Clinton News-Record, 1985-5-29, Page 17•
Clinton hospital, a decade of change
carrying them in their pocket was enough!
Between 1955 and 1957 renovation of the
north wing of the hospital was made possible
through the help of grants from federal,
provincial and county levels of government,
also from private donations.
"Two of the brightest personalities" as
Judge Frank Fingland aptly described
them, ever to have worked in and for
Clinton, were honored on Sunday when
bronze plaques were unveiled in Clinton
Public Hospital.
The occasion was the annual National
Hospital Day, which marked the opening
and dedication of the newly -renovated North
Wing of the hospital.
'l'he plaques were unveiled in a dual
ceremony. Mrs. Madeline Kilty unveiled the
one in the hall, in memory of her father, the
late Dr. Shaw. Miss Annette B. Sinclair,
Superintendent of the hospital, unveiled the
usher, on the wall of the public waiting room,
in memory of the late Miss Jessie Grainger,
who was Superintendent from 1919-1946.
Judge Frank Fingland, Q.('., made the
address, recalling those honored. He said
that "fundamentally Dr. Shaw and Miss
Grainger were much alike, each with a
remarkable capacity for friendship"
-Perhaps the greatest contribution they
made in their lives was to motherhood",
said .fudge Fingland. "It is fitting that this
ceremony should take place today, in the
spring, and on Mother's i)ay. Both of these
people had eternal spring -tune in their
hearts„
—The world needs greater recognition of
these Christian attributes; a belief in the
sovereignty of God, and in the brotherhood
of mean. 'These beliefs were exemplified in
the daily life of both Dr. Shaw and Miss
Grainger". .
A guided tour of the hospital showed
visitors the extra rooms in the wing, which
formerly was used for the nurses' residence.
It now houses seven additional beds; an
office for the Huron County Health Nurse; a
doctor's lounge, new X-ray rooms, dark
room, storage and filing space, drug rooms,
a laboratory, emergency operating room,
ambulance entrance, and a waiting room.
This latter room was 'conifor•tably and
modernly furnished in memory of Miss
,Jessie Grainger. The 56 graduate nurses
who were trained by Miss Grainger were
responsible for raising the funds.
The Hospital Auxiliary had spent nearly
$800 on equipment for the emergency
operating room. As well they supplied all the
drapes for the newly renovated wing.
A cheque for $500 was. -received from the
estate of the late Jacob. Taylor, forinerly of
Clinton, to Ibuy an anaesthetic machine,
making the emergency operating room
equipment complete.
Changes were again happening at the
hospital iii 1957 when Miss Annette Sinclair
retired as Superintendent. Miss Hilda Sniith
look over for her and remained in that
capacity until 1961.
In 1957 Miss Dorothy Marquis, ! who had
graduated from the Clinton Public Hospital
nursing course in 11E11 I returned to ('Hilton.
She • had lived and worked in Northern
Ontario for a few years and came back to
Clinton to join the staff of The ('inton
Hospital as Assistant Superintendent. Miss
Marquis later became Clinton Public
I lospitals first X-ray Techni( Ian and
remained so until her retirement in 1966.. '1'o
lx• continued....
By Patti Munnings
CLINTON- "Why did I come to
Clinton?" "That's a good question" was
Dr. Frank Newland's re_ ply when he
theught back to the decision he had made 35
years ago.
Dr. Newland had been born in
Leamington, and had always hoped to
establish a practice in a Southwestern or
Eastern Ontario town after graduation from
medicine at the University of Toronto in
1946. He recalls that Clinton appealed to him
and the reception given to him was warm
and friendly. The three doctors who were
practicing in town at that time convinced
him that a fourth doctor could be kept busy,
and how right they were! And so in July
1950, Dr. Newland entered practice in
Clinton.
1950 was an important year in the history
of the Board of Trustees of Clinton Public
Hospital when Mrs. Frank Fingland was the
first woman to be appointed to the Board, a
position she held for many years. Mrs.
Fingland is an Honorary Life Member of the
Clinton Hospital Auxiliary.
anyone coming home after hours had to rang
the night -bell to gain entrance.
In 1955 another era ended with the death of
Dr. John W. Shaw. Dr. Shaw was born in
Hullett Township July 28, 1861 and was the
son of John and Eliza Shaw. He attended
public school in Brussels and Clinton High
School and Model School. After teaching
school in Hullett Township, he was also
Principal in Blyth for two years.
• Mrs'. Frank Fingland
In 1952 the last group of nurses graduated
from Miss Annette Sinclair's Clinton
Hospital nursing course. Miss Edna
McDonald and Miss Irene Howatt were in
this last class. At the graduation ceremony,
Mr. A. M.Knight, vice-president of the
Clinton Hospital Board, stated that it was
"unfortunate that the nurse's training
school must be discontinued, and he
commended Miss'Grainger, and later Miss
Sinclair for their ability to choose the right
kind of girl to take the training." Dr. J.W.
Shaw, who was chairman df the first
hospital board formed in 1905, presented
gifts to the graduates, and urged these
young ladies "forever 'to remember the
word 'courtesy' ". "Courtesy within the
profession, as with all others, pays well at
little cost". Dr. Shaw emphasized.
When a bequest of almost $40,000.00 was
received by the hospital from the late
Colonel and Mrs,. H.T. Rance in 1955, the
building of a nurses' residence was at last,
made possible. This two-storey 19 bed home
on Shipley Street directly opposite the
hospital, was comfortably furnished by the
Hospital Auxiliary.. As,well as bedrooms for
the nurses, there was also a kitchen, and
attractive sitting room and recreation room
where the girls were permitted to entertain
their friends. A house -mother kept track of
the comings and goings of the girls, and
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Dr. John W. Shaw
With •a strong desire to become a
physician, he quit teaching and entered
Trinity Medical School, Toronto, graduating
in 1891. He came to Clinton that same year to
practice medicine. Dr. Shaw was Medical
Officer of Health from 1893 until 1945 and a
life member of the Ontario Medical
Association along with being chairman of
the first Clinton Hospital Board. He was also
Huron county Coroner for 45 years.
An active citizen in the community he
became Mayor of Clinton for a period of
time. In 1897 he married Francis Harriett
Rance.
Dr. Shaw was overseas with the Huron
Regiment as Medical Officer from 1915-1919.
He retired in_ 1922 with the rank of
Lieutenant Colonel. .
In recognition of all the babies Dr. Shaw
had delivered, the town held a reunion of all
his "babies" in 1941. In 1951 he attained a 60 -
year record in practice of medicine, and was
one of the oldest practicing physicians in
Canada!
He continued to serve the people and town
until his retirement at the age of 91. Dr;
Shaw died in May of 1955.
The late .Jabez Rands of Clinton
remembered when Dr. Shaw gave out good
medicine at the turn of the century.
Sometimes Dr. Shaw would give powders
wrapped in little folds,of paper, sometimes
it would be different colored pills.
Oche day a patient came into I)r. Shaw's
office and the doctor asked him how he was
feeling today, "Fine doctor, you sure fixed
me up in a short tune". A short while later
the patient was looking for a 'match in his
.vest pocket and pulled out a little round box
of pills. He gave the doctor :i Nuzzled look
and said "Great Srr,tt doctor what would
they have done to me if I had taken them''"
Apparently, those pills were so powerful
that a• person didn't have to take them, just
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Cheryl Huhner, president of Local 182 of the Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) presents
Clinton Public Hospital administrator Dar. Steyn with a much appreciated $1,000 from
the union. The money will go to the hospital's Building and Equipment Fund. (James
Friel photo)
Municipal salaries set
after closed discussion
CLINTON - Municipal wage negotiations
for Clinton Met with an in -camera council
session, a heated debate and a recorded.
vote. When the tally was taken, the 1985
salary rates were passed by council by a six
to three vote.
The issue of concern centered on two
salaries, that of the recreation director and
the facilities manager. The recreation
director's salary was .set at $23,400, with. an
additional $500 increase effective on July 1,
1985. •The facilities manager's rate was set
at $20,800 retroactive to January 1, with an
additional $500 increase retroactive to Mar-
ch. -
Mayor Chester Archibald -said that the
recreation conunittee went beyond the wage
limitations when they negotiated the second
increase in wages.
• "i'm irked that they negotiated the salary
that wasn't previously approved by coun-
cit," he noted.
Council called for an in -camera session at
their May 21 meeting to 'discuss the negotia-
tions.
When council reconvened in the open
meeting, a recorded vote was held to make
the decision. Those in favor of the salaries,
outlined firr all municipal employees iii a
bylaw," included Mayor Chester Archibald,
Reeve Ernie Brown, Councillors Gord Ger-
rits, Ross Carte'; .Bee ('poke„ and Jim
Hunter. Deputy Reeve Frank Van .Altcna,
Councillors Charlie Burgess and John
Decves voted against the bylaw:
All councillors voted in favor of a resolu-
tion which stated that in the future, "all
conunittees will be instructed that any in-
creases in salaries are not to exceed in any
year the limit established by council,
without the • prior expressed . approval of
council".
• In making the motion, Mayor Archibald
stressed, "I want this resolution introduced
that this can't happen again."
Council could have turned down the salary
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bylaw at their May 21 meeting, thus rejec-
ting the salary negotiations in question.
Mayor Archibald told the News -Record that
in his estimation, this did not happen
because it would have been "a direct slap in
the face to the recreation committee to have
turned it down."
Mayor Archibald said he wasn't opposed
to the rates of salaries given to the recrea-
tion director and the facilities manager, but
he was angered over the manner in which
they were presented. •
He explained that the ihcreas' s were
given to bring. the recreation -employees'
salaries up to par with other similar recrea-
tion workers in the area.
"They i the recreation committee) may
have been right, but it should have been.pre-
approved by council."
Recreation Cornmittee Chairman Ron
McKay backed the salary increases. He
noted that the recreation director's ' salary
was raised to bring -it up 'to rates paid to
others in similar positions m the region. Of
the facilities manager Mr. McKay .com--
rrlcrited, "He has to be paid for the position
and the added responsibilities. He's doing a
terrific job."
The 1985'schedule of salaries ranged from
increases of three to six percent. The rates
are: Clerk Treasurer •- $34,320; Deputy
Clerk - $22,923; municipal office secretary -
$14,750; caretaker - $7.,80 per hour; bylaw
enforcement officer - $20,280; public works
foreman - $27,500; Class A Public Works
employee - $20,631; Class B Public Works
employee - $19,262; senior crossing guard -
$6.06 per hour; other crossing 'guards - $5.49
per hour; police secretary - $6.90 per hour;
recreation director - $23,400, increased to
$23,900 effective July 1; recreation facilities
manager - $20,800, increased to $21,300 in
March: recreation employees $20,037 and
$16,950.
The increases were retroactive to
January 1, 1985.
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