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Year 1949I^om The COUNTY OF OXFORD Court House Woodstock, Ont.1949PROPERTY OF THECOUNTY OF OXFORDReturn to County Clerk’s Office WARDEN FEWSTER TAKES OFFICE—After his election yester­day on the 26th ballot, Warden George Fewster of North Norwich took his place 'n the warden’s chair of the county council chamber. He is shown here sitting with Gordon Ross, left, East Zorra, warden in 1948 and Milton Betteridge, East Nissouri, warden in 1947. War­den Fewster was born in the township of North Norwich on the farm where he is now living. The farm has been in the family for almost 100 years. He has been a member of the county council for two years as reeve of his township and a ifiember of the township council for several years. Mrs. Fewster is the former Emma Palmer of Tillsonburg. They have one son Co 1 and a Dor’'? rthome and a daughter, Mrs. Harold Wiseman of Foldens.—(Staff Photo).George Fewster Elected Warden on 26th BallotGeorge Fewster. warden’s son and a warden's grandson yesterday carried the wardenship of Oxford into the third generation of his family.Reeve Fewster of North Nor­wich rose to the warden’s post by a bare majority over Reeve J. Grant Sutherland of East Nis­souri and Reeve Robert Rudy of Tavistock in the 26th ballot of Tuesday afternoon's election in the county council chamber.The newly elected warden is the son of Robert Fewster, warden of Oxford in 1916. and the grandson of William Fewster, warden of Ox­ford in 1887.The election, which was follow­ed by a council chamber jammed with spectators, had two out­standing features. Never before in Oxford's history has the warden- ship extended into the third gen­eration. The second feature of the contest, was its length. Not since 1925 when J. W. Innis won the wardenship on the 59th ballot has such a contest been held.Every year on the third Tues­day in January the members of the county council meet to elect a warden who will pre-ide over the sessions for the year. The election is by open ballot. Last year there was a move by York county to have a secret ballot. Oxford turn­ed down this suggestion. The open ballot is tradition here. Ballots are' taken until one candidate receives an outright majority. There are 21 votes in all and the winner must poll 11 to make election.'Councillors ano th«ir guests, fevery year the chamber Is fil­led with ex-warden#, township councillors, county and lawnshipofficials and many others) follow the voting with keen interest as each councillor announces the name of the candidate he is sup­porting on each ballot as his own name is called. Switching is part of the tradition, but many stick with the same candidate right through.Six reeves entered the race, which began at 2.15 Tuesday af­ternoon. Reeve George Fewster was nominated by Reeve Theodore Cooper of South Norwich; Reeve W. A. Cockburn of Blenheim by his deputy reeve, R. B. Fry; Reeve J. Grant Sutherland by his deputy reeve, J. Calvin McKay; Reeve Arthur Maedel of Norwich by Reeve George Wright of East Oxford; Reeve Robert Rudy by Reeve Oscar SIppcl of Blandford;: Reeve Alster Clarke of West Zorra by Reeve R. II. Clark of Embro.Added interest was given the contest by the fact, that the Reeve of Tillsonburg, K. H. Anderson Is entitled to two votes by virtue of the town having over 2,000 mun­icipal electors. With a deputy reeve, Roger Hawkins, Tillson­burg wielded three votes.On the first ballott the tally read: Fewster, 3; Cockburn, 5; Sutherland, 3; Maedel, 3; Rudy 3; Clark. 3.Reeve Maedel withdrew nt the and of the second ballot and was marked down by those wise in county council procedure us a probable candidate for the olfiuc In 1950. Reeve Clarke withdrew at the end of the third ballot and was accorded the same treatment.At the end of the 10th ballotReeve Cockburn requested that his name be withdrawn from the contest. The standing of the 11th ballot set the stage for the final vote. It read: Fewster, 8; Suth­erland, 7; R-udy, 6.The totals varied one or two votes for each of the three candi­dates right through to the 26th ballot.On the final bollot. Reeve An- |derson, who had been casting ihs two votes for Reeve Sutherland consistently from the 16th ballot swung his support from East Nis­souri to North Norwich and vo­ted for Fewster. Deputy Reeve Hawkins had been supporting Fewster for the 23rd, 24th and 25th ballots and he continued to vote that way. The vote on this ballot was Fewster, 11; Suther­land. 3; Rudy, 7.For Fewster, Anderson. Tillson­burg (2); Cockburn, Blenheim; Cooper, South Norwich; Fewster, North Norwich; Hawkins, Tillson­burg; Little, bereham; Maedel, Norwich; McBeth, Dereham; Fol­low,, West Oxford; Wright. East Oxford; total 11,For Sutherland. Clark. Embro, McKay. East Missouri; Sutherland, East Missouri; total 3.For Rudy, Clarke, West Zorra, Dunn, North Oxlord; Fry, Blen­heim; Killing, East Zorra; Me* IXmald, East Zorra; Rudy. Tavis­tock; Sippci, Blandford; total 7. Oxford's New Warden Assumes OfficeWarden of Oxford County for 1949, George Fewster, North Norwich, is shown in the upper picture shortly after he assumed the warden's chair yesterday. In the picture from left to right, are: Ex-Warden Gordon Ross, Warden-Elect Fewster, and Ex-Warden Milton Betteridge, East Nissouri. In the lower picture, Warden Fewster is shown receiving congratulations from Reeve Grant Sutherland, East Nissouri, left, and Reeve Robert Rudy, Tavistock, right.Agriculture Federation Seeking SupportThe request of the Federation of Agricul­ture for a grant of $2,000 from county council raises several interesting questions, many of which were asked by council mem­bers themselves.A large portion of township revenues go to county administration. This means that every taxpaying resident of Oxford outside the municipalities of Woodstock and Inger­soll, contributes in some measure to county revenues. This, of course, is as it should be. It is open to question, however, if the con­tributors should in effect be taxed for the support of an organization devoted to the interests of one particular group, even though it be the largest single group in the community at large.This argument gains point when it is considered that the Federation already re­ceives aid from some townships, in which case an added county grant would amount to a double tax.There is, too, the question of a township mill-rate levy in aid of the Federation. Not only does this place the township in the position of being a collecting agency for the Federation, but the system of collection, whereby the taxpayer must notify township officials of his refusal, places an undesirable pressure on the individual.The key question was asked by Reeve W. A. Cockburn of Blenheim, who wanted to know what support was given the Federation- by the commodity groups. Reeve Cockburn was getting at the heart of the matter there.This dissertation should not be interpret­ed as being antagonistic to the Federation. The county, provincial and national federa­tions are doing a worthwhile and necessary job and are deserving of the fullest support. Unless one believes that the end invariably justifies the means, however, the manner in which support is regimented when it may not be voluntarily obtained should be closely examined., In favor of the Federation, it should be noted that it works in the interest of the agricultural industry as a whole, and not of just one or two specialized groups within the industry. In this fashion, all agriculture benefits from the Federation’s efforts and achievements. The parallel is to trade union­ism, where the union leaders maintain that because all workers benefit from the efforts of the unions, all should contribute to the expenses. By the same token, the Federation could argue that all who benefit from the Federation’s efforts should contribute to the Federation. But there again the separate commodity groups enter the picture; they too are working on behalf of their members, and often may gain advantages which will benefit others outside a particular group. The fundamental question seems to be whether a compulsory toll can be justified.Year Seen By Warden“One nf the happi'-d moments of my life.” wax the description given by Warden George Fewster yesterday of the result of his election to the wardenship.Following his election the now warden; was escorted to his chair by Gordon Ross, warden in UMS. Warden Fewster requested Mr. Rohm to sit on his right and ex­Warden Milton nettarMge, who held the office in 1947, to sit on his left. jIn a brief Inaugural addreM, the warden extended congratula­tions to the members of the coun­cil who were elected to office and welcomed the new members of the ; council To the new members he offered assurance from personal experience that they would enjoy the work of the council.• Warden Fewster stated he real­ized the responsibility which had been placed on his shoulders but felt that w\th the able assistance of. the clerk, L. K- Coles, and the road superintendent, J. N. Meath- rell and the1*, co-operation of all the council that 1949 would be as successful as had the past years.Members of the 1949 council in­clude: Reeve W. A. Cockburn and Deputy Reeve R. B. Fry, Blen­heim: Reeve Theodore Cooper, South Norwich; Reeve A. P. Mae­del, Norwich; Reeve Oscar Sip- pel, Blandford; Reeve George F., Wright, East Oxford; Reeve Fred Killing, and Deputy Reeve W. J. McDonald, East Zorra; Reeve R. H. Clark, Em bro: Reeve Alster Clarke, West Zorra; Reeve J. Grant Sutherland and Deputy Reeve J. Calvin McKay, East Nissouri; Reeve H. P. Dunn, North Oxford; Reeve Thomas Pellow, West Oxford; Reeve Robert Rudy, Tavistock; Reeve K. H. Anderson and Deputy Reeve R. L. Hawkins, Tillsonburg; Reeve H. A. Little and Deputy Reeve Harley McBeth, Dereham.Ex-Warden Ross extended his congratulations to the new war­den and expressed the belief that history had been made in Oxford in rhe’ election of George Fewster, in that his father and grandfath­er had both been wardens. Later Mr. Ross stepped down into the audience and introduced the war­den’s son, Carl, who was present.Further, congratulations and wishes for success were expressed by ex-Warden Betteridge.”K. R. Daniel, M.P., offered his congratulations and spoke of the good spirit shown by all candi­dates in the contest. He said he had heard of the move for a sec­ret ballot for the wardenship but personally would prefer to see the open ballot as conducted yesterday afternoon. , , ,Other speakers included ex­Warden J. F. McDonald, East Zorra; Mayor L. A Currie. Till- sonburg; ex-Warden J. W. Innes, West Oxford; Sheriff A. A. Bis­hop; ex-Warden Calvin McKay, West Zorra; ex-Warden Alex Mc- Corquodale, East Nissouri.At the conclusion of the ad­dresses. the council settled down to the business of 1he January session with the reading of the minutes of the December session and the comunications. The mem- bers adjourned to meet at 10 o’­clock this morning.CONOR ATI! L ATIO NSOn Wednesday afternoon War­den George Fewster received a telegram from Mayor F. W. Mil­burn of Woodstock offering con­gratulations from the .city of Woodstock, the council and his worship, on Mr., Fewster’s elec­tion as watden on Tuesday. Three Generations of Fewster WardensWILLIAM FEWSTERROBERT FEWSTERElection of three generations of wardens from one family in Ox­ford has given an opportunity for a comparison of county admini­stration over a period of 62 years.At the start of Geoge Fewster’s first session as warden of Oxford earlier this week an appropriation was authorized for $132,500 as ex­penditure by the county on roads. In 1918 when his father, Robert Fewster, was warden the road ap­propriation was set at $18,820. At the time William Fewster, grand­father of George, was warden, in 1887. the council authorized an expenditure of $3,000 for county roads.Coincidence places an interval of 31 years between the time grandfather. William, was warden and when his son, Robert, rose to that office, 1887 to 1918, and an equal interval between Robert's time in office and when his sonCommitteesAre ChosenFor CountyOxford's 1949 county council members began tbe first business of their term in office this morn­ing by meeting in committee to el­ect standing committees for the year. The picking of committees continued through this afternoon.Communications, including sev­eral resolutions from other coun­ties, are awaiting consideration of the committees when they are set up.Among the resolutions were two from townships in Oxford, Dere­ham and North Norwich. Both township councils expressed op­inion in their resolutions that the compensation paid for reactors in the T. B. tests is not adequate un­der the present prices of cattle. They requested support of the county council in asking that com­pensation be increased to meet the current price of cattle.The Oxford Fruit Co-operative of Woodstock sent a resolution asking that Oxford take no action toward the appointment of a coun­ty assessor.Hastings county forwarded a resolution in which the provincial government is asked to amend the Jurors Act to provide that liti­gants be obliged to pay a deposit of $100 to the county before they are permitted to have their cases go to a judge and jury.Peterborough council in a reso­lution asks the provincial govern­ment to amend the Assessment Act to have the granting of dis- | counts and the imposition of pen- ■ allies on current taxes to be left to tin? discretion of the local mun­icipality..The enactment of legislation by the provincial government to haveGEORGE FEWSTERGeorge was elected, 1918 to 1949.William Fewster of North'Nor­wich was elected warden on Jan­uary 25, 1887, on the second bal­lot, The council of that year was composed of 34 members, 16 reeves and 18 deputy reeves. Woodstock and Ingersoll were both municipalities within the county structure. At the June ses­sion in 1887 the council sent a cablegram to Queen Victoria with a message of loyalty sion of her jubilee.In 1918 Robert North Norwich was den on January 22 on the occa-Fewster of elected war- on the fifthballot. The council was composed of 15 reeves and five deputy reeves, the same as the present county council. Woodstock and Ingersoll had been incorporated as separate municipalities in the meantime.The present warden, Georgecounty health unit costs paid by ; municipalities on a population bas- • is was the subject, of a resolution ’ forwarded by Kent county for support.The Ontario Conservation and Reforestation Association in a let- . ter requesting the annual $25 grant to the association drew at- ( tention to the strong public sup­port for conservation programs.As evidence of this support ' Watson Porter of the association, wrote in his letter that junior farmers have accepted conserva­tion as a major project; the De­partment. of Lands and Forest, un­able to meet demands for trees, is now developing two new nursery- stations; zone foresters have been located throughout the province; a soils department has been set up at O.A.C.; the conservation Authorities Act has been passed and 11 authorities established; the Trees Conservation Act has been passed and more than a dozen counties have passed the required tree cutting bylaw; the minister of agriculture has announced a dollar-for-dollar grant, to counties carrying on conservation projects; Halton county is assisting proper­ty owners to fence their woodiots; there is a widespread interest in soil problems and the need for soil drainage.The Salvation Army and Navy League requested grants in letters to the council.The Canadian National Institute for the Blind in requesting for a $300 grant stated the total num­ber of blind in Oxford is 27. Pre­vention is being carried on in nine cases. Other services to the blind in the county were outlined.Huron College, London, request­ed assistance with their proposed $900,000 building program. The University of Western Ontario sought assistance with their building program and intimated a delegation would visit the council this session.Alexandra Hospital Trust In Ingersoll advised the council that) contracts for the erection of a new hospital have been signed.The cost of the work will total $490,000, the letter said. Of this, $430,000 has been arranged forFewster of North Norwich, Elected on January 18 on the ballot. The third: generation been reached.was 26th hadHistory repeated itself during the January session of this coun­cil. Probably few, if any, of the! council were aware they were fol­lowing an earlier trail when they authorized a grant of $2,000 to the Ontario Plowmen’s Association providing the International Plow­ing Match is held in Oxford county in 195>.Up on the wall of the council chamber where the photos pf all past wardens are hung, ex-warden Robert Fewster's image must have smiled. At the January session in 1918 the councirauthorized a grant of $500 to the provincial plowmen's association if the international match would be held in Oxford.and action is being taken to plan for the balance. The board would like to receive whatever portion of the county’s grant which is now available.Ontario county sought support for several resolutions. Among these was one dealing with mile­age paid county councillors; re­quest for an increase in the bear and wolf bounty higher than $25; request for a secret ballot for the election of warden and that the Provincial Election Act be amend­ed to allow residents of county homes to vote.Fox Bounty Payment $552Bounty of $2 a pelt was paid on 261 foxes caught in Oxford during 1948, L. K. Coles, county clerk and treasurer, said Tuesday. A total of $522 was paid during the year.Oxford county pays a bounty on each pelt brought in to the clerk’s office during the whole year. Pay­ment of bounties on foxes began in 1915 to cut down the fox popu­lation of the county. In 1945 pay­ment was made on 640 pelts; in 1946 on 556; in 1947 on 276.)In 1947 the bounty was cut from the original amount of $4 to $2 and the number of pelts being brought in for bounty payment dropped.Blenheim township during the last year led the muncipallties in the county with 53 fox pelts brought in for the bounty. Other township totals were; Blandford 24, Dereham 25. East Nissouri 25, North Norwich 7. South Norwich 10, East Oxford 23, West Oxford 18. East Zorm 26. West Zorra 33.lio Action On F. of A. Grant Plea“No action at this time" will be taken by the Oxford county council on th*' request of th® county federal’ion of agricull me'/, request for a $2,000 grant;' LAn appeal for the grant was made on Friday Corning to coun­cil by Lloyd Smilh, Tillsonhurg president of the federation: D. E. Stauffer, Bright, vice-president, and Duncan MacLaren, Wood­stock, federation Goldman.Some members of the council expressed the opinion -that th® federation should seek Its support from local municipalities. They pointed out that some townships, have paid grants or tax levies to the federation and for the county to make a grant would be asses­sing those townships twice.On recommendation of the agri­culture committee under the chairmanship of Reeve'IL A. Lit­tle the council turned down the request. ■ •The resolutions of Dereham and North Norwich townships asking that the compensation now paid for reactors in the T.B. tests be increased were endorsed by coun­cil. Copies of the resolution will he sent to both the provincial and federal members and to the Do­minion minister of agriculture. A copy will also be forwarded to the Ontario Agricultural Council at its annual convention in Toronto on February 9 and 10.Reeve George Wright of East Oxford. Reeve Alster Clarke a West Zorra and Deputy Reeve FL R. McBeth of Dereham were nam­ed as delegates to the Ontario Agricultural Council convention. Reeve H. A. .Little and Reeve Clarke were appointed as repre­sentatives of the county council to attend the meeting on February 17 to discuss a memorial for the late G. R. Green.No action was taken on the re­quest of Ontario county to have the wolf and bear bounty act amended to allow an increase in the wolf bounty.Emerson Moulton of.Verschoyle was re-appointed county weed In­spector for 1949 at a salary of 50 cents ah hour and mileage at six cents a, mile.The council adjourned at five o'clock to meet again on Monday morning at 10 o'clock. It is ex­pected the January session will conclude on Tuesday evening.County Farm Has Profit Of $6,976The cost of administration of the Oxford County Home for 1948 was $10,058.06 of which Wood-, stock paid $3,206.76 and Ingersoll $1,131.53, the annual report of the board of management of the home informed members of county coun­cil this morning.A balance on the operation of the county farm, which is run in conjunction with the home, amounted to $6,976.47. Farm re­ceipts amounted to $13,348.81; ex­penses for the farm were $6,372.34.R. J. Forbes, manager of the home and farm, submitted the re­port and was in attendance when the statement was given to Coun­cil.The number of residents in the Borne on January 1 this ye ar was 63. There were 16 deaths of resid­ents during the year. Thirteen were admitted during the year.The net cost per week pet resid­ent was $2.94; the gross expend!-k per resident wstux’e per vniurweeksidents from Wr w< n thfrom Ingersoll in the home$2.19;ments and rv 1 werei palk a City’s Dignity Impaired, Wail City AidermenPresent quarters at thecitypolice court in the market building impair the dignity of Woodstock, members of the county council were told on Monday afternoonby a delegation from the city of thecouncil seeking the use county council chamber sessions of city court.Mayor F. W. Milbumfor th 5headed includedthe City delegation, which Aiderman D. A. Thomson, Alder-Pick County CommitteesFor Year’s Council Workman Harry Collins and James Hill, city treasurer.The request was made in open council find the delegation later met the county property commit­tee under the chairmanship of Reeve Robert Rudy of Tavistock. No decision was given by the com­mittee. but the city officials were assured their request would be given every consideration.Opening the discussion before council, Mayor Milburn said at the present time city court, is held in the police offices, which has not proven “too satisfactory" to the magistrate.“The magistrate and different member's of the court are over here (at the county courthouse) for county court. We would like consideration for the use of the county court room for two hours in the morning."City police court is held on Wednesday morning and county police court the same afternoon. Magistrate R. G. Groom of Till­sonburg presides over both courts.Aiderman Thomson stated the present quarters ol the Woodstock police court do not uphold the dignity of the city. He referred to the meeting between city and county officials last year when the five-year agreement between the city and county was drawn up, stating' the county property committee at that time had given assurance of co-operation.Alder man Collins supported Mr. Thomson's point that the dignity of the city was impaired by the present police court quarters.Reeve H. A. Little of Dereham enquired what was wrong with the present quarters. The mayor re­plied they were crowded and there was not sufficient room for wit­nesses.Reeve Rudy, in a question, said "We were told you were preparing a new court room."“We are working on a room," the mayor answered, “but it won't be satisfactory.”Reeve Theodore Cooper of South Norwich was returned to the chairmanship of the roads committee of the county council Wednesday afternoon when stand­ing committees met Io organize.Chairmanship of the property committee went to Reeve Robert Rudy of Tavistock. Reeve K. 11. Anderson of Tillsonburg was nam­ed chairman of the equalization committee. Chairman of the fin­ance committee is Reeve Fred Kil­ling of East Zorra.The board of the Oxford County and Ingersoll Health Unit will have two new members from , county council. Reeve W. A. Cock­burn, who was named to the Ijoard has been a member for some years. New members will be Warden George Fewster and Dep­uty- Reeve R. L. Hawkins of Till­sonburg. A. R. Horton is Inger­soll’s representative on the board again this year. Provincial repre­sentative is J. E. Juli of Norwich.County representatives named to the Oxford Library Co-opera­tive were Warden Fewster, Reeve W. A. Cockburn, Reeve A. P. Mae­del, Norwich; Reeve Robert Rudy.County members of the County- Home Board of Management, are:aid, East Zorra: Reeve T. Cooper.Education: Reeve A. P. Maedel, Reeve R. H. Clark, Embro; Dep­uty-Reeve J. Calvin McKay; Reeve Robert Rudy.Agriculture: Reeve H, A. Little; Reeve George Wright, East Ox­ford; Reeve Alster Clarks; Depu­ty Reeve H. R. McBeth, Dereham; Reeve Thomas Pellow.Printing and Resolutions: Reeve , R. H. Clark; Reeve George Wright: Deputy Reeve H. R. Mc­Beth, Deputy Reeve W. J. Mc­Donald, Deputy Reeve R. B. Fry. • Reforestation and Conservation; Reeve Oscar Sipple, Reeve Fred Kiling, Deputy Reeve H. R. Mc­Beth, Reeve George Wright, L. K. Colts, J. N. Meatherrell, Reeve H. P. Dunn.Recreation: Reeve K. H. Ander­son, Reeve A, P. Maedel , Reeve Thomas Pellow, Reeve Robert | Rudy, Reeve R. H. Clark,Warden Fewster, Reeve K. H. Anders-on, Reeve H. A. Little, Dereham. Mayor F. W. Milburn of Woodstock and Mayor J. G. Murray are members of this board.The county board of audit is composed of Reeve J. Grant Suth­erland, East Nissouri, and L. K. Coles, county clerk and treasurer. The juvenile court committee in­cludes Warden Fewster, Reeve R. H. Clark, Embro and L. K. Coles.Standing committees (first nam­ed chairman, last named secre- jtary) are:Roads: Reeve T. Cooper, South Norwich; Warden George Fews­ter; Reeve J. Grant Sutherland, East Nissouri.Finance: Reeve Fred Killing, East Zorra; Reeve Thomas Pellow, West Oxford; Deputy-Reeve R. B. Fry, Blenheim; Deputy-Reeve R. L. Hawkins, Tillsonburg; Deputy* Reeve J. Calvin McKay, East Nis­souri.Property: Reeve Robert Rudy, Tavistock; Reeve Alster Clarke, West Zorra; Reeve A. P. Maedel,] Norwich; Reeve Oscar Sipple, Blandford; Reeve K. H. Anderson, Tillsonburg.Equalization: Reeve K. H. An­derson; Reeve H. P. Dunn, North Oxford; Reeve H. A. Little, Dere- ham; Deputy Reeve W. J. McDon-"Civic Dignity Impaired", Woodstock Asking OxfordFor Use of Court HouseFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, Jan 24—A delegation from City Council appealed to County Council thin afternoon for permission to use the county court bouse for city police court."Oiir dignity is impaired,” the delegation maintained.After meeting the whole council the city delegation adjourned to meet the property committee*-------------------------------------------Oxford Library Budget Outlined, Coounty CouncilA budget for the year of $5,300 for the Oxford Library Co-opera­tive was outlined to county coun­cil on Thursday afternoon by the chairman, R. C. Brogden of In­gersoll.Included in the possible receipts for the year was a grant of $2,000 which was requested from the county council. Mr. Brogden ex­plained that the Department of Education would put up dollar- for-dollar with county grants. This would give the co-operative a provincial grant of $2,000. The hiring of a qualified librarian would bring the co-operative an­other $1,000 from the department. । Membership fees were estimated at $300.Main items of estimated ex­penditure were $2,000 for salary of a librarian, $600 for travelling allowance for the librarian and $1,500 for new books. Rent for quarters was set at $300.Th? county library co-operative needs central quarters, Mr. Brog­den said and the services of a full time librarian.Last year the co-operative had a circulation of books throughout Oxford as follows: 1,000 adult; 6,500 adult fiction and 374 child­ren’s books. The book stocks of the library consist of 533 aduit books. 7,089 adult fiction and 533 children's.The county council Wednesday appointed the warden and three members as representatives on the co-operative board. Those named were Warden Fewster, Reeve W. A. Cockburn of Blenheim, Reeve A. P. Maedel 'of Norwich and Reeve Robert Rudy of Tavistock. |Reject City Request for Chamber UseThe request of the city to the county council for the use of the county council chamber for the holding of Woodstock police court was refused yesterday by the county council.Adopting the report of ’he property commit toe. the county council refund to entertain the suggestion made by Mayor F. W. Milburn, Aiderman D. A. Thomson and Aiderman Harry Collins to the county on Monday afternoon.The city official^,maintained the present courtroom impairs the dignity of the city. Crowded condi­tions were given as the reason for the present quarters being un­satisfactory. New quarters being prepared in the market building were said by the mayor not to be adequate for the court.The property committee, under the chairmanship of Reeve Robert Rudy of Tavistock, presented the following recommendation which the council adopted:“That the request of the repre­sentatives of the city of Wood- stock, namely Mayor F. W. Mil­bum, Aidermen D. A. Thomson and H. Collins, asking permission to use the county council chambers for the holding of city police court be not entertained."We feel that the city police de­partment would function much better if the police court and ad­ministrative offices were in one building."As the Woodstock police of­fices are situated in the Wood- stock market building and as a suitable room for court purposes in the said building has already been re-decorated, lighted, etc., needing only heat and furniture, we believe that the city of Wood- stock should complete this room so that the administration of justice would be under one roof."The administrative offices and the court room (if the court were in the county council chamber) would be over three city blocks apart and we believe this would be unsatisfactory."We recommend that a copy of this report be sent to Mayor Mil­burn, City Clerk A. B. Lee and Alderman W. A. Reinhart, chair­man of the market and building committee.”under Reeve Robert Rudy, of Tavis­tock. No decision was reached by County Council.The delegation from the city was composed of Mayor Wilson Mil­burn. Aid. H. J. Collins. Aid. D. A Thomson and City Treasurer J. D. Hill. > IMayor Milburn said city police court, located in city police offices, is "’unsfitisfactory.” The mayor was questioned In turn by Reeve Rudy, Reeve W. A Cockburn. Blenheim, and Reeve H. A, Little, Dereham.wich, suggested the delegation "iron it out” with the property com­mittee.Ex-Mayor Thomson urged a strong cause, and said: “The pres­ent court house doesn't offer the dignity it should. It only means two hours a week. We would like you to co-operate with us. as we, I assure you, would be with you."Aid. Collina also nlty of city police paired. The main whether the set-upnoted the court wag question would beAftor considerablediscussion.manent or temporary. Mayordig- im- i was per- । Mil-,Reeve Theodor wlcb, and Ree\burn said it could be placed before louth Nor-1 County Council’s property commit-1 —**— -lice each year.A. P. Maedel, Nor-Council to Back Forestry Contest With Prize MoneyTlie county council decided yes­terday to continue its interest in the school forestry competitions in Oxford and on recommendation of the reforestation and conservation committee approved grants of $25 per township as prize money to schools entering the competition.The committee is composed of: Reeve Oscar Sipple, Slant chairman: Reeve Fred Killing, East Zorra; Deputy Reeve H. R. McBeth, Dereham: Reeve George Wright, East Oxford; Reeve H. P. Dunn, North Oxford; L. K. Coles, county clerk and treasurer; J. N. Menthrell, county engineer.The council on the committee's recommendation will lake outmembership again this year in the Ontario Conservation and Refor­(CHAIRMAN—Reeve Hany A. Little of Dereham was re-elected chairman of the agriculture com­mittee of the Oxford County Council this week. The committee is composed of Reeve Little, Reeve George Wright of East Oxford, Reeve Alster Clarke of West Zorra, Deputy Reeve H. R. McBeth of Dereham and Reeve Thomas Pellow of West Oxford.estation Association. Oxford Plans Memorial to G. R. Green, O.A.C. Scholarships, Park SuggestedFederation of Agriculture Asks County Council GrantOfficials of the Oxford Fedora- mated the amount to be about tion of Agriculture appealed to $500.county council this morning lor a Deputy Reeve W. J. McDonald grant’ of $2,000 to assist them in.’^ Kast Zorra enquired how many1 carrying on their work in Oxlord. township • were levying the fifth’As the work of the January of mill (ax session got underway Mr. Smith answered that IwoOn Thursday afternoon R. C. ham and Blenheim.Brogden ot Ingersoll spoke to 't This reply brought several re-I council on behalf of the Oxford plies from 'around the council in­Library Co-operative. A delegation dlcating that other townships had from the Oxford Plowmen's Assi-: passed the bylaw to make the levy, elation met with the council in , Reeve Thomas'PeliOW of West Ox- ( committee to seek support in i ford .Deputy Reeve McDonald and their efforts to bring the Inter- Warden George Fewster were all national Plowing Match to Oxford heard to remark their townships,in 1951. With the delegation were Harley McBeth, Salford, president; A. D. Robinson. Ingersoll. 1st vice- president, and George Bell, agri­cultural representative and secre­tary of the association.This morning the council heard piauitxI ,(.U1 U1V1 lllQl oCharles Shaw, representative o made jn some townships on a the Navy League of Canada and card system but thc federation E, Grills, field secretary of Cana- wag jntendjng to call on all town- dian National Institute ior the councps in an effOrt to make1 the levy “compulsory.”Council continued to meet m -• 1committees throughout today andplanned to adjourn late this after- resume for two days nextnoon to week.Lloyd Smith. Tillsonburg. presi­dent of the Oxford Federation of Agriculture, headed that organiza- tion's delegation which also in-' eluded D. E. Stauffer. Bright, vice- president. and Duncan McLaren. Woodstock, fieldman.“We are broke”, both Mr. Smith and Mr. Stauffer told the council. Mr. Smith outlined the federation’s need for office space and for the retention of the services of Mr. McLaren as fieldman. He spoke of weed control meetings which were held in Blenheim by that ... ---------- • . , Mr. Smith pointed out that even,townships federation of agncui municipalities were on the~ —.-P n'nK'n FAACT^TA IASI .° , c j __fifth of a mill system the federa- l tion would still not be eble to getture and of those which began last night in Ostrander. by Dereham township's federation.Mr. McLaren outlined the aims of the federation in Oxford in the 1— — —j- r t . tion, asked if the federation was:consolidation of farm oiganiza- ( s.u ported by the commodity ; tions and groups. He told of 3b < lg.foups. Mr. Smith replied that; farm forums new meeting in Ox-, federation had outgrown the ford. Possibilities for federation pojnt where support from commod- ] work in this county are great, Mr. | -ty groups was sufficient to carry all the business.tions and groups. He told of 35McLaren stated.The federation through educa-j tional work counld counteract con- iumer opinion that the farm peo­ple are bleeding them through food prices, Mr. Stauffer said. He pointed out that if all townships were lowing through taxes a fifth of a mill for the federation of agriculture there would be no need for the appeal to county council.Reeve W. A. Cockburn of Blen­heim asked if the federation did not receive money from the com-modify groups in the county."Yes, a small amount,” Mr. Smith replied'. Mr. McLaren esti-On Monday, too, a delegation from city council met with the property committee of county council to discuss the possibility of transferring the weekly sessions of city police court to the county court house.City delegates felt that the city’s “digni­ty” was being hurt by the holding of city court in the present location.The reference to the city’s dignity is rather quaint, when one considers two things:The garbage cans that decorate the city’s sidewalks, lawns and roads before, during and after garbage collections; andThe chairman of the market and build­ings committee, the body whose responsi­bility covers civic buildings, was not a mem­ber of the delegation to county council—and as far as we can make out, was not even informed of the matter.they were sure, had passed the by­law.Mr. Stauffer explained that' seme townships had been canvass-I ed on a partial basis.The federation president, ex-1 plained further that a canvass hadMr. Stauffer hastened to explainthat the levy could not be made compulsory but that in order to be exempt from the levy, the tax payer must send an official letter to' the township clerk stating he refused to pay the levy.Reeve Cockburn was of the opinion that financing of the fed- ; eration should be handled through the local municipalities. By the county making a grant some town­ships' which have already made levies or paid grants to the federa­tion would find themselves being assessed twice.Reeve H. A. Little of Dereham supported Mr. Cockburn. Dere­ham, he said, paid $432 last year.by this yeai.Mr. Cockburn, in another ques-onPension Boards Are AbolishedLocal boards set up to handle applications for old age pensions and mothers' allowances have been abolished. This has been made known in a communication from B. W. Heise, deputy minister of public welfare, to board mem­bers.Mr. Heise said the total number; of pensioners has reached a re­cord high for the province. He did| hot announce the number.The local boards were eliminat-. ed in accordance with the new On­tario Old Age Pensions and Mothers' Allowances Acts, which set up new procedures of handling the applications.R. W, Ferguson, chairman of the Woodstock board, stated to­day that he and other members of the board have already received their notification and that step; uro now being taken to carry out the orders.L. K. Coles, county clerk and1 treasurer, who is secretary of the Oxford county board, said this morning ho had received notice from the Department of Public Welfare fur Ontario that local boards will not be re-appointed, clerks of municipalities will con Untie to take applications, a let­ter to Mr. Coles .stated, but these will be forwarded direct to the' commission.Deficit ofCounty Set At $4,608A deficit of $4,608.97 at the end of 1948 was reported to Oxford county council this morning bj the county's auditors, Monteith and Monteith. Expenditure for the year was $323,461.01. An amount of $318,852.04 was provided for by county rates.The report, outlined the county's financial standing as of December 31, 1948. On motion of Reeve Fred Killing and Deputy Reeve W. J. McDonald of East Zorra the re­port. was adopted.A comparison of estimates and actual revenues and expenditures for the year was included in the report as follows: (the first figure given is the estimate, the second actual expenditure, the third the deficit or excess)General purposes, administra­tion of justice and county build­ings. $23,217, $26,122.01, deficit $2,905.01; agriculture and fox bounty, $7,125, $6,723.43, $401.57;registry office, $1,500, $893.07, $606.93; education (payable by the county) $425, $365.94, $59.06; gen­eral administration, $18,815, $20,- 546.50, deficit $1,731.50; miscel­laneous, $1,300, $374.86, $925.14; \ health unit, $18,407.47, $18,407.47; reforestation $3,000, $3,005.02, def­icit, $5.02. Totals $73,789.47, $76,- 438.30, deficit $2,648.83.Less miscellaneous receipts of: $4,789.47, $7,704.43, $2,914.96. To­tals $69,000, $68,733.87, $266.13.Charity and welfare: $83,600, $86,437.12, deficit $2,837.12.County roads, $130,000, §133,- 439.05, deficit, $3,039.05.Vocational secondary education, $837.73, $995.19, deficit $156.46.Academic secondary education, $35,413.31, $34,255.78, $1,157.53.Totals (county rates) $318,- 852.04, actual expenditure, $323,- 461.01, deficit, $4,608.97.After the estimates for the year had been made, a grant of $2,000 was authorized for the St. Marys Hospital Building Fund, $8,000 was set aside toward the construc­tion of the registry office and the council also authorized payment of surcharge for county residents at­tending hospitals outside of the county.The Oxford County and Inger­soll Health Unit's statement । of revenue and expenditure during the past year was included in the auditor's report. Revenue for the unit totalled $43,988.71. Total ex­penditure was $42,629.82. This left an excess of revnue over expen­diture of $1,358.89.Cost of operation of the unit was met as follows: County of Ox­ford $18,407.47, Province of On­tario, $21,938, Ingersoll, $3,530.50, miscellaneous revenue $112.74.EntertainmentAt County HomeThe folks at the county home in Woodstock were entertained last night with a program spon­sored by Mr. and Mrs- Gordon House and I he Novelty Roys.Les McKerrall introduced Mr. House, who acted as chairman for the evening.Old time songs and music along with Irish and Scottish melodies featured I he evening’s program. Many of the old time pieces were requested b ythe old folks.Those taking part in the pro­gram were Bert South with traps and drums; Sid South, Sr., with accordion and harmonica; Gordon Manship, guitar and Sid South, Jr., with novelty songs,After the program treats were distributed to everyone, after which R. Forbes expressed appro-elation for the fine eveni tertainmenl.en-Plans for a memorial to the lateG. R, Green are being ma< suggestions are now beinjrdmltled to a committee in prepara­tion for a general meeting of rep­resentatives of all fcjrm organiza­tions In Oxford on February 17.A letter sent out by the com­mittee was received yesterday by the Oxford county council. Or­ganizations arc asked to name a representative to be present at the meeting and to offer them sug­gestions for a memorial, Two sug­gestions being considered sc far are the ostablsihing of scholar­ships at the Ontario Agricui tuz a I College and the laying om of a memorial park which will bear Mr. Green's name.Mr, Green came to Oxford as agricultural representative of the Ontario Department of Agricul­ture. "G.R.” as he was known, served Oxford and its farmers for 34 years until his death while on a minting trip in the fall of 1947.During his term in office th? growth of agriculture in this coun­ty was marked by milestones nf great importance to the county. The Oxford Farmers’ Co-opera Uve Produce Company Ltd. received much impetus and assistance from Mr. Qreen, One of his earliest works was the organization at school fairs. In his last two years, Mr. Green was active in the re­turn of the fairground property io the Woodstock Agricultural So­ciety and its development into the comunity centre which it is to- ■ day. The Oxford Holstein Artifi­cial Breeding Unit was another project in which he took a deep interest.County Road Expenditure $292,234.44The 20th annual report of the county road superintendent. J. N MeathreH, was presented to coun­ty council this afternoon. The re­port showed expenditure on the county road system to be $292 - 234.44. Department of High wavs subsidy for county roads both paid and estimated to be owin’ amunted to $142,713.72. A deficit of $3,039.05 was recorded on the 1948 program. The general levy by the county for the road sve- tem was $130,000.A summar of rozd txpendi lures was given in the report to include: Construction, roads,, dav labor. $105,242.36; construction.* bridges and culverts, day labor. $4,062.56: maintenance, roads, day labor. $136,206.92; maintenance, bridges and culverts, day labor. $8,361.43; machinery purchases, $4,505; land purchased, $382.40; drainage as­sessments, $60.11; overhead. $21 - 662.48.The report wsa considered at the^ session this afternoon.Committee meetings occupied the latter part of the morning and a portion of the afternoon as the council worked against time to finish the January session by five o'clock this afternoon.Second readings were given sev­eral bylaws this morning tn pre­paration for the third and final readings this afternoon.Reeve K. H. Anderson and De­puty Reeve R. L. Hawkins of Till­sonburg moved the second reading of the bylaws to provide for ex­penditure on county roads; Reeve‘ 1 i++k* end Deputy Reeve H. R. McBeth of Dereham the bylawpass aiders arounReeve George Wright of East Ox­ford and Reeve Oscar Sipple of Blandford the bylaw (o make ap­pointments for the year; Reeve A P. Maedel of Norwich and Reeve Alster Clarke of West Zorra the bylaw to appoint the county road committee; Reeve T. Cooper of South Norwich and Reeve J. Grant Sutherland of East Nissouri the bylaw to authorize the warden and clerk Io borrow money tomeet current ex per taxes are collected.Property finance I uro committees me before the noon recctheunand agricul- this morning OXFORD TO MAKE BIDFOR INTERNATIONALCounty Tax Requirements Estimated to be $297,000ment of this amount as part of the county grant Io the hospital board was authorized.No grant was recommended for the -Health League of Canada.Faced with the problem of rais­ing the equalized assessment of the county by half a million dol-L, K. Coles be honorary secretary- treasurer and Magistrate R. G. Groom an honorary member of the hoard. Members of county council on the board are: Reeve A, P. Maedel, Norwich; Reeve W. A. Cockburn. Blenheim; Reeve Rudy and Warden George Fewster.The committee’s recommcnda-Estimated tax requirements for Fred Killing, East Zorra, repotted.the county this year were given Actual expenditure in 1948 by iars imsby the finance committee yester- the county was $323,461.01. Coun-1 committee, uuun ummuax- uun ior a gram or to me day at the end ot the January ses- ty rates in 1948 were $318,852.04.1 ship of I^eve K. H. Anderson of library co-operative was approved sion o! county council. An esti- A deficit of $4,608.97 appeared TiUsonburg, has decided to call the ' ”mated amount of $297,500 will be j last year. I assessors of the county's munici-required to be raised in taxes forlars this year, the equalizationunder the chairmantion for a grant of $2,000 to the- ------- ------ — . The finance committee allowed1949 expenditure, the committee an appropriation of $132,500 for under the chairmanship of ReeVe(the road committee with the rec-assessors of the county's munici-by council.County Council Hears ReportsMembers of county council meeting this morning to resume their January session were given the option of finishing up their business this evening or rotv: ng Tuesday and adjourning Tuesday! afternoon. With their Vmir •. on; the icy condition of the road. the) majority of council voted hi .or' of finishing their .work to: row and driving home in daylight.This morning the council heard the report of Dr. O. C. F.i.ers, medical officer of health vi. . the Oxford County and Ingersoll Health Unit, and the annual re-1 port of the Oxford County Home and Farm, presented by R. J. Forbes, manager.Requests for grants were receiv­ed from the Banner Counties Guernsey Club and from the Health League of Canada.The Banner Counties Guernsey Club takes its membership from Oxford. Norfolk and Brant. The club requested financial assistance in the promotion of barn meetings, calf clubs and as prize money for the club’s show to be held at some fall fair in the three counties.The Ingersoll Suburban Road Commission presented its program for tiie year at an estimated cost oi $3,040.32. The cost of this work is shared by the town of Inger­soll, the county and the Depart­ment of Highways through provin­cial grant. The commission propos­es to do some resurfacing on the ' westerly portion on Road 9, the Hamilton Road, and the majority of its work on maintenance of Road 9 and Road 10, the Culloden Road, The amount to be paid by Ingersoll this year is $1,000, |It was announced that T. S. Caldwell, divisional engineer with the Department of Highways, will meet with the council Tuesday, jommendatiort that they not exceed the amount. Last year's road ap­propriation was $130,000.The total amount to be spent on county roads this year is estimated at $291,240. Of this amount $158,- । 740 is estimated as subsidy to be! paid by the Department of High-ways.Other items in the estimatesThe education committee rec-' ommended that its members be delegates to the O.E.A. convention in the courthouse in Woodstock in Toronto and that membership will review the assessment picture be taken in the association.palilies to a meeting on February IS. The meeting wihch will be heldover the entire county. The county road committeeThe equalization committee rec-1 wax appointed by bylaw as fol­lows: Reeve J, Grant. Sutherland, East Nissouri, a member for threeommended filing of the resolutionreceived from the Oxford Fruityears; Reeve Theodore Cooper.Growers’ Co-operative. The reso- years; Reeve Theodore Cooper. lution asked that no action be South Norwich, a member for twoyears; Warden Fewster, a mem- I ber for one year. Reeve Maedel The report of the property com-[ 7"^ Clarke of WextImitteo, under the chairmanship of1 ^aw n°UghReeve Robert Rudy of Tavistock, U 25^ror-mtnmAnAaa R- McBeth of Dereham was intaken on the appointment of a county assessor.were: general purposes, $75,000, actual expenditure last year was r _____$76,438.30; charity and welfare,1 recommended hand railings for $85,000. actual expenditure last the front steps .of the courthouse year $86,437.12; secondary and vo- and a new sidewalk for the court- cational education, $5,000. | house. Repairs will also be madeGrants authorized on the com­mittee's recommendation included: Salvation Army Rescue Home, $300; Canadian National Instituteto the courthouse wall and to the eavest roughs. The report was ad­opted.... kk--------------1 The report of the librarylor the Blind, $300; Navy League co, - operative committee recom- of Canada, $100. mended that H, L. Kipp of Prince-x As £?unty has raised by ton- R- c- Brogden of Ingersoll and $26’250 in 1946- 1947 and George Lees of Norwich be ap- 1948 for the construction of the uointed members of the Oxford Li- new hospital in Ingersoll, the pay- brary Co-opecative Board and thatCounty Council Grants $2,000 for Plowing Match If Held in Oxford in ’51Oxford county council placed ternational for 1951. This year the themselves solidly behind the1 county organization decided to docounty plowmen's association yes­terday in the association's efforts to bring the International Plow­ing Match to Oxford in 1951. Not since 1921 has the big match, and it has been growing every year since, been held in this county.On the recommendation of itsthe job properly in a manner fit­ting this great county. They char- ) tered a bus for the Toronto trip and invited the entire county) council to join the delegation.; With their recent trip to the In-j Ftcrnational Plowing Match held atLindsay last fall fresh in theiragriculture committee, the council minds, the council accepted theinvitation with enthusiasm.approved a grant of $2,000 to the invitation with enthusiasm.Ontario Plowmen's Association! The agriculture committee, un- with the provision that the inter- der the chairmanship of Reeve H.the chair when the bylaw was read in committee.Other routine bylaws authorized the borrowing of money to meet current expenses until taxes are collected; the borrowing of money; on the county road system and the | passing of orders and accounts.A bylaw was passed making ap­pointments for the year. Reeve Geroge Wright of East Oxford 1 and Reeve Oscar Sipple of Bland­ford piloted this bylaw. Reeve 1 Rudy was in the chair as it pas-1 sed through committee.Appointments made under the bylaw were: Auditors of criminal: justice account, J. Grant Suther­land and L. K. Coles; county solic­itors. MacDougall and Whaley; secretary to the board of man­agement of the county home, L. K. Coles; messenger to* the county council, Tom Pye; inspectors of auctioneer, poultry, peddler and junk licenses, Tillsonburg, chief of police; Embro. Ed Collins: Tavis­tock, chief of police; Blandford, B. M. Wilson: Dereham. Emerson Moulton; East Nissouri, Harry- Haynes; East Oxford. James Mc­Dowell; South Norwich, Arthur Kilpatrick; North Norwich, James Dennis; North Oxford, James Ruddick; West Oxford, Stanley Allan; East Zorra, Clarence Park­er; West Zorra. John Smith.Council adjourned at five o’clock until the March session.der the chairmanship of Reeve H.national be held in Oxford in two A. Little of Dereham, recommend­year's time. The council decided to ed in their third report, which the set aside a third of the amount in council adopted, that no change be this year’s estimates and recom-Imade in the amount paid in as fox mended that the councils of 1950 bounty. The present bounty is $2and 1951 do likewise.i per pell. Pelts must, be brought inSPLIT BRANT TERMBRANTFORD, Jan. 18 — Reeve Lewlift F. Osborne, of South Dumf­ries, elected this morning as war­den of Brant County for 1949, this afternoon tendered his resignation to Clerk-treasurer R. E. W. Law- rason, to become effective June 30.Thin was in accordance with his offer made this morning to Reeve Emerson Chambers, of Burford Township, to share the wardenship with him for half the year, Mr. Chambers sought the office, butMeeting with a delegation from to the county clerk and treasurer the Oxford Plowmen's Association for bounty payment within 14 days during the January session of of the kill.council, which ended Tuesday, the No actipn will be taken at the council decided to add a personal present time on the request of the touch to the request and at the Banner Counties Guernsey Asso- same time give evidence of their elation. The association, which has support of the county association.' membership in Oxford, Norfolk They will attend the Ontario and Brant, sought a grant to pro­Plowmen's Convention in a body mote Guernsey breeding by barn on February 8 when formal re-J meetings, calf clubs and prize quest for the big match will be money for breed shows at fallmade.Last February a small dclcga-I fairs.Reeve Little and Reeve GeorgeMr, Oftbome won out, and proponed the half-and-half ran gem ent.County officials here saidthen ar-theybelieved the plan had never before been adopted in Ontario.tion from Oxford requested the in- Wright of East Oxford were ap­pointed county council representa­tives on the Woodstock Agricul­tural Society. The annual meeting of the Woodstock society Is being held on January 29, at 1.30 p.m. in the board room of the Department of Agriculture in Woodstock.Emerson Moulton, county weed inspector, was appointed as the county delegate io the Ontario | Crop Improvement convention in Toronto.It a beautiful. Elmo., .if only I didn't have to make such« silly promise to get j|j” ANNUAL SHORT COURSE IN AGRICULTURE STARTSFire Destroys Princeton Schoo - - ISIWs:'. , - .: . * ■ ■ Only Shell Remains ?.■ Ml? ' ■ ' •stw: > - ■ ■baiSB# .. FIRE WHICH WAS FIRST NOTICED at about 6.45 p.m., swept I the $100,000 structure. The only portions of the building left stand- through the Princeton publIc<onUnuatlon school last night, guttingling today were three walls.—(Staff Photo). Of $100,000 School After Disastrous Fire -A $100,000 fire completely de- ’ could not respond, assistance was troyed the public and continuation immediately called from surround- school at Princeton last night. ing districts. The fire, believed to have origin- Mr. Austin said he noticed ate in the basement of the school, fire in tlie end o. the building gutted the 70-year-o!d structure, thest away from the which had just recently been re- in an unused part of the novated. The building was covered, I He said the chimney from by insurance to the extent of about er room and a fan and motor were $50,000, it was reported.located in Firemen battled the stubborn ment. It was not ascertained h the blaze for several hours and con- motor was in operation. tinued to pour hundred? of gallons i The volunteer bucket brigade of water on the building even after headed by Fire Chief Roy Carson- there was nothing le.t but the of Prince:on led hundreds of Qis- shell. The cause of the fire, which was first noticed by School Trustee Charles Austin about 6.45 pjn., was not determined, but Mr. Aus­ tin said that when he was passing the building he noticed the blaze through the ba-ement window. He quickly spread the alarm. After the Princeton fire depart­ | trict reZdcnts in a gallant but i losing battle to save the building. Eight or ten milk trucks were kept busy from the time of the outbreak to around 10 o’clock carrying water in milk cans to the fire engines which poured hun­ dreds of gallons on the blaze, the gl^re of wh th could be seen for . nule^ around, ment was notified, it was discover- E. Wniiimgton, caretaker of the ed that the local chem’cal fire school, said he left the burling truck would not work. Fire de- about 6 pun. and nothing « partments from Woodstock and amis • at that time. Paris were notified and quickly It was thought that no definite responded. The blaze was kept from spreading despite the high winds. It was* telt that the fire might have been brought under control before such extensive damage had been caused if the chemical truck plans would be made to set up a temporary school until the school trustees met. possibly within a day or two. Until that time the 128 pupils attending the school and ; had been in working condition. As Brown, isoon as it was discovered the truck- holiday. Miss E. Wells, E, Yeandh'y. C Brown, and F. Shaw, may have a BEACHVILLE YOUTH WINSJack Hargreaves Winner Of Junior Farmer ContestONTARIO AWARDJack Hargreaves of Beachville last night won the finals of the Ontario public speaking compc tition for junior farmers.Speaking on oC.ti«enship in the Rural Community,” the topic of his addresses in winning the coun­ty, zone and district awards. Jack bested four other speakers. George Richardson of Burns! own, Ever-1 son Norton of Locust Hill, Myrna Coulson of Unionville and Velma Ferguson of Heusall.The rural public speaking and amateur entertainment contests were part of the annual meeting of the Ontario Federation of Ag- ricuture at its two-day session in Toronto.All entrants In the contest were drawn from farm young people. Time limit on the speeches in the । contest was ten minutes. Final­ists were required to give an im­promptu speech of three minutes1 as well as their prepared speech.Jack’s prize is the Junior Far= mers’ Challenge Trophy.Judges of the public speaking were: Miss Ethel Chapman, Wo­men’s Eidtor of the Farmers’ Mag­azine; Mrs. J. R. Futcher, presi­dent, Federated Women's Insti­tutes of Ontario; Dr. G. E. Rea- man, head of the English depart­ment at O.A.C.; Rex Frost, farm radio commentator.PROVINCIAL WINNER—Jack Hargreaves of Beachville, Oxford Junior Farmer who was winner of the Junior Farmer public speak­ing contest held in conjunction with the three-day annual meeting of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture in Toronto.—(Canada Wide Photo).Senator D. Sutherland Passes onThe death occurred at the fam­ily residence, Lot 7, concession 1, North Oxford on Saturday after­noon, January 1st, 1949, of Sena­tor Donald Sutherland, husband of Minnie Pearl Hossack. He had been in failing health for some time. Born in West Zorra town­ship, the son of the late Robert and Elizabeth Sutherland, he was in his 86th year.Prominent in the farming life of North Oxford for many years, he had served the community as a member of the North Oxford council in 1896 and was first elect­ed as a representative for the South riding of Oxford in the On­tario Legislature in the general election of May 28, 1902. He was re-elected in the general election of January 25, 1905 and defeated in the general election of 1908. He was the unsuccessful candidate for the House of Commons seat for the riding in October 1908.Senator Sutherland was ap­pointed director of colonization and immigration for Ontario by the James P. Whitney government on March 10, 1909. He resigned that position on August 8, 1911 to again contest the riding of South Oxford at the general election for the House of Commons on Sep­tember 21, 1911 and was elected. He was the first Conservative elected in Oxford for either the i provincial legislature or the House of Commons since Confed­eration. Mr. Sutherland moved the address in reply to the speech | from the throne during the speci­al war session of August 9. 1914. He was re-elected at general elec­tions in 1917, 1921, and 1925. He was made a member of the Privy Council and appointed Minister without Portfolio in the Meighen Cabinet, on July 19, 1926. Defeat­ed in the general election of 1926 ] he resigned with the Meighen Cabinet on September 26, 1926. A campaigner of determination, he was defeated in the general elec­tion of 1930 and also in a by-elec­tion in 1934. He was summoned to the Senate of Canada on J,uly 20, 1935.He was a member of St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Ingersoll I and attended faithfully while health permitted.Surviving besides his widow are five sons and two daughters; । Group Captain Robert Bruce, D.F.C., R.A.F., (Rtd.), Lt.-Col. William Evan, O.B.E., and Donald Baikie and John Angus, at home; Lt.- Col. James Burleigh, D.S.O.. O.B.E., British Army of the Rhine, Germany; Miss Jean Elizabeth, B.A., at home and Mrs.. Gerald Pirie (Olive Helen), North Ox­ford; seven grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Hugh Sutherland, Thamesford.The late Senator Sutherland is resting at the family residence, where the funeral service will be held on Tuesday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock. Rev. George W. Murdoch, of St. Paul's Presbyterian Church will officiate. Entombment will take place at the Ingersoll Mauso­leum.Review Question Of City Joining With Health UnitThe question of whether or not to enter the county 'health unit was reviewed at last night's fin­ance committee meeting.Treasurer James Hill reviewed, the financial sides of the argu­ment. Tlie per capita cost in 19481 he pointed out, was 80 cents. With the proposed addition of a new nurse, the expenditure Wild be boosted considerably this year and the per capita cost would he 93 cents if Woodstock maintained its own health unit.If Woodstock entered the unit, it was pointed out, the figure would go to about $1.15 but the government grant of one third of that would lower it to an actual; 76.6 cents per [H'rson.After a lengthy discussion pro and con, Alderman Don Thomson (suggested that Mr. Hill phone the councils of other cities who had entered county units and find their reactions so that a complete report could be made at Monday night's session of council. He im­plied that the cities who entered such units were usually glad to get out after h year or so, and th;t if Woodstock entered and found the ^nme situation, It would be dif­ficult. to get a city board started again.James Johnston Ex-Reeve Dies In Otterville.ston, a ford years, ville earlyyears of ill four weeks he to his bed.John- the Ox- for eight in Otter- after five the past confinedMr. Johnston would have been 86 years old in March of this year. He was born near Cathcart in Bur­ford township. In 1884, he moved to Milldale where he farmed suc­cessfully until his health forced him to retire. During the time he farmed he served as a councillor of South Norwich township for five years and then was reeve of the township for eight years. He served his last term in this office in 1933.For 18 years he was secretary­treasurer of the school board at Milldale. In 1906 he made a trip to Scotland and brought back a fine team of Clydesdale horses.Mr. Johnston had lived at his present home in Otterville for the past five years. He was a member of the Society of Friends.Surviving are his wife and one daughter, Mrs. Roy Deer of Bur- gessville. There are also five grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Lizzie McIntyre and Miss Nellie Johnston, both of Cathcart.The late Mr. Johnston is resting at the Addison Funeral Home where the funeral service will be held on Saturday, January 15, at 2 p.ni. Interment will be in the Friends' Cemetery, Quaker street, Norwich. । OXFORD COUNTY public speaking charppion Elizabeth Ann Carr- Harris, 12. of West Zorra, is seen being congratulated and presented j with her two trophies by Dr. H. P. Granger, president of the Wood- stock Lions Club. Looking on proudly are Elizabeth’s teacher, Mrs. Alvin McKay, and A. D. Robinson, president of the Trustees and Ratepayers Association which sponsors the contest, held Saturday in the court house, at Woodstock. Miss Carr-Harris, who was born in India, gave an account of a panther hunt in that country in which the principals were her father and mother.— (Staff Photo).PLATTSVILLENew Arena Opened Year After Rink Burned Down; $25,000 Raised in VillageNEW SKATING RINKZorra Girl Zone WinnerElizabeth Anne Carr-Harris of West Zorra, who recently won the Ox.ord county public pchool oratory contest, has gone on to take top honors in the Hamilton zone contest. The contest, sponsored by the Ontario Ratepayers and Trus­tees Association, was held in Caledonia and included final­ists from Haldimand, Brant, Lincoln, Norfolk, Welland, Wentworth and Oxford coun­ties-Miss Carr-Harris, whose brother Jim recently won the Woodstock collegiate sen­ior boys' contest, spoke on the same topic, "A Panther Hunt,” that won the Oxford championship for her. It. is the story of a search for a cattle-killing panther. The hunt took place in India, where her father, Lt.-Col. Carr-Harri# was stationed for 13 years and where Elizabeth Anne was born.County Battered by Gale Gusts Hit 75-Mile ForceA 75-mile-an-hour wind batter­ed Oxford county last night tear- I ing down trees, roofs and buildings and leavin' many areas without' telephones or electricity.The damage is sill! being total- ' led and it isv "Hlill impossible to make any estimate of its extent" | insurance officials reported. Claims arc reaching insurance of-1 floes from as far west ns Sam- i katchrwan and from as far east as Toron to.So far it appears that NorthNorwich was hardest hit of the local areas. In that section the violent gusl.s of wind tore off whole sections of barns and hous­es.East Zorra reported disruption of hydro and phone service* which in some sections had not been re­lieved late this morning. Some schools could not start at the us­ual hour. These and out-building* wore pushed over.Woodstock hydro and communi­cations repairmen could not be contacted this morning, as all hands werft busy repairing end chocking storm damage,Speaking to an audience that packed the court house council chamber on Saturday morning, red-headed Elizabeth Ann Carr- Harris, 12. or West Zorra town­ship, became the champion orator of the Oxford county public schools.Her true story of a panther hunt in India, in which her father, Lt.-Col. E. Carr-Harris, O.B.E. and her mother played the leading parts, was told with realism and a dramatic timing that enabled her to win out over a field of 13 final­ists. acclaimed by judges as the best and most evenly matched contestants in the history of the Trustees and Ratepayers Associa­tion annual event.Besides winning the Lions’ club trophy and a trophy presented an­nually by Charles Mil ton of Blen­heim. Miss Carr-Harris won the privilege of competing in the Hamilton district finals and pos­sibly the Ontario championships. Right behind her were Shirley Cucksney of North Norwich who spoke on “Canadian Schools on Wheels” and David Allen of Wood- stock who told the story of nylon. These two also won Lions trophies for their good work. The fourth and fifths prize winners, who were given Lions club medals, were Jack Edwards of West Oxford and Mary Anne Moore of South Nor­wich.The other contestants were awarded cash prizes by the Lions. They included: Billie Chesney, Blenheim townshin: Joanne Riest. Janet Hart, Janet Gamham. Lin­da Lounsbury. Barbara Start. Grace Larder. Joyce Meckbach.Many favorable comments were heard about the contest. Public school inspector L. B. Hyde said he could remember when the con­tests were embarrassing to listen to but this year's contest, because of the poise, assurance, and excel­lent choice of subject matter dis­played. was thoroughly interesting.In presenting the awards. Dr. H. P. Granger, president of the Woodstock Lions club, said the quality of the speeches spoke well for the success of the coming gen­eration.Spokesman for the judges, J. C. Herbert, in announcing the decis­ion of W. P Kirkwood, of TUlxnn- burg, Gordon Bailey of Wood- stock, and himself. Stressed the I 11VH imH Q3H3VS I Co-operation of All Watershed Needed for T.V.A. Success, WilsonThe Thames Valley Conserva-or even a commission, tion Authority was established in, October 1947. ana in the first 14' months of its existence this unique body purchased, or is in the pro­cess of purchasing, about 2,000 acres ol land, Di. J. Cameron Wilson, London, chairman of the T. V. A. has states in a survey of' (ho authorities progress.This spring, planting will com­mence with 65,000 trees which have been ordered by the author­ity.During the T. V. A.'s 14-month existence the Wildwood Conserva­tion reservoir on Trout Creek has been engineered and tenders cal led for; the Glengowan reservoir on the north branch, north of St. Marys, has been engineered and made ready to call tenders; drill­ing has been done on the Fan­shawe site.Local' opposition to the Wild­wood project was noted at the last meet Ing of the authority, the chairman said. Consequent lylittle or no progress has been made in the meantime. An open pub­lic meeting will be held in the St. Marys town hall on Thursday, January 27, at 1.30 p. m. Mr. Wil­son stated he hoped this meeting would clear the air and allow the authority to proceed with its pro­gram.“Any public appraisal of the Thames Valley Authority should be based on a knowledge of the organization and its powers. It is significant, I think, that 30 municipalities are represented in the T.V.A. and it is the duly ap­pointed representatives of the municipalities (36 of them) who constitute the Authority and transact all its business. The pol­icy of the Authority, all expendi­tures and all the works undertak­en must be authorized by the members of the Authority, who first of all had to become acquain­ted with a watershed covering more than 1,000 .square miles. Such a body cannot be expected to act as quickly as a corporation,There are । different viewpoints to harmonize and at times there may be conflic­ting interests. Nevertheless, it is a democratic body and I am con­fident Il will function successfully and in a sound manner, for they are a splendid group of able and experienced men."It should be borne in mind, too, that the Thames Valley Author­ity is operating under the Conser­vation Authorities Act, which is brand new legislation. It has not been tested and amended as have the Municipal Act, the Municipal Drainage Act and other statutes under which local affairs are com­monly administered. The Thames! Valley Authority is rendering a service to the whole province in that the other ten Authorities in Ontario, and some still to be es­tablished. will profit, by the ex­periences of the T.V.A. In this) respect the Thames Valley Auth­ority is blazing a new trail.“It is fundamental in a task such as confronts us in the Thames Valley to hold water on the 'upper levels and control ti?e source waters before they create flood conditions in the main river and its tributaries. Acting in ac­cordance with this priciple the Authority has set out to purchase a considertdile acreage in the El­lice swanSp, located in Perth County. By controlling run-off here at its source two things are accomplished: Water is held back until flood crests have begun torecede and through deep seepage trater tables in the soil, for miles round perhaps, are raised and held constant. This is of tremen­dous importance from the view­point of agriculture and of those urban municipalities depending on deep wells for supplies of water.“I am confident the Authority will proceed aggressively with its conservation program but in the final analyses the greatest con­tribution can be made by farmers themselves. Property owners all over the watershed will be asked to adopt such conservation prac­tices as will be profitable to, them and the results of the improvedtechnique adopted by farmers will augment the conservation program and other flood control projects attempted by the Author­ity."From the Inception of the T.V.A. an effort has been made to find a satisfactory solution of the flood problem at Mitchell, and i that investigation is still under­way. A river diversion project at Ingersoll has received government approval and actual operations will soon commence there.Bounty Paid On 27 PeltsTwenty-seven fox pelts were brought during January to the county clerk and treasurer. L. K. Coles, at IhC courthouse in Wood- stock for payment, of the $2 boun- ty paid by Oxford county. This' number was considerably lower than the number bagged in Jan­uary last year. The total for that month was 44. Pelts came from, the following townships: West Zor­ra 3; East Oxford, 1; Dereham, 6; Blandford, 2; Blenheim, 6; North Norwich, 2; East Nissouri, 2; South Norwich 2; East Zorra, 2; West Oxford 1.Qualified Librarianwanted forOXFORD COUNTY LIBRARY CO-OPERATIVEHeadquarters, Woodstock. Duties commence April 1st. Successful applicant should have car (mileage allow­ance). Written applications before Feb. 19, stating sal­ary, to sec.-treas., Miss Betty Crawford, Ingersoll.R. C. Brogden Named Head of County LibraryR. C. Brogden, Ingersoll, was elected chairman of the Oxford County Library Co-operative for a second year, when the new board met at the Court House, Woodstock, on Tuesday evening to make plans for the coming year.Other member? of the board are: Warden George Fewster, W, A. Cockburn, Robert Rudy, A. P. Maedel, H. L. Kipp, George I^es, R. G. Groom, honorary member and L. K. Coles, honorary secre­tary-treasurer.The board will advertise for a county librarian and arrange a headquarters for the County Lib­rary which is in the process of being re-organized to provide a progressive program of bqok ser­vice to the whole county, includ­ing schools.The members of the County Council represented on the board were named as the property com­mittee arid Miss Betty Crawford was appointed secretary-treas­urer. Plans were made for the annual meeting of the co-opera­tive which will be held on March 3.Henry Hitzerth, Tavistock P.U.C.Chair’”®” PassesOXFORD SEED DISPLAY—Twenty-eight samples of seed grown In Oxford and being offered for sale in quantifies ranging from 15 to 2,000 bushels were displayed at the seed exhibit in Toronto at ihe Ontario Crop Improvement convention. Oats were predominant in the samples shown in varie­ties of Beaver, Ajax, Color, Alaska Beacon and Clinton. There were three samples of barley and two of red clover.- - (Photo by Hawkins Feed Company, Ingersoll).HENRY HITZEROTHTAVISTOCK — Henry Hitze- roth. 73, prominent in municipal life since 1927, died suddenly at his home early this morning.At the time of his death. Mr. Hitzero th was commencing his fourth term es chairman of the Public Utilities Commi-sion of which he had been a member since 1945.From 1927 through to 1936, Mr. Hitzeroth served on the council. In 1937 he was elected reeve, a post he held to the conclusion of 1944. For many years he was a member of a local woodworking firm and was a carpenter by trade.Born in South Easihope town­ship on October 7, 1875. he had spent about 50 years of his life in Tavistock. He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Hitzeroth. In 1900 he married Miss Emma Trantz, who died in Janu ry 19-16. He spent a couple of years in west­ern Canada- Mr. Hitzeroth was a member of the Trinity Lutherand Church in Sebastopol.Surviving1 are two nephews, Wil­fred Hitzeroth at home and Lome Helmuth of Stratford, who had made their home with him: one brother. Conrad, of Tavistock; two sisters, Mi's. Arthur Miller in Flor­ida and Mrs, Annie Quinn of Strat­ford. There is also one grand­niece.The late Mr. Hitzeroth is resting at his home on Henry street, where a private service will be held on Saturday at 2 p.m. to be followed by a public memorial service at Trinity Lutheran Church, Sebastopol. Interment will be In the adjoining cemetery- Rev* O. T C, Stockman will officiate. WHOSUCCESSFUL DELEGATES-—The Oxford County delega­tion is here seen leaving for the Ontario Plowmen's As­sociation Convention in Toronto yesterday, where theysecured the International Plowing Match for Oxford County in 1951.Will Know Tomorrow If International Match Coming to Oxford in ’51The skirl of the pipes and roll of the drum will introduce Ox­ford’s bid for the International Plowing Match at the Ontario Plowmen’s Association convention in Toronto tomorrow morning.Determined to bring the big match back to Oxford in 1951, the Oxford Plowmen’s Association and the county council have worked to­gether to arrange a strong dele­gation to present their case. The match was last held in this coun­ty in 1921.The delegation, which will bo taken to Toronto ip a chartered bus. includes two pipers and a drummer to play the group up the convention floor to the stage. In the delegation will be the en- Tire county council, representa­tives of the plowmen's association, county officials and others. Am­ong those invited to lend a haArl In getting the event are T. R. Dent. M.L.A.; K, R. Daniel. M.P.. P. M. Dewan, Mayor F.- W. Mil­burn of Woodstock, Dave Bishop, president of the Woodstock Board of Trade, and Gordon Ross, war­den of Oxford in 1948. The coun­ty council group will be headed by Warden George Fewster. L. K. Coles, county clerk and treas­urer, will be master of ceremonies for the delegation. As a distin­guishing mark, all members of the delegation are wearing Scotch plaid ties, whether they can boast Scottish ancestry or not.Delegations are being received by the convention at, 11 o'clock on Tuesday morning. Brant county, which has the match this year, has already announced a delega­tion of 50 will be on hand. Sim­coe county, whien has the 1950 match, will be present with a delegation. Carleton county, which is also seeking the match for 1951, will be present to state thir claim. It is between Oxford and Carleton in (he bid for 1951.Immediately following the re­ception of delegations the Ontario Plowmen will attend a joint ban­quet with the Ontario Crop Im­provement Association.Oxford’s bid for the match will be continued into the banquet, hall. Arrangements have been made to ship sufficient Oxford cheese to the Toronto hotel to serve the 700 guests. Cards stat­ing the cheese was made in Ox­ford and was donated by the couniy will be placed on the tables.The decision on the location for the match in 1951 will be made by the directors of the provincial association when they meet at 4.30 Tuesday afternoon. Members of the Oxford delegation are plann­ing on being at close hand to learn of this decision before leaving for Woodstock on their return trip. international Plowing Match to Oxford in 1951THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1949County Delegation GetsInternational Match Comes to OxfordAl! those who have worked so industri­ously to bring the International Plowing Match to Oxford County can now be con­gratulated on the success of their efforts— and fully deserving of congratulation they are.This will be a major event on Oxford’s I community calendar in 1951.. When the Match was held in Oxford last, back in 1921, it was a big event, drawing visitors here from all over the country. Since then it has grown by leaps and bounds.Some idea of its magnitude may be gain­ed from some of the details of last year’s j match held in Victoria County. The Tented City alone housed 154 exhibitors, 60 restau­rants and lunch counters and had a total street frontage of over 7,000 feet. Practical­ly all the large firms that supply the farmer with farm machinery, equipment, fertilizers, feed and spray materials and a great variety of other supplies “from work clothes to mix­masters” (in the words of the Association president) $re represented.- Tens of thou­sands of people attend the event coming not •only frord.all parts of Ontario but from other parts of Canada, the United States and even the United Kingdom.As Premier Kennedy said last year: “No other purely agricultural demonstration has the same appeal to farm people as does the International Plowing Match.”As for those who have already spent a | igreat deal of time and energy getting the i 1951 Match for Oxford, much more work lies in prospect. A tremendous amount of organ­ization and planning is required to stage the . event. Traffic and accommodation problems alone are of major proportions. We can be assured, however, that the arrangements will be in capable hands and that Oxford will set a new mark for other counties to shoot at.The International Plowing .Match will be held in Oxford in 1951.A delegation of about 50 from this county were successful Tues­day in capturing the big match when they made their appeal to the Ontario Plowmen’s Conven­tion in Toronto.At five o'clock Tuesday after­noon D. D. Gray, Ottawa, a direc­tor of the provincial association who was^president of the plow­men's organization when the match was last held in Oxford in 1921 came personally to the Ox­ford delegation to bring them the official news and to congratulate them on their success.A bus load left Woodstock on Tuesday morning all wearing plaid ties to enter the campaign for the match. By the time the group wound its way to the front of the convention floor extra delegates had been picked up to swell the group to about 50 members.Pipe Major Alex Collins of In­gersoll, Piper W. L. Pearson of Embro and Drummer Art Pres­well of Ingersoll played the party into the convention hall.L. K. Coles, county clerk, asBY J. STEWART WATSONTORONTO, Feb. 8 — Cymbals clanged, drums boomed and the pipes skirled here today as some 50 Oxford County representatives made a successful bid to lure the 1951 international plowing match to Oxford County.Putting on one of the “best*- .shows" ever presented at the an­nual Ontario Plowmen’s Associa­tion conventions, county officials, members of the Oxford CountyPlowmen's Association and city of­ficials secured official approval for the match in 1951.The representatives, wearing tartan ties, marched in before the convention behind the stirring music of Pipe Major Alex Collins, Ingersoll, William Pearson, West Zorra, and Drummer Robert Col­lins, of Ingersoll.With County Clerk L. K. Coles, Ingersoll, as master of ceremonies, the Oxford delegation won the ap­plause of plowmen from all parts of Ontario. To top the Oxford per­formance, Oxford County cheese was served at the banquet follow­ing the morning business.Meet ChampionsAfter introducing the County Council, attending in body, M. C. Coles introduced Wilfred Grenze- back and John Hargraves, both champion Oxford County plowmen, He then introduced members .of the Oxford County Plowmen’s As­sociation and Reeve Alster Clarke, of West Zorra, Oxford County's official weatherman, who promised excellent weather for the plowing match in 1951.Other speakers who urged that the International match be held in Oxford in 1051 were: Warden’ George Frewster, North Norwich; Mayor Wilspn Milburn, Wood- •tock; P. M. Dewan, Ingersoll, for­mer minister of agriculture; T.I R. Dent., M.L.A., Oxford County;K. R. Daniel, Ingersoll, M.O. Ox-;Big Event; Commended On Presentation of Bidford County; Harry Little, Dere­ham, chairman of the county agri­culture committee, Murray Mc­Beth, president of the Oxford : County Plowmen's Association.Determined to bring the big match back to Oxford in 1951, the county, the city and the Oxford association pledged their full sup­port. The match was last held in Oxford in 1921 when Robert Frewster, the father of the pres­ent warden, was then warden. Third Fire at Princeton Damages Barn Storehousemaster of ceremonies introduced "the entire county council" and other members of the group. With the council were members of the Oxford Plowmen’s Association, Wilfred Grenzebach. Tavistock, five times champion plowman at the International match and champion the year the match was held in Oxford; John Hargreaves. Beachville, three times champion plowman; George Bell, agricultur­al representative; Emerson Moul- . ton, weed inspector; R. J. Forbes, president of the Woodstock Agri­cultural Society, J. N. Meath- rell, county road superintendent; Gordon Ross, warden in 1943, A. D. Robinson, Ingersoll, vice-presi­dent of the Oxford Plowmen and Norman Shell. .1, Woodstock, treasurer.Speaking on behalf of the dele­gation were: Warden George Fewster; Mayor F. W. Milburn of Woodstock; P. M. Dewan, Inger­soll; T. R. Dent, M.L.A.; K. R. Daniel, M.P.; Reeve H. A. Little of Dereham, chairman of the coun­ty council’s agriculture commit­tee; Murray McBeth, Salford, president of the Oxford Plow­men’s Association.Each speaker was introduced by a roll on the drum. The warden assured the convention of the council's support and of arrange­ments for a $2,000 grant to the Ontario Association. Mayor Mil­burn pledged the support of the city of Woodstock to the under­taking. Mr. Dewan, Mr. Dent and Mr. Danie] all spoke of the co­operation that those in Oxford would give the provincial body in | making the match a success. Reeve Little extolled the quality of the land in Oxford for plowing and pointed out that the Woodstock fair -board had offered the use of the horse palace at the fair­grounds for stabling. Mr. McBeth promised the support of his organ­ization.The presentation ended with a' surprise twist as Mr. Coles intro­duced Reeve Alster Clarke of West Zorra as the county’s "weather prophet". With a straight face, Mr. Clarge promis­ed ideal weather for the Interna­tional Plowing Match when held in Oxford in October, 1951. This took the floor by storm.Several directors of the provin­cial association were heard to com­ment later that in all the years they had been attending the con­vention there had never been such an outstanding presentation in a bid for the match.Within a few minutes after Mr. Gray had informed the party of their success in obtaining the event, members of the party had begun laying plans. Conversation from that point until their return to Woodstock about midnight be­gan with, "now, when we hold this match . .* Norwich Community ArenaOfficially OpenedNORWICH ARENA OFFICIALLY OPENED—Last night Warden George Fewster cut the tape offic­ially opening the Norwich Community Arena as Reeve A. P. Maedel of Norwich declared the build­ing open. The $40,000 community centre and arena Is shown in the upper photo. The building houses an ice surface 175 by 75 feet. The second floor of the portion in front of the arena is one long room suitable for basketball and dances. The lower photo shows Warden Fewster cutting the tape which stretched across the rink at centre ice, the ceremony which marked the opening. Next to the war­den is Ross Carroll, North Norwich, of the committee. The building is a joint project of North Norwich township and Norwich village and is operated by a committee from both municipalities.— (Staff Photos)., , . oaiore the game beginsfNearly 1,000 Present at Gala EventAn ice surface covered with wa­ter did not deter the citizens of Norwich and district from open­ing their Community Arena last night and having a good time Im ng it.Warden George Fewster cut the tape across the rink and Reeve Arthur Maedel of Norwich official­ly declared the building open.Star attraction for the night was Barbara Jean Jacques, silver medalist and silver dance medalist of the Hamilton Skating Club. Miss Jacques’ mother was bom in Norwich and her father in North Norwich. Her grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. George Weaver reside in the district.Mrs. Ellen Vanhome of Nor­wich and Mrs. Ron Pearson of Burgessville contributed other figure skating numbers to the pro­gram. Bouquets were presented by Miss Jacques, Mrs. Vanhorne and Mrs. Pearson by the arena com­mittee.A game of broomball between Norwich and Otterville with wa­ter flying In all directions resulted in a win for Norwich at 4 to 2. Fi­nal attraction was a\wo-period hockey same between Norwich Legion and Hay and Company of Woodstock. Norwich won the event 2-1. A dance in the enclosed balcony of the arena concluded the evening. The Norwich Band was in attendance.Close to 1.000 attended the open­ing of the $40,000 community cen­tre. The Norwich Community Ar­ena is the brain child of the North Norwich Agricultural Society. At the municipal election the ratepay­ers of North Norwich township and Norwich village approved by­laws for the issuing of $20,000 de­bentures by each municipality for the construction of the arena’ and community centre. The directors of the agricultural society at that time were responsible for having the councils put this question to the ratepayers.An arena committee was form­ed. This committee originally was composed of J. C. St. John. H. H. Stensson, Reeve Arthur Maedel; Warden (then reeve) George Few­ster of North Norwich, Albert Cornwell, Bill Adams. Elgin Less­ing and Ross Carroll. Since then Reeve Maedel has become chair­man with Mr. Stensson, secretary. Mr. St. John has been replaced by W. L. Bishop.Later it was found the building must be owned by one municipal­ity and by mutual agreement North Norwich took it over. To facilitate this the Agricultural Society deeded part of their grounds to North Norwich for $1.The original plsn called for a $40,000 building. To cut costs more than 5,000 hours of free labor were given by many citizens. Re­cently it was decided to add a community centre room 28 feet by 80 feet. This is used for high school basketball games and other features.The outside dimensions oi the building are 208 by 100 feet. The ice is 175 by 75.Broomball line-ups last night were:Norwich -Scotty Carroll, Fred Griffin. George Smith. Les Dick­son. Grant Smith, Ross Warboys. Elgin Lossing. Howard Stensson and Ken Marshall.Otterville - M. Pettigrew. K. Maloney, Bill Pennington. J. Fur­long. E. Koauch, H. Kozuch, and Rtxl Kerr. PROGRAMMEONTARIO PLOWMEN'SASSOCIATION39th ANNUAL MEETING1949KING EDWARD HOTELMONDAY AND TUESDAY FEBRUARY 7th and 8thKing Street, East TORONTOHOG PRODUCERS MEETING—Shown here discussing problems Charles McInnis, Iroquois, Ont., president of the provincial body of swine production and marketing prior to the annual meeting of and guest speaker at the annual meeting in Woo£L*oek on Satur- the Oxford Hog Producers’ Association are, from the left, Wilfred day afternoon, and H. R. McBeth, Salford, who was re-elected pres- L. Bishop, Norwich, secretary-treasurer of the county group; ident of the county association.—(Staff Photo). body |atur-HOG PRODUCERS’ MEETING—Shown here discussing problems of swine production and marketing prior to the annual meeting of the Oxford Hog Producers’ Association are, from the left, Wilfred I* Bishop, Norwich, secretary-treasurer of the county group;Charles McInnis, Iroquois, Ont., and guest speaker at the annual day afternoon, and H. R. McBeth, ident of the county association.—(PROGRAMME©ntario AssociationONTARIO PLOWMEN'SASSOCIATION39th ANNUAL MEETINGMONDAY AND TUESDAY FEBRUARY 7th and 8th1949KING EDWARD HOTELKing Street, East TORONTOMural jMuniripalttiesPROGRAMMEANNUALCONVENTIONMonday and TuesdayFebruary 21 - 22, 1949-Corner Church and Gould Streets TORONTOAuditorium of theRyerson Institute of Technology ANNUAL MEETING Monday, February 7th AFTERNOON SESSION VANITY FAIR—Mezzanine Floor 1.30—Registration and Presentation of Credentials. 2.00—Call to order. Minutes of last annual meeting (taken as printed in 1947 Annual Report). Appointment ol Committees. 2.15—President's Address—Walter Downey, Minesing. 2.30—Treasurer's Report—Clark Young, Milliken. 2.40— Report of Secretary-Manager— J. A. Carroll, Toronto. 3.00 —King Township Farm Machinery Co-Operative Inc.—W. F. Williams, King R.R. 3. 3.15— Discussion. 3.30— BRANCH MANAGEMENT QUIZ— Chairman—Roy Shaver, Finch, Consultants—J. E. Whitelock, Milton. Win. Timbers, Stouffville. L. E. Cardiff, M.P., Brussels. 4.00 —Summary of Plowmen's Trip to Britain — W. L. Clark, Gormley. 4.35— Imperial Oil Film—”1947 International''. 5.00 —Adjournment. Tuesday, February 8th MORNING SESSION VANITY FAIR—Mezzanine Floor 9.00 —Report of Nominating Committee — Chairman W. C. Barrie, Galt R.R. 7. 9.15— Report—B.A. Oil Chicago Trip—Graydon Giffen, Minesing, 9.30— Contour Plowing Match, Ontario Agricultural College (illustrated)—Prof. C. G. E. Downing, O.A.C., Guelph. 9.40—Discussion. 9.45—Junior Activities and Possibilities—S. B. Stothers, Arthur. 10.00—Discussion. 10.10—Resolutions—Chairman Alex. McKinney, Brampton R.R. 2. Other Business. 10.30—Election of Directors, 11.00—Receiving Delegations. 11.45—Unfinished Business. 12.00—Adjournment. Tuesday, February 8th AFTERNOON SESSION CRYSTAL BALL ROOM, 17th Floor 12.30—LUNCHEON. 1.30—Chairman's Remarks—Walter Downey, Minesing. Address of Welcome—Controller John M. Innes, M.B.E. Greetings, Province of Ontario— 2.00—Mechanization—Effects on Agriculture and Rural Life in Eastern Canada—W. A. Roberts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 2.30—Progress in Science—Dr. G. I. Christie, Guelph. 3.00—FARM MACHINERY QUIZ— Chairman—J. A. Carroll, Toronto. Consultants—H. Kitching, O.A.C., Guelph. W. C. Barrie, Galt, R.R. 7. Jas. J. Hill, St. Catharines. H. Nesbitt, Britannia Bay. 4.00—Adjournment. 4.30—Meeting of newly elected Directors. (Reception Room, 17th Floor). Luncheon Music—Compliments of Mauro Entertainment Bureau, Toronto. ONTARIO PLOWMEN'S ASSOCIATION OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS, 1948 Hon. Presidents' Rt. Hon. J. G. Gardiner, Ottawa. Col. the Hon. Thomas L. Kennedy, Toronto. Col. the Hon. J. J. Duffus, Peterborough. Past President PRESIDENT 1st Vice-President, V. C. 2nd Vice-President Secretary-Manager J. A. Carroll Treasurer - Hon. Life Director Auditor - - J. W. L. Clark, Gormley Walter Downey, Minesing Porteous, Owen Sound, R.R. 3 Roy Shaver, Finch Parliament Bldgs., Toronto Clark Young, Milliken j Col. Geo. B. Little, Agincourt R. Herrington, Richmond Hill DIRECTORS District 1—W. R. Bullick, Camlachie, R.R. 2. (Essex, Kent, Lambton). 2—F. G. Fuller, London, R.R. 7. Geo. Waldie, Stratford, R.R. 2. (Elgin, Middlesex, Perth). 3—W. C. Barrie, Galt, R.R. 7. Elliott Moses, Indian Office, Brantford. (Brant, Norfolk, Oxford, Waterloo). 4—W. D. Lindsay, Hagersville. Stanley Young, Caistor Centre. Malen O. Wilkins, Jarvis, R.R. 3. (Haldimand, Lincoln, Welland, Wentworth). 5—Gordon McGavin, Walton. Victor C. Porteous, Owen Sound, R.R. 3. (Bruce, Grey Huron). 6—Alex. McKinney, Jr., Brampton, R.R. 2. Alex. Black, Guelph, R.R. 2. (Dufferin, Halton, Peel, Wellington). 7—W. L. Clark, Gormley. Walter Downey. Minesing. J. J. Tierney, 98 Walmsley Blvd., Toronto. (Ontario, Simcoe, York). 8—H. A. Quinn, Peterborough, R.R. 9. John Mark, Cameron. (Durham, Hastings, Northumberland, Peterborough, Prince Edward, Victoria) 9—J. R. Henderson, Portsmouth. Hubert Avery, Brookville, R.R. 3. Harvey Hawkey, Kingston. R.R. 2. (Frontenac. Lanark, Leeds, Lennox and Addington. Renfrew). 10—D. D. Gray, 68 Craig St., Ottawa. Roy Shaver, Finch. Geo. Hay, Marvelville. (Carleton, Dundas, Gengarry, Grenville, Prescott, Russell, Stormont). 11—Russell Beilhartz, Bruce Station. (Haliburton, Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound). 12—Russell Beilhartz, Bruce Station. (Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Manitoulin. Sudbury, Timiskaming, Rainy River, Thunder Bay). Executive — The Officers and Gordon McGavin; Alex. McKinney. Jr.; Geo. Waldie; J. J. Tierney; W. C. Barrie and Elliott Moses. Representatives — Ontario Federation of Agriculture — Alex. McKinney, Jr., Brampton. R.R, 2. Director W. C. Barrie, Galt. R.R. 7 F. G. Fuller. London. R R- 7 DIRECTORS' MEETINGS Monday, February 7th—11.00 a.m. Blue Room, Mezzanine Floor. Monday, February 7th— 7.30 p.m. Blue Room, Mezzanine Floor. Tuesday, February 8th— 4.30 p.m. Reception Room, 17th Floor. SESSIONS Sessions are open to all interested, but accredited delegates only, will be permitted to vote. DELEGATES Each Branch is entitled to send delegates to this Annual Meeting, as provided in By-laws, Article 8, Section H. — One delegate for each 20 members or fraction thereof, based on the previous year's member­ ship. LUNCHEON Luncheon tickets may be purchased al the Registration Desk at $1.75. HOTEL ACCOMMODATION The plan will be similar to that of last year in that all Officers, Directors and Speakers will, if possible, be accommodated at the King Edward Hotel. If you desire a room, please write immediately to the TORONTO CON­ VENTION AND TOURIST ASSOCIATION, 37 Bloor St. W., Toronto, stating definitely time you expect to arrive and check out. REDUCED RAILWAY RATES Arrangements have been made with the Canadian Passenger Association for special rales of fare and a half (plus validation charge 25c) for delegates, speakers and members of their families, on the Standard Certifi­ cate Plan. Single fare ticket should be purchased from home station and Standard Certificate Form 24, pro­ cured. If agent does not have Form 24, he should be asked for a signed statement that single ticket has been purchased. Certificate when signed by Validating Offi­ cer at Convention desk, may be presented at a Toronto ticket office for purchase of return ticket at reduced rate. EXHIBITS DOMINION DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE — Hall B. Mezzanine Floor. Five large display panels illus­ trating:— 1. The effect of soil erosion on crop yields. 2. The suitability of various soil types to different crops. 3. Return of fertility to the soil. HANDICRAFTS — Hall B. Mezzanine Floor. Display of hobby and handicraft articles, also demonstrations. SEED EXHIBIT —SAMPLES OF SEED FOR SALE— EDUCATIONAL CROP DISPLAYS — Banquet Hall A. Mezzanine Floor. Arranged by Ontario Crop Improve­ ment Association. This display offers an opportunity to get full information on varieties available, and prices. Walter Downey, Minesing J. A. Carroll, Toronto PRESIDENT SECRETARY-MANAGER NOTES PROGRAMME ONTARIO PLOWMEN'S ASSOCIATION 39th ANNUAL MEETING MONDAY AND TUESDAY FEBRUARY 7th and 8th 1949 KING EDWARD HOTEL King Street, East TORONTO I 'elite Ontario .Association [ • OlMWW ■ Rural \ . fO ^imiripaliites I ffl PROGRAMME i! ANNUAL CONVENTION । ra Monday and Tuesday | February 21 - 22, 1949 I ®- Auditorium of the Ryerson Institute of Technology Corner Church and Gould Streets TORONTO Monday Morning, February 21st, 1949 Tuesday Morning, February 22nd, 1949 9.00 a. m.—Registration of Delegates. 10.00 a. m.—Opening Address. President Horace E. Kil- man, Reeve of Pelham Township. 10.15 a. m.—Presentation of Resolutions. 10.30 a. m.—Address by Honourable Leslie M. Blackwell. Attorney-General of Ontario. Reply by M. H. Johnston, Reeve of North Monaghan Township. 11.15 a. m.—Address of Welcome by the Mayor of Tor­ onto, Hiram E. MacCallum. Reply by J. P. Mcilleur, of Casselman. 11.30 a. m.—Presentation and Discussion of Resolutions. Appointment of Nominating Committee. 12.15 p. m.—Adjournment to 2.00 p. m. Monday Afternoon, February 21st 2.00 p. m. -Address by the Honourable Geo. H. Dunbar, Minister of Municipal Affairs and of Reform Institutions. Reply by E. B. McMillan, of Chesterville. 2.30 p. m.—Address by Mr. Louis Blake Duff, Interna­ tionally Known Speaker anji Journalist. Reply by W. M. Abraham, of Chatham. Clerk of Kent County. 3 JO p. m.—Presentation of Resolutions and Discussion. 5.00p. m —Adjournment. NOTE—Mr, W. A. Orr, Deputy Minister of Municipal Affairs will be present during the sessions to assist , if required. 9.30 a. m.—Registration of Delegates. 10.00 a. m —Presentation of Resolutions and Discussion 10.30 a m.—Address by the Honourable Thomas L. Ken­ nedy, Minister of Agriculture and Prime Minister, of the Province of Ontario. introduction by Niram E. Fletcher, Reeve of Binbrook Township. Reply by Mrs. Mary S. Pettit, Warden of Halton County, and the First Warden of Any County. 11.00 a. m —Address by Robert H Saunders, C. B. E., K. C.. Chairman of the Ontario Hydro Com­ mission Subject: "Hydro”. Reply by Robert J Reid, Reeve of Arthur, Ont. 12.00 Noon—?\djoumment. Tuesday Afternoon, February 22nd 2 00 p. m.—Presentation of Resolutions. 2.30 p. m — A K. Mair, of The Municipal World, will give answers to questions which have been previously deposited in the Question Box. 3.30 p. m.—Auditors' Report. Report of Nominating Committee. Election of Officers and Auditors. Other Uncompleted Business 4,30 p ni.—Adjournment. NOTE—Elected Directors will meet at dose of meeting. G I'ist of Oi)ffi«ra 15148 - 1949 HONORARY PRESIDENT P. J. Mather, Peterborough. Ont. PAST PRESIDENT Orland Foster, Staples, Ont. PRESIDENT H. E. Kilman, Fenwick, Ont. FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT J. P. Meilleur, Casselman, Ont. SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT Robert J. Retd. R. R. 4, Arthur, Ont. SECRETARY-TREASURER \V. S, Milmine, Stoney Creek, Ont. DIRECTORS Howard Miskell, Mooretown, Ont. W. S. Donaldson, Atwood. Ont. E. B. McMillan, Chesterville, Ont. W. M. Abraham, Chatham, Ont. ' S. Bertrand, Prescott, Ont. \V. H. Johnston, Peterborough, Ont. J. McLennan, Glengarry. C. A. Keeley, Essex PAST PRESIDENTS 1934-1935—Alex. Hunter. Hawkesbury, Ont. - 1935-1936—Marshall Rathwell, Naven, Ont. 1936-1937—D. A. Vancisc, Stayner, Ont. 1937-1938—W. H. Hunter. Varney. Onr. 1938-1939—\V. S. Milmine, Stoney Creek. Ont. 1939-1940 -W. S Milmine. Stoney Creek. Ont. 1940-1941—Alex. Marion. Rockland, Ont. 1941-1942—Russell Rogers, Kingsville, Ont, 1942-1943—Earl S. Denyes, Belleville. Ont. 1943-1944—Norman Sinclair, Guelph. Ont. 1944-1945—Niram A. Fletcher, Hannon. Ont. v 1945-1946—J. N. Corry. Atwood. Ont. 1946-1947—P, J. Mather, Keene. Ont. 1947-1948—Orland Foster, Staples, Ont. PnnOd byE H Brennan Stoney Creek, Ont. h 5 * ■ ONTARIO GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION First Organized 1894 Reorganized 1902 PROGRAMME 47th Annual Meeting February 22nd and 23rd 1949 ONTARIO ROYAL YORK HOTEL Toronto, Ontario A Parliament of Municipal Representatives and Others Interested in Highway Development in Ontario MILESTONES 1894—Organization Ontario Good Ronda Association. 1896—Appointment A. W. Campbell, C.E., Provincial Instructor in Roadmaking. 1901—Highway Improvement Act passed. Provincial sub­ sidy for construction of County Roads, 33 1-3 %, 1912—$5,000,000 granted for Colonization Roads. 1913—Public Roads and Highways Commission appointed. 1915—Ontario Highways Act—Suburban Areas author­ ized. Department of Public Highways formed. Provincial subsidy, construction County Roads 40%-, maintenance 20%. 1917—The Provincial Highways Act — 70% payable by Province. Provincial County Roads, 60% payable by Province. 1919—Federal Aid—County Road subsidy increased to 40% for construction and maintenance. 1920—Provincial highway mileage increased, 80% pay. able by Province. Provincial aid, 20% for town­ ship roads, and 40% on Superintendent's salary. 1924—Provincial Aid—40% on County Bridges. 1925—Provincial Aid—Township road subsidy 30%, and 50% of Superintendent's salary. County road sub­ sidy, 50%. 1930—Township Road subsidy, 40%. 1935—The King's Highways (Provincial.. Highways) 100% payable by Province. 1937—Township Road subsidy 50%. Northern Develop­ ment and Highway Departments amalgamated. 1938—Northern Townships subsidized under The High­ way Improvement Act. 1939—Provisions enacted for Divided Highways. 1944—Highway Improvement Act revised and clarified, Statute Labour Organization for roads in unorgan­ ized territory fostered, Special Aid to Statute Labour Boards, Interim subsidies to counties and townships, 75% subsidy on bridges to counties and townships. 1945-Statute Labour Act revised and clarified. 1946—Provisions enacted for Development of Roads. 1947—Aid to cities, towns and villages. County rebates to towns and villages abolished. 80% subsidy on county and township bridges and culverts. MILEAGE-DEPARTMENT AID 1947 1948 The King’s Highways ------ ..---------- 7,6 >9 7,628 Northern Ronds and Special Assistance 8,538 8,235 County Roads----------------------_---- 8.710 8,892 Township Roads ----------------- 48,071 48,203 Urban Streets ~. ..--------------------------- Nil 6.325 TOTALS---------------------------72,958 79,283 PROVINCIAL EXPENDITURES (Fiscal Years) 1946-1947 The King’s Highways, etc. ... 336,468,830 County Reads . - . _______i. 3,769,755 Township Raads, etc. _____ 5,131,432 Development Roads Nil Unincorporated T'nsbfp Reads 391,853 Urban Streets________Nil 1947-1948 $46,760,852 5,064,601 7,064,222 429,882 512.650 2.667,158 TOTALS ....... $45,761,870 862.508,365 10:30 TUESDAY MORNING REGISTRATION APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES NOMINATING RESOLUTIONS The President’s Address Mr. D. J. Emrey Address “Safety on Our Highways” Mr. G. R. Marston, County Engineer of Norfolk Address “Ontario’s Interest in the Trans-Canada Highway” Mr. T. J. Mahony Wardens of all Counties and Northern Representatives Chairman—Mr. J. G. Cameron Reception—11:30 a.m. Private Dining Room No. 7 Luncheon—12.15 p.m. Private Dining Room No. 8 2:30 TUESDAY AFTERNOON Address of Welcome His Worship Mayor H. McCallum, Toronto Reply on Behalf of the Association Mr. H. Cleave, Prince Edward County Address The Honourable Geo. H. Doucett, Minister of Highways, Ontario Presentation of Life Memberships by the Honourable T. L. Kennedy, Prime Minister of Ontario, to the following Past Presidents: 1. Honourable Geo. H. Doucett, Lanark 2. Mr. D. J. Emrey, Waterloo 3. Mr. J. N. Allan, Haldimand 4. Mr. F. L. Weldon, Victoria OPEN FORUM Introduction of any subject not on the Programme 9:00-10:30 P.M. TUESDAY (CENTRAL BALL ROOM) Moving Pictures (Technicolor) 1. European Scenes 1948 2. Ontario Winter Holiday 3. Ontario Mulch Surfaces 4. Lake of the Woods 5. Lakehead—Nipigon Holiday 10:00 WEDNESDAY MORNING 7:00 WEDNESDAY EVENING ANNUAL BANQUET ROYAL YORK HOTEL Procure your tickets early at Registration Booth Price $3.00 Chairman—Mr. H. Cleave Address “Municipal Road Development in Ontario” Mr. J. A. P. Marshall, Chief Municipal Engineer, Ontario Address Honourable Errick F. Willis, Minister of Public Works and Highways Province of Manitoba RESOLUTION PERIOD Guest Speaker HONOURABLE T. L. KENNEDY, Prime Minister of Ontario Special Entertainment Under the direction of Stanley St John 2:30 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON Chairman—Mr. V. H. Evans Address Mr. J. D. Millar, Deputy Minister of Highways, Ontario “Stable Road Foundations in Essex County” Mr. W. H. Knister, County Road Superintendent of Essex “Interim Report of Highways Research Committee” Mr. W. S. McKay OPEN FORUM Receiving Reports Discussions Election of Officers Life Members of the Association Past Presidents Hon. T. L. Kennedy Hon. G. S. Henry T. J. Mahony G. R. Marston V7. H. Keith F. A. Senecal H. Craig E. Jamieson J. Henderson W. J. Moore J. Sibbitt J. G. Cameron Wm. Colby Others J. A. P. Marshall W. A. MacLean R. M. Smith N. W. McLeod PAST PRESIDENTS 1894 _________Andrew Pattullo « e « 1910___________.__________W. H. Pugsley, York 19H________________Major T. L. Kennedy, Peel 1912—Major T. L. Kennedy, Peel 1913___________________N. Vermilyear, Hastings 1914 J. A. Sanderson, Grenville 1915 S. L. Squire, Norfolk 1916 S. L. Squire, Norfolk 1917_____________C. R. Wheelock, C.E., Dufferin 1918 C. R. Wheelock, C.E., Dufferin 1919_____________________K. W. McKay, Elgin 1920 Capt Lucius E. Allen, C.E., Hastings 1921________________T. J. Mahoney, Wentworth 1922 W. H. Brown, Bruce 1923 John Currie, Middlesex 1924____________________Hon. G. S. Henry, York 1925 R. J. Hannah, Lennox and Addington 1926________J. E. Jamieson, M.P.P., Simcoe 1927________F. A. Senecal, Prescott and Russell 1928 W. H. Nugent, Hastings 1929____________________Robt. Johnson, Huron 1930_________________James Beattie, Wellington 1931 John O’Reilly, Victoria 1932______________Hon. F. G. McDairmid, Elgin 1933__________________Howard Craig, Carleton 1934______________J. T. Sproule, M.P., Lambton 1935 __„J. Sibbit, Frontenac 1936______.Lt.-Col. E. A. Adams, Prince Edward 1937___________________Wm. Colby, C.E., Kent 1938___________J. G. Cameron, CK., Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry 1939___________________J*. L. Weldon, Victoria 1940 ________________J. W. Haggerty, Hastings 1941_______ __James Henderson, Dufferin 1942 _________ George H. Doucett, Lanark 1943 _ _____________Guy R. Marston, Norfolk 1944 ____ ________ J. N. Allan, Haldimand 1945 ______________W. H. Keith, Wellington 1946 __________________ W. S. McKay, Elgin 1947 ..... W. J. Moore, Renfrew * Constitution Ontario Good Roads Association Article I. —Name.—This Association shall be known aa the Ontario Good Roads Association. Article II. —Location.—The headquarters of the Association shall be at the office of the Secretary-Treasurer. Article III. —Objects.—The objects for which this Association organized arc to acquire and disseminate information concerning highway construction and maintenance in the counties, towns, cities, and other municipalities of the Province; to stimulste interest in the subject, ana to promote educational, legislative, and other measures tending to their accomplishment. Article IV. —Membership.—Section 1. — The Association shall have the following classes of members, via.: Municipal, active, contributing, life, associate, and honorary members. Section 2. — The municipal members shall be the representa­ tives of the councils of counties, cities, towns, or other munici­ palities. The annual fee to be paid by municipal corporations shall be Cities over 100,000____$50.00 Counties----------------^5® Cities over 50,000-------- 25.00 r-----------------All other cities_______15.00-----------Townships and villages 5.00 Associate membership—---------25 cents Section 3—Active members shall be persons who are actively engaged in laying out or supervising work of construction and maintenance of highways and streets, and those interested m highway development, who contribute an annual membership fee of One Dollar to the funds of the Association. Section 4. —Contributing members shall consist of societies or other commercial organizations paying a minimum of Ten Dollars per annum to the funds of the Association; each contributing member shall be entitled to appoint one member to represent them at meetings of the Association. Section 5. — Honorary life members shall be those who have performed distinguished service in the cause of highway exten­ sion and improvement. They shall be nominated by the Execu­ tive and elected by the Association. Section 6. — Only municipal and active members shall hold office. Article V.—Officers.—The officers of this Association shall be elected for one year and shall be selected from its municipal and active membership and shall consist of two Honorary Presidents, a President, two Vice-Presidents, six Directors, and a Secretary- Treasurer, who. together with the Past Presidents, shall consti- tute an Executive Committee, of which five shall constitute a quorum. Article VI. —By-Laws.—By-laws for governing the Associ­ ation shall be made by the Executive, subject to the approval of the membership of this Associaiion at its annual meeting. Article VII. —Amendments.—No amendment shall be made to this Constitution until same has been reported upon by the Executive. Article VIII.—It shall be the duty of the President to appoint a Nominating Committee at the first session of the convention. Such committee shall be composed uf not less than five members. Such committee may be added to at the option of the convention, snd any increase in number beyond those appointed by the President shall lx elected by the convention. The total shall not. exceed ten members, none of whom shall be eiigime lor appointment to office. The committee shall report nominations to the annual meeting. Officers of Good Roads Association Honorary Presidents W. S. McKay, Elgin W. J. Moore, Renfrew President D. J. Emrey, Waterloo First Vice-President V. H. Evans, Tisdale Township Second Vice-President Richard Elliott, Bruce Directors W. C. Nickerson, Lincoln L. H. Sibbick, Oxford H. Cleave, Prince Edward D. Morley, Middlesex W. Tuer, Perth J. Gaw, Leeds and Grenville • Past Presidents Col. the Hon. T. L. Kennedy, Peel T. J. Mahoney, Wentworth Hon. G. S. Henry, York J. E. Jamieson, Simcoe F. A. Senecal, Prescott and Russell Howard Craig, Carleton John Sibbitt, Frontenac William Colby, Kent J. G. Cameron, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry F. L. Weldon, Victoria James Henderson, Dufferin Hon, Geo. H. Doucett, Lanark Guy R. Marston, Norfolk J. N. Allan, Haldimand W. H. Keith, Wellington W. S. McKay, Elgin Secretary-Treasurer T. J. Mahoney, 269 Parkdale Ave., Hamilton, Ont. ONTA'council’s equalization com- Blenheim47thFebruaONTARIOthecounty council. Reeve K. H. An­derson, chairman of the commit­tee, presided over the discussions,lunty, The >untyYardstick for Equalizing County Assessment SoughtAnderson, Reeve Thcrtdo’* er of South Norwich, Little of Dereham, Reev^ 1ASSESSORS MEETAssessors of municipalities within Oxford county met today in the council chamber of thd^mjgt: house in Woodstock to discuss* problems of assessment with theROYAL YORK HOTEL Toronto, OntarioIra Harris, Dereham;equalization committee| Assessors attending were: E. \ leetlng was called by the ctrier. Blandford, J. L DavWson]ttvh HHmvti <sMWvr is/AOHS 31A1SIVONNVsz-w3A33S3HP. McKessock, East Nissouri; B. Ferris, North Norwich; H. rsons, South Norwich: Ed. Mc- mbs, East Oxford; S. J, Dundas, i-th Oxford; A. W. Malcolm, st Zorra; R. Young. West ~a; W. D. Agur, Tillsonburg;Kaufman, Tavistock.jjruiuJTij 33 tadM fp TOHdfldBtl KI 3ZnVID3dWpaiaflO 8ABpsanMJ, ppvip am yiAppaM Jjaqi 1>P« ^UUV U°W-bajbS ®hSiBai aiuoH aqjLP3J3duIBHjo sajduiBSA Parliament of Municipal Representatives and Others Interested in Highway Development in OntarioDelegation ComplimentedThe Oxford delegation to the Ontario Plowmen’s Asso­ciation last week heard sever­al unofficial comments on the impression they made on the convention in their effort to bring the International Flow­ing Match to this county in 1951.Today the congratulations became official. A letter from J. A. Carroll, secretary-mana­ger of the Ontario Plowmen’s Association to the Sentinel- Review contains this para- graph:“Oxford is congratulated on the delegation which appeared at the annual convention last week. While speeches were short they were impressive and we may safely say a bet- ter organized invitation had never been presented to this organization.”A plan for equalizing the aura* lent of the county wn.i pul for- md at a meeting of assessors Hd in the council chamber of the kinly courthouse on Friday. The assessors arrived at the de­mon to meet In October and at- [mpt to evolve a "yardstick" for be in making assessments of farm [nds. buildings and dwellings. At ie October meeting further con- Fellow of West Oxford,'£ deration will be given to a plan Reeve W. J. McDonald of Iggested yesterday of forming an gorra and Warden George isoclailon of assessors within the $ter.More Ayrshire Progress Than in Any Other AreaThe Red and White breed. thej .Ayrshiies, have boon making more ''progress in Oxford than tn any other county in the Southern , Counties’ Ayrshire Club. J. L. Stensell. Aylmer, secretary ol the club, told the organization's 37th annual meeting on Monday after- noon m the Lt-partment of Agri* -culture office. Woodstock,■Iftee. Reeve K. H Anderson of a. ■illsonburg, chairman of the com- p ■tittee presided over the meeting .■sslsting Reeve Anderson was L. Coij K. Coles, county clerk and trcas-| No] Irer. * ।■ The county councir this year la^ laced with the task of. raising the j j ■qualized assessment b^he county |»y $500,000. This is believed to be the largest raise the equalized as­sessment has ever received.I The method of levying county rates is based on an equalized as­sessment of municipalities within phe county. As each municipality Ihas its own assessor, who has his own methods and yardstick of values, the actual assessments bear no true relation to each other. When the total actual as­sessment of the county gets above the previous equalized assessment the latter must be raised to equal the actual. This has been done in the past by an equalization com­mittee of county council tackling the problem of apportioning the amount on the various municipali­ties, causing considerable disagree­ment at times.This year the equalization com­mittee reached the plan to invite the assessors in to a meeting and to talk the maiter over. The plan to set up a yardstick was the re-, I .suit.Commenting on the plan, Reeve Anderson stated such a system ] would, in effect, equalize the as- Kessment of the county if the as- teessors, once they had established, kheir scale of values or yardstick, , gvould stick to this method in their kwn assessing.I During the afternoon the group ■card Ross Tuck, deputy registrar ■or Oxford, explain the facilities 3available at the registry office for obtaining changes of ownership of ?■roperty. II Members of the equalization ।Rmmittee present were: ReeveU9« 'r xo«j W* PIR» 8UOUSMSiSMMHKOH KV NOl.JJSOd pajue/A suoijenjjs ; More Ayrshire Progress Than in Any Other AreaThe Red and White breed, the Ayrshhes, have been making more progress in Oxford than in any other county in the Southern ■ »Counties’ Ayrshire Club. J. U *Stensell, Aylmer, secretnry oi the club, told the organization's 37th annual meeting on Monday after* noon in the Department of Agri­culture office. Woodstock. i vDelegationComplimentedThe Oxford delegation to the Ontario Plowmen's AsM- i f elation last week heard sever­al unofficial comments on the Impression they made on the convention in their effort to bring the International Plow­ing Match to this county in 1951.Today the congratulations became official. A letter from J. A. Carroll, secretary-mana­ger of the Ontario Plowmen’s .Association to the, Sentinel- Review contains this para­graph:"Oxford is congratulated on the delegation which appeared at the annual convention last week. While sjieeches were short they were impressive and we may safely say a bet­ter organized invitation had ... never been presented to this organization.”ASSESSORS MEETAssessors of municipalities within Oxford county met today in the council chamber of thd^otis^ house in Woodstock to discuss^ problems of assessment with the equalization committee of the county council. Reeve K. H. An­derson, chairman of the commit­tee, presided over the discussions.]Yardstick for Equalizing County Assessment Sought•' .'..I ' .'/.I' ■' : ! ■■ ' i -cisIon to meet in October ami at-tempt to evolve a ''yardstick'' for'Anderson, Reeve Theddor* use in making assessments of farm er of South Norwich.lends, buildings and dwellings. At. Little of Dereham, Recv»> T the October meeting further con- p.-How of West Oxford,'£ sideration will be given to a plan P'gve W. J. McDonald of suggested yesterday of forming an Zorra and Warden George association of assessors within the si er.county. Assessors attending were: E.The jneetirjg was called by the'Carter, Blandford; J. L. Davidson^ county council’s equalization com- Blenheim; Ira Harris. Dereham? mil tee. Reeve K. H Anderson of . a, P. McKessock, E st Niasouri; Tillsonburg, chairman of the com-jp B. Ferris. North Norwich; H. mlttec presided over the meeting parsons, South Norwich; Ed. Mc- Awlsting Reeve Anderson was L. Cofbs, East Oxford; S. J, Dundas K. Coles, county clerk and treas-j N;Jlh Oxford; A. W. Malcolm^’ Zorra; R. Young. West- urer.The county council this year ia^ facet! with the task of raising thet equalized assessment of the county-a; W. D. Agur, Tillsonburg; Kaufman, Tavistock.by $500,000. This is believed to he the largest raise the equalized as­sessment has ever received.The method of levying county pates Is based on an equalized as­sessment of municipalities within the county. As each municipality has its own assessor, who has his own methods and yardstick of values, the actual assessments bear no true relation to each other. When the total actual as­sessment of the county gets above the previous equalized assessment the latter must be raised to equal the actual. This has been done in the past by an equalization com­mittee of county council tackling the problem of apportioning the amount on the various municipali­ties, causing considerable disagree­ment at times.This year the equalization com­mittee reached the plan to invite the assessors in to a meeting and to talk the mazier over. The plan to set up a yardstick was the re­sult.Commenting on the plan, Reeve Anderson stated such a system would, in effect, equalize the as­sessment of the county' if the as­sessors, once they had established their scale of values or yardstick, would stick to this method in their own assessing.During the afternoon the group heard Ross Tuck, deputy registrar for Oxford, explain the facilities available at the registry office for obtaining changes of ownership of / property.Members of the equalization committee present were: ReeveMANK Ai irJsM FUNERAL—Seven caskets containing theremain# of Wgllace Clayton Siple, his wife, Annie Irene (Wilson), Siple and five children, Graham, Gordon, Wallace, Sharon and Sheila were plat ed hi one grave in the Norwich cemetery on Thursday af­ternoon following a funeral service held ' > the Norwich UttHodu nuicn, cemeterywer i,Utn) people attenaea the service and followed to the o pay lheir last tribute to Mr. Siple and his family, allof whom Mere killed In an airplane crash on Sunday night near Maxville. (Staff photo).(Staff photo). Memorial Building to G. R. Green ProposedMeeting Considers Ideas For Memorial; Suggestions Include Park, ScholarshipForestry Association is Proposed in Oxford CountyIn.I.ial steps for • he formation of i being taken, Jamcr A. Vance, aThe construction of an agricul-set up to include Mr. Sandick, Mr. tural building in Woodstock to be Muir. Mr. Williamson, J. Ej known as the G. R. Green Mem- Nephew, James A. Vance, Norman ©rial Building received consider- Schell, Doug Hart. F. E. Ellis. Mrs. able support yesterday at a meet- O. O. Smith, Mrs. R. W. Burton ing of some 30 representatives of, and Warden George Fewster. This farm organizations in Oxford. committee will meet in the depart-,The meeting was called through ment of agriculture office on the sponsorship of the Oxford Thursday, February 24. nt 2 p.m. Federation of Agriculture to con-; to give further consideration to sider the setting iip of a memorial propcwals and will call another) for Mr. Green, who served agricul- meetihg of the representatives at the committee's convenience.an Oxford county branph of tfyo .Canadian Forestry Association areturc in Oxford for over 30 years, as representative of the Ontario Department of Agriculture. At the outset the group stood in silence in Mr. Green's memory.Gordon Sandick, past president of the federation presided over the gathering held in the board room of the department of agriculture offices in Woodstock.A committee composed of Mr. Sandick, Alex Muir and W. Wil­liamson in a letter requested all farm organizations in Oxford to submit their suggestions and to send a representative to the meet­ing.Three suggestions were given consideration at the meeting. These were: the setting up of a memorial scholarship at the On­tario Agricultural College, the es­tablishment of a Memorial Park and the erection of a building to serve agriculture in the county.Mr. Williamson explained the scholar-ship plan stating that $3,- 500 would establish a $100 annual scholarship. He also spoke of the establishment of a loan fund at the college for the assistance of Oxford students.The plan for a memorial park was outlined by Alex Muir. The assistance of the Department of Lands and Forests could be obtain­ed in this plan, he said. An area of 50 acres would have to be pur­chased for reforestation purposes. This would be maintained by the department for 30 years when ar­rangements could be worked out for the agreement to be continued or the land turned back to the county. A portion of this land, about' half an acre, could be used as a picnic ground. The difficulty here, it was pointed out, would be arranging to have the grounds looked after and kept clean.The plan of a building was broached by Charles Brink, who said it had been suggested at the meeting of the Woodstock Milk Foundation.Such a building would house the department of agriculture in Woodstock and give room for oth­er agricultural activities. The ma­jority of those present expressed their opinion as being in favor of this plan if it could be worked out and felt sure the organizations they represented would support such a venture.A committee, called the G. R. Green Memorial Committee, wasChief Justice, Oxford-born, Praises CountyChief Justice J. C. McRuer was high in his praise of the citizens ofi Oxford county when Supreme court opened in Woodstock yester­day afternoon.He noted the lack of criminal cases and the few divorce cases listed for hearing and in reply to the address of welcome delivered by Crown Attorney Craig McKay, said:"In reference to the lack of criminal cases and the few divorce cases, it is only indicative of the character of the people who founded the community of Oxford county. I feel deeply moved by the'reception given me, and I am very, proud to have been born in Oxford county.“I remember when a boy, read­ing a book entitled Zorra Old Boys, it was a catalogue of those who had shown character and per­sonal worth that was outstanding.! When we have a community of that sort we realize what charac­ter really means."The respect for the adminis­tration of justice is reflected in the present generation of law abid­ing citizens. We are living in very troubled times and we must try as best we can to protect the ad­ministration of justice to individ­uals without fear and sound prin­ciples of right and wrong.”At the opening of the session Deputy Sheriff John Martin pres­ented Chief Justice McRuer with the traditional pair of white gloves.Forestry Association Plans for County BranchRecently it was announced that the Canadian forestry Association through its Ontario branch is planning to organize county branches and that Oxford is to be the first of these.Before long a move for membership in this organization will be underway. It is, therefore, of interest to examine the aims of the Canadian Forestry Association and some of its activities during its 48-year history.The C.F.A. is a non-partisan organiza­tion seeking to draw public attention to the problems of forest management in Canada. Its main target, as stated in the report of its general manager, Norton J. Anderson, at the last annual meeting, is “an enlightened; electorate prepared to back the forestry planning, spending and sacrifice necessary to assure Canada of sustained and sanely। director of the association said yesterday.I Recently an On‘ario association has been formed .* nd it is proposed to create branches in counties throughout the province, Oxfora is to be the first county to organ­ize in the agricultural district of Ontario.W. S. MacDonnell, secretaiy- manager of the Canadian Forestry Association of Ontario, has been in consultation wit;1 Mr. Vance on this matter.The theme of tl.e association is "Conservation for Use," Dean J W. V. Sisam, dear. of forestry a* the University of Toronto is presi­dent of the Canadian association. The body is a national and provin- 'cial organization, ^dependent and non-pohtical in character, for the advancement of intelligent mana­ment and use of forests and the related resources of soil, water, wild life and outdoor recreation. It's purpose is to create and en­lighten public appreciation ofmanaged forest resources*To carry out this, program,’ the C.F.A. publishes The Woodland World, .“a monthly publication dedicated to the proposition that our heritage of woods, waters, wildlife and soil must be sustained for the generations to come.” ’The association’s statement of revenue and expenditures for 1948 shows that it also publishes “Forest and Outdoors”, arranges | for lecturers, and carries on an intensive campaign in educating the public to the; value of trees in woodlots, municipal forests, reforestation plots and the vast forests of the north. , - . .Other firsts; have been introduced in Ox­ford, which has a reputation for putting them across successfully. When the time comes to show our active interest in support; of an Oxford Forestry Association, it too, should get off to a successful start.these resources arid the part they play in the social and economic Life of the nation.Tenders WantedQuotations will be received by the undersigned until 12 o'clock noon. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1949 on premiums for insurance on roads. County equipment and Em­ployers' Liability.Information may be obtained at the office of the undersigned.J. N. MEATHRELL.County .Road Superintendent. Court House, Woodstock, March T, 1949.COMMITTEE MEETINGThe finance committee of 1he county council will meet in the courthouse in Woodstock on Tues­day and at a joint meeting with the road committee.on Thursday in preparation for the March ses­sion of county council which opens on March 22.Municipal Subsidy Of One Mill Goes; New Grants Basis"Now, then, Mr. Meeka, shall we try and smile?” x&sziiaLIBRARY ANNUALThe annual meeting of the Ox- — ford Library' Co-operative is being held in the courthouse in Wood- stock on Thursday evening, March 3 at eight o’clock.OXFORD LIBRARY COOPERATIVE BOARD—Members of the board of the Oxford Library Co-operative are shown here prior to an executive meeting held in the courthouse last night. The meet­ing preceded the annual meeting of the organization. Seated, from the left, are: Miss Betty Crawford, Ingersoll, secretary-treasurer; R. C. Brogden, Ingersoll, chairman; Warden George Fewster. Stand­ing, from the left are Reeve W. A. Cockburn, Blenheim; H. L. Kipp, Princeton; L. K. Coles, county clerk and treasurer; Reeve Robert Rudy, Tavistock: George Lees, Norwich. Not present at the time this picture was taken were Reeve A. P. Maedel, Norwich and R. G. Groom, Tillsonburg.—(Staff Photo).COUNTY LIBRARIANThe name of the newly appoint­ed county librarian was given in­correctly in the account of the annual meeting of the Oxford Library Co-operative. The name of the librarian should have read, Mrs. S. L. Krompart.Librarian EngagedMr. Mowatt stressed the job to be done by public book service.“If we in 1he western democra­T"’ ■ goingr or County scies are going to survive the next war, be it a cold or hot war, if we are going to withstand the ham­mering of propaganda, if we are going to be a thinking, surviving people, we have got to be more thoughtful than in the past," heWEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1949Mrs. S. L. Crawford of Wood- ‘'Education/’ he said, “is one of stock has been hired as county the most important weapons in librarian by the board of tire Ox- our battle for surviva| ” ford Library Co-operative. Mr. Mowatt was chairman for aThe announcement of the ap- , dis<.ussion in which four pointment was made last night by £ounty librarians tcok part. They R. C. Brogden, Ingersoll, hoard were; Miss Audrey Grey of Sim- chairman at the annual meeting Pounty: Miss Helen B'air of of the co-operative in the council vnddJesex county; Mrs. A. Roch-I chamber of the courthouse m of Kent 2,,unty. and e. Stan- Woodstock. . ]ev Beacock oi T ambtori.Mr. Brogden also informed the -Miss MUdred Sandoe, stat® lib- meeting that quarters have been organized for Ohio, one of secured in the courthouse to house th/](,e<gng authorities on county the county library s stock cn books Ubrary work in (he United states and its office. d an authoi of a book on countyThe new librarian will com- - a speaking briefly, said it mence her duties on April 1- Mr nQf enough lo ]Jflt take books| Brogden said the county^brary ou(, jn tbe rural areas to prtopie it has been housed in the Woodstock a)so nccessary l0 take out with library but that it has now out- books people who know books, grown its original home. He ex- She ga-d is conv,nced of the pressed appreciation to M s s d jor librarians to have.the op- Blythe Terryberry, librarian at " . * it . . ]k lxx,ks the Woodstock public library for P Representatives of most dbrar- the long service she has given the Oxford were preScnt at the county organization. meeting as well as members of theMiss Betty Crawford, Ingersoll, jTativp board. These include secretary-treasurer of the board, I Brogden. Warden George reported about 2,000 books on * A p Nor-hand as a basis for the new sys-*®";’ 1' .tf.m wich; Reeve Robel I Rudy, laytThe libraries in Oxford had been stock; Reeve W. A. Cockburn, organized about 12 years until Blenheim; H. L. Kipp, P’me n. last year when a reorganization George Lees,# Norwich; n. *j. took place and the Oxford Library Groom, Tillsonburg, and L. K. Co-operative was formed. Coles, county clerk and lieasuA grant of $2,000 was made to the co-operative by 1he county council. A similar grant was made by the Department of Education and an additional $1,000 grant is made by the department on the hiring of a qualified librarian.Angus Mowatt, director of pub­lic library service for the Ontario Department of Education, spoke on the work of county libraries.North Oxford Grants $500 toA. R. Horton of the hospi­tal committee, Informed the Sentinel-Review this morning that the Township of North Oxford had passed a resolution at their regular meeting yes­terday to grant to the Alex­andra Hospital $500 for the furnishing of a in lhe new building.Residents, PoliceAnd White GlovesOxford county is.well on its way to pro­viding every member of the supreme court in Ontario with enough white gloves,to last a lifetime. It is to be hoped the practice will continue indefinitely, because it means that the county is free of serious crime. The white gloves are presented to the presiding justice when the assizes docket is clear of criminal eases.When the traditional ceremony is per­formed here, the recipients of the gloves seldom fail to praise the law abiding nature of the citizens who make such a record possi­ble. Chief Justice McRuer, for instance, at the last supreme court sitting in Woodstock, commented on the sturdy stock who popu­lated the county and felt proud that he had been born here.The quality and nature of the citizens are the major factors in ‘‘setting the tone ’ of a community, but notice should also be given the functioning of police forces. An efficient police force is a great deterrent to crime.In general, police in Canada are insulated against political influence by coming under appointive rather than elective bodies. In this way, the police are not at the mercy of changing administrations and can choose police work as a career. The dangers of the elective system have been illustrated time and time again in various cities in the United States. Every so often, too, there are flare- ups in Canadian communities where police chiefs and municipal councils run afoul of each other. Canada Must Produce More in '49You'll Profit by Attending the 12th AnnualOxford County Seed FairAnd Field Crop ConventionMARCH l$th and 16th WOODSTOCK FAIR GROUNDSPROGRAM:IN THE RECREATION IIALL EACH AFTERNOON• ■ f. J rTuesday: Chairman—Vice-President D. H. Hart.2.00 p.m.—Chairman’s Address. \Address by J. J. Neilson (Ass stant Director Ridgetown’Experimental Station).‘’Control of Weeds in Corn with Chemicals” (illustrated).Comments on grain exhibits at show—Professor Jas. Laughland. Wednesday: Chairman—President Geo. A. Matheson.2.00 p.m.—President’s Address.Mr. H. A. Little, chairman, Agricultural Committee of Oxford County Council.Address—Dr. O. McConkey—"Agriculture and Soil Erosion in China in relation to soil conservation in Ontario.”Presentation of the "Robertson Associate” medal to Mr. Ralph Moore of Norwich, presented by W. E. Breckon, Ontario Director of the C.S.G.A. Presentation to Mi'. Joe Lanthier of Leitchcroft Farm—Provincial Hay Competition Grand Champion Prize and Trophy, presented *by D. H. Hart.4.00 p.m.—Sale of 10 bushel lots of registered seed grain. Money from the sale of this grain must be paid to Ralph Sparks, treasurer of Oxford County Crop Improvement Association.Plan now to attend both days!WARBLE FLYSome memgers of the agricul­ture committee of the county council are in Guelph this after­noon at a meeting in the Ontario Agricultural College to discuss warble fly control. In the group from Oxford are: Reeve H. A. Lit­tle, Dereham, committee chair­man; Deputy Reeve H. R. McBeth, Dereham; Reeve Thomas Pellow, West Oxford; Reeve Alster Clarke, West Zorra, and George Bell, ag­ricultural representative.N 0 T I C EThe Statutes with respect to load limits during the months of March and April’ (Subsection 3 and 4, Sec­tion 35 H.T.A.) will be strictly en­forced on all County Roads. •AU gravel sections of County roads are "Class ‘B’ Highways" and the gross weight of a vehicle mov­ing over or upon them shall not ex­ceed the weight specified in Sub­section 3, section 33 H.T.A;‘ J. N. MEATHRELL.County Road Superintendent. Court House, Woodstock, Ontario.EntriesHeavy at Seed FairAs the 1940 Seed Fair of the Ox­ford Crop Improvement Associa­tion officially opened yesterday afternoon, Chairman D. II, Hart, vice-president of. the association, termed it "Probably the most suc­cessful seed fair to be held yet in Oxford."Thp huge recreation hall at the Woodstock fairgrounds was cram­med to capacity with visitors and displays for the opening afternoon.1 A total count showed 233 exhib­its, the work of 122 exhibitors, to be on display. Although there is no official word that can deem this a record, no one could be found yesterday who could re­member a better showing.Conservation Books ListedInterviewed after his speech yes­terday at the Seed Fair, Dr. O. M. McConkey stressed education of rhe people in regards to conserv- tion as a prime necessity. “There are many good books on the sub­ject." he said, "books we should all read.”He produced a list of the most instructive and said. “The people should know about these books, and the local public libraries should know about these books, and the local public libraries should stock them.”The list is as follows: Jacks and White ‘ Vanishing Lands," Fair field Osborn’s “Our Plundered Plaret," W. Vogt’s “Road to Sur­vival.” Pearson and Harper's “The World Hunger", the Canadian and U. S. Government bulletins on soil conservation, and also Bromfield’s “Pleasant Valley, and Graham’s "Natural Principles of Land Use."COUNTY COUNCILThe Marell session of Oxford county council will open in the council chamber of the courthouse in Woodstock on Tuesday, March 22, at 10 a.m.L-1H ANNUAL SE®D FAIR—The 1.2th annual Seed Fair and Crop Convention held by the Oxford Crop Improvement Association opened on Tuesday afternoon in the recreation hall at the Wood- stock fairground#, The scone on opening day is shown in this photo, in the centre in marked bags are the on tries of seed await- mg inspection by the Judges. Aroun;* the walls of the building are commercial and educational exhibits. The fair continued this alter* noon. (Staff Photo), City Police Court Moves To City Council ChamberWarden Sees Busy County Session; Draw up BudgetThe usual Wednesday morning hustle and bustle around city po-j Ike headquarters was missing to­day as court was held in the coun­cil chambers at city hall.For the past few weeks, with the large number of traffic and liquor o fences heard by Magis­trate R. Groom in the narrow confines oi the court room in the market building, it has been filled to overflowing and almost bursting at the seams.Some months ago a room in the market building, formerly used by t he Woodstock Boys' and Girls' band, was renovated for the pur­pose of holding court there but as jet this plan has not been ful­filled.Since that time a request was made by Woodst ock city fathers to I the county council for permission to hold the weekly city court in the county buildings. This request, was not granted and it was neces­sary to conduct, city court in the small room at the police station, i alloted for that purpose.Originally built to seat around 15 people, the little court room has been jammed for the past few weeks and with the ever-increas­ing number of offenders permis­sion was obtained to hold court in the city council chambers.It is understood that city court; will be conducted by Magistrate Groom in the council chambers from now on.Hospital Grant Increase Asked For TillsonburgA request for an increase in the county grant to the construction of the new Tillsonburg Soldiers'] Memorial Hospital was made to county council this morning by John Stubbs, secretary-treasurer and J. C. Eichenberg, chairman of the hospital trust.Mr. Stubbs recalled an appeal to county council for assistance two years ago. At that time a grant of $75,000 was authorized by the council.During the past two years the plans have changed somewhat in­sofar as the hospital is concerned, Mr. Stubbs said. At that time it was intended to add 50 beds 16 the hospital making it an 82-bedj institution. Present plans call fori an 82 bed hospital but by the ad­dition of 70 beds and use of the present building for administra­tion. nurses' residence and 10 beds for convalescents.A slight increase in county pa­tients, exclusive of those from Tillsonburg, last year saw some 500 from Oxford as patients.The cost of what the board was hoping to do is somewhat in excess of .what they had in mind two years ago.Mr. Stubbs explained the estim­ate of costs for the construction is $515,000. An additional §100,000 will be needed to equip the build­ing.Mr, Eichenberg said Iha I close of $400,000 is on hand or promised. An additional $123,000 is needed.ENTERTAINMENTThe Woodstock Lions put on an entertainment program at the; county home last nlubt. Movies shown by Jimmy Smith formed the basis of the show. Refresh­ments also were provided to the thankful old people- Bob Forbes, manager of (he home and a mem- of the Lions club, thanked those taking part.Clerk Presents License ListL. K. Coles, county clerk and treasurer, presented a list to coun­ty council this morning of those who have purchased auctioneer, | poultry dealer and salvage collec­tor licenses so far this year. The list reads as follows:Auctioneers, R. A. McDonald. Embro; Frank Fulkerson, R.R. 1, Tillsonburg; R. J. Thomas, Bur­ford; George E. Brady. R.R, 2, | Dorchester; M. R. Roth. Tavis-! tock; Percy Longworth. Norwich; Haggan and Watterworth. Aylmer, iPoultry dealers, Max Mill and Son. Toronto; Norman Grad, Tor-| onto; Sam Golden. Toronto; J. Goldstein, Ingersoll; Delmer Clin­ton. Norwich.Salvage collectors, Elmer San­derson, Norwich; Gordon Hughson, Drumbo; G. Gailor and Sons, Kit­chener; William Kay. R.R. 5, Woodstock; J. Goldstein, Inger­soll; A. E. Stuart, Rothsay; Paul Patroi, Hamilton; Nathan Jack, Woodstock.County Education Costs Are Listed for CouncilA levy of $10,231.55 for aca­demic secondary education and $406.19 for vocational secondary education was recommended for payment by the county council's education commitee in its report adopted bj' city council this morn­ing.The report presented by the committee under the chairmanship of Reeve A. P. Maedel, Norwich, pointed out the difficulty in malt­ing a comparison between secon­dary education costs through coun­ty rates for 1949 as against the costs in 1948. Education costs for last year are paid in the county rates this year.Most of the county, the report, stated, has been formed into high school districts and tuition costs for these pupils are not paid through the county rates. The pu­pils from the entire township of Blenheim, except the continua­tion school areas of Plattsville and Princeton are classed as county pupils. The pupils from a small portion of Dereham township, not included in their continuation school area, are county pupils.The average cost per county pu-"Margorlne-FlnfferiilPUBLIC NQTICEAt the call of Warden George Fewster a special meeting of the County Council of the County of Oxford will be held In theCOUNCIL CHAMBER IN THE COURT HOUSEWOODSTOCKon Tuesday, March 22nd, 1919, at the hour of ten o'clock a.m. for general business.All claims and accounts against the county must he filed with the County Clerk before the flrat day of the session.L. K. COLES.County Clerk. County Clerk's Office, Woodstock.ROAD CONDITIONCounty roads at the present lime arc in the worst condition of the spring break-up, J. N. Meatherell, county road superin- ' tendent. said this morning. He pointed out that even the half load limit regulation Is, at this stage, more than roads can bear.I pil day in 1948 was 52.0358 cents as compared to 38.68299 cents the । previous year.I There was a great different in county pupil per diem cost, the re­port explained. It ranged from 3.29 cents for Norwich High School to ' $1.10 for New Dundee Continua­tion School.Accounts received for tuition of Blenheim and Dereham "county" pupils who attended secondary schools during 1948 and were en­tered in academic courses: High schools within the county, Nor­wich and Tillsonburg $199.03; con­tinuation schools within the coun­ty, $3,125.32; continuation school in adjoining counties. $1,453.15; high schools and collegiates in ad­joining countes, $2,839.37; high schools in separated municipalities, $2,614.68.One half of this amount is levied on Blenheim and Dereham accord­ing 1o their assessment less the equalized assessment of that por­tion of the township that is a con­tinuation or high school district. The other halt is apportioned among Dereham and Blenheim ac­cording to the attendance from the municipality. There was a to­tal of 19,662’4 days’ attendance of "county pupils".The township of Blenheim had pupils attending at: Plattsville, 4,095 days; Princeton, 851 days; Ayr, 1,280 days; New Dundee, 463 days; Paris. 3,636 days; Wood- stock 5,641 days; Galt, 606 days; a total of 16,863 days.The township of Dereham had pupils attending at: Mount Elgin, 1,309 days: Norwich, 222 days; Tillsonburg, 1,268’4 days; a total of 2,799'4 days.The township of Blenheim had pupils attending Brantford Voca-i tional School for 141 days at a cost! Of $68.28 and al lending Galt Vo­cational School for 507 days al a cost of $337.91.The.report gave a comparison of costs per pupil day as follows: Ayr Continuation School, 73.58 cents; Burford High School. 16.15 cents; Galt Collegiate, 75.28 cents; Mount Elgin Continuation School, 19.78: New Dundee Continuation School, $1.10; Norwich High School. 3.29 cents; Paris High School, 61.82 cents: Plattsville Continuation School. 15.36 cents; Tillsonburg High School. 1.5.11 Rents; Wood* stock Collegiate Institute. 46.35 cents; Brantford Vocational School 48.42 dents: Galt Vocational School, centl.A "rather busy eewdon" was predicted for county council by Warden George Fewster as he opened the March lesion in the council chamber at the courthouse in Woodstock this morning.The county’s budget Tor the year was mentioned by the war­den as the main Item of business for this the second session of the 394D council.Four and possibly 5 delegations are expected to appear before council today and tomorrow seek­ing financial assistance.This morning a delegation was on hand from the Tillson burg Soldier's Memorial Hospital seek­ing an increase in their grant of $75,000 for the new hospital being contracted. This afternoon a! 2 o'clock a delegation was to ' be present from the University of western Ontario.Wednesday morning a delega­tion from Alexandra Hospital in Ingersoll is expected in connection with the hospital’s indigent pa­tient deficit. *11131 afternoon a del­egation is expected from the Red , Cross Society seeking a grant.Among the communica lionsread this morning was a petition I signed by 27 residents of Bland­ford and Blenheim asking that : the 7th concession road between Drumbo and Innerkip receive "some satisfactory improvements as soon as possible so we can trav- : el this road with reasonable com- | fort and safety.” The 7th conees- 1 sion was taken over as a county road a few years ago.A resolution was received from the council of East Oxford seek­ing an increase in the amount of compensation paid for T.B. react­ing cattle.The Oxford Trustees and Rate­payers Association by letter re­quested a grant for their work.Peterborough county sought support for their resolution asking for an increase in the bounty' paid on wolf pelts.Wentworth county in a resolu­tion urged the amendment of the Administration of Justice Act to provide for an increase of at least $5 per day allowance to constables for court attendance.Consideration by the Ontario Department of Health to increas­ing the grant of 54 cents per ward indigent patient day to actual cost was requested in a resolution for­warded by Lincoln county.Prince Edward county protested the dissolution of local old age pensions boards.Amendment of the Railway Act I was asked by Elgin county to pro­vide for contribution to improve­ment of existing overpass and un­derpass structures in the manner of level crossings.Grey county asked that the Municipal Act be amended to al­low for the purchase of drainage machinery' by a municipal council for outlet improvement and con­structing natural outlets.Fillsonburg Hospital Gets Grant From ElginST. THOMAS — By a majority 'ote, Elgin countyr council Wednes- lay adopted a resolution granting (130,000 towards the proposed £515.000 addition to Tillsonburg Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital.The grant, to be paid in annual Instalments ,of $10,000 over a three-year period, will be in addi­tion to the $6,000 previously pledged and which is to be paid on commencement of the project.Hard on the heels of the pass­ing of the resolution, council budg­eted $10,000 for the 1949 payment, this also to be paid when work on the addition is begun.Although future council* are not bound to the payment of the remaining instalments, recom­mendations will be carried forward to councils of 1950 and 1951 thatthe $10,000 gran! be made. $10,000 Grant is Asked For Woodstock HospitalA request tor a grant of $10,000 to help cover the 1948 deficit of the Woodstock General Hospital was made to county council on Wednesday afternoon by members of the hospital trust.The hospital's deficit with de­preciation included amounts to $43,000, E. J. Hosack, president of the trust, told the council. It was suggested that, the county’s share of the deficit, less depreciation, would be one third, or $10,000.With Mr. Hosack in the delega­tion were C. G. Mitchell, who also spoke briefly, E. B. Terryberry and J. R. Sullivan.Mr. Hosack stressed the desire of the board not to put rates to cover the actual costs, which av­erage $7.42 per patient day, to the point where the paying public is unable to pay its way or feel that it is paying its way. He pointed out that such things as parks and education, roads and other servic­es are paid by the public through their councils. These are for wellpeople who are earning a living, an ambulance service will be madeHospitalization, he believed, should in part be the responsibility of the municipality.Also on Wednesday afternoon, the council heanT a request, fromthe Red Cross Society for an in-j creased grant. Ex-warden Hugh Harris of East Nissouri and Rus­sell Brady, society president, made the appeal.Mr. Harris pointed out the soc­iety is working toward a county I branch and expressed the view that an increased county grant would allow niral people to con­tribute to Red Cross. It Is not practical, he said, to attempt, a house to house canvas in the rural area.Mr. Brady outlined sonic of the Red Cross services. He spoke of the increasing blood transfusion service and said that a system similar to Woodstock would be set. up in Ingersoll and Tillsonburg.Under the system of blood don­ors in Woodstock no person has! paid for blood from t he blood bank and no person has been paid for donating blood. Mr. Brady said $4,200 has been saved in this way.He also announced that in con­junction with St. John Ambulanceavailable throughout the county.Both delegations were assured by Warden George Fewster that the council would give every con­sideration to their requests.County Road Expenditure Is Estimated at $291,240The amount to be spent on county roads this year will be $291,240 according to the second report of the road committee passed by county council this morning.The report, presented by com­mittee chairman, Reeve Theodore Cooper of South Norwich, out* lined the program of work to be done during the year. The council considered the report in commit­tee of the whole with Reeve Als- ter Clarke of West Zorra in the chair. J. N. Meathrell ( county r. a superintendent, sat with the committee during the discussion. IAn estimated subsidy of $155,- 940 from the Ontario Department of Highways is expected to re­duce the amount to be paid lo­cally to $135,300. Of this Ingersoll and Woodstock will pay as a sub­urban road share, $2,800. The amount to be raised for county roads by general levy in county j rates is $132,500.1 The amount being spent is $13,- 240 higher than the appropriation for 1948 when the total amount authorized for expenditure on the county road system was $278,000.Major items in the summary of the report called for: new mach­inery, $24,000; paving 3.7 miles, $32,400; grading 23.1 miles, $24,- 024.52; gravel or stone surfacing 23.1 miles, $23,140; drainage and grade preparation 17.8 miles, $31,005.16; gravel or stone resur­facing 18.1 miles. $7,779; surface treating 15.95 miles. $15,950; dust laying 61.9 miles, $10,705; snow roads, $11,960; patching gravel roads, $6,500; patching pavements $19,191.32.New machinery authorized by the report’s adoption will include a caterpillar grader and snow plow and two heavy duty, three- ton trucks as replacements.Construction Includes: Road 3, paring from Cun. 9 to 10 on the DrumboWashington road, 2.3 miles; Road 4, draining and pre­paration of subgrade, Innerkip to Highway 97, 4.2 miles; Road 6, Ernbro Road, grading lot 26 to H. limit 4 miles; Road 10, Culloden Road, grading narrow section from Road 27 to south limit, 4.9 miles; Road 17, grade preparation from Cody's Corners to Highway 19, 61 miles; Road 18, Mount El­gin to Norwich, grade prepara­tion of gravel section 7.2 miles; Road 19, Tillsonburg to Otterville, paving section Springford south and east, 1 mile; Road 24, Tavis- i tock, grade preparation and pav­ing Hope street, west, .3 miles; Road 28, Harrington side road, elimination of jogs ana surfacing of same, 2 miles; Road 29, 7th Con, from Innerkip to Drumbo, elimination of jog at east, limitreshaping nar- gravel surfac-SuperintendentMeathrell explained that more emphasis is being placed this year on preparation of subgrades than on paving due to the policy of the road committee in prepar-City’s Court Plea Again RejectedA request by the city of Wood- stock that the county council re- consider the city's request for use of the county council chamber for the hoklin© of city police court was received by county council this morning.At 11 o'clock the property com­mittee of the county council un­der the chairmanship of Reeve Robert Rudy of Tavistock, met with Aiderman W. A. Reinhart, j chairman of the city’s markets , and buildings committee, Aider­man T. G. Lewis and City Treas­urer J. D. Hill.The property committee did not I favor reversal of the county’s stand taken at the January ses­sion when the original request was turned down.Reeve Rudy said the feeling ofand surfacing same; Road 32,Governor's Road, row sections and ing.County Roading ingsubgrades one year for pav- the next.Night Session Concludes Work County CouncilThis morning following adjourn­ment of county council, the agri­culture and property committees met. These committees were fol­lowed by the finance committee, which expected to be in, session most of the day.The council will meet for a night session this evening to conclude the business of the March session. There were no communications this morning. Committee reports and third reading of three bylaws will be dealt with this morning.Several members of the council, representatives of their municipal­ities on the Upper Thames Valley Conservation Authority, left this morning for Mitchell to attend the annual meeting of the authority.the county council lx that Wood- stock has Its own council chamber which should be used for cRy court as Tillsonburg and Inger­soll use their council chambers for police court.Aiderman Reinhart had pointed out that he did not feel the coun­cil chamber wm the place to hold| a police court. Members of the county committee pointed out on their part that the room in the courthouse was their council chamber and It Is already used for county police court.Tlie county representatives ask- eel about the room over the mar­ket building where considerable work has been done In refinishing. The city committee replied that healing was the major problem there and would cost a. great amount to instal.Mr. Hill said the room In ques­tion was the old city court-room I and had been discarded years ago as inadequate.Warden George Fewster drew attention to the lack of privacy in the county clerk’s office at the present time, which is made .much worse with the holding of police court. With the holding of Woodstock's court in the county council chamber the situation in the clerk’s office, which adjoins the chamber, would be made that much more intolerable.The Woodstock delegation as­sured the property committee the plan suggested was but a tempor­ary one, but the latter group felt it was too indefinite to be tempor­ary.Reeve Rudy said that if Wood- stock were tearing down its pres­ent city hall and was building a new one there would be no diffi­culty in allowing the use of the county's council chamber. This, he considered, would be a situation which could be termed temporary.Reeve A. P. Maedel of Norwich expressed the opinion that the city should be more “independent” and “stand on its own feet.”The lac kof accommodation in the city hall was laid before the property committee, who, in turn, told of their own problems in get­ting suitable accommodation in the courthouse.JOSEPHINECopyright, 194?. N<w York Herold Tribunt ln<Wcothcr bureau? Got a tip for you. Grandpa just washed the car.1c3 Slight Increase in Mill Rate for County DecidedGrant Sought to Cover Indigent Patients CostThe county tax rate was raised The commit tee recommended last night by two-fifths of a mill 'mprovcmenls to the county jail in- despite the fact that actual ex- eluding stoning the driveway and] penditure estimated for the year pointing lhe brickwork nt lhe jail is down from $318,852.04 to $308.- enlraneo and wall.537.74. The new rate is 9.99 miles. The । aSurcs of I he past seven I-st war it was 9.59 mills. ] warden : of the county hangingit was 9.59 mills.wardenThis difference arises from the fact that education charges on the county levy arc not included in the mill rate but are added sep­arately to the county rate. County expenditures for general purposes, charity and welfare and county roads will be higher for 1949. Edu-cation expenditures through coun-tv rates due to the formation of hight school districts are down.The courfty levy for general pur­poses, charity and welfare and county roads is based on assess-j ment. The levy for education is> based on attendance at secondaryschools by pupils from a munici­pality.Estimates for the year as pre­sented in the report of the finance committee under the chairman­ship of Reeve Fred S. Killing of East Zorra were as follows (last year’s estimates are shown in brackets): General purposes, $81, 500 ($69,000); charity and wel­fare, $83,900 ($83,600); county roads $132,500 ($130,000); voca- tonal secondary education $406.19 ($838.73); academic secondary ed­ucation $10,231.55 ($35,413.31); total $308,537.74 ($318,852.04).Adopting the report, of the fin­ance committee the council ap­proved an additional grant of $30,- 000 to the contsruction of the Till­sonburg Soldier's Memorial Hospi­tal. The bylaw authorizing the previous grant of $75,000 will be amended' to carry the annual grants through to 1952 and 1953 to a total of $105,000. An addition­al $2,000 was set aside in the es­timates for a possible deficit on the Tillsonburg Hospital.Dealing with the request of the Woodstock General Hospital for a grant to cover the county's share of the 1948 deficit a grant of $10,000 was authorized.A grant of $1,000 was made to the Red Cross Society and the grant of $1,095.43 requested by the Alexandra Hospital in Inger-wit h all the photos of the cx- wardens of Oxford on the wall of; the county council chamber will get new frames as a result of the acceptance of the property com­mittees report. The action was taken Io make all the frames uni-, form in style,A room in the basement of the court house will be prepared for the use of tlTe Oxford Library Co-, operative.The amounts of $10,500 for courthouse upkeep and $4,100 for jail upkeep were recommended in the report.The printing and resolutions committee under the chairman­ship of Reeve R. H. Clark recom­mended endorsalion of the Middle-] sex county resolution opposing the cancellation of the one mill sub­sidy from the provincial govern­ment. The resolution of Prince Edward county protesting the dis­solution of local Old Age Pensions Board was not endorsed.Trustees were appointed to con­tinuation schools for a period of two years as follows: Princeton, Reeve W. A. Cockburn; Plattsville, Deputy Reeve R. B. Fry; Tavis-! tock, Ed Hansuld.soli to cover the 1948 deficit on indigent patients was granted.An additional $5,000 was set aside in the estimates toward the building of a new registry office.The report of the agriculture committee presented by chairman Reeve H. A. Little was adopted. This report recommended grants of $100 to the Oxford Crop Im­provement Association and $25 to the Dairymen's Association of Western 'Ontario. The sum of $6,000 was estimated for the com-1 mittee's expenditure.The agriculture committee dfeo recommended that the T.B. test now in progress be stopped during Lhe spring and summer months to avoid hardship to cattle owners who have ht.d to feed the cows through the winter.All cattle owners in the county were urged by the committee to1 treat their cattle for warble fly and if in need of powder for this purpose to contact their township council.The resolution of Peterborough county for. increased wolf bounty was endorsed. No action was tak­en on the Grey County resolution concerning the purchase of drain­age equipment by municipal coun­cils.The reforestation and conserva­tion committee under the chair­manship of Reeve Oscar Sippel of Blandford estimated their require­ments for the year at $3,(XX).• The county road committee un­Zone Forester Gets AssistantSTRATFORD — W. E. Moore, chief conservation officer for Perth County for the Ontario De­partment of Lands and Forests will assume his duties. He will switch fro mthe Fish and Wildlife divison of the department to the reforestation division, and will be­come the zone foreman for Huron, "Perth and Oxford counties, under W. A. G. Thurston, zone forester for the area.Increased interest in reforesta­tion and farm woodlots has pro­vided the department with more work, and was responsible for the change, Mr. Thurston said.Mr. Moore has completed a one- year course at the Ontario Forest Rangers' School at Dorset, in prep­aration for his new duties. No pointment has yet been made to fill Mr. Moore’s place.request for a grant of $1,095.43 ;o cover a deficit in costs of car-, ng for Indigent patients from the, jouniy was asked of the county jouncil this morning by Alcxand' •a Hospital in Ingersoll.A. R. Horton of the hospua ;rust appeared before council ihortly before the noon recess to nake the request. The report, riven by Mr. Hori on showed that 127 adult indigent patient days aad come from the county. The average cost was $6.34 per day. Other Indigent patient services . idded <0 this Item brought a total rf $2,181.58 as the cost of caring for indigent patients. The county said to the hospital for patients F674.15; Old Age Pensions $170. and provincial grants applicable to ward patients $242 for a total receipts of $1,086.15.Last year the hospital trust as­ked tor and received a grant for this purpose of $1,500.21.The council adopted the third and fourth reports of the educa­tion committee under the chair- . manship of Reeve A. P. Maedel of Norwich. The third report dead with education costs. The fourth report recommended a grant of. $250 to the Oxforu Trustees' and Ratepayers' Association.A resolution was received from Middlesex County Council oppos­ing the cancellation of the one mill subsidy particularly to rural mun­icipalities. -Three bylaws were given firsi readings: a bylaw to appoint trus­tees to continuation schools, a by-’ law to raise amounts for county purposes in 1949 and a bylaw to pass orders and accounts.During the morning the educa­tion. property and printing com­mittees met.Tlais afternoon delegations were expected from the Woodstock General Hospital Trust and the Red Cross Society.On Tuesday afternoon the coun­cil received an invitation from delegates from The University of Western Ontario to visit the uni­versity this summer. Col. Gordon Ingram, vice chairman of the board of governors, and Dr. Fred Landon, vice-president of the uni­versity, both spoke to the council.Dr. Landon gave a report on the functions of the university during the past year. He said there were now enrolled 135 students from Oxford from 19 centres with 3u new ones registered this year.Col. Ingram told of the finan­cial support some municipalities mud courtties are giving the uni­versity and expressed the hope that Oxford would see its way clear at some time to assist.Now Larger Than EuropeBy The Canadian PressUnion of Newfoundland with Canada makes the Dominion larg­er than Europe, raises its popula­tion to more than 13,000.000, gives it a’new 1.4th city, and a seventh3,776,000.Expanse — Extends its width about 2J5 miles to roughly 3,350 from Cape Race to Queen Char­lotte Islands.Border Adds nothing to the 3.-987-mile border with the Unitedtime zone. ------- ---- . - -It does these things to Canada:! States.Population Raises it from an Provinces-Gives it a new ninth estimated 12,883,000 by 320.000 to province in population, a new13,203,000.Area- Increases ot from 3,690,seventh province in size.Cities- Gives it a new 14th city.000 square miles by 152,000 to 3,- St. John’s with 60,000 people, be- 842,000, compared with Europe's tween Verdun, Que., and Regina.der the chairmanship of Reeve Theodore Cooper stated in their Report that the petition of the residents of the seventh conces­sion of Blandford and Blenheim would be filed. The petitioners will be advteed that the road will re­ceive due consideration when the county road asumed prior to that road is constructed.The property committee under the chaiinanship of Reeve Robert Rudy of Tavistock recommended that the second request of the Woodxtbck city council for the uuo of the council chambers for city |X>llcC court not be granted.Surplus $575,000,000 Reported by Abbott; Down From Last YearIncome Tax Slash Features Budget Brant County Split On Hospital Deficit IssueParis Refuses to ShareAny Part of LiabilityBRANTFORD, March 30 — Disagreement over the method of al­locating hospital deficit costs jo the various Brant County munici­palities was thrown'back today into the lap of the County Council, following a meeting Tuesday night of members of all municipal coun­cils in the county.A portion of the 1947 capitaldeficit of the Brantford Generali ... ■ . -■Hospital still remains unpaid, and the town of Paris has threatened to secede from the county, rather than pay any share."Paris has no moral or legal liability,” Town Clerk William J. Haggett, of Paris, told last night's meeting. “We have our own hospi­tal in Paris, and the Brantford hos­pital is not a necessity to ys. It is a necessity to the city of Brantford and the Township of Brantford.Termed “Steal”Administration of County Big and Complex BusinessBMOMS AK kowy !GUM OU 12 QO^OPS'.00s IB“Brantford Township wants to1 steal from other municipalities to help pay its hospital costs," Mr. Haggett said. “Brantford Township gets 80 per cent of the total coun­ty use of the hospital, but wants to pay only 40 per cent of the cost.’’Spokesmen for Brantford and Burford Townships spoke in favor of meeting hospital costs on the basis of equalized assessment. Spokesmen for ‘the townships of South Dumfries, Oakland, and On­ondaga favored allocating costs on the user-day basis."This is a problem the County Council must deal with," said County Clerk and Treasurer R. E. W. Lawrason. “I am sure that at the next meeting the unpaid 1947 deficit will be paid off.’’con. m». Kiso featukm gy^mrt, u,. woato luctrre kkskxvbo3-ZS“Here's yer 20c-worih 'emof mixedcandy, Bub—you can mixFRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1949Seven to Seek Oratory PrizeOxford county’s Elizabeth Anne Carr-Harris will be one of the contestants in a provincial pub­lic speaking contest to be held in Toronto during the 89th annual convention of the Ontario Educa­tional Association from April 18 to 21.There are seven school children from various parts of Ontario competing in the contest. Miss Carr-Harris has won township, county and district eompetitions.The contest is the highlight of the O.E.A. convention.The other six competitors are Gracie Christie. Brookville; Grace Threndyle. Brant; James Stafford, Selby; Dale Miller, Hillsdale: Michael Campbell, Toronto, and Illa Tyrie, fearnia, /The competition will be held on Monday, April 18 at the sessions of the Ontario School Trustees' and Ratepayers' Association. The contestants will speak on ‘‘What Our Forest Lands Can Mean to Mr and My Province.”Prizes Include a $100 cash award presented by the Ontario Conser­vation and Reforestation Associa­tion, and a set of the Books of Knowledge and The Makers of Canada.Canada Now Has Ten ProvincesCanada has ten provinces today and the people of Newfoundland can call themselves Canadians.Many of the islanders will be reluctant to use the word Canadian, but it is to be hoped that as time passes they will become as proud of the title “Canadian” as are the people of the older provinces.Much has been said of how much Newfoundland is going to,cost the rest of Canada, but it should be remembered that confederation is no one-way street. Thej Newfoundlanders too have had to consider some questions of cost. Newfoundland un­doubtedly benefits by union with Canada, but so does Canada benefit by the entry of the new province. It is in this spirit of co-operation that future relationships be­tween Newfoundland, the other provinces and the nation as a whole should be consider­ed.Even today, with formal union effected, the issue of confederation is still hotly debated in Newfoundland, but it seems like­ly to become another of those now academic arguments which persist in other parts of the country — Lower Canada vs. Upper Canada, West vs. East, and so forth. Corre­spondents in Newfoundland present the healthy report that most islanders are now determined to make the best of the union, whatever their private beliefs.Other Canadians can do much to make Newfoundland feel at home in the Canadian family. Newfoundland hospitality is fabu­lous; let the other provinces at least equal it as they welcome their new sister.As Oxford grows so grow the headaches of the county’s clerk­treasurer. Len Coles, who must keep track of a mass of munici­pal and provincial legislation and detail.In the massive county court house in Woodstock are the offices which directly or indirectly, with funds from various resources, look after the many groups and insti­tutions concerning Oxford. The fi­nancial operation of these offices is often extremely complex. Some are run with county money plus provincial grants; some with county money plus municipal bill­ings and some with all three, the rates and proportions being decid-1 ed by population. assessment, scr-i vices rendered and by various by­laws and acts. County taxation/ and the various grants bring the total outlay close to the half-mil­lion dollar mark every 12 months.There is no way of stating which group is the most important, but taking them in no particular order, the first discussed might be the Oxford county and Ingersoll health unit. Dr. O. C. Powers is the medi­cal officer of health, with J. L- Griffith senior sanitation inspec­tor. Besides a staff of seven pub­lic health nurses, there are two clerks, an assistant sanitary in­spector and Len Coles as secre­tary-treasurer. The yearly pay-roll runs to 527,000. Briefly, the unit looks after the health of the coun­ty. It inspects restaurants and food handlers and educates them in matters of hygiene. It gives medical examinations to school children, and takes care of pa­tients lacking the funds to hire a personal physician.The county home, operated by manager R. J. Forbes and his wife, who acts as matron, looks after the aged and infirm who lack the means of caring for themselves. The staff of five people includes an immigrant couple and a care­taker. The home has accommoda­tion for a large number of resi­dents. Ingersoll, Woodstock. Ox­ford and the province of Ontario all take a hand in footing the bills.Also operating for the munici­palities as well as the county is the Children's Aid Society. Head­ed by R. G. Clowes, the staff of the Children's Aid consists large­ly of social workers. These train­ed women act both as inspectors and advisors in affairs pertaining to the welfare of children in Ox­ford county.One of the largest single de­partments is the county road de­partment under the supervision of J. M. Meathrell. Twenty-five men are employed by the department, maintaining the miles upon miles of county roads in Oxford. The county and the province split the cost.The 22-man county council makes most of the final decisions pertaining to county business. Meeting five times a year, at a cost of about $200 a day while in session, the council works on the usual basis of committees making reports and the council as a whole passing, amending or turning them down.The various committees are: roads, finance, properly, agricul­tural equalization, printing and resolutions, reforestation., board of audit, and recreational. SENTINEL-REVIEW, WOODSTOCK—INGERSOLL, MONDAY, APRIL 4, 194DS. Hastings ofBright is chairman of the commit­lee and John Elliott of Bright is the treasurer.Mrs, Oliver.BRIGHT HOME GUTTED BY FLAMES—Early Sunday morning Mr. and Mrs. George Oliver of narrowly escaped from their blazing home. The stone house, built 81 years ago. located just west of Bright, is shown in the upper photo, the walls still standing.the elderly couple even lost inch- glasses, me lower photo shows a safe whi<l] resting in the debris where it crashed as the floor gave way. This morning the sak was still too hot to he opened or moved.- (Staff Photos).Mr. and Mrs. George Oliver of Bright barely escaped alive from their burning home about one o'clock on Sunday morning. The 81-year-old, stone house w'as des­troyed.George Oliver. 70, has been clerk of Blandford township for some 38 years. He and his wife. 67, were forced to flee the blaz­ing building in their night attire. No furniture or personal belong­ings were saved. Only the stone walls of the two-storey house, built in 1868. remained standing. Even tl elderly couple's glasses i were lost.Minor facial burns were suffer- cd by Mr. Oliver and both are suffering from the effects of smoke and shock.The fire Ls believed to have started near the furnace in the basement of the home. The Platts- ville fire department and hundreds of neighbors responded to the alarm but nothing could be done.The loss, not estimated official- ’y, was reported not covered by insurance. Some of Blandford township’s books and documents were lost in the blaze.At the time of the fire, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver were asleep in an uj>- stairs bedroom when smoke awak­ened them. They are staying with their son, Andrew and family nearby for the present.Within a few hours after the blaze had died out, neighbors in the district held a meeting at the home of William Benton, R.R. 4, Bright. The 35 people present formed a committee to guide the community In assisting Mr. andMembers of the Blandford coun­cil met with the group and will work in conjunction with the committee.A canvass will be made of the township on Friday, April 8 and the committee will welcome any donations. The committee plans to meet again next Sunday after­noon.While the men were planning the canvass, the women of the community held a meeting of I heir own and planned a shower for the Olivers.Early Morning Fire Razes Home of Blandford Clerk; Neighbors Rally to Help WEST OXFORD TOWNSHIP'S NEWT BUILDING—Getting tired of trying to make themselves heard over the din of traffic on No. 2 Highway passing their township council chamber in Beachville and of hugging the stove in winter for warmth, the council of West Ox­ford decided to move. The municipality needed a new machinery building so a municipal office was incorporated into the structure which was built at Foldens. The upper photo shows members ofthe council and township officials at the council meeting held on Monday. From the left are: L. B. Curry, clerk and treasurer; Coun­cillors E. Wiseman and W. Budd Reeve Thomas Fellow; C. A. Wil­liams, road superintendent; Councillors C. B. Heeney and John Har­greaves. The lower photo shows the front of the new building with the council standing outside the office door.—(Staff Photos).RETURNS TO OXFORD—Ken neth E. Best, who served as as slsiant agricultural represent^ live in Oxford last summer, is re­turning to this county on June 1 for a 12-month period as assist­ant to George Bell, agricultural representative.Judge Cross NamedTo Hospital ProbeOf general interest was the announce­ment by Attorney-General Leslie Blackwell that a one-man royal commission would in­vestigate charges that Windsor’s Metropoli­tan Hospital was not being properly admin­istered. Of particular interest to this district was the announcement that the investigating commissioner would be Judge Eric Cross of Woodstock.The following is the Windsor Star’s com­ment on the appointment of Judge Cross:The Ontario Government deserves com­mendation for its choice of Judge Eric Cross, County Court Judge for Oxford, Judge Cross is a jurist of competence and experience, both on the bench and in public affairs, and has the judicial type of mind to fit him for such a responsible task.He was a magistrate at the early age of 30. When but 31 he was appointed chairman of Ontario % Municipal Board early in 1935. Head of that board during the amalgamation of the border cities and the refinancing of their affairs, he has some intimate knowl­edge of Windsor. In 1937 he resigned his) position, was elected to the Legislature, and was Minister of Welfare in the second Hep-, burn Government.It was best to pick an outside judge, and we know of none better than Judge Cross. It will be a one-man Commission, and the suggestion that an experienced hospital ad­ministrator be appointed to aid the Com­missioner has not been acted upon.However, the Commissioner will have au­thority to call any witness, or to make any investigation, he deems desirable. And. if by any chance his powers should appear too narrow, they can be enlarged by order-in- councjl.It now remains for the actual investiga­tion to get underway. All facts pertaining to the hospital’s administration, and which created the unsatisfactory situation there, should be brought out into the open. This needs be done, despite any unpleasantness it may bring to any individuals. It will be the onerous duty of Judge Cross to distinguish between facts relevant to the hospital ad­ministration and mere gossip that has fol­lowed in the wake of the resignation of Miss Mildred Maybee, superintendent of nurses. THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1M9Quiet People Who Promote ProgressOne of Oxford county’s finest gentlemen > died this week. He was Hugh Allan, who passed away al his Drumbo home on Tues-; day night. ,Mr. Allan had lived a long life. It was not a spectacular life, but it was a rich and fruitful life—perhaps richer and more fruit-} ful for the community he served than for himself.For more than forty years he served the township of Blenheim as councillor, reeve, clerk and treasurer. For four years he represented Oxford North in the House of Commons. For many years he was active in the work of the Drumbo Agricultural Soci­ety. But these facts show only the bare skeleton of a life; they only sketch the dim outlines. A truly modest man of high prin­ciples, Mr. Allan himself would not have been inclined to elaborate on those bare facts but there are people throughout this district who will recall his quiet wisdom and un­swerving personal integrity and feel inspired themselves for having known him.These quiet influences do not find their way into the books of history, the chronicles of the great events of passion that have changed the course of nations and set con­tinents ablaze. And yet perhaps they are, in the sum, the real history of man's stumbling progress toward a divine destiny. No nation can be made great simply by the passing of a decree; no people can gain moral strength simply by a legislative device. Greatness comes from within a people, and moral strength grows and spreads only where the seed has been planted and nurtured.In the final analysis, then, the lives of the simple, quiet men who by precept and exam­ple encourage the development of the finest qualities of character in others, although given no chance to illuminate a paragraph in some dusty text, are the stones of real achievement which provide a solid founda­tion upon which other simple and quiet men, inspired and sustained by the Divine Spirit, can build the structure of true world broth­erhood.Tillsonburg Hospital’s1948 Deficit is $929.73TILLSONBURG -Ti«Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital oper- same 208; total number of ated at a deficit of $929.63 during patients treated, 2,355; out pa- ... . . ..a- .. ______________nrtients daily. 44.45; number of op­erations performed, 870; private room patient days. 156;lie ward patient days, 5,461; gee , public ward patient days, 2,bo«, infants new born days, 3,434, grand total. 16.608 days, an in­crease over 1947 of 134 days; num­ber of patients from Tillsonburg, 515; from Oxford, 500; Elgin, 522; Norfolk. 718; from .other counties Of Ontario, 52; from U.S.A.. 16. number of patients not has mg municipal residency according to the laws of province, 1.The chairman presided for the election of trustees. Mrs. Lancas­ter and S. Webster resigned f om the board of trustees. On motion of W. Myrick and Mrs. M. b.' S5mers, Mrs. D. Gibson yas elect-ated at a deficit of $929.63 during patients treated, 2,355; out pa- 1948, reflecting the high costs of 61;average number of £present day living, but less than most hospitals in Ontario. The au- ditort report was readI by the sec- pay pub-retary-treasurer of the Hospnai yaw pav ’^avo R4fi1. frefTrust. Mr, J. Stubbs at the open meeting in the council chambers.On motion of Trustees C. Nobbs and J. Johnson the report was adopted as read.J. C. Eichenberg, chairman or the trust, pointed out that the building committee for the new hospital is off to a good start with money receivable as follows. $160,000 from Dominion and pro­vincial governments; $10,000 from Norfolk: $105,000 from Oxford; $36,000 from Elgin; $75,000 from Tillsonburg; $20,000 from Middle­ton; $15,000 from Houghton; $9- 000 from Bayham and $o00 fiorn Delhi The estimated cost o! tne comers, »w». y.... n™ ’hnsoital is $550,000; so $120,000 to the board tor one yea1. In must yet be realized. C. Nobbs, motion, C. Nobbs and K. An< ^ . .chairman of the furnishing com- j. c. Eichenberg, J. JoJ^on’ JU mStee, stated that close to $50,- Myrick and R. Crandall ( 000 is in sight From donations. “.....a n°HodWith respect to donations, any- of two years, one who donates the sum of $100 to the hospital, automatically be­comes a life member of the trust and is welcome at the trust meet­ings. For every .$100 donated by any organization, they can ap­point a life member to the trust.Any donation of $5 entitles the donor to a year’s membership In the trust or the leader of the or­ganization to a year’s membership.The superintendent of the hos­pital. Miss Carson presented the statistical report lor 1948 as fol­lows: In residence at midnight December, 1947. 30; admissions, 1 797; births, 525; discharges, 2,-3 to the board tor a periodWe just decided to postpone. our snowball fight till next July."Former Member For Oxford N.H. Allan DiesHugh Allan, Liberal-Progres­sive member of Ihn House of Commons representing Oxford North from 1926 to 1930, died at his home in Drumbo last night in his 84lh year.Mr. Allan was born in Blenheim on August 27, 1865, and resided in the’township all of his life He received his education at the Richwood school. Leaving school he was engaged in fanning until 1912. In 1906 he became clerk and treasurer of the township, a post he held for about 40 years.Prior Io his appointment as I clerk and treasurer h oserved for I a year on the township council | and was reeve. For many years. Mr, Allan was active in the work of the Drumbo Agricultural So­ciety. During both wars he was prominent in the work of the Victory Loan campaigns.In September 1926, Mr. Allanreceived the nomination for Liberal-Progressive party in ford North to run against Donald M. Sutherland, whothe Ox- Dr.wasthe member in the federal house at that time. In the election on September 23 of that year, Mr. Allan defeated his opponent and retained his seat until 1930. Dr. Sutherland was re-elected in 1930.Mr. Allan was a member ofHUGH ALLANWillis United Church, Drumbo.Deceased is resting at the fam­ily home where friends will be received until Friday morning, April 8. The funeral sendee will be held from the Wilson Funeral Home, Drumbo, on Friday, at 2.30 p.m. Interment will be in the Richwood cemetery. ,DIES AT GODERICHW. Raywood Smith, former county engineer for Middlesex and active conservationist, died in Goderich yesterday at 60 years of age. Mr. Smith was known to many in Oxford through his work as county engineer in Middlesex and his efforts in launching the Upper Thames Valley Conserva tion Authority.Tribute is Paid Late Hugh AllanThe following tribute to the late Hugh Allan, contributed by “R.J.M.” appears in the current issue of the United Church Ob­server :On April 6th, 1949. there passed away at Drumbo, Ontario, a great layman of The United Church of Canada, Hugh Allan, to whom the words can very fittingly be ap­plied, “After he had served his own genera­tion by the will of God, he fell on sleep.” Born to a highly respected Scottish family at Richwood, Oxford county, on August 27 th, 1865, his whole life was lived in his native township of Blenheim with the exception of the brief periods from 1926 to 1930 when he was member for North Oxford in the Feder­al House and his duties took him to Ottawa. Of late years his home was in Drumbo.When still a youth, he made a definite commitment of his life to the service of Je­sus Christ and became a member of the Methodist church at Richwood. When the writer of this brief sketch first came to know him over fifty-two years ago he was even then superintendent of the Sunday school and a leader in every good work in the community. He continued to serve the Church as superintendent, steward, elder until illness in his later years made it impos­sible. He was an outstanding Bible class teacher and for many years a lay preacher, occupying pulpits frequently with great ac­ceptance. His home abounded in hospitality, as a succession of ministers of the Methodist church, and later of the United Church would testify. His name became to all who knewr him a synonym for integrity and will­ing friendly helpfulness. For thirty-nine years he acted as municipal clerk and treas­urer of Blenheim township. In this capacity and as notary public he gave freely of his ability as an authority on municipal govern­ment, and was a wise counsellor in family affairs, financial remuneration being always a secondary consideration. When he retired from active life a few years ago an editorial in the “Woodstock Sentinel-Review” spoke of him as “one of that exclusive band of pub­lic servants who succeed because they serve. They have no liking for sharp political prac­tices. It could be said of Mr. Allan that he was in politics but refused to play politics.” Crop Improvement Group Plan Pasture CompetitionSomething new in agricultural competition is being sponsored this year h* the Oxford Crop Im­provement Program in the form of r Pasture Improvement Com­petition.The contest forms part of one of the busiest year’s programs the crop improvement group has had in some time. The schedule of events for the year Include Grass­land Day, a 50 bushel Wheat Club, a 100 bushel Corn Club, the usual rod row test plots, a hay-pasture demonstration project and the pas­ture competition. The annual seed fair and crop improvement, con­vention in the spring is also spon­sored by this body.The pasture improvement com­petition has some details to be ironed out as yet. A trophy has been offered by the William Stone Sons Limited and in addition there will be cash prizes. The competition wall be scored by Prof. Norman Thomas of O.A.C., who will make three visits to all pastures in the contests. Tire score card for the event is divided into two main sections, “seasonal graz­ing for milk herds” and “man­agement of pasture program." The whole pasture program throughout the grazing season' will be taken into account. Any farmer in Ox­ford may enter the competition.The Wheat Club has at present 20 members. Either Cornell or registered Dawson's Golden Chaff must be grown in the competition which has as its objective a high yield. A minimum of five acres must be seeded and any means may be used to produce a high yield.The Corn Club, for which en­tries will be accepted up until June 1, follows a similar line as the wheat club.Any variety of corn may be planted, either hybrid or open pol-FOX BOUNTYBounty was paid on 52 fox pelts by L. K. Coles, county clerk and treasurer, during the month erf April bringing the total of pelts brought in for bounty payment this year to 174. East Zorra led the list of localities in the number caught with 13. During April last year four pelts were produced for bounty payment. The number of pelts brought in by the end of April in 1948 was 104.EntertainmentAt County HomeFolks of the County Home were treated to a lively evening of en­tertainment last night by mem­bers of the Woodstock Y's Men’s club. Andy Horner was master of ceremonies of the clever and en­tertaining program which included a number of delightful skits and well received saxophone and clar­inet solos by Tom Brooks.Highlight of the evening was a novelty number by Charles Wor­rall, who appeared on the stage meticulously attired in Scottish dress, but proceeded to sing a group of popular Irish tunes to the good-natured objection of some of the attending Scots.Gerald Wiisdon was the piano accompanist for a group of num­bers presented at intervals by Stan Stewart, Bruce Wilson, Jack Taylor, Cecil Bryson, Jack Bell and Ted Kenyon. Les McKerral and Andy Andrews of the Rotary • club were also present. jR. Forbes expressed the thanks of the Home to the Y's men for the । entertainment end to the Metro- poJitan Store for special treats donated at the conclusion of the program. linated. Results wilt be judged on a dry weight basis.Any farmer in Oxford may en­ter these competitions. The judges will he members of the Crop, Seeds and Weeds Branch. Prize money in both the wheat and corn clubs will be $100.Hay - pasture demonstration plots have been placed on the farms of Dane Learn, south of Verschoylc. and Charles Munro north of Embro. On these plots will be grown mixtures for gen­eral use as hay crops and for pas­ture, A check plot of equal size planted with the farmer's own selected mixture will be in the demonstration.The Crop Improvement Associa­tion has for some years had a long !• term pasture project in which long term pastures have been es­tablished in each township. These pastures are still in use and loca­tions may be obtained from George Bell, secretary of the or­ganization and agricultural rep­resentative.The rod row test plots in oats, barley, soy beans and husking corn will probably be on Doug, Hart's farm, north of Woodstock, again this year. New varieties are tested in these plots against old, standard varieties.Grassland Day, which the Ox­ford Crop Improvement Associa­tion initiated in Canada three years ago, will be held during July this year. Definite dates have not been established as yet The event will again include a hay competition, which was held for the first time last year and which this year will include hay silage.QUOTA TOPPED BY RED CROSSGoing over their quota by $3,000, the Red Cross Society of Oxford County piled up a total of over $15,000 in the campaign for funds just com­pleted.The collections were as fol­lows: Woodstock, $7,945.87; Tillsonburg, $3,139.93; Inger- | soil, $1,710.63; Norwich, $649.23; and county and town­ship districts $2,267.25. The total collected was $15,712.91. The quota set was only $12,- 000.The chairman of this year's campaign was R. G. Thomp­son. and his assistants E. Ben­nett and W. S. Smith. The president of the Oxford Red Cross is R. Brady."And now we bring our services to a close with a selection from the choir.”COUNTY MATCHThe county plowing match this year will be held on October 3, a meeting of the Oxford Plow­men's Association decided on Saturday night in the office of the Department of Agriculture in Woodstock. The location of the match has not been settled as yet. There win be no open classes this year, but efforts will be made to get as many new Oxford competi­tors in the match as possible, Emphasis will bo placed on coach­ing and the judge will bi? request­ed to give pointers to the plow- men. Phe association han taken these stops with a view to pre­paring Oxford plowmen for the International Plowing Match be­ing held in the county in 1951.PLOWING MATCHSELECT HARGREAVES FARM H.Q. FOR INTERNATIONALRain, they were sure would not hold up the match.The match, to he held the sec­ond week in October of 1951, takes up an area of about 600 acres, 300 for headquarters and 300 for plowThe Internal Jnal Plowing Match in 1951 will be held in West Oxford township with head­quarters on the Alder Grange Farm of John R. Hargreaves and Sons.Three officials of the Ontario plowmen’s Association, which sponsors the big match toured the area on Wednesday afternoon in company with members of the Ox­ford Plowmen's Association. The county association selected and recommended the West Oxford site to the Ontario group.J. A. Carroll, Toronto, secretary­manager of the Ontario associa­tion voiced the opinion of the oth­er two members of the visiting group, W. C. Barrie, Galt, and Alex McKinney, Brampton, direc­tors of the association."You’ve picked- a site that you couldn't surpass,” Mr. Carroll de­clared after looking over the ground.All three visitors were well pleased with the type of land, its quality for plowing and the com­pact nature of the area selected. |Federation Fieldman Is LeavingDUNCAN McLarenThe resignation of Duncan Mc­Laren as full time fieldman foi’ the Oxford County Federation of Agriculture, was regretfully ac­cepted by the executive of the federation.Mr. McLaren has been appointed the Western Fieldman for the On­tario United Co-operatives. He started on this new field last Mon­day, though he is still in his Wood­stock office each Saturday. He will probably remain in Woodstock untp the end of June.During Mr. McLaren’s term of office in Oxford, the federation made successful strides in its res­pective organizational achieve­ments and farm forum activities.The executive unanimously felt the federation will be suffering a distinct loss, but wished him every success in his new position. Im­mediate Steps arc to be taken to secure a fieldman whose duties will begin in the near future.Duncan McLaren assisted in the achievement of many worthwhile projects during his stay in the county. Among them were the initiation of co-operative auto in­surance into Oxford; putting the county in the lorefront as the county with the biggest increase in new forums. Ho assisted In estab­lishing Oxford county's first Folk School, and helped in the establish­ment of an Independent Oxford County Federation of Agriculture office at 8 Perry street. land. At the match in Lindsay last year the top number of plow­ing entries In one day was 298. A total of 929 entries were received in all.Mr. Barrie, a director of the Ontario Plowmen's Association since its formation, recalled that as a director in 1921 when the match was last held in Oxford, he plowed with a team against a a tractor.He recalled that tractors were "just coming,” the match had had several classes for the mechanical contraption and a few were en­tered."We three directors each took a team and a walking plow and plowed in competition with a tractor and a two-furrow plow to sec which could plow the most ground,” he explained."The judge said we won, but I still think the tractor did more than the teams did.”Commenting on mechanized farming, Mr. Barrie said there are four horses on his farm and he didn’t suppose they were harnes­sed up for work more than twice a year.The group gaajhered in George Bell’s office in the Department of Agriculture before having lunch as the guests of the Oxford Plow­men's Association.At lunch were: Warden George Fewster, John Hargreaves; Geo. Matheson, Thamesford; W. C. Barrie, Galt; Alex McKinney. Brampton; L. K. Coles, county clerk; Murray McBeth, Salford, president of the Oxford Plow­men’s Association; George Bell, secretary of the association and agricultura Representative; J. A. ( Carroll, Toronto, secretary-man­ager of the Ontario Plowmen's Association; A. D. Pvobinson, In­gersoll, second vice-president of the Oxford association; Reeve H. A. Little, Dereham, chairman of the county council’s agricultural committee; A. V. Kennedy, Oxford Centre, a past president of the Oxford association; Norman Shel­ton, Woodstock, treasurer; Doug Start, Curries, first vice-president of the Oxford association; Reeve Thomas Fellow of West Oxford, and Mayor W. F. Milburn.Entertainment At County HomeLast evening the folks of the County Home were entertained with one Of the finest programs as yet given. Les McKerral intro­duced Day ton Argent who acted as chairman for the lively “Old Tim­as' Night.”As the folks called out the num­bers they wished. Mrs, Ritu Free at the piano, Earl Greer with the violin, Stan Orchard at the traps and drums and Dayton Argent on the guitar played the lively music with great enthusiasm.After the program treats were distributed. R. Forbes expressed the thanks on behalf of the folks for a fine evening’s entertainment. Mr. Forbes also thanked Parkes Wholesale for the treats.GRASSLAND DAYOxford's third annual Grassland Day will be held on July 13 this yeqr on the farm of James Forbes, half a mile south of Thamesford. George Bell, agricul­tural representative, and secret­ary of the Oxford Crop Improve­ment Association, announced this morning. FIFTY-EIGHTTHE DAILY SENTINEL-REVIEW, WOOOSTOCK INGERSOIU, SATURDAY.^OXFORD COUNTYd PROSPEROUS AND PROGRESSIVETHE BANNER COUNTY OF CANADA - WITH DIVERSIFIED FARMINGAT IT’S BEST!Rich crops, fine livestock and modern well- kept buildings give Oxford farms a look of unequalled prosperity, the result of a pride of ownership since the early settlers. Oxford County's productivity, location and sound government offer farming with a future to anyone prepared to carry on the high tradi­tions.To The Citizens of Oxford County:Ladies and Gentlemen:In the Agricultural edition I wish to express th good wishes of the County Council to the people of Oxford County and bring a few inter­esting items to your attention.The Committee on Soil Conservation and Reforestation are continu-ing their plan of planting trees on county tracts. This year we expect there will be a demonstration of planting by Publi School children in North Norwich Township on County acreage and, also, planting by chil­dren on private property in Dereham Township. The County ownes re­forestation property in Blenheim, Blandford, West zorra, East Nissouri,z-s. r 5 V at W T f . f m . I ! - . _ 1 — . . - — I —* za V z. vs * a t 1AEast Oxford and North Norwich Townships and arcthis practice in other Townships.The Oxford County Library Co-operative has ;hoping to continueippointed a full-timequalified librarian. County Council has appropriated $2,000 for 1949 “ : ‘ ............. • An citice js being estab-and’ the province contributes a like amount....................... „lished in the basement of the Court House and library books will oe distributed to local public libraries, schools and oth ?r interested organi­zations on joining the Co-operative. This service will, of course, take time to operate smoothly as we are just starting o >erations. Any ques-lions on the Co-operative may be addressed to Mrs. S. L. Krompart,County Librarian, Court House, Woodstock.I feel the Oxford County and Ingersoll Health 1 Init is performing a very satisfactory service and needs no further conn nent.Wishing everyone a successful year in 1949, Your obedient servant, GEORGE WardenFEWSTER.County of Oxford.County Councillors -1949 |Blandford—Oscar Sippel.Blenheim—W. A. Cockbum, R. B. Fry, D.R.Dereham—H.H. R.A. Little McBeth T’.East Nissouri—J. G. Sutherland J. C. McKay, D.R.North Norwich—George Fewster South Norwich—T. Cooper East Oxford—G. F. Wright North Oxford—H. F. Dunn West Oxford—T. F. Fellow East Zorra—A. Clarke Tillsonburg—K. H. AndersonB. L. Hawkins, D.R. Embro—R. IL Clark Norwich—A. P. Maedel Tavistock—R. Rudy■ ■■OXFORD COUNTY BUILDINGS, WOODSTOCK, ONT AKI*'& sb if®• Purebred Holstein and Jersey Cattle• Purebred Yorkshire Swine• Beef Cattle• Horses• Dairy Products• Poultry and EggsBOOSt Oxford County • Grains and Root Crops and Oxford County • Fruits and VegetablesProduce •Tobacco•Maple Syrup T.V.A. To Build Fanshawe DamMeeting In Woodstock Decides; Repairs To Oxford Dams SeenThe Upper Thames Valley Con-! Robert Duncan of Harrington, V. A. for the Thames Improve- serration Authority meeting in [owner of the dam and pond which Woodstock yesterday moved a long had covered eight or 10 acres be- step nearer the construction of the ! J"“. "T?’ 2 . .._Fanshawe Dam, the greatest con­struction job on their program of flood control in the Thames wa­tershed above London.Members of the T.V.A. aulhor- ized commencement of drilling and ■ ing up since the pond went out, he engineering on the Fanshawe site ' said.wit h work to proceed up to the' point where plans, specifications and estimates of costs arc provid­ed. Sparing this move on was in­dication by Chairman Dr. J. Cam­eron Wilson, also an aiderman of the city of London, that London is , prepared to assume the entire 25 per cent, municipalities’ share of the project with a "token” share borne by London township. The Dominion and provincial govern­ments will be asked for the re­maining 75 per cent.Overshadowed by the enormous Fanshawe project, which will run in costs between two and four million dollars, were decisions by the authority to investigate the i possibility of replacing the Har­rington mill dam which washed out last month and developing a [ small park on the west bank of | the pond, and to considering re­pairs to the Embro mill dam. Re­tention of the mill pond at Embro j as a beauty spot is a main factor in this plan. ,The members of the authority were guests at noon of the city of Wobdstock. Mayor W. F. Milburn I of Woodstock and K. R. Daniel of Ingersoll were honored at the head table.Gordon Pittock, Ingersoll’s rep- j resentative, seconded the motion of Aiderman Norman Bradford of London that the T.V.A. accept its executive committee's recommen- Clark, Mr. Murray was named to datlon to proceed with the Fan-shawe project to the point of ob­taining estimates of costs.The executive's recommenda­tion that H. G. Acres and Com-pany, which built the Shand Dam j The pusaibill lies u£ a recreation above Fergus on the Grand and area around the lake backed up dams for the Hydro-Electric Pow- by the Fanshawe dam will be in­er Commission, be employed as vestigated by Dr. E. G. Pleva of engineers for the Fanshawe pro- the University of Western Ontario ject, was accepted by the .full au- ‘ ‘ ~ ~ "thority.Before final approval is given the project, tenders called and construction begun, the members of the authority will be given the opportunity of voting on the scheme. ■A resolution from Blanshard township seeking that a drainage engineer's report on the affect of the building of a dam would have on drains upstream. The report was asked to be in the hands of municipalities affected at least 30 days before final decision is made on the construction. The author­ity agreed to this provision.A committee composed of Gor­don Ross, East Zorra representa­tive; Reeve Robert Rudy of Tavi­stock, and Reeve Grant Suther­land of East Nissouri reported having investigated the site of the Harrington mill dam."I believe it could be made into one of the beauty spots in the wa­tershed," Mr. Ross stated. "It is rolling country and could be made without great expense into a pro­ject in which the people would be interested."THIS TELEVISION AGEthat easy?"Thore now, wain tfore the dam washed out, waspresent at the meeting. Mr. Dun­can told the authority he was agreeable to selling the dam and pond to the authority. Several springs in the area have been dry­Reeve Rudy believed the site mgiht be used for reforestation as well as a park area.Dr. Wilson commented that there is no lovelier spot in Wes­tern Ontario. Such a park would make a beauty spot for Oxford county and one easily accessible.G. L. Shackleton of Dorchester expressed the belief that each township in the authority shouldhave something of this nature.O. H. Murray, West Zorra’s rep- provincial government, resentative, said the project at mainder is paid by the industries Harrington would interest rural' benefitting.people. "It will get us away from; A flood control project at Mit- the feeling that all of these pro-1 chell in repairing of a dam and jects are designed for larger cen- j deepening a reservoir was approv- tres,” said Mr. Murray. ' ed. Mitchell will pay $40,000 of---- ‘ ' * the $200,000 expenditure.Mr. Pittock moved that the icommittee already appointed with, the addition of Mr. Murray, ob-ment Project at Ingersoll, which members of the authority inspect­ed during the morning, gave the meeting a progress report. He ex­pressed his appreciation to his committee composed of A. D. Rob­inson, West Oxford; Jim Calder, orth Oxford; Aidermen Harry Collins and E. E. Pearson of Wood- stock.Two new bridges will be con­structed over the Thames when the channel now being cut is com­pleted, Mr. Pittock said. This pro­ject is costing $634,752 for earth moving, $20,000 for bridges, $37,- 000 for financing, $47,247 for land purchases, $38,000 for insurance and engineering, $13,000 for ad­ministration, making a total of $800,000. Seventy-five per cent, of this amount is guaranteed by' theThe re-Watson Porter, London, former_________ secretary-treasurer of the T.V.A. tain further information and en-1 reported 1,400 acres of land in gineering advice and report to the ’ the watershed, mostly in swamps, next meeting. , has been purchased and 55,000Reeve R. H. Clark brought to, trees planted as part of the au- the attention of the members the | thority's reforestation scheme, need for repairs to the mill dam: John Wallace, East Oxford’s at Embro. A flood in the near fu- i representative, drew attention toture might take this dam out, Mr. । the fact that his township has land Clark feared. He understood the in three watersheds, the Thames, owner was not interested in re- Grand and Big Creek. He sought building the dam if such a thing | information on assessment of happened and asked if the T.V.A. maintenance costs. He was told could take up the matter of re- the matter is one for the town­pairs. Should the dam be lost, Mr. I ship to decide.Clark said, a beauty spot would be destroyed. A committee of Mr.meet with the mill owner, the vil­lage council and the Embro ceme­tery board and the T.V.A. chair­man and the secretary, Leonard Johnston.The possibilities of a recreationat a cost of $300. Students will be used to survey wild life, resort and fishing possibilities.Mr. Pittock, chairman of the construction committee of the T.SCHOOL CHILDREN PLANT TWO ACRES OF SCOTCH PINEChildren from five’rural schools took part in a tree planting cere­mony near Zenda yesterday after­noon, when 2,400 Scotch pine trees were planted under the supervision of Zone Forester, Bill Thurston of Stratford.The tree planting took place on an abandoned two acre farm a short distance from Zenda. The trees, from St. Williams Forestry Station were planted in rows, by the children from New Durham, Holbrook, Quaker Street, Zenda, and Maple* Dell schools. In all about 72 children participated in the reforestation program.The county council provided each school Inking part with a softball and bat, and each student a chocolate bar.T h c officials at yesterday's planting, besides Bill Thurston, were Ed. Moore, zone forester, andir Mark Cressman, assistant zone forester.Yesterday’s planting was part of a re-forestation plan that got un­derway ten years ago when seven acres were purchased near Zenda, a short distance away from tty> new site. This was the first Oxford County forest planted, but many more have followed. Today tpore are about 644 acre* planted throughout Oxford county.The forests are located as fol­lows; 200 acres, north ol Drumbo; 100 acres, northeast of Innerkip; I 112 acre.s northwest of Embro; 100 acres northwest of Lakeside; 50acres east of Eastwood; and 82 acres near Zenda. Seven acres of this last plot purchased in 1939, and the other 75 last year. Yes­terday saw the planting of two of these 75 acres.Entertainment I At County HomeAn Instant hit with the folks at the County Homo lait night was Johnny Copeland, M.C. of the Kinsmen Club presentation.The* audience had a great time ax ihe members of the Kinsmen Club and other performers put on a show that’s sure to be remem­bered by the folks for many weeks to come. Throughout the entire program hearty laughter and ap­plause mingled as the the pcr-j formers gave their best, .Featured were the Kin Korn-I sters who entertained while wear-1 ing undershirt? of many gaudy hues. The team was composed ot Trey Slater, Walter Fox, Jim Bassett, and Tom Mayberry. They; were accompanied at the piano by Rita Free.A girls’ trio composed of June Fraser, Sylvia Reid and Melba Brownscombe, sang several num­bers accompanied by Bruce Mc­Millan at the piano.Piano duet numbers were play­ed by Rita Free and Mrs, J, IL Thain. Gerald McKerrall played a guitar solo, and his sister Jean played two numbers at the piano.An extermely humorous skit was put on by Pat Kerr and Jim Howgego, Woodstock. As Jim demonstrated "Dr. Higby’s Pro­ducts," Pat tended to the needs of a doll held in his arms.Johnny Copeland, the master of ceremonies, and Bruce McMillan, at the piano, put on a few little skits for the audience. In one Johnny sang Lilli Marlene, and in another Briice demonstrated the workings of a "Nickel in the slot" piano. Both w’ere great hits.The program was supervised by Les McKerral, who has been pre­senting these programs at the rate of once a month for the past three years. In that time, he has never missed a month. Last night’s pro­gram was under the direction of Al Reid, Kinsmen Entertainment chairman.At the close of the evening the Kinsmen distributed chocolates and tobacco to the residents of the home.Next month another Woodstock, service club will go to the home to entertain and distribute gifts to the residentsThat's odd—I could've sworn I didn't hear them whistle!"UTVA Officials Inspect $800,000 Thames ProjectEver watch a power shovel dig a basement Ever get the feeling you could spend hours leaning on the hoard fence or standing on the sidelines?That’s just what the members of the Upper Thames Valley Conser­vation Authority were doing this morning. One fact placed them above the common variety of side­walk superintendents. The pro­ject was of their making.STBORNKINNY Mr, tmd Mrs, R of Paisley (noc» Muriel n,ra huppy to nnrinny, 'ater-We re conducting a poll! To which drums are you listening?" INSTALLATION OF NEW PLEDGES—Beta Sigma Phi Sorority held a formal dinner party last evening at the New Commercial Ho­tel which was followed by the ritual and installation of new pledges at the home of Mrs. Leslie Ball. The new members were we corned by the president, Miss Aileen Lennox. Members of the sorority are shown in the picture. Seated (from the left) Phyllis Walper, Dons Kenyon, Mrs. Leslie Ball, sponsor, Aileen Lennox, President Mrs. Archie Thomson, director, Marion Porter and Camilla McCrindle, Standing (left to right), are Winnifred Oerton, Helen Symons, Lois Harvey, Eleanor Branton, Mrs. Brock Baird, Marie Gregor and Anne Symons. Gene Hersee and Pat Ward were absent when picture was taken.—(Staff Photo).Book Units for Loan toLibraries Sized at 100Herb Milnes ChairmanI The Oxford Library Co-opera-.i five at its regular meeting in the -. — ——, - - ,courthouse in Woodstock last (ber of the board, was appointed night set the size of its book units , treasurer. Those present were: R- for loan to libraries in the county । - Iat 100. These units will be chang­ed four times a year. Fee for thecover the loan of 400 books.The board set the ratio of books for each unit at 50 fiction, 20 non­fiction and 30 juvenile or chil-dren's books. xMembers of the board inspected tne ooaiu axe - —the new quarters which are being Norwich, and R. G. Groom, Till prepared for the county library m sonburg. /More Fox Pelts Brought in For Bounty PaymentOne hundred and twenty-eight fox pelts were brought in to the courthouse in Woodstock for pay­ment of the $2 bounty by the county during the month of May.The past month saw the third highest number of pelts brought in since the bounty payment be­gan early in 1945. Two other months have been higher, and both of those months of May. In May, 1946, 144 pelts were brought in. The highest month has been that of May, 1945, when payment was made on 205 pelts.Addition of 128 pelts brings the total of foxes on which payment has been made this year to 302. The total for the same period last year was 169 pelts. More pelts have been brought in for payment so far this year than during the entire period of 1948 when the to­tal was 261.Thirty-one pelts came from West Zorra, 20 from Blandford, 14 from each of East Nissouri and North Oxford, 12 from Dereham, nine from each of West Oxford and East Zorra, eight from North Norwich, seven from Blenheim and four from East Oxford.Many farmers coming In with pells for bounty payment have stated there are still many more foxes in their district to be caught.WALK REMOVEDThe cement walk lending from the county building to Light street was removed yesterday and will not be replaced. Instead, the nar­row strip will be seeded and the ctretth of lawn on the west sidethe basement of the courthouse.L. K. Coles, an honorary' mem-C. Brogden, Ingersoll, chairman; ।1 Fewster; Reeve A. P. Maedel, Norwich; Reeve Robert Rudy, Tavistock; H. L. Kipp, Princeton land Mr. Coles. Also members of the board are George A. Lees,PUBLIC NOTICEAt the call of Warden Geo. Fewster a special meeting of the County Council of the County of Oxford will be held in theCouncil Chamber in the Court House, Woodstock onTuesday, June 14th1949, at the hour of ten 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. I County Clerk’s Office, IWoodstock.Former Reeve Leaves EmbroEMBRO Mr. and Mrs. R. A. McDonald have moved to Wood- stock to a new home they pur­chased recently.Mr. McDonald Is n former reeve of the village and before becoming reeve served as a councillor for some years. Mrs. McDonald has held several offices in the wo­men’s organizations in Embro. Among them were: noble grand In the Rebekah Ixxige; president of (he W.M.S. of Knox Presbyterian church and president of the Wo­men's Institute.Oxford Museum SocietyHerb Milnes was named chair-, man of the board at a reorganize-' tion meeting of the. Oxford Mus­eum Society in the museum office above the city hall last night. Miss Effie Nesbitt was elected secre­tary-treasurer and :rator.In addition to Miss Nesbitt and Mr. Milnes, the board of directors is composed of Aiderman Harry' Collins, Aiderman C. W. Pullin, appointed by the city council; L. K. Coles, county clerk and treas­urer, and Reeve Fred Killing of East Zorra, appointed by the county council.With a dwindling bank balance and $402 in debts to pay, the museum society earlier this year appealed to the city and county councils for assistance. The coun­ty council authorized a gnnt of $750. It is understood the city council will consider a grant which will take into account the rental for the upper floor of the city hall. Both councils consideredthey should appoint members to the board.The new board will meet *'atJ. K. WARDELL—whose general store in Otterville was entered this morning by three thieves who escaped after South Norwich Township Constable Arthur Kil­patrick fired three shots at their, car.least four times a year”, it decided last night. L. K. Coles was named as auditor.' Miss Nesbitt was given author­ity to engage an assistant in her duties as she saw the need.One of the first acts of ths board after the officers were elect­ed was to order the back debts amounting to $402 in three ac­counts to be paid.The admission fees of 25 cents for adults and 10 cents for chil­dren will be continued by the new board throughout the entire year.; A club rate of $2 was set by the board. This will be allowed to or-; ganizations visiting the museum: in a body.The chairman explained that or- ( ganizations wishing to visit the museum in the evening should do so by making an appointment. The museum is only open to the public in the evening by this ar­rangement. The group visiting :n the evening should consist of 10 or more.Yearly memberships in the Ox­ford Museum Society are available 1 at $1 and $10 entitles the holder to a life membership.Interest in Oxford’s museum ex­tends clear across the continent, it was shown by Miss Nesbitt, who pointed out visitors this week have included persons from British Co­lumbia, Ottawa and Chicago.School children are conducted through the museum through the visual education program. Admis­sion fees are not charged on o occasions. Fou. or five and even more classes numbering up to 40 children have visited the place in a week.On the other ”e of the mu­seum’s work, the society is an­xious to receive items of histori­cal interest. Hardly a week goes by but more exhibits of this na­ture are uncovered, qjther donated or placed on permanent loan to the museum and brought in for display.LIBRARY MEETINGThe regular meeting of the Ox­ford Library Co-operative will be held in the courthouse in Wood- stock on Tuesday evening at 8 p.m. R. C. Boogden of Ingersoll w chairman of the board. CHILDREN’S AIDDon’t Pass Prejudice on, Oxford Magistrate Urgesmust be recognized as such, the magistrate said. "If we are to make n success of ou rsocloty we must realize that everyone is a personality and not an automaton. J You are entitled to respect and so is the other person,"Mr. Groom referred to Mr. Mc­Kay, R. G. Clowes, superintendent of the Children’s Aid Society, and the staff of the society, and com­plimented them on their excellent work during the past year.The speaker was thanked by Mrs. James Baxter, the vice-presi­dent of the Children's Aid Society.Miss Myrtle Waterland sang two numbers for the audience in the church hall, “Through the Years," and “My Hero."We are happy that so many peo­ple have turned out tonight,” said R. G. Clowes, the society super-1 intendent. Mr. Clowes thanked the crown attorney and the magistrate, for speaking, and informed the assemblage that they had no idea of the importance of the work these men were doing on behalf of the children in the county. L. M. Ball of the juvenile court, also came in for his share of praise.He remarked that the entire county is remarkably welfare- minded, and that was one reason why such a capable staff was se­cured. , '"Children need love,” he remark-, ed, "and if they are in a home where they are not wanted the! child soon knows. Such a child is apt to rebel and sooner or later end up in court. The foster homes are a great help in giving children a home where they are wanted and are given needed affection.”Brief remarks were also heard) from the chairman, J. S. McKin­sey, Hugh Harris, president of the assocation. Mayor Murray, Inger­soll. Warden George Fewster and Aiderman Fred Childs acting mayor.The slate of officers for next year was announced, an dis as follows:President, H. E. Longworth; vice-president, Mrs. J. Baxter; secretary-treasurer, R. G. Clowes; directors, Miss M. Pyper, Mrs. C. Carrigan, Mrs C. R. Patience, C. Murray, W. Milburn, A. F Pass- more. J S. McKinsey, G. Webb and V. Fewster.W. H. Peirce opened the meeting with a few words of prayer, and the meeting closed with prayer led by Rev. Dan Gaynor.Following the business portion of the meeting, refreshments were served.Magistrate R. G. Groom was the guest speaker at last night's an­nual meeting of the Oxford Coun- (v Children's Aid Society, hold at Chalmers United Church, Wood- stock.Crown Attorney Craig McKay introduced the speaker, with the remark that no introduction was needed. Magistrate Groom was commended by Mr. McKay, who said, "he possesses all the quali­ties <>f an outstanding magistrate, a man deeply and sincerely inter­ested in people, and possessed of a keen understanding of human nature."Speaking of the Children’s Aid Society, Mr. McKay stated that there ' was no more rewarding work than the helping of child­ren, and there was no greater re­turn for effort expended."Make no mistake about, it,” the Crown Attorney stated, "if mon­ey is not spent with this society, you will spend it later in the po­lice courts." He said it was his experience that in a great num­ber of cases it was the fault of the parents, more than the fault of the children, that they ended up in juvenile court.Opening his remarks. Magistrate Groom said "this is the only or­ganization in Oxford county with assets of over a million dollars." He was referring to the children, he said, some of whom were pres­ent at the meeting with their fos­ter parents.Mr. Groom referred to the case of little Kathy Fiscus who perish­ed in an old water pipe in Cali­fornia, some time ago. Thousands of dollars were spent in an effort to extricate her and the whole continent held its breath while the search continued, he said. If the same accident had happened “to any of the children in this room, the same amount of money and effort, would bt used in an attempt to effect a rescue.”“That's why I say this organiza­tion has assets of more than a million dollars,” he said.We can learn a great deal from children, he claimed. Children are without prejudice, and recog­nize no color or religious bar. They have no preconceived ideas about people, but take them as they find them.He implored the foster parents to take care not to pass along prejudices to the children in their care, but bring them up to re­spect their fellows, and to accept persons on their true merits, with­out learned or acquired hates.Children are individuals, andThe Woodstock-Ingersoll Sentinel-Review,Wednesday, June 1, 1949John L. Silcox,Mri Silcox was a a member of King Solomon's Txxlge, A.F. & A.M, and an adherent of Old St.Paul's Anglican church.Ex-Warden, Dies. . . stock; five grandchildren. Rev. B.I IJ* OIZlL Vnnv A. Silcox, Windsor; John G. Sil-;In UIS Ovtn I car cox, London; J. Lance Silcox, .____________________________Woodstock; Mrs. Dune Stanton) Jnn<l Mm. Reynolds, Woodstock.‘T । Sevi n great gi arid' hikli 'n als i ■ survive.In His 86th YearThe late Mr. Silcox Is resting at the M. D. (Mac) Smllh funeral home. 69 Wellington street, north, where the funeral service will be . held Wednesday. June 1 at 2.30 p.m. Interment will be made in Hillview cemetery.An ex-warden of Oxford coun­ty and well known resident for many years, John L. Silcox, 13th line, Blandford, passed away at Woodstock Hospital on Sunday, May 29 after an illness of six months. He was in his 86th year.Mr. Silcox was born in Wood- stock, a son of the late John and Philanda Silcox, in 1873. He mov­ed with his parents to lot 19, con-। cession 2, Blandford (13th line) | where he had resided all his life, ■ except for 10 years in Oakland, California and Spokane, Washing­ton, where he was associated with his brother, the late Frank Silcox, in the construction business.Returning to Woodstock in 1890, he was married to Sarah Grayson, youngest daughter of John and Mary Grayson, East Zor­ra, who predeceased him in 1943.Mr. Silcox farmed at the home­stead for a number of years, also carried on in construction work as a side line until 1940, when he became an employee of the Canada Defence Department as camp carpenter at the C.D. & M.S. here, which post he held until: tire training centre clewed.In 1915 he was elected to Blandford township council and became reeve in 1927, being elect­ed warden in 1929.Active in politics, being an ar­dent Conservative, he offered him­self as Conservative candidate for the riding of North Oxford, but was defeated by John W. Sales at the Conservative conven­tion of 1929.TIME TO PULLYELLOW ROCKETEmerson Moulton, Ver- schoyle, county weed inspec­tor today urged farmers to pull stalks of yellow rocket showing in their fields as soon as it appears.The weed, which many mis­take for mustard, is becoming more prevalent in the county, Mr. Moulton said. Yellow roc­ket, or cress, has a long stalk and a bright yellow flower. It blooms at this time of year, earlier than mustard.“Now is the time,” the weed inspector said, “to get after this weed and barberry and buckthorn bushes as welL"Imagine driving a car through a sleepy country village street. An elderly man sitting on a veranda on the opposite side of the street calls you. There is no traffic in sight, so you swing the car around and draw up in front of the house. Tm a justice of the peace” says the man "and turn­ing around in a street is an of­fence in this country. I fine you $2.”Has this happened to you? Legal robbery seems to be getting to be an item to the public these days. There are dozens of ways of catching the motorist. Can you think of an empty abandoned school bus, parked on a deserted road — and motorists fined passing a school bus, trary to law?A justice of the peace for con-getsmost of his income from the fines he inflicts, so it reads. I would want a salary without “ifs”. It is an interesting topic to discuss — Highway Robbery. It may help us to understand the rules of travel better.WHAT TO DO WITH HALF A MILLION?—The prob­lem of distributing about half a million dollars confronted the men in this picture yesterday. The catch in the pro­blem was that the half a million was in increased assess­ment. This year the equalization committee of the county council, shown here, faced the task of distribut­ing approximately half a million of an increased equal­ized assessment over the municipalities within the county, They stuck at the job all day Tuesday in the county clerkand treasurer’s office In the courthouse. How well they did their task will be known at the June session of countv council in two weeks’ time when their report will be pre­sented. From the left they are, Warden George Few­ster; Reeve K. H. Anderson, Tillsonburg, chairman of the committee; L, K. Coles, county clerk and treasurer; Reeve Theodore Cooper, South Norwich; Deputy Reeve W. J. McDonald, East Zorra; Reeve H. P. Dunn, North Oxford, and Reeve H. A. Little, Dereham.- SEATED AS THEY APPEAR DURING SESSIONS are the members of the family and junevile court, at the court house, Woodstock. Judge L. M. Ball is seen at the head of the table, with Betty Garton, court stenogra­pher at the right. Seated at the right side of the table is R. G. Clowes, superintendent of the Oxford County Children’s Aid Society, and Miss Jean Muir, probation officer. On the left side of the table is Craig McKay, crown attorney, and Mrs. E. Green, probation officer.— (Staff Photo).HONORARY MEMBERSOxford's county council were made honorary members of the Wobdstock Lawn Bowling Club this morning. A letter from the club signed by E. M. Smith, pres­ident, was enclosed with compli­mentary membership cards for the council members and carried an invitation for the members to use the greens.ONLY TWOCounty clerk and treasurer L. K. Coles, in reading only two reso­lutions at the opening session of county council today, said the number was the smallest since he has been derk.DISCUSSES WEEDSEmerson Moulton, county weed inspector, attended the session of the .Oxford county council on Thursday afternoon to report on the problem of eradicating weeds knd to urge the members of coun­cil to put forth every effort in their own municipality to cut or spray weeds on the roadsides.Legion ConcertAt County Home/Third anniversary of continuous monthly entertainment for the folks at the county home was marked by an 'excellent band con­cert put on at the home last night by the Woodstock Canadian Leg­ion band.Under the direction of Band­master George Jones, a program of marches, old time and modern melodies was presented to the de­light of the large gathering.At the conclusion of the musi­cal program Ray Nicholls, drum major, and Les McKerral, chair­man of the monthly entertain­ment programs, distributed treats of candy and smokes.The entertainers for the eve­ning were thanked on behalf of the county home residents by Sup-: erintendent R. J. Forbes.REPAIRSRepairs to the county court house, Woodstock, began today and will continue for about two weeks. Loose bricks and window arches will be replaced or repair­ed. Scaffolding has been erected at the rear of the building, and work is in progress.RESOLUTIONA resolution was received by county council this morning from Bruce county council seeking sup­port for their proposal to have the provincial government pay 25 per cent subsidy on money raised by taxation for Children's Aid purposes. At the present the sub­sidy is only paid on money raised by public subscription. In Oxford, the county, Woodstock and Inger­soll share the costs of Children’s Aid work under an agreement and raising the money through taxa­tion.COUNTY COUNCILWhen county council opened at the court house this morning, Warden George Fewster in his opening address expressed his joy at seeing all council members present. He pointed out that two big items would be dealt with one of which is equalization.WORLD FARMERS VISIT OXFORD—Members of the International Federation of Agricultural Federation on a tour of Western Ontario are shown here in front of the Oxford Farmers’ Co-operative Produce Company, Lim­ited, in Woodstock Saturday morning as they received a welcome to the city from Mayor W. F. Milbum. The group toured this part of the province in three buses be­fore going to Guelph for the opening of their third an­nual meeting at the Ontario Agricultural College on Tuesday. Directors of the plant and other Oxford of­ficials are grouped on the left waiting to show the vis­itors through the buildings.—(Staff Photo). COUNTY COUNCILAssessment Big Item on Agenda of June SessionOxford's county council opened its June meeting this morning with the prospect of a light ses­sion. Correspondence read this morning by County Clerk L. K .Coles brought the least number ofpenitentiary .terms of half that duration and the administration of lashes.Prince Edward County sought support for a resolution asking ancommunications in some years for i increase in the provincial contri-the opening day of a council ses­sion.Two main items are expected to be before the council this week. The report of the equalization committee will be presented aboutThursday, it is expected. Also bc-Council Considers ReportOn Equalized AssessmentMembers of county council mot was expected late this Afternoonin a commitlee this morning lorEach member of council had re­discussion of the recommendations ceived a copy of the committee’*of the equalization commitice The final report of the committeebutton of 53 cents per day for in­digent patients in hospitals to $2 per day.The Department, of Highways forwarded approval of the county'sbylaw for 1949 road expenditure ofursday. it is expected. Also nv- ' 1 ,e council is a further request *-91,240 on which subsidy is pay-.- ««. ir ... nnio Annmvnl wna n lew 1from the city of Woodstock foruse of the county council chamber for sessions of city police court.On Wednesday, the council will hold its annual ladies' day, when wives of council members will at­tend the session, the noon lunch­eon and with the members will visit the Ontario Hospital in the ' afternoon.The equalization committee fac­ed the problem of raising the equalized assessment of the coun­ty by approximately half a million dollars this year. Levies for coun­ty rates on the municipalities within the county are based on the equalized assessment of that mu­nicipality. As all municipalities have separate assessors, each with hi§ own method of assessing, the actual assessments of the various municipalities are there­fore not in proportion. When the figure of the county assessment , as last equalized drops below the actual assessment of the year in which the rates are set it is neces­sary to balance the two and spread the increase over the indi­vidual assessments.The report of the equalization committee will be considered by the council later this week.During the reading of the cor­respondence this morning, coun­ty clerk Len Coles stated he had received a letter from the Wood- stock council setting forth the views of the city's solicitor on the , request for the use of the coun- । ty council chamber. The letter, he j explained, had been passed to the county’s solicitor for his re­marks. " _Following the opening of the session, the council met as a com­mittee of the whole with the coun­ty solicitor, R. A. MacDougall.Among the communications was a resolution passed by Perth county council petitioning the Minister of Justice for Canada and the Attorney General's Depart- ( merit of Ontario to have the neces­sary acts amended to allow instead of terms of from 10 to 20 years inable. Approval was also received; from the Department for the ad-idition of 4.8 miles of road in East Zorra to the county road sys­tem.The Oxford Law Association In­formed the council of the associa­tion’s approval of the council's de­cision to build a new registry of­fice and urged the council to pro­ceed with the work at the carli-, est opportunity.The Crops, Seeds and Weeds I Branch of the Ontario Depart­ment pf Agriculture informed the county council of the department’s decision to pay 50 per cent, ofjweed inspectors 'salaries andnolonger set a limit of $500 peryear.Requests for grants werere-ceived from the Tillsonburg and Dereham Society and the Embro and West orra Red Sross Society.Gardiner Replies To Suggestion For Test DelayAt. the March session, county council recommended that the present T.B. testing in Oxford be discontinued for the summer months to avoid hardship on farm­ers who had [fed their herds through the winter. As the June session opened this morning a re­ply to the recommendation was read from James G. Gardiner, fed­eral minister of agriculture.Mr. Gardiner considered it un­wise to defer the T.B. testing of cattle “in an area where T.B. is! known to exist as, when the dis­ease is present, it is almost sure sure to spread, thus endangering other livestock and public health.”The Jette rconcluded b ystating further consideration might be given to the recommendation of the county council wished.“Deferring of T.B. testing of cattle in Oxford would only lead to greater losses when testinig was recommended at a later date and owners might expect to be consid­erably inconvenienced in the mat­ter of disposing of their cattle by sale to accredited areas or for purposes of export,” the minister cautioned.recommendation before the open- I ing of the June session.The equalized assessment of the county must be raised this year by approximately half a million dollars. On Wednesday the coun­cil gave two readings to the equal­ization bylaw. The next step is consideration of the committee's final report and the insertion of the reports figures into the bylaw on the third reading.A letter signed by Mrs. H. R, McBeth, wife of Deputy-Reeve Harley McBeth of Dereham ex­pressed appreciation to the war­den, council, members and coun­ty officials for the ladies' day program on Wed..zsday.“Thanks anyway, Doc, but I still don't think I need glasses.”County Council Given Report by Home PhysicianOxford’s county council settled into the business of the June ses­sion on Tuesday afternoon with the roads, property and finance committees holding meetings.Council heard one report, that of Dr. C. Mackenzie Mackay, physician to the county home. Dr. Mackay reported four deaths since his last report in Decmember. 1948. The semi-annual report de­clared the health of the residents at the home to be good and that no epkienmics of any kind had oc­curred during the half year. The diet at the home was described as "varied and well prepared" and provisions of “good quality." Hy- genic and sanitary conditions have been satisfactory.Immediately before adjournment the council heard Christie A. Mc­Donald, Toronto, campaign direc­tor for the United Emergency Fund for Britain make an appeal for a grant for that organization.Today the council relaxed from its regular duties to entertain the wives of the members and county officials at the annual ladies' day. The ladies made a tour of the county buildings, had lunch at noon with the council and the group visited the Ontario Hospital in the afternoon.COURTROOM USEA letter from Crown Attorney Craig McKay asking city council to decide on the use of the court house by the city was read at last night's finance committee meet­ing. Action on the matter will be deferred pending further discus­sion."Check that bu»t shipment of apple juice* will ya, Ed.” ,o U“”k OH,> l,»S inche* long I” Settle County AssessmentAfter Considerable DebateQuiet PleasThe Oxford county council this morning equalized the county's assessment, the problem which was the major issue of the June session being held this week hi the courthouse in Woodstock. The I 1918 equalized assessment was: increased by $488,000.The subject of considerable dis-1 mission between members in I spare moments made its first appearance in open council on Thursday afternoon as the equal- ization committee under the chairmanship o£ Reeve K. H. An­derson of Tillsonburg brought in its third report. , |The report stated the local as­sessment of the county had in­creased in 1948 by $488,174 and indicated the need of raising the equalized assessment by a rec­ommended §496,000. Contained In the committee’s report were re­commended increases for each municipality's equalized assess­ment as set in 1948.As the council moved into committee of the whole to con­sider the report opposition arose. Reeve Oscar Sippel occupied the chair for the discussion which be- Em with Reeve Fred Killing of ist Zorra and Deputy Reeve R. B. Fry of Blenheim moving an amendment to the report. The amendment cut the committee's figures for each municipality ex­cept Tillsonburg. The total in­crease proposed for Tillsonburg by rhe committee was $66,300. The amendment would have raised the figure to $175,000.Reeve Anderson of Tillsonburg took exception to the proposal commenting that his municipality was assessing closer to 100 per cent, than any other municipal­ity. He pointed to the amount paid by Tillsonburg for county roads of which the town, he maintained, never received “one shovel full of it.”Reeve W. A. Cockburn of Blen­heim drew Mr. Anderson's atten­tion to the position of Tillsonburg in the matter of costs of the Ox­ford County and Ingersoll Health ) Unit. The reeve of Blenheim said that through the system of rais­ing money by equalized assess­ment Tillsonburg was paying ab­out $1 per capita as compared with the rate of $1.30. The town is not responsible for this, he said, it is a statutory arrange­ment.Deputy Reeve Roger Hawkins of Tillsonburg remarked that it seemed "Tillsonburg is paying through the nose.” He compared his municipality's position to that of Ingersoll as a separated town.Several members: suggested there would be a middle course between the committee’s report and the proposed amendment The council resumed its session with the committee of the whole re­porting progress and the matter1 was laid over until this morning.At the session this morning the equalization committee met again and came back shortly before ) noon with an amended third re­port which the council adopted without dissent.The increases adopted are as follows with the equalized assess­ment figure of 1948 shown in brackets: Blandford $22,000 (1,-33 ,185); Blenheim, $53,000 ($3,- 503,925); Dereham, $30,500 (3,- 938,6x30); East Nissouri, $30,000($2,687,350); North Norwich, $29,- 000 ($1,938,950); South Norwich$50,000 $32,000 $21,000 $27,500 $36,500(1,588.900); East Oxford, (1,957,700; North Oxfnr,■ in 1939 the addition on the east(1,287,050); West Oxford, side of the hmlghway was added; ($1,605,000); East Zorra, fo bring the capacity up to 1.250(153,486,026); West Zorra, ($2,886.300); Tillsonburg,$83,000 -----------------$95,000 ($2,105.148); Embro’ $3,- 500 ($239,630); Norwich, $10,000 ($653,125); Tavistock, $15,000 ($555,150.)County Officials, Wives Inspect Ontario HospitalMembers of Oxford county council, county officials and their wives paid a visit of inspection io the Ontario Hospital north ofWoodstock on Wednesday after­noon,The tour was the concluding ev- , , j, . years," he predicted, "the demandsent of the council's annual ladies I nro great.’’day. Dr. E. A. Clark, superinten- Reeve W. A. Cockbum pxpres-dent of the hospital, was in charge sed the appreciation of the coun­cil and their guests to Dr. Clarkof the tour, assisted by members of his staff.The visitors foynd much of tercst in the institution, from public health laboratories in administration building to highly mechanized laundry on in- the the thej theInthing getting into the field of big business,” Dr. Clark remarked as he spoke of the growth of the hospital. "Demands for hospitaliz­ation are increasing.”"There will be a great deal of change In the next two or threeTHR SA7UHUAY RVBNIMO POST”1 don’t smoke.far side of No. 19 Highway.the laboratory much attensionwas focused on the new machine which records brain waves on pa­per helping to locate brain troub­les and diagnose mental ailments.The monster kitchens, two of them, serve between four and five, thousand meals a day, the visitors i were told. The laundry with au­tomatic washing and drying mach­ines handles over two thousand articles a day. A battery of iron- ’ ing boards with hospital patients ironing the wash was on the op­posite side of this building. In the basement of the laundry was a store room stocking all items found in a combined grocery and department store and in huge quantities.Final stop in the tour, a point where afternoon tea was served, by the staff, was the occupational therapy centre with a well stocked , library where books, magazines and daily papers arc available to the patients. This centre houses the beauty parlor, a recent ad­dition.Exchange papers from the Sen­tinel-Review, newspapers from al- j most every Ontario city and from 1 many other points in Canada are picked up by a staff member each day at the newspaper office and are placed in the hospital library. On the followire day these papers are distributed to patients whose homes are in those centres.Before going to the hospital, the group had lunch together with) Len Coles, county clerk and treas­urer as chairman. Guests intro­duced included Lou Fewster o( Los Angeles, Csfiifomia, a brother of Warden George Fewster: the 1948 warden. Gordon Ross, who was present with Mrs. Ross, and Dr. G. W. Moss of Toronto, who is spending some time with the Ox­ford County and Ingersoll Health Unit.At the luncheon. Dr. Clark, su­perintendent of the hospital, brief­ly outlined some features of the institution.I , "People living in this county do not know as much about this hos pital as they should.’’ Dr, Clark commented, saying ie welcomed the opportunity of showing the place to the county council.The grounds and buildings of the 1 Ontario Hospital cover 90 acres. The hospital was first opened In 1906 on a small scale to take carefor his address’. At the conclusion of the afternoon, Warden Fewster thanked Dr. Clark and his staff for the kindness and interest shown in making the tour possible.MATERNITYOFFICE,^ogal ^uilbinss, ^ibout Afreet,CONNECTING WITH ALL THE PRINCIPALCITIES AND TOWNS INof epileptic patients. By 1930 It had been increased to 500 beds and to bring the capacity up to 1.250 b*'ds.The hospital Is unique In that It covers the entire province of On­tario in two fields, epilepsy and tuberculosis In mental natienla.A staff of about 400 mftns the Institution which has an annual expenditure of over one million dollars. The hospital Dr. Clarke likened to a self contained com­munity with iG own healing plant, laundry and farm which produces' some of the milk used. A mnln-i tenance staff is on duty at all times including electricians, pain­ters. carpenters and plum hers, "Hospitalization today is someBy Telegraph fromComnumicationB strictly confidential. "E9Write plain—Give Juli Address of yourself and correspondent—promptly by this Line to avoid delay and confusion.Company not responsible for the inaccuracies of the Operators.MICHOLlON, M'lMOSH & CO'B AUIOaTMToThe above message blank is a facsimile of that in use by the Montreal Telegraph Co., a century ago. To commemorate the centenary of £|)C Uonbon jFtte ^refls, the Canadian National Telegraphs, successors to the Montreal Telegraph Co., reproduce this pioneer telegraph form on which news messages were transcribed when the Jf rtt f)rr9S was founded, in 1849.CAXAOtAN Iahohai IHlGAAm Oxford Councilors Hold Ladies' DayOxford County councilors' wives passed resolutions aimed at getting their husbands home earlier and raising their own pay when they took over reins of office for a few moments yesterday on council's annual Ladies' Day. Pictures above show some of the councilors and their wives. TOP—Right to left, are: Reeve Robert Rudy, property committee chairman, and Mrs. Rudy, Tavis­tock; Reeve Theodore Cooper, road committee chairman, and Mrs. Cooper, South Norwich; Mrs. Reginald Mc­Laren, Woodstock; Reeve Fred S. Killing, finance com­mittee chairman, East Zorra. BOTTOM—Right to left —Ex-Warden Gordon Ross and Mrs. Ross, East Zorra; Dr. E. A. Clark, Ontario Hospital superintendent; Mrs. George Fewster and Warden Fewster, North Norwich.Wives Take Over Council, Move to Send HusbandsHome Earlier, Raise PayWIVES TAKE OVER—Wives of members of county council session on Wednesday morning and passed “leg­islation” designed to equalize hours for their husbands, and increased salaries for wives. Shown occupying her husband's chair as warden is Mrs. George Fewster, left. Beside Mrs. Fewster is Mrs. Gordon Ross, wife of the 1948 warden, Gordon Ross.— (Staff Photo).Free Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, Juns 15 — The firm hands of Oxford County councilors’ wives, for a few brief moments, were at the helm of the ship of state this morn­ing, and they quickly passed res­olutions calculated to get their husbands home earlier and raise their own pay.The occasion was council’s an­nual ladies day. Warden George Fewster and his councilors va­cated their chairs and let their “legal advisors" take over on motion by Reeve Robert Rudy, of Tavistock. • • *Warden Fewster, North Nor­wich, welcomed the ladies. "I know you have great sympathy with your husbands laboring here," he greeted them.A note of humor was inter­jected into the session when the warden's council presented him with two small chickens. Reeve ’ Rudy urged they be well fed for the warden’s chicken dinner.To give the women an idea on • county council procedure, County Clerk L. K. Coles, Ingersoll, gave the first and second r^ad- ' Ings of the equalization by-law and a by-law to pass order and accounts.The wife of the warden, Mrs. G, Fewster, occupied his chair, with Mrs. Gordon Ross, wife of eX-Wsrden Ross, seated at her right. Mrs, J. N. Meathrell, In- gcraoll, wife of the county road superintendent, occupied the county clerk’s chair.Mrs, Fewster. on taking over, asked immediately for a pro­gress report on county council's only eligible bachelor, Reeve Alster Clarke, West Zorra. Reeve Clarke obliged and left the matter in the hands of the women;In their brief tenure of office the women passed many rapid resolutions aimed at improving the lot of county councilors’ wives. When council adjourned they were conducted on a tour of the county court house prop­erty.They were entertained at lunch and heard an address by Dr. E. A. Clark, superintendent of the Ontario Hospital.The speaker was introduced by County Clerk Coles and thanked by Reeve W. A. Cock­burn. Blenheim. A conducted tour of the hospital followed, with the hospital staff serving tea to wind up the day s activi­ties.< . and I have learned to spit through my tooth." County Council Holds Ladies' DayThe nnnual "ladles' day” for whrs of members of the County Council was held yesterday in lhe court house commencing at 10 p. m. After observing the scene of the "strenuous work” imposed on members of the council during their sessions, the visitors were in­vited to take a hand in the pro- cedings and the men retired Io chairs at the rear of the council chambers while their .wives filled their respective places.Mrs. George Fewster, acting as warden, remarked that "it really is something different." A reso­lution .was entered to the effect that an account must be given of the husbands' whereabouts after the council session adjourns at 5 p. m. and the time the men ar­rive home. One very attractive rural housewife staled in vehe- ment tones but with a sparkle in ber eyes "I’m going to put my foot down, with him (her husband, I we presume) under it."In conversation with several of the women, a question was asked: "Do you miss your husband a great deal when he is attending these council sessions?" which brought forth such replies as; 'Well, the day drags by very slowly" or "The only time I miss ! mine is at mealtime" or "Chores suffer, or at least I do, because, it means doubling up."The day’s guests were reluc­tant to take any credit for spik­ing the council with ideas, but the reporter was led to believe many improvements were due to the tactful prodding of the "little; women" who wield a pitchfork inj one hand and equally masterfully, a milk pail in the other. Some1 women voiced the opinion that there were so many things to be, done during the day that there was np time to worry about what hubby was doing. They admitted, that it was a little annoying when the menfolk appeared to be reluc­tant about returning home, but most of them were good natured and passed it off lightly.Following the council session, the women were conducted on a scheduled tour of the courthouse, jail, the local radio station, reg­istry' office, and the Oxford Coun­ty Museum in the top floor of the city hall. After having dinner at the New Commercial Hotel, the visitors finished their day with an inspection tour of the Ontario Hospital. ITillsonburg Policeman Resigns After CriticismTillsonburg Folks Show Their InterestOver in Tillsonburg a civic employee hada run-in with the mayor and as a result his resignation was placed in the hands of the town council.When the council came to deal with it Tuesday evening, a crowd estimated at more than 300 persons tried to jam into the coun­cil chamber to lend their support to the re­tention of the employees services and the fire brigade members sent in a communication threatening to resign if unwarranted inter­ference with civic employees was not dis­continued.Without arguing the merits of the case in point, it would appear a healthy indica­tion of the interest of Tillsonburg citizens in the welfare of their community that so many should turn out voluntarily on a hot Bum-, mer’s evening to express their opinions on a contraversial municipal matter.We hear much these days about the lack of interest in governmental affairs, and especially municipal governmental affairs, by the average citizen. Certainly the good people of Tillsonburg can’t be accused of any such indifference;.TILLSONBURG, — When some 300 people interested in the rein­statement of Constable Earl Lewis decided to attend the July meeting of the town council last night, the meeting had to be moved from the council chamber to the auditorium in the upstairs of the town hall.Constable Lewis, who was sus­pended June 23 following a dis­agreement with Mayor L. B. Cur-1 rie over the way Lewis carried out i police duties at the drowning on the night of June 22, was rein­stated by the council. He will lose no salaxy.The mayor and Constable Lewis both told their versions of the incident, punctuated with cheers and clapping from lhe crowd.SIGNS MARK COUNTY FORESTS—Bill Thurston, Stratford, zone forester for Ox­ford, Perth and Huron, right, steadies the new sign placed on the Oxford County Forest near Zenda. His assistant, Mary Cressman completes the filling of the post hole. The two zone foresters were placing similar signs on county forest tracts at the Hall Forest near Drumbo and the Chesney Forest near Bright as well as the Zenda tract on Wednesday. The Zenda tract Covel's 83 acres. Forty acres were in natural bush when the county purchased the land. Ten acres have been planted. The trees in the background were planted by the Oxford Junior Farmers’ Association about 12 years ago, the first of the,bounty’s reforestation program.—(Staff Photo).■OXFORD COUNTY FORESTREINSTATE CONSTABLEAS 300 PEOPLE CHEERA motion sponsored by Reeve Ken Anderson and Deputy Reeve R. L, Hawkins for the reinstate­ment of tbhe policeman was put before the council. Mayor Currie cast the only negative vote and again the crowd cheered.To top off the dispute a letter from, the Fire Department com-J plained of what they considered interference with their duty on June 22. The letter, read twice, asked the fire, water and light committee and the council as a whole to put an end to such inter­ference. The firemen threatened to resign if this were not done.The meeting ended on a happy note, however, as the council com­mended the fire department for the manner in which they carried out their duties at the scene of the drowning and hope was ex-। pressed for closer co-operation be- I tween the council members and the fire department.Councillor Grant Brown finally I smoothed the troubled waters for the ship of state as he voiced the opinion that the council would be closer knit as a result of the trouble and commended th mayor for his demeanor as well as that f others involved in the incident.AT COUNTY HOMEToday's noonday meeting of the Rotary Club was the annual pic­nic meeting and as an innovation, was held on the grounds of the county home. The new president of the club, R. G. <Dick) Clowes, presided (or his first meeting. Oxford Ex-Wardens Hold 17th Annual MeetingThe 17th annual meeting of the Ex-Wardens' Association of Oxford County met in Woodstock to elect officers for the coming year. The new slate of officers is shown top, left to right, J. N. Meathrell, Ingersoll, chairman of the social committee; Ex-Warden Henry Hanlon, North Oxford, first vice-president; William McIntosh, Embro, president; William Weir, East Nissouri, past-president; L. K. Coles, Ingersoll, secretary-treasurer. In point of service the three oldest and the three youngest members of th Ex-Wardens' Association are shown in the lower pic­ture with present warden. They are, left to right: James Pullin, (1916) West Oxford; George H. Hollier, (1923) Tillsonburg; L. E. Peterson, (1924) Blenheim; Warden George Fewster, North Norwich; J. Winston Nichols, (1946) North Oxford; Milton Betteridge, (1947) East Nis­souri; T. Gordon Ross, (1948) East Zorra.Ex-Wardens of OxfordElect New ExecutiveWOODSTOCK, June 29 — With greying and thinning thatches, one of the most exclusive clubs in Oxford County met this afternoon and elected officers.It was the 17th annual meeting of the Ex-Wardens’ Association and 21 ex-wardens attended. Retiring President Billy Weir welcomed the members. 4--------------------------------------------Ex-Warden Weir asked the gathering to observe a minute's silence in memory of the late ex­Warden George Silcox, of Brad­ford, who passed away this year.Slate NamedThe following officers were elected: Past president, William Weir, 1946, East Nissouri; presi­dent, William McIntosh, 1927, Em­bro; first vice-president, Henry Hanlon, Ingersoll; J. N. Meathercll, social chairman.The following executive was re­elected: Alex McCorquodale. Nis­souri: J. Winston Nichols, North Oxford; J. C. Elehenberg, Tillson­burg,The present warden, George Fewster, North Norwich, briefly welcomed the gathering. Other speakers were: L. K. Coles, J. N. Mraim red, Ex-Warden ‘'Billy.. McIntosh and Ex-Wardens L. E. Peterson and J. N. Innes.Mirny PresentThe following ex-wardens were present at the meeting: James Pullin, (1916), West Oxford; George H. Hollier, (1923), Tillsonburg; L. E, Peterson, (1924), Blenheim; J. N. Innes, (1925), West Oxford; W. J. Weir, (1926). East Nissouri; William McIntosh, (1927), Embro; Henry Hanlon, (1930), North Ox­ford; J. F. McDonald, (1933), East Zorra; A. D. Robinson, (1934), West Oxford; George Balkwill, (1935), Blenheim; C. F. Beagley,(1937), Embro; Charles Milton,(1938), Blenheim; N. M. Marshal.(1939). Norwich; R. F. Miners,(1941), Tillsonburg; Alvin McKay, (1942), West Zorra; J. K. Wardell. (1943), South Norwich; J. C. Eichenberg, (1944), Tillsonburg; Alex McCorquodale, (1945), East Nissouri; J. Winston Nichols, (1946), North Oxford; Millon Bet­teridge, (1947), East Nissouri; T. Gordon Ross, (1948), East Zorra; George Fewster, (present warden),' North Norwich.C. O. Tatham was the guest speaker at dinner which wound up the day's activities.Ex-War dens Annual GatheringThe Oxford Ex-warden's Associ­ation held their annual meeting in the county council chamber this afternoon with William J. Weir, Thamesford, warden in 1926, asso­ciation president, in the warden’s chair.The group, unofficially known as the “county senate,’’ is made up of 25 ex-wardens, the present warden, Geor/e Fewst <>•, county clerk L. K. Coles, and county road superintendent J. N. Meathrell.The group meets for its annual gathering on the last Wednesday in June, holds a session in the council chamber when members who have passed on during the year are honored. This afternoon the group stood in silence in mem­ory of J. L. Silcox, warden in 1929, and second vice-president of the association, who died recent­ly.Mr. Silcox held the distinction of being the oldest warden who regularly attended the yearly ga­therings. The roll of members goes hack to 1908 to Include John A. Fleming now of Mount Pleas­ant. who was warden of the coun­ty In that year.After the business session this afternoon the group will hold their annual dinner. C. O. Tatham, pub­lisher of the Sentinel-Review, will be the speaker at the dinner. OXFORD EX-WARDENS MEET—The most exclusive organization in Oxford, only one member is admitted each year, met on Wednesday in the courthouse in Woodstock. The occasion was the 17th annual meeting of the Oxford Ex-warden’s Association. Former wardens of this county still living go back to John A. Fleming, now of Mount Pleasant, who was warden in 1908. Mr. Fleming was unable to attend the gathering Wednes­day. The group of ex-wardens shown here includes, from the left, front row’, (the year they held office is in brackets) Henry Hanlon, North Oxford (1930), first vice- president of the association; George Fewster, North Nor­wich, present warden and junior member of the asso­ciation, William McIntosh, West Zorra (1927), now of Embro president; J. W. Innes, West Oxford (1923); Wil­liam J. Weir, East Nissouri (1926) past president; second row, Charles G. Milton, Blenheim (1938), Alvin McKay, West Zorra (1942), J. K. Warden, South Norwich (1943), L. K. Coles, county clerk and secretary-treasurer of the association; third row, N. M. Marshall, Norwich (1939), J. Winston Nichols, North Oxford (1946), George Balk­will, Blenheim (1935), R. F. Miners, Tillsonburg (1941), L. E. Peterson, Blenheim (1924); fourth row, J. N. Mea­threll, county road superintendent, G. H. Hollier, Till­sonburg (1923), A. D. Robinson, West Oxford (1934), J. C. Eichenberg, Tillsonburg (1944), Milton Btteridge, East Nissouri (1947), Charles Beagley, Embro (1937), Gordon Ross, East Zorra (1948); at back, James Pullin, West Oxford (1916), Alex McCorquodale, East Nissouri (1945).—(Staff Photo).Name William McIntosh Ex-Wardens’ PresidentWilliam McIntosh of Embro, i; warden of Oxford in 1927, was elected president of the Oxford Ex-Warden’s Association at the 17th annual meeting in the coun­cil chamber in the court house on j Wednesday afternoon.Ex-Warden McIntosh succeeds William J. Weir of Thamesford, , warden in 1926, to the presidency of the most exclusive club in this county. The association has 261 members, all but two of whom have served a term as warden of Oxford. The two extra members are Len Coles, county clerk, who is secretary-treasurer, and J. N. Meathrell, county road super­intendent, a man with a great fund of history covering the county council and its former wardens.The group stood in silence at yesterday’s session in honor of the memory of the late J. E. Slicox, warden in 1929, and also in the memory of the wife of Ex-Warden ' Robert Oliver. ,Elected as officers were: Wil- llom McIntosh, president; Henry Hanlon, first vice-president; Rob­ert Oliver, second vice-president; L. K. Coles, secretary-treasurer; executive committee, J. Winston Nichols, J, C. Eichenberg, J. K. Wardell and the past presidents.President-elect McIntosh ex- pressed his appreciation for th* honor accorded him. Other speak- ers included, Warden George Fewster. junior member of the group; George Hollier of Tillson­burg, James Pullin of West Oxford, who supplied a bouquet of flowers for the presidents desk in accord­ance with his annual custom: Wil­liam Weir, retiring president, Mr. Coles and Mr. Meathrell.At the dinner which concluded the annual meeting, Mr. McIntosh was chairman. Guest speaker was C. O. Tatham, publisher of the Sentinel-Review. George Hollier introduced the speaker and Alvin McKay of West Zorra expressedwich, J. K. Wardell, 1943; Embro, Charles Beagley, 1937; East Zorra, Gordon Ross, 1948, J. F. McDon­ald, 1933; West Zorra, Alvin Mc­Kay, 1942, William McIntosh. 1927; East Nissouri, Alex McCor­quodale, 1945, Hugh Harris, 1940. Mil ton Betteridge, 1947, W. Weir, 1926; North Oxford. J. Winston Nichols, 1946. Henry Hanlon, 1930; West Oxford, J. W. Innes, 1925, A. D. Robinson, 1934, James Pullin, 1916; Tillsonburg, J. C. Eichen­berg, 1944, R. F. Miners, 1941. George Hollier, 1923; Norwich, N. M. Marshall, 1939.Members unable to be present yesterday were: John A. Fleming, warden in 1908; H. B. Atkinson, warden in 1920; Robert Oliver, warden in 1932.the group's appreciation."County councils of this country are examples of democracy at its best,” Mr. Tatham said. "In your work you serve on the spot. The further you go in government be­yond county council, to provincial, federal governments or to the United Nations, the more removed you get from the people who elect-! ed you.”Members of the association pre­sent yesterday according td the municipality from which they were elected at the time of holding the warden’s office were:Blenheim, George Balkwill, 1935, Charles G. Mil ton, 1938. L. E. | Peterson, 1924; North Norwich, 'George Fewster, 1949; South Nor-Upton was saying only yesterday that if we ever build another home..,Signs for Reeve, Gets One MonthOnly evidence heard in the case of 19-year-old W. J- Kotyk, Strat­ford, charged with theft and forg­ery, was a statement given by the accused when he was arrested by Provincial Police of the Wood- stock detachment June 23.Kotyk pleaded guilty to the charge of theft in county magis­trate’s court last week. His state­ment tdmitted hat he had signed West Zorra Reeve Alster Clarke’s name on ihe cheque and .cashed it in Stratford. Magistrate R. G. Groom sentenced him to one month on each charge. Crowd of 5,000 Attends Annual Grassland Event ONTARIO HAY KING—John Hargreaves of Beach- ville was acclaimed Hay King of Ontario for 1949 at Oxford's 3rd Grassland Day on the farm of James Forbes, Thamesford, yesterday. Mr. Hargreaves won the championship in the hay competition, having the best bale of hay in the show and winning the most points of al! entries in three classes for baled hay, silage hay and chopped hay. With the title go The J. S. McLean Trophy for hay competition and a cash award of .$100. — (Staff Photo). a 4.30 p.m.—Tour of plots where weeds have been killed by chemicals.5.00 p.m.—Chore Time.OXFORD COUNTY GRASSLAND DAY '■/ ^ W' ' OSB >^w B 'A' - • - - - / • I OXFORD COUNTY’S THIRD GRASSLAND DAY — A [general view of Grassland Day yesterday on the farm of James Forbes, half a mile south of Thamesford, is shown here. The event, sponsored by the Oxford Crop Improve­ ment Association with the Ontario Crop Improvement Association and the Ontario Agricultural College drew la crowd of about 5,000 farmers. Starting on the left right up through the picture is the row of machinery on dis­ play, running in value to almost a quarter of a million dollars. Every type and make of hay harvesting equip­ ment was put on show and demonstrated in actual opera­ tion in a field of hay to the left of this picture. Also a feature of Grassland Day was the showing of weed spraying equipment. These were demonstrated during the morning program and again in the machinery par­ ade in the afternoon. Sprayers were run with water in­ stead of chemicals for the purposes of the show. In the white tent to the left the hay competition was held. John Hargreaves of Beachville won the title of Ontario hay king with an entry of baled hay. On the left the crowd may be seen gathered around the speakers plat­ form. Chief speaker for the program was Dr. G. I. Christie, former principal of O.A.C. A discussion panel composed of Watson Porter, London, Jack Hargreaves, Beachville; Charles Munro, Embro; Fred Cohoe, Bur- gessville, talked over the question of “Are we going machinery mad?” George Matheson, president of the Ox­ ford Crop Improvement Association was chairman for the program. In the background at the Jeft are the buildings on the Forbes farm. —(Staff Photo). 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Back row includes (from the left) Buddy Cluff, Howard Pye, Larry Matheson, Den­nis Foster; (front row) Rose Hillsdon, Feme Hartsell, Peggy Donaldson and Charon Moore.THE SOUTH NORWICH umuhity swimming pool at Otterville was officially opened in an impressive cere­mony yesterday afternoon. The pool, dedicated by T. R. Dent, MJUA. and unveiled by Mrs. Andrew Childs, was erected in memory of the men who made the supreme sacrifice and those who served in the Second World War.*°**/c*smuniNc picome an annual event, and a picnic supper on July 3 was held at Southside Park and attended by parents and brothers and sisters numbering 35. Next year the picnicThe above photograph gives a general idea of the size of the pool and the large number of citizens who gathered for the occasion. Nine boys from Woodstock, members of the Y’s Men’s Junior swim club put on a spectacular demonstration of swimming and diving.—(Staff Photo).CELEBBRATE THEIR SIXTH BIRTHDAY - The dozen babies who all arrived at the Woodstock General Hospital between the hours of July 4 and 5 in 1943, have COUNTY OF OXFORDOXFORD COUNTYCanada's Dairy landCongratulatesThe London Free PressIOOth BirthdayWARDEN GEORGE FEWSTERReeve of North Norwich TownshipNorth Oxford, Herbert P. Dunn West Oxford, Thomos F. Pellow East Zorra, Fred S. KillingWilliam J. McDonald, D.R.West Zorro, Alster Clarke Tillsonburg, Kenneth H. Anderson Roger L. Hawkins, D.R.Embro, Robert H. Clark Norwich, Arthur P. Maedel Tavistock, Robert RudyBlandford, Oscar SippelBlenheim, W. A. CockburnRoland B. Fry, D.R.Dereham, H. A. LittleHarley R. McBeth, D.R.East Nissouri, J. Grant SutherlandJ. Calvin McKay, D.R.South Norwich, Theodore Cooper North Norwich, George Fewster East Oxford, George F. WrightOUR HISTORYwAs seU-ted , n9pla»t in , t|ielr TtteinpO3^ to customs . eventuaU.Senheim,Yes, 100 years of leadership in the publish­ing of Western Ontario’s Foremost. News­paper is a record to be proud of... a record that cannot be measured in years alone, but rather by a yardstick of service ... of bringing pleasure and happiness . . . good news and bad about our communities and nation, and the world at large ... by pre­senting the news unbaised and straight­forward in the manner befitting a newspaper that is both cosmopolitan and provincial.It is a pleasure tn call you Our Friendly Newspaper, may your next Century of Service he as successful and beneficial as your past!TAKES OFFICE R. G. (Dick) Clowes, new president of Wood- stock Rotary Club, succeeding Clare McPherson, delivered his in­augural address at. Monday's meeting of the chib.Norwich Loses Happy, Chinese Laundry OperatorNORWICH — Norwich village w a sadder place today because a cheery Chinese greeting, which was always given with the broad­est of smiles, Is forever stilled;No longer will a small, humped shouldered man shuffle down the street under an oversized bag of laundry to greet all, young and old with a heart warming greeting.On Thursday last a sign hung on the door of Joe Kwong's laun­dry, "Am in hospital, hope to greet you all soon again,” but Monday Joe died at Woodstock and on Wednesday he was buried in the Norwich cemetery. His family Is in China.Joe had worked In Norwich (or the past nine years, before that he wax in Toronto for 24 years. For many years he carried on his business In the Maedel Block on Stover street. Then it was sold and he was forced to moVe. but could find nowhere to go. Then Oscar Gare gave him refuge in the building which was the iirst church building in Norwich. It was cold, inconvenient and inade­quate and was finally torn down. Last summer a public fund was raised and a building for Joe was erected on the Public Utilities property on the comer of Pitcher and Tidy streets and there he had been since.Joe was especially fond of chil­dren and they in turn, loved him and they will miss him too. Rev. Walter M. Kiteley conducted the funeral services, interment was in the local cemetery.Mrs. H. F. Henry Dies in NorwichNORWICH — The death occur­red on Friday evening, July 15. of Mrs, H, F. Henry, wife of Chief Constable Henry of Norwich Vil­lage.PHEASANTSGame overseer Herb Clark said today that so far this summer 3,200 baby pheasant chicks and 1,400 poults, ten weeks old, have been released in Oxford county. "This has been a very successful season,” Mr. Clark said and the birds are in splendid condition. A further consignment of 6,000 ten- week-old birds are scheduled to arrive in the county next week.FOX BOUNTIESFox bounties for the month of June were less than half for the same period last year. The county clerk's office has paid a total nf $40 In bounties as compared with $88 last year. But the total fuses turned in this year by resident's of Oxford County's townships L* more than double that of the total for the same period last year.. 322 have been turned In to date. iillflSill-hi- . ■ < ;i^V*:blazing heat of the sun. In the top picture, left, the 48th Highlanders froth Toronto under the leadership of Pipe Sergeant A. Dewar and C. W. Gordon, Drum Major, ranked third in the competition among bands present,12TH ANNUAL ZORKA CALEDONIAN GAMES DRAW HUGE CROWD—Nearly 16,000 people flocked to Embro yesterday afternoon, filling the grandstand and sur­rounding the parade ground where Kiltie bands from all over Canada and the United States performed in the•rOXFORD SUPERVISORS ATTEND CONVENTION—Attending the thirtieth annual convention of the Ontario Association of Managers of the Homes for Aged and In­firm, held in Owen Sound recently, were Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Forbes, governor and matron of the Oxford County Home. Mi's. Forties, elected president of the associa­tion, was presented with roses and a key representing the freedom of the city, as well as a gavel. A unique feature of the association is that both Mr. and Mrs. Forbes are on the executive, the former holding the office of secretary.— (Staff Photo).Tenders for Equipment jSEALED TENDERS addressed to the undersigned and plainly marked as to contents will be re­ceived by the undersigned until 12 o’clock noon E.D.S.T.Wednesday, July27,1949 for the supplying of the following equipment:1. One only, heavy duty motor grader powered by 100 horsepower diesel motor and equipped with a V- type snow plow and one wing to­gether with heater, defroster and all accessories required by law.2. Two * only. 3-ton heavy duty- trucks, equipped with hoists, steel dump bodies, heaters, de­frosters and accessories required by law; county will purchase li­censes.Tenderers must submit manufac­turer's specifications on the equip­ment tendered on with special no­tation on the size and ply of the tires that will be furnished. Ten­ders must show approximate date of delivery.The lowest or nny tender not necessarily accepted.J. N. MEATHRELL. County- Road Superintendent.Court House,Woodstock, Ontario, C. W. Ottewell, South Norwich Clerk, PassesOTTERVILLE—Cecil Williams .OttewoU, township clerk of South Norwich, died at his home in Springford early this morning in his 51st year. He suffered a heart: attack about a month ago.Mr. Ottewell. in addition to his duties as township clerk, was al­so librarian of the Otterville Pub­lic Library, a notary public and juctlce of the peace. He was secret ary treasurer of the South Norwich Township Area School Board. For several year's he had been an active member of the Norwich-Otterville Hons Club. He was a member of the Spring- ford United Church.Surviving are his wife, the former Elizabeth Slaght. and three daughters. They ate Mrs. William Mowat (Eleanor) of Springford. Mrs. Richard Neale (Margaret) of Simcoe and Miss Georgina Ottewell, nurse in training at St. Catharines. Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. A.^ M. Grandy and Mrs. Fred illier, both of OHtterville.Friends will be received at the Addison Funeral Home. Otter­ville, where funeral services will) be held on Monday, July 18, at 2.30. Rev. W. G. Wylie will offici­ate. Interment will be in the Springford cemetery. ,WITH THE GRADUAL FILLING in of the old Beachville quarry, long famous to resi­dents of Oxford county as a swimming spot, game overseer Herbert Clark, Ed Meadows, inspector of wild life for the Huron district and Jim Gage, district biologist, have been busy the past couple of days dragging the bottom of the little lake with seme nets m an effort to save a reportedly large school of black bass. The iish were planted three years ago The three game officials can be seen in the above photograph dragging a portion of the lake which will one day be the new bed of the Thames River. Workmen can also be seen carrying on the job of changing the course of the river. Pumps are also busy emptying the water from the laxe, the largest portion of which cannot be seen—(Staff Photo).THE OXFORD COUNTY LIBRARY CO-OPERATIVE has established a headquarters in the county building from which the libraries throughout the county will be supplied. | Mi's. S. L. Krompart, in the above picture, is the librarian, and looks after supplies from the main base. The present headquarters are not quite completed but are well stocked with about 2,000 and more are on order. There are about 16 libraries in the county tQ, be supplied, and the librarian said yesterday that better service is expected with the new quarters. —(stafr 1 hoto' *Wise Ruling For Plowmen’s MatchThose who have attended the Interna­tional Plowing Match in recent years will agree with the decision of the Ontario Plow­men’s Association to limit competition in the big match to those who have qualified at county and. branch plowing matches-The International draws a huge crowd to its* machinery display alone, but there is still plowing to be seen- In recent years the entries have been so heavy the demand for lands has put plowing competition for some classes beyond reasonable walking distance from the headquarters area. Teams and tractors for 1,000 entries places a heavy-load on the host county committee.Aside from cutting down the entries, the move should raise the standard of plowing in the biggest plowing match in the world to what it should be—experienced workman­ship.County plowing matches will benefit from this new regulation in that increased entries and interest should be forthcoming. Making the county competition a qualifica­tion match will serve to stimulate local contests.Anticipating the holding of the Interna­tional match in Oxford in 1951. the Oxford Plowmen’s Association have planned their county match this year to encourage young farmers to gain experience in match com­petition.EntertainmentAt County HomeThe residents of the Oxford County Home were entertained last evening with a band concert provided bv the Oxford Rifles Band under the president. Stan Joy, with Bandmaster Harold Bingeman conducting the band.After the lively concert the fire­men distributed the treats they had provided. They were assisted by Fred Childs.R. J. Forbes, manager, thanked the Oxford Rifles, Les MeKerral and the firemen far the fine evening. INGERSOLL BOAT BLAST INJURES 12Ingersoll People Survive Boat ExplosionDOREEN UREN - - severely burnedHAROLD WILSON - - - boot ownerALLAN HORTON - - - uninjuredMARGARET START - - - recoveringMRS. LEONARD K. COLES - - - badly burnedROBERT COLES - - arm, leg brokenROGER COLES broken legMABEL CLARK- - second degree burnsBlast Rips Wilson ShipIn MuskokaSpecial To The Free PressBRACEBRIDGE, July 18 — Six Ingersoll persons seriously injured in the explosion of Harold Wilson’s $12,000 lux­ury cruiser on Muskoka Lak® Sa till'd ay were said to be “pr«N greasing favorably” al. Memo­rial Hospital here today. Six others were also hurt in the blast.Ingersoll InjuredThey are:Mrs. Leonard K. Coles, 34, of 21J Oxford street.Her two sons, Roger, three, and Robert, seven,Mabel Clark, 85. of 184 Albert streetDoreen Uren, 13, of 136 Charlei street.And Margucret Start, 13, of 334 St Thomas street.All but Robert and Roger Coles were recovering from second de­gree burns about the arms and legs.Robert Coles sustained g broken arm and broken leg. His younger brother, Robert, suffered one broken leg. STUDY CONSERVATION PROBLEMS—In the council chamber of the court house in Woodstock Thursday evening a group of 21 representatives af various organ­izations interested in conservation met to plan for a brief on conservation in Oxford. The brief is to be presented to the Ontario legislature’s select committee on conserva­tion when the committee holds its hearing in Woodstock on August 5. Shown in the group above are some of the representatives present. From the left they are: ReeveH. A. Little, Dereham, chairman of the county council committee on agriculture; Reeve Oscar Sippel, Bland­ford, chairman of the reforestation committee of the county council; Bruce Wilson, Woodstock, president of the Oxford Fish and Game Protective Association; George Matheson, Thamesford, president of the Oxford Crop Im­provement Association; George Bell (seated) agricultural representative; Leonard Johnston, London, fieldman for the Upper Thames Valley Conservation Authority.—(Staff Photo).CONSERVATIONOxford Brief to be Prepared for Presentation to Select CommitteeSix committees were formed at a meeting last night to prepare a brief on conservation in Oxford for presentation to the Ontario legis­lature select committee on August 5 when the committee holds a hearing in Woodstock.The committees were picked from a group of 21 representatives of organizations interested in con­servation. Next Monday night the committees will meet again in the council chamber of the courthouse at 8.30 where last night’s meet­ing was held. They will meet as committees and work on individ­ual sections of the draft for the brief.George Bell, agricultural repres­entative for Oxford, was selected as chairman. Leonard Johnston, London, Upper Thames Valley Au­thority fieldman was named secre­tary.The brief will be divided into five sections, all on various as­pects of conservation. They will be soil conservation, water (in­cluding run off water, water sup­ply and drainage), forestry, the Upper Thames Valley Conserva­tion Authority and the Grand Val­ley Conservation Authority. A sixth committee on administration will prepare the brief from the committee reports and take care of the method of presentation.The hearing in Woodstock on August 5 will be from nine in the morning until four In the after­noon. At the conclusion of the hearing the committee will visit sites in Oxford which are being chosen by T. R. Dent, M.L.A., who is a member of the select commit­tee of the house.| T. V. A.—Gordon Pittdck, A. D. Robinson. Jim Calder, Harry Col­lins, E. E. Pearson, O. H. Murray, Gordon Ross, Grant Sutherland and Leonard Johnston.Grand Valley Authority—W. A. Cockburn, John A. Wallace, Oliver Carter.Administration—Warden George [ Fewster and the chairmen of the other committees.Present last night were: George Bell, agricultural representative; Leonard Johnston, London, field­man T.V.A.; George Matheson, Thamesford, president of the Ox­ford Crop Improvement Associa­tion: D. H. Hart, Woodstock, vice- president of the crop improvement association; Bruce Wilson and Bob Holtom, Woodstock, of the Oxford Fish and Game Protective Asso­ciation; A. D. Robinson. West Ox­ford T.V.A. representative; O. H. Murray. West Zorra T.V.A. repre­sentative; John Wallace, East Ox­ford representative on T.V.A. and Grand Valley Authority; Reeve W. A. Cockburn. Blenheim represen­tative on the Grand Valley Auth­ority; Reeve Oscar Sippel, Reeve Fred Killing, Deputy Reeve H R. McBeth, Reeve Herb Dunn, J, N. Meathrell, chairman and members of the council reforestation com­mittee; Reeve H. A. Little. Reeve Alster Clarke, Reeve Thomas Pel- low. chairman and members of the agriculture committee of the county council; W.A.G. Thurston, zone forester for Oxford, Perth and Huron.At the beginning of last night's meeting, Mr. Johnston and W.A.&. Thurston, zone forester, outlined action being taken by other coun­ties in preparation of briefs and told of the way in which the hear­ings are conducted.There was a general discussion on each of the five aspects of con­servation, The hauling of manure from general farming areas to tobacco farms was among the first questions raised. Pasture improvement and the need for un­derdrainage were pointed out. Woodlot management and a means of encouraging it were considered.In the matter of forestry it was shown that Oxford has 782 acres purchased in a reforestation plan, 562 acres have been reforested and some other acreage is already in bush. Fish and game representa­tives pointed out that the more forest the more cover was avail­able for game.Committees set up (the first named as chairman) were:Soils—D. H. Hart, George Math­eson, H. A. Little, William Ewen (Soils Department O.A.C.) Alster Clarke, Tom Pcllow.Water—A, D. Robinson, J, N.I Meathrell, J. Russell Sullivan, James Caldel*, James A. Vance Herb Clark and Bob Holtom.Forestry -L. K. Coles, Oscar Sippel, Roy Hughes, W. A. G. Thurston, Ross Calder. H. R. Mc- Beth, George Wright, Herb Dunn, Frank Bowen and Bruce Wilson. Th® Woodsfock-lngsrsoll SerSnel-Review, Friday August 5, 1949A A - -- W® • and maintain a large number of j -S —«-rrn 4-A VGCA1 1 Y'nd C TC ft# TMProblems of ConservingSoils, Water and Trees Outlined in DocumentinIn the county council chamber of the court house Woodstock this afternoon a group of Oxford men, headed by Doug Hart of Woodstock presented a word picture of the need for conserving soil, water and trees as theseproblems apply to Oxford.A ten-page brief, complete with the photographs on this page illustrating the major points, was presented to the nine-man select committee of the Ontario Legislature on Conservation. The committee today held a hearing in Woodstock. Four counties, Norfolk, Waterloo, Brant and Oxford were invited to attend the hearing and explain their problems.Two weeks ago a committee of members diawn nom organizations interested in conservation met to considei preparation of a brief. This afternoon sawAhe results of their efforts and numerous meetings read to the com­mittee by Doug Hart, vice-president of the Oxford Crop Improvement Association and chairman of the commit­tee which considered soil conservation problems.RESULT OF SWAMP DRAINAGE — The Oxford con­servation brief recommended action in prevention of fur­ther drainage of swamps, which are natural water reser­voirs. One result of the drainage of swamps is shown in this picture taken in the Zorra Swamp, headwater area for both the south and middle branches of the Thames. The land around this cedar tree was once water ladenedswamp and after being drained the springy, purous soil settled leaving the roots of trees exposed and eventually allowing the tree to rot and unable to stand the buffeting of the wind. The cedar shown here is a common sight in the swamp. Over a period of years the soil has settled almost two feets to its present level.— (Staff Photo).Those organizations participat­ing in the preparation of the docu­ment were the agriculture, refor­estation and free conservation committees of the county council, The Oxford Crop Improvement As­sociation, the Oxford Junior Far­mers, the Oxford Fish and Wild Life Protective Association, mem­bers of the Upper Thames Valley Conservation Authority and of the Grand River Conservation Author­ity. ‘Chairman of the nine-man, pro­vincial committee is Fletcher Thomas, M.L.A. for Elgin. Other members are T. R. Dent, Oxford; Zeb Janes, Lambton E.; Stanley Hunt, Renfrew North; O. F. Ville­neuve, Glengarry; E. B, Jolliffe, leader of the opposition in Ontariopoultry flocks. i“It is necessary, because of the | large number of animal units j maintained on each of our farms, to keep our soils in the most pro­ductive state possible in order to make the business profitable. It is common practice to produce all our rough age feeds and as much as possible of our concentrates. It is necessary, however, in most years to purchase a large volume of concentrates.”The majority of the 13 recom­mendations contained in the brief dealt with suggestions for educa-of our water resources is of pub­lic good,” the committee on waiter maintained. “Would it, there­fore not be in order for public funds to be spent to accomplishsuch even though this money is ex­pended on privately owned lands.”A means of encouraging farm­ers to start plantations of trees and top rotect their woodlots was present in 'he. firestry section of the brief. At present a scheme is in force whereby wood lots under certain circumstances are exempt from taxation.The brief recommended doingaway with this plan and substitut-uuiw wuxxv Ml —- ____- ing a payment of 5$ pjer acre an-phases of conservation programs nually up to 10 per cent, of a 1 - .. .. mans holdings. The paymenttional work in carrying out variousSouth, Liberal leader, Edward Mc­Millan, Kent East.Secretary of the committee is Herb Crown, O.A.C. graduate who has been with the Department of Planning and Development for 2% years.The brief in the beginning ex­pressed appreciation of the pro­vincial government’s interest in the conservation of agricultural soils in the province and made known the wish of Oxford to co­operate to the fullest extent.“It is generally recognized,” the brief stated, “that Oxford County is one of the chief dairy counties in the province, since we have a very heavy concentration of dairy cattle within our boundaries.besides dairying, however, weLegislature; Ted Isley, Waterloo .South; Farquhar Oliver, Grey produce a large number of hogsin soils, water and forestry.Main recommendation of the soils committee as presented in the brief was for an increase in the Farm Planning Service Force of the Soils Department of the On­tario Agricultural College. This staff assists farmers in laying out their farms for contour plowing and strip cropping. Several Oxford farmers have sought this service in recent years but have been un­able to receive it due to lack of qualified men to do the job. It was asked that this staff at the college be enlarged so that such help will be available to all who ask it.Major suggestion of the water committee was for increased tree coverage over the whole area of the county on private and publicly owned land.The brief contained the nucleus of a plan for the proper manage­ment of woodlots on privately owned land.Fencing and permitting trees to grow or by reforesting swamps, hillsides, creek bottoms, rough lands and low marginal lands was seen as a gerat need.To accomplish these recommend­ations the committee felt it im­portant that something be done to encourage private owners to carry them out or to enter into some arrangement, which could be set up by legislation, whereby the woodlot was managed by compe­tent authority and the owner reap financial returns at a later date.‘‘Conservation and improvementwould be made by the Department of Lands and Forests and the woodlots to pass inspection by a member of the department.Other recommendations includ­ed: An extensive educational pro­gram on soil conservation and pro­vision of teachers qualified to teach such subjects in primary and secondary schools; encouragement of groups of fanners to purchas­ing machines co-operatively to lay tile drainage; to have depreciation on tile drainage deductable from income tax; building of small earth storage dams to slow up floods; steps taken -to prevent fur­ther drainage of swamps; encour­aging of contour plowing and a method of checking the theft of trees from woodlots for sale as Christmas trees.PKISONE® KILLEDGUELPH, (CP)—Gerald LaPer.x ier, 19, of Temagami, was fatally injured Thursday in an accident at the Ontario reformatory here. Guards said he was found in an elevator hoist with his head crushed. LaPerrier had been ope1- ating the hoist.CHEESE BOARDSCAMPBELLFORD, ONT., (Cb— A total of 1,466 boxes of white were offered on' the local cheese board. All were sold at 30 cents, F.O.B. factory.KEMPTVILLE, ONT., (CPI- Boarded 1,760 boxes white, 471 boxes colored. White sold at 30 cents, colored at 30 3/16.STRIP CROPPING IN OXFORD—On the north side of No. 2 Highway, west of Beachville, the only known field in Oxford which has been plowed on the contour and strip cropped is on the farm of Cecil Riddell, North Oxford township. The hillside field is shown in this photograph taken from just back of the barn. Mr. Riddell applied to the Farm Service Staff of the O.A.C. Department ofEFFECT OF PASTURING WOODLOTS — These pic- tures show the drastic effect of turning cattle into a woodlot. There are many woodlots around Oxford which have never been pastured, as the one shown here on the left and there are many others which have been pas­tured, as the one shown on the right. What makes these woodlots significant is the fact that they are both in the same original bush, only a fence separates them. They are owned by two farmers, one who believes and prac­tices conservation and the other who failed to see the Sous lor assistance in laying ms lann olu uh uic unuvw plowing and strip cropping method some time ago but enough qualified men are not available to do the job. Seeing contour plowing being done at the Oxford County Plowing Match in 1947, he tackled the' job himself. The conservation brief recommends additional staff for this O.A.C. Department —(Staff Photo).value of his bush. The woodlot on the left is dense with young growth which stops at the fence line marked by the three trees in the foreground. Walking through this bush nature can be seen at work restoring trees that have been' removed or have died. Across the fence there is no sign of restoration for the trees, whose stumps appear in the picture nor for those trees now growing to maturity. Young seedlings are trampled in this bush before they have a chance to reach any size. Several recommendations on forestry were made inSODDED WATERWAY—What appears here to be a stream of grass meandering across a field is a sodded waterway as recommended in the conservation brief pre­sented by Oxford to the hearing in the county court house today. The soils committee preparing the Oxford brief recommended an extensive educational program be launched to make farmers and others more aware of several aspects of soil conservation. The value of sod-the brief on conservation presented today by Oxford county to the Ontario Legislature Select Committee on Conservation during the hearing in Woiodstock. The need for educational work on showing woodlot owners the value of their bush and the danger of turning cattle loose in the woods were stressed. Additional field staff for the Department of Lands and Forests was urged in order to carry out this work. A system of annual payments of $5 per acre up to 10 per cent, of a stressed. In the spring when freshets get started this waterway will carry a fair sized stream. The sod covering will hold the soil in the waterway bottom, from washing away and this will prevent the waterway becoming deep­er and becoming an ever-widening gully. This field can be seen on the east side of No. 59 Highway north of Norwich. ■—(Staff Photo).man’s holdings was suggested for those owners whose woodlots pass inspection by the Department of Lands and Forests. Another section of the brief proposed a plan whereby private owners be encouraged in proper woodlot management or to agree to enter into an agree- with some authority created by legislation which would competently manage his woodlot and allow him financial returns. Several other recommendations on forestry werealso included in the brief.—(Staff Photos). CONSERVATION COMMITTEE HEARING—The Ontario Legislature select committee on conservation is shown in lession here in the county council chamber of. the court house in Woodstock during the hearing heM here yesterday. Five briefs were read to thf committee and discussed during the day-long meeting. Evidence outlining conservation problems o! the Grand Valley Conservation Authority, (Norfolk, Brant, Waterloo and Oxford counties was presented. This picture Was taken as the committee prepared to hear the Oxford brief, whijh was presented by Doug Hart of Woodstock, vice-president of the Oxford Crop Improvement Association. From the left the ’committee members are: E. B. McMillan, Kent East-T H Islev, Waterloo South; C. E. Janes. Lambton East; F. S. Thomas, Elgin, committee chairman; T. Ri Dent, Oxford, who was chairman ’during the presentation of his county’s brief; O. F. Villeneuve, Glengarry; S. J. Hunt, Renfrew North; and E. B. Jolliffe, York South, leader of the opposition. F. R. Oliver, Grey South, Ontario Liberal leader is also a member of the committee but was unable to be present, at hearings this week. H. F. Crown of the Department of Planning and Development is the secretary. —(Staff Photo).Local Boards To Handle Drainage Question UrgedConservation Branch Sound SuggestionNext week the Ontario Legislature’s con­servation committee will hold hearings in Woodstock, and groups from Oxford and the counties surrounding Oxford are busy with the preparation of their briefs.Before coming to Woodstock, the com­mittee will hear a Middlesex county presen­tation at London. The main point in this presentation is expected to be the recom­mendation that a “conservation branch” be established to carry out a broad conserva­tion program in Ontario.This recommendation, which was adopted unanimously by a representative rural-ur­ban group at London this week, is one of the soundest to be presented to the legisla­ture’s committee.It does not urge that a ministry of con­servation be established, but that there bei a “conservation branch”, possibly within the Department of Agriculture. This is a logi­cal approach to sound action on the question of conservation in Ontario, logical because it would lift the subject out of hte present piecemeal stage and place it on a broad, province-wide basis.There is a conservation branch in the Department of Planning and Development,; of course. But it was pointed out that the department can only supervise and approve conservation plans. It cannot execute them. Also, the Department of Lands and Forests has a big stake in tree growth—but not in the agricultural problems. hinging on tree growth.The Middlesex brief therefore urges establishment of another branch “within the proper department of the provincial government..” The proper department is that of agriculture. The cause of conserva­tion in Ontario has suffered because of the multiplicity of departments with fingers in the pie. Measures by the Department of Agriculture—the Drainage Act is an exam­ple.Conservation is a matter for all citizens, of course, be they rural or urban. But every conservation problem comes back sooner or later to the soil, to what is growing or not growing on that soil and to what is happen­ing under the surface of that soil—and the rwil is the concern of the Department of Agriculture.SPECIAL CONSERVATIONBRANCH MAY BE URGEDA special conservation branch to be set up ih the Ontario De­partment of Agriculture may be recommended at th^next session of the legislature, T. R. Dent, M.L.A. for Oxford said at London last night.I Mr. Dent said he could not speak "officially" for his colleagues on the select committee of the legislature on conservation, but the recommendation contained in several briefs presented the committee for a conservation branch was regarded as "worthwhile." Most briefs recommended the inclusion of a conservation branch within the agri­cultural department.“It is possible that this suggestion will take the form of a recom­mendation to be presented to the Legislature,” said Mr. Dent.Oxford’s member said that under existing legislation it was “dif­ficult” for municipalities to start large scale conservation projects.Unfair Competition Of Soil Exploiters NotedMore Qualified Help For Soil Practices ProposedWater Resources Warning Sounded In Oxford BriefFarm Ponds Outline Try Suggested To PreventIn Brief Swamp DrainSuggest Annual Payment For Managed WoodlotsVaried Conservation Ideas Presented At City Hearing ‘•MISS OXFORD COUNTY” BEAUTY WINNERS: Highlighting the garden party of the rhamesford Y’s Men’s Club last night was the selection of Miss Oxford County of 1949 Winners are shown here, left to right, blonde Edith Spicer of Thamesford, who took I‘rst Ford- Ingersoll, third in the competition and runner-up to Miss Spicer,Mrs. Mollie Landon, 20-year-old housewife from Ingersoll: The winner of the Miss Ox­ford contest is eligible for entry in the Miss Western Ontario finals to be held in Wind­sor in September. Mrs. Landon will also enter in the contest. —(Staff Photo)Tillsonburg Council Passes $733,150 Debenture IssuePLOWING MATCHThe site for the county plowing match on October 3 has been se­lected by the Oxford Plowmen’s Association. The event will be held on Mansonvale Farm, owned by Frank Manson, three miles south of Woodstock on No. 59 Highway.REBUILD SCHOOLWork was expected to start to­day on a new school at Princeton to replace the one destroyed by fire early this year. The board has awarded the contract for the. new structure to cost $90,000, to Schultz Construction Co., of Brantford. Plans were prepared by a London architect, Charles H. Gillin.FOX PELTSOnly eight fox pelts were re-j ceiyed at the county clerk’s office during July from Oxford county residents. This is one less than re­ceived during the same period last year.COMMITTEESThe reforestation committee of ^e.county council will meet on Wednesday afternoon at the court­house in Woodstock to consider tenders on the sale of buildings from property purchased for re­forestation. In the evening the board of management of the Ox­ford County Home will meet at the county home.CLERKTOWNSHIP OF SOUTHNORWICHApplications will be received until August 22nd at 6.00 p,n2’ £?r the Position of Clerk and Treasurer of the Town- shjp of South Norwich. Send applications to the Clerk’s Office, Otterville, and mark such letters "Application."Oxford county forests, north of Drumbo, is part of this county’s every growing stake in trees. Consisting of 200 acres, the Hall Tract was purchased by the county and planting started in 1945. Planting was completed in'1946. lhe tract has 80 acres of reforested area and the rest is in natural bush and marsh land. The trees shown in the picture are red pine planted in 1945. A tobacco plant­er was used on the tract as an experiment for three Panting. —(Staff Photo). MEN AT WORKTURNKEY AT COUNTY JAIL FOR PAST THIRTEEN YEARSHOUSE - BARN - DRIVE SHED FOR SALEIIOLSE— I’/: storey frame, ahlngle roof, K room*, Mk© approx. 1H x 24 (can be moved Intact), good condition, back kitchen nddcd.BARN—Timber frame, steel roof, board siding, niM approx. 40 x 00,DRIVE SHED—Frame, atecLroof, rizo approx. 20 x 80.The above buildings, all In good condition, are located on Lot 20, CnncesHlon 6, North Oxford Township. They are to be moved off the property by the purchaser as soon as convenient, but not later than one year.For Inspection of buildings, pleas© contact Mr, George f len- dennlng, R.R, No. 3, Ingersoll. Phone Ingersoll 817J8.Tenders for the above, singly or as a group, will be received by the undersigned up to noon on Wednesday, Aug. 17th.TERMS—CASH.L. K. COLES, Court House, WoodstockOn behalf of County Reforestation Committee.Melvin Hamilton is chief turn­key at the county jail in Wood- stock. He is shown in the above photograph checking the lock on the rear door of the jail.He has worked at his present job for the last thirteen years. It includes looking after the prison­ers’ quarters, and the building and seeing that it and the surrounding grounds are kept in first class order.Mr. Hamilton was born in Owen Sound 53 years ago. When he was( two years old he moved with his family to Tillsonburg, where he went to school until he was thir­teen years old.He then started earning his own living as a laborer in a sash and door factory'. He remained with this job for a number of years and then he went sailing on the Great Lakes. When the war broke out he joined the 168th Battalion in Tillsonburg.He served overseas with the 2nd Battalion, 1st division. He was wounded three times and returned to Canada and after travelling around for awhile settled down in Tillsonburg as a garage mechanic. Later he worked as an engineer for a tobacco company and then as an ambulance driver and repair man.1936 the job at the county jail in Woodstock was open and he came here to work.He is married to the former Rose Pepper of Tillsonburg. They live at the turnkey's house at 242 Buller street.In his off hours he likes to fol­low baseball in the summer time and hockey in the winter. As a young fellow he played quite a bit of both games. He also likes gar­dening and music.N.M. Holdsworth Named President County Officials.N. M. Holdsworth, R.R. 8. Woodstock, was elected president of the 56th annual meeting of Oxford County Clerks, Treasurers. Assessors, and Tax Collectors, at yesterday's meeting at the court’ house, Woodstock.F. G. Jackman, Oxford Centre, was returned as secretary-trea­surer. He has held that post for 35 years. Mr. Jackman was form­erly clerk and treasurer for East Oxford.Officers elected at the meeting were: N. M. Holdsworth, presi­dent; F. G. Jackman, secretary­treasurer; W. B. Agur, Tillson­burg, vice-president; executive, A. P. McKessock, Tamhesford; Rus­sell Youngs. R.R. 1, Embro; H. K. Tarson, Otterville.Guest speakers were R. A. Mac­Dougall, Woodstock, county solici­tor; Mrs. S. L. Krompart, Oxford county librainan; J. Rouse, Brant­ford; A. J. Baker, clerk of East Nissouri; James D. Flanders, clerk of Dereham, and J. F. Prit­chard, clerk and treasurer of North Norwich.Oxford Municipal Officers Holding Annual MeetingThe Oxford Clerks, Treasurers, Tax Collectors and Assessors As­sociation is holding its annual meeting in the county council chamber of the courthouse in Woodstock today.This will be the 57th annua! meeting of the association which formed in 1892 as an organization of municipal clerks in Oxford county getting together to discuss problems in their work and am­endments in municipal law.Irvin J. Haines, clerk and treas- uere of Blenheim, president of ths association presided for the morn­ing session. F. C. Jackson, former clerk of East Oxford is the secre­tary of the association.At the session this morning the members heard Mrs. S. L Krom­part, county librarian, on the op­eration of the county library, and R. A. McDougall, county solicitor, relate some of the legal details of famous murder trials.Questions were received this morning for discussion at the af­ternoon session. A. J. Baker, clerk of East Nissouri; James D. Flanders, clerk of Dereham, and J. F. Pritchard, clerk and treas­urer of North Norwich, led the discussion on these questions.Mr. Baker also discussed amend­ments to the Municipal Act.I Speaker this afternoon was J. Rouse, accountant, on the subject 1 of auditing..MM.EXECUTIVE ELECTED at yesterday’s meeting of the Oxford County Clerks, Treasurers, Assessors and Tax Collectors, are shown as they discussed the year’s work following the business meeting. Seated are, left, to right, N. M. Holdsworth, president, and F. G. Jackson, secre tary-treasurer. Standing, left to right, A. P. McKessock H. K. Pearson, I. J. Haines, R. Youngs, and D. Agur.■ —(Staff Photo) Conservation Authority; John A. Wallace, East Oxford’s representative on the Grand Valley Conservation Author­ity and the Upper Thames Valley Authority; O. O. Carter of Blandford; Reeve W. A. Cockburn, Blenheim; the final point on th tour of the Nith river valley made Deputy Reeve R. B. Fry, Blenheim. —(Staff Photo).ON NITH RIVER SURVEY TOUR—Shown looking at a young spruce, one of many trees planted by campers on the site of Peace Haven Camp of the South Waterloo Boy Scout Association are some members of the party that toured the watershed on Wednesday. From the left are: J. J. Krug, South Easthope township; Gordon Pittock, Ingersoll representative on the Upper Thames ValleyMunicipal Officials Tour Area Of Nith River SurveyEX-REEVES MEETThe Oxford county Ex-Reeves’ Association will hold its third an­nual meeting tomorrow afternoon at 1 o’clock at the Canadian Le­gion home. All ex-reeves in the county, as well as this year's county council, have been invited to attend. According to County Clerk L. K. Coles, there are ap­proximately 150 ex-reeves in the county. At last year's meeting, 76 former township heads attended.J1R8T MALE STAM ER with the Oxford County Child­ren’s Aid Society is Stanley Main, of Toronto. Mr. Main graduated from the University of Toronto with a B.A., B.S.W., and began field work with the C.A.S. here after special research work in adult delinquency. He replaces Mrs. W. H. Green and Miss Pauline Johnston who re­signed this year. —(Staff Photo).Social Worker Joins Staff Of Children’s AidOxford County’s Children's Aid Society has a new male social worker, the first to be employed in sue ha capacity by the Society. He is Stanley Main of Toronto. Mr. Main, a graduate of the Uni­versity of Toronto, began his new work today.He is well qualified for the job. After a B.A. degree at the U. of T., he completed his B.S.W. (Ba­chelor of Social Work) and has written his thesis for his M.S.W. Mr. Main completed two months of special research work in an Ontario reformatory before be­ginning his new job.He said this morning, "I feel that when you start working with people who arc younger than 21 you have a good chance of doing something with them.” Mr. Main was discussing the special treat­ment being given to juvenile de­linquents at various corrective In­stitutions.Mr. Main will specialize In case work and ironing out family com­plications in Family and Juvenile court. He attended his first court session this morning.A veteran of four and j half years in the R.C.A.F., Stanley Main did radar service, mostly in the Middle East. He began his studies at the University of Tor-j onto after his release from the Air Force.Mr. Main's position with the Oxford County C.A.S. was ar- ranged through R. G. Clowes, the superintendent, in July, after which the new worker completed his pwclal research work.Married, with one child, Mr. Main will make hla home in Woodstock.Children’s Aid Rebate Measure Pleases SocietyThe Board of Directors of the Oxford County Children's Aid So­ciety last night unanimously com­mended the provincial minister of public health and welfare and his cabinet for their new legislation which provides monetary rebates to the counties and municipalities.The new legislation provides that 25 per cent of the statutory obligation of the county and mun­icipalities will be refunded by the provincial government as well as 25 per cent of all funds raised by voluntary donations.Also at the directors’ meeting last night, a letter was sent to T. A. Dent. M.P.P., for Oxford, of­fering the directors’ thanks for supporting the new legislation which benefits the C.A.S.Superintendent of the Chil­dren’s Aid Society, R. G. Clowes, said this morning that a legacy of $200 has been received, the balance of the estate of Lillian McKay.The directors last night heard a report on the work of Miss Jean Muir and Miss Molly McKay of the Society who spent * one­month refresher course at the University of Toronto in case work and psychiatry. Misses Mc­Kay and Muir are social workers with the C.A.S.The directors were pleased with the results and hoped that the workers can take another special course next year. SHOWN ABOVE AKE THE NEWLY ELECTED OF­FICERS of the Ex-Reeves’ Association. From left to right: Thomas Costello, Brantford, committee member; John Wallace, East Oxford, committee member; CharlesOfficers Named At Ex-ReevesAnnual DinnerClair Peers, former reeve of East Oxford, yesterday was elect­ed president of the Oxford county Ex-Reeves’ Association at a din­ner held at Altadore. He suc­ceeds J. Winston Nichols who had held the post for the past two years About 60 members attend­ed.Other officers for the coming year are Vice-President John Smith, Dereham; secretary-treas­urer. Carmen Facey, East Zorra; and committee members Charles Langdon, East Nissouri; John Wallace, Brantford; and Thomas Costello, Brantford. J. N. Mea- therall, county road superintend­ent, was in charge of the voting.The value of independent radio stations to individual communities was stressed by guest speaker Stan Smith. The advent of fre­quency modulation, he told the association, had greatly increased listening pleasure. The speaker explained the general radio net­work structure in Canada.Allan Kneale, now of Brant­ford and former reeve of East Ox­ford in 1905-06, described cotT^yi council life in the early days of this century. Henry Vogt, who was the first reeve of Tavistock in 1909, also spoke briefly.The association voted to hold next year’s meeting on the first Wednesday after Labor Day.Langdon, East Nissouri, committee member; John Smith, Dereham, vice-president; Carmen Facey, East Zorra, secretary-treasurer, and Clair Peers, East Oxford, presi­dent. —(Staff Photo),TWO VETERANS OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT™ attended ing of the Oxford Ex-Reeves’ Association. At the left is Henrv Vogtyesterday’s meet-reeve of Tavistock in 1909. At right is Allan Kneale, reeve of East Oxford in 1905-06*—(Staff Photo).FIRE ENGINEThe 1863 fire engine, which had been reconditioned by the fire de­partment here some time ago, put in an appearance in a monstrous parade at Ottawa last week when the Dominion Association of Fire Chiefs had their convention. It is understood the relic will be don­ated to the Oxford Museum by Bickle Seagrave.Drumbo Again Considers New Water SystemFall Meeting Of Library Co-OpThe Oxford county library co­operative will hold its fall meet­ing tomorrow at the court house starting at 7.30 p.m.Librarian Mrs. S. L. Krompart has announced that approximate­ly 500 new books have been bought by the organization during the summer. These have been classified and catalogued and will be made available to the 18 inde­pendent libraries situated throughout the county.Each of the county libraries are visited about once every three months, Mrs. Krompart explained. At that time, 100 books are in­stalled and another 100 transfer­red to a library in another sec­tion of the county.Mrs. Krompart stressed the fact that the library co-operative in no way manages the indepen­dent county libraries. The func­tion of the organization is to sup­plement the existing stock in these libraries.Along these lines, Mrs. Krom-1 part is setting up a reference ser-1 vice which will be made available to all libraries, as well as to other county groups.Each 100 books which will be made available to libraries have | been split up into sections of 50 fiction, 20 general interest, and 30 for children.Tourists More Interested In Oxford County MuseumCollect Four Fox BountiesFour fox bounties were collect­ed in Oxford county during Aug­ust. two in Blenheim township and two in West Zorra, County Clerk L. K. Coles announced to­day.This brings the total number of bounties for the first eight months of 1948 to 33, a consider­able Increase over the total of 226 for the same period last year. A camparison with other years from the program’s inception in 1945 reveals 480 bounties were collected up to September in 1946, and 465 in 1945.NEW WAIJK- The second half of the new walk In front of the county building was begun today as workers started tearing up the old part. The first portion was completed earlier this year."Visitors from the county, the province, and tourists from the United States seem more interest­ed in the Oxford Museum than do local Woodstock people", said Miss Effie Nesbitt, museum cura­tor yesterday.The museum, a storehouse of county history is situated on the second floor of the city hall. Founded years ago the museum moved to its present location, two years ago this July. After consid- officially opened in the location following February.Guests visiting the museum are required to sign a guest book situ­ated at the entrance to the dis­plays. A glance at the book re­veals that more out of townera than local people frequent the museum.Persons from Ottawa, Sudbury, St Catharines, Chicago, Toronto Miami, North Bay and Philadel­phia have been visitors there in recent days. The number of Wood- stock names is relatival)* smallMbs Nesbitt reports that coun­ty residents take a great interest in it. and the names in the book confirm this observation.Divided into different sections, each devoted to a phase of Oxford county life, the museum is stock­ed with a great many neatly ar­ranged displays. PUBLIC NOTICEAt th® call of Warden George Fewster a special meeting of th® County Connell of the County of Oxford will bo held tn theCOUNCIL CHAMBER IN THE. COURT HOUSE WOODSTOCKon Tuesday. September 13th, 1940, *t the hour of ten 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. COLE33, County Clerk.County Clerk’s OfficeWoodstockCounty Council Session Faces Many ResolutionsOxford County Council will study a series of resolutions pas- sed by county councils in other sections of the province during the present session which opened at the court house today.A communication from Huron county asked for Oxford's endors- ation of a protest against the un­fair computation of the cost of secondary education on the muni­cipalities on an assessment basis. Huron urged that legislation be passed whereby the cost of admin­istration would be dist ributed on a per capita basis.Perth county sought Oxford's backing in a resolution directed at the Hydro-Electric Power Com­mission of Ontario for the instal- laion of lights in hamlets at no cost to the hamlets.It was pointed out that since the area around a hamlet benefits from hydro power as much as does the hamlet itself, it should be placed in a rural Category. At present, hamlets pay the total cost of this power service.Elgin county served notice that it is opposed to the present sys­tem of distributing fines in towns and villages maintaining their own police forces. The council felt that 40 per cent, of all fines collected should revert to the municipality, instead of just 40 per cent, of those collected under the Ontario Traffic Act and the Liquor Con­trol Act.-With a view to encouraging the growing of forests on more farms in Ontario, the united counties of Prescott and Russell submit­ted a resolution to have growing forest areas exempted from taxa­tion, as other crop-producing land is now exempted.Stricter enforcement of traffic regulations in school areas wasCounty Council Told Hospital Charge Too LowHospitals today are giving ser­vice at a cost far less than they- should charge. J. C. Eichenberg, chairman of the board of Tillson­burg Soldiers Memorial Hospital, fold Oxford county council today. Mr. Eichenburg, warden of the county in 1944. was speaking on be­half of a $2,000 grant for tne hos­pital.Auditors at the hospital had found, Mr. Eichenburg .said, that the cost of keeping an indigent pa- tient was $6.26 a day. Since the cost of caring for indigent Ox­ford patients in 1948 amounted to $9,214-72, the county benefitted from the assessment of the $2,- 000 grant, he explained.A breakdown of the figures showed, Mr. Eichenberg said that, "we must pay for the mainten­ance of the present institution'’Council will take action on the request later today when the cur­rent session will be concluded.cqwtv tiouNciLOxford county council will moot for Its fall session on Tuesday. September 13, county clerk-trea­surer u K. Coles announced to­day. Members will convene at 10 a.m. on that date to open the meeting.ROAD TOURMembers of Oxford county council now In session toured, the southern section of the county to­day observing lhe condition of roads. The group left by chatter­ed bits. The northern part of the county will be Investigated to­morrow.recommended by Essex county. Automobiles should be made to stop, Essex contended, where school buses take on or let oft children.Officials of Woodstock Hospital expressed appreciation to the council for a grant of $10,000. The United Emergency Fund for Brit­ain also acknowledged a $100 gift from council.Warden George Fewster wel­comed council members in a brief address as the session opened. Ail reeves were present.County Council on Second Half of Road InspectionOxford county council set out this morning on the second day of their two-day tour of the 200-mile county road system. The group, travelling by bus. today visited the northern section of the county. On Wednesday the southern por­tion was inspected.At Tillsonburg on Wednesday the councillors and several muni­cipal officers were entertained by Tillsonburg council and officials.Following inspection of the lo­cal municipal buildings, new schools under erection, the new arena and community centre and several local streets, the visitors were entertained at dinner.In the absence of Mayor L. B. Currie, Reeve Kenneth Anderson presided.Warden George Fewster, North Norwich, expressed the apprecia­tion of county council to Tillson­burg council.All the visitors introduced them- setyes and ex-Warden J. S. Eich- enoerg, of Tillsonburg, now chair­man of the board of Tillsonburg Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital, said that at a board meeting the archi­tect had been instructed to pre­pare working drawings for the new 76-bed hospital to cost $600,000 as a next step to calling for tenders.Norwich Fair Attendance Good Despite No MidwayEntries Set Record For Tillsonburg’s Fall FairDrum!Fair “Best Ever”Secretary Cockburn SaysMail Delivery Extension Urged by County CouncilMail service to all sections of lhe county was advocated by Ox­ford county council members yes- terday when they passed a resolu­tion requesting that mall carriers extend their routes to every town­ship road and highway where there are residents.Winding up the four-day ses­sion with three meetings yester­day, council also endorsed a Hur­on county resolution that the com­putation of secondary school edu­cation be assessed on a per capita Ibasis, rather than the present sys-1 Red Cross Society. It was felt thisfem whereby land holdings are unification of effort would prove taxed. beneficial.A reconffbendatlon by Perth [ ____________.______county that the Hydro Electric ceived permission to purchase a Power Commission Install lights In i iot jn the third concession of Dere- hamlets at no extra cost failed to j^arn township to use for reforesta- get the backing of Oxford. A re- tjon purposes. Cost of the lot is solution advanced by the united $2,000. A resolution from Elgin counties of Prescott and RussellREQUEST GRANTA request for a grant of $400 toward the annual plowing match on October 3 was received this morning by Oxford county ,cbun- cil from the Oxford Plowmen's Association. AND— Two of the mencarrying a heavy load of duties and responsibilities in connection with Woodstock Fair, which opens for a three day run on September 20, are R. J. Forbes, right, presi­dent of the Woodstock Agricultural Society, and his sec­retary-manager, J. E. Nephew. Attention to the many de­tails of operating a fair, the size of which Woodstock fair has become, keeps these two men and the other commit­tee chairmen and members going at a busy pace.asking that reforestation areas be exempted from taxation, however, met with council's approval.No action was taken on Till- sonburg Soldiers’ Memorial Hos­pital request for a grant of $2,OCX). J. C. Eichenberg, chairman of the hospital board, spoke briefly to council yesterday and outlined the financial Situation of the hospital with regard to Indigent patients.County council also recommend­ed that the West Zorra Red Cross Society affiliate with the OxfordThe reforestation committee re­county asking for a 40 per cent take from all fines assessed in municipalities was filed. At pres-, ent, municipalities receive only 40 per cent resulting from violations of the Traffic and Liquor Control Acts. 'It was agreed that the Oxford County Library Co-operative be charged $50 a month rental for the use of its space in the base­ment of the court house. To help alleviate the cost of operation, the Oxford County Plowmen’s Asso­ciation was given a grant of $400.A meeting of county assessors will be called the latter part of October.At that time, it is expect­ed that Huron county's chief as­sessor will be the guest speaker.Clerk GivenMore OfficesOTTERVILLE The newly ap­pointed clerk and treasurer for South Norwich township. Herbert Parson, Otterville, was appointed unemployment relief officer and also collector of taxes at the Sep­tember meeting of the township council which was presided over by Reeve Theodore Cooper. Pre­viously at this meeting Mr. Par­son gave his resignation as assess­or.APPOINTED CLERKHerbert Parsons, assessor for South Norwich, has been appoint­ed clerk of the township to fill the vacancy created by the death of C. W,’OtteweH. Says Township Wildlife Programs Get Results\xsoclalion, agreed with Mr. lap- iy in the distribution of licenses. V particular Injutice, hes declared, ad occurred this year when the ecr shoot In Blenheim and Bland-DEVALUATIONAmerican Dairy CattleBuyers Come To Oxfordord (ownships had been announc­'d. While no date has been set for he shoot, only 25 non-resident 11- >enses are available in each town- ;hip, Those were quickly grabbed up the first day they were put on ;alc. As a result, Mr. Wilson said, mly a handful of outside hunters will participate.New Tillsonburg Survey Completed, Council ToldOxford Plowing Match At Mansonvale Farm MondaySome townships in Oxford eotin ty have already put into effect r \vildlife management pro grin uggested for all Western Ontarii counties, Warden George Fewstei said today.Commenting on a Middlesex county announcement (hat I', would immediately institute plan; for r new wildlife management program, Mr. Fewster declared regulated townships in Oxford had worked out satisfactory solutions to the four-point program outlined by Dr. C. II. D. Clarke, superm-] tendont of wildlife management of the Ontario Department ol Lands and Forests. The four points advocated by Dr. Clarke arc: , . i1. That regulated townships should be prepared to issue 100| non-resident hunting licenses for the pheasant season and another 100 after the pheasant eason is over for hunting rabbits and lox­es.2. That non-resident licenses should be one dollar a day for the pheasant season and a straight one dollar after the pheasant sea­son is over; and resident hunting licenses 25 cents,3. That a township hunting li­cense should be valid in all other townships in the county after the • pheasant season is over.4. That a township may refuse a license to any "unsportsmanlike'' or "objectionable” person, but cannot completely ban hunting in the township."North Norwich has followed tliis line of reasoning closely," Mr. Fewster said. "We issue 100 non­resident hunting licenses for the | pheasant season and sell all we can for rabbit hunting.”Regarding the cost of the li­censes, the warden declared North Norwich adhered to the charge of $1 a day for the pheasant season, but an additional 50 cents for the whole season was added to defray the expenses of feeding the birds.He agreed that a township hunt­ing license should be valid in all । other townships in the county af­ter the pheasant hunting season was over. He felt, however, that the banning of any objectionable person from hunting in any par­ticular township was a matter for the game warden to decide.South Norwich Reeve Ted Coop­er told the Sentinel-Review that he was in favor of letting indi­vidual townships work out their own wildlife management prob­lems. Any centralization of au­thority throughout the county, as has been suggested in other sec­tions of the province, would lead to difficulties, he felt."Each township has hunting problems peculiar to its own area,” he said. "While I don't feel there are too many pheasants in the county now, an over-abun­dance of the birds would result in damage to wheat crops.”Admitting that wildlife manage­ment could be improved in most municipalities, Mr. Cooper con- tnued: “Perhaps it would work out if the Oxford County Fish and Game Protective Association were allowed to stock up as much as they wanted in the townships. But I think the township itself should be allowed to govern the shoot.”Inconvenience caused in the purchasing of pheasant licenses is | the source of most of the irritation among hunters in the county, Deputy Game Warden Bruce Tap- lay explained.•‘if each regulated township would send in 15 or 20 licenses to a central selling agency in Wood- stock,'' he said, "most of the beef­ing would disappear. Hunters have to chase all over (he county to get a license. If a hunter hasn’t a car. you can see the spot he’s in.”Bruce Wilson, president of the Oxford Fish and Game ProtectiveAs a prelude the International ' Plowing Match, which will be in neighboring Burford township this year, the Oxford County Plowing match will be held on Monday, Oc-1 tober 3.The county match this year will be on Mansonvale Farm, owned by Frank Manson of Curries, thre? miles south of Woodstock on No. 59 Highway. Again this year the match will feature a horse show.Fourteen classes have been drawn up for the event, four for horse drawn, eight for tractor drawn and two special classes.The two special classes are ex­pected to create considerable in­terest. The directors have retained the special class for non-farmers, which they introduced a few years ago.In the horse drawn section, of which A. D. Robinson is supervi­sor, there are the following class­es: open, open to Oxford county; open to Oxford boys 17 and under ahd a no handling class open Jo Oxford plowmen. Directors are Wilfred Grenzebach, Murray Gray, I Murray Logan and John W.. Smith.Tractor drawn classes, under the supervision of John Hargreaves, are: Open to Oxford plowmen with two-furrow plows who have not won first class three times since 1943; three-furrow class, open to Oxford; a no-handling class, two or three furrow open to Oxford; a row crop tractor class, open to Oxford; two or three fur­row class, open to Oxford boys 16 and under; a class open to Oxford boys under 20; a two-furrow mounted plow class.Directors of the tractor section are Douglas Start, Gordon Mas­son, E. V. Kennedy, Russell Karn, Harley McBeth, Lome Richardson, Calvin McKay and Wilfred Corp.The horse show requires that all teams entered must plow in show harness after 1 p.m. Prizes will be awarded for the best draft team of Clydesdales, the best draft team of Percheron or Belgians, the best plow team and the champ­ionship team. Championship com­petition will be for the $20 prize awarded by the Canada Perma­nent Trust Company of Wood- stock. Directors in charge of the horse show are George Innes, Harper Hammond and Hector Symons. Prize money in the first three classes was donated by the Woodstock Agricultural Society.The championship award for the best plowed land by an Oxford plowman with either team or tractor will be the East Zorra Plowmen’s Association Memorial trophy. Albert Roberts won this award in 1948.Alex Black of Guelph will be judge of plowing.The executive of the Oxford Plowmen's Association is compos­ed of Fred Howard, past presi­dent; Murray McBeth, president; A. D. Robinson, first vice-presi­dent; Douglas Start, second vice- president; George Bell, secretary, and Norman Shelton, ireaxurer.County Home BullNew Champion ofOxford HolsteinsThis morning a new grand' champion bull of Oxford Holsteins was chosen for the first time since 1945.The Oxford County Home bull, O.C.H. Mercedes Sovereign, first prize winner in the class for tliree-year-olds and over was se­lected as grand champion and senior champion male at the Ox­ford Black and White Show held in conjunction with Woodstock fair. For 1945, 46, 47 and 48 that honor was held by Montvic Rag Apple Sovereign.This morning. Sovereign, recov­ering from a recent operation, re­mained in the barn nearby while his son Mercedes Sovereign took the honors.Increased Compensation Means Much To OxfordPayment of^'/ull compensation” for T.B. infected cattle condemn­ed "to the tank” which will be paid by the Federal government will bpng aconsiderable amount of money to farmers in Oxford but just how much is not known.The federal government has promised to increase compensation on tankers and make the payment retroactive to April 1, 1947. The present compensation being paid for T.B. reactors is $40 for grades and $100 for pure breds. In addi­tion to the government-paid com­pensation, the farmer also gets paid for the beef value of the animal. In the case of animals go­ing to the tank, it is understood farmers will now receive, in addi-Embro Fair Exhibits Said Best Shown In 15 YearsTavistock Fair Entries Thought Largest on RecordDivision Court Clerk Retiring Owing To HealthAfter 20 years as clerk of the First Division Court of the county of Oxford, W. C. Orwn, Light street, today announced that he was retiring from this position on account of ill health. His resigna­tion is to take effect November 1.tion to compensation, the beef value of the animal.T.B. testing in Oxford is now centred in Dereham county, which is about one-third tested. The re­mainder of the county is finished.Up to last week $584,753 had been paid in compensation on 25,195 reacting animals- A total of 4,911 herd tests had been made in which 97,118 tested were made on individual animals.It has been estimated that 10 per cent of the reacting cattle go to the tank. " 1MEMBERS OF THE OXFORD COUNTY LIBRARY CO­OPERATIVE are shown as they met last night in the court house for their regular quarterly meeting. They met for the first time in the new office, just acquired this year. Seated around the table, left to right, are:Mrs. S. L. Krompart, librarian; W. A. Cockburn, acting chairman; and Miss Betty Crawford, secretary. Standing, left to right, are: L. K. Coles, treasurer; Robert Rudy, A. P. Maedel, George Fewster, H. R. Kippt and G. A. Lees. —(Staff Photo).Librarians ToBe Guests OfCo-Op BoardThe regular quarterly meeting! of the Oxford County Library Co-1 operative was held last night in the new rooms at the county court house.In the absence of chairman R. C. Brogden, of Ingersoll, the chair was taken by W. A. Cockburn.The librarian, Mi's. S. L. Krom­part suggested that a- meeting be held next month of a U the county* librarians. Her suggestion was accepted by the board, and it was decided that the librarians would be the guests of the board at dinner following the meeting.Mrs. Krompart reported on visits made to county libraries a no to libraries in the counties of Elgin and Wentworth.The secretary’’s report was read by Miss Betty Crawford, and L. K. Coles presented the treasurer's । report.The room, in which t he meet­ing was held, were acquired by the board only thiS year. It had pre­viously been used as a storeroom.The room was completely re­decorated and now is the nerve I centre of the organization.The walls are decorated in a pale green, the shelves are a con­trasting cream. Wine leather chairs match the wine leaf pat­tern in the brown curtains.A picture, 'The Kingdom of Childhood," by Dorothy Canfield Fisher is to be hung«o nthe wall. Several posters by a Chatham artist are displayed in the room.'The board will meet again for its regular meeting in December.Think Animal Caught On Oxford Farm Young WolfIs It a wolf or isn't it?If It is. It's the first seen In Oxford county In the last seven I years at least, according to county clerk Len Coles,Yesterday Mike Skinner, R.R. 1, Thamesford brought n small, greyish animal to Mr. Coles’ office, Mr, Skinner thought it was n wolf. but that's up to the Department of Lands and Forests to decide.The animal could easily be a wolf, but It was certainly not full grown. Mr, Skinner thought It was a timber wolf. It was caught on the farm of Brant Tye, R.R, 1, Thames ford, and there may be more In the vicinity.If It's over three months old. It's worth a $25 bounty from the Department of Land?, and Forests, If under three months old it's worth $15.Zane Grey Still Favorite Among County ReadersLiterary-minded professors of | psychology have a certain amount of charm for Oxford county read­ers, but Zane Grey still remains the old master, the Sentinel-Re­view learned today.Mrs. S. L. Krompart, librarian at the Oxford County Co-Opera­tive Library revealed that the big­gest demand from the lbiraries| scattered throughout the county, was for western novels. Detective stories also rate high on the readers’ hit parade.As for the psychology docu­ments, Mrs. Krompart pointed out, with a trace of amazement, that readers are showing an in­creasing preference for this type of writing. "How Never to be Tired,’’ for instance, was a smash hit and for fairly obvious reasons. The popularity of more involved psychological treatises caused the librarian considerable pondering and she still hasn’t arrived at a solution.Books of travel remain in the top brackets, as do such breezy efforts as Betty MacDonald’s "The Egg and I.’’ The demand for war novels was heavy some time ago but is gradually tapering off.Among the better novels, A. J. Cronin’s "The Green Years’’ has been well patronized. Another writer who strikes the public’s fancy is Dale Carnegie, the mid-j i dle-aged cheer leader whofle case 1 histories resemble Pollyanna with a few belts of benzedrine under her belt.One of the most impressive features of thp Oxford Co-Opera­tive Library is the children’s book section. No expense has been spared in obtaining the best in entertaining and education read­ing matter for the county’s child­ren."The range of reading tastes In Oxford county is wide,’’ Mrs. Krompart said. "We try to satisfy everybody."County Library Books Popular With IngersollThe Oxford county librarian, Mrs. S. L. Krompart called at In­gersoll library this week bringing 100 interesting new books to add to the library’s reading material for the next three months. This is! the first distribution of books since the county library was reor­ganized in the spring.The Oxford County Library Co­operative which has been in exist­ence for about a dozen years, is now on a new basis with a full-, time librarian and headquarters in the court house at Woodstock. Every three months the member libraries, and there are eighteen in Oxford, are called on by the li­brarian and receive a new stock of books covering a wide range of interests.Among the county library books s received 'at Ingersoll this week for instance are such new fiction titles as "The Man Who Made Friends With Himself’,, by Chris­topher Merely, 'The Happy Tree" by Sheila Kaye-Smith, "A Woman of Samaria” by James Ingles, as well as a supply of lighter fiction in the form of westerns, mysteri- ies and romance. Among the twenty non-fiction titles, are such varied ones as, "Painting as a Pas­time”, by Winston Chqrchill. "No Coward Soul", by Dr. David Mc- Clennan, "World Communism To­day”, by Martin Eben, "Westward Ho", by J. S. Perelman, "How to Make Your Own Draperies,” by Kay Hardy.There are 30 children's books in I his assortment, picture books and fairy tales and books for teen-ag­ers "Clean Peter’., "Dash and Dart”, J“A Camel for a Throne," "Going on Sixteen", "The Silver Pencil", to name just a few.The popularity of this selection of books is shown by the fact that in the first two days they were on the shelves 45 of them were bor­rowed.Cool Reception For Dunbar’s Taxation IdeaA cool reception apparently awaits Municipal Affairs Minister George Dunbar's suggestion that a change be made in the system of assessing for rural school taxes.Addressing the Ontario Munici­pal Association in convention in London yesterday, the minister advocated that both large and small farmsteads be assessed an equal rural school tax.Backing his contention with the statement that “many people in. rural Ontario are not assessed, fairly for education,”. Mr. Dunbar asked the delegates: "Do you think that a man with 400 acres and one child going to school should be as­sessed on that land and another man with 50 acres and two or three children going to school should be taxed on his?""Yes," was the answer given by J. F. Pritchard, clerk of North Norwich township, when informed of Mr. Dunbar's statement by the Sentinel-Review today’."On a long-term basis, I see no injustice in the present assess­ment system," Mr. Pritchard elab­orated. "We have 10 public schools in a $2,306,645’ assessment area which includes parts of North Nor­wich, South Norwich, Dereham, Burford and East Oxford. I see nothing wrong with the assess­ment set-up in that area."Mr. Pritchard added, however, that he felt an injustice existed in the equalized assessment with re­spect to secondary schools. He pointed out that certain items, such as county roads, figured in such an assessment. Since expend­itures for county roads could hard­ly come under the classification of education, he felt certain taxpay­ers were hurt by the present as­sessment program.Mr. Dunbar admitted before the O.M.A. convention that the prob­lem of assessing rural school taxes was one that assessors had not yet satisfactorily solved.Oxford Holstein Breeders Pay $6,800 For Bull Calf Village Gets Free LibraryThe BurgessviUe library la to become a free library, Instead of a library association as in the past, it was announced today. This means that village members will bo able to join the library without the annual fee necessary in a pub­lic library association.The Burgessville library camo into being ns an association in 1910. At that time Miss Edna Hilliker was appointed as the lib­rarian and served in that capacity: until 1948.'"en years ago, new interest was aroused by the formation of the Oxford County Library Associa­tion. The banding together of sev-i oral libraries made book funds stretch a little furl her.Recently a course was held in London for librarians, and Mrs.j Emerson Chant, the present lib­rarian, and her assistant, Mrs. J. A. Dickinson, took the course.I They emerged with librarian's certificates and a great desire tOi benefit their village. Giving talks at meetings and interviewing the village and township officials, they started the project on its way.Playing a large part, in the background of the library's devel­opment has been the Women's In­stitute. Not only has this organ­ization encouraged interest by having books and libraries on its| regular program, but it has given financial help as well. Whei. the librarians returned from London with a desire to do something for the children the Women’s Insti­tute donated money to pay the children's fees. The member­ship among the chi’dren rose from 2 to 70 and the increase in the number of books read was very noticeable. Donations for the pur­chase of new books is another phase of the assistance which the Institute has given.The reorganization of a library requires that the library board present a petition to the police vil­lage trustees and then be passed as a by-law by the township coun­cil. Tire council passed this by­law on Wednseday of this week.Mrs. Chant and Mrs. Dickinson are planning to give their library a face-lifting. They hope to reno­vate and enlarge the space now used as a library and to make pro­vision for a small reading room as well. The library will be open Tuesday and Saturday afternoon and Saturday evenings, and will have reference books which may be used during library hours. There are some funds available for the immediate purchase of new, books.The Oxford County Library will be visiting the library every three months with a hundred different books. The couny librarian, Mrs. S. L. Krom part, has been assist­ing with some of the problems.The members of the Burgess- ville Library Board who are re­sponsible for this achievement are W. J. Orth, chairman. Miss Jer- rinne Hilliker, secretary, Rev. G. H. Dunlop, Miss Edna Hilliker, Miss R. Burgess, Mrs. V. G. Mol­lins, Mrs. Verne Dennis, M. A. Hughes and D. V. Corless."When Monday come*, the just throws everything in the wash."1SHE'S "MISS WESTERN ONTARIO" TODAY' -' ■ ■ yMiss Oxford, blonde Edith Spi­cer. 21, of Thamesford, Thursday- right was crowned "Miss Western Ontario” for 1949. This was the second time in three years an Oxford girl has won the Western Ontario title.The petite, fair-skinned Miss Spicer won the plaudits of a jam- packed crowd of nearly 25,000 per-sons — largest to attend the event i Third place was taken by 20- at Windsor's Jackson Park in re- [. ycar-old Sylvia Rocheleau of cent years. Windsor, a brunette. She enteredSecond place among the 32 con- t|ie con[est after capturing thetestants went to Catharine Cave,Miss Canada of the Great Lakes"16-ycar-old Wilton Grove, brun- title at the 15th annual Great ette. She v^as recently picked as ' Lakes command. Canadian Legion "Miss Strathroy” in a contest of convention at Windsor last week-the Middlesex county town.end.Jnpr. iVlp. kinj; Hmuim Syndiciir. Inc, World rifhH mentd. z — 0“Watch your grammar, Joe!Rural AssessmentSystems DiscussedAssessment systems were under close scrutiny at the convention of the Ontario Municipal Association yesterday, and small wonder- This business of assessment be- 1 \ comes more and more of a headache to rural A \ i and urban municipal officials.A. The first suggestion was that rural Hi i municipal financing be based on population If’ rather than an equalized county assessment.। In this way the burden would be spread on |M a per capita basis, instead of going through Ai the difficult and irritating process of stan- ,1 dardizing assessment methods among town- ships and spreading the county tax burden•: | on the basis of the equalized totals.• jZ, Then Municipal Affairs Minister Dun- bar proposed a change in the system of L >**, assessing for rural school taxes so that large Vlf] and small farmsteads would pay on the same /HU acreage. Pointing out that the problems of M assessing for rural school taxes was onelyv that assessors had not been able to solve yet.’ he asked:L-i "Do you think that a man with 400 rxH acres and one child going to school should A* be assessed on that land and another man with 50 acres and two or three going to school be assessed on his?”He then said that possibly a solution lay in limiting the land assessable for school tax purposes to a stated acreage around the farm STS, buildings.It may be a solution, but it’s doubtful if BW it will win general applause. Any solution which would tend to hold or lower expendi­tures on rural education is no solution at all- One of the province’s needs is an improved rural school system based on improved rural schools. Moreover, since there must be taxa­tion, the general principle is "ability tn pay.” That applies to rural areas just asmuch as to urban communities. OXFORD COUNTYPLOWING MATCH FARM MACHINERY DISPLAY and HORSE SHOW MON., OCT. 3rd, 1949 $800 IN PRIZE MONEYON MANSONVALE FARM MR. FRANK MANSON, R.R. 4, WOODSTOCK Highway 59, 3 Miles from Woodstock.HORSE DRAWN CLASSESClass 1—Sod—Open—$12, $10, $8, $6, $4.Class 2—Sod—Open Oxford County—$10, $9, $8, $5, $4, $1, $1.Class 3—Sod—Oxford boys, 17 and under—$10, $9, $8, $7, $6, $5. $4, $3, $1, $1. Special Cockshutt Plow, donated by R. A. MacDonald. 'Class 4—Sod—No handling class, open—$10, $8, $6, $4, $2, $1, $1.TRACTOR DRAWN CLASSESClass 5—Sod—Open—$15, $12, $10, $8, $6, $4, $!,$!.Class 6—Sod—2 Furrow—Open Oxford County—$32.50, $12, $10, $8, $6, $4, $1, $1.Class 7—Sod—3-Furrow, open Oxford County—$15, $12, $10, $8. $6, $4, $1, $1.Class 8—Sod—2-Furrow or 3-Furrow, open Oxford County. Furrows not less than 11 inches. $15, $12, $10, $8, $6, $4, $1, $1.Class 9—Sod—Row crop, open Oxford County—$15, $12, $10, $8, $6, $5, $4, $3, $1, $1.Class 10—Sod—2 or 3 furrows—Open Oxford County boys, 16 years or under, $26, $12, $10, $8, $6, $5, $4, $3, $1, $1.Class 11—Sod—Open Oxford County boys, 20 years and under. Not less than 10 inch bottoms to be used. Boys who have previously plowed in class 6 are not eligible...$15, $12, $10, $8, $6, $5, $4, $3, $1, $1.Class 12—Sod—2-furrow mounted plow class, open Oxford county. $15, $12, $10, $8, $6, $5. $4 ,$3, $1, $1.Class 13—Special class for non-farmers, con testant to plow one round with a single fur* row walking plow. Entry fee 50c. Prizes—dressed chickens.Class 14—Special class—Radio and newspapermen trophy presented by Radio Station CKOX.HORSE SHOWClass 15—Best draft team—Clydesdale. $12, $10, $8.Class 16—Best draff team—Percheron and Belgian. $12, $10, $8.Class 17—Best plow team. $5, $3, $2.Class 18—Championship team. $20.Lunch will be served on the grounds by Curries "Helping Hand Club." President—Murray McBeth. Judge of Plowing—Alex Black, Guelph.For complete prize list write—Secretary Geo. E. Bell.Seek Date For Annexation Hearing By Ontario BoardHALL REINSTATED AS POLICE CHIEF Find no Reason For Dismissal;Mayor DissentsThe Ontario Municipal board will be asked to set a date for hearings concerning the annexa­tion of parts of Blandford and East Oxford townships to the city of Woodstack, council moved at night's meeting held in the City Hall. Council hopes the ses­sion will be (tailed for early in November.Meanwhile, thr town planningcommittee has scheduled a meet­ing for next week, at which time they -will discuss the situation with four township delegates, R. F. Brady, secretary-manager of the Board of Trade, said today, The township representative# arc W. I. McDonald, East Zorra; Ernest Stanton, East Oxford; James Hal­lett, Blandford, and Russell Karn, Cat Was Foster-MotherYoung Coon Has Runof Oxford Ex-Wardenzs HomeWOODSTOCK, Sept, 14 — Raised by a mother cat, "Tony,” a pet racoon, owned by ex- warden Milton Betteridge of East Nissouri, has a curiosity bump that ' would rival a women’s. Coupled with that he has been taught a barrel full of tricks that would put a monkey to shame."Tony.’’ in fact, has becofne the toast of the district, around St, Mary's. An avid tourist, he travels all over with the Better­idge family and when he rides into St. Mary‘8 on young Paul Betteridge's shoulder he always attracts a crowd of children."Tony" is no usual coon. He Is not the type of pet that is cooped up in a case or chained to a tree. He has the absolute run of the Betteridge household and his inquisitiveness sometimes gets him into trouble.Yesterday, while being inter­viewed, he wandered off and then there was a loud crash. In­vestigating the mysteries of a table centre piece Tony had pulled it off onto the floor.• * •Despite his nosing into things, Tony is a favored animal in the Betteridge place. Acquired when only a baby coon, Tony soon carved a niche for himself on the Betteridge farm. He wanders around the house as if he owned it and never makes any attempt to leave. He may be seen climb­ing up the screen door, perched on the roof or quietly sleeping in his favorite rocking chair.When strangers are around, he is inclined to get a little rough with them and his needle sharp teeth certainly leave an impres­sion. But with the rest of the family, particularly the children, he is just playful. Paul Better­idge. age seven, and Nancy Bet­teridge, age 11, are Tony's par­ticular friends, and they handle him without fear.Ex-Warden Milton Betteridge, left, Paul, seven, and Nancy, 11, with "Tony.Tony was acquired by another daughter, Catherine. The only one of a litter to survive, Tony was a little difficult to raise.At first Mr. Betteridge tried to feed him by bottle but the little fellow didn't do so well. It was then that the mother cat took over and looked after him as if he was one of her own. She washed him and fed him. Now Tony, who was born last March, is inclined to get a little rough with his foster mother.Tony never fails to greet Mr. Betteridge when he enters the house. He clambers all over him digging into his pockts for the titbit that is always there. Tony plays with a ball as if he has a hockey stick in each paw. He has outgrown the kit cans that he was raised with and his play­fulness is now too much for them. Most unusual of all he loves a bath and never has to be coaxed to take one.Chief Faces CommissionIfr SfDecision was reserved yesterday by Woodstock Police Comm'ss.on on whethe F M. Holl, currently suspended chief of police obeyed orders. Shown at the °left to right, Crown Attorney Croig McKoy, Mr. Holl, and D. G. E^ Thompson, counsel for Hall. Others heard were two justices of the peace, L. K. Coles, Ingersoll, and R. G. Clowes, Woodstock.The resignation of Chief Con­stable F. M. Hal) was accepted by the police commission today.In announcing Mr. Hall's action. Judge Eric Cross said:"It is with regret that I an­nounce that Chief Hall submitted his resignation to the police com­mission today. The chief has serv­ed the city faithfully for the past five years and during that time has built up a highly efficient force of which the city may well be proud, He leaves the force vol­untarily and with an honorable record. The commission has ac­cepted his resignation and approv­ed the payment of his salary to the end of the year."Inspector W. J. Ennis has been hamed acting chief constable—a position he held during Mr Ball s recent suspension.Today’s action climaxed a series of police commission meetings which followed charges by council that the chief had used discrim­ination in the distribution of jus­tices of the peace information These hearings finally led to Mr. Hall's suspension on September 12. Following a public hearing on September 22, ho whs reinstated on September M sa : 'FIRE SWEEPS NORONIC—In the worst ship disaster on the Great Lakes in a century an early-morning fire on Saturday gutted the 36-year-old Noronic as the pas­senger liner lay at the Canada Steamship Lines dock at the foot of Bay street in Toronto. More than a hundred persons died in the blaze. This shot was taken half-an- hour after the first alarm at 2.38 a.m.PLOWING MATCHEntries Up In Tractor And Horse Plow EventsOxford Second In County Herd At Simcoe ShowNO FOXESNot a single fox bounty was collected in Oxford county during September, county treasurer L. K. Coles said today. In August, four bounties were paid.Entries were up in both horse drawn and tractor drawn classes as Oxford county’s plowing match got started this morning on Mans- vale Farm near Curries,.Frank Manson, owner of the farm, was among the crowd which gathered before noon to watch 41 ploymen make their strike outs. There were 12 entries in the four horse-drawn classes and 29 in the eight tractor events. Entries last year were 11 horse-drawn and 24 tractor-drawn.Directors of the Oxford Plow­men’s Association, who sponsor the match each year, were confi­dent of a good crowd this after noon despite the promise of widely scattered showers. A rain earlier in the morning before the match began was not sufficient to spoil the prospects or the site of the match.Moving about the grounds at­tending' to details and happy in the prospect of a good day was the Plowmen's Association president, Murray McBeth of Salford.Keen on bringing the Interna­tional Plowing Match to Oxford in 1951, Mr. McBeth shook .hands with W. C. Barrie of Galt, a di­rector of the Ontario Plowmen’s Association, saying, “today will show them we have good land and plowmen in Oxford.Mr. Barrie agreed with him.Albert Roberts, champion plow­man at the match last year, was noted on a headland adjusting his plows for an attempt to win the East Zorra Plowmen's Association Memorial Trophy held by the best plowman, for a second year.Warden George Fewster was on the grounds before noon, but was not entering the competition. -SL0'.1 , 'lbI.. <IMb inv - U< ■t'JUST A FEW MORE FEET TO GO TO VICTORY for Donald Duncan, of Drumbo, shown finishing his area during the Oxford county plowing match. Don came m first in the class open to Oxford county boys, 17 years and under. Shown behind Don is his helper, James Stott, also from near Drumbo. —(Staff Photo).Roscoe Buck Captures Oxford Plowing TitleA dull rainy day did not deter the largest number of entrants in the history of the affair from at­tending the Oxford county plowing match held yesterday. The match was held on the farm of Frank Manson, R.R. 4, Woodstock.Winner of the trophy awarded for the best plowed land with team or tractor was Roscoe Buck, R.R. 2, Princeton. Mr. Buck is now eligible to enter the international plowing matches at Burford this month.James Innes, 16, R.R. 4. Wood- stock, was winner in the class open to Oxford county boys 16 years and under. Donald Duncan, 17, R.R. 1, Drumbo won the class for the best land in jointer sod. horses only."A great success" was the com­ment of George Bell, Oxford Coun­ty agricultural representative, dis­cussing the match. Attendance was down slightly from last year.Results were as follows:Sod open—Alfred Dickie, Jer­seyville; Karl Watson, R.R, 6- For­est; Russel Brush, R.R, !, Forest.Sod open Oxford county — Ros­coe Buck, R.R. 2, Princeton; Fred Howard, R.R, 3, Woodstock; Rus­sell Carter, R.R. 7, Woodstock. Sod open to Oxford county boys 17 years and under—Donald Dun­can, R.R. 1. Drumbo; Murray Long, Salford.Sod no handling class—A. D. Robinson. R.R. 4, Ingersoll, Gor­don Smith.Sod open—Albert Roberts, R.R. 2- Woodstock; J. Ferguson, Crot­on; William Lemary, Jr., R.R. 3, Waterford.Sod 2-furrow plows, open to Oxford county plowmen — Jack Hargreaves; George Shearer, R.R. 3, Bright; Douglas McClintock. Brownsville.Sod 3-furrow, open to Oxford county—Ken Howard, R.R. Woodstock.3,Sod no handling class, 2-furrow or 3-furrow—Rose Hargreaves, R.R. L Beachville.Sod row crop tractor class — Fred Bertrand, Oxford Centre; R. McCutcheon, R.R. 1, BeachvHle; Row Brown, R.R. 2, Bright.Sod. 2 or 3-furrow open to Ox­ford county boys. 16 years and under—James Innes, R.R. 4, Wood- stock; Gerald Heeney, R.R. 2, In­gersoll; Robert Laird, Norwich.Sod open to Oxford county boys, 20 years and under —James Rich­ardson. Woodstock; Bev. Long, Salford; Hubert Little, Salford.Sod, 2-furrow mounted power class—Oxford County — Wayne Richardson, Woodstock.Specials — Don Duncan, A. Rob­erts, Roscoe Buck, Ken Howard. James Innes, Jack HargreavesReeve Sippel’s Mother Passes In New HamburgMrs, Mary Sippel- 89, mother of RAeeve Oscar Sippel of Bland­ford township, died at her home in New Hamburg on Thursday.Born in East Zorra in 1881, she married Henry Sippel of that township. Moving to New Ham­burg, Mrs. Sippel became a mem­ber of Trinity Lutheran Church.Surviving besides her son, Reeve ’ Sippel of R.R. 1, New Hamburg, are two daughters. Mrs. Jacob Horne of Stratford and Miss An­na Sippel of Detroit; a brother/ Fred Stock of East Zorra and two sisters, Mrs. William Persy of Salem, re., and Mrs. Henr Sippel of Tavistock. *Funeral services will be held on Sunday nt Trinity Lutheran Church in New Hamburg nt 3 p.m. Rev. H. R. Moscg will conduct he service. Interment will be in St. Matthew’s cemetery, East Zorra.42 Cents Minimum Average Agreed For Tobacco PriceOxford Plowmen. Win Top PrizesThree Oxford plowmen swept the top prizes in one class at yes­terday’s competition in the Inter­national Plowing Match.All plowing in class 6, open to those solely engaged in farming who have not won a prize in trac­tor classes at previous matches, they won a total of $105.G. Shaver of Bright took the first award in the class, a prize of $50.Two brothers followed Shaver in the prize money.cashMr. Theywere Ross aqd Jack Hargreaves of Beachville Ross collected $30 in cash and Jack $25.Plowing in competition Is in the Hargreaves' blood. John R. Har­greaves, father of the brothers, is a past champion in international plowing competition and now rates high as a judge of the straight furrow, a good crown and finish.When the big match comes to Ox­ford in 1951 its headquarters will be located on Aldergrange Farm, owned and operated by Mr. Har­greaves and his two sons.Mrs. W. French Dies in EmbroMrs. Edith French, wife of Em- bro's clerk, William French, died at her home on John street in Em­bro this morning.NEW HOSPITALReeve J. Grant Sutherland of East Nissouri attended the cere­monies for the laying of the corn­erstone of the St. Marys Memor­ial Hospital on Wednesday, The stone was placed by Russell T. Kelley. Ontario minister of health. Oxford county council made a $10,000 grant toward the con­struction of the $360 000 hospital. The grant is paid in $2,000 instal­ments over a period cd live jeai sOne of the top-rate classes of the 36th International Plowing Match was scheduled for today, the inter-county competition for teams of horse-plowmen under 20 years.Prizes for this class will be conservation tours of the United States, awards almost as eagerly sought as the overseas trips for which expert plowmen will com- gate later in the match which ends aturday.Premier Frost of Ontario will visit the match today and address the plowmen and spectators on the farmlands at nearby Burford. He had originally planned to speak at the closing banquet, but the pro­gram was changed when the match timetable was set back a day by rain Wednesday.With the weather sunny and warm, an estimated 75,000 persons crowded onto the grounds Thurs­day, bringing total attendance scince the start of the ma ten Tuesday to 119,000. The Thurs­day attendance compared with the record 85,000 for a single day, set at Goderich in 1946. THE NEWEST THING IN TREE PLANTING is this tree planting machine, used on j various tracts throughout this area. Drawn by a tracter and operated by one man the machine is capable of planting 1,400 trees in an hour. In the photo the machine is about to commence operations on the Zenda tract. Zone forester Bill Thurston is operating the two levers at the front of the machine, while his ^assistant, John Corbett, checks the machine. In operation, the machine digs a furrow of suitable depth, a tree is drop­ped into the furrow at regular intervals, and the machine covers the roots over and packs the earth down around them. —(Staff Photo).Operation of County Home Club SubjectA new government act, directed toward 1he management of the homes for the Aged in Ontario, will allow a fifty per cent grant! to each home if they operate ac­cording to new rcgulntlo ; of the Department of Health and Wcl-i fare.Speaking to (he Woodstock KI* wanis club last night, R. J. Forbes, superintendent of the Oxford County Home, revealed that so far the Oxford home has not taken advantage of the grant, but is op­erating as it always has.The Oxford County Home is maintained jointly by Woodstock, Ingersoll and Oxford County.Mr. Forbes was outlining the work of the home and its manage­ment as guest speaker at the Ki- wanis meeting. He was introduc­ed by Stead McKinney.It was in 1892 when the first stones for the Oxford County home were laid. Final cost was $53,000—about one quarter of what it would cost for the same building today, Mr. Forbes said. Other counties, building new homes for the aged, have had es­timates of $400,000.Today there are some 70 inmates being cared for. Average is about 70, but there have been years when there were 98 residents. "That made it terribly overcrow­ded," the superintendent said.Back in 1895, a 30-year-old wo­man was admitted to the Oxford County Home. Today, at 87, she is "hale and hearty.”SCHOOL PRIZESForestry Competition Soon to be CompletedMake Plans Now For Plow MatchForestry competitions among Oxford county public schools will soon be completed and cash awards totalling $25 will be dis­tributed to the six winning ' schools The prizes, acord- ing to' L. K. Coles, county clerk and treasurer, are $10 for first, $5 for second, $4 for third $3 for fourth, $2 for fifth and $1 for sixth.The competition was originated by the Ontario Horticultural As­sociation with the co-operation of. the Ontario Conservation and Re­forestation Association; J. E. Car­ter, of Guelph; the Ontario De­partment of Lands and Forests, and school authorities in the Huron district.W. A. G- Thurston, zone forest­er, Stratford, is in charge of the Oxford county program. Other counties participating are Water­loo. Halton, Grey and Bruce.In order to enter the contest, [ . each school must plant one-half acre of forest trees in the spring under the guidance of the local , zone forester. In the fall, pupils make a leaf collection of forest trees and five of the senior pupils are chosen to answer questions on a quiz conducted by the Depart­ment of Lands and Forest. •Up until the present time, only rural and village schools have par­ticipated. as It is Impossible for cities and towns to provide avail­able land for planting. In <Oxford, North Norwich and some Dereham township schools are entered this jeThe quiz has been changed this fall to fish and wildlife. In this connection, a six-page has been sent out to each sh^ ; . The manuscript deals with the fundamentals of plants and ani- * mats and general tea urea of the game laws. A bulletin on black hass has also been circulated.Xring the next three weeks, the Conservation Officers of the various counties will be visiting the schools and taking the quiz. James F. Gage, District Biologist, is in charge of the quiz, and he, will make the final decisions in the Huron District for the three prizes that will be given in the district competitions.The winner of the district com*! petition will automatically be en­tered in the provincial competi­tion. .It is expected that the winning schools in the county competition in most of the counties will put on the quiz before the county council at their regular session.Three Schools Sharing PrizeThree schools in North Noiwich will share the $25 prize money put up by the Oxford County Council for this year’s forestry competi­tion.The competition conducted an­nually by the Department of Lands and Forests requires rural schools entered to plant trees and to answer oral questions on re­forestation.The only planting done on coun-; ty reforestation plots this year was in North Norwich on the' Zen­da Tract.Prize winning schools in Oxford were announced yesterday by W. A.G. Thurston, zone forester, through L. K. Coles, county clerk and treasurer. In order of award they arc. S. S. No. 14, Mrs. Val­erie B. Brough teacher; S. 8. No. 6, Mrs, M. J. Emigh, teacher; S. S. No. 4, Mrs. Penelope Dunbar, teacher.The 38th International Plowing Match will be held in Oxford coun­ty in 1951, officials of the big event announced on Saturday as the 36th match reached its con­clusion.Making the announcement, match officials of the Ontario Plowmen’s Association said they plan "well in advance" for the event as the task of preparation is a huge one.The match on H. Amy’s farm near Burford drew an all time high in attendance with 200,Q00 persons visiting the event.Arrangements are already under way for the match in this county. Preparations began before Febru­ary 1948 when a delegation from the Oxford Plowmen’s Association went, to the annual convention of the Ontario association to ask for the match to be held in Oxford. They were unsuccessful in obtain­ing a date as the Ontario body did not plan more than two years ahead.This February the plowmen and the county council chartered a bus, took along .two pipers and a drum­mer from the Ingersoll Pipe Band and swept into th? convention floor with the most impressive delegation ever to confront the Ontario directors. As a result the directors meeting later that day gave Oxford the go-ahead for 1951. Preparations have been un­der way ever since.Last summer the site for the match was picked With headquar­ters on Aldergrange Farm, owned by John R, Hargreaves of Beach­ville.Traffic through Woodstock last week gave some indication of the crowds that attend the Interna-; tionnl Plowing Match. The billet­ing problem is almost as great as the traffic problem.Persons seeking hotel rooms in Woodstock last week found all available space booked, it had been for some months as officials, ex­hibitors and competitors made early arangements for accommo­dation.Early this year, before the x- ford plowmen went to Toronto to seek the match, one hotel in Wood- stock had a suite of rooms reserv­ed by an implement company which will be exhibiting at the In­ternational Plowing! Match here in 19ol.The concluding feature of the match every year is a banquet staged for competing plowmen, of­ficials and guests. Attendance at the banquet in Burford was 1-000. It was hel din a one-time hangar on what was once Burford airport. Oxford officials are already con­sidering this problem.Aside from these three major items, many other details of no small importance must be looked after. Oine of the greatest head­aches is the ararnging for plow teams and tractors for contest­ants. Abolt 300 teams are requir­ed each year by competitors. At- a time when tractors are replac­ing horses in ever increasing num­bers, this is no small matter.Hold Workshop Library MeetLibrarians from Oxford county were meeting today in the quart­ers of the Oxford County Library in the courthouse in Woodstock.Between 12 and 15 were expect- ed to be In attendance at this the first "workshop" meeting held by the Oxford County Library Asso­ciation.This afternoon Miss Audrey Grey, county librarian of Middle­sex was to be the guest speaker. 4 • ii’WOXFORD LIBRARIANS and guest speaker Miss Audrey Gray, met at the county librarian’s office yesterday. Shown just before the meeting started are: seated, left to right, Mrs. Kiah Clark, Mount Elgin; Mrs. William Bell, Plattsville; Miss Betty Crawford, secretary and Ingersoll librarian; Mrs. S. L. Krompart, county libarian; Miss Audrey Gray. Middlesex county librarian and guest speaker; Mrs. E. Chant, Burgessville; and Miss Bertha Gilbert, Mount Elgin. Back row, left to right, Mrs. H. Mason, Tillsonburg; Mrs. P. Cline, Hickson; Mrs. N. Fordon, Beachville; Mrs. Arthur Dickinson, Burgessville; Mrs. Maurice Longworth, Norwich; Miss Anabel Mac­Kay, Thamesford; and Mrs. R. J. Sutherland, Embro.—(Staff Photo).I bOxford's First Wolf In Seven YearsIIIIWhen a timber wolf cub of undeter­mined age was brought into County Clerk L. K. Coles' office at Woodstock by Milne Skinner, R.R. 1, Thamesford, the county clerk had to start brushing up on die act governing the bounty.Not since Mr, Coles took office some seven years ago has on® been brought in. "It is the first one to my knowled^' ever caught in Oxford for many years,” Mr. Coles slated.No one was sure at first that it was a wolf cub. It wasn’t until a unanimous opinion was passed by the provincial constable and others attending court, that the county clerk started filling out the necessary form.The cub’s age was not readily deter­mined either. If it is over three months old then a bounty of $25 will be paid Mr. Skinner, and H it is under that age he will only get $15, Clerk Coles said.Tiie cub was caught on the farm of Bryant Tye, near Kintore, by Milne Skinner’s dog. The dog had practically finished it when Mr. Skinner arrived and completed the job.Jack Skinner, R.R. 1, Thamesford, deputy (fame warden, who accompanied Mr. Skinner, fell there were probably more in the neighborhood. They both thought it was a timber wolf and not a brush wolf.—Courtesy London Free Press TAVISTOCK FALL FAIRTAVISTOCK. ONTARIOFriday Sr ^atu-idaij, g & IO19 4 9ADMITS .....C (J. <&$dam <Sifi(icCPRESIDENTNOT TRANSFERABLE<^udySECRETARYQuestTILLSONBURG AND DEREHAMFAIRSeptember 19, 20, 21,1949Woodstock Agricultural Soctety _ FALL FAIR and HORSE SUO^ September 20th,AdmitR. J.presidentSecretary- Managerand Lady98th Annual ExhibitionNorth Norwich Agricultural SocietySEPTEMBER 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 1949COMPLIMENTARYMr. ................................................-................ AND LADYNot to bo token up at the gate. TJ»U ticket not tramrfcrnblo.C. II. HOTT, President. D« CROFT, t-tec’y-Treaa.DRUMBO FAIR 1949September 28 - 29i Complimentary• ADMITMr................................. and LadyW. A. COCKBURN, Sec'y-Treas.Forestry Competition Won By North Norwich SchoolNorth Norwich township school. S.S. 14 was Oxford county winner in the school forestry competitions | conducted in the counties of Wa­terloo, Halton, Oxford, Grey and Bruce.Teacher at the school is Mrs. Valeriea B. Brough.The school is eligible to enter the Huron district competition. F. Gage, district biologist will con­duct the quiz in this connection during the week of November 7.The winner of the Huron Dist­rict competition will compete in the final provincial competition. Prizes are provided by the Ontario Conservation and Reforestation Association, and J. E. Carter, Guelph.This year 146 rural and village schools entered the county compe­titions in the Huron district. Each school was required to plant one- half acre of forest trees in the spring, and this fall the pupils made a leaf collection. Five sen­ior pupils were chosen to answerASSESSORS TO MEETOxford county assessors and the equalization committee of coun­ty council will meet in the court­house on Friday, October 28 to continue discussions started thisspring on the problem of equaliz­ing the county’s assessment. A. A. Alexander, an assessor from Huron county will attend the meeting and take part in the dis­cussions.questions on fish and wildlife by members of the staff of the De­partment of Lands and Forests.The competition was reported as being very keen, and winners were decided only after consider­able deliberation b the judges. The county councils of all the counties are awarding cash prizes in the competitions.Ex-Agriculture Secretary DiesMiss A. Josephine Robinson, well known secretary in the De­partment of Agriculture office here for many years, passed away at Woodstock General Hospital on Wednesday, November 9 after sev­eral months' illness.Miss Robinson was born at Nor­wich. Later the family moved to Woodstock and she attended Dela- tre street school, also the collegi­ate institute and Woodstock Bus­iness College.She commenced her work with the Ontario Department of Agri:s culture at the time the Oxford county branch was opened in Woodstock and was a member of the Quarter Century Club.She was a member of New St.Paul's Anglican Church and the Business and Professional Wom­en’s Club and will be greatly miss-ed by her many friends.Surviving is her sister, Miss M. Alberta Robinson, retired Wood- stock school teacher.The late Miss Robinson is rest­ing at the E. F. Meadows Funeral Home Ltd., 21 Wellington street north, where the funeral service will be held Friday, November 11 at 2 p.m. Interment will be made in the Anglican cemetery.Judge Gets White Gloves No Criminal Cases HeardMr. Justice G. A. Gale, of To­ronto had a good word for the law enforcement units in Oxford sizes yesterday and considered seven divorce actions and no criminal cases."Having no majorf crimes on the list shows a wholesome situa­tion," he said.In keeping with court tradi­tion, he was presented with a pair of white gloves signifying | there were no criminal cases list­ed for the fall assizes. Deputy Sheriff John Martin presented the gloves.ANNEXATION HEARINGThe hearing for tile considera­tion of annexation of parts of the townships of Blandford and East Oxford by the City of Woodstock has been set for November 24. At that time, the townships will be given the opportunity to state their cue for or against annexa­tion. Coveted County Herd Award Leaves Oxford For LambtonThe coveted county herd ban-1 by the nine counties exhibiting, mr for 1949 from Ute Western I for the P«‘ four m* «r““d ““Ontario Holstein Championship Show will not hang in the office of Oxford’s ngricnltxtr.il representa­tive. The award was wbn thia year by .Lambton county.The banners, rich, purple and gold prizes from the event given for the best composite herd shownwalls of the ag-rep's office InWoodstock. Up till this year. Ox- ford has taken every county herd award put up by the show.County Holstein breeders are left to console themselves with the winning of five first place awards including the both get-of-sireclasses and the reserve senior reserve grand champion bull, But for the width of a road the senior and grand champion bull would have come from Oxford. Baralee Pabst Rag Apple Sover­eign, jointly owned by George El­liot of Tillsonburg and Weaver | Brothers of Belmont, is kept on lhe Elliott farm on the townline between Oxford and Elgin, but on the Elgin side of the road.In addition to the Oxford awards reported on Thursday the following prizes were won by ex-1 hibitors from this county:Heifer junior yearling, first J.and D. Innes, Woodstock; heifer, sen- ! lor calf, third, Freel Brothers, Thamesford; heifer junk.’ calf, first, Norloch Farm, BeachviJk;get-of-sire (open) first, J. D. In­nes; third. Berl Thornton and | Son, Thamesford get-of-slre (jun- i lor) first, J. D. Innes; progeny of dam. second, Fred Brothers and Bert Thornton and Son; county [ herd competition, Oxford third.Oxford County Assessors Hear Centralization TalkFormer M.P. For OxfordPasses Away In Torontotious point with county councils in the past. Townships in the county have generally worked out! their own scales, with the :sult tha here is a divergence of opin­ion beween assessors.Mr. Alexander, who opened the meeting to discussion following his address, was introduced by Ken Anderson, reeve of Tillsonburg.Those assessors present were E. A. Cartel*, Blandford; John L. Dav­idson, Blenheim; Ira M. Harris, Dereham; A. P. McKessock, East Nissouri; D. B. Ferris, Norwich; Herbert Parsons, South Norwich; Ed McCombs, East Oxford; S'. J. Dundas, North Oxford; B. B- Rich­ardson, West Oxford; A. W. Mal­colm, East Zorra; Russell Young, West Zorra; William Agur, Till- sc.nburg; Charles Bates, Norwich; and C. J. Kaufman, Tavistock. Also attending were H. P. Dunn, reeve of Nrth Oxford and W. J. McDonald, depUty-reeve of East I Zorra.Assessors from all sections of Oxford county today heard Alex Alexander, assessor of Huron county, describe centralization of assessment under one office. The meeting was held in the county court house.The dutp of a county assessor is to supervise assessment through­out the county, Mr. Alexander pointed out. Previous to 1948, his duties had been rather roughly defined and his powers limited. Since that time, centralization has been improved and greater powers have been given the office.Equalization of assessment in Huron county was badly outdated when he took office, the speaker said. Assessors' work in Huron now is largely taken up with es­tablishing a set scale.Oxford clerk treasurer L. K- Coles told the Sentinel-Review that the establishment of a set assessment scale thrughout Ox­ford has been a somewhat conten-1Children's Aid Grants ViewedNew government grants to Children's Aid Societies and dis­tribution of county costs were dis­cussed yesterday at a zone meet­ing of county clerks and treasur­ers held in Brantford. L. K. Coles, Oxford county clerk and treasur­er, is chairman of the association.The association meets twice a year, Mr. Coles explained today, for the purpose of holding informal discussions on matter pertaining to county problems. It is not a province-wide association, but is limited to “eight or nine’’ coun­ties.Those counties represented yes­terday were Wellington, Waterloo, Grey, Lincoln- Halclimand, Well­and, Norfolk Wentworth, Halton, Brant and Oxford.A. S. RENNIENeed for Foster Homes Not So Acute in OxfordDespite the dire need f^r fos­ter homes in other Ontario areas, especially the larger centres, the Oxford Children’s Aid Society re­ports no shortage of homes for its -wards here.Said superintendent Dick Clow­es: "The need for foster homes here is not as acute because we are fortunately situated where we have both rural" and urban population which has a very sym­pathetic attitude towards our work."We have in our county a good group of women’s institutes, ome and school associations, church organizations, as well as our own staff who are all vitally interested in child welfare work."The C. A. S. superintendent pointed out that there is always a need for foster homes, even though there is not always a shortage.Tavistock Horse Show Entries Surprise BoardChildren’s Aid Societies en­deavor to build up a surplus so there is a better opportunity to have proper placement of wards.A recent report by the Can­adian Welfare Council said that 1,000 foster homes are needed immediately for children through­out Ontario. But there is no shortage of adoption homes.Figures recently compiled by the Oxford Children’s Aid Society show that the society is in a “healthy position’’ according to the superintendent.The figures show that at pre­sent there are 17 children in adop­tion probation homes, 37 in board­ing homes and 41 in free homes.The Canadian Welfare Council reported that the average monthly payment to foster parents is about $28 per month for each child.The Oxford Children’s Aid So­ciety makes no secret of the fact that foster parents in aren’t allotted as much as that.The Society explains that in Ox­ford County, the average monthly payment for each child is about $18 per month which is supple­mented by a portion of government allowance cheques.Mr. Clowes attributes this to the fact that the foster parents in the county are more interested in the children than they are in the financial aspects of the arrange­ment.There are many other centres which do not pay as much to the foster parents as is allowed for homes in larger cities.The need for foster homes stems from broken families which are not able to take care of their children properly. The Canadian Welfare Council explains that, there are many children who badly need a pleasant home and who will never be adopted because their parents hope to take them back when they are able. They may be babies, six- year-olds, or teenagers. •Other Oxford Children s Aid So-FOX BOUNTIESResidents of four townships in Oxford county collected a total of 11 fox bounties during October, County Clerk-Treasurer L. K. Coles said today. Four bounties each were collected in East Zorra and West Zorra, with two in North Oxford and one in Blen­heim. No bounties were paid dur­ing September.Oxford ciety figures show the effect of a long range program of the staffers, trained social workers, to cement the family unit together rather than take the children away and place them in other homes at the first hint of trouble.xUore Foxes, Less DamageRural residents are finding fox­es are plentiful in neighboring districts.Since the reduction was made in the bounty for foxes in Oxford county it is claimed that they have not been receiving the same attention as formerly by hunters.During the past year, it is un­derstood that fewer foxes haw been killed and only in a few in­stances have pups been taken from dens. It is largely on these circumstances that the rural resi­dents are basing their opinions that the foxes are still increasing.While this may be the case it would seem that there have been fewer complaints of the foxes preying upon poultry flocks than was the case a few years ago.Wallace Munro Injured At Tavistock Horse ShowGeorge Otton Named New Clerk Of Division Court OPERATION JORDAN: 'Reserve engineers Saturday and Sunday embarked on Operation Jordan, a project which ended with a Bailey bridge being erected across the Thames river near Ingersoll. The 90-foot nose had been removed in the above picture and the work of lowering the bridge into position is about to begin. This was completed and approaches installed so that traffic was able to cross the bridge at about 1.30 p.m. Sunday. A total of 150 men worked five-and-a-half hours -on Sat­urday and two-and-a-half hours on Sunday to complete the job.CITY MOVES TOWARD UNION WITH COUNTY HEALTH UNITCity council last night approved a motion which will see Woodstock apply for permission to join the Oxford County Health Unit.In making the motion, Aiderman Harry ^Collins explained that the city health unit was finding it increasingly difficult to ob­tain qualified nurses. Mayor Wilson Milburn, who is out of town, is in favor of the city joining with the county organiza­tion, Mr. Collins said, and Dr. O. C. Powers, county health of­ficer, has indicated that suitable arrangements could be worked out.The application will not be dealt with immediately, Mr. Col­lins pointed out, and it will be several months before a decision is rendered.Oxford M.LA. WedsFormer LondonerFormer Woodstock Mayor E.G» McKenzie Passes OnFree Press Staff WriterTORONTO. Nov. 9 — In a quiet ceremony in Wycliffe chapel, Thomas R. Dent this afternoon was married to Mrs. Dorothy Margaret McTavish. Mr. Dent is the popular Progressive Conservative member of the Legislature for Oxford, while the bride, a war widow, is a former resident of London.The officiating clergyman was Rev. W. H. Downer. Anglican, who is a colleague of Mr. Dent in the Legislature.♦ •Best man at the wedding was John W. Hanna, Progressive Conservative member from Wingham. The maid of honor was Miss Kit Bennett, of To-Thomos R. DentCounty Librarian To Be Speaker at Home, School ClubIt was announced yesterday that at the meeting of the Home and School Club, Monday evening, November 21. in Victory Memorial school, Mrs. S. L. Krompart, coun- ty llbt’atlan, will be guest speaker. .The topic Wil) be a timely one. Books for Children", a subject to Which public attention was drawnYounS Canada Book Week.Robert Oliver, Former Warden Of Oxford, DiesAn ex-warden of Oxford County and resident of Thamesford, Ro­bert Oliver, 81, died at his home Sunday morning.Mr. Oliver was warden of Ox­ford county in 1932, having previ­ously served as councilor and] Reeve of East Nissouri Township Council. He was also a member of the Thamesford Town Council for a number of years.He was born in East Nissouri Township, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Oliver. He farm­ed on the ninth concession of Nis­souri and then was in the hard­ware business in Thamesford for 30 years before retiring 10 years ago.Mr. Oliver was a past master of King Solomon Lodge, No. 394 and a member of the Canadian Order of Foresters. He was an ardent member of the Thamesford Bowl­ing Club.He was predeceased by his wife, the former Katherine Connolly' in 1948. Surviving are a brother Walter Oliver, Thamesford; and several nieces and nephews.The body is resting at the resi­dence. Funeral service will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Westminster United Church, Thamesford. Inter­ment Will follow in Kintore Ceme­tery. Rev. Elmer Taylor of Cottam former Thamesford minister, will officiate at the sen-ice assisted by Rev. Stanley Johnston of West­minster Church.ronto. The bride was given in marriage by her father, W. E. Hammond, of Wingham.Among the guests attending were John Pringle, William Mur­dock and Dr. H. A. Stewart, all P.C. members of the Legislature, Mr. snd Mrn. James Ferguson, of Ingersoll.PATRIOTIC ASSOCIATIONA meeting of the Oxford Pa­triotic Association was held in the court house this morning. Repre­sentatives -..ere present from Woodstock, Tillsonburg, and In­gersoll.Reeve Anderson Has Eye On Tillsonburg MayoraltyCOUNTY HEALTH UNIT FAVORS ENTRY APPLICATION BY CITYPeTith^^^^ ,0 ™erSe ^th the Oxford County£ -lintv rS favorably received by that body when It met at the county court house last night.orVan^ that Woodstock's entry into thew. ■' /or<? more comPa^ working force. Ithowever, if sufficient staff could be obtained mnlt uOURty counc^ anfl Ingersoll town councilUlSjn’^ h*10™ ’ny ,Urther *c,1°" ™n b<‘n>«£g.A‘ Coc,'bu^n■ Blenheim, was chairman ot the ANNEXATION DISCUSSED TO GIVE RULING LATERALL NON-RESIDENT LICENSES FOR OXFORD DEER HUNT SOLDW. N. Near, vice-chairman of the Ontario Municipal Hoard, to­day heard discussion at a special meeting held In the City Hall which may result in part of the township of Blandford being annexed by the city of Woodstock. A decision will be rendered later,The annexation move, which would come under an overall town planning program which would see the city grow rcsidentially and industrially to the northeastern and northwestern sections in par­ticular, has been under considera­tion for some time. The local board of trade has been particu­larly active in sponsoring a town planning scheme.Municipal officials of Blandford told the meeting that their town­ship council held an open mind on annexation to Woodstock. They pointed out that the legislative body deemed it the prerogative of the individual to make any de­cision in the area which will be af­fected.Alderman Harry Collins, chair­man of the city council's fire and light committee, outlined the bene­fits which would be made Avail­able to the proposed annexation portion of Blandford. New equip­ment had been installed, Mr, Col­lins said, which had brought ,the standard of the local fire depart­ment up to the standard of any other comparable fire department in the province,Aiderman T. G. Lewis, who rep­resents city council on the town planning committee, explained the city's expansion plans with regard to the annexed land.Mayor Wilson Milburn, Aider­men Collins, Lewis and E. E. Pearson represented the city dur­ing the meeting. Crown Attorney Craig McKay acted for the city. Representatives for Blandford In­cluded William Chesney, O. O. Carter, George Silcox and Thom­as Costello.Further hearings concerning the annexation of part of the town­ship of East Oxford were resum­ed late this afternoon.ended Wednesday.Estimates of the total deer tak­en were set at 105 by Game Over­seer Herb Clark. There were three deer taken for every ten of the 475 resident and non-resident licenses issued, it was estimated.Many parties took their limit of one deer per man. Some good bucks were taken, the largest weighing about 220 pounds.Estimate 105 Deer KilledIn Three-Day Oxford HuntDeer hunters in three Oxford; Reports that an elk had been townships had a successful hunt shot in West Zorra proved false, during the three day season which It was a buck weighing 192I pounds.Golspie Swamp, just north of | Woodstock, furnished most game for Oxford County hunters. 16 deer were taken from the swamp during the three-day shoot- More than 100 hunters made drives through the swamp.Several persons were charged with hunting without a license, Game Overseer Clark reported.Thames River Improvement Job Sponsored by T.V.A. CompletedDECISION ON ANNEXATION HEARING TO BE GIVEN LATER BY OFFICIALSHearings concerning Wood­stock's proposed annexation of part of the township of East Ox­ford were concluded late yester­day with two Ontario Municipal Board officials announcing that a decision would be made at a later date. The officials, W. P. Near and R. C. Rowland, also reserved a de­cision on a similar project involv­ing the township of Blandford earlier in the day.With about 80 East Oxford ratepayers who would be affected by annexation in attendance, the majority indicated that they were a ainst 1he city’s proposed action.Citing Increased taxation, doubtful school services and the eventual dlssolut.fr of farms, the township property owners involv­ed protested any move that might v,urk against their present status. They also stressed that they were not desirous of seeing the area evolving into an industrial district.Pkading the case for the anti- annexation group were Mis. Ruby Leister, Jack Blair, Cecil Keyes and Reginald Carne.A. C. Whaley, K.C., appearing for Schell Industries Limited, said the firm he represented was in favor of annexation, pointing out that the company was handicap­ped by a lack of suitable water supply, no fire protection, high telephone rates and expensive bus transportation rates. The com­pany, he explained, had received no assistance from East Oxford and by annexation would be able to receive the benefits of the city’s services. Taxes in the township have increased on at least two oc­casions, he said, without the com­pany receiving any tangible bene­fits.Aiderman G. Lewis told the dissenting majority that cduca- tionei facilities were being in­creased and it wax the city's re­sponsibility, if and when annexa- ,ion adequately to takecare m any student requirments occurring in the portion of the township annexed. Others who ex­plained the city's position in the proceedings were Mayor Wilson Milburn, Aiderman Harry Collins,; J. R. Sutherland, of the Public Utlities Commission, and Crown Attorney Craig McKay, acting for the city.A long-time resident, of East Oxford, William Pattinson, declar­ed that from a selfish angle he would vote against annexation. In the long range point of view, how­ever, he said the expansion of in­dustries in the area would prob- baly work in the people’s advan­tage. He also stressed that he was in favor of city facilities available, such as medical care.L. K. Coles, county clerk and treasurer, asked the two-man commission when annexation pro­ceedings would be put into effect, provided the Municipal Hoard saw fit to recommend such action.Mr. Rowland said that since It ap^ent that no action could be taken on the matter before January 1, 1950, it would probably he some considerable time before a decision was handed down,Public NoticeAt the call of Warden George Fewster a meeting of the County Council of the County of Oxford will be held in theCOUNCIL CHAMBERIN THE COURT HOUSE. WOODSTOCK.on TUESDAY. DEC. 6.1949 at the hour of ten 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. EARTH MOVING JOB—Bulldozers of the Sutherland Construction Company are shown in the two pictures above as they began the tremendous job of putting a new channel for the Thames east of Ingersoll. From April to November this outfit with 100 men and their machines moved over a million, five hundred thousand tons of earth. This is believed to be the greatest earth moving job done in Canada in that length of time.Oxford Entries Pick Off Royal Winter Fair PrizesNOVEMBER 29th, 1949Presbyterian ChurchINGERSOLL, ONTARIO GEORGE FEWSTER, Warden zamms. JUICE RELISHES ROAST YOUNG ONTARIO TURKEY CRANBERRY JELLY SALADS TURNIPS MASHED POTATOES ICE CREAM and CAKE L. K. COLES, Chairman "THE KING" God Save the King "THE EMPIRE, THE HOUSE OF COMMONS and THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY" A. Clark Murray, M.P. T. R. Dent, M.L.A. "THE COUNTY OF OXFORD, THE COUNTY COUNCIL, and THE EX-WARDENS" Dr. O. C. Powers W. A. Cockbum ADDRESS CRAIG McKAY, K.C. "TOWNSHIP OF NORTH NORWICH" J. F. Pritchard Milton Banbury "OUR SISTER MUNICIPALITIES" L. B. Currie, Mayor of Tillsonburg Wilson Millburn, Mayor of Woodstock J. G. Murray, Mayor of Ingersoll "THE LADIES" COFFEE FRENCH STICKS A. A. BISHOP MRS. R. J. FORBES = =.THF. FUFF. F«®SS. LONDON. ONTARIO. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 30,Warden Fewster Of Oxford EntertainsGeorge Fewster, warden of Oxford County, ond his wife were hosts to about 125 county and municipal executives and their ^ives at the annual "Wardens Dinner" in Ingersoll last night. Shown above before the banquetare, left to right: Mr. Fewster, Mrs. Fewster, Mrs. Craig McKay and Mr. McKay, crown attorney for Oxford County and the guest speaker of the evening. Tributes were paid to service rendered by the '49 warden.Shown above is part of the large crowd of municipal executives from all over Oxford County that attended the annual Wardens Dinner in Ingersoll last night. TRIBUTE PAID TO WARDEN—Above is of those persons who sat at. the head table the Oxford county warden’s banquet held in Presbyterian church at. Ingersoll. From left to Mrs. Craig McKay, wife of the crown attorney:PAY TRIBUTE TO OXFORD WARDEN, ANNUAL DINNERMore than ^20 municipal offici­als and friends last night paid tri­bute to Oxford’s Warden George Fewster and Mrs. Fewster at the annual warden’s dinner. The event was held in St. Paul's Presbyter­ian Church, IngersollMr. Fewster's father was war­den 31 years ago. and his grand­father 31 years previous to that. All three have been reeves of North Norwich.Feature speaker of the evening Craig McKay, K.C., crown attor­ney of Oxford, spoke on crime and the reasons for crime. Oxford has an enviable record in this respect, Mr. McKay said, as only one mur­der trial and three or four bank robberies have been carried out in the county during the past 15 years.The modern view of criminolo­gists, Mr. McKay went on, held that crime is more or less of a disease. The present penal system is no solution to the problem, he said, since 70 per cent of ex-con­victs are “repeaters." The Eng­lish system, whereby some at­tempt is made at rehabilitating the ex-convict has proved more successful, Mr. McKay said, with only 25 per cent of offenders re­turning to a life of crime.Chief causes of crime, he said are unemployment, poverty, low mentality, drink, laziness and broken homes. To this list, he said, could be added the automobile xvhich must be considered a factor in the increase of crime.“Sometimes when we send a man to jail," Mr. McKay continu­ed, “we are doing the worst thing possible. But what can we do un­der our present machinery of jus­tice?"The speaker decried the sensa­tional treatment which some newspapers give crime news but said that the local press was to be commended for refraining from such tactics.Crime movies and crime comic books were also cited as intru- mental in influencing young peo­ple to go astray.“But perhaps the most import­ant factor in crime prevention." he concluded “is parental guid­ance, Too often, the burden of dir­ecting children is left to the church or school, when in reality, the onus rests with the parents.”In proposing a toast to the Em­pire, the House of Commons and the Legislative Assembly. A. Clark Murray, M.P. for Oxford, stressed the military defence mea- being taken by the govern­ment and defended such action by declaring, “firat things must come first"In reply, T, R. Dent, M.L.A., ftaid he felt that Dominion-provin­cial relations were improving con­stantly and “that is the way it' should be."Dr. O. C. Powers, county medi­cal health office, in a toast to the; county of Oxford, the county coun-; cil and ex-wardens, declared that1 Oxford had the best county coun­cil and the best clerk and treasur­er.“Almost daily,” he said, “letters from other counties come to our offices asking how we are hand­ling a particular situation. There is no doubt that Oxford is the banner county of Ontario.”W. A. Cockburn, reeve of Blen­heim and dean of the present county'council, pointed out that municipal government is closer to the people than either federal or provincial rule. Oxford's present^ position as Ontario’s banner coun­ty has been set by a standard of citizenship that cannot be sur­passed, he said.Proposing a toast to the town­ship of North Norwich was J. F. Pritchard, township clerk and treasurer, who outlined the re­sources of the municipality. Ex­Reeve Milton Banbury replied and told of the road improvements which had been accomplished in the township recently.L. B. Currie, mayor of Tillson­burg, proposed a toast to “our sis­ter municipalities,” which was an­swered by Woodstock’s Mayor Wilson Milbum and Ingersoll's Mayor J. G. Murray.A. A. Bishop, sheriff of Oxford, proposed the toast to the ladies which was replied to by Mrs. R, J. Forbes.“This is a night my wife and I will remember for a long time," Mr. Fewster said at the close of the banquet. “No warden has ever had a better council or county of­ficials.”Midway through the evening, the guests were entertained by' Meyers the Magician and his wife of London. In a lighter vein, Chairman L. K. Coles presented Mr. Fewster with an undersized bowler spd a mouse in token of a recent hunting trip the warden had taken. Ted Cooper, reeve of South Norwich, also received a, miniature gun for his part In the huntThe sumptuous turkey dinner was provided by the Ladies’ Aux­iliary of St Paul's Presbyterian Church. The pastor, Rev. George Murdoch, •opened the banquet with prayer. The session closed with the ginging of Auld Lang Syne.Coles, county clerk and ’treasurer; Mrs. Coles; Warden George Fewster; Mrs. Fewster; T. R. Dent, M.L.A, for Oxford; Mrs. Dent; and Magistrate R, G. Groom. More than 120 persons attended the dinner. —(Staff Photo).COUNTY OF OXFORDYOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND THEn aON TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 29th, 1949AT SEVEN O'CLOCKGEORGE FEWSTER, WardenINGERSOLL, Nov. 29 — Civic leaders from-every municipality in , the County of Oxford, together with the Oxford County M.P. and the county representative in the I Ontario Legislature, gathered here | tonight to pay tribute to George I Fewster, warden of Oxford.More than 125 attended the an­nual warden's banquet held in the parish hall of St. Paul's Presby- i terian Church.Third Generation As WardenWarden Fewster is the third generation of his family to hold the position of warden in the past 62 years. His father, Robert Few­ster held the office 31 years ago, and his grandfather in 1877. All three have been reeve of NorthHe said, however, that this centres in Canada and the United record did not apply to larger States where crime is on the in­crease. Quoting from statistics, the crown attorney said that in Chicago, between 1923 and 1933there were orded. Of only three victions.Need396 gang killings rec- those, he continued, per cent brought con-TreatmentMore Knowledge of criminals andpresent day methods of law en­forcement codld not be improved upon, Mr. McKay said, until more is found out about the cause of crime. “A man does not become a criminal overnight,1' he declared.' The speaker gave unemployment,Norwich Township, the present poverty, mental deficiency, drink warden just concluding his third and broken homes, as some of thewarden just concluding his thirdyear as the township’s chief mag­istrate.Present to honor Mr. Fewster were A. C. Murray, T. R. Dent, M.L.A., J. G. Murray, mayor of Ingersoll, Wilson Millburn, mayor of Woodstock, L. B. Currie, mayor of Tillsonburg, and many other prominent Oxford County citizens and civic officials.Few Major CrimeaCrime, and the reasons for crime, was the subject of Craig McKay, crown attorney for Oxford, guest speaker at the gathering. Oxford County, he said, in the last 1ft years has been relatively fro®major causes of crime. Crime films, crime comics, sensational report­ing of crime and court cases and the automobile were given as; among the great modern Influences’ I in leading people into criminalhabits.Praised British SystemThe crown attorney praised the British system of law enforcement and methods of treating criminals and felt that much could be learned from British methods."In the United Kingdom," he said, "only 25 per cent of convicted criminals go back to a life of crime after their release. In Canadafrom major crimes. In that tim®, the percentage of repeaters isthere had been only one murder and three or four bank robberies, in I he county, there had been no Other major crimes. He credited Oxford with one ol the best rcc-about 70 per rent.'*Chairman of the event was L K. Coles, Oxford County clerk- treasurer Head table guest® in-eluded County MagistrateRobertords In this respect, of any county Orwin and Mm Groom.in the province.Mcmbem of St. Paul's terian Church Ladies’ Aid to the assembly.Preaby- entered Various Proposals Face County Council SessionCounty Council Considers School Traffic ProposalCommi t tecs of Oxford county I council, now in session at the Court. House hero, face a heavy | agenda during the sittings which I will be held through Friday.Among the resolutions from! other counties, which they have been asked to endorse is a recom- mendation from Perth county pe­titioning the department of high­ways tn make a serious offence of the practice of persons throwing bottles and other junk on the side of the i-oad. Perth county contends that, since practically all present- day traffic moves on rubber, the penalty for such misdemeanors is much too lenient.Another resolution from Simcoe county calls for uniformity throughout the province on Day-, light Saving Time.Simcoe also has asked Oxford to consider requested legislation calling for the provincial legis­lature to assume 50 per cent of all the costs of maintaining Chil­dren’s Aid Societies, 50 per cent । of the cost of maintaining indi­gent patients in public hospitals and 50 per cent of all other social services.An extra grant to the Hospitalfor Sick Children i« also under consideration. This request was made by Ann Shipley, president of the Ontario Association of Mayors, and Reeves.Council yesterday received' a letter from R. G, Start, president of Alexandra hospital, acknowled­ging receipt of a cheque for $10,- 000 on the capital grant.The townshnp of East Oxford also informed council that it was opposed to any increase in the ra­dio licence fee, pointing out that its municipal body felt that the fee should be abolished entirely.Due to road conditions, two members were absent from today's, session.Council Hears 1 Weeds ReportEmerson Moulton, Oxford coun-. ty weed and corn borer inspector, yesterday reported on the' work accomplished through'his office at: the present session of county council being held in the court house.Mr. Moulton stressed the need of eradicating weeds and declared that although Oxford is considered the banner county in Ontario, much can be done to impress tour­ists by the elimination of weeds on farm properties.The corn borer remains one of: the farmer's greatest enemies, Mr. Moulton said, and unless an ac­tive fight is maintained against it, corn crops will continue to suffer.Following Mr. Moulton’s speech, a short question and answer peri­od was held.CONCERTThe folks at the County Home enjoyed a pleasant Sunday after­noon when members of the Wood- stock Boys and Girls Band, under the Teadership of Wilf Manning, presented a band concert. The program consisted of marches, The old folks applauded each se­lection enthusiastically. After the concert R. J. Forbes expressed thanks for the program. Les Mc- Kerral and Ken Poste, distributed treats.County council today h con-1 sidcring a resolution from the Oxford epunty trusteoR and rate-; payers association calling for an amendment to the Ontario Muni­cipal Act which would make it mandatory for ' traffic to atop ; while school buses a e halted to embark or disembark pupils.In the communication to coun­cil, it was pointed out that the association w .a seeking a meet-; with T. R. Dent, M.L.A., with a View to having him introduce the measure at the next session of the legislature. This measure would give county council, through bylaw, the power to 8too all traf­fic within its oou .claries where school buses were involved.As the council session goes intoBoard Proposes Changes In School Area LimitsConvening for its Idst session of 1949, Oxford county council to­day heard a request from the Woodstock suburban high school board that boundaries of the dis­trict be changed with a view to better transportation facilities for pup'ls.County council was informed that the suburban board had pass­ed a resolution asking for the ap­proval of the tranfer of a portion of East Zorra' (about 750 acres) to the Stratford high school area.A further transfer was request­ed to have part of North Oxford from Beachville north to the Zorra boundary transferred from theCounty Council In Final Day Of Sittings For 1949Roads, finance and property F. Pellow, Roger L. Hawkins and committees went into session this Calvin McKay. Property is head- morning as county council enter- ed by Robert Rudy, with Oscar ed the final day of its 1949 meet- Sippel, A. Clarke, Robert Maedel ings. The bulk of the business will and Kenneth Anderson on the com- b? transacted before open council mittee.at afternoon and night sessions During this morning’s session, when committees will bring in council passed a bylaw authoriz- their reports. ing payment of accounts for theServing on the roads committee year.are Ted Cooper, chairman, War- Yesterday, members visited the den George Fewster and Grant county home and farm on ah in­Sutherland. The finance committee spection tour.is composed of Fred S. Killing, Icy road conditions continued to chairman, Roland B. Fry, Thomas keep down full attendance.ils third day at the court house, various committees continued to meet. These ommlttecs will bring In their reports at the final meeting tomorrow.At yesterday’s afternoon ses­sion, council heard a report from Dr. C. M. Mackay, physician for the county jail. In his report. Dr. Mackay stated that conditions at the jail were satij/actory and that the food served was up to st an dard.Council members this morning met briefly in committee of the whole, then toured the court house on an inspection trip.Road conditions have kept theattendance from reaching 100 per cent, except for opening day, Tuesday, when all members were present.Ingersoll secondary school area to the Woodstock area.Council will consider the resolu­tion during its present session.All members were present when Warden George Fewster called the meeting to order this morn­ing.COUNTY COUNCIL VOTES TURKEYSKITCHENER, (CP) — Mem­bers of Waterloo county coun­cil have voted themselves each •a Christmas turkey — from county funds.The councillors decided the matter today when nine of the 17 members approved the resolution. Councillors favor­ing the gift said they go in the hole annually on mileage, due to the government limiting outlay for this purpose to five cents a mile.Reeve Simon Ditner of Wil­mot township, opposing the "gift” said it did not look right for councillors to vote themselves anything like that."It’s going a bit too far.” he protested.AULD LANG SYNE—Warden George Fewster, chief executive of Oxford county during 1949, holds the silver tea service which was presented to him by Ted Cooper, retiring reeve of South Norwich, on behalf of county council last night. From left to right are W. A. Cock­bum, dean of county council and the retiring reeve of Blenheim township, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Fewster and Ken­neth H. Anderson, recently-elected mayor of Tillsonburg. Following the presentation, a buffet luncheon was served.— (Staff Photo)J COUNTY ROM WORK COST $291,240COUNCIL HEARS AT FINAL SESSIONOxford county spent approxl- ju al fly $291,240 on its rend sys­tem. the road committee of county council announced as the last ses­sion of 1949 was concluded late last night. '1'he report was pres­ented by Chairman Ted Cooper, ex-jerve of South Norwich.The overdraft on the county roads was approximately $5,500. because a portion of the estimated ; expenditure was made on roads instead of bridges on which an 80 per cent, subsidy is paid.Expenditure on the general ac­count will exceed the estimated expenditure by about $500 due chiefly to increased insurance rates. The estimated expenditure for bridges and culvert repairs will be approximately $18,300, accord­ing to the reportThe report endorsed a resolu­tion from Perth county petitioning the Department of Highways to enact legislation prohibiting the depositing of junk by the side of roads.The report also endorsed a reso­I dore Cooper presented the gift. Each member of council addressed the warden briefly.Equalization reports given by ('hairman Kenneth Anderson, TL11- sonburg. recommended a meeting of all assessors be called in Jan­uary to arrive at a more uniform assessment in Oxford county. The finance report, Chairman Reeve F, S. Killing. East Zorra. recommend­ed that careful consideration bo given during the January session for a further grant to the Chil­dren’s Hospital.Earlier yesterday, council ap- proved a grant of $300 for (he Ox­ford short course, if one is held next year. Dereham’s Reeve Harry Little is chairman of the agricul­tural committee.A grant of $500 to Norwich High School Board was approved for the teaching of agriculture.Appointed to the annual meeting of Oxford County Plowmen’s As­sociation were members of the ag­hit ion from the Oxford County Trustees’ and Ratepayer's Associa­tion to amend the Municipal Act giving the county power by bylaw to enforce the stopping of all traf­fic within Oxford when a school bus stops.The property report presented by Reeve Robert Rudy, of Tavi­stock. for the payment of accounts was passed.Warden George Fewster, North' Norwich, at the conclusion of his final session, was presented with an engraved silver tea service set. While the presentation was being made retiring Reeve Kenneth An­derson, Tillsonburg, occupied the warden's chair.Retiring Reeve W. A. Cockburn, Blenheim, read the presentation address and retiring Reeve Theo- riculture committee, Reeve H- A. Little, Dereham, chairman; Dej puty Reeve Harley MacBeth, Dcre- hnm; Reeve Alastcr Clarke. West. Zorra: Reeve George F. Wright, East Oxford; Reeva Thomas F. Pellow, West Oxford,The report presented by the printing and resolutions commit­tee, Chairman Reeve Robert 11. Clark. Embro, was adopted. The report endorsed a resolution from Simcoe moving that all resolutions adopt uniform D.S.T., and a reso­lution from East Oxford township opposing the proposed increase in radio licenses.The following were appointed for 1950 to the high school areas; Ex-Warden William J. Wear, Thamesford, Ingersoll District High School Board; ex-Warden N. M. Marshall, Norwich, Norwich High School Board: E. O. Ken­nedy, East Oxford, Woodstock High School Area; Warren Rock, Tillsonburg to Tillsonburg High School Area.Veteran Oxford Councilors RetireAfter many years of serving Oxford County, the above five councilors are retiring. They are, left to right: Deputy Reeve Calvin McKay, East Nissouri; Reeve Kenneth Anderson, mayor-elect of Tillsonburg; Warden George Fewster, North Norwich; Reeve Thedore Cooper, South Norwich; Reeve W. A. Cockburn, Blenheim.Motion to Bar Police Court From ChamberThe finance committee of coun- r cil last night passed a motion to bar the use of the council cham­bers in the city hall for Jhe u*e of police court,after December 28.In moving the eviction action, W. A. Reinhart said he had heard numerous complaints about the in­adequacy of ihe chambers for court sessions. Should steps be taken to have the eviction order rescinded, any efforts to do so will have to be placed before the new council Which takes office after January 1.HOLDS OUT HOPE FOR NEW SCHOOL Tillsonburg Hospital Gets IF ASSESSMENT PLAN DIFFERENT 1 ,?R. 000 Extra In GrantThe defeat of the project which would have brought a new high school to Ingersoll and district, stemmed mostly from dissatisfac­tion of residents of the town and surrounding townships with the present method of equalization of secondary school assessing, Grant Sutherland, re-elected reeve of East Nissouri, said today. Mr. Sutherland particularly stressed the assessment affecting farmers.With three townships—West Ox­ford, North Oxford, West Zorra and part of the township of East Nissouri, as well as Ingersoll, voting on the question, the high school bylaw was snowed under by almost a two-to-one majority.Mr. Sutherland indicated that townships at a future date may consider the project in a more fav­orable light should a suitable adjustment be made in the assess­ment program.Discussing the result of fhe vote yesterday on the bylaw for a new collegiate for the Ingersoll high school area, Principal J. C. Herb­ert said:"I know the situation with re­gard to accommodation will be. come acute within a year or so. Something then will have to bcl done to look after the needs of secondary school education in this district."In the meantime, despite the handicaps of outmoded accomoda­tion, I know the staff and stud­ents will continue to carry on a full program of curricular and extra-curricular activities to the best of their ability,”Santa VisitsCounty HomeSanta Claus paid a visit, to the County Home yesterday and dis­tributed treats to the folks, lol-County Health Unit Staff Feted At Annual BanquetThe annual banquet for the staff ing. Wilfred Cockburn, chairman, of (he Oxford County and Inger- was in charge.soli Board of Health was held yes­terday noon at the New Commer­cial Hotel.Following fhe meal the board met in the offices of Dr. O. C. Powers, the medical health offi­cer, for the regular monthly meet­lowing a fine musical program.The Little German Rand of Tav­istock presented a program of carols, songs and march selections. President of Tavistock Rotary Club, Dr. Taylor, was Introduced by Les McKerral.R. Forbes expressed the thanks of the old folks to those who made the program possible.It was decided that In the future nurses are to have their choice of two methods of obtaining car gas­oline allowance. The new scheme is felt to be a fairer one for the nurses. They will choose between 8 cents a mile, or $25 a month and 4 cents a mile.Mr. Cockburn thanked all mem­bers of the board and staff for their cooperation throughout the year. "It was a real pleasure to work with all of you.” he said.The thanks of the nurses was expressed by Miss Margaret Grieve, and Dr. Powers expressed his own appreciation for the fine spirit evident during the year.The meeting was the final one for the year. GUESTS AT THE ANNUAL DINNER for the staff of the Oxford County and Ingersoll Board of Health are shown enjoving the banquet held at the New Com­mercial Hotel, yesterday noon. The dinner is an annual event, given for all staff members by the members of the board Seated from left to right 'are A. R. Horton, Miss D. Overholt, Dr. O. C. Powers, Miss Myrtle W ater- land, Glen Crandall, Miss Margaret Grieve, and at the head of the table Wilfred Cockbum, chairman.— (Staff Photo).Library Notes and NewsBurgessville.—The Oxford County Library Co-operative has been following with much interest the developments of one of. its member libraries. The Burgessville Library Board has been busy this year reorganizing their status from a library association to a free public library. This will mean that all the members of the village will be able to join the library without the annual fee necessary in a public library association.The Burgessville library came into being as an association in 1910. At that time Miss Edna Hi Hiker was appointed as the librarian and until 1948 she gave a very fine type of service, which has been greatly appreciated by the Library Board and the members of the 1 library.Ten years ago, new interest was aroused by the formation of the Oxford County Library Association. The banding together of several libraries made book funds stretch a little further. IRecently a course was held in London for librarians and Mrs. Emerson Chant, the present librarian and her assistant. Mrs. J. A. Dickinson took the course. It took a good deal of energy to get up at six o’clock in the morning every day for a month and journey to London, but these enthusiastic ladies stuck with it and emerged with librarian’s certificates and a great desire to benefit their village. Giving talks at meetings and interviewing the village and town-; ship officials, they started the project on its way.Playing a large part in the background of the Library’s development has been the Women’s; Institute. Not only has this organization encouraged interest by having books and libraries on its regular programs, but it has given fine financial help as well. When the librarians, returned from London with a desire to do something for the children the Women’s Institute donated money to pay the children's fees. The membership among the children grew from 2 to 70 and the increase in the number of books read was very noticeable. Donations for the pur chase of new books is another phase of the assistance which the Institute has given.The re-organization of a library requires that the library board present a petition to the police village trustees and then be passed as a by-law by the township council. The council passed this by-law on Wednesday of last week.Mr. Mowat, the Director of Public Service for Ontario, has been pleased with this step of the Burgessville Library Board and the increase in grants which will come eventually from the government will be of great assistance.Mrs. Chant and Mrs. Dickenson are planning to give their library a face-lifting. They hope to renovate and enlarge the space now used as a library and to make provision for a small reading room as well. The library will be open Tuesday and Saturday afternoons and Saturday evenings and will have reference books which may be used during library hours. There arc ’ some funds available for the immediate purchase of new books.The Oxford County Library will be visiting the library every three months with a hun­dred different books. The county librarian, Mrs. S. L. Krompart, has been assisting with some of the problems and will be glad to he of service to the. library whenever it is possible.The members of the Burgessville Library Board who are responsible for this achievement , are Mrs. W. J. Orth, chairman, Miss Jerrinnc Hilliker, secretary, Rev, G. H. Dunlop, Miss Edna Hilliker, Miss R. Burgess. Mrs. V, G. Mollins. Mrs. Verne Dennis. Mr. M, A. Hughes and Mr. I). V. Corless.Burgessville is to be complimented on this splendid advance in making reading material available to the people. —Norwich Gasetle CHANGE COURT I ,Following the city council's bun on the use of their council Cham­ber in the city hall for police coun sessions once a week, this morn­ing's police court was held in the county council chamber at the courthouse. • JRemember Folks At County HomeResidents of the Oxford County, Home were remembered at Christ­mas by many organizations, Mrs. R J. Forbes, matron of the home, said this morning.Describing the Christmas at the home, Mi's. Forbes said each resi­dent received individually wrapped and named girts sent by the Tavi-i stock Women's Institute and Pa­quette's of Woodstock. These were placed on the decorated tree and on Christmas Eve w^re distributed by Santa in person. Miss Jessie Pook sent a crate of oranges. The Nurses Alumnae and William Stone Sons of Ingersoll also sent1 donations. The Salvation Army, the Twenties Club and the Anna P. Lewis Women’s Institute pre­sented concerts and provided treats during the festive season. The Optimisses Club of Wood- stock outfitted Santa Claus.Expressing appreciation for the residents and for herself and Mr. Forbes, manager of the home. Mrs. Forbes also thanked Les McKerral of Woodstock and service clubs of Ingersoll, Tavistock and Wood- stock for arranging concerts and treats during the year.MONT VIC RAG APPLE SOVEREIGNOxford's Most Famous Bull 7-Year-Old Sovereign DiesSovereign is dead.Montvic Rag Apple Sovereign, seven-year-old Holstein bull, t..ice all-Canadian champion and monarch of the black and white breed in western Ontario died at the Oxford Holstein Breeding Unit in Woodstock on Saturday.'Owned by T. R. Dent, M.L.A. and Clark Brown of Woodstock, Sovereign built up a long record of winnings for himself in the show rings of Oxford, Western On­tario and at the Royal Winter Fair. Graded XXX in the Holstein registry, he was all-Canadian two- year-old in 1944, all-Canadian three-year-old in 1945 and reserve all-Canadian aged bull in 1946 and 1947. He was a member ofthe all-Canada produce of dam from 1944 to 1948 and a member of the All-American produce in 1947.In the record of performance tests 85 records by 75 daughters averaged 12,639 pounds of milk, 520 pounds fat at 4/ 2 per cent.His progeny were shown in al­most every show on the continent and many were flown to South America and to Italy. Seven all­Canadian selections and nine re­serve awards have been won by 13 of his progeny.Notable bulls sired by Sover­eign have been Rowsdale Rag Ap­ple Sovereign, all-Canadian in 1945, 46 and 47 and All-Americanin 1947: Spring Farm Sovereign Supreme, All-Canadian in 1946, 47, 48 and AH-American in 1947, 48. He was the sire of Sweet Rag Apple Belle 2nd, Canadian record heifer calf sold for $11,000.In the all-Canadian nominations for 1949 are six sons, wto daugh­ters, seven grandsons, four grand­daughters, a great grandson and a great grandaughter of thu noted animal.Sovereign was bought from Mount Victoria Farms by Mr. Dent and Mr. Brown. Tha bull was a son of Emperor of Mount Vic­toria and out of Montvic Ragg Apple Colantha Abbekerk, known to Canadian Holstein breeders as "Old Abbey". He has a half brother just as famous as himself in Montvic Rag Apple Marksman, owned by J. J. E. McCague of Al- iston.In the show ring the bull’s be­havior outshone his records and th<:se of his progeny. Many a cattle breeder has stood at the ringside to watch Sovereign per­form. A born showman, the bullThames Goes Rampage Again Roads Suffer From Heavy RainsOttawa, County Squabble Over Ancient Courthouseneeded only to be headed into the ring gates and he took over his own performance. Even while waiting to lead the prize winners' parade at Woodstock fair, the an­imal was posing for admiring Hol­stein fanciers.Early this fall, Sovereign took ill. He was sent to the Ontario Veterinary College for treatment. Recently since his return to Ox­ford, Dr. Russell McDonald, man­ager-technician of the Holstein unit announced the bull's days of service were over.OTTAWA, (CP) — Ottawa and estimate of the cost of fixing surrounding Carleton county have' 1 *- Jlocked horns in a fight to the finish over historic Carleton coun-the ancient structure.upty court house.^Tjie^stakes axe approximatelyThe squabble has implications, too, for the National Capital Plan has long-term project to rebuild and beautify the capital and sur­rounding district.Ciy council is looking for a loop ।hole n a 2U-year agreement which . -tr- —requires it to pay 65 per cent o f city council say the builsing the cost of renovating the 80- ' ih "i ” ' I " ""J"year-old building on east-central should be postponed until1.. . ° t ho hnn rt hnncoMayor E. A. Bourque and anirate city council say the builsing may not fit in with the plan and’Nicholas* street.Meanwhile, the county council is going ahead with plans to spend an estimated $500,000 on the buil­ding, scene of Canada's wartime spy trials and the trial of a man named Whalen who assassinated Thomas D'Arcy McGee. one of the, fathers of confederation, in 1868.Biggest bone of contention is the way the contract was award­ed.the courthouse project is approved bv Jaques Greber, French town- planning consultant for the plan. He returns to Ottawa next month., But the county was stymiedWednesday night when the Cen­tral Canada Exhibition Associa-tion refused to let the county use Lansdowne Park coliseum as atemporary office building.The county council property j cbminitl.ee now faces the problem ri - . r < . , of finding space for its o ffices. It was given to a New LlSkeard while workmen move into the aum on a cost-plus basis. , goupthouBC.City council — backed up by pttawa contractors and the city property owners association — claim it should have been let by [lender. The coni factors are re­ported to be pressng for a royal commission to investigate the deal. * i The county council says tenders [couldn't be let because no con­tractor could make an accurateOxford County.—The librarians from Oxford County held their first workshop in the new county library on October 19th. Many favourable comments were made on the new room with its light green walls, cream shelves, wine leather chairs and gay matching curtains.Book selection, advertising and many other problems were discussed, several of the libra­rians leading the discussions. Mrs. Krompart spoke of the library tools which were available in the office at all times, and the guest speaker, Miss Audrey Gray of the Middlesex County Library, gave a much appreciated talk on Children's Work, as well as a practical demonstra­tion on mending books.I'ollowing the business session the librarians were the guests of the County Library Board at dinner.—L. K.Embro Water Project Cost $2,136 Subscribers ToldSouth Norwich Honors ReeveEMBRO—A report on the total cost of putting in the co-operative water system was given last night to the subscribers of the north, south .southwest and northwest zones of the village as 82,136.Nearly all the isubscrlb^fs in these zones were present at the meeting held in the public school, Fred Day was chairman for themeeting and gave the coat report. K. R. Moodie moved the report’s adoption. \A vote expressed appreciation to Wesley Wallace, J. W. Muir. Wil­liam Kam, Fred Day and Council­lor Ross Smith for their efforts in the installation of the water sys­tem.CAN'T RECALL SUCH BALMYWEATHER AT NEW YEAR'S 'iiWHIkilSMJijO^GINAL MAMMOTH CHEESEOriginal Mammoth Cheese Made In Oxford; Largest in LanarkWORLD’S LARGEST Sarnia Judge Uses Court ToGain Better QuartersSARNIA. March 28—A writ for mandamus, requiring extensive altpmtions to the ifoambers of Judge E, A. Shaunessy, haa been issued by the judge against the Lambton County Council, it wiw disclosed here today.The writ was served on County Clerk John Huey following ~4 refusal of the County Council’s public buildings committee to au­thorize alterations and renovations requested by Judge Shaunessy last ; week.It demands that. In accordance with section 390 of the Municipal Act, the County Council take im­mediate notion to provide “all nec­essary and proper accommodation, fuel, light stationery and furni­ture for His Honor Judge E. A. Shaunessy.Renovations asked by the judge include tile flooring, wall paneling, lowering of ceilings, Venetian blinds, better electric lighting, in­stallation of plumbing, and open­ing of three new windows.Of all these requests, the county buildings committee decided it would grant only one, opening of three new horizontal windows in place of the present vertical one.1 The writ of mandamus, issued by the law firm of Taylor, Jamie­son, Knox, Mallon, arid Fowler, solicitors to the judge, is based on section 390 of the Municipal Act. Ontario Statutes of 1937, Under the section, county councils arc re- j quired to provide proper accom­modation for all provincial law of-’ fices and officers within their jurisdiction.Rooms UndignifiedJudge Shaunessy has, since his appointment here three years ago, contended that the two-roomed chambers allotted to him in the county building are neither digni­fied nor suitable. Unable to obtain satisfaction in any other way, he has opened legal proceedings with his writ of mandamus.Such a writ is described as a modern legal form of what was, in medieval days, a royal command. If the county fails to act in com- ' pliance with the mandamus, it will have to appear before the Su­preme Court of Ontario to answer for its refusal. Next non-jury sit­tings of the court open here on June 12.- ■'4 j/..-I County Clerk John Huey, who ' received the writ on behalf of the county, was unavailable for com- ■ ment here today.12 Forms Needed To Get Into HomeSarnia, March 16 (CP).—To get Into the County Home of Refuge, as of today, you will need to fill In 12 separate forms.County Clerk John A. Huey, inspector to the County Home, of Refuge, said the form-till­ing results from the passage of the homes for the aged act last year In the Legislature,Lambton Plans to Oppose Cadi's Renovation WritFree PrwMi Haru In liurenuSARNIA, March 29-Lambton County Council has no intention of giving in without a fight In the matter of requested renovation and alteration of the chamber* of County Judge E. A. Shaunessy, it was dlaclosrd this afternoon by Warden Ivor WeaverYesterday a write for mandamus, prepared by the judge s solici­tors, was nerved on County Clerk*" John Huey, It demanded that, in accordance with section 390 of the Municipal Act, the county council take immediate action to provide, ''all necessary and proper accomo­dation, fuel, light, stationery, and! furniture for hia honor Judge E.A. Shaunessy.”Not to ComplyToday Warden Weaver met with zClerk Huey, County. Solicitor John j Cowan, arid “Public Buildings Com­mittee Chairman John Durrance, and decided not to comply with J the terms of the mandamus.Only alternative now is for the county to fight the writ before' the Supreme Court of Ontario at the next non-jury sitting scheduled to open here June 12.Renovations AskedRenovations asked by the judge include tile flooring, wall panel­ling, lowering of ceilings, Vene­tian blinds, better electric light­ing. installation of plumbing and opening of three new windows.“We are prepared to go ahead with the new windows and per­haps the floor tiling, Warden Weaver stated, “but we won't go along with the other requests un­less we are forced to.”He estimated the cost of reno­vation, as requested by the judge would be “at least $2,000.”]1HANDBOOK194 9 ★GEORGE FEWSTER, Esq.Warden County of Oxford ★ HANDBOOK 194 9 ★ GEORGE FEWSTER, Esq. Warden *****************************<^♦#^#1^^ TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS Z a 0?'0'0 : UO3 P U . i17! : : : a. v Ci :£f3_ o-ea t>c:bo bo EESE.SSBE§2«^^ £§go.^ 5 2 U= bo U.S = M= b hot C c E== a 5 > ■5QPf-£SMP^Pcs£gi j «aPPag:^ V) tr u m Ld 2 u z o o z o o g < E (Z A b s '2 s S bo n E r- C . t- V) W > feo gs c< k n< : :« -.^ «;®-go ■ I £ :«xM2 r~~ U 4J O (fi •MME =3 > : V >. a ± V I?E <6 t/J 2 •3 s u o 7. «»Q M . a Z hO- S> = t O R UM : • ciCMC?tn ofe*T<N 5 O 0.2 2 • ;• ;• ;■ ;- ;- ;■ E O « u2: a S o bo P4 Q n c :« cQ o "i I- w ".B a^ = lssS«S a'jts. ■- ~ r*, x -c jdox StC-i^oouo •^■E-E c £2 O E *o°ot3 3 “ O u S w m o^2 U > W 1S5 MZH BLANDFORD Clcrk ............................George Oliver, Bright Treasurer ..................................B. M. Wilson. Bright Road Supt.......................Ben Biddis, R.R. 2. Innerkip Assessor ..................................E. A. Carter, Innerkip Tax Collectors..M. F. Facey. New Hamburg, R.R. 1 B. M. Wilson, Bright Relief Officer .............................................--The Reeve Date of Meeting—First Monday. BLENHEIM Clerk and Treasurer ........Irvin J. Haines, Drumbo Road Supt...................................Joel Dawson. Drumbo Assessor ...............John L. Davidson, Bright, R.R. 3 Tax Collector ___George Balkwill, Drumbo, R-R- 1 Relief Officer .................................................The Eeeve Date 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 Clerk 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 Monday. NORTH NORWICH Clerk and Treas. ..J. F. Pritchard, Norwich, R.R. 2 Road Supt........Chas. DeMontmorency, Burgessville Assessor ....................................D. B. Ferris, Norwich Tax Collector ........J. F. Pritchard, Norwich, R.R. 2 Relief Officer ........J. F. Pritchard, Norwich, R.R. 2 Date of Meeting—Second Monday. SOUTH NORWICH Clerk and Treasurer ......C. W. Ottewell, Otterville Road Supt............Elmer Almost. Tillsonburg, R.R. 2 Assessor ...........................Herbert Parsons, Otterville Tax Collector ...................C. W. Ottewell, Otterville Relief Officer ....................C. W. Ottewell, Otterville Date of Meeting—First Monday. EAST OXFORD Clerk and Treasurer . ... ....N. M. Holdsworth K.K. 8, W ood stock Road Supt.............Clarence Hart, Woodstock, R.R. 8 £ssessor ..................................Ed. McCombs, Curries Tax Collector ..............A. Riach, Woodstock, R.R. 8 Relief Officer ................................................. Reevc Date of Meeting—First Monday. NORTH OXFORD Clerk and Treas............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 Relief Officer .................................................The Recve Date of Meeting—First Mondcy. WEST OXFORD Clerk and Treas........L. B. Curry, Woodstock, R.R. 1 Road Supt...............C. A. Williams, Ingersoll, R.R. 5 Assessor and Tax Collector ........B. B. Richardson d , , nrr- Woodstock, R.R. 1Relief Officer ................................................The Reevc Date of Meeting—First Monday. EAST ZORRA ^lcrk ........................................Edwin Parker, Hickson ................................T- Love-vs' Road Supt...................Ed. Hansuld, Tavistock, R.R. 2 A. W. Malcolm, Bright, R.R. ] lax Collector ......................R E. Beam, Woodstock 9 Graham St. Relief Officers .......................................Entire Date of Meeting—First Monday. WEST ZORRA ^Crk ..............................................J- D. Wood. Embro treasurer .......................L. J. Pelton, Embro, R.R. 1 Road Supt...................Jas. A. Murray, Embro, R.R. 5 Assessor ......................Russell Young, Embro. R.R. 1 Tax Collector ..............................Alex. Forbes, Embro Relief Officer .................L. J. Pelton, Embro. R.R. 1 Date of Meeting—First Monday. OFFICIALS OF TOWN AND VILLAGES TILLSONBURG Clerk and Treas..................L. V. Waller, Tillsonburg Road Supt...........................Fred Cousins, Tillsonburg Assessor .................................Wm. Agur> TiI18ot3burg Tax Collector .......................Burt Neale, Tillsonburg Relief Officer .......................Burt Neale, Tillsonburg Date of Meeting—First Tuesday. EMBRO Clerk and Treasurer ...........William French, Embro Assessor ..............................Bates E. Manzer, Embro Tax Collector .........................William French, Embro Relief Officer .................................................The Recve Date of Meeting—First Monday. NORWICH J Clerk .......................................A. L. Bushell, Norwich Treasurer ............................Dr. J. H. Train, Norwich Road Supt..........................................F. Henry, Norwich Assessor .........................................A. Farrell, Norwich Tax Collector ............................Chas. Bates, Norwich Relief Officer .........................A. L. Bushell, Norwich Date of Meeting—First Monday. TAVISTOCK Clerk and Treasurer ...............C. J. Klein, Tavistock Road Supt.........................................R. Rudy, Tavistock Assessor .............. ...C. J. Kaufman, Tavistock Tax Collector ...................E. A. Kalbfleish, Tavistock Relief Officers ........................................Entire Council Date of Meeting—Third Monday. I OXFORD COUNTY AND INGERSOLL HEALTH UNIT M.O.H...................................................,Dr. O. C. Powers Supervisor of Nurses .........................Miss M. Grieve Sanitary Inspectors ...J. L. Griffith, J. W. Wright Staff Nurses—Miss R. Grieve, Miss Louise Mc­ Burney, Miss J. M. McNaughton, Miss Helen Ubclacker, Miss N. Moore, Miss F. Walton. Clerical Staff ...Misses D. Overholt, M. Waterland Woodstock Office ....................Phone Woodstock 690 Ingersoll Office ......................Phone Ingersoll 762-W Norwich Office .................................Phone Norwich 1 Tillsonburg Office ...................Phone Tillsonburg 265 Embro Office ...................................Phone Embro 99-J COMMITTEES OF 1949 First Named, Chairman. Last Named, Secretary. Road—Cooper, Fewster, Sutherland. Finance—Killing, Fry, Pellow, Hawkins, McKay. Property—Rudy, Sippel, A. Clarke, Maedel, Ander­son. Agriculture—Little, McBeth, A. Clarke, Wright, Pellow. Education—Maedel, R. H. Clark, Cockburn, McKay, Rudy. Equalization—Anderson, Dunn, McDonald, Little, Cooper. Printing and Resolutions—R. H. Clark, Wright, Mc­ Donald, McBeth, Fry. Reforestation—Sippel, Killing, Wright, McBeth, Meathrell, Coles, Dunn. Board of Health—Cockburn, Fewster, Hawkins, Horton, Juli (Provincial Rep.), L. K. Coles. County Home—Fewster, Anderson, Little, Coles. Board of Audit—Sutherland, Coles. Recreational—Anderson, Maedel, Rudy, Pellow, R. H. Clark. Juvenile Court—Fewster, R. H. Clark, Coles. Library Co-operative—Brogden, Lees, Kipp, Few­ ster, Rudy, Maedel, Cockburn, Hon. Members —R. G. Groom, L. K. Coles. Hospitals—Woodstock—Fewster. Ingersoll—Dunn. Tillsonburg—Anderson. TREE CONSERVATION COMMISSION Roy Hughes ............. R.R. J, Ostrander Phone Tillsonburg 748-J.3 Ross Calder ..................................R.R. 2, Thamesford Phone Kintore 29 r 17 Lawrence Mitchell ............................R.R. 2, Innerkip Phone Innerkip 42 r 3 O^iciaU — 1949 George Fewster .................................................Warden Eric W. Cross .........................................County Judge R. G. Groom ................,..................Police Magistrate L. M. Ball ................................Juvenile Court Judge A. A. Bishop ...........County Court Clerk and Sheriff John B. Martin ....................................Deputy Sheriff Craig McKay, K.C..................Clerk of the Peace and County Crown Attorney Mrs. Sylvia M. Reid ...........County Court Reporter Miss Margaret E. Ross ..Magistrate’s Court Clerk W. L. MacWhinnie ......................................Registrar Ross V. Tuck ...................................Deputy Registrar MacDougall & Whaley ..................County Solicitors Monteith & Monteith ..................................Auditors J. L. Skinner ........................................................Gaoler M. Hamilton ....................................................Turnkey A. Emmrieh ........................................................Turnkey T. H. Sutherland ........................ Turnkey Mrs. Rose Hamilton ................................ 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 A. L. Lawrence ................. County Constable R. G. Clowes .......Probation Officer, Juvenile Court E. Moulton ............Corn Borer and Weed Inspector Thomas Pye ............................Court House Engineer J. N. Meathrell ..........County Road Superintendent L. K. Coles .................................Clerk and Treasurer Do You Remember?10 YKAIIS AGOCharles T. Milton was re-elec­ted president of the Oxford Trus-| tees and Ratepayers for his third term. iJ. R. Shaw was appointed chair­man of a committee to dispose of a $7000 fund of the former Oxford Patriotic Association. R. A. Mac­Dougall was secretary.Gordon Ross, a newcomer to | East Zorra council, headed the poll with 238 votes.Fred Bertrand. 27, of East Ox­ford was chosen from many ap­plicants for the position of farmer at the county home at a salary of $50 a month and free house.Adam Roth, Woodstock, coun­ty clerk and treasurer, addressed the Ingersoll Kiwanis Club on his trip to Alaska.Roy E. Culley. Delhi, night con­stable, was appointed a county police officer by Oxford county council to patrol county roads.A prisoner at the county jail escaped by walking away while out. sanding icy sidewalks.A prisoner who walked away from Oxford County jail while sanding icy walks, was apprehend­ed near Tillsonburg.Oxford County Council estab­lished a $100 scholarship to the O.A.C., Guelph, for the best coach in junior farmers stock judging.County Council road expendi­ture for the year was set at $60,- 000. Reeve J. F. McDonald of East Zorra, was chairman.Charles T. Milton, Blenheim township, was chosen Conservative candidate for Oxford for the House of Commons at the annual- conservative convention in Wood- stock armory.An ex-warden of Oxford County, John Youngs, Brooksdale, died in his 85th year.The tower of Oxford county jail was being given a new shingle roof. - ■ ' jHenry Burrill, former treasurer of North Norwich township, and well known farmer, died in his 76th year.Fifty-three residents of the Ox­ford County Home enjoyed a pic-l nic at Southside Pfcrk. Transport tation was provided by members of the Lions Club.Thomas Pye, Eastwood, em-l ployee of the Wood-Mosaic Co., Woodstock, was appointed by county council to succeed James Clarke as caretaker of the court house.A shrubbery trimming demon­stration was conducted at the courthouse grounds by John W. Piggott, Simcoe, under auspices of the Woodstock Horticultural Soc­iety.William F. Lanjpman, ex-war­den of Oxford County, died at his home near Curries in his 71st year.Warden N. M. Marshall of Ox­ford County was honored by the county council at its closing ses­sion and presented with an easy chair.Reeve E. I. Hansuld, East Zorra and Reeve Hugh Harris, East Nis­souri, with their councils, were re-I turned by acclamation for 1940, JDo YouRemember?IA YEARS AGOArlington D. Roblm'on. reeve of West Oxford, was elected warden of Oxford lor 1934 Succeeding J. F. McDonald, reeve of East Zorra.Councillor W. F. Lampman pf East Oxford council, attended county council in place of Reeve W. S. Wood, who was ill.County Clerk Adam Roth wax named by county council as its representative on lhe senate of ihe University of Western On­tario.Burns Roth, son of County Clerk and Mrs. Adam Roth, was appoint­ed business manager of the Uni­versity of Western Ontario medi­cal school journal.A. J. McKinney, chairman of the Woodstock Board of Health, addressed Oxford county council on a prbposal for a joint city and county isolation hospital.Fifty residents of the Oxford county home were guests at the Capitol Theatre for the afternoon show. Transportation was provided by the members of the Eastern Star.Adam Roth was appointed treas­urer of Woodstock Hospital Board succeeding the late Henry A. Lit­tle. ,jR. J. Kelly, deputy reeve of Dereham, was appointed returning officer for Oxford for the June provincial election.Miss Louise Huffman resigned her position as librarian at the Woodstock Public Library after several years service.The Ontario election was won by the Liberals headed by M. F. Hep­burn by a big majority over Prem­ier George S. Henry's Conservative government, P. M. Dewan, Liberal, was elected in Oxford over J. W. Sales, Conservative, and Sam In­nis, C.C.F.Oxford county council passed a resolution to petition the prov­incial government for permission to collect a higher tax on police dogs.E. L. Sutherland, Embro, war­den of Oxford County in 1892, was elected president of the Oxford Ex-wardens Association at the an­nual meeting at the court house, succeeding Col. T. R. Mayberry, Tnrprsoll.Oxford County Council granted ise of a vacant room in the court louse to Oxford Historical Society or a museum.R. J. Forbes, manager of the Oxford County Home, had a nar­row escape from raliing into an old unused well at the farm, when the earth covering caved in under1 him.J. D. Wood, R. R. 4, Embro, re­ceived injuries when he fell off a wagon load of oats he was getting into the barn.Revival of the county health un­it plan, advocated in Oxford for several years was foreseen, follow­ing the retirement of district med­ical officers of health by the On­tario government.\ Reeve Andrew Baechler, Tavis­tock, was appointed to be in charge of highway inspection on No. 19 between Shakespeare and Woodstock.County Clerk A. E. Roth was enjoying a month's vacation, his first holiday since taking the po­sition 10 years before.L. E. Peterson, Drumbo, a for­mer warden, was appointed clerk of the second division court of Oxford County.Warden A. D. Robinson of Ox­ford County, was preparing for the annual warden's banquet to be held in Ingersoll that year.Warden A. D. Robinson presided at the annual warden's dinner held in Ingersoll.Do YouRemember?(From HentineLBrvlew File*)23 YFARH AGOL. E. Peterson, reeve of Blen­heim. was elected ward* n of Ox­ford for 1924 on the third ballot.N. E. Birlch, retired county clerk of Oxford County,.wax pres­ented with a manogany wnokera' stand and box of cigars from the staff of the court house and reg­istry office.Adam Rotli, Titvistock. newly appointed county clerk of Oxford 1 County, commenced his duties at the court house.Roland B. Fry was re-elected president. Of the Drwnho fair board with Jackson Clark and S. S. Mur­ray, vice-preslfients, and W, A. Cockburn, secretary-treasurer.Miss Anna J. J. Murray, Sentin­el-Review reporter at county council meetings, was presented money from the council in appre­ciation of her good services in re­porting the meetings.Oxford Warden, L E. Peterson and Reeve Rettie were in Toronto interviewing Premier Ferguson regarding the county road system.R. J. (Bert) Forbes, manager of the Canadian Bank of Commerce. Central Butte, Sask., arrived home owing to the serious illness of his father, William Forbes, county road superintendent.The March session of Oxford county council opened at the court house with Warden L. E. Peterson of Blenheim presiding.County council was considering plans drawn up for a new bridge over the Thames river on the 12th line, north of Woodstock and re­moval of the present bridge to near Embro.A proposed salary increase of $150 for the turnkey of Oxford jail was defeated in cduny council by a vote of 11 to 9. _A prisoner at Oxford County jail, who had trusty privileges, made a successful escape by climb­ing the wall. Jail Governor George Forbes and Woodstock police organized a search.The June session of the county council opened at the court house with W'arden L. E. Peterson pre­siding. Notice of new arrangements for county pupils attending the W.C.I. received from the Board of Education, was the main topic of discussion.The Beafhville Lime Co, sought permission of county council to divert the«channel of the Thames River on its property and request­ed council to build a new bridge.A deputation from Tillsonburg waited on county council, seeking a grant of $7500 towards a newj hospital.Warden L. E. Peterson of Ox­ford was in Toronto attending a meeting of municipal representa- tives regarding provincial high­ways.W. O. Grenzebach. Hickson, prominent plowman, was winner of the stubble plowing at the In­ternational match at Brampton.Cost of feeding prisoners at Ox­ford county jail was compiled at 14.7 cents per day, by the jail gov­ernor. George Forbes.Drl Andrew Mackay, jail phys­ician, in his annual report, recom­mended that steps be taken Jo el­iminate bed bugs at the jail.