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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1971-04-15, Page 1Weather 1971 HI LO 1970 HI LO April 6 41 ' 20 39 31 44 24 43 32 8 51 23 59 36 9 60 32 57 37 10 40 23 37 25 11 65 29 40 24 12 73 43 47 25 Snow 1" Thursday, April 15, 1971 706 Year - No. 15 Clinton, (Miario 1$ .cenjs Clinton News-Record 1 st Column Separate School board approves 1971 budget BY WILMA OKE A budget of $2,191,200.00 was approved Monday night in Seaforth at a special meeting of the Huron-Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board. This is an increase of five and one-half per cent over last year's budget of $2,077,163.00. Jack Lane, business administrator, in outlining the budget report, said the ordinary expenditures, which include all expenditures of the board, will total $1,725,045, except for extraordinary expenditures which include debt charges (principal and interest on debentures), transportation and tuition fees will be $466,955.00. The maximum required from the 45 municipalities in the two counties for separate school purposes will amount to $375,225 less the education mill rate subsidy of $32,540 for a net break even requirement from the municipalities of $342,685.00 to be raised through taxation. This requirement from the municipalities of $342,685 will provide for the refund of the original 1968 surplus amount of $20,448 and to recover $11,912 from former under levies in years 1969 and 1970. Trustee Michael Connolly, R. R. 3, Kippen, chairman of the Finance Committee, said a mill rate raise can be expected. He reported the committee will meet on April 16 to review the rates for each municipality and will ask for a special meeting of the board when the levy for each municipality is determined. John Vintar, superintendent of education, reported that a meeting to discuss the implications of continuing separate school education to the end of Grade 13 will be held in St. Joseph's Parish Hall in Stratford on April 19 at 8 p.m. Safety record wins scholarship at Boise Cascade tai People like Craig Murney will benefit from every pint of blood given at the Red Cross Blood Donors Clinic at CHSS on Monday. Craig suffers from hemophilia, bleeder's disease, and without Cryoprecipitate, a concentrate made from blood, he could bleed to death from a cut or bruise. One fall could kill No hockey for Craig PUC commissioners lose raises in salary cutbacks already had one of the highest mill rates in the county (135 residential and 149 commercial) and warned failure to hold the line would push it higher. Mayor Don Symons commended the councillor on his report but said he thought efficiency was more important to holding the line than freezing salaries. But the discussion didn't help the PUC commissioners because after it was over the council vetoed their raises.' Time saving move a waste of time Commissioners of the Clinton Public Commission were the first to get stung by Clinton Town ouncil's attempts to hold the line on salary i creases. The con ission bad asked that its honorarium f $200 for commissioners and $250 for the chairman be increased to $300 for the commissioners and $400 for the chairman. Councillor Russ Archer thOught the amount of the raise was a "bit much". Councillor James Armstrong felt that since council was not giving itself a raise this year the PUC shouldn't get one either. The request came in correspondence early in the meeting but was set aside to be dealt with after a report by / Councillor William Crawford, chairman of the finance committee. Councillor Crawford presented a study of salaries and wages over the period of 1961 to 1970. He revealed the cost of living index of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics was based on the 1961 figure as 100 and now stood at 129.7. In 1961 Clinton operated on a three man police force and now they had a four man force. He said the cost of salaries to the force had increased 180 per cent in the ten-year period. Cost of public works salaries had increased 142.4 per cent he said, partly due to the addition of a new man. In 1961 there had been no recreation costs for salaries because the Lions Club had run the old arena and recreation program. Now he said, the town spent $12,213 last year and was adding staff this year. Costs of salaries in the clerks office had risen to 104 percent last year and new staff was added this year. During the same period, the report said, the population had dropped by 325 persons. Councillor Crawford said the town could not afford these increasing salaries. He recommended no salaries be increased until the town increased in its population or assessment since otherwise it would be reflected in a mill rate increase. He also advised the town to investigate the cost of having the OPP police the town rather than its own police force. Councillor Crawford said that Clinton There is plenty of activity in the area th's next week, most of it due to service projects. This weekend, Branch 140 of the Canadian Legion will be sponsoring the fourth annual Camping and Sport Show at the Clinton Community Centre with all proceeds to go towards the Brownies and Guides summer camp. The project was formerly held at CFB Clinton and sponsored by the Trail Spinners Camping Club of Adastral Park but with the phasing out of the base has been turned over to the Legion this year. It will begin on Saturday at 12 noon and run through to 10 p.m, Then it will run from noon to 5 p.m. again on Sunday, featuring displays of the latest available equipment in camping, fishing and boating and hunting. * The Koffee House, the youth centre for Clinton area was to have had its official opening Wednesday afternoon with an "under attack" program. It will be open again Saturday night and next Wednesday night will be open from 7:30 to 10 p.m. for anyone from the area, young or old, to see just what is going on. It is located above the Eatons Order Office. * * The Lions Club's Nearly New Store opened last week with a large interest from the public, The store however needs more clothing to offer buyers, so if you're cleaning out your closets, don't throw those clothes away, take them down to the store. Details of the times the store is open can be found in an ad inside. * * * The Red Cross Blood Donors Clinic will be held at the high school on Monday. The Kinsmen Club is one of the organizations behind the clinic urging everyone to give the gift of life. Conservation club organizes The Organizational Meeting for the Huron County 4-H Conservation Club will be held at 8 p.m. on April 14th, 1971 in the Board Room of the Ontario Department of Agriculture and Food Building in Clinton. The basic objectives of the club are to focus attention on the need for good conservation practices and to develop' an understanding of the significance of forests, soil, water, air, fish, and wildlife in our modern economy, Recently the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters sponsored a competition for all Junior Conservation Clubs in Ontario. The way in which they judged this competition watson the program material, projects and discussion which the leaders and members undertook in 1970. (Generally speaking, which club helped to promote' the conservation of the natural resources in their community.) Although the Huron County 4-H Conservation Club did not win the competition, the judges were so impressed by their contribution to the community that they awarded a special "Recognition Award" to the cleb. A representative from the Department of Lands and Forests will be on hand to present the award to the club at the Organizational Meeting. Outstanding safety performance in 1970 has earned Boise Cascade's Mobile Home plant, Hensall, one of the 93 four-year college scholarships awarded by the company this year to children of its hourly employees in Canada and the U.S. Competing against the average of 44.51 accidents per million man-hours worked in the mobile home industry, Hensall recorded a rate of 31.96, substantially better than the average. This achievement earned $1,000 scholarship dollars for liensall. In making the announcement, Corporate Safety Administrator, Marvin L. Strode praised Gene Ducharme, of Clinton, Plant Superintendent, for his leadership and the employees for their safety conscious efforts in making 1970 a safe year. "It is The annual Clinton Police dispute is on again. Clinton town council revealed Monday night that the Clinton Police Association has turned down the latep town offer and voted to go to arbitration. The police had asked for salaries ranging from $7,300 for probationary officers to $9,800 for first class constables and $10,300 for sergeants. The town's offer would have been $6,000 for the probationary officers, $6,900 for the first class constable and $8,000 for the sergeant. The offer would have reduced the work week from 44 hours to 40 hours but would not have included overtime wages. The town had also offered to buy new uniforms for summer and to pay for $10,000 in life insurance plus hospital and medical insurance. The contract would run for two years with a $500 raise in the second year. The dispute involves only three of the four men on the force. The chief of police can not be a member of the police which conservation authority the Bayfield watershed should join. Although council members seemed generally in favour of the Ausable authority, Councillor Armstrong was instructed to support whichever authority seemed closest to winning support at the meeting to be held in Goderich on Thursday afternoon. The meeting will be held at 2 p.m. in closed session with an open public meeting to be held afterward. This is only an informal meeting and no final decision will be made. Clinton council felt the choice of which authority to join was not so important as getting the watershed under some authority without delay. COUNTY PLAN Council agreed to adopt the new Huron County Plan which was introduced before county council last month on the urging of their representatives at the county level Reeve Lobb and Deputy-Reeve Cook. Both men said they thought it was an excellent plan. impossible," he said, "to calculate the pain and suffering you have prevented, and there is no way to determine how many families would have had their lives interrupted by the accidents you have prevented from happening," For the first time since Boise Cascade's Safety Scholarship Program was created in 1966, the value of the awards has exceeded $100,000. This year, the safety scholarships totalling $117,600 were won by 60 operating units in three Provinces and 21 States. Individual winners will be determined by local selection committees. Boise Cascade's Safety Scholarship Program is designed to encourage and reward employees for their concentration and dedication to accident prevention. association and can not go to arbitration. There was some discussion as to whether or not there was agreement with Police. Chief Lloyd Westlake. Mayor Don Symons, chairman of the police and executive committee said that the chief had agreed to work for $9,000 this year if the report of the arbitration board did not give his subordinates more than this salary. Some of the other members of council did not feel this constituted agreement. "If the man has agreed to work for that salary then he should be willing to sign a contract for that amount, no matter what the arbitration board does," claimed Councillor William Crawford. "Let's not be ridiculous," the Mayor 'exploded. "I think this is still a fair 'eoencil." He said any attempt to hold the chief to his agreed salary if his sergeant and constable were receiving More would be unfair, Councillor Crawford held to his recommendation saying he thought a signed contract would help the town in its case to the arbitration board against higher salaries "There's no doubt about it" Deputy-Reeve Cook said, "this plan is going to be good for the county." Council received a letter • from R. V. Anderson and Associates stating that progress is being made toward getting approval of the Ontario Water Resources Commission for expansion and improvements to Clinton's sanitary sewerage system. Council had earlier approved the recommendations for expansion that had been made by the company at a closed meeting. Hullett Council sets mill rate Hullett Township Council set the mill rate for township purposes at the regular meeting last week in Londesboro. The residential rate for 1971 will be 27 mills and the business and commercial rate will be 30 mills, Council also appointed Councillor Charles Scanlon to attend meetings with Blyth village council regarding the dump. It was decided to take part in the Provincial Municipal Employment incentive program. A grant of $400 was given to the Huron County Federation of Agriculture and $200 was given to the Blyth Agricultural Society. Applications for Tile Drain Loans of $15,000 were accepted from Harry Bakker for lots 26 and 27 on Concession 13 and for $2,000 to William Millson on lot 3, concession 7 and $4,000 for lot 5, concession 6. Building permits were issued to Charlie Brandon for a driving shed 40 feet by 72 feet on Lot 20, concession 1, to Jim Radford for a garage and to Mrs. Jewell Cowan of Londesboro. New teachers hired The following teachers were engaged with duties to commence September 1, 1971: Mrs. Dale Shannon, Miss Ivie Linington, Garnet Harland and Miss Linda McKenzie, all for Central Huron Secondary School; Miss Linda Reavie for Goderich DCI; Bruce Eccles and Miss Joan McMartin for Seaforth DHS; Arthur Clark, Mrs. Barbara Green, Mrs. Margaret McMurray, Miss Beverley Gates, F. E. Madill Secondary School; and Miss Patricia Gilleland, Miss Karen Smith, Miss Laura French, Bryan Probizanski, David Brooks, James Aunger, Miss Patricia Rowe, Mrs. Linda Gerrard, Miss Corinne Elliott, Mrs. Judy Eddy and Edward Garrard all for South Huron DHS. Those who have resigned include Mrs. Madelene Steiss, Grey; Mrs. Martie Lobb, Hullett; Mrs. Dorothy M. Powell, McKillop; Mrs. Shirley Hazlitt, Robertson, Goderich; Mrs. Cheryl Psyne, SHDHS; Mrs. Olive Kennedy and Mrs. D. E. Dentin, Brookside; W. Brock Olde, CHSS; Mrs. Mary Cleland, F. 8. Madill SS; Mrs. L. I4i. McKendry, Seaforth DHS; Miss Trudy Stover, SHDHS; and Mrs. Barbara Moss, Victoria, Goderich, for the other personnel. Deputy-reeve Frank Cook said he was tired of arguing over police salaries. He said the police were the only town employees the council had to argue with. "We always spend about six months on it." He said he was quite happy to go to arbitration since he felt the police couldn't win all the battles. Council approved the hiring of a lawyer to fight the town's case at the arbitration 4 hearing that is not expected until summer. WELFARE COSTS UP Councillor James Armstrong said welfare costs have risen slightly and expressed again his disapproval of the practice of welfare cases being sent to Clinton from out of town. Reeve Harold Lobb said he felt that Clinton still had a low percentage of welfare cams compared to other towns, Councillor Armstrong agreed and said most of the cases he deals with come not from town, but from outside Clinton. It doesn't seem odd to see young Craig Murney, of Maple Street, wearing a hockey helmet. After all, his father Bill, better known as Butch, is well known for his hockey playing in the area. And every little boy likes to be like his daddy. But Craig will never be like his daddy. The helmet he wears isn't for hockey but to protect him against simple falls around the house. And the cast on his leg isn't from a hockey injury but to protect his ankle from further injuries that could cause it to hemorrhage and swell out of all proportion. Craig is a hemophiliac, one of about 2300 persons in Canada who suffer from the disease that makes any minor cut, scrape or bruise a major catastrophy because they do not heal as others do, because of deficiency of clotting factors in their blood. For Craig there will be no hockey, or baseball or any other body-contact sports since for him, even a fall down two stops can have serious consequences. His mother says that he has been in hospital in London at least once a month in every month since last August. During this winter's blizzards, he was storm-stayed in hospital away from his parents for three weeks. But his parents were just as happy he was, for if something had happened to him it would have been almost impossible to get him to London where trained specialists know his problems and the best way to treat them. Craig seems to take his misfortunes exceptionally well for a boy that's less than two years old. Already, his mother says, he knows that there are many things he just can't do or he'll get hurt. He doesn't mind his frequent stays in hospital because he knows all the doctors and he knows they can make him feel better. For the Murneys, the knowledge that Craig was a hemophiliac came early. When he was circumcized doctors had extreme problems stopping the bleeding. Many hemophiliacs are not discovered until they are two or three years of age. Hemophilia attacks only males. For over 2,000 years it has been known that males were afflicted while females carry on the disease genetically to their offspring. All daughters of hemophiliacs are carriers but all sons are normal. About half the sisters of hemophiliacs are carriers and about half the daughters of a carrier are carriers themselves. Two types of the disease have been discovered: Type A, the classic hemophilia with a deficiency of AHF or Factor VIII; and Type B with a deficiency of PliC or Factor IX. Until recently, doctors treated hemophiliacs suffering from hemorrhages or external bleeding with transfusions of whole blood in an effort to introduce clotting agents into the body. But about four years ago, the Canadian Red Cross began producing Cryoprecipitate for treating patients with a Factor VIII deficiency. Cryoprecipitate contains only the clotting agents from the blood and thus Much larger amounts of the precipitate can be given to the patient than could be given through transfusions of whole blood. At the same time, the remainder of the blood can still be used for other purposes. Already in his short life, Mrs. Murney estimates, Craig has had nearly 1,000 units of Cryo. Craig has so far been lucky about cuts. His mother remembers only one serious incident when he had a cut in his mouth and it bled for two weeks. After it finally stopped, doctors put casts on both his arms to keep him from touching the cut and perhaps starting the bleeding again. While these casts were on, and while he had a black eye as well, Craig was featured during a visit of television cameras to the hospital. Most of Craig's problems arise from bruises that start bleeding within the skin and soon leave huge swellings or fill his joints with blood causing him excutiating pain. Pain killers such as aspirin or any other drug containing ASA do more harm than good because they extend the bleeding period five to seven days. Being the parents of a hemophiliac is a hard task, Parents must always be on the look out to keep children out of dangerous situations, and for a youngster who is more than normally active, like Craig, it means his mother must devote nearly all her time to him, only doing housework or relaxing when he is napping or has gone to work, It also means looking for soft toys that won't hurt the child, getting gum-soled shoes so he won't slip on the floor, worrying about how to build a fence in the back yard and pad it so that Craig can play outside this summer without hurting himself, selecting furniture without sharp edges so he can fall against them and start bleeding and so many little details never thought of by other parents. And it includes the cost of drugs which are not covered under government medical plans. In the Murney's case it is even worse than normal since their six-year-old daughter Terri suffers from asthma. And there's the cost of shoes that would be required if the doctors decide to go ahead with a brace for Craig's leg to keep him from re-injuring his ankle, expensive shoes that a two-year old would quickly outgrow. But the Murney's are luckier living in Canada than in the United States. For one thing their doctor and hospital bills are paid and for another, they don't have to pay for the blood and Cryo Craig needs. Since 1958 in Canada the Canadian Red Cross has been offering free blood to' those who need it 'pwalriedrefoars,in the United States, blood is still Here in Canada blood is provided free betairge it is given freely by people across the country at blood donar clinics such as that to be held in Clinton next week. But often there is not enough blood because too few people give. That is why you are urged to give blood next week, TO help people like Craig. To give the gift of life. Clinton town council wasted about 15 minutes Monday night trying to figure out a way of saving time. The debate began after council had approved building permits for the month. Councillor Russ Archer asked if there wasn't some other way of dealing with the permits. He said he thought it was a waste of council time to, have to pass the permits when in many cases the buildings were`already partly up (or down as in the case of the Wearwell factory and the old arena, this month's permits passed at the meeting). After considerable discussion he and Reeve Harold Lobb drafted a motion that would change the procedure and call only for a report from the building inspector which would be approved or turned down by council. But when the matter finally came up for a vote, the motion was defeated with only Archer and Lobb supporting it. The case was dropped. Council also approved the delegation of Councillor James Armstrong to represent Clinton at a committee meeting to discuss It's that time again ... Police, town dispute over salaries