HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1967-03-23, Page 5Huronview Employees Unionized
Board to Negotiate Contracts
GODERICH -r Members of
Hiwon-County Council jwere pilS
iieially informed Monday that
since the la$t report of the
Board of Management to Coun
cil; the employees of ’‘Huron-
view”; Huron County Home
near Clinton,- with the except
ion of the supervisory, office,
and part-time staff, had been
unionized, <
The International Union of
Operating Engineers, Local 944,
has been certified as bargain
ing agent for the stationary
engineers, end the Building
Service Employees’ Union,
Local 210, for the balance Of
the staff.
The report of thle Boiqrd of
Management, as presented by
Alvin. D, Smith, • Turnberay,
■■ chairman, stated that the
Board will now commence to.
negotiate contracts with both
unions, which, no doubt, will
mean additional meetings over
the next few months. The first,
was scheduled for March 22.
The two labour unions have
been certified by the Ontario
Labor Relations’ Board as bar
gaining agents for about 95 em
ployees. The Building Service
Employees’ Union is affiliated
With .the Building Service In
ternational Union. AFL-CIO-
CLC.
Negotiations commenced only
two months ago, it was reveal--
ed in the discussion.- Ghatahan
Smith, in review, stated that
due . to minimum wage regula
tions, the employees received
a $400 wage increase last year,
Now they had come along for
more money.
“Apparently you can’t satisfy
some people,” he declared.
John H. Corbett, Hay Town
ship, ’asked if the employees
could go on strike.
B. G. Hanly, deputy derk-
treasurer in charge of .“Huron
view” operation for County
Council, replied that as hospital
employees, they could not go .on
strike but ■ must submit their
grievances to larbitratio-n.
Carl Dalton, Seaforth, asked
if the wages paid the employ
ees undeg: the union contracts
were* in' line with those of
pedple in similar work. -
Mr. Hanly said that they
were in line with wages paid at
Goderich Hospital.
The' committee 'also reported
that completion of the new
wing of the Home is “progress
ing slowly”, 'and it i!s hoped
residents will be able to move
in by the end of March.
Official opening of the new
addition is being planned for
Wednesday, < June 14, 1967, at
2:00 p.m. when Hon. John
Yaremko, Ontario Minister of
Public Welfare, will be present
to officially open the new’
building.
On recommendation of the
Board of Management, it was
decided that the $50 member
ship fee in the Ontario Associ-
atipn of Homes for the Aged,
he paid,
delegates to the annual con
vention 1 of -the ''Assoipiation
were named, as follows: Warden
Donald- McKenzie,,, Ashfield;
chairman ’ Alvin ,D. Smith,
Turnberry; co-chairman Elgin
Thompson, Tuckerismith; Har
vey C. Johnston, superintend
ent; 'and B, -G. Hanly, deputy
eJerk-,treasurer. .x
Superintendent Haryey C.
Jphnston presented the current,
report, of • “Huropview” which
said was now filled to capacity
With 226 residents. This total
includes 97 males and 129 fe
males. Total residents of the
Home to elate is 1,600 as of
last week. He related that reta-
dent number :51„ admitted, in
December 1895 • at the age of
13 years,, is still in the Home,
now ’
By way of comparison, Mr,
Johnston quoted figures for the.
year 1896 when there were 61
inmates, made up of 46 males
and 15 females.' Many of the
figures given for costs' and ex^
penditures back 70 years ago,
dbew smiles from members of
the 1967 County Council!
Adastral Park
Social Notes
Editor: Mrs. Sandra Sinker Phone 482-9179
GODERICH — Huron Coun
ty has renewed its* membership
for 1967 in Midwestern Ontario
Development Area Council at
a cost of $5,226, as recommend
ed ,by the new Industrial and
Tourist Committee to County
Council Monday.
’ Three other counties are
members: Oxford, Perth and
Wellington with Waterloo a
“hot” prospect. The City of
Stratford again has turned
down membership in the de
velopment organization.
Calvin Krauter, Brussels,
chairman of the committee, in
troduced William G. Urquhart,.
Stratford, * general manager * of
the group, who reported xpn
some pf the projects jmderyvay.
Signs were very' good in regard
to,Centralia, he said1. As liaison
agents for Expo, MidWestern
expected to entertain five to
fifteen thousand in business
groups touring the area this
year.
Mr. Urquhart solid the De
velopment Council had hot lost
any members so far from last
year,, but Stratford was out
again. They were just “living
out” their lease in that city, he
stated.
Hume Glutton, Goderich,
county council appointee in
1966. reviewed his representa
tion and requested that he hot
be re-appointed.
Chairman Krauter reported
that committee members had
met with representatives of
Ontario Departments of Tour
ism and information and Muni
cipal Affairs, and that a fur
ther meeting is. planned to dis
cuss the advisability of county
planning.
“Out of this ithefe could
evolve an official plan,” ihe
pointed out. “However, before
any further steps are taken,
the committee will investigate
the cost of any such project
and report' back to County
Council/* the chairman stated.
Mr. Krauter thought that
the County had not been ad
vertised enough, and comment
ed that the committee was talk
ing about producing a brochure
to be distributed at various
tourist-entry points.
Protestant Chapel Guild
The ’monthly meeting’ pf the
Protestant Chapel Guild was
held on Monday, March 13. The
members gathered in the chapel
for the devotional servj.ee con
ducted .by Mrs. Ruby Driscoll
assisted by Mrs. Vivian St.
Clair and Mrs. Betty DeLong,
With Mrs. H. Greenaway at the
organ. ( •
The business meeting took
place in the 'annex With the
president,’ Mrs. Kay Taylor in
the chair. Rians’ for the Straw
berry Spcial to be held on June
28 were made. Mrs. Joyce Gale
is the convener and Mi’s. Hilda
Hibbert will be in charge of the
candy table, Ther'e will be a
white elephant table and any
one with donations is asked
to leave them at Mrs. K, Tay
lor’s, 7 Victoria or Mrs. Joanne
Johnston’s at 1 Victoria Blvd.
There will be a reception in
the Chaipel Annex on April 7
for Lt. Col. Anderson who has
recently returned from India
and will tell about the great
need' there. All members of the
congregation are cordially in-
Cancer Society
May Press •
For Ad Ban
A general meeting of the
Huron Unit of' the Canadian
Cancer Society was held
earlier this month in the hall
of the First • Presbytertian
Church, Seaforth. President
Harvey C. Johnston chaired
the meeting and representatives
from each branch were in at
tendance.
Encouraging reports of the-
work being done were giveag,
by the service to patients
chairmen. Ihformatibn was giv
en about ‘Open House’ at
Princess Margaret Hospital in
Toronto, and other meetings'.
In the near future the Society
will approach the CBC to re
quest some curtailment of cig
arette advertising.
Those, present were delighted
to hear Miss Mary Jean Fry
sing the ‘Centennial Hymn’.
'Guest speaker for the even
ing was /Rev. Douglas Fry, of
Seaforth. He chose a most ap
propriate topic for. his address,
“Canada’s native people 'The
Indians’.” He pointed out the
necessity for these people to
be re-introduced in the second
century. They have been caus
ed to feel restricted and op
pressed in their own land.
The next meeting of the
Cancer Society for Huron will
be held in May at Wingham.
The ladies of the Seaforth
Branch ’served delicious re
freshments at the close of the
meeting.
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Another Turnkey
Approved
For County Jail
(By R. S. Atkey)
• GODERICH — Huron County
Jail at Goderich is to have an
additional turnkey. On "recom
mendation of the Property
Committee, Comity Council
Monday decided to advertise
for one. •
Carl Dalton, Seaforth/’ chair
man, reported that the Com
mittee had made a tour of the
jail and had discussed matters
With the Governor, R. W. Bell.
The Committee authorized
that in future the guard on
duty would only be required to
punch the dock at Station 5 at
nine o'clock and three o’clock
during the night hours. This
particular dock, is located hi
the basement and it was the
feeling of the committee that
two calls per night would bp
satisfactory,
G6v6mor Bell reported to
County Council Monday that
260 prisoner's had been admit
ted during 1966, of whom 126
or nearly half were there bp
charges connected with liquor.
Theft and breaking and enter
ing accounted for 30 other
caseis.
He stated that the cost of
daily rations for each prisoner
Was 58.98 cents.
' vited to meet him,
The Guild is taking orders
for coffee spoons with the Cen
tennial crest or the crest of
the province of your choice.
- .The price is $1.50 and Mrs.
Millie McFarland, Apt. 14 or
telephone 482-7808 Will be
pleased, to take your orders.
T’he proceeds from the spoons
are to, go to “Operation Vel
lore”. the Armed Fordes Cen
tennial project, to raise $30,000
for a Children’s Surgery at
Vellore.
After the meeting was ad
journed, the members enjoyed
a bake auction. The proceeds
of $30.40 were sent to the Re
tarded’ Children’s School in
Goderich.
Guides and Brownies
A meeting of the Local As
sociation of the CFB Guides
and- Brownies was held in the
Community Centre on Monday,
March 20. Mrs. Sue Carmichael,
chairman, presided over the’
meeting and gave a general
outline about the LA and how
it is sponsored.
Minutes of the last meeting
were read by the secretary.
Mrs. Joan Poppenk, and the
treasurer, Mrs. Vivian Smith
gave her report.
Two thank-you notes from
Karen Kerr 'and Mrs; Denise
Priestley were read, after which
elections for a new executive
were held. Mrs. Heather Del-
cellier. was elected chairman,
and the other members. of the
committee are: Mrs. Ann Bow
ser, secretary; Mrs. Vivian St.
Clair, Ways and Means con
vener; Mrs. Elaine Pratt, as
sistant Ways' and Means; Mrs.
Millie McFarland, badge sec
retary; Mrs. Sandra Sinker, as
sistant badge secretary.
New business was discussed
and mothers volunteered to test
the Guides and Brownies in
their badge work. Refresh
ments were served after the
adjournment of the meeting.
Personals .
Tt was incorrectly stated
that Mrs; Rene. Kelly won the
door .prize at the last WA meet
ing. Instead, Mrs. Louise Mul
laney was the winner.
Congratulations to Clayton
Leather, son of Cpl. and ‘Mrs.
W. Leather, who was chosen
to represent Central Huron
Secondary School at the Lon
don Banquet in April.
Many Happy * Returns to
Diane Bowman who celebrated
her ninth birthday and to
Elaine Bowman who will be
five years old March 28.
Mrs. Joyce Poire and Mrs.
Dorothy Gulliver are patients
in Clinton Hospital.
MIDDLETON
Congratulations
Miss Sarah E. Hunter, daugh
ter of Dr. .and Mrs. R. G. Hun
ter, Toronto and Bayfield1, has
won yet another scholarship.
“Sally Beth” Hunter has won
a coveted Woodtow Wilson
Fellowship provided by grants
from the Ford Foundation pro
viding each Winner with one
year of graduate education
with tuition and fees paid and
a living stipend of $2,000. These
are given to undergraduate
students who intend to become University "teachers.
Miss Hunter is in her fourth
year in Honour English Lan
guage and Literature at Trin
ity College, University of Tor
onto, She headed the .class in
h'er junior year, 1966.
In winning scholarships, Miss
Hunter is continuipg the family
tradition^ established by her
father; Dr. R. G. Hunter and
her rister, Mrs, John Downie
Of Kingston.
Easter Services
The annual service of Litany
and Meditation will be held in
St. James’ Anglican Church at
3 p.m, oh Good. Friday,
The 'Easter Sunday service
in St. James’ Church will be
held at the regular hour of 2:30
p.m,
Unit 4 Meeting Set
The regular meeting of Unit.
4, Ontario Street United Church
Women will be held in the
ladies’ parlour . on Monday,
March 27 at 8:30 p.m.
Doliars Lend Helping Hand .
The loving, tender/, helping hand of an Easter Seal service club volunteer
is always at the ready and judging by this child’s 'expression, the situation
seems to be one where the hand transmits soothing effects. Clinton Lions are-
just one group of thousands, of service club members taking part in this
year’s provincial appeal which has an objective of $1,400,000. -In total, 230
Easter Seal clubs will be streaming out nearly two and one-half million en
velopes containing Seals with each searching out helpers of crippled children.
The Ontario Society for Crippled Children is very proud of its associated ser
vice clubs and the community can be also for at a minimum of cost and time to
the residents, great work is being carried on throughout the year. Subscribe
to the 1967 Easter Seal Campaign with a generous gift today.
Matter of Principle.
A Peek at the
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Three or four weeks ago a
friend gave me the Budget
Statement of the Hon. Charles
MacNaughton, Treasurer of
Ontario. My friend said he
didn’t know when he’d have
time to read it and I’m afraid
I am not going to be able to
read it leather.
The statement is printed on
14” x 8%” paper and the book
is about 1” thick. Fortunately
it is printed on one side only.
It contains a maze of figures
on (the values of imports and
exports, of various products
with percentages of change
from year to year but indefinite
enough that it seems to have
little meaning. Certainly there
are few people in Ontario who'
can afford to take’ the time,
necessary to- study it sufficient
ly to understand its signifi
cance. >
However there is a shorter
comment by the ■ Minister con
cerning Agriculture arid Food.
To me the statement is quite
typical of both Provincial and
Federal agricultural policy for
many years, regardless of the
party in power. Here are a
few statements. “Year in and
year out, the farming sector
has1 recorded the largest pro
ductivity gains in the entire
economy. This rapidly rising
agricultural productivity con
tributes materially to Ontario’s
overall economic 'growth.”
That’s a nice "buttering up"
job isn’t it? We tarmearisi will
hear lots of nice words in the
next election campaign. The
latter sentence is also a gross
understatement of fact.
I wonder when those in
other occupations will realize
that 'it is only the increasing
productivity df farmers that
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THINKING ABOUT MUTUAL FUNDS?
BEFORE INVESTING INVESTIGATE
United Accumulative Funds Ltd/s
ASSETS IN LES8 THAN TEN YEARS
HAVE GRCJWN TO ALMOST i,3Qp,0OO,OOO
OCTOBER, 1957 ' FEBRUARY 9, 1967
$150,000.00 $295,173,809.00
Growth of a $10,000 Investment
$10,000 ....................’..... $27,885.44
. , An increase of 178% in approximately nine years
More than 127,000 Canadians W
Invest with United
Only one other corporation
iri Canada (Which incidental-
ly in NOT a mutual fund)
pays dividends to a greater f
number bf shareholders.
CON’rACTf
Charles D. Hay
262-2509 HENSALL
United Investments
Services Ltd
I
J. Carl Hemingway
makes it possible for anyone
to raise his standard of livtog.,
Early man spent all of his
time getting food. No one had
time to think of anything else./
It was only when man was able
to produce more food than he
needed that same were freed
to produce clothing, shelter and
the other niceties that we now
take for granted. If advance
ment is to be possible tin the
future the percentage of far
mers must decrease and more
people freed to produce other :
goods and services.
It looks grim for the farmer
but cheer up.' The Minister is
providing help. The appropri
ation for the Department of
Agriculture and Food is being
increased by 24%. Since the
Department is practically total
ly Concerned with increased
productivity of the farmer, we
can expect to see fewer farm
ers. ■
Veterinary students are being,
granted bursaries up to $1,000
per year which will not need
to be repaid if the graduate
takes up farm practice for one
year' for each $1,000 received.
This too will add to farm ef
ficiency and productivity.
Finally the Provincial Treas
urer is going to make 129 mil
lion available (over the next
12 years) in grants to farmers'.
The farmer can get cash as
sistance for removal of interior
fence bottoms (to. hire heavy
equipment); he can also get
assistance for farm ponds; and
also for paving barnyards.
There is also the Crop In
surance program but if the re
sponse of the1 Ontario wheat
producers is a fair indication
drily a few producers of special
ty crops will be using it,
The Minister sums up the
“ “A
program very nicely. I quote
“This stimulus to the continued
and increasing use of modern
technology will result in higher
farm productivity in the years
ahead”.
How true his statement is!
While he clearly implies that
this increased'productivity will
bring prosperity to the farmer
he at least had the wisdom not
to make such an erroneous
statement.
I suppose we must admit that
the increased productivity^ of
the farmer has improved1 Iris
standard of living,, it has stead
ily. towered, his standing in the
economic community. While
running faster and faster .the
farmer is getting farther and
farther behind.
.It is encouraging to see the
Farmer Union are militantly
demanding increased income
rather meekly accepting hand
outs and the phantom of in
creased productivity.
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For Your
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Faster Seals Mean More Research -
Research Means Hope For Crippled
Research into th'e dfipp'l'i'hg
disoi’ders of children is one of
the important functions, "of the
Ontario Society for Crippled
Children and an excellent dem
onstration of the use of publicly
donated funds to the annual
Easter Seal eamp#gn-
In Clinton, the fund rafeing
campaign is being handled by
■the Lions Club members. Don
ations should be sent to D. W.
Cornish, Treasurer, Clinton
Lions Easter Seal Committee,
djnton.
The research, projects in
itiated .regularly deal with pre-,
ventatiye «measures causing
crippling conditions and study
new techniques in rehabilita
tion of children Who have a
physical disabiillity- Through re-”
search and study, new ortho
paedic appliances ‘have been
developed ’and are being im
proved each year.
The Easter Seal appeal that
is sent by the 230 service clubs
in Ontario to all citizens of
this province, is asking for fin
ancial support to continue and
expand this program of re
search, as well as provide funds
needed for the' full program of
care, treatment and rehabilita
tion now being carried on by1
the Ontario Society for Crip
pled Children arid its associated
Service clubs.
The Society's nursing pro
gram, the treatment centres,
camps, clinics, provision of spe
cial equipment and other such
services are helping more than
16,000 boys and girls and teen-
r“
- *1
agers to overcoine fheir physi
cal handicap so th# they might
participate in the every-day
activities of life to the best of
their ability.
Contributions to the 1967
Easter Seal campaign assure
the donors that’ they are 'assist’
ing .“Timmy” and 'his pals to
■attain as normal an existence
as. possible.
It is gratifying to know that*
every contribution given to the
Easter Seal campaign will 'be
of some help to a crippled
child. At least $1,400,000. has
been set as the provincial tar
get for this- year so please be
generous in your giving.
Thomas Leppington,. Clinton,
was at Westminster Hospital,
London, on March 15 for a
medical check-up.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Baxter,'
London, were Saturday . night
visitors with the lady’s grand
parents, Mr. and Mi’s, Thomas
H. Leppington, 177 Spencer St.
Mrs. John Leppington and
daughter Cathy visited recent
ly with. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Johnston and family of London.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Thorndike
spent the weekend in Toronto
where the former attended the
annual meeting of the Provin
cial Poppy Committee of the
Royal Canadian. Legion.
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is pleased to offer to the public
a free
HAIRPIECE and WIG
DEMONSTRATION
on Wednesday, March 29
from 3 to 5 p.m. and from 7 to 8 p.m.
Mr. Dennis Roe will be demonstrating
the various types of hairpieces and
wigs. These are all human hair and
are reasonably priced.
Drop in and watch, have a coffee and
meet Barb and Cathy, our operators.
There is no obligation or charge.
If you wish to make a purchase, we will
gladly help you to decide.
Now is the time to have your perm, or
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