Clinton News-Record, 1975-07-24, Page 86•
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financial cireu.stances, and
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I:he first Matron
a�,�ex and
we re Mr. and fes, David Fath
ti! Clinton Mr. Wes' Suttt►n of
Exeter was the fitt' ratan .patient,
and the next was a thirteen Ma'
aid girl lett-aCurniilp vera WhO
came. to the "HOW of Refugee:'
(as it was then trailed), fpm the
states, her mother being born in
Stephen Twp.
The next Supt,, was Robert
Mut+ch, there Roberton who
only stayed one year. Mr. and
Mrs. Jacob' (John and Martha)
came in the beginning of' 1923.
The home had 190 rooms with an
average of90 residents per year.
At that time Mr. Jacob Made the
caskets for those 'who were
deceased. They were made
by hand in a carpenter shop in the
basement of the building. Mrs.
Jacob tined all the caskets with
white satin. All the . men's shirts
and the dresses for the women.
the quilts, the knitting of the
mens sox were all made under
the guiding hand of Mrs. Jacob,
At one time they employed a
shoemaker John Wade. who had
•s shop in the basement where he
repaired all the shoes_
Funerals were . held in the
home, and there was always a
tun house. Up until 1929 all those
,who died were buried in a plot.
lit -hind the farm. There is a cairn
yet the back of the farm hearing,
the names of the 'dead on four
sides. Then they bought. a putt ;it
the Clinton Cemetery, and all -
graves aro marked with a foot -
,tone and name inscribed
thereon. A Baptist was usually en
charge _ land a Baptist Church
service is held every Sunday
nue-nine.
A son. Dick, joined the staff in
1939. and a year later he was
married to Jean Match who had
the distinction of being the first
Registered Nurse at Huron Co.,
Hona%
-At that time Mr. Jacob raised a
targe number of pigs. They also
had six cows and three horses in
the barn. They raised all their
°tim vegetables andfruit for the
use for the residents. They canned
7..0 00 qts.. of fruit and ;vegetables
each year. One thousand • tomato
plants were purchased from Mr.
C.V. Cooke .each year. They also
planted 2.800" cabbage plants
which they grew from seed, and
five acres of potatoes.. The
original farm was 68 acres in
1939.
In 1939 they started to change
the stabling and then spilt in a
milking shorthorn herd of cattle.
Kept them until 1944 then
changed over to Holsteins In 1940
a barn was purchased from
Sidney Lansing which was torn
-..down.. znd. rrcmoved. then 'kcburlt
to enlarge: the is n lit` i `o nc
with the help of Joe Becker and
any volunteer blethers. in 1941
another barn was bettgt3t from
Orval Rapson, dismantled and
moved to the Home. and it was
reframed and addec4 to the other
barns forming the complete barn
struetprc. In the winter of 1941
they re-stabledthe entire stable
with Beatty stabline„ also with
the help of Joe Becker (o€ Clinton.
From then they kept tw t-
ono milk +cows, In 1 tiny had
built their own pasteurizing
pIa . t• and pa enta milk
• Used in te'Home. � mi..
was sold to the Carnation Mint
Plant at Holmesville. - They
bid- ming bens providing
ems for their +awn. use and sold
the surplus to'Normaan (Shian)'
Livermore at Clinian•
In 1944 the name *kis changed'
to ""Hueonco Farm,";. to give a
name to the Registered cattle,
More land was bonght bringing
the total acreage tto 202 acres. and
it was worked with horses. One
team -was was a "Show Team°' and
was taken to Huron County Fairs
-and won several prizes. There
was no need to buy any feed for
the livestock as everything was
grown on the €arm •
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After the buildings were
• completed Dick went into the
hogs told, and had as many as 100
hugs, as well as the cows. They
always kilted their own pi
made their own sausag- c et
the hams. smoked the bacon and
rendered their own lard.
In 1942 they bought 500 baby
chicks in Feb.. and another 500
were bought the first Of May.
They were canonized by Mr. ,
Goldie Martin. Th 'first 500 were
.sways sold! to Civic Holiday,
mostly to Canada Paekers, while
the other 500 were used for
consumption at the Home.
In August 1954' Mr. Harvey
Johnson was the first bookeeper
bookkeeper an the staff, and was -
ap:pointed .farm manager n the
fall nf 1955. He was promoted to
the position of Superintendent in
July 1956. and the name of the
home was changed to "Huron-
view'',. Mr. and Mrs. -Melia
Johnson and their family moved
-to tluronview,after one of the new
additions were built.
The. first addition was built in
1953-54 by the Ellis -Don con-
structiun co.. of London, Ont. The
.ecrrnd w ng was built in 195&
G1• by M. Graw and McGraw:
third addition built in .1964-66 by
Ncvilte Monteith and Co., son of
11.M. Monteith a former Bank
Manager in Clinton,
When the second wing was built
in 1960 the old former building
was gradually dismantled...
After Mr. John Jacob died in
1939, his wife Martha Jacob
carried on as Matron till .the end
of . the year. then retiring to
Clinton. where she lured untit_her
death in 1959.
Mrs. Pocock took over as.
Matron but only stayed a few
months. and it was at this time
that tVlrJohnson took over. Miss
Parke of Seaforth was head nurse
and remained for three years. .
Mrs. U. 4 i eaf . Jacob joined the
staff in July • 1960 and was ap-
pointed Director of Nursing.
There is approximately 300
residents. sometimes more., and
.e bed capacity of ate. The nursing
'taff is around 100. 'there is a
'iliantenai c + ff;— iii r i ,y,y
kitchen and cleaning staff. and
engineers numbering around 50.
There is a Beauty Parlor. with
.i full time beautician: Barber
Shop with JakeRoorda as full
time barber: a
Craft room in`
charge of Mrs. Mamie McGregor:
two adjuvants - Mrs. Joe Wild.'
and Mrsinane Elliott: a tuck
shop in
/45 chargee of ,Mrs. John
t tart)'ley ' - who: delivers all
man t0 the residents and writ"
loom • as requted.
rs. ant Oat ,Edith)Lend*
Babas served a star
in OW office for the 04,14 years.
Bob Taylor is Recreational
Director and all types of
en-
tertainment is enjoyed by the
residents. Birthday parties are"
held every month and are
spored by the Women's in-
stitutes and other groups in the
surrounding area. Each resident
having a birthday in the month is
given a gift a treat is provided
a l m , `esen . .
A chin service is fieldd every
Sunday morning in their own
chapel- in which there' is an
electric organ. It is a Baptist
church service.
Mr. Chester Archibald was
appointed.. Adroinisttaator of
iiuronview ug, !969 with
1r. Hd RoweinAAsustsas'tant aid•
ministrator since 1972 (Dec.l)
Dr. 3,W: Shaw was physician at
the Huron County Home for fifty
years; Dr. F.M. Newland and Or.
A, Addison for a time ane, Dr.
Fred Thompson canner
Parke was there. l r. .ti, Stant
Gorlerleh was [ Witt for slx
years, and now Dr. C.F. fly is
Welting atter the welfare o! the
resists.
A much needed • service was
added to Huronview when a von
was' purchi ed in ,1973 with three
Province of Ontario and 'Ate
County of: Huron each sharing
one-half of the. cost, and the
Province of Ontario assumiingthe
cost of upkeep of the.said vehicle.
By Dick and Jean Jacob.
'txi, is Huronview in the late 40.s.
It in as,a poor hryuse,..Huronview had its first adaiihio
tit 1153 as this aerial ure s'ho
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