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Year 1960D HOSSACK WINS ON SIXTH BALLOTWoodstock Sentinel-Review, Wed., Jon. 20, 1960 Paqe 3Reeve Of Embro Is ElectedReeve, 32, Is NamedI n Oxford106th Warden Of OxfordThirty-two-year-old reeve Don-1 lots since county clerk-treasurer I membership may be enlarged । clllors, including: Blenheim’s new aid Hossack of Embro was el- L. K. Coles took office in 1043. during his tenure of office, re- reeve and deputy reeve, Cliff-ected the 106th. and possibly youngest, warden of Oxford coun­ty yesterday afternoon in a short, brisk election race against three other candidates., lie reported.Last year 13 ballots were cssary before a majority obtained by ex-warden E, I Pearce of Tillsonburg.nec-was R.ferring to the proposed incor- 1 poration of Beachville.ord Cunningham and Peter Me-TOUGH PROBLEMMr Hossack. a lumber yard Following his election.Mr.foreman in the small Scottish Hossack made his declaration ofDonald; East Zorra deputy ree­ve J. Alex Henderson; TUlson- burg deputy reeve Cyril Dem- eyere and Norwiich reeve, Leslie Force.One of the toughest problems facing Council, Mr. Hossack-------- said is accomplishing as much as । Mr. Hossack is beginning his possible with the mill rate. । third year on council and madeThe finance committee has his first bid for the wardenshipe< n ’ inity northwest of Wood- office to councillors and the stock, reaped the necessary ma-!more than 100 spectators crowd-, of 12 out of a possible 22 ing the Council chambers of the functioned well in the past, bal- last year, withdrawing his name at the end of the sixth County Building, Woodstock. ancing the budget, he said, "and I after the twelfth ballot.' I He was escorted to the-.Ward- we can look for the same in the |joi sty votesba IK... . .H< iefeated reeves W. W. Budd ens cnair uy im. x-eeuw wm> 1 of West Oxford. Ernest Garner congratulated him but warned, [of West Zorra and Hilton Vir- “T--------‘ -'•*Itue of East Oxford.en's chair by Mr. Pearce who 'uture.”I am not. going to hold out theHe welcomed five new coun-He was chairman of both the. health and property committee* (last year.__ . ___ _ prospects of an easy time. YouEx Warden J. Grant Smitih of will not find the Warden’s chair , Burgessville believes Mr. Hos- a bed of roses.”sack can claim the distinction of IHe told the incoming Warden ' be; g the county’s youngest war- the peopie of Oxford will ex- ’ den The title w*as previously nect a great deal of him. • | h< d by N. M. Marshall, reeve.of Norwich. who was electedw .ioen in 1939 at the age of 33. he said.The last time the wardenship was claimed by an Embro re- sident was in 1954 when a cousin of Mr. Hossack. James Hos­sa . k was elected.Fl EST BALLOTS"I know you will be loyal to your responsibilities and carry the office with a great deal of prestige,” Mr. Pearce conclud­ed. presenting the gavel of of­fice.Mr. Pearce ised toterday’s election was deci-1। obligations.Hossack thanked Mr. and Council ana prom- do his. best to fulfill histerday’s election was deci- He asked for Council’s co-op- dei by the least number of bal- eration and mentioned that thejAA!. . . . .a- • r *. . i ' ' Z" - ' - ”, -> ♦SPLIT SESSIONOxford County Council will hold a five day, split session this \ month under a plan adopted last; year. Tuesday of this week will • be devoted to the election of a■ new Warden. Wednesday, com­mittees will be selected for the coming year. Tuesday, Wednes-I / day and Thursday of next week will give the committees an op- I portunity to cope with accumul­ated business and receive dele-1 gations. Heading one delegation , will be Dr. Ivan Smith of Lon­don, a director of the Ontario Cancer Foundation. He will ap­peal for funds the afternoon of I Tuesday, January 26.NAMED WARDEN AT 32 -Oxford County council, in one of the shortest vot­ing sessions on record, yesterdoy elected the youngest warden in its history ot the inaugural meeting. Retiring warden, E. R. Pearce; Tillscnburg, left, con-J grotulotes Donald Hassock, 32, reeve of Embro, on his victory in four-man rocejJ^Despite traditional cu«* toms peculiar to county councils, choice of 11 West­ern Ontario wardens yes­terday and Monday result­ed in the just-as-tradi-1 jtional surprises.Quick AcclamationA 30-second acclamation in Elgin County sent gave! and watch to Reeve Harvey Liddie, of Malahide township — the ,watch presented by Lord Elgin.!Oxford County Council, aftor •ix ballots — they had 42 in 1050 — elected one of the young­est wardens on record: 32-year- lold Reeve Donald Hossack, of, Embro. His first move; A chal­lenge for council to “Hold the । (line" on the tax rate. |Oxford County Warden's Chair Sought by FiveBy ROBERTSON COCHRANE Free Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK. Dee. 25 - With municipal elections over, and civic affairs at their peren-' nial end-of-the-year lull, 8 small group of Oxford County- men are conducting a quiet, but intensive campaign for election, among a proportionately small group of voters.And the man who gains the favor of Just 12 of the eligible electors will find himself ’ warden of Oxford County for! 1960.Electorate of 21The electorate, of course. !.£ composed of the 21 men from 15 Oxford municipalities whowill occupy county next year.council seats!The cover County- three reeves i votes leader.candidates hundredswill likely of Oxfordmiles within the next weeks, calling on the and deputy reeves whose will decide next year’sFive Declarant*So far, Reeves P. L. Pressey, i j of Dereham Township: Donald E Hossack, of Embro: Hilton C.| Virtue, of East Oxford Town-ship;William Balgent. ofNorth Oxford Township; andErnestF. Garner, ofZorra Township, have indicated they will be candidates for the wardenship.The success of their c paign will be known on .afternoon of Jan. 19 in • [county council chambers, that time clerk I^eonardthe the AtCole® wilt receive nominations, and th? oral election begins. The clerk calls the name off each councilor. Each councilor, in turn replies with the name of his choice for warden.One Double-VetoThe election could, but rarely'does, end with since all that majority of 12.the first ballot Is needed i? * There are, how- among the It;?councilors, because nf a M nlcipal Act clause which fiv two votes to the reeve nt Tv annburg. fOxford County Budgets$915,000 For RoadsNo TB Refugees Reach OxfordFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, Jan. 28| — Oxford County council today approved bylaws to authorize borrowing! $1,153,000 for county roads and to tide the county over until normal revenue from taxation resumes at. the final meeting of the Janu ary session.$915,000 For RoadsCouncil approved $915,000 for roads maintenance and construc-Sg - 'v';- Ition during 1960. They receive a 50 per cent subsidy on this! amount from the Ontario De-partment of Highways.County Road Superintendent .... J. N. Meathrell said in his an­nual report that $1,040,885 was spent on county roads last year and the county has requested an estimated subsidization of $554,- 277 on the $1,017,171 authorized by the department. The county received an interim payment from the department of $120,402 last year, leaving $373,875 still to be paid.Mr. Meathrell said the road 1 committee’s budget was spent for maintenance work on the 215.4 miles of county and sub-! urban roads in the county and! paving 13.7 miles of road in 1959., Council also gave the green • < light to a budget of $340,000 for general purposes, charity andj welfare.County Clerk L. K. Coles said: this reserve would serve as a fi- nancial crutch until county rev­enues were swelled to normal! by tax returns.Council also approved a 1960 budget estimate of $32,800 sub­mitted by the Oxford health unit County councilor's pay was frozen at $14 a day with no increase recommended for com­mittee fees.Council in other business, ap­proved grants recommended by! the finance committee of $1,000 to the Salvation Army: $1,050 to . the Oxford Museum; $500 to the Canadian National Institute of the Blind, and $50 to the St.| John Ambulance.They did not endorse an On-, tario county resolution asking the Ontario Farm Marketing1 S __ ____________________000 surplus is about the same er, .West Zorra; David Chambers•. as that enjoyed by other count- North Norwich; John Bolton, ies. "Frankly. I think we are! East Nissouri and Clare Essel- now up to a basis where we are tine, Tillsonburg..nnrinnnuon or tn. V Warden WELCOMEDdate in the county to daylight. for jncreased financial demands About 35_ pupils fromthe newBoard to delay action on the . Council ;hog marketing vote.also filed a request from Wood- stock city council asking forconfirmation of the changeoversaving time. DST is scheduled to come up for discussion at the; March session.County council approved: Pro­posed renovations and new fil­ing cabinets for the registry of­fice; an increase of $400 a yearfor Dr. G. A. Webb, county jail physician; the appointment of R, G Groom. QC, of Tillsonburg,_ ___ - __ .and H. L. Kipp, of Princeton to the Oxford County Library Co­COUNCIL HOSTS PUPILS—In keeping with a tra­dition established a few years ago, Oxford County Council invite school children to sit in on their sessions and learn a few principles of parliamentaryFINANCE COMMITTEE PRAISED—Free Press Woodstoch Bureau i procedure first hand. Warden Donald Hossock,1 gives Richard Dellio, 15, and Isabelle Garner, 13,1 both of Highland Park School in West Zorra Tp., a, few pointers.Predict Second Reduction!In Tax Rates For OxfordColes included a request from Oxford county during the next the Oxford Museum, Woodstock. | ten years. Dr. Ivan Smith, direc- for an increased grant in the tor of the London Clinic of the coming year. An addition of $300 Ontario Cancer Foundation, told or $400 would help defray expen- council Tuesday afternoon.ses of guides during the tourist I Dr. Smith appeared as spokes- season and stimulate increased man for an eight-member dele- interest in the institution, the gation appealing for moral sup-complimented the 1959 fin-Taxpayers in Oxford can look He .. v■ • ' ’ in the ancial committee and Mr. Colesforward to a mill rate inI960.-second cut two yeanssurplus ofduring on some "very sharp work last |year.”$90,000 Although council brought in aAn overall _•was reported by county clerk- budget wmeh was up about $18- treasurer L. K. Coles this morn- 000 from the previous year, in ing, following the reading of the 1959, the mill rate was dropped county financial report for 1959. [from 13 to 12,75.The report showed a surplus of I Members of the 1959 finance $61,408 from last year. | committee included George Dav-Mr. Coles stated that the $90- is, South Norwich; Ernest Garn-letter explained.The Museum's balance on hand of $400 will pay for the complet­ion of a catalogue of contents and cover interim expenses, cur­ator Mrs. Bernadette Smith stat­ed.A second communication dealtport for the Oxford County Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society.EXTEND OPERATIONSThe local Unit plans to extend present operations in the springwith the addition of Unitsin dif­ferent centres throughout thewith increasing the fees of the county.medical doctor in charge of the About 60 per cent of cancerCounty Jail.; can be cured if it is caught early.on council Ulis year, pSted Highland Park Public School in Jail Physician^ G. A. C.| Dr. Smith stated and the life of that the decreased mill rate can West; Zorra township were wel- Webb reported that he made ap- the remaining 40 per cent of be expected when the budget is corned to this morning’s proceed-' proximately 300 visits to inmates cancer parents prolonged by an brought down in the March ses- ings by Warden Hossack. Hast year. ~ * Jearly diagnosis. _ ,' Communications read by Mrsion.Annual reports on the OxfordAnnual reports on the Oxford I Purpose of the new branches County Home and Home Farm, will be to provide medical andOperative Board; an $8.700, grant-$500 more than last year', —to the library co-operative, and! a continuation of the $4 bounty' for foxes in the county.presented by superintendent R. J. Forbes, showed that the net operating cost of the Home in 1959 was S6.218.The number of residents as of January 1, 1960 was 32 compar-BACK RESOLUTIONA Windsor resolution was onlorsed asking that city councils; have a voice in county councU alterations to a court house jail.od to 43 at the beginning .-.year.Profit from the Homeamounted to $4,214 withof theFarm $1,701worth of wholesale priced prod-u uce sold to the County Home.Approximately 1,760 new caseseducational assistance along the county concessions, plus gather­ing funds for further research, he explained.Other delegation members in­cluded Charles Duffin, Thorndale chairman of Extension for dis­trict eight; Mrs. D. W. Rhind, Woodstock, new chairman of Ex­tension for the Oxford County Unit; Mrs. E. E. Stanfield. Till- sonburg, president of the Oxfordof cancer will be discovered. j Unit and Charles Tatham, Wood- in stock,Unit treasurer. 32-YEAR-OLD IS CHOSEN TO HEAD COUNTY COUNCILNeed Only Six RoundsShortest Ballot EverElects Oxford WardenFree Press Woodstock Bureau ,ceptance address, told council-!WOODSTOCK, Jan. 19—One;ors_ -We have another heavy) of the shortest ballots in his-! ■■tory today elected one of the youngest wardens on record in Oxford County.DONALD HOSSACK, 32-year- old re ve of the village of Em- bro. v as elected Warden of Ox­ford mty yesterday in a short i elec-:- requiring only six bal- . lots. 1 ve new councillors were 1 wele-- ed during the inaugural seas n of the 1960 term. TOP ex-U den E. R, Pearce, leftWarden Hossack while defeated candidates, left to right, reeves Hilton Virtue, East Oxford, W. W. Budd, West Oxford and Ern­est Garner, West Zorra, stand ready to offer congratulation*. LOWER one of the reasons the । wheels of County Council turn so smoothly is the briefing ses­sion given in-coming reeves andcent presents the gave] to deputies by county clerk-treas-The new chief magistrate, Donald Hossack, 32, reeve of Embro, immediately Issued a challenge to council to "hold the line” on the county’s tax rate.Under the open vote system, each of the 21 county council­ors signifies his choice for war­den by calling out a candidate’s name. The balloting continues until either a 12-vote majority settles the issue or all candi­dates but one drop from the running. Only six ballots were required today to elect Mr. Hos­sack over E. R. Pearce of Till- sonburg.The trend to shorten ballots is reflected in the sharp down-urer L. K. Coles. Attending I, “school” yesterday morning, 1 left to right standing, deputy , reeve J. Alex Henderson. East j ward trend from 1950 when 12 Zorra; deputy reeve Cyril De- ballots were cast before a newmeyere, Tillsonburg; r e e v e i Leslie Force, Norwich. Seated, deputy reeve Peter McDonald and reeve Clifford Cunning- ham, Blenheim. (Staff Photos.) ’School Pupils Pay Visit To Oxford County Councilwarden emerged and last year when 13 ballots were needed.The three other candidates for the warden’1', seat were: Hil­ton C. Virtue, reeve of East Ox­ford Township, W. W. Budd, reeve of West Oxford township and Ernest F. Garner, reeve of West Zorra township.Virtue Loses OutMr. Virtue dropped out at the end of the fifth ballot and his backing shifted to give Mr.year coming up despite the many major projects completed: by county council in 1939. One of the major problems facing us again this year is the mill 5 rate. Let us try and hold the' line. I am confident that theI960 committees willtake asharp look at their finances and we can depend on our finance committee whoch has done such a splendid job in the past, to produce another solid budget.'May Get New MemberWarden Hossack also pointed out that the council may be in­creased by another member be­fore the end of the year if plans for the incorporation of the hamlet of Beachville to a: village are finalized.Warden Hossack is foreman of Wallace Bros, Lumber Co., at Embro and has been reeve of the village for the past three years. Prior to entry into mu­nicipal politics he served on the school board in Embro for four years.County council is scheduled to meet again tomorrow to set upj committees for 1960 then moves into the second half of a split session next Tuesday.Newly elected Warden Don Hossack of Elmbro was in the ch-air this morning as Oxford County Council resumed the Jan­uary sitting.Four bylaws and one resolu­tion received fir at readings with one bylaw being read a second time for the benefit of visiting grade seven and eight pupils from Foldens School in West Ox­ford township.The students were given a . brief course in municipal affairs by county clerk-treasurer L. K. doles before tht session began and following adjournment, tour­ed the County Building, They al­so visited the Registry Office and the Oxford Museum during the mom mg.Fees from business done by the Registry Office in 1950 neach-ed an all-time record of $0,888, Council was informed by Regis-Council was informed bv Regis-1 trar R, V. Tuck, exceeding 1058;busineM by more than M.000,The increase w>as brought a- bout by an additional 548 regis- , tratioss and a resultant increase $ of affiliated services, Mr. Tuck reported by letter.The County’s share of this business amounted to $6,667, with the separated municipalities of Woodstock and Ingersoll receiv­ing $2,637 and $583, respectively. MPrior to tlie lunch recess, Council recci vtd a delegation from the University of Western Ontario. Speaker, Colonel G. W Little of the Board of Governor;, was accompanied by Prof. A. B , Conron, principal of Middlesex College.This afternoon Council will re­ceive Dr. Ivan Smith, represent­ing the Ontario Cancer Founda­tion and tomorrow delegations! from the County Home, tile Ox­ford County Farm Accident Sur-1 vey and the CNIB will receiveHossack the needed edge. L K. Coles, county clerk, said the election was the shortest he can) recall during the past 17 years while Frank Coon, a consulting engineer with Canada Crushed! and Cut Stone Co., of Hamilton.1 who has missed only one in- . augural meeting in the past *0 years said it was the shortest he has witnessed.Warden Hossack In hia ac-It’s the Lawhearings,During the month of December in each year, every county clerk ; shall prepare a map of the county showing the boundaries of each High School District within or partly within the county as they will exist on the 1st day of January of the following year.—The High : Schools Act. 5 4County Counci 1 Names Standing CommitteesTwo rejected candidates in I Tuesday's race for the Warden's :;i chair were elected to head up' Sr two of the most important stand- ’. ing committees of Oxford CountyCornell for i960, yesterday.Reeve W. W. Budd of West, •’ Oxford will chair the road com-, 8 m it tee and Reeve Ernest Garn-!. : er of West Zorra will pilot the p vital finance committee.In all. seven committees were' y; established by Council yesterday and representatives to six boards were named.Committees, with chairmen the, first named, include:Roads: Mr, Budd: William- Baigent «Ri North Oxford: John • Bolton iR) East Nissouri; P L. i Pressey <R> Dereham: David Chambers North Norwich; Warden Don Hossack (R> Em- ’ (ft bro: secretary. county road sum-' erintendent J. N. Meatherell.Finance: Mr. Garner; Leslie Force (R> Norwich; George Wal­lace (D.R.) West Oxford; Cyril Demeyere (D.R.) Tillsonburg;' secretary. Clifford Cunningham<R> Blenheim.Property: Clare Esseltine (10 | Tillsonburg; Lorne Junker (R>ra East Zorra: Robert Rudy (Ril ; Tavistock: Gordon Armstrong (R> Blandford: secretary George' Davis South Norwich.Equalization and assessment: I Lorne Junker (R) East Zorra; Clifford Cunningham (R.) Blen­heim; George Nagle t.DvR.' Dere-' ham; George Wallace (D.R.’i I tn West Oxford; secretary. Cyril Demeyere (D.R.) Tillsonburg. ।Agriculture: Hilton Virtue (R) j East Oxford; George Nagle <D. R.) Dereham: Alex Henderson; >D.R.) East Zorra; Alex Hoss­ack i'D.R.) East Nissouri; sec-j retary, Peter McDonald iD.R.)' Blenheim.Education: P. L. Pressey (R) Dereham; Ernest Garner (R) West Zorra; Alex Hossack (D.R.) East Nissouri: Gordon ArmstrongBlandford; secretary, Will­iam Baigent (R'i North'Oxford.Printing and Resolutions: George Wallace (D.R.) West' Oxford: Peter McDonald (D.R.)! Blenheim: Leslie Force <R' Nor J wich; Alex Henderson (D-R.)j East Zorra: secretary, George Davis (R> South Norwich.County committee appointees | include:County Home: Robert Rudy; (R) Tavistock; Clare Esseltine?- (R) Tillsonburg; Warden' Hoss­ack, Embro.Health; Ernest Garner (R) West Zorra; Hilton Virtue (R) '| East Oxford: Warden Hossack.Library: Warden Hossack, Da­vid Chambers (R) North Nor-wich; P. L. Pressey (R) Dere-ham.'Juvuuvfime uouri: vruruun Arm­strong (Ri Blandford; Warden Hossack; county clerk-treasurer, L. K. Coles.• Children’s Aid Society: Warden Hossack; John Bolton (Ri East Nissouri; W. W. Budd (R) WestOxford.Museum: Hilton Virtue East Oxford; L. K. Coles.West(R)NEW FACES IN OXFORD—Oxford County council greeted five new faces at its inaugural session yes­terday. Seated, from left: Clifford Cunningham, reeve of Blenheim; Cyril J. DeMeyere, deputy reeve—Free Press Woodstock Bureau of Tillsonburg; Leslie Force, reeve of Norwich. Standing, Alex Henderson, deputy reeve of West Zorra Twp.; Peter McDonald, deputy reeve of Blenheim.4 illCOUNTY FINANCE REPORTAuthorize Borrowing Total Of $1,153,000More than one million dollars BUDGET HALVED ion Army, $50 to St. John Ambite;may be borrowed by the Corpor-, Ingersoll Suburban Roads Com- lance, $1050 to the Oxford Mus-i; ation of the County of Oxford in mission has halved its 1960 bud- eum and $500 to the CNIB were., 'get, showing an estimate of $3,- passed by the finance commit-;: 150 for construction and main- tee. The Oxford Health Unit; tenanoe purposes on roads 9 and budget of $32,800 was also allow-;i960.A report of the financial com­mittee of Council, passed at yes-iterday's closing session, author!-1 zed the borrowing of $238,000 for| general purposes and $915,000 for roads under the Highway Im-10. Ingersoll’s share will amount to $878 reported chairman A. D.r । Robinson.i-| The County Roads committee _____ ____ I also endorsed, in principal, a Taxpayers in the County will resolution from Wentworth Coun-I be asked for an estimated $340.-, ty Council asking that the De- 000 this year, the report indicat- partment of Highways assume a ed and ‘this will be budgeted greater portion of the cost of under two headings, general pur- county and suburban roads and poses ($200,000 and charity and that the Department of High- welfare ($140,000). I way’s share of the cost of roadprovement Act.welfare ($140,000).passed by the finance commit­budget of $32,800 was also allow-ed.Communications from the Woodstock and District Associate ion for Retarded Children, the Navy League of Canada and the Canadian Mental Health Assoc-j, iation were laid over until the, March budget session for further consideration.Deputy reeves George Nagle, Dereham and Alex Hossack. East Nissouri, were appointed toSome $1,040,885 was spent on I construction carried out under ■ ' " f supplementary bylaws be in- mlrepresent the agricultural com­mittee on the Oxford Soil and । Crop Improvement Association.Ed Thornton was re-appointed weed inspector for 1960 and the barberry and buckthorn eradicat­ion program will be continued; under his supervision.. the approximately 215 miles of roads (including suburban) inBoard of Audit: Ernest Garn­er (Ri West Zorra; L K. Coles.Hospitals: Woodstock, Warden Hossack; Ingersoll, William Bai- ^?gent; Tillsonburg, Clare Essel- 14 tine.Council adjourned at 4.W p.m. to reassemble Tuesday, January 26 at IX) a.m.4;; J 7-^ . 'the county last year, according to the annual report of county road supervisor J. N. MeatoreU.New roads constructed total­led 13.6 miles with 2.7 miles of this figure accounted for by the completion of the final stage of Governors Road.The amount submitted by the county for subsidy from the Ont­ario Department of Highways was SI.017,171 and the estimated Subsidy owing, minus the inter­im subsidy paid in 1959, is $373,- 875County roads construction and ■ maintenance costs for the yearcreased 'to 75 per cent.Recommendations for prelim­inary survey work were approv­ed on the following projects: Road 29 - Bridge, Moscow Hill; Road 19 - grading and base work, Brownsville west; Road 6 -grad­ing and base work, Road 32 to road 17; North and South Nor­wich boundary bridge. lot 13; West and East Zorra boundary bridge, lot 15; North boundary, Blandford, boundary bridge, lot 3; North boundary Blandford, Ixiundary bridge, lot 8; Tillson-burg-De reha m bou nd ary, line Dereham township,11-thThe $4 fox bounty, inaugurated last year, will be carried on this! j year.The Library Co-Operative com- . mittee recommended that Magis- J irate R. G. Groom of Tillson- ■; burg and H. L. Kipp; Princeton be appointed members of tht board for 1960.The committee will haw $8.-amounted to $506,700; Woodstock!' and Suburban Roads construction and maintenance costs. $422,698 and Ingersoll Suburban Roads1 i expenditures on construction and}'-J maintenance, $6,371.ne uerenam townsmp. , 700. an increase ofGrants of $1000 to toe Salvat-. last year, placed to itsan increase of $500 overcredit" r__Oxford Tax Rate CutBy DEL BELL Free Frews Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK, Jan, 27 — Warden Donald Hossack, of Oxford County, forecast a pos­sible decrease in the county tax rate today on the heels of a financial report that showed accumulated budget surpluses of about $90,000.If the tax rate is cut for 1960 it will be the second consecutive decrease in Oxford County.Warden Hossack said: “I would like to commend the finance committee for the ex- the same as that enjoyed by other counties. Frankly I feel we are very well set.”In other business, Dr, G. A. Webb, county jail physician, in a letter to council, requested It review and increase his present pay schedule. Dr. Webb said he makes about. 300 visits a year at $5 each and must pay his re­lief doctor during his annual vacation from his own income. Dr. Webb also asked for an allowance for hospital treatment given in­mates.His letter was accompanied by one from cellent job they did last 'year. I should also like Ao point out that if they do as good a Job this year, there is every possibility we may be able to reduce the tax rate, since wo have a $90,000 cushion to absorb any unexpected fi­nancial demands.of inThe financial report showed a 1959 surplus $6.1,408 and a $28,000 surplus accumulated past years.L. K. Coles, county clerk, said last year'ssurplus was accounted for by the charity and welfare committee, $47,512; general sources, the Ontario Medical Association which pointed out that a committee had been appointed to review pay schedules and working conditions for county jail physicians. The association recommended doctors. be paid on a free-for- scrvice basis at the official rate of the medical association.Council also reviewed a request from the Oxford Museum for an increased grant for 1960. The letter said an “additional $300 to $400 from the three primary supporting or-$9,402; county roads committee, $1,754; and $2,789 from supplementary county rates.Mr. Coles said the charity and welfare committee had set a large budget in 1959 to cope with any unexpected expenses arising from the Ontario Hospitalization Plan Intro- | duced then, and thia accounted for the wide difference in estimated and actual expend!- , turea.The clerk said the $90,000 surplus is "about 1 ganlzations” would be needed to cover an s expanded summer program.The annual report of the Oxford County Home and Farm, submitted by Superintendent R. J. Forbes, showed net operating cost of tha home in 1959 was $6,218. There were 32 resi­dents in the home at Jan. 1, 1960, compared with 43 at the same time last year.Net profit from the farm during 1959 was $4,214 with $1,701 worth of produce sold back to the home at wholesale prices.-TOTRAFFIC SLOWED, CARS STRANDEDBlizzard Sweeps Area, Many Roads BlockedCounty's Share $877$4,385 Paid In OxfordDue To Rabies LossesSCHOOL CHILDREN STUDY COUNTYGrade and eight pupils । terday when they visited Ox- I of Polder/!. Public School, West ■ *>«* Cwmcil. Enjoying IFree Press Woodstock Bureau [half of the bounty, so the coun- WOODSTOCK. Jan. 18 - Ox-|ty s share for 1939 was 51«668-ford county farmers collectedj $4,385 in compensation for live­stock losses due to rabies in the first year of a joint Federal- Provincial-county aid plan.L. K. Coles, county clerk, said farmers received grants for the: loss of 25 cattle, two sheep, three swine and one horse in 1959. The Federal and Provincial) Governments each pay 40 per cent, while the county pays 20[ per cent. The county’s share was $877.Mr. Coles said an additional $3,320 was paid as bounty money for 833 foxes. Farmers must present the tail and ears.: wrapped in plastic bags', of each fox to qualify for the $4 bounty.1 Townships make the first pay­ment to the farmer, then thej county compensates the town­ships. The Province pays oneNorth Norwich TownshipApplications will be receiv­ed by the undersigned until twelve o'clock noon oi Sat­urday, February 6th, I960 for the position ofAssistant to the Clerk-Treasurer of North NorwichTownshipApplicants must state age. qualifications and experience if any. Male applicants piv- ferred as all duties of the office wii be available at a later date.J. F. PRITCHARD. Clerk, Norwich Ont. R. 2Multiple Officer Holder In North Norwich Township Resigns 2 Posts NORWICH — John Pritchard, U S 'MS Sclerk-treasurer of North Norwich.township for the past 25 years, and also the tax collector and relief officer, submitted his Te­signation fromthe two lastnamed positions at the inauguralmeeting of the North Norwich'Council.Oxford township had an oppor­tunity tx> view the government of their county fjr.it hand ye&-a chat with Warden Don Hos-iack, standing left to rightPatricia Ward, RR 5, Ingersollville; Gary Janssen, RR 5, Ing- crsoM: seated, Ruth Wfeerwan, RJR 1. BeaohvilJc. left and Anne Janssen, RR 5, Ingersoll,Leonard Reeves, RR 1, Beach- right. 'Staff Photo,)Sam Banbury, who has been assistant to Mr. Pritchard in all! .//his positions nnd also the sec-i : ® retary-treasurer of the North | Township Public School Area! Board, submitted his resignation i . and this was accepted. His resi- nation becomes effective on Feb-,rnary 29. Mr, Pritchard will; carry on ns tax collector and re-’ lief officer until a successor toOFFICERS NAMEDThe annual meeting of assess-; ing ofPcers of Oxford County! was held Tuesday at the county court house in Woodstock. John A. Wallace of East Oxford was elected president. Dave Mltch.H of Blenheim township is vice- ' chairman and G. Facey of EastJ Zorra is second vice-chairman.’1 Ira Harris of Dertham townshipj is secretary-treasurer. r YEAR END REVIEWYEAR END REVIEWHealth Unit Held Clinics For Polio ImmunizationO; Probably the most outstanding -achievement of the Oxford Hoailth Unit in the year just ending, was 'adult polio immunization.. Seeing the need for immuniza­tion of the adult population, the ' Board of Heatih authorized the .Unit staff to organize and con­duct free climes for adults.In all, 90 clinics were held a: different points throughout the county, 45 of them at night. The response was excellent and thous-ever, there are many more adults who should have attended.As a reminder, seven cases of polio were reported in Oxford during the year. with five of the people involved. adults.■'We are not. pessimistic," states, MOH Dr. O. C. Powers, "but wej feel that more cases may occur in 1960 than in the year just; passing.It is our hope that adults who so far have ignored the warning, will take heed before the i960 poldo season comes around." jImmunizations against other diseases such as whooping cough,; diphtheria, small pox and tetan-. us have been carried on through­out the year in Child Health clin­ics and schools and it appears that there has again been an increase in the number of doses administered.The nursing division of the Unit has increased its work con­siderably and more pre-natal work. more home visiting, more clinic conferencing and moretheperspecial forms of cancer."Smaller hospitals like one in Woodstock still do of the preliminary workthe most likediagnosis and treatment of gen­eral or not too advanced forms of cancer. But it is essentialcent of today's cancer can be cured, providing the case isrural cancer clinics in county.Early DiagnosisDr. Smith said: “About 60BUSY YEAR IS PLANNED BY OXFORD SOCIETYHams, president; Mrs. A. R. Ward, secretary - treasurer;society is to do more "system­atic collection, co-ordination; Oxford Historical Society has | Officers elected for 1'960 are fc; plans for a more extensive year left to right, Mrs. James Hos-kB under the direction of new j seek, Embro; Oxford Warden .■■president, M;ss Winnifrcd Wil- Ip. lianw, ex-mayor of Ingervoll. IDonald Hossa c k, honorary president; Miss Winnifred Wil-Mrs, Bernadette Smith, mayor | and dissemination of historic. of Woodstock. Intention of the I material. (Staff photo).school work has been done this year than ever before.The Division of Sanitation has been operating ait top speed. More inspections, more com- plaints, more supervision of milk p reduction, res>tau.nanits and plumbing have been coped with' Miiss G. than in any previous year.As a result of Bis increase in ■ each division, much more work I _ , has been handled by the office > Jackson,Staff at the Oxford Health Unit Includes: Dr. Powers; eup-| ervuixor Miss Mae HavliUand;1 clinical nurse Muriel Chariton;.Mrs. D. Johnston. Miss R.i 7 Grteve, Mr®. S. Wilkins; Mrs.; L. DotigilaiB; Miss E. Holden; I deHaan in Woodstock:staff.Free Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK. Jan. 26 — The director of the Ontario’ Cancer Foundation clinic at Victoria Hospital, London, today told , county council that an estimated 1,760 Oxford County residents will be stricken with cancer in the next decade.Dr. Ivan Smith, accompanied by a delegation from the Oxford County branch of the Ontario Cancer Society, called for "moral support" from council in the establishment of a chain ofMiss M.Mrs. C.i Yates.Owrnaghian, Tillsonburg; Etheridge and Mr®. I. IngersoM, and Miss R.Plea By Dr. Ivan SmithUrges Oxford County CouncilSupport Rural Cancer Clinicsdiagnosed early enough. This is the purpose behind the creation of clinics in Norwich, Thames- ford and other smaller Oxford County communities. The clinics educate people into awareness of the symptoms of cancer and give us a chance to cure the disease.”Dr. Smith said there are eight major clinics — similar to the one at Victoria Hospital — in Ontario "but they are adapted usually only to the treatment ofOxford County Library Service Provided Through 198 OutletsThe year 1959 has seen the) work of the Oxford County Lib-1 rary Co-operative steadily in-. creasing in service to the people] of the county. More books have; been used and more people have made use of the services.With the exception of referen­ce material sent through the mall, distribution is accomplish­ed through the outlets all over! the county.We now have 198 of these, an! increase of 16 over 1958. These outlets have been visited every three months, the bookmobile travelling more than 4000 miles in the year and carrying more than 1200 books at all times from which the librarians, teachers and others might choose their books.Through the year about 10,560'• books were left at libraries and deposit stations and about 58.240 at schools throughout the county.; There were 490 books sent out on special requests for reference use 8s The total circulation for the year § was 2%,591 - an increase of 6,290 over 1958.The County Library assisted^ &'7^.#that we develop chains of sub­sidiary clinics similar to those started In Middlesex County five years ago."Dr. Smith predicted that about 190 new cases of cancer would be diagnosed in the county during 1960. He asked the reeves of municipalities rep­resented at county council to give field workers conducting the clinics their co-operation and! assistance.Warden Donald Hossack, re­plying for council, said: "I ami sure you can count on our help.! We are as vitally interested in seeing the number of cases that can be cured increased to 100 per cent as is your organjza-; tion."book selection, weeding out olds® books, reference work, catalogu- ' ing and other library problems.®Two special meetings were held],, throughout the year - the annual meeting at which the speaker was 1 Gordon Taylor of the Woodstock^] Collegiate Institute and the work-1 ri shop meeting for librarians with] * speaker Miss Barbara Smith offraS the Public Libraries Branch oft® the Ontario Department of Edu-'. $ cation.A book review contest was held J to celebrate Young Canada's ® Book Week. More than 100 child-fi^i ren entered the contest and the n essays were very capably judged I" by Mrs. Kenneth Hilts and Al- fred Burman of the Sentinel-Re­view.The newspaper and the radio g station have been very generous B through the year with the time they have given in keeping our / - activities before the public.The 1959 Library Board consist­ed of Warden E. Pearce of Till- ~ sonburg; H. A. Armstrong of West Zorra, vice-chairman; D. J. i'..-. Chambers of Norwich; magist-k' rate R. G. Groom. Tillsonburg; Howard Kipp, Princeton, chair-; man L. K. Cofes, Ingersoll; ' treasurer;Staff members are: Mrs. S. L.|.". Krompart, librarian and Mrs. W.;. ?■, G. Cocker and S. L. Krompart,;- assistants.■tt,Oxford County Boards FilledWOODSTOCK — L. K. Coles,county clerk, yesterday nounced appointments to Oxford County Home board Oxford health unit board I960.an- thc'andforAppointed to the county health^ unit were: Aid. William Dutton.• chairman; Mr. Coles, secretary-,^ treasurer; Ernest Garner, reeve;/ of West Zorra; Hilton Virtue.^ reeve of East Oxford Tp.; RoaaW Fewster. mayor of. Ingersoll; y ; James Hartnet, Mt. Elgin, prov-Ka inclal representatives; Warden;.Donald Hoasack, of Embro.Appointed to the county home' board were: Warden Hossaek. ■ chaiman; Robert Rudy, reeve of Tavistock; Clair Esscltinc, reeve of Tillsonburg; Mayor FcwSter. and Mayor Bernadette Smith, of Woodstock. For TillsonburgHighway Bypass ProposedBy ROGER DRWFree Press Norfolk BureauTILLSONBURG, Jan. 5 —A hint of higher taxes, a demand for increased bene­fits from Oxford County and a suggestion for a highway bypass for this town, highlighted the in­augural address tonight by E. V. Vance. Tillson­burg ‘ s newly-acclaimed mayor.Costs IncreasingWhile Mayor Vance made no' specific reference to a tax in-j crease for Tillsonburg this year, he cited a number of contribu­ting factors — acute tional needs and their costs, construction of sewage treatment plant educa-f risinga newand ex-tension of present sewer lines this year and Tillsonburg's an­nual payment to Oxford which has jumped more than $87,000 in 10 years.The harvest Tillsonburg reaps from the county, Mayor Vance felt, has not kept pace with the, town's rising financial partici-| pation and council should makej tliis known."It has been the feeling of this council for some years that the county benefits that Tillson-;burg receives have not creased in proportion to greatly increased amount sanburg is now paying to ford County,” he said.Will Prem Claimsin- Uiei Till-; Ox--“Our representatives on coun i ty council will be asked to; urgently press the claims of, Tillsonburg for a more equit-' able stea«e of he added.Tillsonburg■’seek other county benefits,”!might have to avenues of re-gress," if county council fails/ to bend a sympathetic ear to the claims, the mayor sug­gested. ,1TOWNSHIP OF BLANDFORDApplicationg are invited for the position ofClerk, Treasurer & Tax Collector Applications to be in the hands of the Reeve by 12 noon FEBRUARY 1st.GORDON ARMSTRONG, Bright.16/23-7Increased Grant Is Sought From County By Plowmen Oxford County Plowmen's As- - sociation will ask county* councilfor a grant of $600 this year, a $350 increase over the amount re­ceived last year.A three-man delegation, con­sisting of John Hargreaves. Bea- chville. Wilfred Corp, Tavistock and agricultural representative Robert Bell, was named at the annual meeting in Woodstock yesterday to approach council during the March budget session.Mr. Bell stated that the in­crease was felt necessary in view of the fact that Oxford county has been asked to participate in the local day of the International Plowing Match on October 11.The International will be held in Elgin county this year and it is expected that Oxford will be asked for a sizeable grant to! help support it.W-ri® ■Group Hopes ;For 15 p.c.ParticipationFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK, Jan. 6 — Oxford County’s first mass tuberculosis testing and X- ray program will be held from April 11 to May 6, it was announced tonight at, a meeting of the Oxford Tuberculosis Association with representatives of the, Ontario Department of] Health.Sees 75% TurnoutGordon Stockley, organizer of mass surveys for the TB branch of the department, said he could) "see no reason why 75 per cent; of the county's population shouldn’t be tested or X-rayed” , in the all-out campaign."Of course.” said Survey Chairman J. L. Griffith, “our . constant goal Is to get every­one in the county tested.”It will be the first full-scale survey undertaken in Oxford ' and the first opportunity of any kind since 1956 for Oxford real- , dents to receive tuberculin tests.Nine nurses and seven X-ray technicians will man mobile! units to cover every Industry and community In the county, jServing under Chairman Grlf-I fith are: Dr. O. C. Power, Ox­ford Medical Officer of Health; Wilson McBeth, Ingersoll; Cecil M. Riddle, Beochville; Douglas Crossman, Kenneth Livingston. Dr. H. C. Parrott and Andrew Brown, all of Woodstock,Alexandra Hospital had a sur-' plus of $7,257 in 1959, something that It has just not done In most!ft"COUNTY HOMrecent years it was revealed at) the annual meeting of Alexandra; Hospital Trust on Tuesday night.Oxford Warden Donald) Horaack of Embro was elected JS80 chairman of the board of)Also released in a report by J.f MB. Mitchell, chairman of thel board of directors, is that tend-j era will be called for the extern-j -i sion of the third floor of the! Ci looal hospital.management, Oxford County Home for the Aged at the first! ' meeting of the year held Wed-! q nesday afternoon at the home J County members are Reeve Cla-.re E^selttne of Tillsonburg and! , I Reeve Robert Rudy of Tavistock 1 .Woodstock member is Mayor I Bernadette Smith and Ingersoll representative is Mayor Ross' hewstcr. L. K. Coles is secretary- . treasurer of the board. Superin-' tendent of the County Home isi R. J Forbes, with Mrs.'A. Forbes matron.CHAIRMANHospital AdditionBegins In SpringWilliam Dutton was appointed, : I960 chairman of the Oxford! I Health Unit Board at it, inaug/ I ural meeting held last night in 1 the Health Unit Building. He re­presents the city of Woodstock.' Mayor Ross Fewster is the Ing-? . ergoll representative. James Hartnett of Mount Elgin was named provincial representative, ! Three members from the county! 1are Warden Donald Hossack ofEmbro; Reeve Hilton Virtue of East Oxford; Reeve Ernest Gar- |ner of West Zorra. L. K. Coles issecretary-treasurer. Dr. O. C. Powers is Oxford Medical Health!, Officer. Miss Mae Haviland sup­ervisor of Nurses.THIS WAS “Sandy,” and in his typical pose, but for a change, with his eyes open.DIED AS HE LIVED.Loveable Loafer Gone To His Own ValhallaBy STEWART WATSON Big Sandy is dead.That lovable loafer, that centric egotist, that hugeec- St.Bernard without a brandy ca.sk, who brought a far-flung fame to Woodstock, has gone to his own pensonal Valhalla.Hie died, a.s he lived most of his five years, while sleeping. He died under the wheels of a large garbage truck yesterday in the lane next .to his home, the New Commercial Hot&l,He is, and will be, missed by all the local children, residents, commercial travellers and many tourists who loved him.ALOOF MANNERIt Is hard to put a finger on Sandy's claim to love, friendship and fame unless it was has aloof. “I'm going my way you go youiw” attitude. He performed no tricks, he had no panWiculnur at­tribute®, he was just there.The friendly big giant will be sincerely missed from his Wood- stock “beai,” not only” by his. SLEEPING!Sandy loved to sleep but oc­casionally he would rouse him­self for a brief stroll around the centre of the city. That he stop­ped traffic on the main street or plowed up the city hall flower garden to lap up a drink at the city hall fountain on a hot day, didr’t bother him one iota.On one memorable occasion he decided to take his siesta on a hot August day in the main door­way of the city hall. People with civic business just had to use other doors. His bulk, some 235 pounds, just persuaded people to leave him alone and take the detour although he was amiabil­ity ond aloofness personified.Besides, he was just too plumb law to bother anyone.With ibis big flaming red eyes, and (sagging jowls he always looked aw if he was on a bender or suffering from a heavy hang­over but it i« safe to say, re­gardless of his appearance. that;countless friends among the younger generation, but by hun­dreds of adults, as well.' he was the most photographed dog in Western Ontario.RECEIVED PICTURESHis owner and best friend. Wil-! fred Lemon, hotel manager, has. received letters and pictures of him from many parts of the Uni-; ted Stales and even from Eng-' land. People were forever takingpretunes of him tho he .had notthe vital statistics of a Brigottel Bardot.At his death bed some 30 children enroute to school posed to witness his final gasps. They will miss his familiar deep "Woof.”Even last night the main, topics of conversation along the main! drag was Sandy. One couple of women Prom Aylmer, not know­ing of his death, had stopped at the hotel just to see Sandy. Planning ActionPensioners’ Tax High, Mayor Saysducer well m the extensive gas exploration program at pres­ent underway in Oxford County, and adjacent areas. (Staff Pho*Special to Tha Globo and Moil WOODSTOCKMayor Bernadette Smith has lost none of her enthu­siasm for municipal politics even though she has been out of civic harness for the past two years., "This city is still a good place to live and I want it to be a better place far young and old," said the 62-year-old woman after beginning her fifth term as chief magistrate of this city of 20,000.She served as mayor for four years until her defeat two years ago. But she return­ed tills year to defeat incum­bent George Laflair. She decided to re-enter the politi­cal limelight after the death of her husband, Michael."My aim is to help people who need my help, especially with taxes.” she said.She had high praise for Woodstock's elder citizens, especially pensioners, who need tax help, but she was critical of the attitude of the present generation.Alarmed at the soaring cost of education, Mayor Smith said: "In Woodstock we have students making recreation careers of attending school. If they are not attending schools to be educated, theseThank Oxford For UWO AidFree Press Woodstock Bureau I A WOODSTOCK, Jan. 26 — A two-man delegation from the. University of Western Ontario! today outlined the work accom-' plished by Oxford County Coun-i .ell's annual grant to the univer­sity.Col. G. W. Little, of the uni- 4 versit/s board of governors, and Prof. A. B. Conron, princi­pal of Middlesex College, also thanked council for their finan­cial aid in the past and pointed out that 180 students from . Oxford County attended UWO in 1959.County council gave the uni­versity a grant of $2,500 in 1958 and 1959. The size of the grant for tills year will not be deter­mined until the March session when the budget is completed.In other business, registrar R. V. Tuck, of the registryoffice, said income reached a new high of 59,888 last year. This is 54,000 more than the office took in in 1958. Mr. Tuck said the increase was due to an additional 548 registrations filed in 1959.students should be asked to leave.”Speaking of the city’s elder citizens, she said those with pensions are being hard hit by rising costs."These are the people who have helped build 'Woodstock and they should he looked after in a manner comparable with other municipalities." she declared.The problems of elderly citizens will be studied and concrete action taken this year, the mayor promised.Mrs. Smith was born in Woodstock and entered the civic arena in 1949 as an ai­derman. She was elected mayor In 1952, servingthrough 1056. At one time, «lw served «s parlfameJttMJ secretary to Col. D. M. Suth­erland, Minister of National Defense in R. B. Bennett’s Conservative Government. She Inter was on the Cana­dian Broadcasting Commis­sion set up by Prime Minister Bennett. This was the fore­runner of the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.Alopg with her civic duties, Mayor Smith has a deep re­gard for Woodstock's histori­cal background. She is the curator of the Oxford County Museum which has its office in the Woodstock City Hall. The museum relics reflects the early agricultural life of tlie city and Oxford County... ■ / <■•“'".'■'•aUSING THE above equipment, a six-man crew working on a tobacco farm just north of Gob­les, drilled to a depth of 2,900 feet and struck a supply of nat­ural gas. This is the first pro-Bring In Big Producer Gas Well Near Gobles—Ferguson.Mayor Bernadette SmithCounty Assessment Up Over Million In 1960An increase of $1,030,086 ini wich, 2.274 ( 2,246); South Nor-'($4,984,060); East Nissouri $4,- 1959 assessment for 1960 taxation wich, 2f991 (2,968); West Oxford, 216,999 ($4.139,04a)North Noi- '15 municipalities 3.322* (3,269); East ^.3^^L Oxford cmintv was reoorted (3-851); West Zorra 2,079 (2,- th Norwich $4,256,044 ($4,1J52-| this morning by county assessor 037); Tilsonbung 6,741 (6,370); ,575); East Oxford $2.92a,649 <$2,- - - 6 Embro 562 ( 542); Norwich 1,706 925.905); North Oxford, 2-846 -(1,638); Tavistock. 1,204 (1,169). 879 ($2,588,090); West Oxford, me county in Assessment increases were r^:$3^12,835compared to $55,226,857 a year corded in each of the 15 mum- ra.cipalities (1958 figures bracket- Zorra S3,9J2.4bO ($3.963OM) TU- Isonburg, $9,20*1,444 ($9,026,209), i (2130- Embro, $613,82" ($611,554); Nor- 715 ($5.- wich. $2,000,460 ($1,978J65); Tav- $5,097,779 istock 1,3-17-512 ($1,313,152). |Fred Cade.Total rateable assessment fo.the county in 1959 is $56,256,943ago.Residential property accounts for about 90 per cent of the in- _. . crease, Mr. Cade stated. No lar- 852); Blenheim. $5,912,715 ;.ge increases due to industrial or 880.720); Dereham, C-.. ' commercial expansion were re-jcommercial expansion wereed):- BlandBord, $2,134,195corded this year, he added. i Population in the county in-!creased by 615 from a total of40,438 to 41,053.The most significant popula- ' tion jumps were recorded in the' townships of East Nissouri, up? 160 from. 2,623 to 2,783 and North: Oxford, up 141 from 1,508 to 1,649.East Oxford township, on the; other hand, shows a drop of 134; from 2,479 to 2,345.Population for the remaining; municipalities ( 1958 figures bracn ketedl: - Blandford, 1,429 1,129);! Blenheim, 4.192 (4.225); Dwe-A ham. 4.106 (4,085); North Nor-|City Doctors Are Divided On Value Of Flu VaccineThe views of several local doc­tors on the value of influenza vaccine would indicate that theits use has been with second-'treatment has ved as yet.Most of the cm. none of wished to benot been fully pre­private pracitiUon- whom contacted quoted, were hikeai-y school pupils,” he pointed ou<t, adding that the school principals: ’ ’ ab-!feel its use has cut down onsenteeism to a considerable ex­tent.Ten Seek BlandfordMunicipal OfficeBlandford Township Council at the February meeting, consid- St cred 10 applications for the com- bined positions of clerk, freasur- jK er and tax collector. Council will re-convene later this week 'to V make an appointment. S. J. Cur- ® rah is the incumbment, but ths ■ , position was opened to applie at- ft ions last month following salary . negotiations between Mr. Currah ■ and council.Council increased the salary of™ the road superintendent to $1800. annually from $1320. Fire Chief W. D, Baird of Bright will re-fig ceive a salary of $150 for lOGOty land Deputy Chief Lorne Cuth-M 'bertson $50. These officials wcreLi not paid a salary previously, t MMemberships were renewed tn& . the Ontario Good Roads Assoc-^j! lotion Ontario Rural Municipal-^ ities and Association of Assess-® ' ing Officers. Grants were madeM to the Salvation Army and St U.He said the Unit had moreTe-’’ arm to the use of the vaccine ic influenza virus and others Ie;,, there had not been enough scientific follow up on its use.Dr. O. C. Powers, head of the Oxford County Health Unit, how­ever. said they have had "good .‘tuck" with it. Ue felt that it dc-finHelv had some value."Mort of our experience withquests for the vaccine this year than ever before and that closeto 1.000 students have been treat- - ed with it. fOne city doctor, who said it! hasn't been proven as yet, fell it might be beneficial in treating: one 4ype of virus and not an-, \ other He said he used very littleJohn Ambulance.Mr Thornton, county weed in-H specter. explained to council the®h barberry and buckthorn eradicat-® ion program which will be start- ed this year and council consent- "and mostly by request, Mass TB Tests, X-Rays Are Planned For Oxford.4 mass tuberculosis testing and X-ray program will he held in Oxford county from April 11 to May 6.The announcement was made last night at a meeting of the Oxford Tuberculosis Association and representatives of the Ont­ario Department, of Health.J L. Griffith of Woodstock was named survey chairman.Objective of the all-out cam­paign is to test or X-ray 75 per cent of the county population, stated Gordon Stockley, organa-1 ter of mass surveys tor the TB branch of the Ontario Depart­ment of Healtii.Nine nurses and seven X-ray technicians will man the mobile units.MOH for Oxford county, Dr. O. C Powers, who was named to the survey committee last night without being consulted, said today that as far as he is. concerned "mass surveys have ■>ut!ived their usefulness.'There have been so many1 groups tested in the county that there is not much left for mass surveys.” he pointed out.Industries are already entirely covered by the Division of Indus- irial Hygiene. Ontario Depart­ment of Health, as often as twice a year. School teachers are test­ed by the Board of Educationand primary and secondary | i school students are tested by the! Oxford Health Unit, Dr. Powers • said.STUDENT testsPrimary school students re­ceive the patch tost and secon- I dary school students, the tuber- : culin tost, every two years.In addition, Dr. Powers said, hospital admittees. jail inmates ; and county home residents in Ox- ■ ford are x-rayed as e matter of routine.Free X-rays, provided by the\ < Oxford Tuberculosis Association. ' are available at hospitals for any resident ,who is a TB Sus-M peel, he added."I’U wager that 75 per cent of the population, probably more, ' have been’tested within the past : four years,” Dr. Powers estima­ted.Mass surveys in the county were first organized in either - 1947 or 1948. the MOH stated.The objective at that time was ■ to do one survey at least every five years. Since then the mobile units of the TB Division have . been managing one in four years, kAlso named to the committee were: Wilson McBeth, Ingersoll: Cecil Riddle, Beachville; Doug­las-Crossman, Kenneth Living- . stvn. Dr. H. C. Parrott and Andrew Brown, all of Woodstock.PLANS FOR the spring TB testing and mass X-ray clinics in Oxford were finalized onThursday evening, county branch ofFormer Oxford County Warden Died Friday At Home In Embroformer Warden of Oxford anty and prominent resident of st Zorra all his life, William dclntoih, passed away at his home on John street. Embro, on Friday. Feb. 19 in his 86th year.Mr. McIntosh was born on lot 32. concession 8, West Zorra, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John McIntosh. He was married to Isabel Matheson in 1904 andWILLIAM MCINTOSHthey 'farmed on the 7th line, West Zorra until retiring and moving to Embro in 1941.Active in municipal affairs, he served on West Zorra council for 1921, 22 and 23. He wais elected deputy reeve for 1925 and 26 and was reeve of the township and, warden of the county in 1927. ’ After moving to Embro he ser­ved on the village council! for 1943 and 44 and was reeve of Embro for 1945 and 46.He was also active in other. comm unity affairs, being a dir­ector of Embro and West Zor­ra Agricultural Society tor ■ 32 years; a director of the South' Easthope Mutual Fire Insuran-' ce Co. for 21 years and presi­dent of the company tor three years. He attended Knox Pres­byterian Church, Embro and was a member of Thistle Masonic Lodge.Surviving are his wife, one; son. William M. of Embro; one brother, David of Embro and one sister, Mrs. John Innes, Elmbro. 1 The late Mr. McIntosh is rest-! ling at the R. W. Johnson Funer-i all Home, Embro where the.fun-1 era! service will be held Monday,; Feb. 22 at 2 p.m. Rev. J. P.' Schiss'ler of Lnnerkjp Presbyter- | ian church officiating, assisted by Rev. W. J. Maines of Knox United Church, Embro. Interment will be made in North Embro cemetery.The Masonic service will beconducted at the funeral home Sunday evening at 8 o’clock, un- wt-ll-known in areaider auspices Thistle Lodge.sociation held a general meet- । of the Ontario Department mg m Woodstock. Among those iwhen the the TB A8-present for the planning sess­ion were, left to right: Donald al chairman. and C. M.। Hossack, Embro. Warden of j district chairman. (Staff I Oxford; G. Stockley, Toronto, ' to)Health; T. B. Griffith,Lion's Club trophies are the three winners. From left to right they are Jenifer Simpson,...THIRTEEN contestants par­ticipated in the Oxford finak, of 'Uhe Oxford County Trustees' and Ratepayers' AssociationDoug McSpadden Wins Oxford Oratory Finalpublic speaking Saturday morn- ' second prize; Douglas McSpad- Imng. Shown holding the special and ,Ianet Hocker. 1■third prize winner. (Staff pho-, ?' / aI to). JAIL DEATH INQUESTDoctor’s CertificateRecommended By JuryTn cases where the prisoner,of the three small bottles of pills, complains of ill health a doctor’s Harold McIntosh, Woodstock, certificate should be produced another turnkey, said Mill- describing the health of the in- er seemed all right and nothing dividual with recommendations unusual happened until after heBlenheim Township, Four Villages Seek Agreementregarding his committal, a cor- had taken his shower. He said oner's jury recommended here that Miller collapsed while put- " '.................. ting on his underclothes. Dr.last night.The jury, under Dr. K. B. Mac- Webb was recalled and arrived Kenzie, Woodstock coroner, was about five minutes later and pro- ........................ ' nounced him dead, he said.enquiring into the death of Jolin Miller, 68. RR 3, Bright, who died at the county jail on Jan. 15. The jury found that death was caused by natural causes, coronary thrombosis, and was not due to any neglect or mis­treatment at the hands of jail officials.Crown Attorney A. C. Whaley questioned eight witnesses, in­cluding the deceased's wife, at some length to bring out all the facts surrounding th? death of MillerCOMMITTED DEC. 15Miller was committed to the county jail on Dec. 15 about 4.55 p.m. He was brought to the jail by John Statham, Ingersoll, bail­iff for the First Division court at Woodstock on a committal or­der for contempt of court. He was supposed to appear in divis­ion court on Jan. 12 but didn't.He died while dressing after a shower in the jail about an hour after his admittance.The deceased revealed he suf-ABOUT 5 O'CLOCKJohn Calder, jail governor, said he first heard of the prison­er's admittance about five o'clock when he was told the man had a heart condition. He said the doctor arrived to ex­amine him within three or four minutes. He said he first saw Miller about 5.50 p.m. when he was dead. He said he had no in­formation that the prisoner was coming.“I would like a man like this to be admitted with a doctor's certificate,” he stated, adding that p doctor is always called as soon as possible when a man says he is sick.Dr. Webb said that death was caused by cordnary thrombosis. On his first examination the man was uncomplaining, walk­ing around and not feeling bad, he said. Dr. Webb said Miller told him he had had a heart con­dition for several years and showed him the tablets. “His ex­sick man and not to leave him alone for a minuter-She said she tried to let them know that ho was sick on Tuesday but that all the telephone lines were down.Crown Attorney Whaley in- ' formed the jury that an inquest was mandatory in the case of a death in prison or jail but that it does not mean there is any dere- . liction of duty on the part of jail officials.Jurors were James Flowers' • foreman), Allan Wilmot, Jack Luckman, Lorne Yeager and Clarence Oerton.A fact finding delegation con­sisting of Reeve Clifford Cunning­ham of Blenheim Township and representatives of the villages of Princeton, Drumbo and Platts- Ville met with W. G. Pack, sup­erintendent of the Municipal Ad ministration Branch of the de­partment of municipal affairs, Toronto, on Monday to discuss with him the proper course of action for drawing a working agreement between the township and the villages in question on the proposed road and bridges levy.Reeve Cunningham explained'working agreement covering roads drawn up between the township and the villages. Mr, Pack on Monday intimated to the delegation that it la a situa­tion which needs to be rectified, and endorsed the move calling for villages to pay the general township road rate.At the regular meeting of the township council scheduled for Friday of this week, further dis­cussion will take place and pre­liminary steps be taken to draw up an agreement between thetownship and villages, Reeve that there has never been a Cunningham stated.fered from a heart condition in amination showed no signs of im- tbe admittance room of the jail.pending disaster,” he testified,on his arrival and Dr. Gordon adding there was no evidence of Webb of Woodstock, jail physic­ian, was called immediately, Leonard Zimmer of Norwich, a turnkey at the jail, testified. He said that Dr. Webb arrive! to examine Miller within at few minutes.Zimmer said the doctor exam­ined Miller and said he was all right - that he had some pills with him to take as directed. Zimmer said he took possessionMBH. X~yT-V<;-WW-A/POSTMARK ON ROYAL STAMP UPSETS BRITAINnose. A post office spokesman said there is no intention of withdrawing the postmark. (AP Wireiphoto).symbol of the Worild Refugee Year—an outstretched, empty hand, the thumb of which in some cases touches the Queen’snm Bi a _Combination of a stamp bear­ing Queen Ellz/aibelh’s picture and postmark has caused widespread astonishment in Bri­tain. The postmark carries aheart failure.He felt the excitement over the whole thing might have been suf­ficient to produce a coronary thrombosis and there was no rea­son why he shouldn't have had a shower.A long medical history of heart trouble was revealed to the jury by Dr. J. W. Weldhen, St. George, who had been attending Miller. He described the pills and then- uses to the jury. His patient hada fairly serious heart condition, he said adding that the excite­ment could have had some bear­ing on his fatal attack.TOLD THEMStatham, acting in the capac­ity of a bailiff for the first time, said he told them at the jail about the man’s heart condition. Miller, he said, told him he couldn't go to court because he was sick and the roads were bad.Mrs. Miller said she was up all night with her husband onJan. 11. She said her husbandwas not fit to go to jail and that she told the bailiff he was a very;rT:ajiyWwcwW.-:w- *•*>*■»<04Ze* nxvrmTO SERVE 4,000 CUSTOMERSWarden of Oxford County, Ed­win Pearce of Tillsonburg, cutNgw Hydr o Argq OfficGthe ribbon yesterday afternoonIs Opened By WardenLocated between Beachville and Governor's Road, the new, office is Oxford County's first . electrically-heated office building and is also the first hydro rural S office building in Ontario to beheated by electricity.onomy, safety or comfort," he. said.EQUAL EXPANSIONMr. Pearce stated that Oxford1 County is fortunate in that it hasi not suffered from unequal expan­sion. He said the growth of the population has been across the county.“Therefore there have been noi troubles expanding service facll-,1 it tea. It is nice to see the Hydro coming along," he said.$ THE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OFTHE ONTARIO GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATIONREQUEST THE PLEASURE OF YOUR COMPANYAT THEIRANNUAL BANQUETON WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY THE TWENTY-FOURTHNINETEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY AT SIX-THIRTY O’CLOCK PMAT THE ROYAL YORK HOTEL, TORONTOGUEST SPEAKERC. T. BISSELL. M.A.. Ph.D.. LL.D.PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTODRESS OPTIONALR S.V.P.THE SECRETARY MUNICIPAL WORLD BUILDING ST. THOMAS, ONTARIOzOH.dlinide-r o/ /or &nfa/riotalc! fileatewe in announcing, t/iai Ine 9/dminidraiicn Office! the ■de/iadtneni of Miff /way!ud// /e in i/ein new location,^ownsview’ve.,on o& aloui Ij/elwuaMf, 22nd, i960UJ 2 * o 5 0 in tx(ft UI □ <50 H Zso a ooU)o 2 ui K ® J P h m h << uj<ujo aO w UI U O si a.I j- UJ □ a zo>1o 2dde/dwne numler (6/terry, 4-257/Win'EW OGRA EXECUTIVE; front irow, left to right: past president, L. Wookey. Callender; director, L. K. Coles. Oxford County; secretary-treas­urer, W. S. McKay, St. Thomas; hon- prary president, N. L. Powell, Bramp- ton; president. E. M. Fraser, Renfrew C ounty; director, J. H. Irvine, Ottawa; director, N. A. Fletcher. Hamilton [Suburban Roads Commission; director,C. Cox, Lambton County. Rear row; director, C. S. Anderson. T i s d a I e Township; past president, H. Cleave, Prince Edward County; past president, J. L. Shearer. Ottawa Suburban Roads Commission; past president, R. Elliott, Bruce Township; past president, V. H. Evans, Tisdale Township; past pres­ident, E, Drew, Lennox & Addington Counties; past president. J. G. Came-ron, Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Counties; past president. Ci. R. Mars-® ton, Norfolk County; past president.® A. Boyer, Prescott & Russell Coun­ties; past president, J. Gifford. Peter-a borough County; past president. W.Colby, Kent County; past president® F. I Weldon, Victoria County; direct-® or. A. J. Rettie, Toronto and York Roads Commission. Guess who?W.JJ. & W.J.M.Can you identify these characters caricatured es­pecially for HCN by W. J. Mac off the Toronto Tely (here sketching W. J. Ful­ton, Ontario deputy minis­ter off highways) at the Ontario Good Roads Asso­ciation convention?JHere they arc. left to right, top to bottom, one column at a time:Edgar Drew, Lennox & Addington County; Alex Graham, Ottawa, Carle- I ton county engineer.J. H. Irvine, consulting engineer, I Ottawa; Bill Orr, Niagara Falls city manager.Whit Bradley, Kitchener city engi- I neer; James Gifford, Peterborough I County.Lee Shearer, Ottawa Suburban Roads Commission engineer; Leonard Wookey, Callander, Ont.top of 2nd column, still left to i right;Spike Hennessy, Sudbury city engi- S neer; E. M. Fraser, Pembroke County, I 1960 OGRA president.Art Wells, Ontario highways depart­ment chief information officer; W. J. Fulton, DHO deputy minister.W. J. Smith, Welland county engi- I neer; L. K. Coles, Ingersoll.Frank Weldon, Victoria county clerk-treasurer; Bill Colby, Kent coun­ty engineer.■ head table during a Monday breakfastJEed, left to right: 1959 president. New-® ton L. Powell, Brampton; secretary,®W. Scott McKay, St. Thomas; second (g vice-president, E. M. Fraser, Renfrew®PIONEERS AND VETERANS of OGRA hold an informal discussion with Ontario Highways Minister Fred M. Cass during a press luncheon. Left to right, are: W. Scott McKay, St.Thomas, OGRA secretary; LeonardDIRECTORS MET FOR BREAK­FAST Monday on the first day of the 58th convention of the Ontario Good Roads Association. Clockwise, direc­tors are: Leonard Wookey, Callander: C. S. Anderson, Tisdale Township; W. D. Colby. Kent County; .1, V. Ludgate. chief municipal engineer,Wookey. Parry Sound, who served as <•' president in 1956; N. A. Fletcher,)® Wentworth County, a director; Mr.H Cass; James Gifford. Reeve of Peter-1 j borough County; and Newton L.H Powell, Peel County, 1959 president.™Ontario Department of Highways;™ J. 1.. Shearer. Ottawa Suburban ..4 Roads Commission; J. H. Irvine.™ Ottawa; L. K. Coles. Oxford County;® A. .1. Ret tie, Toronto and York Roads ‘K Commission: E. W, Jones. Simcoe * County: Andreu Boyer, Prescott &® Russell Counties Iman of the Board, RR 3, Wood- stock, and Ross Raymond of Toronto, planning consultant. (Staff Photo.)WOODSTOCK and Suburban portions of their planning area. Planning Board members under | Left to right: Mrs. E. A. Sel- the direction of its planning j ^on cjerk an(j treasurer, North Sa” “f I O’*1* wiUiam Illbllry'Planning Board Will Study Use Of City, Suburban LandTo keep down the cost of pre- assessors of the Board’s five parmg an official plan embra- townships members of their du- cing five townships in Oxford ties. ............... _ .County and the city of Wood- stock, members of the Woodstock and Suburban Planning Board decided to help their planning consultant by preparing existingland use plans of their own. por-Mr. Raymond told the Subur­ban and 'Planning Board mem­bers, who will help prepare the official plan for their area, Jie had called yesterday’s meeting so that detailed work on the plancould be started immediately.would be able to gain a picture of the land'use relationships ex­isting in each of their areas.So for the next few months Woodstock and Suburban Plan­ning Board members will be not­ing their township’s land use and will be plotting land boundaries on the plan.William Illbury, chairman of the Board, said that perhaps it was the Scottish ancestry of mostlions of the planning area.At the February meeting of the He a]s0 told Suburban pian.Woodstock and Suburban i lan- njng poard members that yes-I rung Board, Municipal Planning terday*g meeting eliminated a , - -----' Consultant Limited, of Toronto qpoarate v;sit to eacb township. Prompted them to “do their own —fn nrnnaro art of- * work tn dav within their hud.of the Board members thatwere engaged to prepare an ot- * work to stay within their bud-ficial plan for the planning area1 With members meeting at one get.”. . . . • a?_____ . z ni— aSwaam linen mono ____________ __ . —were engaged to prepare ad of-which takes portions of' Bien- time to receive their base maps, heim East Oxford, West Oxford, materials and instructions fromNorth Oxford and East Zorra.him, Mr. Raymond said that_,onn vxioru anu tMna. imu, -a.,At a briefing meeting in the much time and cost nan been countv council buildings yester- saved. ............_ - 1 x . x. Ti — _ — 4* 1a a T-ilnn ip! day, planning consultant RossWhen the official plan is finish-Raymond informed clerks and ed, Mr. Raymond said, membersCounty Government Changes Requested HAMILTON (CP) — A brieffrom 17 Southern Ontario coun­ties requesting changes in the I svstem of county government will be submitted to the Ontario gov- . ernment, a spokesman said ESwThursday. ,He said contents of the brief 1 will not he released in advance.Tenders WantedQuotations will be received by the undersigned until 12 o'clock noon,IngersollBookmobile Starts FirstRound Of County For 1960The Oxford County bookmobile ' will leave Woodstock tomorrow morning for its first visit this year to the libraries in the county , communities.j Chief librarian Mrs. S. L. Krompart said tyus morning the bookmobile, which visits librariesfour times each year, will de­posit 130 books at each library, mainly fiction, non-fiction andion,juvenile books.After this job pletcd, she said, will reload withhas been com- the bookmobile juvenile booksand will visit 175 classrooms in over 100 schools in Oxford Coun­ty, including the Glennedalc High School in Tillsonburg, the Inger- , soli and District Collegiate Ins- tiltute and the Norwich District High School.Mrs. W. G. Cocker and Mr. and Mrs. Krompart, who are the travelling librarians, will depos­it 40 books in each classroom.It will also visit deposit stations at Brooksdale. Uniondale, Bright and Dereham Centre. The book­mobile returns to Woodstock each evening. The visits to the county are in March, June Sept­ember, and December.Many people have the idea that ‘ the Oxford County library is a school affair.” said Mrs. Krompart. "This is not so. It started out as a library service and goes to every library in the county but the Woodstock one.”“'rhe reference service can bera used by anyone in the county!? if anyone wishes material for a; paper or talk,” the chief librar­ian added. "All they have to do!" is ask us and we will send the:-, material by mall free of charge! to anywhere In the county, Lasug year 400 books were issued in this way."She said children in the county i schools are really pleased to seeS them come as the element of] change in the library adds to their interest.The county library Is one of 14| in Ontario.Following is the schedule forb the visit of the bookmobile to] the Hbrartes, released this morn-h ing.Thursday morning, March 3: Otterville, TiUsonburg. After- H noon: Brownsville, Dereham Cen-' tre. Mt. Elgin.Friday morning. March 4:Nor-p wich. Afternoon: Burgessville.Monday Morning. March 7; Hickson, Tavistock. Afternoon: Harrington, Uniondale, Brooks­dale Sunday School.Tuesday morning, March 8: g Embro: Afternoon: Lakeside,!' Kintore.Wednesday morning, March 9:[i Thamesford, Ingersoll H i g hffl School. Afternoon: Ingersoll,(' Beachville.Thursday morning. March 10: r Bri ght. Platteville. Afternoon:1 J 1 Drumbo, Princeton.Saskatchewan Captures Canadian Curling CrownFORT WILLIAM (CP)—Saskatchewan won the Cana- ; dian curling championship today with a 10-round 13-3 vic- ! tory over Nova Scotia. The defending champion Ernie Rich- j. ardson rink from Regina finished the round-robin tournament | with a 9-1 won-lost record to wrap Up its second consecutive ! title.JP Delivers Talk OnOxford County’s Early HistoryAn intercounty meeting unanim­ously endorsed a report prepared : by a committee studying county u - government, he added.The committee was established bv the counties of Wentworth, I Brant, Halton, Lincoln, Welland.York, Waterloo, Middlesex andWed., March 16I960, on pxemiums for insur­ance on roads. County equip­ment and Employer’s Liabil­ity.Information may be obtained at the office of the under­signed, Court House, Wood- stock.Essex. JiDelegates from the counties of '■ Lambton. Oxford, Wellington, Perth, Victoria, Peterborough, Carleton and Ontario attended theThe lowest or any tender not I necessarily accepted.J. N. MEATHRELL. County Road Superintendent.Court House,conference.Woodstock, Ontario. February 29, 1960.NEWARK: — Members of the Couple's Club entertained me­mbers of the Bible class of the church and the Mr. and Mirs. Club of New Durham, at the February meeting. About 45 me­mbers and guests were highly entertained by the very inform­ative talk of Leonard Coties. Ing­ersoll JP, and Oxford County clerk.Mr. Coles spoke of the early .history of Oxford County dating back to 1817 when land was sold for 13 silililliiings an acre, when Newark was known as Union­ville and Norwich as Norwich- vilOe. In his talk the speaker mentioned that tile first Past. Of­fice in Oxford County was built in Ingersoll and Norwich claim­ed the second. A jail and court house were established in Wood- stock in. 1842, the one presently In use was not erected until some years later.An explanatory account <xf the duties of tile County, the cost be­ing shared by the city of Wood- . stock. the town of Ingersoll! and the Townships which made upCounty Council, Includes the ad­ministration of justice, which covers a large area from the paying of witnesses and jurors in court cases to the menu serv­ed at the County jail.Division court supplies and ex­penses are paid by the county as well as a large expense in­curred by the various phases of CAS work. Reference was made to the part North Norwich Town­ship plays in the County, men­tioning some of the pioneers, wardens and other officials who came from this district.'The basement of the ciiturch was suitably decorated with Valentine motifs and Mrs. Alex Doan read an article on the five century old origin of Valentine’s Day, Tlie reading explained how styles and customs have chang­ed through the years.Mr. and Mrs. A. Blackmore were program conveners. Mr. Blackmore opened the meeting with an address of welcome to guests and members. Mrs. S. Roberta accompanied at the pia­no for the hymns. The theme ofChambers accompaniedatpiano by his mother Mrs.the D.Chambers. Mrs. Walter Hastings and Fred Watson entertained with a duet accompanied by Miss Mary Watson.President Walter Hastings eon-, ducted the business period wei-' coming the guests and express- fl ing thanks to the speaker who was Introduced by A. Blackmore. |? Members decided to hold the] March 17 meeting in the form of k a pot luck supper in the church'.-basement. Mr. and Mrs. A. Juli I will convene the program and supper committee will include Mr. and Mrs. A. Pick. Mr. and Mrs. J. McMillen and Mi-, and Mrs. S. Roberts. The slate of officers for the ensuing year will'' be introduced at this meeting. IPrior to refreshments served by the Learns. Ortners. Jack-, sons and Blackmores, Mr. and!- Mirs. Blackmore conducted a con-!2/8/11-27 |smoothtihe County, was of much Inter-1 the worship service was "Love”, est to all. The duties of the Mr. Blackmore presented Scrip-test. Courtesy remarks on behaifi: of tiie New Durham Club weref voiced, bv Mr. Whitehead. Mrs.;Bruce WMlianis of the Bible fj class expressed her appreciat-i ion forCounty,adimind.stered byUl^Jbuire and Mrs. Blackmore gave . the connmentairy. Prayer was of-! fered by Rev. Jean Donaldson, followed by a vofail solo by Donthe class, bringing the to * okw. NAMED CHAIRMANJ. Grant Smith of Burgessville' was elected chairman of the ()nt-i I ano Farm Safety Council at the; provincial organization meeting' held Monday in Toronto. Mr., Smith, the official delegate from Oxford Farm Safety Council, had been chairman of the Oxford Farm Safety Council, had been chairman of the Oxford Farm. Accident Survey which had been carried on for the year ending I February 29 last. He is a form- 0 er reeve of North Norwich and was Warden of Oxford County in 1958.HOPE TO REDUCE MTS'^PS ’N RURAL AREAS■TO STUDI ACCIDENT CAUSESThe Safety Council will com- fe?' &st nine m°nths feSlFOLLOWING the farm acci­dent survey which has been carried on through the county during the past year, toe Ox­ford Farm Safety Council was organized at a meeting held Wednesday in toe recreation hall, Woodstock fairgrounds. In­terested members of many farm groups were in attend­ance. TOP PHOTO, from toe left: Fred A. Stock, East Zorra Survey chairman, who reportedFIRST ONTARIO SILAGE SHOWExpect Record EntryFor Oxford Seed FairFarm Safety Council Organized For OxfordBasic details in the formation of the Oxford County Farm Saf­ety Council were finalized yester­day afternoon at an organiza­tion meeting held in the recrea­tion hall, Woodstock fairgrounds, as follow-up to the farm accident survey which has been carried on throughout the county for the past year ending February 29.The purpose of the Farm Safe­ty Council which is set up as an educational organization will be to focus public attention on farm accident prevention, to increase general awareness of the cause of farm accidents, and to promote safety educational programs. Particular emphasis will be dir­ected to the accident frequency rate in specific areas.from fihe Farm Safety Confer­ence held in Guelph last month; Mins. Charles Kelly of Burgess- wlle, president of South Oxford Women’s Institute, and David H. Chambers, reeve of North Norwich. LOWER, Grant Smith of Burgessvilile, left, chairman of Oxford County Farm Acci­dent Survey, examines reports on 35 farm accidents with Will­iam Baiigent, North Oxford Township, 'Staff Photo.)prise some 35 members, with re-, presentatives from, the following [ farm groups: County Junior Far-1 mers: Women’s Institute groups;' Crop Improvement Association;! County Council; Federation of; Agriculture; Farmers Union: Plowmen’s Association; Breed, Groups; Ontario Provincial Po­lice; Department, of Transport; ( 4-H Club Leaders Association;1 , Home and School; Farm Forum Committee; Safety Councils |Noted Sports Commentator Foley Killed |LIBRARY MEETINGThe annual meeting of the Ox-1 ford County Library Co-operative will be held April 14. it was ann-i bunced this morning. Guest speaker will be W. A. Roedde. of the Provincial Library Service. Department of Education, who will speak on “Regional Librar-; ies Around the World."end of November, 1959. This showed a total of 158 farm acci­dents with a total financial loss of $133,370.Grant Smith of Burgessville, chairman of the Oxford County Farm Accident Survey just com­pleted. was named delegate to' attend the Provincial organiza­tion meeting to be held in Tor­onto March 21.It is anticipated that the Farm ‘ Safety Council will be financed through a combination of local grants and Provincial grants. Robert E. Bell, agricultural rep­resentative and secretary of the Oxford farm accident survey, together with Mr. Smith, were appointed to approach Oxford '(Woodstock and Tillsonburg); the 11 townships.WILL CALL MEETEach organization will be ask­ed to appoint ita allotted number of representatives, and it is ex­pected the first meeting will be called within the next month.About 35 were in attendance at yesterday's meeting, including the township chairmen of the recent survey. Fred A. Stock. RR 1, Tavistock, East Zorra chairman, reported on the Farm I Safety conference held in Guelph last month.R. J. Milne of the Woodstock Department of Agriculture gave a summary of the report on the Oxford Farm Accident SurveyDistribute New Phone DirectoryThe 1960 edition of the tele­phone directory^ is being distri­buted to homes and business here in Woodstock and surrounding territory this week.The new book contains hund­reds of new and changed list­ings.The continued use of the old book will result in many wrong numbers, This was pointed out by D. K. Foster, Bell Telephone manager for this area. He also pointed out that the telephone numbers listed for Lynden, Paris and St. George do not come into effect until March 20 and also that Port Rowan numbers are not effective until April 3.There will be a new cover sketch, by Lorne Bouchard, a, well-known Canadian artist. It is a drawing of the Oxford Coun­ty Court House here in Wood 1 stock, and replaces the drawing of the Captain Joseph Brant , monument in Brantford, which was carried on last year’s cover.This year. 9,550 copies of the directory will be distributed here compared with 8,950 last year. An increase in total circulation of 2,000 copies over last year will bring this year’s amount to I . 87,714.'<-;K ■This year's directory serves a total of 30 communities, in addi- t tion to Woodstock, including Brantford, Ingersoll, Paris, Sim-i j roe and Tillsonburg.? RAVE WINNING Arab and Harem dressed members of Woodstock Ski Club at Skinnan- igans: front row. Lois Harper.Lyn Hooker, Nancy Campbell, Ruth Langdon, Bill Kinch, Stub Harper.left, Ray Roberts, George Retz, left, Shirley Sheere; back Schmidt, Ski Queen Daureen row. Bruno Bienker, Iris Gough, Cornish; center. Anna Ruth . Marie Gregor, Dianne Arndt,County Council Gives Study To Jail WingWhether Oxford County council $ ’ will heed a request from the chief inspector of jails under the1 ’ Department of Reforms Institu­tions, to build an addition to the county jail for receptions and visiting purposes, will not be W known till Thursday, concluding I day of this budget session.Chief Inspector G. Wright, re­ferring to his January 16 inspect 3 ion of Oxford County's jail, said “there are no facilities for vis­iting, either legal or personal,! tyrJ and as a result lawyers, proba-j . tion officers, and members of ; various religious denominations are obliged to use the doctor's office inside the rotunda.”The inspector claimed “this is; : not a very good security pro-! cedure in a jail of this design.”'Making a recommendation, he' ■ said “there is plenty of space ini the yards on either side of thek § existing office on which an addi4B tion could be built, to provide^ proper facilities for receptions, ^ visiting, and other purposes.” (Praising the county jail, he I said that “with minor exceptions conditions in the institution were very good and there were no complaints.”HONOR TILLSONBURG SQUADCOULD BE "BIG" DISCOVERYSpeed Work On SecondGas Well Near GoblesName 11 Liv vies To Olympic TeamBy STEWART WATSON । termed “encouraging and prom- | Wheezing and whining, the ising” by A. R. Crozier, head of; s drilling rig bit deeper and deep-'the Ontario Fuel Board, in an-] er into the earth near Gobles other telephone interview.probing for natural gas.——- - “It looks encouraging but un- jTwo men of a four-man crew, til further drilling is carried out sipped coffee in the rig's shed as it is hard to place its potential," j \ they kept a watchful eyes on its he stated adding that it depends । k operation as it inched down past1 on whether the gas area proves ' r । the 1,800 foot level towards a large enough.gas goal that may mean a major] Mr. Crozier termed the first; discovery in Oxford county. well, on the farm of Camille DeMONTREAL (CP)—The Cana-,TWELVE ON TRIP dian Amateur Basketball Associ- Irwin said although 14 players ation today named 11 members'were selected only 12 will make of Tillsonburg Livingstons to Can-1 the trip to Rome for the sum- ada’s Olympic practice team and mer Games. Two players will be rounded out the squad with two dropped before the Olympic qual- players from Alberni. B.C., Ath- ifying tournament in Bologna, letics and one from Montreal *” ' --AU 14 players selected stand over six feet, topped by John ' '' -’3 six-feet,j; Huskies. < . ..W. A. (Al) Irwin of Montreal, (Stretch) McKibbon s CABA secretary - treasurer and seven inches. McKibbon, 20, from Olympic committee chair- Sudbury, is Tillsonburg’s centre.’ “ -------" He was high-scorer in the champ-well, on the farm of Camille DeTwo other off-shift men nap- Slovere RR -1 Princeton, a very sd in the miniature bunk good one and close to the mark-] >use waiting for their turn toet with very little pipeworkgo on duty. The four men were necessary. It depends on whether just doing a job. There were or not it is just a pocket,” he no signs of excitement or expec- stated.tancy in the air for, if gas is Noting that the second well is J struck it won’t likely be until about half way down, Mr. Smy- g around the end of March or the the said they will know more1I first week in April. about the strike after a numb- £® Even if gas is found on this er of wells, four or five, havesecond well of Paris Petroleum been drilled. He had stated pre-| Ltd it will not necessarily mean viousiy that no distribution plans■ a find of major importance. It will be made until three wells| is only the second explorational j have been drilled. The first well SE step to ascertain whether the gas has been capped.area is large enough for com- The company has 4,000 acres ■ mercial purposes and not just under lease in Blenheim, Bur-' .a pocket. ford, Blandford and DumfriesAustin E. Smythe. Hamilton. | townships.president of the company, said Mr. Smythe also said that they in a telephone interview that sev- will have a better picture of the oral wells will have to be drill- area after this well is finish- ’ , ■ ed before they can estimated the which, he expects, will be- real value of the find. around April 5.man, made the announcement. —----------------------- .The Livingstons won the right ionship tournament with 77 points to place a minimum of 10 play- in four games and was named ers on the team by capturing the outstanding player of the sen the Canadian title in a four-team ies.knockout tournament concluded. The other Tillsonburg players} here Wednesday night. Fred Ingladson, Don McCrae;Elmer Ripley, the seasoned Warren Reynolds, Bob Gardner; Tillsonburg coach from New,his brother Ambrose. Gary Vil York, is to coach the team, a post I pond. Ray Monnot, George Stu- the CABA announced earlier lac, Bill Lawson and Barry Ager, would go to the coach of the na-1 The Alberni team, runnerup td tinnal championship club. Tillsonburg in the tournament iTillsonburg’s ALE Schrubb was!provided John Kootnekoff and A named trainer. The manager isjBirtles. Al Hirsch was the Mon to be selected at a later date. I treal player.Parade find Dinner To Honor Homecoming Of Championsaround April 5.The first well was brought in several weeks ago in the samearea. ' ' ftThe first strike, about a half mile west of where the present, drilling is going on. was made at the 2,900 foot level and wasJ - /■ I'--.. ...J,. .Agadir Is Sealed Off2,350 In Mass Burial PUPILS FROM EMBRO SCHOOL VISIT COUNTY COUNCIL CHAMBERSCounty Council Works To Hold Line On RateWith the all important budget session coming up on March 15, W county councillors have been and will be holding several commit- tee meetings in an effort to keep ,To Woodstock on Wednesday came a large delegation of pup­ils from the Embro public school, intent on visiting the Ox­ford County Council chambers and obtaining an insight intojust how the body of county reeves carry on their business sessions. In care of the schoolprincipal, Mrs. Roy Moss, the ‘ ’ membersyoungsters greeted by of the county council,and aftertrying out the feel of the ward­en’s chair, as well as peering closely into every cranny of the dignified old chambers, each of the visitors received a pencil and a chocolate bar on behalfof council. In the photo. Warden Donald Hossack talks to his two sons, Duncan, 8. and Chris 12, and Kim Adair, 12, who were among the pupils from the Em-the mill rate at least on a par with last years, County Clerk and Treasurer L. K. Coles said today.An important finance commit'! , tee is scheduled for next Thurs-j day to discuss county finances for this year, he said. The road committee has been meeting to plan the county road program1 and prepare estimates.The county rate last year was' established at 13 mills, a quart­er of a mill lower than the pre- vious year.County officials feel they will hold the line this year, and, per­haps, even lower the rate despite rising costs.In an case the budget and the road program will be the main, items of business at the March 15 session. BBbroschool. (Staff photo.)•’<'• ■ •*■**<&COUNTY COUNCIL BUDGET SESSIONExpect Oxford To Hold Line On 1960 Tax RateBudget $966,146 For Oxford RoadsThere appears every indication that the Oxford County mill rate will be held to approximately the same level as prevailed for 1959, when it was 12^i mills. In 1958, the rate was struck at 13 millsThe March budget session of Oxford County Council opened at the Court House this morning, with the reading of routine cor­respondence.After hearing correspondence read by L. K. Coles, county clerk and treasurer, council in a body retired to a committee room for 30 minutes, dividing then into road, finance, properly, and ag­ricultural committee bodies for an hour.Norfolk County council asked Oxford county council if it were interested in building a central gaol.The Norfold county gaol, stat­ed the letter, “is 100 years old and fast reaching the stage when we will have to build a new one.”Norfolk said that on Feb. 15 the deputy minister of the re­form institutions had suggested it might make an agreement with surrounding counties about build­ing a central county gaol, bring­ing in other counties to share expenses and facilities.COMMITTEES BUSYWhile the finance, road, and property committees were busy this afternoon its agricultural committee was kept busier with six farming organizations asking for grants.Asking for grants beginning at 2 p.m. were Oxford 4H Clubs, Oxford Plowmen’s Association, Oxford Junior Farmers, Oxford Crop and Soil Improvement As­sociation, Farm Safety Council, and Oxford Federation of Agri­culture regarding a brochure.Wednesday morning the Em­bro Public School students will observe county council in action. Then the whole council will meet in a committee room, and whenthat is finished the education and printing committee will meet; for a half hour session.On Wednesday afternoon the road and finance committees will, convene to deliberate on insur­ance tenders. Property and agri­cultural committees will also meet. . ;On Thursday, expected to be the final day of this current budget session, all reports and; bylaws will be ratified by coun­cil.The county budget is compris­ed of three major categories: ' Roads, general purposes and charity and welfare. Last year the net cost to ratepayers for county road maintenance t and construction was $340,000; gener­al purposes, $189,115; charily, and welfare, $160,275.At the January session, I960,. Council approved an expenditure of $375,000 for county road main-, tenance and construction. 'In a road committee report - presented for council’s approval in this morning’s budget session a total $966,146 was set for coun­ty road expenditures this year..Last year the county road sys­tem expenditure was $1,025,000.County council is expected to ratify this report in its afternoon session.This year’s county levy for its road construction program is $388,000, compared to $340,000 last year.County Road superintendent J. N. MeathreU said this morning that the increase was made necessary this year, because last year, cement supplies were un­derwritten by the Canada Cem­ent Company for Governor Road ' paving.In a breakdown the roads com­mittee recommended that expen­ditures be made for normal maintenance to the tune of $290,- 000; for normal construction, $200,000, and for supplementary construction $476,146.Helping to pay the cost of the county road system this year will be a county, Woodstock, and Ingersoll levy total of $390,573.Construction of the Moscow bridge in Blenheim township will; cost $168,000 and general bridge d; repairs $5,000.Construction of boundary brid­ges in the county totals $102,000 in which a $4,000 general repair bill is included.Total expenditure on Wood- stock suburban roads will be $29,480. In this total $14,980 is needed for normal maintenance; and $14,500 for normal construc­tion.Normal maintenance cost for Ingersoll suburban roads in I960, is computed at $3,370.50.Rebates and normal mainten-l- ance costs for urban municipal­ities including Tillsonburg, Nor-* wich, Embro, and Tavistock is a total $42,207.64.Normal and supplementary, construction which includes sur-l: face treating paved roads totals' $320,912.46., Normal county road mainten­ance is $215,60168.General maintenance and con­struction is a total $17,774. for machinery repairs $18,000 is1 needed, and for new machinery: a total of $35,600 is required. Tax Rate Of 12.75 Mills In 1960In what was termed the best| It also March session in many years by pointmerit a veteran councillor. Oxford.ron to herecommended the ap : of a third casual mat-' on rajl at the jail.were given fo thel/■county council approved h tax; Grants .. rale of 12.75 mills yesterday. following:But though this figure is the Plowmen's Association $100;ft . s unfits <a st year it will bring Oxford County Plowmen’s^Asao-Ll in more money because of an ciation $600; OxfdH’rMmnyJun-1 increased assessment. iior Farmers $1250; Oxford Cou-| •. This year’s 12.75 mills w i 1 jjnty 4-H Club Leaders $500; Ox -I exact from county ratepayers a.'0™ Soil and Crop Improvement; total $710,517.43. Last year that Oxford Farmers Safety/, 'figure brought in a total $689. Council $200; Otterville Poultry/ 390.17, ?.nrLr*^con Association $50. Nor-/*CEMETERY BOARD REJohn N. MeathreH was re-el­ected chairman fo the Ingersoll rural cemetery board at the annual meeting held in the Council chambers. In the photo. Board members are. back row;i North Oxford Township repre-I sentative; Art Hutchison, North Oxford plot holders’ represen­tative and G. E. Hessenauer, , secretary-treasurer. Front: G.W. Waters. Ingersoll plot hold- Iers representative; Miss W. L. Williams, representing Ingersoll town council, and Mr. Meath- reU, who was re-elected chair­man. (Staff photo.)Tentative Outline SetOxford May FormulateTax Rate Tomorrow1 Free Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK—Oxford Coun-f • ty council swung into its an­nual budget session yesterday, j equipped with an outline ofj tentative expenditures drawn! up by the finance committee at . a meeting Thursday.Warden Donald Hossack, of Embro, said, “The proposed ex­penditures will serve essentially, as guideposts to the various committees. Because the ten-'tative budget is only a rough .starting point it was decided;to wait until final drafts arej presented to the finance corn-]Oxford Budget Going Before Council TodayFree Press Woodstock Bureaumittee before releasing any in-[ formation on the i960 budget ”!L. K. Coles, county clerk,! said council would continue tol work in committee today in ani attempt to prepare finalized es­timates which are scheduled to go to the finance committee to­morrow."I expect the 1980 tax rate will be set Thursday, however,WOODSTOCKOxford■ sit is possible we may have lo sit Friday to clear everything up if any of the committees hit!■ snags." Mr. Coles said.; The agricultural committee was m the receiving line yes- ■/! terday as five delegations from agrliutturai organizations madeCounty council Is scheduled to take the wraps off a tentative 1960 budget, prepared last Thursday at a special session of the finance committee, when the second 1960 council session opens today.No details have been released. iBut reports indicate there may be a boost in the county’s roadspending that may balance an increase of approximately000,000 in the county's total sessment for 1959.Warden Donald Hossack, Embro, said he Is confidentHras-ofj the.tbei;annual pleas for grants.^iThe' committee heard delega- gWtion* from the Oxford County14-H Club Association, the Ox-1 i ford Junior Farmers, the Ox­ford Safety Council, the Oxford•'Crop and Soil Improvement As­sociation and the Oxford Fed- , . eration of Agriculture,,1959 tax rate of 12.75 mills will not be increased- A possible de-, crease, predicted in January af­ter a financial report showed budget surpluses of about $90,- 000, appears unlikely.D K. Coles, county clerk, said, "I do not anticipate there will; be any Indication of the 1960 rate until at least Thursday. Council will meet In committee today and tomorrow to discuss; Individual depart WMMt budgets.; They should be turned over to the finance committee by Thurs­day morning, With the depart­ment budgets completed, the fi­nance committee then will draw jup the overall I960 budget and set the tax rate.Included in this total are gen- *♦ A?’,eral purposes. $196,000; charity aJ h Ontarioand welfare $126,517, and county t ’re .roads $388,000. idmre $200 rOU®dat,On br0'Handing down other decisions, | And j, a|so awarded grants of county council decided I to take no $gso each for retarded schools in action regarding building a cen- Tillsonburg and Woodstock. P tral county jail with Norfolk be- For lhe Oxford children’s Aid cause the property cdfnmittee Society $9381; for the Tillsonburg feels the action impractical”. District and Memorial hospital'And county council also decid-1 debenture $9300; University of ed to take no action for a requestWestern Ontario $2500 and Ox-1 for a reception lounge for visitors1 ford County Trustees Rate-' in the county jail. i payer’s Association $300.in the county jail.After 67 Years Chairs In CountyCouncil Chamber To Be ReplacedBy DON LEMIEUXThere is a note of nostalgia around the county council cham­bers at the Court House this week during the current budget session, as it is learned that at long last, the 22 cherry wood chairs around the council table are about to be replaced. Ac­cording to county officials, the old chairs were first installed in the chambers 67 years ago. Over the years, they have been occu­pied by many generations of Ox­ford county legislators, some, of whom have gone forth from the area to gain greater fame in many parts of the world. .It is felt that all of those past wardens, whose portraits hang on the chamber walls and look down over the council table, will sigh with regret as they witness the departure of the familiar, al­though slightly uncomfortable, old chairs. It is quite possible the old-timers might shed a tear of sadness as they watch thenew, modern, low - slung chairs ' ” old.take the place of the Replacement of the seats has become athe steamlocomotives that haveout-lived their usefulness, they must be put aside, to be replaced! by something more functional . . more comfortable.Unlike the old steam engines, these chairs, at least some ofj them, will not be reduced to scrap, but instead, may find a1 position of honor within the con­fines of Oxford County museum.167-year-old necessity, is break-IThe upholstering — --------ing away at points of most plea-1 sure, caused no doubt, largely by the nervous squirming of the county legislators as they de­bate portentious matters prior to reaching a decision which could have strong impact, on thewelfare of Oxford county.The veteran chairs of 67-years ago have stood up to their duty extremely well, but now, like the aged equine that has reached the age of well-earned retirement, orSIMCOE—Extra money to build a new county home for the aged, salary increases and a higher road levy, contributed to the record Norfolk County tax rate of 13.44 mills,i struck by county council yesterday.Exceeds 1958 KateThe new tax rate, .81 of a mill higher than last year’s! 12.63 mills, compares with the] previous record of 13.25 mills, set In 1958 when special hospi-j tai expenditures boosted the; rate.2 Casual MatronsREQUIRED for part time work in Oxford County Jail. Must bo physically fit. Age 35- 45 preferred.For interview and require­ment it contact Mr, John Cal­der, Jailer, County Jail, Bul­ler Street, Woodstock, be­tween hour* of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.Court House, Woodstock, Ont.L. K. COLES, County Clerik.Norfolk Asks Oxford BackCentral JailFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCKNorfolkCounty council, in a letter to Oxford council, yesterday re- ; quested support for a proposed' central jail to serve counties ini this area of Western Ontario.The letter pointed out that: the present Norfolk jail is morej than 100 years old and "is fact approaching the stage where a new structure will have to be built.”A committee of Norfolk coun­cil met Feb. 15 with the Ontario deputy minister of reforms, and was advised that a grant would be available if council reached an agreement with neighboring counties to support a central * jail.Ambulance StudyCouncil was also asked to en­dorse a resolution from Lennox I and Addington County calling I for a study of ambulance serv-1 lice in the rural areas. The reso­lution proposed a province-wide ambulance service operated un-p der a provincial government, grant system as an answer to inadequate service in the rural' areas.The Oxford Federation of Agriculture asked council to j conduct a study and take ap­propriate action to safeguard county roads for rural drivers. The federation pointed out in a letter that a white middle line, recommended for county roads by a coroner’s jury fol­lowing an inquest Into a fatal. , accident three years ago. is still desirable for county roads.Simcoe County council asked council to endorse a resolution calling for the Ontario depart- . meat of municipal affairs to increase the possible penalty on unpaid taxes from the present' six per cent to nine per cent a year.The resolutions are slated forconsideration by the committees 'nflected and decision* on any action to be taken will be hand­ed down at tomorrow's session oUJon£ d-Vu ‘o2r k—• —>£O c O_owU woO cn <O U U Oz ooex.UJSie President and Soard of Sbireclori of tLClitdren S Slid Society of Oxford (dounty cordia^ij inuile tjou and ijour friencL to the^tnnual ^Lytnnef rvleeUn^atSt. Pauls United Giufch26 Cutout St. lid., Sdifteonbu^, Ont.'^Jednesda^ —djpi-il 20lk, 1960, al 6:30 p.m.^Jicheli $t.5Oeneraf ^loipital (2hapef☆ ☆THE DEDICATIONSTAINED GLASS WINDOWS☆ ☆Good Friday, April 15, 1960 4:00 p.m.IKS’MEMBERCanadian Good Hoads AssociationL. K. COLESDDBSM1I>mM^L60M AKAGI NV DlHHntlK ORDER OF SERVICECALL TO WORSHIPPRAYER OF INVOCATIONHYMN 617 ■ "Pleasant Are Thy Courts Above”THE SCRIPTURE LESSON - Psalm 122 (responsive)I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.. Our feet shall stand within thy gates,, O Jerusalem;Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together.Aniither the tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord,For a testimony unto Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord.For there are set thrones of judgment, The thrones of the house of David.Pray for die peace of Jerusalem;They shall prosper that love Thee.Peace be within thy walls,And prosperity within thy palaces.For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,I will seek thy good.THE GLORIA (said by all)Glory be to the Fadier, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.PRAYERPRESENTATION OF WINDOWS - Mrs. Gordon EkinsMrs. E. J. ColesTHE ACCEPTANCE - The Rev. R. C. Clark, Chairman, Chapel CommitteeTHE UNVEILING — Mrs. Gordon Innes Mrs. E. W. NesbittTHE DEDICATIONMinister —'To the glory of God the Father, Whom we worship in the beauty of His holiness;"People — "We dedicate these windows."Minister — "To the service of God the Son, Who is Jesus Christ, our Great Physician and Saviour;"People — "We dedicate these windows."Minister — "To the honour of God the Holy Ghost, the Comforter, Who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified;" •People — "We dedicate these windows.” JMinister — "And in memory of devoted men, who with love and concern gave themselves freely for the development of this hospital;"All — "We humbly and gratefully dedicate these windows.”PRAYER OF DEDICATION - The Rev. K. G. DocksevMEMORIAL ADDRESS —The Rev. Kenneth OatesHYMN 209 — "For all the saints, who from their labour rest.” (stanzas 1-4, 7, 8)BENEDICTION☆ ☆Conducting the Service — The Rev. G. L. Douglas, Chairman, Memorial Windows CommitteeOrganist — Dr. G. A. C. Webb☆ ☆ ☆The St. Luke window is the gift of the Women’s Auxiliary to the Woodstock General Hospital.The Crucifixion window is in loving memory of four former mem­bers and officers of the Board of Trust, E. W. Nesbitt, H. A. Little, E. J. Coles and H. M. McIntosh, the gift of their families.ii'^M*MEMBEKCanadian Good Roads AssociationDUES PAIDL. K. COLESMANACIM. DlKKCTOH county jail.Reeve John KreatWf of*Porte.session yesterday he had te-repiics to ques-ceived negauwould still have to build andcountymonth, whena;.'a county. Ing counties,THE CORPORATION AND THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL OF HURON COLLEGE Invite You and Your Friends to AttendTHE SPRING CONVOCATIONTO be held inTHE SILCOX MEMORIAL LIBRARYHURON COLLEGEonSATURDAY, MAY SEVENTH, 1960, at 3.00 p.m.THE CONVOCATION ADDRESS WILL BE GIVEN BYTHE RIGHT REVEREND W. H. H. CRUMP, B.A., B.D. D.D. LORD BISHOP OF SASKATCHEWAN—Free Press Woodstock Bureau । ght, the Thames,.TRUCK DUCKED—Swollen by a four-hour rainfall last niRiver spilled ever Governor's Rood to depths of four feet. The driver of this! portially submerged transport failed to negotiate o chunk of roadway, chewed out by swirling water On Highway 2, near the Governor's Road intersection, a restaurant and a welder's shop had to close as two feet of muddy water gushed through,Norfolk Drops Plan* For Five-County Jailtree Press Norfolk BureauSIMCOE — Norfolk County]maintain a separate lockup InV Council has dropped Ila bid for| Simcoe for short-term prisoners■i five-county central jail. serv-1 awaiting trial. The committee lag Norfolk, Haldimand, Brant, was advised to seek co-operation Oxford and Elgin, to replace thejfor a central jail by the deputy jail at!minister of reform institutionscentury-oldClerk-treasurer D. C. Porter delegation sought advice on « . L. provincial grant for a newtold the council at its budgetArea Roads Heavy But Are PassableOxford road superintendent J. N. Meathrell this morning repor-i led that all gravel sections in thecounty passablare heavy but are mainlyImprovement is noted over lastweek, but crews are working onTENDERS WANTEDSKALm TENDERS addressed to the County Road Super, fntenden-t and endorsed ’Tender for Supplies and Haul­ing Road Materials and Equipment Hire” will be receiv­ed by the undersigned up to 12 o’clock noon, Wednesday, April 20. 1960, for the following:1. Hauling of road building materials from various aourc- * within or adjacent to the County.2. Feeding, crushing and hauling from designated gravel3.4.5,pits.Delivery of the above mentioned material* tn be made or certain portions of tihe County Road System as direct* by tihe County Road Superintendent.Any other work that may be designated on the tend r form.Truck, shovel and equipment hire.6. Supplies and other services used in road construt ion and maintenance.7. For the supplying of tires, grease, oil, gasoline, b. Ser­ies, fuel oil, furnace oil and other supplies for th op­eration of County equipment and shops.Contract agreements and specifications and tender forms for items 1 to 5 may be obtained at the office of the Coun­ty Road Superintendent, Court House, Woodstock, On­tario. Tenders on items 6 and 7 may be submitted on supplier's forms.Tenders on items 1 to' 5 must be accompanied by a mark­ed cheque payable to the County Treasurer or an approv­ed bid bond for Five Hundred Dollars.The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.J. N. MEATHRELL, County Road Superintendent. Court. House,Woodstock, Ontario.Thief Invaded Office Of CadiA bold sneak thief absconded with almost a complete buck from the office of magistrate R. G. Groom’s clerk’s office sometime during the weekend. Chief Constable. James Ennis re vealed today.Apparently the thief or thieves were- in such a rush that the one dollar bill was separated from an envelope leaving a corner of the bill still attached.Police believe that the county court house was entered some time during the weekend via a broken back basement window. Nothing else in the office seemed to be disturbed although in the course of their investiagationspolice discovered a foot print.Inspector John Anderson is in-| vestigating.New School Is Rejected fit TavistockProperty owners at Tavistock on Monday voted almost, two to. one against the proposed expen­diture of $140,000 for a new pub­lic school to replace the present structure, part of which is close to 100 years old.Last December the new school was defeated by only four votes. In that vote, 125-121, four ballots were rejected.In yesterday’s vote, held in theV8/I3-27B<3ROBERT E. BELLNamed To PostAt TorontoTlie appointment of Oxford Ag-1 ricultural Representative Robert E. Rell as associate director of, extension. Department of Agri-, culture. Toronto, was announcedyesterday by Agriculture Minist­er Goodfellow.Donald A. Taylor from Prince Edward County is to succeed Mr. Bell in Oxford, the transfer an ticipated around June 1.Mr. Bell, formerly assistant representative in Peterboro Cou­nty, took over the duties of agri­cultural representative in Ox­ford May 1, 1952. from his pre­decessor the late George Bell,Announcement was also made of the appointment of I. R. Ells a native of Nova Scotia, as fruit and vegetable specialist in Ox­ford.county road No, 6 north ofBeachville, and the road west of!Drumbo, which are still giving; library hall, the outcome was , trouble. Soft spots and holes are! quite different when 108 personsbeing filled in with crushed answered “yes” and 205 “no' .L___ Only one ballot was rejected. The halflo*Mr»g4imil will be Deputy returning officers ._______unfit the an<i <vf Arwii were William Berg and Mrs.Leslie Knights while the poll! clerks were Charles Quehl and George Berg.donnairea sent to the neighbor- Rowan, assured council yester- stone.i, seeking support foriday there would be a provincial! ___ wa w utraJ jail.'grant of 37 per cent for a new in effect until the end of April.1A report from council’s build- county jail. Architect W. Ming subcommittee said the five-jSmale has been asked to dra^w county project "would not have up sketch plans of the project been satlafaelory.” The county) for council's consideration. OXFORD COUNTYYour 1960 Oxford County Council• BLANDFORD .................................................... GORDON ARMSTRONG• BLENHEIM CLIFFORD CUNNINGHAM — PETER McDONALD, D.R.• DEREHAM .............................P. L. PRESSEY—GEORGE R. NAGLE, D.R.• EAST NISSOURI...............JOHN BOLTON — ALEX HOSSACK, D.R.• NORTH NORWICH ............................................ DAVID J. CHAMBERS• SOUTH NORWICH......................................................GEORGE H. DAVIS• EAST OXFORD ..........................................................HILTON.C. VIRTUE• NORTH OXFORD ............................................................. WM. BAIGENT• WEST OXFORD.............W. W. BUDD — GEORGE WALLACE, D.R.• EAST ZORRA...........LORNE W. JUNKER — J. ALEX HENDERSON • WEST ZORRA.......................................................... ERNEST F. GARNER• TILLSONBURG . CLARE H. ESSELTINE — CYRIL J. DEMEYERE, D.R.• EMBRO ................................................................... DONALD HOSSACK• NORWICH .................................................................... LESLIE E. FORCE• TAVISTOCK................. .....................................................ROBERT RUDY r rWhaley; Charles G. Mitchell and Don Hossack, Oxford County warden. Seated is Dr. James Vance, chairman of the Board. (Staff photo).* /. -■' ITrust. In th photo, looking over one of the reports, left to right: H. L. Henderson; L. I. Shantz; Miss Phyllis Bluett, director of nursing; A. C.THE ANNUAL meeting of let to a Hamilton firm for the the Woodstock General Hospit- I construction of a new wing to al Trust was held on Monday ! the present hospital building, evening, when it was announc- I Other reports were presented ed that the contract had been I and reviewed by officers of theTB Survey To End Next Week In Area The first large-scale TB survey^ conducted by the Oxford County Tuberculosis Association will be concluded next week.J. L. Griffith, Woodstock, chair-j man of the survey, said last# night “the clinics in Woodstock . have gon? well and in the county 8 they have been well-received and: well-attended.”■ Mr. Griffith stated that he has1 not received any figures yet butl । they will be available next week :1959 Was Record Year.For General HospitalNumber Of Foxes Called SurpriseTORONTO (CP) — Municipal; Affairs Minister Warrender said Wednesday night he is surprised; at the number of foxes in the province.Questioned by Leo Troy (L— / Nipissing) about the $50,000 set aside for box bounty in the de­partment’s estimates, he said the program introduced last year with an estimate of $8,000 was so successful the amount had to be increased.To combat the spread of rabies, Ontario pays a $2 b o u n t y,i matched by municipalities. Morei than 16,000 foxes were killed last year and the province paid out $32,000. [Contract Is Let For New32-Bed Hospital AdditionContract for afourth-storey addition to the west wing of Woodstock General Hospital has been awarded to a Hamilton firm, J. A. Vance, chairman of the hospital board of trust announced at the annual meeting last night.F r i d Construction Company, contractors for the original build­ing. submitted the successful tneder.‘ Our experience in 1959 indic­ated the need for additional hosp- I ital beds, which in turn meant additional staff and additional training facilities,” Mr. Vance explained.He cited figures which showed that admissions to the hospital during the first year of direction by the Ontario Hospital Services Commission rose five per cent with a 17 per cent increase in children’s ward occupancy over 1958“Your development committee has also made a study of and is proceeding with the renovation of our property across Riddellnew 32-bed. street, which will provide accom-modation for additional nursing : staff,” Mr. Vance reported.Condideration is also being < given to the need for more train- i ing space, he said.IMPROVEMENTSImprovements to hospital fac­ilities made during the year in­cluded provision of increased re­covery room space on the second floor and the installation of a new automatic switchboard making a “vast improvement in the effic­iency of communication within and to and from the hospital” his report continued.Board and staff members pro­ceeded cautiously to familiarize themselves with all phases of hospital management and oper­ation under the new system.A realistic policy of controlling, costs, consistent with the services rendered in the hospital, was pursued with the result that bud­get and costs were close together; and readily approved by the com­mission. jTotal operating expenses for 1959 was $996,879.The budget for 1960, is $1,117, 000. with the increase accounted for by increases in occupancy and operating costs.Capital grants during the year of $150. per bed amounted to $23,500.The board has been advised that this grant will be reduced to $75. per bed this year.Replacements and additions to equipment during 1959 amqunted to $21,000. compared to $27,400 the previous year.Mr. Vance reported that it was unneccessary to appeal to the city or county for operating grants during the year.The board is hopeful that thebuilding and equipping of the newbe accomplished without appeal- j ing for additional capital funds.Mr. Vance also paid tribute to tiie work of the Ladies Aux­iliary of the Hospital and exp­ressed the appreciation of lhe board to Administrator Peter Smith, Director of Nursing Miss Phyllis Bluett and all members of the staff for their dedicated loyalty and devotion to duty.Warden Donald Hossack of Embro commended the board of trust on the efficiency of the hospital and remarked that cou­nty council appreciates the im- 1 provements carried out without ■ the need for capital funds from; either city or county councils.Crown Attorney B. Whaley' moved re-election of the board,23-000 TookTB TestsApproximately 23,000 people in! Oxford County have been given the free tuberculin tests, it was announced last night by J. L. ] Griffith, chairman of the TB sur­vey of the Oxford County Tuber­culosis Association, which con-? eluded yesterday with a clinic at Chapel school.Chest x-rays and readings to . deternfine whether the person is I positive or negative will be held?today and school, incity,Friday at Chapel the east end of theAlthough unable to give exact;7 > to how many people;figures asattended the clinics held in vil-n lages and towns throughout Ox-s ford, Mr. Griffith said the sur­vey was “very successful as far as we are concerned.”He said they were very' pleas-!.] ed with the results as a large number of people were tested/ before the survey started.floor and the expansion of resid- a motion seconded by H. Hend­ence and training facilities canerson and unanimously approved.Assessment Equalization Is County Council TaskRecord Number PresentedWith Citizenship PapersIt was an impressive sight atE Oxford county’s venerable court bouse yesterday afternoon as a record number of new Canad­ians, 151 to be exact, swore al- [ legiance to Queen Elizabeth II.After taking the oath of allege’;I iance and receiving their “Certi, ficatcs of Canadian Citizenship”,I they stood, row on row, andI heard Judge Eric W. Cross urgethem to “take interest in the af , fairs of government.”Equalization of county assess­ment figures to form a basis for 1961 taxation is the main task which will confront Oxford Coun­ty Council when it convenes for a three-day session beginning Wednesday, June 15.L. K. Coles, county clerk­treasurer. announced this morn­ing that the session is expected to end Friday afternoon, Junegency Measures Branch of Department of Planningthe_ and;Development, London. Mr. Gav-in is expected to suggest civil! defense measures for county pur­poses.A speaker from the Ontario Department of Public Welfare has been invited to appear before council to explain legislation nee-;road CostsupMaintenance and snow removal1 on Oxford roads the first four; months of this year has cost the, county approximately $67,025; compared to $60,900 for the cor­responding period a year ago, road superintendent J. N. Mea fhrell slated this morning.17.A preliminary meeting of the equalization committee of coun­cil with county assessor Fred Cade will take place on Wed nesday, May 29 at 2 p.m. Al thisessary for the erection of County Welfare Unit.While Mr, Coles states that the best of his knowledge,such Unit exists in Ontarioato noBRIEF PROMOTIONI County clerk and treasurer L K. Coles, was briefly “elevated” to the post of “county magis­trate” at the county court yes­terday. His tenure in office was quite brief for it only took him a few minutes to sign informa­tions on five minor liquor and traffic charges adjourning themuntil next Friday’s county mag­istrate’s court. County Clerk Col• • 14 V I I I J II1 I 111 V/ <4 1 > . , , * . , t .I the present time, provisions for * ?,8 received his appointment to---such a centrally co-ordinated replace county magistrate R.| time a report will be prepared bodv wen. (UadG in lhe Gcneraj G. Groom who had to go tofnr the nnnrnval of council as ur.O... * ........ ..t inr.ofor the approval of council asa whole.Welfare Assistance Act of 1958.During the June session, coun oil will receive R. T.Zone co-ordinator for the Emercnun The annual tour of the County ; Gavin Home will be held Thursday;afternoon June 16.Winnipeg PRINCESS ON WAY TO WEDDINGwere stocked into the pond yes-firststocking this year in Oxford wa­ters. Herb Clark, Oxford Conser­vation officer, is shown LEFT emptying a pail-full of the trout into the pond. RIGHT Earl Per- sall of the Department of Landsterday which wasTROUT FISHING should be good at Harrington Pond when the season opens April 30 as 300 two-year-old speckled troutI and Forests fisheries at Mount Pleasant is shown putting the trout into the pail. (Staff pho­tos.)MR. AND MRS. ARMSTRONG-JONES Find Oil In Oxford*w»LETTERS TO EDITORThe views expressed by the writers ere not necessarily those of The Sentinel-Review.ONE MAN’S OPINIONSIR:It should be taken for granted at all times that the person who, owns his property for sure has more brains and right to run his affairs on that property as he sees fit than any self appointed groups or join-ups, and most in­stances elected governments.Lowest possible rates and good service to the consumer for public owned hydro, telephone, pipe lines and roads are every ones daily necessity and are at1 all times more important than any tree.When the wind gets sweep enough to damage the peoples buildings and crops the owners will retain and plant the trees without foreseeing them to do so.Supply and demand should at' all times rule, not the law.' Many small private enterprises on a keenly competitive basis is the answer.No forms of government should! own land for conservation dams,1 tree or game purposes at the , tax-payers expense. A very small I number of tax-payers receive any benefit.Governments have possibly ten' to one more persons in their employ than is needed. To make Canada a more free country and land of opportunity, as many government and company jobs as possible should be sold by public auction to lowest quali­fied bidder. This would more eli­minate who you know or the pull,I and give way to what you know and ability getting the work.The cost of greatly improved governments could be reduced up to 90 per cent.Unfortunately for the tax-pay­ers the township senate or bet­ter known as the County Council is the only public administrative body that does not have to face their voters on a one date truly political election.ERNEST V. SIMMONS, Tillsonburg,Trustee Quitsj Tavistock BoardTAVISTOCK: — At the regular meeting of the Tavistock School Board the written resignation of Trustee Dr. John K. Fisher was tendered and read by secretary! E. A. Kalbfleisch.After consideration, Dr. Fish-! er’s resignation has been accept-1 ed by the Board. His term of' office would have expired the end qf 1961.The letter to the Board and read by Mr. Kalbfleisch, was as follows, in part, “I hereby ten­der my resignation as a memb- . er of the School Board. The people of Tavistock consider the opinion of the Council over that! of the School Board. The School Board spends twice as much of their money than the Council. In my humble opinion I think it is more important to have an up to date school than brag a- bout how many streets we have paved. I am not running away from a job as was intimated.”!Well Drilled Near GoblesGives ShowFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK — What may be Oxford County's first oil well came in yesterday on the Gobles district farm owned by Robert King, of Woodstock.“It’s a big show of oil, a mighty big show", said Robert McMaster, a Caledonia, Ont., oil and gas well contractor.Mr. McMaster, who holds drilling rights to 3.200 acres of land in the area bought grilling rights to tile King farm in January.He said It might be two or three days before the value of the well was determined.Peter Tostik, manager of Wil­low Gas and Oil Company, Simcoe, who has about 4,500 acres in the area used for dril­ling, was very enthusiastic about the strike.Robert McMaster Jr. who operates the drilling firm with his father said at 2,889 feet na­tural gas was struck, and when drilling reached the 2,895-foot level, the oil flow began.The commercial value of the gas has not been determined.The well is situated about one mile east of the gas field of Paris Petroleums. The two Paris wells were reported by the On­tario fuel board to have flows of 1,000,000 cubic feet of gas daily.Area News BriefsArchitect Gives Outline of JailSIMCOE —- The outline of a two part, million dollar pro- I gram for a new Norfolk County jail and added admin­istrative offices, has been pre- | sented to county council by I architect W, M. Smale, of । Simcoe.The outline, intended to ’ give the council a basis for j study, proposes a $900,000 new j jail near the existing county home for the aged, and a two or three storey addition to the ) county building on the site of the existing jail.z ' , . ' ‘ \ p ri y - ,TO CONFERENCEReeve Lorne Junker of East Zorra township will represent the county at the three-day con­ference of Ontario mayors and reeves, being held at the Cana-; dian Civil Defence College at Arnprior, starting May 17. The conference, sponsored by the Emergency Measures Organiza­tion, will feature lectures and discussions on various phases ofl civil emergency planning at all levels of government.DRILL IN BUSH—Towering among the trees in a bushlot on the Gobles dis­trict farm of Robert King, an oil-drilling rig stands at a well which was brought in yesterday. If the well proves to be commercial it will be Oxford County's first oil producer. (Photo by Kentner).New Regulations Are Set Covering Court House UseCommencing June 1, all even­ing meetings taking place in the Woodstock Court House must 15e held on Wednesdays.New regulations governing the use of the building were approv­ed by county council at the last session.The Court House will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, Tuesday. Thursday and Friday and from 8 d.m, to 11 p.m. Wed­nesday, if requested.II. will be closed all day Satur­day and statutory holidays.A bulletin board will be kept on the wall in the east corridor or the basement and each re­quest for an evening meeting or office appointment must be post­ed, otherwise the doors will be locked at 6 p.m. each Wednes­day.Organizations holding meetings are. asked to notify the county . clerk’s office, LE 7-3911 or Thom- [ as Pye’s residence, LE 7-3ZI3, > giving the name of the organiz- j ation, approximate time required and the door or doors to be left open.Groups affected by the new rules will include the Oxford County Branch of the Canadian: Red Cross Society: the Oxford County Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society, Ontario Division:1 the Woodstock Branch, Victorian Order of Nurses and the Wood-, stock and Suburban Area Plan­ning Board.Exceptions will be made, coun­ty clerk treasurer L, K. Coles' explained this morning, in cases; where court and county council are in session.UWO Seen 'Oxford Of Canada TRACTOR TRAILER CRASHED; & ■ , : L ( R:R > < J JiOil Struck Near GoblesDrilling for gas a Caledonia | would mean a long pay off oil and gas well contractor struck I fore costs would be paid,” oil Monday, a mile north of said.Gobles on Highway Two. several miles east of Woodstock.Approximately 30 barrels of mud and water were bailed out yesterday, said an employee of W. R. McMaster and Sons, Oil and Gas contractors.G. J. C. (Jamie) McMaster,son of W. R. McMaster, said thisbe- heThe McMasters said they ex­pect to spend some $30,009 be­fore they get the well down todepth.VISITED RIGGINGJamie McMaster said an peri al Oil Geologist visited oil rigging this morning.Tm- the "Hemorning he never expected to seemed enthusiastic but made nohit oil when he first started drill­ing for gas.But Mr. McMaster Sr. said this morning there was no question that it was nothing, more than a small oil well.More cautious than his son Jamie, he said he was giving serious thought to further devel-comment.”The McMasters have some 3,500 acres under lease embrac­ing approximately 40 farms ar­ound the area.Terming it just a good well, the McMasters said it would take another week before theyEmbro Bridge Is Wrecked By Skidding Stock TruckFew Residents Of StrickenChilean City Want To LeaveBv ALPHONSE MAURIPUERTO MONTT, Chile (Reut­ers)—The disaster area of south­ern Chile, where 5,000 persons are estimated to have been killed in quakes last week, provides an almost biblical picture of man’s fight for survival in the most ad­verse conditions.I found most of Valdivia, a port city of 50,000 inhabitants about 150 miles south of here, un­der water after sinking more than nine feet. Six nearby rivers changed their courses.Twice before quakes have brought catastrophe to the city- in 1575 and again in 1737. Yet few of Valdivia’s present - day citizens are willing to leave.Only the aged and the wounded are using the airlift to Santiago.Others are crowded still standing or are tents.WANT TO WORKCleanup operationsin houses living inare notmoving too quickly, but workers at the Huachipato steel plants and Mulchen cellulose plants are busy cleaning machinery and are anxious to start working again.Puerto Montt, with a popula-tion of 25,000, was at the centre, of the disaster area. From the air it looks almost like a normal city. But as the newcomer wand­ers through its shattered streets the town increasingly resembles a film set ready for shooting a surrealist movie—the “scenery” tilts at weird angles.Shock - proof buildings, which showed a great capacity for re­sistance, have been dynamited. Their steel skeletons kept walls from collapsing and thereby saved lives. But after the quakes they resembled twisted card­board houses built by a clumsy child.NEW HOTEL RUINEDA five-storey luxury hotel—un­der construction for seven years and due to be opened within the next few weeks—will never open. Its three sections have been wrenched into crazy angles.A bank stands in one piece, but it is tilted like the tower of Pisa.An architect said these build­ings, the finest in Puerto Montt, will have to be torn down.“It is better to start thinking where Puerto Montt will be re­built,” he said. “It might be, better to build it elsewhere.” |$1,034,026 IncreaseAssessment RisesIn Oxford CountyFree Pres* Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK — An Increase of $1,034,026 In taxable assess­ment during 1959 wan noted In Oxford County assessor Fred Cade's annual report yesterday.The 1959 figure wax $56,260,- 663 a* compared to $55,226,657 the previous year.discuss equalization of assess­ment for the 15 municipalitiesInvolved and Its adoption 1960 taxation purposes.An Increase of $500,000 in total rateable assessmentforthe(orWest ZorrA township was sug­gested. A fixed assessment of $200,000 has been sat on theA bylaw f.r> equalize hshpm-iCnnada Cement Co, plant, ment for the county this year Oxford County's population] was Introduced nnd given see- rose by 613 persons during; ond reading. Council today will 11959.could give a definite answer.Drilling rig is on a bush lot 'opment action to make the well ......... —„produce more. He did not know owned by Robert King of Wood- whether he would use a sandfrac, stock.The area has been drilled be-acidizer or shooting type of ___ -----operation to make the ground fore and a few months ago a more porous to produce more oil. ]relatively large gas strike was At present said Mr. McMaster j made.Sr. the well could only produce j Oil was struck at a depthsome 12 barrells a day. “That'2,890 feet.ROBERT McMASTEK AND SON JAMIE LOOK AT WELLNew Chairs To Ease TaskOxford CouncilorsFace Busy SessionBy PAT MO AU RO Free* Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCKOxfordCounty councilors will be sit­ting on new swivel chairs, re­placing the ones installed when the county building was built In the late 1890s, when they meet today for the open­ing of their June sessions.Sessions are expected to gel underway at io a.m. and end Friday.After opening formalities and reports, councilors will go into separate committee meet­ings.Zone 1 co-ordinator, emer­gency measures branch, On­tario department of public health and welfare.Tomordw afternoon, mem­bers of council will make their annual visit to the Oxford Home for the Aged.E. W. Chown. of the depart­ment of public health and wel­fare, will apeak to council Fri­day afternoon on a pix>posed county welfare unit. EachoiA,.?R. T. Cavin of London, will address council at 3 p.m. on civil defence and a possible emergency measures progrum for the county. Mr. Gavin latownship and village in county currently has its welfare officer.The county assessor's nual report will be giventhe ownan-Fri-day. Discussion will deal main­ly with equalisation of assess ment. Oxford county's assess meat stands at $&5,?38.»7. Oxford Assessment U $1,034,026 Over 1959vitidMembers of Oxford CountyCouncil have been Invited to al-lend the opening of the new Grey County administration building, court house and North Grey Keg iftlry office in Owen Sound onWILL TOUR ROADS The Ronds committee of conn•ty council will tom1 the roads system in lhe southern portion of the county on Thursday, May 26,| roads superintendent J. N Mea iherell announced this mominc‘ :Figures showing an increase of $1,034,026 in taxable assess­ment in Oxford county for he vear 1959 were contained m tne fourth annual report of county assessor Fred Cade, studied by countv council this morning.The county's 1959 revised tax­able assessment figure of 26# 883 was compared to the 1958 figure of $55,226,857.Council met in committee as a whole to review the suggested ___ t_,equalization of assessment for (6447). the 15 municipalities and discuss East its adoption for i960 taxation acreageNorth Oxford population 1,649; acreage 20,688; taxable land $598,179; taxable building $1,800.- 800; business $377,370; total tax­able $2,780,289; suggested equal­ized $2,784,014; per cent 4.898(4.644).West Oxford - population 3,322; acreage 25,000; taxable land $848,975; taxable building $2,498,- 100; business $147,095; total tax­able $3,512,835; suggested equal-;per cent 6488ized $3,517,370;$ A recommended increase of $500 000 to the total rateable as­sessment of West Zorra town­ship was made. Thts township; has a fixed assessment on the, Canada Cement Co. Plant of $200,000. The actual assessment.East Zorra - population 3.940; ( ____„j 56,825; taxable land, $1,975,280; taxable building $3,-; — business $49,380; total070.675; taxable ualized (9.103).West$5,105,910; suggested eq- $5,109,040; per cent 8.988is $792,550. . . , . ,Hvdro and provincial grant val­uations totalling $82,425 were shown in the report for the first time this year.Mr. Cade explained that a 19®) amendment to the Assessment Act called for the inclusion of: valuations of provincial and Ont­ario Hydro Electric Power Com­mission properties upon which, grants in lieu of taxes are paid, for county purposes.A classification and percentage 'chart of all assessments disclos- ed the following:Residential assessment. $16,-jZorra - population 2.079; acreage 53,668; taxable land1 $1,816,300; taxable building $2,-1 018.625; business $133,760; total taxable $3,972,460; suggested eq-159.977 (26.8 per cent); commer-1 cial, $6,073,057 (10.1); industrial, $6,341,202 (10.5); farms, $27,278.- 176 ( 45.3); exemptions. $3,731.- school rates only.ualized $4,472,460; per cent 7.868. (8.009).Tillsonburg - population 6.471;, acreage 1.518; taxable land' $1,424,008; taxable building $6.- 708,400; business $959,490; total; taxable $9,251,444; suggested eq­ualized $9,263,244; per cent 15.- 296 (16.197).VILLAGESEmbro - population 562: acre-; age 1.304; taxable land $89,012; j taxable building $498,125; buSi-j ness $26,690: total taxable $613,-' 827; suggested equalized $613,-1 827: per cent 1.0800 (1.098.Norwich • population 1.706; ac­reage 416; taxable land $249,590; taxable building $1,599,600: busi-315 (6.2); school rates only.] ness $151,270; total taxable $2,- $615,250 (1.1). 023,555; suggested equalized $2,-Population of the county rose 026.210; per cent 3.564 (3.550.) by 615 in the year 1959. - "WARM MEMORIES of eight years of service to the agri­cultural life of Oxford county will accompany agricultural re­presentative Robert Bell and Mrs. Bell, as they depart for 1Toronto. Mr. Bell has been named associate director of ex­tension with the provincial de­partment of agriculture. To­gether, Mr. and Mrs. Bell ex-amine one of the many gifts i they received at the party held । in their honor last night, a book containing letters from many individuals in the coun­ty. (Staff Photo).GIFTS FOR BOB BELL AND WIFEF allowing is the taxable assess­ment in each municipality, tak­en from the 1959 revised assess­ment rolls. Also shown is the| equalized assessment, the per­centage each municipality bearsTavistock - population 1.204; acreage 377: taxable land $140.- 817; taxable building $1,104,550; business S89.025; total taxable $1,347,542; suggested equalized $1,349,362; per cent 2.374 (2,356).ceniage encn mumupauiy First and second reading ofin hraeklts several bylaws, including one to'establish a system of sick leave gratuities for Roads employees,; _______ population 1.429; were given this morning.acreage 28,720: taxable land During the afternoon, council-' $915,849; taxable building $1,198,- lors made their annual tour of 600; business S19.755; total tax-jthe County Home and County, ; suggested equal-lHome Farm.centage in brackets.TOWNSHIPSBlandfordable $2,150,845ized $2,151,845; per cent 3.786' . (3.824),Blenheim - population 4.192; acreage 66,132; taxable land $2,064,925; taxable building $3.- 542.000; business $286,165; total taxable 55,12,715; suggested eq­ualized S5.917.525; per cent 10.- 410 (10.553).Dereham - population 4.106; acreage 63.523: taxable land $1,- 766,139; taxable building $3,224,- 850; business $66,365; total tax­able $5,097,779; suggested equal­ized $5,098,979; per cent 8.970 i (8.944.)East Nissouri - population 2,- 783: acreage 45,976; taxable land $1,642,289; taxable building $2,- ----— business $52,610; totalEX-ARDENS TO MEETAnnual meeting of the Oxford Ex-Wardens Association will be ■ held in the Woodstock Court House on Thursday. June 23, starting at 2 p.m. The Associa-, tion was first formed in 1933 and 25 ex-wardens, dating back . : to 1920 are members. President is J. K. Wardell of Otterville, warden in 1943. Following a short business session, the meeting will490.9.50; taxable ualized (7.427).$4,216,999; suggested eq- $4,216,999 per cent 7.419adjourn to Nash’s for dinner at 6 p.m. Guest speaker will be I Peter Smith, administrator ofKtrlCI iJJIHllJ, mum *Woodstock General Hospital.NorthNorwich - population 2.4 274; acreage 32,724; taxable land $1,010,850; taxable building $1,-1 , 976.950; business $97,140; total; taxable $3,092,990; suggested eq-i ualized $3,092,990; per cent 5.441$ (5.481).South Norwich ■ population 2,-I 991; acreage 35,593; taxable land $1,439,564; taxable building $2,-; 692,550; busmesa $67,755; total taxable $4,256,044; suggested eq-: ualized $4,256,399; per cent 7.488, . . (7.452).East Oxford - population 2,345;: acreage 33,364; taxable land $945,099; taxable building $1,835,-j 950; business $140,950; total tax­able $2,925,649; suggested equal­ized $2,973,044; per cent 5.230 . (5.215).TO VISIT UWOAbout 15 members of Oxford, county council will join councill­ors from Elgin, Huron, Kent, Lambton, Middlesex and Perth in a visit to the University of Western Ontario on June 29. They, will hear an address by K. Grant, Crawford, professor of Political Science. Queen's University, on' some rural-urban municipal pro­blems.Gathering Pays Tribute To Departing “Ag Rep”but a comparison of upholstery is occupying reeves Gordon Armstrong of Blandford, left, and George Davis of South Norwich, right, as they test the old and the new in councillors'er chairs, in constant use for 67 years, have been retired from active service and replaced by streamlined versions. Com­mented Warden Don Hossack this morning, “We'll miss theV* V 41 IV ip. <1 UV V,doubt, to the fact that the chairs had acquired a certain eloquence all their own in voicing assent or dissent dur­ing council sessions. (Staff pho­to). NEW CHAIRS IN CHAMBERSCounty Council Opens! Mid-Summer Session23,755 Oxford Residents TookCouncil chambers with a new From the county of Ontario; look greeted members of Oxford Uiat in a case where a munici- county council when they as- pality institutes annexation pro sembled for the first day of the ceedmgs, all costs tn connection June session tills morning. with such proceedings sufferedThe old, high-backed, leather-Iby the municipality concernedCouncil chambers with a newTests During County TB SurveyNine Oxford county residents:of the population, Were process- were admitted to Sanitoria with:cd. Routine hospital admission active cases of tuberculosis be- tests accounted for another 11 J tween June 1959 and June 1960,1589 while 16,500 school pupda a report issued yesterday by the were tested by the Oxford Health Oxford County Tuberculosis As- Unit.bomsVK '1^'^ w.! i squeaked under the weight 01 eiuililv iS Also:'that the Provincial Gov- J•.replaced b\ ^7 spanking new «rnmpnf mart lepi.slat inn mak-SnHistory Of Oxford Told To Y's MenThe history of Oxford Countyand Ingersoll, together with the of the county andernnient enact legislation makmodern chairs, filled with remov­able maroon cushions.Another bright note in the otherwise sombre chambers is added by the warden's chair and two side chairs which have been re-upholstered in maroon leather.Ultimate fate of the old chairs will be decided during this ses­sion. according to chairman of the probperty committee Tillson-and that the amount payable by read by countyL. K. Coles was a reminder.from the Ontario Department of nf Mun- - - • • - - factor of the Department oi Mun-ing it compulsory for all licensed motor vehicles operated in the province to bo adequately insur­ed against Pu.b,ic Liability for bodily injury and property dam­age.From the county of Welland: that the required amount payable by cities or separated towns to­ward suburban roads be in­creased above the present W* millAgriculture, Livestock branch, that the Federal and Provincial governments intend to withdraw from the program of aid to farmers who have lost livestock due to rabies.Noting that the rabies emerg-icipal Affairs.Mr. Coles also read a request, from the Ontario Department of Highways that the 7th Concession of Blenheim and the Innerkipency has passed, the branch sig-nified that inDrumbo Road running from High way 401 to Drumbo and Inner-) be known in future as theaccord^ceU^ ^ure as thethe agreement, counties will be indemnified for any payments made to live stock owners prior to July 1, 1960.RESOLUTIONSCouncil's approval of the fol-i lowing resolutions from other counties was requested:From the city of St. Thomas:) ' that the provincial government' pass legislation or take other necessary measures to assure that in any case where two qual- : ified medical practitioners certi­fy that immediate blood trans­fusions are necessary to safe­guard the life of any child, such transfusions may be given to the child without wardship proceed­ings first being instituted, not­withstanding objections, by par­ents or guardians.!| From Lanark County Council: that the Ontario Hospital Servic­es Commission include children!1 in the care of Children's Aid Soc­ieties as a free group for insur-! ance purposes under the Act. or) else that such children be class!-) fied as indigent patients.From the city of Barrie: That the province be requested to a- mend the Child W'elfare Act to include the following:That appeals from the decision of a family court judge pe heard by a district or eounty judge in lieu of section 26 of the Act.That residence be established by a month consisting of 28 days 1 rather than 20 or more.That a neglected child bom in1' 'Ontario to any parent that hast lived in Ontario for less than 280 days immediately prior to!) the child's birth to be a charge ' of the province.That a municipality upon whom notice has been served! may call witnesses if it so de-' sires. (Section 16).That a section be added to sec-I lion 16 whereby during the next i 30 days a judge’s order has been made, the municipality f u n d | liable for same may show cause' why it should not be held liable and upon presentation of same the judge is authorized to amend such order.From the county of Ontario:Drumbo Road.that the Federal and Provincial, governments increase grants a-1 vailable to hospitals for new con­struction and equipments.From the county of Prince Ed-! ward: that the Ontario Hospital •Services Commission eliminate the three month wailing period in the case of indigent persons enrolled on a county basis and give them immediate coverage upon enrolment.oxford County Tul sociation disclosed.administration how it affects plained by L.Ingersoll, was ex- K. Coles, clerkand treasurer of the county at an Ingersoll Y’s Men’s meeting ■. Monday night.Mr. Coles compared Ingersoll as it is today to when it first became a town. He also made mention of the building of the post office, in Ingersoll, the first in the county. The speaker also talked about the history of the main roads here.Mr. Coles was introduced by George Clifton and thanked by Jim Spurgeon. Harold Uren was program chairman.Bill Shelton, retiring minor baseball coach, asked the club for the continued support of the bantam all-star baseball team this summer. It was suggested by J. G. Clement and backed by the club that the Y’s Men spon­sor the team this season and supply any new uniforms if need­ed.A sing-song was led by Don, । Cole with Clifford Underwood at! 1 the piano.Safe Of Oxford Forest Land ToThomes Authority PassesFree Press Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK—Oxford Coun­ty council yesterday gave sec­ond reading to a bylaw author­izing the sale of 16 acres of county forest land in West Zor- . ra Tp. to the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority.Third and final reading is expected today by council, which winds up its three-day session.The 16-acre tract of forest, part of 116 acres owned by the county on Concession 4 of West ' Zorra Tp., will be made into a recreation, area by the UTRCA.Yearly Cost $262Although a selling price has not been made public, the coun­ty paid $1,800 for the 116 acres in 1950. The county also pays $262.50 yearly for upkeep and maintenance to the department of forests and national resour- l ces.Tour QuartersIn the afternoon, members ofi council made their annual tour! to the Oxford County Home for the Aged.The visitors toured the bright, I airy quarters, kitchen, recrca-) tion rooms and chatted briefly with some of the 34 residents.1 After touring the home, they; inspected the barns housing 22! milking Holstein cows and! other livestock. The farm in-i eludes 100 acres and provides] almost all the food used at the1 homa.Will Open Embro. , . Other diseases and abnormal-in addition, three suspected Hies revealed by the X-rays in­cases of active TB, discovered eluded evidence of 47 cases nt during the recent mass survey,1 previous pleurisy, 145 abnormal-! have entered Sanitoria. They plies of the heart and aorta and were found in Woodstock, Till- two tumors, including cysts.sonburg and East Oxford town- Following a common-sense pro- nPr‘r- ■ i j- i , | cedure. this information is for-Official diagnosis on these cas-i warded to fa mil” doctors by the es has not yet been received Ontario Department of Health, from the Sans by MOH Dr. O. C. survey chairman J. L. Griffith Powers, he stated yesterday. stated.During the survey, 23.755 coun-| Mr. Griffith is highly pleased ty residents, or about 61 per cent by the fine co-operation shown by some 734 volunteer workersIn addition.who labored for the success ot the campaign,His one regret is the fact that: with all the work and time spent on the survey, 15,000 residents remain untested.The next mass survey will be held in 1964.SESSION BRIEFSCivil Defence Upsets HouseBy THE CANADIAN PRESS Parliament Hill Thursday, June 23, 1960The Commons erupted into a noisy exchange over opposition attempts to obtain from Hie gov­ernment a definitive statement! on civil defence policv.! >!Bridge For GamesThe bridge that was wrecked recently by a large truck just south of Embro will be open Fri­day for cars only, to accommo­date the heavy traffic that will flowing to Embro for the 24th annual highland games.No buses or trucks will be al-1lowed to pass over the bridge.) - -------------- --------, ------ .<••• -------nm v< rat;There is one-lane traffic only. - sonburg ond choirman of property committee Alex Hassock, deputy reeve ofEott Nisscuri Tp; and Warden Donald Hossock._ .... f . —Free Press Woodstock BureauOLD AND NEW — Oxford County councilors relaxed in brand new swach chairs yesterday ot the opening of their June sessions. The new choirs replace ’ the old ones installed in the late 1890s when the county building was built Examining the new and old chairs, from left. Clore Esseltine, ^eeve of Till- i OLD ROCKIN' CHAIR'S GOT ME!It Can’t Happen Here Says Council,As County Shelves Emergency PlansUnperturbed by the rocket rat­tled state of world tension. Ox­ford county council has decided against taking any immediate action for the formation of an Emergency Measures Organizat­ion within the county.A resolution passed at the fin­al session Friday afternoon ex­plained why.‘ Whereas we feel that the in­formation at hand in the matter of the proposed EMO is not suf­ficiently definite >or comprehen­sive at this time, we recommend that no immediate action be tak­en for the establishment of a county wide organization and that further information be ob­tained.”Council’s reaction to the pre­sentation made by R. T. Gavin. Zone 1 co-ordinator of the EMO branch, Ontario Department ofPlanning and Development on Wednesday afternoon, was even more unruffled.When Mr. Gavin rose to speak, council folded its collective arms and closed its collective eyes.Mr. Gavin outlined the struct-ure of a county organization. Council appeared to doze. Mr. Gavin made reference the current world situation.Council slumbered on, He told them that in casetoofnuclear attack the warning time would be 20 minutes at a max­imum.Some eyelids fluttered.One councillor roused suffic­iently to mention that he had heard this county is in a favor­able position as far as target areas are concerned.A note of asperity was evident in Mr. Gavin’s voice as he re­plied that no community i& im-mune from the possibility of mis­directed rockets.Council did lake positive act­ion on the disposition of the 67- year-old chairs, formerly used in the council chambers.Members who wished to do so were allowed to take one chair apiece home. Two chairs will be donated to the Oxford Museum and county clerk-treasurer L. K. Coles will dispose of the rest as he sees fit.The report of county assessor Fred Cade was adopted without amendment and a recommend­ation of the agriculture commit­tee that 16.44 acres of the Embro forest tract be sold to the Upper Thames River Conservation Auth­ority for the sum of $300, plus costs, was approved.A supplementary bylaw allow­ing for expenditures totalling $482,400 on the county roads sys­tem was also approved. Of tibiaamount $193,600 was earmarked. ges and $26,500 for new equip for construction, $262,300 for brid-1 ment.::aS!Accidents Cost FarmersHalf Million In OxfordWOODSTOCKAccidentscost Oxford County farmers a total of $458,946 between March 1, 1959 and February 29, 1960, according to the one-year survey of farm accidents conducted by the Ontario department of agri­culture.Total property damage amounted to $427,039 and medi­cal bills cost farmers §31,907.Six persons were fatally in­jured in farm accidents, nine were permanently crippled and 143 tempo early. There were 219 farm accidents reported. One for every 18 farms in the county. As a result, farmers lost 3,254 work days.Ninety-one of tile 219 acci­dents reported happened in farm buildings, and 39 accidents occurred off the farm; in fieldsl and lanes. 37; inside and outside the home, 35; sheds, 6; schools, 5; and miscellaneous, 6.Nature of accidents included! fires and explosions, 58; falls' and stumbles, 54; motor vehicles^ 38; caught in machinery, 18; in-j volved with livestock, 10; hit by machinery, 9 and others, 32.Causes of accidents were loss of balance, 19; frightened ani­mals, 14; poor driving, 12; slip­pery surfaces, 11; misjudgment 11; excessive speed, 8 and mis­cellaneous, 144.Woodstock Scntind-Revfew, Monday, July 4, I960 Page JDONALD A. TAYLOK, BSASUCCEEDS R. E. BELLNew Oxford County "Ag Rep" Takes Over TodayA tall, red-haired, soft-spoken man walked into the local Agri­cultural Office this morning and took up his duties as the fourth agricultural representative in the history of Oxford county.Forty-two-year-old Donald A.Taylor was born, on a farm miles west of Galt, where.two hisCivil Defence WrangleEnlivens House Debatefamily raised Jersey cattle.He attended Galt Collegiate and entered the Ontario Agricul­tural College, Guelph in 1939.Mr. Taylor graduated fromthe College in 19-14 with aBSAOTTAWA (CP) — A wrangle over civil defence, punctuated by jeers, catcalls and repeated points of privilege, enlivened the closing stages of a humdrum de­bate on health department esti- mates in the Commons Thursday night.The dispute, in which a dozen or more MPs took part, erupted when Paul Martin (L — Essex East) tried to get from Health Minister Monteith a statement of government civil defence policy.Lionel Chevrier (L — Montreal Laurier) and H. W. Herridge '/ (CCF — Kootenay West) joined Mr. Martin in needling the min­ister. who maintained that he could speak only for his depart­ment.Besides national health and welfare, the defence and justice departments and the prime min­ister's office are involved in civil defence planning.DEMAND STATEMENTThe opposition speakers argued that they were entitled to an over-all statement on such mat­ters as evacuation, government assistance for do-it-yourself fall­out shelters, and the degree of co-operation between Ottawa and the provinces.Mr. Monteith referred them to a statement he made in the Commons estimates committee, whose chairman, Art Smith (PC—Calgary South), said later in the stormy debate that Mr. Martin and other opposition members had not bothered to attend.(Mr. Martin replied that he slopped attending because he had repeatedly been told that he was taking up too much time ques­tioning witnesses.)Mr. Monteith termed the op­position arguments "just simply nqn-erwe in my estimation.”He confined himself to a gen­eral policy declaration that ifl war comes there will be only one’ job for the government of Can­ada: "The survival of Canadians to the greatest extent possible."TAKEN TOO LIGHTLYMr. Martin said the govern-i k ment has taken the whole matter of defence "as lightly as it mighti take amusing incidents which one might re^d in the comic strips.”He accused Conservative back ! benchers of treating the subject of civil defence “with a levity, rarely seen in this Parliament." |At this, cries of "privilege”! rose from the Conservative benches.Deputy Speaker Jacques Flynn: got the. House back in order, and it approved the $4,503,008 health department civil defence item without a dissenting vole. 'Phen it. placed its stamp of approval on a total departmental outlay ‘ of $1,439,240,729.। after specializing in Soils and Chemistry.He spent three years in Sim­coe county as assistant to Agri­cultural Representatives F. A. Lashley an S. L. Page, moving from there for a brief period in Lennox and Addington counties.On July 1, ,1948, Mr, Taylor was appointed "Ag. Rep.” in Prince Edward county, with I headquarters in Picton, sue-ceeding the late F. J. Webster.He is married with three child­ren, Richard 12, Patricia 9 and Susan 4.His wife, Elsie, was born in Saskatchewan and raised on a farm near Staynor. Ontario.The couple enjoy curling and are active in United Church work. Mrs. Taylor took part in Women’s Institute work in Prin- s ce Edward county. Mr. Taylor raises gladioli as a hobby.Mr. Taylor said this morning j that he is looking forward to 'he challenge of his new position."It is certainly an honor,” ha said. "Oxford has always' been recognized as one of the best agricultural counties in the pro­vince."He succeeds R. E. Bell, who was promoted to the head office of the Ontario Department of Agriculture. Toronto, the late | George Bell (1947-1953) and the late G. R. Green (1911-1947). i £NOTICETHE WEED CONTROL ACT, R.S.O. 1950 Section 3(1)Every occupant of land, or if the land Is unoccupied, the owner ahtdl destroy all noxious weeds thereon a.s often in every year as la necessary to prevent the ripening of their seeds.Oxford County Weed Inspector, KD. II. THORNTON.—<1'r-' PRINCETON STRIKE TERMED IMPORTANTThePet­lob-thatnearandeenioilthewould assume 90 per centA councilor suggestedSTAKING RUSH7-J'in the Wilcox sands.—Free Press Woodstock Bureoufineries.way and a main railway which provides excellent transportation facilities.The No. 1 well is located mand the second concession on pro­perty owned by Robert King of Woodstock.fortroit and Toronto, the matterof emergency measures was notso pressing.Malfunction PossibleMr. Gavin replied:’ iou oreven Premier Khrushchev can­A malfunction of thetackgency measures program, trainIf the committee is chosen.Woodstock city council and In■ such a program if county coun­cil doesVariousMr. McMaster, who discover-< rrp Pre** Woodstock Bureauthat Oxford County couldby accident he hit in a nu­form a committee to or-:ganize emergency nieas-; ures training.1 co-ordmator for the Ontariobranch.emergencymeasuresfence"Withworldconditionsa?trainingsaidMr.program.c ravin.supervise the program.Youcan be certain they are not fobl-I ing-Mr. Gavin estimated the costof emergency measures trainingin the county at $16,890 or 25The federalandprovincialgovernmentsWarns Accident Could MakeOxford Nuclear Attack VictimWOODSTOCK—Warnedclear attack, county coun­cil was urged yesterday toOutlines DevelopmentsR. T. Gavin of London. Zonetold council of current develop­ments in emergency measures, previously known as civil de-l(they are today. I don't have laemphasise the need for such a"The federal and provincial governments have al­lotted extra, money and have appointed cabinet ministers tocents per capita.the municipalities 10 perof the total cost.since Oxford County’ is not- major target areas such ax De­not ten where missiles will dropjif they are used in nuclear at-weapon could easily make Ox­ford County a target area.If council decides to appoint।a committee to study the cmer-ling would not start until about: September, said Mr. Gavin.it will work in.conjunction withgc-rsoll town council. Mr. Gav­in said Ingersoll Council has।expressed a desire to join inANNUAL TOUR—Oxford County councilors mode their annual tour of the County Home for the Aged yesterday. As well as touring the home, they also visited the barns and farm where most of the homeSfood is produced. From left: P. L. Pressey, reeve ofDereham Tp.; and Worden Donald Hossack arewelcomed by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Forbes, homesuperintendents.Plan Immediate StartOn Three More WellsBy STEWART WATSON exploratory drillings by major companies in the Prince-' ton area fields support predict­ions that the oil and gas strikethere may be a major discovery.Two producing gas wells have already been drilled and drilling crews are active on several sitesin the area to determine the ex­tent and potential of the field.An announcement from theMercury-Chipman Co. Ltd., Tor­onto, claims extensive testing shows their No. I well in thePrinceton field, will produce an estimated 50 barrels of goodquality oil a day as well as300,000 cubic feet of gas.Immediate drilling on three other wells will be started bythe company of the 7,300 acres of farmland in ‘Blandford, Blen­riow of over 1,000,000 cubic feeti tremendous interest in the dist- of gas a day, we are proceeding I net. immediately with the drilling of I ""Princeton field drillingsother wells," a spokesman for are being conducted in the basal Lhe Mercury-Chipman Company sands at the base of the Trenton (formation which has a tremend-said today.The new Princeton gas and oil 1according to Robert • - ■ parti- McMaster, Caledonia, Ont.cularly significant because of its (proximity lo the Toronto-Hamil-1 ed and drilled well one, is incharge of the drilling operalions.1field is considered to beton metropolitan market and re-A gas pipeline is very close to the field which is on No. 2 high­the famed Benwell Swamp in Blenheim township, at the inter­section of the Gobles Sideroadheim and Burford townships forwhich leases on gas and rights have been acquired, company announced.A strike made by Parisroleum Ltd. Hamilton on Lheacco farm of Camille De Slover,Gas has been produced over a period of 50 years in the area from shallow wells but itwas not until recently that Prin-.•eton again attracted auenuou because of lhe potential economic Importance of the newly discov-RR 1, Princeton, hack in Feb' ruary at the 2,000 foot level, may . . _ .prove to be a major discovery, ered field al a new level, A, R. Crozier, head of the Onlario Fuel Board, has staledTO DRILL OTHERS"On the basis of the success ofAccording to the company, astaking rush is on at present to gel mineral rights to all avail-the No. 1 well and two adjoining able property within miles of the gas wells, reported to have a 1 present finds which is proving ofHe said it wan the most import­ant strike he has madeinover' ant strike he has made in over50 years of experience m drillingthroughout North America.H. S. McClintock, chief geolo­gist for Russell J. Cobb Ltd. ofTulsa, who assisted in the frac­turing process for the well, be lieves Ine field is similar in na ture to the fields in Oklahoma LETTERS TO EDITORtheir Association. Embro was well represented. Left to right, Charles Beagley, Embro (1937),charter member George Holl­ier, Tillsonburg (1923,) present warden Don Hossack, Embro,the youngest warden in Ontarioi and his cousin, James Hossack, Embro (1954.) (Staff photo.) ,EX-W ARDENS of Oxford county gathered in the Court House, Woodstock, yesterday for the 27th annual meeting ofThe view* expressed by the writers are not necessarily those of The Sentinel-Review.COUNTY COUNCIL AND EMO Dear Sir;nj I cannot say just how shocked I was to read your headline in this evening's Sentinel-Review t? “It can't happen here, saysCouncil as County shelves Emer­gency Plans.” Then to read on and find that one councillor had heard this county is in a favor-1 able position as far as target j areas are concerned.One can well imagine on the third of September, 1939, a band :-of wandering Arabs just outside! Tohruck in North Africa, saying, I “This stretch of desert is in a favorable position as far as tar­get areas are concerned.” Yet some of the bloodiest actions in - World War II were fought on the desert plains of North Africa. The jungle villages of Burma were not immune from Japanese air attacks, the Dodecanese is­lands of Cos. Leros and Samos were practically annihilated by the Germans, the tiny Belgian village of Moll-Ga mpel was in a favorable position, yet somehow i war took the village in its path. Arrhem was a peaceful village in Holland until death rained । from the skies. Dieppe, whilst not in such a favorable position, was part of Hitler’s Atlantic wall, yet the Canadian Army forced its way ashore and fought one ofi the most terrible battles of all time. Similar parallels around the globe would fill a book, yet thousands and thousands of peo-I pie must have said, “It can’t, happen here.”B Just how favored would Ox-. - fold County be in any future war? Have ICBM’s been perfect-1 ed to such a degree that they can, be directed to fall unfailingly with pinpoint accuracy on their selected targets? Is no future |I defence foreseen, whereby rock­ets and nuclear bomb carrying planes can be shot down before they reach dwir targets, has war-' fare been perfected to such a degree that targets can be des­troyed on a selective basis?However, to look at the other side of the picture, let’s assume Oxford County and Woodstock in । particular, has been marked by a future enemy as being favor­ably siutated. but London has ■ not, neither has Brantford. What do we do in this county and . county town to aid the thousands' of refugees? Do we turn our backs and say. “Sorry, no help given. We were favored and you were not.” Geographically situat­ed, as the whole of Canada is. between the U.S.A, on the southand the USSR to the north, can any clear thinking individual say that any part of Canada will be safe in any future war?Can any member of Oxford County Council guarantee — 100 per cent that World War III will be fought with nuclear weapons only and on selected targets on- | ly. and that block busters and : hapalon bombs will not be used, if only to put out of actiona a < Bomarc base, which has been built in Victoria Park? I know that no Bomarc bases have as yet been slated for Victoria Park, but will that always be the ITj / •: - case?Sir, the apathy shown by Ox-|-ford County Council is incompre- hensibte. Let us all sincerely ihope. however, (hat they areright and I am wrong and in the j event of any future war. the en­emy powers that be, calmly state "Oxford County must not be at­tacked and no misdirected mis- I sites are to explode there.” But that, I think, is wishful thinking.Yours truly, R. L. HEED.County Council StudiesRevised Welfare Program“There is already a trend to the county as a key unit in wel­fare administration”, said Mr. Chown, citing the example of child welfare and county health units.“We all realize the county can provide a wider tax basis”,, he said. .Unconditional grants paid by I the province to the municipality cover the major portion of costs' of a municipal program on a I per capita basis, exclusive of the schedule of grants already.County works projects, design­ed to ease unemployment during : the current recession, could be j one responsibility of a county < welfare administration, council. was informed Friday by E. W. Chown of the Ontario Depart­ment of Public Welfare.Mr. Chown was appearing to explain the section of the Gener­al Welfare Assistance Act of 1958 which provides for the appoint­ment of a county welfare admin­istrator on a full time basis.Such an appointment would do away with the present system whereby each municipality with­in the county handles its own welfare’ program.At present, many reeves or deputy reeves double in the] role of welfare officer. This Mr.Chown deplored as part time person to ialist’s job.”Appointment of a fare administrator down on duplication“asking a do a spec­county wel- wouid cut of services,too, he pointed out.Under the act, municipalitieswith populations of more than 5,000 may, by approval of the county, appoint their own wel-mentioned, he continued. | Figuring rapidly, one council­lor advanced $5,000 as a rough; estimate of what welfare admin-! istration now costs the county.Mr. Chown was asked if costs of a county organization would be higher than that. He was unable to give an exact figure but esti­mated that the figure might be higher.Although several counties are considering the new proviso, no one county had adopted it as yet, he told council. He suggested that this could be another first for Oxford.W 5UUUQ, appviui uwu wcr;fare administrators, independent of the county set up.Woodstock, Ingersoll and Till-! sonburg would fall in this cate­gory, Mr. Chown said.The General Welfare Assistan-I ce Act provides for aid to the needy in two categories, the un­employable and the unemployed.. If the schedule of grants listed! under the Act is administered, the municipality receives an 80 per cent subsidy from the pro-vince‘TWRS A BRAW DAY FOR THE SCOTSMore Than 10,000 AttendZorra Caledonian GamesCouncil concluded that a studyMISS A. EMILY BALLMember of a former promin­ent Woodstock family and life­long resident here, Miss A. Emily Ball, 501 George street, passed' away at the family residence, on Wednesday, June 29.Miss Ball was bom in Wood-i stock, a daughter of the late Mr.: and Mrs. Francis R. Ball and lived in Woodstock all her life. She was court stenographer at! the courthouse for many years, serving under four crown attorn­eys. her father, the late Francis R. Ball, QC, the late R. N. Ball. QC, the late Craig McKay, QC and the present crown attorney. A. C. Whaley, QC. She retired from this position some years, ago. She was a member of New St. Paul’s Anglican church.Surviving are two sisters. Miss Florence 1. Ball and Miss Jessie! R. Ball both at home and one brother, Frank R. Ball, Otter-of welfare costs will be neces-g vilte.sarv before any conclusions can The late Miss Bau is re sung be reached and no further action! at the family residence 501 Geo- was taken before adjournment. | rge street where the funeraI ser- vice will be held Friday, July 1 al 2.30 p.m, Interment will be made in the family plot in the I Presbyterian Cemetery.Court TributeTo Miss BallTribute to the late Miss A., Emily Ball who died at the fam­ily residence, 501 George Street. Woodstock, on Wednesday was paid by court officials at the county police court at the county court’house Thursday afternoon.Miss Ball, who was born and raised in Woodstock and whe served under four county crowr attorneys, compiled a record of more than 50 years of service tc the crown. ____,Crown Attorney A. C. Wnaley < had this to say at court Thurs- ? j day: “Miss Ball was well known and loved in Oxford County' anc I would like to pay tribute to hei long and full life.”Magistrate R. G. Groom, Q C. $ s Tillsonburg. said: “She was 2 very capable and loyal servant It may not be given to many oi us to live in such length of years, and quality of service.”It was while her father was crown attorney in 1863 to 190J that Miss Ball first became m teresied in legal work. She work ed for her father for a few years and after that served un; der her brother. Robert N. Ball Crown Attorney Craig McKay ; from 1935 to 1952. and then under the present Crown Attorney Whaley. . ।“They used to say in Oxfore Countv that the law was run or Ball Bearings,” Miss Ball onc< quipped. ,Miss Ball attended the Wood stock Collegiate Institute anc studied piano and organ at th< Royal Conservatory of Music. —Free Press Woodstock. Bureau quodole, 1945; Milton Betteridge, 1947; Robert Rudy, 1950; L K. Coles, secretary-treasurer.Association held its annual dinner last night. From left: J. K. Wardell, warden in 1943; Alex McCor-Group of Ex-WardensToldofSeniorCitizensS. L. KrompartDies SuddenlyWell known resident of Wrxxi slock, Stanley L. Krompart, 297 Drew street, passed away sud-: denly at Victoria Hospital, Lon­don, on Thursday June 23, where he had been a patient.Mr. Krompart was bom near Dundas. He moved to Simcoe, where he was agent for >he Massey * Harris Company for some time, He was later associa­ted with the Confederation Life in Simcoe and Woodstock foi several years, serving as divis­ional manager for the company at Owen Sound for 13 years. On his retirement the family moved to Woodstock and for the past . 12 years he had been a part time member of the staff of the Ox ford County Library.He was a former active mem- ■ ? her of Kiwanis and was a Mason­ic past master. He was well known in church choir circles in cities where he had resided and sang baritone solos in church ora torios. He was also associated : . with several quartets and was a member of Central United Church.Mr. Krompart twice, his first Brown, died inwas married wife, Rachael----- „ Woodstock and his second, Louise Frairlie Huff-man, who survives him. Surviv- ing also are two daughters, Mrs. W. Clarence Taylor (Ruth), Tor-, onto and Mrs. Ivan Miller (Bet­ty), Hamilton. There are five grandchildren, also one brother,1 Harry in Dundas.The late Mr. Krompart is rest-; mg at the M. D. (Mac) Smith' funeral Home, where the fun-r eral service will be held Satur-, day, June 25 at 1.45 p.m. with Rey. J. V. McNeely of Central United Church officiating. Inter-, ment will be made in Hill­view cemeterv.QUEEN" MILKS COWFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK — With life expectancy lengthening every year the problem of adequately caring for the county's senior citizens becomes more acute, members of the Oxford County Ex-Wardens Association were told last night.Peter Smith. Woodstock Gen­eral Hospital administrator, asked the ex-wardens to give serious thought to additional fa­cilities for the county's senior citizens.“Caring for our senior citi­zens is our modern problem," he said. “Lafe expectancy has ex­panded to 70 years of age dur- ing the past 15 years. Who knows how much more it willbe lengthened in the next years."Problem ShiftedThe federal government15hasgiven the problem of caring for the aged to the provincial gov­ernment. he said. The provincial government in turn gives the problem to the county and mu­nicipal administrative bodies.Although Oxford County is one of the best equipped medi­cally, there is still an overflow of patients in various hospitals, he said. The county has 100 oc­cupied nursing home beds with a long waiting list.“We must take a realistic look at the elderly, long-stay patient situation." said Mr. Smith. ‘The next 20 years will be a critical time in regard to caring for our senior citizens.”The ex-wardens association met for a short business session in the afternoon and had din­ner at Nash's restaurant.Note Oxford Dairy Industry ImportanceThis city’s unique city hall square discarded its urban airTamJava Yesterday the county roads ACCvDl 1 cimCrS committee opened 19 tenders sub- * mitted on the bridges.The company’s low tender of $11,076 was accepted for the brid- I ge over Willmot Creek, Lot 3, on the Oxford-Brant boundary line. I I The second tender of $7,002 for construction of the Blandford - south of FrnlMV, bridge, 8. ™ thedamaged by a Ox ford-Waterloo boundary, wasSiohV hr! also ac<;ePlcd along with a third!Iwo 3nd 1 hai?£v about । tender of 21,098 for construction erintendenth f fN SRi a bridge over Clear Creek onSj^mornile1' N' M th sald the Tillsonburg-Dereham bound-Arnott Construction Co. of Ar- Work\W^ thur. Ontario, has been awarded 7nd is expected three contracts totalling $39,776 jn ift J^ks completedfor the construction of three brid- “ W KS- J- •.. .......,, I -For 3 BridgesWithin CountyRepair work ontoday and adopted a rural atmos-! phere to pay homage to cows and1 the importance of the dairy in-; dustry to Woodstock and Oxford County.The cows, installed about the city hall, reigned supreme, today, to mark another Woodstock first —“Dairy Day”, Hundreds, besi­des the usual Saturday market crowd, gathered round to help ob­serve the occasion.Perhaps Reeve Ernest Garner of West Zorra, officiating fori Warden Donald Hossack of Em­bro, summed it up best in open­ing the program when he said “we are fortunate to live in Ox­ford where there is an abundan­ce of the world’s most perfect food.”Mayor Bernadette Smith fol­lowed up with a warm welcome to city hall square. “This is a wonderful demonstration,” she . staled in her sincere welcome to the gathering. “It isn’t very often that the “square” is blocked off j to anybody,” she added.Late Spring Break-Up Cause Of Delay In Road RepairsWinter maintenance has cost Application of chemical weedfl the county S28.612 to date, reeve killer will commence shortly. | W. W. Budd, chairman of the i The bridge on road 6 at k»tl county roads committee, report- 8 West Zorra, damaged May 28 ed to council this morning. I by a tractor trailer, was inspect-With winter weather contin- ed by the bridge engineer of the I uing to the last week in March. Department of Highways and it; / the spring break-up did not occur was recommended that the struc-^B until April and as a result of tore be repaired. James A. Van-fl1 rains this spring, ce of Woodstock is now working '' |some roads have not consolidate on it. |continuouson it.ed yet. his report explained. I Road superintendent. J. N..Most hard top roads have been Meathrell, estimates that the repaired and a concentrated eff- bridge will be ready for scr ort is being made to maintain.Vlce approximately a month.hw the gravel roads in a good con-1 A contract has been awarded dition. , Ito James A. Vance on the East-Gravel resurfacing has been; completed on roads 27, 7 and 20 518.499. Total cost of 9and the balance of the gravel 1tbei structure, including materials 1 surfacing scheduled for the year will be. completed within the next 10 days.and services supplied bv t h e county, is estimated al $21,751.General contract for the Mos-; |Dust layer has been applied on all gravel roads on which no work is scheduled for this sum­cow Bridge, road 29, has been^l awarded to Keene Construction!Limited for $78,818 and the steel;)® superstructure to the Lincoln ;X“ Iron Works Limited for S3X.60U.; .mer and on sections now being ..vu ..gravelled, the dusilayer is appj Total ‘J?. 1 from'workk •mnnlHed possib,e afler|»ts east limit to the present read J'k d’ ... t I west of the bridge is estimated alThe $11,000 appropriated for $154,000.gravel road patching has been I Tenders on the Middlesex -Ox ; overspent by $2,000 to date and ford boundary bridges are being ■ the work is not yet completed, opened today' in London THEUNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO1878I960PROGRAMME FOR THE VISIT OFTHE COUNTY COUNCILSELGINHURONKENTLAMBTONMIDDLESEXOXFORDPERTHJUNE 29, I960GreetngsThe Board of Governors, the Senate and the Faculties welcome the members of the visiting County Councils and trust that this visit may be a very pleasant one.Would Drop Municipalities,A unitary form of county gov- vamp familiar political- Instltu- ernment that would dissolve the'-. ....................................local munlcIpaliUcs was sug­gested ns a possible goal yes­terday by K, Grant Crawford, professor of political science and director of the Institute of local government at Queen’s Univer­sity.He made his "proposal for a county form of government" to members of seven county coun­cils who gathered at the Univer­sity of Western Ontario for the first County Councils day. On hand were councilors from Perth, Oxford, Lambton, Middle­sex, Elgin, Kent and Huron Counties.A county form of government was suggested by Dr. E. G. . Pleva, geography professor at UWO, and a well-known plan­ning official, during hearings into London’s annexation ap­plication.Would Abolish ComponentsProf. Crawford said: "I would like to see the province enact permissive legislation .that would abolish all com­ponent municipalities in the county and form one county • government with direct election of council members from areas now represented by local munic­ipalities."He said a town would be per­mitted, under his scheme, tolions, and that tho impetus for change will have to come from the countlee themselves.Cite* Advantage*He cited six advantages whichhands of the older people, h* noted, whose thinking tends tz> conform to the standards and ideals which existed during theirformative years.government, he said, does not he feels the new form of gov- change to a blueprint, but ratherernment would have: Economy of largo acaJe operations; a sub­stantial increase In the number of full time municipal officials; a better distribution of costs; increased financial strength and credit; more effective planning; elimination of the divided alle­giance now faced by county councilors in conflicts of In­terests between their munic­ipalities and the county."The main concern is that you keep your minds open with anevolves. People dis trait radicalattitude of willingness to change" he aaid. Councilors ought to be thinking hard about what are the best ways to in­troduce change and to adjust to the new demands while still preserving the values of local government.He warned the councilors not to get so busy defending the form of government as to over­look the value of the content of the form.Desperation Brings ChangeGovernment torms, like other institutions, are largely In thechanges In familiar forms of government, and It is only when the situation becomes desperate that the politicians will take drastic action (as was done, he: suggested, with Metropolitan To­ronto).Prof. Crawford said that while it is evident county government Is not going to disappear, In­creasing costs, servicing de­mands, urbanization, and ths greater dependence of ths indi­vidual on some level of govern-, ment for aid, make it clear that some new form of the system should be introduced.After touring Medway Hall, and hearing Prof. Crawford, the councilors traveled by bus to the officers’ mesa at Wolseley Barracks for a reception, and. then returned to the university for dinner.The speaker was introduced, and thanked by Dr. G. E. Hall, president of the university.withdraw from the county, but, that in this case the province should pay compensating grants' to the county. He said such a scheme should be tried out fori a period of four or five years,। and then be submitted to a vote of ratepayers to find out if they; wished to continue with the new! government."I think this is feasible, if not a palatable solution."Prof. Crawford said he did not think this should be done allPage 2 Woodstock Sentinel-Review, Friday, June 24, 1960Tillsonburg Man Is Named To Head Ex-Warden Groupat once, but to “take one the direction hope to gethe urged counties step at a time” in of the goal, and to permissive legisla-'J. C. Eichenberg of Tillson­burg was elected president of the Oxford Ex-Wardens Associa­tion at the annual meeting intion to try experiments in im­proving municipal government.Prof. Crawford said he thinks it is unrealistic to expect the provincial government, made up of politicians, to redraft and re-Woodstock yesterday, ceeds J. K. Warden ville. Mr. Eichenberg den in 1944,During the businessHe suc- of Otter- was war-Other executive members el­ected include:First vice-president, Alex Mc- Corquodale (1945); second vice- president, Winston Nichols (1946); secretary-trea surer, L. K. Coles.-THE LONDON FREE PRESS, Thursday, June 30, 1960 7MWWARDENS ON TOUR — The seven wardens or county councils touring Medway Hall, University of Western Ontario yesterday chat with the presi­dent of the university, Dr. G. E, Hall, and the chairman of the board of governors, D. B. Weldon.rrom ieu to riant. jvnii • iw.uvy, ,Middlesex; Mr. Weldon; Esli Dodge, Lambton; Dr. Hall; J. S. Durnin, Huron; Don Hossack Oxford; Harvey Liddle, Elgin, and Walter Mogk, Perth. They attented a banquet last night.-Tlte executive committee of __.. - three is composed of: Milton portion °f I Betteridge. (1947); George Fews- ter (1949) and Robert Rudy (19-the Courtthe meeting, held in _ House, retiring president Ward-ell commented that he had al­ways enjoyed his association with “what I call the select group of Oxford county.”He paid tribute to two Charter members of the Association, which was first formed in 193350).The meeting adjourned to. Nash’s for dinner. Guest speaker was Peter Smith, administrator of Woodstock General Hospital.—George Hollier (1923) and J.Mr. Wardell also mentioned F. McDonald (1933).that the fact Oxford’s 1960 ward­en, Don Hossack of Embro, is the youngest in Ontario “speaks well for the rising generation."Mr. Hossack assured the 19 members present that their work is not over and that their advice is still very much appreciated.In reference to the “rising- generation” he felt there is a lack of Interest in municipal af­fairs in some places, “I think this is something we all are going) to have to work on,” he con­cluded.Embro Bridge Repair CompleteRepairs lo the Embro bridge, damaged recently by a truck- transport, have been completed and the bridge was opened, to through traffic Tuesday morning, county road superintendent J. N. Me a th roll announced today.Some painting is still to be । done on girders and beams, "but as far as traffic is concerned, d is back to normal," he comment-1 Wednesday, June 29, i9602:45 p.m.A««»bly«t Medway Hall (located on Univer- Mty Drive, just west of Richmond St.)3:00 p.m.Conducted Tour of Medway Hall.3:30 p,m.Address: Mr. K, Grant Crawford, MA Professor of Political Science, Director of the Institute of Local Govern- ment. Queen’s University.Topic: ’Some Rural-Urban Municipal Problems” r■4:00 p.m.Question Period.4:15 p.m.Busses leave for Headquarters Staff and Services Mess, Wolesley Barracks.4:30 to 5:30 p.m.Reception.5:30 p.m.Busses return to Somerville House, University or Western Ontario. 16:00 p.m.Smorgasbord Dinner in the Great Hall, Somer­ville House.7:30 p.m.Dispersal.Members of the Middlesex County Council are requested to park their cars in the area across from Medway Hall. A bus will be provided to transport members of the Middlesex County Council to and from H.Q. Staff and Services Mess, Wolesley Barracks.It is hoped that members of the Councils other than Middlesex County will arrive as a group by bus. Busses will park in the area adjacent to Medway Hall awaiting members who are going to the Reception at H.Q. Staff and Services Mess, Wolesley Barracks.Wardens, or their representatives, are requested to gather in the Faculty Dining Room, Somerville House, immediately on return from WolesleyBarracks. AUTHORITY ON OXFORD HISTORYColorful “Character"Disdains “Cut, Dried”Ry YVONNE MOTT ANYTHING FOR A LAUGH “Well, guess it's safe to go- ...home now - my wife should «y anything to make people have the lawn aU cut” . . with| laugh but there have been times these words Stanley J. heaved When it hasn I worked. One of . - .• .t L ■_ __Ain* romllArrinnic nt snmpII is indeed a fact that he willIn 1919, Stanley J. notes, °Re-1 turned lo Canada; felt tired so I went to California lo rest up and went broke; worked as dishwash­er for a Greek; dock walloper!for an Italian and went paper-1hi-ni self nut of the chair Rrabbed! cur earliest recoUectioftB o? some, for an Italian and went paper-r K the f«hles of Stanley J. Smith hanging. Went to Mexico o seeaid wUla Binof Ms hand leftl * our father coming home whenla bullfight and was so mortified, fhe Sentinel-Review office we were a very little girl to tell that J let the remaining creaOh ves "Stanley .1 " is all us about his latest antic. It tores out of the coitals and was thath is needed to ’introduce the: seems Mrs. Smith had been en- dgrM as an undesirable for nhi<trinu« Mr Smith in nnr rend- terlaimng some ladies and Stan- cheering foi the ouu.The Remark quoted above ley,1 considering the parly a little Wrecks and derailments pro- ic a tvnieal Smith-ism had. intending to shock or. speeding, barnstorming, stallingWhen reporters learned that .iolt the guests into a more wide his own aviation company ,airveS counSr Sy J. awake State, caused one of the ^rashes experimenting with bal-Smith was not ‘’oing to stand visitors to pass out cold. Pre- loons and he kind of adventur-for re election in'i960 they were lending great annoyance over a ok most boys and young men. for re-election in i960 they were persisled slipping dr(,.im aboul occupied Stan’s lifeOh yes,that isveteranWrecks and derailments, pro­es most boys and young menmore than a little disappointed, sock that persisted in slipping oream anou oceupiru SSdS: A’™ »e hay erabbed a thumb- for le next W yean. ,he rnnnted on for one sood lack- and shoved it into his sock! U was in 1928 that lie nrst ' ' meetin* and quite and the !e£- hammering it in: entered municipal politics in Sar-= !Sw Ahiprtinn! with the heel of his other shoe. nia. In 1933, following an airplane 'crash, he came to Ingersoll, “broke” and 26 months later, he |often it was his violent objection! with the heel of his other shoe to a bit of legislation that res- r The leg of course was an arU- cued the meeting from the fate facial one which rep aces the one. - ii-ith nmioh I'a nortnri nnm no vThe leg of course was an arti-of a dull report.Probably called a “character”,, “clown”. “fool”, “riot” andwith which he parted companyin 1925, thanks to a freight train.Please, don’t think we’re being- “Screwball” more often than any- , ---------- . . -one else in local public life, Stan ^ehcate in mentioning such' arecalls, he was a member of|.council.Stanley J is still missed aroundI the council chambers and oftenSmith certainly does not seem [thing. Bv simply refusing „ to resent the adjectives tossed J tumv □ Ipo nq bpr:one of his remarks is recalled . during an argument. According 10 to parliamentary procedure Stan-!to resent the actives tossed of'losing a leg as b^om- »bly out o3hl* dlsabIed’ Stan has proven order more t(mes during one5 that -vou’re only criPplt;d council meeting than most coun-112.^1 de^beratelj^ provoking, you you are- Most of his cnjors are during a year, but asbattles and making “smart” re-;jokes are on himself an,d his leg is often the reason for the joke. (Eg., the time the dog bit him — on his wooden leg.)marks to gain publicity. This the ^former councillor did vehement- . ly deny. 11He told this reporter on more than one occasion that he could not stand to see the open council meetings so “cut and dried”; he hated to see “all the discussion! take place in a closed committee meeting and then a rubber stamp put on it in the public meeting”! ahd could never understand “why the taxpayer doesn't insist on knowing more about what council! does and how it reaches its de- , cisions". On many occasions his sudden unexpected attack on a ■ councillor’s move would gener­ate a heated discussion that brought out facts which would; otherwise never have been pub- । newspaper fire against a lished. “That’s why I did those ■ ■ things” he told the S-R the night! ■ he retired from public life, “andIncidentally this same leg does not prevent him from marching with the veterans of World War I in the Remembrance Day par­ades.cillors are during a year, but as one of his colleagues stated once; “At least you always know how1 he feels”.Today, retired from politicsand from the railroads (after a-,Clerk, Aide Compile New Oxford HistoryFree Woodhlpck BureauWOODSTOCK — A brief history of Oxford County and its wardens and eouncllorn since 1850 haa been compiled by L K, Coles, clerk-treasurer, and his secretary, Mrs. Betty Wood.As residents of Oxford Coun­ty thumb through the one- inch thick volume, they will read about the men who led the way in opening up the area.The four loose-leaf books were started In 1956 and each year new names and notes are added, said Mr. Coles. Three of them are available on a rental basis and the fourth copy is kept at the county building.Oxford County’s first ward­en in 1850 was Benjamin VanNorman, of Dereham Tp. In 1851, John Scatcherd, of Nissouri Tp., was warden. Donald Matheson, of West Zorra Tp., served as warden from 1853-56. The list includes the present warden, Donald Hossack, of Embro.Before Oxford County was incorporated in 1850, the area was known as the District of Brock. The first district coun­cil met in the courthouse on Feb. 8, 1842.Under County Councils Act of 1896. Oxford County was divided Into seven districts known as county council di­visions. Each division was represented in county council ‘ by two members who held of­fice for two years.The first division was the Town of Woodstock; second. Town of Ingersoll, and the townships of North Oxford and West Oxford; third, Vil­lage of Embro and townships of East Nfssourf and West Zorra: fourth, townships of Blandford and Blenheim; fifth. Town of Tillsonburg and Dereham Tp.; sixth. Village of Norwich and townships of North Norwich and South Nor- ; wich; and seventh, townships of East Zorra and East Ox­ford.On his 40th birthday Stan de­cided he had had quite an inter­esting life and began to record some of the events. “If Life Be­gins At Forty I’ve Been Only Fooling” would make anyone shake his head in disbelief, butbout 50 years “on and off’) Stan: is by no means inactive. He finds' 'more time than ever to devote; to his historical research and isStan swears everything in true.With his permission we a few excerpts:”1902 — Built a strawit isprintand barnpresently continuing his work on the story of John Brown.Whether you agree with StanJ ley J. Smith’s politics or not,! you’ve got to admit he isn’t ashamed to state his opinions and1 if you do happen to think he’s a “character”, you’ve got to ad-! mil he is a colorful one — and1, wouldn’t the world be dull with- •out them!With sterling currency still in use, the area was super­vised by the governor-general who had the power to dis­allow any bylaws within 30 days of their passing and dis­solve the councils.On April 12, 1856, a bylaw was passed making TTiames- ford a police village. Others were Otterville, June 4, 1891; Drumbo. Dee. 9, 1903; Beach- ville, Dec. 8, 1904: Princeton, Dec. 5, 1906; Plattsville, Dec. 5, 1907; Bright, Dec. 9, 1908;Innerkip, Feb. 27, Burgessville, Jan.1913: and 29, 1915.not to get my name in the pap- er.”LIKES THE TRUTHHis passion for truth and mak­ing things public goes hand in hand with his intense interest in all things historical and his par-, ■ ticular interest in Oxford Coun­ty history.door to keep warm; no insur­ance on barn and crops, but all the livestock was saved.“1903 — Moved into the city of Chatham and was placed upon the top of the furniture load to save a railway fare. Curiosityprompted me to pull a slip knotin the rope to see what would happen. • A walnut-finished tableturned into a finished Walntit table and all the dishes wereHis home is a collector’s para-; । broken. Wrist sprained.” dise of rare old books, beautifulantique glassware, clocks, photo-; graphs, old newspapers and all! ■ things relating to the study of! | history. The newspapers, books r and clocks are touched by no one . 'j except Stanley J., but the lovely > < display of glassware is arranged.1 by and cared for by his wife, May.Mrs. Smith not only shares her . .-.r' husband’s interests and encour-, ages him in his research, but1 . fortunately possesses a good sen- . se of humor. One can under-! K stand the necessity for this after hearing of her husband’s trip to Vancouver and his return gift to her — a tin of salmon from a, local grocery store. We recall;Admittedly, this man who ini the past Iwo decades has prob- ■ ably been discussed as much anyone in Ingersoll, will “do any thing for a laugh."SERIES OF JOBSAfter a series of jobs including a newspaper route, delivery boy, newsboy, theatre usher, elevator operator, working at unloading freight boats, Stanley J’s father apprenticed him lo a Sarnia newspaper. In 1913 he finished his apprenticeship, resigned and i got a job on the railway.In 1914 he was promoted to switchman and freight brake- man and promptly enlisted in an; infantry battalion with the Over- : seas Military Forces of Canada. ' He saw a great deal of action, Sthe inside of a few jails and a couple of hospitals. Of interest is his note pertaining to 1917: । “Over the top of Vimy Ridge and Hill 70. In hospital withbeing shown Stanley’s den after his return from hospital a few' years ago. "Look at it" he , . v iLsaaaimoaned. “She went and cleaned shrapnel; 26 days later hospital it all up, filed everything away;1 was bombed and I was rewound-. J can’t find a thine" After1 ed in th(' ,icad- Finally got some- more of this bitter complaining '’J’0 *HiJa8ffoodiabout his wife's annoying habit, wrotc^ io Dad with the good| of being tidy he turned to us 'and win.jpered “Isn't she won-.aa derful?” kS?■St•-VBegin Work On Lane For Area Aged HomeFree Press Woodstock Bureau'WOODSTOCK — Work has begun on excavating and grad- ' Ing for paving of a lane around the Oxford County Home for the Aged.The program, which will be completed in two years, will cost an estimated $6,000. Ap­proval haa been granted by the department of health and wel­fare which will pay 50 per cent of the cost.Contractor Is A. F. Hamilton Ltd., of Woodstock. Several trees in front and back where tlie lane will pass, have been cut down. Thore is no lane be­hind the home at present.L, K. Coles, Oxford County clerk-treasurer, said one of the main considerations for paving is to provide better access to, three fire hydrants on the west side and one in front of the home.Two small Islands in front of the homo have been removed in preparation for paving. The driveway in front will be Wld-l ened and two parking lots will .;^ihe situated on either side of the front entrance.County Home Driveway To Be Pavedof|The Ontario Department Public Welfare has approved the! payment of a 50 per eent sub-': sidy toward the cost of paving a: Circular driveway at the Oxford: County Home, countv clerk-treas-i urer L. K. Coles said this morn­ing.Contractor A. F. Hamilton Ltd. .of Woodstock will begin, grading: operations at the site next week.The project, which involves the! paving of approximately 720 feet1 of driveway, is expected to be. completed in 1961, Mr Coles said*This week, three or four trees ; have beeh removed and shrubs1 transplanted Two flower beds.; formerly in front of the building., have been eliminated.The circular drive will improve , the appearance of the County) Homo and provide easier access’ to a fire hydrant located at the! '. rear of the building, according;- lo Mr. Coles.. Cost o( the completed projectL , is estimated at between $6,000 and $7,000, close-up photo of the plaque which is erected on the lawn of the Tillsonburg town hall. (Staff photos).THE UNVEILING of the plaque was performed by V. H. Tillson, QC, (centre) LEFT photo, shown with two of his little nieces, immediately afterthe ceremony. Mr. Tillson is a great grandson of the town’s founder, the late George Till­son. In the RIGHT photo is «UNVEILED BY GREAT GRAND-SON JTillsonburg’s FounderHonored With Plaque■'Considering its actual found-1 Smith who was loudly applaud-,ing off the trees he had his hold*, ig date for its incorporation in led. lings cultivated and converted hisBv STANLEY SMITH I -------~ -----------------Finder sunnv skies the unveil-mg date for its incorporation in, ed.inr of a plaque to commemorate 1865 from then until now, one H THE PLAQUEthe founder o< the town of Till-can truly make this observation,:! The commemorative sonburg was held vesterday aft-‘what a fine town Tillsonburg j reads as follows: emoon in front of the TiUson- has become’ . 1 Rnrn -biire town hall. About 125 in'er- My role here today is to re-16OO acres into fine farms. He marker was a noted advocate for good i roads and led the delegation। ■■Born in Enfield. Massachusetts, which eventually ‘planked’ the hum town hall About 125 inter- «« ncit Luudj 10 LU ie- ITillson came to Upper Canada, present day No 19 Highway p-tA citizen' were present and Present the Archaelogical and in 1822, where he operated the from Port Burwell to Ingersoll ested citizens were present a u 4 Normandale Iron Foundry, Nor- and financially backed the stage,folk County, in partnership with'coach which made the journey Hiram Capron and James and*twice daily in each direction. For Benjamin Van Norman. In 18251 a number of years he was Ox- he sold his holdings in that pion- ford s road commissioner and eer enterprise and bought 600 served several terms in the Dere; acres of land, including a mill ham township council before Till- site, in this vicinity. Here, in sonburg was detachea in 1865.burg town hall. About 125 in‘er-manv guests historically inclined Historic Sites Board of Ontario took part in the activities. and tins p aque is one of many being erected throughout thisThe gathering was welcomed province. In Oxford county five by Mayor E. S. Vance who paid have been approved and others tribute’ to all those concerned are now under consideration by in securing recognition of a fam- the Board. I appeal to those lily which was so closely identi- present today to bling to our at- ified with the town since its very tention the many people and ev- ' inception, and thanked the offi- ents of this area which will war- I cials of the Ontario Archaelogi- rant marking historic sites. Re- Ical and Historic Sites Board of member, much research is re-the Department of Travel and quired before these sites are fin- Publicity for the Province of On- ally approved by the board and tario for its commemorative nla- ilartnershiiip with Benjamin aVn TILLSON’S GREAT-GRANDSON he built a new forge| V. H. Tillson, QC, was thev • 1 I T’b. « z'zvl < I /x i-" . mzwL r* A f ri rsNorman,________ ___ .and a sawmill. The settlement next speaker and the one who un- which grew around these indus-' veiled the plaque honoring his tries was known at first as Dere- great grandfather. Mr. Tillson j ham Forge, but following the confessed that the original history survey of the town plot in 1837, . of his illustrious ancestor was |it was named Tillsonburg in hon-' rather scanty and could only re- " ‘ ifer to family scrapbooks for very| , meagre history. Family tradi-k j___ I Councillor Winmfred Williams tion has it that before his great-! Continued Mrs. Smith, “This.?1 Ingersoll, president of the Ox- grandfather took out his deed forGeorge Historical Society, three ad-J his property that he journeyedwe require your help and yourknowleddge of local history inque. Knowieaage ot local History mm was nainea nus<Gordon W. Innes, MLA for Ox- considering possible sites for the, or of its founder.” ford conveyed greetings from the Iprovince of Ontario and termed moke plaqlls TiUsonburg a “great little town C—, and very few could match its plaque honoring, Mr. Gwtftv , . . - ■ -- - ,...o ...u.ambitions” Mr Innes extolled Tillson, was a natural one. In ditional light on history concern- from Norfolk and spending theambitions, mr. umes ex«m a,---------------u , m;„ the life of George Tillson.'day viewing possible mill sites.Miss Williams voiced the soc- m‘ ’ • ................iety's appreciation for the invita­tion to attend the ceremonies, and to take part in the proceed­ings. “We are always glad . . . very glad ... to contribute our bit to the collection and comme­moration of any historical incid­ent in Oxford. Personally, I am always happy to pay my grateful'i the virtues of the old settlers who our research we found that Till- toiled unceasingly, pioneering, sonburg was spelled with only and opening up the county to one letter L . . Tilsonburg, when develop into such a free land to- it was incorporated as a police dav village in 1865, and it took at5 stockedfX « presently under consideration welcomes suggestions and infor- . . Archaeological and His-for toric Sites board,gbut them are .........a° or two items lo be cleared1 factors’ and such a one is un-- °n an" lnr°rmafl0n' ht- before final approval. As mayor ,doubtedly this man, George Till- :,laiea- , 1V , . of Woodstock, I congratulate your I son, whom we are rememberingDue to pressure of public busi-'ifown for your youthful ‘Get-up*! this day nearly one hundredsay that the founder of Wood­respect to our 'founders and bene-The day passed too quickly, with the result that he had to spend the night under a friendly tree, which was located on the corner1! of Highway 19 and Simcoe street.!The speaker also recalled that' he was informed that Broadway street was cut through a gentle wooded slope and was widened to its present width by his grand­father. "I have often wondered if my great-grandfather everi thought to himself of the future! of Tillsonburg. If he visualizedHealth UnitSeeks NursesOxford County Health Unit is advertising for two public health nurses, so far .without success.Miss Mae Haviland, nursing/ supervisors, stated this morning that vacancies on the staff haven been created by the resignationsii of Miss Rita. Yates, Mrs. Lorna , Douglas and Mrs. Mary Alice! Hicks.One replacement. Miss Norine | Rowley, of Brantford, has been d hired.The vacancies reduce the num- i ber of staff members to nine public health nurses and one clin­ical nurse. Miss Haviland said.;It is difficult to obtain certi­fied public health nurses as they! are required to take a one-year university course after obtaining: their registered nurse’s certifi­cate.Services of the Unit will not hr curtailed by the shortage, ac­cording to Miss Haviland.ness at Ottawa, Wallace Nesbitt, ,and-go,' as you sec that you are : . MP for Oxford, was unable to yOunger than Woodstock. Finally, attend L. M. Gray, of London, us a Sfrong Oxford His* a member of the executive of the:, forical society and better sup- Ontario Historical Society, was |port of the Oxford museum also unavoidably absent, and his where all of our records are place was taken by Mrs. Berna- preserved to leave a great and dette Smith, curator of Oxford worthwhile heritage to those who— —„ ..... .........^.„:whal his pioneering meant to theyears after his death In August, district? He lived to a ripe age 186'1. and witnessed many changes*“Mr. Tillson was born in the from a forest to a busy commun-i s United States and married one ily.”County Museum.In her address Mayor Smith, member of the Archaeological and Historic Sites Board, statedwill follow our leadership ture years," concludedthat the day was memorable in the annals of the town of Till­sonburg in unveiling the plaque which paid tribute to the founder of the community.• Jfr 7. II1- . - • J.Nancy Barker from the Stale of Mr. Tillson pointed out that the Maine,’’ the speaker pointed out. fifth generation of the Tillsons- “After the war of 1812 many was in evidence and he men-i citizens of the United States, dis*;Honed that his daugher, and her appointed in their Utopia came daughter, were attending the un-: Mrg.ito Canada. In 1821, Joseph Van veiling. The meeting closed with | Norman came to Norfolk and a Benediction by the Rev. R. D.| 'started a foundry and the follow- Mac Donald.in fu-K. R.mg year, 1822, he was joined by K. R. Macpherson, research! orge Tillson and Henry Capron. । director for the historical branch. In 1825, Mr. Tillson sold his ~Macphersonresearch.interest and came to Dereham township and commenced a foun­dry and sawmill. Dereham was a virgin forest and after clearDepartment of Travel and Pub­licity, who supervised the erect­ion of the memorial to Mr Till son, was also present for the ceremony.DR. A. CAMERON. WALLACE ■o Polio ReportedIn Oxford In 1960So far this year, no cases of ion of whooping cough, lei anus, polio have been reported in Ox-’ diptheria and polio, available al ford county, Medical Officer of all baby clinics.Health, Dr. O. C. Powers statedI In addition, immunization a- uiis morning. j...............................P°Wers ^^l®8 ^at pt«-uinuJ enmes, m.M L.i?er cent. of.lhe throughout the county. Adults i. ion of the county has received Oxford were provided with an at least one immunizing shot of opportunity to attend lhe free S^CCl^e‘ Alm^st P°iio cynics held in the county approVed'T^children, who constitute about 20 last year. Manv people took ad- n ent of Health Ta four-way vaccine f6r prevenb| of°thTbaby cbbics^ 0Urlaccine. Almost all school pohu children, who constitute about 20 last ,per cent of the population, have vantage of the‘privilege, had he shots. Dr. Powers said. I For those who did not,PAGE 6Of.Even with Ilie protection fered by the Salk treatment, it is still possible to contract tho1 disease, “However,'’ Dr. PowersjPROGRAMMEgainst the dread disease, is of- reminded, fered at pre-natal clinics, held ually lesstllvu vumwueramy oy, « in the administration of vaccine.”' 'The new oral vaccine for polio, recently introduced, has not been, “the severity is us­ually lessened considerably byFORTY-FIRSTDr./; •Ontario Association of Managers and Matrons of theHOMES FDR THE AGEHSATURDAY, JULY 30, I960All The Best For Its 150thA tip of the hat this weekend to the village of Norwich and its township of North Norwich which is having a high old time celebrating its 150th anniversary. Centennials are fairly common in this I country these days but few communities as yet have attained the sesquicentennial mark. A notable exception to this state­ment is found in the village of Otterville sister municipality to the celebrating Nor­wich. Otterville threw its hat in the air in 1957 to mark its 150th birthday as a settlementNorwich with careful planning have drawn up a program for the weekend which began last night with dancing in the streets and went on into today with a ball tournament and merchants participat­ing in a "Sidewalk Day.” Tonight theTo Norwich Anniversarycommittee has planned a huge auction sale in the main street. Sunday will see special services in the churches in the morning and a union service at the band shell in the park in the evening. A band concert after the service and a tour of the village in the afternoon will be features of the Sunday program.Civic holiday will see the village take on a carnival atmosphere with a parade, pony rides, helicopter rides contests and a chicken barbeque. The whole thing is to be topped off with a firework display Mon­day evening.Norwich’s celebrations are well plan-i ned and well rounded it would seem. We! wish them well and a bang-up time fori everybody.JUNE 7th, 8th, 9th and 10thNineteen Hundred and SixtyFRIENDLY ACRESFort FrancisHOUDAY VILLAGEOntarioR. G. Groom to Attend Conference on CrimeTILLSONBURG — Magistrate R. G. Groom. QC., of Till- i sonburg, left yesterday to attend the Second United Nations j Congress for the prevention of crime and the treatment of of­fenders, scheduled to get under way Monday in London, Eng.Lack Of Provincial Funds May Affect Oxford ProgramNo new road building projects .bridges, two on the north bound- i ? will be started in Oxford county ary of Blandford township, being before the end of August, county] built in conjunction with WaterlooDue for DiscussionThe two-week seminar also 1 will discuss juvenile delinquen- S cy, from a cause and prevention viewpoint and the controversial | topic of prisoner custody., Magistrate Groom, a past (president of the Ontario Magis­trate’s Association and a judge Jin the Oxford County juvenile and family courts, will be ac­companied by Mrs, Groom. The 1 couple will also represent the M United Church of Canada at a committee meeting of the World Council of Churches to be held in St. Andrew^, Scotland.While Magistrate Groom is overseas, the Oxford County cir­cuit will be presided over by Magistrate F. G, McAlister, of London.WOODSTONIAN NAMED TO P0 ST—— — . ____MAGISTRATE GROOMroad superintendent J. N. Meath- county and two on the Middle- rell announced this morning. sex-Oxford boundary*, undertaken Commenting on a report that!jointly by the two counties.provincial funds for road subsi-| In addition, bridges are being dies are almost exhausted, Mr. built on county road 29, east of Meathrell said, “we won’t know Drumbo, on the North and South how this is going to affect us Norwich boundary, on the East until the end of August.” land West Zorra boundary and A supplementary bylaw passed the Tillsonburg-Dereham town- by county, council in June called' ship boundary.for $482,400 to be spent on major; Provincial subsidies are paid road construction jobs in Oxford following the presentation of a this year. statement at the end of theOrdinarily, government subsi the county’s fiscal year in Dec­dies would cover about 50 per ember, Mr. Meathrell said.statement at the end of thecent of this amount, the road1 Interim subsidies paid during superintendent said. Oxford has 'been notified by the Ontario De­partment of Highways that fig­ures on the amount of the 1960 subsidy will not be available un­til after the end of this month.No action wilj be taken on awarding contracts for two road grading jobs on which tenders have been called, before thatthe year are deducted from the full amount at the end of the year..rKjtime, Mr. Meathrell stated.Tenders were called for grading^ J® roads located south of Cody’s Corners and west of Brownsville., Work will continue on eight bridges presently under construc­tion.—— — _ — _ _ _ . _, _ _ Four of these are boundaryDr. A. C. Wallace To Head UWO Cancer Research Lab' ' zl*H = J ‘I 1 'P'K^tci.w.we♦♦♦TUESDAY. JUNE 7th7:00 p.m.Registration at Holiday Inn, Fort Francis, Ontario♦♦♦WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8th9:00 a.m.Registration at Holiday Inn10:00 a.m.Convention called to ordor by the President S. R. TAYLORTHE QUEENAddress of Welcome by: MAYOR J. T. LIVINGSTONE and othersPresident's Address Reading of Minutes, Correspondence, Treasurer's Report and Appointment of Committee on Nominations and Resolutions.Introduction of New Members by MR. L. E. LUDLOW Director of Homes for the Aged11:00 a.m.Break for Group Discussions and Workshops Elected Bodies — Own Program Charitable Institutions — Own Program Municipal Homes — Own ProgramAfternoon — 2:00 p.m. Address by HON. LOUIS P. CECILE Minister of Public Welfare, Province of Ontario Introduced by MR. WM. NODEN, M.L.A. Thanked byAddress MR. L. E. LUDLOW Director of Homes for the Aged 3:00 p.m. Panel MR. DREW Moderator 2 Elected Members 2 Municipal Homes 2 Charitable InstitutionsDiscussion6:00 — 7:00 p.m. — Friendship Hour Municipal Banquet — Rainy Lake Hotel Guest Speaker A. L. PHILLIPS Manager of Northern DevelopmentEntertainment ♦♦♦THURSDAY, JUNE 9fhRecreationFishing, Boat Trip or Bus Trip Fish Fry at NoonFriendship Hour at 7:30 p.m.8:30 p.m.Elected Bodies Dinner8:30 p.m.Superintendents and Matrons Dinner♦♦♦FRIDAY, JUNE IOth9:30 a.m.Reports from Chairman Elected Bodies Worshop Charitable Institutions Workshop Municipal HomesUnfinished BusinessReport of Nominating Committee and ResolutionsPresentation of Gavel to New PresidentPresentation of Pin to Outgoing President3:00 p.m.Visit to Rainycrest OFFICERS I960PAST PRESIDENTS♦♦♦Past President PHILIP LOVICK Assistant Superintendent Waterloo County HomePresidentS. R. TAYLORSuperintendent, Glen-Stor-Dun Lodge, Cornwall, Ontario1st Vice-President W. ROSZELL Superintendent, Fergus, Ontario2nd Vice-President BRIGADIER PARKINSON Eventide Home GaltExecutive Members Wm. McWILLIAM Prince Edward County, Picton W. W. LINDSAY Grey County Home, MarkdaleDOUGLAS RAPALJE Superintendent, Welland Home D. VANCAMPSuperintendent, Greenacres, NewmarketR. J. FORBES, Secretary Superintendent, WoodstockM. G, ROUNG, Treasurer Superintendent, Dundas Auditors EDITH LOVICK Superintendent, Kitchener PEARL SIFTONSuperintendent, Laughlen Lodge, Toronto♦♦♦l920-'2l-'22 - Welland County - G. B, McClellan*1923'24- Lincoln CountyF. Sifton*l925-'26Waterloo County• H. W. Martinl927-'28Grey County- Alex Smith*I929-'3OWentworth CountyJ. H. Bates*193 l-’32Lanark CountyR. J. Duffy*1933-'34Bruce CountyR. 1. Wilesl935-'36Hastings County- E. Sandercock1937-'38- Oxford County- R. J. Forbes1939-'40- Norfolk County- W. Smith1941City HamiltonMiss M. Harris*1942Waterloo County- E. A. Amos1943Wellington County- J. F, Beattie1944Simcoe CountyJ. Jardine*1945Ontario CountyJ. Read*1946Brant CountyJ. L. Maycock*1947 - Dundasand Glengarry CountiesHome - R. L. Silsmer1948 - Salvation Army Home, Toronto - Major B. BourneI949-'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. McKelvey1955 - Clerk-Treas., Ontario County - Wm. G. Manning l956-'57 - Belleville County Home - Kenneth Yorke1958 - Northumberland & Durham Counties Home -Wm. Duncan1959 - Waterloo County Home - Phillip LovickJ. E. PEART* - - . Sec. 1920-1947 *—Deceased CONSTITUTIONI. NAMEThis association shall ba known at the Ontario Assoc- ciatlon of managers of the Homes for Aged.2. OBJECTSThe objects of the Association shall be:(a) A closer official and personal relationship among the Superintendents and Matrons, and others interested in the management of Homes for the Aged, and concerted action In the welfare of the aged of the various institutions throughout the Province.(b) The promotion of such suggestions or regulations as will best tend to a more uniform system of management and accounting.3. MEMBERSHIPThe members of the Association shall be:(a) The Superintendents and Matrons of Homes for Aged.(b) Any persons or members of Committee under whose jurisdiction the 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 the Association and four members selected from the mem­bership at large at the Annual meeting.Six members shall form a quorum.6. AUDITORSTwo Auditors shall be elected at the Annual Meeting whose duty it shall be to examine the books and vouchers of the Treasurer and present a certified report at the Annual Meeting.7. ANNUAL MEETINGThe Annual Meeting of the Association shall be hold in such month and at such place os may bo determined at the Erevious Annual Meeting and on such dates as may ba fixed y the Executive Committee, of which at least two months' notice shall be given to the members.8. FEES(a) That the Annual Municipal membership fee for each Institution be $20.00 a year which shall include the Superin­tendent and Matron and two delegates.(b) The Individual Membership shall bo $2.00.(c) The Charitable Institutions shall bo $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 eligibility of the applicant forward to him a certificate of membership and place his name on the membership roll. The Fee so paid shall cover membership to the date of the opening of the next Annual Meeting only, when the Fee for the year commencing on that date shall become due and payable.10. 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 the Chairman of the Executive Committee and call meetings of the Committee when in his judgement the same may ba 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 recommendation* as may in Ma judgement bo in the bolt interests of the Association. This report he shall submit to the Executive Committee, previous to the opening of the Annual Meeting, and If approved by the Committee It shall be presented to the Association during the first session of the opening days.(b) VICE-PRESIDENT: The First Vice-President shall. In the absence of the President, assume his position and dis­charge his duties, and in doing so shall be possessed of all powers enioyed by that officer. In the absence of the First Vice-President the Second Vice-President shall preside, as­suming the duties of the President.(c) SECRETARY: The Secretary shall have charge of the books, papers, and other property of the Association: record the minutes of all meetings of the Association and Executive 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.(d) TREASURER: The Treasurer shall receive all monies due the Association by members, or from other sources, giving receipt therefor, and depositing all monies received in Bank. He shall submit his books and accounts to the auditor and shall present to the Executive Committee before the opening of the Annual Meeting a full and complete statement duly audited, of the finances of the Association, showing all receipts and disbursements for the year, together with a complete statement 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. AMENDMENTSAdditions, alterations or amendments to the Constitution or By-Laws must be made at the Annual Meeting. Any member desiring a change may submit amendments or motions in writing at the Annual Meeting, upon which a vote may be taken, and it shall require a two-thirds vote of all the members present, and voting to carry any addition, alterations, or amendments.O CANADAO, Canada! Our home and native land!True patriot love in all thy sons command.With glowing hearts, we see thee rise, The true North -strong and free;And stand on guard, O Canada, We stand on guard for thee.O, Canada! Where pines and maples grow, Great prairies spread and lordly rivers flow, How dear to us thy broad domain, From East to Western sea;Thou land of hope for all to foil, 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. WNORWICH MARKS 150TH ANNIVERSARYIt give me great pleasure indeed to associate with the Nor­wich Gazette in this special issue commemorating the 150th anniversary of Norwich Village and North Norwich.The years that have elapsed between 1810 and today en­compass practically the whole span of Ontario history. The Norwich settlement was one of the first in the province and the present sesquicentennial celebration is of interest, not onlv to: your area, but to the whole province.On this happy occasion. I extend my heartiest congratula-'' tions to the descendants of the doughty pioneers of 1810 and sincere good wishes for the continued progress and development of your community.LESLIE M. FROST, Prime Minister of Ontario. |QUEEN of the Norwich ses- quicentennia), Miu Lynne Wri­ght, TOP receives an affect­ionate greeting from grand­father, Reeva L. E. Force ofNorwich after she was select­ed from nine contestants in the competition Monday. LOWER. Award winner# from the finest beards gather after judging.Left to right behind the foliage are Norwich citizens, Howard Alexander, the bushiest beard; Dick Harrison, the longest;Bev Avey, the best Van Dyke; Bill Bushfield, lhe straggliesU- beard. (More photos and story on Page 2).Europe Made Fun Of Livvies Basketball PlayVANCOUVER (CP)-A mem­ber of Canada's Olympic basket­ball team says opposing player* “almosi hnighed in our faces'* because of the way the Canadian team was handled.Al B i r 11 e s of Summerland, B.C., made the complaint Thurs-| day when he and John Kootne- koff of Albemi. B.C., arrived from Rome where the Canadian r basketball learn was eliminated in preliminary play. They '»ad ; joined lo members of the Till- sonburg Livingstones in forming the team."They almost, laughed in our faces because they thought we were so stupid." Birtles said. "If we d had decent coaching." Bir- ties said, "we'd still be there." BEST WISHES FROMOXFORD COUNTYTONORWICH AND NORTH NORWICH ON THE OCCASION OF THEIR SESQ'JICENTENNIAL4*4-** 4* 4- •F*4* 4* 4*4-4- 4* 4*Your 1960 Oxford County CouncilBLANDFORD . BLENHEIM . .. . DEREHAM . . . EAST NISSOURINORTH NORWICH SOUTH NORWICH EAST OXFORD . .NORTH OXFORD . .WEST OXFORD . . .EAST ZORRA......... WEST ZORRA . . .• , - GORDON ARMSTRONGCLIFFORD CUNNINGHAM — PETER McDONALD, D.R. PL- PRESSEY— GEORGE R. NAGLE, D.R. JOHN BOLTON — ALEX HOSSACK, D. R............ W. W. BUDD — . . LORNE W. JUNKERTILLSONBURG. . . . CLARE H. ESSELTINE EMBRO ............................NORWICH.........................TAVISTOCK.............................DAVID J. CHAMBERS ..........GEORGE H. DAVIS .... HILTON C. VIRTUE .............. WM. BAIGENT GEORGE WALLACE, D. R. — J. ALEX. HENDERSON ERNEST F. GARNER CYRIL J. DEMEYERE. D.R.DONALD HOSSACK ................LESLIE E. FORCE .................. ROBERT RUDY New York State 4-H Group Visiting OxfordAnnexation Possibility In 10 YearsX 4 AWELCOMED TO OXFORD — Ten 4-H Club mem­bers from Chautauqua County, N.Y., are on a one- week visit to Oxford County. One point of interest visited yesterday was Woodstock Courthouse on Hunter Street. L. K. Coles, clerk-treasurer for Ox­—Free Press Woodstock Bureau ford, welcomed the visitors and conducted a tour. From left, are Sandra Sears, Judy Raynor and Leon Beichtol, all of Chautauqua County; Mr. Coles, and Frank Meisner, RR 7, Woodstock.Free Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK—Ten Oxford County families are hosts this week to a group of United States goodwill ambassadors, demonstrating that the bond of friendship spans many acres of rolling farm land and sprawling industrial centres.counterparts as part of an ex­change program. Ten Oxford County 4-H Club members visited Chautauqua County last month.The visitors are 4-H Club members from Chautauqua County. New York, and theyThe group, accompanied by Norman Watson, associate agricultural representative for Oxford, yesterday toured che Oxford and district cattle breeders’ unit, Oxford County building, the farm of Grantflue-cured tobacco marketing exchange, Tillsonburg and the United Co-operatives of the Ontario fertilizer plant, Till­son burg.Thursday, the American visitors will attend the 4-Hjunior fair during stock fair.The visitors are the homes of thethe Wood-staying at followingare visting their Canadian. Smith, cBurgessville; Ontariofamilies: Mr. and Mrs. Grant Smith, Burgessville; Mr. and Mrs. Murray Armstrong, RR 1,Curries; Mr. and Mrs. Don Matheson, RR 3, Embro; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hewer, RR 3, Tillsonburg; Mr. and Mrs. Wil­bur Lawrence, RR 1, Embro; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Purday, RR 1, Mount Elgin; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Meisner, RR 7, Woodstock; Mr. and Mrs. Har­old Hycock. RR 5, Ingersoll; Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Scott, RR 3. Woodstock, and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Griffin, RR 5, Woodstock. aWOODSTOCK—Studies will be carried out soon to : determine whether Wood- stock can adequately ac-j commodate its growing population in the next 10 to 20 years or if the city should be expanded, said City Manager R. G. Mor-' row yesterday.Conducting SurveyWoodstock planning board has approved the appointment of । M. M. Dillon, Toronto traffio1 consultant to conduct a survey of the city, he said.A technical committee com­posed of city and department of highways officials has de­cided to ask the consultant for an estimate of the work which well be reported to the plan­ning board and city council for further approval.Mr. Morrow said the Wood-; stock planning board estimated a three-part study the city —• traffic, boundaries and official plan — will cost $22,000. The city is waiting for approval of a 75-per cent subsidy on cost of the traffic study portion only, he said.Partial SubsidyThe city manager estimated the subsidy would be about $7,- 000„ The department provides a subsidy only on the traLio study, and the city will bear the cost of the two other studies.One of the reasons for the study is to determine if any overpass is required on C3nr.:e Street at the Canadian National Railway, said Mr. Morrow. .:a possibility of constructing a by­pass from the Governor’s Rc_d to Highway 401 will also ba studied.Look To FutureMr. Morrow said surrounding townships are co-operating with the study. The possibility of an­nexation is only speculation and might not occur for 20 years or more, he said. But the plan­ning board and city are anxious to determine just what traffic , facilities they do have, and if the city's present housing areaswill accommodate the population growth in 10 years or more.Members of the committee arranging vey are Allan Argue,expected , the nexttechnical the sur- depart-!ment of highways planning and design branch; William nibury, Woodstock ajid suburban area planning board; Ross Raymond, Woodstock planning board; C5ty Engineer D. G. Kimber, Chief' Constable W. J. Ennis; Robert Bees, board of trade, and Mr. Morrow.QUEEN OF THE WATER VISITSworld 'night. The visitors were broughtMiss Superlest Hi,champion speedboat and her driver. Bob Hayward of Em­bro attracted a lot of attention। to the Fair as part of the YMCA fund campaign that is ' currently running in Wood- stock. In the photo Mr. Hay-ft the Woodstock Fair last , ward, in light jacket, is shownchatting with some admirers about the Harmsworth Trophy winner and last week’s races when he won the world cham­pionship for the second time in a row. (Staff photo)., ■MAN TALKSA preliminary discussion on: accommodation for chronically! ill patients will be held in the: ; Court House, Woodstock on Sept ' 15, county clerk-treasurer L. K Coles announced this morning' Reprosent stives from the three municipal councils of Oxford. Woodstock and Ingersoll h a v e been invited io al lend, along with' members of the Oxford Medical' Associalion and representatives I from Woodstock, Ingersoll and! Tdlsonburg General Hospitals -IIOSFROM THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADAkCLOSE OUT SESQUICENTENNIALThousands In Norwicl Recall Old MemoriesOffice of The Prime Minister.On the occasion of the Sesquicentennial of the Village of Norwich and the Township of North Norwich, my colleagues and I join in sending sincere good wishes for the future.In the intervening years since the area was settled Canada has developed from colony to nationhood, and the contributionnsNORWICH: — “This thing has absolutely resurrected us and it will show people what Norwich can do when given the right kind of co-operation,” Reeve L. E. Force said in speaking of the success of the Sesquicentennial celebration which was concluded Nearly Tuesday morning. When speaking to the great crowd, he said, “I am very proud to be Reeve of Norwich at this time. It has been great and much S credit should be given the Cen- Sm. tral Committee and all who have co-operated with them”.The Reeve’s words were well justified, for, from the sound of the first note at the dance on Friday evening, July 29, to the fading away of the last spark at the closing fireworks on Mon­day evening, everything in con­nection with the celebrations had been a resounding and un­qualified success.On Sunday morning the Pres­byterian, United, Baptist and Anglican churches were filled with worshippers. After the ser­vice in the United Church about 350 persons enjoyed a noonday luncheon in the basement andspent much time renewing ac­quaintances. A smaller groupwhich each community has made to that development is fitt- were entertained after service in --------------------------- . ■ • Presbyterian church.ingly recognized in significant anniversaries.May I add that my father taught, in the public school in Norwich Township some seventy years ago, and in his lifetime always spoke in high esteem of the citizens of that areaOn Sunday afternoon a bus-'load, accompanied by individual ■ cars, went on a tour of the dis- : trict and visited the high and, t , public s c h o o I s, the broom■ ’-Ulate the publishers of The Norwich Gazette on factory, Witts’ fertilizer plant,their initiative in compiling a local history and to all its readers I extend my greetings and best wishes.JOHN DIEFENBAKER,Prime Minister,.OTTAWA, I860.Department Gives Go Ahead Sign On Oxford County Road GradingWork will begin immediately road work west of Brownsville, on two road grading jobs in Ox- the country road superintendentstated.ford county, temporarily post­ponded earlier this month be- ....................... -— —- -......v;. cause of a report that provincial is anxious to complete the work] funds for road subsidies are al- this year.Mr. Meaihrell said the county.J most exhausted.A spokesman for the municpal roads branch of the Ontario D$-| partment of Highways recom- £ mended this morning that theS county proceed with the proj-l / ects south of Cody’s Corners and west of Brownsville, country road superintendent J. N. Meath-1 rell announced.Tenders were called on IheI grading jobs July 28. Mr. Meath- , rell said the overall cost of the, two projects will be $133,000.Haggerty Construction Ltd. of J Ingersoll received the contract| for the road south of Cody's 2 (Somers and Martin Smith of Norwich is contracted for the!^&- - _____ix ‘tr­and with Mrs. D. Hatch, ac­companying, sang two excellent anthems. The offering was donat­ed to the World Service Com­mittee.BAND CONCERTAfter the church service, the Norwich Musical Society Band, which had lea the hymn singing, gave an hour long .musical pro­gram.Monday came with the most glorious weather possible and the village buzzed from end to end with activity.The opening feature of thebecue dinner while other hand reds enjoyed picnic dinners to­gether.AFTERNOON PROGRAMThe afternoon program gotiunder way shortly after two o’-j .; clock with opening remarks by Chairman Lavern Irving. He in-, troduced the master of ce/emoa-lby I- *ies, Larry McIntyre, of Kitchen-i er.A well-known radio and telev-® ision announcer and formerly of Norwich. Mr. McIntyre kept the; program running with dispatch/1 and enthusiasm. Welcomes were| expressed by Reeve L. E, Forcetyday’s program was the Sesquic-1 expressed by Reeve L. E. ForceUf entennial parade, when a total of I and Reeve David Chambers Mr.ia 135 floats, were entered and they | Chambers introduced Alfred Lo»^| took more than two hours m sing, a seventh generation of,® pass any given points. Some1 Peter Lossing, the districts earl- g were pretty and colorful, some' iest settler; Dr. John Hulet, alsqiwwere ridiculous and had the crowds in gales of laughter. Some were thought provoking, like the Legion float with its empty chair labelled “The en­listed man”, there were four horses hitched to carriages; there was an old reaper close to 100 years old, but still running well, and dozens of other out­standing mobile displays.Then there were the dozens ofdeeorated bicycles and opportun­a seventh generation descend- . ant, and John Pritchard, clerk IM of North Norwich township for! ; the past 28 years and descend­ant of the Reuban Mott family.\A. L. Bushell, village clerk for^ i the past 28 years and a descend-, ant of an early family, introduc- i ed Mrs. Arden Cameron, 87-year- old wife of the late Arden Cam­eron, who was reeve of Norwich in 1910, when the eentennary i ,=fcelebrations were held. Mrs. ' Cameron was presented with a % _i__r -c___K- — ........ H-ities for the youngsters. T h e Cameron was presented wua a floats and bicycles were judged sheaf of roses by seven year oldMoore’s seed farm, Fred Cohoe’s ‘ farm, Mrs. A. Rettie’s, to see (•3the Dutch ovens; Fircrest Farms to see the fine Jerseys, and the former home of Stanley Harris.In the evening, close to 1500 people gathered in the commun­ity playgrounds park for the community worship service which was organized by the Ministerial Association. The pro- ■V gram was opened by Lavern Irv­ing, chairman of the Central Committee. Rev. J. G. Cruik- shank, chairman of the MA pre­sided; Rev. Sydney Wilkinson, rector of Holy Trinity Church, read the lesson: Rev. Ernest Johns, minister of the Baptist church, offered the prayer; Rev. D. B. Cram introduced the guest speaker. Rev. H. S. Rod­ney, minister of Knox Presbyter­ian Church in St. Thomas. Mr. Rodney told the audience that everything presently enjoyed is a gift from the past. These gifts and memories are given, not. to enslave, but to uplift and inspire. All good things come from God and with a supreme trust in Him we can look for greater - achievements than we have ever Hnown and can go forward to a time of progress and of peace, c A choir of 80 voices, led by Allan H, Gihnour, Burgessvllle,by J. W. Holborn of Newmarket, Dr. O. C. Powers of Woodstock, and Reeve D. Spicer, Delhi.Prize winners were: Best Dressed horse and rider. Valerie Smith, Delhi; Men, Ryckman, Norwich.Best fancy commercial vehicle, Harry Robinson, Norwich: Han­mer Transport, Norwich; Best fancy, non-com mercial vehicle. South Zorra Junior Farmers, New Durham Woman’s Institute; Best comic commercial vehicle, Dons Cleaners, New Durham Pioneers;Best comic, non-commercial vehicle, Old Kentucky Home, by Scott, Carroll, Moore and Alex­ander gang; second, New Dur­ham boys, John McClelland, Don Stevenson, Best special entry: Harry Thorne, Carman Hynd­man; best dressed gentleman. Douglas Harrison; best dressed lady, Anne Powell: Fancy dress­ed couple, Mr. and Mrs. 0. Winegarden; Best small car, motor driven: Bruce McGuire, Scotland, Ron Buckrill. Burgess- ville; Best small car. pushed by a friend: Harvey Hussey.Best decorated bicycle, boys: Gary Thompson, John Boyce, Jerry Hutchinson; Girls. Gale Davidson. Karen Thompson, Cathy Griswold and Gloria Sand­erson.The parade travelled over sev­eral village streets and ended up at the Fair Grounds.At noon many hundreds of people enjoyed & chicken bar-Janice Palmer, a descendant of04 families long resident in the dis-^ trict.Warden Donald Hossack brou­ght greetings from the County,LH Gordon (Sparky) Innes, from theBfl Government of Ontario.Miss Lynne Wright, daughter fl of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wright,®! and granddaughter of Reeve L.K E. Force, was chosen from nineH contestants to be Miss Sesquicen-; tennial. Judges were Gordon In-ri nis, M.A, Thomas Dent. jr.,Fg George Davis of Otterville. The I other contestants were: BarbaraI Ann Smith, Barbara and Marg-pj aret Smith. Pat Hipfner. Lydia. Rode. Marilyn Wills. Hilda Mel- I oun and Koosje Plaxton.A total of 32 stout hearted men,H|out of close to 60 whogrew! : .beards for the celebrations, par-1 aded before the judges in the. I beard contest. Judges were: Mrs. L. E. Force, Mrs. D Chambers; 0 and Warden Hossack. Wintie ri for the longest beard was Rich *. ard Harrison; the bushiest beard J • Howard Alexander: straggliest' beard. William Bushfield, and, 5 the best Van Dyke, Bev Avey .OLDEST PRESENTThe oldest lady present w a s’ j Mrs. Edna Stone. Norwich, lhe|^> oldest man. 87 year old Ed. Cor bett. Mount Elgin. The young est person on the grounds was S eight day old Beverly Ann., daughter of Mr. and Mrs Char- . les Bates. Mr. and Mrs. William1 ! Stope and their ten children won £ the prize for the largest family.. ''■ HOWARD GREENWALLACE NESBITTLead Canadian Delegation / To UN Assembly Sept. 20GONE. MEMORY OF STEM! FADESHOSPITAL REPORT£33-2 *s3COUNTY COUNCILThe September session of Ox*•35Uj3aa few■asi*3 0s33 j§a<33 Oan eye on the job, Mr. Smit said the Woodstock CNR wate tower was the first to be demoi ished in Oxford county tor i railway.O•Ctbo-While a handful of spectators i All was In readiness. The doom . to trees winched in their ca watched, the cables taughtened cd tank tower had had three of | to haul it down just to thump over 100 tons of metal its four legs severed at the base utes after 12 noon Th to the ground at the CNR stat- and it only required ion yesterday to mark the end of touch of the torch oford County Council will open A special sub-committee com- Tuesday. September 27 and end posed of Warden Don Hossack.Thursday, September 29. county: Aid. Bill Dutton and Dr. W.clerk-treasurer L. K. Coles a>;n- Simpson, Woodstock, Dr. Georgeounced this morning. Wednesday Emery, Ingersoll and GeorgeSeptember 28. councillors will Stevens. Tillsonburg, will bringtour the county roads system. ' in its report on the establishmentFV rffvfs Tn MFw of 3 hosPilal for chronically ill „tA’Ktfc'Vfcb 1 o rfcu t- ' Patients, at a meeting in theMembers of the Oxford Ex- Court House. Woodstock, tonightReeves Association will hold their annual meeting at the Canadian Legion Hall. Woodstock on Wed-' nesday, September 21.3iSi3O oOse a$ o1 *b -SPull Down Water Towe Marking End Of An Ere... ----------- after 12 noon. The 60.000 e, , l • 1 a. finishing lon capacity tank, erected in 11... ... , ------ _ touch of the torch on its fourth,seemed to ease its wav to .a railroading era in Woodstock, to release it for the final haul to ground. No longer will the old steam earth. ' There was no thundering erbshiron horses of the railroad stop to That final pull to destruction of steel against concrete as ' quench their tremendous thirs® had to wait, however, until the expected by the spectators^ > pushing a baby out of a hn^ chair,” one spectator remarkedEred Smith, London, assistan bridge and building master fort the railway was on hand to keeiat the Woodstock CNR main line westbound noon CNR passenger station for the 30-yoar-old, tower- train had cleared the station.' A ing water tank that was their oas few minutes after the train pull- 18 no longer stands. ।ed out. it was all over and the| The thick black smoke that giant tank rested on the ground, spumed from their fire-hox-f ed h mute reminder to progress, stacks to often drench the Wall-1 Like a stricken giant, it waited ington St. bridge over the tracks for the wreckers to go to work on will, loo, soon be forgotten as its steel hide . to carve it up for will the wail of their whistles, salvage.The fog-horned diesels have tak Two wrecking trucks, anchored ion over.I A steel cutting torch in the hands of Samuel Smith, Caledon­ia, in charge of a small demolit , ion crew, paved the way for the : tower a downfall. 50)<0O'&uCD'of NorthTp., presi-North;co CMa£g2West and East Germany may some day be reunited.Mr. Herbert was introduced by L. K. Coles, Oxford clerk-6gaps In the education West German number 55,000,- . icemen's children’s who 000 and East Germans, 17.000,-County Ex-Reeves Association held their annual meeting yesterday at the Canadian Legion Hall, Woodstock. From left ore: Arthur Hutchison,Free Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK — A uniform standard of study in Canada’s ; elementary and high schools was advocated yesterday by J. ).Mr I Herbert returned to In-said the German people are jrsoli tills year after spending striving to rebuild their nation anadlian Anny school at I and remain at peace with the bmer. Germany. He said he! world.early in their school life, and Oxford Tp.;others are taught later. There Officers for 1960 are: RegC. Herbert, principal of Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute.i Sees Handicap *■----------------------------------------fiv-e-year courses. Some students,treasurer, and thanked by Cecil iare taught foreign languages Riddle, an ~•were drawn from Canada's iojoOO, he said. The greatest hope provinces. of the West Germans Is thatshould be a uniform standard of Day, East study in Canada’s schools.” dent; Cari Bertrand,In Germany, foreign lan- Norwich, vice-president; LeRoyEX-REEVES MEETto' Xex-reeveNissouriFriday and Saturday, Sept. 9th and 10th, 1960Net Tr«nifor«blo"Some schools graduate their students after they have taken three years of high school,” he said, "and some take four orIRobert Rudy S<i<ir*u>ryA. S. Pearson PrudentMembers of the Oxford—Free Press Woodstock Bureau past president; J. C. Herbert, principal, Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute and guest speaker; LeRoy Curtis, secretary; and Req Day, incoming president.Advocates Uniform StandardsFor Canadian School Studies!Ill |...........................................................’ H|M| - - wa> ‘u o LO4 g•aZ LUUL. oo]Q. 3§ ifil a>; a Z CLcl§OZ£2 22 o o£2Speeding ’o the annual meet-. heterogeneous population, he ing heW of the Oxford County | said.Ex-Rei vcs Association, he said Giving his impressions of many students i- handicapped Germany’s industrial expansion betaus*-. f th'- varying courses and renovation since the Sec- pf stiicief -cross Canada. ond World War, Mr. Herbert guages are taught while theiCurtls, Tillsonburg, secretary- children ere still in elementaryjtreasurer; and executive mem- grades. These children also have bers, Cecil Riddle, Garfield Irv- imore opportunity to practicejing, Norwich; and J. R. Me- their new language among thej Laughlin, Derehcm Tp.■I7 *V\ . ...__Tavistock Fall FairTAVISTOCK, ONT.aTHERE WAS a fine exhibit of poultry arid pet stock al the annual Embro fair on Monday, and in the TOP photo, Fred Munro, live, of Embro. Roberl McCall, seven, and Gary Thom­as, nine, both of RR 3, Embro, carefully assess the good points of the birds *hown in one of the pens. Il was a bit dampish for a great part of the afternoon,jis the rainfall varied from a . light drizzle to a heavy down­pour, but one of those present who disdained the protective covering of a rain coat was Embro's own favorite son. Bob Hayward (left) (LOWER photo) who last August drove the fam­ed London ■ owimd speedboat, । Miss Supertesl Ill to a cicarcut ; win over U.S. boats seeking to regain the Harmsworth Trophy Iwhich had been brought to Can i ada for the first time in history I. / in 1958. Mr Hayward officially opened the fair and he wast 3 joined for the ceremony by the, owner and designer of Miss® j Supertest HL James Thompson;. .. (centre) Of London, who did la don a raincoat, and Reeve Don­ald Hossack of Embro, warden of Oxford County. (Staff photos)ENTRIES ARE UP OVER LAST YEAR......... ■" ■ ' ■■Rainy Weather Fails Legion Hall yesterday. From le­ft to right are Leroy Curtis, secretary-treasurer; Cecil Rid­dle, director; Reg Day, presid­ent; Art Hutchison, past presi­dent; Carl Bertrand, vice-presi­dent and J. R. McLaughlin, dir­ector. Guest speaker al the me- ।eting was J. C. Herbert, princi, pal of Ingersoll District Colleg iale Institute. (Staff Photo) ITHE NEW executive for 1960- . 61 was elected at the annual I meeting of the Oxford County ’ Ex-Reeves Assoc iation al thepay Lhe required daily rate. 1 have since been informed by Miss Yeoman, the proprietor, that ail their ‘ ‘OXFORD EX-REEVES MEETUrges Uniform Standards. । umciais wm noi tSet For Canadian Schools Attend emo courseNeither Mayor Bernadette1Officials Will NotThere is a definite need fori In his address, Mr. Herbert. Germany are there for a purpose! uniform standards of educ-, stated that in Germany conver- and the people in Germany real-' in-Canada claimed J. C. I* sations in other tongues start at ize that.sations in other tongues start at ize that.ert. principal of Ingersoll Colleg- an earlier age than in Canada., iate Institute, who has recently “I wonder if the tame will come| returned from a two-year visit to in Ontario when we can start i°t uiv ouviei umun wouiu teaching French al an earlier not hesitate about his next movesGermany. t—o —.—,—Addressing the annual meeting age. The problem is to have if the NATO forces were not str- of -the Oxford County Ex-reeves teachers with qualifications,” he ong.Mr. Herbert said the standardthe other.theAssociation yesterday afternoon, added. IMr. Herbert said the standard He said the disadvantage of1 7e can prove to Russia who- of education throughout Canada Canadian families living together se alde we are on by having forc- could see some improvement as is that they fail to gather a good e? tnere» said lhe Ingersoll prin-a student is handicapped when knowledge of the German people clPa‘-he moves from one. province to, and their ways of life. He stres-i Mr. Herbert said the German the other. |sed that this situation could be people are grateful to the NATOHe told the large gathering of ironed out if Canadians would forces in their country for twoex-reeves at the Legion Hall that only put forth a little more effort reasons. They are happy iothis was one of the main prob- to know the Germans better. |have the support of the NATOlems at the Canadian army scho-t THERE FOR PURPOSE |forces and it is a boost to theol in Germany where he was Mr. Herbert emphasized that economy with all the forces and principal for two years. the NATO soldiers stationed in families stationed there.principal for two years.voted to a discussion of material now available for the promotion of Children's Book Week, which will be held Nov. 15, to 22.Mrs.' S. L. Krompart, county- librarian. gave a talk on theProblems Of Librarians DiscussedAt Workshop Sessions For CountyApproximately 17 county libra-!the municipalities ot the county. Irians attended a Workshop meet­ing Wednesday in the county lib- rary, Woodstock Court House. I pointed out.The morning session was -de- U—new regulations governing the ^formation of a county public lib­rary and there was considerable A bookmobile system, similar to i discussion on the advantages of Oiat presently used by the Oxford, this scheme. j Library Co-opcralivt, would beMrs. Krompart explained that;continued. The ’im^ries would be the new regulation in the Prov-more closely knit under the new ! incial Public Libraries Act of 1959: Plan, the county librarian main-j makes possible the organization lained.of a tax-supporteJ county public At present the Library Co-Op j . library which could include all supplies books and offers assist-, ance only at the request of in­WARDEN’S BANQUETThe annual Warden's banquet will be held in Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute op Friday. December 2, Warden Don Hos-| sack of Embro announced today.’*the NATO soldiers stationed inThe consent of 75 per cent of the Ishemunicipalities is required,Under the plan, library service would be free to a:l residents of the county, Mrs. Krompart said, j . A central administrative office) would be required to handle the I purchasing and processing of books.CONTINUE SYSTEM dividual libraries.Middlesex, Huron, Wentworth and Ped counties are working on • the preliminary stages of organi- . zing a county library now, Mrs.Krompart stated.The librarians were guests of the county library board al a dinner at Terrace Gardens.In the afternoon, Miss Betty Crawford of Ingersoll, gave a talk on new books which would be of value in lhe libraries, men­tioning a number tiial would he useful in the adult and teenage sections.Mrs, R. J. Sutherland of Em­bro gave the courtesy remarks.Tea was served bv Mrs. W. G; Cocker and Miss Ruth Bluemad of the county library ataff.। u ., t, T„ . . tires organization conference| He said Premier Khrushchev which will be held at the Cana-iI Of the Soviet Union would dian Civil Defence Cnlleee Arn-The forces are part of __ German industry that has rebuilttheGermany,” he declared.Reg Day of East Nissouri Township was elected president of the 1960-61 season; Carl Ber­trand of North Norwich, vice- president; Leroy Curtis of Dere- ham, secretary-treasurer; and directors are Ralph McLaghlen, Cecil Riddle and Garfield Irving.Rabies Bylaw FutureBefore Oxford CouncilFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK Among matters to be discussed by Oxford ' County council today at its second last meeting of the year is ' the possible rescinding of the county rabies bylaw which pro­vides payment of indemnities to persons losing livestock dueto rabies.Since the federal and provin­cial governments cancelled their 80 per cent indemnity payments effective July 1 of this year, council will consider rescinding the bylaw or petitioning the governments to continue their financial aid.Ask ContinuanceCouncil will be asked to en­dorse a resolution from Perth County council that the federal and provincial governments be petitioned to continue payments for livestock losses due to rabies.. ।the direction of J. N. Meathrell,A letter from the council)county road auperlntendont....$term "Private Hospitals” instead! . of “Nursing Homes,” which I am I sure was due to misquotation, be- . ’ cause of the difficulty in under- Smith of Woodstock, nor Warden standing the various definitions used for descriptive purposes in the work of our Com mittee. The * various private nursing homes are considered by the authorities to be suited for custodial care.Don Hossack of Embro, expect} to attend the Emergency Meas­ures Organization conference;dian Civil Defence College. Arn- prior, Nov. 7 - 10.The course on civil emergency planning is open to 100 mayors, I reeves and wardens of Ontario.In May. a similar course was’ attended by representatives of the municipalities. Oxford’s re­presentative was Lorne W. Jun-! J ker, reeve of East Zorra.Discussions at the second con-; - ference will range from co-opera­tion between the municipal, pro­vincial and federal governments . to the rede of the Cannadian Army in the event of enemy attack.This morning Mayor Smith sta-; ted that she was "too busy” to at­tend. Warde Don Hossack said he was tmnaware the conferennce was coming up. “Offhand, I doubt very much that I will be going,”! ' he slated. Istates that an emergency still exists as Perth County residents have lost cattle during April - and May of this year due to the disease.Also up tor discussion today is the county’s pension plan for employees. About 25 Oxford County employees are covered by the plan.Tomorrow, councilors will make a ime-day bus tour of the, Oxford county road system,!! stopping at road and bridge projects. The trip will be underLETTERS TO EDITORThe view* expressed by lhe writers are not necessarily those ef The Sentinel-Review.CHRONIC HOSPITALDear Sir:The report in the Sentinel-Re- view of October 5. page 13, de­scribed the business of our com­mittee most ably, with one ex­ception—the references to Wood­stock Private Hospital, attribut­ed to the chairman.The hospital has 15 beds auth­orized by the Ontario Hospital; • Commission for the treatment of chronic patients eligible for this care through O.H.S.C. Insurance. a At the meeting I stated that some of these beds might be occupied _ by custodial care patients able to.. patients at present are eli- ' gible for the O.H.S.C. ChronicCareInsurance and that none of are on a custodial care has-them is.The further quotation "that we should consider none of the Wood-1 Stock Private Hospitals suitable! for our present need” is mislead-, ing. Because of the use of theThe Woodstock Private Hospital is the only source of beds auth­orized for chronic care under the O.H.S.C. Insurance plan in Wood- ' j stock and at no time was it the intention of our Committee to; criticize in any way, the excel­lent care provided bv Miss Yeo-;, man and her staff there.Our committee greatly aoure- dates the co-operation of the) press in their survey and would; like to clear up any possible mis­understanding.. The committee in recommend-;: mg the number of beds for fut-H ure needs, did not wish to have! the present facilities included ini the complement, as the?' are ser­ving a present need which willL continue following construction of a chronic unit.Yours trulv, WILLIAM SIMPSON, M.D.MRS. CRAIG M. McKAYThe death occurred at Wood- stock General Hospital on Friday, Sept. 23 of Mary Beatrice Rob- ?] ertson, widow of Craig A. McKay. QC, 49 Wellington street north.She had been in ill health for, some time.Mrs. McKay was born in Tor- onto, youngest daughter of the late Prof. Hugh Robertson and Mrs. Robertson. She came to Woodstock 32 years ago with her husband,, the late Craig A. Mc-> Kay, QC . who practiced 1 a w here and was crown attorney for many years, until his death in 1952, She was a member of Knox Presbyterian church.Surviving are one daughter. Miss Mollie McKay, one son Craig C. McKay and one sister. I Mrs Main Johnson, all of Wood- stock. There are also three grand­children.Friends will he received at her late residence. 49 Wellington at. . north, where the funeral service will be held Monday. Sept. 26 at 2 p.m. with Rev. G. L. Douglas I of Knox Presbyterian Church of I fieiatmg Interment will be made I in the (amity plot in the Angli- I ran cemetery. Donations to the | Cancer Fund will be gratefully | accepted, which may be arranged I (or at the funeral home. I Seek PensionsTransfer To Private CompanyBy PAT MO AUROFree Preus Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK - Oxford County council yesterday gave second reading to a bylaw toan insurance company. He said! the new plan would provide em- ployaes with additional benefits! not available under th* federal; plan.THREE HOSPITAL adminis- ■ patients at the Court House, । burg District Memorial Hospit- trators were present at a meet- 1 Woodstock, yesterday after- al, and Peter Breel, Alexandra ing to discuss hospital accom- noon. Left to right, Peter Smith, al; George Stevens. Tillson- modation for chronically ill Woodstock General Hospit- I Hospital, Ingersoll.BEDS REQUIRED FOR CHRONICALLY ILLStress Urgent NeedFoe County HospitalRepresentatives of the t h r e e hospital beds from long term nospital boards of Woodstock, patients are needed, ‘‘but they Ingersoll and Tillsonburg met in should be in Tillsonburg." this city yesterday afternoon withPART OF SYSTEMMr. Esseltine added that Till­sonburg, unlike the separated town of Ingersoll, is a part of the county system and “if the county goes along with it, we will pay our share.”Dr. Simpson, chairman of yes­terday’s meeting, commented, “before turning down flatly the ery Ingersoll and George Stev- theory of a hospital on a county ens. Tillsonburg was established.^^ should give H aThis committee was instructed reminded the group that a to prepare a report on the pro- hospital for the chronically ill is gress of discussions so far and not a -custodia| hospital” He out- arrange a meeting with repre..............................sentatives of the Ontario Hospitalmembers of city and county council and the Oxford Medical Association to discuss the pro­vision o f hospital beds for chronically ill patients.As a result of the meetiu* a special sub-committee composed of Warden Don Hossack, Aid. Bill Dutton and Dr. W. Simpson of Woodstock. Dr. George Em-Services Commission then re­port back to the larger commit­tee.URGENTLY NEEDEDGeneral feeling of yesterday’slined the benefits such a hospital would offer in the way of rehab-meeting was that extra modation for chronically ients is urgently needed, debate arose, however, whether the building ofaccom- ill pat- Someas to a cent­Dilation treatment and resident medical care.Aid. Dutton pointed out the ec­onomic advisability of a central­ly located hospital and suggest­ed the formation of the sub-com­mittee to look into the matter further.Cost of the hospital has been estimated at $550,000 with the, , federal and provincial share a.rally located hospital for theimounling to 000chronically ill, in Woodstock wast ■ <- sa solution.Reports from the various hos- pitals indicated that at present' Ingersoll is building a 15-bed ad­dition which is earmarked for long-term, chronically ill pat­ients.i. Neither Woodstock General nor Tillsonburg Hospital has accom­modation for the chronically ill,although both municipalities have, nursing homes approved for long­term nursing care.Councillor W. Williams of Ing­ersoll remarked that she felt chronically ill patients were hap­pier in their own environment.In view of the fact that Inger­soll Hospital is providing a spec­ial section for such patients, she , said the municipality was not in-(terested in a co-operative plan of building in Woodstock at the pre-I sent time.Clare Esseltine, reeve of Till- ■ sonburg, pointed out that the Till- sonburg Hospital cares for a large number of patients from! Norfolk and Elgin counties as1 well as Oxford. He agreed thatrescind the county's rabies by­law, and s bylaw to transfer the employees' federal govern­ment pension plan io a private company.The move to rescind the rabies bylaw came as a result of the federal and provincial governments’ termination of their participation In Indemnity payments on July 1 of this year to persons who have lost live­stock due to rabies.Tlie first rabies case in Ox­ford since April of this year appeared fast week when a rabid fox was killed at Lakeside.Dr. D. W. Thompson. Can­ada department of agriculture veterinarian, said two dogs in the Lakeside - Kintore area are under quarantine.L. K. Coles, Oxford clerk- treasurer, said the county is hoping to have Its present pen­sion plan, sponsored by the fed­eral government, transferred toMembers of council voiced a.p-1 proval with the recent jointly meeting of Woodstock, Inger,-; soli and county councils. They1 said it should be held annually to enable the councils to dis-i cush mutual problems.One minute silence was ob­served for Edward Thornton,i the former weed inspector who: died thin year.Under the direction of J. NJ MeathreU, county roads super-: intendent, members of council; will make a one-day bus tour! g of the county road system to-i day. They are to lunch at Lake-; side United Church at noon, and: f stop at Tillsonburg this after-; \ noon as guests of the hospital g board.R- T. Gavin, of London, Zone One co-ordinator of the emer­gency measures branch, depart­ment of planning and develop­ment, is to appear before council tomorrow morning.Oxford CouncilorsStudy Job ListFree Press Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK — A list of contracted bridge and roadconstruction projects valued at more than $450,000, was sented to Oxford County council at its final September sion yesterday.Also in its report, thepre- ses-roads*ATTEND MEETINGMOH. Dr. 0. C. Powers, srintendent of nurses Miss Havilland and several othersup- Mac staffmembers from the Oxford Health Unit arc in Toronlo this week attending the annual meeting of (he Ontario Public Health Assoc-, iation.HEALTH UNITS MEET■ County clerk-treasurer L. K. , ;Coles and East Oxford reeve Hil­ton Virtue will attend the meet-; ing of the Association of Health!■ . .Unit Boards at the‘King Edward Hotel in Toronto on Thursday, jTO INAUGURALWarden Donald Hossack, North Oxford reeve William Baigent.J West Oxford deputy reeve GeorgeI Wallace and county clerk-treas-j ® urer L. K. Coles will attend the!inaugural meeting of the Aasocja- ■ lion of Ontario Counties in Ham-ffl !llon, Wednesdayf.committee said that application, had been made to the minister, of highways for interim pay-; ment of subsidies on a reed ex­penditure of $268,847, and a bridge expenditure of $112,612.;The report was submitted by W. W. Budd, chairman.Bridges under construction. [ and their estimated costs are: ' East and West Zorra boundary, 1 ^2,000, expected to be com- 1 pleted Oct 1; north boundary, / Blandford Tp., $17,876, with one- > half payable by Waterloo Coun- I ty. The bridge is open to traf- > fic.Another bridge on the North j Blandford boundary will cost i $10,823 with one-half payable by i Waterloo County; Tillsonburg | Dereham boundary. $29,546, and J open to traffic; North Dorches- ' ter-Dereham boundary’, $26,000. j and the West-East Nissouri \ boundary, $17,000, both super- !No Polio Cases In 2 Years Oxford Health Holds Linevised by one-half County.RoadRoad 6.Middlesex County and payable by Oxfordexpenditures include: West Zorra Tp.,>calFree 1‘rChB Woodfllock BureauWOODSTOCK — Dr. O. C. Powers, Oxford County’s medl- officer of health, said yesterday there have been no polio.cases in the county for the past two years, and termed the health picture "aa good as ever."Shot* Available <Although the regular cam­paign for polio immunization hax been completed, polio ahota < are still available nt monthly well-baby clinics throughout the county, he said.Of the county’s 67.000 persona).Dr. had He andPowers said about half received Salk polio shots, fell this was a good sign would provide a fairly com-plete blanket of Immunity against the dreaded disease-The Oxford County HealthUnit staff is currently busy ad­ministering immunization shots against polio, diphtheria, whoop­ing cough, plus Influenza vac­cine are being administered tograding, structures and base work for two miles, $64,585, to. be completed by Oct. 15; Road- 19, Dereham Tp., grading and;base course for two miles, $67.-f ’ 521, by Oct. 31: Road 10. Ver-schoyle south to Concession 9high school students in the B county.Dr, Powers snld R.(XX» publioW and high school students were) immunized Inst year. With thiaj year’s increased enrollment, hn anticipated the number of ntu-4 derf|a nt more than 9,000, vsnnd 10 Dereham, for four miles, $35,256; and Road 16. Kintore to concessions one and two,; West. Zorra. three miles, $31,392.Other work slated for this fallincludes paving of Killaut|down in 1059 at Folden's Coi nera and Golspie School; anraising north approach totheCanadian Pacific Railway cross ing at Road 1. <srCounty Councillors Decry Civil DefenceA RECOMMENDATION that i of the chronic care subcommit-A wide-a wake county council this morning received a return visit from R. T. Gavin, civil de­fence co-ordinator for the count­ies of south western Ontario.Mr. Gavin had appeared at the June session to ask council to appoint a committee to study the formation of a county Emergency Measures Organization. Councilshelved the proposal in June un­til “further information be ob-| Stevens, administrator District i I Memorial Hospital, Tillsonburg." Warden Donald Hos-beds for chronically ill patients J tee which prepared the report, I mcniur. be added to Woodstock Gener- standing left *n right, Aid. Bill Seated, al Hospital and District Memo- । Dutton, Woodstock. Peter I Sauk, mlWv, iuxi, ur. wiuiam' rial Hospital. Tillsonburg, was Breel, administrator Alexandra | S i m p s o n, Woodstock, right. I approved last night. Members Hospital, Ingersoll. George 1 (Staff photo).sack, Embro, left, Dr. WilliamCOMMITTEE RECEIVES REPORTOxford Needs 84 Beds For Chronically IllEighty-four beds for chronical­ly ill patients are needed in Ox­ford county at the present time, the committee studying chronic care accommodation learned in Woodstock last right.A report tabled by a special six-man sub-committee recom­mended that chronic care beds be added to hospitals in Wood- stock, Tillsonburg and Ingersoll.The sub-committee, consisting of Warden Don Hossack, Aid. Bill Dutton and Dr. W. Simpson, ofWoodstock, Peter Breel, and Dr.unit as an adjunct to a general hospital is approximately $7,000 per bed.Of this amount, the Province contributes $3,000 per bed and the Federal Government $2,000 per bed in the form of grants. Further Provincial and Federal grants are available, each at the rate of $6.66 2-3 per square foot for auxiliary services such as physiotherapy and occupational therapy.Simpson, chairman of the meet-________,_________,______ The report recommended that George Emery, Ingersoll, and the Woodstock General Hospital board initiate a building program to provide between 35 and 40George Stevens. Tillsonburg. metwith a representative of the Plan­ning Division of the Ontario Hos-pital Services Commission Sept. 23.APPROVED BY OHSCRecommendations in their port, concerning the additiononre- ofchronic beds, capital financing and number of beds needed bears the unofficial approval of the OHSC..The required 84 beds are div- ided on a basis of 49 for Wood- stock, 20 for Tillsonburg and 15 for Ingersoll.Considering Tillsonburg's geo­graphical location and the fact it .serves Norfolk and Elgin as well as Oxford county patients, H, was recommended that 15 beds be added to its 20-bed require­ment for the benefit of Norfolk. Elgin county already has suffic­ient chronic beds.The cost of building a chronicchronic beds, with the co-operat-) ion of the county and city.Estimated cost oi building 40) beds is $280,000."NONE SUITABLEWoodstock has 15 beds avail­able in the Woodstock private hos­pital. But these, Dr» William Simpson, chairman of the meet­ing pointed out, were custodial care beds,"We should consider none of the Woodstock private hospitals suitable for, our present need”, Dr. Simpson stated. “What we are trying to assess here is the' number of new beds needed."Woodstock General Hospital administrator Peter Smith sug­gested that statistics on the loc-the support of Oxford and Norfolk counties and the town of Tillson­burg.The Alexandra Hospital Trust in Ingersoll have made their own provisions for 15 chronic I care beds. Services are expected to be open early in 1961.On motion by Aid. Bill Down­ing the repjort was approved in principle. It will be carried to the various governing bodies, in­cluding the county councils of Ox­ford and Norfolk, Woodstock city! council, Tillsonburg council and the boards of Woodstock and Till­sonburg Hospitals for their ap­proval.ation of age groups which might . be of assistance in determining I the breakdown of costs. His sug­gestion was approved.The report further recommend-: ed that the Tillsonburg Memorial Hospital board initiate a building, program to provide 35 beds at an estimated cost of $245,000, withTavistock reeve Robert Rudy J nuked if it was true that some the counties in Ontario have re-i pealed bylaws covering civil deJ fence organizationsMr Gavin replied that he was not prepared to answer for thdcounties other Ihan Ilie ones for which he is responsible, but he"we have been at xfor over IB monthsiF^^-admitted standstillwhile a new concept was pre- '[pared.”. I "I do know." he said, "that in;. rhis morning, Mr. Gavin oh- some cases, because-of lack of liged with further information“I do know.he saiddied a"that in;activity, the thing hasnatural death." . - . ■Warden Don Hossack pointed, | lo the apathy of the general pub-I * lie in the matter of elections andand repeated his request for acouncil com'mittee. His appeal _______met with vigorous opposition. , "a.w wuMr. Gavin wondered whether ? the apathy of the general pub- Sthe attitude of Oxford’s council indicated that the members did not consider civil defense neces-then asked Mr. Gavin if he was not interpreting the facts about.national emergencies to suit Ms] flSarV. WJ aUlL HL3;He referred to a Home and °^P,uJp?3®sr, .. . - .... )School Association meeting which; John Bolton of East Nis- <•/ he addressed in Tillsonburg re- p0U5?' 5??^ n° ^n°w ,‘f cently and stated that following Gav " «°“!d toll council how he Jt, one service club had volun- W0“Id •1.usl,fy a township parti ci-) leered to underwrite the cost of PatinS m a county civil defence; . a civil defence organization. organization, "when it hasn't ev-;.QUnfortunately,” he stated "we I enJire Projection. WHcannot accept anything less than 255 ^in u- , m-jT,3* a county.” and d°£ relationship of Middle-He asked if council were eon-1 SeHyl?d cerned with the cost of financing a counlv seftm “If so this i«i couidn t be closer, he comment- false economy,” he stressed. He Several councillors voiced the,:3 fS and trSvin^fX™6। rad&S'’ments will assume 90 her cent ofthe cost.£Health 01 County Given ApprovalThe health picture in Oxford a County is "as good as ever.") said Dr, O C. Powers. Oxford’s medical officer of health yester­day, adding that there have been, no polio cases in the county for; the past two years.The Oxford County Health Un- ; It staff is currently busy admin-' istering immunization shots ag­ainst polio, diphtheria, whooping K cough, plus influenza vaccine tohigh school students in the cou nty.responsibility of the Department; nf Nat inn alMr. Gavin said he is resppn-hu fnr the »NiehmQr>। a/ National Defense.sible for the establishment ofEMO in 12 south-western Ontariocounties and there are now such"I agree there should be educa-tion,”Tillsonburg Reeve Clarenjuunco dllU LIJclc J1UW SUCH , -eorganizations in all W .three to spend mlneZfol■ tuie- «_______Elgin, Lambton and Oxford.KNOWLEDGE, GUMPTIONElgin and Lambton have ag­reed to EMO and are now in the; setting up process, he revealed.The best protection against at-l omic attack, Mr. Gavin insisted,) is knowledge, education and "a little bit of gumption.”He referred^to the plans for basement shelters which are now available and said, "there are many, many things you can do to protect yourselves and your cat­tle.The Russians, he said, know ex-i actly what to expect in case of atomic attack. “If they do. is there any reason why we should-: n’t?” he asked.“The people of Oxford have a right to know. But we can’t do a thing for Oxford until a bylaw is passed.” Then, he promised, the Federal and Provincial gov­ernments would lend their full) support to the implementation of, EMO.George Davis, reeve of South Norwicn. invited Mr. Gavinsit down, while he (Davis)to ex-this type of thing. (EMO), taxeswill become so exorbitant thattaxpayers won’t be them.”Mr. Gavin argued warfare differs from al warfare and thatable to pay;that atomic** "convention- several nat-,ional leaders have warned that civilians must be trained in their own defence.The debate continued until lun­ch hour when council adjourned.,pressed his viewpoint.Mr. Davis stated that if an emergency arises, it is the re-) sponsibility of the provincial and: federal governments lo protect- the civilian population.He said, "it seems a little un­likely that any of the great pow­ers would unleash an atomic ar-l tack.” If such an attack did oc-l cur, he argued, it would most) certainly lie directed where it would do the most damage, such as metropolitan areas, transpor- > tation centres and power sour-|r4ances.Miscalculation on the part of! those triggering atomic weapons; is unlikely, he reasoned.Mr. Davis added that he did not think it would cost too much money to appoint a committee' to take care of “what is absolute­ly necessary". He expressed doubt about the extent of the general publics' enthusiasm re­garding civil defence.Dr. Powers anticipates the! . 9ay*n >sked Mr. Davis if number of students to be immun- ca,r,ried an-\ fire insurance. "A ized this year will run at more ,was ,tlle r^Pi-v- "Vul no,; than 9.0(H) due to increased en- mucP- 1 don 1 vvas,€ much mon rolmcnt. *'v that M *MerCounty Council Inspects RoadsOxford county council took to § the road this morning for the ?n-! nual inspection tour of the coun­ty roads system.Accompanied by county roads; superintendent J. N. Meathrell and clerk-treasurer L. K. Coles.) councillors left Woodstock abou.j 9 a.m.After visiting the north and Wth-east sections of the county hey lunched at Lakeside United Church, journeying from there) to the. west and south of Oxford.:Councillors will be guests on he board of the District Memorr ; al Hospital in Tillsonburg, when hey dine at the Hillcrest Motel, •ere tonight.Three bylaws were introduced' md given preliminary readings Tuesday afternoon The first’-, dealt with the redesign a tion of county roads 30 and 32. the sec- j < ond with the repealing of the by­law governing rabies indemnity; payments and the third with pension annuity plan for county employees.Third and final reading will be given the bylaws on Thursday.R. T. Gavin, London Zone 1 co­ordinator of the Emergency Mea sures Organization, will address council at 10:15 a m. Thursday. %HEAR EARLY HISTORY OF COUNTYMutual Problems AiredBy Three Oxford Councilsnet cost, after subsidies, is gp-palities are concerned with.occasion with the municipalities i-vhr„ ntinrvT UNDER BUDGETpassed by the board and the pro­ace. West Oxford; Reeve P. L.Aidermen and officials fromvine only pays for when the resi-।deni is actually in the home, he'expressed by many present atcxplaind briefly.ion of the get-together.Just as a matter of informat­ion. Mr. Coles pointed out that&The county, originating the idea, played host for what may easily turn out to be an annual23 men and nine by women, he nor administration < explained. He noted that the pro- costs.” he pointed out,holding alternative meetings. That, at least, was the feeling—Free Press Woodstock Bureau Simpson, Woodstock; Warden Donald Hossack, Aid. W. B. Dutton, Woodstock; Peter Breel, Ingersoll; and G. W. Stevens, Tillsonburg. Absent was Dr. G. H. Emery, Ingersoll.The county court house was built in 1891-92 at a cost of $115.-the sandwiched and coffee port ,h€ C0UDly healttl unit at• sandwiches and coftee port- Wgs operating under their budget* tkie i-r. ZtA ha m| an outline., by County Clerk and 'Treasurer L. K. Coles, on the 1 joint projects the three munici-Woodstock introduced by Mayori .p,re8S.ey’ Dereham; Reeve Dav- 2 Smith were Aid. William Dutton.IW Chambers, North Norwich;^ Aid. William Downing. Aid. WiH-|«eev« e- Force, Norwich;iam Neller. Aid. Robert Barney D®PULV Reeve Peter McDonald, ;.tw . r. .. .this year of’$1.60 per capita less< offbicludh^ R' G' MorrowJ®tenheim-.iverage Bolton, East Nissouri; Deputy 18 and Reeve Alex Henderson, East Zor-PLAN NEW HOSPITAL — A sub-committee was formed yesterday to study the possibility of con­structing a 5550,000 hospital for Oxford County's chronically-ill patients. From left, are: Dr. WilliamThe ring of the wardens bell manner. Warden Hossack stat- The home has a bed capacity|staff of nine. “We have no con-i Representing the county, be- opened a unique meeting at the ed. welcoming the 30 or more of 47 of which 32 are occupied byltrol over some of the jail costs'sr'ies the warden were: Reeve W. county council chambers last elected representatives and their " ... . ................. ■night at which representatives of officials.the three sister municipalities of Actual discussion at the formalOxford, Woodstock and Inger- session of the meeting was negli- soll gathered for informal discus- gible and confined generally to sion on mutual problems.of justice W. Budd, West Oxford; Deputy vAHia>uvu. ue uvwm mat mv pw a»». « puiuwu vuL Reeve George Nagle, De,reham;vince pays 70 per cent of the Between April 1, 1959 and Mar- Reeve Clare Esseltine. Tillson- cost and 50 per cent for new!eh 31, i960 uiere were 354 per. burg; Reeve Robert Rudy, Tavi- items of a capital nature. The sons committed to jail. The jail stock; Deputy Reeve Alex Hos- n/3 oao ?. 'er ?" r j1as accommodations for 28 men sack, East Nissouri: Reeve Johnportioned to the county, Wood- and five women. The average Bolton. East Nissouri stock and Ingersoll on a proport- daily jail population is U WJ.lonate basis. All accounts are the daily cost of food 56 cents, ra; Deputy Reeve George WallWarded Donald Hossack of I Embro, flanked by Mayor Bern-) adette Smith of Woodstock and Dealing with the county home “""'o11 l.uu,u-v wu" evumy, uie Mayor Ross Fewster of Ingersoll. and farm he said the latter od y andmuto^wAa^d .as- &'nnt extended a sincere welcome to crated at’n nrnfi this wJ X 2^ner8i lhe -1,960 buW 18one nurse.quarters of amillion today with the county, thent: ’r? ‘auw owners. The 1960 budget is $60,- weicome to crated at a profit this year. He pho an(i #or ni,i ffiW w»r« t its kind mlpvnininpd that fi». mo 9J>« G™ Z d,u tne past lew ye^rs the cost of operation has b I very little, he said. »• _ fl . i i ' f a I I I dtl-U O I xl IH J I I II) V vd I * I ILntf6d'• of Rs kind ml explained that the 100 acre farmuxiora. was operand seperately from the''This meeting was developed with the idea of getting to knowhorn because the province does%een- one another better and dealing with our problems in a cordialnot recognize it. The produce STAFF OFNINECity Assessor G. J. A. Dunlop. County officials—Mr. and Mrs. ! Robert Forbes, manager and matron of the county home:, Sheriff A. A. Bishop, County Road Superintendent J. N. Mea threll, John Calder, jail govern­or; Thomas Pye. court house en­gineer, County Clerk Coles.Welfare Administration officer D.F. Knott and Works Superinten­dent Harry Roth.Councillors and officials intro­duced from Ingersoll by Mayor Fewster were Miss WinnifredWilliams. Mark Simpson, RobertFraser, Claude Wright, asses­sor Daniel Aiken, Town clerk andii, nc sum was soldi The jail, he said, had a sor uanict AiKon, Town c st wholesale prices.|of five in 1950 and now has a,treasurer Elmer Winlaw.from the farm, he said was soldThe jailto the home9BBHHhe saidExwardens introduced indud i ed Grant Smith. Norwich and ।Edwin Pearce, Tillsonburg. EVERYTHING FROM FLAGS TO FALLOUT SHELTERSBusy Session Faces Autumn Meeting Of County CouncilA varied bill of fare, including! < a little of everything from flags clerk-Correspondence read by county ments to continue the payment of palitles are free of rabies for a structure of a county Emergency erk-treasurer L. K, Coles in- indemnities for cattle lost through Period of six months. Measures Grea^to fallout shelters, was offered for eluded the following resolutions: rabies, Perth also recommended (Federal-Provincial support for cil' rwiuntwl moJi' ‘ Perth county asking the that compensation payments be the emergency aid program in before making "Federal and Provincial govern- continued until affected munici- augurated in March 1959 ceased ■ a deosion.)July 1, I960.)the consideration of Oxford Coun­ty Council yesterday.—Free Press Woodstock BureauMUNICIPAL OFFICIALS MEET — Members of Woodstock city, Ingersoll and Oxford County councils met last night at the county building in Woodstock. Here, left to right, are: Donald Hossack, warden of Oxford; Mayor Bernadette Smith, Woodstock; and Mayor Ross Fewster, Ingersoll.Council was notified by the On* tario Department of Agriculture,Thn Pnrik „ 1 <■ lcJ"u 1 "'em oi Agricuuuro,nn -i/h i h solution was sup- field crops branch, that copies of8 Hin?Uar resolution the I960 Weed Control Act have from Huron county. jbeen distributed to all countyRABID FOX KILI FD j weed inspectors. Under the rog-(In Oxford Dr n w Ttnmn ulations of this new act, 27 weeds son veterinarian with the HeaHh 3 u °rS' •of Animals Branch. Canada De- (The Agricultural Committee of partment of Agriculture, report- ' ed yesterday that, a rabid fox had been killed last week on the farm of Frank Borland, Lakeside. Tias is the first case of a rabid ani­mal in the county since Good Friday, Dr. Thompson stated. Two dogs in the Lakeside - Kin­tore area are presently under quarantine.)counci] plans to discuss the ap­pointment of a new county weed inspector. Former inspector Ed , Thornton, died during the sumFrom Bruce county came a resolution urging the Ontario De­partment of Transport to make laws governing half loads on trucks during the months of Mar­ch and April, more stringent.From Middlesex county, deplor­ing provincial legislation where­by annexation applications affect-mer.)The Ontario Minister of High­ways. Fred M. Cass, notified council that the county’s supple­mentary roads bylaw for constru­ction purposes, amounting to $482,400, has been approved.TRAINING COURSESNotice was also received from ’ the Ontario Department of Pub- j lie Welfare, concerning prov-1 a incially sponsored public assist- | ance training courses for persons i in public welfare services. Theiug a county “in many important Iirst. wiu„be hcld “ T<>r™l“- be- .. K .. • « * , ~ _ Gfnninff find Akar *7matters”are considered and dis-posed of without the right of ap­peal and requesting that this legislation be amended. A protest prompted by the Ontario Munici­pal Board decision which annex­ed part of London and Westmins­ter townships to the city of Lon­don.)From Lincoln countj, request-the Provincial government to 'I sponsor research by the Canadian Medical Association with the aim of developing new techniques for blood transfusions, “so as not - to interfere with, or encroach upon any of the religious creeds, dogmas or beliefs of any per­sons.”From Lambton county, asking that the Highway Traffic Act be amended to permit the movement of any farm machinery on high­ways, at the same time, mini­mizing traffic hazards.From St. Catharines, asking the Federal government and Prime Minister Diefenbakerpass a new order-in-council provide for the establishment a distinctive Canadian Flag.TAX-EXEMPT SHELTERSto to ofginning October 3 and enrolment will be limited to 10 persons with the Welfare Department assum­ing costs of instruction and1 • training.Studies will continue for six weeks and are open to two groups, of municipal employees, those new in welfare work and those wishing a refresher course.The three-day session of coun- | cil will be interrupted Wednes- ' day when councillors take their I annual tour of the county roads ■: system.Three Councils in Oxford Meet Jointly In Woodstock, From Wentworth county, ask­ing the Ontario department of Municipal Affairs to have Ontar­io Legislature amend the Assess-Frr-o Pres* Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK — The first joint meeting of three municipal councils, to air mutual prob- lenrj and became acquainted with the intracies of adminlstra- on, was held last night at theOxford County building,'representatives of Woodstockcouncil council nicpal Mayorcouncil.andIngersoll townOxford Countya.H well as other mu- officials were present Bernadotte Smith, ofWoodstock, Mayor Roas Few- ster. of Ingersoll, and Warden Donald Hossack headed their respective delegations.History SketchedIm K. Coles, clerk-treasurer for Oxford, gave a resume ofthe county’s early history and explained the. operations of the county built- Jg, health unit, county home and jail.Mr. Coles told of the Battle of Ridgeway near Fort Erie in lh» 1800s when the Fenian raiders from the United States threat­ened to over power the area. Ox­ford County sent about 10 regi­ments of volunteers.Th< /county erected a monu­ment the memory of Malcolm McKenzie of West Zorra Tp., who was killed in the battle. Since the monument, situated in the Presbyterian cemetery, Woodstock, is in need of repair, the three councils were asked if they would consider renovating it No decision was readied.Mr. Coles said that when the Oxford County building was built in 1891-92, it had cost $115,- 000 complete with furnishings.The county home and farm, ' which cover 100 acres, accommo-. dates 62 persons, he said. There are 32 residents at the home now. The farm is separate from the home hut food products are sold to the home.During 1959, there were 364’ persons admitted to the county jail, said Mr. Coles. Average dally jail population is 18, and! dally cost of food is 50 cents.Mr. Coles said from 1950 to 1900, the population of thecounty had risen from 53,610 to average yearly in- .401.07,625. ancrease of 1,401.ment Act by adding a paragraph to read: “All structures or sub­structures used only as a shelter for the protection from blast or fallout in the event of a national emergency be exempt from tax­ation. This provision shall not ex­empt any portion or portions of a shelter which form an integral part of a building, structure or substructure which is used or in­tended to be used for other pur­poses.”(In this connection, Mr. Coles announced Monday that R T. Gavin, Zone 1 co-ordinator of the EMO branch of the Ontario De­partment of Planning and Devel­opment. may appear before Coun­cil during this session. Mr. Gavin addressed council in June on theFavor Annual City, County Informal MeetOxford Warden Don Hossack asked County Council this morn- 9 ing whether an informal meeting fl of county and municipal council- lors, representing Woodstock and Ingersoll, should become an an­nual event. ■ gThe first of such meetings was J held Tuesday. September 30 at the court house and was consid- \ ered to be highly successful.Response to Die Warden’s que­ry was affirmative.“A very fine idea”, commend- ; ed Tavistock reeve Robert Rudy.. ‘This sort of meeting not only I rons out differences among thefl hree councils, but we get to I .enow individual members better. > I think il is a very fine thing fl and should be carried on anoth­er year.”Mr. Rudy's approval was echo- I ed by Clare Esseltine. reeve of ' Tillsonburg. “I would certainly like to see it become an annual event.”Council observed a moment of silence at the opening of the session, in memory of the late I j Ed Thornton, county weed in- s spector. “A very valued cm- $ ployee.” c o m m e n l c d Ward-, cn Hossack.Hilton Virtue, chairman of the / agriculture committee, observed £ that Mr. Thornton was a con­scientious gentleman. “We will have to go a long way to find another to do the work that he did,” Mr. Vjrjae declared Library Move Seen Due SoonIn 3 Counties’are under-staffed, and staffs underpaid.theirSalary Adjustments“With formation of a county library," he said, "salary ad­justments would have to be made to librarians of small II- brarim. With the increasedsold heIngos In ton.could not see ad van the scheme for lamb'v-:.“There will be several years.grants this year we are all go­ing to buy more books — and GODERICH - Of the need them•-but^att , , , ’ means more work, and llbrnr-.counties which have co-opera-,Ians are overworked now,live libraries, only Middlesex. ( mentaJiy if not physically. Huron and Peel are likely to'"I think board members heretake early action on formation should go back to their boards of a county free public library and seriously discuss the possl- with finding “V S’ljL*the wages of county librariansadministration.The likelihoodemerged yes-terday from a roll call on the question at the closing session : of & two-day library institute, attended by representatives of 14 counties.and their staffs and making first-class citizens of them, not ! second-class. This problem 1 should be met In the immediate future.”Thomas Stevenson, explainingBruce,Kent, Elgin, Lambton,that BruceVictoria and Welland delegates Scotch, saidnaw no tion ofchance of early adop-l operates on “Not satisfaction, from countythe new plan.• yet" was the gist of the re­sponse from Oxford and Essex. Simcoe delegates merely lis­tened to the talks in order to report to their county board. Waterloo hoped to do some­thing about It In four or five years. Wentworth was defin­itely considering It."One-third of the people Inla predominantly Its county library’ $12,000 and gives Problems vary to county, and "itis up to the province to deal with county areas,” FromWiarton to Tobermory, there Is no library51 miles, "and noof selling before we can do anything about It In Eseex,"1 said Mrs. Hilda Brooks.Elgin needs leadership, ao- cordlng to Mrs. Ruth Prowse. "If we could get a professional, many problems would be solved.” Dinner MeetingAt a Thursday night dinner meeting In St. George's parish hall, public school inspector James Klnkend, Goderich, sug­gested that libraries should be Inspected and graded."Why concentrate on schools alone?” he asked.In regard to the county free public library plan, he said;! "You are working with some-! thing that Is a long-term propo­sition. The thing we are try­ing to do In school la co-operate with the librarians. The great­est thing librarians and boards can do is co-ordinate their ef­forts and get children to read."The difficulty Is in getting across that education does not stop at age 16. If you lead achild to a good book, hoExpect Early CompletionOf County Roads ProgrambyThe I960 works program on lot 8 $10,823 (half payable I county roads should be compJct-1 Waterloo) now open to traffic Tillsonburg and Dereham boued within a month, with the ex­ception of a bridge east of Drum bo where the delay in the arrivalof a promised supply of steel is holding up the erection of the steel superstructure, the county •• roads committee reported to council yesterday.Application has been made totbe Minister of Highways foraninterim payment of a subsidy on a roads expenditure of $286,847 and on a bridge expenditure of $112,612, the report revealed.A schedule of county projects under contract and total estim­ated costs was tabled:Ontario have no lee," reported Roedde, director branes. “Manylibrary' aerv-1 William A. of public li- municipalitlesdo not have any. To overtake- this situation would not only) cost several million dollars but> require a staff of inspectors,! and that has to be turned down1 for the present We are justi beginning to get at It”Walter Gowing, reporting for Waterloo, declared that prac­tically all county co-op librariesplace to put one.”For Oxford, Mrs. S. L Krom­part said much education would be needed. Warden Esli Dodgecarry Iton. Childrenhungry for Information.” Reeve Clarence Hanna,will areofEast Wawanosh Township, was chairman and the library dele­gates were welcomed by Huron County warden Thomas Durnln. Reeve Frank Walkom and Deputy Reeve James Bisset,i both of Goderich, also wel­comed delegates.Bridges on - Road 29. Jot 8, $149,000; completion ber 31.North and SouthBlenheim - date Decem-Norwich, lot13 - $15,969; completion date October 1.East and West Zorra, lol 15 - $22,000; completion dale October 1.North boundary Blandford, lot 3 - $17,876 (half payable by Waterloo) now open to traffic.North boundary of Blandford.ndary. lot 6 Dereham - $29,546;! now open to traffic.North Dorchester and Dereham. IS| ! boundary, concession 6 Dereham - $26,000; (supervised by Middle-! , sex and half payable by Oxford; now open to traffic.West and East Nissouri boun-j jh dary, lot 9 $17,000 ( supervised) by Middlesex and half pay able: by Oxford) now open.Roads:Road 6, lot 1-5 West Zorra;! grading, structures and baseK courses (2 miles) - $64,585; com-; plclion date October 15.Road 19, lot 22-28 Dereham; 1 grading, structures and base cou­rses (2.3 miles) ■ $67,521; com4M[&. pletion date October 31.Road 10 Verschoyle South to; - concession 9-10 Dereham (pav-'K ing 4 miles) - $35,256.Road 16. Kintore to concession! ; 1-2 West Zorra (paving 3.6 mil-! gfe. , es) - $31,329.Other construction work com-; _■ pleted by the county forces in-! Jj,; elude the paving of the hills: cut down in 1959 at Foldens! Corners and Golspie School.& xford Rejects Emer gene Measures BidOxford Council Turns Down Civil Defence Organization ISee CD Matter For Senior GovernmentsFor the second time in three mon­ths the Oxford County Council turn­ed down a proposal that an Emer-, gency Measures Organization should r be put into effect.Council felt that such education in: civil defence should not be under-1 taken by municipal government but instead by federal and provincialgovernments.J„;„i Boulton, reeve of Nissouri Township asked how he could inter-1 est ratepayers in his township in civil defence when they turned down;Johnfire protection two years ago.Only half of the counties in South- 1 western Ontario are organized tin- : ' der the emergency measures organ i- g zation Warden Donald Hossack , commented. He also said that com­information should be madepleteavailable.Stop Rabie« Support®A county bylaw, passed June 18. 1959 was repealed. The bylaw pro- . , ided for partial indemnity for live­stock owners losses due to rabies. Federal and Provincial support was withdrawn as of July 1, I960.Council gave third reading to a| bylaw to transfer the employees federal government, pension plan to the National Life Assurance Com-,.-, pany. Under the new arrangement county employees enrolled m the pension plan will receive additional benefits not previously available.The I960 works program on coun­ty roads should be completed within a month, with the exception of a, bridge east of Drumbo where the de­lay in the arrival of a promised sup­ply of steel fe holding up the erection] nf the steel superstructure, the coun­ty roads committee reported to coun­ALONG THE CONCESSIONSTwo Sides Of Thought On Establishing EMOBy MARY MARSH OUR PERSONAL goal in newsreporting is to keep our readers as fully and accurately inform­ed as is humanly possible.Seldom have we been accused of bias or “editorializing” in agh the ages was abolished.w e 11-intentioned. Unfortunately,igh the ages was anonsnea. wbh-idwuuvucu. umwuuwwy, REMOTE CONTROL instru- in his eagerness, he aroused t$emeats of mass destruction elim- animosity of councilnews story. With one exception, was our coverage of the re­This cent the civil hadinated the persona) aspect of| There is a conflict of personal- combat between trained fighting ities between the co-ordinator, ---- and council. ,Valid arguments have been ad-icounty council decision onEmergency Measures (or defence) Organization. W e __tried to be impartial and render an accurate picture ofmen.Realizing that it faced a new concept of war, whereby entire civilian populations could be de­stroyed, the F’deral-Provincial Conference, held in April 1959, overhauled the previous Civil De-vanced by both parties.Council members feel:That insufficient information is available on the r.eed for EMO.Free* Pres* Wood stock BureauWOODSTOCK —Oxford County Council yesterday ( unanimously turned down a proposal that a commit­tee be setup with a view to forming an emergency' measures organization in the county.Urges ReconsiderationR. T. Gavin, civil defence co­ordinator for Southwestern On- । tario, appeared before council' and urged it to re-consider thflr possibility of establishing such! program in Oxford County.He appeared before council at its June session but the pro-* posal at that time was held in abeyance. On both occasions,, councilors expressed the view that there should be more pub­lic education on civil defence;the proceedings as they happen-ed.However, we will confess we do have a strong personal view­point on this matter.Perhaps the fact that news­paper people have access to in­formation which is not made a- vailable to the general public, has something to do with it. (All the news is not "fit to print” or. Jor reasons of security, cannot be printed.)i Certainly, the fact that our i brother has risked his life for (more than ten years in the skies over North America and Europe, guarding his country against ag- - gression, has influenced our thinking.However, we also believe that people are entitled to decide for themselves whether or not they I want training m what to do in i the event of nuclear attack.Basically the situation appears to us to be this.: - With the introduction of nu­That protection of civilians: fence Organization. ;should be the responsibility oftWhat emerged was EMO, the the Department of National De-!Emergency Measures Organizat- fence. sSion. Under the new plan, ratified That information on survival in( a by the provinces last October, case of nuclear attack and radioj J such organizations must be estab­lished on a county basis. Nosmaller unit can be admitted tofence.before Oxford County commits! itself.Mr. Gavin asked council if itactive fallout should be provided by the Federal government, thr- '■thought civil defence was un­necessary, since it was adamant] in its attitude. Members or council told Mr. Gavin that civil! defence was a matter that should be handled by the fed­eral and provincial govern-i roents and not left in the hands of municipal governments. r?amauei unu uC aum.^u « ough newspapers, radio and tele-; the program or qualify for fin- vision.ancial support. That nuclear attack is unlike- *the plan Ko’-n^bv the Federal ^That the taxpayers’ burden "How can I interest the rate-*' and Provincial governments, ten should not.be increased payers in my township in civil. 4*. Afi t i.avm amiipc rnaTancial support.the plan is borne by the Federal"How can I interest the rate-'Mr. Gavin argues that:per cent by the counties.In the case of Oxford it works ... - , -out this way. Total population of ®MO is false economy because thes county is 67,561. Subtracting all taxpayers are now contnbut-j the 19,458 population of Wood- mg. whether they have the or- stock and the 7,050 population of ,nnReluctance to spend money on!cil. - f!Application has been made to the Minister of Highways for an interim; payment of a subsidy on a roads ex- oenditure of $286,847 and on al penuiiurc $112612 the । clear hombs at the end ofbridge expen 1 • world War 2, “conventional” war-report revealed.fare as it had been known throw-ONTARIO HOSPITAL ASSOCI ATIONIngersoll, leaves a total of 41,- 053.Allowing 25 cants per capita, as suggested, this provides a working capital of $10,263. Contri­butions from the senior govern­ments would amount to $9,236. Oxford's share would be $1,026 or two and a half cents per capita.A municipal organization calls for the services of a municipal clerk, functioning as a co-ordin­ator and the heads of such vital services as fire, police, welfare, . engineering, PUC, treasury andganization or not.Nuclear attack is possible. i It has been estimated that 300,-Hs 000 to 500,000 trained rescue workers will be needed if a nal- g ional emergency raises. (Streng-; th of the Canadian army present-! 4 ly stands at 80,000).County councils are the closest link which the provincial and federal governments have to the! ■ ‘ people.He believes people have the right to be schooled in the ah-la swers to such questions as survi- itdefence when they turned down, fire protection two years ago.” said John Boulton, reeve of East (Nissouri Township.• Warden Donald Hossack com­mented that only half of theMRKCOLLSCOUNTY OFOXFORDINGERSOLLONT। val in case of nuclear attack,1 i assessment.' ' ] the advantages or basement fall-!A full-time salaried co-ord in at- ®.ut shelters, the effects of radia- or would have to be appointed >n on water and basic food — - supplies.We also believe the people incounties in Southwestern On­tario are organized under the emergency measures organiza­tion. Complete information, should be made available, pref-j erably through the mails, to per­sons in other counties, he said.Pension Plan TransferCouncil gave third reading tc* a bylaw to transfer the em­ployees' federal government pen­sion plan to the National Life Assurance Company. Under the new arrangement, county em- jployees enrolled in the pensionlikely.In June and again in ‘Septem- r6 alsu believe tne people in ber, R. T. Gavin, civil defence th15 county have a right to ask co-ordinator for south-western!Ihese Questions and receive an-swers.Ontario appeared before county council asking that a committee! be appointed to study the estab­lishment of EMO in Oxford coun- yCOUNCIL HAS responded b y • ers to send their cpinions on this] not Closing lhe door on EMO en-1 subject to th s paper. We will be f & tirely but the committee has not happy to print Hum, providing been set up. each bears a proper signature.S ", Oxford council is composed of We have had out say on thisi a group of sincere, hardwork- subject. We would like you, the ’ ir ing men who strive in the best people, to have yours, interests of the laxpayers they represent .Mr. Gavin is a provincial cm-___We would suggest that the gen-' eral public lake their opinions to i their local council sessions and voice them. We invite our read-ployce, well-schooled in the dan .gers, both natural and nuclear,, which confront civilian populate -ions.In his anxiety to arouse the public to these dangers, he hasplan will receive additional benefits not previously avalM able.A bylaw was passed repealing the county rabies bylaw under which partial indemnity pay­ments were made to persons who had lost livestock due to rabies. Council decided to rescind the bylaw since the federal and pro* vinclal governments ceased their participation in the program on July 1 of this yearCouncil decided to take nn action on a resolution submitted for indorsation by Huron and Perth county councils Baking that the governments be peU* tioned to continue indemnitythent;payments for months after cleared up.Appointmentrnbie« thefor diseaseof anew weedbeen ovenyiger,wrhaps.butlinspector for the county will ba left until the January, 1M1 we­stern it wm decided. 1 Probe Drink Parties On CountyBv HARVEY CURRELL Telegram District Editor VFrilO blew the whistle £ on the bar in the basement of a Peel - County building?Around Brampton, that was an important topic of conversation today as the Ontario Attorney Gen­eral’s department started '• investigating reports of partying and drinking on y county property.S Responsible for the in­vestigation was a Supreme Court grand jury's report to Mr. Justice Aylen yester­day that it had found a quantity of liquor in the basement recreation room of a county-owned house : beside the courthouse.The house has been oc­cupied by recently-fired । county building caretaker, William Smith. Grand jur-1 - ors made it clear that the,' liquor didn't belong to Mr. I Smith.SIX BOTTLES OF WHISKY AND ONE OF RUM Could point to “possible improper use of county rooms.”l‘PropertySeminar on Aged at OshawaA four-day seminar for personnel of Ontario homes for the aged started yesterday at Hillsdale manor. Oshawa’s new $1,250,000 senior citizens’Some 300 employees, including home super­intendents, doctors, nurses, therapists, geriatrics specialists and executives, are- attending the' seminar.' The d^covery seems to I point to possible improper ■ use of county rooms,” jury HFind Liquor in Peel County Cellarforeman Robert J. said in his report.The grand jury's sion to inspect theGrey pdeci-1 '' care­taker's house was a sur- prise. Although jurors are empowered to visit all county buildings, none had worried about this particu­lar house for years. County i councilors have used the; recreation room as a place to eat lunch when council meets.Peel county council will wait until next week to dis­cuss a grand jury's discovery of liquor on county property.Warden Wilton Downey said no special meeting will be called before the council’s regular meeting Oct. 13.After inspecting public buildings yesterday the grand jury reported to Mr. Justice H. A. Aylen at Brampton assizes that “a large amount of liquor” was found in the basement of the county build­ing superintendent's house,adjoining the county build­ing.The liquor was not thesuper intendent’s property,the jury said. “It has beensaid this room is used fromcouncil members eat lunch in |to comment on the jury’^ the basement when council j report.is in session. Meals are served The jury also urged con by Mrs. Lorraine Smith, thestruction of a new jail, andtime to time for county pur­poses. We recommend the situation be investigated since it appears to point to possible improper use of county buildings.”Mr. Justice Aylen directed the report be sent to the attorney - general’s depart­ment and the county council.Court house officials said’C "rj.---------- • ; j ".struction or a new jan, ana, building superintendent’s said jad sta{£ wagesJ areQ Wlte- 1OW>Superintendent William Smith was discharged last month after council’s per­sonnel committee complained he had been insubordinate. He and his wife are to move out Oct. 31.Reeve Fred Kline of Brampton, chairman of the property committee, refusedWILLIAM SMITH; Complained of drinkingRecently, however, care­taker Smith had complain-I ed of drinking and party-* ing in the room. He had it placed out-of-bounds for employes,I Last month, he was dis­missed for insubordinationI and “lack of harmony,” but .allowed to stay in the house for an extra month until! he could find other accom- j Lmodal ion.Discovered by the grand :I jury were seven bottles of ' LEne whisky, Scotch and f Krum.Oftlearnt Mt,//f, tf ‘fOffJitwf/i'i/Peel County warden Wil- ton Downey, a nondrinker, (refused to discuss the mat- ter Jas! night but said; “We will make a full statement at the next county meet- ing.” _ J; Opposition To Building Of Proposed East Missouri Office Is Heard At Kintore MeetingThe Oddfellows Hall at Kin- was in back taxes ($19,000 totore was well filled with inter­ested ratepayers last Monday evening. The question before the house was the seemingly rather inflammable one con-be exact) while $16,000 was one in drainage assessments. How ever, the township had never lost a dollar on back taxes or............................... „„ __ drainage assessment, so the ceming.....the proposal of East money was as good as in theMissouri Township Council to bank. In fact it was bet­build a township office in Kin-' ter, because back taxes, etc.tore. I paid a 6% interest rate whileThe building, as proposed.’ the township borrowed at 554%. would have a ground floor and He felt the township needed a basement with enough space for municipal building because of offices of the Township Clerk, the great increase in business Assessor, Treasurer, and Road and population in the past ten Superintendent. The plan also years. The Reeve quoted fig- calls for vaults on each floor' ores to prove his point. In 1950 plus a board room and other East Missouri’s population wasspace available for meetings j 2.200 and in 1960. 2,780, an such as the one Monday even- increase of almost 25 per centing. To date, estimates only have been secured from plans drawn by Mr. Anderson of Bur- gessville. The two estimates received were for $14,500 and $15,000. A deed for the pro­perty owned by Gordon Robin­son. immediately north of the Oddfellows Hall in Kintore. on which it was proposed to erect the building, is in process of registration at the present time. Reeve Bolton stressed the fact that estimates only have been called for and not tenders.4-Delegation VisitThe meeting actually stem­med from the visit of a delega­tion opposed to the construction of township offices at a town­ship council session on June 6, 1960. From all reports, this delegation was a most forceful one and council felt that the feeling of the ratepayers should be sounded out on the subject.To clarify one contentious point brought up during the meeting we give verbatum the motion put forward by Town­ship Council on June 6th: Mun­ro and Hossack—That we lay over until the nomination this fall, anything further on the township office, except that we may get plans and estimates of cost of office to be presented at that time to meeting. (Car- Tied). At a later meeting of township council held on Sept. :12, 1960, the following motion was put forward: Munro-Hoss- ack: That we rescind the motionin ten years.The work oftownship council was practical­ly doubled compared to the sit­uation in 1950.Deputy Reeve Alex Hossack was the next speaker. He stat­ed that he was in favor of going ahead with the building. Every­thing would be on file in such a set-up compared to other years when a lot of trips were necessary to get required infor­mation. The office at Medina, used at present, had proved the advantage of such a set-up. Mr. Hossack felt that the roads werethe Reeve had omitted a few details and stated that he un­derstood from the meeting in June, that the matter would be left to the ratepayers in the fall. “Stick cabinets to the cell­ing in the Medina office, if that is all the new building is for.” He had always believed council to be “broke”. At least that is the answer he received from Mr. Geo. Anderson when he phoned last winter regarding some snow fence on the half concession. “The township was hard up." Mr. Kittmer also remarked that the present clerk was receiving $2100 a year and just starting, while Mr. Baker received $1800 a year after 30 years of service. “Perhaps,” commented Mr. Kittmer, “we should pay the Baker estate for 33 years of using the house as an office? Put money into hard-, surfacing—the taxpayer will get more out of his money."Fallowing Mr. Kittmer’s ad­dress, which incidentally drew quite a round of applause, Clerk Gordon Gregory read/.copies of motions passed by council in June and September as outlined earlier.now in fairly good shape and they certainly needed the pro­posed building.4-"Official Opposition"Councillor George McKay on taking the floor, immediately announced that he was the “of­ficial opposition.” Reeve Bolton suggested the term “left wing-4-The Road Picture(of June 6, 1960, pertaining : jwnship office re discussion nomination day. (Carried),to onPoints Out NeedGordon Gregory, Clerk of East Missouri, was named as chair- Gnan for the meeting. He call- । • ri Reeve John Bolton to the floor as the first speaker. Reeve Bidton outlined the plans for the 'office as detailed earlier in this! column.He felt that it waslo dwtias a township office, not roads. However, he was I glad to produce u few figures! to refute Mr Kittmer’s charges that more money should be; ipent on roads, Tin.- total road, budget for 1080 called for $80, ‘ (Kio, $25,000 more than ever before In the history of East Nissburi. Of this amount $27,-. 000 was for bridges, $16,000 lor. road., and $33,000 for main ten nice, He noted that so far they were under the budget on bridges, over on the other two, but he felt that subsidies could be re arranged to cover this ad justment. The policy of coun cil was to repair the worst spots as they appear. Over $4,000 had been spent recently within one mile of Mr. Kittmer’s homo. Hard-topping on the ninth con- ??s?ipn and on Thamesfor^ roads was slated for the next few weeks. The government paid a 50 per cent subsidy on roads, 80 per cent on bridges.;Mr. Roy Monteith took the floor with the proposal that council consider his building at Uniondale for the township of-: fice. It was large enough, of' solid construction, could be pur­chased and fixed to suit for approximately the same cost as the estimates. The apartment above, he felt, would pay for maintenance costs of the build-, ing.Don Scotland got up to note that plenty of buildings might be vacant in the township in the . future. He referred to the pres ent trend to consolidated schools. "Perhaps one of these would make a suitable build­ing—let’s wait and see.”Should Be Left'Chas. Langdon agreed that a------ , । unas. uangaon agreea mat a. Reeve John Bolton asked tor. place was needed to store im the floor once more. He noted I----------------■-----------------------| that the meeting had been called I(Turn to Page Twelve) *|Hear E. Missouri OppositionTo Proposed New BuildingUi002WUiuiW wer” and Mr. McKay agreed. He stated that the township was at present paying on debentures to the extent of $185,000 re- nortan. nn^^innc “A Int nf suiting from costs of Ingersoll U coi d burn without much " S ’at^Medina 3 p CoSera“^ costing next to nothing and serv- proposed' lh°%urctaseLo"Sfire & pSnnon if H^dhJnSie claimed could be purchased forhunt y 1 b d’ $3°0 and would be better than vault- He suggested that, at neS tn £ rate> the matter should benext to take the floor. He gave over for iiie new council as his opinion that it was ask- Mr GreXv canZd on the his nfHee t0 haVH crowd to express their feelingsnnr ?w?°ue on the matter. Francis Seaton "nthor ha!i Proposed a motion that the mat-S X 1 J h nSn and.ter be left in the hands of coun­ty f Ha r JnhrVdeat100 ??r eil- Said Mr- Seaton, “They nffiL township know what they are doing.” ThechinVn aipIaue t0 Aeep t0WinJ motion was seconded by Arthur S ? where they would Wilson. Bert Palmer then rose t0 land but to propose an amendment that also protected. | matter be held over and* put to a vote of the people atOffice An Asset । election time. The amendment Councillor Hugh Munro stat-! was seconded by Wm. McGee.ed that he felt the townshipj needed the office, in fact, he! had proposed the motion forCONTINUED FROM PAGE ONEhonest job," she stated. “They need co-operation: criticism can sometimes be helpful, but some delegations are composed of gentlemen, others are not,” Mrs. Whetstone went on to note that; “Council is certainly not in office for the money or the glory; it must be for the criti­cism, they get more of that than anything else.” She stress­ed the point that “good men take so much and then drop out. Should this sort of thing: continue, townships will have£cent.also protected.same. If a question comes up, even in the present office, the Ideaih of Ackland Baker^ who. clerk can look up the file and (could carry on the work only find the answers. Records left • in his own home. From this lying around are definitely not original idea came the plan for safe. Mr. Munro felt that the la composite building to handle office would be an asset to the! di township offices. Reeve Bol-1 municipality, make it easier for »n pointed out that the report future councils and be a credit 'or the year 1959 showed a sur-Jto the community as a whole; us of township funds amount-1 Chairman Gordon Gregory g to 325,622.31. He proposed now called for comment from! deplete this surpras by erect- the floor. First to avail him- ng the township offices. He ad- self of the opportunity was Andy! .mitted that a lot of this surplus Kittmer. Mr. Kittmer felt that;a necessity for the clerk to have an office following theSaid Mr. Seaton.“TheyBert Palmer then roseto be governed by Toronto— । unless the women take over.” Mrs. Whetstone received quite an ovation. Reeve Bolton re­marked that had she spoken earlier, the voting might have1 had a different result.Aasked for comment as to the; result of this meeting, Reeve' Bolton stated that it was too, early to say as yet, but the feel­ings oft he ratepayers, as evi-; denced in the voting, would certainly be considered-Amendment CarriesEric Kittmer, Arthur Wilson"Was A Disgrace"Reg Day came to the front at this time. Mr. Day is a former Reeve of East Missouri and for­mer Warden of Oxford. He and"Ray ‘ McCorquodale were stated that not 5 per cent of appointed scrutineers. Voting the people here realize the need first heid on the amend- of such a building.” He went ment with the results as fol-1, on to state that a clerk had no lows:’ Favor of amendment 88. privacy with an office m his when the motion was put to own home. It was a disgrace the vote the number in favor the way council had been cut was 5L Bob Calder noted from1 tonight. Why let hem down? the floor that regardless of You put them in to run your whether the amendment was business Leave the matter in carried or not it did not bend the hands of council It should the CouncU as the meeting was never have come out. Mr. Day) called only to djSCUss the mat- noted that during his terms in; ter not l0 voU. upon it. Clerk municipal office, they had Gregory agreed with this and bought numerous items, built, stated that the sole advantage schools, etc with no “squawks .; of lhe vote was that it gave He hoped the council had en- council a clear view of what ; ough “bottom” to go ahead with the rat epay er/” Wanted, their plans. ‘ClerkTreasurer SpeaksAt this point, Mrs. Ella Whet­stone, treasurer of the town-! ship, rose and in a fine speech she defended the township coun­cil. “They are a fine, honest group of men, trying to do an■ ! ;'.JB £a 11UNVEILED BY GREAT GRANDS ONReferring to the Ingersoll fam-noon..and stability of our people” Prof.Oxford Historical Society duringplaque following the unveiling, with Mr. and Mrs. Leslie H. In­gersoll. The plaque is on the site of the original Ingersoll Farm. (Staff Photo)LESLIE H. INGERSOLL of Riverside, great grandson of Charles Ingersoll, one of the founders of Ingersoll, unveiled an historical plaque, erected byStanley concluded.WARDEN SPEAKSWarden Donald Hossack ofher address at yesterday’s cere­mony.An estimated 75 gathered on Thames Street beside the Tham­es River for the hour long ser-Stanley J. Smith, local histor­ian and a member of the Oxford"It takes many ---- a community and bring it to lifethe Ontario Archaeological and Historic Sites Board Wedsenday afternoon. In the Photo, Miss Winnifred Williams, president of the Oxford County Historical । Society, (left) is seen at theFounder Of IngersollHonored With PlaqueA plaque honoring the “Found-1 with maturity they begin to m-।ers of Ingersoll” was unveiled 1 quire of themselves who they ily and the early settlers M 1 s sand dedicated yesterday after-(came from and where they came Williams emphasized They laidi from and where they are going, the foundation for the blessingsiv people to found It is history that provides the and pleasures we enjoy today.a wiuuiuun- and bring it to life 1 signposts.” The speaker felt that They passed on a goodly hen- but there are alwavs a few out- communities and even nations, tage and it is fitting and prop­standing leaders and personalit-1 were much like this. er that we should enjoy it.ies. It is these that we are honor- “I like to think that the gov-, Bernadette Smith of’ing todav” stated Councillor Win- ernment’s erection of these pla- Mayor bernaaeue bmim or, nifred Williams, president of the ques is evidence oithe^^ sfanlev J Smith focSEmbro, commended the Archaeo- I logical Board, the Department ofTravel and Publicity and the Ox­ford Historical Society on theirHistoric Society gave a short address on the founding of the Anglican Church in Ingersoll by the Ingersoll family.Mr. Ingersoll not only outined the history of his family but re­vice.The actual unveiling of theElaque was performed by Leslie mu ;------.. .[. Ingersoll. BA. B SC. of River- efforts in having theside, great grandson of Col. Char- erected.les Ingersoll, founder of this Miss Williams; opened town. Mr. Ingersoll is a consult- teresting address on the ing engineer. He was accompan-! of the Ingersoll family ied bv hiS Wife. MR. Ross Fewster. mayor of Ing--------ersoll chairman for the after- permitting the plaque to be plac- noon.’ spoke briefly extending a ' ed on his property." xn % MS ■Miss Williams, opened। pressing appreciation to .I Wilson, of Wilson’s Dairy for. „ ferred to a huge book compiledplaque by his father 65 years ago. The . . book contained sealed documentsner in- of appointments, letters, pictures mstory an^ newspaper clippings of years oy ex- ag0 Tphe guest of honor and his Aiex. wtfe presente(i these documents,County Library Names Book Contest Winners■ ...an Indenture and a petition to the Oxford Historic Society. The gifts were accepted by Miss] Winnifred Williams who explain­ed that she had arranged to have them on display at the Ingersoll Public Library before they go to the County Museum in Wood-, stock.The plaque was unveilved byh wE• Sft-H^arCI for be- president pointed out that the; and spectators were standing on the'mg interested enough m the town part o{'f a qtanlev of original farm granted to the Ing-. KinSnn a member of he Arch- family. ‘Their first house । Km0ston, a me . b, gather- was approximately where theeologicai Board told the gamer- eg jfelrd^ekm^f^InEer “And lhis point where you are Rev. L? V. Pocock rector of St.I'ing is the junction of two James Anglican Church.old Indian trails, the Tham-,, —----------------- —yto erect a plaque here.-1 Professor C. F. G. Stanley ofKingston, aing --------------------of the Board to come to Inger- .. soli for this ceremony because of his special personal interest in the town where his grandfather ™ and mother had lived jtognway.Mentioning well known histor­ical names, and persons studied; r- by the student, Prof. Stanley re­gretted that very few ever learn; about people such as Thomas Ingersoll and his son. “People like the founders of this import­ant community deserved to be commemorated” the speaker aaid.A youngster does not appreci-. ate old portraits and family keep-, - sakes until he teaches maturity, Prof. Stanley suggested. “Lt isMr. Ingersoll and dedicatedby ■At the conclusion of the cere-Iver and what is now No. 19 monies the special guests were! r,” ।entertained at tea in the dairy.)ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO COUNTIESY.M.C.ALUNCHEON A .Aud1 tor IumWednesday, October I96012s15 p.m. noonSpeaker: Mr. Eric Hardy, Director Citizens’ Research Institute of Canadai.r: VA1County Library Co-Operative, a-. Mona Fulton. Blandford 8, Ger' Efe1* 1,brar'a” s'Krompart. | Bufn 12: Elaine| Mrs. Ken Hilts of Woodstock N Norwich 3B: Susan Cole.■and AW Burman, managing edit- 1 • -or of the Sentinel-Review, judged approximately 134 entries, which were reported to be of a higher ! quality than last year.First prize winners in both di­visions receive $19 cash and sec­ond prize winners receive $5. The first ten runners-up each receiveSI and all contestants receive a red ribbon, signifying theirticipation in the contest.NON IKTION awards .lane Oliver. East Nissouri 5;Cameron, N, Norwich! ionpar­Mar.3B:East Nissouri 5.FICTION AWARDS -Bonnie Shewan, E- Nissouri o. Tom Patience. E. Nissoun 5:; Marilyn Pellow. Blandford 1; Eli­zabeth Johnson. N. Norwich SB: ■ Julia Hough. E. Zorra 6B; George Bishop. N. Norwich 3B; Gan Bell. Blandford 5; Charmaine Jackson. Victory Memorial. Ing­ersoll; Gillian Harrington. N. Norwich 3B; Allan Hughes. N. Norwich SB; Linda McFarland. N. Norwich 3B; Susan lates. Blandford 1.' 4Price: $2.001, l Sees Added Services Helping Oxford GrowFre® Prem Woodwork BureauWOODSTOCK — L. K. Coles, who today marks his JBth year as Oxford County's clerk-treas­urer, says he has seen numer-i ous changes in county admln-l istration since he assumed hU position. •Services AddedMr. Coles wax appointed clerk-treasurer on Nov. 23,1942, neth then tionsucceeding the late Ken- Roth, of Woodstock. Since he has seen the forma- of the Oxford Countyhealth unit in 1945 and the county library co-operative In 1948.A PLAQUE commemoraling the founders of Ingersoll was unveiled nl Ingersoll. This plaque is one of a sen. - being erected throughout the province by lhe Depai’tmcnl of Travel and Publicity acting on the advice of the Archaelogical and Historic Sites Board of Ontario. Pariicipanls in the ceremony shown left to right were Professor G. !•'. G. Stanley, a member of the Historic Sites Board; Miss \\ I- Williams. President of the Oxford County Historical Society; Mr. D. Hossack. Warden of Oxford County; Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Ingersoll; His Worship Mayor R. R. Fewster of Ingersoll; Mr S. J. Smith, a member of the Oxford Historical Society; and Mrs. W. P. Ward, Secretary of that Society. , _L. K. COLES - - Oxford clerkjMr. Ingersoll’s Gift To Local Historical SocietyThe erection of Ingersoll yesterdaya plaque unveiled in afternoon to MajorThomas Ingersoll and to his son Charles, the original founders of the Oxford Coun­ty settlement and the community which bears their name, is another in a series of commendable commemorative acts be­ing carried out across this province by the Archeological and Historic Sites Board of Ontario./ But what is even more commendable, we believe, is the gesture of Major In­gersoll’s great grandson, Leslie H. Inger­soll, of Windsor, who officiated at the unveiling. Mr. Ingersoll presented to the Oxford Historical Society a book compil­ed by his father, John McNabb Ingersoll. This contains various records, pictures and clippings of the history of Ingersoll, Woodstock and Oxford County. In it are original documents of agreements with some of the citizens of Great Barrington, Mass. at the time Thomas Ingersoll was trying to muster 40 desirable citizens to emigrate to Upper Canada. And there is other valuable material as weltThis record of the Ingersoll family and J:., of the area which they settled is, accord-||| ■ ing to our information, to be on exhibi-j tion for a time at the Ingersoll public library and the Oxford County museum in Woodstock before it is put away for •. safe keeping.Although we have not seen the book, we believe it will be of great value to the historical record of this county. It may even give some data on Major Thomas Ingersoll’s daughter, the well-known fig­ure of every Canadian history book, LauraB Secord.Bui lhe most striking thing about this set of circumstances that brings these valuable documents back to Oxford isrevealed in some preliminary corre^pon-i dence between Mr. Ingersoll and Mrs. W. R. Ward, secretary-treasurer of the Ox­ford Historical Society. One sentence seems significant. “Have paid little atten­tion to this book until vour letter arriv­ed."We have often felt that the history of this and many other areas would be; richer and more authentic if some of thej valuable records and other material, leftto gather dust in some out of the way placi-perhaps right in our own homes—had been turned over to such organiza­tions as historical societies, or public libraries. As they become available to the public for study they may easily be the means of a new understanding of the early history of the communities con-! cemed and lhe nation.We would like to hope that the ex­ample of Mr. Ingersoll, and the incident that caused him to make such a generous! ■ gesture, would lead to some other origi­nal and valuable source material being brought to light. We feel many members of pioneer families still living in this area may have in their possession material the value of which they may not realize.It may conceivably be that, some such material which is known to exist is being held back because of a feeling that there, is not a place sufficiently safe to contain it. Perhaps that might be the case, and could be a project for the historical so­ciety and historically-minded people, in conjunction with city, county and other levels of government.But even existing facilities are just asHe recalls that 1n 1943, the county raised $25,056.87 In taxes, and this year the tax figure is 1710,517.43. The county's popu­lation has grown steadily through the years, and today there are about 67.000 persons in Oxford, including Woodstock and Ingersoll.During his first full year as clerk-treasurer in 1943, county council had 13 out of 20 new! members. Usually there are not more than five new members appointed to council, he said, jMore DutiesThe clerk-treasurer’s office has had increased administra­tive duties through the years because of the added services in the county, he said. During the 1940s for Instance, the county did not have a plan for indemnity payments for loss of1 livestock due to rabies.When Mr. Coles became clerk­treasurer, there was one sec re-' tary who handled all paper work in the various depart­ments at the court house, but today there are two in Mr. Coles’ office and four others in the other offices.Co-Op May Leave City If Tax Adjustment Request Is DeniedCity council will be asked ;enue received from storage rar> I ' to take some “amicable!ly exceeds the cost and during action’’ with regard to more than many months of some years the a 100 per cent increase in taxes rooms are empty, “hurther- for 1961 on the Oxford Farmers’ more", it continues. Woodstock Co-Operative Produce Co. Ltd. .is located such that it is neces-.A letter from the produce. com-lsary io quote lower rates on ac- panv points out that if council count of back-haul m order tofails to lake any action it willget storage." , i;Another point in question is thebe necessary to make future Another point in question is the plans to move from Woodstock fact that the business tax has to some other location in the increased $%b,42 when the coia- county where operating costs pany does not have an ®PP®rt- will be less unity t0 make an earninK on“This move would affect more:age. concludes the letterthan 70 employees, the majority' living in this city," states theletter.It points out that the company paid an amount of $3,652.22 in taxes in I960 but due to the as­sessment of a public cold stor­age building the tax for 1961 is $7,829.65. an increase of $4,177.42,safe and much more useful than some -uur 0<)ara oxdusty shelf or attic trunk in some old lhis_ because cold stor;“Our. board of directors fedis in excess. Ihomestead.because cold storage is used for the benefit of the consumer and, the producer when there is a surplus of perishable food pro­ducts." states the corresponden­ce. “We have stored and shipped farm produce to several count ries of the world ”The. letter points out that rev- COUNTY OXFORDTHU5S0CIRTI0N OF ONTARIOname l. k. colesCEREMONY RECALLS MEMORIESOF COLLEGE OPENED IN 1860I Me mon' of ‘he old Wood- i slock College will be perpetual- ] ed by a plaque unveiled on toe grounds at the junction of Col­lege avenue and Wilson street vesterday. The inscrip- । tion. reads. “Woodstock College I 1857-1326. Here stood the Can­adian Literary Institute which1 was incorporated in 1857, op-ened in 1860 and renamed Woodstock C o 11 c g e in 1883. Sponsored by the Baptist Chur­ch. its establishment was larg­ely the result of the efforts of its first principal (1860-78) the Rev. R. A, Fyfe. It was a co­educational institution provid­ing training in theology and arts and at one time was ex­pected to attain university sta­tus. In 1881 its faculty of theo­logy was transferred lo Tor­onto Baptist College and in 1888 its ladies’ tournament was mov­ed to Moulton College in Toron­to. Woodstock College served as a boy’s preparatory school from 1890 until it closed in 1926. Left to right, Dr. P. P.W. Zieman, general secretary' treasurer of the Baptist coin vention of Ontario and Queb-U ec; Mayor Bernadette Smith! Woodstock; Clifton Lane, QC,1 Toronto, president of the Wood- stock College Society and W. H. Cranston, chairman of t e Ontario Archeological and His­toric Sites Board. (Staff photo)Plaque Is Unveiled At Former College SiteA the wasmemorial plaque, marking site of Woodstock College, unveiled in Woodstock yes-■ terday afternoon by the president ,<>of the College alumni associa- . ; Hon. Clifton H. Lane, QC, Tor­onto.“May the influence of that good school, through its graduates and descendants, -outlast even this plaque.” Mr. Lane commented as he removed Lhe velvet covering.The plaque was erected by the Oxford County Historical Society SK in co-operation with the provin­cial Archeological and Historic Sites Board.In his remarks. Mr. Lane sket­ched a brief, four-stage history of Woodstock College, which was founded by the Baptist Church and first incorporated as the .Canadian Literary Institute in 1857.It began as a co-education al school with theological and arts courses and early expectations that it would achieve university status.FIRST STAGEThe first stage of the school'sAn unsettled period of transi­tion followed, until the third stage of new achievement, development and vitality occurred between the years 1896 and 1915.The fourth and final stage of the school occupied a period of 10 or 12 years, from about 1915 to the closing of the school in 1926.PAYS TRIBUTEMr. Lane paid tribute to those who have worked to preserve the memory of the school. Tn parti­cular, he mentioned Mayor( Berna­dette Smith of Woodstock, Miss Winnifred Williams of Ingersoll, president of the Oxford Histori­cal Society, and Mrs. W. R. Ward, Miss Louise Hill and Miss Mary Mark of Woodstock.W. H. Cranston, chairman of the Historic Sites Board, remark­ed that he was raised on the traditions of the College as his father, J. H. Cranston (author of “Ink on My Fingers”) was a student there from 1899 to 1901.Mr. Cranston reminisced about some of the colorful characters, such as Joseph Boyle (later known as the ‘‘King of the Klon-I "Uncrowned KhMgrea. man Robert Alexa ider t etivUeH nt theFyfe, founder and first princi­pal. Mr. Lane stated It ended in 1878 with Fyfe's death.The second stage, from 1878 to about 1896. was one of change and transition with the centre of gravity shifting from Woodstock ... to Toronto. Within the ten year I period. 1880-1890, the school was altered in name and shorn of its theological department, its lad­ies department and its university • expectations.Stemming from these changes' came the Toronto Baptist College in 1881. McMaster University in 1887 and Moulton College in 1888.By 1890 Woodstock College has.of Romania”) who studied at the College and went on to later prominence in the history of thiscountry.“From no more hallowed halls in all the land came forth groups of Canadians than those who came from Woodstock College,” he stated.Dr. P. P. W. Zieman. repre­senting the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec, referred tothe history of the Baptist pion? eers who founded the College.He translated the school’s mqK. to, “Sit Lux”, (let there be lights and said, “they realized very early that there is a difference between wisdom and knowledge.’IDr. Zieman said, “Baptists have believed in a trained minis-j try.” And he explained that this training includes the arts anq sciences as well as theology. >HAPPY MEMORIESA well-known local graduate,1 Montalieu Nesbitt (1900 ■ 1905)^ rose to comment that his family has many hanpy memories of Woodstock College.Program chairman for the uru veiling ceremony was Rev. R. C. Clark of First Baptist Church,]. Woodstock.Mayor Bernadette Smith closed her remarks by quoting Canadian Poet Wilson McDonald, a student] at the College from 1893 to 183^ “Fifty years have blown 1 i k drifted leaves over my college days at Woodstock and yet titer chorlc cries of that noble orchesj ■ tra of spruce and pine which san® in lhe chancel near the College door, are as lyric as when L first heard them sing for a boy's heart of wonder.“I hope no blasphemous hand, ever destroys this ancient brolh- erhood of trees and that the bronze moons of August and thel silver moons of December will still march many a year to the1 sweet music of this dark-gowned chojr. across the skies which can i opy the grim, wind scriptured buildings of Woodstock College.” ।Report Reveals Thames!ordHerd Cow Died From RabiesRabies has not been complete- feet, county clerk-treasurer L. ly stamped out in Oxford county. K. Coles announced this morn-A rabid cow from the herd of ing.Alvin Thornton. Thamesford, died I naif the bounty is paid by thei last Sunday, the Federal Health county and the other S2 by the; of Animals Branch reported in Ontario Department of Municipal Woodstock today. . Affairs. The bounty has been paid;Diagnosis from the Hull labor- ■ on 85 fox killed in Oxford so far alories was received yesterday, this year. Mr. Coles said.The last case of rabies in theIn 1959. 883 of the rab’-'s-pronecounty occurred on October 5. animals were killed by hunterswhen Philip Meadows of RR 1, in the county. Embro. was attacked by a dis-1 eased cat.Mr, Coles said the significantdecrease in the number of fox'The $4 fox bounty, first intro- j killed this year, indicated the dis- duced by Oxford county council'ease had dispatched a lot of the in December 1958, is still in ef- animals last winter1 Yz Cigorets Per Person Seen Cost of Perth CDFree Pre«« Stretford Humu per capita maximum on whichRTRATFWnEatahlish- subsidy would he paid wouldmeiit of a Perth County emer­gency measUfea headquarter# to replace Individual municipal or-meanmunicipal taxation equalto about IM cigareta per pet' son per year.Canadians are beginning toRftnlr.atlons was proposed to realize that somebody has tn be Perth County council yesterday trained to handle emergency by R. T. Gavin, London, field situations. Mr. Gavin said.officer for a 12-County emer- He mi guest rd a bylaw whichcome a preparatory school tor vs. but without a governing ly of its own and secondary (he university which had ori-]. a led from Itgency measures unit in West- will be reviewed by oourWAS FIRST CO-EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL e, i.imated t ........—blJI.SJSSJ>11 tO'day. It covers establishment INFORMAL GATHERING SETS PRECEDENT' , • ••• .••cifir 5. J , • ?'7Ontario’s Money ManBY DON O’HEARNIN A UNIQUE precedent-set­ting meeting, elected represent­atives and some of the ap­pointed officials from Oxford County. Woodstock and Inger­soll met in the county council chambers last night for an in­formal get-together on jointtreasurer L. K. Coles; clerk-affairs. From the left, TOP,. I______ 1. Z. ZJ^,are Warden Donald Hossack, 1 treasurer Elmer Winlaw, Ing- reeve of Embro; Mayor Bern- ----" *-J ---------adette Smith, Woodstock, and Iersoll, and city manager R.Mayor Ross Fewster of Inger-G. Morrow, Woodstock. Theprecedent-setting gathering was' termed “beneficial to all” by: those in attendance. (Staff;l soil. Top officials of Lhe three i । municipalities, LOWER left, _ right,_ are county clerk and । photos). _____________aMonument To Fenian RaidVolunteer Sparks ResearchA little known facet of Oxford County history dating back to the time of the Fenian Raids came to light at the recent meeting of' Oxford. Woodstock and Ingersoll municipalities. ICounty clerk and treasurer, LJ K. Coles, has discovered what may well be the only monument of its kind An imposing monu­ment, about 12 by 12 feet at the base and some 30 feet high, that stands in the Woodstock Presby- jterian cemetery here commem­orating a single Oxford volunteer who fell at the battle of Ridge­way on June 2, 1866.Mr. Coles’ attention was a couple. Giving details of the raids by a of phono calls informing him that band of anti-British ruffians from the monument was falling into across the border at Fort Erie to disrepair. j the Battle of Ridgeway, Mr. Cpl-With an obvious interest in the.es said his research revealed | history of Oxford, Mr. Coles I that 10 volunteers were killed I visited the monument, avis itland 38 injured and of the 10 kill- which sparked considerable re- ed there was only one from Ox­search. Delving into county coun-:ford, Malcolm McKenzie, cil minutes of that era. he found It was from this battle that that the monument was eomplet- the often quoted saying that ed early in 1868 at a total cost “They May Tak Canada but They of $675. will, no tak Zorra” came. Mr.Coles observed. He said that at the time of the raids a company . Iwo com-lTIE man closest to Santa Claus at the provincial legislature is Hon. James Allan.Mr. Allan sits beside Premier Frost in the House and as provin­cial treasurer he signs the checks for the largesse that Mr. Frost hands out to municipalities, school boards and other bodies.The two men share one quality. They hand out money because that is their responsibility but neither exactly hands it out with abandon. They both know what both sides of a dollar bill looks like and they like to get full value from both sides.This is not to say that Mr. Allan is mean. Far from it. He personally is a man of quite fine generosity, but when it comes to spending other people’s money he is very conservative.Ontario’s treasurer is a 66-year- old business man who has devoted almost as much of his life to public service as he has to his personal welfare.He started as a farmer, gradu­ating from the Ontario Agricultural College. In 1919 he started in the dairy business in Dunnville and he has been connected with it ever since.But politics, local and then pro­vincial, have known him even more than his business.In 1919 he was elected to the Canbro township council and fol­lowing this he was mayor, deputy reeve and reeve of Dunnville, a member of Haldimand county council and warden of the county.He also is a life member, direc­tor and former president of the Ontario Good Roads Association, a prominent Mason, past president of the Haldimand Children’s Aid Society vice-chairman of the board of governors of the HaldimandHe picked Mr. Allan as the mat to break this up and there was ; very bitter convention.Mr. Mackenzie held on to th presidency by some 25 votes an< there were rumors of stuffed ballo boxes and generally a tumultuou time.When Mr. Allan then entered th provincial house in 1951, thos who did not know him well dinot know quite what to expect.. They soon found out, however, that; he was not the rebel which could have been suspected from his early back-ground.He soon demonstrated he was a man of mild disposition and fine balance and obviously was one of the most able men in the house. It was no suprise at all that Mr. I Frost named him minister of high-:ways in 1955 and a few yearslater made him also minister of 1transport. Still later he was mademinister of public works and then provincial treasurer.TODAY Mr. Allan is unquestion­ably the second man in the On-tario government.He did not particularly want theof $675.MINUTES TELL STORYWhat is more important, Mr.From county council minuf.es. of Drumbo Volunteers, two ......Mr. Coles found that raising panics of the Woodstock Rifles, and a company of Princeton Rif-funds in the county, which ateXT believesm he informed that “m® incorporated Wood-,les was formed and that Oxford the meet netha ’a corner Ze stock and Wrwll, for the erect- granted $4,000 for the volunteers. of th<; monument was no The council’s of the three mun- the tim?! mav be * Imbedded ea«y m^tor. In fact> W1® minul- icipalities may decide to repair?n £ S ” ft he covering the matter, start in1 the monument and, if so, the in the monument, it should ne .. . * {nw/,i,,„j u,m iyrni«. investigated,” he suggested. What brought the matter tothe June session of the I860, small cost involved, will lively council and extend to the be .split on a proportionate basis. January session of 1868. I Mayor Bernadette Smith said Eroding lettering on the mon- she was very historically minded ument states that it was erected1 herself and that, in her opinion,in memory of Malcolm McKenzie it slHUild be repaired but that 11 who fell at the Battle of Ridje- was a matter for her council toway on June 2, 1866. It was in June of that year, Mr, Coles dis­covered, that county council mov ed that the funeral expenses fordecide.Mayor Ross Fewster of Inger­soll also expressed sympathy for the idea and intimated it wouldWar Memorial Hospital and a member of practically every other charitable organization in his home area.This is Hon. James Allan, public servant. There also is Hon. James M Allan, person, and he is a good one.Queen’s Park first got to know Mr. Allan back in the late forties.He came into prominence then when he ran for president of the Ontario Progessive Conservation Association against the late A. D. Mackenzie QC. ,At that time, Hon. George f>ou- cett was minister of highways and public works and he rebelled against the control that was being exercised over the party in down­town Toronto.treasury ship when it was given to him. He was happy as minister of1 highways. But the premier wanted him handling the money.• This was a post that Mr. Frost himself had held for many Jong; years. He obviously considered it» the most important job next to the, premiership and he wanted the i next best man possible in it So.• Mr. Allan was named and since! i then he has, a lot of the time, been in effect an acting premier.As treasurer he controls the day to day financing of the government.!. .But in actually practice he does much more than this. When there was trouble spots or big special jobs to be tackled he will mos: likely be the man at the controls.the fallen soldier be paid at a be taken up by his council. Coun-i cost not to exceed $200. The biillty council have already been con-; actually came to $40.62. Isiderlng the matter.sidorlnc the matter. Won’t SetALONG THE CONCESSIONSP Oxford “Butter - Blitz” Opens Civil Defence Unit In Oxford On Nov. 10An Emergency Measures Orst ion... , -- --------- not be es*’tabnshed in Oxford at the pre- s-.ii ntae, county cvuml decided tor the second rime in threeI ^months yesterday.I A recommendation prepared! I by the printing and resolutions I committee and endorsed bv coun-i I cil as a whole suggested "that I I education in this connection, I should come from higher levels;I of government.”I (During the Thursday morning1 ft session. R. T. Gavin, civil de- | fence co-ordinator for south-west- ft. ern Ontario, had reminded coun-i f-cil. the Federal government. I cannot interfere with legislation I at the municipal level. It has I been criticUed already for inter- I fering as »uch as it does. And I yet this is something you are' I ready to throw up to that lev-1 I el!")I The same committee also re- I commended that no action be I taken on a Wentworth county re- I solution asking for exemption I from municipal taxation for fall- I out shelters.! In addition, it recommended no I action on a Lincoln county re-, I solution regarding research study on alternative procedures for ac­complishing the results of blood' transfusion.L It d:d endorse a Middlesex re­solution regarding annexation proceedings and one from the city ot St. Catharines regarding the establishment of a distinct­ive Canadian flag.Members of the printing and resolutions committee are: George Wallace, deputy reeve of West Oxford; Peter McDonald, deputy reeve of Blenheim; Les- r Force. reeve of Norwich;Alex Henderson, deputy reeve of East Zorra and George Davis I reeve of South Norwich,In other busmess yesterday, the finance committee recom­mended that the Canadian Gov­ernment annuity pension plan for county, employees be discon­tinued as Of October 1 and a newannuity contract signed with the .National Life Assuranceany.Comp­Council decided to take no ac-l tion on resolutions from Huron and Perth counties whichno ac-ii k <5-------, ’—soughtto have rahies indemnities con­tinued until affected areas have1k been free of fhe disease for sixI months.The SpotlightThe dairy interests in Oxford County are showing commendable initiative in launching a ten-day "Butter Blitz” in the area, commencing today. Through it they hope not only to draw the attention of the public in this area to the many attractive features of butter, once used almost ex­clusively as a spread on bread or as a component part in cooking. They also nope it will attract the attention of people in other communities and even in gov­ernment circles and show that if some­thing is done about it, what has come to be a national problem can be eased, if not solved.The problem is that in comparatively recent years butter sales have fallen dras­tically in Canada in the face of competi­tion from other products and government support to the producer which has keot its retail price at a relatively high figure As a result, according to the most recent figures, Canada has 13 million pounds of butter in storage which people would not buy.This situation has naturally been felt m Oxford where dairying is a predomin­ant activity. With 45,000 milking cows it is one of the most important dairying centres in this country.The "Butter Blitz” project was taken up by 1,200 dairy farmers of the county following a similar trial run in the com­munity of Caledonia. As we have stated, it has a dual purpose of recapturing some of the butter consciousness that has been lost by the public in recent years for a variety of reasons. It also is‘hoped that it may impress anew on Ottawa the ex­tent to which butter has become a na­tional problem.If Ottawa takes note it may require a moie realistic approach to the support pnce than is apparent at present. Com-On Buttermenting on the situation, a recent issue of the farm magazine Family Herald, pointed out that in 1956, with butter sup-1at cents a pound, Canadians each ate 19’/2 pounds. That was enough that the production of creamery butter fell nine million pounds short of being able to keep up with the demand.Two years later, says the Herald, when the floor price was raised to 64 cents per pound, Canadians ate only 18.32 pounds' of butter apiece. The increase in produc-i tion and the drop in consumption resulted i - in a surplus of 23J/^ million pounds and another 18 million in 1959. And the edi­torial adds this: "If dairy products had been used in 1959 at the same rate as in 1948 it would have taken another billion i pounds on top of the actual production to' meet the demand.”Butter production costs being what' they are, it would be foolish to expect that butter should be priced competitively with the substitutes that now so frequently take its place. But if the basic quality of butter is brought home to the public, and coupled with this is a more realistic retail1 price, things might look much brighter m relation to butter manufacture and sales. Already we have heard of new ma-; chmery that can cut butter manufactur­ing costs. Possibly a slight decrease in the floor price to keep in line with this would! increase sales again.As it is, something has gone wrong; and butter is gradually being priced off, 1?^rket' 14 is to restore a balance that the Butter Blitz” has been inaugurated here. We can only hope that it will be a; success, not only as a means of drawing' attention to butter again but to the ulti­mate adjustment of sales machines across the nation so that butter surpluses1 no longer will be a problem.'incorporationNext on the agenda was a dis­cussion on a proposal to incor-' pora:e the village, first introduc­ed two years ago.Steward Green pointed out (had the village is in an excellent pos­ition to incorporate and that the; Department of Municipal Affairs is reaching the point where it feels that such villages will either incorporate or be administered^ entirely be the townships.The village owns its own hydro ' clec'ric system and the construc­tion of the bridge to the south of Plattsville is in process as a win­ter works projejet and also the; village would have a greater con- - trol of ils own affairs under in-; corporation, he said.He also pointed out that there was no chance for advancement; without incorporation. Mr. Gre­en suggested it was a legal prob­lem and that the trustees of thek' village seek legal council to in­vestigate the incorporating Plat­ts ville.The motion was passed wjth-i out opposition. The trustees were. all in favor of incorporation. Peculation of the village is 505. Plattsville’s 1960 total taxable as­sessment for 1961 taxation pur-. \ poses is §1,025,045 made up of $63,155 for land, $728,425 buildings and $233,465 business. Exetnp- q lions toal $74,185. Blenheim township's total taxable assess­ment without exemptions i' list­ed a $5,936,445.L yesterday a county bylaw, oas- L ted June 18. 1959, which provided Lfor partial indemnity for live- ■slock owners' losses due to rah- ■ ses and for a county valuator, Fwas repealed. Federal and Pro­vincial support for the program] was withdrawn as of July 1. I960.;, Appointment of a new county] । weed inspector will be held overt , until the January 1961 session. ICouncil granted the use of the; m room adjoining the Oxford bran-H eh of the Canadian Cancer Soc­iety room in the county building to the branch “for storage only." ' g Any renovation costs are to be ■ undertaken by the Cancer Soc-.. : & ■RETIREMENT FOR MEMBERS OF OXFORD ROAD COMMITTEEThe entire road committee ofOxford county council, with theeither voluntarily or involun-exception of Road Superintentartly at the end of the I960exception of Road Superinten- term. Left to right, reeve Dav. dent J. N. Meathrell, is retiring id Chambers, North Norwich;reeve John Bolton, Easl Nissou­ri; warden Don Hossack,'Em- bro; reeve WilliamNorth Oxford: reeveBaigent, L. Pressey. Dereham; reeve W, W. Budd, West Oxford. (Staff Pho to). ----------------------------------------PROCLAMATIONAs Warden of Oxford County, I would urge aN eifi- xens to support the Butter Blitz campaign, November 10-20. The more butter consumed, the better econ* omy for Oxford County farmers and residents.November 11, 1960.DONALD HOSSACK, WardenOFFICIALLY OPEN OXFORD COUNTY "BUTTER BLITZSponsored by milk producers and processors of Oxford County and surrounding districts, « “Butter Blitz” was officially launched this morning by Warden Don Hoss­ack of Embro The sroieet is in­tended as a spur to the sales of butter in this area. and gro- eery stare# and restaurants are cooperating, almost UW per cent. During the period of the "Blitz," from November 10-20, it will be emphasized by press and radio publicity that because of the inroads of cheaper sub­stitutes, sales of butter are de­creasing and the product is be­coming a; major headache to the dairy industry. Constant com­plaints shout the price of butter is claimed unjust, because, theprice has not gone up in com­parison to the standard of Jiv­ing, Shown in the photo as he declares the "Butter Blitz” open is Warden Hossack (RIGHT), with Gordon W. Innes, MLA for Oxford (LEFT) and A. S. Pear son, representing the Ontario Concentrated Milk Producers Board. (Staff photo.)Oxford County, one of the most im­portant dairy-producing areas in Canada, has just, completed a ten-day “Butter- Blitz. ft was a co-operative effort, by dairy interest and others to focus attention on a condition that has allowed 304 million pounds of unsold butter to pile up in stor­age across Canada under a government- sponsored price support program. At the same time it was an independent and com­mendable effort, to create renewed inter­est in butter among the public and in­crease its sales. SPECTATORS HALT GAMEFIRST CLUB,PRESIDENT SPEAKSFounders Of OxfordRecalled To RotariansTheGrey Cup Gome Bitternessan estimated 2,849,480 pounds of the record 197,000,000 pound 1960 flue-cured tobacco crop, sold for an average of 53.73, (TOP) at the Tillsonburg Ex­change, grower Cyril Demey-Thanks of the club were ex­tended for his informative talk by Dr. Tom Wearing who is also a keen student of Oxford history.get the land surveyed and a road laid out which is still known as the Old Stage Road to London.Governor Simcoe decided the land was good and should be set- led but where to get settlers.only place was from the The governor had taken in the American revolution­war and knew the people invited them to come andThe speaker was introduced by A. W. Cole, himself an early president of the club who re­counted the speaker’s career as native of Oxford medical doctor, soldier in the First World War. recruiting and commanding the 71st Battalion, later member of parliament for North Oxford and cabinet minister in the Bennett government,posts stayed. LOWER PHOTO: An unidentified fan makes a spectacular dash away from the field after grabbing the football and bringing the game to a pre­mature halt. (CP Wirephotos.) See also sports pages.)The early history of Oxford County was the subject of an in­teresting and informative talk at the meeting of the Rotary Club of Woodstock at its weekly lun­cheon meeting Monday noon at Nash’s.Speaker was Dr. D. M. Suth­erland, first president of the Woodstock club in 1924 when it was founded and a great student of Oxford history.FANS WENT wild in Vaneou- •ver Saturday when Ottawa Rough Riders won the Grey Cup 16-6 over Edmonton Eskim­os. TOP PHOTO: a collection of wild ones are seen making short work of the cross bar. The goal-The “Founding Fathers” of Oxford County, Dr. Sutherland stated, were Thomas Horner. Pet­er Lossing and Major Thomas Ingersoll and the early settlers from U.S. were not United Em­pire Loyalists as has been stat­ed. They came earlier and settl­ed along the Niagara River and Lake Ontario and Erie,In 1792 Canada was divided in­to two parts Upper and Lower Canada and Governor Simcoe was the first governor of Upper Canada and his first task was topart aryOPENING DAY sales at the three tobacco auction exchan­ges in Delhi, Aylmer and Till­sonburg accounted for more tBatf double the volume of busi­ness done last year. Yesterdayre, sr., of Tillsonburg was well satisfied with the 59.60 he’ averaged on 17,073 pounds of his 185.000 pound crop. (Staff Photo). ... -settle. Thomas Horner came in 1793 with a party and settled in Blenheim township. Ingersoll and his associates came over and, were given land in Oxford-on-the- Thames.Governor Simcoe was recalled! to Britain and the government decided the grants were too! large and cut them down to 200 to 400 acres each. Ingersoll was very disappointed and left the dis­trict. Horner remained in the county and become the first MP for Oxford and held many offic-Peter Lossing came from New York state in 1810 and with oth­ers bought up 15,000 acres at 50 cents an acre. It was all bush­land at the time and had to be cleared.Tn the year 1800 the county of Oxford was formed with five townships and Burford with more being added later.Dr. Sutherland ran out of time and had only nicely touched his subject. He laughingly remarked that perhaps he would be given a chance at a later dale to con­tinue his “serial” on Oxford County, -('-INNWpre-partridge,Smith says.anese varietywithin a limited territory.Main attraction al thefrom miles The fourwoodcock, ducks, geese, rabbits and Cotumix quail, a small Jap-miles re Hamilton. Waterloo, Stratford, as Wood-CLUB radius of 60 as London. KitchenerMAP LOCATES THE TWO- SECTION PRESERVEa little more (han a mile Inncrkip and about six northeast of Woodstoc'- other is 200 acres, abc miles to the east.Bl.< ■ ■ 77 Ystock"We have deer.__w ____... ............. hunt pheasant, chucker and quailGreat northern pike, muskies , at a cost of S6.50 for each bird and smallmouth bass are to be taken. Hunting all other types of found in the lakes, while several * game, as well as fishing, will bemuSGame Preserve Of 600-Acres Is Handy To Area HuntersI NN ER KIP. Ont, (CP)—-The Herb Smith Game Preserve. a 600-acre hunting and fishing oasis in the heart of one of Canada’s most densely-populated regions, is reverberating to the crackle of gunfire these chill autumn days.Officially opened Oct. 15 but actually tn operation since late September, the western Ontario preserve* reflects a growing trend in thickly populated areas toward controlled shooting where hunters pay for the right to stalk gameserve, which surrounds two lakes and has fishing rights on part of a third, is pheasants. Rut every < type of game animal and bird in Southern Ontario can Ive shot within the confines of the pre­serve, says Herb Smith, a resi­dent of nearby Waterloo.The preserve is set. up in two sections, (Ine is 400 acres locatedPRIVATEWithin a such cities Brantford. Toronto. Galt. Guelph. St. Thomas, as wellWOMEN CLUB MEMBERS OPEN NEW CURLING SEASONA brand new season of curling I onstrates the proper form inwas opened on Tuesday after­noon, when women members of the club took to the pebbled icefor a practice session, In theror a pracm-B seSBJUH. IO UIC UU3UU aiiu mio. •». v- inunnn >|n> Iphoto, Mrs. J. Meathercll dem- I It is understood that there are (Staff Photo)streams running through the area will Ik stocked with speckled (rout next season. Plans arc also being made to introduce rainbow trout.‘■Rut we’re not going Io make it. easy for the average hunter.” says Smith. "He’s going lo have to hunt for his birds.”The preserve is being set up primarily as a private club with annual fees of $125 for either hunting or fishing, or $200 for both Company memberships cost $300 each. Membership is limited to 100.PHEASANTS BROUGHT INBut the public will be able toreserved for private member*.Although I here will be no deer 1 hunting this year, Smith hopes ' the department of lands and for-1 j ests will permit It next y«^r. iA modern two-storey chalet can accommodate 14 hunters । overnight and up to 40 during the day. A lodge with sleeping ac- I commodation for 28 will be com­pleted by next fall.Smith says he expects between, 2,000 and 3.000 pheasapts will be shot this fall. The season opened Oct. 19 and to prepare for il birds I wore bought from breeders! throughout Ontario. They were kept for several weeks in a hold­ing pen that can handle up to 300 birds.GUIDES PROVIDEDGuides and dogs are available for those who want them though hunters may bring their own dogs.A mile-long road has been built from the chalet into Round Lake where smallmouth bass, some - perch and bluegills are found. For the duck season a spiall stream leading from Burgess Lake was stopped up and the water allowed to spread. This draws ducks for feeding. Several blinds have been placed around the lake.Six fibreclass boats will be ; placed at the three lakes. No outboards will he allowed.To provide food and cover for ■ the birds, patches of corn, buck­wheat and millet have been planted. A reforestation area has also been started with 5.000, young spruce, balsam and pipe.releasing the curling stone fora shot, and her observers are Mrs. L. K. Coles, Mrs. G. Pat-terson and Mrs. R. C Kilgour,130 curlers, men and women. I registered with the local club, I and they are preparing for a big season of local rink and ( outside, spiel competition.Delay In .Two Projectsteaves Surplus FundsFree Pre** WoodMock Bureau the channel clearedWOODSTOCK Because two' projects will not bf1 completed!by the end of the year, Oxford jconstruction under the normalCounty will have spent $20'<Q0 , less than the $482,000 proved for In a supplementary spend- - Ing bylaw, the road committee reported last night.In a report on the county road system. J. N, Meathroll, County road superintendent, said a bridge over the Nith River eaat of Drum bo. and grading work west of Browns- , ville, will not be completed this . year.The committee, headed by W. W. Budd, of West Oxford, said expenditures under the normal bylaw for roads amounted to: $290,000.Under bridges and culverts, the report stated that about $9,000 more was spent on this aspect of the work. This was reflected in expenditures of ; $4,000 for repairing a bridge south of Embro; $3,000 for the- county’s share of widening a, bridge roadway on the Wilmot-! East Zorra boundary; and' $2,000 for replacing structures, on municipal drains.The report said bridge con-j struction provided under the: supplementary' spending bylaw . was completed except for the Nith bridge east of Drumbo and some approach work on the! East - West Zorra boundary bridge.The steel superstructure on the Nith bridge has been- erected, and work on the con-| crete floor and handrails is in progress. Grading is being done at the old bridge. It, is expected-, the new bridge will be in use by mid-winter when the old structure will be removed andChildren's AidCost RevealedFree Press Sarnia BureauSARNIA — The cost of main­taining wards of the County of Lambton In various children’s aid societies up to Nov. 30 was $50,168.10, county council was. told yesterday.Lawyers’ fees for the maln- tenance of the wardswas$112.80.The breakdown of costs was: London, $1,688.04; Hamilton, $2,619.90; Chatham, $566.48; To­ronto, $809.40; Windsor, $689.04; Sarnia, $36,501.50; Sarnia [County grant, $8,372; Kingston, I $443.76; Oshawa $484.98.Oxford Ratepayers, Trustees Hold Annual Meeting In CityG, L. Duffin, assistant superin- many as principal of a national! tendent of element ary education. | defence school, spoke on ’What! Other Systems Can Teach Us"was guest speaker this afternoonat the annual meeting of the Ox 1 Don Hossack, warden of Ox-, 5 ford County Trustees' and Rate- ford, brought greetings to the : payors Association. i large number of people present;Speaking on "The Trustee and ' following devotions by Rev Ken- The Aims of Education” Mr. noth Oates of Woodstock.Duffin's address was part of the1 .busy program (hat commenced at 9 a m. (his morning with a directors’ meeting,A( 10 o’clock today, J. G, Her­bert, principal of (he Ingersoll Djklriel Collegiate Institute. who rerBnff’T spent two years in Ger-before!,■’7» 'Total expenditures on road!The year’s expenditures on* ,thespring flooding,I bylaw will be about $85,000, the: report said. Construction pro-P vldcd for in the supplementary; bylaw was completed except for; grading, structures and base, course work weat of Browns-, ville, which should be com-1’pleted In the near future.road construction undersupplementary spending bylaw will be about $200,000.<Conduct Final I960 MeetingFree Preus Woodstock Bureaa | WOODSTOCK — With a year , iof work behind them, Oxford! j County councilors wound up their last meeting of the year] last night by paying tribute to- retiring Warden Donald Hos-[ sack, and nine fellow members! who complete their term thisj. , month.Mr. Hossack and the retiring; councilors voiced appreciation . I for the co-operation and fel-f $ lowship enjoyed during the past.year, and wished the new coun­cilors well during their terms.. Council presented Mr. Hos-: isack with a 12-gauge repeating -shotgun, a gift that will be put । to good use in hunting, one of ।his favorite sports, he said ■ L. K. Coles. Oxford clerk­treasurer, said with the retiring of 10 . conn cilors this year, Jt will have been one of the largest groups since 1943 when l^coun- cilors vacated their positions, jOutgoing councilors are: Gor­don Armstrong, Blandford Township; P. L. Pressey, Dere­ham: John Bolton and Alex ft; Hossack. both of East Nissouri ; David J. Chambers, North Nor­wich; Hilton C. Virtue. East - Oxford; William Baigent, North, Oxford; W. W. Budd. West Ox­ford; Cyril J. Demeyere, Till­sonburg; and Warden Hossack,' Embro. FRIDAY EVENING DECEMBER 2nd, 1960Ingersoll District Collegiate InstituteINGERSOLL, ONTARIODONALD HOSSACKWardenCOUNTY OF OXFORDYOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND THE'\AJarclen 3'innerFRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2nd, 1960. . . at the . . .INGERSOLL DISTRICT COLLEGIATE INSTITUTEAlma StreetIngersoll, Ontario AT SEVEN O'CLOCKDONALD HOSSACKWarden WenuitTOMATO JUICE RELISHESROAST TURKEY AND DRESSINGCRANBERRY SAUCE SALADSMASHED POTATOES GREEN PEAS, CORNPIE AND ICE CREAMCOFFEEROLLS ■ENTERTAIN WIVES — Members of Oxford Coun­ty council entertained their wives and other guests ot a luncheon yesterday at the New Commercial Hotel. Here, seated from left, are: Mrs. Edwin—Free Press Woodstock Bureau Pearce, Mrs. Donald Hossack, Mrs. L. K. Coles and Mr. Coles, Oxford clerk-treasurer. At back are, from left: Mr. Hossack, 1960 warden, and Mr. Pearce, warden in 1959.i ST. THOMAS CLERIC IS SPEAKERHonor Oxford Warden At Ingersoll DinnerDonald Hossack of Embro. at 32 years of age the youngest man ever elected to the office of War­den in the history of Oxford coun­ty. was honored at the annual ' warden’s banquet held in Inger- -soil District Collegiate Institute last night.More than 400 guests, including approximately 11 past wardens of | the county, were on hand to en- joy the turkey dinner, speeches, entertainment and occasional tou­ches of hilarity which marked the affair.Rev. H. S. Rodney of Knox Presbyterian Church, St. Thom-suggested county councils were quet the proud possessor of a a thing of the past. gilded pop bottle in memory of“I do feel county councils are 3 recent visit to Quebec City.a great asset to the various com-1 Tillsonburg’s deputy reeve, Cy- munilies,” Mr. Innis stated. “Ilril Demeyere was also marked think that sometimes we in g^v- for recognition following an inci-' \ ' dent at the Canadian Good Roadsge.t too far away from our peo- Convention in the spring. Mr.1 Demeyere did not attend the Mayor Ross Feaster of Inger- banquet." ' ' ' " ” ' The toast to the ladies was pro-11I posed by Woodstock’s ex-mayor.Charlie Tatham, and responded (to by Mrs. James Hossack. wife)a thing of the past.ernment or on municipal countspie.soli welcomed the visitors to town.Mayor Bernadette Smith was to have appeared but at the last minute notifed M Coles she would be unable to attend.Entertainment was provided by trumpet player Gwyn Beynon of Ingersoll, the lad who astounded?s, was guest speaker.•'The deepest hunger In theworld today is spiritual hunger,” judges at the 1960 Oxford CountyMr. Rodney stated. | Festival of Music by achieving"We never value the spiritual things of life so much as when । we see our world is practicallydevoid of spiritual things;” said.The hunger of the heart, said, could be appeased by kind of people we become.hehe the Hea perfect mark of 100 in compe­tition. Gwyn was accompanied on the piano by his mother, Mrs. Clifford Bey non.Embro pianist and singer, Lorne McKenzie, contributed a couple of Scotch and one Irish air.urged greater understanding and tolerance; greater optimism (”ra diate a greater inner happin-1 ess”); greater faith in God and ■ self and more giving of self in service to others.The speaker was Introduced by toastmaster, L. K, Coles, county clerk-treasurer.REMARKS ON ART&LEGordon W. Innes, Oxford MLA. paid tribute to Mr. Hossack and commented upon a recent article in a Toronto newspaper whichDuring the customary highof the third exwarden of Oxford county from Embro.The end of the December sess­ion. Warden Hossack comment-' ed. will end a very memorable year of his life. He thanked mem-! bars of council and his wife. Doris, who took over the job of; being mother and father to their! two boys, Chris, 12 and Duncan,' 8, during his many absences.Warden Hossack also introduced' members of his family, including his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Emin Hossack of Thamesford and in-1 laws, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Fenn-!jinks, presided over by Mr. Coles, oil of Thamcsford.court house caretaker Tom Pye was presented with a replica of a pheasant so he can study up on the difference between that bird and a cal before going hunt­ing again.It seems Herb Balkwill, ex­reeve of Blenheim, is minus one pet since Mr. Pye’s last exped­ition.GETS GILDED BOTTLENorth Oxford's reeve. Bill Bal- gent, came away from the ban-Head table guests Included: i Rev. Harry Benson, Embro: 'Mr. and Mrs. .lames T. Hossack:, Mayor and Mrs. Ross Fewster, Ingersoll: Mr. and Mrs. Charles' Tatham; Mr. and Mrs. Gordon W. Innis. Woodstock; Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Coles. Ingersoll: May­or and Mrs. E. S. Vance, Tillson- burg.The evening concluded with “Auld Lang Syne.” MY SINCERE TRIBUTE TO YOUNGEST HERD OF COUNTY COUNCILhe prepared to retire from of h and from county council where he has spent three yearsor the Oountu C-torkC^ourt 04ou.tr., '\44oo4tloch, Ont.APPOINTEDRalph Sparks, RR 2 Princeton, was appointed county council rep­resentative to the Paris District High School Board for 1961 vcs- terday.Phonal J J4oiMdOnl/ro, OntarioDon Hossack, warden of Ox­ford County; J, C. Herbert, principal of Ingersoll District High School, guest speaker of the morning session, and Gor­don Innes, MLA. (Staff Pho-LOWEH from.0 right arestltule, left to right, L. K,| Coles, county clerk-treasurer,' Warden Hossack. Walter Mogkj Warden of Perth County and Mayor Ross Fewster of Ingeq soil. (Staff photos,)Chris, 12, s anding, Mk Doris Hossack and Dun. RIGHT look­ing forward to the banquet in Ingersoll District Collegiate In-OXFORD COUNTY turned LEFT th Hossack family, left out in force last night to honor | to right. Duncan, 8 (seated). 1930 Warden Don Hossack Oxford To Allocate Funds IFor New Central HospitalWould Serve Chronically$697,000 CostDomild Duncan, “Y” general) secretary, appeared before coun-i ell earlier in the day to solicit] financial support for the $6B7.-| 000 project. He said 160 OxfordSick Patientsj County residents are registered members of the WoodstockYMCA.p. L. Pressey, of Dereham I :Township, chairman of the ed-1 Free Tress Woodstock Bureau 1 ucation committee, moved that! WOODSTOCK _ At ite council endorse a resolution by. .. .. Elgin County Council that high,final session of the year. school boards be elected instead, last night, Oxford County of appointed. Council approved! council decided to set aside the motion.. *• j- A request f/im the committeefunds for construction of a । on andjentral hospital for the ment, headed by Lorne W. chronically ill, as recom- Junker, of East Zorra, asking mended bv a special com- that council enddr3c Elgin meuaea oy a special com , County council's resolution pe- mittee which studied the titioning the federal govern- question earlier this year, ment to allow establishment of No Estimate * a. county assessment depart-No estimate of funds to ba w”s approved.Council approved a recom-( set aside was given, but council mendation by the property com-was told that an expected sur-| mittee, headed by C. H. Essel-plus in this year's budget would tine, of Tillsonburg, that ths be placed in a reserve fund for Havelock chapter, IODE, be al­lowed to plant a crimson king the project maple tree on the lawn east ofThe committee, comprised of tjle court house.medical representatives and,I municipal officials, was formed'this year to study needs of th acounty's chronically existing facilities recommendations.At a meeting inill, survey ’ and make ;September,the committee suggested that a central hospital to serve Oxford County could be located in Woodstock. It w-ould cost an! estimated $550,000, with federal and provincial grants covering, $400,000 of the cost. The re­maining $150,000 could be raised by direct taxation by the munic-ipalities. it was suggested.In other business, council ap-. proved a recommendation by i the finance committee, headed by Ernest F. Gamer, of West Zorra Township, that no ac­tion be taken on an appeal for funds for the new Woodstock YMCA. The committee said no action should be taken as the area served is only a portion of the county.COUNTY COUNCIL CLOSES SESSIONGift Gun Is PresentedTo Warden D. HossackCounly council concluded the to serve under Don as warden members. I'm sorry .hey haveDecember sitting last night with I am going to miss my associat-'io go so soon. The wardens arethe customary congratulations to ion with all members of county getting better as we go along, orthe Warden, the swan song of council.” else I'm getting easier to get a-10 councillors and the usual Depi touches of nostalgia and earner- Dereham: ‘ aderie which mark such occas- m sit under the youngest warden tons. in Oxford county”. „............ "‘”1 | Deputy reeve Cyril Demeyere, Z Tillsonburg: “It’s been a very m,M him n,"° 'angood experience. I’m sorry IDeputy reeve George Nagle of I long with.'iam: “I have been pleased; Reeve Robert Rudy of Tavi- r the youngest warden 'stock (a veteran of 10 year's ser-Council's gift to retiring Ward­en Donald Hossack of Embrovice on council): “We "are losingwas a 12-gauge shotgun with an I inscribed silver plate on themiss him and the nine’ of •crsRe-Elect Rudy fit TavistockCoal and lumber dealer, Rob-; ert Rudy of Tavistock, was re­elected by acclamation to his) fourteenth consecutive year as) reeve of that community at a nomination meeting held last: night. • iMr. Rudy is the only ex-ward­en (1950) still sitting on Oxford’s county council.At the completion of his 1961 term of office he will have equal­led the 14-year service record established by ex-reeve Andrew' Baechler of Tavistock between the years 1918 to 1934. Mr. Bae-j chler was warden of the county in 1922.stock.Making the presentation, reeve John Bolton of East Nissouri re­marked that it had been a plea­sure to work under the direct­ion of the youngest warden in Oxford county’s history.Warden Hossack commented that the gun was something he "had wanted all his life.” He promised to cherish it for the rest of his life, along With his memories of the past year.“To those of vou who are com­ing on council”, he said, “it is an experience I don’t think apy of -you will forget either.”TllANKS OFFICIALSHe [hanked county-clerk trea­surer L, K. Coles and road sup­erin pndent J. N. Meathrell for their co-operation and assistance during’ the year.“Thanks a million," he con­cluded. “I’m sure going to enjoy this (gun) now that I’ll havewon’t be b a c k next year but that’s democracy”.Reeve W. W. Budd, West Ox-, ford: “Don has done a wonder-) He deserves a lot of |ful job. credit."Reeve Oxford: pleasureWilliam Baigenl. North “Don. it has been a to serve with you inwho are leaving.” Mr. Rudy re-, marked that he could write a book on his experiences in coun­cil when he finally retires.Deputy reeve George Wallace of West Oxford: ‘It is a pleasure to congratulate our retiring war­der.. I have enjoyed working with him."Reeve Ernea Garner of WestZorra (also a candidate for war-j den): “Don grew with his job”4 ----- — Deputy reeve Alex Henderson gentlemen around this circle will'of East Zorra: T congratulate never be broken”.---------------------Don on the job he has done."county council this year. T h ebond we have made with theReeve John Bolton of East Nissouri: “If we don’t get all the wardens in East Nissouri we at least raise a lot of them. (Mr. Hossack is a native of that township). I have enjoyed <he last four years on county coun­cil".Don on the job he has done.Reeve Leslie Force of Nor-, wich: “I have enjoyed every minute here. It has been indeed a pleasure."Reeve George Davis of South Norwich: ‘This group of men has a spirit of friendship, almost brotherhood. Don and Doris haveSeek For New YMCA GrantFrom Oxford County CouncilMore than 160 Oxford county been approached “unofficially", residents are registered members he stated and the delegation was; /if iht* V/ArtH cf nnlz VMPA Adrien A »*«>*. Im Sa**of the Woodstock YMCA, Oxford county council was informed this morning by Don Duncan, general secretary of the local “Y”.Mr. Duncan was appearing be- ore council on behalf of the board of the YMCA and presi- dant Dr. W. J, Butt, to ask fin­ancial support for the new “Y” wilding program.Rural membership, Mr. Dnu- can stated, extends to such areas as Norwich, Tavistock, Princeton. Beachville and Embro. Total membership of the family re­creation centre is 800, he said.Mr. Duncan reported that $425,- 000 has been raised toward theadvised to make its presentation at the January session when the city budget is drawn up.He asked councillors to con-' aider the value of the WoodstockYMCA to the county in years to) come, suggesting that such rural youth organizations as 4-H Clubs could make use of its facilities.]The general-secretary was ac-l companied by board member Don Hart of RR 6 Woodstock.During yesterday's abbreviated; council session, John Oliver of Thamesford was named countyreprasentativc to the Ingersoll High' School board and Robert! Martin of Tillsonburg to lhe Tillbuilding fund goal of $697,000 and , , ■ , ,several larger donations “have sonburg Area High School Board.n't been finalized,” Woodstock city councilI The December session will eon- has, elude tonight.time to use it."Each councillor in turn rose congratulate the warden and, some cases, to bid farewell councilto in toReeve David Chambers, North Norwich: “It has been a great nrivilege to serve under warden Don Hossack and Ed Pearce.”Reeve. P. L. Pressey of Dere- ham: “It has been a pleasureDeputy ree<e Alex Hossack. |!>een a credit Co the county of East Nissouri: “Don did an!wh€rever they have appeared." awfully fine job.” ; Deputy reeve Peter McDonaldReeve Hilton Virtue of East;of Blenheim: “We are certainly Oxford: “You. Don, have been alS°inS to you Do?-” good, conscientious warden- You and your wife have been a credit to the county”.RETIRING AND RETURNINGEach of the above men is re-tiring from council this year. The following will return in 1961: Reeve Clare Esseltine of Till-Reeve Clifford Cunningham of Blenheim: “I came in here a straoser and it has been a won-' derfu! experience and a wonder­ful year."Reeve Lorne Junker of East Zorra: “I congratulate Don. Iknow he is looking forward to_ ------ --------------------. January. 17 when he can take asoq^urg (candidate for 1961 war-] rest." denship): “It has been a great pleasure working with the oldElection of the 1961 wardenWrg and J. Gram Smith M Qf Burges&viUe. (Staffreceived as a gin from county I soi council last night to ex-ward- (ri ens Ed Pearce (left), of Till I phiHossack of Embro (centre) shows Ute 12-gauge shotgun he County Council Rejects Request Fox New Y GrantOxford county council decided advanced to the stage where it last night to take no action on|is expected that these contracts an appeal for funds for the new - «—«» ,oflnWoodstock YMCA building.The finance committee of coun­cil noted that "the area servedof the county/'I Tenders were accepted on an International Truck With a live । (yard gravel box and a Prink V-i that due o .urge «■ "fpenditures on maintenance, the.tunc toot P ri„];vervpurchase of a portable conveyor less sales lax, $15,38u. Dtliveryl • • -.......-- —* | is expeettcan be finalized in i960.hU . pSM jennyIn other business, council:Approved the recommendations of a special committee on chronic care ior Woodstock Hospital and agreed to participate.Recommended that no action be taken on a Peel countv reso­lution which requested additional grants from the provincial and Federal governments for hospital construction.Recommended that the expect­ed surplus in this year’s budge! be placed in the reserve fund for hospital and other construct- ; ion projects.Recommended no action on a reques lor compensation for a cow destroyed by rabies, from Alvin Thornton of Thamesford.Approved a request from Mrs , F. E. Ellis, regent of Havelock Chapter. I0DE, to allow a Crim­son King maple tree to be Plant­ed tn the east of the Court House in Woodstock.Learned that county roads ex­penditures on construction, under, a supplementary bylaw will be ■ some' S2Q.000 less than the S482.-I 400 provided for. in the bylaw, |Reason: grading work west of1 Brownsville and the Nith River Bridge east of Drumbo is not|by the county roadsS 8U1C8 Itt*, qiAU>«»w.expected before the end ofCOUNTY LEGISLATORS, WIVES VISIT NEW S-R OFFICESOxford Jail ||Governor Dies In Hospital 'Governor of Oxford County jail for '.he past five years and high- ly esteemed resident of Wood­stock, John B. Calder passed a- way at Woodstock General Hos- pi al on Monday. Nov. 28 in his: 64ih year following a brief ill­ness.Mr. Calder was born in Bland- :drd township, near Bright, a son of the late Alexander and Mar­garet Calder. He resided on the .arm there until joining the Tor­onto Police Department May 1. 1926. He rose to the rank of ser-County councillors and their wives were invited to tour the new Sentinel-Review offices in Woodstock yesterday. Shown inthe composing room with man­aging editor A. E. C. Burman, (Heft) are left to right, Mrs. Hilton Virtue, Mrs. Ernest Gar­ner, reeve Hilton Virtue ofEast Oxford and reeve Ernest Garner of West Zorra, candi­date for the 1961 wardenship of the county. (Staff photo).geant and gained wide experien­ce in many branches of the de- q partment. He held the rank of : sergeant for 12 years, until hisappointment as governor of Ox- ■ fore jail in January 1955, suc-reeding the late Mel Hamilton, lie served with the Canadian Army in the First World War. He was a life member of the Toronto Police Association. . . iHe was a member of Kilwin- ;mng Masonic Lodge, Toronto and of Central United Church, Wood- K stock. r® Surviving are his wife, form- .■m Mary E. (Eva) Johnston.1 one sister' Mrs. Maude Beattie, Woodstock; two brothers. Will- jam A Calder, Woodstock lawy-! < and George L Calder. Em- n A son George, predeceased him in 1945.The late Mr. Calder is resting, at tiie M. D. (Mac, Smith Fun- ' P.r,' Home, 69 Wellington street,, north where the funeral service, will be held Wednesday, Nov. 30? at 2 p.m. with Rev. Kenneth OaL‘ es of Chai mere United church of-1' Cciating in the absence of Rev. j V. McNeely of Central.gfe- Interment will be made in 4. Chesterfield cemetery.•4m. i>E MARKS ANNIVERSARYTo mark theCanada, the—Free Press Woodstock Bureau60th anniversary of the IODE in Havelock Chapter of Woodstock, planted a crim­son maple tree on the court house lawn yesterday.’■■i • ■ .. "V.;, i i ~From left, are. Mr. David MacDonald, Mrs Fsankrrom ren, are /vir. wavia /viucMunoia, ivn> Ellis, Warden Donald Hossack and Mrs. GeorgeOtton Sat., Doc. 17, 1960 Page 3COUNTY COUNCIL OPENS SESSIONWoodstock Sentinel-Review, Dec. b, 1960 Pogo 3Moscow Brido'' To Open SoonPouring of the cement flooring of Hie new Moscow bridge cross-, ing Nith river cast of Drum-; bo, will probably begin "ext week, according to J. N. luealh- rell. county roads superintendent.Construction work on the brid- ge began early in July. Mr. Meathrell expects it will he open for traffic by the end of Janu-.Estimated cost of the 190 foot span is $154,000.Two Announce IntentionTo Contest WardenshipTwo Oxford county councillors have announced their intentions of running for the office of war­den in the January, 1961 elect­ions in this county.West Zorra farmer, Ernest F. Garner of RR 4 Embro, elected by acclamation to his third term as reeve and a candidate for the' I "Tillsonburg and Embro |wardenship in 1960. will make a second bid this year, he stated this inorAing.Mr, Garner was a strong con­tender against successful candi­date, reeve Donald Hossack of Embro, trailing him by five vot­es jn the sixth and final ballot last January.Second candidate in 1961 will be reeve Clare Esseltine of Till­sonburg. Mr. Esseltine is’return­ing to council for his seventh term, second as reeve. He is a car dealer in Tillsonburg.Two other possible candidates were still undecided this morning.Peter McDonald, deputy reeve of Blenheim: Gcorge Davis, reeve of South Norwich; Lorne Junker, reeve of East Zorra: J. Alex Henderson, deputy reeve of East Zorra: Leslie E. Force, reeve of Norwich and Robert Rudy, reeve of Tavistock.County clerk-treasurer L. K. Coles commented that this is the largest turn-over in council since 1943, when 13 out of 20 council­lors failed to return the followingyear..1'Two nominations lor represen­tatives on local high school boards were received by council during the morning session.David Chambers of RR 1 Nor­wich was nominated for the 1961 Norwich District High School board and E. V. (Bud) Kennedy of Oxford Centre for the Wood- stock Suburban Area High School District boardCouncil adjourned to go into committee for the remainder of the day.Reeves I n Warden RaceFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCKErnest F.Garner, of RR 4, Embro, and Claire Esseltine, of Tillsonburg. said yesterday they would be running for the wardenship of Oxford County In January.Mr. Garner, a West Zorra farmer elected by acclamation to his third term as reeve, will be making his second bid for - the wardenship in 1961. He was candidate for warden last year.A Tillsonburg car dealer, Mr. Esseltine will be making his first bid for the wardenship. Hetwo other possible candidates for the wardenship. George Nagle, of RR 1, Salford, and George Wallace, of RR 4, In­gersoll. Representing Dereham Township for the third term, Mr. Nagle begins his first term as reeve. Mr. Wallace starts his fourth term, and the first as reeve of west Oxford.In other business, council nominated representatives to Oxford and Paris District High School boards: Ralph Sparks, of RR 2, Princeton, to Paris Dis­trict High School; Edward V. Kennedy, to the F/oodstock Suburban and Area High Schoo) and David Chambers, Norwich District High School.Yet to be appointed areThey are George Nagle of RR 1 Salford, a farmer representing Dereham township for a third term, first as reeve and West Oxford farmer, George Wallace of RR 4 Ingersoll, back for a fourth term, first as reeve.Recent elections in Oxfordcounty have decimated the ranks of county council with 10 reeves and deputy reeves totalling 30Councillors Will StudyReport On Chronic CareA report from the committee]RESIGNATIONS_ J___L hospital beds Council is expected to name ks was among the business items1 appointments to county high, considered by Oxford county school boards during the Decern-.on chomic careyears’ experience on the govern- council at the .beginning of the ber session. Two w^ti^S] ing bodv, retiring this year. Not final 1960 session in Woodstock were received by council ?his- one member of the 1960 roads this morning. I morning. Howard McComb-commit is returning to office. The chronic care report was Norwich resigned from theOther members of the 21-man adopted by the special commit- wich District High Schoo1 boara, ■ • " - • ” -- and w. H. Williamson of Prince­ton, from the Paris High School,one member of the 1960commi<ee is returning to office.I960 council re-elected for the tee at a meeting held in Wood­coming year include: Clifford .stock on October 4.Cunningham, reeve of Blenheim: | At that time. Aid. W. A. Down­ing of Woodstock, moved that the board of Woodstock General Hos-representatives to Ingersoll andTillsonburg DistrictSchool boards.Council is expected toHigh.pital “consider initiating action to proceed with the construction ' of a hospital for the chronicallyill, in co-operation with the coun­ty of Oxford and the city ofcon-!in asbegins county reeve.elude its final session of the! year tomorrow night when re­ports are brought in by the various committees.his seventh term council, his secondConsider EntriesStill undecided yesterday wereHELP DECORATE TREE — Members of the Pilot Club of Woodstock, helped residents of the Oxford County senior citizens' home decorote their Christmos tree this week. Epch year the club visitsboard. .A communication from the Ont-; ario Department of Reform In­stitutions. directed to the gover-l nors of municipal jails, was also’ read by Mr. Coles.It advised that the advisory! council to the Minister of Reform Institutions is presently making;W/vwRfnrk- ” insXlUZLlons 15 preseuujwootistock. a study o{ municjpai jails whichAmong other correspondence ma,, resu^ jn broad recommend «y, county clerk-treasurer atjons affecting the future opera-iL. K. Coles was:tions of the system.”— — ------ -- uons oi me sysicui-A resolution from Peel county The communication suggested requesting additional grants for that all major alterations and ne”. hospital construction *om the construction on the jails be held Federal and Province. govern- in abeyance until the council'smeats.A resolution from Elgin county asking Provincial authorities to amend the present Secondary Schools and Boards of Education Act to provide that all members of a District High School Board, ther than representatives of the ounty and the Separate School Joard, be directly elected by thereport has been studied.“Planning may continue provi­ding it does not incur expense1 and maintenance must not be neglected at any cost,’* the letter; concluded.One delegation from Havelock Chapter IODE, was received by council this afternoon.The December session is ex-lectors in the municipality they ’ pected to wind up its sitting on present. ‘Thursday m^it.— Free Press Woodstock Bureau the home, conducts carol singing and distributes presents. Here, from left, are: Miss Helen Jones, Mrs Edith Scholz, president; Horace Mass and Ernest Brittain, both residents of Ihe home. >fifty.Flays Health BoardSees Attempt To UndermineNorfolk WorfProtest" ‘Abuee’' Dr, Majors said last night: "I have been under fire tor n year . and I think I have undergone more abuse In Ihal period than In all my 11 years of work in! the public health field.”The MOH said that hia stale-i ment was not intended to stir up a controversy. "The basin reason for the statement wasSIMCOE- Dr. J. R. Mayers, Norfolk County medical officer of health, ■ yesterday c h a. r g e d ths Norfolk Health Board has shown "a deliberate ten­dency to undermine the professional standards of the Norfolk Health Unit.”Lengthy StatementThe charge was included in a lengthy statement presented by Dr. Myers to yesterday's board meeting here. It touched off a stormy session of charges and counter-charges.D. C. Porter, county clerk­treasurer and secretary-treas­urer of the county council-ap­pointed board of health, termedto persuade the board to takn| an Interest In health Instead nf , using' up the major portion nt i meeting dealing with minor mat- । ters usually of a financial | nature.""I was trying to put it. across । to the board that we needed to co-operate and tackle the bust-1 ness of health in the county -| not trivial matters.”Dr. Mayers said: "Fnr cx-Dr. Mayer's statement "the most unfair, unnecessary report that.bas ever been brought before any board commission or com­mittee of the County of Nor- * folk."Dr. Mayers, in his statement, said that when the health unit was formed in 1957, he outlined a program at the first meeting of the board of health "pointingample today, a bill for $12 for , • parking facilities for three cars belonging to unit staff members was presented to the hoard. Ws do not have enough parking space at the unit and it WHS arranged to rent, space from a service station nearby. I had i made arrangements with the county warden for the move and , thought it would go right I through. But. the board hassled : over the account, for about half , an hour today then refused to > pay. These are the kind of ’ petty matters that eat into time i that should be used for im- I ) portant discussions at health 'board meetings.”Chairman's CommentsW. E. Ross, reeve of Simcoe, chairman of the board, said: "At every board meeting t' Sout that close co-operation, un- year time hag been taken up derstanding and goodwill be- i by discussion of salary, vaca­tion pay, allowances and otherout that close co-operation, tintween the board and unit was essential to the unit's success­ful functioning.”••This co-operation. under­standing and goodwill, agreed to in 1957, has not been accorded the unit particularly during the past year,” said Dr. Mayers."On the contrary." said Dr. Mayers, "there has been a pro­gressive and deliberate tenden- . cy on the part of the hoard tn; undermine the professional standards of the unit by deal-financial questions pertaining 'o unit staff members and theing with public criticism, un­justified or otherwise, in such a manner as tn underminesolidarity between the unit the board."‘No Foundation’Mr. Porter said: "There no foundations for any ofany andare theboard feels that these sho- id be handled by Dr. Mayers. They should come before the board and be dealt with only at the beginning of the year when ths budget is brought in.""We have attempted to co- I operate with Dr. Mayers in eve y , way possible,” said Mr. Ross. I "but he has not been prepared to accept the responsibilities of । carrying out the administration duties accepted by him."Mr. Ross said the board feels "the whole future of the county health unit hangs in the bal-' a nee as a result of the state- I ment made by Dr. Mayers yes-accusations contained in the re- i port as the fault lies entirely i with the MOH and the staff I of the Norfolk. County Health;‘ jt Unit."He said that Dr. Mayers’ claim that the board took no interest Tn the function of the health ■ unit "is false.”terday.”He said the board agreed to turn lhe report from the MOH, over to County Council tor con­sideration at it" January ses-i sion.> A’tr. Porter also denied "Dr.Mayors’ contention that mln-' utes of board meetings wera not complete and nil discussion whs not recorded in th* min- UtPH.”He said: "The lack of co-op-1 eration lies entirely on th* E»houlder« of the MOH and the staff of the health unit.” DAM, RESERVOIR SHOULD DRAW TOURISTSUTRCA Project WelcomedAs Big County BenefitSays County Form of GovernmentproposeO33 CCHS^VATION RESERVCI RSMost Democratic AdministrationFree press Chatham BureauCHATHAM - The present county form of municipal gov­ernment, questioned and criticized in recent years, still pro- ' HR vldcs the most democratic administration for local affairs, Kent | Warden John Hardey said Saturday night.300 AttendWarden Hardey defended county-level administration at the annual Warden's Banquet, attended by 300 Kent citizens, and visitors from neighboring counties.“I feel that our municipalities are still the backbone of our people," he declared.■Mfr.Sees More Controls“But if we keep on hammering at the doors of opr provincial and federal governments for more assistance, by way of sub­sidies, and receive them, then we cancontrols whichonly expect more rigid over the manner in we administer thesefunds.”Warden Hardey said the pres­ent tax system may impose a heavy burden on property own­ers.The alternative, he warned, is a reduction in the municipal tax load accompanied by a continu­ing demand for better services could only result in another form of taxation with higher ad­ministration costs than those of local government.Most Democratic"I feel that our present county form of municipal government is still the most democratic way of administering our local af­fairs. As long as we continue to take an active interest in our own business, we need not fear any encroachment on our right I to keep our local councils as'.. ■ they are."A similar note was sounded by a past warden, Robert Ted- * ford, who said too many people feel that provincial subsidies of 50 per cent on roads, and 8( per cent on bridges, make any road program financially fea­sible."We must remember when we ask for good roads that some- L one must pay for them,” MrTedford said.'tfeGREEK J OIECtWOODSTOCKSKETCH SHOWS PROPOSED DAM, RESERVOIRCounty of OxfordHANDBOOKI960✓COLLSL.KCANADIAN GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATIONINGLriSOLL ONTDONALD HOSSACKWARDEN « 8a0j seTOWNSHIP OFFICIALS© B 8-■ fl2?=! MU' -33M « w PQ 2 W 2►J ►—। o 2 {□ o o>2 £ O u« id K a o << %I*H&4b s§82*W»§12s>oSggg£lrr ^£ SS g *2 s “== a © a « ft, -5 B £ S Szo^HMmWhShE*S z HWf o O'#BLANDFORDClerk and Treasurer — Stuart J. Currah, Bright Hoad Superintendent .... Howard Carter, Innerkip Assessor -------------------- E. A. Carter. Inner kipTax Collector ........ Stuart J. Currah. BrightBuilding Inspector _____ Oscar Slppel. R.R. 1,New HamburgRelief Officer _________________ The ReeveDATE OF MEETING—FIRST MONDAYflI J'S 1 • tn o t— JH ma ft .a ♦;«#S-^"S a 82 “ftK «£ O ° i *fl B oS2 jj • ® jj 1£«CiK^«K(SSsS«K«K«Ks^ MlSMMMWMMOWBKttBiWWpHSJSH«5®Si!«i*(AM ' i®M i'-' j ■®lElSShjs ! ’!SO*§£g°>S£f^wip£'SO S5 a , •u — *^2 20 Q £ & 0a-< a U B t£ £ 0 Jk-HquPJBh »»a i a■c i a z>SdfUSt-gN<3gtf 51•oc o 5 2 y |V PH MZHBLENHEIMClerk and Treasurer .... Irvin J. Haines. Drumbo Road Superintendent .. Herbert Balkwill. R.R. 1.DrumboAssessor ...... David Mitchell, R.R. 4. BrightTax Collector _ Geo. Balkwill. R.R. 1. Drurabo Building Inspector ...... David Mitchell. RR. 4,brightRelief Officer -....... The ReeveDATE OF MEETING—FIRST MONDAYDEREHAMClerk and Treasurer Fred E. Harris, Mt. Elgin Deputy Clerk and Treasurer—Miss M. i’hilllps. Mt. Elgin Road Superintendent .. Harold Tlndal. Mt. Elgin Assessor ................... Ira M. Harris, Mt. ElginTax Collector Fred E. Harris, Mt. Elgin Building Inspector — Norman Moy«T, Mt Elgin Relief Officer .........._........................... The ClerkDATE OF MEETING—SECOND MONDAYEAST NISSOURIClerk .................----------A. J. Balter. Lakeside Treasurer .Mrs. Ella M. Whetstone, Thamesford Road Supt.....Geo. B. Anderson, R.R. 1, Lakeside Aaat’SKor and Tax ColkKdorDonald Seaton. LakesideBuilding Inspectors. Fred Dennison, ThamesfordRelief Officer—A. J. Baker. LakesideMrs. Ella M. Whetstone. ThamesfordDATE OF MEETING FIRST MONDAY NORTH NORWICHClerk and TreasurerJ. F. Pritchard, R.R. 2, NorwichDep. Clerk and Treas. .........................................Road Superintendent—Albert Freeman, R.R. 2, BurgessvllleAssessor ....... Frank Broad, R.R. 1, BurgessvilleTax Collector ....J. F. Pritchard, R.R. 2. Norwich Building Inspector—J. F. Pritchard, R.R. 2. NorwichRelief Officer .... J. F. Pritchard, R.R. 2. Norwich DATE OF MEETING—SECOND MONDAYSOUTH NORWICHClerk and Treasurer....Herbert Parson. Otterville Road Superintendent .... Elmer Almost, Otterville Assessor....!. D. Wrlgglesworth, R.R. 1, Otterville Tax Collector—1. D. Wrlgglesworth, R.R. 1, Otterville Building Inspector—I. D. Wrlgglesworth, R.R. 1, Otterville Relief OffiCtr ............ Herbert Parson, OttervilleDATE OF MEETING—FIRST MONDAYEAST OXFORDClerk and Treasurer—N. M. Holdsworth. R.R. 4, WoodstockRoad Su pt...... Clarence Hart, R.R. 8, Woodstock Assessor .... John A. Wallace, R.R. 8, Woodstock Tux Collector—N. M. Holdsworth, R.R. 4, Woodstock Building Inspector-Earl Skillings, R.R. 4, Woodstock Relief Officer .......................................... The ReeveDATE OF MEETING—FIRST MONDAYNORTH OXFORDClerk and Treasurer—Miss E. A. Seldon, IngersollRond Supt. .... Stanley Shannon, R.R. 2, Ingersoll Assessor ...... Charles Waring, R.R. 8, IngersollTux Collector ...... Mias E. A. Seldon, IngersollBuilding Inspector—Wallace Bnigent, R R. 3, Ingersoll Relief Officer ....................................... The ReeveDATE OF MEETING- FIRST MONDAY, WEST OXFORDClerk and Treasurer—L. B. Curry, R.R. 1. Woodstock Road Superintendent—C. A. Williams, R.R. 1, Woodstock Assessor ... A. I). Robinson, R.R. 4. Ingersoll Tax Collector .... L. B Curry. R.R. 1. Woodstock Building InspectorA. D, Robinson, R.R. 4, IngersollRelief Officer . ..E, B. Curry, R.R. 1. Woodstock DATE OF MEETING—FIRST MONDAYEAST ZORRAClerk .............. H. J. Hallock. R.R. 8, WoodstockTreasurer -------------- Clarence Parker, HicksonRoad Superintendent—Jas. H. Chesney, R.R. 1, InnerkipAssessor -------- Carman Facey. R.R. 1, TavistoekTax Collector ..— Earl Hostetler, Hickson Building Inspector—H. J. Hallock. R.R. 6. WoodstockRelief Officer ___________________ The ReeveDATE OF MEETING—FIRST MONDAY'WEST ZORRAClerk and Treasurer—Ernest Wood, R,R. 4. EmbroRoad Superintendent—Jas. A. Murray, R.R. 5. EmbroAssessor .. . Janies A. McDonald. R.R. 4. Embro Tax Collector—James A. McDonald, R.R. 4. Embro Building Inspector—Ernest Wood. R.R. 4. EmbroRelief Officer .... Ernest Wood. R.R. 4. Embro DATE OF MEETING—FIRST MONDAYOFFICIALS OF TOWN AND VILLAGES TILE8ONBVROClerk and Treasurer .... Burt Neale. Tillsonburg Deputy Clerk and Treasurer—Kenneth Holland. Tillsonburg Road Superintendent—James Hornsby. Tillsonburg Assessor ....................... K. R Watts. TillsonburgTax Collector ............... Burt Neale. TillsonburgBuilding Inspector K. It Watts. Tillsonburg Relief Officer ................ Burt Neale, TillsonburgDATE OF MEETING—FIRST TUESDAYEMBROClerk and Treasurer Ross T. Smith. Embro Assessor ..... Wm. A. Murray. R.R. 6. EmbroTux Collector .................. Ross T. Smith. EmbroBuilding Inspectors .................. Council. EmbroRelief Officer ...................... The ReeveDATE OF MEETING- FIRST MONDAYNORWICHClerk and Treasurer ..... A. I,. Bushell. NorwichDeputy Clerk and Treasurer—Fred McKie, Norwich Rond Superintendent Harry Whitcroft, Norwich Assessor _________.... D. B Ferris, NorwichTax Collector .........—....... Fred McKie. NorwichBuilding Inspector Basil Baines, NorwichRelief Officer ................................. A. L. BushellDATE OF MEETING-FIRST MONDAY TAVISTOCKClerk and Treasurer ....... C. J. Klein, TavistockRoad Superintendent ......... R. Rudy, TavistockAssessor ..................... Charles Quehl. TavistockTax Collector .......... Walter Schaefer. Tavistockp"Id?1K,Jnspector ................................ TavistockRelief Officers ............................Entire CouncilDATE OF MEETING—THIRD MONDAYPHONE NUMBERSWARDEN DONALD HOSSACK .... Embro 111 JUDGE’S OFFICE .... Woodstock LEnnox 7-5811SHERIFF ......................... LEnnox 7-6501CROWN ATTORNEY .................. LEnnox 7 9611REGISTRAR OF DEEDS .......... LEnnox 7-8161MAGISTRATE ...»......................... LEnnox 7-2061PROBATION OFFICE ................. LEnnox 7-2551LIBRARY CO-OPERATIVE ___ LEnnox 7-3322JAIL ........................... LEnnox 7-2411COUNTY HOME ............ LEnnox 7-2711COUNTY ASSESSOR ................... LEnnox 7-3521PROVINCIAL POLICE ....... LEnnox 9-0811CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY ..... LEnnox 7-3425ROAD SUPERINTENDENT ....... LEnnox 7-7961COUNTY CLERK And TREAS.... LEnnox 7-3911OXFORD HEALTH UNITM- O- H...................................... Dr. O .C. PowersSupervisor of Nurses ......... Miss Mae HavilandSanitary Inspectors ................. I. L. Griffith,Ivan CharltonStaff Nurses—Miss R. Grieve, Mrs. D. Johnston, Miss Elsie Holden, Miss A. Van den Berg, Miss G. A. De Hann, Miss M. Charlton, Mrs, S. Wilkins, Mrs. Cora Etheridge, Miss Mary Allee Carnaghan, Mrs. Lorna Douglas, Miss Rita Yates, Mrs. Isabell Jackson.Clerical Staff ................................ Mrs. A. EllerbyWoodstock Office .... Phone Woodstock LE 7-5711 Ingersoll Office .................. Phone Ingersoll 1658Norwich Office .........—.....„..... Phone Norwich 1Tillsonburg Office,...Phone THlaonburg VI 2 2971) Embro Office ........................ Phone Embro WillDruiubo Office , Phone Druinbo HObart 8 5487COMMITTEES OF 1960FIRST NAMED. CHAIRMAN LAST NAMED. SECRETARYROAD COMMITTEE — Budd, Balgent. Bolton, Pressey, Chambers, D. Hossack, Meathrell.FINANCE COMMITTEE — Garner. Force, Wallace, Demeyere. Cunningham.PROPERTY COMMITTEE — Esseltine. Junker. Rudy, Armstrong, Davis.EQUALIZATION and ASSESSMENT — Junker, Cunningham, Nagle, Wallace, Demeyere.AGRICULTURE — Virtue. Nagle. Henderson, A. Hossack, McDonald.EDUCATION — Pressey. Garner, A. Hossack. Armstrong, Balgent.HOME — D. Hossack, Rudy, Esseltine, Mayor Smith (Woodstock), Mayor Fewster (Inger­soll), Coles.HEALTH — D. Hossack. Garner. Virtue. Jas. Hartnett (Prov. Rep.), Mayor Fewster (Ingersoll), W. B. Dutton (Woodstock), Coles.PRINTING and RESOLUTIONS — Wallace. McDonald. Force. Henderson Davis.LIBRARY CO-OPERATIVE — Kipp. D. Hos­sack. Chambers. Pressey, Groom. Mrs, L. Krompart.JUVENILE COURT — D. Hossack. Armstrong. Coles.HOSPITALS — Woodstoek—D. Hossack. Ingersoll- W Balgent, Tillsonburg—C Esseltine.CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY D. Hossnck. Bolton. Budd.MUSEUM Virtue. Coles, BOARD OF AUDIT Garner, Coles.TREE CONSERVATION COMMISSIONRoy Hughes .........—................. R R 1. OatsanderPhone Tillsonburg VI 2-2124 or VI 2*2630 «Rom Calder ........................... R.R. 2. TUamesfonrPhone Kintore 39-R-15COUNTY WEED INSPECTORED. THORNTON318 Mary Street, Woodatock Phone LEnnox 7-3107 GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION-----SEE OVER'ADMIT ONE• Please Present This Ticket at the Door •nnuol Convent-iontcrontoni flI960UTARIO.'•■AL>■a, 1'!'* .NTARIO GOOD ROADS1960Tudor RoomROYAL YORK HOTEL, TORONTO.v,-5jj=r*1,--5Va1a,: ?L.KCOLES.. ..Hardens and Northern RepresentativesMONDAY, FEBRUARY 22nd, 1960 - 6.00 P.M.ASSOCIATIONGLERK TREAS58thAnmal MeetingROADSFebruary22nd, 23rdand 24thDIR-CTORv■,» .-Will W YEARS AGOJohn Smith, ex-reeve of Dens Mm township, was eleded nresi- cent of the Ex Reeves Associa­tion of Oxford at the annual meeting, succeeding ciair Peers i » reeye of East OxfordA new Oxford registry office was to be erected on the bowling grounds, north of the courthouse county council decided so the bowling club had to seek a new site, 'V----- ' (A large delegation from Oxford left for Alliston to attend the Int­ernational Plowing Match.Oxford county council's vocal- quartet won the title of "best barber shop quartet in six coun­ties” at a contest in Galt.Constable John West of the! city police force resigned fo ac­cept appointment as a turnkey ai Oxford county jail.Oxford County Health Unit, a-j long with other similar units, was to receive a government grant to enable it to increase its staff.□Members of ths board of the Oxford County Health Unit re­ceived anti-flu shots from Dr. O. C. Powers at rhe board meet-! mg. - A-'A total of 102 deer was shot] in Oxford county during the open jseason. IF. G. Jackson, clerk of East Oxford township for 46 years, prominent in all township mun­icipal affairs, died in his 77th year.Arnold Hill, known as “Walk­ing Joe”, received his usual five month term in Oxford county jail from Magistrate Groom.] which would put him through the. winter.Oxford county council opened its final session for the year at' the courthouse with Warden Rob-i ent Rudy presiding.Retiring warden of Oxford; county, Robert Rudy, was pre­sented with a silver tea service by his colleagues on the council.!County council’s barbershop; quartet, winners of the Rose} B o w.J trophy, received silver, trays in appreciation of their good services.The annual warden’s dinner,} with warden Robert Rudy of Tavistock presiding, was held in. Trinity Lutheran Church, Sebas­topol, first time outside Oxford County. 115 YEARS AGOAddressing county council,; Sheriff C. E. Sutherland suggest­ed that jurors’ fees be raised from $4 to $5 per day. IThe driveway at the rear of the court house, torn Light to Gra-, ham street, was being widened; to permit angle parking of cars.cars. ______Oxford county stood sixth to; date in all Ontario, in the 9th Victory Loan Campaign. JWilliam I. Sutherland reeve] .. of West Zorra, died in his 68thyear.The city of Woodstock purehas-; ed $50,000 and the county $100,-; 000 worth of bonds in the 9tn | Victory Loan campaign. j BJ C. Eichenburg. a former war-' den of Oxford County was ac­corded an acclamation as mayor of TillsonburgRetiring warden of Oxford county. A. D McCorquodale, was. presented with a silver tea wr- i vice at the closing session of county council.The Little Gorman Band of! I avistock rushed to (hr court­house. Woodstock, on the election Of Robert Rudy of Tavistock as Oxford warden and serenaded...... ovu uiiuvn him with several lively numbers. Robert Rudy, flt'eve of Ta-vis-s tock, was elected warden of Ox. ford county after a record num­} bcr of 35 ballots hud been taken. J, S. MoWiinclil. county road engineer, reported nearly all Wo main county roods toad torn cleared of trees and branches aiftor the ice storm and again. open to traffic.Oxford county paid $788 bounty! on 394 foxes killed during 1940.Annexation of parts of Bland-ford and East Oxford townships by city of Woodstock was ap­proved by the Municipal Board.County Clerk Len Coles report­ed 26 fox bounties paid for Feb­ruary, as compared to 58 for the same month in the previous year.County council decided the city of Woodstock could use the coun­cil chamber in the courthouse for city police court hearings at an annual rental of $600.Approval of a plan to have all food handlers in city and county X-rayed, was given by Oxford county council, as proposed by Dr. O. C. Powers, Oxford MOH.Warden Robert Rudy, of Ox­ford county, was speaker at the meeting of Tavistock Rotary Club, outlining the county’s ad­ministration system.County council approved the! application of the Woodstock! Board of Health to unite with, the Oxford Health Unit. 'J. Grant Sutherland, East Nis- souri, was named cihairman of . the roads committee of Oxford county council tor the year 1950.City council received copies of a proposed agreement by which the city could join the Oxford County and Ingersoll Health Unit, ,v , for their consideration.Oxford Health Unit decided to add two more nurses to fhe staff, in expectation of WoodstockMiming into the unit.With an agreement signed fori Woodstock to join the Oxford County Health Unit, the Wood­stock Board of Health passed out of existence, after more than 50 years. A. W. Cole was tile last chairman. __Roger L. Hawkins reeve of Tillsonburg, was appointed first chairman of the Oxford Health Unit, following admission of the city of Woodstock to the unit.Warden of Oxford County in1948. and prominent East Zorra ft resident, Gordon Ross passed a- way at Woodstock General Hos- pit al m his 49th year.Countv council at its June! - session, held its annual Ladies’! Day with the wives of the coun­cillors occupying the chairs, g Warden Robert Rudy welcomedthe ladies.Ex-w-ardens of Oxford County gathered for their annual get-to­gether, with the president. Ex­Warden William McIntosh of Embro presiding.Oxford county council vocalists under direction of Reeve Roland Fry of Blenheim accepted the, • challenge of Waterloo council to a vocal contest, Ross V. Tuck, deputy registrar of deeds for Oxford, was appoint­ed registrar, succeeding the late Wallace MacWhinnie.John C. Blair of West Zorra, ; was appointed deputy registrar for Oxford, succeeding Ross v. Tuck, appointed registrar.Judge Eric' Cross and Magis­trate R. G. Groom assumed their new duties of performing civil marriage ceremonies but had no'applications as yet.uppi ‘V ain/HH .1 ■“‘Dr. L. E. L. Taylor, food and; ' milk inspector for the former, Woodstock Board of Health, wasi appointed veterinary inspector! v; for the Oxford Health I Info J «A new super highway was an-' nouneed to be constructed to run; from Windsor io Toronto, which, would pass south of Woodstock, and not touch any citieMAgo15County council, nt its January ■aession. budgeted for a total ex- pcnditiin- of $351,741. for the year.Oxford county council was ask­ed to endorse a resolution from St. Thomas, favoring spanking machines in prisons.Residents of the Governor'si Road were complaining at the! lack of snowplows, the road be-1 ing closed to traffic all winter.City Olei'k A. B. Loe, County Clerk L, K. Cedes and Warden A. D. M-cCcxrquod'ale attended a conference at Lt melon on isolation hospitals.The Governor’s Road from the 9l'h Itae to Woodstock, was final­ly opened to traMc for the Wwt Lime since early winter.Oxford county council planneduaiuiu uuuuty uuuuvu piaimeu t . ----- " vv.ovj,to spend a total of $115,000 on E*st Zo”*. was\ - rpVlUMiinrr -__a •county roads in the season of 1945.Oxford county councillors,' at their March session, all joined Ilie Children's Aid Society afterhearing a report from R. G. Clowes, superintendent.County council went on record as opposed to any move to bring German war prisoners to work on Oxford farms.Andrew Baechler. an ex-war­den of Oxford County and widely known resident of Tavistock, died at his home at age 71.Oxford ' Ex-wardens Associat­ion held their annual dinner meeting and heard an address by R. A. MacDougall, Woodstock barrister.i Children of Blenheim township planted eight acres of trees in | the new country reforestation; plot near Drumbo.Woodstock Sea' Cadets receiv­ed their annual inspection by Lieut. - Commander Carmichael, RCNVR and were highly praised.- Lieut. L. K. Coles was m com­mand.A bread shortage occurred at Oxford county jail when 11 un­expected ‘•guests” arrived over the weekend.The June session of Oxford" county council opened at the court house, Woodstock, with Warden Balkwill presiding.Hugh Allan, Drumbo, resigned; his post as clerk and treasurer of Blenheim township after many years.County Clerk Len Coles report­ed a total of $820 in bounties paid for 105 fox pelts during the: month of May.Installation was begun on a fire alarm system at Oxford County home, 11th line.Lieut. J. L. Coles resigned aX commanding officer of the Wood- stock Sea Cadet Corps. jDr. G. Struthers of the Ontario Dept, of Health advised city council, the city should join the Oxford Health UnitWoodstock Board of Health vo­ted to recommend to City coun- iiril that Woodstock join the Ox-1 ford county health unit, which; would abolish the city board. IA meeting was to be held bv the city and county . Boards of ’Health to consider a joint health; plan for city and countyOxford county subscribed a : total of 40 million dollars in the nine Victory Loan campaigns.during the war.Hugh Allan, retiring clerk- treasurer of Blenheim township and L. E. Peterson, retiring road superintedent, were honored with; gifts from the township council.iwagtotrato R?G. Groom was returning from war service tosion of his term.The annual Warden's banquet; was held in the hall at First!, Baptist church. Hon. D. M. Suth-j erland was main speaker.County council at its December session, decided to purchase three; ___iv,--in-n-i new snowplows in an effort <o Oxford county council met for'; keep the county roads open dur- its first peace-time meeting in; ing the winter.six years, with Warden Alex Me-1 I Cqriuodale presiding.Dr. 0. C. Powers of Toronto,returning uwu —resume his duties as county mag­istrate. taking over from L. M Ball, interim magistrate.was appointed MOH for Oxford county, under the new county health plan.Members of Oxford county eou[noil travelled 225 miles on an. inspection tour of the county road system.. IDO YOU REMEMBER?(From Hcntinrt-Rr.vkcw FUes) 25 YEARS AGO'Inree candidate<< were »eeklng the wardemihip of Oxford for 1935: Reeve W. F. -Umprmm, East /Oxford; fV-ve (toorge Bnlkwill Blenheim and R eve Walter Wilson of Dereham ;*■' u . W' BaIfewill.*reeve of Bien-, helm, was elected warden ofl- Oxford County tor 1935 on She third ballot.January meeting, considered a proposal tor monthly meetings instead of quarterly.Ex-warden of Oxford County. Robert Webber of New Jersey,revisiting the city and district. The March session of Oxfordcounty council was meeting at the court house, Woodstock, with Warden Balkwill of Blenheim, presiding.Robert Oliver, Thamesford, a former warden of Oxford county, was reappointed a J. P. a posit--- ion he had previously held.Mark Rowe, deputy registrar! for Oxford tor seven years, was! ; to be retired and succeeded by Frank J. Stalker of Woodstock, fhe Attorney-General'B Depart-. ment announced.Len Coles and Jack SibbaldJ Woodstock badminton stars, who won the Dominion Doubles cham-1 pionship, were to receive wrist watches from city council.County Council at its June ses­sion, adoped the estimates for ; the year of $202,035 with littlediscussion, which called for an!increase in the tax rate of %W| mill.R. J. Forbes, manager of the Oxford county home, was elected; vice-president of the Association} of County Home Managers at their meeting at Kingston.County council turned down a proposal of the agricultural committee that Oxford become,, an accredited cattle area. &Oxford Ex-wardens Association: held its third annual meeting with John Youngs of Embro suc­ceeding E. L. Sutherland presi-|* dent. - rCraig McKay. KC.. Woodstock lawver, was reported re com men i ded’for the position of crown at-] torney of Oxford succeeding the; late R. N. Ball, KC R. A. Mac-, Dougall, acting crown attorney,, was not a candidate.E. L. Sutherland, Embro, for-! mer warden of Oxford, foundei of the Western Farmers Inst ­ance Co., Woodstock, died at his home in his 80th year. .1Oxford tobacco growers were' disappointed at the price set of, 23 cents per poundOxford county court house, Woodstock, was broken into dur-, ing the night, and the office of the court clerk. Peter McDonald, was robbed of 75 cents. IThe Oxford court house officials and staff shivered in their offices without heat, owing to a break in the heating system County Clerk Roth had a wood fire m the grate in his office. _ ,Warden of Oxford County.George Balkwill, was presented with a chime clock by members of county council at the conclu-Countv council al it.*- meetins turned down a proposal that the county take over the Governor's Road from Woodstock to Tham-csford.