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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1976-12-16, Page 1FIRST SECTION Wim, lbrr mby, December 16, 1976 retention ,,HoOe for . tion of nursing assistants" scho®I The board of governors of the graduated from the local school, area resident explained that the Wingham and District Hospital invariably with high levels of minister is concerned by the fact learned last Wednesday evening proficiency. About ten years ago that too many RNAs are being that the door has not been finally the then Department of Health trained. Some are failing to find closed on the local training school recognized the history of training employment — thus the move to for nursing assistants. excellence here by 100 per cent centralize training and to limit Chairman DeWitt Miller, who funding of a new school building the number of accepted appli- presided for the meeting, asked on the hospital property. cants. Board Secretary John Strong to The Wingham training school "However," said Mr. Miller, read a letter which confirmed the has achieved notable success in "we are reviewing the situation, fact that Health Minister Frank its field. Because there were including the training program at Miller is prepared to reexamine always many more applicants Wingham." the closing order. than could be accommodated, the TOWNSHIP RESOLUTION Several weeks ago the Wing- required level of secondary In direct reference to the same ham board was notified that the education was kept high — usual- question, the secretary read to present class, which will grad- ly at least Grade XI. Blessed with Wednesday evening's meeting a uate early next si;unmer, will be exceptionally good instructors in letter from the clerk of East the last one to train in Wingliam. the persons of Mrs. Janet Field- Wawanosh Township, containing The training of nursing assistants ing and Mrs. Jean Ellacott, and a motion recently passed by the has been transferred from the assisted by the proximity of the council of that township, which ministry of health to the ministry hospital as a form for practical read as follows: of colleges and universities, and experience, Wingham graduates "Moved by Gerald McDowell the intention is to conduct all such have been among the best in the and seconded by John A. Currie: training in the community col- province. That the council of the Township leges. At last week's meeting it be- of East Wawanosh recommends Wingham hospital governors came evident that public opinion that the Registered Nursing As - were outspoken in their criticism might possibly crack the ice of sistants' Training School be con - of the decision, pointing to the bureaucracy. A letter from the tinued, as it is felt the graduates hundreds of RNAs who have health minister to a Kincardine of this school are an asset to the hospital service. Carried." RECEIVING MOMENTOES from Wingham town council Executive Director Norman were three resigning councillors, Jack Gillespie, Mrs. Hayes reported that he had at- Margaret Bennett and Bill Harris. Acting Mayor Joe Kerr Ho sp. holds spending tended a meeting of hospital of made the presentations at a social event following the final ficials that day, at which the clos- ing of training schools had been within year/s budget discussed. He said that the most recent advice from the ministry. • Chairman DeWitt. Miller pre- board approved acceptance of had been in his words, to "coolParking uth, app ro ac sided for the last 1976.meeting of the OHA plan. it". A more detailed answerthe board of governors of the would be forthcoming soon. Mr. hed Wingham and District Hospital MANAGEMENT Hayes was cautiously optimistic last W do da • o winter vcxwwn for you! BOOK MOW I r.ffAVJX#SIUKI Listowol, Ontario ^•, 291.4111 Coll ToN Froo 1400-2"-6332 - council meeting Monday night. The three did not run for re-election on December 6. Council members were invited to the home of Mr. Kerr after the meeting. V es y evening. Best Jack Hodgins reported for the about the future of local training news of the night was the report management committee, sum- schools. for lot,behl*nd from Executive Director Norman marizing activities in the nursing Board Member Boris osevic Uost Ch'Wch Hayes that the hospital will end department, employees' health expressed disappointme"at the year "in good she " well r ram di ch pe , off within the budget approved by p , s arse and. planning and service committees. The there had been so little action from the people of the Wingham The 1976 Wingham town council held its final meeting in council the town crews do not, work that day: Sunday the lot will be strict- ploYees in the area. the ministry of health. ambulance service reported 75 area after The Advance -Times chambers Monday night. ly for churchgoers. The Parking Authority is also The good news was confirmed calls during the month with 3060 miles travelled. published the facts about the in- Present, along with the present It was also decided that snow busy looking for more off-street parking in the downtown area. by Finance Committee Chairmanoff tended closingof the school. He members were Bill Walden who removal would be stn in the The two-man authority will Roly Kaufman, who added that Dr .Treleaven reported for the esti he had waited in vain for let- was elected mayor for the 1977-78 town parking lot off Edward report further to council in the the total number of patient days medical staff. He said that a ters to the editor to support the term, and Tom Deyell, newly- Street between Victoria and John new year. has been reduced. Mr. Kaufman meeting of the group had approv- continuance of the training pro- elected councillor. streets. Council felt that this lot is Town solicitor Bob Campbell also announced new rates for four ed the qualifications of a speech gram- here. He added that 4he Bill Keil, chairman of the nese,• used mostly for private parking torted to council that Royal hos hospital de p' departments: nursery, therapist who is re +red to visit p' prepared community college program for Wingham Parking Authority, by residents and business em - Homes had offered to purchase $20 per day (was ;16.95) ; emerg- envy, $2111�5 (up from ;19.90); Wingham on a consulting basis. Mr. Hayes will submit a report RNA training is centred at Guelph and he has learned that 80 „ gave council a report on the Authority's activities rt far. He No Christmas the land adjacent to Highways 4 and 66 for $500. Council agreed, therapy, x5.80 (increased from when all the necessary informa- per cent of the accepted appli- told council he had been ap- with the proviso, that one lot be. $5:45) and a new category,da y tion has been received. cants for the course are sent from Canada Manpower because they proached by Pastor Ross Smith of the Wingham Baptist Church v display �a a t p filled to grade level by the end of care, at $70 per day. (The latter will be applied to patients who There has been some discus- are in need of retraining. Thus few, if in regard to the town using the 1 Porter home 1977. �. New Contract Coming are looked after at the hospital sion said Dr. Treleaven, on the any, people from the parking lot at the church for ome Council was also advised that and receive treatment but are not availability and standards of psychiatric care in this area, Wingham area would find their way into the program. everyday parking ng use• Council d a motion Children and adults alike are the Wingham 'Police Department assigned a hospital bed for over- night_ care. The fee includes since the role of the Goderich Mr. Hayes added the telling passewhich will allow the town to start clear- disappointed to find there is no Christmas display at Fred Por- contract is up for renewal at the general anaesthetic if required.) Psychiatric Hospital has been statistic that it is reliably estim- ing the parking lot of snow on a ter's Leopold St. home this year. end of 1976. This was passed on to the new council which will be altered. He said there have been ated that RNA training through trial basis for the remainder of The illness of his former house- sit - ting in 1977. The finance chairman also re- some discussions with the Uni- the community colleges will cost the winter. The Parking keeper, Mrs. Cox, who now lives Accounts totalling ;488,236.40 ported that the hospital's insur- versity of Western Ontario on the $1.2 million more than the same Authority will be responsible for in Chatham, has made it imposs- were passed for payment and ance coverage was put up for possibility of securing the ser- course under the supervision of the lot during the week and the ible to erect the hundreds 'of council. was advised that there tenders and his report recom- vices of consultants in psychiatry local hospitals. church responsible on Sundays as lighted pieces which always drew are only a few accounts left to be mended transfer and the cov- on a regular basis. crowds from miles around. paid before the new council takes erage to a group plan offered by The Ontario Hospital Associa- OLDER PATIENTScannot Council hears Fred says he regrets that he create the annual fairy- over. It is expected the town will have balance tion. Premium cost, he said, will The medical staff has also been reasons land, for many cars have already a slight left in the estimated budget. be about $2,000 less per year than with the r ent carrier. The p, concerned by the relatively high Pe rcenta a of the for increase • n rates driven past his home, their occu- hoping to see the display. In reports to council from the g patients over pants committees, it was learned the age of 65 in this area, and the need for consultant in gationd A dele +tion from Ontario Montreal has the lowest rate at With no Christmas decorations on the lighting standards in the Rev. Barry Passmore has been seri atrics. The doctors have also ex- H dro a before town y council Monday night to explain $18. Charlottetown, P.E.I., pays the hi sheet rate in Canada at $46. business area the town seems a appointed to the Recreation Board for a four year period, M►nor accidents ressed interest in an arran a p g ment with the why Hydro has to make an in- According to Mr. Palmer there bit drab this year. starting in 1977. It was also men- medical school at crease in rates in 1977 Ti— Pal- 4 despite weather Despite the snowy weather over the past week, Wingham town police have only investi- gated three minor accidents. Two of them occurred on Tuesday during the noon hour. On Friday a monor accident occurred in the IGA parking lot when a car owned by Mrs. F. Mc- Dougall, RR 2, Wingham receiv- ed slight damage when it was hit by a vehicle driven by Mrs. O. Rann of Brussels. Tuesday an accident occurred at the intersection of Diagonal Road and Highway 86. A vehicle driven by John Hilbert, Wing - ham, was stopped on Diagonal Road. A vehicle driven by John Housser, RR 2, Wroxeter, at- tempted to make a right turn off Highway 86 and slid into the Hilbert vehicle, causing minor damage. Also on Tuesday a vehicle driven by Lawrence Linton, Gor- rie, slid off the gravel surface on Riverside Drive. Three guard posts werken off. The Wingham town police laid 15 charges under the Highway Traffic Act and eight under the Liquor Licence Act. Police Chief Robert Wittig ask- ed to remind citizens that a number of traffic tickets have been received by motorists for parking on town streets over- night. Parking is prohibited since December 1 so that town crews can remove the heavy snow which has been falling early this year. Chief Wittig said that a much larger number of tickets had been written so far this year. the University of Western On- tario in regard to a possible ar- rangement whereby the local hospital might be affiliated as a teaching hospital. Under this plan students from UWO would work with the specialists who come here. In the absence of Mrs. Procter, John Strong read the report of the Hospital Auxiliary. That organ- ization has purchased an ambu- lift at a cost of some $1600. This piece of equipment makes it pos- sible to lift patients into( bathtubs, etc., with a minimum of as- sistance. The report also said the Christmas boutique realized a profit of $Mo. Huron Board 1977 capital Huron County Board of Edu- cation endorsed a recommenda- tion of the Executive Committee on Monday afternoon outlining capital forecasts for the up- coming term. Topping the priority list were renovation and up -dating of the chemistry lab at South Huron )district High School at an estimated cost of $7o,000. Second was the provision of more adequate facilities for the Trainable Retarded at J. A. D. McCurdy School or elsewhere in thesouthern part of the county at a cost of $55,000. Third was the purchase of six replacement buses. These first three priorities were recom- mended to be requested for Wn. Those'temaining were set over to ire. mer of Hydro had a slide pre- sentation which gave council some idea of the reason behind the increase. Council had sent a letter to On- tario Hydro stating that they felt the increase exceeded the Anti - Inflation Board's guidelines for increases. The Hydro delegation appeared before council in reply to this letter. Mr. Palmer claimed that Wing - ham pays one of the lowest hydro rates in North America. At the present time Wingham pays $20 per 1,000 kilowatt hours, the same as paid by Toronto. At the p ubtait ume New York pays the highest rate at $73 and outlines priorities Priority number item war. a $50,000 project to provide an instrumental music room at Sea- lorth District High School. Number five, valued at $2oo,000 in each of the three cases, would provide home economics and in- dustrial arts facilities at three elementary schools. The improvement of music facilities at Central Huron Secon- lary School was priority number six. under item number seven $3.5.(M would he event on the pro- vision of staff room al u staff workroom at the South Huron District High School. Finally, $40,000 would be dele- gated toward the provision of a computer facility at South Huron District High School or some other secondary school in the County. are three elements which go into the equation for striking a rate. These are fuelling, operation, maintenance and administration and financial. Broken down per householder, fuelling last year cost $5.96. For 1977 the estimated cost will be $7.27 or a 22 per cent increase. Operation, maintenance and ad- ministration costs were $3.59 in 1976 and the estimate for 1977 is $3.93 or a 9.5 per cent increase. Financing is the big increase with $5.81 in 1976 and an estimated $8.84, for a 52 per cent increase. The gross costs in 1976 were $15.36. The estimated costs are $20.24 in 1977 for 31.8 per cent. However Ontario Hydro has been given a 30.3 per cent increase which will mean about a five per cent increase in Wingham's new rate. One of the major items in fuel- ling is coal. Coal cost per ton in 1974 was $13. During 1976 this has increased to $31, for an increase of 138 per cent. It is estimated that cost of coal will increase about 31 per cent in 1977. Mr. Palmer told council that Ontario Hydro has so much tied up in debentures that they own outright only about 14 per cent of the utility. About 86 per cent is debentured and Ontario Hydro is only able to peep up the interest payments. With the increase in hydro rates in Wn the utility is hoping to be able to pay off some of the debentures and get the per- centage of the utility owned out- right back to a reasonable level. Mr. Palmer said it was expected that in 1978 the increase in hydro would only go up about 11 per cent. tioned that part of the roof had been put on the Wingham arena and community centre but the work hadn't been completed be- cause of the heavy fall of snow this early in the year. Without the roof being com- pleted, the work of pouring thg cement floor has been delayed until January 3, 1977, which means that no ice will be available until the early part of February. It was also reported that work had started on painting the in- terior of the Wingham armouries. The low bid on the work was $1,300. Council will now invite tenders for fuelling of town build- ings under its jurisdiction. Councillor Jack Gillespie, who is leaving council, reported that work on the new Day Care Centre is progressing favorably. It is possible the transfer from the 'old centre will be made before the end of the year. Acting Mayor Joe Kerr said he felt the Wingham Junior Citizens should be officially recognized for the fantastic job they did in organizing the Santa Calus Parade in the town on Saturday, Dec. 4. He said he thought it was the best parade in many years. All council members agreed. WINGHAM FIGURE SKATING CLUB held a Bake Sale at the IC►OF meeting r6om Friday afternoon. This bed and doll was the prize for a draw. The bed was built by Harold Wild while the doll and canopy was done by Mrs. Beatty Beard. Mrs. Beard is seen drawing the winning ticket while Mr. Wild holds the box of tickets. The winner was Kim Laidlaw of Whitechurch. shoot CleIlr *9 .tomer' Sk . _;:7 Tbroo M. Mas cancu Monikers are baorei Before nominations were ac cepted for council to be dedM December 6, three members of the present council stated they would not be running for redec- tion. Following Monday night's council meeting the present council and two members of the 1877-78 council were invited fp the home of Acting Mayor Joe Kerr. Durmg the social affair the three, Mrs. Margaret Bennett,Bill Harris and Jack Gillespie, were presented with silver trays en- graved "Wingham Council" and the years they had sewed. Mr. Kerr I;,,,, . tude tothe three faithful mem- bers for their work while serving the people of %qngham. He told them their valuable eVerienoe would be missed by the new coun- cil but hoped they might re- consider in future years. The three resigning members expressed their appreciation for the momentoes and stated that they had enjoyed the challenges which council had faced in the many years they had been in office. They all wished the new council every success and hoped that the projects which had been started while they were on coun- cil would be completed. At the presentation were the present members of council,Act- ing Mayor Joe Kerr and his wife, Wilma, Mrs. Bennett and her husband Roy, who is chairman of the Public Utilities Commission, Deputy Reeve Harold Wild, Councillors Al Harrison, John Bateson, Jack Gillespie, Angus Mowbray, Bill Harris and Bill Walden, mayor -elect and Coun- cillor Tom Deyell who will also be on the 1977 council.. Heron board choirmaa- will seek re-election When members of the Huron County Board of Education were given an opportunity on Monday afternoon to announce their candidacy to top board positions, only present Chairman Herb Turkheim indicated his intention to seek that position. There will be a contest for the vice=chairman's position how- ever. An eight-year veteran of the board, Marian Zinn and John Elliott both .indicated their as- pirations for that post. Trustee J. P. Alexander told the meeting he would seek election to the chairmanship of the management committee and E. C. Hill indicated his interest in the chairmanship of the educa- tion committee. Chairman Turkheim explainer' to those seeking office that. to have their name stand they must submit nomination papers bear- ing their own and the signature of two other board members by the inaugural meeting on January 3. Further nominations will be.° accepted at that time as well. Board to buy six new buses "Contingent upon Ministry of Education grant approval" the Huron County Board of Educa- tion moved to approve the pur- chase of six new school buses at its meeting on Monday afternoon. On November 22 the Manage- ment Committee of the board dis- cussed the advisability of the purchase and agreed to recom- mend that the move be carried out. Four of the new buses will be of 72 passenger capacity with the remaining two being fitted for 60 passengers. They are to be de- livered during the period of January to August of 1977. Higher fee for driving teachers Huron County Board of Edu- cation -approved an increase in fees payable to teachers con- ducting driver education courses when it met at its December ses- sion on Monday. The board will pay, retroactive to September of this year, $59.40 per student graduate for in -car instruction and $10.80 per student graduate for classroom instruc- tion. The increase represents eight per cent across the board and is effective for the 1976-77 school year.