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Len Coles Scapbook Index 1964Len Coles Foods Leo Coles’ Scrapbook Index 1964 Page 1 Newspaper article re. election of West Zorra Reeve William Sutherland elected Warden for 1964 (includes photograph of Peter McDonald and William Sutherland following election for Warden) Newspaper article re. five possible candidates for the post of Warden Newspaper photograph of Peter McDonald congratulating William Sutherland on his election win Page 2 Newspaper article re. West Zorra Reeve elected Warden (includes photograph of Allen Littlejohns, William Sutherland and Harold Wilker) Newspaper articles re. Oxford population, Warden vote, County names members to Committees and Boards, fox bounties and Inaugural Session of Council and grant for 1963 road work Page 3 Newspaper articles re. Oxford population on a rise, and the closure of the Drumbo CNR station Newspaper map showing boundaries following the Woodstock annexation Newspaper photograph of two unknown men as Princeton residents put up fight to retain services at the CNR Station in Blenheim Township Page 4 Newspaper articles re. Woodstock annexation, Buckthorn and Barberry war within the County, fox bounties, and spiraling nursing home costs Newspaper article re. Union Drawn Steel Company mining for high calcium limestone near Thamesford and the need of the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority to change its flood control plans (includes photographs of Grant Sutherland and Gordon Pittock) Page 5 Newspaper articles re. Vehicle Fire Call payment, nursing home rates, area councils opposing hike in indigent rates, head office for the Lake Erie Regional Development Association being established in Aylmer, funeral service for George Oliver, and resignation of the Brant County Assessor Newspaper headlines re. death of John D. Wood former Reeve of West Zorra and death of George Oliver Blandford Clerk Newspaper photograph of Joseph Clark, general manager of the Lake Erie Regional Development Association Page 6 Newspaper articles re. Council to oppose increase in 1964 taxes, assessment and annexation, village of Vienna to not be transferred from the Tillsonburg District High School area, supplement of the Oxford County branch of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture and Oxford tax rate Newspaper photograph of L.K. Coles, President of the Ontario Good Roads Association Newspaper article re. Annual Meeting of the Oxford Historical Society and guest speaker W.E. Elliott (includes photograph of W.M. Sutherland, W.E. Elliott and Dr. D. Sutherland) Page 7 Newspaper articles re. origins of cannons in front of Court House, request by Vienna for school area shift, and the Oxford County Library Co-operative progress report Newspaper photographs of Annual Meeting of Oxford Holstein Breeders’ Association (top photograph: John Bolton holding top herd production award; lower photograph: E. V. Kennedy, William Kilmer, Grant Smith, and Donald Kam) Page 8 Newspaper articles re. 70th Convention of the Ontario Good Roads Association Programme for the 70th Anniversary Convention of the Ontario Good Roads Association - 24-26 February 1964 Invitation to a Reception at the Convention of the Ontario Good Roads Association - 26 February 1964 Photograph of the speakers table at the 70* Anniversary Convention of the Ontario Good Roads Association Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Newspaper articles re. L.K. Coles to receive a desk set from Woodstock at the OGRA Conference and L.K. Coles presiding over the OGRA Conference as President Ontario Good Roads Association Ladies’ Convention Programme - 24-26 February 1964 Invitation to the Annual Banquet of the Ontario Good Roads Association - 26 February 1964 Ontario Good Roads Association 70th Anniversary Convention President Ribbon Newspaper articles re. transfer of Vienna school district to East Elgin District High School Board from the Tillsonburg District High School Board, meeting to form an Oxford County unit of the Emergency Measures Organization, Woodstock General Hospital expansion projects, taxes for County Homes, Norwich voted to join the Lake Erie Development Association, meeting on tax sale procedures and Phineas Pressey of Dereham Township elected chairman of the Catfish Creek Conservation Authority Newspaper headline re. Tobacco growers and Newspaper advertisement for Tenders wanted on premiums for insurance on Municipal Liability, Roads, County Equipment and Employer’s Liability Newspaper articles re. County Council Budget, Health Unit Report, assessment rates, mill rates, and county road subsidies Newspaper headlines re. Beachville brigade and entries in the Oxford Seed Fair Newspaper articles re. Emergency Measures Organization unit for the County, County mill rates, increase for road expenditures, and hepatitis concentrated in Princeton area Newspaper articles re. Fifteenth Annual Report of the Oxford County Library and possible library expansion, hepatitis outbreak, Dr. E.G. Pleva the guest speaker at the Annual Meeting of the Oxford County Library Co-Operative, Ingersoll to annex from West Oxford Township and Delhi auction Newspaper articles re. snakes in Oxford County, Rotary Club of Woodstock’s annual Rural-Urban Night, North Norwich plan to collect delinquent taxes, and newspaper headline re. Woodstock library space Newspaper article re. 23rd Annual Meeting of the Association of Assessing Officers (includes photograph of R.P. Quance, J.F. O’Dell, F.H. Cade, and C.C. Bricker) Newspaper advertisement for tenders for material spreaders and heavy duty trucks -13 May 1964 Newspaper articles re. Blandford and Blenheim Townships to be affected by Provincial Act abolishing section school boards, and Oxford’s dental health problem Newspaper article re. Provincial law that would allow persons to be detained in jail indefinitely without trial (includes photograph of Att.-Gen Cass) Magazine article re. Norfolk County Engineer (includes photograph of Guy Marston) Magazine photograph of newly elected officers of the Ontario Good Roads Association (W. Scott McKay, Clarence S. Anderson and Niram A. Fletcher) Newspaper articles re. Historical Society Local History Essay Contest Winners awarded (includes photograph of Mrs. Kathleen R. Ward, Winnifred Williams, Mary Lee Boniface, Jimmie Benjamin, and John Callan) Newspaper articles re. Warden opening the 16th Annual Woodstock Kiwanis Festival and pollution in the Thames River Newspaper advertisement for Tenders Wanted for Supplies and Hauling Road Materials and Equipment - 17 April 1964) Ticket for the 8th Annual Festival of Music sponsored by the Rotary Club of Tillsonburg Newspaper articles re. sudden drop of water levels in the Lakeside area, Tavistock school to be transferred to the Perth inspectorate, Oxford Jury sitting costs, and Municipal inequality Invitation to the Graduation Exercises of the Western Ontario Agricultural School - 19 May 1964 Newspaper reproduction of flag described in resolution appearing in Votes and Proceedings No. 70 for May 26, 1964 Newspaper articles re. issue of a stamp to commemorate the centennial of cheddar cheese production in Canada and the death of Spenser Hunter, Sentinel-Review reporter Newspaper cartoon involving flag 2 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Newspaper articles re. death of John C. Blair of Embro, record of service of Guy Marston in Norfolk County, and Dr. Howard Burgess of Thamesford Newspaper photograph of a meeting of Ex-Wardens to elect executive for 1964-1965 (Robert Rudy, Thomas Pellow, Grant Sutherland and James Hossack) Newspaper headline re. new quarters for the Museum Newspaper articles re. need for Construction Safety Inspector, county-wide charge by fire departments called to car and fire trucks, June Session of Council, and National flag issue Newspaper photograph of photograph of Robert Rudy jokingly pegged a separatist at the Council Session Newspaper articles re. proposed relocation of the Oxford Museum, County to consider Red Ensign support, boundary roads, 16th Annual Plattsville Horse Show, E.R. Pearce and Leslie Force to represent County at the opening of the office of the Lake Erie Regional Development Association, and Ingersoll’s annexation bid Newspaper notice re. Section 3(1) of the Weeds Control Act Newspaper article re. County opposing Ingersoll’s annexation bid and newspaper headlines re. Pittock Dam and 16th Annu al Plattsville Horse Show Newspaper map of the mutual aid system of fire protection Newspaper article re. North Oxford Reeve Henry Finlayson injured in farming accident Newspaper advertisement for tenders for plans and specifications re. Bethany Ev. Lutheran Church Newspaper the advertisement re. Red Cross Water Saftety Week - June 7th - June 13th (includes photograph of Warden Wm. Sutherland) Newspaper photographs of immunization clinic at the Woodstock Masonic Hall (left photograph: Mary Bakelaar, Mrs. James Bakelaar and Dr. O.C. Powers; right photograph: five month old Tommy Van Dyk) Newspaper article re. Centennial projects favouring libraries Newspaper article re. Annual County Councils reception sponsored by University of Western Ontario (includes photograph of James Hayter, Wilbur Johnson, Vincent Moran, W.C.P. Baldwin and Dr. G.A. Wilson) Newspaper articles re. army worms, appointment of Lt.-Col Murray MacDonald as centennial field representative for Oxford, Perth, Essex, Middlesex and Lambton Counties and the 28th Annual Zorra Caledonia Society Highland Games in Embro (includes photograph of twenty-two pipe bands grouped for a mass parade) Newspaper articles re. suggestion to centralize jails, Roads Association jubilee, army worm menace (includes photograph of Jack Griffin surveying crop), and Rev. Thomas Griggs appointed to assist Oxford County Probation Officer C.A. Rawson (includes photograph of Rev. Thomas Griggs) Letter to Editor from D.J. McClellan re. appointment of Rev. Thomas Griggs to aid probation work Newspaper articles re. sod turning marks official start on Gordon Pittock Dam, new books for the Oxford library, increase in indigent patient rate, and meeting of County Council on September 22nd Invitation to the Official Sod Turning Ceremony for the Gordon Pittock Dam & Reservoir - 31 July 1964 Newspaper photograph of Woodstock Aiderman T.J. Slater introducing UTRCA members and special guest Newspaper photograph of luncheon at the Craigowan Golf and Country Club following the sod-turning for the Gordon Pittock Dam (Trevor Slater, Mayor W.B. Dutton, Gordon Pittock, K.C. Hilts, A.S.L. Barnes and W.M. Sutherland) Newspaper articles re. unveiling cairn marking centenary of County cheese, OMB sets hearing date for Ingersoll annexation bid, and newspaper headline re. amount of rain hitting the County of Oxford Newspaper advertisement for the Cheese Cairn unveiling and parade in Norwich - 22 August 1964 Newspaper articles re. cheese centenary, Oxford Cheese Factories, death of William Baigent, County bookmobile, and Blenheim’s Centennial Fund 3 Page 31 Newspaper photograph of Dorothy Boswell and Dr. O.C. Powers discussing the study of specialized tuberculosis testing in Oxford County Invitation to the Sixty-sixth Graduation Exercises of the School of Nursing of the Woodstock General Hospital - 16 September 1964 Programme for the Forty-fifth Annual Convention of the Ontario Association of Homes for the Aged - 8-11 September 1964 O.A.H.A. delegate ribbon Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Newspaper map showing Ingersoll’s proposed annexation Newspaper articles re. Ingersoll annexation and newspaper headlines re. Norwich sewer and Oxford woman runner-up in Dairy Princess contest Newspaper articles re. Ingersoll industrial land, James Vance appointed chairman of the Page 35 Ontario Water Resources Commission (includes photograph of James A. Vance), Blenheim Township centennial grants to Princeton, Plattsville and Drumbo and newspaper headline re. death of ex-Boston Bruins star Booby Bauer Newspaper photograph of County Council boarding bus for a tour of the Oxford Road System Newspaper photograph of meeting of the Ontario Water Commission with Premier John Robarts following the swearing-in ceremony at Queen’s Park (left photograph: John Root, Dr. J.A. Vance, John Roberts, D. Aubrey Moodie, and Louis R. Desmarais; right photograph: Dr. J.A. Vance and J.J. Young) - Woodstock Sentinel-Review - 25 September 1964 Newspaper articles re. Council session and road tour, firefighters set a minimum car and truck fire-call charge, construction of a new South Norwich Township municipal building, and the Annual Dinner of the Ex-Reeves Association and election of Hilton Virtue of East Oxford as President Page 36 Newspaper article re. County Council and tour of County Road System (includes Page 37 photograph of Warden William Sutherland and Clerk-Treasurer L.K. Coles) - Woodstock Sentinel-Review - 30 September 1964 Newspaper articles re. Annual Fall Workshop for County Librarians, County Home residents and staff checked for TB, and Deputy Minister of Municipal Affairs urged Counties to assume an expanded role of regional government Newspaper headline re. R.G. Groom elected head of the Oxford County Branch of the Canadian Cancer Society Newspaper photograph of Mobile X-Ray Unit in operation at the County Home (Edward Haas, Mrs. Catherine Hotson, Miss M.A. Scrabelo and Mrs. Bruce Boswell) Newspaper articles re. County Roads projects and costs, East Zorra application to Page 38 centralize schools and Brant County to study proposal to amalgamate under one government Newspaper photograph of unveiling of “Open Bible” monument in cemetery Newspaper articles re. proposed new hospital wing for the Woodstock General Hospital, Page 39 Cecil Wells awarded Oxford County Plowman’s Trophy, date of the fall meeting of County Council changed and “scuttlebutt” rumors that the Oxford Health Unit was buying its supplies in London Complimentary ticket for L.K. Coles and lady for the Woodstock Agricultural Society Fair-27-29 August 1964 Complimentary ticket for L.K. Coles and lady for the Tavistock Fall Fair -11,12 September 1964 Complimentary ticket for Mr. and Mrs. L.K. Coles for the Tillsonburg Tri-County Agricultural Society Invitation to the President and Directors of Ontario Good Roads Association Reception - 20 October 1964 Invitation to visit the County’s Exhibit in Galerie No. 3 on the Convention Floor during the Canadian Good Roads Association Conference Invitation to the Ladies attending the Canadian Good Roads Association Conference for a planned programme of special interest to the ladies - 22 October 1964 4 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Programme for the Canadian Good Roads Association Golden Jubilee Convention Annual Dinner-21 October 1964 Programme for the Ladies for the Golden Jubilee Convention of the Canadian Good Roads Association - 19-22 October 1964 Invitation for a Testimonial Dinner of Roy Bigham - 21 October 1964 Newspaper article re. Testimonial Dinner for Roy Bigham (includes photograph of Roy Bigham) Newspaper article by Wallace Nesbitt MP for Oxford re. new home for elderly in Oxford Newspaper photograph of the Snow Countess Newspaper article re. Librarian workshop and book fair (includes photograph of Louise Krompart, Betty Crawford and other participants) Newspaper articles re. Woodstock city hall renovations, Ingersoll letter carrier service, W.E. Ross of Simcoe named president of the Lake Erie Regional Development Association, Woodstock annexation and unconditional grant for East Oxford Township and newspaper headline re. Norwich Fire Hall for centennial Newspaper photograph of Oxford County display window in the lower concourse of the Royal York Hotel in Toronto Newspaper photograph of Mrs. Thomson with last year’s display at the Royal Newspaper articles re. Lewis Thomson won the Commercial Feature Exhibition Award at the Royal Winter Fair and Oxford Reeves attending the Canadian Good Roads Association’s annual meeting and 50th birthday in Montreal Newspaper photograph of butter statue of Canada’s first commercial cheese-maker Harvey Farrington by Toronto sculpture W.A. Clements Newspaper articles re. County at the Royal Winter Fair, and Dr. Frederick W. Minkler native of Woodstock given testimonial dinner Newspaper article re. Councillor Delmar Kipp’s resignation from Blenheim Township in protest of “bulldozing tactics and violation of pledges” on the part of Council - 10 November 1964 Newspaper articles re. improving/change how county government works (including photograph of William Sutherland Warden), jump in mill rate due to annexation, William Sutherland not seeking re-election as Warden, New Hamburg to not have centennial project and 1964 Warden’s Dinner set Newspaper articles re. Ingersoll annexation Newspaper article re. indigent rates Invitation to the Middlesex County Warden’s Banquet - 6 November 1964 Newspaper photographs of the handing out of the Oxford County Proficiency Awards at the Annual Scholarship Awards Banquet at the University of Guelph (top photograph: H.T. Scott, H.H. Virtue, K.R. Bell, Miss J.A. Barrager and Ex-Warden P. McDonald; lower photograph: B.B. Burtis and Dr. J.R. McDonald) Newspaper photograph of Warden William Sutherland and family previous to the Warden’s Dinner at the Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute Programme for the Warden’s Dinner - 19 November 1964 Invitation to the Warden’s Dinner - 19 November 1964 Newspaper photograph of Warden’s Banquet (Thomas J. Morrison, Warden Sutherland, James Muir, William B. Dutton and Gordon W. Pittock) Newspaper articles re. Warden’s Dinner, Christmas gifts to employee, and recommendation that County Police Magistrate’s Court be moved from the county building to the old Bethany Lutheran Church Newspaper photograph s of the Warden’s Dinner (top photograph: Len Coles and head table; lower photograph: Mayor Clare Esseltine, Warden William Sutherland, Mayor William B. Dutton and Mayor Thomas Morrison ) Warden’s Dinner reply card Newspaper articles re. formation of a County Public Library System, moving magistrate’s court out of the County building, Ex-Warden John Alvin McKay of West Zorra dies, John H. Lester elected Reeve of North Norwich, and final session of Council including County Library, assistant to County Road Superintendent, etc. 5 Page 51 Newspaper articles re. roads budget, December Session of Council, and Civic reception at the Woodstock Badminton Club Invitation to attend Civic Reception - 9 December 1964 Page 52 Newspaper articles re. County Centennial Projects, new municipal building for South Norwich Township, Christmas dinner menu at the Jail, Tavistock Arena Centennial Project and formation of a County Library Board Page 53 Newspaper articles re. Ingersoll annexation, Dereham Reeve seeking Wardenship for 1965, and rabid wildlife in Oxford Page 54 Newspaper articles re. Grey County Jail (includes photograph of Eddie Sargent) County of Oxford Handbook - 1964 Page 55 Page 57 Newspaper photographs of construction of Puttown Bridge Newspaper articles listing events 10 years ago, 15 years ago and 25 years ago 6