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Orono Weekly Times, 7 Mar 1968, p. 6

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OROINO WgEILY IiMESY. TUUSDAY, MARCU 7tb, l*ft Heatth Unit Report INorthumberland -Durham~ llealth available te the tenant or lessee Unit Report for ianuary, 1968 is 680 Fahrenheit.' Conuieable Disease Durin the mionth, 63 cases of nimmniabe isease w,,ere. re- portdcl to -tl-eHeath Un3it, 36 of these weIre chiekeuýpoxY, 12 rniumps Six rbîd animais were report- ed by labýoratory findings, - one ,vni oecanine, ore equine, o ~cfoxandtwo skunks. These vi uray an id Seymour Townshîpsi and DarFinto Towný, -med Bomavlb.Rabies vaccine, for pre ventiýeteamn of twelve personswasdsene ~to their family physicians. At four ,chest linies, held in Bovwniville, Port Hope, Camp- belodand Cobourg, 94 persons received a chest x-ray. Immunization At 3.3 llnics held in Health U[-nit offices and schoQ#ls, 20 children completed the inta series of Quint vaccine, 11[ child- ren completed the initial series of Quad vaccine, and, 18 received thieir Quad reinforcing dose. There werc 74 primary smallpox vaccinatioils given, and 1387 re- -vaccinations. 1687 school child- ren had reinforcing Triad, and 97 had reinforcinig tetanus and polio Nursing e(Approximately a quarter of the nursing time this month was spent in inic work. Equally as much time must have been spent by the clerical staff. This heavy imm-tunization schedule bas 'been carried eut in both elementary andi secondary schools, and will eontinue until after Easter. At thiat time, the heaf testing pro- gramme in Durham County will ? bgin. Nurses visited 700 familles and gave nursing care i 116 of the visits. There were 308 isits on behaif of school children, and ex- tra visits were made on, behaif of sehool children who are present- Ing a problem in connectieoi with learning, or behaviour, in schooi. Audiometry 1A1of the audiometer testing was done ln the Cobourg and Port Hope area ihi January and 023 tests were completed., The twenty-two audiograms made ln- dicated twelve new defects, three, previous def.ects now normal,-,six pýrevions defects still present'and o)ne referral from a family phy- isician normal. Six children show- ýAd a hearing loss ihi bth ears .and twelve in âne ear only. Mrs. Jean Allen, recently ap- pontedl audiology technician speit the last week of Jahiuary -Asising some of the local schools 'with Mrs. Carol Doyle. .Environmental Sanitation T>he number of complaints re- ,,eved increases with inelemnent weather aind lower temperature. During cold -weather, complants .re received, regarding insuffici-_ tent heating of lder rentai hous- ýýngparuticularlY in regard to mul- àple dwellings., In respect te UÈiese, the Health Unît caii only iintform the preperty owner and recommend adequate heat. 110w- ever, municipalities can pass heat -control by-laws under authority -fteOntario Muniipal Act. A council may, as an example, enact ~as follows: "Every building or part of a ,lbbiling which is rented or leas- -ii as dwelling.or living accom- tyodation and whîich, ns betivecn ,1tc- tenant or lessee and the land- lord, isý normally heated by or at Ihe expense of the landlord shahl 4beteenthe-st Ay ofOcoe Thirty-five complaints were re- (-ceied and investigated. These included complaints dealing- withi lack co qadequatc_,heat, defective plumbing and facilities, vermin, accumulations, defecýtive private sewerage, animais and fowl, and lack of sanitation in various buildings and establishments. A co&.lision between a pickup ~tuck and a car on DirhamCoun- ty Road One, 10 miles northwest of Bowmanville, 'Wednesday re-, sulted in a Peterborough. mother, and her two eilîdren being taken to hospitals. An Oshawa family of, five al so was admitted to hos- pital. Injured and in seious condi- tion with severe head injuries at Toronto General Hlospital is Mrs. Lawrehce Hulsmans, 18, of 881 Armour Rd., driver of the car. Her son Larry, 3, is i Toron- to Hospital for Sick Children with undetermined injuries. Mrs. Hulsman's daughter Lynn, 2, was admitted, to BoWmanville General Hospital lun satisfactory condition with undetermined injuries. In Oshawa General Hospital are: Kenneth Eügene Jackson, 42, of Oshawa, driver 'of the truck,ý his wife, Florence, 30, and their children, Nancy 5,, Charlene 2, and Gordon 4. Leaves Liberals (from page 1) told a hushed audience that a "diabolical plot" had been hatch- ed "to get me." H1e accused Durham County Li-, berals of a "diabolical, backroorn plot designed to stick a kniif e in my back.", 1 He expressed'deep concern for the state of affairs of the Liberal Association in th United Counties 'It may so.hid like sour grapes,' hie declared 'but ther e are some among us who would negate the very principles of Liberalism- the right of an individual to speak his mmnd and make bis own 'choce.' H1e intimated the Durham rep- resentatives at the meeting were out te get hlm because hie differed from the choice of the majorîty in seeing Pierre Elliot Trudeau as the next Liberal leader. Earlier in what was an unevent- Member[.sbip-Increases,, Jo,ý Orono Credit Unon The Orono and District Credit Un ion held their afnmal meeting recently wheh it was reported that membership had increased cnsiderabIy during the past year and" that assests had reached a figure of $3824341 compared with $33,722.91 in . 1966. Money out'on an during the year to- 'aled $31,651.96. New lbans drigtheyear a- mounted to $916.0with're- newals amounting to $15,579.77. Shares in t-he Credit U,,nion a- 'noutedtoý "' 1,1. '5ý at the end of 1967 -,ich ompre with an amo- rt of $3,73,39P at the end of 1966. Membe)ýrship-_ ii, thie Credit Un- ioninrasdto 210 -members rm151 memli(ýs at the end of, 16.This increase waes greatly, due to a payroll ideution plan now in effect at Curvply Wood Produets and at, Nesting Furni- ture LImnited. Thecato assets of the Union fui and uninsp-irjýng meeting, sev- eral speakers bacýked the selec- tien of Mr. Trudeau, by Russel Honey M.P. (L. - Durham) and, Dr. Paulîne Jewett, former North- umberland MP. Because he disagreed, Mr. Hus- kilbson said: ,'l was told, not. 48 hours ago by one who would have you believe he is a Liberal, that there was a plot emanating- in Durham County to put a knife in my back.' Mr. Huskilson referred to hiS unsuccessful attempt to become Ontario Lîberal Association vice- president at the proyincial con- vention in Toronto recently. 'These same people' supported me in mass at that Une.' Although he said he couldn't deny the right to memhers tco vote as they wished for delegaes te the nat- ional convention, "I reject em- phatically and catcegorica1ly the thesis on whicb. the vote was based.' 'Two weeks ago (at the Liberal convention) 1 got a pat on the back. Tonight a git a kick i the pants,' he said. 'I sense a certain Mafia-ism in this organization. 'If that is how this association, feels then I an no longer a member of the Liberal party.' He walked briskly over te the newly-elected presidelit James H. Clarke, glanced expetantly at newspaper photographers, paused and ripped his membership card in haîf. The memnbership applauded as he walked from the hall. The business session rêsumed without comment. is expected to reac h $50,000.00 at the end oF 1968 and aise the Credit Uflin expects te be' able te pay a dividend of at least 41, upon completion of the yearsop. eration. Mr. Douglas Moffat was added as a new officer of the Credit Un- The Orono ,)and District Credit Union declr( a 12P% dividend for 1967. Mr. John Burton, head of the Education Department of the On- tario Credit Union League spoke to the meeting. H1e stressed~ that the first and foremost purpose of the Credit Ûnioh' movem"ent was' to encourage-thrift. "It is a sav- ings organization," he said. Se.- condly the Unioli provides low- eost bans. H1e pointed out that one of ev- ery five Canadian is a member of a Credit Union. There are a total of 45000 Credit Unions ini Canada with 3 million members. llelýp Maintain Vital RE~ ROSSSERVICES to your Community Give Generouwsly -when the Volunteer Can- vasser caisthe week of MVarchlS1th 1968. DURAMFARMERS COUNTY Orono, Phone 983-5102 Annual Mèéeting Banquet Wed., March l3th at Orono United Church Banquet at 6:30 p.m. Business meeting 8 p.mi. Ticke ts: $2.25 and m~ay bç otalned )rom the Dfrectors or at the mill office President, John Knox VI Secretary, Gerald, Shackleton 7ce President, Robert Morton L ýManager, E. I. Spry Directors: Stan Alun, Ken Henderson, Everiett Cryderman,. Howard Quantrili, Ronald Biekie, Sam Turner, Enitertalument' and Door Prizes. H. Roland Sloan got a Commerce e ovrile La and bought a blue fastbackwithbuekets. iWhat model do youwant? CANADIAN IIPRIIW ANK 0F COMMERCE

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