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Year 19461946 PROPERTY OF THE Return to County Clerk’s Office OXFORD Court House Woodstock, Ont. From The COUNTY COUNTY OF OXFORD Reeve J. Winston Nichols WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16,Elected County Warden Polling 12 Votes Warden- Elect Nichols Wins the Honor on the 18th Ballot —First Warden from Oxford Since 1930 Reeve J. Winston Nichols North Oxford was accorded N. of the highest, honor in the county when he was elected warden for 1946 by his fellow councilmcn on the 18th open ballot at the inaugural session of the county council yes­ terday afternoon. Polling 12 votes on the final ballot of a spirited election, War­ den-elect Nichols won the honor from Reeve Carman Facey of Eart Zorra with five votes and Reeve Ross’ Carroll, North Nor­ wich? with three votes. Six candidates were entered in the race for the county's top mu­ nicipal office. They were: Reeve Leroy Curtis, Dereham, nominat­ ed bv Deputy Reeve H. A. Little, Dereham;. Reeve Clair Peers, East Oxford, nominated by Reeve Harold A. Bishop, Norwich; Reeve Carman Facey, East Zorra. nom- i rated bv Deputy Reeve Gordon Ross. East Zorra; Reeve L. H. Sibbick, Blenheim, nominated by Deputy Reeve W. A. Cockburn, Blenheim f Reeve Ross Carroll, North Norwich, nominated by William McIntosh, Embro; Reeve J. Winston Nichols, North Oxford, nominated by Deputy Reeve Mil­ ton Betteridge, East Nissouri. Mr. Peers withdrew from the contest after the third ballot; Mr. Sibbick withdrew after the 12th and Mr. Curtis after the 15th. While this is only the new war­ den's second year on the county council, he has had a long record of sendee on the North Oxford township council. FIRST SINCE 1930 Mr. Nichols is the first warden elected from North Oxford in 15 years. Henry Hanlan was ac­ corded that honor in 1930. Succeeding ex-Warden Alex McCorquodale in office, the new warden is a son of the soil and : was born and raised on his farm i at R. R. 2, Ingersoll. Only 37 years of age, he is one of the youngest ever to hold office. He is of Scottish ancestry and the Nichols have been a promin­ ent family in the Ingersoll district since the time the present war­ den’s grandfather first settled "here many years ago. Warden Nichols, received all his early schooling at Dunn’s, S. S. No. 4. He is married to the former Jean Moffatt of Ingersoll and is* a member of St. James-' Anglican church, Ingersoll. He is also a member of St. John's A. F. and A. M. Lodge in Ingersoll. A great lover of sports, the warden at one time was actively connected with the Rural Hockey League. Since ho has become keenly interested in municipal politics, and entered the North Oxford council five years ago, he has had lo drop many of his former interest5?. His time is now devoted largely to his farm and his interest in municipal affairs. CHAMBER PACKED The county council chamber was packed with spectators witnessing the election of the 1946 warden. Seats were not available for all and many were forced to watch proceedings from the hallway or anywhere they could find space. County officials, many ex-wardens, former councilmcn and other county notables all displayed keen interest as the election of the war­ den for 1946 progressed. After the election, which was presided oyer by County Clerk L. K. Coles, council was adjourned for 10 minutes to allow the new waiden to assume the.chair. When council resumed, Warden Nichols assumed the chair, flanked on his right, by his predecessor, Alex McCorquodale, and the 1944 warden, J. C. Eichenberg, on his left. Expressing his appreciation at being elected warden, Mr. Nichols, in his inaugural address to council pledged his co-operation through­ out the coming year. Yuu will find that getting the county back to a peacetime foot­ ing will be no easy job but you have a strong council,” he said, mentioning some of the problems that will have to be faced. Dealing particularly with the problem of county roads, ex-War- den McCorquodale felt that they had deteriorated during the war years and would now have to be looked after. “If we had had peace during the last few years, we would have had two- thirds of the county roads paved by now. You will have to buy machinery and equipment so that the road super­ intendent, J. N. Meatherell, can build the roads up.” he stated. HOUSING PROBLEM Former warden J. C. Eichenberg of Tillsonburg, when called on to address council, took issue with the government’s attitude on the matter of housing. "Councils and other groups in large cities have been exerting pressure on the government to byild great numbers of soldiers' homes at those places. Next, in order to get their share, smallerTHREE POINTS ( --- , - . ... . ■I am not going to take much ot I youi- time in discussing the prob­ lems ahead of us this year but I would like to mention three tilings which should command the contin­ ued support and consideration of this council,” he stated, mention^ ing the health, education and re­ forestation programs. "It has often been said that county councils should be abolish- ed. I have never belonged to that school of thought. The county council is one of the truest forms of democracy in that its members are close to the people who elect them. 'We must preserve our county councils and remember, we are judged, not only by the legislation we enact, but -by our conduct also. I am sure this council will be a tribute and a credit to the county,” he observed. The new warden noted that all eyes are on Oxford county’s new health unit and said: '"It is a big thing, worthy of our utmost atten­ tion this year. Education will be in the spotlight this year and we must keep pace with the proposed larger school areas, affording op­ portunities for rural children equal to those enjoyed by urban pupils for education and physical development,” he stated. He ad- tkm. This action Js in full swing now. ' “I am one who believes the gov­ ernment should stay out of the housing business. There are plenty of people with money; who would build homes in every section of Canada if materials were more fairly allocated. How can this be done in our district if materials l in short supply are being ordered I to government housing projects1 in Toronto, Hamilton or London? Have we not returned men who wish to build or live at home? , Must they move to the city to find a house because of this program ? “In Tillsonburg. right now, prices of homes and buildings are three times above normal because people cannot build. Since the government seems committed to this policy, we, in the smaller cen­ tres. must organize in self-defence with the largest group we can. “Therefore I recommend to the county council that you bring to the attention of the government the need for soldiers’ homes in, the various centres of our county, not only by resolution, but by 1946 WARDEN — Reeve J Win­ ston Nichols of West Oxford was this afternoon, on the ISth baJloiJ elected warden of Oxford county for the 1946 term. Polling 12 votes on the final ballot. Warden- elect Nichols won the honor from Reeve Carman Facey of Eas^j Zorra, with five votes; and Reeve j J. R. Carroll of North Nonvic t. who polled three votes. Previously! eliminated from the contest were! Reeve Roy Curtis of Dereham.j Clair Peers of East Oxford, and L. H. Sibbick, Blenheim. J delegations,” he’concluded. I Ex-Warden Dr. H. B. Atkinson. Thamesford. noted that, it was 26 years since he sat in the warden's chair. He congratulated Wardenvocated also continued support of ( a ... 4. the reforestation and conservation 1I “I don't think council could have made any mistake if they hadprogram. MAYOR RILEY The new warden called on May-. or C. W. Riley of Ingersoll to say I a few words. Mayor Riley congrat­ ulated the warden on his election and noted that, he was well ac­ quainted with the warden and his , family. "I am glad to see a young man of his character and intel­ ligence elevated to this position,” he slated. Last year’s warden, Alex Mc­ Corquodale, observed the changes in the council and offered his con­ gratulations to the new warden." You are the first warden elected, in limes of peace, for sixers. elected any one of the candidates.” K. R. DANIEL, M.P. K. R. Daniel, Oxford county’s federal member, stressed the need paign be carried out on refores­ tation in the county. He felt that a water supply for fire protection. at the county home should be as-: sured. “I used to wake up at night when I was on the county home committee in 1933 and 1934 and wonder what would happen ifof a good, sound, continued pro- an“ wonder what would happen if gram of reforestation and sug- i a j^ke out at the home," he gested that an educational cam- saK\ adding that the cost would - £-J---------------------1 not be great and that it could be i done. Ex-Warden J. Wj Tnnes. ex- Councillor John Ryder and ex- i’ouncillor Elton Townivnd all congratulated the new warden on his appointment as did several members of the present county council. OXFORD COUNTY’S BEAUTIFUL COURTHOUSE Inaugural Session Of County Council Opens Here Today The inaugural session of the 1946 county council opened at , 2 p.m. today with the election by j open ballot of the 1946 warden the . main item of business scheduled for the first day. Six new faces will adorn the j council seats in the council cham­ ber when council convenes today. The following compose the 1946 county council: Reeve John Chesney, Blandford; Reeve L. H. Sibbick and Deputy Reeve W. A. Cockburn, Blenheim; | Reeve Roy Curtis and Deputy I Reeve H. A. Little, Dereham; Reeve Milton Bettet*idge and Dep­ uty Reeve Grant Sutherland, E. Nissouri; Reeve J. R. Carroll, N. Norwich; Reeve Theodore Coop­ er, S. Norwich; Reeve Winston Nichols. N. Oxford; Reeve Claire Peers, E. Oxford; Reeve W. J. Cuthbert, W. Oxford; Reeve Car-^ man Facey and Deputy Reeve Gordon Ross, E. Zorra; Reeve Os- i mond Murray, W. Zorra; Reeve L. B. Currie and Deputy Reeve K. R, Watts, Tillsonburg; Reeve I William McIntosh, Embro; Reeve [Harold A. Bishop, Norwich; Reeve Wilfred Corp, Tavistock. ■ A hot contest for the warden­ ship of the county is expected I with several nominees already mooted for the position. LIQUOR SHELVES BARE The shelves at the local liquoi store are today as bare as Old Mother Hubbard’s cupboard and the skeleton of the Christmas turkey. Only wine and a few brands of Holland gin are listed at present. No information is avail­ able as to when a new shipment of “spirits” will be made available WESTERN ONTARIO WARDENS! Wardens selected yesterday in some of the counties in Western Ontario were as follows: Middle­ sex. Reeve Clifton Davis of Wards­ ville; Brant, Reeve James W. Bailey of Brantford township; El­ gin. Reeve Fred Shively of Spring­ field Essex, Reeve James Arm­ strong of Mersea township, Kent, Reeve Francks Foster of Dresden; Norfolk, Reeve- Edwin Hill of Windham township; Perth, Reeve William A. Tuer of Fullar.ton town­ ship; and Waterloo, Reeve W. H. Gillespie of North Dumfries town­ ship. TO ELECT WARDEN The inaugural meeting of the 1946 county council convenes in 1he council chamber of the county courthouse tomorrow at 2 p4m. El- icction of the 1946 warden is the inuin item of interest. “A little higher!" Oxford’s New Warden Reflects Democracy Those who know the sense of public duty which is one of the marked characteristics of rural Oxford can best appreciate the deep interest which was shown in the election of the 1946 Warden. After an informing ex­ ample of the working of the machinery of democracy, £eeve J. Winston Nichols of North# Oxford was chosen as successor to the 1945 Warden, Alex McCorquodale. Election of a Warden, of course, is the culmination of the election of reeves. When! there is a contest for reeve, the candidates' do not merely announce Jheir candidatures । and then rest on their oars, their laurels or their record. No girl They do not. It would be too bad if they did; because voters in Oxford County want to see and talk per­ sonally with the candidates. Public affairs are close to the hearts of farmers because i they are close to the soil. They are not sep-' arated from fundamentals by the superfi­ cialities of so-called metropolitan areas. Therefore the candidates go about the1 township^ They call on the women in the farnr-hoiis'e and the men out in the fields or I the barns. There is much talk of what went j on m the township council and what did not go on. When the chat is over, the voter has a good idea about the candidate at hand. As has happened before in the county , council, this very democratic process was reflected in the number of ballots—18—re- quired for the election of Warden Nichols. Quite in harmony with all this, the new Warden is concerned in the success of the new county health unit; in the exceeding importance of the reforestation program, i with its relation to soil and water conserva-1 lion; and with the new plans to give rural children the educational advantages enjoyed by town and city children. Warden Nichols may be expected to carry on the high traditions of the Oxford County Council and also to keep in step with the ever-increasing developments in these surging times. Do You Remember? As Reported in the Sentinel- Review 25 YEARS AGO Two steel cells are to be added to the county jail to be used to detain dangerous criminals. Woodstock hospital board was granted $20,000 by the county council last night. OXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL REEVE J. R. CARROL N. Norwich. REEVE M. BETTERIDGE E. Nissowri. REEVE OSMOND MURRAY West Zorra. REEVE JOHN CHESNEY Blandford. REEVE CLAIR PEERS ______East Oxlord. _.... REEVE THEO. COOPER S. Norwich. REEVE L. H. SIBBICK Blenheim. DEP REEVE W. A. COCKBURN WARDEN J. W. NICHOLS Blenheim. Reeve N. Oxford. DEP. REEVE G. SUTHERLAND E. Nissoiuj^ Oxford County Council Strikes 1946 Committees Warden, Facey, Cockburn l Corp, W. A. Cockburn, Theodore Cooper, L, B. Currie and Clair Peers. Agriculture committee: Clair Peers, L. H. Sibbick, Wilfred Corp, W. J. Cuthbert and H. A. Little, and Watts on New Board of Health Sibbick, Road Committee Chairman The Oxford county board of health was selected yesterday by a nominating committee, composed of the entire county council which sat practically the whole day, striking the 19-16 standing commit­ tees.Selected on the board of health this year were: Warden J. Win­ ston Nichols, N. Oxford: Reeve Carman Facey E. Zorra; Dep. Reeve W. A. Cockburn, Blenheim; Dep. Reeve K. R. Watts, Tillson- burg Reeve Carman Facey acted as chairman of the 1945 board of health. The 1946 chairman has I not yet been appointed. ! Reeve L. H. Sibbick of Blenheim 1 w&s appointed chairman of the im- ' portant road committee and a I newcomer to the council this । year, Reeve Osmond Murray, W. I Zorra. was appointed chairman o( ' the finance committee. The following committees, with ! the chairman named first, have been selected: Road Committee: L. H. Sibbick, J. W. Nichols and J. R. Car roll. Finance committee: Osmond Murray, H. A. Bishop, K. R. Watts, Grant Sutherland and Wil­ liam McIntosh. Property committee: Milton Bet- teridge, L. B. Currie, Gordon Ross, John Chesney and Roy Curtis. Equalization committee: Wilfred Education committee: W. A. Cockbum, Osmond Murray, Roy Curtis, H. A. Bishop and Gordon Ross. Printing committee: Clair Peers, Theodore Cooper, L. B. Currie, K. R. Watts and Grant Sutherland. Reforestation commitee is com­ posed of the reeves of all town­ ships with the chairman yet to be appointed. The county home commitee is composed of L. B. Currie, William McIntosh, J. W. Nichols and the mayors of Woodstock and Inger­ soll. County Clerk L. K. Coles will act as secretary. The chair­ man has yet. to be appointed. On the pension board are Wil­ fred Corp and Mrs. L. H/Sibbick. The chairman will be appointed February 1. Treasurer's bond trustees are Theodore Cooper and H. A. Little; board of audit, Milton Bet- teridge;-hospitals, Warden J. W. Nichols, for Woodstock: W. J. Cuthbert, for Ingersoll; L. B. Currie, for Tillsonburg. Serving on the juvenile court board are Carman Facey and L. K. Coles. ADDRESSED COUNCIL Prior to council adjourning yes­ terday to strike their committees for 1946, J. P. Hagerman, field supervisor of the Navy League of Canada, addressed council in support of the League’s request for the usual grant. Mr. Hagerman pointed out that, during 1945, the - attendance at Navy League hostels totalled some 2,470,500 visits. He said that 673,076 meals were served, 204,300 hods' were occupied and , that 5,566 merchant seamen were • given emergency treatment in sick bay.Mr. Hagerman stressed the im­portance of Ihe work done for merchant seamen from all parts ot 1 he world. He noted that the . work was just as important now as it was (luring the war years. "We are doing youi' job that you asked us* to do," he observed. Mr. Hagerman stated: "Of equal importance to every Cana­ dian, in this period of juvenile delinquency, is the Navy League’s youth training program. The youth of today is the hope of to­ morrow. No investment is too great when its purpose is to de­ velop good citizenship. The Navy League is urged to do this and in the coming year will extend its influence into every conupunity so that more and more boys may benefit by it.’’ He went on to ex­ plain the League's plans in this regard. COMMUNICATIONS Many communications were read to council yesterday morning and this morning by County Clerk L. K. Coles. Many of them were requests for grant? and letters of thanks for grants received last, year. A lengthy copy of a brief pre­ pared by the solicitor of Carleton county, C. C. Gibson, K.C., which has been -filed with the Minister of Public Welfare and dealing with the subject of neglected children and the Children's Pro­ tection Act, was read in council this morning. The report claimed that under the present system there is a waste of time, money, and that unnecessary resentment is arous­ ed. "It might also be observed that the present approach to the prob- 'lem of neglected children is only a palliative to curative and that consideration could well be given to preventive measures. The mu­ nicipalities have no say with the result that the Children's Aid So­ cieties are largely independent,” the report stated in part, adding that, resentment is often misdi­ rected at the local Children's Aid Societies in many cases. Resolution on RoadSubsidy Passed by County Council A resolution was read in county council this morning requesting the provincial Department of Highways to pay the same sub­ sidy on road construction and maintenance to urban municipali­ ties, with a population of 2,500 or less, as is paid to all rural muni-, cipalities'. The resolution was in­ troduced by Reeve Wilfred Corp of Tavistock and seconded ’by Reeve L, H. Sibbick of Blenheim. The resolution carried. It was further added that the resolution be forwarded to other counties, the Minister of High­ ways and to the resolutions com­ mittee of the Ontario Good Roads Association. Speaking to his resolution, Mr. Corp noted that such small cen­ tres as Tavistock and Embro do not receive any subsidy such as ’s received by the townships. Speaking in support, of the reso­ lution, Reeve Harold A. Bishop of Norwich said that the upkeep of roads, particularly main roads through small centres, is one of the most difficult problems. Chunty Road Superintendent J. N. Meathrell explained the reason why the population was set at 2,- 500 or less. LOTS OF TRAFFIC Warden J. W. Nichols noted that the department, collects a great deal from the tax on gaso­ line and in license fees. A lot of traffic gdes through these small towns and villages,” he said. According to the report of the suburban roads commission, pre­ sented by Chairman J. W- Innes. Woodstock’s share in the cost for 1946 will be $500. The report stated that the com­ mission would requisition, from the city of Woodstock the sum of $500 as their net share of the cost of the work on suburban roads for the year 1946. With the total estimate placed at $3,075.88 for suburban road:?, Woodstock’s share was set at 25 per cent., or $768.97, minus a credit of $268.97, leaving a bal­ ance of $500. Snow removal, brush and weed control and patching and main­ Oxford County Has Subscribed Total Of Over $40 Million Victory Bonds The county of Oxford subscribed a total in excess of $40,000,000 to the nine Victory Loans to date, according to a communication re­ ceived from the National War Finance Committee by Oxford county council which met this morning at 10 a.m. to open its December session. According to the letter this was an achievement of “no small pro­ portions” and accordingly council was congratulated on the record shown. With Warden Alex McCorquo- odale in the chair council opened the December session with a brief adoress of welcome from the war­ den. After the reading of the com­ munications council adjourned to allow the property and the finance committees to meet. At 12 noon council adjourned for lunch. Several communications from adjoining counties were read to the county council by County I Clerk L. K. Coles. tenance would cost an estimated $450 on road 12. Similar work on road 30 wras estimated at $225 with an additional $2,240.88 added for grading and surfacing. Over­ head was estimated at $160. The county council adjourned about 10.30 a.m. to allow the property and agriculture commit­ tees to meet, ‘MFont to take « chance on a blind date, Joe? Among them was a letter from 1 the county of Lanark recommend- ' ing that the Department of Edu- I cation, when it is necessary for the department to increase teachers' minimum salaries should notify all the different school boards before such boards have made their yearly requisitions to the township clerks. A resolution from St. Thomas requested that Oxford county rec­ ommend to the Dominion Govern­ ment that the franchises of all American truckers travelling through Ontario be cancelled immediately. A resolution from the county of Carleton moved that the Minister of Highways be requested to amend the Highways Act so that | the Govemmenut will pay 75% of : the cost of snowplowing instead of; 50%.According to a communication ] from the Department of Lands and Forests the county of Oxford, ! from 1940 to 1944, has planted a total of 1.489.911 trees on 1.220 acres, an average of 1,200 trees per acre in the county. Oxford to Spend $39,700On Maintenance MachineryPurchase of Two Graders, Equipped . With Snow­ plows, Scraper, Float, Angle Dozer and Electric Welder Authorized by Council The purchase of some $39,700 worth of equipment for mainten­ ance work on the county road system was recommended in the second report of the road commit- , tee adopted by county mounci) in the last day of their January' ses- i sion yesterday. I Tills report recommended the purchase of two graders, equipped snowplows, at a cost of $28,- 000; one used self loading scraper at $4,000; one 12-ton float for moving equipment, at $3,500; one i angle dozer at $3,000; and a port- jable electric welder at $1,200. BUILDING MATERIALS ; A resolution introduced by Reeve L. B. Carrie of Tillsonburg, I requesting the Federal govern-’ iment to stop the large scale pur- i chasing of building materials so that some materials can be made available to the home builder in the small towns and villages in । the rural areas, was passed by’ the county* council. i The resolution is to be seftt to ! the Federal government, Oxford 1 county's Federal member, K. R. I Daniel, and to other county, coun- , cils in the province. When first introduced the reso­ lution contained a clause recom­ mending that, if necessary a dele­ gation of three, including the warden, be sent to Ottawa in sup­ port of the resolution. It was felt by Reeve William Me. Intosh of Em bro that sending a delegation to Ottawa was uneces- sary expense and after consider­ able discussion it was deleted from the original resolution. Speaking of his resolution, Reeve Currie noted that there were a great many returned men and civ­ ilians in the small towns and rural areas who would like to build homes if they could get the mater- ial. He also felt that the govern­ ment program of building homes in large centres tended to centralize industry’. Reeve Currie noted that 14 dwellings were started in Till­ sonburg in 1945 and that only about six were completed. Reeve Clair Peers, W. Oxford, felt that the government priority on building materials wtas for the purpose of building houses for soldiers. K. R. Watts replied that there were lots of returned men , in Tillsonburg and that no houses were being built for them there. Reeve H. A. Bishop of Norwich felt that council should request the government to release same of the material. "I think I can speak for the re­ turned men of Norwich, Our re- ' turned men deserve every consid­ eration,” he »aid, adding that Nor­ wich had a larger percentage M0%) of enlisted men than any other part of Oxford county. Reeve Currie ob jected to this and said Tillsonburg also had 10% of their population enlisted in the last TO IMPROVE MUSEUM , The second report of the prop­ erty committee, presented by I Chairman Milton Betteridge, re­ commended that the rooms in the county courthouse allotted to the Oxford County Museum be put in condition and that the new drive­ way behind the courthouse be completed. The report was adopt­ ed. The education report, Chair­ man W. A. Cockburn, recommend­ ed that a grant of $150 be given the Oxford County Library Asso­ ciation. It also recommended that County Clerk L. K. Coles be the i county representative on the sen- I ate of the University of Western Ontario. A consultative commit­ tee of L. E. Curtis, W. A. Cock burn and H. A. Bishop was set up by the report to look [into the matter of larger high school areas The report was adopted. The agriculture report, Chair- I man Clair Peers, recommended ithat Emerson Moulton be re-ap­ pointed corn borer inspector for 1946 and that a bounty of $4 be paid on all foxes, of all ages, caught within the county by coun­ ty residents, not including raised foxes. The report granted $150 to the Oxford Crop Improvement Association and $400 to the Ox­ ford County’ Plowman’s Associa- ij tion. A grant of $50 to the Massey Scholarship fund, thus providing an Ontario Agriculture Scholar­ ship fund of $100, was recom- , mended in the report. G. R. Green, Warden J. W. Nichols and Harry- Little were named the awarding I committee. । Reeve W. Corp, Wilfred Corp and W. Cuthbert were named delegates to the Seed Fair Board. Clair Peers and L. H. Sibbick were named delegates to the Woodstock Fair Board. The finance repont, chairman O. H. Murray, recommended that grants of $375 and $300 be given the Salvation Army and the Can­ adian National Institute for the Blind respectively and that the .road committee be granted $105,- 000 for 1946. A road committee composed of Ross Carroll, L. H. Sibbick and Warden J. W. Nichols was ap­ pointed by bylaw at the conclu­ sion of the evening session of the 1946 county council’s January ses­ sion. war. ROAD SUPERINTENDENT—E. I. Hansuld, Tavistock, ex-reeve of | East Zorra, has been appointed road superintendent for that township. He succeeds Lou Os­ borne in this capacity who re­ cently resigned. Mr. Hansuld was reeve of East Zorra for two years, prior to which he was deputy reeve two years, serving nine years in all the township coun- ciL . JUST HEARSAY •'Fcsh Irish, ffish fesh, ff—ah, nuts—herring, carp, melt *---------------------------— • County Roads Reported Icy as Thaw Makes District Driving Treacherous As if a prolonged January thaw were not enough, weather condi­ tions in the city took a change over night, beginning a minor ice storm, climaxed by a February thaw. Rain followed by snow de­ scended on the city during the noon hour and continued on into the afternoon. Road conditions were reported today as being treacherous, al­ though after eight o'clock most bf the more hazardous stretches or road on main highways and routes of heavy transportation had been । improved to a great extent. BACK ROADS DIFFICULT County roads to the north of Woodstock are reported this j morning by county officials to be; in an icy condition. Bacy country i loads are coated with ice and | snow, and motor travel across1 these routes is said to be "rather difficult.” To the south of Woodstock, the roads are in better condition, and. some are reported to be free of both ice and snow. lure was 41.3, minimum, 21.8. "Sleet and rain conditions will probably be ended by tonight, when 10 degrees of frost or more is ex­ pected generally,” the Canadian Press weather report said. "Winds or gales are expected to follow and । light: snowfalls di' flunks are fore­ cast generally for tomorrow.” In Kitchener, where a low for the winter of 11 below zero was recorded Monday, water was run­ ning on the streets. Lighting System in Local Courthouse Praised by Judge "The lighting system in this courthouse is one of the finest that I have ever seen In all my time on the bench," declared Mr. Justice LaBel, at the evening session of the Supreme Court of Ontario at the county courthouse here last night. A poor lighting system makes it difficult for all, but par­ ticularly so for the judge, who has to make notes and observe the demeanor of witnesses, and so forth. It gives me a great deal of pleasure to compliment the council of the county of Oxford on their excellent lighting system in this coimthouse, which I under­ stand has been installed compara­ tively recently." County Paid Bounty Op Total of 640 Foxes During 1945 i Final report on the number di fox bounties paid by the couniy of Oxford during the calendar year 1945 was issued this morning by County Clerk L. K. Coles. Dur­ ing the year, bounties were paid : on eip foxes which were -shot or trapped by hunters and farmers in the county. At 54 each this represents a total county payment of $2,560. Final report for the townships during this period listing the number of foxes killed in their areas,were as follows; Blandford, 93; Blenheim, 140; Dereham, 59; ' East Missouri, 43; North Norwich. 30; South Norwich, 30; East Ox­ ford, 43; North. Oxford, 16; West Oxford. 31; East Zorra, 62; West Zorra, 93. The paying of fox bounties was begun January 24 of last year, and ■ the report includes^Mttpnies paid from that date to December 31. Evergreen Hedges Proving Efficient Snow Fences to Eliminate Roads Drifting ly I. C. MARRITT Zone Forrester, Galt. There is an increasing interest !n municipal councils, and among residents generally, re 1 he feasi- bilhv of planting evergreens to eliminate drifting on roads. Sev­ eral counties have a definite policy of buying, or leasing, land for this purpose. There is a difference ot opinion on the distance that the trees should be planted from the travelled portion of the road, the species to be used, and the size of the tree to be planted. The following are some of the characteristics of snow-drifting, and the measures that are being taken to prevent bad drifting: 1. Evergreen hedges will prevent drifting on roads. Evergreen hed­ ges at the correct location will eliminate all bad drifting on roads. A road can be made safe for mo­ tor traffic during the winter months except, in cases of exces­ sive snowfall in one storm, such as Toronto and Hamilton experi­ enced in December. 1944, when around twenty inches of snow fell in one night. 2. Evergreen hedges over a per­ iod of years would not be nearly as expensive as snow fences and snow plowing, after allowing for the purchase of land and - the building of a fence back of the hedge. 3. Snow fences are expensive to buy and maintain as they cost over $500 per mile, and have to be erected and dismantled each year. There will also be a replacement cost after 10 to 20 years. 4. Snow fences are not nearly as effective in preventing drifting on roads as evergreen hedges are. Snow comes through a snow fence and settles on the road during bad storms even if the snow has not reached the top of the fence. The snow fences are frequently com­ pletely covered during winters of bad storms and are useless the rest of the winter. This happened about the 15th of February, 1940: January 16, 1943. and January 2, 1945. 5. Evergreen hedges eight feet or more in height would never be covered, and the snow would not sift through the hedge as it does with a snow fence. This would be especially true of thick foliaged ■ sees such as Spruce and Cedar. 6. Thick foliaged overgreens such as Spruce or Cedar, if they are 1 wenty feet or more in height, may be within a few feet of a travelled roadway, and there will be no drift­ ing. When these trees were small­ er 3 to 15 feet in height they were the cause of very bad drift­ ing on the road, 7. When evergreens have had the lower branches pruned off to a height of three to six feet, all the loose snow in the immediate vi­ cinity will be blown away, and usually the ground is bare. The 'hick tops obstruct the wind and a strong draft is funnelled between he branches and the ground. Mans rarmers lanes in umano, ana or­ namental Spruces on lawns, are pood examples of this. Lanes with rows of Sugar Maples have been observed where this scouring pre­ vents drifting on the lane. A hedge is most effective when it is within 2 to 15 feet from the road­ way, bu. cases were noted when it was affective where the trees were adjacent to a fence on a 66’ township road. Shrubbery and weeds at the base of the trees tend to prevent the scouring. 8. There is no drifting where a road Is protected by a woods or a plantation. 9. A plantation 100 to 200 feet in width with trees 3 to 4 feet in height will prevent drifting. The snow is held and settles among the trees. 10. Weeds will prevent drifting. On No. 2*A Highway at. Galt on the road to the hospital a strip 150' wide covered with Goldenrod and other weeds has prevented all drifting on the road this winter. In 1943 this road filled in with every west storm. A four row- snow hedge was planted on this property (owned by Mr. Sheldon) by the City of Galt in 1943. 11. A Honey Locust hedge, or a rail fence at the fence line pro­ tects roads in the early part of the ! winer, and throughout the winters ' of few storms. Their benefits are usually forgotten when the road fills up and the drifts extend across the roadway. This should not stop the planting of evergreens at the fence line, but the dangers should be stressed when planting at the fence line is being considered. 12. A row of raspberries inside the field will cause a drift the same as a snow fence. 13. Deciduous trees such as Pop­ lar, and Soft Maple, are not very effective as they do not cause a drift. Two rows planted fairly close would likely protect a road on ac­ count of the more rapid growth of these species—protection might be secured in a couple of years. 14. A road is better protected if there is a second obstruction that will cause a drift. This second drift seldom extends onto the trav­ elled roadway. This may be shrub­ bery, an evergreen hedge, or a snow fence at the fence line. There are locations on the Pro­ vincial Highway where a second snow fence is fastened to the road fence. This idea of (he second ob­ struction is the basis of an inex­ pensive method of securing hedges that will eventually give protection to the road. 15. Wire fences are not effective in stopping road from filling up. It is true that in locations where the tocography is such that the snaw • is blown off the road they were an improvement over the rail or stump fences that they replaced, because with a rail fence there was a continuous drift. Where there is a wire fence and no shrubbery, or • a snow fence, the tracks fill in very | quickly even with a small blow. TH. I» polew •’“ul ’eavInB « trench in the middle of the road that w( 1 fill in quickly again, there are a number < ■ »to1™ snow will be so deep t hat it is I™ nnssible for the ordinary snow . plow to go through, and also there knoplace to put the snow on ac­ count of the high banks. I16, Shrubbery along the fence line that extends out onto t n ■Md allowance IS “ftrilU drifting. Weed also start17 A cedar or willow hedge 400 Wftom th. road road from drifting In Wellington County. Some residents do not wish a hedge on the front of their farm because it would obstruct their view of the road. In cases where this objection is ®™ountercx the hedge could be placed further | 18. Wide cuts such as on Fro vinclal Highways do not drift full. A deep narrow drift is formed. Tall evergreens at the fence lines would | resemble a wide cut. I, 19. Width of drifts. The width | of drifts caused by snow fences, rail J th. wMth ol th. drifts m the location, height of n_hedge and the number and inten sity of storms. The drift firs ex­ tends out 12 to 15 feet. This grad­ ually fills in to the height of the fence and then levels off. It us ually takes several storms for the dirft to extend to the top of the fence. In 1940 the drifts on the north and west sides of th® r0®d varied in width from 25 to 45 feet with the wider drifts occurring where the snow fence was com­ pletely covered. The width of the drifts on the east side of the road was 15 to 20 feet in width and I, the reason for this is that there are usually only a few storms from the east. There were drifts up to 70 feet in width on the north and west, and these were caused bj high railfences or shrubbery up to 15 feet in height. The depth of the drift on the side towards the road is only a little deeper than the snow on the level. Therefore, roads would be protected if hedges are back fifty feet from the travelled roadway on the north and west, and twenty to thirty feet on the east. Most engineers and township officials wish to plant the hedge at about the same distance back as the snow fences are placed, usual­ ly this is around 100 feet. 1. Plant a hedge parallel to the । road. This hedge will effectively stop drifting on the road if it is t 50 to 500 feet from the edge of the travelled roadway. The road would i be adequately protected if it were 30 to 40 feet back in most winters. Hedges on the east may be planted as close as 25 feet because there are fewer storms, and the drifts Will not be as wide. Fifty feet would put the hedge in the field. A strip could be pur­ chased or leased from the owner— the provincial government pays a subsidy on the purchase of land and the planting of hedges. The best plan would be to move the road fence back of the hedge, ana if possible the fence should be rail, or a snow fence, in order to pre­ vent drifting until the trees are high enough io be effective. There is a danger, of the drift breaking down the trees if the snow fence is directly behind them. Townships will not be in a posi­ tion to finance the purchase of land. They might have the policy of planting a hedge on the owner s property if he gave permission. It would be advisable to haves an [ agreement! oy easement, in writing. I Otanabee township, InI county, started this policy mb 0. and Waterloo township passeda resolution this year stating they would plant in the field if the own­ er requested it-An evergreen hedge can be grown in a cultivated field that is not pastured intensively If there plenty of $rass, stock will not usu ally bother the evergreens- 2. An Inexpensive method or estaHisbing snow hedges. In loca- ed each year plant a row of Spruce, or Cedar, adjacent to the road fence, and on the road allowance. This may be done where there is 20 to 25 feet between the travelled road­ way and the fence. The snow fence would continue to be erected | until the evergreens were nigh enough to protect the road them- selves. The only expense would be the planting of a single row of tres. , .,Through the years the road would be better protected on account of the hedge at the fence, because a second drift would occur between the hedge and the roadway and this I drift would seldom extend across the travelled road. There are loca­ tions that drift badly, and the De­ partment of Highways attachsec­ ond snow fence to the r°ad J®0® w nr ri er to have a second drilt 3. Plant sub-marginal Ihree to four feet in height tney S Eliminate .« drifHn. becuse j the snow would lodge among the trees.A strip 8 rods wide (132 feet) and 20 rods long would contain an acre. This could be planted for $10. The cost of planting a 132 foot strip a mile long would cost $160—the cost of a snow fence, with post% is over $500 per mile, and there is also the cost of erecting and dis­ mantling each year. 4. Plant a hedge adjacent to the road fence on township roads that are 66 feet wide and are not pro­ tected by snow fences. There will always be the danger that these roads will be plugged full when the hedge is about four to five in height and up to ten feet, but the hedge will eventually give protec­ tion in all winters, and will always protect the roads the early part of the winter, and throughout the vears when there are not bad storms. A hedge at the road fence would likely protect roads from east and southeast storms throughout the year. The roads will not be any worse than they are now. and it is very doubtful if township will ever be able financially to protect all their roads with snow fences. The erection of snow fences is a very recent development as very little attempt was made to keep highways open. The railroads erect­ ed snow fences, constructed board fences instead of wire fences, and in 1926 and 1927 the C.P.R. planted hedges along their lines in On­ tario, Quebec, and Board fences at the fence lines at places that filled in with snow are also to be seen on township roads, and there are a number of these on the Oxford county roads. Conservationists should be inter­ ested in snow hedges because if the practice becomes general there will b® windbreaks for the cultivated land, and this will undoubtedly help in the growing of crops. Owners will increase the value of their farm if the road and lane is ac­ cessible in all seasons of the year. Tt will take -five to ten years to grow the hedge as it is very diffi- j cult to plant evergreens larger than 24 inches in height. Residents may secure, free, small trees for the establishment of plantations, re-stocking a woodlot, j windbreaks, and snow hedges. County Estimates Call for262,500 Taxation Levy Of This Amount, $100,000 Required for General Purposes, $50,000 for Education — Road Esti­ mates, 50% Refundable, Set at $210,000 An ertinflated $262,500 will have to be raised by taxation in Ox­ ford county dirlng 1946, accord­ ing to the report of the finance committee, as presented to county council this morning by the chair­ man, Reeve Osmond H. Murray," West Zorra. The report estimates that $100,- : 000 will have to he raised for ’ general purposes; $50,000 for sec­ ondary and vocational education; $7,500 for -patriotic purposes and $210,000 for county roads for a 1 total of $367,500. Deducting the road subsidy of $105,000, the county will have to raise by taxes an estimated $262,500. The report, further authorizes the county clerk and treasurer, L. K. Coles to borrow, for neces­ sary county expenditures, the sum of $110,000 for general pur­ poses and the suny of $210,000 for county roads if needed. The first report of the refores­ tation committee appointed War­ den J. W. Nichols as chairman and County Clerk L. K. Coles as secretary. The report, also added । County Roads Superintendent J. N. Meathrell to the committee. I The report recommended that a I purchasing committee composed of Milton Betteridge, L. H. Sib- hick, Theodore Cooper, W. J. Cuthbert. J. R. Carroll, Osmond H. Murray, J. W. Nichols and L. K. Coles be appointed. The reforestation report, which l was adopted, further recommended that the committee work in con- jur.ction with the Department of Agriculture to further education on reforestation and conservation. A recommendation that the com­ mittee join the Ontario Conserva­ tion and Reforestation Association and that the annual grant of $25 be made the association was ajso embodied in the report. SANITARY INSPECTOR J. L. Griffith, Oxford county’s new sanitary inspector, addressed county council this morning, giving a brief resume of the work that will be carried out by his depart- A fully qualified sanitary inspect­ or, holding a C. S. I. certificate, Mr. Griffith came to Woodstock '.from Toronto and has had the (benefit of three and a half years in the Army doing the same type of work. Mr. Griffith told council "is the common sense practical practice of the ordinary laws of cleanliness. The necessity of practicing these laws must be apparent to every responsible per­ son and especially to those hand­ ling foot!. "Diseases are transmitted to "Good Lord! .Another white Christmas! man through ingestion of food con­ taining positive parasites. Food- Ijom infection is due to low stand­ ards of sanitation. Food spoilage, which causes intestinal disturb­ ances. is caused by the rapid growth of miero-organizims and certain types of bacteria. To check the growth of these organ­ isms. good clean refrigeration is necessary.” he explained to council. Mr. Griffith went on to explain the various aspects of his work in the country. “Food for human consumption takes in all food from the time it leaves the farm until it is consumed.” he stated, adding that a lot of time will be taken up with the dairy industry — the in­ spection of cows, stables and dairies. In reply to a question from Reeve W. J. Cuthbert, Mr. Griffith noted that, until Woodstock and Ingersoll join the new county health unit, he had no jurisdiction over the eating places in these centres unless a disease outbreak occurs. At the conclusion of his address, council edjourned to allow com­ mittees to meet. Cost $7,600 for Operation County Home During 1945 It cost Oxford county, Wood- stock and Ingersoll a total of $7,- 600.46- to operate the County Home and farm for the year 1945. according to the annual report 'of the board of management pres­ ented to county council yesterday by R. J. Forbes, home manager. Woodstock’s share in the up­ keep of the home, according to the report, was $2,484.42. Inger­ soll paid $536.64. The balance, a trifle over $3,000, is the county's share. Total expenditures ’for 1945 1 were $22,553.33. and total receipts were $14,952.87, leaving the bal­ ance of $7,600.46 for a net cost per week per inmate of $2.46. The number of inmate-weeks was placed at 3,095 and the gross expenditure per week per inmate was $7.29. A total valuation of $19,505 was placed on the buildings, farm stock, implements and feed on hand as of January 1, 1946. The farm buildings were valued at an even $7,000. Farm receipts total­ led $7,015.12 and farm expenses totalled $4,356.62, leaving a net profit of $2,658.50. The number of inmate-days to- t tailed 21.665, with 12,965 days for the county, 7,151 days for Wood- stock and 1,549 for Ingersoll. I There were 63 inmates at the । home on January 1. 1945, and there were seven admitted during the year. Ten died during the year and on January .1946 there Mrs. C. M. Luke is Chosen Chairman Mrs. C. M. Luke, Tillsonburg was named chairman of the Ox­ ford County Old Age Pensions and Mothers’ Allowance Board at the board’s first meeting of the year held in the courthouse yester­ day afternoon. Vice-chairman for 1946 will be Reeve W. Corp of Tavistock. The board is composed of three appointees by the provincial gov­ ernment and two by the county council. The other three members of the board are Mrs. J. Sibbick, Richwood, the chairman during 1945, J. F. McDonald, East Zorra and A. Riach, East Oxford- The board’s secretary is L. K. Coles, county clerk. Draws Picture of WorkDone by Juvenile Court I “rvSnlrihntinn to iu R. G. Clowes Outlines Ac­ complishments from Its Inception in Oxford in June, 1944 -.1 - • Summan of the activities of Oxford County Juvenile and I am- iiv Court, since its establishment dime 3. 1944. has been issued by R G. Clowes, superintendent of the Children's Aid Society. During the period June 3 iu-14 to September 30, 1944, 43 charges were laid against juveniles, under the Juvenile Delinquents Act. and in the same period 16 charges were laid under the Child­ ren's Protection Act, involving 38 c.iuuiin. | establishment of :From October 1, 1944, to vk. ronrt but-I 10.1=1 71 Charges were family.court, outtober 1. 1945, 71 charges were I laid against juveniles, under the ' Juvenile Delinquents Act, while I 77 cases under the children’s Pro- । lectio Act were before the court, involving 158 children. From June 3.1944, to September -ip 1944. 73 cases came before the court, including adjourned hc-ar- i mgs and revisions. From the per­ iod October 1. 1944, to Septem­ ber 30 1945, 267 cases, again in­ cluding adjourned hearings, ap- peared. , _Bovs and girls who came before the juvenile and family court were from all religious denominations in more or less respective propoi-1 JlQkl J1U .—.............- k««i-” ns the report shows, while ap- boys’ or girls’ training schools, proximately 20 per cent, of those, Mr. Clowes stated. -----4. TILLSONBURG PROGRAM He mentioned the juvenile com- appearing in court had no religious connections. . , , xxe .Ages of boys and girls who ap- mittee of Tillsonburg, a group ot neared before the court and their bu>siness and professional men who proportion to the total number of are carryjng out a program for cases were as follows: lo. years, , een.aeers> “I think it’s very 18 per cent.; 14,17 per cent-; g kanfc thafc the past ^ree ’ 13. lo per cent.; 12, 13 ?er we had n juve- 11 8 per cent 10 13; per cent., de]inquency brought to our ’ ' ’ 2 of 6 Sr ’ cent, attention in Tillsonburg,’ he said,mg a remainder or o pei . whi. ... , . ----------i„un»c -Fnr : which could not be classified in these age groups. TYPES OF CASES Offences committed by the juve- uiles included wilful damage to at times was very serious The. vast majority of cases are break, enter and theft, wilful damage) to property, and cases of armed robberv, drunkenness and serious i school* non-attendance came be- fore the coiirt. Several charges have been laid against adults who were con- 1 tiibuting to juvenile delinquency in various ways, “charges that couid not be laid before the court was pet up,'” Mr. Clowes stated. . As a result, fines, suspended sen- I fences and jail terms have been i administered by the court. In ad- 1 di’ion. “certain elements in the community have become a little I mor.' cautious with their conduct in the presence of juveniles, it ! was pointed out. offering his commendations for their work. He also referred to the projects of Ingersoll Y’s Men’s । club and stated, ‘‘Delinquency ap-, prevented mMly mies mciuuea ™ pears to be steadymg oil in i The fact that very few members railways, which it was pointed out gersoll, especially m tne pa,i tbese grOups bave appeared in ----- ThP three months. court j8 clear proof of their bene- “The object of the.court is :re t(> the communiLy/( construction, ’ he stated. Jutige L. M. Ball and Crown Attorney McKay are aiming to the re-estab­ lishment of people dealt with. The records show success in a good “Contributing to juvenile delin­ quency" charges were based large­ ly on such offences as immoral relations with girls under 16, In one case, a boy had stolen a bi­ cycle, while one of the parents after learning of the theft, paint- d the frame so it would not be recognized. In another case, the i father of two hoys concealed them ’ under an overcoat when making small purchases in a chain store, and encouraged them to carry on Shoplifting when the clerk had ! turned away from the counter. There were cases of filth, and in , other instances adults had given ’ liquor to children. "Some people thought there were not enough cases to warrant the establishment of a juvenile and there have been we have proven sufficient of­ fences," Mr. Clowes stated. “Probationary type of work has been very successful,” he said. “In almost every case the parents have co-operated with us when they realize the objective of the court and most of the parents re­ alize the importance of impressing the juvenile in the early stages ofine juvenue ni me aua&to vj- the offense rather than attempting to cover it up so he can escape and I go on to something bigger. Since shortly after the setting up of probationary work we have had no commitments to either kSCRAM 1 JUDGE’S COMMENTS In a statement which was pub­ lished in the annual report of the Children’s Aid Society, Judge L. M. Ball mentioned the assistance of various agencies in the func­ tion of the Juvenile and Family Court. He said: “The court can­ not function and do its best work without the assistance of all other social agencies and the chiirch re­ mains the first of these. “It is to be hoped that the Min­ isterial Association will take an ever increasing interest in the work of the Juvenile court. “Along similar lines is the work of the committee recently formed in Tillsonburg by the Lions club, made up of representative citi­ zens banded together with the de­ sire to help the youth of the town and surrounding community. It is obvious that a boy can not be directed to report to an official in Woodstock as often as to one in Tillsonburg and equally obvious that a resident of Tillsonburg can keep much closer supervision oyer him. The development of similar committees throughout the coun­ ty will enable the Children’s Aid Society to achieve maximum re­ sults through the juvenile court. “Organizations such as the vari­ ous church groups, the Y.M.C.A. Y.W.C A., the several cadet corps, Boy Scout troops, camps, bands, teen-age groups, playgrounds and other similar activities, many spon­ sored by service camps through the county must also be mentioned. An idle boy is a possible delin­ quent and’ these organizations have done more than is generally realized to keep boys and girls oc­ cupied and interested. In these days when so many parents are working, sometimes on shifts keep­ ing them both away at the same time in the afternoons or even­ ings, healthy active supervision by one or more of these agencies has ■ ’ delinquencies. number of cases.” Since the court was established, numerous enquiries from different sections of the province regarding its method of operation have been, received and other courts have; been set up. ________ "The bo«w» wouldn't raise my pay- check no 1 raised it myself." Resolution on Road Subsidy Passed by County Council A resolution was read in county council this morning requesting | the provincial Department of Highways to pay the same sub- | sidy on wad construction and i maintenance to urban municipal!-1 , ties, with a population of 2,500 or less, as is paid to all rural muni­ cipalities1. The resolution was in- I traduced by Reeve Wilfred Corp I of Tavistock and seconded by Reeve L. H. Sibbick of Blenheim. The resolution carried. It was further added that the resolution be forwarded to other counties, the Minister of High­ ways and to the resolutions com­ mittee of the Ontario Good Roads Association. | Speaking to his resolution, Mr. Corp noted that such small cen­ tres as Tavistock and Embro do not receive any subsidy such as is received by the townships. Speaking in support of the reso- ' lution. Reeve Harold A. Bishop of I Norwich said that the upkeep of roads, particularly main roads' through small centres, is one of the most difficult problems. County Road Superintendent J. N. Meathrell explained the reason why the population was set at 2,- 500 or less. LOTS OF TRAFFIC j Warden J. W. Nichols noted । that the department collects a great deal from the tax on gaso­ line and in license fees. A lot of ; traffic goes through these small. towns and villages,” he said. According to the report of the suburban roads commission, pre­ sented by Chairman J. W. Innes, I Woodstock’s share in the cost for ■ i 1946 will be §500. The report stated that the com­ mission would requisition, from the city of Woodstock the sum , of §500 as their net share of the : cost of the work on suburban roads for the year 1946. With the total estimate placed • at $3,075.88 for suburban roads, Woodstock’s share was set at 25 : per cent., or §768.97, minus a । credit of $268.97, leaving a bal­ ance of $500. Snow removal, brush and weed control and patching and inain- KI VETS tenancc would cost an estimated $450 on road 12. Similar work on road 30 was estimated at $225 with an additional $2,240.88 added for grading and surfacing. Over­ head was estimated at $160. The county council adjourned about 10.30 a.m. to allow the property and agriculture commit­ tees to meet,, "When John had this one taken the sun uas shining through the Venetian blinds." HVNXtXt; »»■' THIS ADVERTISEMENT SPONSORED BY:BULLS BETTER FED THAN BOYS ' TAVISTOCK WOMAN DECLARES ways looked in worse shape than the animal. Of the children tested for tuber­ culosis, the speaker warned. 18.3 per cent, had positive showings. “I wonder what would happen if this were a herd of prize Herefords?” Mrs. Hansuld asked. "There is a serious need for a nation-wide wakening of the public mind regarding venereal disease. Junior boards of trade, women's institutes and the like could get be­ hind this move to enlighten on public health,” Mrs. Hansuld de­ clared. It is no longer a moral issue, the speaker thought, but one for nation­ wide action through public health education. “To our everlasting disgrace,” concluded the speaker, "Canada has been put to shame by the leads oi I other countries.” Special to The Star Chatham, Jan. 18—Mrs. Edmund Hansuld, Tavistock, self-styled "am­ bassador of health,” at a meeting ! discussing public health units, held in Harrison hall yesterday, charg­ ed ‘‘lads in the show ring leading a prize bull were invariably not so well cared for as the animal.” Quoting Emerson to emphasize i her point, Mrs. Hansuld. who is an executive member of the Ontario 1 Board of Women’s Institutes, stated: “First wealth is health. We do some funny things after wars. We do things with atoms and we lose sight of the individual. Why, only last month thousands of dollars were j paid for a Hereford bull. That’s a lol of money for an animal." She stated in many show rings where a youngster was leading some prize animal guaranteed tu­ berculosis free, the youngster al­ COUNTY SANITARY INSPECTOR—J. L. Griffith, re­ cently appointed county sanitary inspector under the newly formed Oxford County Health Unit, this morning gave his first report to county council, outlining the duties which will fall within his jurisdiction. City and County Health Boards to Confer on Joint Health Unit Plan Woodstock Council Has Already Given Its Ap­ proval to Such a Move — TEST HORSE RADISH Sitting on the desk of Oxford county’s new sanitary inspector, “Joe” Griffiths, was a small bottle of horse radish. "What are you going to do with that?” the S.-R. reporter enquired. "That,” Joe, replied, "is going to Toronto to be tested.” He said that this partic­ ular product is manufactured under somewhat unsanitary con­ ditions and he has ordered the place cleaned up. T. B. SKIN TESTS Fifteen students of the Nor- I wich High school eight boys and seven girls, gave positive reaction to the T.B. skin test which was given in December. Arrangements ate now being made for them to undergo X-ray examination in Woodstock the middle of this month. i Plan Mental Health Clinics Covering All Parts Oxford Mental health clinics covering all parts of Oxford county are to be established ''immeditately,” it was reported at a recent board meeting of the Children’s Aid So­ ciety. Recently the society made a request to the provincial Depart­ ment of Health that the clinics' be re-established, and the favor­ able reply was received promptly from the Deputy Minister of Health. The letter, read last night, stat­ ed that Oxford would have men­ tal health clinics under the super­ vision of the county health unit, and that a psychiatrist and staff would be made available “at once.” _ ___ — I RESUME CLINICS , Mental health clinics which have । not been held here during the war years, are now to be resumed and the first one on the new post-war schedule will be held at Woodstock General Hospital on Mdrch 14, it , was announced today by Dr. O. C. Powers, county M.O.H. The clin­ ics will be held under direction of the Oxford county health unit, of which Dr. Powers is the medical ■ officer. “W /jy don't you be sociable and go home!' THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1945 i DISCUSSING THE COUNTY’S HEALTH—Members of the new Oxford county health i board, at a meeting last Tuesday in the county courthouse, carried on with plans for j the new health unit. They discussed, among other things, the X-raying of high । school and continuation school pupils who react positively to T.B. skin tests. Serving on the new board, from left to right, are: Standing—L. K. Coles, secretary treasurer; Reeve John Ryder, S. Norwich; Reeve A. G. Parsons, Tillsonburg; Reeve Harold A. Bishop, Norwich provincial representative.Seated—Dep. Reeve W. A. Cockburn, Blen­ heim; Reeve Carman Facey, East Zorra; Miss Margaret Grieves, nursing supervisor; ,1 Dr. 0. C. Powers, new M.O.H. for the county. i_______________________________________________ /i hell of a host you. are! County Considering City Request to Enter Health Unit The Oxford county health unit met the members of the Wood- stock board of health yesterday afternoon in the offices ot the former in the courthouse and heard a request from the city health lioard that they bo taken into the county unit, which would serve the city and county"as one health unit. The chairman of the county unit. Carman Facey, reeve ol East Zorra, presided over the meeting ano the city board was headed by Aid. Don Thomson, chairman, and all the members were present. Chairman Thomson presented the request that the city be taken into the county unit and after the matter was generally discussed, the county board decided that the • request, would be carefully con- * sidered and a decision announced * at a later date. 7, Mr. Thomson, in outlining the ’ request of the city, explained that the city board was heartily in fav­ or of joining with the county and that the approval of the city coun­ cil had already been obtained. He outlined the proposal of Dr. Strothers of the Provincial Depart­ ment of Health before the city council recently and assured the county board that the city would stand its share of the cost. He explained that the object uL the ■ city board in seeking to be taken in was to obtain a more thorough and efficient health sendee than the city had at present. Dr. Stroth- " era he stated, had estimated the cost to the city as approximately ,$14,850. of which there would be ' a refund from the province of ■. one-third, making the total cost - about 89,900 per year. The city ; health board now budgets for 8”,- 900 per year, so for the additional £2.000 or so, a much better health * service could be provided. The set-up would consist of a full time M.O.H. who hag already '' been appointed by the county, in the person of Dr. 0. C. Powers who has already taken up his du­ ties for the county; a full-time as- -/ sistant nine nurses, three sanitary inspectors and two office clerks. The city board of health would cease to exist and two mem­ bers of the city council would be appointed members of the combm- ■ - ed health board,— VOICES APPROVAL the I the for the one ef- Dr. C. M. Mackay, M.O.H. of " citv, spoke in approval of proposition and stated that many years he had thought • city and county should have joint health unit for a more ficient service. Ho said one of the „ advantages would be in haying a full time M.O.H. (Dr. Mackay w only a part time official for the 'iity). Another advantage, he said, Would be In staff of three sanitary inspectors, all qualified for their y?ork, which would give a thorough inspection settee. Mayor Burston asked about tne present nursing staff of the coun­ ty and was informed that there Under 63 breeding flocks in the coun- the entWed set-up this number ty all had been blood tested for would be increased to nine, taking standard pullorum and the 'X in the two city nurses, Mrs. S. variant type of pullorum dis- Werhose and Mrs. W. M. Rey- ease. At the time th^list was Oxford County Has Clean Bill for Poultry Health Oxford county with the larg­ est number of poultry breeding station flocks of any county in Ontario also stands out as the only county in the province with a clean bill o£. poultry health in its breeding flocks, it was leam- to today. A list, compiled in February of this year, recently received at the Department of Agriculture office here, indicates that of the compiled two farms in Oxford showed a percentage of stan­ dard pullorum in their flocks. One flock with .43 per cent., the other with .94 per cent. In the latter part of Febru­ ary, after the list was compiled, these two flocks were retested and were given a clean bill of health showing no pullorum present. The test covered every bird in every flock of the 63 breeding station flocks in the county. A total of 18,537 birds were ex­ amined in the original tests last year. _________ ^Chairman Thomson of the city opinion that all the county board could do was to make a recom­ mendation to next year’s county council, for approval or rejection of the proposal. H. A. Bishop, reeve of Norwich, * and the provincial representative on the county unit, stated that m his opinion, the county board itself could approve or reject the proposal, independently of county council. Chairman Hhomson of the city board urged an early answer, as the estimates of the city board would be made up in January and if the city was going to unite with the county in this matter, the larger appropriation would have to be provided for in the estim­ ates. County health authorities are trying to get their teeth into the problem of dental clinics for Oxford public schools. “I hope it’s blood,” said the shovel runner when he felt some­ thing wet running down his leg after a fall on the ice with a bottle ‘‘Henry, you had more than one malted milk!'" of Scotch in his hip pocket. Advantages of Larger High School Areas Outlined to County Council The advantages of the proposed larger high school areas in the province of Ontario were outlined to the county council and a large gathering of interested school board members from all parts of the county by Gordon Duffin of the Ontario Department of Edu­ cation at yesterday's afternoon session. Mr. Duffin explained in detail the new plan for larger and bet­ ter high school areas in this | county and the province. In lar- I ger high school areas, as Mr. Duf- ! fin explained it, both rural and I urban districts would benefit. WIDER CURRICULUM The speaker explained how in the higher larger high school areas a more comprehensive course of studies could be arrang­ ed with such practical subjects as home economics, shop work and agriculture being included in the curriculum. He advocated that high schools in the larger areas should have an attendance of not less than 200 pupils. “We have some smaller high school districts now but they, are too small to be efficient,” he noted, adding that a small school can do as good a job in academic work as the larger schools, but would perhaps, forego the practical courses as they would be too ex­ pensive. “These composite schools should all have a commercial j course, for we all need some bus- I iness training.'’ he stated. “The aim of the plan is to have districts formed with a pop­ ulation of 10,000 and an assess­ ment of $10,000,000, or at the very least a population of 5,000 and an assessment of $5,000,000," the speaker said. He noted that the average attendance at town and city high schools is about three or four per cent. NEED AT LEAST 200 “With a population of about 5,- 000 you would have an average attendance of 200. The depart­ ment feels that with an attend­ ance under 200, all the courses cannot be offered. You need at least 200 for a composite school course,” he stated. “If the aver­ age attendance was 50 to 60 and they were educated at the same cost as the city of Toronto, it would cost about $200 per pupil,” he said. The speaker noted that in some small centres, where they have a low assessment rate, the school cannot supply the courses desir­ ed by the rural residents. “There is a ceiling on the government grants and the province only puts up $200 pei' pupil; the rest, is levied on the people,” he said. The present set-up, he felt, was unfair to both the rural and urban communities. “With the schools properly placed in larger areas, they would both get. a much bet­ ter type of education,” he ob- served, “The farming communities in a county, with their larger assess­ ments, have less to say and more i to pay under the present plan,” .1 he said. Under the new plan, if there was only one municipality in the school district, the council would appoint three members. If there were two municipalities, councils would appoint two mem­ bers each. If there were more than two, the councils would ap­ point one member each, the public school board of the town one, the separate school board one, and the county one. At the conclusion of his ad­ dress, members of the council and visitors questioned him on many points. He dealt with many phases of the larger area plan, including transportation, financing and the manner in which it is set up. In this regard he noted that a con­ clusive committee of three is us­ ually appointed, along with the public school inspector, who make a survey and report to the county council. There are quite a number of committees working in the province now and there have been six new ones formed since Janu­ ary, he said. At the conclusion of his adr dress he was thanked by War­ den J. W. Nichols. Council was then adjourned to allow the com­ mittees to meet. COUNTY MEETING The organizational meeting of the Oxford County Advisory Commis­ sion on High School Areas was held this, afternoon in the court­ house. In attendance at the meeting was Gordon Duffin of the Ontario Department of Education. Don't Educate Oxford Boys Away from Farm There was a golden nugget of thought in the address on rural education for Ox­ ford County which was delivered before the Woodstock Lions Club by Gordon Duffin of the Ontario Department of Education. Says the report of the meeting: "He desired to see a keen interest developd among, rural boys for agriculture in order that in the years to come, it might lead to a more pros­ perous rural district for a better Ontario and a better Canada.” / And then: “Speaking of the value of an agricultural course, Mr. Duffin added: “We feel that in many cases, the academic school has been educating the boys away from the farm.” In such a rich agricultural county as Oxford, the foregoing ideas are sure to com­ mand the best thought of farmers, members of township councils and of the county coun­ cil. Specifically, the speaker felt that what the county needed was a larger high school district,- spreading the cost and providing better educational facilities. He urged a “composite” school, which would supply the requisite academic courses, and in addition, practical courses in shop work, home eco­ nomics, business and agriculture. Students of this problem are glad that there is a rising tide of appreciation of the special educational facilities which the boys and girls of Oxford County, and of all rural sections, must enjoy. Certainly it is folly in a county like Oxford, to educate boys away from the farm. “Father, if you would Ju»t come to me and oak me!" Dereham Township Reeve Appointed Oxford County Education CH— Reeve LeRoy Curt is of Dereham . township was elected chairman of the consultative committee oi Oxford County Council on Second­ ary Education al; the commit tee s organizational meeting held in . the county council chamber on Monday afternoon.EQUALIZE OPPORTUNITIES The commitlee, composed of three representatives appointed by the countv council, the two public school inspectors for the county, the county clerk and a represen­ tative of the Department of Edu­ cation for Ontario, was set. up io consider the possibilities of lar­ ger high school areas and equal­ izing the opportunities for better] । secondary school education tor au : children in the county. . Reeve H. A. Bishop, Nowicn. and Deputy Reeve W. A. Cock- burn, Blenheim, were appointed by the county council, with Reeve Curtis, as members of the com­ mittee. G. M. Mather and L. B. Hvde public school inspectors for north and south Oxford respect­ ively, Gordon Duffin of the On­ tario Department, of Education, and the county clerk, L. K. Coles, form the committee. DISCUSS PROBLEMS Various problems of setting up larger high school areas within the county were discussed with Mr. Duffin. Mr. Mather and Mr. Hyde, who were to act as secre­ tary and assistant secretary to the committee, were instructed to prepare statistics on school at­ tendance within the county as a first step in the program. The inspectors hope to complete tins task in about a month's time when the committee will again meet at the call of 1he chairman to plan ! further action. Chairman Brands Rumors as Lies Education Body Ready to Co-operate Chairman A. C. Whaley of the board of education last night branded as ■‘untruthful” current statements in circulation to the effect that Woodstock board of education has no desire to co-oper­ ate with the move for larger area secondary school administration in the county. . ‘In a statement following the 'meeting, he said, "It has come to imv attention that certain state- i ments are going around the county to the effect that this board did , not wish to co-operate. I think I I'm speaking for the board when I I ksv that there is no truth to this I statement. The board is willing I ’to consider any arrangements I carefully and are willing to co- operate with the county. It’s a very important matter. Woodstock has always had a very high educational standard. There is a feeling among some of us that the scope of secondary education should be extended so that stud­ ents going into various walks of life would be more adequately pre­ pared,” he said. Tavistock Man is Named President, Crop Improvement Ed Hansuld, Tavistock, was elected president of the Oxford County Crop Improvement Asso- , ciation at the annual meeting held; in the Department of Agriculture office. The association decided to again hold its annual seed fair and field crop convention in Woodstock. The dates suggested were Febru­ ary 28 and March 1; these were left tentative for final decision by I the executive in preparing the { program for the fair. It was decided to follow last' year's program and hold a conser­ vation banquet with speakers on the subject of reforestation and soil conservation. Wilfred Cock­ burn assured the association ofi the co-operation of the county council in this regard. Children’s Shelter Not to Be Used; Cost Too Great Decision not to use the former • Children’s Shelter building on Park Row was made yesterday after­ noon at a special meeting in the county clerk’s office to consider the hospitalization and care of in­ curable, indigent patients. The meeting was attended by Warden J. Winston Nichols, Reeve W. Corp, Tavistock and Reeve Car­ men Facey, East Zorra, represent­ ing the county council; Mayor Q Burs ton and City Treasurer James D. HUI of Woodstock; Mayor C. Riley and Councillor A. Horton of Ingersoll and County Clerk L. K. Coles. PREVIOUS MEETING During May, 1945, a special meeting of similar character was held and at that time a suggestion was put forth to consider use of the Children’s Shelter building, n-esently a military hospital, for m institution to provide for care >f indigent patients not requiring ictual hospital care yet in need )f attention for their ailments. The committee meeting again yesterday considered the cost of operation of such an institution in the suggested building to be too great. A recommendation was made in favor of establishing a hospital at the county home. This recom- Imendation was referred to the I County Home committee of the Oxford County Council. Children’s Shelter Future Considered At Board Meeting Future of Pinecrest Home, for­ mer children’s shelter, was discuss­ ed yesterday at a meeting of the Children’s Aid Society board. The building and property are now being used as a military hospital. It is expected the military hospi­ tal will soon be closed with the cessation of operation of S-5 C.D. & M.S.. Committees of the board are considering the future of the building. R. G. Clowes, superintendent of the Children’s Aid Society stated this morning it is expected the building and property will eventu­ ally be disposed of.” Other rout­ tine business, and passing of ac­ counts came before the board meeting yesterday. %%% HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR CITY? — This sturdy figure, with the jaunty cap and bristling mous­ tache, is a promin ent feature of the city.. Can you place him? Oxford Field Crops for 1945 Worth $6,354,390 98 BOUNTIES Bounties of $4 have been paid for 98 fox pelts which have been taken to the office of the county clerk, L. K. Coles, for the month of January of this year. Number of fox shot or trapped in the town­ ships is as follows. Blandford, 6; Blenheim, 33; Dereham, 7; East Missouri, 12; North Norwich, 2; South Norwich, 3. East Norwich, 5; North Oxford, 2; West Oxford, 5: East Zona, 6; and West Zorra, 17. TO TORONTO Practically the entire council expected to attend the Association of Rural Municipalities meeting on Monday and Tuesday, February 25 and 26, as well as the Good Roads convention on Tuesday and Wednesday, February 26 an<5 27, it was announced today. Both is meetings are to be held in Toronto. TO ATTEND PARLEY John Metherall, county road superintendent, will attend an engineer's conference sponsored by the highways department, which is to be held in the Parliament Buildings, Toronto on Monday Feb. ruary 25. FACE LIFTING The county clerk’s offices in the county court house are getting a face lifting while county officials are away attending the good load convention in Toronto, workmen have been busy the last two days remodelling the clerk’s offices. Considerable work has been done recently, by the property commit­ tee, on the court house. Oxford County Finished j ’45 With $1,911 Balance Oxford county wound up the year 1945 with a surplus of $1.- 911.67 according to the annual report of the county auditors present­ ed to county council yesterday. A comparison of the estimates, actual revenue and expenditures reveals that while some of the estimates were exceeded, the county on the whole finished out of the red. . . Of an estimated $17,500 for the administration of justice and county buildings, actual expenditure totalled $21,397.58, leaving a de­ ficit of $3,897.58. The following table is a comparison of estimates, actual, rev- enues and expenditures for the year 1945: Purpose Estimated Administration of justice and county buildings . 17,500.00 Agriculture and fox bounty ............... Charity and welfare .... Registry office ............... Education ........................ General administration ,. Miscellaneous ................. School nursing and health unit ... Reforestation 12,000.00 3,500.00 Totals Actual Expenditures $ 21,397.58 Surplus . 3,300.00 35,400.00 300.00 500.00 13,800.00 1,200.00 5,206.38 34.539.31 1,799.50 255.93 13.607.77 924.09 1,906.38 860.69 1,499.50 241.07 192,23 275.91 $ 87,500.00 Less miscellaneous receipts..? 1,000.00 Totals ....... Patriotic purposes $ 86,500.00 $ 29,084.15 Post-war reserve fund .... 29,084.15 County roads ............... Debentures ........................ Vocational secondary edu­ cation ................... Academic secondary edu­ cation .................. Totals .. County rates Surplus .. 9,111.39 4,767.41 2,888.61 1,267.41 55,000.00 2,341.85 5,146.42 55,271.32 $262,427.89 $262,427.89 $ 91.ou9.36 $ 2,072,75 $ 89.536.61 $ 26,100.00 29.000.00 53^120.02 2,341.85 5,146.42 55,271.32 $260,516.22 $262,427.89 nit J $ 1,072.75. —$ 3,036.61 $ 2,984.15 84.15 1,879.98 nil nil nil 8 1,911.67 5 1,911.67 ■ Oxford County Out To Repeat Success In School Contest “Boy, it^ great to be home!" No entries have been recer as yet for the 1946 Forestry Cc petition for Ontario schools, M. Mather, county public school inspector stated this morning. In view of the success of the compe­ tition in .Oxford last year, Mr. Mather expected that a number of entries from rural schools would be received before March 1, the closing date. DECISION ANNOUNCED The decision to hold the com­ petition again this year was an­ nounced by the Ontario Horticul­ tural Association through its sec­ retary, John A. Carroll, of the Ontario Department of Agricul­ ture. Last year with some 20 entries from Oxford, the county took fir?.? second and third places in a dis­ trict covering south-western On­ tario and third place in the pro­ vincial competition. Washington school, S.S. No. 7, Blenheim, took first prize in the district and third prize in provincial competition. Richwood school, S.S. No. il4, Blenheim, and the Carter school, S. S. No. 3, Blandford, were awarded second and third place, respectively, in the district or zone competition. EIGHTY SCHOOLS In 1945 some eighty schools took part in the provincial com­ petition, which requires the plant­ ing of a reforestation plot of not less than half an aero in size, as near as possible to the school property. The regulations are almost the same as last year, with some slight changes. Judging will be on the basis of 50 points for the plan­ tation, 20 points for collections of leaves and 30 points for a forestry quiz competition in which teams of five students will take part. This year greater emphasis will be laid on having the forestry plot adjacent to the school grounds. OXFORD ZONE For the purpose of the compe­ tition, the .province has again be n divided into six zones. Oxford county is in zone IB, along with ' East Elgin, Middlesex, Perth and Norfolk. In each zone there will be $50 in prize money, donated jointly by J. E. Carter of Guelph and the Ontario Conservation and Refores­ tation Association. The winning plot in each zone will then^be- ‘ come a competition for the pro- ( vincial award, in which $100 in prize money has been donated by J. E. Carter. The regulations require that entries be made to the school inspector in each county or area not later than March 1 of 1946. The judging will be done as soon as possible after October 1 and the entries of the first prize schools in each zone for the provincial competition must be in the hands of J, A. Carrol! not later than Oct. 15. Official Move By City toObtain Use of Court House A committee of five, Aidermen D. A. Thomson, W. S. Cracknell. W. A. McLeod, R. H. Marshall and Mayor Charles Burston was ap­ pointed at last night's finance com­ mittee meeting to meet with the property committee of the county seeking permission to use the counts court house for the city po­ lice court and to secure rooms (or Woodstock's homeless "baby clinic.” INTRODUCES QUESTION .Aiderman Thomson introduced the matter last night when he told the meeting that he had asked for a room in the court house for the "Baby Clinic” but as yet had re­ ceived no reply. “Surely with all the rooms in the court house we could have 1 he use of one. I can’t understand their attitude." he commented. City Treasurer J. D. Hill was asked to read the portion of the agreement, between the city and the county, allowing the city use of the county buildings free of rent. PAYS GOOD SHARE “The city pays a good share towards the upkeep of the county buildings, why shouldn't we be al­ lowed to use them?” Aiderman F. W. Milburn wanted to know. "The use of the court room is what we want particularly now. Shouldn’t we have a priority on any vacant rooms?" Aiderman Mc­ Leod asked. ) Mayor Burston also noted that j there were many complaints about the atmosphere in the city court ■ room when it was crowded. “The magistrate is complaining. It is a ' terribly small place when it is । full. It gets pretty stuffy," he said. Aidermen Wilson Milburn and W. A. McLeod couldn't see why i the city could not use the county I court room. “I don’t see why we can’t use the county courthouse. We pay a lot towards its upkeep," Aiderman Milbum stated. The mayor replied: “The coun­ ty council won” let us use it and we have an agreement with them to pay so much.” Mr. Milburn felt that the five-year agreement with the county -would soon be up and that the city did not have to re- | new it. >,8^ -2 CIVS Advocates Use of County Building For Sessions of City Police Court w. A. McLeod, chairman of the place every Monday aftemoon advocated the »ur everycourt house court held every Monday. Aiderman McLeod pointed out that the city paid over $3,000 to the county for the administration of justice' last year and that the cost is increasing every year. WITHOUT COST He also pointed out that the city has every right to use county buildings without cost under an agreement between the city and the county• “There is no necessity, at the present time, for the city to ex­ pend any large sum on improved accommodations for the city court when there is so much available space in the county court house, he stated this morning noting that under present conditions such an expense would be folly. For some time now there has been considerable agitation lor larger city police court accommo­ dation. Every Monday for the past two or three months in the city police court the standing room only sign has been hung up and people have been literally hanging from the rafters. CLOSE ATMOSPHERE I Former magistrate L. M. Ball, I when he was leaving, noted the “deplorable" conditions existin" and strongly urged that larger quarters be allotted for the city police court. The present magis­ trate R. G. Groom, has often re­ marked on the “close atmosphere of the city police court on crowd- e^The Spolice commission for some time now has been urging larger quarters and better cell accommo­ dations al police headquarters and it is believed that this is one of the recommendations embodied in the annual police report. Mr. McLeod noted today that the county police court is held every Wednesday afternoon in the county council chambers and could see no reason why the city ponce court could not be held in the same Monday and there is no need for the citizens of Woodstock, when they pay in so much to the county vbr’the administration of justice, to put up with the crowded, un­ heal ihy atmosphere In the city court housed in the market build- ing,” he stated. “Oh. it’s easy keeping a duiry _often I can just use ditto marks” Complications For City Police Court of council’sAid. McLeod, chairman finance committee, is quite right in saying that there is “lots of space” in the county court house for the holding of sessions of the city police court. The county police court is held in the court house. It uses, at times, the county council chamber, the small­ er room of the juvenile court, and occasion­ ally, the larger space in the Supreme Court room on the second floor. The question ot installing the city police court in the county building is a matter for conference between the city and county councils. Certainly the county court house would provide a more dignified setting for the administration ot justice. If the city police court were to be con­ ducted in the county building, the vacated ? space at the city police headquarters could be used for additional and better cell room and also for larger quarters for members of the staff. This plan might be satisfactory until the city police could get the building now occupied by the public utilities commis­ sion, or other quarters. The utilities build­ ing will not be vacated, however, until the commission finishes its new building on Graham street. Heretofore, there has been some objec­ tion to the moving of the city police court away from its present location. As it is now, members of the city police force are readily available as witnesses. They may appear in court and yet be at hand to answer police calls, some of which may be emergen­ cy calls. It happens, now and then, that all police at the police office are required in court. If such a situation arose when the court was being held in the county court house, there would be some time lost in es­ tablishing contact between the city police office and the police in I he county court house. No doubt, the police chief and the police commission are considering all these factors and will make suitable recommendations to council. __ Ontario Association Rural Municipalities CONVENTION TORONTO “You really do like canoeing, don't you, bailor?" PROGRAMME T JI E IN THE CARLS-RITE HOTEL Monday Feb. 25th and Tuesday Feb. 26th JAS. N. CORRY, President W. S. MILMINE, Sec.-Treas. WHILLIER AND CO . 13B-14Z DANFORTH AVE. TORONTO ATTEND CONVENTION Many county officials are away at present attending the good roeds convention in Toronto. County Clerk, L. K. Coles, Warden J. Win. sion Nichols and the county road superintendent, J. N. Meathrell, are attending the convention. “I caught my husband neck­ ing !” “Yeah, that’s how I caught mine, too.” Ontario Association of Rural Municipalities Programme MONDAY 9.30 AM. 10.00 A.M. MORNING — FEBRUARY 25th, 1M6 Registration of Delegates. Appointment of Nominating Commit­ tee. Report of Resolution Committee and discussion. TUESDAY MORNING - FEBRUARY 26th, 1046 9.30 A.M.Registration of Delegates. 10.00 A.M.Presentation cushion. of Resolutions and dla- 10.45 A.M. 11.00 A.M. 11.30 A.M. President Jas. N. Corry - Address. Address - Assessment Education by H. G- Mogg, Assessment Advisor of Wentworth County. Address by Hon. H. Dunbar, Minister of Municipal Affairs. Reply by H. E. Kilman, Reeve of Township of Pel­ ham. 11.00 A.M.New Matter,and Question Box. A. J. B. Gray, Deputy Minister of Munici­ pal Affairs, will address the Conven­ tion and answer questions written on Association’s forms. 12.15 Adjournment. MONDAY AFTERNOON - FEBRUARY 25th, 1946 2.00 P.M. 2.15 P.M. 3.15 P.M. 4.00 P.M. Address of Welcome by His Worship Mayor R. H. Saunders. Reply by Or­ lando Foster, Reeve of Township of Tilbury west. Address by Honorable George A. Drew, Prime Minister of Ontario. Re­ ply by Dr. J. H. Monroe, Reeve of Village of Maxville. Address - “Public Health Service" by Dr. R. G. Struthers, Provincial De­ partment of Health. Presentation of Resolutions and Dis­ cussions. 11.30 A.M. TUESDAY 2.00 P.M. 3.00 P.M. 4.00 P.M. 4.15 P.M. 5.30 P.M.Adjournment. Address - "The Future of Municipal Government" by K. Grant Crawford, Director of Institute of Local Govern­ ment of Queen’s University, Kingston. AFTERNOON - FEBRUARY 26, 1946 Hon. Russel] T. Kelly, newly appoint­ ed Provincial Minister of Health will give an interesting address - “Health Programme for Ontario”. Presentation and discussion of Resolu­ tions. Auditor's Report. Report of Nominating Committee. Election of Directors and Officers. Unfinished business. Adjournment. “You really do like canoeing, don't you, /tailor?" ATTEND CONVENTION Many county’ officials are away at present attending the good rosds convention in Toronto. County Clerk. L. K. Coles, Warden J. Win. ston Nichols and the county road superintendent, J. N. Meathrell, are attending the convention. “I caught my husband neck­ ing!” “Yeah, that’s how I caught mine, too.” 10:30 Tuesday Mornins registration appointment of committees nominating resolutions The President's Address Mr. W. H. Keith LUNCHEON, 12:15 P.M. Wardens of all Counties Chairman—Mr. J. G. Cameron 2:30 Tuesday Afternoon “You really da like canoeing, don't you, sailor?" Address of Welcome His Worship Mayor Robert H. Saunders, of Toronto Reply on Behalf of the Association Mr. Richard Elliott, Bruce County Address Honourable T. L. Kennedy, Minister of Agriculture, Ontario Address Honourable Geo. H. Doucett, Minister of Highways, Ontario Presentation of Life Memberships to Past Presidents and Others OPEN FORUM Introduction of any subject not on the Programme. ATTEND CONVENTION Many county officials are away at present attending the good roads convention in Toronto. County Clerk. L. K. Coles, Warden J. Win. [ Bion Nichols and the county road superintendent, J. N. Meathrell, j are attending the convention. | “I caught my husband neck­ ing!” “Yeah, that’s how I caught mine, too,” 10:00 Wednesday Morning 7:00 Wednesday Evening Chairman—Mr. W. J. Moore ANNUAL BANQUET Royal York Hotel 2:00 Wednesday Afternoon IN MEMORIAM RESOLUTION PERIOD, 11-12 Mr. J. G. Cameron, Chairman J. A. SANDERSON President, 1914 Died Nov. 9th. 1945 Address Mr. J. D. Millar, Deputy Minister of Highways, Ontario Special Entertainment Under the direction of Stanley St. John. Address Good Roads and the Tourist Industry” Honourable G. Arthur Welsh Address “Royal Canadian Engineers Overseas” Mr. D. H. Storms, C.B.E., M.C., General Manager, Housing Enterprises of Canada Limited J. W. HAGGERTY President. 1940 Died Oct. 11th, 1945 Procure your tickets early at Registration Booth. Price $1.75 Guest Speaker MR. GORDON GRAYDON, M.P.. Peel “You really da like canoeing, don't you, tailor?*' Chairman—Mr. W. S. McKay Address “County and Township Roads” Mr. J. N. Allan, Reeve of Dunnville Mr. G. R. Marston, Norfolk County Engineer Mr. D. A. Gorrie, District Municipal Engineer, D.H.O., New Liskeard OPEN FORUM Receiving Reports Discussions ELECTION OF OFFICERS ATTEND CONVENTION Many county officials ait?, away at present attending the good rosds convention in Toronto. County Clerk. L. K. Coles, Warden J. Win. 6ton Nichols and the county road superintendent, J. N. Meathrell, are attending the convention. I caught my husband neck­ ing!” “Yeah, that’s how I caught mine, too.”1 1894. 1910. 1911^....... 1912............ 1913............ 191-1............ 1915........... 1916.........- 1917........... 1918........... 1919........... 1920........... 1921—........ 1922.........- 1923........... 192'............ 1925........... 1926-------- 1927.......... 1928.......... 1929........... 1930—........ 1931-------- 1932........... 1933.......... 1934........- 1935....—• 1936.......... 1937.......... 1938.......... 1939- 1940- 1941- 1942- 1943- 1944......... PAST PRESIDENTS .....,...............................Andrew Pattullo * * * ...........................W. H. Pugsley, York .................Major T. L. Kennedy, Pee) ..................Major.T. L. Kennedy, Pee) ........................N. Vermilyea, Hastings .....................J, A. Sanderson, Grenville .............................S. L. Squire, Norfolk .............................S. L. Squire, Norfolk ...........C. R. Wheelock, C.E., Dufferin ...........C. R. Wheelock, C.E., Dufferin .............................K. W. McKay, Elgin .Capt. Lucius E. Allen, C.E., Hastings ..................T. J. Mahony, Wentworth .W. H. Brown, Bruce .........................John..Currie, Middlesex ........................Hon...G. S. Henry, York ...R. J. Hannah, Lennox and Addington ...........J. E. Jamieson, M.P.P., Simcoe ....F. A. Senecal, Prescott and Russell ........................W. H. Nugent, Hastings ............................Robt. Johnson, Huron ...................James Beattie, Wellington ...........................John O’Reilly, Victoria ................Hon..F. G. McDairmid, Elgin .........................Howard Craig, Carleton ...............J. T. Sproule, M.P., Lambton .................. J...Sibbitt, Frontenac ..Lt.-Col. E. A. Adams, Prince Edward ...........................Wm. Colby, C.E., Kent ..........J. G. Cameron, C.E., Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry ..............._....F. L. Weldon, Victoria ......................J. W. Haggerty, Hastings James Henderson, Dufferin ....................George H. Doucett, Lanark ........................Guy..R. Marston, Norfolk ......................„„J...N. Allan, Haldimand “You really do like canoeing, don't yon, .sailor?" ATTEND CONVENTION Many county officials are away l nt present attending the good roads . convention in Toronto. County, Clerk. L. K. Coles, Warden J. Win.1 ston Nichols and the county road superintendent, J. N. Meathrell, are attending the convention. [ “I caught my husband neck­ ing!” “Yeah, that’s how I caught mine, too.” Elect Reeve Director of Roads Group Reeve L. H, Sibbick of Blenheim township, duihman of the road council was elected a di­ rector of the Ontario Good Roads Association at. its conven­ tion in Toronto yesterday. W. S. McKay of North Elgin was elected president of the asso­ ciation while vice-presidents are W. J. Moore, Renfrew county and D. J. Emery, Waterloo county. OTHER DIRECTORS Other directors elected are: John Millen, Essex; Richard Elliot, Bruce; W. C, Nickerson, Lincoln; V. Evans, Tisdale township, and Harold Cleave, Prince Edward county. Col. Arthur Welsh, minister without portfolio in the Ontario Government and minister desig-1 nate of the new Ontario tourist i department predicted to the con-| vention that in five years the tour­ ist business would be Ontario’s number one industry. He told the delegates that 20,- 000,000 United States residents are expected to visit Canada this year and 14,000,000 of them will probably visit Ontario. TOURIST ACCOMMODATION Delegates on their return to their home communities should consider whether their districts supplied suitable tourist accommo­ dation, he said- “Look at your restaurants. Is the food good or served in a slov­ enly manner? Are the washrooms clean? Personally, I am not satis­ fied with the accommodations we are providing in Ontario,” Col. Welsh stated. “Tourists are coming anyway, but are we going to set our house in order so that they will come back in the following years,” the speaker asked. Four-Legged Wolves Staying Away from County Warden Says Wolves, four-legged and fur bearing, have mt le no appearance in Oxford so far this winter, Ed. Meadows, county game warden told the Sentinel-Review today. “I guess we’ve lots of the two- legged species, but none with four legs,” he joked. The last known appearance of wolves in the county was last fall in Dereham township, when one was seen. Before that two were reported above Drumbo. They were never caught. "They would be brush wolves” the game warden believed, "not timber wolves, thank goodness." The Department of Game and Fisheries pays a bounty of $25 on both varieties of wolf pelts, he said. WOULD BE ALBINO Told of a white wolf being seen on a farm near Wardsville, the game warden became enthusiastic, “That would be an albino,” iie commented. "Gosh, I would like to see one of those.” Asked if he would list the meet­ ing of an albino wolf among his ambitions Mr. Meadows was quite sure he would. "Well, I can’t say that I would,” his interviewer remarked emphat­ ically. "Oh, they won’t attack, they just run from you,” was the not too reassuring reply. Just the same Ed. Meadows is the game warden, we just ask the questions. BACK TO NORMAL County roads and highways are back to normal driving conditions today, it was reported, and all buses are arriving on schedule. Conditions are as yet "rough” throughout the city. HALF LOADS County Road Superintendant John Metherell, reminded owners and drivers of trucks that, accord­ ing to Ontario Department of Highway regulations, only half loads may be carried during March and April, Persons violating the regulation are subject to prosecu- COMMITTEE TO MEET The reforestation committee of the county council will meet in the courthouse on Friday, March 8, at 10 a.m., county clerk Len Coles said today. After the meeting the committee will attend the con­ servation banquet opening the Ox­ ford County Seed Fair at 12.15 in Knox Presbyterian Church. To Discuss East Oxford Land Annex In a brief one-hour session of the city council last night, Aider­ man C. W. Hay ball announced that his postwar and industrial committee would seek a meeting with the East Oxford township council in an effort to annex town­ ship land into the city of Wood- stock. Aldenman Hay ball said this would be t'he first approach to the township council to appropriate land in the east end of the city. He had previously announced that his committee would look over several areas for industrial and residential areas as part of the committee’s zoning and town planning schemes. Discuss Future of Children’s Shelter The possible future of Pinecrest, former Children’s Aid Society shel­ ter for orphaned children which has been used during wartime as a military hospital, came before the board meeting of that society, held on Thursday afternoon. A committee, consisting of the members of both finance and pro­ perty committees was appointed to study the question. The special committee appointed is under the joint chairmanship of Dr. D. J. Murray of Ingersoll, and Harvey Longworth of Woodstock. Members include. C. G. Mitchell, V. Fewster, V. Garneau, C. Mil­ ton, R. G. Clowes, R. Miners and 1 H. Harris. Other routine business was dealt with at the meeting. tion. Provision is made in the Highways Act for the extension of time by the minister if neces­ sary at the end of the period. COMMITTEE TO MEET The equalization committee of ’ the county council will meet in I the courthouse on Thursday after­ noon at 2 o'clock, L. K. Coles, county clerk, said today. Reeve Wilfred Corp. Tavistock, is chair­ man of the committee. Members are reeves V. CuMe, Tillsonburg; Clair Peers, East Oxford, T. Coop- I er, South Norwich .and deputy reeve W. A. Cockburn, Blenheim. CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE The Oxford county consultative committee on larger high school areas is holding its second meeting in the council chamber of the courthouse on Wednesday after­ noon el 2 o'clock. Chairman of the committee is Reeve Leroy Curtis of De: eham. S. D. Rendall, department of education, Toronto, will be jn al tendance at. the meet­ ing, county clerk L, K. Coles stated i today. Secret Red CrossWork Carried Out During War Period Another wartime Red Cross project, carried on in secrecy in the county, has now been reveal­ ed. Throughout the war, the local organization of the Red Cross has had, in reserve, emergency and disaster units available on call in case of the occurence of sabotage where injuries might befall large numbers of people. It was learned today that this service may develop into post­ war "Loan Cupboards” for the sick room in case of epidemics. 25 EMERGENCY UNITS Mrs. E. J. Canfjeld, . hairman of the war work committee throughout the war years, said today that 25 emergency units were held in headquarters in Woodstack, ready for use. The units would provide everything for the care of one patient in the home. Included was practically everything from a clinical ther­ mometer to bedding, towels and basins. The units would comprise "possibly 45 or 50 articles.” Disaster units, which could care for from 50 to 100 injured, depending on the extent of in­ juries, were also maintained in the event that some sabotage ac­ tivity might take place. These were placed in centres where war work was in progress. The disaster units included more medical equipment, such as surgeon’s gown, nurses’ gown, sterilized bandages, and other supplies which might be needed. The' units include practically everything to cope with an emer­ gency, with the exception of sur­ geon’s instruments and other equipment a medical man could carry. MANUFACTURED HERE All articles included in both types of units, outside of medical supplies, were manufactured in the local Red Cross room by vol­ unteer help. It was pointed out today by Mrs. Canfield that the units will be maintained and kept in the court, house in the city. “We do hope in this branch to establish sick-room cupboards too”, Mrs. Canfield added. R. G. Clowes, local chairman of the Red Cross, said today, "We have talked of the advisability of carrying similar set units in case of emergency during peacetime years. These units would be of assistance to families burned out to take care of the situation tem­ porarily.” He added, "We have been for­ tunate in that we never had to use the war units.” He stated that the executive has not decided "what kind of unit to use during peace time.” FOX BOUNTY Bounty was paid on 46 fox pelts during Hie month of February of this year, county clerk L. K. Coles reported this morning. During Jnnuaiy of this year, 98 pelts were taken to his office by hunters and -Y SENTINEL-REVIEW, WOODSTOCK, MONDAY, MARCH 4,Oxford Did Not Get Show But Will Feature Winners Ray Taylor, president of the Oxford County Holstein Breeders predicted today that even though the Black and White Champion­ ship Show for Holsteins in West­ ern Ontario went to Middlesex county this year Oxfoiyi breeders would be well represented in the entries and among the winners. The competition comprising 10 count’es. will be held in the West­ ern Fair Arena next fall, it was announced yesterday at Lambeth by George A. Bogue, secretary of the Middlesex County Holstein Association. Tentative date set is the second week of October. HAD MADE BID It was learned that the Oxford asssociation had put in a bid to have the show held in Woodstock. Mr. Taylor said he was not pre- pare.1 to make a statement on the show going to Middlesex other than that Oxford would make a good showing. The Black and White Cham­ pionship show was held in Inger­ soll for a couple of years. Last year the show went to Perth county and was held in Stratford. At the show last year’ Oxford took the bulk of the prizes. The county Black and White show for Oxford will be held in Norwich again this year as it has been during the war years while the Woodstock Fairgrounds were being used by the Department of National Defence. There was not much assurance that the fair board would be able to carry on the county show in Woodstock this year. Mr. Taylor said, so the competition will be held in Norwich. No tentative date for the county competition has been set, the president stated. “ir/iy didrrt you say something about this 28 days ago?” Oxford Wants Pure Milk and Tested Cattle Anyone who has seen the effects of the drinking of unpasteurized milk will be glad to learn that Oxford County will soon be declared a “restricted area”—where all cattle, pure bred and grade, are regularly tested for bovine tuberculosis. Persons af­ flicted by unpasteurized milk often can only be cured by long and expensive treatments. The case of the thres-year-old Vancouver 1 boy who had to be sent to hospital, because of tuberculosis of the spine, is only one case in point. : The danger is not something to be read I about as affecting people far from here. In the closing two months of last year the Ox- j ford County Health Unit made a T.B. I survey of the county’s Continuation and High Schools. It was discovered 18.36% of I more than 700 students—those in the ’teen age class—showed signs of infection. This percentage is well above the normal of • about 10%. If it were not that something; is going to be done about it, the figure would | be alarming. ‘It is tragic that boys and; girls, in the happy, seemingly carefree years j of their life, should be silently struck by a dread disease. Some of them may require sanatorium treatment; some must rest for' prolonged periods. It is no light matter; no ordinary illness of the young. How did they become infected ? Either by contact with active cases or by drinking raw milk from infected cows. Practically speaking, the root of the evil is the raw milk from infected cows. There are some areas in Oxford County where raw milk may be legally sold for human consumption. The sooner this is stopped the better. The On- j tario Department of Health proposes to bring the whole county under regulations! requiring pasteurization. Pasteurization specifically prevents infection. Farmers,1 owners of cattle, represented by the Oxford Federation of Agriculture, and the county council, are supporting the health depart­ ment. In fact, sentiment in this county was; such that county-wide pasteurization would, have been ordered five years ago, but for the war. Now only a shortage of veterinary in­ spectors delays the matter. Testing of all cattle; pasteurization of all milk; these are vital to the health of city and country in Oxford. Infection is being • fought in Europe and the Far East. No less must it be fought and defeated here at home. Joint BanquetOXFORD CONSERVATION COMMITTEE 75cTICKETS OXFORD CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION GRAIN COMPETITION The inter-township grain com- peution was won by five exhibi­ tors from West Oxford. Each ex­ hibit was to include five lots of crops. The awards were made in the following order: West Oxford, East Zorra, Blandford, East Ox­ ford, Blenheim. Woodstock won first place in the agricultural society class. The other societies placed as follows, Drumbo, Tavistock, Ingersoll. FRIDAY, MARCH 8th, 1946 at 12.15 X AT KNOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH j Woodstock / BLAME SAP RUN Disappointment was expressed on all sides at the attendance at the banquet held in Knox Pres­ byterian church at noon on Fri­ day. Only half of the number pre­ pared for sat down to the bounti­ ful dinner served by the ladies of that church. Here again the syrup run was blamed for the absence of many farmers who were ex­ pected. Considering the first day of the fair, G. R. Green, secretary oi the Oxford Crop Improvement Assoc­ iation, which sponsored the seed fair, stated he was not disheart­ ened by the drop in attendance, particularly at the banquet. He was pleased with the work being accomplished with the fair and with the co-operation received from all sides, particularly from the members of the Oxford Coun­ ty Council and their Warden. J. Winston Nichols. The members of the council attended the banquet in a group and took great interest and gave much assistance to the success of the (air. Mr. Green said. • PROGRAM •Oxford County Seed Fair—and— FIELD CROP CONVENTION FRIDAY, MARCH 8th—BANQUET At Knox Presbyterian Church at 12.15 sliarp. TICKETS 75c. Joint Chairmen: Warden J. Winston Nichols, President Ed. Hansuld. Speakers: Jolin D. McLeod, Secretary Ont. Crop Improvement Assoc., Toronto. Subject: ‘’Suggestions for a County Pro­ gram of Weed Control.” A. H. Richardson, Chief Conservation Engineer, Depart­ ment of Planning Development, Toronto. Subject: “Pro­ gress of Thames Valley Project.” Dr. G. H. Berkeley, Sr. Pathologlst-in-charge, St. Cathar- * Ines. Subject: “Insect and Disease Control on Potatoes.” SATURDAY, MARCH 9th—CITY HALL Chairman—W. Alex Muir, First Vice-President of Oxford Crop Improvement Association. Speaker: Dr. G. P. McRostie, Head of Department of Field Husbandry, O.A.C., Guelph. Subject: “Latest Informa­ tion on our Cereal Crops, Hybrid Corn and Permanent Pastures.” Film—“Hay Pasture Tour.” Discussion led by W. Alex Muir and Douglas Hart. Auction sale of 10 bushel lots of grain by L. M. Gardner; Clerk—Russell Karn. Oxford County Crop Improvement Association Bond s T outh Club Captures Many Prizes at Seed Fair Prizes awarded in the Oxford County Seed Fair as a result of yesterday’s judging indicated a broad distribution of winnings among the entrants in the senior classes with no one exhibitor car­ rying away top honors in several classes. The picture was different, however, in the junior ciasses where the Bond's Federated Youth Club made almost a clean sweep of the winnings. The Ingersoll Junior Fanners held up well against the strong competition from Bond's. Innerkip Junior Fanners made one appearance in the honors and that for first place in one class. The ninth annual fair found the number of entries slightly lower than last year. The maple syrup run took a hand In the attendance at the fair as many farmers came in with their entries in the morn­ ing and hurried home to the job of tapping trees. Expert Warns Water Supply In District is Decreasing Conservation on farms, he said, came in the relation of farm land sloping to the river valley. Con­ tour plowing he saw as the answer to stopping the run-off which oc­ curred with up and down plowing. In contour plowing every furrow acts as a little dam to prevent the water from running off and carry­ ing with it precious top soil. CONTOUR PLOWING In the United States contour plowing was found to be a more remunerative means of fanning, he went on. It was found, he added, with this means there was an increase of at least 20 per cent, in crops. “Management and control of ex­ isting farm wood lots which arc in the watershed,” Mr. Richardson predicted t6 be another step in river valley development. A bill will be introduced in the legislature to control the cutting of wood on certain farm wood lots, he declared. This bill will permit councils to pass bylaws to control and govern cutting of trees on wood lots in the watershed where the lot is of strategic control in the development. The legislation for river valley development, he explained, is known as the Conservation Au­ thorities Act, similar to the Grand River Conservation Act. The act will permit people living in any river valley to set up a commission to be responsible for carrying out of these schemes in the way it is being done on. the Grand River to­ day. CONTRIBUTIONS “I can’t make any promise about funds,” Mr. Richardson stated, “but I have heard the Grand River scheme quoted wherein the two governments pay 75 per cent, and the municipalities 25 per cent, qf the cost.” He did not think that to be too much for people to con­ tribute to such a scheme. “The department has agreed to make preliminary surveys to give an idea of what the plan should be and what it’s cost might be,” he added. “That is what we have been do­ ing here with the Thames/’ he ex­ plained. Mr. Richardson drew attention to the problem of the town of Port Hope, which he stated, has been flooded 40 times in 60 years. Farmers up in the head waters might feel they are not concerned, he said, but it was their top soil | which was being carried away by i the run-off every year and which was being dredged out of Port Hope harbor every year. “Everybody on the water shed is part and parcel of the scheme,” he said, “all have some share in the matter,” “If the top soil of the farm is carried off to become mud and silt in a harbor the farmer loses valuable land and in the end money. If the farmer can not keep up then everyone suffers," Mr. Richardson concluded. Over a period of years surveys prove that the water supply in this part, of the province is going dqwn, A. H. Richardson, chief conserva­ tion engineer of the Ontario De­ partment of Planning and Devel­ opment, declared before an audi­ ence at the banquet of the Oxford Seed Fair held in Knox Presbyter­ ian Church yesterday noon. “This year with Lake Ontario higher than it has been for some time it might sound silly to talk about lack of water,” Mr. Rich­ ardson commented, but surveys have proven that water supply is diminishing. TOO IRREGULAR “There is too much water at some times of the year and not enough at others, through river valley development we hope to smooth out the picture,” he added. The speaker was introduced by Warden J. Winston Nichols. Mr. Richardson, the warden said, was formerly director of the Forestry, Branch for the Province of On-' tario. “River valley development,” Mr. Richardson defined as “the wise use of all natural resources in a river valley for all people living in the valley for all time.” The natural resources of a river valley, he said, were water, soil, forests and wild life. REASON FOR RUN-OFF “We can not deal with these natural resources piecemeal,’ 'the speaker continued, “we must con­ sider them as working together.” “In the progress of clearing land for farms, forests have been removed,” he explained, “the soil was exposed. We can not put back the forests, we require the land, but there you have one reason why more run-off and more rapid run-off is occurring in parts of the province today.” “Too many swamps have been drained and in some places clear­ ed of timber. We are finding out now these swamps were nature’s reservoirs for water. That is the purpose for which they were in­ tended.” In the Thames valley, Mr. Rich­ ardson stated, there are not large stretches of land for reforesta­ tion. On the other hand, he found, the headwaters of the stream could be used to better advantage if they were put hack into tree growth. This part will have to be carried out of the river valley development is to do what is required of the plan, he said. FOUR FOLD PROBLEM He listed a four-fold program in developing river valleys, the use of dams, conservation on farms, control of wood lots and the in­ crease of wild Life. After the run-off of water some­ thing must, be done and done quickly for control of the water, the speaker said, explaining the part dams play in the scheme. Woodstock, he claimed, would be especially interested in the build­ ing of dams on the Thames to check the rapid run-off of water. Health Tip by M. O. H.Pasteurization at Home milk In the said.Pasteurization of home by a simple and reliable method was recommended today by Dr. O. C. Powers, medical of­ ficer of health for Oxford County. In an interview yestenday Dr. Powers discussed the need for pasteurization of milk throughout the whole county and the neces­ sity of making the county a re­ stricted area. Both of these mea­ sures are in the hands of the gov­ ernment departments and steps are being taken to carry out this two-fold protection program. “In the meantime,” the doctor " hr. to hell with it—let's grab a taxi" "I feel we must give the farmer consuming raw milk some­ thing constructive to help avoid bovine tuberculosis until full pro­ tection covers the entire county.” Since milk can seldom be pur­ chased from a dairy in parts of the country and in very small villages, home processing is necessary to ensure a safe product, the medical officer stated. The method most frequently adopted for home pasteurization is as follows: Heat the milk on the stove in a double boiler to over 143 de­ grees fahrenheit (about 145 de­ grees fahrenheit (about 145 de-; grees fahrenheit, then allow it to . stand covered at the back of the stove for 30 minutes. The hot water in the boiler will usually! keep the milk for this period, u*» j to at least 143 degrees fahrenheit. It is then cooled and is ready for use. This method will necessitate ; a thermometer. J “Pasteurization of miik is a simple procedure,” Dr. Powers ex- | plained. “It should be applied to all milk used for human consump- ; tion. The risk from raw milk is | too great, and no child or adult should be subjected knowingly to any such danger.” County Council’s Tree Planting and ChildrenOnly regret can be recorded for the de­ cision of the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests no longer to supply trees to the schools of the county. It should be said, in addition, that the decision comes with some­ thing like startling suddenness, so far as the general public are concerned. As the news report of the meeting of the reforestation committee of the Oxford County Council pointed out. the depart­ ment, in prior years, has sponsored the dis­ tribution of trees for reforestation projects carried yn by the schools, which means by the school children. Further, says the re­ port: “This year, the Department expects that the county forests and private individ­ uals will take most of the trees available.”: Possibly this is an adequate explanation but it seems to overlook the great importance of enlisting the interest of the children of rqral sections in the real necessity for reforesta­ tion. Reforestation is a long range work; children who share in tree planting, have the years to see that a long range job is done. No doubt, the county council, who surely are deeply appreciative of the vital values of reforestation, will take steps to maintain and secure the enthusiasm of the boys and girls of the farms. It is only necessary to point out that the county council have ordered well over 100,000 trees for this year. These will make an encouraging ad-( dition to the present 500 acres of county ; forest. In the way the county council are going at the problem, there is hope that the percentage of woodlots and forested ground i will eventually be raised closer to the re-1 quired percentage. In working towards their objective, the county council will not be unmindful of the school children. Sanitary Inspector j To Visit Tavistock Will Not Sponsor Tree Distribution Schools This Year The reforestation committee of the Oxford county council were informed on Friday at their meet­ ing by the Department of Lands and Forests for Ontario that dis­ tribution of trees through schools will not be sponsored this year. In previous years the department has sponsored the distribution of trees in reforestation projects carried on by the schools in the counties of Ontario. This year the department expects that the coun­ ty forests and private individuals will‘take most of the trees avail­ able. The letter received from the de­ partment by county clerk L. K. Coles, which was read to the com­ mittee, stated further that schools desiring trees should order their own and the expense and trans­ portation for them be paid by the school board. LABOR SUPPLY For reforestation this year some 128,000 trees have been ordered by the county council. The com­ mittee considered the labor supply to be a controlling factor in the extent of the planting operation. Up to the present time Oxford county owns over 500 acres of county forest. Demonstration plantings are be­ ing arranged to mark the open­ ings of three county reforestation tracts. The Creditville tract will be opened on April 30; the West Zorra tract will have its official opening day on May 1 when the I county council will attend the of- ficial planting ceremonies; the Lakeside tract will be opened on May 2. A school planting on private land in Dereham township has been scheduled for May 3. The county council, to create enthusiasm for the Ontario Horti­ cultural Association School For- esti*y Competition, has decided to give a softball and bat to any school entering in the competition , । this year, | RIO, WEDNESDAY. MARCH 13, 1County to NameAide to Assessor Filling another gap in the staff of county officials, Middlesex County Council last night author­ ized the appointment of an asaist- ant county assessor, to also act as a' general assistant in other mu­ nicipal departments. Such action was recommended at the afternoon session by War­ den Clifton Davis, who pointed out that several smaller counties had hired assistant assessors. Middle­ sex recently hired James W. Chap­ man, of Toronto, to head its new assessment department. The idea that Mr. Chapman's as­ sistant might also help the clerk and treasurer was heartily en­ dorsed by County Clerk W. A. Sutherland. Big Business "The work of this county is get­ ting to be big business," said Mr. Sutherland. "The volume is half as much again as it was five years ago.” Council recognized the increased pressure on county officials some time ago when it appointed Cam­ eron Dunn to assist County Engi­ neer W. R. Smith with his duties. ‘‘Be Prepared” “We must face the facts that our officials are not going to be with us forever," the warden told the council. “Therefore it is im­ perative that we be prepared for the day when one or another of them may not.” The plight of one municipality on the retirement of its clerk was pointed out by a reeve who said: “We formerly had only four clerks in 80 years. Now we’ve had four clerks in one year.” This was cited as the reason for having a fully trained man ready to take over the job of assessor if necessary, who would also be familiar with the workings of oth­ er county departments. Such an appointment was en­ dorsed by S. S. Robinson, reeve of Ailsa Craig, and Charles Cousins, deputy-reeve of Westminster, who acted as chairman of the special committee which recently chose Mr. Chapman. This committee was entrusted with appointing the assistant. On Sewage Project Tavistock Is contemplating the installation of a sewage disposal j system, it was learned here today. ' J. L. Griffith, sanitary inspector for the county, will make a sur­ vey of the Tavistock require­ ments on Friday. March 15. and it is expected that the matter will come before the town council at their meeting on the following Monday evening. Mr. Griffith pointed out that the town already has an excellent water system and an adequate storm sewer network. "Under those circumstances, a । • sewer system is obviously the , next logical step” he added. He pointed out that Tavistock is leading the way for ather cen- tres In the county, as there is no ( town of a comparable size that, has even considered the installs-1 | tion of a sewer system. “Most of them are getting along as best they can with individual septic tanks, and so forth” he re­ marked. "In the long run, it is probably more economical to in­ stall a sewer system before the community grows too large. An example of what happens when it is left too late can be seen in In­ gersoll.” MLY SENTINEL-REVIEW, WOODSTOCK, SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1946 Ninth annual Oxford County Seed Fair opened on Friday with exhibits being placed in the city hall and judged dur­ ing the afternoon while a banquet was being held in Knox Presbyterian' church. The upper picture was taken of the head table at the banquet. From left to right are A. I H. Richardson, chief conservation engineer, Ontario De­ partment of Planning and Development, one of the three speakers; County Clerk L. K. Coles; Warden of Oxford, J. Winston Nichols, who acted as chairman; Ed. Hansuld, president of the Oxford County Crop Improvement Asso­ ciation, which sponsored the seed fair. 7 roops Gone, Military Camp Silent After Many Years; 16,828 Men Were Trained and Qualified There On Thursday of this week the closing of lhe training centre here brought to an end a period of over five and-a-half years during which intense military activity was centred in Wood- stock. The camp at the fairgrounds received its first recruits for training on October 9, 1940. Col, R. B. Crouch, O.B.E., S.D., who commanded the unit during its life in Woodstock, stated re­ cently some 23,000 men passed through for I raining. FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1946 "Is there anything you’d like to tell the folks back home?" Suggests Councils Assist in Making Roads Attractive; Are Show Windows‘The road Is the show window of the farm, keep it attractive," John D. McLeod, secretary of the Ont­ ario Crop Improvement Association urged Oxford framers gathered at the opening banquet of the Oxford Seed Fair held Friday noon in Knox Presbyterian Church. In keeping the roads attractive, Mr. McLeod suggested encourage­ ment from county and township councils in the form of competi­ tions and prizes. The speaker introduced by Reeve Clair Peers of East Oxford, who Snnted out the importance of the ntarjo, Crop Improvement, As­ sociation at the present time when all the world is looking to Canada and Ontario for food supplies. GAINED FOOTHOLD Mr. McLeod commenced by re­ viewing the work done in the weed control field since 1914. He told how, during the First Great War, noxious weeds gained a foothold in Ontario. Measures of control were started and their’ effective­ ness increased until they culmin- :ated in the Weed Control Act of |1927. Under the act every municipality 'was to appoint a weed control in- specter. 'Progress fell off during I'Clilted In the eaiiv’30's he related- In 1938 a clean farm competition and a ' ammendments to the Weed Control Weed Week when special efforts j Act were suggested but the Second (Great War came and once again the weeds increased as everyone I turned to other more pressing act- ivities.* Action on weed control has | McLeod concluded. “Good judg- ■ - • • —tS—J — .ment and common sense will bestarted again, he continued, as the association received the promise of the minister of agriculture that immediately the war in Europe ended suggestions w6uld again be considered. SUGGESTIONS MADE The speaker told the meeting of the suggestions that have been nut up by the association for the 'control of weeds and the legisla- i tion that is being sought. Two major factors of the propos. I ed legislation aie the appointment of county weed inspectors and the ’compulsory registration of seed cleaning plants, he explained. “ “There is an extensive weed con. ' trol plan coming," Mr. McLeod : grated. “Legislation, however, is not sufficient,” he declared, “co­ operation by ell concerned in necessary for the program and .there must be leadership.” ' “I look to Oxford as fertile I ground for some suggestions I have Tavistock Council Will Get Details On Sewage Disposal here on the control of weeds," he said. He advocated that road main­ tenance and weed control must go hand in hand. The program must be undertaken in a business like manner, the men working on the program must be istructed proper­ ly in their work. Sufficient, funds must be earmarked for a program to carry right through to the first killing frost, he added. PERMANENT METHOD While spraying to kill weeds is the most practical method found of destroying them, mowing would become the permanent method of control after the application of sprays for two or three years, Mr. McLeod stated. To assist in covering the cost of an extensive weed control pro­ gram in Oxford, Mr. McLeod sug­ gested that a levy be made through taxation to provide the To give a start to themoney. thought he suggested a levy of % of a mill for weed control purpos­ es within the county. This, he es­ timated, would bring about $7,000 for the program. Additional suggestions for edu­ cational work on the weed prob­ lem put forth by the speaker were would be made through meetings to spread educational work on the subject “We are going to tighten up on this year's weed program,” Mr. used, but we are going after the weeds and we ask for the co-oper­ ation of all in our program.” Warden J. Winston Nichols, in thanking Mr. McLeod for his ad­ dress, predicted “Oxford will lead the way in the war on weeds. 1 No Oxford Survey To Discover Ages Of County Farmers No survey is being conducted Oxford at present with respect the number of men over 60 years of age operating farms unassisted, it was learned today from the of­ fice of the department, of agricul­ ture. Such surveys are being made in Middlesex, Huron and Lamb­ ton counties, reports state. A survey made of the farms in Oxford in 1942. which was the last of its type made in the county, revealed' (he average age of the farmers to be 47.5 years. Tire sur­ vey was made by the office of the agricultural representative on a township basis and the figures re­ ceived were summarized fox* a county survey. At that time 333 men over 60 were operating farms. Between the ages of 50 and 60 years there were 432 farmers. Men under 50 years numbered 1,054; those 15 and over 2,599. The average num­ ber of men to 100 acres of farm land in 1942 was 1.2. Later figures are not available । to show any changes that may I j have occurred during the past I four years. ___ _1 Care Necessary in Use ofWell Water, M.O.H. Says"Thia is the time of the year when people should be particular­ ly careful of the water from their wells,” Dr. 0. C. Powera, medical officer of health for Oxford coun­ ty declared today. Dr. Powers pointed out that large quantities of water would be drained into the wells as the warm sun melted the snow, and brought the frost out of the ground. "This surface drainage can pol­ lute a well faster than almost any­ thing else,” the doctor claimed, and warned of the danger of ty­ phoid. The coming of spring brings in its wake a large number of child­ ren’s complaints, and Dr. Powers revealed that the county has its share of chicken p°x, mumps, and the like. But spring also heralds । the recurrence of a far more seri- in to .-'V EVENING POST "Now this is the part Herbert made up himself." County M. 0. H. Is Forum Speaker PRINCETON—A union meet­ ing of township farm forums was held on Monday evening in (he town hall. Drum bo. Forums from Hebron, Bright, Chesterfield, Rich­ wood, Innerkip and Princeton , were present. The chairman for i the evening was Reeve L. Sibbick. I A radio sales service supplied the , I radio lor the farm forum broad­ cast. The main feature of the i evening was an address by Dr. O. । C. Powers on the work of the i Oxford Health Unit of which he is ' in charge. oua threat, poliomyelitis, or infan­ tile paralysis. "It has been definitely establish­ ed that poliomyelitis can he car­ ried by flies,” Dr. Powers contin­ ued. "Any measure that tenda to discourage houseflies is a polio preventilive, too. The household­ ers of the county hold the prospect of the disease in their own hands. If they are careful to keep their windows screened, premises clean, an eliminate refuse heaps, there is no reason why the county should not escape the disease, just as it did last year.” Generally speaking, the doctor considered the county’s health to be quite good, at least average for the province. "Our V.D. rate is particularly low” he commented. "Our main worry here is T.B., and other dis­ eases carried in the raw milk still consumed by many farm fami­ lies. When pasteurization is made compulsory, as I am confident it shortly will be, we will have made a great step forward, TRANSFER RECORDS Prisoners, from the county jail are hal'd at work today, transfer- i ring records from the county reg- I tetry office to the counthouse. It I is understood that the accumula- ! tion of county records has grown too large for the limited space i available at the registry office so . that some of the older files will he stored in the basement of the ! courthouse. Compulsory Pasteurization Of Milk Definite Necessity Oxford Health Officer Says Compulsory pasteurization of ? milk is a definite necessity, Dr. O. C. Powers, medical officer of health for Oxford county, declared today on reading a letter written by a British Columbia mother of a three-year-old boy who is now in a children's hospital with tubercular spine. MILK BLAMED The leter speaks for itself: a “My little son, 3, is a patient in the Crippled Children’s Hospi­ tal. He is there because his milk was not pasteurized. “In the small interior town where our home is, there is no dairy that sells pasteurized milk, and I thought that, because all cows are supposed, by law, to be T.B, tested, that such was a suf­ ficient precaution, after a child was out of babyhood. But my son has T.B. of the spine, caused by a faulty milk supply. “If all the parents would work together for a law enforcing pas­ teurization of milk, there will be many of your children who will i not have to face the terrible han­ dicap that mine must. Several major operations, months of suf­ fering, and probably years of hospitalization is a dreadful thing for any 3-year-old to face." IMMEDIATE ACTION During the months of November and December last year the Ox­ ford County health unit under Dr. Powers’ direction conducted a sur­ vey of the pupils of continuation and high schools of the county. i Results obtained from the survey indicated that the situation in Ox'- ford called for some immediate action. i In the survey over 700 pupils , were tested. Of these students 118.36 per cent, were positive react­ ors, that is, showed signs of tub­ erculosis infection. The normal । figure is around 10 per cent., Dr. I Powers said, but in no school in I Oxford did the test go as low as I 10 per cent., the lowest being 11.6 pel cent, and the highest 33 1/3 per cent, or one of every three showing signs of previous tuber- culosis infection. The positive reactors are being X-rayed in the near future, he explained. The results of the X- ray will determine their future course. A small number may re­ quire sanitorium treatment, some may require extra rest or extra 1 food to prevent further trouble. Some may require prolonged sup­ ervision and repeat examinations while others may require no furth­ er observation. SOURCE OF INFECTION Important as the proper care and treatment of these youngsters! is, more important, if possible. is the concern as to the source of the infection, the medical of­ ficer declared. There are two types of infection, a human type and a bovine type. The former was his particular field, he said. The elim­ ination of the bovine type he laid in the hands of the Oxford Fed­ eration of Agriculture at its an­ nual meeting. “At the present time,” he pointed out, “there are still some areas, including certain villages in Oxford where raw milk may be legally sold for human consump­ tion. Steps are being taken by the department of health to sup­ ply these villages with pasteuriz­ ed milk and to bring all of Oxford county under pasteurization." “That will be a definite advance because pasteurization definitely prevents infection,” he said, ad­ ding that in his last report from the Crippled Children’s Hospital in Toronto he read that the hos­ pital had at that time no bovine T.B. case from areas where pas­ teurization was in complete force.” Pasteurization, however, will not cover the use of raw milk by the farmer in his own home nor that which he supplies a neigh­ bor. RESTRICTED AREA Hand-in-hand with pasteuriza­ tion is the restricted area system .in which all cattle, not only pure breds, but grade cattle as well, are regularly tested for bovine T.B. infection. The infected cattle are ordered to be disposed of and compensation paid the farmer. At its annual meeting in Janu­ ary the Oxford Federation of Ag­ riculture passed a resolution urg­ ing the Department of Agriculture to have the herds of the county tested- Shortly before the war, in the fall of 1939, the county ap­ plied to have a restricted area set Up. The application was accepted but as the war came on technicians were not available to carry the work. The resolution, endorsed by county council, was sent, to health of animals branch of out the । the i the Dominion Department of Agricul­ ture early.this year. ___ ACTION DELAYEDRecently a reply was received by G. R. Green, county agricul­tural representative and secretary of l he federation. The reply as­ sured Mr. Green that action would be taken by the department to cany out the program adopted by the county over five years ago, but that it was doubtful, owing to a shortage of veterinary in­ spectors, that the work could be commenced this year. R. G. Clowes, superintendent of the Oxford County Children’s Aid Society and chairman of the Wood- ’ stock Rotary Club's crippled child- ten’s work committee, said he was quite willing to accept the views of the medical authorities on the sub­ ject of the crippling influence of tubercular infection. While he had not checked the records of the children cared for by the Rotary Club for instances of T.B. history, he believed some would show that to be the case. Such a case as reported by the British Columbia mother might easily happen in Oxford, Dr. Powers said, pointing out that tu­ bercular spine usually comes from the bovine type T.B. and reports received from the test made in the county showed the type infecting the students reacting to the teslt was bovine tuberculosis. Place Three Oxford Holsteins Amon Big Producers’ as Records Reported Nurses Find County Students Attending School White Sick 994 children were examined' during the month of February in the district schools by nurses of the county health unit, it was an­ nounced here today. Of this total, 24 were sent, home when found to be suffering from acute communi­ cable disease, 22 children werej found to have developed new de­ fects, 35 were placed under obser­ vation. In addition to the children j checked over by the nurses, ai further 81 were given a complete examination by a doctor. Besides their monthly check-up of the schools, nurses of the unit made 268 visits to homes and 25 to offices, in addition <o conduct­ ing three classes in home nursing. Seven other meetings were ad­ dressee by county nurses. Measles, mumps, chicken pox and jaundice were among the communicable diseases reported. Immunization is being carried ou' against scarlet fever, whooping cough, diphtheria, and small pox in two townships of rhe county. Five of Thirty Oxford Wells Found PollutedEvery institution and every household which draws its water supply from a well should take note of the results of tests made! by Oxford County’s sanitary inspector. J. L. Griffith, the inspector, said: - “Three school and two privately owned wells in the county have already been found to be polluted. These are five out ofa total • of 30 wells which have been tested to date.’’ Five out of 30 wells seems, and is, a high percentage, a dangerous percentage. It is close to 20%, Quite reasonably, the inspec­ tor says that his department cannot hope to examine every farm well in the county. He is doing the right thing when he concen­ trates for the present on school wells which .give drinking water to hundreds of school children daily. This does not lessen the need for making sure that other wells are in a healthy state. The inspector is certain that many other wells are contaminated. । There is a simple way to make sure. The sanitation unit will supply the well owner with a sterile bottle. A sample of well water can be put in th2 bottle. The sani­ tary department, with an office in the county , courthouse, will make a test of the water. Mr. Griffith adds: “We will be only too glad to make tests. There is no charge.” This is real public health service to rural ; Oxford. The county is t be commended for r providing it. But, to make it effective, the ; co-operation of farmers and other well own- L ers is essential. Surely this co-operation will f be forthcoming. Too m.-ch is at stake for panyone to “miss a trick.” Bad water can 'Head to all sorts of diseases. The prospect, where there is a polluted well, is dark. It is a simple matter to make sure of clean, healthy water. Woodstock and Ingersoll Entry into County Health United Proposed by Board The entry of Woodstock and Ingersoll into the county health unit program was proposed at a meeting of the county health ' board here yesterday, Harold A. Bishop, provincial re- presenlative of the board of health 'and Norwich reeve, stated that , the provincial board would like to see both centres included in the Oxford health unit 'They consider (hat it would j he a model for the province," he , declared. It is expected that the matter will be discussed at the June or j September sessions of the county j council Mr. Bishop warned that [the arrangements should not be ' rushed. "We should take enough lime ' to get this thing organized prop- j crly.” he stressed. Holstein Farmers in County Hold 3 Awards As Master Breeders Red Cross Branch Starts Campaign For Membership; Funds Not Sought Thirty Wells Tested, Five Found to Be Polluted, Says Sanitary Inspector "Three school and two private­ ly—owned wells have in the coun­ ty already been found to be pollu­ ted'’ J. L. Griffith, sanitary ir- Spector for Oxford County, re­ vealed today. "These arc five of a total of thirty wells which have been tested to date.” Mr. Griffith pointed out that I his department can hardly at­ tempt to examine every farm well, and that his work had been Not Ready Yet for Sterilization Law, Says County M.O.H. “I don’t think the people are yet educated to the point where sterilization of the feeble-minded could be introduced,” declared Dr. 0. C. Powers, Medical Officer of Health for Oxford county. “To begin with, our laws pro­ hibit any doctor drawing blood without the consent of the patient, even if the patient is insane and the operation may save his life,” Dr. Powers pointed out. “If in­ troduced at all. sterilization would have to be voluntary, and I doubt if many of our mentally deficient patients would agree to such an operation.” Dr. Powers agreed that steriliza­ tion would do much towards reduc­ ing the large numbers of feeble­ minded children now being born into the world. “It is a definite fact that men- tally-deficient people usually have very large families,” he admitted. “In pre-war Germany and also, I believe, in Russia, they had com­ pulsory sterilization of mentally- ill patients. However, we are a democracy, and such a measure would be considered an infringe­ ment on the sacred rights of an individual.” Dr. Powers also pointed out that the power to carry out such a vi­ tal operation, affecting the entire future life of the patient, im­ posed a great responsibility on a doctor. “It is in much the feme class as the so called mercy killing,” he added. “Our doctors are bound to do everything possible to gave a life, even although it may seem that the patient would be better , dead, than alive and suffering.” 1 confined for the most part to school wells, which furnish the drinking water for hundreds of children daily. "There is no doubt that many other wells are polluted'’ Mj. Griffith continued. "People walk around them in dirty boots, and the rain washes the filth down into the well. In some cases, too, the lining of the well has rotted away, and there is a certain amount of improper drainage. The sanitary inspector stated that any farmer lesiring to test his well waler should send to the; sanitation unit for a sterile bottle to take a sample with, or call at j ! his office in the courthouse any [ Friday. "We will be only too glad to make a test for him" he declared. "There is no charge for that sort of thing.” To cleanse a polluted well, Mr. Griffith recommended that the well first be pumped out, and a mixture of water and a half .1 pound of chloride of lime be mixd ed in a bucket and poured in.] After the mixture had been a low­ ed to sit for 12 hours, the well should once again be pumped our leaving the incoming water qui<z pure. TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1946 County Roads Still In Poor Condition, Official Declares Roads throughout the county of Oxford are in poor shape at the । moment, according to Road Super­ intendent J. Meatherell. 1 “The warm sun is bringing the frost out of the ground, and leaves the road surfaces very spongy,” he reported. “The heavy traffic doesn’t help it any; the first heavy weight passing along breaks right through the surface,” While he admitted that the | county roads were probably in' worse shape now than they'have! been for the past few years, Mr.. Meatherell pointed out that there ■ was not much that could be done • to put Uiem back in condition. “It is still too early to begin comprehensive repairs,” he declar­ ed- “The frost is not out of the ground yet; once that stage has passed, we can get down to busi­ ness.” The road superintendent would make no predictions as to the date that work might be started. “The time varies with every year,” he remarked. ‘‘Who knows what the weather will be like for the next 1 month?’ Public NoticeAl the call of Warden J. Winston Nichols a special meeting of the County Coun­ cil of the County of Oxford will be held in the COUNCIL CHAMBER IN THE COURT HOUSE, WOODSTOCK, on TUESDAY, MARCH 26th 1946, at the hour of 10 o'clock a.m., for general business. All claims and accounts against the county must be filed with the County Clerk before the first day of the session. L. K. COLES, County Clerk. County Clerk’s Office, Woodstock. FULL AGENDA A full agenda awaits the next sitting of the county council, as County Clerk Len Coles reports a good deal of business to be under­ taken. Considerable correspond­ ence ha 5 been received from' neighboring counties regarding various measures and improve­ ments. Council meets next Wed­ nesday, March 26. Reports Revival of Mental Health Plan Travelling mental health cluries are now re-established in the county, it was announced at a meeting of the Oxfora County health board yesterday. Pointing out that physical and mental health are closely inter-related, Miss Margaret Grieve, -nursing Supervisor of the unit, staled that the first of the monthly ‘clinics had been held last week at Wood- stock General Hospital. Dr. B. IL McNecI, prominent London phych- iatrist. is in charge of the month­ ly clinics. In her announcement, Miss Grier remarked that the mental health clinics had been a feature I of the unit's work in th-?‘past, but | had been discontinued when the war caused a shortage of skilled help. Skilled nurses are once more available, however, and the nurs­ ing supervisor explained that each nurse will take a two-week train­ ing course at the Ontario Hospi­ tal in London, before commence mg their duties. SCARCITY OF LABORWork on the improvements aulh- orized for the museum rooms al the county courthouse have been hold up by a scarcity of labor, li was learned today. The Improve- men Is, which include the laying of a concrete floor and plastering of the walls, were authorized some limp ago by the county council. No further re-organization of the His­ torical Society, dormant for the past several years, has yet been report^. Authorized Dealers Listed for District Several auctioneers, poultry merchants, and salvage dealers are operating in the county with­ out a license, it was claimed her# today. Before the first day’s meeting of the county council, County Clerk Len Coles read a ' list of all auctioneers and dealers who have applied for 1946 licenses. Licensed auctioneers include: I. Parkinson, Crumlin; F. Fulkerson, Tillsonburg. Haggan and Water­ worth, Aylmer; G. F. Brady, Dor­ chester; R. A. MacDonald, Einbro; G. F. Barron, Brantford; W- L- Tune, Princeton; M. E. Brock | Thorndale; M. R. Roth, Tavistock; Burton Harris, Salford; G Keays, 1 Tillsonburg; A. B. Brulacker, Bridgeport; N. T. Dance, Paris; and A. D- Rose. Ingersoll. Licensed poultry dealers are: J. H. Anderson, Thamesford; R. N. Crawford, Thamesford; J. Gold­ stein, Ingersoll; S. Goldine, Nor-c wich; and J. Cohen, Drumbo. Salvage dealers who have been authorized to trade in the district- are: E. Sanderson, J. Goldstein, Ingersoll; M. Phelps, Woodstock; and J. Cohen, Drumbo. Warden Urges No Dallying “Let us get down to bad­ ness.” exhorted Warden J. W. Nichols, in opening the second peacetime session of the Oxford county council this morning. J “The amount of work to be gone through at these sessions; seems to be increa-iing all the time,” the wardeiJ continued. “Let us waste no time; we would all like to get back to our seed­ ing as soon as possible.” Following the roll call, Coun­ ty Clerk Len Coles read the minutes of the last session, which were adopted by the council. A long lift of communications was read, indicating consider­ able work ahead for the mem­ bers. The letters were referred to the individual committees for necessary action. Council then adjourned, with the property and agriculture committees scheduled to meet to discuss their particular fields. Many Communications from Ontario Counties to Be Discussed by Oxford tlve-cnminal variety, are to be led to set up ed, it was disclosed here today. A letter has been received by county clerk Len Coleg, asking that the county co-operate with, the council of Dufferin county, m asking the provincial government to prohibit such comic strips. The letter also asks that the sale of I toy guns be discontinued in the province, pointing out that the toys have been used in hold-ups on occasion. Other communications before the council include a request from York county for the abolition of radio licenses. The letter terms the licensing fee a “nusance tax”, and points out that much em- barrassment has been caused citi­ zens prosecuted for failure to ob- Dufferin county calls''for prov- mcial legislation authorizing ster­ ilization of- the mentally unfit, ex­ plaining that the number of mentally1 defective people is in­ creasing rapidly. One province li Canada already has such legisla­ tion, the letter continues. Hastings county wants compul­ sory check-ups on automobiles to eliminate the “jalopies;” Went­ worth wants assurance that the government will bear the cost of changing from 25 to 60 cycle Hy-I dro power, if such a measure is passed. Perth county is asking the pr-U vmcial government to bear 75^' of the cost of improving township roads, claiming that they were' allowed to fal? into disrepair be­ cause of provincial government restrictions. Simcoe wants thej same long-suffering body to aufh-! orize a vigorous anti-weed earn­paign. The Norwich-Otterville Lions' have also asked the county coun­ cil to take steps to pave aseetion I of the road leading from Otter-/ ville to the new' highway. Claim Ingersoll Hospital Indigent Patients Major Reason forIs Seriously OvercrowdedSerious overcrowding at the Ing-!coniinodation for only 32 patients.' ersoil hospital Was discussed be­ fore the county council this morn­ ing. when a two-man delegation waited on the meeting to plead lor a county grant. “We have 45 patients in the hospital right at this moment, although there is adequate ac- SESSION CONTINUES Sitting of the county council continued today, with equalization and finance committees meeting this morning, and education, fin­ ance, and property committees slated for this afternoon. A num­ ber of communications acknow­ ledging correspondence received, were read by county clerk Len Coles, following which the mem- ;!.bere retired for committee discus- •sion. | declared A. Horton, leader of the j delegation. "During the past year । wl have handled approximately i ten more patients a day than 1 should be normal for the build­ ing." Stressing the need for a new hospital in the town, Mr. Horton also pointed out that the insti­ tution was h benefit to the county as well as the town. “Out of 854 patients treated at the hospital last year. 254 were from the county," he affirmed. "But the present building can no longer give satisfaction; it is merely an old house, and is falling to pieces. We are using baby cribs and all manner of things for bed accom­ modation; one woman who needs her appendix removed has had to postpone the operation because of the lack of beds. Mr. Horton estimated that a new 50 bed hospital would cost between $150,000 and $200,000 to build. $30,000 of this amount has already been raised, $100,000 is hoped to be obtained from Inger­ soll taxes, and the county was asked to grant a further $35,000. "This is merely a third of what the town will pay,” Mr. Horton pointed out. "If it is granted, we do not expect it right away, but over a period of three years." V. Shipton, of the Ingersoll Lions Club, spoke briefly in sup­ port of the points outlined by Mr. Horton. The matter was referred to the finance committee for further dis­ cussion. , J Urge Road Paving Between South Norwich, Tillsonburg Hospital Deficit, Council Informed' —------:-----—-------------------_______• No Bandit, But County Clerk There was a low buzz of con­ versation in 1he sunlit council chamber shortly before noon to­ day, as members of the county council waited for the late­ comers from the committee rooms. Leaning back in their chairs, a pair of councilors dis­ cussed the sensational torso murder case in Hamilton. “There’s a lot of about,’ ’one man agreed, our county here seems pretty law-abiding.’’ The door at the rear crime "But to be of the chamber was suddenly flung open, revealing a tall figure brandishing a revolver in either hand. While members goggled, the man strode purposefully into the room, waving his guns. It was county clerk Len Coles. "Just a couple of guns to be registered,” he laughed, as con­ versation was resumed. "As I was saying,” the mem­ ber went on. J'Oxford is a pret­ ty peaceful place, as far as crime is concerned.” - “Y “The seven-mile stretch be­ tween South Norwich and Tillson- burg carries a heavier load nf traffic than any other unpaved road in the whole of Southern Ontario,” declared Sam Innes, leader of a delegation which ad­ dressed the county council yester­ day afternoon. Asking the council to approve the laying of a hard surface on this road, Mr. Innes pointed out that trucks for the canning fac­ tory, tobacco plants, and dairies used the road constantly, and that the present gravel surface simply would not stand up to the punish­ ment. “The condition of the road is deplorable right now, and it will continue to be so for the rest of the year unless it is re-surfaced.” he claimed. Mayor Eichenburg of Tillsonburg corroborated Mr. In­ nes’ statements. In commenting on the request. Warden J. W. Nichols pointed out that the condition had grown out of the rapid development o the southern portion of the coun­ ty, which had outstripped the ori­ ginal facilities in the district. “I wish to thank you gentle­ men for coming here this after­ noon to speak to us on this matf ter," he concluded. ‘Granting money to support a hospital is not charity; it fg sim­ ply payment for a service,” de­ clared E. J. Hosack, chairman o’ a committee from the hospital board who addressed the county' council here yesterday afternoon. Other representatives of th? Woodstock General hospital who spoke, Were Mayor Charles Bur- ston, James Vance and T. L. Hay. "In 1945 we had a deficit of $12,000,” Mr. Hosack continued "Much of the deficit has been due to the large number of indigent patients who were treated free of charge, and given free hospital accommodation. "Then too, medical supplies, food, and other essentials have all increased greatly in cost It fakes $5.09 per day to accommodate a I patient now. However, I think I that a raise in rates would be un- i fair to the many good people in i the county who like to pay their way.” Mr. Hosack then pointed out that the county had had the bene­ fit of a first-class. 100-bed hospi-) tai, complete with specialized equipment, at a much lower cost than if the project were owned and operated by the municipal-' ity. “You have had the benefit of a $750,000 institution at a total cost to date of $50,000 in grants," he added. In asking for a grant of $5,000 from the county, Mr. Hosack ex­ plained that a similar amount had already been granted by the city, and that a women's organization had donated a further $2,500. “I hope that you will be gener­ ous, and even see your way clear to voting $7,500, which would wipe out the entire deficit," Mr. Hosack concluded. In a short address. Mayor Bur- ston supported Mr. Hosacks statements, and added that he was strongly opposed to any increase in the rates charged by the hos­ pital. j "I am a working man myself, and I know what il is to be faced , with the prospect of paying hospi-1 tai fees,” he maintained. He went on to show that much of the increased cost of operating, the hospital had been trough' about by the introduction of the 8-hQur working day. James Vance, and T. L. *Hay spoke briefly in support of the grant, the latter extending an in­ vitation to Warden J. W. Nichols to attend the meetings of the hos­ pital board. In the discussion which follow­ ed, L. B. Currie, Tillsonbur.y । claimed that some doctors were I in the habit of sending indigent patients to the hospital, as the doctors found it. more convenient to treat the patient there than to visit round from house to house.' "I believe that this practi?^ sometimes leads to abuse of the hospital's free care of indigent patients.” he added. The proposed grant was refer­ red to the finance committee for further discussion. Urge Province Curb Comic Strips In Which Violent Crime Featured The printing committee of the Oxford c.ounly council today en­ dorsed a resolution of tne Duffer­ in county council that the prov-1 Ince take steps Io curb the puh- hsldng of comic strips containing J gun play, stabbings, and other violent crime. In addition. th? committee recommended that the province also prohibit th? showing of motion pictures which feature shootings and stabbings. Both resolutions were passed in connection with the recent at­ tempts of community councils to eliminate juvenile delinquency b, eradicating the causes. The county board of health re­ commended that no action be taken on another resolution of the Dufferin county council, which asked for the sterilization of mentally unfit persons in the pro­ vince. Soldier and Family are No Longer Homeless; Aid by County Officials Through the whole-hearted co-operation ‘of Oxford county officials, Bruce Livingston, a soldier about to be evicted from his Bower Hill house, has found a home for his wife and family of five. j Due to be evicted by mid- , night last night. Livingston had appealed to the city coun­ cil. army officers, and private citizens in a desperate search for some sort of shelter. Des­ pite all their sympathetic ef­ forts. however, he was still homeless until late yesterday afternoon. John B. Martin, deputy sheriff for the county, drove Livingston all over the coun- Charles Milton Recovered from His Leg Injury REFORESTATION PLANS At a- meeting held in the court­ house yesterday plans were made for the tree planting ceremonies ! being held in the county on April 30, May 1 and 2. Present were Warden J. Winston Nichols. G. R. Green, agriculture representative, L. K. Coles, county clerk, the pub­ lic school inspector and the dis­ trict forester. ROAD COSTS Sitting of the county council moved into its third day today, with road and finance committees scheduled to meet this afternoon. Council was addressed this morn­ ing by Henry Leinweber, Perth, who asked that Oxford county as­ sume cost of maintenance of roads number 8 and 9, providing a route from West Zorra to Exeter. A petition to this effect had already been received with over 70 signa­ tures, lie claimed. tryside looking for a house for the soldier and his family. At long last one was finally found in Innerkip, and this morning the Livingston family moved to their new home. Sitting in the parlor. Living­ ston dandled his 10-month old son on his knee, and paid tri­ bute to the generosity of de­ puty Martin. "Oxford county people have big hearts" commented Sheriff Sutherland.” "Families may be thrown out on the streets in the big cities but not in this county.” City Salvationists Will Hold Service Oxford County Jail Special musical party consisting of eight pieces from the Salvation Anny band and a choir of possibly six male voices, will participate in a special service in Oxford county jail next Sunday morning, it was leariied today. The occasion will be the annual observance of Candian Prison Sun­ day, when the traditional Salva­ tion Army observance will be marked by the attendance of brass , band® and songster brigades in penitentiaries, reformatories and jails all across the Dominion. Major J. P. Dickinson. Salva­ tion Army officer for the city, stated today that services are held in the county gaol every Sunday morning from 10 to 10:45. Cost of County Education Reduced During Past Year The cost of education in the county has been greatly reduced It ATI ' « the educa­tion committee of the coumv council reported today. This has due largely t.o the increased grants from the province, it was pointed out. Total cost to the eounfy of academic secondary school education in 1945 was $28,- 647.46, and another $1,181.64 was KX °" A report to a consultative com­ mittee was also read. Under the chairmanship of L. Curtis, Till- sonburg the committee was to ^ludy the possibilities of larger school districts, with a view to offeredTh Var’ety °f subJec‘« oirered. The committee reported s “J"®™™ populati<m of n.000 m a school district was nec­ essary to support a school wih adequate facilities for instruc­ tion in agriculture, home econ­ omics, and commercial and shop suojects. In the ensuing discussion, C. Facey, Innerkip. and W. McIn­ tosh, Emhro, held out for the set­ ting up of schools in rural areas, rather than in the more populous centres, as at present. “Our children are being educat­ ed away from the farm in these S£*?o°s'” Mr. Facey declared”. There is no doubt of it.” “We hould fight this tr^d to­ ward the big cities,” agreed M>. McIntosh. However, it was point­ ed out by L. B. Hyde, school in­ spector, that such a system cf schools in the country would en­ tail excessive transportation for the pupils. "The matter will even­ tually have to be decided by each separate community,” Mr. Hyde explained. “The needs of each wall vary.” for New Agricultural Course for W.C.I. Being Given Consideration by Board recommendation In the report of the education committee read to the county council at their session here yes­ terday afternoon, it was recom­ mended that the county join the county council section of the Ont­ ario Education Association, and that delegates be sent to the con­ vention of that body being held April 23 and 24. The report, to­ gether with the recommendations, were ratified by the council. Ingersoll Hospital Appeal is Renewed At Council Session Ingersoll hospital was again, represented by a delegation be­ fore the county council today, when R. W. Green spoke on be­ half of the board of trustees of the institution. Explaining the benefits received by the county from the Ingersoll hospital, Mr. Green declared that a tolal of 454 days of hospital ca*e were given to indigent pa­ tients, at a cost per day of $4.39. Together with other treatments, including care of babies, granted free of charge, the services ren­ ted by the hospital to patients j who could not pay cost ^2,034 5A In addition, Mr. Green showed that the loss incurred by the hos­ pital from care of ward patients who pay for only a portion of their upkeep, was $1,238.49. In return for these services he stated that the sum of $1,020.25 had been re- ■ ceived in various ways from the 1 county, leaving a deficit of $1.- 014.31 outstanding. Having thus shown'the county's indebtedness to the hospital, Mr. Green went on to describe the crowded conditions now existing at the hospital, and emphasized that the trustees of the hospital considered it most urgent tit at a grant be obtained from the county ! to defray the cost of a new build­ ing. However, hospital officials would be most happy if the county would even see fit to pay for the treatment of indigent patients. Mr. Green concluded. RO AD COSTS Sitting of the county council moved into its third day today with road and finance committees scheduled to meet this afternoon. Council was addressed this morn­ ing bv Henfy Leinweber, Penh, who asked that Oxford county as­ sume cost of maintenance of roads . number 8 and 9, providing a route from West Zorra to Exeter. Art petition to this effect had already been received with over 70 >igna ures. he claimed. SOLE APIARIST ON COUNCIL riEast Zorra Reeve Finds Relaxation in Beekeeping VV/WDSTOCK. March 31 —As ** pleasant end profitable way to relax after a hard days toil in the fields Reeve Carman Fa­ cey, R. R. 1. Tavistock, would recommend the hobby of keep­ ing bees. Reeve Facey, on his 170 acre farm tucked away up in the northeast corner of East Zorra Township in Oxford County, be­ tween Perth and Waterloo Coun­ ties. is noted as a keeper of bees and the county's producer of some of the finest honey. Reeve Facey is the only one of the county council that runs an apiary. He has been at it a lifetime and finds it a "facinat- ing and profitable” hobby. His colony^ of bees, numbering 80 colonies, produce some 6,000 pounds of light honey yearly. After a hard days work, he finds it “pleasant end relaxing to work with them.” The word apiary is seldom heard in this prominent dairy and agricultural county when farmers gather to discuss crops and cattle breeds. There are comparatively few apiarists in the county and Reeve Facey, while not the largest honey pro­ ducer, ’■ " " inent. is one of the most prom- Mr. est in Facey's undeniable inter­ bees was handed down to him by his father who kept them all his life. His three-year-old daughter, Florence, also seems to have inherited an interest in bees for, her father reports, she is always in evidence when he is tending them. £ REEVE FACEY AND DAUGHTER FLORENCE In East Zorra Apiary Oxford Fanners Urged to Make Use Of Manure; Serious Potash Shortage the effect that a serious shortage so 11 mg season, of potash exists this year, a de- r £ tock fhl£ Tnopnfncy ' iin .were the difficulties in obtaining inis morning drew the,potash abroad and from the Unit? fart and *!«> the increased Reasons given for the shortage Apiaries, according to Mr. Fa­ cey, require a lot of attention [ in June when the bees are out j gathering in nectar and it is im­ portant to give them lots of room in which to store their honey. fact that they could co-operate most effectively by conserving and making maximum use of every bit of farm manure on their farm. Further co-operation can he made to the farmers’ own benefit by using manure only on those crops which will give the maxi­ demand for fertilizers containing potash. mom returns, it was said. DETRIMENTAL TO FARM Certain farmers, in the south­ ern part of the county in particu­ lar, are )reported [to be soiling farm manure by the load to to­ bacco farmers. It was pointed out by the authority here that this is । a detrimental factor to the farm itself. The recent order issued by Grant S. Pearl, fertilizers admin­ istrator, to the manufacturers of commercial fertilizers in the five MUST DISCONTINUE The administrator’s order in­ structs the companies to discon­ tinue until further notice, making any mixture of fertilizer more than six per cent, potash except­ ing 0-14-7 and small tonnages of other grades which at time to time may be authorized specially by the administrator for such pur­ poses as muck soils and canning crops. The order provides that In cases where manufacturers have stocks of fertilizers containing more than six per cent, potash, except 0-14-7, already mixed and which cannot be reprocessed satis­ factorily to six per cent, potash. . - —---- the sale and delivery of such maveastern provinces indicates that। be made, 5 on the head. There is no Mr. Facey usually wears a mask when attending his swarms but no gloves. He feels that they are dangerous, particularly if they sting you on certain places « * . - ... doubt that his hobby is a profitable one for his * Whom are w® having tonight? county neighbors beat a path to his doorstep seeking honey. “I could sell twice as much honey a year as I produce. People come to my door asking for it,” he states. A member of the Ontario Honey Producers’ Co-operative in Toronto, Mr. Facey says he never seems to have much of a surplus to send them. Something that nevei- occurred before, within his memory, in the community happened last year when his bees failed to produce a single pound of honey. He at­ tributed this production failure to the long cold spring and other reasons. He wouldn't predict what would happen this year. “With bees you never know,” he stated. After serving 10 years on the East Zorra Township council, including four years on the county council, Mr. Facey in­ tends calling it a day at the end of this year. He has been the reeve of East Zorra for the past two years and was in the thick of the contest for the warden­ ship of the county this year. Ambitious Road Program Planned for Oxford County Heralding the commencement f —■----------------------------------- of a big program of road construc­ tion and repair, the road commit­ tee of Oxford county council yes-1 terday voted $218,650 for road I work this year, of which $105,000 will have to be raised by genera, levy in the county. This figure is nearly double that of 1945, when $115,400 was voted for road work, of which $55,000 was borne by the county taxpayers. With wartime restrictions on labor and some materials now lif­ ted. the county plans to spend $93,225 in construction of new roads. $15,850 for the erection of new bridges, and $52,453 on main­ tenance. NEW EQUIPMENT New and powerful road equip­ ment is being purchased to canty out this extensive program, with $37,700 being spent for new ma­ chinery alone. Topping the list are two power graders with snow plows, which will cost $26,000 for the pair. Also scheduled to he bought are a self-loading scraper, a low-bed float, an angledoze•, and an electric welder. Highlights of the construction and maintenance program include paving 8.3 miles of road, at a cost of $54,700; new grading and sur­ facing of 15.1 miles, for $38,265; treating the surface of 12.7 miles, to cost $10,170, and application of a dustlayer over 66 miles of gra­ vel roads, which will cost a fur­ ther $8,930. NEW BRIDGES Bridges included in the program will be constructed on road 13, North Norwich, at Lot S3, second concession; on road 16, East Nis- souri, at concessions 8 and 13, on road 21, lot 1, North Norwich (floor), and on road 29, lot 6; Blandford. On the boundary lines, bridges will be built at lot 8, West Zorra- East Nissouri. at lot 26, Bland­ ford-East Zorra; and at conces­ sion 7, East Oxford-West Oxford. Following reading the report, the council formed a committee of the whole, with G. Sutherland in the chair, to discuss the pro­ gram. An amendment to the report was proposed by L. H. Sibbick, Princeton, recommending that in the event sufficient steel cou’.d not be obtained for the bridge­ building program, the money be set aside for the purpose should i.e used fo purchase an additional jjower grader. The amendment was passed, and council adjourn­ ed for the day. Off the Road An ambitious young man went to a university professor and said: “Sir, I desire a course of training that will fit me to become a road superintendent. How much will such a course cost, and how long will It take?” "Young man,” replied the pro­ fessor. “such a course would cost you $20,000 and require twenty years of your time. But, on the other hand, by spending $300 of your money and three months of your time, you may be elected to council. Once there you will feel yourself competent to direct not one, but all the roads business of our country." SPRINGBANK SNOW COUNTESS whose world lifetime butterfat production record still stands unbroken. During her lifetime she produced 9,062 pounds butter-fat and 207,050 pounds of milik in 10 lacttations at an average test of 4.37 per cent. Shb was born November 18, 1919 and died August 9, 1936. The monument shown here was erected on the farm of T. Ri Dent, her breeder and owner, by the Holsteln-Friealan Association of Canada in August 1937. Grants to Three Hospitals Are Voted by County Heads A sum of $8*750 was voted to the Ingersoll hospi!al here last night by the Oxford county coun­ cil, with the recommendation that county councils of 1917, 1948 and 1949 also vote a like amount to­ wards the building fund * of that institution. In addition the amount of $1,200 was voted to the Ingersoll hospital as a special grant The county finance committee re­ commended that a grant of $5,000 be made to the Woodstock hospital and a further $1,200 to the hos­ pital in Tillsonburg, both as special grants. The amount of $9,000 was set aside for installing a suitable fire protection for the county home, the plans for which are to be ready for the June session of the council. Money granted for all purposes by the finance committee totalled $262,454, of which $64,000 was for general purposes, $63,625 for Ch ar­ ity and Welfare, $105,000 for county roads, and the balance for various forms of education. Ask Oxford for $35,000 For Inge rs0/1 HospitaI —■ WOODSTOCK, March 27 — Seri­ ous overcrowding at the Ingersoll Hospital was discussed before the county council this morning, when a two-man delegation waited on ;the meeting to plead for a county ' grant "We have 45 patients in the hos­ pital right at this moment al­ though there is adequate accom­ modation for only 32 patients,” de­ clared A. Horton, leader of the । delegation. "During the past year, ' we have handled approximately 10 more patients a day than should be normal for the building.” Stressing the need for a new hospital in the town. Mr. Horton also pointed out that the institu­ tion was a benefit to the county as well as the town. "Out of 354 , patients treated at the hospital I last year. 254 were from the coun- 1 ty," he affirmed. "But the present j building can no longer give satis- : faction; it is merely an old house. ; and is falling to pieces: we are | using baby cribs and ail manner I of things for bed accommodation: 1 one woman who needs her appen­ dix removed has had to postpone the operation because of the lack of beds. Asking 835.000 Mr. Horton estimated that a new i 50-bed hospital would cost between 18150,000 and §200.000 to build. $30.- 000 of this amount has already been raised, $100,000 is hoped to be obtained from Ingersoll taxes and the county was asked to grant a further $35,000. "This is merely a third of what I the town will pay," Mr. Horton I pointed out. “If it is granted, we do not expect it right away, but over a period of three years." V. Shipton. of the Ingersoll Dions Club, spoke briefly in sup­ port of the points outlined by Mr. Horton. The matter was referred to the । finance committee for further dis­cussion. Oxford Council Alters Equalization Cut Assessment County Assessment Figures Set; Spread Original Sum peels ‘of rural high schools, each with 300-400 pupils and teaching academic and agricultural sub­ jects, council was adjourned until the mid-summer sitting. "This has been a most successful session.” declared Warden J. W. Nichols, thanking the members for their efforts/ "We have had a little bloodshed, a few tears, and many smiles.” Winding up their four-day sit­ ting with a night session yester­ day evening, the Oxford county council raised the assessment of Tillsonburg $65,000. that of South Norwich $65,000, Tax istock $14,- 400. and Norwich $8,000. The original report of the equal­ ization committee had recom­ mended that Tiilsonburg's assess­ ment be raised $100,000, but. an amendment proposed by L. B. Currie and passed 13-7. spread the amount between Tillsonburg, Tav­ istock, and Norwich. Council formed a committee ot the whole to discuss the report, with. O. H. Murray in the chair. "We are not trying to get out ot our fair share, but I do not think we should have to take an addi­ tional $8,000 in our assessment,” protested H. A. Bishop, Norwich. However, the amendment was passed on a recorded vote of 13- 7. FOX BOUNTIES The agricultural committee, re­ port advocated the setting aside of $2,500 to be paid for bounties on foxes, which was passed by the council. A resolution receiv­ ed from Wentworth county, that the Ontario Hydro Commission bear the cost of changing from 25 to 60 cy cle power, was filed. An additional report of the county roads committee was read, I which endorsed a resolution of Perth county that the province . pay 75% of the cost of recon­ structing tow’nship roads for at i least five years. The committee also endorsed a resolution that all : automobiles should be forced to i carry public liability and property damage insurance, but rejected a 1 clause making a mechanical test ! of every car compulsory A request from the Otterville Lions club for the paving of the Tillson burg-Otterville road was • filed for the action of the 194/ - council. No action was taken on the taking over of the Oxford- Perth town line running westerly from Tavistock to West Zorra, pending a proper examination of the route. Following a few remarks from L. Curtis, Tillsonburg, on the pros- Junior Farmers In County Under Single Executive Four of Six School Wells Now Free From Pollution Four of the six school wells found polluted in Oxford county during the early spring have since purified themselves, it was learn­ ed here today. J. L. Griffith, san- itary inspector for Oxford County, declared that tests made recently show that four school wells in the district have now no trace of in­ fection, although previously pol­ luted by surface drainage1. Re­ sults of test§ of the remaining two wells have not yet been re­ ceived, he said. "These wells are now perfectly safe to use,” he stated. “The casings at the top of each should be repaired, however; a very heavy rain might possibly pollute the water again.” He pointed out that the dang­ erous season for wells was now largely past.. "In the early spring, water from the melting,snow can­ not be absorbed by the ground beneath, which is still frozen, sO that it tends to flow through any cracks in well casings and seep down into the well itself. No\v that the ground is no longer froz­ en, most of the rainfall will be absorbed by the ground before it can flow very far.” Oxford Wants Ingersoll to Pay Unless the Town of Ingersoll pays their share, Oxford County will pay no more than maintenance cost for Hamilton road, it was re­ vealed in City Council last night. A letter from the Oxford County clerk stated that "until such time as the Town of Ingersoll pays part of the cost, of the road, we are not prepared to pay more (han maintenance costs.” The letter was in reply to one sent from the city to the near-by county regarding sharing costs ot the road. A reply will be sent to the county clerk. FACE LIFTING The county courthouse is having its face lifted today, as mainten­ ance men and prisoners from the county jail are hard at work var­ nishing the floors. Many of the corridors and offices have already ' been finished, and a glittering surface is now being applied to the floor of the county council chamber. CENTRE OPENED Oxford County Health Unit opened its first Child Welfare centre yesterday afternoon at Tav­ istock. Twenty-six infants and pre­ school children were registered. Miss Margaret Grieve was in charge assisted by Miss Janet Fol- ster. The mothers were each inter­ viewed and health problems were discussed with the nurses. Mrs. Seiltzer of the Tavistock Women’s Institute was in attendance and as­ sisted in conducting the confer­ ence. Miss Edna Fendley, stud­ ent from Western University, also assisted. A similar conference Will he held the first Friday afternoon in each month in Tavistock. THE PALACE iTTH€ FRICNDLY TH€ATR€ For Tillsonburg WOODSTOCK, March 29—Wind- ; ing up their March session tonight the Oxford County Council adopted । the financial report presented by Chairman Reeve O. H. Murray, I West Zorra, setting the amount to be raised by general taxation at $262,454.The financial report also recom­ mended that $8,750 be set aside for the new Ingersoll Hospital and that i the 1947 and 1948 county council set aside a similar amount. The Woodstock Hospital was granted $5,000, the Ingersoll Hospital, $1,200 and the Tillsonburg Hospital $2,000. A total of $9,000 was set aside for fire protection at the County Home. Tillsonburg Lowered An amendment to the equaliza­ tion report carried by a 13 to 7 vote raising the Tillsonburg assessment $65,000 instead of $100,000 as recom­ mended in the report The amend­ ment, moved by Reeve L. B. Currie of Tillsonburg, also raised the as­ sessment in Tavistock $14,400 and the assessment in Norwich $8,000. Clause one in the equalization re­ port setting the assessment for South Norwich at $65,000 was adopt­ ed. In the original report of the equalization committee presented by Chairman Wilfred Corp, reeve of Tavistock, the assessment for Till­ sonburg was set at $100,000. In the committee of the whole the reeve of Norwich, H. A. Bishop ; and the reeve of Tavistock, Wil­ fred Corp, objected to raising the assessment in their respective mu­ nicipalities but in a recorded vote the amendment carried. “I think it very unfair that the assessment for the Village of Norwich ifes been increased. We haven't got the expansion that Tillsonburg has experienced," Reeve Bishop stated. Area Plan Adding a word in support of the report of the committee for larger rural high school areas, Reeve Leroy Curtis, of Dereham, stated "Oxford County could well support' these schools without interfering) with the schools in larger centres I in this county, but to serve the rural areas we feel the schools should be better placed," he said, adding that the ratepayers would have a voice in where the pupils are to go. W. A. Cockburn, deputy, | reeve of Dereham, added that com­ mittee is as anxious to see as many of these rural schools established as possible. The third agricultural report pre­ sented by Chairman Clair Peers, reeve of East Oxford, asked the financial committee to set aside $3,200 for the agricultural commit- , tee and $2,500 for fox bounties. I The County Council rejected a bid from the City of Woodstock for rooms in the county building for the city police court and jail cells as requested by the city. The report adopted was presented by the chairman of the property com­ mittee, Milton Betteridge, reeve of East Missouri. OXFORD COUNTY BUILDINGS, WOODSTOCK. ONTARIO THE DAILY SENTINEL-REVIEW, SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1946 OXFORD-THE BANNER COUNTY OF CANADA Diversified Farming at Its Best CREAM MILK BUTTER ire Bred Jersey Dairy Herds BEEF CATTLE • CHEESE • POULTRY • EGGS HORSES • SWINE • FRUITS • VEGETABLES • MAPLE SYRUP • SHEEP • GRAINS • ROOT CROPS TOBACCO Pure Bred Holstein Dairy Herds Pure Bred Yorkshire Swine Middlesex County Ready Reforestation ProgramTo Fight Court Removal Big Success in Oxford The County of Middlesex is pro-*---------------------------—--------------1 pared to oppose any action by the i city to have the county magis- ; irate's court moved from Its । present quarters to some other । location, possibly the county court­ house, County Clerk W. A. Suther­ land said yesterday. Mr. Sutherland deemed any change in the present setup, where­ by the county police court is locat­ ed in the city police station, “very undesirable.” Moreover, according to the county clerk, such a move as suggested by Chief Constable Earl Knight at Wednesday night’s City Council meeting is virtually impossible for at least four years, since the county’s agreement with the city for rental of its present quarters does not expire until July 1, 1950. Courthouse Crammed “Even then, I fail to see where any more courts could be accom­ modated in the Middlesex County courthouse," he declared. "Al­ ready space there is at a minimum, and the number of matters dealt with increasing all the time." As an illustration, he pointed to a situation of a few weeks ago when a labor matter had to be heard in the Middlesex County Council chamber because every bit of available space in the court­ house was in use. “From the strictly practical j standpoint, the proposal is out of j the question." continued Mr, Suth- j erland. “Police court matters are of an entirely different nature from those dealt with in the court­ house. "Having magistrate's court in two different buildings would be most inconvenient when, as is usually the case, Magistrate Donald Men­ zies is presiding over both. It would mean he would have to leave the police station and trail away over to the courthouse, probably in his gown. I "Transfer of prisoners would present another problem. Alto­ gether the proposal seems out of ; the question, and we are prepared। to oppose it.” Silent on Rental Mr. Sutherland declined to i divulge the amount of rental paid | to the city by the county for the ; police court room and offices locat- ! ed over the police garage, but said i it was “a substantial amount con- l i sidering how seldom county police ' court is even in progress.” The county clerk .said he under-I stood that the city police force • might very well be in need of additional space, but declared this 1 ahould have been considered when ’ the new police station was built. "Certainly it shouldn't be up to the courthouse to make room for matters far out of Its realm in the administration of justice," Mr. Sutherland concluded. "In my opinion the county court ' should be in the court house any­ way," the chief told city council Wednesday night. He indicated tha police are considering putting the room to use in connection! with the new traffic squad. Relationship of Council And the Press While it holds no official position in municipal government, the press plays, an important and useful part in its operation, it is pointed out in “The Municipal Council and Councillor in Ontario,” a booklet pub­ lished by the Institute of Local Government of Queen’s University. “It is largely through the columns of the newspaper that the citizens obtain their in­ formation with respect to what matters are being dealt with by their council and their disposition. In this way, the press serves as a connecting link between the council and its people and serves to protect the electors and taxpayers by keeping councils under close scrutiny. . . . Although the represen­ tatives of the press may be excluded from committee meetings, experience shows that in the long run, in most matters, it is better to have the representatives of the news­ papers get the correct story first hand than to get a garbled version of the proceedings by indirect means. . . . There is probably no other agency in a community that can do more to promote or obstruct good municipal government than the local press.” This is a clear statement on a subject which most newspapers have found neces­ sary to discuss from time to time, where elected municipal bodies have acted in an arbitrary and bureaucratic manner. Noth­ ing can be more detrimental to a munici­ pality than to have a council which thrashes । out all its business behind closed doors, pre­ senting only “faits accomplis” at open meet­ ings. When this happens, the electors have no way of knowing the individually ex­ pressed opinions of those they put into of­ fice. Bane of an honest newspaper, too, is the elected representative who attempts to use the press as a sounding board for his own propaganda. A mis-statement of facts can easily occur through such efforts at person­ al publicity. REPRESENTS UNIT Miss M. Grieve represented the Oxford County Health Unit at a (luncheon held at the London Hunt club yesterday. Together with Miss M. Rutherford, supervisor of the Elgin and St. Thomas unit, Miss Grieve at tended to hear an i address “The Red Ci’oss in Pence-' lime," and a discussion of the । , course in orthopedic nursing at University of Western Ontario, j Woodstock, April 2 (CP), — Ox­ ford County's tree-denuded coun­ tryside is fast becoming a forest I haven for wild life under the am-j bitious reforestation program being carried out by the County Council and many rural citizens. With Woodstock woodworking plans for years making heavy in­ roads on the timber growth of the country, Oxford seemed headed for the same fate that, overlook many Midwestern Stales in America. But, for the past few years, the County Council, aware of the dangers of soil erosion, has made great strides in remedying what was becoming an alarming situation here. In 1940 the first reforestation step was taken in the county, but it wasn’t until 1944 that council went at it seriously. In the period be­ tween 1940 and 1944 over a million and a half trees were distributed and planted in Oxford. Some 85,000 have been planted since. An addi­ tional 128,000 are expected to be planted this year. The work of planting 28.000 on the Embro Tract has already been started, according to County Clerk L. K. Cples. Since 1940 approximately 1,200 trees per acre have been planted, with about 1,250 acres being revived with new forest life. Several school plantings were held last year, and this year more tree-planting demonstrations are scheduled. The opening of the Creditville Tract is scheduled for I April 30. the Embro Tract for May 1. and the Lakeside Tract for May 2. A school planting on private prop­ erty in Dereham i§„ scheduled for May 3. According to the report released by the county clerk, more I than 90 per cent of the trees plant­ ed in Oxford have survived. Threat of Cancer Is Emphasized by Health Unit Head The fact that ‘T4.000 Canadians die every year from Cancer” was emphasized at today's noon Rot­ ary luncheon meeting by Dr. O. C. Powers, head of the Oxford county health unit. "If these peo­ ple were all concentrated, it would wipe out the city of Woodstock every year,” he declared, compar­ ing the number of resultant deaths with the population of the city. Dr. Powers spoke on the subject of cancer, discussing its four as­ pects, including the nature of cancer, its cause, its prevention and its treatment. Drumbo School is Destroyed by Flames;Damage Set at $50,000; Cause Unknown THE STILL SMOULDERING RUINS OF DRUMBO SCHOOL were the subject of village sightseers yesterday morning. The continuation and public school, a combined building, was gutted by fire of unknown origin on Wed nesday evening. The upper photo taken from the north side of the school shows the building as the fire left it. a tottering brick hulk. The north wall, weakened by the blaze, fell into the ruins early Thursday morning. “No school to­ day (” pleases the group of children in the lower picture as they hold “play” classes in the spring sun. From the left are: Marilyn Moore, Bruce Preey, Mary Jane Howlett, Bill Fink and Joyce Shoemaker. Drumbo School Board Accepts Relief Relief to Fire Stricken Drumbo School Offered by City’s Board of Education From City Board in Form of Supplies Now pressed into use by the Drumbo by the board of trust. Drumbo school board, relief was recently offered to that; board by the Woodstock board of education after a $50,000 fire which razed the school building in the village of Drumbo last week. The Drumbo board came to of the village. Blackboard slates loaned by Woodstock were removed from the walls of its public schools. The slates were to be removed during the summer holidays, to be replac­ ed by bulletin boards in some of Woodstock where they borrowed the classrooms, but in the face of 11 large slate blackboards and 30 the emergency medium sized school desks. > the walls for The articles were trucked lo Drumbo board < taken from ry to the ’ARIO. THURSDAY. APRIL is 1046(City to Seek CompletionOf Hamilton Rd. Paving A City Council committee will* meet officials of Ingersoll and Ox­ ford County and press for com­ pletion over one and one-quarter miles of paving on Hamilton road, , the only unpaved stretch between London and Ingersoll, City Coun­ cil ruled last night. The committee will consist of I Mayor Fred G. McAlister and several councilors, together with .1. W. Carson, of the Middlesex sub­ urban road commission. They will attempt to break the apparent deadlock between Ingersoll and the l becounty which is believed to holding up the paving. Springbank Paving Out This decision was reached asCity Councilors reluctantly aban­ doned all hope of repaving Spring- | hank drive this year, after City Engineer W. M. Veitch told them that land tile was not obtainable. This project was laid over last ' rear for the same reason, he said. He quoted County Engineer W. Raywood Smith as saying that the suburban roads commission would I purchase tile at the earliest pos­ sible moment and would attempt to do the work next year. Meanwhile. according to Mr. Carson, such repairs as are deem­ ed necessary will be undertaken. Mr. Carson was welcomed to City Council by Mayor McAlister, who voiced the appreciation of the city for his services on the road commission. Funds Used Elsewhere Funds included last year for work on Springbank drive were spent actually on Hamilton road paving, after it became apparent that the Springbank job could not be undertaken. According to Col. Veitch. Spring­ bank drive must be tiled first to insure a proper road surface. Aid. Earl Nichpls and George I Gardner moved that council ap­ prove the deputation to Ingersoll and Oxford. The mayor will name | the committee of aidermen. 15 YEARS AGO 1 _ I Oxford county will again send p boy to the Ontario Agricultural Cohege under the Massey fund, it was stated today by C. R. Green, district agricultural representa­ tive. A grant of S50 the county's share of the award was made at the March session of the county council while a like amount will be provided from the Massey fund. _. ____ Good Cause for Pride, But — Last week in Woodstock, the holding of juvenile court was a mere formality—• there were no cases to be heard, for the first time since the summer of 1944. Bounties Paid on " 1 Fox Pelts Here An unusual quantity of fox pells, elievcd to be the highest number for one day since the inception of fox bounties by the county council, were received at the of­ fice of L. K. Coles, county clerk, on Monday. Bounty was paid dur­ ing the day for 19 pups and two) grown foxes. Over the weekend, it is reported that several farmers “dug out” fox holes to catch the young pups. Pelts came from North Nor­ wich. Blenheim and West Zorra townships. Bounty on foxes, amounting to $4 for each pelt, was first intro­ duced by county council in Jan­ uary, 1945. Give Flies the D. T’s “One fly killed now means about three million less flies in August,” declared J. L. Grif­ fith, sanitary inspectorVor Ox­ ford county. Mr. Griffith ex­ plained that houseflies will be­ gin to hatch out of the t mag­ gots next month, and that l each fly would in turn reproduce millions of offspring in an in­ credibly short time. Pointing out that this is the time to take the most effective preventive measures against in­ sect pests, the sanitary inspect­ or outlined the various steps to be taken. “Farmers should remove any excess manure left over from : fertilizing the fields, to a good | distance from the house,” he asserted. “The manure pile, ! which is the ideal, breeding ground for maggots, should then be sprayed with D.D.T. This , should kill most of the pests. Window screens and the inside -.urfaces of windows should be grayed with a ten per cent, so- rtion of D.D.T., so that a fly >ming in contact with it will je killed.” The various qualities of D.D.T., ! he new and extremely potent • insecticide developed during the County’s Health Conferences are Proving Success Child welfare conferences. In­ stituted at various points in the county recently, have proved to be an unqualified success, Dr. O. C. Powers, medical officer of health for Oxford county, declared be­ fore I he county board of health here yesterday. “We had 26 people attending our first meeting in Tavistock the other day,” Dr. Powers said. “I think most places have found the advice very helpful.” He named the various centres where these conferences now take place, but emphasized that, any­ one could attend them, even !f from another district. “We don’t draw any county lines in these matters” he smiled. Conferences for each township are held in Tavistock and Inner­ kip for East Zorra residents: Em- bro for West Zorra, Thamesford and Lakeside for East Nissoun, Innerkip and Drumbo for Bland­ ford and Blenheim, Oxford Centre for East Oxford, Folden’s for Wesr Oxford, Norwich and Otterville for North and South Norwich and Tillsonburg and Verschoyle for Dereham. I war, were explained by Mr. Grif- I fith. “It will last for a considerable period of time, depending on the exoosure,” he remarked. "Some­ times the D.D.T. is mixed with oil to form a solution, and the oil stains the wallpaper if sprayed on it. Care should be taken to spray it only on surfaces that will not be so affected; the mixture is also bad for clothing, as it takes the life out of the cloth fibres if sprayed on a fabric.” Road Crews Busy Patching; Frost Still Comes Out County road crews are now busy patching road surfaces and doing other spring work, J. N. Meathrell, county road superin­ tendent, announced today. With the frost still not entirely out of the ground in some places, the county’s extensive road program^ recently approved by council has not yet got fully under way. "We are busy on all the jobs that we can do on the roads now, though,” Mr, Meathrell continued. “Our big program of work gen­ erally gets under way sometime around the 24th of May. when the rainy season is over and the roads are in shape to be worked on.” Regarding the bridge-building which forms an important part of the county road program this year, : the road superintendent noted that, plans were now being drawn up, j but also explained that delivery of steel was most uncertain these days. "Supplies of steel suitable for bridge work may be a little slow this year, after the steel and coal strikes in the States,” he added. ’ Road surfaces at present are still hard, and difficult to work. "I would like to see our spring rains start any time now. so that I we could get them over with,” he I grinned. COUNTY OF OXFORD Tenders Wanted SEALED TENDERS ADDRESS­ ED TO THE COUNTY ROAD SUPERINTENDENT AND EN­ DORSED "TENDER FOR HAUL­ ING ROAD MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT HIRE” WILL BE1 RECEIVED BY THE UNDER­ SIGNED UP TO 12 O'CLOCK NOON. THURSDAY. APRIL 18, 1946. for the following: Hauling of gravel from the vari­ ous crushers operated by or for the Corporation . Hauling of stone from the vari­ ous commercial quarries within the ’ County. Feeding, crushing and hauling 1 from designated gravel pits. Delivery of the above mentioned materials to be made on certain ( portions of the County Road Sys-1 tem as directed by the County' Road Superintendent.Feeding of county crushers. Truck, shovel and equipment hire. Any other work that may be des­ ignated on the tender form. Contract agreement and specifi­ cations and forms of tender may be obtained on or after April 10. at : the office of the County Road Su- I perintendent, Court House. Wood-1 .stock. Ontario. Tenders must be accompanied by ! a marked cheque payable to the County Treasurer or an approved bid bond for Two Hundred Dollars The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. J. N. MEATHRELL. County Road Superiptend^m^ County Council’s Assistance Asked For Western “U” A two-man delegation represent­ ing the University of Western On­ tario and composed of Professor Fred Landon, vice-president of the university and Col. George W. Little, chairman of the building fund committee addressed the county council here yesterday afternoon. Seeking assistance for the uni­ versity's ten year building pro­ gram requiring two and a half mil­ lion dollars they asked the county council to consider as Oxford’s share one mill on the assessment each year for a period of ten years. The finance committee reporting during the evening session re­ commended the matter be held over for consideration at the Sept­ ember session. Increased Attendance Professor Landon told the coun­ cil of the increased attendance at the university due to students from the armed forces. Last year, he said the university had an en­ rolment of 1,700. About 700 of these were from the armed forces. They expect this condition to con­ tinue for five or six years. Fol­ lowing that period it has been es­ timated that the attendance will then be 60 per cent, greater than before the war. Col. Little stated that the 10 year building program was actu­ ally an urgent need for tomorrow. He told of the contribution made to the fund by the City of Lon­ don of §500,000 over a period of . 10 years. The county of Middlesex ; gave 2 mills on the assessment this I year. * ' .... <'*■: 7 & ■f J 7 J <7 77 7' p''' ■7.77' ■ . ■ - 7S7 ■ ■i 7 < > CUT AS DEEP AS FOUR FEET—This photograph shows the view on the lower side of the knoll shown in the other picture on this page. The runoff of water after the socTwas worn away eroded this slope to a depth of four feet. Some conception of the damage done can be gained from observing the height of the remaining sod with George Ball, assistant agricul­ ture representative, who is standing in the cut made by the water.— (Staff Photo) County Council May Consider Airport Plan The question of the proposed purchase of the "Tillsonburg Air­ port" from the War Assets Cor­ poration will probably be discuss­ ed by the county council during the present session. Warden J. Winston Nichols said this morn­ ing-When the session opened on Tuesday a communication from the Tillsonburg council informed the county council of their action in asking’War Assets Corporation to withhold the sale of the airport until interested municipalities could consider the possibility of its conversion for a county or muni­ cipal airport. Health Clinics Held in County The initial child health confer­ ence under the county health unit was held at Lakeside at the United Church there on Monday. Six in­ fants and seven pre-schoolers at­ tended. The clinic was in charge of Mrs. Hazel McNeil, assisted by Mrs. Mitchell, Mrs. Mills and Mrs. Widdis, helpers from the Lakeside Women's Institute. On Friday last a pre-school clin­ ic was held at Thamesford United Church when 12 children who will start school next fall were examin­ ed by Dr. O. Powm’S, county medic­ al health officer. The child welfare clinic was held in conjunction with one infant and 12 pre-schoolers In attendance. The four county nurs­ es in attendance were Mrs. B. Boa­ well, Miss S. Allen, Mrs. H, McNeill and Misa I. Wilton. Mrs. Shewan and Mra. Atkinson, members of the Thamesford Women's Institute, as­ sisted. Reeve Provides Excitement In Norwich Reunion Parade NORWICH — Jupiter Pluve was the only unwelcome visitor at the opening day ceremonies in connection with the Norwich Dis­ trict Reunion. In a matter of minutes he cleared the communi­ ty playgrounds and ended uncere­ moniously the afternoon program. Later in the evening the ball dia- mand had dried sufficiently to al­ low proceeding with two ball games, one between juvenile teams led by Bruce Maedel and Glen Johnson, the other between the Norwich Redwings and Jack's Leaflets, of Ingersoll. In the first game the score was 12-9 in favor of Maedel's team, and in the girls game Norwich won with the score 15-9. The latter game ended on a disputed play which resulted in an argument, with the majority of the onlookers feeling the decision should have gone to the Ingersoll player. Both games provided good entertainment for the large crowd of fans. The day's program opened with a gala parade headed by Reeve H. A. Bishop driving Tony. Clar­ ence Hoyt's horse. It had been. Mr. Bishop's intention to drive the animal, but when the band started playing it set the unruly beast in reverse, causing it to back the racing sulky to which it was hitched into the side of a parked car. The seat of the sul- ky broke downward and Mr. Bishop was jack-knifed between it. the horse and the car. Before the shafts broke, releasing the pressure, Mr. Bishop had been pressed so tightly against the car bumper as to bend it badly. When released he jumped up. finished freeing the horse from the rig and drove it to the place for : which the parade was headed. ] hilly section of the country toured on the conservation trip taken by Waterloo county council with representatives from Oxford. The photograph shows clearly on just how hilly a farm strip cropping could be carried on to advantage— STRIP CROPPING—On the farm of A. C. Schonauer, Kill­ buck, Ohio, was found this illustration of the practice of strip cropping. The slope is ploughed following the contour and the crops rotated in strips as shown here. This is a very (Photo by J. N. Meathrell) MALABAR FARM IN PLEASANT VALLEY—The farm op­ erated by Louis Bromfield, author of "Pleasant Valley,” in Ohio has many examples of soil conservation practices. This field with but a gentle slope has been strip cropped to pre­ vent water runoff and resulting loss of fertility and erosion. The strips are first arranged 75 feet apart and as the soil is built up they are widened to 150 feet—(Photo J. N. Meath­ rell) * . . _______________________ Control ot County Woodlots At the September session of Oxford’s county council a bylaw providing for the control of certain wood lots in the county will be given consideration. At their June session the council or­ dered the preparation of the bylaw under the authority given them by the last ses­ sion of the provincial legislature. Woodlot regulations, as pointed out­ by I. C. Marritt, zone forester, in speaking to the council, would benefit the commun­ ities and municipalities. The sub-margin­ al agricultural soils would be kept in tim­ ber, and, as a result, a fair property tax could be collected. The wooded lands would help prevent floods on the streams and rivers, and there would be a more steady supply of water in springs and wells. It would be possible to preserve special woodlots, tuch as one adjacent to a community or the district school. Regulations would also benefit the owner. They would protect him against his lack of foresight and ignorance. The economic set-up of a farm is more stable if there is a 10 to 15 acre woodlot to sup­ ply the farmer’s fuel and lumber require­ ments. Woodlots which act as windbreaks are a help in growing crops. The sub­ marginal agricultural soils would give higher returns than if cropped or pastur­ ed. Higher financial returns on the wood­ lot over a period of years would result m many individual cases. It is not surprising that Oxford county council, already greatly interested in re­ forestation and soil conservation, should be planning to take such a forward step. Blenheim Leads Nimrods in Fox Hunting League i Wielding a capable sipade and a deadly gun. sportsmen in the . county accounted for no less than , 144 foxes during the month of ! May. In Blenheim township alone, 40 foxes fell to the nimvods of the district, with Blandford trail­ ing with 21. North Norwich made a poor third with 16. The month's bag brings the to­ tal for the first five months of । the year to 437 animals. The to­ tal for the entire year was 640 during 1945, but County Clerk Len Coles pointed out that 1he numbers of foxes brought in would drop off sharply during the sum- i mer and early fall days, when i farmers are busy and foxes full- ; grown and capable. High and Low Farmers in Blenheim have ac- I counted for 115 of the chicken­ house marauders to date this year, a record high among the town­ ships. North Oxford shows the lowest total of foxes bagged, the : animals apparently giving that I township a wide berth. No catches at all were reported there this month. Figures indicate that this year's i bag might equal the mark set lasl | year, when farmers in the district' j went out after the bounties in a big way. But those in the know figure that cunning Reynard, with his customary guile, will merely head into the bush for a while and mul­ tiply until he is again up to । 1 strength. _ ___j Good Prospects for Deer Hunt, Game Warden Says Game warden Ted Shaddock had cheering news for district hunters today when he declared that there was every indication that there would be an open sea­ son on deer in this county this fall. The matter is conditional on the approval of provincial game authorities, but the game ward­ en considered that with deer reported to be numerous in many sections of the county, it would again he necessary to have a shoot this fall to ensure that farm crops were not dam­ aged by roving groups of the animals. Last year’s deer-hunt, the Oxford Retains Last of Crown Church Grants One of the few remaining large Crown church grants to be found in Ontario is located in Oxford County. Over a century old now, the grant, 200 acres of fine, rolling farm is located on lol: 25, conces­ sion five of the predominately Scotch stronghold of West Zorra. Called the "Clergy Reserve," the land was granted by the Crown to the Presbyterian Church on June 3, 1839. some 107 years ago. In the registry office the grant is made out to John Fraser, in trust, for the Presby­ terian pioneers of that time. On July 1, 1864, the land was conveyed to the grantees, Wil­ liam Willson, James Innes and James McBurney by the gran­ tors John Fraser. Donald Mathe­ son, John Sutherland and Don­ ald McPherson, to be held in trust for the Presbyterian Church of the Township of Zorra in con­ nection with the established Church of Scotland, the titles state. All the above surnames, writ­ ten in fine script in the registry record books, still predominate in the Zorras, East and West. Many years ago, according to Reeve William McIntosh of Em­ bro, the congregation of the Brooksdale Presbyterian Church, - joined the United Church move- ■ ment and since then it has been held by them and rented out as farm land. As late as 1889 a resolution, moved by Andrew Bigg and sec­ onded by James Innes, is noted at the registry office appointing Alexander Innes, James Gibb, William Innes and Archibald Manson to the board of trustees. first in the county for many years, was most successful, but the hunt merely cut down the number of deer, leaving many in the sanctuary of the swamps and bush throughout the county. Previous to the hunt, farmers reported considerable lose to crops, particularly turnips, through the feeding habits of the unnaturally tame deer. Within the last few weeks, re­ ports have indicated that the animals are again on the in­ crease. and sightings of stags, fawns, and does are common­ place on any road passing through wooded or swampy sections of the county. Retiring ClerkF. G. Jackson Tendered Dinner O.cr been Mich. F. G. JACKSON The officials of. East Oxford township tendered a dinner to F. G. Jackson, retiring clerk-treas­ urer of the township at the Food- Rite, Woodstock, on Thursday- evening, June 6. Those in attend­ ance were Reeve Clair Peers and Mrs. Peers. Councillors L. Gran­ ger. C. E. McComb, George Wright, J. A. Wallace and their wives. Road Superintendent M. J. McMahon and Mrs. McMahon. / sscssor George Town and Mrs. Town. Collector Alex Riach and Mrs. Eia^h, Montrose Holsworth, the newly appointed clerk, and i Mrs. Holsworth and E. Burpee i Palmer, acting clerk-treasurer and ! Mrs. Palmer. I____Presentation Made JUNE 7, 1946 M. N. Holdsworth Named New Clerk Of East Oxford 26 Divorce Cases Listed in Oxford Summer Assizes Oxford Party to Join Ohio Tour Representatives from Oxford are preparing to leave on Monday for a Lour sponsored by the Water­ loo County Council to the noted Muskingum Conservancy District in Ohio, it was learned today, A'though the trip is sponsored by Waterloo, invitations have been e- jnded to representatives from Oxford, Middlesex and Wellington counties. From Oxford there will be War­ den J. Wiiston Nichols, County Engineer J. N. Meatherell and G. R. Green, agricultural representa­ tive. It is understood that a fourth member may join the Oxford parly but no decision has been :ed as yet on who may be tour is to leave on Monday ;; proceeding to Sarnia and ._ron. The rest of the day ? spent in the Fenton area, night accommodation has arranged at Ann Arbor, Tuesday morning, the party will leave for Headwaters District, Mt. Gilead. The balance of the day will be devoted to visiting farms in this district, and the group will be split up to provide sleeping accommodations that night with, [ various farmers. Leaving Mt. Gilead on Wednes­ day morning, the delegation will ] then visit the Malabar farm, । stopping at Pleasant Hill Dam— wiuch is part of the Muskingum ’ Conservancy District—and con- j tinue to the Blubaugh farm. All i these names are familiar io con- 1 Salvationists in Canada and the ; j United States. The visitor will, on leading the Blubaugh farm, cross the Mohawk ■ Dam on their way to Coshocton, I Evening accommodation is being । arranged in the dormitories at the research station. Bryce Browning, secretary of the Muskingum Con­ servancy District, will address the gathering Wednesday night. Thursday afternoon will be spent at the Hydrologic Research Sta­ tion, the afternoon viewing some stripping croping in the Wooster area. The following day Dr. Yoder will conduct a tour of the experi­ ment station. The party will re­ turn via Niagara Falls, N. Y.. on Saturday. June S. University to Discuss Grant, County Council A delegation from the Univer­ sity of Western Ontario will wait on' the Oxford County council on. Thursday, June 20 at 2.15 p. m.. County Clerk Len Coles announced today. The delegation, composed of Professor Fred Landon, vice-pres­ ident of the university; Col. D. B. Weldon, of the board of governors, and Col. George W. Little, chair­ man of the campaign committee.’ will seek a grant equivalent to one mill of the county tax rate for the use of the university. Pay­ ment of the grant would be spread out over a period of ten years. Mr. Coles added that the ar­ rangements had been recently completed by telephone with the university officials. Other Counties Other counties being petitioned for a similar grant of one mill are Elgin. Kent, Huron, and Perth. Half a mill is being asked from Essex. Bruce. Grey. Wellington, Waterloo, Brant and Norfolk coun­ ties The grant asked from Oxford county would be in the neighbor­ hood of $29,000. it was estimated, the sum being raised over the ten-year period specified. Middlesex county has been asked for a grant of $100,000, to be paid over a period of ten years, it was learned. The various grants are being solicited by the university to de­ fray the costs of the great expan­ sion of the university facilities be­ ing planned for the near future. “Look your worst, my dear—there's a buyer here today from Macy's handbag department'9 Graduation Exercises of Hospital Training School A. D. McCorquodale, ex-warden, who spoke in the absence of Warden J. W, Nichols, conveyed to the graduates the best wishes of the county and praised the' ad­ ministration and service which the local hospital is contributing to the community. Do You Remember? | 25 YEARS AGO Norman Garfield, awaiting ex­ ecution in Oxford jail for murder of Ben Johnson, makes successful break for liberty, after slugging guard and taking keys, then walks coolly away. Norman Garfield who escaped from Oxford jail, was recaptured near Georgetown and returned to the jail to await execution fori the murder of Ben Johnson, con-' fectioner. 1 Official probe into the escape ]of Norman Garfield from Oxford jail is now on at the courthouse. John Robley, turnkey; Rev. Wil­ fred Gaetz, spiritual adviser and Robert Ball, death watch, give evidence. Norman Garfield, convicted j murderer' of Ben Johnson, confec- j tioner, pays with his life on gal-] lows at Oxford county jail, June1 2. ___________________I I Do You Remember ? |25 YEARS AGOI County council in June session I urged by district engineer that as­ sistant be given William Forbes, county road superintendent in looking after the 285 miles of county roads. City and county council finance committees will meet to discus.? proposed improvements at Oxford County jail, of which the city is asked to share the cost. Proposal to spend $20,000 in im­ provements at Oxford County jail was defeated by a vote of 14 to 6 in county council | 15 YEARS AGO | County expenditure for all pur­ poses for the year, was estimated at $243,365 by Reeve Poole of Dereham, chairman of finance committee in report to county council County council decides no new jail will be built here at the pres­ ent time. Reeve Baechler and Ex­ warden Hanlon deny statement that the 1928 council promised to । build one in three years. 10 YEARS AGO Premier M. F. Hepburn opens speaking tour of Western Ontario with address at large rally in Woodstock armory. R. J. Forbes, manager of Ox­ ford county home, elected presi­ dent of Ontario Association of Managers at annual convention in London. ___. __ ------- School Bus and Auto in Crash The Innerkip school bus, bound for Woodstock, was involved in a head-on collision with an auto­ mobile yesterday morning, it was learned here today. While proceeding along the first concession of East Zorra. the bus. a 1946 Plymouth sedan driven by William Scott, Innerkip, collided with a car driven by Mrs. Dorothy Boswell, a nurse attached to the Oxford county health unit. Nei­ ther driver was injured, although Douglas Hall, one ot two passen­ gers in the bus, sustained bruises. Damage was estimated at over $50 to each car. with considerable damage being done to the front and left hand sides of the two automobiles. According to eyewitness ac­ counts, the accident occurred at the crest of a hill. With neither car being visible to the driver of the other until shortly before the I impact. Importance of Forest Areas ’ Stressed at Annual Banquet I Approximately 300 ardent game and fish exponents gathered last evening in Old St. Paul’s church school for the annual banquet of the Oxford Gaine and Fish Pro­ tective Association. It was an outstanding affair with guest speaker Robson Black, president of the Canadian Forest­ ry Association of Montreal giving the members much food for thought with his lecture on “Con­ servation and Reforestation.” “If game fish cannot be bred in water temperatures of 60 de­ grees, Ontario’s forest industries cannot breed in the red-hot tem- ! peratures of timber conflagra- ' tions,” Mr. Black declared. No Room for Both i “Either the bonfires otf indus­ trial raw material must go or the industries must retreat. Forest employment, and conflagrations cannot occupy the same township, and if those of us in Oxford Coun­ ty think we are independent of the northern timber areas, tr yslicing Ontario’s income by 40 per cent, and see what happens to a Wood- | stock balance sheet.” Mr. Black said that the war years had brought about a sharp change-over from the mentality of exploitation to the wholesome doc­ trine of conservation. The food and agriculture conferences of the ! United Nations had made it clear that every person in North Ameri­ ca required the product of three acres of land each year, but equally required the product of four acres of forest. Balance of Resources I Two-thirds of all the trees cut . ' down in the world annually were | I used to cook food, to make homes j and to combat cold. The founda- ' tion of decent living conditions was to be found in a balance of resources, not just areas of soil., । “The people of Palestine and Syria were down to less than a fifth of an acre of forest for each person; in India less than an acre; and in Canada 69 acres of wood­ land for every Canadian,” Mr, Black said. “It is the peak of stupidity for man to turn topsy-turvy the bal­ ancing enactments of Mother Na­ ture, preferring to follow the gleam of his own conceit and stubbornness.” Caugf t in Time Contracting resource conditions in Ontario with those in Mediter­ ranean countries where the man­ made ruin of forests, soils and wa­ ters had placed the lands beyond all possibility of resurrection, the ' speaker pictured Ontario, despite all blunders, as having caught de- generative procedures in time to . evere the trends and ultimately , bring triumph. "We still retain all the fresh­ ness and fecundity of Mother Na­ ture to regenerate and re-estab­ lish our woods aird waters. On a single sheet of paper can be writ­ ten all the instructions for doub­ ling or quadrupling the yield and profit of a farm woodlot, how to keep a good stream in level flow, how to restore a river that has gone to pot, how to stay erosion,” "Mr. Black said. The speaker gave a number of practical illustrations of sand dunes brought to high profit by reforestation, of woodlots trebled in their periodical yield, of arid areas made into a money-making hunting zone and of lakes where the annual yield of game fish was increased by 400 per cent. At Head Table Seated at the head table were R- W- Losee, secretary; Bruce j Tapley, second vice-president; C. I W. Riley, mayor of Ingersoll; Rev. John Morris, James A. Vance, Rob­ son Black, Edward Dutton, presi­ dent; T. R. Dent, M.LA., K. R. Daniel, M.P., Charles Burston, mayor; J. Winston Nichols, Ox­ ford county warden and Andy Small, first vice-president. President- Dutton presided and Mayor Burston extended a wel­ come to members of the club on behalf of the city. Mr. Dutton, in his brief remarks told the mem­ bers that the club has, in the past, and will continue in the future, to restock the streams of the county. He also pledged the assistance of the club in any reforestation pro­ ject in the district. Warden Nichols remarked that Oxford County Council was much concerned with anything to do with wild life in the county as well as .with reforestation and conservation. James A. Vance introduced the speaker and in so doing said that Canadians in general must give greater attention to the country's natural resources. | Stresses Importance of Oxford County Woodlots “The farm woodlot has sudden­ ly taken on a new and impressive , value both in Canada, and the United States,*' Robson Black slated in an interview with the Sentinel-Review this morning. Mr. Black, president and man­ ager of “Forest and Outdoors” magazine of the Canadian Forest­ ry Association, arrived in the city this morning to speak at the annu­ al banquet of the Oxford Fish and Gaine Protective Association being held this evening. “We may think that good soil is enough to keep a population prosperous,” Mr. Robson contin­ ued, “the truth is that each human I being in North America is fed from three acres of ground, but the very same person must have four acres of woodland to meet his minimum needs in wood materials. “It is well to keep this in mind in Oxford county which ought to have 15 per cent of its farmlands under trees and today has less than half of that. । “The farm woodlot owner has plenty of good intentions but is j woefully short on expert guidance I in woodlot management. Recently the state of New Jersey gave to its । woodlot owners a plan whereby I the state forester would control I each woodlot for ten years, mark the trees to be cut and bargain with the buyer. The results have been astonishing. Farmers have been getting twice and three times as much for their logs as ever be­ fore, and at the same time sacri­ ficing only a fraction of their stock of timber,, keeping the bal­ ance in thriving condition for fu­ ture gains. Strange to say the sawmillers also endorse the plan because they knew that helter- skelter butchering of woodlots would drive the milling industry out of the state in a few years. Crux of Question “The crux of the woodlot ques­ tion in Oxford county is that good farm soil is not required for a tree crop. The poorer lands, on poorer sites, is al) that need be de­ voted to the purpose. This is the time to harness woodiota to their maximum capacity of wood pro­ duction because almost every type of log is on an ascending market. More profits will be made out of woodlots in years to come than any man thought passible in times past. Since poor land cannot pay dividends any other way than by timber growing, why not hitch a woodlot plan to every farmer*® agricultural program? In other words, make every acre on the homestead earn its keep.” Expert Explains Correct Method Of Tree Planting The correct method of planting trees on reforestation plots was explained this morning by J. Jack- son, Department of Lands and Forests official. Once the sod is removed a wedge-shaped hole is dug with a- spade deep enough to allow the; roots to go down. The small tree is set against the vertical side of the hole and the earth filled in. around it. After filling the hole the earth should be packed with the foot. A common, incorrect method, he explained, is to put the .spade in the earth, wiggle it back and forth i making a crack into which the small tree is pushed. When the . earth is filled in an air space is i left ai-ound the roots and they are unable to reach the soil. “With a good rain after you might be lucky and get away with this method,'' he added, “but with dry weather like this the tree would not stand a chance.” Mr. Jackson estimated that two men working 10 hours on easily spaded soil could plant 2,0JO trees in that time. CONSERVATION TALK This afternoon pupils of the collegiate institute listened to a talk on soil conservation by G. R Green, agricultural representative. The talk was illustrated with slides on the subjects of reforesta­ tion, soil erosian and conservation, “She fell off a chair irhile dusting the maid's room, doctor'' Pied Piper of HamelinWould Have Field Day in County Says Inspector The legendary Pied Piper of' Hamelin could do a brisk trade in the county here, according to statements made today by Sani- tary Inspector J. L. Griffith. Rats, i cairiers of numberless diseases, in- [ eluding the bubonic plague, the • Blrck Death of the Middle Ages, ; are on the increase in Oxford ' county, and Sanitary Inspector Griffith called for action against | them. 'There are too many dumps of refuse and garbage around farm buildings and houses,” he stated. "If we can get those cleaned up, we will have started on our way, for garbage piles arc the gx'eatest breeding grounds for rats/' Declaring that more garbage should be bunted. Mr. Griffith pointed out that rats will not live anywhere where there is even a' smell of anything burnt; a charred wooden building will remain rat- free for years. “They just can't stand fire, or anything that goes . with it," he grinned. From garbage dumps and ref- , use heaps, rats generally spread I into a town, choosing locations near a handy source of food. .Mills, stores, bams, slaughter i houses, canneries; all will soon become rat-infested unless action I is taken. । Hardest hit of all are abattoirs. ' Rats will go to any length to I reach a slaughter floor, having ' the weasel's obsession for blood. Some slaughter houses in the county have become almost over- । run with rats at times, and drastic ' action is required to eradicate ithem from a building which has I once been penetrated. Often the 1 rodents hold up in sewers and drains, emerging only at night. ; 'The thing to do is to trap them now. before they get out of hand," Mr. Griffith maintained. “Any kind of trap will do; the bait should always be something that is not available elsewhere in the building. In a meat shop, for ; instance, cheese should be used j for bait, while if cheese can be i had in the building, meat makes . I ideal bait.” Crown Attorney Elected Bencher Oxford county's Crown Attor- ney, Craig McKay. K.C., has been elected a Bencher of the Law So­ ciety, according to a list released yesterday. Benchers are the governing body of the legal profession in Ontario. There are 3236 members of the society from among whom every' five years candidates are nomin­ ated for election as benchers. Mr. McKay was nominated by the Oxford County Law Association.1 He stood 13th in a field of 60 candidates. Recently Mr. McKay was ap­ pointed to the committee of ad­ ministration of civil justice of the Ontario Bar Association. He is al­ so vice-president of the Provincial Crown Attorneys' Association. Start Semi-Annual TourOf Oxford County RoadsOxford county's warden, J. Winston Nichols departed today on the semi-annual tour of the county's roads with Road Su­ perintendent J. N. Meathrell. Each year the warden of the county and the road superin­ tendent make an inspection ot the roads throughout the coun ’ ty, checking on the condition of the road surfaces, bridges and culverts, as well as discuss­ ing the repairs to be made to certain sections during the summer. Again in the autumn the same two county officials make a tour of inspection, checking up on repairs made during the construction season, and determining points where alterations are still required. With a record $218,650 voted for road work in the county, the tour of the road superin- j tendent and the county council . head takes on an added impor­ tance this year, $52,458 will be spent on maintenance alone with a further $93,225 set aside tor the construction of new I roads at various points in the county. The county officials will be 1 Paying particular attention to I the junctions of county roads and streams, for despite the post-war shortage of steel no less than nine new bridges are planned in the district. Togeth­ er with repairs to the flooring of one of the existing bridges. ! the construction on these will cosf an estimated $15,850. While county road crews are already at work on the .job of patching road surfaces which have been damaged by the frost and traffic, full -time con­ struction work will not get un­ derway until after the spring rains. Road officials hope that the road program will get into full swing by May 24, however. j SHOOT, TRAP FOXES I Farmers in the county caught 107 foxes during the month of April it was learned this morning. Submitted to County Clerk Len Coles for bounty, township reports for the month include: Blandford, 12 pelts; Blenheim, 25; Dereham, 16; East Missouri, 6; North Nor­ wich, 4; East Oxford, 4; West Oxford, 6; East Zorra, 22; West Zorra 12. TREE PLANTING Warden J. Winston Nichols and Len COles. county clerk, attended a tree planting by East Oxford schools this afternoon as re-pre- , sentatives of the county council. AT CONVENTION Oxford County Health Unit was 1 represented at the nursing section of the Ontario Educational Assoc­ iation convention in Toronto, it was learned today. Nurses Shirley Allan, Ruth Grieve, Janet Foster j and Mrs. Dorothy Boswell, all at- , tached to the nursing unit here, ■ made the trip to Toronto to attend No Excuse for Cracked Dishes “Now that crockery is once again available, there is n0 excuse for restaurants in the county to be using cracked cups and dishes,” declared J. L. Griffith, Oxford County sanitary inspector. Mr. Griffith went on to point out that diseases were often trans­ mitted by means of cracked china­ ware, as dirt lodged in the crack could not be removed by ordinary dishwashing methods. “These cracks are just a breed­ ing ground for germs of all kinds,” he remarked. “The dishes aren’t properly sterilized, with the result that customers using the china­ ware in a restaurant are in danger o fpicking up some sort of infec­ tion. With the scarcity of china during the war, some allowance could be made, but nowadays there is no excuse for a restaurant using cracked cups or dishes.” County and City Sanitary Inspectors Back Clean-Up NOTICE CLEAN-UP I the convention. Miss M. Grieve, ' nursing superintendent declar ed. AH putrid and decaying animal or vegetable matter in Oxford County shall be removed from all cellars, buildings, outbuildings and yards on or before the 10th day of May 1946. Signed by the Oxford County Health Unit, Dr. O. C. Powers, M.O.H. Oxford County. Pied Piper of HamelinWould Have Field Day inCounty Says Inspector The legendary Pied Piper of Hamelin could do a brisk trade in the county here, according to statements made today by Sani­ tary Inspector J. L. Griffith. Rats. | carriers of numberless diseases, in- {eluding the bubonic plague, the ' Bieck .Death of the Middle Ages, are on the increase In Oxford county, and Sanitary Inspector Griffith called for action against them. "There are too many dumps of refuse and garbage around farm buildings and houses," be stated. “If we can get those cleaned up, we will have started on our way. for garbage piles are the greatest breeding grounds for rats. Declaring that more garbage should be burned, Mr. Griffith pointed out that rats will not live anywhere where there is even a smell of anything burnt; a charred wooden building will remain rat- free for years. “They just can’t stand fire, or anything that goes , with it," he grinned. From garbage dumps and ref­ use heaps, rats generally spread I into a town, choosing locations ■ near a handy source of food. 1 Mills, stares, bams, slaughter houses, canneries; all will soon become rat-infested unless action is taken. Hardest hit of all are abattoirs. Rats will go to any length to reach a slaughter floor, having the weasel’s obsession for blood. Some slaughter houses in the county have become almost over­ run with rats at times, and. drastic ! action is required to eradicate them from a building which has i once been penetrated. Often the rodents hold up in sewers and : drains, emerging only at night. "The thing to do is to trap them now. before they get out of hand." Mr. Griffith maintained. "Any kind of trap will do; the j bait should always be something i that is not available elsewhere in jibe building. In a meat shop, for instance, cheese should be used for bait, while if cheese can be had in the building, meat makes ideal bait.” Crown Attorney Elected Bencher Oxford county's Crown Attor- Start Semi-Annual TourOf Oxford County RoadsOxford county’s warden, J. Winston Nichols departed today on the semi-annual tour of the county's roads with Road Su­ perintendent J. N. Meathrell. Each year the warden of the county and the road superin­ tendent make an inspection of the roads throughout the coun ty, checking on the condition of the road surfaces, bridges and culverts, as well as discuss­ ing the repairs to be made to cost an estimated $15^50. While county road crews are already at work on the job of patching road surfaces which have been damaged by the frost and traffic, full time con­ struction work will not get un­ derway until after the spring rains. Road officials hope that the road program will get into full swing by May 24, however. ney, Craig McKay, K.C., has been elected a Bencher of the Law So­ ciety, according to a list released yesterday. Benchers are the governing body of the legal profession in Ontario. There are 3236 members of the society from among whom every five years candidates are nomin­ ated for election as benchers. Mr. McKay was nominated by the Oxford County Law Association. He stood 13th in a field of candidates. Recently Mr. McKay was pointed to the committee of ministration of civil justice of 60 ap- ad- the Ontario Bar Association. He is al­ so vice-president of the Provincial Crown Attorneys’ Association. certain sections during the summer. Again in the autumn the same two county officials make a tour of inspection, checking up on repairs made during the construction season, and determining points where alterations are still required. With a record $218,650 voted for road work in the county, the tour of the road superin­ tendent and the county council head takes on an added impor­ tance this year. $52,458 will be spent on maintenance alone, with a further $93,225 set aside for the construction of new roads at various points in the county. The county officials will be paying particular attention to the junctions of county roads and streams, for despite the post-war shortage of steel no less than nine new bridges are planned in the district. Togeth­ er with repairs to the flooring of one of the existing bridges, the construction on these will SHOOT, TRAP FOXES Farmers in the county caught 107 foxes during the month of April it was learned this morning. Submitted to County Clerk Len Coles for bounty, township reports for the month include: Blandford, 12 pelts; Blenheim, 25; Dereham, 16; East Nissouri, 6; North Nor­ wich, 4; East Oxford, 4; West Oxford, 6; East Zorra, 22; West Zorra 12. TREE PLANTING Warden J. Winston Nichols and Len Coles, county clerk, attended a tree planting by East Oxford schools this afternoon as repre- , sentatives of the county council. No Excuse for Cracked Dishes “Now that crockery is once County and City Sanitary Inspectors Back Clean-Up AT CONVENTION Oxford County Health Unit was ' represented at the nursing section of the Ontario Educational Assoc­ iation convention in Toronto, it was learned today. Nurses Shirley Allan, Ruth Grieve, Janet Foster j and Mrs. Dorothy Boswell, all at­ tached to the nursing unit here, made the trip to Toronto to attend i the convention. Miss M. Grieve, nursing superintendent declared. again available, there is no excuse for restaurants in the county to be using cracked cups and dishes,” declared J. L. Griffith, Oxford County sanitary inspector. Mr. Griffith went on to point out that diseases were often trans­ mitted by means of cracked china­ ware, as dirt lodged in the crack could not be removed by ordinary dishwashing methods. “These cracks are just a breed­ ing ground for germs of all kinds,” he remarked. “The dishes aren’t properly sterilized, with the result I that customers using the china­ ware in a restaurant are in danger o fpicking up some sort of infec­ tion. With the scarcity of china during the war, some allowance could be made, hut nowadays there is no excuse for a restaurant using cracked cups or dishes.” NOTICE CLEAN-UP All putrid and decaying animal or vegetable matter in Oxford County shall be removed from all cellars, buildings, outbuildings and yards on or before the 10th day of May, 1946. Signed by the Oxford County Health Unit, Dr. O. C. Powers, M.O.H. Oxford County. THE DAILY SENTINEL-REVIEW, WOODSTOCK—INGERSOLL,WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, HMC k E ■ ’ 3s * 1 K $ ® *s OUTDOOR CLASSROOMS FOR REFORESTATION-School in 2 as they started to plant their school’s half acre From pupils in East Oxford took them lessons outside on Tuesday afternoon when they received instruction on tree planting and each school planted half an acre of small trees on the county reforestation plot. In 1, above, the children are gath­ ered around I. C. Merritt, zone forester, who is giving a lesson in tree planting. Three girls from Blow’s School are shown the left are Rosemary Paul, June Parsons and Joyce Greenly. A planting team from Oxford Centre is shown in picture num­ ber 3 as they moved their equipment to commence planting in another furrow. They are, from the left, Lloyd Merchant, Nila Schutz, Barbara Pollock and Betty McNeill —-r—-—_----------------—_■— •• - TITE DAILY SENTINEIv-REVIEW, WOODSTOCK—INGERSOLL,THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1948 il “The doctor w»<I now see the gentleman who's been here since last Tuesday'!” REFORESTATION IS FUN—School children in West Zorra yesterday found that planting 7,000 trees might he consid­ ered a good day’s work but it can also be plenty of fun. On the reforestation plot of 112 acres just north of Embro, pur­ chased by the county council the children from 12 schools in the township planted six acres of trees under the super­ vision of a forestry expert. In the upper photo a group of the students are seen applauding the remarks of Warden J Winston Nichols who had just spoken to them. County Clerk Len Coles, chairman of the program, is standing in the left foreground. Taking time out from her work of plant­ ing, Shirley Reid, age 11, of S.S. No. 4 Harrington in the low­ er. picture, enjoys a bottle of chocolate milk donated bv the county council. Tour Proposed Dam Sites; Visit Reforestation Plot Tine two-fold program of re. : forestation and conservation oc­ cupied the interest of the members of the county council on Wednes­ day. The day’s program consisted of a tour of possible sites for dams in the Thames River Valley De­ velopment scheme and a visit to the West Zorra county reforesta­ tion plot north of Embro. For the day the council charter­ ed a bus and took as their guests on the tour. Ed. Dutton, president of the Oxford Fish and Game Protective Association, G. R. Green, agricultural representative, I. C. Merritt, Galt, zone forester, J. N. Meathrell. county road super­ intendent, G. M. Mather, school inspector and Tom Pye, court house engineer. Points Out Sites R. W. Smith. Middlesex county engineer, joined the tour in Thamesford to point out the sites where check dams and artificial lakes have been considered and surveyed. North of Thamesford on the 11th concession of East Nissouri, Mr. Smith pointed out the site of a proposed dam which he claimed would make one of the best stor­ age basins for water in the Thames watershed. A survey of this site was being made last summer by survey students at a camp at Lakeside, he added. Five-mile Lake Returning to Wocdstock later in the afternoon G. R. Green pointed out to the party the eastern end of the proposed basin which Mr. Smith had shown them north of Thamesford. The basin, he said would extend to the Embro road, forming a lake of some five miles in length. The next point of interest on the tour was the East Nissouri reforestation plot of 95 acres spon­ sored by the county council. Here Willie was asked by his Sunday School teacher why Noah took two of each kind of animal into the Ark. To which he answered: ‘'Because he didn’t believe that story about the stork.” The Gee Eye Pilot -125,000 trees have been planted in the past week and 5,000 more will be planted today by the school children of that township. Up around the head waters of East Nissouri Mr. Smith showed tee council various sites on small creeks where cheap check dams could be built costing about $10 each. These check dams he de­ clared would hold back cold water in the township instead of letting it become muddy water around London. The creek bottoms, he explained, were not arable land and the construction of dams would not take soil out of cultiva­ tion. “The cheapest flood control measure we have,” the Middlesex engineer went on, "is the control of the head waters.” The tour took the council to the junction of the townships of East Nissouri and West Zorra and the county of Perth. Following the county boundry line to Fairview the party debussed and looked over another proposed storage basin. Knox Presbyterian Church, Embro, was the terminal for the morning’s tour. Here the ladies of tee church provided a chicken dinner for the party on the tour and members of the Embro and West Zorra council and school boards.11 Trip Through Ohio Speaking at the banquet, Mr. , Smite told tee council, and their ( guests of his trip through areas in i Ohio where conservation and flood control have been put into prac-*- tice. He related what had been done in tee development of tee Thames River Valley. "The Trout Creek area, a triangle roughly from St. Mary’s, Stratford, Tavistock and Lakeside is one of tee finest conservation areas In any arable country,” the speaker said. He told of the fertilizing, and re­ stocking of creeks in the Ohio area adding, "we can afford to spend a little money on places like Trout Creek to make them a mecca for sportsmen.” Alfalfa Good Mn Smith, speakpig, of exper- iments in reforestation for con­ servation of top soil, told how it had been found that, in one year as good results could be obtained i from a growth of alfalfa on the land as could bo obtained with a 10 year growth of forest . “I think the Trout Creek area is a gold mine, it could be a winter and summer playground, it would help hold our people on the land which is the entire hope in the future of conservation, he conclud­ed. . Following the dinner the coun­ cil boarded the bus and drove to t he West Zorra reforestation plot. At this plot during the morning some 250 school children from 12 West Zorra schools had planted 7,000 trees on six of the 112 acres in the plot. Picnic at Plot The children brought their lunch and had a picnic at the plot. Chocolate milk was supplied for them by the county council. The warden and the reeve of West Zorra, O. H. Murray, spoke briefly praising the work of the students in the planting of the trees. Ed. Dutton told them they had planted trees which would bring the birds in which he, as a natural­ ist, was interested. Mr Dutton ex­ pressed the hope that some day he might be able to visit the West Zorra schools and tell them about birds. The plot was dedicated by Rev. O. G. Taylor of Embro in a brief (address to the children on the care of trees followed by a prayer. The planting) was under ‘the supervision of J. Jackson of the Department of Lands and Forests. Two trees at the entrance to the plot were planted, one by the warden, J. Winston Nichols, the other by Reeve O. H. Murray of West Zorra.§3^ | New Property Purchased for Norwich Fair HONORARY R. G. Clowes, the Children’s was the Societies annual Saturday. P SECRETARY wes, superintendent of n’s Aid Society here, honorary secretary of of Ontario at the 31st sating held in Toronto on 10 YEARS AGO The Governor’s Road between Woodstock and Thamnsford Is be- ing considered by the Ontario gov­ ernment as one to be taken over an a provincial highway •XM THAT onr, That * no ww h*f ‘ ' Oxford County Council Stages Meeting in Bus Oxford's county council held an unusual business session yesterday morning. With the warden, the county clerk, the county engineer and practically all of the council riding in a chartered bus. the governing body of Oxford took advantage of the opportunity to hold a brief council session. The council was on a possible sites for dams tour of in the proposed Thames Riverproposed rnames reiver Valley Development. The tour started from the county building in Woodstock at 10.30 fast time on Wednesday morning. Fall in Line Recognizing that even though they objected in principle to daylight saving they were ob­ liged to fall in line with fast, time the council voted to hold their next week in time. Warden stated he session, the second June, on daylight J. Winston Nichols was opposed to fast time but he found that it was necessary for him to conform with the advanced clocks of people he did business With. I. C. Merritt, zone forester, also travelling with the coun­ cil, spoke briefly of a provin­ cial forestry competition and asked the council’s assistance in providing prize money. On motion of Reeve L. B. Currie of Tillsonburg supported by Reeve O. H. Murray of West Zorra, the council agreed to provide $100 in prize money, $25 to each township taking part. THIS FUNNY WORLD Reforestation Is Preached And Practised In Embro-Lakeside Area (Beacon-Herald Photon and Engraving)•Touring the northern pnrfe Of Wept Zoyru and East Nir-sour! town-r ihipR Wednesday, members of Oxford county council inspected proposed ( darn sites in the Trout Creek area, and attended a tree-planting cere­ mony on a county reforestation plot north of Embro. (1) Dorothy Sharp with overalls, and Shirley Reid, pupils at Harrington school, were among 175 school children who took part in the tree-planting on a 95- acre county plot in the -ith concession of West Zorra. (2) Raywood Smith, county engineer of Middlesex, with light suit in the foreground, ' explained proposed flood control measures to the county councilors; in ’ the background are Ed Dutton, president of the Oxford Fish and Game 1 Association, and Q. R. Green, agricultural representative for Oxford. J (3; Osmond Murray, reeve of West Zorra, and Grant Sutherlnn.d, deputy ' M reeve of East N.laaouri, took ah appreciative look at the Zorra landscape : H when the chartered bus which curried the touring councilors stopped ■ at Fairview, on the Pertb-OxfoYd boundary. Conservation Could Work Wonders For Countryside, Oxford Councilors Told Tour Of Drainage Area Is Instructive; Pupil* Of 12 Schools Join To Plant Trees By Staff Reporter EMBRO, May 2—“In Trout. Creek jyou have a gold mine; it could be ,made a winter and summer play-i ground, and help hold our people on ' the land,” said Raywood Smith, I Middlesex county engineer, speak­ ing at a noon meeting In Embro on Wednesday. On Wednesday morning Mr.' Smith conducted a tour of Oxford county council through the Trout Cleek drainage area of East Nis- souri and West Zorra townships. The touring party heard Mr. Smith speak at a noon luncheon served at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church here, then went on in the afternoon to attend a tree-planting ceremony held by pupils of senior grades of 12 West Zorra and Embro public schools, on a county plot in the 4th concession of West Zorra, a mile and a half north of Embro. “We have seen this morning one of the finest conservation areas in any arable countryside,” Mr. Smith said at the noon luncheon. The land is similar, he said, to that in a reforestation and water con­ servation project he had visited in Ohio. “They've done wonders with it there.” he said, “and I don't think they had as good an area to start with as the Trout Creek area.” Ponds of Great Benefit Small check dams along the head­ water streams of the Thames, Mr. Smith said, would not only aid in flood control, but would provide fishing spots. Once the pond be­ hind a small check dam could be fertilized with algae or plankton, he said, to serve as fish food, it could be stocked with fish, and would probably be difficult, if not impossible, to fish out. “In some sections," he said, “they seem to consider it a disgrace to have a pond of a swale on a farm. They don’t think that way in Ohio. They subsidize the ponds there; the idea is to have a pond on every farm." Mr. Smith commended to his au- 1 dience at Embro the planting of alfalfa to prevent floods, and to check erosion of the soil. Tests conducted with water meters in , Ohio, he said, over a period of 11 years, on small drainage areas to­ talling 5,000 acres in extent, show­ ed that the water could sweep 70 tons of soil off one acre planted * with row corn, in one season. From a similar area planted with alfalfa, in a similar season, the run-off both of soil and of water amounted to j almost nothing. “By a different system of agri­culture.” he said, “we could fill up our wells and fill up our streams. It has been demonstrated that al­ falfa will prevent run-off of water and soil almost as much as 10-ycar pine reforestation.” In an Alberta coal mine shaft, he said, alfalfa roots were traced down 140 feet below the surface. "It seems that the alfalfa root will go down to the water table wherever it ’’’'Chairman at (he luncheon meet­ ing was J. Winston Nichola, reeve or North Oxford and wardo.i of Ox­ford. Members of Embro and West Zorra municipal councils; trustees of West Zorra school sections at­ tended the meeting as guests of the County Council. A chartered bus carried the coun­ ty councilors on the morning tour of the north ends of East Nissouri and West Zorra. Leaving Wood- stock at 10:45, standard tune, the bus made rendezvous with Mi. Smith at Thamesford at 11:15 a m.; the route of the tour, as conducted bv Mr. Smith, then went north from , Thamesford, by way of Lakeside, to | the Perth-Oxford county line; along । the county boundary eastward to Fairview; theh' south through Brooksdale to Embro. Two miles northeast of Thames­ford. at a point where the road be­ tween the. 11th and 12th concessions of East Ntsaouri crosses the Middle Branch of the Thames, Mr. Smith pointed out a proposed dam site which could contain, he said, about. . 15,000 acre-feet of water. “This is one of the best storage basins in the two valleys we will see today,” he commented. “A 40- foot dam here would put it back up to the mouth of Mud Creek." North of Lakeside, in the neigh­ borhood of the Perth-Oxford bound­ ary, Mr. Smith pointed out, in pass­ ing. a number of small- gullies or draws which he suggested might become the sites of check dams. “Small check dams at the head­ waters are far more beneficial for flood control.” he said, “than hold­ ing back a lot of muddy water down near London?' The north end of East Nissouri, arid the northwest corner of West Zorra, he said, offer better potential water storage areas than anything in Middlesex county, with the possible exception of the Fanshawe area. Among those who accompanied the county councilors on the morn­ ing tour, and also attended the af­ternoon tree-planting ceremony, were* G. R. Green, ^Oxford county agricultural representative; Ed. Dutton of Woodstock, amateur na­ turalist and president of the Oxford Fish and Game Association; Ross Merritt of Galt, district forester; and Leonard Coles, county clerk of Oxford. Cautions On White Pine At the county reforestation plot after lunch, 175 children from 12 schools of West Zorra and Embro heaid a short address by Ross Merritt. Using three living trees as examples, he showed them how to distinguish between Scotch pine, red pine, and white pine. A pro­ vincial inter-school competition this year, he told the children, gives them an opportunity to win prizes for care of young trees, collections of leaves, and answers to question­ naires on forestry. White pine, he commented, is less resistant to fungus and disease than its less valuable cousin, red pine. “Don’t plant too much white pine," he advised, "even if it is just about the best timber in the world," Tree plantations, Ed. Dutton told the children, will attract the bird population that helps keep down in­sect pests. During' the morning, children of the 12 schools, from Grade Five up. planted trees in the county plot, which consists of about 95 acres a mile and a half north of Embro in the 4th concession of West Zorra.' The childr en brought lunches for ! the noon hour, and chocolate milk was provided for them at the ex­pense of the county. STRATFORD, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1M6.TROUTCREEK 'GOLD MINE’ SAYS ENGINEER JUST HEAR^O- "Then it's agreed that we will support Tree Conservation Week •___ ______ JOO per cent?" Reforestation Project is Started by School Children ATTENDS MEETINGCounty clerk Len Coles was in London today, attending a meet­ ing of public officials there. a two hour lour of inspection possible sites for development On (he county line between Ox- ; ford and Brant in East Oxford ] township, just south of No. 2 highway 200 school children spent I a busy afternoon yesterday plant- ; ing trees on one of the county ’ reforestation plots. 1 Tn the presence of county and township officials and under the instruction of forestry experts, children from seven schools m East : Oxlord and two schools in Bland- < ford were shown the proper way । of setting out the small trees. ' Each school was assigned half an ; acre of the 50 acre plot. Brief Program Prior to the actual planting a : brief program was held with L. K. • Coles, county clerk, acting as i chairman. Reeve Clair Peers of East Ox­ ford, speaking to the students, told them they would in years to come be able to say that they had help­ ed plant the first plantation of trees standing as a forest,” the reeve declared. Soil Conservation ‘■The spirit shown by you boys and girls is inspiring to the county council in their efforts for refores­ tation,” Warden J. Winston Nich­ ols stated. Reforestation, the war­ den explained, is only one part of the program of soil conservation. A dedication prayer was offered by Rev. H. E. Green of Burgess- ville. Jack Jackson of the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests showed the children samples of trees taken from plots planted in Oxford several years ago. He gave a few hints on identifying trees.“When these trees which you plant today are ready for harvest, some among you will be members of the county council charged with the management of this plot,'' Mr. Jackson told the group around him. I. C. Merritt, Galt the zone forester, instructed the children in the correct method of setting the small trees in the earth. First Of Three Yesterday’s planting in East Oxford was’ the first of three days of planting on county reforesta­ tion plots. This afternoon in Em­ bro students from the West Zorra z’chools will put in trees. On Thursday in East Missouri the । third ceremony will take place. In Dereham on Friday planting will be held sponsored by that township. Tins morning the county council left the city in a bus at 10.30 for of in the Thames valley conservation program. The council will arrive at Embro at noon for dinner after which they will attend the tree planting ceremonies’. Each school taking part In the three-day program of reforesta­ tion is being presented with a softball and bat by the county council. Chocolate bars, also the gift of the county council, are being given out at each planting program. Among others assisting at the plot in East Oxford were town­ ship councillors, George Wright and John W’allace, and George Bell, assistant agricultural repres­ entative. | Do You Remember ?| 25 YEARS AGO Oxford county remains official­ ly dry as the result of the recent referendum on the importation of liquor. The majority in South Ox­ ford against was 4688 and m North Oxford, 3371. Work will commence next, month on taking of the census of Oxford county. There are 4o enumerators appointed for the work, Sheriff William McGhee is the census commissioner. James Innes, president of the Woodstock District Farmers Club has returned from trip to West­ ern Canada. More Trout for County Streams Officials of the Oxford Fish and Game Protective Association ac­ companied by Provincial Game Overseer Ted Shaddock of Inger­ soll, this morning furthered their restocking activities in streams of Oxford county, when they planted | a quantity of young trout. it trff PT ANTING LESSON—Here a common mistake in tree planting is being demonstra- Alhn David Darling, age 9, of grade 4, Brown's School at the tree planting done by school ddltan of East Ni&ouri on Thursday afternoon. Allan is showing how the tree roots a re sometimes not put in straight down to give the young tree every chance of grow­ ing straight and tall. ■ > MOST ORIGINAL CONVEYANCE—School children arriv­ ing at the reforestation plots where plantings were held in four townships on four days of this week came in cars, trucks on the way to the planting in East Nissouri. The pupils and their teacher rode in a trailer hauled by a farm tractor. They arrived at the plot near Lakeside dusty and windblown but happy and ready for a job of planting.and on bicycles. The most original means of transportation was that of Kintore School shown here Thursday afternoon (Staff Photo) Streamlining Not Needed by Police System in County The process of “streamlining” police forces, now under way in many flections of the province, will bring other counties more in line ■with the police system now in force in Oxford county, it was claimed here today. Under the new system, many [ communities formerly policed by 1 their own constables are now be­ ing patrolled by provincial police 1 operating from bases in the dist­ ricts concerned. The change in policing has been made at the re­ quest of the communities concern­ ed, who realize that their town ; constable, with the limited facili­ ties at hiS command, cannot hope to contend with present criminal methods. Towns that lie a consid­ erable distance from a large cen- : tre, and which formerly enjoyed a comparative immunity from seri­ ous crime, now find themselves called upon to cope with criminals escaping from the larger cities in automobiles. Crime Wave Factor Another factor in the growing trend towards centralizing police authority, has been the current wave of roberies and other crimes in outlying communities. These offences are often the work of criminals from a neighboring city, who get their-haul, escape in a car, usually stolen nearby, and abandon their automobile in a ditch on the outskirts of a city- Against such depredations the av- : erage town constable with his lim- ' ited facilities is often helpless. In Oxford county, all commun­ ities depend upon the provincial police for their protection, with । the exception of Woodstock, Till­ sonburg, and Ingersoll, each of I which has a separate police force- operating under their own police commission. Other communities are policed by provincial forces, al­ though many communities main­ tain a town constable for routine police work within their own lim­ its. Outline Agenda At Health Meet Officials of the Oxford county 1 health unit announced today de- ! tails of the agenda due to be dis­ cussed at the public health con­ vention beginning in Toronto next. week. The convention will be divided , into three sections with conferenc-1 eg scheduled for the Ontario j Health Officers Association, Can-i adian Institute of Sanitary In­ spectors, and the Public Health Nursing Division of the Canadian Public Health Association. A series of addresses are to be given by speakers from all part? of the Dominion, and several from the United States, the topics cover­ ing every aspect of the public health program. Among the sub­ jects are nutrition, with emphasis on children of school age in rur­ al sections, revision of the inter­ national list of causes of death, the use of D.D.T. as an insecticide, and the system of checking on 1 food conditions and dishwashing j methods in restaurants. “The idea of the convention is to provide a means of interchang­ ing ideas among health workers,” explained Dr. 0. C. Powers, medic­ al officer of health for Oxford ' county. “This annual convention helps us to keep posted on latest methods.” Dr. Powers will head a party from the Oxford health unit, which ; will leave Toronto over the week- , end to attend the convention com- | mencing Monday and continuing’ ■ through Thursday. Other mem- ; bers of the party are Miss M- । Grieve, supervisor of nurses of ' ■ the Oxford unit, and J. L. Grif­ fith, county sanitary inspector. ALL NEAR THE SAME AGE—Ages of 10, 11 and 12 years are shown in this picture taken on Thursday afternoon at the reforestation plot in East Nissouri near Lakeside. The red pine on the right, held by Marion Humphrey, age 10, is 11 years old, being planted by Ox­ ford county junior farmers in 1939 in a plot near Zenda. At the time of planting Marion'S tree was four years old and the same size as the one held by Helen House, age 12. Both trees are red or Norway pine. The two girls are both in grade 5 of Thamesford Public School. (Staff Photo) Suggest Council Withhold Action Valley Drainage The Ontario Department of Planning and Development has suggested to the township council of East Zorra withhold any action on the proposed River Thames drainage scheme until the whole river valley scheme can be looked over. A letter from the department was read at. the regular meeting of the council recently. The com­ munication suggested that the matter of proceeding with the drainage scheme under the Muni­ cipal Drains Act. be allowed to stand until the authority has an opportunity to look over the whole situation before making recom­ mendations for the improvement of the whole river valley. Dereham School Children Plant 6,000 More Trees Yesterday, south-east of Mt. Elgin, school children from 10 schools in Dereham township and a truck load of Boy Scouts front Ingersoll held the fourth reforestation program of this week. The planting in Dereham was sponsored by the township council and followed the same plan as the county sponsored programs in East Oxford. West Zorra and East Nissouri. A plot six acres in size was set out with 6,000 red pine, white pine and spruce by 250 children who attended the cere­mony. Leroy Curtis, reeve of the township, presided over the brief program before the plant­ ing. Warden J. Winston Nich­ ols spoke briefly regarding the program of reforestation. In­ struction in tree planting was given by I. C. Merritt, zone forester. Yesterday’s planting brings the number of trees set out this week in the four plots to over 20,000. It is estimated that about 1.000 school children took part in the four plantings. Roughly a total of 25 acres of woodland has been laid out. With the exception of the Dere- East Oxford Clerk Retires from Post After 46 Years The resignation of F. G. Jack- son, clerk-treasurer of the town­ ship of East Oxford, was received at the regular meeting of the township council this week owing to ill health. He requested that it take effect, not later than June 6. Mr. Jackson addressed the coun­ cil briefly relative to his resigna­ tion. He thanked ihe council for the cordial relations which had existed through the many years tie had been privileged to serve the municipality. On advice physician, he said he had to give up much of the of his decided clerical work he had been doing. The reeve, Claire Peers and all present at thb meeting, expressed personal regret that Mr. Jackson’s health was such that his resigna­ tion was necessary. Congratula­ tions and appreciation of his ef­ ficient and faithful service were extended to him. He has been clerk of the township for 46 years and combined clerk-treas­ urer for 25 years. All wished him a speedy recovery to his usual health and interest in community affairs. The council discussed briefly the appointment of a new clerk­ treasurer and decided to leave the matter over to the next meeting, in the meantime E. Burpee Palmer is acting clerk. i ham plot all plantings by school children are part of a larger re­ forestation plot purchased and planted under the .sponsorship of the county council. “Frequent water - drinking,” said the doctor, “will prevent you from becoming stiff in the joints.” “But Doc, some of the joints don’t serve water.” TREE PLANTING IN DEREHAM—Friday afternoon school children of Dereham town­ ship planted trees on a six acre plot purchased by the township council and part of a re­ forestation program being held through various townships in the county. The two lads here, Ellwood Hustler, age 10, (right) and Walter Creek, age 11, both of grade five, Del- mer school, pause after planting one of the 6,000 trees put in during the afternoon. Sound Municipal Government EssentialIt is axiomatic that any elective group gets the government it deserves, and this carries greater truth for municipal govern­ ment than for any other form, since muni­ cipal officers should reflect more accur­ ately than any others the wishes of the majority of citizens. The word “should” is used deliberately, because lack of interest on the part of electors can often result, even in a municipality, in control passing to an organized minority group. If a com­ munity’s voters do not interest themselves in the affairs of their own municipality, then that municipality will inevitably suf­ fer from maladministration. If such municipal maladministration became general throughout the nation, na­ tional government could not help but be affected. As was pointed out this week by a speaker at the annual convention of the Municipal Finance Officers’ Association, the European countries which had the strongest soundest municipal governments before and during the war are now the first to show signs of real recovery. It was also pointed out that appointed and elected officials of a municipality must remember that the taxpayers aie share­ holders in that community and partici­ pants in civic business. But the officials can only remember this, if the taxpayers act like participants. The ordinary citizen is, in effect, a shareholder in the commun- ity, but only if he is consciously aware of his investment can he expect community betterment and good municipal service as dividends.| Annie Haunts Oxford Breeding Unit Working The artificial insemination Unit of the Holstein breeders' association of the county is now in operation. The unit is set up in the former manufacturers’ building at the Woodstock fair­ grounds. Steel and concrete bull pens have been installed in the build­ ing as well as a laboratory and office. Dr. Russel McDonald, graduate of the Ontario Veter­ inary College, is the technician in charge of the unit. Dr. Mc- Donald is assisted by Bruce Amos. Six bulls have been obtain­ ed by the unit for service. Two more bulls are expected 1o be added to those already listed, George Currie, secretary of the association states. In addition to the bulls be­ ing kept at the unit four oth­ er? are available for artificial breeding purposes. Of these four, two have been classified XXX, the top rating in selective registration recent­ ly announced. Montvic Rag Ap­ ple Sovereign and Eaton Hall Chieftain Fayne, both classi- -fied XXX are among the four bulls available. The other iwo Annie is her name, Annie । Ahopheles. Although few people have heard of her. she is dynamite when she misbehaves. This slim- ■ waisted menace can bo deadlier than any Lucrezia Borgia, and are Montvic Rag Apple Achil­ les and Montvic Commander. The following bulls are being kept at the unit for service: Montvic Emile Lochinvar, son of Montvic Lochinvar; dale Renown, Rows- ■ nominated all­ Canadian 2 year old, son of Mont vic Renown XX; Elmcroft Duplicator, son * Emile Lochinvar; Commander Chief Elbro Korndyke Hillview Mercedes son of Hillview E. of Mohtvic Springbank XX, son of Commander; Pabst Lad, H. M. Gov- ernor; Hesro Rag Apple Mer­ cedes Chieftain, son of Mont­ vic Rag Apple Chief. Breeders Gather for Formal Opening, Insemination Unit she may be waiting for you just outside. DeSpite her name, she is not a Greek siren, however; she is a malaria mosquito. It was disclosed today by J. L. Griffith, sanitary inspector for Oxford County, that malaria mosquitoes have been breeding in the county for some time past. Differing from the innocuous, though sometime irritating, gar­ den variety mosquito, the fe­ male of the anopheles species is the insect that spreads the dread malaria parasite, long a scourge of tropical countries. Only the female of any kind of mosquito is capable of pierc­ ing the human skin. The mal­ aria mosquito transmits the par­ asite from the bloodstream of a person suffering from the fever to its pierces blood. Mr. next victim, when it the skin to draw the Griffith explained, how- ever, that the anopheles' found here is no more harmful than the other varieties of insect IX'sts, unless there are in the dis­ trict persons suffering from mal­ aria who still have the malaria germ in their blood. Canadian Good Roads Snapshots Centre—G. H. Marston, J. N. Meathrell, Roger Lee, R. J. Marshall, CoL L. E. Jones, M. B. Williams. TREE PLANTING TRIO IN DEREHAM—To get six acres of trees planted in one af­ ternoon the best method is to interest some 200 school children in the project, put them in groups of three and watch the results. The group shown here were planting on the Dereham township reforestation plot neai' Mount Elgin on Friday afternoon. Billy Lay- ton, age 12, grade 7, Mount Elgin school, using the spade, dug the hole for the tree; Alma Nethercott, age 14, centre, packed the earth around the tree which was put in place by Pauline Young, age 14. Pauline carried the bucket with the supply of trees. Both Alma and Pauline are pupils in Grade 8 of Mount Elgin school. Countryside EyesoresBylaw to Stop Refuse Dumping The regular meeting of the West Zorra Council was held on Mon­ day, June 3 at 1 p. m. Members were all tn attendance. Minutes of last regular and special meetings were read and confirmed. A by-iaw was passed prohibiting the placing of refuse and rubbish on the roads and bridges in the township. __ Oxford county is plagued with eyesores which spoil the scenic beauty of the country­ side. Roadside dumps stick out of the county's landscape like the proverbial sore thumb. Exist­ ing piles of roadside rubbish lying in ditches are expanding in size with fresh “contribu­ tions” which appear to be dumped from cars. Two miles south of the city on the Sweaburg road, on the crest of a hill, the county for miles around can be seen in a I scenic panorama. For miles the well - kept buildings of farmers in the district can he picked out. lying amongst fields of green and patches of bush. But by the side of the road is a dump containing a large assortment of rusted juk. large assortment of rusted junk. Lying in the ditch are tin cans, parts of stoves, glass jars, a complete collection of liquor hotties of all shapes and sizes, cardboard cartons, emp­ tied oil and gasoline drums, i parts of oil burners, kegs and other articles of waste, all too ; numerous to mention. rHE DAILY SENTINEL-REVIEW, WOODSTOCK—INGERSOLL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1946 C- ■i it ■os® ' Roadside junkheaps Mar Countryside With the countryside once again be­ ginning to take on its early summer beauty under the gentle urging of the spring rains, and gasoline being no longer under war-time restrictions, Oxford county high­ ways will again soon be well travelled. W'ith long, low hills rolling smoothly back from the broad reaches of the Thames, Oxford county’s mellow beauty is reminiscent of some sections of English countryside. Its pleasant valleys and quiet streams have made it among the most not­ ed counties of a province famed for its mature, varied charm. One thing offends the eye of a travel­ ler along our county roads. Every few miles, a collection of rusting car bodies, tin cans, broken boxes and rotting garbage lies by the roadside. These heaps are a menace to health as well as being eyesores. It should be a sim­ ple matter to remove them, or fill them in w'ith earth. Once removed, action should be taken to ensure the condition does not re-occur. Illii DITCHES WERE NOT INTENDED TO BE ROADSIDE RUBBISH RECEPTACLES — Taking exception to the practices of unthoughtful people w ho dump rubbish on the road-! sides in the county, many complaints haye been made by farmers who endeavor to keep their farms neat and in good order. Some of the county’s eyesores are pictured above (TOP photograph) on the 13th line of East Zorra, north of Woodstock and (BOTTOM photograph), on the Sweaburg Road, two miles south of the city. Extensive Work Of Health Unit Seen in Report Report of the Oxford County I Health Unit shows that the four months from January 1 to May 11 have been full of activity in the । nursing division. Seven nurses have been on duty. 514 families received 1,194 visits. । These visits were to the follow- I mg: Infants 146. pre-school 203, | school children 321, adults 101, prenatal visits 34. T. B. supervision 212, V. D. supervision 13, acute communicable 96. crippled children 53. seen in office 58. School service—Children seen by nurses in school 3,128, children examined by school doctor 377, vision tests 301, hearing tests 3. children with new defects 83, new children carried for observation 97. Defects found were—Defective eyesight 28. defective eye 2, de­ fective ear 1, defective tonsils 36, anaemic 1. enlaged glands 10. skin condition 5, orhopeidic condition 5, heart condition 1, defective pos­ ture 3. Defects corrected—Eyesight 25, breathing 1, tonsils 34, malnutri­ tion 4: dental defects 229. dental corrections 171; meetings attended 16, meetings addressed 16. Immunization Clinics "Immunization clinics have been held in 6 townships. Norwich and Tillsonburg and Tavistock. At these clinics we have been im­ munizing against scarlet fever, diphtheria, small pox, and all chil­ dren under 6 years of age may be immunized against whooping cough. Parents may bring their pi e-rchool children to Dr. Powers’ office any Saturday morning be­ tween 10 and 11 a.m. for im­ munization. The series of immun­ ization has not been completed at these clinics yet but we are hav­ ing a good response and a large number of both school and pre school children are being immuniz­ ed," the report states. 'Two well-attended Well Baby Conferences have been held in Tavistock. We plan to have 11 IS HEREBY GIVEN FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PRIVY-VAULTS No privy vault, cesspool, septic tank or reservoir into wlilch a privy, water closet, stable or sink is drained, shall lie estab­ lished until the approval in writing of the medical officer of health has been obtained. DR. O. C. POWERS, M.D., M.O.H., Oxford County Health Unit. MAY 23, 1940 Museum to Get Old School Bell The hell from atop the Drumbo public school which was recently burned to the ground, will be do­ nated to Oxford county’s museum in the county court house, it was learned today. Remains of the building have been purchased by W. H. Hill, contractor, and today Mr. Hill stated he would donate the bell to Oxford county’s collection of rel­ ics of the past if it would be ac­ cepted at the museum. Miss Louise Hill, curator of the museum stated the bell will be ac­ cepted. The article in question is at the present time at the home of Mr. Hill on Fidler Ave. more established by June 15th. The arrangements are fairly well under way. The centres are Em­ bro, Innerkip, Oxford Centre, Nor­ wich. Foldens, Drumbo. Otterville, Verschoyle, Thamesford, Tillson­ burg and Lakeside. The Women s Institutes and various ladfes’ or­ ganizations in these communities are assisting in the organizing of these conferences. Volunteer work­ ers will assist the nurses in each centre. We are most grateful for the splendid co-operation and support that we have had from the different organizations and clubs, doctors, teachers and par­ ents, in our efforts to establish an adequate health service in Oxford County and we hope the benefits derived will be worth while. Many Observers "Mental Health clinics are be­ ing held the 1st Thursday of each month. We have had a number of visitors observing our Work: Mrs. Norton of Brant County Unit spent 3 days; Miss Smith, Director of Public Health in Saskatchewan. 3 days; Mrs. Purcell of Perth County, 1 day We have had 4 students from Western University । for one month and Miss Storey 1 who is taking the course in Super­ vision at Toronto University is with us now for one month. "Each nurse from our staff has spent 2 weeks at London Ontario Hospital for a short course In ; Psychiatric nursing. We wish to ' thank Dr. Clark and his assistants at the Woodstock Ontario Hospital for having our staff and the utu- MEN now hold executive positions in Dis- Association of Agricultural Societies. Har-TWO ner Hammond, right, president of the wooastocK Agnouru- Sty has been appointed an associate director. W. A r Drumbo was re-elected secretary-treasurer of the 26 distrirt societies at the annual meeting held at the On- tario Agricultural College on Thursday. COMMITTEE MEETING The agricultural committee of "the county council held a meeting Friday afternoon at the offices of ■the Department of Agriculture. ‘Reeve Clair Peers, committee bert, L. H. Sibbick, Deputy Reeve H. Little, L. K. Coles, county clerk and G. R. Green, agricultural re­ presentative. ____ chairman, presided. In attendance were Reeves W. Corp, W. J. Cuth- dents for a day. outlining their work of that Institution and ex­ plaining the various types ®f treatment. A conference at West­ ern University was attended prior to the students coming to the district. Two groups of our r-taff attended Juvenile Court, following which a conference was hold With SKETCH COURTHOUSE There were a lot of angles being I figured at the county courthouse here yesterday morning, as a group of students from the col­ legiate were given a little prac- , tical work in sketching. Groups of the youngsters were scattered : about the lawn in front of the I building, trying to get some of the I distinctive features of the building । down on paper. ____I istered efficiently. At this con­ vention there were representatives from all Health services in Canada and although our problems may be different at times we are all work, ing for the same goal and it Is most helpful to hear the work of the various provinces discussed. Mr. Clowes. Secretary of the Children's Aid Society. Our work was discussed and means by which our combined efforts could further the work of both organizations. Miss Nicol le from the Depart­ ment of Health visited the dis­ trict at which time a joint meeting of Elgin County Unit staff and Oxford was held. Miss Hinton. Nutritionist from Red Cross headquarters, visited the district for the purpose of dis­ cussing ways and means by which our schoollunch programme could be enlarged. Four nurses attend­ ed th? Ontario Educational Con­ vention for 3 days. Margaret Grieve. Supervisor, attended the Public Health Convention m Tor­ onto. May 6 to 9th, One of the chief topics of discussion at the convention was the importance of staff education. In our changing world of today it means contin­ uous study and it is more true than ever that only by combined efforts i oj all. can any service be admin - x * RESULTS OF WATER EROSION—In a field near the C.P.R. tracks north of Woodstock the vehicles of the driving school here were driven during training. The sod in many pla-' ces in this hilly field was worn away. Water running off the land after rains and in the i spring with the melted snow carried away the top soil depositing it at the feet of the knolls j as shown here. Gullies were cut in the knolls, many to the depth of four feet. Such dam- j age as seen here is common all over the field.—(Staff Photo). Oxford County Locale of Film Called “Farm Labor” Oxford Holsteins on Their Way to Farm in Colombia Preservation of Soil is Stressed In County Report The need for preserving Can­ ada's great national heritage, the soil, was the great object lesson learned by the three Oxford coun­ ty members who toured the con-, nervation areas in Ohio recently, according to their report, tabled at. the county council session today. • Warden J. Winston Nichols, G. | R. Green, agricultural representa- ( live for Oxford, and J- N. Meath- roll, county road superintendent, | made up the party from this coun­ ty who took the tour on the invi­ tation of the Waterloo County Council. Waterloo organized the conservat ion and reforestation lour through the states of Michi­ gan ano Ohio, inviting representa­ tives of neighboring counties to participate. The party left 'Woodstock by chattered bus on June 3 and re­ turned on June 8. Experimental Stations i The report, compiled by all three members of the Oxford party, together with pictures ta­ ken by Mr. Meathrell, told of the visits to soil conservation experi­ mental stations in Michigan, the Conservancy District around Mount Gilhead, Malabar Farm, which is owned by Louis Bromf ield and the Muskingum Watershed i Conservancy District, and other spots of interest in the program of conservation. In conclusion the report sum­ med up the tour as follows: “From the time we left the Can­ adian border until we returned the great object lesson indicated was the need for preserving our great national heritage, the soil, and so plan our farming practices that we not only preserve it but continue to build it for the generations that are to come. “Less than 50 years of destruc­ tive farming practice in the United States have placed over one mil­ lion farms on the abandoned list, at which stage it becomes a na­ tional problem to restore them to productivity. “Here in Ontario, and in some areas in Oxford, there is need of prompt measures being taken to avoid such a situation developing. Information gained on this trip will be exceedingly useful and profitable. _ #' Three other observations are ot interest. That the farmers in the State of Ohio, even though they - carry about half the daily-stock carried on the average 100-acre farm in this country, have suffic­ ient revenue from their farms to keep the buildings painted, to re­ store their land, and have enough time and funds left for more re­ creation than we have m thus area. It is quite evident that me prices of their products are main­ tained on a much higher level than here n Ontario. rnwuv ^TION BADLY NEEDED—This barren hillside in the vicinity of Woodstock is£ practices. The sod has been removed and water.mnoha< started work eroding the soil. Small gullies may be seen which m a short time willSL in the earth similar to those shown in yesterday's edition reaching a depthfour feet,EKOSION STARTED—This photo was taken of a slope west of Woodstock. The land, bare of sod, has begun to show the effect of the runoff water carrying away the soil. This slope is on unused land. Where this ground under cultivation contour ploughing and strip crop­ping would have gone a long way to checking this condition.County Health Report Read at Board MeetingA meeting of the county health board was held in the courthouse yesterday afternoon, at which a report of the health unit's ac- tivilies during the month of May was presented by Miss Grieve, nursing supervisor. Text of the report follows:Mav proved to be an exception­ally busy month completing our immunizing and establishing Child Health Centres throughout the county.The following number ’of chil­complete physical examination at. the conference centres during June, July and August. This we feel will be an advantage to child, parents and school.The annual district, meeting of' the Women’s Institute of North Oxford was held in Embro Pres­byterian church. Miss M. Grieve outlined the work of the Child Health Conference and all groups of the institute expressed their willingness to support this project and volunteer'workers will । assist al: each conference centre. IThe staff have completed their course at the Ontario Hospital, London and a Very interesting staff conference was held at which a summary of each nurses’ course was given and discussed by all.Three nurses attended, the reg- | Islred nurses' meeting in-Kitchen­er one afternoon. Four students from Western University and one from Toronto have completed their month's field work, with us. Letters of appreciation have beendren completed . their treatment for: scarlet, fever, preschool 151; school 227; children reinforced against scarlet fever 230; combin­ation vaccine against diphtheria and hooping cough, preschool 91; school 31; toxoid against diph­theria, preschool 6. school 52; children receiving reinforcing dose 43; vaccination against smallpox, preschool 65, school 114.During the month of May, 14 cases of chicken pox. 4 jaundice, 55 cases measles, 26 cases mumps have been reported These cases have been scattered over the country.345 home visits were made. Schools were visited monthly, 149 children received C. P. by doctor ! and 48 special examination.Twelve child health conferences Shave been established even though only one conference has been held | in each centre. We do realize the I hrm-flta that can be derived from I them. The centre having the larg- lesi attendance was Verschoyle. I H-rty-three preschool children ■ ware brought here for health I checkup. Total number al children I rog.Htered at the conference up- I to-date is We feel that with ■ more publicity, more mothers | will avail themselves of the op- I portunity of discussing the health I of their preschool children with I the public health nurses at theseconferences. IIf |M ich that it will he noces-1 sary to eatablifth at five I more conference centres in order I to cover -the arews of the court-1 |y. IWe hope to make H possible 1 foi gil -iuMi. il tilting "•In September to have their lUol yUrges Campaign To Clear Rats From District"A pair of rate killed now will I mean a possible 1300 rats less in a year’s time.” declared J. L. Grif-. flth, sanitary inspector for Ox­ford county.Mr. Griffith pointed nut that a pair of rats might produce ruf- ficient. offsprings and decendants to make the total of 1300 within a period of twelve months, if allow­ed to multiply unmolested.Up To Residents"It is up to all the farmers and | householders in the county to en-1 sure that they are not given this , chance,” he continued. "This is the best, time of the year to get | after rats. They are on the move ! now and are out in the open Where they can be got at In addition, there are large families of young ones at this time of year, who de- I pend on their parents for their food. If one or both of the adults are killed, there is every’ chance, that the whole litter will be wiped out.”The sanitary inspector explained that rats move about a good deal in the open these days, looking for new sources of food and shelter. Much grain and other crops are destroyed in the fields by the rodents, hungry after a long winter and spring on an austere diet of scraps.Poisoned Salmon Best"The best way to destroy these animals is by using, canned salmon as bait, with red squill, a kind of I rat poison, sprinkled on it,” he i claimed. "The rats are fond of any unusual food, such as good fish, and the red squill is the most satisfactory poison, being very ef­fective against rodents while not as deadly as strychnine when ac­cidently swallowed by other anim­als. A dog would have to eat a good deal of the red squill powder to be killed by it, although any of it would likely make him sick.”Mr. Griffith considered that the wire trap of the “catch-em-alive" variety was superior to the ordin­ary- snap trap for catching rats. “Once the rats have heard an or- I dinary wire trap snap shut, they become very wary and gave it a wide berth, he declared. "On the other hand, they will gp into a trap in which another rat is al­ready captured, because they see him moving around.I PERMIT RETIREDThere are a number of farmers holding red fox in captivity, Ed. Meadows, county game warden, said this morning. Mr. Meadows added that he wished to warn ell fanners that the keeping of fur bearing animals in captivity re-quired a permit. These permits may bo obtained free of charge from the game warden. Failure to comply with the regulations re­garding a permit carries a penalty, he said. Claim County in Need of Dental Health Clinics Oxford county needs dental clinic, it was noted at. a meeting of the Oxford county Health Board here yesterday afternoon. ; According to Dr. O. C. Powers, county medical health officer, par­ ents throughout the county arei asking for some form of dental 1 service in the public schools. Miss M. Grieve, county nursing supervisor, noted that dental de­ fects wore the most common type of ailment among children of public school age, and explained that it was most important that | such defects be remedied before ; ; the child grew older. I Doctor Powers pointed out that the provincial health system. 1 of which the Oxford county health ' unit is a part, made no provisions for the setting up of dental clinics, although he had discussed the matter with Dr. Gordon Struthers ' at the recent health convention in Toronto. “The matter is under considera-1 tion, and there may be something ready in about six months time,” I Dr. Powers added. “We will just have to wait for the time being." remarked County J Warden J. W. Nichols. J fell you my boys need a furlough— she teas just voted No. 1 pin-up girl!" Select Oxford as One Area In Dominion Labor Survey “Ted” Shaddock Appointed Oxford Game Warden Edward “Ted” Shaddock of In­ gersoll has been appointed new game warden for. Oxford county, is was announced last night at an executive meeting of the Oxford Fish and Game Protective Assoc­ iation. Mr. Shaddock, who is a re­ turned paratrooper, succeeds Game Warden Ed. Meadows of Wood- stock. who has been transferred to the Sudbury district. TKIT' SHADDOCK Repercussions Seen In Fast Time Move Approved by Council Daylight saving time, which city council has approved here, and which will likely be proclaim­ ed from April 28, will have reper­ cussions in points as widely separ­ ated as the county clerk's office and the bus terminals, it was learned today. At the courthouse, county Clerk Len Coles admitted that the dif­ ference in lime between the city and rural areas could cause a few headaches. "I will be keeping daylight sav­ ing time here, while most of the councillors will be on standard time, which will mean that the June sessions of county council will, be starting at 3 o’clock D. S.T. instead of two. It will be a little inconvenient for me, but it will be the bdkt way for most of the members.” At the bus depot, officials were waiting further developments be­ fore making definite schedule changes. “We will probably keep on standard time, but that is only just a guess,” a spokesman re­ marked. “It will be a little con­ fusing if some of the nearby towns keep different time than we do here.” I COLIN SUTHERLAND Retires to Private Business After Distinguished Public Life Career After nine years as sheriff of N. Norwich Council Disapproves D.S.T, In Norwich Village Oxford county, C. E. Sutherland announced his retirement from public life today. Clerk of the county court, local registrar of the supreme court, and registrar of the surrogate court, Sheriff Sutherland hag been active in poli­ tics for many years, having been ' mayor of Woodstock in 1930 andi 1931. When his retirement takes effect- on July 1 of this year, Mr. Sather-' land will assume the post of man­ aging director and secretary- treasurer of the Western Farmer’s Weather Insurance Mutual Com­ pany, founded here 40 years ago by hig late uncle,. E. L. Suther­ land. He will succeed George J.| MacKay, who is retiring from thej firm. Although he has had a long career in public life, during which' he has been chairman of the board of trade, secretary of the Oxford I Liberal Association, and chair of the public utilities commission Mr. Sutherland emphasized fact that he is definitely retiring from politics in all its aspects. One of Woodstock's best known citi­ zens, he has one daughter, Mrs. C. L. Jackson, whose busband has recently returned from overseas. East Missouri Pupils Put5,0 Trees in Plantation Travelling * by car and truck, some even in a trailer drawn by a farm tractor, over 200 children from 11 East Missouri schools ar­ rived around two o'clock yesterday afternoon at the county reforesta­ tion plot near Lakeside for the third tree planting program spon­ sored by the county council. . The East Missouri plot purchas­ ed by the council has 95 acres which have been set aside in the reforestation program in the county. A week ago 25,000 trees were planted. On Thursday after­ noon the school children added another 5,000 trees to the planta- ; tion. Hopes For Future The brief program prior to the planting followed that held in East Oxford on Tuesday afternoon. The reeve of. the township. M. Bet- teridge, and Warden J. Winston Nichols both spoke briefly of the meaning of the plot and what the council hope for the future in the reforestation program. J. Jackson, Department of Lands and Forests official, told the child­ ren the meaning of conservation and how reforestation, the planting of trees such as they were going to do fitted in to that meaning. Topsoil Important He exolained that the top four inches of soil on the earth was the most important as it was from that four inches that all food was grown. Mr. Jackson went on to show how water and wind can remove that soil leaving the land bare. Instruction in the planting of the trees was given by I. C. Mer­ ritt, zone forester, A dedication prayer was offered by Rev. T. R. May of Kintore. Allotted Furrows Each school was allotted a num­ ber of furrows, team? of three or four students were placed in each and the planting began. Before very long the warden, the county clerk, other members of the township and county councils had all taken off their coats and were at work digging holes for energetic young tree planters. BABY CLINIC The second baby clinic will be held in Tavistock today, Miss M. Grieve, nursing supervisor for the county health unit, announced to- iday. The first conference at ' which mothers discussed the health of their infants with nurses of the i unit- was held in Tavistock a short time agio, and proved to be an out­ standing success. APRIL 22, 1916 County Council To Take Part in Tree Planting Oxford County Council will com­ mence its program in support of the school children’s reforesta­ tion program on Tuesday, April 30, County Clerk L. Coles an­ nounced today. On that day county councillors will visit the East Ox­ ford woodlot. near number two highway on the townline, to par­ ticipate in a ceremony with refor­ estation and agricultural officials and school children. All schools taking part in the reforestation program this year will be present­ ed with a softball bat with the compliments of the county. The following day the main events of the drive will get under way, with all members of the county council assembling at the Woodstock city hall in the morn­ ing. At 9.30 Standard time (coun­ cillors, being farmers, will not be on the fast time) the delega­ tion will board a bus for Thames- ford, where they will be met by W. R. Smith, Middlesex engineer, who will guide them on a two- hour tour of the countryside north of Thamesford. Following dinner in Embro, the members will leave for the West Zorra forest tract to take part in the ceremonies, after which they will embark again for Woodstock. On Thursday tree-planting cer­ emonies are scheduled for East Missouri, and the program will conclude the following day with a ' trip to Dereham township, where the public school pupils will give a demonstration. Represented at Health Meeting Oxford County will be well re-1 presented at the public health cov,: vention scheduled for Toronto, next week, with thre officials Ox the county health unit planning to attend. nHeading the delegation will lx Dr O C. Powers. mcd»cal officer of health for the county. With him will be J. L. Griffith, county sani­ tary inspector, and Miss M. Grieve, supervisor of nurses lox ^Tht?1 officials will attend the! i Departm'cnt of Health convention,, which commences Monday and continues through Thursday o. । next week. Oxford Must GuardIts WoodlotsMany organizations now interested in the saving of Canadian soil are lining up behind programs of conservation and re­ forestation. For many years the public has heard , the term “reforestation.” The public must now learn the significance of another word to complete the phrase in its true meaning, “conservation and reforestation.” This is not just a scheme for the saving of vast forests in Northern and Western Canada. It is a vital part of every farm program in Canada, Ontario and in Ox­ ford. It is being carried out on ihe very outskirts of this city. The “slashing” of woodlots must stop. Cutting off of woodlots brings erosion and loss of soil fertility so vital to the farms, climate is affected, destructive winds are given full reign, floods burst the banks of rivers in spring with water which should have been held back by the woodlots. J. R. Dickson, forest engineer pointed out recently, “let us not forget that while there are substitutes for wood there is none for water; that a decade-long, dependable, abundant supply of water is, after all, the really indispensable woodlot crop ” A new act, fostered by the Ontario De­ partment of Planning and Development, was recently made law in this province. This act gives county councils power to regulate the cutting of trees on farm woodlots and other areas. Oxford’s county council, already aware of the needs of conservation and reforesta­ tion in the county, may be expected to give full consideration to a by-law placing Ox­ ford county under the act. Recommended For Sheriff Alfred Bishop, son of Reeve Harold Bishop of Norwich, has been recommended for the po sit ion of sheriff of Oxford county, it was learned here to­ day. The appointment has not yet been confirmed from To­ ronto, however, and it is believ­ ed that some time will elapse before a successor is named to Colin Sutherland, the present holder of the office. If his appointment is con­ firmed, Mr. Bishop will be one of the youngest men to ever hold the post of sheriff in Ox­ ford county, being but 29 years of age. Urge Prompt Measures to Combat Soil Erosion HereWater can be a highly destruc­ tive agent. Lack of measures to control the runoff of water from fields can bring destruction to farm land and ruin to the farmer. The report of the t hree members of the Oxford party who toured conservation areas in the United tates recently points out this fact clearly. Great Object Lesson The group, which included 'Varden J. Winston Nichols, G. R. Green, agricultural representative and J. N. MeathreU, countv road superintendent, brought back the story of a great object lesson. That lesson, they said, was the need for preserving ther great natural heritage, the soil. Not only is preservation necessary, but the soil must he continually built up for the generations that'are to come. “Here in Ontario and In some areas in 0x1'01x3, there is a need of prompt measures being taken to avoid such a situation as in the United States where it became a national problem to restore farms to productivity'," the report de­ clared. Photos in Report The Sentinel-Review, believing there was a need close to home for control measures, recently took a series of photographs show- I ing soil erosion from water runoff within the vicinity of Woodstock. Photographs of this series were embodied in the conservation re­ port tabled in county council yes­terday. When the sod covering a slope is ploughed, broken or worn away nature’s protection for the toil underneath is removed. Water running off the slope carries away soil and the elements in the top | soil necessary for growth causing cuts in the land and a reduction in soil fertility. The steeper the slope the greater is the amount of runoff. The first stop in the tour took the party to the soil loss demon­ stration plots at Fenton, Michigan. Here the group saw at first hand $325,000 Court House Plan Approved In Huron GODERICH, June 20 — Huron *------------------—_______________I County Council this afternoon ap­ proved the plans for the proposed new court house presented by L. G. Bridgman, architect of London, which have also been approved by Hugh H. Donald, inspector of legal offices, as satisfactory. Based on present prices, the estimated cost will be $325,000. The 95 by 111 foot building, Mr. Bridgman explained, will have a stone facing, with fully modern in­ terior. The materials used Will be similar to those In the public li­ brary at London and will be rein­ forced concrete and steel construc­ tion. He said It will Lake approxi­ mately a year and a half to com- ph U. the research work and its results Which was the basis of the soil conservation work seen later !n 1he tour. Six Plots Al Fenton six plots were located on a seven per cent slope (a drop of seven feet in 100 feet) each measuring 1/100 of an acre. A three-year rotation of crops is fol­ lowed on these plots—corn, oats and hay (clover and timothy). Three of these plots are farmed on the contour and three up and down the slope. The runoff water is caught in a cement tank, about six feet deep, at the end of each plot. When the water settles, the sediment is pul in a separate drum at the end of each plot. There is a considerable differ­ ence in the amount of water lost, from the plots farmed up and down the slope and those farmed across the slope. Plots farmed up and down, the slope, on the aver­ age, lost eight times more soil than those on the contour. Different Conditions In relating the results'of these experiments to land in Oxford two facts it was stated should be kept, in mind: that the rainfall here measures approximately 30 inches per year, whereas in the Fenton district it is nearer 40 inches; that, land here' is frozen from about November 15 to March 15, where­ as the land in Fenton is seldom frozen hard before Christmas nnd may thraw and be subject to heavy rain any time during winter months. Any land, the report adds, hav­ ing more than a two per cent slope is in need of some conservation practice. Tillsonburg is Prepared tc Take Over Airfield Alone Single Oxford Health Unit [ Approved by County Boardplication for such inclusion had been made by him and the city board, to the county board sever- i al months ago. at a special meet- 1 ing of the two boards held at the | courthouse. It will mean the abolition of the city board of health and the office of city M.O.H., now held by Dr. C. M. Mackay. The nurses and inspector, it is understood, will be taken on the staff of the county unit. The proposal that the city of Woodstock and town of Ingersoll be included in the Oxford Coun­ ty Health Unit, has been approv­ ed by that body and awaits ratifi­ cation by the county council ac­ cording to Reeve Carman Facey of East Zorra. chairman of the county unit. It was expected the mutter would come before the county council at yesterdays ses­ sion but it was not reached, so it is presumed it will be taken up at the September session. The report of the county unit, making the recommendation, was passed at a meeting of the unit yesterday morning and was pass­ ed on to the county council for action. It is not expected there will be any opposition to the clause recommending this city and Ingersoll be invited to join the unit. Single Unit As Reeve Facey explained both the county and municipalities con­ cerned as well as the Provincial Government are anxious to have one unit for the whole county. I "It has just been a matter of con­ sideration and reorganization," | the chairman of the board stated. , In recommending that county unit include Ingersoll and Wood- stock. the County Board of Health approved of it unanimously. Mr. Facey explained it will mean a great deal of financial re-organ- I ization. the addition of an assis­ tant M.O.H. to Dr. O. C. Powers as well as the addition of another sanitary inspector and four oth­ er nurses. There are seven nurses on the present county unit head-, ed by Nursing Supervisor Miss Margaret Grieve. The new setup will- start on January 1, 1947, according to the recommendation in the report. I The new board will have three representatives from the county, two from Woodstock and one from Ingersoll besides a provin­ cial representative. The present provincial representative is Reeve H. A. Bishop of Norwich. Announcement that the county board had approved the inclusion of the city in the one health unit, was received with satisfaction by Chairman Don Thomson of the I city Board of Health today as ap­ । Serious Problem In Weed Control Most old permanent pastures, and some which are part of a crop rotation, present at this time of the year a serious problem in weed control, John D. McLeod, director of the crops, seeds and weeds branch, Ontario Depart­ ment of Agriculture, has stated. Weeds which are most noticeable now- in these fields are ox-eye daisy, Canada thistle, blue weed, chicory, orange hawkweed, golden­ rod -and wild carrot, with butter­ cup in poorly drained fields. These weeds reduce seriously the amount of pasture and unless prevented from seeding will take complete possession of the fields, Mr. McLeod said. Fortunately, he added, they can be kept very well in check by systematic and timely mowing. This not only prevents their becoming firmly established in that particular field, but also prevents their spread to neighbor­ ing fields. Since most of these weeds are already in blossom, if best results are to be obtained, mowing should be done at once. A rainfall or heavy dew that interferes with haying or harvest gives an op­ portunity to attend to these pas­ ture fields with the mower. It should not be overlooked that in addition to checking the weeds, this practice of mowing pasture also improves the pasture grass by encouraging new leaf growth. Contour Ploughing Helps To Prevent Soil Erosion Experts See Courthouse Guns as Collectors ItemThe contour system of plowing is the plowing across a slope rather than up and down. This method, widely used in the United States, forms small dams of the fur­ rows to prevent the runoff of water and erosion and soil loss which follow. Experiments in Michigan have proven that soil plowed up and down the slope los­ es eight times as much soil in runoff as that ploughed across the slope. Going hand in hand with contour plowing is the meth­ od of sowing crops in strips on a slope rather than using square fields as is done here. Strip Cropped In conservation districts in Ohio any slope over two per cent., a two foot drop in 100 feet, is plowed across the slope and strip cropped. The strips in some cases are 75 feet wide. A crop rotation plan is followed where hay or meadow is rotated with a grain or corn crop. The hay crop is kept in place for two years and then is sown in grain. Reporting on their tour through conservation areas in Michigan and Ohio recently, the three members of the party from Oxford told of a Conservation in Aux Sable Area A report last week indicated that counties west of here are preparing to set up a conservation authority for control of the Aux Sable watershed. At a meeting on July 17 a working body will be appointed under authority of the new Conservation Authorities Act passed by the Ontario Legislature in April. A commission set up under the act will control conservation in all its phases with­ in the watershed. Considerable surveying has been done in the Thames watershed toward river valley development and conservation but as far as is known no authority or com­ mission has been set up to get the work done. k It took a $175,000 damage action against two municipalities over alleged negligence in drainage to start things mov­ ing in the Aux Sable area. We hope the setting up of a commission for the Thames watershed will not have to await the spark of legal action to come into being.OUT OF WOOOLOTS FOR THE SAME REASON THEY KEEP BULLS OUT OF CHINA SHOPS!*' visit to the Malabar Fann of Louis Bromfield. Diversion Ditch "The first interesting item seen on a walk over the farm," their report states, “is a diversion ditch near the top of a hill back of the barn. The ditch was put in to stop the flow of water from the land above down through the barnyard at the time of pur­ chase In the five year period he (Mr. Bromfield) has own­ ed the land, by proper rota­ tion of the land above the ditch the soil water has been held there for growing crops and the diversion ditch Is no longer necessary." Another example of the work of soil conservation pro­ gram was seen at the Morrow County Home farm. This 225 acre farm, when it was pur­ chased 22 years ago was so poor it produced five bushels of wheat and 25 bushels of corn to the acre. The top soil was impoverished by wa­ ter erosion and gullies cut as deep as four feet. The farm was laid out. by conserva­ tionists for strip cropping. Fertility was restored to a point where the farm now produces a net yearly income of over $4,000. Asserts Farmers Drinking Impure Water, Not Hurt A good many farmers are drink- | ing impure water from their wells I without suffering any ill effects, country sanitary inspector J. L. । Griffith revealed today. Pointing out that approximately ninety wells have been tested in the county so far this year, Mr. Grif­ fith explained that while many proved to be impure so far as tests were concerned, the wells were not necessarily dangerous to health. “The farmer drinking the water from his well gradually develops an immunity to the germs which it might contain," he claimed. “So long as the pollution did not be­ come serious, he would feel no ill effects, although a stranger might become violently ill after drinking from the well for the first time. For this season, farmers usually carry their own drinking water with them when they visit a neigh­ boring farm for any period." The sanitary inspector disclosed that approximately one in every fifteen wells tested were polluted so seriously that they had to be purified and the water chlorinated. ' “That figure is only an average: it will vary considerably according to the time of the year and the weather conditions," he added. The two old guns on the courthouse lawn, veterans of the Crimean fighting, are in need of repairs. Battered and weathered by scores of fros­ ty winters, the old guncar­ riages are crumbling beneath the weight of the heavy cast- iron barrels. A favorite perch of visitors and residents wishing to have their pictures taken in ro­ mantic surroundings, the old guns have probably appeared in more snapshots than any other subjects in the city. But for the past few years the shaky carriages have bothered county officials who fear that they may become unsafe and menace the chil­ dren who play about them on sunny days. On several occasions the guns have been inspected by county council members, and recommendations for their repair made, but on each oc­ casion there have been no takers for the job. With the outbreak of the last war, and the consequent demand for scrap metal, the council made a shrewd and patriotic attempt to solve their problem; they offered the guns to the national scrap drive. But alas! no one could cart the guns away. They remained at their old spot, and survived their sec­ ond world war. The other day, a pair of seedy - -seeming individuals were seen examining the guns with an appraising eye. Investigation proved them to be scrap collectors. Stung by this reflection upon their housekeeping, of­ ficials of the county's proper­ ty committee could be seen the next day about the guns, pencil in hand and a thought­ ful gleam in their eye. 15 TEARS AGO Niagara Falls architect on visit to Woos tock, was struck with tite design of the Oxford county jail, describing is as an “architectural gem” and should never be altered. Woodlot Regulations are Reviewed at Council Meet "It has generally been assum­ ed that an owner could manage a property as he wished.' I. C. Marritt, zone forester, staled this morning while discussing the reg­ ulations regarding the manage­ ment of woodlots before the Ox­ ford County Council. This assumption, declared Mr. Marritt. has had disastrous results with woodland, and the resultant loss to the country and individual owners would be appalling if it could be computed. The purpose of Mr. Marritt’s visit to the county council was to acquaint them with the provin­ cial legislation passed at the last session providing for county coun­ cils to pass bylaws to control the cutting of woodlots. In speaking, he went into the matter of man­ agement of woodlots and also dis­ cussed the numerous proposals made by private citizens and or­ ganizations. Many of these, he said, are not practical and would not have the desired results. In answer to the question, "Are woodlots being badly managed?’’ Mr. Marritt gave the reply that they were. "Foresters, and others convers­ ant with the basic principles of forestry are agreed that the larg­ er percentage of woodlots are in­ efficiently managed, he stated, “and there are improvements that could be put into practice. Some would benefit the owner imme­ diately, and others would increase greatly the growth and monetary returns in the future. “Many woodlots are still sold without any restrictions. Others are sold down to a specified dia­ meter, ■ which is generally very small, and often these are left in just about as bad a condition as the ones with no restrictions be­ cause the larger trees are felled into the smaller ones, and the woods is opened up too much. This condition is followed by ex­ cessive windfall, and a prolific growth of weeds, berry bushes, shrubs and the less valuable tree species such as poplar, pin cher­ I Do You Remember 11 25 YEARS AGO Warden Johnson of Oxford County invites public to attend annual warden's garden party on the grounds of the county home. Warden J. R. Johnson of South Norwich was host to about 1000 persons at a public garden party held on the House of Refuge lawn. Sheriff McGhee is in charge at Oxford jail, pending appointment of a successor to the late Govern­ or Charles Wilson, George Toddy •nkev. ry. etc. County Commission Regarding the proposal to set up a county commission to regu­ late management of certain wood- lots. Mr. Marritt slated the com­ mission would not attempt, to reg­ ulate the management of all wood­ lots. But. he added, they would have the authority to enforce reg­ ulations on any woodlot in the county. The act giving authority to county councils for the passage of a control by law does not apply to bush under 2 acres, the zone forester explained. Neither does it apply to cutting of fuel for the farmer's own use. “The conservation and manage­ ment of privately-owned woodland is a challenge 1o all who are con­ cerned with agriculture, and pub­ lic opinion would endorse any measures that may be taken to prevent, the destruction of the re­ maining woodland,” Mr. Marritt concluded. “Due to the various factors in growing trees that are not en­ countered with other crops, it would appear that regulations are necessary. County councils of Ontario are recognized as leaders in conservation and reforestation, and the Tree Conservation Act give.- them the opportunity to fur­ ther the conservation of woodland by imposing beneficial regula­ tions.” “/ likeforeign dishes, Loo, but don't you think this is carrying the atmosphere angle a little too far?" Rubber Tires on Tractors Aid to Preserve Roads Th? increasing number of trac­ tors fitted with rubber tires being j used in the county is helping Io make of job of preserving the county's roads a little easier, road superintendent J. N. Meathrell in­ dicated today. Pointing out that the problem created by heavy tractors filled with targe spikes or spade lugs' on their wheels was now negligible the county official gave most of the credit to the introduction of; the road-saving rubber tire as' standard equipment, on most mod-! ern tractors. Few Around Now "Years ago we used to have a bit of trouble with farmers who drove their heavy, lug-wheeled tractor;, along the county roads” Mr. Meathrell admitted. “Nowa­ day though, there are few of those big tractors around, and the averag machine in use on the farm today can be driven along a paved road without damaging the surface, unless it happens to be a particularly hot day and the road surface is a little soft.” The road officer did not consid­ er that the conditions reportedly prevalent, in Middlesex county, where considerable damage iS al­ leged to have been done to county roads by tractor-wheel lugs, exist­ ed here “I think you’ll find that most farmer.-- are pretty considerate about these things" he remarked. “If you co-operate with them, they will play ball with you in turn.” Province Lagging In Weed Battles, Professor Claims Grain rust caused by common | barbery has cost Ontario farmersj millions of dollars in grain losses, Professor J. Eaton Howitt told i a weed inspectors' meeting in Guelph yesterday. Professor Howitt, head of the 1 botany department at O.A.C., i charged that failure of public op-' inion to permit enforcement of an ! act passed 10 years ago to eradi­ cate common barberry has left Ontario away behind in combat-j ting grain rust. Emerson Moulton, Verschoyle, recently appointed weed inspector for Oxford county, is understood to have attended the meeting. The act referred to by Profes­ sor Howitt is believed to be The : Weeds Act of 1935 which was' amended at the last session of the j legislature to provide for the ap­ pointment of county weed inspec­ tors. The act requires that every oc­ cupant of land, or if the land is unoccupied, the owner shall de­ stroy all weeds designated nox-. ious by the regulation as often in every year as is sufficient to pre-; vent the ripening of seeds. Visit Any Land Also under the act the weed in- , spector is empowered to visit any [ land between sunrise and sunsst; in his district and to enter any building other than a dwelling for the purpose of inspecting the land and any threshing machine, farm machinery or vehicle in or­ der to search for noxious weeds or weed seeds. Having found such weeds the ' inspector may order the owner to, eradicate them. Failure to com­ ply with such an order carries a ■ minimum fine of $10 and a maxi-, mum of $50 for every offence. I One of the chief reasons why stem rust of grain does so much 1 damage in Ontario, Professor Howitt states in an extension cir­ cular published by the Ontario Department of Agriculture, is the fact that the Common Barberry is found in nearly every county in the province. Rust appears on the barberry leaf in fungus form. These spores of the fungus spread rust during the growing season. On the common barberry and' its varieties the different strains j of the stem rust fungus cross and j produce new physiological forms, with new infection capabilities. ’ thus increasing the difficulties of the plant breeds who are trying to breed varieties of grain re­ sistant to rust. Another shrub which should be marked for destruction is the European buckthorn which in a similar manner to the barberry i brings about outbreaks of leaf j rust of oats. - Appoint Emerson Moulton As County Weed InspectorEmerson Moulton. Vcrschoyle, received the appointment of Coun­ ty Weeu’inspector, as the fourth report of the agricultural commit­ tee of the county council was ad­ opted on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Moulton has held the posi­ tion of corn borer inspector for the county and has been weed in­ spector in Dereham township. Two applications for I he position were considered by the committee. Mr. Moulton’s and that of R. F. Miners, Tillsonburg. The agricultural committee, un­ der the chairmanship of Reeve Clair Peers, East Oxford, also made provision for grants of $200 each to the six fall fairs held in the county. The usual grant of $25 was made to the Western On- tario Dairy Exhibition fund. High School Area A delegation from Thamesford composed of L. D. Griffith. principal: C. D. Hall, Arthur Young, school trustee, and W. J. Weir, secretary-treasurer of the school board, met with the educa­ tion committee under the chair­ manship of Deputy Reeve W. A. Cockburn. Blenheim, regarding tne larger high school area administra­ tion.At the opening of the afternoon session a letter from the Depart­ ment of Highways was read with the communications advising <n I the approval of the council’s by- i law covering road expenditures of I $221,000 for this year. The trustees of Woodstock's General Hospital wrote the coun­ cil informing them of the board’s intent ion to enlarge the present hospital with at least a 50 bed ad­ dition in order to serve the com­ munity. The trustees indicated that as soon as conditions improv- cd and labor and building mater­ ia Is were available they would commence operations. Nothing Is planned for at least a year, the let- ter said Increased Costs Force Hospital To Raise Rates The Board of Trust of Woodstock General Hospital the has hadannounced with regret that it been forced to arrive al the deci- sion to raise the rales for hospital ization. THE DAILY SENTINEL-REVIEW. WOODSTOCK—INGERSOLL. SATURDAY, JUNE 29, Farmers Gather As Weed Spray Demonstrated A group of farmers, 20 or 30 strong, gathered on Number 2 highway two miles east of Beach­ ville yesterday to witness a spray­ ing demonstration against leafy spurge, the weed which has been known to cut the value of a farm as much as 25%. The demonstration was arranged , for the agricultural committee of the county council, under the chairmanship of Clair Peers, reeve of East Oxford. Interested Area They selected an area which is infested by the leafy spurge weed. In one section, the weed covers a strip a mile long, stretching from the highway north to the next concession running parallel. A trailer pump unit was brought to the scene from London by Ken McNaught of the Crop, Weeds and Seeds Branch, the Department of Agriculture. The unit was towed bv a tractor which was loaned for (the occasion by Charles Downing of Beachville, driven by Jim ; Brown. An area on either side of the 'roadway was sprayed with the Attadde mixture. Later in the i afternoon, the 2-4.-D mixture was I used. ... . S T SPRAY ATLACIDE FOR LEAFY SPURGE—Atlacide was used in a spraying demonstra­ tion yesterday against leafy spurge, a weed which is said to have reduced the value of farmland as much as 25% in some cases. The demonstration, under the sponsorship of county council’s agricultural committee, was given two miles east of Beachville yesterday afternoon. Emerson Moulton, newly appointed weed inspector for the county is pictured as he watched Ken McNaught of the Crop Seeds and Weeds Branch, Department of Agri­ culture, apply the solution (UPPER PHOTOGRAPH. Scene of the demonstration is pic­ tured (LOWER PHOTOGRAPH). The trailer pump unit was towed by a tractor, loaned for the occasion by Charles Downing of Beachville, and driven by Jim Brown, County Council Addressed By Warden; Session Opens Sheriff Congratulated by Warden and Council । The Oxford County Council, which opened its June session this morning, has two important pieces of legislation to consider, Warden J. Winston Nichols said addressing the members as the session commenced. This week the council will con­ sider the appointment of a county weed inspector, the warden stat­ ed. This appointment, provided for by recent provincial legisla­ tion, is designed to place the in- specUon of weed control under the jurisdiction of a central au­ thority in the county, the county council, in place of appointment of inspectors by townships. Control Wood Cutting The second important matter to come before the council this week the warden announced, would be consideration of the provincial legislation passed to allow county councils control of the cutting of wood lots on farms within the count j'. I. C. Marritt, Galt, the zone for­ ester. will address the members on Thursday regarding this sub­ ject, the warden stated. On Wednesday the council has been invited by the Oxford Hol­ stein Breeders’ Association to in­ spect the artificial insemination unR . recently opened at the Woodstock fairgrounds. Also the council plans to pay its annual visit to the Oxford County Home if time permits on Wednesday af­ternoon. On Thursday a delegation is expected to appear before the council from the University of Western Ontario. Following the reading of the communications the council ad­ journed to allow the property and finance committee to meet High School Areas Requests regarding the esta­ blishment of larger high school areas were received from the town of Tillsonburg and the town­ ship of East Nissouri. Tillsonburg council requested the county council to establish a new school district and include all or a potion of that municipal­ ity along with portions of the counties of Oxford, Norfolk and Elgin which are easily accessible to Tillsonburg. The township of East Nissouri petitioned the county council to set apart from the secondary school assessment that part of the township of East Nissouri from Lot 19 to 3$. "It is proposed", the petitions read, “that this portion become attached to the district being for­ med in the town of St. Mary's." Airport Question I The Tillsonburg council also | forwarded a copy of the minutes of that council wherein the War Assets Corporation was asked to defer the sale of “the Tillsonburg Airport." until interested munici­ palities have time to consider the property as a municipal airport. A written request for a grant on behalf of the Tillsonburg and. Dereham Agricultural Society for their fair being held in Tillson­ burg on September 24, 25, and 26 was read with the communica­ tions. Resolutions from other county councils in the province covered a range of matters from agricul­ ture prices Jo subsidies for road maintenance. Road Subsidy The United Counties of North­ umberland and Durham forward­ ed a resolution for consideration requesting the Department of Highways to grant the same sub­ sidy of 50 per cent, for road main­ tenance to villages and towns as now received by townships. The County Federation of Grey and Bruce sent a resolution pro­ testing the present agricultural policy of the Federal Government relative to maintaining present ceiling prices and demanding im­ mediate increase in the present ceiling price of beef to 25 cents red brand quality, 23 cents blue brand quality and 21 cents for commercial. Hog Premium Grey County Council in a reso­ lution forwarded for support pro­ tested the reduced premium on grade A hogs to the extent of $1 and a similar amount on Bl hogs in face of the decreased market­ ing of pigs and higher production costs. Welland County Council taking election legislation into consider­ ation forwarded a resolution for the support of Oxford county pointing out the importance of geting out an increased vote of electors. The resolution petition­ ed the provincial government to amend the elections act to pro­ vide for municipal elections as in provincial and federal elec­ tions for the granting of time off for voting purposes to rural electors. The counties of Lennox and Addington, surveying the drain of the rural population to the ur­ ban centres,n sent a resolutio seeking government action in moving and settling community centres throughout rural dis­ tricts. They also sought various government agencies to either build or move houses from con­ gested urban areas to rural com­ munities that would be set up. The congratulations of the county council to the newly ap­ pointed sheriff of Oxford were accorded this morning by War­ den J. Winston Nichols’. When the council met. at its morning session today the war­ den requested Reeve H. A. Bis­ hop of Norwich to convey to his son Alfred the council’s con­ gratulations on the confirma­ tion of the latter’s appointment as sheriff, which was announced yesterday. Alfred Bishop. 29. Norwich, former member of .the R.C.A.F. will take over the. position of sheriff next month when the resignation of Sheriff C. E. Sutherland becomes effective. Taught School Born in Norwich, where he attended public school,’'Alfred Bishop is a graduate of the Norwich high school and the Woodstock Business College. After graduating frqm business SHERIFF — Alfred Bishop, 29. Norwich, whose appointment as Sheriff of Oxford County was confirmed this week. He will take office on July 1 when the resignation of Sheriff C. E. Suth­ erland becomes effective. DELEGATION A delegation from the Univer­ sity of Western Ontario were ex­ pected to wait on the county coun­ cil When the afternoon session. opens today. REFORESTATION WORKS I. C. Marritt, zone forester, told the county council today that he was pleased with the way in which Oxford has taken up reforestation programs: “I believe the people of your county arc behind you in । your efforts," he declared. college he taught school in | Stratford until he colisted in i the Royal Canadian Air Force I in 1939. He was the second p*r- ' son from the village of Norwich j tb enlist in the armed forces. | After enlistment he wax at- j tached to air force headquar- ' ter.' in Ottawa for two years ■ with the rank of warrant-offio , er. He was then posted to Cai- ■ ' gary where he relinquished Im | yank and remustered for air­ crew duties. He was commis­ sioned as pilot officer at Deser- tel, Quebec, and shortly after­ wards was promoted to the rank of flying officer. He wa.-? posted overseas for combat service and was attached to a bombing j squadron in France. Mr. Bishop returned to Eng- I land in 1945 and for a time was ' adjutant of the Bournemouth station. He returned to Canada this year and received his dis­ charge last February. on Growth of Trees In County Plots On casual inspection it has 1 found that 95 per cent, of trees planted in county plots spring are living, a report of zone forester, I. C. Marritt. i to the Oxford County Council morning indicated. Reforestation carried out spring by the county council done on five seperate plots, Marritt reported. this this was Mr. All planting had been inspected except the Chesney Forest in Blandford. In the five plants a total of 141.600 trees were set out. Five thousand of these trees were planted by school children on the special reforestation days sponsored by the council. Costs $1,040.48 At six foot spacing the 141.600 trees planted would cover approxi­ mately 120 stated. The $1,040.46. The five spring were: heim, 38.000 acres, Mr. A planting costs forests planted this Hall Forest in Blen- trees; Chesney For- est in Blandford. 11,600 trees; Embro Forest in West Zorra, 30,- 000 trees; Creditville Forest in East Oxford. 26.000 trees; Lake­ side Forest in East Nissouri, 36.- 000 trees. Mr. Marritt's report, concluded with recommendations regarding the fences on the various plots, j Considerable Work Done byCounty’s Road Committee On recommendation of the road Restrict Weed KillerOn recommendation of the road I committee Oxford county council yes terday voted the road from Thamesford to Woodstock, known as the "Governor's Road" into the county road system. The recommendation was em­ bodied in the fifth report of the committee under the chairmanship of Reeve L. H. Sibbick, Blenheim. Before the council rose from the afternoon sitting the report Was ■ adopted. During the evening ses- fsion the county road bylaw was ■ amended to include the Governor’s ! Road. The inclusion of this road will only become effective when It has been approved by order-in- council of the provincial govern­ ment. Members Congratulated The council rounded out the business of this session in short order. The session opened on Tuesday morning and concluded shortly’ after nine o'clock last night. The warden congratulated the members on the speedy and efficient manner in which they had handled the business before them. While this session had been short, he predicted the September sitting would be a heavy and lengthy one. As the council settled down to its final sitting last, night reports of committees and bylaws were pass­ ed through the mechanics of be­ coming law in smooth fashion. Ac- cassionally discussion arose over a point in the report but the report soon passed with all in agreement Nissouri Petition The consultative committee on high school areas headed by Reeve LeRoy Curtis, Dereham, recom­ mended that the petition of East Nissouri for secondary school as­ sessments on Lot 19 to 36 inclusive of that townhip be set apart ns the area was being taken in by a school area in St. Marys, be granted. The request from Till­ sonburg to create a high school area in that town was acknowledg­ ed with the explanation that full consideration would be given when high school areas are established. The fifth report of the road - committee, which also included the question of the Governor’s Road, informed the council that tenders had been called for one low bed float with 15 ton capacity and n portable electric welder. The float costing) $4,150 was to be de­ livered next month by the Truck Engineering Company. No tenders were received for the electric welder. Three power graders have been ordered by the committee. One grader bought from J. D. Adams Company at a cost of $12,787 was expected to be delivered this sum­ mer; one from Sawyer Massey 'costing $13,156 was to lie delivered before the end of the year, and a caterpillar diesel grader costing) $13,058 ordered from George W. Grother was expected in the first quarter of 1947. All these graders would be equipped with snow plows, the report added. Repair work on the roads after the soring break up Is now being completed, the committee stated. Practically all duxtlayer has now been applied^ _ The use of chemical weed killer will be restricted this seasonto the sections of county roads wh ch are '-traded with standard width Expenditures to date on the county road system this year the committee reported has been $4.0,- 156.84. , ... .The agricultural committee tn its fifth report by its chainnan Reeve Clair Peers. East Oxford, recommended the salary of 'he weed inspector for the county. Em­ erson Moulton, be $75 a month and $50 a month travelling expenses for the balance of the weed reason recommended by the Department] of Agriculture.After considering resolutions on agricultural matters from other county councils the committee re­ commended the resolution from Grey couhtv regarding the bonus be endorsed. , Thev also endorsed the resolu­ tion from Grey and Bruce counties requesting an increase in the ceil­ ing price of red and blue brands of beef. Change Urged The committe recommended that the Department of Agriculture for Ontario change the regulations to pennit a ocunty council, if they desire, to appoint a man or men to act as weed inspector as well ns corn borer inspector and further asked the Department to pay 50 | per cent of salaries and expenses up to a maximum of $600. Action to establish control over woodlot management as recom­ mended by I. C. Marritt, zone forester, during the morning Bit-1 'ting, was taken last night. G. R. Green, agriculture representative,1 Mr. Marritt, Roy Hughes and the county solicitors, were appointed i as a committee to draft a bylaw for the September session of the council. The bylaw is to provide for the control of cutting in cer­ tain woodlots. The finance committee recom­ mended the payment of $50 to each of the public libraries in the county. Named Representative Ernest Smith was appointed coun­ ty representative on the board ®f the Brownsville Continuation School following the resignation of W. H. Kelly. Reeve William McIntosh of Embro and O. II. Murray, West Zorra, piloted the bylaw to equal­ ize the assessment of the county through its three readings. Reeve II. A. Bishop, Norwich, occupied the chair as the council went into committee of the whole on the by­ law. The bylaw to amend the road bylaw to provide for the inclusion of the Governor's Road was guid­ ed through its readings by Reeves Ross Carroll. North Norwich, and L. B. Sibbick, Blenheim. Reeve Theodore Cooper, South Norwich, took the chair in committee. The bylaw to pass orders and ac­ counts was given three readings and passed. It was carried through . by Reeve W. J. Cuthbert. West Oxford, and Reeve Wilfred Corp. Tavistock. Reeve Carroll occupied the chair in committee. This daylight saving time sure messes up our train connections" To Replace Court Bible After 75 Years of Use A kiss is just a kiss, the song says. but. there is a certain amount of wear and tear con­ nected with it just the same. In any case, seventy-five years of kissing by thousands of men and women is bound to have some effect, as was clev­ erly demonstrated in Supreme Court here yesterday. Worn out by kisses, and bat­ tered by oaths, the court Bible is soon to be retired. Since 1871 the tiny brook, ' only three or four inches square has’ been used to swear in wit­ nesses and jurors in countless hundreds of cases. Kissed by murderers, grand jurors, stool pigeons, thieves, citizens, con­ stables. and men and women from every walk of life, the lit­ tle black volume has sealed the oath: "the truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God" in trials and lawsuits of every conceivable kind. But the years of service are beginning to tell. The gold let­ tering on the back is badly worn, and the cover itself is rubbed smooth. Inside, the leaves are untouched, with the pristine freshness of a new book just off the presses, for this Bi­ ble has never been read. On the flyleaf is the date. 1871. when it was bought for use by the court, and made its first appearance at the old court­ house, years before the present building was constructed. After the witnesses had been sworn at the concluding session of the Supreme court yesterday, Bud Irving, court cri­ er, laid the little book on his desk for the last time. "There will be a new Bible in use next time." he said. "The sheriffs office has just bought • some new ones." Little Chance Of Epidemic in Oxford County Despite predictions published in I he Canadian Medical Association Journal, prophesying outbreaks of smallpox in areas scattered all across Canada, there appeared little likelihood of such an epi­ demic in Oxford county. Although the dread disease may attack a person previously vaccinated against the disease, the incidence of such cases is ex­ tremely small, and officials cf the Oxford county health unit pointed out that an estimated 90% of the county's school chil­ dren have been vaccinated against the dread disease. Percentage Grows “That percentage is growing steadily larger, and in many schools 100% of the pupils have been vaccinated," a nursing of­ ficial pointed out. "Actually, vac­ cination has been made compuls­ ory, but in practice it is left up to the parents to decide whether their child shall be treated." She pointed out that there were still a few parents who. ignorant of ] the benefits of modern medicine | and remembering the effects of the primitive treatments of by­ gone years, preferred to have their children unvaccinated. i ‘We run into less and less of that today, though," she con­ tinued. “Our nurses spend a great deal of their time these days vac­ cinating children in the county- schools against various diseases.” Cases on Record While no cases of smallpox- have been reported in the six- year period in which the county- health unit has been in operation, there are several cases on record of the disease occurring here many years ago. The Canadian Medical Journal recently pointed to the epidemics experienced in Britain and the United States as evidence that returning servicemen were bring­ ing the disease into the country from the fighting fronts in i Europe and the Pacific. Such an I epidemic of smallpox could be ex­ pected in all sections of Canada, the Journal warned, despite the fact, that the disease has been extremely rare in this country for the past decade. George H. Hollier,, Tillsonburg, a former warden and former mayor of that town is president. The pre­ sent mayor of 'Tillsonburg is a member, Mayor J. C. Eichenberg. This unofficial senate of Ox­ ford will meet this afternoon in the council chamber of the court­ house where they all presided as governmental heads of the county. K. R. Daniel. M. P.. for I he coun­ ty will be the speaker at the after­ noon session. This evening at sev­ en o'clock the ex-wardens, and the newest member for admit­ tance, the present warden, J. Win­ ston Nichols, will gather around the banquet table. Magistrate R. G, Groom, Tillsonburg, will be their speaker this evening. Former Wardens at Annual Meeting, Officers ElectedSeated at the desks In the county council chamber as in the days when they were elected re­ presentatives, former wardens of Oxford held their annual meeting of the Oxford County ex-wardens' association. L. E. Peterson, who was elected warden o fthe council in 1924, re­ election asceived a unanimous president i'or the coming year. He succeeds George H. Hollier, the warden of 1923. , Mr. Hollier presided over the meeting until the election of of­ ficers. He requested a minute's silence at, the opening for J. R. Johnston of South Norwich, a member who died during the year. The present warden, J. Winston Nichols was welcomed by Mr. Hollier. Unable to Attend The association received a dis­ appointment at the afternoon session when it was learned that their speaker K. R. Daniel; M.P.. for Oxford would be unable to at­ tend as planned. Mr. Hollier, who first sat in the county council of Oxford Jn 1915 in uniform, informed 'he members of the association ta-.it pictures of the clerks and treas­ urers of the county had been sec­ ured back to January 1859 for clerks and June 1869 for treasur­ ers. These he said would be hung in the county buildings. Officers elected for the coming year were president, L. E. Peter­ son. Blenheim; 1st vice president, J. W. Innes, West Oxford; 2nd vice president. W. J. Weir, North Oxford; secretary-treasurer, L. K. Coles; executive committee. R. F. Miners, Tillsonburg: J. F. McDon­ ald, East Zorra; George Balkwill, Blenheim. Oldest Man Present Among the 19 of the 27 living members of the association the oldest man present was John Sil­ cox, 85, who claimed to be the on­ ly man born in Woodstock to hold the position as warden, which he did in 1929. The dates of occupancy of the warden's chair went back in the group to 1916 when James Pullin was warden. The members of the association, with the years in which they were I warden, are: James Pullin, 1916;. Dr. H. B. Atkinson, 1920; George] H. Hollier. 1923; L. E. Peterson, ] U24; J. W. Innes. 1925; W. J. Weir. 1920; William McIntosh, 1927, the present reeve of Embro; J. L. Silcox. 1929; H. Hanlon, 1930; J. F. McDonald, 1933; A. D. Robinson, 1934; George Balkwill, 1935; C. F. Beagley. 1937; Char­ les Mil ton. 1938; H. E. Harris, 1940; R. F. Miners, 1941; Alvin McKav. 1942: G. K. Wardell, 1943; i J. C. Eichenberg, 1944; Alex Mc- Corquoda’e. 1945, and J. Winston Nichols, the warden for 1946. Urges Experience Of Ex-Wardens Not Be Wasted The knowledge and influence of I former wardens of Oxford should • not be allowed to go to waste.' Magistrate R. G. Groom told the members of the ex-warden’s asso­ ciation of the county at their an- ■ nual banquet last night. Giving the definition of the term "warden” as "guardian”, the* speaker declared, "you men are ex-guardians, you are the men1 who have guarded over a period of ■ years the progress and develop­ ment of this county." “You only belong to this assoc­ iation because you are capable and earnest men,” he continued. Accumulated Knowledge | “I suggest that you eliminate1 the ‘ex' from your associations in । the county,” his worship stated. | i "You have, an accumulated inter­ est and knowledge which should not be allowed to go to waste, you have not reached the pinacle of your work, you have a vast in-; fluence which can be of vital use.' Everyone of you should continue j to make his influence felt in his j community.” Branching into world problems, the magistrate pointed out that i the recipe for a successful peace did not lie with the world's lead- 1 ers alone but with the "common I garden variety of citizen and every-day man." “The real basis of future pro­ gress, I suggest, is in such govern-: ing bodies as the county council, i Valuable System The system of government in I the county council is unique, and valuable, he declared, because the men who comprise it have had a great deal of experience in mtmi- j cipal affairs. One of the most im­ portant things in the county coun­ cil is that- all members are will­ ing to listen to the man who has; facts and- the recognition of each , others limitations and ability. In conclusion Mr. Groom saia he found that the members were all good friends. The element of friendship, trust and confidence . in each other is the secret that makes any meeting a success, he Former Wardens Of Oxford Hold Annual Meeting What might be called the coun- t"'s most exclusive organization is holding its annual meeting here today. This organization has only- 27 living members, only one new member is admitted each year and qualification for membership is such that only one man in Oxford! qualifies for admittance each year. ■ This association with such an j exclusive membership is exclusive I for one reason only, not because of class distinction or social rules, I for its members are the most gen- I ial, friendly men, but their organ- I ization is the ex-Wardens’ Asso-1 ciation of Oxford County. Qualification _r As the name implies the mem­ bers have all been wardens of the county and only one is elected each year. Service on township and maintained. The speaker was introduced by George H. Hollier of Tillsonburg,municipal councils and on the. U—=- -- county council with final selection past president ot the as??$ ' as warden is the qualification for. The president, L .E. Per.... membership.Blenheim, declared the address to be one of the most appropriate he had heard at the organizations annual dinners. A vote of appreciation was gix- en Mr. Groom by R. F. Miners, and Hugh Harris. A guest at the dinner, C. O. Tatham, manager of the Sentinel- Review, spoke briefly on the re­ lationship qf the press with t he county council. This relationship in Oxford, as far back as he could remember, had always been o . the best. The Sentinel-Review, said Mr. Tatham, has never ha^ occasion to find fault with the work of the county council- rne reason, he believed, has been the fact that the council has been tea by men of the finest type. j Oxford Council Lauded for Pushing Schoo] Area Ideas Representatives to DebateThirty-one high school districts were organized in Ontario during the past year, an increase from six which were organized during the year previous, S. D, Rendall, Ontario Department of Education high school inspector, said yes­ terday. Mr. Rendall spoke at the after­ noon session of a conference held here under the sponsorship of the Oxford county council consulta­ tive committee on secondary edu­ cation. Representatives of six | surrounding counties attended. Mr. Rendall complimented the county council of Oxford on their idea of bringing the committees of the various counties together. “It is an innovation which I think will bear fruit,” he de­ clared. "I believe it will be done again in other parts of the pro- I vince.” Expresses Thanks He expressed the thanks of the deputy minister of education for Ontario to the county councillors and committees and particularly the public school inspectors for their efforts in working out the organization for larger high school areas. The plan began three years ago in Kent county and has devel­ oped into a program being fol­ lowed by the department. Under the plan high school areas are established in districts of about 10,000 population with an assess­ ment of about 10 million dollars which populates a high school with from 200 to 300 pupils. The additional pupils make the teach­ ing of more varied subjects and services possible where such can not be done with a continuation school. Pupils’ Transportation There is a movement on foot be­ tween the departments of educa­ tion and highways, Mr. Rendall disclosed, to bring about meetings of officials regarding the trans­ portation of pupils to high schools. The transportation by the use of school buses will call for such sa«'ety measures as stopping at all railway crossings, a monthly ex­ amination by provincial police of the busses and painting the busses all the same distinctive color. Rain Fails to Spoil Fine Display at Highland Games This part of the scheme will be devised, he said, to free the minds of parents from the fear of accid­ ents such as have happened in the past. “If there ever has been a move­ ment for democracy in education this it it,’’ A. F. Hansuld, Water­ loo public school inspector declar­ ed. ’‘It means equality of oppor­ tunity for rural children." Sees No Difficulty Reeve H. A. Bishop of Norwich, a member of the Oxford consult­ ative committee, expressed the be­ lief that no difficulty would be ex­ perienced in the border cases be­ tween the counties’. School busses today, Mr. Bishop declared, are one of the difficult aspects of the question. Reeve Leroy Curtis, Dereham, chairman of the consultative com­ mittee for Oxford and presiding over the conference, expressed the opinion that a great deal of value had come from the meeting and that, much information had been gleaned by the Oxford committee. The next step he stated was to hold meetings throughout the county and to explain the plan to the people. The afternoon session included committee meetings when repres­ entatives of adjoining counties met for 15 minute periods to talk over problems arising from exchanges of pupils to certain high schools, I FOX BOUNTIES Fox bounties paid out during the month of June dropped to 15 com­ pared with 51 animals caught dur­ ing June 1945. The total number of foxes on which bounty has been paid this year is 452 compared to a total of 445 for last year. By townships the fox catching went as follows: one each in Blandford, Blenheim and South Norwich; two in East Oxford and in West Ox­ ford; four each in East Zorra and West Zorra. Larger High School AreasOxford will be host tomorrow at a meeting of high school area committees from the surrounding counties, Len Coles, county clerk, stated today. The Oxford county council com­ mittee on secondary school areas has invited the committees from Middlesex, Perth, Waterloo, Brant. Norfolk and Elgin counties to meet in Woodstock in a conference to discuss the various problems arising from the setting up of larger high school areas. The conference will commence at 10.30 on Tuesday morning in the county building with a gen­ eral session to be presided over by S. D. Rendall of the Ontario De­ partment of Education. Committee Sessions The visitors will be entertained at dinner by the Oxford com­ mittee. The afternoon session will be set aside for interlocking com­ mittees to meet and discuss the setting up of high school areas which will draw pupils from other counties than their own. The principle of setting up larger areas of administration for high schools is to provide rural school children with a better op­ portunity for attending a larger school. With more pupils than a continuation school, a High school with 300 pupils is capable of I supplying more varied courses ; than the former. The plan calls for the transportation of pupils . by school bus from certain dis- | tricts to the high school In their ' area. I The decision of the county com- mgtee on this matter is awaited by several municipalities planning new high schools. Norwich and Tillsonburg have plans for such schools, Ingersoll also has build­ ing of a new school in mind. In Drumbo the school board which administered the Drumbo continu­ ation school, destroyed by fire this spring, is awaiting the decision in order to make plans for the fu­ ture. Flying Club Organization In County to Be Discussed A meeting of air-minded resi­ dents of Oxford county is to be held within the next few days to ascertain the amount of interest in the organization of a flying club. This club would take over the actual operation of the flying field at Tillsonburg if and when the latter is leased bv interested municipalities of the county. Ten­ tative announcement of the meet­ ing was made today by Aid. W. A. MacLeod, chairman of the j committee that has been conduct­ ing negotiations with a view to taking over the field. Latest advice from the deputy minister of the transport board is to the effect that the airfield is being turned back to that body by the War Assets Corporation and that, it will be available for lease as soon as this move is com­ pleted. Active Operation This means that steps will have to be taken at once to set up, not only a holding body representing the interested municipalities but also a flying club to take over the active operation of the field. Clearing up certain misappre­ hension that has existed regard- ing what is proposed, Aid. Mac­ Leod stated touay that it is not the intention that the field will be used for commercial aviation, this being largely eliminated by the closeness of the large London airport. What is intended is that having available an airfield on which the government has al­ ready spent between §350,000 and $400,000, it will be possible for a locally organized flying club to provide elementary flying in­ structions for interested young men of the county at a reason­ able fee. For this purpose the government will provide all re­ quired planes and equipment at a price approximately one-tenth of what they could be purchased) in the open market by individuals or private organizations. It is felt that with a large nu­ cleus of ex-R.C.A.F. personnel, plus many younger lads who be­ came interested in aviation through their association with the Air Cadets, there should be I enough interest in Oxford county ! to make the formation of a । strong flying club possible. It was a great day for the Scots gathered at Embro yesterday to see the annual Zorra Caledonian Society’s Highland games. De- apite a aoaking downpour that held up the events for an hour, an estimated 6,000 spectators remain­ ed to sec the district's greatest annual spectacle—the parade of the massed pipebands. I 15 YEARS AGO The county council, together I with Woodstock and Ingersoll municipal councils, were hosts to officials of county, town and city, I as well as township councils ary' officials, at the annual municJ picnic at Southside park. 15 YEARS AGO Manufacture of sandpaper is to be commenced at Platteville, the old furniture factory having been taken over by the new industry. 10 YEARS AGO Annual municipal picnic held at Southside park, was attended by many ex-wardens. County Clerk A. E, Roth was in charge of the sports. A softball game between North and South Oxford was a feature, in which Warden W. F. I Lampman was star hitter. Reports County Has One of Best Crops in Its History"One of the best crops this county has ever produced." has been grown this year, G. R. Green agricultural respresentative stat­ ed this morning summing up the survey he made recently of crop conditions in Oxford. "I have never seen as many good clean fields," Mr. Green con­ tinued. The wheat threshed won­ derfully and was of good quality, he added. During the past week Oxford's agricultural representative has toured all of the county inspecting the return of this year's harvest. Crops went into the barns early, he said, and under good weather I conditions. It is a little early yet to place an estimate on the corn crop in the county, weather conditions during the growing season were not. of the best for corn. In the Brownsville area thresh­ ing operations were under way a week and a half ago, Mr. Green , said. "This week will clean a lot of j the crop off," he expected, “but it will not complete it.” Heavy Yield On the farm of Hugh Harris, a former warden of the county, in Jhe north western section of the county, Mr. Green told of seeing about 3,000 bushels of grain tak­ en off 38 acres of farm land under cultivation. j With so many farm fields clean of weeds the "fly in the ointment” Mr. Green pointed out is the weed infested roads throughout the county7. "We will have to get a program going and clean up these roads I of weeds,” he declared. "In many instances weeds could be seen creeping in from the roadside in­ to otherwise clean fields." Commenting further on the clean condition of the fields. Mr. Green told of a weed survey in 1930-31. At that time, he said, it was found that on an average 4.716 weed seeds were sown to the acres according to a count of weed and seeds taken from sam­ ples out of seed drills. The prev­ ious year, 1929, it was found that of 1043 samples examined only 56 could really be classed as clean. The difference noted by this year was due to the work of the seed cleaning plants in the county and to the education of farmers to plant clean seed. Smut in Oats A similar condition showed over the cleaning up of smut in oats. It was found in 1930 that an average of 10 per cent of th? oats smut, 484,000 bushels of oats because of this disease. Now. to seed treating the oat crop vear show a mere trace of had lost due this the once deadly smut. Pasture crops in the county ‘’ave held up pretty well. Mr Green stated. Rain for pastures is needed in the northern and south- ern portions of the county. Tobacco up around the Gobles district seemed to he doing fair­ ly well, he continued. He under­ stood the district around Delhi was needing rain for the crop. The rain and hail storm which struck the crop in the Mount. Brydges area recently damaging the crop there to the extent of 75 per cent apparently had not touch­ ed Oxford. Bats are Still Nestling in County Office Baskets Bats are an unpopular subject ’ - around the county clerk's offi­ ces these days. Some day ago. three of the little mouse-like creatures were discovered squatting complacently in the office wastebasket. They were speedily evicted to the great out-doors. Yesterday, county clerk Len Coles heard a rustling sound for the basket and investigation unearthed yet another of the furry beats. Apparently, the basket exerts some form of ir- resistable attraction for the bat. as all seemed quite at. home in its protecting gloom. How the bats get in is some­ thing of a mystery to Mr. Coles, as all the windows are closed at night, and the chimney from the office fireplace is supposed­ ly blocked off. It might be noted in passing that there is no belfry on the courthouse. Sheriff Bishop Learning Duties Of New Office Alfred Bishop, son of the reeve of Norwich, moved into his office at the courthouse yesterday for the first time since he was named sheriff of the county, replacing C. E. Sutherland. Although not yet sworn, Mr. Bishop is already getting acquaint­ ed with the duties of his new post and with members of his staff. Deputy Sheriff John Martin did the honors, as the young man from Norwich was initiated into (he routine of the sheriff's office. Mr. Bishop stated this morning that no date had yet been set for the official swearing-in ceremony, but added that he expected it would take place at the courthouse in the near future. | Do You Remember ? |25 YEAR SAGOWarden J. R. Johnson and H. L, Trueman, assistant agricultur­ al representative, attended a meet­ ing in Toronto, preparing for the International Plowing Match to be held here next month. It is ex­ pected 40,000 will be present. | No Open Season In Oxford County For Partridge JOE BEAVER 1 , “•* Fw*“ Senia.Big oaks from little acorns grow—and big ‘nuts’ burn them down!’* Attention Turns To County Roads Division Engineer W. R. Alder, of the Ontario Department of Highways, reported yesterday that work had been rushed on several provincial highways in the dis­ trict, and that work was now well ahead of schedule'. Resurfac­ ing of number two highway east of Princeton has been completed, and workmen are MV busy grad­ ing the shoulder; CW'the nine- mile stretch of Nc ’between Lon­ don and Thames; rd. about 90% of the job is finished. Of the 50 miles of surface treat­ ing on district roads, only a few miles are now left, the engineer added. Fall Program Department officials are now turning their attention to the fall program, which will consist this year briefly of grading in the Woodstock-Norwich area. Snow­ plows will also be prepared for the coming winter's work. Queried this morning about the condition of county roads and progress made in the county's ex­ tensive road building and repair­ ing program, road superintendent L. N. Meatherell had no com­ ment. Nothing could be learned re­ garding progress of the road pro­ gram, although unofficial reports indicated the roads were in ex­ cellent shape. Parents Urged to Report Any Unexplained Sickness While health authorities stated that this was definitely one of the polio “cycle" years, the Oxford county health unit announced this morning that not one case of in­ fantile paralysis has yet been re­ ported in the county. As the dread disease claimed more victims in the crowded towns of Quebec and the border dis­ tricts, medical experts pressed their search for some antidote or preventitive measure which could check its ravages. To date, very little is known about the way in which the virus is transmitted, ! although it is believed that un- । sanitary conditions have some ef­ fect on the incidence of the disease in particular areas. Issue Statement Calling on all parents to report any unexplained sickness of their children to a doctor, and to en­ sure that food and living quarters are kept free of flies and dirt, Miss M. Grieve, nursing super­ visor of the county health unit, issued a statement today to county residents. The statement follows: 'To date there have been no cases of poliomyletis reported in Oxford county, though we are hearing of numbers of cases in other parts of Ontario. The disease is more frequent during the months of July, August, Sep­ tember and the first two weeks of October, although, it may oc­ cur at any season. We find the great majority of cases among children between the ages of five to nine years, though it may af­ fect any age. “During the past decade med­ ical knowledge of this disease has been considerably advanced through scientific studies. The prevention of polio is difficult, however, owing to the limited knowledge of its source. We do know that the virus which causes polio has been recovered from sewage and flies, also, the nose, Sanitary Officers Hold Meeting Here County sanitary inspectors from a wide area of Western Ontario attended a regional meeting in the county courthouse here yes­ terday afternoon to hear Dr. G. A. Edge, officer in charge of food sanitation in the Ontario depart­ ment of health. Dr. Edge spoke on the necessity of food controls. Present at the gathering were: Jack T. Wismer, Bruce County health unit; C, A. MacSween, Bruce County sanitary inspector; Larry H. Smith, Elgin County sanitary inspector; Dr. A. Moyni­ han, Brant County health unit; J. L. Griffith, sanitary inspector of Oxford County; C. B. Voaden, Elgin County health unit. throat and excrements of man. This means it is most important to have the proper disposal of all sewage and protect your food from flies and contamination. Good health is our best protection against any disease. Parents are urged to watch the health ot their children closely, plenty of rest, good food, fresh air, sunshine and I cleanliness promote good health. | “If your child has any symptoms of illness, headache, temperature, ; stiffness of neck, upset stomach, diarrohea or constipation, call your doctor immediately and fol­ low his advice. Do not use unsafe milk or water. See that the chil­ dren do not swim in polluted water. Keep children away from crowds. “The staff of the Oxford County Health Unit, wish to do all in their power to promote good health and eliminate disease. If you wish any information in this regard call Woodstock 690 or call at the Health Office in the Court House." Council Honors C. E. Sutherland, Retiring Sheriff Oxford’s former sheriff, C. E. Sutherland, was presented with an ash stand this morning by the county council as a token of their esteem. Warden J. Winston Nichols called Mr. Sutherland before the council and expressed the mem­ bers wishes for success. The gift was presented by Reeve William McIntosh of Embro. In reply Mr. Sutherland declar­ ed the presentation overwhelmed him. He stated he always had a warm regard for the county coun­ cil of this year and the years past. “There is a young fellow follow­ ing me of whom I have heard a great deal of good,” said Mr. Sutherland speaking of the new sheriff, Alfred Bishop. “It is a pleasure to me to have the son of a dear friend follow me, the son of Harold Bishop.” In closing he said he would miss the county council and the county officials with whom he had been associated. I PLOWING MATCH The date for the Oxford county plowing match has been set for Friday, October 25. G. R. Green announced this morning at the session of the county council. The match is sponsored by the Oxford County Plowman's Association, JUST HEARSAY “1 hope he’s your pop and not mine" Proposed Addition I To County Roads Seen By Council Oxford county council held its afternoon session yesterday in the neighborhood of Tavistock. Ad­ journing following meetings of the property and finance commit­ tees on Wednesday morning the entire council drove to Tavistock for lunch as the guests of Reeve Wilfred Corp and the Tavistock council. Following the luncheon the party inspected roads in the area. At a noon luncheon J. M. Mac- Innes, of the municipal branch engineering division of the depart­ ment of highways, told council he would present an impartial re­ port to the department and min­ ister as well as present the en- dorsation of those interested in Oxford county taking over the Town Line, west of Tavistock to No. 7 and 8 highway as a county road. The official told council he could not hint what the outcome of the appeal will be. T. R. Dent, M.L.A., also spoke and said he was of the opinion the department would give serious consideration to the request for this road link. Speaking on behalf of taking over of the road was Henry Lein- weber, former reeve of South Easthope, Perth county, w h o showed a chart of the proposed county road. He said a petition had been presented to Perth coun­ cil asking that Harmony Road to the north of the Town Line be taken over by Perth as a county road. He asserted many were of the opinion the Town Line would be more advantageous as a direct link between No. 7 and 8 high­ way and in addition would serve two or three schools and a ceme­ tery. Others endorsing the move were James Thompson, reeve of Downie township, Carman Facey, reeve of East Zorra. James Mur­ ray, reeve of West Zorra, A. D. McCorquodale, 1945 warden of Oxford and K. H. Brown, of the Tavistock council. After the dinner the group made an inspection of both the Town Line and Harmony road. Members of the Tavistock council were also present as guests at the dinner. CONVENTION Ontario Association of Managers of Homes for Aged and Infirm menu & Celery Olives Cream Portugaise Roast Stuffed Chicken Sage Dressing Red Currant Jelly Rissolee Potatoes Buttered Green Peas Raspberry Frappee Coffee Rolls programme & ChairmanHis Worship Mayor J. Stuart Crawford "THE KING" Welcome extended by Aiderman A. T. Tugwood, Chairman, Committee on Social Welfare Introducing: Mr. B. W. Heise, Deputy Minister, Department of Public Welfare, Province of Ontario Mr. C. H. Green, Chairman, Old Age Pensions Commission, Province of Ontario Mr. S. L. Charlton, Inspector of Refuges, Department of Public Welfare Mr. H. Brandon, Warden, County of Lennox and Addington Mr. T. H. Dixon, Warden, County of Frontenac The Honourable W. A. Goodfellow Minister of Public Welfare, Province of Ontario Introduced by Dr. H. A. Stewart, M.L.A. Expression of appreciation by Mr. H. E. Pense, Welfare Officer, City of Kingston Entertainment Master of Ceremonies — Mr. Morley Donaldson Pianist — Margaret Davis Magician — Mr. Bruce Fisher The Limestone Minstrels TAVISTOCK FALL FAIR TAVISTOCK, ONTARIO 19 4 6 Admi < Willed Cozfi, — president NOT TRANSFERABLE TILLSONBURG AND DEREHAM AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY 194G Pass ' / o qnd Lady Not Transferahle ARTHUR WH/TESELL, President JACK M. CLIMIE, Secretary- M Onager DRUMBO FAIR 1946 SEPTEMBER 24 - 25 Complimentary | W. A. COCKBURN. Secy-Tre as. Ingersoll, North and West Oxford Agricultural Society FALL FAIR AT INGERSOLL THURSDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY 1946 Admit Not Transferable Emerson Moulton, President Donald Mackenzie, Secretary ERCIAL NEWS AND BUILDib Grading the Side Roads... County Magistrate R. G. Groom Council of Woodstock, Ont., in Leaders, an address at the an­ nual dinner there of the Oxford County Ex-Wardens' As social ion. urged them to drop the ••Ex’* since they, particularly, are Guardians of tnc people and experience such as theirs should be sought by all who wish democ­ racy well. The former wardens were also told that for many years the service of the County Council had not been the subject! of mny editorial criticism in dis- triet 'newspapers because, the speaker said, that body, from year to year, had been headed by men of the finest character, com­ mon sense and patriotism. What was so well said at Woodstock likewise could be said in the other 36 counties of Ontario. Officers of the association for 1946-47 are: L. E. Peterson, Blenheim, preident; J. W. Innes, West Oxford Twp., and W. J. Weir, North Oxford Twp., vice-presidents; L. K. Coles, secretary-treasurer. There are 27 living ex-wardens of Oxford and the oldest is John Silcox, 85, who was warden in 1929, and claims that he is the only native of Woodstock ever to head the County Council. __ I Highway Stretch Worst for Weeds Inspector Finds Discussing the problems of weed inspection, which office he re­ cently received from the county council, Emerson Moulton declared this morning that one of the worst stretches of weeds in his teiijtory runs along No. 2 high­ way from Woodstock to Ingersoll. /T complained that the weeds wmeh should be sprayed or other- wise destroyed by the Department of Highways are growing at a gieat rate and are spreading back into fields along the roadside. The patch near Beachville which was sprayed not long ago is nothing but dead weed now but the rest of the roadside on either side of the highway is in por con* dition, he reported. County Free from Dreaded Sickness Past Nine Years With the incidence of infantile paralysis up fully 71% in Can­ ada and the United States over last year's figures, an official of the county health unit reported that not a single case of the dread disease has been reported in the county since 1937. Health Unit to J°’n Campaign The Oxford county health unit will participate in the national immunization campaign which gets under way next month, it was announced here this morn­ ing. Commencing September 16, the unit nurses will conduct im- 1 munization clinics in every town­ ship providing immunization to school children for smallpox, diph­ theria, and whooping cough. A feature of the national cam­ paign will be a “National Immun­ ization Week”, designed to intens­ ify the all-year effort of public, health workers to promote im­ munization against disease. The' week commences September 29, and is being sponsored by the Health League of Canada. Health league officials point out that there is nothing to lose by immunization, while the lives of thousands of children may be raved by it. , Annual Meeting County Officers Now in Session With North Oxford’s assessor, S. J. Dundas in the chair, the annual1 meeting of the county’s clerks, treasurers, assessors and tax col­ lectors got under way at the courthouse this morning. The meeting will include morning and afternoon sessions, with the mem­ bers due to hear an address by County Warden J. Winston Nich­ ols this afternoon. The meeting opened with the reading of the minutes of the pre­ vious session by Secretary F. G. Jackson, former clerk of East Ox­ ford township. More than 30 members were present as the meet­ ing was brought to order, and they proceeded from the routine of the meeting to the discussion of vari­ ous amendments to build i rife* by»^ laws which would likely affect their work. The meeting adjourned for lunch at noon, and was due to re­ sume sittings at 2 o’clock this af­ ternoon. ■ Precautions to GuartEAgainst Polio Stressed As Dominion-wide figures of re ported cases of poliomyelitis, or infantile paralysis, mounted to well over the 300 mark today, county health officials stat­ ed that the dread disease has not yet made a single appearance in the county. While medical authorities em- phasized early examination by a doctor of any- child apparently suffering a fever or other unusual symptoms, they pointed out that medical science was still unaware of the precise manner in which the virus was spread. They add-^ ed that the sulpha drugs and peni­ cillin, which had proved to be sen­ sationally successful in treatment of other diseases, were absolutely powerless to combat polio. A new drug called curare has been found to achieve a measure of success in a few instances, but doctors warn­ ed that it could not be considered as a cure until further results had been ascertained. Residents Cautioned J. L. Griffith. Oxford county sanitary inspector, cautioned householders and farmers alike to ensure that all garbage and man­ ure piles were well sprayed with DDT, used as abarnspray solution. Flies which are now most num­ erous, should be- combatted in every way possible, he stated, and referred to the proper fastening of flyscreens to doors and win­ dows. “It would be wise for all fresh fruit or vegetables to be well wash­ ed before they are eaten by youngsters,” he continued. “That is one way in which the germ might be transmitted to children.” Children’s Aid to Sell Park Row Property Sanitary Inspector Asks Farmers to Check Wells Embro Village Votes in Favor Of Water System Foster-Home Plan Not New Idea-in- Oxford District Oxford County’s Children’s Aid Society has pioneered in the treatment of juvenile delinquents, it. was recognized today. Referring to a recent statement by provincial secretary Dunbar, which advocated the placing of children in training schools only as a last resort, supervisor R. G. Clowes declared that the foster-, home method had long been the established procedure here. Only । a very few children have had to i be sent to training schools. Mr. Clowes added. Urges Foster Homes At the convention of the Muni­ cipal Association in Toronto re­ cently, Mr. Dunbar recommended that juvenile delinquents be placed in foster homes, if unsuitable con­ ditions existing in their own homes could not be removed. The method had been found to be most successful, Mr. Dunbar continued, and far superior to the original system of sending young first of­ fenders to a corrective instxtu-, tion. Children should only be sent to such schools as a last resort, he emphasized. Pointing out that Oxford coun-, ty people had been very sympa­ thetic and co-operative in provid­ ing homes for unfortunate chil­ dren, supervisor R. G. Clowes stated that the foster-home sys­ tem had been in force here since the institution of the Children's Aid Society in the city. “We have found that foster- homes provide splendid results in bringing up children in a happy environment," he stated. "We! have had to send only one or pos­ sibly two youngsters who seemed ■ incorrigible to a training school. Immediate Action “Now to dot the T and I’ll be done” An Antidote for City Sickness For any person irritated by all the little distractions of city life, depressed by the constant bickering of international spokesmen or sickened by deteriorating labor relations, we earnestly recommend a leisurely journey along the county roads of Oxford. This is not suggested as a per­ manent cure but as an antidote to that feeling of frustration which attacks the city dweller when the weather is sticky and the whole world, including the next door neighbor, seems on edge. Just dawdle along the county roads and gaze at the country on either side. It is a rich, calm panorama at this time of the year. Magnificent herds of well-kept cattle ruminate stolidly in lush green pastures. Stooked grain, heavy with yield, spreads over hundreds of acres to testify to the fullness of a bountiful season. The sweet, evanescent smell of hay still lingers over the meadows. Tall, full-bosomed trees spread a grateful, drowsy shade. Such a countryside restores to the har­ ried city dweller a sense of the perman­ ence of things. He feels again, even though faintly, the ageless surge of nature through a never-ending period of creation; he touches the miracle of the earth and through it can catch a glimpse of the eter­ nal. And having felt and sensed all this, only the most insensible of the “cave dwellers” could recurn without having ac­ quired a better sense of proportion. Needed on LandImmediate action fa needed to preserve millions of acres of Canadian land from ruination by wind ana water erosion, ac­ cording to the Royal Bank of Canada Monthly Letter for August. The Letter notes that within reach of everyone, there are evidences of irreparable loss of top- soil, and unless the world is to go in for soilless culture of crops it is time for a big effort using all the resources of modern science and ingenuity. Statistics are quoted: "The popula­ tion of the world has increased, from 465 million around 1650 to somewhere about 2,200 million. That means, if everyone is to have three meals a day. an additional drain on the farm land of 1,900,000,000,- 000 meals out of every year’s crop of grains, vegetables, livestock fodder and • all the other things which contribute to human diet. Yet in 1941 there were more than 4 million acres of abandoned farms in the Prairie Provinces, an acreage which, at the long-time average yield of 15.6 bu­ shels per acre might produce 62,400,000 bushels of wheat a year if the land had i been saved. “While the tragic history of a few de-' cades has focussed attention on sections' of the Canadian West, the need for preser­ vation and restoration of crop-growing soil in Eastern Canada is also pressing. The “Garden Province” is being washed away, little by little. Workmen had to go through j 90 feet of mud to reach a solid foundation for bridge piers at Charlottetown, mud which was once the fertile topsoil of crop­ growing acres. In New Brunswick it is re­ ported that one week of high water in the Saint John River carries down as much silt as would cover more than 3,000 acres to a depth of one inch. Ontario is exercised because not only are good agricultural langs being swept away, adding new de­ vastation to the abandoned lands which should never have been opened to agricul­ ture. but the rivers are being spoiled be­ cause silt injured the chances of breeding and feeding fish. FOX BOUNTY The number of pelts brought in lo County Clerk Len Coles for payment of the fox t'ounty last mor. th dropped to six. Th? pre­ vious month the total number of bounty checks was 22. The county council pays C' bounty on each fox killed in Oxford. The total this year to date is 480. The catch lari month was a follows: Bland­ ford and Blenheim townships, one each. East Nissouri and West Zorra, two each. - Girl Wanted for Health Office Girl wanted for office of County Health Unit. Must know Shorthand, Typing, and general office routine. Perm­ anent position, pleasant work­ ing conditions. Applications outlining ets- pericnce, etc., to be forwarded not later than September 7th. to THE SECRETARY, COUNTY HEALTH UNIT COURT HOUSE. WOODSTOCK PUBLIC NOTICEAt the call of Warden J. Win­ston Nichols a special meeting 'f the County Council of the County of Oxford will be held in the COUNCIL CHAMBER IN THE COURT HOUSE, WOODSTOCK. on Tuesday, Sept. 10th 1946. at the hour of ten o’clock a.m. for go t: ’ business. All cla.n*^ . nd accounts against the city must be filed with the Jounty Clerk before the first day of the ses­ sion. L. K. COLES. County Clerk. County Clerk’s Office, Woodstock. 10 YEARS AGOSpringbank Snow Countesa, world famous Holatein and life­time champion butterfat producer over all breeds, dies at the home of her owner, T. R. Dent, Wood- stock, in her 18th year. An entore new herd Of cattJe I to be purchased for the countv “J go> k 2 >. U yX "5 *5 e. a-t/} £ * c C O 013 10 YEARS AGO Annual municipal picnic held at Southside park, was attended by many ex-wardens. County Clerk A. E. Roth was in charge’ of the sports. A softball game between North and South Oxford was a feature, in which Warden W. F. Lampman was star hitter. JOINS COUNTY UNIT — Miss Helen McKay, who has recently completed a course in public health in McGill University, Mon­ treal. joined the Oxford county health unit on August 1 Miss Mc­ Kay is a graduate of Toronto General Hospital and during the war served as nursing sister over­ seas for five years. She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. Mc­ Kay, Delatre street. Sheriff McGhee is -in charge at Oxford jail, pending appointment of a successor to the late Govern­ or Charles Wilson. George Toddy is turnkey. Reeve Chas. F. Beagley of Em­ bro returned home after particip- £ :mg in the Vimy Ridge pilgrim­ age. While at Vimy he deposited a wreath on the monument on be­ half of Oxford county council and1 citizens generally. Warden Praises County Officers "The reeve of every municipality depends a great deal on his clerk, treasurer and other officials." county warden J. Winston Nicholls told the assembled members of the Clerks, Treasurers, Assessors and Tax Collectors’ Association yester­ day afternoon. The warden went on to point out that a great deal of responsi­ bility was often borne by township officials, who proved themselves invaluabl to the elected officers. He commended the society of civic officials, and the purpose for whch they had been formed. The warden emphasized that he : had not prepared an address, but ; was simply saying a few words of welcome. "After all, a warden is something of a curiocity; everybody wants to have a look at him." he joked. Cheer Lady Member The warden payed tribute to the only lady member present, Miss E. A. Seldon, clerk and treasurer of | North Oxford At the warden’s re- ! quest, Miss Seldon rose from her : seat and was cheered by the as- । sembled members. Following the warden’s address, the members buckled down to I business, papers being read on ' school boards,- tax assessments and other routine business. Cut Those Weeds, Urges Inspector "Weeds?” sighed the County weed inspector, "they’re terri­ble.” , Emerson Moulton, the county's weed inspector, appointed'in June by the county council, came in the Sentinel-Review office yes­ terday to point out that he was desirous of having all weeds in the county, on occupied and va-, cant land, on roadsides and rail ways- destroyed by Sept. 12. He advised farmers to cut 1he weeds but the difficulty arising was that they they could not find the time. "The roadsides are the worst,” the inspector maintained. During the war years it was not possible to keep up the work done previously in eradicating noxious weeds. The weeds got ahead of all efforts and this year are showing themselves in full strength. Weed spraying is not so easy. The new weed killers are deadly enough. But spray equipment h hard to obtain. Supplies of botl sprays and spray equipment ar at a standstill. 15 YEARS AGO A. J. Baker, clerk of the town­ ship of East Nissouri, was elected president of the Clerks and Treas­ urers’ Association of Oxford County a^the annual meeting. NOTICE WEEDS All noxious weeds ore to be i destroyed by Sept. 12. i The Ontario Weed Control Act requires that all own- | ers of land shall be responsible for the destruction of I noxious weeds on their property. All farm owners or occupants of land, municipalities, county and township road superintendents. Provincial highway authorities and railway company authorities are reminded of their duties under the Act to destroy I these weeds. A penalty is provided by the Act for failure to com- I ply with the regulations. j i EMERSON MOULTON, Weed Inspector for Oxford ...----------------------------------------------------j County. County Council Rejects Pipeline to County Home The county council on Tuesday den Nichols said this morning, con- afternoon rejected a proposal for gists of an automatic alarm sys- the expenditure of $18,250 for the tom which rings in the fire hallthe expenditure of $18,250 for the laying of an eight-inch pipe line I as to carry city water to the coun­ ty home chiefly for improved fire protection. The county's financial] share of the amount was to have been $13,103.72. it was learned. j The proposal came in the form of a resolution passed by the board of management of the county home at its last meeting. The | county council committee on the county home endorsed the pro- i posal and placed it before the council in the form of a report for consideration. When the vote for the adoption of the report and endorsing the proposal was called eight council­ lors voted for and 10 against the measure. County Clerk L. K. Coles ex­ plained the past history of the pro­ posal by saying that the original estimate for the proposed pipe •pipe line was $14,000. The county originally set aside its share of of the project, $10,052.17, in the estimates for this year. Woodstock and Ingersoll earmarked $2,849.90 and $1,097.93 respectively. It was apparent that the in­ crease in cost was not the main reason for the rejection of the re­ solution. The feeling amongst the councillors was that the piping of water to the -ounty home in an eight-inch main is not, perhaps, the best method. It was pointed road diversion in the northern sec­ tion of the county. This road pro­ ject is in line with a desire of — ..------- Perth county to extend one of its4,600 feet to the home would con- h y line between siderably lower the pressuse at the Perth {or a £ew miles, outlet. +he morning session L. K.The feeling was strong that the At t announced water would not normally be used ■ Coles £ u the Cr fast enough to prevent some stag- that lepresem „ it lav in the ptpe Ime. It Xrio%7partLnt of ApW- iir, of Sture, probably John D. McLeod, out .hat in piping the water some nation as it lay in the pipe was pointed out that some The Resent method of fire pro- I meet the council for a discuss.on tection at the County Home, War- on the weed problem. Council Protests A protest will be forward­ ed io the Federal government against the moving of Japan­ ese and persons of Japanese extraction from western Can­ ada to Ontario by the county council of Oxford. The move came when the council last evening endorsed a resolution by Reeve H. A. Bishop of Norwich and Reeve Theodore Cooper of South Norwich. The resolution expressed disap­ proval of moving Japanese and asked that copies be sent to the Federal government, the federal member of parlia­ ment and other county coun­ cils. in the city. Fire fighting apparatus consists of chemical extinguishers located on each floor. Reeve Clair Peers, chairman of the agricultural committee, spon­ sored a suggestion that the coun­ ty councillors take a one or two day tour of the farms in the Es­ sex-Kent area. Warden Nichols agreed the pro­ posal was a timely one, but doubted if it could be put into practice during the session owing to pressure of business. He sug­ gested the trip might be made at a later date after the session clos­ ed. The members of the council voting on the suggestion found it to be one worthy of undertaking. The members of the Elgin Coun­ ty Township Road Superinten­ dent’s Association, who were en­ tertained at lunch by the Oxford county councillors, attended a por­ tion of the afternoon's sitting. D. J. McIntyre, president of the as­ sociation, spoke briefly. Visit Tavistock The council met briefly this morning to hear the minutes of yesterday's session and adjourn­ ed to allow committees to meet. The entire council proceeded to Tavistock for lunch and this af­ ternoon will inspect a proposed Tavistock Fair Draws Largest Crowd in Years Will Build Reservoir To Aid Fire Protection At Oxford County Home In Its closing hours of its fourth session last night the county coun­ cil approved the report of the county home committee calling for the construction of a reservoir at' the home for fire protection pur­ poses at a total cost of $9,000. This was the secon^l report of the committee. The first read ear­ ly in the session recommended the construction of an eight-inch wa­ ter main from Woodstock to the home at a total cost of $18,250. Still seeking to have the water main installed, Reeve L. B. Currie of Tillsonburg moved an amend- , ment when the council moved into j committee to discuss the report. The amendment recommended the laying of a main at a cost of $18,- 250 of which the county's share 1 would be slightly more than 70 per cent. The issue came in for consider­ able discussion as nearly all the councillors rose to add their op­ inions on the matter. Warden Nichols declared the is­ sue to be most serious as fire pro­ tection at the home needed im­ proving. The Woodstock fire de­ partment had always co-operated in being on call for service. The department, he said, made the run to the home every so often as test run and could do it in about three or four minutes. The problem was, he added, that on arriving the fire­ men had no water at their dis­ posal with which to fight the blaze. Deputy Reeve K. R. Watts, Till­ sonburg, urged the installation of a tank and at a later date a pres-; sure pump and sprinkler.system. It was pointed out that the $9,000 was the estimate for the tank alone and did not include pump ir sprinklers. Discussion Heated The discussion at points became heated and the warden with some other members began calling for a decision one way or the other. During one exchange Reeve H. A. Bishop of Norwich supporting the tank system demanded, “Where are you going to get your cast iron eight-inch pipe?” “The same place as you are get­ ting your cement,” was Reeve C. Facey's answer. A recorded \ Jte was taken and the amendment calling for the water main was - defeated. The council then passed the report of the committee, approving of the construction of the cement tank. The property committee in its fifth report stated It would invest­ igate the petition of the Oxford Law Association regarding the re- modeding of the county's registry office. The report was passed. The agricultural committee en­ dorsed the resolution of Elgin county council requesting the re­ lease of nails for agricultural pur­ poses. The action was approved by council. Speaking on this question the warden declared he felt it high, time the government got out of the building business. “It is not only nails,” said the warden, “but all building mater- The government, he maintained, should not support such building' organizations as Housing Enter­ prises Ltd. If the government would do away with these organ­ izations and release materials, the warden claimed, they could be purchased and more and better homes built by individuals. The finance committee recom­ mended that no action be taken this year regarding the requested grant for extension to Western University. At the June session a delegation appeared before coun­ cil seeking a grant of roughly $3u.- 000 for extending the university. The®roads committee reported on the progress made on county road improvement. Progress, .t said, was being made as rapidly as conditions will permit. The report stated that a subsid­ ized expenditure has been made to the county road system of $67,- 791.72 up to September 1. New County Road The committee recommended that the boundary road between Oxford and Perth counties, west of the village of Tavistock and conecting with the Perth county road system, be a county road. This stretch of road is about a mile and a quarter in length con­ necting the Perth road with. Tavi­ stock. The report of the road commit­ tee was adopted following discus­ sion in committee. The education committee recom­ mended that the consultative com­ mittee on secondary education meet with the local members ano if the desided results were not ob­ tained in a reasonable time that they be authorized to interview the Department of Education. The council adopted the report. Late in the evening the council finished up the business ot the ses­ sion and adjourned until the next • and final session in December. 1 _ <-----------------—• — ■ •——— Would Enlargei Cutting Woodlot Trees Will Be Regulated A body known as the Trees! Conservation Commission of the County of Oxford was set up last night by the county council and charged with the supervision of cutting of trees in wood lots ir. the county. Seeking for the general welfare of the county to maintain and im­ prove forest and soil resources of Oxford by preserving and develop­ ing woodlols the council gave its approval to a bylaw governing tree cutting. Under the Ontario Trees Con­ servation Act county councils were given the power to regulate and control cutting or. woodlots and to provide for officers to en­ force the regulations. The county's tree conservation commission is composed of Roy Hughes. Dereham township; Law­ rence Mitchell, Blandford and Ross Calder, East Nissouri. Uhder the new regulations en­ acted by the county council is is now illegal to cut cedar trees of a diameter less than five inches and '■ any other trees of a diameter Jess | than 12 inches, both measured four I and one-half feet above the I ground. Exceptions are provided ! in the case of dead, broken, stunt­ ed, fire damaged, diseased or in­ sect infested trees and other trees , that should be removed for thin­ ning. Christmas trees were made an exception to the cutting regula­ tions. Care must be taken in the cut­ ting and removing of trees that damage is prevented among the younger trees. There is to be no cutting or I lumbering in woodlots bordering on provincial, county or township । roads in the county unless a 50- ' foot belt of trees is left along the ' road sides. From this belt only such trees may be removed as marked by the Tree Conservation 1 Commission. The regulations, the bylaw states, shall not interfere with the ' right of the occupant of land to I cut trees for his own use nor inter- j i were with the rights or powers] [ conferred on municipalities by the I Municipal Act nor with the powers i of the Hydro Electric Power Com- mission or any other board acting । on behalf of the Ontario Govern- I ment. The bylaw does not apply ; to trees growing upon a highway or opened road allowance. I Trees growing ir. a wood lot hav- j ing an area of less than two acres i do not come under the provisions ! of the regulations. Teeth were put into the regula- l tions for enforcement to the ex- • tent of a maximum fine of 5500 or maximum imprisonment of not. exceeding three months. Oxford's county council opened its fourth session this morning with Warden J. Winston Nichols predicting a busier September session than usual. Among the main items of business for consid­ eration. the warden said, were the consideration of a by-law to con­ trol cutting on wood lots, consider­ ation of more adequate fire pro­ tection for the county home and the possibility of improvements to the county registry office. “Reading over the minutes of the past sessions of this council,’’ said the warden opening the sess­ ion, “I was impressed with the common sense and good judgment shown by the members of this council. I want you to know that it is to you members of the coun­ cil to whom I attribute the success of this year's legislation. You have discharged your duties honorably and well.” The council heard the commun­ ications and adjourned to allow the property and printing committees to meet. At the conclusion of the morning session the council enter­ tained a party of township road- superintendents from Elgin county. This group were visiting in the county today gathering informa­ tion on road machinery housing. The warden announced that at. noon on Wednesday the council would drive to Tavistock to look Better Fire Protection Sought for County Home of Municipal Affairs was directed by Waterloo county in a resolu­ tion forwarded here for support to the need for appropriate action to amend features of the Assessment Act which appear inconsistent with modern conditions. The Ontario Association of Man­ agers of Homes for Aged and In­ firm forwarded a resolution where­ in they would have provision made ' for incurable hospitals for certain types of patients now in county homes. Also the association would change the name of "house i of refuge" to "county home’’ and the term “inmate” to "resident" or “member”. Letters were also read from other counties endorsing two res­ olutions passed by the Oxford county council at an earlier sess­ ion regarding the payment of sub­ sidy on road work in urban mun­ icipalities of 2,500 populations and the making available of building materials for residents of rural municipalities. over a proposed road diversion in conection with a Perth county road. The council will have lunch in Tavistock on the invitation of Reeve Wilfred Corp. Among the communications were a number of resolutions from other counties and organizations , passed to Oxford for support. El- 1 gin county forwarded a resolution , asking the Dominion Government to release nails for agricultural purposes and to general farmers. Huron county wrote regarding the shortage of nurses and recomm­ ending that the training of nurses. again be resumed in smaller hos­ pitals. Welland couniy council is seeking by resolution to have the Provincial Government distribute free all school supplies to both । primary and secondary schools in the province in order that all pupils will enjoy equal opportun- I ities for better education. The attention of the Department "The small bottle removes all kitchen odors, and the big bottle removes the odor left by the small bottle.'* And Modernize Registry Office Consideration to enlarging and , I improving the present county reg­ istry office is to be one of the, I items of business at the fourth' session of the Oxford county coun- ] 1 cil opened this morning. Among the communications' ' road to the council wis a petition. ! signed by all the members of the I Oxford County Bar Association re- , garding conditions in the registry i I office, which the association main­ tained should be altered. In its communication the assoc­ iation pointed out that the present building housing the county re­ cords was built, about 1875 and is now 70 years old. No major struct- j ural changes or enlargements have been made to the building since it was built, the petition continual. Owing to the increase in busin­ ess the association declared the1 present registry office requires en­ larging. More space is said to be i needed for records and more metal ' cabinets for the safe keeping of ' registered documents. 1 The association also brought to the council’s notice the inadequacy of the present desks used by Lhe staff of the office and by persons examining records and searching titles. It requested that a separ- ! ate office be provided for the staff and that tables and chairs be add- | ed for use in examinging docu- ; ments. The request is to be considered by the property committee of the council. Weed Control Program Suggested for Oxford; Cost Estimated $25,000 Will Open Negotiations For Woodstock, Ingersoll To Join in Health UnitWeeds and the weed control be his conviction that the control - - of weeds on the roadside was aproblem held the attention of Ox­ ford's county council in session al the court house this morning. Ken McNaught of the crops, seeds and weeds branch of the Ontario de­ partment of Agricultuure outlined a five-year program for control of weeds. He was introduced by G. R. Green, county agricultural re­ presentative, who reviewed what action had been done in the past to clean the fields and grain in the county of weed seeds. This afternoon Mr. McNaught and Mr. Green are to meet with the agricultural committee of the council under the chairmanship of Reeve Clair Peers to discuss a possible program for weed control in Oxford. When a crop survey was made in. the cobnty some years ago, Mr. Green related, it was found that an average of some 448 noxious weeds and many other weeds were being planted to the acre in the county through not using clean seed. Efforts through the years have brought the fields in the country to a point where the most are fair­ ly clean, but, he added, over the fence along the roadside is the worst, dirtiest mess ever. No one is to blame for the con­ dition of the roadsides, Mr. Green declared. During the war years it was impossible to get help or equipment to combat the weed problem. The time to organize a weed control problem has arrived, he maintained. He pointed out that a 50 per cent subsidy is available for controlling weeds on roadsides. He urged that action be taken to kill the weeds while they were still only on the roadsides before they had an opportunity to spread into the fields. Program Outined The details of a suggested five- year program for bringing weeds under control were given by Mr. McNaught. The first step of this program has been taken by Ox­ ford, he said, in the appointment of a county weed inspector. "You have a good man in Mr. Moulton,’’ he told the council.” He has a great spite for all noxious weeds and takes a personal dislike to every one of them.” The second step in the plan was the outlining of a program. The third step to procure equipment and materials to do the job prop­ erly. A 50 per cent subsidy is paid by the department of highways, he explained, for control of weeds on roadsides as this was consider­ ed road maintainence. or a basis of discussion he gave the council an approximate estim­ ate of his own on the cost of a five-year weed program. This he considered would run about $25,- 000. Of this figure $5,000 was for equipment and $5,000 for mater­ ials and labor, these two costs to be borne the first year. Equip­ ment should include at a minimum two power sprayers, one. large and one small, and two power mowers. Warden Nichols declared it to definite municipal obligation. Weed control he believed to be very important. The road com­ mittee, the warden said, is consid­ ering the establishing of four pat­ rol zones in the county for road maintainence and the thought that weed control equipment could be placed at these points in the same manner as snow removal and road maintainence equipment, power mowers at least as a sprayer might not be needed at each point. No Scarcity of Water Reported The scarcity of water, which is inconveniencing the farmers in Middlesex county, has so far not come to notice in Oxford, it was learned today, from G. R. Green, agricultural representative. Mr. Green said he knows some coun­ ties were affected more than others, but to his knowledge the farmers in the county have not been greatly troubled this year by water shortage. In Middlesex county the agricul­ tural representative, W. K. Rid­ dell, reported recently that, due to a dry summer, shallow wells and ponds have beer, rendered useless in all sections of the county. A number of farmers are said to be hauling water from neighboring wells, because wells and ponds on their own properties have become dry. To add to the Middlesex prob­ lem the winds of the past week have not been sufficiently strong to turn windmills, and so other farmers, who have water in deep wells are unable to bring it to the surface. The county council In session this morning moved to open nego­ tiations with Woodstock and Ing­ ersoll for the purpose of bringing those municipalities into the ser­ vice of the Oxford County Health Unit. A committee of three was nam­ ed to meet with representatives of the two communities and to discuss the possibilities of includ­ ing them under the one unit. Fol­ lowing the negotiations an agree­ ment will be drawn up and pre­ sented to county council at the December session for ratification. The step was taken with the reading of the 2nd report of the County Board of Health prepared under the chairmanship of Reeve Carman Facey. Considerable dis­ cussion followed the reading of the report and it was not passed until certain implications which some of the council maintained were too sweeping were amended. In its original form the report "recommended that Woodstock and Ingersoll be accepted in the health unit.” This was softened by an amendment to allow negotia­ tions to take place. As amended the report read "That a committee be appointed to negotiate an agreement with Woodstock and Ingersoll with a view to having them accepted into the health unit.” The amendment was moved by Reeve Ross Carroll, seconded by Warden Nichols, while the council was in committee. The amendment was passed and the re­ port as amended adopted by the council. Reeve H. A. Bishop, the provin­ cial representative on the board of health, asked that he be ex­ cused from voting on the issue in vjew of his dual position on the BISHOP—LESTER NORWICH.—The marriage was quietly solemnized at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Smith, Toron­ to, when Mary Muriel, daughter; I of Mrs. Lester and the later H. A.! ; Lester, Burgessville, became the : bride of Charles Frederick Bish-! op, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. F. I C. Bishop, Norwich. Rev. W. M. Kiteley, Norwich, officiated. The bride wore a suit of French grey with matching hat and black accessories, and corsage of pink roses and bouvardia. The couple were attended by Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Bishop, Norwich. A wed- L 1 ding breakfast was served at the King Edward Hotel, after which the bride and groom left for Montreal and points east, Upon' their return they will reside in Norwich. "WHITE ELEPHANT” SALE . council and ax well as being the provincial representative. He pointed out, however, that Oxford cotmty was leading the field in the work of its county health unit. AU Affected "Diseases know no boundaries,” Mr. Bishop warned, pointing out that Woodstock and Ingersoll did not have health units as did the । county. Should there be an out­ break of disease in either of these centres, which could not be handl­ ed, it would spread to the county. Refive Wilfred Corp asked what ' the county health unit was doing about Tavistock. Warden Nichols and Reeve C. Facey, chairman of the health committee, both replied that it was the intention to open ! an office in Tavistock as soon as a location could be found. i It was stressed by various mem- I bers speaking that the services of the unit would not lessen in any way and that the cost to the county would not increase. The ! payment for the unit including Woodstock and Ingersoll would be ; worked out on a population basis. It was also pointed out that neither Woddstock nor Ingersoll j were receiving the provincial sub- J sidy for health work which they could receive i' they were mem­ bers of a health unit, either their : own or the county’s. The council moved into com- I mitt.ee of the whole with Deputy > Reeve Cockburn in the chair to . discuss the report further. Dr. | O. C. Powers, medical health of- । ficer with the county unit, was asked to give the council informa­ tion on the services now provided and answer questions concerning the increase in service needed to handle the two additional muni­ cipalities. While in committee the amend­ ment to the report was passed and the council resumed to pass the report as amended. On motion of Mr. Cockburn, seconded by Mr. Facey, the com­ mittee to negotiate the agreement was named as Deputy Reeve K. R. Walls. Tillsonburg, the warden Snd Mr. Cockburn. This motion carried. Earlier in the morning first readings were given to two by> laws. The bylaw to provide re­ strictions and regulations (or the cutting of trees was started off on Its first reading by Reeve L. B. Currie of Tillsonburg and Dep­ uty Reeve Watts. The first read­ ing of the bylaw to pass orders and accounts was sponsored by Reave William McIntosh and Reeve O. H. Murray. County Health Unit Fills Important RoleDr. 0. C. PowersThe establishment of the Oxford Coun­ ty Health unit marked the beginning of a program which has as its objective, a sound mind in a sound body. Life is faster today and competitinon is much keener; our young people need every advantage in our power to equip these young men and wo­ men of tomorow, so that they will be able to make their way in the world unhamper­ ed by mental or physical disability. A definite program has been laid down and is now well underway. School health service, including control of communicable disease and detection of defects in school and pre-school children, is of major impor­ tance. Every child should enter school completely immunized against smallpox, diphtheria, whooping cough and scarlet fever, and with all defects, including im­ proper nutrition, corrected. Tuberculosis continues as a major health problem. Finding the case, arrang­ ing for his examination and care, exam­ ination of his contacts and follow-up visits demand a great deal of nursing time. Venereal disease control program is intensified, and better means of controll­ ing cases and contacts are available. Well baby conferences covering the entire county have been arranged. It is impossible to estimate their value to young mothers. Sanitation and food control have im­ proved very noticeably. Restaurant owners now welcome the sanitary inspector, be­ cause they realize that his suggestions for clean kitchens, proper dishwashing, pro­ per handling and storage of food, etc. re­ sult in better business. The mental hygiene clinic for the par­ ent or child who is different, strives to re­ educate and re-direct them into more nat­ ural ways. Already many have been helped to re-adjust themselves. Dental service in schools, although limited to dental inspection by the nurses, has resulted in nearly 80 per cent, cor­ rection of defects. Our objective has been summed up by Dr. Rosenau. ‘‘Preventive medicine dreams of a time when there shall be enough for all, and every man shall bear his share of labor in accordance with his ability, and every man shall possess sufficient for the needs of his body and the demands of his health. These things he shall have as a matter of justice and not of charity.” “Preventives medicine dreams of a time when there shall be no unnecessary suffering and no premature deaths, when the welfare of the people shall be our highest concern, when humanity and mer­ cy shall replace greed and selfishness; and it dreams that all these things will be ac­ complished through the wisdom of man. Preventive medicine dreams of these things, not with the hope that we, individ­ ually, may participate in them, but with the joy that we may aid in their coming to those who shall live after us. When young men have vision, the dreams of old men come true.” CHAMPIONSHIP BELT LOCATED—They still talk out Embro way of when ‘'Zorra pulled the world” and now they will have concrete evidence of that notable day in 1893 when a Zorra team strained for 35 long minutes to outpull Chicago for the world's cham-, pionship. The anchor’s man’s belt, worn by Robert McIntosh, was unearthed in Norwich on Wednesday and brought by Reeve H. A. Bishop (on the left of the photo), to the court-1 house while the county council was in session. How the belt came to be in Norwich was j explained by Reeve Bishop. Bob McIntosh put up his famous belt in 1926 as a trophy for a tug-of-war which Norwich won and the belt has been in the southern section of the county ever since. Believing that the belt should be ^turned to Embro, Reeve Bishop made an agreement with Reeve William McIntosh of Embro (on the right) to form a joint owner­ ship, the belt to be kept in Embro. The belt was made by Johnny Gordon, a former har­ ness maker in Embro, who now lives in Toronto. Norwich is going to have the use of the belt next week for the tug-of-war competition at its fall fair—(Staff photo). East Oxford is Leading the WayThe members of the township of East । Oxford are to be commended on the steps they have taken to obtain fire protection for* their municipality. The first township councillors of the area to go into the ques­ tion in a serious manner, wh?4- they have initiated may well be the forerunner of action that eventually will provide rural residents of Oxford generally with much- needed protection that has been entirely lacking up to the present. Obviously, both township councillors and other residents of the remaining town­ ships surrounding Woodstock will be watching with keen interest developments in the scheme to provide East Oxford with fire-fighting service. Obviously too, they are not likely to be far behind in efforts to obtain similar service. One strong advantage to be found in the proposed plan is that the township will obtain the services of trained and ex­ perienced firefighters, ready to make an immediate response with the equipment at any hour of the day or night. This could; not be obtained in any other way than through co-operation with the Woodstock fire department unless the township were to engage its own full-time firemen, which would make the cost of the scheme prohi­ bitive. The ratepayers of East Oxford have still to put their stamp of approval on the scheme, but it would appear most likely that the township councillors have pro­ gressed as far as they have in their study of the subject without having first sounded out the feeling of the people and finding it favorable. With the advantages to be gain­ ed in the matter of protection to person and property through the adoption of the plan, the result of the voting cannot be expected to be other than favorable. Timber Slashing is Now ControlledNo longer in the county of Oxford niay woodlots be slashed for the timber they contain regardless of size nor may lumber­ ing operations be conducted in a fashion which kills off the young, tender growth. In the closing hours of the September | session of the county council a by-law was given its three readings to control cutting of trees on woodlots in Oxford. The regulations forbid the cutting of healthy trees of less than 12 inches in dia­ meter, with the exception of cedar trees, whose minimum diameter may be five inches, in the county. Christmas trees are excepted. In addition, proper care must be exercised in lumbering operations to pro­ tect the smaller trees from damage. A belt of trees 50 foot wide must be left along all roadsides if lumbering operations are be­ ing carried on in a woodlot. A tree conservation commission of three members has been established under the by-law to enforce the terms of the leg­ islation. A maximum penalty of a $50 fine. has been provided for any person convict­ ed under the law. These regulations are not designed to interfere with the rights of a man to cut wood for his own use, neither do they ap­ ply to woodlots under two acres in size. The reason for this by-law is best told in the preamble which describes_ the coun­ cil as “seeking in the general welfare of the county to maintain and improve forest and soil resources of Oxford by preserving and developing woodlots.” RELIEF TURNKEYAlbert Burley has been on duly at the County .Tail as relief turn­key during the illness of william T.Cuthbertson, who passed away last night. Sheriff Alfred Bishop said this morning. Appoint Turnkey For County Jail Thomas H. Sutherland, 536 Princess street, has been appoint­ ed turnkey at the county jail,, Sheriff Alfred Bishop announced this morning. Mr. Sutherland's appointment was effective on the first of this mcnih. The appointment was made to fill the vacancy created in the jail staff by the retirement of the late William Cuthbertson. Tom Sutherland, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Sutherland, enlisted in t£e Royal Canadian Artillery in February, 1941, and went over­ seas in October of that year. He is well known in athletic circles in the city having played both rugby , and baseball on Woodstock teams.1 New Attendance Record is Set at Embro’s Fall Fair i Ingersoll Highway Seen As Road Link Hamilton road paved now all the way from London to Ingersoll may become a link in a new east-west highway across Western Ontario, Mayor Fred G. McAlister said yes­ terday. A single short stretch of the read previously unpaved has 1 now been completed via Oxford County following a series of nego­ tiations started early In the year by City Council. At that time council referred the matter to Mayor McAlister, J. W. Carson, of the suburban roads com­ mittee. and Aldermen Earl Nichols. They were directed to discuss the paving of the short stretch with the CpiHjty of Oxford and the town'of IngerJioTI.' According to Mayor McAlister, Aiderman Nichols "specifically” carried on negotia­ tions with Oxford. "The road is now paved com­ pletely and quite possibly may be­ come a link in the new thorough­ fare through Western Ontario,” the mayor said. “He did not elabor­ ate further.” FOX BOUNTY Bounties were paid on three fox pelts during the month of Sept­ ember, County Clerk Len Coles re- pbrted this morning. One fox was caught ir West Zorra and two in West Oxford. Thia brings the total this year of foxes killed and bounties paid to 483. Last year’s total at the end of September was 468. Tillsonburg Fair Attracts Huge Crowd for 2nd Day Holstein Cattle Feature | At Norwich’s Fall Fair Now Illegal to Sell Raw Milk Anywhere in CountyIt is now illegal to sell raw milk anywhere in Ox­ ford county. Dr. O. C. Powers, medical officer of health for the county, announced this morning. Under new regulations to the Public Health Act of Ontario the three remaining townships in Oxford, Blenheim, Blandford and East Zorra, have been brought under the provision of the act with regard to the sale of unpasteurized milk. Now the whole county comes under the protection of the compulsory pasteurization law, the M.O.H. pointed out. In the three townships just brought under the act there have been numerous sales of raw milk with cases of undulant fever showing up in those districts, he added. Child Clinic at Beachville Hall Health Protection Extended in Oxford The whole of Oxford County is now a restricted area as far as the sale of raw milk is concerned, and all who have had a hand in bringing about this highly desir­ able state of affairs are to be commended. To go into detail on the necessity for all milk being pasteurized is unnecessary in this day and age, when very few fail to realize the importance of this measure ot health protection. The residents of the three townships which have now come un­ der the Public Health Act as it affects milk—Blenheim, Blandford and East Zor­ ra_will be the first to acclaim the pro­ gressive step. ___- too bad he wore hia NEW HAT" A child health conference for in­ fants and pre-school children, un-' der the direction of the Oxford County Health Unit has been es­ tablished at Beachville. The first conference was held at. the com­ munity hall. Two Infants and seven pre-school children were registered. Two nurses, Mrs Bos­ well and Miss Fendley, were in charge, assisted by Mrs. Gould of the United church and one repre­ sentative from the Baptist church. Similar conferences will be held on the second Tuesday of each month from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. All mothers are invited to bring their infant and pre-school children and take advantage of discussing their health problems with the nurses. At the next conference, Octo­ ber 9, Dr. Powers, M.O.H., will be present and immunization! against whooping cough, diphtheria and smallpox will be available to parfents wishing it for their pre­ school children. The first child health conference for Kintore, under direction of the county health unit was held at the home of Mrs. Haines and was well attended. Nurses in at­ tendance were Miss Margaret Grieve and Mrs. H. MteNeii and they were assisted by Mrs. O. O. Smith and Mrs. Haines. Eight in­ fants and fourteen pre-schooi chil­ dren were brought by their moth­ ers to be weighed and measured. Health problems were discussed with the nurses. Similar confer­ ences will be held on the third ' Tuesday of each month at Mrs. I Haines’ home in Kintore. All par­ ents with pre-school children are invited to attend. PLOWING MATCH A committee meeting was held on Saturday evening to arrange for the farm machinery exhibit at the county plowing match being held on October 25. The members of the machinery committee of the Oxford County Plowmen’s As­ sociation are: Murray Gray, chair­ man; John Hargreaves, Wilfred Qorp, Clair Peers, Murray McBeth, Arnold Gee, George Matheson, Alex Muir and William Suther­ land. Full Program by Health Unit; 23 Conferences Held Twenty-eight pre-school child health conferences have been ar­ ranged for the county by the Ox­ ford County Health Unit, accord­ ing to the July and August report j of the unit’s nursing service. A child’s training during his pre-achool years lays a foundation for his future health and develop­ ment, the report point? out. Hi? enjoyment and progress at schoo' are largely dependent upon good physical health and early home training. The 28 conferences arranged for will be conducted monthly in each centre. . Twenty-three of these conferences were held during July and August with a total at­ tendance of 340 children. With school opening in Sep-, tember considerable time was spent, the report continues, in giv-1 ing the six-year-old children their | physical examination. These ex­ aminations were conducted at the various conference centres. Complete Examination One hundred and eighty child­ ren received the complete physical examination, of these 46 children were found with defects. The de­ fects found were, as follows: Ear defects, 2; defective breathin,g 6; tonsils, 30; anemid, 3; enlarged glands, 4; orthopedic defects, 26; undernourished, 4; chest defects, 2; heart defect, 1; pestural, 2; miscellaneous, 4. During July and August the unit made 428 home visits to 240 families. During the two months Miss Ila Wilton left the staff of the unit to continue her studies in public health work at Western University. Two members joined the staff during that time, Miss Helen McKay, graduate of Toron­ to General Hospital and of Mc­ Gill University in public health work arrived on August 1. Miss McKay served five years with the Royal' Canadian Army Medical Corps overseas. Also joining the staff was Mis Eleanor Fendley, graduate o Saskatoon General Hospital am of Western University in publi health nursing. Miss Fendley tool her field work in Oxford county last April. Perth Holstein Breeders Will Use Oxford’s Unit Oxford Council Tours 10 CountiesPlans Improved Oxford Forests BY' STEYVART WATSON YY’oodsfock F.P. Bureau WOODSTOCK, Oct. 17—Winding up r two-day, 40-mUe reforestation tour through 10 counties, r weary band of Oxford County councilors and officials returned here tonight, filled with ideas and information calculated to make Oxford a lead­ ing county in this respect. Headed by Warden J. Winston Nichols, who is chairman of the reforestation committee, the party of 26 left Woodstock about 8 a.m. Wednesday morning, returning about 9.30 p.m. tonight. The party spent at least 12 hours each day on the road in a chartered bus. After leaving here the party broke their journey briefly to view the S2,000.000 Shand Dam and Bel­ wood Lake. Zone Forester I. C. Marritt, Galt, pointed out that the demonstration woodlots and other reforestation work on the first day of the trip. At O.A.C. A brief tour of the Agricultural College at Guelph was conducted by G. R. Green, Oxford County agriculture representative. Stopping for lunch at Angus in Simcoe County, the party was shown the provincial seed extrac- ■ lion plant by R. S. Carman, super- i intendent Warden E. G. Miller, of Simcoe, welcomed the Oxford County party to Simcoe and ad­ dressed them briefly at luncheon. Warden Nichols thanked the Sim­ coe members for their hospitality. The party continued to the Mid- hurst Provincial Forest Station where they were conducted on a tour of the 1,600 acre grounds by M. A. Adamson, nursery superin­ tendent. Via Barrie. Wasaga Beach, Col­ lingwood, and Thornbury, the party stopped at Meaford where they were made welcome at dinner by Reeve J. A. Lowe, St. Vincent Township in Grey County; A. S. ! Thurston and Mayor Stanley Knight, of Meaford. _ ____ High Rating is Given to Oxford Children’s Aid R. G. Clowes, superintend­ ent of the Children's Aid So­ ciety, stated this morning that he has received an analysis from B. W. Heise, provincial superintendent of the Depart­ ment of Public Welfare, of the work of the Oxford coun­ ty society as the department found it. The summary of the analysis was that the department has given the local society a higher rating as a result of the work being accomplished here. This places the Oxford, organization on the level with the best Children's Aid socie­ ties in the province. <|TOUR OWEN SOI ND |The party spent the night at | Owen Sound and In the morning, 1 the Oxford County Council was conducted on a tour of that city by E. J. Creeper, president of the Owen Sound Board of Trade. The trip through Bruce and Hur- I on County continued to Port Al­ bert where the traVel-tired conn- 1 cilors spent a couple of hours at the plowing match, before con- j tinning their journey to Wood- j stock. The party from Oxford County included: Reeve John Chesney, Blandford: Reeve L. H. Sibbick, Blenheim: W. A. Cockburn, D. R„ Blenheim; Reeve Leroy Curtis, Dereham; Reeve Milton Better­ ridge. E. Nissouri; Grand Suther­ land, D.R.. E. Nissouri: Reeve Ross ; Carroll. N. Norwich; Reeve Theo­ dore Cooper. S. Norwich: Reeve Clair Peers. E. Oxford; Warden J. Winston, Nichols. N. Oxford: Reeve Carman Facey, Zorra: Gorddn Ross, D.R.. E. Zorra: Reeve O. H. Mur­ ray, W. Zorra: Reeve William Mc­ Intosh. Embro: Reeve Wilfred Crop, j Tavistock: Robert Forbest. man­ ager county home: G. R. Green, agriculture renresentative: Dr. O. C. Powers. M.O.H., Oxford County; 1 E. Moultin. weed inspector. Ox­ ford; J. N. Meathrell, county road engineer: L. K. Coles, county clerk: j I. C. Marritt. zone forester: Ted Shaddock, county game overseer; j Lawrence Mitchell, Blandford. FOX BOUNTY Bounties on about 500 foxes have been claimed since January, 1946, Oxford County Clerk L. K. Coles said today. This is a slight increase over last year, he said. In October of this year, however, only 14 have been turned in, com­ pared with 23 last year. ZONE FORESTER A Zone Forester for the three counties of Oxford, Perth and Huron has been appointed with an office ir, Stratford, i|.,was learned yesterday. W. A. G. Thurston is now in charge of the reforesta­ tion program for these counties through the Department of Lands and Forests. He Is under the direc­ tion of I. C. Merritt, who formerly i handled the field work in forestry for this district. Mr. Thurston's duties include advisory work on plantations and wood lots and edu­ cational work on reforestation in the schools. He is temporarily located at 21 Downie street in Stratford. Diphtheria Case is Blamed On Immunization Refusal A school section in the township of Blenheim has a case of diph­ theria which has developed in one of the pupils of the school, Dr O. C. Powers, medical officer ‘ of health for Oxford county inform­ ed the Sentinel-Review thia morn­ing. In these days, the doctor com­ mented, a diphtheria case, particu­ larly in a country district, is un­ usual. Asked for his opinion on the reason for this case showing up when immunization was being carried oufc among the school children, the doctor replied that immunization could only be done with the consent oi the parents. Parents Unwilling He explained that immuniza­ tion has been offered in the school section involved for a number of years but during that time not more than tw0 children have been given immunization owing to the consent of the parents not being given. “If consent had been granted, Lack of Protection In Blenheim Area In reporting a case of diphtheria in a Blenheim township school section, Dr. O. C. Powers, county medical officer of health revealed the startling fact that not more than a couple of school children in the section had been inoculated against the disease. It was startling because the par­ ents of the other children had objected to the immunization treatment. It is almost incredible that there are still people in Oxford county who refuse to have their children protected against serious communicable disease. It is diffi­ cult to understand why, in an age when im­ munization is accepted as mankind's great­ est safeguard against dreaded epidemics, parents would not be eager to give their children the maximum protection afforded by medical science. Not so very long ago, diphtheria was high on the list of epidemic scourges. Then came discovery of an immunization treat­ ment, and this was so effective that now a case of diphtheria is a comparative rarity, so much so that many doctors of mature experience have never been called upon to diagnose and treat an actual case. This is no “newfangled” idea, no ex­ periment to be perpetrated on unsuspect­ ing children. It is a definite means of pro­ tection. It is protection not only for the individual but for the community as a whole. It is to be hoped that this unfortun­ ate case in Blenheim will serve as an object lesson. we would never have had this one case,’ ’the doctor believed. He added the diphteria toxoid is one of the best immunization practices available, it being at least 98 per cent, effective. Ratepayers' Meeting To Be Held on Nov. 20 The executive of the County Trustees and Ratepayers Associa­ tion met this week in the Agri­ cultural Office, to arrange for the annual meeting which will be held in the county court house on November 20. N. Z. Phimister, superintend- Pul®c schools of the citv of Toronto, is to be guest speak­ er. Mr. Phimister was listened to with a great deal of interest at the O.E.A. meeting in Toronto last Easter. The public speaking contest, usually held at this time, will take place on January 18, 1947, in the court house. OXFORn CLAIMS THEM, WATERLOO HAS THEMLone Family of Six, Century-Old PumpI All That’s Left of Punkeydoodle Comers | BY STEWART WATSON Free Prcsa Staff Correspondent । rOODSTOCK, Sept. 23— W About 100 years ago it was a thriving little commun­ ity. Today it is a rusty, 100-ycar- okl pump and a pinpoint on the map that about ties Ox­ ford, Waterloo and Perth counties together at the north­ east corner of East Zorra Township. They call it Punkeydoodle Comers and it wouldn't be Stretching the imagination too far to believe that it is the only place bearing that name in the world. At present it has a one fam­ ily population of six. But years ago, it boasted a hotel, black­ smith, cider mill, saw mill and Stable accommodations for fre­ quent travelers’ horses. Actually it ts in the County of Waterloo, but many Oxford people have always imagined it in this county. The difference is only a matter of feet. Today the family of Titus Roth, his mother, wife and three children, Marietta, seven, Patsy, four, and Ross, Hi, form the entire population. In yesteryears, it was consid­ ered the best of pumpkin-rais­ ing land. Today the district provides excellent farm land for grain and dairy cattle. Above ■ all it was the home of Punkeydoodle himself. Ac­ cording to local legend, John Zurbrigg settled there 100 years ago and grew pumpkins, fields of them. There are two stories as to how the community was nam­ ed Punkeydoodle Comers. One has it that Zurbrigg had a dispute with another settler called Hellman and during an argument he was called an old Punkeydoodle by Mrs. Hell­ man. The name stuck, and ever afterwards he was called Punkeydoodle and his land became known as Punkeydoodle Corners. The other story, claims that John Zurbrigg, because he grew so many pumpkins and because of his short, stout stature, was nicknamed "Pun­ keydoodle” and his land called Punkeydoodle Corners. Located on the boundary road between Oxford County and Perth where the road forks running north into New Hamburg, the community gradually declined until now only the rusty, old pump is all that remains of the original I According to Mrs. Noah Roth, 73, whose husband bought the present property about 26 years ago, many of the original settlement build­ ings were still standing, but were torn down by them be­ cause they were so dilapidated. Sam Zurbrigg, a brother of John's, built the original blacksmith shop and mills, she related. The present home of the Roth family, a modern two-storey brick structure, was built on the site of the old Zurbrigg homestead. Titus Roth, 29, Mrs. Roth’s youngest son, operates a trucking business at Punkey­ doodle Corners now. He mar­ ried the former Marjorie Heid- linger. The elderly Mrs. Roth is proud of the fact that she has five boys and two girls, all married. "A great many old timers,” Mrs. Noah Roth related, "of­ ten return to Punkeydoodle- Corncrs and cannot believe their eyes when they sec all that is left of the once fair­ sized community. settlement. Record Crowd Sees Fred Howard Win Championship At Oxford Plowing Match ]T won't be long before the young swains of the neighborhood are 1 calling on these two little misses who hail from one of the oldest -I settlements in Waterloo County. Standing beside the rusty, 100- i year-old pump, about all that remains of the once thriving set t le­ nient of Punkcydpodlr. Corners, arg Marietta Roth, seven, and her sister, Patsy, four. Do You Remember? 25 YEARS AGO The International Plowing Match concludd with a big ban­ quet in the armory attended by more than 300. Speakers includ­ ed Hon. Manning Doherty, Ontario minister of agriculture, Hon. F. C. Biggs, minister of public works, E. W. Nesbitt, M.P. and Donald Sutherland, M.P. The monument erected by the township of East Nissouri to the fallen from that township in the Great War, is unveiled at Kintore with impressive ceremony. More Cock Pheasants Shot Than Expected Hundreds of hunters were on the prowl for pheasant in Dere­ ham and East Oxford on Friday and Saturday, stated Game War­ den Ted ’Shaddock this morning. Despite the rainy weather on Fri­ day, many birds were bagged. I Saturday was a much better day and the average hunter was re­ warded with at least two cock birds. Mr. Shaddock said that there were enough pheasants around this year to make every hunter happy and more cock birds were shot than expected, Traffic Death Rate in Oxford is IncreasingOxford County has not escaped the general trend toward more frequent traffic accidents, as re­vealed by figures compiled by the Motor Vehicles Branch of the De­ partment of Highways for Ontario. In 1945 there were 105 accidents in which seven persons were kill­ ed and 82 persons injured. This report shows an increase over the year 1944, which had 82 accidents in which five persons were killed, and 66 persons were injured. Even with this increase over 1944 Oxford had one of the better records among the counties of On­ tario. Statistics show in 1945 that Oxford had 5.7 deaths per 10,000 motor vehicles, compared with Cochrane's high of 27.5 and Hur­ on's low of 1.9 as the lowest. Ox­ ford County had 12 vehicle deaths per 100,000 people as compared to Durham with 41.3 per 100,000 and Kenora with 4.0 deaths. Oxford Resolution is Supported by Brant A resolution sponsored by Reeve H. A. Bishop of Norwich and passed at the last session of the Oxford county council was receiv­ ing support in Brant county to­ day. The resolution noted the inten­ tion* of the Federal Government allowing some Japanese families to locate in Western Ontario and protested the intended action. A copy was sent to all county coun­ cils as well as the Federal Gov­ ernment. James E. Simpson, reeve of Onondaga at the Brant council session declared he didn’t want anything to do with Japanese lo­ cating in Western Ontario. Deer Season Dates Given Game Warden Ted Shaddock said this morning that the open season for deer in the townships of Blandford, Blenheim and East Nissouri in the county of Oxford would be on the 27, 28. 29, and 30 of November. Mr. Shaddock said that the deer may be hunted with shotguns and the only ammunition that can be used is S.S.G. or'buckshot. Bow and arrows can also be used but it is against the law to carry a rifle. The counties of Huron, Bruce and Grey are also having an open season for deer the week of No­ vember 18. Rifles may be used in these counties but no dogs are al­ lowed to take part in the hunt. OXFORD COUNTY PLOWING MATCHAt the FARM OF ARTHUR LOCKHART, ONE MILE NORTH and ONE MLLE EAST OF WOODSTOCK, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1946 PRIZE LIST: HORSE DRAWN CLASSES Class 1—Sod—Open—$12, $10, $8, $6, $4. Class 2—Sod—Open Oxford Co. plowmen who have won 1st prize in Class 2 three times since 1943 are not eligible in this class. $10, $8, $6, $4, $2. Class 3—Sod—Open to Oxford Co. Those who have plowed in an open class at any recog­ nized plowing match, and previous 1st prize winners in Class 3 are not eligible in this class. $10, $9, $8, $7, $6. $5, $4, $3. Class 4—Sod—Open Oxford boys 20 years and under. 1st Walking Plow, Cockshutt No. 21. $8, $6, $4, $3. Class 5—Sod—Open Oxford boys 16 years and under. $10, S8, $6, $4, $2. Class 6—Sod—Amateur Class open to Oxford Co. Must be operator’s first attempt at a Plow­ ing Match, with either team or tractor—$10, $8, $6, $4, $2. Class 7—Sod—No-handling class. Open. $10, $8, $6, $4, $2. TRACTOR DRAW CLASSES Class 8—Tractor—Sod. Open, $15, $12, $9, $6, $4, $2. Class 9—Tractor—Sod—2-furrow plows. Open Oxford Co. $15, $12, $9, $6, $4, $3. Class 10—Tractor—3-furrow. Open Oxford Co. $15, $12, $9, $6, $4, $3. FARM MACHINERY DISPLAY HORSE SHOW HOME IMPROVEMENT MODEL, ELECTRIC APPLIANCES FOR THE HOME, FORESTRY AND OTHER EDU­ CATIONAL EXHIBITS AND DEMON­ STRATIONS. Class 11—Sod—Tractor—2-furrow or 3-fur- row—Open Oxford Co. Furrows not less than 11 inches. $15, $12, $9, $6, $4, $3. Class 12—Tractor—Bow crop. Open Oxford Co. $15, $12, $9, $7, $6, $5, $4, $3. Class 13—Tractor—2-furrow. Amateur. $15, $12, $9, $7, $6, $5, $4, $3. SPECIAL CLASS FOR NON-FARMERS Contestant to plow one round with a single furrow walking plow. Entry fee 50c. HORSE SHOW Class 14—Best draft team—Clydesdale. $12, $10, $8. Class 15—Best draft team—Percheron or Bel­ gian; $12, $10, $7. Class 16—Best wagon team—$12, $10, $8. Class 17—Best plow team—$5, $3, $2. Class 18—Championship—$20.00. Lunch served on the grounds by Bond’s Home and School Club. Judges of Plowing—W. C. Barrie, Galt; Frank Laidlaw, Jarvis. Judge of Horses—D. R. McIntosh. President—E. V. Kennedy. FOR COMPLETE PRIZE LIST WRITE— G. R. GREEN, Secretary. Constable Marsland to Leave Provincial Force For Industrial Position Walter Marsland In Civvies Now From today on Provincial Con­ stable Walter Marsland, who has been stationed in Woodstock for a number of years, will be known as “Mr. Marsland.” Today the constable prepared to turn his black and white cruiser over to provincial police authorities as a final step in taking on “civilian” status. Recently Constable Marsland announced that he was resigning from the force to accept an ap­ pointment as production manager with a Kitchener manufacturing firm. His resignation becomes effective tomorrow and he will take over his new duties on Mon­ day. “No more phone calls in the middle of the night,” he gloated this morning as he bade farewell to a Sentinel-Review reporter. Recall Birchall Case, Hanged 56 Years Ago 1 Today is th,e 56th anniversary of the hanging of Reginald Birchall at Woodstock jail, which wrote finis to one of the most famous murder cases in all Canada. On November 14, 1890, Bir­ chall was hanged for the murder of Frededick C. Benwell, young Englishman, whose body was found February 25, 1890, in what afterwards became known as the Benwell swamp, near Princeton, The story of tbe murder has been told and retold countless times. The young Englishman was slain by his friend and guardian Reginald Birchall, who was later arrested, brought to trial at Woodstock and found guilty. The body of Benwell was dis­ covered by Joseph and George Elvidgc of Blenheim, who were drawing wood from the swamp, Expansion Of Museum Is Urged i Reorganization of the Oxford County Museum was discussed by several interested Woodstock cit­ izens at a meeting in the county court house last night. “A public museum is an impor­ tant asset to education,” Miss Louise N. Hil], curator of the museum, told the meeting. A li­ brary is most useful to the edu­ cated, whereas the museum is useful to the educated and un­ educated alike. I am sure the people of Oxford are Interested enough in the history of this great county to want a museum which they can be proud of.” For several years historic items have been on display in one room in the basement of the court house and Miss Hill was congrat­ ulated on the fine job she has been doing of looking after the museum for so many years by herself. The county council has granted the museum two extra rooms but they are badly in need of repairs, it was said. A delegation was formed at last night’s meeting to visit mu­ seums in other counties and see । Museum PlanningProspects for an Oxford coun­ ty museum which would do jus­ tice to the historical background of the county rose considerably as the result of a meeting In the courthouse here last night. A committee was formed to consider enlarging the present one-room museum which is in the basement of the courthouse. The committee appointed is composed of Ross Butler, Miss E. Nesbitt, Alfred Johnston, Ray Schell, Hil­ ton McKay, Craig McKay, M. P. Smith and C. G. Kinsey. TRIBUTE PAID Tribute was paid to Miss Louise Hill, curator of the present mu­ seum, by Craig McKay who pre­ sided over the meeting. Miss Hill [ was praised for her efforts in' keeping the museum going for^ the past nine years. The next step to be taken in the । setting up of an improved museum will be a meeting between the ap­ pointed committee and the Ox- ' ford County Historical Society in : a round-table discussion. Mrs. E. J. Canfield, president of the Oxford County Historical Society gave a brief outline of the society’s history and the found­ ing of the present small museum. Ross Butler told of the informa­ tion he had gathered from an in­ spection trip to the Brantford and Kitchener museum. Warden J. Winston Nichols, County Clerk L. K. Coles and Reeve Clair Peers, of East Oxford assured the gathering of the coun­ ty council’s support provided a strong organization was formed to carry on. Mr. Coles noted that the county had granted the museum more space in the courthouse end a grant of $100 in 1945. He assur­ ed the gathering that the county was behind the formation of a good museum. Other speakers included: Miss Louise Hill, Alfred Johnston, A, H. Wilson and Hilton McKay. Do You Remember? 25 YEARS AGO j John Skinner, Hunter street, ■ great war veteran, was appointed i day turnkey at the county jail, | succeeding George Tottey, resign-I ed. 10 YEARS AGO M. D. Hamilton, Tillsonburg, re­ cently appointed turnkey at the Oxford jail, commences his du­ ties. Oxford Schools Take First Places in Forestry ContestFour rural schools in the county have won the first four prizes in a reforestation competition cqn- 1 ducted by the Ontario Department i of Lands and Forests in Forestry Zone 1. The zone is composed of the counties of Essex, Kent, Elgin, I Huron, Norfolk, Oxford, Middle­ sex, Lambton and Perth. L. K. Coles, county clerk, said I today he had received the list of winners from W. A. G. Thurston of the department. Winners Listed The zone competition win­ ners were: S.S. No. 5, East Nis­ souri; S. S, Nos. 1 and 2, Bland­ ford; S. S. No. 5, West Zorra; S. S. No. 8, Dereham. Prizes were awarded in that order. In the Oxford county school plantation competition the prizes awarded by the county council will go to the following schools in each township: Dereham, school sections Nos. eight, two, five, twelva, seven and eleven: East Nissouri. school sections Nos. five, eleven, Medina, Registry Office Crowding Appeal Being Considered The property committee of the county council met yesterday to consider the petition of the Oxford Law Association for action to al­ leviate the crowded condition pre-, vailing in the county registry of­ fice. At the September meeting the council heard the petition of the law association and referred it to the property committee for con­ sideration. At the meeting yesterday the committee members inspected the registry office building and saw for themselves the crowded condi­ tions complained of by the assoc­ iation. Drove to London The councillors then drove to London to look over the registry offices .of the County of Middle­ sex and of the city of London. It is expected that a recom­ mendation will be brought in at the December session of council for improvement to be made to the registry office. Before definite steps are taken to make addition or alterations to । the property the councils of both I Woodstock and Ingersoll will bo ' consulted by the county council | it was learned. This move will be made in accordance with the I agreement between the three municipalities for the mainten­ ance of the building. four, three and eight; East Ox­ ford school sections, eight, seven, three, six, four and ten; West Zorra school sections five, Embro, eight, one, two and ten. Tried Too Hard To Boost County Some rural school pupils are i due for a disappointment, but they may be assured of the sym­ pathy of a Sentinel-Review re­ porter who tried a little too hard to boost Oxford as a fine county and represent it as tops In refores­ tation work. On Monday this paper, through a misunderstanding, announced that foui- rural schools in Oxford had taken the top four places in the Zone 1 Forestry Competition. Sorry kids, that is not the case. The four schools. S.S. 5, East Nissouri; S.S. 1 and 2, Blandford; S.S. 5, West Zorra and S.S. 8, Dereham, were listed by W. A. G. Thurston, Zone Forester for Ox­ ford, Huron and Perth, as their standing insofar as those three counties were concerned, not ac­ cording to their’ standing in the whole of Zone 1, which icludes nine counties. The winners in the Zone 1 com­ petition will be announced at a later date by Harold Zavitz, Chat­ ham, who is in charge of the com­ petition in the whole zone. Suggest Timbered Land Be Exempted Woodstock, Nov. 7 (CP).—A sug­ gestion that the Municipal Drum-1 age Act be amended to exempt- timbered lands from taxation as an inducement to promot e refor-1 estation in the county was offered! al. a meeting of the Oxford County j reforestation committee here this, afternoon. The proposal will be embodied in a rough draft of a brief to be presented to the Decern-' ber session of county council for approval. If approved by I he coun­ cil Ilie brief will be presented to the Ontario Royal Commission on Forestry when it meets in Toronto. The brief was originally intend-1 eel to be presented to the Royal Commission in London on Nov. 18.1 'Die meeting, however, agreed near (he close that a draft of the brief embodying the committee's ideas' should first be approved by the whole council when it convenes on Dec. 3. Proud Record of Oxford Holstein Finally Beaten The Holstein Friesian Asso­ ciation of Canada announced last night that the 22-year-old butterfat production record of Springbank Snow Countess has been broken by Montvic Coleen Abbekerk, owned by J. J. E. McCague, Alliston. The record, which is for the senior 3-year-old class of the yearly division on three-times- a-day milking, was 22.182 pounds of milk containing 1,- 059 pounds butterfat, average test 4.77 per cent., as compared to the previous record of Springbank Snow Countess, of 979 pounds of fat. Coleen’s fat production also set a new North American record for the Hol­ Building Costs Climb Fast; Up 37 Per Cent. Since 1939 And Still Heading Skyward stein breed, replacing that of the United States cow, Queen Betsy Segis Ormsby. Springbank Snow Countess, whose world lifetime butterfat production record has just been broken, produced during h e r lifetime 9.062 pounds butterfat and 207.050 pounds of milk in 10 lactations at an. average test of 4.37 per cent. She was born. November 18. 1919 and died August 9. 1936. A monument recording her record was erect­ ed on the farm of her owner and breeder, T. R. Dent. M L. A., by the Holslein-Friesian Association of Canada in Au­ gust, 1937. Soil Erosion Question is Raised by Zorra Reeve atThames Valley Gathering By AI.FRED E. O. BUBMAN ected points is recommended." , Questions were fired at A. H LONDON—Reeve Carman Fac- Richardson and the other author- ey of East Zorra went to the root ^es who compiled the report. Sd of what, might be called Oxford's keen w^re the municipalities to ’— -------- ’ ’ ' gafn niformation that Watson Porter, chairman of the meeting, was called upon on several occa­ sions tn decide who had the floor. Sentinel-Review Staff Reporter ej- <if East Zorra went to the root main interest in the work propos­ ed by the Thames Valley Report here on Friday afternoon—the control of erosion and soil con­ servation.Chief questions asked were on flood control. The municipalities below London on the Thames were anxious to know how they were affected. Communities up 'in the head waters above the recom­ mended dams wanted to know where they fitted into the picture in the matter of expenses. Speaking of the probable expen­ ditures Mr. Richardson answered a question of the costs by pointing out that such consideration would be premature at the present. Permanent Dam W. G. Ure, city engineer for Woodstock, asked if the dam pro­ posed for a site north of Wood- stock would be a dry dam or a permanent dam. Mr. Richardson replied the re­ port’s recommendation was for a permanent dam, but the whole area would have to be covered in detail, before a definite decision was made. _ A dram in Mr. Facey's township, laid to carryr off water, is doing more than it was intended for, it is carrying away soil. This is reaching a point where it is be­ ginning to plug the creek, a branch of the Thames into which it drains. Basis for Plan Mr. Facey wanted to know if the report prepared by the Depart­ ment of Planning and Develop­ ment had any recommendations for improving the condition. Rp Iwas told by A. H. Richardson, ■ chief conservation engineer that ' it had not. the report was not a | complete plan but actually a basis for a plan. ‘The aim in conservation is to remedy the cause not the effect," said Mr. Richardson in reply to Mr. Facey’s question. “Plans'will be made for fixing up the head­ waters and to make the river flow more uniform.” The soil being carried down to the creek by the drain is being taken from a farmer’s field, which is bo imd to become less and less productive as the condition con­ tinues. Herein lies the need for the control of erosion. Similar condi­ tions where the farmer is being robbed of the top layer of soil on his farm by run off water either into a drain or a ditch or any place exist in all parts of the headwaters of the Thames, a good portion of which lie in the county' of Oxford. Control Measures It was the purpose of giving consideration to control measures A representative from Ingersoll wanted to know if the report: car­ ried any consideration for straigh­ tening rhe Thames at that town. ? He was told that such a plan might be considered by the Thames Valley Authority when set up but had not been covered in the rejjort. Editorial Question One of the first questions asked at the meeting was one raised in a Sentinel-Review editorial, “will the report he published and made available to the municipalities?” The answer was “yes” the rep­ port is to bo printed and is ex- pected to be ready by next spring. After discussing the report andfor erosion, floods and other con- _ servation schemes which brought the Act' the representatives of 40 mumci- palities ir. the watershed to Lon­ don yesterday. . now?' -CsJKejt ij-L — SXK3MaidJ£l neoqt g !mos pouiq [—S9M •80AIV3 Mjpq g Jjsjpu Pio-j«a.£^ apeaS [ :saa8ufads pjb.a ■joj are qatq.* ;o xaqumu b ‘smoo Xatwp apeaX qSjq 3unoX zi ‘-u ■JPU paaajffiSda pfo-auaX-g t iqarew ui usnigwj oj anp >03 pfo-reaX-A I»a!>js|3aa j :3u|mo|[oj aqj jo Sui -psraoo TJfai^oH ipM» q8rq pua paaquand ;o pwaq lit—^LULVO „ „ ’spunod oog’i inoqsJUtMSpA aretu Xaa3 t—WMS1IOH :SU|MQnoj aq; 'qpop^o under which the proposals could be made reality the gathering wanted to know, “what do we do Watson Porter, who was chair­ man of the standing committee re­ sponsible for calling the meeting together, said the next step, if de­ sired. was that two or more mun­ icipalities in the watershed could make application to the Minister of Public Works for a meeting to be called for the establishing of a Conservation Authority.•fnwnj* pool? 02—you •»xwq puw «u«oj •iniqaaqo toi HNO is 2upuotwwoo ’g .taqinoA ' po<>3 B-ijxa ire ore ofioqj, 'BJVOA' z -OH ,t>4o1j»9tnwqi ;o ;wa ' 'BUviSiaa z paqaiBtajjjm »uo a,1004940*) pjojxq | fWJBAaa 'creaA c suBt3taa 6 nUOx ■( tlo;s»^aqO3 TZ Wl uo ’uy[j ! -tainutwip) ereaA % ’sarem UBpfpQ ■onu p|(qnd fq ag P»q»jmu : *qi 000'S ?q»HM those present were to go hack to i heir councils and discuss the mat- lor. Should any two municipalities petition the Minister of Public Works, he will call a meeting. wo 'peojj ajuuasMot, ;r. qpox *t Uofsnraauoo *pj jrrj uo ... ■onu 3»qnd 4g p|O« ag 1 «”***., P»q»iww Soil Erosion B®' i 'Raised by Z Thames Valley Gathering By ALFRED E. C. BURMAN Sentinel-Review Staff Reporter । LONDON—Reeve Carman Fac- ey of East Zorra went to the root ;of what might be called Oxford’s main interest in the work propos- : ed by the Thames Valley Report here on Friday afternoon—the control of erosion and soil con­ servation. ! A drain in Mr. Facey's township, laid to carry off water, is doing more than it was intended for, it is carrying away soil. This is reaching a point where it is be­ ginning to plug the creek, a branch of the Thames into which it drains. Basis for Plan Mr. Facey wanted to know if the report prepared by the Depart- ment of Planning and Develop­ ment had any ecled points Is recommended." Questions were fired at A. H. Richardson and the other author­ ities who compiled the report. So keen were the municipalities to gain niformation that Watson Porter, chairman of the meeting, was called upon on several occa­ sions to decide who had the floor. Chief questions asked were on flood control. The municipalities below London on the Thames were anxious to know how they were affected. Communities up in the head waters above the recom­ mended dams wanted to know where they fitted into the picture in the matter of expenses. Speaking of the probable expen­ ditures Mr. Richardson answered a question of the costs by pointing The Case for T.V.A.Not Well PresentedIt is becoming more evident that there is strong opposition among the rural muni­ cipalities to the proposed Thames Valley Authority. Two municipalities in Oxford, West Zorra and Embro, have joined the ranks of those who have declared they want no part of the scheme. The fact that a scheme of conservation is being turned down by the very people who need such a project reaffirms the con­ viction that the presentation of the case was not effectively handled. At the London meeting on October 25 the talk was mostly of the Fanshawe Dam. This dam was the only one of the eight recommended dams described in detail with estimated cost. It is understandable that the rural municipalities would shy away from such a project costing $2,641,- 000, which to their minds could benefit on­ ly the city of London. Unfortunately this dam, and the seven others, are only a part of the the plan pro­ posed by the report. The majority of those present at the meeting were from rural municipalities. They should have been told in more definite terms the value of the pro­ posals for conservation included in the re­ port. What does not seem to be realized is that the proposed T.V.A. will be made of the municipal representatives. If the ma­ jority making up the Authority, and they would be the rural representatives, do not want to build expensive dams they do not have to. There is plenty of work to be done in the line of conservation which the Auth­ ority could do without going to the expense of constructing dams. The objections being heard from the rural municipalities carry with them the apparent fear that the rural people -will be assessed for any flood control dams. This has been declared “wholly erroneous” by a conservation expert. There is little or no flooding on farm properties in the Thames watershed, this expert states, and if a municipality does not benefit from a project of flood control that municipality is not required to bear any share of the cost of the project. Certain rumors are said to be going the rounds that there will be a loss of assess­ ment on land expropriated for dams. These rumors are without foundation for the Con­ servation Authorities Act 1946, under which the T.V.A. would be set up, states the Authority pays taxes on lands but not in excess of the assessed value of that land immediately prior to its acquisition. With the possibility of developing the Thames river valley in all phases, of pre­ venting costly soil erosion, within the grasp •f the people as it never has been before failure to form the T.V.A. due to unfound­ ed rumors and misconceptions would be most unfortunate. recommendations out that suc“ consideration would » be premature at the present.for improving the condition. He was told by A. H. Richardson. I chief conservation engineer that , it had not. the report was not a ■ complete plan but actually a basis j for a plan. ‘The aim in conservation is to remedy the cause not the effect," said Mr. Richardson in reply to Mr. Facey's question. "Plans will be made for fixing up the head­ waters and to make the river flow more uniform.” The soil being carried down to the creek by the drain is being taken from a farmer's field, which is bound to become less and less productive as the condition con- 11 inues. Herein lies the need for the control of erosion. Similar condi­ tions where the farmer is being robbed of the top layer of soil on his farm by run off water either into a drain or a ditch or any’ place exist in all parts of the headwaters of the Thames, a good i portion of which lie in the county of Oxford. Control Measures It was the purpose of giving consideration to control measures for erosion, floods and other con­ servation schemes which brought I the representatives of 40 munici­ palities in the watershed to Lon­ don yesterday. Permanent Dam W. G. Ure, city engineer for Woodstock, asked if the dam pro­ posed for a site north of Wood- stock would be a dry dam or a permanent dam. Mr. Richardson replied the re­ port’s recommendation was for a permanent dam, but the whole area would have to be covered in detail before a definite decision was made. A representative from Ingersoll wanted to know if the report car­ ried any consideration for straigh­ tening the Thames at that town. He was told that such a plan | might be considered by the | Thames Valley Authority when set! up but had not been covered in ! the report. Editorial Question One of the first questions asked I at the meeting was one raised in a Sentinel-Review editorial, “will j the report be published and made | available to the municipalities?” The answer was “yes” the rep­ port is to be printed and is ex­ pected to be ready by next spring. After discussing the report and the Conservation Authorities Act under which the proposals could be made reality the gathering wanted to know, “what do we do -fc»3SBK u-l — SLNSrWSUIJMI S}Eoqs 6 !<*os poojq j—SOLI ■S9AV83 jajjaq g luajpq P[O-JB3A-2 apvjS [ ‘.fljgSujjds pjcbm -jo; aJB qoiqM jo jsqwnu v ‘smos . Xrpjp apBjg qSjq SunoA £i -jpq P3.1016139J P(O-JB8X-Z I fuoaBW ut asqsajj o} anp 'moo p|o-.iBaX-£ paiajsfSaj j :3u|mohoj oqj jo Suj ,-qqsudo 'bujbhioh apejil qS(q pun I paiqaund jo paaq aixxV3 •spunod OOG’C »noq« SufqSfpM -a-isuj Xaa* T—s^SHOH :8u|mo||o; aqi 'ipop.o । 3N0 10 Suiousujiuoo *g jaqmoA j -ON 'ABpsanj, 'pjojsaanqj, jo qareo aptu auo 'pv°H b,jouj9aod 'paojxo ■< UPON ’I uo|asaouo0 'yg qoq uo ‘aoj) | -one opqnd Xq p(OH aq hjm ajaqj. now?” ; Watson Porter, who was chair­ man of the standing committee re- sponsible for calling the meeting together, said the next step, if de­ sired. was that two or more mun­ icipalities in the watershed could make application to the Minister of Public Works for a meeting to be called for the establishing of a Conservation Authority. ■sjBoqs pooS 02—SDId 'sXeq pun subo.t nnu-jsaqo | pooS vjpto ire 3.iv asoqj, 'saeoX k 3u(S|j suB[it[oa Z tsuiwei poippHU [B.1OAOB 'BJB3/C S 3U|8|-l KUBjSpa G UBinuieaqo) sjboA r 'sojbui uoiapa LUB31 poippmi !-fiq| oOO'g tqSipM Thames Valley Report is Presented at London Meet This afternoon in London a leather cover, loose-leaf vol­ ume containing 403 type­ written pages. 68 pictures, 41 charts and 24 maps, weighing eight pounds, was handed over by Hon. Dana Porter, Ontario Minister of Planning and De­ velopment, to a meeting of municipal representatives of the Thames watershed. The black volume was en­ titled, “The Thames Valley (above the City of London) Hospital Problem For Tavistock Tavistock’s village council is faced with one of those difficult problems which from time to time confront municipal councils. And from all reports this question is a stick cr The Gordian knot which Reeve Corp and his council are required to untangle has its being over the matter of hospitaliz­ ation, whether to support the Stratford Hospital Trust in building a new hospital or not. The village, as the Tavistock Gazette points out, is in a rather peculiar geograp­ hical position. It is part of Oxford County and thus must assume its share, through county grant, of the costs for Woodstock General Hospital. Now the majority of Tavistock people entering hospital go to Stratford. One reason for this is that Stratford is about five miles closer to Tavistock than Wood- stock. Another is the fact that the doctors in Tavistock have a large number of pat­ ients in the adjoining townships of Perth County, and these naturally go to Startford Hospital. If Tavistock patients came to Woodstock the resulting decentralization would be most impracticable for the ser­ vice and attention of the doctors treating them. The Stratford Hospital Trust have now informed Tavistock that beginning Jan- uray 1, 1947, there will be a surcharge of $1.50 per patient day within Perth County and those outside the county. The alterna­ tive to payment of this surcharge is for Tavistock to assume a share in the costs of the Stratford Hospital Trust to the amount of $38,000 on the basis of issuing 20-year debentures. From here the problem looks like a sticky one, even politically, for the council will have to solve it before their municipal elections which are being held on January 6. Report 1946.” From It and its 56 recommendations the Thames Valley Authority, when set up will work. Initial Meeting The meeting today was the In­ itial gathering of representatives. Having heal'd of the report and heard Mr. Porter speak on the subject they will go to their com­ munities and talk the matter over. In a month's time the group will again assemble in London and the Thames Valley Authority will be organized.This report was prepared during 1945 by the Department of Plann­ing and Development Conservation Branch. Every phase of life connected with the Thames river and its tri­ butaries has been given considera­ tion in the volume. Under one part of the report headed "The Whole Area" Is listed phsylography, clim­ ate, underground water, land set­ tlement, agriculture forests, re­ forestation and water storage ar­ eas, conservation measures in pro­ gress, the river, sanitary aspects of the river, floods, wildlife, recre­ ation. Land use and Forestry are given special attention in sections of their own. So also ai'e hydraulics and fish. Classified and Mapped Tn presenting the matter of what could be done with the whole watershed two small watersheds, the Trout Creek and the North Branch Creek were used. These two streams and the land sur­ rounding them were gone over carefully. In the land study every acre of every farm in the area was examined classified and mapped The same method was followed in forestry for the same two water­ sheds. An interesting feature of the re­ port is the history of the Thames Watershed which appears in three i in. to. hi wt de an fit. poj Pt. th if sm co mi Sti th to hij phases. The story of land settle­ment in the district is told follow- et thth oMUii C/V Op,*-* UUUlitimported many Indians as laboi ers. The Indian government todij considers their descendants ar being discriminated against an has asked that the assembly co* sider the situation. Prime Minister Smuts of Soul Africa first asked the steeriri committee last night to strike th Indian charges from the assert bly's agenda. He contended th^ Mackenzi By J. M. ROBERTS, JR. Associated Press Foreign Affail Analyst ' One of the claims made in bt half of the Labor party in its 194 campaign for control of the Bri iah government was that it wool be able to get along better wit Russia than could Winsto Churchill’s Conservatives. Now, 114 years later, we fid the Labor prime minister speakiij bitterly of Russia’s isolationist and propaganda warfare again; every system except her owm M Attlee, as the London despatch! point out, has taken a view ver similar to that of Mr. Chur chi in his famous speech at Fultoi Mo. This cannot properly be ten} urn nf pypnl.q -ince ba th of. do as tie gi’ de th similar catastrophe. Firstly the Ontario Hydro-Elec­ tric Commission made an hydrau­ lic survey of the river valley. This study and survey was embodied in a report known as the “Thames River Preliminary Report on I Flood Control, 1938.” It was filed with the Minister of Public Works for Ontario but was not published. Following this an act w:as intro­ duced and passed in the Legisla­ ture in 1943 known as the “Tham­ es River Control Act.” This was similar in content to the “Grand River Conservation Act." The { “Frn <i man of very few words!" Way Cleared for Setting Dubious About Thames Plan Seeking More InformationUp Conservation Authority The Minister of Public Works Majority VoteThe Minister of Public Works Each membra ol the authority is entitled to one vote. A majority vote of the members present at anv meeting shall be required up­ on' all matters coming before the for Ontario has new been asked . j by the minimum of two munici- 1 : polities within the Thames wa- ’ I tershed to call a meeting for the • I setting v.p of a conservation auth- ‘ I Under the Conservation Auth- orities Act 1946 two or more municipalities situated either wholly or partly within any wa­ tershed. may’ petition the Minis­ ter of Public Works for the es­ tablishing of an authority. I/ondon and St. Marys This step had been taken by i the Loivdon city council earlier Ulis week and also by the town 1 council of St. Marys. The required petitions having p been made the Minister of Public • Works will now set the time and place for a meeting and notify the i council of every municipality ; within the watershed to send a i representative. Oxford Municipalities The municipalities in Oxford I entitled to send representatives to । meeting. ,A chairman and a vice-chair­ man are elected each year by the members of the authority. If the Ontario government makes a grant to the authority the Act provides't may appoint the chair­ man. the chairman of the execu­ tive committee or a member of the authority. The employees of the authority who may be appointed are the chief officer, a secretary-treasur­ er and any others required. The authority is given powers under the Conservation Authori­ ties Act to study and investigate the watershed and to determine a' scheme whereby the natural re- sources of the area may be con- served, restored and developed and the waters controlled in or- ■ der to prevent floods and pollu- I ri°n- . . ,Before proceeding with a scheme an authority must file ' this meeting are: Woodstock. Ing- ’ ersoll, Tavistock, Embro and the townshios of East Nissouri, West Zorra, East Zorra. North Oxford, (West Oxford, Dereham, East Ox- ' ford and Blandford. | Under the Conservation Auth­ orities Act the number of repres­ entatives a municipality may send plans and a description of the scheme with and obtain the ap- proval of the Minister of Lands [ to the initial meeting is based on population. Three representatives are allowed a municipality with 50,000 people or ever, two a mu- 1 nicipalitv with 10.000 or more and I les; than 50,000. A municipality! i with less than 10,000 population sends one representative. On this basis the city of Wocd- . stock is entitled tc two represen- I tatives and one eaeh for Ingersoll, Tavistock, Embro and the town­ ships. A total oi 13 representa-1 tives from the county. A quorum for this first meeting will be two-thirds of the repres­ entatives which the municipalities notified are entitled to appoint. Resolution Required At the initial meeting in order to have an authority set up a re­ solution must be passed requesting such action. The resolution is for­ warded to the Minister of Public Works after which the Lieuten- and’ Forests, the Minister of I Planning and Development and. the Minister of Public Works. The money required by an au­ thority is divided into two groups, funds' for capital expenditures, such as projects, and money for the maintenance of its works in­ cluding salaries of employees, ot- : fice expenses and other like items. The money for capital expendi­ ture is raised by the authority as­ sessing eahh participating muni­ cipality for the amount it shall bear which shall be in proportion to the amount of benefit the au­ thority decides that municipality shall derive from the project. I The Act provides also that any municipal council dissatisfied with the levy placed on it by the auth­ ority may appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board to have the ap­ portionment reviewed. ant-Go ver nor in Council may es­ tablish a conservation authority for the Thames watershed and designate the municipalities which shall be participating municipali­ ties.The members of the authority are appointed by their respective councils in the same manner in which the representatives to the initial meeting are appointed and on the same basis. This would g:ve Oxford county 13 representa­ tives in the membership of the proposed Thames Valley Author-; ity. — ---------J Not Interested In T.V.A. Scheme The township of West Zorra and the village of Embro have declared through their councils that they are not Interested ir. the proposed Thames Valley Authority, W. A. Sutherland, secretary of the Thames Valley Steering Commit­ tee has disclosed.। Mr. Sutherland, Middlesex coun­ ty clerk, has been acting as sec­ retary of the committee which carried out the arrangements for the holding of the meeting on October 25 for the presentation of the Thames valley report. v The city of London and the town of St. Marys have both requested the Minister of Public Works to call a meeting for the establishing of the Thames Valley Authority. Prior to the announcement that West Zorra and Embro were not interested the Mitchell council went on record as being opposed to the scheme. WARDEN'S DINNER I Warden J. Winston Nichols has ] announced the holding of the War-, den’s Dinner, one of the outstand- > ing social functions of the coun y, > on Thursday, December 5. 1 he dinner is being held in the Pres-1 byterian church in Ingersoll. Oxford Citizens Join Criticism i Of Drainage Act ! Two citizens of Oxford appear­ ed before the Ontario Royal Com- 1 misssion on Forestry in London yesterday to join in the condemna­ tion of the Ontario Municipal Drainage Act which marked the , two-day hearing. Ross Calder and J. A. McMil- lan both protested a drainage scheme which seemed imminent in their locality near Thamesford. They maintained that, no one, not even the man said to be "pushing'' the project, stood to benefit from it. Moreover, they claimed, the pro­ posal would result in heavy costs to everyone concerned. They re­ commended certain amendments to the Municipal Drainage Act. Mr. Calder supported the pro­ posal for a timber marketing scheme. To illustrate the need for a definite policy on prices, he pointed to the price range of $35 to $60 a thousand recently offered । for logs in his district. I A marketing agency, in his opin- । ion, would assist the potential ven- i dor in directing the products of his I woodlot to the best market. The Oxford County Forestry Commission has been preparing a brief for presentation to the Royal Commission but decided to make their representations after the Cotmly Council had opportunity to consider the brief at Us Decem­ ber session. Reeves of the township of West Zorra and the village of Embro stated today that while they were Interested in the Thames Valley Authority proposals, their coun­ cils could not state definitely their intentions on the information their disposal. These statements followed news report yesterday that at a in- formation received by W. A. Suth­ erland, Middlesex county clerk and secretary of the Thames Valley steering committee, was to the effect that neither municipality was interested in the scheme. Wm. McIntosh, reeve of the vil­ lage of Embro, explained that he “does not see where the village will benefit from the conservation program.’’ He also stated that "if the scheme is put on the municip­ alities, it will be a terrific ex­ pense.” In a recent newspaper report, however, W. R. Smith, Middlesex county engineer, declared that "there will be no loss of assess­ ment,” referring to rumors that expropriation of necessary land for dams would mean a drop of assessment. Further, Mr. Smith stated that "a conservation pro­ gram has invariably mean* an in­ crease, due to an improvement in the land.” O. H. Murray, reeve of West Zorra, expressed his views on the Thames Valley Authority along the same lines as Mr. McIntosh. Both municipalities, however, will send representatives to the next meeting, to be held probabjy early- next month. Warden Not Candidate Warden J. Winston Nichols has announced that he would not seek re-election in his municipality of North Oxford at the forthcoming i election. He has served for six years, as a township councilor for four years and the last two years as a member of the coun«y council. Pressure of business. Warden Nichols stated, would prevent him from seeking nomination and running for reeve in his town- , ship. i He was elected warden by l- e county council last January fol­ lowing a keenly contested elec­ tion. Since taking office he has been considered one of the mest popular and one of the youug?st wardens to have held office m Oxford. Province - Wide Exemption of Forest Land From Drainage Tax Asked County Heads to Consider Drainage Act Amendment Oxford Proposal Aimed To Aid Reforestation At its December session the Ox­ ford county council will consider a suggestion of its reforestation committee for an amendment to the Municipal Drainage Act. The proposal would exempt timbered lands from taxation as an induce­ ment to the promotion of reforest­ ation. The suggestion will be in the .form of a,draft brief qiu\ paiBioossa are oqA\ sapi.iq j b a\ qsijug aqj joj qeq qsusd oqj ut ppq uondaooi b aq niM aioqj ‘ooiAjas SuiuaAa aqj jajjy •(.iou3ba\) (iuu3uoq -°T T oi uoponpo.nui„ puu (uoAoqjaag) „□ ut suoijbijba,, E(isanbaj Aq) „o3jBq„ s.ppuBH f(aist)Bg) ..aourpi g ut ajuepuy,, < aq igM saaqumu s.asuoqg -jjai through woodlots be water tight. Reeve Carroll along with War­ den J. Winston Nichols, chairman of tine reforestation committee felt that tax exemption on timbered lands was a “big problem** and would make a big difference in the assessment especially in heavily wooded counties. Important Interest moi a lias aDNvufl wa waa Health Unit Costs Cited laA.pjj__duh Ainu__au_L •psAuas sba\ jscdaj snontdums’ b ‘un?j3ojd aqj aprqauoa oj, -pajEpajcIdB qaniu aja/A asaqj PVB ureqSig g -g Aq Bid oq] jb poiuBduxoooE sops 3oa painqujtida s3uqng 'D 'Pi •uojaaupg 'uoscubhiiM jaqog 'ojg *uelua\9M 's pa<I WD'a'CTd ‘uojoouug jo AaspA\. •ojg ‘uopapn jo uosupnfM 'OJS Urge County Not Be Left Waiting in X-Ray Survey At its meeting on Tuesday af­ ternoon the Oxford County Board of Health expressed dissatisfac­ tion with arrangements made by the Provincial Department of Health for a mass survey of Wood- stock under the province-wide T.B. X-ray plan. The board mem­ bers did not disapprove of the fact that Woodstock was going to be done under the plan but rather felt that the county was being neglected. According to plans made it a recent meeting of the Oxford County Tuberculosis Association the city survey will commence about January 13. It was reported that no survey of the county would be made until sometime in 1948. for Oxford, and if necessary to Will Take Action Keen dissatisfaction was ex- pressed by the members of the board and they decided to take some action on the matter. A delegation Facey of chairman; heim, and O.H., was composed of Carman East Zorra, the ooard W. A. Cockburn, Elcn- Dr, O. C. Powers, M. named to discuss the problem with T. R. Dent, M.L.A. carry the case to the provincial government. A great deal of the T.B. work in the county has been “pioneered” by the county council, the board felt, and expressed the belief that Oxford should receive more con­ sideration. It was noted that the county will bear a larger share of the X-ray costs, which are rais­ ed by the sale of Christmas otais, due to the rural districts’ larger population. Fear Lack of Support. One member of the board ex­ pressed the opinion that if the county survey is not made until 1948 support of the Christmas seal drive might be very poor. The board was of the opinion that if the department desired it could survey the county at the same time as it did the city. It was pointed out that Brantford and Brant county are being done in this way. Both Dr. Powers and Miss Margaret Grieve, nursing super­ visor for the county health unit, pointed out the work done by the county already in T.B. survey work has been of some benefit to the city of Woodstock. Opposition from a financial i standpoint is not looked for by the Oxford County Board of Health when the proposed agree­ ment with the town of Ingersoll for its entry into the county- health unit appears before county- council at its December session. The reason was found in a re- port presented to the board by L. K. Coles, county clerk, to ' the board at its meeting yesterday. An increase, of only $21.65 in the cost of the county health pro-1 gram over this year’s costs was । estimated for 1947, Mr. Coles stated. Slight Increase The gross cost this year was $34,500 less the 50 per cent, gov­ ernment grant for a net cost to $17,250. In 1947 it will cost the county $17,271.65, according to the county’ clerk. Mr. Coles pointed out that the increase was slight even though the county's population had in­ creased roughly by 1,000. It w?,s also noted that in 1946 the couMy health unit operated on an estimated budget while in 1947 costs were based on a $1.10 per capita basis. $1.10 Per Capita With a population of 31,403, ac­ cording to the report, the gross cost, nt $1.10 will be $3,543.30 with the government and the county each paying $17,271.65. Providing the town of Ingersoll joins the unit under a proposed agreement yet to be ratified at the December county council ses­ sion, the gross cost for the new set-up will be $41,190.60 with the county and Ingersoll paying a to­ tal of $20,595.30 as their share. Ingersoll's share is set at $3.- 323.65 for a population of 6.043- The total population for Ingersoll and county is 37,446. Some 726 persons were given T.B. tests and 133 were X-rayed up until October 31, 1946. accord­ ing to a report present the meet­ ing by Miss M. GMrieve, nursing sunervisor for the unit. Immunizations wore as follows: Scarlet fever, 746; diphtheria, 402; whooping cough. 236: small­ pox, 307. Complete physicals bv 1 Dr. O. C. Powers, M.O.H.. totalled 4 j 1,663. There were 19 pre-school L health conference's held monthly M with a total attendance of 660 and ■ a total of 3,123 home visits, ac- ■ cording to the report. Schools vis-1 ited twice monthly by the nurses! included 111 public schools, 111 r-ntinunlion schojls .md Iwo high! schools. . ' ■ WOODSTOCK, Nov. T — A gestion that the municipal draihag* act be emended to exempt timbered lands from taxation as an induce­ ment to promote reforestation in the county was offered at a meet­ ing of the Oxford County refores­ tation committee here this after­noon. The proposal win be embodied tot a -roughdraft of a brief to be pre­ sented to the'■December session Of county council for approval. If ap­proved by council the brief will ba presented to the Ontario Royal Commission of Forestry when It meets in Toronto. The brief was originally intend­ ed to be presented to the Royal Commision in London on Nov. 18, The meeting, however, agreed near the close that a draft of the brief embodying the committee's ideas should first be approved by the whole council on Dec. 3. No Speaking to Hughes of the when it convenes Benefit the proposal. Roy Oxford County cent servation commission, noted that it was no benefit to drain water off timberland so why should j farmers be assessed for municipal drains running through their wood i lots. A counter-suggestion that al! ' municipal drains running through woodlots be water tight, was offer­ ed for adoption in the final brief by Reeve Ross Carroll, N. Norwich. I Reeve Carroll along with Warden | J. Winston Nichols, chairman of i the reforestation committee felt I that tax exemption on timbered lands was "big problem’’ and would i make a big difference in the as­ sessment especially in heavily wood­ ed counties. Ask Province To Act The meeting also agreed that the brief should note that Oxford Coun­ ty was favored reforestation and that it was one of the county’s main interests. A proposal that the province reforest Oxford County waste land "wherever they see fit” is to he embodied in the draft Of the brief. Present at the meeting were I Warden J. Winston Nichols. Coun­ ty Clerk L. K. Coles. A.’ C. Whaley, County Soliitor; Reeve W. J. Cuth­ bert. W. Oxford; Reeve Theodore Cooper, South Norwih; Reeve Ross Carroll. North Norwich: Reeve M. Betteridge, East Nissouri; Reeve L. H. Sibbick. Blenheim; William Thurston, zone forester; Reeve O. H. Murray, West Zorra. Ross Cal­ der, Lawrence Mitchell and Roy Hughes of the Oxford County con­ servation commission were also । present. Province - Wide Exemption of ForestLand From Drainage Tax AskedCounty Heads to Consider Drainage Act Amendment Oxford Proposal Aimed To Aid Reforestation At its December session the Ox­ ford county council will consider a suggestion of its reforestation committee for an amendment to the Municipal Drainage Act. The proposal would exempt timbered lands from taxation as an induce­ ment to the promotion of reforest­ ation. The suggestion will be in the form of a draft brief for presenta­ tion to the Ontario Royal Commis­ sion of Forestry’ when it meets in Toronto. Approval of Council The brief was originally- tended for presentation at in- the hearings of the commission in Lon­ don. At a meeting yesterday the reforestation committee consider- “wherever the first have the whole council. Speaking to see fit” is to be approval of the the proposal Roy Hughes of the Oxford County Con­ servation Commission, noted that it was no benefit to drain water off timberland therefore farmers should not be assessed for muni­ cipal drains running through their woodlots. Reeve Ross Carroll, North Nor­ wich, made a counter-suggestion through woodlots be water tight. Reeve Carroll along with War­ den J. Winston Nichols, chairman of the reforestation committee felt that tax exemption on timbered lands was a “big problem" and would make a big difference in the assessment especially in heavily wooded counties. Important Interest The meeting agreed that the brief should state Oxford county favored reforestation and point out that it. was one Of the county's main interests. A proposal that the province re­ forest Oxford county waste land "wrehever they see fit” is to be embodied in the draft of the brief. Present at the meeting were: Warden J. Winston Nichols, Coun­ ty Clerk L. K, Coles, A. C. Whaley, County Solicitor; Reeve W. J. Cuthbert, W. Oxford; Reeve Theo­ dore Cooper, South Norwich; Reeve Ross Carroll, North Nor­ wich; Reeve M. Betteridge, East Nissouri; Reeve L. H. Sibbick, Blenheim; William Thurston, zone forester; Reve O. H. Murray, West Zorra, Ross Calder, Lawrence Mitchell and Roy Hughes of the Oxford County conservation com- Health Unit Costs Cited that all municipal drains running mission were also present. Opposition from a financial ; standpoint is not looked for by I the Oxford County Board of Health when the proposed agree­ ment with the town of Ingersoll for its entry into the county health unit appears before county council at its December session. The reason was found in a re- ! port presented to the board by L. K. Coles, county clerk, to the board at its meeting yesterday. An increase of only $21.65 in the cost of the county health pro­ gram over this year's costs was estimated for 1947, Mr. Coles stated. Slight Increase The gross cost this year was $34,500 less the 50 per cent, gov-! ernment grant for a net cost to $17,250. In 1947 it will cost the county $17,271.65, according to the county clerk. Mr. Coles pointed out that the increase was slight even though ; ♦ WOODSTOCK, Nov. T — A vi*- gestion that the municipal drainag* act he amended to exempt timbered lands from taxation an an Induce- ' meat to promote reforestation tn the county Was offered at a meet­ ing of the Oxford County refores­ tation committee here thia after­noon. The proposal will bo embodied in a Toughdraft of a brief to be pre­ sented to the'December session of county council for approval. If ap­ proved by council the brief will be presented to the Ontario Royal Commission of Forestry when’ it , meets in Toronto. The brief was originally intend­ ed to be presented to the Royal Commision in London on Nov. IS. The meeting, however, agreed near the close that a draft of the brief embodying the committee's idees 1 should first be approved by the | whole council on Dec. 3. No when it convene Benefit the county’s popu creased roughly by pulation had in­ by 1,000. It w?,s also noted that in 1946 the county health unit operated on an estimated budget while in 1947 costs were based on a $1.10 I per capita basis. $1.10 Per Capita With a population of 31.403, ac­ cording to the report, the gross | cost, at $1.10 will be $3,543.30: with the government and the county each paying $17,271.65. Providing the town of Ingersoll joins the unit under a proposed agreement yet to be ratified at I the December county council ses­ sion, the gross cost for the new 1 set-up will be $41,190.60 with the county a*d Ingersoll paying a to­ tal of $20 595.30 as their share. Ingersoll's share is set at $3.- 323.65 for a population of 6,043. The total population for Ingersoll and countv is 37.446. Some 726 persons were given T.B. tests and 133 were X-rayed up until October 31, 1946. accord­ ing to a report present the meet­ ing by Miss M. GMrieve, nursing supervisor for the unit. Immunizations were as follows: Scarlet fever. 746; diphtheria, 402; whooping cough. 236: small-. nox, 307. Complete physicals hv Dr. O. C. Powers, M.O.H,, totalled i 1,663. There were 19 pre-school | health conference held monthly I with a total attendance of 660 and I a total of 3,123 home visits, ac- | Speaking to the proposal. Roy Hughes of the Oxford County con- servation commission, noted that it was no benefit to drain water I off timberland so why should , farmers be assessed for municipal । drains running through their wood i lots, A counter-suggestion that all municipal drains running through woodlots be water tight, was offer­ ed for adoption In the final brief j by Reeve Ross Carroll, N. Norwich, Reeve Carroll along with Warden J. Winston Nichols, chairman of । the reforestation committee felt I that tax exemption on timbered lands was " big problem ‘ and would make a big difference in the as­ sessment especially in heavily wood­ed counties. Ask Province To Act The meeting also agreed that the brief should note that Chtford Coun- ty was favored reforestation and that it was one of the county*« main interests. A proposal that the province reforest Oxford County waste land “wherever they see fit"’ is to be embodied in the draft 9t the brief. Present at the meeting were: Warden J. Winston Nichols, Coun­ ty Clerk L K Coles. A.’ C. Whaley, County Soliitor: Reeve W. J. Cuth­ bert, W. Oxford; Reeve Theodors Cooper. South Norwih; Reeve Ross Carroll. North Norwich; Reeve ML. Betteridge, East Nissouri; Reeve L H. Sibbick. Blenheim: William Thurston, zone forester: Reeve O. H. Murray, West Zorra Ross Cal­ der, Lawrence Mitehell and Roy Hughes of the Oxford County con- servation commission were also present,. ________________- cording to the report. Schools vis­ ited twice monthly by the nurses included 111 public schools, 11444 {'Muni continuation schools two h | schools. ! Ten-County Tour EndedOxford county councillors and officials returned to Woodstock last night after a two-day tour which took them through 10 coun­ ties gathering information and ideas which they hope to use to the betterment of Oxford. Headed by Warden J. Winston Nichols, who is chairman of the ] reforestation committee. the par­ tv of 26 left Woodstock about 8 a.m. Wednesday morning, return­ ing about 9,30 p.m. last night. The party spent at least 12 hours each । day on the road in a chartered bus. After leaving here the party broke their journey briefly to view the $2,000,000 Shand Dam and Belwood Lake. Zone Forres- ter I. C. Marritt, Galt, pointed out that the demonstration wood­ lots and other reforestation work on the first day of the trip. At O.A.C. A brief tour of the Agricultur­ al College at Guelph was con­ ducted by G. R. Green, Oxford County agriculture representative. Stopping for lunch at Angus in Simcoe County, the party was shown the provincial seed extrac­ tion plant by R. S. Carman, super­ intendent, Warden E. G. Miller, of । Simcoe, welcomed the Oxford County party to Simcoe and ad­ dressed them briefly'at luncheon. Warden Nichols thanked the Sim­ coe members for their hospitality. The party continued to the Midhurst Provincial Forest Sta­ tion where they were conducted on a tour of the 1.600 acre grounds by M. A. Adamson, nur- i sery superintendent. Via Barrie, Wasaga Beach, Col­ lingwood, and Thornbury, the party stopped at Meaford where they were made welcome at dinner by Reeve J. A. Lowe, St. Vincent Township in Gre> County; A. S. Thurston and Mayor Stanley Knight, of Meaford. Tour Owen Sound The party spent the night at Owen Sound and in the morning the Oxford County Council was i conducted on a tour of that city by E. J. Creeper, president of the j Owen Sound Board of Trade. The trip through Bruce and Huron County continued to Port Albert where the travel-tired councillors spent a couple of hours at the plowing match, before con­ tinuing their journey to Wood- UOpUUU [BUOliWajOJd an? paui o; Ajsqun -[oa sbm pue a uno ^uiA4ir;« iuq •Aqvq Xub sb pajaaa 9J0M isjaqjoui jno aunqq 4q,M„ *dn patuiuns ; -aj Jjaqj, sa/.pswaqi swpja eq; | uuojj s)s»)O4d juEU^ipui ppnoaq •aiunoa jo vt'aqj, ' I *SJ9pp-d[p ■pes laSpjiu aqi oj pua ue aq [[pa araqi BjajsSunoX paJBaa-Aiaad ■ojauq sb s#upq tpns ou aq uuos llpn ajaqj se ‘}eqi pus (iauo.qs ui4v '^Vi aionb h^s dty JUST HEARSAY “Sorry. Madam; I ve just sold our Discuss Plans for T.B. Survey in Oxford County The Oxford County Tuber­ culosis Association held a regular meeting last night and discussed the Christmas Seal campaign, which was report­ ed, as making good progress. Plans for the mass survey and X-raying of the people in Oxford County in the fight­ ing of tuberculosis was also discussed. James A. Vance, president of the association, said it is expected that canvassing will start in the early part of County to be Included In Mass X-Ray Survey A mass survey in connection with tuberculosis prevention will be made by late March or early April next year in Oxford to in­ clude both urban and rural muni­ cipalities, it was learned today from T. R. Dent, M.L.A. for Ox­ ford.Recently it was announced that the city of Woodstock would have a mass survey but no indication was made of when the county might he done. The Oxford County Board of Health, feeling that while they did not object to the city having the survey, felt the PHEASANT SHOOT 1Game Warden Ted Shaddock | announced this-morning that a pheasant shoot will be held Oct-, ober 25, and 26th. in the town­ships of East Oxford and Dere­ham. Licences may be obtained} on Tuesday. October 22, from T. G. Jackson in Oxford Centre and from W. D, Flanderson in Dere­ ham Centre. 'The game warden said that the bag limit is three cock birds. Limited Deer Hunt Will be Held in County An open season for deer hunt­ ing in the townships of West Mis­ souri, Blandford and Blenheim will be held during November. Specific dates for the deer hunt have not yet been set. One hun­ dred licenses for each township will be issued said Game Warden Ted Shaddock, with a limit of one deer per person. Farmers in these townships have been troubled with deer damaging their crops and in general making a nuisance of themselves. This is largely the reason for the deer hunt, it was said. January. X - ray equipment •will be available in January, and the first survey in Wood- stock is expected to start around January J' with a second visit sometime around the end of March or early April. A meeting was called for Thursday evening, December 19, in Tillsonburg when ar­ rangements will be made as to what districts in the county will be surveyed first. county was being by-passed. Rep­ resentations were made to Mr. Dent that the survey will be made to include all Oxford. The letter from the Ontario Department of Health to Mr. Dent states that the assurance of Dr. Brink, director of the Di­ vision of T. B. Prevention, has been given the whole county will have Hie survey next year. The sale of T. B. Christmas seals this year is being applied to the cost of the survey and which makes the mass survey pos­ sible. Only Buckshot to be Used in Deer Hunt Game Warden Ted Shad­ dock announced this morning that the only ammunition that can be used for the deer hunt in three townships this week is buckshot or larger and heavier loads of buckshot. He stressed a warning that no slugs or rifles can be used. Mr. Shaddock said that a deer license alone does not en­ able anyone to hunt other wild game. Blandford. Blen­ heim and East Nisssouri town­ ships will be well supervised with several wardens who have been called in to see that these rules are carried out, he said. DEER HVNTERS One group of 12 Thamesford men hunting In East Nissouri. bagged five deer and one red fox on the first day of the hunt this week. However, they were less fortunate the second day, bagging only one fox. FIRST DAY OF DEER SEASON ENDS—This group of Oxford hunters were headed homewards just after sundown last night as the first day of the four-day open season for deer in three townships in the county cam© to an end. They ruefully admitted their bag of a 250-pound buck was not much for the group but they were planning for an early start this morning. Deer were plentiful during the morning in Blenheim and Blandford, hunters agreed, but had learned plenty by afternoon and were making themselves scarce. This group of hunters includes, from the left, Glen Kitchen, R.R. 4, Woodstock; Jack Thompson, R.R. 4, Woodstock; Reeve Clair Peers of East Oxford; M. Holdsworth, R.R. 8, Woodstock; j Allan Virtue, Muir; John Baren, R.R. 1, Burford, who brought down the buck; Charles Thompson, Woodstock and Lloyd Kam, R.R. 1, Woodstock.—(Staff Photo). Hospital Aids Ask Proper Care Elderly PeopleA resolution to the effect that elderly people in county hwnes re­ quiring nursing care should be cared for in convalescent homes' maintained by the government, submitted at the provincial con-; vention of Hospital Aids, was un­ animously accepted by 1he Worn-1 en's Auxiliary to the Woodstock Hospital Trust at their November meeting Monday afternoon. The resolution placed before the meet- i ing by Mrs. H. G. Horning, is as | follows: “As so many elderly men and | women find it impossible to se­ cure pleasant, comfortable homes ’ to spend the eventide of life, many I , of whom require nursing care are | placed in county homes. We । strongly urge the provincial gov- 1 ernment through the office of the i Department of Health and Wel­ fare, to provide the aforesaid wor­ thy citizens with accommodation in convalescent homes, and in opinion of the provincial Hospital Aids Association, more accommo­ dation is greatly needed partcu- larly in the rural districts for convalescent homes.” Game Warden Says Slugs Great Menace to Safety Game Warden Ted Shaddock munition is not only dangerous to said this morning that shotgun cartridges carrying single lead, cup-shaked slugs are being put out in Woodstock, and he wants to warn hunters against buying this ammunition. These cartridges are roughly made, he added, and very dangerous. The lead slug is in­ serted into the top of a shotgun cartridge which has a very heavy powder charge, and makes accur­ acy impossible. Thia type of am- the person firing the gun but also to fellow hunters. Moreover, it is illegal to use it for deer hunting in this county, the game warden said, stressing that only buckshot could be used. Mr. Shaddock said that over 800 deer licenses have been sold this year and he urged hunters to be extra careful in handling their weapons and to wear distinctive clothing. Season Opens For Deer In County On Wednesday FOX BOUNTY The total claims for the county fox bounty during the past month were 12 as compared, with 23 dur­ ing the month of November, 1945. The total bounties paid to date this year are 507 with 1945 going seven better with 514. As the bounty did not commence until February of 1945 the total this year is actually about 100 down from 1945. Dereham headed the catch In November with five, then Blenheim and East Nissouri with two each ar.d one each in North Norwich, West Oxford and West Zorra. Forestry Winners Are Now Official This time it is official. Four Oxford county schools did win the first four places in the I Zone Forestry Competitions. Not long ago a report in the Sentinel-Review stated this to be a fact but it was learned a few days later that such was not the case, not then anyway. An over- zealous reporter found he was in a position where he had to apolo­ gize to the school pupils for get­ ting them all steamed-up over premature returns. This time it is on the level. On the report of the forester for Ox­ ford, Perth and Huron, W. A. G. Thurston, not only did these four schools take the first four prizes but another school stepped in and took a sixth place. The first four winning schools are: School Section No, 5. East J Nissouri; School Sections 1 and ‘2, Blandford; School section No. 5, West Zorra, and School Section I No. 8, Dereham. It's official now, kids, so go ahead and celebrate. Three townships in Oxford County are holding open season for deer this week. E. R. Meadows, fish and wild life specialist for the Huron district, announced Sat- [ urday. This is the second year Oxford I has had open season for deer. Last year it was held only in Bland­ ford and Blenheim. East Nissouri has been added this year. Dates for the shoot are November 27, 28, 29, and 30. It was decided to hold a shoot following numerous reports of the deer population increasing and causing damage on farms through­ out are area. Last year more than 100 deer were taken but Mr. Meadows hesi­ tated to estimate how many would be bagged this year. Former Ox­ ford County game warden, he is now in charge of fish and wild life in the counties of Bruce, Huron. Grey, Perth. Waterloo. Oxford. Brant, Wentworth, Halton and Wellington. Public NoticeAt the call of Warden J. Winston Nichols a meeting of the County Council of the County of Oxford will be held in the COUNCIL CHAMBER IN THE COURT HOUSE. WOODSTOCK, —on— Tuesday, Dec. 3rd 1946, at the hour of 10 o'­ clock a.m. for general bus­ iness. All claims and accounts against the county must be filed with the County Clerk before the first day of the session. L. K. COLES, County Clerk. County Clerk’s Office, Woodstock. Health Unit Plan Given To Council The draft agreement for the in­ clusion of the city of Woodstock and the town of Ingersoll in the I sendees of the Oxford County Health Unit was read to the city council last night and referred to the finance committee for consid­ eration. The agreement as drafted by a recent meeting of representatives of the three municipalities, Wood- stock, Ingersoll and the county of । Oxford, called for the new organ­ ization to be known as the Oxford ! Health Unit. The unit will be under the man- I agement of a board of health. The j board to be composed of six mem- I bers, three from the county, one from Woodstock and one from In- • gersoll and the provincial govern- I ment representative. Expenses by Population The expenses of the unit, ac- ; cording to the draft agreement, i will be borne by the three municip­ alities on a basis of population. The per capita levy to be seat at $1.10. Following the formation of the unit, it is understood from the wording of the agreement, that the Department of Health will reim- । burse by subsidy the following I proportions of expense: For the j county 50 per cent., Woodstock 33 1/3 per cent., Ingersoll 50 per cent, ' , , : The agreement, if approved by the councils of the three municip- ■ alities will become effective on । January 1, 1947, and will be in force for a term of five years. | Any party to the contract may I > terminate the agreement upon 12 i months notice in writing to the | other municipalities and to the Department of Health. j December Sittings Open Here for County Council ’The December sittings of Ox­ ford's county council opened this morning in the courthouse. War­ den J. Winston Nichols suggested to the members that they meet two days this week, today and Wednesday and adjourn on Wed­ nesday afternoon to meet next week to complete the business on hand. The council is required by bylaw to meet today but the session this week conflicts with election cam­ paigns being waged in a number of the townships and villages and in the town of Tillsonburg. The council heard the communi­ cations and then moved into a committee of the whole. Finance and property committees were to follow before the noon adjourn­ ment. A report of the Oxford Old Age Pensions and Mothers’ Allowance Board was the first report to be presented at this session. The board is composed of Mrs. F. M. Luke, chairman; W. Corp, vice chairman, and Mrs. L. H. Sibbick, J. F. McDonald, Alex Rach and L. K. Coles as secretary. The report showed there are 34 active cases receiving the mothers’ allowance in the county as of November 22 this year. Dur­ ing the year 8 applications were received, five were granted and three refused. Eight pensions have been suspended or cancelled dur­ ing the year. Recipients of the old age pension in the county numbered 521 as of November 22, the report continu­ ed. Six persons are receiving the blind pension. New applications re­ ceived during the year totalled 79. There are 21 pensioners in the county home. , The council was notified by let­ ter from the Department of High­ ways of the approval of a bylaw passed in October providing for the inclusion of the Governor's Road' from Woodstock to Thames­ ford in the county road system. This stretch of road is 10.8 miles in length. An interim statement of sub­ sidy on the county road expendi­ tures for this year was also re­ ceived from the Department of Highway’s. This subsidy amounts to $24,114.94. L, K. Coles, county clerk and treasurer, informed the councl that a cheque for that amount has been received. R. B. Crouch, former officer commanding the army training centre in Woodstock and now in- Children’s Aid Property is Sold, Will Be Apartments stitutional manager of the West­ ern Counties Health and Occupa­ tional Centre in London, informed the council by letter that a pavil­ ion had been named after Oxford County. Col. Crouch explained that the centre had 11 buildings which were being named after counties in Western Ontario. The centre has been established by the Department of Veterans' Affairs to serve for former armed forces personnel requiring physical medi­ cine. The centre is in need of some “little extras" Col. Crouch added. He stated the institution had been furnished by the D.V.A. but that it needed subscriptions to daily and weekly newspapers from the various counties, it also needed tradios and a piano. He requested that if any citizen or organization desired to help in such a manner it would be greatly appreciated. Registry Office Addition Urged,Action to build an addition to the present registry office was; urged on the 1947 council by the' property committee of the retiring 1946 council in the committee’s final report which was passed last night. , The committee recommended that the 1947 council proceed with; an addition to the registry office after securing the permiaaion of both Woodstock and IngeraolL Af­ ter obtaining the concurrence of [ these municipalities an architect should be engaged and plans pro­ ceeded with, the committee recom­ mended. 1 At the September session of the । county council a brief from the I Oxford Law Association urged that the council take some steps to relieve the congestion in the registry office and make some im­ provements. | Suggest Hamilton Road As Provincial Highway Notification of a move by the township of North Dor­ chester to have the Hamilton Road taken over by the De­ partment of Highways as a provincial highway was receiv­ ed today by the county council here. The notice came in the form of a resolution from North Dorchester, stating that the council would take action to County Council Supports Hamilton Road Proposal The move to have the Hamilton Road from Ingersoll to London taken over as a King’s Highway by the Ontario Department of Highways received support today from Oxford's county council. The council approved the seventh report of the road com­ mittee which endorsed the resolu­ expedite the taking over of the Hamilton Road by provin­ cial authorities and with this in view they intended to call a meeting with other local mun­ icipalities to strike a commit­ tee to interview the Provincial Government This stretch of road lies he- ween Ingersoll and London through the village of Dor­ chester. tion forwarded by the North Dor­ chester township council. The North Dorchester council in its resolution, which was received last week when the county council session opened, announced its in­ tention to seek support for the : province taking over the Hamil­ ton Road. The resolution also ask­ ed that representatives be named to form a joint committee of the municipalities interested. The county council authorized the road committee to act on the resolution. Warden Has Suggestions For Streamlining CouncilFive suggestions for streamlin­ ing the work of Oxford's county council were made this morning by Warden J. Winston Nichols as county council resumed its Decem­ ber session this morning. The warden expressed the opin­ ion that the council must be pro­ gressive and make changes in pro-’ cedurc as they become necessary. “Food For Thought” He offered the five points as “food for thought” for the council during this session and said he would welcome any move to in­ stitute them. The warden believed a better method could be evolved for selec­ ting committees of the council. He indicated that this point might be considered in committee. The position of the warden on the county board of health was a second point mentioned. The board operates on its own. Warden Nich­ ols pointed out and the warden does not sit on the board by virtue of his office. Warden’s Position “It is of paramount importance that the warden be appointed as a member of the board the same as the other members,” he declar- ii Wentworth Council, Japs O.K. A resolution passed at the Sep­ tember session of the Oxford county council asking the transfer of Japanese from Western Canada to Western Ontario to be stopped has been concurred in by four counties in Western Ontario. Among the communications read this morning at the opening of the December session of the council were eight from other counties concerning this resolution. Endorsing the Oxford resolu­ tion, which was introduced by Reeve H. A. Bishop of Norwich, were the counties of Perth, Lin­ coln, Welland and Brant. Elgin and Waterloo counties took no action on the matter. The Wellington county council did not favor the introduction of a "discrimination” issue but fav­ ored the investigation of the question as to why there is a shortage of labor existing in West­ ern Ontario or any other pail of the province. Wentworth county council were of the opinion that the Japanese employed in the county were very efficient workers and that there were many others of foreign birt h in the county who were less desir­ able as citizens and yet had been permitted to come into the coun­ try by immigration authorities. cd. "II places the warden in an embarrassing position if ho is not on i he board." Resolutions which were receiv­ ed from other councils and which did not seem to fit with any standing committees should be placed in the hands of the print­ ing committee and the name of the committee amended to be Printing and Resolutions. The council's reforestation com­ mittee, composed of 15 members, is too large, the warden claimed. He believed a five man committee including the clerk and road sup­ erintendent should bo able to han­ dle the work. The large committee ties up all other committees when it meets, he pointed out. Pension Plan The final point of the five sug­ gestions was consideration for a pension plan for county employees. The warden suggested a plan in which the employee paid his share from his salary. “We have had a great year,” the warden concluded, “we have put across the biggest road program । in years and we are closing the 1 year having operated comfortably within our budget.” The road and property commit­ tee of the council met before the noon adjournment. Omit Brief On Forestry The county council will not submit a brief to the Ontario Royal Commission on Forestry according to a vote taken on Wednesday afternoon. At a recent meeting of the reforestation com­ mittee it was decided to draw up a draft bnef on the matter of re­ forestation and drainage and sub- j mit it to the council for approval i before sending it to the commis-1 sion. The draft was discussed by the county council at its December session in committee of the whole. Before adjourning Wednesday af­ ternoon Warden J. Winston Nic­ hols called for a vote on whether or not the brief as discussed would be presented. The vote was lost by a narrow margin with seven in favor and eight opposed. Two members were absent when the vote was taken. On Wednesday afternoon the council also passed the seventh report of the finance committee, the sixth report of the property committee and the sixth report of the printing committee. All three reports recommended the payment of certain accounts. At 5,30 the council adjourned until next Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. County Road Report Shows Expenditure of $175,476; New Equipment Purchased A summary of I he road program carried out by the road committee of the county council was present­ ed at the session of council last night by Reeve L. H. Sibbick, Blenheim. The report presented by Reeve Sibbick, as chairman of the road committee, stated that up to Dec­ ember 1 the amount expended on the county road system was $175,- 476.70 of which $145,140.50 was spent for materials, supplies and contract work. The balance of $3O,336,.8O was paid on wages and salaries. Estimated Surplus The estimate net expenditure for the year- including commit­ ments on new equipment now on order is $219,518.37, which is ap­ proximately $1,000 more than the provisions made for county roads In this year’s estimates. Since two power graders ordered this year will not be delivered until spring an estimated value of $8,847.82 will be carried into 1947. Extra repairs to smaller equip­ ment caused expenditures in the Suggestions Of Warden Studied On the suggestion of Reeve K. R. Watts, Tillsonburg, the coun­ ty council formed a special com­ mittee this morning to give con­ sideration to the five points brought up by Warden J. Winston Nichols at Wednesday morning's session. The suggestions offered by the warden for improving the work of the county council covered the warden’s function on the county board of health, the method of se­ lecting committees, the size of the reforestation committee, the possibility of pensions for county employees and a setting up of a printing and resolutions commit­ tee. The committee named consisted of the Warden, Reeve Ross Car­ rol], North Norwich; Reeve Theo­ dore Cooper, South Norwich, and Reeve Carman Facey, East Zor­ ra. I During the morning the other । । committees meeting were the con­ i' sultative committee on secondary , I education, agriculture, finance! and property. When the session resumed after the noon adjournment Joe Grif­ fith. sanitary inspector of the county health unit, addressed the council on his work. machinery account to exceed the estimates by $500, the report stat­ ed. New equipment purchase includ­ es three power graders fully equip­ ped with snowplows for $39,639. Delivery of one unit is expected before 1ue end of this year. Orders have also been placed for one self­ loading scraper for $4,000, one low-bed float of 15 ton carrying capacity for $$4,150 and one port­ able electric welder for $1,113.80. During the year 8.3 miles of pavement were constructed and 5.8 miles graded and surfaced. The program of surface treating for maintainance consisted of 12.7 miles of pavement on county roads and urban connecting links. Snow roads will cost the county approximately $5,000, the report continued. The county will have for the job of snow removal two 5 ton trucks and two large grad­ ers with all equiped with “V” plows and wings. The four units, the report added, should give good service under average snow condi­ tions. Report on Forestry No replanting will be necessary' In the reforestation work done by the county during 1946. a refor­ estation report to the county council this morning indicated. W. A. G. Thurston. Stratford, zone forester for Oxford, Huron and Perth, stated in his report that he had inspected the 1946 plantings in Oxford and found survival of the trees had been good, varying from 90 to 100 per cent. Planting costs on the county plantations ranged from $6.39 to $10.06 a thousand, the report add­ ed. It is expected that some of the costs will be lower in 1947 if the use of a tree planter can be obtained. A total of 104.600 trees'are or­ dered for planting in county for­ ests during 1947, Mr. Thurston’s report added. These will be dis­ tributed among the six county plantations as follows: Chesney Forest, Blandford. 3.500; Credit- ville Forest, East Oxford, 19.300; Embro Forest. West Zorra, 42.- 200; Hall Forest, Blenheim. 16.- 200; Lakeside Forest, East Nis­ souri. 21,400: Zenda Forest, North Norwich. 2,000. The 104.600 trees will cover ap­ proximately 86 acres, the report estimated. Additional work pro­ posed for 1947 is the plowing of , fire guards on all county forests. Start OperatiiThe Oxford County and Inger* soli Health Unit will commence Operation on January 1. 1947. The I new unit is an outgrowth of the Oxford County Health Unit which has been functioning since the fall of 1945. The county council gave the third reading to a bylaw this morning authorizing the warden and the clerk to sign an agreement with the town of In­ gersoll which will bring that muni­ cipality into the county health unit and will add the name of In­ gersoll to the unit's title. At the afternoon session on Tuesday the first and second readings were given the health unit bylaw and its third and final । reading was held up until this i morning by a council regulation which prevents a bylaw having three readings in one day. Begins on Jan. 1 Under the terms of the agree­ ment the unit will begin as the Oxford County and Ingersoll Health Unit on January 1. It is understood the present staff will (continue and will probably be in­ creased to make provision fqr the additional population added to the organization's responsibilities. The new unit will be administer- ; ed by a board of five members, three appointed by the county । council, one appointed by Inger­ soll and one provincial govern­ ment appointee. The expenses of the unit will be borne by the county and the town jointly on a population basis. The per capita levy has been set at §1.10. The agreement states it is understood that the Ontario De­ partment of Health will reimburse the county for 50 per cent, of its contributions and the town of In­ gersoll for a like percentage. City Declined Early this fall the opportunity of joining the health unit was of­ fered to the city of Woodstock but the offer was declined here by the Board of Health and the Nobody Offer Especially on 1 This is Friday the 13th, the day on which custom dictates that three cigarets shall not be nt on one match. But there is one fellow in Woodstock to whom no one would offer a light, not because they were superstitious but just for plain safety sake. While this incident did not happen on Friday the 13th it occurred a little more than an hour before and is, therefore, eligible for relating on this oc­ casion. This fellow, who must remain nameless, obligingly agreed to place some articles in the Car of another chap, who also must remain anonymous, prior to a small social gathering last eve­ning. . Ith Unit to ig Jan. 1City Council on the belief that the city's health unit gave the service required. At the opening of the session of Tuesday afternoon, J. P. Hager­ man, field supervisor for the Navy League, addressed the council seeking a grant for the League before the end of the year. This morning a communication from the county council of Huron indicated that they concurred in the Oxford resolution which call­ ed upon the government to stop the transfer of Japanese from Western Canada to Western On­ tario. Two reports were presented from Dr. C. Mackenzie Mackay as county home physician and jail surgeon. Reports on Home In his semi-annual report on the county home Dr. Mackay stat­ ed acute illness had been light, there had been one death and that four residents had been admitted to hospital. The food was of good quality, well prepared and the diet varied, he found. Hygiene and sanitary conditions were reported to be satisfactory. Dr. Mackay’s annual report as jail surgeon stated there had been no cases of serious illness or in­ fections at the jail. The. provisions were good and well prepared. Sanitary and hygiene conditions were satisfactory. At five o’clock tonight the council will adjourn until Weds nesday morning of next week, De-< cember 11. ing Lights, The articles were placed in the car but he noted a fancy bottle resting on the front seat, which had all the appearances of being a bottle of liquor, so he stated later: Thinking to avail himself of a short Snort before the party, he removed the bottle top and helped himself to a healthy slug of the liquid therein. After some time ne joined the party. The stuff in the bottle? It was anti-freeze. Government Brief Urges Attention to Weed Control An attempt to consolidate the weed control program of all town­ ships in Oxford county was made yesterday by a group of road sup­ erintendents and township council members. The meeting drew up a brief for presentation to the agri­ cultural committee of the county council. The brief noted that the whole week program in the county had been neglected of necessity over the past five years and that the need for control was urgent. The brief continued that in review­ ing the past work on weed control the group believed that some real progress had been made and added that public opinion was in favor of additional work. Five suggestions for consolid­ ating the weed control program were made. The brief suggested that each municipal council when striking their estimates for next year decide how much mileage of road they can do in a weed pro­ gram and set their budgets ac­ cordingly, making the estimates high enough to cover the work. Each township should consider levelling of the road shoulders early in the season to allow two swaths with the mower for weed cutting. Orders for equipment and materials for spraying and cutting should be placed early. Equipment on hand should be put in shape I well before the control season starts. If practical an attempt should be made to mow two swaths along the roads and to spray the balance The final rec­ ommendation made called for the timing of the county and township programs to be done on the advice of the weed control branch of the Crop, Seeds and Weed Branch of the Ontario'Department of Ag- riculture. Emerson Moulton, county weed inspector, was chairman of the meeting. Charles Williams, road superintendent of West Oxford, was named secretary. Representa­ tives were present from West Ox­ ford, East. Oxford, West Zorra, North Norwich and Blenheim townships. Aid for Villagenty Council Government assistance in the form subsidies for sewage dis­ posal in villages of 1.500 or less population was advocated by the Oxford county council last night I as the December session drew to a close. J. L. Griffith, sanitary inspect­ or with the Oxford County Health Unit, introduced the suggestion during the afternoon session pointing out that a grant from the government would give incentive to smaller centres to go ahead with such a project in which the cost was sometimes prohibitive. “Sewage is one of the greatest contaminating factors we have to deal with,” Mr. Griffith declared. Causing Sickness Speaking on the suggestion, Reeve Ross Carroll, of North Norwich, pointed out that sewage contamination in Otter Creek in his township was killing off the fish and causing sickness in some farmers’ cattle. He believed the situation should be investigated thoroughly. The resolution moved by Reeve Wilfred Corp, of Tavistock, and Deputy Reeve K. R. Watts, of Till­ son burg. urged that the provincial government be petitioned to subsi­ dize a disposal of sewage in vil- A copy of the resolution to get all lages of 1,500 population or less. A copy of the resolution is to go to all county councils for support and to the Ontario government. Another resolution which will go to all county councils and the Ontario government was put for­ ward by Reeve Clair Peers, East Oxford, and Deputy Reeve Grant Sutherland of East Nissouri. , Compulsory Insurance The resolution requested the Ontario government to make it, compulsory for every person pur­ chasing a car or truck to obtain proper insurance for both public libality and property damage. Reeve Carman Facey, East Zo­ ra, as chairman of the special committee on the suggestions made by the warden for improve­ ments in county administration presented the committee's report. The report, adopted as read, suggested that the warden be al­ ways an appointed member of the County Board of Health; that the appointment of the council's standing committees be done by ballot; that the reforestation com­ mittee be composed of five mem­ bers of county council with the clerk and road superintendent added; that the printing commit­ tee be enlarged to form the print­ ing and resolutions committee; be enlarged to form the printing and resolutions committee; that the county clerk secure informa­ tion on a pension plan for coun­ ty employees. Early Start on Testing Oxford Cattle for T.B.A move to have all the cat­tle in Oxford tested for T.B. and the county made an ac­ credited area as soon a.s possi­ ble was made last night by the county council. The seventh report of the agriculture committee recom­ mended to the Dominion Health of Animals Branch that the work of testing be started at the earliest possi- 'ble date. The report cited two reasons for urging the work done: because stock men are continually asking when the work will be done, and be­ cause of the results indicated by a recent test conducted by the Oxford County Health Unit, The T.B. test done a year ago on secondary school children in the county show­ ed a percentage of 18.35 posi­ tive reactions. A more recent test showed a positive reac­ tion of 25 per cent. Grant Approved A grant of 5500 recommended in the report was approved by the i county council as a share in the expenses of the proposed perman- । ent home for agricultural short courses in Oxford. Under a plan presented to coun­ cil by G. R. Green, agricultural representative, a short course of from two to three months dura­ Hybrid Corn Called Curse By Corn Borer Inspector Hybrid com, resistent to the! corn borer, was called a curse by I the county's corn borer inspector, Emerson Moulton speaking to the Oxford county council on Wednes­ day afternoon. Mr. Moulton charged the hy­ brid com was breeding the com borer back as fast as it could be fought. “I thought we had the com bor­ er pretty well under control,” Mr. Moulton stated, “but some fellow struck the bright idea of hybrid corn.” He maintained that the stalks of the hybrid corn were not plowed down after picking the cobs and thus gave a place for the borer to breed and spend the winter. In his capacity as weed inspec­ tor for the county, Mr. Moulton reported that he did not get done what he would' have liked to have accomplished. A late start in the season this year made it difficult, i he added. He declared that the roads must be put in condition before a great deal can be done in the controlling of weeds. Calling Meeting In order to work out some over­ tion could be set up al the Wood- stock fairgrounds if support could be obtained. The buildings had been offered rent free from the Woodstock Agricultural Society and the county council were ask­ ed to assist in heating and light­ ing expenses. The report also endorsed the suggestions for weed control which were presented in the form of a brief from a meeting held on Tuesday afternoon attended by council members, road superin­ tendents and weed inspectors of a number of townships. Conservation Measure The second report on conserva­ tion and reforestation recommend­ ed than an amount of $25 be paid to the schools in each township which entered the Provincial For­ estry Competition. The report expressed apprecia­ tion to James A. Vance, Wood­ tock, for his interest in conserva­ tion measures and his public spir­ ited endeavors in this regard. Reeve W. Cuthbert, West Ox­ ford, with the support of Reeve Clair Peers, East Oxford, put through a resolution requestion the Dominion Government to ad­ just the producer price of concen­ trated milk, cheese and butter to a more equal basis with the price paid producers of fluid milk. A copy of the resolution was to go to the Hon. J. G. Gardiner, Do­ minion Minister of Agriculture. all plan for the county on the mat- ter of weed control, Mr. Moulton said he' was calling a meeting of road superintendents, weed inspec­ tors and councillors from the townships next Thursday after­ noon. The meeting to be held in the Department of Agriculture of­ fice on Finkle street at 2 p.m. will bring a recommendation to county council next week. Reeve L. B. Currie, Tillsonburg, expressed the opinion that the roads must be in condition before weeds could be controlled. Ross Caroll, reeve of North Norwich, related he had cultivated the road in front of his place once a week and kept the weeds down. At County’s Disposal Reeve Carroll added he had pur­ chased a power mower and new tractor and was placing the equip­ ment at the disposal of the coun­ ty for next year's weed cutting program. Warden J. Winston Nichols, pointed out to Mr. Moulton, that the county road committee had equipment, on order to do the need­ ed work but that it was impossible to obtain it The committee has a plan In mind, he added. County Community Centre, Agricultural School Seen Fair Grounds Possibility ■ A glimpse of what the future Mr Green noted that outside of may hold for the Woodstock fair- the Ontario Agricultural Colley grounds in the way of a county Guelph, there wM httl. m - community centre with special way of agricultural education emphasis on an agricultural school available in the county was given the members of Ox­ ford's county council on Wednes- day afternoon. The councillors made a tour of the fairgrounds under the guid­ ance of G. R. Green, county agri­ cultural representative, to learn at first hand the plans for setting up a permanent agricultural school which would provide short courses of two or three months' duration every year for young farmers. In the midst of the demolished 1 buildings which Housing Enter­ prises are tearing down at the former army training centre the party inspected a number of the buildings which the Woodstock Agricultural Society are retaining. Mechanics and Judging They viewed the former ser-; geants’ mess and officers’ mess buildings, which Mr. Green stated could be utilized for boys' and girls’ classrooms for the course. They saw the former mechanics building with its huge windows and cement floor which would serve the course as a mechanics shop and for livestock judging. The former army recreation hall with Its stage, lighting, large floor and tremendous seating capacity caught the fancy of all of the council when they first saw it. This building would serve not only the junior farmers for their short course but would offer unlimited possibilities for a farm communi­ ty centre. Junior farmers could hold regular county meeting^ in it, senior organizations could use it for their meetings, which are now crowded into the board room of the Department of Agriculture here or held in the poorly lighted city hall auditorium. Parking Space The former parade ground ' would provide ample parking space close to the recreation hall for the modern farmer who trav- els by car. The tour of the fairgrounds was prefaced by an introduction of the short course plan to the council by Mr. Green. The agriculture representative explained that short courses had been held in the county every year from 1914 up to the outbreak of the Second Great War. The plan had been to hold the short courses in each township in turn. The interruption in the holding of the course had had serious effect on the Junior Farmer organiza­ tion, he stated, due to the fact that the short course was a “feed­ er” for the association. Clause in Act The plan for a permanent home for the short courses arose out of a clause in the Agricultural So­ cieties Act which stated the soci­ eties should foster agriculture in their community. Other legislation provided that if a short course was to be hekl the municipality in which it was held was to provide accommodation and heating. *Mr. Green continued that the Woodstock Agricultural Society was most favorably inclined to the plan for the short course at the fairgrounds and had offered the buildings rent free for the school. He was asking the county council to supply heat and Light for the period the school was in operation. Supply Staff For such courses, Mr. Green explained, the Department of Ag­ riculture supplies the staff. He added that assurance had been given him that the department would also lend assistance in the procuring of equipment similar to the method which the Department of Education follows in subsidiz­ ing equipment to the extent of 50 per cent, of the cost. The whole plan was termed "an excellent idea” by Warden J. Win­ ston Nichols. AH of the council­ lors who inspected the buildings considered the set-up well worthy of support. When the party returned to the court house to resume its session, the agriculture committee under the chairmanship of Reeve Clair Peers, of East Oxford, went into a sitting to consider the matter. The committee will report its de­ cision today. Reeve Peers indicated that his committee was prepared to recom­ mend a county grant of $500 to cover expenses of a caretaker, heating and light for the main­ tenance of the school. ____ Club Entertains At County Home An enjoyable evening was held at the County Home last night when members of the Woodstock Rotary Club gathered to enter­ tain the old folks. County Council Winds Up Work for 1946When the Oxford County Council of 1946 adjourned for the last time on Thurs­ day evening there were many a note of regret in the words of its members as they summed up the year’s work. There was no regret about the legis­ lation enacted during the year, which all considered to be the year in which the council had made the most progress. The regret was in the loss of friendly associations which the retiring members of the council would miss through being absent from the council chambers in the year ahead. Typical of the body of men who made up this council of 1946, they decided to do something about retaining that friend­ ship and formed an Ex-Reeves’ Associa­ tion, believed to be the only one in Ont­ ario. There may be some who argue that such associations serve no useful purpose. Such is not the case. Anyone who has seen a county council in Oxford at work has been struck by the harmony with which they conduct the af­ fairs of the county. A friendly spirit of co­ operation is the key note of all their de­ liberations. An organization which will continue to foster such a spirit of friendship', har­ mony and co-operation among men sure­ ly has a place in this world today. A Splendid Project For the CountyThe vision of the Woodstock fair­ grounds being converted into a commun­ ity centre for the whole county and hous­ ing an agricultural school for young far­ mers is a splendid one, and from the com­ ments of the county councillors who visit­ ed the grounds this week it is a vision which will be pursued until it becomes a reality. The set-up seems ideal. Buildings which were used for officers’ and non- *ebmmiasioned officers’ messes during the war could be transformed into class rooms. The former machine building would become a mechanics’ room and a place for judging livestock. Programs of all sorts could be presented for large aud­ iences in the former recreation hall. There are good parking facilities. The concept of a county community centre glows with promise. It could be­ come a great educational and cultural force not in Oxford county alone, but in all this part of Western Ontario. Agricultural education is a necessity. The demand for it becomes more and more imperative with each passing year. Farming is becoming more and more of a scientific industry, and the farmer well equipped with knowledge is the one who does the most for himself and his commun­ ity. This seems a splendid opportunity for Oxford to build for the future. Association Of Ex-Reeves Now Formed A new association came into be­ ing last night immediately follow­ ing the adjournment of the 1946 county council. The new organ­ ization, the Oxford County Ex­ Reeves Association. was formed by six retiring reeves and the warden, all of whom will not re­ turn to the county council in 1947. Reeve Ross Carroll^ North Nor­ wich, who headed up the idea of . the organization was named as provisional president for the com- j ing year. Reeve Carman Facey, I East Zorra, was appointed secre­ tary-treasurer. Plans call for a meeting of the group again in the spring to make a program for the association's activity and a mem­ bership drive. The association will be open to any ex-reeves ip Ox­ ford county. Those present at the associa­ tion’s birth were Warden J. Wins­ ton Nichols, reeve of North Ox­ ford; Reeve Ross Carroll; Reeve L. B. Currie, Tillsonburg; Reeve Clair Peers, East Oxford; Reeve Carman Facey; Reeve John Ches­ ney, Blandford, and Reeve Wil­ liam McIntosh, Embro. JUST HEAR5A1 “Nope, ain't got mu spring plowin' finished yet—the old woman ain't 1 as spry as she uster be" JUST HEARSAY "The pay here isn't sa good, but I figure ths prestige is worth a lot." WaJuien THURSDAY EVENING DECEMBER 5th, 1946 Presbyterian Church INGERSOLL, ONTARIO J. WINSTON NICHOLS, Worden CELERY RADISHES PICKLES TOMATO JUICE ROAST YOUNG ONTARIO TURKEY CRANBERRY SAUCE BROWN GRAVY JUNE PEAS MASHED POTATOES ICE CREAM AND CAKE COFFEE ROLLS L. K. COLES, Choirman [JJoait J2l±t "THE KING" God Save the King "THE EMPIRE, THE HOUSE OF COMMONS and THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY" T. R. Dent, M.L.A. K. R. Daniel, M.P. "THE COUNTY OF OXFORD, THE COUNTY COUNCIL, and THE EX-WARDENS" Carman Facey Henry Hanlon ADDRESS MAGISTRATE R. G. GROOM "TOWNSHIP OF NORTH OXFORD" James Calder Miss E. A. Seldon "OUR SISTER MUNICIPALITIES ' J. C. Eichenberg, Mayor of Tillsonburg Charles Burston, Mayor of Woodstock Charles Riley, Mayor of Ingersoll "THE LADIES" Dr. C. M. Mackay Mrs. Robert J. Forbes OXFORDCOUNTY COUNCIL 1946J. WINSTON NICHOLSWARDENJohn Blandford| H Sibbick . . .. Blenheim \A/ /\ Cockburn, D.R.. .Blenheim I p r^v C i irt i^... Dereham H A Little, D.R. ____ ............................. Dereham M Retteridge .............................East Nissouri 1 Grant Sutherland D.R..........................East Nissouri Pass Carroll .North Norwich Theodore Cooper ... . South Norwich Clair Peers _ _____________ ... East Oxford 1 Winston Nichols ... ..North Oxford W J C uthhert . _________West Oxford Corman J. D. Facey ......................... . ... East Zorra Gordon Ross D R ....... _ . East Zorra Osmund H Murray . West Zorra L. B Currie Tillsonbura K. R. Watts, D.R. _____... . ... Tillsonburg William McIntosh ..................................Embro Harold A. Bishop ...... Norwich Wilfred Corp ... ......... . _____ ______Tavistock L. K. COLES J. N. MEATHRELL Clerk and Treasurer Road Superintendent COUNTY OF OXFORD YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND THE [feinnex. ON THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 5th, 1946 at tfiE <^x&djutE’Lian.dfimafi, fJngmott, Ont. AT SEVEN O'CLOCK J. WINSTON NICHOLS, Worden Praise County- Government At Annual Warden’s DinnerIt was Oxford County night in Ingersoll last night at the War­ den’s dinner and all of the speak­ ers were eloquent in their praise of this their county. The Warden’s dinner, the chair­ man, L. K. Coles explained, had been, prior to the war. an annual event. It was an event to mark the close of the stewardship of the warden. This year's warden. J. Winston Nichols, sat down with his guests in the hall of the Presbyterian church in Ingersoll to a turkey dinner which was topped by ice cream, cake and "cheese by Ri­ ley.” Those Present Among those presents were members of the county council, the federal and provincvial repre­ sentatives, the mayors of Wood- stock, Ingersoll and Tillsonburg. members of the North Oxford township council, county officials and their wives. The present warden, the chair­ man stated, was the fifth warden to come from the township of North Oxford. The last warden to come from North Oxford, Henry Hanlon, who held the office in 1930, was present. The toast to "the Empire, the House of Commons and the Legis­ lative Assembly” was proposed by T. R. Dent, M.L.A., for Oxford and was responded to by K. R. Daniel. M.P. for Oxford. Mr. Dent extolled the "wonder­ ful job” the British Empire did j | throughout the war and ma”i- ed the empire should be c.vser knit as a result of the war. He praised the work of the federal government during the war, re­ gardless of politics. He said the government had brought Canada out of the war in the best finan­ cial position of any country on ! earth. The county council, he i added, was probably the most i efficient form of government in j the country today, giving better value for the money spent. Sound Foundations K. R. Daniel in replying agreed I with Mr. Dent's statements about ! the empire. It stood on sound I foundations, they being the gov- eroment upon which it had been i built. j Mr. Daniel said he concurred i with Mayor Charles Burston’s re- J cent statement that the Federal ( and Provincial Governments were' ' usurping a great deal of munici-' • pal governments from the towns, । i cities, townships and counties. "That does not make for the j kind of government we would like i in Canada,” he said. "There is too much government by order-in- council.” Reeve Carmen Facey of East ; Zorra, proposing the toast to "the County of Oxford, the County Council and the Ex-wardens” spoke of the freedoms which are available in Oxford lo the youth of the county. The county he de­ clared has been blessed with l,hr I leaders of vision and foresight. ' Much of the credit for the ad­ vancement made by the county this year has been due to the warden, Reeve Facey maintained. Youngest Warden Henry Hanlon, ex-warden, in replying to Mr. Facey, told of . knowing Warden Nichols since the warden was a little boy. Warden Nichols, he said, is the youngest warden the county ever had. He added that the warden’s ancestors were among the first settlers to come into the county in the last century. A councillor of North Oxford township, James Calder, proposed the toast to his municipality which was responded to by Miss E. A. Seldon, township clerk, treasur­ er and tax collector, the only wo­ man to hold that post in Ontario. Miss Seldon's father held the post for 35 years and she took over the position from him. Land Co-operation The toast to "Our Sister Muni­ cipalities” was proposed by Mayor J. C. Eichenberg, of Tillsonburg, an ex-warden. This speaker prais­ ed the fine spirit of co-operation which prevailed between the county and the councils of Wood- stock and Ingersoll. Mayor Charles Burston, Wood- stock, and Mayor Charles Riley, of Ingersoll, rose on behalf of their municipalities to reply to Mayor Eichenberg's toast. Each spoke highly of the co-operation received in municipal work. S. E. Brady, former mayor of Ingersoll, who had known Warden Nichols’ father, spoke briefly. i Dr. C. M. Mackay brought the list of toasts to a conclusion with i his toast to the ladies, to which Mrs. R. J. Forbes responded. The musical portion of the pro­ gram was supplied by Miss Muriel Waterland, who contributed two piano solos, and by Mrs. Allan Reid, who accompanied by Miss Waterland offered two vocal num­ bers. Magistrate R. G. Groom was the speaker for the evening. His ad­ dress will be found in another col­ umn. At the conclusion of the dinner Warden Nichols spoke briefly to pass on the praise he received for the work of the council to the members of that body to whom he attributed the success of this year's work. Of the county offi­ cials, he said, he found the court­ house to be the smoothest work­ ing machine he had ever seen. Integrity* of People is Needed for World Peace Oxford county has less serious crime than about any other muni­ cipality in the province, Magis­ trate R. G. Groom declared last night. Speaking at the Warden’s Dinner, held in Ingersoll, the county magistrate said he liked to attribute this fact to the integrity of the people of Oxford. Magistrate Groom selected as the theme of his address the desire of the people of the world for peace. He quoted Field Marsha! Smuts as saying that the peace treaty is not the peace.........the real peace must come from the people. He said that legislators of Ox­ ford county were men of the high­ est type and if peace is going to JUST HEARSAY ‘Matilda, I’ve waited a long time to ask you this question—could you loan me a hundred donars?” be made by the people it will be made by men of their calibre. "In the county council,’’ he stated "we have men who are leaders in their respective com­ munities, they are men of integ­ rity and men who are looked up to in their community. The speaker spoke highly of the spirit of fellowship and co-opera­ tion prevailing among the mem­ bers of the county council in de­ ciding all problems. "It is the most important thing I know of,” he added. “If this county has made pro­ gress in the past, and it has, it is because of the calibre of the predecessors and of the men who are now serving the county,” Magistrate Groom concluded. ■, county political St, Paul's Presby- iquet in honor of 1 J. Winston Nichols, retiring warden of Oxford County. Guest speaker was Woodstock’s magistrate, R. G. Groom. He is pictured here as he spoke to the gathering. Left to right, at the head table, are, Mrs. Daniel. K. R. Daniel, M.P. for Oxford; Mrs. Nichols, Warden J. Winston Nichols; Mrs. Coles, L. K. Coles, county clerk; Mrs. Groom, her husband; Mrs. Dent and T. R. Dent, Oxford M.UA. FREE PRESS LONDON, ONTARIO. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 6. I»4fl«=obby for short! What s or a little baby! LOVER: Thank yot nation to the fund. PEA: Saucy Redheac >y clothes here for you send 25c to cover post- reel will be sent to you NOTES h regret that we an- i death of Brusseau, a ember, on November ) her family we extend j sympathy. 1 Parcels lady Now of 1,700 Christmas been accomplished to Westminster Hospital >f the local Red Cross, will be distributed to the hospital on Red ing day, Wednesday, .8. The recipients will those at Crumlin, and health and occupation- ■here an entertainment ning of the 18th will partunity for distribur :nas Wilkie, Mrs. Hugh l—Mrs__Pjirdnm_I^ve PAST WARDENS OF. 0X1 ORD COFNTT are shown as they congratulated J. Winston Nichols, retiring warden, shortly after a banquet in his honor held In Ingersoll last night. Left to right are. A. D. McCorquodale, East Nissouri warden in 1945; J. C. Eichenberg. present mayor of Tillsonburg and warden of 1944; Henry Hanlon, warden of 1930, who is from North Oxford, the same township as J. W. Nichols, retiring warden, right. Council Ends With Praise For Warden With the business completed ■ for this year, Oxford’s county ‘council concluded their December session last night with glowing tributes to the man who guided their task during the year. War­ den J. Winston Nichols. Before adjournment Reeve Clair Peers moved that the war­ den vacate the chair to Reeve William McIntosh, a former war­ den. Reeve McIntosh, in the custom which has become tradi­ tion in Oxford county councils, presided until the adjournment. Presentation The warden was presented with an occasional chair and end table by Reeves Carman Facey, Ross ; Carroll and L. B. Currie on be­ half of the council. Reeve Facey read an addess praising the war­ den for his work during the year. Warden Nichols replied, stating that he was leaving tne county council with a feeling of regret for the personal friendships he would miss. “We’ve always got along to­ gether and I think we have done a good job for the county of Ox­ ford,” he concluded. Reeves Speak Reeve McIntosh called on the members of council to speak, starting with Reeve Leroy Curtis of Dereham and following around the chamber. Following is a brief of the remarks: Reeve Curtis: “I have enjoyed the year of work and friendship with Warden Nichols." Deputy Reeve Harry Little, . Dereham: “I think there should be much good come out of the work done this year. I have en­ joyed it." Reeve L. B. Currie, Tillsonburg: “I rate our warden one of Ox­ ford county’s masterpieces—a man of his ability should go to either the provincial or federal parlia­ ments." Deputy Reeve K. R. Watts, Tillsonburg, "One of the greatest experiences of my life has been to come to the county council. I have been helped a great deal by the ■ warden," Youngest Warden Reeve W. Corp, Tavistock, re- ferred to Warden Nichols as being the youngest warden Oxford had ever had. He declared the warden for 1946 would be missed around the courthouse next year. Reeve W. Cuthbert, West Ox­ ford, d(?cJared Warden Nichols the fifth warden he had served under and that he compared favorably , with any of the other four. Reeve M. Betteridge, East Nissouri, stated he nominated Reeve Nichols of North Oxford for the wardenship and that as ward- _en He had proved himself well. Deputy Reeve Grant Suther-' land, East Nissouri, declared he had enjoyed the work on the coun­cil and the associations made there.Reeve O. H. Murray, West Zor­ ra, said he took pride in sitting under a man of Warden Nichols ability. Will Miss Work Reeve Ross Carroll, North Nor­ wich. who is retiring from county council said he would miss the work and friendship with the council and the warden. Deputy Reeve Gordon Ross, East Zorra, “The warden has been an inspiration to this council." Reeve Carman Facey, East Zor­ ra, “The warden has had the full co-operation of the whole council and he has earned it." Reeve Clair Peers, East Oxford, "I will have many pleasant memo­ ries in the years to come when I look back on the work here." Reeve John Chesney, Blandford, "Oxford should be proud of its warden, county officials and of its county council." Reeve H. A. Bishop, Norwich, “The warden set out to give Ox­ ford county the best government be could give it and he has suc­ ceeded in doing so." Reeve T. Cooper, South Nor­ wich, "It has been a pleasure to carry on business in the county council with the warden." Deputy Reeve W. A. Cockburn, Blenheim, "Warden Nichols is one of the high ranking wardens in this province. He has the quali­ ties of enthusiasm and good judg­ ment." Reeve L. H. Sibbick, Blenheim, | declared Warden Nichols had shown the best of leadership with good judgment and good humor. | County officials and others who spoke briefly were J. N. Meath- rell, road superintendent; Dr. O. • C. Powers, M.O.H.; R. J. Forbes, manager of the County Home; Charles Swarts, a former member of county council; J. L. Griffith, sanitary inspector; R. G. Clowes, । superintendent of the Oxford County Children's Aid Society; L. K. Coles, county clerk and treas­ urer. Reeve Peers moved the adjourn­ ment of the 1946 county council T.B. MEETING At a well-attended meeting in Tillsonburg last night, the Oxford County Tuberculosis Association laid plans for organizing commit­ tees for the Spring x-rays in the southern part of ihe county. Reeves and mayors of the munici­ palities pledged their complete support in every way to the On­ tario Department of Health’s x- ■ ray units which will commence in , Dereham Centre April 16, Tillson­ burg April 21, Otterville April 25. and Norwich April 29. The com­ mittee will canvass every citizen in the various municipalities. (Oxford School |Places Second Forest Contest | The Thamesford school of • School Section No. 5, East Nis­ souri has been declared winner of J second place in the provincial, school forestry competition. The school, taught by George Robbins, wn first place with 86.3 points in the competition for Zone 1 of the j four provincial zones. First prize in the provincial competition went to School Section No. 12, Haldi- mand Township. Northumberland County, with 92.8 points. The forestry competition for! 1946 was sponsored jointly by the I Ontario Horticultural Association,' the Ontario Conservation and Re-1 forestation Association, the De-, partment of Education, the De-1 partment of La’nds and Forests: and J. 'E. Carter, Guelph. Keen Interest Shown In announcing the awards, J. A. Carroll, secretary of the Ontario Horticultural Association, express- ( ed satisfaction at the keen inter-, est taken in the 1946 contests There were 112 schools entered, as compared with 78 entered last year. Zone No. 2, in Central On- 1 tario, showed the greatest inter­ est. having 76 of the 112 entries. Rules of the competition re­ quired school children to plant and care for not less than half- an-acre of forest trees, make a collection of leaves and enter five pupils in a forest quiz. Preliminary competition was di- vided into zones, with zone win­ ners competing for a provincial prize' of $50. Second, third and fourth place provincial winners received $25, $15 and $10 respec- lively. First, second and third places in the zone contest took prizes of | $25, $15 and $10. Winners in the zone competi-. tion placed as follows: 1, S.S. 5, East Nissouri, Oxford, teacher, George Robbins, Thames­ ford; 2, S.S. I and 2, Blandford, Oxford, teacher. Miss Edna M. Pullin, Woodstock; 3, S.S. 5, West ( Zorra, Oxford, teacher, Miss Isa­ bel Scott, Woodstock. Sanitary Inspector Is Named William Wright, Tiilsonburg, was appointed as a sanitary in­ spector by the Oxford County Board of Health at its regular meeting on Wednesday afternoon. 1 Mr. Wright will assist the present inspector, J. L. Griffith in his , work in Oxford. He will com­ mence his duties on January 1. At this its final meeting the 1946 board recommended to the incoming board that consideration be given to establishing a sick leave policy for ftc employees of the board. Dr. O. C. Powers, M.O.H. for Oxford, reported that a tubercu­ losis survey will be conducted in the southern part of Oxford next year. At this time the village of Tavistock will be done, if time permits. The survey of the south­ ern section of county is expected to be held in March. A meeting being held in Tillsonburg tonight is expected to complete the plans. Dinner, Carols At County Jail An appetizing fowl dinner with all the trimmings, will be served to the inmates in Oxford county jail on Christmas day. The Salvation Army usually con­ ducts a special service at the jail and entertaining the prisoners with Christmas music, Jack Skin­ ner. governor of the jail said this morning. It is expected that gifts and packages will be distributed by the Salvationists. While in some communities it has been found that a larger num­ ber of persons will face Christ­ mas in prison than in previous years, the average number of per­ sons in the local county jail has not increased over previous years. Six prisoners are in the jail at present. FOX BOUNTIES Four-dollar bounties were paid on 566 fox pelts caught in Oxford during the year. The total for 19-15 was 640 pelts. The number of pelts brought in for bounty payment in December was 59 com­ pared with 126 of December last year. BOARD OF HEALTH The meeting of the Oxford County Board of Health was held this afternoon in the courthouse.' The meeting folioweded a dinner attended by board rr0”*' and. the staff of the Oxfo: 1 County j Health Unit. CODNTY OF OXFORDCOUNTY COUNCIL 1946 J. WINSTON NICHOLS, Esq. WARDEN COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBERSRes. Phone No.Innerkip 23 r 22Princeton 66 r 14Princeton 69 r 12Tillsonburg 282 J 2Ingersoll 270 J 3Medina 17 r 15Medina 16 r 16Norwich 12 r 3Tillsonburg 63 W 1Princeton 100 r 21Ingersoll 345 W 2i Ingersoll 326 W 11inncrsip ** * jInnerkip 16 r 13Embro 33 r 4Tillsonburg 154Tillsonburg 25 JEmbro 26 JNorwich No. 2Tavistock 102Address... R. 2, Innerkip ...... ... Richwood ................. ... R. 2, Drumbo ..........: • - :5 •’ “ g’S o “ E E~ ~ 'r cm Mciv s-noiaiciacsiatt:... k. 1, tavistocK ....... ... R. 7, Woodstock .... ... R. 3, Embro ............ ... Tillsonburg ............. ... Tillsonburg ....•....... ... Embro ..................... ... Norwich .................... ... Tavistock ................NameJohn Chesney ....................... L. H. Sibbick ....................... W. A. Cockburn, D.R..........Leroy Curtis ......................... H. A. Little, D.R................... M. Betteridge ......................J. Grant Sutherland, D.R. . Ross Carroll ........................... Theodore Cooper ................. Clair Peers ............................ J. Winston Nichols ............. W. J. Cuthbert .....................carman racey ...................... Gordon Ross, D.R................... 0. H. Murray ....................... L. B. Currie ........................... K. R. Watts, D.R.................. Wm. McIntosh ..................... Harold A. Bishop ................ Wilfred Corp .........................Blandford ....................Blenheim .....................Dereham .....................East Nissouri ............ North Norwich ......... South Norwich .......... East Oxford ............... North Oxford ............ West Oxford .............East Zorra ................. West Zorra ............... Tillsonburg ................. Embro ........................Norwich .....................Tavistock ....................TOWNSHIP OFFICIALSBlandfordClerk ..........................George Oliver, BrightTreasurer ...................B. M. Wilson, BrightRoad Supt...........Henry Cuthbertson, BrightAssessor .....................E. A. Carter, InnerkipTax Collector ....M. F. Facey,New Hamburg, R. R. 1 Relief Officer ................................The ReeveDate of Meeting—First Monday.Blenheim Clerk and Treasurer ......Irvin J. Haines, Drumbo Road Supt....................Burt Martin, DrumboAssessors ......Roy Wilson, Princeton, R. R. 2John L. Davidson, Bright, R. R. 3 Tax Collector ...............George Balkwill,Drumbo, R. R. 1Relief Officer ................................The ReeveDate of Meeting—Second Monday. Dereham Clerk ..................Jas. D. Flanders, Mt. Elgin Treasurer .........................N. I. Langrell, Tillsonburg, R. R. 3 Road Supt..........Jas. D. Flanders, Mt. Elgin Assessor ....Ira M. Harris, Mt. Elgin, R.R.2 Tax Collector ...........Richard H. Wilson, Ingersoll, R. R. 4 Relief Officer ................................The Reeve Date of Meeting—Second Monday. East Nissouri Clerk ............................A. J. Baker, Lakeside Treasurer, ...........Wm. J. Weir, Thamesford Road Supt. „................Geo. B. Anderson, Lakeside, R. R. 1 Assessor and Tax Collector A. P. McKessock, Thamesford, R. R. 1 Relief Officer ....Wm. J. Weir, Thamesford Date of Meeting—First Tuesday. North NorwichClerk and Treasurer ......J. F. Pritchard,Norwich, R. R. 2Road Supt...........Chas. DeMontmorency,Burgessville Assessor .....................D. B. Ferris, NorwichTax Collector ...............J. F. Pritchard,Norwich, R. R. 2Relief Officer ...............J. F. Pritchard,Norwich, R. R. 2Date of Meeting—Second Monday.South NorwichClerk and Treasurer ......C. W. Ottewell,OttervilleRoad Supt..............Howard Davis, OttervilleAssessor ...................John Hyde, SpringfordTax Collector ......C. W. Ottewell, Otterville Relief Officer C. W. Ottewell, Otterville Date of Meeting—First Monday.East OxfordClerk and Treasurer ........F. G. Jackson, Oxford Centre Road Supt.....................M. J. McMahon, Woodstock, R. R. 4 Assessor ......Geo. Town, Woodstock, R. R. 8 Tax Collector ....A. Riach, Woodstock, R. R. 8 Relief Officer ...............................The Reeve Date of Meeting—First Monday. North Oxford Clerk and Treasurer ....Miss E. A. Seldon, Ingersoll Road Supt......................Leonard Minier, Ingersoll, R. R. 2 Assessor .......S. J. Dundas, Ingersoll, R. R. 3 Tax Collector ....Miss E. A. Seldon, Ingersoll Collector of Arrears ...... F. McDermott, Ingersoll, R. R. 3 Relief Officer ................................The Reeve Date of Meeting—First Monday. We»t Oxford Clerk and Treasurer ...........L. B. Curry, Woodstock, R. R. 1Road Supt.....C. A. Williams, Ingersoll, R. R. 5 Assessor and Tax CollectorB. B. Richardson, Woodstock, R. R. I Relief Officer ................................The ReeveDate of Meeting—First Tuesday.East ZorraClerk ................ Edwin Parker, HicksonTreasurer ................S. T. Loveys, HicksonRoad Supt.....Ed. Hansuld, Tavistock, R. R. 2 Assessors ....A. W. Malcolm, Bright, R. R. 1A. Lattimer, Woodstock, R. R. 7 Tax Collector ....R. E. Beam, Woodstock,9 Graham St. Relief Officer ................................The ReeveDate of Meeting—First Monday.West ZorraClerk ..............................J. D. Wood, EmbroTreasurer .........L. J. Pelton, Embro, R. R. 1 Road Supt.................Samuel McKay, Embro Assessor ........John M. Ross, Embro, R. R. 1 Tax Collector .............A. M. Forbes, Embro Relief Officer ...............................The Reeve Date of Meeting—First Monday. OFFICIALS OF TOWN AND VILLAGES Tillsonburg Clerk and Treasurer .........L. V. Waller, Tillsonburg Road Supt............Fred Cousins, Tillsonburg Assessor ..........Alfred Crossett, Tillsonburg Tax Collector .........Burt Neale, Tillsonburg Relief Officer .........Burt Neale, Tillsonburg Date of Meeting—First Tuesday. Embro Clerk and Treasurer ....William French,EmbroAssessor ................Bates E. Manzer, EmbroTax Collector ...............Wm. French, EmbroRelief Officer ................................The ReeveDate of Meeting—First Monday.NorwichClerk ..................A. L. Bushell, NorwichTreasurer ..............-Dr. J. H. Frain, Norwich Road Supt...................H. F. Henry, NorwichAssessor ......................A. Farrell, NorwichTax Collector .............Chas. Bates, NorwichRelief Officer ...........A. L. Bushell, NorwichDate of Meeting—First Monday.TavistockClerk and Treasurer ....C. J. Klein, Tavistock Road Supt.......................W. Corp, TavistockAssessor ................C. J. Kaufman, TavistockTax Collector ......E. A. Kalbfleisch, Tavistock Relief Officers .......................Entire Council Date of Meeting—Third Monday. HEALTH UNIT STAFF M.O.H...................................Dr. O. C. Powers Supervisor of Nurses .........Miss M. Grieve Sanitary Inspector ...................J- L. Griffith Senior Nurse ............................Miss S. Allen Staff Nurses ....................Mrs. H. McNeil Miss R. Grieve Miss J. K. Folster Mrs. D. Boswell Miss I. Wilton Woodstock Office Phone Woodstock 690 Norwich Office ..................Phone Norwich 1 Tillsonburg Office Phone Tillsonburg 265 Embro Office ....................Phone Embro 24-J Drumbo Office .........Phone Princeton 67 r 2 COMMITTEES OF 1946First Named, Chairman.Last Named, Secretary.Road—Sibbick, Nichols, Carroll.Finance—Murray, McIntosh, Bishop, Suther­land, Watts.Property—Betteridge, Chesney, Currie, Cur­tis, Ross.Equalization—Corp, Cockburn, Currie, Peers, Cooper.Board of Health—Facey, Cockburn, Nichols, Watts (Bishop).Agriculture—Peers, Corp, Cuthbert, Little, Sibbick.Education—Cockburn, Bishop, Murray, Ross, Curtis.County Home—Nichols, McIntosh, Currie (Mayor Burston, Mayor Riley), Coles. Printing—Peers, Cooper, Currie, Watts, Sutherland. Treasurer’s Bond—Little, Cooper. Board of Audit—Betteridge. Pension Board—Mrs. L. H. Sibbick, Corp (Mrs. M. Luke, J. F. McDonald, A. Riach), L. Coles. Reforestation—Nichols, Chesney, Sibbick, Curtis, Carroll, Betteridge, Cooper, Peers, Cuthbert, Facey, Murray, Curne, McIntosh, Bishop, Corp, MeathreU, Coles. Juvenile Court—Nichols, Facey, Coles. Hospitals—Woodstock—Nichols. Ingersoll—Cuthbert Tillsonburg—Currie. OFFICIALS 1946J. Winston Nichols ..........................WardenEric W. Cross .........................County JudgeR. G. Groom ....................Police MagistrateL. M. Ball ....................Juvenile Court JudgeC. E. Sutherland......County Court Clerkand Sheriff John B. Martin .............:.......Deputy SheriffCraig McKay, K.C.....Clerk of the Peaceand County Crown Attorney Sylvia M. Reid ......County Court Reporter W. L. MacWhinnie .........................RegistrarRoss V. Tuck ....................Deputy RegistrarMacDougall & Whaley ....County Solicitors Monteith & Monteith .....................Auditors J. L. Skinner ........................................Gaoler M. Hamilton .....................................Turnkey R. Langdon .......................................Turnkey W, Cuthbertson ................................Turnkey A. Emmrich .......................................Turnkey Mrs. G. Skinner .....................,...........Matron Dr. C. M. MacKay .........Physician Gaol and County Home R. J. Forbes ...........Manager, County Home Mrs. A. Forbes .........Matron, County Home Geo. M. Mather .....Public School Inspector L. B. Hyde .............Public School Inspector John Clark ..............High County Constable R. G. Clowes ............Probation Officer, Juvenile Court Emerson Moulton Corn Borer Inspector Thomas Pye ............Court House Engineer J. N. Meathrell ..................County Road Superintendent L. K. Coles ...................Clerk and Treasurer Value 1946 Crop at Over Six and a Half Million Field crops In Oxford this year had a total value of over six and a half million dollars, according jto statistics released by the On- itario Department of Agriculture. In a report showing the ‘ acre- i age, production and value of field I crops in Ontario, the county of Oxford is shown with a crop valu- I ed at $6,680,013. The value of field crops in the whole province this year total $232,241000, one million dollars more than the crop in 1945. H Oxford's field crop for 1946 is shown by the report as follows! (the figures are in the order of acreage, total bushels and total value) fall wheat, 18,918; 580,738; $712,040; spring wheat, 228; 5,290; $6,464; rats, 40,819; 2,110,342; $1,103,709: barley, 6,037; 249,28; $171,538; fixed grain, 56,292; 2,- 854,004; $1,772,336; corn for silo, 23,579; 220, 935 tons (green); $86,529; potatoes, 1,411; 137,573 cwt.; $275,146; soy beans, 425 ; 8,- 500 bushels, $18,870; alfalfa, 11,- 691, 30,630 tons, $324,678; hay and clover, 72,317; 150,419 tons; $1,- 508,703. Support from Middlesex On Hamilton Road Appeal Middlesex County has added its f support to the proposal that the Ontario Department of Highways take over the Hamilton i-oad from London to Ingersoll as a provin­ cial highway. The proposal was made by the township of North Dorchester and was^supported by the Oxford County Council at its final meet­ ing of the year- in December. The Oxford council named its road committee as representative? to meet with the other council on1 the mattep. Delegates will meet with High-' ways Minister George Doucet in Toronto on Thursday to place the proposal before the department. Hamilton Road is an alternate easterly route to No. 2 Highway । from London to Ingersoll. No. 2 Highway is the neck of the funnel | through which traffic from all' Western Ontario moves east of; London. Norwich Reeve Will Run Again NORWICH— Questioned, follow­ ing the November meeting of coun­ cil, regarding their intentions concerning next year, Reeve H. A. Bishop and Councillor Thomas Wallace stated they will again of­ fer their services to the village. Mr. Bishop stated it had been his intention to retire, having com­ pleted 10 successful years. How­ ever and because he is a member of the Consultative Committee on high schools and because the work of that committee is not finished, he has decided to stand again. Re­ viewing the things accomplished this year he claims more good, constructive steps have been tak­ en by council of 1946 than by any previous body. Mr. Wallace has completed one year as councillor and has served conscientiously. Councillor Bruce Alexander pre­ ferred not to make a statement at this time. Through the grapevine route it is said that he has his ear to the sounding box regarding the position o£ reeve. He has served two years. Joint Delegation For Interview With Minister T. R. Dent. M.L.A. for Oxford, and Warden J. Winston Nichols joined a delegation today which will interview the Ontario High­ ways Minister in Toronto in an effort to have the Hamilton Road taken over as a provincial high- jway. The delegation is made up of representatives from North Dor­ chester township, Middlesex and Oxford counties. North Dorches­ ter has urged the inclusion of the road from London to Ingersll in the provincial system for some time and has been assured that । the department would consider the request.