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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1981-11-04, Page 1116th year —No., 44 Wednesday, -November 4 1981 5 50 cenfs utbreak of head liceputs 40 Clinton on scratch iziert The Huron County Health Unit is bat- tling more than 100 cases of head lice in Clinton, Goderich and Seaforth and ac- cording to Catherine Walsh Director of Public Health Nursins, parents must accept more responsibility in trying to rid the problem. Mrs. Walsh said that the Health Unit is not having much success in controlling the lice problem that is infecting many school - aged children. Only immediate action to treat the condition will ensure that the child will not be re -infected and Mrs. Walsh noted that parents must be responsible by combating the head lice infection in the home. In the schools, children have been examined and any child who is has the infection known as pediculosis, is sent home. If one person in a family or school has pedicolosis, chances are that others will be affected too, and for this reason all school -aged children in the family are sent home as well until the infection is treated. , Mrs. Walsh explained that parents should not get indignant if their child becomes infected, the problem has nothing to do with dirt or with poor hygiene at home. Head lice are more of an irritation or an aggravation than an actual health hazhard. Head lice do not carry disease. She noted that at home parents should check their child's hair each day and if any live lice are found, treatment should be carried out immediately. To rid the head of lice and eggs (nits) the following should be done: 1. Soak the head in pure vinegar for 10 minutes. This is to soften the'shell of the nit. 2. Apply Para Lice (spray) or Kwellada (shampoo) solutions which can be bought at the drugstore, Follow the directions on the bottle. Use a fine steel tooth comb, separating each strand of hair and comb very carefully to remove all nits. The combing of the hair must be done strand by strand until the entire head is free from nits. It is much easier to comb hair and remove nits when the head is wet. The steel comb may be borrowed from your local health unit. 3. All clothing should be washed in very hot water; this especially applies to headgear, scarves and bed linen. If washing is not possible, then dry cleaning is an alter- native or spraying with Para Lice spray. Head liceinfection is an exclusively huma$ problem that has been widespread across the country and the United States for the past three years. The head louse lives on the scalp and has an existence of approximately one month. The adult female head louse lays eggs (nits) which are whitish, oval shaped and tiny. These nits cling to the hair shaft and unlike dandruff, they keep on clinging and cannot be shaken off; after about a week the nits hatch into new lice. They puncture the skin to obtain food and this causes the itching and scratching which can cause infection. Mrs. Walsh noted that head lice are usually transmitted from one person to another by direct contact with the hair. This can happen if you use an infected person's brush or comb, towels, sheets, blankets, pillows and clothing, especially hats. These can all transfer lice from one head to another. While it's been 15 years since this area has had a serious outbreak of pediculosis, Mrs. Walsh stressed that only when parents take full responsiblity for ridding the lice and treating the condition in the home can the outbreak controlled in the schools. Weather. 1981 1980 HI 10 OCT HI 27 12 8 28 10 2 29 7 0 30 13 1 31 14 5 NOVEMBER LO 6 1 4 0 4 1 9 1 11 3 1 16 5 3 0 2 12 1 6.5 1 Rain 13 mm Rain 0 Accompanied by a large flock of seagulls, Harvey Stewart of Hullett Township took advantage of the warm sunny weather of the past few days to catch up on his fall plowing. The wettest fall in over 100 years had brought all field work to a standstill for the past several weeks. (James Fitzgerald photo) Dry weather back, harvest returns A week of sunny, dry, warmer than usual weather has finally given Huron County farmers the break they have been waiting ,for and a mad scramble has been on .to get the remainder of the county's more than 200,000 acre grain corn crop into storage. But the farmers have attacked the fields with such vigor, that all dryers in the area, even working around the clock, have been unable to keep up with the deluge of corn that started to hit them latelast week, when only about 40 per cent of the crop was in. Most farmers like to have their .corn harvested by November 1. Many elevators were forced to stopped taking corn for periods of up to a few days while their dryers caught up with the crop, which could yield in the 20 million plus bushel range. Line-ups stetched .for several blocks at all the elevators in Clinton, Hensall, Londesboro, Port Albert, Blyth, and at most of the custom, on-farm dryers. Don Pullen, Huron's ag rep, said 'this week that the weather was just what everyone was waiting for, and if it holds out for another week, most of the coin will be off.' While waiting for the dryers to catch up so they can have their grain bins back, most farmers are working late hours trying to catch up with fall plowing, also delayed because of the wet fall in more than a century, stretching back to 1878. Mr. Pullen said the sunny weather has also saved the winter wheatcrop which had been struggling after being sown late and laying in cold wet ground. Although prices are down as much as 33 Hallowe'en quiet here Many projects supporting hospital. fund Clinton Police Chief Lloyd Westlake was happy to report most, spooks, gooks and goblins were up to good clean fun on Hallowe'en night. Only a few cases of wilful damage and vandalism were reported on the evening of October 31st, the most serious involving more than $900 in damages when windows were broken out to the Maple Leaf Small Engines business on Huron Street. Three Goderich area youth are being charged in connection with that incident. One juvenile and two adults were ap- prehended following the theft of money from a car parked at the high school. Others have been apprehended for in-. cidents involving minor damages and some have agreed to pay for the costs of repairing any breakage. In the Clinton area, the Goderich OPP have been busy investigating motor vehicle accidents. Heavy fog resulted in a November 1st accident in Huilett Township, when a car driven by Roxy-Lou Maize, 27, of Lon- desboro smashed into the rear end of a transport truck. The truck, owned by Beeline Carriers of Milton was parked on Sideroad 8 and 9, east of Highway 4 when the accident occurred. Damage to the Maize car was set at $2,000 and both the driver and a p .ssenger Geraldine Johnston, 45, of Londesboro received minor injuries. 'A two -car crash on October 31st resulted in $2000 in damages when a car driven by Edgar Stoll, 58, of RR 3, Kippen and a second vehicle driven by Kenneth Moran, 25, of RR 4, Seaforth collided. The accident occurred at a sideroad intersection in Tuckersmith Township and both vehicles received $1,000 in damages. On November 1st, William Munn, 22, of RR 2, Hensall was involved in a single - vehicle crash. The car he was driving on Highway 8, east of Clinton, veered into the left ditch and struck some , guide posts. Damage was set at $1,000 to the car. In another incident, a car driven by Adam Wilson, 17, of Brucefield received $800 in damages while a second car driven by Albert Hovius, 28, of RR 2, Hensall received $700 in damages following a November 2nd accident. The crash oc- curred on Highway 4, just north of the Vanastra Road. Things are really jumping in the area this week, in more ways than one. First there's the mad scramble to get the corn off before winter sets in, and now that Hallowe'en is over, the mad rush of the Christmas season is about to begin, and of course, last but not least, there's our miniature jumping friends, the lice, who really have things jumping, especially over at the public school. Now everytime 1 have an itching head, I have this feeling I may be inhabited, as we have a youngster at CPS. Now lice are more of an in- convenience than a dreaded disease, and having them is not by any stretch of the imagination a sign of dirt and filth, just like a cat or dog who has fleas isn't considered a threat. In fact the number of times you shampoo your hair has nothing 'to do with the problem. They like clean heads just as well as dirty ones. But the tiny little critters are a problem and could be eliminated if everyone co-operated and followed the instructions of the public health nurse, using the special shampoo, washing the bed linen and head wear, checking for nits (the tiny white eggs) in a few days, and reshampooing again. Pretending the problem doesn't exist is not going to make it go away. See the story elsewhere on this page for more details. + + + Says the Main Street Wit: "Even though the weather's sunny and dry, it's still lousy around here!" + + + Thankfully we got through another Hallowe'en hereabouts without any major incidents, but once we cross into November, thoughts of Christmas suddenly leap into the forefront, and the annual rush has already strarted in the cities, with many stores already decorated. But before the rush gathers up full steam, we . should all pause next Wednesday, November 11 to remember those who fought for us in the past. Although all government offices, schools and banks will be closed, most retail stores will re -open in the af- ternoon. The News -Record will be published oti Wednesday as usual, but because the post office is closed, it will only be available in the stores Wednesday evening, while the rest will be mailed out Thursday morning. + + + And with Christmas really not that far away, the Clinton Business and Professional Association are having a must meeting this Thursday night, November 5 at 8 pm to plan their Christmas promotion campaign. Try and be there. + + + Are you having trouble meeting your mortgage payments, or can't afford a car because you're going along with the govenrment's plan to fight inflation with high interet rates? You may not have any money to pay off your operating loan this year, but that doesn't mean there's not plenty of money around. Take the federal cabinet, for instance, who sent three cabinet ministers out to Winnipeg last weekend on three separate government jets, within three hours of each other. Cost? Only $30,000. Keep working, suckers! + + + Don't forget, citizens of Clinton and Bayfield, to leave your old newspapers bundled and tied atthe curb this Saturday morning, as the Monthly newspaper collection will take place. Two Lions clubs wil be doing the pls.-- up. By Jim Fitzgerald From kids turning over money raised from roller-skate-a-thons, to senior citizens quilting bees, everybody is getting involved in raising money for the Clinton Hospital Fund, which this week Crossed the$125,000 mark. There are literally hundreds of project underway, from raffles of glass turkeys to auctions, to dances, as everyone helps the hospital to get nearer the $353,000 needed toward the cost of the new $866,000 emergency addition. The hospital board has been ordered by the ministry of health to have at. least $170,000 in the bank before they start the addition, so .no tenders have, been called yet. One project by the Londesboro Lions last week was a ' benefit auction where volunteer auctioneer Richard. Lobb of Clinton raised $750 towards the club's $3,000 pledge to the fund. The Londesboro Lions, like many other Fire hits Flynns again earlier.in the evening one son had checked the home and less than an hour before the fire broke out. her husband had looked in to be sure a ll was safe. Mrs. Flynn said that they wanted to take precautions because the family had the misfortune to be involved in two other tragic fires in recent years. This past July. fire destroyed the dairy barn on Con - session 8 and !a• farm where the Flynn family lives. The barn was only partially covered by insurance and damage was estimated at over $100,000. The family also lost their belongings when their home on the same farm was levelled by flames on August 25, 1979, Police are still investigating last Sunday morning's fire and Mrs Flynn said that neighbors thought they recognized some cars seen at the house when the fire was first discovered. As members of the Clinton Fire Department headed to the blazing Flynn house, they came across a second fire. less than a mile away. The rubbish fire burning on Hullett Wildlife Area land was quickly doused. By Shelley McPhee For the third time in little over two years, the Hugh Flynn family of RR 1, Londesboro has suffered from the irrepairable damage and misfortune that fire can cause. Early on Sunday morning in what is assumed to be a Hallowe'en "prank," a blazing fire levelled an empty house on the Flynn homestead on Concession 7 in Hullett Township. Neighbors spotted the blaze and the Clinton Fire Department answered' the 3 am call but were unable to save the flaming structure, which was levelled in less than an hour. More than 100 years old, the two -Storey frame home was used for storage and according to Mrs. Flynn, many valuable articles were lost, including antiques, personal items and all the history records of Kinburn and Clinton. "They just wiped out the past that Hugh and I had," sheexplained. The home had only minor insurance coverage, and Mrs. Flynn noted that clubs, still have More projects planned, including a popular.pancake breakfast on November 22, and their monthly paper' drive the first Saturday of each month. The Londesboro UCW is another example of a hard working group, and colorful blocks donated by Mrs, Ida Durnin, have made a "Crazy" quilt that will be raffled off, with all the funds going straight to the fund. Other individual donations listed this week include: Donations to the Clinton Public Hospital Building Fund this week include: Mrs. Eva L. Campbell, Fleming Feed Mill, Mr. Howard Currie, Mrs. Jean Currie, Mr. Frank McGregor, Mrs. Edith Turner, Mr. and Mrs. Gerritt Klass, Mr. Stephen Brown, Mrs. Muriel F. Rooth, Mr. K. Kiezik, Mr. and Mrs. Gord Taylor, Miss M. Doris Morrison, Mrs. Dora Warwick, Mrs. Elizabeth J. Burch, Mr. Frederick A. Clift, Mrs. Margaret Clift, Mrs. Joyce Chilton, Tuckey Beverages Ltd.,_ Mr. Robert Taylor, Mr. Cecil Elliott, Mr. John A. McGregor, Mr. and Mrs. Goff Brand, Mrs. Mary Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Forbes, Huron Trappers Association, Mr. Herb Shannon, SS No. 4 Community Club, Mrs. Irene Cantelon, Mrs. Mary E. Jervis. Mrs. Kathleen Renner, Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard Klomps, Mr. and Mrs. Donald McGregor, Mrs. Berber Greydanus, Mrs. Ann Cox, Mrs. Linda Reid, Mr. D. S. Coventry, Mrs. Doreen DeJong, Mrs. Fred Middleton, Mr. Carmen McPherson, Goderich Township Women's Institute, Mrs. Jack Irwin, Mrs. Margaret Thorn- dike, Mr. Bruce Lockhart. Mrs. Eldon Yen, Mrs. Faye Oakes, Mr. Thomas Rathwell, Mr. George Heard, Mr. C. Merner, Mrs. ' Ethel Poth, Miss Ida Leiper, Mr. Ross Leiper. Miss Gladys Leiper. A Hallowe'en night fire completely destroyed a tvso-storey far- mhouse in Huilett Township. The empty house owned by Hugh Flynn, was a mass of flames when the Clinton Fire Department r arrived on the scene. The house, filled with antiques and personal items was only partially insured and no cause of the blaze has been determined. i lames Fitzgerald photo) per cent from last year, Mr. Pullen said the excellent corn yields, some as high as 140 bushels dry per acre, should make up for some of the high cost of production. 4. CLINTON , HOSPITAL BUILDING FUND P43 4\401)0 350 325 300 275 250 225 200 175 150 125 .100 75 (f) 'a0 25