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Clinton News-Record, 1968-05-09, Page 1Three-year-old Michael Dale, son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Dale, RR 4, Clinton ' is a willing subject as Mrs. Grace Forbes, RN., demonstrates the use of an otoscope, one of two recently purchased by the Women's Auxiliary of Clinton Public Hospital, At right is Mrs, William Townsend who represents the women of Porters Hill„ Their assistance with auxiliary projects has helped to buy needed equipment. ' (Photo by Trott) The first column Rather proud of their good health and old age Norman Ball, left, 84, and John Pepper, 88, both of 32 Rattenbury Street W., Clinton gave a brief display of the art of using the cross cut saw Monday afternoon. Although the 18 inch log got the best of them bath were satisfied they still had the proper technique, The men still ehop and saw Much of their own firewood. Both are retired farmers. ( News 12t!eorcl Photo) E NEW ERA 1210 YF4R Na. '19' THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1900 THE HURON RECORI) 87th Year SINGLE COPIES 12c :Residential 116.2 Commercial 129.6 Mills upped 25 per* ceiit In response to the enquiries concerning the lack of a revue of the CHSS students nroduction of Brigadoon - the reason is simple. After veiwing the pro. duction it seemed the students had erred in choosing a mus. ical and -did not appear to.have esufficient _singing. taalent tsupe,,ea etancratst egovernment of devel. port one. A revue would have aping countries and political been harshly critical of the mus. ical aspect of Brigadoon and perhaps unfair to the students who put long hours and hard work into the production. Readers are welcome to give opinions of the musical on the editorial page. * * * Approximately 90 per cent of the spring ':rain crop in Huron has been planted. The cold wet weather of the last week has put a stop to the come pletion of this seeding. Some corn has been planted in certain areas but the majority of farmers are completing the preparation of the land before seeding. The winter wheat in most areas looks excellent and has been ideal for the applica- tion of nitrogen for early, fast growth. Credit party who is expected to be a Conservative candidate in the forth=coming election, will become a visiting lecturer in political science at Waterloo Lutheran University. Beginning this fall, Mr. Thompson will teach 'taro courses for senior parties and processes. He will come to campus one day weekly. Mr. Thomspon taught a 15 years in Africa and his ce tinguished participation in Cale adian government qualifies him admirably, mareiwormpromisimmourim * * Health and Welfare Minister MacEachen has announced more than $50,000 in grants to national sports governing bodies and agencies to support international competition other than Olympics. The grants, made under the provisions of the Fitness and Amateur Sport Program, will aid Canadian athletes in 16 different sports * * * Canadians stepped up con- sumption of pork last year to the highest level since 1959. Beef and veal consumption de- clined slightly in Centennial year, however, increases in consumption of mutton and lamb, offal and canned meats resulted in an over-aII per capita disappearance of •red meats in 1967 of 153.8 pounds, * * * Hobert N. Thompson, former leader of the federal Social At a special meeting Monday night Clinton Town Council passed. the 1968 budget calling for a' 25.2 mill increase on residential taxes. This means the average pro. perty owner Will pay an addi, tional $57.96 in taxes on his $2,300 assessment, Almost ex. actly the same amount as the basic shelter exemption provide ed by the province. People with an assessment 9f less than $500 will get full benefit from the $58.10 allow- ance and pay no taxes. For as. eessment of $2,500 taxes will be $280,50 less $58.10 and a $5,000 assessment will bring taxes of $581 minus the shelter exemption. The mill rate, taking its big, gest hike in Clinton history; went from 91 to 116,20 for resie dential and from 102.8 to 129.6 for commercial and business, This year a mill raises $2,828 compared to $2,772 last year, Largest portion of the in- crease, .11 1/2 mills, can be attributed to an increase in the budget of the public school. Last year the school used a surplus from the 1966 budget to pay for their maintenance. This year they require larger-budget to pay for increased costs and salaries in addition to the regue tar increases which would have been needed for last year. The first of 10 years of de. benture payments for the new $250,000 arena costs almost eight mills. A road building program costs an extra 2 mills and a new car and radio equipment Another small extra is the placing of some form of de- coration on patients' trays for special occasions like Easter, Thanksgiving, or Christmas. It is just one more way of letting the sick know the auxiliary , cares about them and is help- ing to make their confinement more pleasant. Mist year Clinton Public Hos- pital admitted 1,722 patients, 169 of them newborn. Many of the patients benefitted directly from the equipment previously purchased by the auxiliary. The hospital staff and board, particularly the administrator, are certainly aware of thebene- fits, the former being glad to have all possible tools avail- able with which to work and the latter because they have to contend with a budget. Furniture and equipment (Cun tinued 01, page 9) Space heater starts fire The Clinton Fire Department was called out Tuesday morning to quell a small fire in the apartment of Tom Twyford; 3 Ontario Street. The fire was caused by the misfunction of a space heater. There was only slight smoke damage to the apartment. , •011100.11111•11.1.11MINONIII By the time most people get to green pastures, they are too old to climb over the fence., WEATHER 1967 1968 April 30 54 39 68 44 May 1 49 29 64 53 2 56 29 63 44 3 53 35 47 34 4 49 36 46 35 5 47 31 48 30 6 48 23 55 29 Raiii .28 Rain .58 twang the police budget up by more than 2 mills. The purchase of the Canada Packers building, for $7;500 as a posSible industrial site puts the rate up another 3 mine, There is also a deficit from last year of $8,427. In all the budget for 1968 Is $468,628 compared to last • year's $374,463. Revenue, however, was also up with grants, subsidies and other income bringing $13,602 more, Parking meters have a:dca. ed $2,506, The total amount to be raised by taxes Is $339,987, Disiribus tion of this will be based on acif t$o2tal,822.88,;5efs anm einnterienatshee itroowmn last year of $56,151. Ted McCullough, finance committee chairman, said he hated to see a budget which showed such an increase. He claimed it resulted from ell'. cumstances beyond the control of the present council, Mayor Don Symons said the budget was justified. Town Clerk John Livermore said, "This is the first time in about 10 years there has been a general mill rate in- crease. Other increases have been for schools and county assessments. The town has been spending the same amount of money each year but have been able to do less and less with cito.mTehyeeairns gcraeaosy, should have Employees of Ontario Hydro's Clinton Office have received their second con- secutive safety award, for in- creasing their number of ac- cident free work days from 1,300 last year to 1,707, The award was presented at a banquet held at the Legion Hall 'Friday evening. Ontario Hydro's , director of accident prevention, W.L. Clifton, To- ronto, presented the award to Don Eastman, Clinton, area trades foreman. Congratulations were de- livered by J.W. Stiles, opera- tions engineer for Ontario Hydro's Western Region,. Also on hand for the presentation was A. A. Spencer, accident It was decided the- basic steel, .ter exemption of $58,10 will be .subtracted f rom the taxes and the remainder paid in two equal installments. The first is due .juae 30. During the epecial meeting council also passed a new by* law giving town employees aver. age pay increases of five per "cent. They now range from The thrill For, the most of the year mills are things 'which grind flour but during the budget time the public looks at them as mischievious devices which grind tax money out of them, A mill is basically one-tenth of a . cent, But in Clinton it represents $2,828. The reason is this, One mill on $1,000 of assessment is one dollar, (since a mill is, one- tenth of a cent). So the total assessment in mills, for Clin. ton is 1;00,0 divided into $2,828, 251, the towns total assessment. Which is 2,828 dollar-mills, To get the mill rate this number is divided into the amount which will have to be raised by taxes - $339,987 - and the, result is 116.2. This figure means that if you own property valued at, Heaven forbid, $10,000, you will pay taxes of $1,119.20. An assess. merit of $5,000 will cost $581 prevention officer for the Western region. The accident free year of the Clinton office helped the Western region to attain a new yearly low in the number of time loss injuriee. This region covers an area from Windsor to a point north of Goderich and Lake Huron to Stratford, Huron Progressive Conserv- atives will pick their candidate for the June 25 election in the Royal Canadian Legion Hall May 15, while the Liberals will choose their standard-bearer May 13 in Central Huron Secondary School. $1,'75 per hour for hourly rated employees to a top of $7,700, Following the _council meet. log Mayor Symons called a public .relations meeting in which he outlined the need for communication between -cctuacil and town employees, He em, phasieed the need for the press he help in the giant public rela- tions job which council is faced with, of the mill and se on down the line. Determining the commercial mill rate is more eomplicated since there must be at least a 10 per cent difference be. tween the two. This is calculated by subtra,c ing the province'sunconditional per capita grant $16,906 from residential assessment. The re. suiting $1,981,605 is divided by 1,000 to get it into mill-dollars, This is then divided by the per capita, grant with a result of 8,53 mills. Since this does not make up a 10 per cent dif. ference the differences between residential and commercial in the public schools, 2,75 and high school, 2.14, are added on to get 13,42, This is added to the residential rate to give a com- mercial rate of 129.6. Anyone interested in figuring out commercial taxes can apply the same rules as for residen- tial. In addition to safety awards Bob Pritchard, Mitchell, won an award for a "suggestion" for a modification to a radio boom on derrick trucks. The awards for individual ac- cident-free years, which last year were presented at the banquet, will be given at a later date. There seems to be little op- position forming against Robert Meleitiley, the Conservative chicken hatchery Operator who was elected to parliament in the November 1965 election. However :eight men are planning to seek the Liberal (continued on page 12) Since the formation of the Women's Auxiliary to Clinton Public Hospital in 1935 its pur- pose has been to constantly work at improving the quality of patient care and comfort. One method of fulfilling its purpose is by means of buying as much equipment for the hos- pital as finances allow. In turn, the possession of such equip- ment enables the staff to offer treatment and services other- wise available only at larger or better equipped hospitals. The Hospital Auxiliary is much like any other charitable organization. People know it is worthwhile but they don't really know how worthwhile until they have had occasion to share in its benefits. To people who have not been hospitalized the fact 'hat twice weekly a cart containing sundry items is brought to the patient's rooms means nothing. This service, provided through the courtesy of members of various local or- ganizations, is still the over- all responsibility of the Wo- men's Auxiliary. Nor could non- patients appreciate, or perhaps even see, the value in the pur- chasing of such an insignificant item as a hair dryer. Yet to many of the female patients this gift alone is a great blessing and convenience. Hospital women say thanks with tea and tour Don Eastman, left, Clinton area trades foreman, was presented Ontario Hydro's safety achieve• ment award by W. L. Clifton, Hydra's director of accident prevention, The award was given at the Clinton hydro offices safety award banquet Friday. The Clinton office has worked more than 1,700 days without a time loss injury. (Ontario Hydro Photo) Clinton hydro given safety award set nomination date Sclerosis victim: legs become numb always need rest This is the seclona or a Uvo=part '.lorry, by Mrs. Ronald Smith, explaining how she has suffered from, Anti learned Wit'n, Multiple Sclerosis, The rircl hori or three; an Atiostiti Park resi. dmi„, disvovorcd she had the dinase 1 c:trA by Mrs. Ronald Smith To touch my legs was like battening someone elses. I could feel my hand touching them but my legs were completely without feeling. When I sat, I felt as though I were sitting on nothing. The exhaustion Was Unbelievable. I tried to keep going as I had hot yet been told to take it easy, ( I must add here that a diagnoeis is made only after there is no doubt, since many conditions can cause similar synaptotris). I was sent back to the specialist and after examining me, he said: "When I Saw you two years ago I thought theyon had Multiple Sclerosis. Now I am sure of it."` ktieW he suspected it but it was quite a shock to be told definitely. Not knowing any better I kept trying to work, My strength was lessening and 1 became very depressed, Meals Were eaten end then vomited up; my nerves became SO had 1 had pains in my stomach. My pulse was about 140 per Minute because of weakness so, early in September, I entered hospital physically and mentally ex, basted. On the eighth day I was allowed tie go home as I had responded to the drugs to Overcome 'My clepreesiCal and phySiOtherapy treatment had been started. Without it I doubt that I would be walking today. As my strength returned and the feeling began to return to my legs, 1 was soon able to walk without dragging my feet and was able to dis- card my sneakers. (I had to wear shoes that I could tie on my feet), Before long I could get in and but of the car Without lifting my legs with my hands. Pretty soon I Was able to drive the car again and was bowling early in November. My life was nearly normal once More. During the second attack I could control my bladder but received no signal from the bowel for over a month. I had no accidents that time because Of routine, With our youngest child still in diapers, the family Wash became a problem. I tried to do it myself but was unable to finish it since I could not stand for long, So My husband did it ler me, After purchasing an automatic Washer, I was again able to do the family wash. My husband helped with Many Other things as Well, Ile even did most of the housework for quite a Rest is ex treinely important as is a great deal of determination. Muscle building 'exercises Must be done and there are Ulnas- witch exercises seem to be toe much but the patient must do them anyway. Ilow do I feel new/ I ain tired. Most of the time And softie days 1 emu exhatisted. The need for much rest is still with me. My legs are Partially numb at times and the tingling sensa- tion occurs frequently in them. The muscles in One leg have wasted some, resulting in one leg being slightly ernallee than the other, I have Some tremor in my legs and hands but hope this will be temporary; also, I have some lack of sensation in my left hand. My eyes are painful at times but as yet My vision not affected. My weakness has forced MO i O quit bowling and l cannot do my scrubbing.' I still walk without any help, do the washing, ironing (sit- ting down), Vacuuming and prepare meals and wash dishes except for' the supper ones which our older children do. rear of another cute set-back is still with me, although, I hope I never have another one. These symptoms make me nervous and serve as a constant retninder of what can happen. I take tranquilizers when required to help the Cope with Many adjustrachts Must be made and I find this difficult. There are things that I want to do but am no longer able to. This causes faustre- tiee and helps to promote tension. A portrait of my husband which 1 did last fall is in need of finishing touches, These require a Steady hand and I hippo I will soon be able to eothPlete it. Motor trips I find tiring so we do, not travel far nor often. Thie must sound ridiculous to those who' are healthy but to those who are het, it will make sense. Multiple sclerosis is not contageous or here- ditary, but it can be the cause Of many difficul- ties as can any other disabling disease. In the patient with multiple sclerosis, any infection must be cleared quickly as these can be very serious. When the family 'bread-Whaler is stricken these difficulties are much worse. I suppose I am really lucky as there are others much worse off than 1 ant My hope in writing this is that some Of the Problems of multiple sclerosis will be realized by the public and more understanding will re- sult, When I was told r had it, I knew nothing about it and was afraid that 1 would remain in the state of torture that T was enduring at that tithe. I am happy to say that remissions do occur frequently and life can be nearly normal during thetn. Some patients have very little trouble and I wish I Could be one Of those, I have not had an acute attack since 1964, but have had a couple of milder ones and these symptoms that come and go. Perhaps I will be lucky from now on, The important thing is never to give up as someday the cause and a cure will surely be found fora disease which affects not only 'the life of the person who has it,- but also the lives of everyone close to that person.