Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 22 Jan 1959, p. 1

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Win Seething In Dispute TO CIDSE thrceday tour 41 Barrie Mr and airs Sparrow gave reception last night at Community House which was attended by prom inent citizens and their wives Mr Sparrow chairman oi the Workmans Compensation Board has been talking to service clubs and schools on the act and has been visit ing industries located here as well as Royal Victoria lins pital Above are Mr and Mrs Compensation Protects Both Sides There are 90000 Ontario cm players registered under the Workmcas Compensation Act which provides protection for 1750000 employees said Eug ano Sparrow Chairman oi the Board addressing the Lions Club of Barrie Tuesday night at Conununlty House No fewer than 1200 industrial accidmts are reported in Ontar io every day Twothirds of them are of minor nature but all must be reported and this tact brings the huge total of 10000 labors to the Board daily Mr Sparrow described the op eration and innctions oi the Board and benefits iromthe new Hospital and Rehabilitation Cea tre opened last October in Downsvlcw just off Highway 400 to schools industries and other organizations during threeday visit to the Barrie area which was concluded last evening lie addressed the Kiwanis Club on Monday purpose oi the Work mans Compensation Act which first came into cited in 1915 is to provide better recompense for accidents to workmen in their employment to get rid of litiga tion and to secure promptness and certainly of payment to the workman or his dependents with out unduly burdening the em ploycr it extends to the workman rotection for all accidents aris out of and in the course oi the employment instead of mere 17 those caused by the neglig once of the employer it places the adjudication of claims in the hands of the Workmens Compensation Board instead oi the courts and in most oi the Industries to which it applies it makes the employers liability collective instead of individual CLASSIFICATIONS There are 132 classiiications oi workers protected by the act and the cost to the employers to high oi Sis for each $100 aiassessed payroll The aver Ontarios payroll ranges fro lovr oi 15 cents is billion 727 million The cost of providing treatment com sensation and pensions for injur ed workers in Ontario this year will amount to $62 million There are actually six main benefits under the compensation act ac cident prevention first aid med ical aid compensation 75 per cent oi the mans wagerehab ilitation physical and vocation al and iiielong pensions for those disabled EMPLOYER PAYS Fun The employer pays the full cost Ont oieacb dollar paid by the employer 09 cents goes to the injured workman three cents goes to seven safety associa tions and eight cents goes to the board for administration costs The board has 1850 employees 950 at the head offices and N0 at the hospital and rehabil Itation centre choral principle injured workmans coats shouldbo spread over so oiety as whole the act was described by Mr Sparrow as the heat piece of compensation TFreckle Faced Carl Swlizér legislation in the world it is the clinical system rather than the adversary system employee opposing employer and reha bilitation is the target oi the whole compensation process Getting the injured man rehabil itated and back to work is the whole idea NEW HOSPITAL This is done at the fine new hospital and rehahiE tioo cen ire its history dates back to 1932 when there was oneroom inic At that time clinic for out patients Was established on Richmond StreetEast in ior onto The new equipment and well laldout buildings made the Workmonfs Compensation Boards Hospital and Rehabilit ation Centre one of the worlds most advanced in the field oi physical medicine one of the most important un dertakings is to overcome the tremendous amount at tears that the injured workman gets and the rehabilitation and clinical stalls at Downsview are doing just that Only the most serious ly iniured are treatedthare v1 was decided to design the build ings to accommodateonly about 500 patients and the purpose be hind this was to stimulate the establtshment of rehab sacs at otherplacesl it is the Bo thinking that whenever possible the injured man should be treat ed near home The hospital and rehabilitation Sparrow left Nettle ton personnel manager oi Mansfield Rubber canadal Ltd and Grant Mayor presi dent Barrie Chamber at Com merce Examiner Staii Photo Act centre cost approximately so million but not one ccntoi it was charged to the taxpayer The Board borrowed the money irom its $120 million pension fund and it will be Amortized over period of to years The employees are actually paying or the cost oi the centre Beautiiully landscaped mod em in every last detail the centre is designed and equipped to provide the injured worker with the finest troatrnent and encouragement The hospital the occupational therapy area the physical therapy area the hydro therapy pool the gymnasium the clinic dormitory the big auditorium where movies are the paticnts caieterla all arm teamka of eiiective assistance to the man who is away irom his job through him VOCATIONAL THERAPY Tho vocational therapy area Almost every iorm otwork of work by the equipment it duplicates almost every form ranges from mechanical cow to small ireight car The patients not only hasten their recovery by exercising their bod in while participating in this wallthoughtmt vocational ther apy but theyare also taking the first steps in resuming the tape of work to which they are ac customed The chuipment and buildings leave nothing to be desired And WA on in any case CPA ltle in Canadian Pacific got its loot in thodoor on the lucrative trans continental business over the ob jections oi the government air line that has been tree oi such competition since 1035 Mr Bees announced be con cur with iindig the air transport board that CPA sub sidlary at Canadian Pacific Bail way should operataa scheduled service between VancouverWin nipeg Tomato Montreal con nectiong with CPAs existing iter nationai operations Domestic as well as international passenger could be carried This would be on oneflighta day basis and the arrangement would be rcvlewcd in two years NEW YORK APBig corpor ations soot at reports that Amer ican business uses call girls to convince important customers to buy CBSradio program Mpnday night said sex swings manyblg deals and that some companies even have prostitutes on their public relations payrolls or pay them on regular monthly basis But more than two dozen firms in the fields of banking manu iaciurlng oil steel and utilities said Tuesday they had never heard of any company employing prostitutes to increase sales Ono axccutive with wide knowledge at the garment indus try conceded that soma sales DEATHS mcimxmr Hollywood palmCecil De Milie 77 movie producer of heart attack the personal atmosphere is just as important Poseur Passed as Doctor To Get $3000 from Magazine VANCOUVER CP Jack Brett 28 who posed as an intern in Vancouver hospital last April says he went through with the hoax to get information for 000 article or Toronto maga zine pity prosecutor Stewart Mc lliorran said however that Bretts statements could not be substantiated Brett pleaded guilty in police court here Tuesday to dealing in forged document and was re manded mtii Friday for pre sentence report Mr Molliorran said Brett was hired by St Pauls Hospital as an intern alter presenting the forged documentan application for internship in the name at or John Kenneth Harris with the forged signature of Dr lA McFarlane dean ofrnadicino at the University of Torontoand took part in the delivery oitive children April 228 Brett was dismissed because he could not produce the required certificates oi qualification TALKED ro Nswspannn He later revealed his pretence in newspaper interview here He was arrested in Begins in December Brett told police he did not forge Dean McFarlanes signa tura on the application fl dont know who signed the Shotto Death Du SAN FERNANDO AP ActorCarl Alfalfa Switzer 33 frecklefaced wideeyed movie star as boy was shot to death cdnedday ghtiPolica said the shootingloécmred during an ar gumentwith another man ova oneyr swltzar was tavorite oi mo me aeration ago appearediin Our Gang and lar Feller comedies Munch with in 91 deans signature he said in statement to police at Regina ad mitted as evidence got the hospital form and filigd it out and mailed it to the magazine company telling them couldnt go any iurther as this form required the signature of dean oi the faculty of medicine Peihnna Manor NYDr Elise lEsperance as pioneer in the fight against cancer Moscow Praskovya Angel ina47 organizer of the first So viet womens tractor brigade and one of Russias most famous women San Fernando Calif Carl Alfalfa Switzer 38 former child movie star in the Our Gang pictures shot in fight Dong Beach George Hooks Wiltse 78 ace southpaw pitcher for the New York Giants early this century Stranded Men Escape Icv Death CHURCHILL Man CPlFour men vcre rescued by plane Wed nesday alter spending three days in Wbelowzero weather on an Arctic ic eiioe where their air crait crashed in storm Their only complaint as they were flown here was that they were tired The men picked up by single engined RCMP Otter piloted by Cpl Gordon Carter Were pilot Sam Bondarefi oi Churchill Mam Maurice Vailletta 50 of Montreal Gilbert Gagnnn 45 hi Jonqutere Que and Raymond St Armand 40 of St Johns Que Bondareit an employee at TransALr tad of Winnipeg owners of the single engined Norseman which went down at the mouth at Hudson Bay durinlg storm The othersaTo mechanics oi the tedcr port department The planes emergency radio signal was heard by the Coral Harbor station 65 milesto the southwest of the plane and an ROAF Dakota from Winnipeg dropped foods radio and ilares During their two nights on the ice to miles oitshorev the men slept in sleeping bags in the plane They had weeks supply of food illSt WW3 l0 nevljhnme your annual wii1call with and tribndly BED 85 WHITE water newcomersn bureaubefits any Work enviable To Combat Rabies TORONN GP Research will begin shortly at the Univer sity at Torontos Connaught La boratories aimed at creating vaccine to make humans immima to rabies for up to two years Assistant Director Robert Wil son said Wednesday mansive work in this field is being done in the United Stata He added that success here or in the United States would mean that humans could be inoculated against rabies instead at under going palniul daily inlections for from 14 to days after possible iniection Big Corporations Deny Use Of Call Girls InSales Deals managers may cement friend ships with purchasing agents by including girls in an evenings entertainment But if your product isnt good ha isnt going to buy it no matter how many girls you bring in he laid The mayor tha district attor ney and the police commissioner expressed immediate interest in the program The Business of Sex narrated by Edward Murrow Mayor Robert Wagners oi fice said an investigation has been ordered and added we will not tolerate such scandal and vice in the city The business worldin general denied prostitution was part oi its sales an Many representa tives oi big companies expressed shock at the suggestion wmmmm mama 35 it it ii Gray leach Lines Raise Parcel Rates ronomo cmGray coach Lines which bursary iua ina wide artful Ontario iuesdny night announced an in crease ol cents in its rates it marrying panda Charge now will range from 50 to 75 conta Snow Blower Kills Farmers Son oi LlsiOWEL CPLThe three yearold son at Maryborough Township iarmer was killed Wed nesday when struck by the re volviog blade of now blower outside his home James Hutchinson son of Mr and Mrs Clare Hutchinson was auucklon the forehead by the blade The youngster slipped and tell as hewaikcd past the machine which had been leit idling Sue tion drew his headinto the blade patriot sous ENERAL CONTRACTORS Home Specialty WE CAN ARBANGE CJVLECrLOANB Compare our prices and quality beiorc buying CALL 389 scammnmamo Third Stabbing What mnirollcd com that would result in im the position at regional air carriers this should be all thorlud An intensive investigation of the position of regional air can ricrrin this cmnection should be on Tracks flares Stop Train NRONTO CPLA speeding ONE train was flagged down in demo iog Wednesday night alter panel trunk plunged through the ride oi bridge and dropped as foot on to the railway tracks trapping the driver GeorgeFoster 34 was irwd from the wreckage and taken to hospital in suburban Scarborough where he was reported auifcrlng head injuries Police said firemen used Ilarei to stopthe train lhe Accident was blamed on log and slush oovercd roads In Montreal MOMEAL CPIJoseph AI phonse Tremblay Ilyearoldru taurant owner was stabbed to death Wednesday night in the back room of his SL Dominiqu Street establlsluncat youth said to have been can waning from the store about 10 pm was taken to police beadlt quaitcrs for questioning It was the third fatal amth in the city within to days Two men Lucien Messier 40 and Jean Paul Servant 34 were stabbed to death in night club knife fight Jan 13 one man has been detained as material wit nrss Youngsters Caught In Moving Box Car GBAVENH cm roar youngsters stumbled from box carinthlstovvnSOmilesnorthof Barrie Sunday alter an involun tary allday ride from North Richard and Billy Anderson and 12 Leon Blsson ii and Grantltieagerlz all oi North Bay told police here they had been playing in abox car in the North Bny railway yard when It moved off EXCEPTIONAALI 1956 ptvraourn va srnau Radio mum interior ma paint finish Thil car la in good condition and was driven by local hualneu no DOWN PAYMENT EASY TERM Save money on DIngeriields Own Finance Plan lllltitiEllilliill morons LTD USED CAR DIV ar voun nan wnlrr srens canAnns rmrsr RED warm BLEND COFFEE AUNT MARYS BLEND COFFEE EMBEEFEE SPECIAL sacroav INSTANT corrrr mono BONUS OFFER com HEATPROOFCOFFEE SERVERS warns my nasr WllIIJEE 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