May 25, 2009.pdf - Watrous Heritage Centre

20 • MONDAY, MAY 25, 2009 THE WATROUS MANITOU
Plaque commemorates health clinic
By Daniel Bushman
TWM
A little piece of history
was unveiled last week at
Manitou Beach. The Manitou
Beach Communities
in Bloom commemorated
the Manitou Lake Health
Clinic on a plaque, which
will be erected as part of
the community’s walking
trail.
The monument itself
will be put northeast of
the Horizon Store, close to
the sidewalk by the water
where the clinic was once
located, at the foot of the
From front: BUDGET
“Y” corner.
The health centre was
developed by Watrous
physicians Reginald Stipe
and Ernest Hixon when
they created their first
medical clinic at the beach
dating back to 1933. The
partnership continued
until Dr. Hixon’s death in
1945.
Before that partnership,
Stipe enlisted in 1916 when
he went overseas and was
attached to the British
Medical Corps in England.
Stipe was also elected to
the first community council
and served two terms
and later became a member
of the legislative assembly.
The facility where he
worked was two storeys
and built in 1929 for making
medicine products.
In 1931-‘32, it housed 150
relief workers who were
busy building the Provincial
Chalet.
The clinic advertised
soft water showers, massage
rooms, electric treatments,
ultraviolet treatments,
electro-therapy and
electro-hot packs.
tion done through the province. All told,
the Town of Watrous’ total projected revenue
for 2009 is $2,647,900.
With some extra money coming to
the town, council will be using that to do
various activities within the community.
The budget has $100,000 alotted for road
repairs on 3rd St. W. and 4th St. E. Resurfacing
options for 3rd St. W. are under
review. Paving is also being done on the
south side of the civic centre, which
began last week.
There will be $120,000 used for servicing
and developing eight lots on Midway
Street running north from 4th Ave. E. in
the industrial area.
The arena will see some work done
on it. Design and engineering work for
bleacher replacement is underway to determine
the scope of the project and also
the cost. There will also be some repair
work done on the player’s boxes.
Preliminary engineering for a water
treatment plant upgrade was also performed
to enable completion of a Building
Canada Fund grant application for
work in the future. Expenditures for all
these activities and more, plus debt servicing
and transfer to reserves comes to
$2,531,700.
At first glance the expenditures and
revenue numbers do not add up, but Collins
mentioned a loan that the town previously
took out was put into revenue. After
that is paid off, the budget will balance.
As for the education portion of property
taxes, they have seen a dramatic drop
this year, which, in effect, is why most
residents will notice a decrease in taxes.
School mill rates for residential property
will be at 10.08 mills and 12.25 mills for
most commercial property. That is down
from 23.5 in 2008 and 21.5 in 2007.
Collins said the only residents who may
not see a decrease to their taxes would be
those who were just reassessed.
Notices informing residents of their
property taxes will be mailed shortly.
Despite a fire to that
building in 1943, Stipe
continued his practice in
Whitmore’s Meuretania
Hotel, located at the main
beach. Stipe went into part
time retirement, working
just in the summer time
until 1955, when he officially
called it quits. The
graduate of the University
of Toronto and Trinity
University passed away at
the age of 90.
At the unveiling May
20 were Gus and Gertie
Uhmann, who were instrumental
in getting the ball
rolling for the plaque. Gus
who worked with Dr. Stipe
at the clinic was Saskatchewan’s
first registered
physiotherapist.
Uhmann took over the
clinic in 1947 and renovated
the Whitmore Hotel.
With help from local
Manitou Beach resident
Sue Alcock, the 90-year-old
was also honoured at the
unveiling. He received a
certificate of congratulations
from the Saskatchewan
college of physicians
along with a congratulatory
letter from the college
in Manitoba, which also
coincided with his 70th
wedding anniversary.
The health clinic plaque
is one of a number planned
for Manitou Beach.
The suspense is lifted
Communities in Bloom at Manitou Beach unveiled a
plaque commemorating the Manitou Lake Health Clinic
and Dr. Reginald Stipe. Helping with the event were Gus
and Gertie Uhmann and Verna Painchaud (right). Gus
worked alongside Stipe at the clinic and was honoured
as the first registered physiotherapist in the province.
-TWM photos by Daniel Bushman
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