HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1960-03-31, Page 4Wage 4—Clinton News-Record Thursday, March 31 ( 1960
Clinton Lions Sponsor Local Easter Seals Funds Campaign
A phase of the crippled children's services, just as important as the actual diag-
nosis of the child's condition is the instruction of the parent on how to handle these
children. Shown above are parents waiting with their children to talk to the doctor,
nurse and therapist at a travelling clinic. These clinics ore financed through Easter
Seal contributions. The annual Easter Seal Campaign, which runs until April 17, has a
provincial objective of $850,000. Clinton Lions Club is handling the appeal locally.
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Clinton council In Action
When a child who lives far from
any large orthopaedic centre is
crippled and cannot, walk to a
clinic because of polio, cerebral
palsy or an injury through acci-
dent, he is not forgotten. As a
matter of fact he is being sought
out more and more these days as
the Ontario Society for Crippled
Children, 'along with the members
of some 222 service clubs through-
out the province, sponsor more of
the unique mobile clinics in which
the doctors, nurses and equipment
go as close to the young patients'
home .as possible.
Financed by the Easter Seal
Campaign, the clinics are held in
a hospital—if the town is large
enough—but have been held quite
successfully in community centres,
tom/ii halls and other buildings.
For several years large numbers
of crippled children—sometimes as,
many as 100 a day—have been ex:
a.mined by. sPecialists in this type
of portable clinic at Timmins;
Cochrane, Kirkland Lake, Halibur-
ton, Sault Ste. Marie and many
other centres.
When a day and place are set-
tled for a clinic, the local news-
papers and radio stations usually
advertise the details. Doctors with-
in a 75-mile radius are alerted
and sent registration cards so that
crippled kiddies wishing to attend
might do so through their family
doctors.
.If a -transportation problem is
involved an Ontario Society nurse
and a crippled children's commit-
tee of the local service club work
out the details so that the child
reaches his appointment on time.
They also make sure there is a
good supply of milk and cookies
and toys on hand for the restless
and fretful children while they
wait their turn.
The team of experts who exam• - ine the ,ieng -handicapped owidleh 0- 7aisually:,cens1 two orthoPaedid- surgeons, one neury
an-='x-ray specialist,. sev-
eral secretaries, the Society nurse
and public health nurses in the
district and service club members
as well as private physicians.
As the child's disability is exam-
ined the doctor dictates his diag-
noses and recommendations into a
recording machine and these are
transcribed later for the use of all
the medical personnel involved.
Often the doctors advise a camp
session at one of the Society's
camps. The child may be hospital-
ized locally If equipment and per-
sonnel are available to cope with
his particular ailment. Otherwise
he may be sent to Toronto or one
of the other large medical centres
for new braces, crutches or physio-
therapy.
Important follow-up work is
usually necessary in every case
and is carried out officially by a
corps of nurses on the staff of the
Ontario Society for Crippled Child-
ren — an organization which now
needs $850,000 to continue to take
hOpe'end -opportunity from- one end
of the province to the other in
similar clinics. The campaign runs
from March 17 to April 17. Clinton
Lions Club is in charge locally.
(By' .M15$. PINELYN
livery week IS Library Week
the MINTON PUBLIC
FGARY. Next week, April '3.. to 9,
has been designated Canadian
Library Week, when citizens, both
Young and old, ,are invited to be,
come better agqtiainted 'with their
Pnblie library services.
Visitors to the Clinton Library,
any day after four o'clock, know
that the boys and girlsL7lintoh
have learned how to use their
Library for pastime reading or for
extra material for classroom aa-
$)-gnmaPfts. At first it is neees-
Sari to aSk the librarian for as-
sistance but .on return visits they
proudly announce .to timid com-
panions that they know where to
find the book they need, T-13 this
way they are gradually gettirig
acquainted with the reference de- •
partment—the sources of answers.
to their questions of who, wheA
Why and what. In no time at all
they are familiar with the Book
• of Knowledge, the World Book
and the Encyclopedia Canadian:a.
We hope that :there is no one
Who is unaware of the facilities
of the reading room in the
ton Library, pally papers from
London and Toronto, county pap-
ers from Goderich, .Seaforth and
Clinton are ).always Available, as
well as The Financial Post, As
much of the budget as can be
spared is set 'aside for an assort-
ment of magazines and periodic-
als. From time to time the mem-
bers of the Board and the Lib-
rarian assess the 'merits and de-
nrrits of each ,publication and if
a change is indicated careful
consideration is given the situa-
+ion.
A wise variety of interests and
inclinations are revealed in the
selection of the magazines, from
Wee Wisdom and Boys' Life to
the Saturday Evening Post, Mc-
Calls, Ladies Home Journal, Good
Housekeeping, Atlantic and Har-
per's. Men and boys like the
Popular Mechanics, PoPular
Science and Homeeraftsman. Pam-
phlets of all kinds from topics on
agriculture to foreign affairs are
placed on the rack in the reading
room.
The primary "raison d'e'tre" of
a Library is its book collection.
Various factors are behind the
types of -books found on the shel-
ves: the board, the librarian and
the readers. Each factor has a
definite effect on the choice of
books. If the readers are-not vocal
enough in their requests for
specific books the members of the
Board and the Librarian try to
make a selection that will prove
adequate to most reading tastes.
Readers, who follow 'the book
pages in- the Saturday papers, of-
ten bring in suggestions, which
are much appreciated. Attempts
are truly made to meet these re-
quests but deraYs between the
publishing firm and receipt of
,books are a source of irritation
to /both the reader and- the lib-
rarian
Everyone is cordially invited to
Come to the library at any tine,
(but especially next .week), to
browse around, ask questions, and
offer suggestions about service
and books. You meet the best
people in the library.
o -
Clinton Councillors on. Monday
night authorized the transfer- of
licences for four taxicabs, tobkm,
co and pinball machine from Don
Switzer's. name to that of William
Edgar and George McGee, Agw
owners of Clinton Cab,
The subject of Booming each
individual -*4 .driver' ,carne wp.
This Was a practise in years past,
Each driver Wa.$ required to pur-
chase a $1 licence at the town
hall, It Wass only issued after ap-
proval of the police department,
Purpose of the licence was to
curb the tendency of cab owners
to have inexperieneed, and un,
known persons driving taxis.
Oral years ago, this licence re-
quirement was dropped,.
The police committee will now
re-consider the situation, and de-
cide whether or net to re-instate
it,
Fire Siren
Tenders will be called on the
job of movingthe fire siren to
the tower on the town hail, and
the wiring necessary for getting
the siren in working order again,
Present owner of the former
PLICA141cling Alan Galbraith, has,
ind1044.111.biai--wish that the siren
be renioved from the privately
owned structure. 'Coup. N.' Liv-
ermore, chairman. of protection to
persons and property committee
will arrange for this.
Reeve Crich brought up the pro-
blem of whether the town hall
tower was strong enough to hold
the siren. "That is an old build-
ing, and holds a heavy bell. We
should investigate before putting
a 700 lb. siren on it, That siren
could catch a lot of wind. , Pos-
sibly we should build another
tower on the roof back of the
present tower."
Mayor H. Bridle felt it was a
good solid tower. He noted that
both Fire Chief Grant Rath and
Hector Kingswell had inspected it
and found it structurally sound
before they recommended the sir-
en be „placed there.
Clerk J. Livermore commented
that it was solid, "if it was built
like the rest of the town hall."
YARNA
WA Meets
The March meeting of the Wo-
man's Association was held in the
church basement on Wednesday,
March 23. The meeting opened
with the theme hymn and the WA
motto read in unison. Mrs. William
Clarke led the devotional period,
assisted by Mrs. Robert Taylor,
Mrs. Anson Coleman, Mrs. Louis
Taylor and Mrs. Robert Stirling.
eNallnleteen members answered roll
It was decided to entertain
Turner's, Holmesville and Wesley-
Willis societies on Wednesday,
April 27 at 2.30 p.m. with Mrs.
Struthers, Wingham, as guest
speaker. The meeting closed with
the WA prayer. Rev. T. J. Pitt
showed coloured slides of New-
foundland taken last summer.
Lunch was served.
-Councillor L. Cl.. Winter pain-
mente4 that if the tower -went
down, all the front wall of the
town hail would go, too. lie did
not express any feeling that a
danger of this existed.
cemetery 'Costs
Councillor George Beattie sug-
gested paying the cemetery sup,
erintenden4 a higher salary and
letting him hire his own help, as
he needed it. He commented that
the $$9 mowers had to be replaced
every year, while a 'heavier mow-
er, though costly at first, would
probably save money..
Reeve Crich asked what tl#fer-
ence was made for interments an
the cemetery for persons from
outside of Clinton, and the sur-
rounding area. Clerk J. Liver-
more said it was $5 more for the
plot. Reeve Crich felt this was
riot enough,
Mayor 1l. Bridle said, would-
n't charge people ;.5 to come into
town, even when they are .dead.."
Councillor Beattie noted that a
change in rates would have .to be
approved by the Ontario Depart-
ment of Health. It seemed dif-
ficult to get a hearing with this
department, and though other.
cemeteries were charging more,
Clinton didn't seem to be able to
get approval of the higher rates,
Orrass Cutting
Councillor Winter explained the,
desperate need fora new mower
in town, but received little sup-
port for it at the present time.
Until the auditor completes work
on the town books, a budget can-
not be brought down, and the am-
ount of money available is not
known.
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HERB'S FOOD MARKET,
ROYAL BANK OF
CANADA, Clinton,
BANK OF MONTREAL,
Clinton.
HERB BRIDLE, Treasurer,
Clinton Lions Club Easter
Seal Committee,
BOX 375,
CLINTON, Ontario.
Sponsored Locally by the Clinton Lions Club
The abOve Is what your donations to the Crippled t hildren's EasterSal Fund goes toward. ‘k,
Clinton Has Always Met
Its Quota in the Easter
Seals Crippled Children's ,
Funds Campaign ...
Let's Do It Again This Year!
Clinton Lions Club Easter
Seals Committee appreciates
the early contributions to their
Crippled Children's . .
and wish to remind those who
have not yet sent in their do-
nations to please do so at their
earliest convenience.
Quick Canadian,
Quiz
1. What was the first organized
sport played in Canada?
2. In 1959 which was greater, the
payroll in the Canadian auto-
motive industry or total of sal-
es and excise taxes Paid at the
factory?
3. By 1980 which of these will be
the greater source of energy in
Canada: nuclear energy, wood,
water power, natural gas, or
coal?
4. In the Canadian steel industry
is the average investment per
employee in plant and equip-
ment now $7,200,$12,700 or
$21,700?
5. Who was Pauline Johnson?
Answers: 5. A noted Canadian
writer, daughter of a Mohawk In-
dian thief, born on the Six Nat-
ions' Reserve near Brantford,...Ont.
3. Natural gas. 1. Lacrosse, adap-
ted from the Indian game of bag-
gataway; the first rules were
written about 1840. 4. Average
investment in plant and equip-
ment per job is now $21,700. 2.
Automotive payroll was $156 mil-
lion, total of sales and excise tax-
es was $60 million.
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