Len Coles Note Index WA-CK002-995Len Cole’s Notes Index
Record Group:RG2 County of Oxford
Series:4 Clerk
RD A:
Item:
WA/CK_002.995
Scrapbook, compiled by Len Coles, Oxford County Clerk
1942-1970
Year:1948
Page 1 Inaugural Session of County Council; Appointment of Gordon
Ross as Warden; Welfare of People, Soil linked by Ross
Page 2 Election of Warden; County Council Committees Selected; Grant
Appeals from St. Mary’s Hospital Foundation and Oxford County
Museum
Page 3 Council Committee Chairpersons Named; Restrictions on Hours of
Service for Gas and Garages; Oxford Ratepayers Association
sponsors Oratorical Contest; Bread Price up One Cent
Page 4 Oxford Council visits Oxford Museum; Pioneer Exhibit Draws
Attention
Page 5 George Bell replaces the late G.R. Green as Department of
Agriculture Representative; Program of Oxford County Short
Course in Agriculture and Home Economics
Page 6 Newly Opened Oxford County Museum is a Showcase; Balance
Sheet for County Budget; New Rotary Snowplow for City
Page 7 Rot Foot Prevalent in Local Deer; Overcrowding in Homes for
Aged; Oleo Margarine Bill in House of Commons; Editorial on
Soil Conversation/ World Famine
Page 8 500 Hunters bag Three Foxes in Oxford Drive; Norwich High
School Board Chair N.M. Marshall
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Hospital Finance Problems; County Estimate for Tax Needs
Olympic Contender, Barbara Ann Scott; Fox Bounties; Woodstock
Agricultural Society Elects Officers; Pension Board
Page 11 Health Unit gives Report on Sanitation Division; Editorial on
Conservation; Outline of Recreation Plan; Oxford Orator Wins at
Hamilton District Contest; Conservation Lesson must be Learned
Page 12 237,6000 Eggs sent to Switzerland from Oxford County; Oxford
Holstein Artificial Breeding Unit services Five Counties
Page 13 Population of Oxford up by 811 (51,317); Displaced Austrian
Domestics arrive in Oxford; Thames Valley Authority makes
Recommendations
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Opening of Oxford County Museum
Opening of Oxford County Museum; Housewives Balk at High
Pork/Beef Prices
Page 16 Hay and Company Loses Tree Cutting Case; Watts/Williamson
Guilty of Armed Holdup of Tavistock Bank; Woodstock Holds
Rate to One-Mill Increase
Page 17 New Oxford Tree By-Law Given Approval; K.R. Daniel, M.P.
Oxford asked for Higher Compensation Rates for Farmers with
Cattle that are T.B. Reactors
Page 18 Post War England needs Sewed and Knitted Garments; Woodstock
Rural School Praised for Noon Time Meal; 25% of Cattle in
Oxford Lost to T.B.; Plowing Match in Oxford???
Page 19 75th Anniversary of East Zorra and Blandford Cheese
Manufacturing Company; Gandhi Shot to Death
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Barbara Ann Scott Wins Olympic Title
Hundreds of Hunters; Few Foxes
Brantford Purchases Land for Prison Farm In Burch; Closing of
County Jails; County Home Board of Management
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Municipal Councils in Oxford County of Oxford
Annual Oxford County Seed Fair
Farm Forest Management in Oxford
Half Loads Laws in Spring Road Break Up; County Orator Places
Second at Provincial Competition; Tree Conservation By-Law gets
Minister’s approval
Page 27 County’s Health Financial Position; Flooding of River Nith; Seed
Fair Programme
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River Nith Flooding; Conservation of Flood Plain
Dams/Storage Basins/Recommendations of Upper Thames Valley
Authority
Page 30 Grant Approved for Building St. Mary’s Hospital; County Tax
Level Increasing; U.T.V.A. Problems discussed; Sap Run Poor
Page 31 $278,000 County Road Expenditure; County Budget Set at
$318,852.04; County Library Annual Meeting Held
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Oxford Museum Exhibits
Fox Bounty; County Education Budget at $36,252; Greater
Municipal Expenses; Ingersoll Hospital Requests Help from
County Council
Page 34 Ontario Good Roads Association Programme; Ontario Association
of Rural Municipalities
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Ontario Educational Association Programme
Four Lane Highway envisioned between Toronto and Windsor;
Grassland Day
Page 37 Embro Gives Financial Aid to Oxford Museum; Reforestation
continues; Transient Families and Parental Irresponsibility causes
Children’s Aide Problems
Page 38 T.R. Dent Re elected in Oxford; Harold Goble made Provincial
Entomologist; First Meeting of New County Library Group; Fox
Problems Editorial on Refuse
Page 39 Oxford County is Prosperous and Progressive; Sentinel Review
Agricultural Edition
Page 40 Spring Release of Pheasants; Turk Broda wins Vezina Trophy;
Louise Hill resigns as Museum Curator
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Tree Planning Encouraged; Conservation and Weed Contol
Stream Restocking by Oxford Fish and Game
Tobacco Area Map of Oxford County; Invitation to the Graduating
Exercises for 1948 Woodstock General Hospital School for Nurses
Page 44 Eradication of Barberry/Buckthom; June, 1948 session of County
Council; Social Services 26.32 % of Budget; New Registry Office
Required
Page 45 County pay Surcharge for Hospital Stays Outside Oxford; Ingersoll
Seeking Additional Monies for Hospital; Equalization Assessment
of County Boosted $300,000.00+
Page 46 Flood Control Dams; Reduction in Hospital Deficit; Former
Governor of County Jail, Lieut.-CoIonel George Forbes Dies
Page 47 Anniversary of Day that 12 Babies were bom at Woodstock
General Hospital in 24 Hours Period; Embro Games Draw 16,000;
Mrs. Forbes named Ontario President of Ontario Association of
Managers and Matrons of Homes for the Aged and Infirm; County
Agricultural Committee
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Ex-Wardens Association Meeting
150th Anniversary of Oxford Rifles
Grassland Day Program; Death Announcements of Mrs. T. Dent;
Dr. J. Martin; Soil Conservation Projects
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Pheasant Release; Grassland Day Highlights
100th Birthday of Tavistock; Hunters and Anglers
1948 Miss Oxford County; Trends in Taxation
Grassland Day; Programme for 29th Annual Convention of Homes
for Ages and Infirm; Approval for Wildwood Dam
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Ex-Reeves Meeting
Various County Programmes; Dates for Hunting Season; Cash
spent on County Roads
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Page 59
Tillsonburg Air Show Crash; Pavement of Highway # 97
Need for Reforestation; Oxford Police Association Gets Charter
Woodstock Lawn Bowling Club; Conservation Tour; Count
Bernadotte killed in Jerusalem
Page 60 Cleveland Indians World Champs; Complimentary Fall Fair
Tickets; Clarke Murray, new Federal Liberal candidate
Page 61 Various County Activities including: Tavistock Horse Show;
Game Overseer Assumes Duties; Annexation Discussed; Low
Crime Rate in Oxford
Page 62 International Plowing Match; Homes for Aged; World’s Fair in
Drumbo
Page 63 Municipalities Seek New Financial Deal; Conservation Farm
Planned by Thames Valley Conservation Authority; New
Plattsville Arena
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Oxford County Plowing Match; Albert Roberts Champion
Armchair Plough Men; Municipal Night Photo
Aerial Photo of Oxford County Plowing Match
Page 67 Thames Valley Authority Approves Ingersoll Stream Project,
Aerial View
Page 68 County Announcements: Death of Henry Roth, Former Reeve of
Tavistock; Preservation of Fertility of Farms; Plowing Looks Easy
but...
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Mackenzie King Resigns, ending Long Period in Office
Warden’s Dinner Programme
Warden’s Dinner
Warden’s Dinner; Method of Electing County Warden
Financial Agreements between Woodstock, Oxford and Ingersoll;
New Modem Hotel Annex; County Road Overdraft
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Poor Weather and Councillors’ Performance; Reforestation
Ratification of 5 Year Agreements;’ County Ban on Snares
Sought; Financial Aid for St. Mary’s Memorial Hospital;
Alexandra Hospital
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Future of Upper Thames Valley Authority
Oxford County’s Warden, Gordon Ross, of East Zorra, retires from
Public Life
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Oxford County Christmas Card
Where were you 10,15, 25 years ago???