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Year 19641964PROPERTY OF THEReturn to County Clerk’s OfficeFrom The COUNTY OF OXFORD Court House Woodstock, OntarioCOUNTY OF OXFORD Zorra Reeve1964 Warden For OxfordFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK — William M. Sutherland. reeve of West Zorra Township, whs elected warden of Oxford County yes­terday. He was elected on the ninth ballot,Ha defeated four other councilors nominated for the post. Included were Leslie Force, Norwich reeve who withdrew after the fifth bal­lot John H. IL Lester, North Norwich Township reeve who withdrew after the seventh vote, and J. C. Smith. Beach­ville reeve, who dropped out following the eighth ballot.Mr. Sutherland received 14 votes to East Nissouri Reeve George M. Hogg's 11, on the final ballot.Tillsonburg had a. total of four votes for the first time in council's history. Clerk-Treasur­er L. K. Coles said that the reeve had had two votes for some tim.e and population growth has given the deputy reeve's vote an extra count as well.Mr. Sutherland told council he hoped to continue to make Ox­ford “a county to be looked up to" with the help of councilors and the county staff.Council will m.eet today to make appointments to county- committees and boards. It will meet again next week for the first regular business session of the year.—Free Press Woodstock BureauPeter McDonald, left, reeve of Blenheim Township and 1963 Oxford war­den, congratulates William Sutherland, reeve of West Zorra Township, on his election as 1964 warden of Oxford County.Brisk Race Appears With Five Possibles Seeking Warden PostA brisk contest is shaping for the post of 1964 Oxford County warden, with at least five pos­sible candidates already in the limelight.Likely office seekers when the election is held at first meeting of county council, Jan. 21, are Beachville Reeve J. C. Smith; Norwich Reeve Leslie E. Force; North Norwich Town­ship Reeve John Lester; East Nissouri Township Reeve George M. Hogg, and West Zor­ra Township Reeve, William M. Sutherland.All five are being urged by supporters to try for the post being vacated by 1963 warden. Peter McDonald, Blenheim Township reeve.Almost certain candidates are Beachville Reeve Smith, Nor­wich Reeve Force; and West Zorra Reeve Sutherland, all vet­erans of municipal government in the county.“DEFINITELY”Reeve Smith, 58. a longtime Beachville resident and operat­or of a general store there sin­ce 1930, said he would definitely be in the race "unless some­thing unforeseen happens.”Reeve of Beachville since its incorporation as a police vill­age two years ago,, he has long been associated with its affairsWest Zorra Reeve Sutherland, a candidate for the-warden post in 1963, was also positive about his candidacy.The 42-year-old RR 3 Thames* ford dairy farmer is due to start his third year a« reeve, his tenth on West Zorra coun­cil, He said he definitely would be seeking’ Election as county wardeB for the coming year.A probable candidate is Reeve Force, 63, due to start his third two - year ■ term as Norwich, reeve, his ninth on the village council.Owner of a garage and auto dealer business in the village since 1921, Reeve Force said1 he was giving “considerable thought" to running for war­den. but hadn’t yet “definitely decided.”“INTERESTED”Another giving earnest con-; sideration to the warden elect­ion is North Norwich Reeve Les­ter, RR 1 Burgessville dairy farmer, who said he was “in-l terested," but would announce his decision later.The 45-year-oJd county coun­cillor is starting his eighth year on North Norwich Council. He was elected reeve in 1963.Another of last year’s candid­ates, Reeve Hogg of East Niss­ouri, is also “still thinking it over.”A 42-year-old dairy and poult­ry farmer of RR 1, Thamesford, he will start his second year as reeve in 1964. He has been a member of the East Nissouri Council for seven years.Definitely out of the race is Dereham Township Reeve, Har­ry R. Armstrong, of Ostrander, mentioned as one of the likely starters. He said today he had no intention of seeking the war­den’s post this year.Not apt to appear is a can­didate from Blenheim Township, the 1963 warden's municipality. Oxford County tradition so far has ruled out the election of two successive wardens from the sama municipality, ।WINNER AND FORMER WARDENWilliam Sutherland, West ballot. Peter McDonald, reeve erland the warden's ga\d afZorra Township rtevv, RIGHT of Blenheim Township, and ter his election. tSee suny yesterday was rioted ()xford w63 hands Mr. Suth- Page 13) (Staff Photo)County warden on taiw mnm West Zorra ReeveIn Past 10 YearsNew Oxford WardenWilliam M. Sutherland, reevei of West Zona township, was elected warden of Oxford Coun ty yesterday at the inaugural session of Oxford County Coun­cil.Mr. Sutherland was elected on the ninth ballot, defeating George M Hogg, of East Nis? ouri. 14-U Last year Mr, Suth­erland was defeated on the eighth and final ballot by Peter McDonald, the retiring warden, m.Cyril Demeyore, deputy-reeve of TiBsonburg, cast two votes! because of the recent increase) in the number of municipal el-1 ectors at Tillsonburg, entitling' it to the increased voting pow­er.Four other councillors were nominated for the position. Les ' lie E. Force, of Norwich, with- drew after the fifth ballot. John11 Lester, of North Norwich, withdrew after the seventh bal­lot. and J. C. Smith, of Beach- ville, withdrew after the eighth ballot.Each candidate received five votes in the 4th ballot.AT THAMESFORDThe new warden has lived at RR 2. Thamesford for 20 years. He is married and has two boys, ages 5 and 13.The Sutherlands have a mix­ed dairy farm, consisting of 250 acres. They have one hundred head of Holstein cattle.Mr. Sutherland has been on County Council since 1961. and has been associated with Town­ship Council for 10 years.He is the second warden to be elected from West. Zorra in recent years. Ernest F. Garn­er was'elected warden in 1961.when he was reeve of West, Zor­ra.tn his declaration ol office. Mr. Sutherland asked the co-! operation of his fellow council­lors, and pledged to “make Ox­ford a county to be looked up to.”NAME COMMITTEESThe U5th County Council re-! convenes today to appoint the 1964 committees and officials. The council then will adjourn,, to return to the courthouse next Tuesday, Wednesday, a n d Thursday to hold its first busi­ness session of the year.It took 63 ballolings to elect warden C. H. Denton, of Till­sonburg in 1913, 56 votes to el-l ect J. W, Innes, of West Oxford Township in 1925, and 54 votes: to elect Grant Sutherland, of East Nissouri Township, in 1951,)Oxford Population Increases 12,167REPRESENTATIVES from left are Allen Littlejohns, de- warden, and Harold Wilker,1 across the county met at the puty-reeve of East Zorra, a reeve of Tavistock, a new county ofcurthouse yesterday new member of County Coun- member of County Council, to choose a new warden. Fron eil, William Sutherland, 1964 (Staff Photo)County Council Stage Set For Warden VoteThe new warden of Oxford County was to be elected today, as reeves and deputy-reeves met in the county courthouse.Last year’s warden, Peter McDonald of Blenheim, was not expected to be a candidate. Twenty - three reeves and de­puty-reeves will elect the nw warden.Russell Honsiberger, Tillson­burg reeve and Cyril Demeyere, deputy-reeve of Tillsonburg will have two votes in the choosing of a successor to Mr. McDon­ald, because of the increase in the number of municipal elect­ors in Tillsonburg.There have been only two ac­clamations for the Oxford War­denship since the present sys­tem of voting by open ballot was established in 1906. John Campbell, of Dereham, was ac­claimed warden in 1915 and William,Lampman, of East Ox­ford, was acclaimed in 1936.Free Pf<*m Woodrt-oek BureauWOODSTOCK — A census tabulation in Oxford County shows a 12,167 increase in pop- ulntion in the past 10 years.In 1954 rural residents ac­counted for 60.84 of the county's 58,685 residents. Woodstock had 27.9 per cent and 1.1.26 per cent Jived In Ingersoll.Now, 10 years later, Wood- stock residents account for 30.24 per rent of the county population and rural residents make up 59.59 per cent. Ingersoll’s population is now 10,17 per cent of the county figure. The survey shows total county popula­tion at 71,852 persons.Only two townships showed decreases in population. They are East Oxford and West Oxford. East Oxford had 2,116 residents in 1954 and 2,067 this year. West Oxford had 2,796 in 1954 and 2,75-1 in 1964.East Oxford lost 410 resi­dents between 1963 and 1964 after Woodstock annexed township land.West Oxford and East Zorra, both of which lost land to Woodstock, showed slight population increases in 1964 compared to 1963. Blandford Township, which had 1,032 residents in 1954, now has 1,458. It lost land to the city as well.County Names MembersOxford Seeks Grants For 1963 Road WorkTo Committees, BoardsCounty Council yesterday ap­pointed its committees and re presents tiyes to the various boards for 1964.Councilmen also passed a re solution requesting a grant from the highways department for road and bridge construction and maintenance work.L. K. Coles county clerk - treasurer, disclosed that $976.- 415 was spent by the county roads department last year.County Council will return to the courthouse Tuesday, Wed nesday, and Thursday for its! first business session of the year.Delegations scheduled to ap­pear at the session Tuesday are from the Lake Erie Regional Development Association, the University of Western Ontario, and the Canadian National In stitute for the Blind.Chairmen of the committees are:Finance Hugh Munro, de­puty reeve, East Missouri Town ship.Roads - George M. Hogg, reeve. East Missouri.Property • Leslie E. Force, reeve, Norwich,Agriculture Vernon Cuth- bert; deputy reeve, West Ox- ford.Assessment Harold Wilker. reeve Tavistock,Printing and resolutions Har old Arthur, reeve, South Nor­wich,Warden William M. Sumer land and clerk treasurer L. K,Coles were appointed as repre­sentatives to the county Juve nile Court and the county mus­eum.Mr. Sutherland, Peter McDon aid, and Allen Littlejohns were named to the Oxford County Library board. Merle Coleman, Lloyd Johnson, and Warden Sutherland were named to the Oxford Children’s Aid Society.Chairman of the Home for the Aged, and health committees will be named at the firstsession of the respective com­mittees, Feb. 12.Warden Sutherland. J. C. Smith, and Peter McDonald are on the Home for the Aged com­mittee, and John H. Lester, Leslie E. Force, and Warden Sutherland are on the health committee.Rev. Samuel Kerr, of Knox Presbyterian Church, Embro, officially opened the 1964 Ox ford County Council session with prayerFox Bounties Decline By 17Free Preus Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK -- Either the fox population of Oxford is de­clining or bounty hunters are not the shots they used to be.L. K. Coles, Oxford clerk­treasurer, said 365 fox bounties were paid last year compared to 382 in 1962.The highest number of boun­ties were paid for kills In West Zorra, where 62 payments were made. In 1962, 109 bounties were paid in Blenheim Township but last year there were only J 60.The largest increase was on1 South Norwich Township where seven bounties were paid in; 1962 and 29 in 1963.Free Press Woodstoqk BureauWOODSTOCK — Oxford Coun­ty council yesterday spent most of its final day of the 1964 in­augural session appointing com­mittees.Council submitted a request to the department of highways for grants on the $976,415 spent last year on the county's 214 miles of roads.Clerk-treasurer L. K. Coles said the figure includes all road and bridge maintenance, and bridge construction.Chairman of committees for 1964: Roads, George Hogg, reeve of East Nissouri Tp.; fi­nance, Hugh Munro, deputy­reeve of East Nissouri; prop­erty, Leslie Force, reeve of Norwich; agriculture, Vernon Cuthbert, deputy-reeve of West Oxford Tp,; assessment, Harold Wilker, reeve of Tavistock; printing and resolutions, Harold Arthur, reeve of South Norwich Tp.Council representatives: Ox­ford Home for the Aged. War­den William Sutherland, Beach- ville Reeve J. C. Smith, Blen­heim Township Reeve Peter Mc­Donald; Oxford Health Unit. Warden Sutherland, ReeveForce. North Norwich Reeve John H. R. Lester; Oxford ChiL dren's Aid Society, Warden Sutherland, Blenheim Township Deputy-Reeve Merle Coleman, Embro Reeve Lloyd Johnson:, Oxford Library Co-Operative Warden Sutherland. Reeve Mc­Donald, Deputy-Reeve of East Zorra Allen Littlejohns; juve­nile court and Oxford museum boards, Warden Sutherland. Mr. Coles; Woodstock Genera! Hos-. pital Board, Warden Sutherland; Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital, Tillsonburg Reeve Russell Honsberger; Alexandra Hospital, Ingersoll, Reeve Smith.Council meets Tuesday, Wed­nesday, and Friday of next week for the first regular busi­ness session of the year. Dele­gations are expected from the Lake Erie Regional Develop­ment Association, the University of Western Ontario, and the Ca­nadian National Institute for the Blind. Population In County Rises 13,167Oxford County's population has risen 13,167 in the past de­cade, according to census fig­ures released yesterday by L. K. Coles, county clerk-treasur­er.Ten years ago, Oxford had 58.685 citizens. Today 71,852, person^ live in the county. IThe tabulation shows that an­nexation by the city this Janu-| ary did not have any appreci-l able affect on population in the; newly annexed areas.West Oxford and East Zorra Townships both showed popula-, tion increases in 1964. Bland­ford showed a slight decrease! from 1,430 in 1963 to 1,458 in 1964.Only two townships showed1 decreases in population. They are East Oxford and West Ox­ford. East Oxford had 2,116 residents in 1954 and 2,067 this year. West Oxford had 2,796 in 1954 and 2,754 in 1964.East Oxford lost 410 residents between 1963 and 1964 after Woodstock annexed township landIn 1954 rural residents ac­counted for 60.84 per cent of the county’s 58.685 residents. Woodstock had 27.9 per cent and 11.26 per cent lived in Inger­soll.Today, Woodstock residents account for 30.24 per cent of the county population and rural residents make up 59.59 per cent. Ingersoll’s population now, is 10.17 per cent of the county figure.The survey was conducted by Mr. Coles.WOODSTOCK ANNEXATION — Woodstock's population jumped to approximately 21,700 Wed­nesday when annexation came into effect, bring­ing in more people, property and servicing prob­lems for the City from the townships of North Ox­ford, West Oxford, Blandford and East Zorro. Parts of East Oxford Township were brought into the city early in December to prevent indiscriminate development there. Heavy black line marks new boundaries, the lighter line shows former limits.CNR STATION FACING END OF ROADAngry Words At Hearing In PrincetonA score of Princeton resid­ents put up a spirited battle to retain services at the CNR sta­tion in the Blenheim Township police village yesterday.But the indications are the dusty old station, which hasn’t been painted or slicked up for about 15 years, oldtimers say,1 may become one more victim of changing times.It is likely to follow the way of hundreds of other small stat-, ions across Canada that have been shut down in the last few years as the railroads strive to cope with major competition from truck freighting.Drumbo with a population of 405, which had two railway sta­tions just a year ago, will prob­ably wind up with none.Closure of the Canadian Na - tional Railway station at the village appeared likely after a hearing in its cramped quarters today on a company application to shut it down.If the CNR deserts the village it will be following the example set less thai a year ago by the Canadian Pacific Railway which moved its business to Ayr, leav­ing the Drumbo station empty and deserted.CNR Ixmdon area superinten­dent told the informal hearing conducted by Board of Trans • port Commissioners inspector J. L. Bourgault that the com pany was "paying out more than it is taking in” at Drum - bo.The Drumbo station is on the CNR’s branch line from Paris Junction to Stratford. The com­pany is also seeking to shut down its Princeton station, five miles south of Drumbo on the; CNR main line from Toronto toDrumbo StationRevenue Lack Cited By CNRSarnia.Hearing at Princeton was scheduled for later today.It was stated that said sta - tion revenue was $14,000 in 1961, $21,000 in 1962. but only $6,000 in 1963,It cost more than $6,000 to op­erate the station in 1963, t h e hearing was told with the result; costs were $800 more than gross earnings.The company proposed to have its business done at Bright eight miles away if the Drumbo station was closed.Mr. Bourgault said after hs ■ toning to protests from B 1 e n - heim county council, including Reeve Peter McDonald, and farmers, merchants. small businessmen and residents in the area, that "shipments are so small it is hard to see just­ification for keeping the station open ”He said it was not up to him to make the decision, he would only report to the Board ot Transport Commissioners on the CNR application "but the figures are not too hopeful " City Leaps Into Leap Year With Extra Land, PeopleWoodstock’s stead y growth over the past 20 years took a sud­den spurt this week as 1,600 ad­ditional acres and 561 people were absorbed within the city as a New Year was born.Appropriately the city council met the next day in inaugural session and the keynote of much of what Mayor Dutton had to say in his speech to council pertained to the specific plans and problems attendant on annexation.One of the main reasons put forth by the city in seeking extra land was to provide for Wood­stock's continued and adequate growth as an industrial centre. Added industries give a commun­ity not only a means for home- grown talent to remain and use its skills in gainful employment rather than going elsewhere for work. The addition of new indus- tries or the expansion of existing ones also increases the amount of taxable assessment.In the case of the current an­nexation, it will mean an extra $1,380,000 i n assessment, and boosting the city’s total to $35 million. The more such property is developed, the more equitable will be the tax burden on the firms and homes in the commun­ity and the less burdensome will taxes be to the individual home­owner.But while this is a desirable end, it must be remembered that the required zoning, the extension of much needed sendees, such as w ater, street lighting, sewage dis­posal, and the like, will take time —and money—to bring to pass.Some of this has already been anticipated. Certain trunk sewers, have been laid in the direction of the new land, so that it will not be long or costly to extend into, the new areas. Others may need to be done over an extended per­iod. In this connection, Mayor Dutton was wise in calling for an orderly development in planning and services. As he put it: “We must guard against costly spot or leapfrog servicing.”The cost pressures attendant on annexation and the extension of needed services will require! "W and careful planning. Al­though council may not, have thei power to authorize expenditures1 or the financing of such through taxes and loans beyond the period it is in office, there is nothing we know of to prevent a planning board to proceed on its own, or by authority of council, to draw up a master plan which will be a guide to long-range development. To a degree this has been done already. It will be needed in great­er measure as development gains momentum.Let it be remembered that it isn’t the amount of land acquired by a community that counts. It is what is done with it. We trust that council and all who have to do with the development of this city will rise to the challenge so that the net result will make Wood- stock a better place in which to live.Oxford Wages Impressive Buckthorn, Barberry War$2,520JOO ThamesfordProject Out For Several Smaller Upstream SitesThe Union Drawn Steel Com­pany of Pittsburg has pur­chased and leased some 1,200 acres of land in the Thames Ri­ver valley at Thamesford for mining of high calcium lime - stone.This has caused the Upper Thames River Conservation Au­thority Io change its flood con­trol plans at Thamesford where it was planned to construct a $2,520,100 dam.Gordon W. Pittock, Oxford MLA and UTRCA chairman, re­vealed the situation in a speech at the Optimist club last night.He said today the authority isGRANT SUTHERLANDunder lease and 1 understand it has purchased gome too," said Mr. Pittock.Grant Sutherland. RR 1, Lake­side, the East Nissouri township representative to the UTRCA, said the steel company has held land in that area for quite some time.“Personally, f don't think too much of building a large dam at Thamesford and flooding a lot of good farm land,” he stat ed.“A scries of smaller dams would be less costly and won’t disturb the farming commun ■ lty.“The Thamesford dam was scheduled for the last part of the 10-year program, he added Engineering studies will have to be made to locate suitable sites for the smaller units which are now planned.High calcium limestone is used for the manufacture o f steel. High grade calcium lime­stone as found in the Thames­ford area is not too common but some deposits are located i n Michigan.now looking for smaller u p - stream sites and plans to con­struct several small dams in - stead of the large one.He said he had no informa - tion on when the U.S. steel com­pany plans to make use of the land it has under lease. “It might be 100 years from now,” he stated.Company officials could not be reached this morning.“The company has the landGORDON PITTOCKThe menace is considered dan­gerous enough to threaten a halt to . the oat growing industry.MAY LOSE HEAVILYOxford County, where oats are still the biggest single crop, would take a big share of the general loss if the rust invasion wiped out production.When the provincial and fed­eral governments launch their $1,000,000 campaign to eradicate the crop - destroying barberry bush they will find Oxford coun­ty well on in the battle.Tlie struggle to root out both the Common Barberry and its fellow villain the European Buckthorn has been waged i n - - - . . County weed inspector Ronaldtins county for uie past 10 Hutchison of Ingersoll said theyears.a threat incampaigns of the past years hadSo far it nasnt been won, but reduced buckthorn perhaps 75 the two growths have been per cent in the county “but new kept in check in this county to growth springs up and the pro- an extent that may impress the ces6 has to be repeated.’’1he 2°V I He said barberry was less of ernment program.The government scheme, fin­anced $500,000 by the federaland 3509,000 by the provincial government, over the next three years, is aimed at complete era­dication of barberry, described as a grim threat to the pro-office immediately of the pres­ence of the two crop killers sovmce’s 380,000,000 oat crop, thence of the two crop Killers so most important cereal grown in! measures against them could be Ontario ; taken at once.But Ontario Federation of Ag- gricultun- pressure is being small tree from six to 18 feet in exerted to nave the buckthorn Wight with glossy green leaves menace, also an oat destroyer, and branches with blunt thorns, included in the program. It is easily noticed by the darkThe two harbor a rust which I green leaf color. It retains its spreads to oats and other grain! leaves late in the fall and bears desire?, ing the growing crops, small berries that are green atarberry was less ofOxford County, butstill occurred despite efforts to clean it out.He appealed to farmers and others in the county to notify him Or the district agriculturefirst, black later in the season.It is emphasized the eradica­tion campaign against common barberry does not threaten the ornamental Japanese barberry grown in parks and gardens. The Japanese variety does not harbor the stem rust spores which destroy grain.The weed inspector said o a t strains resistant to rust had been developed, but tn the past few years the barberry and buckthorn had become host to a new rust strain against which oat crops had no defence.He described the Oxford coun­ty fight against the two plants as a hand-to-hand battle by sprayers carrying haversack spray containers and walking the fence roads and wood lots in search of the individual plants. Use of power sprayers had pro­ved only partially effective be­cause of the difficulty of reach­ing the plants, he said.The program, originated by the Oxford Soil and Crop Im-1 The buckthorn is a shrub orprovement Association, has been a three-way deal with pro­vince, county and townships tak­ing pad financially and t h e county conducting the cam-: paign.Fewer Bounties Paid For Foxes By CountyAll the hunters used to bring their foxes to the county court­house in the 1940’s, and it “got to be an awful mess,” L. K. Col­es, Oxford County clerk-treasur­er, said.Mr. Coles was referring to the fox bounty list released yes­terday, which indicated the county foxes are getting smart­er or there are fewer of them.A decline of 17 in the num­ber of bounties from last year was registered. Some 382 boun­ties were paid in 1962, com pared with 365 in 1963.“Five or six years ago the council decided that the hunt­ers should take their fox pelts lo the clerk of their townshin.” explained Mr. Coles, “So now, we only are indirectly involved in the bounties here at the courthouse.”Hunter.', receive $4 a pelt from the county for each fox killed, The province reinburses the county $2.To Attend Meet On Rising CostsOf Nursing HomeCity council has appointed three persons to attend a meet­ing called by Oxford County to discuss spiralling nursing home costs.The Oxford nursing home as­sociation has notified all muni­cipalities daily rates will be raised from $5 to $5.50 per day. but not to exceed $163.75 per month.County officials have schedul­ed a meeting of municipal and nursing home representatives for Jan. 8 to discuss the move.“It is further suggested that municipalities refuse to pay any increase in nursing home rates at this time,” advises the county in a letter sent to Wood- stock.Present rates are already 66 per cent higher than the $3 per day 1959 costs, charges the county.Woodstock will be represent­ed by Mayor W. B. Dutton. City Manager R. G Morrow and Welfare Administrator D. F. Knott. Oxford Councilors Disagree On Vehicle Fire Call PaymentWWood-lwk Bureau D<K Oxford Conn­’s yesterday could in who should pay tumts that respond fires on provincialAfter lengthy < council decided tn In the March session a«ion.from Northumberland and Dur­ham United Counties asking the Ontario government to as­sume all highway fire costs.Area Councils Oppose Hiking Indigent RatesRepresentatives of the major­ity of municipal councils in Ox­ford were against granting an increase in indigent rates as requested by the Oxford Nursing Home Association.The association had notified all municipalities daily rates will be raised from $5 to $5.50 per day, but not to exceed $163.75 per month.All representatives were op­posed with the exception of West Zorra township which says it feels general hospital rates have increased and nursing homes must also be faced with additional costs.Last night’s meeting was call­ed by the county to discuss the nursing home rates which are already 66 per cent higher than1 the $3 per day 1959 costs.Among opinions expressed:Ingersoll: “Ingersoll feels it should remain as is. We are paying enough. The nursing ; homes are not happy about itj and requested a meeting with us at a future date.”Woodstock: “It seems every two years we get something like this . . whenever the gov­ernment increases the subsidy they want part of that. They haven’t proven to us they are losing money yet.”Beachville; “A raise is not warranted at the present time.”'Rev. Edgar Gills, Ingersoll, president of the association, ar­gued expenses have increased, the government has increased subsidies to municipalities to a maximum of $80 per month and nursing homes would be able to raise their standards if| the increase was granted.The municipalities, with the exception of West Zorra. all vot­ed against an increase and will take the matter back to then- councils.Shelve Plea For Government To Bear Vehicles Fire CostsOxford County council follow­ed the advice of its printing and resolutions committeeyes-Assessor QuitsBrant PostBRANTFORD (CP)—The res­ignation of Brant County Asses­sor T. R. Maxwell has been ac­cepted by county council.M.r. Maxwell told the council (Saturday he is giving up the (post because he considers thecounty assessment system obso­lete and untenable. He said hecould see no point in continuing as assessor because the county i had refused to establish a county assessment com- rnbsioner system and a prom­ised Ontario assessment manual has never been issued.Council's printing And reso­lutions committee hud reeom- mentled “no lution" on the resolution which noted n rural mtmielpnJity wan often billed by tim urbnn fire dnpnrtmnnt when i( could not oolleot fortin- tire mH, it nHke<i that the ^he Oxford County Nursingprovlncinl government HHSUmo costs to eliminate n source of friction between urban and rural nmnlcipnlitieN.Councilors said the resolution had some merit, There had been1 occnslqns when insurance com­panies would not. pay the fira departments on highway calls. ।Harry Armstrong, reeve of Dereham Township, suggested, when a department was called, it should respond since a life could be at stake.In other business, council:Filed a Hastings County reso­lution asking utilities authori­ties pay full cost of moving service lines for road relocation' or reconstruction;Endorsed a United Counties of Northumberland and Dur- ham resolution asking theOntario government either to have department ‘of labor in­spectors enforce the Construc­tion Safety Act or have the enforcement of the act left to local building inspectorsrather than having a specific individual named construction safety inspector for a county;Endorsed a Grey County reso-i lution asking that the province give grants in lieu of taxes oni all provincial government prop­erty except highways. Thei grants are available now onlyon certain types of property.GEORGE OLIVERCHESTERFIELD — Chester­field United Church was filled with friends for the service for George Oliver, retired town­ship clerk of Blandford, who died at Woodstock Hospital Jan. 15.terda.y and shelved a resolution from Northumberland and Dur­ham United counties asking the Ontario government to assume the cost of all vehicle fires on provincial highways.The resolution said a rural municipality is often billed by an urban fire department when it can not collect for highway fire calls and this causes frict­ion between the two municipali­ties.A fire department should an­swer all calls regardless where they happen because a life could be at stake, Harry Arm­strong reeve of Dereham Town­ship told council.When the resolution bogged down in debate, it was put over to council's March session.Council passed a Grey County resolution asking the province to provide grants in lieu of tax­es on all properties with the exception of highways At pre­sent grants are limited in scope.!OK “Under Protest”Nursing Home RatesOxford nursing homes are ac- I cepting under protest the de­cision of municipalities to freeze nursing home rates' at $5 a day, W. E. Gill, president ofHome Association, said today.A meeting of Oxford munici-, paities was held January 8 in Woodstock and it was agreed) to resist an increase in nursing' home rates. The representatives; were asked to have their coun­cils pass a resolution rejecting a! 50-cent-a-day increase request­ed by the association.The decision to impose a daily rate of $5, set: two years ago, despite "steadily increas­ing costs,” Mr. Gill said, will force nursing homes to seek additional funds from the fam­ilies of indigents.“If will become necessary," he said, "for families of indi­gents to augment the rate... We have never guaranteed to; any welfare department that, rates.' would remain static.”Woodstock Welfare Adminis- l trator D. F. Knott rejected the ; possibility of a cost increase ! to the family of indigents."We determine, at the time of application, whether a family- can pay,” said Mr. Knott, “andwe decide the amount which' then is paid to the city and comes off the account...I can’t see how he (Mr. Gill) can in­crease the family share.”Under the present rate structure it costs an average of $150 a month to care for an indigent person in a nursing home. This monthly cost is divided between indigent’s old age pension and the amount provided by the municipal wel­fare department.Ontario government regula­tions allow 85 per cent of the old age pension, $63.75, to be spent on care. This leaves the welfare departments with a bill for $86.25.However, the municipal wel­fare departments only pay 20 per cent of its share directly —the remaining 80 per cent is given as a provincial grant.The municipalities decision to hold the cost line, Mr. Gill, said, will result in ‘inferior care" in the nursing homes.“Welfare departments,” he said, “are much more concern­ed with maintaining the old rate than care for the aged.” Mr. Gill said that while the costs to the nursing home had risen rapidly in the past two years and the cost to the pen­John D. Wood Dies Here, Former West Zorra ReeveBlandford Clerk 44 YearsGeorge Oliver Dies At 86sioner had also increased, the municipal welfare departments are paying a smaller share of nursing homes costs today than in 1961.Of the $150 account in 1961 the pensioner cont.ributed $55.25 ( 85 per cent of the pen­sion) and the welfare depart­ments <$94.75, he said.Regional Development HQ To Be Located At Aylmeriof^ce of ,he Lake Erie Regional Development Asgocia- Mddlesex and Elgin Counties is being established in Aylmer, A. fj- LeMasunej. of tfv? Onlario Department of Economics and Development told Oxford Coun­cil, yesterday.vAin^to^a^C ®ne association, a uu^u iu ueparimem of Hntur y .organlzation of muni- mics and Development cipahties in the four counties, butes a liaison staff and un tn ^n!mrimed to advane« per year to match thegnomic growth in the region., sums raised for each Develop- th!? ar exist across I ment Association by locai gov-the province. ernments. agencies and individ. Several Oxford municipalities ’uals-including Woodstock and Inger- The provincial government sou, declined membership lasti names only one director to the year boards of each associationMr, LeMasurier asked county L « „ « „ - — -—representatives to support the offer ful1 conSuiiat!,m and association in 1964 ‘ advice, the initiative must comeRegional develop m e n t he Ule loc^1 leveL said. is necessary to assure eco- . econon^c survey is being nomie stability in an ase when c?nducted of the Lake Erie re- ‘‘ways of life are ™ --------rapidly.” 'Some of the areas appropriate to regional study and actionUniversity Building Will Honor CountyThe reading room and library^e» University <>f We? SJx °k s new medical sci- wlU be aamed af­ter Oxford county.E‘ President of CkLtUDrersity u told 0 x ford County Council here yesterdav the county would be honored in tins way. m appreciation of fey"™133 aW t0 tte The UWO building is to be C°niP uen & September 1965. -Dtr W lh.anked the county ,ts grant last year to So.OOO and outlined the future plans and needs of the univer -iIn tlie next five year period, he said, Western will require $36,000,000 to meet its expansion Of V1*8 totaI it is hop- edS/.^oo.OOO will be provided by the counties and individual don­ators.“We try fo collect more than l-o of our funds from non-gov - ernmcntal sources to provide the greatest, control possible over our own destiny,” said Dr. nan.ernmcntal soujees to provide the greater control possible ver tn- wn destiny,” said Dr. Holl.In rejecting the nursing home bid for an increase in ratesth» iWunicipalitiex based their de­cision point that nursing home rates in the county have risen 60 per cent in the past five years. Of the 16 municipalities represented 15 voted to freeze the rates.are: tourism, industrial promo­tion, county and regional publi­city, agricultural problems re­gional research, community planning, conservation and parks.To this regional development program, said Mr. LeMasurier the provincial government, thr­ough its Department of Econo-con'boards of each association. While the provincial offices and gion at no cost to the four coun-ties, said Mr LeMasurier. and should be finished within the year.1ELECTEDJoseph Clark, is the newly- elected general manager of the Lake Erie Regional De velopment Association, which includes Oxford County. Mr. Clark will have offices in Ayl­mer. (Staff Photo) County Will Oppose Tax Boost--WardenSupplement Stresses Place Of Agriculture In OxfordOxford Warden William Suth-sily of Western Ontario capital fund with provision (or the sameerland told county council, yes- 1 .... ,k .. grant for the next three years; Canadian National Insliintroduced al the spring session tentatively set for March 17 Io 19es.'lite finance committee, heture for the Blind; $11,200. Oxford County Library Co-Oper-la, 1 Jtai > lj.,5 mill rate dts- „,v. <;ka John ‘VmihiilnneCyea^re Zsi.lW * A It™ fund was setooo but approximately $600,000 in reserve for use of Oxford, in subsidies and grants are ex- 1 students at UWO. A similar peeled from the province. amount was placed in reserveCouncil has approved Hie a-' for Oxford students attending warding of the following grants, agricultural schools.by the County: $5,000, Univer-! Coumil’s 1964 budget will beRefuse To Transfer Vienna From T'Burg School DistrictThe fear of setting a pieced-'ship and Port Burwell, alsoSay Assessment Outstrips Loss By AnnexationCounty Council hoard reports from R. J. Forbes, superinten­dent. of the Oxford County Home, and F. H. Cade, county assessor.County assessor Cade said that the overall increase in tax­able assessment in 1963, in Ox­ford, was greater than the $1.- 330,525 loss caused by W o o d -1 stock’s annexation of parts of four townships.Mr. Cade stated that the i n - crease in assessment last year of $1,345,324 would make the:. county’s 1964 equalized assess-!, ~ , ,m ment total about the same asent caused Oxford County coun- Elgin County, could demand a the pre-annexation total of $61,- cil yesterday to refuse a re- similar withdrawal. 423,961,quest by the village of Vienna The Tillsonburg delegation The County Home report to be transferred from the Till-said department of education showed the cost of operations sonburg District High School officials in Toronto told them for 1963 was $35,392 The coun- area to the East Elgin District a transfer decision by the min- ty’s portion amounted to $6,156, High School area ister would be based on the at- Woodstock’s was $1,374, and In-1Vienna, located in Elgin titudes of the three counties in- i gersoll’s $274lerationscoun -titudes of the three counties in-i gersoll’s $274,volved. |" Superintendent Forbes saidNorfolk county, which was al-: that net cost per week per fesi- so asked to endorse the Vienna dent was $6.10. The number of I request, has rejected the trans-j resident days last year totalled fer. Tillsonburg representatives ! 8,957.said. I The home had 23 residents onReeves Harry Armstrong of i January 1, 1964. Five were from Roger Hawkins, a member of Dereham Township and Harold! Woodstock, one from Ingersoll, a delegation from the Tillson- Arthur of South Norwich Town- and the rest from the county, burg Secondary School Board, ship said they believed their! told council if the Vienna trans- councils support the delegation fer went through Bayham Town-1 in opposing a transfer.county, has been under the con­trol of the Tillsonburg Second­ary School Board (Oxford county) for more than 15 years.Tillsonburg adjoins the bound­aries of Norfolk. Elgin and Ox­ford Counties.Elsewhere in this issue is a 24-page supplement telling of the work of the Oxford County branch of the Ontario Federation of Agri­culture. We commend Its contents to the careful consideration of our readers.The wealth of information it contains, plus a number of other related factors, serve to underline tile fact that although Canada has been rapidly changing from a pre­dominantly rural and agricultural nation to one that is urban and in­dustrial, it still has a definite agri­cultural complex which cannot be ignored.And in no place does agricul­ture play such a continuing and progressive role as in the produc­tive soil of Oxford County. Ac­cording to the latest census figures, agriculture in Oxford County does more than $300 million dollars worth of business annually. It would be difficult to find another industry that could match that figure.This money is raised in activi­ties that cover a wide range of categories. Possibly the best known are dairying, fruit and to­bacco, but there are many others, each with their own specialized interest and organization. It was to co-ordinate the various aspects of the agricultural industry that the Federation of Agriculture was brought into being, and continues to function.Aside from the dairy industry, and the many groups that work in and through it, such as the milkproducers, cattle breeders, and the like, aside from the tobacco indus­try which has the third largest production area in the province in Oxford County, and the apple growers whose crops are valued annually at about $500,000, there are hog producers, beef producers, a substantial poultry-raising busi­ness which brings in more than two million dollars each year, to-; gether with extensive field crop® and corn.If each of the 3,900 farm own­ers in Oxford County tried to carry on business separately, as was the case not too many years ago, mat­ters would be most complex and confused. The Federation of Ag­riculture, comprising the various interested groups we have men­tioned, and possibly others, enables agriculture to act in a more united and businesslike way to gain bene­fits which would not be possible if attempted by the individual farmer: atone.There are many and rapid changes taking place in agriculture as in other fields of endeavor to­day. It has reached the propor­tions of being labelled a modern agricultural revolution. We trust that agricultural groups such as the Federation of Agriculture will not only be able to help the farm-, ing community to meet such’ changes but will be able, because of this, to bring benefits to the consumer, be he across the conces­sion, across the nation, or across the world.Expect No Increase In Oxford Tax RateW. M. SUTHERLAND, W. E. ELLIOTT, DR.D. SUTHERLAND, EMBROHistorical Society Hears Oxford's History OutlinedOxford County’s history from ford Historical Society 1865 to 1900 was outlined by night.lastguest speaker W. E. Elliott atWood-1guest speaker W. E. Elliott at Mr. Elliott, a former ------ the annual meeting of the Ox- stock resident and editor of TheSentinel-Review during the '30's .sketched the lives of many of the English gentry who settled in the Oxford region.Abolition of slavery during the period, Mr. Elliott, said, caused several wealthy English­men, who haxl owned «ugar plantations in the West Indies, to move to the Oxford region.After Mr. Elliott's talk the so-> ciety elected officers for 1964. They are honorary president, Oxford County Warden William Sutherland; president, Mbs W, L. William; vice president, Rob­ert Chesney; second vice • pre­sident, Mrs. Wilfred William­son; secretary-treasurer, Mrs. W, R. Ward and assistant sec­retary, Mabel Bain.Free Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK — The only anticipated increase in amount of money Oxford County council will require year is for road expenditures approved by council.The general purposes estimate*----------------------------------of $216,000 and the welfare serv-| ices estimate of $144,000 are al­most exactly the same as last year.Estimated roads expenditures are $1,050,000, but about $599,- 299 in grants and subsidies are available.Warden William Sutherland ■aid the finance committee In­tends Ui hold the county tax rate at the same level as last year despite the slight in­crease, in roads expenditures. Last year’s county rate waethe thisCouncil approved tHc following grants: Oxford County Library Co-Operative, $11,200 — a $500 increase from last year; Salva­tion Army, $1,000; Canadian Na­tional Institute for the Blind, $500, St. John Ambulance, $50;: Oxford School Trustees and Ratepayers Association, $300: University of Western Ontario capital fund, $5,000. with provi­sion for the same grant for the next three years.A total of $1,000 was reservedi 13.25 mills. for use as a bursary fund for[Oxford students at UWO. TheCouncil will present its budget same amount was set aside for nt the spring session tentatively [bursaries for Oxford students at set for March 17 to 19. agricultural schools.AT MEETINGPresident of the Ontario Good Roads Association, L. K. Coles of Woodstock will apeak at the 70th anniver­sary convention of the OGRA, Feb. 25, in Toronto. Origin Of Cannon In Woodstock Mystery; Opinions ConflictingBy JOHN PHILIPSAlthough no one knows from where or when they have come, Oxford County has been under the watchful eyes of four old- style. muzzle-loading cannons almost as long as anyone canremember‘ ly that breech-loading guns were used in the place of the muzzle-loading type).Mr. Coles also has on file the opinion of an amateur historic'an. Francis Swazie, who de-, scribed the cannons as “ofremembor. Russian origin and possibly!These sage county residents brought home by the British! have been standing guard in from the Crimean War (1853 tlieir positions in Victoria Park 56)." and outside of the CountyCourt House, while Oxford men OTHER OPLNIONS and women have left for two Mom’ -* 1world wars.Many other residents of Ox-| ford County have offered theirThese cannons have stood opinions as to tile history be- through decades while the rid- these ancient cannons andrile of why mep keep fighting bastes they have seen.Col. D. M. Sutherland .noted Oxford County historian, stat- ... . . “I am inclined to believethe cannons were originally that the cannons are linked mounted on wooden under- with the Victoria Park Monu- carriages. but these have long ment to the memory of those! since rotted away Now the who died in the South African two cannons resting in the War of 1899 to 1902 Yes I northwest corner of Victoria! would say That our cannons’are Park have ben placed upon!from that war." bnck foundations. while the Mrs. Bernadette Smith, cur-! ,'p in front of the court house■ ator of the Oxford Museum were remounted on stands of agreed - hard oak. -----remains unanswered.STOOD ON WOODwith Dr. Sutherland, Although we’ve never beenwe ve never Deen Jh.ee of the cannons bear able to discover much inform a- ?ArkinnS • 400’ 401 tlon about cannons,” stat-and 405 on thmr pivots and are edd Mrs. Smith, “it seems cannonj most logical that these were| - - 3 with the monument:from the South African War include । period.”dated 1843. The fourth cannon most logica is marked B.I. Fo. 147 and its placed here date is given aJ 1844. from the ’Additional markings the groupings 4-0-14, 65-1-21 and CVN*C. |Wns loCounty Clerk Leonard Coles, j Ontario. are provho has been searching for in- relics brought back bv formation on the ancient can- British65-2-13,"As with most of the old can­nons to be found throughout , these are probablyfromsack by the। the Crimean |n<ms tor several years, reports War.” commented anothera letta- from source. “All of the muzzle^Utute in Toron- loading cannons placed at Fort Of S § ?W S number Henry and other locations are ahip ? nS 4We-re mad-e- aV11' that PerW she stated able to Ontario municipalities Still, there has been no def- b> government authorities inite evidence fn„nd —of cannons were made avail-by government authorities woodstock acquired their can- Woodstock ecquired their can-nons ust ;fit wasinite evidence found to confirm any of these theories and Ox-, ford County’s four ancient can-j nons have remained one of his-. - --.rare ICHKUUthis period apparent- tory’s mysteries.NEW MEMBERS of the Ox­ford Holstein Breeders’ Assoc­iation, elected at its annual meeting, are E. V. Kennedy, left, in LOWER PHOTO.Grant Smith-,—Burgessville, second from right; Donald Karn, RR 1, Woodstock, right. Second from left is feed ex­pert William Kilmer, guestspeaker. TOP: new OH BA president John Bolton. RR 2, St. Mary's, holds top herd pro­duction award won by Clar­ence Hetherington, RR 1Brownsville. Winner of the as­sociation’s other production a- ward was Lutz Bros, far in, RR 2 Norwich. (Staff Photo)Oxford Council Rejects RequestBy Vienna for School Area ShiftLibrary, School Book Use Show Steady IncreaseThe Oxford County LibraryFree Press Woodstock Bureau i fered by another area If the Armstrong, reeve of Dereham Township, told the delegationWOODSTOCK — Oxford precedent was established.County council yesterday re­fused to act on an Elgin reso­lution that the village of Vienna be transferred from the Tillsonburg District High School area to the East Elgin District High School area.Vienna iff in Elgin County but has been in the Tillsonburg school area for more than 15Members of a Tillsonburg District High School board delegation told council that they had been told by department of education officials in Toronto that the transfer decision by the minister of education would depend on the attitude of thethree county councils involved. Delegation members said Nor­ilor«■ssed fearthat giving the request their approval would set a precedent for the province,folk County council has refused to endorse the Elgin molution. i Harold Arthur, reeve of South INorwich Township and Harrythey believed their councils support the school board In op­posing any transfer.Roger Hawkins, a board mem­ber in the delegation, told county council the board be­lieved that the move for the transfer was an attempt to break down the Tillsonburg school district.He said if the transfer went through, Port Burwell and Bay­ham Township, both in the school area and both in ElginCounty, could also ask to with- Co-operative progress repprt draw 1 shows a steady increase in theTillsonburg is at the joining use of books in libraries and point of the borders of Norfolk, schools in the county.Elgin, and Oxford counties. vuMrs- S- L- Krompart countyArthur Ronson, TlUsonbnrg that 15,600 ofv i nninKil nut +n .'3,600 books HfC always IDboard chan-man pointed ^libraries and schook council that the education rate. The bookmobfle is lhe inost in the Tillsonburg school important part of the county lib- was lower than that of the rary operation> she contended. East Elgin rate. It travels about 4.000 mileseach year changing books atThey feared that other mu- I nicipalitioff would nl«» b'ave KChooi areaA for other area* I If Mime advantage w-as of- Iseventeen libraries and seven depot stations every three months, said Mrs. Krompart. She estimated that about 300 books are left with the libraries and 75 with the deposit stations during these visits.The bookmobile carries about 1.300 books of all types, contin­ued Mrs. Krompart. There are also some special annual col • lections of books in the libraries and some sent out by special re­quest.“This means that 5.000 books I are exchanged every three months, she addedAll types of elementary schools are visited, as well as a few of the larger county se - condary schools, such as Glen­dale Secondary School in Till ; sonburg and the District Secon­dary School at Norwich, said Mrs. Krompart.She pointed out that the book­mobile calls on 10 room schools, such as Burgessville and Otter­ville. Thamesford with nine rooms, Princeton with eight. Drumbo and Kintore with sev • en, Platteville and Innerkip with six nrin? ord with five s«ven schools with four rooms, nine with three rooms 18 with two and 34 one-roomed schools.About 600 books are sent ou t [ for individual reference work during the year, she said. Re­quests cover a wide range of interests including sports, c a - reers. travel, poetry, biography 1 and crafts of all kinds. Oxford At Good Roads MeetWe at The Sentinel-Review have a special interest in the On­tario Good Roads Association, for one of its founders and its first president 70 years ago was Andrew Pa Hullo. then editor of this news­paper.This interest has renewed sig­nificance this year with the current president being Oxford County Clerk-treasurer Leonard Coles. Mr. Coles this week has been presiding at the annual meeting of the Asso­ciation which closes today in Tor­onto.The sessions have given Mr. Coles a golden opportunity to tell the delegates about the Oxford County area and what it possesses not only in a network of good reads fanning out in all directions but the various attractions which make it a drawing card for business, indus­try and tourism.Before he left for Toronto Mr. Coles was making the most of that opportunity and he gathered a number of pictorial records to pre-I sent to the delegates along with a descriptive word picture by him­self.The example of Mr. Coles should be emulated more and more by people in every walk of life and we have been pleased to see a re­newed interest in this way in the past few years by a number who have been studying, writing and speaking about the graphic history of this area.This enthusiasm for what we have here in Oxford should draw more people to us. And, incidental­ly, this will be made much easier because of the work of the Ontario Good Roads Association down through the years.cert antddn.ta.rio djood doadicor Jia tty invite you toin th %nit oka t^oom leiday dduenin^, ddebraary ^bth ^Jottowiny the ^^nnuat JJanyuetGood Roads Gathering One Of Best Attended: ColesThe 70th Anniversary Conven-l tian of the Ontario Good Roads Association was one of the best attended conventions ever held, said L. K. Coles, county clerk- trea&urer of Oxford County and past president of the associa-j tion.Mr. Coles said more than 100 j people from Oxford County at­tended the three-day convention in Toronto.Mr. Coles said. “The conven-i tion was very successful with, over 2,000 men and 250 womenregistered for the meeting.”Mr. Coles has been a member of the Good Roads Association since 1943 and a director since 1955.N. A. Fletcher, of Wentworth County, was elected president of the Association for 1964.While at the convention, Mr. Coles was presented with a desk set with a clock from Mayor W. B. Dutton.“The set is sitting on my desk at the court house,” said Mr. Coles of the gift from the mayor.PROGREDIAMUR18$^ANNIVERSARY CONVENTIONONTARIO ASSOCIATION OF RURAL MUNICIPALITIESL. K. COLESCLERK TREAS.COUNTY OF OXFORDANNUAL CONVENTIONONTARIO GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATIONROYAL YORK HOTEL TORONTOFEB. 24-25-26 1*964 n.'•Of r-Hl-w-. PROGREDIAMUR /89* ANNIVERSARY CONVENTION ROYAL YORK HOTEL TORONTO ONTARIO GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION FEB. '24-25 -26 - 1S964 n AT THE REGISTRATION DESK CONVENTION FLOOR• Registration of Delegates:Monday, February 24 — 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.Tuesday, February 25 — 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.Wednesday, February 26 — 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.• Banquet Tickets on Sale:Monday, February 24 — 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.Tuesday, February 25 — 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.Wednesday, February 26 — 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.O. G. R. A.PRESIDENTS FROM OXFORD COUNTY MONDAY 19 64 70th Anniversary President 1894 First President L. K. COLES County Clerk-Treasurer, Oxford ANDREW PATTULLO Editor Woodstock Sentinel-Review - ANOTHER COLBY COVER - The Association is again indebted to Past President W. J. Colby, County Engineer for Kent County, for another attractive cover design, appropriate to the Anniversary occasion. Symbolizing the progress made during the past 70 years is the white line representing Highway 401, stretching from east to west across the black silhouette of Southern Ontario. The dot on this line is Woodstock—Andrew Pattullo’s city. Also symbolizing advancement, and leading from the south into the north and northwestern parts of the Province, is a narrow rural road — broadening as it goes, into a modern divided highway. As^with justifiable pride we pause, but briefly, to consider the “better” roads of today, we are reminded that they represent the results of seventy years of persistent effort — pioneered and perpetuated by this Association and brought to fulfilment by the Ontario Department of Highways. Together our watchword for the future, as in the past, is “Progrediarnur” — a Latin word meaning — “Let us press forward!” 8:30 a.m.—O.G.R.A. Directors’ Breakfast Meeting, SASKATCHEWAN ROOM. 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 a.m.—City Engineers’ Association Meetings. LIBRARY. 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.—Conference of County and De­ partment Municipal Engineers and Head Office Officials. TERRITORIES ROOM. 12:30 p.m.—Department of Highways Luncheon County and City Engineers ONTARIO ROOM. 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.—O.G.R.A. Resolutions Committee Meeting with the Sponsors of the Resolutions. MANITOBA ROOM. 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.—City Engineers’ Association. “Materials and Research Practical Problems.” Speakers: From Department of Highways. LIBRARY. 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.—O.G.R.A. Resolutions Committee Meeting with the Wardens and Northern Mayors and Reeves. MANITOBA ROOM. 6:00 p.m.—Association Reception and Dinner Meeting for Wardens and Northern Mayors and Reeves. TUDOR ROOM. 7:00 p.m.—City Engineers’ Association Dinner. LIBRARY. 8:00 p.m.—Ontario Road Superintendents’ Association Meeting. ALBERTA ROOM. TUESDAY MORNING TUESDAY AFTERNOON Concert Hall Chairman — President L. K. Coles County Clerk-Treasurer, Oxford. 9:45 - 10:00 a.m.—Organ Music. “God Save The Queen” 10:00 a.m.—Opening Ceremony. The Honour aisle John P. Rob arts, Q.C., B.A., LL.D., Prime Minister, Province of Ontario. 10:30 a.m.—Appointment of Committees (1) Nominating Committee (See Article 8 of the Constitution.) (2) Resolutions Committee. 10:45 a.m.—The President’s Address L. K. Coles County Clerk-Treasurer, Oxford County. Born in Woodstock, attended public and high school there and then at Victoria College, University of Toronto. Phi Della 'Hieta. Was an active participant in college sports—rowing, basketball, college track champion. Later, inter-county base­ ball and softball. Western Ontario tennis champion, and Dominion of Canada badminton champion. Presently a mem­ ber of the Senate of the U. of W.O. Appointed Clerk- Treasurer of Oxford County in 1942. Prior to county appoint­ ment was in retail business and then with his brother in investments and insurance. 11:00 a.m.—“The Future” George O. Grant, B.Sc., M.Eng. Commissioner of Roads, Metropolitan Toronto. Graduate of Queen’s University, Kingston, with the degree of B.Sc., and the University of California with the degree of M.Eng. Prior to his present position, Mr. Grant was Deputy Minister of Highways, Ontario. Concert Hall Chairman — President L. K. Coles County Clerk-Treasurer, Oxford County. 1:45 - 2:00 p.m.—Organ Music 2:00 p.m.—The Minister’s Address The Honourable Charles S. MacNauchton Minister of Highways, Ontario. Presentation of Life Memberships E. M. Fraser County Clerk-Treasurer, Renfrew County. J. P. Howard, B.A., B.Sc., P.Eng. Municipal Roads Engineer, D.H.O. Hugh Allan Lumsden, BSc., Peng. Consulting Engineer, Hamilton. Presentation of Long Service Awards (See inside of back cover for list of recipients.) Announcements re 1964 O.G.R.A. T. J. Mahony Road School J. P. Howard, B.A., B.Sc., P.Eng. Municipal Roads Engineer, D.H.O.; Chairman of the Road School Committee. 3:00 p.m.—“The Place of Suburban Roads in the Munici­ pal Roads System" A. J. Rettie, B.A.Sc., P.Eng. Chief Engineer, Toronto York Roads Commission; President, County Engineers' Association of Ontario; Director of the Ontario Good Roads Association. Mr. Rettie graduated from the University nf Toronto in 1944 with the decree of B.A.Sc. Hr was a Lieutenant with the H.C.E.. 1944-46. Construction Engineer. 1946-54. and since that time as Chief Engineer, Toronto York Ronds Commission. He is also a member of the Newmarket District High School Board. Announcements Announcements TUESDAY AFTERNOON TUESDAY AFTERNOON 3:30 p.m.—Rural Section Concert Hall Chairman, J. p. Howard, B.A., 13.Sc., P.Eng. Municipal Roads Engineer, D.H O bliKht Lieutenant from 1942 to 1945. From 1947 to 1951 K ST ASThX?" li’yal c““*“ '■»*#* ‘‘Economy and Efficiency Through Unity” — Townships and Villages Profitably Unite for Road Purposes?” Moderator: John Thatcher, P.Eng. Assistant Municipal Engineer. D.H.O. & A Panelists: John M. Childs, B.E., P.Eng. District Municipal Engineer, Hamilton Fort William, poor to his present appointment. ' ” Delby J. Bucknall Reeve of the Townshp of Clinton, County of Lincoln. Mr. Bucknall is a farmer in the Township of Clinton tj. hwn a member of Township Council ^in« 1947^1 is^n his William Johnston WenandPeri'U^ Township of Bertie, County of Wilbur Arthur Reeve of Shuniah Township, District of Thunder Bay ,A »■-j on Shuniah Township Council or il><. tP i h Hl'of yea,, as bU. durinB t 18 11 3:30 p.m,—Urban Section Manitoba Room Chairman: Hugh Lamb, B.Eng., Civil, P.Eng. Superintendent Construction, Veterans Land Act, Director of the Ontario Good Roads Association. /Ia-iUalu from ^cCil1 University with the degree , C- n Ri. , He servr‘‘d as an «T‘h the R.C.A.F.overseas from 1940-45. From 1946 to the f i h ’2!* the Department of Veterans M District Construction Supervisor, Western Veterans^nnH k4nrnOW! as Superintendent of Construction, w * . a”s L n~ Act’, Canada. Mr. Lamb is a former Reeve of Westmmster Township; Ex-Warden of Middlesex County and PlSngBolrd's! Weslrafaster Township and London Suburban Functional Classification and Geometric Standards” Norman Dodd Transportation Research Planner, Metropolitan Plan­ ning Board. Bom in England. There he studied planning and nraetired wRhnEtobienke>1Tt> ,p’3or.to his Present position? he was lv or ‘ Township, designing water mains. He is present­ly preparing Metro Toronto Transportation Plan. Mr. Dodd i< a S ri R.e.g,onal Transportation Sub-Comimttee ami C.G.n.A. Classification Committee. T. L. Hennessy, B.A.Sc., P.Eng. City Engineer, Sudbury, Ontario. ^^5®^ graduated from the University of Toronto in the >degree °€ B A Sc- to hfc appointment ” th^CP?”^ he served as Assistant Division Engineer with tin C.P.R. at Sudbury. He is a past president of the Citv Engineers Association and is now Secretary-Treasurer 3:30 p.m. Suburban Roads Commissions’ Association Meeting—Territories Room. W. J. Smith, B.A.Sc., P.Eng. County Engineer, Welland County; O.G.R.A. Directors Representative. Chairman: Merrill G. Tucker President of Ontario Suburban Roads Commissions' Association. ‘n‘hc General Insurance Brm of Tucker during lht: n»?t h“S bee" P* n-PmsenLrthe cSisrion. °n d'P O“aM,n SubuAan Roads Secretary: E. Sokolowski, P.Eng. County Engineer, Lincoln County. Report and Discussion. TUESDAY EVENING WEDNESDAY MORNING 8:00 p.m.—Tuesday Evening—Concert. Hall Chairman: Hugh Lamb, B.Eng., Civil, P.Eng. ADMISSION FREE Open to both men and women. Hi! There.. “ARE YOU TALKING to YOURSELF?” No! you say? Then You Should Hear An Illustrated Address on the Above Theme by RALPH W. DENT, M.A. Associate Professor Psychology, Ontario Agricultural College. Tuesday—8:00 p.m. Concert Hall Royal York Hotel R. W. DENT was bora mid educated in Toronto. He graduated from the University of Toronto, with the degrees of B.A. mid M.A.. spent two years in post graduate studies at Edinburgh. Prior to his appointment at O.A.C. he was Associate Professor of Psychology at Acadia University and has had considerable industrial and clinical experience. He presented n series of seven programs on C.B.C., T.V., under the title “Live and Learn". HUGH LAMB graduated from McGill University with the de­ gree of B.Eng. Civil. He served as mi Officer with the R.C.A.F. in Canada and overseas from 1940-45. From 1946 to the pres­ ent time he has served with the Department of Veterans Affairs, formerly .is District Construction supervisor. Western Ontario District, and now as Superintendent of Construction. Veterans Land Act. Canada. Mr. Lamb is a former Reeve of West­ minster Township; Ex-Warden of Middlesex County mid a member of the Westminster Township and London Suburban Planning Board. Concert Hall Chairman: N. A. Fletcher First Vice-President O.G.R.A. Bom in Binbrook Township, educated in Binbrook public schools and at O.A.C,. Guelph. A farmer by occupation. -Mr. Fletcher is a past-president of Wentworth County Federation of Agriculture; Hamilton Milk Producers Association; Ontario Conservation and Reforestation Association; Ontario Agricul­ tural and Experimental Union. He was Reeve of Binbrook Township for 21 years and is an Ex-Warden of Wentworth County. Past President of the Ontario Association of Rural .Municipalities, President of Wentworth Children's Aid Society for 20 years and now Honorary President- in 1958 he was made an Honorary Chief of the Six Nations Indians, and in 1960 was Wentworth County's Citizen of the Year. 9:45 a m —Organ Music 10:00 a.m.—Resolutions Committee Report A. J. Rettie, B.A.Sc., P.Eng. Chairman Resolutions Committee; Chief Engineer, Toronto York Roads Commission; President, County Engineers’ Association of Ontario; Director of the Ontario Good Roads Association. Mr. Rettie graduated from the University of Toronto in 1944 with the degree of B.A.Sc. He was a Lieutenant with the R.C.E., 1944-46; Construction Engineer, 1946-54, and since that time as Chief Engineer. Toronto York Roads Commission. He is also a member of the Newmarket District High School Board. 1. Report on 1963 Resolutions. 2. Report on 1964 Resolutions. Nominating Committee Report. 10:30 a.m.—“Statement on Subsidies” and “Qualifications for Development Road Expenditures’' A. T. C. McNab Deputy Minister of Highways, Ontario. Mr. McNab was bom in Acton, educated in Toronto, and he joined the Department of Highways in 1933 and has been with the Department ever since, except for five years war service with the Canadian Army during the Second World War. Prior to 1954 he was engaged in surveying for the Department, rising to the post of supervisor for the Location Survey Section. From 1954 to 1958 he headed the Department’s Engineering Audit Section and in April, 1958 he was appointed Chief of Administration on the Deputy .Minister’s staff. Prior to his appointment on July 4, 1962 as Deputy Minister of the Department he was Assistant Deputy Minister (Administration}. 11:15 a.m.—“Responsibility for Municipal Road Policy Determination and Accomplishment” Dr. A. E. Berry, M.A.Sc., C.E., Ph.D., D.Sc. (Honoris Causa) Consulting Engineer, Toronto; Secretary-Treasurer of the Canadian Section, the American Water Works Association, and of the Canadian Institute on Pollution Control. Boni in St. Marys. Dr. Berry is a graduate of the University of Toronto with the degrees of B.A.Sc.. M.A.Sc., C.E., and Ph.D. In 1963 the University of Waterloo bestowed cm him the Degree of D.Sc. (honoris causa). From 1917-19 he served overseas with the Royal Engineers as 2nd Lieutenant. Joining lhe Ontario Department of Health in 1917. he was appointed Director of its Division of Sanitary Engineering in 1926. In 1956 he was appointed General Manager and Chief Engineer with the O.W.R.C. He retired from this post in 1963. Announcements WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON Concert Hall Chairman: C. S. .Anderson Clerk-Treasurer and Commissioner of Works, Tisdale nr?n»> °f Cochrane; Second Vice-President U.G.n.A. Mr. Andereon was bom at Westmeath. He is a graduate of Course in Sanitary Engineering. A member of the Cana­ dian Section American Waterworks Association, he was its Chairman m 19oa. He is a member and past president of the Canadian Institute on Pollution Control; a member of the In- stitute of Public Administration of Canada; of the Municipal .City E'U^rs Assoication; American Public Works Association; Association of Assessing Officers of Ontario; a Director of the Ontario Society for ‘ • h ,ldisre,n.; V1*,*. recipient of awards for distinguished senicem the field of Water Pollution Control and outstanding 1° 'Xate,nXr‘?ks he received the Arthur S. tlZAWwf'lffi8’ 3nd tK' Ge°rge Wl FuUer Aw,“a Ml 2:00 p.m.—Secretary’s Report Auditor’s Report 2.1 j p.m. ‘What are the Effects of the Implementation of Regional Planning on Administration of Roads and Streets?” William A. Stewart, D.F.C., B.A.Sc., P.Eng. -Manager of Transportation, Bridges and Municipal Division, A. D. Margison and Associates Limited, Consulting Professional Engineers, Toronto. .iMr' ,Stewart graduated from the University MrTE - A le B.A.Sc. in Civil Engineering Mr. Stewart served with distinction with the R.C.A F in the last war and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. He joined the present firm in 1951 and was Project Manager for ins farm on the design and construction of the Frederick E in charge of highway and budge functional design with his firm until 1962 when he received his present appointment. Mr. Stewart is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario, C“nada a,,d iU1 WOCiatC member of the Institute of Traffic Engineers. ANNUAL BANQUET 7 o’clock Wednesday Evening CANADIAN ROOM Royal York Hotel Procure your tickets early at The Registration Desk. PRICE $5.00 Guest Speaker: THE HONOURABLE ALLAN J. MacEACHEN Minister of Labour, Canada Entertainment and Dancing under the direction of Stanley St. John 2:45 p.m.—“Encroachments” Moderator: W. J. Smith, B.A.Sc., P.Eng. Mr. Smith is Welland County Engineer and a graduate of the Univeraity ofToronto with B.A.Sc. Previously he was Assist­ ant District Engineer, D.H.O., Hamilton and Port Hope, and he served for two and a half years overseas as an R.C.A.F fighter pilot. Panelists: City—C. H. Eidt, B.A.Sc., P.Eng. City Engineer, Niagara Falls. Rorn in Sanble Beach, Mr. Eidt graduated from the University ™ of B A Sc- Prior to h“ “ppoint-^nt ?sc. Clt^ Engineer, he served as engineer for the Town­ship of Stamford. County—L. E. Clark, M.A.Sc., P.Eng. County Engineer, County of Simcoe. Bom in Barrie, Ontario, Mr. Clark graduated from die Uni­ versity of Toronto with the degree of M.A.Sc. in civil enffineer- rng'c-He su«ceeded the late E. W. Jones as County Engineer *ir 9D“n*?’- ^or thereto he was sales engineer with Allied Chemical Canada Limited. Township—Melvin R. Dale Road Superintendent, Township of Westminster. RM-ac'?VtStn’??er Township, Mr. Dale attended Glendale Public School and London South Collegiate. He was a sergeant with the former Middlesex-Huron Regiment and an instructor m small arms and chemical warfare. Mr. Dale has sened as Township Road Superintendent for the past 14 years and has been Secretary-Treasurer of the Ontario Road Super­ intendents Association since its organization. Survey-RoBERT R. Smith, P.Eng., O.L.S. Owner of Ure and Smith, Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors, Woodstock, Ontario, and Executive Director of Vance, Needles, Bergendoff & Smith Ltd Consulting Engineers. Bom in St. John, New Brunswick Mr. Smith graduated from die University of New Brunswick with the degree of B.Sc He is an O.L.S. and a member of the Council of the Associa­ tion or Ontario Land Surveyors. He is an M.EJ.C. ansi is also entitled to wear after his name, as badges oi bis qualifi­cations the letters A.C.I., C.P.A.C. Law—D. A. Crosbie Senior Solicitor, Legal Section, Department of High­ ways, Ontario. Mr'. Gro8!*** graduated in Forestry from U? 1 i °f w»h the degn-e of B.Sc., and from Osgoode Hall as a Barrister and Solicitor. Prior to hb present apixuiitinent, he served as Advisory Counsel in the Department ot Attorney General and as solicitor in de? Department of uands and Forests. 7:00 p.m.—Annual Banquet — Canadian Room PAST PRESIDENTS MILESTONES 1894—’Andrew Pattullo, Oxford. ☆ 1910—*W. H. Pugsley, York 1911-12—’Col. the Hon. T. L. Kennedy, Peel 1913—*N. Vermilyea, Hastings. 1914—* J. A. Sanderson, Grenville 1915-16—*S. L. Squire, Norfolk 1917-18—*C. R. Wheelock, C.E., Dufferin 1919—*K. W. McKay, Elgin 1920—’Capt. Lucius E. Allen, C.E., Hastings 1921—*T. J. Mahony, Wentworth 1922—’W. H. Brown, Bruce 1923—’John Currie, Middlesex 1924—’Hon. G. S. Henry, York 1925—*R. J. Hannah, Lennox and Addington 1926—*J. E. Jamieson, M.P.P., Simcoe 1927—*F. A. Senecal, Prescott and Russell 1928—*W. H. Nugent, Hastings 1929—*Robt. Johnson, Huron 1930—’James Beattie, Wellington 1931—’John O’Reilly, Victoria 1932—’Hon. F. G. McDiarmid, Elgin 1933—’Howard Craig, Carleton 1934—*J. T. Sproule, MP., Lambton 1935—’John Sibbitt, Frontenac 1936—’Lt.-Col. E. A. Adams, Prince Edward 1937— Wm. Colby, C.E., Kent 1938— J. G. Cameron, C.E., Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry 1939— F. L. Weldon, Victoria 1940—*J. W. Haggerty, Hastings 1941—’James Henderson, Dufferin 1942— George H. Doucett, Lanark 1943— Guy R. Marston, Norfolk 1944— Hon. James N. Allan, Haldimand 1945— W. H. Keith, Wellington 1946— W. S. McKay, Elgin 1947— W. J. Moore, Renfrew 1948—*D. J. Emrey, C.E., Waterloo 1949—’Victor H. Evans, Tisdale Twp. 1950— Richard Elliott, Bruce 1951— Harold Cleave, Prince Edward 1952— J. L. Shearer, Ottawa 1953— James Gaw, Leeds and Grenville 1954— Andrew Boyer, Prescott and Russell 1955— Edgar Drew, Lennox and Addington 1956—’Leonard Wookey, Parry Sound 1957—’E. W. Jones, Simcoe 1958— James Gifford, Peterborough 1959—*N. L. Powell, Peel 1960— E. M. Fraser, Renfrew. 1961— J. H. Irvine, Ottawa 1962—H. L. Weichel, Elmira (• deceased). 1894—Organization Ontario Good Roads Association. Andrew Pattullo, first president. 1896—Appointment A. W. Campbell, C.E., Provincial Instructor in Roadmaking. 1901—Highway Improvement Act passed. Provincial subsidy for construction of County Roads, 33-1/3%. 1912—$5,000,000 granted for Colonization Roads. 1913—Public Roads and Highways Commission appointed. 1915—Ontario Highways Act—Suburban Areas authorized. Depart­ ment of Public Highways formed. Provincial subsidy, con­ struction County Roads 40%, maintenance 20%. 1917—The Provincial Highways Act—70% payable by Province. Provincial County Roads, 60% payable by Province. 1919—Federal Aid—County Road subsidy increased to 40% for construction and maintenance. 1920—Provincial highway mileage increased, 80% payable by Prov­ ince. Provincial aid, 20% for township roads, and 40% on Superintendent’s salary. 1924—Provincial Aid—40% on County Bridges. Appointment of Highway Advisory Board. 1925—Provincial Aid —Township road subsidy 30% and 50% of superintendent’s salary. County road subsidy, 50%. 1930—Township Road subsidy, 40%. 1935—The Kling’s Highways (Provincial Highways) 100% payable by Province. 1937—Township Road subsidy 50%. Northern Development and Highway Departments amalgamated. 1938—Northern Townships subsidized under The Highway Improve­ ment Act. 1939—Provisions enacted for Divided Highways. 1944—Highway Improvement Act revised and clarified, Statute Labour Organization for roads in unorganized territory fostered, Special Aid to Statute Labour Boards, Interim subsidies to counties and townships, 75% subsidy on bridges to counties and townships. 1945—Statute Labour Act revised and clarified. 1946—Provisions enacted for Development Roads. 1947—Aid to cities, towns and villages. County rebates to towns and villages abolished. 80% subsidy on county and township bridges and culverts. Establishment of Advisory Committee on Highways Research under Ontario Research Council. 1949—Cities and Separated Towns, 33-1/3%. subsidy; Towns and Villages, 50% subsidy. 1956—Establishment of the joint Department-University Research Programme. 1957—Publication, D.H.O. report, “A Plan for Ontario Highways.” 1958—Burlington Skyway—toll bridge opened. 1959—Publication D.H.O. Report “Ontario’s Roads and Streets”. 1959—O.G.R.A. first “T. J. Mahony Road School’’ for Road Super­ intendents. 1960—Last gap in Trans-Canada Highway 17, completed and opened at Wawa, September 17, 1960. 1962—Sault Ste. Marie—international toll bridge opened. Report of C.G.R.A. Committee on AA.5JH.0, Road Test. 1963—D.H.O. Area Transportation Studies—planning for future road needs in large areas. MILEAGE — DEPARTMENT AID King’s Highways 1961-62 .. 9,437 1962-63 9,447 Second ary Roads .....................2,673 2,763 County Roads ... ................9.104 9,243 48,266Organized Township Roads .............. 48,536 Unorganized Township Roads................„4,661 4,270 Urban Streets ... ....... .......8,378 9,227 344Metropolitan Roads ..... . ..322 83,111 83,560 DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS EXPENDITURES King’s Highways. Secondary Highways, etc 1961-62 1962-63 (Maintenance) __________________$ 46,986,312 $ 48,887,218 King's Highways, Secondary Highways, etc (Construction) _ . __132,790,131 125,942,771 19,029,315 26,082,620 County Roads ________17,190,971 24,919,087Township Roads_____________________ •Urban Streets______________________29,455,649 31,134,163 Development Roads_________________7,786,863 7,717,544 Unincorporated Townships_____________1,278,389 1,128,217 _ _ $260,407,402 $259,921,848Less Government Repayments, Trans-Canada, Queensway, etc.___----- 17,169,202 8,769,103 'Includes Metropolitan Toronto.$243,238,200 $251,152,745 REVENUES DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY (Comptroller of Revenue) 1961-62 1962-63 Gasoline Tax and Gasoline Handling Licenses---------------$172,796,376 $181,339,550 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT Motor Vehicle Administration_________ 70,216,106 69,634,293 Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund (Unsatisfied Judgment Fund)__________ 4,347,026 4,695,296 DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS Highways -------------------------- _ .. ____ 2,155,458 2,974,193 $249,514,966 $258,643,332 MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION (as of December 31st, 1963) 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 Est. 1,790,258 1,800,356 1,888,045 2,060,670 2,123,286 2,181,510 2,286,083 ESTIMATED NUMBER OF TOURISTS ENTERING BY CAR (Year 1963) Ontario 5,663,800 Canada 7,546,213 CONSTITUTION ONTARIO GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION • Article I. —Name—This Association shall be known as the Ontario Good Roads Association. Article II. —Location.—The headquarters of the Association shall be at the office of the Secretary-Treasurer. Article III—Objects.—The objects for which this Association is organized are: 1. To acquire and disseminate information concerning: (a) Highway, road and street construction and maintenance, by all road authorities responsible therefore in the Province. (b) The proper and efficient use of same. 2. To stimulate interest in the foregoing. 3. To promote such research, education, legislative and other measures as may tend to their accomplishment and best serve the transportation needs of the people of Ontario. Article IV.—Membership.—Section 1. —The Association shall have the following classes of members, viz.: Municipal, active, con­ tributing, and honorary life members. Section 2. —The municipal members shall be the representa­ tives of the councils of those counties, cities, towns or other municipalities which are members of the Association. The annual membership fee to be paid by municipal corpora­ tions shall be for: Counties--------------------------------------------------------$ 50.00 Suburban Road Commissions where the urban popu­ lation exceeds 50,000 50,00 Other Suburban Road Commissions 20.00 Cities, towns, villages and townships having a population of— (1)more than 200,000 .150.00(2)100,000 to 200,000 . .. . ...10000(3)75,000 to 100,000 ______75.00(4)50,000 to 75,000 ____50 00(5)40.000 to 50.000 40.00(6)30,000 to 40,000 ______3000(7)20.000 to 30,000 ........___ 25.00(8)10,000 to 20,000 .............2000 (9)less than 10,000 ..._____________________ 15.00 Section 3. —Active members shall be persons who are actively engaged in laying out or supervising work of construction and maintenance of highways and streets, and those interested in highway development, who contribute an annual membership fee of Five Dollars to the funds of the Association. Section 4— Contributing members shall consist of societies or other commercial organizations paying a minimum of Fifty Dollars per annum to the funds of the Association: each contributing mem­ ber shall be entitled to appoint one member to represent it at meetings of the Association. Section 5. —Honorary life members shall be those who have performed distinguished service in the cause of highway extension and improvement. They shall be nominated by the Executive and elected by the Association. Section 6—Only municipal and active members shall hold office. Article V.—Officers.—The officers of this Association shall be a President, two Vice-Presidents, six Directors, who shall be elected annually at the annual convention of the Association and shall be selected from its municipal and active membership (with due consideration for geographical regions and so far as possible the maintenance of an equal balance between elected and appointed representatives) together with a Secretary and a Managing Director- Treasurer, or Secretary-Treasurer, appointed annually at the first meeting of the Board of Directors following the annual meeting. The said Secretary and Treasurer, or the Secretary-Treasurer, shall not have voting power at meetings of the Board of Directors or Executive Committee unless he is a Past President of the Associ­ ation. It shall be a condition of the appointment of any officer of the Association that on ceasing to hold office all records pertaining to his office shall be forthwith turned over to the Board of Direc­ tors. The duties and remuneration of the said officers shall be fixed by the Board of Directors and a Bond of Indemnity provided if required by the Board. Executive Committee.—The said Officers, together with the two most recent Past Presidents of the Association, shall consti­ tute the Executive Committee of the Association for the ensuing year. Board of Directors.—The said Executive Committee, together with all other Past Presidents of the Association, shall constitute the Board of Directors of the Association. Quorum—Five or more members of the Executive Commit­ tee and seven or more members of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum. Article VI.—By-Laws—By-laws for governing the Association shall be made by the Executive, subject to the approval of the membership of this Association at its annual meeting. Article VII.—Amendments.—No amendment shall be made to this Constitution until same has been reported upon by the Executive. Article VIII.—It shall be the duty of the President to appoint a Nominating Committee at the first session of the convention. Such committee shall be composed of not less than five members. Such committee may be added to at the option of the covention, and any increase in number beyond those appointed by the President shall be elected by the convention. The total number shall not exceed ten members, none of whom shall be eligible for appointment to office. The committee shall report nominations to the annual meeting. I - NOTES - LIFE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION PAST PRESIDENTS Wm. Colby J. G. Cameron F. L. Weldon Geo. H. Doucett G. R. Marston Hon. J. N. Allan W. H. Keith W. S. McKay W. J. Moore Richard Elliott Harold Cleave J. L. Shearer James Gaw Andrew Boyer Edgar Drew OTHERS Alan K. Hay Peter M. Higgins Hon. E. C. Drury Dr. N. W. McLeod J. M. Maclnnes Louis A. Merlo James V. Ludgate Hyndman Irwin - NOTES - RECIPIENTS OF LONG-SERVICE AWARDS 19 6 4 ★ Over 50 Years: Hugh Allan Lumsden, BSc., P.Eng____City of Hamilton David Martin O’Bryan_______________City of Toronto M. L. Woods--------------Township and County of Lanark ★ Over 45 Years: Miss Ethel A. Pulling------------------County of Middlesex ★ f Over 40 Years: Archie W. Cromwell--------------------------County of Brant George Goroon-------------------City of Sault Ste. Marie James McEwen---------------------Township of Tilbury East William Muirhead-------------------------City of Hamilton James W. Lang------------------- Township of Scarborough Harry Prange----------Township and County of Waterloo Horace G. Stanton ------------- Township of Raleigh C. E. Tench, P.Eng.----—------- County of Renfrew W. A. Weir —.... Northern Townships of Bruce County OFFICERS OF THE ONTARIO GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION • HONORARY PRESIDENTS J. H. Irvine (Ottawa) _____________— 65 Orrin Ave., Ottawa H. L. Weichel (Waterloo) -------------- ----------------- Elmira PRESIDENT L. K. Coles (Oxford)______________ Court House, Woodstock FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT N. A. Fletcher (Wentworth)-----------------------------RR- 1. Hannon SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT C. S. Anderson (Tisdale)-----------------------------South Porcupine DIRECTORS A. J. Rettie (York)______________80 Bayview Ave., Newmarket Hugh Lamb (Middlesex)--------------------------------R R- 10, London V. K. Croxford (District of Rainy River)-------------Rainy River Hon Fred M. Cass (Grenville & Dundas)------Parhament Bldgs., Toronto W. J. Smith (Welland)County Bldgs., Welland D. J. McNichol (Grey)----------------------------------RR- 1- Ravenna • PAST PRESIDENTS 1937 —Wm. Colby (Kent)________Municipal Building, Chatham 1938_J. G. Cameron (Stormont, D. & G.)--------215 Augusta St., Cornwall 1939—F. L. Weldon (Victoria)__________Court House, Lindsay 1942 — Geo. H. Doucett (Lanark)------------------------Carleton Place 1943 — Guy R. Marston (Norfolk)-------------Court House, Simcoe 1944_Hon. J. N. Allan (Haldimand) — Parliament Bldgs., Toronto 1945 —W. H. Keith (Wellington)----------------Court House, Guelph 1946 —W. S. McKay (Elgin) ________ 348 Talbot St., St. Thomas 1947_w. J. Moore (Renfrew)__________ 2009 Alta Vista, Ottawa 1950—Richard Elliott (Bruce)------------------------R-R- 3, Holyrood 1951—Harold Cleave (Prince Edward)------------------Bloomfield 1952 — J. L. Shearer (Ottawa)______— 279 Carling Ave., Ottawa 1953 — James Gaw (Leeds & Grenville)-------------------Kemptville 1954— Andrew Boyer (Prescott & Russell) --------- Vankleek Hill 1955 — Edgar Drew (Lennox & Addington)-----------------Moscow 1958 — James Gifford (Peterborough)-------------RR- 2, Ennismore I960 —E. M. Fraser (Renfrew)_______Court House, Pembroke 1961— J. H. Irvine (Ottawa)----------------- 65 Orrin Ave., Ottawa 1962 —H. L. Weichel----------------------------------------------— Elmira • SECRETARY-TREASURER W S McKay ________ -....— _____ Municipal World Building St. Thomas - Ontario Telephone 633 - 0031 Roads Group Head Gets DWfon GiftMayor W B. Dutton will pre-! sent n desk set to L, K. Coles, president of the Ontario Good! Roads Association, on behalf of Woodstock tonight in Toronto.The OGRA is celebrating its [TOth anniversary since its found­ing by a Woodstock man, And- |rew Pultallo.Mr. Cole a Woodstock resi­dent, is Oxford County clerkI treasurer.Ontario Good Roads AssociationCounty Clerk Cole Presides At Good Roads ConventionCoincidence is one word to describe the presence, of Leon­ard K. Coles, county clerk treas­urer of Oxford County, at the 70th Anniversary Convention of the Ontario Good Roads Assoc­iation. in Toronto th-is week.ONTARIO GOOD ROADS 1894 ASSOCIATION 1964L. K. CCLE8WOODSTOCK, ONT.70th Anniversary ConventionThe two-day convention, which began today, will be at* tended by Premier John P. Hobarts, who will officially open the meetings.Mr. Colo will, as president of thq OGRA. be the presiding of­ficerThe presiding officer at thr Association’s first convention, 70 years ago, was also an Ox­ford County man. That was An­drew Pattullo, the then Editor of tlie Woodstock Sentinel -Re­view and one-time member for Oxford in the Provincial Legis-l lature. He was also President o-f the Canadian Press Associa­tion in 1890, '91 and '92.' It is also a coincidence that the 1894 first Secretary of the Association and the 1964 secre-, tary were both editors of the Municipal World at St. Thomas.Highlights of tire Convention program, for the 2,500 delegates expected to attend, include ad­dresses from both the Minister of Highways, Hon. Charles S. MacNaughton and his Deputy, A. T. C. McNab.Speaking at the closing ban­quet. Wednesday evening, will be Federal Labor -Minister. A. J. MacEachen.at theROYAL YORK HOTELTORONTOFEBRUARY 24-25-26, 196470tknniversary70th Anniversary Convention+ONTARIO GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION+TORONTO |+February 24th, 25th and 26th1964president!THE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OFREQUEST THE PLEASURE OF YOUR COMPANY AS A HEAD TABLE GUESTAT THEIR(BanON WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY THE TWENTY-SIXTH NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FOUR AT SIX-THIRTY O’CLOCK P.M.AT THE ROYAL YORK HOTEL. TORONTOGUEST SPEAKER:THE HONOURABLE A. J. MacEACHEN MINISTER OF LABOUR CANADAGUESTS MEET IN THE TORONTO ROOM 6 30 PMR.S V P THE SECRETARY MUNICIPAL WORLD BUILDING ST THOMAS. ONTARIOORW UPTTIJNAL Ladies attending the Convention are cordially invited to register (without charge) at the Ladies' Registration Desk on the Convention Floor and secure a Badge, which will entitle them to be admitted to any or all of the events scheduled on this programme.- TUESDAY PROGRAMME -CONCERT HALL - CONVENTION FLOOR10:00 a.m. — The Colourful Official Opening Ceremony.10:30 a.m. — Ladies' Coffee Hour.ALGONQUIN ROOM — MAIN MEZZANINEAn Engraved Silver Coffee Spoon, Compliment of the Ontario Good Roads Association, will be given to each lady in attendance wearing an Official O.G.R.A. Registration Badge.8:00 p.m. — "Are You Talking To Yourself?" Dr. R. W. Dont, O.A.C., Guelph.CONCERT HALL - CONVENTION FLOORFREE ADMISSION (to both Ladies and Gentlemen).REGISTRATION DESK on the CONVENTION FLOOR0— Registration of Ladies:Monday, February 24th — 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.L Tuesday, February 25th - 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.Wednesday, February 26th - 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.V— Banquet Tickets On Sale:Monday, February 24th - 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.Tuesday, February 25th — 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.Wednesday, February 26th - 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.- WEDNESDAY PROGRAMME -10:00 a.m. — Ladies' Coffee Hour.ALGONQUIN ROOM - MAIN MEZZANINEEach lady attending the Coffee Hour wearing an Official O.G.R.A. Registration Badge will receive a Ball Point Pen, Compliments of Oxford County.10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. —Kingcraft Exhibit and Demonstration.(Including Painting, Weaving and Crafts.)BRITISH COLUMBIA ROOM — MAIN MEZZANINE3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. —Afternoon Tea.BRITISH COLUMBIA ROOM - MAIN MEZZANINE7:00 p.m. — Annual Banquet.CANADIAN ROOM - CONVENTION FLOOREntertainment and Dancing under the direction of Stanley St. John.70th Anniversary Convention♦ONTARIO GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION+ TORONTO + February 24th, 25th and 26th1964THE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OFlociationREQUEST THE PLEASURE OF YOUR COMPANY AS A HEAD TABLE GUESTAT THEIRON WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY THE TWENTY-SIXTH NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FOUR AT SIX-THIRTY O’CLOCK P.M.AT THE ROYAL YORK HOTEL. TORONTOGUEST SPEAKER:THE HONOURABLE A. J MacEACHEN MINISTER OF LABOUR. CANADAPRESIDENTGUESTS MEET IN THE TORONTO ROOM 6 30 P.M.RSVP.THE SECRETARY MUNICIPAL WORLD BUILDING ST. THOMAS ONTARIODReSS UP ITUNAL T’Burg High School Board Hits Transfer Of Vienna School AreaTillsonburg District High School Board (Oxford County) sent a formal protest to the Oxford County Council, Norfolk County Council and to the Tor­onto Board of Education outlin­ing reasons why the secondary school district in the Village of Vienna (Elgin County) should not be transferred to the East Elgin District High School Board.The protest followed a re­quest made by the' Village of Vienna to have its secondary school district which h u s been under the control of the Tillsonburg High School Board for a number of years — trans­ferred to the County of Elgin.The Village of Vienna claims secondary school costs would be lower if it was incorporated in the East Elgin District.In its protest the Tillsonburg Board lists eight reasons why the Village of Vienna's request should be refused.(I) It would cause a duplica­tion of school bus services,(2) The educational facilities , are comparable in both dist­ricts(3) Originally the Village of Vienna has asked to be includ­ed in the Tillsonburg district.(t) The Tillsonburg Board borrowed money to build facili­ties for the Vienna area and Vienna's drop-out would "bur­den" the remaining municlpall-j ties with the payments.(5) A "dangerous precedent”; would be sei that might "create a chaotic situation."(6) Present lower costs in East Elgin might not always exist.(7) The Village of Vienna has enjoyed low costs for the past seven years,<8) It is "presumtious" to predict lower costs in East El­gin because the official Tillson­burg secondary school budget has' not been passed.™ II m E IICanadian Good Hoads Association_________L, K, COLES IDUES PAID TO j 1 ‘ • 64N! 534MANAGING DIRECTORCall Meeting March 24 To Organize EMO SetupA meeting to form an Oxford County unit of the Emergency Measures Organization, heirs to the defunct civil defence set­up, has been called by R. T. Gavin, zone 1 EMO field offi­cer.On March 24 at 8 p.m. an organizational meeting will be held at the county building at­tended by two-man delegations from Woodstock, Ingersoll and county councils.I Last year provincial represen­tatives told the three councils that legislation requires them ! to organize on a county level.Woodstock is the only Oxford community with an EMO or­ganization. It was formed in 1957. x JIngersoll and the county must; pass bylaws authorizing their particination before an Oxford EMO can be formed.The dominion and provincial, governments will bear 90 per cent of the costs. The remain­ing 10 per cent of EMO expen­ses will be divided between the I three municipalities on a popu­lation basis. Woodstock, 30 per cent; Ingersoll, 10 per cent; and; the county 60 per cent. 1Hospital Addition FinancedWithout Aid Of Local CouncilsThe first of two Woodstock General Hospital expansion pro­jects, to cost in excess of $300,- 000. will be started immediate­ly. Peter Smith, business ad- 'ministrator. revealed today.The contract for the projects has been let to James A. Vance, Construction Ltd, of Woodstock Architect is Douglas E. Kent­land of Toronto.be completed by September, will include additions to the em­ergency and out-patients depart- ipents; new admitting office and physiotherapy department.On the wife besecond floor an addition made to central serviceand a new recovery room at­tachedto the operating rooms.In the basement, staff locker room space will be enlarged.Both projects are to be fin- The second expansion stage, anced entirely by hospital funds to start following completion ofand government grants. Mr. the first, wilr see an extension at the front of the hospital toSmith said. There will be no at the front of the hospital to public appeal for funds and city increase the size of the dinu^* council and county council will!room space in the basement and not be asked for grants. on the main floor, plans call, The first project, expected toifol* new administrative offices.Tenders Wanted Quotations will be received by the undersigned until 12 o’clock noon,' Tues., March 17,1964on premiums for insurance on Municipal Liability. Roads. County Equipment and Employer's Liability.Information may be obtain­ed at the office of the un- 1 dersigned, Court House, • Woodstock, Ontario.The lowest or any tender not necessarily acepted.J. N. MEATHRELL.County Road Superintendent and EngineerCourt House.Woodstock. Ontario.February 21, 1964Norwich Votes To Join Lake Erie GroupNORWICH: Norwich village council voted to join the L a k e Erie Development Association for a period of one year at the February meeting of the coun­cil. The cost will be six cents per capita.Tax Sale Procedure I Studied at Meeting WOODSTOCK — A meeting on tax sale procedures under the Ontario Municipal Act for treasurers of Oxford municipal­ities was held last night in the county buildings.The county adopted a uniform system under the act effective last Jan. 1. The meeting last night was designed to inform; treasurers and other municipal officials.Woodstock and Ingersoll are not affected by the county’s procedure. The 16 other mu­nicipalities in Oxford have ap- । proved it.Local Minister Calls Homes 'Luxury Villas'LONDON, Ont. (CP) — Rev. Edgar Gill, secretary of the As­sociated Nursing Homes Incorp­orated. an association of private nursing homes, charged Wed­nesday that taxpayers were pro­viding "luxury villas” for re­tired persons with enough money to live elsewhere than subsidized Ontario county homes for the aged.Mr. GiM, pastor of Putnam United Church, said taxpavers are contributing up to $10 a day for each resident of the county homes But, he charged, as. many as up to 80 per cent of the residents in many homes can afford to live elsewhere but are glad to "get away” with Paying a daily rate of between $3 and $4.James Fisher, president of the association, said as a re­sult indigents are being forced out into inferior private homes. IThe association members called for a change in eligibility rules for admission to county homes.Mr. Gill said private nursing homes lose patients every day to the county homes and many go out of business.Dereham Tp. Man Heads AuthorityAYLMER — Phineas Pressey, >f Dereham Township, was elee- led chairman of the Catfish Creek Conservation Authority at is annual meeting here last night.He succeeds Ward McKenna, jf Aylmer, who had served as chairman for six years.Malahide Township Reeve George Brown was elected vice- president and Ted White, of Aylmer, was re-elected secre­tary-treasurer.The authority decided to ad­vertise the position of superin­tendent for the recently-acquired White’s Bush and Pond Rt Springwater, which Is to be developed as a conservation area.Tobacco Growers Revolt Still Remains Unsettled County Council Will Set Budget For Year ThursdayFIRST DRY OF SESSIONCounty Council re convenes to-1 this afternoon to discuss award­ing of tenders for insurance on county vehicles.day for its second session.Council will set their 1964 mill-... ci , The budget is expected to berate this session. Several iesolu- presented Thursday.tions have been held over fromCounty Council HearsHealth Unit Reportthe January session.Biggest factor to he con- • sidered in setting the new mill­rate is the increase of V* mill at the January session to go for county road construction and maintenance.Taxes raised for road pur-, poses amount to $450,700.77, L. K. Coles. County Clerk and, Treasurer, stated today. Mill­rale for road budget is miles.The County Road Report will, be heard tomorrow. Finance and Road Committees will meetThe Oxford Health Unit preventable contagioua disease medical officer of health, irfafed. nnual report was presented to to occur in Oxford during last'No pertussis vaccine is givenannual report was presented to County Council yesterday at the first meeting of the March ses­sion.ur in Oxford during last No pertussis The immunity produced I to school age childrenyear. The immunity by pertussis vaccineis of eotn-. . Measles, mumps and chicken-paralively short duration and pox have occurred .fporadr ally riu report, stated that must be bolstered often to beithroughout the year, whooping cough was the major I effective, Dr. O. C. Powers, —SJ—ighout the year, but never in epidemic form. No cases ofOxford County Holds Tax Line At 13.25 MillsFree Press Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK—An unchangedOxford County tax rate of 13.25 mills—to raise $796,238—was ap­proved by county council at the end of its three-day March ses­sion yesterday.The largest amount — $222,-bylaw authorizing ^e ^ing Museum^of a bridge over the Nith Rive J Klwanjs /estival of Music and at Lol. 2, Concession 2, Bien- Tnisonburg Festival of Music, Iaheim Township. because it is ina dangerous condition. Conces­sion 2 is no longer a through road since a road to the west$50 each; Oxford County libra­ries, $800 each: Oxford 4-H Club Leaders' Association. $700: Ox­345 — for general purposes — __ -will be raised by a rate of 3.71 annrovedmills. A rate ot 2.05 mills was Grants Approved set to raise $123,191 for welfare HvfArd Health Lof the bridge has been diverted.were:Oxford Health Unit, county’sservices.An expenditure of $450,700 for road purposes will be .raised by a tax rate of 7.5 mills — a ’4 mill increase over last year.Tne following breakdown shows the amount to be raisedin each municipality onshore, $40,063; Oxford Children's Aid Society. $14,525; Stratford General Hospital, $4,000; $1,170 each to Woodstock and District School for Retarded Children and Tillsonburg and Districtford Plowmen's Association, $650; Oxford Soil and Crop Im­provement Association, $450, Oxford Junior Farmers, $350; Oxford Farm Safety Council, $250; each fall fair in Oxford this year, $225; North Blenheim i Horse Breeders' Association and Blenheim Township Plowmen's i Association. $150 each; .OtterAssessment Gain Higher Than LossFree Press Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK — The overall increase in taxable assessment in 1963 In Oxford was greater' than the $1,330,525 loss caused by Woodstock's annexation of parts of four townships, Fred Cade, county assessor reported to council yesterday.He said the 1963 increase of 1 $1,345,324 would make the coun­ty’s 1964 equalized assessment total about the same as the pre­annexation total of $61,423,961.His report said East Oxford lost $1,015,103 in taxable assess­ment. The $13,525 valuation of; the department of highways buildings on Sweaburg Road 'and now in Woodstock had also 'been added to the East Oxford assessment for county purposes.West Oxford lost $198,270, East Zorra $1,950, and Blandford ! Township $101,677.Council will consider the re­port during today's session. The final one for this session.Council also heard the county home report showing the cost ofthebasis of an equalized assess­ment :School for Retarded Children to maintain 13 county children ateach school; Oxford juvenile family court, $1,787; Oxford!e , (.iandValley Poultry and Pigeon As­sociation and Oxford Poultry and Pet Stock Association, $50 each, and Dairymen's Associa­tion Of Western Ontario, $25.operations was $35,392.Twii-tinn amountecThecounty's portion amounted to S6.-1 156, Woodstock's was $1,374, andBlandford Tp., $28,656; Blen­heim Tp.. $82,993; Dereham Tp.. $73,290; East Nissouri Tp., $60,- 868; North Norwich Tp., $44,-1 470; South Norwich Tp., $62.- 366: East Oxford, $32,346: North Oxford, 833.264: West Oxford. $38,528; East Zorra. $70,239; West Zorra, $59,740; Tillsonburg, $138,062; Beachville, $16,577; Embro, $8,577; Norwich, $27,177; and Tavistock, $19,075.A Kent County resolution ask­ing the provincial government to reduce its grants to munici­palities which lose land through annexation over five years, in­stead of when annexation goes into effect, was endorsed by Ox-i ford County council.The resolution asked that grants be reduced al. the rale of 20 per cent a year over the five-year period to enable the municipalities to adjust afterl losing assessment revenue through annexation.Council took no action on a Fort Burwell and District Chamber of Commerce result- tion waking that !i<enee« he ^Hfidrawn from all tobacco, buying companies, ami re- (HMied u n d e r regulations which would prevent "dis- rrimhuUton" against produc hiK memlHTw of the Ontario Flm"Cured Tobacco Growers' .Marketing Bon rd.Council gave third reading toCounty Road Subsidies Will Total $433,500Ingersoll’s $274.The home had 23 residents on Jan. 1, 1964. five from Wood- stock, one from Ingersoll and the rest from the county.The report from home super­intendent R- J. Forbes said that net cost per week per resident was $6.10. The number of resi­dent days in 1963 was 8,957.Oxford County will receive $433,500 in provincial govern - men1 subsidies for road con­struction and maintenance this year, it was announced in To­ronto last night.J. N. Meathrell, County Road Superintendent, stated that this figure is approximately the same as last year’s."The figure includes the town­ships as well as the county," commented Mr. Meathrell. ‘sol that it’s hard to say how the county will be affected."Mr. Meathrell explained that this grant results from a nor -1 Iroal bylaw being passed by the province. "It's the supplemen­tary bylaw, and special works bylaws which provide funds for any extra projects,” he said,Beachville Brigade To Protect West Oxford On Fire Callsparalytic poliomyelitis have 'been reported for several years. Salk vaccine has been very ef­fective so far and will continue to be used by the Unit, the report said.No oral Sabin vaccine bag been used in the county and no plans are being considered tor its use, the report further stated. Virus diseases and com­mon colds are very common throughout most of the year, and have appeared to be on the increase since the advent of antibioties, said the reportNo cases of diphtheria, typhoid fever or tetanus occur­red during the year In fact only one case of diptheria ana one of typhoid fever have oc­curred in the county since the Oxford Health Unit was formed in September, 1945. Dr. Powers said.The tuberculosis control pro­grim functions well, and it is felt that tuberculosis, although admittedly a serious threat, is on the way out, the report said. The audiometer, bought and ser­viced by the focal Optimist Club and operated by the Health Unit nurses was used a great deal during 1963. The nurses with the aid of the teachers, are discovering new cases of hard of hearing.Cases of defective vision are referred to the local community Lions’ Club. Hie Lions’ Club pays for the examination and glasses if necessary.The Ontario Water Resources Commission is making a strenuous effort to clear up pol­lution in the streams erf the county. Dr. Powers concluded.Council also heard a resolu­tion from the Port Burwell and District Chamber of Commerce asking that licences of tobacco buying companies be withdrawn and re-issued under regulations forbidding discrimination.The resolution asked that buy­ing companies show "a moral interest in the welfare of the tobacco growing industry as a whole,” and be prepared to negotiate problems with a com­mittee appointed by the Ont­ario Flue-Cured Tobacco Grow­ers’ Marketing Board.Buying companies are being asked not to trade in tobacco with anyone who has failed to comply with board regulations.The resolution says “some buying companies have demon­strated a lack of good will in auction negotiations and have offered bids for tobacco which are obviously much below the cost of production."It concludes with the stipula­tion that companies that fail to qualifv under regulations out­lined in the resolution be re­fused a licence to operate in the next -market period.County Council will finish its business for the March session tomorrow with presentation of the budget for 1964.Entries In Oxford Seed Fair Silage Show Up Over ‘63 Must Have EMOCounty Council HoldsUnit For CountyBy April 1Woodstock. Ingersoll and i only municipalitycounty council representatives met in Woodstock yesterday with officials of (he provincial emergency measures organiza­tion to lay the ground work for a county-based EMO unit.Woodstock is the only muni­cipality in the county with a function EMO organization.Under pressure of a provin- < act which stipulates that an entire county must be under one EMO committee by April 1. 1964. the municipalitiesstudied copies of a draft bylaw in August of last year.The proposed Oxford EMO committee would consist of four representatives from Oxford, two from Woodstock and one from Ingersoll.At present Woodstock is thethat haspassed a bylaw authorizing par­ticipation in the county com­mittee.County council will reconsider the matter at its June session.E. F. Bevis, executive officer EMO headquarters, Toronto told yesterday’s meeting the county is entitled to a grant of up to $18,000 for administration, plan­ning and training.Costs are divided among three levels of government. The federal government will pay 75 per cent of costs, the provin­cial government 15 pei cent and the municipalities 10 per cent. Oxford's share of $1,800 would be split three ways again, among the participating muni­cipalities.The city's share of the 10 per cent is about one-third.When the county committee is organized. Mr. Bevis said., a full time co-ordinator will be! required.Mayor W. B. Dutton said to-j day Woodstock will continue to operate its own EMO unit until; the county committee is organ-' ized.Representing the county were! Warden W .M. Sutherland. Reeve J. C. Smith, Beachville;! Reeve Leslie Force. Norwich;; and Deputy Reeve Hugh Munro, East Nissouri Township. Inger- i soil was represented by coun­cilors Roy Van Koughnett and' Robert Smith. From Woodstock were Mayor W. B. Dutton, Aidermen James F. Hutchinson, Woodstock committee chairman, C. C. Chattington and Kenneth Livingstone: City Manager R. G. Morrow and Richard Yeo­man. the city’s part-time EMO co-ordinator.HEALTH UNIT REPORTRate At 13.25 MillsOxford County’s tax rate will remain unchanged this year as county council yesterday held the lino and again set (he mill rate al 13.26.The tax rate, approved by council at the final three-day March session, was made pos­sible by a reduction of 'A mill in the general purpose and wel­fare services budgets. The coun­ty i-oad budget was increased by 'A mill Wednesday.al 7.5 mills, $150,700, welfare services at 2.06, $123,191 and general county purposes, at 3.7 mills, $222,345.A breakdown of the amount to be raised in each munici­pality on the baste of an equali­zed assessment:Blandford Township. $28,656;Blenheim Township, $82,993;Dereh a m Township, $73,290;346. North Oxford, $33,284- We^t Oxford, $38,528; Eas( Zorra. {70.2.39; West Zorra, $59,740; Ii sonburg, $138,062; Beach- Ville, $16,577; Embro. $8 577- Norwich $27,177; and Tavistock. $19,075.East Nissouri, $60,868;Norwich. $44,470; “A Kent County resolution ask­ing the provincial government Io reduce its grants to munici­palities which Jose land through 'South Nor- aPne\xatj.on live years, in- nSord 132 Kt?adr,of wben annexation goes _ ri ’ fete effect. was endorsed by Ox­ford County councilNorth' 1 T . °** ovuui iNur* of iCounty road tax rate was set wich, $62,366; East Oxford, $32,- iDlo en”ct_UP $82,000County Council Approves Increase For RoadsOxford County Council ap- The increase will cost county proved an increase of $82,000 residents only $15,000, how- nvor Ind vast f/w rnoH onrl eVer. because of 30 80 per Centover last year for road and bridge expenditures yesterday.subsidy by the provincial government for bridge construction,Estimates for this year total __________________________$1,110,567.50. The increase is and a 50 per cent subsidy for primarily due to bridge con- roads.roads.struction in the county, J. N. The county levy of IVz mills, Meathrell, road superintendent, ap increase of % of a mill ap- stated. | proved by council in January,Hepatitis Concentrated In Princeton Areaa Possibiljty there are more cases a i h^Mfitk In CfahSeSD °f ?fectl0us hish school students in P Hepatitis m the Princeton area may exist. Adriana van den Berg. Oxford Health Unit pub lie health nurse, said today. Miss van den Berg reported forty-four cases of infectious hepatitis m 19 families in Princeton and vicinity. Shealthough we have not been able’ to contact the school yet.”stated that “in all probability elsewhere.'In other areas of the county, such as Mt, Elgin and Kinfore where hepatitis was widespread earlier, the situation is clearing up. Dr. O, C. Powers said. ‘Tases are pretty well isolated elsewhprp ”among league’s annual Pot-Luck Sup- a r i s, per scheduled for April 13.Mrs. S. J. Suske, president of St. Mary’s CWL. stated that she ■'didn’t think we will have it.” She said that a May date would probably be set.The Oxford Jersey Club has cancelled its annual banquet due to the outbreak of hepafjts in the area.Last night in Ingersoll, an open meeting sponsored by the Ladies Auxiliary of the Inger­soll YMCA, was addressed by Oxford Health Unit public health nurse Mrs. Cora Ether­idge, on prevention of the di­sease. (See story page five.)An executive meeting *f S I.. Mary's Catholic Women’s League will be held tonight (o discuss postponement of the; Dr. Powers has advised any group which holds a meeting to just have tea or coffee and donuts from the box.” it’s when sandwiches are brought in from a dozen different homes and\ different plates are used that people will get themselves into trouble, he stated.Caterers, who are expert -j eneed in food preparation and handling, may be utilized safe­ly he added.Symptoms of hepatitis are a' listless and feverish feeling with nausea and headaches ex-1 penenced. -Some 50 per cent of (hose adults who are infected1 do not have jaundice,” an Ox­ford Health Unit spokesman s touted.will raise $450,700.77. The Woodstock suburban road levy is $3,397.17; Ingersoll suburban road levy, $1,297.97; and re­ceipts and provincial sales tax refund, an additional $11,717.- 84.The county and suburban share of the $293,900 for bridge construction and maintenance, 20 per cent, will be §58,780, with the roads costs estimate of $816,667.S) to be shared equal­ly by the county and the provin­cial government.Major items of this year's roads v budget include $211,000 for boundary bridges; $82,900 for bridges and culverts; $64,- 600 for new machinery; $14,061 for Woodstock suburban roads; $7,531 for Ingersoll suburban roads; $361,240 for construction; and $261,675 for maintenanceCouncil approved a roads committee recommendation to add 2.24 miles of township road to the county road system. Work on a section of 1.12 miles between Concessions 1 and 2 of Blandford Township from the eastern limits of Woodstock easterly to County Road 4 is scheduled to begin immediately.The remaining 1.12 miles of road is between Concessions 1 and 2 of East Oxford Township from the eastern limits of Woodstock cast to County Road 14.Chairman of the Road Com- mitee is George M. Hogg, reeve! of. East Nissouri.Uhe resolution asked that grants be reduced at the r a t e of 20 per cent a year over the five-year period to enable t h e I municipalities to adjust after I losing assessment revenue through annexation.Finance Committee grants are as follows:Tillsonburg Festival of Music, ,$50; Woodstock Festival of Mus­ic, $50; Oxford Historical Socie­ty, $125; Oxford Museum, $1,350; Stratford General Hos­pital, §4.000: Oxford County Library, $800, or 850 for each of the 16 county libraries; O x - ford Juvenile and Family Court, $1,787; Oxford Children’s Aid Society, S14.525; and the Oxford Health Unit $40,063.A grant of §1170 was paid on behalf of the 13 children attend­ing Woodstock and District School for Retarded Children, Blossom Park. A grant of $90 for 13 pupils was also paid to the Tillsonburg and District School for Retarded Children.INSURANCE TENDERFrank Cowan Co. Ltd., of Princeton, was again awarded the insurance tender for county | road equipment and buildings. The Cowan bid on §500.000 pub­lic liability insurance was $6.- '213.76. The insurance contract is tendered each year.Council gave third and final reading to a bylaw authorizing the closing of a bridge over the Nith River at Concession 2. Blenheim Township. The road leading to the bridge and the bridge itself have become a haz­ard. Concession 2 is no longer a through road since a road to the west of the bridge has been di­verted.AGRICULTURAL GRANTSThe agricultural budget ap­proved by council totalled §8,- 275. Grants were made to: Ox­ford Soil and Crop Improvement Association, S45O; Dairymen’s Association of Western Ontar­io, $25; North Blenheim Horse Breeders’ Association. §150; Ox­ford 4-H Chib Leaders, $700; Ox­ford Plowmen’s Association, $650; Oxford Poultry and Pet Stock Association, §50; Blen­heim Township Plowmen's As­sociation, $150; Otter Valley Poultry and Pigeon Association, §50: Oxford Junior Farmers, $350; and Oxford Farm Safety Council, $250.Fall fairs held this year in Oxford County will each receive $225. The committee resolved no action be taken on the Port Bur- we'il and District Chamber of Commerce suggestion that li­censes be withdrawn from all to­bacco - buying companies, and re - issued under regulations which would prevent alleged ‘■discrimination” against pro­ducing members of Hie Ontario Flue-Cured Tobacco Growers* Marketing Board. County Library Expansion Told In Annual ReportThe fifteenth annual report ol the Oxford County Library was presented to the sixty members of the Library Board Iasi week. This was the largest attendance on record.budget was $5,300 and in 1963 it was $26,300.Members of the 1964 Library Board are.Hepatitis Fight ReceivesCo-operation, Says MOHThe County Library added a reference room to its facilities at lhe County Courthouse last year. Four small workshops for librarians and one general oneiChairman. Peter McDonald, reeve of Blenheim; vice chairmen, Robert Rudy, of Tav- istock, W. M. Sutherland. War­den of Oxford, A. Littlejohns, deputy reeve of West Zorra, Howard Kipp, of Princeion;Public Healthwere held, June Munro, of the tee a sur er L.k Coles■ S Fnwmrial Library Serviced ury, E. S. k K^mpirt ' was speaker at the general! r n di.-, » , ,workshop. tCcD dtetor-Q(Two hnadtW „„ London Public Library and,tries were received teonf gradeAt’ MiSeU£" ™as prcsenl 7 and 8 students in the annualfor the year totalled book review contest. Over 606 *803*53- ;books were sent out by mail besides the service given di­rectly from the bookmobile and of ice as part of the library’s reference service.Nurse OutlinesHepatitis Danger1£ > s § §$22The bookmobile traveled; about 4.000 miles last year, the I report stated. Approximately I 15,000 books are in county lib-1 raries and schools.Circulation was estimated at 373,946 in 1963.In 1949 the Oxford Library Association began with only a few volumes. Today, there are over 33,000 books, a library which has been enlarged twice, and a bookmobile.The library service extends to 17 libraries. 7 deposit stations and 200 classrooms throughput the county. In 1949. the librarySpeaker Looks To Future Of OntarioDr. „E. G. Pleva, of thePe- thepartment of Geography at__ University of Western Ontario, was the guest speaker at the Annual Meeting of the Oxford"Wash your hands frequently to avoid infectious hepatitis.” 'Stressed Mrs. Cora Ethridge, Ingersoll Public Health Nurse of the Oxford Health Unit, at a meeting to outline the recom­mendations to prevent the di­sease, held at the CommunitySpeaking to about 55 inter­ested citizens Mrs. Ethridge said that while it is not forbid­den to attend banquets, it would not be wise to do so to avoid the exposure to the disease.Hepatitis Now Under Control, Says MOHAlthough there have been a few new cases of infectious hepatitis reported in Woodstock epidemic isand Tillsonburg, the under control. Dr. ers. Oxford Health stated this morning.Dr. Powers said easing in the county.O. C. UnitPow- MOHthat“It’s“Outside of the few new cases in the cities we have every­thing under control now,” he added.Precautions regarding ban­quets and public functions must be continued indefinitely, how­ever. he warned. “We should never lose our awareness of the necessity for sanitary clean­liness ”County Library Co-Operative held in the Woodstock Public Library.An attendance of over 60 citizens heard his talk about “Regional Planning” in South­ern Ontario.In his speech, Dr. Pleva. stressed the fact that there were four principles that would gov­ern development of homes and of families in the future. One was that most of the bread-win­ners of the families of the fu­ture would work for someone else, and that the number of self-employed family men would decrease. His second assertion was that employment and wage gains by craftsmen, salesmen.' and clerical workers would be­come more and more in line with the professional and man­agerial level.His third principle was that! families would become more multi-earner families, or in oth­er words there would be more than one breadwinner in the family. His final point was that upper income levels would be reached earlier ■ at 40 years of life rather than at 60 years.Dr. Pleva predicted that there would be a continued growth in the metropolitan area. He went on to say that Ontario would become a deficit supplier of food receiving food from out-1 side Ontario — from the prair­ies. British West Indies, and other areas.Auctions Close ! With Average At 20.27cDELHI, Ont. (CP)-Auction of Ontario’s 1963 crop of flue- cured tobacco ended shortly after noon Friday. For the On­tario Flue-Cured Tobacco Grow­ers Marketing Board and for its 4,500 farmer-members the final day was as disappointing as the last four months.Prices for the 347,667 pounds sold averaged 20.27 cents a pound.She explained the hepatitis disease is difficult to diagnose because of the various sym- toms that will point to other ill­nesses Some of the symptons are fevers, chills, headaches, j pain in or around the eyes, mus­cular pains and other sym- tons. Mrs. Ethridge pointed out long before people become ac­tually ill with the disease they can become infectors as much as three weeks before hand, al­so remain infectors up to 15 months after the attack.Mouth to mouth contact as a disease spreader cannot be ex­cluded either as saliva droplets are found to contain certain germs, she noted. She said the disease is strongly believed to be a virus infection and very e- lusive one at that.Mrs. Ethridge explained while there is no vaccine avail­able to combat the disease, gamma globulin in a small dose will protect against jaundice for three to six weeks. But, she ex­plained it is very expensive. The washing of the hands can go a long way in preventing contact with infectious hepatitis.Mrs. Ethridge outlined 12 ways of prevention in the homa of contacting the disease, all on the lines of hygiene. She distrib-” " i ” s ’E 2si «s= i— Uf cs 5? £ifx "C C xESW S « k C £-a I H& 4>The over-all average price of pamphlets to those at- 46.84 cents a pound was far be- tending the meeting, low expectations of last Nov. 14 when the auctions opened with­out minimum grade prices.The 1962 crop had a- average' of 51.05 cents a pound and the 1959 return was a record 55.39 cents.Still to be sold is an esti­mated 800,000 pounds taken home by farmers because of low bids or rejected by buyers as MH-30 treated.The board said sales will re­open Tuesday to give produc­ers who used MH-30, a sucker inhibitive, another chance to sell their crop.t iipypi15 C*X) U & £ N £ IP 5Council Wants 600 AcresAnnexed From West Oxford82 £-3sM33 * sTown council voted last night to annex 600 acres of adjacent West Oxford Township.Council gave three readings to a bylaw requesting Ontario Municipal Board permission to annex the area which extendstee. Two of the members are councillors — Claude Wright andPeter Channerwho willfrom the present south to Highwaytown limits 401, east to west to theHighway 19 and Culloden Road.In the land to will be included the Ingersoll Golf and Country Club and a residential section.be annexedCouncil also approved the ap­pointment of nine new mem­bers of the recreation commit-serve until their council term expires.Committee members ap­pointed for two years are; Miss Florence MacPhee, William Foster. Raymond Bowman, and Mrs. Pauline McDonald.Members appointed for one year are: Russell Nunn, Bever­ley R. Stewart, and Frank Houghton. Miss MacPhee, who was chairman of the group when It operated as a com­mission, will continue to head it under council's direction.Four resolutions from other town councils were endorsed: from the town of Lindsay a re­commendation for a condensed audit report more readily understood by ratepayers; from the town of Newmarket urging use of educational facilities for a longer period each year; from New Toronto recommending abolition of the present public and secondary schools tax and a second resolution from the same town urging federal pro­vincial hospital services to1 cover home nursing care.A request from Elliott Motor Sales to close the north end of Waler Street was rejected by Council.i 3 a 5.a:< I is? 3 a ? § 0§ 5 * £ S Rattlers In County? No, Says Oxford Museum AidAre there rattlesnakes in Ox-isula. especially along (he wesh ford County? |ern side toward the north.The answer is no. says Mrs. Their prey is largely mice.Herbert Milnes, an expert on| In the Oxford Museum are study of snakes who has several species of snakes on helped her husband Herbert exhibit, A booklet written about Ontario snakes by Herbert Mil­nes is available in the MuseumMilnes to collect several speci­mens for the Oxford Museum.Mrs. Milnes says that the Massassauga or Swamp rattle- anake is the only poisonous spe­cies known in Ontario and it is very rarely fatal. However she stresses, that if you should befor studying the various types and their characteristics.Some of the types on display Museum are the Foxat theSnake, not found in OxfordCounty.the Melanic Garterthe Common Garterjbitten by one of these snakes'Snake, t— —------ --------get medical attention as soon as Snake, the Ribbon Snake, the. possible for you could be very'Water Snake and a variety of sick as a result of the bite. smaller snakes including De-The Massassauga rattlesnake kay’s snake and the Ring- is (ound in the Bruce Penin- necked snake.ASSESSORS MEET — The 23rd annual meeting of the Association of Assess­ing Officers of Ontario is being held this week at Hotel London. From left are R. P. Quance, Norfolk County assessor; J. F. O'Dell, Renfrew County, newly-elected president; F. H. Code, Oxford County assessor; C. C. Bricker^ assessing commissioner, Waterloo County.Rural-Urban Night Goes On Despite Warnings Of MOHAssessors Human But Part DetectiveThe Rotary Club of Wood- stock is scheduled to hold its annual Rural-Urban Night at Chalmers United Church to­night despite suggestions from the Oxford Health Unit MOH, Dr. O. C. Powers, to cancel tem­porarily public meetings where food is served.North Norwich Plans Action To Collect Delinquent TaxesNORWICH: The March meet-j ing of the North Norwich Town­ship council was held in the township office with Reeve J J H. Lester and all members present.A communication was re - ceived from the Department of Public Welfare advising that grants under the Child Welfare Act would no longer be paid toi the municipalities, but to coun­ties, cities and separated towns.A letter from Oxford County! clerk. Len Coles, stated that of­ficials from the Dept, of Muni-1 cipal Affairs would meet repre- of the municipalities oi Oxford to explain the n e w procedure to be followed in sel­ling lands for taxes. The coun­cil discussed procedure under the new system and a fist of properties m arrears of taxes will be presented at the A p ri 1 meeting and proceedings will be started under instructions of the Department of Municipal Af - fsirs.Dr. William J. Butt, chair­man of the Rotary’ Rural-Urban night decided to “o ahead with the annual club function after discussion with Dr. PowersPresident of St. Mary’s Catholic Women’s League. Mrs. S. J. Suske. has not yet an­nounced plans for the WCL’s- annual Pot-Luck Supper, April i 13. She is to confer with Dr. i Powers concerning food to be served at the function some-! time today.> Dr. Powers has suggested, that banquets and public meet-• ings where food is supplied from ; a number of sources be post- Soned until the possibility of epatitis infection is lessened.The Oxford Health Unit ha si taken measures to distribute sheets outlining recommenda­tions for prevention of infec­tious hepatitis to all public and high school students in the county by the end of the week.Clinics are also being held with interested groups to talk, over positive steps which may; be taken in each centre for pre­vention of the disease.While there is nothing com­pulsory about the warnings is-1 sued, commented Dr. Powers, it is felt that co-operation by all groups ip preventing health hazards is necessary.Taking part in the county campaign against infectious hepatitis are 13 public health! nurses from the Oxford Health1 Unit.Dr. Powers has not advised using the costly gamma globu­lin vaccine available for im-i munization against the disease' “because the effective immuni­zation period is far too short.”!Small doses of gamma globu- -1m given one tv 14 days after exposure will protect against jaundice from three to six weeks, he said. “Most other immunizations are effective for at least a twelve-month period. ,Local politicians who do not know much about tax assess­ments vzere criticized yesterday at the 23rd annual meeting of the Association of Assessing Officers of Ontario."Often the whole structure of the assessment function will re­ceive severe Injury from the in-j dividual who seeks a council seat on the platform of assess­ment Investigation or over-all reductions,” said Ralph N. Hart­shorn, of Orillia, outgoing presi­dent of the association.“It takes time to educate this type of person — If one ever does — before he will acknowledge the assessment is in excellent shape and carried out with Integrity and honesty as the law requires . . ."Some of these Individuals have refused to acknowledge an assessor is bound by the law and cannot deviate if he is to perform his duties as required. They exert pressures and make themselves a gen­eral nuisance, hindering the Mseaaor, wasting his time, and worst of all, undermin­ing the confidence of the tax­payers In their assessment department.’*COUNTY OF OXFORDTENDERSSEALED TENDERS address­ed to the County Road Sup­erintendent, Court House, Woodstock, Ontario and plain­ly marked as to equipment tendered on, will be received until 12 o’clock noon, E.D.S T.FRIDAY. JUNE 5, 1964 for the supplying of the fol­lowing equipment.2 Material Spreaders1 Heavy Duty Truck F.V.W. 29000 lbs., equipped with Dump Body and Snow Plow and Wing23Heavy Duty Trucks, G V.W. 29000 lbs , equipped with Dump Bodies.Heavy Duty Trucks. G V. W 29000 lbs., equipped with Dump Bodies and Material Spreaders, tilt box type.Specifications and tender forms may be obtained at the County Road Superintendent s Office, Court House Wood- stock, Ontario.The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.J. N. MEATHRELL.County Road Superinten­dent and Engineer.Court House. Woodstock. May 13, 1964.Woodstock Library “Cramped, Inadequate,” Kiwanians Told SECTIONAL SCHOOL BOARDS TO DISAPPEARBlenheim, Blandford Townships To Be Affected By Provincial Act™ toe. le at- tohod. b s,Flf,ca»^ affected by Blandford township which now proposed nrovinaal legislation has six section school boards, to abolish sectional school will be re-formed to provide one ^..>,1;^ township school board. Sectiona one-room structureboards. W, G. Anderson, public school inspector for the County. Mid today.Embro. which has Its own village public school board, will be included in the West Zorra Township area. The Embro Pub­lic School is a three-room structure.school boards were establishedduring the first days of cipal organization in province, and date back past century.Blenheim, which hasMr. Anderson said that the other townships in his inspector­ate — East Zorra. North Nor­wich. and East Oxford will not be changed by the legislationlend school. with one tX flo<H.7d%l|n’T0»SCd 11egis,a.t!0}’ Srades? Several pupiw»a । A*1001 boards, which el- school al Plattsvilh'ne‘nbers« WH1 he their own area Gcombined to form one township crowded conditions.teacher for eight Several pupils attendIe outsidelmuni* t h e to thethreetownship school areas, will pro­bably have its three boards combined into one.The 17 union sections in Ox­ford will be left unchanged. Union sections arc areas in which students of different town-Rural Education Good Enough Claim TrusteesBlandford sectional schoo llsent by bust to Bright or board trustees seem resigned to wherever it’s decided.” the fate of their smaller build- ■ ®Vtry<®e feels as if the school but appear to be UDcerUinof the advantages that consoh- Vance. ‘We can’t do much about dation of their sections will bring it-”if legislation proposed by the , H.e.stated that the government ie“ rJTn,°is rr I*?uirnia? J 0 h n of the SS 4 district. There are 45 Mitchell, board member f o r pupils attending Ratho School. Snr' v/i?’-’5!?1®! -1 n?l a lot of opposition tofavor of it. He claimed thatcentraiizatio n,” com- tnere have been just as many mented Robert Livesay, chair­good students produced from the man of Bond’s School. Mr. Live- present system. say, a board member for sevennrJ^P-^f°rhavVon£ ^ye^s, said that the proposed d legislation "is being forced on tem are not satisfied, he said, us ”Mr Mitchell maintained that1 He stated that if a vote of the tne ratepayers m his section ratepayers was held, “thev W-rura'1S0 3uain^ would vote against it.” “We arewere bound to get more getting along very well. OurR I7 „ . 'teachers are excellent.”Oliver B. Facey. Chairman of ” * SS 5, said he wouldn't care tocomment on whether the pro-! posed move is for the best.“We haven't had too much to. complain about concerning our education in past years.” he said.Mr. Livesay said that one benefit that a township area would bring would be lower tax assessment. He explained that a lot of assessment was lost tothe city because of annexation.Representation on a township school area board should include!,w- - . -3 trustees from each section of theu We haven 1 heard township, said Mr. L i v e s a y. aIj<A?Wi! ’hav ca "Then there would be no danger Riantfnrd^several board members Blantford. I don t feel too hap- elected from one end of 1 h e IhH hJ 11 pro£’ townshiP might favor their ownably be closed, and the pupils area.”George Oakley, chairman SS 2 Blsntfordschool area with five or six members.■ Mr. Anderson added that in ’ parts of Ontario almost all school boards are local. “Sec­tional boards are preferred by those who want to maintain lo­cal control.'’“The single township school area, however, is much more efficient.’’ he said.Blandford Township was ori­ginally a township school area but reverted to sectional boards in 1953.Trustees statements at the bine suggested there was con­siderable difficulty in planning for the various localities in Blandford. The southern part of the township was of an urban nature, with the northern por­tion being more rural in out­look.The southern portion of Bland­ford is composed of school sec­tions one (Bonds Corners) and two (Bethel). Bond’s has a three-classroom school with three teachers. Bether, S.S. 2, is a two classroom school with two teachers.crowded conditions.becauseofThe Bright School, S. 5. 8, is! a three classroom school, built in 1.056.BETTER STANDARDSIhe proposed legislation., now in legislative council commit­tee at Queen’s Park, is aimed at reducing the number of school boards “with the object of giving the rural areas a bet­ter standard of education.”Education Minister William Davis said that his personal! conviction is that a closer work-l ing relationship between ele­mentary and secondary school administrations must develop to provide a more uniform stand­ard of education from grades I-13.One section of the proposed bill allows elementary school boards to join with district high school boards to form boards of education to look after the en­tire grade 1-13 program.The education minister fur­ther stated that parental con­cern over inconvenience caused by lengthy bus trips necessary to take children to central schools, and prolonged absen­ces from home on school days, are genuine considerations.Four sections comprise the northern portion of the town­ship. S. S. 3. Carters, is a one- room school with one teacher for seven grades. Ratho, SS 4, is an old building with one classroom upstairs and one small room in the basement. There are two teachers (people will need.”" Mr. Dav^ 8. S. 5, formerly the 17th Line commented.“These disadvantages should be weighed against the prob­lems the children will face in the next dance or so in a highly competitive society and! the , education which young'FLUORIDE NOT THE ANSWERSweeping Power For Police BodyBULLETINTORONTO (CP) — Pre- mier Robarts culminated a wild shouting match in the Ontario legislature today by announcing what amounts in effect to the withdrawal of the government’s Pro- posed bill giving the On­tario police commission broad new powers.TORONTO (CP) — A provin­cial law Uaat would allow per­sons to be detained in jail in definitely without trial was in­troduced m the legislature Thursday by Attorney-General 1 !Cass.ATT.-GEN. CASSWell-Known and RespectedCounty Engineer RetiresAfter 50 Years of ServiceOne of the best known and most respcctcc j of rhe real "old-timers” in rhe Canadian high­ways industry has retired from 9 post he filled with distinction for 50 years.Guy R. Marston, an active 84 year old who recently celebrated his 50th year as Norfolk I County Engineer, has | retired bur will act as I special consultant for I rhe County Roads | Committee.(Juy Marston is well f known r o C G R A IGUY MARSTON members been actively associated with rhe since its very early days and is a CGRA’s Quarter Century Club. .1 former President of OGRA.as he has I Association r member of e He is alsoIn 1917, when the county road system was* developed. Norfolk spent SB,000 on its roads. I Hie annual budget is now SI million, there are | A5 persons on staff and road building machinery fl owned by the county is valued at i>250,000. BNewly elected officers of the Ontario Good Roads Association include: <from left; W. Scott McKay. Secretary-treasurer; Clarence S. Anderson, First Vice-President: and Niram A. Fletcher, President.The Association held its 70th Anniversary Convention in 1 oronro in February. Features of rhe meeting included a look ar the roads of rhe future, and a panel discussion on rhe profitability of townships and villages uniring for road purposes.______________Oxford’s Dental Health Problem One Of CareforTis^S^ Ox- Commons that fluoridation oft , the Pe°Ple whb communal, water supplies is "ofto navefora ifCare Cannot bl?ad pubUc interest and is con-1 lor ii. sidered tn hp nf ovnatPowers,Oxfordsidered to be o( great import­ance in the total health picture1,1 iue total nealth picture dav tha? of the Poston of Canada ”day that he felt there would De no problem in the "ounty if some way of financing dental care lor poorer lamilies could be legislated.“Otherwise.” ne stated, “we have no more cavities propor­tionally than anyone else.” Dr. Powers feels that the federal government endorsement of fluoridation of water to reduce tooth cavities is only a partial answer to dental ill health.John Munro, parliamentary secretary to Health and Wel­fare Minister Judy LaMarsh, yesterday told the House ofNATURAL FLUORIDATIONDr. Powers said that the natural fluoridation in Oxford County was, in most instances, enough to prevent cavities if proper precautions of cleaning and brushing were taken.“In over 90 samples of waler taken from school wells and municipal water sunnlies in Ox­ford. not one lacked fluoride, and most had the recommended one part fluoride per million parts of water.” he slated.RIGHT AMOUNTNorwich has exactly the right amount of one part per mil­lion he said. Ingersoll has 1.8 parts per million.Ingersoll, Dr. Powers com- mented, has the best record of any municipality in the county regarding dental care. He said *ha! “a lot of things account for this record.”' The late Miss Marion Mc­Naughton, public health nurse in Ingersoll for twenty vears prior to the Oxford Health Unit establishment in 1946. placed a significant role in establishinc this record, the doctor added'. “She and th * Kiwanis Club of Ii .ersoll taught the people what dental care could mean to their health.”Dr. Powers stated that Inger­soll was first in Oxford County in dental health “before fluor­ide was heard of.”Dr. Powers cautioned against indiscriminate addition of fluor­ide lo water supplies, “Wood­stock's water is mighty nice.” he said."You would have to travel 1.000 miles to get cleaner water than the water we have now." He added that personally, he wouldn't like to tamper with the city’s water supply.Most of Oxford's water is bet­ter than that in artificially Run. ridated systems. and I don’t think it is necessary to do more than keep people aware of den­tal care in this county, he said. Historical Society Essay WinnersPresented With Medals By Warden«"l <« Jlmmfe wo M poruejpat,.,r^Oxford County Warden. Wil-dral Sc ior a*11- E"s^. .‘We Washam Sutherland made the pre-stock ^cnooi, Wood- All three winning essaysmentations First prize a -old AT sih-nv were read to the audience whichmedal, and $7 so wcnt to M^rv Le th* l”Sersoll. one jammed into the YWCA to hear1presented their awards© H- -llTAZ'I’al £** trt - Imie Ben-jpupils who hud participated in Jimi were read1 c0n’ V:Kathleen R. Ward, socretary- would be an err I treasurer of the Oxford Histori-It V ll/k mi n i n I . .. f r* ■ 1J commented that "there was rather n striking'' difference in the treatment of | the essays by each pupil.'The first and second prize­seven essayspn The Sentinel-Review on Sat-; Hinn .1 .. ..ssWarden Officially Opens Kiwanis Music FestivalThe 16th annual WoodstockKiwanis Festival of Music moved into its second day this morning with the solo voice competitions for girls seven years and younger and for boys 10 years and younger.The festival was officially opened last night by William Sutherland, Warden of Oxford county.TENDERS WANTEDSEALED TENDERS ad­dressed to the County Road Superintendent and endorsed "Tender for Sup­plies and Hauling Road Materials and Equipment Hire' will be received by die undersigned up to 12 o'clock noon, Friday, April 17, 1964, for the following:1. Hauling of road build­ing materials from vari­ous sources within or adjacent to the County.2. Supplying, crushing and hauling and spreading gravel on designated sections of County Road.3. Truck, shovel and equip­ment hire.4. Supplies and other ser­vices used in road con­struction and mainten­ance.5. For the supplying of tires, grease, oil, gaso­line, batteries, fuel oil, furnace oil and other supplies for the opera­tion of County equip­ment and shops.Contract agreements and specifications and tender forms for items 1 to 3 and general information on items 4 and 5 may be ob­tained at the office of the County Road Superintend­ent. Court House. Wood- stock, Ontario. Tenders on items 4 and 5 may be sub­mitted on supplier’s forms.Tenders on items 1 and 2 must be accompanied by a marked cheque payable to the County Treasurer to the amount of Five Hun­dred Dollars.The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.J. N. MEATHRELL, County Road Superintendent and Engineer,Court House, Woodstock, OntarioSuggest Survey To Pin-PointSources Of Water PollutionA detailed survey was recom­mended by C. V. MacLachlan, manager of Ingersoll Public Utility Commission last night as the first step in removing the pollution in the Thames River.Mr. MacLachlan, in present­ing the report to Town Coun­cil also said the PUC would aid the Town and the Health Unit in the survey, which would lo­cate ail illegal sewage con­nections to storm sewers.Such a survey, he said, would be a first step to removal of sources of pollution, brought to light in the Department of Wa­ter Resources Report issued last week which showed serious pollution of the Thames River at Ingersoll.In his report to Council Mr. MacLachlan described in some detail the areas in which do­mestic. rather than industrial wastes are presenting pollution problems.Serious pollution of streams and storm drains appeared mainly in areas which were not serviced by s a n i t a r y sewers the report showed. Sep­tic tanks and connections made to open ditches or the storm drains, also cause trouble, Mr. MacLachlan said.Inspections have been made by the Oxford Health Unit, and they have been successful in improving some isolated areas, the report staled.As a phase of the capital sew­er program, Mr. MacLachlan stated that storm drain pollu­tion at Mutual and Carnegie streets should soon be solved, as tenders are already called for the construction of sanitary sewers which will serve eight houses on these streets.There is also pollution of storm drains at Charles and Wonham streets. The report suggested there must be house drams or connections which have not been disconnected from the storm system. A thorough check is to be made of this area.Sanitary waste at Canterbury and Etna streets should also be solved this year, according to the PUC report, as it is on the second phase of the sanitarv sewage capital works program.With regard to the several in­dustries accused of pollution. Mr. MacLachlan’s report slated that each industry has been Riven a copy of the Ontario Water Resources Commission’s report, and that two industries have stated that action is to be taken to correct the condition. ----------- Sth ANNUAL ——FESTIVAL OF MUSICSPONSORED BYTHE ROTARY CLUB OF TILLSONBURG s4pri( f 4- 15 and 16t 1964This ticket admits purchaser to all sessions including the finalFESTIVAL STARS CONCERTANNANDALE HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM Saturday, April 18th, 8 p.m. — $1.00East Nissouri Area Protests Water LevelTavistock's New Arena Is Centennial ProjectOxford Jury Sitting CostsEstimated At Over $700Hurd, Oxford Centre, vs. Robert Whitehead and Bruce C. Hop­kins. Woodstock, was chosen Monday afternoon.The case was settled before the first court session schedul­ed for Wednesday.The cost for advertising and postage for the June sitting amounted to $30. Each of the 41 persons called to jury duty received $10, plus ten cents per mile for travelling expenses.The white gloves presented to1 the judge, representing the ab­sence of criminal cases on the docket, cost $8Court constables, of which there were four, must be paid $8 per day. The sheriff, the judge, and the court reporter' must take time from their other important duties.R. K. Coles, deputy clerk treasurer for Oxford County, j said yesterday that while this expense is unfortunate, it is not within power of County Coun­cil to lessen the cost to county) taxpayers.An exact accounting of ex-j penses tor the one - day session will be available to the public; early next week.The last murder trial in Ox­ford County two years ago cost1 the taxpayers over $2,200.I . By JOHN C. TOMLINSONSentinel-Review Staff Writer| Although no jury cases were i brought before the June general session of the peace for Oxford' County, taxpayers of the county will pay §700 in costs for open­ing ceremonies.On Monday, Judge Eric W. i Cross was presented with a i pair of white gloves, spoke to a ; group of high school students, , and presdied while a jury was picked for an accident case that I was settled out of court the next ’ day.AU the cases on the docket which were not settled out of court were put over until the October general session of the peace.County court officials had ex­pected juries would have to be chosen for two cases involv­ing actions arising out of motor accidents, and 41 persons were required to attend court to allow for selection of two juries.Just before court on Monday, one of the cases, that of Nelson A. Hopson, of Kintore. vs. Ron­ald Wayne Hunter, of RR 1. Lakeside was settled, so that only one jury had to be selected.A jury for the case of Jerry1 Long, now Mrs. Robert Ditch­field, Woodstock, and Mrs. JaneA sudden drop in water levels in the Lakeside area has prom/pcted farmers and cot­tagers to prepare a petition to present to the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority.They complained yesterday that lhe drop in the water level lias caused wells to go dry, and lias lowered the 'level of Crystal Lake at Lakeside aboutThe Clark trial, held in March of 1962, continued for four weeks.Included in the costs of the case were fees to witnesses at the preliminary hearing of Ma­gistrate’s Court, the court re­porter, grand and petit jurors, supreme court witnesses, an an­alyst from the provincial at­torney - general’s laboratory, a guard, three matrons, an autop-, sy and witness fee for the pro­vincial pathologist, subpoenas from the sheriff of Oxford, the' crown attorney, and Perth Coun­ty’s sheriff, plus expenses paid to Woodstock General Hospital and the M. D. {Mac) Smith! Funeral Home.County Weed Inspector Warns Yellow Rocket Weed Ts SpreadingThe 16th annual report nf th® UTRCA issued last March 17 mentions pumping operations unde the section presented by the Wildwood advisory board.SUPPLIED FARMERS"Tn dewatering the founda­tion of the dam,” the report says, "the contractor carried on pumping operations for sev­eral months. This operation, to­gether with the severe drought, resulted in numerous claims for well failures, and as a re­sult the authority voluntarily supplied water to area fann­ers at considerable expanse 'The second suspected cause of the water drop. Mr. McCor­dic explained, is a drainage ditch dug south of the lake. He said ft is about seven feet deep and cuts into a gravel bed.Because the lake is situated on high land, he says, and the land slopes to the south, water is being drained south into the Thames River.W. E. Cooke, a Lakeside area resident for 26 years says he has never known the water level to drop so low.COUNTY NORMALOxford County agricultural representative Donald Taylor said today that water levels throughout the county have re­turned to normal after last year’s drought."At the moment.” he said, "the water situation is a lot brighter than it was last fall.”Mr. Taylor said most dug webs are full again and pas­ture growth is one week ahead of the same period in 1963,He said he had no reports of water problems m the Lake­side area this year, but he knew serious problems existed in 1963.Mr. Taylor warned that drought conditions could return if rainfall follows last year’s pattern.six inches in the last week.Lakeside is located about 20 miles northwest of Woodstock in East Nissouri Township.Grass is growing down the lake hanks which normally are covered with water, and piers and jettys stand awkwardly in the sand.50 SIGNEDThe petition, signed by about 50 persons, asks the UTRCA to investigate the cause of the water drop.Area residents have two theories about the vanishing water. They attribute it to: |1 — Diversion of water for Lhe Wildwood Dam under con­struction by the UTRCA five miles away. if ' a !2 — A drainage ditch built by the township to drain sur­rounding farm lands.Cecil McCordic, owner of an eight-acre park bordering Crys­tal Lake, said water levels, have dropped for the last three or four years, but the problem; has become acute in the last; two years.He said UTRCA has been pumping large quantities of water for the Wildwood Dam construction.TavistockSchool Part Of Perth SystemTAVISTOCK - The Tavis­tock school will be transferred August 1 of this year from the Oxford inspectorate to the Perth inspectorate. The Tavis­tock School Board was advised , of the impending change in a letter from W. G. Anderson, Oxford inspector.In part, the letter read. "That in the annual adjustment of areas for equalization of work load, effective August 1, Tavistock will be transferred to the inspectorate of Perth No. 1. R. G. Boyce. BA. M. Ed., Court House, Stratford.”Municipal Inequality NotProblem: Mayor DuttonMayor W.B. Dutton today took exception with a statement of Toronto Mayor Philip Givens that urban voters do not share equal voting rights with rural voters;Mayor Dutton was comment­ing in Woodstock on a statement made by Mr. Given yesterday during a luncheon address to de­legates al. the annual convention of the Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities be­ing held in Regina this year.One of the main roadblocks to solution of municipal problems is the lack of representation that municipal residents have in pro­vincial legislatures and t h e House of Commons, Mr. Given said.He told his audience it was an "outrageous disregard of the principle of equal voting rights’’ to allow rural dwellers a greater per capita represent ] ation in legislatures and Parti- meat I han urban dwellers."The current delay in facingup to this problem in the fed­eral Parliament is almost un­believable,” he said."I certainly don’t think this is true in Oxford County,” May­or Dutton said, or any other area where the municipalities work together and pay their way on a co-operative basis.”Cost sharing of expenses for the Oxford Health Unit, the Suburban Road Commission, Children’s Aid Society and the county homes for the aged, said the mayor are examples of co­operation between rural and ur-; ban representatives in Oxford County,Mayor Dutton said he is sure that federal and provincial gov­ernment representatives should have no problem in serving the, entire county.®fje director anit Sfaculig of tljeJlliUstan ®ntarin Agririilhiral Srijunl rexjuest tlje Ijonour of gour presence ai tlje (Srabuatinn ^xcrctscs to lie Ijvlb in the ^Eiticoiock ^htitlionWestern Ontario (Agricultural .School JLibgetotiin, Ontario©iwabag, Jfflag igtlf, 1964, at 3 p.m. JLS.®.anbOarbm Jhtrtg on tfje Cxrapu* ^Cafunat 4 p. m. Flag described in resolution appearing in Votes and Proceedings No. 70 for May 26, 1964.Nesbitt Wants Cheese StampOTTAWA (Special) — The post office should issue a stamp । to comm emorale the centennial of Cheddar cheese production in (Canada, Wallace Nesbitt, MP I for Oxford, said here this week.Mr. Nesbitt explained that the first commercial production of eheddar was started by Harvey Farrington near the village of Norwich in Oxford county. The year was 1864.The Oxford MP has placed a question on the order paper ask­ing if the post office department is considering issuing a stamp to commemorate the anniver­sary, but to date a reply had not been provided by postmaster general John R, Nicholson.PM DecidesSaluting The FlagTo Replace Red EnsignSpenser Hunter Leaves UsIt is not given to many indivi­duals to serve a firm continuously for 53 years and do it in the able manner Spenser Hunter did for The Sentinel-Review.His sudden death on Thursday has left those who were most close­ly associated with him very con­scious of their own personal loss and of the fact that he has left behind him a record that will be difficult to duplicate.Mr. Hunter’s experience on the newspaper was as versatile as it was faithful. He was rarely absent from his desk or his duties, and over the years demonstrated his ability to hold a wide range of positions with distinction.Among the more important ones were that of advertising man­ager, and later wire and city edi­tor. In more recent years he con­fined his efforts to activities that were consistent with his age and his strength.That his services to the newspa­per and the citizens of Woodstock and the surrounding country were appreciated is indicated in the fact that in 1962, after more than 15 years of covering Rotary Club ac­tivities, he was made an honorary member of the club and given a citation. Similarly when he had completed 50 years of service with The Sentinel-Review, the staff hon­ored him in 1959 by presenting him with a ring.These two instances are typical of the general esteem in which Mr. Hunter was held. His long associa­tion with the news and the people and things which made it, made him an invaluable source of In­formation of the days that have gone. This, and his quiet, pleasant personality, will be greatly missed. In the midst of our own sense of loss we extend our sincere sympa­thy to his wife and to his friends at this time. Oxford county’s past war­dens met in ounty Council chambers yesterday to electEX-WARDENS ELEC T NEW EXECUTIVEtheir executive for 1964-65. Tavistock, and new execu- Grant Sutherland of East Nis- Shown here, left to right, are tive members Thomas Fellow soun, president, and James past-deputy Robert Rudy of of Embro, first vice-president Hossack bf Embro, 2nd vice-' president. (Staff Photo)Woodstock Seeks Help of CountyJOHN C. BLAIREMBRO - Mr, John C, Blair, Embro, died in Woodstock Gen eral Hospital yesterday. He was 62,Born in West Zorra. Mr. Blair was a son of the late I Mr. and Mrs. Robert Blair, al­so of West Zorra. He farmed in West Zorra until 1950 and since then until bis retirement in 1962 he was deputy registrar at the registry office of Oxford county.He moved to Embro in 1952. He was a member of Knox, United Church, Embro, and had served on the West Zorra coun­cil, and was secretary and trus­tee of Baynes school board for a number of years.He is survived by: his wife, the former Margeret I. Green; three daughters, Mrs. Donald KMadelene) Kirkby, of Toron­to; Mrs. Alan (Louise) Har­ley of Belmont; Mrs. Donald (Margaret) Smith of Ottawa; I four sons: Willis of Toronto; ; Robert D. of West Zorra: John , H., of Brantford; and Donald, M. of London; three sisters: Mrs. Arthur (Margery) Schnie- der of Frazer, Michigan; Blanche and Florence of Tor-, onto; and 11 grandchildren. IThe body is resting at the1 R. W. Johnson Funeral Home, | in Embro, Service will be held Monday, June 15, at 2 p.m., Rev. H, C. Benson of Knox United Church in Embro offi­ciating. Interment will be in j North Embro cemetery.In Finding Quarters for MuseumDR. HOWARD BURGESS ATKINSONGuy Marston’s Record of ServiceEx-Warden Of Oxford County, Active MasonHAVING COMPLETED 50 years as County Engineer of Norfolk County and nearly a half century as County Roads Superintendent of this count}'. Guy R. Marston has now officially re­tired from both positions, although he will re­main available as a consultant.Now approaching his 85th birthday, Gdy .Marston has established a record of service to Norfolk County which must be unique among all county officials in Ontario. Certainly upon his retirement he has the longest record of ser­vice of any county engineer in the province, having been appointed in December, 1913. Like­wise he would be the oldest county roads super­intendent in Ontario, having accepted that office in 1917.Actually Guy Marston is the only county roads superintendent that Norfolk has had. He was the first appointee to that office when it was created in 1917 and he has carried on ever since. To him is due a large share of the credit for developing the fine network of county roads which Norfolk now possesses. Prom a small nu­cleus, Mr. Marston built up a very efficient stall which now comprises 65 persons.Ender his direction the county acquired a large volume of road-building machinery which is now a very valuable asset. From an original bndg« t of $13,(XX) in the first year, the expendi­ture on Norfolk’s county roads system now rims about one million dollars a year. Under Mr. Mar­ston’s able direction, the system has expanded to comprise 220 miles, practically all of which has black top or pavement. In addition, the townships have some 200 miles of black (op, the highest percentage in any county in Ontario. Il is significant that as county roads supenntcii- dent, Mr. Marston has had supervisory dutiesconnected with township road construction and surfacing. As county engineer, he was rcspon-1 sible for all bridge and culvert construction in the county. At one lime or another, too, he ser­ved as engineer for every township and village in tin* county.ft is truly a wonderful record of service which Mr. Marston has given to Norfolk County. IBs contribution to Norfolk must rank with the outstanding records of public service by any county official in Norfolk’s history. The excellent network of county roads now enjoyed by motor­ists of this district will long stand as a monument to the career of Guy R. Marston.Apart from this record, Guv Marston is a lifelong contributor to the good roads movement not only in Ontario hut across the Dominion ol Canada. Past President of the Ontario Good Roads Association, he has (he unique record ol never having missed a convention of that as­sociation in the past half century. He has also attended the vast majority of conventions of the Canadian Good Roads Association, in which he has long been active.hi Simcoe, Guy Marston has been a public- spirited citizen, who gave loyal and valued ser­vice to education, welfare and service club work lor many years. Above all, he made a host of friends in town and county by virtue of his gen­ial personality, his sterling character and his willingness to be of service. All will join with The Reformer in extending lo him best wishes for many years of richly-earned retirement.To his successor, William ('. McDowell, who as assistant Io Mr. Marston lor several years has rendered important service lo lhe county, vw join in extending congratulations and wishing; every success in his new capacity as Comity En­gineer and County Hoads SiiperintemlentDr. Howard Burgess Atkinson, I Surving are one brother John an ex-warden of Oxford County, I of TampS, Florida, and^ne S and a resident of Thamesford ter, Mrs. Mary Horn of To- smee 1944, died in St. Mary’s ronto.Hospital, London, Saturday. The funeral service will beMr. Atkinson, who was ex- held at the A. B. Arn and Son tremely active in the Masonic funeral residence, Norwich, to-' and Star Oddfellows lodges, morrow at 2.00 p.m. Interment' had resided in Embro before will he in Norwich Cemetery. 1 coming to Thamesford. mww n« «i r -MRS. ALICE BLAKE ’ IMrs. Alice Blake died todav; at her family residence in Beachville. She was the wife of Ernest Blake.He was predeceased by his wife, the former Annie Ruther­ford, in 1948, and a daughter, Jean, in 1944. He is survived by two sons, Dr. Anson of Norwood, and Raymond of Toronto; one ui uie iaie Mrsister, Mrs. Arthur (Gertie) and Mrs. Samuel Carter. She Kennedy, of Unionville; and two *9. Canada 36 years ago, brothers Dr. Edgar Atkinson, ; —:—t wof Thamesford, and Elmer At- .£“• She nad uved in Beach- kinson, of Aylmer; three grand- V1 p fnr ’*** 14 children, and one great-grand­child.Born in England, Mrs. Blake was a C .ughter of the late Mr.moved to Canada 36 years ago, settling first in Springfield, On-ville for the last 14 years.She was a member of the Church of England.Surviving are her husband- four daughters: Miss Olive Blake of Beachville: Mrs. Phyl- iss Marr of Ingersoll, Mrs — „„ « ?,uby 01 Beachville and Thistle Masonic JJrs. Kathleen Howgego, of ___Woodstock; three sisters and In addition, he was a past one brother, all in England; ten noble grand of the Star Odd- grandchildren, and four great­fellows Lodge, Embro, and a grandchildren.member of the Thamesford «*Vner?1 8«rvice will be held Oddfellows lodge. He was a Wednesday at the F. E. RoweU member of Westminster United funeral home at 2.00 p.m. Rev, ’ - R. H. Beatty of All SaintsA past District deputy of Wil­son Masonic District, Mr. At­kinson was also a member ofKing Solomon Masonic Lodge, Thamesford, and was a pastmaster of 7" "Lodge, Embrp.।Church, Thamesford. L- ----■* -- — —I The King Solomon Masonic Anglican Church will officiate. (Lodge No. 394, Thamesford, Interment will be in Hillview conducted a memorial service I cemetery, last night, and burial was held today from the William Carro-thers funeral home, Thames­ford, with Reverend Robert Brawn of Westminister church officiating.Interment was in the North Embro cemetery.ELLA BEATRICE COHOEElla Beatrice Cohoe, 72, died yesterday in St. Thomas Hos­pital following a lengthy illness.Miss Cohoe was born in North Norwich Township, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Cohoe. She was a life-long resi dent of the district, Need For Inspector For County UrgedWHEN OXFORD county ex- warden Robert Rudy brought a maple leaf flag into the county council chamber dur­ing yesterday’s session, mem­bers' soon jokingly branded him a separatist. But Mr. Rudy, who took the flag with him after the meeting, urged councilors to support it in the name of Canadian unity and1 progress. (Staff Photo)Appointment of a construc­tion inspector, made manda­tory under a provincial act al­most Iwo years ago, will be re- j viewed by county council this । session.i James McNair, chief officer of the construction safety branch of the provincial de­partment of labor, told council it has been lucky to escape a construction fatality in the past two years without an inspector, but ‘‘time may be running out.’*He said the act is “having some measure of success” in reducing accidents but will not be effective until all munici­palities participate.At the present time 19 coun­ties have appointed inspectors and 19 have declined to com­ply-Oxford Firemen Ask I Standard $100 Fee For Vehicle FiresFree Press Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK — Oxford County council has been asked| to approve a county-wide charge of .$100 by fire departments called to car and truck fires.In a letter from the Oxford County Fire Departments As­sociation, council support was sought for a minimum .$100 rate for the first hour a department has to spend fighting a vehicle fire.The association is also sug­gesting a charge of $50 an hour for each succeeding hour or part hour.The minimum charge would be for one hour._______ IA Resolution from Peter­borough County asking the pro-! vineial government to assume! all costs of secondary school' teachers' salaries;A London resdlutionj asking that the provincial gov-, emment assume administra­tion of justice costs.Mr. McNair said the figures are deceptive because the areas now working under the act have high population densities and are responsible for 98 per cent of the provinces’ building.RURAL HAZARDSHe said he does not sub­scribe to the notion that there are no construction hazards in rural municipalities.Under terms of the safety act farm buildings are exempt. In previous session council mem­bers have claimed that there are not enough non-agricultural buildings erected in the county each year to require a safety inspector.Mr. McNair told council he estimated a full time inspector would cost about $7,000 a year.He suggested the man should (have a broad background in th* construction field.If the county can prove, he said, the amount of construc­tion in the area doesn’t war­rant a full time inspector the department would be willing lo consider an appointment on a temporary basis.APPOINT COMMITTEESThree special committees were appointed by the council today.A public school consultative committee was formed to re­port lo council on:(a) the desirability of estab­lishing or enlarging county school areas comprising two or more municipalities;(b) any other matter affecting public school education in the county.The committee’s recommen­dations are not binding.For the first time the county has a personnel committee to consider employees wages and benefits.The third committee will handle details of a county cen­tennial project if any of the municipalities decide to parti­cipate in a joint expenditure.In a late session yesterday the council received a request from the Oxford County Fire Department Association to im­pose a county-wide fee of $100 by fire departments called to highway car and truck fires.The request is being consid­ered along with a number erf other requests and resolution by committees.Council SessionNears EndThe Oxford County Council ends its three-day June session Uns afternoon with an open meeting that may decide among other things, to endorse the Red Ensign as Canada's! national flag.The Red Ensign question is among a number of resolutions submitted to the council by other municipalities to be dis­cussed this afternoon. It was initiated by the Wellington coun­ty council.This afternoon’s council meet­ing will also pass by-laws and approve a total of $61,475,985 in equalization payments from the municipalities comprising the county.Yesterday afternoon the coun­cil vis Red the county road sheds and took a special tour of the Oxford County Home. Run by only a am ail committee of the council, the Oxford County Home is not usually seen by most members of the council, and yesterday’s tour was the first visit for some of them.. This morning the council met in its various committees to prepare resolutions for this af- ternoon’a final meeting.Two Flags Over Chair, Ensign OutFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK — OxfordCounty council, meeting und­er a maple leaf flag and a Un­ion Jack, decided yesterday there was no use in support­ing a Wellington County reso­lution to retain the Red En­sign as the national flag.A small maple leaf flag ap­peared in a socket which ord- inariy holds one of two Union Jacks over the warden’s chair when council was out , for lunch.It stayed until council went into committees.When council returned to the chambers the maple leaf flag was <1 raped over a photo of former warden Robert Rudy, of Tavistock, with a large sign under­neath that said “separat­ist.”Mr. Rudy, now clerk-trea­surer of Tavistock, was wel­comed to the session by grinning Warden William M. Sutherland of West Zorra.Mr. Rudy was seen retriev­ing the flag after council ad­journed.Association secretary Keo Likins, of Woodstock, said many departments do not charge for .vehicle fires on highways. Others do and have difficulty collecting.He said rates among the 17 fire departments in Oxford vary according to the. munici­pality controlling the depart­ment. He said the city makes no charge for vehicle fires in the city. ’Mr. Likins said the depart­ment of highways has refused to take any action on compen­sation of departments who re­spond to vehicle fires on high­ways.The request is being consid­ered along with a number of other requests and resolutions. Recommendations will be brought before council tomor­row for action.Among other matters being .considered are:A three-day deer hunting season tor Oxford County pro­posed by the department of lands and forests;A coroner's jury recorn | mendalion that a curve on County Road 7, one mile south of Governor's Road be cor-, reeled;A Wellington County reso­lution .supporting the Red En sign as a national flag;Peel County's resolution asking the provincial govern ,ment to prevent frivolous or '‘'tactical” annexation applies lions end that munlclpallttes making applications that are tin successful be required to pay costa Incurred by other niunlc ipalltie * itffeclrd;Oxford Again Urged To Name InspectorFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK—Oxford Coun­ty council has again been asked by the department of labor to appoint a construction safety inspector as required by provin­cial legislation.James McNair, London, engi­neer and chief officer of the construction safety branch nf the Ontario department of labor appealed to councilors yesterday to make the appointment. He has appeared before council in the past with the same request.Mr. McNair said the act has been in force for almost two years. The act requires ap­pointment of an inspector, but provides no penalty for fail­ure to do so.He wnid in reply to a coun­cilor's question that he would be satisfied with a part - time Inspector as long ns the inspec­tor could cover all construction In the county.Construction safety inspectorsH have been appointed by 19 of ,ir, Ontario counties.Council will announce its de­cision nn the request today.Establishment of three new council committees whs nn- housed during yesterday’s sea-1 slon. They are a public school' consultative committee, a per- aonnel committee, and h cen- hnnial committee.The public school consultative committee will meet to discuss school centralization and school district problems with school authorities and make recom­mendations to county council on any legislation necessary.The personnel committee will handle personnel relations with the majority of county staff rather than leaving the staff relations to a number nf com­mittees.The centennial committee will deal with a 1967 centennial proj-lect if thr county approves one.Second reading was given to a bylaw prohibiting obstruction of ditches or culverts on mad allowances along county roads. The penalty given In the bylaw is a fine of not less than $50 and not more than $300.The bylaw would prevent de­velopers or anyone else from putting a lane across a ditch on a county mad without providing for clear flow of water. Pittock DamBid ApprovedBy OttawaCounty Opposes Annexation BidThe Oxford county council look steps yesterday to oppose an application by the town of Ingersoll to annex part of West Oxford Township.The council authorized its so­licitors, MacDougall and Carn- wath, to prepare a brief for the Ontario Municipal Board op­posing the Ingersoll applica­tion. The town wants to annex more than 600 acres of town­ship land., The Municipal Board is ex­peeled to hold a hearing on the Ingersoll request this autumn. County council’B brief will be presented then.Yesterday’s move by the coun­cil came immediately after ap­proval of a Peel county resolu­tion calling for ways to stop municipalities applying to the Municipal Board to annex parts of other municipalities “for frivolous or merely tactical reasons."The Peel resolution was the only one of eight resolutionsi &' s * - — -W*"-** «*r***r^'7^4^? o -fThrough the mutual aid sys­tem of fire protection, the en­tire county of Oxford is as­sured of coverage by one of the 17 fire-fighting units in the county. The units are loca­ted at strategic points in all townships. The following is the key to Ihe location of the units on the above map of the county.1) Plattsville2) Bright3) Drumbo4) Princeton5) Innerkip6) Hickson7) Embro8) Thamesford9) Ingersoll10) Brownsville11) Tillsonburg12) Otterville13) Norwich14) Burgessville15) Beachville16) Tavistock17) Woodstock16th Annual Plattsvillefrom other municipalities that the Oxford council supported at yesterday's meeting,NO SUPPORTThe council ended its three- day session with a decision tn avoid officially supporting the Red Ensign as Canada’s Na­tional flag.Members voted unanimously to accept the recommendation of its Printing and Resolutions Committee to keep out of the flag dispute since “action now would be of no avail.” Harold Arthur, chairman of the Reso­lutions Committee and reeve of South Norwich Township, said the committee felt it was too late now to save the Red En­sign.Mr. Arthur told The Sentinel- Review: “You bet your life we were in favor of the Red En­sign; but almost the whole committee thought it was no use now.”Council had been asked by Wellington county counc'i to support a Wellington resolution, calling on the federal govern­ment to adopt the Red Ensign as the national flag of Canada.At yesterday’s closing meet­ing of the three-day session, the council passed a by-law to pre­vent people obstructing ditches or culverts on county road al­lowances. The move followed complaints that people building new houses in rural areas often fill in ditches which are the only drainage facilities, when they build drive-ways.The by-law preventing ob­struction of ditches and cul­verts provided a penalty of $50 to $100 for each offence.EQUALIZE ASSESSMENTAlso passed at yesterday'* council meeting was a by-law establishing assessment, equali­zation for this year. This is the basis on which the county’s 11 townships, one town, and four villages will be assessed for payments to the county in 1965.Without direct taxation on county residents, the county gets its money from the pay­ments of the townships, town and villages. West Oxford’s share for 1965 was set yester­day at more than three mil­lion dollars, or almost five per­cent of the $61,475,985 total. If the township were to lose part of its land to Ingersoll, this ■rate would have to be reduced.Approving a report by its Roads Committee yesterday, the council decided to set up a special committee to conduct a Needs Study of county roads. The last such study was mada in 1957.The seven - man com mil toe will hire a consulting engineer to help make a long-range study of the county road system, look­ing for places where expan­sions, improvements, or changes will be necessary in the next few years.Yesterday’s meeting also:—Decided to do nothing about the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests' suggestion that a three-day open season on deer be held this fall — un less all adjacent counties par­ticipate;—■Heard that the Department of Highways has approved plans for a bridge at ContesHorse Show “Greatest Yet”sion 12 on Road 17, and tenders would be called early in July;—Heard that work on $273,804 Pultown Bridge tween Brant county andthat fortheford's Blenheim progressing well finished soon;—Heard that would be spentTownshipOx- waland would beabout $14.0M on new roadsigns for the county, including ''fingerboard signs showing 141 directions and mileages."—Heard the Ontario Depart­ment of Highways is consider­ing improving a corner on Coun­ty Road 7 near Governor's Road after an Ingersoll coro­ner's jury blamed the corner m the death of Gary Earl Dynes, whose car ran off the road last autumn—Decided to expel the pro­vince-appointed school inspect tor from his county building of­fice in order to make room for [expanded probation office* Arm Caught in MachineNorth Oxford Reeve HurtI r»*e I'rvxs Wiwdstock RuiViiuINGERSOLL Henry Fin-1 Jayson. of RR 2, Ingersoll, reeve cf North Oxford Township, had. his right arm fractured in thiw places when h was caught in the' rollers of a hay baling machine! Saturday.Mr Finlayson. 36. was rop:iir-| Ing the machine rm a farm he; operates with his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrt, Murray Clifford, on Concession 1 North Oxford, when the ncci-' dent occurred.Officials at Woodstock Gen-1 era I Hospital last night refused to release any information of Mr, Finlayson's condition. Rut his daughter, Mrs. Clifford, said he was in satisfactory con-! di t.i on.Mr. Finlayson also suffered superficial head Injuries when he lost his balance and fell against the hay baler, his daughter said.Mrs. Clifford said her father Was tightening bolts on the ma­chine when he lost his balance and caught his arm in the two. slowly-revolving rubber-covered metal rollers.Mr. Finlayson's screams at­tracted his grandson. Robert. 15, working nearby, who shut off the machine. Mrs. Clifford said it took six neighbors as well as herself and her son 20 min­ute® to free Mr. Finlayson.He was taken to Woodstock General Hospital by Woodstock Ambulance Sendee..Mrs. Clifford said the machine had not been running properly all week, and she and her son Robert had done the same type of adjustment that Mr. Finlay­son was doing when he was Injured.TENDER CALLCity of Woodstock. Ont.BETHANY EV. LUTHERAN CHURCHSealed tenders (stipulated sum contract) wilt be receiv­ed by the undersigned, deliv­ered by mail or hand, until 4 o'clock p.m., Wednesday, July 15. 1964. to the office of Kruschen and Dailey, Archi­tect and Engineer, Waterloo Square Building, Waterloo, Ontario, telephone 745-2521.Plans and specifications are now available to general con­tractors only and may be ob­tained from the above ad­dress. Deposit of $50 certi­fied cheque, payable to the undersigned is requested for plans and specifications. Same will be returned when plans and specifications are • returned in good condition.A 100% performance bond I will be requested. Lowest or 1 any tender not necessarily i accepted.KRUSCHEN and DAILEY, II Architect and Engineer, . Waterloo Square Building, ’ Waterloo. Ont..TELEPHONE 7.15-2521MR. WM. SUTHERLAND Warden of OxfordRED CROSS WATER SAFETY WEEK JUNE 7th to JUNE 13tbThe pleaauren of summer are too often marred by water accidents and drownlngM. I, therefore, com­mend the Red Crosw Society for It* educations campaign and do urge all citizen* to become famil­iar with fJieae Water Safety Rules. Ob'diencc to these rules can eave lives.MR. WM. SUTHERLAND.Warden of OxfordBoat Safety Rule*THE CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY Court House, Phone 539-9284Water Safety Rules1. Always swim with *1 least two other people, never alone.2. Never swim after dark.8. Know your swimming area. There may be un­derwater dangers.4. It you want to swim a long distance, follow the shore line and always he accompanied by a boat,5. Wait two hours after eat­ing before going in the waler.S. All non-swimmers must wear life-jackets when playing in or around the water.7, Boating Is fun, but all non-swimmers must wear life jackets.8. Sit still in the centre of your boat. If you want to change places go to shore.9. If your boat capsizes. HANG ON even if yon are only a short distance from shore.JU). Learn the reaching as­sists and some day you may save a life.L In lhe ease of an upset— HANG ON —• never iea« the boat.2. Don't overload your boat.3. Keep your boat away from swimmers.4. Don't stand nr play the fool in a boat.5. Know control and cor­rect operation of your eraft.8. Non - swimmer* should always wear life jack­ets.t. Never change seating po­sitions in a small craft.8. Know the areas in which you are boating.9. Watch where you are going and beware "f strong currents.10. If boating st night — Know your "Bules of the Road” — navigation­al lights and right of way.DOCTOR, DON'T YOU NEEDLE ME *Over fifty pre-school chil- ■ the Masonic Hall Dr 0 C dren and infants received Powers, and Muriel Chariton tlieir immunization shots, for of the Oxford Health Unit diphtheria, whooping cough, along with three others aaS tetanus and noho this week ated in the immunization. In photo at left, six-year - old Mary, daughter of Mr. and Airs. James Bakelaar, of RR 3, Ingersoll, says, "it's not so had getting your shots." while five-month old Thom my, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andy Van Dyk, Ingersoll, has a different opinion, as the expression on his face well shows. (Staff Photos by A) Graham) as Centennial ProjectsArea Communities Favor LibrariesThe people of ThRmesviltc niay look back on 1967 as the year they flxvd their clock.Major renovations Io the Venerable timepiece, a guide to Highway 2 travellers for years, are proposed ,us Thames- villr's way of celebrating the 100th anniversary of Can nd inn confederRtioM.Clock-fixing may not fill the heart with patriotic pride, but current, indications are i that few Western Ontario j municipalities will come up with a project that will.National planners of Can­ada's biggest birthday party are not unaware of the tendenci- of many municipal­ities across the country to view federal-provincial centen­nial grants as windfallsIn Uaj. John Fisher, the long-time booster of Canada u ho heads the national cen- tennial commission, said:"Too many communities are not being very im­aginative in their intended use of centennial fundA The eentenar.v should Im> cele­brated with lots of fun, fire­works and ecremonliil."rt'<p<’s.i Is to extend water/ works systems, hr complained, "take .the frosting off the cMilbhnial birthday cake."“Too many communities are thinking of holding the tax rule by centennial grants." Mr. Fisher charged. "Too many municipalities see these grants as an opportunity to build essential services. . . they will he missing the spirit of I he centennial."A London Free Press survey in Western Ontario showed more communities a lie con­templating library projects than anything else. Some want to build new libraries. Others are considering enlarging old ones.Recreation developments run second in the project popularity parade, followed by plans to build or renovate community halls or munici­pal offices,Simcoe hna come up with one of l he most Internal irig proposals to build n pioneer village at Back house Mill, a IBO-yeur old landmark near Port I town n.But so far. only Simcoe, Port Rowan mid South Wnl- Mingham Township have in­dicated conditional support for "Canada West”, the name proponents have given the proposed development.Four other Norfolk County communities were already making their own centennial plans when the pioneer village was suggested. Delhi, the seventh municipality in Ont­ario to submit its project for approval, will develop a park along Big Creek. Port Dover wants to build a library. Wat­erford has settled upon a park project and North Walsing­ham Township is considering a community centre.Three, Elgin County muni- edpalHIcR, Rodney, West lairtie and Aldhormigh Town­ship. uro combining forces to develop the New Glasgow park a* their centennial project.The communities plan Io spend nhout $16,000, or $3 per capita, in the co-operative effort to develop the she.The plans, being drawn up by Aidborough Clerk-Treas­urer Charles I, Black, will in­clude trailer camps, booths and parking facilities.St. Thomas paid $35,000 for a downtown property and will spend $15,000 more to develop it as a small park. The city will also spend $3,200 for printing a historical book.Aylmer’s centennial project will be the construction of a bathhouse for the municipal swimming pool on Myrtle Street.London's centennial com­mittee has asked city coun­cil to approve a civic aud­itorium and square on Well­ington Street, opposite Vic­toria Park.A public campaign Is pro­posed to help raise the esti­mated $1,500,000 tn ©,000.000 required for the London pro­ject. Almost $600,000 is avail­able from matching federal, provincial and municipal $1- per-capita contributions.In Perth County, Milverton and Mitchell are building new fireballs to serve their muni­cipalities and surrounding townships. Stratford has no definite plan?..New Hamburg is reviewing possible projects, including a fountain in a park area and landscaping.In Kent County, several municipalities have agreed to turn their centennial grants over to the county to finance a new library on Grand Avenue West in Chatham. Bids on the job have been called.। Chatham's city council, I which was hacking a nwlibrary until ratepayers re­jected a 100 per cent dehen- - lure issue for the project ina vote last De timber, is now [ mulling over proposals to build a bandshell nr a skat­ing rink.Raleigh Township is sche­duled this month to approve a historically-centred project at North Buxton, involving a bandshell, museum and park improvements. The project would emphasize the town­ship’s part in finding new homes for Negroes who escaped from slavery in the I United States.One of the costliest projects on the horizon for 1967 is a $600,000 theatre - type aud­itorium Sarnia hopes to build. It has been approved in prin­ciple, but some doubts about the financial feasibility of the I proposal have been raised.Lambton County has re­jected a proposal that the Fairbank mansion In Petrolia be purchased and developed as an adult-education centre. Only alternative idea ad­vanced so far is that a. book on the history of the county, be prepared.Grand Bend has tentatively decided to construct a 750- foot asphalt promenade along the beach at the Lake Huron resort. The promen­ade would be known as "Centennial Walk,”Wyoming is toying with the idea of erecting centennial gates or pillars at the north and south limits of the village on Highway 21.A $14,000 addition to the Bruce County Library Co­operative in Port Elgin has been approved as the county’s project. Room will be provided for storing county archives.Walkerton will establish a park along Silver Creek.Goderichi council had intended to develop a park but en­countered so much resista nee from citizens over the cost that it dropped the plan.Every county has com­munities that haven’t even started seriously thinking about a project. Oxford county appears to be in the worst shape in this respect.Oxford County Council, at its last session, decided it would apply for any centen­nial grants not used by other county communities, then decide on a project.But a spokesman for the county clerk’s office says that so far, none of the municipal­ities in Oxford have notified the county about any centen­nial project action.Woodstock has three pos­sibilities in mind — a swim­ming pool for Southside Park, a, library addition or a com­bination art gallery', museum and park at the site of the proposed Pittock Dam.The centennial I* three years away. But national planners 'have, since last year, been issuing warnings that municipalities must make baste.Iva.4t month, the provincial government appointed 10 field representatives whose official job is to "co-ordinate ths federal - provincial - municipal grants program.”Travel and Publicity Min­ister James Auld put it morn succintly. Their job, he said, would be to "cut red tapa and substantially speed the work of the municipalities.’'The province coupled these appointments with the exten-| sion of the original Aug. 1 deadline for approving centen­nial projects by three months.At the rate some rom-i munitip^ are going, they'll need every minute of it.Among those attending UWO reception for county officials were, from left, James Hayter, Huron; Wilbur Johnson, Middlesex warden; Vincent Moran,Lambton; W. C. P. Baldwin, chairman of municipal government committee; Dr. G. A. Wilson of the UWO, guest speaker.Urban Growth Said Threat to County Systeml In Homs area* of Canada the county Is a threatened level of government, Dr. G, A, Wilson, of the history deportment of Middlesex College, University ofWestern Ontario, told more than 150 representatives of county councils yesterday.were Attejfirilng an Humin) re-lease In Southwestern Ontario, ception spmiAOrsd by the Uni- where counties had grown out of verity of Western Ontario, the settlement pattern."The threat te from urban He added that only by exam- growth," Dr. Wilson sald/inlng historical records tn see "There 1a a gradual absorption Whhl had been secompllahod onA reception for the Helals by university Dr. Q. Edward Hall hers of the Board ofpresident, and mein-The officials, from Southwestern Ontario c'.eightof counties.’' I the county level In the pastIte sMoircd them, however, could councils hope to adapt tnth,.■ he didn't think this was theituture admlnlatiative needs. Ville House,nt Wolseley Bnrrncks, was fol­lowed by a return In the ITWO grounds and dinner at Borner Army Worms Hit Whole Of OxfordArmy worms were reported acre oat field on her husband’sdestroying crops in all parts of I farm.Oxford County this morning as' a plague the parasites continued ” , „ , . ,to sweep southwestern Ontario. Evidence of attacks on theOxford’s representative of the worms by nature itsdf was re-TWENTY-TWO PIPE BANDS GROUPED FOR MASS PARADE (STAFF PHOTO)Ontario Department of Agricul­ture. D. A. Taylor, said only the Embro area has failed to re­port army worms in its fields. He said the latest report from a Plattsville farm this morning described a field with more than 14 to the square foot. “That’s a real invasion.” he said.Mr. Taylor claimed many far­mers in the county probably have the parasites in their fields without even knowing it. He said the worms cannot be seen easily, and are only detected by the “hideous” sound of their chewing as they feed on cropsnviiuc uaiuiv uolu » v. ,ported today by Mr. Taylor. Heduring the quiet of evening and early morning hours.said tachina fly eggs have been found in worm-infested fields. The tachina fly lays its eggs right on the worms. When the eggs hatch, the worms are de­stroyed.When army worms last struck southern Ontario in 1954. farm­ers relied largely on the tachina fly to fight them. Today accord­ing to Mr. Taylor, equipment for spraying worm - infested fields is much more readilyi available than in 1954.Heavy invasions by the army worms have been reported in more than half a dozen o t h - r southwest Ontario counties.Highland Games DrawPacked Crowd Of 8,000Soaring temperatures had little effect on' the 28th Annual Zorra Caledonia Society High­land Games in Embro yester­day as an estimated 8,000 per-The agriculture department;hit ar® representative said the worms Lambton, Middlesex, Kent and are still on the increase in the “ranL Perth also reports inva- county. “They're becoming slon the larvae, more widespread all the time,”sons overflowed park.Clansmen from ada and parts of States gathered in to perpetuate athe villageacross Can- the United the village.. . 129-year-oldtradition. On that date long ago 300 members of Ontario’s Scot-he said.The army worm is the larva stage of a moth that feeds on grassy or leafy crops. It nor­mally lasts about two weeks, but can wipe out a field of corn in days.A first attack on the worms, made Thursday night at Bur- gessville, was reported success­ful this morning. The attack was made by airplane with a spray of a poison called Sevin.Mrs. Fred Griffin of Burgess- ville said this morning the spray seemed to have wiped out the worms which had attacked a 25-attle Of WormsSaid On DeclineIn Oxford CountyReports of army worms in Ox­ford County were on the decline today for the first time this week.Oxford agricultural represen­tative D. A. Taylor said this morning fewer farmers are calling his office to report find­ing the army worms in their fields. “There have been consid­erably fewer calls in, the last 24 hours,” Mr. Taylor said.Though he claimed much damage was still probably being done by army worm in the county, the agricultural repre­sentative said: “I have a per­sonal feeling that the worst is over.”LIFE SPAN SHORTThree causes account for the decline of the worms in Oxford County. First, their normal life span is only about two weeks. The infestation reports here are well into their second week now.Second cause of army worm decline is their natural enemy, the tachina fly. The tachina flyJays its eggs on the army worm, when Hu- eggs ) ' ' "evidence of the tachina fly’s i presence in the county.Spraying is also helping to turn the tide of the army worm invasion, according to Mr. Tay­lor. Many farmers are spraying their crops with poisons — not­ably the poison spray Sevin — Iby airplane as well as farm machinery.AERIAL SPRAYThe Tillsonburg crop dusting firm of Hicks and Lawrence re­ported today it has had many orders from Oxford County far­mers tihis week to spray worm- infested crops.Areas with most spraying ac­tivity have been Curries, Bur- gessville, and Norwich districts. Plan,cs have also dropped poison in Dereham, East Oxford, West Oxford, and North Norwich Townships.Reports of the army worms’ defeat in Oxford correspond to reports from across southwest­ern and eastern Ontario, where the worms have been infesting crops for more than a week.First to report the worms’ re-... hatch the j treat was Essex County, whore worm is destroyed. Mr. Taylor: the tide was turned early this said today there is increased wookCrop Damage May Reach 20-30% But Worst Overtish community gathered in Embro for the first time.Although the games trace its origin back 100 years there have been gaps in the cele­brations and it is only since 1938 the event has been organized as an annual affair.Yesterday despite the 90-de- gree temperatures over 1,000 competitors, and many of the spectators, took advantage of Canada’s 97th birthday to don heavy woollen kilts and knee high stockings.Skirling pipes, dancing feet and multi-colored tartans were everywhere in Matheson Park. | Ringing the competition area a I group of Toronto vendors pitch­ed tents and sold a variety of Scottish goods.The organized program be­gan at 9 a.m. and ran into the early evening.RECORD ENTRIESThe games this year attracted 93 entries in the piping and 235 entries in the dancing competi­tions.Three stages decorated with red, while and blue bunting were used simultaneously for dancing competitions. Individu­al piping contests were held in neighboring memorial park.Highlight of yesterday’s games were the performances by the massed bands, under the direction of Drum Maj. Donald Fletcher of the 48th Highlanders of Toronto.A single row of 22 hands stretched across the field in front of the grandstand.Among the visiting bands were: the Gordon Pipers of Indianapolis; Chrysler High­landers of Detroit; and the 48th Highlanders of Toronto.An official opening ceremony j was held at 1.30 p.m. Robert Graham and Ian Me Robbie, both of Woodstock, led in the singing The Queen and O Can ada. Mr. Graham also sang asolo.A. C. MacKinnon, president of the Zorra Caledonian Society welcomed competitors and visi­tors. He asked “that we all remember we are Canadians.” LARGEST CROWDOxford County warden W. M. Sutherland said Embro attracts the largest crowd in the county each year by the highland games. He welcomed visitors and invited them to tour the area during their stay.A rare exhibition of Scottishballroom dancing was provided by the Y-Belles of WoodstockBand competitions and field events took up the remainder of the afternoon program.Field events have been cut back sharply in recent years but a tug-of-war match between the South Easthope and Ben­nington Junior Farmers drew a large and enthusiastic crowd.The Bennington contestants emerged hot and dusty, but vic­torious.Name 5-County Field Worker For CentennialTORONTO — James Auld, Minister of Tom-ism and Infor­mation, today announced the appointment of Lt. - Col Mu r- ray MacDonald of Toronto as a centennial field representative for Oxford, Perth, Essex, Mid­dlesex and Lambton Counties.Mr. Auld is chairman of the cabinet centennial committee.Col. MacDonald retired from the Canadian Army earlier this । year and joined the sales staff of a Toronto automobile firm.The field workers will provide a liaison between the province and municipalities in centennial projects financed under the matching grants system.This system provides for a $1 per capita grant from both the federal and provincial govern­ments to match the total funds put up by a municipality or group of municipalities for ap­proved centennial projects"We hope that the field work­ers will be able to eliminate much of the red tape concern­ing negotiations between thethree levels of government,” Mr. Auld said. Suggestion To Centralize Jails Meets Little FavorRoads Association JubileeWhen Ontario reforms minis­ter Allan Grossman proposed a program early this week to get rid of what he called the "Black Hole of Calcutta" city and coun­ty jails in Ontario. — officials in Oxford county at least heard him with a definite lack of fiery enthusiasm.The minister called for new multi-municipality jails, paid for largely by provincial funds, that would include the best in; modern facilities for the care and reform of prisoners.In some of our present jails said the minister, -‘it is impos­sible to maintain the desirable: segregation so that the old and the young, the sophisticated and the unsophisticated, - the sick and the well, the pervert and the normal, the addict and the dan­gerous. can be adequately seg­regated and classified.”The minister also criticized, present jails for not supplying useful work for the prisoners., ‘•In consequence,’” he said, 'they spend a great deal of time in soul-destroying idle­ness."Mr Grossman said the new jails would l?e "positive, pur­poseful institutions”. They; would provide professional treatment personnel as part of; an overall therapeutic progam' to help each prisoner as an in-: dividual.What bothered Oxford offici­als about all this was not the proposed new facilities, nor the provincial funds, but rather, thefact that the new jail would be multi-county institutions.Leslie E. Force, reeve of Norwich and chairman of the Oxfora County Council’s Pro­perty Committee — the commit­tee that runs the Oxford jail — slammed the idea of a single jail to serve several counties."It just doesn't work out,” he told The Sentinel-Review.The main problem, according to Mr. Force, is the cost of transportation. Most of the pri­soners in county jails are neo- le awaiting trial on various charges in county courts. In Ox­ford, these trials may take place at one of two county courts •— at Wood-stock or at Tillsonburg.But the only county jail in Oxford is at Woodstock. This means people being tried in TiU- sonburg have to be transported back and forth between Tillson­burg and Woodstock. The trip could be made several times if the trial is adjourned or the de­cision appealed, or for other rea­sons.RISING COSTAccording to Mr. Force, the cost of this transportation is al­ready high in Oxford county. If one centralized jail had to serve courts in several counties, he said, the cost of transportation would be too great.Mr. Force suggested the cen­tralized jail could probably work if the judicial system were also centralized so that one I court: as well as one jail served the whole region.Like Mr. Force. Woodstock mayor William Dutton objected to tiie idea of centralized, multi-county jails. "I don't think lhe! regional system has proven it­self yet," he said.The mayor went on to agree with Mr. Force in approving the provincial minister's call for better facilities."I don't think regional opera­tion is a good idea, but I do think improved facilities are a good idea, and 1 do think more money from the province is a good idea," be said.$25,000 LOANOxford’s present jail was built in 1855. The cost of it is not known, but a document still in existence at the county building shows the county borrowed £5,- 000 at the time to help with the job. At the old value of five dollars to the pound, the loan would amount to $25,000 in 1855 dollar value,The jail has a capacity of 33 prisoners, and is usually far be­low that in the number of its in­mates. The average for last year was only fourteen.According to Oxford county clerk L. K. Coles, the idea of re­gional jails goes back to more than two years ago, when Middlesex county invited its neighboring counties to discuss the matter with Middlesex and tire city of London. At that time only Elgin county came out de­finitely in favor of the idea. Ox­ford representatives were non­committed.Today, Oxford officials would still like to be non-committed. “We have an open mind on it,” says county clerk L. K. Coles.“We might be interested in the future,” says councillor Force.Although th* Canadian Good Roads Association will not meet until the fall to mark its 50th an­niversary, it has released a most timely booklet which ties in most significantly with the season of the year when our great network of good roads is at Its maximum use.According to the latest Canada Year Book, whose figures are based largely on the 1961 census, there were at the end of 1960, 421,- 443 miles of highway and rural roads in Canada—more than half of them with hard surface.It is this impressive situation that has given a great boost to the development of the automotive business — both the manufacture of cars for pleasure and vehicles for the transportation of goods. They, in turn, have done much to develop the Canadian economy — making tourism almost the top money maker for this country.This is a far cry to the days of 50 years ago when the first Cana­dian and International Good Roads Congress was held in Montreal to begin the long struggle for im­proving the state of Canadian roads.Even before that time, Ontario interests were taking an active part in advocating and working for better roads. Seventy years ago the Ontario Good Roads Associa­tion was organized, and its first president was Andrew Pattullo, a former publisher of The Wood- stock Sentinel-Review.By the spring of 1914, whenthe Canadian organization met in Montreal, delegates were told that $60 million was being spent on roads across Canada. We wonder how those pioneers, who were told that this was "a considerable sum,” would react today when they learned that in 1960, more than §630,920,000 was being spent on new roads alone in Canada and that the trans-Canada highway, which was a dream in 1914, has now been completed.While considerable progress of an initial nature was done in the years between the two great wars, most of what has been accomplish­ed has been in the years since 1950 when the Canadian Good Roads Association was reorganized.In the time since then it has not only become an even more ef­fective force with governments and other groups in Canada, but it has links with similar groups in 60 nations- It has formulated na­tion-wide standards for traffic con­trol devices, has set up classifica­tion for geometric design standards for roads and streets, has awarded $119,000 in scholarships for post­graduate work in highway sci­ences, has promoted highway safety and prepared for research and other forward-looking activi­ties to keep our roads at maximum efficiency.This is the kind of effort that must be warmly commended and encouraged. It is a most fitting record with which to mark a jubi­lee occasion.Chemicals Make Quick End Of Army Worm MenaceAnglican Cleric Named To Aid Probation WorkWhile a deluge of reports of the army worm activity stead­ily flows into the Department of Agriculture office, Oxford farm­ers continue to wage chemical warfare against the destructive worms.The key man*made weapons being employed against the worms are the chemicals, Sevin and Malathion.Both chemicals have been described as effective against the army worm. Oxford County Agrk-ult u r a 1 representative, Donald Taylor said that the tox- icaliity of Malathion lasts a lit­tle longer than that of Sevin.Most of the chemicals are sprayed on the field by cropdusting from the air. The cost of crop dusting ranges from §4 | to $4.50 an acre.Mr. Taylor said the effect of the chemicals is “immediate.Because the army worm has had a lot of pub­licity,” he added, “farmers are watching their fields for the activity of the worms”. Most people are aware of the problem, he said, and are doing something about it.Mr. Taylor advises farmers to make a close visual inspect­ion of the density of the army worms. If they are less than six per square foot, and do not [increase, he said that spraying 'would be impractical.In Tillsonburg, the a e r i a l spray company of Hicks and Lawrence reported that several 1 Oxford County farmers have in- ' quired recently about having; i their crops sprayed, especially around Dereham Centre and Burford where the crops were reported to have been hard hit by the army worm menace.The Tillsonburg company sprayed 1,000 acres in Lambton county last week.As the worm invasion spreads southward several counties be­sides Oxford report accounts of worm invasion. Latest of these is Norfolk, Perth, Kent, Middle­sex and Brant.JACK GRIFFIN, RR 0. WOODSTOCK. SURVEYS HIS ARMY WORMS AT WORK CROP. (STAFF PHOTO)Rev. Thomas Griggs has been appointed by the Attorney-Gen-' eral’s Department to assist Ox­ford County Probation Officer C. A. Rawson.Mr. Griggs comes to W o o d- stock from Apsley, north of Peterborough, where he served Anglican parishes in that dis­trict for two years. Prior to this he was rector of the Church of the Comforter at Toronto for 10 years.He has spent 22 years in the Anglican ministry in Canada. Mr. Griggs received his degree I from Wycliffe College. Univer­sity of Toronto.The Griggs family is residing at 770 Wilton Crescent. Mrs. Griggs., a nurse, is the former Lois Morgan, of Ottawa. A son, Gerald, 20. is entering his third year of science at the Uni­versity of Toronto. Wendy, 16, will attend Huron Park Secon­dary School in the fall as a I Grade 11 student. Jennifer, the youngest child, is at home.Mr. Griggs has been issued a special permit from the Bishop of Huron allowing him to assist in any church in the diocese. He will spend most Sundays at New- St. Paul’s where he has been ap­pointed honorary assistant.His duties will include mar­riage counselling, juvenile and adult counselling, criminal in. vestigation and the preparation of pre-sentence reports.Magistrate R. G. Groom sent a letter to the Attorney-Gen eral’s Department requesting an increase in staff for OxfordREV. THOMAS GRIGGSCounty’s Probation Office, which formerly consisted of one probation officer, Mr. Raw- son, and a secretary. Magistrate Groom uses probation services frequently, particularly in the area of pre-sentence reportsMr, Rawson emphasised that the field of counselling young of­fenders was an important part of the work of his department, and that with the experience of Mr. Griggs in church youth work »e would be an invalu­able asset.“We feel that if a young of­fender can receive effective counselling early, we can per­haps prevent that young person from getting in trouble later in life," Mr. Rawson said.He slated that the majority of Mr, Griggs' time will likely be, spent on Family Court matters,Letters To The EditorCHURCH APPOINTMENT Sir:The announcement in The Sentinel - Review that Rev. Thomas Griggs, who has been appointed Oxford County Proba­tion Officer, had also been made honorary assistant to the rector of New St. Paul's Church, came as a distinct surprise and shock to the members of die congrega- ; tion. Not even the Church War­dens had been given any intima­tion of this appointment nor been consulted in this matter by Bishop Luxton.A month ago Rev. L. Dixon was named as assistant to Rev H. Parker, the rector, and it was understood that he would give special attention to Sun­day School and young people’s work.Rev. J. A. Davies, who had been assistant to the Rector (or the past two years, was told the Church did not require two as­sistants and was summarily dismissed. Rev, Mr. Davies was then appointed Assistant to Rev. G. C. Pearce at Old St. Paul’s. Incidentally, Mr. Davies is held in the highest esteem and deep ly loved not only by the mem­bers of New St. Paul's Church, but by the citizens of Woodstock generally.This letter is written to voice the regret of the great majority of the members of New St. Paul's Church over the sum­mary dismissal of Rev, Mr. Da­vies and the arbitrary action of the Bishop of Huron in this mat­ter.D, J. McClellan sg8coES-2 ASod-Turning For Da:•G abPS flaEnds 12-Year Struggle« ai «S C S qSS° B S j bC 3 „ . — woMrlrP to< « to b 3—- *Sto.E to to* £4 to ® !-■^3 O -> Oto— to toc g® 5-5^ E g— ti c < E to 8 o"SI< to ©W SSU c « oCU "C*-* Q _ T3 ,§«£?«E-cfl S W a —— « «-p «°«g o » w U o«o ©.« ©S osS n to t’5 •■= £ -o Eg o gSi- ru ej 3s 02a«4 “ 2 £-c <u e. o« 3g .& . « -1 © >. O ,' ass < 8 $>?.«6S.By TIMOTHY FOLEY Sentinel-Review Staff WriterSod-turning for the Gordon Pittock Dam today marks the end of a 12-year struggle to see the project through to a con­struction start.Although the idea of a Wood stock dam to control the Thames River is much older, the schemes official beginning was realized in a 1952 prelimi­nary engineering study.For the next nine years the proposed dam was a constant topic of debate, until its birth on paper occurred with the tabling of an engineering and cost study In 1961.This study, known by the pre­tentious title, "Flood Control and Water Conservation in the Drainage Basin of the Southern Branches of the Thames River,” was commissioned by an ag­ency with an equally imposing name. "The Upper Thames Ri­ver Conservation Authority.”To understand the history and true purpose of the Pittock] Dam one must know' at least a little of the UTRCA.VOLUNTARYIt is a voluntary organization composed of representatives of all municipalities in the water­shed surrounding the T h a m e s River. It was formed in the dy­ing years of the depression to deal with flooding problems along the northern reaches of the river.The UTRCA is not a branch of government, but it does work closely with the Department of| Energy and Resources Manage­ment. ' ।Possibly because of its ap­parent lack of responsibility to a single government body — lo­cal. provincial or federal — the UTRCA has received a good deal of criticism.The Woodstock dam is a good case in point. Ever since the project received senior govern-: ment approval in September 1962 it has seldom slipped from controversy or the pages of the newspaper.Among the issues attacked as arbitrary and unwise decisions were: relocation of the CPR to the river’s north bank, land ex­propriations for the dam site, construction of one high level dam rather than two low level dams, and cost sharing arrange­ments for participating munici­palities.By far the stormiest of these issues was the expropriation of1 properties by the Authority from 47 land-owners located between north Woodstock and Innerkip.REJECTED OFFERSAfter rejecting the Authority’s, initial purchase offers made this spring the majority of the land- owners organized and attempt­ed to deal collectively with the, UTRCA.To prevent an indefinite delay the law allows the Authority toacquire needed land and settle prices later.When the Authority set a July 1 occupancy date many per­sons criticized the action and the matter was brought up in the provincial house.Strained negotiations contin­ued and little head-way was made until the Authority agreed to re-appraise lands belonging to the dissenting property- owners.Even today, as the sod-turn­ing takes place, a number of land-owners are making plans to carry their fight before arbi­tration. However., the number of unsettled properties is steadily decreasing.TOTALS $4>QOO»0<>0The Gordon Pittock Dam, named after the present UTRCA chairman, who.is serving his 11th term, will cost almost $2,- 000.000 to construct and will form part of a larger conserva­tion scheme estimated to cost a total of $4,000,000.When the tender lor the dam was approved by the Authority June 25, Mr. Pittock said it Im expected a large portion of the $900,000 budgeted for the 1964 phase of building will be spent this year.Woodstock's share year costa is $106,000.The contract for theof firstdam in-eludes construction of a high level rolled-earth dam. and con situation of a right-of-way for CPR lines being relocated bn the river's north bank.It is expected the dam will be used to control spring runoff in 1966.The dam will be located 2,300 feet east of Highway 59. approx­imately at the foot of Wellington Street. It is estimated it will crease a four-mile lake.On April 16 this year Mr. Pit­tock assured city council that under normal conditions the proposed lake will provide a year-round water level sufficient for recreational use.New BooksFor Oxford LibraryCounty librarian Mrs. S L. Krompart this morning estima­ted that the Oxford County Li­brary had classified and cata­logued more than 500 new volumes during the summerMost of the new books will he included in the county book ex­change, which is scheduled for September 1. Exchanges at ru­ral and village grade schools throughout the county, and the Norwich and Tillsonburg high schools, occur every three mon­ths.AU 17 county libraries, 200 classrooms, and seven depot sta­tions are served by the ex­change, which takes one month to complete, covers 1.000 miles.She added that there are very few one-room schools left in the county.THE UPPER TIM MES RIVER CONSERVATION AUTHORITYrequest the pleasure of your company for the Official Sod Turning Ceremony-for theJordon ^iEtoc^ 2)am. & ‘EReserooir2:30 p.m., July 31, 1964Luncheon at the Craigowen Golf & Country Club (On Highway 59 just north of Woodstock) at 12:00 noonPlease telephone London 451-2800 if unable to attend luncheonMeeting Approves Boost In Indigent Patient RateRepresentatives from Inger-I In the discussion leading up; soli. Woodstock, an<] seven of i to the proposal and passing of16 townships, towns, andlages in Oxford County, ted unanimously to set the for indigent nursing home at $5.25 per patient pervil-vo- rate care day,tu tuc aiiu ut Ithe resolution, it was suggested that the Department of Public; Welfare set up standards for! "minimum proper care,” of pa- jtients in nursing homes, and po-' lice these standards m o r e j thoroughly than are present I regulations.effective September 1, 1964, at a meeting held last night in the Ingersoll council chambers.It was also decided to con- The group also asked that duct a survey of nursing home,that "good, legitimate state-, rates in other areas, and re- j ments” of expenses and profits view the Oxford rate before be submitted by the homesthat "good, legitimate state-County Council Meets Sept. 22County Council will likely sit; September 22. 23, and 24. Ox­ford County clerk and treasurer; L.K, Coles said this morning.These dales have been tentat­ively approved, he staled. Con­firmation is expected after a meeting with the warden, Wil­liam M. Sutherland, on Thurs­day, Mr. Coles said.December 1, 1964, bearing in mind, the results of this survey.The increase in rates was de­cided upon as a result of the recent passage of the minimum wage law, which affects the full- time staff of the nursing homes, and so adds to the homes’ costs. Several homes throughout the county have requested a rise inbe submitted by the homesif they send such statements while asking for a higher rate. There were two examples brought up last night in which only expenses were listed in an appeal, making it impossible to judge the need for a higher rate.A letter will be sent to eachnursing home in Oxford county notifying them of the decisionthe rate paid by the various made last night, in addition to councils, which was $5 per pa- a letter to each council concern- tient per day. |ed.tient per day.Traders Shocked As Windfall Plunges From $5.60 High To 80c Officials taking part in the sod-turning for the Gordon Pd- tock Dam attended a lunch­eon at the Craigowan Golfdignitaries were: Alderman Trevor Slater, member of theand Country Club today. TheWoodstock advisory board to the UTRCA; Mayor W. B. Dutton; Gordon P i 11 o c k.UTRCA chairman of MLA (Oxford); K, C. Hilts, chair­man of Woodstock advisory board to the UTRCA; A. S, L. Barnes, chief conservation of­ficer. provincial department of energy and resources man­agement; and W M. Suther­land. warden Oxford County. (Staff Photo) Cairn UnveilingMarks Centenary Of County CheeseRy JAMES H. CUTTINGSentinel-Review Staff WriterNORWICH — The moon is not full of cheese, but nearly 2,000 participants and spectators who took part in the parade festi­vities including the unveiling of the cheese cairn at Norwich Saturday were close to it.The cairn commemorates the 100th birthday of the first cheese factory in the Dominion, of Canada — founded in Nor­wich in 1864 by Harvey Far­rington.The village of Norwich went all out for this occasion with sidewalk sales, gay costumes, floats, marching scouts and Lions club and oand represen­tatives. Crowds of people flock­ed to Norwich to take part and observe this historic occasion.The parade which began at 1.30. started at the Norwich Arena and wound up Highway 59 through the village where it turned off on the outskirts of the village along Quaker Street near the Friends Cemetery.Ontario Agricultural Minister W. A. Stewart, was driven to the cairn site in a 1922 Mc­Laughlin Buick K 45 touring car, owned and driven by 75- year-old Charles Bailey.Accompanying Mr. Stewart was the village’s first woman councillor, Mrs: Norman Lees.At 3.00 p.m. when all the floats, cheerleaders and spec­tators had arrived around the blue-veiled cairn which is loca­ted across the road from where the original cheese factory was built, the history of the cheese factory was unveiled in bits and pieces through the speeches of the guests.J. M. Bain, director of the milk products division, dairy branch, of the Ontario Depart­ment of Agriculture, was mas­ter of ceremonies.BEGAN INDUSTRYIn his address to the watch­ing crowd, he said: “From the humble start over a hundred years ago, Mr. Harvey Farring­ton, with his first cheese fac­tory in Canada, laid the ground work for a sound cheese in­dustry.”The guest list included: Les­lie Force, reeve of Norwich;John H. Leslie, reeve of North Norwich townshin; William M. Sutherland, warden of Oxford County; Wallace Nesbitt. MP for Oxford: and Paul Moore, of the Norwich Historical Society: and Dr. D. M. Irvine, head of the department of Dairy Scien­ce, Ontario Agricultural College.The cairn was unveiled by the Hon. William A. Slewart, minister of Agriculture for the province of Ontario along with the assistance of Harvey Far­rington. the grandson of Harvey Farrington, the operator of the first cheese factory in Canada.1Mr. Nesbitt said that a 100 years ago cheese was the main­stay of the dairy industry. “Projects like this,- he added, “are a constant reminder of what we, as a nation, have done in the past.’’PROSPERITY IS FOUNDING iMr. Sutherland said: “The. early prosperity of Oxford Coun­ty stems to the cheese indus- tr;. This occasion to commem­orate the first, cheese factory is a great privilege for Oxford County."Mr. Stewart said: “I think this parade is the best. I have seen in the province of On-j tario.”Mr. Farrington, who now re-1 sides in Fayetteville. New York, told of his early life in Nor­wich. about his home and school there and of his ultimate de- cison to go to the United Sta­tes. It was a homespun speech1 which had a historic nostalgia ■ for the listener.Mr. Farrington told of the years he had waited, hoping someday that someone would see fit to honor his grandfather for the efforts he had made in the cheese industry.CONFIDENCEIn is dedication speech Mr. Stewart said: “No industry has done more to win the confidence of farmers towards the farm marketing board than the cheese industry.”Following the unveiling cere­mony, the parade marched back to the Norwich arena where a- display of early cheese­making equipment was on dis­play and free cheese, crack­ers, and milk were served.Harvest Halts As Rain (3.61 Inches) Hits CountyHarvey Farrington, grand­son of the Founder of the Cheese Industry, in Canadaand Hon. William Stewart. Minister of Agriculture for Ontario, survey the plaqueshortly after the unveilin' (Staff Photo)*T W WW 1W i < •4- JCHEESE CAIRNUNVEILING AND PARADE NORWICH — SATURDAY, AUG. 22 Celebrating Cheese Centennial Year in Canada1:30 p.m.—Parade from Arena, Norwich (Mr. Harold Williams, Parade Marshall)2:30 p.m.—Unveiling—Society of Friends Cemetery, Quaker Street, NorwichSpecial Speaker: Hon. W, A. Stewart Minister of AgricultureSpecial Guest: Mr. Harvey Farrington Following unveiling, free crackers, cheese, coffee and milk served at the Arena.EVERYONE IS WELCOME!OMB Sets Hearing DateFor Ingersoll AnnexationThe Ontario Municipal Board has set September 22 as the date for a hearing to consider the application of the town of Ingersoll to annex portions of West Oxford Township.The decision to hold the hear­ing was made by the OMB at Toronto last Tuesday, and no­tice was delivered to the muni­cipalities concerned yesterday. All persons interested in sup­porting or opposing the annex­ation are asked to attend the hearing, which will be held inthe Ingersoll City Council cham­bers at 11:00 a.m. on September 22,Oxford County will present a brief at the hearing to oppose the annexation move. The brief was prepared by the county’s solicitors, MacDougall and Carnwath, after County Council decided in its June session to take steps against the Ingersoll application.The town wants to annexof property to the south-east and south-west of the present town. The south-eastern is the largest of the two parcels, comprising a rectangle whose axis is the road-allowance be­tween West Oxford’s first and .second concessions, and whose southern boundary is Highway401.The second parcel is on the south-west side of the town, and forms a square whose north- <».n Uminrlut-v runs alone theOxford Townships. The axis of the square is the Canadian Pa­cific Railway line.The area to the south-east of the town, whose boundaries are Highways 401, 19, and the Cul­loden Road, includes the 18-hole Ingersoll golf and country club, and a large residential area.Ingersoll Council, who passed a bylaw in April initiating thaannexation move, hope to stim- big industrial boom formore than 600 acres of township i ern boundary runs along t h emulate a . „land. Involved are two parcels I line between North and West! the town in the new area. Production Up As Canada Marks Cheese CentenaryIlie 100th anniversary of the opening of the first commercial cheese factory in Canada at near­by Norwich is being fittingly ob­served today with the opening of a replica of the factory at Upper Canada Village. This is to be fol­lowed on August 22 by a ceremony at Norwich in honor of the factory and tiie one who established it, Harvey Farrington.Ln the intervening century cheese manufacturing has develop­ed into quite a business in Canada, although like any other industry it has had its ups and downs. More recently, with increased supplies of milk being diverted away from the manufacture of butter, which had become a problem of overproduc­tion and underconsumption, more has gone into cheese.Accordingly it is fitting that on this centennial occasion the celG- brations mentioned above should be matched by reports that cheese manufacturing is in a most healthy state at the present time. Accord­ing to the current monthly dairy report of the Ontario department of agriculture, cheese factories in this province made 11,041,300 pounds of Cheddar cheese alone during June.This is about 2.4 per cent more than the June 1963 production figure. At the same time, the cum­ulative output of cheese for the first six months of this year show a gain of 8-4 per cent over the same period last year. Coupled with this output is a steadily in­creasing demand which is always a factor that must be kept in mind when assessing the success of any production.DIVISION OF GRANTMany of the interesting fac­tors concerning the early develop­ment of cheesemaking both in Ox­ford County and elsewhere in this country were outlined in a most comprehensive article by Art Wil­liams in last Saturday’s issue of The Sentinel-Review.One of the incidents recalled was the making of a Big Cheese at. Ingersoll, whose name from early days has been connected close-1 ly with cheesemaking. The Big Cheese, made in 1866. weighed 7,- I 000 pounds and was displayed at the World’s Fair in New York City.This was the first of a number of big cheeses made in various parts of Canada. Subsequently, the 1 site of the plant where the first one was made was marked by a plaque, but we have been told it has been damaged by vandals and has had to be removed.What is more interesting is that while there is a move afoot to re­store the plaque, a companion move is being made by dairy in­terests in the Ingersoll area to promote a dairy museum there. ' And we assume cheese would play a significant part in it.This is something that should be encouraged. Possibly even though time is running short, it might be considered as a centen­nial project for Oxford County which has long been known as the milking parlor of Canada. Certain­ly it is timely, for 1864, in addition to being the starting point of com­mercial cheese production was the year initial conferences were held which led to the Canadian Confed­eration. CHEESE FACTORIESIn all lhe wrlteupi abort the slurllng of lhe eheeap indushy in Oxford County in 1864, no mention is made of the early contributions from East Zorra township, which also wan ac­tive in cheese making.Of Course there is a differ cnee from a farm dairy, where cheese was made from then- own cows and maybe from milk from a few neighbors for t h e use of the families, and the fac­tory built expressly for the spe­cial purpose of working up the milk of the neighborhood Most pioneers had farm dairies.The following guotalion is from a newspaper clipping in December 1891 nn the death of Robert Webber of the 12th line of East Zorra — “In 1845 he came to East Zorra, where he resided continuously up lo his death Possessing unusual busi­ness ability, he prospered very well and his farm was one of the finest on the 12th line—than which there is no better. In company with Mr. Caister, he started the .first cheese factory in successful operation in the township some 27 years ago, and did some of the very earli­est shipping to the British markets”.This cheese factory was sold to j. H. Masters in 1874. They had regular milk routes with men hired to draw the milk. The factory and business were sold unaccompanied hy farm | lands. It was called the Maple Grove Cheese Factory.James Anderson built a cheese factory on his farm on the 14th line of East Zorra in 1864. people for many miles bringing milk there.The Malcolms came to Can- ; ada from Scotland in 1831. The oldest son David (1824-1911; married Dinah Lee who lived on the present site of Innerkip. i They settled on the 16th Une of East Zorra (lot 13, con. 16) where David Malcolm built a cheese factory some time in the early 1860s. The building 16 feetby 22 feet wax built by John (fould. carpenter, and it was named the Olive Leaf Cheese Factory. The loft was used for storing the cheese. Tha factory hud 35 or more patrons and the output of cheese went as high as 110 Ions one year. In 1864 Mr. Malcolm rented his farm to the. Tree brothers in order to give nil his lime to the cheese fac­tory. Thal year Mr. Malcolm’s barn burned down and both Mr. Malcolm and Mr. Tree lost some horses in the fire. They had a hard time saving the fac­tory. Mrs. Malcolm’s sister .lane Lee was the first cheese maker, his daughter Jessie la ter helping in the factory.When Ine East Zorra and Blandford Cheese Factory com­menced operations in 1873, Da vid Malcolm closed his factory and became the first cheese maker for the now factory. He reopened it again a couple of years later and the Oxford County Atlas of 1875 records that the Olive Leaf Cheese Fac­tory that year made I 3 1 7 cheeses weighing 13,754 lbs. The East Zorra and Blandford Fac­tory are recorded as producing 6,245 cheeses. The Olive Leaf Factory closed in 1888 and the building was used as a driving shed until a few years ago.Those factories were not farm dairies.ZELLA M HOTSON InnerkipWILLIAM BAIGENTTHAMESFORD — William Baigent, of 114 Dundas St.. Thamesford, died suddenly at Thamesford on Wednesday. He was 49.Mr. Baigent was a member of: the Canadian Order of Foresters of Banner; Westmins­ter United Church, Thames­ford; past president of the Sen­ior Wardens Association of Lon­don Masonic District; past mas­ter of King Solomon Masonic Lodge 394; and past noble grand of IOOF Lodge 258.He served on the North Ox ford Council for 12 years, one of them as reeve. He has been, a prominent farmer in the town­ship of North Oxford, and a real estate broker in Thames­ford.Blenheim's Centennial Fund Causes Rivalry Of VillagesDrumbo has high hopes for a per cent, amounts to about new $20,000 community hall as $2,200. The Drumbo Lions have its centennial project. The build- pledged $2,000, the library ing project, which would be board $1,500 and the agricul- erected on the Drumbo Fair- .tural society $500. Another grounds, may run into a snag, $5,000 would be available under however, depending on whether the provincial community cen- it receives as much money as Ue’s act.it wants from grants alloted Township.The township nearly $9,000the centennial The remaining $9,000 would to Blenheim I be obtained through a bankis eligible for in centennialloan. The land for the proposed building has been donated by the fair board.Village trustees in Bright are in favor of the installation of an oil furnace and redecoration of the village hall for their cen­tennial project.Trustee Lorne Cuthbertson commented that it was the vil­lage desire to obtain $1,090 from Blenheim Township as its share of the township’s centen­nial grant.Because a section of Bright is also in Blandford Township, the village might also receive a share of that township's $3,000 for which it is eligible.Mr. Cuthbertson mentioned that the old coal furnace in thegrants. Four villages in the township, Drumbo, Princeton, Bright, and Plattsville are all after a portion of the money.Princeton made the first mo­tion on the grant system early fin March when the township council authorized all 100 per cent of the grant to be given to the village.. Then Drumbo got wind of the 'grant and the township had to revise its original by-law so that 75 per cent went to Princeton and 25 per cent to Drum bo., But now even Bright and Plattsville are beginning to lick their chops for a taste of the __________,________gr.a.nL . . 'village hall is inadequate andIf Drumbo gets the 25 per'that the building was in need cent of the grant that she is . of redecorating. He estimated hoping for, the village plans to total cost of the work at $3,500. | build a community hall 60 hyTB STUDY90 feet containing an auditor­ium, stage, washrooms, and an area for the village library, plug a kitchen.Mr», Dorothy Boswell, of Norwich, ami Dr. O C. Pow ers. Oxford Health Umi. MOM; discuss the study of special­ized tuberculosis tcslmg in Ox-ford County. Mrs. Boswell Is participating in a national study being undertaken by the Canadian Tuberculosis Asso­ciation. (Staff Photo)Mobile County Library Begins School VisitsOxford County librarian, Mrs. S. L. Krompart, said today that the bookmobile will be visiting county schools next week.. Since last Tuesday, the book­mobile has been exchanging hooks in libraries across the cauuty. The Norwich Township area, Otterville, Burgessville, and Springford schools are scheduled for bookmobile stops.Included in the bookmobile visits are stops at two Men­nonite schools and one at the Community Colony of the Breth­ren school.Mrs, Krompart staled that these schools have been taking part in the bookmobile exchan­ges for several years."The children seem very in­terested in the books we bring, and their teachers are very co­operative.'' she saidThe Mennonite schools are lo­cated in South Norwich Town­ship, and lhe Brethren school is found in Blenheim Township.The number of books which are exchanged m bookmobile stops has been increased to 55 from 50, so that 165 different books are distributee to each school annually in the county. Mrs. Krompart added.The centennial grant at 25 m -o o r n r m o FORTY-FIFTHANNUAL CONVENTIONONTARIO ASSOCIATIONOF HOMESFOR THE AGEDSEPTEMBER 8-9-10-11Nineteen Hundred and Sixty-FourZPicton, OntarioTOWN OF PICTONandPRINCE EDWARD COUNTYunless advised to the contrary.very pleasant holiday in our County, we are,Yours very truly,QUINTE'S ISLE TOURIST ASSOCIATIONXXoxbdK - Twin -Unit #7PROGRAMMECOMMUNITY CENTREHOSTSMT. R. J .Forbes, Sup’jk.,Oxford Go.Home for the Aged., QUINTE'S ISLE TOURIST ASSOCIATIONP.O.Box 112 P.O. Box 50 - Picton, Ontario!WoodstOOk,Ont. Phone GR 6-2421In accordance with your request ofTune 16th for (L. Cole & Wife)____ we have much pleasure in reserving for you the following accommodation:RESORT: PICTON BAY MOTELNo. of Persons - XUfigteJtoeMKarxRtaii:Meals Available:Accommodation held until 6 p.m, Deposit of:Thanking you and wishing you a She Soard of €rust anil theSchool of Horsing of theWoodstock General Hospital request the honour of gour presence at theirSixtg-sixth Graduation Exercises Wednesdag, the sixteenth dag of September nineteen hundred and sixtg-four at three o’clucklew St Hauls Anglican Church Wandstock, OntarioReceptionEthel W. FinkleSchool of Horsingfour-thirtg o’clock t FORTY-FIFTHXANNUAL CONVENTION t ONTARIO ASSOCIATION OF HOMES BROADENING HORIZONS - 'Linked in Service❖I ❖ ❖ ❖ Y x ❖ £ FOR THE AGED PROGRAMME SEPTEMBER 8-9-10-11 Nineteen Hundred and Sixty-Four COMMUNITY CENTRE Picton, Ontario HOSTS TOWN OF PICTON and PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY ■ Association Crest President's Welcome to the 45th Annual Convention of the Ontario Association of Homes for the Aged It is my pleasure on behalf of the Executive and myself to extend a cordial welcome to the delegates and guests attending the Forty-fifth Convention of the Ontario Asso­ ciation of Homes for the Aged. For those who are attending special welcome and I trust known and feel free to enter tions. their first Convention, a you will make yourself discussions and delibera- Your Program Committee has planned an excellent pro­ gram and it is my hope that the proceedings will provide all delegates with an opportunity to debate and exchange ideas that will assist us in our work and that the results will be far reaching and benefit any and all persons in­ terested in Senior Citizens. As another year closes, may I thank the Executive and all others who have worked so hard during the past year and have made my responsibilities as President much lighter and most enjoyable. D. H. Rapelje President Ontario Association of Homes for the Aged.BROADENING HORIZONS - 'Linked in Service1964 OFFICERSHONORARY PRESIDENT Ludlow, Formerly Director of Homes for the Aged Bronch, leportment of Public Welfare J Province of Ontario PAST PRESIDENT /illiam, Prince Edward County, Picton PRESIDENT pelje, Sunset Haven, Welland County 1st VICE-PRESIDENT V'anCamp, Greenacres, Newmarket 2nd VICE-PRESIDENT L Halton Centennial Manor, Milton SECRETARY Hughes, Rainycrest, Fort Frances TREASURER Jies, Pleasant View Lodge, Brantford EXECUTIVE MEMBERS erson, Ina Grafton Gage Home, Toronto i, Jewish Home for the Aged, Toronto ningham, Carleton Lodge, Ottawa M. Coates, Fairview Lodge, Whitby Iruce, Salvation Army Eventide Home, Niagara Falls AUDITORS jdle & Company, Chartered Accountants ■ I ’ i .< ■" • ' ' . ... ■ > UTIVE SECRETARY TREASURER R. Cecil Bint 127 Celina Street, Oshawa, Ontario 1964 OFFICERS Association Crest President's Welcome to the 45tF Convention of the Ontario Assc of Homes for the Aged It is my pleasure on behalf of the Executi’ to extend a cordial welcome to the delegat attending the Forty-fifth Convention of the ciation of Homes for the Aged. For those who are attending their first < special welcome and I trust you will n known and feel free to enter discussions tions. Your Program Committee has planned an gram and it is my hope that the proceeding all delegates with an opportunity to debate ideas that will assist us in our w'ork and th will be far reaching and benefit any and a terested in Senior Citizens. As another year closes, may I thank the I all others who have worked so hard during and have made my responsibilities as Pn lighter and most enjoyable. D. H. Rap President Ontario As of Homes 1 HONORARY PRESIDENT Mr. L. E. Ludlow, Formerly Director of Homes for the Aged Branch, Department of Public Welfare Province of Ontario PAST PRESIDENT Wm. McWilliam, Prince Edward County, Picton PRESIDENT D. H. Rapelje, Sunset Haven, Welland County 1st VICE-PRESIDENT D. C. VanCamp, Greenacres, Newmarket 2nd VICE-PRESIDENT S. Allen, Halton Centennial Manor, Milton SECRETARY W. Hughes, Rainycrest, Fort Frances TREASURER J. H. Gillies, Pleasant View Lodge, Brantford EXECUTIVE MEMBERS L. R. Anderson, Ina Grafton Gage Home, Toronto S. Ruth, Jewish Home for the Aged, Toronto W. Cunningham, Carleton Lodge, Ottawa Mrs. M. Coates, Fairview Lodge, Whitby Brig. A. Bruce, Salvation Army Eventide Home, Niagara Falls AUDITORS Hopkins, Beadle & Company, Chartered Accountants EXECUTIVE SECRETARY TREASURER R. Cecil Bint 127 Celina Street, Oshawa, Ontario BROADENING HORIZONS - “Linked in ServiceTUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8th2:00 p.m.Meeting of Resolutions Committee — Royal Hotel 3:30 p.m.Meeting of Executive — Royal Hotel 2:00 to 9:00 p m. Registration ($2.00 per person) Royal Hotel Note: Purchase tickets at Registration Desk for Luncheon Sept. 9— 12:15 p.m. ($2.35) Dinner Sept. 10 — 7:00 p.m. ($2.75) WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9th 9:00 a.m.Registration — Community Centre 10:00 a.m.Opening Session — Community Centre Chairman — D. H. Rapelje — "The Queen" — Invocation — Rev. John Zantongh — Civic Welcome — Warden Kenneth Hicks Mayor H. J. McFarland 10:30 a.m.Coffee Break Visit to Exhibits 11:00 a.m.President's Address — D. H. Rapelje — Reading of Minutes of 1963 Annual Convention — Treasurer's Report — Introduction of Association Officers and Com­ mittee Chairmen — Announce Committee on Nominations 12:15 p.m.Luncheon — Curling Club Speaker: J. C. Demeza, Superintendent of Ontario School for the Deaf, Belleville, Ontario. Introduction: by Kenneth Yorke, Superintendent, Hast­ ings County Home. Thanked by: Don Van Camp, Superintendent, Green Acres, Newmarket, Ontario.BROADENING HORIZONS - “Linked in ServiceWEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9th2:00 p.m.Community Centre — Address — Mr. N. Drew, Director, Homes for the Aged Branch, Department cf Public Welfare, Province of Ontario — Subject — "Links in the Chain of Service". 2:35 p.m.Coffee Break — Exhibitors' Draw 2:55 p.m.Workshops — Community Centre (a) Elected Members — Mr. A. Moore (b) Municipal Homes — Mr. W. Cunningham (c) Charitable Institutions — Brig. A. Bruce 4:15 p.m.Address — Mr. L. Crawford — Social Gerontologist Ontario Department of Public Welfare — Subject — "On Growing Old in the Space Age" 5:00 p.m.Friendship Hour — Courtesy of Mayor and Mrs. Mc­ Farland. To be held at their home "Lochsloy" cn beautiful Bay of Quinte. A table and space for coffee and soft drinks will be arranged for the Rev. Clergy and those who do not participate in the Friendship Hour. 7:00 p.m.Municipal Banquet — Curling Club — Guest Speaker: Prof. W. R. Lederman Introduction: His Honour Judge W. S. Lane Thanks by: Sheriff H. J. Colliver THURSDAY,SEPTEMBER 10th 9:00 a.m.General Workshops for All Delegates (a) Elected Members — Mr. A. Moore (b) Municipal Homes — Mr. W. Cunningham (c) Charitable Institutions — Brig. A. Bruce (d) Nursing Supervisors — Mrs. M. Coates (e) Ladles' Auxiliaries — Mrs. H. H. Hendry 10:45 a.m.Coffee Break — Visit to Exhibits 11:05 a.m.Report from Workshops 11:40 a.m.Convention Invitations for 1965 NOTE — Visit Manufacturers and Suppliers Exhibits — Community Centre NOTE — Visit Manufacturers and Suppliers Exhibits — Community Centre THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10th NOTES BROADENING HORIZONS - “Linked in Service2:00 p.m. Community Centre — Panel DiscussionTopic — "Link in Service" — Chairman — Mr. S. Ruth — Participants — To be Announced 3:00 p.m. Coffee Break — Exhibitors' Draw 3:30 p.m. Resolutions 6:00 p.m. Friendship Hour — Curling Club Coffee Hour — Community Centre 7:00 p.m. Superintendents and Auxiliary Banquet and Elected Members Banquet — Curling Club — Guest Speaker — The Hon. Louis P. Cecile — Minister of Public Welfare NOTE — Tickets at Registration Desk 8:30 p.m. Entertainment — Banquets will adjourn to Community Centre FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11th 9:30 a.m. Unfinished Business Report of Nominating Committee Presentation of Gavel to New President Presentation of Plaque to Outgoing President Adjournment Tour of Prince Edward County LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT THE 1965 CONVENTION NOTES PAST PRESIDENTS (Preceding 10 Years) 1954 Beaton, Ont.Dr. S. R. McKelvey 1955 Ontario County Wm. G. Manning 1956-57 Belleville, Ont.Kenneth Yorke 1958 Cobourg, Ont.Wm. Duncan 1959 Kitchener, Ont.Phillip Lovick 1960 Cornwall, Ont.S. R. Taylor 1961 Wellington County W. Roszell 1962 Eventide Home Brig. A. F. Parkinson Galt, Ont. 1963 Prince Edward County W. McWilliam Association Crest T HE CREST of the Ontario Asso- cition of . Homes for the Aged was developed with a symbolic purpose in mind. It is surrounded by the trillium to de­ note that the Association spans all of Ontario. The colourful centre portion portrays the “steps of life”; the bottom or initial portion signifying youth, which extends into manhood, denoted by the hand of fellowship. The middle ages are symbolized by the cross and anchor — Faith and Hope. Centering these is the combined medical and nursing badge focussing steadfastly towards the senior or sunset years, exemplified by the setting sun, across which seven rays (multiple of six) serves to remind us of the number of years (42) this Association existed prior to incorporation — A lasting tribute to our far-seeing predecessors. TUSH ACAN YOU.DIME THRU THE HOLE WITHOUT ING OR TEARING Tur riBii <« IBREAKING OR TEARING THE CARD ?IT CAN RE DONE IL . K . C Ofelfrg"COUNTY OF OXFORDCLERK-TREAS ."PUSH FOR FORT WILLIAMFOR '65"Ingersoll Seeks AnnexationIngersoll's application to annex about 1,000 acres of West Oxford Township will be heard Sept. 22 in Ingersoll council chambers by the Ontario Municipal Board. This map of the town shows the two par­cels of land (outlined in dark) being sought. Oxford County is opposing the application and will explain its position ot a county council meeting. Ingersoll Seeks LandIt Doesn't NeedMayor Tells OMBNorwich SewerBy KEN HAMBRICK Free Prwt* Staff Reporter INGERSOLL • Mayor Thom­as .1. Morrison yesterday told the Ontario Municipal Board that Ingersoll has no pressing need for 115 acres of the 1,000 ncres it seeks to annex from We»t Oxford Township.The Mayor said the land was, added to the Town's annexation application "just to square it up?He also said he couldn’t un­derstand why the Town is ask­ing for so much land.I Ma report he had not compiled a study of the job-population Inerensp ratio, that no study hnd been made of prpaent land use, and that there was no sur­vey to indicate what industries had located in Ingersoll during the past decade.John Morris, planning board chairman, said his board has been aware of, and concerned about, the lark of adequate industrial sites in the town. The board, he added, wnswor- rled about indiscriminate de­velopment on town bonier* and feared the lawn would eventually become land-locked.ihr town should spend nearly $2,000,000 between now and 1377 to keep its services on top ofthe need#. Ho told the hearingGets Tentative 0WRC OkayEngineer J. G. Henry, bfR.V. that the chief effect of annexeAnderson and Associalra Ltd,, told the hearing there is an adequate supply bf good quality water in the town, and that l livre is still Umis-d capacity in the sewage treatment plant.Last year, his firm did a sur­vey of Ingersoll’s sanitary and storm sewer, sewage treatment, street, bridges, and culvert re­quirements. The study indicatedlion would he to require that some of t ho proposed sewers and pumping stations be mads larger when they are built or I renovated.1 The hearing continues today.1 William Shtib was hearing chairman. Sitting with him is OMB member A. L. McCrae.R. E, Frouae, of Brampton, Is representing the Town.Vnder questioning ns the annexation hearing opened, he agreed that the town had orig­inally planned to annex only about <WM> acres between the115 Acres Neededtown's south boundaries, High­way 401. Highway 19. and the Culloden Road.*'I don’t know who changed It or why," he said. Rut he“To Square Area”ndded that council was unani­mous in supporting the bylaw for the application as it stands.The application is for theMayor Tells OMBTown to take over two parcels of land: The first, containing more than 800 acres, is roughly in the original area, but also takes in land on the west side of the Culloden Road. The sec­ond is on the northwest edge of town, a piece of about 115 acres adjacent to Dorchester (Hamil­ton) Road.Mayor Morrison testified that; the town does not have the large-parcel type of land indus­tries are asking for, and said he feels that south is the logical direction for expansion. He also noted that the 115-acre section in the northwest lies near in­dustry just inside Ingersoll bor­ders.The land under dispute con­tains a scattering' of housing, and the Ingersoll Golf and Coun­try dub, but is mainly in farm use.Planning consultant Gordon Culham said the greatest haz­ard facing Ingersoll is that of becoming a dormitory town for both London and Woodstock."Ingersoll can very easily be changed into a residential com-INGERSOLLmunity, London are not said.a dormitory for both and Woodstock if we careful," Mr. CulhamHe indicated that if the town is successful in acquiring the land, most of it would be zoned' for future industrial use.The planning consultant said the land is mostly high rolling land that would be well suited for this purpose.He told the OMB that pres­ently zoned industrial land in-1 side Ingersoll, east of Thames] Street, has been almost fully | occupied. Other industrial land I west of Thames Street is chiefly I in the flood plain, would be Idificult to service attractive to new said.and is un­industry, heWilliam Young, for West Oxfordappearing Township,quarrelled with Mr. Culham'* forecast* and calculations. At one point, the eofouiltant ad­mitted he had miscalculated in figuring the town’s growth be­tween 1057 and 1902. Instead of the 11 per cent set out in his report, he agreed it was only 6.53 per cenL During that period, Ingersoll’s popu­lation rose from fl,M2 to 7,300.Mr. Young al ho produced pop­ulation forecasts worked out on other bases, using figures for the town ranging back to 1946, land wild that these indicated n population incnemie In th® next 115 yea re to between 8,000 and BfOOO, not to 13,500 as suggested Iby the consultant, He noted, Itrx), that a consulting firm In n (report to the town la at year Worecaat the population would Inoi pass 9,000 before 1980, I The consultant maid that In- Igeraoll han been dormant for a Iking time, and that I hone itHrll- ]®r figures hove nothing to do |wHh calculHthm* for the future.He addedit, fmllltlea fori'Qrwth have been lacking, but hould be remedied by the ad- lltlon of good induetriel eitee, dr. Culham Mid he had lined Iin making hla study.H* admitted I hat. InBy AL GRAHAM Ingersoll Bureau The Sentinel-ReviewM a y o rThomas J. Morrison yesterday told the Ontario Municipal Board that he did not know why the town of Ingersoll had changed the annexation request from 600 to the 1,000 acres now being sought.Speaking at the annexation hearing which began yesterday at the Town Hall, Mr. Morrison said that the second parcel of land — 115 acres in West Oxford Township had been added “to square it off."Mayor Morrison said it was the unanimous decision of coun­cil to support the bylaw as it now stands, but, he did not know why or who changed the former request of 600 acres which were in the boundaries of Highway 401, to the south; Hol- croft Street to the north; High­way 19 to the east and CullodenRoad (Whiting Street) ' west.TWO PARCELSThe application as stands takes in twoto theit now parcels:THOMAS J. MORRISONGolf and Country Club as well as a few houses.DORMITORY AREAGordon Culham, Ingersoll’sThe first, containing more than 800 acres, is in the original area, but also takes in land on the west side of the Culloden Road. The second parcel, referred to by the Mayor is the 115 acres on the both sides of King Street West (Hamilton Road to London) at the n o r t h west edge of town.The Mayor said he felt that “The natural way to go was to the south” when they were look­ing for the type of land for in­dustrial use.Main portion of the land in question for annexation is now being used for farm land but it will also take in the Ingersollthe board were, ‘‘that they were worried of a landlock at the borders” because of the lack of adequate industrial sites in the town.Last to be heard for the first day of the hearing was engi­neer J, G. Henry, of R. V. An­derson and Associates Ltd. who told the board that “t h e town water supply was no problem and that the water was of excellent quality.”Last year, he said, his firm had done a survey on Ingersoll’s sanitary and storm sewer, sew­age treatment, bridges, street culver requirements.The hearing continued this morning at 10.30 under chair­man William Shub and OMB member A. L. McCrae.First witness for the town that was heard in this morning was C. V. (Bud) MacLachlan, manager of the Ingersoll Public Utilities Commission.Yesterday Mr. MacLachlan was called on by R. E. Prouse, acting for the town, but it was too late for him to be heard.The council chambers were filled to over-flowing at the firstplanning consultant, who wasfirst retained by the town in the j day of the hearing, early ’50’s, remarked that the greatest hazard facing Inger­soll is that it could become dor-mitory to London, which is only 20 miles to the west and Wood- stock which is only 9 miles to the east.“Ingersoll can very easily be changed into a residential com­munity for London and W o o d- stock, if the town doesn’t get new industry,” he said.Mr. Culham also told the, board that presently zoned in- industrial land inside Ingersoll has been almost fully occupied.William Young, of Woodstock who is representing West Ox- ford, at hearing questioned pop­ulation growth figures given by, Mr. Culham.In a period from 1957 to 1962, L Mr. Culham had calculated an] 111 per cent in the town’s growth] (which he later admitted to Mr. I ■Young to be only 6.5 per cent.I |The population in that period I Lose from 6.852 to 7,300.(need INDUSTRY ।I In the afternoon’s portion of I ■the hearing, John Morris, chair Iman planning board and also a ■member of the Industrial Com ■mission, said that the views of|Oxford Woman Runner-Up In Dairy Princess Contest HEARINGS ADJOURNEDIndustries Want 401 Sites, Commissioner Tells BoardEx-Boston Bruins Star Bobby Bauer, 49, DiesINGERSOLL - Ingersoll In­dustrial Commissioner, Michael Dew an. told the Ontario Mun icipal Board that at least 15 to 30 acres were required by the twenty inquiries they have had for Industrial land. The firms are influenced by indust­rial park sites, and are not in­terested in small parcels of landHe was the first witness to testify at the second day of an­nexation hearings before the Ontario Municipal Board here. Ingersoll is seeking about a 1.000 acres of land from West Oxford Township.ADJOURNED TILL NOVEM­BERThe OMB at the end of the second day adjourned the hear­ings till November 16,17, and 18. R. E. Prouse. acting for the town, concluded his evidence by the end of yesterday’s sittings.Mr. Dewan was very emphatic about the fact that firms seek­ing land are interested in pres­tige sites such as those along 401 highway.The town is seeking a parcel of 850 acres between 401 an^ Holeraft Street at the southern limit and another parcel of 150 acres at the north west edge of town, adjacent to King Street West (or Hamilton road to Lon­don).The board asked Mr. Dew an what his part was in the an­nexation plans. Mr. Dewan em­phasized that “he had never, said anything to the planning board, or they to me about anyI part of the land to be added, I to the west”.Mr. De wan told William Young, counsel for West Ox­ford, that he was acting as in­dustrial commissioner, and not for himself, when he showed in­terested parties land in this area of which he owns 33 acres near the Culloden Road and Highway 401.He also told Mr. Young that he never read or studied any of the reports supporting the an­nexation bid. Culham report, and the two consultant's engin­eering reports. *1 am only at­tempting to get industry where land is available. I have taken no part whatsoever in trying to get land." he said.C. V. MacLachlan, PUC man­ager and secretary to the In­dustrial Commission told the OMB that hydro, water and sew­age for the new annex areas would be no problem.He said Ingersoll is now fed by two 26,000 volt feeder lines to six stations in the town and they now supply three phase power to the Ingersoll Golf and Country Club, which is in the area to be annexed. The trans­formers at Whiting, Thames and Harris Streets are dual transformers and could be eas­ily switched."You have to ask for enough land so you can get some. You have to have land available.I If you annexed one farm and the farmer wouldn’t sell you j would have nothing.”I He also mentioned that there are large areas of empty land ! in the town but are either in the Thames River Flood plain or are fringed by houses block­ing them for industrial use.COUNCIL TOURM. Sutherland and 21 of his councillors (missing was C. J. Demeyere, deputy reeve of Tillsonburg) boarded a busbehind the county courthouse in Woodstock for an in-depth look at the Oxford road sys­tem. In all, they viewed aboutOxford county council cov­ered a lot of ground at its Wednesday session, both fig­uratively and in fact. T h a t was the day warden William100 miles of the system’s 216 miles of road. Above, the council before they boarded the bus. (Staff Photo)James fl. Vance Appointed Water Resources ChairmanPremier John Robarts an­nounced yesterday that Dr. James A. Vance, a well known Woodstock civil engineer, has been named chairman of the Ontario Water Resources Com­mission.Dr. Vance succeeds A. M. Sni­der, the first chairman of the OWRC who died last June. Dr. Vance has been acting chair­man since Mr. Snider’s death.The new chairman studied ci­vil engineering at the Univer­sity of Ontario and was a mem­ber of the original water resour­ces committee. He was appoint­ed in 1956. The right hand man to Dr. Vance will be John H. H. Root, a Progressive Conservative member of the legislature for WeJlington-Dufferin who has been appointed vice-chairman. Mr. Root has been a member of the OWRC since 1961.Dr. Vance was born near Ta- _____________vistock* in 1892 and received his education in schools at Kitchen- Kennedy Medal by the Engl­er, Neir Hamburg and Toronto, necring Institute of Canada in He is flow President of the 1953, and is a member of the James ,4, Vance Construction! Americah Society of Civil Engi- Limited With head office on ; ncers as well as lhe Association Mairr&Mfl in Woodstock. of Professional Enginers of On- warded lhe Sir JohnJario.3 Centres Seek Blenheim $9,000 Centennial Grantthe township did not stick by its first decision.The township was given two weeks to decide.September 2 the council de­cided to divide the $9,000 grant between Princeton, Drumbo and Plattsville on a per capita ba­sis. "We haven’t heard any­thing from Princeton since then,” said Reeve Peter McDon­ald of Blenheim.DRUMBO — Blenheim Town­ship council is abiding by its decision to distribute $9,000 in centennial grants to Princeton, Plattsville and Drumbo on a( per capita basis.This in the face of threats of legal action by Princeton, which wants all the money.Last March the Blenheim council received a request for the centennial grants from Princeton. Since no other muni­cipality had asked for a share of the available $9,000 at that time, the council agreed to give 1 il. all to Princeton.When Drumbo residtiats heard about this, however, lhe picture changed. The council modified its decision to give Princeton 75 per cent of the grants and Drumbo the balance.Soon two other communities. Bright and Plattsville, asked that a Lime limit be sei for ap­plications. When it expired, Plattsville was also in there fighting for the grants.Princeton, reduced from un­questioned ownership to being just, another contender, sent let­ters of protest to Blenheim Township, threatening lo sue if Premier John Robarts of Ontario greets new members and top officials of the Ontario Water Reso/rces Commission following ^wcar-Nepean. near Ottawa, and Louis R. Desmarais of Sud­bury, new Commission mem­bers. RIGHT: After being sworn in as chairman of theOntario Water Resources Commission, Dr. J. A. Vance of Woodstock, signs the regis­ter in the presence of J. J.Young, clerk of the Executive Council. Premier John Ro­barts attended the ceremony. (OWRC Picture)mg-m ceremony at Queen s Park PHOTO LEFT. From 'left to right. John Root. MPP for Wellington-Dufferin. sworn in as the OWRC’s first vice-ehairman. Dr. J. A. Vance of Woodstock, sworn in as chair­man of the Commission, Mr. Robarts, D. Aubrey Moodie. Reeve of the. Township ofCounty CouncilFOR NON-RESIDENTSOpens Session,Fire-Fighters Set $100Plans Road TourToll On Highway CallsThe September session of the Oxford county council got un­derway this morning at the Ox­ford county courthouse. Light and Hunter Streets.The 23 councillors, represen­ting the county’s 11 townships, four villages and one town, met for five hours today, with fur­ther sessions scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday.The council, this year headed by warden William M. Suther­land. meets five times a year.Business was light at today’s opening meeting. Following' a reading of the minutes of last Junes session, county clerk and treasurer L. K. Coles pre­sented several items of corres­pondence to the council.Among the letters read were:T) a request from Peel coun­ty council asking the Oxfordcouncil to endorse a resolution passed by Peel county council­lors last July. The resolutionlets tn attend the annual meet­ing of the Association of On­tario Counties. The meeting will1 be held in Owen Sound, Octo­ber 25-26-27.•4) a request for a leave of absence from R. K. Coles, for the past year deputy clerk and treasurer of Oxford county. Mr. Coles plans to study business ad­ministration at Toronto’s Ryer­son Polytechnical Institute.’ IAfter the reading of the cor­respondence, the council broke up into its 15 constituent com-, mittees. Each committee will study matters pertaining to its particular field, with recom­mendations to he presented to । the council during Thursday’s session.Tomorrow, the councillors will board a bus here at 9 a.m to take an extended tour of theBEACHVILLE — A min­imum car and truck fire-call charge of $100 was agreed upon at an unofficial meeting of 25 municipal councilors clerks and fire-chiefs from Ox­ord County last night. They were meeting in an effort to equalize charges for fire-calls on public roads.The group agreed unanim­ously to charge $100 for the first hour or part of an hour spent on such a call, and an­other $50 for each additional hour or part of an hour spent on a can. Only non-residents of the municipality would be chargedThe group felt that it costat least $100 to send a vol­unteer fire-force out on the roads just once. All of the communities involved have vol.-nteer fire-forces. They be­lieve that it would be easier to -ollect from insurance com­panies if the fees were stabil­ized.Invitations to the meeting were sent to each of the 15 Oxford County communities with volunteer firemen. Twen­ty-five representatives from Embro. Beachviile, South Nor- w i ? h, Dereham, Bright, Blantford. and West Zorra at­tended.There were no representat­ives from Thamesford, North Norwich, East Oxford, Prin-e e ton. Drumbo. Plattsville East Zorra. or Tavistock.Those who attended the meeting are confident that their unanimous decision will be aporoved and adopted by all of the 15 townships it con­cerns.Letters asking them to do just that will be sent to each of the township councils by the Township of Beacbville. which hosted last night's meet ing.The Oxford Mutual Aid As­sociation will provide claim­ing forms to be used by all communities involved if the plan is accepted.Reeve J.C. Smith, of Beach- ville chaired the meeting.bounty road system. They will, 1. f’ t 1 ,unch at Embro. finishing theh J r The, resoIut*on day in Tillsonburg. where they cailed for the repeal of regula- will attend a dinner given in tion 450 of the Municipal act. their honor by the Tillsonburg! Regulation450 outlines attend- District Memorial Hospital ance credits for employees of' rm-—J— 41 ...........county jails.COMMITTEE AGREESEast Oxford Man NamedNew Offices As Project President Of Ex-Wardens'Thursday, the council will hear a preliminary presenta* tion by a delegation from Wood-1 stock General Hospital, outlin- . -. -. -.........7- - mg the hospital's proposedjail employee quits or retires, building program to be under­At present, jail employees re­ceive days a month or 18 days a year as credit. When 8To Go Before CouncilOTTERVILLEConstrue-- . -- --------,,--------„ uc uuuer. tion of a new South Norwichhe receives lull pay for each taken in a few years time Township municipal building 4-., --------------------------------------------------------------------I has been decided on by a gevencredit day accumulated, up to a maximum of six months.This arrangement exceeds thebenefits granted most other ployees in the majority of lario municipalities.(2) a reminder from the tario department of landsein-On-On andmember committee as a cen­tennial project.The committee, which repre­sents the council and several district service clubs, will makeA total of 63 Ex-Reeves and' satiation presided over the guests including 16 ex-wardens meeting.of Oxford County held their an- Warden William Sutherlandnual dinner meeting last night' presided over the election ofThe township becomes eli- at the Broadview Restaurant in new officers for the commg gible for $6,000 in centennial Tillsonburg. year.grants if it puls up $3,000 for the The Ex-Reeves Association of New officers are. past project. Oxford County were the guests dent — Ralph McLaughlin ofThis $3,000 may come from of Dereham Twp. Ralph Me- 'Dereham Twp.; president — either municipal funds or from Laughlin president of the as-|Hilton Virtue of East Oxford:forests concerning a recent amendment of the province's Trees act. As it now stands, the act states that a county may pay annually to municipalities in which the county owns for­est lands "a sum not exceeding the amount that would have been paid to the municipality in taxes if the land were not exempt from taxation,”Oxford county currently owns some 700 acres of forest in eight of the county's townships,(3) an invitation from warden of Grey county Elwood Moore inviting Oxford county council-its recommendation Norwich Council at meeting October 5.to South its nextThe project w a s first sug- gested at the last meeting of the council, when a commit-private groups.The committee will also re-j commend that, other municipal buildings in the area be studied to decide what would best suit, South Norwich's purposes.The building now used was built In 1882. The auditorium on the main floor is used fortee was formed lo decide on a plays', concerts, dances and suitable project. The township’s 1 meetings The Otterville library, offices are now in the base-, the South Norwich offices,, amerit of the township auditor!- j dining room and washrooms urn in Otterville. are located in the basement.It is expected that the new The centennial committee will office building would be built, also recommend that the old on a township-owned site adj a-! building be maintained when cent (o the auditorium its es [the now municipal building is lama led cost is $20,000 to $25,000.1 built.1st vice-president — Fred Sla­ter of East Nissouri; 2nd vice- president — Terry Lock wood of North Norwich; sec.-treas — Leroy Curtis of Tillsonburg: di­rectors: William W Budd of West Oxford. Howard McCombs of Norwich, and Wray Hartley of North Norwich.Entertainment director Har­ry Armstrong. Reeve of Derc ham Twp lined up musical numbers from Marcel Delate of Glen Meyer, and John Spoels­tra of Brownsville. It was noted at the meeting that there were 16 less members tn the associa­tion Id the last two yearsThe Township ol East Oxford will be boat next year. CouncilWaodsleek Sentlnel-Ravfew, Wed., Sept. )0, 1964 Pag* 1ToursRoadsTo-day’s session of the Oxford county council was a fast-mov­ing one in more ways than one.The 23 councilors climbed aboard a Woodstock bus early this morning to take a close-up look at the county road system. Since the system embraces 45 miles of gravel roads plus some 170 miles of biack-top, the tour proceeded at a necessarily brisk pace.Actually, county roads super­intendent J N.. MeathreU, who along with county clerk and treasurer L. K. Coles accom­panied the councilors, estimated that the bus only covered about 100 miles of the system.“That was enough,” he added.The tour followed a roughly circular route, with the coun­cilors leaving Woodstock by the southeast then swinging north through Blandford and Blen­heim townships.After lunching at Knox Pres­byterian Church in Embro, the party drove through the coun­ty’s southern townships, arri­ving in Tillsonburg for a din­ner given in their honor by Till­sonburg District Memorial Hos­pital.In addition to viewing Oxford roads, the councilors also visi-l ted several construction pro- j jects currently underway in the1 county.Chief among the sites exami­ned w as the 8290.000 Nith River bridge now being built in the southeast corner of Blenheim township. Started last March, the 450-foot bridge, w’hich will serve both Blenheim an,d Brant county’s South Dumfries town­ship, is expected to open in about six weeks time.Under the financial agree­ment worked out, Oxford and Brant counties are each paying 10 per cent of the cost, with the province shouldering the re­mainder.Tomorrow morning, the coun­cil will hear a preliminary pre­sentation by a delegation from Woodstock General Hospital, outlining the hospital’s proposed building program to be under­taken in a few years time.Tomorrow afternoon, the council’s 15 committees will present recommendations in the various fields dealt with by each committee.Thursday's meeting will be the last of the three-day Sep­tember session. The council will next convene in December.County Librarians To Hold Annual Fall WorkshopOxford county librarians meet tomorrow at the county court- house for their annual fall work­shop.Morning >peakers will be Bet­ty Crawford of Ingersoll and Mrs. S L. Krompart of Wood­stock-In the afternoon and evening, the librarians will view a Book Fair featuring the latest fiction and non-fiction titles available to public and school libraries.The books are supplied by Toronto publishing firms.WARDEN OF OXFORD seated, discusses itinerary Coles, at the opening of theCounty, William Sutherland, with Clerk-treasurer, L. K. County Council. (Staff Photo)County Home Residents Get Check-UpOver 30 residents and staff of the County Home were checked for TB yesterday, courtesy of the Oxford County TB Associa­tion. The association brought a mobile chest X-Ray unit, com­plete with operator and techni­cian, from the Beck Memorial Sanitarium in LondonThis is part of the preventive program of the association which also finances the public X-ray clinics held regularly at various hospitals throughout the county.It also looks after the families whose breadwinners are re­covering in sanitarium, assures the comfort, of TB patients while there, and rehabilitates them upon recovery.All this is done with the money from Christmas Seals sold in the county.A recent addition to the pro­gram is the appointment of Mrs. Dorothy Boswell of Norwich to check on all people in the county with a history of chest illness. This action was induced by the recent increase in TB cases in Oxford County.Urges Expanded Regional Role For CountiesOWEN SOUND (CP)—Lorne Cumming, deputy minister of municipal affairs, urged On- tario counties Monday to as­sume an expanded role of re­gional government.Speaking to the annual meet­ing of the Association of On­tario Counties, Mr. Cumming said county government is a form of regional government which has existed more than 100 years.He said his department will not stand in the way of reforms,' needed to make the country system a more useful arm of local government. However, he said, the reforms must be ham­mered out at the local level and be agreeable to all parties in­volved.He said counties are not mak­ing use of legislation allowing the expansion of county govern­ment. Yet counties expected the government to grant them new powers.He said the province is con­tinually asked for leadership. But the province could not run the municipalities and, did not intend to.Mayor Eddie Sargent of Owen Sound, Liberal member of the legislature for Grey North, sug­gested the association join other municipal groups in asking the government to change the pres­ent tax base.I3MOBIL,E X-RAY unit shown in operation at the County Home. From left, Edward Haas of London, technician;Mrs. Catherine Hotson, resi- Bruce Boswell of Norwich. TB S'i Mlss M- of Public Health Nurse. (StaffLondon, operator; and Mrs. Photo)He said the property owner is paying the full cost of educa­tion while those who have in­vestments in stocks and bonds are paying nothing.Association President Howard Ziegler of Waterloo County said that if counties do not streng­then their role, someone will do it for them. Many of the prob­lems facing counties could be solved if the counties asserted themselves.CANCER SOCIETYR.G. Groom Elected Head Of Oxford County Branch County Roads Cost Totals $640,000 On 16 ProjectsOxford County Council heard reports tram the seven stan­ding committees of the council in yesterday afternoon's scs* sion.The roads committee reported that 16 works projects have been undertaken by the county since January, .1964 at a cost of about $640,000.Seven of these are now com­plete. with the last of the in­completed to be finished by December 1 During 1964, the county has built 7.6 miles of road, paved 5.4 miles and re­surfaced 14.2 miles.Largest of the county’s pro­jects has been the construction of a 450-foot bridge over the Nith river in concession one of Blen­heim township. Total cost of the job is $272,000. The bridge is expected to open in about ted county assessor Fred Cade towards his trip to Los Angeles. California, where he will attend the International Association of Assessing Officers convention due to open there next week.The council voted by a show of hands on the recommenda­tions advanced. AU were pas­sed.Following the completion of county business, an inscribed silver serving tray was pre­sented to Mr. and Airs. Thomas Pye in recognition of Mr. Pye’s 25 years of service to Oxford county. Mr. Pye is the; county courthouse engineer and custodian.Yesterday marked the end of I he third of the county council’s four yearly meetings. It will next convene in December.four weeks.The personnel committee, set. up at the council’s session last' March, recommended:(1) that former county clerk- treasurer L. K. Coles be grant­ed a leave of absence while hej studies business administration at Toronto’s Ryerson Polytech­nical Institute.(2) that Mrs. Karen Love, secretary to county clerk-trea-' surer L. K. Coles, be authorized to sign county cheques and be bonded for the same amount as Mr. Coles,(3) that no action be taken for the present on a Peel county resolution calling for the repeal of regulation 450 of the Muni­cipal act. Regulation 450 deals with attendance credits for county jail employees who cur-i rently receive benefits in excess of those granted most other employees in the majority of Ontario municipalities.(4) that the roads committee engage an assistant county roads engineer “as soon as pos­sible.”The agricultural committee recommended that action on an amendment to the province’s Trees act be deferred to the council’s next session in De­cember.The amendment states that a county may pay a municipality in which it owns forest lands a sum no greater than what the municipality would receive in taxes were the land not ex­empt. Oxford owns some 700 acres in eight of its townships.The assessment committee re­commended that $300 be gran-|East Zorra Application Would Centralize SchoolsEast Zorra’s 14 schools will posed consolidation. A five-room hr cut to three if the Ontario) addition was made Io >t lastMunicipal Board accepts a cen year.Iralizalion proposal submitted l A steady me m the number to It by the township’s school attending township st hooL 1 hoard. the chief reason behind thetoW&l Si'to°Tott plb.lie school. Total cost of the con- 1 ««« ce"* ,s r* struction has been placed at peeled over the next few years.] more than $300,000 by a Lon­don firm of architects, iIf OMB permission is granted, the board hopes to call for ten­ders on the project early in the new year, with the schools to be ready for classes in Sept.I ’65.Innerkip PS is the third school that will be used under the pro-“OPEN BIBLE” MONUMENT UNVEILED IN CEMETERY (STAFF PHOTO)Agree to Study Brant Merger ProposalBRANTFORD Brant County municipalities have agreed to study a proposal that they amalgamate under one govern­ment.The amalgamation resolution was submitted to county council yesterday by Brantford Township council whose reeve, James Bailey, said last night, there warn no immediate ob­jections.The city of Brantford, the Town of Paris and five town- ships would be Involved.The resolution said a merger under one government cited possible improvements In civic planning, engineering and gen­eral administration.The Issue Is expected to come before Brantford city coun­cil Monday.County Clerk W. D. Foulds said last night county council members will take the resolution to their respective munici­palities for discussion.County council took no notion on part of the resolu­tion which suggested n firm of consulting engineers report on n form of government which would best suit the area.Mr. Foulds said county council members arc expected to report from the municipalities at county council’s next meet­ing in November.General comment at yesterday’s meeting pointed out the present co-operation in Hrant County in the fields of admin­istration of justice and the county health unit. Propose $1,250,000 Hospital Wing To Provide 60 Beds; Urge Start In Spring, 1965The Woodstock General Hos- the eventual 73 beds. 40 will be nital Board is seeking approval used for accommodation of chr- for a new $1,250,000 addition to onic patients.the present facilities | Plans call for the new wingThree members of the hospital lo be constructed facing Brant Board oi Trust, called on both Street, on the old part of the the Oxford County council and hospital which was built in 1895. the Woodstock city council yes- This old section would be de- terday. concerning the proposed; molished lo make way for the expansion. eventual six-storey addition.The Board members, Robert Mr. Smith said that the grant R. Smith, ErroU Nephew and being requested from the coun-Peter Smith, outlined the hos- cils "need not be provided right pital’s proposal for a 400-bed off the bat”. He proposed that hospital under a 20-year plan, it be spread over a two, threeThe total cost Of the new ad­dition is estimated at $1,250,000and four year period.He also warned that “If weiministrator. who said that the Ontario Hospitalization had noth­ing to do with capital expend­iture. He pointed out that the D.M. rale had gone up, but ad­ded that, it was not because of Uie building rates.He said that the hospital is al-| lowed to retain 50 per cent of the revenue frim hospital ex­penses to build up the hospital, trusts.Aid. Bernadette Smith wanted to know if Dunlop House, the nursing residence, was being used economically. Peter Smith told her that the building was) filled with students and that the1 senior students were using it now.Split Of CostsFor Hospitalwith $500,000 of Uiis amount;do not start construction in the covered by hospital grants. The spring of 1965, we are going to city and the council are being be faced ith a serious bed short-, asked to provide the remaining age". He added that the Boardl _ $750,000. was requesting both councils to! parking problemThe ratio for each council was1 consider the matter by Novem-not revealed yesterday by the her 1, of this year.delegation.INCREASING NEEDAGREE IN PRINCIPLEIn answer to the delegation,The councillors were told that the Oxford County council re- “the need for hospital beds was commended tiiat the countyconstantly increasing”. Robert Smith cited that, as a rule, “when a hospital is operating at 80 per cent capacity, it’s time for more beds, and right now' the hospital is at 92 per cent capacity".In addition to hospital beds, a list of other needs was pre- seated, including operating rooms and equipment.Robert Smith told the councils that the plans for the expansion did not include a chronic hos­pital, but pointed out that of“agree in principle” with the proposed expansion and that the county share of the financing be determined at a later date when all the details are known.“in the Woodstock City coun­cil, the delegation answered questions from the floor.Aid. A. Mervyn Crowder ask­ed Robert Smith whether the increased hospitalization rates were contributing to the higher costs.The question was answered by Peter Smith, the hospital ad-Concerning parking, Mr. Smith said that this has become I a problem, and right now there is a commissioner to control parking.He reminded the city council,' that as the hospital builds1 more beds, it means more pat-’ tents, consequently, more visit-! ors and more parking space re­quired. He said that is was hop­ed the area in front of the hos­pital could be turned into a visitor’s parking lot.Mayor William Dutton told told the council that from the 1954 debentures of $600,000, there was still $282,890.17 outstand­ing. However, he added, “I have no doubt that there is some urg­ency to the request of the hospi­tal trust delegation.Woodstock Approves Cost-Sharing Formula For Hospital AdditionFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK — City council last night approved a new form­ula for dividing with the county the $750,000 local government' share of the proposed $1,250,000 addition to Woodstock General Hospital.Previous capital sharing had been on the basis of one-thirdby Oxford County and the by the city.The new formula would the first 6375,000 on therestJHlt oldbasis. The other half would be paid for of the basis of usage days by city and county resi­dents during 1964 and 1965.The formula was evolved at a meeting of city and county officials Wednesday. It will come before County council at ftaf December session.Kid, Andrew MacKenzie said it had been suggested that fu­ture city-county hospital costsharing be on a usage ha>iB. He said the hospital bi? asked tn keep track of tient days with accurate dresses showing whetherday will| pa-I ad- the jlived in the country orGiven OkayCity and County Councils have> ure this amount of the co.-t over agreed on the division of costs 10. 15 or 20 years has not yet of the $750,000 the Hospital j been determined.Board is asking for their pro-1 posed $1,250,000 addition. | USAGE„ J’ ’ „„ .. . -lr. The remaining $375,000 winch h Jr wm be Siven to the hospital inES I1966 W1U be baSCd 0D 1116 nUm- given to the hospital m 1965. ] ber of patient day3The city would pay two-thirds | The hospital is going to be of this $375,000 which amounts requested to keep a close ac- to $250,000 while the county, count of how many patients are would pay the remaining $125.- registered from the county and 000. how many patients are from theWhether the city will debent- city.This patient day basis for theAid. J.F. Hutcheson reported he had head some “scuttlebut” rumors that the Oxford Health Unit were buying its supplies in London instead of WoodstockCecil WellsAwarded 7thCounty TitleSix time winner of the Oxford County Plowman’s Trophy, and winner every year since 1900, Cecil Wells of RR 2 Paris, has copped the award again this year.This year’s competitions, held on the Wray Leach farm four miles east of Hickson on Hwy. 97, was favored with cool, sun­ny weather, and a record turn­out of entrants.The T. Eaton Trophy for the best junior was won by Ger­ald Hofstetter of RR 1. Platte­ville, who was the best plow­man between the ages of 14 and 18 in the tractor drawn, mounted plow class.Date ChangedThe fall meeting of Oxford County Council will he held September 29.30 and October 1, clerk-treasurer announced this morning. Change was made from the original date because of the September 22 OMR an­nexation hearing in Ingersoll, On September 30 the council will make the annual bus lour of the county roads system.remaining $375,000 will be judg­ed over a two year period be­ginning last January 1, 1964 and running until December 31. 1965.City manager Robert G. Mor­row said the debentures for the hospital would require approx­imately 20 mills. He was un­certain as to how long the city was going to have to debenture for this mill rate. Current as­sessments are based on 1940 building values.The city’s current mill rale is 68.5 residential and 76.1 com­mercial and industrial.DIFFICULTAid. Mackenzie, reporting the matter to City Council last night said that the divisions of cost at first were “a pretty knotty problem”.He added, “I felt that the figures that we had weren’t re­presentative. I think that I can safely say that a cost share basis will be based on care days.”Mr. Mackenxie said that the figures for the last nine months differed from the fig­ures of the past five years.“This,” he said, “threw a monkey wrench into the sys­tem.”Mr. Mackenzie pointed out I hat the care days (or the city were higher by 2 per cent over the last five years.\Mr. Mackenzie said that the councils finally decided to use past experience lo determine part of the costs.In 1954 when the hospital ask cd the city and council for $9u<i,000 the city paid two-thirds, of the cost while the county paid one-third of the cost.The city debentured their share of the costs then. SOtKi 000 over ten years. Approx i in atcly $240,000 of this 1954 de­benture will not be completely paid off until 1989. "bounty ofrcavdiad^- On niteA ad ddet^deA and i/teif aa neA adendin^ die Canadian ^ood ^oadA S^Aoeiaiion ioon/e^enee7.96'6te itdid die ^oan Oi^ A ^diddIon die ^on'uendcn.o^ die ^ueen ^/i^a^ed e^ted an/^dsme (/.unn^ die day. o-r in i/ie evening ^eOuteen ^udne-AA AeAAionA o^ die eonmenteonS/9d^icednten7A laid 7ceW. BROOKS, CHAIRMAN PUBLICITY. AND RECEPTION COMMITTEE COUNTY OF LINCOLN^n .diiiii/aiicn te die ladies adendin^ die^anad/an ^cod 0loadA sdiAocia/ionA ^on^ence, 796-6.ZiaA ^donned a fertymnime Afiecia/ intend te die /adieA cn ^dtuv^day, 22 nd. 7967ffront 2.00 fi.ni.cn die ^on/venteon ^/oovcf die 2^ueen, ^diyatedi $otel ^dniA, S^eci/ieA, $bod ^/am^deA, ^efredunentAsdddadieA ewe co-ndiady invited te attendW. BROOKS. CHAIRMAN PUBLICITY. AND RECEPTION COMMITTEE COUNTY OF LINCOLNCANADIAN GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATIONMONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1964 5:30 P.M. TO 7:00 P.M.Lo Grand SalonNs 22 ^ouniy of ^ineoln, Onia dooovdiaddu onwie6aid dedeejaies and Add? uditei widen din <?.ide Canadian ^ood Sfoad^ d^Aoeiaiion 6onfere nee 196'/io 'irini ide ^ou/nd^’i ^jdtdiiComplimentaryTavistock Fall Fair’ TAVISTOCK, ONT.Friday ^Saturday, Sept. 11th & 12th, 1964Lloyd AAcKayPresidentNot TansferableR. Rudy Secretaryon lhe ijon/i$en€ion ^looito^ i/te Queen Sdi^adeid. ^^dei a/n^ii/me du^in^- idie da^ w in i/ie OKeniny deiuteen dudneto AeaionA ide con/eeniionwdi Ae nutveriW. BROOKS, CHAIRMAN APUBLICITY. AND RECEPTION COMMITTEE COUNTY OF LINCOLN■vuauon io the ^Ladte^ aiiendina idleCanadian ^ood &oad& dd^doeiaiuwnt/iai fanned a fwo^vamnie o^ ^ledad inienesi io ide ladies on d//iut<sda i^, 0ric^ev ^2nd, 1969m.in ^ale^ie Cl'c. 9 on i/ie ^on ueniion ^ioo* d/ie Queen ^/ixade^ dffotelS^/l /adiei avecondiadhin uited io a/iendW. BROOKS. CHAIRMAN PUBLICITY. AND RECEPTION COMMITTEE COUNTY OF LINCOLNCANADIAN GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION^ke ^GoadMONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1964 5:30 P.M, TO 7:00 P.M. |Lu Gro nd Solon -r—। •N? 22 —____PROGRAMMECANADIAN GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATIONASSOCIATION CANADIENNE DES BONNES ROUTESpour les damesGolden Jubilee ConventionCongr&s de cinquanti&me anniversaireCongres de 50e AnniversaireAnnual Dinner D?ner annuel[/ASSOCIATION CANADIENNEDES BONNES ROUTESOct. 21, 1964HOTEL REINE ELIZABETHMontrealles 19, 20, 21 et 22 octobre, 1964“Fifty Years of Highway Progress" “50 ans de progres routier"QJou’/te 'Wiled <ETo a cTesfimonia^ ^inne/t Jo/i Qog ^BigkamDuring the past 35 to 40 years, we believe Roy Bigham has brought pleasure and happiness to more people than any one else in our city. By his many thoughtful acts, letters, cards and words he has made literally a host of friends that practically circles the globe.Softball, hockey, football, tennis, badminton lawn and alley bowlers to name only a few have benefited by his association as a player, coach, manager and enthusiastic supporter.To show Roy that we appreciate him and the many, many thoughtful things he has done, a "ROY BIGHAM STAG NIGHT” has been planned.The Date . WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21stThe Time . 6:30 P.M.The Place . FAMILY YMCA - WOODSTOCK, ONT.The cost, including a presentation and dinner, is $5.00 per person.Your presence there will mean a lot to Roy.For those who may be unable to attend, please write a personal letter to Roy and send it to Dr. George Kruger, c/o the YMCA. With this letter you may wish to make a donation toward the presentation which will be acknowledged. The letters will be presented to him in a suitably bound book at the dinner.Contacting all of Roy's friends is extremely difficult, so if you know of anyone who may not have received an invitation please advise any of the committee members or the YMCA.Let’s show a fine friend, an outstanding citizen and a really wonderful fellow, what we think of him.Dr. Georoe Kruoer, Chairman Mr. Ed. Bennett Mr. Reo HallDr. John Blackwood Dr. Don McAskile Mr. Geo, PeirceTickets available until Monday, October 19th at the YMCA, Coles Bros. Ltd., Reg Hall Ltd., or the Committee Members. CANADIAN GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION CANADIENNE DES BONNES ROUTES Golden Jubilee Convention Congr^s de cinquantieme anniversaire Annual Dinner Diner annuel Oct. 21, 1964 UH Fifty Years of Highway Progress" "50 ans de progres routier" MENU PROGRAMME Seafood Neptune □ Black Forest beer soup □ Hearts of celery-mixed olives □ Stuffed breast of chicken Albert □ Brown rice □ Baby carrots au beurre □ Chef's salad □ Bombe glacde Andalouse with sauce aux abricots □ Petits fours □ Coffee Toasts Santas Presentation of President's Medal, Distinguished Service Awards, Quarter Century Club Certificates * Presentation de la Medaille du President, de mentions speciales, des certificats “Quart-de-siecle” Speaker: The Right Honorable Lester B. Pearson, Prime Minister of Canada Confdrencier: * Le tres honorable Lester B. Pearson, premier ministre du Canada Entertainment * The Little Singers of Granby Divertissement * Les petits Chanteurs de Granby PROGRAMME pour les dames Congres de 50e Anniversaire [/ASSOCIATION CANADIENNE DES BONNES ROUTES HOTEL REINE ELIZABETH Montreal les 19, 20, 21 et 22 octobre, 1964 Comity Madame Bernard Pinard Madame Roger-J. LaBreque Madame J.-Bernard Lavigueur Madame Arthur Branchaud Madame Jean Arpin Madame Paul Chapdelaine Madame G.-H. Elliott Madame Philippe Ewart Madame Robert Hewitt Madame Jacques Hurtubise Madame J.-P. Langevin Madame J.-H. Leigh Madame Gaston Mailhot Madame W.-B. McIlvaine Madame Guy Poliquin Madame J.-H.-L. Ross Madame G.-A. Verge Madame J.-C. Vezeau INSCRIPTION Les dames sont prices de porter lews cartes d’identi­ fication qui leur serviront non settlement de pi£ce d’identification, mais de laissez-passer en certains cas. “LA CAFETIERE” Le cafe sera servi au Salon Saint-Laurent de 10 h. a 11 h. 00, chaque matin, courtoisie de 1’Association des Constructeurs de Routes du Quebec. VISITE AU MUSEE DES BEAUX-ARTS La viste organisee commencera a 1 h. 30, suivie par un Sherry. Les personnes desirant y participer devront etre presentes a cette heure. Il n’y aura pas de transport organise, mais les dames pourront se rendre de leur propre chef au musee, lequel situe 1379 ouest, rue Sher­ brooke, se trouve a peu de distance de I’hotel. Elles sont cependant prices de presenter leurs billets a I’entree secondaire du musee, 3410 avenue Ontario. RENSEIGNEMENTS Tous les matins, il y aura, dans le Salon Saint-Laurent, de meme que dans la salle d’inscription de 1’ACBR, des representants de 1’Office Municipal du Tourisme de Montreal, qui se feront un plaisir de repondre aux questions des delegues et de leur indiquer les lieux d’interet a visiter, les centres commerciaux, etc. TRADUCTION SIMULTAN'Ee Toutes les seances feront 1’objet d’une traduction si- multanee en frangais et en anglais. On pourra se pro­ curer gratuitement les appareils transistors necessaires au bureau d’inscription. CADEAU SOUVENIR Chaque dame inscrite au congres recevra un cendrier original en ceramique qu’elle pourra se procurer a “La Cafetiere” n’importe quel matin sur presentation d’un billet qu’elle trouvera dans son livret de billets. Le cendrier, creation de M. Camille Racicot, de la Centrale d’Artisanat du Quebec, affiche les insignes de 1’Associa- tion Canadienne des Bonnes Routes et du Minisrere de la Voirie du Quebec, qui c61ebrent respectivement cette annee leur 50e anniversaire. ■jeaX snp saiJEsiaAinuE uapjoS SuiAiasqo qjoq ‘oaqanQ jo spEo^j jo luauiurdaQ aq3 jo pue VHDD J° bh^Isut aq3 JEoq sXbjj qse atp ‘axjuag sjEJUTpuEjj oaqanQ aqj jo ojpunQ Xq paonpojd pue pauStsaQ ’Suiujoai Aire stun 99JJO3 38 LUOOJ XjqEJldsoq 9ip 38 (S39jpn jo Jjooq 3q3 ui psuresuoo) aa>pp b 2in3uasaid Xq Xen qsr orurejao apeui-pueq 8 aAiaoai ptA\ paja3ST3aj sr oq/A XpB{ qoejf XJIO HIN3AHOS •anuaay oudjuq oift ‘aouvama a pts aqi w laqou ano£ wasaad asvatf -353^ aooxjg aqoojqjgqg 6 Li n umasnpv aq3 03 aouEjsip 3Joqs aqa Xea\ uavo jraip aqrai piM sarpej tpaSuBjie aq piM uopEuodsuBjj ppads onj; •poAjas aq pjAt Xjiaqs ‘spiBMjasjy '3JE3s piM mo3 papinS aq3 uaqM ‘‘urd of’I u®qi 30U ajaqs aq ppioqs S3JV atnj jo tunasnj/V panuopv sip ijsu 03 SutqstM asoqj. sxuv 3nu xo Rfiasnw xo anox •a&reqo ou 38 Bare uopexjsdfoj aqa ui apjEpBAB 3J8 SJ3AT333J JO3SISU8J3 aOBduiOQ •qsqSns JO q3U3JJ 03m Xisno3UE3puns pajEpuEJj aq piAt suoissas py noixvtsnvhx saoaxvxTnwis ■333 ‘SapipOEJ Sinddoqs Pjsia 03 js3I33ut jo saoejd uo aspipe pue suop -sanb J3AVSU8 03 Sunnoiu aqj Suiinp eojb uopEjastSai VHOO 3lP PUE JU3jnEq-3ui8S ajps 9lP u! IIP11 neamq 3snnojL pdpnmj^ [esjjuojv aqa jo saAUEjuasajda-g NOIXVWaOJNI •uopEioossy ^jappng peo^ oaqanQ aqj jo Xsasinoo aq3 qSnojqj ‘Sutujotu qoEa -ure oo'Il 03 00‘0T uioij 3U3juEq-3UiEg uopeg ur paAjas aq ptM aa^og mNW1 33X103 3UX« •sjuaAa jsoiu oj uoissruipE jo ssaqop bje saSpeq ‘uopEoypuapi Suraq se paA\ sy -saSpeq jiaqj jeba^ 03 paqsr are sarpeq NOIXVRXSI93H MONDAY October 19 10.00 a.m. Coffee Salon Saint-Laurent 1.30 pan. I our of Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (See details page 4) 5.30 pan. The Road Gang Le Grand Salon Reception by the manufacturer and distributor members of CGRA 8.00 p.m. The Silver Screen Salle Duluth “Candid Camera on the Past” — Chris Fisher “Potential for the Longest Highway in the World” — Hon. Gordon Taylor, Minister of Highways, Alberta. Slide presentation of pictures taken on the offi­ cial opening tour of the Inter-American Section of the Pan-American Highway. Selection of National Film Board and Quebec Tourist Bureau films. WEDNESDAY October 21 10.00 a.m. Coffee Salon Saint-Laurent 11.00 a.m. Buses leave The Queen Elizabeth for a tour of the City 12.30 p.m. Aperitif and luncheon The Chalet Host: The City of Montreal Fashion show arranged by Canadian Couturiers Association 7.00 p.m. Annual Dinner Le Grand Salon Speaker: The Right Honorable L. B. Pearson, Prime .Minister of Canada Entertainment: The Little Singers of Granby TUESDAY October 20 9.15 a.m. Opening Ceremonies Le Grand Salon 10.00 a.m. Coffee Salon Saint-Laurent 12.30 p.m. Luncheon Le Grand Salon Commemorating the 50th anniversary of CGRA and the Department of Roads of Quebec Host: Department of Roads of Quebec Speaker: The Honorable Bernard Pinard, Minister of Roads, Quebec THURSDAY October 22 10.00 a.m. Coffee Salon Saint-Laurent 12.30 pan. Luncheon Le Grand Salon Speaker: Philippe de Gaspe Beaubien, Director of Operations, Expo ’67 8.30 p.m. Cabaret and Dancing Le Grand Salon Dancing to Nat Raider and his orchestra Entertainer: Piute Pete INSCRIPTION Les daincs sont priees de porter lours cartes d’identi­ fication qui leur serviront non seulement de pi^ce d’identification, mais de laissez-passer en certains cas. “LA CAFETIERE” Le cafe sera servi au Salon Saint-Laurent de 10 h. a 11 h. 00, chaque matin, courtoisie de 1’Association des Constructeurs de Routes du Quebec. VISITE AU MUStiE DES BEAUX-ARTS La viste organisee commencera a 1 h. 30, suivie par un Sherry. Les personnes d^sirant y participer devront etre presentes a cette heure. 11 n’y aura pas de transport organise, mais les dames pourront se rendre de leur propre chef au mus^e, lequel situe 1379 ouest, rue Sher­ brooke, se trouve a peu de distance de I’hoteL Elles sont cependant priees de presenter leurs billets a Ventree secondaire du nrusee, 3410 avenue Ontario. RENSEIGNEMENTS Tous les matins, il y aura, dans le Salon Saint-Laurent, de meme que dans la salle d’inscription de 1’ACBR, des representants de 1’Office Municipal du Tourisme de Montreal, qui se feront un plaisir de repondre aux questions des delegues et de leur indiquer les lieux d’interet a visiter, les centres commerciaux, etc. TRADUCTION SIMULTANEE Toutes les seances feront 1’objet d’une traduction si- multanee en franjais et en anglais. On pourra se pro­ curer gratuitement les appareils transistors necessaires au bureau d’inscription. CADEAU SOUVENIR Chaque dame inscrite au congres recevra un cendrier original en c^ramique qu’elle pourra se procurer a “La Cafetiere” n’importe quel matin sur presentation d’un billet qu’elle trouvera dans son livret de billets. Le cendrier, creation de M. Camille Racicot, de la Centrale d’Artisanat du Quebec, affiche les insignes de 1’Associa­ tion Canadienne des Bonnes Routes et du Ministere de la Voirie du Quebec, qui c&ebrent respectivement cette annee leur 50e anniversaire. stqa saraEsaaAruus uapjoS SutAaasqo qaoq ‘oaqanQ jo sproy jo luaunxedaQ aqa jo pue VHOO J° wuSjsin atp aEaq sX«aa qse aqa ‘aaauag ijwoipueH oaqanQ aqa jo ‘aoaps^ onpu®O Xq paanpoad due pau3jsaQ •Suruaotu Xue amp aajgoo as moor XaqEardsoq aqa as (saaqop jo Jjooq aqa ur paureauoo) aaqop e Supuasaad Xq Xeh qse ariueaaa apEiu-puEq e aAjaaaa qiM paaaasr2aa sr oqM XpE[ qaeg XXIO HIN3AHOS •anuaay oimiuq Oli’S ‘atnautus a pts gqt tv wqtni ■inot iuasaxd asvsj^ aaaaag aqooaqaaqg as umasnjv aqa oa aaueasrp aaoqs aqa Xem umo araqa aqriu qiAA sarpEj tpaSuraae aq qiM uopEaaodsueaa [tpads o^ •paAias aq qiA\. Xaaaqs ‘spaEAiaaajy uns TIP1 Jno1 papin^ aqa uaqM ‘-urd ofj treqa aaaej aou aaaqa aq pjnoqs saay aurj jo umasnpv paaauopv aqa ajsiA oa drnqstM asoq_L sxav awu 10 wnasiiw jo hrox •aSxEqo on ae ebje uopeaasrSaa aqa ur ajqrqrEAE are saaATaaaj aoasrsusaa aoEdmo^ -qsrjSua ao qouaaj oam XpnoauEafnmis paaqsuEaa aq ujaa suorssas qy NOLLVTSMVSX SHOSXiVXTlMIS •aaa ‘sappraej Smddoqs ‘arsiA oa asaaaaur jo saoEjd uo asupg pus suop -sanb aaA\suE oa Suruaour aqa Suraup Eaas uopejasrSaa VHOO 3lP PUE luamEq-auiEg aqEg aqa m aq jjtm neaanq asranox lEdpnmTV paaauojv aqj jo saApcauasaada^ NOIXVWOAMI •uopEroossy tsaapjmq peo-y oaqanQ aqa jo Xsaaanoo aqa qSnoaqa ‘Smuaour qaea ’are OO'H oa 00’01 uroaj auaauEq-auiEg uopg nr paAaas aq qjM aajjog aauoo RHJL, ■sauoAa isom oa uorssrurpE jo saoapp aar saSpeq ‘uopeaypuapr 3uraq se qaM sy 'saSpeq araqa jeom oa paqse are sarprq MOixvHisioaa PROGRAMME pour les dames Congres de 50e Anniversaire LfASSOCIATION CANADIENNE DES BONNES ROUTES HOTEL REINE ELIZABETH Montreal les 19, 20, 21 et 22 octobre, 1964 County's Unofficial Ambassador Honored By Life-Time Of FriendsAthletic. Sportsman. Etc “The Greatest Guy"By ART WRIGHT Sentinel-Review Sports Editor. Roy Bigham, athlete and spoilsman, realized at a young age what people from every walk of life require a lifetime to comprehend. His understand-’Charles Smith, on behalf of of the Woodstock Lawn Bowling Club, summarized Roy’s con­tributions to that sport. Roy was an excellent lawn bowler as his countless number of tro-ing was that essential happi- phies point, out. He reached his - - - -• . climax when invited to accom­ness is best derived from friend-ship,Roy. unchallenged as Wood­stock’s most popular citizen, has the perfected knack of pro­jecting friendship into competi­tive sport. Win. lose, or draw he conducts himself as a true gentleman. Not one man in apany a team of Canadian bowl­ers who toured the British Isles.The alley bowling clan un­doubtedly hosts the greatest number of friends for Roy Bigham. He is still active in five-pin bowling as he has been. . . ___ _ _ for 39 years. At the presentmillion can look back over his time he bowls twice weekly in years in sport and draw a simi- the Business Men’s and Indus- iar comparison. ; trial "A” leagues.Bill Bennett was the speaker oihiuasm who elaborated on Roy’s longspeakers Reg Hau, Len Tay- and successful association with lor. Charles Mitchell. Charles alley bowling. According to Ben- Smith and Bill Bennett outlined nett it was Roy who proved a Roy’s sports achievements. The .........words, enthusiasm and friend­ship, repeatedly crept into his association with basketball, softball, badminton, lawn and alley bowling.Reg Hall, a lifelong friend, gave a brief rundown on Roy’s talents on the basketball court. As Reg put it, "At the magni­ficent height of five-foot-three I could not remember if Roy was a guard or forward.” In any event he was a worthy com­petitor and a member of the First Baptist Church team that won the city basketball cham­pionship in 1924.good little man can compete against a good big man any- day.Gordon “Stub” Harper offer­ed one of the thou a nds of in­teresting comments passed among the guests. Harper re­ferred to Roy as. "the little fel­low and the greatest guy who ever lived.” It seemed funny that Stub, of short stature him­self, could actually refer to someone as, "the little fellow.”Most everybody else had to be content with calling him an athlete, sportsman world travel­ler. churchman, humanitarian or just plain everybody’s friend.ROY BIGHAM—WORLD TRAVELLER AND MR. WOODSTOCK’300 Gather At YMCA For Testimonial DinnerBy BRIAN MOORE Sentinel-Review Staff WriterRoy Bigham is everyone s friend and everyone was on hand at the Woodstock YMCA last nibhl to lake part in the "Roy Bigham Night,” marking 40 years of "achievement, ser­vice and friendship.More than 300 friends attend­ed the testimonial dinner honor­ing the diminutive "Mr. Wood- stock.” They came from t h e city and from near-by towns, and villages, from Sarnia. Kitchener, and Toronto, from Alberta, Nova Scotia and Con­necticut.They were there to pay tri­bute to a man whose "ability, drive and unfailing good nature have contributed more to Wood- stock than can ever be repaid.”Nevertheless, Mr. Bigham's friends here decided to make a start in this direction some six months ago. when they began laying plans for a "Roy Bigham Night.”A six-man committee under Dr. George Kruger was set up to get the project rolling, pre­ferably without letting Mr. Big­ham in on what was going on. However, this was easier said than done.“I had an inkling that some­thing was afoot almost from the start. The town is too small for secrets and my lines of com­munication are too good.” Mr. Bigham admits.SECURITY LEAKSI Despite the occasional securi- 1 ly leak the committee was rea­sonably successful in keeping its activities underwraps and made steady progress. Pledges lo attend flowed in from friends throughout Oxford County and beyond, while those who would be unable to make the dinner sent letters of congralulations, usually well-larded with remi­niscences of the times they had and Mr. Bigham enjoyed to­gether.Guest speakers at last night's 1 dinner also drew heavily on re­collections of their early days in Woodstock.Reg Hall began the speech­making by supplying some data on what was undoubtedly the earliest day of all.| "Roy was born Aug 28. 1905 on his father’s East Zorra farm, the great - great . grandson of E. D. Burtch whose brother Za­chariah built the firs’ log cabin in Woodstock. I m told that he arrived before the doctor did. the beginning of what was toI be a long series of first for Roy."He went to Princess and Central Public Schools here, and after a brief stay in north­ern Ontario, returned to gradu­ate from Woodstock Collegia le I in TOI Rnv'c fire*NESBITT VIEWThinks Time Ripe Now For Home For Elderly In OxfordBy WALLACE NESBITT MP for OxfordTt seems to me that one thing that is sadily lacking in Oxford County is a good residence for elderly persons who, through various circumstances, are not able to live alone or to properly look after themselves. It is quite true that Oxford has a County Home, which has served the area well for many years, but in my view and in the view of a good many others, its facilities are no longer satisfactory nor adequate. An attractive place to live should be provided for these elderly persons in the County who cannbl take care of them­selves, and particularly those who may need a small amount of daily medical attention.It is my understanding that a very 'beautiful piece ''r erty. suitably located, would be available lor just such a , o- jeet, and with appropriate pro­vincial and federal assistance, I am sure that such an enter­prise would be feasible.The Government of Ontario provides generous contributions for both the construction and maintenance of such projects and likewise recent amend­ments to the CMHC Act could enable federal assistance to be provided in substantial amounts. The help of certain charitable organizations and service clubs could no doubt be also enlisted.There are all sorts of possi­bilities that could be considered for such a residence, a central building for those who would require only one room, and per­haps some type of cottage ac­commodation for elder lv couples who might like some light housekeeping sort of ar­rangement. Recreational facili­ties and attractive grounds are also a must.I would certainly hope that tile appropriate authorities will look into this suggestion and that a Committee will form­ed of representatives of the various levels of government concerned, as well as reiresen tatives of services and chari­table organizations to thor­oughly investigate the feasibility of developing a project of this kind. WORKSHOP AND BOOK FAIRLOUISE KROMPARTROOKS, AND MORE honks were the topic, and the ladles, hoins UhreWans, loved every minute of it. They were view- ing a Kook Eair featuring the latest fiction and non-fiction titles held yesterday al the courthouse. The Fair cli­maxed the annual fall work­shop of Oxford county librari­ans- BELOW, left to right, Mrs. H Schwartzenlruber, Tavistock public library; Ana­bel MacKay of Thamesford, Louise tossing of Norwich; Mrs. E. Chant of Burgessville, Louise Kromparf of County Library and Betty Crawford of Ingersoll were speakers at the workshop. (Staff Photos)BETTY CKAW«OKD—Free Press Woodstock BureauRoy Bigham, never a man to miss a chance to boost Woodstock and area, was busy handing out matches advertising Oxford County at a testi­monial dinner in his honor last night. About 400 persons attended. Mr. Bigham hands Oxford matches to W. G. Bigham, of Pickering, a cousin.Wood stock Sports VeteranHonored at DinnerWOODSTOCK — One of the the world were presented tocity’s leading sports figures was; honored last night at a dinner at the YMCA.The dinner was held for Roy Bigham who has been ac­tive in softball, hockey, foot­ball, tennis, badminton, lawn1Mr. Bigham in a bound volume.The stag dinner was arranged by a committee of city resi­dents headed by Dr. George Kreuger. Other commi tte e members were Eri Bennett. Reg Hall, Dr. John Blackwood, Dr. Donald McAskile and George Peirce.COST $23,000 MORECity Hall CommitteeMay Add Second Storeyand alley bowling in the city fori Mr. Bingham rode in a 1914 almost 40 years. ।model touring car to the YMCA.Letters from former associ-i where he was greeted by about tea and proteges from around 400 friends and associates.By JAMES CUTTING Sentinel-Review Staff WriterWoodstock's city ball reno­vation committee may con­sider asking city council for approval to add a second store.-/ now to the presently approved $55,000 one-storey addition planned for the city hall.The committee met yester­day in the city manager's office to hear explanations from the architect on how the presently designed addi­tion would harmonize with the present 112-year-old building now standing.Mr. E, H. Hagarty. a dele- ' gate from the architect's , firm of Blackwell, Hagarty and BuitL who helped draw 1 up the design for the cur­rent!' planned one-storey addition, told the committee that the best way the new building could harmonize with the present city hall was through color."CHEAP”Mr. Hagarty said that if the building were construct- eri exactly like the originalcity hall it would look like a "cheap imitation”.Mr. Hagarty said that if the second storey was added now it would cost another estimated $23,000.Aid. Bernadette Smith sug­gested that (he committee approach county council to sec if they might provide financial assistance for this second storey.Aid. Smith said that the county provided some atsipG ance in the financial opera­tion of the museum. /Ingersoll DeliveryTo BeginSentinel-ReviewIngersoll BureauINGERSOLL — loiter carrier service will commence in In geraoU Monday, Nov. 23.Norwich Council Approves Fire Hall For CentennialSimcoe ManNamed Manager Of LERDAW. E. Ross of Simcoe, presi-j deni of the Lake Eric Region­al Development Association an nounced today the appointment of Douglas A Fisher as general manager of the Lake Eric Re­gional Development Association. Mr. Fisher will assume h i s duties on Nov, 15.Annexation Cuts Grant By $1348The unconditional grant to the Township of East Oxford for warded by the Department of Municipal Affairs, has been re­duced by $1,348.50, the council was informed this week.The reduction of the grant is due to the loss of jxipulation fol lowing annexation of about one- third of the assessment of the Township by Woodstock.The grant, paid in two install- I ments, for next year will be $2,- 1520.00. COUNTY FIRSTS ON DISPLAYOxford County and Wood- this display window in the lo- display, set up by The Senti- features significant champion- by Oxford County farmers instock have been gaining a wer concourse of the Royal uel-Review while The Royal ships and “First” ribbons won international competitions,great deal of attention from York Hotel in Toronto. The Winter Fair- is in progress,Embro Man Exhibits Top TurnipsTORONTO —Lewis Thom­son of RR 2, Embro, has won the Commercial Feature Exhi­bit Award for the best turnips eight of the nine times it has been offered at the Royal Win­ter Fair.Mr. Thomson also grows num­erous other vegetables on his farm, and has a large export market of turnips to Florida every year.His award winning exhibit at the fair consists of 40 to 50 bushels of waxed turnips in a hugh display bin.After the fair is over the tyr nips will be donated to the । Salvation Army in Toronto. IOther winners In the regular turnip competitions were Carl Thomson of Stratford with a sixth, and three seventh prizes; Mervil Johnson of RR 2, Em-, bro with a sixth. and seventh, and two eight-place prizes; and Lorne Waller of RR 2. Embro, with a fourth, a sixth, and two ninth-place prizes in the regular showing.Oxford Reeves In Montreal. Roads MeetingNORWICH — Reeve Leslie Force and Mrs. Force of Nor­wich and Reeve John H. Lester and Mrs. Lester of North Nor­wich are attending the Canadi­an Good Roads Association s annual meeting and 50th birth­day in Montreal this week.Some 1,500 persons are at­tending the meeting which of­ficially opened Tuesday. For the first time, the Association has brought together for discussion, representatives of nineteen uni­versity faculties where highway engineering is taught.According to one association official, the members of 50 years ago were essentially a group of men interested in driv­ing. they are now experts in building, financing, planning and administering the complex road systems on which much of Canada's economy depends.On Wednesday evening Prime Minister I.ester Pearson ad­dressed the annual dinner meet­ing.MBS. THOMSON IS SHOWN WITH LAST YEAIi’S DISPLAY AT THE ROYAL -Staff PhotoHONOR PIONEER OXFORD COUNTY CHEESE MAKERTUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1964 4■-————■——CouncillorQuits OverFund SplitA butter statue of Canada’s first commercial cheese-mak­er, Harvey Farrington, is on display at. the Royal Agricul­tural Winter Fair in Toronto. The statue by Toronto sculp­Oxford County At The RoyalThe Royal Winter Fair, Can­ada’s world-famous exhibition of cattle, agricultural produce, horses and horsemanship, opens again in Toronto next Friday. It has been a source of pride, delight and edi­fication to those who live both on and off the land since it was stall­ed in 1922.No county in Canada is more genuinely interested in this show than Oxford whose farmers have long been recognized as among the most able, productive and versa­tile in the country. And this for good reason when the rich harvest of prizes and world championships they have won over the years is considered.To focus attention on Woorl- -tock, the county city, and on Ox­ford’s varied and unique agricul­tural achievements, The Sentinel- Review plans to set up a display window in the lower concourse of the Royal York Hotel during the period of the Fair. The theme ofthe exhibit will be “Oxford Coun­ty—A ‘First’ in Agriculture”. This will be borne out by an impressive display o f “First” ribbons and championship awards won by Ox­ford County farmers.Since The Sentinel-Review an­nounced this project last week, an astonishing number and variety of prizes have been offered for use in the display. Well over 100 impres­sive “First” ribbons have been submitted and a selection has been difficult to make.Ribbons and awards used will represent first prizes or significant championships won in such widely diverse classes as dairy cattle, goats, swine, apples, seed, vegeta­bles, hay. wheat, cheese and even rabbits. Shows where they were won range as far afield as Cuba.The Sentinel-Review is proud to be identified with the display and most grateful to those who have co-operated to make it pos­sible.tor W. A. Clements is spon­sored by Ontario dairy organ­izations to mark the centen­nial of commercial cheese­making in Canada. Farring­ton came to Canada from New York State in 1863 and settled in Norwich Township near Woodstock. He opened h i s cheese factory there in June, 1864.Councillor Delmar Kipp yes-i lerday resigned from Blenheim; Township council in protest over what he called “bulldozing tael- ics and violation of pledges” on the part of council.The township's handling of the centennial grant question was; cited by Mr. Kipp as the “prime issue” behind his resignation.“I got fed up with the way things were being run. It seem ed lo mo that resigning was the > only course left open.” he said.:Blenheim Reeve Peter Me-1 Donald said Mr. Kipp's action came as a “complete surprise.” “I had no idea he was think­ing of resigning. I still don't, know what he has in mind,” Mr. McDonald added.Mr. Kipp claims township council has broken its word to the village of Princeton on the question of how the township’s $8,902 centennial grant is to be split.On March 20. council adopted a resolution calling for the entire sum to go to Princeton toward a proposed $25,000 com­munity hall. »This resolution was later back ed by a township bylaw.CHANGEDOn June 1. however, council agreed to give Drumbo 25 per cent of the $8,902 toward a $3a. 000 community hall, with Prin­ceton to receive the rest.“T h e Princeton centennial committee wasn’t happv with this split, but it was willing to go along. I talked with the other councillors at some length, and they agreed that this was lo be the final division of the grant,” Mr. Kipp said.On June 26, representatives from the centennial committees of D r u m b o, Plattsville and : Bright met in Drumbo. They el- I ected to ask for a division of the grant among the four vill ages—the Princeton centennial committee had been invited to the meeting, but had declined to come — on the basis of pop­ulation, with each village to re- ceive $2 per capita,On the basis of this scheme, Plattsville was to get 36.5 per cent, Princeton 33.3 per cent and Drumbo 30.2 per cent.(Bright’s project — renova­tion of the township hall — had failed to qualify as a centen nial project. Hence, it did not receive a share of the grant.)This proposal for a per cap­ita split of the $8,902 was in­Woodstock NativeHonoredDr. Frederick W. Minkler, di rector of education and secre tary treasurer of the Board of Education for the Township of North York, was given a testi­monial dinner early this month at Northview Heights Collegiate Institute, Willowdale, Ontario.Dr, Minkler, a native of Woodstock, received his public school and high school educa­tion here. His sister. Mrs. Arn­old Gillot and her husband, both of Woodstock, were among the honored guests at the dinner,troduced to the township coun­cil at. its July meeting, and as adopted as the final division of the grant. A hylaw was later passed rescinding the earlier by­law turning over all of the money to Princeton.“This per capita business is totally opposed to what council originally promised the Prince,- ton centennial committee The way I look al it. your word is your bond, and once you give it. you should keep it," Mr. Kipp said.Princeton responded to the township's decis;on that the S8, 902 should be allotted on a pop­ulation basis by taking nut a Supreme Court writ to quash lhe bylaw that rescinded the initial bylaw giving the entire sum to Princeton.The bid has had no effect to date, however, and Oct. 20. the council passed a bylaw adopiing th” ner capita method and auth­orizing construction of the three centennial projects.This bylaw is now being stud­ied by the department of mun­icipal affairs.Mr. Kipp, a councillor for the past four .years, sees the town­ship as in danger of losing its grant if it divides the money among the contending villages."Tlie secretary of the pro­vincial centennial committee told me that it is by far pre­ferable for a township to have a single unified project rather than three or four different ones. And I know of a case where a townshop forfeited its grant because it couldn’t, agree on one project. This might happen here," he said.VARIATIONMr. Kipp also pointed out that under the per capita arrange­ment. Plattsville which has ice smallest project — a $6,000 picnic pavilion — will receive ' the largest share of the gran’. — 36.5 per cent.(In reply, Reeve McDonald said that since Plattsville. has the greatest population and re­presents about 1-6 of the town­ship’s total assessment, he he- lievd splitting the grant on a per capita basis was equitable in all respects.)Commenting on his political future. Mr. Kipp said he will finish his term as relief officer to save the township the ex­pense of meeting to select a new man. He declared, however, that he will definitely not seek re-election as a councillor.I “I’ve had enough-” he said.By 1,000brought gretings on behalf os' the Province and paid tribute to the contribution Dr Minkler has made to education. BUT LONGER TERMS OKDirect Election Of County Warden, Widened County Powers Said No GoIf Oxford County's response is any indication of sentiment around the province, MPP Hol­lis Beckett's proposals for im­proving county government are unlikely to win many backers on the county le-el.Mr. Beckett, chairman of the Ontario legislature’s select com­mittee on municipal law. has suggested, among other things, that:Members of county council, in­cluding the warden, should be elected directly by the people;.411 members should have two or three year terms:No member of county coun­cil should hold a seat on a mun­icipal council:County council should be giv­en wider powers, — a concept generally known as “regional government” slowing it, — for example, to levy and collect its own taxes,A cross section of Oxford County officials turned thumbs down on all of these proposals, though some gave tentative as­sent to the notion that members should be guaranteed a two or three year term on county coun­cil.Here are their comments:WARDEN WILLIAM SUTH­ERLAND of West Zorra— “I believe the direct-election met­hod of choosing county council members was tried in Oxford around the turn of the century — and with disappointing re­sults. Council became too un­wieldy to work smoothly. And of course if the divisions from which members are elected be­come too large, members would tend to lose close touch with their areas' needs and pro­blems.•‘Personally, I’m satisfied with our prcscrl system. I'd have to be shown I hat a new method has very definite ad­vantages before l‘d favor adopt­ing it.“As for two or three year terms for councillors, J think this is actually the case already, since most reeves and deputy reeves are on county council for at least that long.“I sec no reason why a man shouldn't hold a seat on both county council and a township council. He's particularly inter­ested in winning benefits for his own township, of course, but this doesn't mean he can't work just as hard for the welfare of the county as a whole.“Greater power for the county is definitely the coming thing, but I’m not sure I approve of it .There is a danger that people will lose contact, with the men who handle their taxes, roads, welfare matters and the like. This would mean a more impersonal, remote-control type of government that 1 don’t think would be very healthy.”REEVE HAROLD ARTHURof South Norwich—“The direct-election method wouldn’t be any improvement over what we have now, and would probably be a lot more time-consuming and expensive. However, 1 think two or three year terms for county council members would be a good idea.“It takes a man at least a I year to learn what’s going on ] around the county, and what sort of action is needed. A guar-1WILLIAM SUTHERLANDanteed term would make him feel more secure.“I don't think regional govern­ment will come into effect for quite awhile. For one thing, it has some definite drawbacks, such as increased travelling ex­penses for county councillors, and the likelihood that members will get bogged down in a lot of detail or else overlook many local problems entirely.“Besides, I’ve noticed that the further away you get from the municipal level, the less they care for a dollar.” SON of North Oxford—REEVE HENRY FINLAY-Td sooner stick to our pres­ent method of having county council members come, from municipal councils The people usually put in good men on the municipal level, and they in turn generally come up with the best choice for warden.“I think results in the past have been satisfactory for Ox­ford and certainly justify keep­ing on the way we’ve been do­ing.“I'd support giving each mem •her a two or three year term, since you can't do much in one year But I don’t think there's anything wrong with a man be­ing a county councillor and a municipal councillor at the same time.“Here in Oxford, at least, there has never been any con­flict-of-interest problem.‘As far as the regional gov­ernment idea goes, I believe this is something we're going to see more of. although I doubt if the day will ever come when municipal governments disap­pear entirely.“Under the present set-up, of course, the county already has considerable power. For in­stance. its assessor sees that township assessments are more or less equalized, and he also sets the amount that each town­ship must turn over to the county in annual taxes.“If county council were to start collecting its own taxes. I think this would lead to a lot of trouble with municipalities. Let'a leave well enough alone.”County Clerk and Treasurer L. K. COLES—“J prefer our present arrange­ment to having county council1 members elected directly. I think the system has proven it­self workable, and I don't see any reason In start tampering with il,“A guaranteed term for coun­ty councillors is a sound idea, since it takes some lime before a man gels accustomed lo the job and is able to do his best work.“However, I'd estimate that al present more than 90 per cent of all members are on county council for at least two years, anyway.“Also, if township elections were held, say. every three years instead of annually, it would take a man a Jot longer to reach higher level positions, which might tend to discourage competition for them.“Members of municipal coun­cils should definitely have seats on county council. After all. legislation on the two levels is closely connected, and it only makes sense to allow the same man a hand in both areas.”“Regional government is cer­tainly on its way in. Counties are gaining more powers than ever before. For example, it's now possible for a county to set up an assessment commis­sioner's office which does away completely with the job of township assessor. Lincoln County has been using this sys-j I tern for the last two years, and I understand it's working well.“I think there should be a vote on the matter before .any­thing is done to end municipal 'governments completely.”IN BLANDFORD9-Mill Tax JumpSeen Due AnnexationBRIGHT — Residents of Uni-' However, a letter from the de­led School section 1 and 2 will, partment of municipal affairs have to shoulder a nine - m i 11 to Blandford Council advised jump in their school taxes, that Woodstock does not have Blandford Twp. Council agreed to contribute, since less than 15 Monday. per cent of the townships’ totalRatepayers in the united assessment was annexed.school section had hoped to In Blandford's case, only have Woodstock share part of , . ,the tax boost, caused by the about flV€ fer cent of the town- city's recent annexation of land ; ship 8 assessment went to from Blandford and East Ox- j Woodstock, although 48 per cent ford Twps. including a portion of this figure lies in USS 1 and of the school section. ,IiFollowing annexation, school taxes in the section climbed from 15.11 mills to 24.01 mills,“People knew there would be an increase, hut they neve r dreamed il would be t h i s much," S. J. Currah, township clerk-treasurer said.The ratepayers' burden will soon be eased, however, when all school sections arc combined lo form a unified township school area under a single board The move is expected to take place in January.Under the new system, school rates will be the same throughout a township, rather than varying from section to section as they do at present.Also, members of former united school sections will pay equal rates, determined by which township the section's schools are located in.Thus, members of USS 1 and 2 who live in East Oxford will pay the same rates as their j counterparts in Blandford, since the section's school is located at. Bond's Corners in the latter township.This rate in turn will be equalized for all of Blandford.WardenNot Seeking Re-ElectionWilliam M. Sutherland, reeve of West Zorra Twp, and warden of Oxford County, says he will definitely not seek re-election as reeve this year.“I've held the job for t h r e e years, and I've been on town­ship council for 12 years, which is enough for any man, I think it’s time I called it a day," he added.So far, no candidates have indicated they will enter the race for the rceveship. Nomina tion night tor the township is Nov. 27. with voters to go to the I polls Dec. 7.Centennial Project 'Ridiculous'NEW HAMBURG, Ont. (CP) New Hamburg won’t have a centennial project. Reeve Cur-I tis Roth said Tuesday, noting: that the federal governments scheme was “as ridiculous as the flag debate”.“It’s causing more friction in municipal councils across Can­ada than anything else,” said Mr. Roth. “I'm washing my hands of it.""The government is spending millions in Montreal on build­ings which will he torn down, while half the world is starv­ing,” he said.New Hamburg, 10 miles south­west of Kitchener, was consid­ering a $10,000 addition to the village’s city hall. But “they (the government) want us to build something we don’t need,” said Mr. Roth.1964 Dinner For Wardens Set ThursdayThe 1964 Warden’s Dinner will be held tomorrow night in In­gersoll District Collegiate, start­ing at 7 o’clock.About 3'30 guests are expected to attend the dinner, hosted this year by Warden William M. Sutherland of West Zbrra.Among those invited are members of county council, for­mer Oxford wardens and coun­cillors. and the current wardens of Norfolk, Middlesex. Water­loo, Lambton and Kent Count les.Wallace Nesbitt, MP, and Gordon Pittock, MPP. will also be on hand, along with Mayor William Dutton of Woodstock, Mayor Thomas Morrison of In­gersoll and Mayor Clare Essel- tine of Tillsonburg.Chairman of the banquet will be L. K. Coles, Oxford clerk­treasurer. Clerk Charges Benefits Only For CommissionerDefer Decision On Annexation14 Witnesses From Township All HostileFive-Day Hearing Ends On Ingersoll ApplicationBy KEN DOLL good, and the Wat in the wells Sentinel.Review Staff Writer I was good and abundant. INGERSOLL - The members' WiS th.is security was it rea- of the Ontario Municipal Board. enable to expect hem to join William Shub and A. L. McCrae ^ke l^n of Ingersoll? he asked., of Toronto deferred decision Thet town> he sa!d- had yiade‘ | yesterday al the conclusion of ,4uate sewers, an incomplele wa- the hearing over the proposed ter J3^’ P°or roads and n.°. land annexation by Ingersoll. I road maintenance. equipment, | The hearing started Sept. 22 in the council chamber of theno snow plows, and inadequate sidewalks.Ingersoll Town Hall, over theWith a record like this, he~ L- rl vi • v■ । I\ Is 1« Jamount of land which the town asked, who was belter able towanted.look after the needs of tl\e peo­ple in the proposed area to be. ... .» , .. .■ • « । pAC UI ll.lv IHUpUdlU dltd IU UeAt >>’ai nine the chairman of annexed? j submitted that the I the heann- asked the Mayor of | Unship of Wes( Oxford {s Ingersoll Thomas J. Morrison, more aualified to service thewhy they had changed an qsrli- er request of 600 acres to 995 acres.Mr. Morrison stated that he himself could not conceive why so much extra land had been added, unless it was just to square off the section.DORMITORYGordon Culham, Ingersoll’s planning consultant, had re­marked in that first day of the hearing that the danger was that Ingersoll would become a dormitory for the progressive city of London 20 miles to the west and Woodstock nine miles to the east.In the second day of the hear­ing on Sept 23, Ingersoll’s in­dustrial commissioner. Michael Dewah told the board that at least 15 to 30 acres were reauir-more qualified to service thearea in dispute.R. A. MacDougall, Oxford County solicitor, came forward 1 to give the comments of the county, in regard to the matter. His testimony had been held over from the preceding day's sitting.Mr. MacDougall said that the annexation which Woodstock had proposed had been ap­proved by the council but the Ingersoll annexation approval was withheld because the town had not shown enough evidence it could support the new land.The County council is not con­vinced that the town needs the land and the council does not believe that the proposed annex­ation will increase and protect the residents in the area to beed by the twenty inquiries they naiPQia/lhave had for industrial land. q j r iMr. Dewan emphasized th? TaicOTA'cTitTfact, that these industrial brmsSUniVffl were interested in prestige sites " ______to show their buildings off, such - - .pB^uoa 000’06$ along42xyw01F r '4 qjosqe o; peq «ABq pino.wMr. Dewan told W. E. ^.-4 . d J3A!BM dL)1 00lSYoung counsel for Wert Ox- ^soo 3ABq pin0M uford Twp,, that he had natuiEio jeqr Httieaj rUVacting for the industrial com-.^ p auo 'sjapiBy pUB^uo mission, and not for himself, pi[>pBaq pgjBdUUb jsMq-uD when he showed the interested * h w h aI0jaq parties land in the proposed- u ^isniuh jjeisareas to be annexed, of which 803 A-m pJE sajeuiuiBaj he owns 33 acres near the Cullo-.^ pBq saapodojde"LRl .and D J.1O1 ‘angB»n nBV00^ ueipeueoThe Ontario Municipal Board I + S}nBdogl4V o^uoaox <q JP adjourned the hearing at the sutaq sma 3uipBd[ end of the second day, until d01gjA!p • m^sBP aqj qipw uos nvhivnvj MBA “M Leas piim Kiq Ul 'Ipqpoj IBUOIS T nVAATT -sajojd jo uBJa^aA jboA-h fqiAJAjOn .<1^^_ aqi Jo peu SI ^B^ 3A0JdIjnej puooas-3AiJ b qjpw pajiieqa SBlJ 31mooj asnsaoH,, sU pue 'spuooas 6Tk 0 asanoo isuqauy " aiSduinf - ll aq) punoje ...tyD ojixiw W<MJ J30*° .aLeJ J Joi •aouojoj'uoa Xjoiobj pio-JBOA-sz b ?»ufuqr juosqu u«qesiqSiu Asp 3*01, plus JABq |„ WUpaM -UM JojuiM pJonnoiJigfuinfaui ,ioj ..peuxeipm AIM,, ■Sy leXoy aqi ie so>(BlS'I8bm oq idtpea sapfiuiUB.q n>Mwtnaun «m uom 'rum1..- . uiINGERSOLL — Donald Kerr, division court clerk of Ingersoll, yesterday charged that the only one to benefit from the annexa­tion of the 1,000 acres proposed by the town of Ingersoll was Michael Dewan, the Industrial commissioner of Ingersoll.The accusation was part of the testimony given by Mr. Kerr at the re-opened public hearings of the town and Town­ship of West Oxford before re­presentatives of the Ontario Municipal Board.Mr. Kerr was one of 14 wit- "idlp • todifioH nn hphalf-i W'* ’a-mej aa PcThe distance to the high aehool from the closest point in the area is about three miles.A. D. Robinson, assessor of West Oxford Twp. testified that there were areas within the town limits now that were suit­able for industrial sites, but were not in use.He also stated that there were many areas in Ingersoll with no sewer facilities, and while the streets were fairly good, the road maintenance equipment was not adequate to keep them in good repair.He said that the town had fre-quently rented grader, and the snow plow.SATISFIEDAs a residenttowntownship had noiSN331 BOdSM3N aooei rm artr AV (W TTT2OMB Approves Annexation Of 118 AcresINGERSOLL — The Ontario I Municipal Board has granted, the town of Ingersoll the right to annex 118 acres of the 918 acres which they had applied for.The town had sought to annex 918 acres of land from West Oxford Twp. in two parcels — one of 850 acres between High­way 401 and Holeroft St. — and the other of llfi acres north west of the town.In handing down this decision the board staled approval of an­nexation of the second parceL designated as number two. boundeel by the Thames River on th'‘ north, Ingersoll Ave, on the East. Thomas St. on the south, and an unnamed street on the west.The reasons for this recom­mendation were set down in the report to the town. Th? ap­proved area adjoins lands al­ready zoned industrially. is served by railroads and streets, and no costly extensions would he required to service the area vdh water and sewer.For the future the OMB re commends the use of 500 acresof industrial lands within I h e town limits, could be rczoned for industry.The Ontario Municipal Board report states the needs and in terests of the residents in the other parcel of land would bet­ter be served by no annexation of the area.Parcel one is the block of land between highway 401 and Hol-' croft St., an area of 850 acres. It also contains a golf course and a build up of houses in the Harris Survey.The approved parcel has 108 residents and an area of 122 acres according to A. D. Robin­son. the assessor of West Ox ford Twp. The total assessment presently is $74,550.The addition of the new land to the town will increase t.hc '.population from 7,025, the latest figure released by the Ingersoll assessment office, to 7.133. The assessment of the new land will add 874.550 to the assessment of Ingersoll of $9,821675. for theI year of 1964The annexation will lake cf I fed on Jan. 1. 1965. Clerk Charges Benefits Only For CommissionerDefer DecisionOn Annexation14 Witnesses From Township All HostileFive-Day Hearing Ends On Ingersoll ApplicationBy KEN DOLLSentinel-Review StaiV WriterINGERSOLL — The members of die Ontario Municipal Board, William Shub and A, 1.. McCrae of Toronto, deferred decision yesterday at the conclusion of the hearing over the proposed land annexation by Ingersoll.The hearing started Sept. 22 in the council chamber of the Ingersoll Town Hall, over the amount of land which the town wanted.\l that time the chairman of the hearin* asked the Mayor of Ingersoll Thomas J. Morrison, why they had changed an etrii- er request of 600 acres to 995 acres.Mr. Morrison stated that he himself could not conceive why so much extra land had been added, unless it was just to square off the section.DORMITORYGordon Culham, Ingersoll's planning consultant, had re­marked in that first day of the hearing that the danger was that Ingersoll would become a dormitory for the progressive city of London 20 miles to.good, and the wat in the wells Iwas good and abundant.With this security, was it rea­sonable to expect, them to join i the town of Ingersoll? he asked. The town, he said, had inade­quate sewers, an incomplete wa­ter supply, poor roads and no road maintenance equipment. । no snow plows, and inadequate sidewalks.With a record like this, he asked, who was better able to look after the needs of tl\e peo­ple in the proposed area to be annexed? I submitted that the i township of West Oxford is more qualified to service the area in dispute.R. A. MacDougall, Oxford County solicitor, came forward to give the comments of the county, in regard to the matter. His testimony had been held over from the preceding day’s sitting.Mr. MacDougall said that the annexation which Woodstock . had proposed had been ap- j proved by the council but the , Ingersoll annexation approval J was withheld because the town had not shown enough evidence ■■■■l^upporl thejiew lafii^The distance to the high school from the closest point in the area is about three miles.A. D. Robinson, assessor of West Oxford Twp. testified that there were areas within the town limits now that were suit­able for industrial sites, but were not in use.He also stated that there were many areas in Ingersoll with no sewer facilities, and while the streets were fairly good, the road maintenance equipment was not adequate tn keep them in good repair.He said that the town had fre­quently rented the township grader, and the town had no snow plow.SATISFIEDAs a resident of the township, Mr. Robinson affirmed the fact that he was well satisfied that they were receiving the best of fire and police protection, and winter snow plowing.Since he has his own water supply and septic tank, he is op­posed to annexation on the grounds that it would be no im­provement to the present situa­tion.Included among the witnesses heard yesterday were Ernest Harris, Mrs. M. Gillings, F. Crandall, Mrs. Dora Quinn,, Mrs. Elsie Quinn, all present­ly farming within the proposed* annexation area; and Mrs. Eve Jowette, Mrs. Dorothy Connor, Mrs. Audrey Nunn, Donald' Kerr, and A. D. Robinson, all living in houses within the town­ship jurisdiction.All witnesses called for the township of West Oxford are satisfied with the present ser­vices provided by the township, and are all opposed to the an­nexation.The hearing will continue to­day and Wednesday in the Coun- : cil Chamber of the Ingersoll | Town Hall.INGERSOLL — Donald Kerr, division court clerk of Ingersoll, yesterday charged that the only one to benefit from the annexa­tion of the 1,000 acres proposed by the town of Ingersoll was Michael Dewan, the Industrial commissioner of Ingersoll.The accusation was part of (he testimony given by Mr, Kerr at the re-opened public hearings of the town and Town­ship of West Oxford before re­presentatives of the Ontario Municipal Board.Mr, Kerr was one of 14 wit­nesses who testified on behalf of the township. Most of the wit­nesses were land owners and residents of the township whose assessment would be affected by the annexation.READY FOR MAIL.C. H. Egley, Ingersoll post­master, appearing at the re­quest of W. E. G. Young, coun­sel for the township, showed the board a map of Ingersoll with the new letter carrier routes marked. Mr. Egley emphsized the fact that the routes project­ed out into the township because the houses there complied with the regulations of the Post Of­fice Department.To receive mail, houses need only to be within 40 yards of each other, and be equipped to handle the incoming with a box.John C. Winlaw, Oxford Coun­ty Accountant, presented the bearing with figures showing that Ingersoll stands to gain a lax assessment of 5.5 per­cent. The township on the other hand will lose 16.88 percent of their tax assessment, based on the 1964 assessment of taxes.NO BUSMr. Winlaw also informed the hearing that with annexation about 40 young students would be without school transpor­tation. Under the present setup, the school busses pick up the rural students. If the town takes over the proposed area, the busses can't take the stud- : ents to school because they would then be urban students, and exempt from this service. ' Clerk Charges BenefitsOnly For Commissioner14 WitnessesGordon Culham,nn problems cco-I ho transfer nf either parcel ofIngersoll annexation approval was withheld because the townpoint he staled that the perimeter growth which is obvious now around the townMr. Prouse said in his estimal tion there was_ ai (good, and the Wal in the wellsSentinel-Review Staff Writer Iwas good and abundant. INGERSOLL - The members' WaU ....... ’of tiie Ontario Municipal Board, William Shub ami A. L. McCrae_ , Mr. MacDougall said that theGordon Culham, Ingersoll s annexation which Woodstock planning consultant, had re- had proposed had been ap- marked in that first day of the | proved by the council but the hearing that the danger was Ingersoll annexation approvalWith this security, wag it rea­sonable to expect them to join the Lown of Ingersoll? he asked. The town, he said, had inade-Defer Decision On AnnexationFive-Day Hearing Ends On Ingersoll ApplicationFrom Township All Hostileof Toronto, deferred decision yesterday al ibe conclusion of the hearing over the proposed land annexation by Ingersoll.The hearing started Sept. 22 in the council chamber of the Ingersoll Town Hall, over the amount of land which the town wanted.Al that time the chairman of the he”rinrt asked the Mayor of Ingersoll Thomas J. Morrison, why they had changed an ewH- er request of 600 acres to 995 acres.Mr. Morrison stated that he himself could not conceive why so much extra land had been added, unless it was just to square off the section.DORMITORYthat Ingersoll would become a dormitory for the progressive city of London 20 miles to the west and Woodstock nine miles to the east.In the second day of the hear­ing on Sept. 23, Ingersoll’s in­dustrial commissioner. Michael Dewan told the board that at least 15 to 30 acres were reouir- ed by the twenty inquiries they have had for industrial land.Mr. Dewan emphasized the fact that these industrial firms were interested in prestige sites to show their buildings off. such as those along Hwy. 40LMr. Dewan told W. E. G. Young, counsel for West Ox­ford Twp., that he had been acting for the industrial com­mission, and not for himself, when he showed the interested parties land in the proposed areas to be annexed, of which he owns 33 acres near the Cullo­den Rd. and Hwy 401.The Ontario Municipal Board adjourned the hearing at the end of the second day, until Nov. 16.With the opening of the hear ing again Monday, Counsel for West Oxford Twp., W. E. G. Young of Woodstock, called 14 witnesses. These people were all rate payers in the township. AGAINSTAll of the residents in the township, who testified under oath, stated that they were sat­isfied to continue as they were under the township council, ra­ther than be annexed by Inger­soll. and lose some of their ser­vices.Yesterday, at the conclusion of the hearing, the counsellors summed up the cases for their respective clients, and present­ed their final arguments to the board.The township has opposed the ' proposed annexation of 8671 acres of land lying to the south I of Ingersoll and 118 acres lying to the north, which the town; ■ays it needs.SUMMARIESfn summing up the case for the township of West Oxford, W. E. G. Young of Woodstock, em­phasized that all the residents were satisfied with the services available in the township, the fire and lice oirction was quate sewers, an in complete wa­ter supply, poor roads and no road maintenance equipment no snow plows, and inadequate sidewalks.With a record like this, he asked, who was better able to look after the needs of the peo­ple in the proposed area lo he annexed? I submitted that the township of West Oxford is more qualified to service t h e area in dispute.R. A. MacDougall, Oxford County solicitor, came forward to give the comments of the county, in regard to the matter. His testimony had been held over from the preceding day’a sitting.had not shown enough evidence it could support the new land.The County council is not con­vinced that the town needs the land and the council does not believe that the proposed annex­ation will increase and protect the residents in the area to be annexed.The decrease in township pop­ulation would decrease t h e number of representatives for the township in the county coun­cil. Whereas now the reeve and deputy reeve represent the township, the decrease in popu­lation would leave only the Reeve, Mr. MacDougall said.NOT OVERNIGHTCounsel for the town of Inger­soll, R. E. Prouse of Brampton, stated that the concept, is really different than presented by the township counsellor.Mr. Prouse said the decision to try to add land to the town was not reached overnight. The record shows a by-law was passed to this effect in 1962.The council at that time considered the situation with six main points in mind. First, the growth factor showed that the town population increases were below the average of the province, and vastly below the adjacent municipalities of Lon­don and Woodstock.Second, much of the presently industrially zoned land does not appeal to industrial developers. This the board could readily see from the lour which they took on Tuesday, said Mr. Prou.se.Ingersoll did not want to be­come the dormitory of W nod-1 stock and London as this seems I to be I he trend, he asserted. 1nomically for jurisdiction of land.IDEAL USEAs the fifthlimits, could very well aff?ct the land use of the area for all time He submitted that now was the logical time lo sue the land in area two. (be1w',en town limit and Hwy. 401) for in­dustrial purposes.Mr Prouse recalled the opin­ion of Derek Little., consultant fnr the township, when he smd that the needs would dictate the evelopment rate. Hr said that If the town annexes 995 nc""< they will definitely not embark nn a grand scale of servicing the areas before there is a call nr the services.He said th'-t Industry want’ attractive, well placed land, and the ar*a bordering the high wav 401 is that areaThe land prwonUv uoned fnr Industrial nurposes in Inger mH Ik not srllinc, he said claim­ing thi* points out a need for more attractive industrial sH,e Maritrtt anik Wtlhur ^ahnann cnrbtallg in&He you fa atienb I®he JHlbMrsex Cxxuitig Wnrheifs ) tn tipKians foniutuutiig Jlnll, Sharnbnli*mtforming, 6th, 1964at 6:30 p.m.hg ^Ca&e&rber 2nbOXFORD STUDENTS RECEIVE AWARDS AT O.A.C.OXFORD COUNTY Profic- »ards to students of of Guelph were by Ex-Warden P. of Oxford County,at the annual Scholarship Awards Banquet at the Un­iversity. TOP The winners were: from the left: H. T. Scott, Norwich, at the On­tario Veterinary College; H. H. Virtue. RR 8, Woodstock; second year degree course at the Ontario Agricultural Col­lege, and K, R. Bell of Prince­ton, second year Associate Course, and Miss J, A, Bar- rager, of Tillsonburg, of Mac-donald Institute. LOWER B. I B. Burtis, left, of Harley, On­tario, a first year student at the Ontario Veterinary Col­lege. University of Guelph, was the 1964 winner of the Ox­ford and District Cattle Breed­ing Association Bursary of $800. The presentation was made by Dr. R. J. McDonald, of the Association at a recent Scholarship Awards Banquet at the University.Rate Jump Approved For IndigentRepresentatives of 1« of Ox ford's 18 municipalities last night recommended an increase in (he rale paid to nursing homes by I heir municipalities for care of indigent patients.The rate recommended is $103.75 a month or about 55.38 a day. Nursing homes at pres­ent receive $5.25 a day.Of the $163.75 proposed rate, $80 will be paid by the province, $20 by the municipality the pa­tient comes from, and $63.75 by the patient — if he receives a $75 a month federal pension.H the patient does not re­ceive a pension, the municipali­ty pays the $63.75.I Mayor Thomas Morrison of Ingersoll, who made the motion ifor the increase, pointed out [that the province will only pay $80 or 80 per cent — whichever | is less — of what, remains after the patient’s share has been 1 deducted.I The representatives approved a motion by Blenheim Twp. Reeve Peter McDonald that the province be asked by the muni­cipalities to increase the subsi­dizable amount of indigent care costs from $100 to $150.County clerk L. K. Coles sug­gested that such a requestI be made in the name of a single I municipality, with the other municipalities adding their endorsement.The proposed increase in the indigent rate comes on the heels of a 25 cent jump from $5 to $5.25 a day made in Septem­ber. Nursing home operators had asked for $6 a day.At the time of the September increase. Woodstack's Welfare Administrator D. F. Knott agreed to make a survey of in­digent rates being paid by other municipalities in Ontario.Average rate for the 25 mum- cipalilies contacted was $5.28 a day.Floyd Jenkins, welfare admin­istrator for Ingersoll, cited a new patient - release program soon to be launched by provin­cial hospitals as one reason why nursing home operators are calling for increased indigent rates.Under the new program, be­tween 4.000 and 8,000 decertified patients soon will be relased for care in nursing homes licenced by the Ontario department of health. Those released will be elderly patient who have been hospitalized for a considerable period and are too old for reha­bilitation.Rates of up to $6.50 a day will be paid by the province for their care.No nursing homes in the coun­ty are provincially licenced at present, although several are expected to apply shortly.William M. Sutherland, Oxford County 1964 Warden, Is shown with Ids family previous to the dinner held November 19th, at the Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute attended by around 300 guests. Mrs. Sutherland, Robert, 13 and Donald, 6, shared in the occasion marking Warden Sutherland's retirement , THURSDAY EVENINGNOVEMBER 19th, 1964Ingersoll District CollegiateIngersoll, OntarioWILLIAM M. SUTHERLAND WardenCOUNTY OK OXFORDYOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND THE ']AJarclen d thinnerTHURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19th, 1964 . , . at the . . .INGERSOLL DISTRICT COLLEGIATE INSTITUTEEast EntranceIngersoll, Ontario AT SEVEN O’CLOCKWILLIAM M, SUTHERLAND,WardenWARDEN'S BANQUET — About 300 persons at­tended the Oxford County warden's banquet last night in Ingersoll. Warden William M Sutherland was host. From left, Thomas J. Morrison, mayor of Ingersoll; Warden Sutherland, of RR 3 Thames- ford; James Muir, of Embro; William B Dutton, mayor of Woodstock, ond Gordon W. Pittock, MPP (PC—Oxford). (Photo by Longfield). Wlenu Grace ^ProgrammeCHAIRMAN — L. K. COLES ☆☆ Rev. Samuel Kerr Tomato Juice Relishes The Queen Introduction of Head Table The Warden ☆Members of Parliament Wallace B. Nesbitt, M.P. Baked Ham with Pineapple Gordon W. Pittock, M.L.A. Mayor of Tillsonburg Clare H. Esseltine ☆Mayor of Woodstock William B. Dutton Salads Buttered Roll Jellos Mayor of Ingersoll Thomas J. Morrison ☆ A LOOK AT OXFORD COUNTY Narrator — L. K. Coles Scalloped Potatoes Green Peas and Com Toast to the Ladies James K. Fleming Mrs. Robert Blair ☆The Warden Coffee Apple Pie with Cheese ☆Entertainment After Dinner Mints ACCORDION DUET The Redling Brothers PIPERS Jim Muir, Angus McArthur PIANIST — Mrs. Wilbur Lawrence Dinner Held In Tribute To WardenINGERSOLL — Tribute was paid William M. Sutherland, warden for Oxford County, at the annual warden's dinner at Ingersoll High School last night,Nr. Sutherland, who plans to retire this year, said he was glad to have been given the op- portumty to serve his countyI and hoped his job had been sat­isfactory.j A number of Oxford County dignitaries and wardens from surrounding counties left n ol doubt in anyone’s mind that his| job had been more than sat ; isfactory.Gordon Pittock, MLA for Ox-j ford County, citing the warden’s 12 years on the West Zorra j Council told the large gather-; ing that Mr. Sutherland couldi well feel proud of his service to the community.Looking to the future, Mr.; Pittock said that the day will soon come when city and coun-1 ty governments may have to1 work much closer together in doing the work of municipal governmentMr. Pittock is a member of a select committee set up to determine whether a larger area of administration may’ not be necessary to do the work of the city and county councils, Woodstock Mayor Bill Dutton thanked Mr. Sutherland for his help and co-operation in the past year. “Public life is most rewarding in the friendships you make.” the mayor said.Thomas Morrison, mayor of Ingersoll, said it was his high honor and good fortune to have been associated with the war­den. ‘ Bill Sutherland gave un­selfishly of his time, resources and talent,” he said.Congratulations were extend ed to Mr. Sutherland and his; •wife Jessie by Tillsonburg! mayor Clare Esseltin.Wardens present from sur­rounding counties included Wil- bur Johnson of Middlesex, Don Dean of Norfolk, Gordon Ging­rich of Waterloo. Lorne Edgar of Lambton, and Reed Men­zies of Kent.Len Coles acted as chairman for the dinner and also narrated a film devoted to different as­pects of Oxford County.FLANKED BY head table the Warden s dinner last sonourg; warden William Thomas Morri iondignitaries, chairman Len Col- night. (BOTTOM PHOTO) Sutherland; Woodstock’s May- Ingersoll ’es (TOP PHOTO) addresses Mayor Clare Esseltine of Till- or William B. Dutton andThe Rule On Yule Gifts-Cigarettes Not A BribeGift-giving is probably one of is split up equally among the,gifts from the public,” he adds. Christmas's most popular prac- pen,” he adds. | “During Christmas, however,fives. The prospects of presents are we relax this to the point of al-But fun or not, it can still brighter for Oxford County per- J lowing cigarettes, a ball-point create problems — particularly sonnel. 'Pen and the like to be accepted,when the recipient occupies -j think who gives what “I don't think you should say what s commonly known as a (0 whom at Christmas is strictly *-n a smaH gift — and 1 etn- ' position of trust. a prjvate matter,” declares J. phasize small — given withShould an employee of the N. Meathree, county road super-1 genuine good feeling, city accept Christmas gifts from intendent, 'Of course, cash and liquorDie public, for instance? | _ inan’„ doi-_ „ as presents are something else“We try to discourage it enough job to get a turkey from1 Thesp are ^ever accepted." wherever possible,” says city someone, I say more power to manager R. G. Morrow. “We'd him.” prefer no gifts to be given at Mailmen are also among al! But it’s a problem that, those allowed to accept Y u I e- calls for a certain amount of time tokens from appreciative tact and one that you can't be citizens.too dogmatic about. i “Christmas gifts to letter car-“In general, a very small riers have become almost a tra- gift is allowed — cigarettes, say, dition. and I can't say I see any. or any food item that could be thing wrong with it — providing comumed in a day. Rut this is of course the individual makes the limit. Anything more I think no effort to solicit anything,”! should b<- returned.'' postmaster Ben Hook notes.Chief of Police W. J. Ennis A sensible approach” is the says hi definitely opposes gifts way Superintendent A. E. being given to constables by Ayers describes the views of the citizens i Ontario Provincial Police on the“The department has done it's Question of gifts to OPP officersbest to discourage the practice during the Christmas season.over the years. Any gift arriving There is a general ruling by mad that can't be returned that no officer may acceptCounty Court To Be Moved To Old ChurchCounty Council recommended, yesterday that County Police Magistrate’s Court be moved from the county building to the old Bethany Lutheran Church when the church is ready fori occupancy.The church which is still being used by the congregation is ex peeled to be. evacuated some time around the end of Janu­ary at which time construction' on their new church on Spring bank Ave. and Edgewood Drive should be completed.Too many hoodlums “tearing around the halls" of the county building was the reason given for the move by Lloyd Johnson. Embro Reeve and property committee chairman.He explained that the hood­lums came to see the probation officer before his offices opened and ran about the building caus­ing disturbance and wear and tear.Council passed the Wil that bought the old church m Janu­ary of 1963 at a cost of $31,- 000 Bethany Lutheran sold the building due tn the lack of ex­pansion facilities.Council recommended that the court be moved as semi as th# new church is ready for oc­cupancy which should be j! the end of January if construction is not held up by bad weather.Construction of the new Beth­any Lutheran Church began in August, lf)R4. Council ConsidersLibrary SystemNorth Norwich Reeve ElectedCentral AdministrationBy 2 VotesSeen More EfficientThe first and second readings of a bill proposing the forma­tion of a County Public Library system was heard this morning in the second jay of the Decem* hex sessions of County Council.The. final reading will be heard tomorrow.Fifteen out of sixteen Oxford County municipalities have in­dicated approval. Only Tillson­burg abstained, requesting at least another year for “further consideration and investiga­tion.”Instead of the old co-operative system whereby each township library operated separately, the new system will be administer­ed from the central county library in Woodstock..Any resident of Oxford County who holds a library card can now borrow books, free of charge, from any library in the county, as long as they return tile books to that library.Also all books will be pur­chased through the county li­brary and all cataloguing and processing will be done in the county office. Before this work was done by each individual li­brarian.School sen-ice will be free as well. Under the old system, the individual libraries serviced 201Oxford County will be the' second county in Western On­tario to implicate this change. Middlesex County changed its system two years ago.Not included in the new set-| up, of course, are tire City of Woodstock, the Town of Inger-: : soil and the Town of Tillson­burg.Those libraries adherring to the new system are Beachville, Brownsville, BurgessviUe, ! Drumbo. Embro, Harrington, Hickson, Kintore. Otterville, Mount Elgin, Norwich, Platts- ville, Princeton, Tavistock, and' Thamesford.Oxford County will now be-' come a member of the Lake Erie Regional Library Co-oper-l alive Board, comprised of members from Elgin, Middle­sex and Norfolk counties.County JailCondition ’Good'Oxford County Jail was re­ported generally in good con­dition when it was inspected last Sept. 16 by G. E. Jacobs.New locks have been instal­led and the stairways have been re treadedFormer Oxford Warden Dies In West ZorraEMBRO — John Alvin Mc­Kay, 69, of West Zorra, died yesterday.Born on concession 13, lot 5, East. Nissouri, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William McKay, Mr. McKay after serving in the First World War. returned to Canada and purchased a farm on concession 4, lot 5, West Zor- ran.Mr. McKay served on the West Zorra council and was warden of Oxford in 1942.He was a member and elder of Knox Presbyterian Church, Embro, and a past president of the Zorra Caledonia Society, also serving as secretary of that society for a number of years.Mr. McKay was a member of Branch 318, Royal Canadian Legion and also past noble grand of the Thamesf ord Lodge, IOOF.organ. Flower bearers were Victor Lindsay, Maurice Lind­say, Harry Greenwood, Lorne Nesbitt, Max Matthews and Mac Harris.Pallbearers w e re Stewart Sturton, Ivan Simpson, Willard Plato, Martin Proud, Clinton! Kipp and Boyd Wilson. Inter-] ment was made in the family plot at Aylmer Cemetery.The resident- of North Nor wich went to the poles jester- day and re elected the reeve of Ilie past two years, John H. Lester. He defeated Cameron Topham a former councillor for the post.Of the 1,183 eligible voter.--, only 584 cast their ballots, which is 49 percent. Mr. Les­ter polled 293 votes and Mr Topham polled 291. Mr. Lester suggested a recount, but Mr. Topham conceded.Efficiency To Benefitclassrooms at a fee of $10 per classroom.The provincial governmentTraffic Committee Suggests Change Woodstock Traffic Committee recommended to County Coun­cil Tuesday that the two lane­has been trying to organize counties into County Public Li­brary systems for some time and their grants will be consid­erably higher than under the old co-operative system. | ways north of the County Build- Mrs. S. L. Krom,part, County ing be made a one way fromLibrarian, said she felt this new east to west in order to im-system should make for better prove the traffic flow and re- and more economical service duce the possibility of accidents for the whole county. around the County Building.around the County Building.Surviving are his wife, the former Annie McCloud; one son, Robert, of Ottawa; two sisters. Mrs. Roy (Annie) Sutherland of Lakeside, and Mrs. Mac (An­nie) Hart of East Zorra; two brothers, George of East Nis­souri, and Bruce of Ingersoll; and one granddaughter.Friends will be received at the R. W. Johnson Funeral Home. Embro, where funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. with Rev. S. Kerr officia­ting.Interment will be in North Embro Cemetery.An Odd Fellows service will take place at the funeral home Thursday at 8:30 p.m.In Change'Hoodlums' Force MoveOf Magistrate's Court To Church BuildingFree Press Woodstock Bureau In other business, council:WOODSTOCK—Oxford Coun- Appointed former Norfolk ty Council decided yesterday to County assistant engineer Don- move the magistrate's court out! aid L Pratt assistant to county of the county building into a'roads superintendent J. N. nearby church which the county Meathrell;bought last year.Approved a Perth resolutionThe old Bethany Lutheran calling for the banning of thin Church is still being used by [glass, no-deposit soft drink con-j the congregation until a new one I tai nets because of a hazard in-j under construction is completed.!volved when they are thrownEmbro Reeve Lloyd Johnson/along fences and fields;acting property committee chalr-| Appointed county jail staff man said :he main reason forimember John West as assistant she committee's rec<$mmejKiation[ chief turnkey;to council was preservation of Offered congratulations to re- the county building. tiring warden William Suther-He eaid not like hoodlums building.the committee did land, reeve of West Zorns the Idea of young?Township;bring around the Gave final reading to a bylawYoung persons who setting up had to see the probation offi-bmry boarda county-wide H-. which excludes!Were coming Into the build- Tillsonburg. the only municlpall-j before the Offices opened ty that did not ask to be in-jd "tearing around the halls." Phe committee recommended » move be made as soon wthe church Is ready.Council also approved a Wood-! stock traffic committee request! that the lanes behind the coun­ty building he made one-way from east to west.eluded;Decided to wk the department of lands and forests what canbe done about reforesting mix to eight acres of county forest known as the Hall tract, north of Drumbo in Blenheim Town­ship, which was burned over in the spring of 1963.The proposal to change the county library system, which received, third and final reading today in Oxford County Council, differs little from the old co-op­erative in the services it pro­vides but enables a smoother functioning of administration.Under the present system, called the County Library Co­operative, each township oper­ates independently, each pro­viding some funds to the central administration.The central library receives most of its funds from grants given by County Council and the Ontario Government as well as a much smaller amount from the county schools that it servi­ces.These funds are used to pay staff salaries and general up­keep as well as to purchase the yearly supply of books.Of the county library’s 350.- 000 volumes, 200 are loaned out io each of the county’s 17 librar ies; 55 are lent out to each of 201 classrooms; and some go to deposit stations in villages that don't have a library. All are changed at regular intervals.Under the new County Public Library system, the different county libraries will be more closely connected to the central library in Woodstock, acting al­most like branches to it.The new system will get its funds from a tax levy at the County level and from a Pro­vincial grant which is expected to be considerably higher than under the previous system.Move To Appoint Roads AssistantThe first reading of a by-law to appoint an assistant to the county road superintendent was heard yesterday in County Council.Receiving its first and second readings was a by-law declar­ing it expedient to extend the provisions of the Land Provi­sions Act to Oxford County.In the Toronto area, this grant, is based on the amount spent each year by the libraries, but since Oxford County is just be­ginning this system, the exact size of the grant is impossible to assess.The new financial scheme, however, will do away with the $10 fee that is charged for lend­ing books to each of the 201 classrooms serviced.All books will be bought and processed through the central library, instead of in each sepa­rate library. This is expected to improve the selection of refer­ence books and other volumes in general.The new change will also mean that an Oxford County re­sident, holding a county library card, will be able to borrow' books from any township lib­rary as long as he returns them to that library.Although the system would be administered from the central county library, this doesn’t mean that the local library com­mittees will not be active in helping decide the library poli-i cies.County Council will appoint the members that will consti-; tute the new library board. The board will become active as of Jan. 1.It was partly the question j of representation on the library board that caused Tillsonburg to opt out of the new system.Tillsonburg. the lone munici­pality not to approve of the new plan, felt its identity would be lost it it made such a move.Since the town library con­tains 15,000 books, officials fell the town would be paying the county for services it wouldn't be using.If Tillsonburg should decide to join, however, there is a by-law that can be amended to bring the town into the system.The new system will not come into being until the Ontario Min­ister of Education approves it but this is considered a formali­ty. Roads Budget MetPraise For Warden,Despite Subsidy Lossthe old basis nf one third from the county and two-thlrds from the city.The second half of the cost Is to ho on a patient-day basis.| The council asked that the hos­pital keep accurate records nf where patients are from and the length of their stay.Council decided to build up a centennial project nest eggi totalling nt least $100,000. Any decision on whether n project, would be undertaken will be! made next year.Any surpluses from the 1964 budget, $47,250 from the 19641 capital budget, and $47,917.50' from the capital construction reserve will be placed In a re­serve fund for a centennial project.The county Is also entitled to any centennial grants that mem­ber municipalities do not use.The following men were ap­pointed Oxford council repres­entatives on high school boards: Ralph Sparks, Paris District High School board. David Cham­bers, Norwich District High School board. John W. Oliver,! Ingersoll District Collegiate In-| stitute, Edward V. Kennedy. Woodstock Suburban District High School board. Frank Ben­ner. Tillsonburg District High School board.WOODSTOCK Oxford, County rood expenditure.* will remain within the $1.1 io,wo PB-! tlniate for the year despite a: snbsidv loss of $10,200.IRoads Superintendent J. N. Meath roll reported that the sob* sidy loss wns due to the fant that $64,000 estimated for bridge construction wna used In road construction.His report said the $19,200 represented the difference be­tween senior government 80 per cent subsidies for bridge build-1 ing and 50 per cent subsidies for| road building.He said the $64,000 was not used because the Oxford-Water­loo line bridge near Ayr and the bridge on County Road 17, Concession 12. East Nissouri, were not completed.Mr. Meathrell said Brant County has plans ready for a bridge on the Oxford-Brant line at Concession 8. East Oxford Township. He snid this bridge and the Waterloo-Oxford one should be ready for a tender call early in the year.Warden William Sutherland said that the county roads needs survey authorized earlier in the year was not ready for' presentation because the con-* suiting engineers had not re­ceived department of highways direction on how the survey was to be compiled until last week.He said the study would not be ready until next year al­though it was expected for the final 1964 session. Mr. Suther­land said it was “a strictly red tape situation".Council took no action on an appeal on the decision of a board of arbitration on enlarg­ing the Tavistock union school area into East Zorra Township.The finance committee's rec­ommendation that all future participation on Woodstock Gen­eral Hospital financing should be on a patient-day usage basis was adopted.Council approved sharing the first half of the $750,000 cost of the renovation and construc­tion project at the hospital onOfficialsAttend Annual Civic BanquetCivic officials from Wood- stock, Ingersoll and Oxford County last night attended a Civic Reception al the Wood­stock Badminton Club on Hunt­er St.Mayor of Ingersoll Thomas J. Morrison brought greetings from Lhe town of Ingersoll to the city of Woodstock.The warden of Oxford County for 1364, William M. Sutherland, praised mayor William B. Dut­ton for his constant efforts in cementing good public rela­tions between the city of Wood- stock and the county.MPP Gordon Pittock de­livered greetings and congratu­lated city council for their fine efforts.A dinner followed the recep­tion.Committee ReportsHeard As Sitting EndsThe December session of County Council was brought to a close yesterday with the pre sentatfon of committee reports and a stream of praise for re­tiring warden. William Suther­land.The County Roads Committee reported that expenditures for work completed this year to­talled $1,110,000 which com­pares favorably with that pro­vided for in the estimates.General expenditures ex­ceeded estimates by $18,000 be­cause of a needs study that was conducted by consulting en­gineers this year.The study which was ex­pected to be completed now was held up when the Depart­ment of Highways sent the en­gineers a directive telling them how to compile the extensive report.Terming it a “red tape situa­tion,” Warden Sutherland ex­onerated the engineers from any blame. The needs study was completed, he said, but the engineers were not informed about the report.EFFECTIVE 1966The needs study probed into ways and means in which the county road system could be improved. Results of the study will not take effect until 1966. it was reported by Warden Sutherland.An extra $19,200 was also spent by Council when $64,000set aside for bridge construe- Ition was diverted to roads. A 30 per cent difference between subsidy rales for bridges and .roads was given as the reason , for the added expense.Expenses were $04,000 less than the estimated $290,900 for I bridge construction due to the fact that a start has not been | made yet on the planned Waterloo Oxford Bridge near I Ayr and the bridge on conces­sion 12, Road 9, East, NissouriThe committee did report that Brant County has com­pleted plans for a bridge on the Oxford-Brant boundary, con. 8. East Oxford. This bridge and the Waterloo-Oxford boundary- bridge should be ready for ten­der calls early next year.FINANCEThe finance committee, in their report, recommended the way in which the reserve ac- count for the Oxford County Centennial project be financed. | They suggested that the $46,- 1250 to be included in the 1964 I budget towards Capital Pro­jects be diverted to the Centen­nial project as well as the sur- , plus from this year’s opera­tions and $47,917 from Capital Construction Reserves.The finance committee also recommended that the County share with the City oi Wood- stock in the financing of Wood- : stock General. Hospital’s reno­a/iaSme/ndeMcoAcSSa/^ S/iocSeSo aSSe/if/aSo deAe/cS aSS/e ^aaSmSnS&tS/tf Ok/aSsoo/i S^e stSnSAnS^eSeMvation and construction prog­ram.The first half of the required $750,000 would be paid on a basis of two-thirds by the city and one-third by the county. The remaining $350,000 would be paid on the basis of usage by city residents and county residents during the coming year.Hospital officials would keep an accident residence record of all patients admitted and their length of stay.It was also recommended, in this regard, that future munici­pal participation in Woodstock Hospital’s financing be done on a patient-day usage basis.The property committee re­commended that the clerk ob­tain contractor's prices f o r flood Lighting on the registry building.The committee also recom­mended endorsing a recommen­dation from the Woodstock Traffic Committee to install one-way traffic on Courthouse property.No action to an appeal by the Township of East Zorra and the Village of Tavistock, to a de­cision of the Board of Direct Arbitrators whom they ap­pointed in connection with the formation of a Union School section comprising Tavistock Public School and a nart of East Zorra was recommended by the education and consulta- Itive committee.The committee told Council that it had no jurisdiction to deal with the appeal since it had long since expired.AGRICULTUREThe agricultural committee reported that it has asked the Department of Lands and For­ests for action in cleaning up and re-foresting-the Hall tract in Blenheim Township which w a s destroyed by fire this yearIt was announced by the per­sonnel committee that John West had been anpointed as­sistant to the Chief Turnkev at County Jail.The third reading of the bv- law to establish a new County Public Library system was heard. Action on the by-law will be effective Jan. 1.Final readings were also heard on by-laws to appoint an assistant to the county road superintendent and to make provisions for the extension of the Land Titles Act to Oxford County.The remainder of the council meeting was devoted to a trib­ute to Warden Sutherland who is retiring at the end of the year. .All the councillors from the county as well as some ex­wardens who were present com­mended Mr. Sutherland on his term in office.Lloyd Johnson. councillor from Embro. on presenting the warden with a watch, said it had been a pleasure to work on Council with him and cited the important decisions that Council had passed in 19M. Letters To The EditorHOME FOR ELDERLY SIR;Since the article in your pa­per (Nov. 2) by our MP Wallace Nesbit I re home for elderly in Oxford. I have looked and lis tened in vain for some interest to be shown on this subject. This project is one we should all be interested in as it is some­thing Woodstock has needed tor many years. As Mr Nesbitt points out the County home, though perhaps rim as well as possible, la out dated and inade- quale.I wonder Hom many Wood stock people have ever visited out there? I shall never forget a visit there one Easter morn­ing to help in the musical part of an Easter service Never have 1 seen such expressions of hopeless resignation on faces, as on those of the old people out there. The place was well kept but far from cheerful. After the service the minister asked if anyone had a favorite hymn they would like sung and one old man asked for "What a Friend We Have In Jesus”.T do not mind confessing that I helped sing that hymn w i t h tears rolling and a prayer in my heart to God that 1 should never have to end my days like that.By all means let us try to work u;> an interest in this pro­ject that will make it a reality and bring happiness and com­fort to the citizens of Oxford who need care as their road of life nears the sunset.Sincerely.F. E. EvansSouth Norwich To Submit Building PlansOTTERVILLE — At the last meeting of the South Norwich Municipal Council this year, plans were selected by the coun­cil for^ new municipal build­ing Tire plans with an estimate of cpst'will be submitted to the Ontario Municipal board for ap­proval.Tenders are being accepted for the sale and removal of the building from the property which the council purchased from the Supertest Petroleum Corp.The council appointed Reeve Harold Arthur to represent the township in the County Council.The inaugural meeting for the new council will be held on Jan. II.Turkey Heads Holiday MenuIn JailTiie menu for Christmas din­ners everywhere will entail roast turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, green and yellow beans, turkey dressing, cranberries, carrots, corn. Christmas Cake, ice cream and coffeeThe Oxford County jail i« no exception. There will be appro­ximately 15 guests there who will again this year be enjoy­ing the Christmas dinner pro­vided by the county.For some it is an annual event at their "home away from home.” For others it will be an impromptu visit precipi­tated hy some misdemeanor on Christmas eve.County Centennial Projects Still Awaiting ApprovalWhen Canada’s centennial Year 19«7 arrives the landscape of the various communities in Oxford Coupty could be dotted with landmarks of various kinds to mark the occasion.In order for such mementos to be possible. the Canada Cen­tennial Committee was set up allocate grants dividing costs among three levels of govern­ment.The grant is based on a dol­lar per capita from the munici­palities with both the provincial and federal government match­ing this amount.In Woodstock — which pro­poses to put a $66,000 addition on the city library — the city will contribute $22,000 or one dollar for each resident. The other two-thirds cost, $44,000 will be si'liI between the On­tario and Federal Governments.In order for the municipalities to qualify for the funds, they first must form a local cen­tennial committee, select a suit­able project which must be ap­proved by the local municipal council and then draft and pass a by-law authorizing the pro­ject.The by-law is then sent to Toronto to the Department of Municipal Affairs along with a plan of the proposed project, an estimate of cost and an ex­planation on how the munici­pality plans to finance their share of the project.J. R. Croden of London, the Centennial field Representative for Oxford County outlined the machinery the projects must pass before being either appro­ved or rejected.The first step, he said, was having the project reviewed by the Centennial Advisory Com­mittee, in Toronto. This body studies the proposed project and makes their recommenda­tions and comments.Tavistock Project Gets Green LightOxford Asked to Form County Library Board; Tillsonburg Urges DelayFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK Oxford Coun­ty Council has been asked, by all its member municipalities ex­cept Tillsonbuig, to form a county library board.The request was aired yester-Zorra Township residents against enlarging a union school area.An earlier hoard of arbitra­tors, representing the townShlp rind village, recommended to the two local councils that theday at the opening day of fhei8rnfl'* portion of East Zorra which Is In the Tavistockfinal council tikidn <’f IP64.Tillsonburg notified council by letter it wanted to defer <my ac­tion on the proposal for pt loast w year, while the matter is stu­died further.First and second reading of a bylaw setting up the board arc expected to be given today,Perth County Council Is ask­ing support for a resolution seeking the banning of thin glass no-dcpwilt soft drink bot­tles an a highway hazard. The resolution wild since the bottles are not returnahJ", they are be­ing smashed along roads and highways.A petition wan presented, ask­ing that, the county appoint al I hoard of arbitrators to hoar an I appeal hy Tavistock and Enni |school area hr enlarged to In­clude more of the township ad- jolntng the villiThe recpmmrndation was presented to both councils July 15 and adopted.The iilans for the project are ’’The centennial committee (centennial projects have been then turned over to the On- doesn't look on firehaUs with I vyjng for the centennial funds hu-io Cenlenary Cabinet Com- much favor, he said If a auotC(j for that township. The miltoe for their scrutiny. When building '« township ix eligible tor W.902 inthis group has studied the pro- jecl It. must be outstanding ject it is sent to Ottawa for architecturally. 1 oL L mstudy by the Federal Centen-1 jn Ontario Regulation the no Ine township had approved nial Cabinet Committee, w h o tification for the deadline of by-laws for three centennial after they make their recoin- these projects had been moved j |ncjur|e build-mendations. return the whole ahead until March 31. I9«>5. <Ori-i „{ community halls atmatter to tiie Ontario Municipal | gmaUy the deadline was Nov.: •Board for final approval. 9, 1964. Drumbo and nn^n, p I uMr. Croden said that approval The county in which the lo- construction ol a new pavilion for the project usually lakes cal municipality 1 s situated, from three to four weeks. The may apply tor a grant based centennial projects must be I in whole or in part on the popu- completcd by 1967. j lation of the. local municipality.If a township or village muni The Province of Ontario ear- cipefity decides not to have a het his year on he recom- centennial project, the per capi- mendation of he CalCtn- ta grant then reverts to the tcnmal Committee, extended toe county. These per capita grants deadline tor the 1submission of from municipalities which ab- applications under the program stain from selecting a centen- to Aug. 5, 1965. nial project, can not, however, TH N0RW|CH be used up by other munici-1 j North Norwich Township, palities within the county in ad­dition to their own allotted cen-Robert C. Watkins, the town-ship clerk reported that the•vtonintnalWau mticl hp wmp- ln Ule aU ’lennial grants.Mr. Croden said that the cen-municipalities must be some-i thing "which will definitely commemorate the centennial ofCanada.”Mr. Croden said that the cen­tennial funds are not designed for county works projects, such as street lighting and repairs to old buildings which would be carried out as a normal workssaid.Mr. Watkins said cost of the new building is estimated to he $7,500. At present the township has library quarters in the base­ment of the telephone company.The township council had de­cided definitely on the library project, he said, and now he was preparing a by-law to be read by the council and for-1 warded' to the Department of Municipal Affairs, in Toronto along with an application forproject."The exception to this,” he said, "is where an old building is being renovated for a-com- ------ . .pletely new purpose.” As an ex--the centennial funds. ceive <muv.» m.™.ample he mentioned remodel-1 For this project the federal fW0 higher levels of government lin° an old school for a mu-1 and provincial government will for their centennial project S€um each be asked for $2,500 while the village providing an-“Unless a building has a great the township municipality Will other $1,224. The federal gov- historical interest the centen- provide the other S2,500 m ac-; ?niai advisory committee is not cordance with the regulations provincial government gives the interested in renovating it,” he of the per capita grant. same $1,224 grant. The villagesIn Blenheim Township, three ~hare is‘“ based on per capitaCentennialGrantsClearedTRAVISTOCK - The village of Tavistock has received Fed­eral and Provincial approval for their Arena Centennial Project.Wally Nesbitt, MP for Oxford, in a telephone interview today said that the Federal Centennial Cabinet Committee had approv­ed the Federal Government’s share of the Tavistock Centen-. «ial Project, a grant of $1,225, 1The Centennial Grant for Tavistock is the first to be ap­proved in Oxford by the two senior levels of government.Tavistock is using the Cen­tennial Grants to build dressing rooms and seats in the arena.Robert. Rudy, clerk treasurer for the village, said today that ,..]}e had received letters of ap­proval from both the Ontar and the Federal Government] ifor the Centennial Project. .Cost of the new dressing roams and seats has been ♦' timated at $8,000. The feder a n d iM'oviiieiitl governmer each provided $1,225 toward til centenial grant with the villa/ also providing $1,225, makb\ — the total grant $3,675.Mr. Rudy said Iha villa ■built the shell for the n e ■ arena m Tavistock early in th>l ■ spring. The Centennial Grant .1 ■ he said, was requested fori ■ completing I he dressing rooms I ■ ami putting in the seats, I ■ The arena project itself hasl ■ been financed by the servieal ■ dubs ami organizations in Tav I ■ ixlock who eiim|Udgnvd to tins ■ ■ $40,000 towards it; and hy , ■ ■ public canvas* raised a not he 1at Plattsville.BLENHEIMThis week Blenheim reeve, Peter McDonald reported that the Department of Municipal Affairs had sent a letter back to the township recommending that they select a single project for the municipality insure ad of three.Drumbo has planned to pay the cost of their share of the centennial fund through a bank loan to be paid back by publici subscription. The village alsoi hoped to take advantage of grants available through the Community Centres Act to pay I for their project, TAVISTOCKRobert Rudy, Clerk treasurer in Tavistock reports that Tavis­tock’s centennial project, a new arena is well ahead in the construction stages.Mr. Rudy said the village hopes to have natural ice in the arena by this winter.Tavistock is eligible to re­ceive almost $2,500 from the projectfor their centennialwith the village providing an- ernment provides SI,224 and the with each villager being asses­sed a dollar.The arena project has not been entirely dependent on the centennial fund. The service clubs in Tavistock have cam­paigned to raise $40,000 and a public canvass raised another $15,000.With approval given by the village council, for the arena as a centennial project the vil­lage is now waiting to hear from the Centennial Committee in Ottawa for final approval of the centennial funds.EMBRO .The village of Embro has de­cided to renovate their town hall as a village project. The application for the renovation has been sent in. but actual work "has been laid over until next year,'1 clerk - treasurer. Ross T. Smith said recently.Embro which has a popula­tion of 610 have to match this amount.NORWICHIn Norwich, the council has voted upon a new fire hall as la centennial project after turn ing down the centennial com miltees recommendation for a museum.Leslie Forest who initialed the idea, said that the present fire hall is 80 years old and would not be large enough to accommodate a new fire truckOriginally, a proposal by Paul Moore, president of the Nor­wich Pioneer Society to purch­ase the 80-year-old Lees Estate Apartment for the puspose ot making a museum was turned down by the councilThe museum-supporters have (not given up yet, though, as a petition is being circulated to win support for the museum -project among the villagers.The brehall project has not >ot been approved by the Depart­ment of Municipal AffairsEast Zorra township h*s not yet decided on a centennial project. Ingersoll SeeksNullificationDereham ReeveOf AnnexationINGERSOLL — The town of limits is not suitable for Indus- Ingersoll is applying to the On- trial purposes.tai io Municipal Board for recon- If the board reconsiders theSeeks Top Postsideration of the decision on their annexation application.The board had granted that the town could annex 118 acres of land for industrial use in a parcel west of the town The council feels that the land re-decision handed down Dec. 1J there may be further hearings slated for the new year. if| the board does not reconsider the decision, the town will ask for permission to withdraw its application.commended in the annexation T*,e board had scheduled the order is unsuited to industrial annexation to take place on Jan.Race Seen Sure For Wardenshipuse.The town' had applied for 918 acres in its bid to annex suit­able industrial land. The largest parcel of this total acreage is an 800 acre block which lies be­tween Highway 401 and Holcroft Rd.This area would be the most suitable for industry and would attract industrial companies be­cause of its location along high­way 401. The land zoned indus­trially within the present townRabies Said Perpetual Problem With WildlifeD^Xm^wn™^ reCVC most ever recorded s^in* tion of Warden for Oxford County in 1965. IRabies InInfection of domestic animals by rabid wildlife has long been a problem in Oxford and sur­rounding counties.Says Dr. O. C. Powers of the Oxford Health Unit: ‘Td hate to guess how many cows and hogs are destroyed each year after being bitten by foxes, skunks and other common rab­ies carriers.‘'Certainly a month rarely goes by without at least one or two cases being reported. Un­fortunately once an animal is bitten it is almost certain the disease will develop. In the case of humans, however, only about 10 per cent of bite vic­tims actually came down with rabies.Others considering entry in the race for the office are Hu-h Munro, deputy reeve of East Nissouri, John H. Lester, reeve of North Norwich, and J ,C Sinilh, reeve of Beacbville. . rhe 23 councillors will meet m the council chamber to elect the new Warden on Jan. 19 al 2 p.m. The 23 council members I have a total of 28 votes.The explanation of this lies in, the number of municipal elec-1 tors included in the population! of a centre. Tillsonburg’s reeve and deputy reeve both have two votea. and for the first time Dereham Twp. has an extra vote for a total of three.The election of warden is exe- culed by an open, verbal vote, which began in 1911. The clerk reads the voters names in al­phabetical order, and they de­clare their choice aloudOxfordSaid Not SeriousMr. Armstrong, who has a contracting business at Ostrand­er, has been the reeve of Dere­ham for the past year and a half. Before that he was deputy ■reeve for the first part of 1963. I Dereham reeve for 1965, he will be seeking the wardenship for the new year also.He was also on the council fi­nance and assessment commit­tees.A majority of 14 votes is need­ed to win the office. The largest number of recorded hallo s was back in 1913, when there were 69. readings of the voters to elect C. H. Denton of Tillson­burg the warden.More recently in 1951, 54 bal­lots were cast to elect Grant Sutherland of East Nissouri to the office. And in 1952 Harlev McBeth of Dereham Turn, was elected with 42 ballots.On the other hand there were only two acclamations ever re­corded, one in 1915 when John Campbell of Dereham won the office, and the other in 1936 for William Lampman of East Ox­ford.110 NOWThe new warden will bring the total to 111 wardens in office since the first one in 1850. Of these, only 24 are still alive to- Mr. Munro is the new reeve i &y‘ Th® 6:0331 the date of of East Nissouri. and was u servic®3s George H. Hallier, deputy reeve in 1963 and 1964 Who was warden >n 1923. He also was on the 1963 finance' Previous to 1950, the gover- committee. i nor of this area, known as theJohn Lester, a farmer at RR 1 District of Brock, appointed the 1, Burgessville, has been reeve warden, treasurer, and clerk, of North Norwich for the past I In the event ora tie on the two years and is starting his . last ballot, that is^th all can- third term. In 1963 he was also didates eliniinated but two, the on the finance and assessments reeve of the munieivalitv With committees, and in 1964 he was I the highest equalized assess- the secretary of the assessment ment will cast the deciding vote, committee. In the coming election it will beJ. C. Smith, a Beachville re- the reeve of Tillsonburg tailer, has been reeve of the vil-L n--. v lagp sineo nnH » c f h a w 1 xt i * “in *-« *lage since 1962. and is the only, one to represent the village on the county council since it was incorporated as a village Jan. 1, 1962. He was chairman of thefinance committee in 1963.In 1958 there were seven can­didates for the office, which isIn the history of Oxford Coun­ty there have only been three men to hold the office of War­den for more than one vear.Donald Matheson of West Zor­ra held the office back in 1852 for five years until 1856. The 'warden in 1857 and 1858 was ‘ “ Barwick of Blandford and John Peers held the for two terms, four years in 1864 and 1879.JohnTwp., office apartThe m-’-vnew warden may have asas 300 appointments in the 365 days of his office, aswas recorded by a former war­den, sometimes two meetings m one day.Prospective candidates for toe office of warden will be out con­tacting the other voting mem­bers of the council from now un­til Jan. 19 in their bid to re­ceive the honor of being Warden of Oxford County. Grey County JailTermed Filthy’OWEN SOUND (CP)-Mayor Eddie Sargent Wednesday led a tour of county officials and newspaper reporters in Grey County jail, an institution he de­scribed as -filthy” and "dcplor able.”Mr. Sargent, also Liberal member of the legislature for Grey North, said he had toured the institution Tuesday,"Would you believe these com ditions existed in the 20th cen­tury?” Mayor Sargent asked the reporters. County Warden Elwood Moore and Clerk-Treas­urer Harry Henderson,The men on tour found that each cell block has six individ­ual cells and a long narrow room with a wooden table, two benches and toilet facilities closed off at one end.The cells, lined along one wall of the block, are about three feet wide and seven feet long and each contains a small cot taking up much of the space. NO MATTRESSThere is no mattress on the | cot and prisoners must sleep on, the springs covered only by a I blanket.Prisoners are. locked in the cells at 8 p.m. each night and are not released into the larger room until 10 hours later. The cells contain no lights and the lights in the main room are switched off at 9 p.m.During a tour of the kitchen, the group found that three cans of beans and a pot of potatoes was being prepared for supper, with no meat planned for the evening meal.EDDIE SARGENT ..conducts jail tourThey were told that the pris­oners could have bread without butter. Because there is no cook at the jail, prisoners must pre­pare their own meals.Jail Is Clean, Report ClaimsOWEN SOUND (CP)-The! Grey Couniy jail here is short on facilities but clean, accord­ing to a report by F. J. Mal-1 thews, a provincial jail inspec­tor.Mayor E. C; Sargent, Liber­al member of the Legislature for Grey North, charged last month that he had found the jail filthy and deplorable dur­ing a surprise visit.Mr, Matthews' report, en­dorsed at a meeting of II , Grey Couniy Councillors and i four city councillors on: Wednesday, said: "it is agreed that the construction of the jail is out of date-, lhe . cells are too small; the toilet I facilities in the cells are prim­itive; the storerooms are small, and the visiting facili­ties are not comparable with those in the newer jails but, in spite of these limitations, the jail is clean.”The inspector added "In comparison with many other county jails of similar con- 1 struction and age, the county jail al Owen Sound was one of the best kept and brightest in the province.” County of Oxford HANDBOOK 1964 WILLIAM M. SUTHERLAND WARDEN TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS Township of Blandford Population — 1458 Clerk-Treas.________S. J. Currah, Box 234, Bright Bright 454-8234 Road Supt.............Howard Carter, R. R. 1, Innerkip Innerkip 469-3342 Assessor-----------------E. A. Carter, R. R. 1, Innerkip Innerkip 469-3612 Tax Collector----------------------------------S. J. Currah Building Insp. . Oscar Sippel, R. R. 1, New Hamburg bright 454-8208 Relief Officer .... Gordon Aspden, R. R. 5, Woodstock Eastwood 467-5357 Date of Meeting — First Monday, Bright Fire Hall Township of Blenheim Population — 4416 Clerk-Treas. — . _ I. J. Haines, Drumbo Office: Drumbo 463-5347; Home: Drumbo 463-5365 Road Supt. — Herb Balkwill, Drumbo Office: Drumbo 463-5347; Home: Drumbo 463-5343 Assessor Cecil A. Bawtinheimer, Drumbo Office: Drumbo 463-5347; Home: Drumbo 463-5345 Tax Collector --------..--------- Cecil A. Bawtinheimer Building Insp.___________Cecil A. Bawtinheimer Relief Officer __--------____ Delmar Kipp, Princeton Home: Princeton 458-4634 Date of Meeting — First Monday, Township Office Township of Dereham Population — 4517 Clerk-Treas F. E. Harris, R. R. 1, Mt. Elgin Office: Ingersoll 485-0477; Home: Brwnsvle 877-2390 Road Supt. ------- Harold Tindale, R. R. 1, Mt. Elgin Office: Brwnsvle 877-2953; Home: Ingersoll 485-0107 Assessor----------------------Grunt Hutchinson, Salford _ „ „ . Ingersoll 485-1227Tax Collector _.. ....... ......... F. E. Harris Building Insp. .... Norman Moyer, R. R. 1, Mt. Elgin D uj Ingersoll 485-1617Relief Officer ---------------------------- f. E, Harris Date of Meeting — Second Monday and Fourth Saturday of Each Month Township Office, Dereham Centre Township of East Nissouri Population — 3069 Clerk G. L. Gregory, R. R. 2, Lakeside Office: Kintore 283-6475; Home: Medina 5-R-17 Treasurer_______Mrs, Ella Whetstone, Thamesford Home: Thames ford 285-2513 Road Supt.________E. G. Rout, R. R. 1, Lakeside Home: Medina 29-R-19 Assessor ____ Donald Seaton, R, R. 3, Lakeside Home: Medina 31-R-6 Tas Collector___________________Donald Seaton Building Insps. John Baker, R. R. 2, Lakeside Home: Medina 6-R-ll Fred Denison, Thamesford, Home: Thmsfrd 285-2671 Relief Officer ------------------Mrs. Ella Whetstone Date of Meeting — First Monday of Each Month Township Office, Kintore Township of North Norwich Population — 2375 Clerk-Treas. Robert C. Watkins, Norwich Office: Norwich 381; Home: Norwich 182-J Road Supt. Albert Freeman, R. R. 2, Norwich Office: BurgessviUe 66-W-l; 143-J-l Assessor Harvey Thompson, R. R. 2, Norwich Home: Norwich 142-J-3 Tax Collector---------------------------Robert C. Watkins Building Insp. ------------------------- Harvey Thompson Relief Officer Robert C. Watkins Date of Meeting — Second Monday Township Office, R, R. 2, Norwich Township of East Oxford Population — 2067 Clerk-Treas. _ N. M. Holdsworth, R. R. 4, Woodstock Home: Eastwood 467-5251 Road Supt._______C. H. Hart, R. R. 8, Woodstock Home: Woodstock 537-3014 Assessor _______ J. A. Wallace, R. R. 8, Woodstock Home: Eastwood 467-5376 Tax Collector________ . _____ N. M. Holdsworth Building Insp.__Earl Skillings, R. R. 4, Woodstock Home: Eastwood 467-5260 Relief Officer--------------------------N. M. Holdsworth Date of Meeting — First Monday Oxford Centre Township Hall Township of North Oxford Population — 1661 Clerk-Treas.__Miss E. A. Seldon, 305 Oxford St., Ingersoll. Home: 485-0762 Road Supt.---------J. S. Shannon, R. R. 2, Ingersoll Home: 485-1967 Assessor ------ Wallace Baigent, R. R. 3, Ingersoll Home: 485-2448Tax Collector-------------------------Miss E. A. Seldon Building Insp. Wallace Baigent Relief Officer ------------—--------------------The Reeve Date of Meeting — First Monday 305 Oxford St., Ingersoll TowTiship of South Norwich Population — 3102 Clerk-Treas. _ _ _____ H. K. Parson, Otterville Office: Otterville 879-6568; Home: 879-6585 Road Supt.____________Elmer Almost, Otterville Home: 879-6515 Assessor__L D. Wrigglesworth, R. R. 1, Otterville Tax Collector -----------------------L D. Wrigglcsworth Building Insp.------------------------L D. Wrigglesworth Relief Officer -------------------------------H. k. Parson Date of Meeting — First Monday Community Hall, Otterville — Office: 879-6588 Township of West Oxford Population — 2754 Clerk-Treas. -----—. L. B. Curry, R. R. 1, Woodstock Home: 539-1302 Road Supt. Charles Williams, R. R. 1, Woodstock Home: 537-8828 Assessor . . A. D. Robinson, R. R. 4, Ingersoll Home: Ingersoll 485-2941 Tax Collector ___________________ L. B. Curry Building Insp. ----------------------------A. D. Robinson Relief Officer _____________________L. B. Curry Date of Meeting — First Monday, Foldens Comers Clerk _ Treasurer g S” ° a Township of East Zorra Population — 4081 OFFICIALS of TOWN and VILLAGES H. J. Hallock, R. R. 6, Woodstock Home: 537-8746 _________Clarence Parker, Hickson Home: Hickson 462-2444 Town of Tillsonburg Population — 6790 Road Supt. ------- James Chesney, R. R. 1, Innerkip Home: Innerkip 469-3634 Assessor______Carman Facey, R. R. 6, Woodstock Tax Collector Building Insp. Relief Officer Home: Hickson 462-2294 ___ Earl Hostetler, Hickson Home: Hickson 462-2364 ____________ H. J. Hallock ___________ H. J. Hallock Clerk-Treas. — Burt Neale, 40 Wolfe St., Tillsonburg Office: VI. 2-5252; Home: VI. 2-2269 Deputy Clerk-Treas. — K. E. Holland, R.3, Tlsnburg Home: VI. 2-8127 Road Supt. . James Hornsby, 52 Ball St., Tillsonburg Office: VI. 2-4812; Home: VI. 2-4657 Assessor Kenneth R. Watts, 75 Lisgar Ave., Till’g Office: VI. 2-5149 Date of Meeting — 1st Monday, Township Hall, Hickson — Hickson 462-2697 Ass't Assessor Tax Collector -------------------------Wm. E. Fitzpatrick 21 Glendale Dr., Tillsonburg Kenneth E. Holland, R. R. 3, Till’g Office: VI. 2-5252; Home: VI. 2-8127 Building Insps. ---- K. R. Watts, Wm. E. Fitzpatrick Relief Officer Burt Neale Township of West Zorra Population — 2134 Clerk-Treas.------------Ernest Wood, R. R. Home: Embro Road Supt._______Wm. D. Smith, R. R. Home: Date of Meeting — First Tuesday Council Chamber — Town Hall Tax Collector Building Insp. Relief Officer Chas. H. Foster, R. R. Home: Embro 4, Embro 475-4440 4, Embro 475-4274 4, Embro 475-4487 Village of Beachville Chas H. Foster _ Ernest Wood _ Ernest Wood Clerk-Treas. Population — 900 Date of Meeting — First Monday Township Hall, Embro Road Supt. _. Assessor Tax Collector_ Building Insp. _ Relief Officer ... --------- A. Douglas Watson, Beachville Home: Beachville 423-6350 -------------- J. C. Smith, Beachville Home: Beachville 423-6391 ---- A. D. Robinson, R. R. 4, Ingersoil Home: Ingersoll 485-2941 ----------A. Douglas Watson --------------A. D. Robinson .... Frank Harris, Beachville Home: 423-6497 Date of Meeting — First Tuesday Evening Beachville Municipal Office M ©B'-o rr-f r.. *-* -I •Q O D rt “ 2O 0-0. ™ 0,0-g:© B g a ^3^ “ >a n **• n 5 K • o n m G g 3 SU 5 O 3 a 2.5'51$ <p•< *3fi E,"5 g " 3 & — Kg 2 a b ro O S 3 io =T s 3 tu - 3 3 SU £X W-j 2 “ 2- - w 55 s Ci » <6 to 2" 3 o re w 3 o o*3 3 S' 3 1 3 ' i 2 o I Village of Embro Population — 610 Clerk-Treas. -----------------------Ross T. Smith, Embro Home: Embro 475-4086 .Assessor --------------------------- Wm. A. Murray, Embro Home: 475-4188 Tax Collector ____________________Ross T. Smith Building Insp.______________________The Council Relief Officer .------------------------------------The Reeve Date of Meeting — First Monday Evening Council Chamber — Village Hall PHONE NUMBERS Village of Norwich Population — 1662 Clck-Treas, _____________ W. F. McKie, Norwich Office: Norwich 80; Home: Norwich 343-J P. O. Box 460 Road Supt. ____________ Harold Williams, Norwich Home 23-M Assessor ___________________ D. B. Ferris, Norwich Home: Norwich 157-J Tax Collector -------------------------------- W. F. McKie Building Insp. _______________ B. Baines, Norwich Home: Norwich 219 Relief Officer _____________________ W. F. McKie Date of Meeting, First Monday of each Month, 8 p.m. Public Utilities Building WARDEN—William M. Sutherland, Embro 475-4546 JUDGES OFFICE__________Woodstock, 537-5811 SHERIFF_____________________________ 537-6561 CROWN ATTORNEY_________________ 537-2611 REGISTRAR OF DEEDS _______ 537-3161 MAGISTRATE________________________ 537-2061 PROBATION OFFICE________________ 537-2551 LIBRARY CO-OPERATIVE____________ 537-3322 JAIL________________________________ 537-2411 COUNTY HOME_____________________ 537-2711 COUNTY ASSESSOR__________________ 537-3521 PROVINCIAL POLICE________________ 539-9811 CHILDREN’S AID SOCIETY ___________ 537-3425 ROAD SUPERINTENDENT ______ 537-7961 COUNTY CLERK and TREAS. _________ 537-3911 OXFORD HEALTH UNIT Village of Tavistock Population — 1221 Clerk-Treas._____________Robert Rudy, Tavistock Office: Tavistock 655-2315 Road Supt. ______,________Robert Rudy, Tavistock Assessor_______________Charles Quehl, Tavistock Home: Tavistock 655-2257 Tax Collector_________Walter Schaefer, Tavistock Home: Tavistock 655-2962 Building Inspector ----------------------.---------------------- Relief Officer--------------------------------- Robert Rudy Date of Meeting — First Monday of Each Month Public Utilities Office M. O. H.--------------------------------Dr. O. C. Powers Supervisor of Nurses_________Miss Mae Haviland Sanitary Inspectors --------------------------J. L. Griffith F. M. Crawford, Ivan Charlton Staff Nurses—Miss R. Grieve, Mrs. D. Johnston, Miss Elsie Holden, Miss A. Van Den Berg, Miss G. A. Dehaan, Miss M. Charlton, Mrs. S. Wilkins, Mrs. Cora Etheridge, Miss C. A. Van Den Brock, Miss L. Boyd, Miss Diana Sinclair, Mrs. J. M. Mason, Mrs. S. Graham. Clerical Staff—Mrs. A. Ellerby, Mrs. J. Orton, Mrs. J. Box, Mrs. J. Knaggs. Woodstock Office--------Phone Woodstock 537-5711 Ingersoll Office______________ Ingersoll 485-0570 Norwich Office ......................................... Norwich 1 Tillsonburg Office _________ Tillsonburg VI. 2-2979 Embro Office _________________ Embro 475-4140 Drumbo Office -------------- — Drumbo 463-5487 COMMITTEES OF 1964 FIRST NAME. CHAIRMAN LAST NAMED, SECRETARY ROAD — Hogg, Finlayson, Lazenby, Armstrong, Wettlaufer, Sutherland, Meathrell. FINANCE — Munro, Karn, Coleman, Demeyere, Lester. PROPERTY — Force, Wilker, Honsberger, Johnson, Arthur. AGRICULTURE — Cuthbert, Aspden, Pressey, Little­ johns, Gehring. ASSESSMENT — Wilker, Demeyere, Karn, Gehring, Lester. HOME — Sutherland, Smith, McDonald. HEALTH — Force, Sutherland, Lester. CHILDREN’S AID SOCIETY — Coleman, Johnsu . Sutherland. PRINTING & RESOLUTIONS — Arthur, Pressey, Munro, Cuthbert, Aspden. LIBRARY' — McDonald, Littlejohns, Sutherland. JUVENILE COURT — Sutherland, Coles. MUSEUM — Sutherland, Coles. BOARD OF AUDIT — Munro, Coles. HOSPITATA — Woodstock; Sutherland. Ingersoll: Smith. Tillsonburg: Honsberger. OFFICIALS — 1964 TREE CONSERVATION COMMISSION Roy Hughes ____________ R- R. 1, Ostrander ' Phone Tillsonburg VI. 2-2124 or VI. 2-2830 Ross Calder _ ______ R- R- 2, Tliamesford Phone Kintore 893-6254 John Mitchell, Jr. ------ R. R. 2, Innerlap Phone Innerkip 469-3362 COUNTY WEED INSPECTOR William M. Sutherland---------------------------Warden Eric W. Cross_____________________County Judge R. G. Groom, Q.C._____________Police Magistrate R. G. Groom, Q.C.__________Juvenile Court Judge A. A. Bishop_____County Court Clerk and Sheriff John B. Martin___________________Deputy Sheriff A. C. Whaley, Q.C._______Clerk of the Peace and County Crown Attorney Mrs. G. Dawson__________County Court Reporter Mrs. Sylvia Reid ______ Magistrate’s Court Reporter Miss Margaret E. Ross Magistrate’s Court Clerk Miss Donna Maltby--------------Juvenile Court Clerk Ross V. Tuck —----------------------------------Registrar Wm. Harrington------------------------Deputy Registrar P. R. Farnum___________________Deputy Registrar MacDougall & Camwath —---------County Solicitors Monteith, Monteith and Co.-------------------Auditors John Campbell___________________Jail Governor A. E. Walton ___________________Chief Turnkey Turnkeys—J. P. West, B. Andrews, L. Zimmer, G. A. Fordham, E. H. McIntosh, R. E. Davis, J. New­ ell, H. Wiseman. Mrs. Rose Hamilton--------------------------------Matron Dr. G. A. C. Webb .. ----------------------Physician Jail and County Home R. J. Forbes ........„.........— Manager, County Home Mrs. A. Forbes __________Matron, County Home Mrs. S. L. Krompart .......................County Librarian W. G. Anderson __________ Public School Inspector A. P. Silcox______________Public School Inspector B. C. Moore _________________ Provincial Police C. A. Rawson__________________Probation Officer Fred H. Cade _______________County Assessor J. N. Meathrell ______ County Road Superintendent Thomas Pye______________Court House Engineer L. K. Coles ....... Clerk and Treasurer Ronald Hutcheson______120 Francis St., Ingersoll Phone Ingersoll 485-0895 I McCready's Printing Company. Tillsonburg Puttown Bridge Will Make Townline A ThoroughfareI'nanHHUGE CEMENT PILLARS — In top picture show the steady progress being made on the new bridge which will span the Nith on the Blenheim-South Dumfries townline at Puttown, not far from Highway No. 2. In front of the pillars is the partially dis­mantled old bridge which served well for many years.Note the height of the pillars as compared to the abutment of the old bridge, The additional height of the new structure, the cutting down of the hill on the north side of the bridge and straightened alignment of the bridge and approaches on each side of the river will be a vast improvement.Thist improvement is more eas­ily visualized when the top pic­ture is compared with the bot­tom photo of the bridge taken a year ago. Both pictures face to the north. The bottom illustra­tion shows the steep hill on each side of the bridge, the hairpin turn at the north approach oc­casioned by the odd angle of the bridge. All these hazards are being eliminated.As mentioned last week, the rebuilding of this river bridge and the nearby CN overpass, plus the proposed reconstruction Of Slabtown and the Twin Bridg­es further north on the same road, will make the townline a main connecting link between Simcoe and Highway 401, with the possibility that at some fu­ture date a cloverleaf will be built where the townline meets 401 al Greenfield. 15 YEARS AGOWoodstock Fair Board, with R J. Forbes, president, wax planning lo make the 1949 Fair the best ever in Woodstock.Mail service to all parts of Oxford County was urged by count} council in a resolution.City council moved to have the city join the Oxford County health unit, doing away with the city Boat'd of Health.Joe Griffith, sanitation inspec­tor of the Oxford Health Unit, returned after attending a con­vention of inspectors at Schu­macher.Oxford County Health Unit, held its annual banquet at the New Commercial Hotel, follow­ed by the regular meeting at the Court House presided over i by W. A. Cockburn, chairman.Warden N. M. Marshall of Ox­ford was host at the annual Warden’s dinner held at Nor­wich United Church.25 YEARS AGOAbout 53 residents of the Ox­ford county home enjoyed a pic­nic at Southside Park. Trans­portation was provided by mem-1 bers of the Woodstock Lions ■ Club.Reeve T. J. Costello advoca­ted abolition of Pinecrest, the children’s shelter during discus­sion of Children’s Aid affairs at county council.10 YEARS AGOThe mobile unit of the Oxford County Library Co-operative was getting ready for the Septemb­er book exchange. Carrying 1,100 books, the truck known as the "Bookmobile” visited the libraries and school through­out the county four times a year. There were 18 libraries, four deposit stations, and about 130 classrooms to service. Mrs. S. L. Krompart, was the lib­rarian, and was ably assisted by her husband Stan and Mrs. W. T. Cocker. There were only 14 bookmobiles in Ontario at the time.County road officials agreed to join with householders on Governor’s road between Wood- stock and Thamesford in ap­proaching the provincial govern­ment to seek aid in improving what was described as “the worst road between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts”.J, N. Meatherall, county road superintendent, reported that tbe abutment on a 145-foot span on a bridge on the Nith River north of Plattsville had been undermined.The date was set of the an­nual warden's banquet. It will be held at the Masonic Hall, Embro. with after dinner spea­ker being Magistrate Robert G.! Groom.Tribute was paid Warden James Hossack at the Warden's dinner for his service to the county in 1954.10 YEARS AGOAn assessment committee to assist Fred H. Cade when he takes office as county assessor, July l. was formed hv county council during the final after­noon of the June session yes­terday. On « motion from L. W. Smith, reeve of Tillsonburg. and J. Ralph McLaughlin, de­puty-reeve of Dereham, coun. ci) approved the five member committee of the following:Orval T. Coleman. Blenheim: H. R, Bidcell. North Norwich;] James D. Hossack. Oxford: L. K .Coles, county clerk; and L. । W. Smith. 1A veteran Ingersoll lawyer. Warwick R. Marshall, was named defence counsel for the murder trial of 37-year-old Vel-i ibor (Bill) Rajjc.Indications that Ihc 1,100 acre Republic Steel Corporation limestone field at West Zorra is the finest deposily in North America was announced by company officials.The water main to the County! Home was just about completed! as workmen were busy excav­ating under the final road.A "true bill” was returned by a Grand Jury against Veli­bor Rajic. who was charged with the slaying of Mrs. Ernest Boyd. 27 Perr.y Street. The murder trial had opened before Mr. Justice John L. Wilson in the Ontario Supreme Court. Eleven men and one woman made up the jury.This was the first murder trial to be held in Oxford County since 1936. Crown At­torney A. C. Whaley was the prosecuting attorney.Len K. Coles, county clerk,' left the city to attend the Coun­ty Homes Convention in Corn­wall.Oxford County buildings came in for high praise from the Hon. Mr. Justice John L. Wislon and the members of the grand jury after they had completed their inspection.The grand jury found Velibor Rajic, 37-year-old Yugoslav im­migrant guilty of the murder on the previous June 10th, of Mrs. Ernest Boyd. The accused was sentenced to die on the gallows on November 16, 1954.The jury had returned its ver­dict after deliberating for three hours and two minutes. The jury had been faced with the choice of finding Rajic guilty of murder, reducing the charge to manslaughter, or acquitting him. The trial lasted four days. Members of the staff of the Children’s Aid Society moved into their new building on Light Street in preparation for the of­ficial opening.It was announced that the Minister of Public Welfare, the Hon. W. A. Goodfellow, of To­ronto, would officially open the Children’s Aid Society building in Woodstock on September 29.The new administrative build-1 ing for the Woodstock Children’s Aid Society was almost ready for occupancy. The one-storey i brick building was complete ex­cept for the finishing touches in­side.The Children’s Aid budding in Woodstock was opened. A large crowd of Oxford County resi­dents stood in drizzling ram to watch as the Honorable W. A. Goodfellow cut the tapeSeventeen red foxes were killed in July in Oxford County, and bounties of $3 per pelt were paid. A total of 548 foxes had been killed to date for the year while only 373 were killed the previous year.The county home was a scene of activity as the water main from the city reached the building. Big stumps were being tom out and hydrants installed as the final stages were reached in bringing water lor fire protection purposes to the home.10 YEARS AGOReeve James D. Hossack of Embro was elected warden of Oxford county for 1954 at the in­augural meeting of county coun. cil.Dr. O. C. Powers. Oxford MOH, reported an increase in the number of cases of measles and mumps in the county,County judge Eric Cross was, acting judge of the juvenile court pending appolnlmenl m a successor to L, M. Ball resign-Magistrale R. G. Groom was appointed judge of the juvenile and family court of Oxford in addition to his police court dut­ies.The Oxford Health Unit mov­ed into new quarters, the reno - voted former registry office, corner of Hunter and Graham streets.Finley E. Perrin, retired Ox­ford county judge and London lawyer for many years died at his home In London at 85.School children of Oxford were to be given tuberculosis tests by the Oxford Health Unit.Hugh Harris, Lakeside, was j re-elected president of the Ox­ford Beef Producers Association a the nnual meeting held in | Woodstock.Dr. C. M. Mackay. Wood-, stock physician who retired all.’? 50 years practice also re­linquished the position of jail doctor.Tenders were called for the! new Children’s Aid Society building to be erected on a e west side of the county jail pro- j perty on Light Street.Oxford County Library Co- Operative held its annual meet- ing with Reeve W. J. Stoakley I of 'Dereham elected chairman.Contract for erection of the; new Children’s Aid building on >the Jail property on Light street; was awarded to Ellis-Don Ltd., London.A record of 120 fox pelts waSj turned in to County Clerk L. K. Coles for the month of April,! on which the bounty of $3 was paid. h IOxford county tax rate for 1954 was set at 14 mills, an in­crease of one mill over the pre- । vious year.A sod-turning ceremony was held at the site of the new Chil­dren’s Aid Society building on Light street, with Doug Camp­bell, chairman of the building committee officiating.' Work of laying a new water main from Woodstock to the county home on the 11th line was underway.Reeve of East Zorra, Louis L. Wettlaufer, 71, died at his home on the 13th line.A county assessor for Oxford county was to be appointed shortly. County Clerk L. K. Coles announced.Forty-seven applications were received for the new position of county assessor, County Clerk L. K. Coles reported.Magistrate R. G. Groom com­mitted Velibor (Bill) Rajic, 37-i year-old Yugoslav immigrant, to stand trial for the June 10 knife- slaving of Mrs. Ernest Boyd, 34, of 27 Perry Street. Trial was set for Sept. 10.Construction on an eight-inch water main from Woodstock to Oxford County Home on the 11th line of East Zorra was commenced.Preliminary hearing into the case of Velibor (Bill) Rajic, 37 year old, jobless Yugoslav! im­migrant charged with the June 10 murder of Mrs. Ernest Boyd, of Woodstock, opened be­fore Magistrate R. G. Groom.Huge construction machinery was changing the face of East Oxford township south of Wood- stock as work progressed on Highway 401. The new con­trolled access highway cut across Oxford through West Oxford and East Oxford town­ships in a swath 300 feet wide.15 YEARS AGOGeorge Fewster, reeve of North Norwich, was elected warden of Oxford county on Die 26th ballot at county council. He w the third generation of Fewsters tn hold the office.Oxford Federation of Agricul­ture sought » grant of $2,ooo from county council to help car­ry on its activities.Oxford County Plowmen's As­sociation was seeking to have the International plowing mat­ch held Ln Oxford in 1951.Oxford County Old Age Pen­sion Board. R. W. Ferguson chairman, was dissolved and future applications were to he hflhtlled by the county clerk.County council rejected the city's request for use of the court house council chamber for city police court sessions.Reeve W. A. Cockburn of Blenheim township was elected cha’rman of the Ox?ord County Health Unit for 1949.Woodstock's second request for use of the county council ch amber in the court house for city police court sessions, was again turned down by c o u n t y I council. . ,A grant of $10,000 for Wood- stock General Hospital was re­quested of county council by E. J. Hosack. chairman of the hos­pital board.R. C. Brogden of Ingersoll was elected head of the Oxford County Library Association at its meeting in the court house, j Woodstock.Assessors of Oxford county held a meeting in the court house, Woodstock, to discuss problems.Mrs. S. L. Krompart. Wood- stock, was appointed county li­brarian by the Oxford Library Association.Henry Hitzeroth, former reeve of Tavistock, and prominent citizen died suddenly at his home at age 73.Oxford County Library Co-Op­erative opened headquarters in the county courthouse in charge of Mrs. S. L. Krompart-Cecil W. Ottewell. South Nor­wich township clerk, died at his home in his 51st year.Work of widening the Gover­nor’s Road between Woodstock and Thamesford was underway by the county road staff.City Solicitor. Craig McKay was to represent the city at a meeting with county council, re­garding use of the county court room for city police court ses­sions.County clerk and treasurer L. K. Coles in reading only two resolutions at the opening ses­sion of county council today said the number was the smallest since he has been clerk.Oxford municipal offices held them 57th annual meeting at the courthouse in Woodstock. Pre­sident Irwin J. Haines, clerk of Blenheim, presided.~ Oxford County council in ses­sion at the courthouse, took an afternoon for a tour of the county road system.Herbert Parsons, assessor for South Norwich, had been ap­pointed clerk of the township to fill the vacancy created by the death of C. W, Ottewell.Mel Hamilton, chief turnkey at Oxford county jail was ob­serving his 13th year in the ser­vice.Miss Nora Hicks, Reg. N.. of London, joined the staff of the Oxford County health unit to be stationed at Tillsonburg,Or' O. C. Powers, Oxford MOH. Issued a number of sug­gestions to combat the heal, in­cluding the taking of salt tab­lets. such as used in factories.Residents of four townships in Oxford County collected a total of 11 fox bounties. County Clerk Treasurer L. K. Coles stated.Robert Oliver, former ^'a' . en of Oxford County died »t ‘ home in Thamesford a,ieDO YOUREMEMBER ?(From Sentinel-Review Files)2. YEARS AGO, • M, Marshall, reeve of Nor- warden of Oxford County for 1939 at t h * ”’eetlni o'deputy reeves at­tended their first meeting of county council: R. H. W jjw n. East Zorra; Wallace Potter, an-fJ J- K'' McLeod, East Nissouri.Reeve R. F. Miners of T i 1 L •aoburg was elected chairman of the finance committee of county council.A meeting was called to de­cide the disposition of S7.000 re­maining qn hand of the old Ox­ford Patriotic Society, wartime organization, of which J. R.t Shaw was secretary.Fred Bertrand. East Oxford was appointed farm manager at the Oxford county home.A prisoner walked away from Oxford County jail while out sanding icy sidewalks. A search was quickly instituted.The prisoner at Oxford County jafi, who walked away while sanding icy walks, was apprehended on the highway near Tillsonburg.A two-year program of Ox­ford county road paving was before county council presented by W. W. Banbury, committee chairman.^Oxford county road engineer J. N. Meathrell, urged uniform road signs in an address a* a convention of road superintend­ents at London.County council at its March session, considered a proposal to have the courthouse building flood-lighted at night.A motion for a trusteeship to distribute the $7,000 remain­ing of the wartime Woodstock Patriotic Society was to be heard by the Supreme Court.Court sanction was obtained for the distribution by trustees of the balance of funds of the wartime Patriotic Society amounting to S6.900.About 53 residents of the Ox­ford County Home enjoyed a picnic at Southside Park. Trans­portation was provided by mem­bers of the Woodstock Lions Club.John Young, Brooksdale, a former warden of Oxford Coun­ty and prominent West Zorra resident, died in his 85th year.Charles T. Milton of Blen­heim was chosen by Oxford Con­servatives as a candidate for the House of Commons. He is a native and former reeve of his township, and Iasi year he was warden of Oxford County.Norwich Pioneers Museum was opened to the public for the first time with many historic ar­ticles on exhibition.William F. Lampman, a form­er warden of Oxford county and prominent resident of East Ox­ford. died suddenly at his home near Curries at the age of 70.James R. Johnson, widely known South Norwich resident died in Woodstock Hospital. He assisted in the erection of the famous Canadian war memor­ial at Vimy Ridge. France as a member of the Canadian En­gineers corps.Thomas Pye.appointed caretaker M & County courthouse, w oo«su>ck. succeeding James Clarke, re-tired.A new shingle roof was be­ing put on the tower of Oxford County jail, creating much in­terest in passers-by.Almost $174,000 was expended on the county road system to Dec 1. 1939 according to a re­port of the roads committee of the Oxford countv council.Warden N M Marshall of Ox- fell'd County received tribute in a cercmonv celebrating his year . ■&&8$&■h $5WB■ ■W:W-aA'??;sA?«Sw!B'WKSJKa$r t:■ .„' ,. •••■-.< ■ -w'> $ X i;.^<<y -5■• 7>«-i5- o-kv.."^ ■<;;■<< < -iww l«iw>■:-^ ' <■<'<■'<.' J\Ar\W‘■;■' - :. v '■ •'•••■.■; •■«'■•- .'Msa *•,■>'