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the Clinton Hospital board, has
e►no faction on an Arderlast wok to
the Clinton Hospital by June, 1st
members of the board and doctors
meeting with acting health
er Dr. Bette Stephenson today
day) and are asking her to
;filer her closing order of last
Stephenson in a letter to the
Tinton 'ttospital Board last week,. . or -
the board to immediately give the
Era pita re 110 employee;; their severance
notices and accept no, more patients
ter May first. They are to have the
pita' completely closed down by June
Ft The Clinton board is still con-
; Bring the letter.
Doug --.Coventry, the hospital's ad-
inistrator, said on Wednesday mor-
„ ng that the hospital was continuing to
act as normally as before. with patients
still being admitted. No termination of
employment notices have so far been
At Vawaslra
handed out,
Meanwhile; the Clintonhospital board.
in a meeting Monday night. gave their
solicitor, Beecher'_ Menzies of Clinton,
permission to go ahead and see if legal
action can't be taken by ' the board
against the provincial government
The Clinton Hospital vms built{by the
people of the community over a period of
years, and all the equipment insfd'e as
been supplied by donations from local
people. Apparently, the hospital board
will challenge the province's right to
close a hospital they don't even own.
Four ministry of health consultants
will be visiting Clinton
tomorrow,(Friday) to help wind down
the 62 -bed Clinton hospital.
Mr. Coventry said these people nor-
mally visit twice a year.
"1 don't know whether they will tell us
or ask us", Mr. Coventry said. in
reference to the proposed closing.
The ministry of health consultants
were :greeted by an angry crowd in Paris',
fast week. when they visited the hospital..,4,
there, which wa$ also ordeledclosed•
A crowd of about 2,000 carrying s1.nS.
lustily booed the consultants, and the-
OPP had to be Called in to rescue the''
three men and one woman,
- -Meanwhile in chhesley, their hospital
closed its doors: for, the last Wine last
Wednesday. AA.pril-H,nd .the residents of
the town had amack funeral service and,
burial ceremony lastThursday down the;"
main street of ,the town to "bury the
hospital's remains".
In the meeting tomorrow ., with Dr.
Step € son, arranged on Tuesday by
Huron -Middlesex MPP Jack Riddell, ..
board members along with several
doctors, will askPr. Stephenson to
reconsider her closing order, and to at
least give Clinton a chronic care unit as
well as the ambulatory unitand th
minor surgery clinic ` promised last
week.
Day carecentre rates up $1
By Wilma Oke
The daily ratet the Vanastra Day
Care Centre was increased from $5- to. $6
per child Tuckersmith Tdwnship Council
decided Tuesday evening. The increase
i11 become effective June 1.
The actual cost of a child at the centre
Was reported by Councillor Bert
randerhorst , to be $1444,-,,d47- The
geVernent pays' 80 percent of the
deficit and the Municipality frarn Which
the child comes, pays the remaining 20
percent. ,.
The Huron County Social Services
Department will be responsible for in-
terviewing and setting the rate for any
child of a parent or parents on welfare,
or not able to pay the $6 daily rate.
The Day Care Centre Board will pay
the Vanastra Recreation Committee a
$750 rental fee per month. Earlier this
month, it was discovered the recreation
committee which owns the building had
not billed the Day Care for the monthly
Lions Clul) drive
finally reaches goal
The Clinton Lions Club, that be
their Easter Seal campaign Marc
have so far collected a little ov
goal of 51,400
Everyone
received a le
return envelope.
farm of cash 'ora
ailed back in this
The East
well as Ont
sponsored
Crippled C
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their
in Clinton and , istrict has
Iter in the mai containing a
Donal' ns can be in the
mailed eque and can be
= velope.
Easter Se drive helps local as
ori crippled..children and is
b, the Ontario Society for
ldren.
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rent of $500 first agreed on, since the Day
Care was opened in September 1975. The
increase in rent will help to make up for
the missed rent.
Allan Guest of Camden Holdings and
Harold White Homes Ltd of London
attended the meeting along with Harvey
Hammond of Vanastra and Don Perry of
Harold White Homes, to discuss the 11
houses to be started next week in the
Victoria Boulevard and Quebec Street
area at Vanastra.
The 11 houses will be of three different
styles, brick and wood combination, with
three bedrooms. They are estimated
cost 523.000 each.
The firm owns 17 other lots, w
be built on after the presently p
houses are sold.
The 11 houses a
for occupancy in S
In " other business,
were granted to:
Seaforth imp
McGregor, R
barn, impl
house: P
house
h' will
nned 11
re expec d to be ready
epte er.
wilding permits
alph Stryker, RR 3
ement shed; Jim
meeting.Court of Revisions o
will be May 18th at 8:15 p.
Members
the drastic
announced
Tuckersmi
this year. c
To date lo
been appl'
prate
ThiS `Friday night ted, itua
teen the Citizens Action Coni
i e staging a pep ra lY to let
u ill, know they are still fi htlig and
or fang to keep the Clinton Public
spithl active.
This raily, to raise the public con.-
.sciousness will be repeated aagaip the
following Friday night and Saturday
afternoon (April 30 and AllitY l) leading
up to a large public meeting to' be held
tentatively in the, agricultural park in
Clinton oh Monday May 3.
partter
rneetn
tatives frOm,
five different
county, municipal co4tnds the c0ta
and other government groups.
This Friday, consult is of the
ministry of health are scheduled to meet
with the Hospital Board, to advise them
how to tie up any loose ends in the
hospital closure. Time of the consultants'
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arrival has not been announced, •
t';5;17,;
the drain''
of Council re angry over
cut in far drainage loanS. •
last wee + y the government.
th wil receive only 133.400
corn - ared to 540,000 last yea-
s totalling $1078000 have
d for. Council will discuss the41,
tthe next meeting.
Co
Cil ,will ask Jack Riddell Huron-
Mi- + lesex M.P.P. the Minister of
griculture and Donald Eaton, Mid-
dlesex South MPP. to ask them to seek a
review of the situation and possible
reversal of the cuts.
Jim McGregor, of Kippen complained
about the condition of the Hensall Road,
especially the l'1/4 mile section directly
east of the village, which was extremely
bumpy and lacked gravel. Reeve Elgin
Thompson said a lack of money for
gravel was partly responsible for the
road situation.
' 2 Kippen, addition. to Mr: McGregor spoke of the amount of
• ent shed and addition to garbage that falls off the Hensall gar-
s er Westerhout, Clinton, new bage truck en route to the dump at. the
• n part lot 51, concession 1. Usborne Township boundary line. He
Lona . n Road Survey: Harry Cook, said it wasn't fair for township residents
E: ondville, attached garage to mobile to have to face the litter of cardboard
► ome; Robert Core, Egmondville, boxes, plastic and tin cans.
swimming pool; and Dennis Broderick, Council agreed it was a terrible mess
barn and storage shed. and will protest to Hens"a.11 Council to ask
The engineer's report on the Layton that the truck contents be covered by a
Drain was provisionally adopted when tarp.
there were no objections. Engineer Council approved a request for
Henry Uderstadt, Orangeville, attended severance of ih acre of land containing
the meeting to answer questions. Robert house to Mrs. Mary Hough, RR 4 Clinton.
Fotheringham was the only ratepayer The meeting adjourned at 1:30 a.m.
affected by the drain to attend the Wedr. -cday.
By Jim Fitzgerald
Being an avid gardener, you can
imagine what , effect last Easter
weekend's weather had on yours truly.
Yes, the garden is in, and up too 1 might
add. like many others in the district. It's
sure a pleasant surprise to have spring
this early, so let's hope old man winter -Is --
gone for good, at least until next
December.
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And to top it all off, we'll have an extra
hour of daylight to do our chores ik�after
Work, as the big switch to daAight
saving time occurs this weekend.
Remember either Saturday night or
early Sunday morning to turn your
clocks AHEAD one hour, and then
because of the missed hour of sleep. be
�erabie for the next week or so,
Now that the hockey season is over.
nd the warm weather is here, our
tOughts should turn to baseball and
Baer t is if fromthe Stanley Cup.)ou can
yourself
yUnfor-
ltrretely, the ball persons weren't ex-
' cling the nice weather. so schedules
nil practices don't usually start til May,
dball news this week.
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Atyd back to hockey. Don't you think
thine they had the Stanley Cup over
end of April? Playing hockey in
�inr+cldie of summer~ does seem- a bit
A . single car accident on Monday
morning, April 19 sent two people to'
Clinton Public Hospital with cuts and
bruises.
The car, driven by Lea Dougherty 20,
of Wingham swerved on Highway 4 just
north of Clinton to prevent hitting some
loose cattle. The vehicle rolled over.
causing $500 damages to the car.
Miss Dougherty and her , passenger
Robert English w t eated and
reteast I t.t'urn t,. ?st.aa
A Brussels man luckily escaped with
minor injuries after his car was
demolished in a single car accident on
Highway 4. one mile south of Clinton last
Tuesday, April 13.
Murray Cardiff was southbound when
he lost control of his vehicle and rolled it
several times.
Mr. Cardiff was taken to hospital with
minor injuries. Damage to his car was
estimated at $2,500.
Like Doug Swan of Brucefield, on the tractor, most farmers
in the area were all smiles over the weekend as shirt -sleeve
weather enabled them to get out on the land and get ahead
of their spring chores of seeding. Helping Mr. Swan seed his
golden barley last Saturday were left to right, Rick
Dalrumple, Steve Sager, and Donald McIntosh, all of
Brucefield. (News -Record photo)
Spring arrives early, as heat wave hits
A record breaking, four-day heat wave
combined with sunny dry weather, has
brought spring into the area in full force,
some three weeks earlier than last year.
The near=perfectweather, combined
with a late Easter. made this Easter one
of the finest in nearly 30 years, ac-
cording to some residents.
Many of the tulips and spring bulbs are
in full bloom- and the foliage is showing
on the trees.
Even the local garden fanatics were
out in full force on the weekend, and
mar.y report their lettuce, pea and
radish crops have already broken
through the ground.
The unusual mid-April heat spell
started last Wednesday when the
temperature officially reached 70 (F). A
new record was set Thursday when the
mercury hit 77. Friday's high of 80.
Saturday's high of 81, and Sunday's high
of 82 also set new records for those dates.
Monday's high of 72 was not a record.
Mike Miller. associate ag. rep, said
that considerable seeding of spring grain
has already been carried out. compared
to last year when farmers never got on
the land until the first of May
Mr. Miller said that a lot of
preparation has been done too on the
corn ground, and it will be ready for
sowing. likely starting next week,
Some of the spring grains are already
up, in fact, and Mr. Miller said that the
recently seeded fields could use a light
rain.
The winter wheat also looks much
better in the area, "but it needed a rain a
couple of weeks ago," M'r. Miller said.
There is one fly in the ointment,
however„the danger of frost to the fruit
trees -in the area, which were lured into
blossom by the hot weather.
The blossoms are very susceptible to
frost when the flower is fully open, and
just after pollination.
An early April heat wave 12 years ago
opened the blossoms and then a killer
frost came along, wiping out much of
1964's small fruits crop.
There was a wild scramble to see who would reach the
water er frs
t during "Lea
'Mans" sta
r
t at theal
ull
Gully
Canoe .Race lastSaturday,Etce11e1t warns dty
weather brought out the canoe watehets and the entlfafth,
but s led' the normal route of the rain because of 'low
i.
s of the dayoto the Stanley Recreation
Lair unittee to help fix the ball dlamo to Varna. (News,
trd photo)
Althpugh Huron County will not be
raising any additional -trot dorilars . this
year. some municipalities will face an
increase in their county apportionment
for 1976. At the same tine. some will
have a pleasant reduction and it is all
because of a belief that people services
should be paid by the people who use
them,
For some time, county council has
been studying the tax structure in Huron
by which all funds were raised on an
assessment basis. At the Murch session
of county council held recently in the
council charpbers at Goderich, decision
was reached to 'that people services -
Children's Aid, Huronview, Social
Services, health and library • should be
funded according to population of a
municipality.
"There's no doubt it is a fairer way of
doing things,” commented Warden Jack
McCutcheon to council.
Under the new scheme, which. in-
volved passing
bylaw w ina
ccordan
fie
with The Municipal Act. Section SO,
Subsection 7. lour of the five towns will
all pay more. Some villages and two-,- '
townships will have ari increase in 1976.
The Town of Goderich, the largest
municipality in Huron, will pay $370,297
in 1976 into the county coffers. That's an
increase of $19,146.
The town of Exeter will pay $163,959,
58.115 more. Wingham will pay '.'132,536.
down from $139,612. Clinton. will pay
$123.124. $6,982 more. Seaforth will pay
$86.056. up 53,778.
The village of Bayfield will have a
reduction, from $34,391 last year to
$28.607 this year. All the rest face in-
creases • Blyth, $30.205 to $31.022:
Brussels. $35,211 tb 535.587: Hensall.
$45,600 to $46.347: Zurich, $30,401 to
$30.998.
Stephen and Tuekersmifh Townships
will pay ni re in 19Y6. The townships'arftd.
their apportiontitents are listed below,
the 1.975cappo'rtiottrn ntitvbrackets:
Ashfield., 5 7
se.no,*�i .
Colborne. 1 - ,. .'
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