was was [r r!y discussed and as .,aconsequence he'records are now irE velry goo shape•;; Jack chairmin of finance committee, .r'epor'ted that i. receipts for ,the moi th a ni Dunt . a . 1+ orrey sgid a E portion ofthat .figure is accounted for by larger,` purchases of sup- plies, made advisable by impend- ing price increases. James Cardiff's. resort from the management committee cov- ered nursing staff, staff health services, sick leaves, ambulance (60 calls), diet department, and,., home care. He said that 11 pa- tients from the Wingham area were benefiting from home care services in February. His report. noted that there were 260 employ- ees at the hospital. Wallace Conn, chairman of the 'la f ' �'i l e .xrSiejit rdstt ter .the- in the field of education. Mrs. Ritter, as chain/tan of public relations . committee was asked to ' `keep Murray Gaunt, MPP, informed 'about at►y. developments in this regard so that he will be in a position to speak for hospitals in this area if the subject comes under dis-. cussion in the Legislature. Mrs. Money had some good ' news to conclude the meeting, She said that the hospital has just completed a full year without personal injury accidents to staff members. School bus operators will receive a 2% increase The Huron County Board of Ed- nication will grant a two per cent increase in contract remunera- tion to all transportation operat- ors supplying services - to the board, effective September 1, 1973. R. B. Dunlop, business ad- ministrator:. told board members meeting in Clinton Monday after- noon that the government has in- creased ceilings to provide for the two per cent and that the Huron board has been below the ceiling.' He said the increase would amount to about $8,000. The government` does allow an additional one-half per cent but the board rejected a motion to allow this. The board will maintain 'a n Trustee Accident Insurance cov- erage with the Reliable Life In- surance Company for the year 1974, as "it is more flexible" ac- cording to a statement by Mr. Dunlop. ° "} The fee structure (effective September 1, 1974) will remain the same as for 1973-74 term at $100 per elementary student and $200 per secondary student but will be applied to all non-resident students attending Huron County schools for whom responsibility is not accepted by neighbouring boards. The fee structure is to be reviewed annually • The board will also discontinue payment of fees for Huron County resident pupils attending Bruce County schools except where right of such attendance is clear- ly defined by provincial statute or regulation. The board retracted its stand on requiring medicals within 30 days of hiring non -teaching em- ployees but will require the ad- ministration to have on hand evi- dence indicating that it has asked any potential non -teaching employee whether he or she is aware of any medical reason why he or she might not be able to carry out the demands of the position in question, and if there is any doubt, a medical certif- icate would be required. The board approved a new policy re administration time for elementary schools, The formula for the new policy was developed by a committee formed by D. J. Cochrane, director of education, • based on a request from. the Vice - principals' Association (Elemen- tary Schools). The formula has been develop- ed which combines (a) ad- ministration time for principals, (b) administration time for vice - principals, and (c) secretarial time available to the school. The report also includes the criteria for establishment of a vice-principal position on a staff has been changed from class- rooms to enrolment, and as well, steps have been taken to ensure that vice -principals are allotted •tittle to perform administrative tasks as part of their training as future school administrators. R: B. Allan, assistant superin- tendent of schools, was granted permission to teach on the Minis- try of Education summer course in Special Education in London from July 2 to August 2 at no loss of salary. Mr. Allan has offered to have the period in question con- sidered as his summer vacation. Herbert hrkheim, chairman of the Education Committee, said the board should be proud to have a, superintendent of Mr. Allan's calibre to be invited to teach the special course in Loddon. Please turn to Page 8 .