HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1976-08-19, Page 1'4The Provinciai Government is,
shaftingafting Os if this isn't a mistake, but 1
.feel they must have made a mistake
-' theirsalculations". ventry said.
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460 Ment ratified by
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memors►udl►.t�tn of settlement with
of the Canadian Union of
m ployees calls far a 15 per cent
;salary with eight per cent
s<ctive to January 1, 1976 and
xtediately.
Th Glance or lesser amount ap-
hy' the Federal Anti -Inflation
aacd
win:lit held in trust until a ruling
Ma e.
Realth and Welfare Minister Marc
Lalonde announced . Monday the
aWarding of a New Horizons grant for
2`078 to a group of retired people in
amen
The award is part of $916,017 given" to
163 groups of retired people from across
Canada. Since New- Horizons was in -
educed, the federal government has
funded -6,174 similar projects for a total
of $36,026,788.
",4ew Horizons enables retired people
to create projects of their own choosing.
ft offers grants to groups of retired
people who will undertake activities for
Rthe benefit of themselves and others in
Community,
The "Hub of Huron" Senior Lawn
wlers will use the grant to complete
irnpr+avements to facilities andpromote
participation►.
Several changes in b m the
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Union members met August a
previous contract were agreed 11 ,
d.
ratified the memorandum of settlement.
The, board will pay 100 per cent of the.
employees OHI premium. Presenttly it
pays 75 per cent. Four weeks vacation
with. pay after 10 years of Service will be
granted.
The Board will impletaent the sick
leave plan presently enjoyed as follows:
Employees with seniority entitled to
two days per month sick leave.
Unused balance of sick leave nmy
accumulate to a maximum of 240 days,
No deduction. from, {sick leave credits
for absence compensable by Workmen's
Compensation Board unless eplayee
wishes compensation payments sup-
plemented to amount of ngrrinnal salary.
No deduction from sick leave credits
for vacations and paid holidays that
occur during employee's absence
because of illness or injury.
Cash settlement of 50 per cent of sick
leave accumulation when employee with
12 or more years continuous service
terminates employment ,(or any reason
subject to the limitations that: -- em-
ployee if re-employed by the board is not
eligible for a second gratuity -- em-
ployees who die in service shall have
cash settlement paid to next of kin; —
maximum gratuity is one-half salary at
time of termination.
Accept Olt Tender
The tender ofSun Oil Company to
supply fuel oil to every school in Huron
County for next year was accepted by
the Board.
Sun Oil with the lowest of nine tenders
will supply fuel oil to 15 schools in the
county for 31 cents per gallon.
The 'boar4lc
classes during
cessful in the fi'!
Night school
1,544 people astte
fall term catnpleted 27,051: 'h
struction' 1,524 ettendi
term classes completed _. -.
instruction.
Calculated tot student
approximately 53 'stuc
secondary school +s`nn
atten4danceov'ert
p ,nincreaSz
represents a
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Night school principals continu - c
report that ` courses of shorter dui ation
have more acceptance than 'deck
courses. Each night school centre
encouraged to attempt to meet lc
requests.
Starting dates for 1976:77 classes will
be the week of October: 4. Salaries for
instructor,. will be $14 per hour, an in-
crease of $1 per hour.
Field trips to Camp Sylvan for
McCurdy school students, September 20
to 22 and Huron Centennial from October
5 to 7 were approved.
The Clinton Recreation Board
iscovered-n.a meeting lastWedsday°,
l►�tgu 12' atF' liei 'e' ent is1110 -,
planning to inspect the safety of gran-
dstands, as they did the arenas, and that
iters are now being sent out to the
rious municipalities that will be ef-
fected.
Although only five members were
present at the meeting, the group
discussed several ways to cut their
'pending.. They have estimated that
By Jim Fitzgerald
Not only has this beena rotten sum-
mer weather wise, but it has -also been a
terrible, or maybe good, summer if you
happen to be a hypochondriac.
Just thinking about all those diseases
around is enough to make one sick.. Just
take your pick: encephalitis, swine flu.
Lassa fever, a diphtheria scare in
Toronto, and' the Legionnaires' disease
in the States.
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Congratulations to young Mark
Nicholson of town who achieved one of
baseball's rarities Tuesday night here in
Clinton, pitching a no-hitter against the
Stephen Township" Juniors. Mark didn't
give up one single hit in Clinton's 25-2
romp over their opponents. So if you're
looking for some good ball games, we
have plenty of 'em right here.
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With the Myth Summer Festival now
over for another year. with the exception
of one final benefit performance this
Saturday, we Iike to congratulate the
►people up that way and especially James
Roy and his company\ for the excellent
job they did. We were lucky enough to
drop in and see "The Blood is Strong"
during our vacation in July, and were
most impresed with the extremely
professional and highly polished
production. The people of Blythare also
to be commended for the restoration
work they did on Memorial Hall.
Now why can't Clinton, which is three
times as big, do the same to the top floor
of our old town hall. It too could serve the
community again in many ways, in-
cluding theatre productions and as a
meeting hall.
Harry Stemp, writing in The Uxbridge
Times -Journal, a weekly newspaper,
served that the longer a mart works
more he realizes that organizations
seem to be governed by certain
mystical, unalterable laws. He outlined
some of the most famous of these laws:
MURPIY"S LAW: If something cap go
reng, it will. WEILER'S LAW: -
othing is impossible f`ol. the man who
doesn't have to do it himself.
dHI$ ?COLM'S LAW:- Any Berle things
appear to be going better, you, have
il
et! .. �Cdoked something.
AW: Once a job Is fouled up, anything
it worse. ne to improve it makes
A 'S IAW : There is no such thing
after their debts have been paid off, they
will only have ..$, 0. ► left for the rest of
this year. Ilitboard is looking into
Wintario,and LIP grants as possible aid
for various clubs and for repairs to the
arena floor. -,
The rec beard also discovered that
summer months are busy ones for their
members, and they have not held a
regular meeting with all 12 members
present since June.
It was suggested that next summer a
motion be passed so that all bilis can
automatically be paid and that summer
meetings could then be cancelled. While
there were not enough members present
to make up a quorum and vote on this
suggestion, it will seriously considered
at the next regular meeting on Sep-
tember 2.
"'Last Friday the 13th proved to be an unlucky day for the
a river ofthis huge cement truck owned by Marcon Ready -
':ix of Clinton, The hydraulic line which steers the centre
rticulating`truek (rubber duck) broke putting the vehicle
Out of control and greasing down about 70 feet of highway
near Ron's Sunoco. Fortunately, the driver was *blew stop
in the gpposlte- lane- of the highway, without, hitting
anything. T1e Clinton Fire Department had to be called In
to. hose down the all which made Highway 8 slick as ice.
(News -Record photo)
Weekend accidents in area claim four lives
Tragedy struck a • Clinton family
Saturday evening after a serious car
accident at the junction of Hietway 4
and 7 near Elginfield claimed the lives of
a son and a cousin.
Jeffrey Proctor, I5, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Cam Proctor. Clinton died Sunday
in University Hospital, London of in-
juries sustained in the Saturday night
accident. His cousin, James Wilson 18,
London driver of the vehicle was killed
instantly.
Jeffrey's younger brother, Greg, 12, is
in fair condition in University Hospital
with a broken leggy, a broken arm and a
broken jaw.
Also injured in 'the accident was a
passenger in the Winnebago house
trailer which collided with the Wilson
vehicle. Louise Healey, 23 of London is a
patient in University Hospital, London.
The driver of the Winnebago, Alan
Gdanski, 25, also of London was unhurt.
A husband and wife were killed in
Stanley township has authorized the
Huron County Planning Department to
make application to the Ministry of
Housing for a community planning study
grant for the preparation of a•secondary
plan for the township.
Also at council's August 3 meeting, six
grants were approved to 4-11 calf club
members in Stanley township. Scott and
Paul Consitt, John Coleman and Don,
Nancy and Ron Taylor all received the
84 grant. -
Tile drainage loans totalling $8,500
wPrP acceipted
A by-law was passed which, if .ap-
proved, will allow $100;000 to be used
under the Shoreline Property Assistance
Act to prevent further erosion of land.
This money would be available for
lending to those trying to stabilize
shoreline property.
Expenditures were, general accounts -
$11,781; Stanley roads - $1I,555; tile
drainage - 811,600; Datars-Logan Drain -
$1.450; and Troyer -Reid Drain -811,127.
Stanley township has received a
Wintario grant"in the amount of 82,800
towards the improvement of the Stanley
ballpark. The total estimated cost of the
improvements is 811,200. So far
donations have been received totalling
$4,000 and along with the Wintario grant
and another provincial grant under the
CRC Act for 82,800, there is only about
$1,200 left to raise.
The improvements to the diamond,
one-half mile west of Varna, will include
lights, fencing, drainage, seats and
playground facilities for the children.
been tale awn a >re a c d 'i�ith
lint -PUC lnstittled Ilia ail paastli
Record photo) _
another accident on Saturday night, five
miles south of -Bayfield on Highway 21.
Claude H. Rau, 73, and his wife Pearl,
67 of St. Clair Shores, Michigan and
formerly of St. Joseph were pronounced
dead at the scene after their car was
struck from behind by another vehicle.
driven by John W. Graham, 19, of
Bayfield. The Rau vehicle went out of
control and skidded into the path of an
oncoming vehicle driven by James
Wayland, 20 of Kincardine.
Mr. Graham and his passenger,
Patrick Brandon, 19, of Bayfield were
treated for minor injuries, while Mr.
Wayland and his wife. Beverly, 17, of
Kincardine are in satisfactory condition
in the Alexandra Marine and General
Hospital in Goderich. Total damages are
estimated at 86,00. The accident is still
under investigation by the Goderich
detachment of the OPP.
A car was wrecked Mondaynight on
County Road 31 by Forester's Bridge
after the driver, Michael Howard, 16, of
Clinton lost control of his vehicle and
went into a ditch striking a fence.
Mr. Howard and his three passengers.
all minors, were treated at the Clinton
,Public Hospital with minor injuries.
Damages were estimated at $2,000.
Last week it was reported that Ralph
Haverkamp of RR 1; Ctintatt was nor-
thbound 'ort l 'igliwaxy S anti* Doug
Thompson_ .of Beucefield was south
bound, with the two cars met in the
middle of the highway and collided.
Contrary to that report, the two cars
collided one and one half feet west of the
centre line.
Latest Statistics Canada figures
show Clinton Hospital efficient
Statistics Canada released some
figures on hospital expenditures for the
first three months of 1976, earlier this
week.
In all areas. Clinton Public Hospital
was below the provincial and national
averages.
The average cost per - patient stay
in Canada is 81.208.03. In Ontario ,the
average cost is $1,218.39 and in Clinton,
the average cost is only 8774.69.
The average cost per patient day in
Canada is Si 1T 6: Ontario. $122.33 and
Clinton, $81.69. The average wages paid
itt Canada is 85.51; in Ontario, 85.96 and
in Clinton $5.20.
The average length of stay in Canada
is 8.62 days; in Ontario, 8.32 days and in
Clinton. 8:10 days.
The percentage occupancy in
Canada is 81.04 percent ; in Ontario, 83.08
percent and in Clinton, 73.85 percent.
Paid hours per pati � t ,da in Canada
is 13.63 hour while in % - a' '' is 13.82
hours and in Clinton it is 10.83 hours.
Japanese girl finds Canadians warm
By Shelley McPhee
She stopsspeaking and quickly
thumbs through her Japanese -English
dictionary to find the English translation
for carefree.
Then 'continues, "I find the big dif-
ference between Japan and Canada is
the ' many small, quiet towns here and
the warm and carefree people."
Clinton must be quiet and small to
Kazuyo Takeuchi who comes from
Wakayama, Japan. a city of 400,000. A
pharmacy student at the University of
Osaka, Kazuyo has been part of the
Lions Club International Exchange
pragrans and has spent the past six
*eeks with Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
McAdam of Whitehead Street in Clinton.
Along with seeing many sites in the
area, Niagara Falls and Toronto,
Kazuyo was able to celebrate her 20th
birthday in Canada. The McAdams had
a birthday party for her and invited
many of the other young people on the
program. Por 1 azuyo, it was a special
treat to have a birthday cake.
"Canadian food is much different, but
I like cakes and .cookies. I must learn
how to make there before I go home,"
she admitted.
'Although Kazuyo says there are few
real differences between Japanese olid
Canadian young people. she was quite
surprised to -see so many youngsters
smoking cigarettes. In Japan, young
'people are not allowed to drink or Smoke
until;'they are 20 -years -old and they must
pay strict attention to the 10 pat. cur-
few.
While It/troy° has been learning much
about Canada,the McAdam family have
also been, learning g a lot about Yananete
customs and lifestyles. They have also
received beautiful gifts from Kazuyo
including a doll hand -made by her
mother, a jack -in -the -lantern and have
watched- her create things out of paper,
called Origami.
Kazuyo, even though she finds her host
family very kind and helpful, had a very
enjoyable time at the camp -out for all
the 64 young people in the exchange. The
group which came from all over the
world camped for a week at Wildwood
Park in St. Marys.
"I went to camp, and kept company
with many young people. I was veru
Historical plaque to be
unveiled for Clinton
A historical plaque will be unveiled in
Clinton next month to commemorate a
great Canadian yho was born in Clinton.
The Enron County Historical Society
and the Ontario Heritage Foundation
will erect the plaque denoting Clinton as
the birthplace of . Canada's first
statistician, Or. Robert H. Coats.
Dr. Coats, who was born and raised in
the now Fraser House on the Bayfield
Rid in Goderich Township near the
Telephone Road, attended public and
high school in ''Clinton, and the
University of Toronto.
The plaque will be erected on a site of
the former Clinton High School, just
west of the present school on Princess
Street.
The ceremony is scheduled to take
place on September IS at 30 pain. _
blotdetails be published later.
happy and we exchanged pins and signs.
1 would like to write to some of the
people," she carefully, but en-
thusiastically explained.
Even though she speaks English
^arefully and particularly annunciates
every word, she always. gets her
message across and has had little dif-
ficulty
ifficulty in understanding the Canadians.
Although her dictionary is reached for
when she cannot think of a suitable
word, she has been studying English in
school for six years and has also studied
German for one year.
However, like Canadians learning a
foreign language, she has never been
able to converse in English to any. great
extent in Japan. Now though, Kazuyo is
quickly learning apd enjoying herself.
She is already planning to make 'a return
trip to Canada sometime. and she
doesn't even leave from her first - trip
until August 22.
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