Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1963-01-10, Page 1PLLIf:::-PROVFN SIRS • .25 .1;0 brrif '3 I RIS. . . No 5: f'fr 11e4(es Jee. 1)19einI 1'l thp1)16t. IlOWS.; In the herd Clinton Men Promoted By wcoA Two young men employed in Clinton with the Waterloo Cattle Breeding Association for the past three years, have been appointed to supervisory posi- tions. John Bilyea, middle, leaves for Kincardine at the end of the month, while Ron Smith, left, has already left for Palmerston. Active in the Kinsmen, the pair are shown here talking over one of the presentations made by Dr. Clare Rennie, OAC, who was the guest speaker at the meeting of Huron mem- bers in Clinton, Saturday. Dr. Rennie served with the dep't of agriculture in Huron about 10 years ago and is now in charge of all animal breeding at the college. (News-Record Photo) New Hospital at Goderich • Administrator 111 MakineY ti M ews Recor V:be Slot No. 2---,-The Home Paper With the News CLINTON,ONTARIO, THURSDAY,. JANUARY 10, 190. $4,00 Per Year — 10c Per Copy --- 16 Pages — First Section THE NEW ERA-97th YEAR THE HURON RECORD * * * THERE IS QUITE A LOT OF truth in the saying that "shoe- maker's children go barefoot" . . . We always did very well around home on this regard, for though father was a prac- ticing farmer, he was a carpen- ter by trade, and did that sort of thing whenever he had time . . The result was that you could generally get a board sawed in two if it were needed, and some quite essential things like the first bathroom in the area, were built in father's spare time . . . * * 'K FOR THAT MATTER FATH- er was also a part-time shoe repairman . . . and any one of his seven children could get a half-sole put on when that was needed . . , or get a new pair of shoes stretched . . or any number of things that needed to be done from time to time to shoes . . • * WE FIND, HOWEVER, THAT though the newspaper shop here is equipped with a quite efficient dark-room - with all the instruction books, etc. . . . there just does not seem' time to get one's own pictures pr- inted . . . * * * HAVE YOU NOTICED THE shortage of pretty calendars this year . . . A few years back one could almost paper the walls with the things, for they started to arrive in the mail in mid-December, and the deluge continued until the sec- ond week in January . . . Things have changed , . . We have one more' to look forward to, however . . . one of our calendar suppliers has adopted the practice of beginning in July and running until June . . . That makes a Welcome mailing piece in mid-summer, just when the old' calendars are getting to look tattered . . The Weather 1963 1962 High Low High Low Jan. 3 26 7 36 17 4 33 25 '37 10 5 32 26 34 17 6 31. 25 34 20 7 32 26 34 20 8 32 26 23 20 9 36 30 22 5 A Blyth druggist, Del Philp, Phm.B. was elected chairman of the Advisory Vocational Committee of Central Huron, Secondary School at their Jan, nary Meeting in Clinton. He succeeds Kenneth Mc; Ttae, 13.S.A,, Clinton. Netted to the vice-dhairrhart post Wag Edward Dearing; a representative of the Seaferth Distriet High School Board. At the meeting, Mr, Philp paid tribute to the 'untiring Ontario Premier John Ro- berts, Q.C., and three members of his cabinet will be present for the official opening of the new $3,500,000 Ontario Hospital, in Goderich on Wednesday, January 16. Several other area civic of- ficials will also perform tasks at the proceedings. Premier Roberts will have Stanley Council Makes 1963 Appointments Members of Stanley Town- ship Council met on Tuesday in the Township Hall, Varna, with the Rev. Murdoch Mor- rison attending. The minister opened the meeting with pray- er, and addressed council brief- ly, giving them wise advise to guide them in conducting the affairs of the township during 1963. Appointments were made: clerk-treasurer, Mel Graham, Brucefield; assessor and tax collector, Mervyn Hanley, RR 5, Clinton. For the police village of Bayfield, assessor, J. M. Stew- art; tax collector, Les Elliott. Mr. Hanley also has the post of truant officer. Livestock evaluators are Louis Taylor and William Cald- well, Fence viewers are Alan Armstrong, Alan Johnston and Elmer Turner. Pound keepers are Bert Greer, Orval McClin- chey, Anson Coleman, George Cantelon, George Dowse n, Grant Webster and David Oesch. Tile drainage inspector is Calvin Horton; township solici- tor, Donnelly, Donnelly and Murphy, Goderich; auditors, A. M. Harper and Co., Goderich. Reeve Ernest Talbot was named welfare administrator. Grants were approved for the Salvation Army and the Huron County Plowmen's Association. The council joined the Ontario Association of Rural Munici- palities and also the Ontario Good Roads Association. efforts" Of his predecessor and also spoke highly of the work of Harold Lawson,Clinton, ofseeretary-ireasurer the tchs ool board in Clinton for a number of years. Mr. Lawson's duties have rioW been taken over by L. H. Maloney, CD., who has been hired as business administrator for the School. The beard decided to Con- duct their regular meetingt on the fourth Monday of e a eli rinenth$ Starting on January 28. the honor of making the of- ficial opening and will unveil the, plaque. Presentation of the key will be made by Honourable T. Ray Conell, minister of public works and it will be accepted by Hon- ourable Matthew B. Dymond, M.D., C.M., minister of health. Chairman for the program, which will start at 2.30 p.m., will be Honourable C. S. Mac- Naughton, minister of high- ways and Huron M,P.P. Three area clergymen will also join ;in the officiating, namely, Rev. G. Lockhart Roy- al, Knox Presbyterian Church, Goderich; Rev. S. E, Lewis, James Street United Church, Exeter and Rt. Rev. William Bourdeau, D.P., St Peter's Catholic Church, Zurich. Acceptance of the hospital will be by Dr. John N. Hagan, M,D., D.Psych. Greetings will also be ex- tended to the audience and of- ficials by Goderich mayor, Ern- ie Fisher; George McCutcheon, warden of Huron and Goderich township Reeve, Walter J. Forbes. Attendance at the opening will be by invitation only, but a public open house will be staged later for area residents. Initiates Program The opening of the hospital initiates the new program of the Ontario Department of Health to build small mental hospitals with full treatment facilities, in communities so that patients can be treated as near as possible to their home. It is expected the Goderich hospital will be used to serve a population area of about 70,000. Dr. Dymond reports ,the hos- pital will include all the newer concepts of psychiatric treat- ment, providing facilities for a full range of psychiatric treat- Elm Haven Hotel Issues invitation One of the largest and most modern motels in Western Ontario will be officially opened in Clinton next Wednesday, when Mayor W. J. Miller will cut the ribbon at the Elm Haven Motor Hotel. Although the Elm Haven has been open for the past week, residents will get an opportunity to tour the large facilities on that day when Bill and Ruby Melt- chatter and their son, Doug, will 'stage an Open house, Persons may tour the 26- Unit Motel and HS large dining roots, lounge a n d ebneentioh room during the afterneen before t h e evening dererinanies, Full details tin the Elm Haven are found on Pages 11, 12 and 13 this issue Of the Clinton NewS-Itedord. ment, including an Out-Patient department for both adults and children, and 48 beds for day care and short term In-Patient treatment. This will permit selected pa- tients to receive treatment in the hospital during the day and return to their home at night. The remainder of the total of 300 beds will be used for the treatment of patients with emotional and mental problems requiring longer term nursing and treatment care. The hospital is designed in a cottage style with small wards which provide adequate day care and recreation space. "The smaller wards allow more personal attention to be given to patients and living conditions and insofar as pos- sible, approach ordinary com- munity living", the health min- ister reported. The 300-bed community will be served by a highly trained staff under the direction of Dr. John Hagan, a psychiatric spec- ialist with distinguished ser- vice in the Ontario service. — Little Little Theatre Group Forming A Little Theatre group is be- ing formed in Clinton under the direction of the Clinton Re- creation Committee and mem- bership will be open to any int- erested residents of Clinton and district. James Lait, one of the organ- izers, stressed the fact that no previous theatre experience is necessary and also all age groups are welcome. Mr. Lait stated that an int- eresting, educational and enjoy- able winter program has been drawn up and the club would provide excellent recreation for those who prefer indoor activit- ies. Those people who have al- ready shown interest in this activity and any others inter- ested are asked to contact Mt. Lait at 1-11.1 6-7352 before Sat- urday and an organizational meeting will be planned. Blyth Connell Hires Two New Officials Blyth council this week hired two men to fill the 'vacancies left when they fired the foriner clerk-treasurer and assessor, George Sloan, on December 21. Moody Holland was appoint- ed to the clerk-treasurer's job, While Kenneth McDougall is the new assessor, Mr, Holland operated a groc- try Store in the village for 10 years and is now a School bus driven Mr, McDougall, assessor of East WawatiOth Township, liveS On a farm One Mile east of Auburn and he§ been the asses. Sot in the township foe a num- ber of 'yenta, Speaking on Medicare at the Men's Club of Wesley-Willis United Church, Monday, Dr. Walter Oakes, Clinton, noted that history shows that trying to control, or run, or centrally plan medical card can and us- ually does harm it. "Don't change unless you can make it better", he urged. Dr. Oakes told the members that as the Huron representa- tive on t h e public relations committee of the Ontario Medi- cal Association he was relay- ing the group's view on pro- posed Medicare in Ontario and took most of his remarks from a speech by Dr. Bruce-Lock- hart, OMA president. "However, I agree with them all", he added. The Clinton surgeon pointed out that while the word Medi- care was new, the concept was not, being originated in Ger- many in 1888. "There is thus a lot of ex- perience and of history to draw on," he noted, "and we would be foolish to ignore it." "Secondly", he stated, "pre- paid medical insurance which was pioneered by doctors some 25 years ago in this province, has only developed extensively in ,the past 10 years, is now coveting 60 percent of the population, and is uniquely North American in both its breadth of coverage and extent of development". He pointed out there were three groups of people w h o cannot prepay or pay for in- surance and these are the in- digent; those who can only pay their way and haven't the margin for anything beyond the bare necessities and those Who because of age or chronic illness are' bad insurance risks. "It is fair to say that these people all get medical care," he said, "partly through government financing, partly through teaching hospitals and partly through the profession treating them without charge. Dr. Oakes reported progress was being made in looking after the medical needs of these people and at present there were 220,000 people being look- ed after and steps were being taken to develop plans to take in all persons in the three gr- oups mentioned previously. He told the men that the medical profession felt that more treatment of mental ill- L. R. Maloney, who com- menced duties last week as the first business administrator for Central Huron Secondary Sch- ool board and t h e Advisory Vocational Committee, brings 23 years experience in admin- istrative work to his new job. Born in Ottawa in 1915, Mr. Maloney received his high sch- ool education in that city be- fore joining the Royal Canad- ian Army Pay Corps in 1939, He was assigned to the 17th Field Artillery of the 5th Can- adian Armoured Division and ness was needed due to the fact it w a s as common as physical illness and they felt the developing of more facilit- ies should be given considerable priority due to the present lack of facilities and personnel in this field. The speaker noted that one fundamental question should be kept in mind, that being, "is it better for everyone t h a t Government should control and administer any plan, or merely assist and inspect?" Stressing the "better for everyone" aspect of the question he said this was surely what we should be talking about and not just what a section of the public wants nor what is eas- iest administratively and cert- ainly not "what will bring the most votes", Outlines Major Problems Pointing out the experience gained through history, Dr. Oakes noted there were three major problems that arose. "The first and major one is that costs immediately rise be- yond expectations and just have to be controlled", he said., He reported t h e Medicare plan in England had cost four times as much as originally estimated by the Socialists. The final two problems he outlined were the tendency for medical research to slow down and that in time the status of the profession falls, and later quality of person becom- ing a doctor deteriorates. "The reason for the rise in costs is a simple one", he re- ported. "Human nature being after a short stay in Ottawa was transferred overseas to England in 1940. Subsequent service took him to Italy, France, Belgium, Hol- land, and Germany before he returned to Ottawa in 1945 as Administration Officer with the Department of National De- fense. Entering the armed services es a private, Mr. Maloney rose to the rank of captain by 1943 and has been decorated with the Canadian Forces Decora- tion. what it is, as soon as personal responsibility is replaced by State responsibility, the indiv- idual changes his attitude and waste and abuse no longer concern him as much as get- ting his rights and entitlement, and his money's worth". He reported that people con. skier their wants and not their needs, and backed this up by pointing out that in Germany one out of every two insured took 24 days sick leave a year: "Because no Government has unlimited funds controls a r e instituted", he noted, "and reg- ulations are set to control wants and yet, supply needs". He said this reverted to someone assessing the problem and due to the fact his only yardstick is averages, this ay. At Clinton Lions Club meet- ing Tuesday evening in St. Paul's Parish Hall, the ladies of the various Clinton Scout and Cub groups were enter- tained. Duff Thompson, chair- man "of the local. Scout group committee made the introduc- tions. The guests included: Wally Sansome, scoutmaster and his assistant Jack Hecock; Tom Darling, cubmaster a n cl Ken Inch, assistant of the First Cl- inton Cub Pack; Len Fawcett, cubmaster of Second Clinton Cub Pack, and his assistants, George Simmons and Ron Douglas. Also present were Dick Dix- on, secretary and Cam Proctor of the Clinton Scouting group committee. The chairman an- nounced the other two persons on the group committee, treas- urer Ken C. Cooke and Laurie Slade. Another guest was Robert L. Maloney, recently - appointed secretary-treasurer and bus- iness administrator of Central Huron Secondary School. President Stewart Taylor re- quested the Lions to consider attendance at conventions in 1963. District "A" convention is in Cornwall, May 26-29 and Lions International convention in Miami in June. Following his marriage in 1946, the new school official was transferred to Brockville as paymaster of the Royal Can- adian Regiment and then mov- ed on to Victoria, B.C., in the same position and also as fin- ancial advisor of the artillery school in Esquimalt. 'From there he moved back to Kingston and was in charge of 23 various army camps in the area. Mr. Maloney. went back over- seas during the Korean con- flict and was in both Korea and Japan for 10 months as pay administrative officer and also in charge of the audit programs. He returned to Canada and was stationed in London where he was ,in charge of 32 pay Offices in the Western Ontario area and in 1958 he went back to Europe as assistant field cashier for the Canadian In- fantry in Germany. His final posting Was back in London where he was sta- tioned when he reached retir- ment after 23 years in the service. Outlines Task Mr. Maloney will be in ch- arge of all the work of the two boards at the school here and it is expected this will take away much of the pres- sures on both the board mem- bers and the principal and the teaching staff, He Will be both secretary and treasurer, will be eustodian of all school property and will tuservise inaihtenance. He plans to Move his family to Clinton after his fair child., ren have complete(' their year's Schooling in LotwOn. MIN and 1Virs. Maloney have four children: Michael, 15; JanieS, 1.3 Patricia, g and. Lynda, 3. At present he is boarding in Clinton, returning to his fdtti. liv, Ili nri flip Avei6Iteitirig. st YEAR eraging produced a mediocrity of care geared to the mass and not to the individual. Dr. Oakes said this resulted in overcrowding in hospitals and in doctors' offices and when steps were taken to cut costs by controlling, doctors' earnings, the doctors resented it and lost their traditional interest, the main reason for recent strikes in Austria, Italy and Germany in the past year, He said this added cost takes money that should be used for research, and backed this up by pointing out that Germany was once the leading medical centre in the world, but had become a nonentity in research after the health insurance was taken over by the government (continued on page five) A request from Clinton Pub- lic Hospital Board for financ- ial assistance for the new wing and renovations, was left with the Lions executive to bring in a recommendation at the next meeting. The executive will also deal with a request for funds to transport 'two children to the retarded children's school at Goderich. The request came from Bert Gray, chairman of Clinton Association for Re- tarded Children. Hugh R. Hawkins was ap- pointed to replace Caryl W. Draper as one of the Lions representatives on Clinton Rec- reation Committee. The other Lion on the committee is Rob- ert Hunter, who has been sec- retary of the group, Past president Mitch Mc- Adam presented a miniature metal lion mounted on a pol- ished wood base to the club. This will adorn the head table at all Lions functions. This act of Mr. McAdam's brought forth many stories of the old •"trav- ening lion" which was reported lost in a fire at the Exeter Lions meeting place. One of the stories revealed that the late Dr. Harry McIntyre, a former member of Clinton Lions Club, had inserted pure gold teeth in the travelling lion. Entertainment chairman Ted Davies announced that the next meeting on January 22 would be Robbie Burns Night. The film viewed by Lions and scouting guests was of the third Canadian Scout Jamboree held in July 1961 near Ottawa. Four Clinton Scouts — Harry Cummings, Steven Cooke, Paul Bateman and Peter Thompson attended the jamboree. Bill Cook won the regular draw prize and Les Ball took home a 'special draw prize. Clinton Young Men Get Promotions Two young Clinton men have been appointed to supervisory positions with the Waterloo Cattle• Breeding Association and they were both congratul- ated for their past effortS at the meeting of the Huron mem- bers in Clinton, Saturday. Ron Smith and John Bilyea, who have been associated with the group for the past three years were praised by Roy Sny- der, manager of the Assoeiat- ion, Smith, 24, left Friday to take up his new duties at Palmer- ston, while 1311yea will leave at the end of the month to take the supervisor's job at the Kincardine unit, Both have been active in the Clinton Kinsmen since moving to Clinton, Smith being in ch- arge of the minor hockey pro- gram, while BiIsfrea chaired the Christmas cheer committee thit year. Bilyea, 22, is a native of lid- erten and is a member of the Wesley-Willis United Church. Smith is a native of Brussels. Both men are married. Over 10 Birthday Club , C. Mortimer Bezcau, Kitchen.- en formerly mayor of that City, Will celebrate his 92nd birthday at his home in that city on Tuesday, January 15. Mr, 130.- eau has a daughter, Mrs. Frank McCullough living at Holmes. Ville, and he is a former resi- dent Of both Clinton and Cede- ‘4,rsi.4 . • (14 W. D. D. THEr RE LOOKING FOR blood again „ the next clinic will be held here on January 22 at the Ontario Street Unit- ed Church hall from 5 to 9 p.m, . . This Red Cross project is conducted about every six Months, and the blood received is stored for future use, in a blood bank at London „ • * * * WHEN BLOOD IS NEEDED at the local hospital . . some is on hand . . . more can be obtained within a short time . When some one is injured, a fransfusion of the proper blood type can mean the dif- ference between life and death . • . The blood you give, from a healthy body, is soon replaced , you just don't miss it, at nil . . and then when someone needs it, the precious stuff is ready for him . . . * * * HONESTLY, the town of Clin- ton has not in the past done a fair share of this work . . . at the last clinic there were only 75 donors . . . that's about half what a town this size should be able to provide . . . Probably we're better at giving money to the Red Cross than we are at giving blood so that the Red Cross can store it for us . . * * * LET'S CHANGE OUR WAYS and establish a record . . . Make a note new on the calen- dar that January 22 is the day to give blood . . . and then be sure to show up at the church hall at the right time . . . • * * * WELL, WE FINALLY GOT around this week to having prints made of Christmas time pictures made in 1961 (that's not a misprint) . . . and with any luck we can have them delivered to those of, the fam- ily that are interested, by this coming Christmas - time . . . Maybe they'd make good gifts. D. Philp, Blyth Pharmacist Assumes Reins of AVC L. R. "Bob" Maloney on Job Caring For New CHSS Any Control of Medical Care Usually Harms It, Says Oakes Lions Show Jamboree Film to Scout Leaders