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Year Book 1958► ' Reeve Grant Smith Is Oxford WardenN. Norwich Man NamedJ. GRANT SMITH OXFORD WARDENWinner On 20th BallotI Jt took Oxford County council-1 West Oxford; Deputy Re^ve 1 tors 20 ballots to pick a youngish I Charles Coldham. Blenheim: De- dairy farmer as warden for 1958'puty Beeve Clare Esseltine Tilt-yesterday in the first session of the year.Voting took place before an in­tent, overflowing audience in Ox­ford’s county council chambers.New warden is J. Grant Smith, 40, of Burgessville.This will be his second year on county council. He served during 1957 as Reeve for North Norwich. He has also spent a number of years as a councillor for the township of North Norwich.Warden Smith has been marri­ed for 19 years to the former Ruth Nicholls, of Woodstock. They have three children, Wayne, 17, first-year student at OVC, Guelph; Barry, 14, and Elaine, 13, both students at Norwich High School.Besides being the busy owner . of a 150-acre daily farm with 45 purebred Holsteins he also tallies an active executive part in many clubs.BOARD CHAIRMANHe is chairman of the Soils and Water Board of the Big Creek Authority; Chairman of the Norwich Arena Board; exeeu- tive member of the Norwich Fair ■ 'Board, of which he is past chair-man; a 4-H Leader; vice presi­dent of the Oxford Holstein Breeders’ and charter member of the SPEBSQSA.A church-going man he is aLso a member of the Burgessville Baptist Church. When he gets the time Warden Smith is also an ardent hunter and fisherman.Not since 1952 has it taken 20 ballots to pick a warden: then it took 42. The average is usually only 12 or 13.sonburg; Reeve Donald Hoss a de, Embro; Reeve Art Lockhart, Blandford; Reeve Howard Mc­Combs. Norwich; Reeve Edi Pearce, Tillsonburg; Reeve Rob­ert Rudy, Tavistock; and Dep­uty Reeve George Wallace, West Oxford.Those voting for Reeve Mc­Laughlin were: Reeve James H. Chesney. East Zorra; Reeve George H. Davis. South Norwich; Deputy Reeve Lorne W. Junker, East Zorra: Deputy Reeve P. L. Pressey. Dereham'; Reeve Fred L. Slater. Elast Missouri and Reeve Hilton C. Virtue, East Ox­ford.In the 19th ballot Reeves Smith, and McLaurin ran a neck and neck battle ending with a total of 10 votes for Reeve Smith, nine for Reeve McLaughlin and three for Reeve McCombs. This was the cue for Reeve McCombs to with­draw, which he did at the end of the 19th ballot.It was the usual practice in other years for the low man to drop out at the end of the 10th ballot. This did not happen this year. Reeve Virtue was the first to withdraw at the end of the 13th ballot.Seven Reeves were running for warden this year, again moreReeve Lockhart then withdrew at the end of the 15th; Reeve Armstrong at the end of the 16th. and Reeve Slater at the end of the 18th.After new warden Smith had signed his declaration of office lie asked Oxford’s two oroced- ing wardens to sit on his left and right. On his left was last year's warden Cecil Riddle and on his right Reginald Dav.KEY WORD| It took 20 ballots for Oxford’s County Councillors to pick' ■Reeve J. Grant Smith of North Norwich as warden for 1958 at the County Council chambersyesterday. Warden Smith is signing his declaration of office just handed to him by County Clerk L. K. Chies, (left). (Staff photo).Oxford County Council Holds First 1958 Sessionthan usually do. They were H. A. Armstrong of West Zorra; Art Lockhart, Blandford; Howard Mc­Combs, Norwich: J. R. McLaugh­lin, Dereham; Fred L. Slater, East Missouri; J. Grant Smith, North Norwich and Hilton C. Vir­tue, Easst Oxford.No one could predict who would be warden until the end of the 19th ballot when the fight nar­rowed down to two men, Reeve J, R. McLaughlin of Dereham and Reeve J. Grant Smith of North Norwich.Not until County Clerk L. K. Coles announced, at theOxford County Council met in Woodstock for its first session ofthe year thia afternoon./' 'I The first business before council was the election of warden tor 1958.the theContesting the election were । five reeves,. The councils five new mem­bers, elected reeves and deputy peeves in their township and vil­lage polls last month, met al thecounty council chamber this mor­ning.They are: Reeve Donald Hos- .•»ack. Elmbro; Deputy Reeve Charles Coldham, Blenheim; De­puty Reeve Lorne Junker, East Zorra; Reeve William’ Baigent, North Oxford and George Wall­ace, West Oxford.They attended a briefing on council procedures by county clerk and treasurer L. K. Coles and took their places when the 5 session opened al 2 p.m.r ir.p . u / •/ • •a suspenseful hush, that Smith had gathered 15 was there any certainty outcome of the voting.choose smithendofReeve Wies, in theThose picking Reeve Smith for warden in the 20th ballot were dir following: Reeve N. A. Arm­strong, of West Zorra; Reeve William Baigent. North Oxford; Reeve Herbert BalkwUl. Blen­heim: Reeve Jolin Bolton, EastIn a brief introductory addres* Warden Smith said that ’’Co­operation will be the kev word for me throughout the year.” He then said that it was with great humbleness that “I offer my thanks to all those responsible for making me warden ”Ex-Warden Riddle said it was a sincere pleasure for him to con­gratulate the new warden. While it is going to be a busy year ahead for him. he said, it ‘'will be a year he will never forget.” "But I know”, he added, you wil! be a credit to not only the county but to yourself as well.”Other officials and ex-wardens extending their support and con- । gratulations to Oxford's warden for 1958 were Mr. Day, Gordon Innes, MLA for Oxford: Mayo; Charles Tatham of Woodstock, ex-wardens Thomas Peltow, J. F. McDonald, William Qhesnev, George Balkwill and Robert Rudy,Warden Smith also called on John F. Pritchard, clerk forMissouri; Reeve W W. Budd, a few words.North Norwich Tbwnshdp to sayv",■,A , i a -SEE KEEN CONTESTSeven Reeves Seeking Wardenship Of County; Tomorrow in the county council ■chambers at 2 p-m. an overflow ■and interested crowd will be on hand to see who will be Oxford’s warden for 1958 and successor to present warden Cecil Riddle.This annual event is the cause21 members — they conduct their 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, eachcouncillor votes verbally in openition has grown that the position is held only once. And having been elected to the post council- tors usually retire from the coun­cil, at least for a year, if of much interest, excitement andspeculation on the part of young councillor votes verbally in open and old in the county. (council until a candidate achiev-There will be seven contest- es a clear majority of 22 possible ants tomorrow, for the position votes. The Reeve of Tillsonburg <of warden. The average in the because of its population has two past has been only five nominees, votes on the 21 man council.Nominees for the post wall be This voting procedure, inclaen- Dereham Reeve, J. R. McLaugh- tally, is listened to with keen in- lin; Norwich Reeve Howard Me- terest by many cOuntv residents Combs; North Norwich. Reeve J. and is heard in all of Oxford’s Grant Smith; East Oxford. Reeve schools.Hilton C. Virtue; Blandfordten-In the past there have been as reeve Art Lockhart; West Zorra many as 54 and 56 ballots. Reeve H. A. Armstrong; East.Reeve Grant Sutherland was Nissouri. Reeve Fred L. Slater. ■ elected in 1951 on the 54th ballot. Reeves McLaughlin and Me-1Combs 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 Nor- : wich Village Council for four years.Mr, McLaughlin has been a council member for five years.When Oxford County Council; members pick a warden from j amongst themselves^—there are ■in wardenship elections a trad-permanently.They can be elected to council itor further terms they rarely stand again for warden shitp.notthe but theNo councillor has served more than one year as a warden since William Peers, of East Oxford, was elected in 1864 and 1879.John Barwick, of Blandford, also had a two-year term was warden in 1857-58.The only other councillor to hold the post for more than a year was Donald Matheson, of West Zorra, who still holds the record for the number of years , in office. He wa s warden for five years, from 1850 to 156.Ask Higher Compensation For CattleAt a directors meeting of tiie Oxford Federation of Agriculture >in tiie Oxford Farmer’s Co-op board room a strong stand was ■taken regarding the present cam- [paign to make Oxford brucellosis -free and in doing so asked that compensation for reactors be raised from $40 to $80 per head for grade cattle and from $100 to $150 for purebreds.North Norwich Reeve Chosen on 20th Balloth wire was sent to Wallace ’ (Nesbitt, MP for Oxford pointing out the importance of the dairy cattle export business to Oxfordi cattle expor ___ „ _____county and asking his support for higher compensation.The directors have also askedthat calfhood vaccination be con­tinued for a ten year period and have asked the support of Gord­on Innis. MLA for Oxford towards this end.Appointed by the directors as members of the executive com- . mittee of the Oxford Federation of Agriculture are: Mac Young, Thamesford; Mrs, Harold Hay­cork Ingersoll, Walter Haight BurgesstoJJe, and Ron Wilker oi Tavistock.Free Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, Jan. 21 — Oxford County’s 1958 warden is Grant Smith, reeve of North Norwich Township, who won the election on the 20th ballot today in the County courthouse.The race was a close one until near the end. Reeve Hilton Virtue, of East Oxford, dropped out on the 13th ballot, after polling only two votes. ---------------------------------------_; Reeve Art Lockhart, of Blan­ford was the second of the con­testants to drop from the race. After polling two votes in the 15th ballot, he dropped out.Leaves Only FourOn the 16th ballot West Zorra |ReeVe H. A. Armstrong decided ;to withdraw his name, leaving only four left in the race.• Fred Slater, of East Nissouri, ' ’hung pn until the 18th ballot be- ifore dropping out. He polled | (four votes during the 16th, 17th and I8th ballot, but his three opponents still in the running were ahead by Several votes.On the 19th ballot Dereham Reeve J. R. McLaughlin polled nine votes, Reeve Howard Mc- Combt-s, of Norwich, polled three and Grant Smith polledten.Mr. McCombes leaving only Reeves McLaughlin left.withdrew, Smith andA?, a result of the growing vol­ume of federation business direc- torfl decided to hold monthly ’ meetings, the fourth Tuesday of each month.Directors also reviewed pro­ceedings at the annual meeting and discussed plans to further , imnrwe the annua! meeting Jr 11959On the 20th and last ballot, Reeve Smith polled 15 votes, to 'Reeve McLaughlin’s seven.Mr. Smith Is the 104 th warden to be elected in Oxford County. One of the last places in which the unusual system of ballot­ing is used. ,REEVE GRANT SMITH, of North Norwich Town­ship, was elected 1958 warden of Oxford Coun­ty on the 20th ballot. He is the 104 th Oxford warden.w:■Appoint Five, WardenCommittee on RoadsReinforced by OxfordFree Press Woodstock Bureau■ WOODSTOCK, Jan. 22 — Oxford County Council today । increased membership of the road committee from three to ? five plus the warden who will be in an ex-officio capacity with the power to vote.i Striking the standing committees, council in committee room elected Reeve James Ches-'j ney, of East Zorra Township, as chairman of the road committee.Others elected to that commit­tee: Reeve J. R. McLaughlin, of Dereham Township, Reeve Arthur Lockhart, of Blandford Township, Reeve Herbert Balk­will, of Blenheim Township, Reeve Fred Slater, of East Nis­souri and Warden Grant Smith, of North Norwich Township.Elected to the finance com­mittee as chairman was Howard McCombs, of Norwich.Elect Chairman i Other committee chairman (elected: Property, Reeve Edwin Pearce, of Tillsonburg; agricul- itural, Deputy Reeve P. L. Pres- jsey, of Dereham Township; equalization and assessment, Reeve J. R. McLaughlin, of Dereham Township; printing, resolutions and conservation, Reeve Hilton C. Virtue, of East Oxford Township; education. Deputy Reeve John Bolton, of East Nissouri; Oxford Children’s Aid Society representatives. Reeve Balkwill, Reeve Robert Rudy, of Tavistock; and Warden Smith; Woodstock General Hos­pital representative, Warden Smith; Tillsonburg Memorial Hospital, Reeve Pearce; Inger­soll Alexandra Hospital, Reeve 1 William Baigent, of North Ox- ( ford; Oxford County Museum, County Clerk and Treasurer, L ’K. Coles, of Ingersoll and Reeve Lockhart; Board of Audit. County Clerk Coles and Reeve McCombs.It is expected that sessions will continue until Monday.PROMOTEDThe promotion of M. B. Mc­Call, 33, former resident of j Thamesfond, to the rank of Ser- V grant hag been announced by the RCAF. Sgt. McCall is the ; holder of a certificate in sani- I Lary Inspector and was < employed as a sanitaryI inspector at Barrie, Ont., from i 1919 to 1952 and at Woodstock.S Ont., from 1953 to 1956. He en- | listed in the RCAF at London. J Out., us a hygiene assistant in ' December, J956. and has since , served at Tactical Air Cbm- i inand headquarters in Edmon-______t- . '■! Report Reveals Oxford Streams Show PollutionCOUNTY COUNCIL4Committees For 1958 Are Named At SessionImprovements Are Noted In The Woodstock AreaNominating commitee of Ox­ford's county Council yesterday, second day of the January ses­sion. appointed committees for 1958.Membership in the road com­mittee was increased from three to five plus the warden who will be in an ex-officio capacity with the power to vote.On the road committee will be Warden J. Gordon Smith, Reeve Fred L. Slater, Reeve Herbert Balk will, Reeve J. R. McLaugh­lin, Reeve Art Lockhart and Reeve James H. Chesney, chair­man.Finance committee: Reeve H,A. Armstrong, Reeve George H. Davis, Reeve Howard McCombs, Deputy Reeve Clare H. Esseltine, and Reeve Donald Hossack. Chairman is Reeve McCombs.Property: Reeve W. W. Budd, Reeve Ed Pearce, Reeve Hilton C. Virtue, Deputy Reeve Charles Coldham and Reeve Robert Rudy. Reeve Pearce is chair­man.Equalization and Assessment: Reeve H. Davis, Reeve Chesney, Deputy Reeve Esseltine, Reeve McLaughlin and Deputy Reeve Lorne W. Junker. Chairman isReeve McLaughlin.Agriculture; Deputy Reeve P. IL. Pressey, Deputy Reeve Junk-Oxford Unit Represented At Regional1 Among the delegates yesterday . I at a regional meeting, of Public Health Area No. 4 in London were Dr. O. C. Powers. MOH for Oxford, Ivan Charlton, sani- itary inspector and Miss Mae .Haviland, supervisor of Oxford’s .; ^public health nurses.Ai this meeting public health, officials from seven Western Ont- ? ario counties called on the pro- 'vincial government to amend re- Igulatjons governing slaughtering houses, bottling plants, goat milk ' ;distribution and eating establish-' imc-nts.Delegates also said that exist- . ing legislation provides no auth­oritative control of sanitary reg­ulations. Health units and depart- ' ments in Elgin. Oxford Middle­sex, Lamibton. Huron, Essex, and Kent counties were represent-.er. Reeve William Baigent, De­puty Reeve John Bolton and Dep­uty Reeve George Wallace. Chair­man is Reeve Pressey.Education: Reeve Budd, Dep­uty Reeve Coldham, Reeve D. Hossack, Deputy Reeve Bol- K ton and Reeve Wallace. Chair­man is Deputy Reeve Bolton.Home: Warden Smith, Reeve Rudy and Reeve McCombs.Health: Deputy Reeve Press­ey, Reeve Pearce and Warden Smith.Printing and Resolutions: Reeve Virtue. Reeve Baigent, Reeve Hossack and Deputy Reeve Bolton and Deputy Reeve Wallace. Reeye Virtue is chair­man.Conservation: Reeve Virtue, Reeve Armstrong, Reeve Budd. Deputy Reeve Coldham, Deputy Reeve Esseltine, J. N. Meath- rell. Road Superintendent. L. K. Coles, County Clerk and Treasur­er. Chairman is Reeve Virtue.Library: Warden Smith, Reeve Slater and Reeve Lockhart.Juvenile Court: Warden Smith, Reeve Armstrong and Mr. Coles.Board of Audit: Reeve Mc­Combs and Mr. Coles.Hospitals: Woodstock, Warden Smith; Ingersoll, Reeve Baigent: Tillsonburg, Reeve Pearce.Children's Aid Society: Reeve Rudy, Warden Smith and Reeve Balkwill.Oxford County Museum: Reeve Lockhart and Mr. Coles.: A survey into the pollution con­ditions of rivers and streams in Oxford County has been compiled 'into report form and released to all municipal governments con­cerned.The report which details the study made was received today by Woodstock icty council, and other Oxford County municipal councils.The middle branch of the Thames proved to be relatively free of pollution, with some pol­lution southwest of Ermbro and in the area of Thamesford.Sweaburg Creek which flows into the Thames at Woodstock, proved to be heavily polluted in the Holbrook district owing to waste discharge from a dairv and a pea vining station.Otter Creek receives heavy pol­lution at Norwich from several • industrial planfs, while sanitary wastes are discharged from mun­icipal sewer outlets. At Otterville the creek revealed low contamin-। The report entitled ‘A Report on Stream Pollution in the Coun­ty of Oxford,’ was compiled by lone of the Commission’s district I engineers, K. H. Sharpe and his | assistant Gwyn Samuel. 1OW contamin-xn an introduction to toe report,1 ation except at. one point three-iDr. A. E. Berry, general man- quarters of a mile south of toe ager of the Commission, noted village. At Tillsonburg, however that the first step in any anti- Otter Creek was heavily polluted’ . pollution program is the investi- from sewer outlets carrying mun- gation of pollution sources. In the icipal and industrial wastes case of Oxford County this has FUTURE ACTIONI been done with the results re- In the case of Tillsonburg it is j vealed m this report. The next noted in the report that mum ci­part of the program involves the P«1 action in adopting corrective taking of measures which will measures was expected in the i correct known pollution. The “near future.” (Commission of- i Commission expects that such Rcials said today that since ths measures will be taken by those investigation at Tillsonburg mun- concerned without delay.” icipal officials had initiated act- With release of the report, Dr. ion which would lead to adoption rv ~ of satisfactory corrective measurees).In the case of Tillsonburg it is[ correct known pollution.concerned without delay.Much CorrespondenceBerry said that the Oxford Coun­ty report is an example of work 'being done in the Commission's pollution abatement and controlOxford County Council yester­day second day of its January session heard the following cor­respondence read by County • Clerk and Treasurer L. K. Coles. I From the county of Lambton; That federal and provincial auth­orities be requested to consider recommending the necessary le­gislation in order to bring about uniformity in daylight saving time regulations throughout the whole of Canada.From West Zorra Township: That Oxford County start paying the fox bounty instead of the present system and the clerk of each township to mark the fox­es and send the list to the County Clerk-treasurer for payment.An application of the Council of the Township of Blenheim forBrant County, Waterloo County and the City of Woodstock re­garding the establishment of a Brucellosis control area in Ox­ford. Oxford County Council has passed a resolution favoring this step on December 11.From the executive of the Wat­er Resources Committee of South Western Ontario urging County Council to request the Ontario Water Resources Commission to an Economic Feasibility study of South Western Ontario immediat­ely together with a tentative timetable without cost to the municipalities, in order that all the local governments in the re­gion may be able to plan prop­erly for their capital work bud­gets.program.The report states that pollution was revealed in the vicinity of Woodstock, Bea ch ville and Inger­soll in the south branch of the Thames River. In the Woodstock section this was caused bv lack of complete treatment, with re­sults apparent in the river as far as Beacihville.WASTES NOW TREATEDIn the northern section of the County, the report states, the- municipalities of Embro. Hick- son, and Tavistock were discharg­ing domestic wastes into the streams through storm sewers.-. In this area it was found that cheese factories were the most serious offenders, while a knitt­ing mill was not providing ade­quate treatment for the plants industrial wastes.The report recommends to-ii all offending industries take steps to provide proper treatment for(In releasing the report today, ommission officials noted that — ucrtumeni; iora . investigation in toe:their wastes. It also suggests that Woodstock area, enlargement of wltere it is not feasible for small- (that city s sewage treatment fac-jer municipalities to provide sew- ihties had been completed in the-age works, a survev be mad? meantime and all wastes are bY the Oxford County Health Unit j now receiving complete treat- to ensure that individual sewage ment. This was in line with the treatment units serving private . twuW » j. • . . residences are satisfactory.an Order that certain Bridges in t the Township be declared county fl ! bridges. A hearing to determine what stand council wishes to ‘ take and how the matter will be proceeded with will be heard on February 17 at 10:30 a.m. ; A request from the Canadian . I National Institute for the blind?•■ jed. .Delegates also decided to re- Iquest the province to appoint a provincial suoerintendent to en- force plumbing .ndxwerrefUl.- Mkinj( fpr .to Mlpport-th, 'Institute's services for blind peo- iple in the County during 1958”. iji Donations were asked from the Navy League of Canada, St. John । Ambulance, Rotary Club of Wood- £ stock, The Salvation Army, Wood- g stock and District Association for ;lions.Dr. R. M. Aldis of Goderich Iwas elected president of the area and Miss K. W, Thompson of ;Sarnia was •lected secretary- kreasurer. ' ___. .-w-■ Ul■Retarded Children, and Ontario Association for Retarded Ch^ld^report's recommendation.) ’ The section of the river at-Ing­ersoll was revealed to be polluted from industrial wastes, with ad- Iditional contamination due to an Junsewered area and to the num- .ber of homes and other buildings using private sewage facilities. § K The report recommends that BIngersoll industries provide treat­ment of industrial wastes, as pre- i viousty recommended beforetheir discharge into the Thames. I f urther, Ingersoll municipal offi- jdals should renew their efforts • ,to remedy the situation caused by the unsewered area.lions Discuss ' Home for Aged TILLSONBURG. Jan. 32 — |L E. Ludlow, director, homes,. 1aft -for the aged branch, Ontario Department of Publie Welfare.ten.From the Ontario Historical Society asking permission to film early records prior to 1900, such as tax and assessment rolls, min- utas. petition® and records con- taining names of district resid­ents. Microfilming of municipalrecords is to be carried on by the dGenea logical Society of La Her Day Saints, They wifi be avail­able in a centra! depository nt the Ontario Archives. Toronto.Endowas guest speaker at the regu­lar meeting of the Tillsonburg• Lions Club.The local Lions Club is exam­ining the possibility of making n home for the aged a majo:: . . project., The MiH'aker was Introducedby W. W. Shaver and thanked S ; by Murn, Kent. Woodstock membersREQUESTING A grant from Oxford County yesterday was Dr. G. E. Hall, president and vice-chancellor of the Univer­sity of Western Ontario. HeUniversity Seeks Grant To Aid Expansion PlansDr. G. E. Hall, president of the University of Western Ontario was the spokesman for a delegat­ion yesterday requesting County Council for a grant needed for the urgent expansion of his Uni­versity.He said he was requesting a grant because of the population increase, the rise in the stand­ard of living and the increased desire for higher education on the part of the young people.Dr. Hall informed county coun­cillors that tiie University of ,Western Ontario is seeking $4,- 650.000 from individuals, com­merce and industry and foundat­ions in anticipated government grants of $1,900,000.The total required is $6,550,000.3iBounty for TailsMore Prize Money Offered In Oxford Fox SweepstakesFree Press Woodsock BureauWOODSTOCK, Jan, 27 — The Oxford County fox bounty sweepstakes got another lift today when county council boosted the prize money.The "sweepstakes" last year proved such a success that county council, on the final day of this session, agreed to addmore impetus to ridding the*------------------------------8----------county of the chicken-raiding The county clerk keeps a rec- 1 varmlta. ord of where each fox is caught. !Approving the agricultural He a(H0 hands oul a $50 ,•jmmittee’s report, council de-d to continue the $50 bounty each tagged fox turned in- । the county clerk and treas- ed this year. For the lucky nim- ■er L. K. Coles, of Ingersoll. . ro(1 wjj0 turnil jn most fox ndcr the scheme the county i . „«verier, Herb Clark. taIb been "hot orand tags 15 foxes xid!d,JK ar> additional prize of। them. >|40 will be paid twice a year.was spokesman for a 'delega- tion comprising Lt.-Col. W. H. Hemphill, C. D. of Stratford, James A. Vance and J. D.This will provide: 1, An En­gineering Science building—esti­mated cost—$1,750,000; 2, An ad­ditional arts building to be known as Middlesex College—estimated cost, —$1,500,000 ; 3, An enlargedSchool of Nursing—estimated cost,—5600.000 ; 4, Men’s Residen­ce-estimated cost, $1,800,000; 5, Addition to the Library—estimat­ed cost. $500,000 ; 6, For addition­al land and improvements—esti­mated cost, $400,000.Including summer school exten­sion correspondence courses and ■ the registration in affiliated Col-$65,000; and Perth $13,750.j There has never been any leges, the grand total now ex-I thought on the part of those who ceeds 5,000 students, of whom'have given us grants, said Dr. Hall, of regional differences.well over 3,000 receive their in­struction in London, he said. when a tagged ear la turned in, A new provision has been add-■■.•ftof the advisory committee on engineering studies. Left to right, Howard McCombs, chair­man of the finance committee,FROM OUTSIDE AREASAnd 70 per cent of the students now originate from outside the London area, he said.Dr. Hall said to County Coun­cillors that 14 adjacent counties to the University were being re­quested for grants. But as well, ; he added all of Canada’s largest cities have over-subscribed in their donations.Naming some of the adjacent ■ counties he said, Huron has con- tribu'ted $50,000; Kent, $121,000; Lambton $121.000; Middlesex future. It is being given to help higher education at the university . level, he said.As a nation, we are developing the skills to make use of our re-sources. But we are not develop­ing them fast enough. It is a well-; known fact that Canada’s busin­esses and industries are handicap­ped both in operations and plans for expansion because of the 'shortage of professional person­nel. Only our universities can provide them, he said.And within the next seven years the number of young peo­ple seeking higher education may Weill double, he added.Estimate Road ] Cost At $3,616An Ingersoll wuibuiban roads committee report at county coun­cil Monday Indicated thnt con-, struction and maintenance for (he town's suburban roads will cost an estimated $3,616.The report was submitted for| council njxprovaJ under the. sig- . < (nature of A. D. Robinson, Inger- £ soil, of the suburban road's com- k mittee. Ingersoll's share was | iplaced at $904; The amount willfoe made up of fl credit or $504 * and a balance of $400 paid by t-; the town. ।Oxford County Council; Dr. Hall; J. Grant Smith, Warden for Oxford, and Lt.-Col. Hemp­hill. (Stafl Photo)Grants have been given withwill be able to contribute to the;the attitude that this money isr needed for Canada and what it<NAMED ASSISTANT CLERK-TREASURERSamuel Banbury, North Nor­wich Township, (at desk) has been appointed assistant to John Pritchard, (standing) clerk-treasurer of North Nor­wich Township, and socretary- trea.surer of the North Norwich Public School Area Board. In­creasing duties in both capaci- ’ ties made the appointment of ah a s s i s t a n t neces- Mr. Banbury is workingsary.’1 afternoons for a until hiMUST, 4Council Won't Support Flag Station MoveCounty council meeting yester-; day, refused to support a move of' the Canadian National Rail­ways to make Drumbo, a police ivillage in the northeast section of the county, a flag stop instead of an agent’s office.A letter from the railway last' week said that due to the de­clining revenue, they proposed to ask the transport commission's permission to make Drumbo a flag stop and asked county coun­cil’s approval.The letter proposed that freight! express and telegraph service1could be moved to Bright, a few miles away.The opposition to the move was ।recommended in the printing and ‘resolution report presented to council by Chairman Reeve Hil­ton C. Virtue, of East Oxford.The report, approved by the council, also moved that no act­ion be taken to set up a civil defense organization, at county level. Letters from a local chap­ter I0DE, the Tillsonburg Regis­tered Nurses' Association and the Bright Home and School Associa­tion urging a county civil defence organization were read to county council last week by County Clerk Treasurer, L. K. Coles.bas disposed of his farming in­terests. He is a native of the township, and his father, the late Milton Banbury is a for­mer reeve. He himself served several years on the Public School Area Board and la a past chairman. Mr, Pritchard has been clerk of the township for more than 'SO years. Both men will have offices in th* new municipal buU^n$. J FOR CRIPPLED CHILDRENRequest County Help For Treatment CentreA two-man delegation from the | leal counselling and evaluation, [rens trim tin ent centre committee of tha Woodstock Rotary Club re­1 quested financial support from Oxford County Council yesterday afternoon to help build a London and District Crippled Children's Treatment Centre.‘The treatment centre win be a building that win meet all the requirements of the Ontario Society for Crippled Children to {treat aU physically handicapped । children of all races and creedsI leal counselling and evaluation, [rens i Outdoor facilities will include j they a play area and ample parking said.Treatment Centre when are required,” Mr. Hoggspace. The centre will be two In addition, the facilities of the. stories high, air-dondltioned and I centre will be used to train grad-1 heavy enough to take additional | uate doctors and nurses, and for floors, if and when needed and research in methods of treatmentunder 21 years of age," said ; Harold Hogg, publicity chair-With Mr. Hogg was Fred Lowes, of Beachville, chairman ; jof the treatment centre commit- Itee of the Woodstock Rotary.“Because there are approxi­mately 200 crippled children in (Woodstock and Oxford County, we are or should be, vitally in- ■ te rested in the building of this centre.’ said Mr. Hogg.A year ago. he explained, the Woodstock Rotary Club under- (took as its share of the cost of I this building to raise $15,000.heated from Victoria Hospital.TAXED TO CAPACITYPresent facilities are taxed to capacity and do not permit of the type of treatment which can be available in a modern, well- planned integrated treatment cen­tre.This centre will be erected on the corner of Colbome and Hill streets in London, on property donated by the City of London and Victoria Hospital.It will be connected to the War Memorial Childrens Hospital with which arrangements have been made for interchange of services. And because it is dir­ectly connected with the Child­rens Hospital bed patients can be accommodated.It will be one block from theand development of special tech­niques and equipment for the treatment of crippled children.The centre will only charge for services on the basis of actual costs, said Mr. Hogg, in reply to a question put to him by a Coun­cillor. "Charges will be paid by those able to pay but no child will be refused treatment for lack of finances,” he said.‘It is fully expected by the directors,” explained Mr. Hogg, "that the Treatment Centre, once built, will operate efficiently on Government grants, grants from the Ontario Society for Crippled Children and donations by East­er Seal service clubs.”This centre will be the only onein Western Ontario completely equipped to treat all types ofTagged Fox Bounty RaisedThe Oxford county fox hunting' sweepstake will go on again this year with increased prize money.j!The sweepstake started last year to rid the county of chicken thieving foxes proved such a suc­cess that the county council ap­proved carrying it on wilt* the increased stakes.Approval followed the submis­sion of the agricultural commit­tee’s report which recommended that the $50 bounty on tagged foxes continue. Foxes will be {caught and released with the co­operation of Lands and Forests game overseer Herb Clark. A (total of 15 foxes will be released i under the scheme.S j The stakes have been increased । this year by adding to the $50 ibounty for the tagged foxes by (setting up a new provision that {will award $40 to the fox hunter who turns in the most foxes for ,bounty. The award win be made J twice during the year.। Tagged foxes win be released in locations throughout the coun­ty and recorded but kept secret. A record of where the foxes are caught by bounty hunters will also be kept.medical school and across the crippling diseases, street from Victoria HospitalIt is to be built this summer; And in 1957 the Rotary Club did street from Victoria Hospital L. „ ..._ raise and turn over to the treat- thus these facilities will also be at a cost of approximately $400, ment centre committee in Lon- available "to our Crippled Child- 000, don. more than $10,000.But more is needed to finish the job, he said, and ‘we are now asking this council to help financiahy.” This committee is also scheduled to appear before ; ( the City of Woodstock councH.1.200 NEED HELPAt present, explained Mr. Hogg there are approximately 1,200 handicapped children in need of treatment in the counties of Bruce, Elgin, Huron, Middlesex, Oxford and Perth. All these coun­ties will contribute to the {■ ■ support of this treatment centre,, | he said, as well as the OntarioSociety for Crippled Children.Another reason for a treat- / went centre, he said, was "be- ®cause the population in this area is increasing, which will bring < { additional numbers ■ of crippled . (children requiring treatment.The decision to erect such a , centre was arrived at after a complete survey, covering sev­eral years, was made of this district.This survey, he said, was car- . ried out by the Ontario Society for Crippled Children in co-oper­ation with other groups interest­ed in better and more adequate • [treatment of the children in this. ' district suffering from crippling 0 .! diseases.1 Approximately 10,000 square {feet of floor space will include /■ facilities for occupational ther- T? japy, physical therapy, speech therapy, hydrotherapy, educatio­nal therapy, social services, med-FOR PROCESSING RUSINESSpled kids before Oxford Coun­ty Council yesterday was a two-man delegation from the Treatment Centra Committee,them a sympathetic hearing is Warden J. Grant Smith. Left; to rigiit: Harold Hogg public­ity chairman for treatment■ ■ ■ ;Tobacco Men Ask ProvinceLoan Nearly $10,000,000centre committee. Woodstock Rotary Club, Warden Smith and Fred Lowe chairman of the treatment centre of Wood- stock Rotary. (Staff Photo).Construction of a $1,800,000 men's residence to house 300 students whs announced yes­terday by the University of Western Ontario.The residence, to be located on the south side of Univer­sity drive between Sunset ave­nue and Richmond street, will be ready for occupancy in September, 1950. It will be one of three or four residences de­signed to accommodate tn the future 1,000 men and 300 women students University Seeks Help From Oxford CouncilA delegation from the University of Western On­tario appeared before Oxford County Council yes­terday appealing for a grant towards their build­ing fund campaign. Left to right are Col. W. H. Hemphill, of Stratford, member of the board of—Free Press Woodstock Bureou governors; Reeve Howard McCombs, of Norwich, county council's finance committee chairman; Dr. George E. Hall, president of the UWO and spokes­man; and Warden Grant Smith, of North Norwich Township. ; . .. _ .......... . .Control Of Brucellosis Is Planned In OxfordIn a meeting, the first of its kind in Ontario held at the re­quest of a number of Oxford livestock organizations, plans were formulated to declare Ox­ford a brucellosis control area.W. P Watson, livestock com­missioner for Ontario, spoke to an overflowing meeting of repre­sentatives of breed organizations, Oxford reeves and deputy reev­es, the warden of Orford and to directors of cattle breeding as­sociations in the board room of the department of agriculture of­fices yesterday in Woodstock.from each township in Oxford county, with an attempt made to adequately represent breed as­sociations. Two leading veterin­arians were also appointed to the committee.Mr. Watson was of the firm opinion that there “is an urgency in the establishment of a brucel­losis certified free area.”Not only is there an urgencyEach county must follow a set procedure in order to have an area designated a control area. And requests will be only con­sidered on a county-wide basis,he said. But exceptions will made if certain organizations an adjacent county wish to placed under the regulations a control area.ba in be offor health reasons (brucellosis causes contagious abortions i n cows and undulant fever in hum­ans) but there is also an urgency in respect to the export marketMr. Watson outlined the neces- to the United States.sary requirements in the estab-1 If the trend continues in the lishment of a control area. Dur- United States — six states ing the course of his talk he ready have control areas — mentioned that Prince Edward’i" —*- — -United Statessix states al-it“was going to do its darndest to beat Oxford and be put first on the Federal department list”Th u i when representatives heard there was going to be a {race between Oxford and Prince Edward County as to who was going to be first in the establish-is going to be more and more difficult to export cattle, said Mr.Watson. "Without wishing to cause alarm, only those areas that are certified brucellosis • free will be able to enter into the inter-state export market,” he added.Any farmer who thinks the ex- iment of a brucellosis free area P°rt market does not affect him a motion that immediate action 13 mistaken said Mr. Watson, be taken to canvas for a vote! £-»ports mean a lot to every : was quickly adopted. The motion1 farmer because if exports are in- — terfered with it will mean a Jarg-In the first step petition forms bearing an appropriate inscrip­tion ■ must be circulated among the cattle owners of each town­ship within the area.When each canvasser has com­pleted his assignment the peti­tions must be sent to the clerk for the township and when all have been received the clerk must certify to the number of cattle owners who signed and the percentage of the total which they represent.Then the petitions from eachtownship and the clerk’s certi­ficate mustcoordinator Agricultural within each the petitionsbe forwarded to a — preferably the Representative — county^ and whenwas put forward by Allan Gill- more of BurgessviHe. seconded by Charlie Munro of Embro.HAVE PETITIONTo have an area designated a control area, said Mr. Watson, petition forms bearing an appro­priate inscription must be cir-er number of cattle marketed in Canada which could well result in a depressed cattie market,” he said.TREND CLOSER“The trend to establish areas, he pointed out. “is closer thanculated among the cattle owners you think”, It is inevitable, And of each township within the area. Iif the export market doesn't force Organized also, was a comml'-Jhe establishment of control ar- tee made up of representatives:eas Boards of Health will be surevi . .-'W^ KtSV'iv e/ he added.&from all townships within the county have been re­ceived by him the entire num-ber must be forwarded to the livestock commisstioner.Iif the live stock commissioner is satisfied that two-thirds of the cattle owners in the county are in favor of the plan the ministerPart of Governors Road Slated for '58 Paving Free Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, Jan. 27 — An estimated $367,310 will be spent on Woodstock’s suburban roads, including preparatory j work and paving on parts of Governor road during 1958, ac­cording to the annual report approved by countv council here today.in which a majority of the cattle owners have expressed a desire to eradicate brucellosis from the herds and which thereafter has ■been designated a control area by the 'federal minister of agri­culture.After an area has been desig­nated a control area only calves under eight months of age, said Mr. Watson, steers, spayed heif­ers and heifers under 36 months that have been officially vaccin-' a ted, are not tested.All other cattle within the area, at the time of a regular test must be tested.Selected to the committee to spark the program are the fol­lowing: William McKay, East Zorra; Grant Butcher, Blenheim; Jack Griffin, Blandford: John Bolton, East Missouri; B. Arm­strong, West Zorra; Jim Brown. North Oxford; J. D. Innis, West Oxford: Bob Rowe. East Oxford; Allan Gillmore, North Norwich and the town of Norwich; Harold Pierce, South Norwich; Wilson Mitchell, Dereham; Bruce Mar­shall, Guernsey clubs; W. J. Mac­Donald, Beef cattle; Dr, R. J. MacDonald and Dr. D. W. Thomp­son of Woodstock.The city and county's share of the work was estimated at S54J06 each in the report sub­mitted under the signature of W. S. Cracknell, Woodstock 1 chairman.The report includes paving of the Governor’s road, a short cut between here and Thamesford. west from the BeaehviUe road a distance of 1.5 miles. East 'from the BeaehviUe road will be graded and gravelled and I ithe "Woodstock" bridge con- , strutted. ...of agriculture for the province : will be asked to recommend that the federal minister designate the area a brucolilDsis controlChairman is R. E Bell, agri­cultural representative for Ox-ford.Mr. Watson mentioned that, meetings were being held next week In Mie united counties of Dundas-Gtormont-GIenigarry and Prince Eciward County.area.A brucellosis control area is a geographical subdivision — usu­ally one county or several con­tiguous or territorial districts —At the Prince Edward County . meeting there will be represent­atives of five breed organizations I from neighboring counties of Northumberland and Hastings. ; “No other counties have sent I lus resolutions requesting a con-, trol free area” he *aid. "But I am prepared to give nil assist­ance to any county that will ^nd requests," he added,■Blind Institute Request Granti Waiting upon Orford County Council Ian Grills, county field; secretary for the aCnadian Insti- ; tute for die Blind, requested a grant for that organization.He said that in the last ten |years there has been a 50 per leant increase in the costs of ;goods and service needed to help (the blind in Oxford County. .At present there are JO blind people in Oxford County receiving assistance, he said.Services take the form of find­ing employment, social visits, ;helping those who become blind to adjust to the shock and as­certaining living conditions and ithe financial position of blind people.A home teaching service is also available as well as other types of training, library facilities and talking books for those who are unable to read braille, he said. ! । CANADIAN GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION Stage Show and Dance THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1958 9.30 p.m. Le Grand Salon, The Queen Elizabeth, Montreal CANADIAN GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION Cabaret and Dance TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1958 9.30 p.m. Le Grand Salon, The Queen Elizabeth, Montreal U.JL^ ", I ‘ ILW I 1 I IBU Oxford Approves$1,200,000 Road BudgetEstimated ExpensesTo Set County RecordFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, Jan. 27—A record $1,200,500 county road budget for 1958 was tentatively approved by Oxford County Council here today as a climax to a week-long session.The budget for better roads, while tentatively set for borrowing purposes will likely be the amount spent during theRoad Budget Of $1,200,000Approved By County Councilbudget of $1,-building fund, $500: St. John’s port approved by county council. 200,000 for 1958 was tentatively Ambulance Brigade, $50; Tillson- The city and county's share of ' approved by Oxford County Coon- burg and District Association for the work was estimated at $54-ell yesterday alter noon, asclimax to a week long session.-• burg and District Association for the work was estimated at $54,- a Retarded Children, $450; Wood-; 106 each in a report submitted by ' stock and District Association for; W. S. Cracknell of WoodstockRetarded Children, $675; Oxford IncMed reportyear, according to the road superintendent. Meathrell, of Ingersoll.i Of the record amountcountyJ. N.The budget for better roads,, _________„_________~~while tentatively set for borrow-'County Health Unit? $1.40 'per paving '^/1 rhemg purposes will likely be the capita; Canadian National Insti-^ort^ut bettvee/wSS^tS^nri amount spent during the year, । tete for the Blind, $400; Salvation ^^^J. N. Meathrell, road superin- A*""” 'r^cn- ru-*—J ■*' ’it wasestimated that $830,000 will be receivable from grants and | other sources.A $170,000 item was estimated , for general purposes and $130,- <000 for charity and welfare in the tentative budget. •Authorize BorrowingThe amount authorized to be !borrowed for general purpose is 70 per cent of $300,000 or $210,- 000. The amount to be bor­rowed for roads under the High- way Improvement Act is $1,- 200.000.The recommendations were included in a report presented to council by Reeve Howard .McCombs, of Norwich, finance committee chairman.Council also approved the finance committees report rec­ommending grants to various ■organizations. The following •grants were made: London and District Crippled Children's treatment building fund, $500; ’ ■ St John Ambulance Brigade, ?- $50; Tillsonburg and District As­sociation for Retarded Children, $450; Woodstock and- District Association for Retarded Chil­dren, $675; Oxford County Health Unit, $1.40 per capita; Canadian National Institute for the Blind, $400; Salvation Army, $750; Oxford County Museum, $850.Study UWO GrantDecision on a request for a continuous grant towards the (University of Western Ontario .building fund for the next five .years was deferred until the March session. A delegation, headed by Dr. G. E. Hall, presi- I dent of the university, appealed to council last week for a grant towards a $4,500,000 building program.tendent stated.Of that amount, it was estimaitt ed that $830,000 would be receiv­able from grants and other sour­ces.It was estimated that $170,000 would go for general purposes, while $130,000 for charity and welfare are in the budget.The amount authorized to be .borrwed for general purposes is to be 70 per cent df $300,000 or $210,000. The amount authorized to be borrowed for roads under the Highway improvement Act is $1,200,000.Reeve Harold McCombs of Nor­wich presented the recommendat­ions to council. Reeve McCombs is chairman of the finance com-!<nia On '°r1 towards the and -‘Woodstock” bridge will University of Western Ontario.be constructed.building fund for the next fiveyears was deferred until the . March session of council.. Dr. G. E, Hall, president of the University of Western Ontario , headed a delegation last week, who appealed to council for a grant towards a .$4,500,000 build­ing program.During the year 1958, an esti-' mated $367,310 win be spent on Woodstock's suburban roads, in­cluding preparatory work and paving on parts of the Governor’s road, according to the annual re-| m it tee.j Council also approved the fin­ance committees report recom­mending grants to the various or­ganizations: London and District Crippled Children’s treatmentFish And Game Club Held Annual MeetingChronic Patient Unit Is NeededThe Oxford County Medical Association met at the Tillson- burg hospital.The meeting was well attended by doctors of Woodstock, Inger­soll, Tillsonburg, Tavistock, Nor­wich, Plattaville and Otterville.The Association felt that there was a need for a hospital for chronicaIly-ill patients in Oxford County. TMg need is urgent inview of the increased demand for hospital beds that it antici­pated by doctors when the hos­pital insurance plan comes into effect.A committee has been formed to bring this need to the atten­tion of the Oxford County Coun­cil, and the Boards of Trust of the Woodstock, Ingersoll and Till­sonburg hospitals.„ The annual meeting of the Ox- ford Fish and Game Cluib was iheld at the dub house, with Sandy Matheson in the chair.The financial report for the past year was presented by Herb dark©. Mr. Matheson voiced sin­cere appreciation and thanks to cluib members for the full meas­ure of support, which had resulted in making 1957 one of the best years in the history of the club, j The following officers were el­ected for 1958:1 President, Grant Smith; 1st | vice-pres., Lloyd Parker; 2nd | vice-pres,, Herbert Clarke; sec­retary, Sandy Matheson; treas­urer, Larry Schnare; publicity, James Stew>art; executive, Lloyd' Chesley, Floyd Si,ppel, Harold Chesley, Bill Davey, Ralph New­man, Parnell Alyea, Norm Schell, Peter Schelley and Vic Brooks.After assuming the chair as new club president, Mr. Smith expressed his thanks for the hon­or accorded him and gave assur­ance that he would endeavor to • niakie the coming year a most g ^profitable one, although his ad- iditional duties as county warden iwould limit the time he might have for the club.Herb Clarke gave a report on the Oxford streams stocked with fish during the past year:SPECKLED TROUTGRANT SMITH, . . leads clubCreek; East Oxford, Cedar Creek, , Burgessville Creek; East Nissou-*/ ri. Kintore Creek; South Norwich.; i Otter Creek, Plum Creed; North Oxford, Smith’s Pond: Dereham. - ' fStoney Creek: Blandford, Hor- ? jner’s Creek. Total-9,900.I In addition 300 Kamloops trout B were stocked In Harrington’s ,Pond, West Zorra Township. ' More than 5,000 small black ■ bass went into the Thames River. ' Blandford Township, and a total of 1,500 large mouth bass were stocked in Peace Haven Lake, Blandford township, and Otter ’ j Creek, in South Norwich.Approximately 10,000 pheasants . were released throughout Oxford County in 1957. as well as SOO bob whate. The latter birds were purchased by the townships and released in the county in rhe hope that the birds might again establish themselves in this area. Most of the quail, which are now released in the wild, have been’ I accounted for. and they haveevery appearance of being ableBigNorth Oxford Township, Swamp Creek; South Norwich,1 West Zorra. BrooksdaJe Creek Cameron Creek, McMullen's East Zorra, M"r’Creek, Spring Creek; North Nor-vi wwa aw. wich, Zenda Tract; EWtNissouri (to survive the winter conditions Cole's Creek, Logan Creek: West Oxford. Folden’s Creek WhitingCreek; East Zorra, Hewitt Creek.Karn's Creek; West Zorra, Mc­Arthur’s Creek. Munro Creek,Trout Creek; East Oxford. Wat- ' - - ■ - - ' X 'Aerwork's Creek. Total deposited- 111,850. (brown troutV ; ■ V : ■ *THE SENTTnELREVIEW, FRIDAY? JANUARY’ 2 < 1958 $___UiwOxford Will Be DesignatedCity Gives ApprovalTo Road Pavina Plan Brucellosis Control Area3 । Oxford County is to be a brucebi Mr. Goodfellow said the... . , . ,, . , . , ... .. __ ‘ loMs-free-control area. losis Act will remain i\\ .Wl ‘i-frit'k ’A" , I \ • e oln ri hon how ” 7\/T .. 4,1. ..A iA. - .. a it A A rrnlMr. Goodfellow said the Brucel-Woodstock will meet its shareof the proposed paving program for the Governor's road, council in finance committee decided last - night.The city’s share of costs are estimated as $70,391 of the total | estimated cost of $948 000. and applied only to the 5.1 miles of road now coming under the city and county's suburban roads agreement.In agreeing to go along on the paving program, the finance com­mittee included in its motion, a proviso that the work inside of the city on the approaches to the Thames river bridge on Dundas .street be included in the con- I 'tract. The motion also asks for the bridge.' Council members questioned the report of the suburban roadsclarification," Mayor Charles M.Tatham pointed out. "Either our ■bridge is too big or their*s is loo small. 1 would like to have the reasons for the different widths.”In considering financing the project, Mayor Tatham pointed out that the city had little choice in going along with the proposal.He stated that the Suburban roads committee could ask for half a mill and the city had no choice but give it to them.City manager Given poined out that the city could hope to de­benture for the city's share and use the half mill allowed for sub­urban roads to pay off the deben-that Hie city’s share of the roadwould be paved this year.In reading the committee’* re­port to finance committee Mr. Given broke down costs of the entire project as follows. Total cost $945,000. Canada Cement's share $325,710, County of Oxford, $148,347 and the city of Wood- stock $70,391.In addition to the work, the city will also have to meet costs with in its own boundaries regarding the work on approaches to the,'; new bridge proposed to be con-. . u,. - . r-r~- 1—— remain in forceAgriculture Minister Goodfellow even after a test and slaughter of Ontario said yesterday he has' * asked the Federal Governmentplan has been implemented in atures.Hesaid it was not expectedto start a program for the con­trol of brucellosis in Oxford and Prince Edward Counties.He said cattle owners in both counties have petitioned the Pro­vincial Government to have theircounty. Compulsory vaccination would be continued with the pro­vince bearing the cost.The minister said several of the United States have been desig­nated as brucellosis-free, with reactors in less than five per , cent of the herds and less than one per cent of the cattle. Can­adian cattle can be shipped to these states only from similar disease-free areas.'counties designated as control areas for a test and slaughter plan.Calf vaccinations for the con­trol of brucellosis, or contagious - - - - abortion, has been practiced in ___ w vU1 ob­structed under the paving pro- |both counties on a voluntary bas- port trade in breeding cattie and STam. is for six years and on a com- Lake CvThe city will also have to meet pulsory basis for four years. I step to protect it.” a minor cost of current maintain- ;'This poses a threat to our ex-we should take every possible; 'ence of $1,154 for the 5.1 miles of suburban roads, in this year’s budget.committee when it came to the width of the proposed new brid-MgeThe governor’s road bridge is |to be 33 feet wide with a six foot walkway. Council is compar­ing the width against the Ontario . department of Highways proposal that a new bridge fqr Ingersoll (avenue be 48 feet in width.. L Council asked for the clarificat­ion from the planning point ofWILL CONSULT COUNTYMew, questioning whether the I paved Governor’s road on Inger- I soil avenue, the present number S highway, will carry the bulk of (future traffic.City manager R. G. Given told ^finance committee that he had (written to the planning depart­ment of the highways department 'on the question of width in relat­ion to future planning. He saidCouncil Wants Wider Bridge At Cedar Creekhe had not as yet received a (reply.”ASK CLARIFICATION"I feel we should hdve someThe width of the proposed Ced­ar Creek Bridge on Ingersoll (Road was determined through a policy of the Ontario Department of Highways that has been set by past experience, council was in­formed last night.Council, on the suggestion of Mayor Charles M. Tatham, had sought answers to why a 48 foot ।roadway width had been recom­mended for the Ingersoll Road bridge, as against a 33-foot road- jway width for a Dundas street bridge over the Thames river atBrucellosis Canvass IsVery SuccessfulCanvasses of farmers in the Ontario counties of Oxford and Prince Edward in support of the brucellosis eradication program have been completed with excel­lent results. Petitions have been I circulated in both counties re­questing that each be tested as a Control Area for brucellosis.the start of the Governor's road.Both of the bridges in question have been slated for renewal. ।Both have had to have extensive ■repairs from breakdowns and are subject to load and speed ^limits.Council feels that with the pav- •ing of the Governor’s road the Dundas street bridge will carry the bulk of traffic bound through Woodstock to and from London. The Governor’s road provides a । short cut and by pass around .Ingersoll.In it's letter, the Ontario De-partment points out that for short bridges it advocates that the bridge be wide enough to carry through the road shoulders. It points out that costs for short bridges are little different for narrower widths.“We have found from past ex­perience in these urban areas that it is false economy to attem­pt to hold down widths,” the let­ter from the highways depart­ment stated.Ingersoll Road has a width of 24 feet, with 10 foot shoulders, for a total of 44 feet. The 44 footwidth was so close to 45 feet or four lanes that the 48 figure . was recommended by the de­partment.On hearing the letter Mayor Tatham.suggested that a copy be sent to the county of 'Oxford for consideration on the Dundas street bridge for the Governor’s road project."I feel." he said, “that a bridge of the sam® width* is required for Governor’s road or a suitable reason offered for the 33-foot width as suggested,” Mayor Tat- M ham commented.DEPUTY TREASURERWilliam Zeldon. of 1 Earlscourt Crescent will be appointed as deputy city treasurer, citv coun- icil decided Thursday. A bylaw I making the appointment will be passed by city council at its ,‘next meeting.ROTARY SPEAKERDr. O. C. Powers, Oxford coun­ity MiOH, is announced to be speaker at the regular noon, luncheon meeting of Woodstock Rotary Club Monday. President George Metcalfe will preside.FEW OPPOSEDOxford Farmers Back Brucellosis-Free PlanEight Tagged. In Oxford the petition was sign-; ed by 89 per cent’of the farmers i in the county with cattle. In Prince Edward the figure was 96 wiper cent.Many other counties and dis­tricts In Canada are undertaking a similar program so the results from these first two Ontario counties to complete canvasses will be distinctly encouraging. It . is required that two thirds of the cattle owners in a county or area sign the petition before a Control Area may be established.J The next step Is to have the mentire cattle population of theFoxes BaggedOf the 15 tagged foxes releas­ed last May by Oxford County bounties have been collected for eight.A fox was shot la<st Saturday, on tot 35, concession 15, in East Zorra by Ralph Conway, of Kit­chener. As this fox was released in East Zorra he evidently found the terrain satisfactory for hunt­ing.Mr. Conway had a resident lic­ence and a non-resident licenceA meeting was held in the I The townships were then the Oxford and ized for canvass.district Cattle Breeding associat- During the course of the meet-organ- controlled area is to be delivered to the livestock commissionercounty tested for brucellosis. If the results show less than one per cent of the animals in lessfrom Blandford township giving him authority ' *County,Another foxijier cent of the animals in less anomer roa than five per cent of the herds 23 on loL J?'to be positive to the brucellosis > tert, the county wIM be declared M a Brucellosis Certified Area.i The Oxford farmer* have ask­ed Hut the present policy of com- pulwry vaccination for bni-cellos- Liff with the cort borne by the : Ontario government, be continuedto hunt in Oxfordwas shot on Jan./a on joi 19, concession 15, in• .the township of Grey, Huron ICdunty.j Tin's fox, shot by Barry Baillie, K iof RR 1 Monkton. had been re­leased in the lower part of Blandford Township.j Travelling through Blandford ,and East Zorra townships, thr- ■ough Perth county into Huron,(this fox would have had to ,ftt least 60 miles in a irtriion yesterday afternoon, at wihich the results of the canvass in all townships of the county were pre­sented, in respect to the estab­lishment of Oxford County as a Brucellosis Control Area.A summary presented indicat­ed that 3,090 cattle owners had signed the petitions, with 2,631, of the 3,090 cattle owners signing in favor wilh the program. The per­centage in favor was 89.10 per cent.In order for a county to estab- ; |liKb a . Brucellosis nr “Bangs” disease- free area, two-thirds of the cattle owners at least must in favor of the program. It was stressed at the first meeting of the cattle breeders represent­atives on January 3, at the local agriculture office by W, P. Wat- sbh that, there is a distinct threatto the export market to the Unit­ed Slates unless there Is a- --- — 7-----—t- personally today.mg, it was also asked that com- The following’is the wav that pulsory vaccination be continued, j the cattle breeders wS.Also that maximum compensat-[cerning the establishment of a2 to $80rand r^actorsJ* Jnejeas- Brucellosis free area:WOO tor purebred from, Blenheim, ilhe first figure in'Oxford County i, th. first in <^On 710 “rArt“kf Uus M rStressing the urgency of the sit- Norwich. 232. 26- West Zorra nation, the meeting moved that 380, 79; East Nissouri 2% jr *' ■ tost^ be ini Li iifvl P I , ^-h, 144, 5, East Ox-sfble bC as 8000 as pos- ford, il3, 11.The petition for a RiaK^osis Pe^mage76brucellosis-controlled aren. Mr. . fa Watson is Ontario livestock com-miss loner,Subsequent meetings were hold In all of the townships of the1 i county, in. which the brucellosis .program was outlined in detail.# Retarded Children's School SiteSecurec’tRv Tillsonburg RotariansIf’’ jdi SUPPORT FARM GROUPSPearson Vows To Return Liberals To Power SoonCouncil Lends Backing To Brucellosis FightCOUNTY LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONA motion to back Oxford Coun-Reports Reveal Circulation Of Books Is Up Over 1956. .. . - -.-------------- Aid. Barney speaking in suo-ty farm associations in their act- port of his motion said that ion towards making the county a had discussed the question with Brucellosis free area was approv- several “average farmers” who ed by city council last night with informed him that 60 percent of I 3 in favor' 016 fartn population involvedi Aid. Robert M. Barney asked would* have to vote in favor ot for the recorded vote on his mo- Brucellosis control, and thatthefarm population involvedThe annual meeting of the Ox­ford County Library Association was held last night in the council chambers, County Court House.Reports for the year 1957 were presented at last night’s meet­ing. 'Guest speaker for the evening was Miss Angela Armitt, assoc­iate professor in the summer school. University of Western Ontario, at London. Miss Armitt gave a brief address, along with slides on the “Magic of Ireland”.Her impressions of Ireland were based on her recent trip to the country. Mass Armitt stated, that one of the largest industries in Ireland is that of catering to tourists. The second is cattle raising. Other industries include: the manufacturing of Irish linen; the manufacturing of crystal, and the Irish Sweepstakes.Miss Ar mitt' s slidesIn a report submitted to the members of the Oxford County Library co-Operative, Louise Krompart, county librarian stat­ed, “It is always difficult to as­sess the achievements of library service throughout a year. One adds a great many figures and finds that more books have been read by more people and that isBrucellosis control, and that the.— „ --------- uu. city’s motion mayfarm organizations when coun- swinging fector.cil appeared to be definitely Mayor Charles M. Tatham split on its feelings regarding pointed out that nine of the state* the farm question. - - "Aid. Thomas H.tion to “endorse the action ofbe theM.r ri . S weri;^d- But I think more import- £ CS!SCrea tU^ ° ant lhaD $at is the thought that d County Library some individual Ijves have been truly enriched by the books that they have read.”Now Legal To Travel 60MPH On This Section 401Blink your eyes once more. You can now go 60 miles an hour Ion Highway No. 401, Signs mark­ed 60 miles an hour can now be seen on the highway between Woodstock and London.Yes, its perfectly legal. The Ontario cabinet met and signed the authority Thursday to raise the speed limit from 50 m.p.h.Truck speed on 401 remains m.p.h.SO“Our total circulation at the libraries and deposit stations was 24,403, an increase of over 480 over 1956.”Following the meeting, a coffee party was held. Those |assisting were: Mrs. W. S. Cock­ier. Mrs. Jack Wood and Miss. Margaret Ross.The new speed for cars ap­plies on the Eastwood to Tempo section with the exception of 1,000 feet at the intersection of' i Highway 135, which was the third > concession of Westminster Town-ship, near the Wellington Roadof the United States had now be- 1 », -------- who Brucellosis-free areas andsaid he was personaHy in favor that this trend would serve to of the move towards making Ox- cut off an export market for Ox­ford County a Brucellosis free ford cattle if Oxford did not fol-Marea, said he did not feel that low suit, such a question was the business of city council.There might be one or;here that know what BruceUosis V," " n’is”, he said, “and I don’t know .AJlce B. Wood said her why anyone would want to en.;dlscussions on the matter had dorse something they don’t know 1)0111 . up &at there was en- anything about.” |ougn in the city to worrv aboutAid. George T. LaFlair pointed lWlthout giving concern to a mat- out to council that the motion 1^’’that city council did not know called for backing the action ofjro° much about.the farm organizations and as! Bi a last ditch comment on hw such did not in its self approve stand, Aid. Dent told city coun- Brucellosis control but instead toil that if the majority of farm- backed the farm associations in p*® want it, they will vote for it. what ever direction of opinion' Voting in favor of the Brucel- mey chose, If the farm groups losis endorsation were Mavor were in favor, the city’s motion Mayor Charles M. Tatham Aid backed that attitude, and if the R. M. Barney. L. E. Dow W A [groups went against the move it Downing, G. K, Hughes G T .also backed that move. LaFlair. Bernadette Smith. Vot-Me explained it was a motion Jing against the motion were Aid. mat simply endorsed any action IT. H Dent. A. E. Get® and the farm groups decided to take..Alice B. WoodAid. Gordon Hughes termed th?vote as a tremendous step in theoverpass. There is a traffic light at the crossing. Highway 401 from Tilbury to Windsor remains at 55 m.p.h. for cars and 50 m.p.h. ,Citizenship Received M By 130 New Canadians' - — - — „ JHighways men went out im­mediately with a truck and pile of signs.Two weeks ago Highways Min­ister Allan, on a London visit, said 401 was a 00 m.p.h, highway.' Back In Toronto he found the.It:, |authority had not been signed and he retracted, feis■ •> ftCITE LACK OF INTERESTit-. "Civil Defence Program Will Not Be AbandonedA small, hard well qualified core of civil defence workers will carry on with training and expan­sion programs, a civil defence committee meeting decided last night.The decision accompaniedthe authority of the committee to authorize the continuation of orientation or introductory cour­ses until enough people are gath­ered to organize instructional courses.The decision accompanied a “We cannot possibly choose vote of confidence and an ex- heads of services and become a pression of thanks to the city's functional unit until Instructors part - time defence co-bndinator. can help expand the whole or- WiUiam Dutton. ganization,” he stated.ganization,” he stated.The meeting was called to LACKED NUMBERS hear a report by the co-ordinat-! Attempts were made in Jan- or and reach a decision on wheth-.uary to run an instructor’s course .er or not the civil defence pro-'and a rescue course but the pro- p1?® ^uld carry on or Ivincial minimum of these cour-Mr Dutton reported that only ses of 18 people could not be 34 persons could be considered,reached, the co-ordinator said, as the civil defence organization Mr. Dutton recommended that in the city. He pointed out that future courses be held in the the 34 were well qualified in their council chambers instead of at roles and were extremely cap- the Recreation Rooms because of able persons. The figure of 34 the poor approaches that tended include such groups as to discourage the attendance of the St. John Ambulance Brigade women.or an organization of registered He also recommended that a nurses or others which had pro- definite statement be made by grams of training related to civil'the Mayor or council preferably defence. by proclamation regarding the at­tendance at future courses.The total given by Mr. Dutton- 'represented the hard core of per­sons who had shown a definite and sincere interest in civil de- ! fence.Committee members were fac- ■ed with the decision of determin­ing whether the civil defence pro. gram, started in April of lastOther recommendations were:That a storage room be set aside for supplies and other mat­erials.That in accordance with theoriginalpTan of April 1957 theHunters Seeking To Collect Oxford County Fox Bountyposition of co-ordinator should be held by a mem'ber of the city hall staff, Due to our position in civil defence planning the wel­fare officer is the logical man for the post. Eventually this change should take place in Woodstock since the position en­tails much administrative detail.In conclusion Mr. Dutton re­ported: "This is the position of civil defence in Woodstock. With strong backing from this com­mittee and council I am willing to carry on until recommenda­tion number four can be carried out (re: welfare officer).”"I regret the organization h not at least five times stronger 'but make no apologies for my efforts. At the best of times this will be a slow effort though not hopeless. The future of the organization rests with this com­mittee”, he stated.Without exception the commit-tee was reluctant to abandon th® real progress that had been made It was generally felt that while the numbers of those taking part were small the interest was de­finite and sincere.Emphasis was placed on main­taining the force to give the city a basic unit in case of natural disaster.Over back yards and lawns in the town ar® rabbit tracks, some made as if in playful fashion, while over broad fields in the rural areas there are patterns In the snow of long leaps and hurried turns by foxes that have been pursued by dogs.Much of the wildlife of the dis­trict has been on the prowl since the heavy snowfall of a week ago.There also has been more act­ivity on the part of hunters, butspring and summer months when the young foxes may be dug out. of their dens.While in the immediate distr ricts there have been few reports • of poultry being preyed upon by the foxes, they have been said to have caused much damage in other areas. Many of the hunters have expressed the opinion that the foxes have also destroyed. large numbers of rabbits and young pheasants.the rabbits have not been fore­most in their consideration. They have been concentrating their ef­forts on the foxes with the hope | that they will make contact with those on which there are tags which call for a bounty of $50.Many of the hunters have shown a quick response to action ... by the county council to add more of these tags to foxes and it < would appear that it is a plan . that eventually will result i n materially reducing the number* of wily animals in all the rural- '. areas.The campaign it also is expect- r ed will be continued through thei ; year, would carry on with a few, placing the emphasis on individ- I ua training; forming a nucleus that could organize the overall organization in the time of 8 crisis or if the entire programI should be dropped because of a lack of sufficient interest by the 1 general public.CARRY ONThe committee made up of 18 persons, of which three were |r..’ women's group representatives, voted unanimously to carry on with the small group with con­tinued efforts for expansion.In his report Mr. Dutton points out that during the past year a ■ .mailing list was made up of 126 f groups and individuals publicis­ing introductory courses. This :list waf repeated in the fall with 135 letters being mailed out.He further pointed out that the minimum recognized require­ment for civil defence as set by 'the federal authorities was seven iper cent of the population or a unit of 1 .384 people in Woodstock.Woodstock as a reception and mutual support area required 30 per cent of its organization or 387 people for welfare work; 25 per cent or 321 persons for health services with the balance of «5 per cent divided into rescue, fire and police services.Mr. Dutton said the possible future of civil defence hinged on|Oxford Council Rejects ProposalCivil Defense Unit Move SnaggedMichael Smith Dies SuddenlyWell-known resident of Wood- stock, Michael P. (Mike) Smith, husband of Alder man and ex­mayor Bernadette Smith, passed away suddenly at the family residence, 174'Light street as the result of a sudden heart seizure. He was in his 58th year and had presumably been in his usual good health up to the time of his ‘death.TILLSONBURG, Feb. 14 — A recent drive to try and estab­lish a civil defense unit in Oxford County hit a snag here last night, when the second meeting of locally interested rep­resentatives of service clubs and other groups was told that Oxford County council has rejected the proposal, for theBorn in Woodstock, he was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. - James P. Smith and had lived here practically all his life. For many years he was the . Wood- stock market clerk and in later years, was in charge of the city weigh scales.Former prominent athlete, he was trainer for several teams n the area, including hockey, soft- bail and baseball. He was also a noted boxer in his younger years and was feather-weight . champion of the Canadian Ex­peditionary Force during the First World War.His wartime service, which covered two world wars, saw Mr, Smith as a member of the CEF in the First World War and in the second, as a flight sergeant in the RCAF, then as a flying, officer training cadets in Canada. QHe was a member of St. Mary's Roman Catholic church.Surviving, besides his wife, Bl­are two brothers. James Smith | of the Woodstock Fire Depart- j meni and Edward Smith, Winni-peg; Iwo sisters, Mrs. Mary Far­quhar, Woodstock and Mrs. Dav- |id Yorton. Nevada.Friends will be received at the ।family residence, 174 Light street Requiem Mas® will be conducted {al St. Mary’s Church, Friday at 10 a.m. with temporary entomb- Iment in Woodstock Miausoleum. Flowers gratefully declined.Prayers will home Thred nt the30 p.m.present at least.Deputy Reeve C. H. Esseltlne, of Tillsonburg, told the group representatives, who met in the Legion Hall, that county council felt there was not yet sufficient reason for allocating funds for this purpose because of a defin­ite lack of interest among county residents.Some EndorsementsHowever, several Tillsonburg service clubs and other groups returned to this meeting with endorsements for the county plan. The local Kiwanis ClubErlc Srlgley, chairman of the meeting and the Legion rep­resentative, said that R. T. Gavin, civil defense co-ordinator for Region No. 1, had suggested the formation of a civil defense training school in Tillsonburg prior to further action on the County level.Basic CourseThe basic course of fundamen-own groups, and also to feel out service clubs and other organizations in other Oxford communities. A general meeting to present the results of further discussion will be held Rt the Legion on Thursday, March 6.Most of the local representa­tives felt that following the March meeting, a decision to form a unit, at least on the local level, would be reached.Jed with a brief that endorsement to the unit, and the Rotary, and Lions Chibs alsogave full proposed Kinsmen, expressedinterest. Public and high school representatives and the local hospital superintendent. George 9 W. Stevens were also in favor of the plan.tala takes about 10 hours, spread out over five nights.It was also suggested that Tillsonburg go ahead with a plan of its own for the present.1 and proceed with the training program. It was stressed that the town could integrate its own unit with that of a county pro­gram if the county unit Is esta­blished In the future.It was agreed to have the representatives take this plan for further rehashing with theirBrrr! It's Cold Again ...Leave On Longies!Florida Freeze-Ups Boost Citrus PricesV: Legal NoticesIN THE COUNTY COURT OF THE COUNTY OF OXFORDIN THE MATTER OF THE REGISTRY ACT, R.S.O. 1950, ; Section 92. Sub-section 13, , AND IN THE MATTER OF A : PLAN OF SURVEY OF THE CORPORATION OF T H E VILLAGE OF NORWICH.NOTICE OF l APPOINTMENT FORHEARINGWHEREAS by application dated the Seventeenth da.v of May. 1955, the Inspector of Legal Office's for the Province of Ontario did request that the Registrar of Deeds for the County of Oxford be directed to have prepared a plan of sur­vey of the Corporation of the Village of Norwich.AND WHEREAS the Attorn­ey-General for the Province of Ontario, through the Inspector of Legal Offices; the. Clerk of the Corporation of the County of Oxford and the Clerk of the Corporation of the Village of Norwich were notified, by registered mail, that the said application would be heard at the Judge's Chambers at the Court House in the City of Woodstocl. on Friday, the Twenty-fourth day of June, 1955, at ten o’clock in the fore­noon.AND WHEREAS after hear- ! ing the said application it was ordered that the Registrar of Deeds for the County of Oxford । have prepared a plan of survey of the lands in question.AND WHEREAS the said plan is now completed.THEREFORE TAKE NO­TICE that I appoint THURS­DAY. the TWENTIETH day of FEBRUARY, A.D. 1958, at the hour of ELEVEN o’clock in the forenoon at my Cham­bers in the Court House in the City of Woodstock, as the time and place to hear and consider any objections to the said plan, to determine the persons and corporations to bear the costs and expenses of and incidental to the application, the prepara­tion of the plan and the regis­tration thereof and to make ail orders, directions and con­ditions relevant thereto.TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the said olan of survey will be posted on the FOUR­TEENTH day of FEBRUARY, A.D. 1958, at the locations hereinafter set forth and there may be examined by all inter­ested parties or their solicitors:(1) Office of the Inspector of Legal Offices, Par­liament Buildings, To- L*,- Ontario.if8* of the Clerk Z IVNOmS IV • of Norwich I I Md Ttari0*s<« ViSt9NI1SVOU> aopJO '-iqw(bunseoa joj A’llM VCi »£VMiaNadaa368 "i3M °69TIVWSOPP, Blenheim Tp. Assist IndianNeighbor Rallies Aid For Needy War Veteran■I Free Praia Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, Feb. 11 — A Blenheim Township area 1 man's solicitude for a desti­tute Indian from the Muncey Reserve resulted In prompt charitable action through the co-operation of the Oxford provincial police detachment and the township.Living in a tattered, drafty shack at the edge of the Ben- well swamp at RR 2, Prince­ton, Joe Henry, 68, was near I the end of his tether when I Nick Kozey, RR 1, Princeton, I decided to take action.I Nick visited him last night ®»d contacted the provincial police, who at that time evi­dently felt there was nothing they could do. "The shack was bitterly cold and there was only a few' shavings of wood and a frozen rabbit around," he told The Free Press this morning.। A visit to the shack with Mr, Kozey early today found Joe huddled In a smoke-filled room with a Glazing fire going in the leaky stove and 'the rabbit being thawed out over a steaming bucket* * *। Joe, a veteran of the First j World War, enlisted at Southampton in Bruce County i with the 160th Battalion, was quite cheerful. ‘TH make out —I still have a dime in my pocket,"' he said, admitting he could use help.Joe said he has lived in the shack, where a former friend used to live, for about the lastJOE HENRY IN FRONT - - - "Long os I havethree or four weeks. He said he lost his home and his brother in a fire at the Mun-cey andOF HIS SHACK a little grub"Reserve about a month a half ago.He says that he is notfranchised Indian hut that next month he may start drawing the old age penalon. "It will be nice weather soon —It’s getting toward spring;’ he said optimistically. "I knew the fellow that lived here before. That la why I knew where to come when my house burned down,” ne stated, adding that he has a son but doesn't know where he lives."Long as I have a little grub. I'll be all right."During the interview Con­stable John McPherson and another constable from th* Woodstock detachment of the provincial police entered the shack to see' if he was all right and that he would be taken care of. While the rab­bit was thawing out Con­stable McPherson dug into his own pocket for money to get him bread and butter at a store about two mUes away.Later the police contacted the township clSrk, I. J. Haines, at Drumbo. and prompt action was taken to see that he was looked after until he got work. Mr. Haines said that they will handle it as a charity matter and see that cash was paid to a stors so that Joe Henry could se­cure food. "We acted on it ver j' quickly,” Mr. Haines stated.Not having established a year’s residency in the county, he is not eligible to enter tha county home, according to County Clerk L. K. Coles.OXFORD COUNTY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION MEETINGThe annual meeting of the Oxford County Library Ass­ociation was hold last night. A 0ood aUendanco listened toMiss Angela Armitt, of London, deliver a brief address on Ireland. Shown in the photo I holding a map of Oxford Coun-ty upon which are located the i Mrs. L. Krompart librarian and various “book stations," *from the left: trea^urnr at theare iL, K. Coles. | Association, IFred I* Slater, chairman oi the board. (Staff Photo).1 r Tillsonburg CivilefencePlan Runs Into SlowdownAttempts of defence officials toThe local Kiwanis Club led with sonburg go ahead with a plan of•Oxto^o^^ f gar h5U en^s^^t its own tor toTpre^Oxford County to be based in Till- to the proposed unit, and the Rot- coed with the training nroaram Coun^(^imeil8?n^ “j7, Klnsmen’ and Lions aubs It was stressed that the town<oun.\ Council in a meeting in also expressed Interest. Public could integrate its own unit with ! 'nS?nAtrt1hi H»?Uh laS ’SiW1 SCho01 rePresenta fives that of a county program if theu’« 1» established in th.—cvuuiy . ___________ent George W. Stevens were also future.Si the ?a-n' K was a8reed to have the to-l.vic bngley, chairman of toe present a fives take this plan for meeting and toe Legion repre- further rehashing with their own (sentative, said that R. T. Gavin, groups, and also to feel out ser- ;civd defence co-ordinator for Re- vice clubs and *her organizat- Deputy Reeve C. H. Esseltine. pon No. 1, had suggested the ions In other Oxford communlt-of Ti.,sonburg. told the group formation of a civil defence ies. A general meeting to presentrepresentatives, who met in the ’‘raining school in Tillsonburg pri- the results of further discussionLegion Hall, that county coun- or to further action on the county -J”oil felt there was not vet suffie- level..attended by representatives of in­teres ted local sendee clubs and ■other groups, it was announced that, for the present, the coun- BdcU has decided to turn down the proposal.■ oil felt there was not yet suffic- ient reason for allocating funds for this purpose because of a.definite lack of interest among .county residents.SOME ENDORSEMENTSBASIC COURSEThe basic course of fundament­als takes about 10 hours, spread out over five nights.It was also suggested that Till-will be held at the Legion on Thursday, March. 6.Most of the local representativ­es felt that following toe March meeting, a decision to form a unit, at, least on the local level, would be reached.However, several Tillsonburg service clubs and other groups re­turned to this meeting with en­dorsements for the county olan.Snowed-In Highways Stop His AppearanceEast Nissouri Rejects Fire Protection PlansBy 149-124 MarginFree Prew Wood-dock BureauWOODSTOCK, Feb. 24 Kant Nissouri Township rate-| payers today voted down a fire protection proposal by 149 toCity Official Will RetireCity Treasurer James D. Hill, will retire after a long service ■ to the city on April 1st.Mr. Hill has served the city as an employee in the city's ad­ministrative office for toe past . 20 years and is a former mayor.Council last night accepted the recommendation for pension as proposed by city manager R. G. Given on the announcement ofRatepayer? voted on h straight ballot of whether they were in favor of fire protection, ' Sought GuidanceA. J. Baker, of Lakeside, township clerk, said tonight that travelling conditions were I not responsible for the light .1 vote.Township council was to de­cide after the vote, if favor­able. what form the fire protec­tion system would take. Council would have had to decide toMr. Hill's retirement date.set up its ter into St. Marys.While noown system or en-an agreementestimated costIn addition to his long and var- -U- ^store 'oteis,ied service in municipal office, as city treasurer and as treas­urer for many of the city's boards and commissions, Mr. Hill is well known for his service in church and lodge activities.thewithwas fire-(fighting equipment likely wouldhave cost between 810,000 and $15,000.The Weatherman is not a Ro­tarian, or he would not have act­ed as he did Monday.For the first time in many years, the Woodstock Rotary Club . was without a speaker for its I noonday meeting and this was blamed on the weatherman.L Dr. O. C. Powers, Oxford MOH ■peas scheduled to address the ■ club but he sent word that he ■was snowed in at his home at ■Thamesford during the weekend storm and would not be able to ■ attend.CANADA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION SERVICE HEALTH OF ANIMALS DIVISIONNOTICE■ BRUCELLOSIS■ CONTROL AREAIThe COUNTY of OXFORD, Ont r has been declared an area for kJ the eradication of B r u c e 1- ■' i Josis under the Animal Contag-■i ions Diseases Act. All cattle 1 moved into the area must be • accompanied by a health cer- ' tificate obtainable at any of- u J*® ’he Health of Animals■ Division. .Canada Department k’: Agrin. ilture. Further jn-L > formation can be obtained L.l from D:¥ D. W. Thompson, J veterinarian In charge. Post j Office Bldg., Woodstock, Ont.j provision of this act iis any liableto a penalty for every such offence no! exceeding $500 and jjptJeas than $50.To Review Cattle Compensation ActMinister of Agriculture for Canada Hon. D. S. Harkness agreed in House of Commons this morning to review act on comr^nfcition tor cattle destroyed under brucellosis control, it was learned here. The move by the minister wta« made following question by Wallace Nesbitt, MP for Oxford, who claimed present reimbursement ot $40 for grade and $100 for registered cattle U inadequate.Objective Of $34,300 Set For Oxford Red Cross DriveDr. D. W. Thompson. represemt- ative of Health of Animals Div­ision. Canada Department of Agriculture. Woodstock, announc­ed today that. Oxfoptj county has been declared a Brucellosis con­trol area under the terms of the Animal Contagious Diseases act, section 156D, part 13A.Present plans call for blood testing of nil herds in the county to ge I underway on Monday, March 3,All blood tests will be conduct­ed by local wterlnarlaM In em- Pjf’y ,of the Health of Animals .Division together with the vetei--WORST OF WINTERBlizzard Blocks Many Roads In Oxford AreaNorthwest winds, with gusts up to 45 miles an hour; a howling blizzard, and temperatures which dipped four degrees above zero added misery to motorists driv­ing on Oxford County’s highways \ over the weekend.The forecast, from the Domin- ' lion Public Weather office in Tor­onto, warns of continuing strong northwest winds, added snowfall and more drifting.Services in several of the rural 'churches in toe county were can­celled due to snowbound condi­tions; attendance at others was small.An early morning check re­vealed that many county side­roads were impassable; high­ways 53, 19 and 401 were open to traffic, although severe drifting was reported.Bus and railway lines, although hampered by the heavy snowfall were running close to schedule. VISIBILITY BAD, i Visibility on many roads yes­terday was reported by Ontario - (Provincial Police “as no more than a few yards.”The words of one motorist were the thoughts of many yes- i terday when he said. “I'm stay-, । ing clear of the highways.”In Woodstock, sanding and 1 snow removal crews worked a- round toe clock yesterday, About 1 a.m. this morning the city’s entire snow removal force was on the streets in attempts to clear them for traffic.Ontario Provincial Police re­ported yesterday that a total of 12 accidents had been recorded since Sunday noon. The reason for this was poor visibility and the generally poor road condi­tions. Department of highways crews were on the highways yes­terday trying to keep the main roads open to traffic. County and side roads were in poor condition — many of them being impas­sable to traffic.BUSES DELATEDPrincipals of the Woodstock Collegiate Institute and the Hur­on Park Secondary school report that most of t he school buses were delayed this morning due to toeroad conditions. Three of the buses bringing students to the Huron Park school have cancel­led their runs. Stan Blair, prin­cipal of the school stated this morning that “the students are certainly anxious to get to school — at 10.50 this morning students were still coming into the school by cars. The parents are cer­tainly co-operating in getting the youngsters to school” he stated.Police Chief James Ennis this morning stated that “the road* are in generally poor condition. There are a number of cars stalled throughout the city. The drivers over the past weekend have been very conscientious; considering the driving conditions and we have had only three re­portable accidents, each under the $1(X) bracket.| l_jjljENTI^ FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21. 19S8 3[TEST IN MARCH ~Oxford Is UnderBrucellosis Actinaria ns conducting private prac­tise in and around the county.,cWe exempt from the test in- • elude officially vaccinated anim­als up to 36 months of age, steers and spayed heifers of all ages.The co-operation erf all ca'ttle owners in the county in having their cattie available for the tests wiM greatly facilitate tihe work of he veterinarians.Vaccination of calves will con- Unue on 0 compulsory basis with the Ontario Department erf Agri­culture paying the cost under the ' terms <rf the Brucellosis act, 1956 M was announced last week,William Forbes Dies In Hospital. Well known resident of Wood­stock and Oxford county. William George Forbes, 140 Riddell street, agency supervisor of the Western , Farmers Weather Insurance Co., , passed away at Woodstock Gen- * eral Hospital on Wednesday, Feb­ruary 19 after several months ill- j ness.Mr. Forbes was born in West । Zorra. son of the late Mr. and । Mrs. William Forbes, his father । being a former warden of Ox- > ford. He farmed in West Zorra W1LUAM G FORBES............. born in W. Zorrauntil 15 years ago, when the fam­ily moved to Woodstock and he became associated with t^c Wea- I th er Insurance Company.Panel Discussion Held on Municipal iRoads Needs Study A TORONTOROYAL YORKHOTEL'life 4%•y1 “ur;,- =February 24 -25-26 1958■ HWRecord Number Attend 56th Annual Convention Of Ontario Good RoadsFIRST VICE-PRESIDENTE. W. JonesO.G.R.A. PresidentMr. Gifford, Reeve of Ennlsmore Township in Peterborough County, Is the First Vic • President of the Ontario Good RoadsAisoclolion, _______SECRETARY OF O.G.R.Ari.W. S. McKay' In attendance at this, the 56th Annual Con- J vontion of the O.G.R A„ is W. Scoll McKoy. J of St. Thomas, who is Secretary of the Association. THE ONTARIO ROAD BUILDERS' ASSOCIATION IS THE ACKNOWL­EDGED VOICE OF THE HEAVY CON­STRUCTION INDUSTRY IN THIS PROVINCE.ITS 129 MEMBER-COMPANIES CARRY OUT, YEAR BY YEAR, THE MAJORITY VOLUME OF ROAD AND ALL OTHER TYPES OF HEAVY CON­STRUCTION FOR FEDERAL, PRO­VINCIAL AND OTHER MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS.THE O.R.B.A. HAS AN ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP NUMBERING 69, REPRESENTING A CAREFULLY SE­LECTED LIST OF OUTSTANDING COMPANIES IN THE MANUFAC­TURING SUPPLIER FIELDS. P EOGRAMMEReception - 12:00 Noon—1:00 p.m.ChairmanPresident R. J. MerloLuncheon - 1:00 p.m.Opening remarks andToast to the QueenM e n uIntroduction of Head Table guestsfruit cocktailroast prime ribs n e w peas — roastopen apple coffeeof beefpotatoestartPresentation of H. T. Routly Memorial AwardsMr. J. F. Cauley, Vice-Chairman Workmen's Compensation BoardAddress Hon. Jas. N. Allan, Minister of HighwaysAnnouncements PROGRAMMEReception - 12:00 Noon- 1:00 p.m.Luncheon - 1:00 p.m.M e n uf r u i t cocktail roast prime ribs of beef new peas — roast potatoes open apple tart coffeeChairmanPresident R. J. MerloOpening remarks and Toast to the QueenIntroduction of Head Table guestsPresentation of FL T. Routly Memorial AwardsMr. J. F. Cauley, Vice-Chairman Workmen’s Compensation BoardAddress Hon. Jas. N. Allan, Minister of HighwaysAnnoun cements O R B.A. MEMBERSAdvance Paving Co. Ltd., TorontoAiken & MacLachlan Ltd., St. CatharinesLeo Alarie & Son* Ltd., Matheson Alnor Earthmoving Ltd., Oshawa Antic! Construction Co. Ltd., St. Catharine* Armstrong Bro*. Co. Ltd., Brampton Arnott Construction Ltd., ArthurAssociated Quarries & Construction Ltd,, TorontoBailey Construction Co. Ltd., TorontoBarber Construction Ltd., TorontoK. J. Beamish Construction Co. Ltd., Thornhill Beaverdale Construction Ltd., Cobourg W. B. Bennett Paving Ltd., Oshawa Billie Construction Co. Ltd., Smiths Falls J. E. Bond Ltd., KenoraJack Both Ltd., BellevilleBrennan Paving Co. Ltd., HamiltonBridge & Tank Co. of Can. Ltd., HamiltonBruell Paving Ltd., Toronto Bulk Carriers Ltd., SarniaGeo. Campbell Construction Co. Ltd., Fort Erie, Canada Grading & Structures Ltd., Toronto Canadian Bridge Co. Ltd., Walkerville Canol Cartage Ltd., HamiltonCardinal Construction Ltd., CardinalCart Paving Co. Ltd., TorontoThe Carter Construction Co. Ltd., Toronto Caswell Construction Co. Ltd., Kirkland Lake Allan G. Cook Ltd., BarrieA. Cope & Sons Ltd., HamiltonCornell Construction Co. Ltd., BrantfordCox Construction Ltd., GuelphCurran & Briggs Ltd., TorontoDapco Ltd., WindsorDibblee Construction Co. Ltd., Ottawa Disher-Farrand Ltd., TorontoDisher Steel Construction Co. Ltd., Toronto Dinsmore Construction Ltd., Windsor Dominion Bridge Co. Ltd., TorontoDowell Construction Co. Ltd., Port ArthurDrury Construction Co. Ltd., Arthur Durham Crushed Stone Ltd., DurhamElgin Construction Co. Ltd., St. Thomas Ellins Construction Co. Ltd., TorontoForbes Construction Ltd., Elliot LakeFort York Construction Co. Ltd., Toronto Fowler Construction Co. Ltd., Bracebridge Franki of Canada Ltd., TorontoW. S. Fullerton Co. Ltd., WindsorJohn Gaffney Construction Co. Ltd., Stratford The Godton Contracting Co, Ltd., Toronto Graham & Graham Ltd., London Grant Contracting Co. Ltd., Toronto Greenwood Construction Co., Grand ValleyHalton Paving & Contracting Co. Ltd., Oakville Harvey Construction Co, Ltd., Kingston Hoafey Construction Ltd., Ottawa M. G. Henniger Ltd,, Smith* Fall* John T. Hepburn Ltd., TorontoHewitson Construction Co. Ltd., Port Arthur Hi-Way Construction Co. Ltd., Simcoe Huron Construction Co. Ltd., ChathamJohnson Bros. Co. Ltd., BrantfordKeillor Construction Co. Ltd., St. Thomas Joe Kerr, WinghamKeystone Contractor* Ltd., Windjor Kilmer, van Nostrand Ltd., Toronto King Paving Co. Ltd., OakvilleLaw Construction Ltd., TorontoR. E. Law Crushed Stone Ltd,, Port Colborne A. Lothian, OrilliaLiquid Cargo Lines Ltd., Clarkson Laoby Construction Ltd., DublinDonald J. MacDonald Construction Ltd., Toronto MacDonald & Sullivan, Toronto Wallace A. Mackey Ltd., Weston Macklaim Construction Co. Ltd., Parry Sound MacLellan Construction Ltd., Mount Forest Jno. Maguire Contracting Co. Ltd., Toronto Malvern Construction Co. Ltd., Toronto H. J. McFarland Construction Co. Ltd., Picton McGinnis & O'Connor Ltd., Kingston McHaffie-Birge Construction Co. Ltd., North Bay F. W. McLachlan Construction Co. Ltd., Toronto S. McNally & Sons, Ltd., Hamilton McNamara Construction Co. Ltd., Toronto Miller Paving Ltd., Toronto Mohawk Construction Ltd., Toronto Monarch Engineering Ltd., Toronto Municipal Spraying & Oiling Co. Ltd., Toronto Municipal Tank Lines Ltd., Toronto Muskoka Construction Ltd., HuntsvilleO'Leary's (1956) Ltd., Ottawa Onway Construction Co. Ltd., TorontoPeacock & McQuigge Ltd., Toronto Peel Construction Co. Ltd,, Brampton Perini Ltd., TorontoFrank Pidgeon & Sons Ltd., Chatham Pioneer Construction Co. Ltd., Sudbury C. A. Pitts General Contractors Ltd., Toronto J. N. Pitts Ltd., Toronto Geo. W. Porter Construction Co. Ltd., Toronto Prentice Roods & Excavating Ltd., MindenRaynor & Armstrong Ltd., North BayRayner Construction Ltd., TorontoA. E. Rule Ltd., TorontoRussell Construction Ltd., TorontoRyan Contracting Co. Ltd., WindsorC. A. Scharfe Ltd., TorontoSchwenger Construction Ltd., Hamilton Scott-Jackson Construction Ltd., TorontoE. & E. Seegmiller Ltd., KitchenerSeeley Bros. & Arnill Construction Ltd., DundalkSmiths Construction Co. Ltd., ArnprlorStandard Paving Ltd., TorontoStood & Evans Ltd., TorontoSterling Construction Co. Ltd., WindsorF. A. Stonehouse & Son Ltd., SarniaStorms Contracting Co. Ltd., Richmond HillSwansea Construction Co. Ltd., TorontoTherrien Construction Co. Ltd., Toronto Thompson Construction (Chemong) Ltd., Toronto Towland Construction Ltd., LondonUren Construction Ltd., OrilliaWarren Bituminous Paving Co. Ltd., TorontoWoollatt Construction Ltd., WindsorYundt & McCann Construction Ltd., Stratford, Yundt Brothers Construction Ltd., StratfordO.R.B.A. ASSOCIATE MEMBERSJ. D. Adams Co. Ltd., ParisAllatt Tractor Parts Co,, TorontoAllis-Chalmers, Rumely, Ltd., TorontoArmco Drainage & Metal Products of Canada Ltd., GuelphW. L Ballentine Co. Ltd., TorontoM. L. Baxter Ltd., TorontoBennet & Elliott Ltd,, TorontoBlackwood-Hodge Equipment Ltd., TorontoBritish American Oil Co. Ltd., TorontoBrunner Mond Canada Sales Ltd., TorontoBurlington Steel Co. Ltd., HamiltonCanada Building Materials Ltd., TorontoCanada Cement Co. Ltd., TorontoCanada Crushed & Cut Stone Ltd., HamiltonCanadian Bitumuls Co. Ltd., TorontoCanadian Ingersoll-Rand Co. Ltd., TorontoCanadian Oil Co. Ltd., TorontoCanadian Scale Co. Ltd., TorontoCities Service Oil Co. Ltd., TorontoCity Tire Sales Ltd., TorontoCompressed Air Equipment Ltd., TorontoConsolidated Sand & Gravel Ltd., TorontoGeo. W. Crothers Ltd., TorontoDilworth Equipment Ltd., New TorontoDominion Road Machinery Soles Co. Ltd., TorontoDu Pont Co. of Canada (1956) Ltd., TorontoEquipment Sales & Service Ltd., TorontoEsco Ltd., TorontoFederal Equipment of Canada Ltd., TorontoThe Flintkote Co. of Canada Ltd., TorontoGardner-Denver Co. (Canada) Ltd., TorontoG.M.C. Truck Retail Branch, TorontoThe General Supply Co. of Canada Ltd., OttawaG. H. Godsall Equipment Ltd., TorontoGoodyear Tire & Rubber Co. of Canada Ltd., New TorontoHighland Creek Sand & Gravel Co. Ltd., Highland CreekImperial Oil Limited, TorontoW. J. Knox Ltd., TorontoKoehring-Waterous Ltd., BrantfordLake Ontario Portland Cement Co. Ltd., TorontoLawrence & Newell Ltd., TorontoLimestone Products Ltd., TorontoLove & McDougall Ltd., TorontoMack Trucks of Canada Ltd., TorontoMcColl-Frontenac Oil Co. Ltd., Toronto S. McCord & Co. Ltd,, TorontoNotional Sewer Pipe Ltd., TorontoNowago Of Canada Ltd., TorontoOntario Construction Co. Ltd., St. CatharinesOntario Equipment & Supply Ltd., TorontoThe Pedlar People Ltd., OshawaPowell Equipment Co. Ltd., Port ArthurRay-Gordon Ltd., TorontoReliance Petroleum Ltd., LondonRussel-Hipwell Engines Ltd., Owen SoundSt. Mary's Cement Co. Ltd., TorontoSt. Lawrence Cement Co., ClarksonShell Oil Co. of Canada Ltd., TorontoSheridan Equipment Co. Ltd., TorontoThe Steel Co. of Canada Ltd., HamiltonSupertest Petroleum Corporation Ltd., LondonTelephone City Gravel Co. Ltd., BrantfordThew Shovel Co., Ohio, U.S.A.Truck Engineering Ltd,, WoodstockTruscon Steel Co. of Canada Ltd., WalkervilleW. S. Tyler Co. of Canada Ltd., St. CatharinesWatson Jack-Hopkins Ltd., TorontoWesteel Products Ltd., TorontoWalter Young Machinery & Equipment Co. Ltd., TorontoII TORONTO ODD ROADS SSOCIATION AT THE REGISTRATION DESK CONVENTION FLOOR MONDAY• Registration of Delegates — Monday, February 25—2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday. February 25—9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Wednesday. February 26—9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. • Railway Certificates Validation — Tuesday. February 25—9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Wednesday. February 26—9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. • Banquet Tickets on Sale — Tuesday. February 25—9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Wednesday. February 26—9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 8:30 a.m.—O.G.R.A. Directors’ breakfast meeting. Pri­ vate Dining Room No. 7. 10:00 a.m and 2:00 p.m. — City Engineers’ Association meetings. Private Dining Room No. 10. 12:30 p.m.—City Engineers’ Association Luncheon. Private Dining Room No. 10. 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 and 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. — Conference of County and Department Municipal Engineers and Head Office Officials. Parlor “D”. 1:00 p.m.—Department luncheon, County Engineers. Tudor Room. 6:00 p.m.—Association Reception and Dinner meeting for Wardens and Northern Representatives. Private Dining Room No. 9. 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.—City Engineers’ Reception and Dinner. Private Dining Room No. 10. 10:00 TUESDAY MORNING 2:00 TUESDAY AFTERNOONConcert HallChairman — President Edward W. Jones 4 ‘God Save the Queen”Appointment of CommitteesNominating (See Article Mil of the Constitution) Resolutions The Presidents Address — Edward W. Jones Concert HallChairman — President E. W. JonesAddress of WelcomeHis Worship Mayor Nathan Phillips, Q.C.Reply on behalf of the AssociationMr. J. H. Irvine, Ottawa The Minister’s Address The Honourable James N. Allan Minister of Highways for Ontario Presentation of Life Memberships “Burlington Skyway” Pictures and Commentary W. A. Clarke Chief Engineer, D.H.O. “Dust Laying on Township and County Roads” Dr. Norman McLeod Asphalt Technologist, Imperial Oil Limited Jas. A. Knight Brunner Mond, Manager Highway Engineering Services 3:30 p.m. — Concert Hall “The Municipal Roads Needs Survey” Moderator — G. E. Gathercole Deputy Minister, Department of Economics Members: W. J. Fulton, Deputy Minister of Highways for Ontario C. R. Wilmot, District Engineer, D.H.O. A. J. Freedman, Urban Study Supervisor, D.H.O. R. E. Sims, P.Eng., County Engineer, Ontario County. J. Morrissey, Warden, County of Huron. A. L. McCrae, Mayor, City of Welland. H. A. Lumsden, P.Eng., Hamilton, Past President Ontario Motor League. T. L. Hennessey, P.Eng., City Engineer, Sudbury. “A Road Builder Looks at Municipal Roads” Mr. R. J. Merlo President, Ontario Road Builders' Association 3:30 p.m. — Ballroom Suburban Roads Commissions’ Meeting TUESDAY EVENING 2:30 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONConcert Hall8:30 pan.—Moving Pictures—(Sound and Colour Films)Admission Free — Bring the Ladies.1. Vacation Land in Algoma2. The Eighth Sea3. Northern Challenge4. Jolifou Inn5. What About Visiting Finland? 6. You're Driving 90 Horses. 10:00 WEDNESDAY MORNING Ballroom Chairman — Mr. James Gifford “Planning the Ottawa Queensway” Controller P. Tardif. Ottawa “Structural Features of the Queensway” (color pictures and comment) Mr. Alan K. Hay, M.E.I.C. General Manager, Federal District Commission “The Queensway vs. The Urban Traffic” Frank E. Ayers, P.Eng. Director of Planning and Works, Ottawa * The Mounting Traffic Problem in Urban Municipalities” His Worship Mayor J. J. Fabbro, Sudbury BallroomChairman — Mr. Newton PowellAddressW. J. Fulton, B.A.Sc., P.Eng., O.L.S. Deputy Minister of Highways for Ontario “Right of Way Acquisition” J. D. Lucas, Q.C. County of York Solicitor Report of Resolutions Committee Report of Nominations Committee Auditor’s Report Election of Officers 7:00 WEDNESDAY EVENING Resolutions ANNUAL BANQUET — See Page 6 CONSTITUTION ONTARIO GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATIONAN N U A L BANQUET7:00 o'clock Wednesday Evening CONCERT HALLProcure your tickets early at Registration BoothPrice — $5.00Guest Speaker: Hon. James N. Allan Minister of Highways. Ontario. LIFE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION Past Presidents 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 °J. Henderson W. J. Moore ♦J. Sibbitt J. G. Cameron Wm. Colbv F. L. Weldon *D. J. Emrey V. H. Evans W. S. McKay •J. A. P. Marshall *R. M. Smith 'Arthur Sedgwick Alan K. Hay Alexander H. Fitzsimmons Others (*—deceased) Hon. E. C. Drury Dr. N. W. McLeod J. M. Maclnnes James Sinton Louis A. Merlo 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, and honorary life members.Section 2.—The municipal members shall be the representa­tives of the councils of those counties, cities, towns or other muni­cipalities which are members of the Association.The annual membership fee to be paid by municipal corpora­tions shall be for: Counties ............................................................ $ 50.00 Suburban Road Commissions where the urban population exceeds 50,000 ..... ._..... 50.00 Other Suburban Road Commissions________ 20.00 Cities, towns, villages and townships having a population of— (1) more than 200,000 .......... _ _ 150 00 (2) 100,000 to 200,000 ...... 100.00 (3) 75,000 to 100,000 ___________________ 7500 (4) 50,000 to 75,000 __________________ 50.00 (5) 40,000 to 50,000 _________________ ...___ 40 00 (6) 30,000 to 40,000 _________________ _ 30 00 (7) 20,000 to 30,000 _____________________ 25 00 (8) 10,000 to 20,000 ___________________20.00 (9) less than 10,000 ____________________ 15.00 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 Five Dollars to the funds of the Association. Section 4. —Contributing members shall consist of societies or other commercial organizations paying a minimum of Fifty 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 a President, two Vice-Presidents, six Directors, who shall be elected annually at the annual convention of the Association and shall be selected from its municipal and active membership (with due consideration for geographical regions and so far as possible the maintenance of an equal balance between elected and appoint­ ed representatives, together with a Secretary and a Managing Di- rector-Treasurer, or Secretary-Treasurer. appointed annually at the first meeting of the Board of Directors following the annual meeting.The said Secretary and Treasurer, or the Secretary-Treasurer, shall not have voting power at meetings of the Board of Directors or Executive Committee unless he is a Past President of the Associ­ation.It shall be a condition of the appointment of any officer of the Association that on ceasing to hold office all records pertaining to his office shall be forthwith turned over to the Board of Direc­tors. The duties and remuneration of the said officers shall be fixed by the Board of Directors and a Bond of Indemnity provided if required by the Board.Executive Committee.—The said Officers, together with the two most recent Past Presidents of the Association, shall consti­tute the Executive Committee of the Association for the ensuing year.Board of Directors.—The said Executive Committee, together with all other Past Presidents of the Association, shall consti­tute the Board of Directors of the Association.Quorum.—Five or more members of the Executive Commit­tee and seven or more members of the Board of Directors 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 VIU.—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 PRESIDENTS1894—Andrew Pattulo, Oxford.☆ ☆ ☆1910—*W. H. Pugsley, York1911-12- Col. the Hon. T. L. Kennedy, Peel1913—*N. Vermilyea, Hastings1914—*J. A. Sanderson, Grenville1915-16—*S. L. Squire, Norfolk1917-18—*C. R. Wheelock, C.E., Dufferin1919—‘K. W. McKay, Elgin1920—*Capt. Lucius E. Allen, C.E., Hastings1921— T. J. Mahony, Wentworth1922—*W. H. Brown, Bruce1923—‘John Currie, Middlesex1924— Hon. G. S. Henry, York1925—*R. J. Hannah, Lennox and Addington 1926—*J. E. Jamieson, M.P.P., Simcoe 1927—*F. A. Senecal, Prescott and Russell 1928—*W, H. Nugent, Hastings 1929—*Robt. Johnson, Huron 1930—*James Beattie, Wellington 1931—‘John O’Reilly, Victoria. 1932—*Hon. F. G. 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, 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 1956— Leonard Wookey, Parry Sound. (* deceased). MILESTONES1894—Organization Ontario Good Roads Association. Andrew Pattullo first president.1896—Appointment A. W. Campbell. C-E., Provincial Instructor in Roadmaking1901—Highwaj’ 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. Depart­ment of Public Highways formed. Provincial subsidy, con­struction County Roads 40%, maintenance 20%.1917—The Provincial Highways Act—70% payable by Province. Provincial County Roads, 60% payable by Province.1919—Federal Aid—County Road subsidy increased to 40% for construction and maintenance.1920—Provincial highway mileage increased, 80% payable by Prov­ince. 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. 1957—Publication. DRO. report, “A Plan for Ontario Highways.” MILEAGE — DEPARTMENT AID82,266 83.5061955-56 1956-57The King’s Highway, etc .....8,522 8,691Northern Roads and special assistance __7^229 7,208County Roads 9,349 9,384Township Roads.............................................49,450 50,302Urban Streets .................................7,434 7,638Metropolitan Roads 282 283DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS EXPENDITURES— Fiscal Years 1955-56 1956-57King’s Highways, etc. __ ___. $104,845,059.24 $145,987,924.89County Roads............................15,836,643.13°19,482,455.20*Township Roads, etc........................ 15,280,791.70 16,911,153.24 Development Roads ________ Unincorporated Townships ___ ____ 3,876,267.57 ____ 831,035.43 4,730,182.99 781,647.41 Urban Streets______________ Administration, etc. _________ ____ 8,560,475.48 ......- 11,204,210.30 9,612,156.92 6,342,536.93 Unsatisfied Judgment Fund ....____ 1,791,384.75 1,857,547.03 Less $162,225,867.60 $205,705,604.61 Federal Government Repayments 3,365,958.81 4,855.053.08 Net Expenditure ...............___$158,859,908.79 $200,850,551.53 * Includes Metropolitan Toronto, 1956-57. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS REVENUES — Fiscal Years 1955-56 1956-57 Gasoline Tax and Gasoline Handling Licenses_____________$103,815,191.10 $112,970,086.54 Motor Vehicles Branch _________ 41,306,171.99 49.101,105.62 Miscellaneous (including Unsatisfied Judgment Fund)----------------- 3,588,757.84 3,919,640.64 $148,710,120.93 $165,990,832.80 MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATIONS 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1,292,000 1,404,084 1,487,000 1,614,056 1,710.240 1,790,258 (to Dec. 31) ••• MEMORANDUM • • • RE-ELECT S. MAINJ Oxford Cancer Unit- Record Budget For Out Roads Being Brought Down In HousReports Record Year Today. Minister Tells O.G.R.AWith a record-breaking total of $20,000 reached in 1057, the Oxford County Branch of the Canadian Cancer Society reali­zed the hishest Quota in its his-ELECTED DIRECTOR iL. K. Coles, Oxford county /- clerk, was elected a director of the Ontario Good Roads Associa- ( 'lion at the annual mooting in.Toronto this week.. _NESBITT ACCLAIMED AT PC CONVENTIONISTHE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OFREQUEST THE PLEASURE OF YOUR COMPANYAT THEIRANNUAL BANQUETAT SIX-THIRTY O'CLOCK P.M.AT THE ROYAL YORK HOTEL, TORONTOGUEST SPEAKER:'SiHONOURABLE JAMES N. ALLANMINISTER OF HIGHWAYS. PROVINCE OF ONTARIOR.S.V.P.THE MANAGING DIRECTOR 269 PARKDALE AVENUE NORTH HAMILTON. ONTARIOYE OIDE COFFEE CLUBTHE BEARERTHIS CARDm.mb,er in good standing of the afore-j. M. AT KEY ChairmanonswiiiraWeather Remains Bitterly Cold; Storms Miss AreaHEAD TABLE GUESTS MEET IN PARLOUR "B" AT 6.30 P.M.AND WILL PROCEED AS A GROUP into the Banquet Hall promptly AT 6.50 P.M.THE ONTARIO GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATIONON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY THE TWENTY-SIXTHNINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-EIGHTDRESS OPTIONALREMINDER TOTRUCKERSI>oad limits uupn all muni earm! roads except those within a city or separated town arc statutory during the months of March and April 'Section 36, St A Sec 4, H.T.A.). Signa and notices on tdx-se trmntoipal roads are not required to enforce thin56th Annual MeetingONTARIO SOOD ROAI ASSOCIATICTORONTOFebruary 24th, 25th and 26th 1958DIRECTORsection.THRELL,Appointments Are Made To Oxford CASSeveral representniives from1 around the counity have been ap­pointed to the Children's Aid Society of Oxford County Direc­tor's Board.Those appointed are: W. J, Grant Smith, Burgessville; Reeve i Herbert B a I k w J 11, Drumbo; Reeve Robert Rudy, Tavistock; Dougins Campbell, a former CAS board member, Wpod»tock; R. L.• . . . . iV•. . '.C.„WCOUNTY OF OXFORDTENDERS WANTEDQuotations w3I be received| by the undersigned until 12 o'clock noon.Tues., March 181958on premiums for insurance on roads, county equipment, and employers liability,| Information may be obtained at the office of the under­signed. Court House, Wood- stock.’Hie lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.J. N. MEATHRELL<HCourl^X95S.«! A -TurofskyHOCKEY CHAMPS PRESS HOME ATTACKground are thetersley. around atandinis' George Bob Al-day round-rdMh tournament by defeating the Ringians 4-2. Pressing attack tn l»ir fore-Puck, lower right, kkidx past the Russian net during a Can­adian attack on the Soviet: goal in yeMerday'8 game against the Russians In the windup of the World Ice Hockey dwwearing headgear, and goalie Nikolnv Pushkov. Three nieiii in background are, from left, A II' Treen and Ted O'Connor, both of Canada; and Dimitri] Ufcotov, Ru»tla. (AP wire-The new officers and directors of the Ontario Good Roads Association, elected last week, are shown hereSitting, from left to right: F. L. Weldon, Victoria County, Past President;!. J. Mahony, Hamilton, Managing Director and Treasurer; Newton L. Powell, Brampton, First Vice-President; E. W. Jones, Simcoe County, Honourary President; James Gifford, Ennismore Township, President; Len Wookey, Callander, Honourary President; H. L. Weichel, Elmira, Second Vice-President; W. Scott McKay, St. Thomas, Secretary.Standing, from left to right: Edgar Drew, Lennox & Addington Counties, Past President; James Gaw, Grenville County, Past Presi­dent; Harold Cleave, Prince Edward County, Past President; E. M. Fraser, Renfrew County, Director; Guy R Marston Norfolk County, Past President; W. D. Colby, Kent County, Past President; N. A. Fletcher, Hamilton Suburban Roads Commission, Past President; W. S. Atkins, Lambton County, Director; J. L. Shearer, Ottawa Suburban Roads Commission, Past President; L. K. Coles Oxford County, Director; C. S. Anderson, South Porcupine, Director; J. H. Irvine, Ottawa, Director; V. H. Evans Tisdale Town­ship, Past President.OXFORD LIBERALAllister Clark. 55. named last night as a possible candidate for the liberal nomination for •the March 31 federal elect­ion announced at noon today that he would accept the nom­ination. Mr. Clank was reeve of West Zorra during I^IS. 1949 and 1950. He has been active in the mutual insurance field and in the activities of the board of management of Harrington’s Knox Presbyter- tian church. Mr, Clark’s name was offered following the ad­journment of the regular nom­ination convention of the Lib­eral Association and was app- proved for nomination when the meeting was reconvened. CEMETERY OFFICIALS HOLD ANNUAL MEETINGCounty Budget BrucellosisIs Discussed CompensationFinance committee of Oxford TDD ■ v County Council met today in the j[ Q jjg DOOSlGucounty court house for a prelim­inary all-day session of the bud­get.Assurance that increased com-_ . P^Mation will be paid for cattleflic main item of discussion *_ ,. . ..in the March session of Oxford's County Council, which meets March 1-8, 19, 20 and 21, will be the county tax rate. ’At this session also, represen­tatives from three county hos-pitals wiU appear before Oxford's County Council, Tillsonburg, In­gersoll and Woodstock.TIIE INGERSOLL Rural Ce­metery Board held their annu­al meeting at the Ingersoll cha­mbers last night. In the TOP PHOTO board members fromOXFORD GROWSleft to right include (front row) J. Meathell, Gord Waters G. E, Hessenauer. (Back row) Ar­thur Hutchison, William M. Baigent and T. M, Cleaver. In the LOWER PHOTO two form­er executive members C. Rid­dle (left), Mayord Winnifred Williams and Chairman Gord Waters, examine the annual report. (Staff Photos)/ THE SENTINEL-REVIEW, MARCH 12. 1958 3County Census Reveals Population Now 65,156Population figures released to- iday by Oxford County Council show a slight increase in Wood- K | Stock and Oxford County as a whole, but a slight decrease in Ingersoll.There has, however, been a fairly general rise in Oxford's towns, townships and villages. The population of Oxford County rose by 1,3®5.The latest census, taken b y county officials, disclosed that . the rural population of Oxford had risen to 39,803.Ingersoll’s 1956 population was 6,955 with 1957 figures showing 6.871.Here is a detailed list of pop­ulation figures in the various cen­tres showing an increase all down the line with the exception of Ingersoll:Blandford .......Blenheim ....... Dereham ......... East Nigsourf. , North Norwich1956-57. 1,294. 4,0494,013. 2,353. 2,1801957-58 1,456 4.0924,018 2,548South Norwich East Oxford . North Oxford . West Oxford ., East Zorra .., West Zorra ... ; Tillsonburg ... । Enduro ...........NorwichI Tavistock ....... Woodstock .... : Ingersoll .....2,236 Totals■ y| Woodstock shows an increase. Population jumped from 17,808 to 18.482. a rise of 674.Ingersoll’s population showed a decrease of 84 persons, be­cause of, it is suggested, the building of the new Canada Cem­ent plant on Governor’s Road.£ -Wil-., <REMINDER TOTRUCKERSLoad limits upon all muni­cipal roads except those । within a city or separated । town are .statutory during , tlie months of March andApril (Section 36, Sub Sec 4, | 1LT.A.J, Signs and notices on those municipal roads are not required to enforce this section ol the Act.J. N. MEATHRELL, ( County Road SuperintendentI which have to be d^troied der the campaign to stamp out brucellosis was given to farmers this afternoon. The announce­ment was made by Wally Nes­bitt Oxford’s member in the last parliament.Mr. Nesbitt quoted a copy of a letter he had received from the Hon. Douglas Harkness, federal , minister of agriculture, confirm-Reviewed also, will be a coun- , - - 7—---•ty-wide civil defence program. which Mr. NesbittR. T. Gavin, civil defence co- ”ordinator will appproach Council with the plea to organize civil defence in Oxford County.This will be the third time that Mr. Gavin has approached Ox­ford County Council. His sugges­tions had not been taken up by Council on two previous occas­ions.A number of agricultural as­sociations will also be appearing before County Council’s agricul­tural committee, seeking grants. -received on Feb. 21., In the letter Mr. Harkness stat­ed increased compensation has been provided in amendments to .the Animal Contagious Diseases Act which will be presented to (the next session of parliament. The announcement did not indi- •cate the amount of the increase which would be paid.The minister’s announcement (followed a request made in the House of Commons by Mr. Nes­bitt that the matter of compen- ; sation be reviewed by the de­partment.Left To MunicipalitiesOxford Civil Defense Setup Rejected by County CouncilFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, March 20—County council today took a dim 1 view of a civil defense organization at a county level in the ’ third day of the budget session.The third report of the printing and resolutions committee under Reeve Hilton C. Virtue, chairman, recommended that, despite the regional co-ordinator’s plea for a county organisa­tion, civil defense be left up to the local municipalities.R. T. Gavin, of London, made a strong request to county council yesterday for a civil defense organization at a county level.Deal With Correspondence At County Council OpeningThe March session of Oxford Tord County Council’s last session County Council opened at the was acknowledged with thanks in Court House, Woodstock, this a series of letters. These organi-morning. Among the first items of business handled were com­munications and resolutions from other county councils, including:a series of letters. These organ!zations were: Woodstock and Dis­trict Association for Retarded Children: The Tillsonburg and District Association for Retarded2,747 2,328 1,4313,129 3,631 1,987 6,061506 1,588 1,121 17,8086,9552,9662,3641,4903,2493.7452,0826,2395081,6501.16018,4826.871From the County of Welling- Children; Oxford County Histori- ton: That all costs of instruction.j cal Society: The Salvation Army; including cost of ear hire and (The Canadian National Institute driver instruction on the road’for the Blind: St. John Ambulan- should be subsidized. And in ce; Rotary Club of Woodstock; this respect it was recommended, Oxford Museum.that the Department of Educat-ion be petitioned to grant a sub­sidy of 50 percent on all costs. ® of car driving instruction, both63,18165,156in the classroom and on the high- n ways.From the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glen­garry: That the Ontario Depart­ment be requested to continue the free vaccination of calves against Brucellosis in certified or controlled Brucellosis areas.A request from the Ontario Ox- .ford Trustees' and Ratepayers' ' Association was also heard for 1 a grant of $2-50 and from the(Children's Aid Society of Oxford 'County a request tor $28,796,87;Grants received from theGrantsI follow Ingorganizations, in Ox- 'PUBLIC NOTICEAt tihe call of WARDEN J.Grant Smith, a SPECIAL MEETING of the CountyCouncil of the County of Ox­ford will be held in the COUNCIL CHAMBER IN THE COURT HOUSE WTXTDSTOCK onTUESDA’-. MARCH ISth 19W 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 daj of the session.. L. K. OGLES. County Clerk. , County Clerk’s Office,... -Health Reports Shows Oxford Free Major Infectious DiseasesOxford has again been free of most major infectious diseases reported the county's medical of­ficer of health, Dr. O. C. Powers, ,to the March session of Oxford's County Council.; "Of bhe minor communicable diseases, chicken pox has been iby far the most prevalent al­though few are reported," he said.I Reporting of minor infectious ig very Door, he aNo eases of poliomyelitis were reported. Virus diseases and common colds were quite preval­ent, he said.Immunization against smallpox diphtheria. tetanus, whooping cough and poliomyelitis has in­creased again this year: espec­ially for diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus when 2,582 . children were immunized com­pared to 1.652 in 1956, and for poliomyelitis when 20,687 were immunized compared to 17,222 for ,1956.The tuberculosis control pro-} gram, he pointed out, is still shewing excellent results, thanks to the Oxford County Tuberculos­is Association which finances the .program through the Christmas Seal Fund.Unfortunately, he said, the Ox­ford Red Cross is still unable to .finance the dental work for needy I children, but arrangements are under way with the newly form­ed Oxford Dental Association for a more complete dental program.The National Society of Hardof Hearing are very co-operat­ive in the examination of child­ren with defective hearing, hesaid.KW« gram within intenddo not expect our pro­to be radically changed the next few gears, but to carry on vSry muchEXPERT OUTLINES QUALITIES OF GOOD HAYA silage expert from .the | F. Rogers, agricultural consul- United States discusses the taut of Wooster, Ohio. He was qualities of a first prize sam- one of the guest speakers at pie of hay. He is Dr. Charles the Oxford County Seed Fairand 11th annual provincial hay show. Talking with him is Ox­ford County's warden, J. Grant Smith. (Staff Photo)._____■Bi#-Auctioneering for 46 years, R. A. MacDonald of Woodstock observed his 78th birthday last January. A veteran auctioneer; former county council member and well-known throughout Ox­ford, Mr. MacDonald is not as old as the Sentinel-Review stat­ed under his picture as he sold a class of exhibit grain at the recent seed fair. Mr. MacDon­ald’s age was given at that time as 89 which was incor­rect and for which the Sentin­el-Review apologizes to Mr. MacDonald for any inconven­ience caused him.Auctioneers Are ListedBATTLE WAGED AGAINST BRUCELLOSISOxford County Is the first in Ontario to be osuanized into a bruceUofiis-conLrol area. As part of this program veterin- arlans are taking blood samp-. les of cattle in This includes allthe county. cws overthree years and all males over eight months. If bests are pos­itive cattle are valued and compensation given to owners. This disease causes bangs’ dis­ease in cattle and undulant fever in humans and res'bricLs export shipping. Taking a blood' './.Aas in the past. As newer health ■ practices are forthcoming and prove themselves, we shall be happy to adopt them,” he con­cluded. ।Hospital GrantA delegation from Alexandra I /Hospital in Ingersoll asked Ox­ford County Council for a grant of 81,931 yesterday.Hie delegation included Roy W. Green, treasurer and chair- man of the finance committee of® ; the hospital, and J. B. Mitchell^ chairman of the board and pre­sident of Alexandra hospital.I This morning was the o>pening day of the second session of Ox­ford’s County Council. And a- mong other things a list was read' In asking for this grant they| submitted a copy of the annual m audited statement of Alexandrs j Hospital for 1957 which showed a 1 deficit of $5,740.88. Deficit for a 1956 was S6.630.77.S by L. K. Coles, Oxford County T/( Clerk, of those receiving auct- it ioneer licenses for 1958 to work «iin the county.i Receiving auctioneer licenses , at a cost of $20 are: Leslie J.' Shackleton. RR 1. Springfield;William Hawkins, 153 Francis d ; , Street, Ingersoll: R. A. McDon­ald, Peel street, Woodstock; 1 ■ ; Frank Fulkerson. RR 1, Tillson- r burg: Donald Rose, Ingersoll; M. ? Gafter, 352 Bathurst street. Tor-(onto; Marshall B. Wilson. 73; iDumbries Street, Paris; Amos iZehr. RR 1, Tavistock; I"' | Roth, Tavistock; C. H. Pullin.sample al D. F. Sales' farm, RR. 3. Woodstock is left Dr.A. H. Watt, of Woodstock and Dr, D. W. Thompson, Canadian Department of Agriculture. Health of Animals Division/.1 (Staff Photo).^3:• -ri'In 1957 Alexandra Hospital re­ceived from room charges, spec-a ial services, out-patients, provin­cial grants and other forms ofdonations the sum of $209,495.96. -J But it didn’t get paid for loss on indigents and loss from bad debts which left a deficit of® ,$5,740.88.Money spent on salaries and I wages, drugs and medical sup- | plies, dietary supplies, mainten- jance and laundry, administra- ! tion and taxes and depreciation ; amounted to $206,187.51.Alexandra’s record for 1957 re- .J' veals that 1.532 patients were Milton iadmitted; 272 births: 548 opera- J Pullin tfons; 782 emergencies: 3.981240 Park Row, Woodstock: Alex laboratory procedures: 1.683 X- MacKenzie, RR 8, Woodstock: out-patients: 13.145Ivan Parkinson. RR 8. London, ’ : da?'s new born daysS. A. Brady. RR 2. Dorchester. meals served. ■Receiving a Salvage license at . To provide 24-hour service Al-J - —- ~ ' exandra Hospital has a staff of M|Curdy." RR lk Embro7‘jTm Me- 20 graduate nurses; 11 nursings f ~ “ ......... aides; two X-Ray and laboratorytechnicians; six administrative •a cost of $20 were Sandy Mc-Farlane, Plattsville and W. Gue- . nolle and Charles Barnes, Inger- sol.A poultry license was given to Delmer Clinton of Norwich at a ' cost of $1 and a peddler’s license.: at a cost of $2 to Frank Hems-,:' i worth, 311 Victoria Street, South, I • Woodstock; Roelof Sol, 696 Brant.w street, Wocxistock, and L. E. Hartley, of Springfirid,i staff: five power plant and main- tenance staff; eight diet kitehen(staff; three housekeeping staff. J and three staffing the laundry. r ■ yesterday.David Rich'ards, returning officer, second from left, and Harold Quinn, left, accept the papers of PCcandidate Wallace Nesbitt, as H. A. (Alster) Clark, Liberal nominee, looks on immediate­ly behind him. (Staff photo).court building jn WoodstockOXFORD COUNTY, like all•federal ridings in Canada, is assured of an election battle, with Progressive - Oonserva- [tives and Liberals each havingchosen a candidate in the con­stituency. Both candidates filed their nomination papers and deposits in the county1/'Asks Increased Library Grant| Reeve Edwin Pearce of Till- sonburg this morning requested the Oxford County Council Fin­ance Committee to take over a grant a^ked by the Tillsonburg Public Library, amounting to $6,239.He said 29,985 books were cir- ; culated by the Tillsonburg Lib­rary last year of which 13.136 teken out Juveniles.This fact is one of the big reasons why we have very littte juvenile delinauency in TiUson- iburg,” he added.The library board had origin­ally asked Tillsonburg for a grant of $8,798.75, he said, but «aAnflgnre had pared to Sb, 239. Tne provincial govern-a grant 01 $2,495, he added.“Tillsonburg Public Library al­so serves a large rural popula- । tion, ’ he said.1,532 Patients In YearIngersoll Hospital Reports 1957 Deficit,Delegation Asks Oxford Council For Grant, WOODSTOCK, March IS — The Alexandra Hospital, In­gersoll, sent a^delegation to■ the initial meeting of the Ox­j ord County I pealing forcouncil today ap- a grant of $1,931.Tn askingfor the grant the' delegation, composed of Roy 1 W. Green, treasurer and chair- ' man of the finance committee and J. B. Mitchell, chairman of the board and president, , presented a ropy of the an­nual hospital financial state­ment for 1957. which showed a deficit of $5,740,88. Thr defi­cit for 1956 was about ?6.50f).In 1957 Alexandra Hospital received from room charges, special services, out-patients, provincial grants and other forms of donations the amount of $209,495.56.There was no compensation for loss on indigents and loss from bad debts which left a deficit of $5,740.88.Money spent on salaries and wages, drugs and medical sup­plies, dietary supplies, main­tenance and laundry, adminis­tration, taxes and depreciation amounted to $206,187.51.Alexandra records (or 1957 reveal there were 1.532 pati­ents admitted; 272 births; 548 operations; 782 emergencies; 3.981 laboratory procedures; 1,683 X-rays; 2,025 out-pati­ents; 13,145 patient days; 1,535 newborn days and 55'900 meals served.To provide 24-hour Semico the hospital has a staff of 20 graduate nurses; 11 nursing aides; two X-ray and labora­tory technicians; six adminis­tration staff; five power plant and maintenance staff; eight diet kitchen staff; three housekeeping staff, and three in the laundry.Oxford has again been free of moat major eases reported medical officer O. C. Powers.Infectious dis- the county's of health, Dr.“Of the minor communic­able diseases, chickenpox has been the most prevalent, al­though few cases are ported," he said.re-Reporting nf minor Infec­tious diacasos Is poor, he finance the program through added. No cases of poliomyelL .^Christmas seals.tis were reported. Virus dis­eases and common colds were quite prevalent, he said.Immunization against smallpox, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough and poliomy­elitis has increased again this year; especially for diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus when 2,582 children were im­munized compared tn 1.652 In 1956. and for poliomyelitis when 20.687 wer? immunized compared to 17,222 for 1956.The tuberculosis control pro­gram, he pointed out. is still showing excellent results, thanks to the Oxford County Tuberculosis Association whoUnfor/unately, he said, the Oxford Red Cross is still un­able to finance dental work for needy children, but ar-' rangements are underway' with the newly-formed Oxford I Dental Association for a more . complete dental program.The National hard of hearing operative in the Society for is most c.o- examination ■of children with defective ; hearing, he said."We do not expect our pro-4 gram tn be radically changed | within the next few years, but intend to carry on much rs in . the past. As newer health practices are forthcoming and ; prove themselves, we shall be happy to adopt them." he con­cluded.I.Better Service, Economy SeenCounty Civil Defense GroupOutlined AtFree Press Woodstock Buretiu WOODSTOCK, March ISTrying to encourage a civil defense organization at county level, R. T. Gavin, London, regional civil defense co-ord- Inalor, was bombarded with questions al Oxford Countyfor two reasons, service.economy andcouncil today.Mr. Gavin, who stressed theImportance of a county civildefense organization here Inst (all, said he would rather en­courage it on « county basisHe pointed out that civil de­fense didn't necessarily mean War-time emergencies but also peace-time emergencies, such as those which followed hurri­canes nt Sarnia and Toronto.Rc-eve Robert Rudy, Tavis-tm-k, pointedou I I hn( mon!of the letters sent to countycouncil were organlwiUon«from women's and wonderedwhether ll was "self InspiredCouncilor the result of a terrific sell­ing job,"Admitting that most of the letters were probably from woman's groups in the coun­ty, Mr. Gavin said it was like­ly because they were the groups that hnd Invited de­fense officials to address them. "You arc not suggesting that, we are trying to panic these women?" hr asked,"We can't tell people this or that place Is likely to be bombed," RccvA population of 65,000 is required to set up a countyorganization. The would supply about the money needed, balance would be through Federal and lai grants.county $3,000 of and the provided Provinc-Mr. Gavin explained that the county budget would be no more than five cents per capita and, In the case of Tillsonburg, It would only cost Mill and Half Increase . . .. . .. Seen on New AssessmentSeek To Peg Oxford Rote RiseBa J. 8. WATSONI'm* Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK. March 17। Oxford county councilors will kick off their importantI budget session tomorrow the hope and expcelation with n little financing will he able to keepwith that they thehnlf increase based on the new assessment.While the budget Is lh* mnln thing to be dealt with for the March session, CoUn-county council Tuesday, Wed­nesday and Thursday, in that order, tn present their ftnan-cialpictures,budget down to a mill and a,ty Clerk - Treasurer Coles, of Ingersoll.LK.Expectsdclegatlons from the Ingersoll. Tillsonburg and Woodstock hospitals to appear beforeIt and askis expected that Ingersoll Tillsonburg hospitals will for grants to redder their1957 deficit's. Woodstock hos-pfttl'a position is not known at. present,The mill rain laxt year on the old nsscAfimcnt was 17,7 hut would hAvr- been About 11.5 on thr new ax.'K’Hfcmmt. The new Assessment totals $51,635,654 and, In round figures, was $33,000,000 last year."We hope to keep thr mill rate down to a flat 13 mlih this year or Ml increase of about a mill and a half." the county clerk said.Ha' also said that K T. Gavin, of Ixmdon, regional civil defense co-ordinator, is expected to address county council Wednesday at 2 p.m.See Proposed Road ExpendituresWoodstock Hospital Board Gives Outline Of Problems To CountyIncreasing Budget to $671,263Free Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, March 21 — Oxford County Council today struck a 1958 tax rate of 13 mills — up one-and-a-half mills from last year's rate on the basis of the new equalized assessment. This year’s budget totals $671,263. a jump of $81,343 over 1957. * 'A two-man delegation from the Woodstock General Hospital — James A. Vance and C. G. Mit­chell told Oxford County Council they wished to acquaint it withthe nature of their problems.At the end of the year, he said , the hospital would start operat­ing under the new Government scheme, "There will be a heav­ier burden," he said.|tn>e nature or wieir pruoiems. “we are operating as cheanlv They were not looking for and as efficiently as if possible” grants towards their 1957 deficit he added.they said but the implication wasRoad Expenditures UpMain contributor to the higher rate was proposed road expendi­tures, which spiralled to $370,897.. from last year's $259,232. How­ever, estimated charity and wel­fare payments were down sharp­ly from $163,888 in the 1957 bud­get to $128,365 this year.The proposed general expendi­tures rose only slightly, to $172,-• '000 from $166,800 last year.Only controversial point in the budget discussions was a re­quest by the Tillsonburg dele-, gation for an $18,000 payment toward debentures on Tillson­burg District Memorial Hos­pital.Approve Tillsonburg PaymentThe payment was approved by council by a 12-10 recorded vote. In favor were Reeve H. A. Arm­strong, West Zorra; Reeve Her­bert BalkwL’l, Blenheim; Reeve James H. Chesney, East Zorra; - Deputy Reeve Charles Coldham, . Blenheim; Deputy Reeve Clare Esseltine, Tillsonburg; Reeve Donald Hossack, Embro; Reeve Howard Me Coombs, Norwich; Reeve Edward Pearce, Tillson­burg; Reeve Fred Slater, East Missouri; and Warden Grant Smith, North Norwich.I ' - S "In opposition were Reeve Wil­liam Baigent, North Oxford; Deputy Reeve John Bolton, Eastthat they might when they bal­anced the hospital’s books at the ■end of the year.The spokesman, Mr. Vance said, that the hospital had a def­icit of $19,000 last year of which $7,500 was due to county pat- ' dents. _ . . . ....Missouri; Reeve George H. Da­vis, South Norwich; Deputy , Reeve Lorne W. Junker, East Zorra; Reeve Arthur Lockhart, Blandford; Reeve J. R. Mc­Laughlin, Dereham; DeputyALEXANDRA HOSPITAL SEEKS COUNTY COUNCIL GRANTA two-man delegation from' ing a grant Left to right: Alexandra Hospital in Inger- Reeve William Baigent of North jsoU appeared before Oxford Oxford, county representative | 'County Council this week seek- i for North Oxford; Roy W. IGreen, chairman of the finance J. B. Mitchell, president of committee of Alexandra Hospi- j .SL'SHman of the board. • Staff Pho-tai; Warden J- Grant Smith: tn)Reeve P. L. Pressey, Dereham; Reeve Hilton C. Virtue, East Oxford; Deputy Reev® George Wallace, West Oxford.Approved were grants of $17,- 334 toward the 1957 Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital defi­cit; $6,959 to the Oxford Chil­dren's Aid Society; $2,500 to the {University of Western Ontario 'building fund; $689 to East Missouri Township for hospitali­zation; $106 to West Zorra Township for hospitalization; $500 to the 4-H Clubs Leaders Association; $50, Otter Valley Poultry and Pigeon dub; $250, Oxford Junior Farmers; $400, Oxford Boll and Crop Improve­ment Association; $25, Western Ontario Dairymen’s Association; $100 Blenheim Plowmen's As­sociation; $75, Blenheim Town­ship Horsebrecderg Association; and $225 to each agricultural as­sociation conducting a fall fairCut Will Join Ray And LakeIn a letter from Reeve John Krestel of Port Rowan, read at this morning’s sitting of Oxford 'County Council, it was learned by members that a cut is intend­ed to unite Long Point Bay and Lake Erie."The advantage of this cut- through will be in improved bass fishing, the removal of silt, and a short cut to Lake Erle. The latter will save 50 miles of trav­elling around the Point for the commercial fishing fleet," the communication explained.INCLUDE WOODSTOCKOxford Road Allotment Is Set At $1,132,800The annual allotments for mun-iments are the standard used to the rate of subsidy for towns anS icipal road construction and set the provincial subsidy for villages varies from 50 per cent maintenance for the calendar road work in each district for for roads to 80 per cent for brid» year 1958 have been set by the the year. ges. while a ratio of 33 1-3 pefOntario Department of Highways.) In practice the allotment is the cent to 80 per eent for roads toThe total for Oxford including;maximum estimate by the high- 80 per cent tor bridges is set Woodstock and Ingersoll is $1,132, ways department for construction for the townships.GOO, and maintenance of roads in1 Following are the totals for theBased on an estimate! of each each municipality, and on which municipalities in Cheford: municipality's reasonable needs the latter can apply for sub-1 Oxford county roads. S-KW.OW, for the current year, the allot-|sidy, subject to approval by the Township roads. Blandford, $24* minister of highways and the 000; Blenheim. $60,000; Dereham,GOO.?. AE money being voted by the Legfe- 569.000; East Missouri $39,000;Mature. North Norwich $46,000; SouthThe rale of subsidy varies with Norwich $47,000; East Oxford the type of municipality but in $25,000; North Oxford $-'0,000: the light of past experience will West Oxford $26,000; East Zoniwork out tn about 50 per cent of $58.00; West Zorra $45,000,the overall total.| City of Woodstock $U0.W0;A city such as Woodstock is town of Ingersoll $31,000; tow» -bllglble for a subsidy rate of 33 of Tillsonburg. $35,0001-3 per pent. This would also Village roads. Embro, S3.400| apply to a separated town such Norwich, $9,400; Tavistock, >3,«ps Ingersuil, Ou;r hand, 80(1. Secession From OxfordThreat In Road SquabbleCompromise EasesTillsonburg AngerFree Press Woodstock Bureau15 OODSTOCK, March 20 — The town of Tillsonburg i threatened to secede from Oxford County today when Reeve Edward Pearce charged that county council was violating a gentleman's agreement regarding 1958 road levy rebates. AwCounty Council Is Coollater compromise averted "We are dead serious , the stormy session.Not Getting Servicesthe threat.about seceding,” Reeve Pearce toldTo Civil Defence ProposalA persistent regional civil de-He said Tillsonburg was In no Z way getting back services or benefits for the money it is put-Compromise Eases'ting into the county council budget under the new equalizedassessment program.Tillsonburg Angerfense co-ordinator, R. T. Gavin of London, tried once again to initiate a civil defence organiza- aition at county level when he made his appeal at yesterday's March session of Oxford County Council.But in his attempts to institute sucih an organization Mr. Gavin(Continued from Page One)■We can Inno way justify g, araount and j fMj in taxpayers, ■ he rm „bliged „,pport lt, (the higher rebate)."40 Per cent RebateThe stormy session ended sud- Idenly after lunch when Reeve Herbert Balkwill, of Blenheim,In June last year the county council promised a 60 per cent rebate of the road levy, he said. .Since then the Provincial Gov-eminent has limited road re­bates to 50 per cent.Today the road committee'sbudget report recommended a ’discretion of the roads com- 25 per cent rebate be paid to the pnittee.Urban municipalities of Tillson- i With almost no discussion,urg, Tavistock, Embro and 'orwieh.Demand 50 Per CentThe urban reeves promptly Armstrong, West Zorra; Reeve demanded the maximum 50 per William Baignet, North Oxford; ri 'cent. Reeve Herbert Balkwill, Blen-ganizations. He wondered er it was “self inspired or the result of a terrific selling job.”Mr. Gavin admitted that most of the letters were probably from women's groups in the county but he said that was probably because these groups had invited him to speak before them.“You are not suggesting that we are trying to panic these women,'* he asked.“We can't tell people this or that place is likely to be bomb-encounteredpenetratingmanyward Pearce, Tillsonburg; Reeve Robert Rudy, Tavistock; Warden Grant Smith, North Norwich; Deputy Reeve George Wallace, West Oxford.Those OpposedVoting against the 40 per cent rebate were: Reeve Fred Slater, East Nissouri; Deputy Reeve John Bolton, East Nissouri; Reeve James H. Chesney, East Zorra; Deputy Reeve Lorne W. Junker, East Zorra; Reeve Arthur' Lockhart, Blandford; Reeve J. R. McLaughlin, Dere- ham; Deputy Reeve P. L. Pres­sey, Dereham; Reeve George H. Davis, South Norwich; Reeve Hilton C. Virtue, East Oxford.Those against — led by Reeve McLaughlin — felt police vil-questions.Hearing some of councillors’ doubts,was encouraging athe county he said hea county-wide i j ,, v, „ , - civil defence organization be- e“' Heeve Rudy replied.cause of two reasons, economy and service.About $65,000 would be requin ed, it was estimated, to set u0Civil defence didn’t necessarily a county organization. The coqxw mean wartime emergencies, he ty would supply about $3,000 and pointed out. but also peacetime the provincial and federal go»A emergencies such as "Hurricane ernments the remainder byfive cents per capita and. in th«Deputy ReeveCharlie Deputyimoved for a rebate of 40 per m cent, the money to come from ithe construction program at thelages—which receive—were being unduly He also maintained county road systemno rebate assessed, that the construc-tion program would suffer if a big rebate was handed urban municipalities.|the move passed 13 to 9.Voting In favor of the 40 per |cent rebate were: Reeve H. A.grants.He explained fiiat the county budget would be no more thanthe costtldham, Blenheim,Reeve Clare Esseltine, Tillson- \urg; Reeve Donald Hosack, mbro; Reeve Howard Mc- pmbs, Norwich; Reeve Ed-Hazel's money and life-taking disasters in Sarnia and Toronto. Reeve Robert Rudy, Tavistock, made the observation that mostof the letters sent to county case of TUlsonburg, _ pouncil were from women’s or- would only be about $30(3.the ses- laxCounty Rate At 13 MillsJ Oxford County Council in closing hours of its budget Ision yesterday struck a 1958Reeve Pearce heatedly pointed ReeVe W' Budd’ Weat Ox'' - /out that under equalized assess­ment Tillsonburg’s.rose from 158,000,000.assessmentabout$3,000,000toHe said cost of services inTillsonburg are spiraling.“You Either want us as part |of a family on a share-the- । 'wealth basis or you don’t wantius at all,” he stated flatly.Warden Grant Smith, of Ox­ford County, said he and “the majority of county council made a commitment last June to pay, the urban municipalities an(Continued on Page 4, Col. 8)Meets Oxford CouncilTillsonburg HospitalAsks For Deficit Aidf-'re® Press Woodstack BureauWOODSTOCK, March 19 — A delegation from the Tillson burg District Memorial Hospital appealed to Oxford County Council in Its second day of the March budget session, for a grant tn aid of Its 1957 deficit of $17,804.63.The delegation composed of George Stevens, hospital ad-jminfstrator, and Roy Crandall, president of the Hospital Trust, pointed out the loss due to Ox­ford County indigent patients Only was $7,960.40. The pro-rata portion of the deficit due to the u«e of the hospital by Oxford County residents only was $9.-'1844.33 to complete the total grant.Special Charge*A breakdown of the chargee for 1957 showedoverallspecial Oxfordiaxl a lota] of $7,960.40, Norfolk,J1.2D.14, Elgin, $2,505.63 and other counito.i, $7.75 for an over­all total of $14,684.92.I Oxford paced the occupancy total with 49.53 per cent; Nor­folk had 29.39 per cent; Elginrate of 13 mills, an increase of lone and a half mills from last 'year’s rale on the basis of the new equalized assessment1 This year’s budget totals W1 •263, an Increase of $81,343 over, >1957.Principal cause of the higher •irate was proposed road exp<n- IditureB, which increased to $370,- i897 from last year's $250,232, sn/1 Estimated charity and welfarend h ' ”n' . ^payments however, were downIgnificantly from 81HC3.8BB in the to $128,365 this —j When Robert Rudy, chairman of the Pond’s Advisory Board, gave his report he said the Ponds Board was well on its way in the formulating of plans for the building of a community pond near the Embro Forest Tract. And to make the pond more of an asset to the recrea­tion life of the people in its watershed the Ponds Board, through Mr. Rudy, is attempting ■to buy the Embro Forest Tract ।from Oxford County. “Chances are good,”, said Mr. Rudy.DEPUTATION REQUESTS COUNTY GRANT TO HOSPITAL1 Oxford County Council had I Hospl I three visitors from Tillsonburg | burg' j yesterday. Two made up a del- W. legation seeking a grant for j Tillsonburg District Memorial Tillsonburg District Memorial I Hospital; Mayor LawrenceHospital, the third was Tillson-W.s mayor. Left to right: G. Stevens, superintendent.?. • ■Smith of Tillsonburg: Warden for Oxford, J, Grant Smith, and Roy Crandall, chairman of the board (or Tillsonbm^'s bus* pi tab (Staff Photo). Oxford Approves $1,232,974 Road BudgetSTORMY SESSIONTillsonburg Threatens Secession From OxfordProbably one of the greatest verbal conflicts that Oxford Coun- ty Council has ever experienced took place yesterday morning, ^hird day of the March budget (session.cil made a commi tment last June to pay the urban municipalities an agreed amount and I feel, in honor that I am obliged to sup­port a higher percentage re­bate.”AMEND AMENDMENTThis conflict was brought to a jeprnax when Edwin Pearce of Tillsonburg said, “We in Tillson- burg are dead serious about with­drawing from Oxford County. There will be vacant seats here hext year.” Tension dissolved, ^Cau^ '€d'J th S de-1 to the amendment of the 50 persruym .heir municipalities. road committee’s report.Reeve Pearce said that Till- Councillors resolved this con- -onburg was not getting back ser- flict, however, by calling for a or, benefits tor toe money। recorded vote as to whether this irput into toe county council bud. amendment to the get under the new equalized ass- should be passedA halt came in the deadlock­ed morning session at 12.30. When councillors resumed their discussion at 2:30 p.m. a motion by Reeve Herbert Balkwill, of Blenheim, was immediately pass-Reeve McLaughlin, who led the debate against any increase over the 25 per cent rebate said that police villages, which received no rebate, were being unjustly assessed.He also added that the county road system construction pro­gram would not be as extensive if an increased rebate was given to urban municipalities.During the course of the dis­cussion many assessment fig­ures were given as to why the rebate should, or should not be increased.Main increase in assessmentsAnd the urban assessment, in the four urban municipalities in Ox­ford this year is $12.2’50,000. Lastamendmentessmenv program. ( The amendment, amended, wasWe can m no way justify our-, carried at a vote of 13 to nine taX?yerS’”-he5a^'i Votin® in favor of the 40 per Taking issue also, against this, cent rebate were: Reeve H A r*oate' the morn-'Armstrong, West Zorra- Reeve W William Baigent, North Oxford;Herberf Balkwill, Blen- AGREEMENT helm; Reeve W. Budd, West Ox-Both Reeve Rudy and Pearce DePu:ty Reeve Charlie Cold- held it was more or less under- “,am, Blenheim. Deputy Reeve stood by council, a gentlemen’s Clare Esseltine, Tillsonburg; agreement, as it were, that as!1^^6 ^^ald Hossack, Embro; far back as the 1957 June sess- Howard McCombs, Nor­ton, county council would grant ^h; Reeve Edward Pearce, Till- urban municipalities a 60 per cent rebate.year it was $4,785,000.Urban assessment in rural mun. icipalities is over $13 million this year. This includes police villag­es, industries, and other villages getting no return from the county levy.I"sonburg; Reeve Robert Rudy Tavistock; Warden Grant Smith, North Norwich; Deputy Reeve George Wallace, West Oxford.Voting against the 40 per cent rebate were. Deputy Reeve John Bolton; East Nissouri; Re­eve Fred Slater, East Nissouri; Reeve James H. Chesney,' East Zorra; Deputy Reeve Lorne W. Junker, East Zorra; Reeve Art­hur Lockhart, Blandford; ReeveBut since that time the Pro- jvfneial Government has passed ;a tew that only a 50 per cent rebate could be granted by coun­ty councils.Urban municipalities that would •be getting this 25 per cent re­bate, as recommended in the road icommittee’s budget report, were Tillsonburg, Tavistock, Embro T „ ------------------wcvoand Norwich. J. R. McLaughlin, Dereham; De­Reeves of these centres, how- <uty Heeve P. L. Pressey, Dere- ever. quickly demanded the max- ham: B^ve George H. Davis, imum 50 per cent. I South Norwich; Reeve Hilton C.Reeve Pearce said tensely East Oxford,under equalized assessment TiU-Tillsonburg pays into the coun­ty $107,800 of which 55 per cent is used for roads. Out of this 55 per cent Tillsonburg gets back 40 per cent plus $2,000 for main­tenance. Under the new program Tillsonburg’s share or rebate will be $23,716.TOTAL ASSESSMENTThe total assessment in Oxford test year, after equalization was 51 million; in 1956 it was rough­ly $38,328,000 Main increase in assessments was in urban dwel­lings.Expenditures on the county road system for 1958 were set at $480,000 to be covered by the normal expenditure bylaw. A sup­plementary bylaw will cover the expenditure of $752,974.39 for work on the Governor’s Road.Last year the county’s normal bylaw amounted to $440,000 and supplementary bylaws amounted to $405,952. The supplementary bylaws covered the cost of the work on the Governor’s Road and three bridge structures in other sections of the county.sonburg's assessment increased from about $3,000,000 to $8,000,000.“And,” he added, “Costs of ser­vices are increasing.”“You either want us as part of |the family on a share-the-wealth basis or you don’t want us at all,” he said pointedly.Warden Grant Smith, said he and “the majority of county coun-Woodstock Hospital Board Gives Outline Of Problems To CountyA two-man delegation from the At the*end of the vear. heEiOxford Disapproves Of Civil DefenceWoodstock General Hospital — James A. Vance and C. G, Mit­chell told Oxford County Council they wished to acquaint it with Uto nature of their problems.They were not looking for grants towards their 1957 deficit they said but the implication wasCounty Council does not ap-■ iprove of a county-wide civil de- • ^.r oam mu-, me jmuurinwn was. fence organization. ,hat they might when they bal­anced the hospital's books nt the The third report of She printing end of the year.and resolutions committee held that civil defence be left to the (local municipalities.R, T. Gavin, of London hadmade another bld Wednesday before County Council tor a civil defence organization at county level. Ji..The spokesman, Mr, Vance said, Khat the hospital had a def- test year of which a7,3(W was due to county pat­ients,At the*end of the year, he laid , tile hospital would start operat­ing under the new Government scheme. “There will be a heav­ier burden,” he said.“We are operating as cheanlv and as efficiently as is possible” he added,Expenditure to Jump $387,000 Over 1957Free PreM Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, March 20 — County council here today ap­proved a record $1,232,974 expenditure on the county road sys­tem compared with last year's total expenditure of $845,950. uThe new budget, approved by council after a lengthy dis­cussion on rebates to urban municipalities, means a total levy to the tax payer, after grants -of only $370,897 including $240,- InCIGdSed000 road levy by normal by-law and $130,897 by supplemen­tary bylaw.Construction work which will be cut was originally set at $91,250. After the lengthy de­bate on urban rebates the re­port of the road committee 'went through.The overall expenditure was (estimated at S480.000 plus $752,- 974 under the supplementary by­law compared with last year's $440,000 and a supplementary of $405,950.Library GrantReeve Edwin Pearce of TiH-i - I sonburg this morning requested1 ! the Oxford County Council Fin­ance Committee to take over a grant asked by the Tillsonburg Public Library, amounting t o $6,239.He said 29,985 books were cir­culated by the Tillsonburg Lib­rary last year of which 13,136 had been taken out by Juveniles. ;RECORDED VOTE NEEDED“This fact is one of the big reasons why we have very little (juvenile delinquency in Tillson­burg.” he added.The library board had origin­ally asked Tillsonburg for a grant of $8,798.75, he said, but | . that figure . had been pared to $6,239. The provincial govern- । meat will be giving a grant of $2,495. he added. ~“Tillsonburg Public Library al­so serves a large rural popula­tion he said.County Council Makes Grant To Tillsonburg—$6,959; to the Tillsonburg Dis- U trict Memorial Hospital, to cover Oxford’s share of the 1957 deficit . i —$17,805; to the Ingersoll Hospit­al. to cover Oxford's share of the I . . . 1957 deficit — $1,931; to the Vilb ■ Hospital for its 1958 debenture age of Norwich for Oxford's port­payment. -* - -------- ——- — ■Another recorded vote was found to be necessary when a recommendation came before Ox­ford County Council yesterday that approximately $18,000 be granted to Tillsonburg DistrictThis was the second consecu­tive day that a recorded vote was needed by County Council.The recommended grant was carried by a vote of ten to 12.Sbuncillors in favor of theion of asurvey—$1313.26;tothe University of Western Ontario building fund — for 1958 — $2,500; to the township of East Nissouri for hospitalization — $689.91; to West Zorra for hosoitalization — - $106.14.grant were: Reeve H. A. Grants set out by the Agricul- ; Armstrong. West Zorra; Reeve tural committee and approved by Herbert Balkwill, Blenheim::Oxford County Council were: To ‘ Reeve James H. Chesney. East Zorra; Deputy Reeve CharlieColdham. Blenheim; Deputy Re­eve Clare H. Esseltine, Tillson­burg; Reeve Donald Hossa ck; Embro; Reeve Howard McCombsthe Otter Valley Poultry and Pig-"^ eon Club — $50; to the Oxford’ ' 4—H Club Leader's Association —$500: to the Oxford Junior Far­mers — $250: to the Oxford Soil 3 and Crop Improvement Associat­ion — $400; to every AgriculturalNorwich; Reeve Edwin Pearce, Tillsonburg; Reeve Robert Rudy, owxcq puiung on a ran rair — Tavistock; Reeve Fred L. Slater, '$225.East Nissouri; Warden J. Grant' To the Western Ontario Dairy- Smith, North Norwich. (men’s Association — S25; Blen-i Voting against the grant were: Iheim's Plowmen's Association — Reeve Wm. Baigent, North Or-$100; Blenheim Township Horsed ford; Deputy Reeve John Bolton, Brooders — $75.'East Nissouri; Reeve W. W.Budd, West Oxford; Reeve Geo- j'rge H. Davis, South Norwich;Society putting on a Fall Fair —A purchase of 12 deer crossing signs to be erected on counryroads at places suggested by theDeputy Reeve Lorne W. Junker, Conservation Officer for O ■ East Zorra; Reeve Arthur Lock- was also recommended.hart, Blandford; Reeve J. R. Mc­Laughlin, Dereham; Deputy Re-eve P. L. Pressey. Dereham: tReeve Hilton C. Virtue, East Ox­ford; IVpuiy Reeve George Wall- [ace, West Oxford.Other grants approved at Coutfty Council's March budgetSupport was given to the re- quest of the Reeve <rf Port Rowan on the cut contemplated to run a across Long Point. The cut will1*. unite Long Point Bay and Lake ' 1 Erie.Reeve Robert Rudy of Tavi-: stock was appointed a member ’session yesterday wore awardedIto the following institutions: To cil on Ihe Water Conservation the Oxford Children's Aid Society Commfasinn of South paid on a quarterly basis tor 1958 Ontario..representing Oxford County Coun*Western Oxford Strikes 13 Mill RateUp Slightly From 1957AT THE Child Heajtlw Con- . rference held Thursday after- inoon at the YMCA, infants and pre-school children were given jpolio, diptfatheria, whooping ■ cough and tetanus shots byV-Dr. O. C. Powers, director .of the Oxford Coun-tv Health Un­it In the TOP PHOTO, moth­ers and their children are seen as they wait their turn for at-tention by .the doctor and as-icuuvu uy -me uottlot ana as­sisting staff. In the LOWERPHOTO, nurse Miss Mae Havi­land of Woodstock, assists Dr. Powers in giving the immuni­zation shot to young Jimmy Stannard, while Mrs. Stannard looks on. (Staff Photo)County Grant Is Sought By Tillsonburg HospitalA delegation from Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital ap­peared before the second day of the March session of Oxford's County Council seeking a grant of $17,804.63,This figure was based on the use of the hospital by county residents and of county indigent patients in 1957.The loss, due to Oxford County indigent patients only was $7,- 960.40. And the pro-rata portion of the deficit due to the use of the hospital by Oxford County resi­dents was $9,844.23, completing the over-all total grant.Total adult occupancy for 1957 for Oxford was 49.53 per cent; total infant occupancy, 49.97 per cent; adult indigent occupancy.50.57 per cent; infant Indigent occupancy, 27.85 per cent.There were 19.540 patient days in 1957.This delegation included G. W. Stevens, superintendent of Till- ' sonburg District Memorial Hos-r pital and Roy Crandall, chairman of the hospital board.Breaking down the special charges for 1957 shows that Ox­ford had a total of $7,960.40.- Norfolk, $4,216.14; Elgin. $2,555.- 63; and other counties, $2.75 for an overall total of $14,684.92.Occupancy total for Norfolk was 29.39 per cent; Elgin, 17.98 per cent and other counties at 3J. per cent.Warden Gives Rebate ViewWarden J. Grant Smith of Ox­ford County brought the March budget seesion to a close with an explanation of some facts under­lying the tense debate Council had Thursday about rebates to urban municipalities.He said. "It is not tion of opening up the on rebates to urban ities, but I feel thatmy inten- discussion municipal- the basisbrant Not AskedOxford Council GivenHospital Finance ViewFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, March 20 — A delegation from the Wood- stock General Hospital composed of James A. Vance and C. G.Mitchell informed not looking for a , they might when Vear.j Mr. Vance, the, paid that at this time they wereOxford County council today that they were grant towards their 1957 deficit but implied they balanced the books at the end of thespokesman(hot asking for money but that■they just wanted to present ;their problems to county coun-He pointed out that the hos­pital had had a deficit of $19,000 'last year of which amount , $7,500 waa due to county patientsHe noted that nt the end of ■ the year they would start oper­ating under the new Govern- , * ■ 'ment scheme. "We dont know |what the impact will be but ex­pect a heavier load," he laid.He said that they were operating as cheaply and ef-g > r- ificlcntly as possible. ; :Cut Will Join Bay And Lake। In a letter from Reeve John Kreatel of Port Rowan, read at this morning’s sitting of Oxford County Council, it was learned by members that a out is intend­ed to unite Long Point Bay and Lake Erie."The advantage of this cut-nir HavaiiLage or mis em­it hrough will be in Improved bass' fishing, the- removal of sill, and a short cut to Lake Erie. Theflatter will gave 50 miles of trav­elling around the Point for the■commercial fishing fleet,’’ communication explained.theof the difference was not so much the position that the dif­ferent municipalities took, but the present method of taxation for road purposes."The Municipalities are trying to finance the construction o f roads to carry trucking units of more than 50 tons on a road taxation system set at the close of the horse and buggy era."Rural-ratepayers away from the few main arteries are looking forward to the day when they will be out of the mud and dust jon their own roads. But the pros­pect of ever seeing the day when there will be a decent road in front of their property is very remote."Under the present system of taxation, the rural taxpayer has to pay, along with the gas tax on the fuel he uses, fifty per- ;cent of the cost of the rural roads, which has to be construct­ed to carry heavy truck units, the majority of which are origin­ating from cities and separated [towns where the levy for the construction of rural roads la limited to mill he said.; "Unless of course.” he explain­ed, if there is an agreement with the County they may raise the limit to two mills. I feel that the extent of the improvements made 'not the monies expended, on rur­al roads is going to be curtailed [unless a larger portion of the [money raised for road purposestrom the user ” AVALANCHEFOR TORIES78 Per Cent Oxford Voters Went To PollsTn the federal election held in Oxford last Monday, 28,932 of the. riding's 36,893 eligible votersWin 209 Seats; Biggest Majority In 91 YearsBy DON PEACOCK [minister James Sinclair lost in Canadian Press Staff Writer I Coast-Capilano, B.C., and former A coast-to-coast avalanche of, tran.-port minister George MarlerCOLDWELL DEFEATEDCCF Head: Will Not111 .Seek ElectionOTTAWA (CP) — The parlia­mentary voice of the chief apostle of Canadian socialism has been stilled forever.CCF Leader M. J. Coldwell went down to personal defeat Mpnday in the general calamity that overtook all Commons op­position parties. He had repre­sented the Saskatchewan riding of Rosetown-Bigga r since 1935.Mr. Coldwell, 69. said he will never again seek election to the Commons though he will continue to maintain an interest in CCF affairs.“This ends my work in the House of Commons — work to which I have given the best years of my life,” Mr. Coldwell said.There was genuine dismay at Progressive Conservative partyheadquarters here ait Mr. Cold­well’s defeat even though it was a conservative, *C. 0. Cooper, who unseated tire CCF leader. Mr. Cooper, 50-year-old farmer, was running for public office for the first time.IN HIGH RESPECTMr. Coldwell has been held in high respect by members of all parties, even when the political going was at its most bitter.When the Liberals used closure in the 1956 pipeline debate it was Mr. Coldwell, fist raised, who led the march to the Speaker's throne, claiming that Parliament w>a's being mocked. His red-faced fury on that occasion—June 1, 1956—was all the more remark­able because he seldom loses his temper.ELECTION HIGHLIGHTSVoting Was So Heavy Polls Lacked BallotsTORONTO (CP) — One voting [was so heavy .in suburban York- [Humber riding that some polls ran out of ballots.“I never remember anything like it and I've been in this joblined up outside one polling sta­tion before it opened al 8 a.m.TORONTO (CP) — Transport Minister Hees cast his vote early,scant hours after arriving homeAgainThe stress of the pipeline battle probably had an adverse physi­cal effect on Mr. Coldwell. He suffered a mild heart attack a few months before the 1957 elec­tion campaign a.id was forced to redyce drastically his speaking schedule.It was a measure of the man, who inherited the mantle of CCF founder J. S. Woodsworbh, that he said Monday night: "I have no regrets.”He had had 23 “wonderful years" in Parliament and had made many friends across Can­ada in all political parties.Mr. Coldwell was more con­cerned at the defeat of Stanley Knowles, deputy CCF leader, in Winnipeg North Centre, than at his own.“I find it difficult to under­stand," he said. Mr. Knowles had served his riding “so well" and sacrificed “so much.” This was an allusion to Prime Minis­ter Diefenbaker’s offer of the Commons Speakership to Mx. Knowles — “Mr. Parliament"— last summer.Mr. Coldwell started the cam­paign with high hopes but saw the CCF’s Commons strength re­duced from 25 members to eight, only one more than in 1935, three years after the founding of the party in Western Canada.But he remains undismayed.He said Monday night the CCFsince 1939, said returning of- af 3 fW)m making 100 policy of democratic socialism fleer Charles Ring. “It is the first'speeches in 73 constituencies. He ........... “will ultimately prevail inspeecnes in ta consaiuencies. netime I’ve ever had to send out|viajtecj sjx provinces in the last ®ough perhaps not in extra ballots. I sent out 10 lots of 8eVen days—dropping in by hell- time."25 extra to various subsidlvions.”seven days—dropping in by heli-copter on six Quebec ridingsCanadatime.myANNAPOLIS ROYAL, N. S. jSty (CP)—Revenue Minister Nowlan I’Ksaid Monday night “one of the greatest accomplishments” of the Progressive Conservative elec-?i tion sweep “is the return two-party system.“Naturally I'm very:about the whole thing."TORONTO (CP) — Theto theelatedvotersfit came early and stayed late In York - Scarborough, the riding with the moat names on the vot­ers' list in Canada—112,000. -More than 40 persons wereVANCOUVER (CP) - Harold^ Winch, re-elected CCF member for Vancouver East, said after the defeat of party leader M. J. Coldwell and deputy leader Stan­ley Knowles that he has no am­bitions for leadership of the CCF.“But if a federal caucus of the party should choose me for that, or any other job, I will put my whole heart Into it,” he said.He said Mr. Coldwell's defeat had robbed Canada of its great­est parliamentarian—“it's a stag­gering blow."TO AID OTHERSMr, Coldwell has saidthat henever set the prime ministorsiup as his main goal, but rather the promotion at policies to improve the lot of the underprivileged and oppressed. He once said:Just before the campaign ended, the independent - Liberal Ottawa Citizen said of Mr. Cold-well In an editorial:. WhileMr. Coldwell has many political opponents, he has few. if any, personal enemies. Over the years he has conducted himself with dignity, courtesy and a high sense of honor, and has been anargument of Parliament." HOW THEY VOTED IN OXFORDPOLLCLARKNESBITT1 POLLCLARK- Advance Poll ■ rWOODSIWK '.<St. And. 14585203WEST ZORRA 123 .75: 6?62SBiiif-wz ;,1-5716741042 QQ3 ._26-<3265 ,B Totals i.mf St. David 1,10592Totals4072 e3'881467130451840? ’ 3E. MISSOURI 123906437299125■5.J, . ?j- , jB5-w:. ■ 85 :49344737Totals6-...37056' 52 ; 2711 | 80St. Geo.11424177- 40234, 1 86Totals8'30- \ w124132JJ 456 Z,J?x‘ 358 xTotalSt. John1~484 71.■ '25e.-fcgg|O31 .2:: 3 '4128 1?2379100339331. s. .•• 4 -O- j‘?7X, ;' • ‘ ;- .•x.;’:* .4" ■>• '-■ ■ : ;. ’ f .-z : ;; j334289107TotalsSt. Fat*4101 ,5531081351' 99■ 135- •466Totals .1684942 ill3'76 < 42* 282.5. ■:J UMW* 0WBD1238147273 4^Total®Woodstock. 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(Staff Photo).AFTER THE VICTORYOxford’s victorious Progress- ive-Conservatives made a sec­ond clean sweep of the county on Tuesday after the victory in Monday’s federal election by their candidate. Here foll­owing a suggestion made in a Sentinel-Review editorial of four years ago that political parties take down their posters after an election are WallyCOUNTY OF OXFORDTENDERS WANTEDSEALED TENDERS addressed to the County Road Sh> perintendent and endorsed "Tender for Supplies and Hauling Road Material# and Equipment Hire" will be re­ceived by the undersigned up to 12 o’clock noon. Monday, April 21, 1958, for the following:1. Hauling of road and building materials from various sources witihin or adjacent to the County.2- Feerling, crushing and hauling from designated gravel3. Delivery of the above mentioned materials to be made on certain portions of the County Road System as di­rected by the County Road Superintendent.i 4. Any other work that may be designated on the tender form.5. Truck, shovel and equipment hire.' 6. Supplies and other services used in road construction | and maintenance,7. Tires, oil, batteries and other supplies for the operation of County equipment.Contract agreements and specifications and tender forms for items 1 to 6 may be obtained at the office of the County Road Superintendent, Court House. Woodstock, i Ontario, on or after April 8th. Tenders on item 7 may oe submitted on supplier’s forms.Tenders for items 1 to 6 must be accompanied by’a marked cheque, payable to th& County Treasurer or an approved bid bond tor Five Hundred Dollars.The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.J. N. MEATHRELL, County Road Superintendent.GREAT EXPLOSION ENDS SHIPPING MENACE&Black smoke, rocks and waterreachin the air as Ripple iRoi'k. the West Coart's worst underwater shipping menace, in blasted by J .375 tons of ex­plosive, The explosion Satur- iday was man's gr^test non-atomic blast. It look 2% years to prepare the rock for deton­ation and cost $3,100*^00. Sey-moiir Narrow*, northwest of Vn blanketed with a150 miles ■ouver, was SAVy pall ofsmoke after the explosion and it tidal wave of 12 to 15 feet hit the shoreline. At least $> large ships had been wrecked on Ripple Hoek and an estim­ate! 114 live-, lost since 1875. (CP from AP).Auction Sale Brings Sum Of $3,000 For New CentreAuctioneers Don Rose, Bill । tee. headed by chairman Cecil Hawkins, and Harold Minier. bf^yse, will start their 1958 can- ‘Embro, were just three of the , .. I^people who helped mete a s®l'’SK of “b” com!m’'cess of the Saturday auction held i;ee chairmen include Perry Win- to raise funds to put ice in the! social events; Dr. W. Ingersoll District Memorial Cen-1 w 2 1 ke r>, building committee;' tre. Other groups which receive ^alph Williamson, publicity com-1, credit for the 33000 success, m-ihaittee: Norman Pembleton. in­clude the Junior Chamber of Atrial; Bob Carr, retail and Commerce, donors of articles, commercial; King Newell, profes-; I0DE members, school students,; Carr, special nam-and the IDMC committee mem- es: R A- Stone, former resid-I bers themselves arts; Cecil Riddle, government £The $3000 gained on everything TT* cJaH’m3n’ * A from pigs to rocking chairs, will 1$ “J chairman. Gord-.;• • ---— lOU AlLLULJi.* — ■ ■ -—j ■ Xgo towards the 590,000 needed tocomplete the project. Saturday’s auction was the first event which will be used to start the new canvass Tuesday, April 1. .Over 900 articles were sold to.an attendance of around 1.800, from 12 to six p.m. The last few articles went at a reasonably low price, but the articles throughout the day went, at fairly good prices.Tomorrow the financie commit-Poultry, Pet Show Attracts New Record Season CrowdBefore bile biggest crowd ever to attend the event, the fourth Jiiinual Oxford Poultry and Pet Stock exhibition was held yester­day afternoon and evening in the Woodstock Fairgrounds, Compulsory Brucellosis TestingIWOODSTOCK. April 18 — The compulsory blood testing program for eradi­cation of Brucellosis in Ox­ford County is proceeding rapidly according to Dr. Downie Thompson, HealthProceeding Rapidlyof Animals Branch, ada Department of culture, here.Test 33,068However, the programCan- Agri-is stillmeeting opposition from a group1 of Oxford cattlemen who contend rates of compensation lor condemned animals are in­adequate.The most recent program re­port is on the basis of the first 1,158 herds tested. In these herds there was a total cattle population of 33,098 with bloodsamples being drawn on Steers and vaccinated are not tested.Positive animals were in 160 herds with a total14,421. calvesfoundof 384reactors reported. The percent­age of reactors, computed on the basis of total cattle popu­lation is 1.16 per cent with the percentage of herds affected at 13.81 per cent.In order for a county to ob­tain certification the percent­age of reactors must be below one per cent and under five per • cent of the herds, according to Robert Bell, agricultural repre­sentative for Oxford County.Third FinishedIt is estimated that in the 'first month of testing in this program approximately a third of the herds and a third of the cattle have been tested."The percentage of reactors is remarkably low," Mr. Bell said. He also noted that farm- >ers are giving "fine co-opera­tion" in the program which he termed vitally important to the cattle industry of the county.Canvassing is being carried out in all Middlesex County townships toward possible entry into the Brucellosis-free area, - W. K. Riddell, Middlesex agri­cultural representative said to­night i While the canvass will be .completed “before too long” there is little possibility an ap­plication can be made this year, he stated.Still ProtestMeanwhile a group of about 50 Oxford County cattle owners p is still carrying on Its cam­paign to persuade cattle farm­ers not to submit to the tests until compensation rates are in­creased.The farmers signed a petition which says they agree in prin­ciple to the tests but will not allow Brucellosis tests until compensation rates are raised.The group claims present rates which allow $40 for each | infected grade cow and $100 per • purebred cow, have been un- ' changed for 26 years.George Quinn, of RR 2, Thamesford, spokesman for the group, said last night most of the petitioners are standing by the petition.Mr. Quinn said resolutions seeking support of farmers arc being circulated throughout On­tario through the facilities ofU-the Farmers’ Union and throughout the rest of Canada by the InterprovlnciaJ Farm Union Council.The resolution seeks the sup- port of the local member* nuk­ing them to bring the matter up In the House of Commons.Governor's Road PavingSeen Starting In May|| Begin Survey For Woodstock Suburb Span |By J. STEWART WATSONFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, April 18—Paving of Governor’s road, the rough and rutted 12 mile shortcut be­tween here and Thamesford which bypasses Inger­soll and BeaehviUe, wiU start in mid-May, J. N. MeathreU, Oxford County roads superintendent, said today.Total cost of the project, including construction | of a new bridge to replace an aging span over the Thames River and at the same time remove a dan­gerous curve, is estimated at $753,000.Of this amount, Oxford County will pay $131, 000; Woodstock, $53,000; the Ontario Government, $406,000; and the Canada Cement Company, whose trucks make heavy use of the artery, $163,000.The Woodstock firm of consulting engineers, Ure and Smith, is now surveying a bridge site about 100 yards to the south of the present structure. Main reason for the new span is to eliminate a dan-gerous sharp curve in Governor’s road at the Wood- stock end of the bridge.The total cost of the new bridge will be approx­imately $60,000. Majority of this, $48,000, will be paid by the Provincial Government. The Canada Cement Company will contribute $5,700 and the county and city, $3,150 each.Pavement of the route will probably end a con­troversy that has raged over Governor’s road for more than 20 years.Originally a North Oxford Township road, it was taken over by the Province in 1937, reverted to control by the townships of North Oxford, East Nissouri and East and West Zorra in 1945, and was taken over by Oxford County in 1946. Two years ago responsibility for the easterly five miles was as­sumed by the Woodstock Suburban Roads Commis­sion.NEW ONTARIO LIBERAL LEADERContractors are now completing grading and base work in preparation for the pavement.I John Wintermeyer, 41-ycar- jold Kitchener lawyer, has his hand raised in victory by fed­eral Liberal lender Letter B. Pearson after being elected leader of the Ontario Libe»4party nl a provincial party convention in Toronto. Mr. Winterm^yw is a member of the Ontario legislature for Wat- 1 ’loo South and b the party’a financial critic. (CP Wirepho- to). |WiKw’lSurveying a site for a new Governor's road bridge over the Thames River, Robert Smith, left, Wood- stock consulting engineer, points out a measure­ment to William McNaughton, of London, armsiOtw—Free Press Woodstock Bureau folded, Upper Thames River Conservation Authority engineer, and assistants Robert Hanson and Gordon Case, both of Woodstock.The new span will be located about 10Q yards south of this aging structure, and its construction will eliminate the dangerous sharp curve visible at the other side of the bridge. Paving of Governor'sroad is to start in mid-May, and the $60,000 bridge will be part of the $753,000 project that will see the 12-mile bypass route hard-surfaced for the first time in its hectic history.fa•w 'TENDERSCOUNTY OF OXFORDSEALED TENDERS plainly ' marked as to contents and ad­dressed to the undersigned will be received until 12 o'clock : noon E.D.S.T.TUESDAY. MAY 6. 1958 ( for the supply of two or more tractors equipped with road­side mowers and front end loaders. One Case tractor Mo­del VAI with VAT-5 mower and Lull loader Model 3B is to be traded In on each unit pur­chased.Manufacturer’s specifications . on al! units tendered on must accompany the tender.। Specifications and tender44 YEARS' SERVICE■■IMS Honor Blandford Clerkforms may be obtained at. the . office of the undersigned andonly tenders submitted on County forms will be consfd- ered.I The lowest or any tender not . necessarily accepted.J, N, MEATHRELL, County Engineer. Court House.Woodstock. Ontario.19/20-5AK'a1'■' - •>1 I VAfter His Retirement“Arrow” FliesAt 1,000 MPHOTTAWA (CP) — The CF-105 Arrow. Canada's costliest Rir- Icraft, has also become the coun- 'try’s fastest—-boiling across the sides from Toronto's Malton Air- iport at 1,000 miles an hour. ■W. ^“1?:CANADIENS WIN CUP THIRD STRAIGHT YEARMaurice Richard (left) and Jean Beliveau, of the Montreal Canadiens, smile happily inthe dressing room with the Stanley Cup after defeating Boston Bruins 5-3 at BostonGarden last night to win the National Hockey League championship. (OP Wirepho-AFTER 48 YEARSRail Passenger Agent Retires From ServiceM. C. 'Mei) Rudd, well known a city passenger agent of the Can- iadian Pacific Railway, Wood- stock, for many years, retired ■today after 43^ years service with the railway.■ jlast spring but others have been shot as far as three counties away.Oxford County is also organi­zing another contest giving prizes V (-;to the individual turning in themost fox tails, either shot or dens.Tails can beFoxes can be dug from theirturned in on twoTagged FoxTotal Now 6different dates in the county ■ building basement. — On June ,26 and 27 and on Dec. 30 and 31.There are four prizes, $40 for the most number of tails; 2nd prize, $30; 3rd, $20; 4th, $10.For foxes that have been tag­ged on both ears $50 is given, but to collect this the whole fox must be shown.; While out hunting digging fox pups Fred Griffin of Burgess-torr jville shot an adult female fox,earning him $50'Phis was the ninth the 15 released last Oxford County.And like last yearfox shot of spring bythis countyis going to release another 15 tagged foxes within the next week or so.; This is a scheme devised by . county officials to rid the county Siiof foraging foxes.RE-ELECTED .........Registrar Ross V, Tuck. Wood- stock, was re-elected president of the South Western Ontario Assoc- latlon of Registrars at the ann- ! ual meeting in London Friday.| Mr. Griffin’s .fox didn’t travel far from where it was releasedIncidence Of Brucellosis Found Too High In OxfordOxford County ha« a higher rate of brucellosis than is per­mitted according to the Ontario Livestock Commissioner.The commissioner, W. P. Wat­son, reported the high rate with testing in the county half com­pleted, and said herds ’would be tested a second time in an at­tempt to provide Oxford with abrucellosis free certificate.Brucellosis is a disease induc-in'g abortion in cows and some United States centers have ban-infected and 15.7 per cent of the herds. In order to receive a cer- = tificate one per cent of cattle and less than five per cent of the herds must meet the minim­um requirements.“I think they will probably re- test the herds containing reactors and If that brings the percent- 'fe. ages down below what is permit­ted, then they'll issue the certi­ficates," commissioner Watson said.The tests are being carried outned cattle imports other than those certified to be brucellosis by the Canadian Governmentfree.with Oxford County test expect-Testing in Oxford County thus ed to be concluded sometime in far shoWs 1.23 per cent of cattle August.Costs Of lustice Run High Norwich Council DiscoversNORWICH: — Seeking to bring ..justice to those who break the Highway Traffic Law's can be Mostly, the Norwich Village Coun­cil knew, but they know it betterhow. They received a bill at theirmeeting this week which really made them breathe fire.' During last winter a young motorist, who has since depart­ed for parts unknown, tore out of Tidy street onto No. 59 Highway, ran into and did considerable damage to the car of a motorist who happened to be driving by at the moment. Chief Kenneth Mc- Lay made the arrest and laid two charges: Careless driving, and failing to stop. In due time the case came up in- Magistrate’s court at Woodstock. The first case was dismissed with the ac­cused being assessed the court costs. On the second charge he was fined $10 and costs.This week Council received abill from A. C. Whaley, QC, crown attorney, to the amount of $40. The itemized account was for $8 court costs for each case and $12 in each case for the Crown Attorney's fees for attend­ing the judge. Total $40. It is understood these figures are set by Magistrate Groom.The real rub came when the account also noted: “Court costs paid by the accused — Nil”.': Further, the case was postponed four times and the village is out ■ the cost of the Chief of Police driving to Woodstock to support his charges. It is not known whether the fine levied was paid. “ Even at that only, a few cents! would have come back to the t village treasury.Reeve McCombs and the coun- = cillors feel it would be better the next time, and any time in future, j to hand the offLided a nice, new $ $5 bill and then tell him to get : out of town and stay outCOUNTY RATE CAUSES RISENorwich Taxes Up Eight Mills For 19581 NORWICH: Taxes in Norwich go up eight mills in 1958, from 47 to 55 mills for commercial taxes, 45.5 to 51.5 for residential taxes. It is estimated that there . will be raised from the commer­cial levy $31,832.13, and from the residential levy, $71,395.74. The expected unconditional grant from the Provincial Government will bring the total to $108,080.Chief cause in the sharp rise in the mill rate is the great in- crea^e in County rates which In­creased to 13 nMlls this year.’/ For County purposes there will be raised $6,993.77 for general purposes; $5,219.53, for charily and welfare, and $15,081.24 for County Roads. Usually a portion Of the amount raised for county .roads comes back in the form oi a rebate.Norwich, like the town of Till­sonburg, was given a very sharp ;rise in county rates this year 'because Oxford County is now fully equalized for taxation pur­poses. Under the old, un-e^ualled system both mudlcipalltles hadH Express ViewsOn Fox Huntinga very low assessment for Coun­ty purposes, with a correspond­ingly low mill, iale.There-is3 apparently very little interest being manifested i n neighboring districts in fox hunt- ing. Fewer than the usual num­ber of hunters covered the di st-.-. riots during the winter, although 1 •‘iin some of them the foxes were « $ said to be quite plentiful.For la time interest was step­ped up in the hunting activities < । by the hope that a tagged fox might be bagged but there have . been no reports that this actually happened in neighboring areas. One ardent sportsman stated this morning that he did not favor digging the young foxes out of their dens. The mature foxes he said provided exciting sport dur­ing the winter months and his ;personal feelings were that they should not. be destroyed after va- : moving them from their dens. |Tlus( he emphasized was merely ;reducing the opportunities for those who enjoy hunting them with guns and dogs and he con- sidered this was typical of good sportsmanship. ?•OXFORD COUNTY$&;Your 1958 Oxford County CouncilWarden — J. Grant Smith• BLANDFORD• BLENHEIM ..• DEREHAM .................................................................ARTHUR LOCKHART.. HERBERT BALKWILL — CHARLES COLDHAM, D.R.• EAST NISSOURI . . • NORTH NORWICH • SOUTH NORWICH • EAST OXFORD • NORTH OXFORD • WEST OXFORD ... • EAST ZORRA ... • WEST ZORRA ...• TILLSONBURG .... • EMBRO ..................• NORWICH ...........• TAVISTOCK............................J. R. McLaughlin — p. l. pressey, d.r. ..................FRED L SLATER — JOHN BOLTON, D.R. .......................................................... J. GRANT SMITH ........................................... GEORGE H. DAVIS ....................................................... HILTON C. VIRTUE .................................................................WM. BAIGENTW. W. BUDD — GEORGE WALLACE, D.R.JAMES H. CHESNEY — LORNE W. JUNKER, D.R. ........................................................H. A. ARMSTRONG ............ ED. PEARCE — CLARE H. ESSELTINE, D.R. ...................................................... DONALD HOSSACK .................................................. HOWARD McCOMBS ................................................................. ROBERT RUDY£A,S ‘-VWARBLE FLY IS CATTLE PESTSpraying Compulsory Only In West ZorraBy DON LEMIEUXtime they have developed intoPUBLIC NOTICEAt the call of WARDEN J. Grant Smith a SPECIAL MEETING of f.iie County CdUncil of the County of Ox-I ford will hv held in the COUNCIL CHAMBER IN THE COURT HOUSE WOODSTOCK onTuesday, June 171958, at the hour of fenA strange paradox exists in grubs whose main objective is to escape. To do this they cutplied to that area of skin within one foot of each side of Vie cattle’s backbone. And it must extend from the shoulder to the rump of the cattle so that ingre­dients wet the skin.Moreover, a township that pas-I Oxford County, _ . ■Warble Fly is a pest that iioles through the hide making it causes serious financial losses unsuitable for use as leather, every there is only one After emerging the grubs hatchtownship in Oxford spraying cat-Unto flies and the life cycle corn- tie on a compulsory basis. ' mences again.That township is West Zorra, The most vulnerable period in famous for its mighty tug-of-war-this insect's life occurs while it team of old and its inborn Scot- is in the backs of the cattle, tish pride in many things long'Hence treatment, to be effective, associated with "old bonnie Scot- must be applied ^t that time. A land". i mixture of derris powder andOne of toe chief reasons why i waiter, aoplied either with a stiff it is paradoxical to have West'bristled brush or as a spray, is Zorra* the only township taking used as treatment.; appropriate measures to control; Most owners of the 12,000 cattle Coming into effect this year warble fly is because Oxford is that will be sprayed in West were two important changes in one of the leading dairy counties Zorra, however prefer spraying the regulations. First, it is noto brushing. There are two war- iong€r obligatory to treat cattleses a by-law placing treatment on a compulsory basis is subsidi­zed by the Department of Agri-, culture. The department gives 50 per cent of the salary of inspec­tors; 50 per cent of inspector’s travelling expenses; and 50 per cent of the cost of Derris powder i purchased by the municipality,in Ontario. to ..... longer uuiigaiory io ueav cameAs this is so and because many ble fly inspectors in charge of । that are free from warble grubs, farmers in Oxford have thous- spraying operations - ............... ..............................................finds of dollars tied up in their Matheson and John Smith, - . dairy cattle, which happens to be Embro. And helping them are mostly of the Holstein breed, it Charles and Lorne Gee, of RR does seem strange they would 4, Ingersoll.Dc-i take tais extra precaution. They can spray about 25 farms«-itaat are free from warble grubs. — George Nevertheless the treatment is ef- Smith, o f Ifeetive in the control of lice.Such being the case farmers re-o’clock1 business.a.m., for generalI All claims and accounts I against the county must be filed with the County Clerk 1 before the first day of the session.L. K. COLES, County Clerk. County Clerk’s Office/ Woodstock.second treatment must be applied three to four weeks later. And cattle brought into a township in which a bylaw has been passed, during the period April 10 to May 31, must be treated within three days of their arrival if they have warble grubs,Mr. Watson said that a warble' Farmers in Oxford are also a day, spending 15 days to do the jU^xteemeiy health consciou,: Ox- entire township. And it takes ap- fbrd is now a brucellosis control'proximately 300 gallons to spray S area, one of the first counties to [250 cows. About one thousand’cac- become so in Ontario, and it has; tie are sprayed each day by his been compulsory now for several | fast-moving blitzkrieg-like crew. I . years to have cattle tested for “Most farmers are not only insiding in townships were spray­ing service is available are urged to have their cattle sprayed, even though they may not be infected with grubs.Secondly, the tirpe for the first treatment has been delayed. This year it was a must that treat-fly is eggs, every if theThecapable of laying 500 - 600 Under the circumstances grub must be destroyed pest is to be eradicated, farmer who fails to fulfilhis obligation in this regard is doing an injusice to his neigh­bor as well as to himself as neg­lect on his part could conceiv­ably result in the neighbor’s herd being infested.TB. favor but think warble fly spray-. ; • It was in 1953 that 94 per cent Ung a wonderful thing,” relateof West Zorra farmers signified two inspectors.their willingness, by petition, to gAVES MUCH MILKinstitute compolsory warble fly; Testifies dairy farmer Ross A. spraying, said Inspector John Ri^er, of RR 3. Embro: “War- Smith of Embro. 'ment be applied between April 10 and 18. The reason: a high percentage of the grubs are lo­cated in the backs of cattle at that time.SECOND TREATMENTIf grubs continue to appear aSOON TAKE MEASURES W. P. Watson. Ontario Liveble-fly spraying saves a lot of milk, prevents cattle from run-Townships Move Against Weeds The' Oxford County weed in­spector, Ed Thornton, has spur- jn Westtownships against buckthorn and barberry.A recent survey, conducted by 1 horn ton, shows there are areas where buckthorn is prevalent in West Zorra and East NhsourL very common in ।these townships to some extent,' .toe survey indicates.On Tuesday, May 13 at 1.30, a special meeting is to get un- . jderway so persons interested can nnd out more about the control ’ and identification of the above mentioned. The meet is schedul- • ed for the Perth-Oxford bound­ary at the junction of the 13th concession of East Nissouri.Buckthorn is a shrub which came-; a leaf rust of oats. If you * ave had any problem with .toe rust in oats chances are buckthorn is in the vicinity. It is estimated to cost Oxford eountv farmers thousands of dollars a year through reduced yields.Common barberry, not quite a> prevalent as buckthorn, causes some rust in all cereal grains and can be costly when existing in any concentration. Only a com­plete control program will make it possible to cut down on losses caused by rust of cereal grains. I Commonly found in unused ter- iram it is easily recognized in I late Fall as it’s leaves are re- . tamed longer than anv deciduous < trees.Plans will be made at the : meeting for a mass eradication .of the two in West Zorra and East Nissouri.. - - ... . ning around the field, makesStock Commissioner, said a few them more contented and pre­days ago that farmers in 271 possible breaking of legs, townships will soon be taking ap- “Some of the cattle have even propriate measures to .control gone through fences and cut warble fly. And councils m each themseives to nieces,’’ he divul- erf these townships have at sometime or other during the past 10 Meth<>d of sDravinz Is leeallv treatment on a compulsory basis. „_‘_______________________m ., a square inch of mixture comingThe fly lays its eggs on the from the nozzle aperture and ap- > flanks of cattle during toe springhv f "re­and early summer month's, the eggs hatching into tiny larvae wh ch penetrate the hide.During the next nine or 10 mon-U15 they migrate through themrL . . .bodies of their hosts, eventually '.becoming located al on- both sides of the backbone. By thisSEAWAY TOURWarden Grant Smith, reeve, of North Norwich Township, and a large group of Oxford County councillors began a tour of the St. Lawrence Seaway today ac­companied by their wives. The group left Woodstock yesterday for Cornwall, where they started the tour and are expected to re­turn Tuesday.Off the Road“I can't serve, your honor," said the prospective juror, "one look at that man convinces me he's guilty.**Roared the magistrate: ’’That, sir, is the crown attorney I"~*4.i ' ■>* ..' yThe Oxford county historical Isociety is interested in the pre- ferverance of this old inn and tends to have the Ontario Ar- icheaoligical and Monument board to have a suitable plaque attach­ed to the three buildings all in a row, namely, the Daly House, Town Hall and the old registry office now occupied by Alec’s taxi. Other projects i n view by the society is to com­memorate the arrival of the Highland Scots, in the Embro district; the Quaker settlement ' of Norwich; the commencement of the first iron foundry in Till­sonburg then known as Dereham Forge; the site of the battle be­tween Colonel ‘A McNab’s loyal forces against the Mackenzie reb­els in East Oxford township; the site' of the first oil refinery in Woodstock; the grave of Freddy Benwell, murdered by the notor­ious Birchall; the site of Aimee Secple McPherson’s birthplace in Dereham township; Oxford county’s first grist mill destroyed by the Americans in the war of 11812, in fact, the society's aim is ito bring before the younger gen­eration of the county's liistoricjil 'significance in the province o f [Ontario. Few other counties can ; boast of so much history of a diversified nature,OBMarketing Board Reports Profit Of Half Million On 1957 TobaccoMRS, H. MILNFH of Hughson , models showt «oove. The one St,, seems to be proud of her in the foreground, which she is modern vacuum after taking a I holding, is not quite as obaol- crack al both of the undent I ete as toe large one behind it.Both are on display at the Ox­ford Museum and both inach-; Ines are operated by hand. (Staff Photo), TENTH ANNIVERSARYCounty Museum Was Established In 1948Report BrucellosisOn Wane In Oxford '1Mt “wicker doll buggy made many years ago by James Hay and Co. The carriage, which stands about two feet high, belonged to Miss Bessie Ball and was donated by her.The history of Woodstock al- Today the second storey is so depicted in the museum in -- , many shapes and forms. ThereBy JERRY GREENE The second floor of the City&HaU building was very much in the public picture in the late , 1800's as the scene of the in­ternationally famous Burchill- - BenweU murder trial.still in the public eye as the home of the Oxford County Mus- iseum and resting place of Ox­ford county’s historical imple­ments.As an added feature to Wood­stock’s biggest Victoria day cele­bration the museum will cele­brate its tenth anniversary.For some 10 years now the ex­hibit of history and other lore jn 1305 has been serving f je people of| Oxford county with informationThe museum is sponsored joint­on their ancestors and their do­ings."When we took over the mu­seum in 1948”, curator Mrs. Ber­nadette Smith said, “it was com­prised of about 250 pieces."Today the museum boasts over a thousand exhibits that range from birds to beaver hats.DOLL BUGGYOne of the first items to be presented to the museum was aare pictures of early Woodstock, synopsis of the men who founded it, and relics of the tools they used to build their homes.The latest arrival at the mus­eum is a pocket watch that set­tled down in the second floor hall of fame some 10 days ago. It was carried by an officer who served with Admiral Lord Nelsonly by the County of Oxford and the City of Woodstock.It's display area measures some 100 feet by 45 feet and every square inch is taken up by displays or enclosures.“It's an all public project," Mrs. Smith said.She also said valuable docu­ments and books were available for research purposes but only by appointment.Most of the articles in the mus­eum were donated or loaned by citizens of Oxford county and Woodstock.To celebrate the Victoria week­end the museum will be open to the public from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sunday and Mon­day.| ROAD EXPENDITURESome $1,233,000 was approved by the Department of Highways for road expenditures in Oxford County. The figure, read before county council, provides for $2,- 00,000 construction, $280,000 main- tainance and, under a supple­mentary bylaw, $653,200 for con­struction and $99,800 for bridges and culverts. ........... ......■Brucellosis is on the wane in Oxiford County.Latest figures released by the Department of Agriculture show a dropping percentage of infeot- md cattle with about two-thirds of the herds tested.In the middle of March 12.9 :per cent of the herds were regis­tered as infected, and 1.29 per cent of cattle.! Figures released this month .show 1'5.36 per cent of the herds linfected and 1.2 per cent of the ' । cattle. On a percentage basis this shows less brucellosis than earlier tests as many more cattle are involved.These recent figures are above the percentages permitted but । are lower than those recorded three weeks ago.In order to obtain a brucellosis free certiifcate, which is demand­ed by some United States cen­ters before they will import cat­tle, less than one per cent of the cattle and five per cent of the herds are the minimum require- iments.1 i Brucellosis is a disease induc­ing abortion in cows.In order that Oxford might ofo-Negotiate With County CouncilWoodstock city council last night set up a committee to negotiate with Oxford County: Council in sharing the cost of the County Home, County buiid- lings, registry Office. Criminal Justice and other matters.Existing five-year agreement 1 'with the county for sharing the costs should be renewed on Jan. 1, 1959.Council also proposed that the committee discuss with County ,, Council the possibility of using the County Court House tor City 9 Magistrate's Court. City Court is ’ now held in the City Council Chambers.Aiderman Mrs. Bernadette Smith moved a motion, which was carried, that a committee be organized and named Charles M. Tatham, Aid. O. D. Evans, 'Aid Mrs. A. B. Wood and Aid. iZ E. Dow.County Men See Expanding University FacilitiesOxford County Council visited the Univer­sity of Western Ontario yesterday, only a few hours after a tour of the St. Lawrence iSeaway development project. Here, with. JMr/LL__- - -- - ■ . _ - - -- -the university's natural science building in the background, are left to right, Grant Smith, warden; Howard McCombs, reeve of Norwich Township; Dr. J. J. Tolman, acting president_of the university in the absence of Dr. G. E. Hall; George Davis, reeve of South Norwich; and John Bolton, deputy reeve of East Nissouri. UWO Expansion FundAt Three-Quarter MarkThe University ot Western Ontario's campaign for build­ing funds has passed the three-quarter mark of a $4,650,000 objective, Lt Col. G. J. Ingram, chairman of the board of gov­ernors. reported to a group of district county councilors who visited the campus yesterday.Day-Long TourThe councillors, representing the counties of Huron. Middle­sex. Oxford. Perth and London Township, heard Col. Ingram during a banquet at Somerville House following the annual day-long tour of the university.In outlining the current statesaid. "Our next project, a new arts college to be named Middlesex College, is now in the planning stages and we hope to commence construction with-of the university and its plans for future academic and physi­cal improvements. Col. Ingram thanked his audience for their support and Interest"The university's major build­ing campaign, started last fall, 'Will provide funds for the most pressing building requirements over the next five years,” hein the next 12 months."Enrolment RisingCol. Ingram reported full-time enrolment hasthat beenman, chief librarian and chair­man of the banquet; Col. W. H. Hemphill, member of the board of governors; R. N. Shervill, assistant professor of romance languages; Acting Reeve W. R. Aw cock and Clerk J. R. Reyn­olds, of London Township; Warden John Morrissey and Clerk A. H. Erskine, of Huron County; Warden John McAl­pine and Clerk H. N. Eastman, of Middlesex County; Warden Grant Smith and Clerk L. K. Coles, of Oxford County; War­den Earl Boyes and Clerk A. W. Blowes ot Perth County.100 County MenMore than 100 county council­ors were in the group for the visit. They were greeted at the Richard Ivey School of Busi-Study Dust Remedy AlsoWhite Lines Approved For Roads In OxfordFree Pres* Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, June 19 Acting on a resolution by the । JZnrth Woodstock Woman's Association, Oxford County coun­cilors today moved to paint white centre lines on county marls. Councilors resolved to look into the cost of equipment for this work and also decided to consider the dust situation.especially in early spring and late «ummer. Several fee) that the dust problem la more dan-gerous line.than the missing whiterising at the rate of about 10 per cent per annum and regis­tration is now well beyond the post-war veteran peak."It seems unquestioned that we shall double our present figures by 1965," he said.Present at the head table were Col,. Ingram, Dr. J. J. Tal-ness Administration about 3:30 p.m. by President Dr. Talman, Willis, comptroller; T.buildingActing Ross B. L. Hos-| Tjvb LluiyUrged By Jury yearg ago, a coroner's recommended paintingkin, dean of men; John Short­reed, superintendent of build­ings and grounds; Dr. Shervill, Col. Ingram and other members of the board of governors.white lines on the road, follow­ing a fatality.The Ladies' Association sent petition this year, asking that the June meeting of the council approve the white lines on all county roads.County Council Will Make Hospital TourOxford County council will tour the Tillsonburg Hospital during ' . their road inspection at the next session in September.The hospital board has granted the council permission to inspect the edifice during their tour.The road tour will be of the north end of the county this year.Tentative date for the next ses­sion is Sept. 10, 11, 12.ASSESSOR GIVES REPORTTax Assessment Is Up In Oxford During YearResolutions Are Approved By Oxford County Councilflojcociucuio ucak a juat aoovooHicm in luc UUUmjrelation one to another and are in 1957. Figures: 1957 revised tax-Local assessments bear a justable assessment in the Countyrelated in all municipalities;t the local assessment total each should be the equaliz-able assessment, S53 , 569, 817:g ► ted total for county purposes, said Oxford County Assessor, Fred H.1Cade, in the second annual re-port to Oxford County councilsJune session.1956 revised taxable assessment (taxable) §51, 135, 654: 1957 in­crease, $2,434,163.OTHER FIGURESOther assessment figures out­lined were:1. In 1957 the local municipal-j Proposed 1958 equalization fig- ities added to the collectors’ rolls .^ures are (with one exception) the'assessment amounting to $1,233,- | total amount of the revised tax-'776 for which local municipalit- able assessment shown on the ies received additional tax rev- ■ local assessment roles for the enue in 1957 amounting to $28 - gdyear 1957, he said. >796.21.j The one exception, he pointed] 2. On January 1, 1958 assess- out is a municipality which has ment amounting to $1,159,188 was a large industrial fixed assess- added to 1957 assessment rolls of .ment. And the Assessment com- the local municipalities under mittee feel that, as this is purelya local matter, the equalization ... [assessment of this municipality, Ifor Oxford purposes, should beincreased to compensate for this fixed assessment.He reported “There has been a considerable increase in tax-section 51A of the Assessment Act which provides for taxation on a new buildings and business­es for 12 full months taxation. According to this act additional assessment was placed in the total of each municipality for equalization purposes in 1958.3. County’s share of taxes und­er Section 51 of the Assessment Act was $7,099.08.“Assessment is the foundation of the whole municipal struct­ure and must be on a sound basis applying modern assessment practises and principles,” Mr. Cade reported.‘ When one looks at the figures of additional revenue to the local municipalities throughout the year of $28,796.21. and the County share in 1957 of additional reven­ue amountihg to $7,099.08 the practice of re-imbursing an as­sessor commensurate with duties and capabilities certainly i * wise,” said Mr. Cade.June session of the Oxford County Council adjourned last night with a tentative date of Sept. 10, m, 12 set for the next session.Last night’s meeting saw sev­eral resolutions of other councilser's marketing board. Grey Coun-' ty Council said, in a letter to the Oxford council, that it did not feel the scheme has had suffic­ient trial.The Oxford Council roads com­, - x ----------mittee reported that the springendorsed. Among them was ap-' maintenance of county roads' wasproval for the CPR io close their , nearly completed while the re­Richwood station, near Embro. surfacing of gravel roads in Ox-1surfacing of gravel roads in Ox-J The closing of the Richwood stat-_____ion, had been opposed by Bien- be completed at the end of the iheim Township. After discussions week with the hard top road pat- j ■ with OPR officials, Blenheim ap- ches scheduled to be finished on proved the closing of the Rich- June 25.C°Untyi The application of brush and council to approve the closure. | control is datedto startEndorsing of a resolution from waen hard top patching is Grey County regarding the sub- competed., sidizing of sewers and sewage dis-1 aceepted an offer byposal by federal and municipal 7* Valley Conservationgovernments was passed bv coun- Authority to purchase a tract cil. Grey County Council resold-!of approximately 14 acres on the ed that the federal government^35" S1^e °f Embro.ford is complete. Dust layer will1Oxford Poultry Association wasI pay one third, the provincial gov­ernment pay a third, and the given a grant of $50 by the coun-municipal government pay a । third of sewage disposal in built up areas. The Grey Council saidcil,their resolution regarding sewers was in the public interest.| The Oxford County Council ap­proved a resolution passed by (Bruce County providing for theOxford Quizzed On Deer HuntsFree Press Woodstock Bureausou ri, West Zorra, West Ox­ford, Dereham. South Norwich, North Norwich, North Oxford, East Oxford and East Zorra..There was no report on dam­age to crops and forests.A total of 12 deer have been accidently killed in the county,^application of an amendment of ____a Canada Seed Act. Bruce County(declared they would appeal to vUHSlU€r ff 111 Lt?'' the Minister of Agriculture, Doug- j • ■ v> ■ 1iljis Harkness, to amend the T ITIP^ PAintPCiWOODSTOCK, June ‘17 - accidents. The Ontario Department ofeight of them as a result of car.Canada Seed Act in order to re­duce the amount of noxious-weed seed per ounce of certified grass seed.HOG SCHEMEA further resolu'.on from GreyLands today informed Oxford County Council that an open iseason on deer hunting would I not he authorized where adjae- jent counties are,not In favor. 'In a letter evidently con- f corned with the rising deer population In thia area, R. W. Hummel, the department's Lake Huron district' forester, en­quired whether Oxford would be I favorable to an open scaaon jin 1958, | Harvestable PopulationSurveys estimate that there is a deer population in Oxford. lot between too and 600, which I* considered a harvestable population. The population Is distributed In two main divl- ' alvns, with the largest numbers in the following township*. , Im. Blandford. Blast Nis-County RoadsFollowing a recommendation from the north Woodstock Wom- en's Institute. County Council has M ______________________■NOTICEwas endorsed by the council re- en‘s Institute. County Council has M garding the Ontario hog produc- seriously considered the painting W of white lines in the center ofTHE WEED CONTROL ACT R.S.O. 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 InspectorED. H. THORNTONcounty roads.I The council received corres­pondence from the Institute sug- gosling the painting of these cen­tre lines. The letter said, “Act- ion should be taken to safeguard (county roads in every possible iway,” Council is doing so by con­sidering the application of dust ’ preventer to all unpaved county 'roads. The roads committee said (that the dust problem is more ,dangerous and treacherous than (not having centre lines.About two years ago a coron- :er's Jury recommended the plais ling of white lines in all county roads, One of the important com­mittees of the Oxford County Council, which .closed its sum­mer . sitting at the court house here on Thursday night, is theCOUNTY PROPERTIES ARE THEIR BIG RESPONSIBILITYgroup which is responsible for the care and maintenance of county properties. In the pho­to, the committee is caught by the camera as the members discuss the possibility of need for repairs to the court house roof. Left to right: Hilton Vir­tue, Charles Coldham, W. W. Budd, Grant Smith, warden of Oxford; Bob Rudy, and Edwin Pearce, chairman of the com­mittee. (Staff photo).Oxford Assessment Gets BoostResolutions Presented CouncilWomen Ask Centre White LinesOn Oxford County's Paved RoadsTalk Deer Season At County CouncilOpen season on Oxford County’s i 400 to 600 deer will not be auth­orized unless adjacent counties ' are also in favor of an open '[season, the Department of Lands and Forests, informed the Oxford :! county council.In a letter regarding the rising' deer population in this county the department inquired whether the council would favor an open sea­son.‘ The deer population of between 400 and 500 in Oxford is regarded harvestable, although there are two main divisions, Blenheim land Blandford. The counties of East Nissouri, West Zorra, West Oxford, Dereham, South Norwich, North Norwich, North Oxford, 'East Oxford and East Zorra 'follow in that order for their a.fr- iundence of deer,Free Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, June 17 — Strong pressure by resolutions from Oxford County women’s organiza- tions was put on the county council at its opening day of the June session for white centre lines on the l paved road system.! Several communications were read to council by Coun.- ty Clerk L. K. Coles from Ox-ford branches urgingthat!county roads be marked with that’the white stripe, so motorists not acquainted with the curves and hills would be helped. Keep the roads acci- jdent free, was the main theme of the resolutions.Kecommended By JuryI One communication noted that a coroner's jury a couple of years ago had recommended such action and indications were that there would be resolutions coming before cil.Council was opened by den Grant Smith, North wich, with a prospect of during the session, and more coun-War- Nor- work con­gratulations to the property committee, headed by Edward Pearce,, Tillsonburg, on a job well done in renovating the council chambers./ -Council Pays Visit To Home For AgedThe warden of Oxford County, 1 Grant Smith, the clerk. L. K. [ Coles, and members of the County Council executed their annual tour of the Oxiford home tor the aged yesterday.The group spent the afternoon inspecting the two-storey brick • ' | structure from the top floor to 1 the basement as well as the barn I and other home property.Mayor Charles Tatham and Al- derman Gordon Hughes were on [hand to represent the city."This is our yearly inspection of county property." Warden Smith said. “Every year in the June session we tour the home."The large delegation was giiv- ।on a detailed account of the home's operation by Mrs. R. J. i Forbes, matron, and her husband."We are very pleased with the condition of the home," the war­den sold. "We appreciate the way the superintendent, Mr. For­bes. cares tor things. It is quite ,a job and we are grateful to him tor it."WOODSTOCK. June 19 ■ I— There were no fireworks (today when Oxford county council approved the equal­isation assessment report [for 1959 taxation purposes. ’$54,069,817, an increase of $2,434,163 over the 1957 equalized assessment of ,$51,635,654.Discussion ExpectedIt was thought there might he some discussion in council on ^he equalization committees re­port. headed by Reeve J. R. Me- , Laughlin, of Dereham Township, but it turned out that the report was adopted without any fuss.Municipalities' assessments were equalized as follows: > (Blandford, $3,116,934: Blenheim. i$M65.595; Dereham, $4594.311; East Nissouri, $4,065,748; North Norwich. $3,030,050: South Nor- [wich. $4,125,227; East Oxford,. $2,596,557; North Oxford. $3,470.- 178; West. Oxford. $3.338500; East Zorra. $5,002,848; West Zorra. $4,464,101; Tillsonburg, $8,662,080; Embro. $597,032. Nor­wich. $1,946,476; Tavistock. $1.- 294,435.As the township of West Zorra ^has a fixed assessment of $592.- 550 on the Canada Cement Com­pany. the total rateable property of th? township was Increased ; for equalization purposes by [$500,0Q0. THIRD SITTINGOxford County Council Studying ResolutionsThe third session of the 1958 Agriculture Douglas Harkness to| The Ontario Hog Producers Oxford County council got under- amend the Canada Seed Act Marketing Board was dealt withOxford County council got under­way this morning in the CountyCourt house here.This is often described as the middle session as it is the third in a scheduled five sittings.| Resolutions and correspondencein order to reduce the number ofnoxious weed seed allowed in every ounce of certified grass and clover seed.by Grey County who resolvedWoodstock Businessmen Hail New ExemptionsPerhaps one of the most im­portant budget flashes in Finan-"This exemption will not makeany difference as far as we areM Minister Fleming's budget concerned but will be a big help |speech yesterday wire tax deduc- to the general public,” he add- tible medical expenses which in- ed. elude prescription medicines, spectacles, diagnosis, ambulanc-1to the general public,” he add-COUNCILLORS COMMENTOxford County Councillors were es and certain municipal purch- a]so aslwd COrnm€nt, a « .• I n . . J George H. Davin of South Nor-J”\ Scntine!-.RaV1ew checked.^. -The once-in-a-lifetime gift with a number of local business tax exemption on real estate ofthat it has not been given suf­ficient trial to prove it’s worth. Hog producers in Ontario will vole on the 27th of this month to decide whether they want to con­tinue the present ‘scheme or sell to processors on an individual basis.The resolution from Grey said that since the hogs were being sold through supervised assembly points the distribution of hogs to various processors has been eq­ual and such distribution has maintained reasonable and steady price structure.Hog producers are getting a fairer return for their hogs and all processors are getting an equal opportunity to secure the volume they need for their plants.men about their r’action to these exemptions.A resolution to raise gasoline . taxes three cents per gallon waswere read to the Council mem- received from the Corporation of bers by county clerk and. treas- the County of Renfrew. The east- urer L. K. Coles. 'em Ontario county said the costIn a resolution from Bruce of maintaining and building county, it was strongly urged that county and suburban roads is rthe Federal government nnmed-j tremeridousous and a tax burden lately abolish the sales tax and'ot land owners.on road equipment and materials The resolution went on to say in the case of snow plowing on that because most vehicle owners municipal roads. The county also use them, more so than the land resolved to ask the Department owners, the tax on gasoline of Highways to increase the sub-{should be upped three cents per sidy from 50 to 80 per cent for (gallon.all snow removal costs. | This money should then go to' Present day standards require the counties, cities and separate a great increase in the amount towns where gasoline was bought of snow-plowing on municipal in order to defray the road ,se?e-e^raineS^ta^ariXPh^ ” leVy ProPerty lo ^tle vincial and Federal governmentsthrBru^ O1' The( Renfruew council to consider subsidizing sewers!tne Bruce lesoluaon read. wants the cost of these roads and sewage disposal in an inter- that Oxlord thp CSrFtA m-inn.-w « 4-L.n kl est to have better and healthier» «» I’Wways^conditions in built Up areas. They ' Correspondence was received i suggested the Provincial govern- from the North Woodstock Wo- ment pay one-third of the cost,-- mens Institute to the effect।the Federal government foot one-Bruce also petitioned the Fed- that white lines should be paint- third of the bill, and municipality |eral government regarding an in- ed on county roads. The resolu-|the final third’. This would re­crease in weeds throughout their , tion read that "action should be suit in a better sewage system county. They asked Oxford’s taken to safeguard county roads | in. urban municipalities the Grey support in requesting Minister of Jin every possible way.” [Council said.Itrii sHf ,”??wution and send it to the Ministerjof Highways.WEED CONTROLOnly Three Clerk-Treasurers In N. Oxford Over 106 YearsDuring a period of one hundred a valuable experience as her ; and six years, the township of father's deputy during his illness North Oxford has had only three and her efficiency is generally municipal clerks and treasurers, recognized."' | Another equally distinctive fact' The Seldon farm on No. 2 is that the combined service of Highway immediately west of In- ,two of the clerks, and the treas- gersoll on which the late Rich- lurers, the late Richard Seldon. ard Seldon resided until retiring and his daughter, who succeeded to Ingersoll, is widely known him, covers a period of more ancjH than 64 years. |and it was there that the __ - i first tractor demonstration in theOld records in a good state of district was held more than 40 preservation with the penmanship years agoy . v ? ^" Seldon family being operated byanXr^lu!^ RIchardstipulated that future meetings be ---- - -held at the Seldon home whichhas been the course followed {since that time.| Miss E. A. Seldon, the present {clerk, was appointed to the posi-tion May6. 1929, after gainingup to $10,000 between husband.AT • i m . and wife farmer and child V Tatham of help cases where a farmeruudiies jva. lainam ojWoodstock said that while hehasn't seen all the items thatand son operate on a 55-50 basis. After a few years the dad retiresexTp-..^'thin’ that and gives his stock to the son. is so is desirable. Otherwise we This means there will be no tax are paying taxes on taxes , he bn the first $10,000 which I feel Is adM. „ A . , a very nice thing.”Clark Murray druggist and for- Don Hossack of En^ro: "Tbe mer Liberal MP said that the.proof of lhe pudding is in the drug profession will welcome ex-, eating ”emotions because they will re-' Hilton Virtue of East Oxford:IE• I';* . . .Grey also resolved to urge Pro-;Dong-Dong Mystery Of "Missing Bell"The sharp ring of a bell no longer summonses county coun-cillorsto order or to their desksat the Oxford County Council. The brass bell has disappeared! For some 20 years the sharp sounding bell sat atop the desk of county clerk Len Coles, who tapped it three or four times to summon councillors Lo session and. attention.The bell wasn’t missed until Mr. Coles wanted to summon members to attention yesterday.A quick hunt failed to locate the missing bell and Mr. Coles had to use the warden's gavel and desk top.County courthouse caretaker, Thomas Pye, also searched in vain for the missing bell but could not find it. Mr, Pye said the bell had been in the council chamber for the last 20 years.Oxford Defers DecisionDeer Population WarrantsOpen Season, Council ToldFree Pre** Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, June 19 — Oxford County'* deer- popula­tion came In for close scrut­iny Mt tOdHy'H BPHHlon of county council, but a decl*i°n nn whether an open *eH»on will be declared t.hfa year wm laid over until September.oversner, and district forester* R. W. Hummel and Ernie Steele that the deer population la now sufficient to allow an open Mannon,So far, only Waterloo ha* taken affirmative action.Councilor* wr rn told by Her­bert OkIotA gameThey added that If adjacent rountiM were not authorizing an open aeaann the Depart­ment. of Lands and ForestsCouncil wm told the couru ty'x deer population nnw stand* nt between 400 and 800, with the majority in Blenheim and Dereham township*. Soma ;20 have been killed hy accident,would not iin Oxford.mainly through collision with automobiles, during the PHMt. __ . .. - . , Hilton Virtue of East Oxford:S fnr jT rh y .t.’]at hlS is al! defici‘ CO®’.sted for some time 'I am happv jng frorn->”to see it.” he added “and it with Art Lockhart of Blandford: “I vn iTS ^^lOmers’ didn<t for ‘ax cuts- Itr9-R . . . just what I expected.”; Gordon. Dickson, flonst, said, Warden Grant Smith: 'T won^ l egardmg a tax exemption on cut der what hardened to ail the flowers, This is something the - — ”Florist Association has been“I wen-working on for some time.” Not, only can this exemption be particularly important for perish­able products like flowers it will also’ help to prog-css the floristpromises? concession taxes. InWe w-re to on personalhave a incomethe present trend ofthe times I don’t approve of de­ficit budgeting.”H A. Armstrong of West Zor­ra: ‘T am not too well versedindustry. “And tax money from _ .... _this cut can be diverted for with the new budget, but who iswages and for other expenses, he added.Jack Glaister, another florisgoing to pay the deficit?"| Howard McCombs of Norwich: “They are heading lor a deficitsaid that this, cut will be a big right from the_start.” relief to us as far as bookkeep- - - • -ing. ... ’ mining was boosted 25 per centand collecting is concerned. “Es- above what they were getting, pecially when we have to ship They haven’t done a thing for outside Woodstock” he stressed.I agriculture.”A. W. Cole, Optometrist; "Opto­metrists have been asking for exemptions for some time. And this exemption is the only fail- thing io do because ear phones have been exempt for some time."It is also felt by many of usL. Junker of East Zorra: “GoldCharles Coldham of Blenheim: “I feel the deficit was brought on when the new government took over. They had the unemploy­ment drawback and had :o make work.”Herb Balkwill of Blenheim:that help for the eyes is more;“Any government that budgets important than help for ears. I a deficit is going behind.” Many people canr.ot earn their Ed Pearce of Tillsonburg: “It’s living if they don't have the use as good as can be expected un- of their eyes, or are seriously. der the circumstances.” handicapped without glasses, hej Other members asked to com- said. ment declined.Ding Dong Bell Still Missing, Free Press Woodstock Bureau! WOODSTOCK. June 19 —The “ding dong bell,” that mys­teriously disappeared from the county council chambers here, was atill missing today. Reeve Edward Pearce of Tillsonburg suggested that council perhaps purchase a new one.The bell, a brass classroom type which has been on the warden's desk for more years than most can remember, dis­appeared while renovations I were being carried out in the (county council chambers.Gavel SubstitutesDespite a search of Oxford's historic building, the bell Is still missing, but Jt is believed ' that it was mislaid rather than stolen.County Clerk Ixm Chie*. of .7 Ingersoll, now has to resort to Using the warden s gavel,. {rather than dinging th* bell to । sum mon the councilor* to at- Itention,V Oxford 'Ding Dong' Back In ServiceOxford Deer Hunt Favored |After numerous talks and com­mittee meetings the Oxford Coun­ty councU passed a resolution for dpen deer hunting in the Huron region.Yesterday's council heard three members of the Ontario lands and forests department express their views on deer hunting in Oxford. The deer population in this county has been described as “increasing and shootable.’’ Some 400 to 600 deer roam the *»wc» >s a vuua county, confined mainly to Bien- ’« affecting and killing many helm and Blandford townships.Among the delegation of forest - officials where Herbert Clarke, : Oxford game overseer; R. W, Hummel, district forester; and Ernie Steele, of Hespeler, dist-’ rict forester.This delegation sought an open deer season in Oxford County be-, cause they consider the deer: shootable. However, they said, if ; adjacent counties do not declare : then the depart-j T and forests will i open deer seasonan open season meat of lands not endorse an in Oxford.j The adjacent loo has passed ing that they season. Brant county of Water-, - a resolution stat- ?desire an open County has ‘not passed a resolution to this effect, ■but, the lands and forests officials said they will support the effort' only if two counties participate in the deer shooting.In view of the fact that both ; Lue mat bothWaterloo and Oxford have de- rlarcuH r\r«an ___clared open season, this constitu­tes lands and forests support.No date has been set for the season, and further discussion—Free Press Woodstock Bureau Everybody s relieved and happy now that the ding-dong's been found. The bell, used to call Oxford County councilors to order in the council chamber at; Woodstock, disappeared for an entire session. Left to right with the bell, are' County Clerk L. K. Coles and a group from the seventh grade at Central Public School, Peter Zapp, 12; Clarence Sol, brother of Ralph Sol who put the bell in a desk, and Ted Church, 11.was held over until the Septem­ber session.The department of lands and forests delegation had asked the councillors to decide whether they ■wanted the department to take •' Ding-Dong7 To Ring Againover full control of the deer hunt­ing m Oxford. Oxford council re­solved to oppose same “taking over” the department.The council suggested a closedseason for Woodstock residents ' and some 200 non-residents be approved. Further discussion and. final details on an open season will be heard at the September meeting. It is understood the sea-Oxford County's Bell Found In Councilor's DeskFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, June type brass bell which peared at the start of i County Council session,23 — The classroom mysteriously dlsap- last week’s Oxford and which has beennick-named "Ding-Dong,” has been recovered.sion is for the county clerk to ring the bell three or four times, after which the council­ors stand behind their chairs, until the ward­en takes his seat.A search was carried out by Thomas Pye, at the courthouse, but the bell was not located until after the session wm closed.wson will be the first four days of the northern counties hunt' season.Deer hunting in south-western Ontario is a hard subject to deal with because most of the proper­ty is privately owned.Further indication of a harvest- able population is the fact that more than 19 deer have been accidentally killed in Oxford County this year. The number of deer being accidentally killed is rising rapidly. Most ofthese fat­alities are a result of automobile accidents^The ding-dong bell was evidently mislaid while the council chambers were getting a "new look,” from painters and renovators.The loss of the bell was first discovered when County Clerk Len Coles went to ring it to call the councilors to attention.The usual procedure to open a council scs-During Its absence, the county clerk was forced to use the warden’s gavel to get the councilors to order.It was found by Mr. Pye in a councilor’s desk that had been sealed by varnish in the recent renovations.Annual Zona Games Draw Crowd Of 12,000legal NoticesTaFforTale^( BY TENDER11954 Chevrolet 4 Door Sedan. Mileage 23,100, good condition, ' Used as staff car by Health ■ Unit, 2 extra snow tires in- I eluded. Color, dark blue. Can I be seen on driveway back of । Court House. Terms cash.Highest or any tender not ne- ) cessarily accepted. Tenders, marked as such, to be reeeiv- ed by undersigned till July j 15th. 1958.L. K. COLES, Sec re t a ry-Treasu rer, Oxford Health Unit Court House, Woodstock 2/8/H-5Aweek.5’ 8".ApplyOxford County Free Of RabiesOxford county is free of rabies.Many region# of Ontario are not as fortunate as Oxford which has not had a single re­port said Medical Officer of Health, Dr. O. C. Powers of the Oxford Health Unit.“There are absolutely no rab­ies in Oxford and there are none reported farther south than Sim­coe county,’’ he said.Rabies, the doctor said, is confined mainly to Northern On­tario and Eastern Ontario.Rabies is a virus disease that.warm blooded animals, especial- . ly foxes, wolves and other forms of wildlife in Ontario the OntarioVeterinary College said.Families planning a vacation in Northern Ontario should have their domestic pets vaccinated at - least 30 days before entering that area the College said,All dogs entering the Unitedr States must be vaccinated at | least 30 days before the date of entry and a certificate must be ' presented fo show proof of vac-1 , cination at the border crossing.Tye College warns that care should be taken when any wild animal is acting in a peculiar way. It is not unusual for infect­ed animals to come close to in-1 habited areas where they might attack people's pets or livestock. Such animals may even appear friendly the College said.The disease began in the Arc­tic in 1947 and has since spread east and sombwaro by means of infected fox or other wild ani­mals.Missing Bell Finally FoundI Too late for this month's ses-Ision but, if all goes well, on •time to ring out for the opening .of the September session is. the ’little brass bell that usually- sitson top of the desk of Len Coles, the Oxford County Clerk.The bell which mysteriously disappeared at the start of last (Week s County Council session has been recovered.Apparently it was mislaid while the county chambers were get- 'ting a new look.! When Len Coles went to ring 'the bell to call councillors to or­der it was nowhere to be found. / land he was forced to use rhe JI warden's gavel and desk top.; The bell is usually used to open , .a session and call councillors ton : order.I The courthouse was turned uo- I side down in an effort to locate s the bell but it was not found.../ until council closed.I It was finally located in acouncillor’s desk that had been sealed over by varnish and. if] all goes well, will be on hand to® ring at the next session scheduled for September.TURNKEYWANTEDFOR GUARD DUTYAT OXFORD COUNTY JAILWOODSTOCKONTARIOSteady unployment. 5-dayMust be at leastperson, between9.00 atn. and 4.00 pm.. to Governor Joh« C a Ide r. County Jat- Woodstock. Warden Grant Smith Will Open Games On TuesdayHISTORICAL SOCIETYIt has been announced by Rob- to attempt to recount in detail, ert Matheson, president of the the chores which have been done Zorra Caledonian Society for 1858 by the Society members who •hat the Highland Games at Em-1back the officers...for it would in­bro will be opened on Dominion'chide everything from writing a. Dax by Warden Grant Smithletter to prospective Gaines com-Preparalion for :he official op- petitbrs to assisting to prepare ening is just one of the many I Matheson Park for the big day. "and varied tasks which has been ln putting over the Highland MSlcarried out by Mr. Matheson and Games, it is not a one-man ef- >his executive as they prepare for f°rl but rather ar. all out. ev- this year's renews’ of the High-'erybody - helps community en- .. land Games. It would be useless deavor.ihib Again this year, as a result ofthe fine, unselfish work of theFox Tails Now At A Premium In Oxfordj Hunters throughout the county will be gathering fox tails and bringing them into Woodstock to compete in the contest sponsor-fed by Oxford County next week. I The county has discontinued ■ giving out bounty on fox for num-people of Embro and surround­ing area, it is fully exipected that the crowd in attendance will break all previous records. The crowd will be coming from the fit immediate district, as well as -I from all over Ontario, other parts g 'of Canada and from across the United States border. It can be assured that these visitors will get a real thrill and hours of enjoyment from the entertajn- S ^ment which has been arranged for their benefit.Would Encourage Interest In MuseumPeople do not realize the value Sentinel-Review. It proposed:! Mi-. Smith also gave a brief of the Oxford County Museum "We would dare to suggest that,talk about photostatic copies of said Mrs. W. R. Ward, treasur- there is an immediate and ur- letters written in the Dallas Houseer of the Oxford County Histori- gent need for some individual orletters written in the Dallas Hous*in this community to takecal Society at a meeting held in groupthe city hall council chambers on tne job of preparing an ade- last night. jquate history of both WoodstockReferring to an editorial pub- an^ the urban and rural sect- Hshed in the Sentinel-Review ions of Oxford County. With the about a week ago she said, this passing of time priceless mater­editorial "dared to suggest that la] relating to our heritage is a society be formed” to pre- slipping away.” A printed and serve old historical Woodstock’s bound history of Oxford was theie job of preparin;by John Brown. This Js the same Brown of Harper’s Ferry and of "John Brown’s Body” fame.Dallas House is where John Brown made his headquarters when recruiting for an army and money to raid Harper's Ferry. John Brown was hung Dec, 21, 1859.story.I aim of the reference.)He was an American,---------— abolition­ist who attempted to incite a“You should see school child-! H the society has its way three ebe]jjo f >..+ ,reri come back on their own olJ bu,Idin*s 111 Ingersoll will be captured at Harper's "Fern- bringing their parents, after they officially recognized as histori- -- - • have had a classroom visit to the cal sites.waserous reasons, and instead have various contests to stimulatei hunting of the animal.! One such is the fox tail contest. Anyone who has killed a fox cuts off the tail. Next Thursday and Friday afternoon they bring their tails to the rear ’of the county courthourse where priz­es are given.The person with the most tails rece des $40; „econd prize is $30, third prize is $20. and fourth isCity To Assist In Roof RepairIn granting a request from Ox­ford County Council to pay $810 of a total $3,000 repair bill to the roof of the registry office, $ Woodstock city council last night$10.Game Warden H. will be on hand totails.Another incentive fox shooting is the fox. each worth $50. a dozen of these $50 the loose in Oxford.W. Clark take in thebuilder in tagged-ear-. At present foxes are on,literally did not know where to get the money so the problem was solved by "charging it.” to next year’s accounts.This repair bill was not in either the county or city’s bud­get-This matter came before city council by letter from county . council, which stated that theMr. Smith is perhaps the great­est authority on John Brown iri * esx autnonry on John Brown inMrs.! T A motion was moved by Stanley Canada said LaVerne s j"h“ J. Smith vice president of the'ston secretary.i society, that application be made Mr? RomarfoMo cmitv,“I do feel as a humble mem- to the Archaeological and Histor- a mo'tion askin? Mr ber, we as a society should get ic Sites Board and the Historical! L^S^inf^ our friends interested in Oxford's Sites and Monuments Board that his ton *museum because there is a tre-, plaques be put on the Old Regis-mendous amount of material of try Office, the old town hall and mSton B0^great interest,” she stressed. the Dallas House, all in Ingersoll. I „ carrled-(Editor’s Note. The editorial to'His motion was seconded by Mrs J r Smith also said it was which Mrs. Ward refers was in Bernadette Smith, curator of the that Mr. Smith wasthe Saturday, June 21 issue of the;Oxford Museum. displaying such enthusiasm ini wanting to see that historical sit-Oxford Ward.ber, weMuseum”, saidTURNKEYWanted for guard duty at Ox­ford County Jail, Woodstock,Ontario.es are preserved for future gen­erations.To create more member inter­est the society is taking steps to join the Woodstock and District Film Council..Forming of a program commit­tee was postponed tfll the next meeting to be held on the last Friday in September.[ Roy Hart, president, also told members of his recent visit as a delegate to the Ontario Histori­cal Society’s annual meeting re- jcently held in Midland, Ont.A film of the recent unveiling of the plaque of Old St. Paul’s Church was also shown at last night’s meeting as well as a film of Canada made by the National [Film Board.Steady employment. 5 day week. 'Must be at least 5’ 8”.Apply in person, between 9.00 | a.m. and 4.00 p.m., to GovernorJohn Calder, County Jail,Woodstock.The letter also asked for an •early decision because repairs: ?Fifteen were caught and a metal tag placed on their ears- last year. This tag designates the animal is worth $50. Out of thiscounty was faced with extensive repairs to the parapet walls of ® ' the registry office.EX-WARDENS OF OXFORD HOLD ANNUAL GET-TOGETHER IN CITYPictures are treasures, somethe past. They took a momentpeople say. and here ex-war­dens of Oxford County remin-group nine were killed..' .were needed immediately. Spec- dozen th tap out of the ifications for repairs have al- .nJhJ? e Retrieved. ready been approved by county t 5 j council on a cost plus basis. 'on fox but rather the two types ’of contests, '' 'APPROVE BY-PASSCity Council approved a by­pass outside the city limits last night, which will run, if approved by the Departmem of Highways around the north end of Wood- stock linking Highway 40-1 exten­sion when it is built.foe a bit by looking over old snapshot* of county councils Cout from their schedule yester­day to recall Incidents fromof yesteryear. Some 20 ex-war-dens were in Woodstock for the annual ex-wardens meeting, Ijeft to right are: Alvin McKay, warden in 1042; Milton Hotter-Contract Farming Making Headway■ 1 Contract farming has practic­ally taken over the broiler indus­try and there is an indication it is making headway in the hog industry while the beef farmers are also being affected.i These were the views exprssed i by R. W. Pawlay, district super­visor for the Veterans Land Act for Western Ontario at yester- [ day’s meeting of the ex-wardens ; of Oxford County.Mr. Pawlay was addressing ; nearly 20 ex-wardens who turn- < ■ ed but at the annual dinner meet- ’ । ing in Nash’s restaurant.The reason farmers turn to contract farming is because they j can't get credit, he said, and the ; ' contract deal is taking the in- : dependence out of farming.• However, in regard to the hog • vote scheduled for July 25 Mr.Pawlay said in his statement about contract farming and hog* i had no bearing on it whatsoever. । "There is just an indication contract farming is making head­way," he said.Wge, HM7; Cecil M. Riddle, 1057; George H. Hollier, 1023; snd A. D, Robinson, warden in 1934. (Staff Photo) Sites Board of which she is athe 128-year-old edifice asof the Dioceese of Huron: May-government-recognized historic site. Present at the ceremony were clergy and civic officials. They are seated behind Mrs.i '-x ui xxuiuu; may- _or Charles Tatham; Gordon J- A- D™65’ former rec- j Innes, MLA for Oxford riding; i tor; Wilfred Frost, peoples’Grant Smith, warden of Ox- 1 warden. (Staff photo)d of which she is a i Smith, Left to right are: Ven- , ford County- Rev J G left markS । ^’able AtcMeaton Carman J. bridge, rector of Old St Paul'?’ ar old edifice as a Queen, diocesan commissioner h c eh , ’ , ’*---------J C1 H G. Pyne, rector’s warden-PLAQUE IS UNVEILEDAT AN UNVEILING cere­mony held at Old St. Paul’s Anglican Church Saturday Mrs. Bernadette Smith officially pre­sents the large plaque, in fore­ground, on behalf of the Ont­ario Archeological and HistoricMark Old St. Paul’s Church As An Historic Ontario Site, A plaque was unvailed Satur­day in front of Old St. Paul’s Anglican Church, marking it as fan official Ontario historic site, j The church was built some 128 years ago by Admiral Henry Vansittart as one of the first undertakings in settling the area.The church, referred to by Ven. jC. J. Queen, diocesan commis- sioner of Huron, as having a “historic record far and beyond reproach” has long been regard­ed by many Woodstock and ar­ea citizens as an archaic site. However, it is now official thr­ough the offices of the govern-I ment.The plaque was presented on behalf of the Archeological and Historic Sites Board of Ontario by Aiderman Bernadette Smith, a member of the board, Mrs. Smith said the board always would appreciate leadership and guidance from communities a- ibout historical sites which should• be preserved.Archdeacon Queen voiced a tribute to all concerned for their, capable leadership, and describ-’ ed the church’s past as (“glorious” and “surrounded by an abundance of history.”He speculated it will experien­ce an even greater future. “Old St. Paul’s is fast becoming one of the leading churches in the diocese,” he said.He unveiled the plaque on be­half of the Bishop of Huron, the Rt, Rev. G. N. Luxton, present­ly in England.The invocation was offered by the Rev. J. A. Davies, former rector of Old St. Paul’s.Rev. J. G. Lethbridge, rector, introduced those taking part inceremony including GordonM bUhl‘MM- 8 E Wt a « iFFH S'-"o si §2 c 5<8^1 4 JInnes, MILA for Oxford, Mayor Charles Tatham, and Grant Smith, Oxford warden who gave brief addresses.INSCRIPTIONThe inscription was read by H. G. Pyne, rector’s warden, following the dedication cere­mony by Archdeacon Queen.At the top of the plaque, dir­ectly under the shield of Ontario in large lettering is “St. Paul’s Church 1334”. Below this it reads, “This church was com­pleted in 1834 shortly after the founding of the community. It was financed through the efforts Admiral Henry Vansittart and constructed under the direction of his agent. Captain Andrew Dr®'w> Admiral alsopledged maintainance of it’s first incumbent, the Rev. William Bettridge, who served the con­gregation 1334-79 During the Rebellion of 1837 the building be­came a temporary jail for pris­oners captured by local militia, SJ- Paul's was consecrated in 1838 by Bishop G J. Mountain. The chancel was added to the ! original structure in 1843 and the ; transepts in 1851.”The invocation was offered by the Rev. J. A. Davies, former rector and a welcome was ex­tended by Wilfrid Frost, people's warden.Following the ceremonv an in­formal reception was held in the parish hall.I On Sunday the annual Found­ers Day service was held at Old St. Paul’s and tribute was paid to early families of the parish including the Vansittart vault |which is the final resting place of Admiral Vansittart. Graves were decorated with flowers school children of the parish.NESBITT TREAT FOR DIPLOMATSOxford County Cheese Erimers-l‘ersRo®0.S. Goes To Switzerland EmPloYment Service Says TENDERSF''VU'v'tract isBonds33Huron Ends Secret Vote For WardenFour ranking officlala of Huron County have died suddenly inFor years past, "by "arrangement," Hu-signed.must be made onoffice'in recent years""first to go T R f ru/vn »««««-■forms approved by the County.The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.J. N. MEATHRELL County Road Superintendent.URE & SMITH.Consulting Engineers.19/16-3A-o • :■ ■ ■awwor Road ConstructionS E A L E D TENDERS or forms supplied by the under- ; signed Consulting Engineers will be received at the office of the County Road Superin­tendent. Court House, Wood- stock. Ontario, until 12.00 o’clock noon, Eastern Day­light Time,Wednesday, July 23rd1958for Clearing. Grading. Drain­age. Fencing. Granular Base, Culverts, etc., on County Road No. 32 (Governor’s Road) Contract 58-1.From the road between lots 20 and 21. North Oxford (Road to BeaehviUe) to the Underpass on the Canadian Pacific Railway on Dundas' Street in the City of Wood­stock.INFORMATION NOW AVAILABLEProfiles and cross-sections may be seen, and specifica­tions. culvert drawings, sec­tional drawings, information to bidders, lender forms and tender envelopes may bo purchased at the office of the Consulting Engineers, Ure and Smith. 35 Spring­bank Avenue. Woodstock, on payment of the sum of Ten Dollars (SI0.00). No refunds will be made.• ■ :A certified cheque in the ap­proximate amount specified in the list attached to the tender form, and payable to the County' of Oxford, On­tario. shall be forwarded by the Contractor when submit­ting the tender, and thischeque shall be enclosed in the same envelope as the tender.A contract bond for 100% of the amount of the tender issued by an approved guar­antee Company or 100% in cash or acceptable collater­al will be furnished by the Contractor when the con-ron County Council has elected its War­den and Roads Committee mem- . bers by non-legal secret balloting. At the June session in Goderich .. under Warden J Morrisey, Reeve , of Stephen Township, ended that ' system Councillors, in future, as required by Ontario Statutes, will , hold elections by open vote.was T Ft, Patterson, widely-known County Engineer, who succeeded libs father in the post and. in turn, was succeeded briefly by his .son. The other two were County Clerk Norman Miller and Judge T. M Costello. The latest, who died sud­denly shortly after midnight on June 17, was A. H. Erskine, 58, treasurer of Huron County from 1934, who became county clerk as well In 1954 He was spending the night, on Journey to opening pf Wentworth County BuildingConcrete paving of a 3Pi-mile strip of Governor's Road four miles west of Woodstock began in earnest yesterday when several concrete mixing and paving machines were moved onto the $150,-000 project site. Oxford County officials said in April they expected to pave the entire 12-mile stretch from Thamesford to Woodstock this spring and summer.■ ■ ■ - '-■ • '9'.A ■ . ,■ • ,Jr ■ i'.'. -x. . .I !START POURING OF CEMENT, GOVERNOR'S ROAD PAVING*Work is seen rapidly pro­gressing on the Governor's Road West of Woodstock. Here Ion# of the huge mixers worksthe cemerit to the proper con­sistency and pours it onto the road bed, Next the cementwill be smoothed out, by mammoth •'trow1” - .......1awhich covers an of the road at a 'Ilie sections areentire section single stroke, then finisheda mnchine hy hand, (Staff Photo) ;W¥■*-4w■:MiiWW£#■>£&«&«««««»&rJiWJSlj®iwg*4**MIt won’t be long now! The forms are now being laid and within another day or so, ev­erything will be in readiness for the pouring of the first ce­ment for the paving of Gover­nor’s Road, just west of Wood- stock. Crews of workmen, are now engaged in work necess­ary immediately prior to the AT LAST!- -----------------PAVING BEGINS ON GOVERNOR'S ROAD...- -.1'13Boys “Switch" Museum LabelsThe seven or eight boys who had themselves a “ball" in the Oxford County Museum yester­day by changing labels on var-l . tous displays may have spoiled u for other school children, accord-1'; ing to Curator Bernadette Smith, f' ®Mrs. Smith said that up until W yesterday, school children have been allowed into the museum > free of charge to view the ex­hibits.From now on there is a pos­sibility. she said, that all child-, ren wiU be charged 10 cents.' “I am going to discuss the in-' cident" she said, with the Board of Directors."Mrs Smith was quite provoked ever the label-switching incident when she made the complaint yesterday terming the action of . the boys as "stupid "pouring, and in the TOP PHO­TO, appears the big machine that levels and cleans out the suib-surface of the highway in­side the steel forms which will retain the poured cement. Roy Dame of Essex, operates the roller, • while Americo Lorron- te and Toni Demico are in'charge of the sub-grader that follows behind. Just before the machine does its work, the forms must be laid precisely, and in the LOWER PHOTO, Don Chugg prepares to drive one of the retaining spikes, while his mate, Joe Pelton, holds the spike. Both are from Niagara Falls. (Staff Photos). ? , ik‘It won’t be long now! The forms are now being laid and within another day or so, ev­erything will be in readiness for the pouring of the first ce­ment for the paving of Gover­nor’s Road, just west of Wood- stock. Crews of workmen are now engaged in work necess­ary immediately prior to the AT LAST!PAVING BEGINS ON GOVERNOR'S ROADBoys "Switch Museum LabelsThe seven or eight bovs who had themselves a “ball” in the Oxford Oounty Museum vaster-’in day by changing labels on var-! - ’.ous displays may have spoiled it for other school ?hildren, accord-! ling io Curator Bernadette Smith. 'Mrs. Smith said that up until yesterday. school children have , been allowed into the museum free of charge to view the ex­hibits.t i From now on there is a pos­sibility, she said, that all child-, Iren will be- charged HO cents,“I am going to discuss the in-1 cident” she said, -'with the Board’ of Directors.”Mrs, Smith was quite provoked ever the label-switching incident,® when she made the complaint yesterday terming the action of - j the boys as "stupid.''pouring, and in the TOP PHO­TO, appears the big machine that levels and cleans out the sub-surface of the highway in­side the steel forms which will retain the poured cement. Roy Dame of Essex, operates the roller, • while Americo Lorron- te and Toni Demico are in charge of the sub-grader that follows behind. Just before the machine does its work, the forms must be laid precisely, and in the LOWER PHOTO. Don Chugg prepares to drive one of the retaining spikes, while his mate, Joe Pelton, holds the spike. Both are from Niagara Falls. (Staff Photos). ■ • • • P^io-^■ MATHES< H EMBRO -xattune . . . ,DN PARKONTARIOH JULY 1st, 1958 |DANCING COMPETITIONS«HH| INDIVIDUAL COMPETITIONSHsHHB PIPE BAND COMPETITIONS★TUG OE WARrljangmaS field eventsBL .....——,1-—77"—-INDIVIDUAL, COMPETITIONS 9:30 A.M.★OFFICIAL OPENING 1:30 P.M.★MASSED BAND PARADE 12:00 P. M. Whiles the dangerouscurveTRANSPORT TRUCK USES OVERPASSAllan ThompsonPHOTO one of thecuts on hand at Oxford'sHome For Aged Residents Entertained By Pilot Clubiation and president.Oxford County 4-H Clubs Hold Annual Rally HereToday marks the end of ide Crossing".nual 4-H club rOy was the warden of Oxford County. Leftford's 4-H club leaders’ assoc-APPOINTMENTCecil Kerr, Embro Mason, has been notified that he has been a Grand Steward of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Can­ada in Ontario, at the recent Grand Lodge sessions in Toronto.Watson, S9; Annie Rutledge 41; Nelson Munday and George Shad­wick, 74.round out it was Home," she said.to right; Judy Bruce, guest I O! Woodstock;LOWER i Juha Nornngton, pianist RR 7 many par- Woodstock; Grant Smith. War­den for Oxford County; Laing Kennedy. Oxford Cen Ue; Dou­glas Bertrand. RR a Norwich.A convoy of seven cars trans­ported the elderly citizens to Willow Lake Park where a two- hour outing took place.Seated under large shady trees the men and women were catered to by Pilot members who treated the Old Age Pensioners last year.,1 . The oldest woman and man *e- iceived gifts, donated by Wood- stock merchants.AT OXFORD County’s 4-H Club rally held in Woodstock yesterday club leaders TOP PHOTO meet guest speaker Wren Blair manager of the world champion hockey team, Whitby Dunlops, Left to right:N, O. Watson, assistant agri­cultural representative for Ox­ford; Mr. Blair, guest speak­er; R. E, Bell, agricultural re­presentative for Oxford; Allan Scott, RR 2 Princeton; Gordon McRuer, vice president, Ox-presented with a rose bv the! Pilots, ‘ 'A "guess the number of beans' in the bottle" contest was held.' SeveBty-eight-year-oId G. Patter­son came closest in the men's division with a guess of 450. The number of beans was 463. The women were' not as close" with ,Mrs. Alice PolhiU, the eldest, win­ning with a guess of 400 in the I female bracket.i Jim Skinner won a can of shav­ing lotion as the man having the nearest birthday, July 6, and Ella May Dorland, 75, won a bot­tle of cologne as the woman hav­ing the nearest birthday, July 23.In a contest to see who could walk the straightest line holdingis stui open to traffic, vehicles moved both ways with a The truck parked on the road have begun moving over the new construction truck parked on one Is owned by the Howard Jordon [million-dollar overpass. .side obstructing the path. Company, of Aylmer, The JordSTzinu snnirht k. Goidon Edwards, 42, of Wind- Company was doing land capoite on the ov^,,sTwo lane traffi? WU1 begin on h s way lane blockin« morrow and It will accommodateConvener Edith Scholz said the cll'b was happy with the results."It is the first time we have tried the County Home and we are happy with the results," she said. "We felt when they got home they thoroughly enjoyed themselves, and they’ asked’us when we would be back."Mrs. Scholz also thanked Wood- stock merchants who donatedSuic the flow was restricted to one;soft shoulder whore an estimated , :«25 damage was cau.vsd U> steer-। curve Gne of the first vehicles to ing mechanism of his late mocb4I Highway 2 over travel on the new was t£e ’ ,the CNR mainline at Creditville forced off the road yesterday a.i hi nine 3 resultingJoe Fallowfield, 93, eldestman. received a pipe while the nearly $20 worth of gifts. "They (Oldest woman, Mrs. Alice PolhiU,: were very cooperative when thev (received a large corsage. found out it was for the CountyAU ladies in attendance were " ■u- --!JTraffic Flows Over Bridge Built To Prevent Accidents4(1 residents of the an umbrella over the head the -ountyfcome were treated to a following won prizes; Ernie KCrhikCh ?nw g^TS by «; Amy Smart; Harryrnot Club of Woodstock early1”'"1— "* * — - .last night. THOUSANDS FROM AREA SEE PRINCESS ON VISIT TO STRATFORDM>8......MASONIC DISTRICT DEPUTY RECEIVES REGALIA‘.V. A. Chesney, a past mas-W. A. Chesney, a past mas- | ter of the Innerkip MasonicLodge, was elected District De­puty Grand Master of the Wil­son Masonic District,at theday afternoon in connection with the annual communication of Grand Lodge in Toronto.In the photo, WBr. Chesney, el­ected on the first ballot, isdistrict meeting held Wednes- shown receiving his regaliafrom Bro. Gordon Smith of Innerkip, who was district de­puty 21 years ago. Standing in centre of photo is R. O. Few- ster of Norwich, who was also a candidate lor the office.Museum Seeks Loan Of Old Historic Oxford PicturesCOLES BROS. LTDIMSI®Announce that J. H. Crang & Co. will carry on the stock brokerage section of their business after August 1st. Coles Bros. Ltd. will become a limited partner of the J. H. Crang Co. business in Woodstock.The new manager for the stock brokerage office will be Mr. G. D. Jane who is on experi­enced investment dealer.Coles Bros. Ltd. will continue to operate the Insurance and Real Estate business as hereto­fore with no change in management or per­sonnel.COLES BROS. LTDINSURANCE — REAL ESTATE390 DUNDAS ST.LE 7-5521 IA new name for sanitary inspectors has been proclaimed by a recent special bill pass-1 ed by the British Parliament. They are now offie-g ialh known as health officers.Commenting on this at the Dominion Day | dinner of the Canada Club in London (and re-| ported by Napier Moore of The Financial Post). British cabinet minister Lord Mancroft suggested that the next step might be a demand for a sub­sequent bill giving them the title of privy coun-] ci Hors. ■ ........j County and municipal officials ’ I of Oxford County met in the . 4 Ingersoll council chambers on1 Wednesday night for a general discussion on the possibility of licensing nursing homes. Nur- j sing home care was also dis- i cussed for Woodstock, Tilson- burg, Ingersoll and the rest ofI Oxford County.,Officials at the meeting were: 'Front row. left1 to right) Ingersoll town clerk-8R. G. GIVEN. . , resigns postMunicipal Officials Consider Nursing Home Care, Licensing1 Nursing home care was dis- an Pembleton and Peter Mol- cussed and considered at a meet-inar, Ingersoll; town clerk R. E. ing in the council chambers here Winlaw and Daniel Aitken, wel* last night of official representa- fare officer, Ingersoll; Dr. O. C. tlves of the city of Woodstock, Powers of the Oxford Health the county of Oxford, the towns Unit, and Warden J. G. Smith. |of Ingersoll and Tillsonburg, the The object of the meeting was Oxford Health Unit and other to fully discuss nursing home organizations, especially those as-;care and have a uniform by-law |sociated with welfare work. i governing the licensing of nur-Mayor Charles Tatham o f hom®s the De-I Woodstock presided on vote of j1"1* actlon' ^wever was not the gathering, and county clerkL. K. Coles was secretary of the meeting.In attendance at the meetingwere Aiderman George LaFlair and welfare officer Knott of Woodstock; Mayor Winnifted L. I Williams, and Councillors Norm-GIVE STUDY TO LICENSING OF NURSING HOMEStreasurer, R. E. Winlaw, Till-Pays Dearly For Assault At TavistockA Woodstock youth pleaded guilty to assaulting Tavistock ’.Reeve Robert Rudy, on Aug. 9. i in County Court yesterday and j was ordered to pay a total of $116 by Magistrate R. G. Groom.Frederick J. Pember, 315 MiB street, was assessed a S50 fine for the above offence. He was also ordered to pay. in addition, damages of S5 to Robert Rudy and court costs of $15.According to evidence by PC Garnet Davidson. Pember, a me­mber of the Royal Canadian Air pi Force. and another man forced their way into the Tavistock Me­morial Hall at 11.45 p.m. on Aug.I 9.When ticket-taker George Mat­heson tried to get them to pay admission, they refused. Then he and Reeve Rudy attempted to get them to leave and an argument took place at the entrance.It was then that Pember PC Davidson testified, struck Rudy knocking him to the floor and breaking his glasses. The Reeve iwas knocked out for 10 minutes ■ before he was revived.i After recovering he was in a ! dazed condition.sonburg Reeve Ed Pearce; Ox­ford County Warden J. Grant Smith, Woodstock Mayor C. M. Tatham. Woodstock Aiderman George LaFlair. 'Rack row) sOxford County clerk L. K. Coles, Ingersoll Councillors N. E. Pembleton and P. J. Mol­nar, Woodstock welfare admin­istrator, D, R. Knott, and Ing­ersoll assessor and welfare ad­ministrator. Dan Aitken. (See story, page 5). (Staff Photo).OXFORD BUCKS PROVINCEIndicate HogPlanDefeated In CountyWhen unofficial results were, Beyond this reason he made no affirmative wte was less than tabulated last night Oxford em- further comment.. j f ... ...the required two-thirds wereNOTICETHE WEED CONTROL ACT R.S.O. 1950, SECTION 3 (I)Every occupant of land, or if the land is unoccupied, the owner, *ball destroy all noxious weed* thereon as often ip every year as is nece«*ary tu prevent the ripening ui their seeds.V- 1 f • ’ ' f ’ • ;<OXFORD COUNTY WEED INSPECTORED. H. THORNTONerged as one of 10 counties not1 Foll<>win8 a™ unofficial results, Frontenac, Hastings. Huron, Kentcivine an affirmative vote i. ?1 m the ll polling booths NRddlesex. Perth. Welland. Wei-•« - yeS' niSht, from noils.T’hp nniv tua la^b z%c P5L’ Bltn-htini, -yes, KM.no. 11,604 against.”SUP W? n Oxfordf G5‘ no' Ontario Hog Producers Assoe-Wllfred L Bishop s^Srv of ‘ iadon es»»«alcd there were onlythe Oxford iS ftton M '' Oxford ' yes' 521 another 13 polls to report, for at. Sr, 1 ’-delation of Agricul- North Norwich - yea. 56, no, 68; total of 382. The Ontario depart- ture, .-.tiong supporters of the South Norwich . yes. 9, no. 16; mem of agriculture said earlier trmSSv "T ex'|Dt^fham - y®8- no, «8 There would be 420 polls in thetremel.v light in the County. I The other counties in which the 42 southern counties. -- yes.ped Friday night, from 379 polls, yes. 42, there were 25,151 in favor andThere would be 420 polls in theij—_____Ontario Figures Show Voters Back Scheme By 68 Per Cent SPEED WORK ON ELIMINATION OF DANGEROUS ROAD CURVEsurveyBernard Caliber. (Staff photo)RUSH WORK ON STRAIGHTENING GOVERNOR'S ROAD CURVEaretho aito Governor'soff the area wherewest of the city, has been ripped bulldozers, and al the machines and building up andRoad, just Underbrush out by the p r e «<* n Iparty, which is laying out the new section of roadway, andcimyiilevelliniLOWER PHOTO,Before paving is started on this end of the Governor’s Road, it was decided to elim­inate a dangerous curve at the bridge. In the TOP PHOTO, a bulldozer is clearing under­lie new road will run, The photo shows a section of the new roadway, and one of the big bulldoze™ at work, (Staff Incite),Bulldozers and crews of workmen are speeding con­struction of the new stretch of right-of-way that will elimin­ate the hazardous curve onGovernor's Road Curve RemovedBeginning Monday Governor's Road will be closed for about 10 days to allow earth moving machines, freedom to cut an old dangerous curve away.Local traffic will have to detour from both ends of the road or approach the area surrounding it from the Embro road or No 2 highway.At the Woodstock end, the new part of the road will angle to­wards Dundas street to eliminate a sharp curve. This will require the building of a new bridge estimated to cost about S60.000.“Tenders will be called for this bridge shortly,” J. N. Mea- trell, county road superintendent said today. In giving a descrip­tion of the new bridge, he said it will be a 100 foot span, 36 foot deck and have a six foot side­walk.Also at this end a construct­ion crew is busy removing trees and building culverts. Next week the huge earth moving machines will begin tearing away at the large hill to remove the danger­ous curve.Paving of the road from the Canada Cement Plant west is ex­pected to be completed shortly. With one half of the road almost completed operations for the oth­er half will be more rapid.sei ting up grade stakes for the contractor’s guidance is shown at work. Left to right, the members are Don Penney,brush and fill from the new right-of-way, while in the 'oast/pew /o am.AVSales IncreaseBy 25 Per CentI - TORONTO (CPi—Liquor sales ui Ontario have jumped 25 per ; cent since the start of the beer । strike.• Liquor Control Board of On­tario officials were unable to es­timate the increase in sales by volume, but dollar sales have in­creased by 25 per cent.They said increased Hauor [ sales will likely offset the loss I of provincial revenues from beer taxes.Essex Official Blasts Council;Fired on SpotWINDSOR, Aug. 21 — John D. Adams dropped a "bomb" of accusations on Essex County Council and was immediatelytail end of fox competitionThey also warned that fines of ,$100 to $1,000 and jail sentences of not less than two months mav lb in store for those who attempt to solve the beer drought by [bringing beer in from Quebec. ।Anyonewho s m u ggles hear [[across a provincial border vio- jlates the federal govern merit's [Importation of Alcoholic Liquors Act.Legal NoticesPUBLIC NOTICE At the call of WARDEN J. Grant Smith a Special MEETING of the County Council of the County of Ox­ford will be held in theCOUNCIL CHAMBER IN THE COURT HOUSE WOODSTOCK on(WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER IC .[ 1958 at the hour of ten ; o'clock a.m., for general busi­ness.I All claims and accounts । against the county must be filed with the County Clerk •before the first day of the session.L. K. COLES. County Clerk. County Clerk's Office.Woodstock.28-5Ax tails heaped up behind County Building yesterday le first part ol a year long IconTest ended. Four persons, Les Shelley of Embro, Harvey Lawler, Ingersoll, C. Hart, Woodstock, were awarded priz­es of MO, $30. and $20, in that order, for bringing in the most 'tails. A prize of ten dollarswas divided between James Lit­tle of Thamesfora and C. W. Pullen of BeachvjUe when both arrived with the same number of tails. This contest replaces the bounty on fox. Hunters re­move the tail of any fox they kill and bring them to the Game Warden, Herb Clark, at definite periods during theyear. Starling today the second part of the 1958 contest will be in effect until December. Here Henb Clark (left) and County Clerk Len Coles exam­ine a batch of tails turned in at yesterday's collection; Some 92 tails were collected during the two day period they were handed in. (Staff Photo).Brad Schneller GoesTolambtonReport Draining Swimming Pool Is Cause Of Pollution To StreamNew Agro Building Planned By Countyi The East Zorra Township Coun- IciJ received a letter at 1U meet­ing alleging pollution of a stream •running through the property of Mrs. Laura Cole, RR 6. Wprxl- stork, when the swimming pool at Kwillow Lake Park is drained.Council decided to send the better to the Oxford County [Board of Health, along with a recommendation that the troubleNAMED SECRETARYR. J. Forbes* manager of the [Oxford County Home for the Aged, was appointed secretary of the Ontario Aasociation of Man- J&gcrs and Matrons at the annual j meeting In Kitchener this week.Oxford residents may long re- es and location.Reeve Edmember Warden J. Grant Smith. Pearce, chairman of the property i if his plans for an agricultural committee; Reeve Howard Me- 'building materialize. Combs, chairman of the financeProposed building is to be built committee; Deputy Reeve. P. L. on county property, somewhere Pressey, chairman of the agri- Inear the county courthouse* On cultural committee, and R. E.Runter street, In Woodstock. Bell, agricultural representative 1 Approximate cost Is $100,000, for Oxford."To my knowledge this Is the| Tbls wmmjUee |s to report first lime any county council In back lo pound's December ses- ; Ontario han undertaken a pro- ,;On jec! of this kind," sold Warden ‘‘ .... Smith. , ।’On a committee, appointed byIf and when built, this propos­ed building will be iea^l to U® Department of AsfWtutw.fired as county engineer.In a three-page report which came as a total surpri.se to coun­ty council the controversial en­gineer accused three members of the road committee of receiv­ing payoffs to have him fired; named a former council member as the payoff man and said the [county clerk had conspired to have him dismissed.20-17 For DismissalTwo hours after the reporthad been distributed the “shocked" members of council voted 20-17 for Mik Adams’ im­mediate dismissal.Mr. Adams, whg has been a target of much criticism for' • three of his eight years with the county, rose in the council chambers, thanked the members and walked out.In his report Mr. Adams named Reeve George Hayes, of St Clair Beach (chairman of the road committee); Reeve Glen Rogers, of Gosfield South, and Reeve Gene Whelan, of An- derdon, as a triumvirate that was carrying out a campaign with a former councilor, Mur- Iray Jones, of Amherstburg, to [have him fired.Hit 3 Years AgoMr. Adams first came under attack by county council three years ago. At that time Deputy Reeve Murray Jones accused the engineer of "fixinf tenders." An ’ ^investigation was held, but ft ■was inconclusive and the matter .was never settled.Criticism of the engineer was renewed this summer after the Department of Highways re­fused to pay a 50 per cent sub­sidy on a $28,000 paving job be­cause J. V. Ludgate. municipal engineer for the department, [said Mr. Adams had failed to keep his promise and let tenders 'prematurely.1 Although county officials have imade several appeals to the de­partment the subsidy still hasn’t been paid.m Aa^^an/’ «/^raM PAGE 6SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1958Council Members BackTHE SENTINEL-REVIEW, AUGUST 19, 1958 3Mr. Given’s Fine Record As Woodstock City-ManagerDespite the differences of opinion that are being aired currently in Woodstock over the merits of the city-manager form of municipal government, no one can deny that W. R, Given, the man who has filled the office here for the past three years, has done a conscientious and commend­able job for this city.This is borne out in the fact that he has been selected from more than a dozen applicants to take over a similar job in the city of Samia and will assume his nw duties in mid-September.In announcing his acceptance of the Sarnia post, Mr. Given said he considered it a distinct personal advance, and with this we must agree. Sarnia is considerably larger than Woodstock, and its city-man­ager form of government has not only been in force there longer but it has served as a pattern for many other com­munities, including our own. The man who introduced the system to Sarnia, E. R. Colter, has been prevailed upon to accept an even more challenging job and develop this type of plan in metropolitan Windsor.Referring to the appointment of Mr. Given to the Bluewater City post, the Sarnia Observer states that not onlv hasthe groundwork been done well by predecessor, but the public generallyhit arenow very responsive to the whole idea of the city-manager form of government. And it says this:“Mr. Colter came to Samia in 1951ROTARY CLUB PROJECTand introduced to us a much more effici­ent method of handling the big business which is modern municipal government,'’ and it adds: “Like anything else, you can only take out what you put into an en­deavor. Some communities like the plan and see where it has merit. Others have soured on it, probably because of a clash of traditions and personalities. The only way the council-manager plan can work is to give it a fair trial.”That is a point worth remembering. The city manager plan has only been in effect in Woodstock for three years—less than half the time it has been operating in Samia. Yet Mr. Given’s record in the time he has been here has been suffici­ently impressive that he has been selected by Samia to carry on the form of gov­ernment that has become accepted there and which was copied by Woodstock.If that is not commendation for the job and for the man who has been responsible for its operation here we don’t know what could be. We would wish Mr. Given well as he goes to his new post, and while regretting his departure from Woodstock, would urge that the pattern he has set be maintained and strengthened by the wise choice of a successor. ’The task of fitting Mi’. Given’s shoes will be difficult, but with the ready co­operation of the citizens as a whole it will not be impossible and will be made much more effective.Will Build New School Convention Expense Item<» one or two eonveolXA new school for Woodstock’s and association with the help ofiwas too large for their needs, i mentally retarded pHiiHran tt-v—*.1 <wwuawun & uw ubbudduun wiui une neip orwas too large ror tneir needs. r> << inaxchildren will mentally and physically crippled the School authorities acquired onlv piven M._ Barney b®.nol is raised by children in the city. , the services of one room at the a '.r “t-v.— ।------ u— i_4_——j —x — _ x x.. . * wuveuuou in Quebec.but that he also be given $40 s ‘a / Plus train expenses.be built from funds raised by children in the city.the local Rotary club. “They have been interested in [Oxford Street Baptist Church.This announcement came from the School For Mentally Retard-] - uuiju,dtaRotary President Cecil Kirkby at. ed Children since its inception has increased to 16 and the the regular meeting of the club; locally.” Jsehool officials are findi thatyesterday Soon There will be a committee set] the three classrooms they haveA campaign to raise the nec- up in November to look after now at the cllurch arp’ bp;n- essary finds wlU be launched byi the building of the school; | outerown again Sthe Ro>rians this November. i The school for Woodstock's, .. 'It is expected that the new mentally retarded children was । r; Stephens comment when school will be a four-room struc- originally started in the Moose askt-“ how long they have been • ’ ■ - - - - - - - -- wanting a school of their own forhave been interested in, Oxford Street Baptist Church.I Since that time the pupil-rate"ids will be launched by the building of the school.— „__^rians this November. j The school for Woodstock's! ' It is expected that the new mentally retarded children waslure, president of the local Re-| Lodge Hall, and a total of nine tarded Children’s Association Gib children were taught.Stephens said this morning and1 Finding that the Moose Hall will accommodate approximately* ■--------: ------------;------~ ——For Retarded ChildrenCity council last night when Aid- * he pointedkman Lorne E. Dow moved that to 1V. ivi. Barney t>e noti w. . , - •. o ..j permission to attend' When we stand as councillors.> J ia sewage convention in Quebec 'he contended, we don't run for ‘u~i *- - ■ • j any ulterior motive. Aidermen in. - .---- ~„xxx st- Marie get more money,j Aid. Dow also .moved that dele- than w do> I . think it is $1,800,' ' .gates to an upcoming convention and * a^° believe that Ingersoll m Ottawa be allowed the same councilors get more, he added, fl expenses. Both motions were pas- “No one should have any com- sed by council. plaints about their represents- ]Commenting on this matter.'^ves going to a convention.” And ■ Aid. b. Smith said that knowing any reasonable taxpayer would- the cost of the Chateau Laurier, n’t want us to spend our own $40 a day is not much. "We money, because not one of us i ■should not go there as poor re- have that extra that permit us to |iations or free-loaders. 1 concur do so, he said. | j^Ald^A^W^'^v^^-n J Th£? Clty Should «s !'open ton iv .We,.wlU be representatives as ambassadefs.. • S jopen to a lot of criticism. stressed Ad. B. .Smith ” and V 'i*4Whf‘n \ : jone who has been there l'know' jtO c°nvent;ons we it is very expensive. Woodstock, retarded children purposes:11 “Ever since we started.”32 pupils.: In addition, the new structure ■ vzDJ pfovide 'for a sheltered work- . I shop.Mr. Stephens could not give an [estimate of the cost of building the school and added that, as of■fe '■’Istressed Ad. B, .Smith." andyet, no concrete plans had been drawn up.The Rotarians were asked to' build the school, he said, as a result of their long interest inBeer Drought Quietens City Uptown Arear?GEORGE THOMSON$1,000,000 Expansion For -Beachville- PlantWoodstock Agricultural Society — FAIR —August 21st, 22ndWork has begun in Beadwilk on a >1,000,000 expansion tund modernisation profrwp at the Ch<’mit'UJ Lime Limited Plant,and LadyAdmit 7'<1 5i J- if. ■ 1Secretary* Manager -MrAsDespite the are being aired ®| over the merits dpf of municipal govdrnj that W. R, Giwnj ti the office here f® has done a cons® able job for this®This is borne ® has been selected th applicants to tak® the city of Sarnia ® duties in mid-Sep®In announcing® I Sarnia post, Mr. ® it a distinct pers® this we must agro® larger than Wood® ager form of go® been in force th® served as a patter® munities, including I introduced the sy® Colter, has been prl an even more chai® [this type of plan in IReferring to thq Given to the Blue Samia Observer sta the groundwork be predecessor, but th« now very responsive the city-manager And it says this:School of Horsing"Mr. Colter came to Samia in 1951 more effective.€ke Hoard of ^nisfand OreSchool of Horsing of theWoodstock General Hospital request the honour of gour presence at theirSixtieth Graduation Exercises Wednesday, the tmentg4ifth dag of June nineteen hundred and fiftg-eight at three o’clockHm St Paul’s ChurchWoodstock, Hntarindeceptionat Purses’ Residence4.30 n’rlnck। svh'-rotary club projectTHE SENTINEL-REVIEW, AUGUST 19. 1958 3Will Build New School For Retarded ChildrenA new school for Woodstock's and association with the help of;was too large for their needs, mentally retarded children will mentally and physically crippled'the School authorities acquired be built from funds raised by children in the city, the local Rotary club.This announcement came from the School For Mentally Retard-They have been interested inthe services of one room at theOxford Street Baptist Church.Since that time the pupil-rate has increased to 16 and theRotary President Cecil Kirkby ated Children since its inception the regular, meeting of the club locally." scnooi omciais are nnaing maxi yesterday noon. | There will be a committee setjthe three classrooms they haveA campaign to raise the nec- up in November to look after now at the church are' being essary funds will be launched by I the building of the school. outgrown again the Romans this November. The school for Woodstock’s; M11 U expected that the new mentally retarded children was hi^ong SS Sw been i struc- originally started in the Moose, president of the local Re-Lodge Hall, and a total of nine « children ourooses’ „..led Children's Association Gib'children were taught. I enuaren purposesStephens said this morning and Finding that the Moose Halil Ever since we started,[will accommodate approximately1 ' ' 5132 pupils.school officials are finding thatschool will be a four-room tUTC — •*'**■ +tardisince we started.In addition, the new structure will pAjvide for a sheltered work-shop.Mr. Stephens could not give an [estimate of the cost of building the school and added that, as ofvet, no concrete plans had been I drawn up.1 The Rotarians were asked to build the school, he said, as a ■result of their long interest. InBeer Drought Quietens City Uptown AreaHE.; $1,000,000 Expansion I For -BeaehviUe- PlantWork has begun in BeueiwiUe-IffmodernChemicala $1,000,000 cxpnnfikmi and al theSW'■'■WK•_____Council Members Back Convention Expense ItemCouncillors should not go to allowed one or two conventions icon ventions as 'poor relations or. a vear? he questioned 1R M X j: 3Aioerman R. M. Barney be not, . , ...only given permission to attend When we stand as councillors. .j a sewage convention in Quebec he contended, we don't run for but that he also be given $40 any ukerJor motive. Aidermen in a day plus train expenses S,ault St ’et more money . .Aid. Dow also moved that dele- we do- « $1,800?gates to an upcoming convention and 1 aIso that Ingersoll:in Ottawa be allowed the same councillors get more, he added, expenses. Both motions were pas- should have any com-sed by council. plaints about their representa-Commenting on this matter.'lives going to a convention.” And ■ Aid. B. Smith said that knowing an-v reasonable taxpayer would-,? ■ the cost of the Chateau Laurier, n’t want us to spend our own . $40 a day is not much. "We money, because not one of us | should not go there as poor re- hav« ibat extra that permit us to® ... Nations or free-loaders. I concur do so. he said.SauM St. Marie get more money'°nAi?is motion’" she said- ' The city should support its K Aid. A. B. Wood: “We will be representatives as ambassadors, p open to a lot of criticism,” stressed Ad. B. .Smith,” andAs £ i Emphasized Aid T. H. Dent: jone who has been there I know"When we go to conventions we it is very expensive, Woodstock ;go as ambassadors of Wood- must not be on the other side . stock." And are not councillors of the fence,” she urged.I'Woodstock Agricultural Society— FAIR — -st*'and LadyAdmitGEORGE THOMSONS«cr*t*ry- Man«q»r 9M3You are cordially invited to attend the179th ConvocationDRUMBO FAIRComplimentary TicketMr. <and Ladyin recognition of the visit of Delegates to the Congress of Universities of the British CommonwealthPROGRAMMETHIRTY-NINTHOntario Association of Managers and Matrons of theHOMES FDR THE AGEHSEPTEMBER 17Hi, 18th and 19th Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-EightSUNNYSIDE HOME FOR AGED 247 Franklin off King St. East Kitchener7,h ^“oal EXhfbitionNorth Norwich Agricultural SocietyE» TE.MBER igth and 20th, 1953COMPLIM ENTARYhigh i’ARKflUX.PsewtdeRt.This *hetransferable//Murray bettie, seo’y-TreBSiWest Zorra and Embro Agricultural SocietyMONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15th, 1958COMPLIMENTARYAdmit Mr.Gerald Ball, Pres.■ —i— and LadyNOT TRANSFERABLE■ R. W. Johnson, Scc.-Mgr.TComplimentaryTavistock Fall FairTAVISTOCK, ONTARIOFriday and Saturday, Sept, 5 and 6, 19581...■ADMITJohn SteinMot Trar»far«bloRobert Rudy SacrdlaryYou arc cordially invited to attend the178th Convocationof theUniversity of Western Ontariofor the conferring of honorary degrees onSir Eric AshbyJohn Francis Lockwood Joseph Anthony Manche Sir George Whitecross PatonSeptember 9, 19584:00 o’clockUniversity of Western Ontario in Thames HallFriday, October the Twenty-fourth Nineteen hundred and fifty-eight at three-thirty o’clock (E.S.T.) for the conferring of degrees in course and honorary degrees onKenneth William Neatby John Tuzo WilsonEdgar William Richard SteacieThursday, September 25th— 19 5 8 'PvoyiatHtue♦ ♦♦TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16+h7:00 p.m. Registration, Sunnyside Home for Aged Coffee and Sandwiches in Auditorium♦ ♦♦WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17th9:00 a.m.Registration, Sunnyside Home for Aged10:00 a.m.Convention called to order by the President. WM. J. DUNCANTHE QUEENAddresses of Welcome by:JAMES JOHANNES, Warden of Waterloo County DR. STANLEY LEVIVE, Mayor of Kitchener HAROLD PAIKIN, Mayor of Waterloo ARTHUR WHITE, Mayor of Galt President's Address .( N.» Sup„;„f.nd.„ts .„d M<jron( byMR. L E. LUDLOWDirector of Homes for AgedAfternoon —2:00 p.m., September 17MR. RUTH AND THERAPY WORKER of Jewish Home for Aged. TorontoAddress — "Music Therapy"Discussion Period3:00 p.m.AddressDR. STEWARTDepartment of Public Welfare'Geriatrics'Discussion PeriodEvening —7:00 p.m.Municipal Banquet at Rosslynn Grove4 M.les East of Kitchener on Highway 8SpeakerJOSEPH CONNELLExecutive Director of Kitchener-Waterloo Y.M.C.A.Dancing to follow.♦ ♦♦THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18+h9:30 a.m.Address by HON. LOUIS P. CECILE Master of P„blic W.lf,r. pro,jnce o( On(aH<j Introduced byMR. JOHN WINTERMYER. P„vi„ial L.b.ts|Thanked byMR. RAYMOND MYERS rovmcial Conservative Member forAJJ'.ue, by Members of D.partm.„t °" "New Legislation of Homes Question Period South Waterloo of Public Welfare for Aged"2:00 p.m.S«"ic Tour and Visit to Eventide as arranged by Hosts,Home, GaltEvening —7:00 p.mDinner for Superintendents and Matronsah Berkley Sq Uare' 1405 King Street East, KitchEntertainment by PAUL BROTHERS AND SHIRLEY at Sunnyside HomeAU delegates welcome.enerFRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19th9:30 a.m.Unfinished BusinessReport of Nominating Committee of Gov.l ths N„w Pres.oMfion of Pin )o OutgoingAdjournment Reading of Minutes, Correspondence, Treasurer's report and Appointment of Committee On Nominations and Resolutions.Introduction of New Superintendents and Matrons by MR. L. E. LUDLOWDirector of Homes for AgedAfternoon — 2:00 p.m., September 17 MR. RUTH AND THERAPY WORKER of Jewish Home for Aged, TorontoAddress — “Music Therapy'1 Discussion Period3:00 p.m. Address DR. STEWART Department of Public Welfare “Geriatrics" Discussion PeriodEvening — 7:00 p.m.Municipal Banquet at Rosslynn Grove 4 Miles East of Kitchener on Highway 8 Speaker JOSEPH CONNELLExecutive Director of Kitchener-Waterloo Y.M.C.A.Dancing to follow. ♦ ♦♦THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18th9:30 a.m.Address by HON. LOUIS P. CECILE Minister of Public Welfare, Province of Ontario Introduced by MR. JOHN WINTERMYER, Pr^lnd.l Llb.ralThanked by MR. RAYMOND MYERS Provincial Conservative Member for South Waterloo Addresses by Members of Department of Public Welfare on “New Legislation of Homes for Aged" Question Period2:00 p.m.Scenic Tour and Visit to Eventide Home, Galt as arranged by Hosts.Evening — 7:00 p.m.Dinner for Superintendents and Matrons af Berkley Square, 1405 King Street East, Kitchener Entertainment byPAUL BROTHERS AND SHIRLEY at Sunnyside Home All delegates welcome. ♦ ♦♦FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19th9:30 a.m.Unfinished BusinessReport of Nominating Committee Presentation of Gavel to the New President Presentation of Pin to Outgoing PresidentAdjournment OFFICERS 1958 PAST PRESIDENTSPast President KENNETH YORKE Manager of Belleville County HomePresidentWILLIAM DUNCAN Northumberland and Durham County Home1st Vice-President PHILLIP LOVICK Assistant Superintendent, Waterloo County Home 2nd Vice-Presidents. R. TAYLOR Superintendent. Cornwall, OntarioExecutive Members W. ROZELLA Superintendent, Fergus, Ontario BRIGADIER PARKINSON Eventide Home. Galt, OntarioWM. McWILLIAMPrince Edward County, PictonW, W, LINDSAYGrey County Home. MarkdaleR- J. Forbes. Secretary Woodstock, Ontario M. C. ROUNG, Treasurer Dundas. OntarioAuditorsL K. COLESClerk of Oxford County MRS. R. J. FORBES Matron, Woodstock, Ontario ♦♦♦l920-'2l-'22 - Welland County - G. B. McClellan*l823’'24 - Lincoln County . F. Sifton*I925-26 - Waterloo County - H. W. MartinGrey County . Alex Smith* 1929- 30 - Wentworth County - J. H. Bates*•93l-'32 . Lanark County - R. J. Duffy*l933^34 . Bruce County . R. |. WilesI935--36 - Hastings County . E. Sandercock'937-'38 - Oxford County . R. J. Forbesl939-'4° - Norfolk County . W. Smith1941 ’ Cify Hamilton - Miss M. Harris*Waterloo County . E. A. Amos Wellington County . J. F. Beattie Simcoe County . J. Jardine* Ontario County . J. Reaj* 1946 ’ Bran+ 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. Forbes1951 ‘ Huron County . Erwin JacobLincoln County - R. E. Comfort Ham!lton - 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 1957 - Belleville County Home - Kenneth Yorke J. E. PEART’ - . . Sec 1920-1947 *—Deceased OFFICERS 1958♦♦♦Past President KENNETH YORKE Manager of Belleville County HomePresident WILLIAM DUNCAN Northumberland and Durham County Home 1st Vice-President PHILLIP LOVICKAssistant Superintendent, Waterloo County Home2nd Vice-PresidentS. R. TAYLORSuperintendent, Cornwall. OntarioExecutive MembersW. ROZELLASuperintendent, Fergus, OntarioBRIGADIER PARKINSON Eventide Home, Galt, OntarioWM. McWILLIAMPrince Edward County, PictonW. W. LINDSAY Grey County Home, Markdale R. J. Forbes, Secretary Woodstock, Ontario M. C. ROUNG. Treasurer Dundas, OntarioAuditors L K. COLES Clerk of Oxford County MRS. R. J. FORBES Matron, Woodstock. Ontario PAST PRESIDENTS)920-'2l-'22 - Welland County - G. B. McClellan*l823-‘24 - Lincoln County - F. Sifton*l925-'26 - Waterloo County - H. W. Martinl927-‘28 - Grey County - Alex Smith*I929-'3O - Wentworth County - J. H. Bates*l93l-'32 - Lanark County - R. J. Duffy*!933-'34 - Bruce County - R. I. Wiles!935-'36 - Hastings County - E. Sandercockl937-'38 - Oxford County - R. J. ForbesI939-'4O - Norfolk County - W. Smith1941 - City Hamilton - Miss M. Harris*1942 - Waterloo County - E. A. Amos1943 - Wellington County - J. F. Beattie1944 - 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. Forbes1951 - Huron County - Erwin Jacob1952 - Lincoln County - R. E. Comfort1953 - Hamilton - F. H. Sirman1954 - Simcoe County, Beaton, Ont. - Dr. S. R. McKelvey 1955 - Clerk-Treas., Ontario County - Wm. G. Manning 1956 - Clerk-Treas., Ontario County - Wm. G. Manning 1957 - Belleville County Home - Kenneth Yorke J. E. PEART* - - - Sec. 1920-1947 *—Deceased CONSTITUTIONI. NAMEThis association shall be known as the Ontario Asso­ciation of Managers of the Homes for Aged.2. OBJECTSThe objects of the Association shall be:(a1 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.(bi The promotion of such suggestions or regulations as will best tend to a more uniform system of management and accounting.3. MEMBERSHIPThe 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 'he management of such institutions may come.4. OFFICERSThe officers of the Association shall be Past President, President, 1st and 2nd Vice-Presidents, Secretary and Trea­surer, who shall be elected annually.5. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEThe Executive Committee shall consist of the officers of 'he Association and four members selected from the mem­bership 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 shali 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 ba hold 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 bs $20.00, which entitles the municipality to 4 delegates, in­cluding the Superintendent and Matron.(b) The Individual Membership shall be $2.00.(c) The Charitable Institution Act shall be $5.00.9. MEMBERSHIPAny 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 eligilibity 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. ELECTIONSA Nominating Committee selected by the Executive and presented by the President at the Annual Meeting, shall pre­sent a slate of Officers which must be duly proposed and accepted.II. DUTY OF OFFICERS(a) PRESIDENT: The President shall preside at all mee­tings of the Association and generally exercise such over­sight over the affairs of the Association as may best promote its prosperity and protect its interests. He shall be th' Chairman of the Executive Committee and call meetings of the Committee when in his judgment the same may be ne­cessary, or when requested to do so by a majority of the members thereof. He shall prepare the Annual Report, which shall contain a complete and comprehensive account of the year's work, together with such suggestions and recommendations as may in his judgment be in the best interests of the Association. This report he shall submit to the Executive Committee, previous to the opening of the Annual Meeting, and if approved by ths Committee it shall ba 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 all powers enjoyed by that officer. In the absence of the First Vice-President the Second Vice-President shall preside, as­suming the duties of the President.(cl SECRETARY: The Secretary shall have charge of the books, papers, and other property of the Association: record ths 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 membership to those entitled to receive them.(di TREASURER: The Treasurer shall receive all monies due the Association by members, or from other sources, giving receipt therefor, and depositing all mbnies received ir 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 □ fakement duly audited, of the finances of the Association, showing all receipts and disbursements for the year, together w’th 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 the Association.12. AMENDMENTS O CANADAAdditions, 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 'he members present, and voting to carry any addition, alterations, or amendments. O, 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;Thou land of hope for all to toil, Thou True North strong and free.O' Canada! Beneath thy shining skies, May stalwart sons and gentle maidens rise, To keep thee steadfast through the years, From East 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. ADDRESSES COUNTY COUNCILAction In EducationNeeded, Speaker SaysImmunization Against Polio Is Urged For Adults To Age 40Educational action is what is LOGICAL BODY needed now, said Walter J. Hols-I There is no doubt, he,10 put into words what they have needed now, said Walter J. Hols-i There is no doubt, he pointed learned is of tremendous advani- grove, provincial convener of the out, that the Ontario School Trus- age to the work they will be call-Ontario Educational Association tees' and Ratepayers' Association ed on to do when they reach mat- at the opening session of (Oxford widely representative as it is of urity, he said. And public sppak- Couuty Council. [school board and municipal opin- ing is one of the best educationalCounty Council. I---------------------...____...._______________________Mr. Holsgrove, who lives in ion, is the logical body to spon- tools for that job."Westbrook, Ontario, said he was sor this study. | County clerk and treasurer. L., appearing before county council The Board of Directors and K. Coles then informed Mr. Hol- for two reasons: 1, to urge coun- staff are an active group dedicat- sgrove and a Hydro representat- cillors to become a member at ed to your service and to the ive, accompanying him, that a once of the Ontario School Trus- furthering of education in our Jew years ago an Embro boy had toes' and Ratepayer^’ Associat- Province, he said, 'AVe assure1 been quite successful in the ion; 2. to send in suggestions you that you cannot afford lo re-1 public speaking contest.thought worthy of study, if a main outof this Association and He had reached the finals in member. imiss the benefits we offer,” he Toronto but was defeated there.During the past few months, he stressed. I He had also spoken before Coun­said, a great deal has been spok- Speaking also of the Ontario ty Council after winning, and en about education. It is now Public Speaking Contest, which Council had also granted him a quite apparent that what is need- the OST and RA sponsors, he scholarship in recognition of his ed is a gathering up of all the said “last year was the best one efforts and ability, really good suggestions for furth- so far.”The deaths of two Toronto men from polio early this week lends urgency to the advice of medical men that all adults should be I immunized against the disease. Neither of the men, Robert Allen, 25 and Dunca Schwartz, 34, had received Salk vaccine.Provincial health authorities say that the disease is more like­ly, to be fatal to adults than to [children.Dr. O. C. Power?, medical of­ficer of health for Oxford Cbunty, stated today that “evevy adfult under the age of 40 should be invmunized>". He advises that ad­ults receive the vaccine from their family physicians. Hie fee iis nominal.Three shots are required forInmuundty. The first and second ? shot should be one month apart, ■ One month to a year is allowed ; between the second and third.Almost all of the children’ In primary and secondary schools i I in Oxford County have been Im­munized in a program carried out by the Public Health Unit. Si Expectant mothers in the county have been receiving Salk vaccine for the past two or three years, Di- Powers reportsThe fact that there have been no cases of polio reported in the ' county for the past two years M does not indicate that the disease has been entirely vanquished The two Toronto men who died were the first reported cases in the Toronto district this year. 'er study so that the best of themThis year's contest will jmay form a Brief to be ©resent-, still be more outstanding, he an- ed to the Minister of Education nounced, because the Hydro Elec-far action.Road Program On ScheduleThe Oxford county road pro-gram is running on schedule re-trie Power Commission of Ontario has agreed to assist the Assoc­iation in sponsoring the Finals at Toronto.Speeches will be based on the end use of electric power; a list of suggested subjects regarding this will be mailed to all schools and boards early in June., The Elementary school contests will be for all students up to and including grade eight in primary'oorted the county roads commit- and junior high schools. There - - - - will be no* impromptu contesttee yesterday, last day of CountyCouncil j September session. f°r elementary school students.All pnjjects under maintenance, And this year for the first time, including surface treating hard sa^ Mr. Holsgrove, “we shall top roads, are completed. Gener- sponsor a Secondary School Con­al maintenance will be carried ■ . test for the benefit of out for the balance of the year. ..from grades nine.toTotal cost for paving Gover-all students13.nor's Road, eight miles east of Thamesford, is $463,526. And total' cost of grading the west 3.6 miles is S188.742.EIGHT DISTRICTSThe Province will into eight districts.be divided There willbe a contest for a prepared ispeech and a separate contest Cost of the Oxford-Brant Boun- .for an impromptu speech — a-dary bridge totals $10,557. This is igain based on the end use oflocated opposite concession one, - ■I in North Norwich.I Construction of the Oxford- I'Middlesex boundary bridge, sup­ervised by Middlesex county, to- ' tals $20,203.' Net expenditure to date. Of the I [county road system, including the |„ value of the cement used in pav- rj Ing the Governor’s Road, totals L $622,44h For this an interim sub­sidy. w> .be petitioned from theI : Department, of Highways.electric power as above.“It is our hope that every stu­dent who possibly can will par- [ticipate in the contests,” he said.“There have been many good /contestants in this district.” he added. “Teaching young peoplePERHAPS ONE of the hardest - working bodies of , Oxford County Council is the 'agricultural committee, be­cause this is a leading dairy |county. Deep in the midst of solving many farming prob- ; leans, at county council’s Sep­tember session, TOP PHOTO, are a few members of the ag-। ricultural committee. Left to right: Deputy Reeve George Wallace, West Oxford; De­puty Reeve Lorne Junker, East Zorra; Deputy Reeve P. L. Pressey, Dereham; Reeve William Baigent, North Ox­ford, and Deputy Reeve John Bolton, East Nissouri. In the LOWER PHOTO the county roads committee discuss con-ditions of county roads. Jo- . day, all county council mem­bers are touring the county road system, lunching in Har­rington. Left to right: Reeve J. R. McLaughlin, Dereham; J. G. Smith, Warden of Ox­ford: Reeve James Chesney, East Zorra. chairman, of the committee. (Staff Photos)I3 ±FEW IDLE MOMENTS FOR COUNTY COUNCIL COMMITTEES■£ Oxford Officials Visit New Phone Exchanqe MaBmaiM ..—...-.....Preceding a tour last night of the new Beachville Telephone Exchange which was officially opened Sunday, Bell Telephone officials were hosts at a banquet in the Terrace Gardens, Woodstock, at­tended by many county representatives. Left to right: D K Foster, manager of the Woodstock branch, Bell Telephone Company, host for the oc­casion; B. A. Finch, secretary, Beachville; Grant Smith, Oxford County warden; Reeve William Baigent, North Oxford; Deputy Reeve George Wal­lace, West Oxford; John Nada I in and Dave Todd Beachville, trustees; J. C. Smith, chairman of Trustee Board, village of Beachville. (Photo by Mark)., 7C. H. Banbury Dies SuddenlyCharles Henry Banbury, 65, of RR 1, Princeton, former Blen­heim township reeve and prom- inent Princeton area farmer, died suddenly at his home, lot 14, con- cession 2, Blenheim on Saturday,/.,- Sept. 13 as the result of a heart'm attack. Mr. Banbury had been a member of the township coun­cil for seven years until stepping down as reeve last year. He serv­ed two years as deputy reeve and two as reeve. He was a former ’ (longtime member of the Prince- , jton public school area board and a charter member of the Ox-Iford County Cream Producers’ (Association which he served as ichairman three years.He was active as a member- of Drumbo fair board, in Masonic Lodges at Mount Elgin and later at Princeton and as a steward of Princeton United Church. He I was a son of the- late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Banbury, of Wood- stock.Surviving are his wife, the for­mer Hazel Wilson, of ’Tillsonburg. a daughter. Miss Eleanor Ban­bury; three sons, Hugh. Laverne and Bruce, all at home; two bro­thers. Hugh. Vancouver and Jam­ies. Woodstock, and a sister Miss .Josephine Banbury. Long Beach (Cal.Service will be Tuesday at 2.30 ,p.m. at the R. W. Rumble funer­al home. Princeton. Burial will be in Princeton Cemetery.WINS CANADIAN TITLESelect Princeton Man For World Plow Event. CRY9LER, Ont. (OPr—A la nfcy flowing in the international plow- Ontario ca’/Je farmer is the new ing match, which ends today, for I Canadian plowing champion and]about eight years.a Prince Edward Island agricul-'’• tore student has earned the rightto team with him in the 1959world competition.- Charlie Bonney, 31. of Prince- *ton, Ont., knocking on the door of the event the last two years, , topped the seven-province, 13- ■ I man field Thursday by guiding his two-share plow to a total 147: points out of a possible 200.Grant Wells, 20, of Stouflfiville (was runner-up, as in the Ontario ■championships Wednesday, with ■ pointe. Third was red- iheaded Carl WiKis, 20, of Corn- -P.E-I., a senior student at MacDonald College, ste. Anne de iBeUevue, Que., who scored 140.3. SPREAD HONORS OUT t Under rules designed to spread honors, student Willi., accom- Ipanies Mr. Bonney to the world Jrnatch next October at Coleraine, Northern Ireland. 'Hie two rep- iresenta Lives must be from twoMembers of city council were ,< startled last night to hear Depu­ty City Clerk Robert B. Rey­nolds announce that he was re­signing."I have accepted a position as clerk-treasurer in the town of Bowmanville, effective Nov. 10, 1958,” he said.Mr'. Reynolds has been around Woodstock since 1949, and was at lone time a member of the Wood- 'stock police department.In 1952 he was employed by the city of Woodstock as assistant to J. D. Hill. He was appointed deputy city clerk in 1955, and in 1958 was appointed deputy-treas­urer.Married with no children, he isprovinces.Bui there was a possibility Al­bert Raymond of St Benoit. Que., jfaurtfc, might wind up with the trip The P.E.I. redhead said he :1a scheduled to do a year’s post- •graduate study in the United Slate* and might not be able to go to Ireland. v'Mr, Bonney had been third in Ontario ohampionships for years running and has been.|a member of the United Church. Prior to coming to Woodstock he was employed by Northern Elec- trie Company, in the Installation ; division.He has hi« senior matriculation land in a graduate in accounting land allied subjects from btisi- n>Mi school.Robt. Reynolds Resigns To Accept Bowmanville Clerk-Treas. PostROBERT B. REYNOLDS............................. Quits post <.Alderman Bernadette Smith .said that Mr. Reynold's absence would be "a great Joss to Wood- stock,”Sho added, ”1 am not surprised that he is leaving."Aid, Gordon Hughes said, "I move that we accept his resig­nation with regret."County Librarians Hold Workshop Meeting Here1 A workshop meeting. for the wich gave an interesting 1 re5^' ilibrarians of Oxford County was on the f°rI held in the Oxford County Lib- ranans held in Wingnam m Aug rarv at the Court House, Wed- ust.inesdav October 8 Mrs. Krompart spoke of Young,nesday, uctooe can-ada's Book Week winch is toLibrarian's were present from Beachville. Bright, Brodksdale, Brownsvilile. Burges-svillle, Dere­ham Centre, Embro, Ingersoll.. Kintore, Norwich, Plattsville. Princeton, Thamesford and Till­sonburg.Mi's. S. L. Krompart, the coun­ty librarian, welcomed the guests and acted as chairman for the meeting. The program was plan­ned by a committee consisting of Miss Betty Crawford of Ipger- solil, Mrs. E. A. KalMei&cb of Tavistock and Mrs Krompart.(Miss Louise Lossinig of Nor-County Agreement Draft PreparedI Sharing the cost of county buildings for the next five years iWill continue on the same basis । is the las tfive, finance committee I members representing Oxford County. Woodstock, and Inger- ison agreed last night.This new five-year draft agreement only becomes official when its terms are passed by a bylaw and approved by Wood- 1 siock. Ingersoll and County , Council.Sharing of costs is based on j the proportion of population.iwiiCanada's Book Week which is :o be held during the wee* of Nov­ember 15 to 22 and discussed a list which she had prepared of books suitable for children about] other lands Making use5 of ths County Library books through, •.he catalogue of non-ifictto» booxs in the County Library was also a subject for discussion at themorning session.TO INGERSOLLAt noon the group motored to the Ingersoll Public Library where they were the gyesto of the Oxford County Library at luncheon. In charge of the ar- rapgements in Ingersoll ■Miss Betty Crawford, the I.brar- ian, Mrs. W. S. Ashman. Mra. R. C. Kilgour and Miss M. Ham*In the afternoon the librarians enjoyed viewing the aitraedve, : library and Miss Crawford gave a talk on the use and preser­vation of pamiphlet material in the library. Mirs. W. G. cooker thanked Hhe JngersoH, Library Board and the committee tor their hospitality' and Miss Los&m-g land Miss Crawford tor thett p»Tt 1 in the program.Mrs. Nancy Dickinson and Mrs. Hilda Mason were arrange the program for 1**. Oney Who wanks io beHl lie able to ob-thal <?v< vaccina iDrumbo's Annual Fair Opened By Warden Smith12,000 Visitors Come To Embro Centennialyounger Oxfordbreeders David Armstrong, Cur. Iries, won second prize in the |un- • dor 4 H Club class and third ’nThe provincial plan under con­sideration wtiflll require consider­able time and study, Health Mini-/ ster Phillips has staled, and the doelisjon would have to be made by the provincial cabinet,At the same time, Dr. Rh<i.lliips said, /we arc deter mined to seePheasants Are Plentiful In Oxford Is IndicationEMBRO CENTENNIAL—Taking part in the program at Embro's^OOth anni- v.rsary celebration, Monday, were, from the left: Reeve Donald Hossack; Grant Smith reeve of North Norwich and warden of Oxford; George Totten, coach of the Zorra tug-of-war team. The hats were part of the Centennial decorations.Lack Facilities For Mass Polio Inoculations। Oxford HeaMh Unit wouM need '“twice the stadlf” in order to cope 'with mas® polio va-ocination of admits in the district, Dr. O. C. •Powers, Medical Officer of HeaMi, said today. He was com­menting on the Ontario Health Department's annmimcement yes­terday that it is con-sidermg a mass vaticination program for adults in the province with Saillk anti-polio vaccine.Dr, Powers said that at pre­sent adults will have to go to their family physicians to re­ceive the injections. He urged' tha* alll adults under the age of (40 do so.Deaths from polio in Toronto and Detroit recently are the ap- pa rent cauuse of the rush for polioOxford Cattle Win fit Chicago Oxford cattle breeders captur­ed their share of awards at the I International Dairy Show at Chic­ago this week.' George H. Innes and Son, Wood; tock, maintained their re­putation as consistent winners at big shows, by winning the Junior Champion heifer and Junior Champion, bull. They also won bird prize in aged bull class and econd and sixth on two junior, yearling bulls. These animals are all of Innes own breeding which 'makes their winnings more out- istanoing.Another Oxford breeder. Har­old Butcher and Son, Princeton, won second prize with their bull, Bell City Magnet.•the open class for junior heifer lea Ives.Mr Innes, who is personally 'showing his cattle at Chicago, {will leave with his entries for the ColumbJ - Ohio show on Satur- iCANADIAN GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATIONTHIRTY NINTH ANNUAL CONVENTION COMMITTEEORGANIZATIONGeneral ChairmanDeputy ChairmanAssistant Deputy ChairmanGeneral CommitteeThe Road Gang PublicityLadies EventsHon. Antonio TalbotArthur BergeronArthur BranchaudJohn Bourne, L. P. Cabana, P. H. Desrosiers, Ewart Everson, Philippe Ewart, Jean Lacoste, Bernard Lavi- gucur, Donald Lord. General R. 11. Keefler, J. 11. L. RossC. C. DunnJean Lanvcgin (chairman), Paul Beauchamp, John ReynoldsMme. Antonio Talbot (Honorary Chairman), Mme. Arthur Bran­chaud (Chairman), Mesdames Ber­geron, Bourne, Cabana, Everson, Ewart, Lacoste, Lavigueur, Lord, Keefler, RossThe NationOwes MuchcomitEs DU CONGR&SPresident generalVice-presidentVice-president adjointComite general“Les gars de la voirie” PublicitePour les damesL.’hon. Antonio TalbotArthur BergeronArthur BranchaudJohn Bourne, L.-P. Cabana , P.-H. Des­rosiers, Ewart Everson, Philippe Ewart, Jean Lacoste, Bernard Lavigueur, Donald Lord, General R. H. Keefler, J. H. L. RossC. C. DunnJean Langevin, president; Paul Beau­champ, John ReynoldsMme Antonio Talbot, presidente hono- raire; Mme Arthur Branchaud, pre­sidente; Mesdames Bergeron, Bourne, Cabana, Everson, Ewart, Lacoste, La­vigueur, Lord, Keefler, RossCover illustration: A preview (courtesy of Webb & Knapp (Canada) Ltd.) of the multimillion dollar Place Ville Marie with its cruciform central office building. Lower left, back cover, is the Queen Elizabeth Hotel.to the Pioneers of CGRAVVZE’VE come a long way since that week in May 44 years ago when the “First Canadian and International Good Roads Congress” was held here in Montreal.Out of that meeting was born the Canadian Good Roads Association, three years later to be incorporated by Dominion Charter.What a change in the national highway picture in 44 years! Then, most of our roads were little more than muddy trails. Then, we were spending a mere pittance on our roads.Those who attended the first congress would have been amazed if they had been told that not long after the century’s half-way mark the country would be spending a billion dollars a year on roads and streets. That’s the prospect for this year— and all of us agree, I am sure, that it is still not enough.And there will be agreement on another point: this high level of road development has been reached because of efforts of the pioneers of the Canadian Good Roads Association and those who, through the years, have contributed so much to make it a useful and effective organization.Among those who have given strong leadership to CGRA have been officials of the Roads Department of the Province of Quebec, whose guests we are at this 39th convention. To them we say a sincere “Thank you!”PresidentCANADIAN GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATIONuncago ; T” d catlieSeptember 28SUNDAY2.30 p.m. Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Technical Information, Salon St. CharlesSeptember 29MONDAY9.30 a.m.2.00 p.m.2.30p.m.3.006.00p.m.p.m.7.30 p.m.Meeting of the AASHO Observer Committee, Room 359Registration, Main Mezzanine FoyerMeetings of Subcommittees of the Advisory Com­mittee on Technical Information:(Meetings open to delegates)Construction and Maintenance, Galerie No. 2Economics, Finance and Administration, GalerieNo. 3Planning and Design, Salon RichelieuSafety Education, Salon Pcribonca Soils and Materials, Salon Bersimis Traffic and Operations, Galerie No. 4Meeting of the Board of Directors, Salle MackenzieReception, Hall of Honour, City HallHost: The City of MontrealAnnual Dinner, Board of Directors and OperatingCommittee, Salon RichelieuSeptember 30TUESDAYn on Continental Breakfast, Gaieties 3 and 49.00 a.m.OPENING CEREMONIES Le Grand SalonHon. Hugh John Flemming presiding9.45 a.m. O CanadaGod Save the QueenInvocationMost Reverend Lawrence P. Whelan, Auxiliary Bishop of MontrealAddresses of WelcomeHon. Onesime Gagnon, Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of QuebecHon. Antonio Talbot, Minister of Roads, Quebec, and General Chairman of the ConventionHis Worship Hon. Sarto Fournier, Mayor ofMontrealGreetings from the International Road FederationArthur C. Nagle, Assistant Director of IRF, Wash­ingtonFIRST GENERAL SESSION Le Grand Salon10.30 a.m. “The Road Ahead”Hon. Hugh John Flemming, Premier of New Bruns­wick and President of CGRASelection of members of Nominating and ResolutionsCommitteesAnnouncements128 septembre2.30 h. p.m.29 septembre9,30 h.2.00 h.2.30 h.3.00 h.a.m.p.m.p.m.p.m.6 h. p.m.7 h. 30 p.m.30 septembre 8 h. a9 h. a.m.CEREMONIES9 h. 45 a.m.DIMANCHECornitd consultatif sur Finformation technique, salon Saint-CharlesLUNDIReunion du comitd d’observation de 1’AASHO chambre 359Enregistrcment, foyer principal de la mezzanineReunions de travail des comics techniques;Construction et entretien, galerie no 2Economic, finance et administration, galerie no 3Pro jets er plans, salon RichelieuEducation securitairc, salon PcriboncaSols et mat^riaux, salon BersimisCirculation et r^Iementation, galerie no 4 (Tous les delegues sont invites aux reunions)Reunion des directeurs, Salle MackenzieReception, Hall d’honneur, hotel de ville deMontrealDiner annuel des directeurs et des membres du comite ex^cutf; salon RichelieuMARDIPetit dejeuner continental: gaieties 3 et 4D'OUVERTURE Le Grand SalonAu fauteuil: Le president, l’hon. Hugh John Flemming“O Canada”“Dieu Sauve la Reine”InvocationSon Excellence Monseigneur Lawrence P. Whelan, Eveque-auxiliaire de MontrealSouhaits de bienvenue:L’hon. Onesime Gagnon, lieutenant-gouverneur de la province de Quebec.L’hon.L’hon.Antonio Talbot, ministre de la Voiriede la province de Quebec.Sarto Fournier, maire de Montreal.Salutations de la Federation Internationale de la RouteArthur C. Nagle, assistant directeur de la FIR, de Washington.PREMIERE SEANCE GENERALE Le Grand Salon10 h. 30 a.m. “Regards vers ravemr’L’hon. Hugh John Flemming, premier ministre et ministre des Travaux publics du Nou- veau-Brunswick, president de FACBR.Choix des membres des comites des nominations et des resolutions.Renseignements et annonces TUESDAY11.00 a.m. MUNICIPAL ROADS AND STREETSLe Grand SalonChairman: J. L. Shearer, Engineer, Ottawa Suburban Roads Commission"The Role of the .Municipality in Roadbuilding" W. Scott McKay, Editor, The Municipal World“Rural Roads and Local Government"Meyer Brownstone, Director of Research, Local Government Continuing Committee, Saskat­chewan“The Engineering Aspects of Local Road Adminis­tration'''W. J. Smith, Engineer, Welland County12.30 p.m. LUNCHEON INTERVALSECOND GENERAL SESSION Le Grand SalonHon. F. M. Cass, Minister of Highways, Ontario, presiding.2.30 p.m. ROADS ROUND-UPReports on progress and problems of roadbuilding and maintenance across the country.H. T. Miard, Deputy Minister of Highways, British ColumbiaA. M. Paull, Chief Construction Engineer, Depart­ment of Highways, AlbertaL. T. Holmes, Deputy Minister of Highways and Transportation, SaskatchewanGeorge Collins, Deputy Minister of Public Works, ManitobaW. J. Fulton, Deputy Minister of Highways, OntarioArthur Branchaud, Chief Engineer, Department of Roads, QuebecRichard Palmer, Deputy Minister of Public Works, New BrunswickJ. L. Wickwire, Deputy Minister of Highways, Nova ScotiaR. G. White, Deputy Minister of Highways, Prince Edward IslandC. A. Knight, Deputy Minister of Highways, NewfoundlandG. B. Williams, Chief Engineer, Department of Public Works, Ottawa2.30 p.m.Meeting of the Committee on Municipal Roads and Streets, Salon Bersimis5.30 to7.30 p.m.THE ROAD GANGGaleries 1, 2 and 3Reception by manufacturer and distributor members of CGRA9.30 to midnightCabaret and dancing, Le Grand SalonWalter Newman and his orchestra. Roger Parent and his Habitant Quartette. Simone Voyer Quebec Dancers5 h. d7 h. 30 p.m.9 h. 30 p.m. a12 h. (minuit)MARDI11 h. a.m.2 h. 30 p.m.RUES ET CHEMINS MUN1GIPAUXLe Grand SalonAu fauteuil: J. L. Shearer, ingenieur Commis­sion des chemins de la banlieue d’Ottawa.“Le rdle de la municipality en matiere de voirie"W. Scott McKay, editeur, “The Municipal World’“Chemins ritraux et administrations locales"Meyer Brownstone, directeur des recherches, comit6 permanent d’etude sur 1’adnunistra- tion locale, Regina.“Les aspects techniques de Padministration locale de la voirie"W. J. Smith, ingenieur, comte de Welland., Ontario.12 h. 30 p.m. TEMPS DU DEJEUNERDEUXlEME SEANCE GENERALE Le Grand SalonAu fauteuil: I’hon. F. M. Cass, ministre de la Voirie de 1’Ontario."TOUR DES PROVINCES"Rapports sur les progres et les problemes de construction et d'entretien des chemins a travers le pays.H. T. Miard, sous-ministre de la Voirie, Col- ombie Britannique.A. M. Paull, ingenieur en chef (construction), ministere de la Voirie, Alberta.L. T. Holmes, sous-ministre de la Voirie et des Transports, Saskatchewan.George Collins, sous-ministre des Travaux pu­blics, Manitoba.W. J. Fulton, sous-ministre des Travaux pu­blics, Ontario.Arthur Branchaud, ingenieur en chef de la Voirie, Quebec.Richard Palmer, sous-ministre des Travaux publics, Nouveau-Brunswick.J. L. Wickwire, sous-ministre de la Voirie, N ouvelle-Ecosse.R. G. White, sous-ministre de la Voirie, Ile- du-Prince-Edouard.C. A. Knight, sous-ministre de la Voirie, Terre- Neuve.G. B. Williams, ingenieur en chet, ministere des Travaux publics, Ottawa."LES GARS DE LA VOIRIE"Gaieties 1, 2 et 3Reception par les fabricants et les dis- tributeurs membres de 1’ACBR.Cabaret et danse au Grand Salon. Walter Newman et son orchestre. Roger Parent et son Quatuor Habitant. Les danseurs de Simone Voyer. October 1 WEDNESDAYFORUM *589.15 a m. CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCESalle MarquetteChairman; H. W. Adcock, Manager of Operations, Department of Highways, Ontario“The Selection and Application of Pavement Mark­ing Paint"M. N. McEwen, Maintenance Services Engineer, Department of Highways, Ontario“Construction of the Laurentian Autoroute"Etnest Gohier, President, Montreal-Laurentian Auto­route BoardPanel Discussion on SpecificationsParticipants-.J. B. Waterhouse, President, Warren Bituminous Paving Company LimitedJ. E. Wilson, Armco Drainage & Metal Products of Canada Ltd.D. A. Larmour, Chief Engineer, Department of Highways and Transportation, Saskatchewan9.15 a.m. SAFETY EDUCATION Salle JollietChairman: W. A. Bryce, General Manager, Canadian Highway Safety Conference“Alcohol and Accidents"Representatives of Departments of Attorneys- General and R.C.M.P. discuss provincial practices“How Effective Is Safety Promotion?"Panel presentation by representatives of provincial safety organizations, press and radioFORUM '58 ler octobre 9 h. 15 a.m.9 h. 15 a.m.MERCREDICONSTRUCTION ET ENTRETIENSalle MarquetteAu fautcuil: H. W. Adcock, directeur deg travaux, ministcre de la Voirie, Ontario.“Choix et application de la peinture a demarca­tion sur les chausstes".M. N. McEwen, ingenicur des services de rentretien, ministere de la Voirie, Ontario. “Construction de Pautoreute des Lauren tides” Ernest Gohier, president, Office de J’Autoroute Montreal-Laurcntides.Forum sur les devis generauxParticipants-.J. B. Waterhouse, president, Warren Bitumi­nous Paving Co. Ltd.J. E. Wilson, Armco Drainage and Metal Products of Canada, Ltd.D. A. Larmour, ingenieur en chef, ministere de la Voirie et des Transports, Saskatche­wan.EDUCATION SfeCURITAIRESalle JollietAu fautcuil: W. A. Bryce, gerant general, Canadian Highway Safety Conference“Alcool et accidents”Comment s’y prennent les provinces; discussion par les representants des divers departe­ments du procureur general de chaque province et de la G.R.C.“Quelle est Pefficacite des ccrmpagnes de securite?"Forum par les representants des organismes provinciaux de securite, de la presse et de le radio.12.30 p.m.LUNCHEON Le Grand SalonChairman: Hon. P. A. Gaglardi, Minister of Highways, British ColumbiaSpeaker: J. B. McGeachy, Associate Editor, The Financial Post, and radio and television commentator2.30 p.m.SOILS AND MATERIALS Salle MarquetteChairman: J. A. Knight, Manager, Highway Engi­neering Services, Allied Chemical Canada Ltd.“Research on Evaluation and Selection of Aggregates for Concrete Construction"G. C. Price, Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Adminis­tration“Airphoto Interpretation as Related to Highway Engineering in Western Canada"J. D. Mollard and H. E. Dishaw, consulting engi­neers, Regina12 h. 30 p.m.FORUM '58 2 h. 30 p.m.DEJEUNERLe Grand SalonSous la presidence de 1’hon. P. A. Gag- lardi, ministre de la Voirie de la Colombie Britannique; dernier ex­president de l’ACBR.Conferencier: J. B. McGeachy, editeur associe, ‘'The Financial Post”; eeri- vain et commentateur a la radio et a la television.SOLS ET MATERIAUXSalle MarquetteAu fauteuil: J. A. Knight, services du genie routier, Allied Chemical Canada Ltd.“Rechercbes sur P appreciation et le choix des aggregats pour les constructions en biton” G. C. Price, Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Ad­ministration.“Interpretation des photos aeriennes pour P^tude des projets de voirie dans Pouest Canadien."J. D. Mollard et H. E. Dishaw, ingenieurs conseils, Regina. WEDNESDAYPanel Diacasaion on Soil CompactionModerator: J. E. Hurtubise, Professor of Civil Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique, MontrealParticipants'.D. L. Townsend, Associate Professor of Civil Engi­neering, Queen's UniversityI). A. Lane, Assistant Chief Engineer, Airport Development, Department of Transport, OttawaRene Audy, Piette Audy & Lepinay, Montreal2.30 p.m. PLANNING AND DESIGN Salle JollietChairman: D. A. Larmour, Chief Engineer, Depart­ment of Highways and Transportation, Saskat­chewan“Bridge Evaluation”D. T. Wright, Professor and Chairman of Civil Engineering, Waterloo College“Use of the Benkleman Beam in Pavement Evalua­tion”Byron T. Kerr, Vice-President, The Warnock Hersey Co. Limited“The Application of Geo-metric Design Standards to Highway Location and Design in British Columbia”J. P. Hague, Location Engineer, Department of Highways, British Columbia8.00 p.m. SYMPOSIUM ON FROST ACTIONSalle Mackenzie(Arranged by the Committee on Soils and Materials)Chairman: J. A. Knight, Manager, Highway Engi­neering Services, Allied Chemical Canada Ltd.Participants:E. M. Gordon, Design Engineer, Department of Public Works, OttawaEdward Penner, Division of Building Research, National Research CouncilJ. B. Wilkes, Special Projects Engineer, Department of Highways, OntarioOctober 2 THURSDAYTHIRD GENERAL SESSION Le Grand SalonHon. Errick F. Willis, Minister of Public Works, Manitoba, presiding9.15 a m. THE ROADBUILDERS REPORTH. H. Latimer, President, Nova Scotia Road Builders AssociationJ. G. Bourne, President, Quebec Road Builders AssociationJ. W. Rayner, President, Ontario Road Builders’ AssociationC. V. Dunne, Prairie Roadbuilders’ /AssociationGeo. F. Grant, Chairman of Contracts and Specifica­tions Committee, The Heavy Construction Association of B.C.MERCREDIFortim nur la compaction <lea «oh.Mod6rateur; J.-E. Hurtubise, professeur de g6nie civil, Ecole Polytcchnique, Montreal.Participants:D. L. Townsend, professeur associc de genic civil, Universite Queen’sD. A. Lane, assistant ingenieur en chef jour Ie developpemcnt des aeroports, ministerc des Transports, Ottawa.Rene Audy, Piette, Audy & Lepinay, ingenieurs conseils, Quebec.2 h. 30 p.m. PROJETS ET PLANSSalle JollietAu fauteuil: D. A. Larmour, ingenieur en chef, ministrere de la Voirie et des Transports, Saskatchewan.“Classification des ponts”D- T. Wright, professeur de genic civil, Waterloo College.“Utilisation de Pappareil Benkleman pour deter­miner Pordre d’urgence de la refection des chaussees.”G. S. Stairs, ingenieur en chef, ministere de la Voirie, Nouvelle-Ecosse.“Revue des standards de conception geome- trique”J. P. Hague, ingenieur des traces, ministere de la Voirie, Colombie Britannique.8 h. p.m. SYMPOSIUM SUR L’EFFET DE LA GELEE Salle Mackenzie(Prepare par le comite des sols et materiaux) Au fauteuil: J. A. Knight, gerant des services du genie routier, Allied Chemical Canada Ltd.E. M. Gordon, ingenieur des pro jets, ministere des Travaux publics, OttawaEdward Penner, division des recherches en bailment, National Research CouncilJ. B. Wilkes, ingenieur des projets speciaux, ministere de la Voirie, Ontario2 octobre JEUDITROISIEME STANCE G!N£RALE Le Grand SalonAu fauteuil: l’hon. Errick F. Willis, ministre de Travaux publics de Manitoba9 h. 15 a.m. Rapport des constructeurs de chemins.Expose des vues des entrepreneurs canadiens;H. H. Latimer, president, Nova Scotia Road Builders AssociationJ. C. Bourne, president, Quebec Road Builders AssociationJ. W. Rayner, president, Ontario Road Builders Association.C. V. Dunne, Prairie Road Builders Associa­tionG. F. Grant, The Heavy Construction Associa­tion of B.C.umuagoT_________________ THURSDAYJEUDI11.15 a.m.11 h. 15 a.m.ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGLe Grand SalonReports by Chairmen of CommitteesN. H. Bell, Chairman, Operating CommitteeN. W. McLeod, Chairman, Advisory Com­mittee on Technical InformationR. G. White, Chairman, AASHO Observer CommitteeJ. H. L. RoSS, Chairman, National Membership CommitteeC. B. Cooper, Chairman, Advisory Committee on Public InformationMajor-General R. H. Kecfler, Honorary TreasurerC. W. Gilchrist, Managing DirectorElection of Officers and DirectorsLuncheon Meeting, Advisory Committee on Tech­nical Information, Salon RichelieuMeeting of Operating Committee, Salon Gatineau12.30 p.m.2.30 p.m.FORUM '582.30 p.m. TRAFFIC AND OPERATIONS Salle MarquetteChairman: H. F. Burns, A. D. Margison and Asso­ciates Ltd."Traffic Allocation in the Planning of the Laurentian Autoroute”Philippe Ewart, Traffic Engineer, Department of Roads, Quebec“Planning for Future Transportation in Central Business Districts of Metropolitan Areas"K. S. Vaughan-Birch, Director, Traffic Division, City of Vancouver“Realistic Speed Limits for Ontario Highways"J. L. Forster and E. H. Mark, Traffic Control Divi­sion, Department of Highways, Ontario2.30 p.m. ECONOMICS, FINANCE AND ADMINISTRA­TION Salle JollietChairman: J. H. Lowther, Finance Commissioner, City of Ottawa“The Role of Statistics in Road Transportation”G. A. Wagdin, Director, Public Finance and Trans­portation Division, Dominion Bureau of Statistics “Economic Problems of Land Acquisition for Urban Controlled-Access Highways"George O. Grant, Commissioner of Roads, The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto“Liquidated Damages”Hugh Adcock, Manager of Operations, Department of Highways, Ontario12 h. 30 p.m2 h. 30 p.m. FORUM '58 2 h. 30 p.m.2 h. 30 p.m.ASSEMBLE G£n£RALE ANNUELLERapports par-.Norman H. Bell, president, comiti exc- cutifN. W. McLeod, president, comitt con- sukatif sur 1’information technique.R. G. White, pr&ident, comitc d’ob­servation AASHOJ. H. L. Ross, president, comitc national de recrutementC. H. Cooper, president, comire consul- tatif sur 1’information publique.Major General R. H. Kecfler, tresorier honoraireC. W. Gilchrist, directeur-g6rant Election des officiers et des dirccteurs.Dejeuner-reunion, comit6 consukatif sur 1’in- formation technique; salon Richelieu.Reunion du comite cxecutif, salon GatineauCIRCULATION ET RfcGLEMENTATIONSalle Marquette“Evaluation de la circulation dans la concep­tion de Pautoroute des Laurentides.”Philippe Ewart, ingenieur de circulation, ministere de la Voirie, Quebec.“Comment prevoir les exigences futures de la circulation dans les centres commercial/* des regions metropolitamesPK. S. Vaughan-Birch, directeur, division de la circulation, ville de Vancouver.“Comment determiner les Unites de vitesse sur les routes de POntario”J. L. Forster et E. H. Mark, service du con- trole de la circulation, ministere de la Voirie, Ontario.ECONOMIE, FINANCE ET ADMINISTRATIONSalle JollietAu fauteuil: J. H. Lowther, commissaire des finances, cite d’Ottawa.“Le role des statistiques dans le transport routier”G. A. Wadgin, directeur, division des finances publiques et du transport, bureau federal de la statistique“Problemes econ&miques relatifs d Pacquisi- tion de terrams pour routes urbaines a acces controls"George O. Grant, commissaire des chemins, municipality metropolitaine de Toronto“Penalites pour retards dans ^execution des contrats”Hugh Adcock, directeur des travaux, minis­tere de la Voirie, Ontario. THURSDAY7.00 p.m.9.30 p.m.October 3 8.30 a m.12 noonANNUAL DINNERLe Grand SalonSpeaker: The Right Honourable John G. Diefenbaker, Prime Minister of CanadaPresentation of Life Membership, Quarter Century Club Certificates and President's MedalI ntertainment and Dancing, Le Grand SalonFRIDAYInspection trip for engineers, construction and equip­ment men over completed sections of the MontreaLLaurentian Autoroute. Hosts: Mon- treal-Laurentian Autoroute BoardFarewell buffet luncheon given by the Department of Roads of the Province of Quebec, at Res­taurant Helene de Champlain, Isle Stc-Helene.NEXT YEAR, VANCOUVERThe 40th Convention of the Canadian Good Roads Association will be held in the Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, B.C., September 22-25, 1959L'AN PROCHAIN, VANCOUVERLe 40e congres annuel de 1’ACBR aura lieu a 1'hdtcl Vancouver, Vancouver, C.B., du 22 au 25 septembre 1959.JEUDIJ h. p.m.DINER ANNUELLe Grand SalonOrateur: Le ties honorable John G. Diefenbaker, premier ministre du CanadaPresentation de certificats de membres a vie, de quarts-de-siecle et de la medaille du president9 h. 30 p.m.3 octobre8 h. 30 a.m.12 h. (midi)Divertissements et danse Le Grand SalonVENDREDITournee d’inspection pour les ingenieurs, les entrepreneurs et les fournisseurs d’outillage, des sections completees de l’autoroute des Laurentides. Hote: office de l’autoroute Montreal-Laurentides.Dejeuner—buffet d’adieu offert par le minis­tere de la Voirie de la province de Quebec, au restaurant H&ene-de-Champlain, He- Sainte-Helene.MEETINGS OF SUBCOMMITTEES OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES FOR CANADASaturday, September 27—Signals SubcommitteeGalerie No. 2, 2.00 pun.Sunday, September 28—Signals SubcommitteeGalerie No. 2, 2.00 pun.Monday, September 29—Signs SubcommitteeSalon Chaudiere, 9.00 a.m.Tuesday, September 30—Signs SubcommitteeSalon Chaudiere, 9.00 a.m. ,401 Beyond Eastwood To See Start In 1959COUNTY PLOWING EVENT 15TH ANNUAL................1THREE-YEAR-OLD Karen I match held on the farm of Ed prize money. Stepping alongEddy, RR 3, Woodstock. IdealShoemaker TOP helps her dadweather and excellent plowing conditions made a good day for the 28 entries who com­peted for the total ot $1,400 insmartly is the team judged "Best Plow Team" (LOWER). W. B. Vansickle. RR 1, Brant­ford, is owner. (Staff Photos).[Cecil Shoemaker, RR 3. El­mira, as they compete in the £ three-furrow class in the 15th r annual Oxford County PlowingITownship Advised Of Road Closing TalksThe department of highways between the department of high- said, through a letter to the] ways and Blenheim township 'Blenheim township council, con-1 council will be held next week to struction of a new section of Highway 401 from Eastwood to ■Highway 8 will begin next year.; The new section will link the [38 miles of four lane highway [that presently runs from East- wood to London with Highway 8 just north of Preston.The London-Eastwood section was officially opened one year ago last May.The proposed new portion will slice through Blenheim township. It is not immediately known | when construction of the new link will be completed and it is not believed a specific date has been set for construction to commen­ce.The letter also said a meetingdiscuss proposed road closings.It is reported test drilling Js in progress east of Bright how­ever the proposed route is in a soufnly position from Bright andmuichcloser to Drumbo.No Trace Rabies.In Oxford CountyAlthough there is a province- * wide search for rabid foxes.; which have been killing cattle । and dogs in some areas, .here is no evidence of rabies in Oxford County. Herb Clark, game war-1 den for the county, said.However, in order to encour­age hunters to search out and destroy the animals in Oxford County, a S50 bounty is paid to anyone who shoots a tagged box.Venice PatriarchCardinal Roncalli Now John XXIIIVATICAN CITY, Oct. 28—(Reuters)—Angelo Giuseppe Cardinal Roncalli, 76-year-old Patriarch of Venice, tonight was elected Pope. He chose the name John XXIII.The son of poor Italian peasants, he is the 262nd Pope since the Roman Catholic Church was founded 20 centuries ago with St. Peter as the first Pope. He also is the 43rd consecutive Italian Pope in 435 years.OTTAWA (GP)—Downtown Ot- jtawa was rocked by a huge mys-. i terious blast today. A nine-storey (government building was ’wrecked and some 28 persons in­jured. Damage was estimated at more than $2,000,000."*# ■>..RESERVE JUDGMENT ON 6TH LINEApproval Given To Closing Blandford, Blenheim Roads OLD LANDMARK DISAPPEARING RAPIDLYStudy Licensing Nursing Homes In CountyCouncil member? from Wood- stock, Ingersoll and Oxford Coun­ty met with two representatives of the Unemployment Relief Branch of the Department of Public Welfare from Toronto at the County building last nightUnder discussion was a propos­ed by-law tor the licensing of nursing homes Ln the county.Purpose of toe proposed by-law is to establish regulations which will protect the people of Oxford County and improve conditions in pursing homes.Iif passed, the by-law win en­able toe 15 municipalities in the county to become eligble for sub­sidies from the Federal govern­ment.- Clerk-treasurer, L. K. Coles, chairman ot the meeting, ertimaL ■ ed that at present there are 25 to 30 nursing homes in operationj a Representing the Unemploy­ment Relief Branch of the De­partment of Public Welfare, Tor­onto, at toe meeting were A. T. Bosanquet and Miss 'Doris Moore,R.N.1Also present were Mayor Win- niired Williams, Councillor N. Pemlbleton. Clerk-Treasurer R. E. Winlaw, Deputy Clerk-Treasurer |G. Staples and Welfare Admin­istrator G. Aiken of Ingersoll.The city of Woodstock was re­presented by Mayor C. Tatham, Aiderman G. T. LaFlair and Wel- fair Administrator D. Knott.Oxford county members present were Warden J. Grant Senito. Ed. R. Pearce, P. L. Pressey and Mr. Doles.Medical Officer of Health. Dr.; O. C. Powers was also present. A committee, consisting of Aider. i man LaFlair, Woodstock, Mr. G. Aiken, Ingersoll. Mr. G. Smith, Oxford, Oxford County and Mr. Coles, was appointed to meet with Dr. Powers in the near future to incorporate the suggested re­visions into a final draft before ! the by-law is submitted to CountyCouncil for approval. >ONE OF THE city's oldest and best known Industrial buildings, and long a Wood- stock landmark, is rapidly dis­appearing as wrecking crews ■carry on their task of taking it down, brick by brick. The Wood Mosaic plant, corner Main and Mill streets, marked for demolition some months ago, will soon be completely levelled, and the land it occu­pies, put to use by the con­struction of more modern in­dustrial premises. In the TOP PHOTO, workmen are shown atop one of the main plant walls, as they remove the lay­ers of bricks. The LOWER PHOTO is a close-up of the men on their precarious perch.In spite of the cold, wet rain that was falling during the day, the wrecking crews carried on throughout Monday, to bring the honorable old structure so much nearer to its final des­truction. (Staff photo).Blenheim Township Asks Oxford County Take Over 13 BridgesOxford-Blenheim Bridge DisputeAn application by the Township ; of Blenheim to have the County of Oxford take over 10 bridges in ® the township for nmaimtehance purposes was heard yesterday in County Court with legal counsel filing exhibits pertinent to tire ease.The action was entered by the I township under the Municipal Act and is being heard by Judge Eric W. Cross, of Woodstocfc; L. M. Ball of Woodstodk, is repre- I Renting the township and R. A. MacDougall of Woodstock, and E. S. Livermore, QC. are appearing for the county.Blenheim is aBflcing that to* county take responsibility for the upkeep at the bridges, ail of which span toe Nillh River and are located on gravel-surfaced , roads with approaches of more- ’ ■ *to a n 300 feet, structures are feet in length "fairly wide".Several of the . more than 100 and described asAt today's sittings, pictures, facts and figures on the bridges?’j = and their traffic counts were pre- seated, and filed as exhibits.The hearing is continuing to­day.|FLU SHOTSStudents and teachers of Huron Park Collegiate have received I flu-immunization shots from the nurses of the Oxiford Health Unit in an imiinuniization program do-I signed to protect all secondary school pupils and saW. Dr. 0 C. Powers, mediifal officer of health, reports that there appears to be a rush on the vaccine and It is hard to procure. As the vaccine becomes avaiMw the program will continue as quicidy as pos« wbl*.Is Suspended Until Nov. 11.12The “bridge” controversy be-A'p/ ,, A : .l.tween Oxford County and Blen­heim Township has been tempor­arily suspended until November 11 and 12.The hearing entered its second p session yesterday before Judge Eric W, Cross with Blenheim Township continuing their eL . forts to have Oxford County take over 13 bridges in that township § lor maintenance purposes.The adjournment was given ■ to allow a further investigation into the bridge situation in. Blenheim, , Twonship officials said that there are about 26 bridges in Blenheim, however, only 13 are over 300 feet in length, which ^includes approaches.i The action was entered by the ,township under the municipal fe'k'?%: f = ' , '" :Act.Representing the township is i*. M Ball, of Woodstock, with Ox­ford County being represented oy R. A MacDougall, of Woodstock and E. S. Livermore, QC. of Lon­don.In yesterdays daylong sessions Several witnesses appeared and a number of traffic counts were given and the annual maintenan­ce costs released.It was estimated the bridges, all of which are 40 years old. will have to be replaced at a cost of about $85,000 each.Blenheim is asking that ch® county take the responsibility for the upkeep of the bridges, all of which span the Nlth River and are located on gravel surfaced reads. THIS IS THE CumberlandRailway and Coal Company’s No. 2 colliery pithead atBRUCELLOSIS TESTSSpringhill, N-S., where a mine bump has trapped a large part of the working force under­ground.- No. 2 Colliery is the deepest’coal mining operation in North America, and ad­Must Do Retests Due To Infection RatingDr. D. Thompson, veterinarian in charge of the Health of Ani- , mals division. Department of Agriculture for Oxford Countv, has announced that the first gen­eral test of the Oxford County brucellosis controlled area hg's , been completed.Commenting on the announce-men t by the Department of Ag­riculture, Ottawa, of new U.S.import regulations governing brucellosis in cattle, Dr. Thomp- sort went on to say that "due to the fact that the percentage of ; infection is higher than allowed in a certified area it is necessary io complete all 30-day retests on infected herds before considera-cattle for immediate slaughter and require certification as fol­lows:1. Cattle originating in fully listed herds are eligible for entry into the United States, providing the individual cattle have passed a negative brucellosis test within 30 days of being presented for importation.2. Cattle from negative herds in Canadian brucellosis certified areas are eligible for entry into the United States, providing the individual cattle concerned have passed a negative brucellosis test within 30 days.joins No, 4 where 39 miners were killed in a disaster two years ago. (CP Wirephoto).tion will be given for a certi­fied area." He stressed the need for the co-operation of the farm­ers m successfully carrying out the plan.,; The new regulations affect only certification of cattle for brucel"aa * Jc/i4»CC<A©S -9$ 52 2©o w£«= &f8 s5 g s c. aEs’&i5 > A&§ £6 -oalso that the attitude of "cer­tain officers" on (he Wood- stock police force ia "very poor."“1^:2O • JIq “ & <3 ’2 — a 2 ©Mr.®“ « g O _Q ~ g *>hood vaccinatioii certificate are available.5. Cattle of the beef breeds originating in the four western provinces of Canada are eligible for entry into the United States following a negative brucellosis test within 30 days of being pre­sented for importation to that country.CERTIFICATE NEEDEDAll certification of cattle to the United States must, as in tha past, be accompanied by a cer­tificate issued or endorsed by a veterinarian of the Health of Ani­mals Division, Canada Depart­ment of Agriculture. Any prob­lems and questions with respect to these new regulations can be directed to Dr. D. W. Thompson, Health of Animals Division of the Dept, of Agriculture, Wood- stock.A National Brucellosis Program was launched early last year, and about 600,000 cattle have been dealt with to date. Oxford County was one of the first counties in Ontario to begin the program.Under the national program an area becomes brucellosis certi­fied when infection is shownyby a test of all susceptible cattle’ to exist in less than one per cent of the cattle and less than five pec cent of the herds.3. Cattle from herds which are neither fully listed nor in a brucellosis certified area but which have passed a negative brucellosis test not more than three months preceding the date of offer for entry, and the cattle offered for entry have been test­ed negative within 30 days pre- their offer for entry areH s ctrmwauon oi cattle for brucel- ed nc" effective Oct. ceding their offer for entry are/'Hrn'n If<3Uircm«nts con- eligible to enter the United States1 and general Prov»ding that the test of the 1"■health certification remain the J- !J ■ •■same.Wcon-. . O -------------W W-dividual animals has been at i . teas* 15 days after the negative4$ Present brucellosis import re- herd testgulations require only a negative Jy-brucellosis test cr the. A being exported within 30 days’ALL IMPORTATIONS“ 4. Animals under 30 monthson the animals! of age, officially calfhood vaecin- " "A J~ ’ ated against brucellosis and from herds not known to contain anytt c gx . v . • uvl nnuwn vo comam anyf 1 a,rned at an,,T,a,s affected with brucellosis ; * th<? ?!?*“ b/ ,959> are e,Jgible for entry into theapply to all importations of cattle United States without j. ' from __i„ic . , j j ui MULano m ex-losis test, providing adequate Id- portatlons of dairy cattle to the entificaUon and the official calf-1 U.S. last year.from Canada, six months of age jor over, except steers and allw•Ka> cs ca brucel-Oxford County was the second highest county in Ontario in ex­3Warden Raps Woodstock ParkingFree PreM Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, Oct. 16 An attack on parking facilities of­fered by (he city to rural realdeniu wm levelled today at a Board of Trade meeting by Oxford Warden J. Grant Smith.He aald many county resi­dent* were critical of the city'© policy of granting free parking to out of the provincethe city are forced to .pay to park,Warden Smith noted egpe- chilly that Ontario Depart­ment of Agriculture staff men)hers must feed meters to park in front of their of­fices on Finkle aireel. He suggested n scheme could be devised so the agricultural latawould he exempt ffbm, the motoriBlB when many ninU parking problem.drlvorx who buy regularly In The county official charged public.""The officers should be edu­cated In tJie field of belter relations with the general public," he stated, "Th© city appears to be paying enough money (or police officers to get men that run meet the rural area complaintsAgricultural Office.main reasons we are thinking ofagriculturalnewbui.ding,” he said."The chief complaint I hear," mair reasoi he pointed out, "is that rural building a people don't like the attitude ofCertain city policemen lack the problem faced by the staff of die respect they should have for ’ —citizens, J. Grant Smith, warden of Oxford said yesterday at an executive meeting of the Wood-J''"V.ENTRANCE TO NEW CHEST DISEASE UNITCity Parking, Police Criticized By WardenCar-Train Smash Kills William Spurgeon, Wifef tock Board of Trade.Invited by the Boa id, to fos ter I rural . urban relations. Warden Smith said. "I am relating things as I hear them in rural areas of Oxford.’’Woodstock policemen". ProbatAy not all of them have a disrespect­ful, belligerent attitude, he said. “However, there are certain ones that could become more public relations conscious.''Warden Smith stressed that he was not speaking personally. "I have never received a ticket yet in Woodstock," he added. "And I am quite aware that police­men have a tough job to do. 'Giving an example of' a cer­tain policeman's attitude, he said, “One policeman directing traffic . caused an elderly woman to pan­ic because he thought she was holding up traffic for a few sec­onds.”Ht added, "That was not neces­sary ” -Most of us are brought up to respect elderly people, he said, land the policeman should be ed­ucated to th?t end.DISLIKE PARKING KEYSRural people don't appreciate parking keys put on cars from 1other towns, he said. "They do a i considerable bit of marketing in the city,” he added.| Another complaint voiced by [ W arden Smith was the parkingCharles Kam speaking for the Parking Authority, said die Auth­ority welcomed criticism and were happy to hear Warden Smith's views.The Authority feels, said Mr. Karn, that as it is relatively new and is slowly acquiring exper­ience it is moving studiously, and cautiously.He said that the request for parking space from the agricul­tural staff had been thoroughly discussed by the Authority."If the Authority granted any special privilege,” he said, "it would be placed in a most pre­carious position.” Only taxis and doctors have special privileges, he added.NEVER FILLEDTo solve this problem, . Mr. Karr mentioned that the weigh scale lot "is never filled” and that the agricultural office staff■>WB"They have to go in and out of their office, all day." he pointed out, "carrying equipment that is heavily used in the rural areas. If they cannot, be provided with parking, why should they be given tickets by waiting police­men," he added."This problem is one of the• could leave their cars there for five hours at a time for a slighti fee.• "We would be glad to recon- : sider this problem at any time/* । he said. "The Authority is trying 1 to make it easier for everybody?’ Referring to the complaints lev-■ eUed against Woodstock police­men, Mayor Charles Tatham re­marked, "I would like to come to the defense of John Law.”Admitting that there may ba individuals on the police force who "could benefit from a course in table manners,” he said that generally the police force was doing a good job.Speaking of the safety progress in Woodstock for five'years, he said that the police force since 1953 has decreased 301 accidents to 175; 127 injuries to 40, and there were no fatalities in 1957. Damages in 1953 were $95,868 compared to $57,695 in 1957."I think the experienced offi­cers are courteous and doing an excellent job,” said city solicitor J. Burridge.Board of Trade members mov­ed to underwrite a Christmas promotion program, if 80 retail merchants will sign contracts.If undertaken, this scheme will wind up a week after New Years.The Board’s annual meeting will be held on Nov. 12, 6 p.m. in the Central School gymtorium.New Unit Ontario Hospital Is OpenedMiCOURT REPORTERMiss Eleanor J. Cocker of Woodstock was sworn in as mag­istrate’s court reporter at Brant­ford yesterday. She succeeds Cliff D. Shelton, who served in that capacity since 1948. Magis­trate J. T, Shillington QC., offic­iated at the ceremony.A key, symbolic of the open- Qing, was to be presented to the minister of health by Nimmo Mitchell, director of publicity for the Ontario department of public works on behalf of the minister, jHon. James N. Allan, who was unable to attend., Associated with the official oo- ening were Warden J. Grant Smith, Reeve James J^-Gbesner of East Zorra; Mayor C. M. I Tatham, Gordon W. Innes. MILA for Oxford; and Wallace Nesbitt, IMP. Most Rev, John C. Cody FOUNDED IN 1860WRECKERS MOVE IN AFTER REDEMPTORIST ORDER MOVES OUTPresent ChairTo MuseumEmJbodi'jd in a chair given to a . the Oxford County Museum by ' the provincial government yester- , day is the symbolization of dc- Imocracy.This chair was presented to the museum by Gordon W. Innes, MiLA for Oxford, H Milnes, pres, ident of the Oxford MJusewn, 3 accepted the gift.It has been in use tor 66 years ; in the legislative assemlb'y of Ontario.“This will link the past, pre­sent. and future, representative of the part Oxford County play­ed in furthering and democratic principles,'’ said Mr. Innes. On the chair he hopes to place a plate listing all of the members from this county who have sat in the chair.Mrs. Bernadette Smith, curator of the museum, expressed her appreciation to the provincial government for the interest shown, and “the important ad­dition to our collection."She added: “We are more than harpy about the interest and sip­port to the County Museum by the Government of Ontario".Each county museum in Ont­ario wras given a chair 'ey the government. “I feel this is a valuable link with the history if the province.” said curator . Smith..Historic Old CollegeBuilding Comes DownA memdry of old Woodstock is & . [being crushed by wrecking ham- [mers.Wrecking work on the demolit­ion of the St. Alphonsus Semin- i'ary buildings that are more than one hundred years old was begun yesterday by the Kepic Wreck- ■ ing Co., of Brantford. L. Kepic , said that he will have buildings■xT|down by May.& No announcement was made•Jbout the Mure of the property.Before the Redemiptorist Order g took over, the Semi nary was known as Woodstock College. It was first founded in 1857 by a well-known Toronto minister, Doctor Robert Fyfe.Mt. Fyfe called it the Can­adian Literary Institute. It was ' the first co-education al college in 'Canada, with theological and pre­paratory courses, as well as a i main literary or arts/course.B Classes were first held in {I860, however, in January 1861 [school buildings were destroyed <by fire. This almost spelled the ’ end to the school. , •Residents of the city took stud- . ents into their homes, and help­ed finance use of the old Wood- ; stock hotel, where classes were carried on until the building was ^rebuilt in 1M2. ■STILL STANDS•Hie structure still stands as : the mam building; later wings t . j were added m the school ex- ■ panded.In 1883 for some unknown rea­son the name was changed to the Woodstodk College. The Theo- togical department was removed to the Baptist College in 18®. In 18&7, McMaster University cameinto being and Woodstodk was brought by law within its corpor­ation under control of the uni­versity's board of governors, loc­ated in Toronto. Following this in 1888, the ladies department was removed to the newly-found­ed Moulton College for Girls, in Toronto.When McMaster was definitely located in Toronto hopes to ever establish a University in Wood- stock expired. The college then became a preparatory school for boys under McMaster and as such attained a high standard of success during the next 20 years.First decline of the school came during the First World War. At­tendance started to fall. Basic factors which created the closing of the school have been set forth as three; lack of an independent ■governing body; limited Baptist view of the school taken by those in control; and the lack of an alumni association.CLOSED IN 1926In 1926 the college closed itsdoors. For a period of two years it was unused. In 1908 it was' temporarily leased to Trinity ~ College of Port Hope, an Angli­can school for boys. In 1930 the school returned to Port Hope.In the same year the old col­lege was purchased by a Roman Catholic order, familiarly known as the Redemiptorist ■ Fathers.The college officially closed one ■ month ago.The historic site, located in the southeast section of the city has 30 acres of spacious lawns and campus.Though the school was ilMated ■ •from the start memories still re­main in the hearts of many of its students as well as in the minds of many Woodstock citi­zens.This is especially so for Dr. Thomas Wearing, now living in East Zorra, near Hickson. He was a former principal of Wood­'s todk College, Now, he is retired . dean of Theology at Colgate Univ­ersity, Rochester.Dereham Resident Attends Nomination For 62nd TimeAt xunuaui^nomination meeting on Friday, Emerson Moulton of Mount El-the Dereham Township । Ingersoll, North and West Ox-gin was in attendance for the '62nd time. He was also honored by being chosen chairman, a position he had held on many former occasions.A lifetime of public service is the enviable record of Mr. Moul- ,ton, a native of the township, .who has served in various capa­cities with distinction.He served for a number of years both as councillor and reeve and also as a member of [the county council.In many community move­ments Mir. Moulton was a leader and he is still keenly interested lin both municipal arid commun- fity affairs.I For more than 50 years he has been an active member of theford Agricultural Society and it • was due to his initiative” that the Baby Show in connection with Ingersoll Fair was established many years ago and is still one of the foremost attractions. Al­though in his 87th year Mr. Moulton is still mentally alert with physical sprightliness that is remarkable. He was also pre­sident of the Fair for several terms.For many years he operated a large farm in the vicinity of Mount- Elgin but his reputation show's that he never shirked any responsibility that he assumed for community welfare.For the past few years, Mr. Moulton has been living retired in the village, but his activities in many ways have not been restri­cted.First Rabid Fox In Oxford County Found DeadWOODSTOCK (Staff) First case of a rabid fox has been i sported in Oxford County. The fox was found dead on the farm of Lindsay Calder, R.R. 2, Thamesford, on No. vemlber 20. Dr. D. Thompson of the Health of Animals braneh, Department of Agriculture for Oxford County, was today by the Animal Disease Research Institute, Hull, Quebec, that tests on the animal showed positive.COUNTY COUNCILThe final session of Oxford County Council will be held Dec­ember 2 to 4. Items on the agenda .will include the licensing of nurs­ing homes in the County and meOntario Hospital Insurance Plan as it affects the County and Mun- Lcipalities,■ PTT ES OF LEAVES ON HUNTER STREET EXCEED HEIGHT OF FIVE FEETCATTLE QUALIFY FOR EXPOR T-/'j-program amader theone of the begin the Program early lastTuesday, Nov. 25, 1958 Page 3 Woodstock Sentinel-Review,regulation*Animals Division, Canada ‘De­partment of Agriculture.MUSEUM RECEIVES CHAIR WITH A HISTORYA chair that for more than 65 years was used In the Legis­lative Assembly chamber at Queen's Park, Toronto, was on Tuesday presented to the Ox­ford County Museum on behalf of the Ontario Government byCertify Oxford County Brucellosis Free AreaOxford County has been certi­fied as a Brucellosis free area.An official announcement to fills effect was received yester­day by Dr. D. W. Thompson of the Health of Animals Division, Ontario Department of Agricul­ture.The announcement, from Dis­trict Veterinarian Dr. G. H, Col- lacutt, Department of Agricul­ture, Health of Animals Division, Toropto, states that since the first general test was completedOctober 17. 1056 and as a result of the statistics of the 30*day re­test, this county has been certi­fied a Brucellosis free are* un­til November 1, 1961.Ibis means that cattle from Oxford County are qualified for export to the United States un-Gordon W. Innes, MILA for Ox­ford. In the photo, Mr. Innes (left) makes the presentation to H. MElnes, Museum presi­dent, while J. Grant Smith, warden of Oxford, looks on with approval. (Staff photo)which came into effect Novem­ber 15 of this year.The new U.S. regulations are aimed at stamping out the dis­ease by 1850 and apply to all importations of cattle from Can­ada, six months of age or over, except steers and all cattle for immediate slaughter.All certification of cattle to the United States must, as in the past, be accompanied by a certi­ficate issued or endorsed by a veterinarian of the Health ofOxford County was first An Ontario to National Brucellosis which was launched year.Under the national । area becomes brucellosis certi­fied when infection is shown by a 'best of aTl susceptible cattle •to exist in Ies® than one per cen t of the cattle and less than live pey cent of the herds.Oxford Council Studies RabiesFree. Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK. Dec. 2 — Dis­cussing a spreading epidemic of rabid foxes in Western Ontario. Oxford County Council, meeting ihere today in its final December ।session, referred control resolu­tions to the agricultural com­mittee for consideration.One of the points to be con­sidered by the committee, is establishment of a renewed fox ,bounty in the county.As far as is known, there have jonly been two cases reported in the county.Resolutions to eliminate heavy damage to livestock was read to county council by clerk and treasurer L. K. Coles, from the united counties of Stormont. Dundas and Glengarry.The resolutions from the united counties observed that rabies is causing heavy damage to farmers In Western Ontario, 'and is more prevalent as the season advances.With a heavy agenda, as fore­seen by Warden J. Grant Misth, council la expected to wind up with a night meeting Thursday.Also under discussion at this session, will be the new Ontario hospital Insurance plan and licensing of nursing homes. ,eur treatment which consists ofA VOICE NOW STILL। Both Mr. Sutherland and Dr. J. Dingwall,. veterinarian at Lake­side, were exposed to the diseaseReport First Case Rabies In CattleA shorthorn heifer died of rab­ies on the farm of Bryant Suth- terland, Lakeside, East Nissouri ।township. Satuiday. This is the first verified case of rabies in j cattle so far in Oxford county.Dr. D. W. Thompson, veterin­arian in charge of the Health of Animals Branch, Canada Depart­ment of Agriculture, said today tihe brain of the animal was for­warded to the Animal Disease iResearch Institute, Hull, Quebec, Monday. The positive report was received yesterday.• Mr. Sutherland stabled his cat-Symptoms first noticed in the heifer were paralysis of the throat and peculiar high-pitched bellow, [‘I increasing in frequency, a char­acteristic of the disease. Com­plete paralysis and death follow­ed.Dr. Thompson warns that cat­tle displaying Suspicious symp-: toms should not be handled but should be reported immediately to the local veterinarian who is familiar With proper precaution­ary measures.i uuiwiiauu .VLHMJCU ms cav- Ue approximately three weeks, a- go, indicating that the heifer was lattackcd by a rabid fox prior to oms of rabies was forwarded to ithat time. The incubation period Hull, December 17, f---- ifor rabies is about one month. farm of Gordon Mills, Lakeside.Mr. Mills’ cattle have also beenA specimen from another calf showing characteristic sympt-from thestabled since the first heavy snow fall. No report on this animal hasby handling the infected heifer, been received as yet. They are now receiving the Past- Six rabid foxes have 1Six rabid foxes have been found. ____ - in the county up to this time,an innoculation a day for four-1 AU were from the Lakeside, teen days. | Brooksdale area.While people in many parts of ; the world insist on carrying their differences of opinion to the shooting level and we have our Cypruses, our Algerias, our Quemoys, and the rest, we inCanada prefer to place our differences before courts of law and leave the machines of war on court house lawns, such as we have done at the Oxford County building, Hunter street. Backed by Justice as strongYOUNG CANADA BOOK WEEKand imposing as the building itself, the guns lose their terror, and happy citizens accept them as museum pieces that add to the general beauty of the sur­roundings. (Staff Photo).Second CaseOf Rabid Fox Now ReportedThe second case of a rabid I fox in Oxford County has been reported by the Health of Ani- i mais Branch, Department of Ag- ; ri-culture'John Couke, RiR 1, Embro, found the fox fighting with his collie on his farm Nov. 25 When Mir. Couke attempted to save his dog the fox turned and attacked him. Mr. Couke killed the mad­dened ani mat with a club.A report from the Animal Dis­ease Research Insitute in Hull, Quebec stated that the fox was- definitely rabid.Injuries to toe collie made it necessary for Mr. Couke to do away with the animal.Motorists Use Governor's Rd.Although there has been no of­ficial opening of Governor’s road from the CPR underpass in Wood- stock to Thamesford, automobiles have been travelling the paved portion of the road for the past, month and a half.Signs are up that persons using the road do so at their own | risk, officials of the road super­intendent's office said today.: The road is still under construc- tion at the Woodstock end. How­ever the remaining portion is completed and re adv for highway . traffic.Hope To Stimulate Youth Interest In Good ReadingCity Council Plans Action Cut Unnecessary SpendingYoung Canada’s Book Week is the only contact children havel The Bookmobile, which carries be;ng celebrated in Canada from with books outside of school. To-lover 1,200 books, visits 157 class- November 15 to 22, The object day in rural Canada only fifteen 1 rooms in the county schools and , of the Book Week is to arouse per cent of the children have ac- about 22 libraries and deposit interest in good literature for cess to Public Library services, stations where juvenile books are bpy« and girls and to stimulate The children of Oxford are for- left. There are more than 7 900 pleasure in reading. tunate in having the Oxford books in use all the time These; Parents, teachers, librarians County Library taking books to books are exchanged every three and all those who are interested schools and helping to augment months and books that are re­in children could enrich the read- the juvenile departments • in the quested arc mailed from Ite done by children by «ncour- libraries. [County Library when they arcaging the reading of good books,1 The County Library has some not in the Bookmobile Also, by becoming familiar with 12,000 Juvenile books, consisting i the books themselves, they can of fiction, biography, travel,' The County Library is financed recommend them and talk them history, crafts, natural science, by the Oxford County Council, over with the children. ।religion, literature, legends and lb® Department of Public Lib-Pubhc Libraries.are sometimes picture books. irary Services, which is a branch.-.A;, . [of Ontario Department ofEducation and smaU fees from [the co-operative members.'■W /I Action to firmly hold the line on city spending was taken oy Aid, W. A. Downing in a notice [of motion in city council last night.। In this notice, which is to b? tabled at city council’* inaugural meeting, he suggested that toe city manager be empowered by council to notify all department 'heads, civic Boards and commis- . stons to keep their 1959 budgets ,in line, if not lower, than those in 1958.If this notice of motion is ap­proved. council will request that all budgets and requisitions for funds be prepared and submit-jK.Jted lo the city manager not laterthan February 15, 1959.Any 1959 budget or requisition for funds received by the city^ manager, more than the 1958 amount, is to be automatically returned to those concerned with the three proposals.I. The budget or requisition be reviewed and reduced if possible. =2. If toe. second submission has.j not been reduced to the 1958 figure, a complete explanation of 1 the necessity for the increased,., expenditure must accompany the . budget, when it is again submit- .j ted to the city manager3. Deadline date for all budgets, is February 28. 1959, including (hose reviewed for a second time&ISThe County Library Board is [appointed by the County Council, land this year, F. Slater ip the - chairman find H. Kipp, the vice- ichalrman. The staff consists of Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Krompart and Mr«. W. G. Cocker. This was the scene in the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ dress­ing-room after they beat theHamilton Tiger-Cats 35-28 in the 1958 Grey Cup game at Vancouver’s Empire Stadium.Shown here with their cham- I Frank pagne are, in front. Ernie Pitts, Roger Cornell Piper, Leo Lewis, 1 Millerank Ragney, John Varone,Savoie ;in rear, Nick and Frank Giliam.Children’s Aid Considers County Homemaker ServiceI ’The Homemakers and Nurses | Services Act which came into for- !ce in the Province August 1 of this year is being carefully stud­ied bv the Oxford Children’s Aid Society. The Act will provide financial aid on a share-the-cost basis, for municipalities which establish such a service.A. M. Moore, director of the Children’s Aid. states that the Society has seen the need for the :-'j [establishment of a Homemakertemporarily absent, ill or conval­escent. In 'some cases at present, the only alternative in such an emergency is to take the children into the care of the Society until the mother is home or restored to health. The cost to the county per day is about $2 a child.Homemakers services may also be available for people who are elderly, handicapped, ill or con­valescent and who require such services in order to remain in their own homes.be furnished under the Act onavisitation basis; in the home of a person who is elderly, handi­capped, ill or convalescent. A physican must certify that such services are necessary to enable the person to remain in his own home or to make possible his re­turn to his home from a hospital or other institution.Payment for such services willservice for a long time because of the number of referrals of this ai,nature received by the Society. avaiiable to provide care when A six-month detailed study is be- tjj€ homemaker is not on duty, ing prepared by the Children s S Aid now.In both cases an adult must bebe made by applicants for so | cants, long as and to the extent that his financial circumstances per­mit.Where financial circumstances do not permit payment in full ofmay be paid for in whole er In part by the municipality, which in turn will be reimbursed, by ( the Provincial government.Housekeeping services offered by homemakers will include the care of children, meal planning, and preparation, light housekeep­ing duties, light laundry, personal care and simple bedside care.A homemaker must be a mat- ure, reliable person, sympathet­ic and of a suitable age, health and personality to carry out the duties.A certificate course in home- making with instruction in child care, hygiene and bedside care, home economics and other relate .ed skills may be offered to appli-Joe's In Residence ... So Winter Here!Arnold "Walking Joe” HUI de­tected a whiff of winter m the cold air last Saturday and report-^ ed for six months duty at the County Jail. 'He received his induction pa­pers from Magistrate R. G. Groom in County Court yester­day arid is now in jail and will remain there until the end of May—and that means the first : ,snow will soon be aere.■ For "Walking Joe” yesterday a appearance in .-ourt for his an- tnual winter-siege was at least S his 11th year and probably would add up to many mure years.During the summer and ear-v fall months Joe keeps to the road and resides in the Thames.ora area in a shack, that is not pre­cisely weather proof.Joe’s duties in the County Jail iduring the , winter months will consist of /helping around the building and keeping the furnace going.Magistrate Groom gave Joe a [parting word suited to the occar- sion which was slightly tinged ! with nostalgia after all these [years:। "I hope you have a happy ^n- Iter?’The services of a nurse may the fees of such services they"This legislation is a contri­butory step to the establishment of such a service,” Mr. Moore isaid.Homemakers are qualified wo imen who care for the children of a household when the mother isLADIES’ DAYYesterday was ladies’ day at Oxford County Council. Wives of [councillors joined their hus­bands after the morning session for a luncheon and entertainment at the New Commercial Hotel. A [presentation on behalf of County •. ‘Council was made to Mrs. J. to? Grant Smith, wife of the retiring Warden of Oxford County, by L. K. Coles, county clerk-treasurer.[County council members arc , meeting thia week in their December and final session for •I 1856. Discussing some items onCOUNTY COUNCIL MEMBERS WIND UP YEAR'S WORKtoday's agenda before the ses­sion opened at 10 o'clock are, from the left, Reeve WilliamBaigent of North Oxford: War­den J. Grant Smith; Reeve Hilton Virtue of East Oxford and County Clerk L. K Coles.At noon today the council nybej-s entertained their wivesa i dinner.(Staff Phojoh.. WARDENS BANQUETHELD INFor the second time in its history, Norwich was proud to have been the place chosen for the social event of the year in Oxford County, the annual Warden’s banquet. This time ft was for J. Grant Smith.Reeve of North Norwich Town­ship, and was held In the audi­torium of the District High School. The first time was In 1939 when the Warden, N. M. Marshall, Reeve of Norwich, In­stituted the practice of taking the banquet to a hall close to the warden’s home. The first banquet was in the basement of the United Church.The 1958 banquet was provid­ed by the Builders Bible Class of the Burgesvllle Baptist Sun­day School. This splendid group of willing workers did a wonderful job and they servedup a meal fit for kings. Yell­ow and white chrysanthemums were used in an effective scheme of decoration.During the evening many compliments were thrown at the young Warden and all were well deserved. Mr. Smith has given outstanding service to his township and to the county and there are many who hope this is just the entrance to the path­way of future public service.For the after dinner program the toast master was Len. K. Coles, County Clerk, and a bett­er choice it would have been hard to make. He kept the program running smoothly and interjected into it a heap of good natured fun.Proposing the toast of “Our Government” was Gordon W. Innis, M. L. A. Mr. Innis said he had found pleasure working with Mr. Smith through the years and said “he had done a good, good job, had shown ini-' tiative and had not bean a yes, yes man.” Mr. Innis saidCanadians should give thanks for the country in which we live, a country in which we know plenty and are free from the plagues that beset the peo­ple of so many lands. He said Owe should accept the challenge of giving our best to a country in which we are privileged to work worship, live and plan as we chose.The eloquent reply was given by Clark Murray, former M. P. for Oxford. He praised the men woh are willing to assume places of sacrifice and responsi­bility in their country’s cause, “Men,” he said, “who are still willing to work to the end that government of the people, by the people and for the people shall not perish from the earth.” “The ties that bind us are the great Intangibles of life," MrNORWICHMurray said, “arid they। greater than which divide.arethe problems Governments,whether Liberal or Conservative can point the way and lead to the goal of ultimate good, peaceand brotherhood, the goal men everywhere. The key the goal lies in co-operation all peoples and nations."of to ofJohn F. Pritchard, township clerk-treasurer, spoke first for North Norwich Township. He told the gathering that North Norwich is one of the smaller townships with an area of ap­proximately 50 square miles and 32,500 acres of mostly farming land. The assessment is $3,- 500,000 and the population 2,250.! It has been more in days gone j by, and all it residents are' splendid people. Mr. Pritch-Mayor Winnlfred Williams of Ingersoll said she had greatly enjoyed her work In the mayor’s chair. She had received the greatest hospitality and satis­faction in the work. She said she had enjoyed meeting the leaders from all parts of the County and had been impressed 1 by what fine sincere group of people they are. “Indeed they are as fine and even finer than many men I met as teachers” she said.The chief speaker of the evening was Dr. G. Edward Hall, president, the University of Western Ontario. Dr. Hall was introduced in a brief summary | of his career by L. K. Coles.Dr. Hall brough greeting from the University and then went on to compare the recognizedard told the meeting, with just­ifiable pride, that the total in tax arrears in North Norwich is $400, mostly 1957 taxes.The speaker gave to the meeting a list of the men who, while reeve of North Norwich, have served the County as war­den: 1871, Thomas Abraham; 1887, William Fewster; 1903, S. R. Wallace; Charles W. Carroll, 1906; John Fleming, 1908; Ro­bert Fewster, 1918; Harry H. Scott, 1931; N. M. Marshall, j 1939; George Fewster, 1949 and J. Grant Smith, 1958.The most remarkable aspect of this list is the three generation record set by the Fewster fam­ily, grandfather in 1887, son in 1918, grandson in 1949, exactly ' 31 years between each.Following Mr. Pritchard was Councillor Jack Lester, the jun­ior member of the North Nor­wich Council. He too paid tribute to Mr. Smith’s leader­ship and said Oxford County could now realize the kind of leadership the people of North Norwich had been enjoying.Lawrence W. Smith, mayor of Tillsonburg, led off to bring greeting form Our Sister Muni­cipalities. He was followed by Mayor Charles M. Tatham of Woodstock, who praised the co­operation which had existed between Woodstock, Oxford County and Ingersol land saidthis co-operation wasthing change.which shouldsome- neverMayor Tatham saidwe should forget our political differences and work together for the good of the whole Coun- ; ty. He hoped there would al­ways be willing co-operation be­tween the citizens of Woodstock and the other citizens In the sister municipalities.great eras of the past with present day. “Today is an tremely exciting time to alive.” he said. He traced growth of the population ofthe ex- bethe theworld and said it now has rea­ched 2,700,000,000. In the past 200 years the population has grown five times, but polit­ically the world has become smaller. Nations have always spent money to gain trade and they must continue to do so. He compared the plenty of Canada and the United States with the “squalor and proverty” | of the people of India and Pak­istan. “In India where there are 50 languages and more than 500 dialects, where the people of Madras cannot understand the people who live in Bengal, English has become the languge of the educated and the langu­age of trade. In India, too, the I universities have become a symbol of hope to the people. ; In Calcutta 100,000 are attend Ing university, in Madras 89,000, in Bombay 100,000. Through- ! out India there are 500 colleges 1 and universities and they are trying to do a tremendous job in a complex society.In referring to the additionalably proposed by Alfred A. Bishop, Sherrlff of Oxford County, and the reply was giv­en by Mrs. George Wallace, wife of the deputy reeve of West Oxford Township.Mr. Coles had his own way of Interjecting humor into the program. He had noted char­acteristics of the County Coun­cillors and dwelt on some of them. Deputy Reeve of West Oxford, George Wallace had the habit of feeding the other councillors, no matter what the occasion or when, all-day suck­ers, so Mr. Coles had had a special sucker made for him. It was made of Butterscotch and was about the size of a tennis racket. The laughter which greeted the presentation was spontaneous. For Arthur Lockhart, reeve of Blandford township, the presentation was । made of a small can of sewing machine oil. Mr. Lockhart habitually wore a squeeky pair of shoes to County Council, but he fooled Mr. Coles on Friday evening, for he walked up as quiet as the proverbial mouseto receive the gift Coles.A presentation tofrom Mr.Bob Rudy, provokedreeve of Tavistock, the most fun. Some one evi-help which the FeleralProvincialgovernmentsand are' planning to provide for out-standing students, Dr. Hall said [no one can deny that Ontario and Canada will be better off when the bright, young people are given the necessary assist­ance to go on to University. Not that all should go, but Can­ada needs and has to have her element of highly educated peo­ple and they have to come j through the universities.Through this government as­sistance the people become the patrons of the universities, whose job it Is to preserve the (best knowledge of the past and make it available for the gen­erations of the future and to i try to make better men and I women In our land. In closingDr. Hall quoted “To lack wis­dom is no disgrace, to have no desire for wisdom is a pity, but to not know where to find It la a tragedy."The toast to the Ladles wasdently had appointed Mr. Rudy as Civil Defence Co-ordinator for Tavistock and in the letter had outlined all the equipment such an official would have to have. Mr. Coles said Bob was short a lot and went on present him with a red, fireman’s hat adorned with a tiny ladder, a small bag of sand, a whistle , and many more gadgets. Also presented were a small broom (and a white anchor. For those who knew all the circumstances it was great fun.Warden Smith was the last ’speaker and he thanked every- jone for coming and for the tri­butes which had been paid his lealership through the year. He then Introduced the several members of his family, includ­ing his father and mother, his sister and brother-in-law Mr.1 and Mrs. James Flett, Sarnia; his uncle and aunt, Mr. andi Charles Kelly. Mr. Smith also Introduced Mrs. Smith’s par­ents and several relatives, and he paid tribute to them all as being of tremendous help to them along the way. The warden also had words of praise for Len Coles and Nick Meathrell, who had been of such valuable assistance to him during his term in office.Contributing much to the [evening were the Gay Tones of London, Barbershoppers sup­reme. Their many numbers 1 were superbly rendered and poundly applauded. Mrs. Har­old Sickle was at the piano for the singing of the National An- ' tern and a members of the Gay Tones led the company in the (closing number, Old Lang Syne.■‘ wi ;:V Woodstock Sentinel-Review, Sot., Nov. 29, 1958 Pago 3HEAR DR. G. E. HALLAnnual Dinner HonorsWarden Of OxfordCounty Council Names School Board AppointeesFive bylaws received second reading this morning during the second day of the December ses­sion of County Council,Moved by Hilton Virtue, sec­onded by A. Lockhart that E. V, Kennedy be appointed repre-Pressey and seconded toyPearce that Robert Martin present Oxford County onEd ra­theTillsonburg Area High School Board for 1959. Councj. adjourn­ed to committee rooms at 11 a m.Friends and associates of ai Lawrence Smith, mayor of man who has served Oxford Ingersoll said “we consider our County faithfully and well tor the sister municipalities as friendly past year, Warden Grant Smith, neighbors."gathered at Norwich District! Mayor Charles Tatham, Wood- High School last night tor the stock, mentioned the co-operation Annua! Warden's Dinner. Ukw* —• •-*- - .The more than 200 people whoassembled enjoyed an evening of • speeches interspersed with mus­ical selections by the Gay Tones barber shop quartette from Lon­don. Chairman Len Coles, coun­ity clerk and treasurer, paced 'the proceedings smoothly.Dr. G. Edward Hall, president of the University of 'vestern Ont­ario, was the guest speaker of the evening. Dr. Hall stressed thethat exists between the County of Oxford and the City of Wood- stock. “In the years to come I hope we will continue to have the same co-operation," his wor­ship said.ladies, proposed by County Court Clerk A. A. Bishop was replied to by Mrs, George Wallace, wife of the deputy reeve of West Ox­ford. Mi-, Smith thanked County Council members for their co­operation during the past year and introduced members of his family. Head table guests were: A. A. Bishop, Miss Winnifred Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Lawren­ce Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Clarksentative to urban Area for 1959,Moved by iseconded bythe Woodstock Sub- High School BoardHoward McCombs, George Davis Iha;Miss Winnifred William, may-or of Ingeroll expressed appreci­ation for the privilege of serving the council .in Ingersoll and the County Council.Murray, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tatham, Mr. and Mq>. Grant Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Len Coles, Dr. G. Edward Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Innes, Mr. and Mrs.„ -----------— ---- All the speakers had warmneed for communication among words people of the world a nd. traced Smith, the development of communica- 7“ tion through education. “The for­ce of education in this world to­day is tremendous,” he said. The role of Canadian universi-of praise for WardenGeorge Wallace, Mrs. J. F. Pritchard, Mr. and Mrs. John Lester and Reverend and Mrs.;N. M. Marshall be appointed to the Norwich District High School Board for 1959.Moved by Herb Ba Ik will, sec­onded by Charles Coldham that , Wilfred Williamson be appointed !to the Paris High School Area iBoard, for the coming year.Moved by Willaim Baigent, sec. onded by Fred Slater that John Oliver represent Oxford County on the Ingersoll Area High School Board for 1959. Moved by P. L.^“h- , Allaby. Mr. AllabyThe traditional toast to the the Burgessville Biis minister of baptist Church.ties in training young people was emphasized by Dr. Hall, Univer- isities have three responsibilities, to preserve the best knowledge iof the past, to make this know­ledge available to students seek- - ing new knowledge and to make better men and women of those who have the privilege of going to university, the speaker stated.!TOASTSA toast to the governments of Canada was proposed by Gordon W. Innes, MLA for Oxford Coun- jty. In his response, Clark Mur- jiay said, “one of the values we should cherish in the land is our! form of government as we know it today."John Pritchard, who has three­fold duties as tax collector, build­ing inspector and relief officer ton the council of North Norwich, : toasted that township.Responding, John Lester, a I junior member of North Nor- . iwich council, voiced appreciation for con tributtons made by the clerks and staffs of the county and township .in the development tot the county.The sister municipalities o f Tillsonburg, Woodstock and Ing­ersoll were represented by their respective mayors.Oxford Warden Honored At Norwich-George Wolloce, deputy reeve of West Oxford Township, enjoys a foot-wide all-day sucker at last night's Oxford County warden's banquet in Nor­wich. With him are his wife, Warden J. GrantSmith, and County Clerk Len Coles, who presented the sucker on behalf of council members who were playfully supplied last year by Mr. Wallace with "yards" of suckers.Oxford Warden's BanquetExciting' Era UnfoldingNORWICH, Nov. 28 — "Today is an extremely exciting time to be alive,” Dr. G. Edward Hall, president of the University of Western Ontario said here tonight at the annual warden’s banquet of Oxford County.Dr. Hall said that although the world had grown, population-wise, by five times during the past 200 years it had grown “geopolitically smaller.'’In concluding, he praised the gov­ernment's proposal to offer more aid to deserving students to attend uni­versity.Retiring Warden J. Grant Smith told the audience that he would havemore time to see his neighbors now that his tenure in office was almost completed. He is Reeve of North Nor­wich Township.Mayor Lawrence W. Smith, of Till­sonburg, Mayor Charles Tatham, of Woodstock, and Mayor Winnifred Wil­liams, of Ingersoll, were present, for . the banquet.Taking part in the program were Len K, Coles, county clerk; Gordon Innes, MLA for Oxford: Clark Murray, ; former MLA for Oxford: John S. Pritchard, township clerk; Councilor John H. Leter; A. A. Bishop, Oxford County Sheriff; and Mrs. George Wal- Oxford County Council Meets For Concluding Dec. SessionThe December session of Ox-led by the large processors pre- ford County Council opened this seats the greatest opportunity to morning at the County Building eliminate competitive buying and with all councillors present. [the possibility of fixing pricesWarden'J. Grant Smith welcom- and. that the employment of buy-ed council members and warned of the busy session that lies ahead. It is expected Jhat the last meeting of council for 1958 will adjourn Thursday evening.Minutes ofthe September ses-sion were read by County Clerk- Treasurer, L. K. Coles and ad-opted., Mr. Coles also read the cor­respondence and it was adopted for the consideration of the var­ious committees concerned.Council adjourned to the com- I mittees at 10.45 a.m.Under discussion at this ses­sion will be the control of rabid foxes ta the county, the new Ont­ario Hospital Insurance Plan and the licensing of nursing homes ta the county.Correspondence read to coun­cillors at the December session of County Council by County Clerk Len Coles included the fol­lowing:ers by the smaller processors to represent them at auctions would be burdensome to all and pro­hibitive to some which would further eliminate competitive buying.Be it resolved that the Ontario Hog Producers Co-Operative be empowered to continue the pre­sent plan as endorsed by the Hog Producers on July 25 by 68 per cent plus of those voting.That the Hog Producers Assoc­iation shall have complete free­dom of using the press to keep producers informed of their mar­keting operations.That a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Federal Mini­ster of Agriculture; Ontario Min­ister of Agriculture, Ontario Mar­keting Board; Ontario Hog Pro-From Grey County Council, the following resolution passed on the recommendation of the Agri­cultural committee.That salesmanship is essential in all industry. That salesman­ship as practised by the Ontario Hog Producers Association has stabilized the market and brought greater returns to the farmers.Thai the selling plan devised and methods adopted by the Ont­ario Hog Producers Association and their Co-Operative selling agency was approved by 68 per ;cent plus by producer vote on July 35.That auction selling as request­ducers Association; Ontario Fed­eration of Agriculture; Canadian Federation of Agriculture, County Councils * of Ontario.From the County of Wentworth the following resolution was read.That a number of discrepan­cies exist in the regulations re­specting school buses.That the increased demand for I student transportation ta rural■ from either direction a school > bus which is stopped and dis- I playtag the required warnings, : upon any highway outside of a • city; excepting traffic approach- • Ing ta the opposite lane of a . multi-lane divided highway.And further that all school bus­es be required to have a stop sign at least 12 inches by 24 in­ches with eight inch reflectori- zed letters, displayed on the left side of the bus, which sign shall be mounted in such a way so as to swing out into 'the view of traffic when the bus is about to stop. That all school buses be required to remain stopped until passengers being discharged have either crossed the road or until such time as the operator is satisfied that it is safe for him to proceed.And further, that the Depart­ment of Transport be requested to use every available means to educate the motoring public to ■ these and other regulations with a view to reducing the increas­ing possibility of accidents.And that a copy of this reso- : lution be sent to the Honorable, the Minister of Transport, the ■ local members of the Ontario ■ Legislature, all other Coun+y • Councils in Ontario and to the ■not allow sufficient penalty to correct the matter.Therefore, be it resolved that section 142 of the Assessment Act be amended to permit a maxi­mum interest charge of one per cent, per month and copies of this resolution be forwarded to local members of the legislature and to all County Councils in Ont­ario.From a committee of the Red Cross Senior Citizens Club.We, the members of the Red Cross Senior Citizens Club have had brought to our attention theplan of the Oxford County Coun-Council could erect a building on county property for us€ by the Agricultural Representative and his staff.A resolution from the Grey County Federation of Agriculture.£That rabies has spread and continues to intensify in Grev County,That many livestock, especial-'' ly cattle, have been lost.Therefore, be it resolved that this Gyey County Federation of Agriculture do request reimburse­ment for the outlay incurred ta vaccination and that full com-pensation shall be paid for allcil to build an Agricultural Build- animals lost.tag on the grounds of the Oxford From the ’ united Counties ( Aiinlv f I'M! »•*. rx. —JCounty Court House.We desire to express to youStormont, Dundas and Glengarry* That rabies is causing heavyour hope that this will be very losses to farmers in Eastern On‘- carefuUy considered so that there ario and is now more prevalent may be no harm done to the as the season is advancingappearance and outlook of theThat vaccination is expensiveCourt House which is certainly a/d ' / :sone of our finest buildings. ‘We wonder, also, if the County d re out on P35^^-__________e,i_. . That unless immediate aetirn cepting the offer of the Govern-^ taiken many farmers could lose - -______________their entire herd with no com-Council has ever considered ac-and suburban areas, coupled,with increased traffic, will continue to aggravate this problem.Therefore Wentworth County respectfully petitions the Honor­able, the Minister of Transport, to amend the regulations- respect­ing school buses to make it man­datory for all traffic to come to a full stop when approachtagOntario Municipal Association Convention for their endorsation and support.Also worth lution.That facingfrom the County of Went- comes the following reso-local municipalities are an increased financial bur-den ta the growing amount of tax arrears and current taxes unpaid.ment of Ontario to pay half the cost of buildtag and maintaining a new County Home. K must be admitted that the Oxford County Home, admirably managed as it is with the equipment provided, is woefully out of date as far as accommodation is concerned.Could the proposed building committee look at some of thenew County Homes while con­sidering the other?From A. T. Butler, Director of the Municipal Administration Branch of the Department of Municipal Affairs.I wish to advise that there isto my knowledge no statutorythat existing legislation does-iauthorl’ty under which Countypensatton, causing heavy finan­cial losses.. That rabies is not included ta the Federal Act known as the Animal Contagious Diseases Ac*..^Be it resolved that we request the Federal Department of Ag­riculture to take immediate act­ion to have rabies included in the Animal Contagious Diseases Act with appropriate compensa­tion retroactive to January 1. 1958 as it is reported that we\ have approximately 30 head of cattle who have died of rabies to date ta these united counties of Stormont. Dundas and Glen­garry.wm.OXFORD WARDEN'S DINNER IN NORWICH: -av 4Fa?It was the night of the War­den’s Dinner in Norwich lastevening, the high point of the . (county council’s year, socially. 'Arnons/ rhocn r__ .2.Among those gathered for the annual affair wej«, from th* Wt. Clark Murray, former MPfor Oxford, who replied to the toast to “Our Governments", poposed by Gordon W. Innes. MLA, next; Dr. G. Edward Hajj, president the University of Western Ontario, guest apeak®.; Warden J. GrantSmith, host; Mayor tham * ’Coles. W, duties Lowe,of Woodstock county clerkC. M, Ta and L. K. and treas-who again fulfilled the of chairman. (Photo by Norwich).fr HOLD FINAL 1958 SESSIONWarden Is Eulogized By Council ConfreresA hint of nostalgia was in the air last night during the final session of County Council for 1958Five councillors are retiring from Council this year, among them the one hundred and fourth Warden in the his tors’ of Oxford County, J. Grant SmithThree of the retiring council­lors, Art Lockhart, H. A Arm­strong and Fred Slater presented Warden Smith with an engraved wrist watch and a portable radio on behalf of the members of Council. Following tradition, each councillor rose to extend season's greetings to fellow members and also to express appreciation for the leadership given by Mr. Smith during the past year. War­den Smith thanked councillors for the gifts and for their co-opera­tion.J. R McLaughlin, retiring coun­cillor from Dereham - "the Ward­en has done a miraculous job.”“Warden Smith hai acqulted him-lous co-operation this year," he self honourably,” said.Hilton Virtue, East Oxford - "It has been an honour to be part of Councty Council this past year.'; To Grant I say - a job well done.”Clare Esseltine, Tillsonburg -“It has pleasurebeen a great deal of working with you allthis year under the leadership of Grant."James Chesney, East Zorra -“I worked with Grant Roads Committee and sure been a fine fellow with.’’on the he has to workW. W. Budd. West Oxford— “Warden Smith has given our county great publicity - something we are all pix>ud of.”Donald Hoss ack, Embro - “Grant, you have led us more than any Warden in my memory"William Baigent, North Oxford - “Warden, I have been pleased to work with you and underHerb Balkwill, Blenheim - “It was a pleasure to work with you in your Wardenship.'’P. L Pressey, Deputy Reeve of Dereham - “It has been a great pleasure to serve this year under Grant.”Ed Pearce, Tillsonburg - “I think both Oxford County and County Councillors are very fort­unate in the leadership they have had under Grant.”Fred Slater, East Nissouri - “Wherever he represented -t h e County Grant Smith was always a gentleman.”H. A Armstrong, West Zorra - “Grant was a wonderful Ward­en”.Art Lockhart, B’andiord- “ Grant really excelled himself this year... he fulfilled his job 100 per cent.”Charlie Coldham,. Blenheim - “This year has been one of the finest in my life."George Davis, Sou ft Norwich - “I have enjoyed my time here ”Howard McCombs, Norwich -you.”George Wallace, West Oxford - “Grant is the best warden I ever sat under.”Lorne Junker, East Zorra - “I have learned much from Warden Smith this past year.”John Bolton., East Nissouri - “I have always respected Grant Smith, more so now.”Robert Rudy, Tavistock, “Grant brought a lot to County Council.”. Ebe Wardens Tom Fellows, R. Day, Bin Chesney and Cecil Rid­dle brought greetings to CouncilJ. N Meatherall, County Roads Superintendent, thanked Counc’l members and Warden Smith for their co-operation and assistance during the past year. “Grant is the thirtieth warden I have serv­ed under,” he said, “and he has been one of the best,”County clerk-treasurer, L. K Coles mentioned that he had re­read the Warden’s inaugeral add­ress and noted that the key word in. it was “co-operation”. “The ' whole council has shown marvel-Armstrong, West Zorra; War­den J. Grant Smith, J. R. Mc­Laughlin, Dereham. Fred Slat-, er. East Nissouri. (Staff Photo.)TOPPERS AND tarns were worn by retiring councillors at the final session of County Council last night. -The occasiontion of gifts to Warden J. Grant I Smith and the customary year- i end speeches by each member of council. Left to right. Art| was also marked by presenta- Lockhart, Blandford, H. A.WARDEN ASKS VACCINATIONUrges Action To Halt Rabies Spread ThreatWarden J. Grant Smith warned,fee be reduced from 83.30 to $1. members of County Council this1 Council has before it a bylawMRS. H. C. CAYLEYNORWICH: — The death oc- icurred at Victoria Hospital, Lon­don, early Saturday morning, ; December 27 of Mrs. Harry C. । Cayley, for the past 24 years a resident of Norwich. She was tak- en suddenly ill Christmas eve and was removed to the hospital Christmas day.morning that serious considerat­ion should be given to the rabies problem in the County.“Rabies could ruin a person overnight if it gets among cat­tle", Mr. Smith pointed out.Mentining a rumor that had reached him of the possibility that four or five rabid dogs were loose in the county, Mr. - Smith stressed that 11 domestic animals should be vaccinated im­mediately. He also suggested thatwhich would authorize the pay­ment of a $4 bounty for each fox destroyed.Councillor J. R. McLaughlin, supporting the warden's state­ments. added that a request should be made to the Federal Government for compensation for cattle which may be infected with the disease.Dr. D. W. Thompson of t he Health of Animals Branch, Can­ada Department of Agriculture.the non-resident hunting licence stated this morning that therumor about rabid dogs in he . county was just that. A fox was found dead in the woods near 3 Brooksdale. he said, and tracks around the animal suggested the j possibility that several dogs haG' been in the vicinity. The dead fox has been sent to the Animal f Disease Research Institute. Hull Quebec, for tests.Dr. Thompson will appear be­fore County Council this after­noon to answer questions of coun ' cillors concerning the establish-« ment of vaccination- clinics in the county and also to explain what symptoms animals dis­play when rabid.LICENCE HOMESV?'Disease Prevention Again Was Main Health Unit Task| Sanitation experts carried on Oxford Unit nursing staff. Child । the work of the sanitation pro-health clinics were held regular-Prevention of disease and dis-regularly by the district nurse ability continued to be the prim- More frequent visits may be nec- numerable complaints Liy aim of the Oxford Health ess-ary in the coming year to numerHWe «>mPlainu. Unit during 1958. (solve local problems. SanitationMembers of the Unit strive problems in schools were hand-1 constantly to educate the public led by the sanitation division. Im. Iled by the sanitation division. Im-gram which included supervision ly at various centres throughout;: of water supply, sewage dispos-‘the county with counselling of al, plumbing, school sanitation,Smothers and immunization of eating establishments, refuse and babies and pre-school children garbage disposal and handling in- the main activities.j Pre-natal classes have beenA veterinarian handled the started in Ingersoll and are a milk and meat control division, gelded asset to expectant moth- S His woi k included super vision These classes will probably* , * ’ y MiiiMi-fc4.ru uivuiuu. XUl-jina WUIA UJUUUtU o UJJv I V mlVIL MA j/xrc ThAcp will rIn public health on an individual miunbation against tetanus, diph-milk production, milk processing.and family basil, theria, smallpox and polipmye- abattoirs and meat processing!Even primary and secondary Ws was carried on by the clinic plants. Chest X-ray clinics lor Numerous other activi•chool in the county was vwted nurse and Medical Officer o f tuberculosis control, staffed by eluding mental health ed. - , 7----------r-------- —........................ —i Numerous other activities, in*nurse and Medical Officer o f tuberculosis control, staffed by eluding mental health education, a C' Power81 More nurses from the Unit, followed dental health, venereal diseasethan 27,000 needles were given up contacts and cases. .......................in 1958 for immunization ......................ea.control and adult education havepurpos-l Maternal, infant and pre-school also occupied the attention of the (hygiene is also a function of the staff during the past year.Also during the morning ses- | sion a bylaw to licence nursing homes in the county received the third and final reading and was ■ | passed. The motion io adopt the bylaw was made ty Ed Pearce | and seconded by Clare E<seltine i Under the new bylaw licences , will be issued for a fee of $10 to 1® operators of nursing homes in the , county who comply with the reg- ■ , ulations governing such homes. / The bylaw takes effect Januarv 11. 1959There are approximately 30 ^nursing homes in '.he county at the present time. Administration of the bylaw will come under the Oxford Health Unit.Five year financial agree­ments between the County of Ox­ford and the City of Ingersoll ffiand fordbetween the County of Ox- and the City of Woodstock received ratifications at themorning session. Council adjourn­ed to committee room* at 11:15 a.m Oxford To Combat Menace Of RabiesPerturbed by the penetration ot He explained that to be effect- rabid foxes into this county, thejive, 90 to 85 per cent of the dogs final session of County Councti in Oxford County would have tepassed measures to protect the ■ <T. people of Oxford.A bounty of four dollars per fox will be paid to any person destroying foxes within the Jim- • its of the county. Council passed a by-law making such a bounty payable /or foxes destroyed af.-’ er December 1.The si^te report of the stand­ing committee on Agriculture al­so made recommendations con­cerning the control of rabies.The report recommends that mass fox drives be allowed in the county under the supervision of die township game committees. No Sunday drives will be allowed.Regarding the by-law governing 'bounties the committee recom­mended that it be under the sup­ervision of the county clerk or other appointees of the township | council.Townships will be reimbursed by the county and the province. 1 In order to collect the bounty both ears and the tail of each fox must be enclosed in a plastic bag.i.y-' It was also recommended that during tee rabies outbreak the jtownship hunting license for re­sidents and non residents of Ox- ,ford County be one dollar and for residents of the townships the fee remain at 30 cents. These• drates ar^ to be effective Dec­ember 6.CLINICS -The report went to recommend that due to definite proof of rab-in Oxford County would have tobe vaccinated.Symptoms ot the disease in animals were outlined by Dr. Thompson.Four or five days before an affected animal is visibly ill and during the entire period of its sickness the virus is present in certain body fluids, particularly in the saliva. This together with the changed disposition of the animal, in which it becomes ag­gressive, are the principal rea.lies in Cheford County, the county petition the Health of Animals Branch^of the Department of Ag- ricultuae, Ottawa, to set up clin­ricultue county where all dogs ill pets may be vaccina-ics in jand s: ted against the disease.A resolution from the united | counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, regarding inclusion of rabies under the Animal Conta­gious Diseases Act with retro­active compensation for cattle destroyed by the disease wasCouncil was aided in its de­cision' by Dr. D W. Thompson, veterinarian with the Health of Animals Branch, Canada Depart­ment of Agriculture.During the afternoon sessionUNDER PROVINCIAL PLANsons for the spread of the in­fection.MOST SUSCEPTIBLEDogs, wolves and foxes are most susceptible to the disease, other animals to a lesser degree.Seasons and weather have no affect upon the spread of rabies, except indirectly in that animals । may be less accessible in the winter than in other seasons.There are two forms of the disease, the acute or furious form ' and a form usually called “dumb rabies”. In the furious form there is a period of depression and the disposition of the animal al­ters. During this period of change the voice becomes hoarse and the appetite lessens. Animals may eat foreign objects .such as wood and stone. A highly ner­vous or excitable state followsThe eyes become starey, the ■ animal barks and bites at ima­ginary objects. It appears to be afraid and attempts to run away from imaginary danger. It is in this stage that infected animals break out of enclosures or run away from home.They travel great distances, usually keeping up a dog trot without cessation, biting and fighting as they go. Saliva drools ' from the partly open mouth.Death follows a period of un­consciousness or a violent con­vulsion. From the onset of visi­ble symptoms to death is usual- jCost $21.50 and private care $21“ ly from four to seven days. I50 per ^ayIn the dumb form the vicious The new’standard ward rate noticea“e J?ut approved by the Ontario Hospital otherwise the course of the dis- Services Commission is based on1S PractlcaUy toe same the actual cost of operating thej^^1“^Dr. Thompson used as his ^hospital and does not allow for Not covered are the f016 ir“- mar any mon-phjsicians and surgeons, other eys required for capital exoendi- than resident doctors, and special 'tores would have to be obtain- duty nurs€s- to a large extentKd1 7 * V 'to- •• •. ? 'J >• • : ' ' •4'Voi ’.>7Set New Local, Area Hospital Care RatesCitizens of Woodstock and dis- (trict will be paying 18.45 stand­ard ward/care in Woodstock after January 1, unless they carry the Ontario Hospital Services Com­mission insurance it was announc ed today. Semi-private care willcapital expenditures such as ad­ditions maior renovatingditions major renovations or new equipment.The rates are all-inclusive and cover services for which in­dividual charges were previously made, such as operating rooms, drugs, X-ray examination and treatment, blood transfusions laboratory examinations and phy- sio-therapy. Almost the only ex­ception is telephone service in the. The cost of extra services un­der the former method of assess­ing charges often exceed the charge for room accommodations with the result that the patient was faced with a final bill in ac­cess of that which he had antici­pated.authority a pamphlet issued by the Canada Department of Agri­culture, Animal Diseases Re­search' Institute, Hull, Quebec.Under the new inclusive rate, the patient will know that the only- factor affecting his bill will be toeto^jth of sta>’ in hospitalMr. Smith said that any mon-Dr. Thompson appeared beforeCouncil with information from MILK MAY BE USEDhis department and answered queries from councillors.Asked about the establishmentof vaccination clinics for dom­estic animals in the county. Dr.(Thompson said, “if our depart- i ment feels the rabies outbreak is serious enough, clinics will be set up.’’Milk from cattle quarantined because of rabies may still be used for human consumption, he stated, citing as an example ' three herds near Stratford which are in quarantine and ’from which milk is still being shipped. ®Councillors were advised by the veterinarian that in cases where a human has been bitten by a suspected animal, the per­son so involved should consult, their medical attendant immedia­tely. Also, the Medical Officer < of Health should be informed ofj-V' the incident and given full parti­culars on the history and beha­viour and clinical symptoms of the animal under suspicion.-"H an animal is sent away to be tested and is proven to be positively rabid there is still time to start innoculations on humans, Dr. Thompson reassured council­lors.Dr. 0 C. Powers, MOH for iOxter-* County, slated yesterday ।afternoon that rabies vaccina­tions for humans was definitely । the field of general practition- |ers. Vaccine is supplied free by 'the Provincial Department of Health, he said. Fourteen shots i are required to immunize hu-mana against the disease.So far, two positive cases of rabid foxes, neither of which in­volved humans, have been repor­ted In Oxford County. Two more CH reams have been forwardedPeter Smith, administrator of the hospital said that the new rate will cover services deemed medically necessary for treat­ment and there will be no extra charges apart from luxury items tienth may ordered by th< pa-area hospitalsThe Alexandra Hospital in Ing­ersoll will charge $16,50 per day for standard ward; $18.50 for. ^.private and $21.00 for private hosnitaiprivate hospital room’.to a large extent through philanthropic giving.FORSEES NO DIFFICULTY.In Woodstock, where some 94 per cent of the population are enroled in the provincial govern­ment hospital insurance", Mr. Smith believes that there should be no difficulty in handling the number of patients that mav ap­ply for hospital admittance.According to the administrator, the biggest problem will be with ‘ long chronically ill patients who I may be in hospital for a lenthy period. Mr. Smith maintains that the Woodstock General is an act- 1- ive hospital dealing with patien-aniS?* ™sonburg Memorial hos- ±1,.^ c?«r£ ?J8-35 tor stand-80■ard ward. $20.35 for semi nrteX dtaling with patie„and $22.35 (or **Charifto’' “>em •Hospital officials agree that the MANY PHASES OF CONSTRUCTION SPEEDED THROUGH WINTER■■■■■IS . *Report On 1958 Road Work Received By County CouncilA summary of the work carr.- ed out on country roads during 2958 was presented to County Council last night in the seventh report of the Standing Committee on County Roads.Expenditures under the by-law covering ordinary construction and maintenance will approxi­mate the amount of $480,000 provided for in the by-law, the report revealed.The expenses on the construct­ion of the Governor's Road, pro­vided for by a supplementary by­law to the amount of $752,974.39 may not be expended in full but with favourable weather in Dec­ember the total of contracts could amount to the total provided for in the estimates.A power grader with plow and three tractors with loaders and hydraulic mowers were purchased during the year.The expenditure on bridges and culverts on county roads will ap­proximate the estimates but the county share on the expenditure on county boundary bridges will exceed the estimates by $7000. । This over-expenditure was made on h bridge that required con-1 rtrueting on the West Nissouri • . East Nissouri boundary at lot 19. ;Ojving to the rebates to towns ! and. villages being increased to■ construction at the westerly limit ; of Woodstock of the bridge abut­ments will be completed to the level of the bride seats.Estimated cost of the work on the Governor’s Road for the year will be $750,000.ROAD WORKGeneral maink....nee on all roads was carried out during the year. An application of dust- layer was made on all gravel roads. Shoulders of the roads ■ were mowed and the remainder sprayed with chemical weed kill­er. Snow fences were taken down in the spring and are now being erected. Stock piles of sand for ice control are now being replen­ished and treated with salt. Ex­tensive gravel patching and hard top patching was carried1 out dur­ing the year.A resolution from the council of Wentworth County regarding 'traffic stopping tor school busses will be filed by Council unt1! . traffic observes the present traf­fic laws and regulations better.The standing committee on county roads for 1958 consisted of James Chesney. J. Grant Smith,. Fred Slater, Herbert Balkwill, J. R McLaughlin. Art Lockhart, and J. N. Meathrell; County Road Superintendewt.i 40 per cent from 25 per centi there will be an expenditure in urban municipalities of some $1-1100 more than estimated for theI The construction work provided -I for -under the ordinary expend:zz/z,nenestgf(The Memorial Itibrargece /ft.Ctur<^ was completed together |N - • V **■ • ■ ■ Hi t-" “ • I Ontario Hospital Ihsuranc eWaterloo boundary road 23 whichI was carried out by Waterloo county. The total cost of construe- . ! tion work on roads will be approx- - Imetely the amount on the esL-; mates, namely $91,250, Wbrk on the Governor'! Road|_ Plan Gets Underway Jan 1: consisted of paving the westerly •] ww ^^^***'■ "Weight milf- which is completed.^——a———। । ... H ^Grading the easterly 36 miles to-। .geUter with granular bases will fl be completed this year if the ...weather la gtvwabte and Jiei. HANDBOOKOXFORD OPP AREA19 5 815 Traffic DeathsO'#R.Lorne Richardson. past-presid-ent. Clare Hartley, second vice.president and w Greuze ba eh,a director. (Staff photo).19571958 on highways patrolled by the local force.J. GRANT SMITHWARDENer, J. Hargreaves, director, P.Pressey, chairman of theL.Agricultural Committee, CountyCouncil. Sealed left to right.theofficers forCounty cledk-treasurer L. K. person two ears and a tall for oles has announced the names each fox destroyed enclosed in.persons in each municipality a plastic bag. These will be- de- lauthorized to accept the ears andjstroyed after being duly record- 1 tails of foxes tor the purpose of cd.bounty payments. | Local municipalities will be reApplicants should present for imibursed by the county treasur- the inspection of the authorized,er upon receipt of a monthly summary of bounties paid, The last session of County Council passed a by-law raising the bounty to $4 for each fox de­stroyed after December 1. At the jsame time, mass fox drives were legalized In the county.Bounty applicant’s must be inSgt. Moore said the increase inconditions.unList Persons AuthorizedTo Accept Fox Ears, Tails.possession of a hunting license issued by a local municipality A the county of Oxford.Ountp of(PxforbRecorded In 1958Persons duly authorized are Blandford, S. J. Currah, ClerkBlenheim,. I, J. Haines, Clerk; Dereham, Township Clerk’s OfSgt. Burt Moore, head of theWoodstock Ontario Provincial Po­lice detachment, reported todaythat 15 persons lost their lives inreportable accidents last monthcompared with the same period in 1957 was caused by weatherfice; East Nissouri, A. J. Baker, Clerk; North Norwich, TownshipClerk’s Office; South Norwich, Herbert Parson, Clerk; East Ox-iIn the eight townships surroun-, The poor visibility and heavy ding Woodstock covered bv the isnow’" he said, "has been the detachment, 329 reportable' acci- reason for so many accidents ’ • ■ ■ - ■ • In 1958, there were 202dents were investigated last year compared with 305 in 195?'This included 13 fatal accidents last year compared with 12 inreportable accidents — damage amounting to less than $100 wereinvestigated by OPP here com­pared to 185 accidents in 1957.There were 149 persons injured I t- _ ... ..in 1958 compared to 128 injuries1 3? 20 ^e corpor-the previous'year. |al.s P]us a s^g®ant C°V€T an ?rea- - - with a population of approxima­in December, there were reportable accidents, 20 injuries ,te,y ,W0 P60^'6’ and no one killed. There are 120 miles of high-In December. 1957, there were way, 753 miles of township roads 28 reportable accidents, one kil-|and 140 miles of county road Jed and four injured. ‘within the eight townships.MEMBERS OF the Oxford . man's Association met in the board room of the Agrlcul-ford, N. M. Holdsworth, Clerk North Oxford, Hugh Gordon West Oxford, L. B. Curry, Clerk; West Zoa'ra, Ernest Wood, Clerk East Zorra, H. J. Hallock, Clerk Tillsonburg, Cleric’s office; Era I bro, Clerks office; Norwi o h 'Clerk's office; Tavistock, Clerks officeyear, Standing left bo right,Eld Eddy, director, Fxl Thorn­ton, director. Bob Bell, socre-tirral Office Saturday to electtutai Dff.ee Mtur y to Ury, Norman Shelton, ire.stir- DiTOWNSHIP OFFICIALSBLANDFORDTo aDATE OF MEETING—FIRST MONDAYBLENHEIMDATE OF MEETING—FIRST MONDAYOXFORD OPP ARMDEREHAMDATE OF MEETING—SECOND SATURDAYRelief Officer.DATE OF MEETING—FIRST MONDAYIn December, 1957, there wereElgin Elgin Elgin Elgin ElginClerk.... Treasurerdents were investigated last year compared with 305 in 1957*.This included 13 fatal accidentsSgt. Moore said reportable accident compared with the in 1957 was caused conditions.There are 120 miles of high­way, 753 miles of township roadsThe 20 constables, five corpor­als plus a sergeant cover an area with a population of approxima­tely 22,000 people.Herman Meyer. Mt. Elgin .............................The ClerkCountyDies has anRoad Supt.........................Geo. B. Anderson. R.R. I. LakesideAssessor and Tax Collector. . Max Lindsay. R.R. I. Tlumesford Building Inspectors............................Fred Oenniten, ThamesfordA. J. Baker. Lakes.de Mrs. Ella M. Whetstone. Thamesfordof persons in (authorized W {tails of foxes bounty pay me । Applicantsthe Inspection. Fred E. Harri*. Mt. Miss M. Phillips, ML ..Harald Tindal. Mt. .. . Ira M. Harris. Mt. ..Fred E. Harris. MLEAST NISSOURI..............................A. J. Baker. Lakeside.... Mrs. Ella M. WhetsUn*. ThamesfordIn the eight townships surroun- “The poor visibilit ding Woodstock covered by the isnow," he said, “h detachment, 329 reportable acci- reason for so manyIn 1958, (here we.^1er, J. Hargreaves. director, P.L. Prechairman of thefor the forthcoming ,Ury< Norman Shelton, Lreasur-year. Standing left to right, Ed Eddy, director, Ed Thorn­ton, director, Bob Bell, secre-Clerk and Treasurer....... Deputy Clerk and Treasurer. Read Superintendent.............. Assessor.....................................Tax Colleeter............................Building I nepactor ................ Relief Officer...................Agricultural Committee, County Council. Seated left to right.Clerk ..........................Treasurer ................ .Rond Superintendent Assessor ..................... Tex Collector ..... Building lnap««tor.. Relief Off leer..........Clerk and Treasurer. . Read Superlntandenl. . A (senior.........................Tnx Collector................ Building Inspector...Relief Oflloer................................. Bftmrt J, Cu’reh. Bright .............. Mrs, B. M. Wilson Bright ..... Bon Bld dis. RR. 2. Innnrkl* .................. E, A Carter, tnne-klg .............. Mn. B M. Wllwn Bright Oscar Hippel. R.R. I, New Hamburg ...................... The Reeve..........Irvin J. Hnines, Drumbo .........., ...Joel Dawnn Drum bo David Mitchell, R R. 4. Bright Geo. Balkwill. RR. I. Drumbo ...................foal Dawson. Drumbo ...........................Th* ReeveList15 Traffic De Recorded In 1Sgt. Burt Moore, head of the Woodstock Ontario Provincial Po­lice detachment, reported today that 15 persons lost their lives in 1958 on highway^ patrolled by The local force.reportable accidents amounting to less thanlast year compared with 12 in investigated by OPP h 1957, pared to 185 accidents inThere were 149 persons injured in 1958 compared to 128 injuries the previous year.In December, there were 48 reportable accidents, 20 injuries and no one killed.26 reportable accidents, one kil-iand 140 miles of county road led and four injured. । within the eight townships.MEMBERS OF the Oxford man's Association met in board room of the Agrleul-1957~^^^Lorne Richardson, past-pnesld- en>t, Clare Hartley, second vice-' president and W Grenzebach, a director. (Staff phvto>;. (al Office Saturday to elect RollxfOfficer. . . ,DATE OFSOUTHNORWICH. . . . HxrbnrtHerbertDATE OF MEETING—FIRST MONDAYEAST OXFORDOXFORD OPP AREADATE OF MEETING—FIRST MONDAYNORTH OXFORDRelief Officer□ ATE OF MEETING—FIRST MONDAYWEST OXFORDDATE OFHerbert . ElmerB. Curry. R.R. I, Woodstock D. Robinson. R.R. 4, Ingersoll L. B. Curry, R.R. I. WoodstockMEETING—FIRST MONDAYJ. F. Frltahnrd, R R. 2, J. f. Pritchard R.R. 2, I. F. Pritchard, R.R. 2.MEETING—SECOND MONDAY□lariHun (IUM Tron'iurerSuperintendent.; 'jN. M. Holdswnrth.. Clnronco Hart.John A. wallnce.M. HoldsworthC ork anti TreasurerRoad SuptAssessorTax collectorBuilding inspectorscorpor-an areaAssessorTax Co eotor. . .Building ImpactorRelief OfficerC ark and TreasurerReno SuntAssessor.Tax CollectorBuilding InspectorRelief Officerso manythere weaccidentsto less thanSgt. Moore said thconditions.snow,” hereason forIn 1958.reportableamountingAssessor. . .Tax Co enterBuilding Insnorter•the inspectionD erk and TreasurerRoad SuperintendentAssessor. . . .Tax Co ectorBuilding inspectorRelief Officer .1958 on highways' patrolled by the local force.last year compared with 12 in1957.Ln December, there were। reportable accidents, 20 injuriesIn December, 1957, there wereion. director, Bob Bell, secre-istPNORTH NORWICHClerk and Treasurer.. Dep. Clerk and Treitx. Rond Superintendent, ..J, F. Pritchard, R.R. 2, Norwich , 8am Hanbury. R R. I, Burgeixvllln Albert Freeman. R R. 2, Burgecsvllle Frank Broad. R.R, I. BurgessvllleTo AcI County cler [Coles has of persons in (authorized to a(tails of foxes tbounty pavinen • Applicants s15 Traffic DeaRecorded In 1Sgt. Burt Moore, head of theWoodstock Ontario Provincial Po­lice detachment, reported today ithat 15 persons lost their lives inIn the eight townships surroun­ding Woodstock covered by thedetachment, 329 reportable acci­dents were investigated last yearcompared with 305 in 1957This included 13 fatal accidentsThere were 149 persons injured in 1958 compared to 128 injuriesthe previous year.and no one killed.28 reportable accidents, one kil­led and four injuredreportable accidentscompared with thein 1957 was causedThe poor visibilitysaid, “hainvestigated by OPP hpared to 185 accidents inIdle 20 constables, five als plus a sergeant coverwith a population of approxima­tely 22,000 people.There are 120 miles of high­way, 753 miles of township roadsand 140 miles of county road within the eight townships.OF the Oxfordman's Association met in board room of the Agricul- Otfice Saturday to electPareon. Almoet,Parson.Pnrion,NorwichNorwich NorwichOttorvlllo OttervilleOttervilleOttervilleR R. 4, Woodstock R.R. 8. Woodstock R R. 8, Wooditook R.R. 4. WoodxtockLaurie Gould, Oxford Centre Ths ReeveMiss E. A. Seldon. Ingersoll Stanley Shannon, R.R. 2, Ingersoll Charles Waring, R R. 3. Ingersoll Mias E. A. Seldon, Ingersoll Wallace Baigent. R.R. 3. Ingersoll Fred Dennison, Thamesford The ReoveL. B. Curry, R.R.C. A. Williams, R.R. . A. D. Robinson. R.R.I, Woodstock I, Woodstock . 4, IngersollClerk...TreasurerRead SuperintendentAssessor......................Tas Collector.Building Inspector. , HnHwf Officer............DATE OFEAST ZORRAJ. Halloak. RR I, WaodetMk .................Clarence Parker, H'efcwn ...............Ed HansuK, R B 2. TmnrtMk . .... Carmen Fanny. RR. I Tnv'stMkClerk...........................Treasurer................ .. Road Superintendent Assessor........................ Tax Collector............ Building Inspector.. Relief Officer..,,...... John C. King. , ... H. J. H*l'*ck, .........John C. KingMEETING—FIRSTR 8 «.R R. 8.MONDAYWoodetoekWaodrfMkWEST ZORRA.................Ernest Wood... ................Lewis Peften, ...... Jas. A. Mu-ray. ...James A. McDonald, ...James A. MeDemld...........Phillip McDonald, .....................Ernest WeedR R. R R R R. R R R R R R.4.R.R. 4,Emb-» EmboEmbro Emb-e Embe Emb-e EmbroDATE OF MEETING—FIRST MONDAYOFFICIALS OF TOWN AND VILLAGESTILLSONBURGClerk and Treasurer. . .............Burt Neale. Tillsonbu-gDeputy Clark and Treasurer. ... Kenneth Holland,Road SuperintendentAssessor........................Tax Collector............Building Impactor..Relief Officer............James He-neby. . K. R. Watts.BurtNeale.K. R. Watte, . Burt Neale,DATE OF MEETING—FIRST TUESDAYClerk and Treasurer Assessor...................... Tax Collector............ Building Inspectors. Relief Officer.........Tillxenbu.-g Tillsonburg THI»nbu-g Tillsonburg Tillsonburg TillsonburgEMBRO...........................Ross T. Smith.. ..Wm. A. Murray. R.R. 0. ...........______Ross T. Smith. ___.....____ Council.TheEmbro Embro ReeveDATE OF MEETING—FIRST MONDAYNORWICHClerk and Treasurer................. Deputy Clerk and Treasurer. Road Superintendent.............. Assessor.......................................Tax Collector.............................Building Inspector................. Relief Officer......................A. L. Bushell. ....Fred McKie. Harry Wbitcroft . ..D. B. Ferris.NorwichNorwich Norwich Harwich__Fred MeKie, Norwich .. . Basil Baines. Norwich __________A. L. BushellDATE OF MEETING—FIRST MONDAYStanding left io right, [ er, J, Hargreaves, director, P. Ed Eddy, director, Ed ’Hiorn- | L. Pressey, chairman of the Agricultural Committee, CountyLorne Richardson, ent. Clare Hartley, president and W.(Staffpast-presid* second vice- Gnenzebach. photo'. COMMITTEES OF 1958TAVISTOCKList Pi..Walter Solmeter,..Entire CouncilTo AcDATE OF MEETING—THIRD MONDAYPHONE NUMBERS'AuthorizedDurgoMVIlle 12(Woodrtock).OXFORD OPP AREA15 Traffic DeOXFORD HEALTH UNITRecorded In 1.. R.R. I. OetranderRoy Hughes ..■fMT»vl*took Tevlitoek Tevletoek Tnvlrtook T»vl»tookFIR8T NAMED. CHAIRMAN LAST HAMED. SECRETARYWARDEN JUDGE'S SHERIFF CROWN ,COUNTY WEED INSPECTOR — ED. THORNTON 518 Mary Street. Woodstock—Phone LEnnox 7-3107(prov. Reo.). (Weodrtoaki,Klein, Rudy. Corp,O. C. Powers Mao Haviland Ivan Charlton E. L. Tnylorm. o. H..........................................Supervisor of Nurses................Sanitary Inspectors.....................Veterinarian...................................Staff Nurses—Miss R. Grieve,...c. J. .........R. WilfredHolden, Miss Muriel Morgan, Miss A. Van den Borg. Miss G. A. Do Hnnn. Miss M. Chorlton. Mrs. 3. Wilkins. Mrs. Cora Etheridge. Miss Marlene Long- worth, Mrs. Ruth Crehan, Miss Elizabeth Row.HOME—Smith, Rudy. McCombs. Me er Txthxm Mayor Wllli»m« (Ingorsell), Deles.HEALTH—Pearce. Pressey. Smith, ht*. Hartnett Mayor William* (Ingersoll). George LaFtalr Colo*.Mrs. D. Johnston. Miss ElsieROAD COMMITTEE — Ch»*n«v. Bnttk, BUtw, Balkwill, McLaughlin, Lonkhart, Mwifhrall,FINANCE COMMITTEE — McComb*. Armttrong, Dais.HfigMOk................Dr. ............Miss L. Griffith. .........Dr. L.J. GRANT SMITH..........................OFFICE ........................ WoodrtookPhone Tillsonburg VI 2-2124 or VI 2-2830 Rosa Calder .............................................. R-R- 2- ThamestordPhone Klntore 39-R-I5Standing left bo right, er, J, Hargreaves, director. P. | Lorne Richardson, jmiClerk nnd Treasurer. Road Superintendent. Assessor....................... Tnx Col looter............ Building Insnortor , Retief Offloere........., County cleri (Coles has jof personsarmt in , to alitajls of foxesbounty paymeiApplicants S the InspectionREGISTRAR OF DEEDS ............ MAGISTRATE ................................... PROBATION OFFICE ...................LIBRARY CO-OPERATIVE .... JAIL ...................................................... COUNTY HOME .............................. COUNTY ASSESSOR .................. PROVINCIAL POLICE ................ CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY ... ROAD SUPERINTENDENT .... COUNTY CLERK ...........................LEnnox LEnnox LEnnox LEnnox LEnnox LEnnox LEnnox LEnnox LEnnox LEnnox LEnnox LEnnox LEnnoxLEnnox7-5811 7-8561 7-2611 7-31 til7-2061 7-2551 7-3322 7-241 I 7-27117-3521 9-981 I 7-3425 7-79617-3911PROPERTY COMMITTEE— Pesree. Budd, Virtue. Coldh.*)>, Rudy.EQUALIZATION and ASSESSMENT — McLaughlin, Davi*. Chesney. Junker. E**«tt:ne.AGRICULTURE—PreMay, Junker, Belgent, Wallace. Bolton.EDUCATION—Bolton. Coldham, Hossock. Walf-too Budd.PRINTING nnd RESOLUTIONS — Virtue. Bslgent, Bolton. Walloon, Hotsaok.CONSERVATION—Virtue. Budd. Coldham. Eseeltine. Meath- roll, Cole*, Armstrong.LIBRARY CO-OPERATIVE—Groom, Smith. Slater. Lockhart, Kipp. Mrt. L. Krompart.JUVENILE COURT—Smith, Armstrong. Cole*.HOSPITALS — Woodstock—Smith.Ingersoll—Baigent. Tillsonburg—Pearts.CHILDREN'8 AID SOCIETY—Smith. Rudy, Balkwill.MUSEUM—Lockhart. Cole*.BOARD OF AUDIT—MeCombs, Cole*.Sgt. Burt Moone, head of the Woodstock Ontario Provincial Po­lice detachment, reported today that 15 persons lost their lives in 1958 on highways patrolled by the local force.। Sgt. Moore said ti reportable accident compared with the’ in 1957 was ca.usec conditions.In the eight townships surroun- "The poor visibilij ding Woodstock covered by tbeisnow.” he said, detachment. 329 reportable'acci­dents were investigated last year compared with 305 in 1957'.Hiis included 13 fatal accidents last year compared with 12 in 1957.There were 149 persons injured in 1958 compared to 128 injuries the previous year.In December, there were 48 reportable accidents, 20 injuries and no one killed.In December, 1957, there were 2B reportable accidents, one kil­led and four injured.reason for so many acIn 1958, there reportable accidentsTMi amounting to less than investigated by OPP her pared to 185 accidents inThe 20 constables, five als plus a sergeant coverTREE CONSERVATION COMMISSIONClerical Staff..... Woodstock Off loo. Ingersoll Office... Norwich Office. . . Tillsonburg Office Embro Office.... Drumbo Office...corpor- an areawith a population of approxima­tely 22,000 people.There are 120 miles of high­way , 753 miles of township roads and 140 miles of county road within the eight townships.MEMBERS OF the Oxford year,Pfcrwmart’s Association met in the board room of the Agrlcul-lift al Office Saturday to electMrs. A. Ellorby, Miss Lois Bell ...Phono Woodstock LE 7-571 I .....................Phone Ingersoll 1658 ...............................Phone Norwich I ...Phone Tillsonburg VI 2-4821 .....................Phone Embro ......................Phone Drumbo 467Ed Eddy, director, Ed Thorn­ton, director, Bob Bell, secre-ofcrs for "the torbheoming .Ury, Norman Shelton, tream-L, Pressey, chairman of th* I ent, Clare Hartley, Agricultural Committee, County | president and W, Council. Sealed toft to right. I a director* iStotfsecond vice-, Gren^ebach,; i photo!. Til'-; 'T>-M'S3'..*><X‘V■ ...I-; .. •;■•■; 7^ ;/ *xUe-1 ^ipeiintencleni' xmcl/Sta^!4< J ji e 0 ntaxia' jK o6pi(a^ ^Ooaddtoc^ AiiXSUe/ AjauJo' aitend/ XR®' xj^uuaf' opening/ .cexenuxucd' .o^ dRc/ CKedt ^DideadeA- ^Unit hi' 3taiu t)Rac^innan/©ii£fcp^ 9R.9).C9R<, <£.£3.0Rinidt«r 4^ 2K«aftFi»an33Ke- cKo<ii ^amed'91. CF((a n; SB.Sc»C?43Rinut«ro|> SPu^fic- TDailc<v^Oedncddag a^texnaon^ iRe/ tvSenig-nint^/ .o^ Octobernineteen Ra nd xc? .an? ^i^fg-eigRt/ at .tWo .ocfocR-t w ?iffsio?.W ■ o*'JSi" ...j Oxford clerks, treasurers and 1 tax collectors association held their annual meeting in Wood­'s tock. R. E. Beam, Woodstock, addressed the gathering on tax'..■ir: , T_____collecting.1 The second annual meeting ofj the Oxford Ex-Reeves Associa- i Lion was scheduled for Sept. 6 fat. the Alladore.Report of the roads committee of Oxford county council showed that $161,283 had been spent oncounty rpads to September 1.Oxford county Health Unitiby the supervisor. Miss M.8'Grieve, . ■ , dWarden Gordon Ross and Coun-ity Engineer J. A. MeathreM at- 1 ended the annual convention of the Canadian Good Roads Assoc­iation held in..Digby, N,S.Members of Oxford county cou­ncil and other officials were at- : tending the International Plow­ing Match at Lindsay and would makei a bid to have the match held in Oxford in 1951.: Lieut.-Col George Forbes, for­mer C.O., the Oxford Rifles and a former governor of Oxford County jail, died at Sudbury in ,his 58th year.Warden and Mrs. Gordon Rosa ’ were hosts at the annual ward- ' en’s dinner-held at Innerkip Pres­byterian church.Miss-Helen Ubelacker, Reg- N.» Woodstock, joined the staff of the I Oxford County Health Unit.Warden Gordon Ross was pre­sented with a silver tea service 1 at the closing session of Oxford county council.ftIi4/ r25 YEARS AGORay. A. J. Lvve, pastor of Dun­das ’Si.. United ChurcK Wood- stock \or six years, announced his resignation effective Jwe 30.An increase in the two-man staff at Oxford county jail was recommended in the report of, the grand jury to county council,! to relieve the men of their long hours on duty,.'d-'-d>-15 YEARS AGOWarden Atkinson and four re­eves from Elgin county, met with the Oxford health committee to | study the Oxford public health ^system.The jMiibl'.c hearth plan of Ox­ford county council, in operation Lh^ee yeans, was adopted by Mid­dlesex county.Miss Shirley Allen of Lambeth, was appointed to iho Oxford County public health nursing staff, J, K. McLeod, chairman of the health committee announced,,r10 YEARS AGO Reeve U rdon R«w of Ea: lZorra was el acted warden of Ox­ford County on the 9th ballot at Ilie opening meeting of county council.fi Appointed chairmen of threeImportant committees of Oxford ....... — —v —--— ■"—■n - - — ---------—county council, were, Reeve J. A. en, J. K. Wardell presiding, Ox- second '/allot at the first meeting Wallace, East Oxford, property: ' ford <J»uniy Couniell opened its n ” *—Reeve Theodore Cooper, Smith January session and appointed Norwich, wads and Reeve W. A. Coeburn, Blenheim, finance. i,Members of Oxfordcommittees.: County Clerk L. K. Coles wasearn In the city hall and were [delighted with the many exhibits.Tiie Oxford Museum, in Its new quarters in the former auditor­ium of the city hall, was official­ly opened by Hon. Leslie M. Frost, provincial treasurer.An estimate of $295,000 was be-' fore county council as the amount j deputation required to be raised by taxa-lion for the year 1948.Allan Horton of Ingersoll was elected chairman of the Oxford County and Ingersoll Health Unit at the annual meeting.R. J. Forbes was elected presl- dent of the Woodstock Agricultur-, grapher was at work ’with her fur al Society at the annual meeting,succeeding Harper Hammond. JE. Nephew was reappointed sec-J| ishowing interest in Oxford’s pub- retary^ 1 - - -5'r lie health plan, in operation three Oxford County Health Unit, years.decided to add another nurse toits staff, bringing the total to six, ■ Dr. O. C. Powers, MOH, announc­ed.The population of Oxford Coun­ty was 51,317, County Clerk Len Coles announced, an increase of 811.The March meeting of Oxford County council opened at the courthouse Woodstock, with War­den Gordon Ross presiding. Set­ting the tax rate for 1958 was to be the chief feature.County council’s education committee, headed by Reeve R- - A. McDonald, chairman, set its budget fpr the year at $36,252^ |County council set the sum of $17,000 in their estimates to aid in reducing the deficit of Wood- stock General HospitaLCounty council adopted the roads committee budget for an expenditure of $278,000 for the year.Reeves of Oxford County were shipped 35,000 young trees to be distributed to farmers in the re-forestation program.Kenneth E. Best, Brant county RCAF veteran, was appointed assistant agricultural representa­tive to Georgg Bell, Woodstock.Bounty was .paid on 65 foxpelts for the month of May,.;- County Clerk L. K. Coles report­ed.Oxford Ex-Wardens Association held their annual meeting at the >. courthouse, Woodstock. J. W. Innes, warden in 1925, presided.Bounty was paid on 44 foxes, shot in Oxford during the month of June, County Clerk Len Coles : reported.Kenneth E. Best, recently ap- 'staff be increased to four.pointed assistant to George Bell,Mel Hamilton, turnkey at Ox- Oxford agricultural represents- • ford Jail, was winner of a $200 silver service at a baseballitive, Woodstock, assumed hisjnow duties,.jn-ew duties. game draw in Toronto.! The wives of county councillor , M G^eve and Mrs. H.j nSs^stak'atteiZ JnSl ford Children's Aid Society in his ^ Ontario Health Association cou-attended the morning session c the council at the courthouse,(see how their husbands conducr,^ Health Association con-ied the county's business. Ward< vention in Toronto.Gordon Ross presided. . William McGhee, former sner-The property committee of Ox- vri __"" .ford county council was authoria- m died at his home, ilth line, Eart ed to proceed with plans for a Zorra in his 77th year.new registry office. ATlie final session of Oxford Oxford .county council for 1943 opened-u..v, ‘to aUhe county buildl^Waterloo registry office seeking ^en Kenneth Warden presiding, ideas for the new office in Wood- Oxford county council at ft®December session, approved the :.... ... „ establishment of a juvenile anagiven at the county home undei family court tor the county.county approx;a proposal to spend 9200.000 over u five year period on countyA committee fromcounty council paid a visit tostock,The monthly enlertaihinenauspices of the Woodstock FireDepartment, Fireman Jim Smithwas MC.who ii-v ..County council decided to have - u nve I he two Crimean War cannon In .rowc.'S,front of (he courthouse remountedon cemenTl> YFars Ann r’ rI K w d' I of tout , DO YOU REMEMBER?Norwich township was elected J warden of Oxford county for^ '1913 on the 10th ballot at the Vl, fope ning meet tog of county ooun- ■ John F. McDonald, reeve of "CV ■ East Zorra. was elected wrrdenJ With the newly elected ward- Oxford County for 1933 on the ; * *** - -- ... — J - • *• .« Skford County Council opened its w®s electedR. J. Forbeschairman of the board of Stew­, \ ards of Chalmers United ChurchWoodstock, at the opening meet- custody. Sheriff McGhee report-ing, succeeding C. D. MdPherson. ied,L. K. Coles. Oxford county [ Oxford county council openedclerk, was sworn in as a Justice?/; of the Peace by Magistrate L. M. Ball.from Oxford,headed by George Bell, agricul­tural representative, went to Tor­onto seeking to have the Inter- ' national Plowing Match held in to Oxford in 1951 .Most of the offices at the court­house were vacant as steam wasoff for boiler repairs. One steno- :coat on.i Several other counties wereOxford county council w< its March meeting with night session, setting thewound upat $235,000, a half mill than the previous year. Oxford county health a late budget highernurseswere) interviewing secondary school girls, to interest them in the nursing profession.Assessed value of Oxford coun­try property was given as 40 million dollars. Dereham town­ship led with a total of $3,896,000.Warden J. K. Wardell and Mrs. Wardell, entertained the memb­ers of Oxford county council and their wives at dinner at the New Commercial Hotel, Woodstock.Elgin and Middlesex counties $ were" planning to establish pub- warden andlie health schemes, similar to -mg his annual visit to the dis- ‘trict. 'R. J. Forbes, manager of Ox­ford County Home, was electedthat of Oxford county.The Oxford county home onthe lilth line, was struck by light-ning in an electrical storm and!shingles* torn off the roof.Woodstock Sea Cadets left for agers at the annual meeting in an outing and training at Geor- Stratford.gian Bay, in charge of r" 1:111 second vice-president of the As- ■ sociation of County Home Man­gian Bay, in charge of -Licuis McCorquodal6i formerFred Doig, Len Coles and Art warden oxford county, diedGepp.1 A delegation from Middlesexcounty council, visited Woodstock i I to get particulars of Oxford coun­ty’s public health plan.’ County Clerk Len Coles was back at his desk after a two- week absence. Mr. Coles is a lieutenant in the local Sea-Cadet L Corns which had just undergone two weeks of training in the| pion Zorra Tug-of-War team.1'Georgian Bav area. died at Woodstock General Hos-Mrs. S. Wilkins, one of the Jthree Oxford county public health Charles J. Klein ot 1 ayistock nurses resigned1 from the staff.The province was urging theWilliam McGhee, former sher­iff of Oxford County for 25 years,(From SenttneJ-Revtew Flee) 25 YEARS AGOof Oxford county council for the year.County Clerk Adam Roth re­ported to county council, a Mir- plus of nearly $5,508 for the year.1932.Oxford county jail set a high mark for the previous 10 years. with 27 men and one woman in'its March session at the court-house with Warden J. F. Mc­Donald presiding. The warden [announced the deben.ure debt was low at only H38.0W.County council by vote of 13-7 i decided to cut the salaries of all county officials by 10 percent with larger cuts for the clerk and road .superintendent.Many countj road were in bad shape after the spripg break-up. rJ A section of toe Sweaburg Road . jiwas closed to traffic.A reunion of ail kving ex- wardens of Oxford County was I being planned to be held ia June. - County Clerk A. E. Roth an- nounced. ...Oxford county counc.L assemb­led for its June'session with War-.den J, F. McDonald j. esiding»<-. 'A reduction in tax rate was in- dicated^by the warden,Oxford county council set toe: ' tax rate at 6.82 mills for the^ year, which. was down three-/ 8 quarters of a mill from the prev-^'First meeting o- me newly - ! formed Oxford Ex-Wardens As- sociation was held at the Oxfard .l Hotel. T. R. Mayberry, Inger- soli, warden in 1888, was first | president. ____ . 11R. A. Webber of Westwood,at his home in East Nissouri in. his 82nd year.The annual municipal picnic of, the councils of Woodstock, Inger-,. !i 2? soil and Oxford county, was held ft ait Southside Park with a large '•iattendan.ee.f Robert McIntosh, Oxford Cou-' - nty treasurer for many years and anchor man of the world cham-was elected president of the Ox­ford County Clerks' and Treasur­er’ Association for the ensuing year, at the annual meeting ot; that organization in the court-।'house., ........• A juvenile court for Oxford County was advocated by L. C. Ecker, superintendent of the Ox­annual report, Warden J. F McDonald wa^[presented with a gold headed cane al the concluding session of Oxford county council and his re- tuement from office. _f Andrew Baechier. dean of Ox­ford county council and reeve of -Tavistock, was iv-e’.ected to thatce for his 14th term.Ambers of county council a’ their December st.-jjHon, were- treated to an orange each, by Reeve Johnston ot South Norwich.Retiring Warden of Oxford 'J. F. McDonald, wesreeteeted reeve of East Zorra township* I Imre occurrence tor a warden- t< '(be returned as reeve.