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Terrace Bay News, 17 Mar 1960, p. 11

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EN SL LE RN AR NNN A A OSD I teen A la a AR ae el ee Merch 17, 1960 OE A SO A OST "In general, we have once again been for= tunate during the year in having very little infectious disease, The. health-ofthe«comm- unity has been good, 4s in past years, cxamination of new. . pupils was done at both grade schools and the progrem of immnization for all. pupils was carried out against polio, diphtheria, whooping cough, and tetanus. Routine exane ination of various grades for skin disease, sore throat, vision defects, head lice, was done through the year at the school, All school children were tuberculin tested and, when indicated, were given chest X-rays . : . . Adults have been urged to protect them= sclves with polio vaccine and a great many have taken advantage of this free services. There were only minor outbreaks of German Micasles, iicasles and Mumps, and one question- able case of Scarlet' Fever in the town, © _ All. schools were found to be in excellent sanitary condition, | Steves The two service stations were inspected and' found to be satisfactory in regards to the sanitary conveniences available for their customers, oe _... The- lunch counter at the Recreation Centre was found to be in good sanitary con- dition and bacteria counts done on plates, glasses, and cutlery were excellent, The North Camp dormitories, dining hall, kitchen and food storage arc inspected weekly and are satisfactory, All water samples submitted form the town supply have been reported "a" by the Pro# vincial Laboratory. = Vuring 1959 there were sixty-two babies born in our bospital to Terrace Bay resi- dents and a total of 146 births, There was one adult death, one stillborn infant, and one death of a newborn infant," (Signed) D,J.lM.McCausland, M.D, ; Medical Officer of Health, VEALLINE EXTENUED FOR LANCE COMPHTL TION The deadline for entries in the Dance Competition has been extended to March 25th, Also note that-the typeof WALTZ selected for the vance Competition is the "British Ballroon", The "QUOTA" for*each Teen Club will be mailed out before March 20th, along with the Official Registration Form for Lelegates and Counsellors and should be returned to the Conference Secretary by March 30th. The Conference Committee have set. the "Registration Fee" at 91,00 per -- delegate, the same as last year, HIGH SCHOOL NEWS On Friday, March 4th, the local high schoo Hockey Team played a sudden death final game with Marathon for the North Shore High -- School Hockey Championship. The local boys, off their game, were defeated 8 - 2, after the game, the Marathon team was presented with the Trophy, On Saturday, March 5th, tho girls! basket-|_ 7 'News! on liarch 31st and instructions for de- ball team competed with that of Nip/Rock, Bonny Thomas and Annette Boudreau, -both good forwards, sank the baskets for Terrace, Guided by their coaches, Julie Stachew and Mr, J,Thomas, the team fought valiantly, : The Cheer Leaders, with their clever calls, _ TERRuCS Bar NEWS ANNUAL XEFORT OF MEDICAL OFFLER OF HBALTH "such groups as little Icague teams, Page 11 encouraged the players. to continue to the end, but Terrace was defeated, 4 word of encouragement goes to the guards, Janice Coe, Lolly Louk, Betsy Ferrier, and Judy Thomas for their hard fight, The girls were served lunch afterwards by the Nip/Rock girls, Two more games between Terrace Bay and Nip/Rock will be played for the champion- ship. Gvod luck girls] * (Contributed by Sharon Locking) © HAVE YOU HHARL OF THIS FUND? TORONTO (CP) -- Bernard Newman, a Liberal freshman in the legislature but an old pro in the sporting wo@ld, accused the Ontario Govt. Thursday last of keeping under wraps e26, 700 available for-aid to amateur sport." Mr .Newmen, coach of internationally-known gymnast Ernestine Russell of windsor and mem ber for Windsor-Walkerville, said that. despite the fact that he had been connected with sports for many years he had never heard of the moneys ° The money in aid of amateur sport is avail- able from the office of the athletic conmiss- ioner.in the labor department. Labour Minister valey said the office has been in existence for years and aided local sporting groups interested in forming All sports were covered, from baseball to horse- back riding, The money is used, he said, to 'provide.such items as hockey sticks, baseballs. and' catchers and netminders! equipment. Mr Ncwman said he had never heard of this aid before despite his close connection with Sports and sporting organizations. "Why is this hidden from the public?" he asked, Mr. uvaley said the 26,000 was available to any responsbile person interested in making good use of it.' wI0TT | LEAJERSHIP TRAINING COURSE aT QUETICO Executive Officers from most Northwestern Ontario Home and School Associations will participate in a leadership course at the Quetico Conference and Training Contre, ilay e8 and 29,. Mrs, Lillian Thingstad, a Provin- _ | cial Vice-President of the Ontario Federation, ~|~-said that nearly all of the sixty Home & School Associations in thirty-two N'western Ontario Cammunities will send candidates to the course. mg 3 I:formation can be obtained from the Community Programmes Branch, 400 Cetherine Street, Fort William, or by writing to Mrs, Cerveltiley, registrar, 1-49 Cumberland Strect, North, Port arthur, Ontario, - = MORE NEWS ON LAvIES CHOIR CONTEST The Terrace Bay Ladies Choir announced a couple of weeks ago their intention of* running a 'nothing to buy' contest to supply them . with a new and shorter name, Although final details were nob worked out at that time inter ested parties have already made suggestions, Judges for the Contest will be Mrs. Ellen Hodgkiss, Miss »orcen Brady and Mrs,.vorlcen Pastor, and :the chosen name and winner of the contest will be announced at the Concert to be sponsored by the 'Choir on April 29th. 4n official entry form will appear in the positing same will appear thereon, Get your thinking caps on folks} Proceeds of the Concert will help the Terrace Bay Band purchase new instruments,

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