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Terrace Bay News, 2 Mar 1972, p. 16

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PAGE 16 TERRACE BAY NEWS MARCH 2, 1972 SUPERIOR SOUND THOUGHT OF THE WEEK : "Teen-age talk is most- ly idle gossip". BASKETBALL NEWS On February 21 the Lake Superior Superior Girls Basketball team travelled to Red-Rock where they defeated the Nip-Rock Senior Girls by a score of 64 to 22. The high scorers for Lake Superior Dale Boutilier with 20 points, Gail Simmer with 14 points, and Valerie Larson 6 points. In the basketball game between the maie teachers and the Golden Hawks played in the Schreiber Camp us gym on February 21, the Lake Superior Globetrot=¢ _ ters lost a close contest to the Golden Hawks. Paul Caccamo's intrepid dribbling and ball-handling proved to be the deciding factor in the game. Ralph Coe was high scorer for the Golden Hawks with 11 points, followed by Jim Corrigan with 6 points. Mr. C. Wilde had 15 points for the teachers and Mr. G. Hayman had 16 points. The Junior Girls Basketball team won their first game of the season when they defeated Marathon 31 - 27. Darlene Fummerton was high scorer with 14 points, followed by Marilyn Kujbida with 8 points and Donna McGrath with 7 points. The Junior Boys lost out to Marathon Juniors by a narrow margin of 8 points. STUDENT COUNCIL NEWS The Federal Government is offering the Opportun- ities for Youth ( OFY ) Program again this summer for students in need of a job. A number of projects have been suggested by the students from Schreiber Campus, and it is hoped that the Government will approve them. The deadline for applications is March 8, so id there are any students interested in submit- ting a project, they should obtain an application form from the President of Student Council prior to that date. A Youth Conference is to be held at Quetico Centre this spring from June 11 to June 16 for High School students from Northwestern Ontario. The conference is called " Northwestern Ontario One and discussions concerning various activities, impro- vements, and suggestions for Northwestern Ontario will take place. Two students from each school will be chosen to attend, and they must be in aitendance in Years 4 or 5 and have a high scholastic standing. The deadline for applications is March 15. The con- ference will cost $25 for each student attending, and the Student Council will pay for the transpotation costs. " Northwestern Ontari One " will be ver beneficial to those students interested in Northwest- ern Ontario and its development; the experience at' this Conference will be gratifying and worthwhile. Applications forms can be obtained from the Student Council President. ; The plans for the Lake Superior High School Wint- er Carnival to be held from March 6 to March 10 have been completed, and the schedule is filled with fun activities for all students and teachers, so every- one should have lots of fun. SCHREIBER HOSPITAL MEETING = by Inez McCuaig The Hospital Board of McCausland Hospital , Ter- race Bay, held a public meeting in Schreiber High School to acquaint the public with the proposed plans for the hospital, since it has changed from a private one fo a public one. On the platform were Dr. Adey, Frank Anderson, Don Beno, Ray Cook, John Ferrier, Victor Mazzone, Dr. McCausland, Thor Olsen, Mrs. Dorothy Rummery, and Mrs. Rena McAdam replacing Mrs. Pat Buck. Mr. Ferrier's remarks began with the history of the hospital, built in 1951, three years after the mill opened. Between 1948 and 1951 Dr. McCausland had operated in the construction camp or anywhere he could find a table. The hospital was built by Kimberly-Clark at a cost of $185,00. It was built to serve this area but at that time, more specifically, Terrace Bay, with highest priority given to actidents occuring in the mill .By good luck or good management or combina- tion of both there have not been too many accidents, but the hospital has filled an extremely important need for the towns of Terrace Bay, Schreiber and Rossport. Kimberly-Clark bore the whole cost of operating this unit, until three or four years ago when hosp- ital insurance came into effect. Between the years of 1951 and 1969 it cost the company $175,000, to run and maintain the hospital = no auxiliaries or other association connected with it. In the Fall of 1968 we were visited by an inspec- tion team from the College of Physicians and Surg- eons together with a Hospital Administrator, whose purpose was to look over our facilities and make recommendations. All the committee recommended that thought should be given to changing from pri-

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