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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1976-03-18, Page 24+,11 aMillar face Wee+ os; soinetIm Sit WS- Ree two s►nd More isle reach late and all it i, always welcome., +++ And while on the subject of our pride and joy (and sometimes our horror and mortification) we should_tell you a11. that when the press became cantankerous with the March 4 issue - the fact that everyone's paper was duly prod =stn -delivered on time was due tine ,all out effort of our mailing t_af wbo came in to work at 11 p.m. Wednesday and continued through mull atter ''one Thursday morning. So thanks o Mrs. Annie HartAtin,VM wart ,l rtn an,, ding ) at>iyne Hartman,.- +++ Miss Debbie Jbfanson of Daws+0*. 3City, yokow...4,4 friend, Tommy Mah. spent die past ;three weeks withthe refine r's grandparents - Dorothy and Ebner `rey. They also visited with Barb and Maynard H titers, Whitehead St. and with'Mary Ann and Gord Caldwell, James Street_ +++ It's a sad farewell from the people of Clinton to the staff of. Eaton's Order Office' this sleek:, to manageress Joyce Irwin, along with Valier Mair, Edith Reid and Florence Nesbitt.. No longer will the big, friendly EATON tetters look down on Albert Street, - no More the familiar message "There's a parcel at Eaton's", - never again the catalogues to browse through, and worst of all,for old and young alike,gone will be the .familiar anticipation of the Christmas season, found in the pages of that season's catalogue. Can you imagine Town without Eaton's You'll have to, alas, from now on No more the parcels and cartons Goodbye to an era - the store has gone 1/2% INTEREST PAID AN NUALLY OR 101/4% INTEREST PAID SEMI- ANNUALLY ON 5 YEAR TERM GUARANTEED INVESTMENT CERTIFICATES Member Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation RIA and GRE? MaIlager J.D. (Dave) Cress 524..73$j Gsdericlh The letterS whighh urged to write rega lm mi,nent Closing of our. hospital did not all fall 4POtt ?ars.4 We have had sports from some citizens Who have received rePh, - Mr. and Mrs. Alan Galbraith% letters: were acknowledged on behalf of McKinley. Mr. Lewis. Dr: Smith and Prime Minister Trudeau. Mrs. Phyllis Nicholson received three lreplies, and Mrs. Bessie Steep had acknowledgement from the office of Mrs. Pauline McGibbon,' Lieutenant -Governor, We have also learned from Fina Hunter, chairman of the Clinton Hospital Action Committee that the tapes Mailed out received favourable commendation from two sources - Liberal member for Kitchener - Wilmot, John Sweeney and the NDP member for Sud- bury, Bud Germa. nnie Baer, hefty of RR 5, Goderich wee linter in the Senior public School division of the Legion district speak -off contest held in Seaforth last SaturdaY e Heather Brent of Wroxeter was second, while Vicky McCreightof Dublin was third. (photo by Wilma Oke) Goderich Psych. awaiting arrival of new patients + + + The transition of Goderich Psychiatric Hospital to a This week • in our profile Mental Retardation Resource series we introduce (to- those (entre is now nearly Com- o€ you who do not already plete with less than two weeks khw.:hist,) Arnold Riley, to go until the April I deadline Presede-ntx r th ,� ns!eit _� imposed by health minister Club of`l,n._ '_�tk Miller. A native' of Londesber. =: Ft v`to-go in the transfer Arnold grew up in that Village were the 190 patients oc- 'attending first •Hullett-P il'ic c'op'ying beds in GPH when and then Clinton District the minister announced its Collegiate sc1ools� :.316- r ctosiog. The patients have married to the former Bev c' -'been moved to either Owen Wright of Summerhill and Sound or Londonrchiatric they have two children, hospitals in ,a,Athravan of Andrew, age Sand Vicky Lou, vans, buses and ambulances. three years. The first patients were For 20 years this `tonsorial transferred out of the hospital artist' has plied his scissors. in early March and of the 190 He started first in the admitted patients, only about building next door to K.W. 50 remain in beds in GPH. Colquhoun on Isaac Street The people were either and ten years later moved transferred to another down to the present one which psychiatric unit or . were he now owns. discharged entirely with the Arnold's involvement with remaining 50 patients ex - the Kinsmen came when he pected to be gone by March joined the service club seven 18. years ago. He has served in GPH administrator Ross turn as director, registrar, Bryant said last week he secretary and now president expected to have some minor This club belongs to District 1 Zone B. The district covers a wide territory from Niagara Falls north to Owen Sound. The zone narrows the location._ B zone running from Exeter north to Mount Fares t. The Kinsmen of this town Goderich Township has are a dedicated and hard- agreed with a proposal by working lot who have sue- Maitland Valley Con- cessfully achieved their goal servation Authority for a in various projects which study of the Lake Huron they have undertaken. Many shoreline. Township officials a senior citizen has been approved the preparation of 'a grateful for the helping hand preliminary study, but fur - of a Kinsman. ther decision on the matter This year they have will be reserved until the donated $2,100 to minor sports study -is completed and and last year $5,000 toward presented to council. the formation of the Clinton A grant of $100 was ap- Conservation Area Park on proved for Bayfield Fall Fair, the southern limits of town. the money to be handed over An upcoming major effort to the fair board before the will be th+ ,}, Mons - Reef r,,# i t da to . r ecue to be held on- the 1e drain- loans were l'2th of June at the Clinton re ques tectliagillayrnond Arena Park. McClinchey fd $6,100; Jan One last word - back to Koene for $1,200 and Leonard Arnold, The question of men's Lobb for $45,000. haircut§ naturally was raised A land .severance request 1;. - will the shortening trend was heard from Violet continue if so - how short? Macadam. A severance from Yes - they are shorter right Gerald Bell to Albert Brall now - and he will be able to has prompted council to tell more after attending the Hairdressers' Convention at the Four Seasons Sheraton in Toronto at the end of this month. Arnold's hobbies - in what time he has left - his wife, Bev . says he is a wonderful handyman around the house. And with all the practice he gets he should_be an expert with a pair of garden shears. work done to the empty building when the patients were all gone using the staff to take care of the housecleaning jobs. needed to be done before ° the new patients begin to arrive. He said he was not ex- pecting any major physical changes to be made to the hospital but rather he ex - peeled the-, tiro week waiting pe -:the staff faces to be used for 'training for care pf 'Nebr.— notipn*c The changeover of the hospital removed about 60 ,jobs from the government payroll but did not cause a mass .change in employees. Of the 260 people working at the hospital when it served psychiatric patients. 160 have been hired by the ministry of social services and about 60 have todate been laid off. Mr. Bryant said some of the 60 employees laid off may be hired to work in the 20 bed psychiatric unit to be operated- by Alexandra Marine and General hospital. Township approves Lakeshore study w Sales and Service At Country Corner you'll find a complete line of Yarriaha sppwntobiles and motorcycles. Worried about service? We rrrr a Yamaha Mechanic on slip. fa►1l�tl�e .: . COUNTRY RNER STORES Mi. CARMEL 237-3456 ir'tdays to 6 p.m. request a diagram of the proposed fish farming operation for study,and sufficient evidence to justify itas a viable farm operation=. Discussion of a registered plan of subdivision as proposed by R. Corriveau for pt. lot 36, Conc. 1 as submitted by the Ministry of Housing resulted in a motion to ap- prove the application subject to the comments as per questionnaire. Building permits were issued for a swimming pool for Chas. Bruins ma: ` house, Frank Grahamm; garage, 'George Hiles; and an addition to a cottage. Paul Beauchemin. Clerk R.E. Thompson was instructed to investigate and prepare a bylaw for con- sideration of pits and quarries operations. SUITS LEISURE S iITS DRESS SHIRTS SPORT SHIRTS SLACKS PLANNING A SPRING WEDDING? We esti supply your formal clothes torr men He said the remaining 40 odd employees have either left the civil service or have transferred to other jobs within the government. He added that six more employees were needed to fill the needs of the resource centre but expected those six to be specially trained people brought to the centre from another area of the province. ,Mr. Bryant said the transition has not enthused the staff of the hospital but added that most seem to be resigned to the fact that GPH is closed. He said they were not happy with the thought but seemed to be accepting it. He went on to say that his job was one of the ones the government had made no announcement on, explaining that .he still did not know' if he fits into the plans of the ministry of community and social services. Well oiled Bringing that bike out from Winter storage? The Ontario Safety League reminds you to give it a safety check before taking it on the road. Make sure it is well oiled, check the chain condition and fitting, tighten all nuts and bolts, check the front wheel and steering alignment. And don't forget the tires. lights, horn or bell. reflective tape and brakes. Make sure everything is in good working order. then...enjoy summer. M1 The Myth' Standard ponied last week that the Villa Restaur'ant lir that wo has been sold to Skip d Bonnie McMullen, who ve taken over from former owner Jim Watson. Three exchange students PM Brazil are most amazed -Canadian teenagers ob- sg ssion with booze, the Seaforth Expositor wrote last week. The three, two girls and a boy, who have been re since mid-December, says the kids in Brazil imbibe a bit on occasions, but here the teenagers think that to be happy they have todrink. The Expositor also reports that town council is upset with the way sewer con- s tructidit is being- handled there. Win in fact, Reeve John Flari erjr is ready to resign his public works post because of the poor engineering on the project. Last Saturday afternoon, March 13th, Mrs. William (Annie) MacKenzie of Lucknow celebrated her 100th birthday, the Lucknow Sentinel relates. A native of Bruce County, Mrs. MacKenzie was a registered nurse before her marriage. The hydro was off for five days straight in Zurich, the Citizens -News reported last week, after the crippling ice storm of March 2. Among the hard hit facilities was the Zurich Arena, where the ice went soft and it wasn't until nearly a week later. on Tuesday, that the ice surface was usable again. According to the Goderich Signal -Star of last week, Dearborn Steel Tubing Manufacturing Company of Canada, which: has a plant in Goderich, has been sold to an all -Canadian group by the American parent company, seat belts maybe eded just nce! but which once? new ownerslan to key.P the plant in Goderich, t' The Signal,Star also reported that the Goderich District Collegiate Institute Drama Club won the Sarnia District Drama Competition over four other schools recently and they now ad- vance to the regional cont, petitions in Guelph i.u'Aprll. A Goderich girl, Anita Shrler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. ,r. Shrier of Goderaichi has been selected as a page in the Ontario Legislature and began her duties last week, the Signal -Star recounts. The Ontario Association of Na t=onal 'Campers and Hikers will be advised by the Exeter Recreation Committee that they will not be able to hold their campout in that Town, the Exeter Independent News said in last week's paper. The main reason is the lack of facilities at the arena which was :•c*etnRed lash E.Tke ler will be 4e1 cable this week, aCc the indePendent Ne Cen Cable TV Ltd coli;. installation of wire antenna. The complet g held up by the ice which also brought in axR of inguides, .from :persons yr damaged TV aerials. E.st Wawanosh Townshp has until May 14 to clean u their waste disposal site or - c lose it, the Wingham� Advance -Times reported last week. The ministry of en : vironment found the site, among other things, poorly managed. 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