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PAGE 14 .GODERICH SIGNAL -$TAR, THURSDAY. Al-trUST 12, 1976
Clinton hospit�l budget cut
By Bev Clark
of. the News-Rord
Up to 42. people wilt. be laid
off from work later this week
at the Clinton Pitl•!ic hospital,
due to a budget cut back of
$225,000. , The. Ontario
rrinistry of health cut the $1.3
million budget of the hospital
back 20 per cent (corn. ared
to .the 9ne per cent that all
hospitals 'in' Ontario must °etut••
hack) earl'i'er this week,,, in
order t�, comply with their
budget restraint program.
The lay offs' will result in
the closure of the top floor of
the 68 -year-old hospital for
the first time in its<• histary:,
The h'ledcal, .surgical' and
obstetric' patients, which
usually occupy the top floor;
Two-week spree
'The '-Godesich •:jubiilee. 3
4► Comrnittee has announced
dates for several activities to
be conducted during two.
weeks of . celebration from
June 29 to July 10 next year.
During ' the two weeks
several events have been
planned including a mam-
moth . parade on July 9, .and
any persons'' willing to ,con-
tribute to the success of the
___._parad.e.: can__contaex .par.a.d
County
m•
buys s000•
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committee and the chairman
of the committee involved (or
designate)., as 'well as the.
de'partme.nt Bead of the
committee. involved (except
when his .own salary is being.
discussed).
The negotiation committee
will reportto the-«t�mmittee
of - the department involved
for End •rsation, and to county
counciwith.respect to:salary
negotiations, except• for the
salaries of department' heads,
these Matters •to_be reported
,to the, special' committee for
consideration and - recom-
mendation.
A motion:to;eintroduce the
Matter of applying for a
committee ' chairman,,, Pat
King.
The committee has decided
to e'n""'ter the Conestoga Wagon
in the Zurich Bean _Festival
'" paradeAugust. •28 and it. is
• also hoped to send the wagon
to the Internatfoiial Plowing
Match • • -in Walkerton in -
October..
Tentative plans. have ;also
been formulated, t&establish
a town flag asa memento' of
the 150th birthday of the town.
The committee 'is hopeful to
run a full schedule ofevents
during thist week period
Without interfe7fing -with any
othertpwn activities,
At a uly' meeting, the
committee ' established the
chairmen and their . corn-
-
mittees They include:
program and entertainment,
Mac Campbell; Judge Carter
arid Rev. L. Royal; invitation
and registration, Harry
Worrell; decorations, ' Elsa_
Haydon; historical, Dorothy
Wallace; Church, The Rev:
Ralph King; publicity and
'advertising, Ron, Shaw;
accommodations, • tou•rist•-
committee; . refreshments,
Leslie King; youth: dim-
mittee, Mike Lapaine.;
parade committee, Pat 'king;
and finance committee, .John:
Bird...
17u�'r' been:t Tcrv+•sc4•.ltow downstairs
to the main floor in the,
hospital. .
"We may, tkiivt„ to- have a
. waiting list, for minor
surgical operations, but sii.ce
the hosRital board.. is ap:
pealing the 'ugoverainient:s
decision, we hope .this
situation will just he tc'm-
porary, . b. -hospital act=
min s.tretor Doug Coventry,_
said., • ,
22
...: beds on the
There are ,
second fidilr, of the hospital.,.
Private Members' . Bill to Re
a1 • the . number of• R@�.�:'^es#ate ' •••••
members on county. council to - •
36 'from 45 (the Way it was
--bemire -the---elrange. •to ..the—'
voting. age necessitated' the
-addition of_siine deputy -
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,reeves) 'I was tabled until the
September meeting, likely
• Friday;:'September 24,
Mary • Van; Rooy, daughter of.
Mr. and Mrs. John Van Rooy,
3 Goderich graduated
from St. Joseph's Hospital •'„
School of Nursing in
graduation ceremonies
field at the Hospital July 22.
Mi -s Van Rooy is a graduate.
of Goderich Collegiate.
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ren nvatin gthe.interior
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Building `stipphy ':firms `ix`
town ; aren't reporting any
Major * increase in small
Orders of supplies for Such
jobs however.. They claim
that the ratio of small and. -
'large orders is normal. -
Whatever . the ,reason or '
combination of" reasons for
the 'slowdown . in -real-estate
sales, the prominent feeling.°"
among • the. professionals is -
that the vendor, if he wants to
sell his ',house,, ir-riay just have
to 'accept less' -for his •house
than he is asking.
Rent controls and costs of
maintenance have made it
very -•-unattractive •to be a
landlord. Most people can't
-handl the expense or the
h e of buying a house. ands.
renting it out to offset mor-
tgage costs and another..
means of owning your. own .
home•has been eliminated.
The slowdown is not
causing any.real alarm in the
real estate.' businesss. Most
brokers feel that the market
is mereI.y stabilizing. In a few
years they say, people will be:
back to their nomadic ways.
and real estate salesmanwill
be smiling all the way to the,
bank.
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