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Year 19571957PROPERTY OF THEReturn to the County Clerk’s OfficeFrom The COUNTY OF OXFORD Court Utilise Woodstock, Ont.COUNTY OF OXFORD NEW HERD OF COUNTY COUNCILPWO3OXFORD COUNTY’S newly el­ected warden for 1957, Cecil M. •Riddle, of North Oxford, signs his declaration of office. (TOP PHOTO). With him Is county elerte and treasurer L. K. Codes* In BOTTOM PICTURE Mr. Rid­dle is congratulated minutes af­ter his election by Mst year’s warden, Reginald R . Day (LEFT), and the runner-up in the ballot. J. R. MdLaughlin, reeve of Dereham. (Staff Pho­tos). ____Name Riddle As OxfordCounty Warden For ’57—Free Press Woodstock Bureau Photo; Retiring Oxford Warden Reginald Day, left, of East Nissouri Township congratulates1 the county's new chief executive, Cecil M. Riddle, centre, of North Oxford' Township on his election as 103rd warden of the county. Ralph McLaughlin, right, a candidate defeated by four votes, shakes the new warden's hand.N. Oxford Reeve Elected To Office On 13th BallotOxford County Council members । VOTE LINE-UP yesterday chose one of the county's1 The line-up for the final vote; best-known farmers as their ward- was: For Riddle: H. A. Armstrong en for 1957. (West Zorra), J. Bolton (EastCecil Riddle, reeve of North Ox- Nissouri). W. Budd (West Oxford), Ed Eddy (East Zorra), Clare Ea­sel tine (Tillsonburg. John R. Har-j greaves (West Oxford, Art Lock-;ford, beat four opponents in the race and finally was elected on the 13th ballot.He succeeds Reginald R. Day, of Thamesford, as warden of the new councilMr. Riddle is a member of one of Oxford’s pioneer families and the farm he owns at Ingersoll he inherited from his father.Aged 47, he i^ the father of three children — Donald, 17, Carol, 15,and Clark, 14 - and of West Oxford UnitedPAST PRESIDENTa member Church.WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16,Cecil M. RiddltOxford ChoiceTHEY SET PRECEDENT FOR THE COUNTYIn this precedent-setting pic- i who are members of (Jie new Beagfoy, William McIntosh and tore are toe toree former war- 1 Embro village eauwll. From I James D. Hossack. (Siaffl Pho- dens of Oxford County Council left, tiie-y arc: Reeve Charles I tn).hart (Blandford). Ed Pearce (Till­sonburg), Mr. Riddle, Robert Rudy (Tavistock.* Fred L Slater (East Nissouri), Grant Smith (North Nor­wich).He is past president of the Ox- I ford Soil and Crop Improvement Association and the Beachville I Milk Producers Association, and 1 is a member of numerous other I farm organisations in the countyZHe is entering his third year as a member of the county council and previously served two years on the North Oxford township township council.Thanking members for electing him, he said: “I realise I have a'For McLaughlin: Herbert Balk- । well (Blenheim), Henry Banbury! | (Blenheim), Charles Bea gley (Em-j bro), James H. Chesney (East Zor­ra), George Davis (South Nor­wich). Howard McCombs (Nor­wich), Mr. McLaughlin, P. L. Pres­sey (Dereham), Hilton C. VirtGegreat responsibility but I have two(East Oxford).The only member to support . Mr. Riddle in all 13 ballots was East Zorra deputy reeve Ed Eddy.'The voting fluctuated sharply throughout tile election, which tock 45 minutes to decide.Mr. Riddle received four votes on each of the first two coiints and his total dropped to three oh , the third and fourth.The highest early total was seven- . - , T t. ’for Mr. McLaughlin on the fourthyears on this council and I have. ballotiindnr fnrn romorlraMo war.' __* —... . — - .served-under two remarkable war­dens - Reginald Day and William!Chesney — and I am sure I can ask for guidance from them at any time.“With the council we have this year I cannot see how I can go; astray.“We have a number of problems confronting us but I think in due course they can be met.“This area at the moment is primarily an agricultural district but it now looks as though it is to become industrialized.“Therefore I would like to see this banner county of ours con­tinue its good name and I think; this council can play a big part in( doing that.”CONTEST ELECTIONContesting the election against Mr. Riddle were Blenheim Reeve Henry Banbury, John R. Har­greaves (West Oxford), J. R. Mc­Laughlin (Dereham) and Howard McCombs (Norwich).With a new member of council ’ the membership for yesterday’s vote was, increased from 20 to 21 for the first time in 26 years.The new member, W. Budd, of Beachville, took his place as dep­uty reeve of West Oxford, which became entitled to a second rep-Mr. Riddle later got seven votes on the 11th ballot and nine against Mr. McLaughlin’s eight on the 12th.LONGEST ELECTIONThe longest election for warden of Oxford was held in 1925 when; members took 56 ballots to ap­point J. D. Innes.In 1951 Grant Sutherland wag elected on the 54th ballot.Previous wardens from North Oxford wrere William McGhee (19- 11), Henry Hamion (1930), and J. Winston Nichols (1946).Mr. Riddle was congratulated on his election by a number of for«‘ mer wardens including- byo - Mr, Beagley and Mr. Rudy - wnb ar& members of the present council?'Others were Mr. Day, Mr. Ches­ney, J. F. McDonald, Thomas Pellow, George Balkwell, Tillson-, burg Mayor Lawrence Smith, and Gordon Innes M.L.A.The council adjourned until 30 a.m. today.resentative on the council when the number of its electors passed 1,000 during the year.The total number of votes re­quired for election was 12. with Tillsonburg reeve Ed Pearce hav­ing two votes.The members cast 10 ballots without result before Mr. Banbury became the first of the contest­ants to withdraw.The field was further depleted when Mr. McCombs pulled out' after the 11th ballot.Then Mr. Hargreaves withdrew after the 13th ballot, leaving Mr.: Riddle and Mr. McLaughlin to de­cide the issue.In the decisive ballot Mr. Riddle, received 13 votes to Mr. McLaUgh-' Jin’s fl.RE-DECOR ATE MUSEUMThe Oxford County Museum will be closed to the public for about two weeks tor cleaning, painting, and decorating, curator Bernadette Smith has announced. Mrs. Smith said the job of painting the high ceiling and walls is expected to take about two weeks but may be longer. The museum will open again to the public on completion of the work. ford). Grant Smith (North Nor­wich). Clare H. Esseltine (Till- sonburg). (Front) Hilton C,_ Vir-(Rear) H. A. Armstrong (West Zorra), G. H. Davis (South Norwich). W. Budd (West Ox-Eight new members took then- places at the first meeting of Oxford County Council Tuesday. Pictured from left, they are.tue (East Oxford), John Bolton (East Nissouri), Charles Beagley j (Embro). (Staff Photo). , .COUNTY COUNCILInaugural Sitting Many Wardens Are Named AtHas 8 New FacesEight new members will be pre-.North Norwich), George Davis, of, sent when Oxford County Council; Otterville, (reeve ef See th Mer assembles for its first meeting of wich), Hilton C. Virtue, of Wood- the year on Tuesday. stock (reeve of East Oxford), H. A.The new members are reeves Armstrong, of Embro (reeve of(reeve of South Nor-County Council InauguralsBy THE CANADIAN PRESS . Middlesex—Fred Heaman, Mc- | Wardens elected Tuesday at in-1 GiUivray. |augural meetings of Ontario ■ county councils: ’Peterborough: John Nixon, Nor-Elgin—.Tames C. Hindley, Yar-j mouth Township.,and deputy reeves who won elect­ions in their townships and vil­lages in December's polls.The election of W. Budd, of Beachville, has caused the addit­ion of another seat to the county council chamber.As the new deputy reeve of West Oxford, Mr. Budd will increase theWest Zorra), Clare H. Esseltine,; of Tillsonburg (deputy reeve ofnumber of members from 21.It will be the first time years that the membership council has changed.20 toin 26 of theThe last deputy reeve nominated by West Oxford was a member of the council in 1896.Growing population, which rais­ed the number of eligible WestTillsonburg), Charles F. Beagley, of Embro (reeve of Embro).Mr. Beagley is returning to the council after a 20 years’ absence.He was Embro’s representative I in 1935, 1936, and 1937, and was! warden of the county in 1937.He is one of three ex-wardens; now serving on Embro’s council. | The others are William McIntosh who was warden in 1927 when he was reeve of West Zorra, and James D. Hossack, warden in 1954.The highlight of the council’s meeting will be the election of the 1957 warded.I Contesting the post will be Bien-wood. _ _Simcoe: Fisher Ganton, ,Me- donte.Hastings: Leslie McLaren, Ty- endinaga Township. .Huron: Harold Gowdy, Howick Township.Peel: Carmen Core, Brampton.Essex: Willard Morris, Tilbury.Kent—Roy McBrayne, Thames- ville.Elgin: James Carman Hundley.Yarmouth Township.Brant: Harvey Coleman, Onon-. daga Township.Lincoln: Walter E. Theobald,,County CouncilMeeting TodayOxford voters to more than 1,000,entitled the township to appoint a deputy reeve.OTHER NEWCOMERSThe other seven "new boys” are: John Bolton, of St, Marys (deputy reeve of East Nissouri), Grant ■ Smith, of Burgessville (reeve ofheim Reeve Henry Banbury, Cecil Riddle (North Oxford), John R. Hargreaves J (West Oxford), J. R.Niagara-on-the-Lake.Welland: Horace Morningstar, Willoughby Township.Ontario — Morley Bain, Scott' Township.Bruce—Dr. J. Morton, South j ,hampton.Victoria—Ada F. Greaves, Lind-iOxford County Council met Woodstock for its first sessionin ofthe year this afternoon.The first business the council hadto dispose of was the election of the warden for 1957.Contesting the election were fiveMcLaughlin (Dereham) and How­ard McCombs (Norwich).The new warden will succeed] Reginald R. Day, of Thamesford, who retired from the council after ; holding tlte position during 1956.say.Oxford—Cecil M. Oxford Township,Riddle, North |reeves.The council’s eight new mem-! 3 bers, elected reeves and deputy^ £ reeves in their township and vil-4 lage polls last month, met at the1 county hall this morning.They attended a briefing on coun-i I cil procedures by county clerk and treasurer L.K. Coles and took theiri places when the session opened at r. 2 p.m. ■ K.THURSDAY. JANUARY 3. 1957 i64.000 EMPLOYEES IDLE IN OPR STRIKESki® . ' । ' '■Norwich Council PondersI '-Av ", |" V ■ . ' ■. ..Wfc; ■ । . iCost Of Judge's SurveyNORWICH:— At the Inaugural meeting of the Norwich village ^■Council, the following standing committees were appointed for 1957: Administration. Councillors W Smith and J. S. Leitch; Works’ Councillors Gerald Bishop and L. E Force; Public Welfare, Coun­cillors J. S. Leitch and G. Bishop; Protection of Life and Property, Councillors L. E. Force and W. Smith; Finance, the Reeve and Council.A bylaw was passed providing for the borrowing of $50,000 as supply until the taxes for the year are paid.For an hour and 40 minutes, at the opening of the evening meet- , ing, the Council was Ih consultat­ion with Ross Tuck. County Regis­trar. and Robert R. Smith, of the firm of Ure and Smith, engineers, who are making the Judge's sur- vey of the village. Both men are from Woodstock and had come in 1 response to an invitation from the Council. There had been confusion when the bill, for work completed on the survey tn date, totalled S10.998. Mr. Tuck explained for the benefit of newer members, thatAt present there are three regist­ered plans of the village in the registry office. When the Judge’s plan is completed these will be cancelled and prospective purch­asers of property will not have to search back farther than the Judge's plan and that will save them trouble and expense.Councillors Leitch and Bishopsought to get Mr. Smith to give:an estimated cost of surveying the; south half of the village, which telyet to be done. "I cannot do that,”) he said, "no one knows what is involved; no man can give an esti­mate unless he puts it so high that it will take care of all eventualities 1 wouldn’t know what troubles we| might run into and troubles are; time and time money so far as wei are concerned. I am sure astraight costs' basis is more onomical for the village.During the discussion ClerkAL. Bushell reported that he had received a cheque from the County treasurer, which is payment for1 the 25 per cent share the County! guarantees. The check was for $2,749.50. When the north half of the village is finally, fully survey­ed and the plan accepted, Mr.■this survey was ordered by Judge McMillen of St. Thomas, after it[ Tuck will recommend to the Pro- had been instituted by the 1954' vince that they, too, pay theirCouncil and after the scheme had been sufficiently advertised and the rate payers given a chance to op-pose itHe told the. councillors that the survey was imperative; that many sections of the village were "com­plete confusion” in so far as sur-veying goes. The fault lay with men past and gone. In their dayshare of 25 per cent, and he is sure this will be done. The costs to date total $10,998. Of this amount $3,400 was paid in 1955. and $4,000 in 1956. leaving a balance for 1957 of $3,598, Fifteen years ago the Council, headed by J. S. Winter­burn. set aside $1,000 as a nest egg for the eventual survey. This, in Dominion of Canada bonds, hasthey wished to subdivide their grown to about $1,900, so when holdings and sell off lots. The sur- the bond is cashed and the Provin- < veving was done in a haphazard, vince pays its share the village Way and with little care as to will have a nest egg of over $4,000 descriptions and measurements, i on hand to meet the cost of doing On Main street, in the business | the south half of town.section, one man's deed calls for a frontage of 48 feet, but from wall to wall his place of business is 35 feet and that, so far as he was aware, is all he owned. Five properties adjoining are in com­plete confusion and it is to straight-i en out such cases that the costs are mounting. Originally the en- _ gineers intended only to monum- ■ ent the block corners, make some H measurements and surveys and fill in the interim from existing records. These were found to be / so inaccurate and confusing that that plan, could not be followed. .OTHERS THE SAMEMr. Tuck pointed out that other , municipalities were in similar dif-! ficulty and he said the Judge's, plan for Tillsonburg had cost about four times what the Council which: had instigated it believed it would.In some Norwich instances, Mr.; Tuck had refused to draw up a certified, abstract deed because it;was just about impossible to do wso. Councillor Leitch said: "Even so, do sale of property has been < lost for that cause.” "I beg todiffer,” Mr. Tuck said, “I know of different cases where it has," In this he was supported by Clerk A L. Bushell and Reeve McCombs /who Is a real estate dealer. Bothknew from. personal experiences. Mr. Smith said he was not surpris­ed that council was aghast at the cost. "I, myself have worried no end about it,” he said, "but we had to go ahead and do a job to clean up the mess we found.”CITY UP 740County Population Increased In 1956The population of Oxford County rose by 1,399 last year.Figures released today by the County Council show substantial increases in Woodstock and Inger­soll and a fairly general rise in the towns, townships and villages.However, two centres — East Nissouri and Tavistock - reported a decrease.In West Zorra the population remained unchanged at 1,987.The census, taken by county officials at the end of 1956. dis­closed that the population of Ox­ford had risen to 63,181.The most stunning increase was in Woodstock, where the populat­ion jumped from 17,068 to 17,808-- a rise of 740.increase among the county’s town­ships and villages.Its population rose by 114 to 3,- 631.Other substantial Increases were shown in North Oxford, which jumped by 95 to 1.431 and Dere­ham, which gained 93 for a current total of 4,013.Here is a detailed list of popula­tions in the various centres:Blandford . Blenheim .. Dereham .. E. Nissouri N. Norwich S. NorwichE.IN.In Ingersoll, the rate of increase W. was almost the same, the numb,er E.jumping by 183 to 6,955.iW.OxfordOxfordOxfordZorra . Zorra ,East Nissouri's population fell Tiillsonibuing by 103 during the year, from 2,456 Emibro ...to 2,353• Tavistock lost, three residents and reported a total of 1,121 year’s end.Norwich1955-36 1,2314,036 3,920 2,466 2,170 2.731 2,271 1,336 3.118 3,517 1.9876,016482 1.547 1,12417,068 6,7721956-57 1,2944,049 4.0132.353 2.1802,747 2,3281.431 3,1293,631 1.9876,061506 1,588 1,12117,808 6,955''■•elEast Zorra reported the biggest j Total®61,78263,181CPR TRAINS MOVE AGAIN AS STRIKE ENDSTraffic on the CPR line® was on the move again over the weekend after the ten-day strike that immo<bilized all of the rail­way trains. Early Saturday twofreights ran through Woodstock, and at 5.32 p.m., the first, pas­senger train, the Dayliner from Toronto to Detroit (shown in the above photoj, readied thiscity on schedule, and thereafter,, as resumption of service was speeded up, all trains ran on regular schedules. (Staff Pho­to). . ..J I- ft*&County Council AppointsCommittees, Hears Reportsce, Slater; Property: Armstrong^ Banburg, Beagley, Hargreaves,! (chairman), Virtue: EqualizationOxford County Council spent>456,000 on roads during 1956, it was disclosed today.n The council, at its meeting to­day, formally agreed to apply for■. the statutory grant from the pro- ! vincial government for this expen-Smith, Davis, Armstrong, BuddThe annual report of the county (chairman), Slater; Home: Riddle home disclosed that the number aBnburv, Rudy: Health: Pearce uf inmates had fallen from *56 Pressey, Riddle; Printing and Re*-: on January 1, 1956 to 50 at Jan-' olution: Balkwill, (chairman), Es- uary 1 this year. i seitine, Budd, Beagley, Virtue;Of those in the home at the. be-1 Conservation: Bolton. Budd, Smith: ginning of the year, 15 were wo-1 Virtue. Balkwill (chairman). Me*-. ' men and 35 were men. threU, Coles: Library: Riddle, Sia*The net cost of accommodating ter, Banbury, Eddy; Juvenile each inmate was $3.02. Court: Riddle, Chesney. Coles;]The council has appointed these' Board of Audit: Lockhart, Coles; members to its committees for Hospitals: Woodstock, Riddle, Ing­ersoll, Hargreaves, Tillsonburg,and Assessment: Esscltine, Har­greaves, McCombs (chairman), Chesney, McLaughlin: Agricult­ure: Smith (chairman), BalkwiU, Bolton, Pressey, Eddy; Education:the year:Road: Riddle. McLaughlin, Pearce; Children’s Aid Society:! • chairmani, Chesney; Finance: Riddle. Rudy. McLaughlin. Mii*« Davis, Lockhart. McCombs. Pear- eum: Lockhart, Coles.YEAR-END REExpenditures, AssessmentsWent Up In Oxford CountyThe election of its 102nd warden, a big jump in expenditure, increas­ed assessments and the Governor's Road were some of the highlights of Oxford County Council’s year.The 1956 council chose Reginald R. Day, Reeve of East Missouri,Embro Council MembersInclude 3 Ex-Wardensinterested in roads during his new Three former wardens of Oxford County will take their places as members of Embro’s new village council on Monday night.Heading the council at its first meeting for the year will be Reeve Charles Beagley, who was warden in 1937.Flanking him will be William -McIntosh, the county’s warden in 1927 and James D. Hossack, head of the county council in 1954.Ten days from now Mr. BeagleyEmbro, where he was born.Aged 54, he will become the sec­ond bachelor among the members of the 1957 county council.INTERESTED IN ROADSHe said he would be particularly term on the council."We want to see more paved roads,” he said."That is our first considerationcil for Uie first time in 1922 andwas elected.He served three years asacouncillor and held the posts of deputy-reeve and reeve.NEVER DEFEATEDIn all, he has contested four municipal elections and has never been defeated.He most remembers the fight he helped wage against issuing de­bentures on county roads in 1925."We fought it but we lost,” hebut, of course, it depends on the Government subsidy."It is extremely difficult today ..~ *_« to keep up gravel roads, especially admits ruefully, if they are being used by heavy Mr. McIntosh at the moment has tro ffm ___ t..... j . • - ...will once more return to the county -----------o _ ab U1C uascouncil as Embro s representative, traffic. I no plans to retire from municipalHe will be one of the six “new, Mr. McIntosh has lived in Em-> affairs.§ boys” who will sit on this year's bro since 1941 when he retired! Asked whether this would be the g council, following the recent town-'after farming in West Zorra for last time he would stand for the ship and village elections through- many years. council, he said: "I just don’ti crrnSvnr He StOOd for Zorra coun‘ know" It s completely indefinite.”ofct D V ILJL.Ks ISthrough-jWhen he was voted warden in 1937. Mr. Beagley was the second Embro villager to hold the post, 'He was preceded by Dr. H B.<■ Atkinson and followed by Mr. Hos­sack.The waidenship has gone to Em- ] bro three times at 17-year inter- . vals.Dr. Atkinson was appointed in. 1920, Mr. Beagley in 1937 and Mr. Hossack in 1954.Mr. McIntosh, at 82 almost cer4 tainly the oldest municipal coun- cillor in Oxford, was representing ■•-West Zorra when he was elected warden.Recalling his term as warden today, Mr. Beagley said it had been marked by one of the most extensive bridge building periods in the county’s history.SWEPT BY FLOODThe district was ravaged by1 one of its worst florxis in history1 and bridges throughout the county1 were washed down.S "We had our hands well and truly full that year,” he said."Our time was put in building and repairing bridges all over thel county. It was difficult to get any-, one to tender for them and we finally had to accept cost-plus1 terms from builders."Darns were broken by the force of the floodwaters and our expend-i itwe shot up KmgidenaJbdiy with the .OOfit of repairing the damage,” ; Mr. Beagley operates a store al;Council Wants Governor'sRoad Assumed By DeptThe Ontario Department of High-; ways will be asked to take over, the Governor’s road when it is I paved within the next few year's on a motion of city council.Aid. W. A. Downing introduced! to council a motion which stated, that on the completion of paving: the road will become No. 2 high-' way from Thamesford to Wood- .stoek in everything but name.Woodstock under its suburban' road commitments is obligated to maintain 5.1 miles of the road.Aid. Downing first attempted to submit his motion to city council last week but withdrew it on the. suggestion of other council mem­bers who felt that the County of Oxford, the largest municipality: concerned, should be informed and be supporting the action.Aid. Downing in introducing his, motion last night told council, that he had contacted county authorities and had learned of their favor and their suggestions tlhat (he city proceed.The county will be asked to sup­port Wie motion at its next sessions, ejqpocted to be held next March,Warden of the county after an 11- ballot race,Reeve Day was elected over! three opponents - Reeve L. C. I Innes, of West Zorra, Reeve Rob­ert Lee, of South Norwich, and Reeve Ralph McLaughlin, of Dere-ham.Four new members took their places at the council’s first meet­ing of the year.They were Howard McCombs, ofFarmgravely hamper*ed by the condition of the roads.Dairy men who normally used the Governor's Road to ship their milk each day were forced to drive wagons over fields to bypass th* road.The wet weather was also hav­ing a bad effect on crops in th© county.'harvest retardedThe tobacco harvesNorwich, E. P. Eddy,J* East Zor- ed ten day!? flekJ CTops up ...ra, P. L. Pressey, of Dereham,and Edward R. Pearce, of Till­sonburg.weeks and fruit and vegetable crops up to two weeks.According to provincial auttipr-One of the items raised at this, Spr[_ng raina had causedmeeting was the Woodstock City ........ *.Council's request for the use ofa "catastrophe"' in many areas; m-the county building as a city police court on Wednesday morning.On the recommendation property committee the turned down the proposal. NO MORE BOUNTYThe council also decidedof the councileluding Oxford County.The council raised the assess­ment in the county to $33,328,8<M, an Increase of $499,000 over 1955.,. . to i in Tillsonburg.continue the fox bounty throughout Oxford.The bounty had cost $17,220 dur­ing the eleven years it was in force from 1945 to 1956.It had brought in a total of 5,- 494 fox pelts, of which Blenheim had contributed 1,039, the highest of any area.One of the reasons which prompt­ed the halting of the bounty was the rapid increase in the county’s rabbit population with the disap­pearance of foxes.Then bad weather brought a re­currence of one of the county’s major headaches.Heavy rains clogged county roads and the infamous Gover­nor's Road was reduced to a quag­mire.Such was the condition of the Governor’s Road that ^County Road Superintendent N. J. Meth- erall warned:"Motorists who are travelling on this road are doing so at their own risk."Everything is being done to the Governor’s Road that is physically possible.”This brought increases for townships ranging from one cent to approximately 3.5 pertheper centRECORD EXPENDITUREThe council approved a expenditure of $476,000 on the! county road system, an increase of $38,000 over the previous year.The year drew to a close with the disclosure that representation on the council would change ‘inthe new year for the in 26 years.West Oxford, in the elections, appointedfirst timeDecembera deputy reeve, who will take his place onthe council this year.This will increase the ttfwn-, ship’s representation to 2 and the overall number of the council to 21.Townships with more than 1.000 property owners are entitled to; elect reeves and deputy reeves tot the county council.West Oxford now has a populate' ion of 1.289.At its final session of Rie year! the council' dealt with such varied] proposals as voting qualifications J pipe line crossings, justice admin-j istration costs, changes in th al authority of the Wheat Board and] flashing lights • at railway level] crossings.Work Half DoneNorwich Council MovesTo Complete Re-Survey 1NORWICH, Jan. 16 — Norwich Village Council, at its inaug- , I ural meeting, moved to have a re-survey of the village completed. I The north half Is finished and the project has already cost $10,998. Check for $2,749 has been received from Oxford as its 25 per cent share of costs. Of the total. $3,400 was paid in 1955 and 1Oxford Library Grant Increased$4,000 in 1956, leaving a balance of $3,598 for this year.Amount GrowsFifteen years ago, village coun­cil set aside $1,000 in Dominion of Canada bonds now worth about $1,900. This amount, addedFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, Jan. 21 — A recommendation that $7,000 be placed to the credit of the Oxford County Library Co-Operative was approved by county council here today.The amount represents an in­crease of $500 over last year and was recommended by the 1956 Library Board during th© De­cember session.County Council also recomj mended the appointment of George Lees. Norwich R. G. Groom, QC, Tillsonburg, and H. L. Kipp, Princeton, to the 1957 board.to a. share to be paid province, will provide mately $4,000 to meet completing the project.by the approxi- coats ofRobert H. Smith, of the Wood- | stock engineering firm of Ure • and Smith, told council he could j give no estimate of cost of re-1 surveying the south half of the village because “no one knows what trouble we might run into. , . no one knows what is volved.”The survey was ordered Judge J. F. McMillan, ofin*bySt.Thomas, to correct errors in early surveys, J Oxford Backs $84,176 Budget For Woodstock Suburban RoadsFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, Jan. 21 —Oxford Backs Five By-LawsFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, Jan. 18 — Ox­ford County Council members, spent a full day striking stand­ing committees and the third day of the session hearing resolu­tions. and communications pre­sented by other counties.The majority of resolutions presented wore directed to the proper committee for consider­ation.First reading was given by council to five by-laws. They were: A by-law to appoint a road committee for 1957; for the ap­pointment to various boards and schools; to pass orders and ac­counts; and a borrowing by-law for the county road system cx-A total of $84,176.76 for the construction and mainten­ance of Woodstock suburban roads was budgeted for by Oxford County Council here today, with the adoption of the Woodstock Suburban Roads Commission report.The total amount required from the city for 1957 is $13,327.87. For construction work on the Governor's road, a donation of $18,415 was made by the Canada Cement Company.The work program and expenditures include main­tenance on Sweaburg road, surface treating on the I county home road, and work | oh Governor’s road.Death In Jail Cell Found To Be Due Natural CausesAn inquest into the death of . William Parker, who died in the Oxford County jail November 25, decreed that he died from natural causes.Mr. Parker of no fixed address had pleaded guilty in city Magistr­ate's court to a charge of vag­rancy on Nov. At the time of the hearing he requested to be sent to Burwash reformatory for six months. Bfefore Magistrate Groom remanded him for a week he asked the accused if he was feeling alright.Medical reports . showed that he died during the night, and his bodywas found Sunday morning during! the usual check-up.The county jail doctor, Dr. G. A. Webb, testified as to the cause of his death.The five man jury which sat; yesterday afternoon was comprised of Nobel Hubbard, Len Nash, Jack: Sutherland, George Bennett and; Roy Robson, all of Woodstock.Bert Andrews and Jack MacLeani appeared as witnesses.Crown Attorney A. C. Whaley,, ' of Woodstock, conducted the hear-} ing. Governor of the county jail,' ■ John Calder, presided as chair-.’ man.penditure.Council passed a resolution that the warden and clerk be authorized to sign and submit to the minister of highways a petition of the county showing that during the period. January 1, 1956, to De­cember 31, 1956, there were ex­pended on the county road sys­tem, the sum of 5456,325.88, and requesting the statutory grant under the provisions of the High­way Improvement Act.Immediate Restrictions Are Asked On Governor s RoadOxford Council In CommitteesSeven residents today asked the Oxford County Council to drastic­ally restrict the use of the Gover­nor’s Road.In a petition, they said the council should implement immed­iately the “half-load” laws, which strictly govern the use of the road by commercial vehicles.The seven petitioners are Harold Elliott, Melvin Paterson, HarryFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK. Jan. 18 — The third day of Oxford County Coun­cil today was spent by the major­ity of members in committee ses­sions. From early morning, until late afternoon the various com­mittees of the council held meet­ings.County Clerk L. K. Coles today said it is expected the session wifi conclude late Monday after­noon. At that time it is also ex­Surpluses OvershadowedOxford Accounts ShowNet Deficit of $4,767Free Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, Jan. 21 — A net deficit of $4,767.77 as of De­cember 31, 1956, was reported to county council members todaypected the first reports of stand­ing committees will be presented to council for approval.A delegation from the Oxford County Retarded Childrens Asso­ciation met with council today prior to the noon adjournment.1 The meeting wag held in commit­tee of the whole, and no finalas they convened for the last day of the January session.The annual report, submitted by the county auditors, showed a surplus of more than $11,000 under general purposes; a surplus of some $14,000 for charity and*—---------------------------------------welfare, and a surplus of a little over $2,000 under the county rate.The surpluses, however, were overshadowed by deficits report-cd under the county road and announcement concerning any re- • building funds. The deficit on quested, or suggested, grant tothecounty roada was $15,795.65, while isolation will be made until the defjcit undcr the buildingthe final day of council.Also scheduled to meet with coum-il during this session are representatives of various "civic” | organizations, requesting annual grants.It was not known today whether a night session of council wouldhesary Monday to end thisfund was $17,000, making a net deficit of $4,767.77.Adopt Ingersoll ReportCouncil authorized setting aside $2,906.40 -for the Ingersoll subur­ban road system, following adop­tion of a report of the Suburban Road Commission.The report outlined expendi­tures for the year which includ-, ed work on County Roads 9 and| 10. The expenditure on Road 9, the report showed, would be $2,- 200 and the expenditure on Road 10, $616.40,Overhead, the report showed,; was $100, making a total of $2,- 996.40. Of that amount $200 1^ to be collected from Ingersoll.The share of the Town of In-} gersoll is actually a little more; than $700, but over $500 has been contributed.session of council, which com­menced Tuesday afternoon.Law, Jack Haskett, Lawrence Pat­erson, Alan Dickson and George Gerrie.They told the council in their petition: “We were without roads or fire protection last Spring for two months due to the deplorable conditions of our road from heavy traffic and more especially from bulldozers of the Canada Cement Co.“There now remains a roadbed of clay.“To prevent a recurrence in the Spring of 1957 we suggest to those in authority that half-load laws be immediately put into effect and that the road be closed before it becomes impassable to residents.”The half-load laws normally are in force in March and April.They provide that vehicles with a three-ton capacity can use the road and those with a capacity of} from three to six tons must reduce I their load to three tons.Trucks and trailers which carry more than three tons must reduce! their load by half.Cars are not affected by the}1 regulations.The legislation provides that the half-load law can be extended beyond March and April, but if the council agrees to the request it would still need the approval of the Minister for Highways-.Mercury At Woodstock Takes New Plunge; Drops To -15 Oxford Council Reports Small Deficit On Year* ' •Oxford Sets CommitteesOf CouncilFree Pn>«R Woodstock Bureau ।WOODSTOCK, Jan. 16 — Ox- 1 ford County Council today named 1 standing committees for 1957 and' elected Reeve J. R. McLaughlin, Dereham Township, chairman of the important road committeej and Reeve Arthur Lockhart,! Blandford Township, chairman of the equally important finance committee.Committees Appointed, with the first named as chairman and second secretary, are as follows:Road, Reeve J. R. McLaughlin, County Road Superintendent, Jj N. Meathrell, Ingersoll; Warden) Cecil Riddle. North Oxford^ Reeve James Chesney, East Zor-Finance CommitteeFinance, Reeve Arthur Lock- hart: Reeve Howard McCombs, Norwich; Reeve Edwin Pearce^ Tillsonburg: Reeve George Davis? South Norwich; Reeve Fred LJ. Slater. East Nissouri.Property, Reeve John Har­greaves, West Oxford: Reeve Hil­ton Virtue, East Oxford; Reeve H. A. Armstrong, West Zorra; Reeve Henry Banbury, Blenheim Township.Equalization of assessment, Mc­Combs, Deputy Reeve Clare Esseltine. Tillsonburg; Reeve' Hargreaves; Reeve Chesney.Agriculture, Reeve ‘ Grant Smith, North Norwich; Deputy- Reeve John Bolton, East Nis­souri; Deputy Reeve Herbert Balkwell, Blenheim; Deputy Reeve P. L. Pressey, Dereham; Deputy Reeve E. P. Eddy, East . Zorra.Name Education GroupEducation, Deputy Reeve W. B. Budd, West Oxford; Reeve Davis, .Reeve Smith, Reeve Armstrong, Reeve Slater.Printing and resolutions, Deputy Reeve Balkwell, Deputy Reeve Budd, Deputy Reeve Essel­tine, Reeve Charles Beagley, Embro: Reeve Virtue.Conservation, Deputy Reeve BalkwelL Reeve Virtue, Deputy' Reeve Bolton, Deputy Reeve Budd, Reeve Smith, Road Supt. Meathrell, County Clerk-treasurer L. K. Coles.Health unit, (chairman to be elected). Reeve Pearce, Deputy Reeve Pressey, Warden Riddle.Library, Warden Riddle, Reeve Slater, Reeve Branbury, Deputy Reeve Eddy.Juvenile court, Warden Riddle,: Reeve Chesney, Clerk Coles.Hospitals, Woodstock, Warden Riddle; Ingersoll, Reeve Har­greaves; Tillsonburg, Reeve Pearce,Museum, Lockhart, Coles,Children's Aid Society, Riddle, Rudy, McLaughlin.Oxford Home Shows Balance!Free Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, Jan. 17 — Op­eration of Oxford County Home, last year cost $7,968.78 while the county farm showed a profit of $4,395.32, according to the an­nual report of Superintendent R. J. Forbes.According to the report, the; total expenditure for the year was, $41,461 while receipts totaled $33,492.52.Amount paid by the county was $5,240.01; the amount paid by the city $2,142.35 and the amount paid by Ingersoll, $586.42.Farm receipts totaled $12,912.74 while expenses were $11,302.42 for) a balance of $1,610.32 and farm produce consumed totaled $2,785 for a favorable balance of $4,-' 395.32.Suggest Aerial PhotographyFor Tax Assessment Purposeent 60 per cent of the cost was borne by the Grade Crossing Fund, 15 per cent by the railway and 25 per cent by the county.It claimed that this system was "unjust” between the county and the railway.The council proposed that the allocation be altered so that the railway and the county each paid 20 per cent of the cost.It said this proportion would stimulate construction of protect­ion signals.COUNTY ASSESSORSThe county of Ontario proposed that the provincial Government give "sufficient supervisory pow­er” to county assessors so that they could effectively direct the work of local assessors.This was needed, the county said, because of difficulties experienced in finding local assessors who could ' interpret the Assessment Act.It would also ensure uniformity of assessment between the various municipalities which made up the county,The Salvation Army asked the council for aid in carrying out its work of assisting unmarried moth­ers.Oxford County Council was asked yesterday to consider using aerial photography for tax assessment on property.The suggestion was contained in a letter to the council from a Lon­don company, Paul's Aerial Photo Service.The company said many large municipalities were having aerial photographs taken of all buildings i in their limits to have on hand I a description of taxable property. IIt said this could also apply to farm buildings and would give county assessors a readily access­ible "bird’s eye" view of buildings within their jurisdiction.It would cost $8,800 to cover a county with 6,000 homes at $1.33 per home.The letter was one of several placed before the new council at its first business session. • RESOLUTIONKent County Council submitted a resolution it passed demanding that counties should in future be permitted to issue debentures un­der $3,000 without the approval of the Ontario Municipal Board.Asking Oxford to support the move, Kent said it would make less work for the board, give better i and faster results and would in no way lessen the protection of the ratepayers"We do not feel the board should have to deal with minor things; such as this," the resolution said./Kent County Council forwarded, another proposal seeking a change in the distribution of costs of In­stalling safety equipment at rail-; way level-crossings.It pointed out that at the mom­Roads, Building Fund Increase ExpendituresOxford County Council last year had a deficit of $4,767.The county’s financial report for 1956, submitted to the council to­day, disclosed this. ,Tire big items which contribut­ed to the deficit were expenditure on roads and the building fund.The report showed that miscel­laneous receipts exceeded the es­timates by $11,334.Revenue for charity and welfare also was underestimated—by $14,- 367.The spending on county roads exceeded receipts by $15,795 and on the building fund by $17,000.Revenue from rates, which top­ped the estimated receipts by $2,- 352, cut the deficit to $4,767.Clerk-treasurer L. K. Cole? tab­led a report from the TngersolM Suburban Roads Commission con- taining estimates for 1957.The commission estimated that constniction and maintenance on Ingersoll's Road No. 9 would total) $2,200 and on Road No. 10, $616.,He also submitted a request from the trustees of the Oxford Museum asking the council to in­crease its grant.A letter from Curator'Mrs. Bern­adette Smith pointed out that the city council contributed $350 a year I plus the space occupied by the museum and heating and light.This, she said, meant that sup­port from the city had increased because the value of the space provided had risen.The National Institute of the! Blind asked for an appropriation1 of $500 to support the work and services of its institutes.The council also received a re­quest from Woodstock and District, for Retarded Children for a grant.!County clerk and treasurer L. j K. Coles read a report from the University of Western Ontario on its development during 1956.He also submitted replies from the united counties of Durham and Northumberland and the counties' of Hastings, Middlesex, Carleton’ and Simcoe supporting a resolut­ion Oxford County passed last year opposing the licensing of farm tractors.The council’s newly elected war- ‘ den. Cecil Riddle, of North Oxford, presided over the session.Rev. D. Freer, of Beachville' United Church, addressed the members and led them in prayer. ;The council also observed a minute’s silence in memory >f Fred W. Furlong former reeve of! South Norwich, who died early vesterday morning. -Mr. Furlong was a member of county council from 1937 to 1939.. Holiday Season Is Time Of Happiness For Residents Of Oxford County HomeChristen®®. 1956. was a jolly event for residents of Ox fora County Home on the LTth Line with plenty of good things lo eat, wondental presents and decora­tions lending a holiday atmosphere throughout the building.! At 10.30 a.m. all residents gath­ered around the lighted C$U’is'Vm.as tree in the living room where 'stacks of Ohristarms gifts, gener- {ously donated by many county m- gand»alions, were distributed and opened, much to the pleasure ofplum pudding with all the trim­mings.Several of the residents spent! part of the day visiting in the, district with relatives or friendt.adl recipients.Prior to Christmas the Thames- ford Women's Institute visited the county home to stage a concertChristems breakfast was served all recipients.tn a holiday atmosphere with' Dinner time at noon s®w the “a nw*each of the 50 residents receiving serving of traditional Christmas I candy. A Chrismas bag of fruit a Christanas gilt at the breakfast dinner including turkey, dressing,' cake and other goodies was also table. I cranberry sauce, vegetaMes and I left for residents for Christmas. before the WI's departure.' The Philathea Class of Central;topped wit ha treat of home-made!Oxford County CouncilWinds Up Busy SessionOxford County Council decided] The endorsement by Oxford add-. its grant from $400 to $500 towards: on extensive road, bridge and rail- ed that the use of diesel locomot-' toe buckthorn and barberry erad- level crossing projects at its'Ives had increased the hazards of ication prograih.final meeting of the January ses- railway crossings. I It appointed Ed Eddy and Grantg;on ' - The county roads committee sue- ,Smith to the 'Fair Board andBefore concluding its five - day cessfully recommended a request Grant Smith and John Bolton to; session, it also approved substant- to the Board of Transport Com-1 the Crop Improvement Association! ial increases in grants to charity missioners for protection at Can-| The 7?""-"’ ?- °organizations in tha county. ! adian Pacific Railway crossings on proposal from the agricultural' The council approved expendit- Road 6 south of Embro and on “+ure of $84,175 for construction and Road 26 wgst of Drumbo.Erection of four more bridgesThe council accepted anothercommittee aimed at eradicatingfoxes.maintenance of Woodstock subur- ban roads.It adopted a report of the Wood-stock Suburban Roads Commissionin the county was authorized.They are on Road 6 - the Bea ch-ville bridge: on the Oxford - Mid-The committee suggested that 15 foxes be tagged or tattooed and .i eleased at scattered points aroundthe country.STOCK oviuuruail ItUdUb viuc uiiugc, Ui. uuu , •,W which made the r'.commendation, dlesex boundary, opposite lot 32, | A bounty of $50 would be paid and which placed the amount to East Missouri township; Road 22, to any hunter who shot one of the ' be contributed by the city at $13,- Concession Thirteen, on the Bland- marked foxes.• 3?7 ford Blenheim boundary and on This will replace the old systemford Blenheim boundary and on327. , „The Canada Cement Company Road Thireten, Concession Four, has- donated $18,415 for work on North Norwich.the- Governor's Road.At the same time the council1 EbTlMA11^made formal request to the pro- The finance committee submit- vincial police to enforce “half - ted its estimates of the amount t load" laws on the Governor’s Road, to Je raised from taxes for charity This arises out of a petition and general welfare and for county lodged with the council by resid-! roads... enu- Living between Rayside andIt estimated $300,000 would be! required for charity and generalof paying bounties for any foxes killed in the county.INCREASE LIBRARY GRANTThe council increased by $500 toi $7,000 its grant to the Library Co­operative Committee.It pointed out that this was the amount asked for by the board at its December meeting.’ the Canada Cemen< plant -The provision for "half-load” welfare.laws, which restrict the loads The amount required for county nn m,- roads would be $715,000, less re- carrj ou me WK nnn +^1The amount required for county$ which trucks can carry on the xe-road, are already included in stat- «ipts of $45o,000, for a total of rites $260,OOv.. • The petitioners complained about; The.council endorsed another re- the. condition of the road last year, solution from Kent County Coun The road program approved by cil that it should be unnecessary - F - - - to apply to the Municipal Boardthe. council will also cover main­tenance of the Sweaburg Road and surface treating on the county home road.RESOLUTION ENDORSEDThe council endorsed a resolut­ion - passed by Kent County Coun­cil demanding that counties andunless the issue of debentures was over $3,000 or for a period of more than five years.It recommended that the FieldIt rejected an offer from a Lond­on company to take aerial photo­graphs of all buildings in the coun­ty as an aid to tax assessors.The council also authorised grants of $400 to the Canadian Nat­ional Institute for the Blind, $700 to the Salvation Army, a rate of $1.30 a head for the Oxford Health Unit and $850 for the Oxford Museum.A request for a grant from the Woodstock Association for Retard­ed Children was laid over to theUnited Church also sponsored a , concert and presented residents with a treat the week before Christmas.Members of the Pilot Club of 1 Woodstock were responsible for the Christmas tree and decorations 1 in the living room of the County I Home. Pilots spent one evening before Christmas with the resi­dents at a tree decorating party and on Friday night last Pilots returned to take down the tree and pack away the decorations for another year. Ilie Pilot Club, also provided a gift for each | member of the household of the County Home to be placed under the tree on Christmas morning.The Woodstock Salvation Army also presented a concert at the J' County Home and provided a. Christmas bag for each resident.The local Reading dub, under' the direction of Mrs. William Tur-: ner, saw to it that County Home dwellers received a fair share of ice cream with gallons delivered from the dub prior to Christmas.,The Women's Chapter of the Moose Lodge presented a concert to the Home before Christmas highlighted by motion pictures and a visit from Santa daus.Hickson Women’s Institute was responsible for a gift wrapped and bearing the name of the recipient, for each County Home resident and Brown’s Women’s Institute also sent a gift for each person.Kintore WI and Tavistock WI sent individual gifts for residents wrapped and tagged and the Em- bro King's Daughters sent a gift1 for each woman resident. Inger­soll King's Daughters sent gifts to all residents who were formerly' from Ingersoll district.One of the most pleasing enter­tainments of the season was the musical evening sponsored by ' Chalmers United Church Choris-; ters, a group of 30 to 40 voicesCrops Branch be asked to increase March session of the council.railway companies pay equal am­ounts towards the cost of install­ing, level crossing safeguards.At the moment the counties pay 25 per cent of the cost and the companies 15 per cent.The resolution proposes that each in future pay 20 per cent.Will Try New, Unique Plan For Eradication Of Foxesunder the direction of Mrs. on Murray and led by Rev. eth Oates.New Year's was a quieter for residents of the CountyGord- Kenn-event1 Homealthough several residents wishing to spend Christmas “at home’’ vis­ited friends and relatives at NewYear’s. x f1 *-]i -'v'■firA novel fox eradication program new scheme at its five-day session has been introduced in Oxford which ended on Monday.County. Mr. Smith said the plan wouldBelieved to be unique in the pro-1 go into effect in the early fall and vince, it was devised by Game Mr. Clark would trap the foxes in Warden Herb Clark and Grant April or May.Smith, of Burgessville, chairman] He said it would still encourage of the countv council’s agricul- hunters to kill foxes on sight but tural committee. (would relieve the burden on theMr. Clark will trap fifteen foxes county.and place tags or other identify-1 It would be something of a gam­ing marks on them and release ble for the hunters because they them at scattered points around would not know whether they would receive the bounty until the .the county.Any hunter shooting one of the fifteen will be paid a bounty of $50.This means that the foil pro-fox had been shot."The scheme should also re­lieve the council of a lot of clericalwork," said Mr. Smith.gram will cost the council only1 "It will also save the clerks who ' formerly handled the bounties a ' pretty messy job.""Previously they had to handle$750.The old system, discontinued last year, provided for payment of a bounty on each fox killed.The yearly cost of this was more than $2,000.foxes which sometimes had beenThe county council approved the fifteen.dead for quite "Under the will receive aa while.new system theyminimum of onlyJ____ ____ - W-''3 y REQUEST LOAD CURBS ON GOVERNOR’S ROADRONALD JOHNSON GIVEN WATCHResidents Petition To Oxford CouncilWOODSTOCK, Jan. 17 — Oxford County officials said today that they have no power to act upon a petition to curb heavy traffic on Governor’s road, between Woodstock and Thamesford, and that any load limit reduction must be introduced by the ProvincialGovernment.Signed By SevenThe petition, signed by seven residents between Rayside Cor­nel’s and the entrance to the Can­ada Cement plant, was read to Count} Council yesterday by Clerk L. K. Coles.। The petition called for imine- । diate enforcement of the half-load limit, normally in effect in March and April. The petitioners say they want the load reductions in force before the road becomes impas­sable as it did last spring.Heavy commercial traffic wasfirst named a« chairman and second secretary, are as follows:Road, Reeve J. R. McLaughlin. County P.oad Superintendent, J. N. Meathrell, Ingersoll; Warden Cecil Riddle, North Oxford; Reeve James Chesney, East Zor­ra.Embro Pays Tribute To Brilliant Student!blamed by residents for the road conditions. The road ispoor usedas a short cut by many travelers on No. 2 Highway, by-passing In­gersoll and Beachville.Trucks, TrailersThe petition was aimed specific-Finance CommitteeFinance, Reeve Arthur Lock­hart; Reeve Howard McCombs, Norwich: Reeve Edwin Pearce, Tillsonburg; Reeve George Davis,: South Norwich: Reeve Fred Lu.f Slater, East Nissouri.Property, Reeve John Har­greaves, West Oxford; Reeve Hil- ■ ton Virtue, East Oxford; Reeve H. A. Armstrong, West Zorra; Reeve Henry Banbury, Blenheim Township.Equalization of assessment. Mc-Combs, Deputy ReeveEsseltine,Tillsonburg;A 17-year-old Embro boy, Ron- more at home answering stiff ex-,, aid Johnson, who has won about amination paper questions than every scholastic honor it is pos-! those of an interviewer.sible to win in Ontario, was hon-ored last night' by Embro citizens,Besides the GM scholarship, Ron­ald was allowed to keep the firstat the Municipal Hall.Ronald Johnson won S1X County of $100. Winner of the sec- scholarships, including the $5 000 ond Qarter scholarship was an! General Motors Canadian scholar- £mhro girl, Jane Ross, who had ship, and residents of this thrifty an average of 79 for Grade 13 predominately Scottish settlement, - - . .were not backward in paying trib-Carter scholarship forOxfordally at trucks and trailers now----------------------------- using Governor’s road. Legisla- Hargreaves; Reeve Chesney.tion permits extension of the halfClareReeveute to their present favorite son.The son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Johnson. Ronald was only allow­ed to keep two of the six scholar­ships. The others were awarded by reversion to other students across Ontario.A 1956 graduate from the Wood- stock Collegiate Institute, he brou-final examinations.Other scholarship won by Ron­ald but awarded to other students by reversion were: T. L. Hayscholarship for $2,800 awarded to Ronald J. Mikitish, 18. Woodstock; Ontario provincial scholarship of $1,500 awarded to Sheila Mason, Kapuskasing High School: Ontario honor matriculation scholarship,Douglas scholarship for general’-- --- , . „ proficiency for $1,200, awarded to!got 800 out of 900 marks m the joan patriache, Fisher Pack High June final examinations. School, Ottawa: the Dominion -Born in Embro, where he attend- provincial bursary for $500 he ed public school, Ronald is now not accept because of other studying applied science at Queen s University, Kingston. A slight, be-■ ‘ ‘ ‘ ’ muchght honor to his school when heawards.spectacled scholar, he isThe variety program in honor of Ronald Johnson was sponsored by = the Home and School Association, , . council and school board under the, chairmanship of the Rev. R. Sin-1 clair, Knox Presbyterian Church. |Greetings from the Woodstock । Collegiate were extended by Prin­cipal Edward Ferguson, Guest,ELECTED PRESIDENTSheriff and Court Clerk A. A. I Bishop of Woodstock was elected preaident of the County Court Clerks Association at the annual meeting recently in Toronto. Ispeaker was the Hon. Donald M. Sutherland, of Embro.A handsome gift was presented the honor student on behalf of the gathering by Reeve Charles Beagley and ex - Reeve Robert Campbell. Jack Totten read the congratulatory address. A gift was also presented from the Suburban School Board.load by-law beyond March and April, but only by the Govern­ment.County Council yesterday named all its standing committees for 1957, appointing Reeve J. R. Mc­Laughlin, of Dereham Township, chairman of the roads committee and Reeve Arthur Lockhart, ofAgriculture. Reeve Grant Smith, North Norwich; Deputy Reeve John Bolton, East Nis­souri; Deputy Reeve Herbert Balk well, Blenheim; Deputy Reeve P. L. Pressey, Dereham; Deputy Reeve E. P. Eddy, East Zorra.Nam© Education GroupEducation, Deputy Reeve W. B.Blandford Township, finance com- Budd. West Oxford; Reeve Davis, mittee chairman. i Reeve Smith, Reeve Armstrong,Committees appointed, with the |Reeve Slater.Enlarge Oxford County MuseumBoard By Two New Appointments.T.w° members have been Facilities of the museumadded to the board of directors ofthe Oxford County Museum. Bern­adette Smith, secretary-treasurer and curator of the museum has ..nnounced.The new directorships increases the board from five to seven mem-are *is-ed to a wide extent by school children who are shown the many and varied historical and antique objects by groups. Tn ere is no charge to such groups, but a small fee is charged for adultgroups which can, by arrangementbers Welcomed to the board as by conductedSladn'e™T^ J' Mc* explanatory commentary.cioilan. and Mrs. LlOyd d<? Mont­morency.The museum is presently under­going a program of painting and cleaning and is closed temporarily o the public. It is expected that the renovation program will be completed in a week or ten days when the museum will be re-open-The Oxford County Museum is maintained jointly by the County of Oxford and the city of Woodstock It is affiliated with the Museums'Arrangements for tours may be made by contacting any of :h- museum workers,The staff is composed of Mrs, lernadette Smith ns curator. Miss Constance Bishop and .Mrs Her- tert MilnesThe board of directors includes.Herbert Milnes as president, citv representatives Aid. R M Baraev, and Aid, Lorne E. Dow Counts representatives include: Lon Cole’sAssociation of Canada, and is a member of the Ontario Historical Society.and Arthur Lekhart a newly appointed dire.nd th? w<;tora MrsMcClellan and Mrs. de Montmoren- OXFORD COUNTY LIBRARY CO-OP HELD ANNUAL MEETINGOfficials and guests at the an­nual Oxford County Library Co­operative annual meeting held last night in the County Court i house are shown above left to right. Fred Stales, vice-chair- | man of the Board; L. P. Coles, treasurer; Rev. D. T. Evans of Ingersoll, guest speaker; Mrs.। S. L. Krornpart, libarian and R.G. Groom, chairman of the, I Co-Operative. (Staff Photo;.County Library Co-Operative Notes Circulation IncreaseHie Oxford County Library Co- Operative Annual Meeting was held last nightPresent at the meeting was guest speaker, Rev. D. T. Evans of the Presbyterian Church in Ingersoll.Mr. Evans praised the Library Co-Operative for their fine work in bringing wholesome reading to children who otherwise might be forced to go without books. He urged them, to keep up their fine work.He also spoke on a topic titled “Being a Canadian.”In his talk he deplored the prov­incial outlook held by so many Canadians; and the disunity which people located in different areas or our country' display. A Disunity which only recently has started to be overcome.i Also he criticized Canadian tour- i ists who travel over to the old country and impress Europeans with their lavish spending of money and their talk of what a paradise Canada is.Many Europeans then come over to Canada thinking that its a verit­able gold mine, he said, when in ' reality it is anything but. He said the Europeans should be made i realize that Canada, while a won­derful place to make a home in, is j “reality". There are many, many i hardships to be endured here, he said, as well as in the old country.The speaker was introduced by Miss Betty Crawford of Ingersoll. ! Chairman of the Oxford County j Library Co-Operative, R. G. Groom , of Tillsonburg, opened the meeting . and then treasurer L, K. Coles introduced the 1957 Library Board.Those on the Board for '57 are: Vice-chairman, R. G, Campbell, Warden, C. M. Riddle. H. Ban­bury, E. P, Eddy, Fred Slater, Magistrate R. G. Groom, H. L. Kipp, and W. G. Lies.Treasurer is L. K. Coles and the secretary is Mrs. S. L. Krornpart. Staff Consists of Mrs, G. Cocker, S L. Krornpart (part-time) and Mrs. S L. Krornpart, Librarian.Ln her Librarian's report, Mrs.S, L. Krornpart reported an in­crease in circulation for 1956.“Library work is difficult to measure by statistics,” she saidj “In a year when circulation rec-| ords might be low, a young Edison might become interested in a book of science that would influence his future and the result of his reading would greatly outbalance a loss ini reading statistics.”"However, we do have an in-1. grease to report this year. Our total circulation figure for libraries and deposit stations of 23,923 shows an increase of over four hundred books read and the fact that the greatest increase was in the num-! ber of non-fiction read is worthy! of note as well.”Guests from other county lib- « raries were: Mr. and Mrs. Eck- mier, Huron County; Mr. Gowing, Waterloo, Mr. Sanderson, Water­loo Library Board.Following the meeting a coffee' party was held.While two rarely-seen, old fash-' ioned wood-burning stoves created warmth and boiled water for cof-! fee, members of a panel discus­sion decided that to be "educated; for life” people must have adequ-; ate formal education and possess the necessary character to want) to share their learning and exper­ience with the rest of society.Taking part in the discussion held in the Blenheim Township Rural Workshop, in the Township Hall, Drumbo, Thursday evening) were: Mrs. Jean Watson, secretary of Ontario School Trustee and Ratepayers’ association, Charles; . Munro, president of Oxford Fed­eration of Agriculture and Fred Allan, representing industrial act-! ivities. Moderator was Rev. Keith Tudor.Mrs. Watson said that though for-) mal or academic education is im­portant, genuine humility should accompany it.An educated man is not really educated if he cannot also express , himself well and act with sincerity.He must also "have a happy know-!1 ledge of arts and music,” she add-) I cd..Half Loads Due On Oxford RoadWOODSTOCK, Jan. 21 — Coun­ty council here today took imme-1 diate action on a petition of Governor’s road ratepayers for half-load regulations. The pet!-) tioners urged that ' half-load regulations be put on in view of the “horrible” condition that' occurred during the spring break- up last year.The road committee of county; council, chaired by Reeve Jt R. McLaughlin, of Dereham, recom­mended that the petition for half­load regulations on the Governor’s road, from Rayside to the Canada Cement plant, immediately be i acted upon by requesting tire ! Ontario Provincial Police to en- j force the statutes and regulations.Bridges RecommendedThe report also recommended that the road committee be auth­orized to build the following bridges: Beaohville bridge, Ox­ford-Middlesex boundary bridge, in East Missouri; Blandford-Blen­heim boundary bridge; the bridge on Road 13, Concession 6, in North Norwich.The report recommended the county proceed with the construc­tion of Governor's road, which will include the purchase of right of way, grading structures and granular base.FREDERICK W. FURLONG OTTERVILLE: — The funeral! of the late Frederick W. Furlong. ' who died suddenly at his home at Greensville Wednesday morning! following a heart attack, was held Friday afternoon at the Ad- fl dison Funeral Home and was largely attended by relatives and friends. Rev. Donald R. Morrison Otterville, conducted the services and the pianist was Mrs. Nate; McMullen, Otterville.* Thursday! evening about 25 members of St. John's Lodge, No. 104, AF and AM1 Norwich, led by the W. M. Howard) Butler performed last rites at the funeral home for Mr. Furlong who was a life member of the lodge. He was also a member of the Royal Arch, the Preceptory and the Mocha Temple Shrine, London. For many years he was chairman of the School Board at Otterville; and was instrumental in inaugura­ting the present Public Health sys-i. tern in the county, while he Was! serving as reeve of the township.; At the time of the funeral Oxford County Council was in session,] and Reeve Charles Baguley and1 Reeve George H. Davis were pre-' sent to represent council.Mr. Furlong has been secretary; treasurer of the Tip Top Canners; at their head office at Greensville I for the past nine years, and prior ! to that was office manager at the. Otterville plant for 13 years, and, had been at his office at Greens­ville until the evening prior to his death. He was also a charter member and past president of the Norwich-Otterville Lions Club.Several of Mr. Furlong’s assoc­iates from the various offices of the Tip Top Canners who attended the service in a body, acted as flower bearers along with the cask­et bearers who were nephews, William Furlong, Tcan Furlong,, Robert Furlong. David Furlong,; Charlie Howse and Fred A. Church Interment was in the Otter Cemet-; texy, Otterville, Oxford County Health UnitProvides Valuable Services(ONTARIO COUNCIL)THIS IS TO CERTIFY THATBy DON LEMIEUXThree small words-health-educ- ntton-prevention-sum up the act­ivities of the Oxford County Health Unit.But these words do not even be­gin to explain what effect the health unit has for the populat­ion of approximately 63.000 people in Oxford County.,Because the health unit, funct- ions as a public service. Dr. O. C. powers, medical officer of health.ncsday of the- month, on the sec­ond Monday, Otterville, on thefourth Wednesday, Princeton, andbusses himself with an immuniz­ation program designed “to pro­tect children against smallpox, diphtheria, tetanus, and whooping cough, and polio."Assisting him in this ever-expand­ing program is a staff of nine pub­lic health nurses, including Super-visor of Public Health Nursing,on the second Tuesday, Kintore.Apart from this busy routine of holding clinics and immunizing children against preventive diseas­es public health nurses also make more then 8,000 home visits.In visits to schools, easily num­bering 14,000, nurses are always on the lookout for various health problems.For example, children who have difficulty in adjusting can be re­ferred to the mental health clinic in London. If necessary, they are also directed to agencies for soc­ial welfare.SERVICE CLUBS HELPMany children are also refer-visor of Public Health Nursing, red to the Orthopedic clinic in Miss Mae Haviland, and Dr. Pow-| London and numerous cases are er s clinical assistant, Muriel i assisted by the Rotary and Lions Charlton. Club.Working from the Health Unit; afternoons nurses usuallyalso are one Sanitary Inspector devote their time to home visits and one Veterinarian. and to clinics; their mornings areAs toe total land area of Ox- taken up with school inspections, ford Countv embraces 765 square; _ , , . . . . .miles, Dr. Powers has had to' ,^e look for defects insystematically prepare his method ai?d hea?n8 but k?e?^froltorclinics in toe follow for *eneral healthproblems.Horne base for the Oxford County Health Unit, which safeguards the health of young and old. and many , nationalities within Oxford County, is a small building on the corner, of Hunter and Graham streets in Woodstock.As it was formerly the old re­gistry building and found too; small for the nurses an extention. was built two years ago.There has been much improve­ment in preventive health, espec- iaily in the last 25 years says Sup­ervisor Mae Haviland, “There have been changes in communic­able diseases but changes are not in the amount only in the way they have been handled."As a result," she added, "quar-l antine periods have lessened con-, siderably and scarlet fever serum; is no longer given.”Turning to the subject of ment-l al health, she said, "There were more mental health problems now ; because people are more consc- ■ ious of it."They are learning they can get i assistance today and realize that • it is important they do so. That is, iI if they wish to enjoy life to the j I full," she added. . ,Mr. CoJeJLIS A MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE YEAR 1957Adjourn Court CasesPRESIDENTSnow-Clogged RoadsSlow Justice In Oxfordway:AFTERNOON CLINICS-All clinics are from 2 to 4 p.m.i On the first Tuesday of the month ' he sets up a clinic at Drumbo, first Thursday at Woodstock, first Friday at Thamesford, second Wednesday at Beachville, second Thursday at Tillsonburg, second Friday at Norwich, third Monday; at Brownsville, third Wednesday1 at the Moose Lodge* in Woodstock, third Thursday at Ingersoll, fourth Thursday at Embro, and the fourth Friday at Tavistock.Other less populated areas of Oxford County have clinics set up' for only four months of the year. They are as follows:It is Platteville on the first Wed-iNEW MEMBERSNew members for 1957 for the board of management of Oxford County Home for the Aged., will , be inaugurated Wednesday, Feb. 13. 2.30 p.m. at the Home. The; following will make up toe board:1 Warden. C. M. Riddle, Reeve R. Rudv. Reeve H. Banbury, Mayor I Charles Tatham, Woodstock. May­or Miss Winifred William'S, Inger-“ A : MwPaCT^r---------—- *'SPEEDING WORK ON NEW PROVINCIAL POLICE BUILDINGThe much-needed new Ontario Provincial Police building for the Woodstock detachment is finally taking shape on an acre of hall top at the junction of No. 2Higlhway and toe unopened new 401 highway. It will have all the standard modern space and eq­uipment that will be necessary to accommodate Sgt. B. Moorespresent detahment of 13 men and two corporals. At present the de-toohment is using a couple of second-floor rooms near the cityhaM, but they should be able tobid farewell to those dilapidatsd quarters by mid^s-ummer. (Staff Photo)z?r7PUBLIC NOTICEAt the call of WARDEN Ce­cil M. Riddle, a special MEET- । ING of the County Council of i the County of Oxford will be \ held in theCOUNCIL CHAMBER , TN THE COURT HOUSE WOODSTOCK onTUESDAY, MARCH 26th1957, 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 ClerkCounty Clerk’s Office, Woodstock.PAINTERSQuotations on painting the exterior of the Oxford County Home for toe Aged, Rest- ! dence, and/or Barns, are in- |[ vited.Particulars are available from . Mr. R. J. Forbes. Manager, ) R.R. 3, Woodstock. Phone Woodstock, LEnnox 7-2711.☆L K. COLES, SECRETARY TO THE BOARD.! COURT HOUSE. WOODSTOCK! February 19, 1957.W32-5A ;OSMOND H. MURRAYEMBRO: •— The funeral of the, late Osmond H. Murray. Embro,; whose death occurred at Wood- stock General,. Hospital. Sunday, March 10, was held Tuesday after­noon from the R. W. Johnson Funeral Home, Embro. Rev. W. J.| , Maines of Knox United Church conducted the service, which was . largely attended and many bdauti-, , ful floral tributes' were received, a Casket bearers were A. H. Cody, Philip McDonald, Bruce McCauI. l Norman McLeod, Byron Ross and''. A. G. McCorquodale. Flower bear­ers were Roy Ross, Alex Whit-1 . taker. Bruce McLeod. Smith Me- .Gorquodale, Lawrence Strickler.] Burns Ross. Roy Thompson, Rob­ert Ross, W. J. McCorquodale and Ross Kittmer. Interment was madein North Embro cemetery.ThyMasonic service was conducted following the committal service. In charge of Wor, Bro. Alex Smith, WM and Wor. Bro, Fred Walker,! a past master. .. .COUNTY OF OXFORDTENDERS WANTEDQuotations will be received by the Undersigned until 12 o’clock noonTuesday, March 26,1957On Premiums for insurance on Roads. County equipment and Employers liability.Information may lie obtained at the office of the undersign­ed, Court House, Woodstock.J. N. MEATHRELI.County Road Superintendent Court House, Woodstock, March IX 1957. Wa rnin gs Remain A f t e r Potholes Repaired ^4coO •”s00£ u x I©00</><U O .cQ. 6 -i<4o * g ?© o x> °r.©<n o <u©</> Oo £O) © g ‘o ;* E o c'J ,n r- '-JI® © £ c52 — «/>O O 0<4 C 0 c0 sO EOT00O) 0C •'ino0o 0E 0 gu 0 00 2t 2 s> >. O <0*= x .y•&£ c4-7 0 •=■ x z u h . O £ -- 10 •- _ 1A 1—0 ’ c w 9 o’x-- >Z 0 Q 2 E ?^.E S!C in X 00H 0> 0) J-^2 S? o £■7 g ,C^*- 08^^ 0 iIngersoll Pothole Alley Gets Temporary Patches, Town Asks Repair Aid Tavistock Split By Oxford-Perth Borderj 4!iThis top view of Tavistock, a bustling agricultural centre on the Oxford-Perth border, shows the main business section. Hope street which splits the counties and the town runs from the east, or bottom right of the photograph west through the town connecting the bankets of Punkeydoodle's Corners and Harmony. Lett of Hope street and along the main street is the busmess section showing on the right hand side the Hotel Oxford post office and bank next door and a host of stores leading off the square.Three Local Badminton Stars)Listed In Dominion Rankings10081 Brinton club and!nounced by the Canadian Badmin- Junior title*♦” ^es<lay- 155v, ne ana r ei ’ Tete Ja- take the Doublesmes Carnwath and Aveleigh Hep- At n/r„„+ . **i.worth, finished second sixth and • e Montreal AH’ ... .._u„wseventh in their respective rank-; year Ferg^ings. - f^n took the singles title and1 Oamwft was runner-up. But they sw'eep the men’s doubles event.i<kk h A,1952 aod In iJ&b, he and Ferguson paired to'1 ItZ — TX-. ..'Ll . *crown.At the Montreal AtMetib Assoc-Fe^uson, now In his third yearM the Mveraity * Toronto, ***•.*>>5*nc-d in second spot runner-up toi . ... __ Dave MWraggart of Vancouver, . A^Wh Hepworth, third mem- Canadian singles champion. rii’T0? llie Woodstock Badminton A former member of the Wood- C ub before its demise, was nam- stock Badminton Club, Ferguson to seventh position in the CBA wati junior Canadian champ iniladllea’ rankings.1951. In 1956 he won the Ontario W Hepworth was runner-up singles latte, and teamed with Jim W year in the Ontario Ladies’ Carnwath to capture the doubles singles event and tor the past four awn. jte ls now a member of the Jears, has been Western Ontario zv-i----------- singles champ.Tomto Oarlton Oifo. men’s division ofi me CL A, James Carnwatii, fourth year student of U of Toronto, fin-1 isned in sixth spot, Oarnwath, al­ong with Ferguson, was n memi|>er|Aveleigh still lives in. Wbodstockiand will participate in tlhc battle lor Ontario honors again in '57. She now commutes to Kitchener to I play badminton.2 THE SENTINEL-REVIEW, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2. f«T 1Justice Of Peace Fees To Be Part Of City Revenue£6ace fees *£11. from the Attorney General's De­become part of city revenue/ city partment of the Ontario Govern- council was informed in a letter ;ment.from Oxford County Judge Eric COMMISSION MOTIONfan t xv , L ^e police commission resolut--'frow> the si£n’ on on which the action has been t tnn°W taken> council was informed, read:tm ned ovei to the police commis- that Mrs. M. Thomas be ramiired sth TST pay OV^ toX c^mmS S!sxa^';es‘ery “ 5Justice of the Peace fees up to In view of the fact that Mrs ^ived^me cfe twoej pTt n' S8lary has remained the will1 slwo J,P s J- D. same over the past few rears while! .41" ^rs' M' ?hon?«s- other departmental salaries have statinf^t^fe rr°te flty ,c?uncil increased. Judge Cross pointed out the fee system is being that her salary would have to re- S > hvd«-.i "^Ct c®ntres ,n thls ceitre some upward adjustmentmatter he continued w.mld re- JTi information, he said, came ceive attention when salaries of NORTH OXFORD HONORS NEW COUNTY WARDENOxford County CAS To Hold Annual Meet At TavistockA <More Money For City, IngersollIncreases in the old age security, and baby bonus allowances an­nounced in the budget speech last night will bring approximately $10,200 more in those payments each month to the people in Wood-, stock, according to population fig­ures.People in Ingersoll will receive approximately $3,900, and those in Oxford County, $36,550.About 15 per cent of the county; Woodstock, and Ingersoll is be­tween the ages of one to five and 10 to 12. and slightly over six per cent is beyond the age of 70.Warden Honored In Home AreaResidents of North Oxford and! 'members of the Oxford County Council last night honored the' •county’s new warden, Cecil Riddle.'They crowded the BeachviHeI Legion Hall for a musical show and a presentation to Mr. Raddle.!Residents of North Oxford, of which he is reeve, presented him with an outsize clock.Mr. Riddle, a balding 47. was' also solemnly given a miniature hat “to cover his thinning locfcs.”'With him at the reception was! his wife, daughter Carol. 15. and two sons Clark, 14, and Don. 17.1Chairman for the evening was Oxford County Council clerk and treasurer L- K. Coles.NOTICESealed applications will be received until FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1957, for the po­sitions of Clerk and Treasurer of the village of Embro. by the Reeve. Charles Beagley, Embro, phone 39.Full particulars may be se­cured from the Reeve or Councillors.Applications marked for Clerk and Treasurer.22/23/26-5iAResddenta of North Oxford last night tendered a reception to their reeve, Cecil Riddle, r recently named Oxford CountyCouncil's new warden. TOP P1O-TURE shows Warden Riddle and his wife and family. Standing are his Uu-ee children Don. 17, (left), Carol, 15, and Clajk, 14. In the WWER PHOTO are two prom­inent members of county council and their wives, Prom left, they1 are: Blenheim Reeve Henry Ban-! bury and Mrs. Banbury and East! Zorra Deputy Reeve Ed Eddy and Mia. Eddy. (Staff Photo) iT ' J' I■■ ■■ n IT COULD TELL AN INTERESTING STORYOld City Showplace Going Down At Hands Of WreckersBy SPENSER HUNTER Altadore is being wrecked.i Woodstock. He planted a tree on the grounds, which still stands, aAltadore, for many years, the sturdy hemlock. The city council : outstanding showplace among voted $25 to be used in the enter- .private homes of Woodstock, is tainment of the young prince dur- coming down and the land on which j ing his stay at Altadore, and the it has stood will be sites of more I money Was used to erect a gate new homes in the Altadore Acres in the ornamental fence about the sub-division. The stately old house grounds on the north side.is already surrounded by new and ] In 1886 the house had been soldmodern residences, erected during to John and Thomas Grant, who the past year. , operated a shoe business in Wiood-dne of the sights of Woodstock i stock. When they went out of busi- for-more than a century, the ven- ness, the estate was acquired by erabie mansion has stood in its the Canadian Bank of Commerce spacious wooded grounds on the and the house was used as the , northern edge of the city since home of its Woodstock managers,1843 and has offered its hospitality to. many a distinguished guest, in­cluding the late King Edward VII, then the Prince of Wales.home of its Woodstock managers,Gerald De C. O’Grady being thefirstIn Hon.manager to live there.1901 it was sold to the late James Sutherland, then'mini-ing the Legion about 24 acres.In 1955 the remainder of the land except for the grounds for the present new Legion Memorial Hall, was sold for the Altadore Acres sub-division.Known affectionately as “The Big House”, it was famed far and wide for its valuable, intricate, hand-carved woodwork in oak, wal­nut and cherry.The coachman’s house on Vic­toria street and the gardener’s house on Grant street, still stand as fine family residences. The for­mer stable, a large red brick building used as the Legion can­teen for some years, now torn down was larger than many priv­ate homes.THIS PHOTOGRAPHIC study of Bruce McMillan, whose death occurred in Woodstock General Hospital on Thursday, was made by Tom Brooks prior to Mr. Mc­Millan's illness. The study shows Mr. McMillian in a pose so likehim and one which many of his friends knew so well. An enter­tainer and musician for many, years, Mr. McMillan was widely, ■ known in Ontario and the United'States. The funeral will be held I on Monday afternoon.Well-Known Local Musician Died In Hospital Thursday^The history of Altadore goes ster of public works for Canada .back to the founding of Woodstock I and MP for North Oxford. The when Capt Andrew Drew, Royal house was extensively altered, a KgVy, first bought the land far new wing, portico and conservat- his. patron, Rear Admiral Vansitt- ory being added and the grounds art, to whom the lot was trans- farther beautified.fefred. That was in 1833, but the j TO NEPHEWAdmiral deciding to build else- On the death of Mr. Sutherland, where, the land was sold to the the property came into possession Hon. Peter deBlaquiere in 1837. of his nephew, the late Henry A. Six years later the site was sold j Little, Woodstock lawyer, who re- to Thomas John Cottle, who built sided there until his death.a large brick house on the crest of the rising ground.USED TO BE WILDThe land at this time was wild headquarters.Mrs. Little occupied the property until it was sold to the Woodstock branch of the Canadian Legion ini 1946 for a new club house and iand unkempt, there being a small Some 11 acres of the property inarsh in part of the lot where a were later sold to the Board of little brook ..............................ran through the Education as a site for the pre­property. Under the care of the sent Northdale school and suffic- Cottle gardeners, however, the; ient ground was given the city for estate quickly took on something | the extension of Brant street, leav- of its later beauty. Trees werel-' ~planted, and although fire nearly ■guited the house at one time, the j damage was soon repaired.When the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, visited Can­ada near the turn of the last cen­tury, he stayed overnight at At- tadore, then the beauty s-pot of| County Health Nurses Speak To Bright Home And SchoolWOODSTOCK FAIR BOARD OFFICERSThe new executive of the Wood-. the annual meeting on Saturday. . Pictured standing, from left, are: George Thomson, first vice-< SSISen ted: E. Nephf Lockhart.The now executive of the Wood- , president stock I’Wr Board was chosen at ' MIA.. THE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OFTHE ONTARIO GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATIONREQUEST THE PLEASURE OF YOUR COMPANYAT THEIRANNUAL BANQUETON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY THE SIXTHNINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SEVEN AT SIX-THIRTY O’CLOCK P.M.AT THE ROYAL YORK HOTEL, TORONTODRESS OPTIONALGUEST SPEAKER:SIDNEY SMITH. Q.C..PRESIDENT. UNIVERSITY OFTORONTOR.S.V.P.THE MANAGING DIRECTOR 269 PARKDALE AVENUE NORTH HAMILTON ONTARIO MONDAY MORNING and AFTERNOON 10:30-12:00 and 2:30 - 4:30—Conference of County and Department Municipal Engineers and Head Office Officials. The Library. 1:00 p.m.—Luncheon—The Tudor Room (Private Dining Rooms 1, 2 and 3). 2:00 p.m.—Meeting—City Engineers’ Association. MONDAY EVENING 7:00 p.m.—Officers and Directors O.G.R.A. Dinner. Private Dining Room No. 8. 7:00 p.m.—City Engineers’ Dinner. 2:30 TUESDAY AFTERNOON10:00 TUESDAY MORNING Banquet Hall The President’s Address — Mr. Leonard Wookey Presentation of Life Memberships Questions and Discussion Questions and Discussion Chairman — Mr. J. G. Cameron Reception — 11:45 a.m. Luncheon — 12:15 p.m. Reply on behalf of the Association Mr. H. L. Weichel Mayor of Elmira “ The Mackinac Bridge ” Colour Slides and Comment presented by Mr. Lawrence A. Rubin Executive Secretary, State of Michigan Mackinac Bridge Authority and a director-at-large of the Michigan Good Roads Federation Address of Welcome His Worship Mayor Nathan Phillips, Q.C. The Minister’s Address The Honourable James N. Allan Minister of Highways for Ontario Local Highway Financing with Special Reference to Debentures ” R. M. Dixon Vice-President, Bell, Gouinlock & Company Limited Investment Dealers, Toronto “ The AASHO Test: What It Means To You ” C. W. Gilchrist, O.B.E. Managing Director, Canadian Good Roads Association “ Traffic Control with Special Reference to the Parking Problem ” Dr. E. G. Pleva, Ph.D. University of Western Ontario. President, Ontario Traffic Conference jz. 3 tn 2 o o >s r 0 0 d Registration Banquet Hall “ God Save the Queen ” Appointment of Committees Nominating (See Article VIII of the Constitution) Resolutions w o m r m Q c ra a 3 a s m m Wardens of All Counties and Northern Representatives Private Dining Room No. 10 “ The AASHO Test: Progress and Plans ” Gordon D. Campbell. Ph.D. Engineer-Observer, Canadian Good Roads Association Canada is the only foreign country to have an engineer permanently posted to the SI4 million road durability test — known as the AASHO Test — now under way in the United States to observe and report un developments. He was appointed by the Canadian Good Roads Association in collaboration with the American Association of State Highway Officials, which conceived the five-year project, and the Highway Research Board, which is supervising it z c 21 Q d TUESDAY EVENING 8:30 p.m.—Moving Pictures — Banquet Hall. Admission Free — Bring the Ladies. 1. 2. 3. 4. This is Renfrew County. Musical Ride. Power and Passage. Music in Motion. 2:30 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON Banquet Hall Chairman — Mr. James Gifford Address Mr. J. V. Ludgate Municipal Engineer, Department of Highways for Ontario “ Northeastern Ontario ” Mr. Wm. H. C. Marsh General Manager, Northeastern Ontario Development Association o o X * m r OJ r 5.Grey Trout. o n o to o 3 4 Q a o w o TJ 2 CD r m O c Pl s 2 PI PI 10:00 WEDNESDAY MORNING Banquet Hall Chairman — Mr. E. W. Jones Safety Programme “ Ontario’s Operation Safety ” An outline and demonstration of work being carried on and planned to improve the safety and efficiency of highway travel. A co-ordinated presentation by THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS “ Federal Aid ” Mr. T. J. Mahony Managing Director and Treasurer, Ontario Good Roads Association Secretary’s Report W. Scott McKay Secretary, Ontario Good Roads Association Report of Resolutions Committee Auditor’s Report Report of Nominations Committee Election of Officers 7:00 WEDNESDAY EVENING ANNUAL BANQUET — See Page 6 / "S-fe.1 ■ - ■ . ' ' ■ • .: - Z • :T ' CONSTITUTION ONTARIO GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION ANNUAL BANQUET Townships and Villages .. 10.00 LIFE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION ♦J. A. P. Marshall *R. M. Smith Arthur Sedgwick Alan K. Hay Cities over 100,000----- $100.00 Cities over 50,000------- 50.00 All other cities------------ 25.00 5 7:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening CONCERT HALL Procure your tickets early at Registration Booth Price — $5.00 Article I.—Name.—This Association shall be known as the Ontario Good Roads Association. Article II.—Location.—The headquarters of the Association shall be at the office of the Secretary-Treasurer. Article III.—Objects.—The objects for which this Association is organized are to acquire and disseminate information concerning highway construction and maintenance in the counties, towns, cities, and other municipalities of the Province; to stimulate interest in the subject, and to promote educational, legislative, and other measures tending to their accomplishment. Article IV.—Membership.—Section 1.—The Association shall have the following classes of members, viz.: Municipal, active, contributing, life, and honorary members. Section 2.—The municipal members shall be the representa­ tives of the councils of counties, cities, towns or other municipalities.Guest Speaker: Sidney Smith, Q.C., LL.D. President, University of Toronto The annual fee to be paid by municipal corporations shall be for: * Counties. $25.00 Towns __ 10.00 > > Q 3 X CD CD r m Q W O D £ m a 5 Past Hon. J. N. Allan Hon. T. L. Kennedy Hon. G. S. Henry T. J. Mahony Geo. H. Doucett G. R. Marston W. H. Keith * F. A. Senecal * H. Craig * E. Jamieson Presidents J. Henderson W. J. Moore *J. Sibbitt J. G. Cameron Wm. Colby F. L. Weldon *D. J. Emrey V. H. Evans W. S. McKay Others Hon. E. C. Drury Dr. N. W. McLeod J. M. Maclnnes James Sinton (*—deceased) Section 3—Active members shall be persons who are actively engaged in laying out or supervising work of construction and maintenance of highways and streets, and those interested in highway development, who contribute an annual membership fee of One Dollar to the funds of the Association. Section 4.—Contributing members shall consist of societies or other commercial organizations paying a minimum of Ten Dollars per annum to the funds of the Association; each contributing mem­ ber shall be entitled to appoint one member to represent them at meetings of the Association. Section 5.—Honorary life members shall be those who have performed distinguished service in the cause of highway extension and improvement. They shall be nominated by the Executive and elected by the Association. Section 6.—Only municipal and active members shall hold office. Article V—Officers—The officers of this Association shall be elected for one year and shall be selected from its municipal and active membership and shall consist of two Honorary Presidents, a President, two Vice-Presidents, six Directors, and a Secretary- Treasurer, who, together with the Past Presidents, shall constitute an Executive Committee, of which five shall constitute a quorum. Article VI.—By-Laws.—By-laws for governing the Association shall be made by the Executive, subject to the approval of the membership of this Association at its annual meeting. Article VIL—Amendments.—No amendment shall be made to this Constitution until same has been reported upon by the Executive. Article VIII.—It shall be the duty of the President to appoint a Nominating Committee at the first session of the convention. Such committee shall be composed of not less than five members. Such committee may be added to at the option of the convention, and any increase in number beyond those appointed by the President shall be elected by the convention. The total number shall not exceed ten members, none of whom shall be eligible for appointment to office. The committee shall report nominations to the annual meeting. PAST PRESIDENTS MILESTONES 1894—•Andrew Pattullo ft * "...n - □ (•-deceased) K I D 7 H I □ o □ 1910—*W. H. Pugsley, York 1911-12— Col. the Hon. T. L. Kennedy, Peel 1913—*N. Vermnyea, Hastings 1914—*J. A. Sanderson, Grenville 1915-16—*S. L. Squire, Norfolk 1917-18—*C. R. Wheelock, C.E., Dufferin 1919—’K. W. McKay, Elgin 1920—*Capt. Lucius E. Allen, C.E., Hastings 1921— T. J. Mahony, Wentworth 1922—*W. H. Brown, Bruce 1923—*John Currie, Middlesex 1924— Hon. G. S. Henry, York 1925—*R. J. Hannah, Lennox and Addington 1926—*J. E. Jamieson, M.P.P., Simcoe 1927—•F. A. Senecal. Prescott and Russell 1928—*W. H. Nugent, Hastings 1929—*Robt. Johnson. Huron 1930—’James Beattie, Wellington 1921—’John OReilly, Victoria 1932—*Hon. F. G. McDiarmid, Elgin 1933—•Howard Craig, Carleton 1934—*J. T. Sproule, M.P., Lambton 1935—’John Sibbitt, Frontenac 1936—*Lt.-CoI. E. A. Adams, Prince Edward 1937— Wm. Colby, C.E., Kent 1938— J. G. Cameron, C.E., Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry 1939— F. L. Weldon, Victoria 1940—*J. W. Haggerty, Hastings 1941— James Henderson, Duffenn 1942— George H. Doucett, Lanark 1943— Guy R. Marston, Norfolk 1944— Hon. James N. Allan, Haldunand 1945— W. H. Keith, Wellington 1946— W. S. McKay, Elgin 1947— W. J. Moore, Renfrew 1948—D. J. Emrey, C.E., Waterloo 1949— Victor H. Evans, Tisdale Twp. 1950— Richard Elliott, Bruce 1951— Harold Cleave, Prince Edward 1952— J. L. Shearer, Ottawa 1953— James Gaw, Grenville 1954— Andrew Boyer, Prescott and Russell 1955— Edgar Drew, Lennox and Addington 7 2 5 1894—Organization Ontario Good Roads Association. Pattullo first president. Andrew 1896—Appointment A. W. Campbell, CE., Provincial Instructor in Roadmaking. 1901—Highway Improvement Act passed. Provincial subsidy for construction of County Roads, 33-1/3%. 1912—$5,000,000 granted for Colonization Roads. 1913—Public Roads and Highways Commission appointed. construction and maintenance. 1924—Provincial Aid—40% on County Bridges. 1930—Township Road subsidy, 40%. 1935—The King’s Highways (Provincial Highways) 100% payable 1937—Township Road subsidy 50%. Northern Development and Highway Departments amalgamated. 1938—Northern Townships subsidized under The Highway Improve­ ment Act. 1939—Provisions enacted for Divided Highways. 1945—Statute Labour Act revised and clarified. 1946—Provisions enacted for Development of Roads. under Ontario Research Council. 1956—Establishment of the joint Department-University Research Programme. . J? 1915—Ontario Highways Act—Suburban Areas authorized. Depart­ ment of Public Highways formed. Provincial subsidy, con­ struction County Roads 40%, maintenance 20%. 1917—The Provincial Highways Act—70% payable by Province. Provincial County Roads, 60% payable by Province. 1919—Federal Aid—County Road subsidy increased to 40% for 1920—Provincial highway mileage increased, 80% payable by Prov­ ince. Provincial aid, 20% for township roads, and 40% on Superintendent’s salary. Appointment of Highway Advisory Board. 1925—Provincial Add—Township road subsidy 30%, and 50% of superintendent’s salary. County road subsidy, 50%. by Province. 1944—Highway Improvement Act revised and clarified, Statute Labour Organization for roads in unorganized territory fostered, Special Aid to Statute Labour Boards, Interim subsidies to counties and townships, 75% subsidy on bridges to counties and townships. 1947—Aid to cities, towns and villages. County rebates to towns and villages abolished. 80% subsidy on county and township bridges and culverts. Establishment of Advisory Committee on Highways Research 1949—Cities and Separated Towns. 33-1/3% subsidy; Towns and Villages, 50% subsidy. MILEAGE — DEPARTMENT AID MEMORANDUM 1954-55 1955-56 The King’s Highway, etc.............. .8,075 8,522 Northern Roads and special assistance — County Roads ......... ... ....................-.........— 7,504 9,348 7,229 9,349 Township Roads...............................................49,212 49,450 Urban Streets .......................... -7,209 7,434 Metropolitan Roads .... .............277 282 81,625 82,266 DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS EXPENDITURES Fiscal Years 1954-55 1955-56 King's Highways, etc........... ... $ 74,387,039.96 $104,845,059.24 County Roads _ - . - _.... 12,434,635.75*15,836,643.13* Township Roads, etc. ... ................... 13,330,917.22 15,280,791.70 Development Roads ........„..... ... .... 1,663,488.39 3,876,267.57 Unincorporated Townships Urban Streets--------------- ........ 735,239.74 831,035.43 ______ 7,021,797.64 8,560,475.48 Administration, etc. . __8,652,493.44 11,204.210.30 Unsatisfied Judgment Fund .. ......... 1,808,314.43 1,791,384.75 $120,033,926.57 $162,225,867.60 Less Federal Government Repayments _____ __6,588 279.17 3,365,958.81 Net Expenditure. —______$113,445,647.40 $158,859,908.79 * Includes Metropolitan Toronto 1955--56 DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS REVENUES — Fiscal Years 1954-55 1955-56 Gasoline Tax __________________ $ 92.728,131.32 $103,815,191.10 Motor Vehicles Branch __________ 28,712,333.62 41,306,171.99 Miscellaneous (including Unsatisfied Judgment Fund) _________ 2,928,881.82 3,588,757.84 $124,369,346.76 $148,710,120.93 MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATIONS 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1,292,000 1,404,084 1,487,000 1,614,056 1,691,395 (to Nov. 30) OFFICERS OF CxOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION HEAD TABLE GUESTS MEET IN PARLOUR "B" AT 6.30 P M. AND WILL PROCEED AS A GROUP into the Banquet Hall promptlyAT 6 90 PM-HONORARY PRESIDENTS Andrew Boyer ....................................— Prescott and Russel! Edgar Drew .............. Lennox and Addington PRESIDENT Leonard Wookey_________________________Parry Sound FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT E. W. Jones---------------------------------------------------- Simcoe SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT James Gifford _________________________Peterborough DIRECTORS N. L. Powell____________________ Peel H. L. Weichel________________________________Waterloo E. M. Fraser_________________________________Renfrew J. H. Irvine __________________________________Ottawa L. B. Moore _____________________Leeds and Grenville L. K. Coles___________________________________Oxford PAST PRESIDENTS 1911-12_______________Col. the Hon. T. L. Kennedy, Peel 1921-------------------------------------T. J. Mahony, Wentworth 1924 __________________________Hon. G. S. Henry, York 1937 _______________________________Wm. Colby, Kent 1938 ___________________________________J. G. Cameron, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry 1939 ------------------------------------------ F. L. Weldon, Victoria 1941_______________________James Henderson. Dufferin 1942 ----------------------------------------Geo. H. Doucett, Lanark 1943 __________________________Guy R. Marston, Norfolk 1944 ______________________Hon. J. N. Allan, Haldimand 1945 __________________________W. H. Keith, Wellington 1946 _____________________________W. S. McKay, Elgin 1947 -------------------------------------------W. J. Moore, Renfrew 1949 ________________________V. H. Evans, Tisdale Tp. 1950 ------------------------------------------Richard Elliott, Bruce 1951_____________________Harold Cleave, Prince Edward 1952 . —-------------------------------------J. L. Shearer, Ottawa 1953 ............ — James Gaw, Grenville 1954 _______________ Andrew Boyer, Prescott and Russell 1955 ------------------------Edgar Drew, Lennox and Addington MANAGING DIRECTOR and TREASURER T. J. Mahony------------------- 269 Parkdale Ave. N., Hamilton SECRETARY W. S. McKay.............Municipal World Building, St. Thomas HEAD TABLE GUESTS MEET IN PARLOUR "B" AT 6.30 P.M. AND WILL PROCEED AS A GROUP into the Banquet Hall promptlyAT C.BO P.M.PROGRAMME 55th ANNUAL /89* TORONTO February 4-5-6 ROYAL YORK HOTEL 1957 CONVENTION MONDAY MORNING and AFTERNOON 10:30 - 12:00 and 2:30 - 4:30—Conference of County and Department Municipal Engineers and Head Office Officials. The Library. 1:00 p.m.—Luncheon—The Tudor Room (Private Dining Rooms 1, 2 and 3). 2:00 p.m.—Meeting—City Engineers’ Association. MONDAY EVENING 7:00 p.m.—Officers and Directors O.G.R.A. Dinner. Private Dining Room No. 8. 7:00 p.m.—City Engineers’ Dinner. 10:00 TUESDAY MORNING Registration Banquet Hall “ God Save the Queen ” Appointment of Committees Nominating (See Article VIII of the Constitution) Resolutions The President’s Address — Mr. Leonard Wookey “ The Mackinac Bridge ” Colour Slides and Comment presented by Mr. Lawrence A. Rubin Executive Secretary, State of Michigan Mackinac Bridge Authority and a director-at-large of the Michigan Good Roads Federation “ Traffic Control with Special Reference to the Parking Problem” Dr. E. G. Pleva, Ph.D. University of Western Ontario. President, Ontario Traffic Conference Questions and Discussion Wardens of All Counties and Northern Representatives Private Dining Room No. 10 Chairman — Mr. J. G. Cameron Reception — 11:45 a.m. Luncheon — 12:15 p.m. 2:30 TUESDAY AFTERNOON Banquet Hall Address of Welcome His Worship Mayor Nathan Phillips, Q.C. Reply on behalf of the Association Mr. H. L. Weichel Mayor of Elmira The Minister’s Address The Honourable James N. Allan Minister of Highways for Ontario Presentation of Life Memberships “ Local Highway Financing with Special Reference to Debentures ” R. M. Dixon Vice-President, Bell, Gouinlock & Company Limited Investment Dealers, Toronto Questions and Discussion “The AASHO Test: What It Means To You” C. W. Gilchrist, O.B.E. Managing Director, Canadian Good Roads Association “ The AASHO Test: Progress and Plans ” Gordon D. Campbell. Ph.D. Engineer-Observer, Canadian Good Roads Association Canada is the only foreign country to have an engineer permanently posted to the S14 million road durability test - known as the AASHO Test - now under way in the United States to observe and report an developments. He was appointed by the Canadian Good Roads Association in collaboration with the American Association of State Highway Officials, which conceived the five-year project, and the Highway Research Board, which is supervising it. ANNUAL BANQUET 10.00 Townships and Villages 10.00 □ Procure your tickets early at Registration Booth Price — $5.00 ROADS ASSOCIATIONONTARIO GOODCONSTITUTION Ontario Good Roads Association. 50.0050,000Cities over _ 25.00All other cities Towns Article I. —Name.—This Association shall be known as the Article II. —Location.—The headquarters of the Association shall be at the office of the Secretary-Treasurer. CD ■ r m Q rn tn 3 2 m m 7:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening CONCERT HALL Guest Speaker: Sidney Smith, Q.C., LL.D. President, University of Toronto LIFE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION Past Hon. J. N. Allan Hon. T. L. Kennedy Hon. G. S. Henry T. J. Mahony Geo. H. Doucett G. R. Marston W. H. Keith *F. A. Senecal *H. Craig ♦E. Jamieson Presidents J. Henderson W. J. Moore *J. Sibbitt J. G. Cameron Wm. Colby F. L. Weldon *D. J. Emrey V. H. Evans W. S. McKay *J. A. P. Marshall »R. M. Smith Arthur Sedgwick Alan K. Hay Others Hon. E. C. Drury Dr. N. W. McLeod J. M. Maclnnes James Sinton (*—deceased) ■■ Article HI.—Objects.—The objects for which this Association is organized are to acquire and disseminate information concerning highway construction and maintenance in the counties, towns, cities, and other municipalities of the Province; to stimulate interest in the subject, and to promote educational, legislative, and other measures tending to their accomplishment. Article IV.—Membership.—Section 1.—The Association shall have the following classes of members, viz.: Municipal, active, contributing, life, and honorary members. Section 2. —The municipal members shall be the representa­ tives of the councils of counties, cities, towns or other municipalities. The annual fee to be paid by municipal corporations shall be for: ------ -------- Counties $25.00Cities over 100,000-------$100.00 3 r o > o Section 3. —Active members shall be persons who are actively engaged in laying out or supervising work of construction and maintenance of highways and streets, and those interested in highway development, who contribute an annual membership fee of One Dollar to the funds of the Association. 3 G5 I w o Z Z Section 4. —Contributing members shall consist of societies or other commercial organizations paying a minimum of Ten Dollars per annum to the funds of the Association; each contributing mem­ ber shall be entitled to appoint one member to represent them at meetings of the Association. Section 5. —Honorary life members shall be those who have performed distinguished service in the cause of highway extension and improvement. They shall be nominated by the Executive and elected by the Association. Section 6. —Only municipal and active members shall hold office. Article V.—Officers.—The officers of this Association shall be elected for one year and shall be selected from its municipal and active membership and shall consist of two Honorary Presidents, a President, two Vice-Presidents, six Directors, and a Secretary- Treasurer, who, together with the Past Presidents, shall constitute an Executive Committee, of which five shall constitute a quorum. Article VI.—By-Laws.—By-laws for governing the Association shall be made by the Executive, subject to the approval of the membership of this Association at its annual meeting. Article VII.—Amendments.—No amendment shall be made to this Constitution until same has been reported upon by the Executive. Article VIII.—It shall be the duty of the President to appoint a Nominating Committee at the first session of the convention. Such committee shall be composed of not less than five members. Such committee may be added to at the option of the convention, and any increase in number beyond those appointed by the President shall be elected by the convention. The total number shall not exceed ten members, none of whom shall be eligible for appointment to office. The committee shall report nominations to the annual meeting. PAST PRESIDENTS MILESTONES 1894—’Andrew Pattullo ☆ ☆ ☆ 1910—*W. H. Pugsley, York 1911-12— Col. the Hon. T. L. Kennedy, Peel 1913—*N. Vermilyea, Hastings 1914—*J. A. Sanderson, Grenville 1915-16—*S. L. Squire, Norfolk 1917-18—‘C. R. Wheelock, C.E., Dufferin 1919—*K. W. McKay, Elgin 1920—*Capt. Lucius E. Allen, C.E., Hastings 1921— T. J. Mahony, Wentworth 1922—*W. H. Brown, Bruce 1923—’John Currie, Middlesex 1924— Hon. G. S. Henry, York 1925—*R. J. Hannah, Lennox and Addington 1926—’J. E. Jamieson, M.P.P., Simcoe 1927—*F. A. Senecal, Prescott and Russell 1928—*W. H. Nugent, Hastings 1929—*Robt. Johnson, Huron 1930—’James Beattie, Wellington 1921—’John O’Reilly, Victoria 1932—’Hon. F. G. McDiarmid, Elgin 1933—’Howard Craig, Carleton 1934—*J. T. Sproule, M.P., Lambton 1935—’John Sibbitt, Frontenac 1936—’Lt.-Col. E. A. Adams, Prince Edward 1937— Wm. Colby, CK., Kent 1938— J. G. Cameron, C.E., Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry 1939— F. L. Weldon, Victoria 1940—’J. W. Haggerty, Hastings 1941— James Henderson, Dufferin 1942— George H. Doucett, Lanark 1943— Guy R. Marston, Norfolk 1944— Hon. James N. Allan, Haldimand 1945— W. H. Keith, Wellington 1946— W. S. McKay, Elgin 1947— W. J. Moore, Renfrew 1948—’D. J. Emrey, CK„ Waterloo 1949— Victor H. Evans, Tisdale Twp. 1950— Richard Elliott, Bruce 1951— Harold Cleave, Prince Edward 1952— J. L. Shearer, Ottawa 1953— James Gaw, Grenville 1954— Andrew Boyer, Prescott and Russell 1955— Edgar Drew, Lennox and Addington (’-deceased) 1894—Organization Ontario Good Roads Association. Andrew Pattullo first president. 1896—Appointment A. W. Campbell, C.E., Provincial Instructor in Roadmaking. 1901—Highway Improvement Act passed. Provincial subsidy for construction of County Roads, 33-1/3%. 1912—$5,000,000 granted for Colonization Roads. 1913—Public Roads and Highways Commission appointed. 1915—Ontario Highways Act—Suburban Areas authorized. Depart­ ment of Public Highways formed. Provincial subsidy, con­ struction County Roads 40%, maintenance 20%. 1917—The Provincial Highways Act—70% payable by Province. Provincial County Roads, 60% payable by Province. 1919—Federal Aid—County Road subsidy increased to 40% for construction and maintenance. 1920—Provincial highway mileage increased, 80% payable by Prov­ ince. Provincial aid, 20% for township roads, and 40% on Superintendent’s salary. 1924—Provincial Aid—40% on County Bridges. Appointment of Highway Advisory Board. 1925—Provincial Aid—Township road subsidy 30%, and^ 50% of superintendent’s salary. County road subsidy, 50%. 1930—Township Road subsidy, 40%. 1935—The King’s Highways (Provincial Highways) 100% payable by Province. 1937—Township Road subsidy 50%. Northern Development and Highway Departments amalgamated. 1938—Northern Townships subsidized under The Highway Improve­ ment Act. 1939—Provisions enacted for Divided Highways. 1944—Highway Improvement Act revised and clarified, Statute Labour Organization for roads in unorganized territory fostered, Special Aid to Statute Labour Boards, Interim subsidies to counties and townships, 75% subsidy on bridges to counties and townships. 1945—Statute Labour Act revised and clarified. 1946—Provisions enacted for Development of Roads. 1947—Aid to cities, towns and villages. County rebates to towns and villages abolished. 80% subsidy on county and township bridges and culverts. Establishment of Advisory Committee on Highways Research under Ontario Research Council. 1949—Cities and Separated Towns, 33-1/3% subsidy; Towns and Villages, 50% subsidy. 1956—Establishment of the joint Department-University Research Programme. MILEAGE — DEPARTMENT AID MEMORANDUM 1954-55 1955-56 The King’s Highway, etc......................... .......8,075 8,522 Northern Roads and special assistance ..........7,504 7,229 County Roads ....................................9,348 9,349 Township Roads ....................49,212 49,450 Urban Streets ,7,209 7 434 Metropolitan Roads ___277 282 81,625 82,266 DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS EXPENDITURES * Includes Metropolitan Toronto 1955-56 —Fiscal Years 1954-55 1955-56 King’s Highways, etc.______ $ 74,387,039.96 $104,845,059.24 County Roads__________---------- 12,434,635.75*15,836,643.13* Township Roads, etc.____________ 13,330,917.22 15,280,791.70 Development Roads_____________ 1,663,488.39 3,876,267.57 Unincorporated Townships -------- 735,239.74 831,035.43 Urban Streets _________---------- 7,021,797.64 8.560,475.48 Administration, etc.___________ 8,652,493.44 11,204.210.30 Unsatisfied Judgment Fund ______ 1,808,314.43 1,791,384.75 Less Federal Government $120,033,926.57 $162,225,867.60 Repayments .................---------- 6,588 279.17 3,365,958.81 Net Expenditure__$113,445,647.40 $158,859,908.79 DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS REVENUES — Fiscal Years 1954-55 1955-56 Gasoline Tax --------------------------- $ 92,728,131,32 $103,815,191.10 Motor Vehicles Branch _ ............ 28,712,333.62 41,306,171.99 Miscellaneous (including Unsatisfied Judgment Fund)------------------ 2,928,881.82 3,588,757.84 $124,369,346.76 $148,710,120.93 MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATIONS 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1,292,000 1,404,084 1,487,000 1,614,056 1,691,395 (to Nov. 30) OFFICERS OF GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION HONORARY PRESIDENTS Andrew Boyer .............. Prescott and Russell Edgar Drew ___________________Lennox and Addington PRESIDENT Leonard Wookey_________________________Parry Sound FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT E. W. Jones Simcoe SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT James Gifford Peterborough DIRECTORS N. L. Powell Peel H. L. Weichel Waterloo E. M. Fraser Renfrew J. H. Irvine Ottawa L. B. Moore _____________________Leeds and Grenville L. K. Coles Oxford PAST PRESIDENTS 1911-12 Col. the Hon. T. L. Kennedy, Peel 1921________________________T. J. Mahony, Wentworth 1924 Hon. G. S. Henry, York 1937 Wm. Colby, Kent 1938 J. G. Cameron, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry 1939 F. L. Weldon, Victoria 1941 James Henderson, Dufferin 1942 Geo. H. Doucett, Lanark 1943 Guy R. Marston, Norfolk 1944 Hon. J. N. Allan, Haldimand 1945 __________________________W. H. Keith, Wellington 1946 W. S. McKay, Elgin 1947 W. J. Moore, Renfrew 1949 V. H. Evans, Tisdale Tp. 1950 ___________________________Richard Elliott, Bruce 1951 Harold Cleave, Prince Edward 1952 ________—_________________J. L. Shearer, Ottawa 1953 ___________________________James Gaw, Grenville 1954 Andrew Boyer, Prescott and Russell 1955 Edgar Drew, Lennox and Addington MANAGING DIRECTOR and TREASURER T. J. Mahony------------------ 269 Parkdale Ave. N., Hamilton SECRETARY W. S. McKay______Municipal World Building, St. Thomas NORTH1939Pres. Univ. Toronto, Guest SpeakerSIDNEY SMITH, Q.CO.G.R.AW.S. McKay, Elgin, Past PresAss’n1955SOUTH1950, 1941Mrs E.W MrsLEONARD WOOKEY, Dist. Parry Sound, PresidentWarrenderJones, Simcoe, Pres.-electJones >F.L. Weldon, Victoria, Past Pres., Niram Fletcher, Wentworth, Director Richard Elliott, Bruce, Past Pres., Jas. Henderson, Dufferin, Past Pres Mrs. WeichelMrs. Smith .Hon. Jas. N. Allan, Min. of Highways, Ont., Past Pres., 1944 Mrs• AllanW.N^ Phillpott, Gen. Mgr., Ont. Road Builders Ass’n.Hon. W.K. ’Warrender, Min. Municipal Affairs, Ont.1946, Sec’y, O.G.R.AW.D. COLBYIQ9*Convention Registrations - 253^■ ■155th Banquet Ont. Good Roads Assoc.1957 Concert Hall Royal York Hotel, TorontoLEONARD WOOKEY - PRESIDENTMusic, entertainment and dance under the direction of. Stanley St. John and his Orchestra, Wednesday, February 6, 1957Banquet Attendance - 15^2 Head Table - 62 guestsH.L. Weichel, Waterloo, DirectorMrs. PowellN.L. Powell, Peel, 2nd Vice-Pres.-electRachael GawJas. Gaw, Grenville, Past Pres., 1953Wm. Moore, Renfrew, Past Pres., 1947Andrew Boyer, Prescott & Russell, Past Pres., 1954Mrs. Cleave *Harold Cleave, Prince Edward, Past Pres., 1951W.D. Colby, Kent, Past Pres., 1937Mrs. ColbyWm. Keith, Wellington, Past Pres., 1945Mrs. KeithW.H.C. Marsh, Gen. Mgr., Northeastern Ont. Devel. Ass n.Mrs. Mahony . „T.J. Mahony, Man. Director, O.G.R. Ass n., Past Pres., lz21Mrs. GiffordJas. Gifford, Peterborough, 1st Vice-Pres.-electWm. Fulton, Deputy Min. of Highways, Ont.Lawrence A. Rubin, Exec. Sec’y, Mackinac Bridge AuthorityMrs. CathcartHon. Bryan Cathcart, Min. Travel & Publicity, Ont.Geo. S. Henry, York, Past Pres., 1924C.W. Gilchrist, O.B.E., Mgr. Director, Canadian Good RoadsHrs. McKayTullus N. Carter, Pres., Canadian Const. .Hon. Geo. Dunbar, Prov. Secretary, Ont.Mrar DunbarEdgar Drew, Lennox & Addington, Past PresMrs. DrewGuy Marston, Norfolk, Past Pres., 1943Mrs. R.M. V.H. Geo. J.L. Mrs. J.V.MarstonDixon, Vice Pres., Bell Gouinlock Co. Ltd Evans, Tisdale Tp., Past Pres., 1949 Doucett, Lanark, Past Pres., 1942 Shearer, Ottawa, Past Pres., 1952 ShearerLudgate, Chief Mun. Eng., D.H.O.Mrs. LudgateWarren Hastings, Gen. Mgr., Ont. Motor LeagueW.H. Male, Dir. and Past Pres., Auto Transport Ass’nJ.H. Irvine, Ottawa, DirectorMrs. IrvineE.M. Fraser, Renfrew, DirectorL.B. Moore, Leeds, DirectorL.K. Coles, Oxford, Director the wagon cityLIVELY GHOSTRecall When Bain Wagons Brought Fame To WoodstockBy SPENSER IIENTERA recent advertisement in the Sentinel-Review announced that the Bain Wagon Co. Ltd., Wood- stock, would make application for leaxe to surrender it's charter.This will bring back memories of former days in Woodstock to many persons, as the Bain Wagon Co., was one of the principal in­dustries of diis city for many years, until some 30 years ago.The Bain Wagon Co., located in what is now the Massey-Harris- Ferguson plant on Dundas street east, was founded by the late John , A. Bain, father of James A. Bain, present business administrator of the Woodstock Board of Education.] John A. Bain was born in Wood-: , stock on Chapel street and spent, his early life in the east end off . -the city. He attended public school and the Woodstock Grammar Scho-’ ol under the principalship of Geor-; ge Strachan. He went to Brant-j ford in 1870 to learn the trade oil carriage and wagon maker and: entered the service of T. and JJ Hext. He served with them for 4W years and then went tn the United] States. He remained in that count-! ry for a few years and then pro­posed to his brother, George, who was also in the U.S. at the time, that they return to Canada and establish a wagon factory. In the year 1880 they came back to their1 home town of Woodstock and es-l J tablished the original Bain Wagon Company in a factory to the west® I of Hay and Co‘s furniture works. - in the west end.The output -of the factory the, first year was around S10.000 but the business grew steadily until it1 reached an output of one and a half million dollars in the peak 1 year of 1921.FOR 10 YEARSThe brothers remained in that plant for about 10 years and then sold out to Hay and Co. and moved to Brantford.There they established the Bain Brothers Mfg. Co. and manufactur­ed wagons and carriages. Twc years later, they bought back theii original business from Hay anc Co. and moved i* to Brantford al­so.Later they became associated with the Massey-Harris Co. and returned to Woodstock, where they! occupied the buildings of the pre­sent plant on Dundas street east, ,which were owned by the Massey Harris Co., having acquired them from the Patterson-Wisner Co. John Bain became the general manager and George Bain, Super­intendent of the new plant.Thus was the start of the famous Bain Wagbn Co. of Woodstock and Wie name "Bain” became synon­ymous with good farm wagons all over the world. Particularly was this so in Western Canada where a Bain wagon was to be seen on i almost every farm.In normal times the factory em- I ployed between 300 and 400 men and was one of the mainstays of Woodstock industry. During’ the First World War, 1914-1018. the company was busy on war con­tracts for wagons and employed some 600 men, operating 24 hours .a day.SPONSORED BALL TEAMAs nn advertising and publicity feature, the company operated a baseball team, bringing in base*! ball players from other parts of Canada and the U.S. to work in the factory and play baseball under the Bain banner. This team be­came famous and continued for many years, travelling in Canada and the U.S. playing games in many places, and winning champ­ionships all giving good publicity to the famous Bain wagons.Some of the players on early Bain teams were. William Black­lock. William (Hippo) Galloway, H. <Paddy) Barlow, D. Tipton, C. Culross, Fred Eltom, W. Saund­ers, C. Kickbush, Jack Pickard, W. Cristall. James Davis, superin­tendent of the factory, was mana­ger of the team and his son, Will­iam was mascott. The home gam­es were played on Victoria Park and later at the WAAA grounds.) rhe factory had its own fire de-' partment with Joshua France as chief and was completely equipped with hand drawn hose wagon and fire fighting equipment. This bri­gade assisted the Woodstock Fire! Department on numerous occas-! । ions.John A. Bain retired as general I Jn^iager the firm in October [J923 and was succeeded by E. B. Terryberry, the secretary-treasur-! er.The business continued for some' years but with the advent of the' motor car, it began to fall off as farmers graduated to trucks and! eventually was discontinued. The' plant was again taken over by the1 Massey-Harris Co., which is stiUi operating it, manufacturing tract­ors and other lines of modern farm! equipment.Thus the name BAIN, prominent !°r T^ny. 7ears’ disappeared from Woodstock s industrial picture, and now lives only in the memory of those who can recall the busv manufacturing plant in the east end of Woodstock.Not-So-’‘DGad” Reporter Uses Phone, TelegraphDid you ever see a live ghost? were anxiously awaiting details । Well Woodstock had one. , from Woodstock concerning theA live ghost walked the streets death of one of their key reporters of Woodstock Wednesday morning. Soon also, Woodstack police were seeking facte relating to the death passing Inquiries around seeking of Mrs. Maude Davis, and also; facte about the death of this re­background particulars concerningI porter.a libel and slander suit in which All this searching was to no she was to have been a witness, avail.; the reporter could not be,The Toronto Telegram sought to; found. Shortly a rumor was around - get in touch with its reporter, John Woodstock, on the lips of most of1 Debrissy, who had been assigned its citizens that "a man had drop- to that story. ; ped dead while in the Supreme,Young Graham EUcrby, tele-; Court,”graph messenger boy was given But later in the afternoon thei the task of delivering a telegram person whom everyone thought^ to Mr. Debrissy. But when he got,had dropped dead, and whom the) to the County Court House, where police were seeking, phoned in to the Supreme Court of Ontario was the telegraph office.in session, he was told by a Torontol All of Woodstock breathed easier Star reporter, here from Toronto then, as did editors of the Toronto covering the same case, that the. Telegram in Toronto and the staff Telegram Reporter had "dropped,of the CNR telegram office.dead half-an-hour ago." a live ghost had turned into a;Young Graham believed him, live reporter but a pale-faced me®-’ for reporters never lie. and report- senger boy had turned into a red­ed this sad information back to his faced embarrased one. When office. | Graham talks to reporters in fut-.Graham’s office believed him too ure he will insist "when vou say and soon Toronto Telegram editors that smile.”BUDGETHIGHLIGHTSHIGHLIGHTS OF BUDGETTORONTO (CP)OntarioTORONTO (CP) budget highlights: -OntarioTax of 11 per cent imposed on income all corporations earn in Ontario, to yield $165,000,000 tliis year.Special business tax, inoper­ative since 1951, to be re-im-NOTICETO TRUCKERS})Justice Budget Must Go Up To Meet CostsDespite the fact that Oxford County will receive $38,418 in grants thL year from the Attor­ney-General's Department, to help defray the cost of administering justice, the 1957 budget for the County will have to be increased by $10,338, said County Clerk L. K. Coles today.In 1956, $10,338 was directly re­ceived by Oxford County, but un­der the higher and revised grant system which the province adopt­ed this year and which was re­vealed in the budget brought down February 21, this amount will not be received this year.Under the new system, which permits payment of a $1 per capita grant on a population basis, Ox­ford County should receive $38.-; 418. he said."But actually as we will not re­ceive the $10,338 we received last year the grant wpll, in real reality, only amount to $28,080," he ex­plained.The 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.Half load limits on County and Township roads during March and, April are statu- , tory and signs and notices are not required to enforce the section of the Highway Traf­fic Act designating load lim­its.The reasonable use of the roads during the period the frost is coming out will short­en the period the roads will be unstable and greatly re­duce the cost of repairing the roads after the spring break-up, which cost curtails the funds available for con­struction work during the year.J. N. MEIATHIREUL, County Road Superintendent. Court. House, Woodstock. Ontario.budget highlights:Municipal grants boosted by------------ to $213,000,000 with share labelled for$33,700,000 $20,900,000 benefit erf ers only.home and farm own-Surplus of $390,000 on ordinary account compared with forecast bast year of $768,000.posed on capital and places of Distribution of business supplementary grants—$37,500,000Business. _____ for reserve account andCorporations tax act to in- $12,380,000 in special 3 elude two-per-cent levy on gross eluding $3,800,000 to hospi-als.m-insurance SIO.000,000, erly paid ment.Gasolinepremiums, to yield replacing tax form- Current to federal govern- revenue short by all bills.tax increased two |iture into account.year's gross ordinary record $481,035,000 $115,600,000 of payingtaking capital expend-1cents, to 13 cents from 11 cents a gallon, effective at 12:01 a.m.Friday.. Diesel fuel tax in- ; creased to 20 cents a galloncreasedfrom 11,Miningcrease 1effective April 1.tax revision to provincial revenueNet provincial debt $786,788.- 200 compared with $705,306,145 a year ago.Liquor profits $54,000,000. up in. $9,000,000 from estimates. Gas- , by aline taxes up $7,000,000 at $107,-, , 000,000.$9,000,000.Logging tax revenue boosted ----~~ _to. $2,000,000. from. $900,000 Expenditure of $233.400,000 <x.d- through new arrangement with geted for roads in coming year, federal government. increase <rf $30,000,000.Tax of one-third of one per cent on fire insurance premi­ums, to pay expenses of fire marshall's office, doubled.Licence fee on brewers re­vised to yield additional revenue of $5,000,000.Education grants to munic­ipalities to total $101,000,000 compared with S81.200JJ00 in present year. Three increases in grant structure.New taxes and increase provincial$98,500,000 beginningin nevkApril 1.revisions to revenue by fiscal yearCompletely new form of ed­ucation grants to be started in 1958, based on equalized prop­erty assessment.Recordgross ordinary rev-enue of $594,023,000 forecast for new fiscal year, compared with $481,035,000 in year ending March' 31.GroM ordinary expenditures estimated at $510,907,000 for new year, compared with $180,645,000 in present year.Surplus of $556,000 forecast for new fiscal year after apply­ing to capital purposes all of $83,056,000 balance of ordinary revenue over ordinary expendi­ture.Provincial contributions to teachers superannuation fund boosted to six from four per cent, matching teachers’ share.Increase to S2 from $1 50 in basic unconditional grants to municipalities.Ontario Municipal Improve­ment Corporation loan capital raised to $150,000,000 from $50,- 000,000.Province to pay larger shares of children's aid and direct re­lief costs.Grant of $150,000 to Stratford Shakesspearean Festival build­ing fund.collegeand . * grants This Annual Meeting marks the completion of the 62nd year in which the Society has provided child and family services to the citizens of the County of Oxford and the City of Woodstock and the Town of Ingersoll.The guest speaker. Dr. John Rich has been retained by the Ontario Government to head a provincial Institute of Child Psychiatry at Thistletown, Ontario. At the present he is the Director of the Children’s Unit at the Ontario Hospital, Toronto. His address will refer to the problems of children who are emotionally dis­ turbed, and of the plans for providing needed services. (Please use this card for convenience) I will be able to attend the Annual Dinner Meeting and will need ............. „ tickets. I will call for the tickets at the office Q I am enclosing $........... and wish the tickets delivered to me Signature .................................................................... Address ........................................................................ A 1957 membership will be available for you at the dinne*^ Fee'1— $1.00 ANNUAL CONVENTION • Monday & Tuesday February 25th & 26th, 1957 • Sheraton Room Mo»«nine Floor KING EDWARD HOTEL TORONTO THE MUNICIPAL WORLD LIMITED, ST. THOMAS. OHT. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25th Morning9.00 aan.—Registration of Delegates.10.00 a.m.—Opening Address of Welcome by President W. J. Holsgrove.10.30 a.m.—Presentation of Resolutions and Discussion.11.30 a.m.—Address by Honourable W. K. Warrender, Minister of Municipal Affairs, on municipal matters of interest to Councils. Introduced by A. Hendershott, Hannon, Ont. Reply by L. W. King, Raleigh Twp. 12.00 p.m.—Adjournment. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25th Afternoon 2.00 p.m.—Presentation of Resolutions and Discussions. 2.30 p.m.—Address by the Honourable Wm. Nickle, Minister of Planning and Development. Introduced by W. J. Holsgrove, Westbrook, Ont. Reply by Harold Varty, Tweed. Ont. 3.30 p.m.—Presentation and Discussion of Resolutions. 4.15 p.m.—Appointment of Nominating Com­ mittee. 5.00 p.m.—Adjournment. 5.15 p.m.—Closing of Question Box, for ques­ tions on Municipal Problems, to be answered Tuesday morning. Put your question in the box on the desk. 7.00 p.m.—Annual Banquet. Tickets: $3.50 Hon. Walter E. Harris, Minister of Finance for Canada, Speaker. Introduced by Willard Morris, Tilbury, Ont.Reply by John McLennan, Martin­town, Ont.TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26th Morning9.00 a.m.—Registration of Delegates. 10.00 a.m.—A. K. Mair, of The Municipal World, will answer all questions relating to Municipal Affairs which are^ deposited in Question Box by 5.15 p.m. Monday. 11.00 a.m.—Presentation of Resolutions and Discussion. 11.30 a.m.—Address of Honourable J. N. Allan, Minister of Highways. Introduced by Chester Little, Atwood, Ont. Reply by W. S. Fraser, Moose Creek, Ont. 12.15 p.m.—Adjournment. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26th Afternoon 2.00 p.m.—Presentation of Resolutions and Discussion. 4.00 p.m.—Auditors’ Report. Report of Nominating Committee. Election of Officers. Election of Auditors. Other Unfinished Business. NOTE: Newly-elected Board of Directors to meet immediately after adjournment. Adjournment. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25th Morning9.00 a.m.—Registration of Delegates.10.00 a.m.—Opening Address of Welcome by President W. J. Holsgrove.10.30 a.m.—Presentation of Resolutions and Discussion.11.30 a.m.—Address by Honourable W. K. Warrender, Minister of Municipal Affairs, on municipal matters of interest to Councils. Introduced by A. Hendershott, Hannon, Ont. Reply by L. W. King, Raleigh Twp. 12.00 p.m.—Adjournment. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25th Afternoon 2.00 p.m.—Presentation of Resolutions and Discussions. 2.30 p.m.—Address by the Honourable Wm. Nickle, Minister of Planning and Development. Introduced by W. J. Holsgrove, Westbrook, Ont. Reply by Harold Varty, Tweed, Ont. 3.30 p.m.—Presentation and Discussion of Resolutions. 4.15 p.m.—Appointment of Nominating Com­ mittee. 5.00 p.m.—Adjournment, 5.15 p.m.—Closing of Question Box, for ques­ tions on Municipal Problems, to be answered Tuesday morning. Put your question in the box on the desk. 7.00 p.m.—Annual Banquet. Tickets: $3.50 Hon. Walter E. Harris, Minister of • Finance for Canada, Speaker. Introduced by Willard Morris, Tilbury, Ont.Reply by John McLennan, Martin­town, Ont.TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26th Morning9.00 a.m.—Registration of Delegates.10.00 a.m.—A. K. Mair, of The Municipal World, will answer all questions relating to Municipal Affairs which are deposited in Question Box by 5.15 p.m. Monday. 11.00 a.m.—Presentation of Resolutions and Discussion. 11.30 a.m.—Address of Honourable J. N. Allan, Minister of Highways. Introduced by Chester Little, Atwood, Ont. Reply by W. S. Fraser, Moose Creek, Ont. 12.15 p.m.—Adjournment. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26th Afternoon 2.00 p.m.—Presentation of Resolutions and Discussion. 4.00 p.m.—Auditors’ Report. Report of Nominating Committee. Election of Officers. Election of Auditors. Other Unfinished Business. NOTE: Newly-elected Board of Directors to meet immediately after adjournment. Adjournment. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN VI 4^ LIST OF OFFICERS 1956-1957Honorary PresidentsF. B. McMillan, Chesterville, Ont. W. M. Abraham, Chatham, Ont.Past PresidentsJohn McLennan, Martintown, Ont C. A. Keeley, Windsor, Ont.PresidentW. J. Holsgrove, Westbrook, Ont. First Vice-President Willard Morris, Tilbury, 5, Ont. Second Vice-President Lewis King, Merlin, 5, Ont Secretary-T reasurer C. A. Keeley, Windsor, Ont. Directors Zone No. 3—Arthur Hendershott, Hannon, Ont. Zone No. 2—Chester Little, Atwood, Ont. Zone No. 8—Nelson Charlebois, Navan, Ont. Zone No. 2—John M. Eckert, Seaforth, Ont. Zone No. 1—Bert Oakes, Alvinston, Ont. Zone No. 6—Harold Varty, Tweed, Ont. Zone No. 7—W. S. Fraser, Moose Creek, Ont. Zone No. 4—Joseph T. Slattery, Peterborough 8, Ont. • Past Presidents 1934-1935—Alex. Hunter, Hawkesbury, Ont. “1935-1936—Marshal Rathwell, Navan, Ont. 1936-1937—D. A. Vancise, Stayner, Ont. 1937-1938—W. H. Hunter, Varney, Ont. 1938-1939—W. S. Milmine, Stoney Creek, Ont. 1939-1940—W. S. Milmine, Stoney Creek, Ont. 1940-1941—Alex. Marion, Rockland, Ont 1941-1942—Russell Rogers, Kingsville, Ont. 1942-1943—Earl S. Denyes, Belleville, Ont. 1943-1944—Norman Sinclair, Guelph, Ont. 1944-1945—Niram A. Fletcher, Hannon, Ont. 1945-1946—J. N. Corry, Atwood, Ont. 1946-1947—P. J. Mather, Keene, Ont. 1947-1948—Orland Foster, Staples, Ont. 1948-1949—H. E. Kilman, Fonthill, Ont 1949-1950—J. P. Meilleur, Casselman, Ont. 1950-1951—R. J. Reid, Arthur, Ont. 1951-1952—W. S. Donaldson, Atwood, Ont. 1952-1953—E. B. McMillan, Chesterville, Ont. 1953-1954—W. M. Abraham, Chatham, Ont 1954-1955—John McLennan, Martintown, Ont. 1955-1956—C. A. Keeley, Windsor, Ont. “Deceased. COUNTY COUNCILMany Resolutions At March SittingOxford County Council met this 1 morning for the second regular: business session of the year with ' Warden C. M. Riddle in the chair. JResolutions passed by neighbor-; ing counties were read by L. K. Coles, County olerk and treasurer.Hastings County resolved that) financial assistance be requested; from the Federal Treasury to municipalities, tor toe construct­ion of permanent roads. Assistance was asked because the tax load: on real estate has reached alarm­ing proportions and Provincial gasi tax and licence fees are at an all-! time high.COMPULSORY INSURANCEA resolution was received from; Welland County that a strong re- presentatioti be made to the Minist­er of Highways to the effect that it is most desirable that the Province of Ontario institute a policy of compulsory automobile Insurance.| Compulsory insurance was sought because "of the ever-in- creasing incident of financially ir­responsible persons causing serious financial loss to the general public through operating motor vehicles I without insurance coverage fori public liability and property dam­age."Secondly: ‘’Because the Unsatis­fied Judgment Fund is maintain­ed by direct levies against the more responsible citizen who does: pay for such coverage as well." jThirdly; "As the proposal of the! Province to levy a further sum ofi $5 per annum against uninsured1 operators, to augment toe Unsatis-! fied Judgment Fund is not an ad­equate solution to the problem • . . since it would encourage such operators to remain uninsured.” SEEK ROAD SUBSIDYCounty of Wentworth resolved that Province of Ontario be pet-1 itioned to contribute 75 per cent' subsidy towards cost of construct­ion and maintenance of County and Suburban Roads in order to relieve taxation on real property.;the municipalities only source revenue.This was asked because: 1. per cent subsidy established of50: ini 2.1926 has not been changed; _. Roads under jurisdiction of County | Councils and Suburban Road Com­missions are today carrying a high-; er percentage of automobiles/ particularly heavy truck and tran-' sport traffic not local in character;3. Because Department of High­ways is insisting that County Coun­cils and Suburban Road Commis­sions must embark on a program1 of permanent construction to carryi this heavy traffic, with a resultant- heavier tax on real property.A resolution from Grey County* said that as there exists a marked trend toward building of homes on farm lands, which has increas-'-j ed burden of providing school; facilities, and other services upon! rural znignicipalities, therefore., the total cost of construction of school building or extensions re­quired be borne by the provincial government.Ask Oxford County To Aid ParkwoodAccording to a letter read at the i, March session of Oxford County Council the 80-year-old Parkwood Hospital for incurables, at London, may be forced to close its doors unless voluntary assistance Is given.It was pointed out In the totter that private rates had been in­creased but that it was only a partial answer,Realizing the rale of $3.75 jg. set by statute the Women's Christ­ian Association on behalf of toe hospital asked Oxford for volunri tary assistance,URGE HEALTH PLANGrey County resolved that as the , strength of Its nation is det.enmin. ed by the heallth of its people, and the responsibility of its govern­ment, and rs the cost of hospital, doctor, dental and nurses services have increased to record highs. so that many are unable to pay rales now changed, and that these deficit, accounts must be met out of mun­icipal funds, and that many are unable to pay necessary medical I treatment, surgical and dental1 Work, but suffer needlessly be­cause they do not wish to become charges on their municipalities, and as there exists a proven, satis­factory. economical system of ^provincial health and hospital ser­vices in the provinces of Saskatch­ewan and British Columbia, there-i fore, both the Federal and Provin-■. rial Government be urged by the1 Grey County Federation of AgriciU-t ture, to immediately institute and make operative a national and pro­vincial health plan.__ The Agricultural Committee of Grey County Council: 1. requested the Premier of Ontario, Hon. Les­lie Frost. Hon. W, A. Gooodfellow and members of the Cabinet and Ontario Legislature to strengthen, and if necessary to revise the exist mg Ontario Farm Marketing Prod­ucts Act.TAKE OVER ROADCity of Woodstock resolved that their Council request the Province of Ontario, through the ministor of highways, to take over the Gov-j ernor's Road, from Woodstock to Thwmesford. as a provincial high-! way.Reasons: Governor's Road from, Woodstock westerly for 5.1 miles is the responsibility of toe Wood-, stock Suburban Roads Commission; U plans are now being made to have the road paved within the next two years; and as a paved roadwiayj it will constitute toe main link of; Provincial Highway No. 2, from Thamc-sford to Woods tock in every; respect but in name.Letter® from varioui organizat-' ions were then read.St. John Ambulance requested that a grant be made ranging from $10 to $100.The Intenprovincial Pipe Line Co. accepted an option granted to them by Oxford County on the 26 th of October, 1956.Parkwood Hospital for Tnourabto1 requested an increase in the daily I rate for municipal indigent pat­ients at file Hospital.The Children’s Aid Society re-1 quested, a grant of $10,028.80.Ontario Department of Highway* notified Oxford County Council that the maximum appropriations that may be approved shall not exceed $200,000 for construction and $240,- 000 for maintenance.2. That those opposing Marketing Schemes now in force shall be re- quu-ed to secure the same per cent of majority vote as was required to bring the Marketing Scheme in- ,to force.Reasons: Because Agricultural Industry is life blood of Grey! County; Agricultural Industry is caught in a gigantic squeeze of ris­ing Production Costs and disprop­ortionately lower values for toeir products; much of the cause of the Agricultural dilemma is the lack1 of organized, and bargaining power when selling farm products to' strongly-financed organized pro­cessing industry; that the Ontario Farm Marketing Products Act was designed to give farmers much needed and required legislation to bargain collectively in the sale of!,®! . their products; and because this; legislation has been and is being; bitterly attacked in devious ways , by those who trade in and process farm products.ASK AMENDMENTCounty of Ontario resolved that 1 the Minister of Health, Province: of Ontario, be petitioned to amend! Section 16 of Public Hospital Act so that rates for care and treat­ment of indigent patients in the various classes of Public Hospital along with toe Provincial grants, will equal per diem cost of main­taining a patient in said hospitals.Reasons: Because Public Hos-' pitals in toe Province of Ontario । are sustaining substantial losses in the care and treatment of indigent patients; and because these hospit- & ah are constantly requesting mun­icipalities to pay the difference be-, tween the actual cost and the stat­utory rate tor the care and treat­ment of indigent patients.County of Lambton resolved to at a petition be forwarded to the Dominion Government petitioning the Department of Citizenship and Immigration to consider reiimburs-; ing local municipalities for the cost of educating all foreign fam- 1 dies on a per capita basis to les­sen the added expenditure brought about.County of Carleton resolved tout Minister of Labor be urged to have Clause 78 of the Labor Re­lations Act, which allows munici­palities to determine its own labor relations, left in force.PETER FERGUSON| Woodstock Boy Enters Tourneys'Peter Ferguson of Woodstock; and a student at the University of i Toronto left Sunday from Toronto’s Malton Airport for England. He is' to participate in the All-Englandi Badminton Invitation Tournament; Thursday March 21, and the World Championships March 28.Ranked number two in Canada, he will play in the men’s doubles, with the Canadian singles champ­ion, Dave McTaggart of Vancouver' and the mixed doubles with Joan. Warren of Montreal.Ferguson's parents. Mr. and Mrs. E. Ferguson of 329 Riddell j street, Woodstock were at Malton (Airport to see him off.East Nissouri Seeks County Aid In Move Toward Paving HighwayCounty Council during its March., Wording on toe petition eircul-l receiv^ a Petition "sign- ated reads in this manner- ‘ I ed 100 per cent by ratepayers of "Ratepayers of Township of East' toe-township of East Nissouri toi Nissouri part of the Township of' pave Highway 100. Blanshard. and Communities sur-The petition was circulated in rounding and who use Highway! the Township of East Nissouri with No- 100, respectfully petition De- the approval of the Township Partment of Highways, through Council. Township Council of East NissouriAt the Township’s regular meet- J0 immediate steps to inves- ' ing held on March 4. 1957, the „?ale the. Possibility of paving petition was approved and per- R1S^way No. 100 and that definite mission granted to approach all ?ctlon be taken to Pav* the strip ratepayers in East Nissouri from Thamesford on No. 2 High-The Township sought' support of oAtou^V atoe council of the County of Ox- “L feel 0113ford requesting it to pass a re-1 £ be ansolution approving toe petition and tbe H g^ay system but a strip then forwa?dingngthT XriuSSn to has b"en Ur’the Minister of Highways. |yeaS” f°r * nuraber ofratepayers in East Nissouri.List All County Licences Issued For Current YearAt the second session this year ce, Paris; R. A. McDonald. Peel of Oxford County Council, County Street, Woodstock; G. B (Jerry) Clerk and Treasurer. L. K. Coles McDonell. 20.1 Wellington Street i read toe names of those who were London; and M. Gaftor 352 Bath­granted licences for 1957. urst Street. Toronto. ।Persons securing auctioneering Two men received a poultry lic-l licences at a cost of $20 were toe once costing $1. They were Sam' following. Golden. 340 Montrose Avenue, Tbr->Harold J. Minier, Embro, Ont- onto, and Jack Goldstein. Inger- ario; Wallace Ross, RR. 2, Tavi- soli.stock; Amos Zehr. RR. 1. Tavi- Receiving a peddler's licence.I. stock; Alex MacKenzie, RR. 8,costing $2, were Ross Runnails.I Woodstock; Marshall B. Wilson. 53 Alexander Street, Wocxistock.l Willow Street, Paris; William Mac-,k. E, Hartley. Springfield, andi Donald, 2904 Yonge Street, Toron-1 Roelof Sol. 696 Brant Street. Wood-, to; Frank Fulkerson, RR. I, Till-! stock.^ock and Son? Those procuring a salvage licen- 329 Eleanor Street, Undon; Don- ce. costing $20. were the following I aid Fiose. Ingersoll; Milton Roth.! Mike Palaniuk. 200 Cherr* StreetS F¥°n» 3L" g e r 8 0 11: James* McFarlane1 ML?' uA' BradyL 21 P^^ville; W Guenette and Char-i Naggan and Walter- les Barnes. Ingersoll; I, Scurr, RR0! rSVnu £a,^ns?n-1 RR 5> Woodstock; s™^^^P irk RR 5‘ •nd Braemar AutoPark Rnw. Woodstock; N. W. Dap-1 Parts, RR. 5, Rmbro.ce, Paris; R. A. McDonald, Peel!Two men received a poultry lie-1Golden. 340 Montrose Avenue, Tor-. TILLSONBURG HOSPITAL BOARD SEEKS GRANTMembers of a delegation from Tillsonburg Hospital Board con­fer with thedr representatives inthis week. The delegation was requesting a grant of $9,723.36 as tihe county's share of its op-urer of hospital board, and G. W. Stevens, superintendent ofQare Esiseltine, deputy-reeve, Ed Pearce, reeve, Ray Crandall, chairman of Tillsonburg hospitalCounty Council meeting here erating deficit for 1956. Left:board, and W. R. Myrick, treats- hospital. (Staff Photo)COUNTY COUNCILMOH Gives Report On Health UnitOxford Municipal Road Program $5,763,500Oxford County has again been free of any epidemics of disease reported Dr. O. C. Powers, Medical Officer of Health. Friday, conclud­ing day of the March session of County Council.He pointed out that while sporad­ic cases of minor communicable diseases have occurred throughout the year, no serious illness has resulted.Scarlet fever was more preva- ■ lent, but in most cases was mild and easily controlled by anti­biotics. Only one case of poliomy- elitig was reported: “The incidence of this disease was low throughout the province,” he said.Immunization against prevent­able diseases has been increased and facilities are available in all parts of the County for children to be immunized against smallpox, diptheria, tetanus, whooping cougn and acute poliomyelitis, said Dr. Powers in his annual report.I “Probably more interest hast been created by the Salk vaccine in the prevention of poliomyelitisthan any other public health activ­ity", he said.i “You may note some 17,222 : children were given the vaccine during the year”, he pointed out to County Councillors.TO CLINICS“The vaccine is now being giv­en to all our Child Health Clinics, and by the end of 1957. probably all individuals between six months and nineteen years will have re­ceived the vaccine. It is still, how­ever, too early to evaluate the Salk vaccine in the prevention of paraly­tic poliomyelitis.” he informedCouncillors.The Tuberculosis control pro­gram is still showing excellent re­sults, he pointed out, thanks to the Oxford County Tuberculosis Asso­ciation who finance the program through the Christmas Seal Fund.Unfortunately, he said, the Ox- i ford Red Cross were unable to continue financing the dental work ' in needy children, but arrange­ments are under way with the newly formed Oxford Dental As- , sociation for a more complete den­tal program.The National Society of Hard'of Hearing are very cooperative in the examination of children with defective hearing, he said.“We do not expect our program to be. radically changed within th* new few years, but intend to carry on very much as in the past. Ai newer health practices are forth­coming and prove themselves, w* shall be happy to adopt them,” h* told Councillors.Paying compliments to others, h® said, “Our sincere thanks go to th* entire staff for a job, we think, well done. Special thanks go to our Board of Health, to Miss Haviland, our nursing supervisor who has her worries, and to anyone «ls* who in .anyway has contributed to j the success of the Health Unit in । 1956".The cooperation and support of the Warden and County Council, | he pointed out, and the Mayor and City Council of Woodstock, a* well as the Mayor and Town Council of Ingersoll, "merits th* sincer*' thanks of the Oxford Health Unit Staff.”The Ontario Highways Depart-, Total allotted to Oxford ment plans to spend a total of country roads is $200,000 for $5,763,300 on municipal roads with- structibn and $240,000 for mainten- in Oxford County during 1957, ac- ance.forcon-cording to the departments pro- /__________1.^ __,.^.1gram tabled in the Ontario Legis- follow: Blandford. $6,000 for con- lature today. Of this total $2,346,300' struction and $17,000 for mainten- is for construction and $3,417,000. ance; Blenheim $15,000 and $39, for maintenance. I 000; Dereham, $32,000 and $32,000;Every municipal corporation in East Nissouri . $10,000 and $25,000;the province receives subsidy on North Norwich, $16,000 and its expenditures providing they are, 000; South Norwich. $17,000 properly chargeable to road im-' $30,000; East C ‘ 'Amounts received by townshipsEastOxford. $3,000provement under the Highway Im- 320,000; North Oxford, $5,000 iM’nuomnnt A 1 DfW Oxford S6 Q00provement Act.'$15,000I $18,000West_ . I $18,000; East Zorra, $18,000,#Roads in cities receive a sub-I $39,000; West Zorra, $14,000East$3P.- and and and and, and andsidy of 33 1-3 per cent for roads '$31,000.’and the same for bridges; sep- The city of Woodstock will arated towns are allowed the same ceive $50,000 for construction rate; towns receive a subsidy ofi$40,000 for maintenance.50 per cent for roads and 80 perl Ingersoll, as a separated town, cent for bridges; villages also re-.will get $6,000 and $26,000.ceive 50 per cent for roads and 89; TiHsonburg, as a town gets per cent for bridges; townships get $5,000 and $26,000.33 1-3 to 8() per cent subsidy for Villages included in the list fol- roads and 80 per cent for bridges: low: Embro. $1,000 for construct­county roads receive 50 per cent'ion and $2,400 for maintenance: for loads and 80 per cent for Norwich, $2,600 and $4,000: Tavi- brid®es. stock, $500 and $3,300.and.-Midget, Bantam Cagers Are Beaten At OrilliaThe five drivers who took ftei boys over 360 miles were Cecil: Batten. Len Coles. Jack Cryder- man, Al Smith, Jim Spurgeon.■ SOUGHT COUNTY GRANT FOR INGERSOLL HOSPITALHighlight of Thursday’s ses- i from sipn of Oxford County Council, -pital. i& third day, was a delegation 1 urer;from Ingersoll’s Alexandra Hos-l. Left: R. W. Green, treas- ; P. M. Dewan, chairmanof the trust C. M. Riddle, war­den: J. R. Hargreaves, Reeve, West Oxford, and members of1957 County Tax RateRaisedTo 17.7Millshospital trust: and J. W. Mitch­ell. chairman of managing com­mittee (Staff Photo)County Council in its March ses­sion set a mill rate of 17.7 for 1957* Last year's mill rate was 15.The budget was set as follows: For general purposes, $166,800; ; charity and w’elfare, $163,888.39;County roads, $259,232.50.This allocation set the total a- mount of the budget at $589,920.89, for 1957.The Oxford Children’s Aid Soc­iety was given a grant of $10,028.80 to be paid on a quarterly basis in 1957. = ■ •THlsonburg District MemorialHe -piiial wasgiven a grant of$9723.36. This covers the County’s share of its 1956 deficit.A grant was given to Ingersollthe Corporation of the County Carleton regarding keepingof in(force Clause 78 of the Labor Rela­tions Act was filed.County Council also recommend­ed filing the communication from the Board of Transport Commiss­ioners for Canada regarding the distribution of costs on grade crossing protection.County Council endorsed the commmunication from the Council of the Corporation of the County of Wentworth regarding increasing the subsidy on roads expenditure from 50 to 75 per cent.But it filed a resolution from the Council of the Corporation of the County of Hastings requesting fi-nancial assistance from the Feder-Hospital of 52,156.97 to cover the nancial assistance from the Feder- Ccunty’s share of its 1956 deficit, al Treasury to municipalities forA per diem rate of $4.25 was set for Parkwood Hospital to commen­ce April 1, 1957.ENDORSE RESOLUTIONSA resolution from the Council of the Corporation of the County of Welland regarding objections to the 'levy of $5 per annum against uninsured operators of motor ve­hicles and recommending that the Province of Ontario institute a policy of compulsory automobile insurance was endorsed by County j Council.It also endorsed a communicat­ion from Woodstock City Council regarding the Province of Ontario assuming the Governor’s Road as a King’s Highway.A-petition from the ratepayers ; of East Nissouri Township request­ing the Province of Ontario to pave; No. 100 highway, was tabled until the June session. This was because; the 1957 program on King’s High­way Construction will not be known <111 that time.A resolution from the Council oftheconstruction of _permanentroads.County Council endorsed the res­olution passed by the LambtonCounty Council, at its January ses­sion, 1957, regarding the cost of education for foreign families.It also endorsed a resolution passed by Grey County Council re­garding the total cost of school buildings or extensions.GRANTSThe following associations re­ceiving grants were:Oxford Ratepayers and School Trustees Association, $250; Agri­cultural Societies, $250 each; North Blenheim Horse Breeders, $75; Oxford Poultry Association, $50; Oxford County 4-H Leader’s Assoc­iation, $500; Oxford County Junior Farmers, $200; Oxford Plowmens’ Association, $300; Oxford Crop and Soil Improvement Association, $400 Western Ontario Dairymens’ Ass­ociation, $25; Blenheim Plowmens’ Association, $100; Otter Valley Poultry and Pidgeon Club, $50.Province Won'tAssume Gov. Rd.Woodstock’s request that the Provincial Government take over the Governor’s road as a provin­cial highway has been denied by the Minister of Highways for Onto ario according to correspondence! read at city council meeting lastf'i- night.Minister o/ Highways the Hon.i ra James N. Allen wrote city coun-’ - cil stating that the matter had been gone into thoroughiv, but be­cause of 401 highway the depart- . ment declined to take up the road as a provincial highway at this time.Council decided to hold the let­ter in its pending file and to re-- open the question at the time the Governor’s road is completely pav­ed. as expected some time this year.Ingersoll Hospital Seeks Grant To Cover DeficitAn appeal for approximately $2,156.97 was made to Oxford County Council, Thursday, by a delegation from Ingersoll's Alex­andra Hospital, to cover part of their 1956 deficit of $6,630.77.R. W. Green, treasurer df the Hospital Board, said this request­ed grant was the County’s share of the loss on ward and indigent patients.The loss per day was 1.195, on 1805 Indigent and ward days for county patients. He added that Ingersoll has accepted its share of the total deficit.“We would like to point out that the usual loss of approximately $3 per day was not incurred because of Increased revenue in our ouL patient services. This increasedrevenue was largely due to patron-, age of construction companies act-' ive in this area last year," he ex­plained.Chairman of the Board, P. M. Dewan, extended his thanks to County Council. “We appreciated; the help you gave us last year,; especially when our demand was very high,’’ he said.Members appearing included R' W. Green, treasurer; P. M. Dewan, chairman of the Board; and J. WJ Mitchell, chainman of the mana­ging committee.Council spent the rest of the day In committees. Probably the busi-j1 ewt was the finance commitiiM which was concerning itselif wit* setting a 1957 budget.Seek County Grant For Hospital UseOxford County Council was ask­ed, by a delegation from Tillson­burg Hospital Board, for a grant of $9,723.36 as the county's share of its operating deficit for 1956The delegation also appealed ta council to consider a grant 57,789.37 towards capital expendit­ures last year, a different request from other years.Last year the hospital req nested about $.11,700 on its deficit and the appeal this year was approxi­mately $2,000 less.Comprising the delegation were" R, CrandML W . Myrick and G. W. Stevans. ■ WSIngersoll Hospital Seeks$2,756 Grant Of Oxford*ONLY ONE "STAG" LEET ON COUNTY COUNCILWhen the March session of Ox­ford County Council opened this week it was discovered that of the two remaining bachelors in the Council one had married and slipped away to Bermuda for his Ihoneymoon. While a lot of teas­ing went on the sole bachelor remained sad and lonely. Look­ing gloomy because has only bachelor pal has deserted him Reeve Chas. Beagley, Embro,(LEFT) look on when Warden) C. M. Riddle (RIGHT,) congrate ulates newly married Reeve) Howard McComb, Norwich. j (Staff Photo).Free Pres* Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK, March 28 — With a deficit of $6,630,. a delegation from Ingersoll’s i Alexandra Hospital appealed to Oxford County Council) for a grant of $2,156 to cover the county’s share fori the loss on ward and indi- - gent patients.V Out Patients AidedRoy Green, treasurer, pointed out that the hospital’s request this year towards the deficit was “considerably lower" than last ' year. The county last year gave, the hospital a grant of about' « $7,000.Mr. Green, one of three spokes­men, said there were 1,805 county ward and indigent patients, and ’■ that the Joss per day was’$L19. He noted that Ingersoll had ac­cepted its share of the deficit, and pointed out that the reduced re­quest was due to revenue derived from out patients.John Mitchell, chairman of the management committee, ex-1S plained that increased staff and. increased salaries, effective as of March, are expected to be bal- anced by already increased rates.V'j . z-Health Unit Big Factor In Woodstock ProgressIf progress in Woodstock is diagnosis and treatment and fol- measured by an increase in popul- low-up pf cases and contacts;, x. ------* ' School health services, MentalIn these visits nurses are always on the lookout for various healthfction and the establishment of aCounty Health Unit then Woodstock has advanced.The Oxford Health Unit was formed bv County Council, on Sept. 18, 1945. At that time it was designed to service all Oxford County, except Ingersoll and Wood- stock.But Ingersoll realized it also needed its services and it was in­cluded in January, 1947. Woodstockfollowed in January, 1950.When the Oxford Health Unit started in 1945, the population it,hygiene, dental hygiene, sanitation, food control, and health education.While the Health Unit still carri­es on with this full-scale program it now concetrates mainly on school health services.Dr. O. C. Powers, medical officer of health, busies himself with an immunization program designed "to protect children against small­pox. diptheria, tetanus, whooping cough, and polio." 765 SQUARE MILESIn a attempt to reach everyproblems.PREVENTIVEPROGRAMsafeguarded was 38,000. This has child in Oxford County, which em­increased to better than 63,000.STAFF OF EIGHTThe unit started withbraces 765 square miles of landone MOH,one sanitary inspector, one secre-tary. and five nurses.Now the staff includesarea, Dr. Powers holds his’clinics in the following way.Clinics are from 2 to 4 p.m.On the first Tuesday of theThis has led to yet another ad­vance in the increased preventive services of the Health Unit. This forward step takes the form of preventive mental health.For example, children who have difficulty in adjusting can be _ re­ferred to the mental health clinic in London. If necessary, they are also directed to agencies for social welfare.The Unit also acts as a directive agency. Regarding physical health many children are referred to the Orthopedic clinic in London. Num­erous cases are also assisted byone MOH, month he sets up a clinic at Drum-the Rotary and Lion's Club.Directing the progress and velopment of the Unit is the ford Health Unit Board.Representig the County ofde­Ox­Ox-1;two sanitary inspectors, one vet- bo, first Thursday at Woodstock, . „erinarian, two clerks, and 101 first Friday at Thamesford, second ford are Warden C. M. Riddle, public health nurses, Including one Wednesday at Beaohville, second Reeve Ed Pearce and Deputy Re- synervisor. Miss Mae Haviland. (Thursday at Tillsonburg, second eve P. L. Pressey.The volume, measured in terms i Friday at Norwich, third Monday Woodstock is represented by of school population alone in 1945.! at Brownsville, third Wednesday Alderman George La Flair and was between six and seven thous- ait Ihe Moose Lodge io Woodstock, Ingersoll by Mayor Mre. Winrd- and. Now it has doubled to more third Thursday at Ingersoll, fourth fred Williams.than 12,900. Thursday at Embro, and the fourth -Tan-^ Hartnett renresents theThe Health Unit believed, when I Friday, at Tavistock.Other less populated areasOxford County have clinics set up I by its board and served by Medi­cal Officer of Health, Dr, PowersWoodstock is represented byJames Hartnett represents theIt-was first organized, that noth­ing but a full program would be adequate, to maintain the general well-being of Oxford County’s ex-। Province of Ontario, of The Oxford Health Unit guidedfor only four months of the year.pending posAilatlon.That program was as fol tows: IN CONFERENCESNo Parkwood I Aid From CityA motion of no action was ap­proved by finance committee of | city council last night on a re­quest from the Women’s Christian Association on behalf of the Park­wood Hospital for Incurables at London for a volunteer increase in! indigent patient rates above that- authorized by statutes.Currently the city is paying the limit of $3.75 per day as allowed for under present statutes.The letter to council pointed outj that indigent patient costs for 1956 were $5.84 per day and were esti­mated at $6.84 for 1957. It was pointed out, that pay increases of; staff, the establishment of a 49- hour week and the elimination of a split shift would increase the: hospital costs by $80,000 for they year.It was further stated in the let-1 er. that under present rates the' hospital was facing a loss of $1-59 per day per patient and said the 80-year-old hospital might be forc­ed to close its doors lacking vol-! unteer assistance.Council was informed that Ox-K ford County had recently volun­tarily increased its rates by an' extra 50 cents per patient per day for a total of $4.25.Pointing out that the $3.75 figure; was U)e statute limit, city manager!, R. G. Given said he felt that itj would be setting r dangerous pre­cedent. for the city to volunteer more funds. The city, he said, has three patients in the hospital,.... ............ through its policy of preventiveOn the first Wednesday of the health helps to keep Oxford County ' functionig in a healthy atmos-;- phere.They are ats follows:month, Platteville, on the second Monday, Otterville, on the fourthWednesday, Princeton, and on theMaternal and Infantile hygiene „that was carried on in child health ; second Tuesday. Kintore.conferences. ) Apart from this busy routine nfkTuberculosis control program, .holding clinics and (immunizing, whirh included chest clinics, tuber* children against preventive dtaens-i ctflin testing-in primary and sec-’ es public health nurses also make oral ary schools, and a follow-up of more than 8.000 home visits.al! contacts. i Another job nurses have is school.VD control that consisted, of' visits which easily number 14,000. ",1Higher Oxford County TaxRate Indicated■hExpenditure Of $528,100 Likely On County RoadsIn a third report on county roads the road committee report . recommended that $528,100.00 be spent on County road systems far 1957, exclusive of the construction trf tile Governor's road, County road No. 32.This road committee report was unanimously approved Friday by Oxford Count)’ Council, in its March session.The amount to be raised by county levy to support this pro­gram is $225,000.General expenses, less Wood- stock and Ingersoll, will be $12,967.Machinery repairs and opera­tions for Woodstock and Embro shops will cost $15,000.New machinery, three loaders and mowers, will cost $12,000.Bridge and culvert construction on Count)- roads will cost $102,600. The cost to cover minor repairs is $1,782.10.The amount to construct, bound­ary bridges in Oxford-Middlesex,lot 32. East Nissouri. half cost is| $10,500,construction $192,850.This brings an extra road ex­penditure of $280,950 to Oxford County for 1957.The committee also recommend-1 K ed that County road No. 6 be re-l.-sS designated between Beachville and, the Governor’s road. This was to I be done by deleting that section. > that lies west of the extension of road six through the village erf Beachville and assume the exten­sion of road six through Beach- viHe to the point where the exten­sion meets County road No. 6, situated between lots 20-21, Con­cession one, North Oxford Town­ship.In addition the road between Concession 11 and 12, East Zorra Township, a distance of 0.6 miles. - . was assumed as a county road.Chairman for the road commit­tee was Reeve J. R. McLaughlin.i Dereham..For Dereham and West Oxford, lot 14. Dereham — S7.0O0. General bridge repairs is $1,000.The total amount of these ex­penses is $18,500.SUBURBAN ROADSExpenses for Woodstock subur-! ban roads is detailed in the follow-, ing manner:Road 12, maintenance. $1,800: road 30, construction. $2,400; road 30. maintenance, $1,050; road 32, maintenance. $3,758.76; road 32, overhead. $583.For Ingersoll suburban roads: Road nine maintenance, $2,200: road ten. maintenance, $616.40; road ten overhead. $180.Urban municipalities will be as, follows:Tillsonburg: Maintenance of con­necting links, $2,000; rebate for 25 per cent of 1957 road levy, $5,936.- 89,, of which the total amount is $7.8(36.89.Norwich: Maintenance of con­necting links, $800; rebate of 25 per cent of 1947 road levy, $1,605.- 74.- of which the total amount is $2,405.74.Embro: maintenance of connect­ing link is included in road six.Rebate. 25 per cent of 1957 road lew, $546.82.Tavistock: Maintenance of con­necting link. $200; rebate. 25 per cent of 1957 road levy, $1,222.53. of which the total amount is $1,422.53.For urban municipalities as a whole the total amount is $12,311.- 98.The estimated cost for construc­tion of Oxford Countv roads is' $151.914.76.Total estimated figure for roadmaintenance in Oxford County is $181,236.R ECOMMENDATIONThe committee also recommend­ed that the County of Oxford pass .. a ; supplementary by-law, which was approved by County Council,, rover!ng the following items, which were in excess of the by­law covering the normal road ex­penditures of $440,000.The items to be covered by the supplementary by-law were:1 Road six, Beachville Bridge— $55,600.2 Road 22. Bridge, Concession 13, BJan'dford-Blenhcim— $21,000.? Middlesex - Oxford boundary .bridge. Lot 32. East Nissouri — $1Q.5OO4 Governor’s road (road 32),TENDERS WANTEDSEALED TENDERS address­ed to the County Road Super­intendent and endorsed "Ten­der for Supplies and Hauling Road Materials and’ Equip­ment Hire” will be received by the undersigned up to 12 o’clock noon, Thursday, April 18, 1957, for the following:1. Hauling of road building materials from vari­ous sources within or ad­jacent to the County.2. Feeding, crushing and3.4.5.6.hauling from designated gravel pits-.Delivery of the albove men- . tioned materials to be made on certain portions of the County Road System as directed by the County Road Superintendent.Any other work that may be designated on the tender form.Truck, shovel and equip­ment hire.Supplies and other services userl in road construction and maintenance.Contract arrangements and specifications and tender forms may lie obtained at the office of the County Road Superintendent, Court House, Woodstock, Ontario, on or after April 8th.Tenders must be accompan­ied by a marked cheque pay­able to the County Treasurer or an approved hid bond for Five Hundred Dollars.The lowest or any tender not. necessarily accepted. ■J, N. MEATHRELL, County Road SuperintendentJustice Administration Seen Boosting CostsFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, March 18 — Because administration of justice costs will likely be much higher at the county level and because road budgets increased at the January session, a substantially higher mill rate is indicated when Oxford * County Council con­venes here for its budget session on March 26.County Clerk L. K. Coles said today administration of justice costs will likely be "much higher” at the county level because pro­vincial grants have been cut off' entirely. The province, he pointed out, used to pay a portion of the jail salaries, and the food bill, but: in place of that, now pay $1 peri capita to the municipalities.See Busy SessionThe March session will un­doubtedly be a busy one, with| many agricultural bodies sched­uled to appeal to council for their usual grants. Among the dele- Jgates expected to appear are rep-, Iresentatives of the 4-H Club, Ox­ford County Plowmen’s Associa­tion; Oxford County Poultry As­sociation; Oxford County Crop; and Soil Improvement Associa­tion, and possibly the Blenheim1 Township Plowmen’s Association.Appeals for grants to cover hospital deficits at Tillsonburg, and Ingersoll, are also expected.The county clerk, and treasur­er, felt that if the grants for ad­ministration of justice had been paid to the county, the council would have been able to reduce; the tax rate."My guess is that it will raise! the county tax rate about $16,000, or about half a mill,” the clerk said, pointing out “the road budg­et in the January session was in-i creased about $60,000.”Hospital Asks Aid for DeficitFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, March 27—A delegation from Tillsonburg Hos­pital Board asked Oxford County Council today for a grant of $9,723.36 as the county’s share of its operating deficit for 1956.Something new was added, however, when the delegation also appealed to council to con­sider a grant of $7,789.37 towards capital expenditures last year.Last year the hospital request­ed about §11,700 on its deficit and the appeal this year was about ($2,000 lower.Appearing on behalf of the j hospital were R. Crandell, W., I Myrick and G. W. Stevens.Plattsville Abrasive PlantAnnounces Big ExpansionPLATTSVILLE—An 86,000 square foot addition to the Plattsville plant of the Canada Sand Papers Ltd., is to be started immediately. It will include new office buildings, cafeteria, and locker room facil­ities, as well as more space for the coated abrasive finishing operation.The head office, which is now lo­cated in Preston, will be closed, the building disposed of and the staff of about 35 moved to Platts- J ville.considerable study erf other local-Combining the plant and head of- Quebec, flee has been planned to co-ordin-1 ate the company's operations, saidities.The new plant will be in opera­tion in 12 months. The work force is expected to be increased from 130 to 200.The company was formed by Can-, adian interests In 1932 at Preston. In 1950 it was taken over as an in­dependent by the American Corb- orundum Company, which also owns subsidiaries at Niagara Fads, New York and at Shawinigan Falls,G. J. Keller, General manage?, Ho said the decision tn expand toe manufacturing facilities at . , Plattsville, were made only after .’■TfI ■HEALTH UNIT REPORTSlaughtering Regulations Lax, States VeterinarianPublic Health NursingCovers All Age GroupsPerhaps the worst note in the Oxford Health Unit's annual re- port for 1956 was a statement made by Unit veterinarian, Dr. L. E. L. Taylor. ,| W Referring to slaughtering estab­lishments, he said. "A small num- c. ber of unscrupulous persons con­tinue their nefarious operations in and adjacent to the County; but until Provincial regulations (with . teeth in them!) in respect to the slaughtering of animals for human consumption are in effect, there is little that can be done.' ■ ; "Inspection of all animals prior to and’ after slaughter should be conducted by qualified personnel, and only at premises approved and licensed' by Provincial authority,"he contended.86slaughterHe inspected houses, including premises and contents; during slaughtering he. 7. inspected 29.There are 17 slaughter houses, where all year round slaughtering ' and urocessing * including custom war!;' is done in the County. Also ® in the County there are seven ad­ditional premises where activities are seasonal or otherwise limi­ted. As Unit veteminarian, Dr. Tay­lor is attached to the division of Food Control. He controls locker 1. - plants, dairy herds, milk proces­sing equipment, condenseries and cheese factories, poultry killing and evisceration plants, and poult­ry canning plants.'Located in the county are 29Grade one. 87.09 per cent: grade। two, 9.27 per cent; grade three,! 3.12 per cent; and grade four, .52, per cent. He found 96.36 per cent' satisfactory, and 3.64 per cent un-' satisfactory.His inspection amounted to 2161. of the 11 pasteurization plants' (dairies) in the County, including1 two outside the county.He also carried on 23 special in­spections (processing and line checks); 714 pasteurization milk samples, which he collected and submitted to the Laboratory: and submitted 152 utensil and bottle rinses also to the Laboratory.Of these major alterations and improvements were made in one1 dairy, minor improvements i n others, and new modern proces­sing equipment has also been in­stalled in several others.He inspected 24 condenseries and cheese factories, of which nine, patron inspections were requested] for various reasons. In this con­nection he also conducted five re­quested herd tests of which mast­itis was suspected.Within the seven poultry killing and evisceration plants located in the county, and one outside the county, he carried on 42 inspect­ions. :In addition to these inspections, he said, numerous post-mortem examinations have been conduct­ed on animals and poultry.locker plants and he has carried on 133 inspections of them.WATER SUPPLYTo the matter of water supply, he said, "A very noticeable deter­ioration in the quality of rural wat­er supplies was apparent during the year; necessitating the chlor­ination of a number of wells which had previously produced highly satisfactory and potable suppliesRates Are Set At TillsonburgThe goal of public health nursing is the prevention of disease and the preservation and promotion of health for every member of the community, 'said Mae Haviland, nursing supervisor in the Oxford Health Unit’s annual report.To wonk towards this goal, she pointed out, “we have a program which covers the prenatal period, infant and pre-school children, el­ementary and secondary school students and adults of all ages."Home visits are made to pre­natal mothers for the purpose of encouraging adequate medical care, diteousstnig the hygiene of pregnancy and the preparation for the baby, she said."We feel this is a very important period and proper care at this time is essential to the future well- being of both mothers and babies.” To assist mothers, during a per­iod -of adjustment, nurses try to visit all new babies as soon as possible. “Many of these babies are brought to our Child Health Conferences which are held month­ly in fifteen centres throughout the county,” she said."Here the babies are weighed, progress checked and the mothers discuss the care and training of their children with the nurses. Im­munization against diphtheria, whooping-cough, tetanus, smallpox and poliomyelitis is available at these clinics. All children up to । school age are welcomed to at- tend,” she added.j This year, she said, two new I public schools have been built, making a total of 121 public 1 schools and five secondary schoolsTillsonburg Council last nighty set the 1957 tax rate at 49.1 mills, on residential property and 53 - mills on commercial and 'indust-'in the country. This comprises about one-fifth of the population of Oxford County, she said.Nurses devote most of their mornings working in the schools 'checking visions and! general health and discussing health habits with the children and the teachers.____UNDER OBSERVATIONOperating for the first time thisi ._ . , I h'lrirnn uriover an extended period." I, „ ... —Additional inspection services in- year under the new county equal­ized assessment system, the coun- cil deliberated for several hoursbefore settling the rates.The Ontario unconditional grants make possible a reduction of 3.9“Children with known, defectsschools. she pointed out, is some- ported, because of an increase in what different. “Here we try to population, heavy immunization encourage the students to bring program, and itaff depletions the- their individual problems in health [ ough illness and resignations, in tPca f/.i* icc.inn and rnp.ito the nurse for discussion andcounselling. This type of program requires a good deal of time and as yet we do not have suff iceent staff to make it the worth-while service we would like it to be," she explained.igh illness „._r ___This has also caused us to feelfrustrated because some of th# work could not be covered, she said.Thanking various organizationsfor their co-operation, she said, “I,, would like to thank the Medical profession, inspectors, teachers andLess emphasis is placed on min- profession, inspectors, teacner« ana or communicable diseases now and I Parent?' r co-operation Al- cases are not visited In their horn- <»" r'i__ ■mi... „ Ko to all member.' of Womens te­es unless a special need is mdteat- Home andTkn u„.., and a11 other womens organiz-The work in tuberculosis, how-, alions and individuals who so gen­ever, consumes a good deal of the erousI give time and a,qist. nurses time, she said. Throughout ance at 0^4 HealU1 Confer. the county, there are 45 ches-t encesclinics a year, staffed by nurses, j -j wou]d a]so Uke to thank the Home visits to tuberculosis cases various Service Clubs, Red Cross,and contacts were almost doubled; Childrens Aid Society and the Vic- this past year; there was also a torian Order of Nurses for their substantial increase in Chest Clin- support and assistance in our work, ic attendance, she said. I "We are grateful to our secr&t-"This does not mean that tuber-! aries and to Dr. Taylor and the culosis has increased but can be 'Sanitary tespeetors for their assist- explained in part by the concentrat-[ ance and willingness to help at all ed effort at case finding during , times, she said. • 1eluded, he pointed out, all known butcher shops and fish stores with­in the County, together with other food outlets.‘ Woodstock City Market was in­spected regularly each week,” he added.Various investigational work has been performed following direction by the Medical Director, and com­plaints checked, he said.Producers have been speciallymills on residential rates from last year.This year’s mill rate will raise • a total of $441,273.91 compared to $345,384.56 last year. The 1957 as-i•sessment is $8,302,146.A rising education cost of $70,000 and a county assessment increaseare kept under observation until the defects are corected,” she ex­plained. The work in the schools is followed up by many home visits to acquaint the parents with the findings of the nurse and to advise and help them to arrange for treatment or correction of de­fects, she said.But service in the secondarythe past year. After the Mass Sur­vey carried on by the Tubercul­osis Association, the Health Unit nurses did the followup work. In addition, all public and secondary school children were given tuber­culin tests and many home visits were made following these tests to arrange for chest x-rays of the reactors and their contacts, she said.Referring to mental health, Miss Haviland said, “The service of the Mental Health Clinic in London is available to the residents of Ox­ford County and appointments can be made through the Health Unit. MANY ARE HELPED“Many people with emotional problems or problems of adjust-, ment have taken advantage of and been helped by this servict, she, said.Home visits are made, for many' reasons, she pointed out, to adults of all ages, "wherever the need is; brought to our attention.Demonstration nursing care is given to teach a responsible mem­ber of the family how to carry, out simple nursing procedures when needed, she said. “While this), service has not been used to any' great extent, it is always avail-, able, she added.Nurses have had heavier work loads to carry this year, she re-Demonstrate Eradication Of BuckthornUnder the general chairmanship of Reeve H. A. Armstrong of West. Zorra a successful buckthorn and barberry eradication demonstrat­ion was conducted Saturday morn­ing on Harold Elliott’s fa/m, on Governor's Road.Key men were named in ‘he 25 concession blocks in West Zorr-? Township. It will be their respon-k sibility to solicit voluntary help of' farmers within the block, whenwork is to commence ular block.All control work is under the leadershipin a partic-carried on of OxfordCounty Weed Inspector, Ed Thorn- ’ ton.Program at Saturday’s meeting, also included a discussion on the, identification of buckthorn and bar-! berry shrubs and their eradication r measures.interviewed, he said, and advised' regarding their problems and, of $10,000, over last year, are thesanitary and correct milking pro-1 cedure. >• . , As well, he added, talks and dis­cussions have been held with pro-i ducer organizations, and educat­ional literature distributed.He has also conducted tours, he aaid, of staff, and temporarily at­tached nurses, and technicians from the Ontario Hospital Labor­atory. "This enables them to vis­ualize conditions generally and witness the handling and process­ing of various food products.”In Oxford County there are 94 producers of fluid milk and of these only two were unsatisfactory.MILK GRADESAverage Resazurin grades of raw milk for a twelve month per­iod as determined by Laboratory tests were classifed by Dr. Tay- ... • lor in the following manner:major increases in expenditures in the budget.General purpose estimates werej • set at $144,457.35; county rate,, $54,179.80; parks, $5,246.95; re- . creation, the same amount; public.and separate schools $130,350.02; Kar high schools $66,010.56; debent- ures and interest $35,782,25 for a total of $441,273,91.H AMMER — At Woodstock General Hospital on Friday. May 8, 1957, J. Beryl Hamner, husband of Daisy Fraln, Norwich, dear father of Kirke Hanmer, Big Rapid#, Michi­gan; Mrs. Lewis Sttenatr* (Mary) Toronto: Mrs. John Lltster (Clara), Toronto; Mrs. Jack Byer# (Jean) Woodstock, in his Wind year.Friend# may call at the A. B. Am A- Son Funeral Residence, Norwich, where the funeral will be held Mon- day, M*y «. «wv>ce at 2 p.tn. Rev. Lloyd Whan will oMiclate, Jntermen* in Burgeasvtlle cemetery. Masonic •ervlce Sunday evening at 8 o’clock.J. B. HANMERNORWICH—A very large crowd of relatives, neighbors and friends, more than could be accommodated in the spacious Arn and Son fun­eral residence, gathered on Mon­day afternoon for the funeral of the late J, B. Hanmer, reeve of Norwich village in 1951-52, A groat amount of space was taken up for the floral tributes, which ar­rived from all parts of Ontario and were reminders of the high esteem in which the deceased was held and of sympathy for his fam­ily.Rev. Lloyd Whan, minister of' the Baptist Church, conducted the service and lauded Mr. Hanmer's many acts of kindness to ha, friends, his interest in his church! and the village he served so we”.JActive bearers were: C. H. Hoyt, Herbert Fleteher, Albert Byers,* Oscar Gare. A. P. Maedel and H. C. Cayley; honorary bearers. H. M. Wenn, A. L. Bushell. George A. Lees. R. Rustling, Simcoe, ari Herbert Fitch, Brantford. Flow.’r bearers: Ross Rustling Simcoe; [Frank Dertinger. George Zimmer, A. Ex Nowell. W. A. Shf-.bs. Free­man Webber, Clarence Bates ant' Barney McKie: an. Interment wss fl made in the Burgessville cemi;-' ery,Howard Pye, 13, WinnerOf Junior Vocal Trophy Oxford County Sets 17.7Mill Rate For 1957Expect $528,000 Total In Oxford Road BudgetFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, March 29 — A record total of about §528,000 is expected to be expended on the Oxford County road system in 1957, according to the road com-) mittee’s report presentedOxford Health Unit Gives 1956 Reportcounciltoday byReeveRalph McLaughlin, Dere- ham.Budget DetailsThe amount to be raised by county levy is $225,000, compared with $200,000 last year, exclusive of construction work on the Gov­ernor’s road. Estimated expendi­ture Governor’s road, for paving, is about $34,000.The county and suburban share is estimated at $227,185.37. less the Woodstock suburban roads of $1,985.56 and the Ingersollshare of $2,185.37.General mated at culverts$200, fortotal ofexpenses $12,967;$104,382.10;were esti- bridges and WoodstockPublic health nurses from the. Oxford Health Unit made 7,761 home visits in 1956, according to the Unit's annual report for 1956. The population served by ths tUiff from the unit is 63,181.s Number of new cases admitted ygere 5,081, new families visited, j-,345, and office visits, 58.Prenatal, infant welfare, pre- ^hool, and adult services are: prenatal visits, 205, visits for in­tent welfare, 1,749, pre - school jfisits, 1,662, visits for adult ser­vice, 482, demonstration bedside pare visits, 18, visits made when family not home, 765. There was 4)so, 92 cases not taken under care.■'School services, which includes 121 public schools, enrolment 10,- 866. and five high schools, enrol- jnent 3.000 were visited 8,244 times kiv nurses.suburban roads, $5,591.76; Inger­soll suburban roads, $2,996.40; ur­ban municipalities, $12,311.98 j| construction, $151,914.76; main­tenance $181,236.Number of vision tests i n schools were 4,424, hearing tests,I 86, fifst-aid dressings. 248, num­ber of conferences with inspectors, 2, conferences with principals, 701,. conferences with teachers, 1,166, complete physicals done by doc­tors, 141, special physicals done: by doctors. 67, number of children number of defects found other | than teeth, 212.Defects found in patients are classified as: defective vision. 162, eye defects, 16, defective nasal breathing, 2, abnormal tonsils, 19, anaemic appearance, 1, enlarged glands, 2, skin disease, 1, nervous disorders, 1, enlarged thyroid, 2.Number of home visits made for communicable disease were 89, and 203 cases of communicable dis­eases were reported. COMMUNICABLE DISEASESI In communicable diseases nur­ses treated 83 cases of measles,Receive Grand Jury ReportOxford Council Opens Annual Budget SessionFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, March 26 — The 21 members of Oxford County Council opened their March session — the annual budget night— here today. They lost no little time in adjourning to the im­portant finance sessions.Clerk-treasurer, L. K. Coles, read a lengthy list of corre-apondence, after a greeting was, extended the council members by Warden Cecil Riddle.The members were informed, via a report from tbe Grand Jury, who Inspected the county build­ings last month, the courthouse is in good order. The jury recom­mended the purchase of foam cushions on the petit jury seats.Referring particularly to the county registry office, the Grand Jury report said the building was a “real credit to tbe county." The members of the Grand Jury found the county jail "very clean and ably staffed” while the county home they thought was exception­ally clean. The group suggested that new beds and mattresses be purchased for the county home.Clerk Coles informed council the Ontario Department of High­ways had approved a road appro­priation by-law, with a maximum expenditure of $200,000 for con­struction, and $240,000 for main- U'nanee.mumps, 15, scarlet fever, 31, chicken pox, 56, and one case of polio.The immunization program was extensive: Whooping cough and tetanus was given to 1,652, which, included infants, pre-school and! school children.Reinforced doses given, 493, vac­cination against smallpox was given to 1,118 infants, pre-school: and school children.Tetanus toxoid was given t o 421 pre-school and school children.Diphtheria and tetanus toxoid was given to 1,038 pre-school and school children.’ Influenza vaccine was given to 1,253 school children. Those re­ceiving polio vaccine were 17,222.In tuberculosis service, number of clinics held were 45, total at-i ■ tendance at clinics. 939, home visits made, 444. I.C. tests. 2.390, x-rays taken at clinics, 9.18, patches: applied, 7,999.In orthopaedic service there: were 13 new cases and 36 home, visits.Child Health Conferences held at 15 centers, monthly were 20, and attendance during the year was 3,832.2.7 MillIncreaseOver '56Free Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, March 29 —Working on the old as­sessment rate, Oxford Coun­ty Council today came up with a 17.7 mill rate, an in­crease of 2.7 mills over last year.Budget Details.Keeping estimates ax low as i possible, council added about l $100,000 to the general tax rate, for a total of $589,920 compared with last year’s general rate of $492,438.54. A mill, based on th* old assessment is equal to about $33,325. *Levied against the taxpayer for general purposes will be $166,800; charity and welfare. $163^88.39; county roads, $259,232.50; the fi­nance report also recommended a grant cf $10,028.80 to be paid to the Oxford Children’s Aid Society on a quarterly basis. A grant of j$9,723 was authorized for the Till-; son burg and District Memorial Hospital to cover the county's share of the 1956 deficit. A grant of $2,156.97 was authorized for the Ingersoll Alexandra Hospital to cover the county’s share of th* 1956 deficit.Display County Council PhotosA composite picture of photo­graphs of the 21 members of the Oxford County Council and two officials, which is currently dis­played in J. and J. Sutherland’s east window, is creating a lot of attention. Photos of Warden Cecil M. Riddle, Reeve of North Oxford, County Clerk and Treasurer. L. K. Cedes and County Road Superin­tendent, J. N. Metherell, are in­cluded with the Reeves and Dep­uty-Reeves who compose the 1957 members of the Council.Foam CushionsMore Comfortable SeatingPassed For Oxford JuriesFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, March 29 Petit jurors at Supreme Court sessions here will have an easier time than In the past with adop­tion of a properly committee report presented by Reeve John Hargreaves (West Oxford) toOx-i ford County Council in their final! day.Acting on a Grand Jury rec- bmmendation, presented at the lust Supreme Court session, 12! hew foam seat cushions will heReeves include: George H. Dav­is, South Norwich: Charles F. Beagley. Embro; Robert Rudy, Tavistock; Arthur Lockhart, Bland­ford; Henry Banbury, Blenheim; Jdhn R. Hargreaves, West Oxford: J. R. McLaughlin, Dereham; J. Grant Smith, North Norwich; Hil­ton C. Virtue, East Oxford; H. A. Armstrong, West Zorra; Howard McCombs. Norwich; Fred L. Slat­er, East Nissouri: Edwin R. Pear­ce, Tillsonburg: James H. Ches­ney, East Zorra.Deputy Reeves are: W. W. Budd, West Oxford: P. L. Pressey, Dere­ham: John Bolton. East Nissouri; E. P. Eddy. East Zorra; Gare H. Esseltine, TUlsonburg.The County Council which meets five times each year, in January, March, June.’ September and De­cember, is meeting for the pur­pose of setting the 1957 tax rate, and expects to conclude the ses-ana u? conciUision by the end af the Urge Early ActionOtter Creek ProjectWhen Ontario Munster of Plan­ning and Development, Hon. W. M Nickle, Q.C presented the Ot- f ter Creek Conservation Report, to v the Otter Creek Conservation Auth- ' ‘ ority, last night, at Mil-Mar Manor Tillsonburg. he said it was his Department’s policy to give it all . possible assistance.But the program recommended I in this report, he explained, can­not be completed in this year or the next, but rather it is intended as a pattern for the years that lieS ahead; the blue print "to be usedwould be assured by the Authority. "In other words." said Mr, Nickle, “the province and the Authority will pull up the slack, providing they are assured by the Dominion Government."FOUR PERIODSReferring then to the history of Otter Creek, he said, it could bs broken into four periods: lumber­ing, decline, revival and conser­vation.Regarding the lumbering period, he said, at one time Port Burwell was the greatest export center onyou broad opportunitities to blish a sound conservation gram."“Your valley, as you areesta- pro-fully. by your people to retain and im- Lake Erie.W prove the natural resources of this Then there was a period of de- I part of Ontario, not only for your cline, he pointed out, because thepart of Ontario, not only for yourV children, but also for the increas­ing number of people who for years to come, will be attracted to your prosperous valley", nc .said.Members of the Authority, he said, are making valuable contri­butions today to help solve the im­migrant problem “in this area and I in the years that lie ahead.”REPRESENTS POPULATIONSpeaking of the immigrant pop- ^4 ulation. he said in the last 10 years the Province of Ontario has ab- 1 sorbed into her economy a number . of people that represents all the population of any of the largest provinces of the Dominion, exceptI Quebec.Ontario has to be developed to ■; give these people, whether immi­grants or through birth rate, as /they grow up a chance to work.Nothing is more disheartening than a desire to work and no jobs to work at, he said.Prior to 1955. Mr. Nickle : continued, conservation programs were paid fbr in the following manner: 374 per cent by Ottawa;- 374 per cent by Toronto, and 25 per cent by the Authority.But, in 1955, a responsible min­ister of the Federal government announced in Otawa he was mak­ing no contribution unless a pro­ject cost five million. This resulted in a temporary condition being set . bi' Federal authorities, he said. 1light sandy lands had worn out and it could no longer supportfarm crops.When the sandyareas were re-forested a period of revival was enjoyed. It was discovered that tobacco could be grown. Tobacco, he said, is the second most valu­able crop in Ontario.In 1954 the gross value- was $74,000,000. The centre of this great industry, he said, is Tillsonburg.The irrigation of this valuable crop is a vital factor in production of high quality leaves. “In the re­port that I have here tonight, it is suggested that five possible dams be constructed to increase the summer flow for irrigation, and to dilute sewage and as an alter­native in the wet season to pre­vent flooding.”In the period of conservation, the necessity of using land, water, forests and wildlife wisely was ralized; then the Otter Creek Con­servation authority was establish­ed, he said. -It consists of 15 mun­icipalities. with an eare of 316 square miles, or 202,200 acres.IN GOOD BALANCE“The problems of the Otter Creek Conservation Authority are in good balance,” he stressed, ‘and of wide scope, which gives; aware, commences in East Oxford and Burford Townships and ex­tends for 54 miles through the fam<?d 'banana belt', with a most ■ delightful climate, to, Port Burwell on Lake Erie."When your Authority was es­tablished in 1954 you were prom­ised, Ln accordance with the policy of this department, that a conser­vation survey would be made of your valley for the purpose of appraising its conservation needs, the results of which work I am presenting you tonight,”The work to which Mr. Nickle referred was the report he pre­sented, which included all types of conservation, namely history, land use, water, forestry and wildlife, PAYS TRIBUTEPaying special tribute to A. H. Richardson, director of the Conser­vation Branch, and his assistant, A. L. Barnes, he said, they have been without reservation great advisers in helping "me determine any problem and policy set by me as minister.”He added: “I am also proud of the field officer in this area, David Adlam.”In regard to pure water services, he added that the government is trying to make available pure wat­er supply for domestic use and human consumption.Sitting at the head table were: Hon. W. M. Nickle, Q.C., Minister, Planning and Development; T. A. C, Tyrrell, Deputy Minister, Dept. Planning and Development; Mrs. Carl Bertrand: Lawrence Smith; Mrs. W. M. Nickle; R. F. Ste­wart; chairman of the Otter Creek Conservation Authority; Mrs. A. S. L. Barnes: Mrs. R. F. Stewart and Carl Bertrand.It was then settled as govern-;. meet policy with Premier Frost, - concerning this situation, that all. future programs under five million should be paid 50 per cent %y the' Department of Planning and De-/ vetopment; the other 50 per centONCE PRESERVED FOODAncient Ice-Box Circa 1905 Joins Oxford Museum CollectionThe ancient saying “There is nothing new under- the sun" is .credibly proven when one views an ice-box exhibited in the Oxford Museum, housed in the second floor of Woodstock's unique City Hall.■ This ice-box was donated by R. A. McDonald, well-known Wood­stock auctioneer.' According to an inscription on the inside lid of the ice-box it was invented and registered some­where in the United States in 1905. The exact location was not noted.A significant feature of this ice­Its designers even thought of the • storing of moist pieces of foodl There is a solid wedge in thei centre shelf which prevents drip-1 ping in the ice-box.Another interesting fact is that!/ i the top tray which contains ice;- can be lifted completely out fort cleansing purposes.According to Bernadette Smith.I curator, it was used by several well-known families in Woodstock.This museum, which was offic-! J ially opened in January, 1948 is open to the public on Tuesdays.) ■ Thursdays, Fridays and Saturday: 'W from 2 to 5 p.m.box is its “lazy-susan" idea. In' Children and students are admit-’! it 5s a revolving tray with three; ted free but adults are charged .. shelves. 25 cents. Any money collectedOTTER CREEK REPORT IS PRESENTED TO MEETINGSITE OF HAM AT OHEllVILLE SINCE 1807.___ i ri ■ m Mi———OXFORD COUNTYYOUR 1957 OXFORD• Blandford ..............Arthur Lockhart• Blenheim.....................Henry BanburyHerbert Balkwill D. R.• De reham .............J. R. McLaughlin P. L. Pressey D. R.• East Nissouri................Fred L. Slater John Bolton D. R. .• North Norwich............J. Grant Smith• South Norwich .... George H. Davis• East Oxford..............Hilton C. Virtue• North Oxford ...... Cecil M. RiddleCOUNTY COUNCIL• West Oxford ... John R. Hargreaves W. W. Bud D.R.• East Zorra............James H. Chesney E. P. Eddy D. R.• West Zorra..............H. A. Armstrong• Tillsonburg.................. Ed. Pearce Clare H. Esseltine D. R.• Embro...................Charles F. Beagley• Norwich................ Howard McCombs• Tavistock ...................... . Robert Rudy CREDITVILLE CROSSING NOW LOOKING TO WESTSteel Now On Location For Creditville BridgeNOTICETO TRUCKERSThe statutes with respect to the load limits commercial I motor vehicles, trailers and ! other vehicles may carry dur­ing the months of March and April (subsection 4 and 5, sec- ' tion 36, Highway Traffic Act) will be strictly enforced on all County Roads.Half load limits 'on County and Township roads during ' March and April are statu- [ tory and signs and notices are I not required to enforce the ' section of the Highway Traf- I fic Act designating load lim- its.The reasonable use of the i roads during the period the | frost is coming out will short­en the period the roads will be unstable and greatly re­duce the cost of repairing ' the roads after the spring 1 break-up. which cost curtails I the funds available for con- : atruction work during tire ' year.J. N. MEATHRELL.County Road SuperintendentCourt House.Woodstock, Ontario. - I < (ll■AISCONSERVATION COMMITTEE VIEWS FOREST TRACTSMSMEMBERS OF the Conservat- | J ion Committee of the Oxford County Council this week paid a I visit to six of the Forest Tracts I within the county. In the TOP.1 PHOTO, membersI ment onI greens in : | the left:at the Zenda Tract, take note of, and eom- the. growth of ever- the background. From L. K. Coles, county0KF09D■3Unty FOREST- zdk TRACTBRIDGE CLOSEDA bridge on the Governor's Road approximately one mile west of! Woodstock will be closed for two months said County Road Superin­tendent, J. N. Methre-Jl today. "Although the bridge has been patched before, it now needs a general overhauling because the 1 floor is going,” he said.Interest Keen In Otter Valley Poultry, Pigeon Show At NorwichNORWICH: — The Otter Valley । stock; Thomas Lumsden, Wood- oult.rv and Pit/pnn rinb hoH alstock; JohnOmoream. Princeton;Poultry and Pigeon Club had amost successful show in the Legion Hall with upwards of 200 birds on display. Many hundreds of poultry fanciers crowded the building dur­ing the time the exhibition was on.Bantams were displayed by Walt­er Caley. jr., Johnny Strachan, A. A. Farrell, W. C. Garber, Simcoe; Doug. Smith, Norman Hagerman, C. Rudy, Woodstock; Harry Pen­ny, Simons and Son. Brantford; Gordon Stratford, Oakland; Fred Archer, Brantford: William Fenn, Aylmer; J. H. Thompson, PortDover;Dover; stock.W. B. Thompson,PortThomas Lumsdon, Wood-Percy Slattery, Ross and Son.The best pigeon in the show was a white Fantail hen owned by Ross and Son, Woodstock; the best opposite sex was a carrier male f owned by Norman Hagerman. The best pigeon shown by a junior was shown by Donald Wisson.Len Yack of Brantford was the i judge of the pigeons, while C. E. Harrington, Georgetown, editor of the Feather Fancier, judged the) bantams and standard bred fowl.1 Mr. Harrington complimented the Otter Valley Club upon its activit- ' ies and told the meeting that it has the largest junior membership ofj any Club in Canada. Mr. Hairing- | ton also made the draw for the power mower and the winner was Earl S. Shaggs, 10 Drummond Street, Brantford.In the absence of Robert E. Wil­son, president of the Club, who, was laid up with fractured ribs, » Elvin S. Wisson acted and introduc­ed Mr. Harrington to the audien-Fred Archer, Brantford, had the best bantam in the show, a Black Cochin hen. Tne best oppos­ite sex was a Buff Cochin Cock owned by J. H. Thompson, Port Dover.Standard bred fowl were display­ed by Bruce Thorne, Norman Hag­erman, Harry Penny, J. H. Thomp­son, Port Dover, and H. R. Rob-Riddle, county warden; H. H. Devries, Zone forester, and Herb­ert Balkwill, deputy-reeve, Blen­heim Township. The Zenda Tract covers 103 acres, and one of the interesting points visited by the committee was the site of two maple trees. These trees are significant because they were planted in 1939, to commemoratethe visit to Canada of the King and Queen. In the LOWER PH0-. TO, examining a map of thearea, are, left to right: Reeve J. Grant Smith, North Norwich; Deputy Reeve W. W. Budd, West Oxford; J. N. Meathrell, county road superintendent, and Reeve Hilton C. Virtue, East Oxford.(Staff photos).ert, Simcoe. A Buff Orpingtonert. Simcoe. A Buff Orpington ce. AR the members, senior and Hen shown by Mr. Thompson was junior, co-operated heartily to adjuded the best in the show. The I make the show an outstanding best opposite sex was a Black Min-1 success.orca Cock shown by Norman Hag-cler^County Plans All-Out.and treasurer; Cecil M.Cleanup Of Buckthornerman.Pigeons were on display by D., Smith. Strachan triplets, B. Thorne S. King, N. Hagerman, D. Wisson, H, Penny, Benoit DeeGooman, Si­mon and Son, Brantford; Wilfred, Miers, Doug. Williams, Bart Funi- can and Edward Funican, Wood-jAs farmers in Oxford County "This problem, over the years,"; and when it was completed control lose thousands of dollars every saJd' Agricultural Representative, work was swung to West Oxford year from buckthorn and barberry Robert E. Bell, "cost many thou-; and this township was then com­an eradication demonstration is sands of dollars through decreased pleted. Then, ©tall in 1955, a be- planned Saturday. May 11, at! yields." ginning was made in East Zorfa.Harold Elliott’s, In a. move to eradicate barberry' Procedure In these campaigns Road, comer ofi and buckthorn a control program include an educational and organ- ___ _________ of West Zorra, was initiated in 1955 by County izational meeting designed to show and west of the Canada Cement Council through their agricultural farmers what shrubs look Like and Plant.__________________________I committee and the county weed how to control them.Oxford Countyl inspector, together with the Oxford At this meeting, also, a township Council, through their agricultural and c Tmprovernent Assoc- organization is created with key committee and weed Inspector, Edi ,■ « t faint committee men named to be responsible forlini"S “P b'1P-Boil and Crop Improvement Assoc-;- . .7 -----■-------loHrat arc r»iannin<r a hnr«vthorr. Ducxmorn umnwe. Control work was continued last : the site where the plaque will10:30 a.m., onfarm, Governors third concessionThis year theiation, are planning a buckthornand barberry cleanup program in West Zorra.This year common barberry and buckthorn shrubs are two plantsthat create stem and leaf rust:GAVE LEADERSHIPMuch of the early leadership in this work was given by John R. Hargreaves, reeve of West OxfordTownship and keenly supported bythese predominate in many secL;^®0'1 warden ofIons of Oxford County. In early, County and W. McDonald, 1955 years these shrubs were planted •rcftW ^ast Zorra.as ''ornamentalsbefore farmersBut first control work was donerealized the part they Could play 1 in North Oxford in May, 1955. This In the spreading of rust, township was completely coveredyear in East Zorra but was re-tarded by last year's weather condition and the labor shortage.This project. Is financed jointly by the County of Oxford and the Province of Ontario, Cost of spray' i material and maintenance takes; ' most of the money.Labor is voluntary on the part of farmers in the affected areas.ITo Erect Plaque Designating Site Where Big Cheese Made In 1866Factory where the big cheese of .1866 was made largest to that lime, will be commemorated by a plaque put up by the Archaeologic­al and Historical Sites Board.Yesterday D. E. McOuat, execu­tive secretary, of the board pickedstand. It is on a farm approxi­mately a mile from Ingersoll a , lew steps from Highway 19.The plaque will be unveiled on July 10. Officiating will be Reeve J. A. Hargreaves, of West Oxford Township.England and the United States. It j became so famous that odes were I written of itOther members of the party visit- J • ing the site were Mayor Winnifred: - Williams. Ingersoll. Byron Jenvev? ■ noted local historian. Mrs. Berna- dette Smith, curator of Oxford Museum and W. W. Budd, Deputy Reeve, of West Oxford."Big Cheese" which the plaque will commemorate .weighed 7,300, D’ pounds. It was later shown in both I hiMrs. Smith said two other sites in the Woodstock area are under I consideration. She said one likely I prospect is old St. Paul’s Church Dundas street, which was built’:.TH by Captain Andrew Drew on un<(in 1833 smsAERIAL VIEW OF CANADA C EMENT, WOODSTOCK PLANTRegistry Office Houses I All Oxford Land Records2 THE SENTINEL-REVIEW. T MAY 27, 1957By DON LEMIEUX taxpayers never pay a cent for F Many people pass a compact I the upkeep of this office ' ^e-stoied brick structure on | From tbe receipts _o£ % ST I Graham street every day and • even though they read the sign which tells them the title of the :: building, they still remain obliv- ■ vious of the building’s function.The sign reads Registry Office, I County of Oxford.| Now what specifically does the । titie Registry Office mean? If a register means a regularly kept written record a registry office would be a place in which re-ness we pay all salaries, he said. Surplus fees are returned to the Countv and the separated municip­alities’ of Woodstock and Ingersoll.Last year, for example, those municipal treasurers received a present of S10.000.As this building is operated on the fee system the only time a taxpayer has to give out any mon­ey is when he makes usd of it.came with it, remaining in charge for a total of 52 years.This office was located at whatis now the corner of Hunter Light street, at the southwest ner of the county courtyard, building no longer exists.and cor- TheThen the Registry Office moved from there to the corner ofwasGraham., and Light building still stands recognized now as County Health Unit.street. This but may be the Oxford..’“This is a public office,” saysI 'L „ „ (Registrar Tuck, "and as such allI C bS “what sort of records are | records are open to the public, but I the .Oxford Countyknowledge to ask for the right records which enables them to actPattullo wasV. Tuck was elevated from Deputy to Registrar in 1950. While he has only served seven years a« Registrar he has spent 22 vears' as deputy and Registrar.Assisting Mr. Tuck are John 2. * Bldir, deputy-registrar; William L. Harrington, senior clerk; and three clerks: Mrs. Robert MacDonald, Miss Barbara Franklin, and Mrs. Edward A. Diver.This then is a brief microscopic glimpse into the neat, light-brick building on 77 Graham street. The documents which it contains may. well be read bjr individuals thous-l ands of years hence. Thus the Registry Office sesyes two funcW ions; it registers own&x^hip of pro­In 1886, George R.------------perry ana Keeps lui puaicirt^vu^appointed Registrar succeeding U-Qar mo(je of parcelling land. Colonel Ingersoll. He served for,1perty and keeps for poiter Office? "All documents; . g Ross V. Tuck, registrar, "that af­fect title to land-deeds, mortgages . and wills, to mention only a fewRecords of all the land in Ox- ® ford County are kept in this mod-E era building on Graham Strret.5 This also includes the city of Woodstock, the towns of Ingersoll,TiHsonburg and three incorporated villages: Embro, Norwich and Tavistock, plus 11 townships.i It seems that many people mis-on behalf of their clients.Lawyer's follow the chain of title and make sure of every con­necting link; that there is no over­lapping of property through faulty description; they also make cer­tain that each document that af-36 years.When he died, his deputyWal- . lace L. MacWhinnie was promoted to Registrar. This was in 1922 and he served for 22 years plus of course his period as deputy.Then the present Registrar, Ross |NOTICE TOCLEAN UPfects the title is correct within it­self, that all parties having inter­est in the property have released!& fakenly walk into the Registry Of- their claims.£ fi.ee to inquire of birth, marriages: There have been five mothers of or deaths. But unlike Germany, these documents since 1800 for example, vital statistics of this The first was Captain Thomas; nature are housed in different Horner who tended house from]E buildings 11800 to i®54- was the ^rstI Generally there is one Registry (he appointed andI took care of Office to a County. In Ontario, documents in Middlesex as well however, there are three exoept- as Oxford. His residence and of- ions: Middlesex has two, one for fice wh,ch were combmed was at too county an don- for London; Burford, then a part of Oxford• Carleton County, one for the county c°unty.and one for Ottawa; and York is He had these two counties for g a 1Q vftorc ku! nnnarflntlv horoiHPor deaths,buildingsH another, one for the county and one for Toronto.18 years but apparently because of the growth in population hisCounty Council Will Meet June 11County Clerk and Treasurer, L. K. Cole's said today that the June session of the Oxford County Coun­cil will open June 11.Main item of the agenda will bo "equalization of assessment”.This equalization is of the 19ab assessment and when completed will be the basis for the 1958All putrid and decayed animal or vegetable matter in Oxford County shall be removed from all cellars, buildings, outbuildings and yards on or before the I 5th day of May in each year. (R.S.O. 1937, C. 299. Sched. B para. 19).But all other counties in Ont­ario are tbe same as Oxford, SELF-SUPPORTING“Another tiling that most people don't realize," said Mr. Tuck. “Isthat this office isupporting;county taxes. , , ■"This is the first year , said Mr. Coles “in which all 15 munici­palities have been reassessed un-J der the county assessor's office.” M Ingersoll. It was at this time that The County Assessor's office,. the office was moved from Bur- during the past two or three years,ford to Ingersoll. He conducted the has been carrying on a reasspsi-Registry work from his place of ment program throughout thebusiness in Ingersoll. 1 county.territory dwindled solely to Ox­ford-MOVED TO INGERSOLLThe next Registrar to record deeds of land was Colonel JamesGarbage and rubbish must be taken to a proper dumping ground. It is illegal to throw such rubbish into streams or on roadsides. (R.S.O. 1937, C. 299, Sch. B, para. 4).But in 1848 the Registry Office was moved from Ingersoll to Woodstock and Colonel IngersollSigned: DOCTOR O. C. POWERS.M.O.H. Oxford County. You are cordially invited to attend THE ANNUAL MEETING of theHURON COUNTY LIBRARY CO-OPERATIVEonFRIDAY. MAY 3rd, 1957 at 12.30 p.m.. D.S.T. at theKNOX CHURCH ASSEMBLY HALL East and Victoria StreetsGODERICH - ONTARIO(Librarians Please Notify Library Boards) (Schools to Include Staff and Board)^PtocjzamintAddress of Welcome: Mr. John Graham Mayor of GoderichCounty of Huron: Mr. Harold Gowdy WardenMinutes: Mr. A. H. ErskineLibrarian's Report: Mrs. R. G. EckmierTreasurer’s Report: Mr. John G. Berry Introduction of Guest Speaker:Mr. W. T. CruickshankAddress: “THE LIVING WORD” By Karl KrugReply to Address: Mr. Roy B. CousinsVisitors:Business:Adjournment Backed By TownshipsWest Zorra Willing To Join Five Others’ * ;An area planning board now official.-; appears to be a distinct possibil- ~ ity.in all municipalitlea. Planning department officials willArnold Gillett, chairman of the future planning committee of the Woodstock Planning Board, last night told the board six sur-rounding townships favor area planning.planning.Mr. (iillott said that the five townships that actually touch Woodstock and West Zorra a few miles away feel that much can be accomplished.He was speaking on a report made following a tour of the townships this week in which all reeves had been contacted con­cerning their views on area plan­ning."The response received has been very gratifyng and I feel this augers well to the setting up of an area planning board." said Mr. Gillott.take charge of the meeting from file leadership point,A banquet will be held ME which councils, planning board, members and other key person-’ nel in each municipality will at­tend.The main discussions on organ­ization will be held during an evening session at 8.30 p.m.Detailed plans for the evening, meeting will be discussed at and hvr meeting ^^jiy slated for Sept. 3.Two members of each munid- pallity will be asked to attend this meeting. Those attending will come from either council or established planning boards or. one from each group.It is expected that the meet-ings will be held in the council chambers at the court buildings. Detailed however, have not been finalMunicipalities includedcounty county plans.madeAn- organizational meeting for the area planning board will be held Sept. 25 with officials of the Ontario department of planning and development giving leader­ship. The date was given by the pians iof me area planning board department and agreed to during are: townships of West Zorra. the week's survey. ” ___Program for that date wifi in- ford. West'Oxford. North ' Ox- clude a 4.30 p.m. meeting of paid ford, and the city of Woodstock.plans for the aresEast Zorra. Blandford, East Ox-REPRESENT COUNTY AT CNEJOHNNY HASILO kneels TOP PHOTO among the 34 acres of his father’s farm at RR 2, Otterville and inspects the stripped and torn tobacco leaves left remaining after Sat­urday’s hailstorms which cut a $5,000,000 trail of damage a- cross the Norwich, Otterville and Norfolk County areas. Mr. Hasilo estimated his tobacco loss at $20,000. The storm also left its mark upon the town of Tillsonburg itself. The photo.LOWER LEFT taken after the storm, shows a portion of the roadside that was washed a- way by the rain on the east bank of the Otter Creek, at the junction of highways 3 and 19. Many houses and farm build­ings in the area were damaged during the height of the storm, and the photo, TOP RIGHT shows some of the damage done to the house owned by the Misses Myrtle and Ruby Hop­kins, when a large maple limb fell between their home andthe home of Mrs. L. Brown. The latter house was undamag­ed. The roof of a temporary building housing baled hay, on the farm of William Harvey at Norwich was r pped off, and the photo, LOWER RIGHT shows portions of the roof which were blown for several hund­reds of rods across a field. The^ one section of steel roofing was stopped by the fence against which it leans. (Photos by Staff' and G. Lowe).Catherine Start Is Named Oxford "Dairy Princess"Natty, white-clad Catherine Start of Curries, looking more like a trim sea-going lass than a potent­ial dairy queen was named by a one-point advantage Oxford County's "Dairy Princess".Providing keen competition three other county girls participated in county eliminations last night on the farm of Orval Nancekivell, at Salford.Miss Start will compete in the provincial contest held at the Can-Bell, agricultural representative for Oxford.Judges were Cecil Riddle. Oxford County Warden: Dr. L. E. L. Tav- lor. of he Oxford County Health Unit; George Currie, secretary- treasurer of Oxford and District Cattle Breeding Association.These four modern dairv maids worked hard last night and as thev; went about their tasks in deep concentration they were not only, curiously watched by many inter­ested onlookers but were keenly! scrutinized by the three judges.They were judged on 'the basisadian National Exhibition. There 40 girls will be competing; five scheduled each night, winner of. ---------------which will be the Ontario Dairy j of appearance and deportment. I showmanship and self-expression"But: only one point behind Miss; assembling the machines and Start was Arlene Wilhelm, of Tav- milking; cleaning utensils, efficie- isboek. Nancy Hart. RR 3, Wood- ncy; completeness of milking and stock, and Mane Scott, of RR 2. time.Princton, were the other contest- Donated by the dairv organizat- il’i, , t I ions,of the county each contestantJack Bain, of London, group1 received a $5 cheque.chairman of the dairy queen com-1 Chocolate milk and doughnuts- mittee was master of ceremonies. | were also donated and the com- Working with him was Frank Way,I petition ended with social laughter- chainman of the Oxford Dairy:but hope and anticipation was in Princess committee, and R ^.| Catherine Start's heart. 1 1 . >■RUSH WORK ON BRIDGE REPAIRSFor the past several weeks, repair work has been continu­ing on the bridge located at thewestern limits of the city, which connects Dundas street with theday afternoon, shows a pile driv­er forcing piles into the riverGovernor's road and the 11th line. The photo, taken yester- bod. (Staff Photo).f. ■ hr'.i S - .3-V • • ‘4 q - r ’ “’ ••'•<■ • •: .A derailment in Ingersoll late Saturday afternoon left a scene of chaos and confusion on the main line of the Canad­ian National Railways until auxiliary «r«w< from LondonINGERSOLL DERAILMENT LEAVES SCENE OF CONFUSIONand Hamilton arrived on the scene. This is the scene that greeted the hundreds of local citizens who hurried Ui station. The track was for a distance of about the torn onethird of a mile and although 11 cars of the 42-car freight train’’were derailed no one was injured in the accident. Work crews worked all through the night to clear the fracks and tliat night east bound trains ran through only an hour late, By late at night there was no t sign of the disorder left on the tracks. Story and more pictures on page 5. (Staff Photo•fe_ !*> ■'!« Miss Phyllis ilucH, Mc.fl Sirertnr of Hursiirg €he Hoard of ^rust and theSchool of Horsing of theWoodstoch General Hospital request the honour of gour presence at theirCiftg-ninth ■Graduation Exercises Wednesday, the fifth dag of June nineteen hundred and fiftg-seuen at three o’cloch Chalmers United Church Woodstoch, Ontario Reception at Rurses’ Residence 4-SO o’clock Planning Board Backed By Townships .. ■ -reaWest Zorra Willing To Join Five OthersAn area planning board now appears to be a distinct possibil­ity.■:V • ■officials in all municipalities. Planning department officials will) take charge of the meeting from; the leadership point.A banquet will be held at which councils, planning board members and other key person-' ne! in each municipality ’ will at­tend.The main discussions on organ-Arnold Gillett, chairman of the future planning committee of the Woodstock Planning Board, last night told the board six sur­rounding townships favor area planning,+a^ Hiain mscuEsions on or;Sfe be held duringwooasiock and West Zorra a few -------miles away feel that much can be accomplished.He was speaking on a report made following a tour al the townships this week in which all reeves had been contacted con­cerning their views on a,rea plan­ning.evening session at 8.30 p.m.Detailed plans for the ev< meeting will be discussed a itor meeting t.. s. for Sept. 3.anTwo members of each munici­pality will be asked to attend this meeting. Those attending — fr®?* either council or' Ibeen very gratifyng and I feel esUbhshed planning boards or. **“■------ -------- one from each group.“The response received hasthis augers well to the setting’up Mr3 GiilottPlanning board-” saidIt is expected that the meet-- togs will be held in the county An- organizational meeting for council chambers at the county toe area planning board will be ^urt buildings. Detailed plans.U t -t e. ---Willheld Sept. 25 with officials of the Ontario department of planning and development giving leader­ship. The date was given by the department and agreed to during the week’s survey.Program for that date will in­clude a 4.30 p.m. meeting of paidhowever, have not been made final.Muncipalities included in the plans for the area planning boa ret are: townships of West Zorra. East Zorra. Blandford. East Ox­ford, West Oxford. North Ox­ford, and the city of Woodstock.ISMSREPRESENT COUNTY AT CNECatherine Start Is Named Oxford "Dairy Princess"Natty, white-clad Catherine Start of Curries, looking more like a trim sea-going lass than a potent ial dairy queen was named by a one-point advantage Oxford County’s “Dairy Princess”.Providing keen competition three other county girls participated in county eliminations last night on the farm of Orval Nancekivell, at Salford.Bell, agricultural representative for Oxford.JOHNNY HASILO kneels TOP PHOTO among the 34 acres of his father’s farm at RR 2, Otterville and inspects the stripped and torn tobacco leaves left remaining after Sat­urday’s hailstorms which cut a $5,000,000 trail of damage a- cross the Norwich, Otterville and Norfolk County areas, Mr, Hasilo estimated his tobacco loss at $20,000. The storm also left its mark upon the town of Tillsonburg itself. The photo,LOWER LEFT taken after the storm, shows a portion of the roadside that was washed a- way by the rain on the east bank of the Otter Creek, at the junction of highways 3 and 19. Many houses and farm build­ings in the area were damaged during the height of the storm, and the photo, TOP RIGHT shows some of the damage done to the house owned by the Misses Myrtle and Ruby Hop­kins, when a large maple limb fell between their home andthe home of Mrs. L. Brown. The latter house was undamag-) ed. The roof of a temporary) building housing baled hay, on. the farm of William Harvey at Norwich was ripped off. and the photo, LOWER RIGHT shows portions of the roof which ' were blown for several hund-i reds of rods across a field. The one section of steel roofing was, stopped by the fence against which it leans. (Photos by Staff and G. Lowe).Miss Start will compete in the provincial contest held at the Can­adian National Exhibition. There 40 girls will be competing;Judges were Cecil Riddle, Oxford County Warden; Dr. L. E. L. Tav- : 1 lor. of he Oxford County Health: Unit; George Currie, secretarv- treasurer of Oxford and District Cattle Breeding Association.These four modern dairy maids worked hard last night and as they went about their tasks in deep concentration they were not only curiously watched by many inter­ested onlookers but were keenly?'r be p°Weting; fiva scrutinized by the three judges * scheduled each night, winner of They were judged on the bask £2 WlU be the Ontario Dairy) of appearance and deportment■, 1 . ' showmanship and self-expresdon’'St .ndwere the other contest- Donated by the dairy organizat- Jack Rain nf ,ons of the county each contestantjack Bain, of London, group received a $5 chequechairman of the dairy queen com-1 Chocolate milk and doughnuts of ceremonies, j were also donated and the com-Working with him was Frank Way,! petition ended with social lauvhipr- chairman of the Oxford Dairy but hope and an^cipX wa In Ptincess committee, and R. E.| Catherine Start’s heartchines andDonated by the dairy organizat- Will Survey PollutionIn Streams In Oxford. *sw WTowering high above the tiny ous “Creditville Crossing.” Thissettlement of Creditville, is this n^w overpassis located onWater Resources Body Checking All OutletsA survey of the amount of pol­lution of the streams, sewer and waste outlets throughout the en­tire county of Oxford will com­mence here early in September by the Ontario Water Resources commission, James A. Vance a member of- the commission an­nounced today.This survey will be carried out by members of the staff of which K. H. Sharpe is the engineer in charge of this district.The survey will be done with the co-operation of local officials who have jurisdiction in these matters.Samples will be taken from waterways at various locations throughout the entire county. Each sample will undergo lab­oratory tests.The survey here is part of a province-wide, survey being made under the direction of the water resources commission. Oxford county is part of a district that extends over the entire section of Western Ontario. It extends to the east where it includes the county of. Brant and west to 'Wind­sor.Personnel making the surveyhave been highly trained in ths roles that they will play. For the most part top officials of the survey have had years of ex- patience in the Ontario Depart-!, ment of Health. Others have had extensive experience in munici­pal health and sanitation fields..Mr, Vance stated personnel making the survey have been; highly trained during a long period in which the commission sought to gather persons of great experience.Results of the survey will be used by the commission in ?ta program to ease and bring unde* control pollution in. Ontario ■ streams.The commission estimates that it will spend some two billions of* dollars in the next 20 years in surveys and control methods tn return Ontario waters to satis­factory conditions.Mr. Vance in making his an­nouncement of the survey here’ said the commission hopes that the people of Oxford county will co-operate in locating all sources of pollution so that the streamy of this county may be restored to highly satisfactory condition.structure, which, when complet­ed will eliminate the danger-Highway 2V and is on the southside of the CNR tracks. The photo, taken shortly after work-10,000 FEET DAILYmen left the scene shows the framework that has been con­structed in preparation for the pouring of cement. (Staff Pho­to) .Across Oxford FarmsAlberta’s natural gas will flow north of Woodstock through Ox­ford county when the pipe line crew now working on the twenty­inch 90-mile snake, finish their job by this September.The Summerville Sheehan Pipeline Contractors of Canada have crews working just north of Embro laying the large end­less iron streamer at about 10,000 feet per day_"We are scheduled to reach Bright by September,” said War. r>en Mulkay, superintendent of the project.From Bright another company has built a line to Port Credit. The line enters Canada at Sarnia across the St. Clair river."AU along the route from Sar­nia we have had very good co- operation from everyone," re­marked the superintendent.EASY TO DIGThe southern Ontario terrain fairly easy to dig a pipeline ditch. However, Mr. Mulkay said, in wet weather the ditches i are apt to cave in, delaying the work.। After tile survey crew has marked the best routes physically and economically through the countryside the bulldozer or "dozer" as It is known to the pipeline men clears the right of way which Is about 60 feet wide. Fences have bo be cut and trees felled in the wooded areasPipe sections are laid along this route. Then comes the automatic ditch digger, a huge contraption gouging out the earth five feetdeep. This company trench machines and hoe machines.In the old trench armies equipped with diggers would haveuses fourtwo backwardaysthese fast been ableto dig circles around their enemy in no time.FITS LIKE GLOVEThis long ribbon of pipe fits the contours of the earth like a glove. Hence the bending of the pipe requires a crew which uses machines that "stretchit against frost, rust and waterThe trench is filled by machine leaving a required three too cover of earth over the pipe At the same time farmers anc highway drain tiles are laid anc fences are raised. Where the road baring crew has duig undei the paved highway to shove the pipe through the base and sides of the road are built up to theii former quality.1At this point the pipe-laying company is finished and the” re maining ■ maintenance work is done by the in ter provincial com­pany.bend the iron. The maximum angle is 32 degrees for any one section.Scheduled next on this mass assembly line technique is the line-up gang. The pipe ends are lined up and clamped uniformly. With the gang is the first battery of welders who melt in the first white hot bead of metal.Looking back all along the at­tached pipe other welders can be seen putting on the filler welds and cap. Altogether there are three stages of welding prior to the cleaning of the pip® for the coat primer which is the base for the insulation.A giant coating and wrapping machine follows up the rear many miles back winding layers of insulating material around thei .smooth iron oil line, preserving1FACE-LIFTING FOR COUNTYa crew oi painters is engaged this week in giving the Oxford County jail and the governor’s residence, a smart new paint job. Part of the work is al- ready completed, but it is ex­pected the job will not be finish, ed for at least another week. Here two of the pa inters carry out their job on the watch- tower oi the jail building. (Staff photo). PROBATION OFFICER PROMOTEDAppoint Stanley MainSupervisor 4 CountiesStanley Main, B.A,M.S.W ,provincial probation officer for Oxford County since 1954, has been appointed supervising pro- । bation officer for Oxford, Brant, Middlesex and Waterloo count-• les.The appointment was confirm­ed by Ontario Attorney-General Kelso Roberts. Mr. Main’s name was included in a list promoting 10 provincial probation officersSTANLEY MAIN ............ merited promotionsupervising probation (officerThe position is a' newlyservice for adults. Mr. Coughlan made his first appointment in 1953 and the service has grown and expanded until there arc now 105 full-time probation officers serving the province.Discussing the value of proba­tion services, Mr. Main pointed out that as a means of handling the wrong-doer, probation is both economically and socially saving. "Recent statistics”, said Mr. Main, “show that 70 per cent of the offenders placed on probation do not get into trouble again. This is in startling contrast with the fact that approximately 70 per cent of the offenders in reformat-! ories are repeaters. Further it costs the province $50.00 per year to keep a person on probationbut it costs year to keep formatory or tentiary.” WITH CASabout $1,800.00 per the offender in re- $2,500.00 in a peni-freely of his time in various community efforts and is present­ly the President of the Oxford County Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society. He is much sought after by local organizat­ions as a speaker on probaflom and on the work of the Cancer J Society.Prior to joining the Probation department, Mr. Main worked for several years with the Children’s Aid Society in Oxford County. He is an arts graduate of the Univer­sity of Toronto and has a Master of Social Work degree from the School of Social Work, University of Toronto. He is married and has three children.Mr. Main’s headquarters will remain in Woodstock and this will also enable him to continue in the post of clerk of the Juven- , ile and Family Court for the County of Oxford. He has givenexecutive post which w’ill for better liaison between office of the Director of Pro­Services, Daniel Coughlan, the probation officers throughout the province of Ont­ario. Mr. Main will be directly responsible to Mr. Coughlan.E. R. Brillinger. formerly of Hamilton, has been appointed probation officer of Oxford Coun- ty- IPROVINCE-WIDE SERVICEWhile probation services were: established in Ontario for juven­iles in 1910. it was not until 1952, that D. Coughlan was appointed, by the Province of Ontario to sei up a province-wide probationCompany Given Road ContractThe W.A. Haggerty construction Company stated today that they have been awarded the contract for the grading, construction of culverts and the gravel surface ofi the Governor's Road. A spokesman for the firm said that work on the' ।contract, which is in excess of, $100,000, is expected to be started within the next two weeks. The j Haggerty Construction Company is 1 at present employing about 25. The same local firm has also been awarded a $70,000 contract fori sewerage installation in the city of , Brantford. 1PUBLIC NOTICE !At the call of WARDEN CECIL M. RIDDLE, a ape- I cial MEETING of the Coun­ty Council of the County of | Oxford will be field in the COUNCIL CHAMBERTN THE COURT HOUSE WOODSTOCK on'TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17thI 1957, 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. jL. K. ODLES, County Clerk County Clerk’s Office, Woodstock.6-5A .Oxford Museum Visited By Research AssociateOxford’s Museum, located in Woodstock's City Hall was the 86th Canadian museum visited by Dr. Carl E. Guthe, Research Associate for the American Asso­ciation of Museums. Dr. Guthe was at the museum Friday.He has been lent for five months to the Canadian Museum Association to make a survey ofCanadian museums from the adawest to the east coast.Starting in Victoria and Van­couver early in June before he is finished he will end up in St. John, Newfoundland.His object is to see as many Canadian museums as possible to “gain a broad comparative pic­ture and to study the condition of the museum movement in Can-He has been all through the four western provinces and came i. into Ontario on July 25 at Fort I William. Travelling by boat he , landed at Port MeNicoll on July!' 29 and spent the last week in! July in Midland, Ontario.“There are more small: museums in Ontario than in the: western provinces," he said.OXFORD MUSEUM was visi­ted yesterday by Dr. Carl E. Guthe, fleft) Research Associ­ate for the American Associat­ion of Museums. Both he andhis wife. Mrs. Grace Guthe, standing beside him, work as a team. They are being shown the Indian tableau ©xliibit in the Oxford Museum by Curator-Bernadette Smith. Mr. Guthe is making a survey of CanadiaA Museums from coast to coast for the Canadian Museums As­sociation.. (Staff Photo)“I am not interested in objects as such." he said, "contrary' to general belief but am chiefly con­cerned with management pro­cedure, manner of organization, where the money comes from, the kind of staff, their objectives and policies; in other words I am interested in administration or the business side of museums"Mr. Guthe has spent 21 years in the museum at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor serv­ing as director for the last seven.; From there he went to Albany. New York spending 10 years as. director of the New York State: Museum.Resigning from the New York State Museum in October, 1953 he has since been Research As­sociate meaning he is a travell-t ing representative of the Ameri­can Association of Museums, studying management practices.)“I have visited more than 350 museums in the states, he said, "and the 86 I have seen in Can­ada spells a lot of museums." COUNTY FORTUNATESpeaking of the Oxford Museum he said that the county was fort­unate in having a large hall to. display exhibits instead of hav­ing them separated in smaller rooms.“Material is well arranged and. grouped together especially the1 Indian and Naural History sect­ions." he added. And he should know because the New York; State Museum in Albany is fam-' ous for both these sections."There arc very interesting ob­jects here." he pointed out, "but! in my point of view this museum is overcrowded. It would be morel- convenient to have storage stacks ■ to rotate exhibits here."The tableau is a great attract­ion because it is well done; H ’ prepares the general mood and is the center of attention.But in general terms this mus­eum resembles most of the small I museums in Ontario. The mus-( eum movement, is expanding; rapidly, he said. More and more! communities are trying to set them up, some succeed and some don't, he added.“People, however, arc becom- 3 ing more aware of the usefulness1 of museums as educational and cultural institutions of the com-; munity", he said. STORM CAUSES HEAVY DAMAGE TO TOBACCO CROP, FARM BUILDINGS V^li; ’-I' . .’c-: • • Z.C . . .Oxford County WardenOpens Woodstock FairCOURTS MAY DECIDE VALUE OF PROPERTYWarrant Issued For Possession Of Highway Land DiversionA warrant to take possession of the modest dwelling and land lived S on by a 75-year-old lady, Miss I Charlotte W. Turnbull was issued yesterday.After she had repudiated two i ' previous agreements this action S was necessary said Dick Rendle, solicitor for the Ontario Depart­ment of Highways.Miss Turnbull owns a small ■ parcel of land just east of Credii- < ville crossing on the south side of ■ Highway 2. This land is needed by the department for the diversion of Highway 2 for the new over­pass now under construction.She was to appear in Judge Eric . Cross's chambers in Woodstock yesterday morning after having , been subpoenaed by the county I sheriff. Miss Turnbull said thatphe tried to catch the bus but | missed it. She hadthat she signed, said Mr. Rendle. She was reported to have repudiat­ed this agreement.NEW AGREEMENTAs a result the department made a new agreement to pay $1,000 in cash and move her house to the south end of her property. They estimated that it would cost from $3000 to $4000 to move the house.Mr. Rendle said that she sign­ed this agreement. However, in June, he reported, she repudiated it and declared that she had min­eral rights for the land, and want­ed $18,000.When the first agreement was presented, Miss Turnbull said that she could not read the print for it was near dusk and her eyes are getting weak. The next day. after the agent for the highways department had left, she said thatthe back there is a vegetable । garden.When she bought the small ■ house from the late J. Kipp, who' lived on a nearby farm, she said; that sold with the property and; house was an agreement with the, Department of Highways which stated that if the house had to be; moved the department would pay for the moving."They want to take 40 feet ofj my property off for that new road,... that would put me right at the south end of my land. I heard that the department only!needed 17 feet.”Miss Turnbull understand why the diversion onsaid she didn’t they are putting; the south side ofmeans of transportation.she was able to read the legal no other papers in the sunlight."There is no guarantee that the department will pay for the moving of my house in the last proposal presented by a George"I’ve been living in this house 4 for over 35 years now." she said, i"I don't get around as well as 1used to.” MacIntyre of London,” she said.Living in the same house, Bob Both she and Mr. Ferguson Ferguson age 86, but spry, said thought that the old dwelling would that the highway people wanted fall down if anyone tried to movethe highway where there is a row of farm houses and other build­ings.“On tho other side there is va­cant land, it would be cheaper for* the department to use that land,'* she said. 1As far as the mineral rights go. Miss Turnbull explained that ;nthe well beingexplained thatdug she came a-that the highway people wantedI to move the bouse but it is too old and would fall to pieces if they did.I The department offered Miss. Turnbull *1.600 for the land and . building in fir&t agreementit. In one part of the house, beams are rotting. The floor and roof sag and the inner walls need re­pairing.The front of the house is hidden by a row of cedar trees *nd incross two different types of pecuJ iar deposits. At the present stage of legal proceedings if no agree­ment is reached when the Sheriff goes out to the old oouiple'g place, they will be? evicted and the Ont-I ario Municipal Board in Toronto; will decide how much money thel property is worth.__________________________Top Weather, Fine Crowd Exhibits Best In YearsThe 1957 Woodstock Fall Fair was officially opened last night in clear slightly chilled but plea­sant weather.With the words, "At this time I would like to declare the 1957Woodstock Fair Open,” of Oxford County Cecil performed the honors.A wave of applauseWarden Riddlegreetednoted that this year’s entries! were "up 30 j^er cent from 1956.Mayor Charles Tatham of! Woodstock said that th*; citia^oi ■ of Woodstock were proud of the work being done by the Wood- stock Agriculture Society.his declaration and rolled put of the stands and down onto the brightly-lit track below and the flood-lighted platform which was sparkling with the forms of 22 graceful "Miss Fall Fair” contes­tants.Several other speakers preceed- ed Mr. Riddle to the platform and spoke briefly into the micro­phone.President of the Woodstock Agriculture Society Arthur Lock­hart referred to last year's open­ing day when "opening night was completely rained out” It looked like a disastrous Fair for 1956."But on the last two days,” he said "the people of this county turned out in great numbers and made the fair a success.”“This year,” he continued, “we are off to a grand start.ENTRIES GREATERHe expressed civic greetings । and congratulated the officials for the job they were doing.MLA Gordon Innes stated that it was a pleasure on his part to be able to take part in the offic­ial opening of the 1957 Woodstock Fair. .HHe mentioned that the entriesThis year’s entries, he said, have broken all records."I hope by Saturday night", he added, "the Fair will have also set a new record in attend­ance.”INTRODUCE CONTESTANTSFollowing this the 1957 "Miss Fail Fair contestants were in­troduced singly to the crowd which looked on approvingly, looked on approvingly.Then the opening ceremonies closed out to the stirring music of the Woodstock Imperials Trum­pet Band which, led by the color party of the Canadian Legion. Branch 55, marched down thetrack away from the grandstand. —-xie menuonea mat me entries awaj uum meare greater, the Midway is bigger I Then came the evening's enter-; and the evening entertainment, tainment program with western program had been enlarged. gentleman Merv Shiner who pro-As your president, he conclud-1 vided the songs with iMroduct- ed, I would like to welcome you'ions and some "mighty sweet” tonight and invite you and your songs the rest of the evening, friends to join us at the Fairi Then the first night of the 1957' again to-morrow and Saturday. Woodstock Fair closed with a"Let's make this r air, which is! "bang” as flashing and cracking our 107th, the greatest in Oxford fire-work displays lit the night County’s history.” sky. The Fairgrounds then, closedEar! Nephew. Secretary-Trea-! down for the night to ready Itself surer of the Woodstock Fair,1 for today’s events and crowds.' -H'S. . IM Train Holdup'Bungled'Investigators SuggestJOHN DIEFENBAKER WITH J. W. MONTIETH (RIGHT)Claim Payroll Thugs’Object In Daring TheftJ. Waldo MonteithHealth, Welfare HeadOTTAWA CP)—Prime Minis-, the June 10 vote in Qu’Appelle.ter Diefenbaker has appointed a second member from Saskatche­wan and a sixth from Ontario to his cabinetThey will be all "for the timeHe joins the prime minister, who represents Prince Albert, to give Saskatchewan two cabinet representatives out of three Con­servative Commons members.Quebec and British Columbia I have three cabinet ministersbeing” he said Monday in an­nouncing the appointments of J., , _ . ,,Waldo Monteith, 54, as minister; each The six other provinces of health and welfare and Alvin i each Ixax e one-Mir. Hamilton takes over a portfolio held on an acting basis by Agriculture Minister Douglas Harkness, member for Calgary । North, originally named northern : affairs minister but appointed I Aug. 7 to his present post. Hon. Jean Lesage had held the north­ern affairs portfolio in the former Liberal government.Hamilton, 45. as minister of! northern affairs. "Both were surprises. Mr, Mon­teith. who represents Ontario'sNesbitt To Assist PMPerth constituency, is the only Wallace Nesbitt, Oxford Mem­member of Mr. Diefenbaker'sjber of Parliament has been ap- cabinet who sat in the backjpointed as parlimentary assistant bench of the Progressive Conser-jto Prime Minister John Diefen-take up duties where the prime minister is unable to carry on because of.his other duties.How great a scope the duties will encompass is not as yet known to Mr. Nesbitt.He expects, he states, to bevative ranks in the last session:baker an<j wjjj start io work in of Parliament. Mr. Hamilton,-his new capacity tomorrow morn- who has no Commons experience! jng, but won the June 10 vote ini Mr. Nesbitt, who has represent- uaveumg ex.-tensj.veiy wr ums Qu’Appelle constituency, gives, Oxford first on the opposition I prime minister.. Saskatchewan more than one'sjde Of the House of Commons, He further expects that he will cabinet member for the first was returned to office with a I in the near future, goto the Unit-Saskatchewan moretime since 1945ed Oxford first on the opposition side of the House of Commons, was returned to office with a Itravelling extensively for theON ACTING BASISTwo portfolios of Mr. Diefen-, baker’s 20-member cabinet—de-! fence production and citizenship; and immigration—are still being' carried on an acting basis by ministers of other departments,' and Mr. Diefenbaker said Mon-! day there is “no suggestion of any change” in the external af- : fairs portfolio which he himself 11 holds.Mr, Diefenbaker also named1 four parliamentary assistants. I Mr Monteith, a Stratford ac- t: countant. has represented Perth since 1953. Veterans Minister A.j J. Brooks, member for New Brunswick’s Royal riding, had held the health portfolio on a. temporary basis. Hon. Pau! Mar-i I tin held the post in the former J Liberal administration.FAILED FIVE TIMESMr. Hamilton, a former Saska- i toon collegiate teacher and for-.landslide victory last June. As led Nations, but in what capacity parliamentary assistant to the1 he is uncertain.prime minister he will assist and “I expect I will have to sub- Sstitute in some tilings in assisting the PM in his work,” Mr. Nes­bitt stated this morning.MAINLY IN OTTAWAThe newly appointed parlla- I mentary assistant believes a i great deal of his time, the maj­ority perhaps, will be spent in Ottawa.This, he says, has created a ! problem here in keeping in touch with the riding of Oxford.On this, Mr. Nesbitt announced the appointment of Mary Mark । as his assistant and secretary, i She will form a liasion between Oxford and Ottawa.Miss Mark will commence her duties here on Monday and will have office space at Mr. Nes­bitt’s legal offices.inr Conttye party leader in , was unsuccessfulion:। and two fedora■three provincial-before winningexpects to travel"I hope often as I weeks If Ncabitt.He will night.to be in Oxford as can, every couple of possible,” said Mr.leave for Ottawa U>Gunmen who pulled off Canada’s first train rob­bery in 29 years, early Wednesday between Wood- stock and Ingersoll, may have “bungled” the job, in­vestigators suggested yes­terday.Payroll Seen ObjectThe bandits slashed open nine 1 mail bags but were unable to find what they were looking for because it wasn’t aboard, police said. A payroll of money being j transferred from a Toronto bank to Windsor was said to be the object of the trio’s search.Officials declined further com­ment, but said the robbers, who bound and imprisoned the eight­man crew of a CNR mail car, grabbed no great sum of cash, jThey did get $5,400 bound for Detroit — but no more — and I were "lucky to get that much” | in the brief time they had, an , investigator said yesterday.No Great HaulAdditional mail may have been taken, but authorities Were posi­tive no great cash shipment was involved, as the trio may have presumed.Pieces of registered mail are believed missing, but it may take weeks to determine what was In them. The robbers may have expected a big payment was aboard, bound for London or Windsor.If they thought there was a big amount of money in the car, ; they didn’t know where to look for It and didn’t have time be­fore the train stopped at Inger- 1 soil.“This is a holdup—where Is the money?” were the only words the bandits uttered. A 35-year-old London man, ques­tioned by police for seven hours because his record Included pre­vious mail theft, was cleared and released.Moving Fast“We’re moving fairly fast on the case,” an investigator said. "We know of about a half-dozen men whom we want to question. But, at the moment, we haven’t got what you might call a strong suspect.”Reached yesterday at his Ot­tawa office, W. J. Turnbull, dep­uty postmaster-general, empha­sized the time element the ban-dits faced."Unless they were particularly well-informed, and it doesn’t *P* pear that they were, the bandlte wouldn't know where to look during the 10 minutes they were ! on the train," he said. "Thera must have been a hundred mail­bags on the car and they only । had time to slash open four or five and sift through the con­tents.”Mr. Turnbull admitted that) mail car crews do not cany guns. He said an eight-man crew wan normal sized for a Toronto- 1 to-Windsor run, but he couldn't recall any time in postal serv­ice bistory when crews were armed.CNR police director Georgs Shea said the robbery may hav« been an "inside job” since one of the car's doors was left open.Provincial police, meanwhile, sought to tie-in the robbery with a mail truck robbery earlier thia year near Ingersoll. ENDLESS TUBE OF 20-INCH PIPE TO CARRY NATURAL GAS ***>W “**-**i*-**^^ LIKE A GIANT SNAKE mak­ ing its way across Oxford County, the natural gas pipe­ line will soon be nearing com­ pletion of the county. The pro­ ject, according to line super­ visors, will be completed some­ time in September. Approxi­ mately 10,000 feet of pipe are being laid every day, by mach­ inery, some of which weighs over 70 tons. TOP LEFT, shows a group of the workers preparing to lower a section of pipe into the ground casing. TOP RIGHT was taken while workers were in the midst of checking the pipe before it was laid by the pipe laying machine. One of the hundreds of weld­ ers connected with the pro­ ject, is shown in the photo LOWER LEFT as he connects two of the 20 inch sections of pipe. (Staff Photos. Re-Stocking Program MayReturn Quail To Oxford■■ : ft. 1 ■ . . SNORWICH: — Will the cheerful and welcome call. "Bob-white, Rob-white, Bob-white,” be heard again in the fields and woodlands . of Oxford County? It will If the efforts of the Regulated Township Association meet with the success they hope for.Time was when quad, or Bob­white, were fairly common here­abouts. but in the progress of modern farming methods whicn pushed farther and farther back his natural hibitat, he has become extinct ,Now the Regulated Association wants him back and a few weeks• Ibecome very numerous. The law i food. Tn autumn they still enjoy, provides a severe penalty for the dried up fruit. They can gu! shooting or destroying these newlyago 1,100 Quail eggs were import­ed from the United States and from ’*birds grew, eggs foundthese more than 600 wee were hatched. R. E. Petti- Otterville, had 500 of the for his incubators and heintroduced birds.Great interest is being shown in the venture, for the quail has been described as a clever chick, an ardent lover and faithful mate a most remarkable bird which can run as well as it can fly.The Quail is fond of company and runs in coveys. They are dili­gent, happy-natured. courageous, good to the family in astonishing degree and can show absolute brilliance in re-grouping when the covey has been scattered by one or another sort of attack.The adult male birds are adorn­ed with a bold white domino which makes the appearance dramatic. Ifor weeks without water, substitut­ing the dew on the grass in the early morning. They roost on the! ground, in a circle and tail to!tail.The tiny birds being eared fop I are even now showing natural traits, particularly when frighten-; cd. for then they will freeze to the floor and remain motionless for some time.------ the experiment interesting, particularly when the bumble beesized birds began to saw their way out of the shells.Now the birds are being raised by district farmers. Reeve Grant Smith of North Norwich, who is president of the North Norwich Township Fish and Game Assoc­iation and a member of the Reg­ulated Township Association, has several hundred in a brooder house on his farm and. fed turkey starting mash, they are growing very rapidly.TOWNSHIPS PARTICIPATEThe scheme! of re-stocking has been financed >y funds of the Reg­ulated Township Association and most townships of Oxford County- are participating. H. W. Clarke, Woodstock, game warden, is lend­ing his co-operation.Some of the birds will be releas­ed this autumn, the remainder in the spring of 1958.There has been no open season for Quail hunting since 1944 and there will be none until the birdsHis are the are thecolorings of browns and bdffs slightly darker than those of female. These features even now distinguishable on tiny birds in Mr. Smith'sifcoup.MATE FOR LIFEQualis mate for life. They build their nests on the ground and the female deposits 14 or 15 pure white eggs which take three weeks to hatch. The newly hatched birds weigh just about one quarter ounce and have pale mahogany marks on the side of the head, two faint streaks on the back and a touch of mascara behind each eye. With­in three weeks they can fly andi mildly resemble humming birds,, measuring in full flight, no longer than an inch and a quarter.These seed and bug eating birds should be a boon to farmers. Tn* areas where oak trees grow they I can live on the acorns, they will eat peanuts and can manage whole kernals of corn. In mid-; summer they feed on wild fruit j and berries, rich with.seeds. Later! doodle bhgs, potato bugs, bean, beetles and the like form, their1QUAIL CHICKS IN REEVE SMITH’S BROODER HOUSENorth Norwich Reeve Puts Conservation Into PracticeNORWICH: — ReeveGrant Smith of North Norwich, whose farm is at Burgessville. is the pres­ident of the N. Norwich Fish and - Game Association and a memberHe sleeps in the latter mostly.Still further on the visitor hears; the vigorous clucking of hens. and. looking into the pen, they will find three bantam* hens brooding closeof the Regulated Township Associ- to 40 young Pheasants. The hens. K a lion and, as such, he puts into are just as happy as though they practice the things these organizat- were young banties, ions stand for, the preservation ofRaising the pheasants with ban-wild life. tarns is a new experiment being;Just now a visit to the Smith tried this year. A number of young; farm is interesting. The buildings pheasants will be brooded for s are: set well back from the road few weeks, banded and let go.j-and before one gets to them one Those with the hens will be given must cross a bridge which spans!a different band and a survey' an open ditch. This ditch, because will be made in the fall to see of springs back of it, resembles which method is most successful, the little Otter creek and when! Lovers of the game birds have one is crossing the bridge one is; felt that the mortality rate of the apt to see a Mallard duck leading birds loosed from colony houses?; a small brood down stream. There and alone has been altogether tool are more than 20 Mallard duck?, high The birds seem absolutelyon the Smith farm now and they remain the year round.unable to fend for themselves and; fall easy victims to dogs and otherStanding under the shade of enemies. Those favoring brooding spreading Maple trees is a brooder them by bnnlv bens feel the hen .house in which several hundredwill teach them how to hunt foodtiny Quail are being reared. As one and will also protect them until goes on into the yard they are nature asserts itself and they are■ attracted by lively young fox. The able to care for themselves. Both fox has the choice of two hiding!systems will be well worth watch- Uplaces, either within an old, eight!mg. Pheasants for brooding were a gallon milk can. or In a nice holo delivered to district farms this well up in a leaning apple tree. [week. WORK PROCEEDING AT CREDITVILLE OVERPASSCounty Council Will Meet HereCounty Council begins its Sept­ember session tomorrow which, WilM nun for three days, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, ember 17. 18 and 19.At 11.30 Tuesday, representat­ive R, T. G<avin, regional civil defence co-ordinator, Ontario Qv- il Defence will appear bef/xo county council tn ask about or­ganizing a county council civij defence organization.On Wednesday County Council wiifll take a bus tour of the County road system and Tillsonburg Hospital. *' ■Foxy ApproachBingo Game of Extermination Planned by OxfordTHE. NEW OVERPASS on ? Highway 2, at Creditville is be- K ginning to take shape. The TOP. PHOTO shows the first section = which is going up over the CNR I tracks. The diversion is about one mile in length, and will lie to the south side of the railway tracks. In the LOWER photo, is a portion of the house ownedand occupied until recently by Miss Charlotte Turnbull, and which was blocking the eastern approach to the overpass. Miss Turn bull resisted all efforts by the Department of Highways to have the house moved until it became necessary to take le­gal action. When a writ was iss­ued, Miss Turnbull reluctantlyaccepted a cheque in payment, plus the assurance of the De­partment that her house would be moved south a few hundred feet, and certain repairs made to the frame structure. The house is now in the process of being moved to the new location.(Staff Photos).WOODSTOCK, Aug. 29 — — Oxford County nimrods are in for some “happy hunting” this fall when they go after elusive Rey­nard the fox.Under a new experimental scheme approved by county council and just released to­day by County Clerk L. K. Coles, the happy hunter who bags an adult ear- banded fox can also bag 550 from the county coffers.♦ * *It is like a bingo game on fox pelts with the winners taking the jackpots. It is not inconceivable that a player will bag more than one in the novel fox ex­termination plan and in­crease his earnings.‘It is just a scheme to add Incentive to the fox hunt­ing sport,” County Clerk Coles explained.On and after Sept. 1, 1957, Oxford County Council willpay J50 per fox pelt but only on foxes that were tagged and released this past spring.. "This new plan is strictly experimental," he •pointed outIn April and early May this year, 15 fox pups were -captured and kept in cap­tivity for a short time. Small, light metal discs bearing numbers were banded in their ears. They were released in May after their release location and serial numbers were re­corded so that council will know when they are caught and how far they have traveled. Some were re­leased in every township in the county.* • •To obtain the bounty the hunter must bring in the whole adult carcass to the county clerk's office where the hunter will receive his check."It is expected that hunters will bag many dur­ing the fall and * winter months hoping to hit the jackpot with a marked fox.”The plan, if popular and successful, will likely be continued in future years. The date of Sept. 1 to start the season, was set as it is not the intention of paying $50 for a fox pup, Mr. Coles observed.* • •Oxford County previously paid a bounty for each fox caught and from Jan. 1945 when it started to March 31. 1956. when it ended a total of $17,220 was paid out in bounties. Council felt that the new method is worth a try to decrease administra­tion costs and effort. Dur­ing the above period the bounty ranged from $2 to $4 each and a total of 5,494 pelts were turned in.Book Classification Discussed By Oxford Library Co-OperativeThe Oxford County Library Co­operative held its annual work­shop meeting for the librarians of the county in the Oxford Coun­ty Library on Wednesday, at the Court House.Librarians were present from Beachville, Bright, Plattaville, Mount Elgin, Dereham Centre, Ingersoll, Ingersoll Collegiate, Norwich, Embro, Princeton and Tavistock.Mrs. S. L. Krornpart presided at the meeting. The morning pro­gram consisted of general busi­ness and a discussion on classify­ing books in the library led by Mrs. S. L. Krornpart. Miss E. Carney of Ingersoll Collegiate spoke o n reading and the the teen-ager and Miss Betty| Crawford of the Ingersoll library spoke on popular fall books.The meeting then adjourned to, the Oxford Hotel in Tavistock fori dinner and after dinner the group were guests of the Tavistock County Library where they were! welcomed by the librarian, Mrs. E. A. Kalbfleisch, At the close of the afternoon meeting Mrs. Kalb- fleisch assisted by some of the. Tavistock ladies served tea.Mrs. W. Cocker thanked Mrs. Kalbfleisch for her hospitality and Miss Crawford and Miss j Carney for their part in the pro­gram.Urge Construction New Building For Use As Agricultural OfficesOxford’s Agricultural Commit­tee yesterday recommended new agricultural offices for the countyMembers felt that as Oxford is primarily an agricultural county and that the . services of the ag­ricultural office were in great de­mand a new office was more than necessary.Moreover, as the growth of the staff necessitated further office accommodation and that parking had become a serious problem, not only for the staff but also for those using the services of the office, steps should be taken, re­commended the committee, to relocate department ofifees in a more suitable location.Reeve J. Grant Smith, of North Norwich, chairman of the agri­culture committee, said of the parking problem, “That as the City of Woodstock will not pro­vide parking for us and at all times are much too keen to put tickets on our ears,we all must agree that we are greatly in need of a new location.'*Copies of this recommendation are being sent to the Depart­ment of Public Works, Depart­ment of Agriculture, the Minis­ter of Agriculture for Ontario and to Gordon Innes, MLA for Ox­ford. PREPARE GOVERNOR'S ROAD FOR PAVING IN 1958Set City Hall MeetingOxford Historical GroupPlans Re-OrganizationFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK. Sept. 17 — A meeting to re-organize the " Oxford County Historical Society will be held at the city hail here Sept. 20 at 7.30 p.m. according to a letter read to county council here today which invited Warden Cecil Riddle andWORK HAS STARTED on the grading and gravelling of the Governor's road in preparation io paving next year. In the .TOP LEFT? photo can be seen some of the scores of trees that have to fall to increase the road allowance from its present 66 feet to ife new allowance of 100feet. In the TOP RIGHT photo, a workman ties in the corner of the new fence line of some of the 24 miles of new fencing that has to be erected. In the LOWER PHOTO is pictured one of the five big earth movers being used, in the re-grading of the road sur-face and the road shoulders. At the present time four miles of the approximate 12 miles is un-i der contract. It is expected that' a second four miles wil be con­tracted in the near fture for, work this year. Work is starting from the Thamesford end. (Staff Photos).5 Die At Eastwood; 3rd From Woodstock Criticalhis councilors to attend.In an attempt to revive the; historical society, views will be; exchanged and an executive elected, the letter observed.Il is hoped that the society will be revived on a county wide basis with a view to col­lecting historical material be­ing gathered by various bodies at present "Precious material is being gathered which may be. lost it nothing is done," the; letter signed by Secretary Mar­jorie Chambers stated in part.The original society was founded about. 60 years ago and dissolved just before World War One. It was revived in 1930 and became dormant just before World War Two. The society hopes to revive it again on a more permanent basis this year.The present executive includes Mrs. E. J. Canfield, Woodstock;; Dr. R. L. Revell, Woodstock; I i Charles Blueman, Woodstock;' Miss Zelln Hotson, Innerkip and Miss Chambers.No Flu Vaccine For Few MonthsAsiatic flu vaccine will not be available to essentia) services for a few months, said Dr. O. C. Powers, Medical Officer of Health of the Oxford County Health Unit.At present the vaccine is not; even ready for the Armed Ser­vices which of course will have priority over essential services.Regarding national immuniza-i tion week, which is from Sept. .122 to 28 Dr. Powers said that as the Oxford Health Unit carries out its own immunisation pro­gram ten months in the year he felt that this one week sponsored by the Health League of Canada did not have much bearing for the Oxford Health Unit-'//"to-'■ ■' . ' . : : j’S OLD FOLKS ARE THEATRE GUESTSIt was a gala and enjoyable afternoon Wednesday when residents of the Oxford Coun­ty Home for the Aged were guests of the Sentinel-Review and the management of the Capitol Theatre, at the show­ing of a feature picture in the theatre. The men and women were transported to the the­atre by courtesy of the localUnion Gas Threatens To Expropriate LandsLandowners in Oxford county have joined under the leadership of the Federation of Agriculture in carrying on legal negotiations with Union Gas Co., of Chatham.Union Gas have not been able to reach “a reasonable agree- ,ment” with farmers and is pre­paring applications for power to expropriate land needed for the construction of its proposed 140- mile pipeline from Sarnia to Ham­ilton, general manager Thomas Weir said in London yesterday.As far as Oxford landowners are concerned, said W. L. Bishop, sec­retary, of Oxford County Federat­ion of Agriculture, negotiations are still pending as to what price Ox­ford county landowners will re­ceive."But we are only asking that we be given the same assessment on subsoil 4§mage as is given in the caseof the Trans-Canada Inter­Provincial Pipeline Co.,” he stat­ed."We have an agreement with Interprovincial,” he pointed out.”, "that where farmers and the company fail to agree as to the extent of subsoil damage caused I by building this line, technicians IS. will be asked to arbitrate the diff- , erence.recently with other farmers from Middlesex and Perth counties and decided on a uniform minimum settlement of $7 per rod for an easement strip of 60 feet.The approximate location for the gas line in Oxford county is four miles north of Embro and south, of Hickson and Bright.Inter provincial and Union Gas lines will cross, when built, in the East and West Zorra boundaries.Applications which must be made separately for each piece of property desired by the company, will be sent to the Ontario Fuel Control Board which already has granted permission for Union Gas to build the pipeline.Col. Weir said the pipeline will require 600 properties, but he doubted whether expropriation would be necessary in all cases.Present target date for complet­ion of the project is the end of November,Col Weir said the company hadhave no such agree“But we 1.-.,- — —. ment with Union Gas Co., ofChatham,”he said. RATEUNIFORMOxford farmers concerned metbus service, and following the show, were returned to the Home by volunteer car driv­ers. In the photo, one of the gentlemen who thoroughly en­joyed the outing, Amos Adrin, is shown as he leaves the the­atre and is assisted into a car by Mrs. R. Roberts and the­atre manager, Tom Naylor. (Staff photo).negotiated easement agreements with 50 br >«0 farmers, but had to re-negotiate when the fuel board ordered revisions in the easement form.The main- revision restricted Union to building one pipeline only on the land acquired, whereas the old form approved construction of “not more than two lines.” Th® old form thus would have permitt­ed expansion in future years with­out new negotiations.“But now,” Col. Weir pointed out, “we’d have to go through this all over again if we decided to build a second line later on.”He said Union had been offering prices “equal to and in some cases better than” those being accepted by farmers dealing with the Trans­Canada Inter-Provincial Pipelina* Co. “We therefore feel the farm­ers are being somewhat unreason­able,” he said. “They are also not uniform in their demands.” sThe gutted Metropolitan Stores block in Tillson- burg is rapidly crumbling under blows from work­men's hammers and long poles wielded from street level. The block was ripped by a’half-million dollarfire Wednesday. Its second storey is considered a hazard ItMraffic below. Residents of eigh^ec storey apartments, including 12 children, were homeless. ence Stover, president, GordonPROVING TH4T Oxford is a; ''I/’-cious county, former reeves, : “along with present council members” get together once a year to renew acquaintances and to listen to a guest speak- g er. At the Legion Hall yester­day ex-reeves held their 11th annual meeting and the guest speaker was Gordon Innes, MLA for Oxford. He spoke ab­out a recent trip to northern Ontario. In the TOP LEFT picture from the left are Clar-Roy Curds, secretary. In the • TOP CENTRE picture from the left are W. W. Banbury, Art- I hur Hutchison and W. Mclnt- | yre. In the TOP RIGHT pic- ture on the left is Carl Bert­rand, with Cecil Riddle. Object of attention in these pictures of । ex-reeves is a map fracing the guest speaker’s recent trip tQ northern Ontario mines and pulp and paper mills. (Staff Photos)■ENGINEER RETIRING AT 70NOT OVER CRITICISM-REEPeel county councillors ShouldDRUMBO FAIRComplimentary Ticketand Ladyreconsider the resignation of Newton L. Powell as roads engi­neer, ex-Deputy Reeve Albert Crookes insisted at a meeting of Toronto township council in Cooksville yesterday.Reeve Mrs. Mary Fix told Mr. Crookes that Mr. Powell, Peel engineer since 1920, had not been asked for his resignation. She said it had been accepted in accordance with terms of a by-law providing for retirement at 70 by those holding county staff positions. The reeve added that it would be unfortunate if the good name of Mr.’ Powell should suffer through “rumors” to the contrary.Mrs. Fix added that it was an “unfortunate coincidence” that there had been some criticism of the department headed by Mr. Powell allowing road mainten­ance costs to exceed quotas for the first half of the year, on the day he resigned."This discussion was com­pletely unrelated to acceptance of the resignation,” she stated.Mr. Powell said, at his home on Byng Ave. in Brampton to­day, that his 70th birthday falls on Friday, Sept. 27, and that he had asked his resignation to become effective at the end of the month. One of his assistants, Robert A. Cruise, 27, of Weston, has been appointed to succeed him. starting Oct. 1.Toronto township may join the city of Toronto in protesting proposed increases in telephone rates, Mrs. Fix told council. "We will make a complete study of the telephone rate structure ,wllh a view to protecting our I business people and large indus- • tries in Toronto township,” she said.She pointed out that Atwater and Crescent subscribers In Cooksville and Port Credit now are paying the highest fringe rates in the entire Toronto area.Roads Commissioner QuitsToronto township as in Central 3 Toronto exchanges.“It should be pointed out that present facilities are making il & possible for Cooksville and Port Credit people to dial more num­bers without charge in tjie west- /. ern fringe as well as central ex­changes than subscribers in any ;sother zone,” he said. '*It is pos-sible for customers in Cooksville and Port Credit to make free!- 'Thursday, September 26th— 1957 -Wilbert Culm, district plant ri superintendent nf the Bell Tele-dial calls to 535,000 other tele-l a phones.”A Toronto township by-law opening the way to apply for / absorption of Streetwille as a counter-measure to the village’s appeal to take over 1,575 acres of township land was repealed by council.The Streetsville application was dismissed Friday at the con­clusion of a two-day Municipal' board hearing in the village.The reeve stated that a num-; ber of bills will have to reach! the township office before exact; cost of the hearing to the muni-1cipallty can be calculated, i-! Streetsville had been ordered to} nnv hoard foes nf 5150 in its nnrt* \„ , Mreetsvuie nan Deen oracrea tophone Co., told council actual pay board fees of $150 in its part increases will be the same in1 of the’ hearing. -gricultural SocietyNorth NorwicSKPTKMRKR 91th and SMh, 11107COMPLIMENTARYNo| TransferableOxford Ex-Reeves Contribute Funds1To Keep Annual Get-Together AliveJohn Stain Presidentirtiifb Annual ExhibitionMURRAY RETT1E, HrcW.Trens.A. I’. MAEWKb. President.^ompliHventaryI avistock Fall Fair TA VISTOC K, ONT A R IO!'riday and Salnrdsiy, Sept. 6 & 7, 1957AdmitDereham. secretory-treasurer; Arthur Hutchison, North Oxford, director; W. W. Banbury, North Ox­ford, vice-president; Carl Bertrand, North Norwich, director, and Reginald Day, East Nissouri, director.Elected to new executive for the association were, front, left to right, President Wilfrid Mclniyre, East Oxford, being congratulated by Past-President Clarence Stover, South Norwich; back, Leroy Curtis,Not to bo taken up at the gate. Thin tleket l« not transferable,Robert Rudy SecretaryFree Press Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK. Sept 4Holding their 11th annual Ex­Reeves Association meeting at the Legion Memorial Hall here today, about 50 former Oxford County legislators chipped in extra quarters to keep the get- togehter alive.Poor attendance last year al­most spelled the finish of one of Oxford's most exclusive clubs but a good attendance this year just about got them out of the red and into the black.On a motion from the floor, unanimously accepted, the ex- reeves willingly tossed quar­ters onto the long banquet table at the Legion hall.“It was bacl, wet harvest weather last year that reduced the attendance” said perennial secretary - treasurer, Leroy Curtis, of Dereham Township. A feeling that good comrade­ship should never be lost pre­vailed and the members were urged to do their best to in­terest all county ex-reeves in attending the annual meeting.Guest speaker. Gordon Innes, MLA for Oxford, struck the keynote of the meeting when He stated that the ex-reeves reserved a great deal of credit for the good legislation made in the past towards making Oxford known as the “Banner County" of Ontario.Mr. Innes gave the gather-ing a few highlights on the vast development taking place, in Northern Ontario. The speaker also stressed the need of citizens and the Govern­ment to look and think ahead to conserve the forests for future generations.—Free Press Woodstock Bureau Spry, 80-year-old Allan Kneal, right, reeve of East Oxford in 1905 and 1906,, now a resident of Brantford, recalls some early county legislation with Warden Cecil Riddle, North Oxford, centre, and his cousin, ex-Reeve Carl Bertrand, North Norwich, "baby reeve" of last year, at meeting of the Oxford County Ex­Reeves' Association yesterday.The speaker was introduced by Ex-Reeve Alex McCor- quodalc, of East Nissouri, and thanked by R. A, McDonald, of Woodstock.Succeeding Clarence Stover of South Norwich, as president was Wilfrid McIntyre, of East Oxford. Elected vice-president was W. W. Banbury, of North Oxford. Re-elected secretary- . treasurer was Mr. Curtis. Di-i rectors are: Arthur Hutchison, North Oxford; Carl Bertrand,1 North Norwich; Reginald Day,: East Nissouri. County Council bad a visitor j Woodstock will give its assist­yesterday whi outlined why Ox- ; ance it was stated. Tn theyesieruay wa > uuuiueu u.x- , il was aua-.eu. in meford should organize a civil ■ photo, from the left: Bill Dut- defence committee. City of ‘ ton, Woodstock co-ordinator,Agenda Is Light As Oxford County Council Holds September SittingWhat promises to be a light; the Municipal Act whereby a jotember session began today municipality may be allowed toSeptember session began today' municipality may — --------- for County Council. devy by mill rate to establish aCorrespondence which included reserve fund so that the neces- important resolutions were read sity of borrowing from the banksfrom various counties.to carry on the business for theFrom the County of Middlesex year be eliminated.From Kent County— That labor—Because Township grants to j . _ ______public schools for teachers’ salar- costs be investigated by the Pre- ies have remained at $600 and'mier of Ontario and the Minist-8400 for many years, and is en- er of Highways of Ontario re- tirely out of line with present garding relocating appliances or1 conditions, be it resolved we, I works placed on or under the' members of Middlesex County. highway by an operating corpor- Couneil, wish to impress on the attorn with a view to bringing Department of Education the ad- them within the meaning of the' viability of increasing this grant.; Public Service Works on High-From the County of Essex—'ways Act.That the Department of Agricull- i----—tore be requested to rescind Billnumber 121 and rewrite the bill to put some of the onus of re­sponsibilities on the producer of livestock and poultry.From the united counties oft Stormont, Dundas Glengarry— That Hon. Minister of Agricul-L tare for Ontario be petitioned to I offer assistance by way of snh-: sidizing costs of farm 'tale from I the place of manufacture to the; farm.From Kent County—That a re- .. solution be sent to the Depart-, i merit of Municipal Affairs of the Government of the Province oL Ontario requesting it to amendWarden Cecil Riddle, R. T. Gavin, Regional Civil Defence Co-ordinator, and Mayor Char-Former Oxford Warden Hugh G. Harris, DiesA former warden of Oxford and .prominent citizen of this district Tor many years, Hugh G Harris, East Nissouri township, passed | aw-ay at St. Marys Memorial Hos­pital on Thursday, Sept 19. He was in his 68th year.Born, in East Nissouri, he was (a .son of (he late Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Harris, both natives of East Nissouri. He engaged in farming and also conducted a fuel and seed business for many years He was also a breeder of fine cattle.Prominent in community af­fairs. he served several years on the township council and was elected warden of the county for 1940. He also served as a mem- iber of the township school board for several terms.He was keenly interested in children's aid wk and was an active member of the Oxford Children's Aid Society and later director and honorary director.He was a member of Christ Church, a member and past mast­er of Doric Masonic Lodge, St. Marys, also of the Royal Arch Masons chapter at St. Marys.Surviving are his wife formerly Mary McLeod; one son Robert at home; two daughters, Mrs. L. Cu Newhouse <Christine Elizabeth), and Mrs. Norman Boyde (Marg­aret), both of Toronto; three______________les Tatham of Woodstock dis-- cuss the necessity of such a[ plan. (Staff Photo). . . former warden bnotiherw, Purves and Leaman,. East Nissouri and Dr. Charles of London,The funeral was being held this; afternoon from the L. A. Ball) Funeral Home, St. Marys with; interment in Lakeside Anglican; cemetery,.f.,. ’ : 4 !. ■?) i■ J..‘.s- ■Oppose CountyPolice ForceCounty-wide police force was not favored by Oxford County coiinciOtars yewterday.They agreed loca1 municipalit­ies should determine speed con­trol rather than establish a county police department,A short debate on speeding wasinitiated by Reeve. Charles Beag- tey of Embro when he asked if Provincial Police could assist In setting up a speed trap in his I municipality.He also asked it be brought before council’s road committee.Reeve George H. Ds vis, of SouthW'Norwich Township supported him.—.. /Purchase of equipment and en-forcemeat of speed controls by 'the municipalities would be in­significant Councillors felt.Name Committee To Study j Civil Defence For Oxford ICounty Council yesterday ap­pointed a civil defence commit­tee made up of the following members: Reeve Henry Banbury, of Blenheim; Deputy Reeve Clare H. Esseltine, of Tillsonburg; Dep­uty Reeve John Bolton, of East Nissouri; Reeve J. Grant Smith, of North Norwich and Deputy Reeve E. P Eddy, of East Zorra.This committee is to make fur­ther study about the possibilities of establishing civil defence on a county-wide basis.A bylaw was passed yesterday in County Council to regulate sign boards and gasoline pumps in the County of Oxford on or adjacent .to County and suburban roads.With this by-law the Countymay control, roads under its jur­isdiction, and prohibit and regu­late, (a) the placing, erecting or altering of any gasoline pump within 150 feet of any limit of a road; and (b) the displaying of any sign, notice or advertising de­vice within one-qiuartermile of any lamift of a road.LICENCESThe bylaw also provided for the issuance of licences ait a fee ranging from $1 to $5 and a pen­ality ranging from $1 to 8100.No sign or gas pump within the specified terms of the bylaw- can be erected without written permission of the county. One of > the provisions of the bylaw stated that a sign shall in no case ob- . struct the traffic view.This by-law also prov’des for 1the issuing of permits for the I placing, erecting, altering or dis­playing of any gasoline pump, ; sign, notice, or advertising de­vice and may prescribe the form, term and conditions and fees to be paid and may also prescribe penalties.But the by-law goes into effect only on the day after approval is given in writing by the Minist­er of Highways.A resolution of the Middlesex! County Council regarding an in-5 crease in provincial grants to pub-1 lie schools for teacher’s salaries J was passed yesterday by Oxford I County Council .Council also recommended that a grant of 850 be given to each of the 17 Public Libraries in the County.Expenditures on the Oxford County road system to Aug. 31 of this year totaled $420,083.73 for which interim has been appli- u ed for to the Department of Highways. This sum was reveal-, ed yesterday in a report prepar-f ed by the County Road Commit-1 tee.The report also stated that the i work schedule on the road pro-: gram was progressing favorably. All projects 'under maintenance1 were completed and general ■. maintenance was being earned j on for the balance of the year. ‘No purchase of new machinery * i is being made because of an over I ' expenditure on hard too. patching. [Black Year in OPP BooksOxford Crashes Kill 14In Record 10-Month TollFree Press Wood slock BureauWOODSTOCK, Oct 28 -- It has been a black year to date 1 on the highways and byways of Oxford County with 14 faialL tlcs recorded by the Woodstock detachment of the provincial police.The detachment cover® all of Oxford except the townships of South and North Norwich’ ' 'and Dereham. Oxford Leaves Speed Control To Municipalities x , ■ tPay Tribute To Departing Agricultural AssistantWhen Watrden Ceei'l Riddle on behalf of Nie Oxford County Coun­cil presented Brad Schneller with a sum of money last night at a “sendoff party" at the Recreation Hall, Woodstock Pasrgnounds Mr. Schneller not only thanked him, but also requested the '‘privilege" of addressing County Council this morning.Mr. Schneller appeared before County Council at 10.30 a.m. to­day thanking them for the kind­ness shown him while he filled the pori of a'SSTstiant agricultural representative."But, he remarked, “I would also like to pass on to you a few tilings I have observed while in Oxford during the past, four yearsParing special tribute to coun­ty weed inspector, Ed Thornton, "who was doing a heavy poliee- man-iike job,” he felt that County Council should consider giving him an assistant, because there was more work than one man could handle.Controlling weeds was of benefit to both rural and urban property and Mr. Schneller added, "He hoped that Mr. Thornton's won­derful job would not. be discarded because of lack of heflp.” JUNIOR ACTIVITIESRegarding the junior County folk he said that their closer tie with the senior people was a re- suit of county council's assistance.He hoped also that money and awards given by council wouldWarterioo, wtho had known Brad as a younger boy; Oxford Agriicul- tuml Committee chairman, Grant Smith; president of the Federat­ion of Agriculture, Charlies Munro and Mayor diaa-ffiie Ta'bham of Woodstock.General dhafirmian for “BradSchnelletr night” was Francis Moulton, president of the Oxford Club Leader’s Association.Mi\ ScimeMer’s parents, siister and husband also attended.Musical entertaiimmeot was suip- plied by a number of county 4-H clubs.County-Wide Police Force Not Favored:Free Press Woodstock Bureau •WOODSTOCK, Sept. 17' — Oxford County coun­cilors agreed today speed control should be carriedout by local as opposed ment of amunicipalities to establish- county policeOxford CouncilHis thoughts were echoed by Reeve George H. Davi*, of South 1 Norwich, who said that he was sure a child would be killed onSees Speeders Local MatterOtterville’s main street Mme , day.“It’« not a nice thing to think| ; about," he said., It was not suggested that al I county police system be set up •as in Norfolk County. WhileWOODSTOCK, Sept. 18 no acfcion WM uken- raembcrB —Concerned with Rneed- felt that at * coat> equip’ uoncernea witn speed- ment COklJd be purchMe<f and; ing and the safety Of chil- speed curtailment enforced by'TRAILER FOR SALE BY TENDERA Trailer used by the Oxford Health Unit for clinics, will be sold by tender to thehighest Bidder, close Wednesday tober 30th, 1957.Trailer is parkedTenders Noon. Oc-at back ofnot be directed towards small 4-H achievements but would help to stimulate interest in large achievements.As Mr. Schneller also believes । . in putting the name oi- the coun­ty in which he works, “in of the public" he also instilled among 4-H members to do like-! wise. That is, not to regard one's hometown or a specific town- shap as carrying on a program but that rt should be considered a county activity.These, he said, when recent Ox­ford 4-H representatives visited' Herkimer County Last month not' only were they truly representat­ive but "they were also a fine example in Herkimer County.” ; Mr. Schneller said he thought enough of the problems faced by him in his duties as assistant ag- - ncultural representative that he hoped to get more information on । them. "Which is why I am cross-; jtog the border- to take advantage of instruction I can’t get here,’’1 3 he added."I hope to do a better job when I return from my studies,” he concluded |Court House and may be in­spected at any time. Inside renovation will make it suit­able for home or workshop.TERMS—CASH.L. K. COLES, Secretary-Treasurer. OXFORD HEALTH UNIT Court House, Woodstock15/18-5AOTHER GIFTSOther wgandzations which also!gave cash gifts to Mr. Schneller i.ast mW were the Oxford Coun- ty 4-H Club Leadens Association,Association.irty, and (the 'g Producer's.Among the guests wishing ham good hack were E. I. McLoughry, assistant director of extension,! Dep ot Agriculture, and former; AgrimLtUirai r<^re>5eptatave in'department.Seek OPP HelpReeve Charles Baegley, of Embro, brought up the question of speeding and asked if Pro­vincial Police might assist in setting up a speed trap in his municipality. He asked that it be brought before council's road •committee.He was supported by Reeve George H. Davis, of South Nor-' which Township.Councilors felt cost would bei slight for purchase of equip­ment and enforcement of speed controls by the municipalities.dren on Oxford County th6 Aitferent municipalities, , । Reorganize Societyroads, County Council at | A mecUng lo „.organjw ,be its opening session here " * ' ~ yesterday, pondered what steps could be taken to solve the problem.Wanted Police AidPuecve brought council session, whetherCharles B a e g 1 e y the question before during the afternoon when he wondered Provincial Police couldassist in setting up a speed trap in his home municipality of Embro. He said he wouldOxford County Historical Society will be held at the city hall here' Sept. 20 at 7.30 p.m. according to a letter read to council inviting Warden Cecil Riddle and his councilors to attend.In an attempt to revive the^ historical society, view* will be exchanged and am executive elected, the letter observed.It is hoped that the society will be revived on a county wide basis with a view to col­lecting historical material be-like to put it before the roads in^ gathered by various bodies committee for consideration. at present "Precious material “The traffic is getting '* bein? gathered which may be heavy, and speed just has to ^°3*- nothing is done," the! be controlled,” he said. signed by Secretary Mar-■ jorie Chambers stated in part. 1The original society was founded about 60 years ago and dissolved just before World War One. It was revived in 1930 and became dormant just before^ World War Two. The socieijl hopes to revive ft again on al more permanent basis this yearlxg •«OXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING HERE THIS WEEKOR1111Oxford County Council began the first of its four-day June se.s- :sion yesterday. Just tinisJunglunch lions workand preparing for a stren- aftcrnonn of committee are from the left.: Deputy-Reeve E. P, Eddy, East Zorra; । Deputy-Reeve Herbert Balkwill.Blenheim; Deputy-Reeva John IBolton. East Nissouri. and Reeve Howard McCombs, of Norwich. (Staff Photo1.a? •■'' ' RUSH WORK TOBwMRGOVERNOR’S ROAD is being 'widened for paving. In the TOP LEFT picture is a group of 'freshly cut maple trees that have been growing on the' side of Governor’s mad probably since the time the road was first surveyed. Approximately 450 trees ha dto be out and moved with the farmer re­taining the wood. In the TOP RIGHT picture an earth-ma­chine removes; sod and soil to a nearby gravel pit because such miateml cannot be used for road-building purposes. Irt ■the LOWER picture a crane strains while hoisting a maple tree stump weighing 17 tons. (Steiff Photo).Historical Old Road Receives Improvementi On the first four-mile stretch—----------------------------------— > Graham and Graham of Londonportant and historical stretch of'were given toe contract to widen road that has perhaps been the and prepare the road to be pav-From the foot of Dundas West to Thamesford there runs an im­most talked-abaut stretch of road in Ontario.It is called the “Governor’s Road".This road is just a short 12- ... mile stretch and for years there has been much talk of repairing and paving it.Well the talk has now at leastbeen converted into the action, delay”. In the widening of the stage. If one now has reason to road he had to wait for the re-drive on this road, if he can stand: moval of telephone and hydro a diet of dust, he will see two’poles.different contracting companies “It will take me eight weeks working on it. I.- - ............... —nor’s road in approximately sixe THE SENTINEL-REVIEW, SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 7, 1957ed sometime in the future.-•From Ingersoll to Bayside, middle four-mile stretch, the con­tract was let by the county road committee to W. A. Haggerty Contractors Limited of Ingersoll.Mr. Haggerty began his stretch two weeks ago being held up “by at least one month by the hydroto finish my work," said Mr. Hag-[ Cost of widening and 'this road is being bornegeirty,” and I hope this fine weather keeps up because it will certainly speed up my work.”He said that he has 450 trees to move, mostly maple. All wood is left to farmers, being piled' neatly on their fields. Even the top-soil is given back to the farm­ers and soil that cannot be utili­zed is used for fill and “should­ering the grades”.Tlie tour-mile strip which mins from Rayside to the outskirts of Woodstock and is perhaps the most heavily-used strip has not yet been widened and the con­tract for this strip has not yet been given to any contractor.Oanada Cement, Oxford and a subsidy from the Government.When the six inchesps ving by the County Ontario __ of top gravel is put on the old Gover- route to Thamesiford, bypassing Ingersoll.Time of actual paving its still uncertain but when it does hap­pen no longer will the dust fly on Governor’s road; no longer will there be huge potholes and no longer will there be criticisim of Governor Simcoe’s historical road-building effort. COUNTY OFFICE IS COMPLETELY SELF-SUPPORTING■"■?" 'MM• i K -PUBLIC NOTICEAt the call of WARDEN , CECIL M. RIDDLE A SPE- 'CTAL MEETING of the Coun- ty Council of the County of ) Oxford will be held in theCOUNCIL CHAMBER ;IN THE COURT HOUSE WOODSTOCKonTUESDAY, JUNE 11;1957 at the hour of ten o’clock I a.m., for general business.All claims and account* against the county must be I .filed with the County Clerk I before the first day of the session.L. K. COLES, County Clerk.County Clerk’s Office, WoodstockJ0-5AS: x I1-Freeway 401 Is OpenedBy Highways MinisterFACING ON Graham street, the registry office for Oxford County TOP is completely funct­ion:!! in design. When built, it broke the long-standing custom of housing deeds and records of land in 'drab, musty junio ver­sions of county jails.” In the SECOND PHOTO, industriously engaged in keeping the records up to date, are John C. Blair, senior deputy-registrar. Miss Barbara Franklin and Mrs. Rob-ert MacDonald. Not only doesR ' ■ ■"Mdents but almost any time, law­yers from outside points, may be' found there seeking information. Searching a title THIRD PHOTO, is a visiting barrister from Lon­don. (Extreme right*, B. H. Rac-' ine. Using the telephone is a Woodstock lawyer. James Hutch-: inson. In the LOWER PHOTO a portrait of Colonel James Inger- soli, second registrar in Oxford County, looks down in "Lincoln-Hlike fashion" on today's registrar. • Ross V. Tuck, Col, Ingersoll heldthe Oxford County registrar office j the office of country registrar for provide facilities for county resl- 1 52 years. (Staff photos'. BRAD SCHNELLERROBERT E. BELLWork Of “Ag Reps” Of Great Benefit To County FarmersIt is not the 50 years of service to the farmers of Ontario that dis- I tinguish the work of agricultural ■ representatives and their assist­ants. but the co-operative and in­formed enthusiasm they channelize fl in the solving of the farmers’ numerous problems.In 1913. the first agricultural re- - pFesentative in Oxford County opened his office in Woodstock. He was the late G. R. Green and he 'served the farmers till his death in 1947.Then he was succeeded by the late George Bell, who was agricul­tural representative until his death in 1953.Present representative, and the third to hold office in Oxford, is Robert E. Bell. He came here as assistant representative on May 1, 1952, from Peterboro County.He became agricultural repre- . tentative in May, 1953.Brad Schneller came here as assistant agricultural representat­ive in June. 1953. He is in charge of junior extension work in the < county.Also on the staff is Bob Milne, | engineering extension specialist 5 fori both Oxford and Middlesex iB Counties-—with headquarters in Wordstock. He arrived in 1956.Mr. Bell, Mr. Schneller and Mr. Milne are graduates of the Ontario i j Agricultural College, Guelph,"A significant development in agricultural representative service tod: ■■ " ;ays Mr. Bell, "E the re­cent nd in the extension service, s whkb has been towards increased 1 _ specialization.”Fifty years of service to thefarmers of Ontario will be mark­ed by a special program at this year’s Annual Conference of the Extension Branch of the Ontario Department of Agriculture. The Conference is being held on June 24, 25, 26 and 27 at the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph. In addition to all those now serving in this Branch, a large number of former members of the Agricultur­al Representative Service have been invited.The anniversary program on June 27 will feature an address by Dr. J. Taggart, Canadian Deputy Minister of Agriculture and a form­er Agricultural Representative in Frontenac County as well as a panel discussion by present and former Agricultural Representat­ives on extension work in the past 50 years.HISTORYThe Agricultural Representative service in Ontario owes its birth to the inspiration and vision of Dr. C. C. James, deputy minister of agriculture, who in 1906, outlined the plan in a memorandum to Hon. Nelson Monteith, then Minister of Agriculture. With the co-operation of the Department of Education, six young men were appointed in 1907 as district representatives, charged with a dual mission--to teach agriculture in the high schools and to expand and im­prove the work of the Ontario De­partment of Agriculture through "on the spot” service to the farm­er.These six young men were: W. A. Munroe, stationed at Morris­burg, Dundas County; R. S. Hamerat Petrlh in at LindsayLanark; F. H. Reed in Victoria: R. E.Mortimer at Collingwood in Sim­coe; F. C. Hart at Galt in Water­loo; and A. McKenney ait Essex in Essex County.Thanks to their enthusiasm, ab­ility and initiative, the demand for such service spread rapidly. By 1912 twenty-nine offices had been established in the counties and districts of Ontario. The Ontario Department of Agriculture assum­ed full responsibility for the dis­trict representatives and an as­sistant deputy minister was put in charge of the work.Later these men were called ag­ricultural representatives and in 1918 the Agricultural Representa­tive Branch was formed within the Department of Agriculture. In 1956 the present Extension Branch was specialized services.From its introduction in 1907 un­til the present, the history of the Extension Branch has been one of progress and expansion, one of the major concerns has been the train­ing and leadership given young farm people through Junior Farm­er and 4-H Clubs.The first four Junior Farmer Clubs were organized in 1914 in the; counties of Peel, York Durham and Middlesex and the first Boys and; Girls Live Stock Club in Waterloo, County in 1915.Today there are close to 7,000 Junior Farmers in Ontario and over 21,000 4-H Club members.EXTENSION WORKIn senior extension work the Agricultural Representatives have prompted the use of better seed,new crop vanities, stock feeding and conservation andimproved breeding, land uselive soil andmore efficient farm management. In addition they hve offered guid­ance and encouragement to all types of farm organizations, v Throughout two World Wars they served in the forces or worked around the clock at home to in­crease food production^As the demand grew' for more specialized services the Ontario Department of Agriculture estab­lished an Extension Branch of which the Agricultural Represent­ative Service now forms part. This Branch also includes the home ec­onomics service, the fruit and; the agricultural engineering exten­sion service.Today the extension branch em-( ploys the services of 54 agricultur­al representatives, 30 associate and assistant representatives, 41 home. economics specialists, 10 fruit' and vegetable extension specialists, j 14 agricultural engineering exten­sion specialists and 1 tobacco ex- . tension specialist, as well as ad-1 ministrativty staff.NOVEL OXFORD PLAN TO CONTROL FOXESSpecial to The StarKitchener, April 29—A novel plan for promoting fox hunting in Oxford county was outlinedIn a communication read at Waterloo county councilThe Oxford authorities will p trap 15 foxes and mark them by j a tatoo mark or a bend. These J 15 foxes will be released at vari­ous points in the - county and each fox will be worth $50 to the iperson shooting it.The total cost to the countyH will be $750. "Wo expect that hunters will shoot a great num-1 ber of foxes in order to catchQJ one worth $50," said the Oxford ” ■ county clerk. “This plan will. | not come into effect until after) i September I. In other years 500j j to 600 have been caught in Ox-1 ; ford and we have paid as much,:?, as $2,500."In Waterloo county cash prursj I arc given to hunt clubs or indi-. victuals bringing in the greatest) I i number of tails. Hole In Bridge Disrupts TrafficWalk Seen BeneficialOLD OXFORD HOME CLUB HOUSE FOR GOLFERS. -the ladies section of the club. Story on page 111, (Sluff Photo)township; Dr. C. W. Kruger. I president nf t he golf club; and I Mrs. W. A. Reid, pixisident <1CCounty Councilors on Spot, Can't Find Parking SpaceFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, June 13 After a serious business scsslsn today Oxford County council wound up wondering whether they would ever be able to find a parking spot at. the county court­house.The property committee provided ample room for parking by county councilors but. failed to*--------------------------------------—, j foresee what would happen dur­ing heavy court sessions.Supreme Court and County Judge's Court jury session saw cars using the available space at the rear and front of the court­house.Reeve Howard McCombs, of Norwich, moved, seconded by Reeve George H. Davis, of South—Free Press Woodstock Bureau A two-foot square hole in the flooring of the bridge over the Thames River near Woodstock has added another worry for motorists using the much-battered Governor's road short cut between Woodstock and Thamesford.. Repairs will be made until a new bridge, under consideration, is built.Norwich, that the matter be left in the hands of the property committee, “to see if they can find more adequate parking.’’Reeve Robert Rudy, of Tavi­stock. suggested that it might he better for some councilor's waist­lines If they had to walk a block or two from a parking space.Hole In Bridge Closes Governor's Rood Again.■ WOODSTOCK, May 29 — A two-foot hole in a bridge west of Woodstock has again closed the Governor’s Road shortcut be­tween here and Thamesford.| J. N. Meathrell, Oxford County-1 road superintendent, said a gen­eral repair job will start on the span Jinking the shortcut andi Woodstock’s main street, within, the next two days. Repairs will! Include rebuilding the bridge floor and its seats.No New BridgeIt is expected the span will be repaired rather than wait for a proposed new structure to be built Mr. Meathrell said a new bridge would not be complete until October if started immedi­ately.A new bridge for tbe site was: proposed last year when the city, county and Canada Cement Com­pany entered an agreement to pave the bypass route. Tenders have been called to grade and gravel half the stretch between Woodstock and Thamesford and' work on the second half is ex­pected to start soon.Saturday wan s historical day for Woodstock golfers and the event took place on a his­torical site, One of the oldest homes in Oxford County is being retained as the club house at thenew Oxford District Golf and Country Club. Participating in ground-breaking cei-cmonlesSaturday are,Reeve J. Chesney of BlandfordSessions Next WeekOxford Council to Sift Equalized AssessmentFree Press Woodstock Bureau'WOODSTOCK, June 4 — Equalizing the county assessment, , • expected to total about 551.000,000, will be the main item of ® business when county council convenes at the courthouse here next Tuesday under Warden Cecil Riddle, of North Oxford.It will be the first time since county assessor Fred H. Cade started working on assessment' three years ago that county coun­cil will work on the new assess­ment basis. All 15 municipalities have been re-assessed under the country-wide system, L. K. Coles, county clefk and treasurer, said, . 'today. ' JFormerly each municipality's MUessmcrit was equalized by the equalization committee and its report submitted to council for ratification or changes.Last year the equalized assess­ment totaled about $33,000,000. A1%-W^A - %Open Deer Season In Oxford Will Depend On Neighboring CountiesOxford County may have an open, completely of deer, hr- said season for deer thia fall but it । Mr. Meadows also suggested that; | dependent upon bordering count-if the season be declared open inji«3. . , .'The'Agricultural Committee last night Recommended "that Oxford County hold an open season for deer, provided that the Counties of. Norfolk. Elgin, Middlesex, Per­th, Waterloo and Brant also hold; •an open season.” IOn the second day of mis ses-'Oxford it be held l^ter than in; Northern Ontario, Hia reason for this: "cattle will then be safely In the barn at that time."AXE-SWINGERS TATHAM (LEFT) AND ALLANMinister Of Highways,,’sion County Councilors had heard E. F. Meadows, of Hespeler give the viewpoint of the Department of Lands and Forests.He had said then that the De­partment wanted the endorsation; of the Counties concerned as to, whether there would be an open, .season for deer in 1957.As it had been some years ago that an open season had been de­clared in southern Ontario this year Brant, Halton and Bruce had signified their willingness to have j the season open.Grey and Bruce had yet to be approached but Mr. Meadows had ■expected a favorable reaction there.Bruce County was the only one to have' an open season last year but they had mentioned, "they would like to see more counties open.”The purpose, he warned, regard­ing open seasons “is not to elim­inate but to keep deer firmly un­der control.” There has been too much opposition of ridding areas‘Oxford Wants Larger GrantApproved by Oxford County, Council last night was a recom­mendation that the county roads committee investigate into the pos­sibility of securing a larger grant from the Department of Highways? and the Canada Cement Company.1Receiving unanimous endorsat-; ion was the finance report sub-' mitted by Reeve Arthur Lockhart, of Blandford, chairman of the fin- ancial committee. The report not-, ed the increased cost of construct­ion of the Governor’s Road.The committee also noted that if additional money could not be secured it recommended “the bor­rowing of $75,000 toward this work in 1957".Mayor Perform OpeningHighway No. 4 between Talbotvillej and Lambeth at its western end. four miles north of the junction;A shirtsleeved Ontario High­way’s minister and a mayor this morning jointly did the first act that will see Ontario’s new High-•way No. 401 officially tween Woodstock and Swinging axes with Hon. James N. Allan,opened be- London.gusto, theMinister of and MayorHighways for OntarioCharles M. Tatham chopped downa "Not open to traffic" sign at the entrance to 401 near East­wood.Tne entrance way is one of three from which Woodstock will gain access to and egress from the new duel-laned highway. The Highway stretches from Eastwood to High­way No. 4, 10 miles south of Lon­don. It is 28 miles in length and is one of two western Ontario stretches completed.This morning's brief ceremony is just part of the main official opening program which will take place at London this afternoon.JOKING MOODHighways minister Allan was in ; a joking mood this morning with the prospects of the new highway - being put into use."You’ll be lonely now in Wood- stock,” he quipped to a Sentinel- Review reporter."How' much traffic will Wood- stock be relieved of with the new highway now in use.” the minister was asked.He replied that figures estimat­ed from traffic density and origin survevs showed that Highway 401 would be used by 3,000 vehicles to­day.He further stated that estimates for the fall would have 6.000 vehi­cles per day using the new road- way. ।Traffic from both Highways No. । 3 and No. 2 will be using the 28 mile strip.INTERSECTS No. 4of Nos 3 and 4. Highway No. 3| traffic will turn north at the inter­section of No. 4 at Talbotville to the new highway.Traffic eastbound on No. 2 will peel off at the east end of Lam­beth and will use the third con­cession road of Westminster town­ship. The highways department has taken over the township road as a feeder link to the highway. Ent­rance to the 401 expressway will be made near the junction of 401 and Wellington street south out of London.NO ACTIONCounty Council decided last night that no definite action be taken this session regarding a request from the Oxford County Home and School Association to form a Coun­ty Council Civil Defence Organiz- ation. They would consider discus­sing this matter when more inform-1 ation became available.ELECTEDFred H. Cade, Oxford County ' assessing officer, was named 2nd vice-president of the Association; of Assessing Officers of Ontario, at the sixteenth annual conven­tion in Windsor this weekThe new highway intersectsI 'HONORSHoward Pye, 78 Light stre Woodstock has just received wc that he has successfully passed 1 Grade eight singing examinati with honors in Toronto.Plattsville Horse ShowPronounced Best In YearsSiPRESIDENT; W. P. WATSON, R. RUDYC. SHANTZ, Staggering Majority ■ Given To Oxford PCHiding with a wave of Progres­sive Conservative victories across! ■’ Canada, Wallace Nesbitt. QC. MP.1 was re-elected in Oxford in an, avalanche of votes that startled? sUg^ered and finally in rousing realisation delighted even his dos-, est supporters far beyond the wild- , est* expectations.When Uac tide of votes ceased and the first unofficial figures were totalled for the night. Mr. I Nesbitt had polled more than two ; ol every three votes case in the entire expanse of the county.He tallied 21,209 for a decisive • clear cut majority of 13.068 over his closest rival in the three-roan race. Liberal candidate Bruce McCall, a first time runner, polled only 8.141 votes. Social Credit can­didate Charles Elsom, also out for the first time, polled 953.Returns started to come in PC headquarters minutes after the close of the polls. The first returns established a victory that Mr. N&sbitt. himself termed, "unbeliev­able, unbelievable."'>s:TO MARK SITE WHERE "BIGGEST CHEESE" WAS MADEpartment of Travel and Public-1 ity, Byron Jenvey, Ingersoll. _lo- I cal historical expert, Mayor Win- ,Personages shown pointing are not looking for birds or four- leaf clovers, though they did not see both, but are picking out a site for a plaque telling people that the biggest cheese the worldknew at that time, 1886, was made on this spot. From the left: D. E. McOuat, executive secretary, of the Archaeological and Historical Sites Board, De-ni.fr ed Williams, Ingersoll, and West Oxford Township Reeve, J. A. Hargreaves. (Staff Photo).Long-Awaited Highway 401 Is Opened Total Cost Of 38 Miles $18,000,000The long-awaited official opening of Highway 401 from Eastwood in Oxford to Tempo in Middlesex, took place yesterday.This newest section of the highway, known as the London-Woodstock bypass, extends over 38 miles and is the longest stretch of modern four-lane limited access highway yet opened in the province-wide 401 highway program.Not only will it blaze a new trail for Western Ontario motorists and provides a direct bypass at Tempo from Highway 4 to Highway 2 at Eastwood. Total cost when all structures are finished, excluding cost of expropriated land, will exceed $18,000,000.Highway engineers and construction crews have spanned creeks, railroads and other roads, battled swamp and quicksand in places, to lay down a modem expressway for tomorrow’s long distance traffic. .The new highway means that touring motorists can go from London to Eastwood without touching Ingersoll or Woodstock. And traffic authorities in each of these mu­nicipalities are hoping that at least a por­tion of the congestion on the main streets of these two communities will be eliminated by the diverting of traffic to the new road. “ Civic authorities headed by the mayor of each municipality were in attendance at yesterday’s opening ceremonies from St. from Highway 401.Thomas, London, Ingersoll, Woodstock and other points intervening. Harry M. Allen, veteran member of the Ontario legislature for Middlesex South, through whose riding the highway passes, had the honor of cut­ting the ribbon and declaring the highway officially open for traffic.In addition to Highways Minister James N. Allan, the ceremony was attended by of­ficials of the highways department as well! as district engineers. Others included en­gineers and construction specialists who had a part, in surveying and building the ex­pressway.In addition to the mayor several civic officials from Woodstock and Ingersoll wit­nessed the formal opening.To the people of this area, completion of the 38-mile stretch should mean a decid­ed improvement in traffic conditions with­in the limits of Woodstock and Ingersoll. For years now the summer congestion on the main streets as well as many of the side! streets has been an almost insoluble prob­lem.No longer will every motorist passing through this area be compelled to wend his way through the city’s heavy main street; traffic. But anyone desiring to -isit Wood-, stock will find convenient access availableSafe > W.’ ; L- ■ • I ■ ■ ■ , ■PLAN ERADICATION OF BUCKTHORN IN OXFORD COUNTYfeyi'^AT A RECENT demonstration organized to eradicate buckthorn and barberry shrubs in Oxford County Reeve H. A. Armstrong of West Zorra acted as chair- ipan. He is shown here TOP PHOTO in the foreground ac- quaimlng approximately 40 farm­ers from West Zorra with the nature of the danger created by buckthorn and barberry shrubs. Harold Elliott's farm, on Gover­nor's Road, where the demon­stration took place, contained many buckthorn shrubs which carries leaf rust of oats. Identi­fication and how to control the shrub was the purpose of the demonstration. To avoid prob­toms of rust created by buck­thorn and barberry shrubs, which is casting the farmers of OxfordCounty thousands through de-creased yields, County Weed Inspector Ed Thornton, the Agri­cultural Committee of Oxford County Council and the Oxford Soil, and Crop Improvement As­sociation have planned to er­adicate them. In the LOWER PHOTO from the left, Mr. Thorn­ton shows how to identify a buckthorn shrub to Leonard El­liott, 8. Harold Elliott, (extreme right) is particularly, interested because, not only did the dem­onstration take place on his farm but many buckthorn shrubs were also found on it. (Staff Photos)?-. s County Council Accepts Report On AssessmentDecision Is Reached After Recorded Votenurse Mrs. Dorothy Johnston ad-County Council working late last with the 19t& levy for road pur-1 ight to conclude its June session poses.night to conclude its June sessionheard good news from its Roadthe Oxford Health Unit andALTHOUGH everybody looks I feels good in one’s arm. Dr O nappy as Katherine Wilson, stud- « n ,ent, receives her polio shot, it is I rowers’ medical officer of hard to believe that the needleminister the polio vaccine at the Woodstock Collegiate Institute.e (Staff Photo). . “Anti - Polio VaccinationsAre Given In City SchoolsRe-Assessment Report Presented To CouncilA re-assessment is only a redis-• tribution of the tax load, to see that everyone pays his or her just share of the tax burden emphasiz­ed County Assessor Fred H. Cade in a report submitted today to County Council.Naturally, the assessor cannot satisfy everyone, as there are al-1 ways some individuals to whom everything and everyone is wrong, j he continued, but there are others j who have legitimate complaints! and these “we try our utmost fol satisfy and come to some legiti-I mate and equitable understanding.“I have repeatedly told the ass­essors that when an assessment is wrong it is only right and fair to admit it and iron out the difficulty to everyone's satisfaction. We have tried to do this, treating the rate­payers as fairly as possible under the limitations of the statutes which must be observed." he add­ed.Not all the increase in assess/ FRED H. CADE ment has come about by increase ............. presents report“ alread)' paying lheiri.„se„Or3on the assessmen roll, to do a proper job, have an interest। in their work, and a willingness to learn good assessment practices and principles."Through the efforts of the ass­essors and myself, many propert­ies have been placed on the roll as rateable property, and should have been on years before. but have not been rated as taxable property through ignorance of the Assessment Act, and the small re­muneration paid to assessors, who usually were only paid to copy the previous year's assessment roll." CITE ADVANTAGESSpeaking of advantages, he said"Some of the properties not here­tofore assessed, which ar? now taxable, include private and muni­cipal owned telephone companies, who in addition to their lands, buildings, and business assessmentare liable to assessment on their. would not have been possible ts of wire and on their grossreceipt from telephone exchanges:,■eru , "Public Utilities, such as th?iThe munKopabt.es have been th/- Ingersoll and Woodstock Publicmile:Utilities which are liable for fulltaxation plus business assessment, plus-taxation on any dwellings own­ed by them. Dwellings owned by School Boards or municipalities. Radio Towers and the land they occupy, the control buildings, plus business assessment.“These are just a few that I can recall offhand, which are now on the local assessment rolls for full taxation, which have been omitted in the past," he said.Speaking about certain aspects of his job, Mr. Cade said. "I have had to arbitrate in two equalizat­ions of assessments for High School areas in the past year, both! involving our County and two others, and at present there is an engagement with one Union School, Section, with two High School Arb­itrations to follow.'1As stated in the report “asse­ssors are all applying Section 51 which is the assessment of new buildings, new additions and new businesses for assessment and tax-j ation in the current year. This is I all extra revenue to the municipal-1, J ties and to date we have already well on to one-half a million dol­lars in additional assessments on the Supplementary rolls."In concluding Mr. Cade said that if nt had not been for the “wonder- mi co-operation from the County 1 Council, Municipal Councils, Clerks and Assessors a successful comple- ' lion of the n-assessmenl program I WOUld not. have bpen nncviltln 11Oxford County Council raised the equalized assessment last night, in a recorded vote, by 17 to 5. It was increased after a drawn-out committee session, from $33,328,- 864 to $51,636,654.The recorded vote came about at the request of George H. Davis.But not entirely in favor of the equalization committee’s report was Reeve H. A. Armstrong of West Zorra.Moving tlhat council go into a committee of the Whole regarding one clause dealing with equaliza­tion in the committee report was Reeve Howard MicCombP.For the report were: Herbert Balkwill, Henry Banbury, Charles F. Beagley, John Bolton, W. W. Budd, James H. Chesney, E. P. Eddy, John R. Hargreaves, ArtFind County Roads In Favorable ShapeCommittee.This committee reported that owing to a more favorable spring than last year spring maintenance ■ will be completed much earlier.Patching of hard-top pavements will be completed this week.Resurfacing with gravel will becompleted within a week and the I application of dustlayer will be fol­lowed immediately.Chemical for brush control, continued the mittee in its report, hand and application next week.Contracts have beenand wreed Road Com- is now on will beginawarded forthe completion of the Beachville bridge and the erection of the bridge north of Bright. Plans have been prepared and approved for the other structures on the pro­gram.As well, detail survey work and the property purchases, on the westerly eight miles of the Gover­nor's Road is nearing completion and a contract for $121,546.90 for the fencing, grading and struct­ures and granular base courses for the westerly four miles has been awarded.Expended on the County Road System to date is the sum of $126,847.76.The Road Committee also re­commended that a by-law be pas-1 sed at the next session of County Council to make a contribution to, Lhe Urban Municipalities of 60 per cent of the Urban Municipalities’ levy for County Road purposes. Such contribution to commencehur Lockhart, Howard McCombs,, J. R. McLaughlin, P. L. Pressey, j Warden Cecil M. Riddle, Robert Rudy, Fred L. Slater, J. Grant Smith, Hilton C. Virtue,Voting no were: H. A. Arm­strong, George H. Davis, Claire Esseltine and Edward Pearce 'two1 votes as reeve of Tillsonburg)Equalization figures are aj fol­lows: Blandford $1,913,735; Blen­heim $5,103,889; Dereham $4,761.- 559; East Nissouri $3,831,075; Noria? Norwich $3,001,756; South Nor­wich $4,074,689; East Oxford $2- 530,305; North Oxford $2,2133,140;| West Oxford $3,171,155; East Zorra $4,704,232; West Zorra $4,082,873; Tillsonburg $8,292,371; Embro $585* ,765; Norwich $2,099,580; Tavis­tock $1,279,530.It was further recommended that the communication of the Up­per Thames River Conservation; Authority re-assuming the bridge constructed by them at the Gypsum Lime and Alabastine Company, at Beachville, as a boundary bridge,' “be laid over until next session of County Council.”It was recommended too, that the petition from the ratepayers of East Nissouri Township, to have No 100 Highway paved, and which petition was held over from the March Session of County Council be referred to the local member; of the Ontario Legislature.The Road Committee concluded its report with the recommendation that a supplementary bv-law to the amount of $125,000 be’ passed to cover the 1957 cost of constructing the Governor’s Road. COUNTY COUNCILLORS VISIT OXFORD HOME FOR THE AGED \ A "3 ft ■ COUNTY COUNCIL visited the Oxford County Home for the Aged yesterday afternoon. In the picture on the LEFT' Warden Ce T M Riddle and Reeve Rob- with occupant Ernest Britain. Elsewhere on the grounds of the Conn tv Home in the picture on the RIGHT, Deputy-Reeve Her- Zorra; and Deputy-Reeve John Bolton, of East Missouri not only admire but are thoroughly enjoy- bert Balfcwill of Blenheim; er. Rudy, at Tavistock reminisce Reeve H. A. Armstron^af West_to) ing strawberries grown on the County Home Farm. (Stailf Pho- oe:-5S(Xw n 2m$£J? 2. a’25ic53 a"2ft2 3°-5T SSS a 3 5. S' 2. e m 2 P C & » n । o S’ $ E 1 w » K" < ^3^ g S.S-o2 f c2 ? « REPORT MORE INFESTATIONS Menace Of Army Worm Termed “Very Serious” Oxford AssessmentReaches $51,636,654Oxford County Council Opens Summer SittingCouncil Adopts ReportIn 17-5 Recorded VoteOxford County Council's June session opened this morning. When the roll call and reading of minutes was over Warden Riddle welcomed Oxford County’s Rebves and Dep­uty Reeves back once again.The following correspondence was read:From the County of Norfolk it was resolved that Section 33 of the Secondary Schools and Boards of Education Act be amended whereby High School Boards may give consideration to the same factors that the Board of Arbitrat­ors or the Ontario Municipal Board may consider in apportioning lev­ies among municipalities in a High School District for High School Costs.2. Whereas, the award of the Board of Arbitrators or the decis­ion of the Ontario Municipal Board remain* in effect for a period of five years unless the assessment of a municipality increases or de­creases 10 per cent for two con­secutive years, and:Whereas, this tends to favor the municipalities that are increas­ing their assessment at a gradual rate as compared with those muni­cipalities that may remain stat­ionary or lose assessment.ASK AMENDMENTAlso that the Secondary Schools and Boards of Education Act Sec­tion 33, sub-section 13, be amend­ed whereby the act of the Board ofArbitrators or the decision of the Ontario Municipal Board shall only remain in effect for two years.These resolutions were passed because High School Boards are limited to a consideration of equal­ized assessments in the apportion­ing of levies for High School costs between municipalities in a High School District, and because Boards of Arbitrators and the Ont­ario Municipal Board may give consideration to other factors which in many instances encour­ages appeals to such Boards.Again from the County of Nor­folk a motion was carried there that the local assessors be notified when the Department of Municipal Affairs assessors come into their municipality so that they may- work unih them in arriving at an assessment.Moreover because the assessors of Norfolk County, in meeting ass­embled, are unanimously oppos­ed at the present time, to the adoption of the Provincial Manual as not being a realistic approach to the particular problems of Nor­folk County and because ' it is agreed that uniformity in assess­ment is desirable it was resolved that: a. Norfolk County Council recommend to the Department of Municipal Affairs that the County Assessors and Assessment Com­missioners in the Province of Ont­ario be called into consultation on expected or necessary changes in the present manual and by that Norfolk County Council submit this recommendation to and for the support of the County Councils of Ontario. *From the County of Wellington a resolution to petition the Depart­ment of Highways of the Province of Ontario to engage examineri' who will conduct more stringent tests of applicants for driven’ | licenses; and to instruct these ex­aminers to refuse licenses to all would-be drivers who cannot pass th - je more severe tests.FROM PERTH COUNTYFrom Perth County Council a I resolution was read to petition the । Department of Municipal AUfairs of the Province of Ontario to re-' peal certain cipality Act tra yearly ratepayers.From thesections of the Muni- i because it means ex- financial burden on !Oxford County Home and School Associations Council arecommendation was read that a I County Council Civil Defence or- j ganization be farmed.From the Upper Thames River ' Conservation Authority it w<~;3 re­quested that the County of Ox- I ford formally take over the bridge ; over the Ingersoll Channel Im- ! provement at the Gypsum Lime , and AJabastine Company at Beach- ville.From the Port Burwell Cham- t ber of Commerce a request that Oxford County Council name a del- 1 egate .to attend a conference.From .the Ontario Municipal As*, sOciation a welcome to the annual convention held at Bigwin Inn ©n ' August 26, 27 and 28.From the District Forester, Hur­on District County Council’s thoughts regarding open season for deer.From the Board of Transport, Commissioners for Canada regard­ing the installation of two flashing! Light .signals and bell, in lieu of the present bell and danger sign., at the crossing of its railway and' the highway, at mileage 7.47 St., Mary's subdivision.Free Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, June 13 — In a recorded vote, by 17 to 5Oxford county council here tonight ment from $33,328,864 to $51,636,654 session.George H. Davis, south Norwich, Reeve H. A. Armstrong, of West Zorra said he was not entirely in favor of :he equalization com­mittee's report. Reeve Howard McCombs move! that council go into committee of the whole ini the matter of cne clause dealing' with equalization in the commit­tee report.Voting yes for the report were" Herbert Ballcwill, Henry Banbury, Charles F. Baegiey, John Bolton. W. W. Budd, James H. Chesney,; E. P. Eddy, John R. Hargreaves, Arthur Locknart, Howard Mc­Combs, J. R. McLaughlin, P. L Pressey, Warden Cecil M. Riddle, Robert Rudy, Fred L. Slater, J. Grant Smith, Hilton C. Virtue. Voting no were: H. A. Arm­strong, George II. Davis. Claire Esseltine and Edward Pearce, (2 votes).Following are the equalization, figures: Blandford $1,913,735; Blenheim 35,103,889; Dereham $4,761,559; East Nissouri $3,831,075;. . ' North Norwich $3,001,756; South! Norwich $4,074,689; East Oxford $2,530,305; North Oxford $2,203,140 West Oxford $3,171,144; East Zor­ra $4,704,232; West Zorra $4,082,- 873; Tillsonburg $8,292,371; Embro $585,765; Norwich $2,099,580; Tav­istock $1,279,530.raised the equalized asaess- after a lengthy committeeasked for the recorded vote.Oxford County Now Total 732ForestsAcresCounty Council on Wednesday, second day of its June session heard a Forestry Report submitted by H. H. deVries, Zone Forester.In it he revealed that Oxford County Forests total 732 acres, consisting of seven separate tracts located in the Townships of East Nissouri, West Zorra, Blandford, Blenheim, East Oxford, North Nor­wich and Dereham.No new purchases of land for reforestation purposes were made during the last 12 months. Foresttracts are at present in a young. "There will be very few Christmas productive state. _ | trees cut from the Forest Tractsin the future," he added.Most of the open land has been planted but there remains some refilling of fall areas. This will continue over the next few years, he said.The County For&st agreement between the Oxford County and the Province terminates in thed yd^ n 8' requisitioned and planted amongst r* the red pine flt the Creditvlllereceipt or revenues during the ag- Trarfat the Creditvlllefoment period, At the terminationof the agreement, the County has thre> options: It may, 11) term- sect pests were undertaken; The Inate the agreement, taking over Chesney received an application ofthe lands, paying the province any money expended in excess of re­venues; or (2) enter into a new agreement with the province, shar-ing costs 50 basis; ties back ceive theand revenues on a 50- or (3) turn the proper- to the province and re­cost price of the lands back from the province.Fireguards were cultivated and minor fence repairs carried out.Sale of, Christmas trees dropped off greatly due to the developmentof trees beyond suitable size.Plantation Improvement work continued at the Zenda Tract and will carry on this fall when an initial thinning will be undertaken for removal as pulpwood.RED OAK PLANTEDNo planting was scheduled forA spray program against two ln- DDT for control of an Infestation of white pine weevil. The Credit- ville, Zenda and McBeth were sprayed for the European Pine Sawfly attacking Scotch, Jack and Red Pines.Negotiations were completed with Interprovincial Pipeline to lay pipe across the Chesney and Hall Tracts in Blandford and Blen­heim Townships respectively.Some road Improvement work was carried out at the Embro Tract with the installations of a culvert and bulldozing of a second entrance road oflf the , Township i road between Concessions 111 and IV of West Zorra Township. A start was also made on the con­struction ofi a cistern for the stor­age of water for fire protection. This will be completed this sum­mer. A pond for fire protection ' ’ purposes was constructed at the Lakeside Tract. Further road im­provement work is required here.Mr. de Vries concluded his re­port by thanking County officials, Municipal Councils and Landown­ers throughout the County of Ox-i ford for "thou- fine co-operation,”/TO OFFICIATEGordon Innes, MLA lor Oxford, this morning received word from the Hon. William Goodfellow, min­ister of agriculture for Ontario, that the minister has accepted the invitation to unveil the plaque marking the site of the making of the Mammoth Cheese. The site, two miles south of Ingersoll on Highway 19, will be the scene of ceremonies unveiling the plaque placed by the Archaeological and Historic Sites Board of Ontario on July 10 at 2 p.m. ■4? -r-lWKINDERGARTEN CLASSES CLOSEA program that would have ! delighted even the most critical of audiences was held in the kindergarten rooms of Victoria Memorial School yesterday aft- emoon-and as for the audience who did witness it-they were too proud to say anything. The occasion was the annual closing exercises for the VMS kindergar- " ten class fmorning). Some 30 parents and friends were on hand |. to see the young students go through their routines. The program certainly didn't lack | music. With teacher, Mrs. Hel­en Hancox, at the piano to guide them, the kindergarten rhythm band presented some musical numbers. Some of the hand can be seen here led by^11ty.?. .A JNOTICETHE WEED CONTROL ACT. R.S.D. 1950Section 3 (1) ,Every occupant of land, or if the land is unoccupied, the owner, shall destroy all noxious weeds ■ thereon as often in every year as is necessary to prevent the ripen­ing of their seeds.Oxford County Weed Insj>ector ED. H. THORNTON>&&&&$' >. .H Uf ।their charming conductor, Anne Coles. (Staff Photo)Marked Fox WillBring Hunter $50On and after Sept. 1, Oxford Coun- , ty Council will pay $50 per fox. Not on al] fox. however, but on those: .. that were tagged and released this j spring.This new plan is strictly an ex-1 ' periment. Early this year, 15 fox pops were trapped or dug from1 their dens. They were banded in ■ the ear with a small light melal y disc inscribed with a serial number, ■ and were released late in May in various parts of the County., fc Records were kept of the location,! so that when they are shot it will’ g he known how far they have travel-' &It is pointed out that to obtain the bounty, the whole adult fox car-1 cars, must be brought to the County!| Clerk's office, and the licensed hunt-j er will receive the $50 cheque. The' plan, if popular, will likely be con-1T tinned in future years. It is alsoj 1 pointed out it is not the intention ' i of paying the $50 for a marked fox J j. pup, so the date of Sept. 1 has been j established to start the season.Previously, Oxford County paid i a bounty on each fox caught, and from January, 1945, to March 31, । 11956, a total of $17,220 was paid l T out in bounties, The Council feels } that the ne,w method is worth a try, ' ■ - for it wil| certainly decrease admin- ’ istration and costs. During the per­iod when the fox 'bounty was paid, 5494 fox pelts were turned in for bounty.EX-WARDENS OF OXFORD EN JOY ANNUAL GETJOGETHER^isi i- II -It i":-II-".. & ■£& Wiv WB' . .■ PROVING that age is merely n state of mind is a ^roup known as the Oxford County Ex- Wardens' Associatibn. Yesterday was the 25th time they have met. Still keenly interested in county council, county happen­ings and affairs at largo they displayed rapt interest at their apnual dinner meeting last nightat Nash’s, when they heard gen­eral manager H. W. Hamilton give background information about Woodstock's Canada Ce­ment Plant. In the TOP PHOTO, from the left are: Alvin McKay, of West Zorro. N. M. Marshall, of Norwich; Mr. Hamilton, guest speaker; George Hollier, of TiU- sonburg, and J F. McDonald. •of East Zorra. In the LOWE®.PHOTO are four men who did more than help make Oxford one of the foremost, dairy counties in Ontario. From the left are: George H. Hollier 79. Tillsonburg warden in 1923; William McIn­tosh, 82, West Zorra, 1927; Dr, H. B. Atkinson. 73, Embro, 1920 and J. F. McDonald, 71, East. Zorra, 1933, (Staff Photos). Former Leader Of PCsNew High CommissionerMEET FOR 25TH TIMEFormer Wardens RetainInterest In The CountyEx-Wardens of Oxford County had themselves a day yesterday- for the 25th time.Since 1933 Oxford's ex-wardens have been putting a day aside for themselves more or less to confer with each other about events in Oxford.After a meeting yesterday after­noon in Council Chambers, at which 22 out of 26 ex-wardens at­tended, they heard at a dinner meeting guest speaker, H. W. Hamilton, general-manager of Woodstock’s Canada Cement Plant outline the significance the plant has, and will have for Woodstock and Oxford County.They also heard Mr. Hamilton briefly sketch the origins of build­ing materials going back to the early times of the Babylonians, Egyptians and Romans.Mr. Hamilton also explained the reasons for locating the Canada Cement plant here and said it was his company’s third largest plant.He also said his company was Strictly Canadian controlled with a completely Canadian staff. The "Woodstock plant, he added, “can produce 40,000 bags of cement a day, seven days a week.” At pre­sent there are two kilns and space for three more if the demand war­rants.The Woodstock plant produces three kinds of cement but alto­gether. including Canada Cement Plants in other parts of Canada, five types of cement are made.George H. Hollier, Tillsonburg in thanking the speaker said it “was <3 good omen to see the Canada Cement. Plant in the best county in Ontario.”Taking over N. M. Marshall’s job as president for 1958 will be Hugh Harris, of East Nissouri.First vice-president will be Alvin McKay, of West Zorra; second vice-president, J. K. Wardell, of South Norwich; J. C. Eichenberg, of Tillsonburg, A. D. McCorquo- dale, of East Nissouri, and J. Win­ston Nichols, of North Oxford as the executive committee. L. K. Coles was re-elected secretary- treasurer.Ex-wardens attending this 25th annual meeting, and showing theyear they were warden in brackets i in order of service were: H. B. I Atkinson, of Embro (1920); George H. Hollier, of Tillsonburg, (1923); L. E. Peterson, of Blenheim, fl9- 24); William McIntosh, of West Zorra (1927); J. F. McDonald, of East Zorra, (1933); George Balk­will, of Blenheim. (1935); C. F. Beagley, of Embro, (1937); Charles j Milton, of Blenehim, (1938); N. M. Marshall, of Norwich, (1939); Al- vin McKay, of West Zorra, (1942); J. C. Eichenberg, of Tillsonburg. (1944); Alex. McCorquodale, of East Nissouri, (1945); J. Winston Nichols, of North Oxford, (1946); Milton Betteridge, of East Nissouri (1947); George Fewsier. of North Norwich, (1949); Robert Rudy, of1 Tavistock, (1950); Grant Suther-; land, of East Nissouri, (1951);. Harley R. McBeth, of Dereham,1 (1952); Thomas F. Pellow, of West' Oxford, (1953); James D. Hossack, of Embro (1954); Willaim A. Ches-1 ney, of Blandford, (1955), and Reg­inald R. Day, of East Nissouri, (1956).. . . going to LondonHOUSES AND BUILDINGS in the south Louisiana town of Cameron are smashed to splin­ters after hurricane Audrey and tidal waves swept over the area. One hundred and fifty wereknown to be dead in Cameron parish and the town itself wassaid to be 98 per cent destroyed. (AP Wirephoto). Otterville RemembersPrevious Big CelebrationBy DON LEMIEUXOtterville is a small village 20 miles south of Woodstock and it is also Canada’s oldest police vill- 1 age but when it celebrates its 150th anniversary on Saturday-, Sunday and Monday, June 29 . 30 and July 1st respectively it will neither be small nor oldOn these three days thousands of people from surrounding town­ships and counties will jam Otter­ville streets and beautiful scenic park.What win all these visitors do ; then? Well they will have plenty Hto occupy their minds and bodies. Many will be seeing their old home town again after a lapse of many years.But for those who catch up quickly on home-town news there will be a six-team softball tourna­ment on Saturday. Then on 9 p.m. of the same day there will be a gigantic colorful street dance.But Otterville doesn’t intend to ■ celebrate this 150-year-old mark in 1 half-way measures!On Sunday, hundreds of exuber­ant and irrepressible children will be seen running around Otter­ville's street and park. At 2.30 pm there will be myriad activities for children but races will predomin­ate.But then at 7 pm this old quiet village will reverberate with an uplifting “choral service withmassed choirs". Then at 8 there will be a band concert school children choruses.pm andCLIMAXIt is Monday. July 1st. however, that will climax the co-operative - community spirit that is vital to organize a celebration of 150 years of grass-roots living.It is on Monday then that Otter­ville will see, at 10:30 a.m. a grand parade down Main Street; this parade will be an excitingwindows: To see the old artifacts ; and well-used implements, many • more than 100 years old to help out Otterville’s first citizens eke out their existence on this earth, )S what is significant in tills 150th. annversary.It is significant because if it hadn’t been for the feeling of one­ness and belonging to Otterville It is probable there would never have been a 150th Anniversary.COMMITTEEThis spirit reveals itself and is spearheaded in the committee of workers organized to set up the celebration- and which includes Stanley Riches, president; Ida MacFarlane, secretary; Harold McDougall, treasurer; Dr. G. M. Downing. Reeve George H. Davis, and William Butler, directors.Local organizations taking part are: Lions club, IOOF, Rebeccas, Otterville Band, Sunshine club. Women’s Institute, Women’s assoc­iation. Women’s Federation, Wo­men’s guild, Happy Bluebirds, IODE. Women’s Missionary Fellow ship. Eastern Star, Catholic Wo­men’s league, school teachers, fire department, ball and hockey clubs, Property Owner's associations, St. John’s club, Canadian Legion, Odd­fellows, and Otterville Ministerial Association.Boys’ clubs, Sigma C. and Tyro are also taking part in the prepar­ations.A good example in the quality of giving in this celebration is in Dick Addison. A first-rate sign painter, he has given himself with­out thought of self in painting signs for the rest of the town.Time ran out with him, however, and he discovered that he didn’t have a sign for his own family business. He had to be content with merely making a small cartoon sketch.THE CENTENNIALreports. “The citizens of Otterville were conscious of the honor their town was giving them and entered into the occasion with a fine spirit of enthusiasm.Also, then as now. “Tim village,, always pretty and attractive । through its natural features, pre­sented a gala spectacle, the homes and places of business being ela­borately decorated, and the whole scene being animated by a spirit that spelled joy and happiness." ।“The weather man bestowed his i brightest smile, the day was ideal.; The celebration was held in Otter Park, a beautiful little spot located j on the banks of the Otter river, i because it is carefully landscaped! with trees and other shrubbery. One of the prettiest natural spots in Western Ontario this park is ideal because of its fine grove.”The Express further reported in 1907 “The day's program was carr­ied through with a swing that be­tokened good executive manage­ment, and excellent preliminary arrangements. Special credit is due to F. G. Bullock, chairman and Alex McFarlane, secretary of the committee, who labored so zealous­ly for the success of the day. They had around them an energetic com­mittee, which fact is attested in the wonderful success that mark-! ed the auspicious event.”Because this present committee j then, organized to set up Otter­ville’s 150th Anniversary celebrat­ion, is being influenced by the same spirit of the committee of 50 years ago the three-day cele­bration that will begin this Satur­day in Otterville will speak for । itself. IGeorge Oliver To Retire After 44 Years As Blandford Township Clerkcollection of bands, floats, energe­tic folk dances, all sorts of costum- : ing and colorfully decorated bicy­cles.There will be centennial present­ations and a beauty contest at. 2:30 p.m. Then later, at 7:30 pm . there will be a water show atMemorial Pool-After the water events a variety ; show is scheduled to contain many i “interesting acts and entertainers”Then, marking the celebration of 150 years of plain ordinary living will be a half-hour crescendo of fireworks at 10:30 pm.But the spirit of co-operation and the feeling of pride in Otter-I ville’s 150 years of existence is reflected in Otterville’s main storeIf this 150th Anniversary celeb­ration is like the Centennial Jubi­lee of Otterville in 1907 all of the effort involved will have been more than repaid.The Woodstock Daily Express on Thursday, July 25, 1907 reported “a gala day in which residents of village as well as former residents participated.”At that time the “program went through with a pleasant swing and: included sports, speech-making | and concerts, with the old boys’ reunion forming a conspicious fea­ture.”A Mrs. Mahoney celebrated her 100th birthday in connection with the occasion.But then as now, the ExpressTHE TOWNSHIP OF WEST OXFORDCordially invites you to the Unveiling of THE PLAQUE- presented by theARCHAEOLOGICAL and HISTORICAL SITES ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO.Commemorating the "BIG CHEESE" ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 10. 1957—at 2.30 p.mon the form of Mr. and Mrs. Edward G-illinq—half mile south of Ingersoll on No. 1? Highway.JOHN HARGEAVES,When fclandford Township Coun­cil meets next Tuesday, one of their tasks will be the considera­tion of applications for a new clerk to take office January 1, 1958.Applications were called recent­ly when George Oliver, the Bland­ford clerk for 44 years, announced his retirement, effective the end of the year.Has Seen Township ShrinkDuring his long tenure of office, Mr. Oliver, who resides west ofneighboring city of Woodstock in recent years.Woodstock as Village in Same MunicipalityMr. Oliver, who is well versed in the township’s history, considers this an unusual twist. He noted that over a century ago the village of Woodstock and the south part of Blandford were one municipality. F • 'Fhe northern part of the township wasn’t settled at that time. Wood- j stock continued to grow, eventually ; separating from the township, and in recent years as the bordering section of Blandford took on sub­urban characteristics it has been taken over by the city.Thus is part of what was once a strictly agricultural township con­verted to urban economy.Names 1913 CouncilMr. Oliver well recalls the 1913 council, in office when he became clerk. They were: Reeve Robert Cuthbertson and Councillors Ed­ward Adams, David Lang, Henry Sippel and Robert Woods. All are now deceased, but many of their succeeding generation are still township residents. With the ex­ception of the reeve, all were good farmers. Mr. Cuthbertson was alsoBright, has seen many changes.One of the most notable is the tied to agriculture, being a thresh- shrinking of the municipality caus-ier and road contractor, residing in ed by two annexations by the ’ Bright. THE FIRST DAY OF JULY may be Canada day to the rest of the country, but it’s a personal birthday as far as the residents of Otterville are concerned. For July I is the 150th birthday of Canadas oldest police village. Sharon Furlong is shown beside Otterville welcome sign. Otterville is 20 miles south of Woodstocki: ■Twas A Grand WeekendFor Otterville VillageThe police village of Otterville dispensed with its usual air of quiet during the past weekend and kicked up its heels in celebration of its 150th anniversary as a vil­lage.It was als» the 100th anniver- llsary of the Otterville school and .South Norwich Township.। In 1807 John' Earl and Paul , Avery received a grant of land from the government and erected a grist mill just a Little above the present dam.And from that early beginning Otterville survived 150 years and echoed their survival with a gala celebration on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday replete with flags and bunting, parades, concerts, and dances.The three-day celebration, under a board of directors, began four months ago to lay plans for the big sesquicentennial birthday par­ty for the village, township, and the schooLCAREFULLY PLANNEDA full three-day program was carefully planned and laid out which attracted most of the muni­cipality’s 750 residents into parti- ,, cipation.was held Sunday evening which saw the following Churches parti­cipating in: New Road United Church, Otterville Anglican Church Otterville Baptist Church, Otter­ville United Church, Springford Baptist Church, and the Springford United Church.Music was provided by the Nor­wich Musical Society Band under the leadership of Conductor Frank Ebdon. The Inter-church choir was directed by C. H. Veltman.Conducting the .services was the Rev. W. E. Nicholls. Other parti­cipating included the Rev. E. C. Grty, G- L. Stoner, and Donald Morrison.The program was c^psed with a concert by the Woodstock Sal­vation Army band and school child­ren’s choruses.Then came Monday's finale as the Jong, colorful parade got un­derway and passed between deep rows of onlookers along ville's main street.MANY FLOATSThere were floats-galore, antique cars, ponies, and sortment of other entriesOtter-bands, anwhichmht with approval from the an­xiously-peering crowd.Participants in the parade came from such communities as Delhi, Woodstock, Simcoe, Ingersoll and St. Thomas.The Otterville Women's Institute had their float, which depicted costumes and occupations of 150 years ago, adjudged the top float of the day,Other parade winners included, Kenneth Scott. 8, of Delhi, who) drove a miniature car, and Linda Addison and Alex Smith for theGeorge Douma, Jack Riste, and William McMullen won awards for best-decorated houses.An Otterville lass, pretty brun­ette Marianna Hanson won the Miss Sesquicentenary title in the i afternoon beauty, contest. Close be-. ; hind came two other Otterville Misses, Sally Richardson and Don­na Holbrook. IPRESENT SCROLLSScrolls wrere awarded to four) senior citizens of Otterville.Miss Irene Scidmore, a teacher' ', there for many years; Dr. H. G. Downing, who has been in praet-| ice in Otterville for 57 years; i George Singer, a retired farmer;; and J. Wesley Fish, a still-work-) ing printer.Illness prevented 95-year-old Mrs, Fish from attending the present-.) ation.The day closed out in the even­ing when a water show tfith participants from Brantford. Wood-i stock and Tillsonburg wa« held.A fireworks display Mt the skyr. and following this th« three-day celebration came io a close and the tiny village of Ottervilla and,,, its citizens-went to sleep.For a while the rains threatened to spoil the big event but skies , soon cleared and everything went underway as scheduled.A merry street dance concluded Friday's events as everyone dan­ced to the strains of the tri-Coun ty orchestra from Tillsonburg.Sunday saw many picnickers making their way across the long narrow footbridge, which rides over the Otter river, and into the shaded park.A special Inter Church Service best decorated bicycles. *4.Plaque Marks Oxford's 'Big Cheese'■■‘iiT"—Free Press Woodstock Bureau Reeve John Hargreaves, of West Oxford holds two-year-old Lynda Heeney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Heeney, RR 5, Ingersoll, in front of plaque com­memorating "The Big Cheese" near Ingersoll. The little girl's great-grandfather saw the cheese. Plaque was unveiled yesterday by Provincial Agriculture Min­ister William A. Goodfellow and ex-Woodstock Mayor Bernadette Smith, rep­resenting the historic sites board.'Big Cheese' Plaque GivenIts UnveilingFree I'reKR Woodhtock BureauWOODSTOCK, July 10 - Hid4 den in a hollow off No, 19 high-) way just south of Ingersoll j« a historical site plaque com­memorating the world famous “big cheese" produced Ln 1806.Prominent Oxford and pro­vincial officials plus a handful! of spectators wore on hand for the unveiling of the historic, plaque on the farm of Mr, and Mrs. Edward Gliding where the famous “big cheese" was pro­duced to attract attention for the budding Ingersoll and dis­trict cheese Industry In those days.Wording of PlaqueThe plaque reads: “The big cheese 1866 — Oxford county was the birthplace of the com­mercial cheese Industry In Can­ada. In 1865 James Harris erected on this site the first cheese factory in the Ingersoll district. To stimulate interest among the foreign buyers a group of Oxford producers co-1 operated to manufacture a gi-1 gantic cheese here in June 1866 weighing 7,300 pounds and measuring 21 feet in circumfer­ence. It was exhibited at the New York State Fair and Ln London, England.”At the unveiling ceremony,! chaired by Reeve John Har­greaves, of West Oxford, Hon. William Goodfellow, minister of1 agriculture, remarked that Ox­ford was “one of the great agri­cultural and historical counties in the country.” Mr. Goodfel­low along with Mrs. Bernadette Smith, former mayor of Wood- stock representing the Ontario Archaeological and Historic Site Board unveiled the historic plaque in a simple yet im­pressive ceremony.WEE BONNY LASSIES DO THE FLING AT EMBROThree tiny Scottish lasses dem- | proving eyes of spectators at the I day. The event saw some 8.000 onsirate their version of the Twenty-first A n n u a 1 Highland people in attendance. (Staff Highland Fling before the ap- Games held at Embro on Mon- I Photo),The history of the big cheese was related to the small gather­ing by B. G. Jenvey, Ingersoll district historian who was in a large way responsible for its; commemoration.Other speakers were: Wallace! Nesbitt, Woodstock, MP for Ox­ford, Gordon Innes, Woodstock,;; MLA for Oxford; Mayor Winni- fred Williams, mayor of Inger-, soli; Warden Cecil Riddle, North; Oxford; P. M. Dewan, Ingersoll, former provincial minister of, agriculture. Plaque Unveiled Near Salford Commemorating Huge CheeseIn a small hollow sheltered on one aide by Highway ,1ft one-half mile south of Ingersoll “an hist­orical plaque" was unveiled yes­terday at 3 pm.Thus plaque which is on the farm of Edward Gilling, was un- / veiled by the Hon. William A. Goodfellow, Ontarlb’s Minister of Agriculture.In charge of unveiling cere­monies was Reeve John Hargreav­es who introduced Mrs. Bernadette Smith, member of the Archaeolog­ical and Historical Sites Board.Mrs. Smith then turned the un­veiling ceremony over to Goodfellow.When Mr. Goodfellow took grey velvet covering fromMr.the theplaque, the letter on it which he read out to the 75 people in attend­ance perhaps more thany anything else tells the most complete storyof why this plaque was built.WORDINGTiii': is what Mr. Goodfellow read: “Oxford County Was the birthplace of the commercial cheese Industry In Canada. In 1885 James Harris erected on this site ths first cheese factory in the Ing­ersoll district. To stimulate inter­est among foreign buyers a group of Oxford producers co-operated to manufacture a gigantic cheese hero in June, 1868, weigh­ing 7300 pounds and measuring 21 feet in circumference. It was ex­hibited at the* New York State Fair and in London, England.”Speaking briefly and generally acknowledging the initiators of the far-s e e i n g promotional scheme were Warden C. M. Riddle, Mayor of Ingersoll, Winnifred Williams, Byron Jenvey, local historian, Wally Nesbitt, M.P. Gordon Innis,MLA, and P.M, Dowan. former Minister of agriculture, for Ont­ario. jMr. Goodfellow summed up most thoughts when he said, “ft was fitting today to gather at this hlstoricnl unveiling ceremony be­cause it honors the forward-looking citizens who were concerned in selling their product in 1865.”Ab Mrs. Smith said: “There have been few such promotional schemes that have had such far- reaching significance over such a long period of time.”Warden Riddle outlined its im­portance in this way, “Since the -advent of the “big cheese" Ox­ford county began its first steps in emerging into the leading dairy county in Ontario."But the early, beginnings of the cheese industry of the area date back to the foundation of Ingersoll.TRIBUTE PAID TO MAKERS OF MAMMOTH CHEESETAKING PART in the cereR. Hargreaves, West Oxfordmonies near Salford Wednesday Mayor Winnifred Williams,were, from the left, Reeve Johngersoll; Hon. W. A: Goodfellow,Ontario minister af agriculture; Mrs- Bernadette -Smith, Wood? stock; Gordon Innes, MLA forOxford; Wally Nesbitt, MP forOxford. (Staff Photos). vHiilMTHE "MAMMOTH CHEESE” GOES ON EXHIBITIONBy 1812 It is noted in contemporary accounts that there were over 120 cows in this district alone.Once the land had been cleared it made excellent grazing pasture and the herds of cows prospered, so that the resulting milk surplus: could be used to manufacture, cheese.By the early 1840's many fam­ilies in the area were manufacture ing Cheddar cheese and shipping It to market centres such as Lon-, don and Hamilton.A few years previously, a group of English settlers named Harris, came to the district and it was one of their sons. James Harris, who became responsible for pro­moting the manufacture of cheese, to the status of a sizeable industry.;In 1865, after much time spent in gathering Information on manu­facturing methods from such sour­ces as the co-operative factory at Norwich, James Harris erected his own factory near Ingersoll. Spurred on by his success, other;farmers and business men began to follow his lead and the district /soon became famous for its cheese.However, not content with mere- ■ ly supplying the home market; with their commodity, these men, looked into the possibilities of ex-' / porting it to the United States and. Overseas. As an advertising mea­sure, they seized on the plan oP making a cheese of such gigant-: ,.■ / ic proportion as would gain world­wide attention.Local manufacturers all cooper­ated in supplying the raw mater­ials and they were brought to James Harris’ plant. The finished product was a cheese of 7300 lbs. 6’10” in diameter, 21' in circumf-i erence and 3’ high.It was shipped after a tremen­dous send-off to the New York; State Fair at Saratoga. Proving a great success there, it was dis­patched to England where it caus-t ed such attention that Canadian cheese became an immediately: sought-after commodity, being the forerunner of a great export trade & to the Old World.The district of West Oxford prospered accordingly, but James Harris found that his own capacity, was too small for his original fac­tor}'. In 1882 he moved to a new1 location near Salford where the, factory operated for many years., Harris died at the age of 65 in 1891.The project undertaken by , James Harris and his associates i provided an enormous impetus for j Canadian cheese manufacture. I generally from which many cent- ■res in Ontario profited.With the subsequent sharp com-1 petition, the industry at Ingersoll began to dwindle somewhat by the1 turn of the century until today • most farmers in the area sell their milk to city cooperatives rather' (than local cheese factories. | The industry, however, is still in operation, although not on the former scale, and still produces some of the finest examples ofl cheese, relished by gourmets all I over the'world.Vs ./•!’< :■ &•^' :■•rWi■'; : '■GENERAL VIEW OF 1HE CEREMONY—Blur Photo* by Frsnlt TH»FOR 57 YEARS the medical needs of Otterville were administered by Dr. H. G. Downing, who now runs a drug store while his son, Murray, carries on as the village, practitioner. Mr. Downing is shown standing by one of hjs paintingeDREW HERRS CONGRATULATIONSA smiling Hon. George Drew, former Progressive Conserva­tive party leader, answers one of many calls congratulating him on his appointment yester­day as Canadian High Com­missioner in London. His ap­pointment was announced in London b.v Prime Minister John Diefenbaker. tCP Wirephoto) •quads Of Firemen Battle $500,000 Tillsonburg BlazeAstoria Cafe Goes Up In Smoke In $500,000 Tillsonburg FireDebris Hangs From Ceiling Of Gutted Metropolitan StoreKEY TO OTTERVILLE’S prosperity is tobacco farming. Village and sur­rounding South Norwich township gleans $5,000,000 annually from its tobacco crop. Patsy Exelby is shown with her father, Robert, in her dad's greenhouse ESTIMATE DAMAGE IN MILLIONSMany Tobacco Crops Wiped Out By Storm■Tobacco farmers in the Nor- HIRED 14 WORKERSwith. Otterville and Norfolk County areas were still reeling this morning in the wake of Sat­urday s disastrous hailstorms.The sun shone with crisp I = brightness on Monday morning I as numerous farmers stood and watched and talked about the row ~ upon row and field upon field of stripped and scarred tobacco B stalks.Damage estimates rose into the millions following the vicious 'storms which were described as :the worst to hit the tobacco area I around Norfolk county in 31 yearsMute testimony of the after­affect of the Saturday storms were the unattended tobacco fields which but for a quirk of Nature would have been filled with tobacco harvesters this |. morning. ,GOLFBALL SIZEStorm clouds rolled in around 2.30 Saturday afternoon and sud­denly unleashed a torrent of had- ; : stones as big as “golfballs” ac­companied by wind which batter­ed tobacco, corn and grain crops and ripped up trees. Lightning killed one man and at least eight cattle.Tobacco plants which had taken two months to reach their matur­ity were destroyed in less than 10 minutes.“A total loss” was the way . the .majority of farmers in theAlfons Heyrman of RR 2. Till- sonbutg lost 42 acres of tobacco and $35,000. He had hired 14 lab­orers and everything was in read­iness to start work in the fields Monday morning.Mr. Heyrman pointed across a tobacco field at 6 house next to his property and said that new- arrivals from the "old country" were living there.“They were going to work for me. But now... ?” He shrugged his shoulders.Many tobacco farmers in South Norwich Township face loss of their tobacco crops but hope that corn and grain crops will re­cover.The storm also damaged build­ings, tore up trees and killed cattle across a wide area.The village of Norwich itself and surrounding area bore the brunt of the violent and quick­striking storm which cracked tlie heat-wave that had oppressed the village.Councillor Harold Arthur of South Norwich, a dairy farmer, lost eight purebred Holstein cows at a value of $3,000 when they were struck by lightning.The cattle had grouped under an apple tree when the flash struck them., killing three out-right. One rose and staggered more than 100 feet before dying. Four others died aooii after.RIPS ROOFSWind tore off tree-limbs in Nor­wich and ripped roofs and veran­das and cut hydro and telephone, communications. Part of a tree fell across one of the streets and traffic had to be detoured for several hours.In Otterville lightning flashed down the steeple of the United church there splitting it and tear­ing off a complete row of shing­les.Four trees behind a garage were ripped out by the roots and fell to the ground narrowly miss­ing a house.Two other large soft maple trees, separating the Gore United Church and Gore Public School properties were toppled by the wind and narrowly missed the buildings as they tore hydro wires down.L. S. Vickery, director of the Canadian Department of Agri­culture’s Delhi Tobacco Station, summed the tobacco damage loss up by saying that no single storm in the past had ever caus­ed as much damage.Losses ranged, he said, from 50 per cent on some farms to 100 per cent on others.Interest Is Very High In “Queen” Selection■ - • ■ ’j??' 71W > - .Norwich. Otterville, Tillsonburg | areas briefly summed the disast-' er up.H. Hasilo, of RR. 2 Otterville, j told The Sentinel-Review that he. stood in his barn and watched as the storm struck Saturday after­noon and the combination of wind and hailstones whistled and slashed through the tobacco crops sending leaves fluttering to the ground. i- .In five minutes, Mr. Hasilo x. said, he lost 34 acres of tobacco ' and S20.000. He had planned to h:re 15 men to start immediately on harvesting the tobacco.“\ just have to cut it down Hppw, he said. “I won't need tol f Hire any men.”LOSES 75 ACRESi farmer, Toney'Mazika, lost 75 acres of tobacco^| and was believed to have been' . without even one cent of hail in-, | surance.All over that general area the , story ana the results seemed to! . be the same.Robert Godlouski, of RR 1J Simcoe, reported a “total loss” and estimated a loss of $2,500. Mr J I \jodiouski, who has been growing I farm.^nce 1946 reported it as the l worst storm he had experiencedN. M. Mudge, of RR 2, Otter- I ville nad 41 acres stripped at a, complete loss. He was without in- was lhe »'orsfI Mr. Mudge had seen in 36 years.! 'I i - f>rom-se^ employment to wh0 were scheduled to start work when the storms! , wrote finish to work that hacLn’*’ begun.■WGENERAL-VIEW OF CANADA CEMENT KILN, SECOND BEING BUtyt Correspondence Is Heard By Oxford County CouncilNAMED IN JANUARYMay Be Eight Seeking Wardenship Of OxfordCorrespondence read at the De-1 From the Bruce County Conn-। comber session of Oxford County I cih "That the Federal and pro-i Council was heat'd by Councillors'vincial governments be asked to as follows; [ assist building costs of hospital^ 1From the Grey County Coun- by setting aside a portion or all cil; That the previous vote, (of the Hog '‘producers in 1945) ac-cepted and acknowledged bv the Government of Ontario, ih 1945 still established the Producers sovereign will, making Yt is con­tended, a second vote needless and unnecessary.That the farmers, deploring the renouncing of their expressed will as indicated by an impres­sive majority — 31.796 registered; 29.759 x’oted; 29,353 in favor and 205 opposed — in 1945 require that the truly Democratic prin­ciple — of majority of those vot­ing — shall be the only factor which determines the final out­come of the vote andThat the double standard. which is 60 per cent of those voting and 51 per cent of those .; eligible is most unfair, unprin- jcipled, undemocratic and misch-; ievous and therefore should be struck irrevocably from the sug­gested jegulations now being im­posed ujpon unsuspecting Hog Producers and1 That a copy of this resolution shall be forwarded to the Hon. Prime Minister of Ontario—Hon. Leslie Frost; Hon. Ontario Mini­ster of Agriculture — Hon W. A. Goodfellow; Hon. MacKinnon Phillips — Minister of Health.! Hon. Farquhar Oliver — Leader of the Opposition, Ont Hog Prod­ucers, on Federation of Agricul­ture. All County Federations of Agriculture, All County Councils.From the members of the Ox­ford Grand Jury: We find that the buildmgs we inspected and the Oxford County Gaol were all in clean, feood condition.In the past there have been as! many as 54 and 56 ballots. Reeve: - Grant Sutherland was elected in1 1951 on the 54th ballot.In wardenship elections a trad-1%VISITORS, NEW COUNCILLORS WELCOMED.a v mu e r s on me <7xrora County Council at its final ses­sion heard two Department of Lands and Forests supervisors and welcomed new members. In the TOP PHOTO Warden Cecil Riddle greets new^cotjr- cillors. Left to right, Deputy Reeve Lorne Junker, East Zorra; Warden Cecil Riddle; Deputy Reeve Charlie Coldham, Blenheim; Deputy Reeve Geo­rge Wallace, West Oxford; of the inheritance tax on large estates for this purpose, and that a council similar to the Canada Council be established to admin­ister funds for hospital building use.’’From the Grey County Council: I That all young applicant drivers ■ when applying for a permit must ’ be tested by a Provincial police 1 or Town Constable and instruct­ed in the Highway Laws in re- , spect to control signals, accident regulations, to obtain their driv- 1 er’s license.A request from the CNR to j close the Richwood Station.bro; Reeve William Baigent, I North Oxford. In the LOWER | photo are the two lands and^M '< forest officials who told Oxford; ? ’ County Councillors the type of help available. Left to right, J. C. Dillon, Toronto, Supervis­or of forest fire control for ■ ; Ontario; W. E, Steele, Guelph, Refor ©titration sutpervisior for the Huron district, (Staff pho­tos).An exciting fight is looming for the position of Warden of Oxford County for 1958.On the third Tuesday in Jan­uary there will be seven contest­ants. possibly eight, competing for the position of warden. The aveiage in the past has been only five nominees.At that time the new county council will choose a successor to Cecil Riddle, at its first meet­ing on Jan. 21 at 2 p.m.Nominees for the post will be Dereham Reeve, J. R. McLaugh­lin; Norwich, Reeve Howard Mc­Combs; North Norwich, Reeve J. Grant Smith; East Oxford, Reeve Hilton C. Virtue; Blandford Ree­ve, Art Lockhart; West Zorra.. Reeve H. A. Armstrong; East Nissouri, Fred L. Slater; Tillson­burg, Reeve Ed Pearce.At present Mr. Pearce is un­decided as to whether he will let his name stand but said today he will make his decision after Christmas.RAN UNSUCCESSFULLYReeves McLaughlin and Mc­Combs ran unsuccessfully for the position of warden last year. The other contestants are running for the first time.Mr. McCombs is beginning his third year as a county council member. He has been on the Nor­wich Village Council for four years. Mr. McLaughlin has been a council member for five yearsWhen Oxford County Council members' pick a warden from amongst themselves — there are 21 members — they conduct them voting in strict accordance with the Municipal Act.But it seems that not many other counties practice this sys­tem.Oxford county members use a system of open balloting, each councillor votes verbally in open council until a candidate achiev­es a clear majority of 22 pos­sible votes. The Reeve of Tillson­burg because of its population has two votes on the 21 man council.This voting procedure, inciden­tally, is listened to with keen in- - terest on the part of many county residents and is heard "in all of Oxford's schools.ON THE 54TH BALLOT 1ition has grown that the position is hold only once. And having been elected to the post council­lors usually retire from the coun­cil, el least for a year, if permanently.They can be elected to council for further terms they rarely stand again for warden.ship.notthe but theNo councillor has served more than one year as warden sinceWilliam Peers, of East Oxford,!' was elected in 1864 and 1879.John Barwick, of Blandford, also had a two-year term as war-! den in 1857-58.The only other councillor to hold the post for more than a year was Donald Matheson, cf| West Zorra. who still holds the record for the number of years' in office. He was warden for! five years, from 1850 to 1856.a a PROGRAMME THIRTY-EIGHTH Ontario Association of Managers and Matrons of the HOMES FOR THE AGEH SEPTEMBER 11th, 12th and 13th Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-Seven ROYAL CONNAUGHT HOTEL Hamilton Ontario ♦ ♦♦ TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER I Oth 7:00 p.m. Registration, Royal Connaught Hotel, Hamilton WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER I Ith 9:30 a.m. Registration, Royal Connaught Hotel 10:00 a.m. Convention called to order by the President KENNETH YORKE THE QUEEN Address of Welcome by L D. JACKSON Mayor of Hamilton President's Address Reading of Minutes. Correspondence, Treasurer's report and appointment of Committee on Nominations and resolutions.Admissions, Releases and Discharges" Question PeriodIntroduction of New Members by MR. L. E. LUDLOWSupervisor of Homes for the Aged Afternoon — 2:00 p.m. PANEL DISCUSSION No. I Wm. J. Duncan, Chairman, on "Health, Hobbies and Happiness" Question Period PANEL DISCUSSION No. 2 Mr. J. A. Cressman, Chairman Mennonite Home, Preston "Auxiliary and It's Value to Homes for Aged" Question Period Afternoon — 2:00 p.m. Scenic Bus Tour and Tour of Macassa Lodge Evening — 7:00 p.m. Banquet, Royal Connaught Hotel Guest Speaker HON. LOUIS P. CECILE Evening — 7:00 p.m. Dinner for Superintendents and Matrons Address BRIGADIER PARKINSON Entertainment by the City of Hamilton THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12th 10:00 a.m. PANEL DISCUSSION S. R. Taylor, Chairman- FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th 9:30 a.m. Unfinished Business Report of Nominating Committee Presentation of Gavel to the New President Presentation of Pin to Outgoing President Adjournment OFFICERS 1957 PAST PRESIDENTSPast President WM. MANNING Clerk-Treasurer, Ontario County President KENNETH YORKE Manager of Belleville County Home 1st Vice-President WM. DUNCAN Northumberland and Durham County Home 2nd Vice-President P. LOVICK Assistant Superintendent, Waterloo County Home Executive Members S. R. TAYLOR Superintendent, Cornwall, Ontario W. ROZELLA Superintendent, Fergus, Ontario BRIGADIER PARKINSON Eventide Home, Galt, Ontario JAMES LANDELL Superintendent, Kingston Home R. J. FORBES, Secretary Woodstock, Ontario M. C. ROUNG, Treasurer Dundas, Ontario Auditors L. K. COLES Clerk of Oxford County MRS. R. J. FORBES Matron, Woodstock, Ontario 1920- 21'22 -Welland County G. B. McClellan*l923-'24 Lincoln County - F. Sifton* l925-'26 Waterloo County H. W. Martin 1927'28 Grey County Alex Smith* I929-'3O Wentworth County J. H. Bates* l93l-'32 Lanark County R. J. Duffy* l933-'34 Bruce County R. 1. Wiles l935-'36 Hastings County E. Sandercock l937-'38 Oxford County - R. J. Forbes I939-'4O Norfolk County W. Smith 1941 City Hamilton Miss M. Harris* 1942 Waterloo County E. A. Amos 1943 Wellington County J. F. Beattie 1944 Simcoe County J. Jardine* 1945 Ontario County J. Read* 1946 Brant County J. L. Maycock* 1947 - Dundas and Glengarry Counties Home - R. L. Silsmer 1948 - Salvation Army Home, Toronto - Major B. Bourne I949-'5O - Oxford County - Mrs. R. J. Forbes 1951 - Huron County - Erwin Jacob 1952 - Lincoln County - R. E. Comfort 1953 - Hamilton - F. H. Sirman 1954 - Simcoe County, Beaton, Ont. - Dr. S. R. McKelvey 1955 - Clerk-Treas., Ontario County - Wm. G. Manning 1956 - Clerk-Treas., Ontario County - Wm. G. Manning J. E. PEART* - - - Sec. 1920-1947 *—Deceased CONSTITUTION♦♦♦I. NAMEThis association shall be known as the Ontario Asso­ ciation of Managers of the Homes for Aged. 2. OBJECTS The objects of the Association shall be: (a) A closer official and personal relationship among the Superintendents and Matrons, and others interested in the management 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 tend 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 persons 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 Trea­ surer, 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 mem­ bership 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 MEETINGThe 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 $20.00, which entitles the municipality to 4 delegates, in­ cluding 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 eligibility 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 pre­ sent a slate of Officers which must be duly proposed and accepted. 11. DUTY OF OFFICERS (a) PRESIDENT: The President shall preside at all mee­ tings of the Association and generally exercise such over­ sight 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 ne­ cessary, or when requested to do so by a majority or 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 submit to 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 days.(b) VICE-PRESIDENT: The First Vice-President shall, in the absence of the President assume his position and dis­charge his duties, and in doing so shall be possessed of al. powers enjoyed by that officer. In the absence of the First Vice-President the Second Vice-President shall preside, as­ suming 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 Committee: conduct the correspondence of which copies shall be kept: keep a correct roll of the officers and members of the Association: issue certificates of membersh p 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 disbursements for the year, together with a complete statement duly audited, of the finances of the Association, showing all receipts and disbursements for the year, together with a complete statement of assets and liabilities, including a statement of uncollected 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 ths 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 to carry any addition, alterations, or amendments. I■ • •' ~~~ uO CANADAO, Canada! Our home and native land! True patriot 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; hr Thou land of hope for all to toll, Thou True North strong and free. E• '. , - ~ j” —“ * / O. Canada! Beneath thy shining skies, May stalwart sons and gentle maidens rise, To keep ihee steadfast through the years, From East to Western sea; Our own beloved native land, Our True North strong and free. O Canada! Glorious and free! We stand on guard, we stand on guard for thee, O Canada! We stand on guard for thee. Iff MOON MOOPP Detachment Now In Fine New Building:I II“Operation Vacate" became reality Monday as the 25-cnan Ontario Provincial Police detach­ment in Woodstock abandoned thetf Xmost-dilapidated 4-room cubicle of an aged structure on Market Square — for a spanking new brick constructed 20-odd roomed building on Highway Two, । just west of Eastwood.The long awaited and anticip­ated move came five years after the OPP. then a force of seven including Sergeant Bert Moore, moved into their minute-sized city quarters which in the intervening years they rapidly outgrew.For the past while, the old of-1. fices have been fairly bulging at the seams, but since yesterday afternoon all is but a part of theifuzzy past.ijja To attempt comparison between the old and the new would re­quire a great deal of tact and effort that in the final analysis would lead to the inescapableconclusion:parison.The i"There is no com-Also there is ample room for the accumulating number of files which must be sorted and kept for possible future reference.Down another (light of stairs there is the kitchen which should provide some succulent delicacies for the various members of th-? QPP organization. The cooking potentialities, perhaps lying dor­mant in some of the OPP officers, •will be given a chance, no doubt, in the near future, to flourish unabatedly.TEMPORARY POWERPower at the new OPP building is being provided by a thunder­ous-sounding diesel machine (loc­ated in the garage) which pro­vides all the electricity.There is no hydro available atthe present time. It is expected ■ the building will be converted tonew stream-lined police• headquarters has beside it and: behind it a large 6-car garage and .spacious parking lot respectively.!Spreading out behind and on each side of the foyer as one enters from the front entrance, are administration offices, a| kitchen, washroom facilities, rad-' io room, ample cell-block rooms for the inevitable offenders ag­ainst the law, with black iron ■bars included, and a seemingly 'multitudinous number of corrid­ors leading into various little rooms.SOUND-PROOFEDMany of the rooms are sound­proofed with perforated wall- boarding and veneer and plaster constructed wails and hard non- resilient floor coverings of “Ru'b-There are approximately seven: f -phones in the building which is a vast improvement over the for-1 mer phone-system in effect in the!• old building.A quick tour of the cell blocks; located at the east end of the1 building and down a flight of. stairs impresses one with the “at-home feeling" afforded offen­ders as far as jail-cell conven­iences are concerned.There are jail sections for the males and also for the female violators, all equipped with toilet facilities in the cells and a sho^w- -er stall in both the male and ^female sections.If there could be such a phen­omena that would enable one to be impressed with jail cells — at all — these would do itBack upstairs again, the main business office is about the lar­gest room in the building, except­ing perhaps the Recreation room, and contains nine shiny-new met- al-top desks.60-cycle power some time I ■ January,Then the din - making diesel machine will be silenced and kept for emergency use in case1 of power-failure.Last stop at the new DPP building was the fine private1 office of Sergeant Bert Moore; al far cry from the one he had form, erly occupied a few short hours before..Three soft chairs plus a desk and his own chair and a tele­phone and filing cabinet helped1 fill the large office which is ex­ecutive-suite-like, from one cor­ner of It to the other.Meanwhile, back in Woodstock, the old battle-scarred but mem­ory-provoking office overlooking the Market Square is empty —! for the first time in five years. |OXFORD WESTREEVE—W. W Budd 913; J, R. Hargreaves 34».ZORRA EASTREEVE—Jta-mx? Chesney E. P. Eddy 388 ! .WOODSTOCK, ONTARIO, CITY HALL AND OXFORD COUNTY MUSEUMSil’ IOVERPASS NOW READY FOR GRADING OF HIGHWAY APPROACHESWork on the new ovenwi-w at has now been completed, and highway approaches to 1the railway tracks crossing I all that remains to put it into structure. When this task is fin-Lf< .A * 4 I L i'rtrlur.. I., < Ln . ...... -1,1 .4 . 1 .. V. - (A. . * .. „ >. *. ...IllHighway 2, eafrt of Woodstock, I service is the grading of the?the put an end to fin- conditions whichished, bhe new overpass will is*teci nt this•-■ ... I “Cf .I •«' CANADIAN GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION fl THIRTY-EIGHTH CONVENTION SEPTEMBER 25 28. 1957 SASKATOON. SASKATCHEWAN CANADIAN GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION Founded 1914, Incorporated 1917 270 MACLAREN STREET, OTTAWA O F F I C E R S A N I) I) I It E C I O R S OFFICERS President ’HON. P. A. GAGLARDI. Minister of Highways, British Columbia. Vice-Presidents -HON. HUGH JOHN FLEMMING. Premier and Minister of Public Works, New Brunswick. HON. .1. T. DOUGLAS. Minister of Highways and Transporta­ tion, Saskatchewan. HON. JAMES N. ALLAN. Minis­ ter of Highways. Ontario. HON. G. I. SMITH. Minister of Highways. Nova Scotia. HON. R. D. ROBERTSON. Minis- ter of Public Works, Manitoba. DIRECTORS W. M. V. ASH. President. Shell Oil Company of Canada Limited. Toronto. -NORMAN H. BELL, Executive Assistant to the President, The White Motor Company of Can­ ada Limited, Toronto. “IAN D. BIRDSEYE. Canadian Manager, Vickers - Armstrong (Tractors) Limited. Toronto. CURTIS BONNYMAN. Manager. Tuck's Transfer, Moncton. N.B. irepresenting Canadian Truck­ ing Associations). H. R. CHAUNCEY. Calgary (rep­ resenting Canadian Automobile .Association). C. V. DUNNE, Vice-President. Standard Gravel & Surfacing of Canada Limited, Calgary. C. L. FISHER. Divisional Engineer for Canada, Armco Drainage de Metal Products of Canada Ltd-, Winnipeg. "R. M. HARDY. Dean of Engineer­ ing. University of Alberta, Edmonton. Immediate Pant President HON. AN TONIO TALBOT, Minis­ ter of Roads, Quebec. Honorary Secretary T. J. MAHONY, Managing Direc­ tor. Ontario Good Roads Asso­ ciation, Hamilton. Honorary Treasurer ’•MAJOR-GENERAL R. H. KEE ELER. C.B.E., D.S.O.. Vice- President. The Bell Telephone Company of Canada, Montreal. Manaaina Director C. W. GILCHRIST. O.B.E. Issisfaal Mananina Director R. A. DRAPER. °A. E. JENNINGS, Vice-President. Ronds and Engineering Con­ struction, Toronto. A. C. KNIGHT. Vice-President. Marketing & Refining. Husky Oil & Refining Limited, Calgary. ’J. B. LAVIGUEUR. General Man­ ager, Sicard Inc., Montreal. HUGH T. MacDONALD, Vice- President. Kane Equipment Limited. Winnipeg (represent­ ing Canadian Association of E<i ui p ment D ist ri but ors). HON. J. GEORGE MacKAY. Min­ ister of Highways, Prince Ed­ ward Island. HON. G. J. POWER. Minister of Highways. Newfoundland. ®D. O. ROBINSON. Chief Engineer. Canada Cement Company Limit­ ed, Toronto. °J. H. L. ROSS, Vice-President and Director of Sales. Industrial Ac­ ceptance Corporation Limited. Montreal. HON. GORDON TAYLOR. Minis­ ter of Highways. Alberta. “One Nation Indivisible” pOUR YEARS ago at the CGRA convention in Victoria the incoming president was presented with a gave! made of Newfoundland wood and a block made of British Columbia woods. On each was engraved the legend, “One Nation Indi­ visible”, a paraphrase of the word* of a great Canadian statesman. Many years ago Sir Wilfrid Laurier declared: “Let us build roads across this great Dominion so that the peoples of the east, mingling with those of the west may together become one great indivisible nation.” It seems particularly appropriate that we shall be using the symbolic gavel and block at this convention, appropriate not only because we are meeting in the very centre of our country but because this province is the first to complete its section of the Trans-Canada Highway which eventually will link the provinces more closely together. This, our 38th convention, is an important one for there are many problems to be solved. And it is only by working together, all sections of the country, all levels of government, all segments of business and industry, that we can achieve success. Let us always remember that in unity there is strength. Canadian Good Roads Association OPERATI NG COMMITTEE Officers and directors marked (®) and the following: D. (). ROBINSON. (Chairman) ARTHUR BERGERON, Deputy Minister of Roads. Quebec. GEORGE COLLINS. Deputy Minis­ ter of Puhli- Works. Manitoba. P. H. DESROSIERS. Vice-President. Jol'ette Steel Division (Dominion Brake Shoe Co. Ltd,). Montreal. E. A. EVERSON, President, Mid­ Town Motor Sales Limited. Montreal (representing Federa­ tion of Automobile Dealer As- soeintions). ALEX FRAME. Deputy Minister of Highways, Alberta. R. M. FRENCH. Chief Highway Engineer, Department of High- wa"*. Newfoundland. W. J. FULTON. Deputy Minister of Highways, Ontario. ERNEST GOHTER, Chief Engineer, Department of Roads. Quebec. L. T. HOLMES. Deputy Minister of Highways. S iskntchewan. E. S. JONES. Deputy Minister of Highways. British Columbia. C. D. LORD, Industrial Sales Man­ ager, The Cann'inn Salt Com­ pany Limited. Montreal. J. A. LUCAS, Assistant General Manager, Dominion Rubber Company Limited, Kitchener. RICHARD PALMER. Deputy Min- iater of Public Works, New Brunswick. R. G. WHITE, Deputy Minister of Highways. Prince Edward Island. J. L. WICKWIRE, Deputy Minister of Highways, Nova Scotia, General Chairman . . Vice-Chairman . . . Accommodation . . . Entertainment . . . Transportation . . . The Road Gang . . . Publicity.................... Ladies' Entertainment . CONVENTION COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN . . . . Hon. J. T. Douglas .........................L. T. Holmes ..............................J. MK Wells Keith Turnbull ............................A. T. Kramer R, A. Gyles Chief of Police J. G. Kettles Inspector Jack Woods ............................J..E. McAuley ..............................S. T. Malach H. R. Lamberton . . . . Mrs. J. T. Douglas Mrs. A. T. Kramer TUESDAY 24September 2.30 p.m. 3.00 p.m. 4.00 p.m. 6.30 p.m. 0.30 p.m. September OPENING 10.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. 11.15 a.m. 12.30 p.m. Registration, Reception Hall (First floor) Joint meeting of the Board of Directors and Operating Committee, Salon 3 Meeting of the AASHO Observer Committee, Salon 2 Annual Dinner, Board of Directors and Operating Committee, Salon 5 Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Technical Information, Salon 2 25 WEDNESDAY 5.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. CEREMONIES Banquet Room Hon. P. A. Gaglardi, President, presiding O Canada God Save the Queen Invocation: Rev. L. S. Van Mossel, President, Saskatoon Ministerial Association Addresses of Welcome Hon. W. J. Patterson, Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Saskatchewan Hon. J. T. Douglas, Minister of Highways and Transportation, Saskatchewan, and General Chairman of the Convention His Worship John McAskill, Mayor of Saskatoon Greetings from the International Road Federation Arthur C. Nagle, Assistant to the Executive Di­ rector of IRF, Washington, D.C. FIRST GENERAL SESSION Ballroom 9.30 p.m. 8.45 a.m. FORUM 9.30 a.m. Annual Review by the President Selection of members of Nominating and Resolu­ tions Committees “A Blueprint for Municipalities in the A-Age” R. J. Desjardins, Traffic Planning Engineer, Metropolitan Toronto Planning Board LUNCHEON INTERVAL SECOND 2.30 p.m. GENERAL SESSION Ballroom Hon. Antonio Talbot presiding 'ROADS ROUND-UP” Reports on progress and problems of road building and maintenance across the country. E. S. Jones, Deputy Minister of Highways, British Columbia Alex Frame, Deputy Minister of Highways, Alberta L. T. Holmes, Deputy Minister of Highways and Transportation, Saskatchewan Geo. Collins, Deputy Minister of Public Works, Manitoba W. J. Fulton, Deputy Minister of Highways, Ontario Arthur Branchaud, Assistant Chief Engineer, Department of Roads, Quebec 9.30 a.m. Richard Palmer, Deputy Minister of Public Works, New Brunswick J. L. Wickwire. Deputy Minister of Highways, Nova Scotia R. G. White, Deputy Minister of Highways, Prince Edward Island A representative of the Department of Highways, Newfoundland G. E. Williams, Chief Engineer, Development En­ gineering Branch, Department of Public Works, Ottawa THE ROAD GANG Reception Hall and Terrace Lounge Reception by manufacturer and distributor members of CGRA Dancing in Ballroom Exhibition of square dancing by "Gingham and Swingham" group. THURSDAY September 26 Film: "The Eighth Sea" Ballroom ’57 SOILS AND MATERIALS Salon 5 Chairman: R. M. Hardy, Dean of Engineering, University of Alberta “A Survey of Methods Employed to Study and Avoid Slides in Highway Backslopes and Embankments” W. E. Winnitoy, Research Engineer, Department of Highways and Transportation, Saskat­ chewan “Design of Bituminous Mix” Oscar Martin, Associate Professor of Civil En­ gineering, Queen's University “Design of Concrete Mix” L. R. Lauer, Sales Engineer, Canada Cement Company Limited, Edmonton “Statistical Quality Control for Embankment Construction” Gordon D. Campbell, Canadian Good Roads As­ sociation ECONOMICS, FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION Terrace Lounge Chairman: J. Harvey Perry*, Director, Canadian Tax Foundation “An Analysis of Salaries of Highway Department Personnel” I. D. Pal and T. E. Kuhn, Canadian Good Roads Association "Prequalification of Contractors in Ontario” J. G. McMillen, Financial Comptroller, Depart­ ment of Highways, Ontario “Road and Street Classification in Saskatchewan" R. J. Genereux, Assistant Design Engineer, De­ partment of Highways and Transportation. Saskatchewan “Recent Developments in Highway Statistics" G. A. Wagdin, Director, Public Finance and Transportation Division, Dominion Bureau of Statistics —W _■ in.--' 12.30 p.m. FORUM 2.30 p.m. 2.30 p.m. 8.30 p.m. FRIDAY '57 LUNCHEON Banquet Room Chairman: Hon. James N. Allan, Minister of Highways, Ontario Speaker: Bertram D. Tallamy, Federal Highway Administrator, Washington, D.C. Presentation of CGRA "Oscar" PLANNING AND DESIGN Salon 5 Chairman: D. A. Larmour, Chief Engineer, De­ partment of Highways and Transportation Saskatchewan "A Survey of Current Practice for Controlling the Encroachment and Character of Development Adjacent to Public Highways" Hugh Adcock, Director of Operations, Depart­ ment of Highways, Ontario "A Survey of Pre-engineering Practices for High­ way Construction in Canada" T. B. Gentles, Design Engineer, Department of Highways and Transportation, Saskatchewan "Electronic Computation of Highway Quantities in Ontario" J. Kates, K.C.S. Data Control, Toronto SAFETY EDUCATION Terrace Lounge Chairman: W. Arch Bryce, General Manager, Canadian Highway Safety Conference "The Application of Accident Information to Highway Design and Planning in Ontario" Tom Mahony, Supervisor of Accident Records, Department of Highways, Ontario "Highway Safety Trends" W. A. Bryce, General Manager, Canadian High­ way Safety Conference "Are We Pampering Our Substandard Motorists ?" R. B. Baillie, Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, Manitoba SYMPOSIUM ON FROST ACTION Salon 5 (Arranged by Subcommittee on Soils and Ma­ terials) "The Nature of Frost Action in Soils" Edward Penner, Division of Building Research, National Research Council "Current Practices on Highways for Alleviation of Frost Damage” J. A. Knight, Manager, Highway Engineering Services, Brunner, Mond Canada Sales Li­ mited, Toronto "Highway Design Procedures and Frost-Suscep­ tible Soils" M. M. Davis, Assistant Professor of Civil En­ gineering, University of Toronto September 27 9.00 a.m. Film: "Men. Mountains and the Challenge’ Ballroom THIRD GENERAL SESSION Ballroom 9.30 a.m. 11.00 a.m. 11.30 a.m. 1.00 p.m. 2.30 p.m. Hon. Gordon E. Taylor presiding Panel Discussion on Public Relations Policies and Practices of Highway and Street Departments Moderator: Hon. R. D. Robertson, Minister of Public Works, Manitoba Participants: Hon. P. A. Gaglardi, Minister of Highways, Bri­ tish Columbia J. B. Wilkes, District Engineer (Toronto), De­ partment of Highways, Ontario J. D. McAskill, Mayor of Saskatoon (representing the Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities) Interrogators: Vern Dallin, President, Canadian Association ef Radio and Television Broadcasters Alan Heisey, Editor, Engineering and Contract Record Eric Knowles, Editor, Saskatoon Star-Phoenix Wells Ritchie, Editor. Civic Administration "How Prince Edward Island is Solving its Me­ chanical Training Problems" Hon. J. George MacKay, Minister of Highways, Prince Edward Island ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Reports by: D. O. Robinson, Chairman, Operating Com­ mittee N. H. Bell, Chairman, National Membership Committee Alan K. Hay, Chairman, Advisory Com­ mittee on Technical Information C. B. Cooper, Chairman, Advisory Com­ mittee on Public Information Major-General R. H. Keefler, Honorary Treasurer C. W. Gilchrist, Managing Director Gordon D. Campbell, CGRA Engineer- Observer, AASHO Road Test Election of Officers and Directors Luncheon Meeting. Advisory Committee on Tech­ nical Information Salon 3 Meeting of the Operating Committee Salon 4 FORUM '57 SATURDAY 2.30 p.m. 2.30 p.m. 6.30 p.m. 9.30 p.m. TRAFFIC Salon 5 September 9.30 a.m. 28 Chairman: Philippe Ewart, Chief, Traffic En­ gineering Bureau, Department of Roads, Quebec The entire session will be devoted to presentation of draft chapters of the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Canada CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE Terrace Lounge Chairman: John Walter, Director of Planning and Design, Department of Highways, Ontario “Design and Construction of Concrete Pavements in Manitoba” R. N. Sharpe, Research and Materials Engineer, Department of Public Works, Manitoba “A Review of Current Practice in the Construction of Bituminous Pavements” E. B. Wilkins, Senior Paving Engineer, Depart­ ment of Highways, British Columbia “Roadside Development—Modern Method of Seed and Mulch Application” C. Tackaberry, Maintenance Engineer, Depart­ ment of Highways, Ontario Panel Discussion on Bridge Construction and Maintenance Moderator: M. B. Pierce, Bridge Engineer, De­ partment of Highways and Transportation, Saskatchewan “Cold Weather Protection Techniques and Me­ thods of Payment” A. M. Toye, Bridge Engineer, Department of Highways, Ontario “What Expense, If Any, Is Justified to Improve the Aesthetics of a Bridget” J. Alton, Assistant Bridge Engineer, Department of Highways, British Columbia “Moving the Old Andover Bridge” B. H. Hagerman, Bridge Engineer, Department of Public Works, New Brunswick ANNUAL DINNER Banquet Room Speaker: Hon. T. C. Douglas, Premier of Saskatchewan Presentation of Life Memberships, Quarter Century Club Certificates, and President's Medal Dancing, Ballroom 12.30 p.m. Meeting of the Joint Committee on Uniform Traf­ fic Control Devices for Canada Salon 5 Barbecue at Dominion Forestry Farm as guests of the Government of Saskatchewan. Trans­ portation from The Eessborough from 12 noon. Individual duck shooting parties organized by members of the Entertainment Com­ mittee. A visit to the Thode farm arranged by the Transportation Committee. Those wishing to take part in either of these should complete the form provided, and turn it in at the Registration Desk not later than noon Thursday, September 26. NEXT, THE "Q.E." CGRA's 39+h convention will be held at the new Queen Elizabeth Hotel, the Empire's largest, September 30 to October 3, 1958. JOT DOWN THESE DATES OF FUTURE CONVENTIONS: 1959 I960 1961 1962 Vancouver — September 23-25 Toronto — October 17-19 Banff — September 12-16 Quebec City — October I -3 CONVENTION JOTTINGS THE CANADIAN GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION is a non-polifical, non-profit national organization dedicated to the development and improvement of the nation's road systems through public education and research, in order to make highway travel and transportation more efficient, safer, more economical. SASKATOON, CANADA rogram Chairman Hon. P. A. Gaglardi President Toast Her Majesty the Queen Presentation of Life Membership certificates Presentation of certificates to new members of the Quarter Century Club Address Hon. T. C. Douglas Premier of Saskatchewan Dancing 1 Shrimp Cocktail Ravigote Chicken Broth Roast Sirloin of Beef Chasseur Pont Neuf Potatoes Cauliflower fines herbes New Green Peas au beurre Baked Alaska, fruit sauce Coffee ROADS are substance, science and sweat combined to make one of the most used and least understood of utilities. ROADS are a means of getting from here to there and back with varying degrees of convenience, comfort and profit. ROADS are a social fact, an economic force, a cultural binder, a geographic location. ROADS are the pulsating arteries of commerce or the peaceful paths of pleasure. ROADS are rolling ribbons of rural grace or symmetrical patterns of urban enterprise. ROADS are the expression of democratic purpose and the will to defend that purpose. ROADS span the breadth of life from the cradle to the church to the grave. ROADS are the mark of man's progress from the prehistoric past to the impelling present. ROADS are the symbol of a better tomorrow. WWWMEN AND MACHINES ON GOVERNOR'S ROAD.ri'- -Wu'- »,< '74 •; ■ ■■iJt $/PREPARATIONS for the widening of the Governor’s Road have moved into high gear. Huge earth loading and earth moving machines during the past weeks have tom up sections of the road to prepare for the paving which is schedul­ed to begin in the spring. The Seninel-Reviw cameraman yes­terday afternoon visited the four-mile stretch of road ex­tending from Thames street north in Ingersoll to the Beach­ville sideroad, to which the contract for the grading and paving of this section has been let to W. A. Haggerty Con­struction company of Ingersoll. In the TOP PHOTO, several of the machines which are on the job are shown being filled by a loading machine, while in the photo LEFT a huge "bite”' is taken from the surface of the earth by the scoop shovel. Bud; Hayes, one of the many work-; ers on the job is shown at RIGHT at the controls of his machine. (Staff Photos). ’s to Canadian Good Roads Convention CANADIAN GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATIONz o n QUARTER CENTURY CLUB <t co C'i T. F. JUST J. N. MEATHRELL J. P. RUSSELL WESLEY TAYLORCOco v> </» o was si co w 4CD z 0 o o o 73 o s C/j tn 0 38th Convention, The Bessborough, Saskatoon September 25-27, 1957 P> co 8 co *° i? E £ & in CD u» > O 2 2 <n J 3 g K. o o g-P- 3. g A FITTING tribute to session of the Canadian Good Roads Association convention at 10.30 this morning. This important conference was attended by many dignitaries, ministers and representatives from all parts of Canada, some of whom are shown here attending the opening session in The Bessborough ballroom. __Sl Phoenix photo 2 73 o co ’S 3 sr a HONOUR OFOXFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETYMENU-7ittbonCrwicj, GntaxLoLUNCHEON IN1 HE first floor reception hall at The Bessborough was a busy place Tuesday afternoon as registration for the thirty-eighth Canadian Good Roads Association Convention got under way. Among women guests talking together in one corner of the terrace lounge were three from Ontario. Pictured from left to right are Mrs. W. S. Cole. Sudbury; Mrs. F. P. Cuthbert, Paris and Mrs. Guy Martson of SimcoeRoy G. Hart Is NamedTo Head Ne w E xecutiveAt. enthusiastic meeting of the! and Mr. Hart thanked the meet- nual fees set at 25 cents to cover j ’ - . , ing for honor accord€d cost of mailing.reorganized Oxford Historicalsociety was held in tbe council chambers of Woodstock's historic Town Hall last evening. The meet- ing was called to order by Mayor Winnifred Williams. Ingersoll, acting as chairman fo rihe gath- tog, and she asked for nominat­ions from the floor in order to teleci a new executive to operate for’the year 1958.Honorary presidents, Mrs. ■J. Canfield and Dr. Donald Sutherland; president, Royei-E. M. G.Hart, Woodstock; vice-president, Stanley J. Smith, Ingersoll; sec-COMMUNICATIONSSeveral communications were received. One was from the Ont­ario Historical Society congratul­ating the Oxford society in reor­ganizing. and wished the gather­ing every success. The letter in­dicated that the provincial body would help the local organization in any matter within their pow­er. Two communications were re­ceived which gave the newly elected executive much pleasure, namely, a cheque for S35.00 from the municipality of the city of Woodstock and an equal sum from the town of Ingersoll. It ist c t - expected that the county council.rotary, _ Laverne S. Johnson, make a a t t its Mount Elgin; treasurer, Mrs. W.R Wardf Woodst^k: curator, | Accordi te Mrs. Bernadette Mrs Bernadette Smith, Wood- Smith> curator of the QrfordS' ? ’ imiuseum hte local historical soc- part, Woodstock; directors from,w is - d standing with the Sorih^d^d H^foall ociety and allworth. r,ast Oxford: Mrs. K. J.' • - - - ■Sutherland, West Zorra; Miss Jean I. Hossaek, East Nissouri;James Spaven, Ingersoll: Mrs.Roy Gordon, North Oxford; Mrs.A. W. Meek, West Oxford; Miss Bertha Gilbert, Dereham; Rob­ert Chesney, Blandford: Margaretdues for membership have been paid. It was further moved and adopted that the annual mem­bership fee would be 50 cents per annum and that a junior branch be formed, with the an-A vote of thanks was extended, to Miss Marjorie Chambers, ex­secretary of the local organizat­ion, for her untiring efforts in re-J organizing the society which has !’j been semi-dormant for many I years. The local society was flrsil organized in 1897 and then later! reorganized in 1930. During the,': last quarter of a century interest seemed to lag and only occasional j meetings were held. Lately, how­ever historical research has be­come more apparent and the fed­eral, provincial, and municipal governments are now endeavor­ing to gather historical data for their respective files.It was further agreed that there will be four quarterly meetings] held in 1958, and it is expected that a prominent speaker on his­torical matters will be invited to attend and address the gather­ing.THE OXFORD COUNTY COUNCILTomato JuiceIced CeleryQueen OlivesRoast Beef Yorkshire PuddingDiced GarrettsGreen Beansflipped PotatoesChef4s SaladTeaApple Pie with CheeseCheese and CrackersCoffeeMilkoooOooOooo®Cowan, Blenheim; Miss Stella Mott, South Norwich: Mrs. Kath- ; erine Hendershot, North Norwich;Miss Zella Hotson, East Zorra; and Miss Louise HSU, Woodstock. The appointment for TiJlsonburg was left open to be filled by the executive.Mi^ Wilteme caMed upon the new president to take the chair.Move To Revive History Society According to a letter read be-j fore county council yesterday Ox­ford County Historical Societyplan a re-organization meeting! at the Woodstock city hall Sept.j20 at 7.30 p.m. to which WardenPlan For Reorganization Oxford Historical SocietyWARDEN'S CARPolice are continuing to inves-1 tigate theft of a car belonging to Oxford Coumty Warden Cecil Rid­dle which wa« *afx>Jen Sixym where it was parked by the CityCecil Riddle and his councillorswere invited.At this meeting an executive will be elected with the purpose to revive the society on a county­wide basis. If this is not donethe society fears valuable histor- BiCai maiberiail now being gathw-Hall yesterday. He came out ofthe city hall to get it and found'. , . . . , u । ~ r *it gone ed 13 jn dan®er of being lost.K ’ Present executive includes Mrs.E‘. J, Canfield, Woodstock; Dr. R. L. Revell, Woodstock: Charles Blueman, Woodstock; Miss ZeJla Hotson, Innerkip and Miss Marj­orie Chambers, RiR 4, Woodstock.S- Originally organized in 1897, i Supporting the project disbanded, just before the Second!night were Gordon Innes MLA Worild War, the Oxford Historical1 far Oxford; Mayor Charles Tat. Society became an active organa-ham Wbodstook; R. F. Brad*, zaliiou atgjwi last night. ।secretory-manager erf WoodstockOver 30 interested persons; Boa nd of Trade; Mrs. Bernadette - throughout the county showed up Smith, curator of the Oxford Mu- tar the I’e-orgianiijational meet- seum; Mrs. S. L. Krompart ‘ mg which was chaired by Mayor county librarian; and members WinniiDred Wiliams, of IngersaM.[of various county arganazationK.She was awisted by Miss Mar- jjome Chambers, a formerHi storian I Society.Sputnik II Regarded As Benefit To WorldThe Oxford Hitstorteal Society was ftinst formed in 1897 and functioned until Would War I. It was reoiwwzcd in 1930, and be­came dormant once more at the bagtimimg of Would War H.Ilhe recent effort to revive its activMos huts mot with wide re- siponse.were on the former executive. Two noted local historians, M»w. • E. J. Camfteld and Dr. R. L.Revell, were aibsent through flkA nominating commlMee appointed to draw up a nrw slats of officers, which wW be eented to a general meeting to be hold Oct 18 at 8 p.m. in city eoiMUMl efi DISCUSS PROBLEM OF AREA PLANNING BODYNEW, WIDER BRIDGE AT BEACHVILLEtoe narrow steelbridge on MartinWilliams ofvice-presidentOxfordIn recent yearsTen Oxford ReevesSeek Re-ElectionMe*Deputy Reeve E.Eddy, ofEast NiiDeputy Reeve PAndrew Pattulo, MLA,board; John Pearson of theBeachvdllle, has permitted pas­sage of only one vehicle at a time. Now that is being cteng-East Zorra; Reeve Robert Rudy, of Tavistock; Reeve Howard Mc­Combs, of Norwich; Reeve Char­les F. Beagley, of Embro; Reeve Ed Pearce, of Tillsonburg; Reeve। James H. Chesney, of East Zorra;; Deputy Reeve W. W, Budd, of West Oxford and Reeve J. R. McLaughlin, of Dereham,Reeve Henry Banbury, of Blen­heim is retiring and Reeve Georgia Da via, of South Nor­wich could not be reached.The Oxford Historical Society which is holding a reorganization and open meeting on Friday night in the city hall was first formed in January of 1897.The first executive of the soc­iety included: G. R. Pattullo, pre­sident; A. McCleneghan, firsted, with the replacement of the old single-tane structure by a nevi', two-lane bridge thatDepartment of Pfenning andDevelopment: ' "' ~of the 70 city and township rep­resentatives that attended last night’s meeting. Left to right in TOP photo are shown: Mayor Charles M. Tatham of Wood- stock; H. A. Armstrong, West Zonra; E. Greenly, East Ox­ford. In the CENTRE photo, left to right, M. J. Wenry, chair­man of the Woodstock PfenningOf the 21 Oxford reeves and deputy reeves polled by the Sen­tinel-Review as to whether- they would run again for the 1958 ses­sion ten said they were going to try again, eight were undecided or would not comment, one Is retiring and one could not be reached.Running for another term are: Reeve Art Lockhart, of Bland­ford ; Deputy Reeve Herbert Balk­will. of Blenheim; Reeve Hilton C. Virtue, of East Oxford; De­puty Reeve Clare H. Esseltine, of Tillsonburg; Reeve H. A. Arm­strong, of West Zorra; Deputy Reeve John Bolton, of East Nis- souri'; Reeve Fred L. Slater, ofWoodstock and three of its! surrounding townships will esta­blish an area planning board, a meeting of township and city representatives decided last night.The three townshipfl represent half of the six townships that sur­round or are nearly adjacent toi the city's boundaries.Included in the board will be (the townships of East Zorra, West! Oxford and North Oxford and the city of Woodstock.The board will be known as the Woodstock and Suburban Plan­ning Board. It will be established for 1958.Kay, MLA, Col, Cowan, George F Fraser, Dr. Rice, T. H. Len­nox and R. Paxton of Otterville.In 1913 T. P. Hart of East Ox­ford was the secretary. During the First World War the society ceased to function. It was reorg­anized in 1930 at a meeting called by E. W. Nesbitt. It continued vigorously until just before the Second World War when activity ceased again.During the war, Mrs. E. J. Can- field! the president, took on Red Cress': work and whenever sheNO DECISION was reached towards formation of an area pfenning board for Woodstock and its six surrounding town­ships at a general meeting and banquet held last night. The meeting did however, decade to continue consideration towards the area pfenning goal. In the above photos are Shown somegave historical information to seekers from Woodstock and Ox­ford county.Miss Louise Hill kept the small museum of the society, one room and later two. in the court House open on certain afternoons for the benefit of school children and oth­ers. She did this for many years.and Aid. Thom- in the LOWER Chesney, East R. Hargreaves, and WiMiam 111-L. Pressey, of Dereham; Reeve J. Grant Smith, of North Non- wieh and ReeVe John R. Har­greaves, of West Oxford.Those who were undecided or could make no comment are: jis designed to carry modern- day loads. Here, in the photo, the mobile crane is shown as it lifts one of the massive steel side-spans into position as toe work proceeds rapidly. (Staff photo).Museum was established in the - city hall and Herbert Milnes be­came president. The late Miss. Effie Nesbitt was curator. The! present curator is Mrs. Bernadet-p te Smith. Ulis museum is a sep*i: arate entity but is co-operating, with the Oxford Society.Arrangements have been made1; to have' Mayor Winnifred Willi­ams of Ingersoll as chairman for Friday evening e meeting. . Miss} Williams is a niece of Dr. Willi-j ams who was a member of the society’s first executive. Mayor C M. Tatham of Woodstock is ex­pected to attend and to introduce . the Mayor of Ingersoll.Members of the present execu­tive of the society are Mrs. E. J. Canfield, the Hon. D. M. Srther-5 >nd of Embro,. Dr. R. L Revell,, Miss Zella Hotson. Innerkip, Mrs. Charles Blueman and Miss Marj­orie Chambers, RR 4, Woodstock, who is the secretary.To Reorganize Historical Society At Friday Meetingbury, E a st Zorra. (Staff photos).as H. Demit; photo, James Zonra; John West Oxford;Ingersoll, second vice-president: John Hall of Drumbo, third vice-president; William Munro sec.-treasurer; James White, curator and librarian; H. J. Dun­can, George Smith and Walter S. McLay, editors. Members of the council were R. W. Sawtell, W. Carlyle, public school inspect­or; F. R. Ball, QC, Rev. Dr. McKay, James Sutherland, MP, A §*41:WORK ON CREDITVILLE OVERPASS PROGRESSING RAPIDLYThe overpaiss now under Highway 2, is being rushed toconstru'ction over the railway tracks at CrediitviHe sevenecmptetton dia/te has been men-made Ln the section of the W-.comfptetiion by the crew of'miles eai&t of Wtoodstock on workmen, a'lthough as yet no/^■/Vi■^*^-ifitoned. The above photo show® erpas® on the south side of the. ’ * ‘ ' rajiway tracks. CStaff photo), i onTuesday, Dec. 3rdhour of tenAll claimsCOUNCIL CHAMBER IN THE COURT HOUSE WOODSTOCKand accounts1957, at the o’clock a.m., business.' ji.' r.■■ • . J sOxford Hunters Collect 'JackpotTagged Fox Second $50 Fox Bagged By HunterNet Hunter $50 BonusMlThe first $50 bounty for a tag-1 ged red fox was paid to Ed­ward Gray of Tillsonburg yester-N day by county clerk Len ColesThe first bounty was for one of 15 red foxes released in Oxford; County last May.Gray shot his fox In the com­pany of Warren De Groat of RR 1, Springfield a slhcy we/re bund­ing on Jot 24 of the sixth concern- sion of Dereham township yes­terday morning. The fox was shot about 13 miles from where it was released in May in a sweepstate type of fox drive.Tlic county ear-tagged and re­leased the 15 foxes in seonet। areas around the township. The 'county hopes that the increased 1 bounties on the 15 foxes will create an extra effort on the part of farmers and hunters to knock down the existing fox population of the county.Yesterday's bounty was the first to be paid in this year's season.Harry Ritter of Elmira, shot an Oxford-tagged fox, released in Blenheim Township last spring as a part of a scheme to elimin­ate foxes in Oxford County. He| shot the animal in Peel town­ship, Wellington County. Appar­ently the fox had travelled 32 miles,,almost In a straight course Into Wellington, from the relcas-! ed point, crossing Waterloo Coun­ty en route.Each of the tagged foxes. when | bagged, nets the successful hunt-i er a cash bonus of $50, so Mr. Ritter returned the pelt to Ox­ford authorities, and received his cheque to that amount. This is the second of the tagged animals to have been brought down by hunt­ers.—Free Press Woodstock Bureau Out on their first day's hunt, two Oxford County nimrods bagged the first $50 jackpot in Oxford County's fox hunting sweepstakes. About 15 foxes were ear-tagged and released in various parts of the county last May, with the price on them. This fox had traveled about 13 miles. Receiving their check from County Clerk L. K. Coles are Edward Gray, Tillsonburg, centre,1 and Warren DeGroat, RR 1, Springfield.Charles E. Downing Dies, Retired Lime Co. Manager"Walking Joe" In ResidenceA sure sign of winter soon to arrive was the yearly appear­ance in County Coua-t of Arnold Hill or as he hias been dubbed by acqiujaintenices “ W a Iking:Joe”.There was a chill in the air| as 63-year-old Joe appeared be-i fore Magistrate R. G. Groom I and was assured of winter - residence in the County jail as' he received a five-month jail, term after pleading guilty to the charge of “found wandering a-j bout with no visible means of sup-, port.”As Joe put it: “It’s kind of! chilly out these nights.”During the warmer nights of the year Joe meanders around the area south of Thamesford and lives near the village dump in a small dwelling consisting of the body of an old car and packing cases.Joe says he rarely comes to Woodstock except during the win­ter. The last time he visited the city, he said, was back in 1935..So for the next five months, until sometime in April when the - warm winds return, Joe won’t . have to worry about being snow-j ed in. He’ll be home in Jail.PUBLIC NOTICEAt the call of WARDEN CE­CIL M. RIDDLE, a SPE­CIAL MEETING of the County Council of the Coun­ty of Oxford will be held in theagainst the county must be filed with the County Clerk before the first day of the session.L. K- COLES, County Clerk County Clerk’s Office, Woodstock Nominated for Reeve ere Jam*COUNCIL’First Election In 12 YearsEast Zorra Township To SeeADDRESSING MORE than 250 guests at Warden Cecil M. Riddle's dinner last night in the Westminster UnitedChurch in Thames ford is guest speaker, Dr. G. Elmore Rea- man. Left to right. Dr. Rea- man, Len Coles dhiainmian andWARDEN'S DINNER AT THAN ESFORD“Pennsylvania Dutch”Lauded By SpeakerIf it had not been for the Penn­sylvania Germans there would have been a 50-year delay in the development of Upper Canada, said guest speaker Dr.G. El- nore Reaman last night at War­den Cecil M. Riddle’s dinner at Westminster United Church in Thamesford.Dr, Reaman. who is the author of 13 books and is at present associated with the Department of EnglLh, Waterloo College, re­vealed “a quite unintentional blank spot in Canadian history.”Speaking to approximately 250 guests of the Oxford Warden he said ‘hat the independence, pion­eering spirit* and integrity of the Pennsylvania Germans were needed, as well as the organiza- tional ability of the British to settle Ontario.NO REFERENCEThe blank spot, he said, is in the lack of any reference in Can­adian history to the period be­tween 1760 and 1812. As all of southern Ontario was ready for British settlement after the war of 1812, who were the people, Dr. Reaman asked, who made it ready.They ?ere the Palatines (south Germans1 and the Swiss people, he maintained. They were fr- q urntiy called Pennsylvania Dut­ch, but they are not. he contend­ed. - •'They only saw Holland when “deitsch” with ''dutch” so there­after it was called Pennsylvania dutch, said Dr. Reaman.“Many people today become worried when I insist they are Pennsylvania German, not Holl­anders,” he said.WERE REFUGEESThese Pennsylvania Germans, he pointed out, were all political and religious refugees from Eur­ope. When William Penn receiv­ed land from Charles II in 1681, he offered asylum to these people and they streamed over to Am­erica, brought by the English.They were Mennonites, Dunk- ards, Amishes, Lutherans, Re­form Church and Moravians. A- long with them came French Hu­guenots, (French Protestants), driven from France in 1688 by Louis XTV,These Huguenots numbered 400, 000, said Dr. Reaman, and they were the best artisans of all kinds.“France never recovered from this loss and this is one of the main reasons she is in the mess she is in today,” be said.The first group to come to Canada was in 1776 and they made their home in the Niagara Peninsula. Then to Kent in 1778; all eastern Ontario, from Glen­garry bo Prince Edward County- in 1784; in 1792 to York County and to Waterloo in 1800.GERMAN PATTERN“The pattern of agriculture inthev massed down the Rhine on pattern of agriculture intheir way to America,” be Mid.j^tario is German and the Um- The origin of the term, “Penn-sylvar.ia Dutch,” he explained, a- rose when an english assessor approached a German, who spoke a low German dialect, which has the same relationship gs Scottish dialect to standard English, and said to this German, “Iss deitseh”, meaning, “I am man,” ,This assessor confused. Bin Ger-thehis wife; Warden Riddle and his wife; Mayor Winnifred Wil­liams of Ingersoll, and Ross V. Tuck. (Staff Photo).man, and they were always look-ted Empire Loyalists were practi­cally all German,” he said.They came to Canada to lose themselves, pointed out Dr. Rea-ing for good limestone soil.“And as the black walnut tree always grew in limestone soil they were always on ‘The trail of the black walnut',” he added.These people have also given us many characteristic Canadian foods, for example, sausages, cheese, cabbages, the two-crust pie and canned vegetables and fruit.A lot of our folklore came from them also, he explained, for in-] stance, ‘elbow grease, bleed like; a stuck pig, to look like a sick; hen,’ and many others of- a sim­ilar nature.Incidentally, he concluded, Eis­enhower and Diefenbaker spring: from these people.Chairman for the evening was L. K. Coles, County Clerk and treasurer for Oxford County.GIVES TOASTGiving a toast to “our govern­ments” was Ross V. Tuck who was thanked by Gordon W. Innes, I MLA.Toasting the “Township of Nor- th Oxford” was Thomas Comisk­ey, thanked by Miss E. A. Sel­don“Our sister municipalities” was toasted by Lawrence W. Smith, Mayor of Tillsonburg. Brief com­ments were heard from Alder-j man George LaFlair, of Wood- stock, appearing on behalf of Mayor Charles M. Tatham, hit by the Hiu, and adlso flroan Mayor Winnifred Williams, of Ingersoll.Toasting “the ladies” was Rev. Bruce Suitor and he was thank­ed by Mrs. Ada Pearce.Accordion solos were by Miss Olga Wasvlyk.For the first time in about 12years there will be an election es-OWney and E. P, Eddy.in East Zorra township for the k In by acclamation is Deputy reeve-hip .LReeve Lorne Junker.reevesmp bcMUSEUM REOPENINGThe Oxford museum, which has been closed for a few days dur­ing renovations to the city hall building will be reopened Thurs-1 day afternoon and evening, It was' learned this morning from Mrs. Bernadette Smith, curatorCoroner Jury Rules Oxford Doctor LaxA suggestion that the medical! attention of the practitioner was lacking badly was put forth by a coroner’s jury last night in Woodstock called to inquire into the death of Arthur Kading, 51,. of Innerkip.Mr. Kading died in Woodstock General Hospital on Oct. 30, 1957, after being taken from the home . of his brother, Louis Kading in Innerkip, where he had lived for a number of years.The five-man jury found that; death resulted from “an arthritic condition over a number of years which caused starvation and gan­grene to certain parts of the body.”It was suggested also by the: jury that the medical attention: as given by Dr. John Bigham, of Drumibo, “was lacking very badly during the last eight weeks when Mr. Kading was not moved to change the bed.”All AcclamationsIn South NorwichNomihations for municipal of- fdees in South Norwich Town- sihiip were held, on Friday after­noon. AM oMiiciialfs were returned by aodliamiation.Reeve — Georg® H. Davis. CouinicililiOtns — Henry Aslh. Stan­ley Gehirinig. Theodore Cooper, Harold Antfhiur.I School Trustees — Mrs. Jiack. i Wlaillliher, Harold _ Paarce, Sey­mour Hunley, Irvin Gehring. ecied) — Alex Henderson, Rankin Kellam, AUe* Littlejohn, Percy Wettlaufer.SCHOOL BOARD:- (two to be elected) - Gordon Dyer, Webber Lazenby, Gordon McDonald, El­ton Wilker.GEORGE A. LEESNORWICH: For more than 40 years a resident and industrial­ist of Norwich, George A. Lees passed away at his home on Stover street, Norwich, Friday; evening, Nov. 29. He was in his 71st year and had been ill for; six months.Born in Burford township, hel was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lees. After com,plat-1 ing his high school and business' college education, he joined the West, Taylor and Bickle Broom ।Co. as 8 book-keeper and in a' |few years was appointed mana-, ger, which position he held for more than 40 years, until his re-, tirement two years ago.For 45 years he was superin-, tendent of the Free Methodist Sunday School and was always an active worker in the Norwich , church and was interested in the wider sphere of the church in Canada and the U. S.Mr. Lees was largely respon-. sitae for the organization of the; Norwich Business Men's Associa- . •, it ion and was its president for several years, When this was re­organized as the Norwich Cham­ber of Commerce he again ser­ved as president.He was a past president of the North Norwich Horticultural Soc­iety and was also a public school , trustee and chairman of the board on different occasions. He was a past president of the Ox- ford County Trustees and Rate­payers Association. He was also interested in the Public Library and served on that board for several years. He was a past president of the Pxford County Library Association.Surviving are his wife, the for­mer Ida Birdsall; two sons. Nor­man G. and Gordon, both of Nor­wich; three daughters. Mrs. Ros­coe Coward. Ottawa: Mrs. Kirk Hanmer, Big Rapids. Mich., and Mrs. Albert lutzi. Woodstock;! two brothers, Wesley of Norwich', and Stanley in Holland. There; are also 15 grandchildren.The late Mr. Lees is resting at his late residence, where s prix-ale service will be held Mon­day. December 2 at 4 p.m. con- <£ountj> of 0xforb★ HANDBOOK 1957 ★ CECIL M. RIDDLE WARDEN TOWNSHIP OFFICIALSBLANDFORDClerk ..................................................... George Oliver, BrightTreasurer .................................... Mrs. B. M. Wilson. BrightRoad Superintendent ............. Ben Biddis, R.R. 2, InnerkipAssessor ............................................. E. A. Carter. Inne.'k.pTax Collector .............................. Mrs. B. M. Wilson. BrightBuilding In spec tor.........Oscar Sippel, R.R. I. New Hamburg Relief Officer................................................................Tho ReeveDATE OF MEETING—FIRST MONDAYBLENHEIM Clerk and Treasurer.............................Irvin J. Haines, Drumbo Road Superintendent.................................Joel Dawson. Drumbo Assessor....................................David Mitchell, R.R. 4. Bright Tax Collector............................Geo. Balkwill, R.R. I, D.-umbo Building Inspector....................................Joel Dawson. Drumbo Relief Officer................................................................The Reeve DATE OF MEETING—FIRST MONDAY DEREHAM Clerk and Treasurer........................Fred E. Harris, Mt. Elgin Deputy Clerk and Treasurer.... Miss M. Phillips, Mt. Eigm Road Superintendent........................Harold Tindal, Mt. Elg.p Assessor.............................................Ira M. Harris. Mt. E.g.n Tax Collector....................................Fred E. Harris. Mt. E.gn Building Inspector...............................Harold Tindal. Mt. Elg.n Relief Officer................................................................The Clark DATE OF MEETING—FIRST MONDAY EAST NISSOURI Clerk..........................................................A. J. Baker, Lakeside Treasurer........................Mrs. Ella M. Whetstone, Thamesford Road Supt........................Geo. B. Anderson. R.R. I. Lakeside Assessor and Tax Collector.. Max Lindsay. R.R. I, Thamesford Building Inspectors.........................Fred Dennison. Thamesford A. J. Baker. Lakeside Relief Officer...............Mrs. Ella M. Whetstone, Thnmosford DATE OF MEETING—FIRST MONDAY NORTH NORWICHClerk and Treasurer.............J. F. Pritohnrd. R.R. 2. Norwich Rond Superintendent. .. Albert Freeman. R.R. 2. Burgessvillo Assessor................................Fmnk Broad. R.R. I. BurgcssvilleTax Collector .......................J. F. Prltchnrd. R.R. 2. NorwichBuilding Inspector...............J. F. Pritohnrd. R.R. 2, NorwichRelief Officer.......................J. F. Pritchard. R.R. 2, NorwichDATE OF MEETING—SECOND MONDAYSOUTH NORWICHClerk and Treasurer.........................Herbert Parson. OttervilleRoad Superintondent.........................Elmer Almost, OttervilleAssessor............................Clarence Stover. R.R. 3 TillsonburgTax Collector......................................Herbert Parson. OttervilleBuilding Inspector...........Clarence Stover, R.R. 3. Tillsonburg Relief Officer.....................................Herbert Parson, Otterville DATE OF MEETING—FIRST MONDAY EAST OXFORD Clerk and Treasurer... N. M. Holdsworth, R.R. 4. Woodstock Ronp Supt...........................Clarence Hart. R.R. 8, Woodstock Assessor.............................John A. Wallace, R.R. 8. Woodstock Tax Collector...............N. M. Holdsworth R.R. 4, Woodstock Building Inspector.......................Laurie Gould, Oxford Centre Relief Officer.....................................................;....The Reeve DATE OF MEETING—FIRST MONDAY NORTH OXFORD Clerk and Treasurer.....................Miss E. A. Seldon. Ingersoll Road Supt...........................Stanley Shannon. R.R. 2, Ingersoll Assessor................................Charles Waring. R.R. 3. Ingersoll Tax Collector................................Miss E. A. Seldon, Ingersoll Building Inspectors...........Wallace Baigont. R.R. 3, Ingersoll Fred Dennison. Thamesford Relief Officer................................................................The Reeve DATE OF MEETING—FIRST MONDAY WEST OXFORD Clerk and Treasurer...............L. B. Curry, R.R. I, Woodstock Road Superintendent........C. A. Williams, R.R. I, Woodstock Assessor................................A. D. Robinson, R.R. 4, Ingersoll Tax Collector..........................L. B. Curry, R.R. I. Woodstock Building Inspector.............A. D. Robinson. R.R. 4. Ingersoll Relief Officer................................................................The Reeve EAST ZORRAClerk....................................H. J. Hallock, R.R. 6, WoodstockTreasurer...............................................Clarence Parker, HicksonRond Superintendent............Ed. Hnnsuld, R.R. 2, Tavistock Assessor...............................Carmon Fneey, R.R. I. TavistockTax Collector.......................John C. King. R.R. 6. WoedrtockBuilding Inspector.............H. J. Hallock. R.R. 6, WoodstockRelief Officer.....................John C. King, R.R. 8. WoodstockDATE OF MEETING—FIRST MONDAYWEST ZORRAClerk...............................................Ernest We»d. R.R. 4, EmbroTreasurer......................................Lewis Pelton, R.R. I, EmbroRoad Superintendent.............Jas. A. Murray, R.R. 5. Embro Assessor...........................James A. McDonald. R.R. 4. EmbroTax Collector..................James A. McDonald. R R. 4. EmbroBuilding Inspector.............Phillip McDonald. R.R. 4. Embro Relief Officer..............................Ernest Wood. R.R. 4. Embro DATE OF MEETING—FIRST MONDAY OFFICIALS OF TOWN AND VILLAGES TILLSONBURG Clerk and Treasurer..............................Burt Neale, Tillsonburg Road Superintendent........................James Hornsby. Tillsonburg Assessor......................,.....................K. R. Watts, Tillsonburg Tax Collector......................................Burt Neale, Tillsonburg Buildinn Inspector..............................K. R. Watts, Tillsonburg Relief Officer.....................................Burt Neale, Tillsonburg DATE OF MEETING—FIRST TUESDAY EMBRO Clerk and Treasurer.........................William French. Embro Assessor.............................Wm. A. Murray, R.R. 6, Embro Tax Collector..........................................William French, Embro Building Inspector ......................... Embro Relief Officer................................................................The Reeve DATE OF MEETING—FIRST MONDAY DATE OF MEETING—FIRST MONDAY tNORWICHClerk and Treasurer. Road Superintendent Assessor...................Tax Collector........... Building Inspector.. Relief Officer........DATE OF ..............................A...L. Bushell, Norwich .........................Harry Whitoroft, Norwich ..............................D. B. Forrls, Norwich................................Fred McKie. Norwich ................................Basil Baines, Norwich ..............................................A. L. BushellMEETING—FIRST MONDAYTAVISTOCK.................................C...J. Klein. Tavistock ....................................R. Rudy, Tavistock ............................Wilfred....Corp. Tavistock .......................Walter Schnefer. Tavistock ..................................................... TavistockCierk and Treasurer Road Superintendent Assessor..................... Tax Collector........... Building Inspector Relief Officers........................................................Entire Council DATE OF MEETING—THIRD MONDAY OXFORD HEALTH UNIT COMMITTEES OF 1957FIRST NAMED. CHAIRMAN LAST NAMED. SECRETARYROAD COMMITTEE— McLaughlin. Riddle. Chesney. Mea­threll.FINANCE COMMITTEE—Lockhart. Davis. Pearce. Slater. McCombs.PROPERTY COMMITTEE—Hargreaves, Banbury. Armstrong. Boagley. Virtue.EQUALIZATION and ASSESSMENT—McCombs. Hargreavw. Chosney, McLaughlin. Esseltine.AGRICULTURE—Smith. Balkwill, Pressey. Eddy. Bolton.EDUCATION—Budd, Smith, Armstrong, Slater. Davis. HOME—Riddle. Rudy. Banbury. Mayor Tatham (Woodstock).Mayor Williams (Ingersoll). Coles.HEALTH — Jas. Hartnett. (Prov. Rop.). Pearce. Passey. Riddle. Mayor Williams (Ingersoll), George LaFlair (Woodstock), Coles.PRINTING and RESOLUTIONS—Balkwill. Esseltine, Beag- loy. Virtue, Budd. CONSERVATION—Balkwill, Smith. Budd. Bolton. Meathrell. Coles. Virtue. LIBRARY CO-OPERATIVE—Groom. Slater. Banbury, Eddy, Riddle, Lees. Kipp. Mrs. L. Krompart. JUVENILE COURT—Riddle. Chesney, Coles. BOARD OF AUDIT—Lockhart, Coles. HOSPITALS — Woodstock—Riddle. Ingersoll—Hargreaves. Tillsonburg—Pearoe. CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY—Riddle, McLaughlin. Rudy. MUSEUM—Lockhart, Coles. M 0 ...............................................................Dr. 0. C. Powers Supervisor of Nurses.....................................Miss Mao Haviland Sanitary Inspector....................................................J- L- Grl,,lth Veterinarian.................................................Or. L. E. L. Taylor Staff Nurses—Miss R. Grieve. Mrs. D. Johnston. Miss Elsie Holden. Miss Muriel Morgan, Miss A. Van den Borg, Miss G. A. De Haan. Miss M. Charlton. Mrs. S. Wilkins, Mrs. Cora Etheridge. Clerical Staff...........................Mrs. A. Ellerby. Miss Lois Boll Woodstock Office..........................Phono *"»<*«*’<* LE 7-571 I Ingersoll Office............................................P110"8 lnBerMl1 1658 Norwich Office....................................................Ph8ne No™ioh 1 Tillsonburg Office.....................................Phone Tillsonburg 265 Embro Office................................................Ph0"8 Embr0 "'J Drumbo Office...............................................Ph®"8 Drun’b0 487 TREE CONSERVATION COMMISSION Roy Hughes ......................................................RR- '• Ostrander. Phono Tillsonburg 946-J-3 or 123 Ross Calder ............................................... RR- 2- Thamesford ~ Phono Klntora 39-R-I5 Lawrence Mitchell ......................................... R-R- 2- Innerkip Phone Innerkip 43-R-3 I OFFICIALS — 1957Cecil M. Riddle ______________ WardenEric W. Cross ____________ County JudgeR. G. Groom ---------—-----Police MagistrateR. G. Groom-------------Juvenile Court JudgeA. A. Bishop...County Court Clerk and Sheriff John B. Martin__________ Deputy SheriffA. C. Whaley, Q.C. _ Clerk of the Peace andCounty Crown AttorneyMrs. G. Dotzenroth — County Court Reporter Mrs. Edith Scholz_Magistrate’s Court Reporter Miss Margaret E. RossMagistrate’s Court Clerk Ross V. Tuck__________________Registrar John C. Blair------------------Deputy Registrar R. A. MacDougall________County Solicitor Montieth, Montieth and Co.Auditors John Calder Gaoler A. E. Walton_____________ Chief Turnkey J. P. West______________________Turnkey B. Andrews --------------------------------Turnkey John Campbell---------------------------Turnkey Mrs. Rose Hamilton------------------------Matron Dr. G. A. C. Webb-------------------Physician Gaol and County Home R. J. Forbes______Manager, County Home Mrs. A. Forbes_____Matron, County Home Mrs. S. L. Krornpart_____ County Librarian W. G. Anderson-----Public School Inspector A. P. Silcox---------Public School Inspector B. C. Moore---------_____ Provincial Police ^Stanley Main-------------Probationary Officer Fred H. Cade ................... County Assessor J. N. Meathrell_County Road Superintendent .Thomas Pye_______Court House Engineer L. K. Coles -------- Clerk and Treasurer '"r.-_ 11■—III 1M 11 If -77 - < i vv-wv-r'T—- mr» ip^u^||w ■■■■! !■ i -»- --^-.vnr' , . r . V ? f ‘ VAutographed Walls Linked Wit□stFound in Historic Oxford CourthouseFred rrv^ Wood*>tock RurrtuiWOODSTOCK. Nov.a ;link with the past has been ' discovered tn Oxford County’scaMlr-Hke,historic court-house.The unfinished walls of the weal end lower, reaching »ky- ward above the second floor,* have been autographed with nR.mcB dating back almost, to the time the building was ronstructed. Like a forgotten page of history, the auto­graphed walls recall former prominent Oxford families and included a register of visits from William Gleason, South Bend. Indiana, F. A. Jones, of Ottawa, and some­one from Rochester, N.Y.Ray Wilson, no address, marked his visit by scrawling his name on the wall on the occasion of the draping of the courthouse in memoriam for King Edward VII.Such prominent Oxford names as Canfield and Suth­erland, June 12, 1902, noted. Ashton Brown, of Toronto, pointed out the he visited the tower in 1899.Ona enigmatic note was left in large black paintwhich just said E.V.T. 7/26.""L.G.S. isCounty Clerk I*. K. Coles explained that the tower, in years gone by. was visited by many persons wanting to gain the highest sight-seeing spot in the city. It was to Wood- stock that the Empire State Building is to New York.The courthouse, often praised by visiting Supreme Court justices, is still one of the show places of Oxford. It was built about 1891 to endure at a cost of only about $75,- 000.The link with the past was recently discovered by Marie Gregor, clerk for county road superintendent J. N. Meathrel and Betty Wood, clerk for the county clerjk. They climhed the drafty high tower to the top room in order to take panorama pictures of the city.—Free Press Woodstock Bureau Betty Wood and Marie Gregor, two secretaries at Oxford County's old court­house, point to hundreds of autographs uncovered on the walls. Names scrawled back as far as the turn of the century make interesting reading to­day, although few of those named are still around.Work Of County Council Explained To Lions Club Warden Cecil Riddle was guest speaker at the meeting of the;Lions Club of Ingersoll held at Mrs. F. Wolstenholme's, Wonham street. Mr. Riddle was introduc­ed by Jim Hartnett and thanked by Earl Willows.The speaker explained the work ings of county council and Inger­soll’s part in their work. He also added that he felt that while the work did involve considerable, time and effort it was well worth while and satisfying.MEMBER 1957Canadian Good Hoads AssociationL. K. COLESHRJ. K. MACKAY247County of i^xforb★HANDBOOKCECIL M. RIDDLE WARDENJudge Named Lt. - GovernorOTTAWA (CP^ — Mr Justice j tigonish, N.S.. and Royal Military John Keiller Mackay, 69-year- College at Kingston, Ont. After< old judge of the Ontario Supreme ithe war he returned to Nova Sco-1 Court will become lieutenant-gov- |<tia, received his doctorate of law ernor of Ontario Dec. 30, sue- from Dalhousie and was called.ceeding Hon. Louis Breithaupt, it to the Nova Scotia bar.He was called to the Ontari’was announced today.The announcement from Prime bar the following year and beMinister Diefenbaker’s officecame 8 King's Counsel in 1933.said the appointment has been ! PRACTISED LAWapproved by Governor-General | Before being named justice in j Vin-ent MJassey Mi-. Breithaupt the high court division of the Su-1 67. has been lieutenant-governor preme Court of Ontario in 19S5.1of Ontario since Feb. 18. 1952. he practised law in both Pictou | No reason was given for his re- and Toronto. He specialized in| tirement but such appointments. criminal law and was retained- of five by the Crown in many importantare made for a minimum years.A lieutenant-governor be removed except forcases and also by the Domini]within that term and retains the post beyond that time until re­placed.Almost from his birth in Pic-cannot'government cause I nations.in numerous inwHe married Katherine J An > Macleod in 1943. They are the [parents of three sons. Ian Reay Donald Alastair and James Keil-tou, N.S., in July, 1888, Mr. Jus- ler.tice Mackay's life has been one, In 1850 Mr. Justice Mackay of assuming duties and carrying!was appointed bo the appeals di-them out diligently.At 14 he enlisted as a in the Artillery Brigade militia at Pictou.BRILLIANT CAREERWhen war came in 1914gunner in thehe wasgiven a lieutenant's commission in the 6t<h Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery. He was seriously wounded at Arras. France, in February. 1916, but finished a, vision of the Ontario Supreme Court. Just before assuming his new duties, he presided at a trial session in the same court where he heard his first trial in 1935.During the year? between the First and Second World Wars he played a prominent part In Ca­nadian Legion activities and was a member of the Legion's first national executive council.Mr. Justice Mackay keeps alivebrilliant war career ax comman- U*. ... ——dor of three mobile artillery bri- his Nov® Scotia connection by gades known as the "Maokay yearly visits to his native prov- Group." He was awarded the Ince. He attends the Gaelic ModDlstinguished Service Order m at St. Ann’s on Csm-B-^ton 1s- 1916, land wearing the Mackay tartanMr. Justice Mackay was edu-ikilt. Another favonite spot is the rated at Pictou Academy, St. .Highland games at Antigonish, Francis Xavier University nt An- N-S. 7Ae Warden^ fahtrer.Norwich Reeve EntertainsVillage Officials■COUNTY OF OXFORDTUESDAY EVENINGNOVEMBER 19th, 1957Westminster United ChurchTHAMESFORD, ONTARIOCECIL M. RIDDLEWardenOlder Citizens Not ForgottenAbout 79 elderly residents of 10 nursing homes in Oxford County ore being remembered with Christmas baskets from the Oxford County Red Cross Asso­ciation. Mrs. William George, centre, chairman of the Red Cross emergency relief committee, supervised the packing of the boskets. With her ore, left. Miss Mae Haviland, nursing supervisor, and Mrs. Verne Wilkins, right, staff nurse, of the Oxford Health Unit. MOH Dr. O. C. Powers and the public health nurses will deliver the baskets. (Photo by Mary Mark).COUNTY OF OXFORDYOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND THE'innerTUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19th, 1957... at th* .. .WESTMINSTER UNITED CHURCHThamesford, OntarioAT 5EVEN O'CLOCKCECIL M. RIDDLE *WardenFreight Rates Hiked By Over 3^ Per Cent 7heWardens hinder COUNTY OF OXFORD TUESDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 19th, 1957 Westminster United Church THAMESFORD, ONTARIO CECIL M. RIDDLE Warden ★ TOMATO JUICE RELISHES ROAST TURKEY AND DRESSING CRANBERRY SAUCE SALADS MASHED POTATOES GREEN PEAS, CARROTS APPLE AND CHERRY PIE—ICE CREAM COFFEE ROLLS MINTS L. K. COLES, Chairman“THE QUEEN”God Save the Queen “OUR GOVERNMENTS" Ross V. Tuck Gordon W. Innes, M.L.A. “TOWNSHIP OF NORTH OXFORD" Thomas Comiskey Miss E. A. Seldon “OUR SISTER MUNICIPALITIES" Lawrence W. Smith, Mayor of Tillsonburg Charles M. Tatham, Mayor of Woodstock Miss Winnifred Williams, Mayor of Ingersoll ADDRESS Dr. G. Elmore Reaman, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. “The Trail of the Black Walnut” “THE LADIES” Rev. Bruce Suitor Mrs. Ada Pearce ACCORDIAN SOLOS—Miss Olga Wasylyk OXFORDCOUNTY COUNCIL 1957CECIL M. RIDDLEWarden Art Lockhart —................................ Blandford Henry Banbury —................................................................................Blenheim Herbert Balkwill ....................................................................................Blenheim J. R. McLaughlin .......... -...............................Dereham P. I. Pressey ......................................................................... Dereham Fred L. Slater ............................................................................East Nissouri John Bolton ...................................................................................East Nissouri J. Grant Smith .......................................................................North Norwich George H. Davis .....................................................................South Norwich Hilton C. Virtue —..............................................................-..East Oxford Cecil M. Riddle —...............................................................North Oxford John R. Hargreaves ..................................................................West Oxford W. W. Budd ...............................................................................West Oxford James H. Chesney ...........................................................................East Zorra E. P. Eddy .......... —........................................East Zorra H. A. Armstrong —......................................................................West Zorra Ed. Pearce ........................................... Tillsonburg Clare H. Estelline .............._....................................... Tillsonburg Charles F. Beagley ........................ Embro Howard McCombs ....................................................... Norwich Robert Rudy ....................................................... Tavistock L. K. COLES J. N. MEATHRELL Clerk and Treasurer Road Superintendent Oxford Warden Receives Gift—Free Press Woodstock Bureau Retiring Warden Cecil M. Riddle, centre, received a gift at his last County Council session. Presenting the gift on the left is Reeve Henry Banbury, of Blenheim Township, and right Deputy Reeve E. P. Eddy, of East Zorra$250,000 Fire Razes Tillsonburg GarageFIRE LEAVES TILLSONBURG GARAGE A TWISTED PILE OF WRECKAGE8275.000. Started when spanks from an acetylene torch ignited ga loll ne on the floor of Stedel- hauer's garage, the blaze com­pletely gutted the premises andcontents, including 15 new and used cars, a truck and large itoek of parts. The fire also caused limited damage to the roof of Slautfer’s Motors. Inthe photo Tillsonburg firemen and residents examine the: wreckage of all that remains' of the Stedelbauer garage (ptaff photoh ' :When fire, on Wednesday evening, struck hard at Tillson- burg for the «econd time with­in five months, it caused total damage estimated as high M rather pile of resign- no one। store its records. So, than keep the massive papers in his home, he ed. The board could geturn'^. T \(/■ ; «*|r:-yhi £NEW BUILDING HOUSES MUNICIPAL OFFICESThis fine new municipal of­fice building has been con- sU-ucted through the co-op- eration of the North Norwich Public School Area Board and Norwich Township council. It . all came about because the school board could not secure a new secretary-treasurer. The old township office had been in I - *PROVIDE CHRISTMAS TREE IN HOME FOR THE AGEDFor the second consecutive "^year, members of the Wood- , /- stock Pilot Club have provided ; h beautifully decorated Christ­mas tree for residents at the Oxford County Home for the -■ Aged. On Tuesday evening members of the club delivered Iuse ever since 1941. It was re­cently purchased by Edgar Stoakley. who moved it to Bur- gessville, and will convert it. into a home. John Pritchard, who has been both secretary- treasurer of the township and and secretory of tihe board, found that if the township built a new buildipg the school board would have no •place to the tree at the Home, and be­fore leaving had completed its decoration. In the photo, three of the club members, ‘left to right1, Agnes Blakeman, Betty Rudd president, and Mrs. Pat Gasparatto, vice-president, are putting on the last of many orn­aments. After the task was to replace him. So township and board joined to build a new municipal office. In it will be two safes—one for the township records, one for the school re­cords.completed, the Pilot Club mem­bers joined with the Home resi-j dents in a sing-song around the piano. On Chris-tmas morn­ing, there will be a gift under the tree for each person in the Home, also provided by the Pilot Club. (Staff photo).• ''4 Bi®■■■■■■■brrmhbhmhbmmmmhhOxford county school children planted 5,000 young trees on a reforestation plot on the 7th con­cession of Blenheim.■’W-Oxford county council’s Sept­ember session, opened at the10 YEARS AGO15 YEARS AGOReevo MUton Betteridg*j pf E4ut!Nissouri, wns elected wardsn ofOxford county for 1947 nt the openf , Jng session of county council, , I ' v , Roy Sharpe of Baynes School, West Zorra. won the Oxford County public speaking championship hol’d at ti^e court honse. Woodstock. w. ourt MarnDi oienncim;|A road budget of $273,000 was | Reeve. H E. Itongworth, East Ox-Zorra, was elected warden of Ox­ford county on the 14th ballot at the opening session of county council.In the election Alvin McKay.reevo of West Zorra, as warden of Oxford, he was opposed by Reeve. W. Burt Martin, Blenheim-decided on by Oxford county coun­cil at the final session of the Jan-» guaty meeting...f&.S'j. ' ........- 1 »•courthouse. Woodstock, with War- ; den Milton Betteridge presiding.1 Renovation of the Woodstock I ^L-city hall auditorium to be used by teethe Oxford Historical Society for!I nuiseum, was underway. Seven permanent immunization; centres for pre-school children1 »were set up by the Oxford Health Unit to be in operation Septem-i ber 1.f Residents at the county home enjoyed a band concert given by' the Woodstock Boys and Girls].'. Band, sponsored by the Kinsmen Club. f a"Bn 6. C? Powers, Oxford MOH,reported that there had been eight polio cases during the sum­mer. but none serious.Two representatives of the Roy- £ al Ontario Museum, Toronto, were ; in Woodstock, helping arrange thedisplays of the Oxford Museum in its new headquarters in the city hallOxford county museum was moved from the courthouse to its , new headquarters in Woodstock city hall.1 Some ancient muskets of 1832. donated to the Oxford Museum, were being cleaned and repaired by Woodstock firemen before go­ing on display.G. R. Green, Oxford agrioulluir-1 al representative, died suddenly' while on a hunting trip in North-; 1 ern Ontario.ford and Reeve JSouth NorwichK. Wardell,Oxford county council, at its The county road between Inner-EM January session, called on 1. . government to conscript man pow­er, resources and wealth, without a plebiscite.■ kip Bright was st ill snow- blocked after two wqe^W.Clement P. Coles,' brother of E.DO YOU REMEMBER?(From Sentinel-Review Files)35 YEARS AGORobert Oliver, reeve of Thames-ford, was elected warden of Ox-\ ford county over William Rich-;-, mond, reeve of Blenheim, by a vote of 12 to 8.John L. Silcox, a former warden! of Oxford county, was appointedreturning officer for North Oxford, the succeeding the late M. J. Brophy.; 1Clement P. Coles, brother of E. . c .J. and Robert Coles, Woodstock, Winterburn, now reeve ofi ;pioneer shoe merchant of Brant- o,?Iy ncw ■ford, died in his 79th year. of Oxford county council for,Wwi rtwimmlaCTawMMiMaaMi - i ■ - r. I'M ' BialkV, . . _,P _ ... I w I j A •^embers of the Oxford Health Unit were snowbound in Woodstock and unable to make their rounds in tile country.W. A. Cockburn, Drumbo, was elected chairman of the Oxford: Health Unit at the inaugural meet­ing.A public meeting was called to discuss the proposed annexation by Woodstock of a part of East ; Oxford township, by residents af- ifected.All country roads were open again, after being blocked for some time by the last heavy snow. I County Road Supt. J. N. Meathrell reported.Reeve. W. j. Cuthbert of West Oxford, died at his home in his 66th year.Percy Sage was elected reeve of East Oxford, following the death of Reeve W. J. Cuthbert.County roads in the district, still ungravelled, were soft and muddy after • heavy rains. Road, Super­intendent Meathrell reported.County council budget for 19471942.The big metal' smokestack air B the court house, Woodstock, was toppled to the ground in a heavy wind storm.J. A. Meathrell, Oxford cofin tv engineer, was speaker at the 15th; annual conference on road im-! provement at London.- planned to resur-iace 70 miles of county roads at a cost of $20,000.Oxford Trustees and Ratepayers urged expansion of the health pro­gram in rural areas.Oxford county council decided to hold a county-wide scrap metal collection to aid in the war ef­fort.County Clerk Kenneth Roth and Councillor Fred Day were in Tor-i onto attending the Ontario Educat­ional Association convention.Repairs to various country roads were being made under direction of the county engineer, : J. N. Meathrell.Miss M. Grieve, county health1nurse, addressed the teachers of; was set at $303,742, believed'to bei North and West Oxford at their1the largest in th_e_county's history.j regular meeting held at Centre-;Dr. O. C. Powprs nvfnrH MOTtI ' Ville.Dr. O. C. Powers, Oxford MOH,in his annual report, stated that the health of the city and district was good. There were only four cases of communicable diseases.The first suburban high school board was established by Oxford County council to go into effect July 1.The new Oxford Museum Society was in process of formation, to t? r> * rx u ttr • enlarge and develop the old county R_eve R. A. McDonald of Em-; museum, with its display at the . . court house.bro was returned unopposed forianother term at the nominal?-! ion meeting. IArthur P. Maedel was elected! reeve of Norwich by acclamation, succeeding Reeve. H. A. Bishop who withdrew.Judge W. S. Wesit of Cayuga,; county judge of Haldimand counj ty, former Woodstock laywer, re-1 tired owing to ill health.Arthur Lockhart, RR 5, Wood- stock, was second prize winner of $100 in a provincial home beau­tification contest.Severity-two fox bounties were . paid during the month of Mav, for Oxford county. L. K. Coles, county r 1 clerk reported.With memories of the big snows .7 of the past winter fresh in their A minds, Oxford county council de- !■' cided to purchase a snow blower if-,, unit at a cost of $23,000.Oxford county council met for its June session at the court house with Warden Alvin McKay presid- . ing. _____Reeve Richard Wilson of East Zorra, who was ill at his home, was visited by a group of several county council members.Hon. Gebtge S. Henry,” former premier' of Ontario, was speaker at the annual meeting of the Ox­ford Ex-wardens Association at the courthouse. President James Pull­in presided.Burhs Rotif son of County'Clerk and Mrs. Adam Roth, Woodstock, passed his second year medical; examinations at the University of; Western Ontario.Roy Sharpe, 12,For the first time in 20 years. Oxford county jail was empty of prisoners, Governor Jack SkinnerCrown Attorney, Craig McKay,f K.C. Woodstock, was main speak- . er at the annual Warden's Din­ner, held in Ingersoll Presbyter-!Roy Sharpe, 12, of RR 3,.Embro, provincial oratorical win-i reported,ner, was honored by Oxford county! \..v ..... ....___... _______ . council and presented with a pen! jail, which had_been without_in-,and pencil set. 1 mates for some time, was eased.!: as a man was given a month’s, ' imprisonment.County Clerk Ken Roth was at-The labor shortage at OxfordOxford county council was connsidering a request from the town of Tillsonburg for appointment ofa county assessor. . ,iap Church, James W. Innes, warden of Ox-Oxford county council, at iisl t:X counV in was electedI final session of the year, with president of the Oxford Ex-ward- ............................. ' 1 . en's Association at a meeting in .court house. iThomas Fye, caretaker of the courthouse, Woodstock, was com- Itending the annual conference of county home representatives at | Kitchener.1Warden Alvin McKay presiding,! sat until midnight before com-; pleting the year’s business. |Oxford Plowmen’s As-sociationj. decided to seek the Internationalpliimemted by Mr. Justice Chev-R. J. Forbes, manager of Ox- ! ford County Home for the Aged and Mrs. Forbes, matron, attended the annual convention of county home heads in Kitchener.. ;pk>w-.ng match Cor Oxford Coun- ®tyjn 195J,Frank Jackson, clerk of Eastrier on the well-kept building and ”««« Jacwn, cwfk or cast Oxford township, was attending ' his 43rd annual meeting of clerksgrounds.City council’s offer of the use olthe city hall auditorium for the en- yi larged county museum, was ac-cepted by the association. ;Oxford Health Unit, was holding' immunization clinics in East. Zorra . .schools in a country-wide camp- aign.The newly formed Oxford Ex-1 ' reeves Association, planned to hold a meeting in the fall for elect-1 ion of officers, County Clerk L.assessors and tax collectors of Oxford at the courthouse, Wood- stock.A. J. Baker, Lakeside, clerk ing of East Nissouri township, was rra elected president of the assodat-ion of clerks, treasurers and tax collectors. F. G, Jackson was re-elected secretary-treasurer.Keh Roth J ’Oxford county clerk, left tor a week’s vacation.K. -Coles announced. 'Ross Carroll, a former reeve of North Norwich, was elected pr<-sj- J dent of the newly formed Oxford! Ex-reeves’ Association.County council made a. grant of $500 to help provide comforts for the Oxford Rifles (Active) at the Pacific Coast.fitUng the late M. j. nropny.New quarters for the Victorian: । Order of Nurses, Woodstock, were established in the judge's chamb­ers at the court house.Work of redecorating the main court room at the court house, ' Jwa> nearing completion, the work being done by prisoners at the<’». .mi - -j-rTr-^ MTwo prisoners at Oxford Countyjail made a daring escape while working on the courthouse lawn.] They walked downtown, stole a car and made their getaway. A police' ‘Icounty jail.search was quickly underway.County council passed a bylaw reducing the salaries of all county officials by 10 percent.Oxford county road, expenditure' for the year was cut to half that of 1931 and not to exceed $80,000.More than 500 attended the an­nual Oxford municipal picnic held; at Southside Park. North Oxford won the tug-of-war.County council granted the use: of a room in the courthouse for; the Oxford Historical Society’s!® ■museum.Oxford county council was ad-vised that the provincial subsidy for county roads was to be cut in half.A‘Hamilton man, who escaped, from Oxford county jail, by mere­ly walking away while working; ' I- with others on the Courthouse.u'j lawn, was apprehended in Ham-1 ilton and brought back to Wood-Bg stock by Jail Governor George Forbes and PC Sid Hemmings JAt a tax sale of land held by<'’-: County Clerk A. E. Roth, G.; Skillings bought 150 acres on thei ! first concession Blandford tor $2 He obtained a total of 220 acres for $15.A gold headed cane was pre­sented to the retiring warden of | Oxford, Robert H. Oliver at th® closing session of county coun-' cil. IJudge J. G. Wallace of Oxford county, concluded his legal care­er and retired after 49 years a I member of the Bar Association and 18 years as judge.Judge F. E. Perrin, former London lawyer, newly appointed I judge of Oxford county, assumed; his new duties as successor to ■ Judge J. G. Wallace retire^ j IJail Governor George Forbes; iissued an appeal for old magazin-j ... < i es for use of inmates of that in- Istitution. 315 YEARS AGOOxford county councillors met! . with a chilly reception at the opening of their September see-J ision at the courthouse. There; 'kl v.as n© heat in the building, ow-j ing to the new chimney not be-1 ।[ ing completed. ; J |Kenneth A. Roth, Oxford ty clerk and treasurer, died at Woodstock General Hospital in his 27tli year, after undergoing an operation. He had succeeded' his father the late Adam Roto j as clerk. __■■Oxford county council called a; < special meeting to appoint a new! ■ . county clerk to succeed the Kenneth Roth.Leonard K. Coles, Woodstock.j was appointed by Oxford county! rajaI council to be clerk and treasureriiA^ [of Oxford, from 27 applications.^ ’County C’erk t^n tV-les ■ Brl> ; nounced the sale of three pieceA of proper tv in Oxford by auction) ‘ for unpaid7- •: