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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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.
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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
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Newspaper photographs of construction of Puttown Bridge
Newspaper articles listing events 10 years ago, 15 years ago and 25 years ago
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