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Leo Coles’ Scrapbook Index
1965
Newspaper article re. election of Warden
Newspaper article re. election of Dereham Township Reeve H.C. Armstrong as Warden
(includes photograph of H.C. Armstrong)
Newspaper article re. Warden’s election and H.C. Armstrong (includes photograph of
William Sutherland presenting the gavel to Warden Harry Armstrong)
Newspaper articles re. Warden’s election, and new elementary school in Tavistock
Newspaper headlines re. Tavistock assessment, Norwich population, Tillsonburg
population, North Norwich assessment and Grant Smith President of Oxford Holstein
Breeders
Newspaper article re. election of County Warden (includes photograph Thomas J.
Comiskey, L.K. Coles, Harold W. Kipp, Fred C. Caddey, Bryan R.P. Jones, Glen E.
Kitchen, and J. Murray
Newspaper articles re. Council Committees, travelling library for Innerkip, Ingersoll
annexation and OMB decision, and welfare payments to patients in nursing homes
Ticket for the Oxford County Fireman’s Annual Dinner and Dance
Newspaper articles re. fox bounties, county road costs, Canadian flag in front of the
Court House and newspaper advertisement for applications for the position of
Superintendent of the Oxford County Home
Newspaper articles re. Oxford road rate and County library, Council Session, polio in
Oxford and the salk vaccine, and a petition asking that part of Easthope Township be
included in the Tavistock School Section
Newspaper photograph of elected officers of the annual meeting of the Oxford County
Farm Safety Council (Ernest Gamer, William Chesney, George Wilhelm and Roy
McCorquodale)
Newspaper photograph of Sir Winston Leonard Spence Churchill, passed away January
24,1965
Newspaper articles re. centennial grants for Blenheim villages, Annual Report of UWO
and County’s snow bill
Newspaper articles re. centennial symbol, public and senior citizen housing, County
Roads Assistant, D.F. “Mike” Knott resigns as Woodstock bus line manager and welfare
administrator, county roads, official opening of Wildwood Park Public School and the
end of one room schools in EastNissouri Township, meeting of the Ontario Association
of Rural Municipalities, and retirement of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Forbes
Newspaper article re. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Forbes, Matron and Manager of the County
Home, to retire
Newspaper articles re. Public School Act Bill 54, Woodstock City Council Session
including discussion of a cow statue in front of city hall, and the Springbank Snow
Countess
Letters to the Editor re. the Springbank Snow Countess Statue
Newspaper articles re. County power, taxes and Bethany Lutheran Church, regional
County jails, and G.R. (Bob) Row of Curries elected president of the Holstein-Friesian
Association of Canada
Newspaper photograph of Miss E.A. Sheldon, Clerk-Treasurer of North Oxford
Township and Tom Comiskey, Reeve of North Oxford Township running up the new
Canadian maple leaf flag
Newspaper articles re. new Canadian flag, Peter McDonald appointed chairman of the
Oxford County Library Board, opening of Innerkip library, and County population
Newspaper photograph of the new Canadian flag
Newspaper advertisement for tenders wanted on premiums for insurance on Municipal
Liability, Roads, County Equipment and Employer’s Liability
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Newspaper articles re. Woodstock and the library bookmobile, appointment of Mike
Knott’s as superintendent of the County Home (includes photograph of D.F. Knott), and
government financial and technical assistance for development projects of the Lake Erie
Regional Development Association (includes photograph of Sidney Kleinman, Ed
Pearce, Warden Harry Armstrong, Douglas A. Fisher, and Grant H. Wallace)
Newspaper articles re. Warden to open Oxford County Seed Fair, and history of the
Woodstock City Hall
Newspaper image showing possible Victorian design for a new Woodstock City Hall in
1908
Newspaper article re. death of Judge Eric Cross - 26 February 1965
Newspaper article re. Judge Cross (includes of a photograph of Eric Cross)
Newspaper image showing a 1910 proposed design for the Woodstock City Hall
Invitation to a reception of the Ontario Good Roads Association - 24 February 1965
Canadian Good Roads Association Membership card for L.K. Coles - 1965
Invitation to the Annual Banquet of the Ontario Good Roads Association - 24 February
1965
Programme for the 71st Anniversary Convention of the Ontario Good Roads Association
-22-24 February 1965
Newspaper article re. approval of North Oxford Township Hall as centennial project
Newspaper photograph of collapsed Bailey Bridge at Centreville
Newspaper articles re. tax increase, condition of children’s teeth in Oxford County,
possibility of a history book being published as County Centennial project
Newspaper articles re. grant dispute stalling Blenheim Township Centennial plans,
Ingersoll annexation, county tax rate, early study on construction of a new County Home,
and South Norwich Township’s Centennial project
Newspaper article re. appointment of Edward “Ted” McElhone appointed Clerk-
Treasurer of South Norwich Township
Newspaper advertisement for Tender’s wanted on premiums for insurance on Municipal
Liability, Roads, County Equipment and Employer’s Liability
Newspaper articles re. Ingersoll annexation and suggestion that the Town of Ingersoll
repay the costs of the township in opposing annexation, West Oxford asks Ingersoll to
pay legal fees in terms of annexation proceedings, new County Home, resolution for the
standardization of text books, and feasibility of a district jail
Newspaper articles re. County Tax Rate and County Budgets
Newspaper photographs of commemorative medal showing Springbank Snow Countess
Woodstock Daily Capital of Canada
Newspaper articles re. Medical Officer’s Annual Report outlining duties of the Health
Unit, Road Budget, CNIB representatives ask for County Grant and newspaper headline
re. old post office offered to the City of Woodstock
Newspaper articles re. County Home deemed inadequate, Oxford Tax Rate, Dereham
centennial project, and the first meeting of the new Public County Library Board
Newspaper article re. opening of the Innerkip library (includes photograph of Allen
Littlejohns, Mrs. Ross, L.K. Coles, Mrs. Krompart and Roy Murray
Newspaper articles re. international public library movement, Kenneth Y. Dick appointed
new Oxford County Judge, visit to the County Home by members of the Zorra Tenth
Line Women and the Annual Meeting of the Association of Ontario Counties
Newspaper articles re. OMB dismisses Ingersoll’s annexation application, Plattsville
library, Oxford County road system, “forest fire” in the department of lands and forest
conservation area near Embro, Kenneth Y. Dick appointed County Judge, and newspaper
headlines re. Embro’s share of County Levy and Mrs. Jeanne Deans named new head of
the Children’s Aid Society
Newspaper article re. death of Wellington County Engineer William H. Keith (includes
photograph of William H. Keith)
Newspaper articles re. role of County government, County Roads, the Jolly Roger,
Oxford County Libraries to receive minor improvements, zone assessors’ convention and
newspaper headlines re. Dereham surplus and closing of the Hickson railway
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Newspaper article re. Oxford County Libraries (includes Mrs. William Bell, Mrs. S.L.
Krompart, Reeve J.C. Smith, Peter McDonald, Warden Hany R. Armstrong and L.K.
Coles)
Page 24 Newspaper article re. Kenneth Y. Dick sworn in as Oxford County Judge (includes
photograph of Kenneth Y. Dick)
Newspaper articles re. first meeting of the Oxford Centennial Committee, Mrs. Mary
Ross and the Innerkip library, elderly patients at Ingersoll’s Faith Haven Nursing Home
by Woodstock to be withdrawn and lodged elsewhere, North Norwich Township rates,
and Blenheim Township sued by J.A. Tenybeny for damages as a result of the closing of
a Township bridge
Page 25 Newspaper articles re. lights on Highway no. 8 near Tavistock, call for Tenders for joint
Oxford-Waterloo County Bridge, School Trustees’ and Ratepayers’ Association
convention and Woodstock to buy old Post Office (includes photograph of the
Woodstock Post Office)
Page 26 Newspaper articles re. rabies in Oxford County, County road 13 east of Salford, enlarging
the County Road System, County Bookmobile and James F. Coles’ graduation (includes
photograph of James F. Coles)
Newspaper article re. Tillsonburg District Hospital Board (includes photograph of 38th
Annual Meeting of the Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital Board: Harold Arthur,
L.W. Smith, Warden Harry Armstrong, R.C. Crandall and Mayor Clare Esseltine)
Page 27 Newspaper photographs of bridge on Concession 2, lot 6 of West Zorra Township and
bridge on Concession 1, lot 7
Newspaper articles re. water fluoride, police villages in Oxford may revert to Township
Control if legislation passed, adult essay contest announced by the Oxford Historical
Society, Oxford assessment, Donald F. Knott recommended for appointment as
superintendent of the County Home and the swearing-in ceremony of the new Oxford
County judge Kenneth Dick
Newspaper photograph of refuse along the Township line of East Nissouri and West
Zorra
Page 28 Newspaper articles re. County wide planning, new Oxford County Home needed, and the
new Canadian flag
Newspaper photograph of closed bridge just east of Woodstock on Governor’s road
Page 29 Newspaper article re. unveiling of plaque commemorating Thomas “Carbide” Wilson
(includes photograph of Aid. Smith unveiling the plaque)
Newspaper articles re. Plattsville horse show and tenders for new bridge on the Townline
at Slabtown
Newspaper photograph of unveiling of plaque honoring Thomas “Carbide” Wilson
(Warden Hany Armstrong, Gordon Pittock, W.A. Duncan, Aid. Bernadette Smith and
Mayor William B. Dutton)
Page 30 Newspaper articles re. extension of Land Titles Act effective now in Oxford (includes
photograph of Ross Tuck), June Session of Council including centennial project issue,
and meeting of the Oxford Historical Society
Newspaper photograph of Miss Jane Menzies, new assistant librarian
Programme for the visit of the County Councils of Elgin, Huron, Kent Lampton,
Middlesex, Oxford, Perth and Wellington to the University of Western Ontario - 23 June
1965
Page 31 Newspaper article re. meeting of the Ex-Wardens’ Association (includes photograph of
N.M. Marshall, Ernest F. Gamer, J.F. McDonald, and L.K. Coles in front of the Court
House)
Newspaper photograph of Grant Sutherland, Warden Harry Armstrong, Thomas Pellow
and G. Hollier at the meeting of the Ex-Wardens’ Association
Newspaper articles re. County population and assessment and new Home for the Aged
planned
Page 32 Newspaper article re. Council Session including resolutions (includes photograph of
Percy Wettlaufer, Bryan Jones, Warden Harry Armstrong, J.C. Smith and Harry Wilker
examining area of a County map
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Newspaper articles re. Assessment report, County Council to visit UWO, Education
Committee and resolutions presented to Council, first and second reading of By-laws at
Council and Oxford County Planning Board to be studied
Page 33 Newspaper photograph of pupils of SS No. 1, East Zorra Township’s visit to the Oxford
County Court House (Wight Zehr, Joseph Zehr, Cheryl Zehr, Paul Roth, Larry Steinman,
Vicky Stock, Cathy Kauffman and Jack Zehr)
Newspaper articles re. farmstead and rural improvement centennial project, County
Council By-law concerning the observance and commemoration of the Centennial,
redecoration of the Law Library and the closing of ten rural schools in the County
Newspaper Notice of the Weed Control Act Section 3(1)
Page 34 Newspaper articles re. Tillsonburg Assessment and 1966 Annual Assessor’s Report,
County Assessors complete course, road control budget, higher taxes recommended, and
pollution of the Southside pond
Newspaper headline re. Springbank Snow Countess face-lift
Page 35 Newspaper articles re. preliminary study of a proposed new County Home, Oxford
Centennial Library plan and the Library’s potential role
Newspaper photograph of Warden Hany Armstrong, Scottish visitor Charles Dugid and
Lloyd Johnson at the official opening of (?)
Page 36 Newspaper article re. civic centennial projects and an Oxford County centennial
conference (includes photograph of Reeve J.C. Smith, John Brockie, Mayor William B.
Dutton, J.R. Croden, and Mrs. Eileen Lougheed posing with the Canada centennial
emblem
Newspaper articles re. designing the proposed Oxford County Home for the Aged,
Oxford’s last execution, negotiations for Home site, and Dereham Township set up loan
fund for area farmers
Dinner ticket to the Aggregate Producers’ Association of Ontario Second Quarterly - 15
June 1965
Page 37 Newspaper articles re. Home for the Aged site search, new Norwich apartments, North
Oxford liquor vote, Oxford Historical Society seeking individual to compile history of
the County, South Norwich tender for Township Hall construction, tender for the
Greenfield Bridge, planning area entry sought by Nissouri and East Oxford ’67 Project
Page 38 Newspaper articles re. Drumbo, Plattsville and Princeton planning centennial projects,
removal of part of the jail wall to make room for the construction of the County
centennial library, Wallace Brothers Ltd to build the new North Oxford Township
Centennial Hall, and architect firms interested in designing the new County Home
Newspaper article re. moving the jail wall for new library (includes photograph of Oxford
County Jail wall)
Newspaper advertisement for tenders for the Oxford County jail alterations - 18 August
1965
Page 39 Newspaper photograph of construction work on the exterior of the County Court House
Newspaper article re. Blenheim Township centennial grants
Newspaper photograph of Mrs. H.J. Cody and Dr. D.M. Sutherland studying the plaque
unveiled in honour of Henry John Cody
Invitation to the official opening of the new Federal Building in Woodstock - 19 June
1965
Page 40 Newspaper articles re. Oxford centennial plans, planned addition to the Norwich District
High School, Blandford Township history book, and Blenheim Township revokes
Drumbo’s centennial project grant
Newspaper article re. Wallace Nesbitt appointed Chief Ogema Kenewh of the Deer-
Moose Point Ojibway Indian Band (includes photograph of Wallace Nesbitt MP)
Page 41 Newspaper photograph of exterior work on the County Court House
Newspaper articles re. Drumbo to not receive centennial grant from the Township,
Woodstock businesses and industries lacking “flag etiquette”, conversion of the old coal
fed burners to oil at the County Court House, G. Duncan Black selected as the architect
for the new County Home, and tenders for rebuilding a North Norwich Township Bridge
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Newspaper headlines re. North Oxford liquor vote, Oxford’s jobless rate and Lambton
Home
Page 42 Newspaper photographs of the removal of the inner wall of the Oxford County Jail
Newspaper articles re. Jail wall contract rewarded and County Home contractor named
Newspaper advertisement for pre-natal classes at the Oxford Health Unit beginning
September 22nd, 1965
Newspaper advertisement for tenders for fuel oil to the Court House and one adjacent
building
Page 43 Prize List 1965 and Municipal Donations (includes photograph of W.B. Wallace, Warden
Armstrong, Mayor Wm. Dutton, and J.E. Nephew)
Complimentary ticket for L.K. Coles and Lady for the Woodstock Agricultural Society
Fair-26-28 August 1965.
Complimentary ticket for Mr. L.K. Coles & Lady for the Tillsonburg Tri-County
Agricultural Society
Programme for the Forty-sixth Annual Convention of the Ontario Association of Homes
for the Aged. - 13-16 September 1965.
Page 44 Newspaper photograph of Sandra Eileen Monteith receiving needle from Dr. O.C.
Powers and nurse
Newspaper articles re. Union Gas pipeline, meeting to study the formation of a county
wide planning board, death of former Warden Alex McCorquodale, part-time librarian
needed, West Zorra one room schools closing with addition to the Zorra Highland
School, Centennial Farm Project and newspaper headline concerning death of Dr. Charles
C. Cornish
Newspaper advertisement for male custodian and female general housekeeper for the
Oxford County Home
Page 45 Newspaper articles re. deer season and Union Gas pipeline
Programme for the Annual Dinner of the Canadian Good Roads Association - 29
September 1965
Invitation to a social function of the Ontario Good Roads Association - 29 September
1965.
Page 46 Newspaper photographs of the removal of the front wall of the Oxford County Jail
(Woodstock Sentinel-Review - 23 September 1965)
Newspaper article re. expansion of the Canada Cement Co and Newspaper notice re.
County Library borrowing services and libraries hours
Page 47 Newspaper photograph of duck shoot during the Canadian Good Roads Association
convention in Saskatoon (Elmer Hindmarsh, Elmer Kam, F. Perkins, and J.O. Dales)
Newspaper article re. meeting of the Municipal Clerks and Treasurers Association and
newspaper headlines re. Canada Cement Expansion and nursing home rates
Newspaper advertisement for tenders for fencing and fence removal on County Road 29-
5 October 1965
Page 48 Newspaper photograph of annual social evening of the Oxford County Reeves and Ex
Reeves Association (L.E. Curtis, Hilton Virtue, Warden Hany Armstrong, Glen Kitchen
and Fred Slater)
Newspaper photograph of missing section of the CNR line between Woodstock and
Hickson
Newspaper articles re. Oxford mobile library in Ingersoll, entertainment at the County
Home, luncheon in Brant County, Ontario County Clerk and Treasurers’ Association to
study pension plans and Woodstock Librarian Edwin Bennett
Page 49 Newspaper photograph of demolition of lower CNR span on highway 53 east of
Woodstock
Newspaper article re. addition to the Woodstock Public Library and the County Library
Centennial Project
Newspaper photograph of Warden Hany Armstrong, J.C. Smith, Leslie Force and Percy
Wetlaufer at Fall Session of County Council
Programme of the Sixth Annual Convention of the Association of Ontario Counties - 24-
27 October 1965
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Newspaper photographs of bridge on the Waterloo-Oxford boundary in Blenheim
Township
Newspaper articles re. Baldwin Street bridge construction in Tillsonburg, Fall Session of
County Council including resolutions, approval of the draft of the official plan of the
Central Oxford Planning Area, increase in indigent grants and roads
Newspaper articles re. Fall Session of Council including resolutions, final approval of
grant for the centennial library, Peter Fleming and Marlene Piett of Highland Park School
win Oxford County Library book review contest and newspaper headlines re. Charles
Bonney of Princeton wins Canadian Plowing Championship and Golspie expansion
Newspaper article re. addition to the Oxford County Road System (includes photograph
of Donald Leitch, Harry Armstrong, J.W. Howell, Harley Johnson, L.K. Coles and W.D.
Foulds)
Programme for the Sixth Annual Convention of the Association of Ontario Counties -
24-27 October 1965
Newspaper advertisement for part time Construction Safety Inspector and public notice
re. public meeting to discuss the Official Plan for the Planning area - 20 October 1965
Newspaper articles re. County to hire Safety Inspector and Warden Harry Armstrong
makes visit to West Oxford Township Council
Newspaper articles re. County roads, county library centennial project, open deer season
decided, and newspaper headline re. Oxford re-elects Wallace Nesbitt
Newspaper photograph of Wallace Nesbitt
Newspaper articles re. Wentworth County resolution concerning members of the
suburban road commissions, County awards tractor contract to Beckham Farm
Equipment Limited, Mrs. Emmerson Chant and Mrs. J.A. Dickinson to retire as
Burgessville librarians, deer season, centennial projects, election in Blenheim Township
and Blenheim Township centennial grant dispute
Newspaper articles re. County Council Session, separate nursing home rates and deer
season (includes photograph of T.J. Comiskey, J.N. Meathrell and Harry Armstrong on
tour of county road projects)
Complimentary ticket for L.K. Coles and Lady for the Tavistock Fall Fair - 10,11
September 1965
Newspaper article re. UTRCA policy debate and evening honouring Gordon W. Pittock
(includes photograph of Robert Rudy, Gordon W. Pittock, James Lind and Norman
Bradford)
Newspaper articles re. plastic water containers being studied by the Oxford Health Unit
and junior Red Cross holds program at the County Home
Invitation to a Dinner for Warden Lietch, Elgin County at the Stork Club - 17 November
1965
Newspaper article re. decision on proposed three day deer season (includes photograph of
Reeve Glen Kitchen, Warden Harry Armstrong, Donald Johnston, and Deputy Reeve
Vernon Cuthbert)
Newspaper article re. Woodstock store of the T. Eaton Co. Ltd. To be sold to R.A.
Beamish Stores Ltd.
Newspaper photograph of semi annual meeting of the Association of County Clerks and
Treasurers (Derek Newton, Harvey Johnson, L.K. Coles, and Harry Henderson)
Newspaper articles re. centennial library design (includes proposed architect’s drawing)
and Robert H. Foulds, Brant County Deputy Clerk-Treasurer
CGRA ribbon for Saskatoon 1965 and name tag for L.K. Coles
Newspaper articles re. Bladwin Street Extension in Tillsonburg, Pension Plan, meeting of
the Association of County Clerks and Treasurers and Mrs. Arthur Dickinson and Mrs.
Emerson Chant honoured for years of service as Burgessville librarians
Newspaper articles re. making the Canadian Pension plan a supplement to the municipal
employees’ pension plan (includes photograph of Harry Henderson, Harley Johnson, L.K.
Coles and Derek Newton), Mrs. Jean Deans of the Oxford County Children’s Aid Society
speaks about new child welfare act, and applications for the County Construction Safety
Inspector
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Newspaper headline re. Blenheim ratepayers seek improvements on County Roads
Newspaper articles re. Warden’s Dinner
Newspaper photographs of Warden’s Banquet (left photograph: Warden Harry
Armstrong and Bill Brady; right photograph: Warden Harry Armstrong and wife Emma)
Invitation and reply card for the Warden’s Dinner - 25 November 1965
Newspaper photograph of those attending the Warden’s Dinner (L.K. Coles, Warden
Harry Armstrong, Mrs. Armstrong, Clare Esseltine, Thomas Marrison and William B.
Dutton)
Newspaper photograph of those attending the Warden’s Dinner (Warden Donald Leitch
of Elgin County, Mayor Clare Esseltine, Bill Brady of CFPL Radio, Warden Harry
Armstrong, Warden Rudolph Bauer of Perth County, Warden Ivan Hearn of Middlesex
County, Warden J.W. Howell of Brant County and Warden Clarence Diamond of
Waterloo)
Newspaper articles re. retirement of Dr. O.C. Powers of the Oxford Health Unit (includes
photograph of Dr. O.C. Powers)
Newspaper article re. expansion of the new sewage treatment plant in Tillsonburg
(Tillsonburg News - 26 November 1965)
Newspaper articles re. resignation of Dr. O.C. Powers, dedication of the newly formed
Woodstock United Pentecostal Church, applications for the position of construction
safety inspector, and the county roads system winter program
Newspaper articles re. Oxford tax levies, new Oxford County Home, Central Oxford
Planning Area, Tri-County Jail may be built near Norwich, and Norwich assessment
deemed “unreasonable” by the general manager of West Taylor Bickle and Co Ltd.
Newspaper photograph of Oxford County Council Members gathered for the December
Session
Newspaper articles re. centennial plans for Oxford County and the final session of
Council for 1965 including resolutions
Newspaper articles re. final session of County Council, interest for early payments of
municipalities, death of Mrs. Mary Lucy Coles, reducing highway speeds (including
photograph of Mr. J.N. Meathrell?) and newspaper headline regarding election of Harry
Armstrong as Dereham Township Reeve
Invitation to an Open House of G. Duncan Black Limited, Consulting Engineers - 9
December 1965
Newspaper articles re. centennial caravan plans, Oxford Road Superintendent to attend
the International Road Federation Conference in England and retiring Warden lauded by
Councillors (including photograph of Elmer Kam, Warden Harry Armstrong and John
Lester)
Newspaper articles re. employee pension plans, water in plastic teething rings and ‘ice
ball’s contaminated, stores asked to band all types of cooling cubes and Harry Nuttall
elected to Tavistock Council (includes photograph of Harry Nuttall)
Newspaper articles re. dedication of the Woodstock United Pentecostal Church and
appointment of Dr. G.A.C. Webb as new Medical Officer of Health for the County
County of Oxford Handbook - 1965
Director’s ribbon for the 71st Anniversary Convention of the Ontario Good Roads
Association - 22-24 February 1965
Newspaper articles listing events 10 years ago, 15 years ago and 25 years ago
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