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Year 1954From The COUNTY OF OXFORD Court House Woodstock, Ont.1954PROPERTY OF THECOUNTY OF OXFORDReturn to County Clerk’s Office ...........•IL- *• LLMl"Congratulations to Oxford’s 100th Warden!” rang out after the county council elections yes­terday afternoon. The contest for the Warden’s chair is a popular annual event which packs theWINNER IS CONGRATULATEDcouncil chamber with election en­thusiasts to follow the unique open ballot system. Three candi­dates ran in a close contest dur­ing the afternoon’s inaugural meeting. In the centre is "thewinnah!” Reeve of Embro James D. Hossack being congratulated by Reeve of North Oxford Her­bert P. Dunn, left, and Reeve of Tillsonburg, Lawrence W. Smith right.J. D. Hossack Elected Oxford Warden For ’54 > r 'James D. Hossack sits today as Oxford's 100th warden, after de­feating Reeve Lawrence W. Smith, Tillsonburg, 13-3 on the 11th ballot in yesterday's voting by county councillors.Only three candidates entered the race for the warden’s chair at thia inaugural meet, with Reeve Herbert P. Dunn, North Oxford, withdrawing as low man at the end of the 10th ballot in accordance with a "gentlemen’s agreement" policy started by council last year.Oxford's open ballot system often became very time consuming, sometimes requiring 50 ballots be-fore a candidate acquired a neces­sary majority of 11 votes. To ex­pedite proceedings the "under­standing" was instituted.The election contest was close. Although Reeve Hossack received the necessary majority in the de­ciding 11th ballot, his election total, just before Reeve Dunn drop­ped out of the race, was 70, com­pared with 68 for Reeve Dunn and 72 for Reeve Smith.In Oxford the Reeve of Tillson­burg always receives a second vote because of a population re­gulation, the town has more than 2,000 municipal electors.County Council Meeting Opening This AfternoonOxford county council is holding inaugural meeting this after­noon at the county court house. One of the first items of business is the election of the 1954 warden to follow the term of office filled by Tom Bellow, warden ol 1953. Six new members are appearing In council this year wifh a seventh temporarily substituting for Mur­ray Logan, Reeve of East Oxford, who is on the sick list. Three Candidates arc seeking the warden’s chair this year in an open ballot. Last year council took a "gentlemen’s agreement'' attitude and the low man dropped out of the running on the tenth and subsequent ballots. It is expected the same procedure will be fol­lowed today.Six new members to the 1954 council were .welcomed during the session: Henry Banbury, Deputy Reeye of Blenheim. O. O. Smith, Dep'uty Reeve of East Nissouri; Robert Lee, Reeve of South Nor­wich; John R. Hargreaves, Reeve of West Oxford; James H. Ches­ney, Deputy Reeve of East Zorra, and Ed ‘Monteith, Reeve of West Zorra.Warden Hossack was nominated for his new office by Reeve Mon­teith. Reeve Dunn was nominated as candidate by Reeve Reginald Day of East Nissouri, and Reeve Smith nominated by Deputy Reeve of Tillsonbufg, Clare H. Esseltine.A request for a grant of $200 by the St. John Ambulance Corps. Western Ontario area, was heard by council following the Action.The letter wishing coiMil's en- dorsation came from the organisa­tion's public relations officer, George L. Nutt.Another request by D. B. Lawley, acting superintendent of the On­tario division of the Canadian Na­tional Institute For The Blind, was also heard. The request was for 5500. Four Candidates May SeekWardenship For Oxford* ----—-| -y:' ’. :•WARDEN SIGNS OATH OF OFFICEPhoto)(StaffJames D. Hossack took top votes in the three-man race. Declara­tion was made after the 11th bal­lot by county councillors. Mr. Hossack is seen signing his oathof office, with county clerk L. K. Coles, extreme left, and the 1954 warden Tom Fellow, looking on.County council has begun the <1954 term in earnest The declar- aiion of Oxford’s 100th Warden •was made after Reeve of EmbroCouncilTo MeetOnJan.19Free Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, Jan. 6 — Rumor has it that at least three and possibly four candi­dates will seek the honor of guiding Oxford County as warden when the January session of council convenes at the court house here January 19.Open BallotOf the four likely candidates, Reeve Lawrence W. Smith, Till- sonburg, has definitely announced his intention of running for the warden’s chair. Others being men­tioned as more than likely candi­dates are Reeve James D. Hossack, Embro; Reeve Herbert P. Dunn, North Oxford; Reeve Murray Lo­gan, East Oxford.Under Oxford's system of elect­ing a warden by open ballot, it is possible that the voting will take up most of the afternoon and will be the main item of business dur­ing the January session.A record vote was established in 1925 when the late James Innes was elected warden on the 56th ballot. In 1951 it took 54 ballots before Grant Sutherland, East Nissouri, was elected warden.Reeve of Embro Chosen 100th Warden of OxfordFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, Jan. 19 —■ James D. Hosack, reeve of Embro, was elected the 100th warden of Oxford County today on the 11th ballot defeating Reeve Lawrence W. Smith, of Tillsonburg, by 13 to eight.Three candidates were nominated for the wardenship with Reeve H. P. Dunn, North Oxford, withdrawing at the end of the 10th ballot.Under Oxford County’s unique system of open balloting the vote has, in the past, sometimes gone over the 50 mark. Starting with last year’s vote an understanding was reached whereby the low man at the end of the 10th ballot would drop out.Clowe RaceAlthough the race for the helm of Oxford was close with Reeve Dunn never under six votes, an early decision was leached. At the end of the 10th ballot Reeve Dunn had polled a total of 68, with Reeve Hossack 70, and Reeve Smith 72.With Tillsonburg allowed two votes, because of population, a minimum of 11 votes is needed to win the wardenship. There are 20 members on the county council in Oxford. The election was presided over by County Clerk and Treas­urer L. K. Coles, of Ingersoll.The new warden was nominated by Reeve Edward Monteith, of West Zorra. Reeve Dunn was nominated by Reeve Reginald Day, of East Nissouri, and Reeve Smith wu nominated by Deputy Reeve Clare H. Easeltine, of Tillsonburg.W.O. Counties Pick WardensWestern Ontario county coun­cils, at inaugural meetings yester­day, elected wardens for 1954. Those elected were:BRANT—Reeve Andrew Telfer, South Dumfries Township.DUFFERIN — Reeve Victor Phillips, Shelburne.ELGIN — Reeve Kenneth M.Williamson, Aylmer.ESSEX—Reeve Howard Brun­er, Gosfield South Township.GREY — Reeve George Man- nerow, Bentinck Township.HALDIMAND — Reeve G. W.Walker, Jarvis.HURON — Reeve W. J. Dale, Hullett Township.KENT — Reeve Robert. Isaacs, Dover Township.LAMBTON — Reeve William MacDougall, Brooke Township.MIDDLESEX — Reeve Fred Dobbs, Biddulph Township,OXFORD — Reeve J. D. Hom- sack, Embro.PERTH—Reeve J. A. Stephen, Blanshard Township.WATERLOO — Reeve H. L.Weichel, Elmira.^VELLINGT- ^r — Reeve R. L. ’W^anian, 'Vph Township.Three candidates are slated to compete in the election for Warden of Oxford County, as the new county council for 1954 prepares to meet for its first time Jan. 19.Furthermore, there will be six new members in council this year, as happened to be the case last year.Reeves Lawrence W. Smith, Till­sonburg, and James D. Hossack, Embro, have indicated their inten­tion of seeking the Warden’s chair, and it is reliably reported Reeve Herbert P. Dunn, North Oxford will also compete.New council members are: (1) Henry Banbury, R.R. 1, Princeton, Dep. Reeve of Blenheim (2) O. O. Smith, R.R. 4 St. Marys, Dep. Reeve of East Nissouri (3) Robert, Lee, R.R. 1 Springford, Reeve of South Norwich (4) John R. Har­greaves, R.R. 1 BeachviUc, Reeve of West Oxford (5) James H. Ches­ney, R.R. 1 Jnnerkip. Dep. Reeve of East Zorra (6) Ed, Monteith, | R.R. 3, Embro, Reeve of West I Zorra.Three May Enter Race For Warden's ChairProspective candidate for War­dent H. P. Dunn, has been in coun­ty council five years. L. W. Smith and J. D. Hossack have been in council, three each. Reeve Murray Logan, it was reported, had thought of competing but has now declined. He is presently a patient with a heart condition in the Woodstock General Hospital, where he is re­ported today to be “in fairly good condition.”Council members being replaced by the new members are: Reeve C. D. Sutor, R.R. 2 Paris; Reeve J. K. McLeod, Kintore; Reeve Fred Walther, Otterville; Thomas Pel- low, R.R. 5 Ingersoll; Reeve Wil­liam McDonald, R.R. 3 Woodstock; L. C. Innes, R.R. 3 Embro.In Oxford, the council elects its warden by open ballot. It took 56 ballots to elect the late James Innes in 1925 — a record vote. The voting of 1951 came close by elect­ing Grant Sutherland, East Nis­souri, with 54 ballots cast. There are 20 members in county council, with the Reeve of Tillsonburg hav­ing two votes. Embro Reeve Named Oxford WardenSigning his declaration of office, Oxford County's new warden, James D. Hossack reeve of Embro is shown with County Clerk L. K. Coles, Ingersoll, left, and retiring Warden Thomas Pel low, of West Oxford, right. (Photo by Watson, Free Press Woodstock Bureau).Presenting Oxford’s Warden James Donald HossackZorra’s James Donald Hossack, reeve of Embro, now is seated in the chair of the Warden of Oxford County by Virtue of his election through an open ballot at last Tues­day’s inaugural meeting of the 1954 council.Warden Hossack, who wears the kilt with all the dash and flair of a Zorra Scot, was bom at Lot 9, Con. 14 of East Missouri. His place of birth was on the farm his grand­father, Donald Hossack settled when he arrived in Canada from the Highlands of Scotland in 1860. He is the son of Christena Ross and Wilbert Hossack.For seventeen years, Jim Hossack farmed on the Town Line between West Zorra and East Missouri, moving to Embro in 1940 where he has resided since that time.Married in 1923 to Helen Rose, daughter of the late David and Lena Rose, their family consists of one daughter, Mrs. C. M. Little of Woodstock and two grandsons, Donald and Douglas Little.He is a member and has served on the Board of Managers of Knox Presbyterian Church, Embro, for several years. For seven years he served on the Embro school board and was chairman for six of those years. In 1952 he was president of the Zorra Caledon­ian Society. Fraternally he is a past noble grand of Embro Star Lodge No. 229, IOOF.James Hossack began his municipal ex­perience as a member of the Embro council, served as reeve in 1951, 1952 and 1953 and was re-elected to serve this year. During his last term on county council he served as chairman of the finance committee and as a member of the reforestation committee and the board of audit.The Sentinel-Review extends congratula­tions to Warden Hossack on his election to office and offers best wishes for a successful year in office.Judge Will be AppointedBefore End of Next WeekIn a statement made to the Sentinel-Review this morning, Attorney-General Dana Porter said definitely appointment of a new Oxford county Juvenile and family court judge will be made by the end of next week. “Almost immediately," he said, “either this week or next week." 'Hie new appointment will re­place Leslie M. Ball, who resigned at the end of 1953, after serv­ing as the county’s first juvenile and family court judge since 1944. Rabbit Drives RappedRegulation Is Urged Of Hunters In OxfordFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK. Jan. 21 — A delegation from some Oxford town­ships appealed to County Council today to make a recommendation to the Department of Landa and Forests regulating jack rabbit drives.Grant Smith, Burgessvillc, spokesman for the delegation, said they were representing the townships following a meeting held by them last week. “We want better control of hunting in thia county,” he stated adding “especially jack rabbit drives."He said that farmers were com­plaining that there were too many drives a day and that the hunters shot everything in sight, । dosing SuggestedMr. Smith suggested that the jack rabbit drives be closed at theDeer Being Shot to Protect Agricultural Stock in Oxfordend of January. "We don't care how many jack rabbits are shot but we are particularly worried about our pheasants which we spend considerable money on,” he stated.Other members of the delegation were: M. R. Wilson, Springford; Norman Moyer, Dereham; Ken­neth Peers, RR 4, Woodstock.Dr. C. H. D. Clark, Toronto, supervisor of fish and wildlife management for the provincial de­partment; E. R. Meadows, Galt, Huron district inspector, and Ox­ford Game Overseer Herbert Clark were on hand to explain the de­partment’s position.Dr. Clark explained that the county doesn’t make any regula­tions and that the authority lies with the province with a certain authority delegated to the town­ships in the matter of issuing li­censes for rabbits, pheasants and foxes in open seasons.He pointed out that individual property owners have absolute power and control over who enters their there go toHeproperty and what they do but very few ever want to this trouble.felt that the solution was to get the townships to agree to limit the sale of licenses to non-resi­dents. He said that regulations limiting the number of people on a drive was theoretically difficult to enforce. Council referred the matter to committee.MEET WITH COUNTY COUNCIL TO DISCUSS HUNTINGA delegation of hunters, who approached County Council yes­terday to press for better control measures for hunting, are shown in the above picture. They are: In answer to complaints from farmers that deer are being shot In the Verschovle area by depart­ment of lands and forests officials. Ed Meadows oi Hespeler, chief name preservation officer, said they are being shot for the far­mer's own protection.Elaborating on this, he said during a telephone conversation this morniqg that unfortunately sufficient1 deer were not being taken during the open season.The deer are being almost com­pletely eradicated in order to pre­vent the transfer of the dangerous liver-fluke disease to agricultural stock, said Mr. Meadows. Further, he said, the department of lands and forests has been receiving complaints from farmers in theKen Peers, R.R. 4, Woodstock, front; second row, left to right, M. R. Wilson, Springford; Dr. C. Clark, superintendent of Wild­life for the Department of Lands and Forests; Norman Moyer, area that leaf crops iwere being damaged by grazing deer.Six deer taken yesterday were killed only hy department officials. It wai emphasized the killing Is much safer to the public when done by game officials, as they know how to handle firearms cor­rectly."However, we do not intend to kill off ail the deer," he stated, "but it would be a good thing for deer and agriculture do not' get along."R.R. 1, Mount Elgin; back row, Ed Meadows, chief game pres­ervation officer, Hespeler and Grant Smith, Burgessville. (Staff Photo)Fox Bounty Down In Oxford in '53Any old foxes hanging around I the house? People in Oxford col­li lected fox bounty on fewer "Rey- Inaras" this past year than 1952 J but at $3 bounty per fox, they still collected $1,341 from L. K. Coles, County Clerk.Moreover if you had a hide-a-way for fox catchin' in the month of May, . . especially in East Nis- souri. . . your chances of accum­ulating a little more ca: would be greatest! Don't hide .,ay in a hide-a-way, in South Norwich, though, because it doesn't pay in this county! Only five were turn­ed in for the whole year.Statistics received from the L county clerk's office this morning I are as follows:l Fox bounties paid last year numbered 447, for 1952-362.More foxes were turned in in May than any other month; 27 came from East Nissouri, follow­ed closely by West Zorra’s 26. None were from South Norwich; 159 were received from the coun­ty in May. January was next best with 58. Lowest number was re­ceived in August ad September , with five each.The yearly receipts show: Blen­heim 87; West Zorra was next best 'with 77; the lowest was 5 from South Norwich.Total brought In for fox bounty payment for December was 19. The townships reporting were: Bh-nheim 4: Dereham 2; East Nis-i sour! 3; South Norwich 3; East Oxford 2; West Oxford 2; East Zorra 2; West Zorra 1.i December figures for the pre­vious year showed 26.Six By-Laws Introduced At County Council MeetSix, by-laws were given their first readings in yesterday’s coun­ty council session and a request for an increase in the county's grant to the Canadian National In­stitute for the Blind was made by representative, field-secretary Ian Grills, of the Woodstock-Ox­ford Advisory Board to the CNIB. The $200-$250 increase would raise the grant to $500.Property chairman. Reeve of North Norwich Harold R. Bickell, and newcomer to council, Robert H. Lee, Reeve of South Norwich, guided introduction of a by-law to authorize making of appointments for the year while Reeve of Nor­wich, Harry C. Cayley, finance secretary and Reeve of Blandford William A, Chesney, ag­riculture chairman, directed a by­law to appoint a road committee.Guidance for authorization to pass orders and accounts was giv­en by W. A. Chesney and Fred L. Schell, acting Reeve of East Ox­ford (pinch-hitting for Murray Lo­gan who is temporarily absent be­cause of illnws).A by-law to provide for the total .1954 expenditure on the county road system and county bridges was steered by road committee chairman Reginald R. Day, Reeve of East Nissouri, and William J. Stoakley, Reeve of Dereham. Authorization to allow the war­den and county clerk to borrow money for the county road sys­tem was set in motion by William Stoakley and Reginald Day, and finally a by-law to borrow money, involved finance chairman, Reeve of Blenheim 0. T. Coleman, and newcomer to council, Blenheim’s Deputy Reeve Henry Banbury.REQUESTS INCREASEMr. Grills, himself blind, works with three counties: Oxford, Nor­folk and Brant. In support of hisrequest, he stated there were about 74 registered blind persons in Oxford, including Woodstock’s total of 21-25."Despite the deaths among the registered blind across Canada,” he said, "our registrations are jumping 1,000 per year.” This has been the picture for the last six- years, he indicated. "Our regis­tration today across Canada is over 20,000. During the past 35 years the CNIB has been in ex­istence there have been vast changes made in the living stan-dards of the people in Canada-L no longer have we blind beggars in the streets.”Canada ranks high among the nations of the world, he pointed out, largely due to the services of the CNIB. The United Nations have approached Canada for help in dealing with the great numbers of blind people of Egypt and other eastern countries.“For the past five to six years the CNIB has been operating at a deficit, due to increased regis­trations and services." he re-, marked, "and it costs between $6,000-$6.500 per year for Oxford."SECOND READINGThe six by-laws , introduced in county council yesterday were giv­en the second reading in this morning's session with movers, Reeve of Blenheim, O. T. Cole­man; Reeve of North Norwich, Harold R. Bickell; Reeve of Nor­wich. Harry C. Cayley; Reeve of Blandford. W. A. Chesney; Reeve of East Nissouri, Reginald R. Day; Reeve of Dereham. W. J. Stoakley. Seconders were: Deputy Reeve of Blenheim, Henry Banbury; Reeve of South Norwich, Robert H Lee;' W. A. Chesney; Acting Reeve of East Oxford Fred [.. Schell; W. J. Stoakley; Reginald R. Day. PREPARE TO ELECT 1954 WARDEN“Guess who is goir.g to be el­ected,” J. H. Chesney, Deputy Reeve of East Zorra could be saying on the phone as the six other new members to county council this year await theirCounty Council Names Members of CommitteesRev. Robert A. Sinclair, presby- terian minister of Embro, made the invocation at the opening of county council session yesterday morning. Following the short ad­dress, a five-rhan committee was formed to strike standing commit­tees of council for 1954.Reeve Orval T. Coleman, Blen­heim Township, was elected chair­man of the finance committee and Reeve Harry C. Cayley, Norwich, was made secretary.Following are the standing com­mittees struck by council: Road committee, Warden James D. Hos­sack, Embro; Reeve William J. Stoakley, Dereham, Reeve Regin­ald Day, East Nissouri, chairman; J. N. MeathereD, secretary.Finance committee, Reeve Orval T.-Coleman, Blenheim, chairman:TORNADO FUND RECEIPTS iIf you have contributed to the Oxford County Tornado Relief Fund and have not received your receipt, phone the county clerk's office in Woodstock (No. 237) or write him at the court house Wood- stock. That is the advice given by county clerk L. K. Coles, who stated he had on hand, receipts returned because of insufficient ad­dresses and some receipts bearing no address. In the Woodstock area he has receipts for: Alice I. Thom­son, Hennie Witteveen, Margaret Doisou, Doris Jones, Jacqueline Gemmell and Jacqueline Brown. In tho Tillsonburg area: Miss Blanche Holland, and The Maple Park Women’s Institute. In East Nissouri township: F- W. Stoodley and I. N. Tisdale.turn to relay news of the anx­ious moments before the elect­ion of the 1954 Warden, Sitting: O. O. Smith Deputy Reeve of East Nissouri, E. A. Monteith, Reeve of West Zorra, H. Ban- buiy, Deputy Reeve of Blenheim.Reeve Harry C. Cayley, Norwich, secretary; Deputy Reeve Clare H. Esseltine, Tillsonburg; Reeve Rob­ert Lee, South Norwich; Reeve Ed­ward Monteith, West Zorra.Printing and Resolutions, Deputy Reeve Clare Esseltine, chairman; Reeve H. R. Bickell, secretary; Reeve Louis L. Wettlaufer, Reeve Murray Logan, Reeve H. P. Dunn.Propery, Reeve Harold R. Bick­ell, North Norwich, chairman; sec­retary; Deputy Reeve, James Chesney, East Zorra; Reeve Rob-CROPS DAMAGEDHUNTERS CHARGEA delegation of hunters from four townships met Oxford Coun­ty Council this morning to press for better measures to control hunting in those counties.Their complaint was that dur­ing jack rabbit drives, their farm crops are damaged by trampling on them.Taking part in the delegation were Ken peers, R.R. 4, Wood- stock, representing East Oxford; Norman Moyer, R.R. 1, Mount Elgin, representing Dereham; M. R. Wilson, Springford, repre­senting South Norwich, and Grant Smith, Burgessville, rep­resenting North Norwich. Also present Were Dr. C. Clark, Wild­life Representative for Southern Ontario, for the Ontario Depart­ment of Inds and Forests and Ed Meadows, chief game pres­ervation officer, Hespeler.Standing: Robert Lee, Reeve of South Norwich, Fred L. Schell, Acting Reeve of East Oxford, (substituting for Murray Logan temporarily), J. H. Chesney and John R. Hargreaves, Reeve of West Oxford. (Staff Photo)ert Lee, South Norwich; Reeve H. P. Dunn, North Oxford.Equalization, , Reeve Lawrence W. Smith, Tillsonburg, chairman; Reeve Coleman, Blenheim, sec­retary, East Zorra; Reeve Robert Lee, South Norwich; Reeve H. P. Dunn, North Oxford.Agriculture, Reeve William A. Chesney, Blandford, chairman; Reeve Murray Logan, East Oxford, secretary; Reeve John Hargreaves, West Oxford; Deputy Reeve Henry Banbury, Blenheim; Deputy Reeve O. O. Smith, East Nissouri.Education, Deputy Reeve J. R. McLaughlin, Dereham, chairman; Reeve W. L. Smith, Tillsonburg, secretary; Reeve H. C. Cayley, Norwich; Deputy Reeve 0 O. Smith, East Nissouri; Reeve H. R. Bickell, N. Norwich.County home committee, Reeve Murray Logan, East Oxford; War­den James D. Hossack, Embro;Oxford health unit. Warden James D. Hossack; Reeve Robert Rudy, Tavistock; Reeve H. C. Cayley.Conservation and reforestation, Deputy Reeve Henry Banbury, chairman; Reeve Edward Mon­teith, secretary; Deputy Reeve J. R. McLaughlin; Reeve H. P. Dunn; Deputy Reeve James Chesney, county road superintendent, J. N. Meatherell, county clerk and treas­urer, L. K. Coles.Library, Warden James D. Hos­sack, Reeve W. J. Stoakley, Reeve Reginald R. Day, Reeve Orval T. Coleman.juvenile court. Deputy Reeve Clare H. Esseltine, Warden James D. Hossack, L. K. Coles.Hospital Woodstock General Hos­pital, Warden James D. Hossack. Ingersoll Hospital, Reeve John R. Hargreaves. Tillsonburg Hospital, Reeve L. W. Smith.CommitteesAre ChosenFor Oxford« Free Frew WofNlfftock BureauWOODSTOCK, Jan. 20 Reeve Orval T. Coleman. Blenheim Town­ship. was elected chairman of the finance committee by Oxford County Council here today and Reeve Harry C. Cayley, Norwich, was made secretary.Following are the standing com­mittees struck by council: Road committee, Warden James D. Hossack. Embro; Reeve William J. Stoakley, Dereham, Reeve Reg­inald R. Day, East Nissouri. (Chairman not yet named).Finance committee, Reeve Or­val T. Coleman, Blenheim, chair­man; Reeve Harry C. Cayley. Nor­wich, aecretary; Deputy Reeve Clare H. Esseltine, Tillsonburg; Reeve Robert Lee, South Norwich: Reeve Edward Monteith.t West Zorra.Property CommitteeProperty, Reeve Harold R. Bick­ell, North Norwich, chairman: secretary; Reeve William A. Ches­ney, Blandford: Reeve Louis L. Wettlauffer, East Zorra; Reeve John Hargreaves, West Oxford,Equalization, Reeve Lawrence W. Smith, Tillsonburg, chairman; Reeve Coleman Blenheim, secre­tary; Deputy Reeve James Ches­ney, East Zorra: Reeve Robert Lee, South Norwich; Reeve H. P.. Dunn, North Oxford.Agriculture, Reeve William A. Chesney, Blandford, chairman; Reeve Murray Logan, East Oxford, secretary; Reeve John Hargreaves. West Oxford; Deputy Reeve Henry Banbury, Blenheim; Deputy Reeve O. O. Smith, East Nissouri.Education, Deputy Reeve J. R. McLaughlin, Dereham, chairman; Reeve W. L. Smith, Tillsonburg, secretary; Reeve H. C. Cayley, Norwich; Deputy Reeve O. O. Smith, East Nissouri; Reeve H. R. Bickle, N. Norwich.County HomeCounty home committee, Reeve Murray Logan, East Oxford; War­den James D. Hossack, Embro; Oxford health unit, Warden James D. Hossack; Reeve Robert Rudy: Reeve H. C. Cayley.Printing and resolutions. Reeve Louis L. Wettlaufer, Reeve Clare Asseltine, chairman; Reeve H. R. Bickle, secretary: Reeve Murray Logan: Reeve H. P. Dunn.Conservation and reforestation, Deputy Reeve Henry Banbury, chairman; Reeve Edward Monteith, secretary; Deputy Reeve J. R. Mc­Laughlin; Reeve H. P. Dunn: Dep­uty Reeve Janies Chesney, county road superintendent, J. M. Meath­erell, county clerk and treasurer, L. K. Coles.Library, Warden James D. Hos­sack, Reeve Wm. J, Stoakley, Reeve Reginald R. Day, Reeve Orval T. Holeman.Juvenile court. Deputy Reeve Clare H. Esseltine, Warden James D. Hossack, L. K. Coles.Hospital, Woodstock Genei Hospital, Warden James D. Hos­sack. Ingersoll Hospital, Reeve John R. Hargreaves. Tillsonburg Hospital, Reeve L. W. Smith.DEFICIT FOR 1953A deficit of $8,S53,5? ter 1953 is shown ter the Oxford County Home in comparing last year's expendi­ture with receipts. The figures on its annual report submitted tc county council this morning show: total expenditures $37,023.89. total receipts $28,170.32. The superinten­dent, R. J. Forbes, was present in council chambers this morning and comment was passed as to ‘ the very fine condition the home is kept in," although it was not a new building. Prompt Assistance Given As Tornado Hits OxfordWith the announcement by the federal government, early in Dee- ^nber, of a grant of $16,756.62 to; the Oxford Tornado Relief Fund, a chapter of Oxford County his-i iory was brought to a close, a chapter that revealed the deep concern of bath the federal and provincial governmente for the Welfare of the Candaian farmer, and also brought to light the fact! that there is a real and sincere! bond of brotherhood underlying the relationships between the ur­ban and rural populations of the country.The tornado, which wreaked' havoc on 22 Oxford County farms, swept hrough the Southern On­tario early in May and did millions of dollars worth of damage to the city of Sarnia which lay in its path.The first agency to take any steps towards an organized as­sistance for the farmers was the provincial government. Taking ac­tion the very night the tornado’ struck, the provincial government fertbin the necessary heavy equip­ment fo? the .clearing,£way of_the debris that had been left in the wake of the snarling twister. Ex­perienced bushmen, who amazed the farmers with the efficiency and speed with which they clean­ed up the properties, were also sent in by the provincial govern­ment. In some instances all the farm buildings had been reduced to matchwood. This was the case at the Land farm ni East Nissouri where two houses, the barn, and all other outbuildings were reduc­ed to scrap with even the heavy cement silo lying in chunks among .the debris. It was here that Ox- lord county suffered its only Joss of life in the tornado.. The urban centres of Oxford soon came to the aid of their ru­ral neighbors. The movement to Aid the farmers was spearheaded locally by the Ingersoll Chamber of Commerce. The first meeting of -.the group was held in Kintore on the evening of June 4 and included •representatives of the Ingersoll ‘Chamber of Commerce, the Beach- ville Board of Trade, Woodstock poard of Trade, the East Nissouri and West Zorra councils..NAMED CHAIRMAN• Gordon Pittock, Ingersoll, was "appointed chairman of the Tor- .nado Relief Committee which w’as •fonned at the meeting. This com- 'mittee became know as the cen- .tral fund-raising committee and ►consisted of the following represen­tatives from the different areas in j Lthe county, Gordon W. Pittock, ►chairman: L. A. Westcott, secre- . tary; S. O. Alexander, WoodstockBoard of Trade; A. M. Mushlian. ! Beachville Board of Trade: W. C.j Lock, East Nissouri committee; J. Hossack, West Zorra and Embro committee; county clerk J. L. Coles, treasurer.On recommendation of County I Council, a central committee was set up for the purpose of apprais- [ ing damages, disbursment of funds,;; volunteer help, government ap- proach and similar administrative 1 i facets of the Tornado Fund. The 1 original -ommittee remained as a purely fund-raising committee. This new committee, which would be re­sponsible for the funds after they were raised, consisted of T. Fellow, warden of Oxford County; J. D. Hossack, West orra and Embro I area; J. K. McJ>od, reeve of East ■Nissouri; R. Day. deputy-reeve, East Nissouri; L K. Coles, county! clerk; F. E. Ellis,. Federation of 1 Agriculture; Gordon Smith, Jun-' ior Farmers: L. A. Westcott, G.। W. Pittock, representatives of the original committee.The original committee launched an intensive rimd-raWng program i which proved to be a decided sur-eftss and realized the $2$,000 ob’i jootive they had set for the county. The small village of Beachville made hn outstanding effort on be­half of the fund and each homo) in the village was canvassed per-i sonally. Beachville raised $1,932.37 by Individual contact of its peo­ple. Industrial and retail cam; paigns were conducted in each area and were also contacted personal­ly. The hanks and schools of the county were contacted by letter and constant appeals were made; through the press and radio.Outside of th. official assistance: offered by the committee there wore many individual offers from I neighbors and interested people; to help the farmers gel back Into operation. William Stone and Sons! Limited, Ingersoll, sent groups of! volunteer workers from among their employees to assist in the; enormous task of rehabilitation.' Volunteer workers were also sent into the area from the North Am-1 erican Cyanamid Company Lim-’ ited at Beachville. The plants sent both men and equipment to the | assistance of the farmers.Numerous benefit concerts were presented throughout the county, the proceeds to be turned over en­tirely to the Tornado Relief Fund.' Among these was the Norwich concert, which featured the Wood-, stock Barber Shop Quartet, htc Don Wright Singers of London, who presented a concert at Kin- tore, and a Sunday night concert sponsored by Mayor Thomas J. Morrison of Ingersoll with assist-' ance from Les McKerral of Wood- stock and the Christina Armour McNaughton Chapter of the IODE.Smaller projects were engineer­ed by various organizations throughout Oxford. The Lower Slobovians, from the Chemical Lime Company Limited, presented one of their hilarious ball games against the Beachville Girls at Em- mro and similar contributions of; a varied nature were contributed toward the overall effort on behalf of the tornado victims.The final figures on the tornado revealed that Oxford County had sustained a net loss of -181,360., Money raised amounted to $109,-1 858.72, a little over 60 per cent of the total net loss. The break-down of the total raised. is as follows, municipal grants, $21,750, public subscriptions, $36,362.47, Province of Ontario grant, $29,056.23, na­tional disaster fund,, $5,800, Feder­al Government grant, $16,756.62,1 Waterloo county, $133.40.Last but not least were the com­ments made by the farmers them­selves who were recipients of the fund. If any good could be said to come from a destructive tornado the feeling of good will engendered between the farmers of Oxford and the urban dwellers would be the example in this case. As for the committees who put so much ef­fort into the fund-raising cam­paign, Warden T. Pellow expressed the sentiments of all at the final meeting of the group when he stated "the sight of all those new barns in the devastated area is reward enough for any work that, may have been involved.Oxford Warden Sends GreetingsBy THOMAS PELLOWWarden of Oxford CountyIt Is again a peasure for me to bring to the people of Oxford a message from the county council.In a great agricultural county such as we have in Oxford, we need a counci Ithat is interested in promoting an improved and spe­cialized system of agrlcuture. This can only be accomplished with the aid of a strong federation of ag­riculture. Tlie Oxford Federation deserves the whole-hearted sup­port of every citizen of the coun­ty.The federation is the real rep­resentative of the farmer and itA. B. Hunt Chosen HeadOf ElectronicsOTTAWA <CP)—A. Brewer Hunt, prominent Montreal electrical en­gineer, will head Canada's $100,- 000,000-a-year electronics defence program.Production Minister Howe today announced appointment of the new $l-a-year man, on loan from the Northern Electric Co. Ltd., where he is general manager of the com­munications equipment division.Mr. Hunt, a bland, soft-spoken, 51-year-old electronics expert, suc­ceeds W. R. McLachlan of To­ronto, who recently was appointed head of A. V. Roe’s gas turbine division at Malton.TOP-SECRETS CHIEFThe new electronics chief, who also is president of the Radio Tele­vision Manufacturers Association, will rule over a top-secret programL. J. PELTONLionel J. Pelton, well known and highly respected citizen of West Zorra, died at the General Hos­pital, Stratford, on Monday. Jan. 4. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pelton, he was born on the 3rd line, West Zorra, on Sept. 21, •1875.He was a member of Knox United Church, Embro, and served as an elder for many years. He; was very active in community and school affairs. For over 40 years he was treasurer of the Township of West Zorra and was still serving in that capacity at the time of his death.Ihas proven It can do the job. The voice of the federation is being 'heard in parliaments where the. agricultural policies of Canada are being made. Great benefits have come from their endeavors., 'rhe federation lends its support to every commodity group and was first in soliciting aid for the victims of the May 21 disaster. The organization gave valuable! assistance in panning and organ­izing the effort following the tor- ndo.Let us get behind these men who are doing so much, for us all. May 1954 be a year of great oc- complishment for the Oxford Fed­eration of Agriculture.Programthat has become the most intri­cate segment of the current de­fence build-up.Out of the heavy flow of orders from this department has come equipment for the Canadian-Ameri­can transcontinental northern ra­dar screen.This project includes an elabor­ate system of telephone, micro­wave and radio communication equipment.It also includes production of radio walkie-talkies for overseas allies, radar for ships and aircraft, anti-submarine detection equip­ment, ground training planes to simulate flight and radar control units for anti-aircraft guns. • ELECTRONICS VITALElectronics play an increasing J part in Western defence and with this increased use has come a' growing complexity in production, the production department said.Mr. Howe said he feels satisfied that in Mr. Hunt he has found the man of experience he requires. Mr. Hunt has been with Northern Electric for 26 years. He has held a number of important posts, cov­ering engineering and manufactur­ing of both electronic and tele­phone equipment.A native of London. Ont., he graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in applied science.90,000 Hogs ProducedYearly in Oxford CountyWoodstock’s Mill RateTo Be 38, Up 5 Mills New Quarters are Opened For Oxford Health UnitNew quarters of the Oxford Health Unit were opened ycslcr- day in a quiet unpretentious man­ner, although staff members look­ed very happy ns they conducted the first regular weekly Child Health Conference of the year, at­tended by 36 children. The unit hasNTH,I. WORKINGMiss Haviland explained that workmen are still painting in the unit's new section and are install­ing more partitions in the clinic room."Thore will be more privacy inCases Of Measles, Mumps On Increase In Oxfordconferencing because of the newtaken over the old Registry build- interviewing cubicles,'’ she re- ing on the corner of Hunter and. narked, "but it will probably beGraham streets. Woodstock, whilegiving up some of its office space in the County Court House.a month or so before everybodyOno small addition has been made to the rear uf the old build­ing and it will mainly be used forhas moved over from the mnln floor of the court house. It's niceand clean — we're just waiting to get all our equipment in!"The report of the Child Health^Conference cotaiding with th. visiting mothers. opening of the new clinic room, isCommenting on the new quart-as follows:ers. Supervisor of Nurses Miss Mothers were conferenced by the । Mae Haviland, (who replaced Miss following nurses: Mrs. D. Johnston. Margaret Grieve after her resig-and Miss Elsie Holden, assisted by nation) stated ‘Since there are no Miss Mae Haviland, and also by? stairs to climb, tit's much more Miss Ruth Taylor who represents convenient for the mothers attend-the Victorian' Order of Nurses^ mg the Child Health Conference.' Bades attending for the firstThe new Health Unit quarters t}me were: Douglas Bruce Argentji will house only the sanitary in- Linda Mae Lloyd, Christin. Anne specters, J. L. Griffith and M. B. smith and Nancy Kathleen White- McCall: the clerical staff, Mrs. J-iaw. Volunteers assisting wereU Box and Mrs. A. Ellerby; the vet- Mrs. L. T. Banner and Mrs. G. C. erinarian Dr. L. E. L. Taylor TpmD]e(who is presently on the sick list);If junior wakes up one of these mornings covered with spots it might cause mother moments of agitation ... It shakes the dickens out of wme ... but "There is nothing to be alarmed about at all" said Dr. 0- C. powers, MOH at the Oxford Health Unit, this morn­ing, as he mentioned the likelihood of more cases of measles as well as mumps moving this way from the southern part of the county, where both afflictions are preval­ent."Four or five new cases are re­ported every day,” he said, "the township of South Norwich being hit the hardest with 25 to 30 cases on record.” Mumps cases are more numerous than measles. "One at­tack of mumps or measles usually immunizes for life," said Dr. Pow­ers. “Second attacks are rare.”"We have more cases now thanInst year at this time; the preval­ency seems to come in cycles of three or four years. We are In, about the third year of the present! cycle now. Measles and mumps.are most prevalent In winter or early spring.”The advice that Dr. Powers gives is — "Parents should seek medical attention for their children because, of the complications involved They should keep their youngsters away from other children for the quaran-, tine period.” Mumps usually last 16 days. Measles usually one week to 10 days.the MOH Dr. O. C. Powers. (The10 nurses, however, will remain in the same rooms in the basement of the court house. They com­prise: Mae Haviland (supervisor of nurses', R. Grieve. Nora P. Hicks. Mrs. D. Johnston, Mrs. J. Water­house. Elsie Holden, Mrs. S. Wil­kins, Muriel Morgan, Mrs. Joan Wren, and Mrs. Betty Brown.More ResidentsIn Oxford NowComparative population figures for Oxford show an increase over last year.While statistics released by thei county clerk, Leonard K. Coles, show an overall increase, the town­ship of North Oxford reported a loss of 53 and villages of Norwich and Tavistock reported losses of five and 10 respectively.Blenheim had the largest in­crease of the townships, marking up 337, followed by South Nor­wich with 190.Population figures for 1954 are listed as follows, with 1953 figures in brackets: Blandford 1234 (1177), Blenheim 4,000 ( 3663), Dereham 2717 (3696), East Nissouri 2258 (2282). North Norwich 2038 (2029), South Norwich 2604 (2414). East Oxford 2116 (2025), North Ox-, ford 1223 (1276), West Oxford 2796 (2670), East Zorra 3228 (3119), West Zorra 2068 <1918).Villages of: Embro 459 (459); Norwich 1415 (1420), Tavistock 1124 (1134). .City of Woodstock 16.375 (15.843). Town of Ingersoll 6,607 (6,448).OXFORD HEALTH UNIT IN NEW"TV1 nice . . bright . . and clean!" said Supervisor of Nur­ses Miss Mae Haviland, at the recent opening of the new quart­ers of the Oxford Health Uniton the corner of Hunter and Graham streets, Woodstock. With her. Dr. O. C. Powers MOH, and nurses Elsie Holden and Mrs. Dorothy Johnston are shown inQUARTERSfront of the new private inter­viewing cubicles of the clinic room. They've just taken a brief moment to relax from their very busy schedule. (Staff Photo)The Dereham Deer HuntSworn in As lodgeMagistrate R. G. Groom, of Till­sonburg, yesterday was sworn in as judge of the juvenile court of Oxford County by Judge Eric W. Cross. Mr. Groom's appointment, recommended by the juvenile court committee composed of represent­atives from the county, Woodstock, Ingersoll and the Oxford Children’s Aid Society, took effect as of Jan. 28, 1954..’ resent during the swearing-in yesterday were A. C. Whaley, crown attorney; Mrs. Jean Deans, representing the Oxford County CAS: County Clerk and Treasurer L. K. Coles, representing tire ju­venile court committee,(An Editorial in The Chatham Daily News) Dereham township is in Oxford county. Some years ago it was the location of a spectacular but short lived natural gas field.More recently it has come into the news as the scene of the much criticized ‘‘Dere­ham deer hunt,” carried out by the Depart­ment of Lands and Forests wild life conser­vation branch.According to the story, farmers had com­plained regarding the depredations of the deer, which constituted a menace to crops.The conservation heads at Toronto decid­ed to meet the complaints by a well-conduc­ted hunt, employing competent experts in markmanship, men who “knew how to handle guns.” #A by-product: of the hunt would, It was indicated, be a supply of deer livers for use in necessary research work.In due course the hunt filled the Dere­ham atmosphere with the sounds of battle.Since then, the Oxford county public has been filling the same atmosphere and thelocal newspapers with the sounds of com­plaint.A tale is told of the ‘expert’ marksmen taking no less than seven shots to bring down a deer already wounded.The deer, it is claimed, were shot with high-powered rifles, though during the open season ordinary hunters are restricted to slug-loaded shotguns.Dogs were employed to run the deer, a practice also forbidden to ordinary hunters in the open season.Finally, the imported hunters went on the land without asking permission of the farmers—always a sore touch with the lat­ter.An isolated case where a successsion of shots are required to kill a single deer is not too serious a count; mishaps we are told, occur in the best regulated families, and the most carefully-handled enterprises.But the use of methods and equipment banntxi for ordinary hunters, and the unin­vited invasion of farms, are more serious matters. fl LIGHTER MOMENT AT THE COUNCIL MEETING• “The official tie of the South goes North.” said Deputy ReeveOxford’s southern tow iship of Dereham. Ralph McLaugh­lin, extreme right, in present­ing a black string bow tie to Reeve William A. Chesney of the county's northern township of Blandford. It has been tradit- ICounty Council Approves Increased Road Tax RateAn increase of approximately (welfare; $5,000 for secondary anda half a mill in the tax rate for roads was approved last night by county council when the council decided to spend an estimated $458,100 on the Oxford County road system this year.The $458,100 is an increase of $86,792 over the actual expenditure of $371,308 spent last year. This year's estimated will mean a mill rate of 6.28 for roads compared with last year's rate of 5.94.The county’s share of the road budget, recommended by the fin­ance committee, was estimated at $200,000, as compared with an esti­mate of $185,000 last year.The new road budget was ear­marked as follows: roads, $378,000; bridges and culverts, $80,000.County council also budgeted a preliminary estimate of $460,000 for the new year for borrowing purposes.PRESENT ESTIMATESThe estimated expenditures for the year, presented to the council by Reeve O. T. Coleman* Blen- hiem, totalled $115,000 for general purposes; $110,000 for charity andLETTERS TO EDITORAPPRECIATIONThank you for the congratula­tions and good wishes extended to me on my election as warden of the county in your Sentinel-Review editorial of Jan. 22, 1954.One of the nice things about be­ing the 100th Warden of Oxford has been the many expressions of good will that I have received from interested people and groups. I din't realize that so many people would be interested.During my three years as a member of the county of Oxford administration, The Sentinel-Re­view has always given kindly co­operation to both our village of Embro and the county. I appreci­ate this very much as the press forms a very important part of our public relations.Wishing your paper every suc­cess during the coming year, I remain,Yours sincerely Jim HossackEmbro। ion in county council session for members to create a little frien­dly rivalry in outdoing each other with eyecatching ties. In a lighter moment yesterday the reporter cauf. i a quiet cer­emony being conducted in a back room with Reeve of East Zorra Louis Wettlaufer (a no- ’th’r.jr,, extreme left lookingvocational education; $30,000 for building reserve fund, and $200,- 000 for county roads and bridges, an increase of $15,000 over labt year.Seventy per cent of the $260,000 for general purposes was author­ized to be borrowed, being $182,000.Also recommended and passed by council were recommendations by the finance committee that council join the Ontario Good Roads Association, Canadian Good Roads Association and the Associ­ation of Rural Municipalities.County Council To Ask Shorter Hunting SeasonCounty council last night decided to petition the proper authorities to end the open season on rabbits on Jan. 31 because various Oxford townships are having trouble with the “discourtesy and bad man­ners" of hunters.The resolution was brought forth in the agricultural committee’s se­cond report by W. A. Chesney, Reeve of Blandford, chairman of the committee, and approved by council. The recommendation stat­ed the following:“As the various townships are having trouble with the discourt-COUNTY ASSESSOR Applications for the position of County Assessor for Oxford Coun­ty will be received by the under­signed until March 9. 1854.Applicant's age, history and quan- flcatlons (if any) should be Includ­ed in the applications.Later, a personal interview will be arranged to discuss salary, em­ployment conditions, etc.L. K. COLES Clerk, County of Oxford, Court House, Woodstock, Ontarioon with Reeve of Dereham Will­iam Stoakley (southerner) 3rd i from the left. The competition hasn't been too ' >en this sess­ion as yet. It was reported Reeve of Tavistock Robert j Rudy had a tie last year that I had a built-in light that flashed on and off! (Staff photo.)Graduate . NurseFor clinical duties with Oxford Health Unit. Salary schedule $2.- 300 - $2,800 with annual increments. Car allowance. Good working con­ditions. Apply toSupervisor Of NursesOXFORD HEALTH UNIT, COURT HOUSE, WOODSTOCK, ONTARIO 22/24/26-8Public Health NursesFOR OXFORD HEALTH UNIT Generalized Service in Rural Area. Salary schedule $2,400 - $2,900, with innual increments and credit for jast experience. Car allowance. Jood working conditions with pen­sion plan. Annual vacation — one month.Apply to: Supervisor Of Nurses OXFORD HEALTH UNIT. COURT HOUSE, WOODSTOCKesy and bad manners of hunters within their borders and believing that such a measure will at least to some extent correct the evil, we recommend that the County Clerk be requested on behalf of the townships petition the proper auth­orities that the open season on cottontails and jacks be ended in each on Jan. 31 instead of the end of Feburary." •RECOMMENDEDIn addition, council passed a re­commendation of the agricultural committee that “every effort be made to have our surplus food dis­tributed to the needy and starving people of the world, that they may feci we wish to be recognized as their friends assisting in a way we can relieve their burden and dis­tress and possibly win them to our way of life; and that copies be sent to the Dominion and Provin­cial ministers of agriculture and to the members from this county."Emerson Moulton, of Dereham, .was reappointed weed inspector and Reeve John Hargreaves. West Oxford, and Reeve Murray Logan, East Oxford, were appointed rep­resentatives to the Woodstock fair board.Former Judge Of Oxford DiesFinley Ewart Perrin, QC, retir­ed judge of Oxford County courts tnd long time London barrister, passed away at St. Joseph’s Hos­pital, London following a three- weeks illness. He was 85,He served as Oxford County judge from 1932 until his retire­ment in 1944, when he returned to London to reside at 993 Waterloo street. He was succeeded here by Judge Eric Cross.Judge Perrin was a member of the ninth generation of a family which came to Braintree, Mass., from England in the 17th century. He was a grandson of Leonard Perrin, who came to Canada from the U.S. in 1830 and settled in Lon­don. Born in London, on Nov. 8, 1868, he was a son of Finley Beattie Perrin and the former Ann • Quigley.He was educated in London pub­lic schools and the old London Collegiate Institute, University of, Toronto, and Osgoode Hall, To­ronto.KING’S COUNSELHe read law with the late Mr. Justice McEvoy and was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1898. He was created King’s Counsel in 1927 and appointed judge of Oxford County Court in 1932. He retired from this post in 1944.On July 9, 1938, he married the former Margaret C. Whyte, daugh­ter. of John Whyte, of Stratford, who survives.Judge Perrin was a past presi­dent of the London Public Library. Board, the Middlesex Bar Associ-' ation; honorary president of the Oxford Bar Association; the first president of the Adult Education­al Council of London; director of the London branch of the Cana­dian Institute of International Af­fairs; former ’lecturer in Roman and constitutional law and exam­iner in the degree course at Uni­versity of Western Otario. He was also a past president of the Baconian Club.He acted in collaboration with others in establishing London as the site of the Elsie Perrin Wil­liams Memorial Library and Art Museum.LODGE MEMBERJudge Perrin was a Freemason.' a member of Tuscan Lodge (AF and AM); a member of Dundas Centre United Church, and politi­cally was a Conservative. His chief recreation was reading.Surviving besides his widow are two nephews, Cecil P. Ryan, of Vancouver, and Harry A. Ryan, of Lambeth.The body is resting at the resi­dence, 993 Waterloo street, until Monday noon, when it will be tak­en to Dundas Centre United Church tor funeral service at 2 p.m. The Rev. George W. Bi rich, minister, will officiate, and interment will be In Mount Pleasant Cemetery.REPRESENTEDRepresentation of Oxford County was made yesterday at he con­vention of the Ontario Agriculture Council In Toronto. Three mem­bers of county council who attend- meet held in 11)6 ri lament buildings were: Warden of Oxford Hossack. Embro: Reeve of Blandford William A. Chesney; and Acting Reeve of East Oxford Fred Schell. ^MEMBER 1954CANADIAN GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATIONL. K. COLESMANAGING DIRECTOROxford Library Co-op Holds Annual MeetingIn Spain you w 11 find wealth. to the city and district An author and poverty, antiquity and moder- of a number of educational books nity, heat and cold, beauty a n f **■ *----' ' ....................- -squalor . . . that is the paradox of Spain. The most modern and beautiful cities in Europe are in Spain, but once outside them thecountryside becomes as in Bibical days. . . composed of a conglomer­ation of races, 27 million people, of whom only 28,000 are Protest­ants."ho formerly taught at the Wood stock College, and has been activein youth work.Dr. Reaman gave a vivid des cription of the Spanish country ,';ide and of the cities of Barcelona, the industrial city of Spain, Mad rid, the capital, and the seaport i of San *lan. which he visited I recently on a Cooke’s tour, inSpeaking at the annual meeting of the Oxford County Library Co- Operative last night in the County ............ w UJO flerai8nCouncil Chamber, Dr. G. E. Rea- weavers whom Charles V brought JSSh’ BPaed, PhD, FAGS, to the country. Before leaving, the used as his topic, The Paradox group attended a bull fight, "Oneof Spain. Dr. Raeman, who is of the things you should see, and head professor of toe Department; one you never want to see again," of English, Ontario College of Ag- he reported.riculture at Guelph, is well-known I "Why don't we know more about:many parts of the country, the Influence of the Moors is still ap­parent and that of the FlemishBOARD MEMBERS NAMED FOR COUNTY LIBRARYSpain?" he asked, "Until two to three years ago the country was behind an 'Iron Curtain’ because of a shortage of food. Since then the harvests have been good and Or. Reaman advised anyone con­templating a trip to Europe not to bypass Spain, ’’for It is one of । the few countries! where the money i will go the farthest"1 DIFFERENT HOURS"Even the hours are different," he said. "Breakfast begins at 9 o’clock, lunch lasts from 2-4 o’clock and includes the siesta hour. You can’t get anything to eat until 9 o'clock and seldom are finished by 10.30 p.m. Offices open at 5 p.m. and dose at 7 p.m. Matinees start at 7 p.m. and the evening shows, beginning at 11, end at 2 o'clock. The people are fond of rich foods fried in olive oil and enjoy three pleasures, walking, talking and drinking wine."In closing, Dr. Reaman disclos­ed, "To go to Europe is a lesson. In Spain and particularly Ger­many, the people have a desire to work. I think we in Canada and the United States are living In a fool’s paradise, because we’ve for­gotten how to work. The emphasis here is to get away from work and that only idleness is good. We’ve educated ourselves to the point where we have to push a but­ton and we have to make every­thin tg so lovely and interesting. Some day we are going to wake up and realize that if we are going to compete in the world, you can’tjust work five days a week.”The speaker was introduced L. K. Coles and thanked by Lees.ANNUAL REPORTSThe meeting was brought toby G.or-Announcement of the new 1954 Chambers. Pictured above with Oxford County Library Co-oper­ative board members was madeMrs. S. L. Krompart, secretary and librarian; chairman, W. J.toe guest speaker of the evening, __________,. .. - --------;.v— Dr. G. E. Reaman of the Ontario Stoakley, "and pas? chairman H.ar the annual meeting held last College of Agriculture, Guelph. ” — night in the County Council standing at the left, front, are:L. Kipp. At the back, left, are0. T. Coleman, J. Hossack, and treasurer, L. K. Coles. AbsentWIG MClvn, 1CIL, dieG. Lees, R. Day, R. C. Brogden. (Staff Photo)was R. G. Groom of Tillsonburg.Shipping Zorra Limestone Causes Some SpeculationThe suggestion that limestone from the hew deposit found in West Zorra last year might be shipped from Port Stanley has opened up earnest competition between that port and Port Burwell for the handling of shipments.The limestone findings near Embro in West Zorra township were announced last November by Republic Steel Corporation. This large United States steel company announced that its Canadian subsidiary, Union Drawn Steel Company Ltd., had acquired a deposit of open hearth quality limestone. It was announced that 1,100 acres of land acquired contained a deposit of high quality stone sufficient to supply Re­public’s open hearth furnaces for several generations.It had been believed that the shipments of limestone would be made through Port Burwell, via the CPR line from Embro through Ingersoll to the port. The other day an official of Century Coal Company, Toronto, announced his firm, which present­ly uses Port Stanley as a major coal term­inal, might open up Port Stanley harbor as the key terminal for a product never before shipped from western Ontario in quantity.The announcement led to the speculation of limestone as the product, the officials inPort Stanley and those of the London and Port Stanley Railway were elated. They have been looking for years for a major paying bulk product to ship southward.On the heels of the announcement con­cerning Port Stanley, the Port Burwell Deep Sea Waterway Committee called a meeting to consider steps to bring that future busi­ness to their port.The Port Burwell promoters, who in­clude representatives from Woodstock, In­gersoll and Tillsonburg feel that since the limestone is in a CPR area the logical method of handling would be the most di­rect route, which would be through Port Burwell. The shipping firm, Century Coal, on the other hand are already using Port Stanley., ?0USe’ Ce2tury Co^ has not said definitely the product of which they claim knowledge is limestone which serves to point out the keen competition for business and industrial expansion which is going with the rapid growth taking place in southern On­tario.Oxford would like to see Port Burwell get the business of handling the shipments? Wm ?avn’i h°w«ver’ «n important factor which will not be affected by the use of either port. We've got the limestone.der by Chairman Howard Kipp. Greetings were given by Oxford County’s Warden J. Hossack; A. Mowat, director of Library Service for Ontario, and by Mrs. G. Eck- meir, librarian for Huron county.Mrs. G. L. Krompart, secretary, gave the annual report which out­lined the growth of the library during 1953, the new quarters and the acquisition of a bookmobile. Since its beginning five years ago, the number of distribution centres has increased from 14 to 157, the book stock from 2,511 to 10,573 and the circulation from 9,600 to 107,- 746.Treasurer L. K. Coles reported the annual statementMr. Coles introduced the 1954 board members. W. J. Stoakley, reeve of Dereham Township, was elected as chairman, and Reginald Day, reeve of East Nissouri Town­ship, as vice-chairman. Other members include L. K. Coles, In­gersoll, treasurer; George Lees, Norwich; R. C. Brogden, Inger­soll; James D. Hossack, Embro; O. T. Coleman reeve of Blenheim Township; H. L. Kipp, Princeton; and R. G, Groom, Tillsonburg.A film, "Song of the Mountains," was projected by J. Griffith, Ox­ford Health UnitAn invitation was extended for a coffee and social hour following the meeting. Mrs. Krompart was assisted with serving by Miss Mar­garet Ross and Miss Betty Scott Deerhunt Protest Mee tin gTo nightTonight the Dereham Conserva­tion Club is scheduled to hold a protest meeting against the "high handed" methods employed last week in deer "slaughter’’ by of­ficials of the Ijands and Forest de­partment Despite last night's snow storm over the county, no intima­tion of a cancellation because of the weather conditions has been received.At the time when Oxford sports­men and farmers and municipal officials are rallying together in protest of the affair, word comes that other shoots are being car-1 vied out on the Welland plant prop-1 erty of North American Cynnamid Ltd., Niagara Falls, in an effort to prevent starvation among a growing herd of deer.EXCEED FOOD SUPPLYIn a joint statement yesterday, the company and the Department of Lands and Forests said the number of deer increased in re-j cent years to the point where the deer exceed their natural food sup­ply. Control measures were neces­sary to prevent the possibility of the* animals dying from malnutri­tion during the winter.The Dereham township deer were destroyed solely because of a farmer’s complaints of crop and woodlot damage according to Dr. C. H. D- Clarke, supervisor of the fish and wildlife division of the department of lands and forests.County Council, Mayors Protest Deer ShootingThe Indignant voices of Dereham township residents, stunned at Iho "deliberate dirty deal" by depart­ment of lands and forests officials recently, are scheduled to be hom'd at Dereham Centre tomor row night. The Dereham Conser­vation Club is to hold a special meeting at the township hall tc> protest the injustice of the sur­prise slaughter of six deer of a herd of nine last week at Mud LAke R.R. 1 Salford. Meanwhile,taring should be given to the local I kill any other type o, animal which sportsmen or farmers under the damages h!s property. In the case Supeivlslorr^f the department," ]of deer, the individual can only Mayor Bernadette Smith o f notify the department.Woodstock add; I her personal pro-i test to the snowballing resentment, “I personally protest very strong­ly against the high handed method of procedure which resulted In theslaughter of the deer herd, and also tile discourtesy- of trespassing on private property without per-thc department's action brought __ _ ... ..forth more protests last night, two' Hacl<lng Mayor Smith, the mayor of them from municipal council V Thomas Morrison..• — - .said he felt the same way aboutit now. all when he first heard ofmeetings sitting in Woodstock.The county council went on re- it. "I feel quite aroused about it! .•ord supporting the “protest o fDereham residents against theReports from Oxford county farmers that the deer had been slaughtered because It was sus­pected they had liver fluke, were untfue, said Dr. Clark. “The deer were destroyed solely because of the^armer’s complaints,” he said. I “H$ has had trouble for more than i ® year.” "Evidently some people.' don.t care how much trouble deer cause to others. We’ve had to do the same thing before and we'll have to do it again," he said.“ILLOGICAL”Deputy-Reeve of Dereham Ralph McLaughlin, hotly asked’why it was these "outside” hunters chose the particular herd at Mud Lake to'Slaughter. It is Illogical to as­sume that it was the one that was supposed to have done damage to . _ . , - ... _________a farm seven miles away (thedepartment, commented yesterday complaint came from a neighbor on Oxford farmers who criticized . Carl Sackrider, farmer-hunter, department hunters for slaughter- R-R* 2, Mount Elgin, it was re- ing the deer in the area. He did Parted) “There's a herd of 12-15 not identify the farmer at whose beside my place that I see request the deer were killed. Dr. every day or so,” be pointed out, Clark said deer are the only ani- "afld I hve only about three miles mals which may not be killed away from where the complaint legally by farmers. Anyone may ca2?a fromThis morning the Sentinel-Re­view received a weekly report of the district of Lake Huron, Ontario Department of Lands and Forests, x It’was headed "removal of Nuis-I feel the courtesy of .the crown could have been extended to thosehigh handed and dangerous way,farmers. It seems like high hand­in which tee deer hunt was car- ed methods!”tied out by department officals on I Dr. C. H. D. Clfirk. Toronto, supervisor of the fish and wildlife division, Ontario lands and forestJan. 19. 1954. and that a letter of protest be sent to the department of game and fisheries."WARDEN SPEAKSRecently elected warden of Ox­ford, James D. Hossack, remark­ed “If these deer are doing any damage to farms and have to be] shot, then that privilege of slaugh-|Officials BackFarmer ProtestBy KEN WARES S-R Staff WriterThe Ontario Department of lands, and forests was the object of whip­lashing tongues over the week-end. Tension is still rising from depart­ment officials’ surprise “invasion” of Dereham township last weekReeve Stoakley said nobody him of the action proposed by“It came on the farmers so quck, nobody knew anything about it. They all feel an injustice has been done." Referring to the department officials, he said. “They tell T you you have to ask permission -tne . but they sure didn’t!”department and charged “They - fa^er Charles ' Holmesgave the fellows a dirty deal. When acres of cedar woods used deer season was on, they strictly nab 31deer season was on, tney smeuy “ . .. t+>- thickprohibited the county feflbws from byusing dogs or any other firearm X Holme? said “It’sexcept shotguns! If they wanted a ’time’ anything raw hasdeer for “research” into liver fluke and because of farmers’ “complaints” of dee? grazing dam­age. The “Russian-fike tactics”used by the^Farmer Carl Sackrider has been ^Deputy-Reeve Ralph McLaughlin: an^ntaukst^ als0 be*nance Deer” and came from Dis­trict forester I. C. Marritt, R.R. 1, “Hespeler, Ontario. It reads as follows:“Farmers south of Ingersoll in the County of Oxford complained to the Department of Lands and Forests in Toronto that a herd of deer w'as damaging their crops. Conservation Officer H. W. Clark of Woodstock investigated the com- ' plaint and was told there was a total of nMie deer in a herd. An open season for deer was held in Oxford County in November, 1953, and it is surprising that more deer were not taken; necessitating a re­moval program.It was considered necessary to have at least 15 men In order to make sure that some deer were taken. In addition to the conser­vation officers, several Ontario Provincial Police helped. Inspect­or E. R. Meadows of the district office was in charge, assisted by Conservation Officer Herbert w. Clark of Woodstock.OPEN SEASONft has been advocated that rather than have an open season, depart­ment officials should remove deer when an isolated group becomes a -nuisance. The department favors art open season on deer rather than having department personnel take the deer for several reasons. The former suggestion is very expen­sive as it requires a large number of men to do the job properly. In many cases few deer would be t«fken, while with an open season hunters would be out on their own expense and in addition to this, the department would receive a revenue from the license fees.,,The removal was quite success­ful as six deer out of the herd of nine were taken. One carcass was taken to the OAC at Guelph, to be dissected in order to ascertain if there was any disease. The re­maining five are to be given to hospitals and charitable institutions in the county pi Oxford."KUMMu-uie idLuva an enthusiastic nunter tor zu years__k. Department are ex- who, neighbors claimed, threw the by £e departments atdtude, (a kcause repercussions department officials off his proper- ed the Question this morning Diaiunieipalities all overly. ..This guy £rom Hamilton was Jhe oute^e ®addition to those in really dirty, you couldn't even rea- &£es’.if J wai Necessary to■nship of Oxford Coun- son with him_ T told them thev tinued- if it was necess ypected to causethroughout municipalities all over j jy Ontario^-jn.,3m townshipOxfo;ty.The legality of the entering and subsequent slaughter by the game and fisheries branch of the de-son with him. I told them theyweren’t going to shoot any deer and they went around my woods, but they still walked across my place. If some of those bullets went astray they could have killed some cattle or people," he said.shoot the doubts), itit was necessary to deer; (and we have certainly would haveshowed much more common sense to have organized a party of farm­ers interested, instead of bringing in outside sportsmen to have a good day’s shooting! On New Year’s day several residents of Dereham had their guns confiscat-partment was severely questioned by residents of Oxford. Taking ex-____ ...ception at the “outrage” many “I saw one of them carrying a pointed out a recent article writ- gun like he never handled one in ten by I. C. Marritt. district for- his life!" ester of Huron District, depart-' Deriding the department’s claim ment of lands and forests. It । of damage “complaints," Mr. ••— — •— • --j , ;«•.............. Sackrider remarked “There's only pent requested the municipalities one fellow in Dereham that laid hi November to pass dog running a complaint; and that was my by-laws restricting their use in neighbor . . . last fall!” I deer hunting, but they themselvesPresident of the Dereham Con- used dogs on last Tuesday s in- servation club, Game Warden Nor- vasion. of the Dereham fanner s man Moyer said he wasn’t notified lands."of the surprise move either. “Our If county council holds a session concern has worked hand in hand tonight, it is expected the agncul- for years with the department, ture committee will present its re- This is the first time an;/ under- port which might also contain re- handed work has been done. Ed commendations arising from the Meadows said afterwards they past week s episode.points out that one of the “ten commandments” of country cour­tesy is “always drive into the farmer’s yard and ask permission to hunt.”Asked for their comments on the > department action, numerous peo-i pie expressed their opinions in a firm unmistakable tone. Heard: from were: ex-deputy game war­den Howard Wardle Riley, R.R. 1 Salford; reeve of Dereham, Wil­liam J. Stoakley, R.R. 1 Mount Elgin; farmer-hunter Carl Sack-i rider, R.R. 2 Mount’ Elgin; dep­uty game warden, Norman Moy­er, R.R. 1 Mount Elgin, farmer and president of the Dereham Con­servation club; Dr. Allan W. Har­ris, Mount Elgin, government vet- erinerian with the department of agriculture and executive member of the Dereham Conservation club; William Whitehead, Butler street. Woodstock, elected Thursday night as president of the Oxford Fishand Game Assoeaition Salford district farmer Charles G. Hol- jmes, and Dereham’s Deputy-Reeve J. Ralph McLaughlin.Mr. Riley had been on his way to town last Tuesday and passed the department men just getting out of their car carrying high powered rifles. He said he didn'tknow what they were about to do, • ’ theand so was unconcerned at time After being told of the try on his property where herd usually lived for most ofen- the thewinter, he 'saud the unauthorized"just like the Rus-ed by the department because they had no gun licence. The depart­didn’t want the farmers to know anything about it, because they would disrupt the hunt." Mr. Moy­er was asked if Meadows had re­portedly taken the deer to Guelph and in what condition they had been found. His answer was in the, affirmative, and he said "they, were found to be in perfect health!"Dr. Allan W. Harris was ques­tioned as the presence of liver fluke In the locality. He stated, "I don’t think the liver fluke has been prevalent in any of the do­mestic animals in Oxford. We’ve received no reports from the in­spected abbatoirs." His opinion was “if the deer were transmitting It, the animals would have it.”Youthful William Whitehead was hesitant to make comment on the j situation as he had just been made ] president of his organization and “as the game warden, Herb Clark, is automatically on our executive.";W- WHITEHEAD. Injustice DoneSPORTSMENPROTEST 0 Sportsmen Protest Lands, Forests ActionBy KEN WARES 8-tt staff Writerresidents alike. They are pressing — ----- ------- for a control on possible reoccurDespite a heavy snowfall cover- rences of the "outrage”-—"to keep ing roads all over Oxford County, the swollen sore of Oxford from sportsmen, hunters and farmersover 200 strong last night treked to Dereham Centre to attend a three hour protest meet against the “Ngh handed invasion” a week ago of Dereham township by de­partment of lands and forests of­ficials. Die assembly was held un­der the auspices of the Dereham Conservation Club, with Norman Moyer R.R. 1, Mount Elgin, the club’s president, acting as chair­man.Although the meeting was con­ducted in an orderly manner, strong expressions of opinion by hunting enthusiasts cramming into the small township hall, were thrown at the three government of­ficials on the platform. They were department of lands and forestsrepresentatives Ed Meadov.3, for-spreading” ns one man put it. Il was reported a petition of protest to Tom Dent MLA, is pending.The government representatives took the stand that their actionsCONTRA DICTORYIt was drawn to the attention of this reporter that Mr. Meadows' statement of Jan 20 contradicted somewhat the statement issued Jan. 25 by Dr. C. H. D- Clarke,for 18 years, executive member supervisor of the fish and •wildlife of Dereham Conservation Club, division, lands and forests. Mr. recommended "Where deer orc Meadows had stated the deer we^e found to be over populated or suf- b<?ihK almost completely eradicat- ficient complaints come regarding ed ,n order to prevent the transMr damage done by deer, bp 11, resolv- dangerous liver fluke disease to od that the department arrange agriculture stock, and further, the with local councils or regulated department had been receiving game area officials and Issue li- complaints from farmers in the cences to hold an open shoot«rea' of ,deer damage. On Jan, 25 when found advisable.” Dr. Clarke said reports from Ox-<■ „ to™ county farmers that the deer<Ju n meeting it-had been g]auehlered because It!? th. PIn^i.d ■ gfne 31 °5"non was Suspected they had liver fluke,were legal — according to the power given them under the game laws: that they would do it again if they deemed it necessary.to light at last night's controversy, t,L he conclusion of proceedings. Were untrue and the deer were Bert Bell. silver-gray haired far- •••”’ -____________________, ■■■ vvuic UUUUK aim me ueei ?elPrUt a” destroyed because of the farm­local conservation organizations, in cr-« complaints their closer work with the Ontario Nn ..K„ Hunters and Anglers Association, ’A ‘ nr A11nnbetween al! group.." n^haV b“" X” entwarren Smithers' 663 Shenstone, any of the domestic animals in were so tame. They laid down in Woodstock, ardent hunting enthus- Oxford. "We've had no reports the grass. It s been going on for iast onp c. . * Po _ from inspected abbatoirs,” he said,years,”, he said. "I got disgusted opinion, he said, was if; the deer were transmitting it, the animals would have it.Other sportsmen addressing the chair from the floor included: Os­car Judd, Wellington street, Inger­soll, Ed Wiseman, farmer at Fold- en’s Corners.mer of R.R,. 2 Mount Elgin told the reporter, “I was the one that laid the complaint. The deer got so they were running right in the field where we were working. I had to stop the tractor to keep from running over them — theyprosenYSi^ and^sked toe' d/pa?^ what -SentatlveS remarked “I think theS could d0 about iL 1 never told d^nartmeaX ^’^d work in future.£cer _ at Hespeler, Ont. Harold them to go ahead and shoot them along with local conservations I just asked them what could be , m ,and. councils. Complaints done about it! Then they just came d be heard before any action in and shot them. I asked them to P ,wou,d make f°r betterlet the local boys help, but a™® farmers sports-wouldn’t.” men and department officials.”OPEN SHOOTReplying to the request from the chair for resolutions, Alvin Hun­ter, R.R. 1, Mt. Elgin- sportsman.Cantelon. Hespeler, pheasant sup­ervisor, and Herb Clark, Wood- stock, Oxford County’s conserva­tion officer.UNDER ATTACKThe methods used by department men have come under scathing at­tack by the snowballing agitation of game club and municipal offi­cials, as well as rural and urbanUNDER ATTACK AT PROTEST MEETINGCOMING UNDER the verbal attack of sportsmen and hunting enthusiasts from both city and country around Oxford County region at the protest meeting held at Dereham Centre last night were Department ot Lands and Forests representatives: > Harold Cantelon, Hespeler, Ont., pheasant supervisor; ex-Wood- stock policeman, Ed Meadows, chief game preservation officer, and Herb Clark of Woodstock, Oxford County’s conservation of-ncer. mey ciaimea me aepan* ment’s action in Dereham town­ship last week was legal, accord-,' ing to the power granted to -it under games laws. PHOTO LEFT “I was the one that laid' the complaint,” said Bert Bell R.R. 2, Mount Elgin. “I never, told the department to shopti them, I just asked what could be done about it!” “They wouln’t let the local boys help,” he said "I asked them!”OXFORD FARMERS PROTEST "INVASION". A Dirty Deal'bors told ex-deputy-game ( Forest officials had "invaded” 1 Howard Wardle Riley his farm in their search for deer ! pertinent of Lands and they slaughtered last week. Beis shown above with his 2-vear* old daughter Elizabeth and wife Marion Magistrate R. G. Groom To be Juvenile JudgeThe appointment of Magistrate R. G. Groom, of Tillsonburg. as Juvenile and family court judge for Oxford county, Is being made by the attorney-general’s department, It was learned from Thomas Dent. MLA. The appointment is going through on the recommendation of the juvenile court committee with the ap­proval of Mr. Dent, it was learned.District Forester Writes Of That Dereham Deer Huntthe facts of the hunt as did the original editorial on January 26. At the time of the| first editorial there .were several news sto­ries about the hunt, the anger of farmers and the protest meeting held at Mount El­gin. If the district forester was so concerned on February 16 as to write about an editorial on February 11, how is it he did not write back in January when the subject was under discussion?The news release referred to is published below. It explains the meaning of organized hunts for deer removal. The letter above points out high powered rifles were used to ensure getting as many deer as possible but the letter gives no indication how many were taken. The paragraph numbered “3" in the, release states reduction of the deer herd by organized hunts, such as, we assume, the one in Dereham, would cost considerable and would not be effective. Perhaps this one was not effective or successful to the degree intended.The district forester brands as false the story of seven shots being used to kill a wounded deer and declares dogs were not used in the hunt Farmers in the area de­clared at the time of the hunt and at the protest meeting that such were facts of the' affair.The letter’s main point, as we see it, states departmental officers have the power to go on any property to do their job, a fact which we do not doubt and which we will not argue in so far as it applies to game wardens or other officers on duty. How­ever, we doubt if such authority should extend to a mob of hunters bent on ex­terminating deer. Were all of the hunters in this Dereham affair clothed with the cloak of authority?We have no desire to ride the depart­ment which in many fields is doing an ex­cellent and sometimes difficult job, but we feel this affair in Dereham was bungled bad­ly. Frankly, it smacks of someone’s friends being treated to an afternoon’s “sport.”» On January 26 The Sentinel-Review de­clared in an editorial a further explanation should be made regarding the deer shoot in Dereham township. Farmers and sportsmen in the township and the entire county were aroused over many aspects of the affair.• Under date of February 16. we have re­ceived the following letter from I. C. Mar- ritt, district forester for Huron Distinct of the Department of Lands and Forests:! “We refer to a recent editorial in your paper which was copied from the Chatham D^ily News. We are attaching a copy of our Huron District Weekly Report dated Febru­ary 15th, 1954, which concerns the deer problem in Southern Ontario.„ “In regard to the editorial there are sev- eril points we would like to make clear. This operation was for deer removal only and was not an ordinary deer hunt, therefore, we used high powered rifles to ensure that we got as many deer as possible. The story of seven shots being necessary to bring down one deer is absolutely false. We would also bring out that dogs were not used- in this removal operation.' “You also mention that we went on pri­vate property without requesting permission to-do so. Again we would like to point out that this was not an ordinary hunt and it wqk a case of getting as many deer as pos­sible. Departmental officers have the au­thority to go on any property to do their job, and their job that day was to shoot as many deer as they could in Dereham Town­ship. , ,“As our News Release will show, the deer are a problem in Southern Ontario and if anyone can find a solution which would be satisfactory to all residents we would be very grateful.”The district forester was evidently stirred to write to us on the basis of an editorial reprinted from The Chatham News. This’ editorial, published to show readers in Ox­ford the support given the protest, reportedCourtesy’s 10 CommandmentsGuide Hunters,On Thursday when a delegation appeared before Oxford county council seeking meas­ures to control hunting and protect farmers’ crops from damage we received in the week­ly report of the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests Weekly Report for the District of Lake Huron the “Ten Command­ments of Country Courtesy.” Believing them to be of interetst we reproduce them hereAid Farmers3. Respect his lances. If necessary to climb them, climb over by a post. Use gates if possible, closing them behind you. / Iways replace lowered bars.4. Never shoot near houses, barns or live­stock.5. Leave his fruit and other crops ^lone. If you want some, buy it from him.6. Go around fields where people are working, or pastures where livestock is graz­ing. Do not walk on seeded ground. Don't walk through standing grain.7. Shoot crows and predators that do damage to his crops and livestock.8. Share your game with him.9. On your next trip, bring his wife or children some little gift or token of friend­ship.10. After you’ve become well acquainted, suggest a planting program to better game habitat, offering to finance it or help him with it, thereby showing genuine interest in his affairs.These are simple little rules of commoncourtesy that any sportsman can practisetoday.The matter of making friends with the farmer is an easy and pleasant undertaking. All you have to do is practise the code of courtesy all of us have been taught anyway.To be more specific the writer has out­lined a few little maxims that might be. call­ed the “Ten Commandments of Country Courtesy.” It’s just as easy to obey them as it is to violate them They’ll please the farmer mightily and after awhile they’ll become a natural, effortless part of your conduct afield. They contain the “Open, Sesame to the farmer’s fields and coverts ... to his open-handed hospitality. Here they are:1. Always drive into the farmers yard and ask permissnon to hunt. ' cuuriwy umi any .......-2. Hunt re 0( aJ1 «ncerned.&gsta°yn agw" hTstoek" P They are really keys to better hunting. -Oxford Farmers Protest "Slaugther" of Six Deer"slaughter" of six deer In They complained that theJanuary 1ft shooting was unauthorizedand unneces«W- Spf.-akera at the meeting,'■ called by Dereham Con­servation Club, described the shoot­ing party as "a regular picnic.”Three department officiate, Herb Clark, Oxford County conservation official, of Woodstock, Ed Mea­dows, chief game preserve officer at Hespeler, aRd Harold Cantdon, Hespeler pheasant supervisor, re­ceived a hostile reception when they arrived at the meeting.Officials ExplainThe officials explained that the deer were shot as a result of a farmer's complaint that the ani­mals had caused damage to crops, and also because few deer were shot in the district during the open; season. The deer Were needed for laboratory tests into liver fluke disease, the officials added, saying the shooting was legal under pro­vincial game laws and would be *■ done again if necessary.Reeve William Stoakley said he would recommend Dereham Town­ship Council protest to the depart­ment. Protests will also b# sent to the department on behalf of the Conservation Club and sportsmen of Oxford County.Sportsman Alvin Hunter. Mt El­gin. proposed that the Landa and Forests Department should ar­range open shoots with local auth­orities in areas over-run-by deer.More than 200 persons plowed through roads clogged with heavy snow to attend the meeting, pre­sided over by Norman Moyer, Con­servation Club president.County Accounts Show a SurplusOxford County's financial stand­ing shows a surplus of 527,023.35 at th beginning o* this year. This is shown in a comparison table of estimates and actual revenue and expenditure for the year ending Dec. 31, 1954.The financial report was submit­ted by auditors Monteith and Mon- teithh and Company and approved by County Council. The compari­son table appears as follows, with theh figures for estimates listed first, actual revenue, second and surplus third. .General purposes: administra­tion of justice and county build­ings: $41,800, $32,207.71, $9,592.29; agriculture anf fox bounty: $5,375, $4,856.67, $518.33; registry office: $5,500. $4,230.74, $1,269.26; educa­tion: (payable by county) $1,900. $1765, $135: library co-operative: $5,000, $5,000, nil; general admin­istration: $36,670. $33,038. $3,631.80: miscellaneous: $2,000, $2,100.77.$100.77 (deficit): health unit: $19,- 934.68, $19,934.68, nil; conservation: $2,000, $1,844.41, $155.59: county survey: $1,000, $1,000, nil; less miscellaneous receipts of $5,779.68. $10,887.22, $5,107.54; charity a nd welfare: $106,170, $109,034.34, $2,- 864.34 (deficit): county roads: $185,000. $175,416.35, $9,583.65; aca­demic secondary education: $3,- 289.03, $3,289.03, nil; building fund reserve: $13,817.15, county rates: $423,676.18. $423,- 676.18. nil; surplus: nil, $27,0L8-35. $27,028.35. Heavy Rains Cause Flooding In OxfordEx-Reeve DiesP* nWonnUaFormer reeve of South Norwich John Edward Segner. died at his home on Dover street. Otterville,; township and lifelong resident,.Estimate ApprovedBy County Council[ yesterday’s session of county council approved an estimated to , tai of $13,291 needed for 1954 con- I struetion on Woodstock and Inger soil suburban roads.The report from the Ingersoll Suburban Roads Commission with an estimate of $7,720.52, was mov ed for adoption by Deputy Reeve J. McLaughlin of Dereham and seconded by Deputy Reeve of Till sonburg Clare H. Esseltine. ($2,550 of this amount will be paid by the Town of Ingersoll for 1954)The report from the Woodstock Suburban Roads Commission, with an estimate of $5,570.96 for 1954, was moved for adoption by Deputy Oxford Road Washout RepairedR. G. ।bynoReeveHenry Banbury.of more roads to be taken underlibrary । recom-Reeve Esseltine and seconded Deptuy Reeve McLaughlin.NO ACTIONton, Honorary member Groom.This first report of the co - operative committeeI mending the grant and appoint­ments was moved for approval by Reeve of Blenheim 0. T. ColemanThe report, also stated thataction would be taken at the pres- and seconded by newcomer to ent time regarding the discussion council Blenheim's Deputy D“’'°SPRINGFORDMelbourne1Work is continuing in filling the huge washout shown above on the county road be­tween Otterville and Springford. The washout occurred last week and cut off the natural gas supply to Otterville and Norwich for half a day. Approximately 85 loads of stone and gravel ore being used to fill the- hole under the heavily traveled road.the jurisdiction of the WSRC, but that the commission “co-operate with the County of Oxford in peti­tioning the province of Ontario in assuming the Governor’s road from Woodstock to Thamesford, as a King's highway.”Last year’s sum of $5,000 was re-granted to the Oxford County library Co-operative and council also approved the following ap­pointments to the library board: George Lees, Norwich; R. C. Brog­den, Ingersoll; H. L. Kipp, Prince-Ex-Reeve Dies At SpringfordHarris Haley, lifelong resident of South Norwich township, passed away at his home on the 7th con­cession, Monday evening, follow­ing a brief • illness. Mr, Haley ob­served his 86th birthday on Sun­day but. was unable to be up and around since Saturday.Oxford Co. Digging Out As Snow Piles Higher County Librarian Reports On 1953 AccomplishmentsPositive Reaction No Cause For AlarmLouise Krimpart, county librar­ian at county council session re­cently gave an outline of the growth of the library, .which this vear acquired new quarters in the basement of the county courthouse. Woodstock. ...The annual meeting of the County Library O-operative, is scheduled for Wednesday night Feb. 3, she said. Visiting speakers will be Dr. George E. Ream an, Guelph, head professor of the de­partment of English, Ontario Coll­ege of Agriculture, and Mr. Angus Mowat. Toronto, director of library service for Ontario's department of education.In her address to council mem-bers she said: 1‘'Five vears have passed since • the Oxford County Library became < a co-operative under the supervi­sion of the county council, and our annual report for 1953 shows that the service has advanced rapidly and that it is reaching more and more people each year."Five vears ago the member­ship consisted of 14 libraries which constituted our only distribution centres. This vear we have 157 units of books throughout the coun­ty’. These include 18 libraries, 4 deposit stations, 7 units in second­ary schools and 128 units in ele­mentary schools. There are at present between 6.000 and 7,000‘ books in use at these centres.•‘In 1953 the number of our books borrowed by individual readers was 107, 746 which is quite a large figure compared with the 9.600 of our first year.COLLECTION GROWS"Our book collection has grown to pass the 10.000 mark and is now quite a useful collection. We pre­pared a printed list of our adult non-fiction books this year, and it is proving very useful to the 11^ rarians throughout the country. We. have a mail service at a reduced postage and we are able to send books out on request and this ref­erence service is a valuable help to those who are studying special-, : subjects or preparing talks and papers. . , ."Our work with the children of the county has increased by leaps and bounds. This year some new classrooms were added in some of the elementary schools, and for the first time we are taking units to the secondary schools at Browns­ville. Mount Elgin, Norwich and Plattsville."We moved into our new office in April and we have found the added space and attractive sur- roundings a great help to our work. The outside entrance makes quite a difference when we are going out with the books. In September we used our new bookmobile for the first time. We can now carry about 1100 books with us and the librarians and teachers, and some­times the pupils, are able to choose the books which they think will be suitable for thev community.“The selction of the books at each stop means that we spend , more time on the road, but itOxford Develops An IdeaThe important factor in that flying jun­ket 37 Oxford farmers took on Friday to Ottawa is not so much in what they went to see, the fact that they went, but the man­ner of their going.The farmers who took the Oxford Crop Improvement Association’s sponsored tour to eastern Ontario went to see modem farm­ing methods near Canada’s capital. They toured the farms in the Ottawa district and visited the central experimental farm. They saw examples of the modern “loafing barn system of cattle management. There are ex­amples of this method of stabling in use m Oxford and no doubt most, if not all, of the men who took the trip have seen one or more of them in operation. They went to Ottawa to get more ideas which will be help­ful on the home farm and to their neighbors. f A farmers’ tour is not a new thing in Ox­ford or any other agricultural county in On­tario. There are any number of these useful and congenial trips held by various farm groups during the winter. Some take a num­ber of days and those taking part travel by bus to distant points, the tour of the Musk­ingum Conservation Authority and a trip into Wisconsin and Michigan to see mow driers of hay as two outstanding examples.To us the big factor of the tour was that these farmers, our neighbors in the county are progressive in their outlook. They had one day for the trip; they knew what they, wanted to see, so they picked the quickest way of getting to their destination. They flew.Those who conceived and organized the tour of this group of Oxford farmers to Ot­tawa are to be congratulated on their in­genuity and commended for bringing to the attention of other farm groups an ex­cellent idea.moans bettor service and a service: which is a little more like that of n city library. I think the book­mobile is doing some advertising for us, too."Wo appreciated very much your financial assistance which enabled us to increase the hours of our as­sistant. With the great growth of our work and the loading and un­loading of the bookmobile in order to have books suitable for libraries and then schools, it would have been impossible for us to carry on without extra help."I have visited quite a number of organizations throughout the county and as a result we have three new adult distributing cent­res this year, one at Uniondale, one, at Brooksdale and one at the north of East Zorra and Blandford."' JS*. Jn w.*/ ■ifMrs. W. G. Cocker, assistant county librarian, and Mrs. Louise Krompart, librarian of the Ox­ford County Library, are shownPlay by Judge Eric Cross Given Kingston PremiereParents’ concern over their* chi- purpose is for the protection of thedren's positive reaction to the TB Batch testing, brought comment ils morning from Supervisor of Nurses Mae Haviland, Oxford Unit, Woodstock. "It’s cer­tainly nothing to become alarmed about," she says, "it only means that the child has been in contact with TB at some time. It does not mean the child has TB."The test Is being done presently among small children in both rural and urban schools throughout Ox­ford. TB intre-cutaneous testing of high school stqdenta Is expected to begin next week in various localit­ies, if it is convenient with the dis­trict nurse and the school.FEW REFUSE"Very few parents refuse to let their children be patch tested," said Miss Haviland. "Those who do refuse, possibly don’t under­stand the purpose of the test. The ■LIBRARY FACILITIES IN RURAL AREASstudying the map of the county on which pins have been placed indicating the spots where lib­rary service is available. The an-r the protection of the community, including themselves, through finding the positive re­actors and X-raylng the contact in the home. It’s free of charge, of course! They X-rays are paid for by the Oxford County TO As­sociation. Once the child becomes positive, he remains positive dur­ing his life." Her advice to people who are positive reactors Is "They should periodically be X-rayed to. check any possible future infee- tlon."A invitation has been extended to representatives of the Victorian Order of tyirsee to join the health unit nurses at their monthly staff conference Feb. 1 at the county courthouse, Woodstock. A Toronto nutritionist, Miss Marian Wight, of the provincial department of health will speak on "Good Food For Older People," nual meeting of the Oxford County Library group is sched­uled for next week. (Staff Photo).T. R. Dent has been named deputy speaker of the O tariff Legtisature. Mr. Dent is a vet­eran member of the Legislature, having served 11 years, and rep­resents Oxford- Mr. Dent will preside when the speaker is ab­sent, and when the House meets in committee of the whole. IIOsTORONTO NUTRITIONIST VISITS OXFORD HEALTH UNIT“Good Food For Older Pei- der of Nurses were invited tosons” was outlined at yesterday’s I visit to the nursing staff of the Oxford Health Unit by Toronto nutritionist, Marian Wight. Rep- - began: standing, Marjorie Ruth- resentatives of the Victorian Or- I erford, London, regional super­attend the session also. Some of those in attendance are shown in the photo before the conference visor provincial department of health: Marian Wight, nutrition­ist with the department; Mae Haviland, supervisor of nurses Oxford Health Unit; Nora Hicks, health nurse at Tillsonburg; J oy e Waterhouse, Ingersoll health nurse; sitting, Ruth Tay­lor, VON; Marlene Bowman, student nurse; Cora Etheridge VON; Joan Wren, unit clinical nurse. (Staff Photo)AT QUEEN'S PARKSome Questioning On Tornado ReliefBy DON O’HEARN (Special Correspondent for The Sentinel-Review)TORONTO—The federal gov­ernment came out of the western Ontario tornado relief effort with flying colors—yellow.The Ottawa government not only didn’t contribute to the relief fund, it even sent in a bill.It asked payment for feeding the troops which were sent in to help out. And the province had to shell out $254.75. This on top of the $208,000 it had contributed to the fund.There's one thing about the province's attitude that has to be questioned, however.This was its practice in approv­ing accounts. It didn’t query any Items. When each municipality presented its account for funds disbursed the province sent along its cheque for the promised one- third without asking what the money had t->en spent for.Undoubtedly very generous- and one can’t question it too strenu­ously. But was it wise?By so doing it could be commit­ting itself—and future administra­tions—to policies which mightn’t be practical.In Sarnia, for instance, there has been controversy over wheth­er the fund monies should be spent for assistance on losses on business establishments and un­insured cars. In the case of this city the province wasn't contribut­ing to that part of the fund. But no one knows what It mightn't have contributed to in other muni­cipalities where it paid a straight one-third of all expenditures and no questions asked, BAD BUSINESSOne of the unfortunate off- shooU of the Fort William high-ways mess is its « at the Lakehead.onMoney owing contractors have been tied up, and this means in turn that payments to many small businesses are being held back.And in a number of cases this is causing distress.Garages, for instances, which may be on the book for several thousand dollars worth of gasoline need the money particularly at this time of year. This is their low season- new cars aren’t mov­ing and finds are short and every bit of cash is needed.The situation reflects on all business.Gome Overseer H. W. Clark and eagleCourt Officials to Attend Police Corporal's FuneralFuneral service for CpL Harry Gilchrist, 41, who died yester­day morning following a motor vehicle mishap, will be held Friday afternoon at 2 pm., from the Sifton Funeral Home at St. Thomas. Cpl. Gilchrist, who had been in charge of the OPP detachment at Tillsonburg since 1950, died from injuries receiv­ed when his car was in a collision on No. 3 Highway, east of Aylmer. County magistrate’s court will begin at '3.30 p.m tomorrow instead of the usual 2 p.m. in order that Magistrate R. G. Groom and Crown Attorney A. C. Whaley be present at the funeral. In addition, morning court at Tillsonburg tomorrow has been postponed, until Friday, Feb. 26, it was learned.JUVENILE COURTThe first juvenile court session of the current year was scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. today at the county court house, presided over by Judge R. G. Groom, of Tillson­burg. Judge Groom, who is also police magistrate in Oxford Coun­ty, was appointed as the Juvenile and family court Judge for Oxford recently. He succeeded L. M. Ball, of Woodstock, who retired from the position at the close of 1953.ingspan 84 Inchesmperor of AirMeets His MatchFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, Feb. 24 — A king of birds and airways came to an untimely and lowly end near Thamesford last night.Found mortally injured, a bald-headed eagle with a wing-span ot 84 Inches was turned over to Oxford Game Overseer H. W. Clark and destroyed with chloroform.The emblem of the United States is thought to have been hit by a car but it la also possible It was hit by a plane. It was found by Frank Partmale, RR 2, Ingersoll.Game Overseer Clark says that only one other has ever been turned in during his service.Herbert Milena, noted Woodstock ornithologist and naturalist, states it la rather uncommon to find one. particularly at thia time of the year. He pointed out that some were known to nest near Komaka and cruise up and down the ThamesRiver for miles tn search of fish. Reception Yesterday/Z TAr Staff and The Bo^fdThe Paris District High School wish to announceOPEN NTGHTatThe Par in District High Schoolon Thursday Evening, February 18th, 7:30 p.m, to 10:00 p.m.All citizens of The School Area are cordially invited to inspect the school, which is a new departure in secondary school education in this district.We arc anxious that you take this opportunity to see for yourselves what has been accomplished, in the way of educational facilities on your behalfSignedDR. F. H. JEFFERY, CHAIRMAN OF THE HOARD.D. A. SMITH, PRINCIPAL.OXFORD COUNTYSEED FAIRANDHAY SHOW(Photo by Free PressEMBRO, Feb. 24—Many friends and relatives congratulated Mr. and Mrs. William McIntosh at a reception honoring their 50th wed­ding at their home here today.The happy couple were bothCOUNTY ASSESSORApplications for the position of County Assessor for Oxford Coun­ty will be received by the under­signed until March 9. 1954.Applicant’s age, history and quali­fications (if any) should be includ­ed in the applications.Later, a personal interview will be arranged to discuss salary, em­ployment conditions, etc.L. K. COLESClerk. County of Oxford.Court House. Woodstock, Ontario 24/M3-7Woodstock Bureau).bom and raised in West Zorra Township and were married at the home of the bride’s parents by the Rev. Patterson, minister of Knox Presbyterian Church at Embro then on February 24, 1904.Mrs. McIntosh, 72, was formerly Isabel Matheson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Matheson, 1st line, Bennington. Mr. McIntosh, 78, was bom and raised at Maple Wood in West Zorra and farmed in that township for 40 years on the 7th line.Mr. and Mrs. McIntosh were also honored with a family dinner held at Knox Presbyterian Church, Embro, last night with about 401 guests present.RECREATION HALL, FAIRGROUNDS, WOODSTOCK,WEDNESDAY and THURSDAYMARCH 10 and 11, 195447 APPLYA total of 47 applications have been received for the position of Oxford's first county assessor, county clerk L. K. Coles revealed this morning. Thirteen have been received from Woodstock and eight from elsewhere in Oxford. The county equalization committee Is scheduled to meet Tuesday, March 16, to consider the remainder of the applications that it had not time for at its meeting on Wed­nesday.Ex-Warden McIntosh is a veter­an of West Zorra, Oxford and Em­bro Council, He entered West Zorra Council in 1921 for three years and was elected deputy reeve in 1925 and reeve in 1926 and warden of Oxford County Council in 1927.In 1951 he moved to Embro and in 1943 was elected to the Embro Council for two years and was reeve of Embro In 1945 and 46. |He was also a director of the1 Embro Fair Board for 32 years and a director of the Southeast Hope Insurance Co. for 21 years and president of the company for three years.PROGRAMMEIN RECREATION HALL EACH AFTERNOONWEDNESDAY, MARCH 10th: Chairman — 1st Vice President, Wray Hartley.1.30 p.m.—Chairman's Address.2.00 p.m.—Panel — “New Ways of Making Better and Cheaper Forages”Chairman—F. E. Ellis, Woodstock.Chas. Munro, Embro.Prof. Ralph Campbell—Head. Department of Agricultural Economics, O.A.C., Guelph.Prof, C. G. E. Downing—Head, Depart­ment of Agricultural Engineering, O.A.C., Guelph.A Leatherbarrow, Elora.R. Gowman, St. George.Prof. W. T. Ewen, Soils Specialist, Soils Department, O.A.C., Guelph.3.00 p.m.—Judge’s Remarks.3.15 p.m.—Observations on 1953 Pasture Competition, Prof. W. T. Ewen.THURSDAY, MARCH 11th: Chairman — President Willard MacKay1.30 p.m.—Chairman’s Address.2.00 p.m.—Mr. D. H. Hart—“Observations on Dairying in Western U.S. and Canada”2.45 p.m.—Judge’s Comments on the Hay Show.,3.15 p.m.—Presentation of Awards.3.30 p.m.—Presentation of Trophies.4.00 p.m.—Auction sale of ten bushel lots of grain.SPONSORED BYSouth Norwich 0, 1, East Oxford;BOUNTIED DOWNFox bounties in Oxford for Feb- 1, 3, North Oxford 0, 4, West Ox-ruary decreased almost 50 per ford 2, 3, East Zorra 7, 10, West cent from January, Last month's Zorra 5, 21.total turned in to county clerk,1Oxford County Branch of the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association.L. K. Coles, for the 53 bounty amounted to 34 compared to the January total of 64. However, the total of 98 for the year so far is up by one, over the first two months of last year. The number of faxes turned in from the different townships are as follows, with the second figure being the number for January; Blandford 3, 3. Blen­heim 5, 6, Dereham 6. 6. East Nissouri 4. 4. North Norwich 1, 3,Traffic Slows to Crawl As Snow Sweeps Oxford Embro Area Man NamedProvincial Hay KingOxford County Seed Fair Awards Given FarmersFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, March 10—A brand new provincial hay king, Calvin McIntosh. RR 5, Embro, was crowned here today at the I Oxford County Seed Fair and Provincial Hay Show sponsored by the Oxford County Branch of the Ontario Soil and Crop Improve­ment Association.WINNERS OF AWARDS AND PRIZES AT OXFORD SEED FAIRMHtoISma,” first;; len’s”, seco «'Seeing Eye £ ag in the b;Jim An■^Murray, pi ^nemoria! StWINNERS of special awards and prizes at the Oxford County Seed Fair and Hay Show which concluded yesterday are pictur­ed in the above photos. Calvin McIntosh, R, R. 5, Embro, On­tario Hay King for 1954, is pic­tured in the TOP LEFT photo receiving the J. S. McLean Pro­vincial Championship Trophyfrom CharW Munro, Embro. Mr. McIntosh may keep the trophy for a period of one year as a result of showing the grand champion entry in the Hay Show. Mr. Mr 4'- vh will also receive a cheque for $25. TOF RIGHT photo shows Lloyd and Elmer Karn of West Oxford dis­playing the Grafton Trophywhich they won for displaying the best entry in the 10 bushel plot of oats class. BOTTOM LEFT photo hows Willard Mac­Kay He! ), president of the Ox­ford Crop and Soil Improvement Association, receiving the Wil­liam Stone Sons, Ltd. Trophy for the Pasture Competition win­ner, from Max Poole, sales man-ager for the Ingersoll plant E. Hansuit, Tavistock, is pictured, LOWER CENTRE, holding the T. Eaton and Company Trophy, donated for the best bushel of grain In any class displayed in the show. The wheat was grown and entered by Jim Innes, Tavi­stock, employed on the Hansult farm Donald Karn. R. R. 1,B&MHvn-Ithar d ■^H’Hwner . read the s the treasui ^OsMunion for .j /-^qMld er M.i;-,-- iggWlance of th< discussing fair ! 010 Parish as hos f .cMarge MTOXhl ■ The first ga ■- -wna:s wi11 b''CommunitySink* Uons jl orning th#t ISimps,ce between J . ‘ason bul tha about < btffh ame, Harr ; farnurting lin/J held ,e Laarz-Defa ard Une-■s> W Inspire DefeatSTOCKHOLM (CP)-An inspired Russian team taught Canada a lesson in stickhandling, skating and passing Sunday to beat Toronto East York 7-2 for the world hockey title.The Canadians, unbeaten and un­tied in six previous starts in the eight-team round-robin tournament were heavily favored over Moscow Dynamos* Russia's first entry in international competition, who had looked bad at times in compiling a record of five victories and one tie before the final game.But the faster, better-organized Dynamos took command from the opening whistle to hand Canada her worst defeat since the tournament: began in 1924. It was the fourth time Canada was beaten for tire title in 20 tries.BOARD MEETINGTonight at 8.30 o’clock the board of management of the County Home will hold its monthly meet­ing at the county court house. The board comprises: chairman, James D. Hossack, Warden of Ox­ford County; Murray Logan, Reeve* of East Oxford: Mayor Bernadette Smith of Woodstock; Mayor Thom-: as Morrison of Ingersoll; Robert Rudy, Reeve of Tavistock; L. K. Coles, county clerk.MEETING TONIGHTTonight at 7 o’clock the board of the Oxford Health Unit is sched­uled-to meet at the county Court house, under the chairmanship of Mayor Thomas Morrison of Inger­soll. Others on the board are: Aid. George T. LaFlair of Woodstock; James D. Hossack, Warden of Ox­ford; Robert Rudy, Reeve of Tavi­stock, Harry C. Cayley, Reeve of Norwich; James Hartnett, provin­cial representative; L. K. Coles, county clerk.1 Russians CanadiansJerry Laflamme Dies SuddenlyDr. WllUam J. (J^rry) me. 405 Drew street, one of Wood- stock'« best known residents, for- mor dentist and hockey star, died suddenly on Wednesday, March 17. He: <wm in his 65th year.Dr. LaFlamme was at one tlnv- one of the most prominent sports in hockey, in which he participat­ed’first as a ..player and later as a Nii Wterbe. , ,Bridge Replacement Still UnsettledTillsonburg and Oxford roads committee men got together yesterday to discuss the replacement of the bridge between Baldwin street and Hickory Hill, which-is closed to traffic because of its unsafe condition. The matter was referred back to local councils for further study. Attending the meeting were, left to right, seated: Ken­neth Watts, Tillsonburg; N. Meathrell, county engineer; James Hossack, Oxford Warden; Mayor Roger Hawkins, Tillsonburg; standing, Clare Esseltine, Tillsonburg, deputy-reeve; Fred Cousins, superintendent of the Tillsonburg Work Deportment; William Stoakley, reeve of Dereham Township; Reginald Day, reeve of East Nissouri, and Lawrence W. Smith, Tillsonburg reeve. (Photo by Seldon.)NEW APPOINTMENTDr. Frederick W. Minkler, ed­ucational adviser to the royal commission on education in 1948 and 1949, has been appointed dir- I ector of education and chief ex­ecutive officer for the board of education in North York. Dr. Minkler is a former resident of Woodstock and received his early education in Woodstock public schools and high school. He is a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Minkler and brother of Mrs. A- R. Gillott, 119 Riddell street. (Photo by Ashley and Crippen).NOTICE TO TRUCKERSThe rtatutea with reject to the toad limit# commercial motor yen to les, trailers and other yehic les may carry during the months of March and April (Subsectton 4 and 5, section M. Highway Traffic Act) will be strictly enforced on all County Hoads.The co-operation of the taxpayers In Oxford in M«i«Unf In having the statutes enforced will be appreciat­ed as the coat of repairing the Coun­ty Roads after the spring break-ups greatly curtails the funds available for construction work during the year. Half toad limits on CyW and Township roads during March and April are statutory and signs or notices are not required to en­force the sections of the Highway Traffic Act designating load limits.J N. MEATHRKLL,County Road Superintendent Court House, foodstock. Ontario.Study Replacement For Shaky Span&' -Further study will be made of proposals for a new Baldwin street bridge to replace this crumbling span at Tillsonburg. Town councilors will meet with Oxford County Council's road committee Io discuss the project, cost of which has been estimated at $100,000. (Photo by Seldon). ‘ • y'“' . —« • -• -'•- * ' . 5S-*- ’’ ‘ - -•• • "-• _ ■ - - .._- - - - k; .^.VHospitals In Oxford To Receive $72,600Grants Announced in Budget Please Hospital OfficialsSpecial grants totalling $72,600 will be made to the hospitals in Oxford county, Woodstock, Ingersoll and Till­sonburg by the provincial government.The grants among those totalling $7 million for the entire province were announced this afternoon by Pre­mier Leslie Frost in his budget statement to the Ontario Legislature. The grants are special supplementary pay­ments which will be paid to the hospitals before the end of the present fiscal year on the basis of $300 per bed for beds in service on Dec. 31,1953. The grants may be used for the retirement of capital debt or for capital improve­ments. (See further account on page 10). >The Oxford hospitals will receive their grants as fol­lows:; Woodstock General Hospital, 86 beds, $25,800.Alexandra Hospital, Ingersoll, 56 beds, $16,800.Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital, 100 beds, $30,000.Former Streets Commissioner, Ted Collins. Passes SuddenlyNAMED DEPUTY SPEAKEROxford MLA Tom Dent was honored at the current session of the Ontario Legislature by his selection as Deputy Speaker. In this capacity he assumes con­trol over debath in the Legis­lature and enforces adherence amntary procedure during theabsence of the Speaker, Rev. M. C. Davies of Windsor. As Deputy Speaker, Mr. Dent is also chair­man of the committee of the whole house, in which capacity, he is seen above. (Special Sen-' tinel-Review Photo by Edwin Rv Black) ' -.ijTENDERSnoon. MONDAY. MARCH 29, 1954. on premiums for insurance on roads. County equipment and Employers information may be obtained at the office of the undersigned.J. N. MEATHRELL.County Road Superintendent.Court House.Woodstock, March 15, 1954.PUBLIC NOTICEAt the cal! of WARDEN JAMES D. HOSSACK. a Special Meeting of the County Council of theCounty of Oxford will be held in COUNCIL CHAMBERIN THE COURT HOUSE WOODSTOCK—ON—TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1954 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. CODES. County Clerk. County Clerk's Office,I Woodstock. ____OXFORD COUNTY CANCER UNIT HOLDS ANNUAL MEETINGPictured attending the annual meeting of the Oxford County Unit of Canadian Cancer Soc­iety, which wa« held in the gym- torium of Central Public School last night, are, from loft to right, front row, Gordon Webb, secre­tary of the Oxford County Unit; Miss Ruth Taylor, VON nurse Mm. Frank Sanders, Reg. N.; Mrs. R, Atkinson, treasurer; Mrs. Blanche Locke, St. John Ambulance representative; Mrs. William Underhill, director. Rack row, M. J. Grimes; Dr. Glen Sawyer; Reeve William Strok- ley of Dereham Township; Dr. G. Trotter; Dr. C, R Willough­by and Warden J. D. Hossack. (Staff Photo) INDIGENT LEVY TO INCREASE 50%Welcome News For OxfordHospitals In Ont. BudgetThe Ontario budget brought down by Premier Leslie Frost on Thursday carried welcome news to the three hosnital hoards in Woodstock, Ingersoll and Tillsonburg. A total of $72,900 in grants to be applied on capital debt or capital expenditure will, as in­dicated by the board officials when inform­ed by the Sentinel-Review of the grants, be helpful in paying for additions and meeting expenditures incurred by the growing need for more hospital bed space.Generally, though the budget statement and its appendix occupies 80 pages, the docu­ment presented by Mr. Frost shows the pro­vince in a healthy financial condition. The budget spoke of increases in grants and bene­fits, of additional monies allotted for a num­ber of projects, but managed to do so without additional burden being imposed. This is Mr. Frost’s sixth consecutive year without a tax increase and also his sixth with some minor tax reductions.Education, Mr. Frost told the legislature continues “as one of our most pressing pro­blems. Each year, school accommodation must be found for more than 60,000 new stu­dents and in another five years, this annual increase will exceed 70,000.” Woodstock’s education authorities will agree on that point1 for they are faced with such a problem on a municipal scale.The premier held out a ray of hope: “In; about another decade, however,” he said, “we should experience some slackening in this annual increase owing to the smaller! population now entering the family forma-1 tion age groups. But from then on,” and this raises a problem probably already fore­seen by education authorities in this and other municipalities, “the demand for sec­ondary school facilities, which is already be­ing felt, will press with increasing inten-, sity.”And so it was with the many projects! and services in which the Ontario govern-' ment has an interest, the province is in good financial shape and every effort is being made to carry the financial load of an ex­panding province during the next few years.To Name County Assessor Soon JThe appointment of Oxford Coun­ty's first “county assessor" will be made soon, indicated county clerk L. K. Coles, today.At 2 o’clock the county’s equali­zation committee is scheduled fo meet to hold preliminary discus­sion on the appointment and "to open the 45-50 applications for the position.County council decided earlier this year to put Oxford on the county assessment system and ap­proved the establishment of the position of county assessor, who will occupy quarters in the county court house. <~“He win help county council to equalize assessment among ths municipalities, for the final coun­ty-tax rate,” said Mr. Coles. “He will be working with all the local assessors of the county,” he stat­ed, “and will act as a sort of liaison among the assessors." “The equalization committee comprises: Lawrence W, Smith, Reeve of Tillsonburg; Herbert P. -Dunn, reeve of North Oxford; Rob^ ert. Lee reeve of South Norwich; JanrcsJL, Chesney, deputy-reeve bf East Zorra; Orval T. Colemdn, reeve of Blefih^im.County Finance Committee To Begin Estimate StudyA special meeting of the finance committee of county coun- ■ cil will be held all day Wednesday, March 24 beginning at 10 a.m. It will work on the preparation of estimates to subse­quently compute the county tax rate. The striking of estimates marks the spring session of county council as a busy one.APPLICATIONS jmences its spring session Tues-Applications for the new pos- day, March 30.ition of county assessor are still1 under consideration, county clerk L. K. Coles said this morning. A further meeting of the equaliz­ation committee will be held next Tuesday, March 23 at the county court house to continue its review of the 47 applications. Announcement of the successful applicant will be made known when the committee submits its recommendation to county coun­cil, said Mr. Coles. Council com-Council, Press Swallow Bait,'Hang Warden'F’ree PreM Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, March 30 The faces of county councilors and the press really turned crimson at the opening session of County Council .here today.They were solemnly asked to ob­serve a moment’s silence for the ■'passing" of a well-known county official by Reeve Robert Rudy, of Tavistock, who mentioned no name#.With inquiring glances at on« another they did su­it turned out that the present warden, Janies D. Hossack, of Embro, was "hung” in the council chambers today. His picture, that is.Public Health Students Arrive Here for CourseSupervisor of nurses, Mae Haviland, of the Oxford Health Unit announced the arrival at the unit of three students enrolled in public health at the University of Western Ontario. They will ac­company unit nurses in various visits around the county and ob­serve the techniques employed in regular practice. The students will remain with the unit for a month, as part of their field prac- tice for their final year of their course. The students are: Edith Holub, of Kitchener; Emily Imrie, of Toronto; Anne Dick, of Wa­terloo.Receive Books At OttervilleSWIng their book learning early with the aid of Oxford County's traveling library are these pre-school age children from Otterville. With their teacher, Mrs. David Kennedy tliey are shown receiving their books in front of the township hall from Mrs. S. L Krom- part. (Photo by Addison). AssessorIs NamecTThe highlight of this morning's Session of county council was th© appdtotment of Oxford's first county assessor. Fred II. Cade. The third report of the equalization committee recommended the ap- pointment was moved by Reeve; of Tillsonburg Lawrence W. Smith and seconded by Reeve of Blenheim Orval T. Coleman. Mr. Cade's duties will commence July 1 at a salary of ,$4,500 per annum.Two delegations appeared be­fore council this morning, one from the Alexandra Hospital inj Ingersoll and the other from the Union Gas Co., Chatham. 'The Ingersoll delegation compris­ed: R. S. Foster, president of the board of trustees; A. E. Tz-; zard, vice-president, and chair-1 man of the management commit­tee; R. W. Green secretary-trea­surer; A. R. Horton, board mem­ber.; The Gas company delegation comprised: 'L. G. O'Connor and Edward D. Learoyd. The dele­gation asked for permission for the company to cross the county roads in its plans for laying a cross country pipeline.BY-LAWS READThree by-laws were given their first reading, one to pass orders and accounts, the second for the appointnfent of a weed inspector of the bounty of Oxford and thirdly, ’to raise amounts for county purposes for the year 1954,A resolution came from the1 Wentworth county council’s March session for Oxford's con­sideration. It requested the Minister of Lands and Forests remove restrictions on growing Christmas trees.Announcement of a weed con­trol conference to be held at the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, April 29-30.Correspondence from the Ox­ford Museum. Woodstock, thank­ed council for the $50 increase in its grant—from $800 to $850 for 1954.Fred H. Cade has been ap­pointed county assessor for Ox­ford County, starting July 1 at a salary of $4,500 per annum. The appointment came through this morning. He is at present assess­ment advisor with department of municipal affairs in Toronto. (Staff photo)■SEEK GRANT■ A delegation of two from the Tillsonburg hospital appeared be- Me county council this morning *Bfid asked for a grant of $0,263 to cover Oxford's portion of the hos- pi tai s deficit for 1953. Represent­ing the hospital board \yere: Roy ■Crandall, chairman; Thomas E. E. Buckingham, board member. Maw or of Tillsonburg, Rodger Hawkins, was also present to council cham­bers. He said “In my opinion, we Ajve now got the hospital staffed with the most competent help we’ve ever had.”Two Hospitals Plan to AskFor GrantsFree Preu Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, March 30 —' Delegates from the Ingersoll and Tillsonburg hospitals will approach the county council here this week for grants to make up last year’s deficits, Woodstock's hospital ha* had no deficit the past two years.The administrator of Ingersoll Hospital, E, W. Roeder, said that his hospital will seek a grant of about 53,000, while G. W. Stevens/ administrator at Tillsonburg, said the grant they seek la "quite large,"The Ingersoll delegation Is scheduled to go before council Wednesday morning, the Tillson­burg group, Thursday morning.Mr. Roeder said that Ingersoll Hospital's deficit last year totaled $11,125.84. Town's proportion of this had already been granted, leaving the county to pay some­thing over $3,000. The previous year the hospital’s deficit was over $18,000.Mr. Stevens said that the Till- sonburg Hospital has only just re­ceived its financial deficit for the year, which he termed "quite large."He said this is usually made up from grants by counties, the larg­est proportions from Oxford, El­gin and Norfolk.CHANGE MADEWith the exception of the nurs-! ing staff stationed the basem-at of the county court house, all per­sonnel of the Oxford health unit have moved over to the Oxford health unit building on the corner of Graham and Hunter streets, Woodstock. The recent move in­cluded: the medicat officer of health, Dr. O. C. Powers; the vet- erinarian Dr. L. C. L. Taylor: the sanitary inspectors J. L. Griffith and M. B. McCall; the clerical staff of Mrs. J. Box and Mrs. A. Eller by.OUT OF HOSPITALBlenheim Township road super­intendent, R. G. Wallace, was re­leased from Woodstock General. Hospital after being struck by a truck Monday on the township’s1 seventh concession. His injuries were reported minor.BOOKS FORTen pre-cshool children from Otterville received their first books from the Oxford County Library Co-operative this week, and proudly dteplay them with their teacher, Mrs. David Ken­nedy. They are shown receiving the books in front of the town­ship hall from Mrs. S. L. Krom­part at the bookmobile. The trav­elling library has been working as a co-operative for the past five years and with the schoolsOxford County Council Opens March SessionCounty council began Its busy funds.” March session this morning which1 estimates will be struck and thecounty tax-rate determined.A lenthy list of communications were road by the county clerk L. K. Coles, for council’s considera­tion. They included four resolutions passed in the January sitting ofthe county council of Grey asking for endorsation by Oxford county council One was. to petition the'™endrnent?u *** act governing provincial government “to return 80 ^.at provision shall be to the county all the profits from !"a£® applicable and operative the sheriff's office. entJr« Province of Ontario,. , that the clause in the present actAnother was a request to the limiting benefits to land ownersCanadian government “that imme-, having 80 acres or less, be amend- diate action he taken to provide ed to read 300 acres or less and needy countries of the world with that all capital expenditure re- food from existing surpluses in quired for installations of drainage Canada at p price said countries work shall be exempted from in- can afford or as free gifts, the!come tax.costs being paid from federal (Continued on Page 2>(Continued From Page 1)Two resolutions came from a re­cent session of the county council of Hastings and called for endor- salion to the recommendation “that every effort be made to have our surplus of food distributed to the needy and starving people of the world, that they may feel we wish to be recognized as their friends assisting in any way we can to relieve their burden and distress and possibly win them to our way of life.”The second endorsation request­ed asking the attorney general for the Province of Ontario to favor an amendment to the act to pro­vide for a deposit of $50 from the clair ' demanding the service of a jury.LIABILITY RELIEFA January session resolution of to give rise to liability, or, to the alternative, by providing that ex­ception in the case of gross ne- gliance a corporation shall not be ------------------------ —r „„„ liable for a personal or property, prompted by certain judgments) injury caused bv snow or ice upon handed down recently against theia highway.” municipality for failure to sand a’Middlesex countycouncilwasroad under its jurisdiction and its council wanted endorsation to a pe­tition to the provincial government “to enact legislation relieving the municipalities of liability in case of accidents resulting from ice con­ditions on the travelled portion of a municipal road.” matter of annexation or amalga­mation—specifically opposing any amendment to section 20, subsec- From the January session of tion 15 and 16 of the act. A letter Perth county council came a re- ‘ "solution to “petition the provincial government to enact legislation re­lieving municipalities. from liabil­ity in case of accidents resulting from ice or snow conditions onOTTERVILLEfor the past four years, with, four visits a year. In Otterville the library receives 100 books, and each classroom in the school re­ceives 30 books, and the private kindergarten has been allotted 26 books. The travelling library is under County Council super­vision. Accompanying it are Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Krompart and Mrs. W. G. Cocker, all of Wood- stock.The third request a "price spread Investigation on toods by the Cana­dian government and that » detail-cd statement of findings of said Investigation be fearlessly publish­ed,”The final resolution concerned the construction of drainage out­lets and installations of drain tiles in Grey county and called for a-municipal roads/’ Another resolu­tion was passed due to recent hos­pital deficits caused by the hospi­talization dally rate of indigents in the province of Ontario and it!was designed “to petition the Min­ister of Public Health of the Pro­vince of Ontario, to review the to­digent hospitalization patient costs p€r day with the view of equaliz-ing the indigent rate per day near­er to cost of operation."Wellington county council passed a resolution “that th- Minister of Municipal Affairs be requested to amend section '3 of the Munici­pal Act either by providing that failure to sand county road shall not be want of repair sufficientothers asking for endorsation were from Welland, Simcoe and Norfolk. Welland county opposed any amendment to the Municipal Act whoch would give the Muni­cipal board further powers to thefrom the Welland clerk-treasurer said a committee had prepared and submitted a brief to attorney-gen­eral Dana Porter, regarding the administration of justice expenses act. It stated there was a need for Revision and that Welland wished relief from the large costs incurred CAS GRANTSSimcoe council sent a resolution to petition the Ontario government to substantially increase the sub­sidy paid on the coast of main­tenance of wards of the Children’s Aid Society and that the subsidy be paid to the county and not to the local municipalities. Also, that where a grant is made to a CAS by a municipality for protection work, the grant be subsidized in the same manner as if the funds were; raised by a campaign to obtain1 private donations.Norfolk's resolution petitioned the I Minister of Education to review the basis of grants for secondary school purposes with a view to measuring need for such grants by some other device, that assessment per capita - or by securrtog from the department of municipal affairs equalizing factors for all munici­palities and then arriving at pro­vincially equalized assessments for the basing of grants for secondary school purposes.Oxford PicksNew AssessorWOODSTOCK, March 31 - Fred H. Cade, assessment adviser with the Department of Municipal Af­fairs in Toronto, today was ap­pointed county assessor for Ox­ford. effective July 1. by Oxford County Council, Oxford County Tax Rate Increase One Half MillA half mill increase over last year’s county tax rate was set at last night's lengthy session o f county council. For 1954 the tax rate will be 14 mills.The fifth report of the finance committee estimated a total of ' $449,277.32 would be required to meet county's expenses for 1954.The breakdown of the total Is: general purposes $117,782.92 being1 a rate of 3.6959778 mills on equaliz­ed assessment); charity and wel-, fare $111,500 (3.4988167 mills); county roads $185,000 (5.8052115 mills); academic secondary edu­cation $3,126.48; building fund re-| serve $31,867.92 (one mill). The re-1 port's adoption was moved b y committee crairman, Reeve of Blenheim, Orval T. Coleman and seconded by Reeve of Norwich, Harry Cayley.A tender from Frank Cowan Co. Ltd. on county insurance was ac­cepted, with limits on liability of $200,000 inclusive and with the ex­tra coverage on fleet and equip­ment insurance, making a total premium of $5,181.45.The third report of the printing and resolution committee includ­ed: 1. Payment of accounts total­ing $931.96. 2. Recommendation that no action be taken regarding the Ontario legislature Bill No. 56 3. Recommendation that no action be taken on a resolution passed by the Welland County council regard­ing an amendment to the Munici­pal Act. 4. Recommendation that a printing tender for 400 copies of the council’s minutes be awarded to the Tillsonburg News at $2.50 per page. Deputy-reeve of Tillson­burg, Clare H. Esseltine, moved adoption of the report and it was seconded by Reeve of North Nor­wich Harold R. Bikell.The third report of the conser­vation committee approved:1 — Endorsation of Wentworth county’s resolution regarding Christmas tree planting.2 — Recommendation to the fin­1 — Advising the department ofance committee that it sol aside] education that’ counci $1,000 in the budget for the con- cord with the eommunservatlon committee. Deputy-reeve , of Blenheim, Henry Banbury, mov­ed adoption of the report sec­onded by Reeve of West Zorra, Ed Monteith.The fourth report of the educa­tion committee approved:(Continued From Page 1) Deputy-reeve of Dereham, J. Ralph McLaughlin, moved adop­tion of the report?-seconded by Reeve of Tillsonburg, Lawrence W. Smith.। AGRICULTUREI The third report of the agri­culture committee approved:cord with tile communication fromNorfolk county regarding secon-) dary school grants.2 — A grant of $250 to the Ox­ford School Trustees' and Ratepay­ers’ Association according to its request.(Continued on Page 3)Toronto at a cost of $525.2. Installation of a new stair- corridor of the)way jail.in the main3. Purchase of lawnmower froma new Power1. A ford ation.2. Agrant of $100 to the Ox* County Plowmen's AssOci-Mowers Ltd. of London at of $111.65.4. Redecoration of thepower Lawn a cost..... ------- — magis­trate’s office with drapes, rug and repairs to the woodwork.grant of $100 to the Blen­heim Plowmen's Association.3. Grants of $225 to all agri­cultural societies in Oxford county,4. A grant of $200 to the Ox-ford 4H Club for junior extention work etc.5. A grant of $200 to the Oxford County Junior Farmers for prize money and judging competitions.6. A grant of $75 to the North Blenheim Horse Breeders’ As­sociation.7. Endorsation of Grey county council’s resolution requesting a price spread investigation on foods by the Canadian government.8. No further action be taken on Grey county’s resolution re­garding distribution of surplus food. •9. A grant of $400 to the Oxford County Soil and Crop Improve­ment Association for seed fair and demonstration work.10. A grant of $25 to the Oxford Poultry Association. Reeve of Blandford William A. Chesney moved the report’s adoption—sec­onded by Reeve of East Oxford Murray V. Logan.PROPERTYThe third report of the- property committee approved:1. A new appraisal fovinsurance5. Increasing Mr. and Mrs. Tom Pye’s salary $125 each per year.’ Reeve of North Norwich, Harold R. Bickell, moved the report's1 adoption—seconded by Reeve of Tavistock, Robert Rudy.ROADSThe fourth report of the county roads committee approved:1. Expenditures on county roads for 1954 totaling $406,920 (the total comprising: superintendence $6,- 000: general $10,405; machinery repairs $11,003; new machinery $17,900; bridges and culverts,! county roads $39,200; bridges/ boundary roads $5,500; Woodstock suburban roads $5,570.96; Inger­soll suburban roads $7,720.52; urban municipalities $8,410.74-' construction $104,410; mainten­ance $190,802.78).2. Filing the resolution from the Ninth Line Zorra Farm Forum regarding the erection of markers with lot and concession numbers at each corner in the county that comes under its supervision.ONTARIO SCHOOLTRUSTEES’ AND RATEPAYERS’ ASSOCIATIONDIRECTORhospitalization rates.9. No action be taken on the re­quest of Stratford General Hos­pital for a percentage payment of extra services rendered to Oxford county indigent patients.10. No action be taken on that hospital’s request re. payment of extra services.11. Deficit grants to county hos­pitals; Ingersoll $4,060, Tillsonburg $9,260.12. No grant be made to the Oxford County Branch of the Red Cross.13. Payment of $30,000 in the building fund reserve to be made available to the Woodstock Gen­eral Hospital on Request.14. Adding to the reserve build­ing fund any operating surplus in' 1954.15. Payments for extra services be discontinued on the date that the new rates go into effect, where­as at the present time the County of Oxford pays 50 per-cent of the3. Filing the resolution of the Oxford County Federation of Agri­culture regarding urging the On­tario Department of Highways and other government departments for the necessity of formulating and publicizing a clear and distinct policy for the acquisition of lands. —---- JIUUOC> |rtU>1 4. Filing resolutions of coun-two jail residences, Tom Pye's S,s of Wellington, Perth and Mid­residence and the old registry of- a1056* counties re. the relief of ,of municipalities from liability in case of 'accidents resulting from snow and ice conditions on municipal roads, as Oxford county councilpurposes of the court house, jail, Ifice by the H. E. Cooper Co.Contract For CAS Building Let to Ellis-Don LimitedContract for the new Children’s Aid Society building to be erected on the jail property, at the southeast corner of Light and Buller streets, was let to the firm of Ellis-Don Ltd. which firm is now completing work on the new addition to the col­legiate. This firm has already built the new St. Mary's Parish Hall, the YWCA addition, St. Hilda’s Catholic school on east Dundas street, and Boys Motor Sales, Dundas street, east.DINNER MEETINGThe annual dinner meeting ofOxford’s Children's Aid Society will be held in St. Paul's Church, Tillsonburg, this yvar, reported Mrs. Jeanne Deans, acting super­intendent, this morning. It has been customary to hold the meet in a different part of the county each year. Last year, children's aid enthusiasts gathered in Ingersoll and in 1952 they met in Norwich. The program for the coming May 19 dinner-meet will include parti­cipation by the social work staff­members, The time is set at 6.30 p.m. on the Wednesday.Oxford Rural Signs Rejected Free Press Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK, March 30 - A suggestion that county council con­sider markers, bearing lot and con-cession corner before today.-The Ninth which : effect, g&stednumbers at each road in the county was tabled the opening session heresponsored a similar resolution at its January session. Reeve of East Nissouri, Reginald R. Day ; -oved the report's doption—sec­onded by Reeve of Dereham, Wil­liam J. Stoakley.FINANCEThe fifth report of the finance committee also approved:1. Payment of accounts.2. A $650 grant to the Salvation Army.3. No grant be made to the Embro and West Zorra Red Cross Societies.4. Agreement of a brief pre­pared by Well id county concern­ing administration of justice.5. No action be taken re. a reso­lution of Hastings county in con­nection with the Juror’s Act. al­though some revision should be taken, it was felt.6. No action be taken for the time being, in connection with a request of Grey county that the provincial government return all prolits from the sheriff’s office < to the county.utilized.suggestion came from the Line Zorra Farm Forum passed a resolution to that The resolution also sug- that stop signs could be7. No action Simcoe county re, increased Children’s Aid8. No actionbe taken on the council resolution subsidy for the Society purposes._..be taken in con­nection with Perth county’s reso­lution re. adjustment of indigentextra services rendered to county indigent patients in Woodstock, Ingersoll and Tillsonburg hospitals dnd whereas new legislation is pending to add 50 per cent to the daily indigent rate.BY-LAWSThree by-laws were given their third reading and a fourth bv- law was given its second and third reading.No. 1 was a by-law to pass or­ders and accounts, guided through by Reeve L. W. Smith and his Deputy-Reeve, Clare H. Esseltine.No. 2 was to appoint a weed inspector, guided through by Reeve W. A. Chesney and Reeve Mur­ray Logan.No. 3 gave authorization to raise amounts for county purposes for 1954 and was moved and second­ed by Reeve o. T. Coleman and Deputy-Reeve Henry Banbury, re­spectively.No. 4 gave permission to the Union Gas Co. of Canada to cross county roads with its cross-countv gas pipeline. It's second and third readings involved Reeve Monteith and Deputy-Reeve O. Smith.County Road Superintendent J. N. Meathrell, Ingersoll, commonl- cd it would mean at least 350 signs. "It seems more Important that persons observe the present stop and traffic signs," he observed.Numerous communications and resolutions from other counties were read to council by County Clerk L. K. Coles and referred to the proper committees for con­sideration.C.M. Mackay Resigns Post As County Jail DoctorCounty council officially heard the written resignation of Dr. C. Mackenzie Mackay as county jail physician during yes­terday afternoon’s session. Ho had held this position for many years and had retired from practice last summer He recently has been on the sick Mat. 7-WORK TO BEGIN SOON ON NEW CAS BUILDINGPictured above is the arUafa | °V^d5°^ conception of the new Oxford i ter^ai fQr the buJld!ngX erected । have been called and contractsHospitals Act Amendment Would Up Woodstock CostThe proposal that the munici­palities ply a 50 per cent increase for hospital treatment of indigents, would mean an extra cost of ap­proximately $6,000 for Woodstock, according to city clerk J. D. Hill. For the county the extra cost would be about $12,000 to $13,000. observed county clerk, L. K.Ingersoll, as both hospitals are classed in the same grading. For the Tillsonburg Memorial Hospital,- the municipality would have to pay $5.25 as compared with $3.50.If the indigent patient happenedto come from Woodstock for ex­ample and was admitted to Vic­toria or St Joseph’s hospitals in London then Woodstock would have to pay the hospital at the rate of $6 per day (compared with the present §4)’ as those hospitals are| classed as grade A. The whole set up means an increase in taxes to meet the costs, as the county clerk pointed out.Coles. „ 'The proposal is a bill currently before the Ontario Legislature to amend the Public Hospitals Act, which received its first reading a week ago, Thursday, March 18. If it is passed, the city would be “caught short” in as much as the extra $6,u00 .was not provided for in the 1954 estimates. The matter has been giving county -council members concern, however, and they will make allowances for it when they strike estimates for the county tax-rate during their March session beginning next Tuesday. According to the bill the amend­ment would make the increase ret­roactive to Jan. 1, 1954.An example of the proposal is this: If a patient in the Woodstock General Hospital is classed as an idigent (unable to pay his own way) then the municipality whereapply to the Alexandra Hospital in'of a 50 per-cent raise.The proposed changes for hospi­tals are: grade A - from $4-$6 (there are 11 grade A hospitals in Ontario): grade B - (more than 100 beds but no “teaching” hospi­tals) from $3.50 to $5.25; grades C and D - (100 and fewer beds) from $3 to $4.50; grades E, F and G - (convalescent hospitals) from $2.50 to $3.75.Health Minister Phillips said he, had talked with both rural and ur- ban representatives before draft­ing the proposed legislation. He said they were unanimous that$9,000 SoughtTillsonburgFree Pres* Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, April 1 — A delegation from Tillsonburg Dis­trict Memorial Hospital asked County Council for a little over $9,000 to help defray the 1953 deficit.The deficit was reached by ad­ministering extra services for in­digent patients.. j a u- ia» out early he similar to the County Regis- are expected to be let out ear y Bujldingi which was recently next week. The exterior styling L____; •of the one storey building willerected on the same municipalblock.Hospital Requests GrantIn the past County Council has had a working agreement with the three county hospitals to help defray deficits.The Tillsonburg delegation re­quested a sum which would be the county's share toward the care and treatment of indigent patients.Council will take into regardOBSERVE MOMENT OF SILENCE TO HONOR “HUNG" OFFICIALCounty council, known for its active sense of humor, stood reverently for a moment's silence yesterday afternoon, at the request of Reeve Robert Rudy of Tavistock, to observe' the i “passing" of a well-known county official. With interested and Inquiring glances, members did so without question. At the end of the silence, Reeve Rudy apologized for forgetting to an­nounce the name of the official. He explained to the sympathetic looking members the present warden, James D. Hos^gck, was “hung” In the council chambers recently- and then he pointed to the new picture of the warden for this year, on the wall above Warden Howack'i chair.new policies set out by the Pro­vincial Government.A new Government ruling, in­creases the indigent rate 50 per cent.Council also heard requests for grants from Oxford Poultry As­sociation, Oxford Plowmen's As­sociation and the North Blen­heim Horse Breeders Associa­tion.Council Given School ReportEducational costs are up in Dere­ham township, according to the third report of the educational committee of county council which was read and adopted this morn­ing.Ilie average per diem cost of tuition for "county pupils” in Dere­ham, has increased from 77.5 cents in 1952 to 92.4 cents in 1953. Com­mittee recommended $3,126.48 be levied for academic secondary ed­ucation payable for last year- The move for adoption came from J. Ralph McLaughlin, Deputy Reeve of Dereham, and seconded by L. W. Smith, Reeve of Tillsonburg.First reading was given to a by­law to authorize the Union Gas Co. of Canada to construct, use and operate works for the laying of its 24-inch pipeline across coun­ty roads. Edward A. Monteith, reeve of West Zorra, moved —O. O. Smith, deputy-reeve of East Nissouri, seconded.SECOND READINGSSecond readings were given to by-laws; to pass orders and ac­counts, to appoint a weed inspec­tor and to raise amounts for coun­ty purposes for 1954. Actually the present weed inspector Emerson Moulton, R.R. 2 Mount Elgin, will carry on, it was pointed out — the matter of passing a new by-law is to facilitate arrangements under a new weed control act.Guiding the by-layre through their second readings were: L. W. Smith and Clare H. Esseltine. deputy- reeve of Tillsonburg; William A- Chesney, reeve of Blandford, and Murray Logan, reeve of East Ox­ford; O. T. Coleman, reeve of Blen-| heim, and Henry Banbury, deputy­reeve.HEALTH UNIT REPORTThe annual report of the Oxford Health Unit was submitted to coun­cil this morning. Dr. O. C. Pow­ers, Medical Officer of Health was in attendance. A detailed report on his submission will be forthcom­ing in a later issue of this news­paper.Yesterday, Mrs. R. Diwell and Mrs. C. R- Patience, representing the Oxford Branch of the Cana­dian Red Cross Society, addressed county council, outlined the ser­vices and requested a $4,500 grant.Relative of Norwich ManKilled in Air DisasterOno of the 37 persons killed inat Moose Jaw, W. T. Reid Hunter of Calgarj wm * ^tner of Mrs. Stanley Manors, of Norwich. Mr' advertisinglisher of the Norwich Gazette, at one time was advei us ng manager ol the ScnUnel-Revkw. Mr. Hunley who.w»» »r« land agent for Shell Oil Co., was one of the p - ng nlane ill-fated aircraft that was struck by an RLAb training i Waste Paper Unit Placed in UseFirst of six waste paper units was placed in use at the corner of Broadway street and the market square in Tillsonburg by the Lions Club as part of its municipal cleanup campaign. Attending a short ceremony are, left to right: J. S. Lambden, club chair­man of the civic improvement committee; Deputy Reeve Clare Esseltine, R. T. Saxby, club president, and Mayor Roger Hawkins. (Photo by Seldon.)TENDERS WANTEDSEALED TENDERS adduced to th« County Road Superintendent end endorsed ''Tender for Hauling Road Miterlnls and Equipment Hirn" udil , be received by the uodemlgned up to 12 o'clock noon, Thursday, April 22, 1034. for the following:1. Hauling erf road building mater- Inia from various aourcea within or adjacent to the enunly.2. Feeding. eruahlng anti hauling from designated gravel pita.3, Delivery of the above mentioned | materials to be made on certain Kleins of the County Road Sy»- Ias directed by the County Rond Superintendent.4. Any other work that may be dea- ignated on the tender formB. Truck, ahovel and equipment hire,8. Contractors having materials and other services for oale may sup- fdement tender form by tender- ng on same.Contract, agreements and specifica­tions and forms of tender for items 1. 2, 3 and 4 may be obtained at ‘he office of 1he County Road Superin­tendent, Court House, Woodstock, Ontario. Tenders on items 5 and 6 may be submitted on bidder's own letterhead or form.Tenders must be accompanied by a marked cheque payable to the i County Treasurer or an approved bid bond for Five Hundred DollarsThe lowest or any tender not ne­cessarily accepted.J. N. MEATHRELL,County Road Superintendent.' 12Z17-5A'NOTICE TOTRUCKERSThe statutes with respect to the load limits commercial motor vehic­les, trailers and other vehicles may carry during the months of March and April (Subsection 4 and 5. sec­tion 36. Highway Traffic Act) will be strictly enforced on all County Roads.The co-operation of the taxpayers in Oxford in assisting in having the statutes enforced will be appreciat­ed as the cost of repairing the Coun­ty Roads after the sprng break-ups greatly curtails the funds available for construction work during the year. Half load limits on County and Township roads during March and April are statutory and signs or notices are not required to en­force the sections of the Highway Traffic Act designating load limits.J. N. MEATHRELL.County Road Superintendent.Court HouseWoodstock, Ontario.14/17-5ASanitation Division Presents Report on Work Done in 1953Incorporated in the report of the Oxford Health Unit presented to County Council on Friday was the report from the Sanitation Division, presented by J. L. Griffith, senior sanitrary inspector.In his report, Mr. Griffith point­ed out:“It will be noted that 3,045 visits were made. 815 were restaurant and hotel inspections; 126 quaran­tine investigations; therminal and concurrent disinfection of commun­icable diseases; 41 to industries, re food, water and sanitary con- venieces. Eight to tourist home service; 645 samples of water were collected for analysis, of these, 144 showed varying degrees of pollu­tion. Inspections made at schools, show good improvement, heating, lighting, wafer supplies, decorating and toilet facilities have been Im­proved in many instances. Eight hundred and eight complaints were received and investigated. Some of these could be classed as danger­ous to health. Two hundred and eighty-one were for septic tank in­stallations and education and 330 miscellaneous inspections."An educational course was con­ducted in May for the plumbers on the new code. This was con­sidered a great success.“The pollution of watercourses is still a large health problem. Most of this pollution comes from storm water drains. Such health hazards can only be eliminated by the in- ’■tallation of sewage disposal sys­tems.”VISITS MADEA summary of the year’s workincluded: Communicable diseases, number of cases reported, 215; quartined, 50; investigated, 26; re­visits, 50.Food Control: total visits, 856, bakers and grocers, 14; restaur­ants and hotels, 815; lockers, cold storage, ice plants, 1; dairies, cheese factories, creameries, 26; swabs of restaurant dishes and utensils, 1,255.Industries: total visits, 41; aren­as, race tracks, fairs, 14; factor­ies. 5; slaughter houses, butcher shops, 3; funeral homes, 19.Tourist home service, total visits, 8; tourist homes, motels, 5; sum­mer camps, resorts 2; nursing homes, 1.Water supplies, total samples taken, 645; school, 197; private, 317; municipal, 97; swimming pools, 34; well inspections, 1; vis­its re municipal water supplies, 36.Complaints, total complaints, 808, sewage disposal and bad plumb­ing, 618; bad housing, 55; unsani­tary conditions, 26; health hazards. 9; garbage disposal, 69; animal nuisances, 31.Septic tanks, total visits, 281: installations, 115: revisits. 18; plumbers given information, 148.Miscellaneous, total visits, 330; cemeteries, 4; fumigations, 8; school inspections, 185; conventions attended, 3; conferences attended, I; lectures given, 2; visits re plumbing code, 108; school board meetings attended and trustees in­ter-viewed, 19.Sees Oxford's MLR Strong, Silent TypeBy DUN O’HEARN(Special Correspondent forThe Sentinel-Review)TORONTO — Incidental reflec­tions on the highways committe:From the opening pace the com­mittee could be two years and a day completing its work. There’s not an engineer in the U-man group and it took some time even to straighten out the difference be­tween a "profile” and a "cross- section.”THE MEMBERSW. H. Collings (PC — Toronto- Bea ches) had much of the lime­light. Mr. Collings is a self-con­stituted advocate-general for his party. His incessant questioning and interruption didn’t sit too well with some of his party colleagues/ though none expressed this with more than a yawn.C. E. “Zeb" Janes of Lambton East being his usual practical self and helping keep things on the rails. Tom Dent of Oxford, with probably more brains than most of the committee combined, ex­pressing himself in his customary way by keeping his mouth shut unless he has something con- terete to say. Oxford County AreaTrees, Barns ToppledMr. and Mrs. Gordon Bond, Woodstock, announce the engage­ment of their daughter, Marion Margaret, Reg. N., to Robert Melvih Hazel, son of Mr. andMrs. William B. Hazel, jr., of Beachville. The marriage will take place Wednesday, May 19, 1954, at St. Mary’s Church, Wood- stock.As Storm Sweeps PastThe taiMnd of a tornado bom in Michigan lathed across Oxford County last night, leaving a trail of wind and lightning damage in its wake. Greater part of the storm's fury struck on the Stage road between Highway 59 and Oxford Centre, where the roof was blown from a barn, and a garage was destroyed.Trees at various points In the county were blown down, including one on Finkle street in Woodstock, and the wind played havoc with the electrical network cover­ing the county.Estimates of damage from other points were climbing steadily higher as new reports were received from the wires of the Canadian Press. Latest estimate was it would top 560,000, not including the damage done in Oxford Countv.County of OxfordBoard of Management Home for the AgedTenders for Laying and Jointing 8 and 6-inch WatermainsAnnual Report Presented By Oxford Health UnitAt Friday's session of County Council, Dr. O. C. Powers, MOH for Oxlord County, presented the annual report of the Oxford Health Unit for 1953.Pointing out that among the chief responsibilities of the public health department is the prevention of disease. Dr. Powers reported that immunization against preventable diseases has been increased and that the tuberculosis control pro­gram under the direction of the Oxford County Tuberculosis Assoc­iation is showing excellent results.Housing was listed as one o f many problems which remain to be solved. "Many persons in this great county are still living under deplorable conditions,” Dr. Powers reported.Serving a population of 56,960, the unit was comprised of the med­ical officer of health, supervisor of nurses, one clinical nurse, seven public health nurses, two sanitary inspectors and one veterinarian. MANY VISITS MADEDuring the year, 5,452 home visits were made, 1,774 new fam­ilies being visited. The number of new cases admitted was 3,598.Services included; prenatal, 107; infant welfare visits, 1,255; Pre­school visits, 980; Adult service visits, 166; demonstration bedside care, 15;School Service: Number of pub­lic schools; 116, enrolment, 9,110; enrolment in four high schools, four continuation, 2,505. Number of school inspections by nurse, 12,516, vision tests, 4,071; hearing tests, 29; first aid dressings, 470; con­ferences with inspectors, 9; con­ferences with principals, 390; con­ferences with teachers, 1,145; com­plete physicals done by doctors, 1,249; special physicals done by doctors, 845; number of children under observation, 566; number of defects found other than teeth, 481.Home visits for communicable disease totalled 144. with 215 cases of communicable disease reported. IMMUNIZATIONSImmunization was as follows, diphtheria toxoid given, 21; rein­forced doses, 190. Combination vac­cine for the prevention of diph­theria and whooping cough, pre­school 1, reinforced doses, 1; triple antigen for the prevention of diph­theria, whooping cough and tetanus given to 1,603; infants 1,019, pre­school 584; reinforced doses, 284; scarlet fever toxin, infants, 1; mal- oney tests, 86; TAB tests, 2; vac­cination against smallpox, infants, 39; preschool, 39, school 228; tet­anus toxoid, preschool 52; school 2,557; reinforced' doses, 777; diph­theria and tetanus toxoid, infants,! 2; preschool, 29, school, 1,604; re­inforced doses, 791; influenza vac­cine, school 699; reinforced doses 561. *TUBERCULOSIS SERVICE:Number of clinics held, 45, total attendance at clinics, 826; number of home visits made, 113; number of patches applied, 82; number of I.C. tests, 100; number of X-rays taken at clinics, 761.Orthopaedic Service; new cases,I 96; home visits, 160.Venereal disease service, new cases, 5; contacts, 2; home and office visits, 5.Mental health service, clinics’ held, 10; number attending clinics from county, 56.Child health conferences held at 15 centres, number held month­ly, 22; attendance during the year, 4,375.Meetings addressed by nurses, 8; meetings attended by nurses, 14.SEALED TENDERS, addressed to L. K. Coles. Esq.. Secretary. Oxford County Home for the Aged, Court House. Wood- stock. Ontario, and marked "Tender for Laying and Jointing Watermains." will be received by registered mall until 5.00 p.m.,FRIDAY, APRIL 23rd, 1954.Tenders must be submitted on the blank forms which, with plans and specifications, can be obtained from the office of the Consulting Engineer, on a deposit of $10.00 which deposit will be refunded on the return of the plans and specifications in good condition.The work will Include laying about 5040 feet of 8-inch and 480 feet of 6-inch east iron mechanical joint pipe, including excavation and backfilling and connec­tions to existing mains.All cast iron pipe with-, cast iron fittings, special castings, valves, hydrants and meter will be supplied by the Board. Pipe will be available by the 1st of May.A certified cheque payable to the Secretary in an amount equal to 5% of the amount of the tender sum must accompany each tender.The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.L. K. COLES. Esq..Secretary.Oxford CountyHorne for the Aged. JAMES F. MacLAREN ASSOCIATES.i Consulting Engineers,| 705 Yonge Street. Toronto. KA9Overtime Goal By Tony Les wick Wins Stanley Cup For Re d Wings TURN FIRST SOD FOR CAS BUILDING£ ’W‘<' •’’ ' '■ I’' \ ?J4SOD TURNING CEREMONY for the new 550,000, 15 room Children's Aid Society bu:’ 'ing took place this morning at the site of the new building on the southwest corner of Light and Buller streets. Douglas Camp­bell, chairman of the CAS Build­ing Committee is pictured in BOTTOM PHOTO turning theMan Acts As Woodstock Court Crier, Cannot Appear On Stratford ChargeFree Press Stratford BureauSTRATFORD, May 11 — A Woodstock man could not appear in magistrate’s court here today because he had some duties to perform at a Supreme Court session in his home city.• * ' •John McLcvin did not appear sod for the new building. TOP PHOTO is an artist’s conception of the modern, one-story L shap­ed building. Architecture of the new home of the CAS will be in keeping with the new registrary building located on the east side of the municipal block. Those officiating at the sod turning ceremony, pictured in the bot­to answer a careless driving charge because, according to a letter received by Magistrate A. F. Cook, he was acting as court crier in the higher court session in Woodstock.* • •Magistrate Cook ordered a bench warrant and commented that the action of the accused W. Wilson, Ex-Reeve of Dereham Dies in Alexandra HospitalVeteran Woodstock ResidentK. W. Stone Dies in 92nd Yeartom photo are, from left to right, Howard Passmore, president of the CAS; Dr. J. G. Murray, In­gersoll, member of the board; Douglas Campbell; Mrs. Jeanne Deans, acting superintendent; Mayor Bernadette Smith and L. McKerral, member of the board. (Staff Photo) and his lawyer in merely writ­ing a letter to advise they would not be in court, was "highly ir­regular."• • *The magistrate said the bench warrant may not be served. Mc- Levln had been served with a summons to appear In court to­day.RECORD BOUNTIES PAIDCounty clerk L. K. Coles report­ed a record 120 foxes were turn­ed in for the collection of the $3 bounty, last month. “It’s the high­est April on record,” he stated.! Counting noses at $3 per fox, the! county paid out $360 in bounty money. The numbers turned in from various townships are: West Oxford, 32, Blenheim, 27; West’ Zorra, 20: Dereham, 18; Bland­ford, 8; East Nissouri, 8; East Zorra, 5; South Norwich, 2. The total for the year, to date, is 245. .comparing with 182 for the: same period last year.OLD FOLK ENTERTAINEDThe residents of the Oxford Coun­ty Home were entertained this week by the CGIT of Knox Pres­byterian church. The visiting group was under the leadership of Mrs. I R. Sutherland. As a treat, the! group provided candy and cake. The women of the Moose Lodge presented the residents with a new lawn swing, which R. J. Forbes, manager of the home, said was very much appreciated.DEATHS, FUNERALSmiss J. m. McNaughtonThe death occurred at Alexandra Hospital on Friday, May 14, of Janet Marion McNaughton of 7 Holcroft street, Ingersoll. Miss McNaughton was very well and favorably known throughout the Ingersoll district and served the community for many years in the capacity of public health nurse.Daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Malcom McNaughton and sister of Miss McNaughton, Inger­soll, and John McNaughton of Lon­don, Miss McNaughton was in her 73 year.The body is resting at the Keeler and Guthrie Funeral Home, 125 Duke street, Ingersoll, where the service will be held on Monday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, with Rev. D. T. Evans of St Paul’s Presby­terian Church officiating. Inter­ment will be made in Mount View Cemeterv. Galt.COURT CALLS TOO NUMEROUSA Woodstock man summon­ed to appear in Magistrate's Court in Stratford yesterday on a careless driving charge, sent word he couldn’t make it.The man, John W. Mc^evin, 69 Light street said in a letter to Magistrate A. F. Cook, that he is court crier for Ontario Supreme Court now sitting at Woodstock Court House.Magistrate Cook said Mr. McLevIn’s actions were “highly irregular” and ordered a bench warrant.The magistrate said the bench warrant may not be serv­ed, and said he will give Me- Levin a few days to appear or have a lawyer represent him.Questioned In Woodstock this morning, Mr. McLevin said hr had “no comment to make onthe matter at present.’ ■ - „ WA portion of the Oxford County Library headquarters situated in the County Building can be seen in the above pic­ture. Seated in the backgroundHEADQUARTERS OF OXFORD COUNTY LIBRARYis Mrs. S. L. Krompart, county librarian, centre, Mr. Krompart, who assists part time, and fore­ground. I rs W. G. Cocker, as­sistant librarian. The library moved from its old quarters in the building to this large and completely modernized 44 x 16 foot room early last year. Total stock of the library is over 10- 000 volumes, some of which can be seen above. (Staff Photo).Purchase of Bookmobile Put Show Oh The Road For County LibraryFAVORITE BOOKSAt the schools, teachers and stu­dents select their books. Favorites among the boys are horse and dog stories, "do-it-yourself” books, sci­ence, with the trend lately running to tales of explorations. Girls tend to like similar books, although there are many requests for fairy and adventure tales.Favorites among adults ere trav­el, biography, useful arts, hobbies and some religious books.After every place on the route has been visited, the returned books are brought back to the "home base,' which was re-locat­ed last April in larger rooms in the County Building. There, those needing re-patching are repaired, the worst being sent to Ridgetown for rebinding."We have a collection that covers nearly everyone,” Mrs. S. L. Krompart, chief librarian, said. "Last year we mailed over 200 books out to people who were un­able to obtain reading material.”The Oxford County Library has taken to the road . . with its shiny, new bookmobile. Purchased last fall, the mobile has enabled the library to carry on its ever-expand­ing program, "geared to assist in the distribution of educational and entertaining reading to all parts of the county.Three times during the school year, September, December and March, the medium blue bookmo­bile with its 1100 volumes leaves Woodstock daily for a month-long 1000 mile jaunt to the 18 smaller- eentre libraries, the four deposit stations at Brooksdale, Uniondale, Princess Elizabeth Institute, and Bright, and the 94 schools com­prising over 128 classrooms, which it.serves. In June, the rolling lib­rary collects all the books. A total of 11 schools or three libraries can be visited each day. New units are now being taken to the secondary schools at Brownsville, Mount El­gin, Norwich and Plattsville, for the first time.In choosing the books, Mrs. Krom­part relies on publishers catal­ogues, book reviews, standard catalogues for high schools, dig­ests, etc. to order the 50 fiction, 20 non-fiction and 30 juvenile books that are allo ted each month. Last year over 2000 new books were ordered, boosting the present stock to over 10,000 vol­umes, most of which are out on circuit. ./Mrs. Krompart is assisted at the library by Mrs. W. G. Cocker, as­sistant librarian, and Mr. Kromp­art, part time assistant and driver for the bookmobile.PROMOTES INTERESTIn her work, Mrs. Krompart has tried to promote further interest in the library by visiting women’s groups, institutes, home and school clubs and other organizations throughout the county with book displays and talks. Each time she takes with her a small carrying rack containing books rangingBefore its inception in 1949, the library was known as the Circulat­ing Oxford County Library Associ-1 ation and was supervised jointly by City Librarian G. Blythe Terry- berry and Miss Betty Crawford, librarian for Ingersoll. After the Oxford libraries had pooled their money to buy books for it, the association was taken over by the County Council. Mrs. Krompart was appointed as Oxford Countyfrom sewing, baby care, home ... ---nursing, home decorating, cooking, Librarian. Members of ihe lib-( beauty care and many others per- Direc.^ors are ap7taining to home life. Country folk,‘f°mt^ 1116 counc11 meetshe has found, are just as interest- four times a year.’ • - -- - - x This year at the annual meeting.ed in reading and self-developmentas their city cousins.MANY READERSAlthough the county library isFeb. 5, the following members were elected: chairman, W. J.Stoakley, reeve of Dereham town- !ship; vice-chairman, Reginald Day one of those organizations about which we hear the least, therereeve of East Nissouri township; treasurer, L- K. Coles, Ingersoll;. George Lees, Norwich: R. C- Brog-< den, Ingersoll; James D. Hossack.| Embro; O. T. Coleman, reeve of* Blenheim township; H. L. KippJ Princeton; and R. G. Groom, TiU-i sonburg.were over 107,746 individual read­ers during 1953, as compared with 9,600 during the first year of oper- One of only 14 such enterprises in Ontario, the Oxford County Lib­rary is under the supervision of the Ontario Department of Educa­tion. The nominal fees charged to the schools, smaller libraries and deposit stations, (not under the management of a local library but run by women’s institutes o r church groups) are augmented with grants from the provincial government and the County Coun­cil.Fire Protection MainTo be Started ShortlyWork on the installation of the [commission, some details were ar- new water main from the city to I ranged to be embodied. The rate the Oxford Coun home, for fire for water was set at 16.8 cents per protection, which has been under, 1,000 gallons, net. AH maintenance negotiation between the county work on the line by the PUC will be council committee a d the >u-;al cost and a further water charge stock Public Utilities Commission, which will not be metered, will be is expected to got under way in the at the rate of $21 per hydrant, per near future, it was learned at the annum.monthly meeting of the commission last night.A letter was read from the James F. McLaren engineering firm of Toronto, which has the project In hand, stating that the contract had been let to the W. A. Haggarty Construction Co. of Ingersolf.An agreement is being prepared between the county and the PUC in connection with the undretaklng and al last night's meeting of theASSESSORS MEETThe city was host at a noon din­ner for the district assessors' as­sociation semi-annual meeting, which was held today in Wood- stock. The association used the council chambers at the county court house for its get-together. The dinner was held at the New Commercial Hotel,OXFORD BOUNTIESWOODSTOCK, June 1—Oxford County nimrods made their highest reduction of this county’s fox pop­ulation for a single month last May, bagging a total of 258,The total right ears clipped for county to date is 503, a new record, higher than the 447 for the whole of last year. Last year, until the end of May, only 341 fox bounties were paid out by County Clerk L. K. Coles.Again Blenheim Township hunt­ers headed the pack with 45, with East Zorra a close second with 41. Other township bags were: Blnnd-| ford, 10; Dereham, 18; East Nis­souri, 32; North Norwich, 18; South Norwich, 4; East Oxford. 12; North Oxford, tl; West Oxford, 32; West Zorra, 30,County Council To Study Rise In AssessmentFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK. June 1 — Raising of the equalized assessment by at least 5570,000 to over $32,000,000 for the whole county, will be dealt with by County Council during the June session which opened here today.Council met in committee and the outcome of their deliberations will be announced later.Last year the equalised assess­ment was boosted $650,000 to $31- 600,000 in round figures. County Clerk and Treasurer L, K. Coles, said today.The equalization committee thia year is chaired by Reeve L. W. Smith, of Tillsonburg, Discussion on equalization was expected to start In committee rooms today. Catching Foxes is No CinchBut Hunter's Skill Pays OH“Shook me? — it shook me for1By K. G. WARESWho says catching foxes is a cinch?Ernest <Ernie) Rutter, 712 Dun-quite a while,” he replied. “You can keep your snakes! They never used to bother me, until that timeI grabbed one........now they’re about the only thing that bothers' tituoe you nave to be just aS foxy whpn t ?pp nnr> Ivina aloneSeven yearS ag°‘ He haS 3Eoiman Ruttet o. St. Williams. ‘'kankerin’ ” to make another visit He svon the championship for; h Muskoka district as heOntario for a catch of brush wol-^P a few years ago j ‘‘That’s when I was single,” he wolf, himself, during his more suc-:added- ' ' s^’das street Woodstock, takes the at-ves.” said Ernie.Ernie is somewhat of a lonecessful hunting trips. ‘‘I find if Igo out alone I can find more than I do when I got out with others.” he says. “If you go out with some­body else you don’t pay as much attention to what you’re doing.” SKILL PAYS OFFHas his technique and his 10 years, experience paid off? It cer­tainly seems to have. County clerk L. K. Coles just paid out a bounty of S3 per fox to Ernie this week on a catch of 19 taken from three dens. That amount to $57 worth of know-how.“I had to go down eight feet to get 4hem,” said Ernie as his ex­perienced eyes inspected the re­sults of his trip. “Most of the dens are in the ground, but they vary in depth. I even got a bunch out, of a tree stump Monday night." ।Besides catching red foxes, o fi which his total is 26 for this year so far, Ernie has a registered trap line which has taken many a wiley muskrat. Asked if he ever won a prize for his trapping, he replied, “Never tried.”REALLY SHOOK HIMLike all sportsmen, Ernie can relate intriguing tales of the open spaces. “I was priming tobacco one time,” he explained, “and I benf down and grabbed a tobacco leaf I came up with a three-and- a-half-foot milk snake.’’“t bet that shook you," I said.PUBLIC NOTICEAt the call of Warden Jame* D. Hossack a special MEETING nf the County Council of the County of Oxford will be held in theCOUNCIL CHAMBERIN THE COURT HOUSE WOODSTOCK-ON—Tuesday, June 1stISM at the hour nf ten o'clock a,m„ for general bunineu.All claims and accounts a^alnrt the county must be filed vzjth the County Clerk before the first day of the »M»ionL K COLES. COUNTY CLERK County CUric'* OfficeWoodstock.1H-BASPRING CLEANING TIMEThat seasonal bug spring clean­ing, came to Oxford County Courthouse yesterday as work­men began job of getting the historic building in “ship shape” for another year. Feature of the clean-up program was the sand­ing and scraping of all the halls on the first floor. Jack Schisnall, cl 22" Thames street, is shown above operating one of the many sanding machines being used in the project. (Staff Photo)Oxford CAS Re-Elects All OfficersAll officers were re-elected at the annual meeting of Oxford County Children's Airi Society at St. Pau 's Church, Tillsonburg. Among the 200 persons attendPnq were hh to right, seated. Mayor Bernadette Smith, Woodstock; Mrs. Jeanne Deans 9case work supervisor, Clark Murray Woodstock; standing, Mayor R, L. Hawkins tillsonbura- agistrate R. G. Groom, Tillsonburg, and Howard E. Passmore, Woodstock president d Turned ForWoodstock Hospital AdditioiCity, County Authorities Take Part in CeremonyFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, May 10 — The first sod was turned this afternoon for the new addition to the Woodstock Gen­eral Hospital.Officiating at the ceremony were Mayor Bernadette Smith, Warden J. D. Hossack, and past chairman of the board of the Woodstock General Hospital Trust, V. B. King. James Vance, present chairman of the board was in charge ^^»f the ceremony.V Cost $1,343,000HOSPITAL' - TT'-’TTURN FIRST SOD FOR HOSPITAL WINGmg«**•**OrtsJames Vance, present chair­man of tile Board of Trust of the Woodstock General Hospital was in charge of the sod turning cere- nony for the addition to thepresident Board of Trust of Wood- stock General Hospital, the Mayor and Janies D. Hossack, Warden of Oxford County.(Staff Photo).(SN • .>■SISsSI SIRWoodstock General Hospital which took place yesterday after noon at the site of the new build­ing. Pictured above, from left to right, are Architect D. Kertland 1 from Toronto, V. B. King, past&&•&-. ,. ....... 'The estimated cost of the addi­tion and alteration to the hospital is $1,343,000.Silver shovels were presented to- the official sod-turners. A silver shovel will also be presented to John Dunlop, senior member of the Board of Trust, who was not present for the ceremony.John Tillger, official of the Frid Construction Company of Hamil­ton. contractors for the addition, said the new wing of the hospital would be ready for occupancy one year from today.Then, he added, when the patients are transferred to the new wing “we can go ahead with the alterations to the existing hos­pital.""The job will go ahead, at full speed, he said.ADDITIONShown above is the archi­tect’s sketch of the proposed addition to the Woodstock Gen­eral Hospital which it is plan­ned to add to the northern end of the new wing of the hospital. The addition which will include a new entrance will face on to Graham street.Contract Awarded For Hospital WingA 81,342,868 contract for the er-.streets The construction of the ection of a new wing to the Wood- hospital wing will commence im- stock General Hospital was award-1 mediately after the sod turning, cd to the Frid Construction Com-: D. E, Kertland, of the firm ofD. E. Kertland, Is the architect forpany of Hamilton this morning. The awarding of the contract was made at a meeting of the hospital ncw building, board of management and the con-James Vance, present chairman of the hospital board is replacing V. B. Ring, who served threetractors, held in the library of theNurses’ Residence-The sod-turning ceremony for theyears in the capacity of chair- new hospital wing will take place, man. Mr. King is still an active on Monday, May 10 at 10.30 a.m.i member of the Board of the Wood, at the corner of Riddell and Brant stock General Hospital. The Oxford County Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society of­ficially opened its April cam­paign for funds yesterday after­noon with its annual Daffodil tea at the YWCA. Guest speak­er later in the afternoon was Mrs. Reinhold Lang, centre, chairman of the speakers’ bur­eau of the Waterloo Unit. Pic­tured with her are left, Tom Naylor, president Oxford Unit; Mrs. A. R. Hawkins, tea conven­er; and right, Her Worship Mayor Bernadette Smith and, J. D. Hossack, warden of Oxford! county—(Staff photo).SCENE OF OTTERVILLE ACCIDENTdescent isboulder dumped from the Oxford County trunk, SHOW"’ ATKIGHT, struck him on the head.SEKT shows Alva S. Blackmore of Norwich, driver of the truck which was dumping rocks for abutment reinforcement to the bridge. (Photos by K. G. Wares'shown in the above photo on the Otterville highway bridge as they examine the scene of a freakGROUP OF spectators are ower died late ysterday afternoon. The man, Ernest Jarvis, 47, wasfishing in Otter Creek fromgroup of jagged shore-line rocks Route of the rock1 » tJ" Ik V* i ti 11 , < 111 ’IFIA. I» l* In1111 l-vir ♦‘In y» •t Falls To RedsDEATHS, FUNERALSL. t. WETTLAUFERTAVISTOCK, Zion Evangelical United Brethren Church was filled to capacity Wednesday after-1 noon for the funeral service of the late L. L. Wettlaufer, Reeve of East. Zorra Township, and well- known citizen of the community, who,died early Sunday morning' following a serious illness of two: weeks. The body had rested at his residence, about a mile south of Tavistock on the 13th Line, until noon, when a memorial service was; held for the family, with Rev. F. Paul Erb in charge, assisted by Rev. W. F. Krotz, and Rev. John Wettlaufer, Rodney.During the church service, a vo­cal duet was sung by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brown, and the address was given by Rev. Erb. Assisting in the service was Rev. J. W. Siebert, Elmira. Burial was made in the cemetery adjoining the church, the. pall bearers being Charles J. Klein, Allen Otto, William Herlick. James Hanna. Edward Schmidt and Aaron Pietsch.Attending the service as honor­ary bearers were members of thei East Zorra Council and officials:, members of the Oxford County Council and officials, and directors and the manager of the Tavistock Cheese and Butter Company.There was a profusion of floral tributes and a number of mission cards, and relatives and friends attended from Tavistock, East Zorra, South Easthope, Woodstock, Toronto. Chesley. Listowel, New Hamburg, Palmerston, Stratford. Kitchener and Waterloo.Reeve Of E, Zorra Dies fit His HomeTAVISTOCK — Reeve of East Zorra Township. Louis L, Wettlauf­er. 71, who had been seriously ill for more than two weeks, died at his home on the 13th line Sunday morn.ng,Mr. Wettlaufer was a nazive of the township, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John J. Wettlaufer. He was three times president of the Tavistock Cheese and Butter Company and was a member of the board of directors.He was president of the Tavi­stock Arena Company, a former president of the Christian Crusa­der Class of Zion Evangelical Un­ited Brethren Church, Tavistock. He was a trustee of the church.Mr. Wettlaufer was also former president of the Tavistock Agricul­tural Society, a member of the property and agricultural commit-' tees of Oxford County Council.In 1902 he married Margaret An- kenman, who died in 1947.8URW0RSSurviving is a daughter, Miss Marjorie Wettlaufer, at home: three sons, Clarence C., of Tavi­stock; Percy, of East Zorra; and Lester Wettlaufer, of South East- hope; a sister, Mrs. Wilfred Corp, Tavistock, and eight grandchildren.The body is at the residence, about a mile south of here, until noon Wednesday, when removal will be made to Zion Church for service at 2.30 p.m. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery. The Rev. F. Paul Erb will officiate.County Road CostsAre Set At $374,000rt.n amount of $374,000 was set for 1954 by the department of highways as the maximum county road expenditure on which subsidy may be payable. This was revealed during the reading of communications at this morning’s opening of Oxford County Council's June session. The county previously submitted a figure of $458,100. The expenditure on the county road system, last year, was $371,308.Fire On Us, De Castries Tells French ArtilleryPARIS (CP)—Dien Bien Phu has fallen.Premier Joseph Laniel announced late today the north west Indo-China bastion "has been submerged."A little fortress named Isabelle, site of the French Un­ion garrison’s main artillery, was still holding out three miles south of the bastion that had epitomized the Indo­China war for 57 days.One of the last orders Brig.-Gen. Christian de Castries, the lanky commander in chief, sent to’Isabelle was to fire on his own command post when the Communist-led rebel riflemen finally cut through.NURSE’S FATE UNKNOWNThere was no immediate word as to the fate of Gen. de Castries, commander of the fallen garrison, nor that of Genevieve de Galard Terraube, a French nurse and the only woman in the besieged fort. She had been decorated for gallantry twice within the week.Premier Laniel told the National Assembly counter­attacks had been launched in a vain effort to block the rebels from making a juncture in attacks from the north­east and the. southwest, but the defence efforts failed.Thirty thousand Vietminh rebels smashed through French Union defences today to capture the mountain stronghold.The final, deciding assault began with a punishing four-hour artillery barrage Thursday. Then the Com­munist-led troops scrambled out of their trenches to fling themselves on the battle-weary defenders in their fourth all-out assault since March 13.BATTLE IN MUDThe strongpoints—a muddy tangle of trenches and barbed wire—fell one by one, as the insurgents chopped down the French Union troops with grenades and knives. The defenders tried desperately to counter-attack with bayonets, but were forced backward by superior numbers.The fall of Dien Bien Phu came on the eve of the Indo-China peace talks at Geneva. The fortress had be­come a symbol for both sides: The rebels were determined to capture it at all costs, while the 12,000 French Union troops, outnumbered 4 to 1 or more, were just as deter­mined to hang on.They did hang on, for 57 days that captured the imag­ination of the world.Laniel interrupted a discussion of routine legislation in the National Assembly to make the announcement.COUNTY COUNCILCounty council meets in the county court house, Woodstock, tomorrow to begin its June session- It is expected discussion will take place, this sitting, on the work of Oxford’s first county assessor who; was engaged at the time of the session.Burford Factory Worker Killed by Falling Rockpair were fellowStruck on the head by a pump- of rocks to be used In the rein-made while the kin-sized rock while fishing in Ot- forcement were dumped yesterday ter creek, a 47-year-old Burford before the accident. ‘ factory workers, Ernest Jarvis, was killed instantly yesterday af­ternoon. ------ ------- — wuvn. XUVWIVCU,Mr. Jarvis, a widower, was ang- Jarvis and Kreiger had been ling from some jagged rocks at !nshing a]1 day and knew ,he bouM- the base of the Otterville bridge ers were dumped.1 |h'i The *“««»>« o' iruek «by0L‘ty ^r\ fo^. his Robert Turn-inforcement purposes, hit him.He was with a brother-in-law, Philip Kreiger, of Brantford, who was fishing further up the rivci at the time... A bounty said o»ntly been discharged from hos-fhe bridge abutment had been «r- pJtal and were convalescing. Plansoded by waler and"Greatest Canadian Star" Conacher Passes SuddenlyBy THE CANADIAN PRESSThe Big Train is dead.A. S. Blackmore, of R.R. 2 Nor­wich, driver of the truck involved, bull, of Mount Elgin, and only two rocks dropped over the abutment before dumping stopped because of shouts from Jarvis and Krieger, Blackmore said.Both Jarvis and Kreiger had re-several I \ .V ’j" 7 '7 iT—7T ------’’ will be at Mount Hopeseveral loads I for yesterday’s fishing trip were I cemetery, a t Brantford.patients.Town Constable Arthur Kilpat­rick went to the accident Scene and then called the OPP detachment in nearby Tillsonburg. Constable Del Scott, of Tillsonburg, was sent to investigate. Mr. Jarvis was ex­amined by Dr. G. M. Downing, of Otterville.Date of the inquest has not yet been set. Crown Attorney A. C. Whaley, of Woodstock, said this morning.Remains are resting at Robinson Funeral Home in Burford. Funeral services will be held Monday af­ternoon at 2 o'clock at Burford,Oxford Road Budget ParedFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, June 1 — Oxford County Council’s estimated $458,100 road budget was cut to $374,000 by the Provincial Department of Highways according to a commu-l nication read to county officials this morning by County Clerk and Treasurer L. K. Cole. The Provin­cial Department of Highways ap­proved the $374,000 figure as a maximum county rood expenditure on which subsidies may be pay­able. Expenditure on the county road system last year was $371,308.Busy Session AheadCoucil Warden James D. Hos- sack opened the June session of council and pi dieted a busy ses­sion.Letters of thanks from the Sal­vation Army, Alexandra Ingersoll Hospital and Woodstock Genera! Hospital wore received. County council had granted the Salvation Army $<330, the Ingersoll Hospital $4,060 towards the IMS deficit, and th® Woodstock General Hospital $30,000 for the new building pro- grant. APPRECIATEDLetters of appreetoHon were read from the Alexandra Hospital in In­gersoll >ind the Woodstock General Hospital Trust, for grants given them by the county al this morn­ing’s session of County Council. Ingersoll hospital received $1.06(1 towards its 1953 deficit and the Woodstock hospital received $30,000 toward the county’s portion of the cost of the new building program.WILL ATTENDR. J. Forbes, secretary of the Ontario Association of the Matrons and Managers of the Hornes for the Aged, will be attending the association’s executive meeting in Toronto tomorrow. The meeting; will plan for the association's Sept­ember conference scheduled for Cornwall. Mr. Forbes is the Ox­ford County home superintendent.)Comprising the nursing staff bf the Oxford Health Unit are: sitting: Miss Nora P. Hicks; MissMae nurses ElsieRuth Grieve; Mrs. Joy Water-Haviland, supervisor ofhouse; Mrs. Joan Wren; Miss Muriel Morgan; Mrs. Dorothy Johnston, (staff photo)Holden. Standing: MissTurn First Sod For New WingThe addition to Woodstock Gen­eral Hospital moved Monday from the blueprint to the actual con­struction stage as three silver shovels in the hands of hospital and civic officials turned the first sod marking the beginning of the build­ing portion of the project.James A. Vance, present chair­man of the hospital board of trust, was in charge of the ceremony in which Mayor Bernadette Smith, Warden James D. Hossack and V. B. Kb*'', immediate past chairman of the ^oard took part. The cere­monial shovels, inscribed to mark the event, were presented to those who took part. A fourth shovel, not used on Monday afternoon, will be presented to John Dunlop, oldest member of the board in length of service. Mi-. Dunlop was to havetaken part in the sod turning cere­mony, but was out of the city and unable to be present.The officials taking part ex­pressed their pleasure in taking part in the ceremony and that con­struction was about to start on the addition.Architect D. Kertland of Toronto was present at the ceremony as was John Tilger, official of the Frid Construction Company of Hamilton, contractors for the building. A number of citizens were present to witness the ceremony.Mr. Tilger stated the new wing would be ready for occupancy one year from the date of the sod turn­ing. The estimated cost of the ad- dition and the alteration to the pre­sent hospital building is $1,343,000.Increased Home Visits Health Unit HighlightAn increase to home visits and HOME VISITSschool program, along with the, Home visits are made under the resignation of Margaret Grieve as unit’s prenatal, infant, and pre-; supervisor of nurses, highlights the school program. There was an in­nursing division activities of the!crease last year in the number of Oxford Health Unit for the past , visits but although it is time con­year. suming, it presents a very goodIn a recent outline of the high- opportunity for explaining and lights of 1953, the new supervisor teaching good health standards.of nurses, Mae Hviland, paid tri-Sa Mats? mSk-KUnder the student program, four,endsevere loss.”The heavy school program for the unit was brought about by the increase in school population and the opening of two new schoolsing the months of April or May. Intermediate and senior nursesfrom the Woodstock General Hos- pjtal were each given two days with the unit nurses to observe andlearn the specialized ways of the public health nurse.in Woodstock. Health problems are discussed between the teach- - ers and nurses, and preparations! Representation at various con- and arrangements for physical ex-! ventions ancl refresher courses was aminations are made, as well as made during the year by unit students' vision checks. Emergen- nurses, also.cies are also part of the nurses The nursing service of the uniti routine agenda. We hope to de- covers: health supervision to ex- velop within each child a,consci- pectant mothers, infants, pre- ousness of good health and habits, school and school children, and pointed out Miss Haviland. Due to adults. Demonstration is given to the shortage of nurses, the unit bedside care and the unit staffs was unable to extend the Ingersoll 48- chest clinics a year and holds and Woodstock high school pro- 23 child health conferences month-gram. $RENEWING OLD FRIENDSHIPS AT COUNTY COUNCILThe final afternoon of the June session of county council, yester­day, brought out former Oxford wardens and reeves, despite the all-day rain showers. Renewing old acquaintances are, sitting: A. D. McCorquodale (1945 war­den); George .Fewster (1949 war-den); J. F. McDonald (1933 war- - Blandford); Tom Pellow (1953 S^oSlandingf:^ m v C°^Mr warden); Grant Sutherland (1951 (1946-49 reeve of South Norwich): IJohn Chesney (1943-46 reeve of 1 warden). (Staff Photo)Tillsonburg AsksCouncil For Bridge' A request for a new bridge for Tillsonourg was made in coriespon- d^nce read during this second morning session oi county council. Tilisonpurg council passed along a resolution petitioning the county to build the bridge on Baldwin street to connect to oxiord county road, unaer a cost agreement between the county and lillsonburg. The correspondence stated that tne Till- sonbuxg council had been given to understand that a grant of 80 per cent of the cost would be paid by the province if the work, was un­dertaken by the road committee ofdary schools and Boards of Ed­ucation Act of 1954. 2. that the re­quest from Dereham council rela­tive to the township of Dereham to adjoin the high school districts of Tillsonburg and Ingersoll, be granted, and the necessary by-law be prepared to cover the articles named therein.Yesterday, council approved a, motion by O. T. Coleman, reeve of| Blenheim township, to authorize the Warden and county clerk tosign the necessary papers to ob­tain a certificate of permanency; pursuant to the Unemployment In­surance Act, for Miss Betty Scott,the Oxford county council. suraace avh humm—k-County council gave second read- secretary in the county clerk s or-ing to a by-law to enlarge the high fice. She had been employed con- scnool district of Tillsonburg. Both “-------the first reacting, yesterday, andtinuously for three consecutive i years as of April 30, 1954.SALARY PAYMENTSthe second reading today, were SALARY PAYMENTS guided by O. U. Smith and R, RJ Clare H. Esseltine, deputy-reeve Day, deputy-reeve and reeve, res- of Tillsonburg, and L. W. bmitn, pectively, of East Nissouri. i reeve, guided the first reading yes- The second reading was also giv- terday of a by-law to provide for en a by-law to enlarge tne nigh the payment of county councillors school district of Ingersoll. John and officials' salaries, and to re- R. Hargreaves, reeve of West Ox-;peal all former by-laws, or parts foid and H. P. Dunn, reeve of of by-laws regarding payment of Noj-th Oxford guided the reading salaries. The exception was by-law also the first reading of yesterday. No. 998 and amending by™’*-Robert Lee, reeve of South Nor-REPORT APPROVED ____ - - •Tire fifth report of the education wich, and Harry C. Cayley, reeve committee was approved this]of Norwich, guided the first read- morning on a motion by J. Ralph ing, yesterday, of a by-law to ap- MeLaughlin, deputy-reeve of Dere- point a county assessor. L. W. ham and seconded by Lawrence W. Smith and H. P. Dunn st*-----L. W.steered theSmith, reeve of Tillsonburg. The two clauses recommended: 1. that the clerk advise the high schools of Ingersoll and TiUson- bujg that the $500 agricultural grant will not be paid, by reason of iijbeing deleted from the secon­first reading of a by-law to equal­ize the assessment of the county., William J. Stoakley, reeve of Dereham, and L. W. Smiw. steer­ed the first reading, yesterday, of the usual by-law to pass ordersand accounts.First PHN Here Miss McNaughton Is Widely MournedIngersoll’s first public health nurse, Miss Janet Marion Mc­Naughton, died on Friday at the Alexandra Hospital ’in her 73rd year. She had been in failing health for a period of three years.iMiss McNaughton was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm McNaughton and was born in Kelvin, Ontario. She came to Ingersoll 30 years ago and for 26 years served as .public health nurse for the community. In her work she made many friends and gained the esteem of all the townspeople. She was a member of St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church and a member and past president of the Victoria Auxiliary of the Women’s Missionary Society. Miss McNaughton also belonged to the Norsworthy Chapter, I.O.D.E.Left to mourn her passing are one sister, Miss Christy McNaugh­ton at home; a brother, John in London; a nephew, J. R. Mc­Naughton and great-nephew, M il- liam J. McNaughton in Toronto.Many of Miss McNaughton’s friends as well as relatives and neighbours attended the funeial held from Keeler and Guthrie Fun­eral Home at 2.30 p.m. Monday. Also attending the service, conduct­ed by Rev. Dillwn T. Evans of St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church, were Dr. 0. C. Powers, MOH; Inspector J. Griffith and a group of nurses from the Oxford County Health Unit, County Clerk and treasurer, L. K. Coles; Regent Mrs. Charles Hoag and members of the Nors­worthy Chapter, IODE and mem­bers of the Victoria Missionary Auxiliary of St. Paul’s Presbyter­ian Church. Dr Powers, A. G. Murray, Harold T. Arn, Elmer Winlaw, J. G. Paterson and James Buchanan acted as casket bearers and flower bearers in Ingersoll.A chapel service was held at the Mount View Cemetery Chapel,Galt, and was also attended by many rid-' atives and friends. The pallbearers were Harold Arn, J. R. M. McNaughton, George Hurl, George Blair Fergusson, William McKm zie and Gordon Dykeman.Judicial Inquiry Off In Grey Co.OWEN SOUND (CP) — Grey county council decided at a special meeting Thursday night to call off a judical inquiry into the manage­ment of the county home and in­stead ordered an official audit of the home’s finances.It also ordered the dismissal of Mr. and Mrs. Mervyn Gould, under suspension for almost a month, as manager and matron of the home.Hie special meeting, closed to the press, was called after a peti­tion by 27 of the 41 council mem­bers urged reconsideration of the council’s decision May 7 to order the judicial inquiry.Mr. and Mrs. Gould were sus­pended April 27, a few days after five employees made sworn state­ments about alleged misdemean­ors in the management of the in­stitution.ORDERS DISMISSALA statement issued after the three-hour meeting said the coun­cil ordered the manager and ma­tron dismissed “as their services no longer are required." A by­law rescinding the one by which they were appointed will be pre­sented at the next meeting June T.The county solicitor was instruc­ted to retain a firm of chartered accountants for a special audit of the home’s finances and adminis­tration of the trust fund, a system whereby r portion of inmates’ old age pension cheques are held in trust. The inquiry is to date back to Jan. 1, 1952.Reeve, John A. Davis of Arte- mesla township. chairman of the county home board of manage­ment, was given authority to sign vouchers for payment of accounts in connection with the home until a new manager and matron can be appointed.Interment WhsView Cemetery, Gull.in the Mount Lay Complaint On Conditions In Huron HomeBy Staff ReporterGODERICH, June 1 — Charges of unfit quarters and lack of proper care for pa­tients at the Huron County Home at Clinton were made today by Mayor J. E. Huckins and two town councilors.To Air CharvenThey will bring them before a county council home committee meeting Thursday.Mayor Huckins said he was shocked by conditions of the up­stairs rooms at the home.“Half of the 75 patient* quar­tered upstairs ar® in rooms that smell and have no proper ventila­tion. Ten small rooms have no window’s and those with skylights are just as bad. They’re so dirty you can’t tell night from day."Deputy-Reeve Joseph Allaire and Councilor Ernest Fisher backed up the mayor's charges. All agreed the home’s staff was doihg the best it could.Chairman Delays ReplyCounty Home Committee Chair­man Roy B. Cousins said he would not make a statement on the charges until his committee meets to review them.He said Mayor Huckins has been invited to appear along with the home’s doctor. Dr. J. A. Addison, of Clinton, and Home Superintendent Mra. Martha E. Jacob.Mr. Cousins said he did not agree with Mayor Huckins who said that the committee and the Ontario Department of Welfare were to blame.Addition Key“The committee is well aware of the conditions at the home and has taken steps to remedy them by the new $450,000 addition,” he said. The cornerstone for the ad­dition was laid last Wednesday.The mayor and two councilors said they visited the home as pri­vate citizens last Friday after re­ceiving a complaint on conditions there.‘This was the first time Td ever made a tour of the institution,”; Mayor Huckins said. T've been in .Westminster Hospital in London ' many times and saw how the 613- , timers were treated there and I’ve always assumed that the old folks' here would be well looked after."But when I saw the old people and the dirty rooms they were in I was shocked. I haven't been able to get it out of my mind and won’t until conditions are changed.”‘Locked In Room’“One of the patients.” Councilor Fisher said, “wsn in a room 10 by 10 feet with no windows. She was sitting on. a cot and had on a dirty nightgown and no shoes or stock-’ ings. She is locked in that room all •-ay.” iThe downstairs part of the home was all right,” Councilor Fisher said. "The beds were clean and the, rooms tidy. The food was the best."Mayor Huckins said many of the patients at the home' are mentally ill and should be transferred to the Ontario Hospitals, "They should take these people out of there so the others can live out their lives in proper surroundings ” he said.,Mr, Cousins said patients ar®! continually being transferred from the home to Ontario Hospitals. "But it takes time and there's a lot of red tape tn go through.”Decision With Staff“Wf have a staff doctor at theivia - is sfTVMHni cwwmiM 1County Road Superintendent FetedOxford County Council yesterday recognized the long service record of J. N. Meoth- rell, for 25 years superintendent of the county road system. Here, Mr. Meathrell (left) j is presented with a silver tray on behalf of the councilors by Warden James D, Hossack, Embro. (Photo by. Free Press Woodstock Bureau.)Council To AssisAn assessment committee to as­sist Fred H. Cade, when he takes office as county assessor, July 1, was formed by county council dur­ing the final afternoon of the June session, yesterday. On a motion from L. W. Smith, reeve of Tillson­burg, and J. Ralph McLaughlin, deputy-reeve of Dereham, council approved the five-membee com­mittee of the following: Orval T. Coleman, reeve of Blenheim and finance committee chairman; H. R. Bickell, reeve of North Norwich and property committee chairman; James D. Hossack, warden of Ox- ford; L. K. Coles, county clerk; L. W. Smith, equalization committee chairman.The county-owned Banner tract in North Oxford will be advertised for sale, subject to approval of the Department of Lands and Forests. The committee on reforestation and conservation making the recom­mendation in its fourth report, was authorized to complete the trans­action. Adoption of the report was made on a motion by Henry Ban­bury, deputy-reeve of Blenheim, and Edward A. Monteith, reeve of West Zorra.-In the adoption of the fourth re­port of the agricultural commit­tee, council endorsed a resolution of Grey county council requesting the Ontario and Canadian Federa­tions of Agriculture to work on the organization of an Ontario Beef Producers' Association. Adoption of the report was made on motions from W. A. Chesney, reeve ofMore Ri Of SchoA more rigid inspection of school buses and drivers by the Ontario government was called for during today’s final morning session o f county council. The county road committee's fifth report, making the recommendation, was moved for adoption by R. R. Day, reeve of East Nissouri, and William Stoakley, reeve of Dereham.Simultaneously, council filed a resolution of Brant County council, submitted for endorsation, request­ing the Ontario legislature to es­tablish reduced speed limits i n school zones and to require all motor vehicles to stop when school busses take on or discharge school children.The report stated $68,144 hadNames it New ABlandford, and M. V. Logan, reeve of East Oxford.NO ACTION TAKENNo action was recommended to be taken on a resolution submitted for endorsation by Peel’s county council protesting a retroactive in­crease in rates for indigent pa­tients under the Public Hospitals’ Act. Grounds for the protest were that many municipalities would be left with a deficit because their tax rates had already been struck. The increase was retroactive t o Jan. 1, 1954. The sixth report >f finance committee, - making the recommendation, was adopted on motions from O. T. Coleman, fin­ance committee chairman, and Harry Cayley, reeve of Norwich and finance committee secretary.County clerk L. K. Coles was recommended by the fourth report of the printing and resolutions com­mittee, to carry on as county rep­resentative on the senate of the University of Western Ontario for the period beginning June 5, 1954, until the May meeting of 1956. The report also recommended filing of a resolution, submitted from Pet­erborough County Council for en-BusesI been expended on the county road system, to May 15. 1954. Work on I bridge on road 33 is completed and । work on the bridge on road 29 has । been started. The usual mainten­ance work after the spring break­up l.as been considerably less this year, it stated, due to favorable weather conditions over the winter season.APPROVES REQUESTCouncil approved a request by Tillsonburg for a new bridge o h Baldwin street to connect to Ox­ford county road. Negbtntions with the minister nt Highways will now proceed on the cost sharing and the necessary agreements will be prepared and submitted to county council at the next session.Bodydors a lion, opposing any amend­ment to the municipal act which would give the Ontario Municipal Board further powers in the mat­ter of annexation or amalgamation. The resolution specifically opposed any amendment to section 20, sub- ections 15 and 16 of the Municipal Act. This fourth report was adopt­ed on motions from Clare H. Essel- tine, deputy-reeve of Tillsonburg, and Harold R. Bickell.The fourth report of the property committee was adopted on motions from H. R. Bickell and Robert Rudy, reeve of Tavistock. It rec­ommended purchase of a micro­film er with 16 mm attachments, film reader, and a six-drawer film file. Total cost of the equipment is $3,624.50.The report also recommended the laying of a cement sidewalk from the back of the court house to the county jail, and a curb along the jail driveway to the north side nt the registry office.Second and third readings of the usual by-law to pass orders and accounts were given, steered by J. Ralph McLaughlin and William Stoakley, reeve of Dereham.Sought. John W. Oliver. Thamesford. was । appointed county representative to the Ingersoll District. High School Board for the balance of 1954. The motion came from R. R. Day and W. J. Stoakley.FINAL READINGSFinal readings were given to by­laws equalizing the assessment of the county and to appoint a countv assessor. Fred H. Cade, to take office July I, 1954. The final read­ing of the assessment equalization by-law was guided by L W. Smith, reeve of Tillsonburg, and H. P. Dunn, reeve of North Oxford, The appointment by-law final rending was steered by. Robert Lee. reeve of South Norwich, and H. R. Bick- cll. reeve of North Norwich.Second reading was given the usual by-law to pass orders and accounts, and was steered l\v .1. R. McLaughlin, deputy-reeve of De re* ham, and William Stoakley, reeve. Oxford ApprovesNew Tillsonburg Bridge■ .. 4 /County Council Passes Increase In AssessmentS®assessment was approved for 1954 by county council today. The total equalized assessment now is set at $32,468,803 compared with $30,- 972,608 of last year.. The increase comprised: an equa­lized assessment rise of 5576,374 plus an added business and fixed assessment of 8919,821.The individual 1954 equalized as­sessment totals for each of the municipalities are as follows: (in brackets are: 1. last year's total. 2. the increase this year, plus 3. the figure for 100 per cent of the business and fixed assessment for this year). Balndford §1,316,053 ($1,242,748. $68,270, $5,035); Blen­heim $3,888,313 ($3,685,599, $151,714. $51,000): Dereham $4,038,360 ($3,- 997,707. $24,433, $16,200) .-East Nis­souri $2,821,449 ($2,761,017, $35,432, $25,000): North Norwich $2,067,564 ($2,023,469, $12,545, $31,550): South Norwich $1,773,492 ($1,716,609. $31, 663, $25,220) East Oxford $1,972,185, ($1,966,975, no figure given. $5,210) : North Oxford $1,516,197 ($1,360,683, $18,657, $136,857): West OxfordEast Zorra $3,768,837 ($3,670,349, $81,094, $17,394); West Zorra $3,- 003,900 ($2,993,550, $1,850, $8,500: Tillsonburg $2,834,367 ($2,299,475, $121,200, $422,692); Embro, $271,- 740 ($251,500, $4,850, $15,390): Norwich, $791,005 ($688,025, $12,- 950, $90,030); Tavistock, $611,667 ($569,243, $4,896, $37,528).cil's last December session, was recorded in a report submitted bv the superintendent R. J, Forbes The list included: Elizabeth Gat- field, 94: Otto Dithmar, 69; Marg­aret McBurney, 83: Nelson Cari-BOOKS AVAILABLEA new selection of 100 books are available at the Tillsonburg Public Libray now. Brought by the County Library Co-operative bookmobile this w^ek, the selec­tion will remain there for a per­iod of three months. Among them are 50 fiction, 20 non-fiction and 30 juvenile.well,McBurney, 83: Nelson Cad- 77: John E. Smith, 86.Tile fourth report of the equal­ization committee recommending the new listings, was moved for adoption by L. W. Smith, reeve of Tillsonburg and seconded by H. P. Dunn, reeve of North Oxford.FINAL READINGSThird and final readings were given by-laws enlarging high school districts of Tillsonburg and Inger­soll. Adoption of the by-law con­cerning Tillsonburg was moved by O. O. Smith, deputy-reeve of East Nissouri, and Reg. Day, reeve: for Ingersoll district, motion came from John R. Hargreaves, reeve of West Oxford, and reeve H. P. Dunn.Death of five inmates of the Ox­ford County Home since last coun­Future Parley Scheduled On Cost Split AgreementFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, June 4- — County Council in session here today decided to negotiate an agreement with the Town of Tillsonburg for the long-proposed Baldwin street bridge.Division of costs for the project will be determined in talks with the Ontario highways minister.For Reeve Lawrence W. Smith,*-.— ---------------------------------------.Tillsonburg, council’s action meant County resolution calling for re­fulfilment of his many requests to duced speed limits in school zones get county support for construction and requiring all vehicles to stop of the bridge. when school buses are loading orCouncil also: discharging passengers:Bus, Driver Inspection Learned that, $68,144 had beenRecommended that a more rigid spent on the county road systeminspection be made by ince of school buses and ers;Refused to supportthe prov-to May 15:their driv- Appointed John W. Oliver. Thamesford. county representative a Brant to the Ingersoll high school board.Two Bicyclists DieIn Centreville Cras J. C. Sutherland Dies In HospitalFormer deputy reeve of East Zorra and member of Oxford Coun­ty council, James C. Sutherland, lifelong resident of Braemar, pass­ed away at Woodstock General Hospital on Sunday, June 6, in his 75th year.J. N. Oliver Is Welcomed By Board At IngersollJ. N. Oliver, Thamesford, was welcomed to the Ingersoll District; High School Board by Chairman F. Shelton at the regular meeting of the board in the council eham-' bers Tuesday night.Mr. Oliver, who replaces T. J.I Weir, as county representative on the board, was appointed at the last meeting of county council. Mr. Weir died recently.Mr. Oliver was appointed chair­man of the transportation commit­tee at tlw meeting.Hon. W. S. Gemmell Dies In North BaySeek Additional Help For Agricultural OfficeAdditional help for the local Ontario agricultural office will be sought, by county council through a resolution adopted this morning, on a motion by W. A. Chesney, reeve of Blandford, and M. V. Logan, reeve of East. Oxford. The reason given was be­cause of an increase in duties and responsibilities of the office staff and also in the demand for services by the public—including specialized services in soils, crops, farm management. In addi­tion, the 4H and Junior Farmers' program is taking a great deal of time, it was reported.WOODSTOCK—INGERSOLL, ONTARIO. FRIDAY. JUNE 11. 1954City Woman, 34Knifed To Death,Boarder, 37, FacesMurder CountMother Of 4 Children Dies Of Stab WoundsBy B RED HOLLETTVelibor (Bill) Rajich, 37-year-old Yugoslav refugee, was charged today with the murder of Mrs. Ernie Boyd, 34, of 27 Perry street, Woodstock, mother of four chil­dren. Mrs. Boyd died Thursday night severa l minutes after she was brutally knifed in her home.Out of work during the past three mon ths, Rajich was accepted in die modest, seven-room Boyd house one week ago “because they felt sorry for him," police said this morning.He came to the house in what police called “a pitiful condition" after he had been evicted from his former residence. H e had known the Boyds since last October. Oxford County Court HonMt Woodstock, Ont.To the Citizens of OxfordLadies and Gentlemen:1954Last year at this time, a financial cam paign was being organized to provide funds for a new administration building to be used by the Oxford Children's Aid Society. This campaign was fairly successful and with add ed financial help from the Society and Muni­cipalities, plans were proceeded with.COUNTYYou noticed in the papers last week that the first sod hod been turned. The con­tract was awarded to the lowest tenderer and we sincerely hope that the official open­ing will be held in the Fall. This new building will provide much needed office accom­modation and will Improve the efficiency of the administration of your Society.COUNCILMunicipalityNameFurther construction is also close to being started. Tenders have been asked for the laying of an 8 inch water pipe line to the County Home. This will join an 8-inch line in the City of Woodstock and will provide water for fire protection at the Home. Funds to pay for this mile of pipe line is being provided by the Provincial Government, The City of Woodstock, The Town of Ingersoll and the County of Oxford.The shortest possible route was surveyed and selected. The pipe will cross the Thames River so, I presume, the work will co mmence and be finished during the summer months when the river water is low.The Health Unit are now occupying their new office building located next to the Court House, Woodstock. This building was the former Registry Office and has been renovated to suit the purposes of the Unit. A small further addition is planned to accom­modate the Nursing staff so that the entire personnel of the Unit will be in the same building.On behalf of the members of Oxford County Council, I wish everyone a successful Yours sincerely,JAS. D. HOSSACK.Warden, County of Oxford.Blandford,. .William A. Chesney Blenheim ... .Orval T. ColemanHenry Banbury (D.R.) Dereham ....Wm. J. Stoakley J. R. McLaughlin (D.R.) East Nissouri. .Reginald R. Day O. O. Smith (D.R.) North NorwichHarold R. Bickell South Norwich.........Robert Lee East Oxford.. Murray V. Logan North Oxford. .Herbert P. Dunn West OxfordJohn R. Hargreaves East Zorra.. Louis L. Wettlaufer James H. Chesney (D.R.) West Zorra...........Ed. Monteith Tillsonburg. . Lawrence W. Smith Clare H. Esseltine (D.R.) Embro........James D. Hossack Norwich ....Harry C. Cayley Tavistock.............Robert Rudya WOODSTOCK DETACHMENT OF ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE•Members of the Woodstock detachment of the Ontario Pro­vincial Police during 1953 are seen in the above photo: front row, left to right: PC Al Brooks* Qpl. W. A. T. Robinson, Flor­ence Eatsford, secretary; Sgt. Burt Moore, PC Henry Cartier, v£ho has since been promoted to corporal of the Ingersoll detach­ment; back row: left to right: i 72 E. F. (Pep) Martin;1 PC Bud Collins, PC Al Williams, PC Rbn Waddell, PC Bill Ma- , dill, PC John McPherson. Dur­ing 1953, Cpl. Robinson was added to the Woodstock de­tachment and Sgt. Moore, re­ceived his promotion from cor- I poral of the detachment.Turn Sod for New Hospital Wingjoa was rumea tor addition and renovation at Woodstock GeneralHospital yesterday, otarting the project at a traditional ceremony are, left to right- V B. King, immediate past president of the board of trustees, Mayor Bernadette' Smith and Warden J. D. Hossack, of Oxford County, QUIVOL. 5RADAR TO CURB SPEEDING—MR. L. COLES, COUNTY CLERK COURT HOUSE, WOODSTOCK, ONTnvruiiiTORONTO, JUNE 15, 1954CENT45402L-. °T.™ held. wHk Government officials and traffic exne.r. wetel™. -d» mnh. f™. w.fhrn ™>l.« carersSEC. ROW SEATORCHESTRA $2.65MUSIC HALLGood Only 4 A WEDNESDAY Ik EVE. JUNE IUm3 (0<MSN8 (AHPhoooie! squirrel non-smoker county E. A. Monteith andIMTO PUFF OR NOT TO PUFFfur! joked councillors Robert Leeto their conferere pipe pullers before the opening of council’s June session, this morning. Pipswielders O. O- Smith and James H. Chesney teased them and retorted, "Aw, you're just under­privileged!* It looks like this session has already begun with the usual amiability typHj’irig th®council. Monteith and Lee are reeves of West Zorra and South Norwich, respectively. Smith and Chesney arc deputy-reeves of East Nissouri and Past Zorra* resi>ectivcly» (Stall Photo). ONTARIO GOVERNMENT SERVICES 3 ’ONTARIO GOVERNMENT SERVICES HEALTH UNITS MOST EFFECTIVE IN PROTECTING COMMUNITY HEALTH; FIGHT COMMUNICABLE DISEASES Immunization time at Talbofville school Nurse Lydia Henry giving patch test for TB Dr. L. E. Taylor takes a sample Dr. Taylor demonstrates test for mastitis Splendid Health Achievements Stress Improper Sanitation SINCE THE FIRST HEALTH UNIT WAS BORN in Eastern Ontario by the Ontario Department of Health in 19 3 3, the increasing pressure for more efficient public health administration as well as the need for health services in rural areas has forced the adoption of modern units such as the ones that exist in Elgin, Kent, Lambton and Oxford counties in Western Ontario. Basically, it is a union of urban and rural municipalities for the purpose of providing a more efficient community health programme carried out by full-time specially qualified personnel. Thus, there is the Elgin-St. Thomas Unit that includes all of Elgin County as well as the city of St. Thomas. The Kent Unit, however, does not include the city of Chatham, while the Lambton Unit is a typical example of co-operation between a city and other municipalities as it includes two townships, Moore and Sarnia, as well as the villages of Courtwright and Point Edward and the city of Sarnia. Functioning under the local board of health, the Medical Officer of Health directs the activities of public health nurses, sanitary inspectors, veterinarians, clerical staff and other technical personnel as required by the individual needs of the unit in question. Their programme follows the broad policy laid out by the Board and generally includes communicable disease control, maternal, infant and child hygiene, sanitation, health education, mental health, vital statistics and, of course, co-operation with other health agencies. Approximately fifty per cent, of annual operational costs of all health units are provided by the Ontario Government. Thus, the average annual direct operational cost to a community for a health unit in Ontario today is only between 60 and 9 0 cents per capita, with the provincial government providing an additional 60 to 9 0 cents per capita. Communicable disease control continues to be one of the most important problems confronting any health unit. This control is established by regulation, education, community sanitation and such measures as may be necessary to increase resistance to disease in the population as a whole. For instance, Dr. Cecil Hoffman at the Elgin-St. Thomas Health Unit reports that 12 0 schools in his area were kept under constant scrutiny with 1,164 examinations conducted by the Medical Officer in 1953. In the same period, there were 5,758 examinations and consultations by nurses of the Unit. School children in Elgin County were given 6,474 vision tests and 2;493 patch tests for tuberculosis during 1953. The Elgin-St. Thomas Unit is great assurance that the children in Elgin County will grow up strong and relatively free from the ravages of any preventable disease. Unfortunately death from childbirth still occurs and much of it is preventable. It is, therefore, important to have a maternal and infant hygiene programme to assist In preventing unnecessary maternal deaths, as well as the various complications of pregnancy. The Elgin-St. Thomas Health Unit reported 4,140 visits to mothers, babies and pre-schoolers in 1953. Actually, the preventive health unit programme is aimed at disease prevention at an earlier age. In past years the practice was to wait until the children started school before immunization — whereas today the emphasis is on the infant and pre-school child. As to disease, improper sanitation can be termed “the root of all evil.” The maxim that “Cleanliness is next to Godliness” is just as true today as it was ages ago. Our present style of communal living makes the work of the sanitary inspector more important than ever before. His problems concern all phases of the situation, including attention to water supplies, sewage and garbage disposal, as well as milk and food control measures. Dr. Gordon Anderson of the Lambton Health Unit reports that his sanitary inspectors made 6,483 calls and inspections during 1953. These inspections included the examination of milk samples, creameries, farms, retail establishments—in fact, all establishments that are liable to contribute in any way to poor health through improper sanitation. This is the keynote of the entire health unit programme. People cannot be legislated Into good health. Through an informed and willing individual, community advantage can be taken of the ever-increasing knowledge of ways to achieve positive health. Units such as the Kent, Elgin-St. Thomas, Lambton and Oxford operate with voluntary agencies in this work and assist in co-ordinating the whole programme. “Ontario’s 27 Health Units Irovide the most effective method yet devised^ to care for health at the community level,” says Health Minister Dr. Mackinnon Phillips. “The units in Western Ontario provide a striking example to other areas still without services of this nature,” he said. “The Ontario Government through the Department of Health makes available substantial grants to those districts which wish to organize. We believe that the Health Unit programme as it exists in Ontario is the finest of its kind in the world today.” 3 N 24 SEC. ROW SEAT ORCHESTRA $2.65 MUSIC HALL Good Only A WEDNESDAY I Ik EVE. JUNE lU Phoooie! squirrel fur! joked non-smoker county councillors E. A. Monteith and Robert Lee to their conferere pipe puffers before the opening of council’s June session, this morning. Pipe wielders O. O- Smith and James H. Chesney teased them and retorted, “Aw, you’re just under­ privileged!’ It looks like this session has already begun with the usual amiability typifying the council. Monteith and Lee are reeves of West Zorra and South Norwich, respectively. Smith and Chesney are deputy-reeves of East Nissouri and East Zorra, respectively. (Staff Photo). AN AREA PLANNING board meeting, sponsored by the Wood- stock Planning Board was held last night at the court house with numerous officials from the townships and Taronto attend-ing. TOP PHOTO: three mem­bers of the Woodstock Planning Board are caught by the photo­grapher in a discussion. Loft to right are W. Dawson. A. R. Gil­lett and F. T. Julian. LOWERDISCUSS PROBLEMS WITH DEPARTMENT OFFICIALSSome of the officials at last night’s Area Planning Board meeting are shown in the above photograph. They are from left to right, E. A. Gomme, Depart-meet of Planning a.*] Develop­ment, Toronto; Col. A. S. Nash, chief planner of the Community Branch of the Department of Planning and guest speaker forCOUNTY COUNCILDereham Township Seeks School District Divisioncounty council.School area divisions were ask- Beef Producers’ Association and if ed in correspondence read at this deemed advisable, a National Beef morning’s opening June session of Producers' Association. A too, that county representation on the direc- A 'resolution from Dereham.torale of the provincial association township council requested the shall be bona fide cattle producers county of Oxford to apportion and shall be determined by thecounty of Oxford to apportion Dereham township into the ad­joining high school districts and that the apportionment be made into two districts. 1. The Inger-soil high school district; the area north of the 6th concession of Dereham. 2. The Tillsonburg high school district: the area south of the 6th concession.The request came following the township school board's feeling that it would be unable to secure school teacher replacement# for Mount Elgin and Brownsville Con­tinuation schools for 1954-55.limit in all school zones and for all motor vehicles to come to a stop when school busses take on or discharge children.From Peel county— a request for protesting a retroactive increase in rates for indigent patients under the Public Hospitals Act, as it would leave many municipalities with a deficit because the tax rates had already been struck- The increase was retroactive to Jan. 1, 1954.From Peterborough county—a request to oppose any amendment i to the municipal act which would I give the Ontario Municipal BoardRESOLUTIONSOther communications read .were resolutions submitted by county councils for endorsation:From Grey county—a request that the Ontario and Canadian Federations of Agriculture set up organizational machinery, prepare 'im,rof“financing oT^n" Ontario [annexation or amalgamation. sped- ern flcally opposing any amendmentfurther powers in the matter ofU» section 20, subsections 15 and 16 of the Municipal Art.NOTICE OF ' ~NOMINATIONMEETINGA meeting Of the ntthe Township of Zorra, will he h»ld in Ifce Township Hall M. Hickson on IWi of Jun*. 1VM. b«- Iwwn the houre of 8.30 and o'clock tn the evening to nominate ©intliduice for Die position ut Reeve, for the balance nt 1«M,It more than thenum-her <rf oandidetei a pollwill be held on Monday, June flat, 19S4, bet,ween the hours nt fl.Ofi A M. and 7.00 P M.(Signed)H. 3. HALLOCK. ClerkNEW REEVEWilliam J. McDonald of R.R. 3 Woodstock, was declared reevb of East Zorra township for Ute bal­ance of the unexpired 1954 term of the late reeve, Louis L. Wet­tlaufer. Mr. McDonald was a for­mer reeve of East Zorra. The nomination meeting was held at Hickson and Mr. McDonald was the only nominee. He was declar-, ed reeve by township clerk How- I ard Hallock.PHOTO. J. D. Hossack, Embro, Bill Chesney and Oscar Sippel from Blandford were among the county representatives who at­tended the meeting. (Staff Pho­tos)PROBATION OFFICERAppointment of Stanley Main, above, as probation officer for! Oxford County was announced this morning by Magistrate R. 1 G. Groom. A 35-year-old Toron­tonian, Mr. Main is a former member of the field staff of the Woodstock Children's Aid Soc- ity. A graduate of Victoria Col­lege and the School of Social Work of the University of To­ronto. he will have his office in the local Court House, Mr- Main’s appointment marks the first time adult probation has been attempted in this county. (Staff Photo)the evening; N. Meatherell, cou-'Board. (Staff Photo).’engineerPlanningitliinumber keted-From for the tablishnty engineer and R. R- Smith, with the Woodstockof cattle annually mar-GALE BATTERS POLESBrant county— a request Ontario legislature to es- a greatly reduced speedLeaning telegraph poles bat­tered to a 60-degrco slant by last night's gale force winds are shown in the above picture The photo was ^lakvn as a westbound Canadian Pacific Railway freightsteamed through the Governor's .Road area, section of Oxford County heaviest hit by the sud­den electing! storm. (Staff Pho­to) OF THEONTARIO CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION AT THE ONTARIO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE GUELPHMONDAY, JUNE 14th, 1954Sixth Annual Horse Show Underway At Plattsville t THE SENTINEL-REVIEW, THURSDAY. JUNE 24. 1954 __PAST AND PRESENTCharles F. Beagley. Embro New Ex-Wardens' PresidentNew president of Oxford’s Ex- Wardens' Association Charles Beagley, left, remarked at yes- tei^ay's 22nd annual meeting in the county court hou^e, Wood- stock, that it was just 17 years since he sat in the chair as warden of the county. Standing beside him is past president George Balkwill of BlenheimI Township. (Staff photo)Charles F. Beagley of Embro was elected president at the twenty-second annual meeting, yes­terday, of Oxford's Ex-Wardens' Association. He succeeds George Balkwill, Blenheim township, 1 n heading the organization.With the addition of the county's one hundredth warden, .James D Hossack of Embro, the member­ship roll now lists 23 ex-wardens. All were present except A. D. Rob­inson, N. M. Marshall and , Win­ston Nichols.Other officers elected were: first vice-president, Charles T. Milton, Blenheim township; second vice- president, N. M. Marshall of Nor­wich; secretary - treasurer L. K. Coles of Ingersoll. The executive committee was re-elected and com­prises: Thomas Pellow of West Oxford; Robert Rudy of Tavistock, Grant Sutherland of East Nissouri. J. N. Meathrell of Ingersoll re­mained as social committee chair­man.OLDEST AND NEWESTAs new president Beagley of Em­bro took the chair he observed that “the oldest and the newest mem­bers’ of the organization were present and had also represented Embro. He referred to the 1954 warden . D. Hossack and H. B. Atkinson (presently in Thames- ford). “Its, just 17 years since I sat in this chair as warden of thecounty of Oxford,’’ he remarked.During the meeting a minute’s silence was observed in memory of the late Henry Hanlon and William . Weir.Guest speaker for the occasion was Wallace Nesbitt, MP for Ox­ford who gave a brief address on traffic fatalities on the highways. “Canada has. the worst record in the world for-deaths by traffic ac­cidents — in proportion to popula­tion,” he ^aid. Mr. Nesbitt was introduced by Charles Milton. AT MEETINGThe following ex-wardens were present with their former address and date of wardenship: H. B. At- Jkingon, Embro, 1920; George H. Hollier, Tillsonburg, 1923; L. E. Peterson, Blenheim, 1924; William McIntosh, Embro, 1927; . F. Mc­Donald. East Zorra, 1933; George. Balkwill, Blenheim. 1935; C. F. Beagley, Embro, 1937; Charles T. Milton, Blenheim. 1938; H. G. Har­ris, East Nissouri, 1949; Alvin Mc­Kay, West Zorra, 1942; . K. War­dell. 'South Norjvich, 1943; J. C. Eichenberg, Tillsonburg, 1944; Alex McCorquodale, East Nissouri, 1945, Milton Betteridge, East Nissouri, 1947; George Fewster, North Nor­wich, 1949; Robert RudyH Tavistock 1950; Grant Sutherland, East Nis­souri, 1951; H. R. McBeth. Dere­ham, 1952; Thomas Pellow, West Oxford, 1953; ames D. Hossack, Embro, 1954.5 EX-WRRDENS OF OXFORD COUNTYOnly five ex-wardens of Ox­ford are living who held office prior to the inception of the county's Ex-Warden’s Assoc­iation At the 22nd annualmeeting yesterday in Woodstock, the five congraulated newly- elected president Charles F. Beagley of Embro, extreme rig­ht. Sitting is H. B. Atkinson, ofThamesford. present member with the earliest listing as ex- warden in 1920. Others stand­ing, left to right, are George H. Hollier, Tillsonburg; Wil­liam McIntosh, Embro; J. F, McDonald. East Zorra; L. E Peterson. Blenheim township. (Staff Photo) (Story on Page Two) “Ar.'' - - ■ - .,. ...... . . • ■* ■»» < ■ a -. x» . ■•• /— A '17 ' 'Oxford County Ex-Wardens Hold Annual Meeting,Ex-Warden's Association Elects OfficersNew officers of the Oxford County Ex-Wardens' Association enjoy a chuckle otter their election yesterday Left to right are: Charles Milton, Blenheim Township first vice-president- Charles Bagley, Embro, new president; George Balkwill, Blenheim Township, past president; L. K. Coles, Ingersoll, secretary-treasurer. (Photo by Free Press Woodstock Bureau.)MP Cites Crash TollOn RoadsFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, June 23 — Death on the highways is the, most serious problem in Can-) ada today, Wallace Nesbitt, MP for Oxford, told the 22nd annual meeting of the Oxford County Ex-Wardens’ Associa­tion here today.Worst Record"The traffic problem is of much concern to you who have held the highest office in the county,” he said."Canada has the worst record in the world in proportion to popula­tion," the speaker stated outlining the problems, the causes and of-1 fcring suggested remedies.He pointed out that the high-' ways, county roads and city streets were all laid out many years ago before anyone had any idea of what the traffic would be today. He felt there has been a great at-1 tempt in this province and others to modernize the highways but that they still don’t accommodate the traffic.He suggested, too, that there were not enough provincial police to patrol the roads. Bad laws with respect to Issuing of ear and driver’s licenses was another rea­son for accidents, he stated. He argued that there should be strict­er checks on cars and more rigid driving tests and not the "slip shod methods used al present."Another reason for accidents, ho pointed out. was the fact that peo­ple failed to realize changing con­ditions and that cars are now geared for high speeds that some highways cannot accommodate The human factor also enters the picture he nntnUri nutMr. Nesbitt suggested that there was not enough statistical infor­mation available and noted that Quebec keeps no records at all. C. D. Howe has indicated that more information will be available next year and that is encouraging.Different Laws"Every province in Canada has different regulations, he said, not­ing that the minister of justice has indicated there will be a con­ference next year with provincials attorney-generals to work out! some uniformity.Mr. Nesbitt observed that many offending drivers, about 50 per cent, were repeaters and suggested that jail is not the place for traf­fic offenders. "They are not crim­inals and fines may not be the answer." he stated.He said a suggestion has been put forth that offenders be fined the first time and lose their dri­ver’s licenses for longer periods for repeated offenses. "The idea is to get people off the roads who cause accidents," he stated.Another suggestion was that people travel about the same speed, say between 45 and 65, on main highway. He felt that there were a lot of accidents caused by "bunching and piling up of traf­fic.""We are going to have to deal with the traffic problem," he. stated, adding that suggestions were welcome and that they had tn get information.»20 of 23 MembersAt DinnerFree Press WoodM^kk BureauWOODSTOCK, dune 23 — Spry and chipper; 20 mem­bers out of a possible 23 Ox­ford County ex-wardens at­tended their exclusive 22nd annual association meeting and dinner here tonight and elected Charles Beagley, of Embro, president.Recalls WardenshipThanking the former ex-wardens for the honor bestowed on him. Mr. Beagley, the only batchelor, ob- " served that time moves along quickly and that it was 17 years ago that he had the honor occupy­ing the wardens chair.He complimented the gathering on the excellent turnout and urged them to carry on. Mr. Beagley succeeded George Balkwill, Blen­heim Township, in the office.Other officers were elected a* follows: Charles Milton, Blenheim Township, first vice-president; N. M. Marshall, Norwich, second rice-president, L. K. Coles, Inger­soll, secretary-treasurer. Execu­tive committee, Thomas Pellow, West Oxford; Robert Rudy, Tavi­stock, Grant Sutherland, East Nissouri. J. N. Meathrell, Inger­soll, was re-elected social commit­tee chairman.Wardens PresentThe following ex-wardens were present with their former address and date of wardenship: H. B. At­kinson, Embro, 1920; George H. Hollier, Tillsohburg, 1923; L. E. Peterson, Blenheim, 1924; William McIntosh, Embro, 1927; J. F. Mc­Donald, East Zorra, 1933; George Balkmil, Blenheim, 1935: C. F. Beagley, Embro, 1937; Charles T. Milton, Blenheim, 1938; H. G. Har­ris, East Nissouri, 1940; Alvin Mc­Kay, West Zorra, 1942; J. K. War* dell. South Norwich, 1943: J. C. Elchenberg, Tillsonburg, 1944; Alex McCorquodale, East Nissouri, 1945; Milton Betteridge, East Nissouri, 1947; George Fewster, North Nor­wich, 1949; Robert Rudy. Tavistock, 1950; Grant Sutherland. East Nis­souri, 1951; H- R. McBeth, Dere- hem, 1953; Thomas Pellow, West । Oxford, 1953; Jame* D. Hosack, Embro, 1954.SUFFERS STROKEJ. L. Davidson, assessor for Blen­heim township, suffered a stroke recently and is in Willett Hospital, Paris. Last report was that he was considerably improved. i MU. S. AMBASSADOR EMBRO GUESTSpecial guests at yesterday's gala Scottish celebrations stag­ed at the village of Embro were Right. Honorable Douglas Stuart,nigra j iwnwi r> i»> ....... .... ........ ............United States Ambassador to Wn. of Galt, one of ih.e many te)Canada, and Mis. Stuart. Mr.. Stuart, whose father was born brightly-tartaned lassies taking part In the authentic Scottish JUNE 22, 1904-1954 —flFTY years married! Seems but a few -J Since the day on which we said: “I do". So, on June 20th, '54 we have set the date For Dad and I to celebrate. Well be “At Home” to our friends at Maple Lodge Farm From two till five and seven till nine. Ernest and Annie Juix. $30,000 Water Pipeline Work Gets Under WayFive PrM» WoodMock llliiv»uWOODCOCK. July 14— Work 1« under way on n city water pipeline costing roughly $30,000 tor the Oxford County Home, County Clerk and Treasurer L. K. Coles said today.The project, under consideration by city and county councils for some years, will provide fire protection in ease of emergencies to some SO resident a at the home.The province will pay 50 per cent of the total cost tor $15,000) while the remaining 50 per cent will be split between the county, Woodstock and Ingersoll on a I6?.4 per cent, 22.8 and 9.8 basis respectively.The contract has been let to the W. A. Haggerty Construction Co. of Ingersoll. The eight-inch main is nearly a mile in length and will serve three hydrants at the home.Used Well WaterThe Woodstock fire department responds to alarms from the home, but had to depend on the County Home well for water. The well water supply at the home is ample for years to come but Ithe new city water line will be [available in case of fire emer­gencies, County Clerk Coles ex­plained.If the well failed, city water can be made available immedi­ately by simply turning on the valve.The work is expected to be completed shortly.Cecil Schuyler, R. Bickle Fatally Hurt Near Parisfl FEW HUNDRED YARDS TO GOArmy Worms Attack In Tavistock AreaJust a few hundred yards to go in the laying of the large water main to County Home. Four workmen in the picture John Fondse, John MacBride, Romain Rayneart and Sam Hansford get ready to penetrate the last road before reaching the home. Work will probably be; complete in a fejv days time. In the past few weeks they have laid the pipe across rivers and fields for a couple of miles,(Staff Photo).SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1954—SECOND SECTIONWatermain Work Is Progressing RapidlyUfaTWork on the nearly a mile long eight-inch water main costing roughly $30,000 to the Oxford County Home, outside of Woodstock, for fire protection is progress­ing rapidly. Above W. A. Haggerty, County Clerk L. K. Coles, Jack McBride, and Samuel Hansford, op­erating shovel, take an interest in the tricky cross­ing of the Thames River. (Photo by Free Press Wood- stock Bureau.) Amos, Wife Resign (Home for Aged PostsResignation of Edward Amos as 1 superintendent of the Waterloo county Home for the Aged was accepted by the home's board of management yesterday.His letter of resignation, read by board chairman Amos Wilkin­son, said the resignation was ten­dered "in response to your motion passed at a board meeting in the county buildings on June 25.” It was effective July 1.WIFE ALSO RESIGNSMr. Amos said his wife, who has served as matron of the home, was also tendering her resignation.Hired 21 years ago as superin­tendent, Mr. Amos said that the board at that time had promised himself and his wife a pension.He said they were reserving all rights to the pension and urged upon the board their need for it as “Mrs. Amos and I are now be­yond the age of employable per­sons.”Mr. Amos, who is about 66, was asked for his resignation because his health no longer permits him to carry out the functions of home superintendent said Mr. Wilkin­son. in a statement before the meeting.With the board embarking on a program which will likely result in a start on a new home withinthe next few months, it was felt that immediate action was needed, said Warden H. L. Weichel after the meeting.The press was not notified of the June 25 meeting and no copy of the motion passed there was. available at yesterday’s meeting.Advertisements will be placed in newspapers in Waterloo county, London, Ont., and Toronto for the position of superintendent, to be considered at the August meeting of the board.The question of a pension for Mr. and Mrs. Aflnos was referred to the board’s finance committee for study on motion of Aid. Han­cock of Galt.WILL CHECK FILESThe board chairman reported that the minutes of meetings in 1933. when Mr. Amos was hired, carried no reference to pension promises. It was possible it would be found in documents at the county buildings, which will bp sought by the finance committee.In his letter, Mr. Amos said that he had “been with the county 30as home man-for the aged faithfully and to thehis wife had and the homeyears,” 21 of them ager.He said he and “served the countyWORK ALMOST FINISHED ON EXTENSION BUILDINGThe new Oxford County health I unit extension building nears ] completion. Builders finish offthe outside. Now they have only I hcalUi unit staff take over the .. , . much needed space. (Staffinterior decoration to do before | photo).The greater part of Lot 20, eon- ccssion 6, Township of North Ox­ford, County of Oxford. This pro­perty K located near Banner, and ■ contains 136 acres. No building*.Good pasture and agricultural land. Posaesaion January lat, urn.Tender! will be accepted by the undesigned till Monday, Novem­ber 1st. 19M Term* cash De­cember 15th, 1954,Highest or any tender not neCM- aanly accepted.COURT HOUSE. WWDSTOCKsabest of our ability for the past 20 years and more.”"We would request that consid­eration be given to the providing of a pension to help Iide us over the remaining years of our lives."The board made plans to visit the Home for the Aged at Whitby1 next Tuesday and the Halton coun­ty home at Millon the same day.They were advised by welfare department officials to visit the home at Belleville as well, before deciding on the type to be built here. Several members attended the opening of the city of Londonhome At tendearly in June.least six members will at- the annual convention forhome superintendents and board officials in Cornwall Sept. 1, 2 and 3.WOULD BE VALUABLEReeve Robert Barber of Hespeler maintained the information avail­able there would be of inestimable value in planning the project. IR. Norman Dryden will be asked to make a draft plan of the board’s property on King St. East where, the home will be built.This, it was felt, would be nec­essary after the board decided to offer the Kitchener parks board 22 acres at $1,200 an acre off the | property as a park site.READY SOONThe new administrative building for the Woodstock Children’s Aid Society will soon be ready for occupancy. The handsome, on$- storey brick building is complete except for the finishing touches in­side. Landscaping has been com-j pleted and the iawn sown; the! driveway and parking area paved and the heating system installed. With 14 rooms, including individual interviewing rooms, the new build­ing on the county court grounds will be one of the most modern in the province.STENOGRAPHERStenographer required for general of­fice work. Typing and shorthand ne­cessary. Excellent working conditions and benefits. Apply jn writing, staling qualifications toCOUNTY ASSESSOR'S OFFICE, COURT HOUSE, WOODSTOCKFarm BossSaid Doing Good WorkLeo Federau, manager of the Home for the Aged farm, is doing a good job, the board of manage­ment was assured yesterday.This was the belief voiced by board chairman Amos Wilkinson and farm committee head Abner Martin after Reeve Robert Barber of Hespeler questioned Mr. Fed- erau's decision to discontinue butchering for the home.Mr. Barber said he didn’t like the arbitrary manner of the farm manager’s action, which he said had been taken on his own initia­tive two weeks ago.HAD ENOUGH TO DOMr. Wilkinson, after saying he believed that Mr. Federau had enough to do without looking after butchering of farm animals, said he had discussed the matter with Federau. However, he didn’t ex­press an opinion about the mana­ger’s filial action.Mr. Barber also complained that the farm employees had allowed rubbish to collect at the home for a month.When acting secretary William Amos said he had asked for the rubbish to be taken away several times, the board asked Mr. Martin to look into the matter.To a question of Aid. Hancock of Galt, Mr. Martin replied that inventory after six months indi­cated the farm would break even this year.“We have a good hay crop and a good wheat crop,” he said.PAY $175 FOR EGGSMr. Barber questioned the wis­dom of spending $175 a month for eggs for the home when chickens are kept on the farm.Mr. Martin wondered if any mon­ey would actually be saved by pro­ducing all the eggs on the institu­tion’s property in view of feed costs.“It’s the principle of the thing I’m interested in,” said Mr. Barber. “I think we should be able to pro­duce the eggs for our residents on our own farms.”Mr. Wilkinson said egg produc­tion should be satisfactory after the new henhouse is finished.INSPECTOR DIESInspector Ernest (Ernie) New­ell, one of Woodstock’s veteran j police officers, died here early- this morning. Further details! are given on page two.Mrs. Geo. Ware, Sweaburg, DiesChairmanResigningR. V. Tuck has resigned from the chairmanship of the planning। board. In a letter read to the fi­nance committee last night by the clerk, J. D. Hill, Mr. Tuck asked that his resignation take effect from June 30. The commit­tee accepted Mr. Tuck's resigna­tion with regret.PLAY-OFFSLast night, at the Ann street lawn bowling greens, the provin­cial play-offs for Ingersoll in the Ontario'District Competition took place. Len Coles and Verne Buch­anan were the winners, defeating Jim Buchanan and Abe Jewett by a score of 21 to 14. The winners will meet in Western Ontario com­petition on July 19 at Ingersoll. Superintendent And Matron Of Perth County Home RetiringSuperintendent And Matron Of Home RetiringEDWARD SCANTLEBURY, 76, is retiring os superintendent of the Stratford and Perth County Horne for the Aged, it was announced today. Mrs. Gertrude Jacques, matron and Mr. Scantlebury's daughter, is resigning to live atfhome with her husband, R. W. Jacques, 268 Briminghom st., their 11-year-old son Eddy, and her father. Mr. Scantlebury has been superintendent since 1927 and his daughter hds been matron since 1933 when her mother who held the job then, died. Mrs. Jacques in 1933 was the youngest matron in Canada at 13 years-of-age. Her father came to Stratford in 1906 from Cornwall, England, and was employed at the C.N.R. shops until he took the job at the Home. They will give up their duties about the end of August.Start Made On Water Main For County Home ProtectionWork has been commenced this week on the new eight-inch water pipeline from Woodstock to the Oxford County Home on the. 11th line of East Zorra, which has been in course of planning with the Woodstock PUC for some time, county clerk and treasurer L. K. Coles announced today.The cost of the project, which is to provide fire protection to the county home, will be around $33,000. Half of the cost will be borne by the province and the remaining half, divided between ,the county, Woodstock and Inger-, -soil, on a 67.4 percent, 22.8 and 9.8 basis respectively.The contract has been awarded to the W- A. Haggerty Construc­tion Co. of Ingersoll. The eight- inch main will be nearly a mile in length and will serve three hydrants, to be installed on the county home grounds.The route of the line will be fjom a point north of the EurekaFoundry moulding shop on Tecum­seh street, joining the city’s eight­inch main, ’ serving the Ontario Hospital. It will run from this point down towards the river, under the trunk sewer. At a point near the river, the line will turn left, running along the river, which will be crossed farther down and then proceed west to the county home.At present the home's water supply is from a deep well, which is ample for the home's domestic use but has long been felt to be inadequate for fire protection. The new line from the city will be available in case of fire emer­gency. Arrangements are in force for attendance by the Woodstock Fire Department in case of fire. In case the well should fail at some time, city water will be. available at. the home by simply turning a valve.It is expected the work will be completed within a few weeks.Public announcement was made today of the retirement and resigna­tion of the Ruparintertdent and matron, of ths Stratford and Perth County Homs for the Aged.Edward Scantlebury, superinten-l dent of the home since 1927, at 78 years-of-age Monday announced to the board of directors for the home that he was retiring thia year. Mr*. Gertrude Jacques. Mr. Scanteibury'e daughter, and matron, at Hie same time announced her resignation.Mrs. Jacques explained her fathet would he living with her and her, husband. R. W. Jacques, 268 Birm­ingham at.. and their U-year-Pto eon Eddy, after the two leave their duties about the end of August"After 77 years I think a man isi entitled to live without too many cares," said Mrs, Jacquep. Mr. Scantlebury will be 77 on July 4. The superintendent came to Strat­ford from Cornwall, England, in 1908 when he started working at the C.N.R. shops. He was married in 1913 and took over at the home in 1927 with hia wife, Gertrude, as matron.Mrs. Jacques took over duties as matron when her mother died in November" of 1932. She was then the youngest matron in Canada. She was 13-years-old.The two officials explained this afternoon that only one resident remains at the home who has been there since they have been there. [She is Miss Tena Orth of Listowel, ;who came to the home In 1914.Mrs. Jacques was born and rais­ed in Stratford attending Hamlet (School and the Stratford Collegiate.! Mr. Scantlebury pointed out that| | he was bom in Cornwall and has I been working since he was 13-years- old.Asked what he intended to do when he retired, Mr. Scantlebury said he thought he would rest for a couple of years and after that he wasn't sure what his plans would be.Found Work InterestingBoth said that they had enjoyed working at the home very much, as the work "was so interesting." They added that none of the res­idents knew of their leaving yet and it would undoubtedly be a blow to many of them who had come to j know the pair so well.Mr. Scantlebury said that it now­costs about twice as much to care for each resident as it did when ne first came. His daughter added that the quality of the meals had also improved a lot as well.Mrs. Jacques is In charge of all the food and menu planning at the home and sees to it that the res­idents are properly cared for. clothed and clean. She said that when a person comes to the home she can automatically tell what size suit he takes, just by looking at tim. Each resident has one good suit, a second suit, and his every­day clothes. There are about 80 persons at the home, about 30 of them women.| Mrs. Jacques said that both she land her husband had intended to resign last year but the board of management had persuaded them to wait another year. They both felt that, this time of year was the best time to leave, as it wouldn't mean that a new superintendent would have to take over when the board had changed as well Mayor Law rence Feick is chairman of the board.No successors have been named to the position^. which will be advertised and application* con­sidered.Rajic Committed For Trial By Magistrate ./<' ■■NEW NURSEA new public health nurse, Mh« Barbara Gallivan, has been taken on staff It wax announced at a Board of Health meeting last night. Her du'e« commenced Aug­ust 1 and she will be stationed In Ingersoll. The resignation of Mrs, J. Waterhouse, public health nurse, to take effect Sept. 30k was ac­cepted by the Board,RETURNS TO WORKMiss Peggy Ross. ix-htre Street’ Woodstock, magistrate's stenogra, pher at Oxford County court house has returned to her duties follow-i ing a one-week vacation.EX-REEVES TO MEETThe Ex-reeves' Association will hold a noon luncheon meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 1 at the Cana­dian Legion Building Altadore at 1 p.m. Clark Murray of Woodstock, former MP, will speak and a social period will follow. There are about 150 members in the Association,PAINTING WALLSThe finishing touches are being completed on the new Children’s Aid Society Building here. Paint­ers are touching up the pastel color schemes of the walls and the floors will be installed on Monday.COUNTY COUNCILThe September session of County Council will be held at 10 a m. Tuesday. Sept. 21. Meeting in the council chambers in the court house the council will deal with! general business of the county at this session.AFTER FOUR HOURS of riot­ing, prisoner s of Portsmouth pen­itentiary at Kingston were bro­ught under control by soldiers prison guards, Kingston and On-tario police. TOP PHOTO shows prisoners gathered on one side of the prison yard while armed troops stand by at the other end- CENTRE PHOTO shows clouds of smoke rising from the peni­tentiary after fires were set at several points. LOWER PHOTO shows Kingston guards keeping a jwatohiful eye on prisoners amid the litter of the yard. (SNS and CP Photos)PUBLIC NOTICE At the call of WARDEN J. D. Hossack a special MEET­ING of the County Council of the County of Oxford will be held in theCOUNCIL CHAMBER IN THE COURT HOUSE WOODSTOCK onTUESDAY, SEPT- 21st 1954, 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, Woodstock3-5ATHE ELEVENTH annual Ki- wanis agricultural night was held at St. James Anglican Parish Hall last night when over 200 people were guests of the Inger­soll Kiwanig Club. Some of the 1 head table guests are shown in the above photo. Head table guests included, J, G. Montgom­ery, Robert Bell, Alex Amos, Ted Hunt, Ken Phipps, Gordon Pillock, Mayor Thomas J. Morri­son, Bert Carr, George Lockhart, T.R. Dent, MLA, P. M. De- wan, Warden James Hossack, Buford Learn, Grant Small, Brad Schneller, Gordon Wilford, Don­ald MacKenzie, D. H. Hart, Frank Fulton, R. Hutchison. Guy Helsdon. and Burton Harris.(Staff Photo) KITCHENER-WATERLOO RECORDSATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1i-.'Wfl. W. Malcolm Dies At East Zorra HomeActing SuperintendentFired at Aged HomeTHE BOARD OF TRUSTOF THEWOODSTOCK GENERAL HOSPITALWilliam Amos Quits Secretary’s Position at Stormy Board Meetcordially invitee you to attend tfie aexmoniea.fox t/ie laying of tie coxnentone of tie new addition to tde cdfoefittal to be field on the cd/oefiital ^xoundeWilliam Amos resigned as secretary for the Waterloo Coun­ty Home for the Aged at a meeting yesterday which saw tem­pers flare.He was also dismissed as acting superintendent, although there was some doubt he had ever held that position.The office has been vacant sincetor a while, again discussing thehis father, Edward Amos, resign- question of when Amos should ed last month as superintendent.At the same time, it was movedmove from the home residence."Apparently my attempt at a that a nurse at the home with con- little humor has been taken ser-FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 17th, 1954. AT 3:00 P.M.siderable experience, Mrs. Mildred iously,” Mayor Anderson said. “I Weber, be approached to become would say give him until the end acting superintendent. Later in the of the month.” meeting her appointment was auth- ASKED TO LEAVESPEAKERSTHE HONOURABLE PAUL MARTIN, Q.C. M.P.MINISTER OF NATIONAL HEALTH ft WELFAREorizedThe incident started over a re- . Members agreed with the excep- quest to Mr. Amos to clear up his 41013 o£ Mr- Hancock, who suggest-SEPTEMBER 7. 1954ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD d. ■dlditafieldSECRETARYOxford's Mobile Library Prepares For Fall TripThe mobile unit of the Oxford County Library Co-operative is getting ready for the September book exchange. Carrying 1,100 books, the truck known as the “Bookmobile” visits the libraries and schools throughout the county four times a year. There are 18 libraries, four deposit stations and about 130 classrooms to service. Mrs. S. L. Krompart, librarian, is assisted by her hus­band. Stan and Mrs. W. T. Cocker. This staff of three is prepar­ing for the September road trip. There are only 14 bookmobiles in Ontario. The Oxford unit purchases about $4,000 worth of books a year.Goodfellow To OfficiateAt Opening Of Building IThe Minister of Public Welfare, Hon. W. A. Goodfellow, of Toronto, will officially open the Children's Aid Society build­ing in Woodstock on the afternoon of September 29. Mrs. Jean Deans, case work supervisor, and acting superintendent during the absence of R. G. Clowes, reports the staff will move into the new building before the official opening in order to establish ad­ministration routines. The building will be open to the public on the evening of Sept. 29.Ingersoll BoWlers Win Ontario ChampionshipIngersoll lawn bowlers continued their triumphant miirch in the pro­vincial lawn bowling finals at King­ston on Saturday. Announcement of their success in taking the all­Ontario title for rinks was receiv­ed here with elation not only by the lawn bowling club but scores of other citizens who have been keen­ly interested and had closely fol- J lowed the record of the lo^al rinksince the play began in the pro- vincial championships.Tlie local rink, consisting of B. B. McCarty, B. G. Jenvey, A. E. Izzard and Albert Warham, skip, had swept, through all opposition up to and including the semi-finals and their progress went unchecked in the finals on Saturday.Tlie success of the rink has brought added prestlgq to the local club ns tn reach the all-Ontario title it was necessary to defeat many outstanding blowlera in the upward climb.intentions about resigning. Chair­man Amos Wilkinson said that the secretary some time ago had said he was going to resign.LEAVING SEPT. 10“He told me he had another job,”ed the secretary retire while thehe said. *Mr. Amos said he Sept. 10.He was told the would have to be inwas leavingresignation writing.“I don’t see why I have to do that,” Mr. Amos said. “I might start to write a lot of things if I did that.”He said he had no position at the home and wasn’t even secretary. “I am just an employee, so whymatter was discussed in private.Mr. Amos left.Said Mr. Hancock: “In view of this young man’s attitude, I would kick him out right now. We have 170 people here and we are res­ponsible for their welfare. With that attitude of his . .Later, the aiderman moved that Mrs. Weber be asked to take over, the responsibilities of acting super­intendent“I second that with pleasure,” Reeve Willard Witmer said.“I would pay him (Amos) his month’s wages and tell him to go on the 10th,” Mr. Barber said.Brought in and told of the de­cisions, Mr. Amos said he wouldcan’t I resign like they do.” .In addition, he said he had al-^ leave n«ht away'ready told several board members. THOUGHT DOING FAVORRobert Barber moved that the have a house j want t0 finish verbal resignation be accepted, de-, building;> he said. thought I was spite agitation for a written one., d . feUows a favor by stay- Later, Mr. Amos wrote out a resig- ^g » nation. “You’re not through as secre-USE COUNTY QUARTERS tary,” he was told. “You’ll have toRound one over, moved into the round.■, the contestants s» that g”second verbal " doing“How long have I to get out?” asked Mr. Amos, referring to theThe books are just about readynow,” Mr. Amos said.Earlier, a motion had been pass-quarters he and his family have m view of the ehange thethe home. . ..................auditors make an audit the follow-“Three minutes,” said MayorcounlyAnderson of Galt. defk cbaries stager, familiarizeAt this point Mr. Amos said he thehad something to say. Originally, the special meeting“I have taken on the duties of ~d wag to interview three men for the past several applicants for the superintend- months and have been given no ‘_ . . FoUowing about two hours credit or appreciation.” ’- — ----“If you wanted the job of super­intendent, why didn’t you fill out an application?” he was asked.‘'Surely you didn’t expect us solicit you.”WITHDREW APPLICATIONMr. Amos said he had neverinterviewing no reached.decisionwasWILL SEE OFFICIALStowithIt was decided to confer provincial officials in Cornwall dur­ing the old people’s home conven-ceived any encouragement and had withdrawn an application he in­tended entering. He said the re­mark about the few minutes to get out was typical of his support. Andtion opening Aug. 31.It was during this discussion that Aid. Hancock said he knew of a man with suitable qualifications for the position, but who decided uot to apply- He said he would get in touch with him to see if he wouldAid. Hancock of Galt had just change his mind.been authorized to solicit an ap- Attending the convention will beplication, he added.Mr. Wilkinson. Mr. Barber. M. B.“How dare you!” said Aid. Hun- shanU. Mr. Witmer and H. L. cock, jumping to his feet. “No Weichel.such authorization was given. As far as 1 am concerned, I would like to kick you out right now.”Mr. Amos withdrew his remark about Mr. Hancock being given authority to seek out an applicant.The board and secretary relaxedCOURT OPENSThe fall session uif the OntarioSupreme open at with the John L. cases onCourt was scheduled to 2 o’clock this afternoon Honorable Mr Justice Wilson presiding. Major the docket are the mur-der trial of Volibor Rajic, and the manslaughter trial of David Beatty. Lanky Englishman Winner Of Miracle Mile In 3:58.8DR. ROGER BANNISTEROff the RoadThe Township Road Superin­tendent decided to go to church on Sunday and after the services he approached the preacher en-1 thusiastically.“Reverend, that was a damn good sermon you gave, damned good."“I'm pleased that you liked it.: But why use such terms in ex­pressing yourself?”“I can’t help it. Reverend. I still think it was a damned good ser­mon. As a mater of fact I was so impressed I put a ten dollar bill on the collection plate.”"The hell you did!”VITALLY NEEDEDCampaign Chairman Urges Fund SupportThe campaign to raise $165,000 to equip the new wing of the Wood- stock General Hospital, will get under way officially Sept. 14, at a dinner for the canvassers to be held at Nash's restaurant.Judge Eric Cross, general chair­man of the committee said the canvassers will be the guest of the members of the board of trust.As chairman of the committee, Judge Cross urged citizens of the community to give whole heartedly to the campaign."It is the opinion of the board of governors of the hospital that a larger hospital is vitally needed and a necessity at the present time”, he said. "The present ac­comodation is inadequate to meet the growing needs tha!*have. arisen. The present hospital and the new wing service a population of 25,- 000 citizens, of which 16,000 are jin the city and 9.000 in the sur- | rounding district. The community needs the best hospital services it can afford and by working together and getting behind the campaign Woodstock can have a modern and completely equipped hospital.”It is the first time since 1895 that an appeal for funds from the gen­eral public has been necessary. Present plans are such that the hew structure wil serve the com­munity for another 50 years with­out further appeals.JUDGE CROSS“The present facilities when com­pleted can be expanded to a 200 bed structure and as far as the board can fortell the public will not be called upon for further funds”, Judge Cross explained.The money- raised in the cam­paign will go to equipping the new rooms, which are being increasedfrom the present 86 beds to 155 beds.’ Two new operating rooms will be equipped as well as a com­pletely equipped new obstetrical department. An emergency depart­ment will occupy 850 square feet of the new building also an emer­gency operating room, and an out­patient department, will occupy 1,900 square feet. Other new facili­ties will include, laboratories,! pharmacy, kitchen, dining rooms, new boilers and heating plant, cen- | tral sterlizing room, a parking lot, and administrative offices.NEED GREAT"The need of the new addition was great,” remarked Judge Cross "Last year we had 130 patients on our waiting list, because we did! not have the facilities to accom-1 modate them. Even now emer­gency cases are sometimes put in the hall because of the lack of beds in the rooms. The hospital operates on a cost basis and per cent of the revenue to run the j hospital is derived from the pa-, tients. I appeal to all citizens to' give generously.”On Sept. 17, the Honorable Paul Martin, Minister of Health and Welfare, will be guest speaker at; the laying of the corner stone at 3 p.m. on the hospital grounds.County Councils Useless?. Hon. George S. Henry, premier of On­tario from 1930 to 1934, has emerged from political retirement to voice the startling pinion that county councils have outlived their usefulness.• The former premier’s argument is based 6n the increased contributions by the prov­ince toward county expenditures.Thus, Mr. Henry notes that where, twen­ty years ago, the province contributed only 10 per cent of education costs, now it pays 50 per cent; while it contributes 50 per cent Of county road costs, and pays 80 per cent toward county bridges.* “Peoples today frequently feel over gov­erned,” Mr. Henry is quoted as saying. “On my farm, I am governed by the township, county, provincial and Dominion govern­ments.”/ ' Mr. Henry’s suggestion is, as we under­stand It, to do away with the county coun­cils, and merge the smaller municipalities towns, villages, and townships—into larger groups, which would be in a position to as- j^me fuller responsibility than they can now assume singly.Ontario, outside the major separated tftles,. is habituated to county councils and sfaall local municipalities, and is not apt to Welcome the changes proposed by Mr. Hen- #•; Yet the arrangement of county councils and local municipalities, which in the past has worked well and above all carefully and economically, has latterly, shown signs of becoming, a bit creaky.Many of the difficulties of the c unty council system arise from the rapid gi-owth of suburban residential areas, which cannot secure the services they desire and at the same time feel they are mulcted to pay for township services that are of no particular use for them.The time has come here in Ontario for a closer and more serious study of these rural-urban problems, with a view to im­proving the existing municipal machinery, and eliminating the alleged injustices re­garding which both farm and urban residents complain.Incidentally, the suggestion has been mooted on occasion that our provincial gov- ernments themselves should be discarded, and replaced and their function taken over by enlarged but fairly homogenous county units.It is a truism that the closer the govern­ing and taxing body comes to the electorate, the more efficient and economical its ad­ministration is likely to be. So far as effi­ciency and economy are concerned, the coun­ty councils which Mr. Henry would discard have, we feel made a far better showing than the provincial government. ANNUAL TOURNAMENT FOR R. M. BORROWMAN TROPHY HELD HEREBor-James Buchai.an,a group of local bowlers is shojwn Left to right are Charles A. Mac­Phee; club president, Len Coles;rowman, originator of the tourn­ament and donor of trophy; J.V. Buchanan, F. G. Walley- (Staff Photos)gersoll last night. There were 22 competing rinks. TOP PHOTO shows some of the bowlers in action. In the LOWER PHOTOIt was a big night for local and district bowlers when the tournament for the R. M. Bor- rowman Trophy was held in In-The Oxford Rifles’ Name Leaving The Army ListWhile there can be no place for sentiment to be attached to the efficient war machine required for defence in these days, it will be with some regret that all citizens of Oxford will greet the announcement of the forthcoming amalgamation of The Oxford Rifles with the Canadian Fusiliers of London.Under the reorganization of Canada’s Reserve Army, the Oxford unit will cease to exist under its present name, one which has been closely Jinked with this county’s and this country’s history.As the plan of reorganization is followed, its advantages and disadvantages will be given critical examination by all Canadians interested in their army and Canada's de­fence. It is not our purpose to pursue this thought at the present for it is much too early for the full portent of the changes to be known.Rather/ we would glance back through history and express our regret at the name of Oxford’s regiment passing from the list of units which have served Canada gloriously and faithfully in all of her conflicts since the War of 1812.In this sweeping change we find at the moment two consolations to sentiment. The reserve army in Oxford will be linked even more closely to the Royal Canadian Regiment than it has been in the past. The other that it appears likely the Woodstock armouries will be retained for unit in the city thus providing safe keeping on home ground for the tangible evidence of Oxford’s glorious record in the service of Canada. Holds Annual MeetingReeves and vx-reeves of Oxford told by Clark Murray, former MP County. Xvho gathered at AlUdore for Oxford county, "You are one yesterday for the annua) Ex- of the moat influential groups of reeves' Association lunch, were*people in the community," Mr.M r.Murray as guest speaker was ad­dressing the meeting on the theme of Canadian citizenship."I am not hying to flatter you," he continued, "but the reeve whoTHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1954—SECOND SECTION *Ex-Reeve, 92, Attends DinnerNinety-two-year-old Henry Turner, RR 3, Woodstock, reeve of East Zorra from 1911 to 1914, yesterday attended the Oxford County E.:-Reeves' Association dinner at Woodstock. He is shown with, left to right, John Chesley, 84, Brant­ford; Clark Murray, Woodstock, former Oxford MP and guest speaker; Mr. Turner; Allan Kneale, Brantford, reeve of East Oxford in 1907. (Photo by Free Press Woodstock Bureau.)serves Oxford county to the best of his ability, is just as important in his way as the Prime Minister of Canada. If you allow that part of the government which you serve to fall to a low standard of ethics and efficiency, the government of Canada will do likewise."Looking to the future Mr. Mur­ray prophesied that the construc­tion and opening of the St. Law­rence Seaway would provide work for hundreds and hundreds for; many years to come.Speaking of Canada as a nation, Mr. Murray, said that immigration should be encouraged. "The mix­ing of many cultures is adding to our way of life/’ he said. H e stressed the part that Canada now- played ii) international affairs. "It is a sad commentary that a coun­try like ours has to pay nearly two billion a year taxes to maintain peace,” he added.Descrbing the progress Canada had made in the development of atomic power, Mr. Murray foresaw the day when uranium would sup­ply as much industrial power as the hydro. He also summarized Canada’s industrial progress — particularly the development o f her mineral resources.ACTION URGED"Let us be doers rather than thinkers,” he added. "If we make the most of the resources which this land provides, we can face the future undaunted. Privilege and responsibility are virtual Siamese twins,” he added. "They apply both to the Canadian citizen and to Can­ada. The prime need in the world today is co-operation. Canada can­not be isolated and insulated from the community of nations who in­herit this small atomic world. Can­ada has a great part to play in the leadership of the free world today.”The lunch was attended by about 60 ex-reeves and 10 ex-wardesn.Officers elected for the coming year were: Edgar Stoakley (North Norwich), president; Elton Town­send (East Oxford), vice - presi­dent; Leroy Curtis, (Dereham) sec­retary - treasurer; directors, Wil­liam MacDonald, (East Zorra);, Clarence Stover (South Norwich);, H. B. Martin (Blenheim).Reeves RoleIs OutlinedDy pY- KAP The St- Lawrence Seaway, in-l L* J jereased immigration, atomicFree Press Woodstock BureauwnnDCTTW-K Sent 1 — A Part ,n international affairs were „ X- »'nation in a community of nation. »« »*vmg . terrific Impact onCounty Export Aviation atAltaaorc here today, , lated.About 60 reeves, ex-reeves and Murray was Introduced by, ex-werdeM attended the aaaocia- former reevt. Allister Clark, West tlon’s eighth annual noon dm- Zorra and thanked by former ner. reeve, Elton Townsend, East Ox-The speaker felt that If the fordreeves served faithfully and re- Officers Electedsponsibly they were as Important Edgar stoakley, North Nor- as the Prime Minister of ^an'1wlch, was elected president. He ada. succeeds W. A. Cockburn, Blcn-“You, as reeves, touch more in- helm. Other officers elected were: limntely with the lives of people Riton Townsend, vice-president; and you are one of Canada's most [^roy Curtis, Dereham, uecretary- influential groups,” he said, com-'treasurer; directors: William paring the association to mem- McDonald, East Zorra; Clarence berahip In the House of Com- stover, South Norwich; H. B. mons. Martin. Blenheim.SEPTEMBER WEDDINGMiss Betty Leola Scott, daugh­ter of Mr, and Mrs. William J. Scott, Innerklp, and John Har­vey Wood, sexi f Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wood, R. R 4. Wood-I stock, haw announced wedding L plans for Saturday, Sept. IS, at ' 2.30 o'clock, in Innerkip Uni- ted Church. (Left Photo by Ken, Paste.) dark Murray, former MP for Oxford county, is seen in the top photo chatting with some of the newly-elected members of the ex­ecutive of the Oxford County Ex- Reeveg Association, which held its annual dinner yesterday atAltadore. Left to right are: Bill MacDonald (director), H.B. Mar­tin (director) Elton Townsend (vice-president), Edgar Stoakley (president), W.A. Cockburn (past president), Leroy Curtis (secret­ary-treasurer) and Clark Murray,Lower Photo: Before sitting down to dinner yesterday members of the 1953-54 executive of the Ox­ford County ex-reeves’ Associa­tion discuss the winding up of their affairs. Left to right are C. Stover (director), E. Stoakley(vice-presiaeuu, W.A. Coekburn (president) Elton Townsend (di­rector), W. MacDonald (director) L.E. Curtis (secretary-treasurer) A. Clark (past president).) (Staff Photos) |THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFC7Ze ’sREQUEST THE PLEASURE OF YOUR COMPANY AT THEOFFICIAL OPENINGOF THEADMINISTRATION BUILDINGLIGHT STREET. WOODSTOCK. ONTARIOBY THEHONOURABLE W. A. GOODFELLOW MINISTER OF PUBLIC WELFAREONSUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 26th, 1954 AT THREE O'CLOCKRECEPTION AFTERWARDS R.S.V.P.NOTICEClean Up!AH putrid and decayed animal or vegetable matter in Oxford County shall be removed from all cellars, buildings, outbuildings and yards, on or before the 15th day of May in each year. R.S.O., 1937, C. 299, Sched. B, Par. 19.Garbage and rubbish must be taken to a proper dumping ground. It is illegal to throw such' rubbish into streams or on the side of roads. R.S.O., 1937, C. 299, Sched. B, Par. 4.DR. O. C. POWERS, M.O.H., Oxford County. HOMES FOR35th ANNUAL CONVENTION SEPTEMBER 1, 2, 3. 1954 CORNWALL. ONTARIO.The Ontario Association of Managers and Matrons of Homes For The AgedFRIDAY. SEPT. 3rd11 A.M.BUS TRIP TOLONG SAULT RAPIDS, ETC.LUNCHEON - $2.00nnuai convent CORNWALL, ONTARIO SEPTEMBER 1, 2, 3rd, 1954THURSDAY, SEPT. 2nd CIVIC DINNER 7 P.M. ROYAL HOTEL SPONSORED BY UNITED COUNTIES OF STORMONT. DUNDAS & GLENGARRY5 AND CITY OF CORNWALLBanquet Sponsored ByUnited Counties of Stormont,Dundas and Glengarry andTHURSDAY, SEPT. 2nd REFRESHMENTS 5 P.M. CORNWALL ARMOURIESCity of CornwallROYAL HOTELSEPTEMBER 2nd, 1954Leu K. Coles county clerk, left’ the city, Tuesday, to attend the County Homes Convention in Cor nwall. He will return next) Tuesday.PROGRAMMETHIRTY-FJFTHHOMES FOR THE AG^DCornwallSEPTEMBER 1st, 2nd, 3rdNineteen Hundred and Fiffy-Fbur-Ontario Visociation of Managers and Matrons ofST, LAWRENCE HIGH SCHOOLCOINWALL TOWNSHIPAT QUEEN'S PARKHome For The Aged Program Is FinestBy DON O’HEARN (Special Correspondent forThe Sentinel-Review)TORONTO — The department of welfare here isn’t excited about the situation in London and the Dear­ness Home for the aged.The press and local officials were concerned because the home had been open for three months and still was only one - third filled. They wondered if perhaps they had been foolish in spending theirIt’s nice to be able to report that , . - formerly one of the most trouble­money J which the province match-'some departments around here in es_(50-.j0). 'getting news has undergone a greatchange.In days past it could take a greatBut. not the department. It saw nothing unusual in the condition. Through a natural timidity, it points out, older folks are reluctant, to move into the homes at once. Sudbury was one instance where this same situation prevailed. But once in they are quite happy.THE REASONSIn London also there were other contributing factors.One was an old trouble - maker under which the old folks were afraid they would lose all of their cash and property if they entered the homes. This is under the ar­rangement whereby they have to sign over all their holdings to the municipality; a clumsy arrange­ment, but apparently necessary.. Again, the homo opened in the I summer, when most of the older i folk wouldn’t be inclined, or feel the need, to enter itFinally, two new chronic hos­pitals opened in the city about the same time; taking care of a num­ber of cases that might otherwise have gone to the home.We mention this because the home for the aged program is one of the finest things the government has done, and it would be unfor­tunate if it suffered through mis­understanding.deal of effort and determination to1 get what should have been routine' information out of the Department of Reform Institutions. Today, it is one of the most cooperative.Credit goes partly to its two most recent ministers. Hon. W. E. Ham­ilton and Hon. John Foote, but the bulk belongs, we think, to the pres­ent Deputy Minister, Col. Hedley Basher.We have heard that in the days before he came here, Col. Basher could be a bit stuffy about giving out Information, but it so. he was either misunderstood or has changed.He is perhaps the most obliging and efficient (and that can be im­portant, too) civil servant here, in this regard. Iced Celery m...Ao^ramme Tomato Juice Queen Olives Roast Young Turkey Mashed Potatoes Salad Grace - - - Mr. W. A. Manning, Clerk-Trcas. of Ontario County“THE QUEEN” Introduction of Head Table.........................................Mr. Fred Sinnan, Supt., Macassa Lodge, Hamilton, Ont Remarks - - - Hon. W. A. Goodfellow, Minister of Public Welfare Dr. S. R. McKelvery, President, Ontario Association of Managers and Matrons of Homes for the Aged. Chairman s Remarks and Introduction of Guest Speaker - Mr. W. S. Fraser, Chairman, Board of Management, Glen-Stor-Dun Lodge Guest Speaker.........................................................Mr. Arthur H. Duncan, Director, Public Relations, Bata Shoe Company of Canada Limited Cake and Ice Cream Cheese Vocal Selections..........................................Mr. Howard Morris, Alexandria Accompanied by ------- Mrs. J. J. MacDonald, Cornwall Coffee GOD SAVE THE QUEEN” vl THIRTY-FIFTH HOMES FOB THE AGED SEPTEMBER 1st, 2n^». LAW RE feHJGH Prcgrafnme ★ TUESDAY, AUGUST 31st EVENING Registration and Billetting Lobby, Cornwallis Hotel WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1st MORNING—9.30 Registration, St. Lawrence High School 10.00 Convention to be called to order by the President of the Association dr. s. r. McKelvey THE QUEEN Address of Welcome by MR. L. C. DAVIS United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry HIS WORSHIP MAYOR A. A. HOROVITZ Mayor of the City of Cornwall DR. E. EMARD Reeve of the Township of Cornwall President's Address Reading of minutes and various reports, correspondence and appointment of committee on nominations and resolutions. Introduction of New Members by MR. L. E. LUDLOW, Supervisor Afternoon—2-4 Open House Stor-Dun-Glen Lodge Evening—7.00 Dinner for Superintendents and Matrons Dining Room, Stor-Dun-Glen Lodge Sponsored by the Board of Management of Stor-Dun-Glen Lodge THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2nd Morning—9.30 Address by Dr. McHENRY and MARGRET WILKIE on Foods, Diet, Etc. Discussion 11.00 Address by F. C. JACKSON Discussion Afternoon W. G. MANNING AND PANEL DISCUSSION Address by HON. W. A. GOODFELLOW 5.00 Adjourn for Refreshments at Cornwall Armouries Evening—7.00 Banquet, Royal Hotel Sponsored by the City of Cornwall and the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Guest Speaker MR. JOHN FISHER Roving Reporter for the C.B.C., Toronto Entertainment ★ FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3rd Morning Discussion and Reports of Nominating Committee Presentation of Gavel to the New President Presentation of Pin to outgoing President 11.00 Bus trip to St. Lawrence Sanatorium, Long Sauli Rapids, etc. Luncheon CONSTITUTION * 1. NAME This association shall be known as the Ontario Association of Managers of the Homes for Aged. 2. OBJECTS The objects of the Association shall be: (o) A closer official and personal relationship among the Superintendents and Matrons, and others interested in the man­ agement of Homes for the Aged, and concerted action in the welfare of the aged of the various institutions throughout the Province. (b) The promotion of such suggestions or regulations as will best fend to a more uniform system of management and accounting. 3. MEMBERSHIP The members of the Association shall be: (a) The Superintendents and Matrons of Homes for Aged. (b) Any person or member of Committee under whose jurisdiction the management of such institutions may come. 4. OFFICERS The officers of the Association shall be Past President, President, 1st and 2nd Vice-Presidents, Secretary and Treasurer, who shall be elected annually. 5. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The Executive Committee shall consist of the officers of the Association and four members selected from the member­ ship at large at the Annual meeting. Six members shall form a quorum. 6. AUDITORS Two Auditors shall be elected at the Annual Meeting whose duty it shall be to examine the books and vouchers of the Treasurer and present a certified report at the Annual Meeting. 7. ANNUAL MEETING The Annual Meeting of the Association shall be held in such month and at such place as may be determined at the previous Annual Meeting and on such dates as may be fixed by the Executive Committee, of which at least two months' notice shall be given to the members. 8. FEES (a) The annual Municipal Membership fee shall be $10.00, which entitles the municipality to 4 delegates, including the Superintendent and Matron. (b) The Individual Membership shall be $2.00 (c) The Charitable Institution Act shall be $5.00. 9. MEMBERSHIP Any official included in any one of the subsections of Section 3, of the Constitution desiring membership may make application to the Secretary, enclosing the Membership Fee, on receipt of which the Secretary shall, if satisfied as to the eligibil­ ity of the applicant forward to him a certificate of membership and place his name on the membership roll. The Fee so paid shall cover membership to the date of the opening of the next Annual Meeting only, when the Fee for the year commencing on that date shall become due and payable. 10. ELECTIONS A Nominating Committee selected by the Executive and presented by the President at the Annual Meeting, shall present a slate of Officers which must be duly proposed and accepted. 11. DUTY OF OFFICERS (a) PRESIDENT: The President shall preside at all meet­ ings of the Association and generally exercise such oversight over the affairs of the Association as may best promote its prosperity and protect its interests. He shall be the Chairman of the Executive Committee and call meetings of the Committee when in his judgment the same may be necessary, or when re­ quested to do so by a majority of the members thereof. He shall prepare the Annual Report, which shall contain a complete and comprehensive account of the year's work, together with such suggestions and recommendations as may in his judgment be in the best interests of the Association. This report he shall sub- mil fo the Executive Committee, previous to the opening of the Annual Meeting, and if approved by the Committee it shall be presented to the Association during the first session of the opening day. (bj VICE-PRESIDENT: The First Vice-President shall, in the absence of the President assume his position and discharge his du ties, and in doing so shall be possessed of all powers enjoyed by that officer. In the absence of the First Vice-President the Second Vice-President shall preside, assuming the duties of the President, (c) SECRETARY: The Secretary shall have charge of the books, papers, and other property of the Association: record the minutes of all meetings of the Association and Executive Com­ mittee: conduct the correspondence, of which copies shall be kept: keep a correct roll of the officers and members of the Association; issue certificates of membership to those entitled to receive them. (d) TREASURER: The Treasurer shall receive all monies due the Association by members, or from other sources, giving receipts therefor, and depositing all monies received in Bank. He shall submit his books and accounts to the auditor and shall present to the Executive Committee before the opening of the Annual Meeting a full and complete statement duly audited, of the finances of the Association, showing all receipts and dis­ bursements for the year, together with a complete statement duly audited, of the finances of the Association, showing all re- ceipts and disbursements for the year, together with a complete slatement of assets and liabilities, including a statement of un­ collected fees, if any. (e) THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE shall be responsible for the prompt and efficient conduct of all business allotted to it by By-law or assigned to it from time to time by the Association. 12. AMENDMENTS Additions, alterations or amendments to the Constitution or By-laws must be made at the Annual Meeting. Any member desiring a change may submit amendments or motions in writing at the Annual Meeting, upon which a vote may be taken, and it shall require a two-thirds vote of all the members present, and voting fo carry any addition, alterations, or amendments. O CANADA O, Canada) Our home and native land! True patriotic love in all thy sons command. With glowing hearts, we see thee rise. The true North strong and free; And stand on guard, O Canada, We stand on guard for thee. O, Canada! Where pines and maples grow. Great prairies spread and lordly rivers flow. How dear to us thy broad domain. From East to Western sea; Thou land of hope for all to toil. Thou True North strong and free. O, Canada! Beneath thy shining skies. May stalwart sons and gentle maidens rise. To keep thee steadfast through the years, From East fo Western sea; Our own beloved native land. Our True North strong and free. O Canada! Glorious and freel We stand on guard, we stand on guard for thee, O Canada! We stand on guard for thee. 4 Lincoln County' May Move SeatST CATHARINES (CP) - Lin­coln county council decided Tues- day to Investigate the possibility' of moving its scat, of government from this city back to its original site at Niagn a-on-the-Lake.Members said minor dis agree­ments with city council In recent months, coupled with city coun­cil s refusal today to permit re­served parking for county council-! tors cars near the county building hero, caused the motion to be pre­sented.County Council Opens Session This MorningThe September session of Oxford County Council began this morn­ing at 10 a.m. with the reading of correspondence received by county clerk, Len K. Coles. The correspondence consisted large of resolutions and recommendations received from other county coun­cils.Among the resolutions council will consider are: a resolution fromthe county of Waterloo — “BeitCOUNTY COUNCILS SERVE USEFUL PURPOSE, COUNCILLORS SAY tt§*wSO1. <u fahit8^12if li is E "55EK Eh H 3 o -c «s8 .fa9$ 2 | 2 :i fli *8 =o 5 wE 5 „ JVc £ - ft c *S s<U ® -q fa*1 1/1s g<_-O .s P 5 15cdgCUJ3 c o2-- EL i «c G u Q.A. —*O «d 0 _ u g £ $58 C « -3 O §be tn « uu tn•UcdCdoG O8 j3 rt5CC ^1<u <usfa 2 o OIg8?E - M rto■Do '" j * - gKS®«"'5«sCC3 jd A £'5 M u_ S W..'S ~•a e.? fa « log’scu-c . <vbo - >8- .-2 S ° w ^Il-Ill •s £ 5 $-8o oj & g >.5C-pU 42 r 5 w O >. pc G C GSQs&ECounty Council Session Enters Second Busy Day'The September session of county council went into Its sec­ond day today as the assessment and agricultural committee and the property, road and finance committee met this morning. This afternoon the education, printing and resolutions and con­servation committees will meet. Committee reports will be heard thw afternoon and tomorrow,resolved that as the Federal Gov-1 dueled u<s on a tour of Inspection ernmeiit is allowing a high ratei exploring new feature* and 1m- of immigration which contributes I provemcnt.*i which have bewn put to our unemployment situation, the Into practice and have lessened Federal Government be petitioned somewhat much of the detail to assume a larger share of relief! work entailed in their job. Out- responsibility.”; a resolution from side appearance of the grounds the county of Hastings petitioning ।could be improved with the plant- the Government of Canada and Ing of shrubs and bushes, the Government of Ontario to es- Jail: “A very careful examination tablish a fund to pay necessaryjof this building was made and al- hospltallzation costs of needy pen- though we found the building clean stoners in Ontario; a resolution several recommendations appear from tile County Of Dufferin thaf advisable to bring to your atten- the Provincial Government be pe- tion. There were 34 inmates, in titloned for a grant toward the eluding five women and we found salaries of the local assessors 21 of them sentenced and 13 on working under the supervision of I remand. More kitchen facilities a County Assessor; a resolution | and cooking utensils should be from Welland County that “they | provided as the present equipment urgently request the Provincial would not appear adequate for the Government to establish a policy present number now confined. On whereby no municipality would questioning inmates no complaints have educational grants decrea; 4 were received, they stated that the because of county rc-assesment.”; meals served were good.A letter was received from the: “Mr. Skinner, the Governor, hasWoodstock General Hospital Trust served the county well for 34 years thanking council for the contri-jand we feel his duties are being button of $30,000 towards the newaddition to the hospital.GRAND JURY REPORTThe full report of the Grand Jury which inspected county build­ings during September was read. The following building reports were noted:Courthouse: — “The building was carefully inspected and found to be in excellent condition, clean, neat and in good repair.” Registry office “This new building was inspected and the registrar con-performed in a very satisfactorymanner.“Tl> County Home was inspect­ed and we ' md Mr. and Mrs. Forbes, the manager and matron, very capable and efficient. Every­thing was clean and well kept; the inmates appeared contented and happy.”Following the readfrig of corres­pondence council retired to the committee rooms to consider new business. Council continues this afternoon.TALKING THINGS OVERTwo members of Oxford County | side the committee। bcsan iu Se’1-deputy-reeve of East Missouri, I ember session yesterday, (Staff are seen talking things over out- Photo)ONTARIO ASSOCIATION OF MANAGERS AND MATRONS OF HOMES FOR THE AGEDL. K. COLESAnnual Convention Cornwall — Sept. 1-2-3, 1954—..............___________- *room as Construction proceeds on the new wing of the Woodstock Gen­eral Hospital which is scheduled for completion next spring. The view here shows the front of the new wing looking toward the new main entrance, which will be on the right of the picture. The ad­dition will provide for an in­crease of 69 beds and 18 infant beds for the hospital, two more operating rooms and other essen­tial additions such as emergency and out - patient departments. (Staff Photo)TENDERSTenders for a 1954 standard mod­el 4-door sedan with heater and spare tire, will be received by the undersigned until noon on Thursday. September 30th. Low­est or any tender not necessarily accepted.OXFORD HEALTH UNIT. HEALTH UNIT BUILDING. WOODSTOCK, ONT.L. K. COLES, Secretary-TreasurerCounty Librarians Hold Meeting HereThe Librarians of Oxford County held a workshop meeting in the county library at the Court House. About 16 of the librarians from the county were present to discuss library problems of various types. Irrthe morning general library pro­blems and ideas for Young Can­ada's Book Week were discussed and Mrs. Hilda Mason of the tillsonburg library spoke on her recent studies at the Ontario Li-1 brary School.At noon the librarians were the gyests of the Oxford County Li- byarv Board at a dinner at the Commercial Hotel. The afternoon) meeting was devoted to the study of books - a discussion on fiction being led by Miss Betty Crawford of’Ingersoll. and Mrs. S. L. Krom­part of the County Library. Book reviews were given by Mrs. Chant of’Burgessville and Miss Annabelle MacKay of Thamesford.At the close of the meeting tea w«s served by Mrs. Krompart and Mrs. W. G. Cocker.1 Double Room.Commencing August 31st, 1954PLEASE NOTE ITEM 3 ON REVERSE SIDEHOTEL CORNWALLIS22 SECOND STREET WEST CORNWALL, ONTARIO PHONE 1490 MEL. G. BAKER Managerto the room clerk on arrival. WeMr. Mrs. L. K. Coles, Court House,Woodstock, Ontario.PLEASE SEEREVERSE SIDE CORNER STONE IS LAID FOR NEW HOSPITAL WING■V- 'Friday afternoon. PHOTO NO. 1: John G. Dunlop, senioiunem- ber of the hospital board, de­posits a metal box, containing objects of contemporary inter­est, In the cornerstone. PHO­TO NO. 2: Mr. Martin puts the finishing touches on the corner­stone. PHOTO NO. 8: Among the spectators were D. E. Kirk­land, architect; H. P. Frid, gen­eral constructor, and John Till-1N an impressive ceremony Hon. Paul Martin, minister of nation­al health aand welfare, officia­ted at the laying of the corner- •tone of the new wing of the Woodstock General Hospital,ger, chief engineer. PHOTO NO. 4: Members of the nursing staff were on hand and arc shown with part of the crowd official ceremony.(Staff Photos.) THE OLD HOUSE, AND DR. SUTHERLANDD. M.'Sutherland ResidenceIs Showplace Of EmbroBy MAURICE HACKMAN"This Old House Has Seen Much Laughter... .This Old House Is Growing Old”, the song may be new but the words aptly fit a beautiful old home in Oxford Coun­ty which marks its 100th anniver­sary this year.Except for- his housekeeper, a 74-y ear-old bachelor lives quite alone in the 100-year-old house.It is difficult, from the road, to tell which is the front or the back is now Ontario before Confedera-of the house.Slim, white columns support a handsome veranda at the front and sides: reminiscent of Spanish moss on a Virginian mansion or ivy on Italian monastery. Flowers and vines trail from the eaves of a fiame cloister that forms the rear entrance.Approach it from any direction and you will pass among tall pines, stout maples or spreading cedars. Look up any of its trim, gravel driveways and you see the house —the picture of timeless elegance.The house is the showplace of Embro. Set in the midst of four, wooded acres it was built in 1854 by the Scottish grandfather of Dr.Donald M. Sutherland.Dr. Sutherland, who retired from his general medical practice in Woodstock in 1935, spends his days among huge rooms filled with com­fortable, old furniture.The five large fireplaces bear the stamp of the maker: H. P. Brown, Woodstock, C.W. The "C. W.” indicates the name Canada West which was used along with Upper Canada to designate what tion.MISTAKEN FOR MANSEPlaced as it is, to one side of Knox United Church, the house is frequently taken for "the manse”."Excuse me, sir, but is this the home of the minister,” I askedanese vases nearly six feet tall, I the thick set, tanned, well-condi-1 learned that the furniture at "Thetioned man who answered my'Maples" had been accumulated by knock. | three generations of inhabitants."No, I’m not a clergyman but plenty of people ask if this is a priest’s house — won’t you come in anyway,” he invited.He led me through a hallway to the door of a large living room that ran the ength of the house. To one side of the entrance was a stand full of dozens of walking _ and around the room are original sticks while from one side of the paintings, in heavily gilt frames,door frame a pair of high-powered binoculars dangled from a hook.One side of the room was lined with books and, on the mantle­piece, was a fine painting of a Canadian bird of prey — the Log­gerhead Shrike.Noting his interest in natural illuminated letter in the hallway history and reading I asked him '----■ - ■if he was a doctor. He nodded in the affirmative as he began filling his pipe.He had the doctor's habit of peer­ing frankly and openly at you, from toe to head, as though men­tally diagnosing you.LONG HISTORYSitting in the thickly - carpeted room, surrounded by bronze Jap-In the winter months the doctor loves to read Canadian political biography and he informed me there’s not a work of fiction in his library."I read some fiction but I don't keep it: mine is a working library, he said. Hanging over the shelves by English and Scottish artists.Dr. Sutherland’s grandfather was the first postmaster in Embro (1884-85) and his aunt continued in that position from 1885-1915. The aunt so endeared herself io Embro residents that there is a framed,।juuuuimieu ictuer jri me nauway from Embro residents welcoming- her home from a trip to the contin-ent.ACTIVE IN POLITICSIt was not until I was leaving the doctor, during a conversation about the infinite variety of birds he can watch in his wooded es­tate, that he mentioned he had been Minister of National Defence in the Bennett administration from 1930-34 and Minister of Pensions and National Health from 1934-35.Today there is no one left in the old house to carry on the political activity started by the grandfather who was Liberal MP for North Oxford from 1854-57 and warden of the county for five years.But the doctor is left among his political books with his political memories. The house is steeped in the politics of Oxford county.This old house has seen much history... .this old house is grow­ing old.County Council HearsReports Of CommitteesThere has been a net expendi­ture on county roads, up to Sept. 1. of $198,580, it was reported by the Road committee of county council Thursday morning as the various committee reports were heard."'Die work on the county road system is progressing favorably and the construction program will be completed in good time this autumn," it is stated in the report. "With some adjustments in the- --------- — -.. v office of the sheriff be decorated,surface treating program, it is felt Tile committee also recommended the work program for the year can landscaping for the registry office be completed within the approprl- grounds.alien. Two bridges have been com- The education committee recom­pleted and two are under construe- mended that the public librarians tlon.” ■ ■■ •HEALTH UNIT MEETINGThe regular monthyly meeting of the Oxford Health Unit will be held at 7 o’clock tonight in t h • Health Unit building.The printing and resolutions committee recommended that no action be taken on the resolution from Waterloo County seeking to petition the federal government to assume a larger share of relief responsibility.The property committee recom­mended that the rooms of the county assessor, probation officer and school inspector be redecorat­ed and floors sanded and the inner puvuv mwhhjou.t ivuertu «nti provincial govem- Hn the county be given a grant of ments to establish a fund to pay $50 each and that $20 of the above necessary hospitalization costs o fsum constitute the annual fee of each library in the Oxford County Library Cooperative.The committee recommended the endorsement o f communication from the County of Welland which requested the provincial govern­ment to establish a policy where­by no municipality could have ed­ucational grants decreased because of county reassessment.ilhatlon ec-ommended the county assume the costs of searches in the Registry Office made by the county assessor until such time as the re-assess­ment of a local municipality is completed and then the subsequent searches to be the responsibility of! the local municipality.T h e committee recommended that the resolution from the county of Dufferin asking the provincial government for a grant toward the salaries of local assessors be en­dorsed.The finance committee recom­mended that the resolution from the County of Hastings, petitioning the federal and provincial govem-needy pensioners, be endorsed.BOARD TO MEETThe Board of Management of the Oxford County Home will meet al the County Home tonight at 8.30.:NEW NURSESTwo new Public Health Nurses have been appointed to the staff of the Oxford Health Unit. They are Miss A. Van der Berg and Miss G. De Haan. Both nurses come from the Chatham General Hospital and will assume t h • i r duties here Oct. 15.FOX BOUNTIESFoxes keep sticking their heads out throughout the county and marksmen keep shooting holes in them. Seven of the sly chifken stealers were killed in September with the township scores as fol­lows: Blenheim. 2: East Nissouri 2: North Oxford. 1; West Zorra. 1 and East Zorra 1. This is an In­crease In the monthly bag of two ns compared with the same period last year. The total for the year so far is 565 while at this time last year 383 foxes had given up their pelts. The county pnvs a bounty of S3 for every fox killed A demonstration of firefighting was put on for the benefit of the County Council and members of Woodstock City Council yester­day afternoon at County Home.A new water main has just been installed and the demonstration showed the members the effici­ency of the new main. Presentat the demonstration were Mur- । West Oxford. Mayor Bernadette ray Logan, reeve of East Ox- Smith, James Hossack, warden ford; Aiderman R. M. Barney, of Oxford County, and Fire Chief John R. Hargreaves, reeve of | Gordon Tripp. (Staff Photo)FIRE FIGHTING AND PREVENTION A YEAR-ROUND JOBThis Is fire prevention week and citizens are urged to take every precaution of checking their homes for fire hazards. In addittlon, fire drills, demon­strations and check-ups arebeing made throughout the county. However, fire preven­tion is more than a week's job, it is a year-round business, and representatives of the Ingersoll district were ca hand recentlyfor a fire-fighting demonstration at the Oxford County Home, by the Woodstock Fire Department. A new water main had just been installed and the demon­stration showed the efficiencyof the new main. Members of Oxford County Council and rep- rosentatlves of townships and municipalities were present. (Staff Photo.) <1CAKE CEREMONYMr. and Mrs. John Harvey Wood are pictured as they cut their wedding cake at the re­ception whfch followed their mar­riage Sept. 18 at Innerkip United Church. The bride. Betty LeolaI Scott, is the daughter of Mr. and, Mrs. William J. Scott, of Inner­kip. Her husband is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wood, R.R.4, Woodstock. (Photo by Ken1 Poste)OXFORD COUNTY’S BUILDINGS PRAISED FOR FINE CONDITIONy yesterday after the jurors had completed their in-, rnndilt™ran<?, report found the county buildings in good condition well maintained and well staffed. They found the in- fhr Fa°f the county jaiI and fhe county home were well cared for and appeared to be satisfied with conditions.WiV-n cJTT™8 the report from the grand jury Mr. Justice Of Oxford^bundFn^ VT T? pressed with the coSon than in m^nv SaJd Lhey Were much better maintainedman in many other places he had been.showpS then%theniT1tarked ^at t-he of the buildingsintelligent consideration which was being given them by the people and officials of Oxford.Pupils at Tollgate School, East Zorra, had a welcome break from their studies yesterday as a fav­orite visitor, the mobile library of the Oxford County Lobrary Co-operative, arrived to distri­bute books. Bob McLeod, 9, R.R. 6, Woodstock, was so intrigued with his book he sat right down on the step of the mobile to sample it. Marilyn Karn, 10, is seen selecting a book while in the background Mrs. S. L. Krom- part, librarian, may be seen supervising the proceedings. Mrs.Krompart and her staff, assis­tants S. L. Krompart and Mrs. W. G. Cocker, have just com­pleted an exchange of books at 18 county libraries, four deposit stations and 135 classrooms in the schools. They left 9,000 books for the use of children and adults throughout the county. These will be exchanged for others in De­cember when the principal of Tollgate School, Mrs. L. J. Mc- Ash and her pupils, will again welcome the travelling library. (Staff Photo)Ontario ConservationistsLeave For Ohio TourConservation officials from throughout the province left London vesterdov fnr i t The group posed for the| picture jusf Marilyn Bell’s Amazing FeatSeldom—in fact it might be the truth to say never — before has such courage and Stamina been demonstrated by a 16-year-old girl, as was shown by Marilyn Bell, a New Toronto high school student who on Thurs­day valiantly stayed in the choppy and dlillly waters of Lake Ontario for 21 hours to complete an heroic swim from Youngs­town, N.Y. to Toronto.' No wonder the people of the Queen City and of the whole province jubilantly hailed fhe outstanding feat. An unofficial entry in a feature event arranged by officials of the Canadian National Exhibition, in which Florence Chadwick, an American swim­mer, had been offered $10,000 to cross the fake, Marilyn declared she had entered the contest “for the honor of Canada”.; Following Miss Chadwick’s abandonment of her attempt, after swimming 15 miles, the Canadian girl’s display of courage and de­termination led to a spontaneous offer by Canadian National Exhibition officials of $7,500 if she made the course. Her impres- !E^vlctory has bro«Sht an Increase in the CNE prize to $10,000, additional gifts of cash, a new automobile and other merchan­dise.By her unprecedented effort, so spectac­ularly crowned with success, Marilyn Bell becomes the first person ever to have swum the 32 miles across Lake Ontario. Because of diversion from her course, it is estimated the actual distance travelled was about 40 miles.Marilyn Bell’s legion of admirers, extend­ing throughout the nation and even beyond its borders, are glad to know that what must have been a gruelling experience has had no derimental effect on her vitality or health. Her accomplishment will become historic in the record of teenage athletic ac- tivity. Her fortitude and courage will set a shining example for others to follow and shed a new light in the realm of sport on Canadian prowess and skill.^ou cordially incited to attend^Izs, OffiataL Owning ancl ^^dicationof tieand cSaUnae. ^Budding on Waterloo College Camfiut Sunday, October third at half after three o'clock^UEi.t eSpeafren ^ranllln ClazlCPreeident ^United dutleran Church of AmericaOfiEn ed-fouie immediately following dedicationFIREMEN GIVE DEMONSTRATIONHome yesterday afternoon. Three of the firemen are shown at they manned a hote. They areTate Murray, standing, and on the noazle are Charley QriS, and Jim Birkmyre, «u members of the Woodstock Fire Dept, (Stilt S'X «FOLLOWING THE opening of the new CAS building in Wood- stock Sunday guests and the pub­lic went on tour of the new of­fices. In the TOP PHOTO T. R. Dent, Oxford MLA, signs the guest book as Hon W. A. Good-I ' wfeUow. minister of public wel­fare for Ontario, watches with interest. LOWER PHOTO is of Mr. Goodfellow as he cut the ribbon to officially open the building. (Staff Photos)CAS BuildingOpened Sunday* — ----j -t 9Xfor(j County. County. The chairman was H. E.1drizzling rain1 Passmore, president of the board yesterday afternoon to watch the of directors. Reverend Father W.' ’ ’ ’ . J. Phelan delivered the invocation.A large crowd of Oxford Countyresidents stood in afulfillment of years of hard work.The crowd watched as the Honor- - - ------------ — ------- Mayor Bernadette Smith welcom­able W. A. Goodfellow cut the tape ed the people on behalf of the to open the new Oxford County city and expressed pleasure thatChildrens Aid Society building on ‘.he long labors of the society had Light street. Mr. Goodfellow stres- been fulfilled. Mayor T. J. Mor% sed the importance of the child rison and Warden James Hossack welfare branch of the Provincial brought greetings to the Society. Government. R. G. Clowes, CAS superinten-“The government is interested[ dent warmly thanked the people in co-operating in full to aid what I of the county and members of the is being done in caring for the staff for the co-operation and en-neglected children in the Province j couragement down through the of Ontario. We have tried to adopt'years. He expressed thanks to for-better methods in the adoption of mer staff and board members foi^ children and have endeavored to | making -possible a “decent home1 see that all societies across the for kids”.province see that every childbrought into their care adopted in­to a suitable home.” . „ < . ,, - , , r t"It is primarily important that ^JPeoke to cWwd for a fewa child remain with his parents if iutes*at all possible. Failing that it is' Reverend Charles A. PerkinsJ. D. Campbell introduced thearchitect, R. B. Coon, of Toronto, ।necessary that a proper foster i president of the Ministerial Asso-i on,;. Ciation conducted the dedicationservice. Mrs. Goodfellow was pre-home be found. This new buildingwill provide prompt protective ser­vice to the families in this county who may need guidance.” he stat­ed.Mr. Goodfellow was intiodifcedby T. R. Dent MLA for Oxford 9 p.m.sented with a bouquet of roses by one of the wards of the society.! The building will be open for public inspection on Monday from 7 toSI:Guilt AdmittedAssess Firm $100,000 Over Highway Fraud,Engineer Also FinedPORT ARTHUR, Oct. 18—(CP)—A $100,000 fine was imposed today on the contracting firm of W. S. Tomlinson Brothers after the company pleaded guilty to a charge of defrauding the Ontario Gov- emment in connection with road-building contracts.WARDEN'S BANQUETThe annual warden's banquet is to be held this year in Embro; Masonic Hall, Nov. 24. The ladies of Knox Presbyterian Church, Em- bro, will be the caterers. Warden J. D. Hossack of Oxford county will be the host.VISIT COUNTY HOMEDundas St. United Church Group One, under the leadership of Mrs. Gilbert, met at the County Home on Thursday to present a concert for the residents. Thirty mem­bers were present and served treats of oranges, candy, sandwiches, cookies, ice cream and coffee fol­lowing the program, Mrs. R. For­bes expresed thanks on behalf of the residents of toe home.Official OpeningSUNDAY, SEPT. 26th County ReassessmentWork Is Now UnderwayA full-time, resident county as­sessor is now in Woodstock. Fred H. Cade, formerly assessment ad­visor with the Department of Mun­icipal Affairs in Toronto, has his office in the county building. He is busily occupied now in travelling to all parts of the county helping to prepare the new assessment.In a prepared statement for the Sentinel-Review, Mr. Cade has set forth the purpose of the new county positin and has outlined his duties.“The purpose of the County As­sessor is to work with the local assessors and teach each of them to use the same method of assess­ment so that the total of the asses­sed rateable property on their as­sessment roll will be their equaliz­ed assessment for levying county rates."Assessment is the foundation of the whole municipal structure, therefore in these days of rising costs and the demand for munici­pal services and the great amount of building that is taking place thr" ’ghout the country, it is to the tors affecting their value. Then too, best interests of every municipality he must learn how to apply the to put their house in order, assess proper rate and work out the as­on a scientific basis and a: every property by the same yard­stick.USING MANUAL"In the County of Oxford we are using a Manual of Assessment val­ues issued by the Department of Municipal Affairs in 1950. The var­ious rates when applied are equal­ized one with another, that is. the assessment when completed, be it residential, commercial, industrial, fa’-m property or summer property will all be paying onh’ their fair pr^nortion of taxes. This is not o"1” very important from the s^^dpoint of countv rates, but also v’-a’l” important to the municipal­ities themselves.“In each year the council of the county must examine the assess­ment rolls of the various municip ibes for the purpose of equalizing the assessment so that the county rates will be levied in a just pro- nortion against each municipality. They may add or deduct so much percentage in any municipality as mav in their opinion be necessary to bring about the equalization. Th;s is very difficult to do with am* degree of certainty as each municipality has its own assessor, vainer his own methods, and as the County of Oxford has 15 munici­palities. this means 15 different yoes of assessment which the County Council must eoualize s o that each will pay its fair share of the county rates."This is the work of the County Assessor: to bring about a uniform m°-Bod of assessment."No municipality in the County has been assessing at what I would classify as a 100 per cent assessment valuation. It is my du‘w to see that all are reassessed on the same basis. Naturally this cannot be completed in one year. To do justice to the local munici­palities and their assessors it’s not w’«p to take on any more than four or five in any one year.FJELD WORK"I have to work in the field with each assessor teaching him how to fill in appraisal cards giving complete description and measure­ments of. all buildings. The«assessor has to learn also how to classify buildings according to their age, present use, location and any fac-ment roll, that is a full schedule."In taking the particulars of a property there are some features which do not enter into the assess­ment, but are placed on the ap­praisal card so that a complete and detailed outline of each build­ing is on permanent record."When I state that some items are not taken into the assessed value I am speaking of fireplaces, built-in cupboards, open verandahs unheated sunporches etc. Some out buildings are in such deplorable state they can no longer be used, but are still standing after a fash­ion. These are places on the ap­praisal card but -marked "no charge”. Otherwise when the as­sessor returned the,next year the owner might wish some reduction in his assessment if the building had been demolished, but natural­ly, when the assessor looks at his field sheet and sees the ratepayer had not been charged for that par­ticular building he cannot give any reduction."Some people ask, "If I paint my house or barn, landscape my lot, plant trees, and shrubs and put in walks will my assessment be increased?” The answer is very definitely "no”. No one is going to be penalized in such a fashion who comes under my jurisdiction. The man who has die best land­scaped lot in town will bear the same assessment on land as the lot next door devoted entirely to weeds. Similarly with buildings. The assessor is looking at the con­struction of the building, the agesessment on the appraisal card, and transfer the arrived at figures to the assessment roll. So, as stated above, if I am training four to five men a year right) through to the completed assess-and the location, not the coat of paint or the new shingles on the roof to replace the worn out roof,"I would like to encourage peo­ple to keep well kept homes with no fear of unjust assessment on that account. Make each municip­ality a place the residents can point to with pride."The only people wo need fear re-assessment are those who have been getting away with something; for years, The balance of the rate­payers have been subsidizing them and they in ther heart know it. They can consider themselves for­tunate that they are only now be­ing caught up with.We are only interested in having everyone pay their fair share of the tax burden.TWO STARTED"I was appointed as County As­sessor on July 1st, so naturally this year cannot undertake the re­assessment of any large munici­palities with the hope of complet­ing their assessment rolls this year on the manual basis. However I have undertaken two, the villages of Norwich and Embro which were of a size that will enable the asses-i sors to return their 1954 assess­ment rolls on the re-assessed val­uations to use as the basis for (their 1955 local taxation, I am also starting to train assessors in some larger townships so that they can complete their 195 5 asssseenmt complete their 1955 assessment rolls on the revised figures.“I may say here that while the municipalities as completed will use the revised assessment for lo­cal taxation purposes, the new fig­ures will not be used for county equalization purposes until the major portion of the county is completed.‘‘I am having wonderful co-oper­ation from the County Council, the local councils and the appointed officials. The assssors are all ea­ger to learn good assessment prin­ciples, and with us all working together for the betterment of sound equalized assessment I can say with all sincerity that theCounty of Oxford, with all due: respect to other Counties, is going to have the best assessment in the Province of Ontario.”PLOWING M ATOM SITEMayor Smith First For Women Plowers- i International Plowing Match Ruined By RainBRESLAU (CP) The 1954 inter­national plowing match is history today—a history of rain, of mud, and of destruction.It’s a story of man's struggle with nature and a story of disap­pointment.The 250-tent city of John Ran­dall’s farm six miles east of Ritch-FACE DEBTSscorethe theone official said. The site will Le selected at a general meeting.John Randall's farm, a huge mud puddle, will have to be cleaned up. But OPA officials said therewas no permanent damage done Io fields.1 ™ v y- and tie up loose end* Rom*1 he Ontario Plowing Association Judging of Friday’s plowing b ■’till and the Waterloo county commit- lo be done and arrangernents to I tee of the assertion face debts of stage the Canadian championship more than $30,000. They worked for match are to be made. It will prob- almost a year to stage the 41st ably be hold in a week or two internationul in Waterloo county, c- ' ■ •• ~ 0ener. which on Tuesday stood proudly as a reminder of man’s successful toil with the plow, to­day is in ruins. More than 100 tents were destroyed and the rest were badly damaged Friday night when a blast of wind ripped easily through the flimsy structures. LossFriday night officials quit struggling. Hubert Avery of Brock- ville. a director, and past presi­dent of the OPA, speaking on be­half of the association, said the 41st international is over.Half of the 50 competitions were not able to be held, results of fivecompetitions Friday could not be i released because it was too wet™ °Wr $500>00°- for ' » ttmark XlrPlowing competitions, staged to show farmers how to make bettercards.of th,.; 1 1 ---------"v "r--* , 50 plowmen who cameuse of their land, were washed out to Breslau to compete went home; ” ... ._u x _x ... without plowing, Most Of the sev-by rain, which fell almost steadily for the four days of the match.Some plowmen tried to brave the rain and cut their furrows any- way,*out for the most part they only got sloppy results and colds.Spectators tried to slosh through the mud to see the exhibits and the plowing but they gave up after two days of trying.eral hundred competitors said they could not do their best because of the wet ground.No one—the competitors, the spectators or the officials—blamedanyone for the failure. They blamed it all on the,weather.Match officials reported at site today to start cleaning upMeeting To Protest Condition Of RoadResidents living west of Woodstock off the Governor’s road are holding a protest meeting at the court house this afternoon at 2 p.m. It is understool that residents will complain about road conditions. Protests have been made in the past. One person to complain has been rural mailman Howard Schultz. According to postmaster Carl Ekins, Mr. Schultz has frequently complain­ed about pot holes in the road being so dangerous that he had been forced to drive at a crawling pace in low gear.b as ;await the-nbbon-cuttmg ceremony. (Photo by Paste)Forlorn Sight at Plowing Match1'0The International Plowing Match being held at Breslau, near Kitchener, presented o or lorn scene yesterday as the competitions were postponed or halted by the ah ^Stun °n! I2in wh,ch m.ade ^agmire of the fields and streets of the tent nnH Ricany fi he visitors slipped and fell in the mud and went home dirty, wet ana disgruntled. The man shown above has improvised an umbrella out of an old box. x TOTAL NOW $149,089.13More Given To HospitalI - MTISJFOX BOUNTIES UPIt isn’t healthy to be a red fox in Oxford county. So far this year 585 of the sly chicken stealers have been shot compared with 39R for the same period last year. During October the $3-bounty was paid out for 20 foxes while last October 15 were killed. The score for October, by townships: Blandford 5. Blen- heirii, 2, East Nissouri, 2, North Norwich, 3, North Oxford, 1, West Oxford, 2, East Zorra, 3 and West;; Zorra ’2.DISCUSS ROAD PROTEST WITH COUNTY OFFICIALSProvincial Assistance Wanted In Road RepairAn angry jeering crowd of 60 in preference to the busy Govern-1 HEAVIEST TRAVEL demonstrators, consisting of every, or’s Road. “If this state of affairs' John Lang claimed that the road householder on the Governor’s road’continues”, he warned, “Some of was the heaviest travelled in thebetween Woodstock and Thames- ford. was placated yesterday at a courthouse protest meeting after county road officials agreed to. join hands with the demonstrators and approach the provincial gov­ernment to seek their aid in im-, proving what was described as “the worst road between the At­lantic and the Pacific coasts.”F. E. Ellis, who led the demon-, strators, said that the Governor’s I road, one of the busiest in the -. , .. .county was the worst he had had road the sev'®r^to drive on. The manager of a 5^ Meathrell replied,company, which That is politics. We have been frequently, “could Lvmg for years to get the province to describe it", he to ^ke 11 back •large trucking used the road not find words said. “For the years we havepast two or three Mr. Patience: “We're not going become victims of to let anybody hide behind a polit-traffic development: we are forced toal shield. Whoever he is, throw to live in dust", he added. him out and get another”.Mr. Ellis said he had to keep his storm windows shut throughout the year no matter the weather. Many housewives had complained to him that they cooked and ate dust, raised by the traffic. Hecharged the county was paving and get nothing for them”, he add- minor roads in the Embro district ed.us are going to sell our farms and county, yet it had the least money move out”. i spent on it.Other demonstrators claimed Others described the road asthat there had been 18 accidents on the unpaved road in a matter of weeks. When county road super­intendent, J.N. Meathrell replied that the police had no knowledge of such accidents, the crowd shout­ed, “The police are too scared to use the road, it is so bad”.Asked by A. Patience who was responsible for taking over the him out and get another".A commerical traveller, A. Steg- gles, R.R. 3 Woodstock, who claim­ed that the road was the worst in Western Ontario, charged that the county was using the road as a political football. “We pay taxes “the worst between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts” and “alright fo the days when oxen and buggies were used”.Herb Dunn, former chairman and member of the county road committee charged that county council never changed their minds over a queston once it had been decided by committeerHe suggest­ed that “political pressure” be brought to bear on the provincial' government over the road at next year's election.Replying on behalf of the county council, R. Day, chairman of the road committee said, “We are working under difficulties. We can­not spend all our money on a road that is mainly used for through traffic. I know it' is bad for you people. The equipment we have has been tied up in cnstruction work. We had graders on the road three weeks ago. A grader was loaned to us from the township of East Nissouri yesterday.”(Continued on Page 2)Continued from page 1Mr. Day claimed that up to three weeks ago. “the road had been in very good shape”, (laughter). He agreed that , traffic conditions on the road were not going to im­prove when the new 401 highway^ was built. He suggested that the demonstrators petition the provin­cial government.Mr. Meathrell said that it would cost $30 to 40 thousand a mile to asphalt the road. So far about $4,000 had been spent on the road in a year.’ He said that decisions about the road were in the hands of the council. “I am only a serv­ant, he added.James D. Hossack, the county warden, said that he realized that thre had been a lot of complaints and that the road was not in good shape, but he was sure that as far as county council was concernd. the road was getting its fair share of appropriations. He, too, suggest­ed a delegation be sent to the pro­vincial government, petitioning them for aid to help them out over the road for the next year or two.After an hour and a quarter’s discussion. Mr. Lang proposed the following motion: “That a com­mittee of three be appointed to work with the county council in seeking, 1, assistance from the provincial government in the main- ' tenance of the Governor’s road, and 2? assistance from the pro­vincial government in providing a hard surface for the road”. It was passed unanimously.Commented Mr. Day, “We will work with you hand in glove”.The Etobicoke Creek, usually a mud-puddle stream at this time of year, struck the houses like a brutal giant. Only the front steps of this dwelling was left WOODSTOCK—INGERSOLL, ONTARIO, SATURDAY. OCTOBER U. 1954Vast Storm Damage Co.Done In OxfordNear-Record RainfallDrenches WoodstockBARRIE HIGHWAY FLOOBEnTIMisiMorley Horvey, of Eden, jumped to safety when his car fell into this hole which sud­denly opened on Highway 3 just east of Tillsonburg during the height of the storm. He had stopped to let a passenger out when the car dropped.■ 1 ■■■ ’SI r $ <HZTorrential rains which swept the greatest part of Ontario, caused widespread damage throughout Oxford County last night. In Woodstock during the 24 hour period from 7.30 a.m. yesterday until 7.30 a.m. this morning 1.74 inches of rain fell on the city.The Woodstock weather bureau reports that the rainfall came close to the record, recorded in 1946 when 1.81 inches of rain fell. During the first 15 days of Octo­ber a record fall of rain has been recorded. The weather bureau reports that 6.07 inches of rain has fallen, the greatest amount since 1936.City engineer Dave Smith said that works officials were out early this morning cleaning up clogged sewers and filling in pot holes in the roads, Dundas street be­tween Bay and Young streets is covered with small sized holes. In Southside Park, Cedar Creek, which normally has a depth of six inches, has risen to eight feet and has flooded the greatest portion of the park with two to three feet of swirling muddy water.Hydro repair crews said t h a t j town were surrounded by water, very little line trouble was report- * " " • • - - ....ed after the storm. A tree wasA Boy Scout Apple Day had to beblown down onto a PUC line on Park Row, but there was no power interruption. Basements in s o m e homes in the Finkle, Nelson and Huron streets were reported flood­ed.ROAD CAVE-INA road cave-in on Highland ave­nue west of Huron street trapped one motorist’s car last night. Tow trucks were required to pull his car out of a three-foot deep hole. City workman were on the job this morning trying to fill in the road­bed. but came to grief when two of the trucks loaded with gravel sank into the mud. A grader was called to try and remove the trucks so work could continue.NEW HAMBURGIn New Hamburg the greatestcancelled because of the storm. INGERSOLLIn Ingersoll residents reported the wind-driven rain had caused roofs to leak that had never leak­ed before. Some residents said that the rain forced its way in past window frames and trickled down the walls. The wind-driven rain was believed to be the tail end of Hurricane Hazel which had swept a great section of Eastern United States.Memorial Park in Ingersoll was completely under water and a large limb of a tree was blown down on Wellington street. Many residents reported that basements were filled with water to a depth of three to four feet.During the height of the storm.In New Hamburg the greatest traffic on streets and highways flood since 1882 left the downtown virtually came to a standstill, business district closed to traffic | Leaves that were stripped from and caused widespread flooding of trees clogged sewers and caused homes. Officials report that the sidewalks to be covered.Nith river was 16 feet above nor- DRUMBOmal. Three feet of swirling muddy„ . In Drumbo there were power in-water swept down the main street terruptions in the rural district leaving mud and debris in Its hydro and telephone lines. Tele­wake. The rain which started at phone lines were also interrupted 5 a.m. this morning reached its in Embro and in West Zorra the Ipeak between 8 a.m. and 9.30 a.m. when four inches of rain fell. Traf­fic on Highways No. 7 and No. 8 was halted and the road closed off when water completely flooded the highway.Fifty homes in one section of thesixth and ninth Hydro lines were । but of order. 'Plattsville also was stuck b y the storm with cellars being flood-j ed.In Otterville the Otter Creek was " at springtime level.CLERK RETIRESJohn D. Wood for 21 years clerk of West Zorra Township and sec­retary-treasurer of West Zorra School Board since its formation 12 years ago has retired. Mr. Wood prior to being appointed clerk serv­ed for several years on the town­ship council and was reeve for two years. 1931 and ’33. Uis son. Er­nest Wood, of R.R. 4, Embro, has been appointed to fill his father’* position. Holland Marsh Is Still a Lake of Rotting WITH THE HORROR OF THE FLOOD OVER, but destruction still encircling them, Holland Marsh residents wave to rescuers from veranda of their home-. Al­ though no one has been reported drowned in the area, it is feared that when the S3 [ —Star Alrphot-a by Harry OikmU flood waters subside up to Y5 bodies may be recoveted. The marsh is still a lake of rotting debris and mouldering vegetation and no one knows how many bodies it hide?. Several people are missing and it is feared they perished in flood water?Marsh Folk Gamble to Reclaim Land FIRST SINCE 1931FOR SALEThe greater part of Lot 30. Con­cession B, Township of North Ox­ford. County pf Oxford. This pro­perty (s located near Banner, and contains 136 acres. No buildings Good pasture and agricultural land. Possession January 1st, 19M. Sealed tenders, plainly marked as to contents, will be received hv the undersigned till 3 p.m. Thurs- day, November 11th. 19M. Terms— Cash December 13. 13M.Highest or any tender not neces­sarily accepted. Tenders received on or before November 11th will he opened by the Conservation Committee of Oxford County Council at the Court House. Woodstock, at 3 p m on Friday. November ISth. 1U54L K COLES. CLKKK Cmmty of Oxford Court Houae Woodstock. Ontario.Board Approves Annexation By BrantfordTORONTO (CP)—The Ontario municipal board announced today it ha« approved an application by the city of Brantford to annex 7.900 acres of land in adjoining Brantford township The annexation, granted after a long dispute between the city and township, more than triples the city's existing area. The an- nexatlon is tp become effective next Jan. J.Bank Merger Is ApprovedOTTAWA (CP)—Government ap­proval has been given to a pre­liminary move by two of Canada’s oldest banks toward the first bank amalgamation in this country since 1931.The Bank of Toronto, founded be­fore Confederation in 1855. and the Dominion Bank, incorporated in, 1871, Monday were granted per­mission to submit an amalgama­tion agreement to their share­holders next month.TENDER DEADLINEThe conservation committee o f the Oxford County Council will meet at 11 a.m. on Nov. 3 to con­sider tenders for the purchase of the Banner Tract in North Oxford Township. Nov. 1 is the deadline for tenders. night to enjoy a turkey supperYou are cordially invited to attend the165th Convocationof theUniversity of Western OntarioinThames HallADMIT TWOWoodstock District Credit Union Chapter met in the recreation building al the fairgrounds lastWith their numbers counted at nine and a half million in the western hemisphere, credit un­ion members observed Interna­tional Credit Union Day yester-for the conferring of honorary degrees and degrees in courseCREDIT UNION DRY OBSERVED IN WOODSTOCKtional Credit union Day yesiei- , .day. Over 300 members of the I and dance and to heai an ad-On Monday, Federal Minister of Labor Milton F. Gregg, VC, officially opened the ultra-mod-dress by Magistrate R. G. Groom 1 Mrs. J. D. Hossack and J. D. Seen here, from left to right, are |- Hossack, Wardemof Oxford Coun- some of the head table guests: ' ty; Mrs. R. G. Groom and Mag-Tom Dent, MLA, Mayor Berna- i istrate Groom. (Story on page 3. dette Smith and Michael Smith, I Staff Photo)NEW FEDERAL BUILDING AT TILLSONBURGI ern, two-storey Federal Building in Tillsonburg. The structure was1 designed by D. G. Creba, dis-Friday, October the Twenty-second Nineteen hundred and fifty-four at two o’clocktrict architect of Federal Depart-ment of Public Works, One view of the newToronto. buildingis shown above, (Photo by Pet- tifer).Essex County Home AttackedWINDSOR. Ont (CP)—A grand jury's report Wednesday severely criticized conditions at the Essex county home for the aged.The report, compiled after an inspection ot the home in Lea­mington, 30 miles southeast of here attacked the home as being un­healthy, unsafe and unpleasant for persons living there.It was presented to the presid­ing judge of the county's general sessions of the peace, which be­gan this week.meet todayThe conservation committee n t the county council will meet at the county court at 2 o'clock this af­ternoon. to consider tenders for the sale of the Banner Tract. .North Oxford Township, )Oxford Museum Acquires* More Pioneer ExhibitsLatest cxhihllH io be put on shew al Ihe Oxford and dtw museum are a bunging lamp of the 1870's acc|uired locally, and a truing wheel used by the late H, J, Hannon, wheelwright, for setting tires on wagon wheels.TAVISTOCK FALL FAIRTAVISTOCK, ONTARIOFriday and Saturday, io & 11, 1954ADMITl^. . ...f. .........<Vinct.nl StyPRESIDENT NOT TRANSFERABLE SECRETARYlOSrd Annual ExhibitionNorth Norwich Agricultural SocietySEPTEMBER 82nd and 23rd, 10S4COMPLIMENTARYNot to be taken up at the gate This ticket Is not transferableSam Chambers, Tres. Wilfred Alexander, See’y-Treas.BEGINS NORTH AMERICAN VISITQueen Mother Elizabeth The Same Gracious LadyThe Ontario Munk^aU Boardr v M.-tmIN THE MATTER OF Sex Hon 30a of ‘‘The Hif('hw<iy Irnprovemenl Act’ IRSO, 10Mi. Chapter W«J, ab enacted by O.S. WM. Chapter 34, Section 3.—and—IN THE WAITER OF Section 300 of "The Municipal Act" (R.S.O. 19W, Chapter 243i,—and —IN THE MATTER of application of the Corporation of the County of Oxford for approval of By-law Number 1567 Intituled "A by-law to regulate th# location of build­ings and structures on land adjac­ent to certain County Koada.”Appointment for HearingTHE ONTARIO MUNICIPAL BOARD hereby appoints Thursday, the Eighteenth day of November, A.D., 1954, at the hour of Ten o’clock in the forenoon, at the Court House, Woodstock, for the hearing of all parties interested in support of or opposing this application.DATED at Toronto this 27th day of October, A.D. 1954.(SEAL)M. B. SANDERSON SecretaryTHE MUNICIPALITY OF THE COUNTY OF OXFORDBY-LAW NO. 1567 ]A BY-LAW TO REGULATE THE LOCATION OF BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES ON LAND ADJACENTTO CERTAIN COUNTY ROADSWHEREAS It is deemed to be necessary and desirable to regulate the location of buildings and struct- j ures on land adjacent to certain county roads; andWHEREAS authority is granted under Section 30a of The High­way Improvement Act as amended by Section 2 of the Highway Im­provement Amendment Act 1954 to exercise such power subject to the approval of the Municipal Board;NOW. THEREFORE. THE COUN­CIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE COUNTY OF OXFORD EN­ACTS AS FOLLOWS:1. No person shall erect any build­ing or structure any part of which is located closer to the nearest lim­it of any of the county roads cr parts of County roads hereinafter defined than 25 feet where the road is 36 feet wide, 35 feet where the road is 66 feet wide and in no case closer to the centre line of the original road allowance than S3 feet.2. The county roads or parts of county roads defined by this by­law are as follows.(a) The whole of County Road No.3. 4. 6. 7. 9. 10. 12. 13. 14. 16. 18.19. 21, 22. 23. 25, 27, 28. 29 as de­scribed in By-law No. 1304 ex­cept that part of Road 14 remov­ed from the County Road System by By-law 1519 and except that part of Road 29 removed from the / County Road System by By-law 1500 at(b) The whole of County Road Ncr30 as described in By-law No.1330.(c) The whole of County Road No.17 as described in By-Law No.1347(d) The whole of County Road No.31 as described in By-law No. 1353.(e) The whole nf County Road No.32 as described in -law No.1372.(f) The whole of County Road No.24 as described in By-law No.1375.(g) The whole of County Road No.33 as described tn By-law No.1435.(h) The whole of County Road No.20 as describde in By-law No. 1447.(i) The whole at County Ruud No 26 as described in By-law No. 1438.(j) That part of County Raad No. 29 as described in By-law* No. 1500.(k) That part of County Hoad No. H as described in By-law No. 15193. Any person convicted of a breach erf any provision of this By­law shall forfeit and pay. at the discretion at the convicting magis­trate a penalty not exceeding the sum of $50.60 for each offence, ex­clusive of costs.4. This By-lay shall come into ef­fect upon the day that >t 1* passed by Council subject to the approval of the Ontario Municipal Board.PASSED this 23rd day of Sep­tember A D. 1954„JAS. D. HOSSACK.Warden(SEAL)L. K COLES Clerk5-5A highways for tomorrow...........................CANADIAN GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATIONL.K. COLESINGERSOLL ONTARIOCANADIAN GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATIONIS SS Dedicated to the development and KS SSI improvement of the nation’s road systems through public education and research, in order to make highway travel and transportation more efficient, safer and more economical. highways for tomorrow CANADIAN GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION Founded 1914, Incorporated 1917 270 MACLAREN STREET, OTTAWA OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OFFICERS President •HON. GORDON E. TAYLOR. Minister of Highways. Albena. Vice-Presidenit •HON. ANTONIO TALBOT. Minister of Roadi. Quebec. HON. I'. A. GAGLARD1. Minister of Public Works. British Columbia. HON. HUGH JOHN FLEMMING. Premier and Minister of Public Works. New Brunswick. HON. J. T. DOUGLAS. Minister of Highways and Transixination. Saskatchewan. DIRECTORS ETIENNE CREVIER. General Manager, La Pr^voyanee Cie d’Assurance, Montreal (Representing All Canada Insurance Federation). •JAMES A. DALY, General Manager. Hugh C. MacLean Publications Limited. Toronto. GEO. S. GRANT. Genera! Manager. Storms Contracting Co. (Pacific) Limited. Vancouver. R. S. HAMILTON. Satin Manager. Sheridan Equipment Company Limited, Toronto (Representing Canadian Association of Equipment DlHtrilmtors). •R. M. HARDY. Dean of Engineering. Uni­ versity of Alberta, Edmonton. •L. II KAIN, Manager, Motor Truck ami Industrial Power Sales. International Hammer Company of Canada Limited. Hamilton. F. H. LEHMAN. Presidin'. Warren Bituminous Paving COra|K<ny Limited. Toronto. HON. DODGALD MacKINNONi Minister of Public Works & Highways, Prince Edward Island. OPERATING COMMITTEE OBwm. and directors marked (•) and i>w following: L. H. KAIN (Clmiinmu). H. W. ATKINSON. Vice-PrenJdeoi, Brunner. Mond Canada Sales. Limited, Montreal. ARTHUR BERGERON. Deputy Minister of Ruuds, QuelKC. GEORGI' COI.LINS, Deputy Minister «f Public Work*. Manitoba. P. H. DhHROSI EKS, I'gecmivc Vlr. President. Johette Steel DlvMon. Monlr-al. C. V. DUNNE, Vfce-Ptwlrnt. Stemlmd Gravel Sr Surfacing Liiditial, Calgary. PHILIPPE A. DUPUIS. A..Islam Chief Engineer, Deportment of Public Works. Qs*tra\ /mmedialr Patt Presidr.nl •HON. E. S. SPENCER, Minister of Public Works, Newfoundland. Honorary Treasurer •MAJOR-GENERAL R. II. KOFLER. C.B.E., D.S.O., General Manager, Eastern Area. The Bell Telephone Company of Canada, Montreal. Honorary Secretary T. J. MAHONY. Secretary-Treasurer, Ontario Good Rontis Association. Hamilton. Managing Director C. W. GILCHRIST. O.B.E., Ottawa. Assistant Managing Director R A. DRAPER, Ottawa. J, E. McAULEY. Manager. Culvert and Sign Division. Westeel Products Limited, Winnipeg R. W. McCOLOUGU, Executive Assistant to the Minister of Highways and Public Works, Noya Scotin. A. R. MORRISON. London. HON. WILLIAM MORTON. Minister of Public Works, Manitoba. G. M. PARKE. Vice-President and General Manager. Inter-City Truck Lines Limited. Toronto (Representing Canadian Trucking Association). ■J. M. PATERSON. Canadian Mamiger. Aveting- Iforfon! Limited, Toronto. •II. I. RAYCROFT, General Sales Manager. Firestone Tire & Rubber Company nt Canada Limited. Hamilton. •D O. ROBINSON. Chief Engineer. Canada Cement Company Limited. Toronto. D. J. WINTER. Viee-Piesidenl, Marketing, The British American Oil Cainiuiny Limited. Toronto. ALEX FRAME. Deputy Minister of HlghwaVtl Alberta. R. M. FRENCH, Chief Highway Engitu'w, Department ol Public Works, Newfoundland. ERNEST GOBI EK. Chief Engineer. Departmeni ol Hoads. Quebec. E. S. JONES, Deputy Minister of Public Work-. British Columbia. U. W MANZER. Chief Euginetfr, Department nf Public Works. New BruOkwivk. A. E STFUELHAUER. President, Downtown Cluwrului Oldsmobile Limited, Windsor ) Kniri-jMil iug Federation of Automobile Dealer Association,'. W M. STEWART. Deputy Ministerof Highways mid Truimpurtutlmi. Siinkutclirjwntl, K, G. WHITE, Deputy Minlm.r of Public Work* & Highways, Prim e Edward hlgni). HIGHWAYS FOR TOMORROW rjpiHS is the 35th convention of the Canadian Good Roads Association. The Association is an old one, the convention an honorable tradition. It is fitting that at convention time memories should be revived and a splendid tradition refurbished. But tradition should be balanced in proper perspective. We do not suggest that memory be erased, or accomplishment minimized. But we do believe that undue pre-occupation with the past could be a sign of advancing age and diminishing activity. Now is not the time for decreased activity. The good roads movement should be dynamic, forward looking. The sound­ ness with which we plan now for the future will be the measure of our success. Mindful of the lessons of the past we should look to the future. With these thoughts in mind, the 35th convention has been keyed to the future: the theme of the convention is “Highways for Tomorrow.” CONVENTION COMMITTEE General Chairman . . . F. G. Gardiner. Q.C. Vice-Chairman . D. J. Winter Program and Speakers . . E. L. Paterson R. E. Brown Accommodation . . . Clive M. Sinclair, Q.C. Reception . . D. O. Robinson H. J. Goodman CHAIRMEN Registration and Ticket Sales . M. L. Baxter. Jr. Entertainment . M. A. Buell H. W. Muter Head Table Arrangements J. M. Paterson James E. Spencer Publicity . . John H. Yocom J. A. McNeil Ladies . . . Mrs. C. O. Bick Hilda M. Meyrick (Secty.) The Road Gang . W. E. Ireland SUNDAY November 7 2.30 p.m. Registration opens in the Convention Foyer 4.00 p.m. Board of Directors’ Meeting in Private Dining Room No. 6. 6.00 p.m. Annual Dinner of Directors and Members of Operating Committee in Private Dining Room No. 7. MONDAY November 8 OPENING CEREMONIES Banquet Hall Hon. Gordon E. Taylor, President, presiding. 10.00 3.m. National Anthem Invocation: Rev. Andrew Lawson, DD., Minister, Timothy Eaton Memorial Church, Toronto. Addresses of Welcome Colonel the Honourable William Griesinger, Minister of Public Works and Acting Minister of Highways, Ontario. F. G. Gardiner, Q.C., Chairman, The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto His Worship Leslie Saunders, Mayor of Toronto. Greetings from International Road Federation Robert O. Swain, Executive Director, Washington, D.C. FIRST GENERAL SESSION Banquet Hall Annual Review by the President Selection of members of Nominations and Resolutions Committees. An Address by: W. H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E, D.Sc., Ph.D., M.I.C.E., Director of Road Research, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, United Kingdom, on road research in the United Kingdom. SECOND GENERAL SESSION Banquet Hall Hon. P. A. Gaglardi, Minister of Public Works, British Columbia, presiding. 2.30 p.m. ROADS ROUND-UP Reports to be presented by officials of federal and pro­ vincial governments on the progress and problems of road building and maintenance during the current year. E. S. Jones, Deputy Minister of Public Works, British Columbia. Alex Frame, Deputy Minister of Highways, Alberta. L. T. Holmes, Chief Engineer, Department of Highways and Transportation, Saskatchewan. George Collins. Deputy Minister of Public Works, Manitoba. M. A. Elson, Deputy Minister of Highways, Ontario. Ernest Gohier, Chief Engineer, Department of Roads, Quebec. Richard Palmer. Deputy Minister of Public Works, New Brunswick. R. W. McColough, Executive Assistant to the Minister, Department of Highways and Public Works, Nova Scotia. Hon. Dougald MacKinnon, Minister of Public Works and Highways, Prince Edward Island. R. M. French, Chief Highway Engineer, Department of Public Works, Newfoundland. E. M. Gordon, Acting Chief Design Engineer, Trans­ Canada Highway Division, Ottawa. 5.30 p.m. THE ROAD GANG The lamps are lit. the welcome mat is out at the Concert Hall when the day's work is done. Every­ one is invited to The Road Gang, a reception at which the manufacturer and distributor members and friends of CGRA are your hosts. Music by King Ganam and his Strolling Trio. 12.30 p.m. MONDAY'S LUNCHEON Concert Holl Chairman: Hon. Antonio Talbot, Minister of Roads, Quebec Speaker: Raymond Brunet, O.B.E., President, Canadian Construction Association Organ music by Al Bullington November 9 9.00 a.m. TUESDAY "Roads of Quebec" opens the second day in the Banquet Hall. This color film, produced by AbW Maurice Proulx, was given special mention this spring by the Canadian Film Award. It shows road construction in the many picturesque parts of Quebec. THIRD GENERAL SESSION Banquet Hall Hon. Gordon E. Taylor, Minister of Highways, Alberta, presiding. 9.30 a.m. SYMPOSIUM: Factors in Long-Range Planning Nine authorities will participate in a day-long symposium on planning roads and streets of the future. Public Attitudes Toward Roads and Streets Wilfrid Sanders, Director, Sanders Marketing Research, Toronto. Economics and Finance of Highway Programs A. K. Branham, Research Associate, Joint Highway Re­ search Project, Purdue University, Lafayette, In­ diana. Some Aspects of Modern Highway Design Brigadier J. P. Carriere, Director, Development Engin­ eering Branch. Department of Public Works, Ottawa. Soils and Materials for the Highways of Tomorrow A joint paper by R. M. Hardy, Dean of Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton; and R. F. Legget, Director of Building Research, National Research Coun­ cil, Ottawa. 12.30 p.m. TUESDAY'S LUNCHEON Concert Holl Chairman: Hon. Hugh John Flemming, Premier and Minister of Public Works, New Brunswick. Speaker: A. C. Horrocks, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio. Organ music by Al Bollington. FOURTH GENERAL SESSION Banquet Hall Hon. J. T. Douglas, Minister of Highways and Trans­ portation, Saskatchewan, presiding. 2.30 p.m. SYMPOSIUM: Factors in Long-Range Planning The Traffic Pattern of City Streets Arthur I). Margison, Vice-President and General Man­ ager, A. D. Margison and Associates Ltd., Toronto. Highway Traffic of the Future Philippe Ewart, Traffic Engineer, Department of Roads, Quebec. Vehicle Design Wilfred J. Chenery, Canadian Section, Society of Auto­ motive Engineers, and Sales Engineering Consultant, International Harvester Company of Canada Limited, Hamilton. Highway Safety W. Arch Bryce, Director, Division of Public Safety, University of Toronto, Toronto. WEDNESDAY November 10 9.00 a.m. “Give Yourself the Green Light’’ will open Wednesday’s session in the Banquet Hall. It is a film depicting the tremendous accomplishment of road-building agencies in the United States and the still vast need for unrelenting effort to release road transport from the strictures of outmoded roads and streets. FIFTH GENERAL SESSION Banquet Hall Hon. E. S. Spencer, Minister of Pubic Works. Newfound­ land, presiding. 10.00 a.m. An Address by Fred Burggraf, Director, Highway Research Board, Washington. D.C., on the history and development of road tests in the United States. The Idaho Road Test Discussion by members of the CGRA committee ap­ pointed to observe the Idaho Road Test, which was supervised by the Highway Research Board. Chairman of the Committee: G. B. Williams, Chief Engineer, Department of Public Works, Manitoba. 11.30 a.m. dn Address by Hon. Mr. Justice John D. Kearney, Chief Commissioner, Board of Transport Commissioners for Canada. Ottawa. A report on the recommendations of the Board of Transport Commissioners to Parliament on the highway-railway grade crossing problem. 12.30 p.m. WEDNESDAY'S LUNCHEON Tudor Room Chairman: Hon. Gordon E. Taylor The Annual General Meeting will immediately follow luncheon. CONVENTION JOTTINGS What Is CGRA? The Canadian Good Roads Association is a n on-political, non-profit national organi­ zation dedicated to the development and improvement of the nation’s road systems. These Are Its Aims And Objectives: ★ To advocate and encourage the development of a modem system of highways to serve the trans­ portation needs of all Canadians. ★ To ensure recognition of the principle that high­ way development is a constant and continuing function of good government. ★ Through education and research to make high­ way travel and transportation more efficient, safer and more economical. ★ To encourage the development and improvement of methods of design, construction, administration and maintenance of highways in Canada. ★ To advocate the development of technical skills in all branches of rhe highway sciences through scholarships and dissemination of information. ★ To promote necessary highway legislation. ★ To study problems related to highway transport. k ■■■■■■ 5.30 p. The Road Gang Salutes You! This year, as for years past, the manufacturer and distributor friends of the Canadian Good Roads Association arc privileged to be hosts at “The Road Gang.” This event is becoming something of a tradition and we feel proud to be identified with it—proud to salute CGRA for its accomplishments, happy to be able to say “Hello to the highway officials, the road builders and road users from Canada, Great Britain and the United States. The Road Gang Committee Toronto, November 8, 1954 Your Hosts . . . J. D. ADAMS LIMITED Paris, Ont. ARMCO DRAINAGE & METAL PRODUCTS OF CANADA LTD. Guelph, Ont. ALLIS-CHALMERS, RUMELY, LIMITED Toronto, Ont. AVELING BARFORD LTD. England W. L. BALLENTINE COMPANY LTD. Toronto, Ont. BARBER-GREENE CANADA LTD. Toronto, Ont. BARBER MACHINERY LIMITED Calgary, Alta. M. L. BAXTER LIMITED Toronto, Ont. BENDIX-ECLIPSE OF CANADA LIMITED Windsor, Ont. BICKLE-SEAGRAVE LIMITED Woodstock, Ont. BINGHAM EQUIPMENT CO, LTD. Vancouver, B.C. BRANTFORD COACH & BODY LIMITED Brantford, Ont. THE BRITISH AMERICAN OIL COMPANY LIMITED Toronto, Ont. BRUNNER, MOND CANADA SALES, LIMITED Montreal, P.Q. BUCYRUS-ERIE COMPANY South Milwaukee, Wis. THE BUFFALO-SPRINGFIELD ROLLER COMPANY Springfield, Ohio CANADA CEMENT COMPANY LIMITED Montreal, P.Q. CANADA CREOSOTING COMPANY LIMITED Montreal, P.Q, CANADA CRUSHED & CUT STONE LIMITED Hamilton, Ont. CANADA CULVERT CO. LIMITED London, Ont. CANADIAN BITUMULS COMPANY, LIMITED Toronto, Ont. CANADIAN COPCO LTD. Montreal, P.Q. THE CANADIAN FAIRBANKS-MORSE COMPANY LIMITED Montreal, P.Q. ... to salute Canadian Good Roads Association for its accomplishments'— The Road Gang CANADIAN INDUSTRIES 11954) LIMITED Montreal, P.Q. CANADIAN INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY LIMITED Montreal, P.Q. CANADIAN MOTOR LAMP COMPANY LIMITED Windsor, Ont. CANADIAN OIL COMPANIES LIMITED Toronto, Ont. CANADIAN PETROFINA LIMITED Montreal, P.Q. THE CANADIAN SALT COMPANY LIMITED Montreal, P.Q. CATERPILLAR TRACTOR CO. Peoria, III. CHRYSLER CORPORATION OF CANADA, LIMITED Windsor, Ont. CIMENT FONDU LAFARGE CANADA.' LIMITED P. H. Desrosiers) Montreal, P.Q. CITIES SERVICE OIL COMPANY LIMITED Toronto, Ont. J. CLARK & SON LIMITED Industrial Division) Fredericton, N.B. CLARK EQUIPMENT COMPANY Benton Harbor, Mich. CONTRACTORS MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT LTD. Hamilton, Ont. COSTELLO EQUIPMENT COMPANY LTD. Calgary, Alta. CRAIG EQUIPMENT REG'D. Ottawa, Ont. CHAS. CUSSON LIMITED Montreal, P.Q. DIETRICH-COLLINS EQUIPMENT LIMITED Vancouver, B.C. DILWORTH EQUIPMENT LIMITED New Toronto, Ont. DOMINION BRAKE SHOE COMPANY LIMITED (Joliette Steel Division) Montreal, P.Q. DOMINION BRIDGE COMPANY LIMITED Montreal, P.Q. THE DOMINION ROAD MACHINERY CO., LIMITED Goderich, Ont. DOMINION RUBBER COMPANY LIMITED Kitchener, Ont. DUNLOP TIRE AND RUBBER GOODS COMPANY, LIMITED Toronto, Ont. EAGLE IRON WORKS Des Moines, Iowa EASTERN STEEL PRODUCTS LIMITED Toronto, Ont. ELCOMBE ENGINEERING LIMITED Windsor, Ont. EQUIPMENT SALES AND SERVICE LIMITED Toronto, Ont. EUCLID DIVISION, GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION Cleveland, Ohio EXCELSIOR REFINERIES LIMITED Edmonton, Alto. FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED Hamilton, Ont. THE FLINTKOTE COMPANY OF CANADA, LIMITED Toronto, Ont. FORD MOTOR COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED Windsor, Ont. FOUR WHEEL DRIVE AUTO CO. LIMITED Kitchener, Ont. FROST STEEL AND WIRE COMPANY, LIMITED Hamilton, Ont. FRUEHAUF TRAILER COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED Weston, Ont. W. F. FULLER MACHINERY COMPANY LIMITED Regina, Sask. R. J. FYFE EQUIPMENT LIMITED Regina, Sask. GARDNER-DENVER COMPANY (CANADA) LIMITED Toronto, Ont. GENERAL MOTORS OF CANADA, LIMITED Oshawa, Ont. THE GENERAL TIRE & RUBBER CO. OF CANADA LIMITED Toronto, Ont. G. H. GODSALL EQUIPMENT LIMITED Toronto, Ont. WM. GOETT LTD. Calgary, Alta. THE B. F. GOODRICH RUBBER COMPANY OF CANADA, LIMITED Kitchener, Ont. THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY OF CANADA, LIMITED New Toronto, Ont. THE GORMAN-RUPP COMPANY Mansfield, Ohio THE B. GREENING WIRE CO. LTD. Hamilton, Ont. HARE EQUIPMENT LIMITED Ottawa, Ont. HARNISCHFEGER CORPORATION Toronto, Ont. HAYES MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED Vancouver, B.C. HETHERINGTON & BERNER INC. Indianapolis, Ind. HEWITT EQUIPMENT LIMITED Montreal, P.Q. HI-WAY REFINERIES LIMITED Regina, Sask. HOME OIL DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED Vancouver, B.C. F. H. HOPKINS & COMPANY LIMITED Montreal, P.Q. and Toronto, Ont. E. A. HORTON SALES COMPANY Toronto, Ont. THE FRANK G. HOUGH CO. Libertyville, III. HUSKY OIL & REFINING LTD. Calgary, Alta. IMPERIAL OIL LIMITED Toronto, Ont. INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY CO. LIMITED Halifax, N.S. INDUSTRIAL AND ROAD EQUIPMENT LIMITED Calgary, Alta. INNES EQUIPMENT LIMITED Toronto, Ont. INSLEY MANUFACTURING CORPORATION Indianapolis, Ind. INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED Hamilton, Ont. IOWA MANUFACTURING EXPORT SALES CO. Cedar Rapids, Iowa THE JAEGER MACHINE COMPANY Columbus, Ohio JOY MANUFACTURING COMPANY (CANADA) LIMITED Golt, Ont. JUST EQUIPMENT & SUPPLY CO. LIMITED Montreal, P.Q. KANE EQUIPMENT LIMITED Winnipeg, Man. W. J. KNOX LIMITED Toronto, Ont. KOEHRING-WATEROUS LTD. Brantford, Ont. KRALINATOR LIMITED Preston, Ont. KRAMER TRACTOR COMPANY LTD. Regina, Sask. LAURENTIDE EQUIPMENT COMPANY LIMITED Montreal, P.Q. LAURION EQUIPMENT LIMITED Montreal, P.Q. LeTOURNEAU-WESTINGHOUSt COMPANY Peoria, III. LEYLAND MOTORS (CANADA) LIMITED Longueuil, P.Q. W. H. MARR LIMITED Kenora, Ont. MASSEY-HARRIS-FERGUSON LIMITED Toronto, Ont. McCOLL-FRONTENAC OIL COMPANY LIMITED Montreal, P.Q. MINNESOTA MINING & MANUFACTURING OF CANADA LIMITED London, Ont. MODERN MACHINERY LIMITED Quebec, P.Q. C. 0. MONAT & COMPANY LIMITED Montreal, P.Q. MUMFORD, MEDLAND, LIMITED Winnipeg, Man. MUSSENS CANADA LIMITED Montreal, P.Q. NATIONAL MACHINERY COMPANY LIMITED Vancouver, B.C. O.K. CONSTRUCTION & SUPPLY CO. LTD. Edmonton, Alta. ONTARIO STEEL PRODUCTS COMPANY LIMITED Toronto, Ont. PIONEER ENGINEERING WORKS, INC. Minneapolis, Minn. T. J. POUNDER & COMPANY LTD. Winnipeg, Man. POWELL EQUIPMENT COMPANY LIMITED Winnipeg, Man. HOWARD F. POWELL LIMITED Winnipeg, Man. R. R. POWER LIMITED Halifax, N.S. PRECAST CONCRETE COMPANY LTD. Regina, Sask. REO MOTORS, INC. (Canadian Division) Toronto, Ont. ROBERTSON-IRWIN LIMITED Hamilton, Ont. ALFRED ROGERS LIMITED Toronto, Ont. ROSCO METAL & ROOFING PRODUCTS LTD. Toronto, Ont. ROYALITE OIL COMPANY, LIMITED Colgary, Alto. RU5SEL-HIPWELL ENGINES LIMITED Owen Sound, Ont. SAWYER-MASSEY, LIMITED Hamilton, Ont. SEAMAN MOTORS INC. Milwaukee, Wis. SEI3ERLING RUBBER COMPANY OF CANADA, UMITED Toronto, Ont. SHELL OIL COMPANY OF CANADA, LIMITED Toronto, Ont. SHERIDAN EQUIPMENT CO- LIMITED Toronto, Ont. SiCARD INC. Montreal, P.Q. ST. LAWRENCE CEMENT CO. Quebec, P.Q. STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA LIMITED Vancouver, B.C. THE STUDEBAKER CORPORATION OF CANADA LIMITED Hamilton, Ont. SUMNER EQUIPMENT LIMITED Toronto, Ont. SUN OIL COMPANY LIMITED Toronto, Ont. SUPERTEST PETROLEUM CORPORATION, LIMITED London, Ont. THE TIMKEN-DETROIT AXLE COMPANY OF CANADA, LTD. Detroit, Mich. TRACTORS & EQUIPMENT LIMITED Fredericton, N.B. TRUCK ENGINEERING LIMITED Woodstock, Ont. UNION TRACTOR AND EQUIPMENT CO. LTD. Colgary, Alta. VANCOUVER EQUIPMENT CORPORATION LIMITED Vancouver, B.C. VANCOUVER MACHINERY DEPOT LIMITED Vancouver, B.C. THE VAN-WILSON EQUIPMENT CO. LIMITED Hamilton, Ont. VULCAN MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT LTD. Winnipeg, Man. WALTER MOTOR TRUCKS OF CANADA, LTD. Ottawa, Ont. WATSON JACK & COMPANY LIMITED Montreal, P.Q. WESTEEL PRODUCTS LIMITED Winnipeg, Man. WESTERN TRACTOR & EQUIPMENT COMPANY LIMITED Regina, Sask. WETTLAUFER EQUIPMENT LIMITED Toronto, Ont. WHEEL & RIM COMPANY OF CANADA. LIMITED Toronto, Ont. THE WHITE MOTOR COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED Montreal, P Q. WHITING CORPORATION CANADA LIMITED t Niagara Screens and Machines D.vision1 Toronto, Ont. WILKINSON & McCLEAN LIMITED Edmonton, Alto. PHIL WOOD INDUSTRIES LIMITED WiiTOjOr, Ont. V THE TORONTO PURCHASE from the painting by J. D. Kelly in the City Hall, Toronto.CANADIAN GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION W.nu Celery Olives * * Fruit Cocktail * * Consomme Brunoise * * Roast Turkey, Cranberry Sauce New Peas Duchesse Potatoes ♦ * Strawberry Coupe Cakes * * Coffee programme Chairman: Hon. Gordon E. Taylor * * TOASTS “Her Majesty The Queen" “The President of the United States" * * THE QUARTER CENTURY CLUB Presentation of lapel pins and scrolls to members of the Association who have served the good roads movement for 25 years or more. * * LIFE MEMBERSHIPS Presentation ol Honorary Life Memberships to: Hon. George S. Henry J. A. McNeil A. C. Emmett * * ENTERTAINMENT Floor show, with master of ceremonies Gerry Leader. Dancing to the music of Mart Kenney and his Orchestra to 1.00 a.m. T T 1 T"i -jHospital Fund Goes Over TopDiscuss Agreement For New Pipe LineA deputation from the Oxford county homo committee attended the regular meeting of the Wood- stock Public Utilities Commission last night, the second meeting of the month, for discussion of an agreement on the new water pipe line to the county home, installed for fire protection.County Clerk Len Coles present-' ed a list of suggestions which the committee felt should be included in the agreement which were dis­cussed individually.The first draft of the agreement will now be prepared by the courtty solicitor and submitted to the com­mission for approval.PUBLIC NOTICE ■At the call of WARDEN Jas. D. HossackA SPECIAL MEETING of the County Council of the Coun­ty of Oxford will be held in the COUNCIL CHAMBER IN THE COURT HOUSE WOODSTOCK onTuesday, December 7th, 1954, at the hour of ten o’clock a.m.. for general business.All claims and accounts against thecounty must be filed with the Coun- the first day of thety Clerk before session.County Clerk's Woodstock.L. K. COLES, County Clerk. Office, 23-5ASuccess Of Woodstock Drive Announced TodayThe people of Woodstock and district have oversub­scribed to Woodstock General Hospital fund for building and equipping the hospital addition, it was announced this morning by Judge Eric W. Cross, campaign chairman.The total amount subscribed to date for the cam­paign is $165,275,03. The objective of the drive which ran officially from Sept. 14 to Oct. 15 was $165,000.The total estimated cost of the building, equipment and furnishings was $1,563,000. At the start of the public subscription $1,398,000 was already in the fund in the shape of grants, trust funds and bequests.In making the announcement this morning. Judge Cross said it was a great pleasure for him to announce that the campaign had reached and oversubscribed its objective.Success Of Hospital DriveTribute To This CommunityThat the Woodstock General Hospital’s campaign should be oversubscribed is a tribute to the people, business firms and or­ganizations of Woodstock and the district served by the hospital.In announcing that the fund had over­reached its $165,000 objective, Judge Eric W. Cross, campaign chairman, expressed appreciation for the generous support af­forded the campaign. “Generous” is the only word for the response given the hos­pital’s appeal. Many calls are made on people these days for assistance in worthy causes. Financial help is needed at almost every hand for the good works of many organiza­tions. In spite of the numerous requests for WOODSTOCK GENERAL AT PRESENT STADE OF CONSTRUCTIONtheir generous support the good people of our community have brought to a successful goal the collection of the largest single ap­peal for funds made in this community in many years.The success of the campaign is something in which this community may well take justifiable pride.That the estimated cost of the much needed addition to the Woodstock General Hospital has been met and the project clean of debt before the building opens is a trib­ute to the hospital’s financial operation by the board of trust and the campaign’s com­mittee’s untiring effort on the public sub­scription appeal. Ingersoll Lawn Bowlers"HIGHWAYS FOR TOMORROW"Hold Annual BanquetThe annual meeting and banquet, was given by P. T. Fleischer. On of (he Ingersoll Lawn Bowling behalf of the Ladles' Club. Miss Club was held Tuesday night at Mildred Hunsburgr presented to the Wolstenholme banquet hall, the club a cheque for $72. Wonham street, with the members i Others who gave reports were of the Ladies’ Lawn Bowling Club as their guests. Thore was a com’ blned ■ attendance of 48, all being enthusiastic bowlers.t The banquet was one of the lar­gest in the history’ of the club, Which was indicative of the pro­gress that has been made in in­creasing the membership and the keen interest that has developed in the popular pastime.■ The past season also was one of marked progress as the several open tournaments were most suc- tcssful, while a number of the Club’s members were also very Successful in the competitions spon­sored by other clubs.Len Coles presided over a leng- ihey program, after making a brief speech in which he welcomed the guests and the chib members. He also read a humorous letter from John Fairbairn, a member, who was absent being on his way to Florida, whre he will spend the winter, and incidentally do some lawn bowling.Mr. Coles also introduced the Ontario rink champins, Byron Mc­Carty. Byron Jenvey, Arthur Iz­zard and Albert Warham. skip. The achievement of this rink brought honor to the club and stamped them as outstanding play- ; ers.One minute of silence was ob­served in memory of two of the I club's members, Leo Matthews and Charles Scoffin, who passed away during the vear.CHEQUE PRESENTED■ The minutes of the previous an­nual meeting were read by Byron G. Jenvey. The financial report ,Pete, Bowman for the tournament Committee; Len Coles for the bonspiel committee; Bob Borrow-! man for the Golden Bantam tour-i nantent; E. A. Wilson for the1 grounds committee; B. B. Mc­Carty for provincial games.In an interesting and concise manner Abe Jewett. Arthur Izzard and B. G. Jenvey described the; trip to and from Kingston where the Ontario championship matches were played.Miss Helen Waring, president of the Ladies’ Club, expressed ap­preciation of the members of the invitation to attend the banquet, and also thanked the men’s club for cooperation during the year.During the business period the following were elected directors: L. K. Coleg, E. A. Wilson, Walter Ellery, R. A. Jewett, George Clif-; ton.NAME OFFICERSAt a meeting of the directors which followed the following of-l ficers wore appointed: president L. K. Coles; vice-president. E. A. Wilson; treasurer, P. T. Fleischer; secretary, B. G. Jenvey.B. B. McCarty was appointed1 delegate to the provincial meeting to be held in Toronto on Nov. 6.The chairmen of the various committees will be appointed by the board of directors at the spring meeting. 'The suggestion was made that the spring season be opened with a banquet.PROGRAMMEfar the J^adieATHIRTY-FIFTHANNUAL CONVENTIONOF THECANADIAN GOOD ROADSASSOCIATIONROYAL YORK HOTELTorontoNovember 8th, 9th, 10th, 1954CANADIAN GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATIONQUARTER CENTURY CLUBJ. E. BelliveauG. G. Complin *P. H. DesrosiersC. H. GrantF. A. HoganA. E. JenningsE. S. Jones* deceasedW. J. Lawson Hugh A. Lumsden H. R. MacKenzie T. J. Mahony Guy R. Marston J. O. Martineau J. E. McAuleyR. W. McColough Geo. A. McNamee J. A. McNeilL. A. MerloM. R. MilneH. C. Rose *R. G. WaceOxford CountyL. K. Coles, clerk-treas., Ingersoll 144R. R. Day, reeve, Thamesford___ 149 1James D. Hossack. warden, Embro “5<sJ. R. McLaughlin, Mt. Elgin______ 235J. N. Meathrell, county eng., Wood- stock --------------------------------------- 379 rE. A. Monteith, reeve. West Zorra _ 685R. Rudy, reeve, Tavistock_______ 1Q4!Wm. J. Stoakley. councillor, Mt. Elgin 263IAPPROVE BY-LAWOntario Municipal Board this morning approved county council by-law 1567 regulating the location of buildings and structures on land adjacent to certain county roads. The by-law was not opposed.35th Convention, Royal York Hotel, Toronto November 8 — 10, 1954Andrei Vishinsky Diesmad^by Dr. Eelco N. Van Ktoffens, presidentMEET TODAYThe regular meeting of the mi t tee is being •uperln tendon t’t of the commit! Day, chairman, ley and Reeve den.semi - monthly county road com- held today In the > office. Members oe are Reave R, Reeve W. Stoak- J. Hossack, War-NKW OFFICESTwo removal jobs are sched­uled for ihis afternoon in the county court building. G. M. Ma- ihnr, public schools inspector, and the county assessor are moving Into newly-renovated offices on the top floor.$111 IN BOUNTIESDistrict fox hunters will be re­lieving the county coffers of $111 today, bounties for foxes destroy­ed during November, The total number killed is 37, with East Zorra taking ths Hem’s share of 13. Blenheim Township scored nine and North Oxford, five. Total kill­ed to date this year is 622, .in in­crease of 194 over the correspond­ing period lust year.TENDERS FOR TRUCKSSEALED TENDERS addressed to the undersigned and plainly mark­ed as to contents will be received until 12 o'clock noonMonday, December 6, 1954for the supplying of two 3'.i-ton heavy duty trucks without boxei.General specifications mav be obtained at the office oi the Coun­ty Road Superintendent. Court House. Woodstock, Ontario, and only tenders tha* meet the speci­fications will be considered.The lowest nr any tender not necessarily accepted.J N MEATHRELLCounty Road Superintendent Court House.Wooatock. OntarioNovember 23, 105a.23. W-5A Ing HolThe an of the Club WO; the Wol: Wortham of the La fits their j Wined alt ^nthusias yThe ba Rest in tyhich wr gross thr greasing Keen lute in the po; ■ The pa ^parked ; open tout bMssful, v glob's m suecessfu sored by1 Len Co they ptoj brief spec we guest- Me also from Joh> who was to FloridE winter, ai lawn bowMr. Cc Ontario ri Carty, B; zard and The ach brought 1 stamped t ers. 1One mi served in club’s m and Char’ awav dur.’ CHEQUE . The mil Dual meet G. JenveyI* Il II 6 R A M M K F 0Il TUB LADIESREGISTRATIONAll ladles are requested to register as soon a* possible after arrival. The registration desk on the Convention Floor will be open from 2.30 p.m. on Sunday, November 7th, and from B.30 a m, to 6 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday, November Sth and 9th,BADGESThe ladies, as well an the members, are requested to wear their official convention badge at nil times throughout the convention period. Your badge, besides being an inden- tification, Is your "Ticket of Admission."HOSPITALITY ROOM"Private Dining Room No, 10 — Mezzanine Floor — Is ihe "Hospitality" or "Meeting" Room for the ladies — Please come — two or three members of the Ladles' Committee will be on hand to chat or assist you in any way possible.MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8th, 195410.00 a.m. —An invitation is extended to the ladies to attend the Opening Ceremonies in the Banquet Hall — Convention Floor. This is a most impressive ceremony and it Is hoped as many of the ladles as possible will join with the members on this occasion.12.30 p.m. —LUNCHEON — Concert Hall — Convention Floor.Speaker — Raymond Brunet, O.B.E., President Canadian Construction Association.Tickets- $3.50.5.30 p.m. —RECEPTION — Concert Hall — Convention Floor; Hosts — "The Road Gang" (the manufacturer and distributor mem­bers and friends of C.G.R.A.)TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9th, 195410,15 a.m. (Sharp) —Ladles meet in "Hospitality Room" Mezzanine Floor where Tokens for Subway Trip will be distributed — leave by Front Street Subway Station end proceed to Egllnton Avenue Terminal where buses will be waiting (approxi­mately 11 a.m.) to proccedd on e Sight-Seeing trip of the Western section of Ihe Metropolitan Arae, stopping at The Old Mill for lunch.12.30 p.m. —Reception — The Ladies Committee your hosts.1.00 p.m. —Luncheon -- Guests of the Municipality of the Township of Etobicoke,2.00 p.m. —Buses leave the Old Mill, returning to Royal York Hotel at approximately 3 p.m.WEDNESDAY, November 10th, 195410.00 a.m. (Sharp) —Ladies meet in "Hospitality Room" Mezzanine Floor — Buses leave Main Door, Royal York Hotel, 10.15 a.m. sharp, for sight-seeing trip of the Eastern section of The Metro­politan Area, stopping at the Guild Inn, Scarborough Bluffs, for lunch.11.30 a.m. -Visit to Ihe Craft Shop and Scarborough Bluffs (bring your camera along).12.30 p.m. —Reception — The Ladies' Committee your hosts.1.00 p.m. —Luncheon — Guests of The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto, followed by a visit to Antique Shop.2.30 p.m. —Buses leave Guild Inn, returning to Royal York Hotel at approximately 3 p.m.6.30 p.m. —ANNUAL DINNER — Concert Hall.Floor Show — Stage, Television and Radio Artists.Dancing — 9.00 p.m. to 1.00 a.m.Tickets — $7.00.CANADIAN GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATIONQUARTER CENTURY CLUBJ. E. BelliveauG. G. Complin *P. H. DesrosiersC. H. GrantF. A. HoganA. E. JenningsE. S. JonesW. J. Lawson Hugh A. Lumsden H. R. MacKenzie T. J. Mahony Guv R. Marston MartineauJ. t.R. W. McColough Geo. A. McNamee J. A. McNeilL. A. MerloM. R. MilneH. C. Rose *R. G. WaceOxford CountyL. K. Coles, clerk-treas., Ingersoll 144R. R. Day, reeve, Thamesford____149 I.Janies D. Hossack, warden, Embro _ 758J. R. McLaughlin, Mt. Elgin_____ 235 !J. N. Meathrcll, county eng., Wood- stock _______________________ 3~g iE. A. Monteith, reeve. West Zorra 685R. Rudy, reeve, Tavistock_______ 104Wm. J. Stoakley,,councillor, Mt. Elgin 263 iAPPROVE BY-LAWOntario Municipal Board this morning approved county council by-law 1567 regulating the location of buildings and structures on land adjacent to certain county roads. The by-law was not opposed.* deceasedAndrei Vishinsky DiesMinisteJ^ tXiN' Vf“'MEET TODAYre?uJ?r seral ‘ monlhly mr-C'iing of the county road com­mittee in being held today In the auperin ten dent's office. Members of the committee are Reeve R Day. chairman, Reeve W. Stoak? ley and Reeve J. Honaack. War­den.35th Convention, Royal York Hotel, TorontoNovember 8 — 10, 1954NEW OFFICESTwo removal John are sched­uled for this afternoon in the county court building. G. M. Ma­ther. public schools inspector, and the county assessor are moving into newly-renovated offices on the top floor.»U1 IN BOUNTIESDistrict fox hunters will be re­lieving the county coffers of $111 today, bounties for foxes destroy­ed during November, The I o t a 1 number killed is 37, with East Zen’ra I ft ki ng the lion's share of 13. Blenheim Township scored nine and North Oxford, five. Total kill­ed to dale this .year is 622, an in­crease of 19-1 over the correspond­ing period last year.TENDERS FOR TRUCKSSEALED TENDERS addressed to the undersigned and plainly mark­ed as to contents will be received until 13 o’clock noonMonday, December 6,1954for the aupplyina of two 3’1-ton heavy duty trucks without boxesGeneral specifications may be obtained at the office of the Coun­ty Road Superintendent. Court House, Woodstock. Ontario and only tenders that meet the speci­fications will be eonaidered..W-5A n 'w.MURDERER PAYS PENALTYHMHmVelibor Rajic, sentenced to death for the June 10 murder of Mrs. Ernest Boyd, 27 Perry street, Woodstock, last night was hanged at the Oxford county gaol. Upper left photo shows a solitary mourner for the con­demned man placing flowers on the grave in the Baptist ceme­tery after early morning inter­ment. Upper right, a gaol guard is shown posting the notice ofexecution on the the lower photo the large crowd outside the walls that the hanginggaol door, and shows part of that gathered to await word had been car- Ined out. The trap was sprung at 12,12, one 'minute after Rajic 1 was taken from his cell. (Staff Photos)velibor RajicHangs TonightBy LORAN STEWART Sentinel-Review Staff WriterAs the hands of the clock con­tinue their relentless march around the dial today they are marking off what may be the final minutes of life for Velibor Rajic, 37-year- old Yugoslav immigrant who came to Canada seeking opportunity, but found instead a death cell in Ox­ford County gaol.Shortly after midnight tonight Rajic is scheduled to mount the scaffold erected within the cold stone walls of the prison dome and pay the penalty for the June 10 knife-slaying of Mrs. Ernest Boyd, 27 Perry street, Woodstock. THREAD OF HOPEAs this is written a matter of hours before the scheduled time of execution only the slim possibil­ity of executive clemency at the 11th hour affords Rajic a thread of hope.His defense counsel, Warwick Marshall, QC, of Ingersoll, filed I an appeal for clemency with Sec-' retary of State John W. Pickers-,' gill some weeks ago, but as yet no reply has been received.If clemency is not granted be­fore the hour for the death sent­ence imposed by Mr. Justice John L. Wilson last September 11 then the noose fashioned by “Arthur Ellis’’ will be placed around the neck of the condemned man and he will, in the words of the sen- I fencing justice, be “hanged by the neck until dead.”| A jury of 11 men and one woman found Rajic guilty of murder after hearing four days of testimony.Mrs. Boyd, die mother Of fours children was glain in the kitchen of her home, and Rajic was ar-1 ' rested a short time after the mur- i der was discovered.Throughout his trial Rajic main- ' tained a calm, and detached man- ' ner. His defense counsel sought, to clear him of murder by main­taining insanity or liquor had caused him to attack Mrs. Boyd.Psychiatric evidence was intro­duced by both defense and Crown Attorney A. C. Whaley.If the hanging proceeds on sched­ule tonight it will be the first hang­ing in Woodstock in a span cover­ing about 20 years.NEW COLLEGIATE TO BE OFFICIALLY OPENED TONIGHT■ ■ < %:C3.■ .■. ■ /SfiSifcfiS# Veliboajic HangedFor June 10 SlayingBy LORAN STEWART , S. J. Mlkalaskl of Toronto, who Sentlnelltcvlcw Stuff Writer was assisted by Rev. R. II. Lat- Velibor Rajic, 37-year-old Yu imer of Oxford Baptist Church foslav immigrant, paid the high - • ■ - -Defense counsel Marshal] tried to save hia client from the gal­lows by Introducing psychiatric ev-price of murder early this rpprn- Ing when the trap on the gallows erected within the Oxford countyOutside the gaol walls a Large idence and testimony that Rajiccrowd gathered to await wordthat the execu-gaol was sprung by the hand of .J hangman "Arthur Ellis.” i r.rripd‘ Olll ForRajic. found guilty of murder <M>rrtea ouuSept. 11 by an 11-man and one- woman jury sitting in the Sup­reme Court of Ontario, went to his death with the calm bearing that marked his conduct through­out his trial and the days of wait­ing in the death cell.w han - 1 ,he m*in door °* the COunty P’dsC>n' the condemned man was hang­ed for the June 10 knife slaying of Mrs. Ernest Boyd. 34, of 27had beenthe most part the gathering was quiet and sub­dued until a con­certed rush wasmade to read thenad been drinking prior to the spying,, CHIEF WITNESSI Chief crown witness was Korean war veteran Embry Morton, who। said he saw Rajic plunging a knife 1 into Mrs. Boyd as she lay on the , floor. He attempted to interfere, but was driven off by the kmfe- wielding manAbout 20 witnesses were calledj notice of execu- by the crown, while four werej tion posted by gaol officials on. called by the defense, the prin­LAST HOPERajic’s last hope of escaping the hangman's noose, executive dem-cipal one being Rajic himself whowas the mother of four children, alterno<>n when d ' s c°unse and the wife of truck driver Ern­est Boyd.Sheriff Alfred Bishop said in a statement following the execution that Rajic was calm and compos­ed. He said he was taken from his cell at 12.11, dropped through the trap at 12.12, and pronounced dead by gaol physician Dr. G. A. C. Webb at 12.22.BURIALThe body was removed from the gaol premises immediately after the hanging, and buried in the Baptist cemetery in the glare of headlamps and the light of the moon and stars in the cold, clear sky.His spiritual adviser was Rev.Warwick Marshall, QC. of Ingersoll reported that word had been re­ceived from the revisions service branch of the Department of Jus­tice denying a stay of execution. The telegram from the branch said '•the Governor-General-in-Council will not interfere with the death sentence passed on Velibor Rajic in Woodstock." A similar tele­spent considerable time on the wit­ness stand.Rajic, who was a board at the Boyd home, said he could not re-i member the events of the after­noon of June 10. He told the story of his life in his native country, of being a bush fighter during the war, and a prisoner of the Ger­mans.liked victimTestifying about the slaying Raj­ic said he liked Mrs. Boyd and would not kill her "for a million dollars." He said he could not re- , call having attacked her.gram was sent to Sheriff Bishop. I ca*‘ having attacked her, Rajic was sentenced to death by . evide“« introducedMr. Justice John L. Wilson after “e defense was that Rajic could have suffered from a mental lapse.v. wnaiey muuuuce pd ”Ot T*1’ Wbgttestimony of eye-witnesses to the Testimony by crownpsychiatrists was to the effect thata four-day trial that saw CrownAttorney A. C. Whaley introducecrime, the evidence compiled byinvestigating police officers, psychiatric evidence.andDIAL SYSTEM GOES INTO OPERATION«WRTHE INAUGURATION of the new dial telephone system in Woodstock wat the new wingof the Bell Telephone Company IStribbon which officially opened the system. Lower left, Wally Nesbitt, Oxford MP, is seenSaturday night. Top photo making the first long distance j jih^f Mayoi Smith cutting the । call to Victoria, fl C, Lower Iright, Warden J. D. Hossack places first local call. Hundreds of calls were made right after the ghangeovor as citizens tried the «» *ystom. (Staff Photon),while Rajic was questioned he l might have been evading ques- I tions but there was no evidence of a mental lapse. They said he appeared normal.CHOICEThe jury was given a choice of returning a verdict of guilty of murder, guilty of manslaughter, or < not guilty by reasen of insanity.After deliberating for some time they returned the verdict of guilty - of murder, and Mr. Justice a few minutes later imposed tt death penalty.. Rajic made no statement at the * time of sentencing, and likewise declined to make any statement at the time of his execution.TRAP SPRUNGSpectators outside the gaol walls could see nothing of events within the execution chamber, but those close to the scene heard the trap as it was sprung. Some minutes after gaol officials appeared at the main door of the gaol and posted a oublic notice of execution.The notice said;"We, the undersigned, hereby de­clare that judgment of death was this dav eveentbd on Be’ibor Rajic in the Oxford County Gaol in our oresence. Dated this 16th dav of November- one thousand, nine hun­dred fiftv-four.”It wa* signed by Sheriff Bishop. Police Chief James Ennis, and Gani Governor J. L. Skinner.Shortly after a hearse soed from the rear gates of the gaol to the cemeterv, where Raiic was buried after a brief committal ceremony. Magistrate Groom Is Speaker At Warden’s Dinner At EmbroAn “unqualified success” would: possibly be an inadequate descript-1 tion of last night’s Warden's Din­ner at the Masonic Hall, Embro. Guests, who filled the hall to capacity, thoroughly enjoyed and j appreciated the fine food servednwnta are not as remote as Ihe । county council” He cited the Child- federal, He remarked “Everyone ren’s Aid Society building as anis proud of tlic federal government ... of Its actions in the United Nations. Canada is becoming a very important nation in the world”.Aid Society building as an example of county and city unity. In her reply to the toast, Mayor Bernadette Smith, on behalf * oftwo of unique design.and the succession of speeches, humorous and witty, by some of the finest speakers'in the county.The main speaker of the evening, Magistrate Robert G, Groom, said Ui at most of the previous speakers had been delving into history, but as far as he was concerned, his- tory was made yesterday when the family court was held for the first time in the new building of the! Children’s Aid Society.He urged people to visit the newi building, to see for themselves the result of the county council’s fore-| Sight and wisdom. Years of plan-! ning went into the new building, he went on, and felt there was “no finer monument to the people of the county". Referring to so- called juvenile delinquency, Mr. Groom said he thought much of it was merely high-spirited youth, but on the other hand has been surprised at the lack of discipline within the family. The latter he thought was a “tremendous mis­take”.| TOASTS PROPOSEDClark Murray, proposing a toast to the village of Embro, spoke of the “inextinguishable love of liber­ty and the passion for friendliness” existing in the community.Responding to the toast. Dr. D. M. Sutherland welcomed Mrs. Hos­sack wife of the county Warden, as the “first lady” of Embro for 1954.The next toast was “Our sister municipalities” proposed by Roger Hawkins, mayor of Tillsonburg, who said that he had always been “very happy in his associations with oilier municipalities on theWoodstock city council thanked the county for its co-operation, and hoped that harmony would prevail between the two through all the coming years.A further reply came from Thom­as Morrison, mayor of Ingersoll, who said that Oxford county has proved it made no mistake by ap­pointing James Hossack as its warden. Mr. Morrison said Mr. Hossack "has filled the office with wisdom and dignity”.GIFT PRESENTEDChairman of the evening, L. K. Coles, county clerk, made a pres­entation to Mr, Hossack. He said that the warden's one failing.,., “if that was the correct word”.... was a “smelly old pipe” and in the interests of the warden’s wife and his council associates, Mr. Coles felt that something should be done about it, He presented Mr. Hossack with a box containing sev­eral new pipes, including one orMr. Hossack thanked Oxford I County for beatowing upon him the honor of wardenship and said This year has been a great year ....the busiest and best year of my life”.Other presentations made were a small statuette to Mrs. Hossack ....“to keep her happy while the warden was busy attending to his various duties”, a rather peculiar painting of Governor's road in its present condition to W. MeatheriJI, county road superintendent......to keep for posterity, and gaily-col­ored outsize bow-ties to the reeves of TUIsnburg and Tavistock des­cribed by Mr. Coles as the “quiet-1 cat men” on the council.The company was entertained by Master Howard Pye, a promising ‘ boy soprano, and John McDonald! who sang a couple of Scottish songs | and a very Irish song in a verv Scottish accent.Before the dinner, guests at the head table were preceded by two pipers, one from Embro and one from Ingersoll pipe band.He said, “We are all bound by rules, but. children won’t show any respect for them if we don't stick to them ourselves”, and added that parents must prepare children to face setbacks and disappointments in future life.“The example we set our child­ren is going to guide their actions in later life”.Mr. Groom concluded "Basic­ally, if we believe in the religious, convictions we say we do, and i support the church in its activities,j then we will be inducing proper thinking in our children.“If the seed is sown early and cultivated steadily, then the future will be assured”.Wallace Nesbitt. MP for Oxford county, proposing a toast to “our governments”, said that most gov­ernments move in mysterious ways and are never particularly friendly j tqwards the people, except when th^y are "after our taxes.” He said that this applies mostly to. central governments which he felt •were “very remote”.LUCKY HERE“But despite shortcomings” he said "and every government has them, we are very lucky in this part of the world to have democ­racy”Tom Dent, MLA for Oxford coun-’ ty and who was appointed deputy speaker in the Legislature this year, felt that provincial govern-]Tillsonburg MagistrateIs SpeakerEMBRO, Nov. 24—Guest speaker at the warden's I banquet in the Masonic Hall here, was Magistrate R. G. Groom, of Tillsonburg. The banquet was attended by 220 guests with Warden James D. Hossack welcoming them. ]Piped InMajor ColJinB and William Pearson, playing the bagpipes, led the procession into the main jdining hall. A toast to the Queen wiiK given and the blessing was said by the Rev. R, A, Sinclair. L K. Coles, clerk-treasurer, In­troduced the head table.Entertainment was provided by Howard Tye and John McDon­ald who sang two solos and MistWarden^ bhuterWEDNESDAY EVENINGNOVEMBER 24th, 1954 Masonic HallEMBRO, ONTARIOJAMES D. HOSSACKWardenGrace Smith who played piano solos. Mayor Roger Hawkins, Tillsonburg, and Mayor Berna­dette Smith, Woodstock, spoke + L. K. COLES, Chairman TOMATO JUICE RELISHES ROAST TURKEY AND DRESSING CRANBERRY SAUCE SALADS CREAMED POTATOES CORN CHERRY PIE AND ICE CREAM COFFEE ROLLS BON BONS ‘•THE QUEEN” God Save the Queen “OUR GOVERNMENTS” Wallace B. Nesbitt, M.P. T. R. Dent, M.L.A. ‘'VILLAGE OF EMBRO” Clark Murray Dr. D. M. Sutherland "OUR SISTER MUNICIPALITIES" Roger Hawkins, Mayor of Tillsonburg Mrs. Bernadette Smith, Mayor of Woodstock Thomas Morrison, Mayor of Ingersoll ADDRESS Magistrate R. G. Groom "THE LADIES" William French Mrs. Alvin McKay Soloists—Howard Pye and John McDonald 220 Guests Attend Warden's Banquet at EmbroPipers escort Worden and Mrs. James Hossack to head table at the Wardens banquet. Mr. and Mrs. Hossack welcomed the guests. Playing the pipes are Major Collins and William Pearson who led the procession into the main dining hall. (Photos by Poste).The Wardens banquet, held in the Masonic Hall at Embro last night, was attended by some 220 guests Among the head table guests were left to right: Warden James D. Hossack; L. K. Coles, county clerk, chairman, and Mrs. Coles; Magistrate R, G. Groom, of Tillsonburg, who was guest speaker, Mrs. Groom; Dr. D. M. Sutherland, obscured, and Wallace Nesbitt, MP for Qxrord. MRS. HOSSACK, WARDEN J. HOSSACK, L. K. COLES. MRS. COLES, MAGISTRATE R. G. GROOM AND MRS. GROOM.PULL DP fl CHAIRThe Warden's Dinner Is Family GatheringSf unable to attend, would you plcaMBy ALF BURMANPeople, they say, have more fun than anybody.This certainly holds true of that j annual event on the county coun- I oil’s social calendar, the warden's dinner. Much of the credit for the success of this gathering must go to its master of ceremonies, L e n Coles, the county clerk and trea­surer, who puts the punch and packs so much of the real fun into the evening.Surprise gifts are always a fea­ture of the warden’s dinner. These are engineered by the master of ceremonies who has a better know-with Scotch whisky because it was cheaper than sugar.Later when the main speaker. Bob Groom, county magistrate, rose to address the gathering, Mr. Groom warned the crown attorney and all lawyers present, “when my class’ comes in on Wednes­day morning (the weekly police court session) I don’t want any of you gentlemen claiming 'this man comes from Embro’ ” as a reason for dismissing a charge under the Liquor Control Act.reply to2). 24oiMcb, 'WdardendJmbro, Ont.ledge than anyone, except their wives, of the foibles, failings, likes and dislikes of the county council members. A member who showed a marked dislike for fish at a gathering of council during the (year gets a can of sardines. The! warden gets a set of pipes to re-' I place an old briar which had been overworked. A large picture of the magistrate and his wife in hal-1 lowe’en costume is unveiled with1 ceremony and presented with much formality. The county en­gineer receives a picture done in oils of an embarrassing stretch of road “in its present condition.” FAMILY GATHERINGThe warden’s dinner is a gather­ing of the family so to speak. The speakers are all from within the county including the main speaker of the dinner and this is as it should be. As toasts are proposed and the replies made the story of this fine, old county unrolls 1 n fact, some fiction and considerable humor.From Warden Hossack’s dinner we picked up this yarn which be­gan with Col. the Hon. D. M. Sutherland, Embro and Oxford’s grand old soldier, and one-time cabinet member In the Bennett Conservative administration.Replying to the toast to Embro made by Clark Murray, Dr. Suth­erland told of the early settlement of the Zorras and named some of the people who were among the first to arrive.'"Ulen there were the SPG's,” said the doctor, “The Scots-Pres- byterian-Grits.” He went on to claim humorously that these good folk were thrifty and were raised on porridge which they sweetenedCOUNTY OF OXFORDYOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND THE'innerWEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 24th, 1954 . . . at the . . .MASONIC HALL Embro, Ontario AT SEVEN O'CLOCKJAS. D. HOSSACK.WardenC o I MAY HAVE BEEN GREATEST IN HISTORY Parker Picks Up Fumble, Runs 85 Yards To Give Esks 26-25 Victory Over Ais APPRECIATION SHOWN FOR HELP IN CAS CAMPAIGN The board of directors for the Children’s Aid Society yesterday showed their appreciation of the splendid co-operation they re- I celved from Len Coles, county I clerk, and Doug Campbell, mem- I her of the board, in connection with the new building on Light street. The occasion was marked by presentations to Mr, Coles and Mr. Campbell, who spared no efforts to raise funds, in their roles of campaign leaders. The picture shows the group attend­ ing the presentation, from left to right, Mr. H. E. Passmore; Mrs. W. McMurray; M. L. Coles; D. Campbell (Chairman Build­ ing Committee); R. G. Clowes; Mrs. J. Deans; and H, Harris. (Staff Photo) Court House Engineer HonoredAt the Oxford County Council meeting held in Woodstock lost night, Thomas Pye, courthouse engineer, was presented with a silver tray, above, by Warden J. D. Hossack, Embro, on the occasion of his 25th wedding anniversary. (Photo by 'Gatland.) - ' I$399,000 Expended By CountyFree Frews Woodstock Bureau : WOODSTOCK, Dec. 9 — Oxford County Council was informed there will be a sur­plus of approximately $9,000 in the county road and bridge account this year. In addition general account ex­penditures were $500 less] than estimated.$330,000 SpentA net expenditure of apprexi-' mately $399,000 was spent on the Oxford County road system this year according to the report pre-' rented to County Council by Reeve R. R. Day, East Nissouri, chairman of the County Council j road committee.The amount to be expended is $7,920 less than the programj passed in March and a larger amount than was estimated as being expended on bridges and: culverts on which the Depart­ment of Highways pays 80 per cent subsidy.COUNTY COUNCILCOUNTY COUNCILJail, County HomeReports Are HeardCounty council held another brief1 had occurred of two of the in­session this morning before ad­journing to committees. Commit­tees this morning were agriculture and conservation, and assessment.County clerk, L. Coles, read two reports from Dr. G. A. C. Webb, jail and county home physician.Reporting on the medical condi­tion in the county home, Dr. Webb stated that the general health of the residents was good, and the hygiene and sanitary conditions in the home were also good. DeathsShort CoursesAre PlannedShort courses in Home Econom- • ics and Shop Work are to be held at the Rural Shop and Home Econ­omics school, Woodstock Fair­grounds, Jan. 5 to Feb. 25th. The courses are sponsored by the Ox­ford Branch of the Ontario Depart­ment of Agriculture.Instruction will be given on the following. Home Economics — dressmaking, leather glove making foods and nutrition. Shop Work— woodworking, furniture retinlshlng.Registration for all classes will take place on Wed. Jan 5th. at 1.30 at the Fairgrounds. Enrolment fee is $2.00 and anyone interested Ie asked to make enrolment before Dec. 31st to Robert Bell, at the Department of Agriculture office, Finkle street.Any further information concer­ning ,the courses can be obtained from Bob Bell at that address.I mates since his last reportConditions in the jailhouse were 'satisfactory, but Dr. Webb suggest­ed adequate screening to keep out1 the flies in summer and check any possible infestation.FIRST READINGThe first reading was given to the by-law for the annual orders and Accounts.Warden J. Hossack, then came I down to the main floor of the coun- | oil chamber, to perform what he called a "very pleasant” duty. He said that it had come to his notice,! through the "grapevine,” that a; certain member of the courthousej staff and his wife were this week celebrating their silver wedding an-J niversary. Mr. Hossack then pre­sented Tom Pye, couthouse engin­eer, with a beautiful silver tray,! with very best wishes, from him-; self and members of council t o Mr. and Mrs. Pye.Council adjourned to the various eommitttees.Oxford GrantOf $32,000 For HospitalFree Frew Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, Dec. 9- County council today approved a $32,000 grant towards the Woodstock General Hospital building pro­gram.Council also recommended that 60% of th« cost of extra services be shared by the county in all | three local hospitals when an Ox­ford County Indigent resident la in the County Jail and requires lout-patient hospital treatment.Adopt Reports Of CommitteesStanding committee reports were ricultural Short Courses was reco­dealt with at last night's county I mmended by the agricultural com- council meeting, the last of the'mittee, which also recommended year, and were all adopted as read.’that the provincial government en-Under the chairmanship of Reeve act legislation making it compul- H. R. Bickell, the property com- sory for all trucks delivering gas- mittee recommended that various1 oline or fuel to farmers, to be accounts be paid, and that an!equipped with a meter and print­electric flat rate heater be installed ing head.in the Governor's office in the jail-iGIFT PRESENTEDhouse. I -After the regular business hadFinance committee made three'been conducted. Warden James recommendations: That S32.000 be Hossack stepped down from the paid to Woodstock General Hospit- chair and following a short ad- al towards the new building pro- dress by H. C. Cayley was pre­gram; that interest on pre-pay-' sen ted with a beautiful silver tea ment of county rates be paid to service by H. R. Bickell, on be- the various municipalities; that 50 half of the councillors.per cent of the cost of extra serv-j Then began the annual ritual of ices be paid by the county in all [each councillor making a brief in- three local hospitals, when an Ox- formal speech. The speakers were ford county indigent resident is in| all loud in their appreciation of the county jail and requires out-;Mr. Hossack and the work he has patient hospital treatment. done throughout the year, and of, O. T. Coleman, of Blenheim, was;Mrs. Hossack. whose popularity chairman of the finance committee, with the members was self-evident.- ROAD SURPLUS ) A second presentation was made'R. R. Day, East Nissouri, chair- to Mr. Hossack, whose association man of the road committee re-;with the Scottish fraternity is well ported a $9,000 surplus in the coun- known throughout the county. Tnis ty’s portion of road and bridge (time the gift was in a more hu- expenditure for the year. The net|morous vein and took the form of expenditure for the year was ap-!a miniature set of bagpipes. As proximately $399,000. approved by the Warden accepted the gift a the Department of Highways when loud wail arose from outside in the I the county supplementary by - taw;corridor, a wail which could come! passed in Septan ber was approved from nothing but a genuine set. of on Oct. 29 to a limit of $25,000. pipes. The wail sorted itself outMachinery repairs and operation into a tunc and through the doors, for Woodstock and Embro shops two pipers from Embro. in com- wcre expected to be reasonably(plete regalia, slow marched around close to the estimate, while ex- the room to the strains of a high- penditure in the general account land lament.will be approximately $500 less; The councillors, who have put in than the estimate. ;long hours during the vear, wereDuring the year 26,4 miles of now o[f duty and enjoying the last hard top roads were surface treat- few hours of the year's program, ed at n cost of $32,962. and a fur­ther 93.5 miles were patched at a cost of $22,049.A grant of $400 to the 1955 Ag- $9,000 Surplus Seen For Road AccountCOUNTY COUNCILCommittee And Delegates Discuss Brucellosis ActThe agricultural committee of' county council went into confer­ence this morning with delegates from the Federation and Depart­ments of Agriculture, to discuss the Brucellosis Act of 1953.This act was passed by the pro­vincial government to give town­ships the authority to make com­pulsory the vaccination of all cow calves. The Federation of Agricul­ture was represented by the pres­ident, Doug Hart, and secretary Wilf Bishop. Robert Bell was Department of Agriculture repre­sentative.It is hoped that eventually, com­pulsory vaccination will be pro­vince-wide, but the initial stages must be done by the townships. Be­fore a municipal by-law can be passed, a vote must be taken among cattlemen in that munici­pality and there must be a two- thirds majority in favor.Where the by-law, is passed, a supervisory committee would b e set up. consisting of a chief in­spector, an agricultural represent­ative, three members who are cattlemen, and the township clerk. The committee would then appoint inspectors to visit all herds with­in the township to keep a thor­ough check on vaccinations. They would visit each herd every three months.“DESIRABLE"Doug Hart said that Oxford county was one of the first to take an interest in calf vaccination, and it was largely due to the earlier efforts that “Bangs” dis­ease was so uncommon at the present time. But it could break out again, as it did very often prior to the last 15 years, and he was in favor of using the act to forestall any such conditions aris­ing. He said that it was “very desirable” to make it compulsory, but to do so they would need the help of the council.The discussion continued all morning with the majority of the] committee being in favor of sup­porting the agricultural represent­atives. There was laughter when one member made a protest, say­ing, “Speaking for myself, I would say a lot of people wouldn't want vaccination in the calves.. .They'd rather have it in the arm.”Bob Bell invited all reeves, dep­uties and councillors to a meeting next Thursday at 10 o’clock in the Department of Agriculture office, to take part in further discussions on the subject.Committee members felt they would like to have more statistics and estimates of probable costs to the townships, before giving their whole - hearted support to the scheme.At 12 o'clock council adjourned until this afternoon.FIVE BOUNTIESFive more fox bounties were paid today at county court, for foxes caught over the weekend. With a little over two weeks left, this year's total Is already an all time y<high The previous record was 640 bounties paid in 1945. the first car the system was begun, but Iready 643 have been paid this year. Figures for the intervening years were. 566. 276, 261. 394, 287.347, 532. WtPRESENTATION MADE TO WARDENThe esteem in which Warden James Hossack and Mrs. Hos­sack are held was demonstrated last night when members of the county council presented theCOUNTY COUNCIL isn't al­ways heavy going. Sometimes it can be fun. One of the lighter moments of this week’s session is shown in above picture. Enor­mous bow ties, presented al the Warden's banquet last, month,MEETING TOMORROWOxford County Home Board of Management will meet tomorrow evening. The last meeting of the year Is scheduled for sometime be­tween Christmas and the New Year.library boardThe Board of the Oxford County Library Co - ■operative will hold its quarterly r^eeting tonight at 7 o'clock, in the library of the court house. /warden with a silver tea service, and read a short address of ap­preciation for the way in which he has carried out his duties dur­ing the past year. From left to were worn at yesterday's meet­ing with all the respect and sol­emnity they warranted. Wearers of this natty apparel are Robert Rudy of Tavistock, and Lawrence Smith of Tillsonburg. (Staff Pho­to)BY-LAW APPROVEDOfficial approval for county by. law 1567 has now been received by L. Cole®, county clerk, from the Municipal Board in Toronto. The hearing of the by-law took place in Woodstock on Nov. 18 be­fore two members of the board, R. Howard Yeates and R. L. Ken­nedy. The by-law, retroactive from Sept. 23, restricts the building of structures on certain county roads.right, Mr. Hossack, H. C. Cayley, and H. R. Bickell making the presentation on behalf of the councillors. (Photo by Ken. COUNTY COUNCILResolutions Considered,Qquo ty council, meeting this Week for the last session of the; year, went into committee this morning immediately after the minutes of the last meeting, and communications, had been read and approved.Two resolutions from Bruce: county were referred to the ap- propirate committees for consider­ation.Letters were read from the Dir­ector of Municipal Assessment ap­proving by-law 1564 regarding the appointment of Fred H. Cade as County Assessor, and from the De­partment of Highways approving by-law 1566 up to a limit of $25,000. By - law 1566 was approved by countv council originally for $33,000.RECEIVE CHEQUEOther letters included one from the Department of Municipal Affairs, enclosing a cheque for $1,500 to assist in the cost of county and district assessors, and onq from Stan Main, probation of­ficer, thanking the council for the new accommodation provided.Mr. Main stated that the plea­sant surroundings would contribute greatly to the efficiency of his work.H. P. DUNN, WARDEN HOSSACK, L. W. SMITHYEAR-END REVIEW-COUNTY COUNCILRECORD BAGTally-ho! Any old foxes around? It seems unlikely after this year's record bag by hunters in the coun­ty. A total of 682 bounties were paid out in 1954. 42 more than in 1945 which was the previous record year. Blenheim led the field by a comfortable margin with 128 foxes killed. East and West Zorra town­ships came next with 91 and 98 respectively. Then came West Ox­ford with 80, and East Nissouri with 79. After that the field tailed off considerably, South Norwich claiming the wooden spoon with only eight killings to chalk up.NEW CAS BUILDING OPENED — SEPTEMBEROxford’s 100th Warden Directed Councillors Through A Busy YearOf the many events that took place during regular sittings of county council this year, perhaps none created more interest than the election of J. D. Hossack as warden, on Jan. 19-.With the election, Mi-. Hossack became Oxford County’s 100th warden.At the same time six new mem­bers were welcomed; Henry Ban­bury of Blenheim; O. O. Smith of East Nissouri; Robert Lee of South Norwich; John R. Hargreaves of West Oxford; J. H. Chesney of East Zorra; apd Ed Monteith of West Zorra.Several grants and estimates were approved at the beginning of the year, among them being a grant to the Oxford County Library Cooperative of $5,000. One of the larger estimates approved was for the county road system, when council decided to spend the sum of $458,100 on maintenance and construction.Construction on Woodstock and Ingersoll suburban roads was esti­mated at $13,291.To offset this comparatively high spending, an increase of approxi­mately a half a mill in the tax rate for roads was approved.A satisfactory state of affairs emerged during the last session of the year, when the road committee reported a surplus of $9,000 in the county’s portion of road and bridge expenditure.Construction of a new bridge in Tillsonburg. to link Baldwin street with Oxford County road was ap­proved, and the third and final readings were given to by-laws en­larging high school districts in Till­sonburg and Ingersoll.JUNE MEETINGIn June, the equalized assess­ment for Oxford county was ap­proved at $32,468,803, as against $30,972,608 for the previous year.Also in June, L. K. Coles, county clerk, was recommended by the, printing and resolutions committee to carry on as county representa­tive on f e senate of the Univer­sity of W.jtern Ontario until May, 1956.During the first half of the year' five inmates of the County Home died.A recommendation was made by! the finance committee that $32.0001 be giyemto the Woodstock General' Hospital for the new building cur­rently under construction. Also that 50 per cent of the cost of extra services be paid by the county in all three hospitals, when an Oxford County indigent is in the county jail and requires hos­pital treatment. »‘Standing committees on the whole were all kept busy during' the year with many important and minor matters to contend with.FINAL MEETINGDuring the final council meeting; a recommendation that $400 be; granted to the 1955 agricultural; short courses was approved. Dur­ing the same meeting the agricul-’ tural committee went into a long; session with representatives of the Department o f Agriculture and Federation of Agriculture regard­ing the Brusellosis Act ... compul­sory calfhood vaccination.Winding up the year's activities some of the lighter aspects o f council procedure came to light, when Tom Pye, courthouse engin­eer was presented with a silver tray -by Mr. Hossack on behalf of the council. The gift was for Mr. and Mrs. Pye who were celebrat­ing their 25th wedding anniversary.Councillors showed their apprec­iation of the way in which Mr. Hossack had held office by present­ing him with a beautiful silver tea service. * Innerkip Farmer Has Trees For CropLawrence Mitchell, of Innerkip, near Woodstock, has one of the first tree farms in Ontario south of Mani- toulin Island. It is part of a movement to assurea perpetual supply of wood by managing timoer as a crop. Certificates for several other district farms have been issued. (CP Wirephoto).WOMEN OF MOOSE SPONSOR CHRISTMAS PARTYWUmt” — and r-t- I... nnnortunltv to .tag t ft wrapped were | lodBe committee, front row. O.distributed to the residents by Parker of the moose lodge, J. the Women of the Moose. In Segel, L a d A’photo, are left to right, back row I Smart. iStaff Photo); women of the Mow. | hJHn o^Silty to .tagand recite and then hear theirtained residents at the County home last night JimmieSmith was on hand with ms mwt y । „.irnlq wpre aunK andlector to show Christmas pic­tures. Mr. Smith also broughtUWU YV/iVV --Christmas carols were sung and Mr. Clark and his orchestra Swimming History Was Made by a Slip of a Girl-filch- 11M ««».Marilyn Bell, Later Named Canada's Female Athlete , of the Year, Became First to Conquer Lake Ontario Plucky 17-ycar-old. almost thoroughly exhausted, continu es grimly as Toronto skyline signals end of 40-mile grind.rnn that brought Edmonton its, first GreySSh?dR4 V -+taH ^ha f baSk’ Jackle Parker, 91, escorted by teammate Jackie gnght, 84, hoofs it all the way for the major which tied up the East-West classic. Big game’ calmly added- thG convert which gave the un­derdog Eskimos their 26-25 victory over the Montreal Alouettes,5-1 favorites.VETERAN JAROSLAV Drobny, 33, clinched his first Wimbledon singles crown — a goal he sought since he was 16, downing top-seeded Australian, 19- year-old Ken Rosewall.THIS YOUTHFUL UNIVERSITY of British Columbia eight stunned the aquatic set with an upset victory over the vaunted English crew in British Empire Games’ eights. The unheralded Canadian students surprised even their staunchest supporters by beating the Thames Row-: Ing club crew by 2^ lengths,DUSTY RHODES, Giants’ pinch-hitting hero of the World Series, came through in the dutches as New York Slants trounced Cleveland Indians four straight for the, world baseball championship. 'Peek'IT WAS THE RACE OF THE CENTURY when Bri­tain's Bannister beat Landy of Australia in Vancouver and both ran the mile in less than four minutes.ALTHOUGH MONTREAL CANADIENS forced the Stanley Cup finals to seven games, Detroit annexed the cherished championship. Canadiens’ goalie, Gerry McNeil saves on Detroit’s Pronovost here.EVERYONE HAD AN OPINION why the hlghly-fa. vored Canadian team lost the world amateur hockey championship to Russia and the post-mortems went on for months. During the Russians’ 7-2 victory at Stockholm. Moe Galand of Toronto Lyndhursts and Russian goalie Putjkov fight for the puck.RICH FERGUSON set a new Canadian, record of4:04.6 for the mile.CLIMAXING FIVE YEARS of victory-studded com­petition, this graceful couple brought Canada her first world figure-skating title since 1948, with a brilliant dis­play which won them the world pairs championship at Oslo, Norway. They are Frances Dafoe and Norris Bow­den, both of the Toronto Skating club.—m.Aussie Looks to One Side, Is Passed on Other Roger Bannister wins Mile of the Century, Aug. 7. NEW OFFICE OF THE VONMWDuring the past year, the VON Branch in Woodstock was able to acquire a bigger, more brighter room in the County building for its headquarters. More storage shelves enable the VON nurses to keep their files and supplies at fingers' touch. Pictured above at their new desks at the “home base” are left, Miss Ruth Taylor, nurse-in-charge, and right, Miss Cora Etheridge. Not shown is Mrs. Ken Likins, Reg. N., who gives much valuable part time assistance to the Branch as re­lief nurse—(Photo by Ken Poste).125TH BIRTHDAY PRESENTCity Of Brantford Marks Date With Annexationthat the city-requested annexation (would ruin their economies.। Annexation was necessary be­cause Brantford township, origin­ally only a rural municipality, completely surrounds the city. When the city’s expanding popu­lation had literally filled the city's land, the overflow built up the township until its population ex­ceeded 1,000 and it became more of an unban than a rural muni­cipality.With industrial and residential site:, all occupied the city flrat applied to the municipal board for 13,400 acres Later the application !was revised to 7,900 .acres, taking in most of the suburban built-up area, as well as vacant, land, ser­viced by railways for use as in­dustrial sites.CITY ARGUMENTThe city argued before the muni­cipal board that, stagnation could be tiie only outcome if annexationBRANTFORD (CP)-This west­ern Ontario city marks its 125th anniversary Saturday with the an­nexation of 13,000 persons and 7,900 acres from its township neighbor.The acquisition, ordered and ap­proved by the Ontario municipal board, will bring the city's popula­tion to 50,000 persons spread over an 11,100-acre area. It marks the first change in boundaries since Brantford was incorporated as a city in 1877.With the addition, Brantford, named after Capt. Joseph Brant, famed Six Nations Indians war­rior, will be Ontario's sixth larg­est city behind London's 95,343 in 1951.SOME OPPOSITIONThe annexation approved sev­eral weeks ago following munici­pal board hearings last January, was achieved despite opposition by, Brantford township and Brant, county. Both said during hearings1 were not granted. The municipal board agreed with the city's view that it would be undesirable to have the township, completely en­circling the city, become a separ­ate city on its own.As an alternative to the city pro­posal the township suggested that a consolidated area be set up, ini which each local municipal coun­cil would continue to look after purely local matters, and a con­solidated counci would take care of major services and finances for' city and county.Continuing is opposition follow­ing the board decision the town­ship council announced its inten­tion of appealing against the de­cision. Petitions were prepared, seeking the 600 signatures of town­ship taxpayers necessary to record a formal objection. However, fewer than 200 names were obtained and' more than 3,000 other persons signed petitions favoring annexa­tion. ter, the original print was made on Ilford F 2K. (Photo by Tedthis picture by Ted Harrington. | Taken on Kodak Plus X film at , J.00th at F 8 with an orange til- 1First prize winner in the Wood- stock Camera Club’s closed- competition for November wasNEW WARDEN CONGRATULATEDInaugural meeting of county council on Jan. 19-candidates for the office. Reeve Warden James D- Hossack, reev© of Embro. is shown fol- ewMn£X North Oxford.left, and Reeve L. W. Smith ofTillsonburg, right.—(Staff pho­to). Oxford MP, Magistrate Included In List Of Those Appointed Queen's CounselAmong those appointed Queen’sCounsel in the New Year list an­nounced by Attorney-General Dana Porter, of'Ontario, are Magistrate, R. G. Groom, of Tillsonburg andWallace Nesbitt, MP.. Wood- stock.Congratulations ExtendedOxford’s Queen’s CounselsWe extend our congratulations to Ox­ford’s latest additions to the list of Queen’s Counsels, Magistrate R. G. Groom and Wal­lace Nesbitt, MP.» Oxford’s police magistrate and judge of the juvenile and family court for Woodstock, along with Oxford’s member of parliament were both named to the post of Queen’s Counsel in Her Majesty’s New Year’s hon­ors list.Both of these gentlemen are deserving of honor and the form in which it was bestow­ed is suitable to their professions. The right to use the coveted “QC” after their name is given to lawyers for various outstanding kinds of work in their field. We feel both Mr. Groom and Mr. Nesbitt have been honored for services they have rendered their com­munity and nation in their own particular branches of the legal field. Curiously, Mr. Nesbitt, who is now largely connected with the writing of laws, receives the similar honor as Mr. Groom who is engaged chiefly in interpreting those laws.Oxford’s magistrate is well known to many people, to far more people than have appeared before him in his official capacity. He is an excellent after-dinner speaker and is much in demand not only in his own county but beyond its borders. He takes an active part in the laymen’s activities of his church, the United Church of Canada, and’ his voice is one of authority among the councils of the church. His judgments in both police and family court are known to be tempered with human kindness and mercy as well as with justice.Mr. Nesbitt, too, is an after-dinner speak­er who is rising in popularity. Since his election to the federal parliament he has shown an ability to speak with intelligence on a wide variety of subjects and an accom­panying capacity to absorb material on al­most any subject. For his work on the par­liamentary committee revising the Criminal Code the honor granted him is well de­served. „ 10 YEARS AGOve JSlchenbera of TH1- B5UrB w?s 5,Fcfrd warden of Ox- for ’M4 ™ 15th ballot, nt the opening meeting of county council, khn?«^Ord snowplows were1“ W an ea.-y time of it |n thJ mild winter, having been out only H hours to date. yOxford county council.w«s con-1 Hlaering planting evergreen trees] along its county roads to provide a permanent windbreak, replacing snow fence.Tribute was paid to retiring! judge of Oxford. F. E. Perrin, by Aid, Bert Lewis, chairman of the finance committee of city council, at its meeting.Eric W. Cross, KC. Simcoe, for­mer Ontario Attorney-General, was appointed Oxford county court judge, succeeding Judge' F. E. Perrin, retired.diaries W. Carroll, ex-warden of* Oxford county, died at his home in Norwich in his 86th year.Oxford county’s new public I health scheme was given a prom-1 inent place for discussion on the program of the Ontario Educa­tional Association meeting in To­ronto.G. R. Green, Oxford agricultural representative, announced that an­other half-million young trees would be distributed for planting in Oxford, as was done the previ-i ous year.Elton Townsend, Eastwood, reeve of East Oxford, was elected chair­man of Zone 1 of the Ontario Con­servation and Reforestation Asso­ciation at a meeting in London.After considerable discussion,1 county council approved the re­commendation of the health com­mittee, for appointment of a fourth nurse to the county staff.Judge Eric Cross, newly appoint­ed county judge of Oxford, presid­ed for the first time at a session of Division Court,Richard Langdon, Beachville and William Cuthbertson, Woodstock,, were appointed additional turnkeys at Oxford county jail, which doubL ed the staff of Governor Jack Skinner and Turnkey Mel Hamil-i ton.The county of Oxford purchsed 100 acres in Blandford township for reforestation purposes and plan­ned to set out 30,000 young trees.The new county woodlot, north of Innerkip, was inspected by county council members, following a din­ner meeting In Innerkip church.Hon. G. H. Doucett. Ontario minister of highways, visited Wood- stock and conferred with J. N. Meathrell, dbuntv road sunefinten- dent, T. R. Dent, MLA. H. Utting and James Innes of the Suburban Roads Commission.Establishment of a juvenile court! for Oxford, with Magistrate L. M. Ball as judge, was officially an­nounced at the annual meeting of the Children’s Aid Society.Miss Ruth Grieve, Ingersoll, was appointed to the Oxford county health staff, making the fourth nurse on the staff,Oxford Ex-wardens held their an­nual gathering at, the New Com­mercial Hotel, Woodstock and heard an address by W. A. Suth­erland, clerk of Middlesex.The newly instituted juvenile court of Oxford county held its , first session at the courthouse, with Magistrate L. M. Ball pre-! siding as judge.Constable John West resigned from the Woodstock police force.Warden J. C. Eichenberg headed an Oxford deputation to the Huron county home at Clinton, to inspect new laundry equipment.County Clerk Adam Roth. Wood- stock, was rushed to Woodstock Hospital and operated on after a sudden attack of appendicitis.Retiring warden of Oxford. J. C. Eichenberg. was presented with, an engraved silver tray at the final session of county council., IS YEARS AGOJ R. Shaw headed a committee to diapoKe Of aomo jyjjoo remaIn. lug in the bonk 20 years to the credit of the former Oxford pat­riotic Association.Reeve N. M. Marshall of Nor-! wleh was elected warden of Oxford county for 1939 at the opening meeting of county council.Reeve R. F, Miners of Tillson- burg was elected chairman of the finance committee of the county council, the important spending body.Charles T.'Milton, warden of Ox­ford county, wag re-elected for his third term as president of the Ox­ford County Trustees and Ratepay­ers Association.Oxford county council decided to appoint a standing committee on Health and inaugurate a public health system throughout the coun­ty, as long advocated by Reeve Fred Furlong of South Norwich.Fred Bertrand, East Oxford, was appointed farm manager at the Oxford county home, succeeding Sidney Walton, resigned.^ames ^.Vnn> former customs officer at Niagara Falls, who had a part in solving the Benwell mur­der case in Oxford, half a century previously, died in that city at the age of 81.—— w - IJ. N. Meathrell, Oxford county road superintendent, gave a paper on road signs at the annual road superintendents' convention in London.The March session of Oxford: county council opened at the court­house with Warden N. M. Marshall of Norwich presiding. Reeve Ed. Hansuld of East Zorra was wel­comed back after his illness.Oxford county council establish­ed a scholarship of $100 at the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph,, for best judging coach.A two-year program of paving! of Oxford county roads was being* considered at the March meeting of county council.W. F. Lampman, ex-warden of Oxford, was re-elected president of the Oxford Children’s Aid Society at the annual meeting.A trustee board was appointed to distribute the remaining funds of the Oxford Patriotic Assocja-i tion, amounting to $6,900, idle since the First World War.R. D. Sinclair was elected next president of the Woodstock Lions Club with L. A. Wendling, vice-! president, C. H. Symons, seeze-^ tary and Len Coles, treasurer.A stone cairn to honor the mem­ory of the famous Zorra tug-of-war team, which won the world champ­ionship at Chicago in 1893, erected at Embro, was dedicated with ap­propriate ceremony Sunday after­noon, with a large attendance.James Garnham, 74-year-old in­mate of the Oxford county home, was rejoicing in the return of his eyesight, following an operation, after four years of blindness.John Young. Brooksdale, a for­mer warden of Oxford County and prominent West Zorra resident, died in his 85th year.Thomas Pye. Eastwood, was ap­pointed caretaker of Oxford county courthouse, Woodstock, succeeding James Clarke, retired.William F. Lmpman, a former warden of Oxford county and pro­minent resident of East Oxford, died suddenly at his home near Curries at the age of 70.The cost of feeding prisoners In Oxford county jail, was placed at 10 cents per man per day, said to be the lowest in Canada.Reeve Thomas Costello advocat­ed to county council that the Children’s Aid Society shelter on Park Row be discontinued and children placed In private homes.Warden N. M. Marshall of Ox­ford, was host at the annual war­den’s dinner, held at Norwich United Church.Final session of Oxford county council for 1939 opened at the courthouse, Woodstock, with t h r warden, N. M. Marshall of Nor­wich prosiding.DO YOU RFr4EMBER?(From Sentinel-Review Ftfo*) ft YEARS AGOJohn L. Silcox, reeve of Bland­ford township. was elected warden of Oxford County for 1929 on the second ballot, at the opening of county council. He succeeded War­den R, A. Baxter, reeve of Dere­ham.Dr. Andrew Mackay_/etired ;r physician to the Oxford county jail, after 24 years service and! was succeeded by his son, Dr. C. M. Mackay.Oxford county council heard J. D. Cameron of the CPR coliniza- tion department present a plan to settle experienced British farmers on vacant farms in Oxford.Woodstock badminton players from the club at the armory went to St. Thomas and defeated a team there by 34 to 5. Woodstock play­ers were Mr. and Mrs. H. F Lounsbrough, Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Lloyd, Misses Cameron, Thornton, Burns and Bennett; Messrs- W. K. Ball, W. J. Kirkpatrick, L. K. Colea and Jack Sibbald.George M. Mather, teacher at Central public school, Woodstock, was appointed inspector of public schools tor North Oxford, at the opening meeting of county council,, succeeding the late Inspector J. M. Cole.Springbank Snqw Countess, a Hol­stein cow, owned by Thomas R. Dent, Springbank Farm, Wood- stock, was winner of the world championship for lifetime butter­fat production.More than 40 Oxford county road patrolmen were guests of the county council at luncheon, follow­ed by a conference on county roads.An inmate of the Oxford county home, who had wandered to South­side Park, fell in the creek and was saved from drowning by High Cou­nty Constable W.A. Markle, who pulled him out.County Clerk A. E- Roth, re­ceived notice from the Ontario Government, instructing Oxford county council to form an Old Age Pension committee.A suggestion of the provincial government that Oxford county erect a new jail was turned down decidedly, at the June session of county council.Warden John Silcox of Oxford was host at the annual municipal picnic held at Southside Park.Henry Hanlon, reeve ~of North Oxford township, was elected chair­man of the newly formed county pension board, to deal with old age pension applications.J. R. Hargreaves, Beachville. was declared grand champion; plowman at the 17th annual Inter­national Plowing Match held a t Kingston.It was recalled that 39 years before, Novemberf 14, 1890. Regin­ald Birchall was hanged at Oxford county jail for the murder of Fred C. Benwell, young Englishman, In a swamp near Princeton, which was afterwards known as the Ben- well Swamp.Complaints of county roads be­ing in bad condition, brought a re­tort from Warden John Silcox, as to the condition of Huron street Woodstock.Warden John L. Silcox of Ox­ford county announced that the annual warden's banquet would be w 9d St’ Paul's parish hall, Woodstock, Dec. 5.F. J. Ut e. city engineer of Wood- stock. asked to explain the many jogs in concession roads of Oxford county, stated they were due to in­accurate or worn instruments of the early' surveyors, working through the dense bushland.Oxford county council was con­sidering buying the necessarv equipment and doing its own road repair work, under supervision oj Road Superintendent MeathreU.Dr. C. M. Mackay, jail physician in his annual report to county council, stated the ventilation at the jail was very jxxw and should be improved.The annual warden's banouet Hai? hei£ St’ Paul's ^rishhall with Warden John I,. Silcox presiding.