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the tribune stouffville ont thursday may 1 1952 no solution reached for hospital debt problem representatives of municipal councils in north york from vaughan to georgina townships including members of whitchurch council gathered at east gwillim- bury township hall sharon to discus their obligations to york county hospital although discus sions dragged on for three hours thev did not agree on a recommen dation to share on an 511000 grant to offset the hospitals swo00 debt problem there were criticism and praise about the operation of the only hospital in north york all agreed thai the hospital must not be closed because of its financial i problems a few suggested a j recommendation to all councils to accept a proportionate grant some tried to think of alternatives but it was left for each representative to go home and discuss it with his council- while seeking alternative sources of aid reeves and deputies complained bitterly about the low grants from the provincial govern ments the meeting passed a resolution by reeve norman doyle north cwillimbury and stanley osborne east gwillim- bury that a petition be sent to the provincial government for larger hospital grants with special regard to indigent and public ward patients the hospitals most outspoken critic reeve elton armstrong king complained about the basis on which the hospital had asked councils to share their share of the s11000 was to be in proportion to the number of patients they sent to hospital the basis is wrong to start with i think it should be the num ber of patient days he said with an 11000 loss 1 think there must be something wrong with the management of the hos pital continued mr armstrong and 1 have been told that since this hospital board was set up its been closed doors a sort of dicta torship and even the doctors are not asked to the meetings only at the end of the year is anyone invited to attend i think the board is trying to do the best it can but somewhere there is something over which the board has no control he said as for the s9 a day cost per patient 1 think there is something wrong with the management when you consider this hospital was given by donations replying to the king township reeves criticisms k m r stiver chairman of the hospital board said 1 know the hospital cant be made to pay but it should give service to the poor as well as the rich in many cases patients lose their earning power when they are sick and in hospital may be our policy has been wrong mikes the man for ontario may 26 because 1 mike starr is a wageearner who knows about the cost of living 2 mike starr has a wife and two children he knows about high prices and what they do to the family budget 3 mike starr is an experienced representative of people in general not of special classes or interests 4 mike starr is a proven fighter for those who elect him 5 mike starr is the progressive conservative candidate there is only one way to make your protest against the high cost of living effective at ottawa that is by voting for the candidate of the official opposition 6 mike starr will represent you the people of ontario riding at ottawa as efficiently as he has represented you for 9 years in municipal affairs 7 mike starr is a man you know a man you trust a man you like a man you respect yes mikes the man for ottawa on may 26 digs at house human skull rolls at feet digging at the foundation of his homer three miles north of pick ering village william wright un covered what is believed to be a human skull mr wright said as i pulled the shove away the skull rolled out of the earth at mv feet mr wright said that the house is about 30 years old and he had no idea how the skull happened to be beside his home maybe we should have raised our rates more of course 1 deny that the hos pital is not managed properly he continued the doctors have always had a representative on the board and as to mr arm strongs charge that the board i6 a closed corporation 1 certainly deny that there have always been published notices before every meeting hooks are audited by the best accountants in ontario if you raise the rates people will give up trying to pay and go indigent warned reeve arthur d evans newmarket what guarantee is there that we wont have to pav another 511000 next year councillor mo canon whitchurch the hospital is in debt and it looks as if it u still going in debt mr stiver said he could give no assurance that it wouldnt continue to go in debt i dont know what the future holds and the costs are still going up we have raised our rates slightly and with grants i think we can break even this year reeve elton armstrong said 1 think we should wait until the june sessions of county council where we can do something for all these hospitals maybe we can find a way for paying not only the 11000 but the whole 60000 reeve jack rye east gwillim- burv said that the county was going to be asked for 189000 for grants to other hospitals in tor onto how will we get anything from the county when its budget is already set asked reeve evans of newmarket the coun ty is giving over 200000 to hos- pitals in its budget now im retired now and one of the big kicks i get out of life is meeting people there are plenty of timely topics these days and it is in teresting to hear new opinions and ideas i make many acquaint ances who help to pass the time most enjoyably while travelling about by bus and that is the really friendly way to tra vel fares are low round trip tsvbht to caonp pittsburgh 1885 chicago 2440 washington 2640 new york 2405 surcharge included tickets and information at stouffville motors phone 170